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mam Mmtm REBUILD WAGON The craft of wagon building is almost a lost art, but two Crater FFA members, Don Ross and Howard Mis ner, have learned a thing or two about it in the last few weeks. The boys, as a regular class project, have completely disassembled and overhauled one of the wagons that will be used by Jackson county 4-H club mem bers in their trek to Corvallis in June. They Man Hospitalized, Three Jailed in Incident Series Robert Hershel Boyle, 20, of 132 Almond St., was report ed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart hospital this morning and three .men were in jail following a series of in cidents early .today near his home. Under investigation by city police is a report of a shooting in the yard of the Boyle resi dence about 1:05 ajn. Boyle was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service, police said, after he reported that he had been attacked and in self-defense had fired a .22 caliber rifle. Police reports showed that he may have suf fered a heart attack. The bullet from the rifle was located by police in the wall of a nearby garage and it has not been determined whether anyone was shot. Boyle ' had his T-shirt torn and' was shaKen up in the scuffle that followed his en counter with the prowler. Notified of Prowler Police reports show that j Boyle first notified police of prowlers in the area at 9 p.m. Three men were lodged in the . city jail on vagrancy charges ;When they were located by police sleeping in the. Almond st. area near Bear creek. Jailed were Cecil Hover, Ya zoo City, Miss.; Ferald David : Burton, Gardena, Calif.; and ' Robert William Henderson, ; Portland. They were reported having a late model Cali fornia car in their possession. Boyle reported a fourth , man in the party and city po- lice continued searching the Bear creek area until mid- t night. Prior to going to bed '. about 1 a.m. Boyle said he de ; cided to recheck the area and ; went outside with the rifle. ! City police reported that i they received several descrip tions of the man who alleged I ly attacked Boyle. A check : with. California authorities : has failed to show that the car is wanted there although it is registered to the sister-in-- law of one of the men lodged in jail, police said. Participating in the search of the Bear creek area until : police . officers, two Jackson 7 a.m. today were seven city county sheriffs deputies and .'one state police officer. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - CPD - Dow Jonts final stock averages: 30 industrials 633.05. up 5.39; 20 railroads 165.14 up 0.51: 15 utililits 92.05, up 0.04 and 65 stocks 215.16, up 1.27. Sales today were about 3.540,000 shares com pared with 3.550.000 shares Tuesday. Withdrawal Two Parcels , Portland Two parcels of ; land in Jackson county are i proposed to be withdrawn.-for their scenic and recreational j value, Virgil T. Heath, Ore , gon state supervisor for the . bureau of land management, j has announced. ; A 20-acre parcel of land " lies on the Little Applegate river about 23 miles south f east of Jacksonville, and a ! 30-acre tract is' located about ' 19 miles southwest of Jack I sonville on Star gulch, a trib-.-mtary of the Big Applegate river. Withdrawal of the lands will further the program for the development and public use of , the recreational re sources of the O and C lands announced last August,. Heath said. - . '. The land will remain under .the administration of the bur eau of land managment and the withdrawal will be sub ject to valid xiating rights Seven-Period Day Approved The Medford school board last night approved a seven period day starting in Sep tember for junior and senior high school students and au thorized a study of the dis trict's immediate and long range building needs. The change from six to seven periods in the school day for junior and high school students was discussed by El liott Becken, assistant super intendent of schools. ' . He pointed out that such a program will better utilize building facilities, and give students an opportunity to take additional subjects. Becken noted that not all stu dents , will take the seventh class, and pupils who do will have to show ability, interest and the need for an additional class. . Extend School Day The additional period will extend the school day about 50 minutes, he told the board. The board authorized Dr. Keith Goldhammer and Dr. Miles Romney, both of the University of Oregon school of education, to bring Med ford's school building needs program up to date. They conducted a previous building needs survey in the district. The board said the purpose of the study -will be to give attention .to immediate class room needs and future expan sion. The study will be made in cooperation with local school officials. Resignations ' The board accepted resigna tions from 12 teachers. They are Miss Teresa Dailey, Miss Salley Stewart, Mrs. Harriett Tobin, Bert Villaneuva, Keith Carr, Jay Evans, Mrs. Harriet Schireman, Mrs. Katherine Leavitt, Mrs. Joanne Weath erford, Miss Donna Witter, Mrs. Joanne Sousa and Miss Marjorie Simsonsen. Teachers elected by the board are Arthur Keith, high school English; Earl Swift, in termediate; Mrs. Aina McDan eil, primary; Mrs. Florence County Men Are Sentenced in Court Two Jackson' county resi dents were sentenced to two years and two months in the Oregon state penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses, when they appear ed in circuit court yesterday. Robert Bruce Coker, 5134 Table Rock rd., and Jim Seth Cunningham, . route 1, box 209, Medford, were both sen tenced on bad check charges by Circuit Judge Edward Kel ly yesterday. They were both charged with passing a bad check Feb. 19, 1959. They previously had plead ed guilty to the charges. - Proposed for of BLM Land and will affect future filing under the public land laws, including the mining and min eral leasing laws. It will not affect disposal of materials or forest products under the O and C act or leasing for rec reational purposes under the Small Tract act, Heath said. , A period of 30 days from the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register is provided for filing protests or comments by .the public, which should be addressed to Heath at 809 NE Sixth ave., Portland 12. . ( The proposed withdrawals in Jackson county are part of 200 acres of Oregon and Cal ifornia Revested Railroad Grant lands which have been proposed for withdrawal for their scenic and recrational value. , v . The other tracts are along the Little Santiam river east of Mehama, and along the Lit tle river east of Roseburg. have replaced broken parts, shimmed up the wheels, tightened bolts, scraped, sanded and painted until the chassis looks like new. Fancy pin-striping "will be added la ter, Misner said. Ross, right, and Misner are shown working on the new wagon bed above, while FFA Advisers Ed Griggs (left) and Bill MacFarlane, look over their crafts-' manship. by Board Minshall, intermediate; Tom Colley, junior high math; Tom Rupp, interemdiate; Mrs. Ruth Dunn, primary; Mrs. Sil via Vandargaw, intermediate; Mrs. Charlette Hanna, inter mediate; Mrs. Clara Wendt, junior high English; David Wisely, intermediate; Rex Al lison, junior high science; Marion Jack, social studies and science, junior high. Donald . McLarrin, special education; Mrs. Freda Potter, high school commercial; Mrs. Jean Rector, intermediate; Carl Bergman, junior high English; Robert Gouley, jun ior high English; Don Spinas, physical education and health, junior high; and Del Hackert, high school math. Ruch Man Named To Rural Board; Chairman Elected The coYmty rural school board last -night appointed Glenn Smith to succeed Jerry Latham, who resigned, ac cording to Alf B. . Mekvold, board seqrelaxyand. county school superintendent. Smith, of Ruch, had previ ously represented Zone 4 on the board. However, when Ruch recently consolidated with the Medford school dis trict this eliminated Smith's position. Latham has resigned due to pressure of business and other activities. Smith was elected board chairman, Edith Hoag, Pros- $ect, vice chairman, and Mek old, secretary. , . At last night's meeting, re zoning of the rural school dis trict was postponed until the overall effects of the recent school : consolidation, and re organization could be deter mined, Mekvold said. Request by Board i The board requested the county to continue to cover as much of the operating rural school district budget as it sees fit. - i Smith reported on a state meeting of Oregon School Boards association of the Uni versity of Oregon in Eugene, recently. The association considered ways and means in which the state group could be most ef fective in helping local dis trict school boards. It consid ered also the possibility of making arrangements to con duct schools on county and district level for newly-elected board members. Smith reported considerable interest in the problem of lost, school time. This applies es pecially in athletics and other school activities being ' pro moted to pay their own way. Some schools are using gen eral fund money for athletic programs to eliminate this, he noted. The association is con ducting a continuing study on the problem, Smith said. Cooler Air Moves Into Southern Area Cloud cover and cooler air brought cooler temperatures for the Medford vicinity, to day after a record equalling maximum yesterday. High temperature reading at the Medford airport sta tion of the U. S. weather bur eau Tuesday was 96 degrees, tying the all time- high for May 12. The mercury reached 96 on that date in 1936. A high of only 78 to 80 was anticipated here this af ternoon by the weather bur eau. Considerable cloudiness and a few showers have been forecast for tonight and to morrow. Five-day forecast in dicates a cooling trend Thurs day and Friday but with tem peratures averaging slightly above normal. Showery per iods art predicted. Herter Pushes Meeting Toward Main Problems Russia Challenged To Join in Earnest - Geneva -(UPD- Secretary of State Christian Herter broke through Russia's propaganda barrage today to bring the Big Four Foreign Ministers', Con ference to grips with its main problems of German unity and European security. Herter was chairman as the third session of the parley be gan. By the time it ended, he had hurled a challenge at Russia to join in "deadly earnest" talks. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko's two-day fili buster to win admission for Communist Poland and Czech oslovakia as "full and equal" partners of the major powers collapsed, at least temporari ly, under a demand from Her ter to let the Big Four get down to brass tacks. Calls for Agreements "I should say the United States is in deadly earnest about wanting to reach agree ments," Herter said. He pledged American will ingness for a summit confer ence and proposed these tar gets for getting there: Reach agreements right now "over as wide a field as possible." -"Narrow the differences." "Prepare constructive pro posals" for President Eisen hower and the other summit leaders to consider. In Washington, Eisenhower told his, news conference today that he hoped the Russians would stop using the Geneva talks for a propaganda plat form so the meetings could starprpducing . fruitful; . ie- suits. ' -.' . , ' ' Herter pledged , that there will be no backtracking on western determination to guarantee the freedom of West Berlin and West Germany and its aim to restore freedom -in the East Zone. Articles Filed for Parking Corporation Articles of non-profit incor poration for the Medford Parking corporation have been filed, it was announced today, and the firm is ready to 'begin working out details of operation. CO. Lovejoyof the Mode O' Day store is president, and Joseph J. Materie, manager of Montgomery Ward, is secretary-treasurer. Others sign ing the articles of incorpora tion were Larry Schade, Otto Ewaldsen, John Moffat and Bruno Rath. Lovejoy said this morning the purpose of the firm is to acquire and operate down town off-street parking facili ties, for the use of shoppers, clients and patients of mer chants and professional men. A list of those participating in the plan will be made known later, he said, and is expected to include a wide representation of downtown merchants and professional people. The firm is nominally capi talized at a maximum of $50,- 000, Lovejoy reported. f Drill May Have Cut Martin Vehicle Open Portland -(UPD- The possibil ity of a barge drilling test holes in the Columbia river near The Dalles might have ripped open doors of the sta tion wagon containing the bodies of the Ken Martin fam ily was investigated today. Sheriffs detective Walter Craven said he planned to visit the area Thursday. The five-member Martin family vanished last Dec. 7. WEATHER FOREC AST: Considerable cloudiness and a few showers tonight and Thursday. Cooler. Low tonight 50. High Thursday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 96 Lowest this Morning - 55 Our Skies tonight Sunset today I 7:24 -p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:51 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:04 a.m. First Quarter May 15 PROMINENT STARS - The Twins, - well north of the Moon. -" VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 8:04 pjn. Venus, sets 10:22 p.m. Mars, sets . 11:13 p.m. Saturn, rises 11:09 p.m. Price 10 Medford 14 Pages Ike Demands Congress Tackle Critical Issues Lawmakers Chided For Failure To Act Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower demanded today the Congress deal with "crit ical" problems involving fed eral highway, housing and farm programs. In an extraordinary mes sage to Congress, the Presi dent chided the lawmakers for failing to act on his recom mendations of last January to deal with all three issues. He referred spepifically to his proposals for raising the federal gasoline tax by a cent and a half a gallon, to enlarge government authority to guar antee mortgages on homes and to deal with the growing sur plus of wheat. All But Doomed Democratic leaders already have all but doomed the gas oline tax proposal. They hope to complete congressional ac tion within the next three or four weeks on a controversial catch-all housing bill that would include provisions to keep the FHA mortgage pro gram going. They still have some hope of revamping the wheat price support program to cut costs, but not along the lines recommended by the ad ministration. The President recalled that the 1958 law authorizing the interstate highway program provided - for -a payas-you- go system financed by gaso line and other highway user taxes. He also noted that a bill passed last year stepped up the rate of highway spend ing, but failed to provide more money for the highway trust fund. Will Be Impossible "Because, the original law wisely requires that the fund's expenditures not exceed its receipts," his message added, "it will be impossible this year, without congressional action, to apportion funds so that the states may make commitments, for future high way construction. "Apportionments in the following year would also be far below those needed to car ry forward the road -building schedule, now contemplated by law." 27,666 Voters Are Registered Here A total of 27,666 voters are now registered in Jackson county following recent can cellations of registrations of those who did not vote in either the last primary or gen eral election, according to Marvin Madden, county clerk. The total includes 14,386 Republicans, 12,831 Demo crats and 449 miscellaneous voters. All voters affected by the state regulation were no tified they had until April 3 to reinstate their voter regis tration, Madden said. , Voter registration ; cancel lations include 3,331 Republi cans, 4,281 Democrats and 364 miscellaneous for a total of 7,976 voters, he noted. ' . A total of 8,686 Jackson county voters failed to vote in the last two elections. This in cluded 3,646 Republicans, 4, 655 Democrats and 385 mis cellaneous voters, the county clerk reported. Decision on Espee Daylight Move Waits ' Salem -(UPD Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today that a decision as to action on an Interstate Commerce Commission order allowing Southern Pacific to curtail Shasta Daylight runs between Oregon and Californ ia would have to wait until the order could be studied. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 4 12 2 Boston 0 5 0 Shaw and Lollar; F. Sul livan, Quale (4) and White. Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1959 ke WdirDfts Y WhoMfle Debt Congress Asked To Speed Action On Legislation Action Requested To Curb Inflation Washington (UPD- President Eisenhower said today that he wants not only a balanced budget from Congress, but enough federal revenue to start reducing the staggering public debt. In discussing federal reve nues at his news conference he did not ask for any new income taxes. Immediate Request He also told' reporters he was sending an immediate re quest to the House and Senate for speedier action on badly needed legislation to increase the federal lending authority for insurance mortgages, rais ing the gasoline tax for high way construction, and legisla tion, to cope with the mount ing wheat surplus. The President said that un less Congress speeded up its action in these three vital "aTeasr,,thTtmtryT-wirj-u 1 d suffer. . '. ' ' : In talking about the budget, Eisenhower called on not only Congress, but labor and business management for sen sible, reasonable action to combat inflation, hold down government spending and start reducing the towering federal debt. Debt Above $284 Billions Latest treasury figures show that as of May 3 the public debt was $284,824,191,460.18. Eisenhower said his bal anced budget proposed for fis cal 1960 actually was a mini mum target. He said that the government, without delay, ought to be building up a sur plus to whittle down the debt and thus reduce what he called the unconscionable an nual cost of interest on the public debt. Other conference highlights: The President felt that some of ths Russian tactics in the opening phases of the Ge neva Foreign Ministers Con ference were motivated by propaganda goals. He ex pressed the hope that this stage would pass quickly so the ministers could get down to fruitful negotition. Delaying Tactic He said continued Senate opposition to confirmation of some of his major nominations was baffling and obviously was a delaying tactic based on something other than. search ing out the competence of his selections for high federal office. He summarized his feel ings on proposed repeal of the 22nd amendment, which pro hibits more than two terms for a President, by saying that he thought the amend ment should be left in force for the time being to test its workability. Opposes Discrimination On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Supreme court's historic ruling outlaw ing racial segregation in pub lic schools he acknowledged that the decision has produced resentment in some areas. But he said that it was the duty of all Americans to work to ward the goal of no discrimi nation because of race, color or origin. This, he added, was simply a matter of being true to the founding documents of this republic. He declined flatly to commit himself on whether Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev would be a welcome visitor to this country, saying that such a visit had not been proposed to him. Washington - (0PD- Presi dent Eisenhower will fly to Colorado Saturday to visit the Air Force Academy. 'Hw Ha We're' Still Ahead of Them" Budget Committee Eyes Final The Jackson county budget committee hopes to hold its final session on the new fiscal year's budget tomorrow, com mittee members said. Only remaining cnunty budget portion yet to be ap proved tentatively is the coun ty school fund of $212,520, This is the total amount which the county, is required to levy as a minimum by state law based on $10 per school census child, it was explained .Following yesterday's ses sion the budget committee tentatively approved a mis cellaneous general county fund of $172,900.64, an in crease of $22,639 more than the current year's budget, The eeneral fund includes $3,400 for advertising, $8,000 for publicity, $1,100 for state fair fund, $3,711 for O and C land expenditures, $300for experiment station building and $9,930 for retirement. Other amounts tentatively approved so far include coun ty court and commissioners, $25,534; circuit courts, $36,- 930.40; district court, $11,- 990.19; Ashland justice court, $8,398; Gold Hill justice court, $2,540; sheriff's department, $159,142; county clerk, $74,- 613 .45; elections, $29,460; treasurer, $11,515; school su perintendent, $28,608.14; as sessor. $119,622: courthouse expense, $38,688.20; county farm home, $117,971.56; care of poor not at county farm home, $223,294; miscellaneous relief. $35,000: county com pensation, $360; Red Cross, $1,500; indigent veterans, $2,000; county coroner, $1,- 823; juvenile department, $41,- 513.90; health department, $100,340; mosquito control, Eddie, Liz Check Into II. Y. Hotel New York-flJPD- Newlyweds Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor, who spent their wed ding night on a jet airliner, checked into a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel . today and immediately put up the do not disturb" sign. Weary but feeling "wonder ful" after the five hour and 10-minute trip from Los An geles, the couple arrived at Idlewild airport and went di rectly to the Waldorf and their 28th floor suite. A hotel spokesman -said they were expected to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria until Thursday when they will leave for a European honey moon. , 54th Year Tribune No. 46 Session $8,500; surveyor, $10,116; wa termaster, $19,312; district attorney,-$20,910; fruit inspec tion, $1,675; county agent, $23,645; veterans service offi cer, $9,523; board of equaliz ation, $400; constable, $9,626; planning commission, $13,402; Medford and Hanley sites building maintenance, $500; general road fund, $1,713,014; civil defense, $7,548; building improvement and mainten ances $36,000; juvenile deten tion home and maintenance, $19,936; and Jackson county historical fund, $25,759. Bands fo Play af Dedication Sunday Three Rogue valley high school bands are scheduled to participate in the dedication ceremonies at the Siskiyou summit welcome stockade at 3 pjn. Sunday, May 17. Jennings Pierce and John Pletsch, co-chairman of the event, said Medford High school's band, under the direc tion of Irv Mirick, the Ash land High school band, under the direction of Raoul Mad dox, and the Crater High school band, under the direc tion of Norm Garothers are expected to take part in cere monies. The "Populaires," a singing group from Southern Oregon college, directed by Louis Clayson, also will participate. Buglers Ted Lawson and Bob Sheldon will play when the flag is raised. Open house is scheduled be tween 10 ajn. and 5 p.m. Group Announces Plans For Fight Against Weeds A fight against weeds and debris along streets in Med ford is expected to get under way this Saturday, it was- an nounced at a Make Medford Beautiful committee meeting this morning. The war against weeds will be conducted by local civic organizations, it was stated. The group encouraged resi dents to clean up areas around their businesses and homes at once, since the tourist season gets under way in June. A report was given by Gene Roethler regarding the order ing of litterbags to be distrib uted by service stations in the area, it was explained that the 100,000 bag order needed 'Explosive Force' From Structural Failure Suspected Weather Radar Said Out of Order Baltimore, Md. -UPD- Civil Aeronautics Board investigat ors said today that the Capital Airlines Viscount which crashed in a thunderstorm near here Tuesday "came apart in the air." A CAB spokesman at the scene of the crash, which killed 31 persons; said there was evidence of "an explosive force" possibly sudden decom pression, but not necessarily an explosion in the usually ac cepted sense. Structural Failure "An explosive force could have resulted from structural failure of a wing that could pierce the pressurized cabin," the CAB official said, "but there is no longer any doubt that the plane came apart in the air, at an altitude of be tween 7,000 and 9,000 feet, for reasons as yet undeter mined." Capital revealed that the plane was carrying weather radar, but that its set was out of order when the plane took off. ' ' Investigators also reported that a Northeast Airlines plane in the same area was hit . by lightning at about the same time of the Capital crash, but received no damage. The CAB spokesman added that while lightning is still regarded as a possibility, "It's still a one in a million shot.". Disintegrated in Air , The jet-prop plane, Capi tal's flight 75 from New York to . Atlanta, disintegrated in the air. The mangled bodies of its ; 27 passengers and four crew members were scattered over a quarter-mile area. -It was the second disaster to strike the airline in less than an hour. A Capital-operated Constellation, also bound for Atlanta, skidded and crashed on landing at Charleston, W. Va., killing two of the 43 per sons aboard. The plane fell off a 250-foot embankment and burned. Twenty-eight occu pants were injured. This was believed to have been the first time that a com mercial air carrier suffered two fatal crashes in the same day. Had Perfect Record The plane was piloted by Capt. N. C. Paddock, 52, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., a vet eran of nearly 29 years service with the airline. Capital said he had never been in an acci dent. The co-pilot, M. J. Fla haven of Dearborn, Mich., also had an accident-free, record, . The four-engine airliner ap parently was flying through "high turbulence" - extreme up and down air drafts just before the crash. There also was lightning and rain. Three Jefs Crash In Atlantic Ocean Myrtle Beach, S.C. (UPD Three Air Force. F100 Super Sabre jets crashed into the At lantic ocean early today. One body was recovered several hours later. Myrtle Beach'Air Force Base identified the missing men as Capt. Mack Bulger. Oklahoma City, Okla.; 1st Lt. Delano D. Lund, Baker, Mont.; and lt. Lt. Morris L. Uden, Buffalo, Kan. The jets crashed about 10 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach while on a night navi gation and air refueling mis sion. for a reduced price had not been reached. One quarter of the order, Roethler said, was to be given to the Siskiyou summit stockade for distribu tion to tourists there. He explained that litterbags are widely used by motorists traveling through the area." It was also mentioned at the meeting that during 1958 it had cost the state $52,500 to pick up trash along highways and in state parks. Plans were also discussed for a spring clean-up cam paign that v ill get underway soon throughout the city. Lou Cranston, chairman of the committee, presided at the breakfast meeting, at the Jackson hoteL
