Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1959)
Kil ate Tax Program TOUBH WIST LIME SEEM FOR GENEVA 3-Point Agenda For Presentation To Russia Agreed Paris-flJPD-The western- al lies have agreed to take "tough" stand at the begin ning of the Geneva foreign ministers' conference with the Soviets next month, informed diplomatic sources said today The western foreign min isters were said to have de cided this at the first session of their planned three-day Paris strategy talks designed to bring about a solid western position of agreement before meeting with the Russians in the Swiss city. At the same time, the sources said, the West has agreed on a three-point agenda which it will propose to the Soviet Union at the start of the Geneva talks May 11 These include: German prob lems, Berlin and European security. Shield of Secrecy The diplomatic sources pro vided the guidance on de velopments at the morning session after the foreign min isters had decided to impose a shield of secrecy around their discussions here. Secretary of State Christian Herter met for two hours and 20 minutes at the Quai d'Orsay with the British, French and West German foreign minis ters. They met again for two hours in the afternoon. Their aim was to line up an agreed western strategy in preparation for the Geneva meetings. Would Refuse to Bow The "tough" western line, the sources explained, would not exclude all concessions. But it would mean that the West would refuse to bow to Soviet attempts to squeeze it out of Berlin. It also would mean that the West would not lay all its cards on the table at the out set in Geneva. In particular, the sources said, the western allies will take great care not to make any proposals in the early stages of the Geneva talks with which the Russians later could trip them up. Meanwhile, the sources said, the United States, Britain, France and West Germany still are far from full agree ment on details of their Ge neva strategy. Advisory Board Recommends Park The proposed Oregon Dunes National Seashore park in the Florence area is one of the eight new scenic areas recom mended by the national park advisory board to be added to the National park system. The announcement of the board's recommendation was made this week in Washing ton. D.C. The bill recommending in corporating of the area in Oregon into the national park system was introduced by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger. The senator reported that he hoped that legislation creating the park would be enacted during the 86th congress. r Following the board's rec ommendation Senator Neuber ger expressed his pleasure of the action, stating that the board recognized the scenic and recreational caliber of the region. I Consolidated Represented Frank Bash, chairman of the Medford school board, said today that recently con solidated districts will be reDresented in the adminis tration of the Medford sys tem by advisory committees. He said there has been some misunderstanding in some of the former districts that they would not be rep resented at school board meet ings. Bash said the advisory com mittees, made up of one or more members from the for mer districts, will serve as a liaison between the board and 7 3 Irons of the area they rep resent, and in an advisory ca pacity to the board. The Medford board, he add Judges Appear at budget M Circuit Judges James Main and Edward C. Kelly ap peared , before the county budget committee this morn ing to testify on the county juvenile department budget needs. Requested budget total for the new fiscal year is $47, 345.90, an increase of $12,839 over the current year's budget total of $34,506. Much of the increase is for salaries for a $31,048 total, an increase of $5,784. A sec ond boys' counselor has been requested at a salary of $4,236 for the year. Salary increases proposed follow the recom mendations of the state civil service survey, it was pointed out. The juvenile department has also requested $5,000 for placement of children in fos ter homes, since welfare budget allocations for this have been curtailed and the welfare department can re- Reorganization Board Suggests Land Transfers The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee last night recommend ed land transfers and dis cussed scheduled reorganiza tion public hearings in various school districts. Approved were transfers of land from the Wards Creek area from District 6C, under which Gold Hill now comes, into Rogue River; the transfer of land between the Rogue river and a mountain from the Gold Hill area into Rogue River district; and land at the head of Foot's creek left fork into the Rogue River district from what is now the Med ford district. Each of the affected dis tricts must now present peti tions containing the names of at least three property owners to the county boundary board which must give its approval for the transfers. Reason for the proposed changes is to straighten out school district boundaries, Mekvold explained. The committee also dis cussed presentations and pro cedures for public hearings on reorganization for Eagle Point, May 5; Butte Falls, May 7; Rogue River, May 19; and Evans Valley, May 21. Other hearings have been postponed pending the out come of the Phoenix and Tal ent consolidation election May 20. Van Sickle Named To Committee Medford City Councilman Robert Van Sickle, Ward III, has accepted an appointment as the city's official represen tative on the Make Medford Beautiful committee, a city hall spokesman reported to day. Mayor John W. Snider, in his letter to Van Sickle, re portedly pointed out that he himself is too involved in Centennial activities to devote sufficient time to the commit tee's work. Districts for Board ed, is taking steps to increase the board to seven members instead of the present five members. The change is ex pected to take place next year. The former districts also will be represented at meet ings of school officers and administrators twice each month, he said. Officers of the Parent Teacher associa tions and Parents' clubs of the consolidated districts will be invited to meet with and be a part of the Medford PTA council which meets monthly, he said. , Districts which consolidat ed are Griffin Creek, Jackson ville, Ruch, Howard, Lone Pin and Medford. eeting fuse such cases, Kay Crowell, juvenile officer, said. Air Condiloning Request An estimated $4,400 is re quested for air conditoning for the entire juvenile deten tion building, with individual room or area controls. This includes administrative wing, day room and kitchen and laundry and staff headquar ters, it was explained. Judge Kelly pointed out that the second boys' counsel or could better supervise pa rolees from the state boys' and girls' schools, conduct counseling with parents, and generally work to prevent possible future juvenile prob lems. leases could also be pro cessed faster, Kelly pointed out. Lynri Newbry, Ashland county budget committee member, agreed with Judge Kelly that prevention of van dalism is a big item. Kelly said that with the ad dition of a boys' counselor probably no more help would be needed for the next three or four years. County commissioner Ches ter Wendt, a budget commit tee member, noted that the expenses of the county juve nile home are leveling off, Kelly pointed -out that the juvenile detention home has already reduced the number of cases having to be re ferred to the state boys' and girls schools. County Schools Superin tendent Alf B. Mekvold was scheduled to appear later to day on a request for the coun ty to assist with the rural school district budget. Also scheduled for budget commit tee consideration is the coun ty weighmaster's budget and general county expenses. Petitions Planned For New Crossing The city of Medford plans to file petitions with the Pub lic Utilities commission today or tomorrow for another rail road grade crossing of the Southern Pacific tracks. The crossing will be an ex tension of Barnett rd. which now ends at South Riverside ave. The Barnett rd. exten sion is an addition to the ar terial street program ap proved by the voters in 1956 The road, if extended, would join Melrose ave. at South Holly st. City Manager Robert Duff reported that all appraisals for the extension right-of-way have been completed and ne gotiations are expected to start soon. ' Following filing of the. pe titions with the PUC regard ing the grade crossing, a pub lic hearing will be held. Duff reported today that the city still expects to re ceive plans for the Eighth st. Bear Creek bridge May 4. . He explained that the plans Would be presented to the city council for adoption at the council meeting May 7 and bids probably will be called for May 9. If the schedule as set up by the city is kept, bids will be opened May 26 with the contract being awarded as soon as possible so construction may start im mediately. Man Charged With Obtaining Funds The case of Guy Manning, Grand hotel, Medford, who is charged with unlawfully ob taining public assistance, has been continued until 3 p.m., Thursday, in district court. Manning was arrested yes terday by sheriffs deputies and is being held in Jackson county jail on $1,500 bail. James Pullman, Jackson county welfare administrator, signed the complaint which charged that Manning stated falsely he had no other income and has been receiving wel fare assistance money al though "gainfully employed." According to officials, Man ning has been employed at the Greyhound Bus depot in Medford and had been receiv ing $1,700 in welfare funds covering a IVi year period. Ike Disappointed By Senate-Passed Labor Reform Bill Hopes House Will Strengthen Measure Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower said .today he was very much disappointed by the Senate-passed labor re form bill. He expressed hope that the House would strengthen it. The President told a news conference he felt the Senate bill did not deal properly with secondary boycotts, blackmail picketing, and the assignment to the individual states of jur isdiction in purely local dis putes where the National Labor Relations Board has re fused to move in. Eisenhower said the Senate version, approved 90-1 Satur day, definitely needed to be strengthened. He said he was very hopeful that the House would do this. Other highlights of his first news conference in a month: Explains Herter Delay -He rejected speculation that he was reluctant to have Christian A. Herter succeed John Foster Dulles as secre tary of state. His three-day de, lay in appointing Herter after Dulles' resignation was due simply to the need for getting and reading a new medical report on Herter, then arrang ing a time when the appoint ment could be announced in a dignified manner with Herter present. The President and Dulles had agreed sometime earlier that Herter was the man for the job if Dulles had to re sign. -He dismissed new criticism of him by British Field Mar shal Bernard Montgomery. -If a summit conference is held and Eisenhower finds it impossible to attend for the entire period, Vice President Richard M. Nixon might pos sibly sit in. But there is no plan for this at present, and Nixon and Eisenhower would certainly not be at a summit conference at the same. time. Constitutional conditions would prohibit this. New Atom Smasher -His scientific advisers have informed him that the new linear style atom-smasher to be built with government money at Stanford University in California will be the most extraordinary thing of its kind yet attempted. When put into operation about five years from now, it will place the United States far ahead of Russia in this technique. -tie sided with the Navy in a controversy stirred up by the suggestion of an Air Force official that the Air Force should have strategic control of missiles fired from sub marines. -The President firmly sup ported the idea of long-range American ' commitments for economic aid to foreign coun tries. He believed the Ameri can people and government must be willing to support an annual increase in the loans made to underdeveloped areas. This is necessary to serve America's own best interests in the world. 'Little Richard' Saved From Cave Owasso, Okla. - (EPI) -Grimy rescuers freed Little Richard, the Owasso coon dog, shortly before noon to day and rushed him to a veterinary hospital, where the hound was reported "in good shape." After chipping a passage way lo within inches of the dog. volunteers set off a small charge of dynamite, dislodging a boulder in Little Richard's path. Then a man with a jack hammer tore the boulder loose. Little Richard, on the sixth day of his imprison ment, calmly walked out of the cave to the cheers of the rescuers. (See story on page 5) WEATHER FORECAST: Thickening cloudi ness tonight and Thursday with occasional showers late tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 43. High Thursday 68-70. Temp'. Highest Yesterday 66 Lowest this Morning 40 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:08 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:09 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow .... 1:34 a.m. Last Quarter Moon today 12:38 p.m. PROMINENT STAR Capella, low in northwest 9:59 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 9:09 p.m. Venus, sets 10:03 p.m. Mars, sets 1 1:37 p.m. Saturn, rises 12:06 a.m. 54th Year Medford 18 Pages mi Temp Rebel Invaders Determined To Fight To Finish Ultimatum To Surrender Rejected Panama City - (UPD - A Cu ban army officer reported to day' Panama's rebel invaders had rejected a surrender ul timatum, but that a few were willing to call off the inva sion if allowed to go free. He called the current situation a temporary truce. Capt. Raul Torres, one of two bearded Cuban revolu tionary army officers who ne gotiated with the invaders in the captured coastal town of Nombre de Dios (God's Name) returned here shortly before midnight to report the results of his mission to Panamanian officers. Hhe told newsmen the in vaders, mostly Cubans, were trained fighters who were de termined to carry the fight to the finish. "Under no conditions do they want to surrender their arms-no soldier does, he said. Mission Failure Panamanian Minister of Justice Jose D. Bazan said Torres' mission was "consid ered a failure by our govern ment." He said the Cuban captain would not return to Nombre de Dios unless re quested by the Organization of American States investi gating team, which was sched uled to arrive here later to day. ' Torres described the cur rent situation as a temporary truce, with most of the 80 members of the original in vading party remaining in Nombre de Dios. Twenty reb els were reported pushing across the San Bias Moun tains in an apparent drive to ward the capital. In addition, reports that sizeable rebel rainforcements numbering about 30tt men were converging on Panama from Cuba persisted. Loyalists Strengthened The loyalist forces of Presi dent Ernesto de la Guardia Jr., strengthened by U.S.-sup- plied arms and ammunition, were moving to encircle the rebel headquarters and to cut off the 20-man spearhead mov ing toward Panama City. Torres, who brought one of the insurgents with him, said the rebels felt they were lib erating Panama from a dic tatorship. Cuban Premier Fidel Cas tro, who was flying to Rio de Janeiro today en route to Buenos Aires for a meeting of the Organization of Ameri can States, told newsmen aboard his plane that the Panamanian invasion was "ir responsible, inconceivable," and potentially dangerous to his own revolution in Cuba. Luce Appointment Beef Erupts Again Washington-flJPD-Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce won a president ial vote of confidence today, but bitter Senate debate broke out anew over her appoint ment as ambassador to Bra zil. For a time, the president's news conference endorsement of the embattled lady diplo mat appeared to have cooled off senatorial tempers. But, a few hours later, the Senate dispute erupted again. At one point, Sen. Stephen M. Young (D-Ohio) said the whole dispute over the Luce nomination brought to mind a poem by William Watson, titled "The Woman With The Serpent's Tongue." With the Senate listening silently, Young read the poem, which refers in part to a woman with "poisoned words that wildly fly . . . who slights the worthiest in the land, sneers at the just, con demns the brave, and black ened goodness in its grave." -(See Story on Page 10) ' I MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1959 suniKa "The Door Is Si? ffrT 1-31 SfRfr I i Ashland Firm Low Bidder on Music Facilities at MHS Construction of a music and classroom addition at Med ford High school is expected to start immediately, Frank Bash, chairman of the school board, said today. The board accepted the bid of Wiley and company, Ash land, last night. Wiley's low bid was $151,200, and was one of five received. Other bidders were Salter and Klein, Rogue River, $152, 449; Ausland Construction company, Grants Pass, $153, 737; Loren Ritchie, Medford, $153,989; and H. Barnhart, Medford, $163,818. Bid Excused Bash said the board ex cused the bid submitted by Salter and Klein because of an error in computing it. The music room addition will utilize the space former ly occupied by the machine shop, which has moved into the recently constructed in dustrial arts building. The construction work is part of a two-year building program in the Medford dis trict approved by voters. Bids also were opened last night for laundry work and fire extinguishers. They are being studied by the board to determine if they meet the board's requirements. To Open Polls The board authorized dep uty clerks at Griffin Creek, Jacksonville, Howard, Lone Pine and Ruch to open polls Mrs. Gustison to Be Installed Mrs. Leigh Gustison, 54 Summit ave., will be installed tonight as president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers in ceremonies at the state convention in Cor vallis. Mrs. Gustison has been ac tive in Medford and Jackson county PTA groups as well as in many local and state civic organizations. She succeeds Mrs. Russell Case, Portland, president of the state organization for the past two years. Medford was chosen as the site for the 1960 convention. More than 1,000 persons are attending the convention this year. Among the speakers Tues day was Mrs. Stephen (Eve lyn) Nye, Medford, state rep resentative, who represented Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Keynote speaker for the convention was Mrs. Rollin Brown, Los Angeles, immed iate past president of the Na tional Congress of Parents and Teachers. Always Open' for the May 4 election. Clerks of those districts were depu tized after the districts were consolidated with Medford re cently. At the May 4 election, one director will be elected for district 549C, and two direc tors for the rural school board. The rural school budg et also will be voted on Mon day. The school budget commit tee last night reviewed the proposed budget for the dis trict, and scheduled addition al studies of the budget. Warsaw Nations Line Behind Russia Warsaw (UPD The Warsaw Pact nations and Communist China lined up behind Russia today with a renewed de mand that the Western Allies quit West Berlin and a warn ing that Western nuclear-missile policies threaten the Ge neva conference. A communique published today after two days of meet ings here announced the Com munist bloc had given its ex pected approval to the propos als Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will take with him to the Geneva East West meeting May 11. The Communist bloc re peated Moscow warnings that arming West Germany with nuclear weapons and rockets on the eve of the conference hurt its chances of success and threatened world peace. Montgomery Talks With Moscow (UPD Britain's Field Marshal Viscount Mont gomery opened do-it-yourself summit talks with Premier Nikita Khrushchev today de spite a campaign in the British press for him to leave diplo macy to diplomats. Lord Montgomery, retired deputy supreme commander of NATO, met Khrushchev in the Kremlin for a private sur vey of cold war issues. Monty had asked for the invitation and got it despite criticism at home. Had Blessing Before leaving Britain, Montgomery conferred with Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan and apparently had his blessings for the informal talks he hopes will ease cold war tensions. The crusty field marshal ar Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 34 race Interim Financing Arranged for New Manor Structure Bids To Be Opened At Office May 6 Interim financing for Rogue Valley Manor, the $5Vi million retirement home to be built in Medford, has been arranged, thus assuring im mediate construction of the manor, it was announced to day. M. N. Hogan, president of the board of trustees of the non - profit, church-affiliated corporation, said the First National Bank of Oregon has entered into a loan agree ment, covering financial needs of the Manor during the construction period. The agreement was signed at a recent meeting of the Manor executive committee, and bank officials, including Elwpod Hedberg, Portland, vice president; C. E. Zolling er, bank attorney from Port land, and Joe Moore, manag er of the Medford branch of the bank. Opening Scheduled Bids for construction of the manor will be opened on May 6, Hogan said, and construc tion will ' get under way -as soon thereafter as possible' Seventeen contracting firms from all parts of the Pacific Coast have requested plans and specifications, and most of them are expected to enter bids, Hogan reported. In additions, 9 firms have plans and specifications for the mechanical contracts, and 12 others have them for the electrical contracts. Architect John Maloney, Seattle, has estimated the ov erall bid total will be in ex cess of $4V4 million. Another estimated $750,000 will go into furnishings, equipment, and associated costs. The bids will be opened at 2 p.m. May 6, at a meeting of the Manor's board of trustees, Contract award will be an nounced as soon thereafter as practicable. Foreclosure Sale Conducted Today Seventeen of 27 pieces of property acquired through tax foreclosure were sold at pub lic auction on the Jackson county courthouse steps this morning, according to Sher iff Joe Walsh. Largest bid price received was $1,450 for property which had a minimum price of $100, Walsh said. Second highest range was from $50 to $670. The property was acquired through tax foreclosure and the county took title to it, Walsh said. Arrives for Khrushchev rived Thursday and was greet ed by some of his old com rades of World War II. Since it was not a formal visit, no formal talks with Khrushchev were scheduled. But observers expected his encounter with Khrushchev to live up to both men's reputations for frank, outspoken opinions. Leadership Criticized Montgomery's fame for speaking his mind was en hanced Tuesday in the United States and Britain with the release of a filmed interview that criticized American lead ership and wartime conduct and the present state of NATO. There was no indication he would cover this ground with Khrushchev. In any case, the field marshal has warned in Upper Chamber Schedules Debate Thursday, Friday Proposal Includes Vote on Sales Tax Salem - (UPD The Senate to day defeated an attempt to kill a tax program which would meet Oregon's propos ed $311 million budget with out a general income tax hike. The upper chamber, prepar ing for a full-scale debate on its Tax Committee's program Thursday or Friday, defeated parliamentary tactics by Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D-Milwau-kie) to kill the proposal. The Senate Tax Committee Tuesday night completely re vised the House-approved tax program and substituted one of its own which, among other things, would call for a vote of the people in 1960 on a three per cent retail sales tax. Lower Credits The only change in the pres ent tax structure proposed by the Committee would be low ering of the personal and de pendency credits by $100. The Senate committee amended House bill 670, the main House tax bill, to restore existing personal income tax features including federal in come tax deductions, personal deductions, split income pro vision, optional standard de ductions and existing rates. The Committee also lower ed exemptions and depen dency credits from $600 t $500 for a single individual; from $1,200 to $1,000 for a married couple filing a joint return, and from $600 to $508 for each dependent. Sales Tax Asked Estimated additional rev nue in the 1959-61 biennium is $11.4 million. The committee also amend ed House bill 508, the cigar ette three-cents-a-pack and to bacco tax, to include a three per cent general retail sale tax. This would be referral to the people for approval ift the November, 1960, general elections. If approved it woul$ go into effect on Jan. 1, 19SZ. The Senate committer amended House bill 670 fur ther to provide that persoaal exemptions on income taxes would be increased from $500 to $1,500 for a single indi vidual; from $1,000 to $3,000 for a married couple filing a joint return, and from $500 to $600 for each dependent for tax years beginning Dec. 31, 1960 contingent upon ap proval and enactment of a three per cent general sales tax. Vote Due Soon Another amendment of the same bill would provide that any additional resources ia excess of the 1961-63 general fund requirement would be used to increase basic school support, not to exceed $14t per census child. The basie school support levy is norm based on $105 per censuf child. Sen. Ward Cook (D-Pw land), chairman of the eon mittee, said he expected tin Senate tax program woul come to a vote on the Sena4 floor not later than Thursday. Should the Senate approve it and the House refuse to cept amendments, then a con ference committee would b named to try to iron out the differences. Salem (UPD The Senate has passed and sent to the House a bill providing that all turkeys offered for sale must bear a label on which will ap pear words and figures relat ing to the grade of the bird. advance he would not disclose the substance of his conversa tions. In the interview, Mont gomery said Tuesday night U. S. leadership was suspect in Western Europe because it is directed by "people who are not awfully well." Refers lo Dulles He referred specifically to former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' cancer, to President Eisenhower's three serious illnesses and to arth ritis which cripples Christian Herter, the new secretary of state. The broadcast, shown also in Britain, brought an imme diate demand from the British press that he follow his own advice about soldiers keeping out of politics.
