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Firm TTSK-t: ijsmS ; '"" n U 0 U D OU Q o n o n r 1 n Jwisi lew TEST HPLES-Core drilling of rock strata that will form the base for the 10-story Rogue Valley manor, to be built on top of Barneburg hill, started yesterday. The na ture and thickness of the rock will deter mine the kind of sub-foundation necessary for the building. Drilling of the rock is be ing done by Medford Diamond Core Drill company, but the machine shown above, a well drilling rig, was moved in to drill and case holes through a top layer of earth Planners Suggest Railroad Crossing Be Maintained Medford' planning commis sion last night recommended by a 3-1 vbte that the Clark st: railroad crossing be "main tained, improved and lighted." The planners also decided, at the suggestion of City Man ager Robert A. Duff, to hold an interim meeting later this month for consideration of several long-range planning matters. The commission recommend ed three zone changes and one sign variance following public hearings. Two other hearings were continued for further study, and four hearings were called for the next regular meeting, Nov. 10. Set for, Agenda The recommendations on Clark st., , the zone changes and the sign variance are to appear on the city council's agenda for its meeting this Thursday, a spokesman for the city manager's office re ported today. In deciding to maintain and improve the Clark st cross- School Boards to Meet in Medford A report on a study being made of the distribution of O and C funds in Oregon will be given' by Elmer Fleming, superintendent of Josephine county schools,' at a meeting of the Oregon School boards association, district 13, at Hed rick Junior High school Oct. 21. x Mrs. Evelyn Nye, chairman of district 13, which includes Jackson and Josephine coun ties, pointed out that Jackson county has received more . than $9 million in the past seven years from O and C funds. Also on the agenda for the 8 p.m. meeting next Tuesday is a report on activities of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce tax study commit tee regarding school financing and budgeting. Jerry Latham, chairman of the . committee, will give the report. Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford schools, will discuss the Flescher re port on Oregon Technical In stitute, which contains recom mendations for area vocation al schools and ' removal of technical training program from Oregon State college. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and other cur rent problems concerning edu cation are scheduled. The Ore gon Schools Boards associa tion will hold its annual meet ing in Eugene Nov. 6-7 this year. Make Medford Beautiful ifiTT iii DISREPAIR The county -owned ball park east of South Pacific highway would Joenefit from structural improvements and a new coat of paint. The foreground area, used for a parking lot during baseball season, is bumpy, strewn with lit ter, and overgrown with weeds. This photograph is the second in a series inventorying possible improvements in connection with the city's "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign. ing, the planners acted con trary to recommendations by the state public utilities com mission, the Medford Safety council and the traffic safety committee of the Medford Medical society. , On the other hand, they had received last month a pe tition signed by more than 200 residents urging that the crossing be kept open and improved. According to a recent PUC order, maintaining this cross ing will cost the city $10,000 as its share of improvements on two other crossings. By closing Clark st., the city would free itself of this obli gation. M. Thomas Wray, commis sion chairman, Allan F. Perry and Jack A. Edson approved the recommendation. Paul Selby opposed it with a view to using the $10,000 to help finance an alternate route. Poses Problems City Attorney E. Roy Ba shaw said after the meeting that improvement of - the crossing would pose problems since legal responsibility for it was unclear. A formal , dedication has apparently, never been made, city officials report. The city, it is understood, could prob ably establish a claim through "prioi?' and consistent use." The : commission's interim meeting agenda is expected to include such matters as a new trailer ordinance, revis ion of regulations for multi ple family zones, zoning of junk yards' and a study of how to zone areas adjacent to interchanges on the pro posed free-way. Recommend Rexonlng The planners last night rec ommended re-zoning property on South Grape st., beyond Gitzen's veterinary clinic from two family to commer cial and rezoning the Earhart tract on South Riverside ave. from single family to commer cial. They also recommended re zoning of Nick Gier's prop erty on North Pacific high way in Berrydale from single family to "Class IV Light industrial"-to permit a trailer park: But according to the pres ent zoning ordinance "Class IV" is Limited Light Indust rial and "Class V" is "Light Industrial." The latter zoning is required for trailer parks. Portland-UPD-The Portland school board has voted to hire a New. York -school finance expert . to help it fight for changes in the equalization formula used by the state to distribute tax funds to schools. and rock mixture. A total of eight holes, ranging in depth from 12 to 43 feet, will be made. Checking" the drill, left, above, is M. D. Shults of Shults Brothers Well Drilling company, Medford. Looking on are, leffto right, Ray Hageman of Medford Diamond Core Drill company, Medford, Sig Schwarz, Shannon and Wilson company, Seattle, and Walter Higgins, director of the Rogue Val ley manor. Water to cool and lubricate the drills has to be pumped up the hill to the site. Huson Elected To Group to Make Detailed Survey Darrell Huson, city finance and city parks directors, was appointed chairman of a block by block city survey to be conducted by volunteers un- der the direction of the "Make Medford Beautiful" commit tee. The appointment was made at the Monday noon luncheon of the group at the Medford hotel. Lou Cranston, committee chairman, discussed letters re ceived from interested indi viduals concerning the "Make Medford Beautiful" project in which they listed areas where they felt attention was need ed. Cranston stressed that ac tion is being taken by the group on each letter received and encouraged others to write the committee offering suggestions. Pictures Helpful He added that letters about particular ... areas , .where . im provements are needed will not be publicly used. He ex plained that pictures along with the letters of these areas would be helpful to th.e com mittee. It was reported that sev eral civic groups had already volunteered to aid with the city block by block survey. From these block reports, Cranston said that a . master map will compile the infor mation. The map will also record the progress of the project. Groups and organizations wishing to volunteer their services for committee proj ects are asked to contact Cranston. It was recommended by the group to prepare a letter or plaque for presentation to or ganizations who aid with the project. Mrs. Bert Pree, com mittee member, was appoint ed chairman of this project. Other appointments made at the meeting were Tom Mac Leod, publicity chairman, and Miss Peggyann Hutchinson, secretary. Also attending the meeting was Granville Brittsan. Sewer Plans Are Studied in EP Eagle Point - The Eagle Point city council is studying a report from John W. Cun ningham and Associates, con sulting engineers, of the esti mated cost of a sewer system and disposal plant for the city, , Estimated total cost, includ ing disposal units, is $142,000, engineers reported. E a g 1 e Point is eligible for an esti mated $20,000 grant from the government on the cost of the disposal plant and main trunk lines, city officials said. Officials said the average assessment for lateral sewer lines in Eagle Point is esti mated about $1.75 per front foot. On an average- size lot of 50 feet frontage, the own er .would pay about $87.50, they said.- Upkeep and bonds would be .financed at the present rate of sewer charge per resident and commercial rates with no increase of taxes antici pated should bonds be floated to- finance construction of a sewer system, of ficials . saidl Mayor Ray Tresham said the council plans to hold sev eral public meetings at which the engineers', report will be discussed before any action is taken by the council. Washington -(UPD-. President Eisenhower will hold a news conference Wedaesday. Truman Unity on Vital Foreign Issues By HARRY S. TRUMAN . North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Copyright. 1958, by Harry S. Truman (Reproduction of this article without written authorization.) It must be no secret to anyone that I am currently en gaged in a political campaign the Administration s domestic policies. And I intend to be unsparing in my indictments of these policies. Some of my speeches doubtless may be regarded as highly partisan. But in these dangerous and anxious times I will take ho part in partisan attacks in the Most Important Issue Reassertion of, our leadership in the free world is the most important issue confronting us. And I intend to do everything I can to discourage partisan attacks where they would weaken or hamper the Administration's hand in its dealings with Soviet Russia and Communist China. . And I would hope that partisan political considerations would not influence the Administration in the course it takes to guard the peace in the face of continuing threats and intrigues of the Communists. I think I have rather extensive first-hand knowledge of what we are up against, and I fell I should 'caution some leaders of both parties about the danger of injecting partisan politics into the present world conflict. We must be careful not to give the Communists grounds for believing that we are a divided people and can be maneuvered Into a state ' of indecision or appeasement. . : Discussion Necessary . .1 want to make it clear that I am not suggesting that we limit free, open and frank discussibn of foreign policy. Under our form of government such discussion is necessary.-- But I feel that it would be unfortunate if we engaged in the kind of bitter partisanship we experienced during the defense of Korea between 1950 and 1952. This type of irresponsible criticism and partisanship can munists. . And I would remind the top spokesmen-even now at engaging in narrow and harmful partisanship. I hope they stop it. And let me say here that it is up to the Administration to restore real bipartisan cooperation by inviting leaders of both Houses of Congress for consultation and frequent brief ings on foreign policy. Only , the President, and he (Continued on Page About 45 Of United Crusade Is Approximately 45 per cent of the total United Medford Crusade goal has been reach ed, it was reported at yester day's Crusade luncheon at the Young Men's Christian association. - - United Crusade workers have raised $59,648 of the to tal goal of $131,030, it was noted. Leading the divisions is that of the public employees headed by Elliott Becken. "We are certain we will at tain 100 per cent of our goal by the next report meeting," Becken said. Dr. Frank Wilson, profes sional division chairman has challenged all comers to a hula hoop contest at the next report meeting, Dick Travis, general chairman, announced. 'Sentenced' Division Chairmen Dick Ragland, Fred Robinson and Ray Mencke were brought be fore Jim Dunlevy. or "Jim Levey" for sentencing. One of the defendants was charg ed with "running the Los An geles Rams football team by remote control from his liv ing room chair. And this Fairgrounds to Be Discussed Tonight Approximately 30 persons are expected to attend a pub lic meeting tonight to discuss improvement of the present county fairgrounds or the pos sibility of acquiring new fair grounds property. The Dublic meeting is sched uled for 8 p.m. in Bigham halll at the county fairgrounds south of Medford, a spokes man for one of the interested organizations said. Represen tatives of various groups ex pected to attend include local businessmen, fair board mem bers, 4-H club leaders, and Ki wanis club members.- The meeting was consider ed when it was learned that the Jackson County Sheriff's Posse grounds at the north west city limits may be. sold soon. A local attorney' has been . working on the neces sary p a pe r s to put the grounds up for bid, it. was learned.- It., will - take about a month to sell it under sales procedure,-it was repoited.- Stresses in whole or in part is forbidden making speeches critical of field of international relations give comfort only to the Com . " . Administration that some of its this late and critical date-are alone, can bring tnis aoout. 1, Second Section) Percent Medford Raised i against FCC regulations." However, charges were drop ped when Travis reported that the division ' chairmen in question had made greater contributions - t h a n last week's. Medford barbers will hold a "Barbers' Day," Oct. 30. All haircut money received be tween 9 a.m. and l pjit. will be donated 'to the United Cru sade, it was announced. ', Members of several partici pating agencies and the Lions' Auxiliary, lunch sponsorers, were introduced. Next report meeting will be held n the YMCA social hall on Monday, Oct. 20. : Small Forest Men To Meet This Week Small forest landowners are scheduled to express their op inions on why production from small forest lands is not as great as it should be, and what can be " done about hy at a meeting at the 4-H building at the fairground south of Med ford Wednesday afternoon. . The' meeting, - which is scheduled between 1 and 3 p.m. is being sponsored by. the state department of forestry and the forest service.. Officials pointed out that there will be ho attempt to "sell anything.) We just want to get their views.": . Grand Jury Start Investigation A grand jury investigation of alleged improper practices' in the operation of the Eagle Point Irrigation district was scheduled to get under way today. -, - - District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder reported the investiga tibn was one of several cases referred to .the jury. He said a burglary case, -a welfare fraud case and non - support cases were also on the agenda. Allegations against the dis trict have been made in public meetings and written state ments by Mrs. Ann Todd, a water-user and candidate for a seat on the district's board of directors. ' . She has . charged the dis trict's officers individually or collectively with conflict of 53rd year Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, Ceremony Talked As Construction Of Sears Starts Other Prospective Tenants Not Named oears rvoeDucx ana com pany is planning a ceremony to launch construction of its store in the new East Jack son st. shopping center, ac cording to James E. McClel lan, developer of the project. McClellan said yesterday it is up to Sears to announce the start-work date. Asked about other prospec tive tenants in the center, he replied, "We have some very good tenancies. He declined to name them, but said, "The leases are out." Previous reports have men tioned a Safeway grocery store and a chain drug store. McClellan, partner in the Los Angeles construction firm Buttress and McClellan, Inc., said the total number of tenants would depend on the amount of space each decides it needs. .'.. Oliver R. McNeel, head of Medford's building depart ment, is studying a detailed set 'of plans for the Sears store this week. : ' He said yesterday it would be "a week or ten days" be fore he could issue a building permit. McClellan was in town yesterday to discuss the plans with McNeel. He said he was also interviewing potential sub-contractors. ' He said a second set of these final . plans would be sent to the Cal-Ore Builders exchange here "in a few days." An earlier, incomplete set has been at the exchange since mid-July. McClellan said there would be' "no sealed bids" on work to be sub-contracted. "We'll ' take bids as we go along,", he explained. He said Mark Goldy, Med ford real estate and insurance broker, would be active in so liciting such bids. Expense Honey Is Returned to County Budget Committee Member M. T. (Tom) Wray, Medford, said yesterday' afternoon he had returned $140 paid him in expense money by the county court. " He added, with tongue in cheek, that he also sent back two pencils he "accidentally" picked up while at work on the budget. - Yesterday Country Treas urer Karl Janouch receied a check for $130 from Roger F. Rath, county budget com mittee member. The check was a refund . of expense money paid to him as a mem ber of the committee earlier. The expense money had been paid at the rate of $10 a day. and was later declared by . the attorney general to be an improper payment. Dis trict Attorney Thomas J. Reeder wrote to members of the committee, 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. These are the first checks re ceived' by the-county as re fund payment. Slated to interest, inconsistency in levy ing penalties for late payment of assessments, enternig into an "inequitable" contract with the California Oregon Power company, several other acts or practices she says are illeg al or not in the district's best interests.1- ...... . . The district's directors are J. Harvey Stanley, . Clarence J. Greb and Elbert M. Bing ham. Ted Flury is the secretary-manager and Mrs. Thel ma Short, the book-keeper.' ; : Flury last week denied there has ever been "in ten tional corruption" in the dis trict's operations. , - - Reeder said today that in dictments, if any, would be se cret pending the serving of warrants. OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1958 No. 175 immm iff; . -a i mm Q AUTOMATIC A modern voting machine is scheduled for demonstration at the League of Women Voters' Candidates Fair, this Friday evening in the Hedrick school gym. Pulling the handle to the right closes the curtains. The voter . then pulls down pointers over his ballot choices,, both names and "yes" or "no" for questions, oh the rear wail. By pulling the handle back, he will register curtains at the same tim. "' Voti n g Ma Be Displayed During Candidates Fair An automatic voting ma chine will be among displays at- the Medford League of Women Voters' Candidates fair at Hedrick Junior High school Friday evening, Mrs. Thomas Rutter, voters service committee chairman, has an nounced. . The Fair will open at 8 p.m. with ' candidates from each party manning various booths. Demonstrations also are sched uled.' Candidates for state, county and city offices are scheduled to attend. Mrs. Rutter noted that 100 voting machines would be needed in Jackson county to serve the 36,000 voters now registered and the increase anticipated in the next 10 years. Money saved in elimi nating some election person nel and supplies would pay for 100 machines in 10 years, according to figures compiled by the county clerk. ; Accuracy Assured Mrs.- Rutter pointed out that the biggest advantages of the machine is the ease, speed and accuracy it assures the voter. There are no spoiled ballots, the count is mechan ically accurate, and the ma chines ' provide a permanent record of the' ballots cast. Election results are ready when the polls, close,- she not ed, making counting boards unnecessary. The League de cided to have the voting ma chine brought in for the Can didates Fair so residents of the county could view and work the machine. . . In an attempt to acquaint new citizens - with -American campaign practices and vot ing procedures, personal invi tations have been sent to all Jackson county residents who have taken- the naturalized, citizens oath or examination weather: . FORECAST: Fair through Wed nesday; high today S3; low to night 40 and high tomorrow 80. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest This Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:32 p.m. 6:24 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow .. Moonset tonight 7:04 p.m. First Quarter : Oct. 19 VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the east at 10:13 p.m., is now less than SO million miles from the Earth. Saturn,, setting at 8:07 p.m. is now nearly 20 times as far away as Mars. Price 10 cents Tribune ...t the entire vote and reopen the . . . .- chine to during the past year, v Mrs. Rutter said. ; . Residents who plan to at tend ' the Medford -.Klamath Falls football .game Friday night are invited to attend the. Fair following .the game, she said.v 4 Complaints Signed Against Two Men A complaint has been signed by Central Point police and Oregon State " police against Medford and Central Point men charging posses sion and displaying a game of chance, according to dis trict court. Charges are : Ernest Lytle, 49, South Eighth st., Central Point, and Henry Aylmer Dit manson, 22116 North Holly st., Medford. Both men are scheduled to appear in district -court at 4 p.m., ' Monday, bet) 20, to make their , pleas and post bail, ' according to District Court Judge James Main. The complaint charges the two men with displaying the machine in Valley Billiards hall in Central Point. Bail has been set at $150 each.- 'You Fellows Forget (. I 1 FBI Agents To 0ni7 Rnv Inunlvorl UUIJ. lUJ IIIIUIIlU In Previous Scare Rabbi Blames 'Twisted Mind' Peoria, 111. (UPD Explosion of a homemade bomb dam- aseu uie wiuuuws ana interior of a Jewish temple early to day and police and FBI agents planned to question a youth involved in a bomb scare at another temple last year. 3 41 : 3 i j ... The explosive in the bomb, packed into a short iron, pipe, was black powder, police de termined. It went off in a stairwell leading to the base ment of the Anshai Emeth. Temple. . Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg, about 250 families, said he thought the bombing was con ceived by a "twisted mind." ' Police Capt. George John- . son said that a bomb, also homemade, was found last year where another Jewish temple was being built. It fail ed to explode. . To Ouefiiian Rnvs Johnson recalled that this also was a black powder bomb, and he said that among the first persons to whom po lice would talk would be two teen-age boys. One was ques tioned aoout xne oomD iouna at tne otner temple last year. The other was injured last year in an explosion of pow der which he had in his pos session: , ' FBI agents were quick to 30m . police in the investiga tion of today s blast. Police investigating the blast spotted two men fleeing in an alley behind the temple. f -1 L 'il Uliicers . urea ai me men when they failed to halt, and Patrolman Paul , Fisher said he believed one of the men was wounded. ... . . r Atlanta - (UPD - Police dis closed today they have cor roborated - a suspect s state ment that a bomb plot against thp Atlanta , Jewish Teirmle was hatched at a meeting of an anti-Semitic underground organization here last May 5. ' Officers have the names of the five men who ; attended the meeting. nvnamite riDDea a nuEe hole in the fashionable tem ple early Sunday, causing $200,000 damage. , Chieaeo - (UPD - Two bombs. ' exploding almost simultan eously, shattered the neigh boring buildings housing two Negro families in a South Side neighborhood early today. Both were black powder bombs, police said and were believed to be home made. No one was injured in either blast. Voters Pamphlets To Be Mailed Soon Voters . pamphlets will be mailed to all of the 35,543 reg istered voters in Jackson county starting this week, ac cording to County Clerk Ber-. eth P. Hopkins. The pamphlets will include sample ballots and lists of polling places, the county clerk said. As part of the general voter instruction to prevent elec tion confusion the county clerk is preparing diagrams of , voting procedure. I Was Shanghaied" - own Mtwcm Twim,
