Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 20, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMM ran rpw Spr ) M fatten. 2- ' mm . 'I'-Z '..WAS ..... '"TATS V yS- n "fj. " n ' ii? 4 4 ffef lbs BURSTING CAP, frozen milk expands at New York resi dence giving Rusty, the cat, a cold breakfast. (International) Legal Proceedings Start to VaBSdate Wernmark's Filing s Legal proceedings designed to validate the candidacy of K. C. Wernmark, Central Point, for county judge, were instituted today. William Deatherage, Med- ford attorney, filed a petition for mandamus proceedings with County Clerk Bereth P Hopkins on Wernmark's be half. Wernmark attempted to file his candidacy for county " judge on the Democratic ticket Feb. 13 and was re fused. In stating the ; reason for her. refusal to accept it, Mrs. Hopkins quoted from an opinion of Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton that the term of the county judge does not expire until 1960. Addressed to Court The petition, addressed to the State Supreme Court, asks an alternative writ be issued directing Mrs. Hopkins to file the declaration of candidacy for Wernmark. ' "The law enjoins upon the defendant as a duty of her office to accept about JO days prior to the -primary for filing all declarations of candidacy for elective offices," accord ing to the petition. On Feb. 13 Wernmark pre sented his declaration of can didacy for the Democratic party and the $20 required filing fee, the petition pointed out. The defendant refused in writing to accept and file the declaration," the petition stat ed. "No action has been taken in accepting the declaration and she intends to continue refusal until ordered by the State Supreme Court," the pe tition states. "Last date for filing in the primary election is March 7." Interest of Citizens "This involves the interest of all electors and citizens of Jackson county and several irother Oregon counties. The "viJublic interest requires ac ceptance," it says. It is argued further in the petition "that the county court and judge have had and now have no actual contingent judicial jurisdiction, author ity. Dowers, functions and duties of any kind." t On November, 1954, the in cumbent. Rodney Keating, was elected as a county judge. His term expires on or about Jan. 4, 1959, the petition argues. The attorney general and the elections division of the secretary of state's office have both ruled recently the term of office for Oregon's county judges is six years. Other legal authorities claim county judges, being non-judicial of Wilford Said in Critical Condition The condition of John Stanley Wilford. 50, of route 3, box 234, Medford. was list ed as "critical" today at Sa cred Heart hospital. He was injured in an acci dent on Highway 99 between Medford and Phoenix Friday afternoon in which John Ed win Smith, 30, of Portland, was fatally injured. Three trucks and a passenger car were involved in the accident. Earlier this week, hospital officials reported Wilford's condition as "poor." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York ilT Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 439.74, off 3.32; 20 railroads 105.80, off 0.74; 15 utilities 72.80. up 0.16. and 65 stocks 150.43. off 0.83. Sales to day were about 2.060,000 shares compared with 2. 070,000 shares Wednesday. v4 . 1 i .ii . S ficers, should serve four-year terms. James A. Redden, Demo cratic Central committee chairman, said the party hopes an opinion will be returned from the State Supreme Court before the filing deadline. Bud Development Rapid in Warm Weather Recently Pear bud development has been rapid during the past few weeks due to the warm weather, according to Clif ford B. Cordy, county horti culturist. He said bud development now is where it was March 7 last year. He added that on March 7, 1957, the bud development was about 10 4ays ahead of normal. Cordy explaiaed that due to rapid bud development fruit growers should, spray pear trees with dormant spray as soon as possible. He added that full strength dormant spray may be used. Spraying, Cordy said, may be done even on days when there is a light mist. He add ed that orchards With the driest surface soil should be sprayed first so the soil will not be damaged by the spray ing equipment. Dormant sprays should be used. on peaches only in re tarded orchards, Cordy stress ed, as in many orchards the bud development is too far advanced for dormant spray Early apricot trees are conv ing into bloom, he mentioned, and said that ziram spray should be used as soon as the trees start to bloom. He stressed that no form of sulphur should be used on apricot trees. He said use of sulphur would result in sul- phr sickness in the apricot It is too early, he said, to use dormant sprays on apples for aphids. This, he said, should be done in a couple of weeks. California Men Returned Today Two San Leandro, Calif., police officials arrived in Medford by plane Wednesday evening to pick up two men arrested in Central Point Wednesday morning. The fugitives, arrested by Oregon state police when the car in which they were rid ing failed to stop for a traf fic light, were Charles Ed ward Fullerton Jr., 29, orig inally from New York City, and Ronald Richard Sadosky, 25, Minneapolis, Minn. Capt. Stine Lagomarsino and Sgt. K. Swanson of the San Leandro police depart ment left by plane today at noon to return the men to California on , a charge of armed robbery. According to information received the men are wanted on a similar charge in Sacramento, Calif. Phoenix Sells Bonds For Improvements Phoenix U.S. 'National bank of Portland and Blyth and Company were successful joint bidders for $57,879.31 worth of improvement bonds issued by the city of Phoenix recently. Bonds mature serially from Feb. 1, 1959, to 1968, with an effective interest rate of 3.70 per cent. Money from the bonds wil be used to finance street improvements. Leopold, Touhy Granted Paroles By Illinois Board Conditions Given For Both Actions Springfield," 111. HP) Na than Leopold, sentenced to both 99 years and life for the "crime of the century" slaying of Bobby Franks in 1924, today was granted free dom. The Illinois Parole Board gave him a parole despite the injunction of the trial judge that he was never to be re leased. Leopold at the age of 19 with Richard Loeb two brilliant, rich youths kill ed neighbor boy Franks of Chicago for a thrill. They used a chisel. The board also granted a parole to prohibition era gangster Roger Touhy. But for Touhy the board action meant only another step to ward possible freedom in August, 1959. Terms of Parole The duration of Leopold's parole will be five years. He will be under supervision for that period. , How soon Leopold walks out from the Stateville Pri son that has held him since Sept. 11, 1924, depends on how soon the Division of Par ole Supervision investigates and approves his housing and employment plans. Touhy must now serve a six-month institutional par ole in prison, then start serv ing minimum time on a three remaining years of a 199-year term for prison escape. He could then apply for parole on the second sentence and be freed in August, 1959. Sewer Plans on Council Agenda The Medford city council will c oJisider authorizing plans and specifications for a sanitary sewer in the North Laurelhurst area at a meeting at 6:30 p.m. today. The ordinance, if adopted, will .separate the area from the Grandview-Kenwood dis trict, providing separate im provement districts for each area. . ' The council also will con sider a resolution permiting the city recorder to invest sur plus funds of the city in Med ford banks as time deposits. The council will consider bids to supply gasqjine, kero sene and diesel oil supplies for the city for the coming year. Following the regular coun cil meeting, student govern ment day officials will con duct a mock council meeting. Student officials said they plan discussion of liquor li cense permits, traffic ordi nances and construction of a new city hall. Code of Ethics for FCC Recommended Washington (IP) Rep. Charles A. Wolverton (R-N.J.) said today the Federal Com munications Commission should adopt a code of ethics to free it "from the implica tion" that its decisions could be swayed by political influ ence. Wolverton is ranking Re publican of the House Com merce Subcommittee which is investigating the operations of the FCC and other regulatory agencies. It has heard charges that outside influences have been exerted on the FCC, ranging from an alleged pay off to one commissioner to pressure from government of ficials up to the White House level. PARALYZING TRAFFIC in of cars. Death toll throughout ; ' Vwl- ill &S&4 v:-- - 52nd M EDF0RD 26 Pages Housetommiffee Sees Deficiency In Space Agency Appropriations Requests Marked Washington (IP) The House Appropriations Com mittee expressed fears today that a top space agency is "deficient" in basic research in the missile field. , Its criticism was voiced in approving a $2,837,882,907 emergency appropriation for the Labor and Agriculture de partments and other federal agencies. The bill's total was $33,582,937 shy of adminis tration requests. One of the agencies, the Na tional Advisory Cbmmittee for Aeronautics, which con ducts plane, satellite and mis sile research, came in for some sharp comments. Russia Believed Ahead The committee said that NACA is again deficient in basic research in the field of missiles," the report . said. "Russia apparently is consid erably ahead of us in this field now and the committee is of the opinion that NACA has devoted too few of its 8,000 employees to missile programs." Nevertheless, the commit tee whittled NACA's appro priation request from $11, 780,000 to $9,500,000, knock ing out $1,500,000 for person nel and $780,000 for construc tion and equipment. Refuses Fair Funds The committee refused to grant $2,054,000 in new funds sought by the administration for the U. S. exhibit at the forthcoming World's Fair at Brussels, Belgium.- Instead, it authorized the transfer of $1 million' from other funds to bring the total-Brussels spend ing to $13,345,000. The committee voted $8,- 690,000 for old age pensions, $170,600,000 for public . as sistance grants, and $33 mil lion for unemployment com pensation, blaming all three in large part on increased tin employment. Russia Offers Korea Unification Step Moscow (IP) The Soviet Union today proposed a nuclear-free zone comprising North and South Korea as a step toward unification of that divided country. At the same time, it called for an international confer ence to seek "a rapproach ment between both parts of Korea." ' The Soviet proposals were contained in a statement re leased by Foreign Ministry press chief L. F. Ilychev at a press conference this after noon. Ilychev announced that the Soviet Union supported Red China's decision to evacuate "volunteers" from North Korea by stages, with com plete withdrawal by the end of 1958. The statement blamed the United States and South Korea for failing to imple ment the Geneva armistice agreement and "rejecting a number of constructive- pro posals made by the North Ko rean government." Portland (IP) William M. Langley said he would seek to regain office as Mult nomah county district attor ney in this year's elections. Michigan City, Ind heavy snowstorm maroons thousands affected area is estimated ai 170. . (IntetnaUonalSoiindphato) Year MEDFORr WINSTON CHURCHILL Fever Slightly Lower Churchill Said To Be Unchanged, Has Good Night Roquebrune, France (IP) Sir Winston Churchill's con dition "is not greatly changed since yesterday," his physici ans reported in a medical bull etin today. Earlier, a member of his household said Church hill spent a "fairly restful night." The bulletin said: "Sir Winston's position is not greatly changed since yesterday. He is comfortable, and the fever is a little lov er" Next 48 Hours Decisive It was the first indication that the 83-year-old Churchill had been suffering from fever. The bulletin was signed by Lord Moran and Dr. David M. Roberts. Earlier, friends said the next 48 hours are apt to be decisive in Churchill's illness with pneumonia and pleurisy. The pneumonia was con fined at the moment to an area at the base of Churchill's lung. Friends said Churchill was responding to treatment, ap parently wth antibiotics, but in view of his past medical history his illness is causing them some anxiety. This is the fifth time he has been stricken with pneumonia. Reduction of Smoke Being Corvallis The amount of smoke and cinders given off by the tepee-type wood waste burners used by sawmills and plywood mills can be greatly reduced with minor burner design changes and with im proved maintenance and op eration of burners, according to Oregon State college en gineers studying ways of re ducing cinder and smoke Franklin Girard Files Candidacy for Office Franklin (Jere) Girard, 65, of Ashland, today filed for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner. Earlier he' announced his in tentions. The. post is now held by Commissioner Chester Wendt, who said he will seek nomin ation on the Republican ticket. .SDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 Son Placed on Probation for Embezzlement Former Teamster , President Shaken Seattle (IP) Former Team sters President Dave Beck was sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in the state prison today for embezzling $1,900, obtained from the sale of a teamster-owned Cadillac. Beck's 37-year-old son, Dave Beck Jr., was placed on pro bation for three years, also for embezzling union funds, obtained from the sale of Teamster Cadillacs. Minimum Term 3 Years Judge George H. Revelle passed sentence on the elder Beck approximately .an hour after young Beck was turned over to a probation officer. Revelle said he agreed with the prosecuting attorney's rec- ommendation that the State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles set elder Beck's mini mum sentence at three years. Beck senior was visibly shaken at Revelle's actions He obviously had been buoyed up after the comparatively light judgment was placed against his son. Beck's face, already ruddy, turned beet red. He clenched his fists and swallowed hard. Plans .for, Appeal. ' Defense Attorney Charles S. Burdell said the, conviction would be appealed to the State Supreme Court "as soon as possible." Earlier, Burdell had said the case would be appealed "even higher if necessary." Before sentencing Beck, the judge told the portly, 63-year- old labor leader that you are a man of tremendous ca pacity. You have done, as a man in "this community, tre mendous acts of good works . . . and this has been a factor that has been most convincing to me." Then he told Beck, in ef fect, that because of Beck's reputation, he should have known better than to defile a public trust. Cinders, Studied nuisance from waste burners. The study is headed by Milosh Popovich, assistant dean of engineering, and is being financed with a $12,000 air pollution research grant from the U. S. public health service. Assisting with work are Richard W. Boubel, in structor in mechanical en gineering; Martin E. North craft, instructor in civil en gineering; and Antone C. Van Vliet, instructor in forest pro ducts. The changes in burner de sign and in maintenance and operation programs needed to check the cinder and smoke discharge would not have to be extensive or costly, Popo vich said. It is mostly a mat ter of having , information available to use as a guide in burner design and operation, he noted. Most of the small and medium-sized sawmills and plywood mills of the state have the wood waste burners, with all but a few of them of the tepee-type. The burners are used for incineration of sawdust, trimmings, slabs, bark and shavings. WEATHER Forecast Generally throngh Friday. Rain likely Fri day, evening and night. Low tonight 42. High Fri day 55. Highest Yesterday ; . Lowest this Morning 44 PRECIPITATION To 10 a.m. Today .03 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 7:02 a.m. Sunset 5:49 p.m. Moonset 8:11 p.m. First Quarter next Wed. Sirius, the brightest star, is now the first one to be seen after sunset, appear ing in the southeast. It will be due south at. 8:45 p.m. Tribune "Briefly, It Says, 'Have You Ever Thought Of Trying Non-Fiction?" Tours Scheduled For SGD Students High school students in the Medford Elks club jurisdic tional area holding city and county offices were scheduled to take tours. of governmental facilities. this afternoon. Students worked with their official- counterparts this morning. Thy were sworn into office yesterday after noon by County Clerk. Mrs. Bereth Hopkins and Acting Medford Mayor Stanley Jones, president of the council. Dr. Arthur Kreisman, pro fessor of English at Southern Oregon college, discussed lo cal government, and the part residents must play to have good government, at the an nual Student Government Day banquet in the Elks lodge last night. Local Government , He noted that local govern ment falls "oh the shoulders of a few public spirited, suc cessful and busj people. Their friends and supporters the people who put them in office too often evaporate in their support when the heat is on:' He said it is the "average" citizen who is the "curse of the community. Sunk in ignorance and apathy, he re fuses to participate in com munity projects." The aver age citizen wants all kinds of services, but is not willing to pay for them, he added. Dr. Kreisman said that when people fail to support elected officials, it costs them money. "Eventually the elect ed officials get tired after con stantly having to buck public opinion and continually make explanations. Then they even tually refuse to submit a need ed bond issue and community needs pile up until something has to be done. Then it costs the taxpayers about four times as much as it would have originally when the needs were first recognized." Lik Charity "Good government, he said, like charity begins at home. All too few people have a deep and continuing interest in their local government." Los Angeles Storm in Years; Damage Seen Heavy Los Angeles (IP) Southern California mopped up today after its worst storm in five years, leaving millions of dol lars of damage and many blocked highways in its wake. Pasadena Freeway Blocked Major artery blocked was the inbound Pasadena Free way. It was closed early to day when boulders from Ely sian Park's famed "moving mountain" crashed through three-foot retaining walls onto the super highway. More than 30 extra police and highway patrolmen were called to duty to reroute in bound traffic from the pio neer Sotuhern California free way which feeds traffic from Price 10 Cents No. 259 Schools participating in Stu dent Government Day include Medford and St. Mary's High schools, and Crater, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Prospect and Butte Falls. Student officers were elect ed . aprimary ad--general elections in various schools. and elected officers appointed other city and 'county officials. Committee OK's Higher Postal Rates Washington (IPI The Sen ate Post Office Committee to day approved a bill that would increase out of town letter rates to five cents and local letters to four cents. President Eisenhower had called for a five-cent rate in his State of The Union Mes sage. The committee vote came on a bill boosting postal rates a total of $750 million, more than the administration re quested. It apparently cleared the way for Senate action next week on both the rate bill and a 7V per cent postal and civil service pay increase. By a 7-6 vote, which over rode Chair-man Olin D. Johns ton (D-S.C), the committee approved an amendment by Sen. Frank Carlson . (R-Kan.) to raise non-local mail to a nickel. Police Athletic Ring Reported Stolen Material for constructing a Police Athletic League boxing ring have been reported stolen, according to Medford police. The theft was discovered by James Edward Zack, 111 Summit st., Wednesday. He is coach for the Medford PAL club. He valued the ring at about $200. . Several six-by-six timbers and metal plates were taken, Zach said. The ring was to have been used in a PAL match on March 1 with the Talent PAL, police said. Mops Up After Worst Pasadena and surrounding communities into Los An geles. A 100-yard section of the moving, mountain, Buena Vista Peak, also threatened to slip loose and slide over the highway. If the 50,000 tons of dirt and rock poised above the freeway should , tumble onto the inbound lanes, it likely would close the out bound lanes, too. Cheering News Highway officials, who have been dispensing gloom in closing of roads during the past 24 hours, did have one cheering bit of news for mo torists in the reopening of the heavily traveled Santa Second Missile In 13 Days Fails To Complete Test Cause Not Given For Malfunction Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP) The second Atlas intercontin ental missile in a row ex ploded in the sky today two minutes after it was launched from the Air Force Missile Test Center here. The Air Force announced that the $2 million missile, exactly as its predecessor did 13 days ago, exploded in the sky "shortly after completion of the propulsion phase of its flight." "Causa of the malfunction is not available," the Air Force said. The announcement indi cated that the missile's two engines performed as they should have and that the trouble developed after they burned out higlv above the Atlantic ocean. Officials were quick to em phasize that a blow-up does not necessarily mean a test flight was "unsuccessful" since the purpose of develop ment programs here is to find out and correct everything that could go wrong with the missile before turning it over to troops in the field. The missile was launched in a huge burst of smoke and fire. Twin engines with a combined thrust of nearly 300,000 pounds pushed the gleaming white bird skyward. After about two minutes o Ji: T.i - .1 n Wif mgni, udbci vex 9 &iw a puff of smoke, seconds after the Atlas appeared to veer sharply as it hurtled through the sky. Pear Festival Rules Changed Changes in regulations gov erning the selection of king and- queen of the Pear Blos som Festival April 12 and 13, were, approved at a recent meeting , of the planning group. : To be eligible for entering as a candidate, a child must be between 5 and 6 years old, a spokesman said. A candi date may be sponsored by any firm, organization or pri vate individual in the Rogue valley. Im . t " a . j. iic icietuun xjl uie lung, queen, princes and princesses will be made by the public at a judging show April 9 at Lincoln school. - This is the fifth annual Pear Blossom Festival, and will be April 12 and 13. A committee has been ap pointed to recommend a theme for the junior parade and will report to the festi val group at a meeting Tues day, Feb. 25. Committee members are Ron Gandee, Die Walsh and Russ Jamison. Crews Repairing Medford Streets Two or three small crews are busy repairing the city streets during the day, ac cording to Fublic Works Director Vernon Thorpe. He added that two graders are used in the repair work when the weather permits. Thorpe explained that street repairs are made on streets deemed by the depart ment to need it most. He said that street departrrfent per sonnel cover the 110 miles of city streets as often as pos sible to check on street condi tions. Although he reported that crews were working during the rainy weather, some types of repair, work have to wait until drier weather. Ana Freeway. The highway, which was closed at midmorning Wednesday when eight feet of water poured into the At lantic blvd. underpass and submerged 10 cars, was open ed for "near normal" traffic at 5:45 a.m. today. Pacific Highway Closed While repair crews rushed to clear off the Pacific Coast Highway, expected to be closed for at least another 48 hours in some sections, and other roads, officials began to total the damage left in the wake of the fast moving storm. The storm dumped more than four inches of rain in less than 12 hours.