Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 20, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn ruin r r.1 InJ Illffiill! w jswWKWMWi -;.v s -,.. i ,,, .... 'i' A' ? M jjif ' STAGE PROPS BURN Stage props which were to be used in a music recital at St. Mary's school gymnasium were damaged about 6:30 p.m. Thursday by a fire believed started by youngsters playing with matches. A window of the gym (above) was broken and the window frame damaged in the Slack Tornado McRflinnville. Jerry Anderson Nels 33 Poinis For Tourney Mark Br DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor ; McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene-Medford High school will oppose St. Helens at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for fifth place in the Oregon Class A-l basketball tourney here. j Jerry Anderson piled up 33 points for the highest scoring in the tourney so far as the Black Tornado of Medford overpowered McMinnville 81 61 today in a tourney consola tion semi-final. Earlier the Lions of St. Helens stilled high-rated Jefferson of Port land 62-54. Second highest scoring for Medford was Lowell Dean with 15 points and Larry Phillips spurred McMinnville with 22. Ander son and Dean also paced Med ford in rebounding with 12 retrieves each. Phillips had 12 retrieves for the Grizzlies and George Koch had 10 for Medford. Lead in Each Quarter Quarter scores today favor ed Medford all the way with 23-16, 43-34 and 56-44. Med ford took the lead for good in the middle of the first quarter and scored 20 points or better in each of three periods and outscored Mc Minnville in every stanza. For the first time in the three tournament games Medford exceeded a .400 average in field goals, shooting .417 while McMinnville hit .321. Ander son's 33 outdid the 30 scored by 6-9 Mel Counts of Marsh field against St. Helens in a tournament opener on Tues day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-tt,"PD-Dow-Jones ' final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 610.37 up 0.35; 20 railroads 162.62 off 0.60; 15 utilities 94.41 off 0.18; and 65 stocks 210.77 off 0.17. Sales today were about 3. 770.000 share;, compared with 4.150,000 shares Thursday. Spring Officially Begins At 12:55 a.m. Saturday Washington -(Science Ser vice)- Spring begins officially at 12:55 a.m. (PST) on Satur day, March 21, scientists at the U.S. Naval observatory here calculate. This is the astronomer's start of spring, fixed by the sun's apparent motion in the sky. People, animals, birds and plants, however, all have their own timetable for spring's arrival. For humans, it is apt to be that first bout with the ill-defined ailment known as "spring fever." Bears come out of hiberna tion, birds start winging their way northward, plants re awaken from their winter's sleep, each kind on . its own built-in schedule. blaze. Sisters at the school said the young sters believed responsible for the blaze were not St. Mary's students. The props had been given the school recently by Miss Pat's Dance studio. Three pumpers, the aerial truck and two police cars answered the call. Firemen are investigating the cause. -(Knackstedt photo) Man-Made Radiation Traps Demonstrated With Project Argus Washington - (UPO - Atomic weaponeers have demonstrat ed the possibility of laying ar tificial radiation traps for any one who might dare to venture unshielded into nearby space. . Nature .itself has created two zones of radiation - the first starting about 400 miles up - which reach peaks of deadly intensity at 2,000 and 10,000 miles. Now man himself can plug Spprfsfair Dinner Slated Saturday The annual banquet held for exhibitors for the Crater Lions Sportsfair will be held tomorrow, at the Rogue Val ley Country club. Crater Lions, exhibitors, guests and their wives are in vited to attend the no-host banquet scheduled for 7:30 p.m. A social hour will be held at 6:30 p.m., Clifford McGinty, general chairman of the event, has announced Problems, relating to the floor arrangements,' decora tions, police protection, insur ance, booth construction and other matters pertaining to the Sportsfair will be discuss ed. The Sportsfair queen will be elected, and a style show will be held with queen can didates modeling the clothes. Mrs. Marjorie Gree of Burel- son's will be commentator for the style show. Mrs. Warren Davis will furnish the music Competing for the queen title are Jean Bjorlie and Sal ly Lane, Ashland; Sylvia Yell and Arvella Prom, Crater High school, Central Point; Linda Hertager, Eagle Point; Karen Frohs, Jacksonville; Marsha O'Sullivan and Mari anne Samuelson, Medford; Danna Halass, Phoenix, and Carolyn Tiegs, Talent. Spring weather travels northward at about 100 miles per week from early March through May. , On March 21, the vernal equinox or official beginning of spring, the sun will rise directly east and set directly west. On that date, it crosses the celestial equator, marking the halfway point in its ap parent northward journey that started late last Decem ber. All peoples of the world have an almost equal length of daylight and of nighttime, except for the morning and evening twilight that shorten the night. The name equinox is deriv ed from the Latin words for "equal nights." .Dumps the " gaps in these natural zones, leaving only the re- gions around the poles safe for unshielded space depart ures and arrivals. This was revealed by Thurs- day's disclosure that the mili tary, in Project Argus, secret ly exploded three small atomic bombs each equal to about 1,000 tons of TNT - more than 300 miles above the South Atlantic last August and Sep tember. Another revelation was that man can now mess up his electromagnetic environment to the point where radio com munications and radar warn ing systems may be blacked uot or impaired. Such disrup tions normally are caused only by discharges of charged particles from the sun. A third disclosure was that unless someone is looking for them, high altitude atomic tests apparently can be staged without detection. The Rus sians did not tumble to the Argus tests. There was no radioactive fallout, because of the extreme altitude. Information Provided The Argus, tests provided much information about the military effects of nuclear ex plosions above , the atmos phere. The information is secret. It is known, however, that the lethal range of bomb radiations at high altitudes is far greater than on the sur face on the order of hun dreds of miles for H-bombs. Some scientists fear such ex plosions might upset delicate balances among forces affect ing life on earth. (See story on Page 6) Ike, Macmillan At Camp David Washington -IUPD- President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan settled down to a cold war strategy conference today in the privacy of the President's Camp David retreat in the Ca toctin mountains. The two Free World leaders flew by helicopter from Wash ington to Camp David, 23 miles from here, for three days of leisurely talks. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday. Low tonight 36 de grees. High tomorrow 55 de grees. Temp. Highest Yesterday 57 Lowest this Morning 27 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:15 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 4:10 a.m. Full Moon March 24 Spring begins to morrow 12:55 a.m. as the Sun crosses the celestial equator at a point among the stars that is slowly changing. That point, the Vernal Equinox, is now in Pisces: a Chinese ob servation in 2357 B.C. placed it in the Pleiades. Steps Asked To Avert Scandal in Tax Commission Amendments To SB 361 Sought Salem -flJPD- The Senate Tax Committee asked its legal ad visor Thursday to amend Sen ate bill 361 to include safe guards that would avert any scandal in the State Tax Com mission. "We in Oregon have never had a scandal occur in our tax department, Sen. Donald Hus band (R-Eugene), declared, "and we don't want to do any thing that would cause one in the future." Bill Explained The bill in question pro poses cancellation by the Tax Commission o f delinquent taxes if the tax accrued prior to the date the taxpayer was granted a discharge in bank ruptcy of other debts and not less than two years have elapsed since the discharge was granted- Husband had previously stated that under the provi sions, some sharp individual might either make a deal with a tax official or by some oth er unlawful means gain a cancellation of delinquent taxes. Chairman Ward Cook (D Portland) said the committee would consider the bill after the proposed amendments had been drawn up. Sales Tax Talked ' Husband said he was ser iously considering a three per cent sales tax exempting food stuffs and medicine, but at the same time raising the person al exemption in the state in come tax law from $600 to $750 or $1,000 for single per sons and from $1,200 to from $1,500 to $2,000 for married couples. Husband said he did not favor earmarking revenues from a sales tax for educa tion, even though it would save the state budget some where in the neighborhood of $120 million a biennium. The trouble with earmark ing revenues from a sales tax is that it would mean addition al taxes in the future and that is a poor policy to follow," Husband said. More Clerical Help Sought by Assessor An additional person for clerical help has been request ed in the tentative county as sessor's budget for the new fiscal year. Estimated salary is $2,995, Assessor Ray Schumacher said today. This would bring the total clerical help in the assessor's office to nine per sons. Office personnel now in clude six field appraisers, one industry appraiser, one timber appraiser, and two draftsmen. Half of the timberman's sal ary is paid by the state, Schu macher said. The additional clerical help is needed to keep up with the normal growth in work loads, Schumacher said. A total of $2,000 was requested for ex tra help during the current year, the . county assessor pointed out. Expected to complicate work further in the assessor's office next fiscal year is the possible regrouping of school districts, which would mean new code areas for segregating county taxing districts would .be needed. "Surely You've Heard 53rd Year 22 Pages Stations Strung Across Southern States Revealed Silent Satellites Will Be Detected Pasadena, Calif. - (UPD - The United States has taken action to protect itself against a pos sible sneak satellite attack from outer space by creating a "satellite detection fence." This early warning system against satellites is "essenti ally completed" and consists of a series of detecting sta tions strung across the south-, era states, said Dr. W. L. "Vhiton, deputy chief scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency. He addressed a meeting Thursday on "the realities of space exploration" held at California Institute of Tech nology. The three-day meeting ends Saturday. These stations are equipped to detect silent satellites which emit no radio signal, Whit son said. "Unfriendly satellites will not radio, their position," he said. "We will have to detect them." He pointed out the problem will . become more acute as the number of satellites orbit ing overhead increases. "We are rapidly approach ing the time when many sat ellites will be in orbit," he said. "We need the capability to track all kinds . . . We need a worldwide surveyance system. "One of our major concerns in 10 years will be locating and keeping track of perhaps hundreds of satellites," he said. "We must be prepared to detect and identify all kinds." While Whitson did not elaborate on the satellite threat, other scientific sources said it would be possible to put up nuclear-armed satel lites which could orbitob served but unsuspected for some time before their deadly payload became known' by being triggered to drop on some earth location. Temperatures Drop To 25 Degrees Here Temperatures dropped as low as 25 degrees in orchard areas of the Rogue River val ley last night and this morn in, but no orchard heating was necessary, according to the Jackson county extension of fice. Twenty-five degrees is mar ginal for peaches and will not hurt years, Clifford B. Cordy, county extension agent, ex plained, if the trees are ex posed to it for only short periods of time. of Supply-And-Demand" i MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1959 BREAK GROUND Medford Mayor . John Snider, above, shakes hands with Ma j. Gen. Francis M. Day, commanding general of the 10th U.S. Army Corps Reserve, Ft. Lawton, Wash., at the ground breaking ceremony for the new Army Reserve Training center yesterday afternoon. The 200-man training building, to be located at the corner of Jackson and McAndrews, will Heelings Slated To Discuss School Reorganization Two meetings have been scheduled in Jackson county Monday to discuss school con solidation. An open question and an swer type meeting on the Tal ent school district reorganiza tion will be held at the Talent City hall Monday night, and the Jacksonville school board has called the third consolida tion discussion meeting for 8 p.m. Monday in the high school gym. The Talent meeting has been called by citizens - who expressed a desire to have questions answered when an opinion poll was circulated re cently, a representative of the group said. Officials To Attend School officials from Tal ent, Ashland and Phoenix are expected to be present to dis cuss consolidation of the Tal ent district with either Ash land or Phoenix. The Jackson County School Reorganization committee has recommended that Talent and the Wagner creek section of the Phoenix district consoli date with Ashland. Several Talent school district patrons have expressed the desire to consolidate with Phoenix. The Jacksonville meeting was called to further discuss the proposed consolidation of that district into a new dis trict which would include Medford, Griffin Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine and Howard dis tricts. Jacksonville school board members "and administrators and Dr. Leonard Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, are expected to be present to answer questions on consolidation. Russell E. Mclntyre, chair man of the Jacksonville board, asked district residents to at tend the meeting to become better informed on the pro posal. Underground Center For Aerial Warfare Washington - (UPD - The De fense Department announced today an underground "com bat operations center" will be built in the Cheyenne moun tains near Colorado Springs, Colo., so aerial warfare can be directed from an invulner able spot. "L Jtsf be available been awarded, ierrydale Sanitary Sewer Approved by Medford Council The Berrydale sanitary sew er project gained unanimous approval from the Medford city council last night follow ing a public hearing in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. City Manager Robert A. Duff said today that bids on the project will be opened April 13. An estimated 180 persons, including more than 100 Ber rydale residents, jammed the room for the meeting. While no one rose from the floor to either support or to tally reject the project, there were numerous questions and some pointed criticism of cer tain aspects. William Doernbach, 143 Mace rd., was the most out spoken critic. He stated that the city "should put . more than $29,000 into the kitty." Contribute to Project The city council had agreed last August that the city should contribute this amount to the $277,000 project from its sanitary sewer construc tion fund since part of the system would lie outside the city limits. Doernbach said the sewer line to be laid outside the city could serve an estimated 200 acres when they were eventu ally annexed and became eli gible for connection. Assess ment against this property, now beyond the assessment district boundaries, could yield as much as $65,000, he estimated. Doernbach stated that this money would amount to a profit for the city which could not be refunded to tax payers. He asserted that the city should contribute suffi Lee Bishop, Former Medford Man, Oregon Education Citizen of Year Portland -(UPD- Lee P. Bish op, Eugene radio and televis ion executive, Thursday night was honored as Oregon Edu cation Citizen of the Year by the Oregon Education associa tion. Bishop is president and manager of radio station K O R E and treasurer and board member of KVAL-TV. Bishop's citation said that by his many activities in edu cation he has exemplified Price 1 0 Cents Tribune No. 210 for use by non-profit community groups, ac cording to'Lt. Col. Frank M. Kehoe, senior advisor of the U.S. Army Reserve center, Medford. Also pictured above are, left to right, County Judge Earl Miller, C. R. Kin man nad C. W: Hartman, both of the Seattle district, Corps of Engineers. A contract for construction of the building has not yet Col. Kehoe said. cient funds to the project now to balance the potential reve nue. . The larger contribution, he pointed out, would lessen the immediate assessment burden to residents now within the district. . Duff read aloud 28 ques tions submitted in writing. Two other residents asked questions from the floor. The written questions were answered by Duff,- City Pub lic Works Director Vernon Thorpe or Archie Rice, con sultng engineer. They ranged from queries on how individ ual properties would be as sessed to a request for infor mation on future expansion of the system. Residents Informed Residents on the north side of Ellen ave., which is split down the middle by the city boundary, were informed they could not join their neighbors across the street in hooking up to the sewer until they were annexed. One resident asked wheth er part of the project budget would have to be spent in ac quiring rights of way across property along North Pacific highway. "We do not anticipate," Duff replied, "that we are go ing to be involved in much expensive right of way pur chasing in the district. The council, after approving the project, authorized Duff later in the meeting to call for bids. Rice estimated in re sponse to one question during the hearing that six to eight months will be required for the construction work. (See Other Council Stories on Pages 2 & 6) ine nign type oi citizen re sponsibility upon which good American education has al ways and in the future, will increasingly depend." Bishop has been a member "of the Eugene school board for eight years. He also was a participant in the White House conferences on educa tion, chairman of the High School Broadcasters confer ence, and for five years was state chairman of the Oregon 56 Million-Mile Roundtrip To Planet Reported May Try Again Next September Westford, Mass.-UPD-Man's first contact with another planet, a radar signal's 56-mil-lion mile roundtrip to Venus, was only the "tantalizing be ginning" of many new things in science. This was the prediction of Dr. Paul E. Green as he and his fellow scientists at Massa chusetts Institute of Technol ogy's Lincoln Laboratory have reported one of the major breakthroughs of the space age. To Try Again Dr. Herbert G. Weiss, who also worked on the project, was equally optimistic. He said the research team at the Millstone Hill installation would try to contact Venus again next September when it moves closer to earth. He also said the next step for the giant radar device here "could be Mars." The history making brush with Venus was the first two way contact with any celestial body beyond the moon. It af forded man his first chance to study the planet, which un til now has only been a mys terious place which pops ud frequently in science fiction. Weiss also said that if there had been anybody on Venus and if they had a receiver. they could have picked up our radar signals easy." Smaller Size Figured The Lincoln Lab's an nouncement late Thursday at a special press conference said "preliminary calculations. . . indicate that the dimensions of the solar system are some what smaller than the previ ously accepted value." The experiment will enable research teams to accurately measure space distances, ac cording to Green and Dr. Rob ert Price, the two men who led the team of scientists on the project. It also extended radar range about 100 times. The experiment was per formed over a year ago but was not fully evaluated until only recently. Jubilee Group Plans Newspaper Jacksonville A souvenir newspaper to help publicize the town of Jacksonville for the centennial year is being planned by the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee committee. It will focus attention on the celebration to be held Aug. 1 and 2. The tabloid-size newspaper will be printed in the style of the 1800's with old-fashioned type and illustrations. News material and display ads will be patterned after old editor ials. It will be called the "Gold Rush Gazette." An initial run of 10,000 copies will be pub lished for national promotion and sale. Funds raised by ad vertising and sales are ear marked for long-range plans to make repairs to the pio neer U.S. Hotel. Ike Dunford and John C r a b b are Jubilee general chairmen. Scotty Matheny and Russ Jamison are assign ed to the newspaper project. Persons interested in sub mitting historical re-print ma terial or p i ct u r e s for the newspaper may send the in formation to The Gold Rush Gazette temporary headquar ters, 1230 Court st., Medford. The material will be returned if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, Jam ison said. Publication is tentatively set for late April. Corvallis- (UPD -Eddie Glenn of Lostine is the public speak ing champion of Oregon Fu ture Farmers. School Broadcasters associa tion education committee. New officers were installed Thursday. They are Mrs. Maxine Smith, Medford, pres ident, and Milo Cameron, Oregon City, vice president. Bishop was employed at radio station KMED between 1930 and 1944. He was man ager of the station during part of his employment in Medford.