Closed Circuit TV
Proposed Locally
Oregon - California Theaters,
Inc., has made application to the
city of Medford for a franchise
to operate a closed-circuit tele
vision system here, it was re
vealed today.
Robert L. Lippert president of
the company which operates
Medford theaters and a number
In California, said in a letter
to the mayor and city council
that it is hoped to "bring di
rectly into the home entertain
ment that it not now available
except to mass audiences."
Mayor John Snider said the
application "is still another ev
idence of faith in the future of
our community by investors who
are growing with it."
. The mayor promised speedy
city action in investigating the
implications of the application.
There are legal questions to
be answered because, of the new
ness of this type of franchise,"
the mayor said. He added "The
city council, after receiving a
complete report from the city
manager and city attorney, will
take early action on the appli
cation. "The whole program of closed-
circuit television is an exciting
thing a 'piece of tomorrow'
today and Medford and vi
cinity are fortunate to be con
sidered as one of the first on the
Pacific Coast," the mayor stat
ed. Lippert's letter did not reveal
which type of operation is con
templated, and Robert Corbin,
Oregon-California manager in
this area, said tha'. detailed plans
for operation have not yet been
set up.
' Basically, there are three
types of closed-circuit TV oper
ation which could be used. One
would be through existing wires
of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company, where a
subscriber would call and order
a certain film "piped in" to his
'TV set, and the charges would
be made monthly on the tele
phone bill; another would be by
a new system of wires, sending
out "scrambled", audio and vis
ual signals which would be "un
scrambled by insertion of a
coin in a meter-box on the TV
set; and the third would use a
system similar to the "scramb
led" wire-system, only the sig
nals would be broadcast. The
latter is the only one needing
prior approval of the Federal
Communications commission.
w Corbin emphasized that the
closed-circuit TV plan would in
no way interfere with existing
television reception, since an
other channel would be used.
He said it is planned to carry no
advertising or commercials, ex
cept for notices of coming attrac
tions. Corbin also said it would be
possible to bring many major
sports and other special attrac
tions for uninterrupted viewing.
He stated that the major leagues
move to the West Coast undoubt
edly is a factor stimulating such
plans. ,
TV reception when the signal
comes by wire would be "pure"
with no static or other types
Glenn Jackson Named
To Advisory Group
' Salem (IB An eleven man
committee to advise the new
Planning and Development De
partment was named today by
Gov. Robert D. Holmes.
The committee will assist the
Governor in efforts to stimulate
present and prospective new in
dustry throughout the state.
Named were: Sidney Wood
bury. Portland businessman;
Ehrman Guistina, Eugene lum
berman; Glenn L. Jackson,
Medford utility executive; Ira
Kellpr, Albany manufacturer;
C. B. Stephensen, Portland,
banker; Jerry Frank, Salem de
partment store executive;
Geor,?e Brown, Portland glabor
leader? Lawrence Harvey, The
Dallra light metal executive; W.
W. Wc-ssinger, Portland brewery
man; James Hill, Pendleton
erain -ixecutive; and T. J. San-
doz. Astoria fish packer.
Woojbury was named chair
man of the committee and called
a meeting here Aug. 29 prior
to the Governor's development
tour which starts Sept. 3.
The tour will include stops
at sixteen key cities and sup
port towns.
Sawed Tree Traps Two
On Roxy A"n Saturday
Citv police reported Sunday
that a young couple had been
trapped on Koxy Ann mountain
Saturday night when someone
sawed a tree down to cover the
narrow road.
Thp poudIc who said they had
been looking at the signs, found
the road blocked about half way
to the top when they attemptea
to return around midnight. Po
lino investiaatine the event said
a power saw had been used to
nake a quick ana eraciem juu
Medford Stores Will
of broadcast failure, he declar
ed. Text of Lippert's letter fol
lows: "The undersigned hereby
makes application for a fran
chise to operate a closed-circuit
television system throughout
your city limits.
"We are experienced heater
operators with adequate finan
cial means and the know-how
to operate such a jystem .
"We have been operating
theaters in your area for many
years, employing local person
nel and doing business with lef
cal businessmen.
"Although the closed-circuit
televiAm system is a new me
dium basically it is the same
type of business we have con
ducted for years but in another
form. This system would bring
directly into the home enter
tainment that is not now avail
able except to mass audiences.
We therefore feel that our or
ganization is the logical agency
for the operation of such a fran
chise." No estimate of the investment
necessary to put the plan into
operation was available today,
but it was believed to be sub
stantial. Kiwanians Vole
Town and Country
Show Second Year
The Kiwanis Town and Coun.
try Holiday show will be staged
against next year, according to
a decision by the Medford Kiwa
nis club board of directors.
Approximately 10,000 people
attended the show from Thurs
day through Sunday, Bob Voegt
ly, show vice chairman, esti
mated today.
"The Kiwanis club board of
directors has voted to stage the
show again, lookiijg for broad
er community participation,"
Voegtly said. "A majority of ex
hibitors have expressed interest
already in reserving space for
next year's show. We hope also
that the show will establish a
precedent for a community fair."
A meeting was scheduled for
noon today with County Com
missioner Chester Wendt, 4-H
agent Glenn Klein, public rela
tions man Russ Jamison and
other show officials. The 4-H
and FFA organizations seemed
pleased with the coordination
and contributing publicity to
the county fair.
Highlight of the show was the
talent search with 25 -performers
taking part in the stage show.
Banjo artist Eddie Peabody was
rated as a great crowd pleaser
and star attraction of the four
day event.
Exhibits numbered approxi
mately 60 including commercial
and non-commercial. Approxi
mately a third of these weje in
the non-commercial class and in
cluded those from such organi
zations a3 the National Guard,
Medford police department, 4-H,
Pomona Grange, Central Point
Garden club.
The faulty acoustics, which
was considered as the one bad
featur? of the show, probably
will be fixed some time this
week, it was reported.
The show concluded Sunday
with considerable activity cen
tered on one of the displays. The
live and daily decorate cow
in the Bunycrest dairy exhibit
started to wander home while
her exhibit was being disman
tled. Following a dragnet with
city, state pice and sheriff's
officers participating she was
discovered by city police just
off East Barnett rd. near the
new memorial hospital. She was
easily identified by her gilded
horns and large green ribbon.
House-Senate
Hazards of Continued Weapons Tests
Washington (IB The
House-Senate Atomic Energy
Committee warns that a con
tinuation of atomic weapons
tests at present levels could
"constitute a hazard to the
world's population" over the
next few generations.
In an analysis of its May and
June hearings on the effects of
radioactive fallout, the commit
tee said the fallout hazard could
be greater and come much soon
er if the level of testing rises.
The committee said in a re
port Sunday that its hearings
did not include the "potential
hazards" created by X-ray
machines, fluoroscopes, radio
active waste and radium. The
group said it plans to look into
this question in the future.
It said data needed-covering
"industrial and weapons sources
of radioactive contamination
and radiation during peacetime"
and "non-military protection,
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Stale Department
Resents Charge
Of Newsmen Spies
Red Chinese Ask
Reciprocal Privilege
Washington (IP! The State
Department said today it bitterly
resents Red China's "fantastic"
charge that the United States
sought to use American news
men as spies.
Press Officer Lincoln White
emphasized that this country is
standing firm on its refusal to
let Chinese Communist jiews
men enter the U.S.
The State Department an
nounced last week it would
authorize travel by 24 American
newsmen behind the Bamboo
Curtain, but would not grant
reciprocal privileges to Red Chi
nese reporters.
Sunday, the Peiping Radio
branded the decision as "com
pletely unacceptable." It de
manded that Red Chinese cor
respondents be allowed to visit
the U.S. and accused the U.S. of
seeking to use the American
newsmen "to collect intelligence"
and to carry out "subversive
activities."
White said the department
made it clear last Thursday that
it would not permit Chinese cor
respondents to enter this coun
try. He said the department
never even considered such an
exchange.
"The State Department bit
terly resents the implication
that it selected spies to go to
Red Chaina," he added. "All of
you know how fantastic that
charge is."
White pointed out that the 24
news organizations would pick
the correspondents who would
go to Red China. Furthermore,
he said. Communist China had
not given the "slightest hint"
when it invited some American
newsman last year that invita
tions vere "on a reciprocal
basis."
"What seems to be the clinch
er in all - this," White said", 'is
tnat those invited last year Ty
the Communist regime in China
now suddenly become U.S. spies.
The welcome mat was out
last year, and now they sud
denly become spies." :
Photographers Protest
White said in reply to ques
tion that the department re
ceived "a few letters" from
news photographers protesting
that none . were included in
authorized travel to Red China.
White said there was "nothing
to prevent" any of the 24 desig
nated organizations from
choosing a photographer to
represent them.
The Red China broadcast
headed the controversy back to
its starting point the deter
mined but nervous hands of the
State Department.
The department's stand drew
an immediate blast from Sen. J,
William Fulbright D-Ark.), who
introduced a Senate resolution
last Monday calling for removal
of the administration ban against
letting U.S. newsmen visit Red
China.
"If our script is better than
theirs why isn't it good policy
ot to let everyone know about
it," Fulbright said.
Salem an Gov. Robert D.
Holmes today called attention to
the need of extra precautions by
motorists during the school year
which starts soon for thousands
of Oregon youngsters.
Committee Warns Against
survival, and recovery measures
in wartime and in the post-war
period."
Meanwhile, at Stanfo, rd
Calif., a Johns Hopkins biologist
says the amount of radiation
humans can absorb without
hereditary effect or cell damage
may be lower than estimated
recently at the National
Academy of Sciences.
In a report read to the annual
meeting of the American Insti
tute of Biological Sciences, Dr.
Michael A. Bender said his cur
rent experiments at Johns Hop
kins "lend great weight to the
belief of many geneticists that
ther is no 'safe' dose of radia
tion." His findings were backed up
Sunday by Dr. H. Bentley Glass,
Johns Hopkins geneticist, who
told a press conference that
Bender's experiments on human
tissue produced results which
were "quite serious."
FORD
'Couldn't We Get Ahead
New Lane Proposed
For Locai Airport
An "approach light lane" for
the municipal airport has been
recommended to the city by the
Air Navigation Foundation divi
sion of the CAA, according to
Robert Duff, city manager.
Duff also said that Ray Pres
ton, the consulting engineer
hired by the city to plan high
intensity lighting at the airport,
will report on Sept. 4.
The light lane will cost the
city only land, according to
Duff, who said the Federal gov
ernment would build the lights
and install them. Better safety
for aircraft landing at night will
result from the light lane, he
added.
Official authorization from
the city council must be given
before work on acquiring an
additional 350 feet of land to
install Jhe light lane, it is stated.
Preston, wili . submit ..bis.xe-
Parked Patrol Car
Rammed By Driver
Carol Edward Stayton, Mount
Shasta, Calif., was cited by state
police early Sunday for viola
tion of the basic rule, when the
convertible he was driving hit a
parked state patrol car on high
way 62, one mile north of Four
Corners, police reported today.
Clayton Randolph Brown, 146
Alder St., Central Point, was
stopped by B. L. Collinsworth,
state police officer, for violation
of the basic rule shortly before
the Stayton accident. Collins
worth, who had parked the pa
trol car behind Brown's vehicle,
was checking the vehicle license
on Brown's car when the sound
of an approaching vehicle at
tracted his attention. He shouted
to Brown, who was standing with
him, and they both ran from the
roadway as a vehicle, driven by
Stayton and pursued by another
patrol car, hit the parked police
car.
Heavy damage was reported
to the front end of Stayton's
car, and the rear of Brown's car
which was hit by the parked pa
trol car in the impact. Damage
to the patrol car was said to
be extensive.
No one was injured in the ac
cident. .
Some 3,000 biologists are at
tending the annual meeting here
of the AIBS which ends Thurs
day. Some 2,000 ' scientific
papers will be read to various
sections of the meeting. .
The National Academy of
Sciences in. a recent report esti
mated 10 roentgens as the maxi
mum permissible average dose
of radiation to human reproduc
tive organs from conception to
age 30.
But, Bender said, his experi
ments indicate that the dose re
quired to double the number of
cell breakdowns and thus to
cause mutations in living organ
isms "is less than 10 roentgens."
"If the rates: of radiation-induced
damage to human tissues
are found to be corresponding
ly high in further experiments,
a sharp revision will have to be
made in our estimates of 'safe'
doses of radiation," he said. ,
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1957
Of Them Some Time?'
ports and plans for the $65,000
worth of high intensity lights
to the council which will have
to approve it and send it on to
the CAA, according to Duff.
The government will supply
three-quarters of the cost of the
lighting system with the city
supplying the rest. The Med
ford airport now has medium
intensity lights'.
Rape Charges Set
For Medford Men
Three Medford men were ar
rested by sheriff's deputies Sat
urday evening and lodged in the
county jail on a charge of rape.
Arrested were 'Leonard Eu
gene Steege,- 24, of -401 East
12th st.; Larry William Irvin,
26,, of 215 Williamette ave.; and
Darrold Lewis Johnson, 26,
of 619 Palm st.
The men were arraigned in
district court this morning and
are being held on a $5,000 bond
each in county jail. Preliminary
hearing was set by Judge James
M. Main for 9:30 a.m. Thursday,
Aug. 29.
According to sheriff's depu
ties an 18-year-old Oklahoma
City, Okla., girl was assualted
in the Sterling Creek rd. area
Saturday afternoon. After es
caping from her assailants the
girl is reported to have stopped
a motorist on the Jacksonville
Phoenix highway who drove
her to the Medford City police
station. The city police notified
sheriff's officers.
The men were arrested later
on the Roxy Ann rd.
The girl, who was traveling
with a business concern, was
picked up by three men in the
downtown Medford area, of
ficers said.
The suspects were represent
ed in court by James A. Redden,
local attorney.
Firemen Rescue Cat
From Ashland Flue
A very black cat, later dis
covered to be gray, was rescued
from a chimney flue at the James
Estle home at 1250 Iowa st.,
Ashland, by Ashland city fire
men Saturday evening.
Firemen reported that the cat
was pulled from the flue after a
ten-foot rope with a loop on the
end was lowered to it. The cat
didn't seem to mind the rope
around its neck, they reported,
it was so glad to get out.
Firemen were called to the
scene at 9:35 p.m. after the ani
mal fell while playing with sev
eral others on the roof. ,
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable
high cloudiness through Tues
day. Low tonight 48. High
Tuesdav 85.
TEMPERATURE:
Highest Yesterday 81
Lowest this Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 5:30 a.m.
Sunset 6:56 p.m.
Moonset 7:27 p.m.
1st Quarter Aug. 31
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Cassiopeia, high in northeast
at midnight.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, above the Moon.
Venus, low in west, 7:47 p.m.
Saturn, low in southwest,
9:23 p.m.
pen Until 9 o'clock Tonight
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Civil Rights Bill
Out of Committee
Washington Iffl The con
gressional adjournment drive
picked up new momentum to
day. !
The House Rules committee
cleared the biggest obstacle to
adjournment by sending the
compromise civil rights bill to
the House floor for a final vote
expected Tuesday. The measure
had been stalled in committee
for two weeks.
Another major roadblock, the
foreign aid bill, also headed for
clearance.
The Senate Appropriations
committee voted to restore
$500,900,000 of the $809,000,000
the House cut from the foreign
aid program. It approved a bill
carrying $3,025,660,000 in new
money. This still fell $308,000,
000 short of the amount Presi
dent Eisenhower wanted restor
ed to the program.
Will Support Increase
Senate Democratic leader
Lyndgn B. Johnson told Presi
dent Eisenhower at White House
breakfact conference that he will
support a "substantial increase"
in the foreign aid appropriation
but not what the President
wants. .
"I hope we can get out at the
end of this week or the middle
of next week," Johnson told re
porters. The amended civil rights bill
was pried out of committee by
a 10 to 2 vote after a bipartisan
committee majority convened
the group over the opposition
of its southern chairman. Rep.
Howard W. Smith (D-Va.). The
measure contains a compromise
jury trial amendment written
Friday by congressional leaders
of both parties.
Johnson said that he and the
President. did not get into a dis-
Fisher Arraigned
On Homicide Count
Mrs. Eunice Fisher, 73, of
Stockton, Calif., was arraigned
in district court Friday after
noon on a charge of negligent
homicide.
Preliminary hearing was set
for Wednesday, Sept. 25, at
10 a.m.
Mrs. Fisher, driver of a car
that struck and fatally injured
James Alfred McKitrick, 84, of
819 North Central ave., was re
leased on a $1,500 bond. The
title to her automobile was put
up in lieu of bail until bond sat
isfactory to the court has been
approved.
McKitrick was killed Aug. 22
while walking east on Main st.
across the south intersection of
Fir st.
Fires Burn 170 Acres
Of Bush and Timber
By UNITED PRESS ,
Six fires in Coos county from
Saturday noon to midnight last
night burned about 170 acres
of brush and timber.
Two of the fires were still
out of control today but were
expected to be controlled short
ly after noon.
One fire that was started by
a man burning brush without a
fire permit was expected to be
controlled , today after it had
burned about 40 acres and a
little . green owned by the
Bureau of Land Management.
Another fire discovered about
8 p.m. Sunday started from a
permit fire and spread into some
eld logging slash south of ,Ban
don before it was controlled.
Smokers were blamed for two
fires started Saturday near Gay
lord, Ore. One burned about
two acres of brush and the other
about six acres. .
A fire discovered about 5:30
p.m. last night burned about 100
acres before it was halted north
of Croft lake about midnight.
Thirty men and three 'cats'
fought the fire and prevented
it from getting to some lake
shore cabins. v
In other parts of Oregon. to
day forest and range fires were
reported under control but the
weather bureau warned of high
fire danger throughout the state
because of warm temperatures
and low humidities.
Tribune
Ul
cussion -of Congress' record. Eis
enhower said last week he was
"tremendously d i s a p p ointed"
that more of his program had
not been enacted.
The Democratic leader said
there was no protracted discus
sion of civil rights except the
extent that action may affect
adjournment. H e reiterated
hope that Congress can finish up
"at the end of ths week or the
middle of next week.
Johnson 'told reporters he be
lieves the Senate will restore
about 500 million of the 809
million dollars the House slash
ed from foreign aid funds. The
President has called urgently for
restoration of the full amount.
Accident Reveals
One Driver Wanted
On Larceny Charge
City police, conducting a rou
tine auto accident investigation,
found that one of the drivers in
volved, Clifton Raymond Mas
sew was wanted by Roseburg
authorities.
Following the auto accident,
Massey listed his address as Gen
eral Delivery in Banfield, Brit
ish Columbia. Police checked
with Sacred Heart hospital,
where two of Massey's sons in
jured in the accident were be
ing held, and found he listed his
address as 124 Chestnut st. in
Medford. He was arrested at
that address. . '
He was - wanted since Nov.
by the Roseburg authorities on
a charge of larceny where he is
out on $1,000 bail. Police are
holding him for the Roseburg
authorities.
Massey was cited earlier in
the day for failure to yield the
right-a-way after a car he was
driving became involved in an
accident with one driven by
John Henry Johnson, 36 West
Sixth in Eagle Point.
Taken to the hospital were
Stephen Charles Massey, 3, Clif ton
Richard Massey Jr., 11, and
Geraldine Johnson, 31. The Mas
sey boys were passengers in
their father's car while Mrs.
Johnson was with her husband.
Clifton Massey Jr., suffered a
bruised knee and lacerations
about the head in the accident.
He was released from Sacred
Heart hospital today. Stephan
Massey and Mrs. Johnson were
treated for minor injuries and
released.
The accident took place at
Eastwood dr. and McAndrews
rd. on Sunday afternoon about
1 p.m., according to city police
reports.
Grace May Be Expecting,
Prince Rainier Hints
Schonried, Switzerland U)
Prince Ranier of Monaco hinted
strongly today that Princess
Grace is expecting another
child.
He told a United Press corres
pondent from his Swiss vacation
hideaway that he is "waiting for
medical confirmation" before
making any announcement on
the subject.
Public Hearing Scheduled
For Proposed
A public hearing will be held
within the next ten days to re
view the proposed county sub
division ordinance, county court
members announced today.
The court members stressed
that according to law, a public
meeting must be held before
the ordinance may become
legal.
The ordinance, which was ap
proved by the Jackson county
planning commission and re
ferred to the county court at the
July meeting of the commission,
would make it unlawful for
anyone to sell or contract to sell
any subdivision until all the
requirements listed in the ordin
ance are complied with.
The county court said today
that they were studying the
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TRIAL
Airman Denies
Japanese Charge;
Appears Tired
Trial Adjourned
Until September
Maebashi, Japan (IB The
Lgovernment charged today that
Specialist 3c William S. Girard
fired 'two or three times" at
other Japanese before he fired
the shot that killed Mrs. Naka
Sakai and started a passionate in
ternational controversy.
The prosecution read its state
ment on the opening day of the
trial. At the end of the day, trial
was adjourned until Sept. 6. Dur
ing the opening moments Girard
pleaded innocent to manslaugh
ter charges and his attorney
made a motion to get the case
thrown out of Japanese courts.
Girard met with newsmen
later at U.S. Army Camp Drew
and emphatically denied ti&
charge read against him in court.
'The facts in the indictment
are not true," he said.
Some 40 newsmen attended
the news conference. Girard
opened the meeting with a brief
statement thanking the reporters
for "your interest and for your
help."
Looks Tired
He looked extremely- tired.
Asked by a reporter how he felt
in court, he replied warily, "How
would anyone feel in my situa
tion?". He refused to comment
on the court proceedings, saying,
"I am not an expert on Japanese
law."
Girard talked with newsmen
for 20 minutes before leaving to
meet his wife, Candy.
The prosecution statement said
that on the same day Girard
fired at Mrs. Sakai he also fired
at the feet of a man identified
as Isamu Yadoyara and at scrap
scavengers named Toshizo Ko
yama and Katsuzo Kanae.
Chief Procurator (prosecutor)
Yoshio Konawa announced he
would call nine witnesses to tes
tify, including Girard's Army
buddy, . Specialist 3c Victor
Nickel of Inkster, Mich., who
was with Girard at the time of
the shooting.
The prosecution charged that
Girard lured Mrs. Sakai toward
him by throwing out used car
tridges and calling "mama-san,
takusan ne woman, plenty, eh."
It charged he fired one shot at
Hideharu Onozeki, who was
with Mrs. Sakai, just missfng his
feet, and then loaded his gre
nade launcher again.
Ran, Shouted
It said Girard ran toward Mrs.
Sakai, shouting "get out hey,"
and fired from a distance of
about eight meters (nine yards),
hitting her in the back.
Judge Juzo Kawachi adjourn
ed the first day's .session after
the prosecution completed its
opening statement.
Japanese trials usually run for
months with frequent and
lengthy recesses. However,
Judge Kawachi had promised
that he would speed up tha trial
as much as possible without in
terfering with the procedure of
the court and the fairness of the
treatment of the defendant.
Girard's attorney, Isurro Hay
ashi, one of Japan's top crimi
nal lawyers, asked to have the
trial thrown out of Japanese
courts on jurisdictional grounds.
Judge Kawachi reserved de
cision.
Ordinance
pioposed ordinance thoroughly
and would not comment on it
until the study had been com
pleted. The Jackson county planning
commission will discuss the pro
posed ordinance at their month
ly meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in the office of the planning
commission in the county court
house. To 3ate three petitions have
been filled with the county
court requesting revision of the
proposed ordinance. The peti
tions contain some 266 names.
The petitions ask that the pro
posed ordinance be changed to
permit small land owners to
sell land or develop it for build-
ing.