Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 09, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextN p Oo o o o EMtoMteir mgt it I WW iVTJJ ' - r : ' ,. . ; "-:. " y - '4 '4? I'. POOL OPE90 to unifientifiefl boy in the picture gbov vsrt tftt first to hit the water wfien Hejtfiorn jool opened in Medford at 1 p.m. Sturdey. Th quiet wa ter, rippled only y th ind through the winter months, ves f churBing turmoil when 214 exuberant youngsters officially opened the swimming fJeason. ChralerMiliHe Strike $nM With Aflret Detroit (UPI) Ar- ment Ws reached pSy evert ing a threatened striji ft th vital Chrysler misilfc jlnfc by United Auto DFor&er Union members. TheClant is ftt Cen ter (ine, north of here. TSe d60 UAW membtit were angered becauj Chrys ler granted 8,000 laried workers a 19 cent cost of liv ing and improvement factor pay boost June 1, while th union(mployees got nothing because the auto workers re fused to extend present con tracts. Result of Memo .. : A cqpany spok.esman0idl today at the missile plant has been off as $he result of a memo of understanding reacheiPthis morning between Chrysler and UAW Local 1245." Angry workers at other Chrysler plants were orderedt back to their jobs because the union has no contract and is without a strike weapon be cause of the business slum$. Whether workers at some Chrysler plants would obey the orders and stay on the job was doubtful. UAW national bargaining c&ncils for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler adopted the work-without-a-contract, no-strike policy before con tracts with the three compa nies expired over Memorial Day weekend. o Happy Camp Youths Injured by Rocket. Milton Blackford, 17, and Raymond Swaim, 22, Happy Camp, were flown to Medford by Mercy Flight, Inc., Sunday afternoon for medical " care after buffering injuries in an explosion of a home-made rocket. The two were taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford ambulance for treat ment of multiple injuries, in cluding facial lacerations and broken bones, reports indi cated. A Mercy Flights plane car ried the two to Medford about 3 p.m. and returned later for their mothers, Mrs. Wes Bag ley and Mrs. Al Swaim. Fathers of the youths drove to Medford later in the day, it was said. The boys were the 818 and 819th patients carried by Mercy Flights ples. Macmiilan in Capitol For Talks With President Washington (UPI) Brit ish -im Minister Harold Macmiilan flew back to Washington from Indiana to 'day for the start of informal talks with President Eisen hower. Macmiilan briskly strode past reporters and camera men at the airport and droje to the British Embassy. The Eisenhower-Macmillan WMte House talks embraced subjects from cold war sum mit negotiations to relations with the new De Gaulle gov ' ernment in France. r? At least 100 1 Qomfes Discovered In Ci&y Reservoir fa fsplodtd homemade omb wtr fiicovred Satur iy morninj in on of the city rtttrvoire on Capital tif ., lecordinj to city police fnd viter department offi cial. Robert L. Let, water de partment superintendent, aaid thtt tha reservoir wai imme fliataly thut off from the city tr 'ystem when the ar ticle were discovered. The tfnfc va drained. An object was discovered floating aboat 30 feet from a wall' of tha reservoir by Har- J00 Phone Users Ap'nst Rate Rise Ashland An estimated 200 Ashland telephone patrons have signed petitions against the proposed rate increases affecting Ashland and Gold Hill area9," according to C. A. Irwin of Irwin TV sales in Ashland. The petitions are to be sent Public Utility Commissioner Hoirard Morgan. Irwin said three petition ara being cir culated. 0 The petition protest "the differential increase" now be ing sought by Pacific Tele phone against Ashland and Gold Hill. Those opposing the increase say, if it goes through, it would be possible for Medford patrons to talk to AshlSnd residents cheaper than Ashland telephone users can talk to them. Others are simply against an increase in telephone rates, Irwin said. Rates increases would be $2.25 for one party business and residence phones, $1.75 for two-party business phones and 80 cents for two-party residence phones. Rate in crease for' four-party resi dence phones is 60 cents. Present rates are $11.25 for one party business phone, $5.75 for one party residence phone, $8.75 for two party business phone and $4.35 for two party residence phone. A rate of $3.50 is charged for four party lines. These monthly charges do not in clude tax. New Shopping Center, Planned at Salem Salem (UPI) A $1 to $2 million shopping center on 11 acres of ground just inside the north Salem city limits will be started soon, according to Richard Schmidt, state fi nance real estate department manager. Informants said special em phasis would be placed on economic problems. Before today's meetings began, tha President confer red with rstiring Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Ato mic Energy Commission. In preparation for the three-day Eisenhower - Mac miilan talks, Strauss and oth er U.S. officials have been meeting since last week with Sir Edwin Plowden, head of the British atomic program, on sharing of atomic wea pons information and a pos sible nuclear test ban. children were waiting in line outside the pool tntrance just before 1 p.m. Saturday. In spite of the cool weather Sunday, 91 children made use of the pool facilities. The swimming pool will be open for the rest of the summer from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily, including Sundays, according to pool mana ger Ed Knapp. vey James Dutton, city water department employee, who notified police. The object consisted of a dark brown bottle which served as a float er that was attacked by a string to the homemade bomb. The bomb, according to police reports, was a mass of black friction tape wrapped around a 12 gauge shotgun shell. The shell had been exploded. The entire bomb had been dipped in paraffin. City water department offi cials and police officers also collected bomb remains from the bottom of the reservoir when draining was completed at 5:15 p.m. The second bomb was similar to the first. Lee explained that : air .might be noticed By Presidents in the water pipes, but said that it should clear up by Tuesday. He said that this is the usual case when any part of the water system is cut off and water directed through different pipes. He added that the reservoir would be put back into use this week as cty crews were now sterilizing it. Police said that the bombs discovered were similar to those found last year along several city roads and near Sacred Heart hospital. Lee said that the "prank" would cost the city about $300 to clean the reservoir as this particular one had only pre viously been cleaned. Medford Shoeman Gets Recognition Wilbur Gardner, the Med ford shoe repairman who's striving for better shoes and honest labeling, has received recognition in the Congress ional Record and the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger informed the Mail Tribune that Gardner, "has received an excellent and favorable article in an outstanding lib eral daily newspaper, the St. Petersburg Times of May 28." The Times' women's editor, Gloria Biggs, describes Gard ner's labeling drive which started "when he got irked because so many of the chil dren's shoes which were brought into his store couldn't be fixed." "Already, Gardner has re ceived commendation from Parent's magazine, has had several articles published in trade journals and has . sent out hundreds of petitions to cities all over the country to aid in getting legislation passed," she continued. "If you want to help Gard ner along on his crusade," Miss Biggs told her readers, "no doubt he'd be glad to hear from you." Sen. Neuberger, a member of the committee on interior and insular affairs, made a speech to the senate concern ing Gardner's efforts. Bomarc Project at Camp Adair Approved Washington (UPI The House Armed Service Com mittee today approved estab lishment of a Bomarc missile project at Camp Adair, near Albany and Corvallis, Ore. Rep. Walter. Norblad (R Ore.) said the action "virtual ly assures" full House ap proval. 53rd Year EDF0RD 18 Pages Extra Programs Not Requested by President Listed Federal Loans for Irrigation Slashed Washington (UPI) The House Appropriations com mittee today approved a $1, 074,041,500 public works ap propriations bill peppered with extra projects not re quested by President Eisen hower. The bill as it emerged from the committee carried $1, 974,000 less than the Presi dent asked for in his 1959 budget despite the 43 extra planning and construction projects. But the committee made the bulk of its savings by slashing $20,400,000 from the new federal loans program for construction of small ir rigation projects. The Presi dent requested $25,200,000 for this. The committee al lowed but $4,800,000, saying only one project, in Cameron county, Texas, has met com plete requirements. 'Sooner or Later' The committee said- in add ing more than $15 million in extra projects that they "would have been construct ed sooner or later." ' "By starting them early it is entirely possible that their ultimate cost will be less," it said. - However, the committee also pointed out that addition of the extra projects means "a higher level of appropria tions will be necessary in the future." The committee, in a report to , the House, hit the Army Engineers Corps for "whip ping up local enthusiasm for projects which, from the standpoint of local contribu tion and other aspects, should never be recommended fav orably to the Congress." It said some corps personnel have been exercising "evi dent super-salesmanship." Increase Over Budget The. committee approved $577,035,500 for general riv ers, harbors and flood control projects by Army Engineers. That is a net increase of $12, 415,500 over the President's budget. It okayed -a separate item of $67,250,000 $250,000 more than Eisenhower asked for flood control on the Mississippi river and its trib utaries. ' Other appropriations in the bill included: $138,986,141 for Reclamation Bureau pro jects, a $1,023,859 cut from the President's budget; $66, 173,585 ,for the Upper Colo rado River Basin fund, $1, 301,415 less than Eisenhower asked; $30,104,000 for the Bonneville Power Adminis tration, a cut of $66,000. (See Story on Page 11) Jewelry Store Robbed In Ashland Today Ashland Nine sets of wed ding and engagement rings were stolen from the BJ Jewelers store, 283 East Main st., Ashland, early today, ac cording to investigating sher iff's deputies. Owner Jim Madison esti mated the loss at between $1,000 and $1,200. ' Burglars broke a display window of the store with a monkey wrench to remove the rings, deputies said. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to- night and Tuesday. Isolated showers in mountains Tuesday afternoon. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 52.' High Tuesday 75. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 67 Lowest This Morning 54 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:34 a.m. 7:47 D.m. Sunset MnnnHc. TnKiiav 12:48 a.m. New Moon : June 16 Mars, seen near the 'Moon, is about 113 million miles from the Earth tonight. The orbits of the Earth and Mars are now carry ing these two placets nearer each other at the rate of 540,000 miles per day. FOR F 041 c miSlLil ToDemrfc By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The House Appropriations committee today approved $9,500,000 for the Talent division, Rogue River reclama tion project the amount requested by President Eisenhower in his revised budget. This raised the possibility that this fig ure might be increased before the public works appropriations bill runs its course through both houses. The Oregon delegation plans to press' for an increase to $12 mil lion. The Senate usually raises the figures approved by the House. The House committee showed uncom mon generosity this year in not only ap Outdoor Activity Raises Job Trend In Jackson County Lumber, construction and other outdoor activity brought the employment trend in Jackson county upward dur ing May, according to John J. Patton, Medford manager of the Oregon State Employment service. - , -. - - - Much of the increase was due to the callback of regular crews, but the amount of new hiring was increasing at the end of the month, Patton re ported. "This pick-up in local activ ity has been greater than is generally realized," he said, "and has reduced unemploy ment in this county to about the same level as one year ago." Unemployment in the coun ty at the end of May was esti mated to be down 40 per cent from the level of one month before. It was slightly above last year, but still not the highest May unemployment, total in recent years. Strike Settlement Helps Patton said that settlement of the labor'dispute involving the Heavy Construction La borers union enabled several construction projects to re sume operations after a short interruption. Labor shortages are begin ning to be felt in several oc cupations, including skilled sawmill workers such as edg ermen, ratchet setters, saw yers and millwrights. A lack of experienced, well qualified office help was re ported also. Many employers are offsetting the lack by hir ing 1958 high school gradu ates, many of which have shown ability to learn quick ly, according to employment service aptitude tests. Agriculture has provided few jobs as yet, since there are no field crops in this area such as the large berry acre ages now requiring pickers in the Willamette valley. Orchards are using some thinners, although the demand has been light this year due to heavy "June drop." The next major demand for help will come with the start of the pear harvest about August 1, Patton predicted. Air Connection Set for Denver New connecting air service "from Medford to Denver and Chicago via Portland will be inaugurated by United Air lines on June 6, according to K. W. Cook, station ground services manager here. A 44-passenger Convair de parting from Medford Munici pal airport daily at 3:15 pjn. will operate via Eugene and Salem to reach Portland at 5:22 p.m. At Portland, trav elers can make connections to a 58-passenger DC-6B arriv ing m Denver at ii:od p.m and Chicago at 6 a on. (CDT). I MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, 9 "Have To Keep Peace In The Family, You Know" De Gaulle Appoints Corsica Governor Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles de Gaulle today nam ed a new prefect (governor) for Corsica with instructions to re-establish the authority of the Paris government over the mutinous French Mediter ranean island. He also named four middle road politicians and one ca reer civil servant to round out his Cabinet. Shortest Meetings Information Minister An dre Malraux announced these moves after a 45-minute Cabi fice and one of the shortest net meeting the shortest in De Gaulle's eight days in of- Weed Boys Face . Charges of Arson Weed, Calif. (UPI Two boys, aged 9 and 11, were charged with setting fire to the two-story frame Hippo drome here Sunday. The boys were placed un der arrest at their homes, ac cording to David Dawson, Weed police chief. The boys admitted starting the fire that partially de stroyed the 40-year-old build ing. The Hippodrome is owned by the International Paper company, Longbell division. The 150-foot by 50-foot build ing was used for public meet ings. It has a seating capacity of 1,000. Because of water damage resulting from the two hour battle with the fire, no esti mate of damage was made. Salem (UPI) Today is Stephen A. Stone day in Salem in honor of the asso ciate editor of the Capital Journal who has been a news- paperman since 1912. Tribune JUNE 9, 1958 mum proving most of the President's budget re quests but adding some new projects in other parts of the country; This generous attitude is attributed to the desire in Con gress to combat the recession. In past years, the House committee has slashed the budget. The Senate appropriations committee has not completed its work on the public works bill. Senate Democrats have pre pared an accelerated reclamation program which they may attempt to substitute for that in the President's budget. It would boost to $12 million funds for Talent. The Bureau of Reclamation has said it could use that much during the fiscal year starting June 30. since World War II. Malraux said De Gaulle decided to postpone a decision on renew ing friendship negotiations with Tunisia until his next Cabinet meeting, which is ex pected within 48 hours. The internal developments were disclosed shortly after De Gaulle had conferred with U.S. ' Ambassador Amory Houghton amid reports that steps may be under way for possible talks between Presi dent Eisenhower and De Gaulle. Bloodless Revolt Guy LaMassoure, 48, form er prefect of the Indres De partment inside France, will be the new prefect of Corsica, which staged a bloodless re volt again Paris control two weeks ago. LaMassoure is considered one of the rising stars of the French administration. He replaces Marcel Sayreaux, 59, who offered little resistance to the paratroop-led mutiny against his authority. Savreux has not been fired from the government. But he is being transferred to the forlorn, windswept Department of Fi nisterre in Brittany, western most department of France. Youths Apprehended For Recent Burgalries Two 15-year-old Medford boys and a 16-year-old from Phoenix are.held in the coun ty juvenile home in connec tion with the burglaries June 3 of Jim's Union service sta tion and the Rod and Reel cafe at Camp White and lar ceny of a gun and tools from a car owned by Loyd Spriplir, 54 Oak st., Medford. State police, who arrested the trio at their homes, Fri day, reported that the stolen articles had been recovered. Price 10 Cents No. 68 Hearing Possible On Hospital Need At Camp White Supporting Evidence Needed by Committee A congressional hearing on the need for general medical and hospital facilities at Camp White is a possibility, if need for such facilities can be dem onstrated, it was reported today. , Congressman Charles O. Porter wrote to Eugene Orr, Medford merchant who is ac tive in American Legion af fairs both locally and nation ally, to say that Congressman Olin E. Teague, chairrflan of the house veteran affairs com mittee, has agreed to call such a hearing if supporting evi dence can be filed with the committee. Porter added: "It will be necessary to demonstrate at a hearing that there are enough service-connected disability cases in the area to make the hospital nec essary. It will be necessary to prove that competent medical staff personnel is available. "It will have to be proved beyond doubt that there is greater economy for taxpay ers, as well as better service for veterans, in enlarging the care now available at the facility. ' "I am willing to file any testimony with the committee However, to provide an effec- ive hearing in this instance, ; is necessary to have as wit nesses local people familiar with the problem and sup plied with all available infor mation so they can withstand cross-examination by commit tee members and staff." Porter also reported that Committee Chairman Teague has written to the President asking for an outline of the administration's program for veterans, to "let it be known publicly whether there is a policy being established that treatment of non-service con nected disabilities be cur tailed." No reply has been re ceived yet. Copies of Porter's letter to Orr have been sent to a num ber of persons in this area in terested in the Camp White situation. Richard Phair Arrested For Gambling Devices, Roseburg (UPI) Seven teen slot machines were turn ed over to Douglas County Sheriff Ira Byrd Sunday af ter being seized by state po lice. Richard G. Phair, secretary of the Elks club in Medford, was arrested on Highway 99 south of Roseburg and charg ed with possession of illegal gambling devices. Phair was released on bail. Rains Boost Of Irrigation The temporarily reduced need for irrigation water plus last week's rains have bol stered water supplies of Med ford, Rogue River Valley and Talent irrigation districts, it was reported today. Hay is now down and many orchards have not yet started irrigating, a Talent Irrigation spokesman said. Both Butte creek and Bear creek are up due to the recent heavy rains. The tributary small creeks flowing into Bear creek are materially boosting the amount of water, a spokes man explained. Medford and Rogue River Valley districts draw out of Four Mile and Fish lakes. Tal ent district draws from Emi grant and Hyatt lakes. Butte creek, or the head of its north fork flows from Fish lake through Eagle Point and into Rogue River. Emigrant and Hill creeks form tributaries to Bear creek and flow into Tal ent Irrigation district's Emi grant reservoir. Attempt Feared luiuiieiaiio With E. Germany Nine Americans Declared Captured Berlin (UPDU. S. offi cials negotiated today with seemingly uninterested Soviet authorities for return of nine Americans captured when their helicopter was forced down in East Germany. Continued Soviet silence caused some fear the Russians might try to blackmail the U. S. into negotiating with the East Germans, thereby giving the puppet regime de facto recognition At mid-morning today a U. S. army spokesman said "no real progress" had been made toward winning release of the Americans. Instructed to Negotiate An , Army announcement said.the U. S. military rftssion at Potsdam, in East Germany, had been instructed to nego tiate with the Soviet occupa tion officials for release of the men.. The State Department also contacted Soviet offi cials, o Americi officials in Ber lin aid Sunday night that as yet no Soviet answer of any kind had been made to the request that the prisoners and the helicopter be released. The U. S. does not recognize the East German government. As one of the four occupation powers, it has agreements with the Soviet covering such incidents. The Russians have returned to U.S. hands at least three American aircraft and their crews which wandered over the frontier since the Soviets granted East Germany sov ereignty two years ago. In an apparent attempt to open negotiations for the re lease of the prisoners, the East German government sent a protest note to the U. S. State Department denouncing the helicopter flight as a "gross violation" of its territory. 'Forced to Land' 'The Germans said the Third Armored Division helicopter was "forced to land" Satur day near the city of Karl Marx Stadt (Chemnitz), some 25 miles from the American zone. The helicopter was on a flight from the West Ger man city of Frankfurt to ma neuver grounds at Grafen wohr when it accidentally crossed the Iron Curtain frontier. A U. S. Army announce ment said the crew of two of ficers and a sergeant and six officer passengers from the Third Armored Division were safe and were being held by East German police at Karl Marx Stadt. Weather Cancels CAP Open House On the advice of "the Air Force, the Medford squadron of the Civil Air Patrol has postponed a scheduled air show and open house, it was announced today. The show, slated for June 14 and 15 at the Medford and Ashland airports, will be held in about 30 days, a CAP spokesman said. -The ' dates will be announced later. The postponement was caus ed by advice from the ir Force that unsettled weather conditions will prevail during the . ensuing week, which might cancel fly-overs of Air Force jet aircraft. Supplies Water A spokesman for the Talent irrigation district said the dis trict started drawing water before the rains started since the , district's laterals were getting "pretty dry." As Hy att and Emigrant reservoirs were drawn down the district went into its storage quota. The quota allows the district 18 inches per acre for approx imately 10,000 acres under its system. The district went off its quota after the rains, a spokesman said. Emigrant lake will b e drawn dry by Sept. 15', the end of the irrigation season, it was reported. The bureau of reclamation is letting a contract this month for the enlargement of the dam there. After Sept. 15 the reservoir will remain dry for two years until the construction is com pleted, it was explained. Wa ter supplies at Hyatt lake dur ing that period will be sup plemented with water from Howard reservoir, a spokes man said.