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52nd Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1958 No. 35 nff A TT MEDFORDfiHi wrx -.41 t if Y tjynx - iff i a ' 'L I f 'ft 1 RECEIVES PIN Dick Leigh, outgoing president of the Jackson county unit of the Oregon Educational association, presents Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant county school superintendent, a retirement pin. Mrs. Viola Pomeroy, Eagle Point, newly elected presi dent of the OEA and Mrs. Harry Crater, Newberg, NEA director of Oregon, look on Mitchell Ur;es Early Decision On Tax Reduction "Washington (IP) Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said today the administration should decide "within 30 to 60 days" whether to cut taxes to bolster the economy. Mitchell said he did not see any short-term improvement in the business slump and that unemployment this month would not be much different from the 5,120,000 jobless recorded- for April. He said he preferred a tax cut to a large scale public works program to combat the recession. Mitchell was asked at a news conference if the April unemployment figures indi cated a tax cut was necessary. Mitchell was asked if the administration would oppose an increase in steel prices forecast for July. "A continual spiral of price increases is undesirable," he said.' '" " " " ' " " " -Eisenhower's Position Mitchell reminded newsmen that President Eisenhower has advocated restraint on the part of management and labor in setting prices and wage de mands. But he said the gov ernment was not prepared to go beyond that point. He said price control would result if the administration interfered In such matters. : Mitchell spoke on taxes and the state of the economy as seven widely divergent groups joined in urging either tax re lief or tax reform as an anti recession shot in the arm. League Candidates Program Thursday Jackson county voters will have a chance to question candidates for election in the May 16 primaries tonight at the League of Women Voters "Meet Your Candidates" pro gram. Set for 7:30 pm. in the Hedrick junior high school cafetorium, the program will feature candidates for county, judicial, and state legislative offices. After speaking briefly in their own behalf, candi dates will answer written questions from the audience and will be available later for individual questioning. All Jackson county voters are invited to attend, accord ing to Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chairman of the event. At the close of the formal program, coffee and cookies will be served by members of the Lady Lions clubs of the Rogue River valley. The League never endorses or opposes any candidate, Mrs. Rutter emphasized. Instead, the League's aim is to get out an informed vote by acquaint ing all voters with all candi dates and issues. Hammarslcjold Points Up Urgency for Disarmament United Na lions, N.Y. (IB Secretary-General Dag Ham marskjold said today there is a "sense of urgency" that de mands agreement upon dis armament lest "human impa tience or human failure" may lead to war. No Foreseeable Time Limit He told a news conference there is "no foreseeable time limit" but the development of the East -West arms race "makes it impossible to look with equanimity upon the dip lomatic game" being con ducted -while governments" discuss and write letters' aboujr the situation. w as Leigh presents pin. Others gaining retire ment pins at the Jackson county unit of the OEA meting were Olive Curry, Medford, health nurse; Eldon Corthel, Ashland High school; Mrs. Mary Norvell, Lincoln school; and Scott Brill, Medford High school shop teacher. Mrs. Inch served 27 years in the superintendent's office. 0 -ipflWivW RETIRES Shelby M. Tuttle, manager of Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., Medford, has an nounced he will retire May 31. He has been with the firm since it was established in 1926. Tuttle will be retain ed as a company consultant, according to Mrs. Marian V. Riegel, company president. James J. Finegan, sales man ager, will assume the manag er's position June 1. He join ed the staff in the New York sales office in 1928, and was named assistant sales manag er there in 1933. Finegan moved to Medford as sales manager here in 1942. Mail Closing Times Change With DST Closing times for air mail out of Medford have changed since other states went on Daylight Saving Time, Post master Moore Hamilton has announced. Closing times for north bound flights now are 5:20 and 7 a.m., and 2:15, 5:10 and 6:05 pjn. Closing times for southbound flights now are 7 and 11:30 ajn., and 2:15 arid 5:10 p.m. The flight which carries mail after the 2:15 p.m. closing time goes .only to Crescent City and Eureka, Hamilton said. The greatest change in closing times is in the morn ing for both north and south bound mail. Prior to Daylight Saving Time, closing time was 10:15 a.m., and now it is 7 a.m. The earlier northbound flight remained the same. The 2:1 " j.m. closing time for noIi and southbound mail previously was 4:35 pjn. Russ Defense Minisfer Appeals for Vigilance Moscow (IP) Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Ma linovsky appealed today to Soviet armed forces for vigil ance against the "threat of a new war" by American Stra tegic Air Force bombers fly ing toward the Russian fron tiers with nuclear weapons. After Malinovsky's speech the Soviets held one of the briefest May Day military dis plays in recent years. Western military sources said no new weapons were seen. This, he said, is why he made his unusual intervention in the U. N. Security Council last Monday when he wel comed the U. S. proposal for an Arctic "open skies" inspec tor system and appealed to the Soviet Union to treat it in good faith. Sees No Difference Hammarskjold r e c ailed that he had previously wel comed Russia's announcement that '1 would suspend nuclear tests and he saw no difference in the importance of that statement, made at a news conference, and his support of the American proposal in the Security Council. Adlai Optimistic About Future of Nation's Economy Chicago (IP) Adlai E. Ste venson is optimistic over the natior s economic future. Stevenson said Wednesday he believed the current reces sion will "eo&n level off and improve." He termed a tax cut now a "last measure," and said he wishes anti-recession measures "had been taken much sooner." "I think a tax reduction would have had a better ef fect if it had been taken some time earlier," he said. "A tax cut now would only further inflation, which might be just as dangerous as the deflation about to take place." 'Great Misgivings' A source close to Stevenson today interpreted this to mean Stevenson "has great misgiv ings about a tax cut at this time but nevertheless feels something has to be done." The source said Stevenson felt that "if we were to choose between increased" spending for public improvements and a tax cut, we'd favor the in creased spending" but that the current situation called for prompt action. The source felt the best way to describe Stevenscn's atti tude was that Stevenson was "guardedly in favor of a tax reduction." Stevenson, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, made his remarks in answer to questions from an audience of more than 70 foreign newspaper editors. Council To Consider TV Franchise Today The Medford city council tonight will consider grant ing a television franchise to Trimble Television, Inc., for operation of a closed circuit system to show Portland tele vision . in Medford. ' Authorization for the city manager to file an applica tion with the federal govern ment for a grant in construc tion of the Kenwood-Grand- view sewage treatment works will be discussed. The city may be eligible for federal participation in construction costs, according to city offic ials. Four recently completed sections of storm sewer, a curb and gutter project and a paving project will be con sidered for acceptance at the council meeting. Plans ind specifications for paving sec tions of Willamette ave. and Siskiyou blvd. also will be considered. Unander To Appear On Television Here State Treasurer Sig Unand er will be in Medford to ap pear on a television question and answer program here this evening. He is here in connection with his campaign for the Republican nomina tion for governor. He is on a campaign tour in eastern Oregon, and will stop in Medford this evening enroute to Baker, where he has a series of meetings to morrow. WEATHER - FORECAST: Fair thugh Fri day. Low tonight 36. High Friday 78. Temp. Highest Yesterday ..' 81 Lowest this Morring 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:07 a.m. ' Sunset 7:11 pjn. 5:23 p.m. 4:33 a.m. The Moon rises sets Friday and is in Perigee. Full Moon May 3 Highlight of the phenomena in the skies above this month will be the continued closer ap proach of Jupiter to Spica. Spica is the star seen close to the Moon tonight. D'Autremont Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge Appears in Federal Court This Morning Hugh D'Autremont, 54, pleaded guilty in U. S. district court, Portland, this morning to assault with the intent to rob a mail train. He was ar raigned at 11 a.m. on the 1923 federal indictment prior to entering the plea before Fed eral Judge Gus Solomon. D'Autremont is the young- gest of three brothers serving life sentences for murder for the killing of train crew members during the attempt ed robbery of a Southern Pa cific mail car near Ashland in 1923. All outstanding indictments against D'Autremont have either been dismissed or acted on by the courts in which they were made. In Jackson County Earlier this year he appear ed in Jackson county circuit court before Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna and plead ed guilty to one count of sec ond degree murder and to stopping a railroad train with the intent of robbery. Three pending first degree murder indictments against him were dismissed by the court. According to information received from Portland today, D'Autremont was taken to the federal courthouse in Portland by the U. S. marshal from the Oregon state peni tentiary this morning and is being held in a cell in the distict court building. He was returned to Salem this afternoon. Sentencing was postponed by Judge Solomen pending receipts of pre-sentencing re ports by the federal "parole and probation officer. As long as any indictments were pending, D'Autremont was unable to be considered for parole. Heig -serving-two life sentences consecutively plus 20 years. It was reported that . maximum sentence on the federal charge is 25 years. Chamber Board Suggests Funds for Indigent Patients The board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce yesterday voted to recommend that the county set aside $25,007) per year to pay indigent patient costs at both Medford medical hos pitals. The vote approved a recom mendation of the chamber's committee on governmental operations, which has been studying the problems which both hospitals have in caring for people who cannot meet the cost of their treatment. The hospitals, both non profit organizations, have borne considerable losses in the past, as the result of such cases. The chamber's recom mendation is that the funds be made available to the hospital only in cases where other steps to secure payment have been unsuccessful, and only upon proper proof of the cir cumstances. Held Over Should the sum not be used up in one year, the recommen dation suggested the remain der be held over for the en suing year, to be applied to ward bringing the hospital fund for that year up to $25, 000 again. The board also voted to go on record opposing the excise tax on transportation and communications, as "inimical, discriminatory and grossly unfair." Members also voted to sup port Dick Alley of Medford as a nominee for appointment to the state board of aeronau tics, approved the plan of Pik Pak corporation to use its Medford - made toothpick packets for regional and cen tennial promotion, and con sidered the possibility of maintaining Jackson - Jose phine county booths at the Rose festival in Portland and at the state capitol. New Plywood Plant Due at Coos Bay Portland W Georgia Pa cific Corporation today an nounced that it will build a new plywood plant costing more than $2 million at Coos Bay, Ore. The plant will provide jobs for 260 persons in the Coss Eiy area. chool All -school districts in Jack son county will hold their an nual school meetings and elec tions Monday, May 5, from 2 to 8 o'clock, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county . school superintendent. All districts will vote on a local board member for a five year term, on a rural board member-at-large, and on the question of authorizing the county rural board to levy $334,377.66 in excess of the 6 per cent limitation, Mekvold said. He explained that where vacancies have occurred, ad ditional members will be elected for shorter terms. The names of candidates who have presented proper nominating petitions will appear on the ballot. However, blank spaces will be provided for write-in votes. The total required levy by the county rural board is $2,004,303.07. Present tax base of the county, rural dist rict is $1,669,925.41. This rep resents 83.3 per cent of the total levy, the county school Benson Rejects :SeJ-Hep';pian On Dairy Products Washington (IB Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson turned thumbs down today' on a "self-help" plan designed to support market prices for dairy products at higher levels with little cost to the government. T li e proposed legislation was advanced by . group of major dairy producer organi zations and introduced by 10 Republican" congressmen from dairy - producing areas in Ohio, New York, Michigan, Washington and Wisconsin. Would Raise Prices Benson, appearing before the House Agriculture com mittee, said that in the plan's first year of operation it would raise retail prices about 2 cents a quart for milk, 11 'cents a pound for butter and 9 cents ' a pound for cheese. Starting next April 1, the plan would raise supports for dairy products to 90 per cent of parity, compared to the present level of 75 per cent. Benson said this would re duce consumption by 8 to 10 per cent for cheese and but ter and 3 per. cent for whole milk. .Benson complained that the plan "is not truly self-help" and would delegate too much authority to a "super board" of producer representatives to establish the level of prices. Tax on Farmers At present, the government buys up "surplus" dairy prod ucts which can't be marketed at the support price. Under the new plan the funds to buy up surpluses would be raised by a tax on dairy farmers. Farmers would initially be taxed up to 25 cents for every 100 pounds of whole milk about one-half cent a quart which they marketed. When heavy surpluses ac cumulated, each farmer would be given a marketing quota. Over the quota sales would be taxed at a higher rate to discourage over-production. , r IBasebaDD AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansa City 6 8 0 Boston 7 14 0 Burnetle, Herbert (4), Gorman (7) and Smith; Fornieles, Wall (6), DeLock (8) and White, Daley (8). NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 4 3 7 3 Milwaukee 2 9 0 Burdette, Trowbridge 8. and Crandtll; Hobbie, May er 7. Elstoia 7. Drabowsky 9. and S. Taylor. ' aM Mi rag pi IVI superintendent said. It is the maximum . amount which the county rural board can place oh the county levy without a favorable vote, he explained. Four Districts Residents of four districts will vote on authorization of levies in excess of the 6 per cent limitation in local dist rict budgets. These are dist rict 6C, Lone Pine, Butte Falls and Pinehurst. And other dist tricts ttwill call a separate election later to vote on their district budgets, Mekvold said. Nominating petitions have been presented for incumbent. Elwood Hedberg as rural board member-at-large. Election of one rural board Zone member for a three year term will occur in Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 5. In Zone 2, which is Medford dist rict 549C, Gerald Latham's name appears on the ballet. Voting in Zone 3 will be Eagle. Point, Lone Pine, Elk Trail, Prospect, Shady Cove, and Butte Falls. Name on the ballot is Edith Hoag. In Zone 5, voting will be residents of Ashland, Talent, and Pinehurst. The name on the ballot is Clarence Hold ridge. Elementary Districts - . Residents of nine . elemen tary districts will vote on au thorization of a levy of '$212, 650 to cover the cost of tui tion and some transportation for high school pupils. These districts are Griffin Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine, Applegate, Elk-Trail, Evans Valley, Shady Cove, Pinehurst, and Howard. " i Unless there is a total fa vorable vote on this levy, only $200,430.39 will be avail able to cover the estimated costs of $320,650, Mekvold said. New laws state that twcT receipts not included in the district budgets are "offsets:" They are additional state ba sic funds, and the county rur al equalized levy, the superin tendent explained. Equalized Levy. AH taxes raised by the county rural equalized levy will be used to reduce local levies, he added. It is not an additional levy and it does not permit any district to raise or spend any more money than the total amount determined by the district budget commit tee as shown in the published budget, he emphasized. "Offsets" will be certified directly to the assessor who will reduce the certified local district levy. The districts and the reduc tions are: (the state basic off set appears in the first figure, the rural district offset in the second figure and 'he third figure is the total reduction.) Reductions Listed Jacksonville $21,514, $51,- 013.36, and $72,527.36; Grif fin Creek $7,808, $38,795.45, $46,603.45; Ruch $1,841, $15,384.04, $17,199.04; Phoe nix $14,445, $99,536.54, $113,981.54; Ashland $101,- 134; $313,781.69, $414,915.69; Central Point $90,986, $260,- 877.20, $351,863.20; Eagle Point $8,169, $95,120, $103, 289. .Lone Pine $6,599, $35,044.52, $41,643.52; Talent $26,436, $59,873.84; $86, 309.84; Rogue River $15,280, $44,298.50, $59,57.8.50; Apple gate $1,979, $12,112.20, $14,- 091.20; Elk-Trail $1,191, $14,054.22, $15,245.22; Pros pect $2,868, $32,526.94, $35,- 394.94; Evans Valley $1,927, $14,107.08, $16,034.08; Shady Cove $5,932; $19,684.52, $25,- 616.52; Butte Falls $1,660, $18,715.47, $20,375.47; Pinehurst $245, $2,871.92, $3,116.92; Howard, $5,676, $41,027.21, $46,703.21; Med- f o r d $53,581, $706,456.13, $760,037.13; and non-high dist rict $28,397, $82,430.29 and $110,827.29. Illustrating how this affects a local district budget, Mefr void used Howard as an ex ample. The required certified district operating levy is $135,466.43. Total offsets are $46,703.21 and the net re quired levy to be placed on the tax rolls is $8,763.22. outlay mm '-es-s aw SSID W .E1BBE Ceremonies Mark 'Law Day' in Area Ceremonies were held in Jackson county circuit court this morning observing "Law Day, U.S.A." Judges H. K. Hanna and Edward C. Kelly presided, and about 50 mem bers of the Jackson -County Bar association and the pub lic attended. , A proclamation signed by President Eisenhower design ating May 1 as Law Day was read by Judge Kelly, and Frank P. Farrell, president of the county bar association, ex pressed the group's apprecia tion for cooperation of the court in the services. Paul W. Havilahd, chair man of the local bar commit tee, noted that attorneys and judges "are the beneficiaries of the richest heritage of liberty under law in the his tory of civilized peoples." He said law is the "intangi ble force that makes freedom and progress possible. It is law that brings order into the affairs of men," he added. Security for Citizens "Law gives, the .individual citizen security he could ob tain in no other way; it pro tects the family and other groups organized for the ad vancement of common in tersts; it permits the growth of great cities and the de velopment of enterprises, large and small." The court, Haviland con tinued, is one 'of the corner stones of "our structure of government under law." The judges are subject to control only by the law of the land and are accountable only to their own consciences and to God, he said. , "No American judge can be overruled by an avu rity on earth save that of a superior court dedicated to the living American ideal of equal just ice under law." The county bar association Conservation Planned in Jackson county will observe the conservation of Oregon's natural 'resources during the week of May 11-14, according to John Gribble, Medford. Gribble is chairman of the Jackson county committee ar ranging for the observance of Conservation Week, which has been proclaimed by Gov. Robert D. Holmes to start Sun day, May 11. During the week, many, organizations in the county and state will stress the importance of conserving natural resources. All ministers in the county are being asked to deliver a soil stewardship message in their sermons either on May 11, or May 18, Gribble re ported. Special attention will be given to conservation in city and county, schools dur ing the week. Conservation talks will be made before civic clubs and other groups. Grange meetings during the week alsowill stress the im expressed its appreciation to Judges Hanna and Kelly and Judge James Mann of district court "for the devoted man ner in which they have con tinued to- preserve the great heritage we as Americans and citizens of Jackson county en joy." Elections School Started By Clerk The first in a series of schools of instruction for elec tion boards started at 9:30 a.m. today at Hedrick Junior High school, Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, county clerk, has an nounced. The school was for election boards in precincts 30, 31, 42, 45, 45A, 46, 46A, and 46B. A second session for elec tion officials was scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock this after noon in the Roosevelt school cafeteria for precincts 43, 44, 56, 56A,.'and 56B. Starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, in the Oak Grove school gym nasium, Mrs. Hopkins will conduct a school for board of ficials from precincts 58, 58A, 64, 65, 66, 6 , 68, and 87. At 1:30 p.m. Friday, in the Jackson school teacher's lunch room, instruction will be given for officials from pre cincts 50, 51 and 52, and at 3:30 p.m. Friday in, the Lin coln school sack lunch room for precincts 34, 37 and 38. Mrs. Hopkins said all elec tion board officials are re quired to attend a school of instruction to prepare for election day duties. If a mem ber cannot attend the meet ing assigned his precinct, ar rangements may be made with Election Supervisor Mrs. Af ton Carter to attend one of the other scheduled sessions.' Week Activities Are County Week portance of conservation of natural resources. Grange meetings, all starting at 8:30 p.m., will be held at Enter prise, Evans Creek, Phoenix, May 13; Gold' Hill, Upper Rogue, May 15; Roxy Ann, and Lake Creek, May 16. Con servation talks will be made and movies will be shown at some of the meetings. As a special feature of the week, all FFA chapters in the- county will join in a land judging contest at Eagle Point Wednesday, May 14. Two observational nurseries in Jackson county, one on the Birdseye farm in the Rogue Soil Conservation district, and the other on the Ryan farm in the Sams , Valley-Beagle SCD, will be open for inspec tion during the week. Members of the committee assisting Gribble with plans for observance of Conserva tion Week in Jackson county are Robert Bitterling, master State Benefits Will Be Extended By 50 Per Cent Final 370 to 17 Vote Sanctions Measure Washington (IP) The House today passed President Eisenhower's proposal to ex tend state unemployment com pensation benefits by 50 per cent. It killed a more liberal Democratic plan. The substitute was approved tentatively by a 194 to 95 non record vote. Then, the House confirmed this action on a roll call of 222 to 164. The bill then was passed overwhelm ingly 370 to 17. On the roll call accepting the President's plan as a sub stitute, 162 Republicans and 60 Democrats voted "yes" and 147 Democrats and 17 Repub licans voted "no." A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats back ed this plan as a substitute for the Democratic proposal. The Democrats .proposed to provide 16 weeks of federal relief payments for almost all the unemployed. Republicans allowed a southern Democrat to carry the ball in their drive to de feat the Democratic plan. Rep. A. S. Herlong Jr. (D-Fla.) of fered the substitute plan. Unlike the Democratic pro posal, the substitute provided no aid. or the jobless who aren't covered by state unem ployment . compensation pro grams. Democratic Leader John W. McCormack (Mass.) told foes of the Democratic plan in ad vance of the vote that hun dreds of thousands of these jobless throughout the coun try would be "watching their vote" on this issue. ' Ashland Youth Gets Merit Scholarship Larry Dwight Neal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roy Neal, of 310 Bridge st., Ashland, has won a National Merit Schol arship, it was announced to day. Neal plans to major in jour nalism and social science at Stanford university, and plans a career in writing, law or teaching in college. . He was Oregon state after dinner debate champion in 1957, and has been active in the DeMolay, National Thes pian Society, National Honor Society, Methodist Youth Fel lowship, and the Ashland High school paper, of which he was snorts pditnr Nine other Oregon students were among those listed for Merit Scholarships. . About 600 such scholar ships, in addition to Merit Scholarships being awarded by business and industrial cor porations, were awarded to day. Scholarships are awarded following national tests con ducted among eligible high school students. of May 11 of Pomona Grange: Morris Davies, chairman of the coun ty American Farm Bureau; Ben Tucker, county agent; Howard Hopkins, forest serv ice; Robert Lonzway, repre sentative of the Soil Conserva tion Service; Alf B. Mekvold, superintendent of Jackson county schools; Leonard May field, superintendent of Med ford schools; Tom Williams and Warren Fairbanks, Na tional Park service; Curtis Neshein, state forestry depart ment; Bruce Greeves, chair man of the- Sams Valley Beagle Soil Conservation dis trict; Chet Jensen, chairman of the Rogue SCD; Paul Wei land, and Tom Rickard, Izaak Walton league; Charles Shep herd, state game commission; William Jess, chairman of the State Water Resources Board, and the Rev. Clynton Cris man, secretary of the Minis terial association.
