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Resources
Yesterday's public hearing on
the Rogue basin's water re
sources before the state board of
water resources concluded in
mid-afternoon. L. C. Binford,
Portland, board member, ad
vised the audience additional in
formation and testimony can be
submitted during the next 10
days.
He and other members of the
board suggested the Jackson
county water resources commit
tee remain active in case ques
C? tions should arise after the board
makes its report to the state leg
islature. Such a committee could
also act in a "watch-dog" capac
ity, Binford suggested.
The suggestion followed one
made by Mrs. H. P. Bosworth
suggesting that a "watch dog"
committee be set up under the
county court as recommended in
the pollution subcommittee's re
port. Mrs. Bosworth also sug
gest an overall "governing
committee" be instituted.
Gives Certain Wealth
"These resources are some
thing which give all of us who
live in the valley a certain
wealth. It is up to us to make
the best use of it and make it
our aim to enjoy more leisure
and more culture," Mrs. Bos
worth elaborated. "It is not a
case of have and have not as
some of the arument on devel-
Qopment of our water resources
"ould seem to indicate."
In summing up, Binford said
the hearings are just one phase
of the study of the Rogue river
basin water resources. The board
has made a study of the history
of the basin covering a 50-year
period. During that time 72 dam
sites have been suggested, he
said. o
"And here is a map which
shows them all. I'm sure if you'll
Nlook you'll find your pet project
site there," Binford said pointing
to a map on the courthouse aud
itorium wall.
fcnforiij said the board would
O ciitinu) its stud into all phases
the basin development so
(jason people fleed not fear if j
O Jjomethintf is left out in the testi-
vjoony.
kard Member Robert W.
Soot, 'Medford, said considerable
'pactional argument had been ex
pecteri by the board. All mem
(berj were pleased with the com
parative smoothness of the testi
mony, he said.
I tfiink people are more con
cerned -with the development of
resources," Root commented.
"They r maturing. They're not
ol3 jjicneefs any more. Televi
ftipn and other sings of progress
tjave fcorne in."
iSowiC at, Ihe1 more dramatic
(Jesfitnenx presented yesterday
O rafletnoon was that given by
Yd, orgpn, Trail. He stted
fnpljaticaily he realized he
woulcf lose his home if a dam
goes in at Trail, (as previously
proposed), "but I don't care." He
said the good of the whole valley
should be considered and not
just a few people.
"The Izaak Walton League
does a wonderful job in its line,
but there are other things to con
sider besides catching fish," he
remarked. "I hope now this chap
ter will keep its opposition con
fined to the basin here and not
bring in people from Detroit and
New York who have never even
seen the basin."
Morgan said as a result of the
December, 1955,' flood he had
three feet of water in his house
and 10 inches of mud in it af
terwards. What good are spawn
ing beds, he askejd, if they are
covered with mud?
Report in 1958
Fred E. Ingraham, chief of
planning, Portland branch, corps
of Army engineers, said his or
ganization's report should be
complete in 1958. Few if any
good storage sites in the basin
exist upstream, he said.
Moving upstream costs be
come higher gnd fewer good
sites appear, the engineer testi
fied. Storage for flood control
alone is not justified, he empha
sized. The corps would only au
thorize multiple-use dams which
would include irrigation, flood
control and recreation uses, he
said.
"An adequate dam should be
constructed where it could con
trol a large enough drainage
area," the engineer said. "Our
report will be based on sound
engineering and economy. We
realize it will not satisfy all in
terested groups."
FayO Bristol, Rogue River,
representative of the Rogue
River Flood Control association
and state representative from
Josephine county, said the or
ganization went on record sup
porting the report of the Jack
son county water resources com
mittee. Timely flood warning on
the Rogue river is almost impos
sible, he emphasized. All costs
ie
and benefits should be evaluat
ed in a study of basin water re
sources, he added.
Urges Action
John B. Harr Jr., Rogue
River, representative of Rogue
River school district, urged im
mediate and effective action
against the flood hazard. The
Rogue River school district was
"most seriously affected," he
said. "There were a great num
ber of personal tragedies as a re
sult of the 1955 flood," Harr
said. Such a flood, he added,
forces a shift of population out
of the affected district into an
other, overcrowding it. The
school district was in the heart
of the flood area, Harr pointed
out.
C. W. Jensen, chairman of the
Rogue ' River Conservation dis
trict, argued that it is impos
sible to set an accurate evalua
tion on agricultural land. One
acre of land may provide $1,000
worth of groceries, he added
Since so much land is being lost
to highway, home and airport
developments it is imperative
that land not be removed
through flooding.
Bud Hoover, Camp White
farmer, remarked he was dis
appointed that none of the re
ports mentioned dam sites in
the basin which would be ac
ceptable to all groups. Such a
site would be one on Agate
creek, he said.
Jerry Latham, Medford, re
lated how the Agate desert had
been developed as an example
of development of natural re
sources. Agate lake has been
utilized for both agricultural
and recreational purposes, he
pointed out. An industrial area
has developed in the Camp
White area and the Veterans Ad
ministration Domiciliary has
proved a benefit to the area, he
said.
D. H. Barber, Trail, president
of Preserve the Rogue River,
Inc., said he is concerned over
the direction water resources de
velopment plans are taking. The
real danger is industrial use of
water in exhorbitant amounts
and dumping of wastes into the
river by the industries, he said.
The foggy atmosphere in the
valley makes heavy industrial
development of the valley im
practical and dangerous, he said.
He. quoted from county re
sources committee report which
suggested "development of
chemical wood by-product in
dustry should be encouraged
when suitable water and air
pollution safeguards are de
veloped. The word "only"
should be inserted, he argued.
Barber said his group un
alterably opposes any dam or
dams on the main stem of the
Rogue river.
"We will not block use of rea
sonable amounts of water for
industry and irrigation," Bar
ber asserted. "We supported the
Talent project, for instance."
"I'm also surprised that the
very groups which were active
ly in opposition last time have
now shifted their stand to the
other side."
"This is not a declaration of
war, but an invitation to co
operate," Barber concluded.
Earlier, members of the local
chapter of the Izaak Walton
league had given testimony,
based on its recently adopted po
sition that it will support any
basin development which gives
full consideration to the God
given resources of the Rogue
basin's water.
Its statement of position called
for further investigations of
alternate types of planning, and
for full protection to fish life.
It renewed its opposition to the
original development proposal,
"Plan A," as such.
Most of yesterday morning
was devoted to hearing reports
of the eight subcommittees of
the county water resources com
mittee. The state board is holding a
second hearing in Grants Pass
today, and on Friday will go to
Gold Beach for the third day of
hearings on the Rogue basin.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley fog brlow
2.509 feet through Friday with
partial lifting in afternoon. In
creasing and thickening cloud
iness above fog. Low tonight
30. High Friday 38.
Temp.
Hichest yest 37
Lowest this a.m. 31
Precip.
To 4 a.m. today trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:31 ajn.
4:39 p.m.
11:05 p.m.
Sunset ....
Moonrise
Last Quarter Friday night
Sirius. in the SE 10:29 p.m.
Regulus leads the moon
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 7:32 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 3:16 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:45 a.m.
Western Oregon
Transportation
Hampered by Fog
Coast Residents Bask
In Mild Temperatures
By UNITED PRESS
Fog cripped transportation in
western Oregon again today and
the weather man said it would
persist through Friday evening
in places.
Fog was reported from Med
ford north through Olympia,
Wash. The Portland Interna
tional airport was socked in with
two miles of visibility at mid
night. At 1:30 a.m. it was prac
tically zero.
Two ships laid off the mouth
of . the Columbia river as fog
accumulated along the stream
down to its mouth.
The weather bureau said heat
ing was expected to clear the
fog over most of the northwest
Oregon this afternoon but the
interior of southwest Oregon
was expected to remain foggy
through Friday evening.
Icy Spots Reported
State highway officials said
ground fog was reported at Port
land, Cascade Locks, Troutdale,
Astoria, Tillamook, Salem, Sal
mon River, Eugene, Roseburg,
Medford, Cave Junction, Co-
quille, Bly, Seneca, Burns and
Basque.
Icy spots were reported on
highways at Government Camp,
Warm Springs junction, The
Dalles, Prospect, Bend, Bly, Pen
dleton, Meacham and Austin.
Meanwhile, Oregon coastal
residents advised motorists who
have been bedeviled by the fog
on inland highways that High
way 101 is clear and dry.
Much of the Oregon coast for
the past week has enjoyed
Florida-like weather with mild
temperatures and brilliant sun
shine.
Gunman Takes Advantage
In Portland early today a
masked gunman took advantage
of foggy conditions and held up
two service stations.
A man held up a station and
escaped with $10. Police said
visibility was about 50 feet at
the time.
Less than an hour later a rob
ber of the same description held
up another station and escaped
with $20. - - -
Medford Records
Fourth Pedestrian
Fatality This Year
Medford recorded its fourth
pedesrtain death of the year yes
terday when John Arthur Mar
shall, 24, of Kalispell, Mont.,
died in a local hospital, appar
ently of injuries suffered when
he was struck by a truck on
Tuesday rrjorning, according to
Medford police.
An autopsy will be performed
today, according to officials at
the county coroner office. Police
reported Marshall was seen just
prior to the accident walking in
a dazed manner.
Marshall was struck in the
head by a sideview mirror of a
truck operated by Jack Winford
Williams, 455 Walker st., Ash
land, while attempting to cross
North Pacific highway near the
Richfield Truck stop about 4:40
a.m. Williams told police Mar
shall apparently walked into the
truck without seeing it ap
praoching. Conger-Morris Funeral home
is in charge of local arrange
ments pending word from rela
tives in Montana.
West Main Clinic
Ransacked Last Night
Twenty-three rooms in the
West Main clinic were ransack
ed last night, according to city
police.
Police said the building at
1032 West Main st., was check
ed by a police officer at 2 a.m.
The break-in was discovered
when an employee, Barbara
Jeanne Pitts, 1920 Cherry
Heights, came to work about
8:30 a.m. today.
Two small radios, a clock,
portable typewriter and about
60 cents in change in addition to
small items were taken, police
said. They said a small amount
of mild narcotics also was taken.
Police said the thieves attempt
ed to break into the safe with a
screwdriver but failed. Papers
and records were scattered over
the floors from the thieves'
dawer-to-drawer search, police
said.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York iff) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indust
rials 438.48 off 0.88; 20 rail
roads 100.89 up 4.84; 15 utili
ties 67.87 up 0.11; 65 stocks
147.08 up 1.18. Sales today
were about 2.330,000 shares
compared to about 2.240,000
shares yesterday.
52nd Year
Medford
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Dke and Security Council
Discuss Planning iFoir MAT
OTTO J. FROHNMAYER
Chosen as President
Officers Elected
By Chamber Today;
Awards Approved
Otto J. Frohnmayer, Medford
attorney, this morning was elect
ed president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
for the coming year. He succeeds
M. M. Huggins, Medford oil
dealer.
New officers were named at
the last 1957 meeting of the
chamber's board of directors at
breakfast this morning. Others
elected were RonGanUc"et6Tl
Commercial Printing company,
first vice president; Russ Jami
son, public relations man, second
vice president, and Clarence
Young, Rogue Valley State bank,
treasurer.
The annual membership meet
ing of the board will be held in
January, the board was told.
Awards Approved
The board also approved the
establishment of two types of
awards which the chamber can
present for service to the com
munity. One is a "Scroll of
Honor" award, for outstanding
personal service to Jackson coun
ty; the other is a Progress award,
for firms or individuals who
have made a contribution to the
economic well-being of the
county.
Gerald T. Latham, a newly
elected member of the board,
who is also vice chairman of the
Jackson county water resources
committee, reported on the work
of the committee, which yester
day culminated with the presen
tation of subcommittee reports
on the Rogue basin's water re
sources to the state water re
sources board.
Latham was optimistic that
this area's water could be devel
oped in an orderly manner for
the best interests of the majority
of the people, and in a way that
will permit expansion of both
industry and population without
unduly sacrificing any of the
important resources values of
the basin's water supplies.
Bakery, Laundry
Unions Expelled
Atlantic City, N. J. W The
AFL-CIO today denounced the
Senate Rackets Committee but
expelled two more unions on
corruption charges.
The 160,000-member Bakery
workers and the 75,000-member
Laundry Workers were ousted
and AFL-CIO President George
Meany was authorized to grant
a new charter in the bakery
field.
The merged labor federation
accused the McClellan commit
tee of "political retaliation" and
said several of its members were
guilty of anti-labor bias. It was
the first sweeping attack on the
group, which has made sensa
tional disclosures of labor-management
scandals.
Higher Turkey Prices
Predicted for Christmas
Portland (IP) A survey of
Portland food markets today in
dicated turkey - and - trimming
prices in the metropolitan area
will be higher for Christmas than
they were for Thanksgiving.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957
House Democrats
Urge President To
Broaden Meeting
Bulganin's Letter
Remains Unanswered
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower met for two hours
15 minutes with the National
Security Council today on the
eve of his departure for the cru
cial NATO Summit talks in
Paris.
The White House, which nor
mally declines to give any de
tails of NSC meetings, said it
could be "assumed" that the con
ferees discussed policy and plan
ning for ;next week's NATO
meeting.
Reply Not Estimated
It declined, however, to say
whether Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin's latest letter to the
President figured in the discus
sion. Nor would it estimate
when the President might reply.
There was a possibility that this
government would issue an of
ficial brush-off to Bulganin's
latest proposal for East-West
talks. The letter has been la
belled by the State Department
as an attempt to torpedo the
NATO talks.
The list of those attending
the NSC meeting was not ex
panded for today's session.
Besides the President, those
attending included Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon, Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles.
Deputy Defense Secretary Don-
ald ,u4rjg&srje.tajx-
treasury Robert B. Anderson,
Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, Chair
man of. the Atomic Energy Com
missioi; James R. Killian, the
President's scientific adviser;
Robert Cutler, presidential ad
viser on national security affairs;
and Brig. Gen. Andrew F. Good
paster, White House staff secre
tary. All, except Nixon, will at
tend the NATO meeting.
To Leave Friday
The President, given an "ex
cellent" bill of health by his doc
tors following his mild stroke
Nov. 25, will fly to Paris late
Friday. Dulles left for Paris
after the NSC meeting to en
gage in advance spadework for
the NATO meeting, which starts
Monday.
Meanwhile, 28 House Demo
crats sent the President a tele
gram urging him to broaden the
scope of the NATO meeting.
They said the Western leaders
should consider not only military
and scientific matters, but also
closer economic cooperation,
Middle East tensions and foreign
policy generally.
These are some of the chief
U.S. ideas for the NATO session:
Creation of new missile
bases at selected sites in NATO
nations that could serve as a new
deterrent to keep Russia from
touching off a nuclear-age push
button war.
Establishment of nuclear
warhead stockpiles under U.S.
control.
Training Center
Building a missile training
center to teach European NATO
soldiers more about how to use
nuclear-tipped rockets.
Setting up an arrangement
for pooling scientific information
and personnel to get more bene
fit from all Western scientific
talent.
Agreement on dividing up
weapons production so nations
manufacture the arms they are
best suited to make.
Bulldozer Operator
Crushed by Machine
Baker IIP) Alan Morrow, 26,
was killed at 9 a.m. Wednesday
when the bulldozer he was op
erating on a steep slope 25 miles
northwest of here overturned
and crushed him.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
HELP FIGHT TB Jess
United
'What's This I Hear About the Nixon Buildup
Back East?"
(Herblock Is
Compensation Claims
Show Decline in Area
Efforts being made to "keep
things going" .were., reflected -in
the number of new claims for
unemployment compensation re
ceived in November, according
to John J. Patton, manager of
the Medford office of the state
employment service.
Patton said new claims filed
last month were down 12 per
cent from October, .the first time
that November has been lower
than October in the number of
new claims received.
The total amount of unemploy
ment in Jackson county last
month was estimated at 1,700,
an increase of 17 per cent over
October and 28 per cent more
than a year ago, Patton said. But
the increase was smaller than
expected, he added.
Reach Lowest Point
Employment can be expected
to reach its lowest point of the
year during January and Febru
ary, he said.
Former employees of the lum
ber industry are receiving about
55 per cent of the benefit pay
ments being made at present
through the local office, Patton
noted. Most men expect to re
turn for work for their regular
employers when weather or mar
ket conditions permit operations
to resume.
All firms in the lumber indus
try, Patton said, appear to be
making a determined effort to
Police Officers
Hurt in Accident
Two Medford police officers
were injured when the car in
which they were riding collided
with a pickup truck at the Bear
Creek Orchards intersection on
Highway 99 about 4:50 p.m. yes
terday, according to city police.
Police said the driver of the
police vehicle, Milton Lloyd
Hanson, 2550 Jo Jack rd., was
treated and released at Sacred
Heart hospital. Berle Eldred
Stephens, 307 Hamilton st., re
mained in the hospital over
night for observation. The dri
ver of the pickup truck, Chester
E. Corry, 835 Peachy rd., Ash
land, was not injured, police
said.
Hanson said the light at the
intersection had turned green
and he proceeded about 30 miles
an hour. He said he saw the
pickup truck parked on the high
way, apparently without any
lights, too late to stop or turn
onto the shoulder of the high
way. Hanson reported a heavy fog
although when leaving Medford
for Ashland the fog was fairly
light. The two officers were on
their way to Ashland to ques
tion a suspect, officials said. Po
lice said the city vehicle was
heavily damaged.
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on Vacation)
continue operations, and in many
cases they were forced to shut
down temporarily, or reduce
working hours because of the
difficulty in selling products.
Winter weather at high eleva
lions caused some layoffs on
construction projects in the Tal
ent project, but the work is ex
pected to resume as soon as
weather permits. Job opportuni
ties were considerably fewer
than in October, he said.
There was a demand for or
chard pruners and the fruit in
dustry started packing Christmas
gift boxes during November.
336 Pints of Blood
Collected in City
A total of 336 pints of blood
was received by the Red Cross
Bloodmobile during its visit to
Medford Wednesday afternoon,
Eloodmobile officials report.
This is 46 pints more than the
quota, officials said. They report
370 donors during the. day, with
34 rejects.
Red Cross spokesman said to
day that the total included 178
drop-in donors, the highest num
ber for any previous Bloodmo
bile visit here.
They reported that many don
ors replaced blood used by
friends and relatives.
The quota for the Bloodmo
bile visit was 290. The last visit
made in Medford by the .unit
fell far short of the needed
quota, officials said. .
A total of 107 pints of blood
were collected at the Shady Cove
visit of the Bloodmobile Tues
day. The quota was 150 pints.
Seven Area Students Are
Scholarship Semi-Finalists
Seven high school students in
Jackson county are semi-finalists
for scholarships sponsored by
the National Merit Scholarship
corporation, the NMSC associa
tion announced today.
They are Jean T. Fitch and
Larry D. Neal, Ashland high
school; David L. Mack, Crater
high school; Sandra K. Buxton,
James G. Corum, Karen J. Slon-
iger and Jon A. Thompson, all
of Medford High school.
The students were among
7,500 chosen from some 300,000
fellow seniors in the scholarship
qualifying test, a college aptitude
examination given in 14,000 high
schools on Oct. 22.
The 7,500 semi-finalists repre
sent about one-half of one per
cent of the nation's high school
seniors. Semifinalists were se
lected on the basis of the high
Rain Forecast for
Coast Friday; Fog
Results in Crashes
Medford Airport
Closed Since Monday '
A storm front off the north
ern California coast is expected
to bring rain to the coast Friday
night and Saturday which could
result in a pressure change
necessary to disperse fog in this
area, the weather bureau said
today.
The thickest fog thus far this
year was blamed for several
minor traffic accidents, kept the
Medford airport closed, and
' Mrs. Lavelus Wimmer said
this noon the Fooilighters
play, "The Wooden Dish
has been cancelled tonight be
cause of the fog.
She pointed out, hawever,
that productions will be as
scheduled starting at 8:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday
nights in the Fooilighters the
ater neftr the Medford Nation
al Guard Armory.
brought a plea from Medford
police that porch lights be left
on to assist motorists traveling
in residential districts last night.
The weather bureau said the
top of the fog today was esti-'
mated at 2,800 feet, compared
to 2,200 to 2,500 feet yesterd-.
The increasing and thickening
high clouds forecast above the
fog Friday is evidence of the
change which may bring re
spite to the fog situation, bureau
officials said.
No Airline Service
There has been no airline
service from the Medford air
port since Monday, airline rep
resentatives said this morning,
and they did not expect flights
into the airport today. Planes
of United Airlines and West
Coast Airlines were landing at
Klamath Falls, while Southwest
Airways planes were terminat
ing flights south of here, de
pending on fog conditions.
Passengers are transported to
Klamath Falls to meet flights,
or to Portland in some cases,
officials said. Air mail is trans
ported by bus to Klamath Falls
by the airlines, or comes into
Medford via Klamath Falls or
directly from Portland by truck,
depending on which is quicker.
Fog resulted in the postpone
ment of a Medford Independent
Basketball league game between
Eagle Point and Mutual of Oma
ha tonight, and the Footlighters
play tonight in Medford.
Medford Police Capt. Clyde
Fichtner warned motorists of
not driving too fast in fog, and
noted that motorists traveling
less than the posted speed limits
may still be cited for violation
of basic rule if weather condi
tions impair the driver's vision.
Riding Bicycles
He asked parents not to let
children ride bicycles unless in
an emergency. Bicycles, he not
ed, are hard to see at night,
and almost impossible to see if
there is fog.
The number of cars involved
in accidents, many of them hit
run accidents, have increased
during recent foggy conditions,
he noted. Motorists involved in
accidents, no matter how minor,
should report them to the de- Q
partment, he added.
Pedestrians have been asked
to wear light-colored clothes if
walking at night, especially dur
ing foggy conditions, Fichtner
said.
Nuclear Weapons Said
On U.S. Submarines
New York (IP) Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell said
today the United States "at this .
moment" has nuclear weapons
"on submarines in both oceans,
standing ready to rise, fire and
submerge within moments."
Other nuclear weapons, he
said, are aboard B52 jet bomb
ers and supercarriers.
est test scores in each state, pro
rated according to high school
senior population.
Winners of the finals will have
their choice of college and course
of study. Value of each four-year
Merit scholarship varies with the
financial need of each student,
ranging from $100 a year to $2,
200 per year or more.
This is the third year for the
scholarship program. It was
established in 1955 through
grants of $20.5 million fro the
Ford Foundation and the Carne
gie Corporation of New York.
Current sponsors include a num
ber of nationally known com
panies. The annual competition is
open to any public, private or
parochial high school in the Un
ited States, Alaska, Canal Zone,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands.