Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 15, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI on fa on Peace, lu Assert 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages Final Arguments Presented In Railroad Barons Still Operating, Sen. Lowry Says Brief Presented for Lowry, Geddes, Brown Oral arguments on the com Dlaint against the Southern Pacific railroad, over its aban donment of rail passenger service in southwestern Ore gon, were heard in Salem this morning before Clifford w, Fereuson. examiner for the Oregon public utilities com missioner. State Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Medford, one of the original comDlainants, was in Salem to present the case for himself and for two former state sen ators. Gene Brown of Grants Pass and Paul Geddes of Rose- burg, all of whom are serving without compensation. The complaint was filed in mid-1955, after the S. P. gave notice of intention to drop its two scheduled passenger trains on the line between Eu gene and Ashland, after hav ing abandoned the service be tween Ashland and Dunsmuir. Three hearings on the mat ter have been held, and to day's proceeding was to have been the final argument in the case. But the SP this morning was. given an extension until April 30 to prepare a reouuai to an additional exhibit, pre sented by the commissioner's office this morning, relative to the percentage of revenues de rived from the Siskiyou line west of the Cascades and the Cascade line to the east. The SP was to argue its case this afternoon. Senator Lowry was heard today be tween 10 a.m. and noon. He presented a complainants' brief, summing up earlier ar guments. The brief points out that this is not "a polite contest." "It is not now, was not during the trial and never will be, so long as Southern Pacific Company holds to the belief (heretofore successfully) that it is entitled to dominate the economy and affairs of a substantial part of the state of Oregon," it says at one point. , nd it adds that the SP has proved five things: that it has completely demonstrated the evils of unregulated monopoly; shown that the sole interest of the SP is money, without re gard to its duty to the public; shown that the days of the railroad barons are not gone, but are now only more sophis ticated, and that the SP "is as elusive as the Scarlet Pim pernel when it comes to pro ducing accurate factual infor mation and data." (Continued on Page 9) Washington IIP) An Army scientist disclosed to day the Army wants to launch a man 100 miles into space with a Redstone mis sile and bring him back safely. 'There Also Seems To Be Some Unrest Among the Americans" MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1958 Bail NEARING COMPLETION Last concrete placement of the Be'ar Creek Siphon, Talent lateral of the Talent Irrigation district is shown nearing completion. It is located one mile south of Talent and under Bear creek and Highway 99. This Sentence Cemetery The three juvenile boys who admitted the vandalism at the Jacksonville Pioneer cemetery recently, have been sentenced to spend each Sat urday for the next year work ing to renovate and maintain Gold Hill Woman To Enter Plea . Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33, Gold Hill, is to enter a plea in circuit court Wednesday morning to charges of larceny by embezzlement. She was arraigned in circuit court Monday afternoon before Judge H. K. Hanna E. A. Piazza, Medford attorney, was appointed to represent her. Mrs. Slaten is charged with, embezzling $12,000 from the Rogue Valley Physi cians service. She had been confined to Sacred Heart hospital since April 2 when she was found unconscious at her Gold Hill home. Mrs. Slaten is tentatively scheduled to enter a plea in circuit court Wednesday, ac cording to Thomas J. Reeder, district attorney. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (IP! Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 447.58, up 3.82; 20 railroads 106.67, up 1.11; 15 utilities 75.77, up 0.25; 65 slocks 153.84. up 1.20. Sales today were about 2.590,000 compared with about 2,180.000 Monday. ervice case Given for Vandalism the area, it was reported to day. ' . Mrs. Kay Crowell, juvenile officer here, said they ap peared before Judge Edward C. Kelly for disposition of their case. He sentenced them each to McLaren school for boys at Woodburn, but sus pended the sentence on the following conditions: 1. That they spend all day Saturday each week for the next year working in the cemetery; 2. That their guardians see these orders are carried out; 3. That they observe rules of regular probation, includ ing no late hours, regular school attendance, obedience to authority, and observance of all laws. A representative of the Jacksonville graveyard com mittee attended the hearing, Mrs. Crowell reported. The group will provide supervi sion for the boys. She indi cated there is no connection between the vandalism at Jacksonville and that report ed last week at the Central Point I.O.O.F. cemetery. Two of the boys had of fenses other than vandalism on their records, and the third boy was on probation for another offense, Mrs. Crowell said. She added that a suspend ed commitment to McLaren is not to be taken lightly, and cited the case of another boy, arrested recently for being drunk in public, whose sus pension was revoked, and who was sent to McLaren school. Annexation Items Approved Here Six items concerning an nexation of land to the city were approved and recom mended to the city council by the Medford Planning com mission at last night's meet ing. The council will act on the request for annexation of the extension of Murray st. in the Douglas addition and on a request by property owners on Dakota ave. area. Annexa tion was requested by 100 per cent of the property owners in each area. The commission also recom mended the council take ac tion on the annexation of four sections of land which are islands within the city, Two islands are located in south east Medford, one south of the Big Y and one is the Phipps tract. City officials said annexa tion of the four islands would require a vote by city resi dents if approved by the council. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 21 replaces the wood stave siphon shown on t'he left which has been in use for 30 years. The new siphon will carry irriga tion . water for the Talent Irrigation district from the east side of the valley to the west side. Bear Greek Pipe Nearly Finished South of Talent Complettonf the- last con crete placement on the Bear creek siphon of . the Talent lateral of the Talent Irriga tion district, is scheduled this week, irrigation district of ficials said today. ine sipnon line crosses under Bear creek, and High way aa, approximately one mile south of Talent. The new .1,650 foot, buried monolithic concrete - siphon bring Talent irrigation dis trict water from the east side of the valley to the west side. It replaces the wood stave siphon which has been in use for 30 years. The new facility- has been constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation by contract with the Misco-West Coast Con struction company, Seattle, Wash., as part of the Talent division project. Additional rehabilita tion and betterment w o r k totalling $1,991,999 in plan ned on Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation dis trict facilities. Over $11 mil lion of this appropriation has been extended to date on similar siphons, flumes, etc., officials said. Rivers-Harbors Measure Vetoed Washington (IP) President Eisenhower today vetoed the $1,578,812,000 Rivers and Harbor Authorization' Bill the second time he has re jected the so-called "pork bar rel" legislation. The President told ' Con gress in a special message that it was "with real regret" that he found it necessary for the second time in two years to veto a rivers and harbors authorization bill. He said he approved many of the projects in the meas ure but vetoed it because "others are not justified." Democrats had advanced the bill as an anti-recession measure. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy tonight, partial clearing Wednesday with a few isolated light showers. Low tonight 40, high Wednes day 68. Temp. Highest yesterday 70 Lowest this morning 42 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise '. 5:31 a.m. Sunset 6:53 p.m. Moonrise Wednesday .. 4:15 a.m. New Moon Friday night PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Coma Berenices, high in south 11:02 p.m. VISABLE PLANETS Jupiter, in the , ' southeast 9:40. p.m. Saturn, rises 12:10..a.m. Mars, rises 3:39 a.m. Venus, rises 4:07 a-m. Use of Diplomacy For Propaganda Purposes Charged U. S. Prepared for Pre-Summit Parley Washington 0P Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to day charged that Russia is en dangering world peace by prostituting diplomacy for propaganda purposes. Dulles, in an angry outburst at his news conference, used the words prostitution and de bauchery in describing Soviet use of diplomacy. U. S. Said Prepared Dulles emphasized neverthe less that the United States is prepared to sit down with Rus sia at pre-summit meetings at any time to press for peace. He said he hopes that such pre-summit ambassadorial talks will begin in Moscow in a few days, but he did not know the exact day. He said the west is still working on a reply to the latest Soviet com munication suggesting the dis cussions start Thursday. World Peace Threatened Dulles said the Soviet Un ion for the first time in world history has debauched and prostituted the diplomatic ma chinery for pure propaganda purposes. He said he believes this is one of the' most dan gerous developments that could effect world peace. If they are going to destroy this machinery, Dulles said, the Russians may have to pay a heavy price for what they are doing. He said the Soviets may destroy a frail reed of sincere diplomacy upon which world peace rests.; On other subjects, Dulles also: Difficulties Seen Said it is fair to conclude Russia has developed difficul ties in trying to launch a third earth satellite. He said his statement was not based on firm information but was fair speculation or an educated guess. . ' Voiced doubt about reports that Russia has experienced a major nuclear accident. The reports suggested such a mis hap may have, been ' behind Russia's unilateral nuclear test ban. But Dulles said tersely he doubts that is the explanation for the Russian maneuver. Expressed doubt that the United States should enter a race with . Russia to hit the moon first. He said if hitting the moon has scientific value, he supposed the United States will do it. But, he said,: this country should' not make such a try merely for propaganda just because Russia may aim for the moon. Said the U.S. -British "good offices" mission trying to solve the Franco-Tunisian dispute has made progress toward a successful outcome. But he said, the final result of the mission is still uncertain. ' Deadline Today For Registering The elections department of the county clerk's office will be open until 8 p.m. to day to register citizens who wish to vote in the primary election May 16. Today is tne last day for registration. Ashland voters may regis ter until 8 p.m. with a coun ty clerk deputy at the Ash land Chamber of Commerce. All nersons who wish to vote in the primary election must register if they have not voted in one of the last two official elections or have had change of name or address since their previous registra tion, according to "County Clerk Bereth Hopkins. Registrants must be United States citizens, 21 years of aee bv May 16 and must have completed six months' resi dence in Oregon by May 16. Naturalized citizens must have their citizenship papers with them at the time of reg istration. Where the tOst office has changed an address, residents should check with tne ciem s office to be sure the. change has been recorded properly, Mrs. Hopkins stated. Entrance to tne eiecuons rlpnartmenf tonight will- be through the annex only. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington - 1 5 0 Baltimore - 6 12 0 Pascual. ,Clevenger (3). Wiesler (5), Hyde (8) and Barbaret; Johnson, O'Dell (5) and Triandos. New York 3 5 0 Boston - 0 4 1 Larsen and Berra; Nixon, Fornieles (9) and Daley, White (9). peon Johannesburg, South Africa IT! One African was killed and 58 injured Monday night in native riots protest ing Wednesday's parliamen tary elections in which only white citizens may vote. Strike Called Off The riots flared in Sophia town, a Johannesburg suburb, after the African National Congress called off an intend ed three-day protest strike for lack of support. The strike lasted 12 hours. Strike supporters threw stones at white motorists, po lice vehicles and Africans re Authority Held To Be Exceeded By Subcommittee , Washington (IP) The U. S. Court of Appeals today re versed the contempt of Con gress conviction of Frank Brewster, former boss of the Western' Conference of Team sters. The court ruled 2 to 1 that the Senate Investigations Sub committee which called Brew ster to testify in January, 1957, had exceeded its author ity. The court also reversed a similar conviction in the case of Nugent Lapoma, former sec retary-treasurer of Teamster Local 174 in Seattle, who also refused to testify before the subcommittee. Brewster, who was sen tenced to one year in jail and fined $1,000 the maximum penalty has been out on bond pending outcome of the ap peal. Lapoma .had been fined $1,000 and given a 30-day sus pended jail sentence. Brewster had refused to answer questions about union financial matters before the subcommittee. He had con tended that it lacked jurisdic tion to conduct its investiga tion. He later testified for days before the Senate. Rack ets Committee on Teamsters affairs. The majority opinion writ ten by Judge David L. Baze Ion: held that if the subcom mittee would investigate mis use of union funds it would have jurisdiction to investi gate "virtually every activity engaged in by every person in the land." Judge E. Barrett Prettyman joined Bazelon in the majority opinion. , In a strong dissent, former Sunreme Justice Stanley F. Reed said the opinion invaded legislative prerogatives and hampered congressional inves tigation. State, Federal Tax Deadlines Tonight If you have not yet filled out your income tax state and federal you'd better get busy. Deadline for both filings is midnight tonight. And if you're planning io use "lost in the mails" as an excuse, you can forget it. The government doesn't recognize that as' a legiti mate excuse. Your lax re turn is not counted as hav ing been filed until it has been received. Actually only a micro scopically few returns are lost in the mail each year. Fund Collecting Being Checked Sheriff's deputies today are investigating reports of "questionable" attempts to collect funds from Rogue Riv er merchants to lorm a pee wee baseball league. Merchants informed the sheriff's office that a man was soliciting funds for the league, claiming he was spon sored by the local Lions and Boosters clubs. A check of service clubs in both Jackson and jose Dhine counties disclaimed any responsibility for the solicita tions, deputies reported. BREHSTER -COHVICTIOGI REVERSED ' BY. COURT' IFiire turning from work. Police opened fire, killing one Afri can and injuring four. The National Congress only voice of South Africa's nine and one-half million na tives had called the strike to protest the policy of apartheid (segregation.) It "was aimed specifically at the restrictive by-laws which forbid Africans to move freely about the coun try. Registration Small Only 1,579,000 of the 3,500, 000 whites ate registered voters and entitled to vote for the 156 seats, of the House of Assembly, South Africa's low CRAZY CLOTHES Baggy overalls, patched blue jeans and old-style gar ments' were all in fashion at Medford High school yesterday when students cele brated what they termed "Grubby Day" that marked the beginning of a week of combined Boy's and Girl's league activi ' ties at the school. Gary Winetrout, right. Centennial Group Holds Meeting Here The regional Oregon Cen tennial committee for Jack son and Josephine counties held its first meeting! las night, to hear of plans for Oregon's 100th birthday cele bration next year. ' Ted Hallock, Portland, re cently - appointed state coor dinator for tne centennial, was here to meet with the group, 'on his first trip throughout the state. Hallock. described the cen tennial's organization, and emphasized that the expo sition, which will run for 100 days in Portland next year, is only a part of the overall cel ebration planned. Tourist Boost Seen He stated that people throughout Oregon must par ticipate, right in their own lo calities, if the potentials of the centennial are to be met, and the benefits obtained. Hallock reported that the Stanford Research Institute has forecast an increase in the tourist trade ranging up to 10 million persons, depending on the amount of effort put into attracting thern to Oregon. It is up to each county, he declared, to do what it can to attract these people and hold them for longer visits. And he pointed out the significant ad ditions this would make to the economy of each area. A number of potential proj ects for Jackson and Jose phine counties were discussed at the meeting,-as well as the role to be played by such lo cal attractions as the Oregon Caves, Crater Lake National park, Jacksonville, the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland, the Pear Blossom Festival, and by other proj ects to be worked out during the coming year. The committee includes the mayors oi Meaiora ana Grants Pass, the county mi fteirs er legislative chamber. The total population of South Af rica and Southwest Africa is 15 million. Premier J. G. Strijdom's rul ing Nationalist Party is rated a certainty to stay in power for a third term and pursue its policy of apartheid com plete segregation of colored and white and severing bonds with the British Com monwealth Increase Likely Observers believe that the Nationalists are likely to in crease their majority thanks to a change in voting district limits they pushed through judges of both counties, ' Miss Claire Hanley of the South ern Oregon Historical soci ety, Dr. Arthur Taylor of Southern Oregon college, Tom Williams, superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, John Niedermeyer of Jackson ville, Ken Hicks, editor of the Grants Pass Curier, and Eric Allen Jr., of the Mail Tribune, chairman. New Channel Possible For TV Viewers Here The Medford area may have a second television chan nel in the near future, ac cording to an announcement today by W. R. Richartz, manager of KOTT-TV station in Klamath Falls. Richartz told the Mail Tribune this morning that KOTI-TV has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to install translator equipment in this area so another net work may be beamed in here from the Channel 2 television station in Klamath Falls. Cost in Thousands , Cost of such an installation would run into thousands of dollars, he explained. If ap proval is granted the installa tion should be completed and the additional television channel brought into the Medford area within a year, he said. Both KBES-TV of Medford and KOTI-TV are owned by California Oregon Television company. KOTI TV uses KBES-TV as an op eration base or as a network facility, Richartz explained. He said television sets in this area will require a "con verter" but cost of such addi- tional equipment would be Parliament. Four other parties the Unied Party (52 seats), the La. bor Party (4 seats), the Liberal Party and the South African Bond are also running in the general elections held every five years. Laler Election The Africans have three representatives in Parliament who will be electd later. The Cape Colored, of mixed blood, who voted as Europeans until the Nationalists took them off the rolls, have four seats and are represented by whites in the Senate. . and Karen Sloniger (beside him) were elected king and queen of the . occasion for having the most preposterous-looking costumes. Admiring Karen's and Gary's . outfits (who look pretty preposterous , themselves) are Gary Fields and Barbara ; Nulton. Joint Planning Set For New Discussion Joint planning by the Med ford and Jackson County Planning commissions will be discussed at a meeting of the two groups Wednesday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the city coun cil chambers. The group are to consider combining efforts to develop the best over-all planning and to avoid duplication, accord ing to Jack Eaton, county planning technician. Joint use of mapping, park planning and other 'projects will be discussed. less expensive than fringe area antenna installation. Richartz declined to say which network would be used for the second channel (KBES-TV and KOTI-TV now use the CBS primary network) but it could be NBC, ABC, NGA or the NTA film network. Richartz said he didn't know how soon action would be taken on the application sent to Washington, D.C., but a decision should not take longer than a month, he said. Would Strengthen Beam . Richartz explained the "con verter" equipment is similar to that now being used on television sets in the Cave Junction area to obtain KBES - TV programs. The translator equipment here would pick up the beam from Klamath Falls, strengthen it and bring it into Medford area homes, it was explained. "We nave been considering this development for some time," Richartz said. "We are merely facing up to the real ity that people of the area seem to want a choice of channels. Any commercial broadcast station is beamed to operate in the public interest"