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Medford iribune 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 16, 1958 No. 177 5)0 p4g?y I r 1 AJ HOOP CONTEST-A1I the students of Howard school had the chance to show their skill in the use of the hula-hoop last "week and yesterday a final contest was held to determine the top three twirlers in each grade. Some spun them on one leg, on a diagonal between neck and underarm and around their shoulders as well as in the conventional way. They were judged on all-around skill and their ability to do "fancy" maneuvers with the hoops. ',' ' ' if?, NONCHALANT-Smiling happily, and look ing as if he could keep his hoop spinning ail day long, Jimmie Josephson, a second grader at Howard school, shows his stuff in the hula-hoop contest held at the school yesterday. The ability of the smaller young sters to work the hoops is still amazing to Fishing Hole, Train Included in Suggestions of Park A fishing hole' where Med-i ford's youngsters can match wits with bluegills or bass. A railroad locomotive, a IsTavy bomber or an Army tank for them to explore and pretend to operate. A public building where teen-agers and others can hold parties. These and other ideas were discussed last night by the city's recently appointed Park and Recreation commission. Meet With- Duff ,. Eight of the commission's nine members met with City Manager Robert A. Duff and Planning Technician Ned Langford in the city hall coun cil chamber. It was their second official meeting. - Last week they gathered to elect Jerry Poulos president, Mrs. Edith Eden, vice president, and Mrs. Owen Kunkel, secretary. Mrs. Kunkel reported that Dr. Lynn Rodney, of the Uni versity of Oregon's recreation department, was "very inter ested". helping the commis sion get its bearings and "would be very happy" to work with it. Last night's meeting was adjourned tentatively to next Wednesday or whenever else Dr. Rodney could attend. But the lack of an expert Make Medford Beautiful DILAPIDATED-A number of buildings in varying states, of direnair line Medford's north-south thoroughfares. This par S Structure with its tiny "For Sale" sign by the door is saein- needs paint. Improving its appearance would help 4ll ft-and help sell visitors on Medford. This scene is one of a series appearing in connection with the city's "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign. most grown-ups. Although he didn't win a' prize in the contest, he figured nothing was lost because he would have spent the rest of the lunch period spinning the hoop any way. Girls outnumbered the boys three to one in- the -contest. advisor failed to inhibit those present in bringing up and discussing a variety of pro-, jects. t ; ' Negotiations Start Verl G.' 'Walker, reported that negotiations were under way for acquiring a locomo tive. He said the Southern Pacific had declined but two other possibilities are being explored. " - , .. . ' - , Navy bombers and Army tanks were also discussed as possible acquisitions for play grounds. , - Walker also suggested the fishing hole. He said he thought overflow water from the city's reservoir on the east side could be used. Poulos said he was interest ed in erecting small buildings in park areas for party use or as museums. He suggested such a building adjacent to the proposed West Jackson st. pool. Another proposal was pos sible uses of three city-owned lots on Effie and Bessie sts: The commission agreed to ac company Duff on a tour of the area and to look into the possibility of acquiring ad: jacent lots for park purposes. Zone Adjacent Land Langford then described need for deciding how to zone and develop land adjacent to Trying to pick the winners, above is Bill Colley, physical education teacher, who was in charge of the contest. Also a judge was School Principal Harold Boner. First place winners in each grade were: first grade, Tina Johnson; second, Kathy Frohreich; third, Sandra Poling; fourth, Linda Wolfe; fifth, Diane Millard; sixth, Carol Millard; and seventh, Tanya Johnson. . Group the proposed freeway's off- ramps. . He called the commission's attention also to a - strip of land between the freeway's right of way and Biddle rd: from East Jackson st. to Crater Lake highway. ' He described this strip as being from 80 to 100 feet in width and a potential problem in development. : The commission members resolved to recommend to the city council that it ask the state highway commission to buy the strip, develop it and maintain it as a roadside park area. " Next they agreed to con sider recommending to the council that sub-dividers 1 be required to set aside a certain area within a sub-division, or the' equivalent in cash, for municipal park and recreation purposes. Mrs. Eden said this has been put into effect elsewhere and suggested that the com mission decided on the proper percentage for such a require ment. Mrs. Kunkel brought up the possibility of placing a levy on building permits for park and recreation funds. The sum of $5,000 has been set aside in the city's 1958-59 budget for the commission's use. The proposed municipal swimming pool in the Jackson County Housing authority's now-defunct housing area on West Jackson st. was dis cussed. . Duff, a member of the au thority, said, "I'm sure it will be in operation by next June." He said the authority had not turned over the funds to the city yet since it had not received payment from the U. S. government for a por tion of the .area purchased for a reserve armory. The authority resolved earlier in the year to dissolve itself and turn over cash on hand plus revenue from sale of buildings and land to the city provided the money be used for a swimming pool. The total sum has been estimated at. $75,000. - : Taipei-rUPD-Nationalist Chi na is still making aerial re connaissance flights over the Formosa Strait although they have stopped flights over the mainland, , the . air. force said today. Classes Slated To Slart at New School Oct. 27 ' Classes are scheduled to get under way at the new Wilson school Oct. 27, according to Medford School Superintend ent Leonard B. Mayfield. Mayfield, in his report to the school board Tuesday night, solicited suggestions and comments from board members relating to the Busi ness Education day slated for Nov. 20. - Medford businesses and pro fessional men are to visit schools on that date, return ing a visit to their establish ments by teachers and school officials in September. The BE day program is sponsored by the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce. Mayfield also reported that schools are to hold open house Nov. 12 and 13 to mark Na tional Education week. Turned Over to Bank Elliott, Becken, assistant su perintendent, reported ..today the school's million - dollar bond issue for construction and school additions, sold last month to the U.S. National bank of Portland,, is being turned over to the bank. He said Wilson Slater, board clerk, has been dispatched to Portland to sign the - bonds and present them to the pur chaser. Mayfield described to the board a critical water situa tion at West Side school, caus ed by a well drying up. He said a redwood storage tank has been purchased from Phoenix at an estimated cost of $360. ' : - Becken said today that a new pump and three steel storage tanks will relieve the situation further. He reported that the board Tuesday night approved de velopment of the practical nursing program provided sat isfactory financing by partici pating school districts could be worked out. Becken said the city school reorganization committee un der the leadership of Keith Hockersmith is "more active now." - The board accepted "in principle" the proposed merit salary based on overall teach ing qualifications, Becken re ported. A joint committee of teachers and administrators has been studying the project, he said. He reported the study of high school student fee sched ules, comparing Medford's to others in the state, is "still under way." Problems Problems of taxation and management for owners of small forest areas were dis cussed by about 65 persons at a meeting here : yesterday afternoon. . . . The gathering, sponsored by the state and federal for estry departments, was to gain opinions as to why the woodlots and small - forests of the nation are not 'as pro ductive as they might be. It was one of a series through out the nation, motivated by recent forest service inven tory of America's timber re sources,, which, pointed out that the small .woodlots and forests of the nation are the least productive segment of the woods-products industry. Small-lot timber owners do not gain much by paying taxes under the terms of the Reforestation Act, the meet ing was told. , Explains Payment - County Assessor Ray Schu macher explained that under! Mrs. Eisenhower to Christen Nation's First Jet Liner Washington - (UPD - Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower will christen the nation's ' first commercial World Airways clipper America, in color ful pre-inaugural flight cere monies today at Washington National Airport. The First Lady will smash a bottle of water, col lected from the seven seas, across the nose of Pan Am's giant Boeing 707-121 jet shortly after 4 p.m. Three hours later the America will leave Baltimore's Friendship International Airport for a flight to the Brussels World's Fair.- The airline's first com .mercial jet flight with pay ing passengers is scheduled for Oct. 26 when daily serv ice between New York, Paris and Rome will be inaugurated. Flury Arraigned In Circuit Court; Case Continued Ted R. Flury, 54, of route 1, box 586, Eagle Point, secretary-manager of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, was arraigned in circuit court Wednesday afternoon. The case was continued until Oct' 24 for him to enter a plea. Flury, who is charged with the acceptance of considera tion by public official for services rendered for a per son dealing with a public body, was arrested by Jack son -county sheriff's deputies on a grand jury indictment Wednesday morning. He was -released on $250 bond following his appear ance in -circuit court before Judge Edward C. Kelly. Representing Flury at the court appearance Wednesday was Frank P. Farrell, attor ney for the irrigation district. Request Investigation District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder requested a grand jury investigation of the dis trict following complaints by Mrs. Ann Todd, Eagle Point water-user and candidate for a seat on the board in the general election next month. Flury is charged with re ceiving $4,050 from the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany between the dates of Jan. 1, 1955, and Oct. 1, 1958 while he was .an official of the district. A contract between the power company and the irri gation district allows the com pany to use district water for a power station at Nichols Gap in return for paying the district for maintenance and improvement work on the main canal bringing the water to the station. Oregon Youth Named FFA National Head Kansas City, Mo. (UPD Adin Hester, 19, of Aurora, Ore., today was elected na tional president of the Fu ture Farmers of America as 11,000 FFA members in at tendance closed the group's 31st convention. , Hester, an Oregon State college freshman majoring in agricultural education, suc ceeds Howard Downing of Nicholasville, Ky. of Small Woodlots Discussed the Reforestation Act a tim ber owner pays 2Vi cents an acre of trees east of the Cas cades and 5 cents an acre west of the Cascades to come under the act. Then when the tim ber is cut he pays a 12V& per cent yield tax. Schumacher also explained the regular taxing program. Figuring an average valuation of $10 a acre,' an assessment of 30 per cent of this would impose a tax of 60 mills, he said. This would amount to 1.8 cents per acre. Schumacher told the group if taxation is one of their problems they can be sure that the county assessor is in terested in helping them by appealing to the state legisla ture It is difficult to obtain loans for growing trees, one small woodlot owner said. Not enough time is allowed under loan conditions for normal growth and harvest of trees. It takes at least 25 years to grow and harvest timber but 'Baby' Nuclear Device Fired at Yucca Flat Site Follows Large Blast Underground Today Atomic Test Site, Nev.-OIPD -The Atomic Energy commis sion fired a "baby" nuclear device today, following up the largest underground explo sion ever held in this coun try. The eighth shot in a series increased from 10 to 13 be fore a proposed Oct. 31 inter national ban on atomic tests banged like a giant firecrack er from beneath a .balloon tethered 500 feet over Yucca Flat at 6:20 a.m. (p.s.t.). It followed by only a few hours Wednesday night's giant subterranean . detonation that caused the ground on the Ne vada Test Site to ripple to ward observers. The daylight shot, named Dona Ana, was the sub-kilo-ton range, or less than 1,000 tons of high explosive. , Dirfy Cloud Rises Dona Ana, which was de scribed as bne of a series of small shots, was the fourth shot from a balloon in the current series and marked the first time in AEC history that three shots were fired within 24 hours. After a brief fireball, . a dirty looking cloud in mush room shape rose to about 5,000 feet and began drifting to the west. There was a rumble in the shock wave, but just about all the activity was gone from the shot with in two minutes. Meantime, the AEC said Wednesday night's under ground test which went off at 10 p.m. (p.s.t.), had a range in kilotons from, three to seven, with a best estimate of yield somewhere' between five and six kilotons. The largest previous underground shot was 1.7 kilotons. Radiation Contained A monitoriug survey this morning showed that 1 radia tion was "completely contain ed," the AEC reported." Voters' Pamphlets Received by County Voters' pamphlets for the general election' Nov. 4, fac simile sample ballots, and a list of precinct polling stations have been received by the county elections department. '' The voting information items will be mailed locally to all of the registered voters in the county, it was reported, with mailing to be completed by the end of next week. The majority of the envelopes have been addressed, elections department officials said tor day. . The county will be reim bursed by the state for mail ing costs, according to County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins. She said the facsimile sample bal lot and list of precinct pollfng stations were included in the mailing this year as some vot ers have complained in the past that they did not know their polling place. Each of the coifnty's nearly 36,000 registered voters will receive the voters informa tion material.' the longest term extended in usual loans is seven years. Work on Problems The forest research center at Roseburg is working on the problems of y both the small woodlot owner and the larger timber tract owners, the group was toln. One of the problems most people seem interested in is the advisabil ity of burning timber slash. Jack Mace, soil bank forester, said' the state forestry service is' looking for timber harvest demonstration land. Such . an area would demonstrate the different stages of timber growth and harvest opera tions, he said. : This area might be used also to educate school chil dren in forest conservation, it was explained. Tours have been conducted recently in Josephine county for sixth graders, a state forestry spokesman said. Those woodlot owners need ing advice on sales contracts can obtain it from any fores "We Have A Kind Of Of Our Candidates to Give T wo-M i n u te Ta I !cs Candidates for governor, congressional representative, and labor commissioner will speak for two minutes each in their behalf at the League of Women Voters Candidates Fair at Hedrick Junior High school tomorrow night, Mrs. City to Consider Buying Lot Home Purchase' of an $11,000 lot and residence at South Holly st. and : Melrose ave.-' as the first right of way acquisition for' extending Melrose east ward is scheduled for 'consid eration by Medford's city council tonight. The council authorized City Manager Robert A. Duff Aug. 7 to negotiate for right of way necessary to extend Melrose across the Southern Pacific railroad tracks to intersect Sbuth Pacific highway oppo site Barnett rd. The purpose of this exten sion, it is understood, . is to provide a safer grade crossing than the one at. Stewart ave. to the south. The tracks run close to the highway at the latter location. ! Allowing a variance for a house trailer at 515 Park pi. No. 5 because of hardship con ditions is the subject of a pub lic hearing on the council's agenda. The variance would permit the trailer's presence for a limited period as an ex ception to the city's zoning ordinance. The council is slated to call for hearings to be held at a subsequent meeting on three zone-change requests and the fate of the Clark st. grade crossing. The planing com mission Monday night recom mended that the requests be approved and that the Clark st. crossing be "maintained, improved and lighted." The council meets at 7i30 p.m. in the city hall council chamber. ter, it was explained. Wood lot owners need education on the various timber grades, it was 'admitted. Suggest Study ' Another woodlot owner suggested further study be made on utilizing southern Oregon forest produncts. Tim ber of this area seems better adapted to pulp mill .use than anything else, a member of the audience commented. Both Jackson and Josephine county chambers bf commerce have made extensive studies of such a problem, it was ex plained. ... ...... Jackson county needs a for estry committee, to. help the small woodlot owners to mu tually solve marketing prob lems, it was suggested. .Jose phine county has one already. Jackson county has 2,779 owners of commercial forest land. The majority of the Owners are in the 100 to 500 acre class. A total of 649 own ers in this group have a total of 106,00Cacres. Two-China Policy Own" ' t V 1 Thomas Rutter, chairman of the fair, announced today. Gov. Robert D. Holmes, La bor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen, Rep. Charles O. Port er, and Congressional Candi date Paul E. Geddes, will be introduced at 9 p.m., she said. Gubernatorial candidate Mark Hatfield will be represented by his cousin, James Hatfield, Mrs. Rutter saicL." ' ' Other .candidates -who will meet voters at individual booths include Dr. Edwin Dur no and Gordon Hudson lor state senator; Mrs. Evelyn Nye, Melvin J. Lattie, Robert B. Duncan, and Mrs. Mar i jane B. Duncan, for state represen tative; . Mrs. Bereth P. Hop kins, and Ernest Marvin Mad den, for county clerk; Earl M. Miller and C. Scott Hamilton, for county judge; Chester H. Wendt and Frank Christian, for county commissioner; and Joseph D. Walsh and Larry Sheehan, for sheriff. In a non-partisan judicial booth will be Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly, up for reelection, District Court Judge James M. Main, candi date for circuit judge, and candidate for district court judge, E. Roy Bashaw. Candidates for city council positions who will appear in a non-partisan booth include William Doenbach, Fred " E. Robinson and Roy P. Wilkes, ward I; Donald Hansen, ward II; and George Edward Stacey and Stan Stark, ward IV. . "The Shadows," a rock n' roll group from St.. Mary's High school, will provide en tertainment. . i Booths at which Fair visit ors may try their hands in clude a voters' I. Q. test, an automatic voting machine, and a straw ballot run by radio station KMED. Exhibits will include a proposal for off street parking in Medford, maps of the Emigrant dam arid Howard Prairie areas, and architectural drawings of the county detention home and farm buildings. Door prizes will be award ed after introduction of major candidates, and prizes will be awarded the oldest and oldest voter present. A gavel will be presented by the Medford Mail Tribune to the political partyvhaving the most members attending the Fair, The gavel was won in 1956 by the Democrats. School Opening Plans Gel Setback St. Louis, Mo.-UPD-Plans to open Little Rock (Ark.) High, schools as private segregated institutions suffered another setback when a three-man U.S. appellate court here- in definitely extended a restrain ing order barring such action. The court Wednesday charg ed that proposals to lease Lit tle Rock's four high schools were "for the purpose appar ently of nullifying racial inte gration." In extending the cur rent restraining order, the court said it was acting to prevent irreparable injury to the educational integration rights" of the Negro students involved. Mystery Figure Sought by Agents As Mastermind Guards Placed Near Atlanta Papers Atlanta-TOPD-Authorities to day sought- a . mystery figure thought to be the mastermind of dynamiting in the South. A major break in the case ap peared imminent. ' There were reports the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation was ready to make a wide scale move against bombers who have labeled themselves "The Confederate Under ground." The FBI here and in Washington declined to com ment on the reports. Guards were placed, mean while, at the offices of the Atlanta newspapers and a lo cal radio station, where tele phone bomb threats were re ceived late Wednesday. In vestigators went over both buildings thoroughly, but no explosives were found. GiTt Sketchy Information Officers declined to give more than sketchy informa tion about the persons whose trail they were following. He was described, however, as being a key figure in a hard core racist group believed to have been in operation since well before integration be came a sore issue in the South in 1954. Stacks of confiscated items piled up at Atlanta police headquarters as officers con tinued raids on the homes of persons known to have parti cipated : in past anti-Seminie 1, i. f j i i . 4 dcuvajf. luusi ui me material was not identified, but it was known to include racist litera ture and several crude Swas tikas, the symbols of Hitler ism.' . " ., Authorities moved their base of operations to an un disclosed spot .Wednesday complaining ' that newsmen were interfering with the in vestigation. ' Work Around Clock The Atlanta detective force has been working around the clock since a heavy charge of dynamite ripped a gaping hole in a Jewish temple here Sunday and severely damaged the interior. Local authorities said many of their findings nave in volved persons in cities throughout the southeast and in the north, and that the FBI has given valuable assistance: at points outside the state. President Eisenhnwfe Wednesday termed the bombi s. ti .u : , i A . i ' and Baby Face Nelsons" whose use of the term "Con- xcrixdabc la cui 1113 111 U LU llic Old South. ' . Hunter Drowns in Klamath Lake Klamath Falls (UPD One hunter was dead and two oth ers were missing and feared drowned today after their capsized 14-foot boat was : found in Klamath lake. The body of James Cline, 44, operator of Monroe's moor age, was found floating just off the west shore of upper Klamath lake. Earlier the boat in which. Cline and Hal Furman, 45, and Furman's son, Hal Jr., 18, had set out in at 4 p.m. Tuesday was found swamped between Buck island and Eagle point in the southern part of the lake. The trio had told relatives they planned to cross to the opposite shore to hunt deer and would re turn home late Tuesday. State police assigned boats and planes to the search for the two missing men. Furman is the . brother of Glen Furman, route 2, box. 492M, Sams Valley, according to local sources. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy and warm through Friday. Slight chance of light rain Friday evening. Low tonight 45. High Friday 78. Temp. Highest Yesterday go Lowest this Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:29 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow a-m. The Moon sets 8:50 p.m. tonight and rides low. First Quarter . Sunday SATURN, seen below the Moon tonight, is in the constel lation, Ophiuchus, where it has been since late in 1956. Next year it will be In Sagittarius.
