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(7 Vair Mid Tie uspeci ii Findings In SP Abandoment FiledUith Morgan State Sen. Philip B. Lowry has mailed his "proposed findings of facts" in the Southern Pacific passenger service abandonment case to Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Morgan. Lowry, acting for himself and the other complainants, Gene Brown of Grants Pass and Paul Geddes, Roseburg, both attorneys and former state senators, said he now deems the case "absolutely closed, except for the making of a decision." The case was filed with the PUC office in an attempt to force the S.P. to provide adequate service to the area. His action is the last in a long series, which stemmed from the Southern Pacific's abandonment' in 1954 of the ast rail passenger service be- Convention Set For Nominations For Local Judge A unique event in Jackson county's recent history a nominating convention will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Esquire theater. If enough people turn out and vote for a nominee, a candidate will be presented for the district judgeship of Jackson county, if a judicial ruling bars from the ballot two other potential candi dates. A total of 250 registered voters is needed to nominate candidate. A registration booth will be open at the theater prior to the opening of the convention in case un- registered residents.. -wish - to register to be able to partici pate. Sponsored by Attorneys The convention is sponsor ed by a group of attorneys and others hoping to avoid a write-in campaign for the fall election if the two men who were on the primary bal lot are , adjudged ineligible for the ballot. County Clerk Bereth Hop kins said this morning that she had volunteered to keep the elections department of her office open tonight so that eligibility of voters could be checked. However, she said she has been assured that this will not be necessary. It is Mrs. Hopkins under standing that the names of all the voters at the convention will be turned over to the sec retary of state's office. To be eligible to vote a person must be a registered voter in this county, she noted. A court hearing tomorrow morning will be. held on the legal dispute over the status of E. Roy Bashaw, Medford city attorney who received a minority of the votes for dis trict judge in the primary con test, and Robert G. Danielson, who received a majority of the votes but -whose eligibility is challenged on grounds of residence requirements. Thunder Tonight, Weatherman Says Medford station of the weather bureau reported that electrical storms seem to be in "decreasing order." The forecast for this vicinity is for a few scattered thunderstorms tonight. However, occasional gusty winds are predicted and could play havoc with fires already started by lightning. Rainfall over the Rogue river valley last night varied in intensity. It was heavy in spots and the weather station at the airport recorded .12 of an inch. The rain was the first measurable precipitation of the month and the station and the first since .62 fell on July 17. Fog, unusual for August, was noted in the Medford vi cinity this morning. It was spotty and was banked on the east side of the valley. The weather bureau said that the fog was the result of a combination of factors. These included last night's rain, resulting damp ground and cooling from radiation. Also there was a slight up sloping flow of air up the valley. of Facts tween Eugene and Ashland It includes filing the original complaint, filing two briefs, presenting oral arguments, and preparing the proposed finding of facts. Lowry Brown and Geddes have served as representatives of the public without pay. Has 20 Points Lowry's document has 20 points which he says are sup ported by the record, and four which he says are not of record, but of which the com missioner could well take ju dicial notice. The points include these: 1. Public -convenience and necessity requires mainten ance of reasonable adequate passenger service. 2. The Siskiyou line (south from Eugene to and beyond Ashland) is a main line, not a branch line. 3. S.P. has a rail monopoly in the area. 4. No other main line in the U.S. has been left totally without rail passenger service, Maintains Passenger Service 5. S.P. for many years maintained passenger service here. 6. The S.P. and predecess ors received "extensive land grants" and that one of the conditions was that it main- t a i n continuous connected passenger service between Portland and Roseville, Calif., by way of the Rogue valley, and that it would be "inequit able" for the S.P. to "enjoy the benefits of such land grants and not assume any burdens incidental thereto ... " 7. The former trains were off schedule on an average of 80 per cent of the time. 8. The service was inferior. 9. That the S.P. ignored an earlier injunction prohibiting them from abandoning serv ice, and that the injunction was invalidated, on purely technical grounds. 10. That resumption of pas senger service would not ma terially increase line main tenance costs. . t Could Be Provided 11. That "by sound and pro gressive management," ade quate passenger service could be provided which would ma terially reduce passenger loss es oh the line. 12. That the S.P. has failed to show that its area's opera tions were losing money, and that in fact it was making "enormous overall p r o f it s prior to the abandonment." 13. That the area is one of the richest in the S.P. system and of the United States. 14. That the area originates between five and six carloads of freight to each carload on the Cascade line, and termin ates two cars for each car terminated on the Cascade line; that the population here exceeds that on the other line 10 to 1. Three Passenger Trains 15. That the Cascade line has three daily passenger trains each way. 16. That' this area has about 16.12 per cent of the S.P.'s mileage in Oregon, but origi nates about one-third of the traffic. 17. That there is no rail passenger service here at pres ent. 18. That this has resulted in great inconveniences to resi dents, and that tourist traffic has been reduced. 19. That prior rail passen ger service was "totally and wholly inadequate and unsuit ed to the needs of the area." 20. That discrimination ex ists against the affected area. The four other points listed were: 1. That the S.P. has con tracted to sell air transporta tion tickets, and that this tends to decrease competition against the public interest. Air .Costs Increase 2. That air transportation costs have been increased since the case was filed, and that bus service has been re duced. 3. That development and progress of the area is vitally affected by transportation fac tors by reason of its geogra phical location and terrain. 4. That before passenger service was abandoned, the S.P. claimed such action would result in improved freight service, but that since there have been frequent com plaints regarding freight serv ice. With the filing of these pro posed findings, decision in the case presumably will be made by Morgan shortly. i 26 Pages Letter to Editor Expresses Man's View Tokyo (CPU A letter lo the editor of the As'ahi Evening News which was published today: IF IF the Americans should ever succeed in launching their "moon rocket" from Cape Carnival sic, or what ever lhey call the place: and IF the rocket should hit the moon instead of going around it is scheduled; and IF about twenty rockets carrying super - duper nu clear warheads were fired right back at earth; I'd die laughing. Signed, X Mopping Up Fire At Sardine Creek; Others Spotted A crew of 50 men was mopping up and patroling to day on the fire which has blackened an- estimated 400 acres of timber and brush in the Sardine creek area north of Gold Hill since it broke out early Tuesday afternoon. The blaze is the largest of some 53 whicn have been ignited over the past two days on state department of forestry - protected land in Jackson and Josephine coun ties and on the Rogue River National forest. Origin of the Sardine creek fire is yet un determined. The others were touched off by two nights of electrical storm activity. State forest patrol and log ger crews had the Sardine creek blaze- back under con trol about 6 a.m. today. It got out of hand about 7 p.m. yesterday, breaking out on the south side in the strong winds that accompanied the spotty rain and lightning. Curt Nesheim, the forestry de partment's southwest district warden, said that the break out involved 40 to 50 acres. 24 Fires Spotted Twenty-four fires on state- protected land were spotted yesterday, caused by Tuesday night lightning strikes. Nine teen more were found today. Rogue forest listed nine fires as the result of two nights of storms. Both the state patrol and the federal forest service had observation flights in pro gress this morning. Firefight ing crews had reached or were on the way to all 51 lightning fires so far discov ered. One of the fires from the Tuesday storm, on Agate flat, covered about seven acres and was being mopped up to day. It was the largest of the lightning fires. A blaze on Wellington, butte amounted to about one acre. '.. Five of the Rogue forest blazes were in the Butte Falls district. Two smokejumpers were- dispatched to one of these in the remote Seven Lakes basin tand a ground crew was also on the way. Two other fires were in the Applegate district and the others were near Fish lake. "Wet water" for fire sup pression and food were para chuted to an Applegate crew. 'Ain't She Medford Formula For Peace In Mid-East Gets Arabs' Approval Vote Expected in Assembly Friday United Nations, N.Y. (UPD The governments of 10 Arab countries approved a Middle East peace formula today and diplomats predict ed virtually unanimous ap proval for it in the General Assembly. The measure, in draft reso lution form, was to be intro duced in the General Assem blylate today by Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub. A vote was expected later or Friday morning.. Diplomatic Triumph ine Aran resolution, re garded as a diplomatic tri umph for Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would make possible the early and honorable withdrawal of American and British troops under U.N. arrangements The United States, Britain and France gave full approval to the resolution and it was believed the Soviets would have little choice except to go along. Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko makes his views known today. The resolution leaves it up to Secretary General Dag Hammarskold to make "prac tical arrangements" to safe guard Lebanon and -Jordan But it creates an Arab pat tern of co-existence that makes his job easier. Expected to Leave Hammarskjold would be expected to lea vie soon, for the Middle East, probably early next week, . to put the plan into effect. The measure was worked out in a conference among representatives of the United Arab Republic, Lebanon, Jor dan, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen. Informed sources said there was some "straight talking' at the conference,' with na tions fearing the U.A.R. de manding and getting . assur ances from Egypt they would be left alone. The 10 Arab nations agreed to reaffirm the principles of the Arab League pact con cerning respect for each other's territory and sov ereignty, non-aggression, non interference and mutual bene fit. They agreed to insure "by word and deed" that their conduct would conform. Indecent Photography Charge Admitted Here Richard Kelly Walsh, 985 Ross lane, was sentenced to six months in jail and fined ?25 plus court costs in district court yesterday folowing his arrest by city' police on a charge of photographing in decent and obscene material The lail sentence was sus pended. Walsh is a commercial artist with a studio at 46 North Front st. Salem IUPD Extreme fire hazards throughout Oregon and Washington have resulted in more forest closures to log ging and sawmill operations. a Beaut?" MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1958 fi)03 200 Mexicans To Arrive Here ' For Fruit Harvest Domestic Pickers Said in Short Supply Approximately 200 Mexi can Nationals will start arriv ing Friday or Saturday to help with the fruit harvest in this area, according to John Patton, of the state employ ment service here. Some of the Mexicans will arrive this week and the re mainder next week, he added. "We are not quite able to keep even with the number of pickers needed and are go ing into the peak of the fruit harvest next week," Patton explained. "Bartlett pears are still being picked and the peak harvest period is ap proaching on winter varieties of pears and also peaches." The peak harvest . period will see a need for 2,200 pick ers in the field, Patton esti mated. Approximately 2,000 domestic pickers beside Mexi cans are needed but not all of this number is available, the manager of the employment office said. Turnover High "Nothing is simple in this picture,", he emphasized. "We have no large population near us. This is a short seasonal job. We have to rely on itinerant transients. Their production is low and their turnover in numbers avail able is high." Youngsters are not able to handle the heavy ladders used in picking the fruit from the trees, Patton said. There is only so much time to get the fruit off the trees and packed while it is still able to keep in boxes, Patton added. This will be the first time in Oregon this year that grow ers have been forced to aug ment the local labor supply with imported workers, state employment service officials said. J. S. Kinney, president of the Jackson County Fruit Growers League, said previ ously, "Numerically there are enough able-bodied people in the valley to get the crop in, but realistically only about 10 per cent of the transients are working to save money. The others leave here in no better condition than when they came." Electrical Code on Council Agenda A proposed new electrical code and a proposed charter amendment permitting the city to assess abutting prop erty owners for sidewalk con struction without requiring a petition are scheduled for con sideration by the city council tonight. A public hearing on the Berrydale zone changes is also on the agenda. The electrical code is de signed to replace the obsolete code now in effect, which was adopted in 1925. The sidewalk amendment, if approved by the council, would be placed on the ballot for voters' consideration Nov. 4. Its purpose is to by-pass property owners reluctant to pay fof sidewalks in front of- their houses in order to pro vide for the safety and conven ience of pedestrians, school children in particular, who otherwise must walk out on the roadway. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 3 3 0 Chicago 5 8 2 Law, Smith (6). Black burn (8) and Hall; Drabow ski. Hobbie (8) and S. Tay lor. Home runs: Thomas, Pittsburgh; Banks, Chicago. noun DO PRIZE CLOTHING Lynne Eilers, 11, Talent, of the Nimble Fingers 4-H club, examines an exhibit of Ellen Hay, Eagle Point, championship entry in the "Sew It's Fun" division of the home-economics clothing division. Ellen Hay is a member of the Sew and Rip club. The 4-H and FFA county fair con tinues through Saturday. Over 2,000 Persons Visit 4-H, FFA Fair An estimated 2,000 persons have visited the Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair so far this week at the county fair grounds, according to es timates made by fair officials. The annual event is sched uled to continue through Sat urday and conclude with a style revue and a special awards program. 'The youngsters' were busy today judging beef and the grand champion steers will be selected this evening.' Also to be chosen tonight will be the best club of five steers. Sheep -showmanship and swine judging was scheduled to finish up this afternoon. Livestock Auction Dairy judging will fill two rings starting at 9 a.m. Fri day. The livestock auction will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the final day for 4-H and FFA events, will start with sheep judging and will include dairy showman ship, tractor driving and sheep shearing contests. .To make various displays of livestock appealing to the public, herdsmanship awards for neatness and cleanliness of stalls are being presented each day. New this year are the rosettes given the highest ranking clubs. The Kiwanis county fair gets under way at 5:30 o'clock tonight.' The fair will feature most of the events usually associat ed with the county fair, but in many cases, tailored to fit the interest of the area, ac cording to Russ Jamison, county fair manager. Climaxing tonight's events is the 7 o'clock arrival of Miss America, Miss Marilyn Van Derbur, at the Medford air port. When she arrives she will be presented a large bo quet of red roses by Nancy Greenman, the small daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Greenman . of Medford. Paul Meyers of r the Medford city council will give Jier the key to the city. The . beautiful queen will be welcomed also by representatives of the WEATHER ' FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness tonight with a lew scat tered thunderstorms and occa sional gusty winds. Partly cloudy Friday. Low tonight 55. High Friday 94. Temp. Highest Yesterday ; 93 Lowest this Morning 57 Prcc. to 10 a.m. Today .12 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:04 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:35 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:17 p.m. First Quarter today .11:45 a.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Scorpio,' below the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets . 8:5S p.m. Saturn, low in south west , lfl:3S p.m. Mars, in the east 12:26 a.m. Venus, rises : 3:58 a.m. Tribune e . n Qetsolseir Medford Junior 7 Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis club. Escorted by Bill Abbott,, Medford, ' Miss America will make numerous appearances at the county fair as well as the 4-H and FFA fair on Fri day and Saturday evenings. Her primary purpose here is to preside over the Miss Jackson county pageant. The first section will be held at 8 o'clock tonight and will con sist of judging of the girls in evening gowns. They will be judged in bathing suits to morrow night. Saturday night the contestants will be judged on their talent during two shows one at 8 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Sunday night the finalists will be judged. The county fair manager said 100 different demonstra tions, exhibits and events will be included in the show. Those people participating in the fair were busy with ham mer and saw and paint brush putting final touches on their booths. Festival Holds Afternoon Play Ashland An authentic but unscheduled Elizabeth an custom was added today to the history of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. Folowing last night's rain out of "Troilus and Cressida," an unprecedented matinee performance was presented- today at 1 p.m. Afternoon per formances, the regular fare in Shakespeare's day, have never before been staged at the Ashland theater. Several hundred hardy theater goers waited in the rain last night, hoping to see the "Troilus" performance. No Progress 10-Day Strike San Diego (UPD Teamsters and trucking industry repre sentatives were reported as far apart as ever today in talks to end a 10-day strike lockout of common carrier freight haulage in the West. Spokesmen for the Western Conference of .Teamsters and the California Trucking asso ciation met Wednesday in "ex ploratory" sessions but broke up with no progress reported. Federal mediators sched uled -new meetings today in hopes of finding a solution to the dispute which has tied up. three quarters of the ship ments west of Chicago. The lockout, called Aug. 11 by the CTA when members No. 131 Stay Granted by Judge; Governor Has No Comment Legislature Asked To Stand By . Little Rock, Ark. (UPD Richard Butler, attorney for the Little Rock School Board, said that the stay granted to day by Chief Judge Archi bald Gardner of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals may have relieved Central High's integration dilemma until October. "The way it appears to me is that the U.S. Supreme Court will not consider our application for a writ of certiorari until it meets in its regular October session, unless they call a special ses sion," he said. ; "It apparently means that the integration question is at a standstill until October." He understood that a part of the stay order was that he file an application for a writ with the Supreme Court by Aug. 29. A writ of certiorari means an order to send up the records; in this case, the records from the 8th U.S. Cirouit Court in St. Louis. Decision Reversed If the Supreme Court de nies the petition for the writ, it means that it will not re view the case and the judg ment of the appeals court stands. On the other hand, if it grants the writ, it means it will, review the case. It may, of course, uphold or reverse the appeals court ruling. In this case, the appeals court reversed the decision of U.S. District Judge Harry Lemley, Hope, Ark., that Cen tral High school should have an integration recess until mid-term 1961. The appeals court reversed Judge Lemley by a 6-1 de cision. The dissenter was Gardner. Legislature Alerted Gov. Orval E. Faubus de clined to comment until later today, and possibly not then. . Faubus ordered the Legis lature to stand by for a spe cial anti-integration session and raised the possibility that it might close Central to -keep out Negroes. Faubus said that "If Cen tral should be closed and re sult in a permanent dead lock," he has a plan to pro vide education for the 2,000 white children who attend it. The alert came on the heels of a prediction by House Speaker Glenn Walther that the Legislature would be called next week to deal with court orders to resume inte gration , at Central High school. Walther said he believes the Legislature will perhaps consider shutting down inte grated classes at the schooL Washington (UPD Con gress today approved finally pensions ior ex-presidents. Reported in of West Coast Truckers of Teamsters Council No. 38! of Sacramento struck, has idled an estimated 100,000 union members in 11 west ern states. Council 38, representing Teamsters from Bakersfield, Calif., to the Oregon border and into Nevada, walked off the job in protest over a master contract negotiated last May 27 between the trucking association and the Western Conference of Team sters. Members of the striking council claimed they never ratified the master pact and therefore were not bound by its provisions which provided for pay raise .of .10-cents, White House May Announce Action In Near Future Humphrey Says He Hasn't Been Informed Washington (UPD Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey predicted today that the administration soon will announce a one-year suspension of U.S. nuclear tests. The Minnesota Democrat, chairman of the Senate dis armament subcommittee, Said he has not been officially in formed of the suspension. But he said he is under the impression the announcement will be forthcoming shortly, and that the suspension will be for one year. Informed sources said pre viously that the White House announcement probably would be made before the week is over. .The decision to sus pend tests, these sources said, followed conclusion of a suc cessful East -West scientific meeting at Geneva on feasi bility of policing a test ban. Urges Suspension Humphrey has been urging a temporary test suspension if adequate inspection, proce dures could be set up. Meantime, members of the House-Senate Atomic Energy committee were briefed se cretly by the Atomic Energy Commission today on its po sition with regard to tests. Members generally declined to discuss the briefing but one of them indicated clearly that some form of test sus pension is in the works. Another member, however, said there was no direct as surance that a test suspension is about to be announced.'. This informant said the com mittee was briefed merely on the "possibilities of future tests." Details of the Geneva agreement were expected to be announced today. Preliminary Step A temporary ban presum ably would be labelled a pre liminary step toward ecur ing. a firm international agreement to ban nuclear testing, , backed by difficult-to-evade inspection. ". Russia announced suspen sion of its nuclear testing fol lowing a series of Red tests last winter and challenged this country and Britain to follow suit. The Soviet Union made it clear it would resume testing if other nations did not join the ban. Authoritative sources in London indicated Britain will go ahead with its forthcoming nuclear test series in the Pa cific regardless of any U.S. action. But there was general belief in London the new se ries would be Britain's last, now that an Anglo-American nuclear sharing agreement' has been reached. Central Point Has Three Wards . Central Point The Central Point city council last night approved an ordinance desig nating three wards for coun cil members. Two councilmen will rep resent each ward and one councilman from each ward will be elected every two years. Petitions for nominating city council candidates had previously been set up on a ward basis so no legal diffi culties are anticipated, City Recorder Lyle Paull said this morning. 1 The boundaries are Ward 1 everything west of Second st.; Ward 2 everything east of Second st. and south of Pine st.; and Ward 3 every thing east of Second st. and north of Pine st. Talks to End hourly over a three -year penoa. . ' The CTA contended that the master contract was in force and claimed that a strike against one member of the organization was a strike against all. A lockout was called. Still pending is a decision by the state Department of Employment on whether thou sands of California teamsters will be eligible for unemploy ment insurance. If the Department of Em ployment should rule that the drivers are not eligible for benefits, the CTA would be in a better' position to main tain its stand, members of the association said. & .
