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MEDFORD, OREGON,- TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1959
No. 15
Huge Welfare
Budget Expected
To Be Presented
Big Fight Seen
In Oregon Senate
Salem-OJPD-A huge welfare
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VOTERS TURN OUT-Voters in line above
at Jacksonville school were among the
1,794 who turned out in six Jackson county
school districts Monday to "vote on consoli-'
dation into one large administrative school
unit. A total of 1,246 voted for the merger
while 548 were opposed.
-(Knackstedt photo)
Oils
dation
f
Districts
Approved
Voters in six Jackson coun
ty school districts yesterday
voted 1,246 to 548 to consoli
date into one large adminis
trative school unit.
Alf B. Mekvold, county
school superintendent and sec
retary of the Jackson county
boundary board, said the
board probably would canvass
the vote this week.
Consolidation probably will
become effective as soon as
the vote is canvassed, he said.
Mekvold pointed out that
school officials have indicated
they want consolidation to be
come effective as soon as pos
sible for budgetary reasons.
Complete but unofficial re
turns by districts are: Jack
sonville, 258 yes, 125 no; How
ard, 133 yes, 57 no; Ruch 56
yes, 49 no; Griffin Creek, 190
yes, 16 no; Lone Pine, 161
yes, 26 no; and Medford, Hed
riek; Junior High school poll,
229 yes, 106 no; at McLough
lin Junior High 229 yes, 169
no, for a total of 458 yes and
275 no.
Administration
The new district will be ad
ministered by officials of the
present Medford district, un
der the state law, which pro
vides largest district involved
in consolidation assumes ad
ministrative duties of the new
district.
Mekvold said the boundary
board also will consider a re
quest from Medford school of
ficials that the district's num
ber be assigned. A recent
amendment to the state law
provides that consolidated dis
tricts may request restoration
of a district's previous num
ber. The number of the new dis
trict may be 49, the number
of the Medford district prior
to consolidation with Grand
view, Kenwood, Oak Grove
and West Side districts. Or it
could be given a different
number.
The new district will have
an assessed valuation esti
mated at $43,875,450.39, based
on the assessed valuation of
the six districts for the pres
ent year. There are 10,576
census children within it.
Orchard Heating
Starts About 1:30
Orchard heating occurred
throughout the Rogue valley
starting at 1:30 a.m. as the
temperature dipped to about
26 degrees, according to Clif
ford B. Cordy, county horti
cultural agent.
This, he said, is the coldest
temperature so far this season,
and the heaviest lighting of
orchard heaters.
In some cases growers ex
tinguished heaters ust after
sunrise, and the temperatures
dropped t(:low the danger
point of 29-30 degrees, he
said. Orchardists should be
careful that heaters are not
extinguished until . after the
danger point is passed, he ad
vised. The coldest time is
about sunrise, as a general
rule, Cordy explained.
President Eisenhower
Arrives at Augusta
Augusta, Ga.-IUPD-President
Eisenhower landed at this
Georgia golf capital today in
bright, sunny weather and
went immediately to Augusta
National Golf Club for an
afternoon round on the links.
Stricter Traffic
Control Sought:
Phoenix-A group of Phoe
nix citizens appeared oefore
the Phoenix city council last
night with petitions urging
stricter control of traffic
northbound on the South Pa
cific highway through Phoe
nix.
M. E. (Red) Norton, acting
as spokesman for the group,
presented petitions containing
the signatures of 258 Phoenix
citizens. Following consider
able discussion the council
agreed to allow Norton to ride
with Phoenix Police Chief
Clay Johns to make a survey
of traffic conditions and re
port back to the council.
The police chief will be re
lieved of any odd construction
jobs for the city to concen
trate on enforcing traffic
regulations on the highway,
the council voted.
The petitions will be for
warded on to the state speed
control board and the state
highway commission, it was
decided. The petitions request
enforcement of all speed lim
its and the limit through Phoe
nix be lowered to 25 miles
per hour from the present,
posted 45 miles per hour, in
stallation of crosswalks at the
end of Fifth st. across the
highway and at Truax market,
and installation of traffic
light at Phoenix to slow down
traffic and reduce the speed
limit from 30 miles per hour
as posted at the north end
of town to 25 miles per hour.
Salem -(UPD- Oregon moun
tain highways were reported
free of snow today.
Water Supply Forecasts
Revised by Weathermen
Reports from representative
U.S. weather bureau precipi
tation reporting stations for
March showed precipitation
generally below the 15-year
average over southwestern
and south-central Oregon, R.
D. Church, meteorologist in
charge of the Medford office
has reported.
As a result, water supply
forecasts have been urevised
slightly downward from those
issued at the first of March.
For the entire winter season
precipitation over the north
Umpqua basin has been 95
per cent of the 15-year aver
age, he said, while the Rogue
and Klamath basins averaged
considerably less.
The Chewaucan basin in
south-central Oregon totalled
only 65 per cent of average,
he said, and unless heavy pre
cipitation is received there
the coming season will be the
driest on record.
The bureau's forecasts for
the water year, October
through September, - sets the
Rogue river below South
Fork at 1,160,000 acre feet or
87 per cent of average; North
Umpqua near Lemolo, 305,000
acre feet or 102 per cent;
Klamath lake net inflow, 1,
410,000 acre feet or 115 per
cent; Williamson river below
Sprague river, 863,000 or 120
per cent; Sprague river, 473,
000 or 112 per cent, and Che
waucan river, 61,000 or 56
per cent.
For the period April
through September the fore
cast for Rogue river below
South Fork, at 610,000 acre
feet or 90 per cent of average
and Klamath lake net inflow,
539,000 acre feet or 102 per
cent of average.
Condemnation
Suit Settled; More
Are Scheduled
A "condemnation suit
brought by the state highway
commission against Phil B.
and Lois Buck, Rogue River,
has been settled out of court
for $9,000, according to Attor
ney Stanley C. Jones Jr. to
day. The Bucks were , asking
$9,500 for .54 of .an acre of
land condemned by the state
for the Grants Pass-Rock
Point section of the new Pa
cific highway. The state had
offered about $7,000, it was
reported. The Buck property
is located near the Evans
creek and Rogue river conflu
ence and on the north side of
Rogue River.
Next in a series of con
demnation suits to be tried in
court is that involving Rich
ard H. and Genora Long,
Rogue River, set for April 13.
Their property is located at
the confluence of Evans creek
and Rogue river, includes 3.8
acres and 700 feet of river
frontage. Jones is also repre
senting the Longs.
Highest Offer
Highest offer from the state
is $25,000. Main bone of con
tention seems to be whether
the Longs'property should be
valued from the standpoint of
river front homesites. The
Longs are seeking $30,000.
Lowest appraisal made by
agents of the Longs is approx
imately $34,000.
Another condemnation suit
possibly to be tried this week
involves Henry Corbin of
Rogue River, and tracts of his
property which will be used
for location of a highway via
duct. The state has offered
$14,000 for two tracts, one
containing 16.1 acres and one
for .4 of an acre, to be re
moved from Corbin's Sunny-
side Farm land. Corbin is ask
ing $16,500. Lowest appraisal
made by Corbin's agents is
$16,920. Jones is also the at
torney for Corbin.
The property to be used by
the highway commission in
cludes homesites and all of
Corbin's yard trees. The con
demnation would leave 70
acres into which a road must
be constructed.
budget for the 1959-61 bien
nium totaling $86,455,370 is
expected to be reported out
of a subcommittee of the Joint
Ways and Means Committee
next week. Of the total, $35,-
576,850 would be derived
from the general fund.
A deficiency appropriation
of $1,200,000 to cover wel
fare costs during April, May
and June has been passed by
the House and is due for a
vote in ,the Senate Wednesday
or Thursday of this week.
Said Not Enough
Welfare officials contend
that this is not enough to
carry on present activities for
the three-month period. Mem
bers of the Ways and Means
Committee say if officials will
tighten regulations and trans
fer more recipients to federal-
paid categories the sum. will
carry the program along un
til the end of the present fiscal
year.
Members of the subcommit
tee have been studying seg
ments of the big budget and
expect to get together late this
week to formulate the com
plete recommended budget for
presentation to the ' general
committee-April 17.
Judging from the temper of
the Ways and Means Commit
tee members, a good guess is
that the requested and recom
mended budget of $86 million
plus will be trimmed some
what. A large portion of this
sum comes in grants from the
federal government. In addi
tion to the state contribution,
the 36 counties also are called
upon to bear a portion of wel
fare costs. -
Senate Fight Seen
One of the " biggest Senate
fights ' of ;. the session -is X ex
pected when the deficiency
appropriations comes up for
a vote there. '
Welfare officials and their
higher requests have support
ers led by Sen. Robert Straub
(D-Springfield) while mem
bers of the Ways and Means
Committee have convincing
speakers who will insist the
Welfare Commission can func
tion on present standards if
regulations are tightened.
on o mi P
on fed
Unemployment
Figures Decline
Washington (UPD Unem
ployment in March fell off
387,000 to 4,362,000, the gov
ernment' reported today.
Employment shot up by
more. than a million to nearly
64 million jobs during the
same period.
The drop in the jobless to
tal was about twice as large
as normal for this time of
year. Even so last month's un
employment was the highest
for any post-war period, ex
cept for recession-s c a r r e d
1958. . -
Employment increased . by
a 1,106,000 to 63,828,000 in
March. The number of jobs
usually goes up about half
that amount from February to j
March.
Car Reported Taken
Found at Grocery
Medford Police Officer
Gerald Butler confronted an
embarrassed Hamilton st.
housewife with her reported
ly stolen automobile this
morning less than 10 minutes
after she reported the theft
to the station.
Police said the frantic wom
an called officers at 9:15 a.m.
to give details of how sha had
parked her red and white
coupe in front of her house
and discovered it missing
shortly after.
Officer Butler discovered
the missing car in front of
Cooley's grocery, 328 Hamil
ton st., while he was en route
from the station to the home.
The blushing owner appar
ently forgot she had 'parked
it in front of the grocery, a
block down the street, and
failed to notice it as she car
ried her groceries to her
house.
Public Hearing
On Rural School
Budget Tomorrow
$146,624 Proposed
By Rural Board
A public hearing will
held at 11 ajn.i tomorrow on
the Jackson county rural
school board's total proposed
expenditures of $146,624.37
for the 1959-60 snhool year
according to the county school
superintendent's office.
"This figure does not consti
tute the proposed levy, a
spokesman said, "since the
total expenditures will be off
set by reimbursement and tui
tion receipts for the special
education program and fed
eral funds from the National
Defense act-$26,850 and $31,'
000, respectfully."
The 'National Defense Act
provides for assistance for
strengthening science, mathe
matics and foreign language
instruction, it was explained,
Largest Item
Largest item in the budget
is the visual aids and supplies
and equipment for the cur
riculum center, a total . of
$49,017.95. This item includes
$31,000 budgeted to match
federal funds under the Na
tional Defense Act.
Estimates on the amount
required on the local level
for the expenditure.is $31,000.
The act provides that 50 per
cent of this will be matched
by federal .funds. However,
such federal funds will not
be available until after the
school year closes so the en
tire amount of $31,000 has to
be budgeted for the first year,
officials said.
An estimated $9,116.50 will
be used to provide films for
such other areas as language
arts, health and social studies.
Other items under the cur
riculum materials center alto
cation include $2,070.50 for
a iilm catalog publication and
$6,689 for various technical
items including film racks,
inspection and cleaning of
equipment and several types
of projectors.
A total of $571 is estimated
for costs of a county testing
program.
The second largest item in
the budget is $29,565.78 for
special education or for classes
for the mentally retarded. It
is estimated it will take from
8 to 10 classes in Jackson
county to adequately take
care of the children in this
special type of instruction. A
total of $14,000 of this is
reimbursed.
STOCKADE UNDERWAY-Members of the
417th Engineer brigade, United States Army
reserve unit stationed at Medford (above)
worked Sunday oh the Siskiyou Summit
Stockade which will serve as a welcome
booth for Oregon visitors during the Cen
tennial year. Construction is expected to be
completed after two more Sundays of work,
April 12 and 19, according to Brig. Gen.
W. H. Prentice. Funds for operation of the
unique welcome booth will be derived from
the sale of memberships in the Centennial
59ers which may be purchased at any bank
in Jackson county or by sending $1 to Cen
tennial association, 1959 Oregon ave., Medford.
Dalai Lama Said
On Way To Bomdila
New Delhi (UPD The Dalai
Lama has left Towang and
started for Bomdila to put
more distance between him
self and the Communist Chi
nese occupation army in Tibet,
official sources reported today.
Plowing Contest
Deputies Stop
Prisoner's fry
To Escape Jail
Sheriffs deputies yesterday
foiled an attempted county
jail escape by Thomas Leroy
Sowell, 40, Klamath Falls. -
SoWelT - was ,; arrested by
Medford police 'on a bad check
charge and has been lodged
in the county jail since Jan
30.
Deputies were making
routine inspection of the jail
when they discovered that
square light fixture had been
removed from over the show
er stall in the maximum secu
rity unit. Sowell had man
aged to crawl through the
opening less than a . foot
souare and into a room for
plumbing and storage. There
he had started to saw into
bars across two courthouse
roof vents with a hacksaw
blade, deputies said.
Blade in Boot
Sowell apparently had
placed the blade in the hard
leather back of his cowboy
boots before being arrested,
deputies said. A handle had
been fashioned from a block
of wood and part of a coat
hanger found in the storage
room. Sowell also had gath
ered up some clothes stored
there by prisoners sent to the
state penitentiary. .
Once through a roof vent,
Sowell could have gained the
roof and escaped down a fire
escape or down a back stair
way, deputies said.
Wide steel bands will be
welded over the lighting fix
ture hole to prevent future at
tempts, deputies said. Sowell
was to be formally charged
with attempted jail break and
could receive a year's addi
tional sentence in the county
jail, it was explained.
Alternate Route
For Sewer Studied
An alternate route for a
sanitary sewer in Eastover
Terrace is being studied by
the city engineering depart
ment, following a meeting
Monday night of Eastover
residents and members of the
city council.
Residents of the area re
cently expressed disapproval
of two low bids made for
installation of the line. The
bids were in excess of en
gineer's estimates.
City officials said that the
cost of laying the sewer in
rock in the area accounted for
discrepancies in engineer's es
timates. Residents are hoping
for a more economical route
for the installation.
The engineering depart
ment's investigation of a pos
sible new route will be dis
cussed at the regular city
council meeting April 16.
Plumbers' Walkout
Ends in Agreement
A plumbers' walkout in
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties ended this morning fol
lowing agreement on a con
tract last night hy union and
employer representatives, .ac
cording to George Beltz, busi
ness agent for Local 418 of
the United Association of
Plumbers and Fitters.
Terms agreed to are 15
cents an hour pay increase
retroactive to April 1, an ad
ditional 10 cents an hour as
of Oct. 1, another 10 cents an
hour wage raise as of April 1,
1960, and 10 cents an hour
more on Oct. 1, 1960, Beltz
said.
The new total, including
all fringe benefits, will be
$3.90 an hour, the union
agent said. Without fringe
benefits the new wage scale
will be $3.70 an hour, he
said.
Health, Welfare Plan
A health and welfare plan
in which the employer would
contribute 10 cents an hour
is included-The previous con
tract has included another 10
cents an hour contribution
from employers for a vaca
tion with pay plan.
By the fend of the two year
period . covered by the new
agreement, plumbers of the
two-county area would be re
ceiving two cents , an hour
more than Portland area
plumbers, Beltz said. Ap
proximately 45 plumbers in
rne iwo counues are invoivea
in the new agreement, the
union agent added.
The impromptu walkout be
gan Friday, after employers
refused ., to grant contract
changes recently , won by
plumbers in Portland and
some other parts of the state.
The scale here was $3.55 an
hour and is now $3.88 an
hour in Portland, Beltz stated
Salem - (UPD - Public Com
missioner Jonel C. Hill said
today that proposed rate in
creases of Northwest Natural
Gas Company have been sus
pended. They had been filed
to become effective May 1.
Man Sighted at
Market Not Hunt
A man sighted at Grandview
market, 2330 Crater Lake
ave., Friday and believed to
be fugitive Richard Allen
Hunt has been identified as
19-year-old Medford youth,
city police reported today.
Officers investigatmg in the
Grandview area this morning
said the youth who resembles
Hunt, had stopped at the mar
ket to purchase a box of .22
caliber ammunition and a
candy bar. He lives near the
market.
Hunt, an ex-convict, is be
ing sought in connection with
the shooting of a police chief
and kidnaping another in the
Willamette valley.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through
Wednesday. Cool aitain tonight.
Airport low 32. High Wednes
day near 75.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 68
Lowest this Morning 33
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:43 a.m.
New Moon tonight 7:29 p.m.
An annular eclipse of the Sun
occurs at this New Moon. Its
path, begins in the South Indian
Ocean, crosses the Australian
continent and ends in the
South Pacific Ocean. The par
tial phase of this eclipse Is vis
ible in all of Australia and New
Zealand and in most of Indonesia.
Salem Radio Man
Pleads Innocent
Salem -flJPD- W. Gordon Al
len, Salem radio station own
er, Monday pleaded innocent
to two indictments charging
him with slandering H. G
Maison, superintendent of the
state police. Trial date will be
set later.
Circuit Judge Val Sloper
set trial for July 7 on anoth
er indictment in which Allen
and George Utley, Independ
ence police chief, were ac
cused of slandering Capt. R.
G. Howard of the state police.
The indictments were return
ed by a grand jury last week.
Ambulance Takes To
Ditch to Avoid Car
A Medford Ambulance
Service ambulance received
an estimated $500 damages
following an accident yester
day afternoon while respond
ing to an emergency call, it
was reported.
The ambulance was travel
ing behind another car on
Ross lane when the driver
ahead pulled to the right. The
ambulance started to pass,
then the driver of the other
car suddenly pulled to the left
to turn, and the ambulance
drove into a roadside ditch to
avoid hitting the car, the re
ports 1 said. Lights and siren
were operating at the time, it
was reported. There were no
injuries.
Hagerty Claims
Report on Radio
Lacking in Truth
CBS Report Said Based
On European Sources
Washington-(UPD-The White
House asserted today that ail
ing Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles has not submit
ted any resignation thus far.
The statement was prompt
ed by a CBS radio report,
based on what it called Euro
pean sources "believed to be
reliable," that Dulles has de
cided to give up his role as
chief allied negotiator in the
cold war.
'Irresponsible Reporting'
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty told reporters that
CBS had broadcast that Dul
les had- submitted his resigna
tion and, according to reliable
sources abroad, that the Presi
dent had accepted it.
"This is not true," he said.
"This is about as irresponsible
reporting . . . about as low a
form of reporting as B know
of."
However, the CBS actual
report by Correspondent Dan
Schorr did not say that Dulles
actually had resigned. Schorr
said Dulles had decided to re
sign and that the President
was in agreement with the de
cision. '
Correction Demanded ;
Hagerty said he had called
Theodore F. Kopo, CBS news
director here, and "demanded
that they (CBS) correct this
statement on their network."
John Day, director of CBS
news, said in New York, "We
are very sure of our sources.'.'
He said the information
came from "high official quar
ters abroad" and added "We
are very sure we know what
we're talking about."
Earlier, the CBS report had
been "categorically" denied
by the State department.
To Decide by April 20
Reliable sources told Unit
ed Press International that
Dulles, now recuperating in
Florida from massive radia
tion treatment for abdominal
cancer, probably will decide
by April 20 whether he feels
able to resume his duties. The
date is three weeks before
the scheduled opening of the
Geneva meeting of foreign
ministers on the crisis over
Berlin.
Dulles is resting at the
home of Undersecretary of
State C. Douglas Dillon at
Hobe Sound on the east coast
of Florida. i
Congress Resumes
Following Recess
Washington- (UPD - Congress
started its legislative wheels
rolling today after an 11-day
Easter recess. Eight Senate
committees and seven in the
House scheduled meetings.
But no serious floor work
was planned for the rest of
this week.
Washington - (UPD - Chicago
is now virtually assured of
playing host to the 1960 Re
publican National Conven
tion,, according to informed
GOP sources.
Meteor Reported Seen at
Widely-Scattered Points
Moffett Field, Calif.-(UPD-A
glowing object, believed to be
a small meteor, flashed across
the Northern California sky
Monday night and apparently
crashed into a mountain peak
about 75 miles southeast of
San Francisco.
Appeared To Break Up
Observers at the Naval air
station here said they spotted
the object at 8:45 p.m. (PST)
nd it appeared to break into
three pieces. Two pieces ap
parently burned out, but the
third plunged to the ground
in the Pacheco Pass area be
tween Gilroy and Los Banos.
A Navy spokesman said the
meteor was also reported by
two airline pilots and John
Stevens, a gas station operator
who said he saw the object
hit the mountain.
The meteor was seen from
widely scattered parts of Ore
gon. Airport control tower
personnel at Portland, Red
mond and Klamath Falls re
ported it was seen from their
areas. One resident said it
appeared to carry a trail of
smoke behind it.
Residents in the Delta Wa
ters rd. and New Crater Lake
highway area Sunday evening,
reported seeing a reddish
orange light in the northwest
sky which traveled in an arc
to the northeast.
Persons who saw the light
reported that it wobbled, as
did Sputnik last year, and was
about the same size as Sput
nik. It was spotted between 8
and 9 p.m. and when halfway
across the sky, reversed its
path.
No other reports of the
light were received.
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