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53rd Year I Recommended Price 10 Cents Subscribers nn To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive shortly after you can please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. IviEDFORD A ttory about th ebtcrrancc f th 25th annlTcrury f the Girla Community elub im Mt ford appears on pag 1 f today's Mall Tribune. United Preaa Cull tued Wire United Preaa full Leased Wire 60 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON,-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1958 No. 221 RIBUKE Holmes Will Fill Major Vacancies Before Departure Salem-OJPB-Gov. Robert D. Holmes said Friday he will make appointments to fill at least the more important state board and commission yacan cies before he leaves office Jan. 12. Twelve vacancies will occur before Gov.-elect Mark Hat field takes office. They in clude: Carl W. Chambers member of the state tax com mission; L. W. Mellett, mem ber of the state board of pa role and probation; and L. O Arens, member of the indus trial accident and unemploy ment compensation commis sions. Interested' Hatfield said, Tm just going to be interested in watching how Governor Holmes handles late vacan cies, in view of his protests to Governor Elmo Smith's Supreme Court appointment shortly before beginning of the new administration two years ago." Randall Kester was appoint Nunn Death Suit Arguments To Be Heard This Week Salem-Arguments of attor neys will be held In the state Supreme Court Wednesday in a suit to restrain Gov. Robert D. Holmes from commuting the death sentence of Billy Nunn, 29, of Klamath Falls. Nunn was convicted by a Jackson county circuit court Jury for the slaying of Alvin William Eacret, 14, of Klam ath Falls, in a state park east of Ashland. The slaying oc curred April 19, 1956. The verdict later was affirmed by the state Supreme Court. The action challenging the right of Governor Holmes to commute the death sentence was . filed by Mr. and Mrs. John Eacret, parents of the victim, in Jackson county cir cuit court. The suit later was transferred to Marion county circuit court. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Val D. Sloper, following a hearing, held that the governor could not be restrained from granting a commutation. Later the case was appealed to the state Su preme Court. Mr. and Mrs. Eacret con tend the governor has no legal right to issue the commuta tion. Nunn, who has been grant ed three reprieves by Gover nor Holmes, is now In the state penitentiary. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness today and Monday. Some chance of a little light rain late tonight and Monday. High today 48. Low tonight 38. High Monday 45. TEMP. Highest Saturday . 55 Lowest Saturday 33 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today :3S p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 .m. Moonrise tomorrow 4:55 am. PROMINENT STAR Capella, low in northeast In the evening twilight, will be high overhead 12:26 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, due east 51 P-m- Joplter, below the Moon. Unemployment In County Is Well Below Last Year Unemployment in Jackson county at the end of Novem ber was estimated to be 11 per cent more than at the end of October, but 37 per cent below the same time a year ago, John J. Patton, manager , of the Medford office of the state employment service, has an nounced. In sharp contrast to a year ago, he said, November brought only a few layoffs and most of them were of short duration. Noticeable Drop Patton said there was a no ticeable drop in new hiring, but the overall amount of work held up well. Business generally was reported to be good, and both construction and lumber manufacturing were operating at a relative high level of activity. Construction was helped by the start of work on the new shopping center in Medford. ed by Smith to fill the vacan cy left by the death of Justice Walter Tooze. Kester later resigned. . Holmes said Friday he did not protest the appointment of Kester, but added that oth er Democratic leaders insisted the office should have be.en filled by the new administra tion. No 'Donnybrook' Hatfield said he will not make an effort to remove any Holmes appointees. "I may let it be known that I would ap preciate some resignations but we are not going to have a donnybrook about it," the governor-elect said. "I can learn to live with anyone. We will not have any impolite firings," he added. Hatfield said he has receiv ed five resignations so far, including those of Howard Morgan, public utility com missioner; James Johnson, di rector of the motor vehicles department; John Richardson, head of the department of finance and administration; Robert Steward,' director of the state agriculture depart ment; and John Travis, mem ber of the state fair board. COLLEGE SCORES Navy 66, Pennsylvania 53 Michigan State 88, De troit 51 Army 79, Kings Point 38 St. Louis 77, Ohio State 68 West Virginia 78. Penn sylvania State 63 New York U. 93, Colum bia 70 Western Reserve 74, Wayne State 56 . - . Bucknell 95, Rutgers 69 WilUam and Mary 57. George Washington 52 Cornell 58, Colgate 53 ' North. Carolina State 56, Wake Forest 52 Michigan 83. Kent State 55 Kansas 75. Canisius 54 Alabama 39. Phillips Oil ers 38 Arkansas 61, Oklahoma 52 Minnesota 77, Vanderbilt 76 Tulsa 79, Arisbna Stale 71 Louisiana 71. Georgia Tech 57 Southern Methodist 65. Iowa 55 Nebraska 75. Montana State 43 Rice 78, Wisconsin 37 Kentucky 76. Temple 71 Connecticut 60, Yale 52 Florida State 73, Furman 72 Utah S2, Oregon State 38 Dartmouth 52, Colby 33 Mississippi State 91. South western (Term.) 46 Trinity (Tex.) 83. Texas 74 Citadel 77. Presbyterian 62 Richmond 72, Virginia 66 VMI 63. Bridgewater 54 Vermont 78, New Hamp shore 67 Lafayette 72. Princeton 62 Fordham 86, Rhode Is land 56 Amherst 51, Harvard 47 CCNY 67. Hunter 58 Northwestern 68. Mary land 62 Purdue 65. Missouri 57 Marquette 69. Illinois 53 Kansas State 82, Indiana 79 (overtime) Christmas gift box packing by the fruit industry is now in full swing, Patton noted, and is having an important ef fect on the county employ ment picture. "This work sup plies employment for several hundred people for a period of six to eight weeks during November and December," he said. This period formerly marked the start of a severe shutdown period with high lo cal unemployment. Tree Pruners Patton said there is a strong demand for tree pruners for work in local orchards. A shortage of experienced pruners is particularly notice able at present, he added. No major layoffs are in sight at present before the end of December, he said. The next sizeable layoff probably will be the result of bad wea ther forcing closure of some logging operation, - TREES PLANTED - A number of students and teachers of Hoover school had a hand in planting the first tree on the new school grounds at a special school-wide ceremony Friday morning. The tree, a sweetgum, was dedicated to former President Herbert Hoover, for whom the school was named. In addition, seven other sweetgums were Jaycees Offering Parking Service To Help Shoppers An automobile parking ser vice will be provided in the downtown shopping area on Monday and Thursday eve nings and Saturday afternoons between now and Christmas, the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the service, have announced. Gary Shuler, general chair man of the project, said two stations will be located down town where shoppers may leave the car. Jaycee members will park the vehicle, and return: it when the resident is through shopping. Shuler said the Jay cees hope this service will eliminate much of the traffic problem and at the same time help Jaycee funds used to fi nance other Christmas pro grams. '' Two Stations Stations will be located in front of the U.S. National Bank on Main st., and at the parking lot of the First Na tional Bank of Oregon, Med ford branch. The cars will be driven to a lot at rourtn ana r it sis. by a Jaycee member, and will be picked up when the shop per wishes it. Tickets will be issued when the car is re ceived, and they must be re turned in order to have the vehicle picked up, Shuler said. The shopper may park his car himself in the Jaycee lot at Fourth .and Fir sts., he said. Parking service will be available between 5 p.m. and store closing time on Monday and Thursday nights, and be tween 1 p.m. and closing time on Saturdays, he said. Additional information may be obtained from Shuler by telephoning him at SPring 2- 5687. Ashland Man Finds Gallantry A Gamble An Ashland man : learned the hard way Friday night that gallantry doesn't always pay, . according to a report from the Jackson county sher iff's office. Ben Bowers, Ashland, stop ped to help two women whose car had a flat tire in Ashland. They offered to take him home since he was on foot. However, the ride ended on the Dead Indian rd. where the two women met two men. There Bowers was beaten up and robbed of his pants and $35 in cash, sheriffs officers said. . ' Bowers reported the inci dent to Ashland police Satur day morning and they in turn reported it to the Jackson county sheriffs office. Both the sheriff's department and the Ashland police are inves tigating. Local Woman Named New OEA President ' Portland DPD Mrs. Maxine Smith of Medford yesterday was elected president of the Oregon Education association at a representative council meeting here. She succeeds Tom Powers of Eugene. M i 1 o C. Meron, Oregon City, was named vice president. City Manager Duff Discusses Reasons For Dec. 10 Election EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a statement by Medford City Manager Rob ert A. Duff on the proposed charter amendment for a municipal off-street parking program to be voted on Wednesday, Dec. 10. By ROBERT A. DUFF City Manager, Medford The 1957 state legislature, realizing the dilemma faced by Oregon cities in their at tempt to provide off -street parking, enacted a statute prescribing methods of assess ment -and financing -for -off-street parking facilities; This statute is adopted by refer ence in the proposed Charter Amendment being submitted to the voters of the City of Medford, Wednesday. The statute provides that a city may, wholly or partially, finance off-street parking fa cilities by revenue bonds. In earlier consideration of parking-development, the city of ficials explored the use and salability of revenue bonds by consulting with the bond buy- Over 73fOOO Eligible For Voting Wednesday A total of 13,045 Medford residents are eligible to vote in Wednesday's special election o n the charter amendment for the city's off-street parking program, according to City Recorder Darrell Huson. Voting will take place from 1 to 8 p.m. at the fol lowing locations: W a r d I (north of Main st. and east of railroad tracks) at Hed rick Junior High school; Ward II (south of Main st. and west of railroad tracks) in the girls' gym at Med ford Senior High school: . Ward III (north of Main st. and west of railroad tracks) at (McLoughlin Junior High school! Ward IV (south of Main st. and east of rail road tracks) at the Girl Scout office, 500 East Main st. . ... PROPOSED STAGE - Funds from a cam paign now being conducted in this and other areas will be used for construction of a proposed new theater building, shown above, for the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val. The $275,000 goal in the fund raising campaign i-xpcUd to be reached by planted along Siskiyou blvd. as part of the school's landscaping program. Above, Prin cipal Roy Gilbertson supervises while youngsters representing each grade take their turn at throwing shovelfuls of dirt around the tree. Sweetgum trees are the type selected under the Medford street tree planting program for Siskiyou blvd. ers of the leading bond brok ers. These officers stated they would not be interested, in revenue bonds for parking fa cilities in the State of Oregon. Bond attorneys also stated that until the new act was tested in the courts of Oregon they would not approve this type of bond. Both the bond buyers and the bond attorneys suggest that the city issue general ob ligation bonds which are high ly regarded and marketable. In; view of these facts, the proposed rcharter amendment adds to the revenue bond the full faith and credit of the city, thereby assuring a sal able bond at a much lower interest rate. i The amendment to be adopted also provides . the methods of repayment of bonds and interest as follows: 1. Assessments on the park ing district to be established by the Council 2. Revenue from off - street parking facilities; 3. A portion, not to exceed 25, of on-street parking me ter revenues. ( Continued on Page 3) Central Pointers Plan New City Hall Central Point - Tentative plans are being formulated and discussed for a new city hall for Central Point, but final plans are not expected for some time, according to local officials. Available in a sinking fund for construction of a new city hall is $4,100. A total of $1,000 is placed in the fund each year, officials noted. The amount could be raised considerably should the pres ent city hall and lot be sold. Its location, on Pine st., beside the Central Point branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, is a desirable location for business, officials pointed out. . f Christmas, with construction to start as soon as possible after funds are available. The old stage building was torn down after last year's productions because of hazardous conditions. Jack A. Edson is architect for the building, which will be the only theater of its kind in the western hemisphere. State Employee Dies After Car Falls Into Gorge Public Roads Worker County's 20th Victim Richard Carrol Smithson, 22, Portland, an employee of the bureau of public roads, died in a local hospital early Saturday morning after a one car accident at the Cascade Gorge Friday night. State police said Smithson's car plunged about 200 feet and Smithson was thrown out as the car hit a tree on the side of the ravine. The acci dent occurred about midnight when the Volvo, a small for eign car, went over the cliff about 150 yards from the Cas cade Gorge bridge in the Pros pect area, officers said. Medford Ambulance Serv ice personnel , said it took about an hour to carry Smith son out of the gorge. He was taken to the hospital about 1:25 a.m. and died at 2:15 a.m. Saturday, state police said. State police said a resident of the area, Leo Hogue, no ticed the headlights ' shining up from the ravine and noti fied authorities. Smithson's body was taken to ; Conger -Morris Funeral home in Medford and will be transferred to Portland. State police said they were informed that Smithson has parents in Portland. This was the 20th traffic fatality to occur in Jackson county during 1958 and the 12th such death since Sept. 18. Dulles Suffers An Inflammation; Enters Hospital Washington -(OPD- Secretary of State John Foster TVulles,' a cancer patient two years ago, has entered Walter Reed hos pital for treatment of an in flamed colon, it was disclosed last night. However, the State Depart ment said x-ray and other examinations made after the 70-year-old secretary entered the hospital Friday "revealed no evidence of any recurrence of the malignancy" for which he underwent surgery in November, 1956.- ; Department press officer Lincoln White said Dulles would remain in the hospital a few days for observation and treatment but still plan. ned to go to Paris next week end for a meeting with West ern Allies on the Berlin crisis. White said Dulles began suffering an intestinal discom fort Friday after returning from a West Coast trip. He has had a mild fever, White said, and has been put on a bland diet with some medica tion. ' Up 65 "If Only,There Was Stamp THEIR German Chancellor At Odds With Allies Berlin-(UPD-Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer has indicated his government is at odds with its Western allies on means of settling the Berlin crisis. Adenauer told a wildly cheering crowd at a mass meeting here Friday night that: "My government and I are against the proposal that Ber lin question should be dis cussed within the framework of the whole German problem The difficult and dangerous Berlin problem should be set tled first of all." Sources close to the West Berlin city government said the chancellor stressed the same theme at a closed meet- Four Injured As Cars Collide Four persons were injured in a two-car collision on South Pacific highway Friday night, state police reported. Injured in the accident in the Siskiyous were Edward Steve Duhon, 33, of Portland, cuts on chin and right knee injury; Virgil Elbert, 19, of route 1, box 298, Central Point, a Navy man stationed in San Francisco, Calif., frac tured ribs; Joseph Doherty Jr., 21, also of route 1, box 298, Cenetral Point, fractured pelvis; and William John Vraybec, 17, address given as commissary stores,. Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif., minor cuts, treated and dis charged. . Elbert was driving north on the South Pacific highway when he apparently went to sleep at the wheel, state po lice said. Elbert's car crossed over the center line and hit the southbound car driven by Duhon head-on. The injured were taken to Ashland General hospital by Litwiller ambulance. The front ends of both cars were damaged beyond repair, state police said. Just Two Areas Available To Those Cutting Own Trees For Yule Only limited portions of Rogue River National forest will be open for family Christ mas tree cutting this year, H. G. Hopkins, timber, manage ment assistant, has announc ed. Free permits for cutting may be issued only if the cut ting will improve the timber stand, and the tree is for per sonal use and not for resale or exchange, Hopkins said. . He pointed out that two widely spaced areas have been prepared for family or individual Christmas tree cut ting. In each area, selected "crop trees," that is, trees with timber potential, have been marked with paint, and are to be left uncut. Cutting unmarked trees in the two areas, he added, will improve growth conditions for th crop trees by thin Some Way We Could Stuff 'Secret' " tag with Socialist Mayor Willy Brandt and other city leaders Seems Diametrically Opposed The chancellor's argument that the Berlin problem should be dealt with separate ly from the whole German question appeared to be dia metrically opposed to the at titudes expressed in Washing ton, London and Paris. . According to various decla rations by statesmen in. the three Western capitals, the West intends to tell Russia hat the Berlin problem was inseparable from the overall German problem. The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and West Germany are ex pected to draft a formal note to Russia at a meeting preced ing the conference of NATO foreign ministers in Paris Dec. 16. Major disagreement be tween West Germany and the other participants at the con ference could greatly compli cate the already difficult prob lem of drafting an effective counter-proposal to the Soviet plan to make West Berlin a "demilitarized free city" cut off from all its Western ties. Seemingly Wants No Change Political observers in West Berlin believe Adenauer's new approach indicated his belief that no change in the Berlin situation is desirable for the time being. 500 Christmas Trees Taken From Property Approximately 500 Christ mas trees were taken from his property Friday night on the Evans Creek rd., Al Bolter told Jackson county sheriffs officers yesterday. Ross Youngblood, district forester for the bureau of land management, . reported that approximately 1,500 trees, more than one-third on gov ernment land, were discover ed .Thursday stacked along roads on Jenny creek near Pinehurst and the Walters Ca bin rd. on the way to Buck lake. ning, giving the selected trees more growing space. One of these areas . is just north of Prospect. Permits may be obtained at the Pros pect ranger station on week days, or at the forest service log scaling station one. mile north of Prospect on week ends between now and Christ mas. Tree permits will be is sued for not more than two trees per family or four trees per car, Hopkins said. Dougas fir or white fir are available in the area just north of Prospect, he added. Another Christmas tree cut ting area has been prepared, alsn Kv marlrintr with rwaint the selected crop trees to re-1 main, on Beaver creek south east of McKee bridge in the Applegate district. . Permits for this section may b obtained . from th star Fuel Trouble Prevents Full Speed Of Probe A Moonshot Failure, It Yields New Data Washington - (DPS - An army lunar probe that missed its mark hurtled an estimated 65,000 miles into soace last night and then presumably began an earthward plunge that will burn it to cinders this afternoon. The 13-pound probe, dubbed Pioneer III, was believed to have hit its peak altitude around 6 pjn. PST. But be cause of the earth's rotation, scientists were unable to set a radar fix on its position at that hour. - The - National Aeronautics and space . administration. (NASA) reported at 6 pjn. PST that data received at 2:17 p.m. PST showed the eold- plated ' instrument package had zoomed 63,273 miles above the earth at that hour. The moon's orbit varies from 221,463 to 252,710 miles above its planet. The trackers figured it would reenter the earth'i at mosphere around 2:15 pjn. PST today and burn up in the skies northwest of Timbuctu in French West Africa. To the natives it should look like a flaming king-size meteor. .euei trouble in one of the launching rockets kept Pio neer III from reaching .the speed that would have taken it past the moon and into an eventual orbit around the sun. But although it failed as moonshot, the proble was re ported succeeding? hrilliant. ly as a scientific experiment. Local Gas Prices Reluming (o Normal Medford's on-again-off-again gasoline price war petered out last week, according to indus try sources here. Prices were stabilized by the end of the week, marking an end to price-cutting over the past month, which in some cases took 7 to 10 cents off th per-gallon price of gasoline. Sports Bulletins Ashland-Chico State col lege beat Oregon college 58 to 55 Saturday night here. Half-time score was Chic Slate 31 and Southern Or egon college 27. High man of the game for Chico State was Garry Newman with 16. High man for Southern Oregon college was Dave D'Olivio with 19. Roseburg Roseburg de feated Crater High school 79-60 her Saturday. Half-time score was 48-23 in favor of Roseburg. High point man for Crater was Wayne Allen with 15 points and Bob Steel for Rose burg with 29 points. Yreka. Calif. - Yreka trounced Phoenix Ugh school 55-20 her Saturday night. Half time score was 33-9 in favor of Yreka. This Season Ranger station or from the forest service patrolman on duty week ends in the Beaver creek area, Hopkins said. Douglas fir is the principal tree available in the Beaver creek area, he said. Shasta fir, xr "silver tip" are not available under fre permit this year, Hopkins pointed out. Those who feel they must have a Shasta fir and want to cut their own should arrange for the purchase at a forest ranger station during regular week day work hours. Usual price on small lots of these tees in home size standing in the woods is $l apiece with a minimum sale of $5. Payment must be made by postal mon ey order, cashiers or certified check made payable to the forest service, United States department of agriculture. .
