Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 18, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti uii.iH-uMiIJt iiiji., in, ii mmuxm...m..i.b.mm -- wm IPrapi xJ ects ."fax. Mtf-jji 7'ii' SftT'j i irai ii'iwiw i J i'sktimmmL mm HANDED SCISSORS Jack Creager, presi dent of the Jackson County Centennial asso ciation, hands a pair of scissors to Miss Pat Rushton of Jacksonville, Miss Jackson County in the Oregon contest leading to the Miss America pageant, at dedication cere monies of the Siskiyou summit stockade yesterday afternoon. With them are, at left, CROWD AT CEREMONIES Above is part of the crowd attending dedication ceremo nies yesterday afternoon of the welcome booth stockade on Highway 99, 12 miles south of Ashland. Students from Southern Oregon college are manning the welcome Welcome Stockade on Siskiyous Opens; Dedicated Yesterday The replica of a military stockade opened at 8 o'clock this morning on Siskiyou summit - to welcome visitors to Oregon. The stockade, which was built "not for protection, but for welcome," was dedicated In" ceremonies yesterday" aft ernoon. About 1,200 persons signed the register in the stockade, according to Ernie Hood, Jackson county Centen nial activities coordinator. The stockade was con structed as a training project for the 417th Engineer Bri gade, Army reserve unit of southern Oregon, and will serve to provide information on tourists facilities, Centen nial events and other activi ties for people visiting the state. Recciv Instructions Southern Oregon college students, who have received instruction in Oregon history, Centennial events and location of scenic attractions, will man the stockade between 8 a.m. and 3 pjn. daily through out the summer. Miss Pat Rushton, Jackson ville, who was named Miss Jackson County last fall, per formed the dedicatory cutting of the ribbon, and Dr. Edwin R. Durno, state senator from Jackson county, delivered the main address. The function of the stock ade, to welcome Oregon visi tors rather than to guard the state's southern border, was emphasized by Dr. Durno. He described the stockade wel coming booth as symbolic of the people of this area and as symbolic of the state. He noted that it is probably the first stockade built in Oregon in 100 years. Briefly covering the history of this area, Dr. Durno termed south western Oregon "one of God's most beautiful spots." Hds Greetings ' Dr. Durno read greetings from Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, whom he represented at the ceremonies. Medford Mayor John Sni der, a member of the Oregon Centennial commission, said the stockade will be "the first official contact with an over whelming number of people who visit the state this year." Hiaa Rushton called for "a trrm welcome and flow of 1 V'V MmrJ) ...... SSM, ' f. WW! 1 booth i for Oregon visitors between 8 a.m. and 8 pjn. daily starting today. About 1,200 persons registered at the stockade yes terday, and an estimated 3,000 visited the replica of an early-day fort during open house between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. yesterday. hospitality for Centennial vis itors." Jack Creager, Medford, president of the Jackson County Centennial associa tion, was presented keys to the stockade by Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice, Med ford, commander of the Army reserve unit which built it. , Expresses Pride Jackson County Judge Earl Miller, expressing pride in the summit greeting facility, asked residents to rededicate themselves to the principles of liberty, faith, hope, friend ship and courage: He attrib uted these qualities to an early party of settlers "who crossed this spot", coming in to Oregon. Jennings Pierce and John Pletsch, Medford, were co chairmen for the dedication program, and Pierce was mas ter of ceremonies, Medford, Ashland, and Crater' High school bands were on the pro- Ashland Man Seeks $2,000 from County J. E. Malone, 308 Crowson rd., Ashland, is seeking $2,000 damages from Jackson county involving removal of dirt from a ditch near his property, ac cording to a complaint filed in circuit court here today. Malone stated in his com plaint that quantities of dirt were removed on Dec. 2, 1958, from a ditch on the south side of Crowson rd. by county road crews. The removal, he claimed, changed the. natural flow of drainage and caused sand and gravel to be de posited 1 his gardens and on his lawn. It also polluted a spring which is the source of his household water, he charged. The county allowed for damages, on April 21, 1958, Malone stated. However this did not compensate him for the estimated $2,000 deprecia tion of his property, he added. BASEBALL Detroit 14 IB 0 Boston . 2 7 0 Bunning and Berberei; F. Sullivan, Bauman (2), Fcr nleles (7), Bowsfitld (8) and Daley. vJ ftp-- h:" Dr. Edwin R. Durno, state senator from Jackson county, and, at right, Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice, commanding officer of the 417th Engineer Brigade, Army reserve unit which constructed the stockade as part of a training project. After Creager re turned to Medford last night, he shaved off his goatee and mustache. gram, and Boy Scouts, mak ing Indian signals, sent sev eral large clouds of smoke over the stockade. Among those registering during the open house yes terday were visitors from Madison, Wise, Norfolk, Nebr.,' Red Lodge, Mont., Rocky Mountain, N.C., Ash land; S.D., and Santa Monica and Sacramento, Calif. The majority of the visitors was from southern Oregon and northern- California. School To Open For Fire Fighters Southwest district of the Oregon s'tate department of forestry Tuesday will open its four-day fire fighting school for both seasonal and year-around personnel. 1 Most sessions will be at the headquarters on Table Rock rd. but some instruction will be in the field. The annual school is being expanded from three to four days for the first time this year because fire fighting problems are getting more complex and subject matter for the classes is being increased. New personnel and those with just a year of experience will attend for the first three days with 35 to 40 attending. More experienced staff mem bers will join classes Friday boosting attendance to 45 to 50. Flu Complications Fatal to KF Man Klamath Falls - (UPB - Owen Austin McCord, 65, owner of a sand and gravel company here,, died" Sunday in a local hospital. , His physician said death was caused Jby pneumonia fol lowing influenza. It was the fourth death attributed to flu here in the last two months. McCord is survived by his widow, Grace; a brother, Ivan W. McCord, Klamath Falls, and . a sister, Mrs. Albert Squire, Wilbur, Wash. Geneva -(DPD French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle is against holding a summit con ference in San Francisco, ac cording to French sources. Oregon Primary Election Law Draws Attention Free-for-All Contests Seen Washington (DPD Oregon's new presidential primary law is getting attention from poli ticians here because it seems to suggest possibilities for free-for-all contests in 1960. It could put unannounced but potential candidates for the presidency on the spot. Affected could be Gov. Nel son A. Rockefeller of New York on the Republican side and Senate Democratic Lead er Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Sen. Stuart Sym ington of Missouri among the Democrats. Entered by Petition The law contains an old provision allowing candidates to be entered in the Oregon presidential primaries by pe tition. A new provision gives the secretary of state "sole discre tion" to enter other candi dates who are "generally ad vocated or recognized in na tional news media throughout the United States." Once the state official has made that determination, a candidate can withdraw only by filing an affidavit "stating without qualification that he is not now and does not in tend to become a candidate . Among possible Democratic candidates, Sens. John ,F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Hubert H. Humphrey of Min nesota are expected to be en tered in state presidential primaries. Oregon is regarded as a probable setting, along with Wisconsin, for a contest between them. Nixon Expected Entrant v On the Republican side, Vice President Richard M. Nixon is an expected entrant in the presidential primaries. There has been no sign, however, that Rockefeller, Johnson, Symington or some of the other potential candi dates have any interest in these state contests. Yet they have backers within the party organizations and appear td be "recognized in national news media" as candidates. While the Oregon Legisla ture's action this year may have broadened the field for the presidential primary in that state, . Minnesota .and Montana put an end to presi dential primaries. Their legis latures repealed their presi dential primary laws. Salem-(UPD-The Oregon state Elections Division adopted a "wait and see" policy today toward a law amended by the 1959 Legislature giving the Secretary of State wide lati tude in placing names on the preferential' presidential pri mary ballot. The office admitted the law might have national political repercussions. It would hold for both presidential and vice presidential candidates. It would allow the Secre tary of State to place on the primary ballot the name of any candidate he determines is "generally advocated in more than five states" or gen erally advocated or recognized in national news media. . Salem (DPD Selection of George Moose, Salem, as as sistant chief of the division of plant industry, State Agri culture Department, has been announced. 'I Don't Know How Bottled Up In Price 10 1 6 Pages Strengthening of Russian Hand at Geneva Seen Aim 444 Shells Hurled In 90 Minutes Taipei, Formosa (DPD 'A Chinese Communist bombard ment of Matsu Island in the Formosa Straits Sunday ap parently was designed to strengthen the Soviets' hand at the Geneva foreign minis ters conference, informed sources said today. : The Communists, making their first large scale bom bardment of Matsu, killed three persons and wounded eight as they hurled 444 shells in 90 minutes. Bigger Guns Matsu, one of the, offshore .islands in the American patrolled Formosa Straits, is 150 miles north of the fre quently shelled Quemoy Is lands. It is far enough off shore to have been relatively untouched in past bombard ments but the Communists have been bringing in bigger guns. " Chinese Nationalist sources have predicted steppe d-up Communist activity in the Formosa Straits to coincide with the Geneva East-West meeting and said there might be new assaults against the Quemoy Islands hit by more than 600,000 shells last sum mer. Hearing Possible On Dunes Park .Washington - (UPD - The Senate public lands subcom mittee may hold hearings this fall at Reedsport or Florence, Ore., on a proposal to estab lish an Oregon Dunes national seashore park, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), said today. Neuberger said a final de cision on a hearing would not be made until the Senate In terior Committee analyzes all national park proposals pre sently pending. But he said "field hearings may be de sirable in view of local pro tests against the bill." Neuberger said it was "significant" that Interior Sec retary Fred Seaton has recent ly sent to the committee legislation proposing three seashore parks with an authorization og $15 million to" acquire the lands. Firemen Check 441 Homes During Week ' City firemen checked 441 residences last week, in the second week of their annual home inspection program, and issued 333 recommendations for correction of fire hazards. No hazards were noted in 237 homes. Firemen stopped at 917 dwellings. No one was found at home at 412 and 64 occu pants refused the offer of in spection. - I Happened To Get The First Place" Hirsts Ms S mmmmmmm9 '-m-ws.t& a mm i.iiiin f Cents i)T ATT MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1959 NEW PRESIDENT Robert B. Duncan, Oregon Optometric association. Dr. R. Max speaker of the state house of representa- Peck, left, Portland, is outgoing president, tives, congratulates Dr. Byron E. Woodruff, 4 Duncan was principal speaker at the Satur Roseburg, who was elected president of the day night banquet. Butte Falls Man Killed in Mishap With Motorcycle A Butte Falls man was killed and a Yreka, Calif., couple injured yesterday afternoon in two accidents occurring less than 15 minutes apart, state police reported. Police said Richard Lee Jolliffe, 24, of Oak and South sts., Butte Falls, died when his westbound motorcycle plunged over a 12-foot em bankment about 2:40 p.m. on Butte Falls highway at Crow foot rd., eight miles east of Highway 62. His body was found on a post of a barbed wire fence, according to the report. Estel D. Beyer, 60, of star route 3, Yreka, reportedly suffering a broken jaw, broken nose, facial lacerations and shock when the car she was riding in, driven by her husband, Herman Chris Fred Beyer,69, smashed into a tree off Highway 99 three miles south of Ashland less iiian a quarter hour afterward. The Beyers were taken by Litwiller ambulance to Ash land General hospital, where she was confined. Her hus band, treated at the hospital for facial cuts and released, stated he fell asleep at the wheel. The Beyer car, north bound, veered from the road and plowed into some woods, where it struck the tree. The southbound lane crowded with vehicles bound for the Siski you summit welcome stockade dedication at 3 p.m. Thomas Gates To Succeed Quarles Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower today an nounced his selection of Navy Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. to succeed the late Donald A. Quarles as deputy defense secretary. Eisenhower will submit Gates' nomination to the Sen ate Tuesday. Gates resigned earlier this year as Secretary of Navy, ef fective May 30, to return to the investment banking busi ness. But apparently after the death of Quarles the Presi dent and Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy persuaded him to remain in government as deputy defense secretary. Eugene (DPD Mrs. JIarold Phillips, Portland, was named president of the University of Oregon Mothers during Junior Week End. WEATHER FORECAST Variable cloudi ness with chance of scattered showers tonight and Tuesdays Low tonight 38-40. High Tues day 65. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 62 Lowest This Morning 42 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:28 p.m. 4:47 a.m. 2:59 a.m. May 22 Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tomorrow .. Full Moon PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, high in south VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, low in southeast Venus, sets Saturn, rises Mars, sets 10:37 p.m. .. 9:05 p.m. ..10:28 p.m. -10:49 p.m. -11:04 p.m. MM Legislative Action Defended bv Duncan Robert B. Duncan, speaker of the state house oj repre sentatives, Saturday Right de fended action of the recent legislature. He spoke at the Golden Jubilee convention banquet of the Oregon Opto metric association at Rogue Valley Country club. In one of the final sessions of the three-day convention, Dr. Byron E. Woodruff, Rose burg, was elected president of the state association. He sue ceeds Dr. R. Max Peck, Port land. Duncan especially com mended the legislature's ac tion s in the fields of civil rights,1 migratory labor, and state institutional services. He said many tax recommenda tions made by Dr. John F. Sly in his report were adopted, making Oregon a more attrac tive state for industrial de velopment. Makes Recommendations The Democratic representa tive told optometrists that, as a profession, they must not seek legislation merely as pro fessional people, but as citi zens. He recommended that optometrists and other profes sional groups take more re sponsibility in policing their own problems, rather than asking for, assistance from the legislature. Duncan said that too many groups and individuals "run to Salem" to have a law passed to "protect this or to license that." He had no comment on a statement by Dr. Max Fried man of Portland, who said a move to organize a "Duncan for Governor" campaign in Clackamas and Multnomah counties has started. Dr. Friedman said he was asked to investigate the possibility of encouraging Duncan to run for the governorship. Local Man Dies South of Redding Redding, Calif. - (UPD - Ken neth W. Smith, 21, Medford, Ore., was killed early . today when a car in which he was a passenger left U. S. 99. south of Cottonwood, near here, and plunged into an irrigation canal. Highway patrolmen said the vehicle was driven by George K. Shelton, 21, Talent, Ore. Shelton was booked in Shasta county jail for investigation of manslaughter. Available citiy directories give no addresses for Kenneth Smith or George Shelton. Medford Man Shoots Self Accidentally Raymond Auriel Blais, of 518'West 10th st., accidentally shot himself in the calf of his leg Sunday while target prac ticing, according to Jackson county sheriff's deputies. ' The accident occurred on Yale Creek rd. near the Sul phur Springs forest service camp, deputies reported. Blais was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by William Charles Smith, of 408 North Holly sU Medford. 54th Year Tribune No. 50 Other officers elected at yesterday's session include Dr. Allen R. Herndobler, Mil-ton-Freewater, first vice pres ident; Dr. William Shackel ford, Albany, second vice president; Dr. Donald B. Bry an, Portland, treasurer; and Dr. Donald B. Chambers, Mil waukie, secretary. Dr. Robert Ramp of Eugene and Dr. Willard Bleytbing of Bend were named members-at-large of' the Oregon Opto metric association board. Dr. Friedman, Dr. W. L. Huff, Oakridge, and Dr. James Min- nick, The Dalles, were sug gested as nominees for the State Board of Optometry. Dr. Louis Jaques, Los An geles, who spoke at education al sessions of the convention, discussed deficiences of visual tests for drivers' licenses. In reviewing the current testing procedures in most states, Dr. Jaques said "We give a test for reading, then award a license for driving." He added that tests should be given which would truly test the ability to "see" while driving. Slacken Death Toll The driver of a modern high speed automobile should concentrate on his visual driv ing just as though he were in a modern jet, if the traffic death toll is to slacken, Dr. Jaques said. He indicated that of many accidents attributed, to "not seeing" the other car or pe destrian most can be blamed on "suspension of vision." A driver unconsciously suspends sight in one eye while he thinks of something else, or blots out unwanted annoy ances. This suspension, he added, can last for a consid erable period, causing a driv er to go past a turn or have an accident. More than 200 optometrists from Oregon and other west ern states attended the convention. SEQ Rocket Launching One Of Circus Highlights The "failure" to launch an earth satellite . by Explorer unit squadron 14, Medford, highlighted the annual Boy Scout circus before some 3,000 spectators Saturday night at Medford High school stadium. About 3,000 boys in the Scout program participated in the annual event, which this year had as its theme, "Over land to Orbit." The "Scouten nial" was sponsored by the Crater Lake council, which includes Scouting groups in southern Oregon and north ern California. The rocket which was to "launch" the satellite was made of old oil cans and was about 30 feet high. The "rocket" contained smoke bombs, noise makers and fire works, and created a spec tacular scene when fired. It was the first public ap pearance of the new Explorer program in the Crater Lake area council. Since Jan. 1, the Peace Treaty Said To Hold Seeds of Future Discord West Preparing Rights Safeguard Geneva - (UPD - Secretary of State Christian Herter today rejected the Soviet proposal for an immediate peace treaty between East and West Ger many, saying it "holds the seeds of future discord and conflict." Herter made his statement after the Communists spelled out their formal rejection of the West's peace package plan as "incomprehensible" and unreal." They hinted, how ever, they might be ready to accept a stop-gap arrange ment to preserve peace in Ber lin while the talks here go on. The West is preparing such a plan to safeguard western rights in Berlin under United Nations guarantee if the Big Four Foreign Ministers Con ference fails to produce an over-all settlement for Ger many. Herter spoke after Soviet . Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko and puppet East Ger man Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz faithfully followed the line laid down last Saturday by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev: That the plan put forward by the West is not acceptable as a package. Herter said the U.S. posi tion is that, under interna tional law, "the international entity known as Germany re mains in existence, notwith standing what has happened since 1945 as an incident of four-power occupation." The session today was the longest of the conference which now is in its second week. Mrs. Truman Has Tumor oi Breast Kansas City, Mo. -(UPD-Mrs. Harry S. Truman, the wife of the' former President, today underwent surgery for the re moval of a breast tumor. Her condition immediately following the operation which lasted nearly three hours was described as "very sat isfactory." However, Tom Faulkner, public relations director for Research Hospital, said it would be several days "be fore the results of certain tests being made are known." He said he did not know whether the operation was the type of breast surgery commonly designated as "ra dical" and customarily done in cases of malignant tumors. It appeared a preliminary t-st made during the surgery indicated the tumor was not malignant. Otherwise, he said, the en tire breast likely would have been removed. He empha sized, however, that other tests will have to be made to determine definitely if malig nancy was or was not in volved. Supreme Court To Rule on NAACP Order Washington - (UPD - The Su preme Court agreed today to rule on the constitutionality of two Arkansas city ordin ances requiring the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People to dis close its membership lists and financial data. program has been set up so Explorer units may partici pate in activities the group elects. Such activities may in clude water skiing, rocketry, electronics, animal husbandry and horticulture. The Explorers' program was one of seven acts in the Scoutennial, which showed 100 years of development of Scout activities. Various acts depicted the progress of settlement from the time the covered wagons crossed the plains to the development of the space age. Rain, which fell prior to the circus, held off while Scouts played the parts of In dians, early western settlers, participated in wagon train trips, and depicted the de velopment of railroads in the west. Taking part in the circus was the Medford High school band directed by Irv Mirick. Dr. Billy Blackstone was gen eral chairman of the circus, assisted by Keith Thoreson.