Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 20, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textlit (Sir Bd IF flip & r i SIMMS 54th Year Medford 16 Pages Continental Can In Portland Hit By Union Action Contract Talks Fail To Produce By United Press International A new strike started in Portland today to add to the Pacific Northwest's lab'oT troubles as other disputes in Oregon and Washington con tinued without settlement. Pickets were posted . at the St. Johns plant of the Contin ental Can Company this morn ing. Jay Wagenor, shop stew ard of the Machinists Union Local 63, said the walkout would affect about 225 em ployees. He said the Machin ists and two other union locals, Warehousemen and Production Workers, were in volved. Contract Expired A contract with the firm expired May 15 and talks ar ranged by the Federal Media tion Service failed to produce agreement, Wagenor said. In Salem Tuesday night an employer meeting was held to discuss the strike lockout which has closed some sand-) and gravel firms in Corvallis, Salem and Independence. A spokesman said there was "nothing to report." Ralph ' Riley, engineer in charge of the new Laurel Mountain radar station west of Dallas, said the sand and gravel dispute was hampering construction at the site. He said the- installation would fill a gap between Seattle and Klamath Falls and would con trol both civil and military traffic. Threat to Public Riley charged that the de lay was a threat to the lives of the flying public. A spokes man said the Cascade Employ ers Association felt there was. no more urgency to this pro ject than to others such as the SAGE installation at Camp Adair. John Steinmuller of Eugene, who has a contract for building construction at Laurel mountain, said he had received no concrete since May ,13. A federal mediator said negotiations were scheduled to resume Friday or Monday between Teamster Local 234 and Salem area dairy and milk distributors. A strike .could idle about 200 dairy and dis tribution employees in the Salem-Corvallis-Albany area. Local 305 of the Teamsters is scheduled to vote Friday on an employer offer made last week in similar negotiations. Pressmen Quit Jobs Meanwhile, a strike of Pile Drivers in the Portland area and strikes by Operating En gineers in -western Washing ton and Machinists in Seattle continued. In Olympia, Wash., press men walked off the job at the state, printing plant A union spokesman said the dozen idle pressmen would not return un til they are reassigned juris diction over photooffset equip m Jt. State Printer John Greg ory said he would bring in other pressmen, if necessary, to operate state presses. Planners to Meet To Call Hearing The Medford planning com mission was slated to meet at 5 p.m. today to call for a public hearing on a zoning variance for Rogue Valley Manor. The hearing itself would be held at a special commission meeting May 28. The Manor site, atop Barne burg hill, has been re-zoned to niultiple family, but this zone sets a height limit of 85 feet for all structures. Plans for the 10-story, $51 million re tirement home reportedly call for a maximum height of 118.5 feet. Ktera Strike .Add fcs; Mets MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY Hail Research Program Started In Bogus Valley A hail research program has been established in the Rogue River valley, the Med ford Pear Shippers association reported today. . The program will be co sponsored by the pear ship pers association and the Ore- Dulles Receives Freedom Medal From President . Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower has bestow ed on John Foster Dulles, his ailing former secretary of state, the nation's highest civi lian decoration-the Medal of Freedom. The decoration was disclosed by the White House today as Dulles lost more ground in his struggle against cancer and pneumonia. . 1 Presented to Mrs. 'Dulles The chief executive, in a warm, personal salute to his ailing friend dispatched his son, Maj. John S. Eisenhower, to Walter Reed Army hospi tal with the medal Tuesday night. Young Eisenhower, assigned to the White House as assist ant staff secretary, handed it to Mrs. Dulles who took it to Dulles in his hospital room. With the medal, a bronze disk suspended from red and white ribbon, went a one par agraph note which said: ,"Dear Foster: "It is an honor and a privi lege to award you this Medal of Freedom. Inadequate though it is to ' express t my gratitude and the gratitude of the nation you have served so well, it does stand as a small token of the affection and esteem that the people of America and of the world hold for you and your tireless efforts on behalf of freedom. With warm regard, "As ever, . "D. E." Avoids Ceremony t Eisenhower has visited Dulles with some frequency at the Hospital. But he appar ently wanted to confer the medal through Mrs. Dulles to avoid any ceremony which might tax the little strength left tot the secretary. Dulles spends much of his time in a drugged sleep be cause of analgesics adminis tered to offset the gnawing pain. . The Medal of Freedom, orig inally established at the end of World War II, is awarded by the President "to any per son for performance of a meri torious act or service in the interests of the security of the United States." New Yorlc-To-Oregon Motorboat Trip Planned Portland -(UPD- Two men plan to travel from New York to Oregon by motorboat to visit the Centennial. They are John Edwin Hogg, 67, a retired writer-photographer from San Jacinto, Calif., and John Dahl, 30, a Colum bia University graduate. Made Previous Trip Hogg made a motorboat trip from Astoria to New York more than 30 years ago. They plan to leave New York Thursday in a 19-foot cruiser. The craft will have two outboard motors, a radio telephone, depth finder and a radio direction finder. Plans call for them'to go up the Hudson river, through TO IPosted at gon State College extension service. The pear industry is inter ested in the effect of hail on pears and how practical a continuing hail suppression program would be. The for est service, a cooperating agency, will observe v hail oc curence and lightning during thunderstorms. Lightning strikes have caused a number of forest fires in this area and elsewhere. Directing Program Directing the program here will be Lyle D. Calvin, statis tical service, and Fred M. Decker, physics department, both of Oregon State college. They will be assisted locally by Judson Parsons, of Hill crest orchards, Medford. Backbone of the research will be a network of 400 hail recording stations throughout the Rogue valley to determine the approximate number and pattern of hail falling during storms. The stations will con sist of sheets of aluminum foil' stretched tightly over stylafoam. Hail stones will make small dents in the alum inum. One such station is now located at Hillcrest orchards. To assist in the program, the pear shippers association hopes to get 50 volunteer workers to cellect hail stones in baskets, which will be re frigerated immediately for fu ture study by the OSC scien tists. Ultimate Goal Ultimate goal will be to In terest the National Science Foundation in making a grant for a continuing research pro gram. The pear shippers hope this summer's rescrch may provide the proof that such a study is needed and would be valuable. The OSC statistical service will aid in selection of survey locations, conduct an overall study; make an analysis, in terpretation and publish re sults. The physics department will develop equipment, su pervise collection of data and laboratory work, aid in over all conduct of the study,, and interpret results. The federal state inspection service will measure pear damage after each hail storm. A mobile radar station will be sent by Oregon State col lege to see if hail can be fore cast in the clouds by radar. (Continued on page 11) Minimum Low Here Sets New Record . A minimum temperature reading of 35 degrees this morning was the lowest on record for May 20 at the Med ford station at the U. S. weather bureau. The station, reported that the previous minimum for this date was 36 degrees. in 1920. me st. .Lawrence seaway, across the Great Lakes to Chi cago, down the Illinois river to the Mississippi, and up the Missouri to Ft. Benton, Mont. There they will make an over land portage .via truck to Lewiston, Idaho, and then travel by water to Portland. 5.200-Mile Trip The trip, some 5,200 miles, is expected to end in late July or early August. In 1925 Hogg made a trip with the late Frank Wilton, a movie camerman. They .went up the Columbia river to The Dalles and shipped their boat to Ft. Benton, Mont. From there they followed a route similar to the one to be used this year. Tribune 20, 1959 Northwest "LookI'm Ahead" JZ1 4 NATIONAL 0AUS ( Farm Festival Set At Central Point Central Point -The first Southern Oregon Farm Festi val ' Days, ' sponsored by" the Crater 'High school Future Farmers of America chapter and the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be held on property adjacent to Crater High school Friday night and Saturday. A buffalo and beef barbe que will start Saturday events at 11 a.m. The barbeque will last mjfil meat runs out, Jay cee officials said. The buffalo is being furnished by John Day, valley rancher and sportsman. Demonstrations Set Demonstrations and dis plays of farm equipment are scheduled at various times Saturday, and 4-H groups in the county will display wag ons they plan to use on their wagon trip to Corvallis in June. Among the demonstrations is one by the state department of forestry comparing old and new methods of fighting for est fires. The demonstration is scheduled at 11 a.m. Satur day. Helicopter rides are sched uled, along with parachute jumps about 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday and exhibi City Police Break Up 'Hobo Campr Medford police reported breaking up a "hobo camp" on the bank of Bear creek be hind 132 Almond st. yester day. Police reported finding three transients making, tea over a fire after a comr-aint had been received from Fred Brown Sparks, of the Almond st. address. " The three transients, identi fied as Eldridge Mallard Harris, 50, Edmundo Valdez Vargas, 49, and Ferald David Burton, 52, reportedly had blankets with them for sleep ing. They were made to leave the area, according to the re port. Washington -(UPD President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable hieh cloudiness tonight and Thurs day. Rising temperature trend. Low tonight near 40-. High Thursday near 80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 64 Lowest this Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:30 p.m. 4:45 a.m. 5:32 p.m. May 22 Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise today run Moon PROMIXENT STAR Altair, low in east 10:41 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the west at sunset. Mars, sets 11:01 p.m. Saturn, low in south east 11:31 p.m. Jupiter, due south 11:58 p.m. Price 10 Cents No. 52 .lPla tions by valley square dance groups, , including the Med ford Trail Ridejs. - , The Jimmy Wakely show will be presented at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday. Jaycee rep resentatives said included in the stage show programs are The Shadows, singing group from St. Mary's High school, and the Rogue Ramblers, a group of FFA boys from Cra ter High school. ( Wakely is scheduled to be in downtown Medford. about 10 a.m. Saturday in an early day horse-drawn taxi. The taxi is one of the first used between Medford and Jack sonville. He will be escorted by members of the Medford Trail Riders. Cargo Jet Plane Smashes Barracks . Fukuoka, Japan (UPD A crippled U. S. Air Force jet prop air freighter crashed into an Air Force barracks at Ash iya Air Base while landing today, killing six men and in juring 13. One of the eight men aboard the plane was killed and seven injured. Five men in the barracks died and six were injured when the huge four-engine C130 Hercules overran the runway and plunged into the barracks. The barracks, built in an "E" shape, were set afire by the exploding plane and de stroyed. The buildings belong ed to the 483rd Flightline Maintenance Squadron at the base outside this south Jap anese city. I Names of the critically in jured and dead were withheld pending notification of next of kin. Vancouver Store Roof Collapses ' Vancouver, Wash. -(UPD-The roof of a drug store collapsed in the Totem Pole shopping center about two miles north of here early today. There were no injuries but damage to the building and merchandise of the modern drug store was estimated at up to $50,000. Twins' Birthdays On Different Days Mr. and Mrs. Dewey L. Henderson, route 1, box 525. Eagle Point, are the new parents of twin girls, whose birthdays are a day apart. The girls were born at'Med ford Osteopathic hospital last night and this morning. One girl, weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces, was born at 9:0.3 p.m. yesterday, and her twin sister, weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces, was born at 1:55 o'clock this morning. m W i let Jir!l" "J1 Highway 42 Improvement Held Likely Bridge Plan Delay Seen No Hindrance Salem (UPD Highway En gineer W. C. Williams said to day that it is likely that High way 42 will be improved even though the Astoria bridge plan is dropped or delayed. Both projects were included in a bond issue approved by the Oregon legislature. However, Williams said there are doubts that Wash ington would be able to con tribute its share to the bridge project from Astoria to Meg Ier, Wash. Meetings are plan ned to try to work out a solu tion. The Legislature authorized $24 million for bridge con struction and $4 million for improvement of Highway 42 between Rbseburg and Co quille. Projects Independent Washington expressed doubt that it could support its share of the proposed bridge, but Williams said this probably would not affect bonds for Highway 42. "It - looks to me like the bill separates the two projects so that each is independent of. the other," he said. ; Williams left the decision up to bond attorneys. The Highway Commission, he said, had planned to sell both bond issues at the same time, but probably will go ahead and sell the bonds for Highway .. improvement. Spafz io Remain On State Board Ward Spatz, prominent Medford Democrat and pear industry mejnber here, said today he would accept the governor's invitation to re main on the state board of agriculture. , Spatz' said he had received a letter from Gov. Mark Hat field today offering the ap pointment. The governor ap ologized for not answering Spatz's letter of resignation sooner. He wrote he had been awaiting the outcome of leg islation aimed at reorganizing the state department of agri culture including the advis ory board. It was passed by the state legislature. The Medford fruit grower had submitted his resignation as a matter of courtesy when the Republican governor was elected. "I will ask you to continue on the state board of agricul ture," the governor wrote. "Your contributions have been substantial. I can think of no one who can represent the orchard and food (fruit) industry better than your self." Officials Tour Talent Project A group of six men, coun ty officials and others, from Lewis county, Washington, are in Jackson county today, touring the Talent irrigation and reclamation project. They arrived last night with Lee McAllister, Salem, an official of the U. S. bureau of reclamation, and this morn ing started a tour of the project under the guidance of James A. Callan, project engi neer. The group told local irriga tion district officials that Lewis county has serious problems due to the lack of j water supplies, for both irri-1 gation and power, and it is hoped some ideas may come out of their inspection of the Talent idea. The group will return north tonight. Chehalis is the coun ty seat of Lewis county. Adjustments Made by Equalization Board Only one complaint was adjusted among those pre sented by eight people to the Jackson county board of equalization Monday, County Assessor Ray Schumacher said. Majority of complaints were on tax amounts and not on appraisals made on the properties concerned, Schu macher said. Properties brought to the board's atten tion included farm, business and residential, he said. Washington -(UPD Prospects appeared bright today for Og den R. Reid to win the Sen ate Foreign Relations commit tee's approval of his nomina tion as ambassador to Israel. Hatfield Delay k Jnmkv Plan By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - Gov. Mark Hatfield Tuesday said he urged the Eisenhower admin istration to defer any plan for transferring the O&C forest lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the forest service. He said he argued that it would not be in the present interest of small and medium timber operators in western Oregon, which he said are fa vored by BLM management. "I asked them to delay until we worked out our problems of access roads, division of timber sale receipts and size of timber sales," Hatfield said. He conferred with Maurice H. Stans, director of the budget bureau, and Robert E. Mer riam, deputy assistant to President Eisenhower for in terdepartmental affairs. He said they gave him "a sym pathetic hearing" but no com mitments. The issue is being studied at the budget bureau, reportedly under a June 1 deadline for a decision. Hatfield,, here for a meet ing of the federal-state rela tions committee of the U. S. Governors' conference, also called on Labor Secretary James Mitchell to invite him to make his annual Labor Day address in Portland this fall during the centennial. The governor also talked with Gen. Lewis . Hersey, di rector pf selective service, and reported that his state direc tor, Sprague Carter, has been cleared for appointment by the President and is now here undergoing a week's training. Ashland Seeks Hospital Funds Ashland A resolution to ask for federal assistance in constructing a new $461,000 city hospital was passed by the Ashland city council last night. . Federal assistance for the hospital would come through the Hill Burton fund, on the basis of priorities established by the state board of health. Federal financing would pro vide one-third of the total funds necessary. The remainder, according to E. C. Biegel, city superin tendent, would be raised through sale of the old hospi tal' building and probably a bond issue. Ashland applied for Hill Burton funds several years ago but all funds were already allotted at that time, Biegel said. He stated he understood money at this time is still available, and Ashland is highest on the state's priority list for this area. Four bids were opened on construction of a proposed $30,000 substation on Nevada st., to serve as a switching station for circuits in the city. Line Materials company, Portland, was apparent low bidder for the substation at $17,600, Biegel reported. He said the next low was General Electric corporation, at $29,098. Confirmation for Strauss Favored Washington-(UPD-Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss, victor by a single vote in the Senate Commerce committee, today carried his confirmation fight to the Senate where an other photo-finish was in pros-, pect. Odds still seemed to favor confirmatioh-but by a margin so close as to suggest a slap in the face rather than a pat on the back. Some Senate strategists said the controversial appointment might even be rejected. If so, it would be the first time since the Coolidge adminis tration that a Cabinet appoin tee failed to get Senate con firmation. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City '. 8 14 1 Boston 2 8 1 Herbert and 'House; Hoeft, Monbouquette (6). Wall (8) and Daley. Dirges o&c Francis Mason, former direc tor and now Carter's deputy, is also here for training. Carter's designation touched off a hassle some months ago. Two Medford draft board members quit in protest. Hatfield is to leave today to go to Michigan to address a joint session of the legislature. Memorial Day Ceremonies Are Planned in City. A parade and commemora tive exercises at the city park beside the Medford library are scheduled Memorial Day, May 30, the Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county has announced. Activities will start at 10 a.m. at the West Main st. park at a replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier furnish ed by the 40 and 8, the Ameri can Legion's fun organization. Following the ceremonies, a parade will proceed east on Main st. to the Bear creek bridge, where flowers will be strewn on the water in com memoration of those who lost their lives at sea during war. Mrs. Marian Cech is chairman of this ceremony, which will be performed by auxiliaries of veterans organizations. Principal Speaker Brig. Gen. William H. Pren tice -will be parade marshal and principal speaker. The event is scheduled at the city park on West Main st. because it is nearer the county court house auditorium, where it will be held in case of rain. .... .School .bands, veterans or ganizations and other groups are expected to participate in tne parade. Mrs. Dorothy McOut, 612 Pierce rd., will be organist for the program. Veterans council officials said arrangements are being made for Spanish War veter ans to ride in the parade in a car furnished by Charles J. Myers, of Medford barracks 540, Veterans of World War I. Similar arrangements are be ing made for Gold Star Moth ers by Victor David, president of the Veterans Allied Coun cil. Dr. Annie Inskeep Dies in California Dr. Annie Dolman Inskeep, 94, a pioneer in development of methods of teaching retard ed children, and mother of Dr. Lorenzo Dow Inskeep III of Medford, died in La Jolla, Calif., today. She was born in Gold Hill, Nevada Territory, on Sept. 11, 1864, and was educated in California schools and the University of California, later earning iha Ph. D degree in government at the University of Chicago. A faculty member for many years at the University of California and Mills College, Oakland, she retired from teaching some years ago, but up until recently remained active. She was the author of numerous articles and books on teaching methods. Survivors include her son in Medford, another son, Wil liam Dolman Inskeep, Long Beach, Calif., seven grand children and seven greatgrandchildren. Secondary Education Section Facing Crisis' Salem -4UPD The State Ed ucation department, especial ly its secondary education sec tion, faces a "crisis," Dr. Rex Putnam, superintendent of public instruction, told the State Board of Education at a special meeting here Tuesday. Two Alternatives Three vacancies among the four general supervisory posi tions in high school education caused Dr. Putnam to ask the board to choose between two alternatives: " Either to employ persons of inferior qualifications which would result in poorer service and loss of prestige for the de partment, or to maintain pres ent standards even though po sitions are left unfilled and the department is unable to Detailed Review Of West Package Given Conference Permanent Division Seen in Proposal . Geneva (UPD Secretary of State Christian Herter brand ed Russia's draft peace treaty today as a "package proposal for the permanent division of Germany." Authoritative confer ence sources said the secretary delivered this sweeping de nunciation of the Russian plan to the Big Four Conference after pressing privately for secret and intimate talks de signed to open genuine East. West bargaining over Berlin and Germany. Detailed Review The sources said Herter spoke for about 15 to 20 min utes and gave another detailed review of the West's own cold war package peace plan which offered Russia global troop cuts and security in Europe in exchange for a Berlin new deal and reunification of Ger many. At the same time, the sec retary was said to have ex plained again in painstaking fashion -why the West is de termined to continue to reject Russia's own package plan. The West insists this would mean keeping Germany per manently divided and con demn 17 million East Ger mans to permanent Red rule. British Support Herter British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, the sources said, backed up Herter's re newed attack on the Soviet plan. Earlier, Secretary of De fense Neil McElroy arrived her from Washington to serve as senior adviser to Herter and said in an airport state ment that it is up to the Rus sians to decide whether there will be trouble over Berlin. McElroy said normal pre cautions had been taken by American military forces in the vicinity of Berlin, but added, he did not expect any difficulty. - Previously, there were indi cations that the Big Four Con ference, in which East and West are tightly deadlocked on rival plans for Germany and Berlin, my soon get down to ' hard-tacks bargaining in secret. s Women Voters In Conference Eugene-(DPD-The history of Oregon women in civic affairs was discussed Tuesday night at the annual convention of the League of Women Voters of Oregon with the theme: "Ladies and Leadership." Taking part in the dinner meeting discussion were Mrs. E. S. Simmons of Portland and Dr. Edna Landros and Martin Schmidt of Eugene. The election of officers was to be held tcday. Nominated for the posts were: Mrs. E. K. Montgomery, Eu gene, president; Mrs. John Wolfe, Corvallis, first vice president; Mrs. R. W. Swan son, Portland, second vice president; Mrs. lone Pierron, Eugene, secretary; Mrs. Wil liam Wylie, Coos Bay treasur er; and Mrs. B. H. Arnold, Corvallis; Mrs. George L. Beard, Oswego; Miss Beatrice Burr, Beaverton; Mrs. Don K i z e r, McMinnville; Mrs. Clayton C. Morse, Astoria; and Mrs. John E. Ousterhout, Medford, directors. Eugene - (UPD - Dr. Millard Z. Pond, superintendent of schools at Burlington, Iowa, has been named superintend ent of Eugene schools. He suc ceeds Dr. Clarence Hinete, re signed. carry on all its responsibilit ies. The Board indicated it fav ored maintaining present stan dards rather than employing less qualified personnel. May Lose Others Vacancies were created when John Conway was pro moted to director of the sec tion, Clyde Martin resigned as a secondary supervisor to become curriculum director of Milwaukie high school and Clifford Moffitt resigned a similar position to become principal of South Eugene high school. "There is no guarantee that we will not lose others," Dr. Putnam said. The new jobs taken by the resigned men all paid more money.