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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.
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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"