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Newspaper Page Textmimm ESCAPEES hold MM on BBS State Defeated Salem -(LTD- Private power proponents today held their biggest victory of the 1959 legislative session. A bill to put Oregon into the electrical power business lost out in the House Monday afternoon when four Demo crats crossed party lines to vote with Republicans to de feat the measure. There were 29 yes votes and 28 no votes. It took 31 yes votes to pass. The four Democrats who voted were Reps. George An nala of Hood River, Roy Fitz water of Lebanon, Ben Evick of Madras and Don McKinnis of Summerville. Only Repub lican favoring the bill was Rep. George Layman of New berg. The bill would have set up a three-man power develop ment commission that could have bought and sold power, constructed dams and built transmission line. Supporters of the bill main tained that the Power Com mission was the only way Oregon could get more power under the preference clause in the Bonneville power act. That clause gives public agen cies first crack at federally k generated power. Would Aid Private Firms Rep. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg) maintained that the bill was not designed to drive private power companies out of busi ness, but actually would help them through more industry being brought into the state by low cost power generated by the commission. Earlier the bill had been sent back to committee to add the amendment referring the measure to the people. How ever, opponents of the bill charged that the only reason it was returned was that sup porters did not have enough votes to pass it. Before the vote was taken, Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Co-quille) failed in an attempt to have the amendment re ferring the matter to the peo ple stricken from the bill. Rep. F. F. Montgomery (R Eugene led opposition to the bill declaring it posed a threat to private enterprise in a state "that has shown more indus trial growth since 1950 than 3 any other period in its history." Rep. Shirley Field (R-Port-?and) said that the state could f et around restrictions impos ed by the preference clause by reserving large blocks of power at new dam sites." However, she did not agree with an assertion by Mont- Humphrey Speaks In Eugene Tonight Portland -(UPD-Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) a possi ble candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination next year, was due in Oregon today for a two-day visit. Humphrey was to arrive here from the state of Wash ington, speak in Eugene at the University of Oregon tonight and return here Wednesday, stopping in Salem for lunch with Democratic leaders. Humphrey said in Kenne wick, Wash., Monday night that "power is our first line of defense in the cold war." Humphrey said that when "I look at the amazing growth in Soviet generating capacity my biggest concern is that we keep ahead in the kilowatt race-far ahead." Annual Cancer Drive Under Way The annual Cancer Control Day drive started this morn ing and will continue until this evening in Jackson coun ty. More than 1,000 volunteers are participating. Dr. Orval Eaton, chairman of the Cancer Crusade, said "our objective is two-fold, to control and lessen the tragic waste of life from cancer, and to conquer the disease for future generations. Valunteers are seeking con tributions to the cancer drive, he said, and also distributing literature containing facts about cancer. , Mrs. Jack James is chair man of volunteers in the area outside Medford and Ashland, where Mrs. Ralph Odell and Max Finney are chairmen, respectively. Assisting Mrs. Odell in Medford are Mrs. Ivan Harrington and Mrs. Warren Bayliss. After volunteers contact families on their lists, reports 001 gomery that private power in terests mights be able to get the federal government to change the clause. Meanwhile, the House Tax' ation Committee made some progress toward adjournment by approving a rate schedule for personal income taxes con tained in House bill 460. This is the bill sponsored by Gov. Mark Hatfield. New rates would range from 1 to 7 per cent compared with 3 to 9.5 per cent now. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coquille) said the new rates would raise between $8 and $8.5 million a biennium. The schedule will be added to House bill 550 sponsored by Sen. Ben Musa and Rep. Katherine Musa (D - The Dalles). Juvenile Problems Discussed by Judge At Clinic Southern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic association elected officers and heard Judge Virgil H. Langtry of Portland talk on a juvenile delinquency at the 1959 an nual meeting last night at the Medford High school cafeter ia. Judge Langtry is a circuit and juvenile judge for Mult nomah county. Harold Snodgrass, Medford, was elected president to suc ceed the Rev. Richard M. Jones, also Medford, who con ducted last night's session. Others elected were Mrs. John Brandenburg, Medford, vice president; Mrs. Albert Bam- Construction of Armory Starts On West Jackson Work has begun at the new U. S. Army Reserve center site on North Columbus ave. between West Jackson st. and McAndrews rd. The contractor, Louis Ko wolowski, Madras, reported ly expects to complete the job within 298 days. A build ing permit valuing the proj ect at $229,000 was issued at Medford city hall yesterday. The reserve center will pro vide modern quarters for lo cal Army Reserve personnel now using the federal build ing, 33 North Riverside ave. The government has pur chased the entire triangle bounded by Columbus, Mc Andrews and Jackson. Plans at city hall indicate the area surrounding the buildings themselves will be landscap ed, with 27 trees including Norway maples, moraine lo cust, scotch pine and others and 263 shrubs. A parking lot is also planned. The area was formerly owned by the Jackson county housing authority. The main building, accord ing to the plans, will include four classrooms, an instruct ors' room, offices, locker and shower facilities, storage rooms, a boiler room and a kitchen. Also in the blueprints are an assembly hall and, nearby, a two-bay mainten ance shop. in County will be made to Cancer Soci ety headquarters at Eighth and Bartlett sts. Headquarters will be open this evening to receive reports and contribu tions, Dr. Eaton said. Assisting Mrs. James in the county will be Mrs. C. O. Long and Mrs. John Baldwin, Talent; Mrs. Leonard Halfhill, Phoenix; Mrs. E. W. Segessen man, Shady Cove; Mrs. Glenn Hale and Mrs. Earle Jossy, Eagle Point; Mrs. Paul Mal loy, Gold Hill; Mrs. William Dunlap, Butte Falls; Mrs. Joe Arens, Brownsboro; Mrs. C. R. Schmidt, Oak Grove; Mrs. Francis Cheney, West Side; Mrs. V. L. Chapman and Mrs. Jack Rienks, Prospect; Mrs. R. E. Foy, Griffin Creek; Mrs. John Bohnert, Central Point; Mrs. Hazel Engle, Rogue Riv er; Mrs. Jacks O'Brien, Apple gate; Mrs. H. R. Parrott Jr., Jacksonville; and Miss Janice Burkett, Southern Oregon college. in mi Only one committee mem ber, Rep. Vernon Cook (D Troutdale) voted against using the rate schedule recommend ed by the committee. Other provisions of the plan call for elimination of federal income tax deductions, cut ting extra exemptions granted for persons over 65 and elim ination of the 5 per cent stan dard deduction. The committee met Sunday night to work out most of its tax plan aside from the rates structure. One provision calls for sim plification of tax law so that the estimated 400,000 citizens pa y i n g withholding taxes would just send their with holding receipts to the Tax Commission which would fig ure the tax for them. Meeting forth, Medford, secretary, and Mrs. Wilton White, Central Point, treasurer. Elected to three-year board terms were Col. Fred Greene, Eagle Point; Ben Day, Gold Hill; Riley Cook, Edward Col lins, Mrs. Fred Danielson. Mrs. Rodney Miller and Mrs. Ralph Thompsen, all of Medford. Dr. William Miller and Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, Medford, and Mrs. Chester Fitch, Ash land, were elected to fill board vacancies. Reviews Cases Judge Langtry reviewed a number of juvenile cases that have come before his court in an effort to bring the pic ture of juvenile delinquency into focus for his listeners. He then asked a number of questions: "Will some histor ian one day write of the de cline and fall of a decadent America? What constitutes due process when it involves the moral life of a child? How long shall the court wait for parents to reform and show a sense of responsibility be fore permanently removing children from their care? Are the courts and juvenile offic ers being too easy? Are we only concerned with need and not with right and true mor ality?" Attempting to answer some of these questions, Judge Langtry said that in many in stances social workers and judges are sure "when the weary cycle starts" that the children in question will end up as juvenile delinquents, mentally disturbed and with out a. sense of moral values unless taken from their bad environment, but that judges and social workers have been reluctant to sever the child parent relationship except as a last recourse. The judge added he be lieved "we have been too easy and said he was endeav oring to give a stricter inter pretation to the law." Lack of Co-Relation Judge Langtry, stressing that "what happens to one happens to all of us" said there is lack of co-relation of the forces for good and of concerned agencies and organ izations, in American com munity living. He said these forces must be centralized, coordinated and made more efficient, that families with children showing signs of mor al deterioration must be brought into the circle of good and corrective, influence whether they want to or not. He said such a coordinating authority has been establish ed in Portland, but that Mult nomah county has ruled there is no legal basis for such co ordination for counties. The judge said the "visiting teacher" has proven valuable in working with delinquent children, and that family counseling services must be expanded. He spoke of the new juvenile code drafted and introduced into this legisla ture, and asked his listeners to write the senate urging its passage. Judge Langtry closed by saying "there is no retreat from the contagation of delin quency; we must no succumb to the false doctrine that we cannot prevent delinquency. Prevention is the responsibil ity of the community; if we do not prevent delinquency, we are sowing the seeds of our own destruction." The speaker was introduced by Judge Edward Kelly. En tertainment was by the Strol lers; the Rev. Melvin Dickson pronounced the benediction, i MS Herter Swiftly Wins Approval As Secretary Confirmation Follows Vote by Committee Washington -(ITD Christian A. Herter won swift Senate confirmation today as new secretary of state succeeding ailing John Foster Dulles. Approval was by a unani mous vote of 93-0. Herter's nomination moved through the Senate at top speed after being unanimous ly and quickly approved by the Senate Foreign Relations committee in a morning hear ing. The senators acted with an almost unprecedented burst of speed. Senator after senator-Democrat and Republican alike rose on the Senate floor to voice his vote of confidence in the 64-year-old former Mas sachusetts governor and one time congressman. To Meet Hammarskjold Soon after the committee vote, the State Department announced that: -Herter and U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold are expected to have a gen eral "exchange of views" on major world problems Thurs day, when the U.N. official visits Washington. -Herter plans to leave Mon day afternoon for the western Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris beginning April 29. : Before Senate action, the Foreign Relations Committee approved Herter's nomination 17-0. During the 65 minutes of questioning, mostly by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), Herter said that: -He did not believe the United States should use nu clear weapons "in the initial stages" in any shooting war that might break out over Berlin. -The U.S. would have to "think very carefully" about using nuclear weapons - if "it appeared that Russia was "willing to carry it to the point of an all-out war." Praised By Committee Herter was warmly praised by every committee member present, including Morse. Herter said, in reply to a question by Morse, that the President has the final au thority over when to use nu clear weapons. But he added that "I don't think any Presi dent of the United States would want to engage in war without going to Congress." Morse had voiced concern over the possibility of a presi dent ising nuclear weapons in a "limited war" without the specific consent of Con gress. Herter said in case of a shooting war over Berlin, the administration "without any question" should take up the matter with Congress imme diately. National Guardsmen Qualify With Rifles Men of Company E, second battle group, 186th infantry, Oregon National Guard unit which recently was organized from members of two local units, trained at the Camp White rifle range Sunday. It was Dart of the annual spring rifle and special weap ons qualifications, with most of the men Qualifying with the Ml rifle and machinegun. A familiarization course on the automatic rifle and Ml car bine qualifications were held during the afternoon. Men armed with .45 caliber pistols also were given oppor tunity to qualify. Company cooks prepared the noon meal. First Lt. Donald M. Ivie, former commander of Head- auarters company, is com manding officer of Company E, and 1st Lt. Jack C. Philips, who commanded Company A, is executive officer of the new unit. Regular drill was held at 7:45 p.m. Monday with first formation at 7:45 p.m. Drill has been changed to start at 7:45 instead of 8 p.m. to allow a refreshment period, officers said. DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York-(lPI)-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 629.23, up 2.15; 20 railroads 168.36, off 0.51; 15 utilities 92.48, off 0.36, and 65 stocks 215.45, up 0.14. Sales today were about 3,650,000 shares compared with 3,610,00 shares Monday. 54th Year Medford 14 Pages est Polls To Be Open Tomorrow for Election on Bonds $1,275,000 Issue Set for Junior High Ashland-Three polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow for a $1,275,000 bond election to finance con construction of a proposed new -junior high school in Ashland. The Ashland school board proposed a new junior high school "to relieve one of our major educational problems." Enrollments and growth in the district have overcrowded the present school, which also is a fire hazard, the board said. The proposed school would be constructed on a 25-acre tract at the junction of East Main st. and Walker ave. It would be a one story, frame and masonry construction on a concrete slab. ' House 800 Students The new school would house 800 students, with facilities for expansion to 1,000 seventh, eight and ninth graders. By September, 1960, the board said, there will be 660 stu dents, and the proposed new school is expected to reach capacity within four or five years. If the bond issue is approv ed, it would increase taxes an nually about $2 per $1,000 of property value if bonds. were amortized over a 20-year pe riod, the board said. Ashland, the board noted, has one of the lowest school taxes of first class districts in the state, and the lowest in Jackson county. The assessed valuation of the district is $10,979,819-75, and the remaining bonding capacity is $1,797,962. Precincts 12, 12A, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 22 will vote at Walker school; precincts 3, 5, 8, 10, 14 and 63 will vote at Briscoe school library; and precincts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 11 will vote at the junior high school. Board Accepts Assessment Ratio The Jackson county board of equalization yesterday ac cepted 25 per cent as the as sessment ratio, according to Ray Schumacher, county as sessor. The ratio of 25 per cent of the market value equals the assessed valuation, he explain ed. The budget for each dis trict is applied into the as sessed value to determine the millage of each of the dis tricts, Schumacher explained. The millage applied against the assessed value equals the taxes. The county assessor's office is now getting the assessment rolls ready for the board of equalization by May 11, Schu macher said. A canvass this year brought in more than a 1,000 new per sonal property accounts, a 20 per cent increase, Schumacher added. About a 1,000 new real property accounts have been added. The latter is due main ly to the segregation of land in the county into smaller units, he explained. The assessor's office is also changing between 10,000 to 15,000 new accounts into new codes created by the recent consolidation of six school districts. Service Officers to Meet Here This Week The 23rd semi-annual con ference of the Oregon County Service Officers association will be held at the Medford hotel Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Several speakers are sched u 1 e d tomorrow afternoon, with a visit to Camp White and Jacksonville scheduled Thursday. Business meetings art slated for Friday. W A MEDFORD,. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1959 AUies Foil iree im IF do iron mi "We Probably Won't Know Till The Last Minute Who We'll Put In Orbit" Proposal to Change Name of Chamber Submitted to Board Plans for a Jackson County Chamber of Commerce mem bership drive starting next month were announced at yesterday's chamber round- table luncheon by- President Hugh Coleman. Meanwhile, Coleman said, he has submitted to the cham ber board of directors a pro posal to change the organiza tion's name to the Medford Chamber of Commerce. Coleman also suggested that the chamber hire a matt for liaison functions between the chamber office and the community, and that its office be lodged in an easily-accessible building of its own with ample off-street parking. Membership Drive The membership drive will be conducted for four weeks from late May to late June according to present plans, Coleman reported. He said it is hoped that the cham ber's annual budget can be raised from $25,000 to $40, 000. A professional campaign Possible Showers Forecast Tomorrow No orchard heating was needed in the Rogue valley last night, and none is fore cast for tonight because of ris ing temperatures, William Rogers, of the weather bur eau's fruit and frost warning service, said today. Lew temperatures tonight are expected to be about 40 degrees, and the forecast to morrow is for a chance of showers or thundershowers over the mountains, the wea ther bureau said. Lowest temperatures re corded in the coldest areas last night were 31 degrees. Critical temperature for heat ing is 30 degrees. Fruit is now approaching the critical stage for both D'Anjous and Bartletts. Pet als are gone and small fruit is starting to form, C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, said. Cigarette Price Bill Passes House Salem -UPD- The House to day passed, 42-16, a bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes at below cost. Under the bill, prices of cigarettes would have to be at least equal to the wholesale purchase price plus the cost of doing busi ness. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore .. 5 6 2 Boston . 2 8 1 Wilhelm and Triandos: Ca sale and Bailey. HR: Triandos, Ballimor. Tribune T2fhs ' 1.., manager, according to Cole man, will be retained for the drive. The chamber's 1959 presi dent said the primary reason for' changing the organiza tion s name is to assure its recognition elsewhere. The name "Medford" would have more meaning, as he explain ed it, in other parts of the country. Benefit of County Coleman emphacized that the organization, though its name were changed, would continue to operate for the benefit of the whole county. "By no means do we intend to throw a tent over Med ford," he said. The organization was, at one time, known as the Med ford Chamber of Commerce. The change at the present county designation took place in 1935. Originally, it was the Medford Commercial club. Coleman said he would like to have a man on the cham ber's payroll who would maintain effective communi cation between the organiza tion and local businessmen and residents. This man, he explained, could get acquaint ed with new businesses, keep the chamber informed of pub lic opinion and serve when required as a troubleshooter. Public Informed He said' that the public, as well, must be kept prop erly informed of the cham ber's activities. Coleman said he would like to see more "old timers" in the community contribute their experience and wisdom to the chamber. He said that housewives, too, are just as important in supporting the chamber as anyone else. He said there should be a bet ter educational program for housewives. Too many people, Cole man said, are inclined to shy away from acting collectively for the benefit of the com munity as a whole. He said the chamber serves everyone, not just a few business peo ple. He said it should main tain harmony between mer chants and other citizens. Portland-UPD-The tempera ture reached 76 degrees here Monday, highest of the year so far. WEATHER FORECAST: Thickening clnudi ness tonight. Chance of show ers or thundershowers over the mountains Wednesday. Low tonight 40. High Wednes day 70. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:59 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:21 a.m. Moonrise today 5:31 p.m. Full Moon April 22 PROMINENT STAR Spica, follows the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 9:37 p.m. Mars, sets 11:51 p.m. Jupiter, low in south east 11:01 p.m. Saturn, low In south. east. 1:21 a.m. Price 10 Cents No. 27 T ess East Germany Book Calls for Occupation End Meeting Less Than Three Weeks Away London-(UPD-Extensive con sultations among the western allies have failed to resolve their basic differences of ap proach to the forthcoming East-West negotiations in Ge neva, diplomatic sources said today. Another ill omen for the Geneva talks came in Berlin with publication of a 115-page book by the Communist East Germany and Soviet foreign offices calling for the immed iate end to western occupa tion rights in West Berlin. The charges were not new but the timing was considered sig nificant. Believed Willing Britain still believes the Russians might be willing at this time to negotiate an agreement on Berlin and Ger many and that they should be encouraged by some western gesture, the sources said. The United States, . West Germany and France, in vary ing degree, remain highly skeptical of Soviet intentions and unwilling to waste con cessions for the sake of the experiment. Agreed on Firmness The western foreign minis ters meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in less than three weeks. They are agreed on a "policy of firmness" but not agreed on what is firm and what is not firm. This disagreement may have been responsible for Sir Winston Churchill's plea Mon day night that the west re main "united and strong" in the forthcoming talks and to warn that a battle for Berlin could engulf the whole world in nuclear warfare. Britain meanwhile was holding firm to the line pro posed by Prime Minister Har old Macmillan after his Mos cow talks that there should be "pacification by negotia tion" and by "reasonable agreement." Lake of Woods Road Open from Ashland The road to Lake of the Woods via the Dead Indian route has been plowed open and the lake resort opened, Tom Neely, operator of the resort, announced today. Neely said the road to the Lake of the Woods by Fish lake still is closed. The general trout season opens at Lake of the Woods Saturday, he said. Neely said the road to the lake from Klamath Falls has been clear since before last week end, when several people from Medford went to their sum mer cabins at the lake. Snow melted from the road from Klamath Falls, but drifts of a foot or more were plowed from the Dead Indian rd. en trance to the lake, he said. Serpa's Horse Bites Giri As Children Greet Caravan Olathe, Kan. -UPD- A horse bit a little girl Monday night as a band of modern day pi oneers retracing the Oregon Trail with covered wagons and apparel of the 1840s camped near Olathe. Gardner, Kan., Goal The 21 riders and seven wagons on the 2,000-mile trip planned to make another 20 miles today and camp tonight near Gardner, Kan. Members of the train, all from Oregon, plan to reach Independence, Ore., by mid-August as part of the Oregon State Centen nial. They left Independence, Mo., Sunday. Jo Anne Marshall, 6, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Marshall, Prairie Village, Kan., was bitten on the shoul der by a horse owned by Convicts Threaten To Kill Woman If Approached Speedboat Sought To Make Getaway San Quentin, Calif. (CPD Two San Quentin prison trustees fled to a nearby fish ing pier today and seized a man and his wife as hostages at knife-point in a desperate bid to obtain a speedboat and escape across San Francisco Bay. The man was released to act as messenger between the convicts and the dozens of prison guards and police who waited tensely 100 feet away. The couple was not im mediately identified. "Don't come any closer or we'll slit her throat," one of the convicts yelled. A possible break came at 11:32 a.m. (PST), 2V4 hours after the convicts seized the hostages, when the escapees called out that they wanted to talk to the prison correc tional officer, A. F. Mello. Mello was rushed to the scene. The life and death drama was taking place at the "cross" of a 200-foot long "T" shaped pier of the Marin County Rod and Gun club. The club is located about a half mile north of San Quen tin Prison, which itself is 12 miles north of San Francisco on the west side of San Fran cisco bay. San Quentin Warden Fred Dickson told newsmen all they could do was play a "waiting" game to prevent harm to the woman. "They (the convicts) are very excited and very emo tional," he said. "If they were calmer, we wouldn't be as worried." Dickson said the convicts In sisted that everyone clear off the pier so they could escape by boat or by car. "They said if we didn't agree to this, they would kill the woman." "The convicts showed no sign of cooperation," the ward en said. "One time, when the planes were overhead and we couldn't hear each other, I got a little closer than they wanted me to, and they yelled 'get out of here or we'll kill her!'" "I told them if they kille her they knew what the corn sequences would be." Surrender Demanded He added that he told them, "We'll give you consideratiom if you give yourself up." Prison authorities identifiet the convicts as Billy Joe Wright, 26, Trinity county, serving a six months to 15 year term for burglary, and William D. Werner, 23, Fresno county, serving five years to life and a concurrent 6 to 14 year term for first degree bu glary and bad check charges. They had been working as trustees in a rock quarrv out side the prison walls. Off-duty guard W. Gastoni spottel them fleeing on foot towarfc the gun club about 9:15 a.m. Guards in Pursuit The men ran the mil the pier and out to the ant where they apparently hopt to find a boat to take the across the bay to freedoi. Two guards were in pursuit Finding no boat, the capees grabbed a knife lying1 alongside a woman fishing ft the end of the pier. She v$ among 20 or 25 persons ofc the pier. Threatening her witl the knife, they pulled her hair to the end of the pier. It was not immediatlj clear exactly how they seized the man who later acted is intermediary. La Grande-(UPD-Fred Schnei der, manager of the Union County Chamber of Com merce, has announced his resignation. wagon master Tex Serpa of Ashland. Highway patrolmen rushed the girl to the Olathe Com munity hospital where a doc tor said her skin had been broken and her shoulder se verely bruised. She was given a tetanus shot and sent home. Ahead of Schedule Hundreds of school chil dren, including Jo Anne, were among the 2,000 persons who greeted the caravan when it arrived at Olathe hours ahead of schedule. A band of unscheduled "In dians" raided the wagons Monday and "scalped" Serpa. They whooped around the wagons for about 30 minutes then left. It was teen-agers who said the idea was their own.