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BLAZE - - -vr- yj 11 53rd Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1958 No. 16 FULL BLOOM Today marks the beginning of a four or five day period in which the bulk of the 10,000 acres of pear orchards in the Rogue River valley will be at peak bloom, according to County Extension Agent Clifford Cordy. Bartletts, which make up most of the acreage, are at their fullest bloom, Cornice and Bosc varieties are ap proaching full bloom, but some D'Anjous are already los ing some petals, Cordy said. "Pear blossom drive," a route TRAIN Irllliv President Would Consider Halt of Nuclear Testing Washington W President Eisenhower said today that he would very seriously con sider suspending U.S. nuclear tests if the forthcoming series in the Pacific provides the United States with necessary scientific data. After the 1958 tests are completed, the President said, U.S. scientists will tell him whether they provided most, if not all, of the information they so'ught. If the scientists report suc cess in obtaining the needed information, the President said he would then consider very seriously a suspension of further nuclear testing. He said it would be perfectly pos sible that the United States, in that event, would make a unilateral statement of its in tentions to halt testing. Door Left Open The President thus left open the possibility of more tests. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Tuesday the United States hopes it can stop testing at the conclusion of the spring-summer series. But the secretary said the '"likelihood" is that there will be need for further, tests. . The possibility of further tests is understood to hinge on the need to develop a nuclear defense against a Soviet mis sile attack. The President at his news conference reacted cooly to proposals made by Sen. Clif ford P. Case (R-N.J.) that the United States ask Russia to join in a pledge to test only "clean" nuclear weapons. Sacramento (W An Air Force F102 fighter plane crashed and burned on take off from McClellan Air Force Base today. Welfare Budget Increase Reported As $72,727 for Last Fiscal Quarter An increase of $72,727 in the budget for the Jackson County Public Welfare com mission has been certified by the State Public Welfare com mission for the last quarter of this fiscal year. The increase will be shared by federal, state and county funds, with Jackson county's share determined by the estab lished formula. The county's share is usually about one sixth, according to James Pullman, county welfare ad ministrator. He said yesterday that "the overall increase in costs for public welfare in Jackson county has been caused by more applicants for all types of public assistance, substan tial increases in nursing home rates, increased use of expen mil DIRECTIVE Neuberger Neutral in Primary Elections Salem (IP) Sen. Richard Neuberger CD-Ore.), will re main politically neutral" "in the May primary elections. Neuberger said here Tues day that while he has "warm personal feelings" for Gov. Robert D. Holmes and his Jobless March on Michigan Capitol Lansing, Mich. IW A march on the state capitol turned into a bitter anti-Republican demonstration Tues day when 4,000 jobless work ers seeking more unemploy ment pay got a cold shoulder from GOP lawmakers. A sergeant-at-arms said he had to "slug one of 'em in the stomach" when about 20 workers tried to storm into the House chambers. Tempers first flared when the workers left a rally in Lansing's Civic Center short ly after noon and marched one block to the ' capitol to lobby for a hike and exten sion of jobless pay. They found the lawmakers had re cessed until 8 p.m. Roof of Avery Home Burns In Ashland An unestimated amount of damage was done to the Charles Avery home, , 248 Third st., Ashland, this morn ing when cinders set fire to the house roof, according to Ashland fire department. Damage was confined to the roof and one bedroom, fire men reported. sive drugs and the current un employment problem in the community." He said he had received word that the state welfare commission has certified a new budget for Jackson coun ty, providing a .balance of $362,834 for the three months ending June 30. The increase is still $7,424 less than the county commis sion's estimate " of expendi tures for the last quarter, which totals $370,258,- Pull man explained. The balance of the certified annual budget for the county welfare commission on March 1, before the approved in crease, was $290,107.72. The administrator said that approximately $20,000 in come is expected from reim marked off to give motorists the best view of the flower ing trees, will be in effect this week end and will coincide with the annual Pear Blossom festival April 12 and 13. The picture above was taken this week east of Talent where the road goes over a hill, presenting a panoramic view of a number of orchards. Blocks of different varieties of pears ,at various stages of bloom give a "patchwork" effect to . the scene. v KIM SET To Stay Coming program, he will not give him official support in the primaries.- v. .. . ... Neither did the junior Ore gon senator, indicate he would support Sen. Wayne Morse as a possible candidate for president. ' View Modified "His (Morse's) stand on the recent civil rights bill some what modified my view that he should be President of the United States," Neuberger said. Neuberger supported the civil rights legislation and Morse voted against it. While admitting that he and Morse had differed over some legislation, Neuberger reiterated previous statements that he has no personal ani mosity toward Morse. He said there have been "many in stances" of disagree ment within political parties. Neuberger said the Klam ath Indian termination bill, introduced by the administra tion, probably will be re ported out of committee next month. Opposition Seen He indicated there would probably be plenty of opposi tion to it, but said: "I feel con fident of its final success in this session of Congress." Present price supports are' doing nothing for the small farmers of the Willamette valley or orchardists of the Rogue valley, the senator said. , Joining critics of Agricul ture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben son, Neuberger said farm price supports affected only five major crops. He said the price support program should be" more comprehensive and give "equal aid" to the small farmer. bursements to offset a portion of the expenditures. He add ed, however, that he did not know if that $20,000 income can be included in the newly certified budget for the re mainder of the fiscal year. "General assistance" expen ditures are expected to total approximately $117,280, com pared with $90,000 during the same period in fiscal year 1957. General assistance expendi tures include food, shelter, utilities, fuel and medical care, with the greater part going to families in which the husband is unemployed. Pullman said the commis sion has supplemented very few cases of unemployment compensation and that the turnover of cases has been large. Machines Held As Not Devices For Gambling A temporary restraining or der stopping Jackson county law enf orcemefif 6"fTTc ef s from confiscating free play pinball machines was signed this morning by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. The order was asked by Steve Crippen of Medford, do ing business as Steve's Music company, against District At torney Thomas J. Reeder and State Attorney General Rob ert Y. Thornton. Similar or ders have been issued in sev eral other counties. Judge Hanna set a 9:30 a.m. April 30 for' a hearing to show cause why a permanent injunction should not be is sued. Thornton issued an opinion and, directive March 20 to all district attorneys in Oregon declaring that free play pin ball machines were gambling devices as defined by Oregon law. Crippen's complaint alleges that free play machines are not gambling devices under the law and as property of the plaintiff their confiscation would cause "irreparable damage." The complaint fur ther declared that the ma chines have operated for many years legally in Oregon "prior to this election year.". Reeder announced follow ing the court procedure that "the state has no recourse but to await further develop ments in interpretation of the law as 'to the legality of the free play machines." He added that he anticipat ed an early test case from an other county before the su preme court. Earlier he had set today as a deadline past which free-play machines will be confiscated. The law will continue to be enforced against machines which pay off, Reeder said. Condemnation Suit Remanded To Court ' Salem OP) The State Su preme Court today remanded to the trial dburt for further proceedings a $23,171 judg ment for Thomas Vella in a Jackson county condemnation suit which was appealed by the State Highway Commis sion. The land in question was a strip along U. S. Highway 99 in Central Point which the commission contended was worth no more than $7,500. The high court . said evi dence was improperly admit ed in the case concerning the loss to Vella of trade at his drive-in and creamery. The commission wanted land on Vella's parking lot for widen ing of the highway. Ike Sees No Need For Decision Now Oh Tax Reduction Economic Figures Don't Require Cut ' Washington (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower said today he sees no need for a decision now on cutting taxes. He told his news confer ence that economic figures he has seen including those on unemployment Tuesday, in his opinion do not require a tax cutting decision at the moment. The Labor and Commerce Department reported Tuesday that March unemployment rose 25,000 to 5,198,000 while employment rose 323,000. The President said he is keeping the tax matter under constant study but indicated that it c o u 1 d be several months before a decision is made to cut taxes if that be comes necessary. Predicts Upgrade He pointed out that there are 62 million people with jobs, that the public has a great amount of savings and that the Federal Reserve Board has taken actions to ease credit. The President said this led him to the con clusion that there are real grounds for believing the na tion's economy is, going on the upgrade one of these days. But he said he would not say when. When a reporter asked what the people could do about the recession, the Presi dent gave a clipped one-word answer buy. - When the reporter asked what they should buy, the President said anything. However, he said he did not mean that people should buy carelessly but should do so selectively'ahd get what'th'ey want. Blood Drawing 117 Pints Short A total of 173 pints of blood, 117 pints short of the quota, were donated to the Red Cross Tuesday afternoon-during the quarterly visit of the bloodmo bile to Medford. Of the 209 persons who visited the Red Cross building to donate blood 22 were rejected. Red Cross officials reported the next visit of the bloodmo bile to the area will be in June when 350 pints will be needed to make up the current deficit. Officials reported that the local area can still draw blood from the regional blood bank in Portland even if donations continue to drop behind. How ever, they said, if the regional bank falls too far behind in its supplies, the soldiers at Fort Lewis, Wash., will be "draft ed" as donors. The Bloodmobile is in Ash land today and Medford don ors, will be accepted there, Red Cross spokesmen said. Ashland Worker In Poor SKape Ashland Frank R. Cun ningham, 478 Allison St., Ash land, was reported still in crit ical condition at Ashland Gen eral hospital today. He was in jured Monday when he was struck by a "muck" car in the Cascade train tunnel. Cunningham was reported suffering from facial . cuts, broken arm, and lacerations. Alfred Paulson, hospital su perintendent, made two trips to Medford for blood to re plenish - the hospital blood bank when five units of blood were used during the four hour surgery, it was reported. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to il i g h t. Increasing cloudiness Thursday with a chance of a few afternoon showers. Cooler tonight. Low -tonight 33. High Thursday 57. Temp. Hi chest Yesterday 57 Lowest this Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise J. . 5:41 a.m. Sunset 6:46 p.m. Monrise Thursday 1.01 a.m. Last Quarter Thursday PROMINENT STARS Sirius in the south-' west Jt:39 p.m. Alphard, due south 8:23 p.m. Capella, low in north west 11:18 p.m. Antares. rises 11:42 p.m. NunkL below the Moon. 'Byy , Dke TeDls Pe Selectivity in Purchases Urged At News Session Manufacturers Receive Scolding Washington IIP) Presi dent Eisenhower, optimistic about a business upturn, gave the American people today a one-word prescription for fighting the recession: "Buy." He said consumers should buy "anything" but not carelessly. They should be se lective and make sure they get what they need and want. The President scolded man ufacturers for what he called chucking things down peoples' throats. He said that this is partly to blame for the pub lic's reluctance to buy and that it is time manufacturers woke up and gave the people what they want. He plugged his "buy" cam paign at his weekly news con ference which was highlight ed by these other remarks on the economic outlook: Declining Prestige A further deepening of the recession would cause a decline of U. S. prestige abroad. It is not unusual for liv ing costs to go up auring a recession, although he wished this were not so. The President said his mail has indicated no public clamor for a tax cut. Most, of the people who have written, he said, have plugged for some particular excise tax cut. In other hignngnts ot xne news conference, the Presi dent: Strongly defended his sweeping defense reorganiza tion plan. He said he didn't see any sense at all to charges that it would make a czar out of Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy. He heatedly said that he is going to fight his utmost in an effort to get con gressional approval for the plan. Said he would seriously consider a unilateral suspen sion of further U.S. nuclear tests if scientists- told him they had learned in the forth coming tests what they want ed to about cleaning up nu clear bombs and other techni cal information. Pitches for Foreign Aid Made a strong pitch for congressional approval of his foreign aid and reciprocal trade programs. He said that congressional failure to ap prove them would seriously damage world leadership of the United States.- After- first refusing with a crisp no to evaluate, chances of GOP congressional candi dates in the fall elections, he said they can win if they work hard and intelligently. The President was in good spirits but serious throughout the news conference. Search Party Out For Missing Youth A search party from the jeep corps of the Jackson Civil Defense organization began searching the wooded area near Ruch this morning for 16-year-old old Edmond Cheadle. The boy was reported miss ing after failure to return from a walk in an orchard near the home of his aunt, Mrs. Lois Hatfield, Monday afternoon, according to sher iff's deputies. Chief Deputy Joseph Walsh, deputy director of law en forcement for Civil Defense, organized the search. Be tween 12 and 20 men were expected to take part in the search. Young Cheadle, who re portedly has a speech diffi culty, was described as almost six feet tall with blond hair and blue eyes. and wearing blue jeans and a blue and white coat. He had been slaying with relatives while his parents were in . the process of -moving, deputies were told. Amiylihoini 'By The Way, Don't Expect 100 Cooperation" 1 rwr Work Moving Ahead For Two New Schools In Medford District V Work on the new Wilson teacher and coach at Mc- and Hoover elementary schools is progressing satis factorily, according to a re port made at last night's meet ing of the Medford school board. The board accepted alter nate plans for the two schools which specify unit ventilators with controls and. an addi tional room for the Hoover elementary school. The addi tional classroom is necessary because of 'the anticipated in crease in elementary school enrollment next fall in that area, Supt. Leonard B. May- field explained. This applies to the northeast section of the Medford school district which Wilson will draw from and the southeast section to be covered by Hoover school. The foundation 1 is now in for part of the Wilson school at Grand and Corona sts. The foundation is now being pre pared for the Hoover school on Siskiyou and Modoc sts., the superintendent said. Mayfield said target date for competition of the class room sections is October. All grade school facilities should be completed by November according to the tentative schedule set, the superintend ent said. School officials plan tenta tively to take care of students scheduled for those two schools by double shifting them in Roosevelt and Hed rick schools until the build ings are completed, Mayfield added. Teaching facilities in clude 15 in Wilson and 12 in Hoover, he explained. Every effort will be made to com plete the facilities by fall, Mayfield said. - The superintendent also re ported that architects for the high school additions said the plans "will be ready late this month. Two additions, one vo cational and one for academic purposes, are planned. The in dustrial arts addition will in clude a wood shop, metal shop and machine shop. A year from this fall an auto mecha nic shop is to be included, Mayfield said. The present shop location will be renovat ed for science classrooms and laboratories, he . added. The new shop location will be south of the main high school building. The board authorized school officials to ask for bids for a 78-passenger school bus. This is subject to approval of the school district budget commit tee and voters of the district, the superintendent explained. The board also made final preparation for presenting the new budget to the budget committee this Thursday eve ning. During other business the superintendent reported some teacher resignations.. Janette Dean, Westside elementary school teacher, and her hus band, Carlyle Dean, science , pfle Loughlin junior high school, have resigned to return to Idaho. Other resignations in clude Richard Paschild. social studies instructor at. McLaugh lin junior high schol and Mrs. Marian Beeson, first grade in structor at Jefferson school. Ralph Perkins, Banks, Southern Oregon college graduate, will teach social studies at McLoughlin junior high school next school year. Mrs. Joanne Wickman, Med ford, is yet unassigned. Bob Lawrence, Medford, is' sched uled to teach intermediate mathematics at Jackson school. Soldier's Tomb Planned Here Plans for an erection of a replica of the Unknown Sol dier's tomb for the Medford Memorial day observance were discussed at the Mon day night meeting of the Vete rans Allied Council of Jack son county. The structure, which will be in Hawthorne park, is the property of the local 40 et 8 organization and is about 5V2 feet tall. Plans call for the unit to be the center of the day's ceremonies by veterans' groups. A resolution urging installa tion of medical and surgical facilities at Camp White with the special request that each of the major veterans' groups bring it onto the floor of their department convention. The Council hopes for action on the facilities by the groups on a national level. A resolution opposing for eign aid except in cases of dire need where the aid is to sus tain individual lives, and not for political reasons, was ap proved by the council. Copies of both resolutions were sent to the 15 veterans' groups in Jackson county for approval. Prices To Oregon Farmers Up Almost Six Per Cent Corvallis tP) Prices paid to Oregon farmers for their produce shot upwards almost six per cent during March. Mrs. Elvera Horrell, agricul tural economist at Oregon State college, said it was the sharpest monthly percentage increase in Oregon in nearly 15 years. National Figure Up Mrs. Horrell reported that farm prices in Oregon now exceed those of a year ago by four per cent, while the na tional increase is about 11 per cent over March of 1957. The economist said higher Banks and Shops Close as Workers Flee for Cover Castro's Offensive Seen Responsible Havana on Widespread shooting broke out in down town Havana today and a bomb blast opposite the prime minister's office knocked out all electric power. It appeared rebel leader Fi del Castro's long-heralded all- out offensive against the gov ernment of President Fulgen cio Batista was underway. At 11 a.m., rebel raiders in vaded a radio station in su burban Vadado and forced an nouncers to run a record pro claiming that "the general . strike is about to start." -Banks Close Doors One bomb exploded near the United Press office in the arcade of the Hotel Sevilla Biltmore. Eanks in the area immedi ately closed their doors and workers fled for cover. Shops in the area also were closing. Police with tommy guns and army intelligence took over the Prado, Havana's main street and began a block-by-block hunt for rebel gunmen. The blast near the prime minister's office was preceded by an apparently unsuccessful rebel attempt to raid the na tional armory in old Havana. The shooting was only a block from Naval headquar ters on the waterfront. Naval guards fired short bursts of machinegun fire to clear the streets. Sirens Blare This dispatch was tele phoned to the United Press in New York. The sound of sirens and gunfire was clearly audi ble over the telephone. The outbreak here coin cided with reports that guer illa warfare had spread from rebel-infested Oriente prov ince, to Las Villas and Cama guey prpyinces. Locks Repaired In Juvenile Home Sixteen locks in the Jack son county juvenjj detention' home have been repaired, County. Commission Chester Wendt said this morning. The Medford Safe and Locksmith service, 309 East Jackson st., completed the re pair work on the 16 electrical ly controlled locks on the de tention home room doors last night, Wendt said. County jm'cnile officials discovered last week the locks on the individual rooms were not working properly. During a transfer of inmates from the various rooms, one youth boasted in the hearing of ju venile officials that he could easily pry one of the door catches open. Wendt explained the locks are controlled by a central electrical system. During an emergency such as a fire a main switch can release all door locks simultaneously, the county commissioner ex plained. This lock system was recommended by the state fire marshal, he added. Publication of the story on the lock problem was held up by the Mail Tribune at the request of the juvenile office until the locks were fixed to prevent potential break-outs or possible break-ins by youths from the outside who might have been able to re lease inmates. DOW-JONES New York (Ul Dow Jones final slock averages: 30 industrials 441.8. off 0.71; 20 rails 102.07, up 0.46; 15 uiiliiies 74.70, up 0.38; 65 stocks 150.35, up 0.14. Sales today were about 2.040.000 shares com pared with 2.190.000 shares Tuesday. prices for meat animals, poul try, and eggs more than off set lower price tags on dairy products, wool and mohair. And price increases on hay, potatoes, and fresh market vegetables more than com pensated for lower prices on wheat, feed grains, fruits, nuts, berries and seeds. . Parity Ratio Up The farm parity ratio reached 87 in mid-March, up four points for the month and 6 points better than a year ago. The. parity ratio is the government's measure of na tional prices in relation to farm costs. -,
