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Demonstrators
Meet Russian at
Cleveland Airport
Cleveland, Ohio-flJPD-Soviet
Deputy Premier Anastas ' I.
Mikoyan arrived here today
to spend the day as a guest of
financier - industrialist Cyrus
Eaton.
' The Soviet official and his
party were welcomed with a
warm handshake by Eaton,
but banners on a group of
100 cars, which assembled at
Hopkins Airport two hours
before Mikoyan's arrival from
Washington, were not so cor
dial. "Mikoyan go home and
take Eaton with you!" was
one of the sentiments ex
pressed on placards carried
by six organizations in the
protest demonstration.
Conspicious in the crowd
were life-size pictures of Mi
koyan and Eaton, bearing the
caption: "Poison!" one banner
read: "Mikoyan-mass killer!"
Police Stand Guard
More, than 100 policemen
were on hand to guard Miko
yan and the seven other Rus
sians, including Mikhail Men-
shikov, Russian ambassador
to Washington, and Mikoyan's
son, Sergo, but there was no
indication of violence.
Police Chief Frank Story
said his men would not inter
fere with the protest demon
. stration unless laws , are
broken, and a spokesman for
the protesting groups, meet
ing in a vacant store in the
- Hungarian district, stressed
that "our demonstration will
be completely lawful. There
will be no violence."
Eaton, in welcoming Miko
yan and his party to Cleve
land, applauded the increas
ing "exchange of visits be
tween the United States and
the U.S.S.R.," which he
termed the "two most power
ful nations in the history of
the world."
Then the 75-year-old Cleve
land industrialist, who recent
ly visited Russia, lashed out at
American foreign policy and
laws which prevent extension
of huge American loans to fi
nance enormous two - way
trade between the two na
tions. After a brief press confer
ence at the airport, Mikoyan
was driven to the Greenbrier
suite at Cleveland Union
Terminal. He will lunch with
some 40 leading Cleveland in
dustrialists, bankers and mer
chants and then will tour the
Lincoln Electric company
plant.
As Mikoyan flew into 'Cleve
land, he left a two-day trail
of cold war peace feelers
through official and unofficial
Washington.
Program of Reform
Starts in Havana
Havana i (UPD President
Manuel Urrutia's ministers re
ported to their offices for the
first time today to launch the
revolutionary gove rnment's
program of reconstruction and
reform.
Urrutia held his first for
mal cabinet meeting Tuesday
night, just a few hours after
he had dissolved the Cuban
congress and announced he
would rule by decree for the
next 18 months.
The new president has em
phasized in his talks with
newsmen that his government
would concentrate on a broad
program to raise Cuba's liv
ing standards, especially in
the rural areas.
He planned to implement
the 26th of July Movement's
land reform program calling
for breaking up of the state
owned lands into five-acre
parcels which would be deed
ed to the tenar-t farmers now
working them.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York-EP&-Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 583.15, off 8.22; 20
railroads 160.10, off 1.76; 15
utilities 91.00. off 0.38, and
65 slocks 203.00. off 2.35.
Sales today were about
4.140,000 shares compared
with 3,690,000 shares Tuesday.
DfflOKOYAN
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1959
"The Idea Is To' Set It Up In A Quick Change,
See? . . .
New Auto Insurance
Rates Go in Effect
Portland-flJPD-New automo
bile insurance rates increas
ing liability premiums but re
ducing the price of drivers'
property damage insurance
went into effect in Oregon to
day. . The rates were announced
by firms who are members or
subscribers to the National
Bureau . of Casualty Under
writers and the National Au
tomobile , and Underwriters
association. These handle
about three-fourths of the auto
insurance business in Oregon.
Liability rates for commer
cial cars were increased an
average of 21 per cent. The
liability rate for passengers
cars went up an average of
2Vz per cent.
Material Damage
The material damage rates
for passenger cars were de
creased an average of slightly
more than 4V& per cent.
Other changes increased by
about 12 per 'cent the rates
for liability insurances car
ried by garages, filling sta
tions and similar establish
ments; reduced commercial
fire rates about 4t per cent
depending on the distance the
vehicle is operated, and re
duced collision premiums for
two . cars and . other , similar
commercial vehicle about 11
per cent. ,
A year ago the same com
panies increased passenger
car liability rates about 30 V
per cent and material damage
rates for passenger - cars ' 10
per cent. At that time com
mercial vehicle insurance
rates were not changed.
Automobile liability insur
ance rates in Jackson coun
ty were increased from $42
to $43, according to the Na
tional Bureau of Casualty Un
derwriters. This rate applies to Class
1A, non-business family car
with no young male opera
tors. Basic limits coverage
means protection up to $5,000
for bodily injury for one per
son, up to $10,000 for bodily
injury for more than one per
son resulting from one acci
dent and up to $5,000 for pro
perty damage resulting from
one accident.
t)regon material damage
premium rates have dropped
from $96 to $88, a decrease of
$8, it was reported, for the
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy, windy and
mild with rain in valleys and
snow in mountains tonight.
Showers and cooler Thursday.
Low tonight 42. High Thursday,
TEMP.
Highest yesterday 42
Lowest this morning 32
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:54 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 p.m.
Moonrise tomorrow .... 6:52 a.m.
New moon Thursday night
PROMINENT STARS
Vega, low in
northwest 7:28 p.m.
Spiea, in the ,
southeast 3:43 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS .
Venus, sets 5:32 p.m.
Mars, high in
southeast 8:40 p.m.
Jupiter, rises . 4:07 a.m.
area outside Portland. This
pertains to full comprehen
sive and $50 deductible collision-coverage
for popular
priced family car, with no
male driver under , 25 years
old. ' .. ; .: ,' ; .....
Gov." Commuter
Nunn's Sentence
Salem -(UPD Gov. Robert D.
Holmes today commuted the
death sentence of Billy Jun
ior Nunn to life in prison.
Nunn was convicted of the
first degree murder of Alvin
Eacret, Klamath Falls.
His conviction was upheld
by the State Supreme Court.
The boy's parents later
questioned the right of the
governor . to : commute sen
tences, but the governor's
right was upheld by the Su
preme Court.
Nunn had been scheduled
to die March 18, 1958, but an
executive order of the gover
nor postponed the execution
until June: 26, 1959.
In his commutation, the
governor said that the impo
sition of capital punishment
"does not prevent the com
mission of murder and ... is
contrary to the .teachings of
Christianity which are the
foundation of our . govern
ment. ''It is the obligation of gov
ernment to be civilized even
in the exercise of its obliga
tion to protect society," the
governor said.
The commutation order not
ed that the Supreme Court
had decreed that it was the
governor's responsibility t o
determine . when his commu
tation powers should be used.
Motion to Disqualify
Judge Filed in Case
Attorneys for Ahe Eagle
Point Irrigation District and
The California Oregon Pow
er company Monday filed a
motion in circuit court seek
ing the disqualification of
Judge Edward C. Kelly.
The motion was filed in the
case of Paul D. Conrad, Fritz
M. Carlson, Herman Higday,
Ann and Howard F. Todd
versus the Eagle . Point Irri
gation district and J. Harvey
Stanley, Clarence J. Greb
and Elbert M. Bigham, its di
rectors, and Copco.
The complaint was filed by
Conrad, Carlson, Higday and
the Todds seeks nullification
of the district's contract with
Copco whereby Copco is guar
anteed a portion of the dist
rict's water for power use in
return for financing mainten
ance and improvement of the
district's main canal above
the power station.
The number of plaintiffs in
the suit, all of whom are dist
rict water users, has shrunk
from the original seven to
five. The names of Joe Nork
IB
$231,977 Total
Of Festival Fund;
Meeting Slated
A total of $231,977.52 has
been collected to date in the
Shakespearean Festival fund
drive, according to Archie
Fries, Shakespearean Festival
association president.
This leaves $43,022.48 yet
to be collected to reach the
goal of $275,000 for recon
struction of the Shakespear
ean Festival theater in Ash
land.
A Festival fund post holi-
,day progress meeting is sched
uled for Friday, Jan. 9, from
noon to 1 p.m. in the Red
Cross building, 60 Hawthorne
ave., Medford, Fries added.
On Dec. 22 the Festival
fund had a total of $224,-
624.93. This means the fund
has moved ahead $7,353.59,
Fries said. Medford's total is
$73,467.93 and Ashland's $71,
379.84. An anonymous donor has
contributed $68,726.50 in a
matching fund, it was re
ported. The Ashland total of
$71,379.84 includes donations
of labor and materials, it was
explained. The mailing total
outside Ashland and Medford
is $18,403.25.
Women Collect Mors
The women have collected
more money than the men in
both Ashland and ' Medford.
it was reported. In Medford,
the .men collected $6,162. and
the women topped t this by
collecting $7,900.50. In Ash-
lahdthe men'conecfed" $35,-'
373 and the women edged
ahead with. $35,808.84 collect
ed. Medford mail contribu
tions totalled $1,687 and $198
in Ashland.
Medford's special gifts divis
ion collected $51,056.43 and
the material , gifts division
$6,662. The latter division in
cludes donations of materials
such as lumber and cement,
it was explained. Ashland
does not have a special gifts
division.
Mailing totals from other
communities with. Festival
fund chairmen include Port
land, $3,156; Salem, $481, Eu
gene, $1,537, Grants Pass,
$3,005, San Francisco Bay
area, $2,869, Southern Cali
fornia, $365, Eureka $33. The
balance of the fund is from
general mailing covering
many sections of the country,
a spokesman said and totals
$6,957.25. '
Too Much Snow Halts
Travel To Ski Resort
Mt. Shasta. Calif UJPD
Five-foot snowdrifts block
ed the road io the Mt. Shas
ta Ski Bowl .lodge today,
preventing three persons
from leaving.
Two Siskiyou county
snow plows were expected
lo clear Ihu . road lo , the
lodge late today. Bill di
Cristina. lodge manager,
his wife, and E. A. Christen
sen, lodge chef, were report
ed in no danger.
and Claude Self do not ap
pear on the ammended com
plaint. Says Kelly Prejudiced
In the motion filed Monday,
Attorney George Roberts at
tached an affidavit stating
that he believes Judge Kelly
"is prejudiced against the in
terests of The California Ore
gon Power company to the
extent that I believe that
said defendant cannot have a
fair and impartial trial or
hearing ..."
It was the first legal action
by either of the parties since
a hearing before Judge Kelly
Dec. 23, at which time he
postponed the taking of depo
sitions in the case until Jan.
19. The delay was made be
cause Ted Flury, Eagle Point,
secretary-manager of the dist
rict, and a witness, is cur
rently under indictment on a
charge of receiving a salary
from Copco while employed
by the district, in violation of
an Oregon statute.
Mrs. Todd instigated the
suitV against Flury,
Price 10 Cents
No. 248
Hatfield Meets
Legal Advisors
To Decide Action
Salem-(UPE-Gov.-eIect Mark
Hatfield met today with his
legal advisors to decide what
action to take in his battle
with Gov. Robert D. Holmes
to name a new secretary of
state.
Holmes contends he has the
power to appoint a new secre
tary of state and he favors
Dave O'Hara, a 71;year-old
Republican who was' former
state elections chief.
The governor is backed by
Attorney General Robert , Y
Thornton who has issued an
opinion that Hatfield must
resign his present secretary
of state's job before becoming
governor. This would give the
governor the power to appoint
a new secretary of state.
However, Hatfield has said
he intends to appeal the mat
ter to the courts for final de
cision:
If- the case is appealed to
the Supreme Court, the ap
propriate action would be a
"quo warranto" proceeding
which tests the validity of a
person to hold public office.
The jurisdiction of the high
court is sharply limited as to
what cases over which it can
take original jurisdiction. The
court may originally hear only
mandamus, habeas corpus and
quo warranto proceedings.
If Hatfield chooses to file
for a declaratory judgment as
to his powers to appoint a new
secretary of state, that action
would have to be filed in
Marion county Circuit Court
Such a procedure would
take longer than appealing
directly to the high court.
Sources close to the Su
preme-Court indicated today
that they would1 be able to
Vact promptly" on a quo war
ranto proceeding.
If a declaratory judgment
were sought in Circuit Court.
it might be next Monday or
later before a decision could
be reached.
Work Being Done
On CP. School
Central Point - Repairs are
now under way on the Central
Point Elementary school to
meet safety standards requir
ed by W. P. Roble, deputy
state fire marshal, it was re
ported today.
Roble, Grants Pass, was
called to inspect the 50-year
old school building last month
by Don Turner, Central Point
fire chief. Touring the build
ing with the chief and deputy
fire marshal were H. P. Jew
ett, district 6C school super
intendent, and Charles A.
Meyer, Central Point elemen
tary and junior high school
principal.
Reqpirements specified by
Roble included a metal ex
terior fire escape to be placed
on the north side of the struc
ture and rooms on the lower
floor are to have fire-resistant
ceilings. Fire doors are also
required between ' the two
floors and the stairwell is to
be walled with fire-resistant
materials.
Also to be corrected were
trash chutes and the old fur
nace vents, which are to be
closed.
The safety requirements are
to be met within 30 days from
the time of inspection, it was
reported.
Fire Alarm Sounded
In Chicago School
Chicago - (UPD - A whiff of
smoke drove 200 students out
of their classrooms and onto
the sidewalk at Our Lady of
Sorrows Parochial school to
day. An alarm was sounded but
there was no fire in the
school.
Sister Superior Regina Ce
cile smelled smoke in the
school's second floor gym
nasium. She immediately
turned in a fire alarm and
then led the children out of
the school in fire drill for
mation. When firemen arrived, there
was no fire to put out.
Investigation showed that a
strong southeast 'wind had
driven smoke from an incin
erator 75 feet south of the
school through underground
ducts and into the gymnasium.
First Degree Murder
Charged Against Woman
ARRAIGNED Maxine A. Click, 46, who has confessed in
writing to the slaying of her husband, Houston James Clark,
in Ashland yesterday morning, is shown above entering Jack
son county court house in custody of police prior to being
charged with first degree murder. Mrs. Click, the mother of
nine children age 4 to 21 years, said she shot her husband
after a series of family arguments. She was arraigned late
yesterday afternoon.
Fall Employment
Said Fairly
The fall months up to mid-
December formed a period
of relatively high employment
in Jackson county, according
to John J. Patton, manager
ployment office. Such unem
loyment as occurred was gen
ployment as occurred was
generally of short duration.
Unemployment in Jackson
county, at the end of Decem
ber was estimated at 2,100,
Patton said, which is 66 per
cent above November,-but 15
per cent - below . the same
month a year ago. The pres
ent unemployment total is ex
pected to drop in January
unless bad weather forces ad
ditional shutdowns and pro
longs the present ones, he
said.
Lumber Activity Helps .
During the past three
months, with lumber prices
good, the unemployment lev
el has been less than half
that of the. previous year, Pat
ton reported. Jackson county
has been consistently better
off than most other areas in
Oregon which undoubtedly
had a strong influence on the
high sales activity during the
Christmas season as reported
by local retail firms, he said.
During the three-month
period ending in mid-December
' orchard pruning was in
full operation. Experienced
pruners were in demand. Job
prospects during the next 60
days are poor for new hires;
Patton said, although it ap
pears at; present layoffs will
be far below last year. The
weather pattern of the -next
two months is likely to de
termine the amount of un
employment in this area, he
said..
Building permits in Med-
Two Plead Guilty
In Circuit Court
Three men appeared in cir
cuit court Tuesday morning
before Judge Edward C. Kel
ly. Two entered pleas of guil
ty to district attorney's infor
mation and. a third had his
probation revoked and was
sentenced to three ears in
the Oregon state penitentiary.
LeRoy Beebe, 31, transient,
had his parole 'revoked for
failure to report to his parole
officer following a suspended
sentence on a charge, of bur
glary not in a dwelling. He
was sentenced to the state
penitentiary.
William E. McDermott, 330
North Front st., pleaded guil
ty to a charge . of obtaining
money by false pretenses and
had sentencing suspended one
year under rules of the state
parole and probation depart
ment. Jack Price Skipworth, 49,
transient, also pleaded guilty
to uttering and publishing a
false check. His sentencing
was continued by Judge
Kelly.
Portland (UPD The Liberty
theater here has been sold to
the Bank of California. Bank
officials ' said the theater
would became, a parking lot
before the property was uti
lized for expanded banking
facilities.
High
ford for 1958 totalled $5,778,
527, Patton said. These per
mits are only for Medford
and do not reflect building
activity in the rest of the
county, he explained. '
Most of the lumber firms
expect to resume operations
shortly. During the last half
of December several such
firms shut down for about
two to three weeks. '' '
Other layoffs resulted when
retail trade business complet
ed its Christmas gift peak.
These lay offs coming on top
of those from the lumber in
dustry brought the highest un
employment total of the pres
ent season, Patton said.
Shore Batteries
Shell Quemoy
Tapeih, Formosa -UPD- Chi
nese . Communist shore bat
teries rained more than 12,000
shells on the Quemoy out
post islands today in a renew
al of the Formosa Strait hos
tilities, the Chinese National
ist Defense Ministry reported.
A Chinese Communist
spokesman said in a broadcast
heard in Tokyo, that the
bombardment was punish
ment for Nationalist shelling
last week end which Peiping
reported killed 48 civilians,
including 23 children.
Today's barrage began at 2
p.m. and lasted for five hours.
Heaviest shelling occurred in
the first two hours.
. The new flare-up in the off
shore war came as no sur
prise to National authorities
in view .of Red threats" of
"punishment" for the earlier
Nationalist shelling. Obeserv
ors here did not believe the
Reds planned o invade the
14 off-shore islands defended
by the Nationalists. -
Today was a "shelling day"
under the alternate day
bombardment plan which the
Peiping government imposed
last November.'
Park Commission Considers, Levy
To Cover Ashland City Program
Ashland - An additional
one-mill levy for the Ashland
park commission may be plac
ed before the voters in the
near future, it was revealed
at last night's Ashland city
council meeting.
This would be in addition to
the present 4V mill levy on
which the park commission
now operates, a city official
explained. Ashland's park
commission was to meet this
noon to decide whether to
place the proposed levy - be
fore the voters. The Ashland
city council last night gave its
approval of the suggested one
mill additional levy.
The additional mill would
bring in $6,000 additional a
year in tax revenues to the
commission, Eldon Scripter,
park commission chairman,
said today. The additional
funds are needed to cover an
expanded maintenance pro
gram, he explained.
This would include land
scaping ihe area around the
Appearance at
Grand Jury Set
For Mrs. Click
Mrs. Maxine A. Click, 46,
Ashland, who was jailed
Tuesday for the shooting, of
her husband, Houston James
Click, 47, waived the right of
attorney and preliminary
hearing late yesterday after
noon in district court. She has
been charged with first de
gree murder.
Held in the county jail
without bail, she is to appear
before the grand jury Jan. 19,
according to District Attorney
Tom Reeder.
Mrs. Click, mother of nine
children, aged 4 to 21 years,
was arrested by Ashland po
lice Tuesday morning , after
she told them by phone, "I'd
like to report a man has been
shot."
Sheriff Joe Walsh said Mrs.
Click confessed in writing to
shooting her husband in the
bedroom of their home at 720
Indiana st. as the culmination
of a long series of family ar
guments She told officers that she
and her husband had quar
reled almost constantly since
he returned Dec. 26 from Mis
souri where he had been hos
pitalized for treatment of a
back injury.
Click was shot twice, in the
head and chest, about 8 a.m.
Tuesday. Mrs. Click said she
did not know if he was asleep
at the time, but that after the
shooting she covered the body
with a blanket so it would
not be seen by. the six chil
dren at home.
Three older sons of the cou
ple, George. 21, Houston, 19
and Robert,; 13, are in Mis
souri. Six others were placed
in zoster nomes Tuesday under
the supervision of the county
welfare department. They are
Tom, llDavid, 8; Russ,:4;
Beverly Ann, 15; Elsie, 10;
and Nancy, 9.
. Following the shooting, the
three girls accompanied Mrs.
Click .to the grocery store
where she called police.
Her call was answered by
Ashland Police Chief Herb
Hays and Sgt. Roy Hanson.
When their police car turned
off Siskiyou boulevard to In
diana st., Hays said he no
ticed a woman signaling him.
When he stopped, Mrs.
Click and the girls approached
and she said, "A man has been
shot at 720 Indiana st."
State police, sheriffs offi
cers and the district attorney's
office aided in the investiga
tion. Mrs. Click told them
that she and her husband had
quarreled for years, but the
situation had become more
acute recently.
An autopsy was performed
by the coroner this morning
but results had not been an
nounced by press time.
Most Highways Clear
In Southern Oregon
Most highways in southern
Oregon and northern Califor
nia were reported bare this
morning, according to state
police.
Pavement is reported bare
at Grants Pass, the Siskiyous,
Cave Junction, Prospect and
Mt. Sexton.
Highway 99 between Duns
muir and Weed, Calif., was
reported clear.
Shakespearean theater which
is to be reconstructed. Land
scaping costs are estimated at
$3,500.
It would also include the
new center parking strip on
the new part of the Siskiyou
blvd. extending from East
Main sL or the fire station to
the Ashland General hospital.
Cost is estimated at $2,800
and $2,000 each year to main
tain it. Park commission em
ployees' salaries and wages
would be raised also if the ad
ditional mill should be put
through. ;
The park commission . now
operates on a budgeta of $23,
000 and under the 6-mill lim
itation is allowed to raise on
ly $1,200 extra each year. So
far the commission has been
dropping behind in its budget,
it was explained. The addi
tional one-mill levy would
raise the budget total to $29,
000 a year.
The park commission hopes
the Shakespearean Festival ,
Economy, Space
Challenges May
Dominate Session
86th Congress
Convenes Today .
; Washington -(UPD- The new
and bigger 86th Congress con
vened today with a Democrat
ic leadership pledge of "re
sponsible service" and a Re
publican minority operating
under a changed command in'
both the House and Senate.
An economy challenge from
President Eisenhower and a
space challenge from the Rus
sians wer expected to domin
ate the first session of the
most overwhelmingly Demo
cratic Congress since New
Deal days But sparks were
expected to fly on such issues
as efforts to curb Senate fili
busters, civil rights and la
bor legislation.
The Congress with s which
Eisenhower must deal in his
last two years in -the White
House is the largest in his
tory because of the addition
of two senators and a House
member from the new state
of Alaska.
As the gavels fell in both
chambers for the opening, 64
Democrats and 34 Republi
cans were on hand in the
Senate; 293 Democrats and
153 Republicans in the House.
GOP Chooses Dirkten
. Shortly before the Senate
met, Senate Republicans
elected Sen. Everett M. Dirk
sen of Illinois as their leader
and Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel
of California as whip. This
completed a GOP congression
al leadership- revamping that
began Tuesday when Rep.
Charles A. Hallack of Indiana
ousted Rep. Joseph W, Mar
tin Jr. of Massachusetts from
the House leadership he had
held for. 20 years.
Democrats operated under
their long established leadership-Speaker
Sam Rayburn
of Texas in. ; the House and
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas in the Senate.
The keynote of "responsible
service" was sounded by John
son at a party caucus prior to
the ceremonial first session.
-. - Johnson called the new ses
sion the "starting of a new
era" for Democcrats.
' Johnson cautioned the Dem
ocrats against any intraparty
fighting that may stem from
the antifilibuster . and civil
rights issues.
- Johnson chided the Eisen
hower administratiton's lead
ership saying, "there is be
tween the people and their
government a deficit of vigor,
a deficit of confidence and a
deficit of will."
Republican Compromise
The Republican leadership
controversy apparently result
ed in a compromise settle
ment. Dirksen, and 1 "old
guard" nominee, defeated
Sen. John S. Cooper, (R-Ky.),
the nominee of a liberal bloc.
Kuchel however came from
the liberal group. He defeat-1
ed Sen. Karl E. Mundt, (R
S.D.), by the same 20 to 14
margin which Dirksen had.
Dirksen takes, over duties
previously held by Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland of Calif
ornia who lost a governorship
bid last November. .
Before the opening gavel
sounded in both chambers,
Eisenhower and top members
of the administration joined
legislators of both parties at
a special prayer and commun
ion service at the National
Presbyterian church. Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris, Sen
ate chaplain, offered special
prayers for the President and
Congress in their efforts to
achieve world peace and pro
vid for the nation's welfare.
association will assume some
of the costs of landscaping the
area of the theater in Lithia
park, the commission chair
man explained. However, in
order to start work ' on the
new theater building work
men tore up a larger area
than was landscaped 1 before.
This is the area which the
park commission expects to
have to landscape.
"It is our hope, also, to raise
the salaries and wages of our
employees up to a level with
those; of other city em
ployees," Commissioner Scrip
ter said. "In hourly wages,
this would mean a 15-cent in
crease." Four men are employed the
year around and additional
personnel are added during
the summer peak season as
needed, Scripter said.
Under the city charter the
city council can ask the park
commission to include more
land in its maintenance pro
gram any time, Scripter added.