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y.s B(SiD"dlDinig So o p 53rd MEDFORD 24 PAGES Jmmi Crater, Medford Senior Winners ff Bits Contest Miss Elaine-Kroon, senior at Crater High school, Central Point, and Bob Pond, senior at Medford High school, are winners in the local division of the Elks lodge most valu able student contest. Exalted Ruler Donald D. Davis has announced. The winners, who will re ceive awards from the local lodge May 1 at the observ ance of National Elks Youth Day, will be entered in com petition with winners from 10 Elks lodges in southern Ore- eon. Miss Kroon, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Paul O. Kroon, 155 South Fourth st., Central Point, and Pond, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R- Pond, 703 Kenvon st.. Medford. were two of six students represent in four high schools which participated in the local con test. Slat Competition Winners of the area contest will be entered in the state competition, Davis noted. The state award is an $800 schol arship for the top girl and boy. State winners are entered in the national contest,, tne winners of which receive a $1,200 scholarship. Second place winner in the girls division of the local con test was Sandy Hess of Med ford High school, and second place in the local boys divi sion was Herschel Mack, Cra ter High school. Honorable mention was given Susan Walker of Phoenix High school and Carol Scott, Eagle Point High. Students are judged on Consultant Says Policy Important If the Medford city council and planning commission wish to retain public confidence they should establish land use policies and then stick to them, Lloyd Anderson told a joint meeting of the two groups here last night. Anderson, planning consult ant from the bureau of muni cipal research and service at the University of Oregon, said these policies and their con sistent application are a city government's obligation to property owners. - He said that both home owners and commercial groups have the right to ex pect protection of their invest ments. For this reason, he said, boundaries for commer cial and residential areas should be drawn and adhered to. Then those investing in property can plan according ly, he added. "If the city council and planning commission develop and adopt a planning policy and stick to it," Anderson said, "it will generate public confidence." Last night's meeting was called after the city council last week questioned three recommendations from the planners, two for zone changes and one for a setback variance. (See story on Pag 5) Green Fir Market Said Still Climbing Portland-The green Fir market, which exploded like a rocket last week, has gone into orbit at a new high level and is still climbing, accord ing to Crow's Lumber Market News Service. Mills are keep ing order files small in ex pectation of further increases, and wholesalers find it diffi cult to buy even simple sched ules. The East and Midwest are not buying in volume yet but there is enough business from other areas to more thsui ab sorb limited production, Crow's said. Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Urn Sai UmMg Smiit litotiiiiif scholarship, extra - curricular and out of school activities, personality and leadership, perseverance and resource fulness and general worthi ness and need. Judges for this year's local contest were Don Hansen, Dick Woodcock, Murray Gard iner, Carl Norris and Frank lin Van Pelt. Local winners last year were Gerald Kime of Crater High and Sandra Buxton, Medford High. Earlier this month, winners of the local Youth Leadership contest "were announced. - MISS ELAINE KROON Crater High Winner BOB POND Winner from Medford MID Reservoirs Expected to Fill Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of Medford Irrigation district, said today he believed both of the district's reservoirs would fill this season, but the district would be short of stream flow this spring. He said the district prob ably would start using stor age water earlier than usual and will use more of it unless there are substantial spring rains. Fish lake reservoir has 7,- 897 acre feet, he said, an in crease of 240 acre feet since last month. Capacity is about 8,100 acre feet. Four Mile res ervoir has 15,170 acre feet, an increase of 747 acre feet since last month. Capacity of Four Mile lake is 16,123 acre feet. The snow depth at Fish lake is 12.3 inches, Hoffbuhr said, with ZVz inches of wa ter content with 35 per cent density. At Billy creek, snow depth is 30 inches with 10 inches of water content and 30 per cent density. Four Mile has 40 inches of snow, 12i inches of water content and 32 per cent density, he noted. & . r.:.a.::-:::: JwJ. fctf ! I i - ft I 1 I,- v? Ik: Khrushchev Seen Delaying Until Control Changed Kremlin Decision On Showdown Seen By United Press International British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan was reported leaning yoday toward a con ference at the summit to pre vent war over Berlin, but diplomatic sources in London said the Kremlin apparently has decided on a showdown. Diplomatic reports reach ing London said Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev ap parently was seeking to put off negotiations with the West until Russia has handed con trol of the Berlin lifelines over to Communist East Ger many. UPI correspondent Henry Shapiro, in Kiev with Macmil lan, said the British Prime Minister was "more inclined to yield" on the subject of summit talks than is President Eisenhower but only if there is no other way to prevent war. Half-Way Mark Today marked the half-way mark in the six-month period offered by the Soviets before they turn Berlin controls over to their satellite East German government. Macmillan was cast in the role of middleman in trying to break the diplo matic stalemate. All indications were that he had failed. British press re ports from Moscow today only prepared for failure and said only an outside chance could save the Macmillan mis sion. Chances for this were held slim. UPI diplomatic correspond ent K. C. Thaler reported in London that the Moscow talks have brought a hardening of the Soviet position far beyond its previous uncompromising stand on Berlin, or Germany and on European security. Peace Treaty In Bonn, Western diplomats predicted the Soviet would sign a separate peace treaty next month with Communist East Germany-a move to give the Red regime additional au- thority-on paper, at least-to assert, control over the West ern supply routes. While Macmillan made a tourist inspection of the Kiev area, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was reported taking a greater part in for eign policy in Washington and showing every intention of re suming his post full time if at all possible. UPI diplomatic correspond ent Stewart Hensley reported from Washington that Dulles, under massive radiation treat ment for cancer, gave dra matic evidence of this inten tion when he summoned his top aides to Walter Reed Army Medical Center late Thursday for a strategy con ference on Berlin. Jibes by Eisler New Jibes at the West came meanwhile from East Berlin where East German propa gandist Gerhart Eisler said U.S. refusal- to allow East Zone skiers at the Squaw Val ley, Calif., North American championships justified East German restriction of Western troop movements to Berlin. The. cases were without parallel but the bail-jumping Eisler, a fugitive from Ameri can justice, said if the skiers could be barred then the troops could be barred from East Germany. (Bulletin Tacoma, Wash. - (TPD -Former Teamster President Dave Beck was sentenced today to serve five years in prison and to pay $60,000 in fines for income tax evasion. Tribune 27, 1959 "Rest Easy, Sire There Are No Signs Of a Mass Uprising" , Early Opening of Voting Polls Nets Some Salem (OPD A good deal of heat was generated Thurs day at a hearing on a bill to open Oregon election polls at 6 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. The House Elections Com mittee heard ex-Rep. Richard Eymann, Mohawk, testify that many industries started at 7:30 a.m. which was too early to vote and then workers had to travel many miles home at night, making it very diffi cult to vote under the present law. Eymann said some em ployers grant time off to vote but it is at the employees' own expense. "He is payine lor tne opportunity to vote, Eymann said. Could Save Money He added that the state was now spending $160,000 every election to give state workers the day off to vote and that perhaps this money could be saved if the polls were opened at 6 a.m. and work went on as usual. On the other hand. John weidon, Multnomah .county elections registrar, strongly protested the early opening. He said he polled 187 of his 'election workers recently and only 13 wanted early opening. Many threatened to quit, Weldon said. Weldon estimated the cost of the extra two hours at $75,000 for the state, $25,000 of it in Multnomah county. some 9,000 election work ers would be forced to be at work by 5:30 a.m. and would be working a 15-hour day in stead of the approximate 13 hours now worked from 7:30 a.m. till 8:30 p.m. It was Weldon's feeling that -c'osts of renting polling places would also rise and that Opposit Army Engineer Reservists Construction Army engineer reservists planning to construct a pio neer stockade atop the Sis kiyous this spring will not be affected by plans to re organize their unit along Pentomic" lines, their com manding general said yester day. Brig. Gen. William H. Pren tice, commanding general of the . 417th Engineer brigade, said deactivation of that unit and reassignment of its per sonnel to elements of the Pentomic" 104th training di vision would not be completed until May. Construction of the stock ade, intended to provide Ore gon Centennial visitors with a source of helpful informa Price 10 Cents No. 292 ion very few persons would vote anyway before 8 a.m. Ken Rinke, representing Oregon railroads and truckers, favored the bill on grounds many railroaders and truck ers are now denied the vote because of their long work hours and periods of being out of the state. Firemen Affected Sen. William Grenfell Jr. (D-Portland), said firemen were denied the vote for the same reason. They work 24 hour shifts starting at 8 a.m. when the polls are just open ing. Randolph P. S c h i n d 1 er, Corvallis, Benton county clerk, said the early opening might be needed in some rural regions of the state but should not be imposed on counties that did not need it. He said that if he had a choice, he would not open at 6 a.m. Clean-Up Program In Central Point Central Point-City Admin istrator Lyle Paull said today that a clean-up campaign is under way in Central Point, and urged citizens to partici pate in the drive to make the city more attractive. He pointed out that a city ordinance prohibits leaving rubbish piled in yards. City officials recently inspected the city for unsightly areas, he said. City officials "noted that this is an ideal time to burn rubbish since no burning per mit is required. of Siskiyou tion about the state, has been scheduled to begin Sunday, March 15. Deadline for its completion is May 1. The stockade was designed by Albert Gandt, former head of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites foundation. Its construction is a project of the Jackson Coun ty Centennial association. Prentice said yesterday he believes the reservists under his command are sincerely in terested in the project any way and would carry it out despite an organizational change. The "tactical mission" of constructing the stockade is expected to take about five Sundays, according to Capt. PAGEANT, TRIP BY STAGECOACH K AREA PLANS A stagecoach is expected to start operating in the Jack sonville area in April, and a repeat performance of the pageant "An Oregon Trail" is scheduled next month, Ernie Hood, Jackson county corrdi nator for the Centennial com mission, has announced. Hood said E. L. Garland has informed him the stagecoach he plans to operate between Jacksonville and the Heuners ranch should start about April 21. He said some stage coach trips may be made to the western end of Stewart ave. if longer trips are desired. The Centennial pageant written by Mrs. Scott Hamil ton, Central Point, will be presented in the new build ing housing the gymnasium and cafeteria at Eagle Point at 8 .p.m., March 14, Hood said. Club Sponsor - The Eagle Point presenta tion is being sponsored by the Desert Pegasus, a 4-H. club under the leadership of Mrs. James Dunn, and the Eagle Point elementary school mu sic department under the di- Groups Approve Amendment To Trailer Park Bill Salem-flJPD-Amendments to a bill setting up sanitary and other regulations for private trailer parks were declared satisfactory by organizations represented at a meeting of the Senate Health and Wel fare committee Thursday. Among the organizations represented were the Trailer Coach.,- association,.-the . Ore gon Trailer Park association, State Board of Health and the Oregon Mobile Coach asso ciation. Sen. R. F. Chapman (D. Coos Bay) chairman, an nounced the committee will meet next Tuesday in execu tive session to consider the amendments. Playground Argued An amendment offered by Frank Barr, Oregon Trailer Park association, provides that no tenant may remove a trailer when he is delinquent in rent or utility charges without permission of the camp owner. Considerable discussion re volved around the camp own er providing play areas for children under 14. Sen. Mon-, roe Sweetland (D.-Milwaukie) objected to a suggestion by Vern Rynerson, State Health department that the age limit of 14 be removed. "If that is done," Sweet land said, "a trailer park owner would have to provide play areas for men and wom en 20 years old. I believe that the 14 year limit should re main in the bill. Private Land Use Allowed It was pointed out that un der the bill a single trailer can be parked on private land with the land owner's consent and if proper sani tary regulations are followed. The State Board of Health is empowered to make regu lations for the operation of trailer camps and parking of trailers in the state. Democrats To Hold Convention at LA. Washington-(UPD-The Demo cratic National Committee voted today to hold the party's 1960 national convention in Los Angeles. Still Plan Stockade Tom Teutsch of the brigade's plans and engineering section, Some materials for the struc ture are being donated. Personnel participating in the project would be drawn primarily from the brigade's headquarters company, sta tioned in this area. A fund drive is currently under way to finance man ning the stockade this sum mer with students of Oregon history. Some of the money would also cover the installa tion of plumbing, it is under stood. The "Pentomic" concept is designed to better organize Army units for atomic warfare. rection of Albert K. Kram beal. The 4-H club plans to use its share of the proceeds to finance cost of a show and judging later this year, and the elementary school music department plans to purchase musical instruments. The program, for which Centennial dress will be ap propriate, will include both round and square dancing, se lections by the band and chorus, and refreshments. The pageant will be staged by Central Point Grange members, many of whom were in the original cast. riood reminded organiza tions that March 2 is the dead line for events to be listed in the state highway depart ment program of events throughout the state. He said organizations interested in listing events may contact Hood at the Centennial office. Meanwhile, Dick Woodcock, chairman of the membership campaign being conducted by the Jackson County Centen nial association, said a street sale of gold nugget pins will be conducted in downtown Medford between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The campaign is being con ducted to help finance a stock ade welcoming booth on the summit of the Siskiyous this summer. Woodcock said a covered wagon will be parked at the corner of Main st. and Cen tral ave. and a small wagon will be placed in the lobby of the First National bank of Oregon. May Obtain Pins Businessmen who desire their employees to wear the pins may obtain them in small lots at the covered wagon at 10 a.m. if employees do not already have pins. Hood urged residents who have received pins and who nave not returned the dona tion envelope to do so as soon as possible. The envelopes may be left in any bank or mailed to the Centennial asso ciation here. Gold nugget pins may also be purchased at the Western Auto store in Ashland, the Postal drug store in Central Point, the Jacksonville Phar macy, El Rogue Cafe in Gold Hill, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce office or at Centennial Headquar ters at the fairgrounds south of Medford. Prop-Jet Makes Emergency Landing A West Coast Airlines prop jet carrying five passengers and a crew of three was brought down safely at Med ford airport this morning in an emergency landing follow ing an apparent malfunction of the right engine, Medford police reported. The malfunction appeared later to be in the plane's warning system rather than in the engine itself, an airline of ficial said. Pilot Charles Warren, Seattle, brought the plane in on one engine after radioing that an emergency landing would benecessary. The right engine had been feathered after a warning light flashed in the cockpit. The plane, Flight 743, was en route from North Bend. It skipped a scheduled stop at Roseburg, and touched down at Medford at 11:08 a.m. It was carrying about 3,500 pounds of jet fuel when it ar rived here, the official re ported. Medford police and firemen stood by. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening, becoming cloudy early Saturday and clearing Satur day afternoon. Temp. Highest Yesterday 54 Lowest this Morning 43 Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:58 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:50 a.m. Moonrise tonight 11:29 p.m. Last Quarter March 1 PROMINENT STAR Sirius, due south . 8:27 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in west .... 7:35 p.m. Mars, high in southwest 7:19 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast 4:49 a.m. Jupiter, due south 5:39 a.m. SEN. JOHN F. KENNEDY Banquet Speaker Robert D. Holmes Will Preside At FDR Dinner Former Oregon Governor Robert D. Holmes will be mas ter of ceremonies for Jackson county's ninth annual Roose velt Memorial dinner at Mc Laughlin Junior High school Friday, March 6, according to General Chairman James A. Redden. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts will be the speaker. . ... Introducing Senator Ken nedy will be Robert B. Dun can, Medford, speaker of the state house of representatives, who will share the head table with a large delegation of prominent state, legislative and Democratic party offic ials, Redden said. The Rev. George R. V. Bols ter of St. Mark's Episcopal church will give the invoca tion. Senator Kennedy is one of several nationally-known fig ures who have spoken at the Roosevelt Memorial dinner. Among others are Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt, Michigan's Governor G. Mennen Wil liams, Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell, James Roosevelt and Sen. Wayne Morse. Senator Kennedy is chair man of the Senate Rackets committee which has been in vestigating racketeering in the juke box record industry. . Gerald Scannell, chairman of the ticket committee for the dinner, urged persons in terested in the event to make reservations as soon as pos sible. Tickets are available from several locations within the county. . They are available from K, C. (Swede) Wernmark at 232 West Sixth st., Hudson's Phar macy, the Medford Labor Temple, and Bob Boyer's of fice, 28 North Oakdale ave., all in Medford; at Eastside drive-in cleaners, 510 East Pine st.. Central Point; Larry Sheehan, Rogue River; Doris Boothby, Prospect; Ray Briggs and Eve Seggessen- man, Shady Cove; Mrs. L. Peers Wilmeth and Sidney Ainsworth, Ashland; Morrow's Hardware store, Gold Hill; and Norton's Lumber com pany, Phoenix - and Camp White. Tickets may also be obtain ed from Scannell at SPring 3-3582 or SPring 2-5382, from Redden at SPring 2-9034 or SPring 2-9803, and members of the committee. Duncan Bows To Daughter's Demand To Get Rid of Beard State Rep. Robert Dun can, Medford, "speaker of the Oregon house of repre sentatives, learned never lo underestimate the power of a woman this week. Six weeks ago Duncan, in a fit of Centennial en thusiasm, began growing a bushy beard. By last week end, it had gained propor tions which gave him the look of an authentic Scot tish laird. On Saturday, however, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan drove . to McMinnville, where their daughter Nancy (who had been staying with friends in Medford since the session opened), was participating in the Linfield college speech tournament as one of Hedrick Junior High school's delegation. Nancy, 14, forthwith or dered her father (whose heavy hand with the gavel has intimidated many rep resentatives) to "get rid of that horrible thing." On Wednesday Duncan appeared clean-shaven. Jobless Compensation Bill Passed by Senate Salem -DPD- A Senate bill placing employers of one or more employees under state unemploym e n t compensation coverage was passed by the Senate today by a vote of 17 to 11. The bill now goes to the House. Note To Be Sent When All Fads Are Developed Cable Cut Results In Check of Trawler Washington -ftTPD-The State Department said today the United States "will communi cate with the Soviet Union" on the boarding by U.S. Naval personnel of a Russian fishing trawler off New Foundland. The trawler was boarded to check whether its crew had damaged a multi-million-dollar trans-atlantic cable net work. Lincoln White, state Depart ment spokesman, said a for mal note would be sent to Moscow when the department has received and assessed all the information possible. To Develop Facts "We will communicate with the Soviet Union when all of the facts are developed," he said. Asked what the United States would say if the "facts" failed to show any responsi bility on the part of the traw ler, either intentional or acci dental, White said he did not "want to anticipate" contents of any American communica tion. There was no immediate in dication whether Moscow would view the incident as a major issue to futher strain Soviet-American relations or accept it as a routine move under an international treaty to protect undersea cables. A five-man party from the destroyer Roy O. Hale scrambled aboard the Soviet ship Novorossisk at noon Thursday about 120 miles northeast of St. Johns, New foundland. No Evidence Found An initial report by Lt. Cmdr. E. J. Korte, skipper of the Hale said his men found no evidence the 1,670-ton Rus sian vessel was bent on any thing "other than fishing." But the question of whether the ship had damaged the cables by accident was left open. No resistance to the U.S. boarding party was encoun tered, according to Adm. Jerauld Wright, U.S. Atlantic Fleet commander. He said the trawler's master was "friendly and cooperative." Five cable breaks have oc curred since last Saturday along the course in which the Soviet ship had been oper ating. Gas Chamber Nears Completion for Dogs A gas chamber for the county dog pound is complet ed and should be installed about the first of next week, County, Commissioner Ches ter Wendt said today. The chamber will be mounted on skids so it can be shifted around, Wendt ex plained. Carbon monoxide gas filtered through water will be used to dispose of approx imately 15 dogs at one time in the chamber, he said. The county court is .now looking for a six or eight cylinder motor for pumping the gas through the chamber. A hot water tank will be used for the water, and total cost will be about $800, he said. The cost of .the chamber constructed by Bergman's shop on Crater Lake highway is estimated at $500. Through its investigations the county court has learned that carbon monoxide gas would have an anaesthetic effect on the dogs, Wendt said. There would not be an odor or gasping effect. The operation would take three minutes. County Judge to Oppose House Bill County Judge Earl Miller said today he is planning to write to Jackson county's leg islative delegation stating his opposition to House Bill 138. The bill relates to collective bargaining contract for pub lic employees, and would ap ply to the state, counties, cities, districts, authorities, public corporations and utili ties. . The county judge said he is opposed to the section which states that such public agen ces would be "directed" to en ter into collective bargaining contracts with unions or "councils of unions." Judge Miller' said he has nothing against unions but feels that public bodies should not be forced to enter into ne gotiations with labor unions. This would remove control of county personnel from the county court and departmen tal heads, ha added. n
