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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. .