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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.
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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.