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MI i m c- W --'Hi PLAQUE DEDICATED Seth Bullis, Med- was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Kinney. The ford (left), and Chris Kinney, Jacksonville, plaque itself, placed by the Siskiyou Pio- reminisce after dedication of an historical neer Sites foundation, is affixed to a granite plaque to mark the old Rogue Valley rail- marker donated by Roger Westerfield of road depot in Jacksonville last night. The Oregon Granite company, land for the plaque, a plot five feet square, Tennessee Prison Quiet Following 14-Hour Riot Fort Pillow, Term. (UPD A 14-hour prison riot ended without bloodshed shortly aft er 9 a.m. today. Two hostage guards were not harmed. j The convicts staged a noisy, window smashing demonstra tion to back up their demands for "justice." They charged that white prisoners were dis criminated against and that the food at the prison was no good. . Mot To Press Charges State Corrections Commis sioner Keith ,Hampon said he would not press - charges against the rioters but would transfer the ringleaders to a maximum security prison in Nashville. "I do not consider what they did here a riot," Hamp ton said. He led 11 manacled con victs downstairs to the prison office. But throughout the night the rioting men screamed to newsmen that they would kill the guards if their demands were not met. At one point they held a guard to a window with a knife at his back. This morning they dangled a noose out a window. Deal Indicated The rioters were led in the "surrender" procession' by ring-leaders Leonard "Thompson,- 20, Minneapolis, Minn., and Johnny Roddy, 20, Jacks boro, Term. Hampton said he was not going to take good conduct time away from the ll."insti . gators, indicating that he had "made ' a deal" to settle the riot. ' Part of TvWnng's Left Lung Removed Washington-OJPD-Doctors at Walter Reed Army hospital operated on Gen. Nathan F Twining today and removed the upper'lobe of his !eft lung. The Defense Department said specimens of the tissue removed are being examined in the laboratory to establish further diagnosis. Ohio Great-Grandmother Starts Walking to Oregon Junction City. Kan.-(UPD-A 71-year-old Gallipolis, Ohio, great-grandmother is walking to Oregon to prove that the spirit that drove pioneer wom en westward a century ago is not dead. Read About Caravan Mrs. Emma Gatewood, her only equipment a 14-pound knapsack, a light blanket and an umbrella, paused here Mon day to rest. "I read a piece in the news papers about that wagon train going to Oregon, and I thought of all the women who walked behind the wagons when they went to settle the country," Mrs. Gatewood said. "I was looking for. some Plans For Plaque At Dardanelle Are Reviewed Plans to place a plaque in the roadside at the Darda nelle to commemorate the site of the first post ofice in Jack son county and the donation land claim of Colonel' William Green T'Vault, were announc ed Monday evening at the an nual meeting of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites foundation. . The nroDosed Dlaaue will be the third of such markers placed by the foundation. The meeting followed a public ded ication in Jacksonville of a Dlaaue marking the old Rogue Valley railroad depot. A sim ilar plaque was placed in Med ford on the Winetrout build ing last year to commemorate the Medford station of the old railroad. , -' " Dr. Frank Haines of South- Annual YMC A Sale Scheduled Tonight The annual Medford Young Men's Christian association's auction will be held starting at 7 o'clock tonight at Mid way Auction company,. Table Rock rd. August (Dutch) Farfan, chairman of the auction, said both items and services have been donated for sale, includ ing the .YMCA shed building, a former Camp White struc ture which has been used be hind the local Y for a storage shed. Among services offered are baking a three-layer cake for any occasion, car lubrications, hair cuts,; along with mater ials such as lumber, paint, a variety of sheeting and siding, snow skis, water skis, boats and some camping equipment. Proceeds from the sale will be used to continue work on finishing the interior of . the YMCA building and equip ping it for better service and programming, Jay Pierce, president of the Y," said. Bill Bray of Midway Auc tion company, will be auc tioneer. thing to do this summer and a walk to Oregon seemed like the best thing." Walking long distances isn't new to Mrs. Gatewood. She walked over 600 miles last summer through Pennsylvania and Ohio, covering historic trails. Hiked Appalachian vTrail In 1956 she walked the 2,050 miles of the Appalachian trail between Georgia and Maine and was given a gold trophy and a lifetime mem bership by the National Camp ers and Hikers Association. She plans to arrive in Ore gon sometime in August, but said she wasn't sure because "I can't tell from here." by Group era Oregon college and presi dent, of the foundation, told of the proposed plaque, Dr, Haines said the Oregon high way commission had granted the society permissVn to place the marker in the roadside park." He added that'thd com mission, because of the soci ety's recognition of the area, has stated that it will con struct rest room facilities, in stall drinking water and land scape the park. An Oregon Pioneer Colonel T'Vault, in whose memory the plaque will be dedicated, was one of Ore gon's pioneers. He was the editor of the first, newspaper on the Pacific coast, Oregon's first postmaster general, and founder of Jackson county's first newspaper, the Table Rock Sentinel. Dr. Haines mentioned that the society had also acquired its first piece of real property, a plot five feet square, donat ed by Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kin ney, Jacksonville, where the Jacksonville depot marker stands. The plaque is of Georg ia granite and was donated by Roger Westerfield of the Oregon Granite company. In reviewing the year's work of the society, the presi dent stated that four mem bers had drawn up a list of historic sites in the county, locating them and providing historic descriptions for the Centennial strip map and the placement of markers. They also provide speakers on the Centennial for service organizations as well as act ing consultant for the Jackson County' Centennial associa tion. Directors Elected Members of the board of dirtcors elected include Jef frey Shute, Archie Fries, Mrs. Janice Houghton, , Dr. Elmo Stevenson, Vera Smith, all three years; John F. Keaveny and Art Wilson, two years; and Bob Keeney, one year. Officers elected were Dr. Haines, president; D r. Elmo Stevenson, vice' president; Mrs. Houghton, secretary; and Fries, treasurer. Telling of the society's fu ture plans, Dr. Haines explain ed that Jacksonville did not need just surface restoration. In restoring, the . town, he said, the society proposed to start with the old fire station and continue on both sides of that street through to the rail road station then to the old church and along Main st. . The plans would be .to re store all buildings that are in good enough condition. Las Vegas, Nev.-IUPD-Eddie Fisher won an uncontested di vorce from Debbie Reynolds today and then hurried to the marriage license bureau with beauteous Elizabeth Taylor to complete Nevada's "quickie" legal requirements for making her hii immediate bride. Three Contracts Awarded by Board After Bids Viewed Winning Bids Total $4,667,616 Contracts totaling $4,667,- 616 were awarded for con struction of the Rogue Valley Manor yesterday, assuring an immediate start on the $5 million retirement i home in Medford. - I : Donald M. Drake Co., Port land, was awarded the con struction contract on a bid of $3,131,000. The contract calls for work to start with in three days, or Thursday of this week. The contract for the me chanical and plumbing por tions of the construction was awarded to Harder Plumbing and Heating Co., Portland, on a bid of $1,264,550. The elec trical contract went to Trow bridge and Flynn, Medford, on a bid of $272,066. Manor Opening Date The opening date for the manor was set as Dec. 1, I960, or before, by the board of trustees, which met to award the contracts late yesterday afternoon. 'AH the bids were the low est received, taking into con sideration various alternates contained in the bids, and approved by the building com mittee, and recommended to the board of trustees. The original low bid on construction, submitted by the firm of Graff and James, Med ford, was withdrawn without penalty after an error in fig uring was discovered. N. N. Hogan, president of the board of trustees of the non - profit, church - affiliated organization, said the total of the bids is some $60,000 be low the estimates of the archi tect, John W. Maloney, A.I.A., of Seattle, made last July 1. He said the board is particu larly pleased that the bids are well within the amounts allo cated for construction. The time limit on construc tion is 550 days. Two of the bids, those for basic construction, and those for the electrical work, were closely contested, Hogan said. Here is how the bidding, in cluding various alternates, went: Basic construction: Drake Construction Co., $3,131,000; Hoffman Construction Co., Portland, $3,133,680. Mechani cal: Harder Plumbing and Heating Co., Portland $1,264, 550. (No other bidder came close enough to this bid to compete.) Electrical: Trow bridge and Flynn, $272,066; Christensen Electric Co., Port land, $273,709. The trustees emphasized, in their report on the winning bidders, their excellent repu tation, as contractors. The Drake firm is now working on buildings in the new Loyd center in Portland, it was re ported, as is the Harder firm. Trowbridge and Flynn is well known in the Medford area. Desire Complete Work Hogan said all bidders have evidenced a desire to complete work before the deadline, leaving open the possibility that the Manor may open be fore the target date. Total costof the manor, to be built on top of Barneburg hill in southwest Medford, will run to more than $5V million, according to esti mates. Furnishings alone will cost in excess of a quarter of- a million dollars, Hogan reported. ' The Manor organization started here some three years ago. Its trustees includes busi ness, civic and church leaders of this area and throughout the state. Financing of the Manor is as sured, Hogan reported. Funds will come principally from membership fees from those who have already, or soon will, purchase life occupancy rights in the Manor, and from "life care assurance fund" de posits already made or to be made as life occupancy rights are acquired, he said. Interim financing is already assured through a loan' from the First National Bank of Oregon, Hogan said. The retirement home is one of a number now going up, or already in operation, through out the nation. The final actions of the board as it met yesterday were motions of appreciation and confidence in the archi tect, and in Hogan himself, without whose work, the board said, the Manor would never have become a reality. Price 10 MEDFORD 22 Pages Southern Ourb in Shasta Service Washington (UPD The Interstate Commerce Com mission authorized -the South ern Pacific Railroad today to operate its Iwo Shasta Day light passenger trains be tween ' San ' Francisco " and Portland, on a tri-weekly ba sis during the off-season. It said daily operations should be continued during the summer months and the Christmas holidays. The railroad was authoriz ed to operate trains No. 9 and 10 three times a week from Jan. 15 to May 28, and from Sept. 16 lo Dec. 14. Miller Proposes Funds Be Added To Parks Budget Proceedings of the Jackson county budget committee tem porarily bogged down -this morning over argument on a requested $20,000 for county parks and recreation for the new fiscal year's budget. County Judge Earl Miller asked that $8,000 be added to the $12,000 originally re quested for county parks. The original request of $12,000 is the same as in the current year's budget. 'r An estimated $5,000 of the added amount would be paid to the Talent Irrigation dis trict during the year fdr wafer to raise the stream flow- of Bear creek, Miller said. The water is needed to help rid the creek of pollution and pos-sibly-jnake,-it-a ., good-fishing stream, Miller said he had learned at a meeting last night on the Bear creek pollution problem. e Supply Conditions However, Lyn Newbry, Ash land, county budget commit tee member, said under cur rent water supply conditions that water would not be avail able until 1961. Bob Root, Medford, member of the state water resources board, told Newbry that a token fund of approximately $500 would be the only need for Bear creek this year, Newbry said. The money could be used to clean creek banks of all debris, Root suggested. "Whether it wants to be or not, because of the Talent proj ect, Jackson county is 'now in the parks business," Miller said. "Douglas county is spend ing $69,000 for parks, Lane county $64,000, Josephine county $40,000 and I think Klamath has allocated $28,000." "We have let a lot of good recreation sites get away from us," remarked Arnold Bohn ert, budget committee chair man. County Commissioner Ralph James said the county is now considering a recreation site above McKee bridge on the Applegate. This park site would take in both sides of the riverie said. The highway department might construct small park areas along Bear creek while it has equipment here working on the new limited access highway, Miller said. Not Sold on Idea Newbry said he is not sold on the county getting into the parks business. Maintenance alone could cost $50,000 a year, he said. - The county judge suggested county prisoners could be used for maintenance of parks and recreation sites, and possible crews from the county roads department. Tourist traffic alone, especially from nearby California, would make ex penditure of additional money on parks development and maintenance worthwhile, he argued. James noted that only $349 of the total allocation of $12, 000 for parks has been spent during the current year. Caution Notices on Plastic Bags Seen Indianapolis, Ind. flJPD A cleaner concerned over a total of four infant suffocations in filmy plastic ' garment bags here said today he was told that "all" manufacturers of such bags may be planning to print caution notices on them. Cents MEDFORD, OREGONTUESDAY, MAY 12, 1959 Pacific Wins Passengers and the Califor nia and Oregon stale commis sions had vigorously opposed the move. The railroad contended dur ing recent ICC hearings that it suffered out of pocket loss es from operations of $1,748, 000 last year. It presented a cost study to show the losses could be reduced with a tri weekly schedule in the off season. The California Public Util ities Commission countered that the- loss figures were grossly inflated. The ICC held, however. "Welcome No Single To Creek ' - i ' I.- ' - Noted at Hearing Bear creek's pollution prob lem stems from countless sources, requires careful study to be appreciated, and admits of no single solution. Alleviating the problem should be sought through education and voluntary co operation, rather than through court action. These were recurring themes in last night's panel discussion sponsored by the Jackson county chapter of the Izaalr Walton league. An audience estimated at 85 persons, including County Judge Earl Millerand Med ford City Manager Robert A. Duff, heard the panel mode rator, Game Commissioner Ken Denman, Medford, sound Officials Discuss Location of Pool ! Medford city and school of ficials this morning discussed where to locate the swimming pool in the proposed city park area near Jackson school. City Manager Robert A. Duff reported that a site in the northeast corner of the area, near the intersection of Clark st. and Summit ave., was considered the best. Duff said Robert L. Haworth, Medford's new parks and rec reation director, was directed to develop a master plan for the area, which is being turn ed over to the .city by the Jackson county housing au thority. ' Loren Thompson, of the Portland engineering firm of Stevens and Thompson, at tended the meeting. The city council last week approved retaining the firm to draw up plans for the pool. Duff said Thompson had not yet indi cated when these plans could be expected. Dr. Leonard Mayfield, su perintendent of Medford schools, and school board members were also at the meeting. Duff said present planning indicates integrating the proposed park with Jack son school's recreational area. Salem-TOPD-The State Water Resources . Board will meet May 22 at Portland. Tribune that "two are convinced that under any method of compu lation, these trains have been operated at a substantial loss and -that considerable sav ings can be made by . their discontinuance during the slack periods of the year." The new schedule . will be gin Saturday when a south bound train will leave Port land. The schedule provides for southbound trains to op erate Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays, with north bound trains operating Wed nesdays. Fridays and Sundays. To Geneva' Solution Pollution a keynote by stating the creek in its present condition is a "disgrace." Robert Root, Medford orch ardist and member of the state water resources board, offered a positive program for action. Urging haste, he out lined a two-point program: First, citizens should indi cate to the state highway commission their interest in improving the creek's appear ance. As the proposed High way 99 freeway is constructed alongside, he said, highway officials would do what they could to make the creek more attractive. He said small parks and approach areas could be developed by the state on extra land acquired for right of way. Second, Root continued, Bear creek's minimum flow should be returned to some where between 10 and 25 cu bic feet per second, by acquir ing available water from the Talent irrigation district. He said sale of pumping rights to water-users in the Rogue Ri ver Valley Irrigation district could assure a sufficient flow down to that area. As an alter native, he said,' the county could purchase enough water from the Talent ; district to guarantee a minimum flow of 10 ' cubic feet per second or more, during the dry summer months. . . ; Discusses Slate Law Ted Gerow, Grants Pass, engineer with the state sani tary authority, discussed state laws relating to pollution and emphasized that the author ity prefers "to foster and en courage voluntary coopera tion" in abatement. (Continued on Page 11) Oregon Labor President Gives Praise To Recent State Legislature Session - Portland -(UPD The presi dent of the Oregon AFL-CIO says organized labor fared "pretty well" at the recent session of the Oregon Legis lature. ' J. D. McDonald told the Central Labor Council Mon day night that "in spite of what you have read in the newspapers from time to time. 54th Year No. 45 Steel Parley Hears Arguments To Spread Work No Retreating Signs Shown New York (UPB Steel wage negotiators met again today to hear further union argu ments for a .spread-the-work program in the industry. David J. McDonald, presi dent and chief negotiator of the United Steel Workers, in dicated a sharp decline in un employment announced Mon day by the federal govern ment would have no effect on the union's plans for in creasing the number of jobs in the mills. Many Unemployed . . "All I know, McDonald said before entering the meeting, "is that there are a number of steel workers out of work." The eight negotiators en tered their second day of joint bargaining talks with neither side showing any signs of re treating from the positions taken last week in talks be tween the union and 12 steel companies during separate meetings. The negotiators, four from each side, are racing the clock in an effort to reach a new agreement before the July 1 strike deadline. The solid wall of disagreement that exists between them indicates they face a tedious and growing task. Job. Security Aim , x The . union has . made It plain that in the early sessions it, will hammer away at' the need for increasing the job se curity of steel workers and reducing the unemployment which now plagues the steel towns. - It has been estimated that the union's demands for high er wages, reduced hours of work, and fringe improve ments would increase employ ment costs in the industry by approximately ; 50 . cents an hour if granted in full. Duncan to Speak At Convention Rep. Robert Duncan, speak er of the Oregon house of rep resentatives, will speak at the annual dinner meeting during the Oregon Qptometric asso ciation convention here Sat urday, May 16, according to Dr. August M. Glutsch, gen eral chairman. The dinner program will include installation of offi cers. It will be held in the Rogue Valley Country club, where other activities during the three-day convention also are scheduled. The convention starts Fri day morning, and ends Sun day afternoon. Dr. Louis Jaques, Los An geles, Calif., will conduct workshops Saturday and Sun day on talks, workshops and education sessions. Dr. Tole Greenstein, Portland, will conduct a workshop on visual training Saturday, Dr. Glutsch said. Portland Considers Motel, Hotel Tax Portland (UPD A five per cent tax on users of Portland hotel and motel rooms was considered by the Portland city council today. The coun cil agreed to hold a hearing on the proposal May 27. Commissioner Ormond R. Bean estimated such a tax would bring in more than $400,000 a year. Both Bean and Commissioner Buck Gray son said such a tax should wait until after the Centen- nial Exposition is over. it was a good session." He called repeal of the so called anti-picketing law the major victory for organized labor in the session. But he said there were other new statutes which represent im provements for the working man. Gains for the worker came in enactment of labor-tup- Ministers Argue Gromyko Demand For Satellites West Rejects Move For Equal Seating Geneva -(UPD- Soviet delay ing tactics snarled the East West Foreign Ministers con ference again today. The ministers argued for 90 minutes over Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Gromy ko's demand that Communits Poland and Czechoslovakia be seated at the conference table. They adjourned -without agreement, as far away as ever from the main question, reunification of Germany. Gromyko demanded that the two Communist satellites be seated as "full and equal", partners. The West rejected the move. Ask Equal Opportunity Secretary of State Christian A. Herter and his western col leagues, however, offered to hear the Communist satellites if Italy and other free nations concerned are given an equal opportunity. No decision was reached on the issue and it will have to go , over into Wednesday's third session. A U. S. spokesman quoted Herter as urging Gromyko not to delay us getting to the job for which we came here." The session opened at the Palais des Nations here short ly after 3:30 pjn. (6:30 a.m. PST). But Gromyko did not wait until the formal get-together to plunge the conference into another day of chaos and wrangling. Instead, spurning normal diplomatic niceties, he had his press spokesman announce it at a specially summoned news conference four hours before the Big Four meeting began. The Soviet spokesman' an nounced that Gromyko was demanding admission of Czechoslovakia and Poland ae "full and equal members" of the conference; Second Soviet Demand '-The western foreign rainl"; ters, meeting shortly after wards in a pre-cohference strategy session, agreed at once to turn down the bid for the Soviet satellites to be seat ed as their equals at the par ley table. . , Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, who lunched with Gromyko at the Soviet delega tion villa, took the opportu nity to tell him that the West would not buy this latest So viet maneuver. It came only 24 hours after a Soviet attempt jto get the East German Communists ad mitted to the conference, also as equals. Time Bomb' Detected Russia's newest procedural time bomb was detected short ly after Gromyko backed down on his demand for full conference status for the East Germans and agreed that East and West Germans should at tend as "advisers." He won out on his demand for a round conference table but the West won out by in sisting that the Germans oc cupy separate tables a few inches away from the main conference table. Thunderbirds Slated At Portland Festival Washington -(UPD- Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) said to day the Air Force "Thunder birds," its aerial demonstra tion team, will perform at this year's Portland, Ore., Rose Festival on June 13-14. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Wednesday. Chance of afternoon thundershowers. Low tonight SO. High Wednes day 82-85. Temp. Highest Yesterday 89 Lowest this Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:52 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:25 p.m. First Quarter May 15 The Moon tonight is moving between the planet. Mars, and the star, Procyon. Procyon, on the left, is much brighter than Mars and is one of the nearest stars, being only 11 light years from the Earth. ported bills in the fields of education, migratory work ers, workmen's compensation and civil rights, he said. He described the new in come tax bill, which elimi nates federal deductions from state returns, as a "pretty fair bill." He said defeat of sales tax and tobacco tax bills was a victory for labor. v s-;
