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ft Bra IF Dulles, French President Talk About Germany Paris-(UPD-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a "satisfactory" talk about Germany today with French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle and a French source said the western reply to Russia's Jan. 10 note will be ready "in a few days." The source, who stands high in French diplomacy, said France, Britain, the U. S. and West Germany, will reply to the Soviet German peace treaty conference proposal well before British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visits Moscow Feb. 21. Macmillan's departure "will not in any way delay the West's reply to the Soviet note of Jan. 10," the source said. The Soviets proposed a 30- nation conference on German reunification and sent along a draft treaty of their own. The western reply, now be ing written by a four-power working party in Washing ton, is expected to turn down the idea on grounds it is largely a restatement of past Soviet positions which the West feels would "freeze" the division of Germany. In Bonn Saturday Dulles was in London Thursday and will be' in Bonn Saturday taking fresh diplomatic soundings on the Soviet May 27 date for hand ing East Berlin over to East German control. He talked with de Gaulle for VA hours today. Ameri can officials said afterward Dulles said he was "satisfied with the talk. They specified that the U.S. and France were in "very definite agreement" on ' the necessity that the West must keep free access to Ber lin and must not recognize any substitutes of East Ger man responsibility for Soviet responsibility. Western Rights in Berlin French sources said that both Dulles and de Gaulle ex- Dressed "determination" to maintain western communi cations routes open into Ber lin after the May 27 deadline set by the Soviets for turning West Berlin inter a-"free city.'' One source said Dulles and de Gaulle agreed that west ern rights should be main tained in Berlin "by all avail able means." Report Ordered In Johnson Case A pre-sentence report on Darrold Lewis Johnson, 26, of 217 South Riverside ave., was ordered yesterday by Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly. Appearing in circuit court, Johnson pleaded guilty to district attorney's information charging him with perjury, Johnson was arrested Fri day at the request of District Attorney Thomas J.' Reeder on evidence he gave false testimony in Medford muni cipal court that morning. He was tried Friday before Municipal Judge Alan Holmes on a charge of driv ing while his operator's li cense was suspended. He pre sented David Clay Dick, .19, of 62 Oak Grove rd., as a wit ness to corroborate his own testimony. Later, when questioned by city police, Dick admitted in a signed statement that John son had asked him to give false evidence, No charges have been filed against Dick, Reeder said. Student Officials Vote in Favor of Recreational Center for Medford Medford students in the Student Government Day city council meeting last night said they have "nothing to do" after 10 p.m. and blamed their elders for it. Specifically they charged adults with monopolizing lo cal bowling lanes in league play, and with reluctance to chaperone dances at the YMCA. The eight sudent council men and councilwomen then voted unanimously that Med ford should have a civic re creational center. Agree To Note The council agreed, at the request of Student Mayor Larry Anderson, to dispatch a thank-you note to the local Moose lodge acknowledging recreational funds received through the lodge's annual Christmas tree-lift. The students next turned their attention to smoking or dinances. City Attorney Mar vin Frazier pointed to laws on the municipal books, one of them prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors. "In the Open Parking Lots Suggested in City Size of Medford William G. Barr, executive director of the National Park ing association, said a city the size of Medford needs "sev eral open parking' lots, stra tegically located in the cen tral business district. ' ' Barr spoke at a special Jackson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon yester day noon. . He cited as potential sites the southwest corner of Cen tral ave. and Fifth st., where the Yellow Cab company of fice and certain small busi nesses are now situated; and the northwest corner of Bart- lett and Eights sts., where now stand what he described as "a bunch of old buildings that haven't been occupied for" a long time." Recommends Corporation Barr recommended that a private corporation be formed, selling its stocks to merchants, property owners and other interested parties, in order to lease such sites and develop them into off street parking lots. He..saj4,that $25,000 would be sufficient "go money to get such a program under way. The sites, he said, should be leased from the property owners with' a "cancellation clause" that would limit use to parking lots. Barr recommended that the parking lots then be sub leased to "someone who knows something about run ning them." He said after the meeting that the National Parking as sociation could provide such individuals readily. (See story on Page 5) Estimates Taken On Gas Chamber Construction of a lethal gas chamber for dog disposal at the county dog pound should start immediately, according to County Commissioner Ralph James today. James said he has received estimates that the gas cham ber, modeled after the one at the Southern Oregon Humane Society shelter, will cost from $475 to $500. It will be con structed of steel and should handle about 25 dogs, James said. He added that he had not consulted with the other mem bers of the county court yet, but is sure they will agree that the construction should start right away. Medford police records there has never been an arrest," he said. Councilwoman Sharon Blik enstaff, Ward H, said she thought it is a teen-ager's in dividual responsibility to de cide whether he or she wants to smoke after the age of 16. Student Councilman Bob Emmene, Ward I, pointed out that cigarette machines are operated all over the city. He said enforcement of the no sales law would entail either prohibiting these machines or guarding them. Drop Subject The council after further discussion voted unanimously to drop the subject. The motion of Councilman Larry Nolte, Ward III, that all unpaved streets in Med ford be paved with low-cost paving was voted down, but Emmens request for such paving for a certain portion of Windsor ave. near Wood lawn dr. was approved by a 6-2 margin. Student City Manager Macmillan's Trip To Prove Russian Head's Sincerity . Press Generally Approves Decision London-UPD-Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's trip to Moscow Feb. 21 will give Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev a chance to prove the sincerity of his talk about a "thaw in the cold war, observers here said today. They said Macmillan's visit, the first of its kind since 1942, will determine whether there is any value of Khrushchev's promises to reduce East-West conflict to an economic race. The prime minister an nounced Thursday that he has decided to accept an invita tion extended originally to Sir Anthony Eden, his predeces sor in office. The British press in general approved his de cision with some big "buts. The Daily Telegraph warned against "personal visits under duress," recalling the futile scurrying-about by former Prime Minister Ne ville Chamberlain which helped to set up the Munich appeasement talks. The Telegraph said Khrush chev's "positively insulting ' announcement - just before Macmillan made his decision known - that he has invited President Eisenhower to Mos cow "seems to show that it is only into Mr. Eisenhower's ear that he (Khrushchev) in tends to whisper his true thoughts." The Times, while generally favoring the idea of the visit, said Khrushchev's speech in Moscow Thursday "discour aged any easy belief that in formal contacts, by some magic, can dissipate the bleak divisions which persist." Macmillan will be the first British chief of government who has visited Moscow since Sir Winston Churchill went there in 1942. No U. S. chief executive ever has visited the Soviet capital. Talent Woman Hurt In Stewart Crash Mrs. Shirley Mae Krause, 24, of route 1, box 63, Talent, was reported in "fair" con dition in Rogue Valley hos pital at noon today after her automobile -struck a utility pole on Stewart ave. early this morning. According to a doctor's re port to Medford police, she apparently suffered four bro ken ribs, , a severe forehead laceration and a - possible skull fracture. Police said Mrs. Krause's vehicle struck a California Oregon Power company pole on Stewart ave. at Whitman ave. about 2:30 a.m. The ve hicle, a station wagon, was described as a "total loss. Mrs. Krause was taken to the hospital by Medford Am bulance service. Prentice Named Head Of County Committee Dale C. Prentice, secretary- manager of the Southern Ore gon Conservation and Tree Farm association, Medford, has been named by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield as chair man of the Jackson County Keep Oregon Green commit tee. Prentice succeeds the late Lewis (Doc) Simpson and will head the citizens activities in Jackson county aimed at pre venting man-caused forest fires. Doug Elliot reported on the feasibility of a downtown he liport .and on . the city dog situation. He said the police department last year received complaints concerning, among others, 49 biting dogs, 68 barking dogs, 16 vicious dogs and one dog digging holes. Adopts Plan After hearing from Tom Tittel, student chamber of commerce manager, the coun cil adopted a plan for tandem-pair parking on down town streets as described yes terday noon by William G. Barr, executive director of the National Parking associa tion. The council also approved ordinance amendments per mitting seniors at Medford High and St. Mary's to paint their names on street pave ment near the schools. "I see no sense in this amendment at all," Student Councilman Arnold Wolfe, Ward II, said some older ob servers at the meeting tended to agree with him. 53rd Year M EDF0RD 20 Pages Bill To Legalize Rapid Marriages Meets Opposition - Innocent Children Concerns Senator Salem -(DPI)- "The state of Oregon should not legitima tize sin," Sen. G. D. Gleason (D-Portland) declared today in opposing Senate bill 122 which makes marriages by di vorcees before the six-month waiting period has expired legal. The bill also legitimatizes any offspring resulting from such marriages. "These people who have lived in sin," Sen. Gleason said, "can be re-married. I don't think it is up to the state of Oregon to enact legis lation removing difficulties of their own making." Disturbed Over Children Sen. Jean Lewis, (D-Port-land) said she was not so much concerned with the par ticipants, in the illegal mar riages but was very much dis turbed over the innocent chil dren who .would suffer the stigma of illegitimacy. Sen. Don Husband (R-Eu-gene) said there had been no similar legislation passed by the Oregon Legislature for six years and many cases had developed during that period. In some cases, he said, one of the contracting parties had died since the marriage, thus leaving re-marriage an im possibility. ' Change in Confirmation A bill requiring that ap pointments by the governor of members of the State Tax Commission be confirmed by a three-fourths vote of the Senate was introduced by Sen.' Ben Musa (D-TnTDallesX" A bill prohibiting discrimi nation by district school boards in the consideration of employment, promotion, re tention of school teachers be cause of sex, color, religious affiliation or membership in a trade or professional or ganization, was introduced by Sen. Monroe Sweetland. Two joint memorials were read for the first time today, one urging Congress to vote Hawaii into .statehood and the other asking Congress to repeal the wartime excise tax on telephone and telegraph tolls. . Khrushchev's Bid To Ike Challenged Thomasville, Ga. -(UPD-The White House today bluntly challenged Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchevs sin cerity in inviting President Eisenhower to Russia and said Eisenhower had no presr ent plans to make such a visit. After studying reports on Khrushchev's Moscow speech of . Thursday overnight in Washington and here at the vacation White House, Eisen hower's spokesman, Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, pointed out that the so-called Soviet invitation was con tained in a speech which also included "very hostile refer ences to U.S. leaders." "It seems strange that Pre mier Khrushchev, if he real ly welcomes a visit by the President, would extend it in such circumstances," Hagerty said. Grants Pass City Editor Succumbs Grants Pass-(UPD-Kenneth L. Hicks, 60, city editor of the Grants Pass Daily Courier and a veteran Northwest newspa perman, died today. Hicks had been a member of the Courier's staff since 1957. He spent many years on The Dalles Chronicle and also worked, at newspapers in Tacoma, Spokane and Bend. Survivors include his wid ow, Winifred, grants r-ass, and his mother, Mrs. Nora Stone, Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements were pending. Children Evacuated as Fire Starts in School . Portland-(DPD-The 660 stif dents at Ainsworth grade school filed ou,t in orderly fashion today after fire broke out in a paper chute in the basement. MEDFORD, OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Ike ncrea Hatfield's Salem - (UPD - Got. Mark Hatfield pre pared today to present his budget and tax viewi to the Oregon Legislature Monday morning. - Hatfield sent letters lata Thursday lo Senate President Waller Pearson and House Speaker Robert Duncan asking for a joint session. The governor and his staff have been working on the program for several weeks. Speculation here was that the budget would be higher than that of ex-Gor. Robert Centennial Day Parade Planned In City Feb. 14 Covered wagons, buggies, hacks and prospectors with mules will lead a Centennial Day parade in Medford Satur day, Fb. 14, sponsored by the Medford Trail Riders. The parade will also in clude automobiles from the oldest through 1959 models. it was reported. It will start at 12:30 p.m. Other events scheduled throughout the county in clude a pageant, "An Oregon Trail," written by Mrs. Scott Hamilton, which will be pre sented at the Central Point Grange hall following the Grange's Centennial, banquet at-6-6.mT - .-; - -, - Tickets are available from Delmar Smith, ' NOrmandy 4-1355. - Banjo music will be played during the evening and old time dancing is planned after the pageant. ' Old-fashioned dress will be appropriate for the occasion. ' Television Shows Two locally produced tele vision shows will be aired Saturday afternoon and eve ning, according to KBES-TV officials. They will review highlights of Oregon's his tory. Plans are also being made for a hike on Sterling Creek trail to the Sterling mine. Persons interested in ob taining first-day covers of the Oregon Centennial U.S. post age stamp will be mailed from Astoria Feb. 14 may ob tain them by sending 25 cents in coin to Arnold Swanson, Commemorative Stamp Fund, box 1959, Astoria, for each cover ordered. The money covers the cost of the stamp, the especially designed envelope, a stuffer, and the addressing. Persons may order five covers for $1, it was reported. When order ing it was stressed that the name and address wished on each cover must be enclosed. Cover orders received up to Feb. 13 may be processed on the following day, while those received after that date may carry a cancellation later than the first-day. Now available at both the Jackson County Centennial association office and the Chamber of Commerce office are red and white Rogue River Valley Oregon Centen nial window stickers and a green with black printing Centennial letter enclosure. Frankfurt, Germany - (DPI) Lt. Richard H. Mackin, of Washington, D. C, who was held prisoner in Red Germany for 64 days, says the Commu nists didn't treat him badly--except by keeping him on a steady diet of propaganda. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy through Saturday. A few light showers this evening and Sat urday afternoon. Snow level 3,500 feet. Patchy valley fog Saturday. Low this morning 30. High Saturday near 4S. Temp. Highest Yesterday ; 55 Lowest This Morning - it Prec to 10 a.m. today, trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:31 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:19 ajn. Moonrise tomorrow.. S:5S a-m. New Moon tomorrow 11:22 ajn. PROMINENT STAR Aldebaran. high in south 7:49 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets :49 pjn. Mars, high in jouthwest . S:06 p.m. Jupiter, low in southeast 3:49 a.m. s in Gaso ine u Message "That's What Happens When You Rely on Ordinary People To Defy Law and Order" City Council Urges Approval of Funds For Medford Airport The Medford city council last night adopted a resolu tion recommended by its leg- lative committee to urge Con gressional approval of the federal airport aid bill. The council vote was 6-1 with Councilman Robert Van Sickle, Ward III, dissenting. Medford, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff, ex pects no benefits from the bill except funds for erecting boundary fences. But federal aid has contributed greatly to the deevlopment of the city's airport in the past. Letters are to be written to Senators Wayne Morse (D- Ore.) and Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) and to Rep. Charles Porter (D-Ore.). The councilmen approved the appointment of Russ Jamison, Medford public re tions man, to the city parks and recreation . commission. Mayor John Snider appointed Jamison to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jerry Poulos last month.' Four public hearings were held last night. The council, hearing no opposition in any of them, approved an amend ment to the zoning ordinance to permit subdivision tract signs in residential areas; ap- Neuberger Picks Academy Nominees Portland-(UPB-Sen. Richard L. Neuberger today an nounced names of 11 Oregon young men nominated to the Air Force Academy at Colo rado Springs, Colo. The Air Force will select i one of the 11 for entrance. Those nominated include Ward Joseph Higgins, Guy R. Bernard, Jerry W. Hendricks, Jon K. Hanlein and Robert Scott Elder, all of Portland; Gordon Jefferson of North Bend, Elvin Arley Martin of Silverton, David MacLeod of Hillsboro, Delmar Hawley of Klamath Falls, George Vaugh of Coos Bay, and Wil liam Grimes, a student at the University of Oregon. Tribune 6, 1959 Monday n K no era D. Holmes, who asked for about S299 mil lion. Holmes did not ask for building pro grams for the Board of Control and the State Board of -Higher Education out of the General Fund. Hatfield indicated the budget message would contain - recommendations for a re- organization of the tax structure. There was no hint from him as to specifically what the .tax recommendations would be. But in his inaugural message he mentioned broaden ing of the tax base by revising the state income tax. proved water main assess ments for Biddle rd. between the California Oregon Power company substation and a point 98 feet south of Mc An drews rd. and for South Ri verside- ave. between Boyd and Earhart sts.; and ap proved installation of a wat er main on Woodrow lane be tween Crater Lake ave. and Wabash ave. ' Also approved, on Duffs recommendation, was a 37- day time extension to R. A, Heintz Construction company for completion of the Ken- wood-Grandview sanitary sewer. The new completion date is March 11. (See story on Page 12) Nixon To Arrive In Oregon Feb. 13 Portland - (UPD - Vice Presi dent Richard Nixon is sched uled to arrive here by plane from Washington, D. C. at 9:05 p.m., Feb. 13. He will appear at Salem, Astoria and Portland the next day - Ore gon's 100th birthday. Nixon's schedule calls for him to fly to Astoria at 9:15 a.m. Saturday and take part in Centennial stamp cere monies. He will leave Astoria at noon to fly back to Salem where he will join a Centen nial cavalcade and participate in special ceremonies. Nixon will speak in Port land that night and probably fly to California the next day. Crow's Lumber Price Index Increases $1.39 Portland - Crow's Lumber Price Index bounced up $1.39 in the last two weeks. Main upward push was from green Douglas fir, but kiln-dried fir was not too far behind, and Western Pine region lumber also made a sharp index climb. Continuing demand from California and Arizona was a major factor in price strength, especially for southern Ore gon mills producing green fir dimension. Price 10 Cents No. 274 Most Governors Objecting To Further Boost Congressional 1 Action Uncertain Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower is asking Con gress for a 50 per cent in crease in the federal gasoline tax. Most of the state gov ernors are protesting. Although the federal gov ernment has budgeted more than $3 billion for federal aid to highways in the next fiscal ye'ar, the states are spending even more. The governors ob ject to the federal government moving heavily into a tax field once reserved largely to the states. Some states are considering further gasoline tax increases this year but most of them are not. Ten have raised their gas taxes in the past two years. The federal government now collects three cents a gal lon on gasoline and puts the receipts into -a trust fund to pay for the highway program authorized in 1956. Eisen hower-has asked that the tax be raised to 4Vi cents to keep the fund from going into the red. It is uncertain what Con gress will do. Most states also are levying gasoline taxes of six to seven cents a gallon. Twenty two states and the District of Col umbia have a six-cent tax. Four collect 6V2 cents and 10 have a seven-cent tax. Ten states have a five-cent tax. The lowest gasoline taxes are in Alaska and Missouri - three cents - but Missouri also lets cities impose a gasoline tax. These city taxes range from half a cent to two cents. Kidnap Suspect ' Nabbed by Police Vacaville, Calif.-(UPD-Police and sheriffs deputies cap tured the alleged kidnaper of Mrs. Fay Dawson, 65, on Highway 40 near here today after a high speed chase in volving more than a dozen cars. 1 He was identified as Charles D. McArthur, 40, Dixon, Calif. Deputies said Mrs. Dawson appeared unharmed, although she was taken to a doctor's office for examination. The kidnaping occurred shortly before midnight at the home of Mrs. Dawson and her husband, John, also 65. Daw son said McArthur forced his wife into their car, demanded $100,000 for her return and sped off. House Passes Bill On Colors for State Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House today passed a bill au thorizing blue and gold as the official colors of the state of Oregon. 21,252 Children Listed In County School Census The biennial county school census of children between .he ages of 4 and 19 shows an increase of 2.4 per cent over the 1956 figures, accord ing to the county school super intendent. The census showed 21,252 children in this age range in the county. The total includes 10,910 boys, 568 more than girls. This represents an increase during the past two years of 1.9 per cent for boys and 3 per cent in the number of girls. Highest percentage of in crease as to age category was in the 11-year-olds where 457 more pupils were reported for an increase of 27.9 per cent. Tape Recording Claimed To Prove Deliberate Act Pilots Gloated, Recordings Show Washington -(UPD The State Department said today the United States "will continue to do everything possible to determine what happened" to 11 U.S. airmen still missing from the unarmed Air Force transport shot down over So viet Armenia five months ago. This government has "no information whether the H are alive or dead," Depart ment Press Officer Lincoln White told reporters. Deliberate Shooting Charged The U.S. charged Thursday that Russian fighter planes de liberately shot down the four- engine transport. It produced a transcript of a tape-recording of the attacking Red pilots. White rejected the idea that the American action might halt a "thaw" in the cold war. White recalled that the U.S. had been trying for five months to get the Russians to provide information on the plane incident and account for 11 men still missing out of . the 17-man crew. The Rus sians previously had turned over remains of six bodies they said they found in the crashed plane. White said the Russians, including Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan, denied shooting down the plane, claiming it crashed after "violating" the Soviet border. The Russians disclaim ed any knowledge of the fate of the 11 remaining crew members. Pilots Gloated The tape-recording showed the Russian pilots gloated as they finished off the unarmed plane. The English transla tion quoted them as saying: I am attacking the target . . . a transport, four-engined . . . there's a hit . . . the target is burning . . . the tail assem bly is falling off ... he will not get away, he is already falling ... I will finish him off, boys." State Department officials declined to say how the Unit ed States got the tape-recording but intelligence sources indicated the pilots' conversa tions were monitored by American or Turkish stations near the border. The American evidence touched off angry reaction in Congress. Three Charged With Entering Cabin The case of three men charged with entering a cabin in the Meridian orchards and stealing some articles from it Tuesday was continued in district court yesterday until 10:30 a.m. Monday. The three charged with burglary of the orchard's cabin about 10 miles north east of Medford are Jesse James Gilmore, 35, of 445 South Front st., - Medford; Douglass Lee Gray, 32, of 150 North Riverside ave., Med ford; and William Havniear, 40, of route 1, box 431, Medford. Each is being held on $1,500 bail in the county jail after being arrested by state police. The men are charged with taking a box of canned goods,' flour and eggs, a wheel and tire, a pound of coffee and coffee-pot from the cabin in which Wilton Herrin resided. Thousands of Starlings Fly Over Albany Area Albany- (UPD -Thousands of starlings flew over the Al bany area Thursday, forming a cloud which took about 15 minutes to pass one point. Salem-(UPD-Snow was fall ing today at several mountain areas in Oregon. A decrease of 17.6 per cent in the 13-year-old group, or a drop of 249 pupils, was the greatest drop, for any age category. The house to house school census is conducted in Octo ber of each even-numbered year with the school popula tion formula being applied on the odd-numbered years, it was explained. Theilast house to house census was held in October, 1958. Percentage increases in in dividual school districts were not figured, school officials said,' due to the changes in district boundaries in some areas since the 1956 census.
