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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.