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"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
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"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.