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2 MAIL TRIBUNE. MtdforJ, Ortgon, Sunday, Mireh T. 1959 Pia nning, Recreation Discussed by Miller Planning and recreation are the two chief concerns of the county right now, County Judge Earl Miller indicated at a luncheon of the Medford League of Women Voters in the county courthouse audi torium Friday. Planning is probably the most pressing problem since most people don't wish to live in municipal areas, Judge Miller said. When planning is inadequate assessed valuation of property is down and land is not used properly, Miller said. The planning commis sion is functioning very well, he added. New emphasis has been placed on recreation with the development of reservoirs in Hinds Sentenced In Circuit Court Merle Franklin Hinds, 19, of Hayfork, Calif., was sen tenced to the Oregon state penitentiary for 2 years and 2 months for grand larceny Friday in circuit court. He had pleaded guilty prev iously to the charges. Hinds was arrested with Jack Kenneth Lytle, 25, by Central Point police Nov. 18 and charged with several burglaries in the valley. One of them was the Jacksonville high school safe job in which more than $800 was taken. Lytle was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary in December. A pre-sentence report on Hinds had been ord ered by Judge Edward C. Kelly. James R. Jackson, Portland, was arraigned Friday on charges of uttering and pub lishing a false check. Manville Heisel, Medford attorney was appointed his counsel. Jackson is charged with passing a bad check for $75 in a Medford tore July 28. Alvin Dale Miller, 412 Boardman st., was arraigned on district attorney's informa tion charging him with using a motor vehicle without per mission of the owner. Ervin Hogan, Medford attorney, was appointed his counsel. the Talent project. Miller in dicated. The parks and recre ation commission should be in operation in the next five or six weeks, he said. 'Som Complications' County Commissioner Ralph James remarked that there have been "some complica tions in the county dog pound." However, the county court has arrived at a good, humane way for disposal of the stray animals, he said This method is based on rec ommendations of the national and state humane society or ganizations, he explained. The dog pound is generally in good shape, now, he added. Fresh shavings are placed in the pens to keep them more sanitary. County Commissioner Chev ter Wer;at explained the pro cess of tax foreclosure. Coun ty Treasurer Karl Janouch told how his office must col lect taxes for a number of taxing units, not just for the county. County Assessor Ray Schumacher explained how his office arrives at property valuations. 30 Members Present Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter in troduced the speakers to 30 fellow members of the league present. The tour of the court house offices and the lunch eon was part of the league's study of "Know Your County Government." POWER TAKEOFF Elkader, Iowa (UPII George Hakert found out the hard way how well a grain elevator power takeoff device works. It took off all his clothes, leaving only his hat, shoes and one shirt cuff. Running Child Blamed for Crash A child running out in front of a car was blamed for an accident at the intersection of Biddle and Lawnsdale rds. Fri day afternoon, state police said. Police said a car driven by Helen Marie Founds, 38, of 847 Gilman rd., was traveling north on Bibble rd. when the accident occurred. Mrs. Founds pulled the car to the right, to avoid a young girl who ran in front of her, and struck a power pole, rolling the car over on its. top, state police said. Only injuries reported were to the Founds children who received slight cuts and bruis es. They are Lee Wentworth Founds, 5 and Christie Louise Founds, 3. Edwin J. Founds, 43, a passenger in the car, ap parently was not hurt, state police said. Large Delegation Of State Officials To Hear Kennedy A large delegation of state and legislative officials as well as Democratic party dig nitaries are expected at the ninth annual Roosevelt Mem orial dinner at McLoughlin Junior" High school Friday, March 6. Sen. John F. Kennedy will be the speaker. He will be ac companied here by his wife, his administrative assistant, Stephen Smith, and his legis lative assistant,. Ted Soren sen, according to the commit tee in charge. Senator Kennedy is expec ted to arrive in Medford by plane between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Friday. The dinner is schedul ed to start at 6 p.m. He will appear on television briefly before the dinner and will hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m. Saturday prior to returning to Washington, D.C., at 10:45 a.m. Among state officials ex pected at the dinner are Sen ate President and Mrs. Walt er J. Pearson; Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton; Sen ator Monroe Sweetland, chair man of the Senate Education committee, and Ms. SweeJ land, a member of the Oregon Centennial commission; Chair man of the House Education Committee Al Flegal, Rose burg; House Taxation com mittee chairman Clarence Barton; House: Ways and Means committee chairman Keith Skelton, Eugene; House Labor and Industries Com mittee Chairman W. O. Kel sey, Eugene, and Democratic National Committeeman and Mrs. C. Girard Davidson. Entertainment will be pre sented by the Southern Ore gon college Populaires, under the direction of Louis O. Clay- son with John H. Lusk at the organ, and by the St. Mary's octet. ; Tickets may be obtained from Hudson's Pharmacy, Bernard Kelly or James Red den in the Gouldy building: McNair's Pharmacy in Ash land; Dr. Arthur Kreisman at Southern Oregon college, and members of the ticket com mittee headed by Gerald Scannell, at SPring 3-3582. PLAYWRIGHT ILL Stamford, Conn.-(U?D-Play-w r i g h t Maxwell Anderson, who suffered a stroke Thurs day, was reported "slightly improved'' but still in critical condition yesterday at Stam ford Hospital. Blasting for Freeway Scheduled Near Shedd Shedd-(UPD-An explosion of 100 tons of dynamite was to be touched off three miles east of here yesterday as part of work on extending the High way 99 Freeway. Warren-Northwest Inc. said the blast would be set off be tween 10 aon. and noon. Rock obtained by the blast will be crushed and used for construc tion on the road. Porter Defends Castro, Rebels As 'Decent' Men Cleveland (UPD Rep. Charles O. Porter said yes terday that Cuban rebels ex ecuted aides and followers of ousted Dictator Fulgencio Ba tista because they were "mur derers of defenseless men, wo men and children." The Oregon Democrat con cede in a speech prepared for the City club that the war crimes trials held by Fidel Castro and his rebel leaders lacked "many of the proced ural safeguards" considered essential in Anglo-Saxon law. But he said Castro and his men "are not the kind of peo ple who countenance 'blood baths'," much less arrange them. They are doing their utmost to establish an honest and democratic government in Cuba." Conversations Porter said he based his conclusions on conversations he had with Castro and his lieutenants during a recent visit to Cuba. "Castro and his men," he said, "are as decent as Ba tista and his men were inde cent . . . "I knew about these Batista atrocities and I blamed Batis ta for them while he was in office." 'Stories, Photos' The Congressman said that many Cubans and others sent me stories and photo graphs." "Why didn't the nation know?" he went on. "One reason is that Batista corrup ted the press, even some of our own. He bought good words or, at least silence. The Associated Press, a fine" or ganization with high ideals, fired one of its employees in Havana, Arroyo Maldonado, a Cuban citizens, about a year ago when it was found he was receiving money from Batista." WIS CCS Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Furniture Store OF FINISHED & UNFINISHED Need extra storage space? Weeks Orr is offering a good selection of unfinished and finished chests of drawers at Close-Out Prices. The finished chests are left from bedroom sets mostly one of a kind in a variety of finishes. Take your pick! 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He attended Medford High school and entered the service in June, 1955. He was ranked first in the overall standings of the academy, which pre pares senior airmen for assum ing duties of noncommission ed officer. IN NORFOLK Marine T-Sgt. Stanley D. McNeil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver R. McNeil of Eagle Point, is serving with head quarters compfeny, headquar ters an dservice battalion at the Atlantic Fleet Marine force headquarters in Nor folk, Va. Senator Morse Gels University Award Washington Oregon's sen ior U. S. senator, Wayne Morse, received the Univers ity of Minnesota' outstanding achievement award last week. The presentation of the special award was made by Ray J. Quinlan, Chairman of the Board of Regents, as part of the University's Charter Day observance. The full text of the award reads: "The Regents of the Uni versity of Minnesota as a to ken of high esteem and in recognition of noted profes sional attainment by Wayne L. Morse, distinguished grad uate of the University of Min nesota, United States Sena tor from Oregon, keen stu dent of jurisprudence especi ally as a- legal educator, ef fective in labor relations, par ticularly adept as an arbitra tor, always stimulating others to reappraise their positions, deem him to be worthy of special commendation for outstanding achievement." ABOARD CARRIER Aviation Electronics Tech nician William A. Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs., Earl Weaver, Rogue River,' took part in anti-submarine war fare exercises aboard theair craft carrier, USS Hornet, re cently off the southern Cali fornia coast. AT OAK HARBOR Ernest R. Sutton, chief journalist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sutton, 807 Barnett st., Medford, is serv ing with the Navy at the station, Oak .Harbor, Wash. His wife is the former Miss Alice M. Ozment, 939 Oak Grove rd., Medford. He is a graduate of Medford High school. ENLISTS Carles L. Black, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Black, route 2, Central Point, en listed in the Marine Corps re cently through the Medford recruiting office. He is now under going training at the Marine base at San Diego, Calif., following which he will attend aviation fundamentals school in Jacksonville, Fla. Released Prisoners' Supervision Provided Salem-ttJPD - Supervision of prisoners released on "good time" from the state peniten tiary is provided in a bill in troduced in the Senate Friday by Sen. Robert W. Straub (D Springfield). If passed, the measure would provide supervision by the state parole board for pris oners who are released from the prison before the end of their maximum sentence as the result of credits for "good time" given them. SPUTNIK STILL SENDING Moscow - (UPD - Russia says its Sputnik III, launched on May 15, 1958, is still sending signals to earth. The Tass News Agency said the satel lite completed its 4,000th trip around the earth Friday. London-(UPD-Boris, the mas cot of the Plymouth and Dev onport Technical college, has been stolen. Boris is a - life sized robot. Pear Royalty Entry Deadline To Be March 13 The deadline for entering contestants in the king and queen contest for the sixth an nual Pear Blossom Festival has been set for March 13, according to festival officials. The festival, which will be climaxed by a parade in down town Medford April 11, will use the Centennial theme, "One Hundred Years of Pears." Any individual, organiza tion or business firm in Jack son county may enter candi dates in the king and queen contest, officials said. Basic requirements of a. candidate is that he be five or six years old. Selection by a panel of area judges will be on the basis of poise and personality..! Final selection will be made at special ceremonies early in April. Application Forms Application forms may be obtained from the Jackson ! County Chamber of Commerce j office at 328 South Central' ave., Medford. . The Pear Blossom King and j Queen will lead the first sec tion of the annual parade, which will icnlude four di visions devoted to children, youth groups and organiza tions. - Miss Sports Fair will lead the second section, which will be. devoted to commercial floats, Lions club Sports Fair entries and other mechanical displays. -Eldest Pioneers The eldest pioneer man and woman of Jackson county will precede the third section of the parade, which will be specifically devoted to Centennial-type entries, including mounted groups. Selection of individuals in each category will take place during March. Miss Pat Rushton, who last year was elected Miss Jackson County, will be grandmarshal for the parade. BABY CAUSES MISTRIAL Greensboro, N. C. (UPD A shoplifting case against Mrs. Elizabeth R. Bell, 43, was de clared a mistrial Friday be cause a key defense witness, Mrs. Bell's daughter, gave birth to a baby on the eve of her appearance as a wit ness and a woman juror fell and injured her ankle. MRS. CORA MAY BRANT Lincoln, 111. -(UPD- Funeral services will be held Monday for Mrs. Cora May Brant, 76, mother of Edward L. Brant, Southwest Division manager of United Press International at Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Brant died Thursday night. Humane Society Plans Meeting Wednesday The annual meeting of the Southern Oregon Humane So ciety will be held Wednesday, March 4, in the social room of the Medford YMCA. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. A. K. Morse and Lawrence Clark have arrang ed the program, which will included 12 sophomore girls from Medford High school with vocal selections. A pressure of form eight to 15 pounds is required to break a normal egg. It takes 18 per cent more pressure to break an egg on the small end. 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