Medford mail tribune., October 13, 1958, Image 1

Pope Pius
Buried
in Requiem. E
With Pomp andl : Ceremony
led
(Democrats Narrow
CegflstratSon Gap;
Only 687 Margin
The number of registered
Democrats in Jackson county
has crept up to within 687 of
the Republican total
This is the smallest margin
between the two parties in
the history of the county, ac
cording to the county elec
tions department, which com
pleted its tabulation over the
week end. Registration for the
general election closed Oct 4.
Total registration for the
Democrats is 17,030. There
are 17,717 registered Repub
licans. Miscellaneous party af-
luiations total 796, and the
overall registration total is
35,543 voters, out of an esti
matel 45,000 or more eligible
The new totals show a gain
of 550 Republicans since the
Cycle Accident
12th Traffic
Death for Year
Jackson county recorded its
12th 1958 traffic fatality Sun
day when Ernest Lee Beer,
24, of 330 North Central ave.,
Medford, died in a local hos
pital from injuries received in
a motorcycle accident Satur
day night.
He died at 7:40 a.m., Sun
day of head injuries, hospital
officials said.
The accident occurred at
approximately 10:30 p.m. Sat
urday on the' Jacksonville
highway, just east of Jackson
ville, state police said. Beer
was apparently riding his mo
torcycle west on the high
way, and while making a left
curve the machine went onto
the north shoulder, continued
along the shoulder and
dropped into the dry bed of
Jackson creek, officers said. .
The accident was reported
to Chief Criminal Deputy
Sheriff Joe Walsh who called
the state police and Medford
Ambulance Service. (
-' The victim was the son of
Mrs. Don Long, Fern Valley
and Ernest W. Beer, 327 Ed
wards st., Medford. A relative
said the victim of the accident
had been working for a con
struction company near Trail.
' Jackson county had record
ed 23 traffic fatalities the
same date last year.
Merrill Haggard
Is Patrol Captain
Among the more than 90
patrol members who took the
patrol pledge last week was
Merrill Haggard, school patrol
captain for Jefferson school.
He received his badge from
Martin Holmes, school patrol
representative of the traffic
safety division, motor vehicle
department.
Young Haggard had not
been appointed when the
names of the other school pa
trol captains were announced
last week. Counsellor for Jef
ferson school patrol is Ken
neth Hulbert.
Medford City Police Cap
tain Clyde Fichtner is liaison
officer for the school patrol
between the police depart
ment and schools.
Salem - (LTD - The State
Boadrd of Control is consider
ing plans for a proposed non
ambulatory cottage at Fair-
view home for the mentally
retarded here.
Make Medford Beautiful
WEEDS-Tall weeds along South Pacific highway obscure the
Armory, collect wind-blown rubbish, mar appearance of the
right of' way and create a fire hazard in dry weather. This
photograph is the first in a series which will pinpoint some
of the things which need to be done to support the city's
"Make Medford Beautiful" campaign, .now under way. Lou
Cranston is chairman of the "Make Medford Beautiful" com
mittee, appointed recently by Mayor John Snider.
primary election in May, and
an increase of 1,084 Demo
crats during the same period.
Miscellaneous voter gain was
68. Total increase was 1,702.
24 Counties Democratic
Statewide registration fig
ures, as of May, showed 24 of
Oregon's 36 counties to be
considered predominatly
Democratic.
In Jackson county the
Democrats have shown a
steady gain since 1948 with
the exception of 1954. In
1953, County Clerk Bereth P.
Hopkins cleared the files of
all those who had not voted
in two years and those who
were deceased. A total of
7,420 names were "pulled" as
non-voters, and 350 were
found to be deceased. Since
then the files have been clear
ed every Tuesday of those
who have died.
Greatest spurts in registra
tion for the Democrats were
recorded in 1952 when the
Democrats showed a gain of
2,232 registered voters, and in
1956 when the Democrats
showed an increase of 2,964
registered voters over 1954.
Republicans Gain Slowly
Republican voter registra
tions, on the other hand, have
displayed a slow gain over
the same 10 year period from
1948 to 1958. Year of greatest
gain for the Republican party
was 1952 when the Republi
cans showed an increase of
1,937 registered voters over
1950.
Official registration figures
from the county elections de
partment covering the period
from 1948 to 1958 are: 1948-
14,784 Republicans, 12,264
Democrats, 709 miscelleanous,
total 27,757; 1950 - 14,699 Re
publicans, 13,323 Democrats,
763 miscellaneous, 28,696
total; 1952-19,636 Republi
cans, 15,555 Democrats, 876
miscellaneous, 36,067 total;
(Files cleared in 1952 pulling
7,420 non-voters and 350 de
ceased); 1953-16,364 Republi
cans, 11,599 Democrats, 616
miscellaneous, 28,579 - total;
1954-17,547 Republicans, 13,-
456 Democrats, 691 miscel
laneous.' 31,694 total: 1956-
17,964 Republicans, 16,420
Democrats, 812 miscellaneous,
35,196( total; 1958-17,717 Re
publicans, 17,030 Democrats,
796 miscellaneous, 35,543
total. All figures, except those
of 1953, were taken in No
vember. Figures as of 1953
were taken in October after
files were cleared.
"This is about 15 less Demo
cratic voter registrations than
I had predicted," James Red
den, Democratic central com
mittee chairman, said today.
"We had 22 county-wide
registrars and a crew of can
vassers working , day and
night. The canvassers went
from door to door."
"I predict Jackson county
will go Democratic in two
years or after registration
figures are in for the next
election," Redden added.
Medford Citizen
Gun Mishap Victim
James Albin Martolin, 20,
of 819 Beekman st., Medford,
was treated at Rogue Valley
hospital Saturday afternoon
and released after he accident-
ly shot himself in the right
lower leg, according to Jack
son county sheriffs deputies.
According to reports, Marto
lin was target shooting with a
friend in the Shale City area
when the accident occurred.
SiwLiiMiiii r.,i.
"You Wanna Take Another Look At That
Front One?"
Supreme Court Deals
Blow To Faubus'
Segregation Efforts
Washington - d'PD -T he Su
preme Court dealt another
blow today to Arkansas Gov
Orval E. Faubus' school segre
gation efforts. It also decided
to look into another major
racial issue in Virginia.
In its first business session
of the 1958-59 term, the tri
bunal took these other actions
involving racial issues:
-Denied a hearing to the
Delaware Board of Education,
which has been ordered to
Drilling Starts
For Rogue Manor
A crew from the Medford
Diamond Core Drill company
this morning began drilling
on top of Barneburg hill to
determine the sub-foundation
structure for Rogue Valley
Manor.
Construction on the -$5
million retirement home is
scheduled to start early next
year. The non-profit corpora
tion which is building the
manor has reported that well
over half of the 270 apart
ments in the Manor have al
ready been contracted for
sale.
The architect for the build
ing is now completing the
final working drawings for
the structure, and the infor
mation from the diamond core
drills is necessary before the
foundation plans can be com
pleted in detail, it was report
ed by members of the Manor
staff.
Next step, before building
starts, will be to level the top
of the hill to whatever depth
is shown to be necessary by
the core drills.
Waited Higgins, executive
secretary of the Manor organi
zation, said it is expected that
a call for bids will be issued
on about the first of January.
It will take about 18 months
to build the big retirement
manor, and plans call for it
to open in June of 1960.
Centennial Events
Schedule Planned
Those groups planning fes
tivals, picnics, jamborees or
other community events for
the forthcoming Oregon Cen
tennial celebration are asked
to call their centennial city
chairman and give the pro
posed dates, according to Er
nie Hood, centennial county
coordinator.
Event dates may be phoned
in also to the centennial office
at SPring 3-2059, 6r may be
mailed to "1959 Oregon, Med
ford, Oregon."
"Next year the people of
Jackson county will have the
opportunity to show" their
generous hospitality by wel
coming and inviting centen
nial visitors to their own
community events," Hood
stated.
Publicity outlets are open
through the state highway
department brochures and cal
endars, the centennial com
mission, and- state depart
ments with some 350 sources
throughout the nation.
To take advantage of this,
however, data concerning the
events must be tabulated im
mediately, he said.
prepare integration plans for
seven school districts in Kent
and Sussex counties. The
court action means the board
must proceed with the plans.
-Refused to review a lower
court decision invalidating
two Louisiana laws aimed at
barring Negroes from state
supported colleges. This leaves
the lower court ruling
standing.
-Refused to reconsider its
June 30 action under which
Philadelphia's Girard College
remains an institution for
white boys only.
Test, of Virginia Laws
The new rebuff to Faubus
was in the form of a refusal
to review federal court actions
for forbidding him to use Na
tional Guards to keep Negroes
out of Little Rock's Central
High school. Faubus had ask
ed a high court review of an
appeals court decision uphold
ing a U.S. District Court in
junction against Faubus and
his National Guard cbmmand-
ers. This means that Faubus
is bound by court orders not
to use guard troops again . to
interfere with school inte
gration. .
(Continued on Page 9) . .
Expense Money
Mailed to County
A check for $130 was re
ceived by Jackson County
Treasurer Karl Janouch to
day from Roger F. Rath,
county budget committee
member. . The check was re
fund of expense money paid
to him as a member of the
committee earlier.
The money had been paid
Rath at the rate of $10 a day
expense money, and was later
declared by the attorney gen
eral to be an improper pay
ment. District Attorney
Thomas J. Reeder wrote to
the members of the commit
tee, M. T. Wray, Roger F.
Rath, and Arnold J. Bohnert,
requesting that the money be
refunded.
The district attorney's let
ter was mailed in September.
This is the first check re
ceived by the county as re
fund payment, Janouch stat
ed today.
In his letter Reeder ex
plained that it did not appear
to him that any of the budget
committee members had any
intention of violating the
law. He added that the error
in payment was made by the
county court due to a misun
derstanding of the law.
The. check sent by Rath was
to cover payments during
1956 and 1957.
Chain Said Stolen
But Collie Pup Left
Friday morning a 25-foot
chrome-plated chain connect
ed Mrs. Rilla Bell Norris' col
lie pup to its dog house.
Friday evening the dog
and the house were still
there-but the chain was not.
Mrs. Norris, 2554 Roberts
rd., reported the incident to
Medford police. She said the
chain had been stolen.
Burns -0JPD An investiga
tion into the gunshot death of
Mrs. Barbara Ann Levitt, 25,
at her Burns home Saturday
is being continued by Harney
county sheriff's officers and
state police.
53rd year
Medford
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Constant Stream
Of Signals Give
Valuable Data
South Pacific Seen
As Scene of Descent
Washington - IUPD - Ameri
ca's Pioneer moon rocket ar
parently crasaed like a meteor
in the atmosphere over the
south Pacific at 8 p.m. (P.S.T.)
Sunday after, completing an
unprecedented 43-hour ex
ploration of outer space.
The heavily-instrumented
rocket which soared more
than a third of the distance to
the moon to reach an altitude
of 79,212 miles, sent back a
constant stream of radio sig
nals until 7:46 p.m. (P.S.T.)
Sunday.
The Air Force announced
early today the pioneering
space vehicle was assumed to
have struck the atmosphere at
a speed of nearly 25,000 miles
per hour and to have been
completely consumed by fric
tion about 15 minutes after its
last radio signal was received.
Although it failed to reach
the intended "vicinity" of
within 50,000 miles of the
moon, the Pioneer rocket
blazed a trail into space that
may well be the forerunner
of true manned flight to t h e
moon, the planets and even
someday the distant stars.
Probe Space Further -
Gen. O. J. Ritland, . vice
commander of the Air Force
Ballistic Missile - Division,
said "we, have every confi
dence that we wilP probe
further into space, eventually
to Mars, Venus and possibly
the sun."
President Eisenhower sent
scientists who took part in the
historic venture his "sincere
congxatulat ions on this
splendid . achievement." ' He
said the flight had "Truly pio
neered in deep penetration
into outer space."
"Already," he declared, "it
is clear that it will yield
knowledge of great benef it" to
mankind in adding to an
understanding of the universe
in which we live."
New Achievement
The Pioneer, by penetrating
into space more than 30 times
farther than the highest
known previous flight, gave
the United States a potent
new achievement to stack up
against Russia's admittedly
enormous satellite accomp
lishments, and thus further
recoup this country's weak
ended prestige as a world
science leader.
During the final two hours
of man's most ambitious at
tempt so far to explore the
universe, the Air Force made
repeated efforts to save the
Pioneer by attempting to fire
its final . "retro-rocket" to
push it into an orbit' around
the earth. The retro rocket
had been intended to send the
Pioneer into .orbit around the
moon. . . " . '. ,
But . the Pioneer, . its bat
teries chilled by unexpectedly
low temperatures ';ih space,
failed to respond ' to radio
command signals ' from the
ground. The Air Force said no
reports of observation of the
rocket's fiery death had been
received.
Barely Moving ' '
The Air. Force's Hawaiian
tracking station, which made
the last known contact with
the Pioneer, said its speed as
it approached the earth was
34,425 feet per second -exactly
the speed attained
shortly after its launching at
12:42 'a.m. (P.S.T.) Saturday
from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
At the peak of its filght, al
most floating in space, the
Pioneer remained at almost
the same altitude for. two
hours. Barely moving, having
lost its speed to gravity, its
logged altitude, both at 12:47
and 2:47. a.m. (PST.) Sunday
was 79,120 miles with a maxi
mum 92 miles higher achieved
at some undetermined time in
between.
PIONEER
APPAfiE
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1958
VI
M
HTILY
CUTS RIBBON-Medford Mayor John Sni
der cut the ribbon yesterday to formally
open the new Senior Activity Center, 601
East Jackson st., which will provide a meet
ing place and headquarters for recreational
activities for local senior citizens. Receiv
Police Seek ,
Clues in Bombing
Of Jewish Temple
Atlanta-IUPD-Police grabbed
at every straw today in search
of a lead to the Sunday bomb
ing of the Jewish temple here.
Detectives ' admitted they
had nothing to go, on in their
investigation of ,,the $200,000
explosion: that ripped, apart
the religious school area of
the temple. Three persons
were questioned but . police
would not identify them.
Free of Attack
The house of worship on
famed Peachtree st., had been
markedly free of anti-Semitic
attack over . the years. Its
rabbis had been . noted for
friendly relations with the At
lanta Protestant clergy and
many ' Protestant gatherings
had been held in the beautiful
sanctuary whose stained glass
windows now lay shattered in
the aisles. . ' ,
A wave of indignation came
from the demolition, includ
ing a flood of calls from
churches, and laymen.
Seventh Incident .
The Atlanta Journal, head
lining a page 1 editorial, "A
Desecrated "Temple Cries Out
to Heaven," said the incident
"defiled Atlanta and Georgia
as well as that holy edifice."
. This was the seventh inci
dent, of its type, in the South
in recent months. There ap
peared to be. strong evidence
of a pattern.
Police and FBI authorities
sifted for clues through the
rubble but so far none has
been found.
Hunter Spatters
Shot on Window
An unidentified hunter
spattered birdshpt against a
Springbrook rd. residence Sat
urday afternoon and sent two
little girls screaming into the
house, . Medford police re
ported. .
Bonnie Lee McCart, 2215
Springbrook rd., told police
the hunter was in a field
across from her house and
about 100 yards beyond the
road.
She said. he flushed some
birds and fired at . them.
though they were right in line
"with her house. 'She said shot
pellets struck the front porch
where Rhonda McCart, 6, and
Michelle Marie Huffman, 5,
of 2905 Delta Water rd., were
playing.
The children . screamed and
ran inside while the hunter
walked away, she said.
The investigating officer re
ported the children had
small red spots" where the
pellets struck them but suf
fered no other physical injury.
OOR ROCKET
'CRASHES.
ACTIVITY CENTER
Recreation
For Senior
Celebrates
Medford's Senior Activity
Center, which will become a
headquarters for carrying out
a . recreation and activities
program for senior citizens of
this area, was formally pre
sented to the Rogue Valley
Council on Aging by Mayor
John Snider yesterday'. An
open house was held after the
presentation ceremony. ; .
Among those present were
Frank Glonning, chairman of
the local council, who ac
cepted the building on behalf
of the group, Miss Julie John
son, Eugene, executive secre
tary of the Oregon Council on
Aging and Mrs. Clifford Zol
linger, Portland, member of
the executive board of the
State and National Council
on Aging. Also present was
Mrs. Frank Bloomer of Eu
gene's Emerald Empire Coun
cil on Aginft in addition to
many members and. officers
of Medford's two 50-plus rec
reation clubs.
The center, located at Jack
son and Hawthorne sts., will
serve as a place where older
people can meet, pursue hobbies-
and crafts, and broaden
their participation in com
munity life. It is among the
first such centers in Oregon.
Unique for State
The Senior Activity Center
reported to be the only one
of its kind in the state of
Oregon, will be staffed by
volunteers and will offer rec
reation programs free of
charge to anyone over 50
years of age. Included in the
activities ' wilt be classes in
varied crafts, oil painting,
wood carving, dancing and
various other social events.
The center will be open from
12 noon until 4 p.m. five days
a week.
The Center, occupying a
portion of Medford's city
park warehouse,' was painted
and redecorated by volunteer
labor over the last few weeks
and furnishings for the club
room were donated to the or
ganization. The building will also be
used for meetings of the
Rogue Valley Council on Ag
ing, held at 3 pjn. the third
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thickening high
clouds lonigni. wiu ..n,
Tuesday with occasional light
rain. Low tonight 45. High
Tuesday 70. TEMP.
Highest yesterday 79
Lowest this morning 42
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:34 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
6:23 a.m.
Moonset today
6:18 p.m.
First Quarter - Oct. 19
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus, sets .1:45 p.m.
Altair, high in S W 8:23 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in S W 7:18 p.m,
Mars, rises 7:56 aJn.
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tribune
No. 174
ing the building on behalf of the Rogue
Valley Council on Aging was Frank Glon
ning, chairman of the organization. Use of
the center will be free to anyone over 50
years old.
Center
Citizens
Opening
Thursday of each month,
where the work of commit
tees on housing, health, em
ployment and recreation of
Medford's senior citizens will
be discussed. The meetings,
formerly held - in the Red
Cross chapter house, are open
to the public. ,
Planning Group
Continues Hearing
The Medford planning com
cission is scheduled to con
tinue its study of closing the
Clark st. railroad crossing at
its regular meeting at 7:30
p.m. today in $he city .hall
council chamber. - -
Also on the agenda are a
preliminary report on zoning
junkyards, a preliminary re
port on changing the zoning
ordinance for multiple family
zones, study of the proposed
subdivision, ordinance .'and
five public hearings on zone
changes. - ;
Final approval of the' La
Mirada subdivision is also
scheduled. The commission
has undertaken a study of "con
trolling the drainage ditch at
thai location. The ditch par
allels Barnett'rd. to the south.
Rynning Attends Meeting;
Photogrammetry Talked
Paul B. Rynning, county en
gineer, returned Saturday
from Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.,
were ne attended the sixth
annual highway conference of
the county and local road divi
sion of the American Road
Builders association. Rynning
is a. member of the board of
directors of the county and
local road division and past
director of the American Road
Builders association.
The four-day conference, at
tended by nearly 1,200 per
sons from throughout the
United States and Canada, in:
eluded topics pertaining to the
federal highway act and the
use of photogrammetry. Coos
and Multnoniah counties were
also represented at the
meetings.
The engineer explained that
the federal1 highway act 'and
how it applies to counties and
cites was discussed as well as
demonstrations on the use of
photogrammetry.
Photogrammetry Explained
Photogrammetry, the art of
obtaining surveys. by means
of photography, is being used
on . a much wider scale
throughout the United States,
he stated, and added that the
electronic commutors, which
interpret the findings are now
General Public
Excluded From
Final Respects
Coffins Lowered
Beneath Basilica
Vatican City-rOJPD-Pope Pius
XII was buried near the tomb
of the Apostle Peter today in
a requiem filled with all the
pomp and ceremony of the
Roman Catholic Church he
headed for 1 more than 19
years.
The richly robed body of
the Roman aristocrat who be
came one of the greatest
popes in the 2,000-year his
tory of the church was given
all the rich final honors due
a deceased pontiff. Then it
was placed in three nested
coffins and lowered into the
deep grottoes beneath St.
Peter's Basilica. . It will re
main there in a temporary
resting place for a year, and
then be entombed permanent- .
ly near the final resting
places of many of his prede-,
cessors.
Paid Last Respects
Cardinals of the church in
purple mourning and red
sashed diplomats paid their
last respects to the man who
was born Eugenio Pacelli,
and who died as the tempo
rary head of the tiny Vatican
City state and spiritual lead
er of the world's half billion
Roman Catholics.
The general public, by a
last-minute Vatican decision,
was excluded from the final
ceremony, and fewer than
10,000 persons of official
status were admitted to the
basilica.
Televised in Europe
I The final tribute to Pius
XII, who died Thursday at ,
the age of 82, was televised
for the first time throughout"
Europe from within the mas
sive stone and marble walls
of the vast St. Peter's Cathe
dral. The history of the Catho
lic Church itself seemed to
come to life and pass in re
view in the full panoply of
color, as the final rites were
Derformed and the exquisite
ly blended voices of the Jul
ian Choir echoed through the
vast reaches of St. Peter's.
Msgr. Enrico Dante, pre
fect of apostolic . ceremonies,
signalled the beginning of the
last act in the drama of Pius
XII at 4 p.m. (7 a.m. PST).
Million Pass Bier
Four hours before, the last
of a million persons had filed
past the Pope's bier on an
elevated and inclined cata
falque before the Altar of the
Confession to pay their last
respects.
The body, its head graced
with the mitre 'of the late
Pope's position as Bishop of
Rome and covered with the
red robes of the papacy, had
lain in state since Thursday,
at first at Castel Gandolfo
where he died, and then at
St Peter's, where it was sur
rounded by 24 lofty candles
and seemed almost lost in the
vastness of the basilica.
Salem -flJPD- Education is a
national job as well as a state
and community job, Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes told Oregon
high school heads he're today
in a call for general federal
aid to education program.
being used by many of the
larger counties and cities.
- He cited as an example the
use of commutors to decide
the amount of dirt needed to
be removed and added to fills
in highway construction. A
job which now requires the
work of two engineers work
ing two months could be done
by the machines in less than
30 minutes.
He stressed that the Jack
son county road system com
pared quite favorably with
other counties in the nation
and explained that in the use
of federal funds available to
counties, Jackson was way
ahead.
330 Miles of Road
Jackson county now has a
total of 330 miles of oiled and
improved county roads, Ryn
ning - said. This is approxi
mately one-third of the coun
ty roads.
- He said that during the
summer work had been done
by the county crews in Elk
creek, Butte Falls, Applegate,
Dead Indian, and Evans creek
areas as well as locally. It is
hoped that the concrete will
be poured on the Stewart ave.
project between Grape st. and
.Riverside ave. this week, he
added.
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