Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1958)
Nl M IM L Jk J v uui n IB BEING TORN DOWN Demolition work has started on the Oregon Shakespearean Festival theater in Ashland. The stage is being torn down to prepare for construc tion of new facilities, subject to the success of a planned fund raising campaign. Goal $16,569 Collected So Far in Drive Toward UMC Goal The United Medford Cru sades' first report meeting was held yesterday noon in the YMCA social hall, with about 90 Crusade workers present to report first week receipts totaling $16,569.81. Crusade Chairman Dick Travis expressed confidence, indicating this year's cam paign is off to a good start Progress reports were given by division chairmen, quot ing the amounts collected thus far in each respective division. For the second consecutive year, the public employees division reported the largest initial report of all divisions. Chairman Elliott Becken re ported that $6,759.11 of his $11,0000 goal had been turn ed in. The majority of this figures came from the schools second which has already gone over its goals of $5,850. Becken credited Gordon Mor ris for turning in $6,201.19, $351.19 in excess of his $5, 850 goal. The lumber division report ed it had collected a total of $5,296.50. The goal in this di vision is $26,100. Lumbermen have been working on their accounts since August 15. Larry Clark, chairman of special gifts division, state ed that his division had cal lected $3,077, $915 better than last years first week total. The goal in this year's UMC drive is $131,030. Fish Lake Set for Poisoning Oct. 1 Poisoning Fish lake to kill trash fish will start Oct. 1, it was decided here yesterday. Representatives of agencies involved met to discuss the job, which will cost an esti mated $8,000 or more. Trash fish have increased in the lake, destroying the trout which form the basis of the sports fishery there. The lake was poisoned sev eral years ago, with consider able success and rest'lting good growth of trout, but the "trash" fish have come back in sufficient numbers to make the job desirable again, it was explained. (See Slory on Page 9) Post Office at Be Dedicated Central Point -Formal dedication of the new post of fice building here will be Sat urday, Sept. 27, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The Central Point iunior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the dedication, and ceremonies will last about one hour. John Smock, of the Junior Chamber of Com merce, will be master of cere monies. The new post office build ing provides patrons with the most up-to-date postal facili ties, including the bank-type counters which have recently replaced the old screen-line windows, and a courtesy box on the curb where letters can be mailed from cars. Two rural carriers, John Crocker and Lewis Kilbourn, carry out of the Central Point office. There is one mounted route, carried by Ernestyn Uzl' - b-1 " - til f Festival Theater Being Dismantled Ashland Workmen t h i s week started dismantling the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val theater in Lithia park. The ' Festival association plans to build another theater on the location before next season with funds raised in a campaign which is expected to start early in November Headquarters for the fund drive have been established in the Leverette Building, Medford. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Medford, building fund chair man, said the goal would be Buzbee Is Bound Over fo Jury Bascom Taylor Buzbee, 25 Watson ave., Medford, was bound over to the grand jury after appearing in district court yesterday on charges of larceny by embezzlement. He waived privilege of hav ing an attorney and a prelimi nary hearing. Bail has been' set at $1,500. According to the complaint siged on June 9, Buzbee is charged with taking $633 while an employee of the Greyhound Post Houses, Inc., in Medford. Oral William Mize, transi ent, was bound over to the grand jury on charges of uttering and publishing a false check. Appearing in dist r i c t court yesterday, he waived the privilege of hav ing an attorney and a prelimi nary hearing. Bail has been set at $1,500. Lester Edward Tolleson, Sparks, Nev., pleaded guilty in circuit court yesterday to charges of petty larceny and was sentenced to six months in the county jail. ' Robert E. Gardner and Howard Gardner, both of 315 Newtown st., Medford, plead ed innocent in district court yesterday to charge of assault and battery. Trial has been set for Oct. 16. The two men are charged with beating Hugh Messer, Medford, with their fists. New York (UPD Queen Eliz abeth and Phince Philin will make a leisurely trip to the West Coast of the United States next spring, the maga zine Newsweek predicts. CP Will Saturday Charley, and a foot route car ried by David Setness. George Evans, station superintendent, is assisted in the office by Ray Allred, assistant to the station superintendent; and Mae South and Margaret Con ger, clerks. A total of 1,885 patrons are served by carrier routes, and 465 patrons receive their mail through the post office boxes. Smock said the Crater High school band will assist "in the program, and refreshments will be served. Following the dedication program, patrons and visitors will inspect the new building. Assisting Smock will be Dick Stratton, Gay t HaUett and Eloy Sutton. Boy Scout Troop 40 of Central Point will present the flag to Evans. A representative of the Regional office in Portland will repre sent the post office depart ment at the dedication. of the campaign will be established after final cost figures are determined by the architect, building and subcontractors, ac cording to Alfred S. V. Carpenter, chair man of the building fund. (Classic Studio Photo i established as soon as final cost figures are determined by architect, builder and sub contractors. Committees Planned Committees are being set up in other cities in Oregon and California, Carpenter re ported, and the group hopes that a sizeable amount can be raised outside of southern Oregon. Robert Reinholdt, Ashland, association president, told the Ashland city council recently that the stage was being torn down now so rebuilding can start as soon as funds are available. He noted that the structure had been con demned by the state fire mar shal's office, and could not be used again in any event. ' Reinholdt said "the associa tion has. in the hands of its architect plans for the con struction of a new stage house unit," which will be construct ed in the same location, "sub ject to the success of a forth coming campaign to raise the necessary funds." "Regardless of the success or failure of our efforts to re place the condemned building with a new structure, it is ne cessary that the old structure be torn down not only to re duce the fire hazard, but also, should our fund campaign be successful, to pave the way for an immediate start of con struction for the-new plant," his letter explained. Members of the executive committee for the fund rais ing campaign and members of the Festival board of directors are meeting weekly at offices in Medford. Committees are being organized, and starting date for the campaign will be announced soon, Carpenter said. Everett Craven of . the J. Henry Lang Financial organi zation, San Francisco, is di recting the campaign. Cattlemen Honor Shoe Repairman Denver, Colo. A Medford shoe repairman was honored Monday by the nation's cattle men for his campaign to re quire identification of the ma terial used in making shoes. Wilbur L. Gardner of Med ford was presented the unique blue ribbon" of the Ameri can National Cattlemen's as sociation. The ribbon is re served for individuals who make "distinguished contri butions" to the cattle indus try. Radford S. Hall, executive secretary of the organization, said that Gardner's campaign, in which he has circulated pe titions in nearly all states and personally contacted congress men, is an example "of what one man can still do for his fellow man in this complicat ed modern society. Gardner is asking that all shoes offered for sale be la beled as to content so that the consumer may wisely buy shoes of the materials, such as leather, he desires. Gardner, a shoemaker and repairman for many years, began his cam paign after noticing the in creasing use of inadequate substitutes, such as paper and fiber. As a result of his campaign among other cobblers and con sumers, a bill is being readied for introduction in Congress which would require content labeling. Chrysler Expected To Settle With Auto Workers Reuther Turns Pressure on Firm Detroit-(UPD-Chrysler Corp., threatened with additional de mands if it doesn't reach a contract agreement with the United Auto Workers Union by Wednesday noon, ap peared about ready to settle today. UAW president Walter P. Reuther turned pressure on Chrysler to settle before Wednesday noon by telling company negotiators he would leave Chrysler negotia tions at that time to partici pate in talks at General Motors. Knows From Experience "If we haven't reached a contract agreement before I leave here, Chrysler will have to suffer the consequences of being last to settle," Reuther said. "From its experience in 1955, Chrysler knows what it is to be last to settle. I don't think I have to explain it for them." Although Reuther refused to explain his threat any fur ther to newsmen, company of ficials said they presume he meant the last company to settle would have to give bet ter contract terms than any of its predecessors. Although this was not the case when Chrysler was the last to settle in 1955, Chrys ler spokesmen pointed out the union usually demands a lit tle more after each settle ment. Silent on Issues Both Reuther and John Leary, Chrysler vice presi dent in charge of personnel, were silent about the issues remaining when they ad journed Monday night. But it was obvious Reuther was standing his ground and it appeared the company would have to give way if a settlement were to be reached before the deadline. Local Freezing Forecast for Area The threat of freezing wea ther accompanied the first day of fall today. The Medford weather bu reau forecast local freezing tonight with temperatures at the airport expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees. The possibility of cooler tem peratures in other sections of the valley was indicated. Skies will remain fair ' to night and Wednesday, when a warming trend is forecast. The mercury tomorrow is ex pected to climb to near 70. Fall officially started at 5:10 a.m. today. The low at the airport this morning was 38 degrees. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Local freezing to slight. Low at the airport 30-35. Warmer Wednesday. High near . 70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning ..... 38 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ;fi:0S p.m. Sunrise tomorrow (:01 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .... 2:57 a.m. Full Moon (Harvest Moon) Sept. 27 PROMINENT STAR ' Fomalhaut, in the south 10.54 p.m. . VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 7:01 p.m. Saturn, low in south- . west 8:31 p.m. Mars, rises Venus, rises .. 9:12 p.m. 5:16 a.m. "Next Time We Take A Study The Terrain 53rd year - Medford 16 Pages Kesiginicitooin. off Adorns Welcomed by Democrats Given Equal Time To 'Answer' Aide Alcorn To Defend Overall Record Washington-flJPD-Sherman Adams showed up as usual at the White House today, presumably to work out with President Eisenhower the "orderly transition" to others his duties as No. 1 assistant to the chief exec utive. There was no immediate indication when the Presi dent and Adams would meet or when a new chief of staff, if any, would be announced. The President accepted Adams' resigna tion "with sadness." Washington-IUPD-Republican congressional campaign chiefs today welcomed Sherman Ad ams' resignation as President Eisenhower's No. 1 assistant. They said it would prevent worsening of GOP prospects at the polls in November. Democrats gleefully chor tled "too late" and prepared to capitalize on Adams' dra matic TV defense of his ac tivities by demanding equal time to "answer" the depart ing White House aide. The Democrats' reply to i Adams was tobe'carried over major television and radio stations at 2:35 p.m. (p.s.t.) today. " Alcorn To Defend GOP Chairman Meade Al corn was ready to take up the cudgels in defense of Adams and the administration's over all record in an appearance before the National Press Club this afternoon. Adams, unbending N e w Englander, who ran afoul of a' congressional committee's charges of "influence in gov ernment," announced his res ignation over all major radio and television networks Mon day in as publicized a depart ure as could be remembered for a high official. Record Defended In firm tones he defended his 20 years of public service and his 5V years as Eisen hower's trusted "chief of staff" and denounced his crit ics for what he called their "campaign o f vilification" aimed at ousting him from public life for their "personal advantage." He said the evidence "clear ly established" he had never influenced or tried to influ ence any government agency or employee, and he lashed out at a House investigating subcommittee : for receiving "irresponsible testimony. . . rumor, innuendo and even unsubstantiated gossip." (Continued on Page 11) Stand, Shouldn't We Or Something?" MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1958 POINT BLANK One young lady in Roose velt school's first grade gets ready to fire a question at Officer Robert Allen of the Medford police department as he conducts a class on safety. Thirteen members of the force are donating spare time this year to City Planners Define 'Offices' In Zoning Law ; The Medford planning com mission last night removed one stumbling block to the unidentified prospective pur chasers of the old Rogue Val ley. Memorial (Community) hospital building on East Main st. . By unanimously adopting a broad definition of "profes sional and vocational offices" offered by City Attorney E. Roy Bashaw, the four mem bers present said in effect that the uses reportedly con templated by the prospective buyers are - permitted under the present zoning law. If the city council accepts the commission's recommend ed definition when it meets Thursday night, the group will be. virtually assured that the various offices it is under stood to be interested in will meet with the city's approval. Multiple Family Zone The hospital building is zoned "multiple famil y," which allows "professional and vocational offices," as op posed to "limited commer cial," whith permits 'offices (business and professional)." Bashaw's definition reads as follows: "The conduct.of clerical and professional operations in con nection with occupations or businesses where no goods, wares, merchandise or other property are delivered to or from, the premises for sale, service, repair or manufac ture, and where there is no storage of goods, wares or merchandise, or display there of by sample or otherwise, on the office premises." It has been reported that the would-be buyers hope to modernize the building and lease space to insurance com panies, lumber brokers and possibly other firms as well as to doctors and dentists. Report By Duff The commission also heard City Manager Robert A. Duff report that the proposed re zoning of the. Earhart tract from single family to. limited commercial would still leave more than 50 per cent of the businesses there non-conforming. An unqualified "commer cial" zone, he said, would be the proper designation. The commission recommended the prior change to the city coun cil after a public hearing at its last meeting. The commission voted to ask the council to rescind a hearing on the change to "limited commercial" called for Oct. 16, and then voted to hold a public hearing itself Oct. 13 on a change to "com OOP g? V!e5sr sl -V if, Smith Says Union Contract Not Valid Vincent Smith, manager of Gilman's Dairy, who has re cently disagreed with Teams ters .Local 962 over the valid ity of an alleged contract be tween the dairy and the un ion, yesterday called union charges that Gilman's had vi olated the contract "an out-and-out lie." "It is not a valid contract and never was," Smith said, "or they wouldn't have tried to use organizing tactics in stead of going to court." Smith leveled charges of "gangsterism" and "Hitler ism" against present-day lab or unions in the first part of his talk, which was delivered before the weekly Jackson County ' Chamber of Com merce round table at the Jack son Hotel. . ,' Scheduled Next Week Robert Shaw, secretary of the Teamsters local, and Bill Hoxie, representing the Cen tral Labor Council, have been scheduled to address the roundtable next Monday, it was reported today. Smith, declaring he was "not against labor unions as such," added, "The leaders have taken over. There is no room for the idealists and the independents. . "I am firmly convinced that Americans must have the right, but not be compelled, to join labor unions," he' said. Turning to the local situa tion, Smith claimed that Gil man's drivers had chosen not to join the union. Went to Office He said two union repre sentatives had come to his of fice in July telling him he must either fire his drivers within five days or force them to join the union. He said he told his drivers, "I had no intention of firing them or forcing them to join the union." The union charged him with firing union drivers and hir ing "scabs" when he took over in 1956, Smith said. "The only person I have ever fired at Giiman's Dairy," he asserted, "and I don't know if he was union or non-union," was in July 1956, primarily because he admitted taking over $700 in collections off his route. He has since paid for it." Lost Customers He said Gilman's had lost "better than 50" customers since the Teamsters placed the dairy on its "Do not patron ize" list. "We have picked up a number of customers too," he said. . Whatever action the union has taken, it is understood, has come as a result of Gil man's alleged contract viola tion. Fred Morlan, secretary of the I n d u s t r i a 1 Council of Southern Oregon and negoti ator for an association of Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 157 Chiefs the annual classes on bicycle safety, pedes trian suggestions, not associating with strangers and police friendship. Their schedule calls for visits to all Medford public schools, and to St. Mary's academy and the county's Howard school as well. Southern Oregon clairy dis tributors, has stated that Gil- man s belonged to the associ ation up until April 30.M958, and that the dairy continued to pay dues to the Industrial Council, of which the associa tion is an organic part, until July 1. v He said that he was author ized to sign a two-year con tract effective May 1, 1956, on behalf of the association's members, including Gilman's, and that he did sign it, on Aug. 2, 1956. 'Continuing Clause' He further stated that a "continuing clause" in the contract obligated Gilman's to notify the union by March 1 of this year if it intended to terminate the contract and not renegotiate it. He said that Gilman's noti fied him in a letter April 30 that it did not consider itself bound by any prior contracts and did not wish him to rep resent it in this year's negotia tions. But, . he said, Gilman's failed to notify the union, by March 1. Smith said today that Gil man's had been paying dues to the Council, but so far as the dairymen's group was concerned, "I have never heard of any such associa tion." "Mr. Morlan was not au thorized to sign the contract in 1956, in our behalf," he said. Hunter Found Dead Near Happy Camp Yreka, Calif. -(UPD Walter Odel Ramsey, 60, a deer hunt er from Lemon Grove in southern California, was found dead in his car in' the Elk creek area near Happy Camp in Siskiyou county about noon Monday. Sheriff Al Cottar said Ram sey's hunting partner was being sought for questioning. Value of $300 Million Placed On Tourist Trade Salem -(UPD-A record $300 million value was set on the Oregon 1958 tourist season Monday by Frank Jenkins, new chairman of the advisory committee of the 'Travel In formation .division of the State Highway department. Jenkins reported that, tour ists from outside the state left about $150 million in Oregon during the travel season just ended while Oregonians trav eling within their own state spent about an equal amount. Washington May Unleash Planes Of Nationalists Impressive List of Conferees Huddle ' Taipeh, Formosa -(UPD- Gen-! eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Adm. Harry Felt, com-' mander of U.S. Pacific forces, . met in secret for more than; six hours today. There were reports China '. was seeking U.S. permission' to bomb Communist mainland artillery bases opposite Que-' moy. Informed sources said the two men discussed how far ' the United States will go to defend the besieged Quemoys and a Washington warning that America would unleash Nationalist bombers if the off- ' shore islands were about to fall. Nationalists thus far have 1 retaliated against the mas sive four-week bombardment of the Quemoys only with ar-' tillery dug in on the island. There were unconfirmed re ports the Nationalists had sent in larger artillery pieces but news from Quemoy has been blacked out. U. S. and Nationalist mili tary officials agree the only way. to stop the shelling is to bomb the Communist artil lery. But this step has not been taken, apparently in be lief the Reds would send their bombers over Formosa and di rectly involve the United States in a shooting war. rationalist sources said the wisdom of bombing the main land is in part a political ques tion rather than a purely mili tary problem. Should Chiang make such a recommendation to Felt, the admiral could only submit it to Washington for .consideration by t Pen tagon and the State Depart ment. Seriousness of the Formosa crisis was reflected in the list of those conferring Monday and today on new military moves to end the Red block ade of Quemoy and ease the Nationalist position. The con ferees were: , Gen. Laurence Kuter, com mander of U.S. Pacific air forces; Ambassador Everett Drumright; Vice Adm. Roland Smoot, U.S. Taiwan (Formosa) Defense commander; Nation alist Premier Chen Cheng; Defense Minister Yu Taj-wei; Chief of Staff Gen. Tiger Wang Shu-ming and the Na tionalist army, navy, air force and marine commanders. The long conference be tween Felt and Chiang coin cided with Washington re ports American jets might join the attack" against the mainland bases if Nationalist fighters and f ighter-bomben were unable to complete the work. Registration. Drive To Be Intensified The Jackson County Dem ocratic Central committee an nounced today that its voter registration drive, which has been under way for more than a month, would be intensified during the last two weeks of registration. Plans are formulated for a 10-night door-to-door drive ex tending to Oct. 4, the last day of registration. The drive will be staged in all sections of the county, according to James Redden, county chair man. The drive already has re sulted in more than 600 regis trations, he said, and another 1,500 are expected. Mobile units have register ed voters at business centers,' and canvassing crews have gone from door-to-door sec tions of Medford, Central Point and Ashland. A non-partisan unit will be stationed near Matlack's mar ket on West Main st. between 7 and 9 p.m. today, Redden said. Canvassers will contact residents to register. Highway department sur veys showed that tourists vis iting the state in 1958 stayed longer than those of recent years and spent more money during their stays. Jenkins revealed plans for a stepped-up advertising cam paign for 1959, centennial year. He said "growth of our tourist industry is in great measure due to Oregon's in vitational advertising cam paign. The program has been, effective and we plan to ex pand it next year."
