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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.
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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:-- -
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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.