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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.
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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
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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.
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