Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 02, 1958, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTop Democrats Throw Last Campaign Punches Washington (CPD Demo crats threw their final punch es at the GOP yesterday while Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn told President Eisenhower the Re publicans could regain con trol of the House in the Con gressional elections next Tues day. Although Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon made their last appeals Friday night for the votes to restore the GOP to control of Congress, the Democrats held back their final display of firepower yesterday. The nation votes Tuesday to elect 33 of the 98 Senators serving in Congress next year and 432 of the 436 House members. The Democrats are heavily favored to retain con trol of both chambers. Soma Upsets Alcorn told the President however, that Republican candidates will win some upset victories and recapture con trol of the House. He declined to tell reporters and states where he expects upsets and declined to make a prediction about the Senate, which he admitted would be tough for his party to win. Adlai E. Stevenson, twice defeated Democratic Presi dential nominee, told a party meeting at Minneapolis that -Republican leaders were guil ty of "intemperate campaign- Collins Named PT&T Plant Manager Here Frank L. Collins, Portland, has been named southern Oregon district plant manager lor .facinc lelepnone com pany, succeeding Howard J. Boyd, who is taking a leave of absence, according to J. H. Creager, manager for Med ford. Collins, now division plant supervisor in Portland, will be responsible for overall su pervision of telphone installa tion and maintenance in Jack son county and throughout southern Oregon. Collins' Headquarters will be in Eugene. The new district plant manager started his telephone career in 1929 as a messenger In Portland. He subsequently became a clerk, a line as signer and held other craft jobs as' well as filling a va riety of supervisory positions. During the Vanport flood of 1948 he' directed maintenance and restoration of telephone facilities in the disaster zone. Boyd, district plant mana ger for southern Oregon since 1942, will receive a new as signment when he returns. ing" which would leave a leg acy of bitterness. He said "smiles and explanations" from Eisenhower later would not easily erase this feeling. Lack of Leadership "For the lack of leader ship in the White House, we must look to the Congress for the new ideas, for the leader ship and the great debates as we hammer out new policies for the future," he said. Stevenson said he feared the United States was losing ground in its efforts to ach ieve peace and that the world was facing greater dangers than at the start of the Eisen hower Administration. At Salt Lake City Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson called on Eisenhower to suspend aid for highways in Indiana pending a Senate investigation of highway scan dals in that state. Those scan dals have figured in the Sen atorial campaign between Re- Timber Valuation Ruling Reversed Roseburg-dTO-Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly Thursday declared that State Tax Com mission attempts to set Doug las county timber and timber- land assessments on the same basis as Lane and Coos were unconstitutional and capricious. The judge reversed a tim ber valuation ruling of the Tax Commission and upheld the Douglas County Board of Equalization which had slash ed tne valuations by one- third. He affirmed the right of the Board of Equalization to use the values assigned to timber and timberlands as found by the county assessor in 1955. The decision alters the taxa tion picture for some 40,000 Douglas county taxpayers since the early September or der by the Tax Commission increased values on timber lands from $14 million to $21 million. In .terms of actual revenue, it snuted about $420,000 of the tax burden from other property to pri vate timber owners. Judge Wimberly's finding came as a result of a court challenge by .Roseburg Lumber company. publican Gov. Harold H. Hand ley and Vance Hartke, the Democratic nominee. Labor Racketeer Johnson also criticized the Administration for failing to jail some of the Labor racke teers exposed in the Senate investigation of corruption in unions. He said the Indiana scandals involved "allegations of tie-ins" between Republi can -union officials and a GOP state administration. He accused the GOP of ig noring the needs of the west and said it offered "only a veto of the future." "It is time for Americans everywhere to override this Republican veto of American progress," he said. 'Split Down the Middle' Sen. George A. Smathers (D-Fla.) said in a Miami speech that the Repubilcans were "split down the middle" on foreign policy. Referring to speeches by Nixon and Sen. Styles Bridges (D-N.H.), he said there was a "deep-seated diference" between camps for which those two men spoke. In a 15-page pre-election statement last night, Bridges said increased Democratic ma jorities in Congress could mean "another new deal from the bottom of the deck." He charged Democrats with "pav ing the way to socialism" and with being "softer" than the GOP toward Communism. Nixon left Seattle, Wash., yesterday to spend the week end campaigning in the new state of Alaska, which holds its first election Nov. 25. Polls Reveal Public Favoring Democrats Washington - (ITD - Public opinion polls generally have indicated that Democrats will increase their congressional majorities in the elections next Tuesday, but some in volving individual races have cheered Republicans. On the basis of surveys tak en in October, the Gallup and Roper national polls both gave substantial margins to Demo crats running for congress. "The semi-final Gallup poll published last Sunday said 58 per cent of the voters checked during the first half of October indicated they would vote for Democrats compared with 42 per cent of GOP candidates. If that mar gin prevails on election day, Democrats presumably would win their largest majorities in the House and Senate since the 1936 crest of the Roose- More that half the people accused of crime in the United States can't afford to hire a lawyer and they're as sured of legal counsel in non capital cases in only 22 states. Cheque books were first issued to depositors in British banks in 1781. Business Gains In Portland Area Portland -(UPD-Bank clear ings, home building, retail sales and construction in gen eral in the Portland area gain ed during the month of Oc tober, according to month-end business reports. A late-fall run on suburban home building and urban apartment house projects com bined for a building permit total in Portland and Mult nomah county of $11,680,395 for October. The figure was nearly double that of last year. ' A gain in bank clearings, which reflects money in cir culation, showed a total of $979,865,565", or more than nine million dollars over last year and 64 million dollars over the September figure. Favorable fall weather was listed as an important factor in the building upswing. Physics To Be Taught by Films Phoenix Three units in physics will be taught at Phoe nix High school this year through motion pictures pro duced by Encyclopedia Brit- tanica Films, E. M. Skipworth vice principal, has announced The three units covered will be sound, electricity and mag netism and atomic physics. A total of 53 films will be shown, he said. The course was originated under the sponsorship of the fund for the advancement of education, and developed by a committee of science-educa tors under the national acad emy of sciences. Skipworth said it is the first complete academic course ever put on film in its entire ty. Dr. Harvey E. White, physicist at the University of California, is instructor. Umatilla Blaze Covers 200 Acres Pendleton-(UPD-A forest fire in the Umatilla National For est spread over 200 acres by late Thursday night and fire fighting crews were still try ing to get a line around the blaze Friday morning. Fire Control Officer V. Jay Hughes said the fire was be lieved started from a hunting party's warming fire not prop erly quenched. The blaze was in the steep, heavily timbered region near the mouth of the Big creek on the north fork of the John Day river near Ukiah. Another fire of undeter mined origin broke out later Thursday in the Umatilla for est about 35 miles southwest of Pendleton. Reports were hazy on the amount of acreage covered, but crews moved in near the Lucky Strike forest road in heavily timbered land. I .... - V Jk. n0f IjI Si RETTAHM FREE) RSBIRI E. COUNCILMAN From WARD ONE A Proven FAIR and RELIABLE COUNCILMAN FAIR You are invited to check on Fred's integrity, honesty and impartial attitude toward all matters cominp before the Council during the past four years with any member of the present Council and our able Mayor. This is not an endorsement, but an open invitation to check on his effectiveness from those who have served with him. Let's Check the Record ... ' Present Chairman of City Finance Committee. Helped secure $29,000 from General Sewer Fund for the Berrydale Sanitary Sewer District to cover additional costs of putting in gravity flow sewer system instead of pumping station which would be of greater cost to maintain and ulti mately of greater expense to entire city. Helped develop Arterial Street program. Worked for Storm Sewer installation. Fought for Sanitary Sewer Districts to be placed on Fair and Equitable basis. Urged annexation of Phipps property that they could pay their fair share of Laurelhurst Sewer District assessments. Aided m the opening and paving of East Jack son Street. Placing effort now in development of park and recreational program, and creation of an assess- ment district for the downtown area to provide off-street parking at no expense to residential area taxpayers. COMMUNITY SERVICE Member present City Council . . . Jackson County Chamber of Com merce . . . Medford Safety Coun cil .. . Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital Founder's Group . . . Past President Medford Merchant's As sociation . . . Rogue Valley Gideon Camp ... 1 958 Chairman Com mercial Division of United Medford Crusade. President, board of di rectors of the newly formed Med ford Gospel Mission. He has proven ability. He is a man of integrity. He has the right qualifications. His interests are the same as yours as he is a large taxpayer. Re-elect Fred E. ROBINSON Your COUNCILMAN From WARD 1 Paid Adv. Fred E. Robinson for Councilman Committee Mr. and Mrs. Stewart V. McQueen 2136 Hillcrest Road Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. Polk 2127 East Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Ervin B. Goltz 1532 Stratford Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Helmer T. Tinseth 1300 Queen Anne Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Gleason 2684 Crater Lake Highway Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McCullough 29 North Keene Way Mr. and Mrs. Austin L. King 1298 Crater Lake Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Bush 202 North Bameburg Road Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Withrow 247 Berrydale Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Neilson 2130 East Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Erick De Place 1392 Poplar Drive Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Pence 511 Mary Street Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Friesen 2690 Connell Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Al Carrara 537 Mary Street. Business and Personal Background Owner Robinson Bros. Men's Store. Owner Robinson Hotel and Building. Active businessman in Medford since 1938. Graduated from Medford Senior High School 1937. Owns own home at 1 1 6 Sunrise Avenue. He and lovely wife. Donna, parents of three boys, 17, 9, and 5 and one girl, 15. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Bailey 42) North Riverside Mr..W. HJones -701 North Riverside Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Martin 1386 Hilton Road, General Chairman Be SURE to VOTE Tuesday "A Proven Fair and Reliable Councilman" velt New Deal. It was that Gallup poll which Vice President Richard Veterans Offered Priority on Farms Salem War veterans are offered priority in the pur chase of 27 full-time farm units in the Columbia basin ir rigation project in Washing ton, Vere A. McCarty, service division manager for the Ore gon department of veterans' affairs, has announced. Application forms are avail able in Oregon from county veterans' service officers or the Salem and Portland offices of the state veterans' depart ment. They must be filed by Nov. 14 in the office of the bureau of reclamation, Ephra ta, Wash. The farm units, located near the towns of Moses Lake, Quincy and Othello, range in size from 78 to 156 irrigable acres and in price from $1,393 to $3,157. M. Nixon discounted this week on grounds that it did not reflect what he said had been a swing to the GOP lat er in October. The Roper poll found 74 per cent of. the voters likely to vote Democratic, 31 per cent Republican, eight per cent for split tickets, and 14 per cent undecided or not in tending to vote. 'Take Your Choice' In the hotly contested race for governor of New York, bookmakers have set the odds at 6 to 5 and "take . your choice" between Democratic Gov. Averell Harriman and Republican Nelson Rockefel ler. The California poll pub lished Oct. 24 in newspapers in that state gave Democratic Attorney General Edmund G. Brown 54 per cent and GOP Sen. William F. Knowland 35 per cent, with 11 per cent un- !n Order To Serve You Better the new office of Dr. Robert J. Urie OPTOMETRIST is now located at 820 East Main Vi Block East of Cottage Street Parking Area Entrance on East Main at Corning Court MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 2, 1958 t decided, in the gubernatorial race. In the Senate contest, the poll gave Democratic Rep. Clair Engle 48 per cent, Gov. Goodwin J. Knight 40 and 12 per cent undecided. C & E Business Machines Sales & Service Agents for Underwood Machines and Supplies A. B. Dick Mimeograph, Duplicator Equip ment, and Supplies R. C. Allen Cash Registers Smith Corona Portable Typewriters FOR THE BEST SEE THE NEW UNDERWOOD DOCUMENTOR ELECTRIC OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. C & E Business Machines 218 South Central -1 Medford Ph. SP 3-4895 VERN CHAPMAN - CHIEF ELDER WIEMKS & (Ml Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Furniture Store lib H ITEM (EX Here's Sensational Sayings in fine, name -brand carpeting reduced for fall clearance. Check over these buys and choose the floor coverings you need at prices you can afford! SflLEQF y2 Reg. 13x15 AH Wool Wilton $366.90 125xl5 All Wool Wilton 347.00 13x15 All Wool Wilton 394.90 7 xl2 All Wool Wilton 99.00 7,0xl2 All Wool Wilton ... ....... 139.50 67xl2 All Wool Wilton 89.55 12 x!43 All Wool Wilton 227.50 9x17 Heavy Viscose 152.15 95xl2 Heavy Viscose 131.85 63xl5 Wool Wilton 179.50 9 xlO Wool Axminster 99.50 SALE $183.45 173.50 197.45 49.50 69.75 44.25 114.00 76.00, 65.50 89.75 44.75 PTi x 1 K mm r 4 EASY TERMS ILLS - 9 & 12 FT.. ffllTH! Regular SALE Roll 9 ft. Width $ 6.95 $4.95sq yd. Roll 9 ft. Width 12.50 Wool 8.95 Roll 12 ft. Width 8.95 A11 NyIon 6.95 sq yd. Roll 12 ft. Width 9.95 Woo, 6.95 st).yd. Roll 12 ft. Width 6.95 wsc 3.50 sq yd. Roll 12 ft. Width 12.50 AllWMl 9.95 Roll 12 ft. Width 11.95 A1IW00 8.95 s,yd. Roll 12 ft. Width 6.95 VisMs. 3.95 iq yd. Priced $395 SMALL THROW RUGS $150 , 4' x 6' THROW RUGS $995 Values to 19.50 NOW O Open Monday Night Until 9 O I I ALL SALES FINAL No Approvals YES! YOU MAY LAY-AWAY! No Interest or Carrying Charges! At Weeks & Orr You Pay Only for the Merchandise!