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Mm fin u City Subdivision inance Revised, The Medford planning com-1 mission last night agreed to re vise and modify sections of the proposed city subdivision ordin ance, and to serve as an advis ory group when the ordinance is resubmitted to the city coun cil. The action followed an in formal discussion of the propos ed ordinance between commis sion members and the city coun-r- cil. Mayor John Snider pointed out that the ordinance was "not sent back, to the commission, we brought it back." Mark Goldy, planning com mission member, recommended taking the ordinance back to make suggested changes which were proposed by City Manag er Robert Duff for discussion and consideration. Changes by the commission will consider in clude several relatively minor modifications of sections, some type of distinction for improve ments within the city and out side the city, and changes in the minor subdivision provision. 'Ideal Situation' Goldy noted that minor sub division regulations wauld be an "ideal situation," but question ed whether such a provision could be administered. He said if a lot is sold, and a deed filed, there is nothing the city can do about it. The minor subdivision is de fined as the division of land into two or three parcels of less than five acres each for transfer of ownership or building develop ment when the parcel exists as a unit or contiguous unUs under single ownership. Such divisions, Goldy said, can be controlled within the city where building permits have to be obtained. He indicated he would favor deleting the section from the proposed ordinance. "There is a lot to be said for minor subdivision control," he noted, "and we cannot prevent a man from selling.'but maybe we can control development." No Recommended Changes There were no recommended changes regarding the minor sub division provision from city ad ministrators. Duff mentioned three zones as a possibility to distinguish between types of improvements required in the six mile radius of Medford in which subdivis ions are approved by the com mission. One would be within the city, limits, another in a fringe area of about a mile out side the city, and the third up to six miles. He suggested that if such a zone system is desirable, pres ent city standards be maintained within the city, but less restric tive standards would be suffic ient in the area outside of the fringe section. He said it would be advisable that city paving standards be required up to about a mile outside the city, and, that such streets work into the city system. Duff said it did not ' appear reasonable that city paving stan dards be required a distance from the city. Definite Boundary Goldy said he did not believe a definite boundary could be established for a fringe area, v since it varies in distance from the city. He said he did not "be lieve improvements of city stan dards are necessary outside the city," and noted that the coun ty .has certain specifications for roads. Duff noted that only improve- Children to Collect UNICEF Medford; Halloween Party Law enforcement officials to-1 tertainment will be provided at i dav warned that pranksters who the annual Halloween party for set out of hand will be handled accordingly. Police Chief Charles P. Champlin said in the past there has been little trouble on Hal loween nights which was serious enough to warrant police atten tion. He added he did not expect much more trouble tonight com pared to that of any week night. Many trick or treaters tonight will be seeking funds for the UNICEF, children's program of the United Nations. Committees will assemble at elementary schools to direct the project, and children will tour neighborhoods. Carry Small Cartons Children will carry small car tons, marked with UNICEF sym bol, into which coins may be placed. Service club members will serve cider and doughnuts to children at the schools when they return from the tours. The money will be used to buy food and medicine for children in un derdeveloped nations. Games, refreshments and en- Will Be Modified men requirements for subdiv isions outside the city would have to be modified. Included in the requirements would be sewer and water facilities. The ordinance was drawn up for city purposes only, and no provision was made for septic tanks. Duff said septic tanks "may be necessary in areas out of the city approved by the Jack son county health officer, and not possible to be served by a sanitary sewer system." The same would be true with water in areas not served by water mains, he noted. "Wells approved by the Jackson county health department may be prac tical," he added. Approval by State Planning commission mem bers noted that the commission now requires approval from the state board of health that land proposed for subdivision is suit able for septic tanks. Duff suggested rewording sev eral sections, and suggested de letion of a section requiring con tour lines on plats. He said- con tour lines are desirable, but un til aerial maps are generally available it would be expensive, aid in some cases prohibitive, for the subdivider. A section requiring widths, lo cations and purpose of existing or proposed streets, alleys or easements contiguous to the pro posed subdivision was suggested to be eliminated since it dupli cated another section. Duff also suggested a para graph be changed to read: "Indi cate setback lines, if setback line is to be included," making it an elective item rather than com pulsory. Set back lines are now governed by present zoning ord inancs, he noted. a i deletion Access to Freeways Suggested also for was a, section governing access to freeways, which at present-is governed by the state. City administrators suggested deleting the section providing penalties. City Attorney Roy Bashaw noted that if the plan ning commission does not ap prove the subdivision plat, it can not be recorded. "The ord inance would be just as effec tive if it didn't have this sec tion," he said. Goldy noted that most items in the proposed ordinance are "governed by state law, and now it is just in black and white." The ordinance was drawn up by Hahn, Wise and associates, Redwood City, Calif., planning consultants. It was originally drawn up for regulation within the city only, since Jackson county was considering a similar ordinance to govern areas outside incor porated cities and towns. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throuch Fri day except for valley fot Fridav morning. Cooler. Low tonight 35. High Friday 62. Temp. Highest Yesterday 5 Lowest this Morning 4S Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 6:44 a.m. Moonset Friday 1:05 a.m. Full Moon Nov. 7 PROMINENT STAR Capclla. low in north east at 7:40 p.m., will be high overhead at 2:45 a.m. 45 light years from the Earth, this star gives off more than 10ft times as much light as the Sun. Mecjf0rd youngsters by the YMCA between 7 and 9 p.m. to day, at the local YMCA. The party is being sponsored by the Junior Class f ri Hi-Y club. Miss Susan Hall is chairman of the party, and several YMCA groups are cooperating in the event. Youngsters 9 through 12 years old may attend, she said. The program will Include a spook tunnel, games directed by Gordon Williams, and refresh ments donated by Medford mer chants. Prize Awarded A prize will be awarded after i a costume contest parade. Miss Hall pointed out that costumes are not necessary. Medford police reported some pre-Flloween pranks this morn ing. They reported a motorist trav eling south on Central ave. was struck with a water-filled bal loon thrown from a car with six juveniles. Police found the mo- 52nd Year Medfo7 United Pres FuIJ Leased Wire 32 Pages Neuberger Calls For Revival of Gl Bill Provisions Act Seen as Means To Train Scientists San Francisco !W Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), called today for a revival of edu-1 cational provisions in the GI Bill of Rights to give the United j States an even chance with Rus- sia in the present race to outer space. Neuberger. told the San Fran cisco Junior Chamber of Com merce that Russia's successful satellite experiment' gives the U. S. government "a new re sponsibilities" to foster basic scientific research to create the means of training space techni cians and researchers. Bill Abandoned "Although the GI bill made possible the training after World War II of 450,000 civil engineers, 113,000 physical and research scientists, and 180,000 doctors and nurses, our government nev ertheless abandoned it in Jan uary of 1955," the senator said. On the other hand, he said, Russia has accelerated her pro gress for training young people in techinical fields, and, in 1955, the Soviet schools graduated twice as many students from science courses as did American universities. Urgently Needed ! Neuberger said a government- supported program, such as that provided by tne ui sni oi 'Rights, is "urgently needed if i . - .,. . nf our nation's young brains and talents." "This would make it possible for many young people of limit ed finances to attend college, otherwise many gifted young men and women will be perman ently lost to the classroom," he said. "Our nation is rich in many ways but we cannot countenance the waste of human resources." Chinese Scientists Win Nobel Prizes Stockholm OP! Two young Chinese-American scientists won the Nobel Prize for Physics to day for momentous discoveries that upset some of the funda mental principles of physics. The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to a Scottish-born Cam bridge professor for basic cell re search benefitting both chem istry ind medicine. Sir Alexander R. Todd, 50, Glasgow-born professor of or ganic chemistry at Cambridge, was awarded the $40,000 medi cine prize "for his work on nu cleotides co-enzymes" during a 15-year study of the fundamental processes of life. The two Chinese physicists, first Chinese ever to receive the prize, were Dr. Tsung Dao Lee, 30, of Columbia University and Dr. Chen Ning Yang, 34, of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Their momentous discov eries were announced by Co lumbia last Jan. 16. Funds in Set at YMCA torist and youths in an argument at 12th and Fir sts. later. Six youths were ordered to clean up pumpkins they threw into the street at West Main st. and Summit ave., police said. The pumpkins were taken from a neighboring yard, they added. Boys Lectured Two 10-year-old boys were lec tured and returned to their par ents after police caught them placing a rotten deer head on a house porch on Benson st. last night. Ernest Elmer Linton, 274 Mace rd., reported to police that a juvenile broke his rural mail box. The door was broken off by bending it beyond the supporting braces, police said. A window in the new Rogue Valley hospital, now under con struction on Barnett rd., was broken, police reported. The S8 window had two bullet holes in it, they said. Other reports in cluded youths pouring gasoline on a street and igniting it, and throwing fruit at passing vehicles. V ,kD, Lack of Russian Propaganda Burst lnfJriftp Cu,ifrU llu ICT6S jWIICll Sixth Fleet Units Join in Practice By UNITED PRESS NATO and Turkish forces began large scale and long planned maneuvers today off the Turkish coast and just north of the Syrian frontier. Both Russia and Syria warned in the past that Turkey must not use the maneuvers as an excuse to invade Syria but there was no outburst of Russian propa ganda today. Policy Switch Seen There was some speculation the lack of Soviet protests might indicate a switch in policy as indicated by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's mild speech in the United Nations this week. An Istanbul dispatch said land, sea and air units of NATO's Southern European Forces launched operation "Red Epoch" along Turkey's southwestern shores with atomic-capable ships and planes. Reliable Turkish sources said the Turks were holding parallel exercises near the Syrian bor der, including some" maneuvers in the southeastern frontier area. The reports said troops, armor and air force units were in volved. Units of the powerful Sixth Fleet, including the guided missile cruiser Canberra, the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and the cruisers Albany and Salem were included in the NATO task force. NATO sub marines from Malta also joined the exercise. Aircraft from Britain's Royal Air Force will join Sixth Fleet planes in the maneuvers in which NATO land forces will carry out landing operations. The lack of immediate re action was reflected in the United Nations which shelved the Turco-Syrian ; crisis for 24 hours and turned to a discussion of disarmament. Laurelhurst Sewer Service Planned Residents of the northern por tion of the Laurelhurst section of the city should have sanitary sewer service by early next sum mer. City Manager Robert A. Duff reported today. Numerous complaints from that area, not now served by city sanitary sewers, have been made recently, and Mayor John Sni der requested Duff to give a re port on progress toward provid ing sewer service there. The southern portion of Lau relhurst is adequately served by a system of laterals that join the East Jackson st. trunk, Duff re ported, but the northern part still is unserved, and sanitary conditions there are highly un satisfactory, he said. But he added that engineer ing plans are now being pre pared, with construction to start next year, on the Grandview- Kenwood sewer system, which will also serve the northern part of Laurelhurst. Completion is scheduled for early next sum mer, he said, and added that "There is a possibility that the Lauelhurst section may receive a priority and be constructed ahead of the full Grandview plan." Ex-Senator Welker Dies in Maryland Washington W Former Sen. Herman Welker, 50, died Wednesday night of a brain ail ment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in su burban Maryland. The Idaho Republican was ad mitted to the health center Oct. 16 and underwent surgery to re lieve pressure on his brain. Tues day, he underwent surgery again. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1957 Turk n co lie Big Squeeze County Free of Polio U nti ! Two Wee ks Ag o, Health Officer Says Jackson county had been free of poliomyelitis until two weeks ago, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer said today, when a local woman died in a Port land hospital Oct. 22 from an illness which has been diagnosed as polio. There is no doubt, he contin ued, that the origin of her ill ness was in Jackson county. During the same week a family from Stockton, Calif., visiting in Jackson county, had a four-year-old son become ill while here. On their return to Calif ornia it was diagnosed as para phegic polio. The boy, Dr. Mer kel said, is still under treatment in California. He mentioned that neither of these persons had received the polio vaccine and stressed the need for those who have never received Salk vaccine to be vac cinated before it is too late. The health officer said that there is an abundance and sur plus of Salk vaccine locally, state wide and nationally. He urged everyone under 40 years of age to be vaccinated immedi ately. Persons under 20 years of age should take advantage of Medford Fruit To Gel Canadian Inspection Salem (IP) Oregon Agricul ture Department officials said today that Canada will continue to demand fumigation of Med ford gift fruit parcels exported to that country. Agriculture Director Robert Steward had requested that Ca nadian officials exempt the gift parcels from the fumigation order because the parcels can not be fumigated and because Medford and Jackson county are free of the Oriental moth that is the object of the Cana dian order. Canada has replied that it is unable to grant exceptions to the law. Medford growers have complained their extensive im port business with Canada is seriously impaired by the law. Welker, a right win,? Republi can, replaced a left wing Demo crat, Glen Taylor, in the Senate in 1951. Welker was defeated for reelection in 1956 by Frank Church, 32, a Boise attorney, who became the youngest mem ber of the Senate. In the Senate, Welker inces santly attacked the New and Fair Deals, aiming some of his strongest blacts at Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Tribune irees A A on eyvers receiving the tax purchased vac cine through their family physi cian or county health depart ment. The tax supported program will be discontinued as of Jan. 1, 1958, Dr. Merkel said. He' added that definite plans are being made to give the third Salk shot next month to all children who received their first and second shots early this year. Responsibility of Escape Assumed by State, Letter Says The state hospital in Salem assumed full responsibility for the second escape of Lowell Al len Bish, 32, Medford, in a let ter District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder received today from Dr. D. K. Brooks, superintendent of the state hospital. The letter was in reply to one Reeder wrote last week to Gov. Robert D. Holmes, asking why Bish had been allowed to escape from the state hospital twice. Bish is considered dangerous and should be kept under maximum security, Reeder stated in the letter. Dr. Brooks said in his reply that the second escape of Bish was inexcusable as the patient had been recognizee? as potenti ally dangerous. Following his return to the hospital after his first escape, the letter continued, Bish was sent to a different ward and was assigned by another physician to work on a cement crew. This was done as an industrial thera putic measure, Dr. Bfooks wrote. The letter explained that the hospital does have, a system of keeping close check on cases con sidered security risks, and ex pressed regrets that the system was not followed in Elsh's case. Dr. Brooks closed by saying that Bish has been pJaced in a maximum security ward since his return to the hospital Oct. 29. Two times Bish has been in volved with law enforcement of ficers when shots were fired. The last time was during the past month when Bish escaped from sheriffs deputies and city police in the Little Switzerland area east of Medford. He was apprehended Oct. 25 by Medford city police. Livingston, Ala. IIP) A load ed tractor-trailer ploughed into the front of a Negro school bus today, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 19 others.' Price 10 United Press Full Leased Wire, No. 164 si Truman Urges Agency in Charge Of Missile Program Changes in McMahon Act Recommended By HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Copyright, 1957, by Harry S. Truman (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden without written authorization.) If we were to meet the current Rusian challenge, I would urge the immediate setting up of a new government agency headed by a strong and able man, re sponsible only to the President, to be. in absolute charge of our long range missiles. I would suggest further that Congress be asked to amend the McMahon Act to make possible the pooling and exchange of sci entific research with our British ally, now forbidden by this Act. Should Reassess Budget And I think we ought to put an. end to our unilateral disarm ament, still going on, and re assess our military budget and requirements. The time for "bus iness as usual" is . oyer. The launehing -of the-Russian- arth satellite has shaken some of the confidence of the free world in our ability to maintain leader ship. The sooner we repair this damage, the more certain will be the security of free nations everywhere. Let there be no misunder standing, for unless we are strong, peace will be in jeopardy. And Russian propaganda may even now deceive some nations into misjudging our real power and potential and panic some people into surrender and com promise, as some were bullied by Hitler into, doing. Serves As Warning Khrushchev's truculence today should serve as a warning to us of what the Soviets really would be tempted to do if they had a preponderance of power, and our principle concern is to be ever vigilant that they never gain that preponderance. Even a tem porary technical advance with Sputnik has been seized upon by the Russians as an opportunity to accelerate the cold war with brazen threats and bold-faced lies. It would be dangerous for us, however, to underrate the sci entific achievement of Sputnik and its confirmation that the Russians possess the means to launch long range missiles. (Continued on Page 8) DOW-JONES AVERAGES New Y ixk (IP) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 441.04, up 0.76; 20 rail roads 110.94, off 0.75; 15 utili ties 65.75, up 0.27, and 65 stocks 149.45, up 0.06. Sales today were about 2,170,000 shares compared with 2,060, 000 shares Wednesday. Two Arrested Connection With Burglary Medford city police arrested Jozsef Toth, 20, of 520Vi South Fir st., and a 16-year-old com panion on charges of burglary last month, after investigating a "suspicious person" complaint at the McCormick Farm Equip ment company, 2232 Biddle rd. Police said Merchant Patrol man LeRoy Alma Starkey re ported two suspicious persons near the rear of the firm during a routine check of the building about 1:10 a.m. A police officer, arriving on the scene, found Toth in Starkey's 'custody. Po lice said Toth was taken to the police station when he could not give a reasonable explana tion of what he was doing there. Police reported that when Toth's vehicle was searched at the station, a number of items reported stolen in recent break ins were found in the car. The 33 To 26 Vote Approves Plan To Cut Income Taxes Two Democrats Join In Negative Ballot Salem iff) The Oregon House today passed House bill 2, the second part of Gov. Rob ert Holmes' lax reduction pro gram. House bill 2. passed by a vote of 42 to 17, increases basic school support S10 per census child from $95 to $105. Salem (IB The Oregon House of Representatives today passed Gov. Robert D. Holmes' bill reducing state income taxes 10 per cent. It now goes to the Senate. Vote on the measure was 33-26. Democrats George Annala, Hood River, and Emil Stunz, Nyssa, voted with the Republi cans against the measure. Might Not Materialize Rep. Clarence Barton, Coquille Democrat and chairman of the House Taxation Committee, pre sented the tax bill on the floor. He said that while it might be popular to give back even more money to the taxpayers, he felt that part of the state's estimated $70 million surplus might not materialize due to unfavorable economic conditions. Democrats in general want to retain a $50 million surplus while Republicans propose giv ing back all but $10 to $20 million to the taxpayers. The Governor's bill would save taxpayers $18 million a biennium. Barton said that business was off as much as 30 per cent this year from last and that unem ployment was increasing. He also said there was disagree ment among economists as to how much of the surplus might be collected, with some esti mates ranging down to $50 mil lion in 1959. Would Bolster1 Economy" -Rep. Wayne Giesy, Monroe Republican, said that more of the surplus in the hands of wage earners would bolster the econ omy and that a large surplus was unnecessary. Giesy advocated study of a bill giving $40 million back to the taxpayers by reducing taxes 25 per . cent. He said it was "poor public policy" to collect more taxes than are needed during a biennium. Set for a vote later today was House bill 2 increasing basic school support from $95 to $105 per census child. It is also part of the Governor's tax reduction plans. Jury Selected in Condemnation Trial A jury had been selected by noon today in the condemnation suit which started in circuit court before Judge Edward Keily against Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Muirhead, 2003 Hill crest rd. by the city of Medford. The suit involves a strip of land between Barneburg rd. and Sunrise ave., owned by the Muirheads which the city wishes. With the land, Jackson st. may be extended as a through street from Hillcrest rd. to McAndrews rd. in west Medford. Following selection of the ju rors this morning the group and Judge Kelly traveled to the site in question to inspect the area prior to the presentation of evi dence. Defendant attorneys are George Roberts and G. W. Kel lington. Roy Bashaw, city attor ney, is representing the city. by Police in 16-year-old boy was taken into custody when he was seen walk ing along Biddle rd. about 2:30 a.m. The youth admitted to police in a signed statement that he and Toth broke into the Mc Cormick Farm Equipment com pany and then told police they also broke into Cupps Furniture Barn in Central Point, the Home Appliance company, 303 South Front st. on Oct. 21, and the Hamacher Lumber company, 609 East Jackson st. on Oct. 26. Police said the articles taken were valued at more than $400. Most of the items were recov ered, unused, in Toth's apart ment, police said. Toth is being held in the city jail, according to police. The 16-year-old will be held at the Jackson county juvenile home pending further investigation, according to juvenile authorities.
