Medford mail tribune., May 22, 1959, Image 10

in MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Friday, May 22, 1959
Bids Called for
Timber in Area
Bids on timber to be sold in
nine areas of southern Oregon
will be received by "the dist
rict manager of the bureau of
land management at South
Riverside ave. and Barnett rd.
Thursday, June 11, at 10:30
ajn. Either oral auction or
sealed bids will be received.
. Sales in Jackson county
will include Eigthy Acre
creek, 6,297,000 board feet,
appraised at $141,585.35; Sar
dine creek; 3,083,000 board
feet, $83,576.45; Dead Indian
creek, 3,756,000 board feet.
$72,213; Pilot Rock, 4,437,000
board feet, $80,840.30.
Douglas county sales in
clude Trappers Cabin, 3,497,-
uoo board feet, appraised at
$97,565.30, and Russell creek,
1.111,000 board feet, $30,-
113.70.
Timber on sale in Klamath
county is in the Buck Lake
area and totals 1,312,000
board feet apppraised at $22,-
820.40.
Two sales areas in Jose
phine county total 1,567,000
board feet appraised at $41,
452.70 and 100,000 board feet
at $3,160.40.
Further information may be
obtained at the district office.
Another Martin
Search Scheduled
The Dalles - (UPD - Wasco
county sheriff Ernie Mosier
planned another search of the
Columbia river today for the
missing Ken Martin station
wagon. So far, the search has
brought negative results.
A renewed effort was made
Thursday by officers in a
small boat manned by Coast
Guardsmen. Scene of the
search was beneath a 30 foot
cliff over which a car may
have plunged some time ago.
The bluff is near the Harvey
Aluminum plant here.
Martin, his wife and daugh
ter Barbara, of Portland, have
been missing since last Dec. 7.
The bodies of two daughters
were found in the Columbia
river this month.
Maple Retained
As Fair Manager
Salem - (UPD - Howard
Maple has been retained as
manager of the Oregon State
Fair for the third straight
year, Lee U. Eyerly, Salem,
State Fair" chairman, said to
day. .
Maple, one time member of
the Salem City Council, form
erly owned a sporting goods
store in Salem. He played pro
fessional baseball after grad
uating from Oregon State col
lege in 1929. He came to the
State Fair in 1957 from Coos
Bays where he was manager
of the Chambe rof Commerce.
Dates for the State Fair this
year are Sept. 5-12.
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MEDFORD, ORE.
SP 2-8635
10-Year Contract With Rural 1
Fire District Approved by City
ine Mecuord city councilan ordinance amendment au
last night approved a new, 10-thorizing City Manager Rob
year contract for fire proteoert A. Duff to draw up a
tion with the Medford Ruralschedule of rates and fees for
Fire Protection district. operations at Medford airport.
Contracts previously were Asks Report on Study
negotiated on an annual basis. Councilman Robert Van
The new contract contains an Sickle, Ward III, asked Duff
"escalator" section whereby for a report on a study he was
rates each year would vary to undertake of possible inte
with the county assessor's gration of the city's police and
valuation of property in the fire departments. Duff replied
district. he did not realize a report was
The council also approved to be made so soon, and added
Senate Discusses
Steadily Growing
Problem of Wheat
Washington-JCPD-The Senate i asked only $700 million for a
today tackled a variety of con-iS"1 year
troversial suggestions on how j n Argument.
to halt the steadily growing
wheat surplus.
One bv Sen. John J. Wil
liams (R-Del.) would place a
$35,000 ceiling on price, sup
port loans. This would amend
a measure passed by the House
this week calling for a $50.
000 limit on such loans for all
crops.
Sen. Milton R. Young (R
N.D.) charged during debate
that Agriculture Secretary
Ezra T. Benson made "the
most absurd, ignoramus state
ment I have ever seen issued"
in opposing the Senate Agri
culture Committee's wheat
bill.
'Completely Erroneous'
Young said Benson was
"completely erroneous" in his
statement that the bill would
cost more than the present
wheat program.
Benson also was attacked
on the Senate floor by Sen.
George D. Aiken (R-Vt.).
Aiken accused the secretary
of trying to set up a bank to
finance rural power and tele
phone development and thus
put farmers "still more under
the thumb" of big business.
With wheat the nation's No.
1 farm problem, and with sev
eral factions clamoring for
adoption of their means of
dealing with it, a bitter fight
was shaping up in the Senate.
The proposals ranged all
the way from a measure to
raise price supports even
more to one which does away
with supports altogether.
Other congressional news:
Foreign aid: Labor leaders
and Americans for Democratic
Action fell in behind Sen. J.
William Fulbright's efforts to
increase this country's aid to
underdeveloped nations. The
AFL-CIO, the United Auto
Workers and the Cooperative
League joined the ADA in en
dorsing the Arkansas Demo
crat's proposal before the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. Spokesmen for the
American Farm Bureau Fed
eration and the Citizen's For
eign Aid Committee, however,
urged a cut in economic aid.
Fulbright's plan would boost
the development loan fund to
$1,500,000,000 a year for five
years. The administration hasJ
naaiauon: An argument
broke out before the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee as
to whether the federal govern
ment or the states should take
the lead in protecting citizens
from radiation hazards. A U.S.
Chamber of Commerce spokes
man testified that local gov
ernments could best assure
safety in the growth of atomic
industry. But an AFL-CIO wit
ness argued that the federal
government should have even
more responsibility in the field
and "we oppose any dilution
of this responsibility by farm
ing it out to the states."
Area Drivers Get
Licenses Suspended
Salem - The department of
motor vehciles has released
names of 361 drivers whose
licenses were ordered suspend
ed during the perior beginning
May 11, and ending May 15.
Length of suspension varies,
depending on charges in
volved, recommendation of
court, discretionary action by
the department or require
ments of Oregon law. The de
partment said some of the li
censes involving financial re
sponsibility and court recom
mendations may have been re
instated after suspension was
ordered. x
The department warned
drivers that the penalty for
driving while suspended is a
jail sentence of no less than
two days and, up. to six
months, and there may be im
posed a fine up to $500. Under
licensing procedures, this will
also result in an additional
year of suspension.
Among those suspended in
Jackson county were:
Driving While Suspended (In
cludes any conviction for viola
tion of traffic laws, involving oper
ation of motor vehicle, while driv
ing privileges were under suspen
sion.) Stout, Gegrge Thomas Jr.. 28, of
307 South Second St., Talent, no
safety chains attached, 1 year.
Driving While Under Influence of
Intoxicating Liquor (Manda
tory suspension)
Huck. Walter C, 38, of 595 Hay
lane. Ashland. 90 days.
Court Recommendation (Follow
ing traffic violation convictions)
Erbes. Arthur Walter, 23, of 2642
Merriman rd., Medford, violation of
basic rule, 90 days.
Scanlon, Seraphine Judith,' 43, of
Ashland, violation of basic rule.
Discretionary Action of Department
Nelson, Donald Ray, 18, of 1289
Woodrow ave., Medford, driving
record, 30 days.
Nelson, Kenneth Merline, 22! of
300 Eighth St.. Jacksonville, driving
record, 60 days.
Space Mice Get
New Lease on Life
Vandenberg AFB. Calif. -
(UPD-Four plump mice bred for
space travel today have a new
lease on life - but they've lost
their chance to become the
world's first "moon mice."
The four rodents, all black
except for pink ears and tails,
were chosen from among a
colony of mice and about to
be shot into an earth orbit
when Thursday's scheduled
Discoverer III launching was
postponed because of low
clouds.
It was learned four other
mice from the space-trained
colony will be selected for the
next attenmped launching.
There was no explanation for
replacing the originally
chosen "astro-rodents."
Launching the Discoverer
III -vehicle has been postponed
48 hours or more. It will carry
its mice-p assengersinan
ejectable capsule which the
Air Force hopes to recover
with the mice still alive.
Pittock Home To
Become Museum
Portland - (UPD - The city
council Thursday gave its ap
proval to use of a fashionable
old residence here as a sum
mer tourist attraction.
Local restaurant operator
Eric Ladd received a permit
to open the old Henry Pittock
residence on Imperial Heights.
He plans to lease it from heirs
of the Pittock estate and op
erate it as a musuem of his
torical and scenic interest.
The home was the residence
of the late Henry Pirtock who
founded the Oregonian.
that he would need consider
ably more time to do justice
to such a study.
Van Sickle stated he did not
believe he could approve pro
posed salary increases in the'
1959-60 city budget until he
could see a report on integra
tion and decide whether it of
fered a more economical al
ternative. Mayor John Snider pointed
out that the fire department's
responsibility for the rural
district, since the police de
partment has no similar re
sponsibility in" that area,
would present a great problem
to integrating.
District Contract
The contract with the rural
district approved last night
sets the 1959-60 payment at
$41,000 against the 1958-59
payment of $39,200. Under the
"escalator" section, the rates:
1. Would be increased in
proportion to the county as
sessor's true cash value on any
territory annexed to the dis
trict; 2. Would be decreased in
proportion to the county as
sessor's true cash value of any
territory annexed to the city
or otherwise removed from
the district;
3. Would be increased or de
creased in direct proportion to
any change in the assessor's
true cash value upon the im
provements of real property
in the district.
Deliver Fire Truck
The district is to deliver to
the city by Feb. 1, 1960, in ac
cordance with a previous tacit
agreement, one fire truck.
The district is also to pro
vide a sinking fund from its
revenues for purchasing fire
equipment. A sum of $4,500
is to be set aside in this fund
during 1959-60, with the fig
ure in future years to vary
with the annual rate formula.
Under the airport ordinance
amendment, Duff is to submit
a schedule for council approv
al covering rates for rentals of
land and of space in the term
inal and other buildings, tie
down (parking) rates and
landing fees.
Proposed Schedule
"The present method of es
tablishing charges," Duff told
the council, "is cumbersome
and becomes inequitable with
out adjustment as time goes
on." The proposed schedule,
he added, would remove
"some of these objectionable
and inequitable features."
Duff noted in his report that
at two recent meetings be
tween airport tenants and city
officials, tenants urged that
the city permit free tie-downs
to visiting fliers for the first
two or three nights as a cour
tesy. Those v recommending
this asserted that good will
and increased spending down
town by the visitors would
more than compensate for any
loss of revenue to the city.
"I had been hopeful," Van
Sickle said with regard to police-fire
department integra
tion, "that we'd have some
thing' on it before the budget
is to be acted upon by the
council."
On Salary Increases
Of the salary increases pro
posed in the new budget, he
said, "I can't, I believe, go
along with an increase at this
time until I have an oppor
tunity to look at an alterna
tive." He said he had been
"trying to get some sort of
plan for two years."
Mayor Snider questioned
the efficacy of bringing up the
matter just at budget time.
Van Sickle then asked that
the city "get on it right after
budget time."
SAY EXPENSE JUSTIFIED
Montgomery, Ala. - (UPD -Army
Vice Chief of Staff Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer said
Thursday large sums of
money spent for separate re
search and development of
missiles were justified.
FARM
flKE IH1EE5E
CRATER HIGH SCHOOL
Central Point, Ore.
Displays Furnished by Farm Implement
Dealers.
Farm Festival Queen will be Crowned
at the Dance Tonight at the Crater
Hi Tennis Court.
Refreshments Rides
Carnival Games
SATURDAY ONLY
2 SHOWS - 7:30-9 P.M.
ALSO
The Shadows & Rogue Ramblers"
- SPONSORED BY
Central Point Jaycees
and Crater Hi F.F.A.
Resistance Met in
Getting Easements
For Sanitary Sewer
City Manager Robert Duff
last night told the city council
that the city has run into re
sistance in acquiring right of
way easements for the Berry
days sanitary sewer line
across the backs of lots front
ing on North Pacific highway.
City Public Works Director
Vernon Thorpe had explained
before the project was ap-
Rainier, Grace
Leave Madrid .
Madrid - (UPD - Prince Rain
ier and Princess Grace of
Monaco slipped quietly out of
Madrid today after spending
a 12-day "second honeymoon"
in the Spanish capital.
The royal couple flew into
Madrid May 11, just three
years to the day after their
widely publicized honeymoon
arrival here in 1956. Through
out their stay the couple fol
lowed the pattern of their first
visit here.
Almost every day they
went to the bullfights a feat
possible during Madrid's an
nual Festival of San Isidro
that began May 14, and during
which a series of 11 daily
fights are held.
At night they entertained,
or were entertained, in the
city's top restaurants arid
homes by members of society
and the diplomatic and film
worlds.
Pilot Identified
In Japan Crash
Ashiya, Japan - (UPD - The
pilot of a C130 turbo-prop
plane which smashed into a
barracks Wednesday was one
of the 10 men killed in the
crash, the Air Force disclosed
today.
The pilot was identified as
Maj. David P. Currey, 44, son
of Mrs. Helen A. Currey,
West Orange, N.J.
Air Force officials, said
Currey veered his crippled
plane toward the barracks
rather than heading toward a
heavily populated town near
the base here.
Others identified by the
Air Force as killed in the
crash included Airman 2C
Wilhelmus H. Vanderknaap,
24, Salt Lake City. .
Two Die, Three
Hurt in Car Crash
Baker (UPD - Three Idaho
residents were reported in
fair to good condition today
from injuries suffered Thurs
day in an auto accident 22
miles east of here which kill
ed two other persons.
Killed in the accident were
John Dakan, 68, Union, and
Lela Riley, Nampa," Idaho.
They were in one car.
Injured occupants of the
second car were Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Cleveland, Twin Falls,
Idaho, and their granddaugh
ter, Kathy Stuart, 9, Gooding,
Idaho. They were brought to
St. Elizabeth hospital here.
Oregon Strawberry
Harvest Nearly Ready
Portland - (UPD - Oregon's
strawberry harvesting season
was near today and the State
Employment Service estimat
ed at least 50,000 pickers
would be needed.
Some berries in Clackamas
and Marion counties already
were reported on the ripe
side.
FESTIVAL DAYS
IN PERSON!
JIMMY WAKELY
and His Show
proved in March that install
ing the sewer along the high
way itself would be more ex
pensive, because of special
state requirements, and would
result in inconvenience to the
business establishments oc
cupying most of the lots.
Seemed Agreeable
Duff explained last night
that the property owners orig
inally had seemed agreeable
to giving the city the neces
sary easements. But, he re
ported, "When it came time to
acquire the right-of-ways the
property became exceedingly
valuable."
He said that changing plans
and installing the sewer along
the highway after all would
cost about $10,000 more than
the present cost but would be
considerably cheaper than pur
chasing the easements.
He said revised plans for the
project would be submitted to
the council later. He had ex
plained yesterday that the
change would not entail a de
lay in the construction.
Award Contract
The council awarded a $21,
790.75 contract to W. H. Con
rad, Medford contractor, for
construction of the South
Riverside ave. sanitary sewer.
A $1,517 contract for con
structing curbs and gutters for
the extension of 'East Eighth
st. between Bear creek and
East Main st. was awarded to
M. E. and F. K. Skinner, Med
ford contractors.
Plans and specifications
were approved for a sanitary
sewer, paving, curbs and gut
ters for Ruth dr., Keith ave.,
and Lawrence ave. in a sub
division being developed by
Doug Pickell in southeast
Medford.
The council also approved
Duff's recommendations for a
loading zone and two-hour
parking zones at North Cen
tral ave. and Second st. for
Riverman Auto Parts and
Stevens Auto Sales. '
Dulles' Condition
Claimed Unchanged
Washington t- (UPD - There
was not reported change today
in the condition of John Fos
ter Dulles,' who is gravely ill
in Walter Reed Army Medi
can Center.
State Department Press Of
ficer Lincoln White told
newsmen Thursday that he
had nothing to add to his an
nouncement Tuesday when he
said Dulles was growing weak
er and receiving heavy doses
of pain-killing drugs.
The 71-year-old former sec
retary of state has been losing
ground in his fight against
cancer since his condition was
complicated by pneumonia a
week ago Saturday.
Fernando Lamas
Agrees To Payments
Los Angeles-(UPD-Actor Fer
nando Lamas agreed Thurs
day to up his support pay
ments for his daughter from
$1,000 to $1,500 yearly.
Lamas, 45, also agreed in
Superior Court to see that his
daughter, Alexandria, 12, now
residine with her mother in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, j
would have an opportunity to j
attend college m California.
The child was born to Lamas
and his first wife, Mrs. Lidia
B. de Lamas, 36. He is now
married to actress Arlene
Dahl.
. Of the 52 species of fur
bearing animals in the Great
Smoky mountains, those most
frequently found are black
bear, white-tailed deer, foxes,
raccoons and bobcats.
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SOME "BOATING ACCIDENT" Eugene Beyers is a good skipper with boats, but
with cars it's different. He was launching his boat (right) at Menominee, Mich., when
his car unexpectedly rolled down the ramp and sank 20 yards from shore (upper left).
Getting it back up the ramp will be much more difficult.
West Germany To
Pay War Victims
- Washington -(UPD-The Ger
amn embassy has announced
that West Germany will make
an initial payment of $1,000
apiece to 35 Polish women
who were tortured by the
Nazis in World War II.
The women, who arrived
here this week, are known as
"the Ravensbrueck Lapins"
or rabbits. They were the vic
times of Nazi medical experi
ments in concentration camps.
The embassy said the pay
ments are for the costs of med
ical treatment in this country.
The money will be turned
over to Norman Cousins,
chairman of the Ravensbrueck
Lapins Project, for distribu
tion. Executions Resumed
For Batista Men
Havana -(UPD- Executions of
former Batista men resumed
Thursday in Cuba to end a
16-day lapse.
Former Army Maj. Leo
poldo Alvarez and Police
Capt. Leoncio Jaile were exe
cuted by a firing squad in
Manzanillo, bringing the unof
ficial total of executions to
623.
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URGES DEFENSE BUILDUP
Jacksonville, Fla. -(UPD- The
nation's civil defense mobil
ization director said Thurs
day every community should
enlarge local civil defense op
erations to prepare for a sur
prise nuclear bomb attack.
Virgil Couch said all first aid
programs and communica
tions of local units should be
expanded in preparation for
such attacks.
About 400,000 automobile
patents have been granted in
the United States since 1896,
the industry estimates. .
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Nixon Endorsed by
UO Young Republicans
Eugene -(UPD- University of
Oregon Young Republicans
have formally endorsed Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
for the 1960 Presidential nom
ination. The group said it is
the first endorsement for
Nixon.
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Medford