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Sippoirt o ! ; 1 -iU , f-r tilt & t- f 1 1 4? H'td ' a v J AWARD WINNER - Dr. Frank Wilson (center) received the Distinguished Service Award Wednesday evening at the Junior Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. Dr. Wilson, nominated by the Crater Lions club, was one of six nominated for the honor. He accepted the plaque from Arthur Dr. Wilson Receives Jaycee Distinguished Service Award Dr. Frank Wilson, Medford dentist, received the Junior Chamber of Commerce Dis tinguished Service Award last night at the annual banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club. Nominated by the Crater Lions club of which he is president, Dr. Wilson is also a member of the YMCA board of directors, active in the Pear Blossom Festival, Jackson County Centennial committee secretary and executive coun cil member of the Southern Oregon Dental Society, and a Sunday school teacher at St. Mark's Episcopal church. In presenting the award, Arthur VanLeeuwen, Jaycee president, stressed the great amount of time and mental as well as physical effort the six nominees had given their community. He explained that Medford, as well as the coun ty, benefited from these men's efforts and would for years to come. Besl Work in Life "Service to humanity is the best work in life," VanLeeu wen said. "It is part of the Jaycees' creed." Upon accepting the plaque, Dr. Wilson thanked the Jay cees for the award and ex pressed his regrets that Mrs. Wilson had been unable to attend due to illness in the family. Prior to the presentation the six nominees and their wives were introduced. They included Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth F. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Stathos, Dr. and Mrs. John P. Dick- Hospital Meets AOA Requirements Medford Osteopathic h o s pital has met requirements for registration by the American Osteopathic association, the AOA board of trustees has announced. Recognition was made at the mid-year meeting of the board. The local hospital is one of about 106 in the United States to be registered. To obtain registration, the hospital is inspected to deter mine that it meets standards of good patient care and sani tation, and that its physical plant is suitable for hospital use. It also must comply with city and state laws that govern hospital operation. Prince Rainier Suspends Constitution in Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco WPD Prince Rainier suspended Monaco's constitution today in a sudden move against repub licans opposed to his absolute rule. The Prince announced the indefinite suspension of Mon aco's constitution in a sudden ly scheduled broadcast which interrupted Radio Monte Car lo's usual stream of commerc ial and hit parade records. Refusal To Consult In stern tones the Prince announced he was suspending the work of the Communal Council and the National Council-the two bodies which run Monaco's internal and ex VanLeeuwen, president of the Jaycees. Seated at left is Dr. Orlo M. Brees, west division public relations representative for the National Association of Manufacturers, who was guest speaker for the occasion. (Kenn Knackstedt photo) son, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Barker. Guest speaker was Dr. Orlo M. Brees, public relations representative from Palo Alto, Calif., for the' National Association of Manufacturers. Elaborate on Creed Speaking on "What Is America?" Dr. Brees elabor ated on that part of the Jaycees' creed "economic justice for free men can best be won through free enter prise." He challenged his audience to impress upon the youth of today the basic principles of the American way of life so that others will not be able to lead them from the proper path. "Don't let your way of life become a jumble of terms," the speaker stressed, "terms are as deceiving as empty Weyerhaeuser Plant Picketed At Springfield Springfield, Ore. -IUPD- Rov ing pickets from the Interna tional Woodworkers of Amer ica local at Coos Bay appeared at the Springfield plant of Weyerhaeuser Timber Com pany today in continuation of a protest against the firing of a truck driver. About 1000 workers were idled at the local plant. Other IWA pickets were reported at Raymond, Wash., Weyer haeuser operations, where 300 men are employed. Klamalh Pickets Gone However, pickets which ap peared earlier at Klamath Falls, Ore., and Aberdeen, Wash., were gone today and some 1400 workers at those, two locations were back on the job. The dispute began over fir ing of a truck driver in the Coos Bay area and the Weyer haeuser plant at North Bend was picketed last week, idling about 780 men. About a dozen pickets who said they w?re from the Coos Bay area appeared at the main gate of the Springfield lumber division about 7 a jn. today, as the day shift was starting to work. Plant officials here said there was no dispute locally, and that limited operations were continuing. . ternal affairs -because of the Communal Council's refusal to consult him. The suspension meant the Prince himself would be the government of Monaco until further notice. Agreed on Condition Last year the Municipal Council asked him to delegate some authority to it and Rai nier agreed on condition the council would report on its work to the "government" to Rainier himself. Today he said they had not kept their word and that he was suspending the constitu tion under which they oper ated. . glasses, they can be filled with whatever you choose." "Learn of the basic char acter and way of life of those who founded the country," the speaker continued. "Amer ica can't be described in ma terial terms, the outlook on life is the spiritual heritage which was passed on to us so that we could use the mater ial things," he said." Lose Our Heritage "If we lose this philosophy we will lose our heritage, the spiritual heritage which moti vates our way of life. This includes the dignity of man," Dr. Brees continued, "the worth of an individual, equal ity for all." "This equality,', he ex plained, "doesn't mean that all men are alike physically and mentally. It is that abil ity that provides each indi vidual with the incentive to make personal advancement through the greatest service to all. The chance to use all of one's faculties to the best of his ability." "Each individual wants to be free," Dr. Brees comment ed, "but the choice is his, is he willing to set a goal then put up the effort to obtain it?" Assume Responsibility The speaker stated that once a goal has been obtained the individual must assume the responsibility of that posi tion. "The American way of life is not that of someone guar anteeing others that they can not fail. We learn by failures and the experience of over coming them," the speaker continued. "Profit is the re ward for risks assumed." "America is a way of life that grows out of the past, not one of trying to make everyone alike, our fingertips show that," the guest remind ed the audience, "each are different ' and they were placed there by God." "America is the stained glass window in the church, not a melting pot, but indi vidual . pieces of glass separ ated by leads so that each re ceives an equal share of the light that passes through." Challenges Audience "I challenge you to find one individual in the com munity each day who has done a good job," the speaker continued, "call him up and tell him so. If you continue to look for things to com mend, you won't find things to condemn," he added. "You see only what you are look ing for." "Don't force our "way of life down the throats of others," the speaker enjoined the audience," live up to the ideals of what free men can do in a society, which is one for all and all for one." Master of ceremonies for the evening was Harold Gard ner. Also at the speaker's table were Clyde Wheaton, Distinguished Service Award committee chairman, Dr. George G. Roseberry, Mr. and Mrs. VanLeeuwen, Mrs. Wheaton, and Mrs. Gardner. The event was attended by approximately 100 persons.. Oakland-fUPD-Kaiser Alumi num and Chemical Corp. has reported that its net income for 1958 totaled $25,232,000, a drop of $1,597,000 from the previous year. Massive Unity With Khrushchev Seen in Moscow Only Yugoslavia Under Attack Moscow-fUPD-The 21st Com munist Party congress of the Soviet Union was rapidly de veloping today into a show of massive unity behind Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev. Only Yugoslavia has come under attack for failing to triumph over "revisionism," and the way was left open for the Yugoslavs to enter the fold again some time in the future. i Speaker after speaker paint ed a picture of triumph over "revisionism" which reared its head since the previous congress, in -1956. . On the prime ideological is sue, the path to be followed by socialist countries, Khrush chev's concepts were approv ed by Polish Communist Lead er Wladyslaw Gomulka and Palmiro Togliatti, head of the Italian Communist Party, the largest in Western Europe. Khrushchev set the stage for this in his opening ad dress Tuesday when he said it was all right for countries to follow different paths to socialism if they do not veer from Marxist-Leninist prin ciples. Yugoslavia's Com m u n i s t Party was keeping silence in the face of concerted attacks for "revisionism." It is the only Communist country not to send a delegation to the Soviet party congress, and the absence was noted in Moscow with a series of blasts by Khrushchev and Chinese Communist Premier Chou En Lai. "The official newspaper in Belgrade printed Tass news agency reports of the speeches and the .anti-Yugoslav criti cism but had made no imme diate editorial comment; re recently the editorial columns were filled"with blasts against Russia and the satellites. One of the biggest boosts for Communist unity came Wednesday from Chou, who reaffirmed Russia's leadership of the entire Communist world. He also delivered a message of greetings from Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung and pledged the solidarity of China's mil lions with the Russians. Both Chou a nd Mao called Sino - Soviet ' friendship un breakable. Damage Suit Filed Against District Paul D. Conrad and Mary G. Conrad, Butte Falls Star route, box 74, Eagle Point, have filed a complaint in dis trict court against the Eagle Point Irrigation district to col lect $403.25 for damages done to a hay crop by irrigation water. According to the complaint, Conrad, a water-user in the district, suffered the loss of a hay crop during June, 1958, dup to water leakage from the Hatcher pickup ditch on his property. It further states that on ap proximately, June 25 the de fendant emptied all of the water from the ditch into the field where the hay was grow ing. In a second count in the complaint, the pi aintiff charges that the. defendant emptied Hatcher pickup ditch and Vestal ditch of water dur ing a perio.d when property, owned by Conrad, was in need of irrigation. . . . Conrad charges that the ir rigation district was negligent and careless in the operation, control and maintenance of Hatcher and' Vestal ditches. Damages requested were $204.75 for general damages to crop, 58.50 lab'or costs, and $140 for additional damages and attorneys' fees. Conrad is represented by William Death erage, Medford attorney. Crews Install Water Main on Barnett Rd. City crews are installing an eight-inch water main along Barnett rd. between South Riverside and Stewart aves. Medford Water Superintend ent Robert Lee reported to day. Lee said the main will pro vide both fire protection and domestic water service. He said it will take about two weeks to install and connect it. Work on installing and con necting the main along Bid die rd. between East Jackson st. and McAndrews rd. has been completed, Lee reported. 53rd Year Medford 28 Pages Missiles To West Coast Washington - OIPI) - De fense Secretary Neil H. Mc Elroy acknowledged today that Russia probably will have more intercontinental ballistic missiles than the United States in a year or two. He said neither nation has the weapon in opera tional shape right now. Washington -ll'PD- Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy revealed today that the United Slates will have a full squadron of intercon t i n e n tal ballistic missiles Mothers Schedule Annual March For MOD Tonight Mothers will be out in force tonight in Medford, Central Point, Jacksonville and Eagle Point to march against polio, birth defects and rheumatoid arthritis. From 7 to 8 p.m.. the moth ers will call at homes where a burning porch light or a can dle in a window gives an invi tation for the block worker to call for a contribution for the March of Dimes. ' Prizes Offered In Medford, three homes will be picked at random and if the porch light is burning, the occupants will receive a prize, according to Mrs. H. L. Gilbert, Mothers' March chairman. Persons in the Med ford area who have not been contacted by 8 p.m. are asked to telephone SP 3-3111 and a worker will be dispatched to pick up the contributions. . Collections from the Med ford march will be turned in at St. Mark's Episcopal church where it will be counted by a committee headed 'by Mrs. William Schei, assisted by Or rin Brown, Mrs. Sam Colton, Mrs. Fred Conrad and Mrs. Edward Radquist. Aubrey Loper of the United States National bank will provided counting equipment and as sistance. Capt. Clyde Fichtner of the city police department and Harold Gilbert will answer telephone calls and Mrs. Lew Miles and Mrs. Brown will serve refreshments for the workers. Meanwhile, Bert R o s t e 1 1 and Bart Garred, co-chairmen for the Medford 20-30 club, sponsors of the local March of Dimes campaign, said today that the drive would be ex tended two weeks, until Feb. 14, because of the late start this year. Coffee Hour Slated A coffee - hour in several Medford cafes has been sched uled for Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. All money received from coffee sales during those hours will be turned over to the fund. Participating res taurants include Busy Bee cafe, Maury's Corner, Timber Room, Fable Sandwich shop, Hiway cafe, Hotel Jackson Coffee shop and Crater cafe. Cathy's Dinette at the Big Y market will participate from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday. A Mile o' Dimes, conducted by the Medford High school senior class, will be held on a downtown street, Saturday. Blue Crutch Day also will be observed Saturday when members of the Active club, under chairmanship of Don Wells, will sell small lapel crutches on the street, with money going to the campaign. The Eagles lodge will again conduct its Bottle of Dimes in front of the First National Bank building. Pasersby are asked to put a coin in a bottle representing the state of their birth. WEATHER FORECAST: Occasional rain mixed with snow in valley to night. Showers Friday with clearing period. Low tonight 32. High Friday 40. , Temp. Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest This Morning 30 Precipit, to 10 a.m. today, .02. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ... 5:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:28 a.m. Moonrise tonight 1120 p.m. Last Quarter Jan. 31 PROMINENT STAR Spica, seen near the Moon to night, is actually 220 light years from the Earth. The Sun, at that distance, could only be seen with a telescope. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959 ready to fire from the West Coast by next July. A full squadrom is ex pected to include 10 of the 5,500 - mile Atlas ICBMS. McElroy told a full - scale Senate inquiry they will be located at "Camp Cooke." This presumably would lo cate them at Vandenberg Air Force Base which was created from part of Camp Cooke north of Los Angeles. McElroy was the lead-off witness at the opening of an "unvarnished" missile in vestigation by two Senate "How Soon Do You. Think They'll Collapse?' Pound Facilities Will Be Improved Dog pound facilities on Howard ave. will be improved soon and plans will be made for construction of a more adequate dog pound outside the city limits in the future. This was agreed on at a meeting last night of repre sentatives of the Jackson coun ty dog control board, South ern Oregon Humane Society and the Jackson county court at the Medford hotel. The group also proposed dog control regulations which would be fair to the dog and its owner. No definite steps were taken and it was indi cated suggestions would be considered further at another meeting of the three interested agencies. Chris Hagler, county dog control officer, said he is now spreading sawdust three to four inches deep in the en closures at the pound. Many people have visited the pound since the original flurry of complaints and none have complained recently to him, Hagler said. County Judge Earl Miller said it is the county court's responsibility to improve fa cilities at the present site. The court agreed to have a better drainage ditch dug, to raise the floor of the building, use a deep ditch in which to bury dogs, and provide a better method of putting dogs to death. County Commissioner Ralph James said he saw no reason why these improvements can not be made immediately. Suggestions made for hu mane disposal of dogs includ ed construction of a small room with a gas engine at tached to provide carbon mon oxide fumes, electrocution of dogs by placing them in a squeeze chute similar, to chutes used for dehorning cat tle, and dropping cyanide pills in water. The latter sugges tion was rejected as a too dangerous an operation. . Mrs. William Gibbs, of the Humane society, urged that the group should not "jump into" plans for a new dog pound. It should be thorough ly investigated and sugges tions received from all those interested in the problem. Sites suggested included county property in the Central Point and Camp White areas. Wendt said he would check with County Assessor Roy Schumacher to see if some tax delinquent property might be available for a new dog pound Be Ready on by Next July subcommittees headed b y Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (D.-Tex.). The defense chief said un der questioning that the Camp Cooke ICBM station will be a "soft base." mean ing that the missiles will be located above ground. He conceded that should war come some of the mis siles might be destroyed in an initial attack by the Soviets possibly by mis siles launched from sub marines. (Continued on Page 11) site. Medford City Manager Rob ert Duff said existence of the present dog pound depends on neighboring residents. It is a non-conforming use for that area, he added. It was agreed that the neighbors' coopera tion should be requested while present facilities are being im proved and a new location is sought. Andrew Hawver, president of the Southern Oregon Hu mane Society, said the state law covers stray dogs except for stock dogs which must roam free to herd livestock. The names and addresses of people who bring puppies to the pound should be taken and a follow-up check be made to see that the female dog is spayed, it was suggested. Hag ler said he keeps records of all dogs brought in and sent out of the pound. Salem-(UPD-Sen A. J. Nater lin (D.-Newport) has introduc ed a bill which would exempt public utility districts from paying corporation excise taxes. Evans Valley Opposing School Consolidation Plan Two petitions from resi dents in the Evans Valley school district have been re ceived by the county school reorganization board this week. One petition bearing 164 signatures expresses opposi tion to the recommendation of the county district reor ganization board that the Evans Valley district be con solidated with the Rogue River district. s The second petition, signed by 129 persons, requests that "full consideration be given the intents and purposes of the reorganization move to enlarge school district areas where necessary to create schools of proper size." High School Unit It states that a high school unit should be set up for ap proximately 300 students and a supporting area large enough to support it, to serve the northwest area of Jack son county. According to the petition, this area would enlarge both the Evans Valley and Rogue River school districts to in clude that part of Central Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 267 Slate Centennial Appropriation Passes Senate Salem-(UPD-Sweeping aside usual legislative procedures by suspension of rules, the Oregon Senate today passed the $1,790,000 Oregon Cen tennial appropriation bill without a dissenting vote. . Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port-land) explained the thorough investigation of the Centen nial budget that had teen made by a Joint Ways and Means subcommittee. The House passed the bill unanimously Wednesday and the bill now goes to the gov ernor for signature. Cook said "we have tried to tie this money and all other funds of the Centennial down to a practical control and with the enthusiastic support of Gov. Mark Hatfield, we all feel that Oregon will have an outstanding birthday celebra tion." Success Expected Cook said he expected the Centennial to be a financial success and, if it is, the great er part of the state money appropriated will revert to the state's general fund. All property of the Cen tennial Commission will be turned over to the State Board of Higher Education after the exposition is con cluded. In the 1957 session, $830, 000 was appropriated and Cook said a report given his committee showed that of this amount $778,785 had been ex pended, largely in renovating the Pacific International Live stock Exposition building in Portland. Centennial Commission di rectors requested $2,046,000, but the Ways and Means com mittee cut this amount, feel ing that the difference could be made Aip in private sub scriptions. $22 Collected at Greeters Meeting A total of $22.62 was col lected at a March of Dimes Koffeeklatsch at the Jackson hotel this morning when the Greeters committee of the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce was guest of the hotel. Coffee and doughnuts were furnished by the hotel, and proceeds went to the March of Dimes. Among the 40 persons at tending were five newcomers to Medford, including two new Medford police officers, and 14 former Astorians. GRANTS PASS MEN HURT Larry Albert, 24, and Harry Mclntire, 21, Grants Pass, were beihg treated at Sacred Heart hospital this afternoon for injuries suffered in an auto accident at Miller's gulch on Highway 99 north of Gold Hill, according to hospital reports. They were brought to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Details of the accident were not learned. State police were called to the scene about 11:20 a.m. Residents File Petitions Point district located north west of the Dardanells over pass. The petition concludes that the residents feel that this procedure would be more de sirable since it would make it a part of the Jackson coun ty system rather than a sub servient to Josephine county. Cost Per Pupil The opposition states the cost per pupil attending Rogue River High school is $620.26, compared to $381.06 for students in Grants Pass High school. The 23 students who attend Grants Pass cost the taxpayer a total of $5,501.60 less than it would have cost had they attended Rogue River, it was ex plained. It further stated that the 33 students who attended the Rogue River school cost the taxpayer $7,893.60 more than it would have cost had they attended the other school. Unless a greater area can be consolidated than has now been recommended by the re organization board, the peti tion continues, property evaluation would still be in Lower Prices For Consumers Seen as Result New Support Program Proposed Washington -UPD President Eisenhower urged Congress today to abandon "excessively expensive" farm price sup ports conceived in depression and war, and adopt a new pro gram keyed to prosperity and peace. Administration farm ex perts said the plan would mean "moderately lower" food prices for consumers by reducing federal support prices on farm crops. Heart of Program Heart of Eisenhower's new program was abandonment of price supports based on a par ity formula dating back to 1910-14 in favor of new fed eral supports tied to average market price of immediate years. The President's proposal applied to the six basic crops now covered in the manda tory support program corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts, rice and tobacco. Eisenhower recommended that the secretary of agricul ture be given flexible author ity to scale new price supports between 75 and 90 per cent of the average market price of a supported commodity dur ing the immediately preced ing years. Concerned Over Surplus The President did not spell out this time period in his message. But it apparently would apply to the previous three years because this is the time element specified in the new corn program which be gins this year. Underlying Eisenhower's proposal for a new price sup port and production control program was his deep concern over the mounting surplus of farm commodities purchased by the government under the current support program. (Continued on Page 11) Robert Root Named To Board Position Robert W. Root, Medford, has been elected vice chair man of the state water re sources board, replacing Vin cent A. Ostrom of Eugene, who resigned, according to John D. Davis, Stayton, chair man. Root was appointed as an original member of the board in August, 1955, and has served as chairman of its pro gram committee. Born and educated in Med ford and Oregon colleges, Root served in the Army dur ing World War II and is now associated with his brother in the Crater Lake Orchards and Myron Root and Company, a fruit storage, packing and marketing firm. He served in the Oregon house of repre sentatives for two terms. School Funds from State Received The Jackson county school superintendent has received $489,810 as quarterly payment from the basic school support fund. This amount is the county's share for the third period of the school year, it was re ported. adequate to support an effic ient, economical school dis trict. It also questioned whether the total enrollment would be sufficient to support a class A high school. Number of Students Also stated was that the total number of Evans Valley students would not affect the size of the Rogue River high school enough to enable it to operate in an economical manner. Neither would it per mit those students who de sire to attend a larger high school for the purpose of studying those subjects which are not taught in a smaller school, to have access to nu merous elective subjects which they now study. The petition closed by say ing that in view of pending legislation regarding reor ganization of school districts, it is felt that further consid eration and postponement of the final decision would be advantageous to all parties concerned. The county elections de partment is currently check ing the peition signatures for authenticity.
