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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.
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Job Classification
Survey Submitted
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To County
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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
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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
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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.
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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.