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Senate Adopts
Motion To Slash
Salary Increases
Building Program
Appropriation Voted
Salem-fflPD-The Oregon Sen
ate today adopted a motion to
slash an appropriation for
state salary increases from $3,
150,000 to $1,500,000.
A vote on the amended bill
was deferred until afternoon
due to the absence of Sen.
Dwieht HoDkins (D-Imbler)
after Sen. Dan Dimick, author
of the motion, asked for a
call of the Senate.
State President Walter Pear
son suggested a recess until
1:30 p.m. to avoid a possible
delay in Senate proceedings
for several hours. '
Appropriation Voted
With only six negative votes
the Senate passed and sent to
the governor a $10,063,000
building program appropria
tion for the Board of Higher
Education. A spirited ana
lengthy debate took place on
this bill before it was passed.
Dimick, in his argument to
reduce salary provisions, said,
"the high salaries are for the
big shots and not for the em
ployees in the lower brackets
who need more money to raise
their families."
Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-
Portland) said that if Dimick's
motion prevailed it would
have, a disastrous effect on
Oregon for years to come.
Civil Service Report
The Civil Service Commis
sion in a report following a
salary study completed last
fall said to bring the state of
Oregon salaries to a point to
meet competitive salaries in
private industry and in ad
joining states would take $10
million a year and just to hold
them in line would take $6
million," Corbett said.
The measure under discus
sion would appropriate the
money to the State Emergency
Board to be released on recom
mendation of the Civil Service
Commission.
Contract Let for
CP Street Work
Central Point-Rogue River
Paving company, Medford,
was the low bidder on two
city street paving projects and
was awarded the contract at
the Tuesday meeting of the
city council.
The bids were $10,347.50
for a five block section of
North Second st. between
Pine and Hazel sts. and $4,890
for paving of Cherry st. be
tween Fourth and Seventh sts.
The contract calls for the
work to be completed within
45 working days, and is ex
pected to begin sometime this
month.
The citv council also grant
ed an easement across city
nronertv near Military rd. to
James Smith, 427 East Pine
st., for use as an access road
to an area Smith plans to sub
divide. The property was form
erly used by the city as a
granite pit.
Dr. Paul L. Rutter reported
that the proposed plans for a
25-bed hospital in the Central
Point area have been ap
proved by the required state
'boards. . . .
He said a copy of the plans
will be submitted to the city
hall soon for the city's ap
proved and current plans call
for the opening of bids and
letting of the contract within
the next 2Vz months. He said
that actual construction should
start about mid-July.
Voter's Complaint
Said Unfounded
A report that some Phoe
nix school voters Monday did
not get a chance to vote on
all issues is not correct, ac
cording to Alf B. Mekvold,
county school superintendent.
Mrs. Dorothy A. Whitmore,
Coleman Creek rd., com
plained to the county school
superintendent and the coun
ty court that she was not
given all . the ballots during
Monday's election. She had a
chance to vote on only school
board members, she said.
Mrs. Florence Drake, school
district clerk, told Mekvold
that those -supervising' the
election did run out of county
ballots during the last 10 min
utes However, those who did
not have the ballots were
asked to wait until others
could be prepared. Some wait
ed and others did not, she
?Not more than 10 people
were affected, Mrs. Drake
stated.
54th Year
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Martin Family
Search Conducted
.
On Limited Scale
Sonar Equipment
On Standby Basis
Portland - (UPD - A limited
search for the three remain
ing members of the missing
Ken Martin family of Port
land and their red and cream
station wagon continued to
day with an intensive : hunt
planned this week end.
Plans called for a search of
both sides of the Columbia
river from a lieht Diane and
night search of the Klirkitat
and possibly the Wind rivers,
both tributaries of the Colum
bia where bodies of two young
Martin girls were found
earlier this week.,
,The ' family vanished last
Dec. 7. '
This week end an intensive
search of both sides of the
Columbia and tributaries
which enter without produc
ing dead water areas is
planned.
Standby Equipment
Sonar equipment provided
by the Bendix Corporation of
Los Angeles was flown here
and plans called for it 'to be
kept on a standby basis until
there is a lead of promise.
Sheriff Ed Kaiser of Klicki
tat county, Wash.,' Tuesday
night used a strong search
light which can penetrate the
water to hunt in the White
Salmon' fiver.' Nothing was
found but Kaiser said the light
clearly showed the river bot
tom.
Authorities feel the car
could have gone into some
tributary stream. - .
The bodies of two members
of the missing family, daugh
ters Sue, 11 and Virginia, 13,
were found in the Columbia
Sunday and Monday. Patho
logists listed death by drown
ing in both cases.
Churchill Visits
Marshall, Dulles
Washington --UPD- Sir Win
ston Churchill, accompanied
by President Eisenhower,
went to Walter Reed Army
Medical Center Tuesday after
noon to visit Gen. George C.
Marshall and John Foster
Dulles, who resigned recently
as secretary of state.
Marshall recognized
Churchill but was unable to
converse with .him because of
a stroke suffered earlier. Dul
les was in a wheel chair.
The President has schedul
ed a formal stag dinner to
night for his famous guest.
Thursday Churchill will move
to the British Embassy for an
overnight stay before depart
ing for London Friday. '
Portland Symphony
Sets Concert Here
The Portland Symphony or
chestra will present a concert
at Medford High school audi
torium Sunday, June 28,
Ernest Hood, coordinator for
Jackson county Centennial
activities, has announced. .
The Medford concert is the
second in a series which will
be presented by the Portland
orchestra under the direction
of Piero Bellugi, in connec
tion with the Oregon Centen
nial.
Bellugi has signed a two-
year contract to conduct the
orchestra, and his first ap
pearance in public will be
with the Centennial series. He
came to this country eight
years ago from Italy, and has
conducted the Oakland, Calif.,
symphony and the University
of California symphony.
Ofcer appearances of the or
chestra are scheduled in Rose
burg, Klamath Falls, Ontario,
Pendleton and The Dalles.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago : 3 9 0
Pittsburgh 0 2 0
Hillman and Neeman,
Averill (8); Haddix. Black
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959
SLOT MACHINES DESTROYED-Nine slot
machines, three of them confiscated by Med
ford city police last month, were destroyed
by Jackson county sheriff's deputies this
morning at the Medford city dump near
Camp White. . Swinging a sledge hammer
above (right) is Deputy Bill Rice, who with
Sgt. Dean DeBerry, and Deputy Lee Rice,
destroyed, the machines. The law requires
that various parts of the machines be de
Reorganization
Proposal Gets No
Opposition
The first in a series of pub
lic hearings on ' school reor
ganization was held at Eagle
Point last night, and there
was no apparent opposition
to the proposed joining of
Eagle Point and Butte Falls
districts, according to Alf B.
Mekvold, county school super
intendent. ' '
Only nine people from the
area attended the meeting,
held in the Eagle" Point high
school gymnasium. Keith
Hockersmith, chairman, seven
other members .of the county
school district reorganization
committee, and Mekvold also
attended.
Glenn D. Hale, Eagle Point
superintendent of schools,
stated it is the-district's pol
icy that . it is willing to co
operate in the reorganization
when another district indi
cates it wishes to join with
it. ...';.:;"
No Problem Seen
There would be no . prob
lem in absorbing 44 Butte
Falls high school students,
Hale said. Eagle Point has
269 high school students, it
was noted. .
Tentative plans would call
for discontinuing the present
elementary school building in
Butte Falls, remodeling the
present high school building
there and adding several class
es to handle elementary en
rollment. Eagle Point anticipates fur
ther building for elementary
classes in the next two or
three years. Eagle Point now
has an adequate building site
to accomodate additions, and
is considering other sites,
Hale said.'
An eight-year elementary
school and a four-year high
school plan would Tie contin
ued with reorganization, ac
cording to tentative plans.
Butte Falls would send repre
sentatives as advisors to the
school board in Eagle Point
as is now done witiTElk-Trail
Auction
Pondosa, Ore.-fUPD-This tiny
eastern Oregon community,
the' nearest town to the new
geographical center of the
U.S., was sold at auction Tues
day for $33,925.
Sawmill Included
The property, ,which was
sold i as individual units, in
cluded a sawmill,. 10 industrial
buildings, a general store, a
hotel and 53 homes, and 280
acres of land.
Its half dozen families and
a few local ranchers viewed
fJ
in EP
and Shady Cove, -Hale ex
plained.
Representatives of the two
areas said the reorganization
has worked well for them.
A broader curriculum, re
duced per pupil education
cost and less difficulty in get
ting well-qualified teachers
were listed as main advan
tages by Cecil Key, commit
tee member from Shady Cove.
Disadvantages, he said,
would be the bus transporta
tion covering 20 to 30 miles,
control placed in a total dis
trict board of directors, and
less personal contact with stu
dents.' '
Average per school census
child ; valuation in Jackson
county is $4,000; Mekvold
said. The combined Eagle
Point-Butte Falls district val
uation per census child would
be $5,500,. Mekvold said.. Ed
ucational costs per pupil in
Butte Falls is now S998.84 and
$694.59 in Eagle Point. Both
districts should pool their
debts and establish an equal
ized levy, the committee has
recommended. - "
Carter Nomination
Expected To Stick
Salem - - The head of na
tional selective service has in
dicated that .the nomination
by .Gov. Mark Hatfield of
Sprague Carter of Pendleton
to head up Oregon's draft sys
tem will go through.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
wrote Sen. William Grenfell
Jr. (D-Portland) and said "the
President has never refused
to permit a governor to select
the man he wanted to repre
sent him in this capacity."
Grenfell had written-to . the
President objecting to the ap
pointment. .Washington -ffiPD- President
Eisenhower h a s - appointed
Gen. Lawrence S. Kuter as
head of the North American
Air Defense Command.
off Pondosa Brings $33,925
the demise of the community
with remorse. The sawmill
was built here in 1926, and
at the height of the lumbering
boom Pondosa boasted a popu
lation of 250. -Tourist
Potential
Many residents thought
Pondosa had a potential as a
tourist attraction for being the
closest town to the geographi
cal center. The center was
shifted from Smith County,
Kan., to Union county here
with the admission of Alaska
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stroyed to a point where it would be impos
sible to reconstruct or repair the machines.
Small change worth $2.02 was reported tak
en from the one-arm bandits. The other six
machines had been confiscated by county
law enforcement officers over the last sev
eral years and have been stored in the vault
at the courthouse. Standing near the pick
up at left is the caretaker of the dump.
Dedication Plans
ou
Summit Stockade
Dedication ceremonies for
the Centennial stockade wel
coming booth on the Siski
yous will .be held at 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 17, Jack Crea
ger, president of the Jackson
County Centennial association
announced today. .
Open house at the stock
ade, which was constructed by
members of the Army reserve
unit, will be held between 10
a.m. and 5 p.m. that day
John Pletsch and Jennings
Pierce are in charge of ar
rangements. The program will
feature the Medford High
school band, and officials con
nected with the stockade. and
Centennial activities in south
ern Oregon. '
Expected at Ceremonies
Among those expected to
participate are Brig. Gen. Wil
liam H. Prentice, command
ing officer of the 417th en
gineer brigade which con
structed the building; Med
ford Mayor John .Snider, a
member of the Oregon Cen
tennial commission; County
Judge Earl . Miller; Creager
and others.
Centennial chairmen,
chambers of commerce repre
sentatives, county courts and
mayors of nearby communit
ies have been invited to at
tend, Creager said.
Creager said the stockade
on the Siskiyous is the only
one, in the state which is built
along traditional lines, and
Jackson county, ' residents
should take 'pride in it.
The stockade will serve as
welcoming booth for tourists.
Students from Southern Ore
gon college will man the
stockade this summer to dis
tribute literature about south
ern Oregon and other sections
of the state. , -
United Nations, N.Y. (UPD
The United States has called
for world cooperation to solve
problems of outer space
through the United Nations.
and Hawaii as states.
Pondosa was owned by the
Vajsetz Lumber company,
which closed the sawmill in
March because of increased
competition and dwindling
timber supplies. The company
then put the town up for
auction..
Highest Bidder
Northwest Machinery Sales
Company of Roseburg was the
highest bidder for 240 acres
of sawmill real estate,' the 11
industrial buildings and the
town water system. Rex Rob
Made for Siskiy
M
Strike in Part
Of Firms Would
Bring Assistance
Industry Prepares
For Union Action
New York- (UPD -R. Conrad
Cooper, chief negotiator for
the steel industry, said the
companies are studying a mu
tual assistance program in the
event the United Steelworkers
Union should strike only part
of the industry this year.
Airlines Used Plan
The plan being studied by
the steel industry is. similar
to that used by the airlines
during a walkout against
Eastern Airlines several
months ago. At that time the
airlines which operated made
a percentage of their in
creased revenues available to
the lines affected by strikes.
There has been speculation
that if a nationwide strike is
called after the current three
year agreement expires -at
midnight June 30, President
Eisenhower might invoke the
80-day cooling off period un
der the," Taft-Hartley Act.
The union could avoid a
national emergency by strik
ing only a segment of the in
dustry. Study Other Programs
If the union adopts a divide
and conquer tactic those steel
companies which continue to
operate could contribute to a
general pool which would aid
the companies affected by a
strike.
Cooper said "we have seen
what was done in the airline
industry and we heard some
tajk in this direction in rail
roads. Naturally we like to
keep abreast of developments
in our field." ' j ,
Not Taken Seriously ' .
However, . cooper said the
inaustry wasnot taking Jhe
dlvideTaricT conquer theory
seriously because the union s
traditional policy has been
"no contract, no work" in the
whole industry. - .
David J. McDonald, presi
dent of the steelworkers, told
the same press conference
that his union is not "strike
happy" and is working dili
gently to accomplish an agree
ment prior to the strike dead
line. Pollution Density
Measured High
I
The pollution, density of
Medford's air has been meas
ured at apparently more than
twice the legal standard dur
ing the current city-state sur
vey, according to one state
engineer.
. James L. Agee, associate
engineer with the state air
pollution authority, said the
high-velocity sampler in oper
ation on a downtown, roof top
since April 1 has recorded
densities of suspended parti
culate matter from 112 to 480
micrograms per cubic meter.
"Any count in excess of 200
is theoretically in violation of
the authority's regulations,"
Agee told the meeting on air
pollution called by the Jack
son county court yesterday. .
Agee said that while the
data has not been processed as
yet, "The peaks undoubtedly
will coincide with orchard
heating periods." .
Colombia Ambassador
Fayored for Brazil
Washington (UPD John
Moors Cabit, 58, U. S. Am
bassador to Colombia, was re
ported today to be a leading
candidate to become ambassa
dor to Brazil in place of Mrs.
Clare Boothe Luce.
Washington -UPD- Sen.
Bourke B.. Hickenlooper (R
Iowa) is under treatment and
observation at Bethesda Na
val, hospital for a stomach ail
ment. erts of the firm : bid $7,750.
After purchasing most of the
townsite, he said it was not
immediately known what
would be done with the prop
erty, except that the company
would have a place to store
other items of equipment also
purchased during the auction.
Individual Basis
The 53 homes were sold on
an individual basis with F. L.
Dorman of Star, Idaho, buy
ing the first house and 36
acres for $7,600. Dorman's son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
VetV ybu she cLMnfc fchitdc she was sp&&$
fof :pulliciti0v Vndyk. -" I think, he.
Xtjjfeaavi' puWicatkoi is ujispeaAaile. ' V.yHovi
he 3P3- diplomat, , only she's no- jery
diplomatic, vjell, kr "hosbina, jiatorally nks
She's grrAf, o rtaiarally to. said, that sh
-Woul2 resign. Afind. Im-riot oruC to kick,
Governor Hatfield
Vetoes Six Bills;
Believed Record
Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field Tuesday vetoed six bills
in what is believed to be the
one-day record for executive
rejection.
He also allowed one bill to
become law without his signa
ture. Hatfiled's veto record now
stands at nine bills.
.. Vetoed were: .1 ,
Senate bill 371 which would
have allowed Oregon dele
gates to be relieved of their
pledges at presidential pref
erence primaries when the
majority of the delegation de
termined that the candidate
they were pledged to had no
chance.
Fairview Bill Vetoed
The governor felt the dele
gation should express the
wish of the majority of their
Ipptiral party.
Senate bill 419 and 420 au
thorizing the governor to ap
point a board of visitors at
Fairview home here and also
a scientific advisory, council
Wakely to Present
Two Shows at Fair
Central Point-Jimmy Wake
ly will present his western
show twice Saturday, May 23,
at the Southern Oregon Farm
Festival at Central Point, the
sponsoring organizations have
announced.
The event, which will be
held Friday and Saturday,
May 22 and 23, is being spon
sored by the Central Point
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and the Crater High school
chapter of Future Farmers of
America. It will be held at
Crater High school.
Wakely's show will be pre
sented at 7:30 and 9 p.m.
Saturday, officials said. Wake
ly accepted an .invitation to
the Festival when it was
learned that Tex Hitter, who.
originally had accepted an in
vitation, would be unable to
keep the appointment, FFA
and Jaycees said.
- The farm festival will in
clude buffalo and beef barbe
ques, displays and demonstra
tions by farm equipment deal
ers, competitive events by
FFA chapters, helicopter rid
ers, Centennial displays, carni
val games and rides, farm edu
cational films, and displays
by 4-H clubs of the county. ,
Vernon Thorpe Back
At Desk This Morning
Vernon Thorpe, city public
works director, returned to
his desk this mormng follow
ing a heart attack March 27.
He has been convalescing at
his home for the past several
weeks.
Thorpe reported that he
planned to remain at the office
several hours each day.
Mrs. Carl Dorman of Baker,
Ore., planned to farm the
land, the father said. .
Death of Railroad
The sale of Pondosa also
was the death of the -Big
Creek and Telocaset Railroad
company. This was a 14-mile
private line which for years
had been used to haul lumber
from cutting areas to the mill.
Manuel Schnitzer, Portland
scrap dealer, bought the loco
motive used on the rail line
for $27,00.
psychiasrac report
the wna jo&
.ajvi.,,, -
on mental retardation in gen
eral. The governor took the posi
tion that the boards might be
combined into one body by
Salem (UPD- Th Oregon
House today, failed by just
two votes to override a veto
of Got. Mark Hatfield.
The bill involved would
have required county sher
iffs as tax collectors to turn
, over their money to the
county treasurer every day
rather than at longer inter
vals. Vote on the measure was
38-22. It takes a two-thirds
vote of the 60 member
House to override a veto.
the state board of control.
Senate bills 446 and 459
which would have established
conditions and procedures for
a governor to resign. They
were vetoed on the grounds
they were unnecessarily re
strictive.
House bill 626 which would
have provided that the tax
collector should deposit all
warrants collected for taxes
and also cash with the county
treasurer on each business day
rather than monthy.
Additional Labor
Hatfield thought this would
create additional labor, com
plications and expense for
sheriffs and county assessors.
The bill the governor al
lowed to become law with
out signature was one refer
ring to the people a legisla
tive pay increase from $600 a
year to $175 a month. He said
the people had voted against
legislative' pay raises at the
last general ejection.
Neuberger Urges
Hatfield Support
Washington-fi!PD-Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) to
day urged his state's Republi
can governor, 'Mark Hatfield,
to support his bills to expand
federal revenues so money
would be available to increase
allocations to the states under
the water pollution control
program. .
Neuberger's statement came
in response to a letter from
Hatfield' asking him to back
an increase in "appropriations
for water - pollution control
above the sum contained in
President Eisenhower's 1960
budget. Neuberger said he fa
vored . such an increase but
that more money must be
found to finance such under
takings. Sheldon Sackett
Sued for Divorce
Oakland, Calif. -flIPD- Shel
don Sackett, 57, publisher
and radio station owner, was
sued, for divorce by his wife,
Elizabeth,. 40, Tuesday in Ala
meda County Superior Court.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Thursday except for some early
morning low cloudiness. Air
port low tonight 38. High
Thursday 7S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday SO
Lowest this Morning 41
Prec. to 19 a.m. Today .82
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:1S p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:00 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 5:10 a.m.
New Moon May 7
PROMINENT STAR
Spica, due south 10:34 p.m.
Last year at this time Jupiter
was seen quite near Spica; in
1953 and 1954 Saturn appeared
near this star; next year Venus
will be the planet seen for a
while near Spica.
Adjournment
Expected To Be
Some Time Today
Program Eliminates
Federal Deduction
r i
Salem (UPD The Orecnn
Legislature got over its big
gest nurdie by, passing an in
come tax uroeram Tuesdav
but postponed adjournment
unui at least today to clean
up otner business.
Both Senate President Wal
ter Pearson and House Speak
er Robert Duncan said thev
believed the session, now in
its 115th day, could wind up
sometime before midnight to
night. The main income tax bill,
which would eliminate the
federal income tax deduction
and lower rates, got by jthe
Senate 111 after passing the
House 3357
Interest on Installments
A second tax bill would
o n t i n u e installment nav-
ments of state income taxes '
but with a one per cent per
month interest charge to rais
more money. It passed the"
House 37-22 and the Senate
19-11. ,
The House vote on the main
income tax bill was strictly
along party lmes with the 33
Democrats for and the 27 Re
publicans against. In the Sen
ate three Republicans voted
tor the measure and three,
Democrats voted aeainst it.
The GOP members in favor
mcluded Sens. Edwin Durno
of Medford. Donald Husband
of Eugene and Francis Zieg-
ler ol Corvallis. The Demo
crats opposed were R. F;
Chapman of Coos Bay; G. D.
uieason of Portland and
Boyd Overhulse of Madras.
would Broaden Base
The income tax bill lowers
the printed rate from the
present 3 to 9.5 per cent range
to a range of 2.5 to 7.5 per
cent. But my elimination of
federal deductions legislators
feel it will . raise enough to
support an estimated 314 mil
lion budget. -
Both-Sens. Harry Boivin
(D-Klamath Falls) and Ward
Cook (D-Portfand) said it was
not an easy task to reach a
stage of compromise because
of .the wide' variance in tax
ideas held by the House and
Senate. Boivin said the main
income tax bill would broaden
the tax base throueh eliminat
ing the deduction for federal
taxes and would bring in a
large number of taxpayers
who had not paid a state tax
in the past.
Increases Said Not Large ,
But Boivin said ' the in
creases were not large. He
said one feature included in
the bill was a nrovision for
persons living in Vancouver,
wash., and working in Port
land to take the standard de
duction which is imDossible
under present Oregon tax
laws. Another section of the
bill reduces withholding on
agricultural workers pay from
2M per cent to 2 per cent.
The measure would raise
state income tax receipts
about 9 per cent and produce
some $12 million in revenue.
The House also reconsid
ered and repassed 36-23 a $40
million bonding Droeram to
finance state building needs
xor tne next eight years. The
day before the House voted
down the measure 32-26. The
bill provides for a vote of the
people in 1960.
Other Highlights
Board of Control: The Seri
ate passed 17-13 a bill to abol
ish the three-man Board of
Control and sent it to Gov.
Mark Hatfield where a veto
was considered likely.
K -i rust ueea: The Senate
completed legislature action
on the "trust deed" bill and
sent it to the governor. The
amended bill provides an al
ternative method for financ
ing homes in Oregon.
Capital Gams: The House
today repassed a bill which
provides special tax treatment
for capital gains provisions.
The bill now goes to the gov
ernor. The Senate made only
technical amendments to the
bill. Major feature is that
funds gained from the pro
vision be re-invested in Ore
gon. It is designed to help at
tract new industry.
Budget Cut: The House
voted to accept most of the
cut of more than one million
dollars the Senate made last
week in the Board of Control
budget. The main reduction
was a vocational building at
the state correctional institu
tion. Chicago -flJPD- Negotiations
aimed toward the merger of
the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific and Burlington rail
roads continue under active
consideration, their presidents
said today. v