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CLEAN CULVERT As water pours across Bellinger lana
at the Arnold lane intersection southwest of Medford, a
county road crew removes debris from the upper end of
a culvert so water won't run over the roadway. Further up
Bellinger lane the water cut away a section of the asphalt
paving. Although the high water did quite a bit of damage
throughout the county, the worst hit was a section along
v y-: v'f -:-ifi k,
ARTESIAN WELL As a result of recent
heavy rains, Medford sewer and drainage
systems were filled to capacity and in the
West Main st. area the water spouted out of
the holes in manhole covers. Plugged catch
basins caused, several intersections to be
flooded and city crews were busy yester
day and today keeping the water flowing
Twelve Families Leave Homes;
Local Flooding Is Reported
Twelve families living along
Rogue river near the town
of Rogue River were evacu
ated last night, and today
were waiting further weather
developments before return
ing to their homes, according
to Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks,
Jackson county civil defense
director.
Six homes along the north
bank of the river were flood
ed, according to reports.
Furniture and other be
longings were distributed
among homes of friends. Some
of the families have been tak
en into private homes, but
the bulk of them were placed
in the VFW hall in Rogue
River.
Fielder Lane
Sheriff's deputies. Rogue
;'ver police and Civil De
fense groups worked from
midnight to 4 a.m. today to
evacuate the families, it was
reported. About six of them
lived on Fielder lane or along
Fielder creek near Rogue
River.
One evacuated family lived
on Highway 99 along Rogue
river. Water was just starting
to come into some of the
homes when the evacuation
started, sheriff's officers said.
Other families were planning
to evacuate later. Chief Crim
inal Deputy Joe Walsh said.
Walsh said the Rogue river
was reported to have raised
four feet from 2:45 p.m. to
Two Talent Jobs
Scheduled for Bids
Two projects on the Talent
division of the Rogue River
basin project are scheduled
to be offered for bids in Feb
ruary or March, according to
the bureau of reclamation.
One project is construction
of the Dead Indian collection
canal. The second Rogue bas
in project will be the relocat
ing of the Hill cemetery from
the Emigrant reservoir area,
near Ashland. It will be about
3.000 feet long and will have
85 to 115 cubic foot per sec
ond capacity. A rock-fill di
version dam about five feet
high and 75 feet long, and a
headworks structure also are
included in the bid.
Construction of improve
ments to the Grizzly creek
channel, about 1.5 miles long
will be included in the pro
ject. Work will include con
struction of road crossings,
drops, drain inlets and timber
bridges, according to the bur
eau. Site of the work is about
15 miles northeast of Ashland.
Seattle (IP Dr. Charles E.
Odegaard, 47, has been ap
pointed to succeed Dr. Henry
Schmitz as. president of the
University of Washington. I
Hitchcock Enters
Race for Congress
Salem (IT) Phil Hitch
cock today announced that he
will be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for
congress from the first con
gressional district, a seat now
helc. by Rep. Walter Norblad
(R-Ore.).
Hitchcock is now director
of church relations and for
eign student advisor at Lewis
and Clark college in Portland.
Norblad is now the only
Republican member of the
Oregon congressional delega
tion. In announcing his .candi
dacy, Hitchcock said he fear
ed loss of the seat "unless a
candidate is chosen who can
vitalize the party into success
ful activity."
Hitchcock, a lormer saw
mill operator and machinery
dealer, was defeated by Doug
las McKay in the 1956 Re
publican primary race for the
senatorial nomination. Mc
Kay subsequently was defeat
ed by Sen. Wayne Morse (D
Ore.).
Highway 99 near the town of Rogue River, where 12 fami
lies were evacuated from their homes last night. In addi
tion, the old Minthorne covered bridge, which crosses
Evans creek above Rogue River, was damaged, according
to County Engineer Paul Rynning. The men in the picture
above are, left to right, Damon Floyd, Mike Heffernan and
W. F. Duncan.
Streams Expected
To Recede Today
After Heavy Storm
Decreasing snowers are ex
pected to allow southern Ore
gon streams to recede this
afternoon and evening in the
wake of a storm which left
almost three inches of rain
in Medford.
Showers will continue to
morrow, the weather bureau
said, but precipitation is not
expected to cause streams to
rise substantially.
Rain fell almost continu
ously yesterday and early to
day after a lull in the storm
last night averted any major
flooding along Rogue river.
Streams in the area crested
late last night, but started
rising again early today when
rain again started.
Dodge Bridge
The river at Dodge bridge
this morning was 7.5 feet,
and was expected to rise to
between 8.5 and 9 feet early
this afternoon. Flood stage is
considered 9 feet at Dodge
bridge.
At Ray Gold dam, the river
was expected to crest at 13
feet about 4 p.m. today, and
at Grants Pass it probably
will crest between 21 and 21.5
feet between 6 and 8 p.m.
Flood stage at Grants Pass is
22 feet. The river was a little
over flood stage at Ray Gold
dam.
The storm left 2.88 inches
of rain at the Medford weath
er bureau station by 10 a.m.
today, when a break in the
storm occured, and the heav
iest of the rain had passed.
Seven Inches
so it would not block traffic. Trouble areas
where flares were put up last night to warn
motorists of rising water were Crater Lake
ave., north of the Grandview market and
Barnett rd. at the intersection of Ellendale
drive, according to L. V. Anderson, street
department foreman.
Two Sets of Twins
Born in City Today
Two sets of twins were
born at different hospitals
in Medford -this morning.
At Rogue Valley hospital
twin boys were born to Mr,
and Mrs. William Robert
Goin, route 1, box 330A,
Talent. They weighed 3
pounds 7 ounces, and 3
pounds 3 ounces.
A boy and a girl were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Delvin
L. Elder, Eagle Point, this
morning at Osteopathic hos
pital. The girl, born first,
weighed 5 pounds V2
ounces, and the boy weighed
6 pounds, 1 ounce.
7:45 p.m. At 8:42 p.m., it was
noted as rising rapidly and
evacuation operations started
near the Rogue River bridge
on Highway 99.
Approximately seven or
eight trucks were used to
carry the belongings to safe
places of storage, Walsh said.
Conditions Better
Walsh said periodic checks
were made in all possible
flood danger areas through
out the county. Conditions
now appear to be better, he
said about noon today.
County Engineer Paul Ryn
ning said the only serious
flood damage reported to him
was that one end of the old
Minthorne covered wood
bridge had been washed out.
The structure is over Evans
creek and about five miles
north of Rogue River, he said.
The road is now closed, he
added.
Walsh said the picnic area
I by the Bybee bridge was
flooded last night. The Shady
Cove area nad flood condi
tions but were not reported
bad.
Last night Highway 99 was
reported clear of water as far
as the county line. Big Apple
gate river was reported high
but within its banks at 2:28
a.m. today and a similar re
port was given for the Little
Applegate river.
Water in culverts along
Pioneer, Huston, and Coleman
rds. was reported receding
this morning, according to the
sheriff's office.
Orchards Flooded I
Orchards were flooded in
the Kirkland farm rd. area
but homes in that area were
not endangered, Walsh said.
Several catch basins were
reported stopped-up in vari
ous parts of Ashland, city of
ficials reported, but were im
mediately cleaned out by city
crews. '
No flooding was reported
within the city, they said, and
the Hosier reservoir, which
supplies the city with water,
was completely filled Tues
day night.
Central Point Rural Fire
protection district officials
said water was up to the run
ning board of a pickup truck
on Tolo rd. about a quarter of
a mile from old Highway 99,
and water was over Table
Rock rd. between the two
table rocks. Wheeler rd. also
was flooded some, they said. I
Job Classification
Survey in County
Being Conducted
County Employe.
Meet Officials Tov
A job classification surv
in Jackson county offices .
now being conducted at the
county courthouse by the state
civil service commission. It
will include approximately
290 county employees and
elected officials, according to
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing.
A meeting is scheduled at 8
p.m. today in the courthouse
auditorium to go over the sur
vey with county employees.
Meetings have been held pre
viously with heads of the
various county offices.
Simply An Analysis
"This survey is simply an
analysis of the duties and re
sponsibilities of positions in
order to develop a classifica
tion plan. The plan will con
sist of grouping together all
positions having substantially
similar duties and responsi
bilities," according to a com
mission spokesman.
The plan will be used to
establish a basis for sound
employment system and fair
compensation standards, it
was explained.
Forms have been distributed
for employees to fill in. They
are asked to state the kind of
work each does, the tasks con
sidered most important in
each job, down to the least
important work. Each em
ployee is asked also to give
complete work assignments
over a long enough period of
time so as to picture the job
as a whole.
Employees are asked also
to show the type of super
vision either given or re
ceived, or both.
Any action on the survey
will depend on the survey results,-County
Judge Rodney
Keating had stated previously.
VFW Emphasizes
Hospital Support
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars' support of the proposed
addition of hospital facilities
at Camp White will be em
phasized in Washington, D.C.
this week, according to Harry
Birch, 2802 Crater Lake high
way, department commander
of the VFW.
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Nl, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958 No. 240
6 CONVICT
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BY COUHT
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Up to 8 a.m. today, Orants here Thursday for Washing
Pass reported 4.11 inches of
rain from the storm, and the
California checking station on
Highway 199 reported 7.14
inches. Other amounts in
cluded 3.11 inches at Buncom
on the Little Applegate, 3.52
inches at Star Ranger station,
3.55 inches at Prospect, and
2.39 inches at Ashland.
The storm left 2OV2 inches
of snow at Crater Lake Na
tional park in the 24 hours
ending at 8 a.m. today, and
it was snowing hard then. In
the previous 24 hours, 17
inches of snow was reported
at park headquarters.
Total snow depth there is
145 inches, compared to 72
inches last year at this time,
and 127 inches the year be
fore. Chains were required for
travel to headquarters, and
the road to the rim was closed.
Washington (IP) The gov
ernment has been urged to lay
up vast stockpiles of critical
supplies to insure America's
survival in event of nuclear
attack.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York HP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 451.16, up
2.49; 20 railroads 109.53. up
2.28; 15 utilities 72.86, up
0.31; and 65 stocks 154.15,
up 1.27. Sales today were
about 2,200.000 shares com
pared with 2,030.000 shares
Tuesday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
with showers through
Thursday. Snow level low
ering to near 3.500 feet to
night. Cooler. Low tonight
35. High Thursday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 47
Lowest this Morning 34
Prec to 10 a.m. Today 1.89
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:29 a.m.
Sunset 5:21 p.m.
The Moon, rising in the
early afternoon, appears be
tween Aldebaran and the
Pleiades. During the night it
moves nearer Aldebaran.
It sets Thursday at 3:10 a.m.
and will be full Monday night
ton to confer with members
of Oregon's congressional
delegation and officials of the
Veterans Administration. He
said he will remain as long
as necessary to restate and
emphasize the VFW's support
of the proposal.
Birch pointed out that his
organization went on record
several years ago favoring the
addition of hospital beds to
the domiciliary facilities now
at the Camp White center.
I he group s position is un
changed, he said, and he plans
to confer with Sen. Wayne L.
Morse and, if available, Sen,
Richard L. Neuberger, as well
as Reps. Edith Green and
Charles O. Porter.
The hospital proposal, first
made here several years ago
by veterans organizations,
has been taken up in recent
months by Granges of the
county, and the Chamber of
Commerce and increased ef
forts have been made to see
if the plan can be put through.
Groups supporting the pro
posal point out that buildings
already standing can be used
for this purpose at a great
saving in costs; that added fa
cilities are badly needed for
veterans in this area, and that
Camp White is one of only
three domiciliaries in the na
tion without general hospital
beds.
Death Penalty
Also Upheld;
Review Slated
No Promise of
Benefit Found
Salem (LP) The State Su
preme Court today affirmed
the conviction of Billy Junior
Nunn of first degree murder
in the strangling of a 14-year-old
boy. The case was tried in
Medford.
The court also upheld the
judgment of death in the case.
In an opinion by Justice
Randall B. Kester, the court
said the evidence amply sup
ported the state's theory of
the murder.
It also found that an oral
confession made by the de
fendant to police officers was
properly admitted although
the court had excluded an
earlier written confession.
Klamath Boy Victim
Victim of the slaying was
Alvin Eacret, Klamath Falls,
whose body was found in
April of 1956 near Tub
Springs -on the Ashland-Klamath
Falls highway.
The defense claimed that
Nunn was led to believe he
would be "charged only with
second-degree murder and
would be granted psychiatric
help at public expense and
therefore that the confessions
were not voluntary.
But the high court, in re
viewing the interrogation of
the prisoner, said it found no
promise of benefit conditioned
upon his making a confession.
The court said the state had
shown that the confession
should be admitted as evi
dence and that the ultimate
question of whether or not the
confession was in fact volun
tary, was up to the jury.
Holmes to Review Case
Gov. Robert D. Holmes,
upon being informed of the
decision, said his legal coun
sel would review the case im
mediately. The governor, who
opposes capital punishment,
said he will announce his de
cision on possible commuta
tion about the time the Circuit
Court sets a new date for
Nunn's execution.
"Instead Of The Quiz Program Originally
Scheduled"
Oregon Shippers
Lose in Complaint
Against S.P. Line
Thor in Sixth
Successful Flight
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP)
The sixth successful flight of
the mighty Air Force Thor
intermediate, range missile
provided what officials of this
test center hoped today would
be a good omen for early
launching of the first U.S.
earth satellite.
A Thor, sturdiest missile in
the free world's defense arse
nal, soared up in a spectacu
lar burst of flame and smoke
Tuesday. The Air Force an
nounced that it "flew its pre
scribed course and landed in
the pre-selected impact area." 1
Mayor to Attend
League Meeting
Medford Mayor John Snid
er plans to attend a meeting
of the city-state highway re
lations committee of the
Leaeue of Oregon Cities in
Portland March 24 and 25.
Mayor Snider said relation
ships between various gov
ernments in planning and con
struction of highways will be
the major discussion topic.
Officials from all brenches of
government plan to attend.
Mayor Snider returned re
cently from a meeting of the
boaid of directors of the
league, at which routine mat
ters were discussed. The
board discussed organizing
a program for city officials
to better understand their
job.
The sister city, or town af
filiation program was discuss
ed. I
Portland- (IP An appeal
of western Oregon shippers
from a 1954 ' Interstate Com
merce commission order that
dismissed their complaint
against Southern Pacific rail
roao was turned down Tues
day by a three-judge Federal
Court.
The shippers had charged
the railroad with failure to
provide adequate freight car
service. Plaintiffs were the
Shippers Car Supply commit
tee, which consists of about
100 producers of lumber and
other commodities, and the
Wren Planing mill. The Wren
mill asked $154,000 damages
for alleged railroad failure to
provide adequate service for
shipments of- lumber products
and for alleged discrimination
against the mill in favor of
other shippers.
The three judge panel con
sisted of U. S. Circuit Judge
James Alger Fee, Chief Judge
Claude McColloch and Assoc
iate Judge William G. East.
They concluded that the tri
bunal was without jurisdic
tion on the Wren damage case
and sibmitted it to Judge East
who dismissed it on grounds
the issue was moot because
of the three judges upholding
the ICC.
The shippers committee fil
ed its complaint in 1950 and
it was dismissed by the ICC
in 1954. The three-judge court
heard the appeal in 1956.
Railroad officials had ar
gued that the case was moot
claiming that since the ICC
ruling in 1954 the company
had purchased 16,000 new
boxcars and made other improvements.
Network Seen of
Vital Necessity
To Build Defense
Congress Must OK
Pledge by Dulles
Ankara, Turkey (IP) The
United States today pledged
$10 million in additional aid
to the Middle East members
of the Baghdad Pact for a
communications network to
link their capitals.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles pledged the addi
tional economic aid at a meet
ing of the ministerial coun
cil. He also said that further
aid requests will get a sym
pathetic hearing in Washing
ton. Vital Necessity
The new aid allocation will
be added to $8,600,000 al
ready pledged for a survey of
civil telephone and telegraph.
lines. The communication net
work is a vital necessity in
meshing the "northern tier"
alliance which guards Rus
sia's path to the Middle East.
It was noted, however, that
the $10 million allocation is
subject to congressional ap
proval of the administration's
current foreign aid requests.
The pledge was seen as the
U.S. reply to a resurgent So
viet economic offensive in the
Middle East and particularly
to Moscow assertions that
America is interested only in
military spending.
Made at Formal Session
Dulles' offer was made dur
ing a two-hour formal session
of the Baghdad Pact Coun
cil which ends its delibera
tions here Thursday.
Leaders of the four Moslem
countries immediately met
among themselves. Turkish
Foreign Minister Fatim Zor
lu emerged from this con
ference and said, "we are
very satisfied." The identical
words were used by former
Iraqi Premier Fadhil Al Jam-
ili.
Dufur Area Rancher
Burned To Death
The Dalles (IP) James
Garfield Hudson, 75, a pio
neer rancher in the Dufur
area was found burned to
death today in the ruins of
his ranch home east of Dufur.
Wasco County Sheriff Ern
est Mosier said Hudson ap
parently had tried 1;o bilild a
fire with kerosene. The el
derly man's body was found
near the stove. He lived alone.
Johnsons Scheduled
To Appear in Court
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Johnson, 781V4 Beatty st.,
Medford, are scheduled to ap
pear in circuit court Thurs
day at 2 p.m. before Judge
Edward C. Kelly, according
to District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder.
The couple were arrested
last June by sheriffs deputies
after an investigation indi
cated they had been receiv
ing full assistance from the
Jackson county welfare de
partment while both were
j working as janitors at the
Medford Mail Tribune.
Sentencing has been post
poned several times, the dis
trict attorney reported, due to
pre-sentence investigations.
Salem (IP) W. Glenn Hus
ton, Linn county coroner, has
been named to the State
Board of Funeral Directors
and Embalmers.
(Bulletin
Douglas, Wyo. TP The
Police Department said here
today Charles Starkweath
er, 19, suspected mass killer,
had been captured in Doug
las. (See Story on Page 13)
$100,000 Damage
Suit Filed Here
Ruth Abbott, Medford. is
seeking, on behalf of Wilda
De Ann Abbott, a minor,
$100,000 general damages,
82,570.35 special damages
from Ted V. and Harold V.
Roberts and $25,000 exem
plary and punitive damages
from Ted V. Roberts as the re
sult of an auto collision and
pedestrian accident March 16,
1957, in Medford.
According to a complaint
in the Jackson county circuit
i court, the Roberts' car collid
ed with one driven by Marvin
Proehl, struck a metal pole,
then hit the 17-year-old girl as
she was standing on the side
walk at the northwest corner
of the intersection. As a result .
of being knocked down on the
sidewalk the girl suffered se
vere injuries, according to
the complaint.
The Roberts' are charged,
according to the complaint,
with being negligent and care
less by exceeding a reasonable
and prudent speed, failing to
keep the car under proper
control, failing to yield the
right of way, and failing to
stop at a signal or traffic control.
Portland Attorney
Draws Suspension
Salem ilfi Portland at
torney Claude Johns Jr. was
suspended from the practice
of law for IV2 years by the
Oregon Supreme Court today.
Johns had been convicted
upon a plea of guilty in Fed
eral Court to a charge of wil
fully failing to file income tax
I returns.
Salem HP' Union county
has become the 27th Oregon
county to contract with the
State Tax Commission for reappraisals.
Four Japanese Warships Arrive at Pearl Harbor
For First Time Since War; Welcome Mat Extended
Pearl Harbor, T.H. HP)
Four Japanese warships ar
rived today on a visit to Pearl
Harbor, the first such court
esy call in 10 years and this
time they were welcome.
Careful Planning
Japanese and American of
ficials spent weeks of careful
planning to avoid any embar
rassing reminder of Dec. 7,
1941. Although Pearl Harbor
still bears some of the scars
of that attack, officials will
keep them in the background. ,
tween two allies. There was
no indication that any unto
ward incident would mar this
picture.
Arrival of the Japanese
ships marked the first diplo
matic visit to Pearl by Jap
anese combat vessels since
1938. However, several war
ships flying the Japanese flag
have been here in recent years
on training cruises. There
have been no incidents.
Other Visitors
Since the end of the war.
visit was one of cordiality be- many Japanese government
When the destroyer Haru
kaze and the frigates Sugi,
Kaga and Kusi steamed
through the entrance to the
harbor after an exchange of
gunfire salutes, they were pi
loted around Ford Island and
away from the side known as
battleship row. Here the bat
tleship Arizona still lies sunk,
a grave for the 1102 men
aboard her.
Cordiality Between Allies
, The theme of the two-day
officials, including two prime
ministers, have visited the ter
ritory and paid courtesy calls
to Pearl Harbor. After an ex
change of gun salutes, U.S.
naval parties boarded the Jap
anese warships and presented
official welcomes.
Receptions Planned
Japanese Rear Adm. Saday
oshi Nakayama and his staff
made and received courtesy
calls, will give and attend re
ceptions and generally be the
center of elaborately planned
social functions.