Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 06, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOSS 5 BUM" n aim nnneir UN (Permission o Verify IMlorth CCorea Removal OiF China Forces Sought Communists Said After Advantage From Proposal Envoy's Appearance Finds Opposition United Nations, N.Y. (UPD The Republic of Korea chal lenged Communist North Kor ea today to permit the United Nations to verify the announ ced withdrawal of Red Chin ese forces and to supervise elections to reunify the divid ed Asian peninsula. Korean Ambassador You Chan Yang told the General Assembly's Political commit tee that the Communists were seeking to gain a propaganda advantage from "this trans parent strategem of the withdrawal" and their propos al for elections under "a neu tral nations organ." The announced decision of Communist China to with draw its forces from North Korea, Yang said, might be similar to the 1948 Soviet de cision to withdraw "which, alas, proved later to be the preliminary step for the mili tary aggression against the Republic of Korea." The Republic of Korea, Yang said, has no aggressive intentions toward any coun try. The Korean Ambassador appeared before the commit tee despite protests by the So viet bloc and India. They said he should be allowed to ap pear only if the Communist North Korean People's Dem ocratic Republic were given a similar opportunity to speak. Jacksonville Grants Surrey Franchise Jacksonville The Jack sonville city council last night approved a franchise for the operation of a horse-drawn surrey run in the city. E. L. Garland had requested the franchise, and plans to run surreys from the Jacksonville museum through town, in cluding a tour of the pioneer Jacksonville -museum. His plans are in connection with the Centennial observance. He has announced he plans to start right away, and oper ate whenever the weather per mits. If successful, the service will continue after the Cen tennial year. Later, he also plans to operate a stagecoach run in the area between Jack sonville and Medford. His surrey franchise is for 14 months, and is renewable. Morse Explains Railway League Fund Portland -UPD - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-6re.), asked to com ment here on a Washington report that the Railway La bor Political League gave him $1,000, said today that the money was used in his cam paign for fellow Democrats. The contribution was re ported by the League - in Washington although Morse .was not a candidate this election. Make Medford Beautiful PRETTY ST.? This is one of the buildings still standing in the Jackson County housing authority area on West Jackson st. Deadline for their removal and cleaning up of the site, was Oct. 1. The housing authority has proposed to turn over its assets to the city of Medford for constructing a swimming pool at this location. But it could "Make Medford Beautiful" sooner by seeing that the purchasers of this and other build ings demolish them or haul them away in the near future and clean up after themselves. 'Never Mind The Supply of Baker Challenges Medford to Contest For Beautification Bill Jackson, mayor of Baker, Ore., has challenged the city of Medford to a con test due to Medford's claim that it will be the cleanest and most beautiful city in Oreeon bv the time of the Centennial. The challenge was accented Tuesday by Med ford's Mayor John W. Snider. Mavor Jackson comments in his letter that "while it is undoubtedly true that your city receives more than its share of rainfall thus being washed down on frequent oc casion, we of the City of Baker wish to challenge your unsupported assertion and hereby challenge you to prove by the beginning of the Centennial which of our two cities is the cleanest and Morse Announces Reelection Plans Eugene -UPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), whose term expires in 1962, announced Wednesday he intends to run for reelection. Morse ignited both Demo cratic and Republican camps in Oregon last week while campaigning for Gov. Robert D. Holmes, incumbent Demo crat, when Morse attacked Holmes' now victorious op oppent, Secretary of State Mark Hatfield. Morse's charges involved the death of a 7-year-old girl struck by a car driven by Hat field 18 years ago. The sena tor declared that Hatfield was "unreliable" since the Oregon Supreme Court discounted testimony given by Hatfield, then 17, in the case. Holmes said he deplored Morse's ref erence to the incident. Ships Get This One" n0A t&My the most beautiful." The challenge was accepted by Mayor Snider under two conditions: That the president of the League of Oregon Cities make an inspection of both cities to determine the winner, and that the losing city post a sign declaring it to be "Oregon's second most beautiful city" and inviting visitors to be sure and see the other city, Oregon's most beautiful. In a postscrint to the let ter, the Medford mayor stated that the city resented Mayor Jackson's comment that Med ford received more than its share of rainfall. Mayor Sni der explained that "it hadn't rained a single drop here since early this morning." In September Mayor Snider announced the campaign to "Make Medford Beautiful" and stated that the objective would be to "make Medford, particularly along its ap proaches, the cleanest, neat est, most attractive city in Oregon for the Centennial year and years to follow." Moon Shot Seen Possible Tonight Washington IUPD The Air Force may try around 10:25 p.m. (PST) tonight to throw a package of instruments around the moon. If the spacemen at Cape Canaveral, Fla., don't get the moon shot off at that hour, they will have other chances early Saturday and early Sun day. Authorities said Monday that the Air Force hoped to take its third short at the moon within a week. The earliest favorable moment, at which the moon would be at the right place and distance, would be early Friday (EST), One attempted Air Force moon probe was a complete failure. Another, Pioneer I, soared nearly one-third of the distance to the moon last month but didn't have enough push to go into orbit. Election Boards to Complete Counting Two election boards are ex pected to complete counting the more than 800 absentee general election ballots late Absentee ballots counted up lo 1:45 p.m. today in the race for slate senator from Jackson county totaled Dur no 85; Hudson 46. Counting continued this afternoon. this afternoon, according to County Clerk Bereth P. Hop kins. The only race which con ceivably could be changed by the agsentee ballots was be tween Dr. Edwin Durno, Re publican candidate for the state senate, and his Demo cratic opponent, Druggist Gor don Hudson. With 105 pre cincts complete, Durno had 11,917 votes, Hudson 11,536, a margin of 381 votes. GOP Plans for Reappraisal of Campaign Tactics Party Professionals Express Beliefs Washington IUPD Republi can leaders surveyed the wreckage of their 1958 cam paign today and prepared for an agonizing reappraisal of their party organization and campaign tactics. Party professionals voiced belief that the recession, weak or divided GOP organizations and the political power of or ganized labor contributed much to the national Demo cratic trend in Tuesday's elec tion. Some also talked of a need for more colorful, per sonable and aggressive candi dates. Ik Discusses Results President Eisenhower pre sumably discussed the Demo cratic landslide at a weekly Cabinet meeting this morning, according to News Secretary James C. Hagerty. The President and Vice President Richard M. Nixon also met at the White House late Wednesday afternoon to discuss the results but Hager ty said he had nothing to re port on the conversation other than that it had been held. Nearly complete returns show the dimensions of the Democratic landslide the Democrats' greatest congres sional victory since their peak in the 1936 election of Presi dent Rosevelt. Elect 26 Senators The Democrats elected 26 senators, taking 10 seats from Republicans, picking up three in states where Republicans had retired, and losing none of their own. With the 36 Democratic senators whose seats were not at stake this year, the Democrats will hold 62 seats, 12 more than a ma jority. Republicans elected only eight senators, leaving them a total of 34 in the new Congress. Alaska elects its first two senators Nov. 25 and this could increase the Democratic majority even further. Demo crats are favored to win at least one and possibly two AiasKan seats. 280 Democrats in House The Democrats elected 280 of 435 House members com pared to 219 needed for a ma jority. The GOP elected 154. One House seat went to an In dependent. - In the contests for gover norships the Democrats elect ed 24 and led in one unsettled race for an indicated total of 34, countinz nine holdovers. Republicans elected eight and naa six holdovers for a total of 14. Ground Broken for Shopping Center Ground was officially broken this morning for the Sears Roebuck and company store in the new East Jack son st. shopping center. The ceremony, conducted over the roar of excavation equipment at the far side of the site, was held to mark the start of construction. The Sears store is tenta tively scheduled to open next August. A Safeway store and a Pay Less drug store are also included in the center, with others anticipated. Medford Mayor John W. Snider and Otto Frohnmayer, president of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce spoke in welcome to the pro ject. "The development of this $lI million shopping center is indicative," Mayor Snider said, "of the growth we are experiencing and demon strates to us our real poten tial." W. Price Sullivan, north' west zone manager for Sears, also spoke. Then Mayor Snider, Frohn mayer, Sullivan and Mark Goldy, local agent for the de velopment, wielded shovels in a previously softened spot of ground near the speakers platform. Over 100 people attended, despite the threat of rain. Telephone Lines Remain Unusable La Grande -TOPH- Telephone communications between here and. the towns of Flora, Im naha, and Imbler were still out today, pending repairs of line . damaee caused in the Monday night storm. Salem-l?D-Dr. Herbert Nel son, clinical director of Ore gon state hospital here, has been" appointed assistant su perintendent. Opinions lo wry Mentioned Salem-(DPD-All eyes in this capital city today were on Mark Hatfield, the 36-year-old secretary of state who will take over as Oregon's govern or next Jan. 12. There were conflicting opinions about what gave him his 60,000-vote victory over Democratic Gov. Robert D. Holmes. Hatfield had a lead of 323, 756 to 263,902 with 2703 of 2719 precincts reporting. People Thought Convinced Holmes said he thought the Republicans had convinced the people that the governor was responsible for "high taxes and the recent business recession." But -Hatfield had other ideas. He said voters were con cerned about "partisanship in the governor's office, politics 53 rd Year Medford 26 PAGES Complaint Seeks Cancellation of Copco Contract Mrs. Ann Todd. Eagle Point; filed a complaint yesterday in circuit court asking that the district's contract with the California Oregon Power com pany be cancelled and that all district property "given" to Copco be returned. Ted Fluryi secretary - man ager of the district, awaits trial on the charge of accept ing $4,050 in salary from Copco while ' a district offi cer. Oregon law forbids per sonal interest in water-works contracts. , He has pleaded innocent. Flury was indicted by a grand jury called by District Attorney Thomas J.- Keeaer at Mrs. Todd's instigation. He was arrested Oct. 15. The complaint filed yester day names as defendants the district, its three directors, J. Harvey Stanley, Clarence J. Greb and Elbert H. Bigham and Copco. Plaintiff is the district on the relation of Paul D.. Con rad, Fritz M. Carlson, Her man Higday, Ann Todd, Joe Nork, Howard Todd and Claude Self. Mrs. Todd, who signed the complaint on behalf of the other water - users named above, is apparently serving as her own attorney so far. Complaint Allegation Among the complaint s alle gations are: 1. That Flurv's personal in terest in the contract has ren dered it void; 2. That the contract is not authorized by any law, and that the district has sold Cooco its water rights while only authorized to sell and manufacture electrical power; 3. That the contract is "un fair," "inequitable" and "un just" to the water users; 4. That the contract was extended another year on Sept. 2, 1958, with no addi tional consideration to the district; 5. That the directors receiv ed a demand that the contract be canceled and "have re fused to take any action what soever." The contract in question was signed in aeptemoer, 1954. It provides among other things that Copco be guar anteed a large proportion of the district s water for ooera- tion of its Nichols Gap power station. In return, Copco aerees to finance the mainte nance and improvement of the district s mam canal above tne station. Cooco's water can be used for irrigation below the sta tion. But water-users above it, including Mrs. Todd and oth er plaintiffs, are limited to the water not required Dy Copco. Holmes Will Be Availible To Help Salem-OIPD-Warden Clar ence Gladden of the stale penitentiary had a 'minor matter to bring up before the Stale Board of Control today. He had to move a fence and maybe a few tzeei. Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Gov.-elect Mark Hat field are both on the Board. Said Holmes: "Maybe I'll help. I'll have some time." Differ on in state business, lack of di rection in the Democrats' tax and fiscal policies and appar ently were impressed with our own background of economy in the secretary of state's of fice. Political leaders on both sides thought Hatfield may have had a better organized campaign and that Holmes lacked party backing at the campaign level. Morse Blast Rejected Both men denied that Sen. Wayne Morse's last-minute blast at Hatfield concerning an 18-year-old traffic case in volving Hatfield, had any ef fect on the election. But popu lar opinion was that it was detrimental to Holmes. Gov. Holmes said he would not campaign for political of fice again. "I am not the least bitter MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1 958 NARROW ROAD-This spot on Dark Hqjlow rd., is where the Griffin Creek school bus overturned with 35 children aboard after being "crowded off the road by an unidenti fied passenger car last Friday. W. H. Froh- rriioVi 1vyffHfnrH ic hnlrlinfr : a niprp nf nlv- .wood in the picture above . tne exact wiatn oi tne dus, snowing uiai there was not room enough for both vehicles to' pass.. Fro hreich himself, driving the pick-- Festival Patron Offers to Match Ashland Dollars Ashland - An unnamed pa tron of the Oregon Shake soearean Festival has offered to contribute a matching dol lar for each dollar raised in Ashland for construction of a new Festival theater stage. Plans for the theater and the campaign to raise $275,000 for its construction were dis cussed at a meeting here this week. Glenn Jackson, Medford, a member of the general cam paign committee, told the group of the "matching" otter. - For every dollar requested from Ashland patrons about $4.50 will be raised outsiae the community, Festival offi cials said. Clarence Bell, president of the Ashland Chamber of Com merce, said about $50,000 will be expected from the Ashland area, with more than 80 per cent of the total goal solicited from elsewhere. The financial plan, Festival officials noted, is flexible. Pledges may be for one, two or three years, ana aonors may make payments on quar triv semi-annual or on an - , annual basis. The general campaign will officiallv start Nov. 12. The stage used last season has been dismantled so con struction can start, as soon as funds are available. The stage will be readv for the 1959 season. Taipeh, Formosa -ttJPD- Com munist artillery which shelled thp i Ouemovs with 5,700 rounds Wednesday fell silent todav and Nationalist omc ials said the off and on red attacks showed clearly Peip- ing was fighting only for po litical reasons. . .. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -4CP&- Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 554.85, up 4.17; 20 railroads 152.51, up 1.60; 15 utilities 84.36, up 0.04, and 65 slock 192.27, up 1.47. Sales today were about 4,890,000 share com pared, with 4,080.000 shares Wednesday. IHIatffieDd as State Secretary over my defeat," he said, add ing that he had decided some time ago that this would be his last campaign. It was. the first campaign Holmes had ever lost. Hatfield has never been defeated. In the weeks before his in auguration, Hatfield plans to go over state budgets, prepare his message to the Legislature and consider who to appoint or retain as -leaders of his ad ministration. Big Future for State Gov. Holmes said he hoped Hatfield would continue some of the programs advanced by himself and said "Oregon has a tremendous future in the current economical expansion of the. Pacific Northwest." Holmes said .he would "keep busy from now to Janu ary being a good governor. "Oregon is entering a new that represents Seasona I Uptu rn in Unemployment Noted in County October reflected the usual seasonal upturn of unemploy ment in Jackson county, John J. Patton. manager of the Medford office of the state em ployment .' service, said today. He noted, however, that the increase in unemployment was minimized by mild weather which permitted con struction and other seasonal work to continue. The number of job open ings decreased noticeably during the latter half of the month, Patton said. Agricul tural workers are normally in short demand after the fruit harvest and before the prun ing season starts. .Pruning should get under way some time this month, he noted. Estimated Unemployment Unempoyment in the coun ty Oct. 31 was estimated at 938. including 225 women. Patton said this is an increase of almost 50 per cent over the estimate at the end of Sep tember, but less than 65 per cent of the number unem ployed at the same time last year. Part of the increase in un employment last month was accounted for by former stu dents and housewives enter ing the labor market who had not previously been employ ed, he said Claims filed against the Oregon fund for benefits were ud onlv about 25 per cent over the number filed in Sep WEATHER FORECAST: Generally cloudy through Friday with occasional light rain. Continued mild tem peratures. Low tonight 48. High Friday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday 66 Lowest this Morning S3 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ..01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:59 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:52 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 2:27 a-m. New Moon Nov. 10 PROMINENT STARS Capella, low In north east . 7:12 pjn. Sirius, rises 11:14 P-m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, sets S: P-ra Mars, in the east 1:20 pjn. Victory; era of history as a state and I am proud to be a part of it," Gov. Holmes said. Hatfield will face a Demo cratic House and Senate when he takes office with Demos leading the state Senate 19-11 and holding a 33-27 edge in the House. However, several Democrats often vote with the GOP in the House which de creases the majority. Lowry Mentioned One of the problems facing Hatfield will be whom to ap point to succeed himself as secretary of state. The choice will be an im portant one and may influence future elections. - Republicans being mention ed for thf job include State Sen. Anthony Yturri, Ontario attorney, and ' former Sens. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland, and Philip Lowry, Medford. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 195 up above, was crowded off the road by another car not far from this spot a few munuis g". auuiciuus i-""o "- r .. curred on the narrow, winding roaaTCouAty TTncrinoer Paul Rvnnine said no construction work would be done on. the road this year because funds were not available-for it in the budget. A petition, which so far has 60 names, is being circulated among residents Of the area to get the road improved- tember. This was one-third the number of weeks claimed in October. 1957. which was highest October claims load in the history of the local office. Employment can be ex pected to continue to decline in Jackson county over the next few months, Patton said. Weather will be a major fac tor determining the point at which the seasonal peak of unemployment will start, he added. Lumber Market Said Stabilizing Portland -flJPD- The lumber market is stabilizing, accord ing to a report today from Crow's Lumber Market Ser vice. Crow's said the price level today was a few dollars above that of last July when the sharp rise began. Price variations were expected to be slight. Labor Leaders Prepare To 'Cash in on Election Washinglon-(UPI)-The AFL-CIO demanded today that the new Conqres overhaul the Taft-Hartley Act and pas a modified 'version of the Kennedy-Ive union reform bill which was defeated at the last session. The AFL-CIO Executive Council called for the repeal of Taft-Hartlev orovision which permit states to pas right to work laws banning the union shop. Washington - (DPD - Leaders of organized labor met today to translate their election vic tory into a new' anti-inflation and full-employment legisla tive program. Determined to "cash in" on their support for winning candidates in Tuesday s Demo cratic landslide, the AFL-CIO chieftains also were expected to include "moderate" labor reforms in their proposals for the next session of Congress. Members of the labor group's executive board scheduled their meeting in an exuberant mood over two major achievements: -The .685 batting average chalked up by COPE, the Rebels Suspected Of Hijacking DC3 Over Eastern Cuba American Sailor Believed Aboard Havana -UPD- A Cuban air liner carrying 29 persons, in cluding an American and 10 women, was missing today over rebel - ridden eastern Cuba, and there were strong indications it was hijacked by the insurgents. Four unidentified men who boarded the twin-engined DC3 in Manzanillo were be lieved to be rebel agents like those who have stolen two other Cuba airliners in little more than two weeks. One of the stolen planes crashed in Nipe Bay, killing 7 Ameri- cans and 10 Cubans. . The missing plane was fly-' ing from Havana to Santiago on a route including several intermediate stops. It left Manzanillo at 4:29 p.m. Wed nesday on a half-hour hop to Holguin and has not been seen since. -U.S. Interest Sharpening The lone American aboard, Robert Montgomery (home town unknown), was believed to be a sailor on the way to the U.S. Navy's big Guan tanamo base. The U.S. government is tak ing an increasingly sharp in terest in the rebels' plane snatching tactics because of the threat to American lives. U.S. Navy divers recovered the bodies of eight of the 17 Nipe victims Wednesday nieht. when the bodv of one of the victims was found to be clad in the green fatigues affected by the rebels. Find Weapon A cartridge belt carrying a holster and a .45 automatic was .strapped around the reb el's body, as was a bandolier containing .45 caliber ammu nition. The butt of a broken .30 caliber rifle was found near th bodv. Customary plane-snatching procedure, in Cuba as else where, is for . number, of gunmen masquerading as pas sengers to board the airliner I mosen as a target, wnen tne I piane js m the air, they force n.. ,,r.r.;t chosen as a target. When the the Dilot at eunnoint to fly the plane to some point not on its original route. Council to Consider Sale of Bonds The Medford citv council is scheduled to consider author izing the sale of $11,116.31 in improvement district bonds when it meets at 7:30 o clock tonight in the city hall coun cil chamber. Other items on the agenda include a correction of assess ments on the Southeast Med ford trunk sewer assessment rolls, and authorization of con demnation proceedings against the Lusk property needed for extending 10th st. from River side ave. across Bear creek, and against the Gore property in the proposed clear zone for Medford's airport. Assessment ordinances for paving Kennet st., Beatty st. and Eastwood dr. are also up for consideration. City Manager Robert A. Duff is to report on a proposed new study, of the Clark st. railroad crossing by the public utilities commission. Venn Defeated as Lane County Attorney Eugene -flJPD- Eugene C. Venn was defeated in his bid for reelection as Lane county district attorney by Democratic candidate Wil liam E. Frye. AFL-CIO political arm, in its endorsement of candidates in Senate. House and governor ship races from coast to coast. -The apparent reversal of the trend towards state "right- to-work" laws with its re jection in five of six states in cluding highly-industrialized Ohio and California. Joseph A. Beirne, head of the Communiciations Work ers and an AFL-CIO vice president, interpreted the election returns as a man date" to Congress to half ris intr livine costs, relieve unem ployment and enact other pro grams advocated by the big labor union.