Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 16, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMM in v V (Premier Qyits Job m Frame Paris (IP) The government of Premier Felix Gaillard re signed early today in the wake of an adverse 321-225 vote in the National Assembly. Gaillard had put his Tunis ian policy up for an "unof ficial" vote of confidence. President Rene Coty imme diately named the 38-year-old former finance minister as caretaker premier a post with no power, no voice in crucial NATO meetings now being held, and no authority to answer an expected on slaught on French policies in the United Nations. Gaillard's defeat at the hands of right-wing forces led by Gaullist Jacques Soustelle and the large Communist bloc was a serious blow to U.S. British efforts to mediate France's dispute with Tu nisia. Fear Loss of Algeria Rightists feared Gaillard's "soft" policy towards Tunisian President H a b i b Bourguiba would eventually cost France Algeria as well. They look upon Algeria as an integral part of metropolitan France, like Alsace-Lorraine. Leftists maintained France should settle her costly em broilment in North Africa by granting independence to Al geria. Eight weeks of tireless ef forts by British and U.S. dip lomats to mediate the dispute arising from the French bomb ing of the Tunisian village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef evapo rated Tuesday night in an out burst of ill feeling against the United States and President Eisenhower. A letter last week from Ei senhower to Gaillard urging Subdivision Work Schedule Given Construction of homes in the proposed Earhart Park subdivision in Medford is ex pected to start within several weeks, according to a sub division spokesman. The subdivision, compris ing nearly 100 lots, is located part within the city limits and part in the county. It will be south of Sacred Heart ' hos pital, extending to Bear Creek, and west of the IOOF cemetery. Developers of the new sub division are Chester Hubbard and Bruce Bauer, both of Medford. It was reported the area has already been sub divided with streets being planned at the present time. They said that the area is fully approved by Federal Housing administration so all homes in the area could be financed through FHA. -Many of the homes will be on circular drives off of through streets, it was report ed. Earhart Park, a recreation al area, is included in the subdivision, the men said, and will be located between For tune dr. and Siskiyou blvd. Police Discover Cily Meter Parts Parts of four Medford city parking meters were found Tuesday afternoon at the Old Bear Creek bridge east of Central Point, according to city police. The meters were reported stolen April 14. Two had been located on Eighth st. between Front and Central ave., while the others were on Ivy st. be tween Fifth and Sixth sts., police said. The meter boxes had been broken open, reports stated, with the majority of the metal thrown into the creek. Centennial Commission Will Meet In Medford The Oregon Centennial commission will meet in Med ford on April 28, it was an nounced today. The commission, which is in charge of preparing for Oregon's 100th. birthday next year, usually meets in its Portland headquarters, but has held a few meetings in other cities. The meeting will be in the council chambers of the Med ford city hall at 9:15 ajn. that day. Members said that rep resentatives of the press and any others interested in Cen tennial plans would be wel come to "sit in" on the meet-ins. FELIX GAILLARD An Adverse Vote him to seek a peaceful settle ment with Tunisia seemingly backfired, with rightwing ex tremists denouncing American policy and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Benton County Timber Taxes Hiked Sharply Corvallis (IP) Taxes on pri vate timber in Benton county have been increased sharply as result of a reappraisal of the timber by the State Tax commission and county asses sor's office, Assessor Richard Wegener has announced. The market value of tim ber, on which the taxes are based, has been increased four times, while he valua tion on timber land has been raised three times, Wegener said.. The increase is expected to lower the taxes on other real property in at least four school districts of the county, he said. 27 Per Cent of Value The valuations are based on species, age, quality and nearness to market. The county's tax is set at the ratio of 27 per cent of the true cash value, which is 90 per cent of the market value. - The market value of first class Douglas fir has been in creased from $8.30 a thousand board feet to $19.60 a thous and. Timberland is up from $5 an acre to $15 an acre. Class A reproduction trees, never taxed before, are now to be taxed on the value of $35 an acre. The appraisers said that private timber in the county, if cut at the rate it has been the past five years, would last another 14 years. The reappraised figures are subject to review by the county board of equalization, Wegener said. Vicious Tornadoes Slash Over Florida Fort Pierce, Ga. (IP) A se ries of vicious tornadoes slash ed across the Florida Penin sula Tuesday, wrecking about 75 homes and injuring more than 60 persons. Damage was expected to be over a million dollars. No deaths had been attrib uted directly to the severe storms, although an Air Force B47 Stratojet bomber which crashed near the mouth of Tampa Bay may have run into trouble flying low to avoid the storm front. Salem (IP) No chains were required for travel on Oregon highways today. City Hall, April 28 At noon, the commissioners will form a panel at the week ly Roundtable meeting of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at the Jackson ho tel. They will briefly discuss the plans made so far, and how the exposition and trade fair, as well as regional ob servances, are progressing, and will answer questions, from those attending. ' Bob Balk, chairman of the Roundtable committee, said any member of the chamber is welcome to attend,' and in view of the importance of the commission's visit here, also invited non-members to be present to hear the commis Indo Loyalists Fire on Rebels Without Damage Shelling Fails To Frighten Residents Singapore (IP) An In donesian destroyer and an other ship identified as a cor vette fired on the rebel stronghold of Padang'for two hours today but the shells either slammed into a moun tain behind the city or fell harmlessly in the water short of the beaches. Rebel shore batteries answered the fire which was believed in preparation for a landing expected Thursday by Central Government troops. About 20 Shots United Press Correspond ent Wendell Merick, with the rebel forces, said the two sides exchanged about 20 shots apiece but without any damage. Merick said the shelling caused little stir among the 79,000 residents still in Pa dang. Some shops closed, but most civilians continued to stroll and ride their bicycles in the downtown area. The warships first appeared off the Padang coast last Sun day. More ships hove into view Tuesday night and wit nesses counted 20 altogether today. Psychological Boost Merick reported the ex change of fire actually pro vided a psychological boost for the rebel shore batteries, which were able to match the heavier gunned vessels shot for shot. ; It followed a Central Gov ernment claim that loyalist troops 70 miles south of the city had captured the town of Kiliranjo and cut the last rebel supply line from Pa dang to Palembang. This action, if true, isolates the rebel stronghold from its outside supply sources. Elvice Snow Dies In Auto Crash Elvice Holt Snow, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Larson, Central Point, was killed Tuesday afternoon when his car collided head-on with a Consolidated Freight ways truck six miles north of Weed, Calif., on Highway 99. The California highway pa trol said the truck driver, Thomas L. Brauner, 917 Jas per st., Medford, received shoulder injuries but was not hospitalized. Brauner told officers he was southbound when he saw the car coming toward him, "weaving from one side to the other." He said the auto finally swerved into his lane and the force of the collision tipped over the cab of the truck. Snow was stationed with the U. S. Air Force at Mather Air base, Sacramento, Calif. It was reported that he was en route to Central Point where he planned to meet his wife, and both were to return to Sacra mento. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Mor-his, Funeral directors, Med ford. District Attorney Resigns at Klamath Klamath Falls (IP) Dis trict Attorney Richard C. Beesley, who has held the Klamath county prosecutor's post since 1955, has an nounced his resignation to en ter private practice, effective May 1. Beesley is a Republican and Gov. Robert Holmes would have to appoint a suc cessor from the same party. sioners' presentation. Anthony Brandenihaler, Baker lumber and minerals executive, is chairman of the commission. Other members are Bruce A. Bishop, Port land, Glenn L. Jackson, Med ford, C. Howard Lane, Port land, Jack B. Lively, Spring field, Thomas F. Sandoz, As toria, Morrie L. Sharp; Port land, Mrs. Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie, and Thomas Vaughn, Portland. Floyd Maxwell,' Portland, is managing director. The commission members and staff will arrive Sunday evening, and will leave Mon day afternoon. 53rd M EDF0RD 20 Pages Dk IFcnt Prompft "Brother, Let Me Tell Job Classification Survey Submitted M To County ft. The report of the Jackson county employees job classi fication survey was submit ted to the county court ,late Tuesday by the state civil service commission. It is to go into effect July 1. The survey was requested by the county court last year at a county budget committee hearing. Tuesday's report, presented in a number of lengthy sections, "presents the result of a survey to es tablish an effective and equit able classification and com pensation structure for Jack son county," the commission Jobs Filled on Election Boards Positions on all county elec tion boards have been filled, according to Mrs. Bereth' P. Hopkins, Jackson county clerk. , A complete list of all pre cincts is posted in the clerk's office as required by law and for inspection by the public, she said. "It is the privilege of any voter to inspect this list. If any board member does not meet with a voter's approval, for valid reasons, he may pro test to the county clerk .dur ing the five days after the list is posted or to April 20, Mrs. Hopkins said. Board members may request a hear ing on a protest in the county clerk's office, she added. President Reluctantly Signs Highway Bill Washington P) Presi dent Eisenhower signed with "serious misgivings" today a bill to put $5,500,000,000 in federal and state funds to work building roads and streets. The bill authorizes an in crease of $1,800,000,000 in previously planned federal spending this year on the 41,-000-mile interstate highway system and the network of primary, secondary, and urban roads. Louis Cassels Wins Faith-Freedom Award Washington P United Press Correspondent Louis Cassels has been named win ner of the 1958 "Faith and Freedom Award" for out standing coverage of religious news. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE New York ,-1 7 0 Boston 3 '10 0 Sturdivant and Berra; Sisler and Dailey. Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1958 You About Tortoises" Of .ticia !s stated. The compensation section dealing with pay scales will be sent to the court in May. Letters will be sent by the court this week to each coun ty employee informing him of the proposed class in which his job has been placed. May Give Objections Any objection to the pro posed class may be stated on the back of the employee's letter and returned for re view, the court said. Appeals of classifications will be heard early in May by a civil service commission board of appeals composed of one county court member, one laymag and one commission member who has not worked on the program. All of the county's approx imately 350 employees pre pared their own job descrip tions for the commission in February. Charles W. Terry, CSC di rector, expressed the commis sion's "appreciation to the county commissioners, depart ment heads, supervisors and all employees of the county for their assistance and coop eration we received during the survey." Eighteen local firms also as sisted in the study by provid ing employee information relative to job classification and compensation. The classification plan in cludes a "clear-cut" scheme of classes and class titles to provide for existing positions, a set of definitions of the classes, and a procedure for installation and continued ad ministration of the plan. The compensation schedule to be submitted next month is to provide that pay for each position in county service "be fair in comparison with that of all other positions in the service" and "that Jackson county salaries should be in line with the financial re sources of the county, and with those paid by other pub lic and private employers for comparable work." Employees have until April 25 to appeal their job classi fications. WEATHER . Forcast: Thickening cloudiness tonight. Cloudy with occasional rain Thursday. Low tonight 45. High Thursday 62. . TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday - 65 Lowest this Morning 49 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:30 a.m. 6:54 p.m. Sunset Th Moon rises Thursday 4:43 a.m. and is in Apogee. PROMINENT STAR Vega, low in northeast - 9:17 pjn. VISABLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 7:05 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast 12:59 a.m. Mars, rises 3:3ft a.m. Venus, rises 4:05 a.m. Ton Iedlyc1huim GOP Candidates For Governor Share Platform Taxes Included Among Discussions i Beaverton, Ore. HP) Five of the six candidates for the Republican nomination for governor appeared on the same platform today. The sixth, Albert Eichman, sent word that motor trouble de layed him. Appearing were State Trea surer Sig Unander, Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, State Sen. Warren Gill, Orval Rasor and George W. Livingston. Hatfield said a careful study should be made of all tax dollars to see the money is well spent before more thought is given to adding new taxes. Disagrees with Holmes Unander said he was in the race because he did not ap prove of the standard of gov ernment in the governor's of fice. He said he disagreed with many of Democratic Gov. Robert Holmes' policies including Holmes' opposition to capital punishment. Gill said he could see no other . taxation .course but a sales tax. .Any other course, he said, would . mean- more property taxes and income taxes. , , Livingstone said he had "been planning and preparing myself for this undertaking for several years." Rasor said the issue in the campaign was one of socialism versus private enterprise and that he would have his complete program ready later this week. The candidates appeared at the Valley Community church under sponsorship of the Bea-verton-West Slope Federation of Republican Women. Latham Appointed To Planning Group Gerald T. Latham, . 815 Park st., was appointed a member of the Jackson county planning commission Tuesday afternoon by the county court. He replaces John Pletsch who has served as chairman of the nine-man commission since it was appointed by the court in December, 1955. Ed win Gebhard, Central Point, is present chairman. Pletsch resigned because of heavy business duties, the court said. Latham, who is business manager of the Mail Tribune, was appointed because of his "long-time residence, his in timate knowledge of the county and its growing prob lems, and his business ex perience," according to County Judge Rodney Keat ing. He will serve the remainder of Pletsch's term ending in 1959. . 750 Voters Sign Af Deadline Over 750 voters registered with the county elections de partment from noon Monday and up to the 8 p.m. deadline yesterday. Total figures for qualified voters registered for the May 16 primary election will be available within a few days, as registrars from throughout the county report, according to County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins. . Eight registrars were kept "comfortably busy" yesterday in the elections department until the 8 p.m. deadline, Mrs. Hopkins reported. New York OP) S i n g e r Judy Garland said she and husband Sid Luft, whom she accused several weeks ago of mismanaging her funds, have reconciled. Tribune 'At 4? DIES C. C. Furnas, former mayor of Medford and long time civic leader, died yester day. The picture above was taken at about the time he was chief executive of the city. Ex-Local Mayor Dies Tuesday; Services Friday Charles C. Furnas, 69, of 506 Barnes ave., a former Medf ord.mayor, died Tuesday. Mr. Furnas was mayor from 1937 to 1940. He was a city council member in 1930. He was. also a past master of the Masonic lodge, serving in 1928, a -member of the Ro tary club for over 25 years and a member of the Con gregational church. Mr. Fur nas was a resident of this area for 40 years. He was born in Lafayette, Kan., on May 22, 1888. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Leona Furnas, Medford; one brother, Alfred Furnas, San Diego, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Hymer, Wilming ton, Calif., and Mrs. Laura Knapp, Kansas; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at the Perl funeral home Fri day, at 10:30 a.m., with The Rev. Thomas McCamant, of the Medford Congregation al church, officiating. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pallbearers will be , Fred P u r d i n, Chester James, Frank Farrell, Elwood Hed berg,. L. A. Mentzer and Jor gen Jorgenson. Mrs. Slaten Gets Week for Pleading An additional week's time in which to enter a plea was given Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33, Gold Hill, this morning in circuit court. She appeared before Judge H. K. Hanna on a charge of larceny by embezzlement in volving $12,000 allegedly taken from the Rogue Valley Physicians service. . Mrs. Slaten was released re cently from Sacred Heart hos pital, where she was taken April 2 after she was found unconscious at her home. The circuit court hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 23. Moscow's Elite Pay, Homage To U.S. Pianist Moscow HP) Moscow's musical and artistic elite paid homage Tuesday night to American pianist Van Cliburn, 23-year-old winner of Russia's Tschaikovsky i n t e rnational piano competition. J 1 , W vi 1 V DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York OP) 30 in dustrials 444.35, off 3.23; 20 railroads 105.98, off 0.69; 15 utilities 75.76, off 0.01; 65 slocks 152.97, off 0.87. Sales today were about 2. 240.000 shares as compar ed to 2.590.000 shares Tues Price 10 Cents No. 22 President Says Proposal Would Send Prices Up Pentagon Officers Permitted To Testify Washington (IP) President Eisenhower expressed strong opposition today to former President Truman's proposals for an immediate $5 billion tax cut and lowering of i fed eral interest rates to combat the recession. , In answer to a news confer ence question about Truman's proposals,- the president said he doesn't comment on any body else's recommendation that the interest on the fed eral debt be lowered to bring down interest rates generally. Truman made his recom mendation Monday to the House Banking Committee. Truman said that lowering interest rates would save the government $2 billion a year and thus help finance public works spending in an anti-recession program. Result in Price Rise But Eisenhower said the government would have to flood the country with money to keep the interest rates low. That, he said, undoubtedly would result in prices going up. That's the kind of program he will never go for, the Presi dent said emphatically. In other news conference highlights, the President: Said Pentagon officers would be permitted to express their opposition to his defense reorganization plan if asked their views before congres sional committees. He said there would be no reprisal in such instances. But he said that when Pentagon officers voluntarily attack the plan in public speeches or statements outside of congressional testi mony, that is another matter. He said that would be insubor dination that would require correction. He said that he never had approved any proposal that all defense money be appropri ated directly to Defense Sec retary Neil H. McElroy. He said all he wanted was for the secretary to have flexibility to transfer some defense funds so that he and the joint chiefs of staff could efficiently carry out military operations and strategic planning. . Said his specific defense reorganization legislation will be sent to Congress later to day. Knowland Sees No Tax Cut This Year Washington (IP) Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland said today he does not think there will be a gen eral reduction in taxes 'this year. The California senator pre viously had left the door open to a possible tax cut before Congress adjourns this sum mer. He said Congress should wait until it finds out what effect other anti - recession measures will have before en tertaining a general tax re Jackson Convict To Serve Original Term, Court Says Salem (IP) The Oregon Su preme Court ruled today that convict Robert B. Merrill, Jackson county, would have to serve out his original 20 year sentence for robbery de spite a new and shorter sen tence imposed by Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly. Merrill had appealed his 20 year sentence imposed in 1945 on grounds it was in excess of the 15 years which is the max imum penalty for the crime of robbery. Restrictions on Talks Rejected By Big Three Identical Notes Give Approval for Meeting Washington OP) The Western Big Three agreed to day to begin pre-summit dip lomatic talks with Russia Thursday in Moscow but not exactly on Russia's terms. The Three Powers delivered identical notes to the Soviet Foreign office in Moscow. Russia proposed last week that ambassadors of the United States, Britain and France and Soviet diplomatic officials meet Thursday with an advance commitment to hold an early summit confer ence on cold war issues. Under Moscow's plan, the ambassa dors would simply set the time, place and composition of foreign ministers confer ence which, in turn, would merely rubber-stamp arrange ments for the heads of gov ernment to meet. Restrictions Rejected An informed source said the Western reply rejects these narrow restrictions on the ' preliminary talks and does not commit the West firmly to meeting with Russia at the summit. But the . re jection is couched in diplo matic terms by restating the Western position announced March 31 -that preliminary talks should go into the main East-West issues to see if there is any. chance of reaching im portant agreements at a later meeting of government chiefs. The West said if the ambas sadorial talks were successful the foreign ministers of the four nations could meet to set a time, place and composition for a summit conference. Reno Explosion Shatters Windows Reno, Nev. (IP) A sharp blast blew out a wall and win dows for a half block on Sier ra st. early this morning, but there appeared to be no in juries. Officers at the scene, a half block north of the center of the destructive 1957 blasts and fire, said apparently there were no injuries. The 1957 explosion on Feb. 3 killed two, injured more than 40 and caused $4.5 million worth of property damage. Glass from the window of the Western Silversmith Shop where the blast apparently centered was blown across the wide stret and onto the oppo site sidewalk. Handmade jew- plrv in the show window was also scattered for a half block area. Fire Chief Karl Evans said the blast was caused by gas, but did not say whether it was a leak in the lines or a faulty gas heater. Cost of Living Up Slightly in March New York HP) The cost of living inched ahead again in March, the National Indus trial Conference board re ported today. The increase re flected higher food ana serv irp costs. Helping to offset these were lower transporta tion prices and the first de cline in housing costs in 32 months. The board said its March cost of living index stood at 106.8 Der cent of average prices in 1953. This repre sents a slight gain ol o.z per cent over February and an increase of 3.0 per cent above March, 19a7. QUADS BORN Oakland. Calif. OP) Healthy quadruplets, three girls and a boy, were born todav to Mrs. Dorothy Hos- kins, 38, of Piedmont, wife of a plastic surgeon. Kelly vacated the original sentence and then imposed a new sentence of 12 years and 215 days. The Supreme Court said that once the time for grant ing a new trial or taking an appeal had expired, the trial court was without power to deal further with the. chase. The opinion further pointed out that a writ of habeas cor pus provides protection! for convicts whose constitutional rights have been violated.