Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 29, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPL B IP iifiiiiiPJT T li tl .IT 1 i,?" AT MOTEL A youngster from Somes Bar, Calif., one of 17 who visited in Medford yesterday, is shown how a bottle is opened at a Coca-Cola machine at the motel where i . V 4- 4 i 1 AT DRIVE IN Youngsters from Some first for many of them, and saw the circus Bar, Calif., who visited Medford yesterday, in Medford the same day. It was the first are shown above having refreshments at a circus the children had attended. (Kenn local drive-in. They attended a movie, the Knackstedt Photo). Sotnes Bar Children Visit in Medford Seventeen school children and three adults from Somes Bar, Calif., a small commu nity in the Trinity Alps Marble Mountain area of northern California, visited in Medford yesterday. It was the first time the 17 had attended a circus. They went to the Carson-Barnes circus at the Jackson County Sheriffs Posse grounds. The tour also included a movie, watching television, with which the youngsters were particularly impressed, and Air Force Snark. Receives Test Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI The Air Force sent a swept-wing Snark, the nation's only operational long-range guided missile, on a 5,000 mile test flight over the ocean Wednesday night. Two solid fuel boosters hurled the Snark into the sky with a splash of orange flame and a loud roar. A few seconds after it was airborne, the sleek missile dropped off the boosters and its jet engine took over. The Snark, a subsonic but extremely versatile missile, vanished in the dark flying low over the Atlantic. A jet chase plane accompanied it. The Snark, which has been launched scores of times in its development program at the test center, was reported aimed at a target area near Ascension Island, about 5,500 miles southeast of Cape Ca naveral. WEATHER FORECAST: Chance of after noon showers in mountains; otherwise fair through Friday. Low tonight 51). High Friday 82. Temp. Highest Yesterday 77 Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:39 a.m. Sunset 7:39 p.m. The Moon, in Perigee tonight, set Friday . 3:07 a.m. Full Moon , June 1 PROMINENT STAR . Reguius, in the west 10:52 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, due south .... 9:07 p.m. Saturn, rises 9:08 p.m. Mars, rises 2:02 a.m. Venus, rises 3:15 a.m. using dial telephones, which also rated high in interest. One of the group said Med ford was the only city from which they received a reply to a letter written to several cities inquiring about arrange ments for such a tour. One of Three The Somes Bar group is one of three northern Calif ornia groups which have or are planning to visit Medford. The elementary school safe ty patrol boys of Mt. Shasta will visit Medford May 30, 31 and June 1. The visit is being sponsored by the Mt. Shasta police department and Med ford will serve as headquar ters for trips to Oregon Caves, Crater Lake National park and the House of Mystery near Gold Hill. Eight youngsters and four adults from Forks of Salmon plan to visit here June 17. Forks of Salmon people have visited in Medford on two previous occasions. They' plan to stop overnight in Grants Pass June 16 and visit Oregon Caves. On June 17, after an overnight stop in Medford, the Forks of Sal mon group plans to visit Cra ter Lake and board a train in Klamath Falls for Dunsmuir. The train ride will be the first for most of the young sters. The tours and accommoda tions are being arranged through the chambers of com merce in the areas. Air Line Pilots To Resume Flights Los Angeles (UPL) Western Air Lines today noti fied its 263 pilots, who left their jobs Feb. 21 in a dispute over a new contract, to report for duty Sunday. The airline said that al though no date has been set for resumption of service the recall notice was issued under terms of a mediation agree ment and back to work mea sure reached May 24 between the company and the Air Line Pilots association. No reservations are being accepted by Western at the present time. The company announced last week that ser vice could not be restored for at least 10 days or two weeks. they stayed overnight. The Somes Bar group is one of three which have visited or do plan to visit to visit in Medford within a month. (Kenn Knackstedt Photo). Jury Returns Two Verdicts in Cases In Federal Court A jury returned verdicts in favor of the defense Wednes day at noon in two cases tried in U. S. District court at the post office building in Medford. The , cases started Tuesday morning. Presiding is U. S. District Court Judge Gus J. Solomon, Portland. The two complaints were filed in U. S. District court, Portland, Oct. 16, 1957, by Nina Riggs and Elizabeth A. Weber, both Medford, against James William Sullivan, Eur eka, Calif. The complaints charged the defendant with negligence in a collision between the vehicle he was driving and one operated by Elizabeth Weber at the intersection of Fourth and Grape sts., Med ford. , Request Damages Nina Riggs, a passenger in the Weber vehicle asked S37,500 damages and Eliza beth Weber requested S57, 500 damages. According to pre-trial re ports the Weber vehicle was traveling west on Fourth st., and the automobile operated by Sullivan was northbound on Grape st., at the time of the accident. Sullivan charg ed that Elizabeth Weber was careless, reckless, and negli gent in the operation of the Weber vehicle. Nina Riggs was represent ed by Kenneth A. Poole, Port land attorney; Elizabeth A. Weber by O. H. Bengtson, Medford attorney; and Sulli van was represented by W. E. Duhaime of Duncan, Bro phy, Wilson and Duhaime,' in Medford. Taking the stand during the trials were the two plain tiffs, the defendant, two doc tors, and a Medford city po lice officer. Seven persons were chal lenged and excused by the court during jury selection Tuesday. Washington (UPI) Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), said today "now is clearly the time for action" on the bill to make Alaska the 49th state. Disagreement Seen on County Salary Schedule Discussions Bring Recommendations Disagreements were appar ent today between members of the county court and de partment heads concerning the proposed salary and wage schedule recently prepared by the State Civil Service commission. Talks between the court and department heads this week, to compare existing salaries with those recom mended in the study have brought some recommended pay adjustments, both up and down. For the most part, how ever, employees and depart ment heads are asking for full compliance with the recommended schedule which court members' estimate would cost the county be tween $60,000 and $70,000 per year. The court said it had "studied the schedule with the taxpayer's welfare in mind" and after working out a compromise, presented the court's recommendations to department heads for ap proval. Copies to Schedule Copies of the civil service commission's schedule will go to department heads im mediately so that they can make their own recommenda tions for salary changes to the budget committee. The major differences be tween the court and other county employees fall into two categories: Where the recommended starting range is considerably more than the employee is now getting and where the long-time employee should be getting a great , deal more than he now receives. The court said it will recommend to the 'budget committee that employees re ceiving less than the recom mended starting range be given a substantial " raise. Where the employee because of his length of time with the county should be getting the maximum range) the court will not recommend the full increase" because it would be too great a jump for one year." "The court is trying as nearly as possible to take length of service into consid eration and give as much of a salary increase as the budget will allow," it was said. Some salaries would raise as much as $117 per month if the recommended schedule went into effect all at once. In many cases, especially in the roads department, sal aries have been frozen be cause they are above the maximum schedule recom mended. Working out the compensa tion plan may be hard on long-time employees, court members explained, because of their reluctance to make large salary jumps, but it is hoped that the plan will be put into full effect as soon as the budget warrants. It was estimated that it would take two or three years. The time it would take an employee to reach the top of the pay scale would depend on economic conditions, as well as his ability and record. Express Opinions The court said it hoped county- taxpayers would make their opinions known as to the speed with which the county should comply with the recommended schedule. Both the court and the de partment head recommenda tions for salaries and wages will be studied at the county budget committee second hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m. Hearings are late this year due to the late arrival of the compensation study from the civil service commission. Bids Called for Leasing 421 Acres Bids will be opened -June 24 in the Army Engineers district office in Seattle, Wash., for leasing 421 acres of government-owned grazing land within the Camp White rifle range about eight miles north of Medford. Thel and may be inspected by contacting Charles Myers at the National Guard's depot on Table Rock rd at Camp White. Invitations and bid forms may be obtained from Myers. The lease will be awarded to the highest acceptable bid der for a term of five years. Medford 14 Pages Danielson Asks For Certificate Of Nomination Opinion by Reeder Forwarded to Clerk Attorney Robert G. Daniel son, who drew the majority of votes for the office of dis trict judge in the controversial May 16 election, today re quested his certificate of nomination from County Clerk Bereth Hopkins. His letter arrived soon after the clerk received District Attorney Thomas Reeder's opinion that Medford City At torney E. Roy Bashaw should be considered to have won the nomination. Danielson, who was be lieved to have withrdawn from the race when he took a position with the Klamath Falls district attorney's office, received 7,526 votes in the tace. Bashaw received 7,273. Danielson wrote, "Although there seems to be considerable controversy over my receiv ing the nomination in the re cent primary election for dis trict judge, I trust you will comply with the provisions of Oregon Revised Statutes. . . wherein you are required to immediately certify the nomination and enter in the register of nominations the name of each candidate hav ing the highest number of votes. ". . .You know there has never been a withdrawal filed by me in your office and you should not believe the papers which have taken upon them selves the determination of my intentions. I have at all times known the law regard ing withdrawal and had I in tended to.avail myself of such provisions of law, the same would have been effected." With Reeder's opinion, which had been requested by the, county clerk, was .the statement that' "we deem it advisable that you await the attorney generals' opinion be fore issuing, a certificate of nomination to either candi date." (Continued on Page 9) Air Corridors Set By Experts Washington (UPI) Gov ernment aviation experts to day were assembling detailed technical regulations that will govern three transcontinental air corridorsintended to min imize the danger of midair collisions. Immediate creation of the nation's first super skyways was authorized Wednesday by the Civil Aeronautics board. Effective June 15, all flight operations between 17,000 and 22,000 feet on three 40 mile wide transcontinental corridors linking Los Angeles and San Francisco with New York and Washington will be conducted under absolute ground control and separa tion regardless of weather. "Each flight," the CAB said "will be in a cocoon of its own air spaoe protected by ground monitoring with a separation from other air craft of at least 1,000 feet vertically and 10 minutes fly ing time horizontally." The new regulations were prompted by two tragic air collisions between military jets and commercial airliners which took 61 lives in April and May. Control of all planes in the sky corridors, both military and civilian craft, will be en trusted to Civil' Aeronautics administration ground con trollers. Agreement Reached With Weyerhaeuser Portland (UPI) The AFL-CIO International Wood workers of America has reached an agreement with the Weyerhaeuser Timber company for extension of present contracts covering some 8,000 employees, it was reported today. The agreement was said to be virtually the same as that reached earlier by the IWA with the rest of lumber in dustry employers. It waives any , wage increase at the present, calling for a reopen ing of wage talks next Sep tember. . ' MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958 RECEIVES CITATION Clifford B. Cordy, right, Jackson county extension agent, is congratulated by Charles W. Smith, assistant director of Oregon State college extension service, after his selection earlier this year as Oregon candi date for the U.S. department of agriculture's superior service award which Cordy received in Washington, D.C., this week. Twenty-six federal, state and county extension workers in the nation received the citation. Memorial Scheduled Memorial services in the Rogue valley will highlight Memorial Day activities tomorrow. 1 City, county, state and federal offices will be closed Friday and Saturday, and most retail stores will close Friday. Some retail stores in Medford also plan to close Saturday, but the majority will be open.businessmen in dicated. Union barber shops will be closed both days to give em ployees the long week end vacation, according to Al Bradford, secretary of the Jackson - county -Barbers Union. Ceremonies Scheduled Memorial Day ceremonies will be held at 9:45 o'clock tomorrow morning in the city park at West Main and Holly sts. followed by a parade from the park east on Main st. to the Bear creek bridge at 10:45 o'clock. Participating in ceremonies at the city park will be the Rev. G. R. V. Bolster of St. Mark's Episcopal church; the Rev. John O. Reynolds, as sistant pastor of First Presby terian church: the Rev. Carl Mai of Sacred Heart Catholic church; Col. W. H. Paine, Frank Buchter, Ray Huson, Mrs. Dorothy McOuat, Robert Sheldon, and the Medford High school triple trio and the Marion choir of: St. Mary's school. Women's auxiliary mem bers of veterans groups will place a wreath on a replica of the tomb of the unknown soldier, with Miss Laura York in charge of ceremonies. Wreath Ceremonies The Rev. E. S. Tollefson of the Ascension Lutheran church will lead ceremonies at Bear creek bridge, where veterans auxiliary members will strew flowers on the water. The Camp White firing squad and color guard also will participate in the cere monies. The Veterans Allied Coun cil of Jackson county is in charge of arrangements for the morning program. In the event of rain, ceremonies will be held in the courthouse auditorium instead of the city park, according to M. A. Ben eka and M. E. (Bud) Fisher, chairmen. At 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon, ceremonies are sched uled at Memory Gardens Memorial park to dedicate the flag memorial and vet erans' plaque. Speakers will include the Rev. R. L. Corn wall, pastor of the First As sembly of God church, Ash land, and Eugene Ricker, manager of the Camp White Domiciliary. Veterans from Camp White will participate. Others Participating Others participating in the ceremonies include Clark Lambeth, .director of music in the Ashland elementary school; William S. Ferris, manager of Memory Gardens; C. W. Smith, president of Memory Gardens; and C. R. Schiffman, of the Army A Reauiem mass is sched uled . at the Jacksonville cemetery, at 11 o'clock tomor row morning. Mass will be read bv the Rev. William McLeod of Sacred Heart Cath olic church, Medford. . State law enforcement of Services in City ficials warned motorists to drive with caution over the week end, and heavy traffic is expected on highways, par ticularly in recreation areas. Local officials noted that the National Safety Council has predicted that 350 persons would be killed on the na tion's nighways this week end. The Mail Tribune will publish a noon edition Me morial Day. illeto Vote Second Time On School Budget Jacksonville Voters in the Jacksonville school dist rict will go to the polls for the second time Thursday evening, June 5, to vote on a levy for operating the three Jacksonville schools in the 1958-59 school year. The Jacksonville school board has approved a total levy of $141,322.21 for oper ating costs. A budget calling for a levy of $153,404.40 was defeated in the first election, May 20. Reduction of the levy by $12,082.19 was made possi ble by cutting the transporta tion allowance and the re serve to cover unpaid taxes, arid by reducing the proposed total for salaries, according to John Crabb, school super intendent. Reduction of salaries by $3,450.37 was accomplished by working out an arrange ment with Ruch school, in the non-high district, for shar ing a music teacher, and mak ing replacements on the staff from the lower salary brack et, Crabb said. Three faculty members who resigned after the budget defeat have been induced to stay, at the same salaries as this past year, he said. Polls will be open in the music room at the school, from 2 to 8 p.m.. Because the district has no established tax base, the en tire levy is considered to be in excess of the six per cent limitation, and therefore must be submitted to the vot ers. The Jacksonville district operates a high school, a pri mary, school for grades one through three, and a combin ation grade and junior high school. Girl Struck by Car Near Home Six-year - old Peggy ,Arfn Skaggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Skaggs, 643 Beall lane, escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when struck by a car near her home. , She was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Rogue Valley hospital, where she is being treated for abrasions, according to state police, who investigated. The youngster was struck by a sedan driven by Dorothy Lucille Burritt, 355 South Fourth st., Central -Point, when she jumped from a road side ditch and ran across the road, police said. Tribune No. 59 Alaska Faces Serious Hurdles For Statehood Hawaii Amendment Threatens Proposal Washington (UPI) Al aska's prospects of becoming the 49th state appeared brighter today than they have in years. But the territory still faced serious hurdles in the Senate. The House approved an Al asken Statehood bill by a surprisingly 'large 208-166 margin Wednesday and sent it to the senate where it has substantial bi-partisan sup port. Alaska's bid to become a full-fledged member of the United States had at least one major obstacle to overcome in the Senate. Hawaii, Too Sen. William F. Knowland, (Calif.), the Republican lead er, told' United Press Interna tional after the house vote that he intends to continue to insist that a Hawaiian state hood measure be brought up shortly after Alaska is acted upon. Knowland has predicted that if the Democratic lead ership does not give such as surances, attempts will be made to attach the Hawaii proposal as an amendment to the Alaska bill. It was considered unlikely Sen. Lyndon ' B. Johnson (Tex.), the Democratic leader, would promise to go along with the Knowland approach. Alaska's Democratic sup porters, pointing to the de feat1 of a joint Hawaii-Alaska bill in the 83rd Congress, have said the only way to in sure statehood for either is to keep the two measures as far apart as possible. Knowland's Position ' Knowland, who maintained he is "emphatically for" state hood for both territories, dis agreed this was necessarily true. He said he is opposed to rushing Alaska through dur ing this year and leaving Ha waii "out in the cold" until the next Congress. Aside from this possible roadblock, the Alaska bill en joys considerable support on both sides of the Senate politi cal aisle, excluding the ex pected 1 opposition of the southern bloc. Chinatown Tradition Suffers Regulation Portland (UPI) An cient Chinese tradition ran smack into modern American sanitation here today and dining habits in Portland Chinatown may suffer some radical changes. The Portland Health bu reau ordered six Chinese re tail food stores to get rid of live chickens and ducks they keep in their basements and back rooms. (BuDDetin Washington (UPI) The Justice Department to day said it plans no anti trust action at the present time against consolidation of United Press and Inter national News Service into the new United Press International. "Your Office Seems To Be On Fire' n i i" President Warns France on Brink OfCiyil.War, Revolutionaries Set To Topple Republic Paris (UPI) It was of ficially announced tonight that Gen. Charles de Gaulle has been asked to form a government and he has agreed. Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles de Gaulle rode triumphantly into Paris tonight to form a "government of national safety" and save the nation from civil war. Revolution aries were reported ready to topple the Fourth Republic if he fails. President Rene Coty sum moned De Gaulle with a warning to the National As sembly that "we are now on the verge of civil war." He pleaded with the lawmakers and the nation to rally be hind this "most illustrious of Frenchmen" who had led France back to liberty in World War II. De' Gaulle answered the summons with a-150-mile dash by car to the capital. In ac cepting Coty's call, the gen eral warned before he left his country home that the French army may revolt should he fail to win office by legal, though exceptional, means. : And former President Vin cent Auriol revealed that revolutionary "committees of public safety" already had sprung up all over France, ready to take action. The Communists still were adamantly against the general but the Christian Democrats were reported leaning toward him. After 16 days of stalemate, the political log jam seemed to be breaking. . . Assembly Stands By The appeals from Coty and Auriol, and De Gaulle's re sponse, were broadcast on a bulletin basis throughout France. The news spread across Paris. . The Assembly recon vened briefly to handle rou tine legislation, then adjourn ed to stand by for an emergen cy session. The 76-year-old Coty indi cated he would resign if the bitterly divided and tempera mental assembly failed to go along with him." Unprecedented Message Coty said he also was ask ing De Gaulle to see what can be done toward a thor ough reform of the constitu tion which in the last 13 years has enabled the assembly to overthrow 25 French govern ments. Coty made his stunning an- . nouncement in an unprece dented message to emergency meetings of both houses of the French parliament. It came against a back ground of open revolt in Al geria and Corsica and an as sembly so hopelessly divided against itself that De Gaulle seemed the only solution short of a military dictatorship or a Communist-controlled popu lar front." , Coty's move unprecedent ed in peacetime followed a thinly veiled warning from Algeria's restive generals that further delay in bringing De Gaulle to power might set off open intervention by the mili tary. When he finished reading the message, there was a tre mendous roar dissent from the left and applause from the right. Communists and Socialists sang the Marseillaise.