Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 05, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn TOO SMJ run Jl U 1MI 0) 0) LlkS ution Three-Point Plan Aired at Meeting Called by Court Would Reduce Smoke From Orchard Heating : A three-point program for reducing smoke from orchard heating through private coop eration was revealed today by Dunbar Carpenter, chairman of a special fruit growers committee. Carpenter discussed the program at a "fact-find" meet ing called by the Jackson county court this morning to investigate air pollution in the Rogue Valley. A spokesman for the state air pollution authority told the group the authority would be "reluctant" to enact specif ic regulations for controlling polution in this area. Prefer Local Solution James Agee, associate en gineer with the authority, said the state could adopt uch regulations "if pressed, but would prefer a "local so lution" to the problem. Another step toward smoke-abatement was taken at the meeting when George Flanagan, general manager of Elk Lumber company,, told Judge Earl Miller he would be willing to meet with offi cials of other Medford area lumber mills to consider a cooperative program of their own. Judge Miller adjourned the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours, saying another would be called "some time in the future" for reports on what progress was being made. Carpenter, chairman of the air pollution committee of the Jackson County Fruit Growers league, said the league's three-point program was adopted at a meeting Friday. ' " " ' r " ' Written Agreements He said written agreements from all pear growers were to be sought, pledging: ' 1. To burn no more tires; 2. To , change from . open pots to approved heaters at the rate of 20 per cent a year. . The third point in the pro gram he outlined would be to seek education in all possible methods of reducing smoke. ; Carpenter admitted the league would have "no actual enforcement officer" to see that these agreements were carried out. But, he said, "Most growers have demon strated a high amount of co operation in the past. Feels Confident ; "I feel very confident 95 per cent of the acres heated, if not more, would come un der signature," he said. : Bob Norris, field . super visor for Reter Fruit com pany, stated, "There is no such thing as a smokeless heater. When we get 'smoke less' heaters," he said, "We'll still have smoke and plenty of it." : Norris's statement was con firmed by BilL Rogers, me teorologist with the federal fruit frost warning service, who said that with jumbo cone, return-stack or lazy flame heaters soot would be greatly . reduced but there would still be smoke. But Mrs. Frances Brooks, a housewife, commented that. "Even if you can cut smoke 50 per cent, that s a help. "We would be reluctant to make regulations," said Agee peaking for the air pollution authority, "to spell out what tvoes of heaters could be used. He said the authority does have the power to enact such controls, but. "The au thority members are not too happy about doing something like that." But. he conceded, the au thority could step into the picture if pressed and if no local solutions could , appar ently be found. ; "Before we can enforce anything," he said, "we -have to prove there has been a violation of the law." He de scribed such proof as "very difficult. Dr. A. Erin Merkel. county public health officer, said that while local air pollution has a tremendous nuisance as pect," he could not state it represents a health hazard beyond possibly eye irritation nr rases of bronchitis. Flanagan, in discussing the lumber mills' point of view, called attention to burning carried on at the City Sani tary service s garbage dump near Jacksonville, which he described as "just as serious s any sawmill in this valley.' Price 10 Medford 16 Pages VIEW COMMISSION Gov. Mark Hatfield member of the state highway commission looks ove'r commission of Glenn Jackson, yesterday at Salem. With them are, left, third from left, Medford, following ceremo- Highway Commission Chairman Milo nies at which Jackson was sworn in as a Mclver and Commissioner Kenneth Fridley. . (Travel division, highway department photo) Levies Approved, (Directors Named At School Election Both the rural school levy and the non-high school levy passed with comfortable mar gins at yesterday's school elec tions. The rural school levy had a total of 1,418 yes votes to 953 no votes. The non-mgn budget passed by 118 to 99. Sam Harbison and sen Lombard, both unopposed, were reelected as members at large of the rural school board. Lombard was a candi date for a, three-year term 60 Men Expected at Fire Control Class . Some 60 or 70 Jackson and Josephine county loggers are expected to participate in a one-day fire control school Thursday at the Pleasant Creek guard station. District Warden Curt Nes- heim of the state forestry de partment will be in charge, Todics will include a sum mary of map reading, compass work, pacing, field location of fires, fire behavior and small fire control. The department's annual fire control school in the val ley will be held May 19-22 at the Tabe Rock rd. headquar ters and will include field trips throughout the area. The schools are a local part of the industry protection pro gram carried out by the state forestry department and its cooperating forest patrol . as sociations. Some 13,000,000 acres of forest land in Oregon will have 1,225 well-trained indi viduals in the field during the current fire season, under the leadership o f experienced men, according to a' statement issued by State Forester D L. Phipps. Yakima -flJPD- Smudge pots in eastern Washington's fruit growing area were lit for the second consecutive night Mon day. 'Strong Man7 of Jordan Announces Resignation, London-flJPD-Amman Radio today announced the resigna tion of Jordan's Premier Sa mir El Rifai, 60 -year -old "strong man" of King Hus sein's troubled kingdom. Rifai gave illness as the reason. He had been Premier of Jordan since May, 1958. Returned From States A brief communique from the directorate of press and broadcasting in Amman dis closing R i f a i's resignation came three days after Hussein's-return from a global tour which included visits to Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, and Harbison for the two-year term. Mrs. Jeannette P.' Grove, Phoenix, was elected on a write-in vote as a representa tive of Zone 4 to the rural board. Vote Down Levy Both Rogue River and Evans Valley voted down the rural school levy; Rogue River 162 to 71, and Evans Valley 107 to 54. Evans Valley also voted down the non-high budget 88 to 71 and its own budget, the sum over the 6 per cent limita tion, 87 to 71. The two other remaining non-high districts approved the non-high budget: Apple- gate 29 to 9 and Pinehurst 18 to 2. Rogue River approved its budget 156 to 81; Butte Falls 62 to 29, and Pinehurst 16 to 4. . The voting results on vari ous district directors are: Med ford, Frank C. Bash, 324; Ash land, Howard Wiley (five-year term), 399, David Fortmiller (four-year term), 602;. Dr. Ar thur Kreisman (five-year term), write-in vote, 245; Dis trict 6C, wuton White, 193; Eagle Point, Darrell Stanley, 76; Talent, Bruce Cyphers, 45, and Sam James, 25; Prospect, Frank Boothby,' 19; Evans Valley, James H. Martin, 85, and William J. Johnston, 76; Rogue River, Dr. Cedric Ram bo, 121, and Dale Hatch, 117; Butte Falls, Ted Fredenberg, 36, and Charles Ferguson, 51; Phoenix, Allen Harris, 323, and Dr. M. Donald McGeary, 186. Man Treated, Released After Fall Down Bank Vernon Wells Baker, 57, of 520 North Front st., Medford, was treated and released at Sacred Heart hospital yester day after he fell .down a 20 to 25-foot embankment behind 123 South Riverside ave., into blackberry bushes, city police said. Police, firemen and Med ford Ambulance service men cooperated in getting Baker up the bank. London and Washington. Rifai had met Hussein in Washington for the talks there. He returned to Amman shortly before the King. The announcement came as a shock here. - - Civilian Power Rifai was the unquestioned civilian power in Jordan. He had maintained Hussein's throne against the tides of Arab nationalism and the un rest which followed the re volt which deposed of his cou sin, King Faisal, in Iraq last summer. TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1959 Steelworkers , Hope To Solve Own Problems New York-(UPD-Top spokes men for the united bteei workers Union and U.S. Steel Corp said today they hope to reach a satisfactory contract iii the steel industry without government intervention. R.. Conrad . Cooper, chief negotiator for U. S. Steel, ex pressed the sentiment of both sides when he said: "We would very much like to do our job ourselves. It is our responsi bility and we will try to dis charge it." To Work. Diligently David J. McDonald, head of the USW, said his union "will work diligently to effect an agreement prior to the July 1 deadline." Cooper and McDonald made tne statements to newsmen who told them of President Eisenhower's news conference discussion of the steel wage picture. Eisenhower said that the steel negotiations involve the entire American ' public arid the nation's economic well-being. Contract Extension Proposed Cooper and McDonald agreed on the need of achiev ing a non-inflationary contract but disagreed widely on how thi could be done. In formal presentations made at the opening session of contract talks, Cooper again proposed a one-year extension of the present contract. McDonald, who rejected this proposal last month, -told re porters today "Our position has not changed one iota." Washington (UPD The Air Force has picked the Douglas Aircraft Co. to design a new ballistic missile to be launch ed from strategic bombers. 'It's Too Nice A Suit To Alter Just Scrunch Down And Walk Like A Cripple" 54th Year Tribune No. 39 Ike Calls for Public Opinion In Steel Talks Intervention in Agreement Hinted Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower called ' today for mobilization of public opinion against any steel industry wage agreement that would be clearly inflationary. Some reporters construed Eisenhower's news conference remarks as the first hint of federal intervention if the agreement,is inflationary. But he was not clear on this point. Good Sense Urged The President appealed to management and labor to use good sense, wisdom and eco nomic statesmanship in the current negotiations. Otherwise, he said, in the long run the U.S. cannot stand idly by and do nothing. Eisenhower said he deplor ed the possibilty of putting the government at the collec tive bargaining table. He also said he disapproved of having to resort to mandatory wage- price controls because, once you -do that, it will hurt the American system. Then he added that he want ed to make clear that we are concerned about the situation and cannot stand idly by. Entire Public Involved The President did not sav whether he thought any kind of wage increase would be harmful. , .'. ... M The President said in reply to a news conference question that, however deplorable the prospect of government inter vention, the steel negotiations involve the entire American public and the economic well being of the nation. Warming to the subject, Ei senhower suggested that all Americans make it clear that they are deeply concerned over the long-range effects of the steel negotiations and will not stand idly by if they are to be damaged. (See Story on Page 5) Local Man Bound Over to Grand Jury Guy Manning, Grand hotel, Medford, was bound over to the grand jury, on charges of unlawfully obtaining public assistance funds in. district court yesterday. Manning was arrested April 29 by sheriffs deputies and is being held in the Jackson county jail on $1,500 bail. James Pullman, Jackson county welfare administrator, had signed the complaint which charged that Manning stated falsely he had no other income and had been receiv ing welfare assistance money although 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 IV2 year period. . DR. LOUIS JAQUES To Conduct Sessions Optometrists to Convene in City Next Weekend Dr. Louis Jaques, promi nent Los Angeles optometrist, will conduct a post-graduate sessions of the Oregon Op tometric association conven tion in Medford May 15-17. The convention is expected to attract more than 250 op tometrists from Oregon and other Pacific northwest states, according to Dr. August " W. Glutscfc, general chairman. Dr. Jaques will conduct four post-graduate meetings during the convention. He is author of several dptometric papers, and his latest booklet oi the role of vision in safe driving is widely circulated by safety organizations. Business .' sessions of the state convention will include election of officers and adop tion of several resolutions which are presently under study. All activities will be at Rogue Valley Country club, Dr. Glutsch said, including a golf tournament, business and post - graduate sessions, and several luncheons and din ners. Rainfall Above Average for Month May showers, which .have brought more than normal amounts of precipitation to southern Oregon already, are expected to continue tonight and tomorrow, the weather bureau forecast this morning. In the 24-hour period end ing at 10 a.m. today, precipi tation measured. 20 of an inch, bringing the total for the month to .44 of an inch, which is .29 above normal. The storm left 9 inches of new snow at Crater Lake Na tional park, bringing the total on the ground to 67 inches. Chains were required between Anne Springs and the rim to day, park officials said. State police reported this morning there was slush on Highway 99 over the Sis kiyous. - The weather ; bureau said the freezing level today is 6,600 feet, and was not ex pectd to lower too much to night. Jefferson Picks Festival Princess Portland -(UPD- A former queen of the Junior May Court, Mary Sue Woolfolk, to day was chosen Rose Festival Princess from Jefferson high school. Oregon Cavalcade Nearing Oak, Neb. Hebron, Neb. -uTPD- The On to Oregon Cavalcade was heading west again today and due to reach a point 1 1-3 miles east of Oak, Neb., to night. Hal Mclntyre Dies ' As Result of Burns Los Angeles -(UPD Hal Mc lntyre," 42, leader of one of the nation's top swing bands in the 1940s, died today of burns suffered in an apart ment fire. ' Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House has defeated 32-26 a Senate-approved measure to let the public utility commis sioner require signals at dan gerous railroad crossings. . WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness with a few showers to night and Wednesday. Little change In temperature. Low tonight 38. High Wednesday 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday , 59 Lowest this Morning 43 Free, to le a.m. Today 20 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:15 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:01 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow.. 4:37 a.m. New Moon May 7 PROMINENT STAR Regulus, high in the south west in the evening twilight. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 8:39 p.m. Venus, sets 10:13 p.m. Mars, sets 11 26 p.m. Ike Visions mit As' Certainty Washington (UPD President Eisenhower said today a Big Four summit conference later this year is almost a foregone conclusion if the forthcoming Geneva foreign ministers' meeting provides anything in the .way of enlarged hope for settling tensions. He made the statement at a news conference as Secretary of State Christian A. Herter went before the Senate For eign Relations Committee to report on allied strategy for the Geneva sessions starting next Monday. Hopes for Progress Eisenhoer was asked if he believed the foreign ministers would make progress at Ge neva. ' He replied that he could not talk in specific terms at this time, but that he did hope there would be some progress. He then went on to express the opinion that a summit meeting was virtually certain if the foreign ministers create a better basis for East-West discussions on peace. The President promised that Herter, in his radio-television report to the nation Thursday night, would discuss in some detail the U. S. and the, allied attitudes and proposals for the Geneva meetings. In discussing hopes for progress at Geneva, the Presi dent said everyone knows that under the Soviet system only one man could talk with real authority. Fliers Fate Unknown tOn other items of interna tional interest, the President said: . -The U. S. still is unaware of the fate, of 11 fliers still missing from the 17-mari crew of an unarmed Air Force transport that Soviet fighters shot down over Russian Ar menia last Sept. 2. He knew of no reason to believe the 11 are Russian prisoners. How ever, he told the U. S. ambas sador in Moscow Monday to make new representations to secure more information on their fate. He can easily understand Indian Prime Minister Jawa harlal Nehru's astonishment and indignation at Communist China's criticism of India for alleged intervention in the af Mrs.7 Bosworth To Push Centennial New York-UPE-Mrs. Harlan Bosworth, Oregon's 1959 mother of the year, and her college student son, David, appear before the silver jubi lee mo'thers' conference here Wednesday in 100-year-old costumes honoring the Oregon Centennial. Mrs. Bosworth, of Medford, Ore., said that at a luncheon meeting of the conference she will present a scroll to Mrs. Daniel Poling, president of the American Mothers com mittee, inviting Mrs. Poling to become a goodwill ambas sador for Oregon. Mrs. Bosworth said she would make a brief speech to the luncheon, gathering after presenting the scroll to Mrs. Poling, including, she hinted, a discreet bid for visitors to the Centennial celebration at Portland. Dental Charts DdentWy Virginia Martin s Body Portland -!UPD- The Colum bia river Monday yielded a second body of the Kennetn R. Martin family of five, miss ing since last Dec. 7 when thev set out in a station wag on to collect Christmas greens. The decomposed body of Virginia Martin, 13, was found Monday caught in de bris in the spillway above Bonneville dam. Her young er sister. Sue. 11. was found floating in the river Sunday bv a tusboat operator below the dam about 20 miles. Hendricks Cove Eyed Still missing are Kenneth R. Martin, 54-year-old service manager for a Portland elec trical firm; his wife, Barbara Jean, 48, and their oldest daughter, Barbara, 14. Sheriff R. L. Gillmouth of Hood River county said he believed the Martin station wagon may have gone into Talks fairs of Tibet. The U.S. is greatly inter ested in success of india's eco nomic plan and is doing eve rything it can within reason to help. Whether new "mas sive" aid is required is some thing which requires detailed study. Pleads for Foreign Aid The President, in a strong new plea for support of his foreign aid program, said it is vital for the security of the U. S. and necessary as a tool in lessening tensions. He rejected charges that too much emphasis has been placed on military aid and said discussions should be based on logic and facts. ill Sticks To Late Sleeping Habits on Visit. Washington -(UPD- Sir Win ston Churchill cast his spell oyer the White House today, operating from an imposing four-poster bed in the second- floor residential quarters of President Eisenhower. Befitting his age of 84 and a long-standing distate for the earlier hours of the day, the doughty old warrior from Great Britain let it be known that one of his famous habits had not changed-he would not be stirring until early after noon. Walks Falteringly - Sir Winston, jabbing the floor with his - gold-headed cane and wagging his famous "V" signal, walked falteringly on the arm of the President into the White House late Monday to begin a sentimental visit with his old comrade in arms of World War II. There was a . quiet . dinner Monday night with the Presi dent and his wife; their son, John, .and his wife, Barbara, and Anthony Montague Browne, Sir Winston's per sonal secretary. Then the former prime min ister who regarded 3 a.m. as a reasonable bedtime during his World War II White House visits, lumbered down the hall to the Rose Room and retired before midnight. Stag Dinners Planned Eisenhower had a busy day scheduled at the office, but planned to devote the late afternoon and evening to his fabulous visitor whose very presence created an atmos phere of nostalgia and even excitement among members of the staff. The President planned a relatively small stag dinner for Sir Winston tonight, and a larger stag affair Wednes day night. On Thursday Chur chill will move to the British Embassy for one night before returning to London via New York. Portland Man Dies Of Accident Injuries Portland-(UPD-Mike Burpee, 21, Portland, injured last Fri day night in an accident near Hood River, died Monday in a local hospital. The car-truck crash killed David G. Mc Waters, 21, Portland, out right. ' the Columbia river at Hend ricks Cove about three miles east of Cascade Locks. He said there had been many ac cidents there. "We've had Hendricks Cove in mind for a long time but it has been clogged with logs all winter," he said. A search was being conducted today. Fillings Match Charts Identification of Virginia and Sue was made by the family dentist, Dr. E. A. Wa terman, Portland. The num ber of fillings on the same surfaces of the same teeth matched his charts perfectly in both cases, he said. Dr. Warren Hunter, pathol ogist from University of Ore gon medical school, said an autopsy indicated Virginia presumably met death by drowning. A Tacoma, Wash., patholo gist, Dr. Charles Larson, per Passage Major Obstacle To Adjournment Federal Tax Deduction Out Salem -(UPD The rtrpmn House today passed and sent to the Senate for confirma tion the two major tax bills proposed by the Homnpratin. controlled 50th Oregon legisla ture. One bill WOlllr? uliminafa federal income tax deduct ions on state returns and low er rates. The other would re quire one per cent interest charges for persons who pay state income taxes by install ments. Salem (CPU The Oregon Senate today passed, 17-13. a bill to abolish the State Board of Control. It now goes io the governor. Ren. Clarence Ra Coquille) carried the maior income tax bill on the house floor. Its passage by both houses is one of the major obstacles to adjournment of the Legislature. .Vote on the main tax measure was 33-27. Barton said that in to the present tax rates, this bill would lower them, but eliminate the federal tax de duction so that most people's taxes would go up. "If this bill rasses. w will be known far and wide for our lower rates instead of. having the reputation of hav ing the highest rates in the' nation," Barton said. Bill a Compromise The bill was aDnroved hv a second conference commit tee appointed to settle differ. ' ences between the House and senate on tne bill. "We haven't done every thing that everyone would like to see done," Barton said, 'but," he added "the essence of politics is compromise." ' ' He said there were only, three ways to increase taxes lower exemptions as the Senate favored, raise rates which "no one wanted to do," or eliminate deductions as in the House passed bill. The federal tax "deduction '. should have been eliminated years ago," Barton said. "Ore gon will gain by this move rather .than Washington. DC" . . Opposition to the measure was voiced by Rep. Douglas Heider (R-Salem) who said the bill would force acceptance of a sales tax at the next session' of the Legislature. "This is fiscal irresponsibil ity," Heider said which "vhk lates recommendations of ex Gov. Robert D. Holmes, tax expert John F. Sly and Gov. Mark Hatfield." Another Bill OK'd The House also passed and sent to the Senate for confir mation House hill two which provides for one per cent in terest rate on state income taxes paid currently. Vote on this measure was 37-22. Originally the bill provided for no installment payments. This was amended in the Sen ate to provide for 1-2 of one per cent interest per month. The House then insisted that the rate should be one per cent per month. Barton commented "as much as we dislike it, we must be tax collectors." Monte Carlo -(UPD- Former King Farouk of Egypt has become a Monegasque citizen. formed an autopsy on Sue Martin Monday and said she had died by drowning and that no foul play was evi dent. .. , Finding of the two girls stimulated a renewed search for the rest of the family. Ef forts today were to be center ed In two counties bordering . the river upstream from where they were found Hood river county in Oregon and Skamania county on the Washington side. Theory Followed The theory being followed today was that the station wagon might be in a tributary of the Columbia or in a slough of the river. Author ities felt also that if the ve hicle had plunged into some water the bodies could have been held inside by safety belts.