mall NAT Maftioiras
Back
Big 3
teirod on Summit- Talks
Terms Dictated
By Russia Said
Not Acceptable
NATO Ministers
Form United Front
Copenhagen (IP) The
smaller NATO allies swung
solidly behind the western
Big Three today in refusing
to hold a summit meeting on
terms dictated by Moscow.
The NATO Council of For
eign Ministers met for two
hours in its third working ses
sion at Christiansborg Palace
hei to form a united NATO
front for a summit confer
ence. Stnd Supported
A NATO spokesman said
afterwards that all the speak
ers backed up the stand tak
en Monday by the United
States, Britain and France.
Previously the small powers
had wanted summit talk at
almost any price.
The position was that:
The West is willing to
- meet the Soviets in a summit
conference but only after
thorough advance preparation
and if the prospects of achiev
ing something are good.
Must Persevere
The West must be sure
in advance what the Soviets
have in mind before agreeing
to the meeting.
The spokesman said the
speakers agreed , the West
must persevere in trying to
arrange a conference on this
basis and must not weaken its
stand on this. '
The supporting speeches
came as Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles summon
ed U.S. Ambassador Llewel
lyn M. Thompson from Mos
cow to report to the foreign
ministers on the latest Soviet
move toward a summit con
ference). fife in Prison
Possible for Girl
Broolings W Dorothy
QLise Decker, 16, today
faced charges which could re
sult in life imprisonment
upon conviction.
?h California girl, who
1rveled with an ex-convict
until he was killed by police
U f gun duel at a roadblock
noth of here late Saturday,
916 bound over to the grand
jurj Monday on charges of
'Jlmed assault and abduction.
district Attorney Edward
Jlcfcley said the assault charge
Mwies a maximum sentence
life imprisonment.
Menry Thomas Hill, 36, was
Uin by police at a roadblock
ite Saturday night when he
nd the girl tried to get
through in a car with four
hostages who had been taken
from a cabin a short time
earlier.
The girl, quiet and expres
sionless, appeared with her
attorney, Samuel Hall of
Brookings, before Justice of
the Peace H. G. Nelson Mon
day and then was returned to
her cell in the county jail at
Gold Beach.
Washington (IP) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson today prodded Con
gress to act soon on extension
of the farm surplus disposal
program.
Hatfield Declares Unander's
Remarks 'Outburst of Abuse'
Salem HP) Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield today
said that charges of State
Treasurer Sig Unander con
stiftited an "intemperant out
burst of personal abuse."
Hatfield said Unander's re
Facsimiles of Ballots
Printed in Mail Tribune
Facsimiles of the Republi
can, Democratic and non-partisan
ballots to be used in
the May 16 primary election
are printed in today's issue
of the Mail Tribune, on Pages
6A and 1A, in the second
section.
Publication of facsimile, or
"sample," ballots in newspa
pers was ordered by a new
law passed by the 1957 session
of the legislature, part of the
general revision of election
laws. The ballots not only
show voters in advance just
i what they will see when they
enter the voting polls, but
also serve as official notifica
tion of the election.
The non-partisan ballot,
which includes candidates for
five judgeships, and a county
tax base measure, will be dis
tributed to all voters May 16. j
FoDsum Reported
Scheduled To Quit
Cabinet IPosition
Columbus, Ohio (IP) Dr.
Arthur S. Flemming, presi
dent of Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity in nearby Delaware,
will be named secretary of
health and welfare in Presi
dent ' Eisenhower's Cabinet
Wednesday, a u n i v e r s i t y
source told the United Press
today.
Fleming would succeed
Marion B. Folsom who will
resign.
In Washington, the Health
Education and Welfare De
partment declined immediate
comment. A spokesman said
any statement would have to
come from the White House.
Folsom has been on an ex
tended vacation around Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., for the past
few weeks. He originally
planned to vacation there for
two weeks but decided to stay
on at the advice of his doctors.
Folsom has been in a fatigued
condition.
Folsom has been directing
the activities of his depart
ment, however, by long dis
tance calls daily.
A university spokesman
told the United Press that an
nouncement of Fleming's ap
pointment would be made by
Deadline lo File
For Assessment
Review Is May 17
Jackson county property
taxpayers have until May 17
to file petitions with the coun
ty board of equalization for
the review of property assess
ments, according to Jackson
County Court Judge Rodney
Keating, chairman of the local
board, and Ray Schumacher,
county assessor.
The three-man board, com
posed of Chairman Keating,
Arnold Bohnert and E. H.
Singmaster, will meet in the
county clerk's office of the
courthouse Monday, May 12,
to make the annual review of
assessments in the county.
Oregon law provides that
a property owner may appear
in person or be represented
by an attorney before the
board when it considers peti
tions for reductions of assess
ments. Review Assessment
The tax payer planning to
appeal to the board of equali
zation should first review his
assessment with the county
assessor at the courthouse. If
the assessor feels the assess
ment is correct and the tax
payer disagrees, he may place
his case before the county
board on or before May 17.
Forms for this purpose may
be obtained from the assessor
or the county clerk.
The county assessor has
posted a 28 per cent of true
cash value ratio used in assess
ing property.- Taxpayers can
test the assessment of their
property by converting assess
ed to true cash value by using
the posted ratio. True cash
value is 90 per cent of market
value, it was reported. ' To
verify their assessment, tax
payers may obtain a certifi
cate of assessment from the
assessor.
marks were "the reaction of
a candidate who is apparently
on edge and he certainly
should be forgiven."
Hatfield said his statements
warning voters to beware of
empty promises and high
The party nominating ballots
will go to voters registered
in the two major parties. Vot
ers registered as independent
or "miscellaneous" will re
ceive only the non-partisan
ballots.
In addition, the city of Med
ford will provide ballots to
voters inside the incorporated
limits, so they may decide on
two annexation proposals.
The facsimile ballots may
be clipped - and retained by
voters, who may mark them
and take them in to the voting
polls with them, under the
provisions of the new law.
Only other papers which may
be taken in to the polls are
the. official sample ballots,
which are now available at
the courthouse, and will be
provided at voting places
May 16.
MARION B. FOLSOM
Successor To Be Named ,
Eisenhower Wednesday.
Flemming was in Washing
ton during the week end.
Flemming has held a num
ber of top government jobs,
the most recent being direc
tor of defense mobilization.
He resigned Feb. 6, 1956.
Eisenhower appointed Flem
ming as a director of the Of
fice of Defense Mobilization
in June, 1953.
As chief of the ODM, Flem
ming was co-ordinator of all
aspects of defense mobiliza
tion, including productivity,
procurement, manpower, and
transportation.
' Flemming also was a mem
ber of the National Security
Council and attended meet
ings of the Cabinet by invita
tion of Eisenhower.
Fire Foreman's
Course Tomorrow
A one-day advanced train
ing session for forest fire
fighting foremen will be held
near Medford tomorrow. Stu
dents will report to the state
department of , forestry head
quarters on Table Rock rd. at
8 a.m., and transportation
will be furnished to the field.
The school is being spon
sored by the Southern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association in cooperation
with the state department of
forestry, the forest service
and the bureau of land man
agement. Instruction will be given in
fire behavior, line location,
hand line construction, cat
line construction, use of water
and dry mop up. The SOCTFA
committee in charge felt that
most basic classroom courses
were well covered during the
past two years, and decided
on only an advanced course
this year.
An identical school will be
held in Grants Pass tomor
row. The fire foremen's training
school originated in southern
Oregon two years ago to train
men from logging crews and
mills for supervisory positions
along fire lines during forest
fires. The lack of adequate
foremen was noticeable dur
ing the series of fires in Jack
son county and northern Cal
ifornia in the fall of 1955,
SOCTFA oficials said.
sounding proposals during the
last days of the campaign was
not directed at Unander.
"The association was of his
own making," Hatfield said.
Unander charged following
the statement that Hatfield, in
effect, had no program of his
own so was attacking the mo
tives of other candidates.
Both men are candidates for
the Republican nomination for
governor.
Unander accused ' Hatfield
of taking pot shots at his pro
posed 150 million self-liquidating
forest access roads pro
gram. "
Hatfield replied: "All Ore
gon would agree the lumber
industry must be revitalized
but this can be done through
sales and not alone through
more harvest when inventory
is so high."
(See Story on Page 3)
Ike, Cabinet Advisers
United Against Tax Cut
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower and his chief
cabinet advisers were reported
authoritatively 1 today to be
tightly united in a belief that
economic conditions now do
not warrant an income tax
cut.
52nd Year
Medford
18 PAGES
Ex-City Recorder
Suspended; Fund
Shortages Told
Miss Samuels Admits
Taking Small Sums
Miss Neva Samuels, 57, of
123 Tripp st., longtime city
employee and former record
er for the city of Medford, has
been suspended from office,
City Manager Robert Duff
said today.
He said an investigation of
the records in her office in
dicates there is a shortage
of funds totaling more than
S50. Duff stated that Miss
Samuels has verbally admit
ted to him and other city of
ficials that she has been tak
ing small sums over a period
of several months.
Charges Pending
No formal charges have as
yet been filed against Miss
Samuels, Duff said, pending
the outcome of the city's in
vestigation, and notification
of the firm which had bonded
Miss Samuels.
She has been employed by
the city for 25 years, and after
the death of the late Ralph
Woodford, she was appointed
recorder and was then elected
to that position, holding it
until the new city manager
form of government was
adopted, making the office
appointive.
Since that time she has
worked under the direction of
City Treasurer and Recorder
Darell Huson, who first no
ticed the discrepancy in the
city's records.
Retail Promotion
Shows Increase
In Sales Activity
The first three days of the
retail promotion program,
"You Auto Buy Now," . have
increased traffic and general
sales activity in the Medford
area, according to Paul Lea,
president of the Medford Au
tomobile Dealers' association,
which is spearheading the lo
cal program.
One dealer reported a 200
per cent increase in sales vol
ume compared with the same
time last year, Russ Jamison,
publicity man for the cam
paign, said.
Report Increases
Two of the larger clothing
stores reported sizeable in
creases in sales volume but
added that it is difficult to
pin it to the campaign. One
department store manager
said his store has cashed a
large number cf. 'the $50
cashier's checks given by au
to dealers with the stipula
tion they must be spent in
Medford within -15 days on
anything outside of automo
biles. Lea Motors reported a 60
per cent increase in sales vol
ume compared with the same
period the previous year. Lea
added that all dealers "are
tremendously pleased" with
campaign results so far. Hugh
Coleman, owner of Crater
Lake Motors, reported sale of
six new cars and six used
ones Saturday, plus the sale
of two new and two used
cars on Monday.
"Dealers and other retail
ers report buyers are more
receptive to salesmanship and
apparently some of the state
ments on the economic out
look for this area have rub
bed off, since the consumer is
letting down the bars," Lea
said.
Other retailers besides
those selling cars are tieing
into the program. They in
clude appliance dealers, ap
parel stores and a grocery
store. One butcher shop ad
vertised "chickens,, you
oughta fry now."
Salesmen Winners
Salesmen winners of the
mystery shopper contest so
far are for May 1, Mark A.
Graham, Medford Motors;
May 2, Leonard F. Carlson,
Dick Knight company; May
3, Harvey Wyatt, Darrell Mil
ler company.
The salesmen were check
ed on greeting, presentation
of product, demonstration,
enthusiasm, validity of offer,
selling themselves and the
product, and all things that
make up a good sales presentation.
STRIKE -STOP
m raw on
last rid
Hedberg Elected
Member-at-Large
Of Rural Board
Hockersmith Wins
In Medford District
The Jackson county rural
district levy passed yesterday
by 1,639 yes votes to 738 no
votes, according to unofficial
returns received in the Jack
son county school superinten
dent's office this morning.
C. Elwood Hedberg, Med
ford, was elected as rural
board member at large. Ger
ald Latham was elected as
Zone 2 rural member for a
three-year term in the Med
ford district only. Edith Hoag
was elected rural board mem
ber for Zone 3, which includes
Eagle Point, Lone Pine, Elk
Trail, Prospect, Shady Cove
and Butte Falls. Clarence
Holdridge was elected as ru
ral board member for Zone 5
representing Ashland, Talent
and Pinehurst. All candidates
were unopposed.
Elementary Levy Passes
The levy of $212,650 for
nine elementary districts was
approved by a total vote of
338 yes' Votes' and " 193 -no
votes.. The levy is to cover
the cost of tuition and some
transportation for high school
pupils in the non-high school
districts. They are Griffin
Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine, Ap
nWnte. Eix-Trail. Evans Val
ley, Shady Cove, Pinehurst
and Howard.
Incomplete returns on dis
trict levies in excess of 6 per
cent limitation show 272 yes
to 60 no votes for District 6C s
Ipvv T.one Pine district, 60
yes, 'l8 no; and Butte Falls,
53 yes, 23 no. Howard scnooi
held its district levy election
nn Anril 25 and Elk-Trail on
May 1. Both levies passed.
Other school districts win
i ia Viir lew elections later.
I1U1U ""-" -
according to Alf B. Mekvold,
county school superintendent.
The Medford school budget
will be presented Tuesday,
June 3, according to Elliott
Becken, assistant superinten
dent for Medford schools.
Board Members Elected
Board members elected lor
the various school districts
and the terms of offices are:
Jacksonville, William D.
Turnbull, 5 years; Griilm
Creek, Floyd Eastwood, 1
year.'and Lance Pitts, 5 years;
Ruch, Rex Davis, 5 years;
Phnonix. Curtis Barnes, 5
years; Ashland, M. Dale Wil
liams, 5 years; District oo,
J. W. Fitzgerald, a years;
watrio. Point. Jack Reid, 5
years, and Elmer Harnish, 3
years; Lone Pine, wiiDur
Fish, 5 years; Talent, Mrs.
Joyce Goodrich, o years,
Rogue River, Ed Martin, o
years; Applegate, LeRoy Of
fenbacher, 5 years.
Others include: Elk-Trail,
Wayne Ash, 5 'years; Medford,
Keith Hockersmith, 5 years;
Prospect, Marjorie Biden, 5
years; Evans Valley, Eugene
Mars, 3 years, and George
Johnston, 5 years; Shady
Cove, Virginia House, 5, and
Edgar Vanderlip, 4 years;
Butte Falls, Francis E. Poole,
5 years; Pinehurst, Andrew
Bostwick, 5 years, and Art
Struvel, 3 years; and Howard
M. H. Hurt, 5 years.
In the Medford school
board election Hockersmith
defeated Mrs. Dorothy Mon
roe 488 to 103.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear tonight and
Wednesday. Low tonight 38.
High Wednesday 74.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 72
Lowest this Morning 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
5.01 a.m.
7:16 p.m.
..10.52 p.m.
Last Quarter May 10
Jupiter now dominates in the
southeast in the early evening.
It is the largest planet with a
diameter of 86.900 miles and is
now about 417 million miles
from the Earth.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
levy
"Is That The Height
Action to
Camp White Needed
- Action for developing a re
creational area in the Camp
White vicinity is needed at
once, it was stressed at a meet
ing of the recreation commit
tee of the county planning
commission and the city's re
creation subcommittee Mon
day noon.
The group stressed the need
for a joint city-county com
mittee on plans for construc
tion of a lake up to seven
acres in 'size. It was decided
to contact city and county
engineers to cooperate . in a
survey of the area to deter
mine how high a dam would
be required for the lake.
Once the dam height is de
cided, preliminary estimates
cf cost would be possible, ac
cording to Jack Eaton, county
planning technician. Members
of the city subcommittee said
they would contact the city
manager and the committee
about city engineers, with the
help of the county, to make a
survey.
Tentative Approval
The county recreation com
mittee members indicated
they had already received
tentative approval from the
county court for such a proj
ect. Results of the city recre
ation committee request will
be given at the county plan
ning commission meeting May
14. '
The proposed lake would
be about 4,000 feet long and
about 1,500 feet wide, accord
ing to Eaton. He said present
plans call for restricting the
lake to sail boats. Both groups
stressed the need for complete
development of the area with
other facilities such as a golf
course. Construction of the
lake would make the neces
sary water available for wa
tering 'the course, the group
indicated.
A small section of pasture
land might be needed for the
$1,000 in Tools
Taken from Store
The-theft of $750 to $1,000
worth of smair tools from the
Hydraulic Jack Service store,
1315 North Riverside ave.,
was reported by city police
this morning.
They said the theft occur
red early this morning. En
trance to the building was
gained by removing a cover
over a broken window in the
rear, police said. The theft
was discovered this morning
by employees.
Several suspects are being
questioned by police.
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 158
1MM
Passes
Of Our Ambition?"
Develop
at
lake,, but Eaton said he could
not be sure until' the survey
results are complete. He also
told the group several addi
tional smaller lakes on Whet
stone creek would be possible
with the larger dam.
The group said the develop
ment, when completed, would
be for all age groups. Bass
and catfish would be stocked
in the lake, according to
plans. The group said plan
ning work on the project
should start as soon as possi
ble if it is to be completed
within the next year or two.
Fire District to
Hold Hearing
Central Point A public
hearing will be heM at 8
o'clock tonight on the pro
posed budget for the Central
Point Rural Fire Protection
district at the main firehall
on Highway 99, south of Cen
tral Point.
The budget board recently
approved a $58,888.82 budget
for the fiscal year 1958-59, an
increase of $24,112.02 more
than last year.
The board proposed increas
ing the budget to pay off all
indebtedness on equipment in
four years which. would con
stitute a savings of $4,000 in
interest for the four years,
it was pointed out.
County Civil
Functioning
Jackson county's part of the
two-day nation-wide civil de
fense alert today is function
ing smoothly,' according to
Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, county
civil defense director.
Hicks said he was informed
simulated bombs were
dropped on Portland at 9:45
a.m. and Klamath Falls was
knocked out when a bomb
fell on the airport there. Two
simulated bombs were drop
ped near Salem and Redmond,
he added.
Evacuation started from
Portland at 7:56 a.m. and the
Klamath Falls evacuation
started at 7:15 a.m., both!
simulated, he said. Both evac-
uation groups are supposedly
headed in this direction.
Registration Center
The county civil defense
organization simulated open
ing a registration center in
the Southern Oregon college
gymnasium and was to open
a center at Craver high school
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 14 1
Chicago 4 5 1 2
Nuxhall, Freeman (2).
Schmidt (7), Wight (8) and
Burgess; Bobbie and Tappe.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 5 10 2
Boston 7 11 0
. Pierce, Moore 2, Fischer
4, Qualters 6, Stale? 7 and
Lollar; Fornieles, Wall 4,
and While.
Gandl Reelected
Head of Pioneer
Sites Founadtion
Albert W. Gandt was re
elected president of the Siski
you Pioneer Sites Foundation
at the first annual meeting of
the organization last night at
Medford High school.
Other officers reelected
were Dr. Elmo Stevenson,
vice president; Mrs. Dwight
Houghton, secretary; and
Archie Fries, treasurer.
Other board of trustees
members reelected were Clar
ence Bell, Seth M. Bullis, Vir
ginia Cook, Henry Galey, R.
H. Gandee, Dr. Frank Haines,
Elwood Hedberg, T. J. Hight,
R. J. Keeney, Jeffrey L. Shute
and Frank J. Van Dyke.
Gandt told of how a master
plan is being drafted to in
clude certain procedures such
as a topographical map, show
ing location of historic sites;
general development plan,
outlining the sequence proce
dure of projects; a historic
base map, principally for mar
ker locations; measured draw
ings and floor plans, and fur
nishing plans for completed
restored buildings.
Relate History v
Relating the history of the
organization, Gandt said sev
eral people became interested
in such an organization in
July, 1956. They became in
terested in restoring and pre
serving histor : sites in south
ern Oregon.
The group met during a se
ries of early morning break-j
fasts the first year. Then, it
was decided in May, 1956, to
incorporate the group into a
non-profit organization. j
Following Gandt's talk, Dr.
Stevenson, president of South
ern Oregon college, told of
how the organization attempts
to interest people in the pio
neer sites by marking them by
special plates, or markers and
indicating them on a tourist
map. The foundation, he said,
hopes to preserve all such
historical sites either through
acquisition or by encouraging
others to do the same thing."
The local organization is as
sociated with the Society of
Architectural Historians and
the National Trust for His
toric Preservation, he added.
Salem (1PV- Oregon high
ways were generally clear.
Defense Alert Reported
Smoothly by
this afternoon, General Hicks
said. Actual registration op
erations will start tomorrow
afternoon when traffic con
trols will be set up on high
ways and motorists are asked
to volunteer participation; in
an evacuee registration exer
cise, General Hicks said.
Radiological teams were
sent out at 9 a.m. today cover
ing the areas of Roxy Ann,
Jacksonville, summit of Siski
you, Greensprings, Union
creek, Trail and Rogue River.
All radioed in that report on
"fallout" is negative.
Hicks added that the ama
teur radio network is func
tioning good with all commu
nications received from Sa
lem, civil defense headquar
ters, and Klamath Falls.
The 1958 "Operation Alert"
exercise opened nationally
with a mock H-bomb attack
that is expected to help deter
mine the need for under
ground Civil Defense shelters,
No. 39
Workers Idle on
Tunnels, Canal,
Dam in Cascades
100 Construction
Men in Walkout
More than $5,800,000 worth
of construction on various
phases of the Talent project
have been halted as a result
of a strike of construction
workers against Associated o
General Contractors.
Bureau of reclamation offi
cials at Camp White said work
has stopped on the Green
Springs and Cascade Springs
and Cascade tunnels, Keene
Creek dam and the Howard
Prairie delivery canal. About
100 construction workers were
reported off work.
Workers in the Green
Springs powerplant and pen
stock continued on their jobs,
and bureau of reclamation of
ficials did not know if they
would be affected by the
strike. The walkout began
Monday over demands for a
30-cent hourly package wage
increase by the Oregon Dis
trict Council of Laborers.
The contract for the Green
Springs and Cascade tunnel,
Keene creek dam and power
conduit is for $2,894,000, bu
reau of reclamation officials
said. The first section of the
Howard Prairie delivery canal
was contracted for $1,637,000
and the second section was
for $1,285,000, officials said.
Work was progressing on both
sections prior to the strike.
No immediate settlement
was in sight, according to
United Press in Portland.
AGC contractors were to
meet in Portland Wednesday
and George Walker, federal
mediator, said he did not ex
pect negotiations to resume
until after Wednesday.
Contractors offered a 50
cent package increase spread
over a three-year period.
Work on millions of dollars
on construction throughout
Oregon was halted because of
the strike. It spread to the
big Lloyd center in Portland,
and work was halted on the
Morrison bridge and Haw
thorne bridge approaches
there. Also affected were a
$24 million power project on
the Clackamas river and the
Baldock freeway.
Transportation to
Polls Set by GOP
Republican voters who will
be unable to vote on May 16
because of lack of transporta
tion will be offered free trans
portation, according to Donr
aid L. Stathos,- chairman of
the Jackson County Republi
can Central committee.
He said the plan is sponsor
ed by the Jackson County Re
publican Central committee,
the Jackson County Republi
can Women's club and the
Jackson County Young Repub
lican club.
Gen. Hicks
according to the United Press. -
Officials at 300 critical tar
get areas across the nation
received warning messages at
mid-morning. The simulated
attack was scheduled to come
within four hours after the
warning, but at least another
four hours- were needed to
determine the full affects of
the attack, officials said.
Oregon Participates
Thirty-five Oregon counties
all except Hood River parti
cipated in the drill. At 9 a.m.
state workers all along the
Capital Mall were evacuated
for a fire drill.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes ex
plained that upon declaration
of a real state of emergency
he would assume personal
command and direction of all
physical and human resources
in the state.
Col. Arthur M. Sheets, state
civil defense director, would
work immediately under the
governor.