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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-
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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.
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Lack of Russian
Propaganda Burst
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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
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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.'
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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.
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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.