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(ran- TEST S Elm Mew School Budget Totals $2,525,441 for New Year ii m iimniiiirfi mil n il n i i n iiiH i Jl LUXURIANT BLOOMS Pear orchards in the Rogue River valley will be at their showiest for the annual Pear Blossom festival this weekend as the thousands of acres of fruit trees reach their peak of bloom. The heavy fragrance of the blos soms is everywhere and the occurance marks the beginning of a new season that of pampering the forming fruit to maturity through the warm summer months ahead. The pic ture above "was taken in an orchard of Bartletts near the junction of Roberts and Foothill roads. The theme of this year's Pear Blossom festival is "All Good Things Come in Pears," and the celebration will get underway with the parade through Medford streets at 11 a.m. tomorrow. FestDvaD Events ' To Get Sunshine Fair and mild weather, and possibly the warmest day this year' is expected for Saturday events of the Pear Blossom festival. The weather bureau forecast a high temperature of 75 degrees for .tomorrow. Several, 'firsts' will be in cluded ir the blossomi parade Saturday in conjunction with the the two day Rogue Valley Pear Blossom festival Satur day and Sunday. Power-drawn floats will be entered in the commercial division with the other floats limited to a size that may be drawn by children. In pre vious years no motorized floats were allowed. The parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. The morn ing event, previously held in Several Projects Finished By City Several public works proj ects have been completed this week, according to Vernon Thorpe, city director of public works. He said work on the Eighth and 10th sts. storm sewer was completed Thursday when several sections of street were paveS. Final paving on the project had been held up due to area paving plans not being open earlier in the year, he said. Also completed Thursday was a section of storm sewer between Melrose and Monroe sts. on Fir st. The project was to correct a drainage problem in the area, according to Thorpe. Thorpe reported curbs and gutters have been installed on 10th st., between Riverside and Central aves., and paving of the new street is expected to be completed by this eve ning. The street section will be part of the approach to a bridge to be constructed over Bear creek. The installation of a seg ment of the Laurelhurst storm sewer is expected to be com pleted by this afternoon or by Monday, Thorpe said. The small section of the system would complete the installa tion of the storm sewer in the area, he added. Former Massachusetts Governor Found Dead ' Cambridge, Mass. (IP) Former Democratic Gov. Paul R. Dever-. of Massachusetts was found dead in his apart ment today, apparently of a heart seizure. He was 55. Dever, governor from 1949 to 1953, lived at the apart ment with his sister. He was a bachelor. Valsetz, Ore. (IP) Valsetz Lumber Company will shut down tonight throwing 52 men out of work. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York UP) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 441.24, up 0.18; 20 rails 104.95, up 1.96; 15 utilities 75.13, up 0.30; 65 slocks 151.78. up 0.69. Sales today were about 2.060.000 compared with 2,000,000 Thursday. the afternoon, has been scheduled at this time so it will fit into the schedule of other events taking place the same day, according to Fred Beck, president of the Festi val association. The parade will travel east on Main st. to Hawthorne park where parade prizes will be awarded. Theme of the festival is "all good things come in pears." Other Festivities Other week end festivities include the Crater Lions club Sportsfair . to be -held - at the Medford armory from noon until 10 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Sunday. It will cal attention to Southern Oregon's recrea tional assets. At 1 p.m. the drill team ex hibit of the Job's Daughters state convention will be held at Hedrick Junior High school gymnasium. Sunday afternoon various events have been scheduled at Camp White. Included will be the Wheel Chair parade at 1 P-m. ' ., Medford armory was a bee hive of activity today as Crater Lions, exhibitors and carpenters set up booths and displays for the first annual Southern Oregon Sportsfair. Crater Lions will open the doors to the show, which de picts this areas recreational assets, at noon on Saturday. The fair will continue through Sunday. Closing time, both days is 10 p.m. Primarily a boat show, the Sportsfair, nevertheless, will have exhibits and demonstra tions of other outdoor activi ties and sports of the Rogue river valley and nearby areas. Fairgoers will view commer cial and sports group displays and exhibtions in some 64 spaces in the armory and 10 outside. . Exhibits Listed ' ' These include style show ing, archery, rifle, pistol, mos quito trapshooting, boating, fishing, camping, swimming, skin-diving, water and snow skiing, golfing, bullet-making, leather-tooling, taxidermy and pony riding. A nominal admission fee will be charged for adults with smaller fee for students. Children six years of age and under will be admitted free. Activities, will be free except for food concesions and the fishing for live trout in a 30 by 10-foot pond four feet deep. There will be numerous prizes offered. Among them are a week's fishing with cabin, boat and motor pro vided at Fish and Willow lakes. These are offered by Lloyd Morris, proprietor of the resorts. Others include cameras from Ander's Photo shop, a rod and reel from the Big Y shopping center, a tent from Dunham's and member ships from the YMCA. Dr. Frank Wilson, chairman for the fair, praised the co operation offered by groups and individuals to the Lions and declared that' enthusiasm for the Sportsfair has been terrific." For route suggested for viewing the pear blossoms see map and story on Page 9. Tax Levies Set For $1,613,763 For Coming Year Two New Schools Make Up Main Rise A budget for the Medford school district totaling $2,525,441.17 was approved last night by the district budg et committee. Anticipated revenues will total $1,007,035.84, leaving to be raised $1,518,405.33, which, adding $95,358.21 as an amount estimated that will not be collected in taxes, leaves a total of $1,613,763.54 to be levied as taxes during the coming year. This total compares with $1,528,168.08 for the current taxing year, an increase of $85,595.46. As a result, the millage tax rate will be increased an esti mated 2.4 mills based on cur rent assessed valuation from 44.3 this year to 46.7 for the coming year. However, School Board Chairman Frank Bash pointed out that an increase in the state basic school support fund (which cannot as yet be in cluded in the budget), will bring in sufficient revenue to reduce the millage to approxi mately 44.7 or an increase of only .4 of a mill. Actual Millage Uncertain He explained that the ac tual millage is uncertain be cause of recent changes in state low, and because the as sessed valuation of the dis trict, now listed at $34,555, 728.22, may change somewhat for the coming year. But he said that the best estimates available indicate the only school tax increase in the dis trict will be the .2 of a mill, plus the county school equali zation f undr new this year, over which the district has no control. The school budget commit tee includes regular members of the school board, plus five citizen-members appointed for budget review only.. Board members are Bash, William Barker, Edward Branchfield, Otto Ewaldsen and Keith Hockersmith. Budget mem bers are Dr. D. Kirkland West, chairman, Robert Cun ningham, secretary, and Mrs. Sara Fay Puhl, Robert Taylor and Phil Humphreys. The budget had been under preparation for several months, and the members last night went over the adminis tration's proposals in detail. It will be published in full on April 18 and 25, and an election for approval of the budget will be held rtther June 3 or 4. It is necessary to vote on the budget because of the fact that the district's school base, established many years ago, has for a long time been too small to permit collection of the necessary taxes with out approval of the voters. By far the largest portion of the budget is in the gen eral fund, for operation, maintenance and capital out lay. The amount in the sink ing fund and bond interest, paying for new construction in the district, totals $162, 923.44, compared to a general fund total of $1,450,840.10. In preparing the budget, School Superintendent Leon ard Mayfield said, a number of items deemed desirable but not immediately pressing, were eliminated. These items totaled more than $87,000, he said. Salary Increases Included Most ofthe increase is at tributable to the fact that two new schools will be in opera tion during the coming school year. Part of the increase also is because of increased teach er salaries. Mayfield said that one rea son the increase was not great er was a sharp cut in capital outlay expenditures, from $182,871 last year, to $71,758 this year. The decrease was largely due to the fact that niv school site acquisitions are planned this year, and no ma jor additions to existing build ings are planned from this year's budget. Largest single item, this year as in the past, is in the instructional- budget, which this year totals $1,652,507.91, up from $1,440,245.23 last year. Other divisions of the budg et include general control, $47,640.97; operation, $207, 316.01; maintenance and re- Russia Agrees To Ambassadorial Meet Next Week Terms Amount To Veto of Proposals Moscow (IP) Russia to day accepted the West's pro posal to start pre-summit ambassadorial talks this month, but on condition a summit conference be held regarless of how the pre liminaries turn out. Washington (IP) Russia agreed today to an ambassa dorial meeting next week to take the first step toward a summit conference. But the White House said Russia is still imposing terms that amount to rejection of the Western proposals. The White House said the Soviet note, delivered to Pres ident Eisenhower this morn ing, proposes "diplomatic preparations which shall not deal at all with a summit meeting but only with the time, place and composition of a subsequent meeting of foreign ministers." , "The Soviet reply is mani festly not an acceptance of the Western proposal," the White House said. Identical Notes The United States, Britain and France proposed in ident ical notes March 31 that Rus sia agree to ambassador-level talks in Moscow the second half of April to "determine whether a summit conference would serve a useful pur pose." The Soviet reply, inform ants said, agreed to an am bassadorial meeting and sug gested that it begin April 17. At first glance this appear ed to be a concession to West ern views that careful pre paratory work must precede any top level meeting to ease the cold war. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles took a rough trans lation of the note to President Eisenhower this morning. The President delayed his depart ure for a week end at Augus ta, Ga., to discuss it with Dulles. Planning Meeting Sets Coordination City Manager Robert Duff and Medford Planning. Tech nician Ned Langford met Thursday with the county court and planning commis sion concerning co-ordinated city and county planning. Duff said the group dis cussed possibilities for urban planning which would avoid duplication and aid in devel opment of maps and land use studies. 1 The work eventually would .lead to location of streets, roads, parks and other proj ects. The proposed endeavor also could receive federal aid under certain conditions, Duff said. Two Girls Escape From Hillcrest School Salem HP) Sheets were used by two teen-aged girls to escape from Hillcrest school here Thursday night. The escape was not noticed until this morning. Missing are a 16-year-old Gresham girl and a 17-year-old from Portland. . pairs, $147,961; auxiliary agencies (including transpor tation, lunch program, health services and supplies) $58, 827; fixed charges, (including insurance, rent, retirement and social security) $120,393. 40; capital outlays, $71,758;. and non-bonded debt service and emergency fund, $15,700. Total bonded indebtedness of the district is now $2,523, 750. Schools operated include one high school, two junior high schools, and seven ele mentary schools, housing 5,529 students as of today. Bakers' Local Hearing and Bakers' Union Local 404 is now waiting for the National Labor Relations board to con duct an election to reaffirm one held within the local, William P. Conner, Medford, local president, said this morning. He said the local which covers Klamath Falls, Med ford and Roseburg, voted to withdraw from the old Bak ery and Confectionary Work ers International Union of America. Local 404, which in cludes 78 members, voted to affiliate with the American Bakers and Confectionary Workers International Union AFL and CIO.- GOVERNOR'S CLEMEKICY RIGHTS: HELD. BY-COURT 53rd Year Medford 26 Pages MEDFORD, Sfompanafo's Death Justified, Jury Verdict Says Hearing Slated for Lana Turner's Child . Hollywood (IP) A cor oner's jury ruled today that the death of Lana Turner's lover, Johnny Stompanto, at the hands of her 14-year-old daughter, was "justifiable homicide." The verdict of the 10 man, two woman jury came 28 min utes after they received the case. It followed the dramatic re-telling of the fateful Good Friday night in the Turner household by the dazzling star herself. Neither the star, nor her daughter, Cheryl, were in the courtroom to hear the verdict, which is tantamount of clear ing the slim, shy beauty of responsibility in the slaying. Leaves Courtroom Lana left the courtroom im mediately after the case went to the coroner's jury at 11:45 a.m., shrouded by her at torney, Jerry Giesler, and his assistant Louis Blau. The jury returned at 12:13 p.m. She was en route to her luxurious Beverly Hills man sion when the verdict was read. Lana held center stage for more than 30 minutes this morning as she re-told the "horror" of the knifing of her Latin lover, small-time hood lum, Stompanato. Told of Threats The glamorous movie star told the coroner's inquest that her daughter sprang at Stom panato with an eight-inch bladed butcher knife after he had threatened her violently and told her she would never get away from him. The District Attorney s of fice said, after the verdict, that "at this time" they plan ned to go ahead with the juve nile hearing, the equivalent of a trial, in Santa Monica, April 24. Muttnik Expected To Fall Saturday By UNITED PRESS Russia's little dead space dog is expected to come back to earth this week end in a blaze of glory The expected demise of Sputnik II has already brought "eye-witness" ac counts of its fall from Lou isiana and Australia's "out back" land. But whatever those witnesses saw, it wasn't the dying satellite. But American astrophysi cists figured its bright streak of death may provide a spec tacle for New England. Dr. Luigi Jacchia, of the Smithsonian Astrophy s i c a 1 Observatory at Cambridge, Mass., calculated the satellite should enter the burning fric tion of the earth's atmosphere somewhere over New Eng land about 9 p.m. Saturday. It is already slightly past its originally calculated life of five months. Salem OP) The new 4-H and FFA buildings at the Ore gon State fairgrounds here should be ready for the fair's opening Aug. 28. Now Awaiting NLRB Election Planned Soon Local 404 remains the same, he said, but it will affiliate with the internation al union. The AFL-CIO re cently expelled Bakery, and Confectionary Workers Inter national Union of America on charges of corruption. The NLRB sponsored elec tion will be conducted among all of the employees of the five wholesale bakeries in the tri-city area. It probably will not affect retail bakery opera tors at this time, the union local official said. The NLRB hearing and election is ' expected in the near future, according to local reports OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 'When Do We Get Out VFW Events Sunday Planned for 1,000 More than 1,000 persons are expected to attend instal lation ceremonies for Veterans of Foreign Wars post officers Sunday afternoon during the official visit here of Richard L. Roudebush, Indianapolis, Ind., commander-in-chief of VFW. Roudebush "will arrive in Medford at the airport at 11:53 a7m. Sunday. He will be met by city and veteran's or ganization ' officials. Accom- Dinner Meeting Set For Porter Rep. Charles O. Porter will give a report on the current session of Congress at a meet ing today at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford hotel. Reservations may be made by contacting William Death erage at SPring 3-4498. The public is invited to attend the dinner-meeting which is spon sored by the Democratic So cial club, according to Death era ge. Porter will speak on Con gressional . action on several important subjects, answer questions and talk about im portant local issues at the evening meeting. He plans to tour facilities at Camp White and the Tuck er Sno-Cat company on Sat urday before returning to his home city of Eugene. Ap pointments to see Porter can be made by contacting James Redden and Bernard Kelly. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and mild through Saurday. Low tonight 40. High Saturday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 66 Lowest this Morning 36 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:38 a.m. Sunset 6:48 p.m. Moonrise Saturday 2.19 a.m. New Moon April 18 There will be three eclipses this year,' two of the Sun and one of the Moon. The first, of the Sun, occurs at the next New Moon and will be visible in the Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific. The Bakery Operators As sociation of Southern Oregon petitioned the NLRB to con duct the representation elec tion. Purpose is to determine with whom the bakery opera tors will negotiate with in the future. - , The Eugene bakery local has also voted to withdraw from the international union. The Eugene and Medford lo cals were the first in Oregon to pull out of the bakery inter national Other locals are also considering pulling out and joining the new internation al, according to Chet Dusten, AFL-CIO director of region 21 in the Pacific Northwest. Price 10 Cents Tribune 11, 1958 No. 18 Of This Depression?" panying the commander to Medford will be John L. Smith, director of public re lations with the national VFW headquarters, Kansas City, Mo. Post officers for District 5 and 7 and possibly districts 4 and a will be installed at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Hedrick junior high school gymnasium. 'Department Auxiliary Pres i d e n t Harriett Shoemaker, Portland, will install the aux iliary officers. Department Commander Harry Birch will preside over the installations. The public is invited to at tend. Also scheduled during Rou debush's visit here is an in spection of the buildings at the Camp White Domiciliary. He will be inducted into the Order of the Cavemen of Grants Pass at 6 p.m. Sunday prior to a banquet in the jun ior high school at 6:30 p.m. Main Rebel Body Isolated in Cuba Havana (IP) Loyal troops, striking back at insurgents whose hit-a n d-i un attacks caused nearly 100 deaths this week, have isolated the "main rebel body" in the mountains of eastern Cuba, the army announced today. A communique said "many" rebels have been taken pris oner by troops pursuing them into the Sierra Maestras where insurgent leader Fidel Castro has been hiding out for 16 months. -,' A government spokesman said the "all-out attack" threatened for this week by the rebels has fizzled out, making their eventual defeat certain. He said loyal troops probably will be able to wipe out the last vestiges of resis tance within two months. Neuberger Warns Izaak Walton League Portland (IP) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) warn ed the Izaak Walton League here today that the licensing authority of the Federal Pow er Commission would have to be restrained "or the great spawning realms of the Sal mon, Clearwater and Imnaha rivers could be permanently blockaded by high dams." Washington 0PI President Eisenhower was to leave Washington today for a brief week end at the Augusta, Ga., National Golf club. TV Highlights A change in Saturday morning's televised base ball game was announced early this afternoon by sta tion KBES-TV. The game between Cleveland and the San Francisco Giants will start at 10:25 a.m. It re- . places the Philadelphia New York game, previously. - scheduled for 11 a.m. Decision Expected To Alter Sentence For Billy Nunn Thornton Upheld In Marion Court Walter Nunley. Medford. attorney for John E. and Lillie M. Eacret of Klam , ath Falls, said today a Mari on county Circuit Court decision upholding Gov. Robert D. Holmes' right to ' commute the death sentence of Billy Junior Nunn would be appealed to the State Supreme Court. The Eacrets' 14-year-old son, Alrin, was slain, two years ago. Salem (IP) Marion County Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper Thursday afternoon upheld a demurrer brought by the state of Oregon against a com plaint filed by John E. and Lillie M. Eacret, Klamath Falls, who were seeking to prevent Gov. Robert D. Holmes from commuting the death sentence of Billy Junior Nunn. The action made it virtual ly certain that Nunn, convict ed of the murder of 14-year-old Alvin Eacret two years ago, would not die in the state prison gas chamber. No Jurisdiction Contended Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton filed the demurrer for the state contending that the court had no jurisdiction in the matter and that the complaint did not state suffic ient facts. "The Supreme Court has recognized the right of the governor to commute," Judge Sloper said in upholding Thornton. Date Extended "It is not the purpose to either approve or disapprove the manner in which the gov ernor exercises his constitu tional power of clemency, for in the final analysis this power of great responsibility and attendant pressure vested in him by the constitution can only be exercised by the lone ly man in the governor's chair," Judge Sloper added. The governor had extended the time -of Nunn's execution to April 28 pending the out come of the suit. He already has commuted two dath sen tences since taking office. Gov. Holmes has not an nounced whether he plans to commute Nunn's sentence, al though when -in Medford re cently, he said he has seen no reason why he should not follow his policy of commut ing death sentences in the Nunn case. Verdict Favors Insurance Men A circuit court jury return ed a verdict in favor of the defendants Gilbert S. and Earl S. Tumy late Thursday night following a four-day trial before Judge Edward Kelly. The plaintiff, John B. Hamacher, doing business as Talent Sawmills, sought $33, 430.70 from Gilbert S. and Earl S. Tumy, doing busi ness as the Tumy Insurance agency. After approximately four hours, the jury returned a ver dict that Hamacher was "en titled to no damages." The suit resulted from an insurance disagreement fol lowing a fire which destroyed the Talent sawmill Jan. 6, 1956. $493,293 Received From License Fund " Jackson county received a total of $493,293.15 from the state motor vehicle license fund for the fiscal year 1957 58, according to County Treasurer Karl Janouch. A total of $9,044.09 was received by the county from the alcoholic beverage tax. Both amounts were higher than the previous year, Jan ouch said. The figures were reported following receipt for the final quarter of the year. The license fundi amount is based oh the number of motor vehicle registrations in the county and the beverage tax on census figures. Orders Apply To Any Unauthorized Citizens of U.S. Action Unprecedented In History of Tests Washington OP) The Atom ic Energy Commission issued orders today barring from the vicinity of its Pacific Proving Grounds a small group of Quakers now en route to pro test against the imminent nu clear tests. The orders apply to any unauthorized persons who are U.S. citizens or subject to U.S. jurisdiction. But they were specifically designed, it was learned, to forestall a tiny group now on its way to the proving grounds via Honolulu aboard a 30-foot ketch named "The Golden Rule." Action Unprecedented The AEC's announcement of the regulations, issued in an action unprecedented in the history of U.S. atomic, weapons tests, was such as to indicate possibility that the United States wants to get the 1958 test series over with as quickly as possible. The orders do not apply to any foreigners because the country cannot make regula tions applicable on the high seas to citizens of other coun tries. If any foreign aircraft or ships should enter the 390,000 square mile danger zone they would, however, be warned of the potential haz ard and told how to get out in the shortest possible time. The Golden Rule is now somewhere in the Pacific be tween San Francisco and Honolulu, where they planned a brief stopover to replenish supplies. Future Action Undecided In Pasadena, Calif., the Committee for Non Violent Action Against Nuclear Weap ons said it had no immediate plans on what action it would take in regard to the ban against its protest "picket line" in the Proving Ground. Members of the crew are Albert Bigelow, 51, Cos Cob, Conn.; William R. Hunting ton, 51, St. James, L.L, Ne-v York; George Willoughby, 43, Blackwood Terrace, N.J.; and Orion Sherwood, 28-year-old science teacher at Oakwood School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. March Employed Shows Rise Here Employment during March showed a definite improve ment over February, accord ing to John J. Patton, man- ager of the Oregon state em ployment service in Medford. He said in spite of bad wea ther which interfered with logging operations, there was an increase in employment. Little new hiring of men was noted but many firms called back regular employees who had been laid off. General prospects for em ployment in summer are good, he noted, with agriculture and construction work appearing to look very good. Unemployment compensa tion claimants filed for 11 per cent fewer weeks of insur ance benefits than during Feb ruary, he explained. The pro longed unemployment experi enced during the winter had caused a larger number of claimants' to exhaust their available benefits. The reduction of claims filed was due to the "back-to-work" movement which was noticed during the second half of March, he said. Unemploy ment in the county on March. 13 was estimated at 2,830 or about a 9 per cent reduction from February. This figure is about 28 per cent more than last year, Patton said. He said the Medford office is nearing completion of its annual program for aptitude testing in Jackson county high schools senior classes. Em ployers are invited to contact Patton at the office for assist ance in securing the students. Ashland Over Top In Blood Drive Ashland A total of 234 pints of blood were contribut ed by volunteers at the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Ash land Wednesday, putting the city well over the top of its 150 quota. The Red Cross collected 173 pints in Medford, 117 short of the 290 pint quota. Much credit was given stu dents and faculty at Southern Oregon college, who contrib uted 66 pints. The school was in a contest with students at Oregon Techincial Institute in Klamath Falls. l
