Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 23, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmisi fipprawes Funis m 'Education Bepartment NEW SCHOOL Above is the architect's sketch of the proposed new junior high school in Ashland. School dis trict voters yesterday approved by 2 to 1 a bond issue Ashland Wagon Trip Plans Hear Completion For 4-H Members The covered wagon train carrying 4-H club members to the annual 4-H club sum mer school at Oregon State college, Corvallis, will leave Jacksonville June 8, accord ing to Glenn Klein, Jackson ounty 4-H club agent. The train, which will have fix wagons when it reaches Corvallis June 20, is being sponsored by the Jackson county 4-H Empire Builders, and will travel the 200 some miles to Corvallis in the style of the early pioneers to "re live" travel conditions of the 1800s. Plans for the camp sites and lunch stops have been com pleted, Klein said. Several communities are sponsoring joint activities when the wagon train arrives to help in the Oregon Centen nial celebration, he said. Jo sephine county 4-H club mem bers are providing a barbecue feed; Yoncalla Rodeo associa tion, a horse show, and the Corvallis Chamber of Com merce will sponsor a short parade and luncheon the day the train arrives there. The train will carry club members from Coos, Curry and Douglas counties, who plan to join the trek as it travels north on the Old Ap plegate Trail. Wolf Creek will be the meeting place for a pack train coming over the coast range from Coos and Curry counties, and a covered wagon with Douglas county 4-H members will join the train at Roseburg, Klein said. Future Farmers of Ameri ca chapters in Eagle Point, Phoenix and at Crater High school, Central Point, are re conditioning wagons for the trip, and the Jackson County Centennial' association and provided funds, Klein said. Campsites along the way will be the Francis Krouse' farm in Applegate, Merlin junction, Sunny Valley, Wolf Creek, Canyonville, Roseburg, a rest area along Highway 99, Yoncalla, Cottage Grove, Eu gene, Benton Lane park near Junction City, and Willamette park in Corvallis. Trailways Fare Increase Approved - Salem - (UPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today he has approved a 10 per cent increase in fares of Continental Pacific Trail ,ways over Highway 99 be tween Portland and the Cali fornia state line. Mail Tribune Presented Award by Civil Service The Medford Mail Tribune last night was presented with a national award by the U.S. civil service commission, for "outstanding cooperation in support of the merit system of federal employment." .The award, one of five pre sented in the Pacific north western states, was in recogni tion of the newspaper's news coverage of civil service acti vities through the years, and in particular, a feature story last year marking the 75th anniversary of the civil serv ice system. Other newspapers Svhich have earned the award in clude the Portland Oregonian, the Oregon Journal, the Al bany (Ore.) Democrat-Herald, and the Oak Harbor, Wash., News. , i . The five newspapers were Approves Hood Issue No Concessions for West at Geneva, Soviet Union Says London-IUPD-The Soviet Un- matic moves emphasized the ion made it plain today the West can expect no major concessions in Berlin at the forthcoming foreign ministers I conference in Geneva. Soviet diplomats said Mos cow was determined to stand fast by its plan to hand over West Berlin to the Commu nist East German regime re gardless of any settlement for the Western part of the city. Tough Stand Emphasized A series of Soviet diplc- Klamath Falls Man Arraigned Donald D. Franks, 25, of Klamath Falls, appeared be fore a U. S." commissioner in Portland earlier this week on a charge of unlawfully re moving trees from a national forest. He was bound over to the federal grand jury with bail set at $500. Franks is charged with il legal cutting Christmas trees in the Green Springs area on bureau of land management land. Of the approximately 1,500 trees cut in the area, more than one-third were on BLM land with the remainder on property owned by Weyer haeuser Timber company. The trees, which were re covered by federal and Wey erhaeuser company officials, had been stacked along roads on Jenny creek near Pine hurst and the Walters Cabin rd. on the-way to Buck lake. The cutting was discovered In November and the recover ed trees were sold by open bidding the following month. Ross Youngblood, district forester for BLM, reported that the cutting in that area of the Green Springs was par ticularly serious since there was no excess of young trees in the area. He explained that the tree growth there is slow and any further cutting would make reforestation necessary. DOW-JONES AVERAGE New York-(l!PD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 623.27, off 1.88; 20 ' railroads 167.42, off 0.13; 15 utilities 91.85, off 0.35, and 65 stocks 213.70, off 0.57. Sales today were about 3,310,000 shares compared with 3.430.000 shares Wednesday. selected from 273 newspapers in the region, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. Four of the five awards went to Oregon newspapers, A similar non-newspaper award last night went to the Oregon department of veter ans affairs, for its contribu tion to public understanding of the role played by the U.S. civil service commission in the merit system of federal employment. The awards were presented by George Reid, Seattle, vet erans employment representa tive, for the civil service re gion at the semi-annual din ner of the Oregon Association of County Veterans Service Officers. Reid also presided at the annual veterans em ployment clinic held here Tuesday evening. which would finance construction of the unit. Wayne Struble, Medford, is architect. Construction is expected to start about Sept. 1. tough stand the Russians were taking before the May 11 con ference begins. Already the Soviets were accusing the West of frying to torpedo the talks. Wednesday, Russia accused the United States of trying to wreck the Geneva confer ence by stepping up missile base construction in Europe although the missile program is two years old. U.S. State Department Spokesman Lincoln While called the accusation "devoid of substance" and noted the Russians usually made such propaganda statements on the eve of important East-West meetings. Propaganda Campaign The Soviet Union, backed by East Germany, also built a major propaganda cam paign around "U.S. Air Force high-level flights to and from Berlin although such flights have been going on for months. Wednesday's accusa t i 0 n s were contained in a note hand ed to U.S. Ambassador Llewel lyn Thompson in Moscow by Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko. It said the sup ply of U.S. missiles to West Germany, Turkey and Greece endangered success of the Geneva meeting. The Western position is that the NATO nations were strengthened only against Communist threats. The day before, the Soviet delivered a similar warning to West Germany. Jacobs Awarded Station Contract Don L. Jacobs Construction company, Medford, was awarded a $6,689 contract by the Medford water commis sion yesterday to construct a pump station on Barneburg hill. The station, which will pump water to a reservoir now under construction on the hill, will be at Black Oak dr. and Argonne ave. It is ex pected to be completed by mid-June. Bids for the project, from Jacobs and four other con tractors, were opened yester day morning. A water depart ment official said today that Jacobs' bid was below the estimated cost. New City Hall Planned in CP Central Point -The Central Point city council this week approved and accepted plans for a new city hall here. City Administrator Lyle Paull said he was instructed to call for bids in the near future. The new city hall will be constructed at the corner of Third and Pine sts. beside the fire hall and library. The latter building was built about three years ago. The present building and site will be sold, Paull said. Several thousand dollars are now available for con struction of a new city, hall, Paull said, but unless the city can obtain sufficient addition al funds from the sale of the present building, construction may have to be postponed another year. Paull said at least two per sons are interested in pur chasing the present site. New Junior High School Building Favored 2 to 1 Ashland-Ashland school dis trict voters yesterday approv ed by a vote of more than 2 to 1 a bond issue to build a new junior high school. The bond issue will total $1,250,000. The vote was 1,607 to 719. The school, to replace the present 59-year-old building part of which was condemned by the fire marshal recently, will accommodate up to 800 students of the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, and is so planned that it' can be expanded even tually to take care of 1,000 students. The total voter turnout of 2-238 - out of 5,578 eligible voters-was unusually high for a school election. The campaign prior to the voting was one of the most heated in many years in Ashland. It is planned to advertise the bonds for sale on July 1, and it is hoped that complete plans and specifications will be ready in about four months, Superintendent Stan ley Jobe said. Construction is expected to begin by about Sept. 1. The voting by polling places showed Briscoe school, 352 yes, 211 no, total 563; junior high school, 594 yes, 284 no, two void ballots, 880 total; and Walker school, 661 ves, 224 no, total 885. $147,500 Sought In Damage Suit Medford officials are being sued for damaged totaling $147,500 in connection with the collision March involving a police patrol car and a 5-year-old girl on a bicycle, city officials reported today. The girl, Jana Sue McCall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doyl G. McCall, 523 Haven st., suffered a broken right leg, abrasions and internal in juries, according to officials at Sacred Heart hospital. Patrolman Donald Pursel, who was driving the police vehicle, reported after the ac cident that she rode her bi cycle into his path from be hind a parked car and that he was unable to stop in time. No citations were issued . The complaint, filed this week in circuit court, names Pursel, Medford Mayor John W. Snider, the eight members of the city council and Chief of Police Charles P. Champ lin. Summonses were served on most of the defendants yes terday, according to reports. City Attorney Joel B. Reeder, who is to defend their inter est, has 10 days in which to file an answer. The suit has been filed by the girl's father, reportedly represented by a Portland firm. The damages asked include $140,000 general damages and $7,500 special damages, the latter allegedly involving ac tual medical expenses. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable clou diness tonight and Friday. Chance of light showers or thundershowers over mountains during late afternoon or eve nine. Continued mild. Low to night 42-45. High Friday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 76 Lowest this Morning 46 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:02 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:18 a.m. The Moon rises 8:00 p.m. tonight. It is now in Perigee and about 222,100 miles from tbe Earth. Last Quarter April 29 VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the west at sunset, sets 9:51 p.m. Jupiter, rises 9:34 pan. Mars, sets 11:48 p.m. Saturn, rises 12:30 a.m. 54th Year Medford 28 Pages Kennedy Sees Many Lawsuits Oyer Amendment 'Bill of Rights' -Receives Approval Washington -fflPD- Surprise Senate approval of a "bill of rights" amended to its labor reform bill aroused union op position today and brought a warning that final passage may be jeopardized. Sen. John F. Kennedy (ID Mass.), chief sponsor of the bill, said ultimate approval was made "more difficult" by the Senate's 47-46 acceptance Wednesday of the "rights" proposal of Sen. John L. Mc Clellan (D-Ark.). Nixon Breaks Tie Vice President Richard M. Nixon sealed McClellan's vic tory by casting a tie-breaking vote against reconsidering the action. McClellan was backed on his amendment by an almost solid lineup of Republicans and southern Democrats, plus three Democrats from other areas. Similar support, give or take a few crucial votes, was expected on his other amend ments, including bans on: Secondary boycotts, by which unions apply indirect pressure on employers through others not involved in labor disputes. Said Poorly Drafted Picketing aimed at forc ing employers to sign union contracts by strikes in which their own workers are not in volved. Kennedy, who suffered his first setback on the bill, said the "rights" amendment "was poorly drafted and, adds little to the protections already available under state law." The McClellan amendment would provide for fines of up to $10,000, prison terms of up to two years, or both for la bor leaders convicted of de prising union members of their rights. juvenile Budget Presented Group Juvenile Director Kay Crowell and Shelby Tuttle, member of the executive com mittee of the advisory coun cil to the Jackson county ju venile court, represented the juvenile department Wednes day during hearings before the county budget committee. Under consideration is a tentative budget asking ap proximately $47,000 for ad ministrative budget and near ly $21,000 for operating budg et, it was stated. County Judge Earl Miller explained that the committee requested more information on several items regarding salaries and personnel and that the department's budget would also be considered dur ing Friday's session. Both Circuit Judge James M. Main and Edward C. Kel ly have been requested by the committee to appear at the Friday session. Miller complimented the juvenile department on its transmittal letter in present ing the department's requests adding that each budgetary item was listed with accom panying justification. Transfer of OTD Passes Senate Test . Salem-aPD-A bill to transfer control of Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls to the State Board of Higher Edu cation passed the Senate today. Presently the school is con trolled by the State Board of Education. The transfer would become effective July 1, 1959. The bill goes to the House. It provides for appointment of an Oregon Technical Institute advisory committee of 15 members lo generally observe the operation of OTI and make recom mendations to the Board of Higher Education. Provision is made that if within five days after the effective date of the act. the city of Klamath Falls agrees to furnish a new site for the institution, OTI may be moved from its present site on a hill near the city to a sit adjacent to the city of Klamath Falls. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959 Three mm Killed k Qhemical Expteslw 'Aren't You Big Enough To Have a Key Of Your Own?" i ' Biartconi Elected President of State Service Officers Jerry Bianconi, Jackson county veterans service offi cer, yesterday was elected president of the Oregon As sociation of County Veterans Service Officers, now holding its 23rd semi-annual confer ence in Medford. The meeting-opened yester day at the Medford hotel, County veterans' service offi cers from all parts of the state, as well as officials from the Oregon state department of veterans affairs, the U.S. Veterans Administration, and the California department of veterans affairs, are in atten dance. The meeting will conclude tomorrow. Sessions began yesterday morning, with greetings from County Judge Earl Miller, and brief talks by Edward E. Grant, Enterprise, retiring president of the association; Elmo M. Mills, assistant direc tor of the Oregon department of veterans affairs; Raymond J. Novotny, manager of the regional office of the VA, Portland, and Henry C. Her zog, manager of the Camp White Veterans Administra tion domiciliary. Yesterday's sessions were devoted to talks on subjects of interest to the service offi cers, and last evening the banquet, a no -host dinner, heard a talk by Samuel M. Bowe, Grants Pass, well known attorney and former commander of the depart ment of Oregon of the Amer ican Legion, a member of the advisory committee of the Oregon Veterans department, who spoke on the need for veterans to hold together to effectuate legislation neces- Tribune sary for the welfare of vet erans' interests. This morning sessions were devoted to tours of Camp White, and group discussions with VA personnel. In the afternoon, tours of the area, a social hour, and a banquet were on the schedule. Dinner speaker will be J. Marvin Russell, chief of the loan di vision of the department of veterans affairs for Cali fornia. Friday morning, members of the staff of the Oregon veterans' department are to address the meeting, follow ed by a noon luncheon and a 2 p.m. business meeting of the service officers' organization. Site of the next semi-annual meeting will be eelected at that time. Humphrey Rushes Back to Washington Portland -UPD- Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D - Minn.) inter rupted a Far West political tour Wednesday night to fly back to Washington, D. C, to move for reconsideration of a Senate - approved "bill of rights" amendment to the la bor reform bill. Humphrey told local Demo crats he was not happy with the amendment which Sen. John E. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said made ultimate approval of the labor bill "more dif ficult." Kennedy, a possible rival of Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nom ination, is chief sponsor of the bill. In his speech before about 4 00 Wednesday night, Humphrey called for America to live up to its full potential Freeway Sector Approved by BPR The bureau of public rocus has approved plans for the Highway 99 freeway sector between 12th st., Medford, and Valley View dr., Ashland, a state highway department official reported today. The official reported that the lack of final plans for the Crater Lake highway in terchange here has delayed approval on the stretch from Table Rock rd. north of Med ford to 12th sL Price 10 Cents No. 29 Mixing Center At Kansas City Plant Erupts Steel Tank Blown Nearly Block Away Kansas City, Kan. - (UPD -Three men were killed and five injured today when an explosion sent flames high into the air and destroyed the Thompson - Hayward Chemical Co., plant here. Company President R. F. Thompson said the damage would approach $1 million. About 10 chemical tanks, one large concrete block building with a metal roof, and several smaller buildings were involved in the blast. In Mixing Center It apparently occurred in a mixing center where a weed killer, 2,4-D, is made. One of the steel tanks was blown three - quarters of a block away. 1 Firemen did not recover the bodies of the" three vic tims until 2Vt hours after the blast. The victims were identified as James M. Lewis, 28, Kans as City, Kan.; Walter L. Evans, 25, Kansas City, Mo., and Otis J. Young, 24, Lib erty, Mo. Working on Balcony jewis ana jcvans were working on the balcony of the main building where pressure vessels were kept. Young was last seen driving into the plant as he reported to work on a shift change. All three bodies were found in the heart of the blast. The injured were not ser iously hurt. The blast occurred about 6:45 a.m. and for two hours a thick column of boiling, grey-black smoke poured high in the air and created a dark haze between the two Kansas Cities. Trace of Rain at Airport Reported Medford station of the U.S. weather bureau reported a trace of precipitation at its airport location yesterday evening. The trace was re corded about 9 p.m. There has been no measur able precipitation in this vi cinity since .09 of an inch of rain fell on March 31. How ever, the forecast for late afternoon and evening today and Friday indicates a chance of light showers or thunder storms over the mountains. Centennial Festival, Parade Set in Plans for a Centennial fes tival at the Applegate school Saturday, and for a program and parade in Shady Cove May 2 are nearing comple tion. The Applegate valley Cen tennial festival, sponsored by the valley's two extension units, will feature displays by members of the units and of industries oi the valley, according to Mrs. Curtis Gear hardt and Mrs. Harry Davis, chairmen of the event. Included in displays are one planned by B. M. Clute of broom making, Indian relics, antiques, branding irons, early paintings and other items. Mrs. Flossy Myers Gar ner plans a demonstration on leather tooling and Hub Freo plans a display of rocks and minerals. Hats made in extension work 40 years ago will be shown by Mrs. Dora Krouse. A short program will $116,700,000 For Two Years Put To Senate Teachers To Get s Salary Increases Salem (UPD The House today passed and sent to the Senate a bill appropriating $116,700,000 to carry on func tions of the State Department of Education for the next two years. It also passed and sent to the Senate a $40,238,000 bud get for the State Department of Higher Education despite a protest from Rep. George An nate (D-Hood River) that he had new figures bearing on the budget. Annala's motion to post pone action on the bill until Friday failed. He said he thought the salary increases granted teachers in schools of higher education were too high. Up Seven Per Cent Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Coquille) said teachers would be granted a seven per cent increase the first year and four per cent the second year. Some money also would be used to bring in exceptional teachers on a merit basis. Rep. Leon S. Davis (R-Hills-boro) explained the Depart ment of Education budget on the floor. The $116 million figure includes $106 million for basic school support at the current level of $105 per census child. Also included in the educa tion department budget was some $600,000 for a driver training program. Some cuts made in the bud get for Oregon Technical In stitute at Klamath Falls were approved by the House and Rep. John Kerbow (D-Klam-ath Falls) said that as long as cuts had to be made they were "made in just exactly the right places." In discussing the higher education budget, Barton said that the merit increases for exceptional professors would pay for itself in "millions of dollars" brought into the state for research. "It is conceivable that the cure for cancer could 'be found at the University of Oregon medical school if there are proper personnel and proper research," Barton said. Most discussion of the two bills centered on salary in creases in higher education. Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene) said that the salary in creases were not excessive and were designed only to keep Oregon competitive with other states. Skelton was excused from voting because he is a part-time teacher in the general extension divis ion. Vote on the Department of Education budget was 57-0. The Higher Education budget passed 47-11. Moonwofciers To Scan Skies for Discoverer Portland - (UPD Oregon's Moonwatch team today was alerted to watch for the death plunge of the United States satellite Discoverer II. Portland -(UPD- Asian flu is back in Oregon. The State Board of Health said it iso lated the Asian flu virus from a Portland woman. County include a skit by 4-H club members. Pioneer costumes will be in order, and refresh ments are planned. The Shady Cove event is being sponsored by the Ro tary club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Shady Cove Parent Teacher association. Our Lady of Fatima club, St. Martin's Episcopal Guild, Prospect Community club, . Prospect Lions club, Eagle Point Lions, VFW post 6412, Shady Cove Extension unit, VFW auxili ary 861, and the Shady Cove Lions. Booths and exhibits are planned by several organiza tions in the Shady Cove-Trail-Prospect-Eagle Point area. En tertainment will include a square dance by the Medford Trail Riders, and a mounted drill by members of the Desert Pegasus 4-H Riding club. The parade will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Shady Cov school grounds.