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Two Jackson county men
today announced their candi
dacies for nomination for
circuit judge positions here.
James M. Maine, 41, of 543
Haven st., Medford, district
court judge, filed for position
No. 1, and Circuit Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly, 53, of 906 West
Fourth st., Medford, filed for
position No. 3.
All three judgeships are
for the first judicial district,
..Jackson and Josephine coun
ties. Position No. 1 must be
filled by a resident of Jack
son county, and position No.
3 by a resident of either Jack
son or Josephine county. The
latter position was created by
the legislature at the last reg
ular session. Position No. 2
must be filled by a Josephine
county resident. It is now
held by Orville Millard,
Grants Pass.
Present Judge
Main is seeking the posi
tion held for many years by
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna,
who has announced he will
not seek reelection. Judge
Kelly was appointed to the
new judgeship, position No. 3,
last June.
Main was born in Water-
ville, Maine, and was gradu
ated from Northwestern col
lege of law in 1949. He was
law clerk to James Alger Fee,
United States district court
judge, from Aug. 7, 1949. to
Sept. 2, 1950, when he be
came affiliated with the Jack
son County Title company.
He was associated with the
law firm McAllister, Duncan
and Brophy , from March,
1952, to February, 1953, and
was in private practice with
Stanley C. Jones Jr., from
1953 until April 12, 1957,
when he was appointed dist
rict court judge to succeed the
late Rawles Moore.
Committee Member
Main is a member of the
legislative interim committee
on judicial administration,
and is chairman of the trial
court procedure subcommit
tee. He was vice president of
the Municipal Judges associa
tion while he was Medford
Municipal judge between Au
gust, 1954, and January, 1957.
Prior to assuming the non
partisan post, Main worked in
the Democratic party, and be-
Normal Rainfall Is
Seen Next 30 Days
Near or slightly above nor
mal temperatures are antici
pated in southwestern Ore
gon and northern California
from now until the middle of
next month, according to the
30-day outlook of the weather
bureau.
The mid-January to mid
February outlook also is for
normal precipitation.
Medford station of the wea
ther bureau reported that nor
mal high temperatures for the
period are 45 degrees and nor
mal lows 30. Normal precipi
tation is 2.5 inches.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York UP Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 445.23, up
0.03; 20 railroads 104.13,
up 1.12; 15 utilities 71.36.
unchanged, and 65 stocks
150.82. up 0.31. Sales today
were about 3,950.000 shares
compared with 2.080.000
shares Wednesday.
New Ranger District Is
Created in Rogue Forest
A new Ranger district with
headquarters at Prospect has
been established in the Rogue
River National forest. Super
visor Carroll E. Brown an
nounced today.
The new district was creat
ed from ; the Butte Falls and
Union Creek districts, Brown
said. The district was formed
because the work load in the
Union Creek district has in
creased over the past few
years to a point where ade
quate supervision could not
be given all activities.
An increase in timber man
agement, including a stepped-
up program for timber
sales, and "Operation Out
doors," which provides for re
habilitation of existing camp
grounds and construction of
new campground facilities,
are included in the increased
work load.
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EDWARD C. KELLY
Seeks Renomination
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JAMES M. MAIN
Seeks Judgeship
longs to the Masonic lodge
and the Elks club.
Judge Kelly, who was born
in Blackfoot, Ida.,, started
practicing law with his fa
ther, the late E. E. Kelly, in
1927. He is a graduate of Med
ford High school, the Univer
sity of Oregon and the Ore
gon law school. He received
bachelor of arts and doctor
of jurisprudence degrees.
Served in Legislature
He served in Oregon legis
lature during the regular and
special sessions. in 1933, and
was connected with the Pub
lic Works administration in
Washington. D.C., between
1933 and 1935. From 1935 un
til 1939, he was regional at
torney for the PWA in Port
land. In 1940 he became affiliat
ed with the department of
justice and was doing interior
department work in Alaska,
and was assistant general
counsel of the Bonneville
Power administration in Port
land from 1940 until Pearl
Harbor.
Kelly returned here in 1942
and has practiced, law here
since. During World War II,
he was captain in the Army
serving in the European thea
ter handling civil affairs and
military government. In 1942
he ran for congress when the
fourth congressional district
was organized.
Prior to his appointment on
the non-partisan judgeship, he
worked in the Democratic
party. He was affiliated with
the Kelly law firm here be
fore becoming judge. His son,
Bernard, and daughter, No
reen, still are practicing law
from the firm's office. An
other son, James, works at
Harry and David's.
Construction Plans
Plans call for construction
of necessary buildings just
north of Prospect inside the
national forest boundaries,
Browr said. Until the facil
ities are ready, temporary
housing and office space will
be provided from rentals and
use of trailers as needed.
Personnel for the new dist
rict will be selected early in
February, Brown said.
The new district will en
able the forest service to
provide more timber sales in
this area to maintain the al
lowable annual cut and pro
vide more service to the pub
lic in recreational uses and
other activities.
The district is a combina
tion of part of the Union
Creek district and the north
ern section of the Butte Falls
district.
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Air Equipment
Obsolete in USSR
Said Being Bought
Conventional Craft
Said Being Neglected
Washington HP Roy T.
riuriey, an airplane engine
manufacturer, told Senate in
vestigators today that the Air
Force still is buying equip
ment that was considered ob
solete by Russian standards
three years ago.
Hurley, president and board
chairman of Curtiss-Wright,
testified before the Senate
preparedness subcommittee in
its investigation of this coun
try's defense strength as com
pared with Russia's.
Another witness was Thom
as G. Lanphier Jr., vice presi
dent of Convair, an aircraft
and missile manufacturer. He
said conventional bombers
will be needed "for many
years to come" but are being
neglected because of "over-
optimism" about ballistic mis
siles.
On the other side of Con
gress, the House Armed Serv
ices Committee, conducting a
similar defence inquiry, ques
tioned Deputy Defense Secre
tary Donald A. Quarles be
hind closed doors.
Quarles told reporters be
fore his committee appear
ance tnat tne Pentagon is
working a lot of "new imagi
native" programs for the
space age. They include
study of space ships, he said
Both a high Navy official
and Dr. Alan T. Waterman,
director of the National Sci
ence Foundation, protested
meanwhile that the adminis
tration "had slashed their re
search fund requests..
Waterman told a House gov
ernment operations subcom
mittee that the Budget Bu
reau cut the foundation's basic
research funds by 50 per cent
this year and knocked 20 per
cent off the amount asked for
the next fiscal year.
Assistant Navy Secretary
Garrison Norton, in censored
testimony released by the
Senate preparedness subcom
mittee, said the Navy didn't
get all the research and de
velopment funds it should
have in the President's 1959
budget.
Teamsters Local
Expelled from
County Council
The Jackson County Labor
Council, "with extreme re
luctance," expelled the Team
sters Local 962 "in compli
ance with its constitution and
by-laws and that of the AFL
CIO" at a meeting this week.
The Council said it would
"continue to extend all cour
tesies and support to the
Teamsters even though they
are no longer an affiliate."
In a letter to AFL-CIO pres
ident, George Meany, the
Council pointed out "the ex
emplary manner in which the
local teamsters union and the
local bakers union have con
ducted their affairs under
their present leadership."
Letter Continues
The letter continued the lo
cal Council hoped "that a way
will be sought and a means
found to speedily bring back
into local and national affilia
tion the thousands of mem
bers of these two organiza
tions who are not guilty of
wrong doing and that the pro
cedures arrived at will single
out those-who are guilty, and
that action, legal or otherwise,
as deemed necessary and ad
visable, will only penalize the
wrongdoers."
The Council compiled with
the directive of the AFL-CIO
allowing the bakers union to
remain affiliated with the
Council for a period of 60
days on their indication that
they are desirous of affiliating
with the new American Bak
ery and Confectionery Work
ers International union.
Officers elected at this
week's meeting include Wil
bur Ward, president; George
Beltz, vice president; Pauline
La Plane, financial secretary;
J. Vernon Marshall, recording
secretary; Jess Wagner, ser
geant at arms; and Merle Mer
riman, William Hoxie, Forrest
Liddell and George ouns
berry,. trustees.
EDFORT
DULL
President
To 3 Remaining
Years in Capital
Washington (IP President
Eisenhower has come through
the worst of his early winter
chores confident he is up to
the burdens and the tensions
Of his three remaining years
in the White House
He would like however, to
get away from the bleak,
damp chill of Washington for
a few days of sun and golf,
He was expected to do this at
the first opportunity and not
later than some time early
next month
The Chief Executive's three-
top priority messages to Con
gress have been completed,
The State of the Union mes
sage and the budget have
gone to Congress. His annual
economic message is finished
and will go to the House and
Senate Monday.
A major farm message was
Storm Sewer Tops
Blown Off During
Explosion of Gas
An explosion early today
in the new Eighth st. storm
sewer blew sewer covers off,
flipped others like pancakes,
broke at least one window
and worried many Medford
residents.
City officials blamed the
blast on an accumulation of
domestic gas in the sewer
line, which they said appar
ently was ignited. by a passing
vehicle or construction warn
ing flare. No injuries were
reported.
The blast, which took place
about 3:20 a.m., apparently
was centered near 10th st.,
between King and Laurel
sts. Following the blast, a
series of smaller explosions
on 10th and Eighth sts. was
reported by city police. Offi
cials said the smaller blasts
were most likely caused by
sewer covers . blowing off
from the expanding gas.
Four Blown Off
At least four lids were
blown completely off, several
others disturbed and others
flipped over in mid-air, com
ing to rest upside down, city
police reported. An inspection
of the line showed no damage
to the new sanitary sewer, of
ficials said. The sewer has not
been placed in operation yet,
they added.
City firemen, called to the
scene, reported no . evidence
of fire along the explosion
route which extended west
on West Eighth st., between
Hamilton and Lincoln sts. Of
ficials indicated compressed
air, rather than gas, caused
the sewer covers a distance
from the main blast to be
disturbed.
Gas company officials re
ported this morning they
started checking all points
along the sewer line where
the company's line crosses.
No leaks were found during
yiis morning's check of sev
eral possible .points, they
said.
Several city police, in a
patrol car near the area, and
firemen in the West side sta
tion reported seeing a flash
accompany the explosion.
City officials said the gas,
which is heavier than air,
apparently built up in the
sewer until it reacnea tne
covers where it was ignited.
They termed the explosion
'not serious" but said city
crews in addition to the gas
company crews would con
tinue checking the line for
possible leaks and damage.
Chances for another explo
sion are very remote, officials
said. Checks are being made
on the line and covers have
been removed to -ventilate the
system, they added,
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GIVES CONDITION FOR
PARLEY WITH RUSSIA
Feels Up
dispatched to Capital Hill to-
i
day.
State Dinners Planned
Thus the most time-consuin-
ing tasks ahead of the Presi
dent for the immediate future
involved the six state dinners
of the 1958 White House so
cial season which begin to
night with the vice president
and cabinet as honor guests
and will continue through
Feb. 11.
Eisenhower was on clase-at-hand
display before an audi
ence of 270 reporters Wednes
day at his Oct. 30 and the
first since his Nov. 25 mild
stroke.
In this meeting he made
it plain he has given no
thought to resigning because
of his past medical record
and intends to continue the
conduct of the presidency un
til his term expires Jan. 20,
1961.
."I feel very well indeed,'
he told reporters, "but . .
no one can tell what the phy
sical future is.
"I am optimistic enough to
say this that as long as
am able, I am going to carry
on just exactly as I have in
the past, and with no thought
of it. From there on, it is in
the lap of the gods and that's
that.
Newsmen Peer Closely
With reporters peering close
ly at every move of his hands,
every slightest change of fa
cial expression and listening
as human stethoscopes to
every tone and inflection of
his voice, the President brush
ed aside suggestions from
some quarters that he resign
because of his health.
He said he had not consid
ered resignation in connec
tion with his November ill
ness because the. doctors told
him he had suffered no dam
age "to whatever intellectual
facilities I "have."
Any time that I believe
or any group oi doctors
eminent doctors would say
that I am not really up to
doing my job, then I would
personally, feeling as I do . . .
I would have no recourse ex
cept to resign."
Berrydale Sewer on
Council's Agenda
An ordinance authorizing a
contract for preparation of
plans and specifications for a
sanitary sewer system in the
Berrydale area will be consid
ered by the Medford city
council at its 7:30 p.m. meet
ing today.
The Berrydale area was an
nexed to the city last year.
Also on the agenda is an
ordinance authorizing plans
and specifications for a sani
tary sewer on Siskiyou blvd.,
the authorization to call for
bids on a storm sewer lateral
system between Fir and Ivy
sts. on 11th and 12th sts.
The council also will con
sider calling a public hearing
on installation of an eight-
inch water main on Siskiyou
blvd. east of Modoc ave.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Low overcast or
foe in valleys tonight.
Otherwise variable cloudi
ness through Friday with
a few light showers likely
Friday. Low tonight 40.
High Friday 48.
Hish Yesterday 48
Lowest this Morning 40
Prec- to 4 a.m. Today 04
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise '. 7:38 a.m.
Sunset 5:05 p.m.
The Moon rises Fri
day . 5:37 a.m.
and rides low.
New Moon Jan. 19
BRIGHTEST STAR
Sirius. rises 6:37 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus', sets 6:26 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 1:21 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:32 a.m.
Saturn, between Mars and
the Moon.
-GON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,
Could Result in
'Fatal Disaster
Secretary Claims
Sputnik May
Become Boomerang
Washington (W Secre
tary of State John Foster
Dulles said today the United
States wants a summit meet
ing with Russia, but only on
condition it would not "in
tensify the cold war and make
more likely that it would
turn into a hot war."
In a major foreign policy
address, Dulles warned that
an improperly prepared East-
West meeting could result in
a "fatal disaster" if people be
lieve that tensions can be re
moved "by a stroke of a pen
at the summit." Such a belief,
he said, would be "folly."
Dulles also said that Rus
sia's success in launching an
earth-circling . satellite may
turn out to be a "boomerang"
against Soviet Communist
party boss Nikita Khrush
chev.
America Alerted
Addressing a National
Press Club lunch, Dulles said
the Red satellite could mark
a "decisive turn" in the
worldwide struggle between
Communist imperialism and
the Free World.
"No doubt the Communist
rulers gained a success,"
Dulles said. "They have an
opportunity that they have
not neglected. But Sputnik
mocking the American peo
ple with its 'beep-beep,' may
go down in history as Mr.
Khrushchev's boomerang.
"It jolted . the American
people and produced a re
action which was healthy, the
kind of reaction that has, in
the, past, served freedom well.
A wave of mortification, an
ger and fresh determination
swept the country. Out of
that mood is coming a more
serious appraisal of the strug
gle in which we are engaged,
and an increasing willing
ness to make the kind of ef
forts and sacrifices needed to
win that struggle."
Dulles, who won a resound
ing vote of confidence from
Presid ent Eisenhower
Wednesday, devoted most of
his speech to the recent ex
change of letters between the
President and Soviet Premier
Nikolai Bulganin on pros
pects of a summit conference.
Dulles examined both sides
of the problem. He said
"there is a place for negotia
tion" with the Russians "it
would be the height of folly"
to say otherwise.
The two major powers, he
said, should not be permitted
to drift so far apart "that
there is increased danger that
the cold war will turn into a
hot one."
"The truth is quite the con
trary. We do want a summit
meeting, provided the proper
conditions were obtained.
Gaillard Wins
Confidence Vote
Paris (IP) Premier Felix
Gaillard won a confidence
vote tonight on postponing
veterans bonuses. The vote
was 256 to 235, with 28 ab
stentions. Gaillard took the Assembly
by surprise Tuesday by ask
ing for today's vote almost at
the very moment the Assem
bly met for its first 1958 ses
sion. Gaillard wants to hold gov
ernment spending this year to
S10 billion but political ma
neuvering by certain deputies
threatens to send it far above
that limit. They demanded no
cut in pension payments to
veterans and former prisoners
of war; the vociferous veter
ans themselves insisted on the
payments, and Gaillard de
manded the confidence vote.
Salem (IP) State Superin
tendent of Public instruction
Rex Putnam today filed for
reelection.
Price 10 Cents
1RIBUNE
1958
Different
Student Government
Day Plans Are Told
Plans for the 10th annual
student Government Day pro
gram Feb. .19 and 20 have
been announced by Galen R.
Knox, exalted ruler of the
Medford Elks lodge, which
sponsors the program.
About 100 senior and upper
division high school students
from eight schools in the Med
ford Elks jurisdictional area
are expected to participate.
High schools included in the
program are Medford, Crater
in Central Point, Jacksonville,
Phoenix, Eagle Point, Butte
Falls, Prospect, and St. Mary's
of Medford.
Political campaigns in high
schools participating will be
conducted next week to se
cure nominations and elec
tions to county and city of
fice apportioned to the schools
by the steering committee.
National Recognition
The program, which has re
ceived rational recognition,
gives students an opportunity
to work for a day with their
official counterparts in the
actual operation of city and
county government, and gives
them practice in regular pri
mary and general election
procedures, Knox noted.
The basic goal ol the pro
gram is to give students a
first hand experience with lo
cal government. Theories of
local government studied in
classes are explored in actual
operation.
After nomination and elec
tion, students will receive the
oath of offices from Medford
Mayor John Snider and Coun
ty Clerk Bereth Hopkins the
afternoon of Feb. 19.
The annual Student Gov
ernment Day banquet is
scheduled Feb. 19. Other ac
tivities include working with
counterpart officials Feb. 20
with tours of various city and
county facilities that after
noon. A city council meeting,
conducted by the student may
or and councilmen, will be
held Feb. 20 in the Medford
council chambers.
The steering committee in
cludes County Judge Rodney
Keating, County Commission
ers Chester Wendt and Ralph
James; Mayor Snider, his sec
retary, Mrs. Dorothy Sned
den; Mrs. Jo Anne Smith,
Medford High school; the Rev.
John Ilg, St. Mary's school;
Mrs. Una B. Inch, of the coun
ty school superintendent's of
fice; Elliot Becken, assistant
Sports Bulletin
New York HP Middle
weight champion Carmen
Basilio and Sugar Ray Rob
inson were signed today for
a return title fight at Chi
cago Stadium March 25.
. Their 15-round bout will
be televised only Jo thea
ters and not to homes by
the Teleprompler Corporation,
No. 229
Worlds
superintendent of Medford
schools; Medford Police Chief
Charles . Champhn; Medford
City Manager Robert Duff,
County Clerk Mrs. Bereth
Hopkins, and Knox.
The program will be coor
dinated by Jennings Pierce,
Dr. Lee Mellish, Hugh Shurt
leff, Charles Dorrell and Wil
liam Ruck, all of the Elks
club.
Treatment Sought
For C. W. Seaver
In a letter to Circuit Court
Judge Edward C. Kelly re
cently from the Oregon state
hospital, Salem, the disposi
tion board of .the hospital
recommended that Charles
W. Seaver remain there un
der hospital care.
Seaver, who was arrested
by Federal Bureau of Investi
gation agents and Medford
city police Dec. 5, 1957, on a
charge of attempted bank rob
bery, was ordered to the hos
pital for a sanity examina
tion. The 57-year-old man had
arrived in Medford shortly
before the holdup attempt
and had been a former patient
in a veterans hospital in Van
couver, Wash.
In the letter to Judge Kelly
from Dr. D. A. Tait at the
hospital it was reported that
Seaver showed gross mem
ory loss,. especially for recent
events and that he had am
nesia for most of the events
in the last several years. The
letter continued that during
his stay in the hospital, Seav
er showed little improvement
and little return of his memory.
Peak Employment Seen
On Talent Job This Year
Ashland Work on the
Talent project, for which an
appropriation of $9,500,000
has been recommended in the
national budget, will reach a
peak of employment this sum
mer, according to Walter
Hoffbuhr, secretary-manager
of the district has announced.
The appropriation for the
Talent project this fiscal year
was 86,189,510, about SI mil
lion less than had been re
quested, he noted. Hoffbuhr
said the $1 million cut from
the present budget has been
restored in the 1958 budget.
Hoffbuhr indicated that
employment on various
phases of the project will ex
ceed 400 during the construc
tion months.
Other Funds
The budget, Hoffbuhr said,
includes funds for completion
Farm Program
Designed To Put
Farmer on Own
14-Point Program
Would Reduce Role
Washington (IP Presi
dent Eisenhower recommend
ed to Congress today a farm
program designed to take the
government increasingly out
of agriculture and put the far
mer more on his own.
His proposal called for low
er price supports on major
crops and dairy products, and
for increased authority to set
acreage allotments for corn,
the Midwest big cash crop.
Said Outmoded
The President told Con
gress in a special message that
the present farm program is
"unrealistic" and outmoded.
It is imperative, he said,
that Congress draft new pol
icies geared to "the technolog
ical revolution in agricult
ure." The President's 14 - point
program, if adopted, would
reduce the government's role
in agriculture, a step recom
mended by Secretary of Ag
riculture Ezra T. Benson, and
give farmers more freedom to
produce.
Reduced Federal Aid
It would make farmers
more dependent on the open,
market and less dependent on
government payments for
their income.
The President said few of
the dollars spent on agricul
tural programs have been of
appreciable help to the small
farmer.
"Price supports have scant
meaning to a farmer with lit
tle to sell, he said.
"Basic agricultural legisla
tion now on the books was
originally devised as an emer
gency effort to cope with a
depression, then changed to
help fight a war, and subse
quently revised again in an
effort to meet the needs of
peace," Eisenhower said. "It
has not been adequately mod
ified to deal with the effects
of the technological revolu
tion in agriculture.
"This must be done now."
Eisenhower urged Congress to
widen the price support range
on the basic crops of corn,
cotton, wheat, rice, peanuts,
and tobacco, and dairy prod
ucts from 75 to 90 per cent of
parity to 60 to 90 per cent of
parity. (Parity is the price
needed to give farmers a fair
return for the things they sell
in relation to the cost of
things they must buy).
Lower Dairy Supports
He suggested that Congress
permit the support rates to be
set administratively, by the
agriculture secretary. He said
the secretary would offer sup
ports on the basic crops "at
levels as high as could be jus
tified under the criteria speci
fied under the criteria spe
cified by law."
The inclusion of lower sup
ports for dairy products was
something of a surprise.
Benson recently announced
that the dairy rates for the
dairy marketing year begin
ning in April would be at 75
per cent of parity. The an
nouncement caused consider
able agitation in Congress and
among dairy groups.
Eisenhower asked for au
thority to increase acreage al
lotments for cotton, wheat,
rice, peanuts and tobacco. Un
der the proposal, acreage al
lotments for these crops could
be increased up to 50 per cent
above the levels determined
by existing formulas.
He also called for a
strengthened conservation re
serve program of the soil
bank', and elimination of the
acreage reserve program. The
President had called for this
in his 1959 budget message.
of the dam and 64,000 acre
feet storage reservoir at How
ard Prairie, the Keene creek
dam and reservoir, Howard
Prairie delivery canal, the
Green Springs power plant,
and penstock and surge tank.
It also means that contracts
can be awarded for the start
of construction on the new
Emigrant lake dam.
Funds from the national
park service are scheduled
for use in development of
recreation facilities at How
ard Prairie reservoir.
The bureau of reclamation
has estimated there will be
sufficient funds so contracts
can be awarded for construc
tion of the Ashland diversion
dam, the first section of the
Ashland lateral canal and for
operator's facilities at Howard
Prairie.