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Ml LjJ A 0) whs 54th Year Medford 30 PAGES Phoenix Patrons Reject Proposal By 14-Vote Margin Heavy Turnout in Districts Noted Proposed consolidation of Phoenix and Talent school districts lost on a split vote yesterday. Talent school patrons ap proved the proposal. The vote was 239 in favor, 119 opposed. However, Phoenix patrons voted against the consolida tion proposal, 425 against and 411 in favor - a margin of 14 votes. There is some possibility the election may be contested. There were allegations of vi olations of election rules, and Sheriffs Deputy Lee Rice in formed one voter she was not allowed within 50 feet, of the election board table or voting tables unless she was voting. At one time, Rice halted th line movintr nast the reeis- trauon check points to ex plain procedures. Stops Argument On other occasions during the voting, a deputy stopped an argument between Mrs. Florence Drake, school dis trict clerk and election board (Ems v. member, and Fred Wilcox, Camp Baker rd., an oppon- ent of consolidation, whajwas I Tii-t oil in r vw11 A.TrP TIoIta TV avkllllg w 1 V- pun, nil o. t u was contesting Wilcox's right to check registrations. There were other incidents reported. Both Alf Mekvold, county school superitendent, and Keith Hockersmith, Medford, school district reorganization committee chairman, declined to comment on the next step on reorganization for Phoenix proper, the Wagner Creek sec tion, the Phoenix district, and Talent. However, when the commit tee voted to hold the consoli dation election, it was with out recommendation. This means that the committee can revert to its former recom mendation to join Phoenix with Medford school district and reorganize Wagner creek, Talent and Pinehurst with Ashland. To Be Decided This issue will be decided by the. reorganization com mittee when it meets next Tuesday, May 26. The com mittee could change its pre vious recommendation. The group which had pre viously been campaigning for the north part of the Phoenix district to join with Medford, this Week were campaigning for Phoenix to remain inde pendent. Voters should have more time to examine the background of the question, group representatives said. Voters will have further op portunities to vote on pro posed consolidation of Talent and Phoenix, they stated. Residents of Phoenix and Tajent and veteran school of ficials reported yesterday's voter turnout for a school election was the largest in some time. Newsmen Get Preview of Correctional Institution Salem -(UPD- Newsmen got a preview of the new interme diate correctional institution near here, today. The formal open house and dedication will be held Fri day with public tours sched uled both then and Saturday. McAllister to Speak Speaking at the dedication program will be Chief Justice William McAllister of the Oregon Supreme Court and Dr.-Sanford Bates, a national ly known penologist who was consulted on construction of the institution. The new institution is lo cated on 600 acres of state owned land 5Vfe miles south west of here. Facilities are available now for about 300 inmates, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY lifafcr lifts GIVES INSTRUCTIONS - Sheriff's Deputy Lee Rice instructed the Phoenix school district election board as to what is legal and what is not legal during yesterday's election on proposed consolidation of Phoe nix and Talent districts. With his back to the camera and seated is Fred Wilcox, 14 Residents Take Citizenship Oath In Circuit Court - Fourteen persons became ' new United States citizens Wednesday morning in a fi nal naturalization proceedings in circuit court before Judge Edward C. Kelly. Five of the new citizens were children whose parents took the oath of citizenship on their behalf. Two were Ger man and three Korean. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford public schools, welcomed the group as new citizens and em phasized their responsibility and opportunity to participate in the democratic processes. Receive Bible Each received a Bible from the Gideon society, a United States flag from the Elks club, and a corsage or boutonniere from the Kiwanis club. The Kiwanians also provided re freshments after the pro ceedings. The children who became new citizens were Randal Royal Sexton, 5, of 360 De Barr ave., Medford, formerly of Korea, child of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Royal Sexton; Anthony David Bently, 3, of 3344 Ma drona lane, Medford, Japan, child of Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Dale- Bently; Charlie Park Neumann, 7, of 148- North Laurel St., Ashland, Korea, child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neumann; Carolyn Ann Peter son, 4, and Arlene Marie Peter son, 5, both of route 1, box 44, Rogue River, children of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edwin Peterson. Others who took the oaths citizenship were Rose Marie Bartholonew, formerly of Taylor, Tex., Canada; Muriel Avenelle Robertson, 1020 West 11th st., Medford, Can ada; Alice Lillian Mathews, route 1, box 54, Gold Hill, but eventually the institution will house 600. Principal objectives of the institution are to provide for discipline, detention and re habilitation of young men who are not eligible for com mitment to MacLaren school for boys at Woodburn and do not require sentencing to the Oregon State penitentiary. Preference will be giveii by the courts to men under 26 and no person will be commit ted to the institution who has a prison sentence of 10 years or longer. ' During the first three weeks of operation, some 71 inmates will be transferred to break in the new institution. It is expected that court com mitments will be acceptable by June 15. Camp Baker rd., an opponent of the pro posal who was watching the poll. Flanking Rice are Mrs. Florence Drake, school dis trict clerk and member of the election board, and Bert Stancliffe, chairman, of the school district election board. Canada; Margaret Joan Sulli van, sponsored by Sister Co lumban Mary, 431 South Ivy St., Medford, Canada; Inger Margareta Palmquist, 627 Pierce rd., Medford, Sweden; John Gowan Miller, route 2, box 654, Central Point, Great Britain;, Lucette Lillie Vestal, 208 Hawthorne st., Medford, Canada; Sylvia Tala East, 1449 College way, Ashland, Great Britain, and Sopkie Theisen, route 1, box 438, Gold Hill, Denmark. Persons who make petitions for naturalization attend classes conducted by the adult education department of the Medford school district. The classes were arranged follow ing a court order entered by Judge Kelly making the school district responsible for the instruction. Prospective new citizens must pass tests on the English language and the U.S. consti tution. - Hearing Set Rezoning Property A public hearing next Thurs day - on a requested zoning variance for Rogue Valley Manor was scheduled yester day by the Medford planning commission. ' , The site for the 10-story, $5 million retirement home, atop Barneburg hill, was re zoned to multiple family pre viously. But plans for the Manor call for a height of 118.5 feet, while the zoning ordinance limits heights to 85 feet; The variance, subject to approval by the city council, would permit the greater height. The Medford city council tonight may consider amend ing the building code to re move height restrictions from certain types of buildings. The Manor is . subject to both the zoning ordinance and the building, code. Variances can be granted under the zon ing ordinance only. Should the building code be . amended, structures would still be r& stricted by the zoning ordi nance. The city could then grant variances where circum stances warranted. Work Starts on Sewer In Berrydale Area - Jeske Brothers Construction company, Eugene, contractor for the Berrydale sanitary sewer system, began work on the project yesterday j accord ing to Medford public works officials. . The construction started at Cottonwood ave. and, Lawns dale rd., east of Bear creek, where a pressure line is to be installed, the officials said. Tribune 21, 1959 Sanitary Service. To Run Dump at Lowest Nuisance City Sanitary Service will make every effort to operate its garbage dump near Jack sonville with a minimum of nuisance to nearby residents, its operators declared this week. Anthony B o i t a n o and Charles Bottjer, partners in the firm, stated they are con ducting experiments to see if smoke from burning ' at the dump cannot be minimized. They also are looking into other methods of garbage dis posal, they said. The partners told the Mail Tribune one plan is to try burning only at night, starting about 11 p.m. or midnight. This way, they hope, the visual nuisance of smoke will be eliminated, and they also believe that weather condi tions at night may tend to carry off the smoke and smell for dissipation in the air, without its bothering resi dents of Jacksonville and the west side of the valley. Location of Dump They have found that the location of the dump, the sub ject of considerable contro versy last July and August when they placed it in opera tion, is not suited to sanitary land-fill operations, due to lack of fill dirt in the area, and because of heavy winter and spring rainfall. They stated that, up to this point, burning has proven to be the only practicable means of disposing of the garbage, but that they hope different methods will lessen the smoke nuisance. They are also look ing into the-possible use of an incinerator. . The partners met earlier this week with the county court, and the executive com mittee . of the Medford city council, in response to com plaints to the city and county about smoke and odors from the dump. The firm will submit a re port to the city and county on possible alternative methods, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. ISuDBetin Washington - (UPD - The House passed a big Demo cratic housing bill today aft er defeating attempts lolrim it and knock out a contro versial public housing pro vision. The measure faces the threat of a Presidential veto. Price 10 Cents No. 53 Appropriations Whittle Ike's Budget Requests State, Justice Departments Lose Washington -(UPD The House Appropriations com mittee today whittled $32, 490,900 from the amount President Eisenhower request ed for two key. agencies, the State and Justice depart ments. " Altogether, the committee allowed $649,896,700 for the two departments and related agencies. The State Department was given $217,610,000, a cut of $10,725,000. The Justice De partment was voted $264,100,- 000, a reduction of $10,975., 000. The U. S. Information Agency was allowed $113, 057,300 or $7,492,700 less than the President recom mended. 'Brain Trust' Funds In approving the bill for floor consideration next week, the House group voted funds to establish a "brain trust" in the .State Department to mas termind economic and politi cal countermoves against the Communists It also okayed $200,000 for the Justice Department's spec ial drive against the nation's .crime,, organizations and said it expects "substantial and concrete results in the prose cution of the top hoodlums and racketeers." ; - However,, the committee re fused to provide $9,875,000 to build a new Alcatraz-type federal prison for hardened criminals. 1 On a lesser note, it also turned down a request for $35,000 to. help the Supreme Court rid itself of birds who use the white marble court building as a perching place. Contract on Agenda For Council Tonight A new, 10-year contract with the Medford Rural Fire Protection district will be con sidered by the Medford city council at its meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight at city hall. Another item on the agenda is a proposed amendment to Medford airport regulations which would authorized the city manager to develop and establish rates and fees for land and terminal space ren tals, landings and tie-downs. City Manager Robert A. Duff notes in his written re port to the council that cer tain airport tenants have urg ed "free parking" for visiting aircraft using the airport's tie down facilities Duff states that should the amendment be approved, a new rate schedule would be submitted, exclud ing some objectionable and in equitable features in the pres ent schedule, for the council's approval. Duff also reports that the city has run into a financial roadblock in trying to secure easements for the Berrydale sewer across properties front ing on North Pacific highway. Duff states that plans are be ing prepared to re-route the sewer line at an estimated ad ditional cost of $10,000. He states that securing the right of way easements would have "greatly exceeded" this fig ure. He said today that no de lay in the construction sched ule is anticipated. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight and Friday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 38. High Friday 78. Temp. Highest Yesterday 72 Lowest this Morning 38 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:31 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:45 a.m. The Moon rises today at 6:46 p.m. and will be in Perigee 9:00 p.m. 231,900 miles from the Earth at this time, this is the near est the Moon will be seen this year. The "star" appearing near the Moon tonight is the planet, Jupiter. Full Moon tomorrow 4:56 a.m. Time for Real Negotiations, Russians Told Ministers Start Secret Diplomacy Geneva-(UPD-The West told Russia today that the Big Four Foreign Ministers' Con ference already has agreed on some basic cold war issues and that it is time now to get down to real negotiations. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd delivered this appeal to Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko only a couple of hours before the Big Four plunged into their first round of secret diplomacy that probably will bring the first concrete development of the parley to date. Dinner With Herter The Western foreign minis ters were meeting with Gro myko over dinner at Secre tary of State Christian Hert er's villa. They hoped to smoke him out for the first time on whether Russia has come here for genuine nego tiations or just to make cold war propaganda speeches. Lloyd said Russia and the West have agreed on these four issues: -The need for German unity. -The need for German elec tions at some stage. Electoral Law -The need for discussions "in some form" between the two parts of Germany on an electoral law. -The fact that a peace treaty must at some time be concluded with Germany. Most of today's session was taken up with repetition of already well known rival western and Soviet positions. Gromyko delivered another long speech and diplomats noted that Herter seemed to become irritated as the meet ing dragged on. Five Area Men Idled by Strike Five men were idled in Jackson county by the threat ened shutdown on construc tion work in'the state by the Associated General Contrac tors, it was reported today. The men were employed by the R and M Construction company, Central Point, and were constructing the Riley rd. bridge over Antelope creek for the county. Footings and columns had been completed prior to es tablishing of a picket line in the area. The project is lo cated approximately three miles from Eagle Point. Construction company spokesmen reported today that they had received word by telephone from the AGC Portland headquarters that the "pickets should be pulled immediately as the project was not involved in the cur rent dispute." The spokesman said that the company had not been able to contact local Carpenters Un ion officials so far today. Idled for two days are car penters, laborers and a shovel operator. Oregon highway officials reported that less than a doz en men were affected in the Grants Pass area where work is under way on Highway 99 freeway. The men who had stopped work were working on two separation structures on north Grants Pass inter change, it was reported. All other work on the project is continuing, as no pickets have been reported in the area. Hill Criticizes SP For Reducing Schedule Portland-(UPD- Jonel C. Hill, Oregon public utility commis sioner, criticized the Southern Pacific railroad Wednesday for reducing the off-season schedule of the Shasta Day light passenger train between here and California. Hill spoke at an East Side Com mercial club meeting. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City ; 0 9 1 Boston 5 9 0 Garver, Tomanek (7) and House; Brewer, Kiely (8) and Daley. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 3 7 0 Chicago 0 4 1 Gomez and Hegan; R. An derson and S. Taylor. 'Maybe We Didn't Local Club Seeks Anti-Pollution Law Enforcement Here The Oregon Sportsmen club of Jackson county has written the state sanitary authority asking enforcement of anti pollution laws against viola tions in Bear creek. "We believe." a letter dis patched yesterday states, "that the time has come for the sani tary commission to reverse its policy of voluntary coopera tion with regard to pollution in Bear creek and we urgently request that a firm adherence to the sanitary laws of the state of Oregon be henceforth the policy of the commission with proper instructions to its local representative." The letter charges. that the slate authority's Dolicv of vol untary cooperation "has Drought only a steadily wors ening condition in our valley," and that despite the existence for some 20 years of "fully adequate" state laws to con trol stream pollution, "pollu tion in Bear creek has not lessened but rather increased over the past several years." "We wish to make it clear," the letter states, "that we are not opposed to voluntary coop eration in law enforcement and certainly agree that pub lic education should be foster ed to encourage cheerful com pliance with the laws of this state. "On the other hand, when it becomes so readily appar ent that voluntary coopera tion has not sufficed then we believe that it is time to resort to the remedies provided by our state legislature." The letter asserts that Bear creek's polluted state "arose out of the very apparent apathy and defeatism display ed by those persons charged by law with the prevention of such a situation." Refer to Statements The letter refers to state ments by Ted Gerow, state sanitary engineer, at a panel discussion- on the creek's pol lution May 11. Gerow, asked how many legal actions had resulted from pollution situa tions in his seven-county dis trict during the past nine years, did not answer directly, the letter asserts, but "left us with the distinct impression that no such actions had ever Reorganization Committee to Hold Hearing in Evans Valley District The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee will meet in Evans Valley at 8 o'clock tonight to explain the processes and is sues involved in reorganizing Evans Valley school district with Rogue River school dis trict. Following the meeting with the reorganization commit tee, school district patrons have been asked to remain to give their opinions on an acceptable Evans Valley school district budget. The school district voted down its budget recently. Tuesday the committee met with citizens of Rogue River. No opinion poll was taken of the 25 persons attending the meeting. Would Welcome Area Robert Gail, Rogue River, reorganization committee member, said he understood the Rogue River school dist rict board would welcome Evans Valley district. How ever, this is a decision the Wrap It Right' been brought in this area. Russell DeForest, president of the local Oregon Sports men club, explained the club did not intend its remarks as any criticism of Gerow him self. v The letter is in effect a re iteration of statements made by . DeForest Monday, at a Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon and at an organizational meeting that night of groups interested in improving the creek. DeForest at the lunch eon called upon the chamber to ask the state sanitary au thority, to enforce anti-pollu tion laws here. Parks Commission Named for County The Jackson county court this morning appointed the nine members of the new Jackson county parks and rec reation commission. The announcement was made by Judge Earl Miller follow ing several months work by the court in compiling the list of proposed members and contacting them. Members include Mrs. Ben Day, Sams Valley; Ed L. Strother, Heather lane, Shady Cove; Mrs. Hanley Heffernan, Ross lane, Medford; Robert J. Keeney, 4126 Colver rd.; Phoenix; John Leven, Rogue River; Lawrence V. Espey, 619 Park st., Medford; Mrs. Marcel Le Piniec, Applegate; Don Ashpole, 425 North C. St., Eagle Point; and J. F. Eber hart, 248 Wimer st., Ashland. First meeting of the com mission has been tentatively scheduled for noon Wednes day, May 27, at the Medford hotel. At the organizational meeting officers will be elect ed and a drawing held to de termine the length of office for each member. The commission will consist of members serving one, two, and three year terms equally divided among the members. The commission will serve in an advisory capacity to the county court in all manners pertaining to parks and rec reation. patrons of Evans Valley dist rict must make. Rogue River is not trying to force the dis trict into reorganization with it, Gail said. The commiittee explained that advantages of reorgani zation for Rogue River would include a high school large enough to offer a reasonably broad curriculum, lower per pupil cost at high school level, chances of lowering costs of transportation, supply pur chase, and maintenance, join ing two closely related com munities with common inter ests and cultural benefits to both and increased assessed value per census child by $261.89, on a median with oth er county districts. Disadvantages listed by the committee were giving up part of the control of the present high school and pos sible earlier need of increas ing the number of high school classrooms. Advantages Noted Advantages of reorganiza Federal Agents, Slate Police Open Crackdown Gang Convention Participants Hunted Washington - (UPD - Federal agents and state police began a coast-to-coast roundup today of 27 big name racketeers who attended the 1957 gangland convention in Apalachin, N.Y. Attorney General William P. Rogers disclosed that all of them were indicted by a fed eral Grand Jury in New York on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice by refusing to disclose what went on at the November, 1957, under world meeting. Thirty-six others, including Joseph Barbara Sr., who was host at the conclave in his hilltop Apalachin home, were named as co-conspiratoij but not defendants. Some of the men were routed out of bed at 6 ajn. as the nationwide crackdown began. At mid-morning, the Justice Department said that 15 of the defendants had been ar rested and the others were being sought. At least two of the men were reported to be members of the Mafia or ill-famed Black Hand" society of Sicily. Narcotics Investigation The New York Grand Jury that returned the indictments had been conducting an in vestigation of racketeering and crime syndicates, particu larly in the ladies garment industry, and of the East Coast traffic in narcotics. Rogers said all 27 named as defendants were accused of conspiring to obstruct jus tice by giving false and eva sive testimony about the rendezvous of racketeers at Apalachin. Three faced addi tional charges of perjury on grounds they lied to police, investigating committees and grand juries. The conspiracy charge car- ries a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and five years in jail, or both, on each count. The maximum penalty for perjury, per count, is a $2,000 fine, two years in jaiL or both. Westerners Involved Rogers said the indictments were returned last week but kept sealed until today be cause one of the 36 co-conspirators Dominic J. Alaimo was being tried at Scranton, Pa., on charges of violating the Taft-Hartley Act. He was found guilty' on 34 counts Tuesday. . Defendants named includ ed: Joseph Bonanno, Tucson, Ariz.; Joseph F. Civello, Dallas, Tex.; Frank A. Desi mone, Downey, Calif.; Simone Scozzari, Rosemead, Calif. Among those named as co-conspirator was Vito Geno vese, often termed the "don" or leader of the Mafia. He re cently was convicted of vio lating the federal narcotics act. Barbara's son, Joseph Jr., also was named as a co-conspirator. Plane Bomb Threat Fails To Develop Portland -(UPD An anony mous telephone call was re ceived by Western Air Lines Wednesday that a bomb would explode in the Port land International Airport terminal at 2 ajn. today. The deadline passed without inci dent. ' tion for Evans Valley include complying with state law that all districts must be large enough to have individ ual high schools, being part of an already operating fully standard high school, and having representatives on the overall district school board. A fuller, more coordinated educational program will be offered all 12 grades, school officials noted. All junior and senior high school students from Evans Valley attending Grants Pass High school will be allowed to finish with tu ition paid by the newly form ed district, but transportation will not be furnished by the new district. Closer student-teacher re lationship will be available for guidance and counseling. Disadvantages listed for Evans Valley district were in creased millage rate for school support and no vocational-agriculture now at Rogue River High school, of ficials noted.
