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54th Year Subscribers To report improper or non . delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141. Ash land MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230 pan. Sunday If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus liminitiin special messenger service. Price 10 Cents Recommended nn MEDFORD A feature story ea ths inter esting put of Griffin Creek school appear! m page It of today's Man Tribute. United Press International -Full Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wire 62 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1959 No. 37 i a RIBUNE Child, 3, to I lazing House As ally Martin Elwood Jackson, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson, was killed in a fire shortly after noon yes terday at 718 Grant st., Med ford police and firemen re ported. Police said Mrs. Jackson carried her 2-month-old son John Henry, wrapped in blankets, to safety but was stopped by heat and smoke .from re-entering the blazing house. She was treated later for superficial burns to her hands and feet, according to the report. Mrs. Jackson told investiga tors she was trying to light a fire in a downstairs wood stove because Martin had complained' of feeling cold. She reportedly said she ad ded some gasoline to the pa per and kindling, and sudden ly the stove blew up. Her three other children reportedly ran away from the house unaided. Her husband, a truck driver, was away at the time. Police said the Jacksons were staying at the home of Mrs. Clara Isabel McKee, , identified by other sources as Mrs. Jackson's mother-in-law. Mrs. McKee was not at home when the fire occurred. Damage 'Considerable' Firemen described the dam age to the one-and-a-half story frame dwelling as "consider able." . - Mrs. Jackson told police she thought she saw Martin running toward a bathroom after the fire beganJ The boy's charred body was discovered at the foot of a stairway lead ing to the second floor, police said. Mrs. Jackson said she car ried the baby to safety, then ' tried to break a window to get back into the house. She said she then called for help. Dan Newland, a next-door neighbor, broke a window in the-front door but also was forced back by the heat and moke, police said. Two Trucks Answer Two fire trucks answered an alarm, but firemen were unable to save young Martin. Herter Asks Red Honesty Wacrtinirton -IDPD- Secretary of State Christian A. Herter itarHav challenged the So viet Union to "honest" nego tiations at the forthcoming Geneva conference to settle the Berlin and German proD lems and ease European ten sions. Thi secretary returned from a Paris meeting of the ...tn fnroion ministers and Wtu - - - flew by helicopter to Gettys v.., tn rerjort to President Eisenhower on the "complete agreement" the allies reached . on a "package proposal" to be handed' Russia at the East West talks beginning May 11. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty reported that Herter described the Paris meeting to prepare for the Geneva show-down as "very successful." The President talked ; with Herter for 75 minutes on the glassed-in sun porch of his farm home. Herter told reporters who met him on his return from Paris that the Allied agree ment there was reached "both in spirit and substance"and "should assist us greatly in making progress at Geneva if the Soviet Union demonstrates an honest desire to negotiate." The secretary said that he and the foreign ministers of Britain, France and West Ger many settled "every detail which came up" in working out their generalized plan for German reunification plus re lated measures dealing with the status of Berlin and arms. Rural Fire District Meeting Scheduled Directors of Medford Rural Fire Protection district will meet with members of the budget committee at 5:30 p.m. Monday at a dinner at the Jackson hotel, according to Mrs. Dorothy McQuat, secre tary. ' The budget for the 1959-69 years will be discussed. The meeting is scheduled early to enable those interested to at tend the civic music concert later Monday night. Killed Rescued Firemen said the whole house suffered heat and smoke dam age. Downstairs, -the hall where the stove was located, two bedrooms, the back porch and the stairway were dam aged by flames, an official re ported. The other children who es caped were listed as George, 9, Paul, 6, and Judy, 6. Mrs. Jackson-was reported ly treated for her injuries at Sacred Heart hospital and la ter released. She was also suffering from shock, offi cials said. - Fire Prevention Campaign's Start Slated Tomorrow The eighth annual Med ford home fire prevention campaign will start Monday, Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker has announced. The annual prevention pro gram, hje noted, is a public service to home owners as an effort to reduce excessive and unnecessary home fire and life loss. The opportunity of obtaining a free and thorough home fire inspection is some thing every home owner, renter and parent should take advantage of for his own safe ty, Barker noted. Home inspections are made only on the invitation and consent of the householder. No orders are issued, nor is any law ' enforced, ' Barker stressed. "They "are merely . to show how' to recognize and eliminate the fire hazards that are causing the majority of home fires. Four Objectives The four ojectives of the home inspection, program are: 1. To get homeowners to understand and recognize the common home fire hazards and how to eliminate them. 2. To get. home owners to make their homes as fire-safe as possible. ; 3. To teach homeowners the necessity of knowing what to do when an emer gency does arise. 4. To help homeowners be come fire-safety conscious and develop the habits and atti tudes of fire-safe citizens. Praised Cooperation , Barker praised Medford homeowners for their coop eration and willingness in ad mitting firemen inspectors in ' previous campaigns. The popularity of the program, he said, is attested by the fact that each year fewer and few er homeowners have refused admittance to inspectors. Barker pointed out that in the past eight years, homes protected by the fire depart ment have increased 80 per cent due to increased popula tion and area, while fire losses have remained about the same. ' Nehru Pressed To Revise Policy New Delhi-ttlPD-Prime Min ister Jawaharlal Nehru . was under heavy political pressure yesterday to revise Indian for eign policy in light of angry Chinese Communist blasts against Indian "intervention" in Tibet. ' Reliable sources said some members of his cabinet had advised him to be more wary of the Chinese sitution and to reform his policy accord ingly, but that Nehru still was convinced his policy of neu trality between East and West was best. Close associates said Neh ru's policy is to be just and honest and to criticize his friends as well as his enemies if he found their actions dis pleasing. But he believes even in backing his enemies if he thinks they are right. - . The Tibetan situation has strained relations between Delhi and Peiping badly and Nehru's foreign policy experts have been reviewing the whole affairs, especially to find out why Peiping's anger against India reached 'such height. Negro Coed Seized, Raped By Four Whites Police Say Youths Admit Assaulting Her Tallahassee, Fla. - (UPD - A slender Negro university co ed was seized by four white youths early yesterday and was raped repeatedly before she was rescued, lying bound, gagged and hysterical in the back seat of their car. A deputy sheriff rescued the half-nude girl and cap tured the four youths after a wild, high-speed, chase on the outskirts of Tallahassee. A special police investigator said the four boys admitted taking turns raping the girl. "They all admitted it," the investigator said. "They did n't say why they did it and that's all I'm going to say about this filthy mess." , Dr. R. L. Anderson, exam ining physician, said there was "no question about the girl being raped. She definet ly was raped." Forcing Couples The youths were accused of forcing two young Negro couples from a parked car and of attempting to force both girls, aged 19 and 16, into their parked car appar ently for intimacies. The younger girl groke away, fled and hid in terror while the white youths frightened their male companions away with an automatic shotgun and a switch-blade knife. ' The Negroes had been at a college dance which broke up shortly before they were ac costed at 1:30 a.m. at a lone ly spot on the campus. The 19-year-old girl told of being gagged with a diaper to prevent her screams and of being assaulted after her hands were bound behind her with a belt. ; - Bound and Gagged 'Av Her clothes were, ripped and she was lying bound and gagged on the floor when Dep uty Sheriff Joe Cooke stop ped the suspects' car and res cued the girl at gunpoint. Authorities - held the four youths without bond and pre pared to file abduction and rape charges. One was only 16 years old. - The . older suspects Were identified as William Ted Col lingsworth, 24, a telephone conpany lineman; David I. Beagles, 18, and Pat Scarbor ough, 20, a serviceman sta tioned at Ft. Fisher, N. C. All live in Tallahassee. Florida law prescribes death in the electric chair as the ma"ximum penalty for rape. Other Cases -- , A week ago yesterday 'Ne gro Mack Charles Parker, 23, accused of raping a young Petal, Miss., white woman, was seized from an unguard ed jail at Poplarville, Miss., by a lynch mob. ' At Quitman, Ga., a young white wdman was raped on. the banks of a fish pond by a Negro youth. A young Negro suspect surrendered to the sheriff -while' a posse of 500 men searched for him. He was cleared the next day and an other, Negro suspect has been neid in an undisclosed jail. Yesterday at ReddelL La., a 34-year-old white woman was raped and slain in a grocery store which she operates. A 20-year-old Negro, O. L. Rog ers, arrested in connection with the crime, was whisked to a jail at Alexandria, La., 60 miles away for safekeep ing. Dynamite Sticks Sought in Ashland Ashland-City police said Saturday that between 12 and 15 sticks of dynamite had been stolen from the City of Ashland powder shed near the city power plant in Ash land canyon.. The theft oc curred sometime during the past week, according to po lice. WEATHER FORECAST:' Partly cloudy, a few showers today, snow flur ries in mountains. Increasing cloudiness tonight and fair Mon day. High Monday 65-68. - TEMP. Highest Saturday 53 Lowest Saturday J 37 FRECIP. ja To 10 p m. Saturday Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 7:13 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:03 ajn. . 3:38 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow ... PROMINENT STARS BeCelgeuse, sets '. 9:20 p.m. Procyon, low in west 16:36 p.m. Arcturus, high south 11:36 p.m. Altair, low in east 11:48 p.m. An tares, due south 1:40 a.m. The Supreme I i jj Subdivision Control For County Ordered The Jackson county court passed the revised subdivis ion ordinance Friday after noon as presented by the county planning commission. It became effective immed ately. Judge Earl Miller reported that the county, court both individually and collectively, had made a study of the ord inance. The court believed that in "order for the county to have, an orderly develop ment and growth, a subdivis ion ordinance of this category NATO Council Backs Paris - (DPB The Perma nent Council of the North At lantic Treaty Organization yesterday unanimously endor sed the "Package Plan" the Big Three powers will hand the Soviet Union at the for eign Ministers conference in Geneva. But the allies were still di vided on what to do if the Soviet Union rejects the West ern proposal on Berlin, Ger many, and European security. Informed sources believe Russia t is almost certain to turn down the plan-hammered out in the weeks of diplo matic strategy sessions by the United States, ' Britain and France. The 15-nation NATO coun cil put the final seal on the weeks of high-level consulta tions after hearing a report by French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve De Murville, It voted unanimous ap proval of the strategy formu lated Wednesday and Thurs day by the Western Foreign Ministers to meet Soviet threats to Berlin and the rest of .Europe. " ' Panama Jails Invader Group Panama City OIPB- Eighty- five men and a sloe-eyed girl who came from Cuba to con quer Panama were clapped in jail yesterday and the nation al guard went into the jungle after other rebels who chose flight rather than' uncondi tional surrender. Panamanian women, includ ing; the widow of the late President Jose Remon, parad ed before the foreign office and the . palace of President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr.in a demonstration against the invasion plot that fizzled. They demanded that the government refuse to grant safe conduct into exile for in vasion leader Roberto (Tito) Arias, who is in asylum at the Brazilian embassy. Mother of Parker Reported Threatened Poplarville, Miss - (UPD -The mother of kidnaped rape suspect Charles Parker has received threats against her life and the FBI has been ask ed to protect her, Negro, lead ers report. The woman, Mrs. Eliza Parker, was to address a Ne gro rally protesting her son's abduction from jail here a week ago, but failed to show up after being threatened, they said. Package Commands is required at this time, he stated. , "It is the court's opinion," Miller continued, "after this study that the ordinance con tains nothing that would be detrimental to anyone wish ing to subdivide in the county ; "It is the court's belief that with this ordinance enacted, it gives protection to all fu ture property buyers. We also agree that should anything develop in the future that is not foreseen by us in using this ordinance, the court would be happy to recognize and make any corrections that might be -injurious to any individual or retard the pro gress of the county The proposed subdivision ordinance was referred to the county jcourt .March 11 follow ing a- public hearing by the planning commission. The court itself, held a public hearing on . the ordinance April 16. An opinion on the ordin ance, written by the district "attorney's office April 13, stated that it did not have to be placed before the voters. it was explained that a zon ing ordinance, according to law, must be put up for pub lic vote while a subdivision ordinance need not be, The subdivision ordinance sets up an orderly plan for division of property of five acres or less which would be sold for building purposes. Conservation Week Observation Begins Conservation Week is be ing observed througout the state this week with schools, civic groups, sportsmen's clubs, conservation organiza tions, public and private ag encies and business firms par ticipating, John , G r i b b 1 e, Jackson county chairman of Conservation Week, remind ed residents. - Gov. Mark Hatfield has designated the period as one in which citizens should "con tinue and implement the work of conservation and efficient use of our resources." Several speakers from va rious conservation fields will be available during the week for organizations, G r i b b 1 e said. Interested groups may contact Gribble for speaker arrangements. County's Epidemic of Flu-Like Illness Accompanied by Sharp Pneumonia Rise Jackson county's epidemic of flu-like illness has been ac companied by a sharp rise in cases of pneumonia, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county public health officer. Dr. Merkel Friday urged that those with flu symptoms take care of themselves lest their illness take a more seri ous turn. He stated also that those with mild cases who con tinue their normal activities are largely . responsible for spreading the virus among others. The epidemic was still on the rise last week, Dr. Merkel reported, with total cases far outnumbering those recorded in the Asian flu epidemic last year. He said that Jackson county was one of those hard est hit in Oregon. Dr. Merkel reported that 674 new cases were recorded Medford District Budget Approved By School Board Hearing on Proposal Scheduled for May 22 A proposed budget totaling $3,739,166.29 was approved by the Medford school beard Friday. , The total includes $3,395,- 370.60 for the general operat ing fund, and $343,795.69 for the sinking fund and bond in terest. A public hearing on the pro posed budget will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 22. Ten tative date for an election on the amount which exceeds the 6 per cent limitation is June 9. Definite date for the elec tion will be set at the public hearing, school board officials noted. Necessary Jto Balance ' Estimated receipts and available cash balances for next fiscal year total $1,192, 266, leaving $2,546,900.29 necessary to balance the bud get, Dr. D. Kirkland West, chairman of the budget com mittee, said. Included in the latter figure is the amount for the sinking fund and bond in terest. The estimated amount of taxes which will not be col lected, including rebate on taxes, is $144,949.42, making a total' of $2,691,849.71 esti mated tax levies for next fis cal year, Dr. West said. Of the $2,691,849.71 which will have to be raised by tax es, $510,532.89 is within the 6 per cent limitation of the tax base. Another $378,175.26 is bond principal and interest, and is not affected by the 6 per cent limitation, Dr. West pointed out. . Outside 6 Per Cent The amount outside the 6 per cent limitation, and the amount upon which district patronswill vote in the elec tion, is $1,803,141.56.' . He said the proposed budget was cut $141,795.57 after bud get committee members and school officials reviewed and reported ,on the preliminary budget. (Continued on Page 13) Castro Urges U. S. Latin Aid Buenos Aires, Argentina - (UPD- Cuban Premier Fidel Cas tro said yesterday that the United States, which has pour ed billions of dollars into oth er areas of the world, now must heed Latin America's needs for $6 billion for indus trial development. He told delegates to the committee of 21 - the econom ic branch 'of the Organization of American States - there never would be political sta bility in Latin America as long as underdevelopment meant poverty for its peoples. Castro spoke for 80 minutes without notes to the meeting of economic experts from the United States and the 20 Latin American countries. His speech was frequently inter rupted by applause and cheers. Castro said he realized the burden being borne by t h e American taxpayers but said "they sacrificed themselves for Europe and the far off countries of the Middle East." "Surely they will sacrifice a little for the peoples of their own hemisphere." in the county last week, bring ing April's total to 1,720 and the total in 1959 to 2,191. These figures, he explained, are based on official reports from county physicians and probably represent only about one-fourth of the actual num ber of cases. 4 A total of 86 cases of pneu monia have been recorded so far this year, Dr. Merkel said, 30 of them occurring in April alone. By contrast, he noted, only 47 were reported in the first four months of 1958. "Some people have the idea they are able to lick the flu," Dr. Merkel said. "These peo ple usually get licked by the flu, or by pneumonia or some other serious complication." "Those with mild cases who try to fight the illness while staying on their feet instead of caring for themselves at i Accord itd Levy and Directors On Monday's Ballot Voters in Jackson county school districts tomorrow will vote on increasing the tax levy of the rural school dis trict, elect directors for the rural school board and choose board members in other dis tricts. Polls throughout the county will be opened between 2 and 8 p.m. Rural school district voters Capital Gains , Measure Passed By State Senate Salem -(UPD- A bill design ed to attract more industry into Oregon cleared its last legislative hurdle Friday. The Senate passed 25-5 a measure providing for special treatment for capital gains if they are reinvested in Ore gon. The bill, which earlier cleared the House 50-10, now goes to Gov. Mark Hatfield. Under the measure, gain on a capital asset held a year or less would be taxed at 100 per cent. If held from one to two years the tax would be 80 per cent. If held from two to five years it would be 60 per cent and for over five years, 50 per cent. The gains . which would qualify for relief would be those derived from corpora tions with half their property and half their payroll in Ore gon, Oregon Real Property, partnershipSj sole proprietor ships, mortgages on Oregon real property - and payments on loans obtained for qualify ing investments. It would become effective next Jan. 1. Pony Express Rider En Route Portland -(UPD- A bag of Centennial mail was en route to Ashland by pony express yesterday after a rough start. Jake Hertel, black - beard ed modern pony express rider, tried a fast getaway from the Centennial grounds in north Portland Friday-and fell off his horse. He leaped back in the saddle and was off and running. Hundreds of horses are in volved in the run, which was due in Ashland Saturday night. State police had no word of when to expect the run. . Another run will go from Astoria to Ontario. This one will take about two weeks. The letters will be turned over to the Post Office' for delivery to points outside of Oregon after their pony rides. home are the ones who are spreading it around," he con tinued, i "All individuals who feel they may have flu symptoms should give some considera tion to others and stay home." Dr. Merkel listed these symptoms as typical of the ill ness, emphasizing that they may occur in various degrees and combinations: Headache; aches and stiffness, especially in the neck; a fever, mild or as high'as 101 degrees, gastro intestinal complaints, such as nausea, vomiting or diarrhea; a sore throat, with some coughing. He advised that those who find they have any of these symptoms should stay away from work and from social gatherings, and go to bed, drink plenty of liquids and, if the fever rises, get in touch with the family physician. 4 will decide on a proposal to increase the tax levy for the fiscal year starting July 1. The total levy of the rural school district is $2,206,606.35. The tax basis is $1,770,120.93, which is the amount the rural board can levy without a vote of the people. The amount to be voted on, in execess of the 6 per cent limitation, is $436,485.42. Two directors-at-large will be elected to the rural school bozrd. Ben T. Lombard, Ash land, an incumbent, is a cand idate for a three-year term, and Sam Harkison, Medford attorney, is a candidate for a two-year term. Both are un opposed. One director will be elected by write-in vote for a rural board member from Zone 4, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent. - Since consolidation of Jack sonville, Griffin Creek and Ruch districts with Medford, Zone 4 of the rural school dis trict is now composed of Phoe nix and Applegate districts, he noted. . Incumbent Glenn W. Smith, Zone 4, lives in Ruch, and is not now eligible to represent Zone 4 since Ruch is now part of the Medford district . . Ernest James, superintend ent of Phoenix school district, said Saturday that Mrs. Jean- ette P. Grove of Phoenix, former rural school board member, has consented to ac cept the position if her name is written in on the ballots. Mekvold pointed out that' if no one is elected by write-in vote for the Zone 4 represent ation, the rural board must appoint a member to fill the vacancy until the next annual school election. Board members in individ ual districts will be elected tomorrow also. Candidates are: Medford, Frank C. Cash, incumbent; Ashland, Howard Wiley and Dave Fortmiller, both unop posed incumbents for five and four-year terms; District 6C (Central Point, Gold Hill and kSams Valley), Wilson White; Eagle Point, Darrell Stanley, incumbent; Talent, Bruce Cy- pers and Sam Jones; Prospect, Fiank Boothby, incumbent; Evans Valley, James H. Mar tin, present board chairman, and William J. Johnston; Rogue River, Dr. Cedric Ram bo and Dale Hatch; Butte Falls, Ted Fredenberg and Charles Ferguson; and Pho nix, Allen Harris, incumbent, and Dr. M. Donald McGeary. Polling places are: i Phoenix grade school; Ash land Junior High school gym nasium; Central Point Junior High, Hanby school in Gold Hill and Sams Valley school, all in District 6C; Eagle Point High school, Shady -Cove school, and Elk-Trail school, all in District 9; Talent grade school; Rogue River High school; Applegate grade school; Frospect High school. Evans Valley school; ButteJ Falls liign school, Pinehurst school; and in District 549C, at Jacksonville High school, Griffin Creek school, Ruch school, Lone Pine school, How ard school, and Hedrick and McLoughlin Junior High schools. ' Yreka Crash Kills Baby, Hurts Nine Yreka, Calif.-(UPD-A baby girl was killed and nine other persons injured Friday night in a head-on collision on High way 99 near here. Dead was Fern Peterson, eight-month-old daughter- of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Pet erson, San Pablo. Peterson, 33, his wife, Margaret, 29, and four of their other chil dren were injured. Peterson's car struck one driven by Carl D. Williams, 16, Hornbrook. The youth, his father, CarL Sr., 36, and Mrs. Vida Williams, 31, were in jured in that car. Seeks House, Senate Quit Meanwhile Until Tomorrow Barton Confident Of Compromise Salem - (UPD - A conference committee met at 7:30 pm. last night to try to reach agreement on some of the ma- ' jor tax issues facing the Ore gon legislature. ' Both the House and Senate recessed yesterday , afternoon until Monday. , The Senate yesterday recon sidered and passed the major income tax bill 18-11 with Sens. C. D. Cameron (R-Grants Pass) and Robert White (R Salem) switching to the aye side along with Democratic Sen. D wight Hopkins (D-Im- . bier). Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Couquflle), one of the House conferees on the tax program. -expressed confidence late yes terday that some kind of agree ment would come out of the joint House-Senate conference committee by Monday when the legislature reconvenes. No Sales Tax Barton said a tacit agree ment had been reached where by there would be no sales tax this session. ' A conference committee en the tax problem was appoint ed when the House failed to concur - with Senate amend ments to the tax bill which would have retained the cur rent income tax schedule but reduced dependency credits $100 to raise more money. House Speaker Robert Dun can appointed Barton, chair man of the House Tax com mittee, and Rep. Fayette Bris tol (R-Grant Pass), a tax com mittee member, to study the tax differences with Senate conferees during the week end. Senators on the confer ence commjttee are Ward Cook (D-Portland) and Ben Musa (D-The Dalles). Cook was the only mem ber of the Senate who spoke on the bill yesterday. "This is the only revenue bill in the Legislature to work with," he said. '"If you defeat this bill today it will be necessary for the House Tax committee to draft a new revenue bill. That would mean more delay in closing up this session." Klamath Officials Shaken in Crash . Oregon City -(UPD- The car of two Klamath Falls school officials spun out of control near here Friday and both men escaped serious injury. In the car were Charles McLin, Klamath Falls elemen tary school principal, and Garry Robertson, assistant superintendent of Klamath Falls schools. ' The car went out of control on Telford road and went over a 150-foot embankment. Both men were shaken but neither was badly shurt . Morse Censure Effort Fizzling Washington - (UPD - Sen. Homer E. Capeharfs threat to seek senate censure of Sen. Wayne L. Morse for his tact tics in the Clare Booth Luce fiasco appeared to be fizzling out yesterday for lack of sup port. However, bitterness gener ated by the sometimes bizarre verbal fight over comfirming the former playwright-actress as ambassador to Brazil may leave its mark for a long time to come.' Capehart said he would confer with other Republican senators and with senate par liamentarians before decid ing on what definite moves to make against the Oregon dem ocrat who led the fight against Mrs. Luce. But a check of many senators revealed vir tually no support for the ro tund Indiana Republican who has tangled with Morse more than once before. I
