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p Suit mm : 1 "Goodness Knows I Tried" District 6C Schools To Open Sept. 15 Central Point The school board of district 6C last night changed the date of school opening and opened bids on several items, including con struction of a music building addition. The board changed school opening date from Sept. 8 to Sept. 15 after considering the employment situation in the pear harvest, both in the orchards and packing, houses. The change will effect elemen tary schools in Gold Hill, D. G. Roof Resigns From Commission The resignation of Donald G. Root from the city plan ning commission was an nounced by Mayor John W. Snider at last night's city council meeting. Root, in a letter to Mayor Snider dated Aug. 4, cited "the pressure of other inter ests" as prompting his deci sion. His resignation from the commission followed by only three weeks that of Mark A. Goldy, who charged the council ' with indifference and lack of cooperation in its relations with the planning group. "Much has been accom plished in the past," Root wrote, "but much more will be accomplished in the future with your insistence on a close liaison between the council and planning commis sion ; on mutual problems." His resignation was accepted by the council. House Approves Bill For Science Education Washington (UPD The House approved a $909 mil lion college loan and aid to science education bill today, but killed a key provision for federal college scholarships. Interim Zoning Ordinance Approved By County Planning Commission An interim zoning ordi ' nance designed to stop City : Sanitary Service dumping op erations near Jacksonville won approval from the Jack son County Planning com mission last night by a 5-4 vote. . The commission's recom mendation that the ordinance be put in effect was forward ed to the county court today. There was apparently little hope for immediate court ac tion, however. Chester Wendt, county commissioner, said the dis "trict attorney had asked for time to study the matter fur ther. He added that he him self. Commissioner Ralph James . and County Judge Rodney Keating would be out of town at a convention until next week. Vote Achieved The decisive vote was achieved after two commis sion members, previously un available, agreed to partici pate. These were Ed Bolt, who voted for the ordinance, and David Lowry, who voted against it. A vote of 4-3 for the ordi nance last week was incon clusive, since five votes, a majority of the whole nine man commission, is required for a decision. Meanwhile Mayor John W. Snider of Medford reported today that he and city coun cilmen planned to visit the dump area following receipt of a letter from Mayor John F. Keaveny of Jacksonville Sams Valley and Central Point, the Central Point Jun ior High and Crater High schools. H. Barnhart of Medford submitted a low bid of $46,891 for construction of a music room addition at Crater High school. The contract was awarded to Barnhart, who will work on the structure early next week. The bid is within the funds available for the work, board members noted. Other Bidders Other bidders were R. J. Batzer, Medford, $47,923; Salter and Klein, Grants Pass, $47,935; Myers D. Jones, Medford, $49,200; Bessonette Construction company, Med ford, $51,460; Hamilton Piatt, Salem, $51,500; Ausland Con struction company, Grants Pass, $56,860; and E. J. Fordyce, Medford, $61,312. Bids also were opened for insurance, gasoline and fuel. Farmers Insurance Exchange was "awarded a contract to provide insurance for liability and bus insurance for one year at $1,511.57. Shell Oil company sub mitted a low bid of 23.84 cents per gallon for "regular" gasoline for the district. Mc Ginty Fuel company, Med ford, was .low bidder for stove oil at 14.84 cents per gallon, and for light furnace oil at 14.18 cents per gallon. General Petroleum corpora tion was low bidder for heavy oil at S4.44 per barrel, and Faber Fuel company, Central Point, submitted a low bid of $5 per load of l'i units for sawdust. Four teachers were elected by the board. They are Al len Hill, sixth grade at Gold Hill; Mrs. Ruth Brewster, mu sic at Gold Hill and Sams Valley; James Owen, sixth grade at Central Point; and Mrs. Sharon Meaney, art and English at Crater High school. requesting this city's help in trying to halt the City Sani tary Service's operations. x The Jacksonville city coun cil had rejected Tuesday night a compromise offered by City Sanitary Service to make operation of its new garbage dump more palatable to local residents. Not Interested "We're not interested in compromise at all," Arthur Davies, city councilman, said. "That is the attitude of the city council and that is the attitude of 4he people of Jack sonville." "At this stage where mat ters are still pending," Ervin Hogan, Jacksonville city at torney, added, "it is not the right time to talk about com promise." The offer, in a letter re ceived by Hogan Monday, wal presented by him to the council. According to Stan ley C. Jones Jr., attorney for the Sanitary Service, it con tained the following pro posals: 1. That the Jacksonville city council or a committee therefrom agree to meet with officers of the City Sanitary Service in order to promote better understanding; 2. That the City Sanitary Service deed to Jacksonville 40-60 acres of its land near est the city, preferably for park purposes and subject only to its retaining rights to pass through the area to and from its other property; 3. That City Sanitary Serv Couplet Opens on Schedule; Reports Please Ofiicials Stewart Avenue Work Approved The Main st.-Eighth st. cou plet, first element to be com pleted in the city's arterial street program, was opened on schedule this morning. City officials were pleased with early reports of its op eration. "This marks another step forward in our progress," Mayor John W. Snider said. "It is a credit to the foresight of Medford voters in approv ing the arterial street pro gram in 1956. There is bound to be temporary confusion, but the traffic engineers as sure us that it will be worked out satisfactorily." "All in all, it seemed to be going very well," Vernon Thorpe, public works direc tor, said. "It appears to be excellent," Lt. Rollie Pean, who commands the city po lice day patrol, reported. Agreement Approved Meanwhile, an agreement between Medford and Jack son county to equalize the work ' of improving Stewart ave. was approved by the city council last night. And Thorpe reported yesterday that work on extending Jack son st. from Sunrise ave. to Hillcrest rd. was progressing on schedule. Both the proj ects are part of the arterial street program. The council took another step in the program last night when it approved plans and specifications for extending Melrose ave. from Holly st. across the Southern Pacific railroad tracks to intersect with Riverside ave. opposite Barnett rd. The council also authorized City Manager Robert A. Duff to negotiate with property owners in that area to secure right-of-way. " The Stewart ave. agree ment involves the city's per forming improvement work outside the city limits equiva lent to work done by county crews within the city limits. The work includes widening of the avenue and covering of a large drainage ditch on the south side. The county has undertaken the first portion of the im provement this year, that of rebuilding the Stewart ave. bridge over Crooked creek. The city is expected to com plete its share "as funds be come available" and "within the priorities established" for the program. Negotiations Resume In Engineer Dispute Portland (UPD Negotia tions resumed here today in the continuing effort to settle month-long wage dispute be tween the union of operating engineers and Associated Gen eral Contractors. Newberg (UPD New berg's Berrian Festival 1 got under way today, presided over by Queen Diana Rickert. ice offer Jacksonville any lo cation on its property for a reservoir site, except a loca tion which local residents could complain of as being vulnerable to contamination. Proper Operation 4. That the Service re-negotiate its franchise with Jack sonville to assure proper dump operation with respect to such matters as location of dump pits, sanitary measures, burn ing and closing of filled pits, notwithstanding Jacksonville's lack of jurisdiction over land outside its city limits. 5. That the Service "clean up" Jacksonville's Sterling Creek dump, ' which the city closed last week, provided Jacksonville pay the labor cost. "We are trying to assure the populace," Jones com mented, "that we would not destroy the area. We have never been able to get a meet ing with the people of Jack sonville." "We didn't see any point in going out to look at the dump with the City Sanitary Service people since we don't want the dump at all," Davies said. "We're trying to stop the dump entirely, not just move it a quarter -mile further away." "We are not interested in sitting down with the City Sanitary Service," Hogan said. "The dump is not good from the standpoint of planning, and there is no compromise with that."' TRUCKING STRIKE HINGES San Francisco (UPD Team, ster officials from all over the West converged ia San Fran cisco today to argue about the validity of an ", agreement reached with leading Western trucking firms. If they decide the agree ment is invalid, trucking in 11 Western states could be halted by a strike or lockout in less than a week. If they decide if is valid, thousands of Western team Complaint Would Force Bashaw's Name on Ballot Another legal action in the "who's going to be county district judge" ' situation was filed today. A complaint seeking to force County Clerk Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins to "annul, cancel and revoke" a certifi cate of nomination issued to Robert G. Danielson, and issue one instead to E. Roy Bashaw, was entered in Jackson coun ty circuit court. The complaint was filed on behalf of Bashaw by two Med ford attorneys, James A. Red den Jr. and his law partner, Hugh B. Collins. A certificate of nomination was "wrongfully" issued Dan ielson, the complaint alleges. Two Candidates Danielson, a resident of Ashland, , and Bashaw, Med ford city attorney, were both candidates for Jackson coun ty district judge in the non partisan primary election. Danielson moved to Klamath Falls prior' to the election, but received the most votes. Meanwhile, Mrs. Danielson today denied 'having told newspaper reporters that Dan ielson had, in' fact, moved permanently to Klamath Falls after the election showed he had received the most i votes. She said she had told report ers only that they would have to check with her husband. (Danielson left to accept a job as deputy district attorney of Klamath, county, and was so employed for a period, be fore returning to Jackson county after the election.) Mrs. Hopkins, acting on the advice of the district attorney, first- refused to 'issue any certificate of nomination, but later, after an attorney gen eral's ruling that Danielson was a legal candidate, issued one to him. Citizen's Suit ' Subsequent to that a citi zen's suit was filed by Rich ard House of Medford, seek ing to invalidate Danielson's nomination (it still is pending in circuit court), and District Attorney Thomas Reeder pe titioned the supreme court to act, which it declined to do this week. The complaint filed today declared that "The defendant Bereth P. Hopkins should be directed and ordered to place alone and unopposed the name of E. Roy Bashaw upon the non-partisan ballot for the office of district judge of the state of Oregon for Jackson county for the general elec tion of Nov. 4, 1958." Mrs. i Hopkins said this morning that she had no other course than to issue the cer tificate of nomination to Dan ielson as directed by the at torney general's opinion. "Like all voters," Bashaw said today, "I feel that the se lection of candidates for pub lic office should be made at the noils and not in courts of law. However, substantial questions have been raised re garding the validity of the nomination of Robert G. Dan ielson as a candidate for dis trict judge. . . "The Supreme Court has hv dicated that the public inter est requires that this issue be settled as soon as possible, and I am told that the institution, by me as nominal plaintiff, of this declaratory court action is the only means by which this can be accomplished. I would not want any voter of Jackson county to believe that I am attempting to achieve by these means any result which would be contrary to the will of the voters." ' ' , Camas, Wash. (UPD The body of Archie Rogers Sr., 57, was recovered from Fallen Leaf lake near here today and the family was attempting to locate one of his sons, Rock n' Roll Singer Jimmy Rogers, to notify him of the tragedy." Portland (CPD. A food market in Southeast Portland was robbed of an undeterm ined amount of cash Thursday night. sters will be bound to a three year contract giving them a $3 daily package increase. Early this week, a half-dozen Teamster locals in the San Francisco area but not in San Francisco itself won a $4.57 daily package increase. The crisis was the most ser ious faced by Einar Mohn since he succeeded Frank Brewster as president of the Western Conference of Team sters. It was Mohn who called 53rd year Medford 18 Pages ied ChDimo Aeeiused CHINESE-SCRAMBLE All Chinese Na tionalist military forces have been . or- dered on "the highest ; degree of alert," ' as the Taipeh, Formosa government re-' ported Communist MIG jet fighters ' de Appointments Made by Mayor Two appointments to the budget committee, one to the library board and one to the county board of health were announced by Mayor John W. Snider last night and ap proved by the city council. Tod Tibbutt, 2215 East Main st., and Tom Rickard, 307 Ha ven st., were appointed to the budget committee. Tibbutt, business manager of the Doc tor's Clinic, replaces John Smith, who became ineligible by taking employment ' "with the city. His term is scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 1959. Rickard, an insurance agent and president of the Tzaak Walton league, was appointed to replace Granvil Brittsan, who has moved from the city. His term extends to Dec. 31 of this year. Mrs. Moore Hamilton, wife of the city's postmaster and former member of the school board, was appointed to the library board, replacing El wood Hedberg who has moved from the city. Mrs. Hamilton, who lives at 43 Rose ave., is to serve until Dec. 31, 1958. Donald Hansen, city coun cilman of 1116 Stewart ave., was appointed to represent the city on the county board of health. He replaces Stanley C. Jones Jr., former city coun cilman. Traffic Safety Cone v Doubles as Dunce Cap One of the city's rubber traffic safety cones, used to mark street-painting work, served double-duty as . a dunce cap recently, Med ford police reported. A 16 -year -old boy ad mitted Wednesday that . he was one of a gr o u p of youngsters who picked up the cone off the street while driving to a church picnic. A city employee re ported seeing the carload northbound on Highway 99 shortly afterward, with one of the group wearing the cone on his head. Police lectured the boy on the seriousness of the offense, after which he was released. The "dunce cap" cone was returned lo the Medford city shops for use in marking street work once again. the meeting. The trouble stemmed from an agreement signed on May 27 by Homer Woxberg for the teamsters and E. A. Gritsch for the truckers. The last paragraph of the agreement said that when it is adopted, it would "govern all supplemental and local agree ments, and in any conflict be tween the new master and supplements, the provisions of the new master agreement MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958 u D "Dog Nautilus Completes Voyage Under Pole . Washington (UPD The White House disclosed today that the atom-powered sub marine Nautilus has complet ed man's first voyage under the North Pole. It said the historic voyage beneath the ice from Pacific to Atlantic waters presages a new commercial route un der . the pole for giant car go submarines powered by splitting atoms. The White House disclosed the new feat of the world's first nuclear sub at a cere mony in which President Eisenhower awarded the Le gion of Merit, to the Nautilus' skipper,-Cmdr. W. R. Ander son of Bakersville, Tenn. 8,000 Mile Voyage Anderson and 116 crewmen sailed aboard the Nautilus from Honolulu July 23 on a voyage destined to take the sub 8,000 miles through three oceans to Europe. At 4:37 a.m. (PST) Aug. 1 the Nautilus nosed under the Arctic ice near Point Barrow on the north coast of Alaska. By the time it emerged near Greenland Aug. 5, it had charted a new route in man's long conquest of the seas, discovered an unsuspect ed deep channel to the Arctic, and found undersea mountain ranges not previously known. Anderson said , the Nautilus cruised more than 400 feet beneath the icecap which was 10 to 15 feet thick, two or three feet less than it is in winter. Four Days Under Ice The great sub was under the icepack for about four days during which it traveled 1,830 miles. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness through Saturday. Possible afternoon and evening thunder storms mostly over mountains. Low tonight 60. High Saturday 88. Temp. Highest Yetserday ; 96 Lowest this Morning 61 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:11 a.m. The Moon rises -J2:06 a.m. tomorrow. The star seen near it is Aldebaran. New Moon Aug. 14 Saturn, due south at 8:17 p.m., is now nearly stationary among the stars. As this planet takes nearly 30 years to circle the Sun, its movement among the stars in its backgorund is never very noticeable. ON SF MEETING shall govern." Woxberg, Los Angeles high way driver official, later in formed the truckers that the pact had been ratified. John Filipoff, Los Angeles, head of the Local Drayage Ne gotiating Committee for the Western Conference, charged Woxberg had no authority to negotiate for pickup and de livery drivers. He said most local drivers had voted against the master ployed 22 minutes flying time from Pres ident Kai-Shek's capital. This recent photo shows a group of Nationalist China jet pilots racing for their planes after an alert at a base in southern Formosa. Not once did the subma rine's power plant, using pri mordia energy, falter or fail. ; The Naultilus found and followed a "deep sea valley" 300 to 1,200 feet deep into the Arctic Sea basin. Under the pole it discovered that the' water was' 13,410 feet deep, 1,927 feet deeper than supposed. . It also discovered ranges of mountains existing deep under the Arctic ice. Injuries Are Fatal To Portland Lady Betty Helen Hood, 41, of Portland, died in Sacred Heart hospital here Thursday night of injuries suffered Wednes-; day night in an auto accident on Highway 97 16 miles north of Klamath Falls. She suffer ed head injuries. Mrs. Hood was a passenger in a car driven by her hus band, Lloyd Leland Hood, when it ran into the rear of a parked car operated by Patricia S. McWilliams of Chiloquin. Neither Mrs. Mc Williams nor her- passenger, Marcis Stackhouse, was in jured. The impact of the collision set fire to the gas tank of the McWilliams car. Also injured was Mrs. Hood's father-in-law, Charles Hood Sr., of Chiloquin. He suffered a broken hip but his condition and that of Mrs. Hood was reported good at Klamath Valley hospital in Klamath Falls yesterday. Later in the day complica tions set in and the woman was transferred here for further treatment. She died about an hour later. Officers Continue To Investigate Theft, Investigation is continuing into the theft of. approxi mately S400 from the safe of the Jackson county farm home, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh. The county sheriff's office, assisted by a special officer of the state police, is conducting the investigation. agreement, which applied pri marily to highway drivers. He said only general hauling lo cals with relatively few pickup-delivery teamsters had ap proved the master agreement. When local drivers in Sac ramento, San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles and Denver threatened to strike, Gritsch warned that employers would consider a strike against one employer a strike against all in the 11 Western states. Price 10 cents Tribune No. 120 miSDini Planes Delivered To Coastal Fields Near Formosa Washington (UP The United States today charged Communist China with trying to "increase tensions and raise the specter of war" in the Far East. . State Department spokes man Joseph W. Reap said Red China's action in sending "Soviet-type jet fighter planes to some previously unoccupied coastal airfields a few minutes' flying time from Formosa had been accom panied "by the usual flow of Chinese Communist broad casts threatening to 'liberate' Taiwan (Formosa)." Reports Come In Reports of the Soviet build up of jet fighters in the area began to come into Washing ton "three or four weeks ago Reap said. He said he did not know just what type jet fight ers were involved. Other offi cials said' they were latest model Mig-17 and Mig-19 air craft. Reap said the Chinese Na tionalist Government on For mosa ordered the present alert status as a "realistic de fensive precaution in response to the deployment of Soviet type yet fighter planes on sev eral of the heretofore unoccu pied coastal airfields opposite the offshore islands and Tai wan." No Confirmation He said he had no confirma tion of reports of any Chinese Red troop movements into the coastal area across the Formo sa Strait from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's island stronghold. He acknowledged that the Chinese Communists in the past had sent jet fight ers into these airfields but only for overnight stays. This is the first time, Reap said, that the Communists have car ried out such a buildup on the fields. The Nationalist government has ordered all military forces, police and civil de fense units into wartime alert and is considering proclama tion of a national emergency. Bing Crosby Father Of Seven-Pound Boy Hollywood (UPD Crooner Bing Crosby became a father for the fifth time today when his 23-year-old bride, -actress Kathy Grant, gave birth to a 7 pound, 9 ounce boy Queen of Angels hospital. at Poll Shows Opposition To 24-Hour Portland Strong opposi tion to the policy of permit ting log hauling 24 hours a day during summer months was expressed by 81 per cent of Oregon motorists who re sponded to an AAA member's opinion poll on the subject, conducted recently by the Oregon State Motor associa tion. The association ran the poll following action of the state of Oregon in permitting log haulers to operate on Oregon highways 24 hours a day dur ing summer months. Previous ly, hauling had been restrict ed to daylight hours during the vacation travel period. No Hint Given on lkers Attendance To Lead Debate Lodge's Challenge Pleases President Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower endorsed to day the U.S. challenge to Rus sia to broadcast the United Nations General Assemblv proceedings on the Middle tast behind the Iron Curtain. White House Press Secre tary James C. Haeertv said the President was glad that the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution calling for the special assembly ses sion on the Middle East. Hagerty said the President was "particularly pleased" by the challenge issued by U.S. Ambassador Henry Cab ot Lodge Jr. for the Russians to carry the assembly pro ceedings behind the Iron Cur tain by radio so that the peo ple there could "judge the true facts for themselves. The White House gave no hint whether the President will make a personal appear ance at the assembly to lead off the American Dart of the debate. He told his news con ference Wednesday he would be willing to participate in the emergency session if nec essary. At the session, the United States is expected to seek a firm pledge that all nations refrain from meddling in the turbulent Middle East. . This would give U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold time to work out a long-range formula to' guarantee the area against "indirect aggres sion." This was reported today by official sources as President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles shaped up American strategy for the emergency U.N. as sembly on the Middle East scheduled to get underway late today but not get down to business until next week. While final American plans had not been made, officials said indications were the U.S. might seek assembly action somewhat along the follow ing lines: (1) A resolution calling for Hammarskjold to increase U.N. activity in Lebanon and Dermit withdrawal of U.S. forces there and also work out means to make possible the evacuation of British troops from Jordan. This would be coupled, if the U.S. can get enough votes, with some form of assembly endorsement of American action In sending troops to protect the inde pendence of Lebanon. (2) An assembly recommen dation that Hammarskjold and his aides broaden their efforts in the Middle East to seek some formula, with teeth in it, to guarantee the area against "indirect aggression," which the ' United States rlaims is practiced by the Soviet Union and the United Arab. Republic. (3) A resolution binding ail U.N. member nations to cease any inflammatory activity in the Middle East while Ham marskjold is trying' to work out Dlans on which the Arab states and the great powers can agree for stabilizing the area. MEefon A warrant charging as sault with a dangerous weapon has been issued for a suspect in connection with an assault and robbery in Prospect today, the sher iff's office said this after noon. Details of the robbery were hot immediately avail able here, but sheriff's deputies said a man named Loper was the victim of the robbery. Log Hauling The Oregon AAA club op posed the policy of log haul ing at night on the grounds that it constituted a hazard because motorists had been accustomed to highways free of log trucks during the hours of darkness. The opinion poll asked AAA members this question: "Do you approve of the public util ities commissioner's action in granting log truck haulers permission to haul logs 24 hours a day, Saturday after noons, Sundays and holidays excepted?" Eighty-one per cent replied in the negative, 19 per cent in the affirmative.
