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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1958)
BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January I, I9S8 Air, Lymbeir Moke Top INIews hopping Injury of Passenger On incoming Plane Is Top 'Spot' News Development of a new shopping center at the corner of Jackson st. and Biddle rd.f the slump in the lumber market and the Talent reclamation project shared the voting by Mail Tribune news department staff members for the "most significant" news story of 1957. Three staff members picked the shopping center develop ment and three chose the lumber conditions as their choice for the most significant. Two staff members voted the Talent project as the most significant, and another considered the county water resources committee study and survey of the Rogue river basin as the most significant. The story of a 17-year-old Central Point youth shooting an incoming passenger plane at the Medford municipal air port, injuring a passenger, early in October was rated the best "spot" news story of the year. Seven staff members voted it the best, and two voted Alfred S. V. Carpenter's $1.5 million donation to Harvard university as the top news story. Stories which staff mem bers believed had the best "human interest" basis in cluded three members of the Edward Kelly family being appointed judges in the coun ty, another about a Medford policeman who was bitten by a dog, and one about a youth stealing a plane in Medford and takine his first "solo" flight to California. The stor ies ranked in that order in voting. The "most significant" story is judged on its long- range effect in the county, while a "spot" news story is one which makes news only one or two days. Other stones which re ceived votes as being signifi cant included the Medford and county subdivision ordi nances; the Salk anti-polio shots administered in the county: and the Berrydale annexation to Medford. Among stories during 1957 which received votes as be ing some of the best "spot" news stories were the success and expansion of the Shake spearean Festival in Ashland; new buildings in Medford, in cluding the Red Cross build ing and the Girls Community club; the trial of Donald Am buehl on a narcotics charge; the seizure and sale of more than $1,250,000 worth of property owned by Walter Leverette; the estate of the late John Tomlin, most of which went to charities; and the attempt to hold up the Medford branch of the First National bank late in the fall. Following is a summary of major news happenings in Jackson county during 1957: JANUARY Mayor John Snider and four new councilmen jtake office . . . Lewis T. Robinson killed in car crash near Rogue River . . . Noreen Kelly appointed municipal judge . . . Donald La Verne Ambuehl jury selec tion begins . . '. March, of Dimes campaign opens . . . city council amends building permit fees . . . Mayor Snider cited for speeding . . . Med ford area to get biggest tele phone rate increase . . . Build ing permits show Increase over 1955 . . . Medford district will need another school in 1958 . . . three new county officials take oath of office . . . unemployment for Decem ber estimated at 1,860 . . . 3,600 people move to Medford area during 1956 . . . Decem ber sets record for number of heavy fog days . . . Iranian lumber official visits county saw mills . . . new armory planned on housing project site . . . free Salk vaccine sta tion schedule set . . . three weather records set at Crater Lake in 1956 . . . bids called on Talent project plant gen -tlfh fM 111 "i f fTm-iVW erator . . . Ambuehl found guilty on narcotics charge . . . polio vaccination gets under way in county schools . . . Sarah Blevins Wing, 103-year-old Ashland resident dies . . . Medford planning commission considers rezoning 35 acres in southwest part of city . . . new building planned for Red Cross . . . Kenwood-Grand-view areas annexed to city . . . school district 6C calls election for two bond issues . . . OLCC schedules Medford hearings . . . Phoenix sewer lines near completion . . . three Medford men receive safety council awards . . . Ambuehl sentenced to three years, $500 fine . . . Ashland High school student wounded by another student in Klam ath Falls . . . OLCC opens hearings into law violations . . . county population totals 70,840 . . . Medford freeway route to be near Hawthorne park ... 16 tavern owners deny violation of state liquor laws . . . Jackson county plans $90,000 juvenile detention home . . . inch of snow falls in Medford . . . local highway crewmen shot near Tiller . . . 7,600 children receive polio shots in schools . . . architects retained to draw" new school plans . . . Clifford McGinty presented J a y c e e service award . . . Philharmonic so ciety presents programs . . . dragging starts on Rogue river for body of accident vic tim . . . Berrydale residents begin campaign for annexa tion . . . mothers set march for polio . . . grocery clerks threaten strike . . . bloodmo bile quota increased to 290 pints . . . juveniles admit ran- racking unoccupied house . . . FEBRUARY Hearing due on O&C land restrictions . . . bronze plaques presented Chamber of Com merce past presidents . . . bill proposed to remove school bond complications . . . bus driver suffers heart attack . . . bank debits in area show 5 per cent increase . . . woman dies of burns suffered in at tempt to light gas oven . . . 50,000 Shakespearean festival folders put into mail . . . Mrs. Elizabeth Myrtel Beck dies of heart attack on airplane fol lowing Hawaiian vacation . . . three Jackson county tavern owners arrested for displaying games of chance . . . Medford school board plans $1,200,000 bond issue . . . 2,665 unem ployed during January . . . women killed in highway crash near Medford . . . Lone Pine residents plan meeting to fight annexation . . . Pa tricia Leek, Richard James win Youth Leadership awards . , . tavern owners fined for operating games of chance . . . National Guard to control , . . New Medford Mayor, armory administration . . . Lone Pine millage rate in creases to 93.2 because of an nexation . . . slreamflow fore cast revised downward due to low January precipitation . . . Lone Pine school observes 100th year . . . second round of polio shots to start . . . shenif s office reports more than four million dollars col lected in taxes . . . Ashland woman dies attempting to start fire with kerosene . . . Medford planning commission to request $9,700 to back city's participation in Federal aid program for municipal im provements . . . Pear Festival date set in April . . . county clerk to authorize 20 precinct boundary changes . . . school district 6C bond elections scheduled . . . six firms sub mit bids on county detention home ... 23 youths arrested in connection with thefts . . . area students to take over city, county positions for day . . . Carl McMillan found guilty of driving while under influ ence of liquor . . . combined tax levy in Medford among lowest of nation . . . Ashland store owners charged with OLCC violations . . . two bond issues defeated in school dis- Jackson Hotel Bomb Scare Councilmen Take Office trict 6C . . . public hearing called on rezoning southwest Medford . . . high school stu dents favor commission for off-street parking . . . council passes tree planting ordinance . . . construction of Medford section of Highway 99 may start in fall . . . planning com mission recommends annexa tion election for Berrydale . . . Medford High wins Valley Forge award . . . Camp White celebrates eighth birthday . . . architect releases drawing of proposed $5,000,000 Rogue Manor . . . licensees admit contributions to GOP fall cam paign . . . McMillan sentenced to six months, $500 . . . Pros pect school to discuss special tax ... 14 Medford students to attend model United Na tions . , . MARCH County planning commis sion makes recommendations for improvements in crop pro duction ... 10 recommenda tions for removal of fire haz ards issued for Jackson county court house . . . Chamber of Commerce endorses two bills to give PUC more power . . . council restores street tree 'planting Medford irriga- ... Ground Leveling Starts for Shopping Center tion district snow cover said below average ... 10 arrested i when police raid card game . . . 21 tavern owners have licenses suspended for seven days . . . Andrew Jackson Hanby, 89, dies at Jackson county farm home . . . Con gressman Charles Porter to introduce Rogue River project bill . . . eight men fined $30 each for playing an illegal game . . . negotiations may lower total cost of detention home . . . district attorney orders scrap dealers to check for stolen equipment . . . coun cil calls hearings for improve ment districts . . . petitions submitted for Kenwood Grandview sewers . . . Pros pect school officials drop spe cial tax proposal . . . mayor names committee to negotiate with state on freeway . . . above average water flow forecast for southern Oregon rivers . . . Mrs. Marjorie M. Butler, Medford High dean of girls, dies in local hospital . . . possible deletions in county detention home discussed . . . reforestation of O&C lands for 1956-57 completed . . . gov ernment seizes Leverette prop erty for back taxes . . . 2,675 unemployed in county as of Feb. 28 . . . planning commis sion delays action on south west Medford zone change re quest . . . county detention home contract let by county court . . . Medford population listed at 21,979 . . . Governor Holmes to officiate at Pear Festival in April . . . possi bility of new federal building in Medford being discussed . . . Medford proceeds in plans for Eighth st. crossing . two new buildings authorized for Southern Oregon college . . . Charles G. Howe's body found in Rogue river . . . highway department to pre pare sketches for freeway in Medford . . . hearing on sewer construction continued by city council ... 29 foreign stu dents visit Medford . . . Jack sonville girl wounded in gun accident . . . rain storm sets record for March precipitation in Medford . . . supply of Salk vaccine in area said low . . . visiting officials inspect new National Guard armory . . . Congressman Charles Porter to act as master of ceremonies at seventh annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner . . . APRIL Local Philharmonic group presents annual spring con cert . . . O&C marketing re strictions abolished following hearing ... airport grant to be used for lighting . . . Med ford population listed at 22,- 232 . . . main switchboard planned for courthouse . . . April 16 hearing set for Bar- nett rd. zone change . . . Gor don Williams new youth di rector of YMCA . . . council approves additional study for Kenwood - Grandview sewer . Jaycees plan building pro gram at Lake of the Woods . . telephone system to Cra ter Lake nearing completion . . bar association protests closing Medford marshal of fice . . . county board ap proves $1,272,560 budget for rural schools . . . employment makes first seasonal gains . . . James Main named district judge . . . Siskiyou plane crash kills two . . fruit grow ers heat orchards in 30-degree weather . . . construction starts on detention home . . . Ashland jail said inadequate . . school district 6C calls budget election . . . fire pre vention code ordinance passed by Medford council . . . Berry dale annexation vote called May 22 . . . council changes meeting night to Thursdays . . bids called on water, sewer systems for Crater Lake . three Medford youths ad mit making bombs . . . com mittee presents city general budget of $721,965 . . . Rep. m WW . v.vir..X. w . . ! . E. A. Littrell injured in acci dent near Myrtle Creek . . . Jack Wood, Rogue River for est supervisor, receives pro motion ... Dr. William W. P. Holt named doctor of the year . . delivery of new phone directory begins . . . Governor Robert Holmes to make first 1957 visit to area . . ."David Frohnmayer selected as par ticipant in American Field service program . . . Red Cross building ground breaking held . . . Governor G. Mennen Wil liams speaks at dinner . . . phone numbers change in Medford . . . deer shot after injuring self in window . . . health department reports supply of polio vaccine out . . . Peter Britt home in Jack sonville damaged by fire . . . MAY Man killed when he walks into train at Main st. . . . Tuck er Sno-Cats give good service in Antarctica . . . new Jaycee officers installed . . . C. E. Brown named forest super visor to succeed Jack Wood . . . study of school budget starts . . . construction of ac cess road at airport approved by city . . . council rezones five acres near new hospital area . . . man escapes from Medford jail for 20 minutes . . smaller pear yield indi cated for 1957 . . . voters noti fied of precinct boundary changes . . . $150,000 mill de stroyed in Jacksonville fire . . Jackson hotel searched after bomb scare . . . woman killed when train strikes car at Stewart ave. crossing . . . Kings highway water district votes more land . . . $345,177 increases seen in county budget . . . bids opened on Green Springs power plant . . . fire department offers home inspection service . . . school district 6C approves $808,843 budget . . . public hearing for city residents on Berryaaie annexation held . . . water de partment presents budget for $486,967 . . . council invites Berrydale district residents to annex . . . water department to use postcard bills . . . an nual safety patrol banquet held . . . hearings cauea ior church property rezonmgs . . . cigarette starts Crater hotel fire . . . action starts on re zoning area for Sears develop ment . . . Francis l. uneney nominated for school board membership . . . parking meter time limits being readjusted . city to ask PUC hearing on speed of trains . . . city de cides to not to assume indebt edness of water districts . . . hearing called for rezoning of Sears area . . . plans autnor ized for sanitary sewer for Grandview - Kenwood areas .state highway department to place McAllister Springs rd. on forest highway system . six high school girls in jured in car accident . . . Roger Rath, county budget Governors Holmes, G. Mennon committeeman, refuses to sign proposed county budget . . . Crater Lake park observes 55th anniversary . . . rural school district residents ap prove budget . . . Raymond Reter successful bidder on Leverette property . . . bids call for construction of Crater Lake park buildings . . . two die when car plunges into Evans creek . . . Lions clubs to hold convention in Med ford during June . . . Berry dale annexed . . . Diamond lake jammed with fishermen on opening day . . . 3,000 hear governor dedicate new Nation al Guard armory . . . Med ford planning commission recommends rezoning of Sears property . . . Jerry Gastineau elected chairman of polio chapter for county . . . two men injured in gas explosion in rear of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building . . . grandstand dedicated a Camp White. JUNE St. Mary's High school plans new building,-additions . . . Medford area orchards heated five time during season . . . county treasurer predicts $1, 000,000 surplus for year . . . police arrest five on liquor charges . . . Medford school district budget wins by big margin ... 34 Phoenix High graduates receive diplomas . . . 284 Medford High seniors graduate . . . local couple charged with welfare fraud . . . preliminary plans for Berrydale sanitary sewer start . . . several lookouts manned because of dry weather . . . Hawthorne Park pool opens . . . employment gain con tinues in county . . . firm to develop nickel deposits in Illinois valley area . . . fruit growers approve county pur .-iJtfc ., .--'t &mZ,!te.Jk&m: Williams chase of land for agricultural research station . . . Eugene firm low bidder on Crater Lake park buildings . . . Herb Partridge named new director of Medford YMCA . . . bids called ior Kings highway water district project . . . new post office building due for Talent . . . local National Guardsmen leave for camp . . . 52 scouts plan to attend national event . . . Edward Kelly named new circuit court judge . . . George E. Gates dies in local hospital . . . Ever green bus lines seek schedule changes . . . Shakespearean Festival plays complete cast ing . . . county employee sal ary increases discussed at pub lie hearing . . . Ashland boy wins catfish derby . . . local corporation formed for elec tronic research ... job of state water resources board defined at meeting . .1. shots fired during arrest of Lowell A. Bish for assault ... Otto Ewaldsen reelected to Med ford school district post . . . Lions state convention starts in Medford . . . Washington youth killed on Highway 99 . . . final county budget has $57,269 increase . . . city school children rank above national averages, according to tests . . . Lions Internation al president speaks at conven tion . . . Columbia Utilities company purchases Crater Lake telephone system . . . Grants Pass man arraigned on narcotics charge . . . Eagles arrive for state convention . . . Southern Pacific an nounces no opposition to Eighth st. crossing . . . rim road at Crater Lake opens . . . council annexes land in fair ground area . . . Jim McDon ald elected president of Na tional Student Education as sociation . . . National Guards- Three Judgei in Family men return from summer training . . . Edward Kelly sworn in as circuit court judge . . . Pendleton man elected president of Oregon Eagles at convention. JULY City officials defend pro posed off-street parking pro gram . . . state water board voices opposition to legisla tion affecting Rogue river Richard V. Hogan appointed city purchasing agent . . . body of 5-year-old Grants Pass girl found in river . . . first non-military use of armory will be for Town and Coun try show . . . pear harvest ex pected to start Aug. 5 . . . shopping center plans an nounced . . . United Medford Crusade agencies present budget . . . Judge James M. Main named to interim group . . . 4,000 view July 4 fire works display . . . girl acci dentally shot in stomach . . . council defers action on re zoning Phipps property . . . 2-year-old boy drowns in ditch . . . Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association take out chamber membership . . . city planning commission denies annexation request for 47 acres . . . Mrs. Eve Nye named chairman of Medford school board . . . June unemployment remains high in area . . . measles cases in county reach 6-month high . . . no settlement signs re ported in Austin King will strike . . . Air Force to build radar station on King moun tain . . . county civil defense takes part in nation-wide alert . . . council . adopts budget for coming year . . . injuries fatal to man in log ging accident . . . evacuee fa cilities in county held excel lent by civil defense . . . hearing on train speeds post poned . . . county court names William Jess chairman to study water uses of 1 Rogue river . . . new Copco trans mission line under construc tion . . . Sears shopping cen ter land rezoned . . . Rogue Manor completing property purchases . . ' . pickets sta tioned at three entrances to Medco mill area . . . mayor signs ordinances for Sears pro ject . . . county planning com mission approves subdivision bill . . . dress rehearsals start youth steals plane from Med ford airport . . . Alley Broth ers mill closure adds to slump in lumber market . . . im proper storage said cause of Palm building fire . j . Med ford police captain appointed guardian of 82-year-old wom an .. . radio relay planned between Rogue valley, Klam ath Falls . . . Medford family found after night in woods near Butte Falls . . . fire de stroys buildings, home on Willow Springs rd. . . . top prices on Portland livestock market brings local encour agement . . . complaint may be filed against striking union at Medco by National Labor Relations board . . . public lands committee opposes pro posed duck stamp bill . . . $66 million bill on Rogue river development to be introduced by Congressman Charles O. Porter . . . harvest of pears starts on small scale ... AUGUST Plywood plant planned for White City area . . . Ashland youth killed in car accident here . . . hearing called for city subdivision ordinances . bids called for city storm sewer project . . . large crowd attends opening night for Shakespearean Festival . . . chairman named to subcom mittees of county water use group . . . Alley Brothers mill purchased by Steve Wilson . Mrs. Henry E. Johnson fatally burned in bed . . . hear ing on application for a labor injunction in a Jackson coun- (Coniinued on Page 7)
