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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1958)
e Mm Mini) Mints MM 0 11 rv SO NEAR . . . AND YET SO FAR The third U.S. moon missile appears near the moon in this imaginative picture taken by Russ Yo der. The photo shows the Thor-Able rocket as it blasted off from its launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Its target, the moon, 200 Volunteers Expected at Fund Campaign Dinner More than 200 volunteers are exoected to attend the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val's $275,000 building fund campaign "kick off" dinner at the Tally-Ho restaurant in Tal ent at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, gen eral chairman of the cam paign, will preside. The month-long solicitation period starts Thursday. . Glenn Stanton, nationally prominent Portland architect, will speak. A past president of the National Association of Architects, Stanton has been on the Portland Plan ning commission for 15 years. Angus L. Bowmer, Festival founder and producing direc tor, will speak on the ''Shake spearean Festival Theater -1959 Version," and other short talks will be made by Ashland Mayor Richard Neill; Sidney Bazett, Grants Pass chairman for the campaign; Glenn Jack son, out-state committee head and cochairman; and Donald Ostensoe, Portland, assistant vice president of the First National Bank of Oregon . James Dunlevy, chairman of the speakers . committee, will be master of ceremonies. Remarks by Others Brief remarks will be offer ed by Archie C. Fries, presi dent of the Festival board of directors; Mrs. John C. Cot ton, campaign cochairman; Hugh Coleman, chairman of men's division 2, Medford; Mrs. Edward Sickles, chair man of women's division 4, Medford; Richard Cottle, chairman of men's division 3, Ashland; and R. M. Soren son, Medford, chairman of the special gifts division. Carpenter will make open ing and closing remarks, and the Rev. John L. Thompson III, Festival board member, will deliver the invocation. Workers will contact all Festival patrons during the campaign, which is expected to end about Christmas. Unidentified Man Appears on Peach St. An unidentified man ap peared on South Peach st. Sunday night in lha rain, and, according to Medford police records, in the nude. Wayne Lee Dickenson. 506 South Peach st, told a policeman he saw the man observing him as he worked with his wife in their shop. He said he and a neighbor tried to catch the man, but he ran away. He said the unclad stranger was of "average size." Make Medford Beautiful Kiarfiram-r" - mnr n V ii n raw 1 f rn FRONT STREET The Mail Tribune's "inventory" of spots which "need attention in the current "Make Medford Beauti ful" campaign would not be complete without a picture of Front st. Dirt, unpainted buildings, torn and bedraggled awn ings and window shades, unsightly signs these mark the area which many Medford people have been uneasily aware of as a sore spot for many years. Now a main artery between two heavily-traveled one-way streets, it is in the center of Medford's downtown, and is a prime candidate for improve ment before Oregon's Centennial year. fig -fe appears at left. Picture was made as a dou ble exposure. Yoder made the exposure of the moon several nights before the launch ing and used the same negative in his 35-mm camera equipped with 600-mm lens to shoot the blastoff. The launching ended in failure. Subdivision Bill Criticized at City Planning Meeting Medford's planning commis sion heard sharp criticism of a new subdivision ordinance proposal from two subdividers last night. . City Manager Robert A. Duff said in reply that the ordinance was intended to serve the general public in terest The commission decided to take up the matter with the city council in a joint meet ing. Meeting Requested Such a meeting has already been requested by the coun cil In connection with other Anicker Accepts Oregon City Job Jim Anicker, deputy district attorney, has announced his resignation effective Dec. 14, according to Thomas J. Reed- er,. district attorney. Anicker will leave Med ford Dec. 15 to accept a job in private practice with the Oregon City law firm of Jack, Goodwin and Santos. Reeder said he is not ready yet to announce a successor. However, he indicated some tentative arrangements have been made. Anicker has been with the district attorney's office since January, 1957. He replaced former chief deputy district attorney A. Allen Franzke in February when Franzke went to Portland to work on the Multnomah county district at torney's staff. Gerald J. Scannel, former ly of The Dalles, assumed Anicker's job in February when Anicker was promoted to the position formerly held by Franzke. Driver Cited After Head-On Accident Two cars collided head-on yesterday four miles west of the Green Springs summit on Highway 66, according to state police. Both cars sustained heavy damage but there were no in juries, officers reported. Orville Edward Rorabaugh, 34, of 6495 Highway 66, Ash land, was cited for failure to drive on the right side of the highway, police said. Driver of the second ve hicle was Emil August Berg, 49 of Grants Pass, according to t he report. Police said Rora baugh was driving westbound and cut over into the east bound lane on a curve. subjects. Duff said a date had not been set as yet but it would take place "probably next week." Roy P, Wilkes opened the attack on the litest attempt by city administrators to regu late subdivision development. Wilkes, recent candidate for city councilman from Ward I, plans to subdivide his Biook hurst Orchard property on Crater Lake ave. "We need an ordinance," he said, "which will let the city and the subdivider work together in developing Med ford the way we all want to see it develop Same Ordinance - "Instead we have practi cally the same proposed ordi nance as last year, in which the city takes over the whole show and runs it, and about all the developer does is put up the money and serve the jail term if anything goes wrong" , The ordinance as proposed, Wilkes said, would . restrict subdividing to "a few favored individuals;" force the price of 16ts "substantially up ward;" restrain landowners from developing property; channel new capital else where; and allow city officials to "rule rather than serve." Wilkes specifically criti cized the proposed require ment that a subdivider put up a bond and specify the period in which' he would make all required improvements. He challenged a provision , that the subdivider be required to dedicate a portion of his prop erty to the city for parks and playgrounds as amounting to confiscation of property. Opposes Ordinance Claude E. Mclntyre, of Rogue Valley Land company, said: "I am absolutely, un alterably against this ordi nance. The city has enough power already. I've got all the load I can carry. The cost of putting in improvements is terrific." Mclntyre said he, too, op posed the bond requirement controlling improvements and "the extra engineering that goes into it." "Mr. Wilkes hit the thing on the nose," Duff replied, "when he said this was loaded in favor of the city. Who is the city? The general public." Stiffer Requirements Duff said that California imposes stiffer requirements. He said ordinances similar to this proposal are in effect in Portland, Beaverton and Grants Pass. He explained afterward that a primary purpose of the pro posed ordinance was to pro tect the city against outside interests buying up land for subdivisions and not improv ing it. He said Medford subdi viders were generally cooper ative with the city. Dulles Addresses Columbo Conference Seattle -UPD- Economic growth is as much an element in the survival of our civiliza tion as the deterring of ag gression, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Colombo Plan Conference Monday. Styles Bridges Ready To Assume Leadership Washington (UPD Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hamp shire is ready to take over the Senate Republican lead ership if necessary to prevent a party-splitting fight, it was learned today. Tokyo -(UPD-Japan's Mount Asama exploded Monday night with its greatest eruption in 29 years. 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages Armistice lay 40 Years Ago The Medford fire whistle began blowing about midnight. Before Nov. 1, 1918 was 30 minutes old, the streets were aswarm with happy, noisy celebrants. Medford residents that afternoon (40 years ago) read the news in the Mail Tribune. I GERMANS SIGN ARMISTICE. GREAT WORLD WAR ENDED AT 11 O'CLOCK. There were other headlines, too: FIGHTING IN GREAT WAR NOW OVER. REVOLUTION PROGRESSES IN GERMANY. PEACE MEET NEXT STEP IN PROGRAM. DRASTC TERMS IMPOSED MAKE RENEWAL IMPOSSIBLE. PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS MILITARY TERMS DICTATED BYvVICTORS TO VANQUISHED. ENTIRE COAST JOINS IN MIDNIGHT VICTORY JUBILEE. ALL DRAFT CALLS FOR ARMY CANCELLED BY .PRESIDENT. WALL STREET CLOSED FOR CELEBRATION. . KAISER TAKES REFUGE IN HOLLAND. GERMAN GUARD SHIPS LEAVE MINE FIELDS. CROWDS CHEER WILSON EN ROUTE TO CAPITAL. LIGHTLESS ORDER SUSPENDED FOR TONIGHT'S CELEBRATION. MEDFORD NOISILY WELCOMES NEWS OF WARS END. And even, MANIFESTATIONS IN SPAIN. Tribute Paid To American Veterans Washington -0JPD- The na tion paused today to pay tri bute to the American veter ans living and dead of three major wars in this cen tury. Veterans' Day ceremonies here and across the land stressed the sacrifice of the 616,619 servicemen who died for their country, and the task of keeping the peace shared by America's 22,723, 000 living veterans. Wreath Ceremonies Focal point for the nation al observance was the hush- Two Hurt When Car Strikes Power Pole Three Medford youths, all 16, escaped serious . injury yesterday evening when the vehicle one was driving struck a telephone pole on West Jackson st. at Narregan st . according to Medford police. Richard Weley Day, 1Q28 North Central ave., the dri ver, was not injured, police said Dorothy Elaine Gebhard, 1519 North Riverside ave., a passenger, was treated at Sac red Heart hospital for a sprained finger. . Frank Marion Glenn, 715 Welch st., a second passenger, was treated for face cuts at the hospital. Police said. Day was appar ently blinded by bright lights. Man Injured When Pistol Discharges Cecil W. Bailey, route 4, box 345B, South Stage rd., is in the Sacred Heart hos pital today after his .22 caliber pistol discharged during a "fast draw." Jackson county sheTiff s of ficers said they received a report from the hospital yes terday afternoon that the bul let entered his upper left thigh and lodged in his right knee. Bailey is reported in fair condition today by hos pital attendants. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy through Wednesday. Valley fog Wednesday morning. Low to night 32. High Wednesday 58. Temp. 'Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest this Morning .. 29 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ' 4:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:58 a.m. The unseen stars in the Sun's background are now those of the constellation, Libra. Moonset today 5:38 p.m. First Quarter Nov. 17 PROMINENT STARS RieeL rises 8:51 p.m. Aluir, sets 10:43 p.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1958 ed acres at nearby Arlington National cemetery. Solemn wreath ceremonies at the graves of fallen comrades were the order of the day. Schools, government offic es and some businesses were closed in many communities for the 40th commemoration of what was once called Arm istice Day in remembrance of the end of World War Lat exactly 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. President Eisenhower was not present for the tradition al presidential wreath cere mony at the Tomb of the Un knowns in Arlington late this morning. Sumner G. Whittier, administrator of veterans' af fairs, officiated on Eisenhow er's behalf. Whittier said the President joined him in a tribute "to those who served the cause of freedom." He said the na tion, in honoring the dead of two world wars and the Kor ean conflict, also honored "the determination of a free na tion from Valley Forge to Heartbreak Ridge to defend our liberties under God at the cost of life itself." Special Pipe Need Delays New School Unusually soft ground which necessitated the use of a special type of pipe for the sewer system at Wilson school has delayed the opening day for the new building until Dec. 1, according to Dr. Leon ard Mayfield, Medford school superintendent. He explained that the last minute pipe change made the previously announced opening date of Nov. 17 impossible to meet. Dr. Mayfield. stressed that the building would have been in use if some part of the building other than the sewer system was involved. The superintendent said that various reasons have de layed the building construc tion. Earlier this year, he ex plained, work was stopped during the .operating en gineer's strike. Unless other unforesen dif ficulties arise between now and Dec. 1, Dr. Mayfield said, the students will be in the building by then. At the present time a double shift of students is attending. .Roose velt school. Salem-OiPD-The State Tax Commission's annual in-serv ice training school for county boards of equalization is scheduled here for next Thursday. Adjutant General Leads Veterans . Day Parade Here NG Band Unable to Land Because of Fog Jackson County's Veteran's Day . paraders filed through downtown Medford this morn ing despite a chill fog that stranded the Oregon National Guard band in the sky above Medford airport, hid a fly over of F-89 jets from view and raised gooseflesh on the legs of bravely-smiling drum majorettes. A color guard comprising members of Headquarters and Headquarters company and A company of the First battalion, 186th Infantry of the Oregon National Guard marched in the van. The colors were followed by a white jeep in which rode Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of the Ore gon department, National Guard. . High School Band Next marched the Medford High school band, in red and grey uniforms and plumes. The first units stepped out at 10:44 a.m., moving east on Eighth st. A moment later the jets made their pass above the fog. Besides other school bands and National Guard and re serve units, a number of col orful vehicles and floats par ticipated. Among them were a small red truck sponsored by the local Moose Lodge with a mammoth moose head pro truding from the rear. An other was the American Le gion locomotive. The Boy Scouts from Big Pine district, Crater Lake Area council, rode oh the back of a truck with camp-, ing equipment and a totem pole. Four Divisions Floats were in four divi sions schools and cities, civ ic and fraternal orders, veter an and military organizations and commercial with prizes bein gawarded to the best in each group. The parade headed east .on Eighth st. to Bartlett st., thence north to Main st. and back west on Main to Laur el st. Among dignitaries on the reviewing stand on Main st., just west of the Southern Pa cific tracks, were Medford Mayor John W. Snider, Jack son County Judge Rodney Keating, Brig. Gen. William Prentice, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks," Col. W. H. Paine (re tired), Dr. Elmo Stevenson of Southern Oregon college and Medford Police Chief Charles P. Champlin. Breakfast Starts Day The day's festivities got un der way with a breakfast for all veterans held at the Vet erans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front st. Scheduled for this after noon at the Medford High school stadium is a football game between Southern Ore gon college and Moffet Field Naval Air Base. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. For tonight, a free dance at the National Guard Arrtv ory on South Pacific highway is slated. The local musicians' union has lined up bandstand talent. The dance is being sponsored by the local Nation al Guard units and American Legipn Post 15, Medford. Holmes Urges Jobs For 'Older People' Los Angeles, Calif. -UPD- Re-admission of "older people to the human race" through jobs, education, and housing should be our aim, Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes told the West ern Regional Conference of the Council of State Govern ments here today. Buenos Aires, Argentina-DPD A state of siege has been de clared in Argentina for 30 days as a "preventive meas ure'" to maintain order," the Ministry of Interior an nounced today. London -0PD- British author W. Somerset Maugham is con fined to bed with what his doctor tentatively described as food poisoning. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 199 'I Said I Wouldn't Wagon Train Being Considered by 4-H Members A 4-H covered wagon train may roll from Medford to the 4-H summer school in Cor vallis in June, it was indicat ed at last night's meeting of the Jackson County 4-H Em pire Builders Council. Plans are still tentative. The wagon train would symbolize Jackson county 4-H cllubs' participation in the Oregon Centennial, according to Glenn Klein, Jackson coun ty 4-H agent. The wagons would be fash ioned after the early pioneer transports and the 4-H club members participating would be attired in pioneer costumes. They would follow as closely as possible pioneer wagon train routines including the folk dances and lore of the era, Klein said. Depend on Feasibility Whether or not such a pro ject could be ' carried out would depend on feasibility of obtaining wagons and hors es and finding sufficient plac es to camp en route, he said. Tentative plans call for sending five wagons from Jackson county. Invitations would be sent to Josephine, Douglas and Lane county 4-H organizations to join in the caravan with at least one wagon each, Klein said. Jackson county has been portioned off into five dist ricts for the covered wagon train project, Klein said. Committee Chairmen Jackson county 4-H club committee heads responsible for obtaining wagons from the districts are Jim Frink and Marilyn Watson, Central Point-Medford district; Philip Krouse and Truman Elmore, Applegate-Ruch; Joyce Kerr, Phoenix-Ashland and Eagle Point, and surrounding area Sharon Coffman, Johanna Malloroy and Ronnie Ander son. The committee on horse procurement and horse train ing includes Penny Sampert, Medford, Nyla Murray, Med ford, and Mrs. Bob Fisher, Lake Creek. Chrysler Salaried Employ ees Strike Detroit -(DPD- More than 8,- 000 Chrysler Corp. salaried employees went on strike at 7 ajn. (PST) today, threaten ing to cut off all production of the corporation's 1959 autos. The salaried workers left their jobs when company and United Auto Workers nego tiators failed to reach agree ment on a new contract by the strike deadline. Chrysler and the UAW op ened negotiations last spring, Agreement was reached on contracts covering all of the company's 65,000 production workers on Oct. 1, but the contract for the office work ers and engineers . was left hanging Noon Edition Stand In Your Way" in Valley The committee for costum ing, folk dances and folk lore consists of Mrs. C. W. An- horn and Mrs. Chester Ash- ton, both of Central Point All those having horses and wagons they wish to donate are asked to contact the coun ty agent's office in the Jack son county courthouse, Klein said. Shorter Beck Trial Seen as Possible . Tacoma, Wash. -UPD- Prose cution and defense attorneys in , the income tax evasion trial of Dave Beck entered sti pulations on evidence today which were expected to cut the length of arguments by at least a month. - However, the case being heard before a jury in Judge George H. Boldt's U.S. District Coflrt, was predicted by both sides to be a lengthy one. ' Beck, former boss of the Teamsters Union, is accused of evading $240,000 in taxes on income during 1950-1953. Second Deadlock In Geneva Talks Geneva -(UPD- Russia's new tough line with the West brought a quick second dead lock in East-West cold war talks in Geneva today. Experts of ihe Western and Communist camps met for an hour in the first working ses sion of a conference on pre vention of surprise attacks. Then they adjourned in sharp conflict following an opening move by the Soviets to transform the meeting into another cold war battle ground. This brought the tally of bogged down East-West par leys in Geneva to a total of two out of two. Ruch Principal Grows Beard For Centennial Applegate Valley-The cour age of one man to grow a beard and to wear it for the next year outshines the more conventional plans for center ing interest on Oregon's 'cen tennial. The person doing a one-man campaign is Boyd Gibson, principal of Ruch school and member of Robert Sorber's lo cal centennial committee. When asked if he expects to grow a full length beard, Gib son said he started the Whis kers Nov. 1, and that he will let them grow until they can be shaped and trimmed. Gib son said that in March he plans to attend the Oregon Education Association con vention in Portland attired in buttoned shoes, ruffled shirt front, and tall beaver hat. At a meeting of the local Khrushchev Says Russians Will Renounce Pads : West Faces Gravest Threat in 10 Years Berlin -(DPD- East German Communists today denounced the Western Allied occupation of West Berlin as unbearable and completely abnormsL They made ominous threats against the city as a follow up to Premier . Nutria Khrush chev's announcement that the Soviets will renounce agree ments under which the West ern Allies occupy Berlin and supply their garrisons. Khrushchev's -statement confronted the Wests isolat ed outpost with its gravest threat since the Soviet land blockade of the city 10 years ago. Grave Threat' Ernest Lemmer. West Ger man Minister for all-German Soviet Zone affairs, told a press conference, "Khrush chev's speech represents the gravest threat to Berlin since the blockade of 1948-49." It could place the Western position here and the air and ground lifelines to the West at the mercy of East German Communists. They surround the city be cause it lies 110 miles inside the Soviet zone. Moreover, the Western powers do not recognize the East German government and have no re lations with it. Deputy East German Inter ior Minister Hans Jendretsky struck a particularly ominous note when he accused the West of interfering with traf fic between East and West Germany. United States Firm Hansjuergen Roesner, a Communist lea'der in Schwer inksaid it was "unbearable" that the four-power status of Berlin still exists and the Western powers "abuse" their rights in the city. The East German radio in a newscast carried a U. S. State department spokesmen's reaffirmation of the U: S. pledge to hold West Berlin by force if necessary. Khrushchev in his speech said the Soviets will transfer to East German Communists four-power functions still ex ercised by the Soviet-control of the air, land and canal lifelines to the West. Agreements Threatened He threatened to annul the four-power Potsdam agree ments under which the West ern powers occupy and sup ply this city 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain. If the threat carried out it could lead to a new blockade even more complete and dangerous than that of 1948-49 when fleets of Western Allied aircraft flew over East Germany to the surrounded city and sav ed two million persons from starvation. Khrushchev, in a speech In the Moscow Sport palace Mon day, questioned the continued Western Allied use of the air space over the Soviet Zone. Spokane Plane Pilot Missing on Flight Spokane-flJPD-An air search began today for Stelle Smith, 41, Spokane pilot who dis appeared on a flight from here to Seattle via the Columbia gorge. Smith left Felts field Mon day on a course which includ ed Yakima, The Dalles and Portland. centennial committee this month it was announced that the entrance to Logtown cem etery will be beautified with planting of the yellow Log town rose, already commemo rated in poem and preserved at the Logtown site with a white enclosure. The local garden club has applied to the cemetery association for permission to do the land scaping. . The Applegate school ex pects to make a relief map showing historic points in the state and Ruch students will give a historic play early next year. Organizations here will comply with dinners, pageant, old time style show, and exhibitions. Everyone with early-day information, heirlooms, photographs, and clothing is urged to contact the committee.
