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Newspaper Page TextMm Mm lilll . Nation Relying CSTY CONTINUES On United Nations ON K-G Help, Dag Told Large Force Asked To Seal Borders mum mvtm Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Insurgents attacked an army patrol in the Lebanese capital today and shattered what ap peared to be a passive truce during' the visit of U. N. Sec retary-genera 1 Dag Ham marskjold. The U. N. leader met with Premier Sami Es-Solh today and a government apokesman said Sohl told Hammarakjold Jbe nation was rtlylnj upon .uniiea nations neio. . Sources said Solh asked for a large U.N. police .force to seal Lebanon's border but that Hammarskjold envision ed the U.N. force as unarmed observers. 0 The rebel attack occurred in the Tareek Jedida quarter. Reports said the first rebel fire inflicted casualties and that the armor replied with machinegun fire. The battle lasted about an hour. , In another incident, pro- government Christian Pha lange workers shot and killed a workman, allegedly by acci dent, near the British Em bassy. One report said the man was being questioned on sus picion of having plans to at tack the embay. Another said the victim was a bystand er who was watching the ques tioning. Elsewhere the cite was quiet, with more n jftara shops onening for buslaaat. Information Minister Clo vis El.Khazein cgllH men in today to aftarga Ciat the rebel's heavt) SJitpwient, such as their 12g jdm mortara, were brought in from Syria and were not bughi from the Lebanese army $ claimed by Damascus Radio. 11 o Th9 arraSfcfjnfijC f &tit eryQ charge of AUea D dams, 52, Qfgata Pan, was continue? faittrda? aft ernoon. A$art$ ig fcaiaf hald &t the Jackson county jail on $5,00(Mail. District Court Juffgt Jamas Main held that h tots not have jurisdiction to haa, a demurrer 9s lterei fly Paul Haviland, Medford, tVornay representing. Adamf. Havi land enterecr the demura on the grovfids that information filed against hg fclianfc Aocg not state fac fbffieianfc to constitute criwe. Juig9 Main ruled that tfue efima charged against Adamt ia a felony and any iSemurre must be entgref iB circuit court. w Adam's) M fey Jackson counts aAtritf dep uties G&nW sotttl autheritiet Wednesday avciwftf- Ha ia suspectfid of H'mg V sender of fen lofea letter, an Jung 10 t itit X- Ha a of the circuit towrt,' offering him $500 faAa tP9 a favor able decSioa it eiil caa. Officeifl ballta tM Setter was written ba aamaoee other Qthan "AdagTfc u criminal Charges ha,v fiaan Je, law enforcement 1 a x it i a a stated. Veteran Caff LcernSuf44 The Oregon liquor coatrol commission ha anifcunced that the license to sell liquor at the Veterans club, North Front St., qVIedford, will be suspended for 10 days for selling , liquor to minors. The Veterans club was one of 15 establishments whose licenses were suspended at the commission's June meet ing. Eleven suspensions go (Jnto effect Monday, June 23, and four will start July 7, the commission said. Arrninnment AdpjCojitinoed Mineral Show, Crowing Contest, X variety of contests and exhibits scheduled this week end will appeal to the varied Interests of " Medford ' area residents.' . . ... They include thai sixth an nual Southern Oregon Gem jnd Mineral Show, tha aixth Annual National toMtir Crowing contest, ant the e22nd annual CetftSh Darfty. The Gegi id ajinaral ahow is planned for friO aver ning, Saturday, fag Sunday afternoon at the ilcLoufhlin Junior, High ajphool gymnasi um A number of fledf ord ac hibitora will tt joinkW b 4r- The Medford city council last night continued a public hearing on the Kenwood Grandview sanitary sewer sys tern district. Residents crowd ed the council chambers and hallway outside the chambers at the hearing. Mayor John Snider suggest ed the hearing be 'continued and held in a location where property owners concerned may assemble and hear argu ments for and against the sys tem. Many persons, forced to remain in the hallway outside the council chambers could not hear questions and an swers inside the chamber The time, date and place for the hearing will be an nounced as soon as arrange ments with city officials and a location are complete. Express Objections Several property owners last night expressed objections to the sewer system, most of them based on the cost. Preliminary estimated costs in the Kenwood-urandview district is $101 per acre or a minimum of $41 per lot or tract of less than 17,000 square feet for the trunk sewer as sessment. An additional rate of $2.35 per front foot will be assessed properties abutting the pro posed sewer line. The latter cost is the assessment for the lateral to serve the resi dences. Several property owners ex pressed belief that the trunk sewer district assessment, which is distributed over the entire acreage, would work a hardship on large property Owners. Xaviaed ia Discuss Problem Mayor Snider invited any resident of the Kenwood- Grandview area to consult city administrators and discuss their individual problems with them for a clearer understand ing of the proposal. He also in vited residents to attend the special meeting, at which , the hearing will be continued at a location to accommodate the people. The council called for bids on the proposed sewer, but pointed out that bids do not have to be accepted if the sani tary sewer proposal is not ap proved by the. council. Bids also were called for in stallation of the Laurelhurst district sanitary sewer system Dates for both bid openings will be announced later. Oejaetieac Voiced Some residents of the Lau relhurst district voiced objec tioa to the system, question ing whether property, which cannot be served by the trunk line ahould be assessed. City Manager Robert Duff noted that there is little if any prop- arty in the district which can not in the future be served by laterals. Preliminary estimated costs for the Laurelhurst trunk line system is $175 per acre or a minimum of $71 per platted 529 Enrolled in Summer School Ashland A total of 529 atudents had enrolled in sum mer school" at Southern Ore gon college here by Wednes day night," according to col lege officials. The total is an increase of about 21 per cent' over the 438 registered at the same time last year. Registration will continue through Mon day. Students enrolling in the graduate program' total 158, compared to 114 after three days of enrollment last year, an increase of 39 per cent. Students enrolling in second ary education increased from 60 last year to 100 this year, officials said. sons from as far north as Cor- vallis and south into Califor nia, in displaying their col. lections. ....... John Ross will have three machines, built for displaying iris agates, plus a new lamp with a revolving shade set with thin agate sections. Le land Mentzer will display for the first time in Medford his "World's Largest Dendrite" and ""World's Smallets Tum bler.',' Mr. and Mrs. J. Duckett will give regular showings of their collections of fluorescent Minerals-. "The "Slide Show." in which thin sections of lot. An additional rate of $2.35 per front foot will be assessed against properties abutting the proposed sewer lines, since the trunk lines also will serve as laterals. Mark Goldy, representing Buttress and McClellan, who are developing a proposed shopping center off East Jack son st., filed a protest that the 12-acre section of the property facing Jackson st. should not be included in the Laurelhurst district. Before the property was purchased, he noted, it was available to the Jackson st. sewer, which could now serve the property. (See other Council stories on Page 1 and Page 8) Nevada to Let Contract for Road Proposed to Sea The Nevada highway com- mission this week announced it plans to let contracts this fall to start a westward ex- tension of a route from High- way 40 at Winnemucca, Nev., toward the Oregon state line, Reports from Lakeview this week indicate that Lake coun- cost of materials and equip ty plans to build eastward ment rental or depreciation in from Adel, in the southern the surfacing of the street, and part of Warner valley, to meet the Nevada extension. The "Winnemucca -to,-the - sea" proposal was reviewed by the Oregon state highway commission at meetings in Klamath Falls and Lakeview this week. Plan Surveys W. C. Williams, highway engineer, told interested par- ties in Klamath Falls the com- mission plans to start surveys among various property own this week on a route eastward ers affected. from Adel. The highway The city will not disburse would connect with the Ne- any funds or incur any ex vada extension opposite . the nenses for any such project Harriey-Lake county line. Lake and Klamath counties, which plan to proceed with available funds to provide sec- tions of the proposed route, eventually hope, the state high- way commission takes over wh0 deposited the funds. The the responsibility. The route cjty however, will not be re would follow state highway sponsible for the apportion 66 into Klamath Falls, ment of the excessive amount The proposal is to provide a direct route to the east from the Oregon coast. The high- way would go through either Curry or Coos county, Jose-1 phine, Jackson, Klamath and 1 Lake counties. County Route - A route generally from Medford through Eae fomt via Fish lake and Lake of the Woods has been suggested by Jackson county interests. The forest service reported t113 plans surveys of the proposed route this summer throurfl the route this summer through the Lake of the Woods area, which is in the Rogue River National forest. Nevada now has a highway from Winnemucca to 10 miles west of Denio on the Oregon- Nevada line in Harney county. The extension announced this week will be a 17-mile section estimated to cost $1,400,000. Summer Temperature To Usher in Summer Temperatures in the mid dle to upper 80s are expect ed to usher in summer to morrow, according to the Medford station - of - the weather bureau. ' Summer officially starts at 1:57 p.m.. Pacific Stand ard Time. Saturday, the time of the summer solstice. The weather bureau said there- will be a chance of thunderstorms in the moun- -tains southeast' and south of the valley - tomorrow afternoon. agates and woods will be pro jected on a screen, will- be managed by Chester Fitch, John. Ross ; and Lawrence Crocker, v ' . Treavell Turpin, chairman of the Indian artifacts depart ment, will have a show- in cluding two wooden Indians. Arthur Johnson of Corvallis will have his collection of thousands of polished cabc chons for rings and brooches. Specimens of petrified palm will be among the pieces dis played by Tom Riley of Eagle Point. An "All Rock Dinner" will Low-Cost Street Surfacing Policy Adopted by City Surface Includes Oil, Rock on Prime Coat A policy on providing a Jow cost street surfacing which will include a prime coat, and two applications of oil and rock, was adopted by the Med ford city council last night. The surfacing will be pro- viaea ior streets wnicn are not improved with curbs and pavement and which have pre existing surfacing or base ma tenai. rip vision is made in the resolution to provide ade quate base for the surfacing if an adequate base is not pres ent. Property owners desiring low-cost surfacing may apply to City Manager Robert Duff. An estimate of the total cost of surfacing, including inter sections, will be prepared and furnished property owners. In- eluded in the estimate will be the cost of driveway culverts and drainage ditches required. Deposit in Fund Property owners will then collect and deposit with the city an amount equal to the estimate which will be placed in a special deposit fund for the surfacing. The city, accord- ing to the adopted policy, will not be responsible for the ap- portioning of the amount m excess of the amount de- DOsited. If the deposit is in ex- cess o the total cost, upon completion of the project the c:tv mav disburse the excess to any Df the property owners amone the nroDerty owners. . - - o1: tho c .. . . M . ,,ortnol-teH ' d wiU fumish labor and . . nrmrfd. an ade- base f()r suracing and to excavate for roadside ditches to provide drainage where needed. A prime coat wm be'placed on the base material, which will be used by traffic for sufficient time to be cured. CurTcl sufficiently, the city will applications of v. "v""r , , , .. .. oil mat ana two appiicauuus of rock. The cost of driveway cul- verts and drainage ditcmng be included in the cost of the project. No workdone wiU commit the city to the estab lishment of a street grade, the resolution statesl ' The policy on' low-cost sur facing was desired by council men because in several areas where regular- paving im provements are desired the cost would work a hardship on property owners. Low-cost surfacing will provide a hard surface, city officials noted, to control mud problems in winter and excessive dust in summer months, f Bank at Eureka Robbed of $1,550 Eureka. Calif. fUPD A Crocker-Anglo National Bank branch was robbed of $1,550 today. It was the. first bank robbery in Eureka history. Fish Derby Set This be set' by Mrs. Glenn Nash of Eureka.- Each- guest will be given a free polished turn bled.agate.L The Rooster Crowing con test will be held in Rogue River on Saturday. Floyd Jones, president of the spon soring Rogue River Boosters club, said .plans are being made for 300 entries the contest. - The club president pointed out that $500 is awarded in prizes, half of it to the first place winner. The champion crower is the bird which crows the largest number of Medford 20 Pages Sanitary Service Company Asks Increase in Rates t t Council Committee To Consider.Charige A request from City Sani tary Service company, Med ford, for an increase in gar bage collection charges was referred to the executive com mittee by . the Medford city council last night. The company has requested an increase from $1.75 to $2.25 per month. : Charles W. Bottjer and An thony J. Boitano, partners in the company, said in a letter to Mayor John. Snider and the council that "the additional costs of operation of garbage collection service for residen tial service . . . make it neces sary for us to change the rate."' They pointed out the com pany has attempted to main tain the lowest possible rate consistent with satisfactory service. The company's rate, they noted, is and has been among the lowest in cities in the state. The new rate' still would be among the lowest in the state for twice a Week service, they said. Service Necessary ..V . The company now operates the only twice a week serv ice in Oregon, they said, and added that they feel twice a week service is necessary to maintain sanitary and clean conditions. "However," the said, "with the rate currently charged we have been completely unable to maintain our wage salaries comparable with . competing businesses, " or with union scale. Prior to Aug. 1, we are moving our main damp ground to a new location sev en miles from the city of Medford, ; where we will be using the burn and sanitary fill method, which will addi tionally increase our costs." In submitting a financial statement,, they pointed out that during April, "the profit to the partnership was the sum of $94.24. This is before any income to the partners." Liquor Commission Administrator Quits Portland (UPI) Joseph A. Nance, administrator of the Oregon Liquor . Control Com mission since February, 1957, is resigning to join a private distilleries company, Hugh R. Kirkpatrick, chairman of the OLC.C, said today. WEATHER FORECAST: "Partljr cloudy to night and Saturday. Scattered afternoon and evening thunder storms over .mountains south and east. Warmer. Low tonight 55. High Saturday 88. Temp. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest this Morning 55 . Prec. to 10 ajn. Today. 02 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . Sunset Moonset 4:34 a.m. 7.52 p.m. ..10.11 p.m. First Quarter June 24 Mars, low in the east at - 1:1 is now nearly as bright as Arcturus, the star in the west, and Vega, high above it. In a few months - this planet will outshine both stars. times during a specified 30- minute period. Jones said the club is mak ing preparations for 5,000 spectators at the crow itself. On the calendar for Sunday afternoon is, the Catfish Der by, to be held at Touvelle State park. Miss Pat Newbry, Medford High school sopho more, will reign as queen of the event. Her -court consists of Medford High school Prin cesses Dona Miller, ' Mollie Barker, Monica Settey and Linda Lowrey. Howard Veal, chairman of the Derby x this year, an nounced the following events MEDFORD, OREGON, "They Were Purely Routine Calls" Plans Made for Centennial Group I n J a c kso n C 0 u n ty Plans for the formation of a Jackson'-County Centennial association, a . non-profit or ganization to coordinate and promote activities in Jackson county for Oregon's 100th birthday, were announced to day. : M. M. Hiiggins, Medford businessman and former pres ident of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, has consented to serve as presi dent of the board of trustees of the new association. Other Trustees Other trustees who have consented to serve with the group include George Flana gan, vice president and gener al manager of Elk Lumber company; Frank Bash, vice president . and treasurer of California Oregon Power com pany, and" chairman of the Medford board of education; Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Tod Tibbutt, manager of Doctors' clinic. Ernie Hood, of Columbia Utilities company, recently was. named Jackson county chairman for Centennial events. He will serve as exec utive officer of the associa tion, and has obtained as staff assistants Dave Irving, of Cop co, Bill Abbott; West Coast Life. Insurance company, Roy Bashaw, Medford city attor ney, and Russ Jamison, public relations and advertising man. Others who are invited to participate in the organization will include the 'Jackson coun ty advisory committee, includ ing County Judge Rodney Keating, Miss Claire Hanley, president, of the Southern Ore gon Historical society; Thom as Williams, superintendent of Crater Lake National park; Medford Mayor John W. Sni der; John Niedermeyer, Jack sonville, and Dr. Arthur Tay lor, Southern Oregon college. Ex-Officio Member An ex-officio member will Week End and prizes for the day:. Sack races, father and, son three legged races, bubble gum blowing and pie eating con tests, prizes for the fattest woman baldest man, oldest car,' newest newly weds and longest-married couple pres ent. In the fishing contest, prizes will be awarded for the largest catfish, oldest and youngest contestants, largest number, of fish entered by one contestant and a grand sweepstakes trophy for the best all-around fishing ability displayed. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1958 ; ; l VfmTMtMlHMeTWJfWm be Eric Allen Jr., Medford, a" member of ' the governor's centennial advisory commit tee for Jackson and Josephine counties An organization meeting of the new corporation will be held at noon Wednesday, July 2, in the Jackson hotel. At tending will be Ted Hallock, state centennial coordinator, who will speak on his "mobil ization plan" for the state, and on the long-range effects of the centennial throughout the state. . The slogan proposed for adoption by the association is "The permanent effects of a successful "Centennial are im measurable," pointing out that, benefits to the state will not be limited to 1959, the centennial year, but will con tinue through increased tour ist trade, commercial stimu lation, and the attraction of permanent residents, indus tries and payrolls to" the state. Other centennial activity in recent weeks has included the appointment by Hood of a number of city and rural area centennial chairmen, who will have the responsibility of ac tivating their areas to centen nial observances and projects. These include Frank Pin nock, Ashland; Dick Stratton, Central Point; C. A. Young, Jacksonville; William Cald well, Medford; Maxwell Thay er, Rogue River; Mrs. Kath ryn Stancliffe, Phoenix; May or Frank Christian, Talent; Robert Sorber, Star Ranger Station, Applegate valley; Mayor Ray Tresham, Eagle Point; Bill Ducker, Shady Cove; Mrs i Albert Straus, Sams Valley; Darwin Moore, Butte Falls, and Heston Grieve, Prospect. Members of the Toastmas ters clubs of Medford and Ashland have agreed to serve as speakers bureaus for the centennial, and will provide speakers for groups or organ izations desiring to hear of Centennial plans - and back ground. 150 Postmasters to Attend Convention An estimated 150 post masters from throughout Ore gon will be in Medford July 8, 9 and 10, for' the annual convention of the Oregon chapter, National Association of Postmasters. Hope Brader, postmaster at' Chemult, is state president. ' E. George Siedle, assistant postmaster general, bureau of transportation, Washington, D.C., will attend the conven tion, as will's. G. Schwartz, regional operations director for the region including Ore g o n, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. I Tribune No. 78 Hagerty Confirms Being Non-Paying Guest in Florida , Offer To Pay Bill Declared Rejected Washington (UPI) White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty acknowledged to day that an exclusive Florida club insisted on treating' him to a free five-day vacation stay earlier this year. Hagerty confirmed a report by the Tampa Tribune that the Ponta Vedra Club at Jack sonville Beach refused to let him pay a $260.97 bill for himself and his wife from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1. The presidential aide took exception with one item in the Tribune account. He said he paid his own golf fees and for lessons from the club pro. Nothing Seen Wrong Hagerty commented: "I did insist, as the account says, on paying my entire bill but the club would not let me do so. Under the. circumstances, there was nothing wrong in this.' I don't see how anyone could t make anything , of my being a guest of the club at their insistence." . The Tampa newspaper quoted J. P. Le Master, a club official, as saying the news secretary. "insi9ted on- paying his bill but we wouldn't let him do it." ' - - - " "I thought we were very fortunate in having him here Le Master added. Jones Moves from Ward, Resigns The resignation of Council man Stanley C. Jones Jr. was accepted by Medford Mayor John Snider and the council last night. Jones, councilman from Ward III, is moving from the ward. Paul Meyers, councilman from Ward IV. was elected to serve as council president, a position held by Jones for the past several months. Jones said he has no plans for city political activity in the foreseeable future, but added that his interest in pub lic affairs will continue. He said he had no plans 'to run for the council from his new ward, at least at present. He added that he has no in tention of seeking election as mayor. To the contrary, he said, he plans to try to per suade Mayor Snider to seek reelection, and if he. does, Jones said he would support him. Jones has served on the council for about 7V4 years Meyers will serve as mayoY when Mayor Snider is out of town. I A successor to Jones as i Ward III councilman will be named by the council to serve until this fall's election. No action on such an appoint ment was taken last night. Holmes Not To Oppose Neuberger Salem (UPI) --Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes said today he would not be a candidate against U. S. Senator Rich ard Neuberger in 1960. The governor' made the statement at a news confer ence to squelch rumors he said had been going around Washington, D.C. "I have no aspirations for the United States Senate," Gov. Holmes said. While in Washington, Gov. Holmes said he talked with Dr. Richard McCardle, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, on breaking a log jam regard ing a shortcut road from Med ford to Klamath Falls. The governor said he hoped the talk would do some good and speed a survey to be made by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Transportation o Levies Repealed; Trouble Expected Five Amendments Turned To Defeat Washington (UPI) The Senate passed a $1.8 billion corporate and excige tax ex tension bill today. It violates President Eisenhower's no-tax-cut policy by repealing transportation levies. . The bill was : sent to . a House-Senate conference com mittee by a voice vote. Final Senate action came after five amendments to kill or reduce Various excise taxes had been defeated. ' i - : Effective June 30 ' ' The extension of present 52 per cent corporate rates and of the existing rates on liquor, beer, automobiles and certain other excise items is effective June 30, when they otherwise would drop. . Before the- final vote, the Senate rejected by a 43 to 32 vote an amendment by Sen.' Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) to repeal the 10 per cent tax on local telephone calls. ' It voted down, 44 to 32, an amend ment by Sen. Charles Potter (R-Mich.), who. insisted that anti-recession relief was as "essential" to the . auto indus try as the Senate felt it to be for ; railroads, airlines and other transportation media. : ' Leaders Absent r V s t r , The . vote on . Pptter's ro- posal came - as -the. Senate. . with its leaders already ab " sent for a long week end. drove to complete action on . the. ' pending "tax ; extension bill Potter's amendment would have cut the, 10 per cent tax ; on new passenger cars to 5 per cent, retroactive to last March 1. It would ha v trim med the 8 per cent tax on parts to 5 per cent. Faces Rough Going The transportation tax re- Deal, which faces rough go ing in a House-Senate confer ence, affects'the present levy on transportation by railroad, airline, bus, coastwise ship ping, and even pipeline. The latter is under a Ah per cent tax on petroleum or other liquid products transmitted by pipeline. The Senate Thursday nigni also voted to end the 3 per cent tax on freight. Klamath Fires Being Mopped-Up Yreka Mop-uo operations continued today on fires in the Klamath National forest in northern California. A to tal of 24 lightning strikes were reported from a severe thunderstorm Which left more than 2 inches of rain in two hours in the Ft. Jones area. . Lee Morf ord, Klamath Na tional forest dispatcher, said ' 24 small fires were reported. and as many or more started during the storm but were extinguished by rains accom panying the storm. Lightning started four fires in the Yreka district, five at Scott river, one at Happy Camp, two at Salmon river, five at Callahan, four at Seiad, and three in the Goose Nest district. No major fires were reported. State Penitentiary Series Starts Monday Few people are aware of the prisoner routine at Ore gon State Penitentiary especially during the first 30 days when prison offic ials pry into a man's past and try to learn what can be done to save him. In a series of four articles written by Dick Humphrey of Salem, staff member of United Press InternationaL prison routine is explained. Humphrey goes into thm treatment of difficult cases how they are handled, how a prisoner is guarded anil the work and study noui. bilities o f f e r e d at prison. r The first article will pear in the Mafl Tribune on Monday. .r ft; !