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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. '
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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."