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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1958
No. 25
53rd Year
i i
Buoddeir
in-Pres. IHIver
Conference IHSalt
CDaimeti Ued Aim
London (IP) British For
eign Minister Selwyn Lloyd
charged Saturday that the
Soviet Union's action in drag
ging the United States before
the U.N. Security council in
dicates it is blocking prepara
tions for an East-West Summit
conference.
The Security Council has
been called to meet Monday
jmm
SIG UNANDER
To Campaign Here
Unander Plans
Tuesday Visit
And Meetings
States Treasurer ' S i g Un
ander will arrive in Medford
Tuesday evening for a series
of public meetings and ap
pearances in his campaign for
Republican nomination for
governor,
Unander's first public ap
pearance . in Jackson county
will be on a television panel
show at lOp.m. Tuesday with
Dr. Ray Casterline, Medford;
Bruce Merrill, Grants Pass
and Mrs. Al Littrell, Medford.
A public meeting will be
held at 10 a.m., Wednesday
at the Plaza cafe. Unander
will meet with Southern Ore
gon college students and fac
ulty members at 11 a.m.
He will be the guest of Re
publican women at a public
coffee hour from 3 to 4 p.m
at the Jackson hotel Pioneer
room.
A press conference is to be
held at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
He wilf visit the Medford Ki
wanis club as a guest of Dr.
Paul T. Walker at noon and
tour the Camp White dom
iciliary Wednesday from 2 to
3 p m.
Unander will attend the
Eagle Point Future Farmers
of America banquet to be held
at Eagle Point school Wednes
day evening to climax his
visit here, those in charge
reported.
The candidate will visit
Grants Pass and Roseburg be
fore returning to Salem next
week end.
Ashland Men Save
Drowning Driver
Ashland A Hayward,
. Calif, truck driver, Jimmy
Lee was saved from drowning
last Tuesday morning by two
Ashland men, Chell L. Stod
dard and Elwell Hakes, it was
reported Friday, '
The two rescued Libby from
Shasta lake's icy waters after
the truck he was driving
struck a bridge railing, veered
across the highway and
through a guard rail into the
lake. "
Julian K. Bliss, Hayward,
a passenger and owner of the
truck, was reported drowned.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable clouds to
day with a few light showers
in the mountains, cloudy with
a little light rain Monday,
high today 65, low tonight 40,
high Monday 0.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday : 66
Lowest this Morning 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset ..
5:24 a.m.
6:58 p.m.
Moonset
8:45 p.m.
The cluster of faint stars above
the Moon tonight is the Pleiades
South of the Pleiades is Alde
baran and in the southwest
shines Slrius, the brightest star.
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I'.UVi.'.'.. V
K'
on Soviet
H-bombers
peace.
charges that U.S
endanger world
The Soviet charges followed
the publication of a dispatch
by United Press President
Frank H. Bartholomen detail
ing defensive measures prac
ticed by the U.S. Strategic Air
command.
Lloyd branded the Krem
lin's action as "disappointing"
and said it was "not a very
happy augury" for a Summit
conference.
lie maae ms statement in
a speech to a conservative
party meeting at Ellesmore
Port, in Cheshire, near Liver
pool.
He also disclosed that Rus
sia "has taken the extraordin
ary step" of refusing to meet
with all three Western am
bassadors in Moscow at the
same time to discuss prepara
tions for a Summit meeting.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko met with the
U.S., British and French am
bassadors in Moscow separ
ately Thursday and Friday,
and t.loyd said Grompko re
fused to see all three together.
I cannot imagine how they
expect business to be done in
this way," said Lloyd.
Now Discussing Step
He said the three Western
powers now are discussing
their next step. v
Lloyd did not deal with the
substance of the Soviet H
bomber charges against the
United States. He said this
would be done in the Security
council.
However, informed British
sources said they could "hard- j
ly imagine" that Britain
would notsupport the United
States.
Lloyd noted that the H
bomber charges were leveled
by the Soviets "at that. pre-'
cise moment" the West hoped
pre-summit negotiations
would start in Moscow.
"I do not believe that it will
be generally considered to
throw a favorable light on
the willingness to make pro
gress with preparations for a
conference," he said. ,.
In other capitals'" there was
heavy condemnation of the
Soviet charges and consider
able speculation on the tim
ing of them.
Some Western experts on
Soviet affairs saw the Soviet
move as an indication Nikita
S. Khrushchev might be fac
ing trouble at home.
These observers recalled
that Russia several times has
countered serious internal
problems by rallying the peo
ple against foreign "threats."
to Soviet security.
They said other manifesta
tions of this were a resurgence
of criticism in the Sovfet press
against the Molotov "anti
party" group, the retirement
of Soviet war hero Marshal
Georgi Zhukov, new Soviet
blasts at Yugoslavia's forms
of communism and the
"friendship" trips of Soviet
leaders to Poland and Hun
gary. In Rome, an Italian govern
ment spokesman charged that
Russia was "using the U.N.
Security council for alarmistic
maneuvers" while refusing to
discuss disarmament under
U.N. auspices.
Japan had mixed feelings.
While welcoming any move
that would end the H-bomb
threat, government sources in
Tokyo said the Soviet action
appeared to be more for prop
aganda rather than humani
tarian purposes.
DeLorme Pleads
To Liquor Charge
Charles Darrow DeLorme,
19, of 1800 Stratford ave.,
pleaded innocent in district
court Thursday to a charge of
falsely representing his age.
Judge James Main set trail for
April 30.
Sherif s deputies arrested
the youth Thursday afternoon
on a complaint signed by Ray
Huson, Medford. Huson is a
member of the board of the
Veterans club, 42 North Front
st-
DeLorme was released on
$25 bail. The complaint charg
ed he represented his age as
over 21 to secure alcoholic
beverage. .
Condition Noted
As 'Very Good';
Resting Quietly
To Be In Hospital
About Two Weeks
New York (IP) Former
President Herbert Hoover, 83,
had his gall bladder removed
in a 75-minute operation Sat
urday. His condition was des
cribed as "very good."
A medical bulletin issued
at Harkness Pavilion of Co
lumbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center at 3:55 p.m. est, nearly
seven hours after, the oper
ation, said:
"Mr. Hoover has fully re
acted. The immediate post
operative response is satis
factory. His vital signs are
stable: puse, 66; blood pres
sure, 13570; temperature,
99, and respiration, 20.
He is resting quietly.
A hospital spokesrrfan said
the statement indicated "his
general condition is very
good." One of his doctors said
he probably would be in the'
hospital two weeks.
The spokesman said one of
Hoover's doctors explained
that the statement saying he
had "fully reacted" meant
that he was now wide awake
and aware of, everything that
was going on.
Hoover, who will be 84
in August, entered Harkness
Paavilion Thursday for tests
and underwent surgery by a
team of doctors from 8 to
9:15 a.m. est Saturday.
The former president, who
had suffered from gall blad
der trouble for a numher of.
years, tola his doctors just
before he went to the oper
ating room that he had never
had an anesthetic before in his
life.
Hoover's sons, Herbert Hoo
ver jr. and Allan Hoover
were at the hospital during
flew here from his Pasadena,
Calif., home. Allan Hoover
lives n Greenwich, Conn.
"The doctors couldn't be
more pleased," Herbert Jr.
said after, seeing his father.
"They said my father's reac
tion was as if he were a man
20 years old."
Said Amazing
"He certainly is amazing,"
the younger Hoover said. "A
f ewN weeks ago he had read
proofs of five different books
back from the printers and
he was working on them be
fore he went to the hospital."
Allan Hoover said the op
eration had not been an emer
gency and his father had not
had an attack just before go
ing to the hospital.
"He and his doctors just
decided that this was a good
time to attend to it, and they
did," he said.
"I have talked to the doc
tors, and they say that ev
erything is as it should be. I
imagine that with this par
ticular group of doctorsit's a
routine operation.
"His gall bladder has been
bothering him for many years
but he has never had an op
eration, and on the advice of
his doctors, they decided this
time to terminate this condi
tion." Young GOP Club
Plans Meeting
A meeting of the Jackson
County Young Republican
club will be held Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln school
gym, 608 North Bartlett st.
Committees are to be ap
pointed. Anyone interested in join
ing the group is invited, ac
cording to Jack Foster, board
member.
The purpose of the Young
Republican movement, Fos
ter said, is "to provide a ve
hicle through which young
people who are interested in
good government under Re
publican principles and can
didates, will be informed citi
zens, and which will provide
a training ground for future
political leadership."
Aden (IP) Two British
sailors from a visiting ship
were seriously injured when
a bomb was thrown at them
in the main shopping area of
Aden Saturday night.
SEN. WAYNE MORSE
To Address Democrats
Morse Coming
For Dinner Here
Saturday, May 3
Senator Wayne L. Morse
has accepted an invitation
from the local Democratic
committee to be guest speak
er at the eighth annual Roose
velt Memorial dinner to be
held Saturday evening, May
3, at McLoughlin Junior High
school, according to General
Chairman Robert A. Boyer.
Senator Morse said he
would "gladly pinch hit for
Gov. Robert D. Holmes," the
originally scheduled speaker.
A staff member had previous
ly committed Gov. Holmes
to a major appearance in
Portland for the same date.
. . Morse said, "I am honored
to again be speaker at your
famous dinner and to pinch
hit for Gov. Robert D.
Holmes."
In the meantime, Governor
Holmes, informed of the con
flict in his schedule, wired
the committee:
"I hope you know how un
happy I am about the decision
reached relative to my being
in Portland rather than at
your great memorial dinner
. . . Wayne is such a dynamic
speaker that I am sure he 'will
draw a wonderful crowd . . .
I only wish I could be in two
places at once. Thank you all
for your kindness and under
standing." .The approaching Oregon
centennial celebration will be
heralded at the dinner in both
entertainment and . decora
tions. Chairman of the Ore
,gon Centennial commission
and other state ; dignitaries
have been invited to the din
ner by Mrs. Moore Hamilton,
arrangements chairman.
Tickets are ' now available
at Lamports and Walt
Young's stores and by mem
bers of the committee, headed
by Stan Zapell. The public is
invited to the dinner.
Woman Cyclist
Dies Saturday
Mrs. Avis Frances Hotch
kiss, 95, of Medford, who
with her daughter, was one of
the 'first women to cross the
United States by motorcycle,
died in a local hospital Satur
day morning.
She and her daughter, then
Miss Effie N.' Hotchkiss,
Brooklyn, N. Y., drove across
the American continent frorrj
Brooklyn to San Francisco in
a three-speed twin cylinder
motorcycle and sidecar.
On April 11, 1946, when 85
years old, Mrs. Hotchkiss took
her first airplane ride over
the Klamath Falls area.
Mrs. Hotchkiss was born
Feb. 6, 1863 in Providence,
R. I. She was married in
Brooklyn in 1880 to Fred
erick Hotchkiss. He died over
58 years ago in New York.
She helped, operate the
Klamath River store in Keno
for 20 years. She came west
from Brooklyn to Adin in
1917. She lived in Klamath
Falls then in Medford for 10
years.
Survivors include a son,
Everett Hotchkiss, Medford;
two daughters, Avis Baster,
Florida, and Effie Terpening,
Roseburg; five grandchildren
and 11 great grandchildren.
Medford Girl
Reports Assault
A 16-year-old Medford girl
reported to Medford police
Saturday about 6:30 p.m. an
unidentified man attempted
to assault her on South Cen
tral ave., near Beatty st.
Police said the girl told
them she broke away from
his grasp and ran to the po
lice station. Police are investigating.
Recreation Area
Responsibility
Given To County
Wendt Says County
Not Yet Advised
Portland (IP) The O and C
Advisory Board here Friday
endorsed a proposal that the
Jackson county court assume
responsibility for develop
ment of recreational facilities
on the shores of Howard
Prairie reservoir in the Tal
ent project.
( Howard Prairie is about 20
miles east of Ashland. The
board pointed out that Jack
son county could lease the
shoreline from the Bureau of
Land Management at a nom
inal fee and then be eligible
for some $150,000 the Bureau
of Reclamation has available
for recreational development
within the project.
Ben Day, Gold Hill, a mem
ber of the Board, was dele
gated to discuss the proposi
tion with the Jackson county
court.
Members of the Jackspn
county court were not advised
of this proposal, County Com
missioner Chester Wendt, said
Saturday night. Now that the
offer has been made the court
members will convene at an
early date to discuss the pro
posal, he said. No previous
serious discussion has been
made by court members in
reference to making use of
the recreational facilities on
the shores of Howard Prairie
reservoir, Wendt pointed out.
In other business before the
Board, the staff of the BLM
reported that plans are being
drawn for 6346 miles of tim
ber access roads in a program
calling for 12,623 miles of
roads that would give almost
complete coverage of the two
million acres of O and C tim-
berlands.
Seek Expansion
Of TV Facilities
Grants Pass" Applications
were forwarded to the Feder
al communications commis
sion last week for permission
to install two television trans
lators on Mt. Baldy.
. They are sought by station
KBES-TV to improve and ex
pand service in the Grants
Pass area, according to Jerry
Poulos, local manager.
The translators would
bring two netwdrks to Grants
Pass from KBES and KOTI in
Klamath - Falls. Translator
equipment also is planned in
Medford to extend KOTI cov
erage. A translator is already in
operation on Eight Dollar
mountain to serve Cave Junc
tion and Illinois valley.
Date of the installations
will depend on the length of
time required for FCC ap
proval. Santiago, Chile (IP) The
state . Statistical ' Bureau said
Saturday the Chilean popula
tion as of last Dec. 31 was 7,-211,331.
PRECARIOUS PERCH The big Tucker
Sno-Cat shown above has been purchased
back by the local company from the Ant
arctic expedition, for display in this coun
try, it was announced today by E. M. Tuck
er, president of the firm and designer of
the unique over-snow vehicles, j The picture,
above was taken just after the Sno-Cat had
straddled a hidden crevasse and, due to the
light pontoon design, stayed at the surface
rather than plunging into the gulf below.
The machine was pulled out of the crevasse
TY 111
'We Defend Your
Anti-U.S.
Sweeping
Paris HP) A wave of
anti-American feeling swept
France Saturday following
reports the United States fa
vors direct peace talks be
tween France and the Alger
ian rebels.
The reports were denied by
the U.S. State Department,
but many Frenchmen took
them as proof the Eisenhow
er administration has decided
to intervene directly in
France's 3V2 year war in Al
geria. France has always argued
the Algerian "war is a strictly
domestic problem. Bitter
press comment Saturday' indi
cated that policy will con
tinue. - ' . ' -
"The interference on Am
erica's part ' is patent," said
the Leftist - organ Combat, a
consistent critic of U. S. for
eign policy.
The right wing Parisien
Libere, an outspoken foe of
the Anglo-American "good of
fices" mission in the Tunisian
crisis, said U. S. "interven
tion" was "more brutal and
Hospital To Hold
Opening April 26
Formal dedication for the
new Rogue Valley hospital
will be held at 2 p.m. Sat
urday, April 26, a spokes
man said.
Immediately follow i n g
the - dedication, an open
house will be held with
conducted tours by the med
ical staff members, the
Rogue Valley hospital aux
iliary and the founders'
group.
Sunday, April 27. an
open house will be held
through! the day with guid
ed lours.
backwards by tying it with cables to the
three other Sno-Cats which were following
behind, Tucker said. The crew of the ve
hicle eased themselves out the rear hatch.
The four Sno-Cats completed the entire trip
across the Antarctic continent. Tucker said
the machine is being shipped from Auck
land, New Zealand, on April 23, and should
arrive in this country about three weeks
later. He said it will be on display after it
arrives at the First National bank building
in Medford.
Honor, Madame"
Feeling
France
more nadmissible than ever."
The sole exception to the
display of anti-Americanism
was the Conservative Figaro,
a staunch friend of the United
States and the Atlantic Pact.
Figaro noted acting Secre
tary of State Christian Herter
had denied the reports of an
American policy shift. It add
ed this "cuts short all
rumors."
In spite of Herter's declara
tion, however, the reports of
U.S. support for French-Algerian
negotiations were gen
erally believed here. J
Missile Blows Up
During Launching
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP)
A Thor missile of the" type
that may give a U. S. rocket
its first boost to the moon
blew up on the launching
stand Saturday in a fiery,
earth-shaking explosion.
Air Force officials at the
guided missile test center re
ported no personnel were in
iured and that damage to the
launching gear appeared to
be "superficial." The official
announcement said only that
"technical difficulties" caused
the explosion.
Scientists now are working
on a combination rocket to
shoot at the moon. The plans
call for using the Thor as the
first stage and the Navy's
Vanguard satellite - launcher
as . a second stage. .
However, the Thor that ex
ploded Saturday was not be
lieved to have been part of
the moon rocket experiment
tentatively planned for late
summer.
Streets,
Get Largest Part
A city of Medford preliminary budget totaling $2,004,354
for the 1958-59 fiscal year has been prepared and was pre
sented to city councilmen and budget committee members
last week.
The biggest expenditure proposed is for street and sani
tation services, totaling $823,485, or 41.1 per cent of the total.
Second largest segment of the budget will go for protection
to persons and property (including police and fire depart
ments), totaling $493,247, or 24.6 per cent of the total.
Other segments will include bond redemption and inter
est, $256,776, or 12.8 per cent; general government services,
$178,817, or 8.9 per cent; utilities, $132,122, or 6.6 per cent,
cultural and recreational services, $115,657, or 5.8 per cent,
and health services, $4,250, or .2 per cent.
Less than half of the total,
43.7 per cent, will come from
property and franchise taxes,
a total of $875,974. Revenue
from other agencies will ac
count for 14.3 per cent of the
budget as proposed, and the
balance will come from li
censes and permits, fines, rev
enues from rentals, charges
for services, utility income,
and miscellaneous revenues.
Will Be Studied
The budget will be studied
by the budget committee, in
cluding members of the coun
cil, which will make any
necessary revisions before it
is finally approved. No elec
tion to approve the budget
will be necessary, for it is
within the 6 per cent limita
tion on increases. .
The budget is divided into
nine funds, including general,
which includes most of . the
general operating serviced of
the city, fire maintenance,
state tax street fund, library
fund, park and swimming
pool fund, sewage treatment
plant fund, bond proceeds
and construction funds, bond
sinking funds, and special as
sessment funds. .
Most of these funds are en
tirely or in part self-support
ing, while others received
their money through trans
fers from other funds.
The general fund budget,
totaling S792.960 is the
"heart" of the budget, repre
senting most of the day-to-day
operations of the city, while
the others generally repre
sent continuing payments on
obligations incurred previous
ly such things as bond is
sues and continuing levies for
specific purposes.
Property taxes to support
the city will total an estl-
Plan Recreation
For Medford Area
Members of the newly
formed Medford subcommit
tee on recreation were in
structed to prepare a list of
possible suggestions and so
lutions for Medford's recrea
tion program at their first
meeting on Friday noon, by
chairman -Dick Knight.
Mayor John Snider gave
the group a brief talk on
what their duties would be
and listed several possible
improvements which have
come to his office. Snider said
the purpose of the committee
would be to furnish the city
manager and city council with
possible solutions of improv
ing Medford's recreation pro
gram. Snider listed a junior
achievement program, an ad
ditional swimming pool in
northwest Medford, use of the
Camp Whie land owned by
the city for several develop
ments, improvements of Pres
cott park and a suggestion by
teenagers for construction of
a structure which could be
used for all types of outdoor
events.
Snideu said the recreation
improvements must be made
to include all ages of resi
dents. The next meeting of
the group will be on Tues
day, April 29, at Hawthorne
park, where a box lunch will
be held. The group plans to
look over park facilities
while on the "outing," ac
cording to the mayor.
Meeting Scheduled
For National Guard
The next meeting of the
Headquarters' company of the
Medford National guard unit
will be on Monday, April 21,
at 8. p.m., according to Capt.
S. J. Fagone, commander of
the unit. He said a meeting
would also be held on Mon
day, April 28, as announced
earlier.
Sev,
mated $820,527 for the com
ing year. Segregated by spe
cial funds, the property tax
levies will total:
General fund, $323,139;
fire maintenance fund, $99,
385; Park and swimming pool',
$24,846; general bond sink
ing fund, $117,382; water
bond sinking fund, $45,675;
arterial street fund, $143,600:
sanitary sewer fund, $19,000,
and storm sewer fund, $47,-
auu.
The last three were set up
as a result of the election in
1956 which approved work on
these three capital improve
ment projects.
The general fund budget,
totaling $792,960, is $36,379
smaller than last year's final
budget request of $829,339,
due in part to elimination of a
$50,000 sum for off-street
parking purposes.
City Manager Robert Duff
said no general increase in
employee's salaries is pro
posed, and with few excep
tions, the budget reflects only
changes under the merit sys
tem of the city's compensa
tion plan, . . . . - -
The proposed total of the
city levy is more than last
year's due to an increase of
$61,6129 in the general bond
sinking fund, he said. The
1957-58 general bond fund
levy was $55,753 compared to
$117,382 in this year's pro
posed levy. In 1957-58 ac
cumulated surplus in the fund
was utilized to reduce the
levy but they do not exist
this year, he explained.
Proposed general fund ex
penditures for the 1958-59
year, compared with the final
1957-58 budget figure, and
amount of increase or de
crease, are:
Mayor and council, $3,690
proposed, $2,665 this year, an
increase of $1,025; city court,
$2,856 proposed, $2,520 this
year, an increase of $336;
planning commission, $10,270
proposed, $9,106 this year, an
increase of $1,164; city man
ager's office, $31,586 pro
posed, $31,000 this year, an
increase of $585; finance de
partment, $27,346 proposed,
$25,315 this year, an increase
of. $2,031.
Increase in Legal Dept.
Legal department, $12,541
proposed, $12,014 this year,
an increase of $527; purchas
ing department, $5,305 pro
posed, $2,040 this year, an in
crease of $3,265; city hall.
$15,064 proposed, $15,112 this
year, a decrease of $48; non
and inter-departmental, $70,-
639 proposed, $74,486 this
year, a decrease of $3,847; li
brary department, transfer,
$25,964 proposed, $28,245 this
year, a decrease of $2,281. :
Park and swimming pool.
transfer, $6,229 proposed,
$2,421 this year, an increase
of $3,808; building depart
ment, $29,785 proposed, $30,-
722 this year, a decrease of
$937; civil defense division,
$3,732 proposed, $1,500 this
year, an increase of $2,232;
fire department, transfer,
$82,391 proposed, $87,933 this
year, a decrease of $5,542;
police department, $240,303
proposed, $217,884 this year,
an increase of $22,419.
Health division, $4,250 pro
posed, $4,250 this year, no
change; engineering division,
$85,597 proposed, $89,438 this
year, a decrease of $3,841;
sanitation division, $43,055
proposed, $59,798 this year, a
decrease of $16,743; sewage
treatment division, transfer,
$23,859 proposed, $18,479 this
year, an increase of $5,380.
Traffic division, $38,459
proposed, $36,348 this year,
an increase of $2,111; off
street parking, nothing pro
posed, $50,000 this year, a
decrease of $50,000; airport
department, $30,039'proposed,
$28,063 this year, an increase
of $1,976.