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SPEECH CLASS-After getting a summons
for a traffic violation, an offender may also
be offered a lengthy discourse on industrial
accidents or hear a humorous story from a
Medford policeman, since 14 of the officers
finished a course in public speaking yester
day. The men, along with one "civilian,"
made up the entire adult education class
Police Work, Talk
Learned in Class
A Medford man who could
consider himself "well - pro
tected" for the past 10 Mon
day evenings, was among
those who completed a course
in public speaking Monday at
Hedrick Junior High school.
The man, Glenn Harrison,
1382 Kings highway, was the
only person in a class of 15
students who is not a member
of the Medford police depart
ment. The course began Oct. 13
and met for a two-hour session
each week. It covered general
speech outline, 3 and 5 min
ute speeches -on subjects to
inform, to convince, and on
humorous topics. The class
also conducted panel discus
sions and symposiums and
learned the use of training
aids.
A radio speech was re
quired last weekend the final
speech Monday evening was
one of the three types of
speeches covered in the course
on a topic of their own choos
ing. The final talk was evalu
ated by members of the class
rather than the instructor.
ToDics used during the 10-
week course included all
phases of police work from
juvenile delinquency, the pa
role system, and traffic to in
dustrial accidents.
Mentioned as one of the
class highlights was the hu
morous talk by one of the
patrolman on women drivers.
(There were no women in the
class.)
Members of the police de
partment attending the class
were Chief of Police Charles
P. Champlin, Lieutenants Lyle
Perkins. Jack McMillan, Orlo
McGee, and Rollie Pean; Ser
geants Raymond Seely, Leo
Mitchell, and D. F. (L,arryj
Tusow, and Patrolmen Dean
Abshire, Keith Gildesgard,
Milton Hanson, Tom Furnas,
Alfred ADDarcel, and William
Hall.
Commenting on the course,
Harrison said that in addition
to getting speech training he
had learned a great deal about
Tnlir work. He added that
most people take their police
department for granted, but
due to the course he had
found the police officers to
Holiday Vacation
Planned at Schools
Many of Jackson county's
public schools will close for
the Christmas vacation Tues
day. Dec. 23. according to the
Jackson county school super
intendent's office today. All
schools will ,reopen Jan. 5.
St. Mary's parochial school
in Medford will close Friday,
Dec. 19, for the holidays and
will reopen Jan. 5.
nthpr schools closing on
Dec 19 will be Ashland,
Lone Pine, Butte Falls, and
Pinehurst.
Schools closing Tuesday,
Dec. 23, are Jacksonville,
Griffin Creek, Ruch, Phoenix,
Central Point. Gold Hill and
Sams Valley, Eagle Point,
Talent, Applegate, Prospect,
Howard and all Medford
schools.
Roeue River and Evans
Valley will start their Christ
mas vacations on the after
noon of Wednesday, Dec. 24
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York IPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 565.18, up
1.2C; 20 railroads 154.36,
up 0.24; 15 utilities 87.89,
off 0.15 and 65 stocks 196.
40. up 0.26. Sales today
were about 3.970,000 shares
compared with 3,340,000
shares Monday.
be a wonderful group of men
Class instructor was Jerome
McDougall, English and speech
teacher at Hedrick Junior
High school. The class is one
of several offered in the adult
education program by the
public schools.
Of the 14 police officers
in the class, 12 attended dur
ing off-duty hours. Police offi
cers are encouraged by the
department to attend, Chief
Champlin said, as the speech
training is invaluable in all
phases of their work.
Charges Are Filed
In Pinball Case
Willie Wong, 825 North
Central ave., owner of the
Chungking Inn, has been for
mally charged with possess
ing, displaying and operating
a game of chance, District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeder
said this morning.
The complaint, signed by
Gordon H. Wright of the Med
ford police department, also
includes Louella Lee Browne,
106 Vilas rd., Central Point,
a waitress .in the restaurant
at 28 North Front st.
The waitress was arrested
by Medford city police Satur
day on charges of illegally
paying off on a pinball ma
chine. She was taken to the
county jail and was released
after posting $100 bail Sat
urday. The pinball machine in
volved in the case was taken
to the county sheriffs office.
The waitress is to appear be
fore District Court Judge
James M. Main Dec. 29 to
enter a plea.
City police received a com
plaint last week end that a
pinball machine was paying
off in the Chungking Inn. An
officer in plain clothes inves
tigated and was paid after
winning several games. He
then arrested the waitress and
confiscated the machine.
Central Point Youth
Appears in Court
A 15-year-old Central Point
youth, who is charged with
illegal possession of liquor,
changed his plea from guilty
to innocent this morning in
district court.
The youth had previously
pleaded guilty with two other
Central Point youths. His trial
is scheduled Dec. 29 before
District Court Judge James M.
Main.
Another Central Point youth,
involved in the same charges,
failed to appear in district
court this morning.
Gale Jones and Marion Lucy
McDonald, both 19, and of
Central Point, pleaded guilty
in district court yesterday to
charges of illegal possession
of liquor. Jones was fined
$55 and sentenced to six
months in the county jail to
be suspended on condition he
refrain from the use of intoxi
cating liquor. McDonald was
fined $30.
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held for the past 10 Monday evenings at
Hedrick Junior High school. One of the
"students" was Police Chief Charles Cham
plain, left above, and next to him is Glenn
Harrison, the only non-policeman in the
group. Instructor for the course, Jerome
McDougall, is shown above giving the class
a few last minute pointers.
Additional Appeal
Planned by UMC
To Obtain Goal
An additional appeal was
mailed today to prominent
supporters of the United Med
ford Crusade in a final effort
by the campaign committee
to reach the $131,030 goal.
Richard Travis, campaign
chairman, said that although
some funds had been received
since the letter was compiled,
more than $4,450 still is need
ed to meet the minimum need
of the 26 youth and welfare
agencies of the Medford area.
He emphasized that the
campaign organization is do
ing everything possible to
maintain the high standards
of the UMC, which has met
its goal for the past five years.
He expressed the hope that
UMC contributors and public
spirited citizens would meet
the challenge and keep Med
ford's record above that of
any other in the state.
Television Appeal
Radio and television appeals
also will go out this week,
during which the campaign
will be extended to empha
size the need for additional
funds or pledges at this time.
Contributions may be mail
ed to the United Medford Cru
sade at Box 5000, Medford,
or by telephoning the UMC
office, SPring 3-4287.
Monday, the board of direc
tors expressed concern of the
possibility of having to appor
tion the agency funds. Tom
Polk, UMC president, said
budgets for the agencies had
already been cut to a bare
minimum and hoped that the
community would become
aware of the emergency now
facing the Crusade.
A total of $126,404 was re
ported pledged at yesterday's
meeting, and since that time,
some funds have been report
ed leaving the $4,450 deficit.
Trees Reported Cut
From Private Land
A number of fairly large
trees were cut from private
property just off the Dead In
dian rd., Jackson county sher
iff's deputies said today.
Karl Oeser, Ashland, re
ported to deputies this morn
ing that someone had cut sev
eral trees from his property
near the summit and cut the
tops out of them.
Salem-dJPD-Clifford D. Con
rad, 46, has been named to
the new position of institution
farm administrator, the Board
of Control has announced.
Helicopter
Janrick Air service, Seattle,
intends to begin helicopter
and airplane charter service
at the Medford airport by
March 1 at the latest, two
company officials said here
yesterday.
The company plans to erect
a building south of the main
terminal, financed by the sale
of common stock to Medford
businessmen.
It also anticipates develop
ment of maintenance, repair
and overhaul facilities here
for other aircraft as well as
its own.
Discuss Plan
George H. Dimick, presi
dent of Janrick, and M. C.
Ziegler, vice president in
charge of the helicopter divi
sion and general manager, dis
cussed the company's program
yesterday at the noon lunch
eon of the Jackson county
Chamber of Commerce round-
53rd Year
M
EDF0RD
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Government To
Establish Refuge
On Klamath Land
15,000 Acres of
Marsh Land Involved
Washington (DPD The In
terior and Agriculture De
partment announced today
that the Federal government
will buy 15,000 acres of
marsh land on the Klamath
Indian reservation in Oregon
to use as a national wildlife
refuge.
The purchase will be made
under terms of a law passed
by Congress last Aug. 23
which amended as act pro
viding for termination of fed
eral supervision of the Kla
math tribe.
Proposal Approved
The two agencies said the
proposal to establish the ref
uge has been approved by the
Migratory Bird Conservation
commission composed of
members of Congress and the
President's cabinet.
The announcement said it
originally had been proposed
that the refuge would include
Wocus bay, an area of about
1,000 acres.
However, the departments
said the Klamath Indians
who elected to stay within
the Klamath tribe after the
end of federal control did
so on the basis of a plan
which provided that the bay
would be retained as a part
of their tribal lands.
Other Details
The Departments said that
in keeping with this the In
dians will be allowed to keep
the bay. But, Interior offic
ials said that if the refuge
"cannot be developed and
managed compatibly without
Wocus bay, then the govern
ment will be forced to acquire
the bay and make it a part of
the refuge."
The two departments also
announced further details of
plans for disposing of other
Klamath land under the am
ended termination act.
They said they have agreed
that 617,000 acres of the Kla
math Indian forest shall be
put up for sale to private pur
chasers in "appropriately
sized forest units."
If all of the units in the
area designated by the de
partments as comprising the
forest are not sold before
April 1, 1961, the govern
ment will purchase whatever
is left over so long as the
total does not have an ap
praised value of more than
$90 million.
Sustained Yield Unit
The departments said that
proceeds from the sale of trib
al lands will be paid out on
a proportionate basis to the
1,659 Indians who chose at
an election last April to with
draw from the tribe.
The agencies said a portion
of the Klamath forest consist
ing of about 145,000 acres
will be retained by the 474
Indians remaining in the tri
bal organization and will be
managed as a sustained yield
unit.
Private purchasers also will
be required to operate the
land they buy on a sustained
yield basis in order to con
serve the Klamath forest.
Washington rflJPD- Two Air
Force pilots set a record of
1,150 miles per hour for inter
cepting and destroying an
"enemy" aircraft in a test
Dec. 10 at Larson Air Force
Base, Wash., it was disclosed
today.
Service Planned in
table.
Nick DeWitt, 320 North
Keene way, and Dick Nyhoff ,
a former Medford resident
who moved recently to Seat
tle, are also affiliated with
the undertaking. Nyhoff is to
be in charge of operations
here. Warren Lesseg, Medford
attorney, is the firm's local
legal representative.
The company also is inter
ested in moving into the
Klamath area and northern
California, Dimick said.
Ziegler said a three-passenger
Bellanca plane would be
placed in service here right
after the first of the year."
He said a second Bellanca and
a seven - passenger Trecker
Gull would follow.
The first helicopter will ar
rive as soon as 1959 models
are available, no later than
March 1 in any case, the offi-
rcials stated.
MEDFORD,
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Door Kept Open
For Negotiations
On Whole Nation
Dulles Discounts
Risk of War
Paris-IUPD-The North Atlan
tic .allies reaffirmed solemnly
today the West's determina
tion to remain in Berlin re
gardless of Soviet threats.
At the same time, they re
jected Russia's one-sided repu
diation of international agree
ments on tne Isolated city.
However, they kept the
door open for East-West nego
tiations on Germany as a
whole, though not on Berlin
alone.
Support Pledged
They did so in a brief joint
declaration pledging the en
tire 15-nation NATO alliance
to support Berlin and reject
the Soviet ultimatum to the
West to get out.
The declaration was drafted
by a six-nation group consist
ing of the United States, Bri
tain, France, West Germany,
Italy and Canada.
It was being approved by
the full NATO Council and
was expected to be published
this evening.
Agreement on the broad
outlines of the declaration
was reached by the NATO
Council this morning after
Secretary of State John' Fos
ter Dulles told the 15-nation
group that te Soviets would
no risk war over Berlin.
Although the declaration in
dicated the West's willingness
to negotiate on Germany with
the Soviets, it did not set any
date for the talks or propose
whether they would be in the
form of a summit meeting, a
foreign ministers' get-together,
or simple diplomatic talks
Authoritative sources said
said the NATO statement set
out the broad outlines of he
reply the West plans to send
to the Soviet premier's note
of Nov. 27 calling on the west
ern allies to get out of Berlin.
The official pact spokesman
said Dulles told the council
that giving an inch to Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev in
Berlin would be "a beginning
that might end in disaster."
Discounts War Risk.
The U.S. leader told Ameri
ca's allies that they are strong
enough to ignore the Krem
lin's propaganda threats.
"We do not need to worry
about Soviet threats . . ." he
said. "I am quite certain the
Soviet Union will not risk
war over Berlin. Therefore,
we can proceed with confi
dence." Bicycle Licenses to
Go On Sale Dec. 20
City bicycle licenses will go
on sale at the Medford police
station, Fifth st. and Central
ave., on Saturday, Dec. 20, ac
cording to Services Lt. Rollie
Pean.
All vehicles on the streets
after Jan. 1 must be licensed,
Lt. Pean said.
Within six months there
will be "at least two or three,"
they said.
The types to be used, ac
cording to Ziegler, include the
Bell 47J- Ranger, a three-passenger
craft, and the G2 util
ity 'copter that can carry two
passengers.
They will be used for both
"executive" (passenger) and
freight service here, Dimick
explained. Ziegler mentioned
among other uses seeding
clouds to prevent hail damage
to orchards, assistance in the
state mapping program for
new roads and sightseeing
trips for Centennial visitors.
Helicopter passenger rates
he described as generally com
parable to charter planes.
He said the terrain in the
Medford area makes "an ideal
spot" for helicopter service.
The officials showed a film
on the performance of the
OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1958
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"Alabama Alaska
Set-Back Variance
Sought for
A variance for the 825 East
Ninth st. apartments built al
legedly in violation of Med-
fords zoning ordinance was
requested at the city planning
commission meeting last night
by City Attorney E. Roy
Bashaw.
The commission, after hear
ing Bashaw's summary of the
situation, called for a public
hearing on the matter at the
Jan.. 12 meeting.
, Roy P. Wilkes, recent can
didate for the Ward I city
Main, Eighth Sis.
In Beauty Plan
Main st., Eighth st., and the
Airport rd. will be the next
streets in Medford to be in
cluded in the master survey of
the city by the Make Medford
Beautiful committee.
These streets were selected
at the Monday luncheon of
the committee at the Medford
hotel. They were considered
to be the most important after
the city's main highway ap
proaches. Also attending the meeting
was Jack Foster, chairman of
the subcommittee on plan
ning.' He will coordinate the
projects of service clubs in
the planting of various areas.
Also discussed was the
planned program by the com
mittee at the Jackson County
Round table luncheon to be
held Monday, Dec. 22, at the
Jackson hotel.
Salem-ttlPD-The State Board
of Control has awarded a
$493,414 contract to George
Moore, Portland, for construc
tion of a new 100-bed dormi
tory at MacLaren school for
boys near Woodburn.
Area
Ranger. It can be converted
quickly from passenger to
freight use by removing the
seats. It can carry two litters
in emergency service, and
can be used for amphibious
landings by trading its stand
ard runners for pontoons.
It cruises at more than 90
miles per hour, can hover at
14,700 feet and in a test flight
over the Andes mountains in
South America flew at 17,500
feet.
Ziegler said it could carry
60 gallons of spray, or about
400 pounds.
Janrick was incorporated in
April of this year, in Seattle,
Dimick said. He said it would
be incorporated in Oregon as
the Janrick Oregon division.
He said it would be operated
as a closed corporation here,
financed by 100,000 shares of
common stock of which 50,000
would be marketed locally.
Tribune
Arizona Arkansas 1
Building
council seat, renewed his op
position to the proposed city
subdivision ordinance. He spe
cifically criticized a section
that would give city power to
require dedication of land in
subdivision plats for park and
recreational use.
In the course of the meet
ing, which lasted nearly four
hours, the planners consid
ered a total of 19 items flf bus
iness. Erected Last August
The. East Ninth st. apart
ments were erected late last
summer by Watkins Construc
tion company. In September,
the city received complaints
from neighbors that the eight
individual units had been
built only about four feet
from the side property lines,
in apparent violation of the
city's setback regulations.
James Boyce, the contrac
tor, contended that since the
plans calling for this four-foot
setback had been approved by
the city when the building
permit was issued in July, the
builder was not to blame.
The city contended that the
required setback in this case
should be 10 feet, or possibly
under one interpretation as
much as 13.
But the situation was com
plicated when city building
inspectors issued the permit
and took no action at the site
until the units were practi
cally completed. '
After prolonged considera
tion, city officials agreed to
take the case to court. Accord
ingly, Bashaw filed a com
plaint in municipal court
Nov. 10. But the possibility of
an out-of-court settlement has
persisted, and the case is still
pending.
(Continued on page 6)
Statewide Alert
Is Anticlimax for
Local Commander '
For Capt. Sebastiano J.
Fagone, commanding officer
of a local National Guard
company, the statewide test
alert early Sunday morning
was something of an ant
climax. He had aldready been at
tacked twice by "aggressor
forces" the day before.
Captain Fagone, a mail
man, parked his pickup by
the post office Saturday
morning. At 9:52 a.m., ac
cording to city police, an
other vehicle ran into it.
At 12:30 p.m., a small
black and while dog assault
ed him as he delivered mail
at 113 Cottage st., and bit
him in the calf.
He was still feeling the
effects of a tetanus shot tak
en for the dog bile when his
phone rang at 4:35 a.m. lo
announce the alert.
Price 10 Cents
Ne. 229
Bids on Reserve
Center May Be
Called in Jan.
Installation May
Cost $250,000
Bids on the proposed U.S.
Army Reserve Center -at the
intersection of McAndrews rd.
and West Jackson st, will be
called for on or about Jan.
26, according to word re
ceived here today from Wash
ington.
Telegrams from the office
of Sen. Richard Neuberger
(D.-Ore.) and from Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D.-Ore.)
both in Washington, report
this date has been announced
by the department of the
Army.
"Installation will probably
cost in neighborhood of quar
ter million dollars," Porter
wired. Previous estimates
have been as high as $300,000.
Plans reportedly call for a
main building, with offices,
supply rooms, classrooms and
an attached assembly hall,
and also a two-bay mainte
nance shop. A total of 200 re
servists is anticipated.
Land From Authority"
The center is to be situated
on a triangular tract recently
acquired for $25,000 from the
Jackson County Housing
authority. This tract is bound
ed on the south by Jackson
st. and on the northwest by
McAndrews rd.
The city has proposed ex
tending Columbus ave. north
from Jackson to McAndrews
replacing recently-v a c a t e d
Priddy st., and this would
form the east boundary. The
center is expected to front on
this extension.
To the east of the proposed
extension, other housing au
thority land is expected to ac
commodate a municipal swim
ming pool and park area plus
extended playground facilities
for Jackson school.
Up until last summer, the
area contained low-cost hous
ing. The housing units have
since been demolished or
moved away.
The present Army plans
also include off-street parking
lots for 81 vehicles.
The buildings will be of
concrete construction with
brick facing, according to Lt.
Col. Frank M. Kehoe, Med
ford reserve unit advisor.
Site Landscaped
The site will be landscaped
to harmonize with local sur
roundings, Lt. Col. Kehoe
said. Plans for the installa
tion are of a standard type es
tablished in Washington and
varied as necessary to suit in
dividual situations, he ex
plained. The Medford center would
be comparable to the one in
Eugene, he added.
He stated that regulations
permit the use of the center
by non-profit organizations in
the community such as boy
scout troops, church and PTA
groups and other responsible
civic organizations. Such use
would depend of course on
non-interference with military
activities. .
No date has been reported
as yet for opening the bids.
However, in its announce
ment Aug. 12 that the land
was to be acquired, the army
said construction would begin
prior to next July 1.
Washington (UPD President
Eisenhower will not hold a
news conference Wednesday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
through Wednesday. Little
change in temperature. Cow
tonight 38. High tomorrow 48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S5
Lowest this Morning , 37
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:40 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:35 am.
Moonset tonight 11:29 p.m.
First Quarter Dec. 17
PROMINENT STAR
Rigel. rises S:35 p.m.
and will be due south 11:30 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, high in south
east 7:58 p.m.
Jupiter, rises '5:12 a.m.
Storage Tanks
Escape Flames;
Windows Rattled
Superstructure
Hurled 75 Feet
Pasco, Wash.-(UPD-A barge
unloading its cargo of gaso
line exploded here this morn
ing, causing a fire which
threatened 16 storage tanks
before it was brought under
control.
The barge, City of Long
view No. 535, had pumped
out most of its cargo of 328,
000 gallons but still had
about 50,000 gallons aboard
when the explosion occurred.
Windows Rattled
The blast rattled windowi
a mile away and hurled a por
tion of the superstructure 75
feet. A portion of the barge
remained above water and
burned fiercely. Flames swept
beneath the dock causing
about $25,000 damage to the
dock, Pasco Fire Chief Lyle
Cooney said.
Walter Pirtle, 29, Kenne
wick, Wash., was hurled into
the water but made it to shore
and was taken to Our Lady
of Lourdes Hospital here
where his condition was re
ported as fair.
Tanks Drenched
The storage tanks, about
150 feet from the barge fire,
were kept drenched to pre
vent any explosion.
"We were lucky the winds
were blowing away from the
tanks," said Cooney.
Cause of the exDlosion was
not known. Firemen fought
the blaze for more than three
hours before bringing it un
der control.
Josephine Names
County Airport Man
Grants Pass Bill Rosen.
balm, owner of the Medford
Air Service, has started
operations as manager of the
new Josephine county airport
on Harris Bench near Grants
Pass.
This was the result of an
agreement between Rosen-
balm and the Josephine coun
ty court, it was reported.
Rosenbalm said his nnar ra
tions at the Josephine eountv
airport will include charter
plane service, flight instruc
tion, plane rentals. croD-dust.
ing and work for the U.S.
Forest Service. Shop facilities
with an aircraft mechanic on
duty will be maintained. hi
added. The, agreement is for
one year and covers lease, of
the hangar and other airoort
facilities.
Part of the Medford Air
Service's present crop-dusting
operations, now based at th
Medford Municipal airport,
wm be moved to the Jose
phine county airport, Rosen
balm said. All of the nresent
operations at Medford will be
continued, he added.
Bfoodmobile in
Shady Cove Today
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Jackson county to
day and tomorrow.
A -quota of 100 pints has
been set for a visit this after
noon at the Veterans of For
eign Wars hall in Shady
Cove. Blood will be collected
until 7 o'clock this evening,
according to Mrs. X. E. W.
Seggessenman, who is direct
ing the Shady Cove visit.
Assisting Mrs. Seggessen
man are Mrs. Oscar Hanson,
Elk Creek; Mrs. Robert San
derson, Trail; Mrs. Gene
House, Shady Cove; Mrs. Wil
liam Hammell, Reese Creek;
and Mrs. C. W. Duggan,
Sams Valley.
The Bloodmobile will be
at the Jackson county Red
Cross chapter house, 60 Haw
thorne ave., Medford, be
tween 1 and 5 p.m. Wednes
day. Quota for the Medford
visit is 290 pints, for which
350 donors are needed, Red
Cross officials noted.
Appointments may be
made by telephoning the Red
Cross office.
Children May Call
Santa on Telephone
Children may telephone or
ders to Santa Claus starting
tonight. The service is being
sponsored by the Medford Ki
wanis club.
Santa Claus my be reached
by dialing SPring 3-7353 be
tween 7 and 9 p.m. tonight,
Thursday and Friday.
Arrangements for the tele
phone service have been made
by the Medford Kiwanis club
with the cooperation of Pacif
ic Telephone and Telegraph
company. D. J. Bolton heads
the committee which made
the arrangements. t