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Newspaper Page TextHooves To Cuft IFroinrD (Oemievo Soviieft row HOOTER TROOP OUTS FOR Geneva-TCPB-Secretary of State Christian A. Herter today handed Russia a dramatic western offer to trade global troop cuts for quick restoration of freedom for all of Germany starting with Berlin. , But Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, who obviously knew something about the West's plan before it was presented, indicated in a speech at Wednesday's session of the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference that Moscow rejected in advance any western move to link political steps on Berlin and Germany with European security. Reunification in Four Stages Herter, leading off for the Wes at today's session formally presented a comprehensive "western peace plan" providing for reunification of Germany in four stages. It would take effect over a period of 2 Vi years and the U. S. would join the Soviet Union in a dramatic cut of armed forces along the way. Both East and West Berlin, Herter said, should be given free elections first - "as a first step" towards reunification of the two Germanys. But western troops would remain in West Berlin until the last stage of the Herter plan, which is a final peace treaty with a freely elected all-German government. If the Soviet Union did not stall too long, Germany thus could become free and united by the end of 1961. The West had little hope that Gromyko would readily 'ccept any package that would deprive the Communists of a major satellite, such as they have now in East Germany. In his speech Wednesday, GromykOi said that "such an approach . . . would amount to a complete blocking of our work." ' NATO Nations United Behind Plan But the West-including Britain, France and West Ger many, as well as all the NATO, nations-was united behind Herter in an all-or-nothing package providing: Reunification of Germany through free elections in four stages, starting with a free .Vote in all Berlin and formation of a joint East German-West German commission of 35 delegates to write an all-German election law. Establishment of a system of European security by gradual thinning out of troops and establishment of ground inspection. . ' Big power troop cuts around the world, with the U. S. and Russia reducing ;their forces to 1,700,000 men. each at the final stage. . . Group to Consider Creek's Potential A committee to study Bear creek's potential for parks and recreation was appointed at last night's meeting of the Medford parks and recreation commission.' Ned Langf ord, Medford plan ning technician, told the com mission he understood from a state official that the state highway department would be interested in cooperating with local planners in development of park sites along,the creek. The highway department's present schedule calls for con struction of the proposed High uav an freewav through Med ford to start next year. Pur chase of right of way property, mnct nf it alongside the itppV mav begin later this year. Suitable for Development The mirchases. plus re-rout ing of the creek's channel at certain points, are expected n leave areas beside the creek suitable for development o narlrs Langford's statement follow ed a comparable report of the state's interest Monday nigm by Bob Root, Medford fruit grower and member of the state water resources board. Root, speaking in a panel dis cussion on Bear creek's pollu tion, urged that local groups indicate to the highway com missioners their interest in improving the creek. City Manager Robert A. Duff suggested that the parks and recreation commission pass a resolution recommend ing such improvement. The ap pointment of the special com mittee, which includes com mission members Verl Walker and Dr. Ernest Duce and City Parks and Recreation Director y, tiaworui, is tuiumcicu preliminary step toward draw ing up such a resolution; Express Concern Individual commission mem bers expressed concern-" for the fate of the proposed Jack son county parks and recrea tion budget, especially with reference to Bear creek's fu ture v County Judge Earl Miller Tuesday asked an additional Pearson Blasts Further Expansion Of Intermediate Penal Institution Salem-OJPB-State President Walter Pearson today blasted further expansion of the new intermediate penal institution here and urged that part of the facility be converted to a women's prison. Gov. Mark Hatfield prom ised that a new look would have to be taken at the in stitution because the 50th Oregon Legislature refused to appropriate enough money for a full program there. To Open Soon The intermediate penal in stitution, designed for young offenders, is scheduled to open later. this month. Pearson suggested that a committee be appointed to m- OFFERS outiav in county narks budget to buy more water from the Talent Irrigation district to boost Bear creek's minimum flow. The - additional water would help dilute pollutants and . make :the creek more habitable for fish. Walker commented that the creek's improvement would 'depend on the ability of the county to get water." Haworth stated that a grow- in number of communities consider all property on both banks of a stream as poten tial park area. He said such communities make a Dractice of trying to acquire this prop erty, for protecting the stream and for park development. In suggesting formation of the special committee, he said its study of Bear creek should include "other factors" such as this. Haworth said any improve ments by the state hignway department would probably be limited to "green strip' areas or other park areas de signed primarily for beautifi- cation. G. Pass Woman May Stand Trial Grants Pass - (UPD - District Attorney Max L. McMillin said today he may bring to trial a woman for the slaying of her two children 11 years ago. Mrs. Frances Irene Mc Curdv was indicted for first degree murder in 1948 for the knife slayings of her children, Pamela, 11, and Paul, 10 However, a oretrial nsychia trie examination resulted in her being sent to the Oregon state hospital' in Salem. Mrs. McCurdy, now 49, was released Monday from the hosoital and was taken to the Josephine county jail. . Hos pital authorities said she told them, she wanted to stand trial and that if released she wanted a job in a nursing home to care for elderly patients. - vestigate other uses for the rest of the facility. The institution will now hold about 300 first offend ers. The entire program calls for about 600. Magnificent Monstrosity' Pearson called the institu tion a "magnificent monstros ity of a jail." His major point was that Oregon did not need "another prison." The Legislature refused to appropriate money for a full vocational staff. "This puts us in a -contradictory position," Hatfield said. . ... Secretary of State Howell Appling said that "now would Mother, Children Die as Flames Raze Eureka Home Father Jnjured; Taken To Hospital Eureka, Calif.-UPD-A wom an and her three young daugh ters were killed Wednesday night when a fire . raged through their 50 - year - old frame house in i matter of minutes. .' .Fire Chief Allan Pettingill described the blaze, which oc curred only five blocks from the fire station, as "the worst in Eureka fire department history, in terms of human life." Eureka is a town of 25,000 located on the north coast of California. Victims Identified The victims were identified as Annie Jo Hallmark, in her late 20s, and her three daugh ters, Jannie, 7, Mary Ann, 4, and Patty, 3. The father, James, also in his late 20s, was taken to Eureka General hospital with second degree burns, a gash on one leg and suffering from shock. The fire was discovered by a neighbor, Norman Edwards, 32. Edwards, who wears a brace on one leg, told firemen he heard a woman scream, "my God, my God, someone save me," but was unable to get the brace on his leg in time. "I never felt so helpless in my life," he said. Policemen Saw Leap Shortly after Edwards first heard Mrs. Hallmark's screams, two .policemen pass ing by in a patrol car saw Hallmark leap from a second story window. The three then tried to enter the front door but the entire house had al ready been turned into an in ferno. - i The coroner's office said the victims all died of suffoca tion. Their bodies were found in the rear bedroom, lying near a window. - An adjoining home was par tially burned. Firemen esti mated total' damage at $10,- 000. Cause of the blaze was unknown. Subdivision Bill To Be Considered The Medford planning com mission is expected to con sider passage a city subdivis ion ordinance after a contin ued public hearing, at its regu lar meeting at 7:30 o'clock to night at city hall. Public hearings on six re quested zone changes and a requested setback variance also are slated. The zone change requests include one from single fam ily to limited commercial for the Knights of Columbus at Barnett rd. and Black. Oak dr.; one from single family to multiple family for a Scot tish Rite consistory at High land dr. and Crestbrook rd.; one from single family to limited commercial for the B and G business properties on East Jackson st. west of Gen nessee 'St.; pne from single family and limited light in dustrial to light industrial for Harold Farr's trailer park property on North Pacific highway;' one from single family to light industrial for property at the northeast, cor ner of Biddle and McAndrews rds.; and one from multiple family to limited commercial for property at West Main and Jeanette sts. Transfer of TB Patients Approved Salem -flJPD- Transfer of 15 to 20 tuberculosis patients at The Dalles TB hospital to the Salem facility was approved by the State Board of Control today. ' seem to be an awkward time to stop" on the institution. Pearson suggested at to day's Board of Control meet ing that a wing for 64 women could be used at the institu tion to get the women out of the state prison here where they now are housed. To Reevaluate Future Use- He said women are usually in jail for lesser crimes and could be handled separately from the men at the institu tion. . The governor ended the meeting by saying that the board of control would "do its best" to reevaluate future use of the institution. 54th Year Medford 26 Pages Strauss Accused Of Deviousness, Deceit by Solon New Mexico Demo Balks at Nomination Washington - (UPD - Sen. Clinton P. Anderson accused Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss today of following a "pattern of deviousness and deceit" at Senate hearings on his confirmation. He said Strauss would "con tinue in this manner" if con firmed for the cabinet post. Anderson, New Mexico Democrat who heads the Con gressional Committee on At omic Energy, made the state ment in testimony before the Senate Commerce committee. Falsehood Charged Anderson, in a previous ap pearance, accused Strauss of "unqualified falsehood." " Returning as a witness for the second time, he brought along what he called "many things that are tortured and twisted" in Strauss' state ments in rebuttal since then. His testimony ran for 17 pages, plus a 13-page, ap pendix. Much of Anderson's new testimony dealt with 1956 ne gotiations which led to an agreement making data on the nuclear submarine Nautilus available to the British. s The senator had charged earlier that Strauss failed to keep the Atomic Energy com mittee fully and completely informed as required by law. He said Strauss, in rebuttal, sought to imply that the charge was based on his fail ure to let the committee know all about the negotiations. O'Mahoney Opposed . "If he twists what I said then,", . Anderson said, "you can depend on it that he will twist reports that he presents to you and you can not trust him on any occasion." Earlier, Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney said he would vote against Strauss' nomination. The Wyoming Democrat said he would vote against Strauss because ", "I ' believe that on purely constitutional and public policy qualifica tions, he should not be allow ed to head the Department of Commerce which Congress created." Director Asks Changes in Budget Consideration of changes "within the totals-" of the Medford parks and recreation department's preliminary bud get for 1959-60 has been ask ed by Robert L. Haworth, the city's new parks and recrea tion director A three-member committee was appointed from the parks and recreation commission at its meeting last night to meet with Haworth next Monday on the-- matter. Committee members include Glenn Linn, James Zack and Mrs. Owen Kunkel. , Haworth emphasized after the meeting that any j alloca tion changes would be within the totals for personal serv ices, operation and mainten ance and capital improve ments already presented to the city budget committee by City Manager Robert A. Duff. Since Haworth did not as sume his duties here until last week, the preliminary parks and recreation budget has been drawn up to include certain lump sums for an ex panded program, so he would have figures to work with in planning the program. TO ATTEND MEETING Glenn Jackson, member of the state highway commission, County Judge Earl Miller, and Commissioners Ralph James and Chester Wendt will attend a state park meeting in Roseburg Friday. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Friday with a few light showers. Low tonight 40. High Friday 70. Temp. Highest Yetserday 70 Lowest this Morning 48 Prec. to 10 sum. Today .08 Our Skies Tonight Snnset today . 7:25 p.m.' Sunset tomorrow 4:51 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:41 a.m. First Quarter 1 (May 15 PROMINENT STARS Capella, low in north west 90 pjn.' Deneb, low in north-" east - 10:0S p.m. High above them is the Big Dipper; the Handle of the Dip per is on the right, the Bowl on the left. MEDFORD, Iw Siiip testes Idd Bta Mum Fig Member Resigns From SS Board; Another Expected Action Follows Carter's Appointment One member of the Jack son county selective service board has resigned and a second plans to resign today. The action resulted from the appointment" of Sprague Carter, Pendleton, as state di rector of selective service. Geary E. Garrett, route 3, Medford, resigned from the board as of Tuesday. Fred R. Brennan, Medford, said he plans to submit his resigna tion today. Two other mem bers, Fred W. . Lester, Gold Hill, and Alonzo L. Sieben list, Ashland, said they are still undecided as to what ac tion they would take. Chairman James R. 'W. Gregg, Central Point, stated that he would remain on the board at the present time. He explained that he never quit when there was an emergency and he considered the present situation an emergency. Board members said earlier they would resign if Gov. Mark Hatfield's nomination of Carter, was approved, by Lt. Gen. Lewis B. . Hershey; fed eral director. Appointment Approved General Hershey approved Carter's appointment yester day in Washington. : . In speaking of the status of the local board, Gregg ex plained that he would con tinue working until new ap pointments were made, and then possibly resign at a later date. He said that vacancies on the local board would ,be filled by appointments from state headquarters, usually on the recommendation of the local chairman. Gregg said that members of the board work without compensation. Garrett referred to Carter as a "politician" in giving his reason for resigning. He ex plained that politics is not supposed to enter . into the selective service board's ac tivities. Brennan declined to com ment. Carter Approved For Appointment Salem-(UPD-Sprague Carter, Pendleton, has been approved as Oregon director of selec tive service. Gov. Mark Hat field, said today. The appointment, made by National Selective .Service Di rector Lewis Hershey, was ef fective May 11. - ' There had been consider able legislative criticism of Hatfield's nomination of Car ter for the job with some sen ators and representatives al leging that Carter did not have sufficient experience for the job. However, Hatfield said Car ter had passed "the most rig-! id security and integrity tests." . - "Carter has survived the partisan attacks made upon him by the legislature," the Republican governor said. Twining's Lung Contained Cancer ' Washington (UPD A cancer- Lous tumor was found in the lung of Gen. Nathan F. Twin ing, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Department announced today. The department said the en tire diseased . portion of the left lung was removed in an operation Tuesday, and there was no evidence of involve ment in any other areas of the chest. ' Defense officials said they expected Twining to be out of the hospital in three or four weeks and to be back on the job a couple of weeks after that. ' . . ' ' i r ,.'$DAY, MAY 14,; 1959 "Some Of You Still Seem To Have The Old Fashioned Idea That We're Supposed To Deliver The Mail" . t i'JM I ,o STATES r- i r aim i im11-' Plans for Expected Plans- for Medf ord's propos ed west side muncipal swim ming pool are expected "be fore the last week in June" from Stevens and Thompson, consulting engineers, City Manager Robert A. Duff re ported last night. - Meanwhile, City Parks and Recreation Director . Robert L. Haworth told the parks and recreation commission, a master plan for the proposed park area which includes the pool should be ready "within three weeks.." Duff told the commission that residents across the street from the pool's proposed lo cation,, at the southwest cor ner of Clark st. and Summit ave., have expressed concern over the possibility of noise from the pool's operation. Meet With Officials . Duff, Haworth, Lor en Thompson from the Portland engineering firm and Med ford school officials met Tues day to discuss development of the park area and pool in relation to the Jackson school which lies adjacent. Retain ing Stevens and Thompson to design the pool was auth orized by the Medford city council last week. "We expect" to have plans before the last week in June," Duff told the commission. He explained later that if the plans were satisfactory the city council might call for bids at its first meeting in July. Haworth said now that the Bids Opened for Riverside Sewer W. H., Conrad, . Medford contractor, was apparent low bidder on the South River side ave. sanitary sewer proj ect when bids were opened at Medford city hall this morning- :'. - '". - Conrad's bid of $21,790.75 was below the engineer's es timate of ' $23,630.25. Other bidders include R. A. Heintz Construction company, Port land, $27,773.50 and M, C. Lininger and Sons, Medford, $31,878.50. Award of the contract may be considered by the Med ford city council at its regu lar, meeting a week from to night. The sewer is planned to serve an area bounded gen erally by Earhart'st. on the north, Bear creek on the east, South Riverside ave ' on- the west and Stewart ave. and Barnett rd. on the south. . It would also serve the Jackson county shops on the south side of Barnett rd. TRIBUNE New Pool in June pool was "pretty well locat ed he would proceed in CO' operation with school offic ials to study the rest of the area. . Noise Not Disturbing Duff and Haworth both stated they, did not believe the noise from the pool would prove disturbing to nearby residents. Haworth noted that the pool , would be set back "a reasonable distance" from the corner,' and that it would be screened by landscaping along its north and east sides. A sum estimated at $75,000 plus a sizeable tract of land have been promised the city by the Jackson county, hous ing authority last night that constructing . a pool facility for, this sum would inyolve sacrifices. Duff said Thompson told him the pool would have to be of minimum size. He said Thompson stated his firm would endeavor to plan it with a length of 25 yards, or larger if possible. Not. Serviceable . Haworth commented that a pool smaller than this length by 42 feet wide "wouldn't be serviceable." Duff said economics would be effected primarily in the bathhouse facilities. He said dressing rooms would have no overhead cover, but would be designed so roofing could be added at a later date. He said the . possibility of using .facilities at Jackson school for a bathhouse was discussed at Tuesday's meet ing, but was dismissed be cause no adequate facilities for this use existed. Duff explained that the pool's depth was: planned to run from three and a half to five feet. He said it was hop ed . a separate wading pool could be included in the im mediate construction. Other wise, he explained, a wading pool and a separate diving pool could be added later on. 'Oscars' Handed put by Group for State Legislation Efforts - Portland-flJPD-The manager of Oregon Tax Research,' Inc., today handed out "Oscars" for various pieces of legislation acted upon at the recent ses sion in Salem. The awards ranged from "best legislation" to "most humorous." 'Best Legislation' The "awards" were handed out at the weekly luncheon of the Portland Realty Board by William Bade. Two measures got awards for "best legislation." They were the bills requiring 20 Price 10 Cents No. 47 Officer Killed, 17 Others Saved By Rescue Crews Advised. by Radio To Regain Altitude Lakehurst, N.J.-dJPE-A huge Navy blimp crashed into its hanger while attempting an instrument landing in heavy fog early today at the Naval Air Station here. One officer died while res cuers, using acetylene torches and heavy cutting equipment, worked for more . than six hours to reach him in the blimp's shattered gondola. He was identified at Lt. (jg) David Malcolm Loyd, Vega, Tex. The other 17 crew members were injured. Six were hos pitalized, one in critical con dition. The" others were treat ed for minor injuries, mostly cuts and bruises. Advised To Climb Capt. Van Evers, command er of the air station, said it was miraculous" that there was not a heavier casualty toll. A Navy spokesman said the blimp, valued at between $4 and $5 million, had just been aavised .by - radio to. regain altitude and try a .new ap- proach when the gondola slammed into the side of the hangar, about 20 feet from the roof. Rescuers using aerial lad ders braved the danger of a possible explosion and fire to rescue crew members from the gondola, which dangled pre cariously over the edge of the hangar roof, 125 feet above ground. One Westerner Hurt Fire trucks stood alongside as fuel leaking from the dam aged blimp poured into the hangar roof. Ironically, the fog lifted minutes after the crash. After the crash, the 343-foot balloon's helium-filled bag col lapsed and folded over the wreckage, hampering the ef forts of rescuers. The bag con tained more than one million cubic feet of helium. Reported in satisfactory con dition at Fort Dix was Lt. Robert D. Ecoff, Camas, Wash. He was the only .resident of the Far West hospitalized. Roof Penetrated ' One engine of the blimp penetrated the hangar roof. The gondola, which houses the crew, smashed a hole 25 by 15 feet, in the roof. The crash scene was only a short distance from where the German Zeppelin Hinden burg burst into flames May 6, 1937, and was destroyed with a loss of 36 lives. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago . 14 19 Boston 6 11 2 Wynn, Lown (8) and Lol lar; Hoefx, Monbouquetle (1), Bowsfield (6). Fornieles (9) and White. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 2 S O Chicago 0 3 ' 0 Nuxhall and Bailty; Hill man, Henry (9). Elsion (9) and Averill. weeks of employment to quali fy for unemployment compen sation and requiring audits by all governmental bodies. Other Awards The "most vicious" award went to a bill, which failed to pass, that would have amended the corrupt practices act to ban businessmen from contributing to support or defeat of ballot measures." "Most controversial" award went to the public power au thority bill, wh'ich was defeat ed. ''Most dangerous" was la Secret Meetings Would Be Test Of Sincerity Gromyko Not Yet ' Committed To Idea Geneva-flJPD-The West mov-" ed today to determine once and for all Russia's sincerity by pressing for secret meet ings that would cut off the Soviet propaganda flow from the four-power talks here. Soviet Foreign Minister An- ' drei Gromyko has not yet committed himself . on the Western proposal. But observ- 11 ers said acceptance of secrecy in the talks would indicate strongly Moscow wants genu ine negotiations. They said a rejection would be tanamount to admission that the Soviet government looks upon the meeting main ly as a propaganda forum. Suggested By Herter The suggestion to negotiate behind closed doors came Wednesday from U.S. Secre tary of State Christian A. Herter. It was firmly endors ed by Britain and France. The western nations be lieve secret talks will allow serious negotiations and re duce any temptation to talk to the grandstands. Closed-door negotiations would also free the confer ence from the possibility of unwarranted inte rference from East German "advisers" sitting in at Geneva. The East German Commu nists anxious to make their presence felt at the confer ence, may offer strong opposi tion to secret talks. The West Germans would have no objections since they are being fully .informed by the Western Allies on every major move. . The opening policy state ment made by Gromyko Wed nesday gave the West slight encouragement. Must Produce In effect, the Soviet foreign minister conceded for the first time that the ministers must produce some results before a summit meeting is called. Moscow has hertofore corW sidered the . Geneva parley w necessary evil with no more purpose than to arrange the agenda, time and place for a summit conference. Gromyko showed no Incli nation to make concessons on any of the major cold war issues. But his mild tone in dicated strongly Premier Ni kita Khrushchev's desire ' to avoid an early clash with the ' West which might jeopardize his hoped-for. face -to -face meeting with President Eisen hower. . Three Talent Jobs Slated for Bids Bids on three jobs in the Talent project will be called in the next few months, ac cording to J. A. Callan, con struction engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation, Camp White. Plans for another job. the Phoenix diversion dam on Bear Creek in the Medford Irrigation district, have been postponed until later, it was reported. Bids are to be asked this month on a 330-foot concrete bench flume. ! nine ore-cast concrete pipe siphons and re lated work on the east later al from Emigrant dam. Bid calls are. expected in June and July on 1.3 miles of 30-inch siphon and 9 miles of unlined canal of 65 cubic feet per second capacity north of Ashland which will ex tend from the east lateral to the west lateral under High way 99 and the Southern Pa cific tracks. Also to be 'called in June and July are bids on 1.5 miles of unlined canal of 130 cubic feet per second capacity from the South Fork of Little Butte creek and Daley creek for collection canals to bring wa ter to the Howard Prairie reservoir. Tax Research beled as the bill to eliminate requirements that local gov ernments publish budgets. This also was defeated. 'Most Humorous' Two bills fell under the "most humorous" heading. One was a bill to permit sing ing in taverns, which was ve toed, and the other was a bill to create special "vector con trol districts." Bade Said the latter almost passed with "al most no one" knowing, or admitting ignorance, that a vector pertains to disease or germ carrier! in ttua instance.