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Mo Will Appoint .iimii m in m , O'Hara tary of State mm as U.S. Determined Forces To Remain On German Scene American Protests Called 'Scandalous' Ar.gusta, Ga.-UPfl-The White House today, in the face of Russian threats to upset the four-power occupation of Ber lin, said that the American eovernment will persist in its "firm; intention" to "maintain the integrity of West Berlin. This new statement of de termination for A m e r i c a n forces to remain on the scene in Germany came after Presi dent Eisenhower, here on a golfing holiday, conferred vrly today by telephone with Washington officials on the tense Berlin situation. Talks Wilh Herter The President talked with Christian A. Herter, Deputy Secretary of State acting as head of the Department in the absence of Secretary John Foster Dulles who is on a week end vacation. , , Eisenhower also talked with Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Good th White House Staff Secretary, and Goodpasters assistant, Maj. John S. tisen hower. the President's son Both Goodpaster and young Eisenhower recently returned from a European inspection trip. Reds Claim Berlin Renorts from Moscow said the Soviet government was xtected to deliver within 48 hours official notes to the wartime Western Allies tell lng them that West Berlin be longs to Communist East Ger many. The Russians were calling American protests over the anticipated move scandalous . . . routine brinkmanship." "The President and our government are keeping in close touch with the situation in Berlin, and also, as a gov ernment, keeping in close touch with the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of France," Press Secretary James C. Hagerty k said. ' . : ,.., -Allies Being Consulted ' "This is not a unilaterial problem for us alone, but a problem that . concerns our two allies as well," he said. "Speaking ; for the United States government, pointing out also that this is a situa tion where our Allies are be ing consulted, this is a situa tion where our firm intentions in West Berlin remain un changed." U.S. Stands Firm Hagerty said he could not spell out these "firm inten tions" beyond saying they were based on this govern ment's resolve to "maintain the integrity of West Berlin." v He regarded as superfluous pinpoint questions as to whether this meant an Ameri can determination to stay in Berlin. Town Meeting Set In Jacksonville s Jacksonville-An "old fash ioned" town meeting, to dis cuss the future of Jackson ville with respect to the Cen tennial, will be held in the cnyhall here at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. A number of plans to give Jacksonville and old-time ap pearance for the Centennial year, and to further attract tourist trade in the following years, have been put forward. These and other projects will be discussed. Mayor John Keaveny, mem bers of the city council, and many Jacksonville residents interested in the plans will attend, and all residents of the community are invited and urged to be there. Oregon Taxes To Go Up, Sen. Neuberger Declares Portland -UPD-Oregon taxes are due to go up and promises of tax cuts are "political dem agoguery," Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said Thursday night. : Neuberger said "grass roots" officials would be "less than honest" if they did not admit taxes are going up. School Population Cited The Oregon senator said de fense spending in face of Rus sia's threat would boost taxes at the federal level and Ore gon's expanding school popu lations would result in in creased taxes at the local level. Neuberger spoke to the As sociation of Oregon Counties. He said Oregon would have to raise $20 million in match- rfWTHTiraif tj I ' f 7 ', ' H M PUG IN THE JUG No thug but a registered blue-blood, 8 month-old Dandy Boy was nevertheless lodged in the city jail for a few hours Wednesday after being picked up as a run away juvenile (canine). The worst of it was, he was placed in the women's cell. He was claimed that afternoon by his master, Clyde Marit Jolliffe, 217 South Riverside ave. (Photo by Ted Whisler, MPD) Council Decides Not To Raise Interest Rate on Warrants Medford's1 city council last night voted against increasing the interest rate on municipal warrants from 4 to 5 per cent in connection with a sanitary sewer project on Temple dr. It also agreed to meet in the future as a committee to re view methods of acquiring property necessary for im provement projects such as the arterial street program. City Manager Robert A. Duff reported that the owner of "dangerous" sign on South Central aye,, has indicated he will "remove if "within a week." ' Following public hearings, the councilmen approved two zone-change requests. One was for the Earhart tract east of South Riverside ave. and the other was for property on South Grape st. between Mel rose and O'Gara aves. Both changes are from residential to commercial. Duff requested the rate in crease on warrants after the Overseas Packages Must Be Air Mailed Persons who wish to be cer tain that packages for over seas delivery reach the ad dressee by Christmas, must air mail them by Dec. 1, the post office department point ed out today. The deadline for guaranteed delivery of overseas packages by regular parcel post has al ready passed. All packages prepared for overseas mailing should be securely wrapped and properly, addressed to in sure arrival in safe condition. Patrons of the post office also are reminded that Christ mas greeting cards mailed in unsealed envelopes this year will take a three-cent stamp. These cards have gone for two cents in past years. , ' Senders of such greeting cards are also reminded that for one extra cent, that is, for a four cent stamp, the card will be forwarded, if the ad dressee has left a forwarding address, or returned to the sender if undeliverable. Greet ing cards in unsealed enve lopes and bearing a three cent stamp cannot be for warded or returned " ing funds for the federal high way program if it was to get $70 million for primary and secondary roads. He said he opposed deficit spending for highways and that, he sup posed President Eisenhower's plan to raise gasoline taxes. He also said he favored Ore gon increasing its gasoline taxes to get federal matching funds instead of shifting the debt to future generations by floating bond issues. Hatfield's Promises "That is why I hope, that in his campaign promises not to increase any state taxes, Gov. elect Mark Hatfield did not foreclose his future adminis tration from effectively fol lowing through on Oregon's share of the highway pro gram," Neuberger said. council called for a public hearing on the proposed sew er on Temple between Crater Lake ave. and Gary st. General obligation warrants are used to pay contractors for construction work. The warrants are often resold by the contractor for cash. Duff said his recomenda tion was based on "prices quoted us today" and "cur rent difficulties." Councilman Donald Han sen, Ward II, said he believed banks are willing to accept 4 per cent warrants from i con tractors. ' ' "We're going against "the whole theory of competitive bids," he said. -Matter of Cost Duff said it was a matter of direct or indirect cost to the city. If the rate were not rais ed and the contractor antici pated difficulty in selling the warrants, he would increase his contingency costs to al low for a loss in the sale. City Attorney E. Roy Ba shaw said the council could approve the increase tempor arily' and still have an oppor tunity to reduce it to 4 per cent after the public hearing. He said it would be difficult to raise the rate from 4 to 5 per cent after the hearing. The vote to consider prop erty acquisition in commit tee was asked by Hansen. It resulted from discussion ear lier in the meeting on wheth er to acquire a piece of prop erty at higher than the ap praised value. ' The acquisition was approv ed at a price of $11,000, $650 above the higher of two ap praisals. The property, own ed by Mrs. Geneva M. Beer, is considered necessary to ex tend Tenth st. across Bear creek. Hansen said he thought this transaction would "open the door" to hold-outs by owners of other properties asking for prices above official apprais als. Withdrew Objection He withdrew his objection when Duff said one of the city's appraisers had recom mended that the $11,000 offer be accepted. Duff explained that condemnation proceed ings to acquire the "property at the lower price could cost the city more money. If the final price were above the appraised price, the ' city would be compelled to pay the property owner's attorney fees. . The council also authorized revision of the ; urban plan ning project to meet the re duction in federal assistance. The city had originally pledg ed $8,575, and Jackson coun ty $5,600 - both sums to be matched by federal funds. Hungarian Charges Declared 'Malicious' Washington -0JPD The Unit ed States today rejected as "reckless and malicious" Hun garian charges of American espionage and improper activ ities in Hungary. Patrick AFB, Fla.- (UPD A conference of most of the Air F o r c e's top commanders wound up here today and the officers, including 30 gener als,, flew back to their posts. 53 rd Year MEDFORD Trade Agreement Fails To Contain Any Guarantee Bonn Summons W. German Envoys Berlin (UPD The East Ger man Communists have given a half-promise to let German civilian traffic flow to and from West Berlin but have left open the key question of restricting Western Allied military traffic, it was dis closed today in a new East West . German trade agree ment. The head of the West Ger man delegation which negoti ated the trade pact sajd it contained no guarantee that traffic would not be restrict ed as part of the latest Com munist campaign to oust the West from Berlin. ' . A five-line technical clause iri the pact said the agreement would be in force under the condition that the present trade, payments and "other existing relationships permit." Observers regarded this as a half-promise by the Reds not to interfere with civilian traffic in and out of the isolat ed Western outpost. -. , ,. - Ambassadors Summoned . But Dr. Kurt Leopold, head of the West German delega tion, told a press conference the trade agreement would not appreciably lessen tension in Berlin. In Bonn, it was announced that Foreign Minister Hein rich von Brentano had called home the West German Am bassadors to Washington, Lon don, Paris, Rome and Moscow for consultations on the Ber lin crisis. ; The ambassadors were ordered to " be in Bonn by Tuesday. President Eisenhower, on a golfing holiday in Augusta, Ga., conferred early today on the Berlin situation with State Department officials in Washington. Later, the White House issued a statement re affirming the "firm intention" of the United States to "main tain the integrity of West Berln." The East-West German trade agreement contained no specific provision on traffic. In fact," the word traffic was not' even mentioned. But even if the agreement had contained a specific guar antee on German traffic, it would not have much effect on Berlin blockade threats. The present Communist campaign is not directed at German traffic, but at Western Allied military traffic. The Soviet Government is expected to deliver within 48 hours official notes to the war time Western Allies telling them that West Berlin belongs to Communist Geimany, Mos cow reports said today. Crater Lake Park Roads Reported Clear Klamath Falls flJPD Roads were reported clear in Crater Lake National Park today with total snow depth only 15 inches, not enough for good skiing. The 'weather today was sunshiny. Helicopters Grounded By Fog Near Shasta Mt. Shasta, Calif.-nJPD-Five Army helicopters which land ed north 'of here Thursday were waiting today for a thick fog to lift before contin uing their journey to Ft. Lewis, Wash. ' The 'copters landed at the Faun Club about five miles north of here because of fog. The group of 'copters and six airmen are en route to Ft. Lewis and Ft. Worth, Texas, under command of Capt. J. C. Claunch. Portland-DPD-The 25th an nual meeting of the Inland Empire Waterways Associa tion will be held here Dec. 11-12. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1958 Urn " o CARIL FUGATE Answers Own Question Caril Ann Fugate Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder Life Sentence Imposed by Jury Lincoln, Neb. -(UPD- A dis trict court jury today convict ed 15-year-old Caril Ann Fu-g-jte of . first-degree ',. murder and imposed a sentence of life imprisonment on the tiny eighth-grader. Under Nebraska law, the jury's life sentence is binding upon the court. L Caril, who broke into hys terical sobbing, asked: . "If they thought I was guilty, why didn't they give me the electric' chair?" She f answered her own question by adding: "They couldn't give me the chair be cause they knew I wasn't guil ty." Companion Waits Appeal , . : Caril specifically was con victed of aiding and abetting mass slayer Charles Stark weather - her red-haired boy friend - in the murder of Robert Jensen, 17, Bennet, Neb.; last Jan. 27. ' Starkweather was convict ed of the Jensen murder May 23 and sentenced to death in the electric chair. He now is awaiting an appeal to the Ne braska Supreme court. Sobs Hysterically Caril buried her face on the shoulder of Defense Attor ney Merril Reller and wept convulsively as the verdict' was read in the tense atmo sphere of the courtroom. The sound of her hysterical sobbing was the only noise in the deathly still room. Reller patted her shoulder comfort ingly as the gym jurors heard their verdict read by a court aide. Assault Trial Is Postponed in Court Bert W. Riebe,' 1117 Reddy ave., is charged with assault on a Continental Trailways bus driver here last Thursday. His trial will be Monday, Nov. 24, in Medford municipal court. Riebe was arrested yester day by Medford police on a charge of assault and battery. He was released on $35 bail. The bus driver, Frank Au gustus Lindstrom, Sacramen to, Calif., told police .last week that he drove-his bus into the Trailways depot at Fifth and Front sts., opened the door and was assaulted. His assailant, Lindstrom re ported, grabbed his necktie and struck him in the face with his fist, accusing him of having nearly caused an acci dent a short time before. Riebe's arrest resulted from a police check of the assail ant's vehicle as Lindstrom described it. Riebe is commanding offi cer of Company A, First Bat talion, 186th Infantry, Ore gon National Guard, Medford. His rank is captain. -fttf A TT CM Ashland Rezoning Ordinance Upheld By Circuit Court Three Lots Rezoned For Service Station A recently passed Ashland city ordinance designating property on North Main st. as part of a marginal business zone was upheld by Circuit Court Judge Orva J. Millard yesterday. . The rezoning . applied to three lots to allow for con struction of a Texaco com pany service station at the corner of Hersey and Main sts., Ashland. Carl H. and Dorothy Thom as filed the complaint in cir cuit court opposing the change, which would affect their property across the street from the proposed sta tion. , '. Representing the Thomases were Ben Lombard, and Rich ard C. Cottle, Ashland . attor neys. Harry A. Skerry Jr., Ashland city attorney, was representing the city of Ash land. Van Dyke, Dellenback and McGoodwin, Medford at torneys, represented the Tex as company as the intervenors in the suit, and property own ers . who . favored the zone change. Rezoning Not Improper .' The court held that the re zoning was- not an . improper exercise of police powers and did not constitute spot zoning. It also maintained that two amendments to the , original zoning ordinance were invalid as claimed by the Thomas complaint. ' ? , The court held that since the question of the rezoning was debatable, the decision of the city council was binding and the court did not have the power to change it or to re move power from a legisla tive body like the city council which was elected by the peo ple. Judge Millard's decision lifted the injunction against issuing a building permit for erection of the service sta tion. i : Not Spot Zoning Frank J. Van Dyke, repre senting property owners fav oring the change, contended the ordinance did not involve spot zoning, since land in question was adjacent . to a commercially zoned area. He also argued that property in volved was affected by the new four-lane highway, which changed the status of the street. A safety factor is in volved, he said, since no ser vice station is" available for northbound traffic for 3,200 feet. , The Ashland planning com mission held two hearings on the proposed zoning in Janu ary. Petitions were later pre sented for and against the zoning before the city coun cil. The city council passed the ordinance on Feb. 18 and the suit was filed in circuit court before it became effec tive. Judge Millard substituted for Judge Edward Kelly, who disqualified himself. Russia Virtually Writes Olf Talks Geneva-(UPD-The Soviet Un ion virtually wrote off the conference on surprise attacks today as "pointless and even harmful." It accused the West of using the meeting to fish for Soviet military secrets. Western conference sources said the attack, carried' in the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia and broadcast by Mos cow radio, boded ill for the future of the talks. The Soviet delegate today said practically the same thing as Izvestia though in milder terms. The conference delegates met for an hour and a half today, but made no progress. Tribune "Ah Yes We'll Take Highest Ma jor Emphasis Is On Academic Plan. Businessmen Told Major emphasis in Med ford public schools is on the academic program, Dr. Leon ard Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, told a group of downtown business men participating in Education-Business Day yesterday. Dr. Mayfield said all other activities such as vocal and instrumental music programs, the athletic program and pub lic speaking, are kept in bal ance with the academic pro gram. School administrators feel, he said, that anything the dis trict undertakes for the chil dren should be done the best the district can do. "People can say we have the best band, orchestra or football team in the state, but we want to be sure they also can say we have the top academic pro gram in the state," Dr. May field said. New Addition He mentioned the new in dustrial arts addition at Med ford High school, and courses offered a select group of stu dents which are considered on a college level. Forty-four businessmen, af ter registering at Hedrick Jun ior High school's little theater Medford Firemen Seek More Toys Another appeal for broken or discarded toys has been made by the Medford fire de partment. Firemen repair and paint the toys for distribution by Lady Lions as Christmas gifts to needy youngsters. ! All kinds of toys and games are requested. Residents of the Medford area are asked to bring them to the main fire station at Third and Front sts. Firemen said that re sponse to previous requests has been slow so far this year. More contributions at this time would expedite the project. WEATHER FORECAST: Valley fog tonight and Saturday morning. Variable high cloudiness above the fog. Little temperature change. Low tonight 38. High Saturday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday ' 57 Lowest this Morning 36 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:45 p.m. 7:11 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tomorrow 3:34 ajn. Full Moon Mot. 26 PROMINENT STARS Altair, low in west 9:18 p.m. Spica, rises 4:32 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, high in south east :5S p.m. Jupiter, rises 6:24 a.m. Price 10 Cents No. 208 It Up at the Very Level" 4lt W MMn4 room, were divided into 10 groups and transported to ele mentary and secondary schools by school buses in the district. Dr. Mayfield and Elliott Becken, assistant school su perintendent, discussed and presented various aspects of the school program at an as sembly of businessmen at Hedrick. Among items dis cussed were school financing, costs, construction, the tax picture, school personnel, and subjects concerning academic problems. Illustrate Work Charts illustrated the type work being done in the school district, showing the results of academic education, and where Medford ranks with na tional norms. Businessmen visited the schools to observe actual in struction as well as touring the plants and other facilities. Education - Business Day ended with businessmen being guests of faculty members for lunch, during which they ob served the school's hot lunch program. A Principals reported today they found businessmen to be well informed and interested in school problems. Becken said school staff members ex pressed gratitude for the ex perience, both in September during Business - Education Day, and yesterday. Yesterday's visit to schools by businessmen was the coun terpart of Business-Education Day, when school teachers from Medford schools visited local business firms" to be come acquainted with ' how they are operated. thiol Dying Pear Tree Problem Aired by Horticulturists Corvallis-OJPD-The oroblem of the dying pear trees in the Pacific Northwest occupied the attention of growers here Thursday at the 73rd annual Oregon State, Horticultural society meeting. Cause in Root Stock Dr. L. P. Batjer of the agri cultural experiment station at Wenatchee, Wash., said the decline of pear trees started eight years ago in central Washington. He said research indicated that the decline was caused in root stock but that experiments have failed to turn up anything to reha bilitate the dying trees. Dr. Batjer said growers must remove damaged trees and reset new ones. "This has caused considerable loss in Court Test Said Due on Legality Of Appointment Hatfield 'Sorry' Personality Injected Salem - (UPD - Democratic Gov. Robert D. Holmes Thurs day night named Dave O'Hara, 71-year-old Republi can and former head of th State Elections Division, as his choice for secretary of state when Mark Hatfield be comes governor Jan. 12. A court test of whether TTrklmAC has iVio vicryl - " i. wgut, hi uauw a successor to Hatfield is ex pected. Holmes said Thurs day night he had the right and secretary of state. Hatfield, 36-year-old GOP secretary of state, defeated Holmes for the eovernorshiD O'Hara said he would b "happy" to assume the posi tion. The retired state em ployee started to work in the secretary of state's office in 1915 after graduation from Willamette University law school. Hatfield Comments Hatfield indicated a court test would be upcoming. He said "the appointment of a secretary of state still remains a matter for the courts to de termine ... I am sorry that Gov. Holmes has now in jected personality into a ques tion of law because the case still must be decided on its legal merits, not on politics or personalities." He referred to O'Hara as a man "much be loved by both parties." Holmes had said earlier in this week his legal advisor was, studying to see if he could appoint a Democrat to the position. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), author of Oregon's 1953 succession law when he was a state senator, said that whoever succeeded. Hatfield must be a Republi can unless the law were de clared uncqnstitutionaL Holmes said Article 5, sec tion 16 of the Oregon con stitution imposes upon the governor the power and the obligation to fill a vacancy in any state office by appoint ment as soon as the vacancy occurs. Hatfield Must Resign' Holmes said the constitu tion and precedent made it clear that " Mr. Hatfield must resign in writing as sec retary of state before he is eligible to accept the office of governor, and that his resig nation must be submitted in good time directly, to me as the present governor despite any stratagems by which eva sion of the letter and spirit of the constitution may be at tempted in the timing and phrasing of that resignation. I shall thereupon proceed to appoint Mr. Hatfield's succes sor." . O'Hara said "I have no po litical ambitions and my ob jective if the appointment materializes would be to serve the people of Oregon faith fully and conscientiously." He added, "I would be my own master ..." Holmes said too much power would be placed in the hands of one man if a secre tary of state could become governor' and then name his successor. Hatfield said that advice of his counsel "confirmed that I have the power to appoint my own successor." Wesf Coast Airlines Machinists on Strike Seattle-fllPD-Members of dis trict 141 of the International Association of Machinists em ployed at West Coast airlines went on strike at midnight Thursday. However, the company an nounced it will operate lim ited schedules using supervi sory personnel. pear tonnage and the loss in trees has amounted to approx imately $1 million in Wash ington." The Oregon loss was said to be about the same. Annual value of pear and other tree fruits in Oregon is estimated at from $30 to $40 million. Fulltime research on the problem is underway. Medford Man Speaks Dr. R. C. Blake, horticultur ist from Medford, said a pre liminary study indicated four of five orchards which had large numbers of declining trees had excessively high wa ter tables. He said injury to" the root systems could have resulted from this but he said there was no conclusive proof. 'i
