Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 15, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIB lb Price 1 0 Medford 18 Pages CHARACTERS-Indians, explorers and gyp sies are a common sight at Roosevelt school this week as students wear costumes depict ing characters out of books to point up Na tional Book week. The idea is helping to stimulate interest in books and aids, stu dents in book-author association, according, to Principal John Childers. Pictured above New Assistant for Superintendent of Schools Is Hired J. Russ Acheson, coach and principal at Bend High school, has been hired as assistant su perintendent in charge of the physical plant and non-certificated personnel, supervision of physical plant activities and preparation of all handbooks, rules, regulations, and inter pretation of laws relating to n o n - certificated employees and their work. Acheson formerly taught in the Medford' system, leaving here in 1942 to enter the serv ice. He was in business with his father prior to assuming his job at Bend. He will start work here July 1, Bash said. Becken io Continue Elliott Becken, present as sistant superintendent, will continue in charge of curricu lum and certificated person nel, Bash reported. The Medford' school board last night approved placement , of teachers and administrators from former separate school districts as members of the newly consolidated district. Ruch, Jacksonville, Griffin Creek, Lone Pine and Howard districts approved consolida tion with Medford, a move which will become effective ' tomorrow. '. The board also directed Dr. Mayfield to appeal to federal Log Truck Runs Into Cattle Kerd One animal was killed al most instantly, another had to be destroyed and five oth ers were cut and bruised yes- terday, morning when a log ging truck ran into a 59-head herd of cattle on McAllister Springs rd., according to state police. The cattle were being trail ed by Irvin Washington Frey, Lake Creek, east along Mc Allister Springs rd. about two miles east of Lake Creek junction and 11 miles east of Eagle Point. The logging truck, operated by Elroy Virgil Draper, .29, of 17 F st., Eagle Point, was headed west. Draper told po . lice he applied his brakes when he saw the cattle, but the air line broke. Because the system was losing air, Draper said, he was unable to stop. Police said Frey, who was on horseback, was attempting to get the cattle off the road. Two of the five injured cat tle may have to be destroyed, police said. Frey told officers the loss represented an in vestment of about $700. Cnts MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1959 kg? i If1 ' and state authorities for re consideration of the proposal to change the name and num ber of the new consolidated district. Opinions from the federal social security administration and the state retirement board stated that school districts consolidating must take the name and number of the larger district. Consider Resolution The Medford board has asked the state legislature to consider passing a resolution changing the number of the district to 1, Jacksonville's old number. Board members feel use of the number 1 would be appropriate to pre serve the historic number as a tribute to Jacksonville and to the pioneers who estab lished schools in Jackson county. Under state law, the dist rict can. use its old number, 49, but not number 1. - The school board also ap proved final payment and ac cepted the new Wilson ele mentary school, and approved plans for renovating facilities at McLoughlin Junior High school. Work at the junior high school includes remodeling the music room for regular classroom purposes, moving the music room to the present shop room, and moving the shop to the present district warehouse is planned on a site near Jackson school. Both projects are among the final phases of a two-year building program approved by district voters. Odd Fellows Historical Trek Sunday The Independent Order of Odd Fellows will hold an his torical lodge trek Sunday aft ernoon at the Jacksonville lodge. The program will include initiatory degrees conferred by Gardner lodge at 2:30 pjn. and a parade to the museum at 4:30 pjn., according to trek officials. A banquet is sched uled at the Central Point Grange hall Monday, April 20. The breakfast is being spon sored by the Central Point IOOF lodge. Grand officers planning to attend include Wilford G. Beard, grand master, Salem; W. Vernon Hahn, deputy grand master, Banks; Stanley Oldham, grand garden, Lake Grove; Earl H. ShanK, grand secretary, Portland; Lawrence McClure, grand marshall, Sa lem; Ellsworth J. Robison, grand guardian, Central Point; are, left to right, Richard Nehring (Huckle berry Finn), Louis Budge (Geronimo), Gary Christensen (Little Lord Fauntleroy), Cheryl Hall (Sacajawea) and Sonja Vermeulen (Marco the gypsy). The costumes will be dis played by upper grade students at a special assembly Friday, which will conclude Na tional Book week activities, Childers said. Mealcullers to Consider Wage Increase Plan Proposals for wage increas es for members of Meatcut ters Local 503 will be taken before a general membership meeting in the Jackson coun ty central labor council hall here tonight, union represen tatives reported. The meatcutters of Grants Pass, Ashland and Medford are seeking general wage in creases of $12.50 for a 40-hour week for head meatcutters and $10 a week increase for cutters and wrappers, effec tive April 1, according to union officials. It would be part of a one-year contract which would also include guaranteed health and wel fare, vacations with pay for one week after one year, two weeks after two years and three weeks after 10 years, plus sick leave and pension plan. Employers of the area have countered with an offer of a $4 a week increase straight across the board for all classi fications, ' effective a week after the agreement is signed. In addition, the employers have offered a $2 increase for meat cutters and wrappers as on Oct. 1 and effective April, 1960, another increase of $2.50 a week for cutters and $3 for wrappers. This would apply to- a basic agreement for a two year-term. The proposals would affect 130 people of the tri-city area, union officials said. Meatcut ter journeymen now receive $94 a week for a 40-hour week, head meatcutters $101.50 and wrappers $72 to Hold Al Oster, grand herald, Molal la; Roy V. Terney, grand rep resentative, Pendleton; and Dave Lindsey, district deputy, Ashland. . Encampment Officers Grand encampment officers expected to attend include M. E. Wright, grand senior warden, Canby; John Gibbs, grand color bearer, Amity; John S. Van Doren, grand rep resentative, Forest Grove; and L. D. Hays, district deputy grand patriarch, Central Point. . . ' Also planning to attend are Brigade General Walter V. Murphy, commander of the second brigade, Reedsport; Maj. Gen. Ed C. Abby, mili tary advisor, Forest Grove; and Lt. Col. Vera Knight, banneret, Central Point. Rebekah assembly officers are Edna Oster, president, Mo lalla; and Ruth E. Vose, vice president, Portland. 54th Year tribune No. 22 Space Triumph Achieved With Discoverer II Capsule Ejection Shown by Signals Vandenberg AFB; Calif. (UPD American scientists announce jubilantly today they appar ently have achieved a new space triumph with the auto matic ejection of the space capsule from . the Discoverer II satellite. The Advanced Research Projects Agency of the De partment of Defense said that analysis of radio beacon and telemetry radio signals from Discoverer II received since 4 p.m. (p.s.t.) Tuesday "indi cates the .capsule did eject from the satellite as predict ed." ARPA said that several reports of visual sighting and radio contact from the cap sule were being carefully checked to determine the probable landing area in the polar region. Timing Device Failed Discoverer II's capsule, capable of carrying Jiving or ganisms in space, failed, to eject on radio command from the ground Tuesday because of a malfunction in a timing device. But the automatic mechan ism within the 1,600-pound polar-orbiting vehicle was present to unload the capsule on its 17th pass around the earth, and today's brief report strongly supported ARPA's hopes of returning the multi million dollar little package from the globe-girdling satel lite. "If it did work (as the an nouncement indicated), the capsule probably came down in or near the Arctic," an Air Force spokesman said earlier. Tree Planting Gets Boost Here Tree planting in this area received another boost last week end and early this week as 6,000 ponderosa pine seed lings were planted on Roxy Ann butte and 42 concrete pots were located in down town Medford for trees. Boy Scouts from Troop 105, Medford. and Troop 40, cen tral Point, planted the pon derosa pine seedlings on the south and southwest slopes of Roxy Ann last week. Trees were provided by Ross Lum ber company, according to Eugene Garner of the Wel come Wagon club, which has been active in promoting Prescott park as a tourist at traction and recreation facil ity. ,- Jim Fisher, technical as sistant with the state depart ment of forestry, and F. H. Gregory of Star Ranger sta tion, participated and super- visored planting. i Fifty Japanese privet trees and four arbor vitae will be planted in concrete tubs in the downtown Medford area. When completed, probably early next week, there will be trees planted on both sides of Main st. between River side ave. and Holly st. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 5 9 2 Cincinnati 10 16 2 Friend. Daniels (6), Green (7) and Foiles; Nuxhall, Mabe 7) and Bailey. , AMERICAN LEAGUE (10 innings) Detroit 1 (3 0 Cleveland 2 6 1 Foystack, Narleski (8) and Berberei; McLish and Nixon. WORKER INJURED Robert . Chriss, 842. West 14th St., was reported in "fairly good" condition o. Rogue Valley hospital today following an accident at Med ford Steel company, 228 East McAndrews rd., Tuesday eve ning. Chriss was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambu lance service reported suffer ing from leg injuries. He is employed by the company "as a truck driver. illboanl Act Salem (UPD A bill amend ing the outdoor billboard act of 1957 was passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon and sent to the governor. Sen. Robert White .(R-Sa-lem) said the bill tightened up regulations on billboards on all highways in the state. New Fees Instituted The bill requires an addi tional 500 feet of space be tween signs more than 60 feet in length. It also elimi nates the token license fee of Budget Group Considers Money For County Roads The county budget commit tee this morning was consid ering the budget request of the county engineer's depart ment. It was to review the budget of the Jackson county farm home this afternoon. The engineering depart ment's tentative budget total is $1,72,4,640, an increase of $64,990 over the curent year's total of $1,677,650. The county farm home budget is expected to be one of the larger budgets to come before the budget committee. The tentative total figures were not available this morn ing. Large Item One of the largest items in the county engineer's budget is that for road construction- $442,400, a decreaseof $1,795 compared to the current fig ure of $544,195. The road maintenance fund requested is $360,000, an increase of $10,000 over the current fig ure of $350,000. Total requested for bridge construction is $331,500, an increase of $8,630 over the current sum of $162,870. Re quested sum for road oiling and paving is $284,400, an in crease of $93,195 over the cur rent budget of $377,595. Road equipment fund is $90,050, an increase of $52,950 over the current sum of $37,100. . As is the case with other departments, requested salary raises in the engineering budget represented the major increases. Lynn Newbry, budget committee member, said, "I'm going to hang my hat on a policy of giving raises only for merit, and where a job reclassification is due to avoid inequities." Eastside Market Burglarized An undetermined amount of money, believed by city po lice to be "substantial," was reported taken sometime dur ing the night from a safe at the East Side Big Y Market, 608 East Main st. The theft was discovered at 5:38 a.m. by Cecil Hudson Bishop, 340 Charlotte Ann rd., janitor at the building. The store was entered through a ventilator in the roof, police said. The floor safe, located in an upstairs of fice at the rear of building, had been wheeled into an ad joining room where a large cardboard box had been used to obstruct the view through a window into the office. Officers said the money, in silver and bills, had been tak en from the building in three canvas money bags. Tools used to break into the safe, which had been brought to the scene by the burglars, were left in the store, re ports show. Police said that the safe job could have been the work of "professionals," with at least two persons involved. The monev was taken from the bLiliumg iilluugh . slid ing door in the rear from which a lock had been broken. Vale' -(UPD A range fire, first of the year in the Bur eau of Land Management Vale District, burned about 90 acres Tuesday. $1 previously charged and institutes new fees as follows: $25 for persons owning one or more but fewer than 50 signs; $50 for persons own ing 50 but fewer than 500 signs, and $100 for persons owning 500 or more signs. -The bill also eliminates judicial appeal from rulings of the Department of Motor Vehicles in relation to denial of permits. Sen. Alfred Corbett CD Portland) opposed the bill, labeling it a "big signboard bill" and urged the Senate Highway Committee to bring out Senate bill 192 which would ban billboards on all interstate highways. "Why shouldn't we get the extra money that would come from the government if we banned .billboards on our in terstate highways?" he asked. "This bill, in my opinion, is the wrong approach." Other Bills Pass A bill requiring the State Highway Commission to pay reasonable compensation for any damage to any real prop erty abutting roads affected by a change of grade also was passed by the Senate. Sen. Ed Ahrens (R-Turner) said in some cases great dam age is done to farms and homes as a result of cutting a large swath through their property in grade changes. Under current law the High: way Commission is not au thorized to pay for such damages. Avoiding Deficit Spending Urged A resolution urging ; the legislature to avoid deficit fi nancing during the coming biennium was passed by the governmental operations com mittee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce this morning. The committee expressed concern with reports from Sa lem that legislators are con sidering the possibility of passing a budget without suf ficient tax revenues to carry the state through the coming two-year period on a solvent basis. This brings up the possibil ity of the state going on a warrant basis before the end oi the biennium, committee members said, thus threaten ing the fiscal soundness of the state. The Salem reports on which the resolution was based were from discussions with some members of the legislature and members of the commit tee, which indicated the pos sibility that the tax level might remain the same dur ing 1959-60, .that the state's surplus of some $30 million would be used up, and debt of up to an estimated $60 mil lion could be incurred by the end of the biennium. The committee also voted against seeking federal gov ernment subsidy help for chrome miners in the U. S. "Ah, Yes We're Thinking About Considering A Possible Inquiry" JOHN FOSTER DULLES Can't Carry On Herter Expected To Get Job; Others Given Slim Chance Washington -(UPD Adminis tration officials said today they expect Undersecretary Christian A. Herter to be named secretary of state with in the next few days to suc ceed John Foster Dulles; who losing struggle against can cer. , It' has been generally un derstood that the 64-year-old former Massachusetts govern or, who has been acting secre tary since mid - February, would step into the job if Dulles had to quit. Chance for Dillon Some officials still conced ed an outside chance to some other possible nominee-particularly C. Douglas Dillon, undersecretary of state for ec onomic affairs. Dulles, whom the President has said he will consult , on a successor, is known to rate Dillon extremely high. However, Herter has pow erful backing on Capitol Hill, including the already express ed support of the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, J. William Ful- bright (D-Ark.). . The acting secretary, who served eight years in Congress and four years as governor of Massachusetts, also was ad vised that there would be no announcement of Dulles' suc cessor for a few days. The President said, in an nouncing Dulles' resignation Dulles' Resignation Said Great By United Press International Comment on the resigna- tion of John Foster Dulles as secretary of state: Herbert Hoover -"The res ignation of Secretary Dulles is the culmination of a great tragedy to the American people. We have had many great secretaries of state. His tory will rank Secretary Dul les among the highest of them -and in my view, the highest of them all." Chairman J. William Ful- bright of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - "A sad and terrible tragedy both a personal tragedy and a trag edy for the country . . . He'll be hard to replace." Chairman Thomas E. Mor gan of the House Foreign Af- I-5SS. i OA CHRISTIAN A. HERTER Possible Successor in Augusta this morning, that other government experts on foreign policy would be con sidered before a final decis ion is made on filling the post. Leading Possibility . Dillon, 49, regarded as the leading possibility for the va cated post if Herter does not get it, has a combined bus iness and diplomatic back ground. He has been the State De partment's top economic of ficial since January, 1957 when he was appointed depu ty undersecretary of state for economic affairs. Among others whose names have cropped up from time to time in speculation con cerning a possible successor to Dulles are Gen. ' Alfred Gruenther, former supreme allied commander in Europe and now president of the American Red Cross, New York investment banker and foreign affairs expert John J. McCloy and former New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. One high official said that u ne were speculating on a possible "dark horse" for the job, he would have to con sider Dulles' brother, Allen, who is director of the Central Intelligence agency. The latter conferred with Eisenhower in Augusta last week and it was announced at the time that they discussed European, Mideast and Asian affairs. Tragedy fairs Committee Dulles "has evoked our sincerest admir ation for his valiant fight against his illness. He has won our gratitude for his selfless dedication and devo tion to the public welfare. I know that he has the heart felt prayers and good wishes of all Americans at this mo ment" Former New York Gov Thomas E. Dewey "Foster Dulles has served the nation with unparalleled brilliance, moral courage, hard labor and dedication to the cause of peace. He has fought the good fight for more than 50 years in private life, in the U. S. Senate and as secretary of state, often in the face of violent attack, both from within and without our bor ders. The nation will ever be in his debt." Senate Democratic , Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas "Every American will regret the resignation of Secretary Dulles and the circumstances that led to that resignation. Everyone who knows him is impressed with his deep dedi cation to his duty, and we know that this is a decision which he did not make light ly." Harry S. Truman "I am very sorry to hear of the sec retary's physical condition. I think the President is wise in keeping him for advice." Adlai E. Stevenson "I am extremely sorry. I know of no one who has served his country more diligently and devotedly than Secretary Dulles. He will have the pray ers of all of us and the grati tude of free people every where for his dedication to his constant goal of peace on earth." Salem (UPD A 240,000 gal lon wooden tank containing sulphite collapsed here early today, sending odorous fumes throughout downtown Salem. Cancer-Stricken Secretary Forced To Make Decision No Successor Named Immediately Augusta, Ga.-IUPD-President Eisenhower, with sadness in his voice, announced today the resignation of cancer stricken John Foster Dulles as secretary of state. Eisenhower appeared per sonally at an unusual and hastily summoned news con. ferrence at his vacation head quarters here to reveal that Dulles himself had made the decision to give ud his Cabi net post in view of his physi cal condition. No Successor Named The President did not im mediately announce appoint ment of Dulles' successor, but said that the decision would not be long delayed, perhaps no longer than a few days. The President said the Dulles resignation will have no effect on high level diplo matic conferences April 29 and May 11 in Europe. He said Dulles has developed a fine team for such matters and that the effectivenss of American participation at these confer ences should not be impaired in any way. The United States will be represented by Undersecre tary of State Christian A. Her ter who was described by the President as a diplomat of ex perience and background. Talked With Dulles Although he has not decid ed what the formal arrange ments will be, the President said, he firmly intends to keep Dulles as close to his side as possible. Regardless of title, he said, he will appoint Dulles to an office that will make him as useful and helpful ai possible. The President decided to make his dramatic announce ment in person after talking by telephone with Dulles early this morning. Eisenhower spoke of Dulles to the newsmen with traces of tears in his eyes and a chok-ed-up voice. He said the man who has been his secretary of state from the start is "in capacitated" to carry on his administrative duties as sec retary of state and still make policy. New Outbreak The President indicated that Dulles' decision to resign was made immediately after doctors revealed Tuesday a new outbreak of cancer, this time in a growth below Dulles' neck. Dulles, was placed under additional X-ray treatment today for what appeared to be a new outbreak of cancer. The secretary of state re turned from a recuperation trip in Florida only last Sun d a y and was hospitalized again. Seldom have Washington reporters seen Eisenhower as somber as he was today. Grave-faced, he walked in to the temporary White House press room and said simply that what he had to say would be brief and that it concerned Dulles. He went on to report that, in view of the medical find ings Tuesday when doctors announced evidence of new cancer in Dulles, the secre tary had "definitely made up his mind to submit his res ignation." Eisenhower, looking some what pale and drawn beneath his golf course tan, went on to say calmly that Dulles formal letter would reach him in a day or so and he would then reply to it. Speaking of the medical re port, the President said sadly that the findings on Dulles were "not of the kind that make him helpless." Eisenhower said in an in creasingly husky voice that no man of cabinet rank to his knowledge had filled his po sition with greater distinction than Dulles. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear and cold to night. Fair and a little warmer Thursday. Airport low 30. High tomorrow afternoon 65-68. Temp! Highest Yesterday 66 Lowest this Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:30 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 1:26 a.m. First Quarter tonight 11:32 p.m. Tonight the Moon appears be tween Procyon and the Twins. MORNING PLANET Saturn, low in south east 1:52 a m., now begins a slow westward movement among the stars that will continue until next September.