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Newspaper Page TextV Por at ! at, Poi S(il(8) ilia mmm ttras Rif a h of: ret ad on co i w ' Cn 1 i r. 7r vv" VERNOLA HUTCHISON Wins Elks Contest Crater Seniors Win Leadership Contest Sponsored by Elks Miss Vernola May Hutchi- son and Walter Allen Barnes seniors at Crater Hieh school Central Point, have won the local division of the annual Elks lodge Youth Leadership contest. Donald D. Davis, exalted ruler, announced to day. Miss Hutchison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles liutcni son, 540 Cherry st., Central Point, and Barnes, son oi Mr and Mrs. Thurman Barnes 1576 Beall lane. Medford were two of 10 students from six high school who partici pated in the contest. Winners of the contest are judged on leadership initia tive, organizational ability and influence on others; citizen ship appreciation; perserver- ance. resourcefulness ana sense of honor; neatness and arrangement of brochure, and compliance with instructions for entering the contest. Second Places Second places in the local contest were won by Miss Dewanda Winchell and Dale Foresee, seniors at Medford High school. Miss Nancy Anne Niedermeyer of Jacksonville and Arthur L. Gardener of Eagle Point placed third. Honorable mention went to Mary Louise Cole and Donald D. MacKintosh, of Phoenix High school; Shirley Ellen Callaghan of Eagle Point High and Deloris May Brown of Butte Falls High school Winners will receive awards for the local Elks lodge May 1 during the observance of 193 Pints of Blood Collected in City A total of 193 pints of blood was collected during the visit of the Bloodmobile at the Red Cross chapter house here yesterday. The goal was 290 pints. The total did not include 30 pints collected in a special earlier drawing for open heart surgery. That blood was flown to Portland immediate ly after it was donated. A total of 251 persons vol unteered, but 24 were reject ed. Red Cross officials said. The Bloodmobile is in Ash land at the Ashland Elks temple between 1 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. Quote for the Ashland visit is 200 pints. New York -(UPD- The Trans port Workers Union announc ed today that 7,000 mainten ance and port stewards have voted 4-1 to empower the un ion to strike against Pan American World Airways on or before March 1. Estacada Youth Admits Accidentally Killing Father, Setting Fire To Barn Oregon City -(UPD- A high school class president has ad mitted accidentally shooting and killing his father and then setting fire to a barn to try to hide it, Sheriff Joe Shobe said today. Being held in the Juvenile detention ward of the Clack amas county jail was Duane Marvin Anders, 17, president of the senior class at nearby Estacada high school. Body in Ruins "Everything was in a whirl, I didn't know what to do . . ." the sheriff quoted the youth as saying. The body of the boy's fa ther. Hector Anders, 56, was found in the charred ruins of the family barn about 8 miles northeast of Estacada Sunday night. The sheriff said that an au topsy ordered by Clackamas County Coroner Douglas Pratt & I ' t nil T r : -!'! WALTER A. BARNES Crater High Winner National Elks Youth Day. Brochures of the first place winners will be entered in the state contest, and the state winners will be entered in the national contest. Judges were Marvin Traut man, Don Hansen and past exalted rulers Dick Wood cock, Carl Norris, and Frank lin van Pelt. Local . winners last year were Miss Linda Warren of Crater High school and David Frohnmayer of Medford. Vehicle of Chase Found in Garage 1 An automobile, believed by police as the one operated by Donald C. Hood, Grants Pass, during a Sunday morning high speed chase with area police, was located last night in the garage of- a friend of Hood, Medford police report ed today. Police said they were con tacted by the friend who said that the vehicle was badly damaged. It was reported that the automobile had turned over on Old Highway 99 near Rocky Point bridge Sunday morning after the operator, believed to be Hood, had eluded police. According to information received, the car was brought to Medford after the friend received a telephone call Sun day morning from Hood. Police said that the vehicle was then brought to the pri vate garage here. Police believe that the oc cupants of the vehicle were injured in the accident due to the extent of damage to the car. A district court warrant charging Hood with reckless driving was issued Monday. Patrolman Hurl When Scooter Tips Medford Police Patrolman Roy Erickson escaped serious injury this morning when the police motor scooter he was operating tipped over on East Fifth st. between Front st. and Central ave. Erickson said that the scoot er tipped over when he turned suddenly to miss an automo bile that was pulling away from the curb. The police ve hicle was not damaged, it was reported. Erickson was treated at Sa cred Heart hospital for in juries to his right leg and a cut over his right eye. His uni form trousers and shirt were torn when the scooter landed on top of him, it was reported. showed the elder Anders ap parently died from a bullet wound in the neck instead of from the fire. Shobe said the bullet was recovered and that investiga tion showed it had the same markings as those test fired from a .22 caliber rifle found in the Anders home. He said the youth broke down under questioning late Tuesday night after an investigation by Shobe, State Police Lt. Howard Beinnghoff and Esta cada Police Chief Jim Barden. Planned To Shoot Rais The sheriff said the youth told him he had climbed on some bales of hay inside the barn with the .22, planning to shoot rats. When he heard his father coming up the trail to the barn he decided he would frighten his father by making a loud noise. But when he lection Plans Authorized Medford The Medford school board last night authorized its su perintendent, Dr. Leonard Mayf ield, to prepare plans for an election on consolidation of four districts with the Medford district. The board has received re quests from Griffin Creek, Howard, Jacksonville and Ruch school districts for con solidation with the Medford district. The requests grew out of meetings held in the four districts on what action school patrons desired as to school district organization. Dr. Mayfield said he would notify the Jackson County Re organization committee and the county school superint endent's office of the requests, and ask County school Super intendent Alf B. Mekvold to prepare election material and set dates. To Be Approved Consolidation would have to be approved by a majority vote in each of the districts seeking consolidation, but also in the Medford district. The board also accepted on a continuing -contract basis principals of all but three schools. They are Lester D. Harris, Medford High school; Vincent P. Bevis, Hedrick Junior High school; Glenn Linn, McLoughlin Junior High school; Roy Gilbertson, Hoover; Bruce H. Metzger, Jackson; Kenneth Hulburt, Jefferson; John Childers, Roosevelt; Robert Sage, Washington; and Robert Bac cus, Wilson. Three principals not on the Porter Schedules Visit in Medford Representative Charles Por ter will visit Medford during a five-day trip to Oregon this week end. He plans to spend Tuesday, Feb. 17, evening here. Porter will participate in Centennial activities at the state canitol Saturday, after visiting the Oregon Legisla ture, meeting with state lead ers and speaking to Oregon Democrats in Salem Friday, Feb. 13. ' In addition to the informal visit to Medford, Porter also will visit in Eugene, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Grants Pass, Al bany and in Linn county. He plans to return to Washington, D. .C, Feb. 18. Parks Commission To Meet Tonight Medford's parks and recre ation commission tonight will elect a new president and hear a preliminary report from City Manager Robert A. Duff on hiring a city parks and rec reational director. The commission's agenda also includes discussion of the possible services of a land scape architect and develop ment of park facilities on a city-owned lot on Union avejJ The new president will re place Jerry Poulos, who re signed from the commission last month. Vice president at present is Mrs. Edith Eden, and secretary, Mrs. Owen Kunkel. The commission did not hold a regular meeting in January. Tonight's meeting will be at 7:30 o'clock.' tried to climb quietly off the bales of hay he slipped and fell and the gun discharged accidentally, Shobe quoted the boys as saying. The youth told the sheriff that when he got up off the floor he saw his father lying nearby and found he was dead. The sheriff said young An ders told him he became pan icky and piled hay around the body and ignited it. Reported Fire The boy later rushed in the house and reported the barn was on fire, Shobe said. Shobe said young Anders stood fourth in his class schol astically and had not been in previous trouble. The youth was arraigned today on a first degree mur der charge. The case will be presented to the county grand jury. By- ioard i continuing contract basis also were accepted. They are Jack Holmes, Lincoln; Ronald Weatherford, West Side; and Robert Phillips, Oak Grove. Reviewed Progress Dr. Mayfield reviewed progress on the district's two year building program voted by district patrons. Plans are now being pre pared for a music room and classroom addition to Med ford High school, and bids are expected to be called about April 1, he said. The addition is one of the final phases of the construction program. Another will be construc tion of a physical education, health and classroom plant at the high school next year. Minor adjustments are being made on two new elementary schools, Hoover and Wilson. Dedication ceremonies for Wilson school will be held March 17. DR. HOWARD .W. RUNKEL To Speak at Banquet Lincoln Banquet Slated Thursday Dr. Howard W Runkel, professor of speech and dra ma at Willamette university, will speak at the Lincoln club's Abraham Lincoln ses quicentennial at 6:30 . p.m. Thursday in the Jackson hotel. Dr. Runkel is an authority on Lincoln's life and speeches, and is one of the northwest's more - popular speakers, ac cording to club members. The banquet, in the Pioneer room, will feature a menu of old-fashioned foods prepared in the manner in which food was prepared during Lin coln's lifetime. Early Ameri can antiques will be used as decorations. Mrs. Lester Adams, secretary-treasurer of the club, is general chairman of arrange ments, assisted by John Del lenback, president, and Man ville Heisel, vice president. Club 'members selling tickets include Mrs.- Murray Gardiner, Mrs. Earl Miller, Mrs. Sherman Feiss, Mrs. James Roman and Mrs. Adams. Tickets also may be obtained at Swem's, Robinson Brothers men's store, at Jean Hart's, and from club mem bers or Don Stathos, chair man of the county Republican Central committee. Mrs. E. A. Littrell is chair man of the decorations committee. Undeveloped Areas Former Lack of San Francisco -(UPD- South ern Pacific testified Tuesday it is losing $1,900,000 a year on its Shasta Daylight train between San Francisco and Portland, Ore. And a former customer testified the company had no body to blame but itself. The testimony came in the opening session of Interstate Commerce Commission hear ings on whether SP should be allowed to reduce the Day light's schedule from a daily to a tri-weekly basis during winter months. The service reduction is op posed by the California and Oregon public utilities com missions - and several trade unions. . - Robert M. Gilmore, assist ant SP vice president, said the change would not be contrary to the public welfare because Risk Said Taken To Save Airmen Of Downed Plane Washington - (UPD - A report was in print today that Amer ica took a "calculated risk' to save 11 U. S. airmen, if they still are alive, in reveal ing evidence that Russia shot down their plane. The Army-Navy-Air Force Register gave the behind- scenes account of government reasoning. Conviction also grew that Russian radio sig nals lured the C130 into Soviet Armenia where it was shot down last Sept. 2. At the same time, military men expected the Reds to try imposing tighter security measures on their fighter plane operations along the Iron Curtain. Some military quarters were uneasy because disclosing evidence on . the shooting incident also showed how'" effectively " theWests electronic eavesdropping ap paratus can detect Communist radio frequencies and operat ing patterns. , The Register, a privately published military journal, in dicated one reason for reveal ing the taped evidence to the Keds was . to . head off any "phony announcement" that the missing men, if alive, had been caught spying. : There were 17 -men aboard the plane when, according to U. S. recordings of Russian pilots' radio conversations, it was shot down. rne iteas returned six bodies but never accounted for the other 11 men. They claimed the plane crashed. The Kegister ( said it was thought for some weeks after the incident that the Russians might be detaining the 11 be cause they could tell the truth about the shooting. Or, if they were dead, the Reds might have kept their bodies because of evidence of the shooting. In January, the Register said, the Russians decreed that foreign fliers violating Soviet territory would be imprisoned for as much as 10 years. That started speculation that the 11 Americans were alive and that the Russians might intend sentencing them on drummed up charges. Disclosure of the taped evi dence was "a calculated risk to save" the men, if alive, the publication said, and in any event it may "force the Reds to think twice before they at tack another unarmed trans port." Customer Blames SIP for Passenger Patronage the public still could use daily Cascade trains, which run at night, and regular airplane and bus service. "This is not a case of South ern Pacific's trying to elimin ate something," he said, "It's a case of the passengers leav ing us." L. R. Smith, SP "superin tendent of the Portland Divis ion, said winter traffic on the line has declined 26 per cent in the past two years. He said only an average of 150 to 200 passengers a day now ride the Price 1 0 Cents Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1959 No. 278 WHOA. NELLIE!! The pair of horses in the picture above look a' little suspicious of " the business end of a covered wagon that they will pull in the Centennial parade in Medford this Saturday. Holding the horses is George McUne, owner of Court Street Repair shop where the wagon was complete ly rebuilt by T. W. (Logger) McFadden, right, and McUne. Also helping was Mel Stiehl (in wagon), an employee of the shop. Lone Director For Resources Study Proposed Salem-mPD-The House Com mittee on Planning and De velopment Tuesday held a public hearing on a bill set ting up a new department to study better coordinated uses of Oregon's natural resources. The bill calls for a single director to be appointed by the governor. He would be charged with a thorough study of the administration and enforcement of laws re lating to natural resources and would report his findings to the 1961 legislature. Heavy Opposition ' Opposition to the bill came from members of the present Committee on Natural Re sources, the Water Resources' Board, the state engineer, the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the Izaak Walton league and the Oregon Reclamation congress. Dan P. Allen, executive sec retary of the Committee on Natural Resources, said there was need for further coordin ation among agencies now handling natural resources, but that a new department was not needed. Allen maintained that the committee itself could conduct the proposed study at a sav ing to the state. Salem-tUPD-James L. Jeffer son," 46, has been named comptroller of the State De partment of Motor Vehicles. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy and colder tonight with patches of valley fog. Increasing cloudi ness Thursday with showers by evening. Low tonight 25. High Thursday 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 37 Lowest this Morning 32 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:14 a.m. Moonset tonight ;9:58 p.m. First Quarter Feb. 15 PROMINENT STAR Betelgeuse, high in south - 8:39 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 7:02 p.m. Mars, high In southwest - 7:54 p.m. Jupiter, low in southeast . 3:31 a.m. Saturn, rises 4:57 a.m. Daylight in winter. Charles B. Nines, SP trans portation research expert, esti mated that the proposed re duction in the Daylight's serv ice would save the railroad $557,000 a year. He said that even if operated tri-weekly the service would still cost the company an out-of-pocket loss of $1,355,000. W. A. Barr of Mt. Shasta, a Siskiyou county supervisor, charged that SP brought on its own problems. He said he got fed up with the company's at Methods of Land Acquisition Aired At House By PEG HUTCHINSON Mail Tribune Staff Writer Salem-Three Rogue River residents and one from Grants Pass were among those who spoke on methods used by the state highway department in the acquisition of land for the Highway 99 freeway in Jack son and Josephine counties at a legislative hearing here Tuesday afternoon. The hearing, called by the joint Senate-House Roads and Highway committees at the suggestion of Robert B. Dun can, speaker of the house of representatives, follow ing complaints regarding the ac quisition of property in the Grants Pass -Rogue River area. The hearing lasted for three hours at the Capitol. Southern Oregon residents charged that highway department rep resentatives lied and falsified records to obtain options to right-of-way property. Appearing from Rogue River were Joe Allison, Hen ry Corbin, and Charles C. Richmond, and Fay Bristol, state representative from Grants Pass, spoke regarding his business in Rogue River. Also appearing were Port land Mayor Terry D. Shrunk and Charles P. Garrett, Oak land. Mayor Shrunk ex pressed concern for displaced persons as the federal high way program got under way and asked for legislation to aid in the relocation of fami lies thus affected. Garrett's remarks concern ed acquisition of land for the freeway between Sutherlin and Oakland. During the hearing testi mony also was heard from members of the highway de partment's right-of-way agents, appraisers, and the chief engineer, attorney, and Commissioner Milo Mclver. W. C. Williams, state high way engineer, explained that of the 140 property owners between Grants Pass and Rocky Point near Gold Hill, 121 land acquisitions have been made successfully. Two ojhes cases are pend titude three years ago and hadn't ridden the train since. "They started the premedi tated idea four years ago to discourage the use of the Shasta and dispose of it," Barr testified. "It's common knowl edge they try to restrain peo ple from making reservations, when in fact, there's plenty of space available." Barr said he believed that if the company ran its busi ness in a manner that en couraged people to ride trains, it would not be in the state it's in now. 53rd Year Tribune The men have been working on the wagon "day'arid night for one week, replacing the weak wooden parts and welding stress points. The bed, patterned after an early day freight wagon, was built from scratch and is painted a bright blue, while the wheels and undercarriage are red. The horses, whose real names are Ginger and Apples, are owned by McUne and McFad den. ' Hearing ing, he stated. One piece of property was owned by a state employee, making court proceedings necessary. On the other a title has to be cleared. He added that usual ly 90 per cent of the property needed by the department is obtained without difficulty. At the present time there are 16 condemnation proceedings scheduled for' Highway 99 right-of-way acquisition in the Rogue River area. Allison quoted the depart ment men as saying "we offer a price and that's it," and said that he knew he was not the first to refuse the first price offered for his land. "Just how is the price set, that's what I'd like to know," Allison, a Rogue River car penter, told committee mem bers. "During the first visit of the negotiator he said that if I took the matter to court I would lose more than I would receive." Allison continued that dur ing the representative's third visit he mentioned a pipe line that would have to be crossed by construction equipment. He inquired as to the length of time he would be without water, and was told that the department would not com pensate him for damages done by the lack of water. (Continued on Page 5) St. Louis Workers Tackle Debris in Tornado Area St. Louis -CPD- An army of workers today struggled to clear away mounds of debris that once were homes and searched for possible addition al victims of a tornado that killed at least 22 persons and injured more than 350. One Still Missing A check of police ditsricts in the tornado disaster area near the center of the city showed one person still miss ing. Rescuers believed they had recovered the last of the dead and concentrated on cleaning up the wreckage from a teem ing Negro tenement district Talent, Phoenix District Among Those Proposed Five Suggested to Join Medford District Consolidation of a number of Jackson county school dis tricts was recommended last night by the Jackson eountv school district consolidation and reorganization commit tee. The pronosed district con solidations would become ef- tective July 1. Consolidation was recom mended for Talent and Phoe nix districts; for Lone Pine, uriffin Creek, Jacksonville, Ruch and Howard with Med ford; and for Eagle Point and Butte Falls. The committee made no changes in its previous rec ommendations that Evans valley and Rogue River be consolidated. No action was taken on pos sible consolidation of the Applegate district with Med ford. This is still pending. Committee Chairman Keith Hockersmith said today. Remain the Same Central Point School Dis trict 6C would remain the same, with possible slight boundary changes to solve any transportation problems. All such consolidations would be subject to approval of the districts' voters. In a letter to the committee dated Feb. 7, the Applegate school board stated that the Applegate Parent-Teachers as sociation has gone on record as "not in "favor of consolida tion (with Medford) at this time." Residents of Gold Hill had sent 42 letters to the commit tee plus a petition bearing 172 signatures stating they would , De opposea to any suggestions that Gold Hill be included with Rogue River school dis trict. Gold Hill is now part of Central Point School Dis trict 6C. A poll taken of Phoenix school district residents re vealed 160 citizens favored consolidation with Talent and 117 favored consolidation with Medford. Several indi cated they wished to have the district remain the same. The Phoenix school board recommended that the pres ent boundaries be kept. Letters were read from Lone Pine, Griffin Creek, Jacksonville, Ruch and How ard school districts stating their respective school boards favor consolidation with Med ford. The county committee had recommended previously that Eagle Point and Butte Falls be combined, and it stood on that recommendation. Procedure for District Procedure for school dis trict consolidation consists of recommendations made by the county committee, then petitions from the various school districts involved are presented the county bound ary board of which Alf B. Mekvold, county school super intendent is a member. After petitions are checked for authenticity with the county elections department, the proposed consolidations are posted and publicized and each district votes on the pro posals. The boundary board then makes a canvass. If the vote is favorable the consolidation may become ef fective immediately . or may be postponed to the next fis cal year. Ike Asks Additional Funds for Fiscal Year Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower asked Congress today for an additional $2, 414,000,000 in appropriations to round out current fiscal year spending. Salem (UPD The Oregon House has passed a tax bill which would eliminate in stallment payments of person al income tax returns. The vote was 37-22. hit hardest by Tuesday's twister. The workers toiled through the cold, windy night under the glare of portable flood lights. Damage Not Estimated City officials declined to give an authoritative estimate of the damage, but unofficial estimates ran above $10 mil lion. President Eisenhower Tues day night declared the na tion's -eighth largest city a major disaster area and au thorized the use of federal aid for relief efforts.