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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1958
No. 106
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RADIO ANTENNA The transmitting antenna for a new
radio station, KDOV, was installed yesterday and today at
the station's location at 2471 South Pacific highway, Med
ford. Tentatively scheduled to start broadcasting Aug. 10,
Oie station will emphasize music, news and weather, and will
broadcast at 5,000 watts on 1,300 kilocycles. The antenna is
405 feet high. Partners in the station are Vernon Ludwig
and Paul Ward, both of Medford, and K. C. (Ken) Lawrence,
Gold Hill. Ludwig formerly was an engineer at station KMED
and Ward was an announcer at KBOY.
(Kenn Knackstedt photo)
British Round Up
Greek Cypriots To
Prevent Civil War
Nicosia, Cyprus (UPD Brit
ish troops rounded up 1,200
Greek Cypriots and 40 to 50
Turks in the past 36 hours to
prevent "civil war," Gov. Sir
Hugh Foot announced today.
Terrorist Campaign Feared
Foot said he ordered the
'Hold-Over' Fire
Reported Tuesday
A "hold-over" lightning fire
showed up yesterday evening,
the southwest district office
of the state department of
forestry reported.
It was on the ridge between
Sardine "eek and Ramsey
canyon. The strike was
thought to have been from
the Thursday, July 17, elec
trical storm.
The fire is the 63rd lightning-caused
blaze in the south
west district this season.
Thirty-three man-caused fires
have been reported, making
a season overall total of 96.
Garbage Dump Plan
Public Hearing Tonight
A public hearing on the
proposed garbage dump site
in the Jacksonville area will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight
by the county planning com
mission in the courthouse au
ditorium, according to Lloyd
Selby, commission member.
A nvfmber of Jacksonville
Residents and city officials are
expected to attend the meet
ing. Several residents in the
area have protestd the loca
tion of the dump since A.
Boitano, operator of the City
Sanitary Service, announced
plans to utilize the site for a
garbage dump.
drastic island-wide round-up
after learning the Greek Cy
priot underground organiza
tion planned to unleash a new
terrorist campaign. The oper
ation was screened by a se
curity blackout that included
cutting communications with
the outside world.
The governor said British
security forces went into ac
tion because he learned the
EOKA was about to step up
attacks on Turkish Cypriots
fend launch a campaign of sa
botage and attacks on the se
curity forces. He said Turkish
Cypriots at the same time
were threatening new attacks
on Greeks.
All of Cyprus was placed
under house c u r f e w con
fined to their homes at 4:30
ajn. Tuesday. The security
forces then went into action.
Sent To Detention Camp
Eyewitnesses said they saw
hundreds of Cypriots herded
by British troops into a de
tention camp near Nicosia.
Sources said it was the
largest mass detention during
the island's three-year emer
gency brought on by Greek
Cypriot demands for the end
of British rule and union with
Greece.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair
and warm through Thursday.
Low tonight 56. High Thursday
94. Temp.
Highest Yesterday 93
Lowest this Morning 59
Our Skies Tonight
sunset today 7:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4 "56 a.m.
The Moon, at First
Quarter 6:19 .m.
today, sets tonight at 11:46 p.m.
and will be Full July 30
In its background tonight is
the telescopic planet, Neptune,
whose orbit carries it around
the Sun every 165 years.
LEBANON -ELECTIOG.S
SLOT! FOA'JULY 31
First Report on Oregon Tax
Structure Sent to Governor
Salem (UPD- The first of
three reports on Oregon's tax
structure was presented to
Gov. Robert D. Holmes today.
The governor said the re
port showed that the state's
total economic resources and
the total tax liabilities of its
people for state and local gov
ernments were in reasonable
balance.
Bids Called for
Construction at
Crater Lake Park
Bids will be opened at 2
.p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, for con
struction of three small build
ings and a covered entrance
to the administration building
at Crater .Lake National park.
. The buildings include two
comfort stations and one en
trance station with a side
booth. The covered entrance
on the administration build
ing will replace the temporary
structure which 1 is installed
each fall and dismantled each
spring.
Bids were opened for the
work earlier this summer, but
were rejected by the regional
office for being too high. In
eluded in the previous bid
opening was three apartment
units. They are not included
in the present bid call.
Mazama Campground
The comfort stations will be
constructed at the Mazama
campground in the Annie
Spring area, and the entrance
station is at Annie Spring.
Park service personnel said
plans and specifications for
three apartment buildings will
be reviewed and bids recalled
at a later date. The buildings
include one three story, four
unit structure, one three unit
building and one duplex.
The work is part of the
Mission 66 program of the
national park service.
Bids will be opened at the
national park office in the
fetieral building in Medford.
Hospital District
Declared Valid
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Supreme court today declared
the Blue Mountain hospital
district in Grant county to be
a valid municipal corporation
in a decision that had far
reaching effects on other simi
lar districts.
The decision affirmed a
judgment of the Grant county
Circuit Court.
The suit had been brought
by taxpayers of the district
who contended that the 90
day residence provision for
electors in the district was un
constitutional and the election
creating the district therefore
invalid.
The high court in an opinion
by Justice Harold Warner
held, that the 90-day require
ment added nothing to a con
stitutional requirement that
a voter must have resided in
the state at least six months
before partcipating in an elec
tion and that therefore the
hospital district was validly
created.
Many other districts and
political subdivisions of the
state have similar requre
ments. Crews Start Work on
Jackson St. Extension
Medford city street crews
started work this week on the
strip of Jackson st. between
Barneburg rd. and Sunrise
st., it was reported today. The
completed street will be 36
feet wide for two lane traf
fic. With the completion of this
section, Jackson st. will be a
through street from Hillcrest
rd. to MacAndrews rd.
Dr. John F. Sly, director of
Princeton Surveys, Princeton
University, made the study for
the State Department of Plan,
ning and Development. He
was hired by the .state to sur
vey its total tax picture.
The first report dealt with
a review of Oregon's econom
ic tax base and an analysis of
the practical side of its tax
policy. Two others to come
later this year will deal with
the present and potential tax
structure and a future tax pol
icy for Oregon.
The governor said he
thought the report was the
"first independent study of
state and local tax problems
ever sponsored by the execu
tive branch of the state gov
ernment." Conclusions Listed
Some major conclusions of
the study:
. . . Oregon's manufacturing
is growing with gains made
during the war decade of 1940.
50 being maintained.
Diversity of industry is ex
panding slowly but increasing
with metal industries expand
ing rapidly and textiles hold
ing their place.
. . .As measured by income
received by individuals, Ore
gon is a "natural resource
state" with 22 per cent of in-
Central Point Lady
Injured in Crash
Central' Point Mrs. Clara
Ethel Miller, 62, of 2361
Scenic ave., Central Point,
was injured about 4:40 p.m.
yesterday when the car she
was operating was involved in
an accident with a cement
truck at the intersection of
Highway 99 and Pine st.,
Central Point police reported.
.She was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital by Medford
Ambulance service. Her con
dition was reported as good
this morning. Her physician
said she suffered fractured
ribs, fractured collar bone and
shoulder blade.
Police said the truck, driv
en by Edward Asbury Shultz
of Klamath Falls, was going
north when Mrs. Miller turn
ed left onto Pine st. into the
path of the truck. .
The car was extensively
damaged, and the truck sus
tained considerable damage,
police said.
No citations were issued,
police reported.
Survey, Discussion
Set on Middle-East
A six-member panel will
conduct a grass-roots survey
and discuss a policy for the
Middle-East at the Girls Com
munity club at 8 p.m. Thurs
day, July 24.
, The discussion is being
sponsored by the Medford
chapter of the Oregon United
Nations association.
Members of the panel are
Dr. Verne Blue, former state
department historian now at
Southern Oregon college, Ash
land; Mrs. Tucker McEvory,
a journalist from Washington,
D.C.; Bill Smith, Central
Point, a member of the Great
Decisions program; Mrs. Har
lan Bosworth, Medford, a
member of the local United
Nations chapter; Don Stathos,
Medford, chairman of the
county Republican Central
committee: and George
Pearce, Medford, formerly
with the British Army in the
Middle-East.
Mrs. Bosworth saij the
"panel is arranged to provide
information and to help peo
ple make up their own minds"
about the policy in the Middle-East.
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Palma, Mallorca (UPD
American opera star Patricia
Munsel gave birth to a pre
mature son Tuesday.
come derived from farms, food
products and forest products.
Retail and wholesale trade is
the next largest single pro-
ducer about 19 per cent a
larger ratio than any other
state of the far west! Govern
ment is third at 16 per cent.
. . .A larger ratio of in
come is distributed to the mid
dle income groups $2,500 to
$7,000 than in any other far
western state except Idaho.
. . .Per capita personal in
come after all personal taxes
is $1,614- about the same as
the average for the United
States of $1,681, but substan
tially less than the other far
western states except Idaho.
Problem Causes Noted
The report showed that Ore
gon's economic problems arose
from high transportation costs
lack of large local marketing
areas, seasonal employment
and strong dependence on nat
ural resources.
'The report showed that 76
per cent of the total state and
local taxes came from the income-
and property tax 45
per cent from property and 31
per cent from income.
The ratio of property taxes
was high among far western
states, but close to the U. S.
average.
, The ratio of income taxes
was almost four times that of
comparable far western states
and more than four times the
U. S. average.
Question of Service
The . broad, question faced.
by Oregon in its tax policy,
the report stated, was wheth
er the state wished to meet in.
creasing service costs on its
present income and property
tax base or to supplement
these bases.
If the state retains present
taxes, it must be prepared to
accept still higher income and
property taxes. If it wishes to
supplement these taxes it has
three choices or a combina
tion of them increased ex
cises, additional sales taxes or
non-property taxes at the local
level.
County Officials
To Attend Meeting
Three Jackson county of
ficials have been selected to
serve on committees at the
National Association of Coun
ty Officials' convention Aug.
10-13 in Portland.
County Judge Rodney
Keating will serve as chair
man of the press, program and
public relations committee,
and Commissioner Ralph A.
James and County Clerk Ber
eth Hopkins have been nam
ed to the hospital and recep
tion committee. '
County officials from
throughout the nation plan to
attend the four-day conven
tion, according to officials.
Youth Presented Award
For Work in Recent Fire
Ken Bailey, 14-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Bailey, Rogue River, has been
presented the "service under
fire" award of the Keep Ore
gon Green association for his
help in preventing a recent
fire from spreading.
Young Bailey saw lightning
strike a tree and went to it
the night of July 16, accord
ing to Delbert K. Eells, forest
warden at Rogue . River.
Bailey trailed the fire 'on the
ground and watched the snag
until the fire burned out.
He checked it again the fol
lowing morning, and then
walked up the mountain to
help Eells and crew on anoth
er snag fire, Eells told Albert
Wisendanger, executive sec
retary of the Keep Oregon
Green association.
The fire which young Bail
ey controlled was about V-A
Decision Brings
Hope for Quick
End To Revolt
American Planes
In Show of Strength
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD
Pro-government Lebanese leg
islators agreed today to hold
a presidential election a week
from Thursday. The decision
brought hope for a quick end
to the 12-week-old revolt and
subsequent departure of U.S.
armed forces.
Speaker of Parliament Adel
Osseiran accepted a recom
mendation that Parliament
meet July 31 to vote for a suc
cessor to embattled President
Camille Chamoun. He tele
graphed the 66 deputies of the
unicameral (single chamber)
Parliament at once summon
ing them to the capital.
The announcement came 'as
U.S. planes, operating from
6th Fleet carriers and air
bases in Turkey staged an im
pressive show of strength
over major Lebanese cities to
day in a "salute to the people
of Lebanon."
Hopes for Peace
Adm. James (Lord Jim)
Holloway, commander of all
U.S. military forces in Leba
non, said he thought his
troops "are going to be able
to get out of here without a
fight." He assured the coun
try his forces were here to
"help and not to take over."
The situation had grown
tense - after- Osseiran t an
nounced Tuesday that the
presidential election sched
uled for Thursday had been
postponed indefinitely.
But the new date was
agreed upon at a pro-government
majority caucus today.
The caucus gave peace hopes
a further boost by agreeing to
back a presidential candidate
from outside Parliament if
one could not be found on
whom both sides in the revolt
could agree.
Fear Prompted Assurance
In , an exclusive inerview
with United Press Interna
tional Correspondent George
Bitar today, Lebanese Pre
mier Sami Es Solh said fear
of an economic collapse in
Iraq forced the new Iraqi re
gime to assure that the West
would continue to receive.
Iraqi oil.
"The whole Iraqi economy
is tied up in the West," Solh
said. "Iraqi oil, dates, wool
and cereals find their market
in the West."
He said he did not see how
Iraquis could turn to the East
economically "even if they
wanted to."
Much Resentment
Solh said there was so
much resentment in Iraq
against the slaying of King
Faisal during the coup a week
ago Monday that the new
government will be able to
exist only as a military re
gime. '
miles northwest of Rogue Riv
er and about a mile from the
family residence.
One of three children, Ken
has been active in Boy Scouts
and up until recently had not
expressed too much interest
in- forestry work. However,
Eells reported that Bailey has
now become interested in the
work, and has expressed the
hope to work for the forestry
department when he becomes
old enough.
Eells said he "would like to
see all of the youngsters in
Rogue River area more con
scious of fire dangers and the
importance of its prevention."
The Keep Oregon Green as
sociation also sent . young
Bailey an Oregon Green
Guard membership kit, ' a
badge and pocket knife for
his efforts in preventing the
fire from spreading.
"v.r:.. "
(Herblock Is on
Consumer
Record Fractional
Increases in June
Washington (UPD Con
sumer prices edged up to a
new all-time record peak in
June, the government report
ed today.
The consumer price index
went up less than one-tenth
of 1 per cent to reach 123.7
per cent of average prices in
1947-49. This was 2.9 per cent
higher than a year ago.
Labor Department experts
said that living costs were
practically at a standstill and
described the increase as
"tiny" and "fractional."
Take-Home Pay at Peak
The department's Bureau of
Labor Statistics also an
nounced that the take-home
pay of the average factory
Report on Road
Said Premature
A report from Klamath
Falls last week, to the effect
that the proposed Lake of the
Woods highway had been ap
proved by the bureau of pub
lic roads, apparently was pre
mature, it was learned today.
The, stor,y, based on infor
mation from a Kiamatn
county commissioner, said the
bureau had approved the road
for inclusion in the forest
highway network a prereq
uisite for federal construction
funds.
But Carroll Brown, super
visor of the Rogue River Na
tional forest in Medford, said
today he had checked with the
roads bureau office in Port
land, and learned that the ap
proval has not yet been given,
and that the proposal is still
being studied.
Local officals are optimistic
about eventual approval of
the route, which has already
received the unofficial appro
val of the state highway com
mission, which would main
tain it, and the forest service,
for it runs through national
forest land.
Origin of the erroneous
Klamath Falls report was un
determined today, but it may
have been due to a misunder
standing on the part of mem
bers of the county court
there, . it wa indicated here
today.
Jacobs Submits Low
Bid for Building
Don Jacobs Constructon
company, 307 North Peach st.,
Medford, was apparent low
bidder for construction of a
security buildmg at 48 Haw
thorne st., according to Sei
bert and Sites, Medford archi
tects. Jacobs' bid was $42,
588. Other bidders were Myers
D. Jones, $42,700; John Mc
Cann, $43,150; Armin Richter
and associates, $44,240; Batz
er Construction company,
$44,490; and Dwight Seely,
$44,500. All are of Medford.
The building will be rein
forced concrete block and will
contain five offices and real
estate, bookkeeping, confer
ence, storage and mechanical
rooms. A large clerical room
is planned in the center of
the building.
Oregon's FEP Law
Starts Tenth Year
Salem (UPD The ninth
anniversary of Oregon's fair
employment practices law this
month reveals a rate of civil
rights progress beyond the ex
pectations of even minority
groups, Mark A. Smith, Ore
gon civil rights administrator,
said toda.
f -rue
Vacation)
worker reached a record high
last month.
The earnings of the typical
factory hand after federal tax
deductions were $75.55 for a
worker with three depend
ents. But the buying power of
his paycheck was trimmed by
the rise in living costs and
was 2Vt per cent under a year
ago, the department said.
Slight advances in the costs
of transportation, reading and
recreational, medical and per
sonal care pushed up the
index.
Food prices, a main factor
in the inflationary picture
earlier this year, remained
unchanged for the second
month in a row. Sharp de
clines in fresh ' vegetable
prices offset higher costs for
fresh fruits, meats and res
taurant meals.
Food prices in June, 'how
ever were 4.6 per cent above
a year ago. ,
Pay Increase Due
The 20th rise in the index
in the last 22 months will
bring a pay increase for about
575,000 workers whose wages
are tied by escalator clauses
to the index.
About 350,000 workers in
the electrical, metal working,
aircraft and chemical indus
tries will receive 1 or 2 cents
an hour pay boosts.
Another 200,000 in the
trucking industry will receive
3 cents an hour more. About
70,000 aircraft workers will
not get any pay increase be
cause the June rise" was not
large enough to justify a
change in their pay.
Preliminary Plans
For Store Studied
Preliminary dans for a new
Sears Roebuck and company
store in Medford have been
filed with the city of Medford
for initial checking, it was
learnecf today."
The company has not yet
reauested a building permit,
but in accordance with usual
procedure, has sent in tenta
tive dans so that they can be
inspected by the city building
inspector s office.
The store will be construct
ed on the new shopping center
site at East Jackson st. and
Biddle rd., according to plans
announced last year. Leveling
of the area is nearly com
pleted. Other structures on the
center will include a Safeway
store and several others, ac
cording to the development
firm, Buttress and McClellan,
of Los Angeles.
Severe Sform Lashes
Japan; Five Said Dead
Tokyo (UPD Typhoon "Al
ice" lashed Japan with winds
of 130 miles an hour today
and then swept into the Pa
cific ocean, leaving five dead,
six missing, scores injured
and thousands homeless.
$8,373,850 Loaned for
Vets' Farms, Homes
Salem (UPD The State De
partment of Veterans' Affairs
reported today it made $8,
373,850 in loans enabling 843
veterans to buy farms and
homes during the first six
months of 1958.
The total for the first half
of last year was $13,754,300.
Anchorage, Alaska (UPD
Alaska's Governor Mike Step
ovich will declare his politi
cal future within the next few
days.
Nehru, Arab
Representatives
Would Be Invited
Monday Suggested
To Start Sessions
Moscow (UPD The Soviet
government agreed tonight to
attend a UN summit confer
ence on condition that India's
Jawaharlal Nehru and Arab
representatives also are invit
ed. Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev suggested in a let
ter released by the Foreign
Ministry that the session be
held Monday. . '
The conditional acceptance
was announced a day after
Britain proposed that Middle
East summit conference be
held within the framework of
the UN Security Council.
Unusually Quick Reply
Newsmen were summoned
to the Foreign Ministry on
short notice to receive the un
usually quick Soviet reply in
the diplomatic exchange. It
was broadcast simultaneously
by Moscow Radio.
Under the formula proposed
by Khrushchev, the Security
Council presumably would
have to appoint a special sub
committee including Nehru
and the Arab countries.
India is not at present on
the Security Council and of
the "Arab states, only Iraq is
represented. However, the
UN has not yet recognized the
new Baghdad regime. Leban
on and Jordan sat in on Secur
ity Council sessions this week
by invitation. The United
Arab Republic also has been
represented.
Nehru Agrees
Nehru already has agreed
to participate in a five-power
summit conference as origin
ally suggested by Khrushchev
Saturday.
Khrushchev's proposal, .If
accepted by the West, raised
the prospect of an unprece
dented visit by a Soviet ruler
to the United .States al
though it still was possible
for the security council to
sit somewhere else, for ex
ample in Geneva.
ICC Retains Order;
Sets Rate Hearing
Washington (UPD The In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion refused today to cancel
an order blocking a cut in rail
road lumber rates on the West
Coast.
The commission however.
scheduled a public hearing on
the projected rate reductions
Aug. 18 at San Francisco be
fore ICC Examiner Walter L.
Baumgartnir.
The railroads have proposed
a major slash in rates on lum
ber moving from Oregon and
California producers to Cali
fornia and Arizona.
The proposed reductions
were blocked by a three-man
ICC panel after California
and Arizona lumber produc
ers complained that the ad
justments would give Oregon
mills an advantage.
The railroads, joined by
Oregon interests, had asked
the full 11-member commis
sion to overrule the action.
But the commission ruled
today it is barred from re
viewing the order at this
stage.
Local Woman Hurt
In Auto Accident
Miss Helen Nelson, 50, of
3224 Forest ave., Medford,
was admitted to Rogue Val
ley hospital with undeter
mined injuries shortly after
noon today following a two
car accident on Highway 99
south of Medford, state police
reported.
The Nelson automobile and
another vehicle collided in
front of Bear Creek Orchards
and blocked both southbound
lanes of Highway 99, accord
ing to police.
The injured woman, an em
ployee of Bear Creek Orch
ards, was taken to the hos
tal by a plant employee.
No other information ws(
available at press time.
Salem (UPD The State
Board of Control has awarded
a $37,900 contract to C. -A.
Lantz, Salem, for construct
ing a superintendent's' resi
dence at Oregon State correc
tional institution here. s
TV Highlight
A special program,
"Kuwait. Middle East Oil
Prize," will be seen over
station KBES-TV at 5:30
p.m. today.