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As It 'Cabin if it 0 mpn t'mi,.,rxf, g, .nw ,;i .i mmm mmm lX tt ? ' r If PRESENTS PAPERS Dean Coe, civil deputy, served copies of a "petition of application in original proceeding in man damus" and an alternative writ of mandamus on Mrs. Bereth j&. Hopkins, Jackson county clerk. The papers were served yesterday and the original copies sent to the State Supreme court asking the court to order Mrs. Hopkins to accept the filing of candidacy for county judge from K. C. (Swede) Wernmark, Democrat. The attorney general's opinion states Incumbent Rodney Keating's office does not expire until 1960. Termination of Contract Approved The Medford city council last night authorized City Manager Robert Duff to term inate the South Bear Creek Sanitary District contract be cause the district has failed to provide a satisfactory meter. The district was given notice of failure to comply with the contract on Jan. 7, according to Duff. He said fol lowing Feb. 14. 38 days after the notice, a termination of contract notice was sent to the district's board of direc tors. The council also authorized Duff to set new rates for the district for the period be tween termination of the con tract and a new contract or Installation of a satisfactory meter. The termination notice does not require the district to disconnect the line from the city, Duff" said. ------- Made Estimates The city engineering de partment made estimates which show the district fre quently delivers several times more than the 400,000 gallons per day maximum permitted in the old contract. The mini mum flow during summers are close to the excess point, Duff added. Payments to the city by the district have been on a month ly basis and no account of gal lons passing through the sys Contracts Awarded For Fuel for City Contracts for automotive fuel for the city for the com ing year were awarded to Tide Water Oil company last night. TVio firm bid a low esti mated price of $18,174.50 for inc irprosene and diesel nil spv'pral erades of each' fuel are required by the city ntvior- bidders were the Texas company, $18,411.30; Union Oil company, $18, 254.26; Richfield Oil cornea,,,.- SIR 243.50: Shell Oil company, $18,564.80; Signal nil pomoany, $18,787.90; . standard Oil company, $18,- 823.80; and General Petrol eum, which did not enter a rnrrmlete bid. Although the contract was warded on an annual esti mated use of the fuels, the city is under no obligation to ourchase a minimum amount, t-. - 1 3 Urtrton according to k"-'""" ""6" city purchasing agent. Central Sumatran Town Bombarded KineaDore OB Two mili tary planes bombed and strafed the centra! Sumatran town of Painan today causing 78 casualties, some of them fa tal, Padang Radio reported. Painan is 46 miles south of Padang, the central Sumatran seaport where the revolu tionary government was spawned. It was the first report of military action since the rebel government was proclaimed last Saturday. The capital of the rebels is at Bukittinggi. The report of the attack fol lowed a speech in Jakarta to day by President Sukrano calling on the Indonesian peo ple to crush the rebellion. Washington (IP) Informed sources said the United States hopes to test another Van guard satellite launcher at Cape Canaveral, Fla., next Tuesday or Wednesday. tem has been kept with a satisfactory meter. The city has lost considerable revenue because of the present meter system, Duff said. Duff said all members of the district's board had been notified of the action, but none attended last night's meeting. He said the district could be forced to construct its own facilities if an agree ment could not be worked out. (See story on page 10) Heart Collection Scheduled Sunday The 1958 Heart Fund drive in Jackson county will reach high point Sunday after noon when 150 residents make door-to-door campaign to raise $3,000. toward the?t0,r. 000 goal in the 'county. The drive will start at 1 p.n. and end at 3 p.m., ac cording to Mrs. Manville Heisel, Heart Sunday chair man. The goal is $800 more than last year's goal, she noted. Similar heart Sunday col lections will be made by more than a million volunteers in other communities through out the country. John Crawford, general fund chairman, reported that as of Thursday, fund collec tions totaled about $1,500, only about 15 per cent of the goal. The drive continues until Feb. 28." Heart Fund proceeds are used to support the crusade against the heart and blood vessel diseases conducted by the Oregon Heart association and the American Heart asso ciation. A major portion of the money collected remains in the area and state in which it is collected. Crawford noted. More than 50 per cent of funds collected in the an nual drive goes into research projects. Phoenix City Bonds To Finance Sewer Work Money from bonds sold by the city of Phoenix will be used for sewer improvements instead of street improve ments, as reported earlier. U.S. National bank of Port lanu and Blyth and company were successful joint bidders on the $57,879.31 worth of bonds. Interest rate will be 3.70 per cent. ' 'Baby, It' Almost mi im i imti inni 1 8 III i i ir 8; iJ p Nunn to Appear In Circuit Court For Resentencing Conviction Upheld By Supreme Court Billy Junior Nunn of Klam ath Falls, will appear before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna here Monday for resentencing, District Attorney Tom Reeder said today. The State Supreme Court affirmed on Jan. 29 the con viction of Nunn on first de gree murder in the strangling of 14-year-old Alvin Eacret, of Klamath Falls. The court also upheld the death penalty in the case. Reeder said that since the date of execution had been set previously by the Jackson County Circuit court, it is nec essary to bring Nunn back to set a new date. The State Supreme Court also found that an oral con fession made by the defendant to police officers was proper ly admitted although the court had excluded an earlier written confession. Body Found Eacret's body was found in April, 1956, near Tub Springs State park on Highway 66 between Ashland and Klam ath Falls. ' 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 the confession was not vol untary. Gov. Robert D. Holmes, upon being informed of the decision, said his legal coun sel would review the case immediately. The governor, who opposes capital punish ment said he will announce his decision on possible' com mutation about the time the Circuit Court sets a new date for Nunn's execution. Three Valley Men Buy Root Building '"'Three valley men "have pur chased the Myron Root com pany building on the Eighth st. right-of-way at South Fir st. The sale was made by the state highway department who had previously asked for bids on the structure. Men who bought the build ing are David T. Allison, 136 Glenn Way, Central .Point Delbert Beers, 625 Clark st Medford, and Ralph Cross 921 Maple Park, Medford Thev are all employees of Timber Products and work on the second shift. They expect to remove the roof from the building this week end and are scheduled to have the walls down short ly afterwards, Allison said According to the purchase agreement the building on the riaht-of-way must be removed within 30 days. The sale was completed Feb. 19. Egypt, Syria Vote Nasser as President Cairo OP) Egypt and Syria voted today to merge their countries into a United- Arab Republic and to elect Gamal Abdel Nasser as their presi dent. DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York (IP) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 439.62, off 0.12; 20 railroads 105.31. off 0.49; 15 utilities 71.93, off 0.15, and 65 stocks 150.21, off 0.22. Sales today were about 2,060,000 shares com pared with 1.700.000 shares Thursday. As Cold Outside' Ore To k By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Most mem bers of the Oregon congres sional . delegation are now spending an increasingly large share of time on efforts to counteract, the economic re cession which plagues Ore gon and, to a lesser extent, the nation this winter. This was the No. 1 item on the agenda of the delega tion's . five Democrats when they held their. biweekly meeting this. week. It looms as probably the most com plex and most slippery prob lem they are likely to con front for many months. Until recently, the action of delegation members had been limited largely to spok en criticism of the Eisenhow er administration's fiscal poli cy the tight money policy which made borrowing hard in order to reduce the infla tionary spiral. They charged that this was putting a clamp on mortgage lending and ad versely affecting the housing and lumber industry. They said, also, that it was hurting the small businessman who FILES CANDIDACY Frank lin . (Jere) Girard, 65, of Ash land, yesterday filed his can didacy for nomination for Jackson county commissioner on the Democratic ticket. He served as secretary of state in Idaho, and also was a mem ber of the Idaho boards of equalization, examiners, and land commissioners. He has lived in this area for several years. Action Against Youths Pending Investigation - Disciplinary action by Med ford school officials concern ing 25 juveniles picked up by city police Saturday night on charges of possession of liquor is pending the completion of further investigation, accord ing to Lester Harris, high school principal. School officials reported that two of the boys involved were suspended from partici pation in athletics and three other students were ruled in eligible for participation in student government day ac tivities this week. Harris said several other students who were questioned have been temporarily sus pended from offices in stu dent government until inves tigation regarding the inci dent has been completed. Awarding Scholarships He explained that several students had been recom mended for scholarships. Har ris stressed that m cases where recommendations by the high school are necessary for scholarships, the actual awarding of the scholarship would be delayed , pending completion of the investiga tion by school officials. He added that students in volved in the incident who have been awarded scholar ships by organizations and firms in which the high school made n o recommendations will not be affected. It was mentioned that the majority of the students ques tioned by police did not par ticipate in sports, student government or had not ap plied for scholarships. Churchill's Condition 'Definitely Improved' Roquerbrune, France (IP) Sir Winston Churchill's doc tors announced today that there is a very definite im provement" in his condition. The 83-year-old British states man has been battling an at tack of pneumonia and pleu risy since last Tuesday. &0 v d o Bolster State Economy finds it more,, difficult than large firms in; borrowing in vestment capital. As the recession has linger ed and become worse in re cent weeks, the tight money policy has been, relaxed some what by the Federal Reserve Board. But the Oregonians are not at all satisfied. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) with unemployment mounting in the Portland area which she represents, lias for weeks been tackling . .the problem from a defense -contract stand point. She was the sparkplug in the organization of a Port land committee for industrial contracts which ' has mapped out an action program and made its appeal directly to the Pentagon. The fact that Portland has been declared a distress labor area will give it a priority in instances where bidding be tween Portland firms and competitors elsewhere is close. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) went to 'the Pentagon last week with the chairman of the Portland committee, Roy F. Renoud, to state the state's case for procurement con nnrn u Li ill r uvu u Morse Pledges To Seek Reversal of VA Decision Washington HP) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said to day the Veterans Administra tion has' advised him ' that a proposed expansion of Camp White near Medford, Ore., to include a hospital was not considered advisable at this time. Morse said the main reason given was that it would be difficult to obtain and keep the professional personnel needed to keep up desired standards. He pledged in a letter to Don McNeil, mana ger of the Jackson County, Ore., Chamber of Commerce, to seek to reverse the de cision. Question of Policy William S. Middleton, the VA's chief medical director, noted there was a question of policy as to the "extent to which the federal government should provide facilities for non-service connected disabil ities." In his letter to McNeil, Morse said that if the VA's position on the scarcity of specialists was well taken he was "sure . . . the medical profession can rise to the oc casion and see to it that noth ing is left undone . . ."- "The policy question raised fails to impress me, Morse said. "I have always been of the opinion that when a man devotes a substantial period of time out of his everyday life to make himself available for the defense of his country, he deserves every considera tion by the government when the condition of his health calls for hospitalization," Morse said. Sacramento River Banks Weakening San Francisco (IP) The weatherman had gloomy news today for Northern California, especially those living along side the Sacramento river more rain. Even as the Sacramento threatened to collapse its banks in the Grimes area of Colusa county, the weather man predicted rain would be gin falling in the extreme northern part of the State. WEATHER Forecast Variable h 1 g h cloudiness through Satur day. Chance of occasional light rain Saturday. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 42. High Saturday 58. Highest Yesterday S2 Lowest this Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:00 a.m. .. 5:51 p.m. Sunset The Moon sets 9:08 p.m. and is in Apogee tonight, (at its greatest distance from the Earth for the month) f VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises ..11:05 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast 4:26 a.m. Mars, rises 5:02 a.m. Venus, rises 5:18 a.m. im i iuj ir- ltion Turning Attention tracts. , Rep. Charles O. Porter has been tackling the problem from a broader base' through a bill to pump up to $1 billion into the home mortgage loan pipeline. He would take this money from the railroad re tirement fund (whose re serves are now usually invest ed in government bonds) and make it available as mortgage money through the govern ment's housing finance agencies. The administration has come out against the bill, how ever, on grounds that-if this money were not invested in government securities, the Treasury would have to bor row from private sources and that generally, this would have an inflationary effect if it made mortgage lending easier. Porter has also introduced what amounts to a PWA bill an echo of the New Deal make-work programs of the 30s. It is similar to a bill in troduced in the Senate by Sen. Albert Gore to make $500, 000,000 available for construc tion of necessary public WHITE MS aMI ADVISA Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1958 No. 260 STUDENTS CONDUCT MEETING Stu dent officials took over the Medford city council meeting last night and conducted business on an agenda of their own. City officials in the audience said the students learned several things about city govern ment and its problems by holding the meet Students Conduct Council Meeting A mock city council meet-. ine was held last nieht bv stu- dents taking part in Student Government Day activities sponsored . by the Medford Elks club. Students held the meeting after the Medford city council completed its regular busi ness.. Members of the student council were elected by other students at Medford and St. Mary's High school. An amendment to the city business license ordinance was adopted by the students. The amendment prohibits tele phone soliciting by salesmen in the city. A proposal to foreward a request Xo the Public Utili ties commission requesting in stallation of railroad crossing arms on several crossings near the high school was defeated. Recommendation Tabled A recommendation to eli minate parking restrictions in the high school area was tabled by students. The reg ular city council postponed action on a similar move. Students adopted a traffic measure prohibiting parking on the east side of Crater Lake ave. from Main to Jack son sts. They said they be lieved the street was toonar row in view of the large amount of traffic to allow parking on both sides of the street. A proposal to condemn sev eral buildings claimed unsafe, in the Eighth and Bartlett sts. and Front st. area was referr ed to a committee after coun cil members 'felt not enough works. "It would sop up unem ployment," explained Porter, "and create works that would be useful to the economy of the nation." . Porter has undertaken the task of drafting an anti-recession program for the Demo cratic members of the delega tion. It is to consist of those bills which the delegation sup ports as means of improving Oregon's economic health. The Eugene congressman indicated that it will have a New Dealish look. On a filmed TV program which he is send ing this week to stations in the fourth congressional dis trict, Porter talked with Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) on how to combat a recession or a depression, as Roosevelt in sisted on calling it. Behind them was a large portrait of President Roosevelt, to whom they paid frequent respects during the program. Points on which they agreed were: 1. Modernize the social se curity program to give "real istic" benefits to retired per sons. They would increase i information was available for a decision. Improvements of fire pro tection, lighting and ventila tion were approved for the city hall. They made no pro vision for planning or financ ing the project. Paving Authorized After a long debate, mea sure which would authorize the city to pave a section of road near the Rogue Flying service on airport, property was passed by students. They also approved grading several roads and taxi-ways in the airport hanger area. The pro posed paving would cost an estimated $1,500. The council discussed on ap propriation of property for construction of a building to house heavy equipment in Hawthorne park. The present building is in the path of the Highway 99 freeway and must be replaced. No agreement on the proposal was reached and action was postponed. : A letter of complaint by a student. concerning study reg ulations in the city library was read by the student may or. The council first voted to require the library commis sion to enforce council sug gestions and, then voted a sen ior, from each high school be added to the commission. Portland (IP) Philip M. Talbott of Washington, D.C., president of the U.S. Cham ber of Commerce, predicts there will be an upturn in the nation's economy next June. monthly payments and raise the ceiling on earnings which a retired person can have. "The reactionaries who op posed social security in the 30s don't dare oppose it open ly today," contended Roose velt. "But they try to kill it by refusing to bring it up to date." . i. txtena tne minimum wage law to additional jobs, such as retail clerks. "There are some shameful examples still going on in the retail field," explained Port er, "where elderly persons are hired for 70 to 80 cents an hour. I think the minimum wage of $1 should be extend ed to the larger retailers." 3. Revise tax laws to per mit small business more lib eral allowances for sums in vested; and set up a small business capital equity sys tem backed by the govern ment similar in purpose to the lending agencies for home loans and for supplying loans to iarmers. To date, there has been no demand from the Oregon dele gation for a general personal income tax cut. Ml II P9 Tribune ing. Pictured from left to right re Mike Forbes, councilman; Frank Albert, mayor; John Jones, councilman; Curtis Cook, coun cilman; Kathey Metz, councilwomen; and Henry Courtney, councilman. In foreground is City Recorder-Treasurer Sue Knight who is taking minutes of the meeting. Motorists Still Confused on tight The public works depart ment has reported that some Medford motorists are still confused about the change in the traffic light on Main st. at 'Lindley ave. Vernon Thorpe, director of public works, said between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. the light is operating as usual but dur ing the red cycle, the light will blink on and off. Motorists are permitted to proceed through the blinking red light if they yield the right-of-way to cars and pe destrians coming from other directions, he said. The light is operating with no change between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Washington Chiefs Go To Washington (IB A task force of top defense officials, accompanied by their wives, flew to Puerto Rico today to sort out the "bad from the good" in proposals to reor ganize the Defense Depart ment. Calls for Second Deputy Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy told newsmen who saw them off that one plan being studied calls for ap pointment of a second deputy secretary to coordinate the military services. There now is one deputy secretary, eight assistant sec retaries, plus separate secre taries and assistants of all three services. The party will return Mon Agricultural Secretary Refuses To Heed Request 'Mid westerners To Carry Plea To Ike v Washington (in Farm belt Republicans told Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson in so many words to day that he should resign for the good of the party, but Benson flatly refused. The new move to get Ben son out of government was made by two Midwest Re publicans on behalf of a group of GOP farm state con gressmen who feel Benson's departure would help the party hang on to some of its seats in the November elec tions.. Left Little Doubt The two spokesmen,' Reps. A. L. Miller (Neb.) and Walter H. Judd (Minn.), were closet ed with Benson for 40 min utes in his own office down town. Miller said they did not ask him directly to resign but left little doubt that he should. They indicated that if Ben son did not quit, they would take their plea for Benson's ouster to the White House. Benson issued a formal statement saying he intends to stay on the job and fight for President Eisenhower's pro gram of flexible price sup ports. To Take Best Course "I will continue to pursue course which I believe is best for our farmers and fair to all our people," Benson said. "I believe farmers and all America want and are entitled to such a program . . I .have a responsibility which I take seriously. As long as God gives me strength I shall continue to do au within my power to help our farmers through this severe struggle to a better and brighter future." About the time Benson issued his statement, a GOP informant told the United Press that if the Miller-Judd visit, "doesn't get results they would go direct to the President. Officials Discuss Road Development Paul Rynning, county engi neer, and members of the Jackson county court are in Portland today attending a meeting on the Lake of the Woods road development. Also scheduled to attend . f , 3 were liienn jacsson anu Chester Hubbard of the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce roads committee; and Carroll Brown, supervisor of Rogue River National forest. They are meeting with Herb Stone, regional forest service forester. They plan to discuss the possibility of get ting the Lake of the Woods road improvement included in the forest roads program. According to the proposal. a 16-mile stretch from Little Butte creek near Lake Creek to Lake of the Woods would be graded and paved. This would provide a through con nection with the Crater Lake highway and the Lake of the Woods - Klamath Falls high way. Body of Rogue River Drowning Victim Found Gold Beach, Ore. (in The Curry county coroner's office reported today that the body of Emily Meservey, 11, had been recovered from the ocean near here. The girl was one of four who drown ed Felfc. 1 in a boating acci dent in the Rogue river! Bodies of the other three members of the Meservey family have not been re covered. Distracting; Puerto Rico day. McElroy said he hoped to have "final recommenda-. tions" within a few weeks to submit' to President Eisen hower to carry out the admin istration's promise to stream line the defense high com mand. Take Tennis Racquets - The group of 26 military and civilian officials, wives, consultants and aides took off from the Military Air Trans port Terrninal in ' two Air Force C118 four-engine trans port planes. Some in the party took along tennis racquets and golf clubs in addition to other luggage. The group will assemble at an air base in Puerto Rico far removed from Washington' distractions."
