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Newspaper Page TextSchool Consolidation Patrons in Districts To Vote in 2 Weeks to U UVI (Editor's note: This li the first in a series of stories on the proposed consolidation of six school districts in Jackson county. Included in the series will be figures and statistical information compiled by school boards in the districts concerned.) The most sweeping school reorganization proposal in the history of Jackson county wil be voted ,on two weeks from today. Patrons in Jacksonville, Griffin Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine, Howard and Medford school districts will vote Mon day, April 6, on a proposal to consolidate into one district. The proposal, which was motivated by the county school reorganization law passed by the 1957 state legis lature, has been recommended by the Jackson County Reor ganization committee as part of the overall school district reorganization plan for the county. Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent, point out, however, that consoli dation is being proposed on -a voluntary basis by the dist ricts under an old law. Thus the compulsory features of the new law are avoided. Consolidation Defined Consolidation is when dist rict patrons petition the county boundary board that it wishes to join another dist rict. An election date is set by the boundary board through its secretary, the county school superintendent. If the consolidation is ap proved by voters in all dist ricts involved, the change be comes effective at the start of the next fiscal year, which Is July 1. Voluntary consolidation by school districts in Jackson county to conform with the 1957 reorganization law was encouraged by the county re organization board. , If, however, voluntary con solidation under the old law fails, the county reorganiza tion board will authorize an election on the program it recommends to the state under the 1957 law. Reorganization under the 1957 law is manda tory, Mekvold noted. Economical Operating Limits The 1957 law. provides that school districts be organized Into efficient economical op- Public Hearing Set on Ordinance A public hearing on the proposed county subdivision ordinance will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 16, in the courthouse auditorium, the county court said this morning. "Although the county plan ning commission .held a pub lic hearing I feel we should hold another one to give ev eryone a chance to express his views," County Judge Earl Miller said today. The planning commission hearing was March 11. Fol lowing the hearing the pro posed ordinance was referred to the county court with the recommendation that it be ap proved. Considerable discus sion was held during the March hearing on whether the proposition should b e placed on the ballot. How ever, the planning commis sion decided against making such a recommendation to the county court. The county court has not definitely de cided if such a vote should be taken. It is not required by law, it was stated. Salem - (CPU - The House passed and sent to the gov ernor a bill providing for a fine of from $25 to $500 for persons who wilfully abandon dogs or cats. FBI Arrests Connection Washington-ffiPB-FBI agents arrested 11 persons today in a crackdown on a nationwide swindle involving newspaper puzzle - contests. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov er said the 11 were picked up on charges of conspiring to violate the federal mail fraud statutes and laws cover ing fraud by wire or tele graph. Obtained in Advance Hoover said the FBI in vestigation showed that an swers to two puzzle contests prepared by two New York City feature syndicates were obtained in advance and used in winning more than $45,000 from Nov. 1958, through Feb ruary, 1959. The FBI chief said the ring leaders in the alleged con spiracy subscribed to the puzzle feature syndicate, us ing the name and address of . a non-exiitent newspaper, "Supurban Publishers, Lt., 220 Epworth London, Ontario, Canada." The FBI acted on com plaints by two Portland news erating units with an educa tion program for their chil dren in grades 1 through 12. The law eliminates school districts without high schools, and is designed to provide a program to meet minimum standards adopted by the state board of education. On Oct. 7, 1957, a com mittee of lay people was or ganized to carry out provis ions of the new law, under which reorganization must be completed by July 1, 1962. The nine-member commit tee is responsible for studying the size, kind, location, and other aspects of existing school districts. After the study, it recommends to the state board of education a plan whereby school districts be come what the committee be lieves are efficient, economi cal operating units. Advisory Capacity School board members in each school district serve in an advisory capacity to the county reorganization committee. The committee asked indi vidual school districts to con sider voluntary consolidation as a solution to requirements or state law. If voluntary consolidation is rejected in the April 6 election in the six districts in volved, the county reorgani zation- committee then takes full responsibility. The reorganization commit tee must submit its final plan to the state board of educa tion no later than Oct. 7, 1959, and within 30 days the state board holds a hearing on it. If the plan is not ap proved by the state, a revised plan must be submitted with in 90 days after notice of non-approval, Mekvold point ed out. , After the committee's plan is approved, an election is called in the districts con cerned. If the plan is reject ed, a second election on the same plan may be called after one year following rejection. A third election on the same plan may be called not earlier than one year from the second election. The county reorganization committee may revise the plan if the first is rejected by the voters. The revised plan is then submitted to- the state for approval, and the same procedure as before . is fol lowed, Mekvold noted. If the proposed plan rec ommended by the reorgani zation board is rejected by the voters twice, the plan is referred to the state board of education. The 1957 law pro vides that the. state board of education may prepare reor ganization plans for school districts in counties where the committee fails or .refuses to comply with state law. School officials pointed -out that through consolidation, school districts may voluntar ily conform with state law rather than face the possibil ity of mandatory reorganiza tion by the state. School board members of the six districts involved in the consolidation election Ap ril 6 have approved the plan as the most practical and real istic way of carrying out the reorganization c o mmittee's recommendations. School officials said that those who have studied the law generally believe consoli dation of school districts is inevitable. Officials believe the practical and realistic way to do it is by voluntary ac tion on the part of districts concerned. 11 Persons on Conspiracy Charges in With Paper Puzzle Contest Swindle papers, The Oregonian and The Journal. Hoover said that, as is the custom in legitimate contests, the features services did not supply contest answers to the newspapers. Rather, he said, answers were sent to various banks which were to hold them in confidence until the contest deadline - had passed. Hoover said the ring lead ers got around this by de vising a fictitious bank, called "The Middlesex Trust Co.", listing' its mailing address as Box 699, Byron, Ontario, Canada. Picked Up by Leaders Hoover said all puzzles and answers . sent to the non existent newspaper and bank were picked up by the ring leaders in Canada. With the puzzle and solu tions in their possession, the ringleaders induced persons in several parts of the coun try to submit entries. Winners, he said, were allowed to keep a small share of the prize money, but the bulk of the cash was sent by mail or tele 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages iii, mac LN FINAL f j h ff--g1-pa1'1ll nujui SEARCHERS JAKE BREAK-This group of searchers took a coffee break around a campfire Sunday during search operations or Andrew Kolstad, Pleasant Creek. Those with helmets are members of the Civil Air li Conf ib earc BLOODHOUNDS IN SEARCH-These two hefty bloodhounds owne by Ed Strieby, Lakeview, are being used to track the whereabouts of Andrew Kolstad, 81, of route 1, box 184, Pleasant Creek. Posing with the hounds is Troy Riblett, Lakeview, who assisted Strieby. Late this morning the dogs were on a trail which extended for six miles. Jury Selection Starts In Click Murder Trial District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said this morning in circuit court he would not ask the death penalty for Mrs. Maxine A. Click, 46, of Ash: land, charged with first de gree murder in the shooting of her husband. ! His announcement came while a jury was being select ed in Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly's court. Trial pro ceedings got underway at 9:30 a.m. today. A veteran court observer' graph to headquarters of the ring. The FBI identified those arrested as: Harry Bald, 33, Detroit, a former manager, of a Detroit theater. The FBI said Bald received $4,400 from the Chi cago American for winning a puzzle contest last December. Walter Rex Johnston III and his wife, Ann Johnston, 33, lives in Detroit and has been employed as a car sales man. Pennsylvanians Held Myer, Bloom, 27, Harris burg, Pa., manager of a Leba non, Pa., clothing company. The FBI said he received $250 from the Harrisburg Patriot last January as a contest co winner. Lawrence A. Dyson, 32, Philadelphia. The FBI said Dyson won $6,050 by answer ing a puzzle published in the Philadelphia Bulletin last Nov., 1958. His brother, Jo seph Dyson, is one of the two Canadians accused as mem bers of the conspiracy. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1959 ims predicted jury selection would take three days. The district attorney's office has stated the trial would probably last all week. A special panel of 60 jurors was called in addition to the regular panel. Mrs. Click, mother of nine children, was arrested by Ash land city police on Jan. 6 after the fatal shooting of her husband, Houston James Click, 47, in their Ashland home. Ralph Bass, Chicago, a rec ord company employee. He received $1,100 from the Chicago American for winning a puzzle contest last January. James Francis Theodore, a Milwaukee dance studio op erator, who won $2,710 last November by furnishing cor rect puzzle answers to the Milwaukee Sentinel. Oregon Disc Jockey Billy Ronald Taylor, Port land, a juke box maintenance man. Fitzgerald (Eager) Beaver, a Portland radio disc jockey and co-owner of a record shop. The FBI said he won $1,700 for a puzzle in the Portland Oregonian last De cember. Royce E. Hubert, 41, Sher wood, Ore., who is in the mortgage financing business in Portland. Birches Bird, 45, a Port land night club owner. Maximum penalty on con viction of the . conspiracy charge is a fine of $10,000 and five years imprisonment. RftlLLAM Patrol unit here. Approximately 200 per sons were searching at one time Sunday. The operation continued with two teams of 15 men each today and included forest serv ice personnel. For Man Andrew Kolstad Reported Missing Early Saturday The two bloodhounds own ed by Ed Strieby, Lakeview, were reported late this morn ing on the trail of Andrew Kolstad, lost 81-year-old Pleas ant Creek man. Sheriff's deputies said they are hopeful this is the trail which would lead to the lost man since the dogs, at last re ports, had been on this par ticular scent for six miles. The only clue found sofar in the search, which started Saturday, was a gum-wrapper on one of the logging roads in the Pleasant Creek area. This was not far from where Kolstad lives with his daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Leroy Tollefsrud, route 1, box 184, Pleasant Creek. Bloodhounds Ed Strieby, Lakeview, start ed out with his bloodhounds again at 4 a.m. today, assisted by Troy Riblett, also of Lake view. Accompanying them were two deputies from the Jackson county sheriff's of fice. Two teams of 15 men each including forest service personnel, organized a search at 7 a.m. today under the di rection of the sheriff's office. Both state police and sher iff's deputies who conducted the search Saturday and Sun day believe Kolstad must be safe, or they would have found some trace of him. An intensive search Sunday, that included use of the blood hounds, covered a five-mile radius 'from Molstad's home. The dogs arrived shortly after midnight Saturday and pick ed up several trails. One scent led to a test well. Sheriff's Deputy Veryl Vanoose used a skin-diving outfit to search the waters of three such wells in the area but failed to find anything. Reoorted Lost Kolstad was reported lost by his son-in-law and daugh ter at 10 a.m. Saturday. After being notified, Bill Peters, Rogue River police chief, in turn notified the state police and sheriffs office. Law en forcement personnel, friends and neighbors started the hunt Saturday and continued through the night. Approxi mately 200 persons were searching the area Sunday, including members of the Civ il Air Patrol unit here. Memphis, Tenn. 0IPD Elvis Presley's manager says the rock 'n roll singer will per form before a nation-wide closed circuit TV audience after his discharge from the Army early next year. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 212 - JOIGS Unified Approach V Be Left To Foreign Ministers Steps Mapped for Summer Parley Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Mac millan called a final confer ence today to round out strategy for winning worth while agreements from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the proposed summer summit meeting. The two leaders, during their week end talks at Camp David, sketched the broad out lines of concessions and de mands for the summit. They left it to their foreign min isters to work out with the other allies a unified ap proach. The final meeting of the "big two" was set for the White House at 1 p.m. (p.s.t.). Officials said the broad plan mapped by Eisenhower and Macmillan for the approach to the summit consists of the following steps: Note Due Later 1. The western note agree ing to a summit conference only after a May 11 Geneva foreign ministers meeting, will be sent to Russia later this week if it'receives the anticipated endorsement of French President Charles de Gaulle and the 15-nation NATO Council in Paris. 2. The Big Three western foreign ministers, meeting in Washington March 31 and April 1 will hammer out, with the assistance of the West German foreign minister, final agreement on specific posi tions to be taken on Berlin, Germany and other tense Eu ropean situations. To Prepare Agenda 3. The council of NATO foreign ministers, which meets here April 2 to 4, will then be asked to endorse the plans evolved by the Big Three. 4. The Russians, at the Big Four foreign ministers confer ence proposed for Geneva May 11, will then be given the task of working out a broad list of subjects which the western powers will in sist be discussed at the sum mit. The West will make clear at this meeting that they will not confine negotiations at either the foreign ministers level or the summit to Rus sia's demands concerning Ber lin and Germany. Will Set Actual Date 5. If the Russians agree at the foreign ministers meeting to carry on worthwhile dis cussians, the actual date for a summit conference would be set. It would last about one week, presumably sometime in July or August, depending upon how quickly the foreign ministers finish their task. At the summit, Eisenhower and Macmillan have decided that they will give Khrush chev a new firm guarantee against resurgent German militarism or attack from the West. But they will tie this in, as they have in the past, with their demand for a gen eral European security system which would also give pro tection to the NATO coun tries. Washington -(UPD President Eisenhower will hold a news conference Wednesday. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday. Cooler to night. Airport low tonight 32. High Fridav 62. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 64 Lowest This Morning 41 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:26 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:09 a.m. Moonrise today 5:32 p.m. Full Moon March 24 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, rises - 7:28 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the west after sunset, sets 8:38 p.m. Mars, high in west 9:20 p.m. Jupiter, rises 11:49 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast 3:21 a.m. "Okay, I'll Come Down To Escort You Up' Ag reemenf ror Summit Conference Generally Endorsed. Washington -(UPD- Members of both parties in Congress to day generally endorsed the agreement of President Eisen hower and British Prime Min ister Macmillan to attend a summer summit conference with Russia. t There also was outspoken approval of their insistence on holding a foreign minister's conference first. However, some congressional foreign policy experts cautioned against expecting too much from the summit session. 'Pleased At News' Sen. Theodore Francis Green (D-R.L), former chair man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was "pleased" at the "very important news "I have been hoping for it for a long time," Green said. "Now Macmillan can go back home with pride. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R- Wis.), ranking GOP member of the foreign relations group said that "I think it is all to the good ... I like the idea that there must be first a for eign ministers' meeting." Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), a member of the Sen ate Armed Services Commit Men Hospitalized After Accident Two valley men were hos pitalized late Sunday follow ing a two car accident at the Talent junction of Highway 99. Reported in fair condition at Rogue Valley hospital is David S. King, 60, of 6075 Houston rd., Medford. Michael Willard, 54, of Phoenix, was reported in good condition at the same hospital. According to Talent police, a pickup truck, operated by G. A. Swinf ord, 228 Patter son st., Ashland, collided with a vehicle operated by King. Michael Swinford, 3, son of the driver of the truck was taken to Ashland General hos pital and transferred to Rogue Valley Hospital Sunday it was reported. Local hospital offic ials said he was released this morning. Other passengers in t h e pickup truck were Karen, 6, and Glenn, 4, children of the driver. Willard was a passeng er in the automobile operated by King. The two men were brought here by Medford Am bulance service. Details of the accident have not been learned by police, who said no citations have been yet issued. Fox Escapes Dogs, Nabbed by Firemen A fox who took refuge from dogs Sunday after noon in a tree at Ml. Pitt ave. and Hamilton st. was rescued from its perch by Medford firemen. Making the rescue were Firemen Ray (Frank Buck) Minger and Larry (Jungle Jim) Briggs. A noose was slipped over the fox's neck and it was put in a burlap sack, then placed in a cage at the central fire station. It is planned to keep the fox for a while to see if the owner, if any can be lo cated. Otherwise the animal may be given to the Ash land soo. h a tee, said "I have always taken the position that we should be willing at all times to discuss with the Soviets all questions affecting the peace of the world." He warned, however, that "the American people should realize that this may be just another summit meeting. We had better not place too much hope in this undertak ing." Another member of the Senate Foreign" Relations Committee, Sen. John L. Sparkman (D-Ala.), said the announcement was very en couraging. Ravished Body Of Spokane Girl Found in Woods Spokane, Wash. -(UPD-The ravished body of Candice (Candy) Elaine Rogers, 9, was found . Sunday. Police pressed a search for her kill er who abducted her March 6 as she sold Campfire Girl mints in her ' neighborhood. The little girl's body was found covered with pine boughs in a remote area 12 miles northwest of here. Legs Tied Together Her legs were tied togeth er at the ankles with parts of her own slip. Coroner William Jones said the girl, daughter of a di vorced couple, had been raped and that death was due to strangulation. Parts of her slip were found around her throat. The body was covered with under brush except for one knee. Jones said death probably came on the night she disap peared. 1 Detectives James C. Spen cer of the Spokane police de partment said there were no clues to the murder. Airmen Find Shoes Officers were led to the re mote area late Saturday night when two airmen hunting in the vicinity found a pair of shoes belonging to the little girl. The search was resumed early Sunday morning in the area in which the shoes were found, and the body was dis covered about 20 feet away covered with pine needles. SkeSfon Congratulates Tax Group on Subpoenas Salem - (UPD - Congratula tions were given today by Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene), co-chairman of the Joint Ways and Means Com mittee, in a letter to Rep. Clarence Barton, chairman of the House Tax Committee, for using subpoenas to four mem bers of the Portland Oregon ian editorial staff. The four, including Herbert Lundy, editor of the editorial page, were to testify at 3 p.m. today. Delighted at Action Skelton said he was delight ed at the action for several reasons. "First of all," he wrote, "it will insure to the committee a wealth of information re garding tax matters. The gen tlemen who have been sub poenaed have made many suggestions about Oregon taxes throughout the years, Formosa Reports Say Fight Moves Into Red China No Intervention Planned by India Kalimpong, India-Tibet Frontier - (UPD - Anti-Communist fighting against Red Chi nese invaders in Tibet is con tinuing and spreading to other areas than the capital city of Lhasa, Tibetan and other sources here believed today. These sources in this ter- ' minus of the main trade route from Tibet in the foothills of the Himalaya mountains dis counted unconfirmed rumors here Sunday that a cease-fire had been reached. Dalai Lama Said Safe The sources said the Dalai Lama, spiritual and political leader of Tibet's theocratic government, is believed safe and the chances of his being placed under arrest or "spirit ed away" were considered highly improbable. ' Earlier, a report from Tai pei, Formosa, quoted a Na tionalist Chinese cabinet min ister as saying that the anti Communist revolt in Tibet had spread into Communist China. This official urged the Free World to assist the Tibet an revolution lest it become another Hungary. The entire Tibetan com munity here - the largest out side of the ancient Himalayan kingdom is making a de termined bid to persuade In dian Prime Minister Jawa- harlal Nehru to interfere and "save Tibet." Won't Intervene Nehru, in a speech to Parlia ment in New Dehli today, said India would not intervene in the revolt against the Red Chinese. Nehru said the situa tion in Lhasa, where wide spread fighting erupted last week, apparently had quieted down. There are at least 10,000 Tibetans living in Kalimpong, including hundreds who fled from Communist dbminatronT" This morning, 500 leaders from different Tibetan kiduks (social organizations) held a meeting for the first time to rally support for their coun trymen fighting against the Reds. In Taipei, Li Yung-hsin told UPI the Tibetan revolt had spread across the ' border to the Chinese provinces of Si- kang and Chinghai. Li is chair man of the Nationalist Chinese government's Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission. Funeral March 25 For Dr. I.D. Phipps Dr. Ira Dell Phipps, 80, den tal surgeon who practiced his profession in Medford for 55 years, died Saturday at his home, 923 East Main street. Dr. Phipps, born and reared in Medford, was the son of a pioneer couple, Ira Dell Jud son Phipps and his wife, who came to Oregon a century ago. ,The Phipps have been ex tensive landholders in Med ford and Jackson county, and several buildings of interest stand on property once owned by the family. Dr. Phipps, who never mar ried, once served as a mem ber of the Medford district school board. Services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Conger-Morris Funeral home with the Rev. Melvin Dixon of St. Luke's Methodist church officiating. Committal will be in IOOF cemetery and the ceremony will be private. and I am sure that each one is an expert in his own right, and certainly in his own opin ion. "These expert opinions should be put to work for the people of this state," Skelton said, "and their worth should have been recognized long ago, perhaps, after the hear ing, all of our tax problems will be solved." Dramatizes Desire Skelton closed his letter by stating that he thought the action would dramatize to the people "our desire to get to the bottom of each question, and our interest in getting in formation from all sources. "In addition," Skelton con cluded, "It should serve no tice upon all that we will not be browbeaten by editors, but that we do desire and insist upon having their constructive suggestions.