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Newspaper Page TextMl d 1 111 iGOiiie T on ii 1 NATIONAL MOURNING-Flags ringing the John Foster Dulles. In the background is Washington Monument fly at half mast in the State Department tribute to the late former Secretary of State (East, West Joan nn Faying (Final Respects To Miles Washington -UPD- East and West put aside cold war dif ferences today to pay respects to John Foster Dulles. There was the expected tribute from the grateful world he led in the fight for peace. But surprisingly, Rus sia also joined in honoring the former secretary of state. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko was flying to Washington for the funeral Wednesday. So were West Germany's Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer and foreign ministers of the non-Communist world. .Dulles, who died Sunday of cancer at the age71, will lie in state in the ' Bethlehem Chapel of the National Ca thedral for 24 hours, starting at noon today. President To Attend Riles Wednesday, with President Eisenhower in attendance, the final rites will be conducted for the man who guided America's foreign policy for six crucial years. Dulles will be buried in Ar lington National Cemetery with military honors. The body will be taken from nnllps' home to the huge Gothic cathedral shortly be- e noon when the wasning- ton diplomatic corps will as semble at the cnurcn. An non or guard will be posted and the diplomats will . sing the book of condolences. The public then will be al lowed to pay its respects by walking past the flag-draped casket, guarded throughout World Travelers Stop at Stockade Among the persons who reg istered at the welcome booth in the stockade on Siskiyou summit Monday were Miss Rae Rossman, teacher in a private school In Honolulu,- Hawaii; and couples from St. Peters burg, Fla., and Tombstone, Ariz. It was reDorted that several parties of a trailer caravan from California also stopped. The caravan, which will make its headquarters in Grants Pass for a week, plan to fish in the area prior to attending the trade fair in Portland. Miss Rossman; who is cur rently traveling around, the world, is a graduate of Ore gon State college and plans to spend six months in Oregon. Ernie Hood, coordinator for the Jackson County Centen nial association, reminded residents that souvenir books of six $1 adult admission tickets to the Centennial Expo sition and trade fair in Port land, are available locally for $5. Tickets are available at the U.S. National Bank, First Na tional bank, Jackson County Centennial t association head quarters, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and the welcome stockade. In Phoenix they are available by contacting Mrs. Kathryn Stan cliffe, KEystone 5-1458, and in Ashland after June 1 at the Chamber of Commerce. Hood explained that not only is the advance sale price cheaper but an adult ticket may be exchanged for two junior tickets. Persons plan ning 'to attend the Portland events would not have to stand in line for tickets if purchased here in advance. ' Carter Departs for Portland Residence Pendleton (DPD Oregon's new selective service chief, Sprague Carter, of Pendleton, planned to leave with Mrs. Carter this afternoon for Port land where they will establish residence. Carter will move into Selective Service head quarters in Portland Wednesday. i - t 1 J i tf t ten the 24 hours by five enlisted men of the armed forces. The casket will rest on a catafalque in the center of the chapel, surrounded by flowers. The public also will be per mitted to attend the funeral services. However, only a com parative few will be admitted. A large section of the 2,818 seat cathedral will be re served. Presbyterian Ritual, Clergy Although Washington cathe dral is an Episcopal church, the funeral services will fol low the ritual of the Presby terian church to which Dulles belonged and will be conduct ed by Presbyterian clergy. The surprising acclaim that Dulles received in death from Soviet officials contrasted sharply with the vitriolic flood of denunciation they poured on him in life. The Commu nists, frustrated by his firm stand against Red expansion, often called him a "war monger." Gromyko even kept up the Soviet attack on Western poli cies until shortly before it was announced he would at- Study Shows New Construction of a new Fed eral Office Building in Med ford, to replace the old one at 33 North Riverside ave., has been found to be desirable by the General Services ad ministration, according to" Congressman Charles O. Por ter. v ' The GSA surveyed federal building needs in a number of cities in the Fourth Congres sional district recently, and this report is a result of the survey. Recommended was the re tention of the existing Post Office and Federal Court building, together with the construction of a new office building. The old one, a for mer USO building and before that an automobile dealer ship, apparently no longer meets the government's needs Porter's news release indi cated. No details of such a pro posed building were given Porter by the GSA, nor was there any indication as to whether it might be built, al though the survey was made to determine both immediate and long range building needs. A similar survey in Grants Pass is scheduled for comple tion in December of this year. No survey is currently scheduled for Ashland, which is one of the cities "assigned a low priority" because there is no federally-owned Post Office building. The surveys, the report said, serve as a basis on which to establish plans for meeting the building needs revealed. Washington UPD President Eisenhower has nominated Charles L. Powell, 57, of Ken newick, Wash., to be a fed eral judge for the eastern district of Washington state. Building Needed Elastic Cleaning ISags IPopuDar Mere Plastic bags remain popular here despite reports they have been responsible for the deaths of more than 30 infants across the nation, a survey of local dry cleaners yesterday re vealed. The bags, in fact, appear more popular with customers than with some of the dry cleaning plant operators them selves. - ' " Various reasons for this popularity were given. One of the six operators interviewed said customers liked to be able to see their garments through the transparent sheaths. Another noted .that housewives use the plastic to. IT w.'Myy,.- . ' yy. y.'. v.y. v y 'V, tend Dulles' funeral. He ex changed bitter words with Secretary of State Christian A. Herter at the Geneva for eign ministers' meeting. Abuse Changes But once the Soviets made up their minds to join in the tribute to their free world adversary, the abuse quickly changed to acclaim for a respected foe. Moscow radio described Dulles as "an outstanding gov ernment leader." Soviet Depu ty Premier Anasta I. Mikoyan called the former cabinet member "a great statesman" and sent the condolences of the entire Soviet government. Small Boy Saves Girl From Ditch A 5-year-old Medford boy saved a 4-year-old neighbor girl from possible drowning last week when he pulled her from an irrigation ditch west of Woodland ave., it was learned today. ' The boy, Richard Eppinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ep pinger, 1310 Woodland ave., told his parents he pulled the girl from the " th.ree-f oot-deep ditch after his cries for help were not heard by neighbors. It was reported that ap proximately IVi feet of water was running in the ditch at the time of the accident, last Thursday afternoon. The cur rent was so swift the girl, Vicki Parrack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parrack, 1305 Woodland ave., was un able to stand. Following the rescue Rich ard told his parents that he was playing in a playhouse behind his home when he heard cries for help from the irrigation ditch, approximate ly 100 feet away. He discovered Vicki on her hands and knees in the water and was unable to get out of the ditch due to the steep banks. Richard explained, "when Daddy didn't come after I yelled I lay down on a board on the bank, grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her out' The girl was not hurt in the fall. The incident was not re ported to any official agency at the time. City Bridge Bids to Open in Salem Today Bids on the Eighth st. bridge over Bear creek were among those on 23 projects to be opened by the state highway department today in Salem. The bids were to be opened at 3 p.m., according to an of ficial in the Medford engin eering department at city hall. The . bridge, slated for completion about mid-Octo ber, is to accommodate east bound Eighth st. . traffic across the creek to the junc tion with East Main st. cover furniture during , the smudging season. Easily Disposed Of Other incidental uses, plus the ease with which the mate rial can be wadded up and disposed of, add to its appeal. From the operator's stand point, the plastic, polyethylene, now costs about the same per enclosed garment as paper. It was formerly more expen sive. Several local operators offer both plastic and paper bags for their customers. But Mrs. Vernal Richards of Modern Cleaners, noted that since pub licity of the plastic's -hazards began, "Just one customer has MEDFORDjrRIBUNE 18 Pages Republicans Rap Report Critical of Anti-Trust Cases ICC Claimed Used By Oil Companies Washington -(UPD- Republi cans raised a cry of "politics" today against a House sub committee report critical of the Justice Department's han dling of two big anti-trust cases. Four of six Democratic members of the anti-trust sub committee Monday accused the department of letting the American Telephone and Tel egraph Co. "write a decree to its own liking" to settle a government suit against it. Partiality Charged The Democratic investigat ors in effect accused former Attorney General Herbert Brownell of showing partial ity toward AT&T. They also charged the de partment with a "bad" record of enforcing a 1941 consent judgment that settled an anti trust suit against 20 major oil companies and their pipe line subsidiaries. The three Republican mem bers of the subcommittee ac cused the Democrats of "tilt ing at political windmills." Said 'Slanted Document' AT&T President Frederick R. Kappel called the report "a thoroughly biased and slanted doucment." Kappel said its criticisms of long dis tance telephone rates was "wholly unjustified and com pletely ignores the facts." The report said long dis tance telephone users may have been overcharged $159 million in 1955-57 as a result of the rate increase author ized by the Federal Commu nications Commission in 1953, Kappel also defended the con sent decree as ."definitely in the public interest and . . . legally sound." ICC Said Used The report further charged that the oil pipeline industry "has been able to use" the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for protection against the requirement of the pipeline consent judgment. It said tha1 while the ICC is supposed to regulate the pipelines, "in practice the in dustry itself decides what the ICC will do." Gromyko Decision Puzzles Officials Washington -(DPD- Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko's sudden decision to at tend John Foster Dulles' fun eral puzzled American offic ials today. They . couldn't figure out why he "decided to come. These experts on Commun ist tactics proceed on the as sumption that no 'Soviet move is exactly what it seems. They are convinced Gro- myko's decision was motivat ed by something other than a simple desire to pay final respects to the man who led the diplomacy of the free world against the Reds for six years. Gromyko's trip," they said, might be another propaganda attempt by the Russians to show the world that they really are , not cold-hearted people after all. Oregon Intermediate Institution Opened Salem -(DPD- Oregon's new intermediate correctional in stitution went into operation at 10 a.m. today when 10 in mates were transferred from the Oregon State penitentiary, asked for a paper bag." "We put off using the plas tic bags for more than a year," said Hale Wheeler of Medford Cleaners. "I was never too sold on them." Popular Demand The consensus of the opera tors, however, was that once plastic was introduced by one concern, popular demand and the rigors of competition re quired the rest to follow suit. "Everybody seems to like them that comes in here," Mrs. Richards reported. Several operators took the opportunity of being inter viewed to issue warnings. They emphasized that the bags' 54th Year TV ff A T T MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY County Budget Approval Methodists to Convene Here For Conference Nearly 300 Expected For Three-Day Event Lay delegates and ministers from the state's 170 Metho dist churches are expected to arrive in Medford today and tomorrow for the 107th session of the Oregon Annual conference of the Methodist church. Registration will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the First Methodist church. Seve ral committees will meet at 2 p.m., followed by a confer ence organization and com munion service. Bishop A. Raymond Grant, Portland, will speak on "The State of the Church" at the conference banquet Wednes day evening. The dinner will precede a pageant of worship, "God of Our Fathers," which will be held at 8:15 p.m. at the church. Pageant Wednesday The pageant, written by the Rev. Ormal Trick, current president of the Methodist Conference Historical Society, will depict 100 years of Meth odism in Oregon. The produc tion will be presented by the chancel and speaking choirs of First Methodist church, Med ford, under the direction of Mrs. Charles Adamson and Mrs. Milton Snow. The conference will con tinue through Sunday after noon, concluding with' the reading of minister appoint ments. Keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Roy Nichols, minister of Downs Memorial church in Oakland, Calif. He will speak Thurs day, Friday and Saturday eve nings at the local church. Fires Reported in Yreka Area Recently Yreka-A bar and residence at Bray and 45 acres includ ing a proposed subdivision site northwest of here were destroyed by fires over the week end.- Seventeen lightning fires were reported meanwhile at various points in the Klamath national forest. The bar and residence at Bray were owned by Jack Maloney, who estimated the total loss-including a large stock of liquor-might be as high as $20,000. Maloney was quoted as saying he had no idea how the fire started. He discovered it about 6 a.m. Sunday. The 45-acre brush fire north of Yreka High school was believed started by un identified youngsters playing with matches. "Practically no damage" resulted, according to Yreka Fire Chief Charles Schultz, since the brush was to have been cleared off any way. The proposed subdivision site is owned by J. M. Manley Jr. and D. H. McCarger, both of this city. Hatfield Unable To Attend Dulles Funeral Salem -(DPD Gov.Mark Hat field said today he would not be able to accept the invita tion he received Monday from the State Department to at tend the funeral of John Fos ter Dulles Wednesday. function is simply to protect garments from cleaning plant to closet. Two noted that cloth ing inside the plastic fades when exposed to light. "The public should destroy these bags," said Alex Dumas of Medford Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners, "and not let children get hold of them." Dumas was particularly con cerned about the hazards of plastic. "If it's going to be dangerous, we would consider discontinuing its use." Discontinuance Reported This step has been taken in at least two other commu nities already: Winston-Salem, N.C. and Windsor, Ont. In "Nobody's Shoving, Chum" " ' Secret Sessions Oh Berlin Question Slated for Friday Geneva-(DPD-The Big Four foreign ministers agreed today to begin secret sessions on the Berlin and German questions Friday when they return from John Foster Dulles' funeral in Washington. . After more than two weeks of propaganda recriminations that got the conference exact ly nowhere"" SovfetF6reign Minister Andrei Gromyko agreed to join the western foreign ministers' in private man to man talks Friday. Gromyko Agrees . Gromyko agreed to this dur ing a private session today with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd just before all the ministers took off for Washington to attend the Dulles funeral. Higher Education Board Opens Bids Portland (DPD T h e State Board of Higher Education to day opened bids on $9,055,000 in general obligation bonds. , The bonds would be used to finance construction of self liquidating buildings on six campuses. Included are two dormitories at Oregon State college, married housing units at the University of Oregon, a dormitory at Southern Ore gon, an addition to Portland State's student center, and a student center at Oregon Col lege of Education. Hillcrest School Plan Approved Salem-(DPD-The State Board of Control today approved a plan whereby Hillcrest School for Girls will be changed from a single-security institu tion to a multi-security insti tution. This means that instead of having just maximum secur ity with all doors locked at all times, there will be areas of the institution for medium and minimum security. This move was urged by the U. S. ChildrensJ Bureau and recommended by Superintend ent Marjorie McBride. (Despite these two cities, the decisions followed fatalities in the fam ilies of customers. Richard M. Mole of Crystal White Laundry and Cleaners stated, "We might go so far as to put a warning tag on them." Such tags, reminding parents to keep the bags away from children, could be sta pled to the bags with the in voices or attached to the clothes hanger, Mole sug gested. Mole said he thought the Southern Oregon Dry Clean ers association, to which many local operators belong, could make some arrangement for tags. 26, 1959 The Soviet foreign minister yielded after a week of west ern pressure for secret talks But he did so only after de clining a chance to get such negotiations going at once on the flight to Washington. Gromyko's decision, appar ently ordered by Soviet Pre mier N i k i t a Khrushchev, marked "the biggest step' for ward since Russia agreed to take part in the foreign min isters' conference in the first place. The first two weeks had been log-jammed with semi public sessions loaded with propaganda and counter-propa ganda. Neither side got anywhere.- But the West believed that in secret session-with few advisers present and no outsiders-true bargaining could begin. Plays Tactical Card Gromyko chose to play his tactical card today in his talks with Lloyd, who has been playing the role of intermedi ary between East and West on most occasions. Only Monday, after a fiery plenary session, Lloyd had appealed to Gromyko for "constructive" moves and less recrimination. Today the Gromyko-Lloyd meeting was arranged on very short notice. They talked for nearly an hour. Comes as Surprise Gromyko's decision to go into the secret talks came as a surprise, since most of the indications beforehand were that he was stalling them off on Kremlin orders. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness and a few scattered showers tonight and Wednesday with - mild temperatures. Low tonight 45; high tomorrow 68. Temp. Highest Yesterday 67 Lowest this Morning 47 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7.36. .p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:40 a.m. Moonrise tonight 11:32 p.m. Last Quarter May 29 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, high in south 10:06 p.m. is 36 light years away. The orange color of this star Is be cause of its temperature, which is less than that of the Sun. Hotter stars are white in color. Reported Kpn Hardv of the Big Y Cleaners, president of the as sociation, expressed a com mon sentiment that the plas tic manufacturers, after all, were responsible for the haz ardous bags. He reported re ceiving a telegram from Kord ite corporation, one of the large manufacturers of poly ethylene, which stated the cor poration was planning a broad public education program. Suffocate in Bedclothes The telegram, he said, also pointed out that 2,700 children reportedly suffocate each year from " bedclothes alone. The National Safety council has estimated about 100 will suf Price 10 Cents No. 57 Expected Public Hearing Tentatively Set In Two Weeks Cuts of $220,000 Considered by Group The Jackson county budget committee this morning was considering final approval of the estimated budget for the new fiscal year. Tentative total being con sidered is $3,692,000. The total compares with the current county budget of $3,435,887. 09. A public budget hearing is tentatively scheduled with in the next two weeks. The county budget commit tee this morning considered further cuts of $220,000 as sug gested by accountant George Stacey, Medford. These in clude $100,000 from the coun ty roads department funds, and elimination of a proposed $120,000 allocation for a all purpose building to house the county extension offices at the fairgrounds. Considerable dis cussion involved elimination of the building fund. Roads Fund The $100,000 cut in the county roads department funds would leave $1,613,014, com pared to the previous figure of $1,713,014. The committee said the subtotals, or estimated expenditures for roads and bridges,' are flexible figures which could be altered with little difficulty to the depart ment. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt suggested that $90, 005 allocated for equipment could be ; eliminated since County Engineer Paul Rynning tldhihY'ne wOuld"have enough funds to start the new fiscal year for all equipment purchases planned. Budget committee members, including members of the county court, agreed that allo cation for a new all-purpose building for ' the fairgrounds should be delayed for a year, until a more thorough sam pling of public opinion can be taken. The public generally doesn't feel the need, it was stated. , (Continued en Page 11) $165,450 Taker From Armored Car Denver -(DPD- Two men rob bed an armored truck of $165, 450 here today as guards were making a cash pickup at a sub urban bank. . Sheriffs officers said they were holding two suspects for questioning and had found the car believed to be the one used in the getaway. Gale Sellens, vice president of the bank, said the guards left the truck momentarily and the two men opened the truck door and took the cash. One of the bandits appar ently had a key to the truck, he said. Neuberges Indian Tax Exemption OK'd Washington -(DPD- The Sen ate Indian affairs subcommit tee today unanimously ap proved a bill by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), to ex empt from federal and state income taxes money paid to Northwest Indians for loss of fishing rights at Celilo Falls on the Columbia river, Portland -(DPD- The Oregon Centennial Commission plans to take out insurance against rain. hazards focate in plastic bags this year. Hardy stated that customers appeared to have realized the bags' hazards already and were exercising caution. He said he thought verbal warn ings by his plant's personnel, over the counter and at house holders' doors on delivery routes, would, accomplish more than the use of tags. Several operators wished it to be understood that dry cleaning establishments are only one of numerous types of outlets that use polyethyl ene. The plastic, they pointed, out, is used extensively at grocery stores, clothing stores and in other retail operations. Federal Income Tax Deduction Provision Cut Simplified Report Form Provided Salem-(DPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today signed House bill 670 which would raise some $10 million in personal income taxes for the next two years. The bill eliminates the right to deduct federal income taxes from state income tax returns, but retains other exemptions. It was one of 50 bills signed by the governor today. Structure Changed The personal income tax rate structure is changed un der the bill so that most Ore gon taxpayers, particularly in the middle and high income brackets, will be paying more money. Rates run from 2.5 to 7.5 per cent. The bill also requires that State Tax Commission provide an optional simplified tax re turn form for taxpayers whose income is primarily in salaries and wages and who take a standard deduction. The law is effective from Jan. 1, 1959, but most tax payers won't feel the bite until they pay their 1959 income taxes' next April 15. City Offers $20 For Easement The City of Medford is offer ing L. F. Klink $20 for a Kenwood-Grandview sanitary sewer easement 3 feet long and 20 feet wide. City Man ager Robert A. Duff reported today. The city council last week authorized condemnation pro ceedings for the easement. which according to the con struction schedule is needed by Thursday. Klink, who lives at 533 South Grape st., said today he wanted a "fair price" for the easement. He asserted the city had offered him $1. Duff and City Attorney Joel B. Reeder denied he had ever been offered $1, and Reeder added 'that in a recent tele phone conversation Klink im plied he was holding out for about $300. Duff said the $20 offer had been signed this morning and would be delivered to Klink by a Medford policeman. Reeder said he would file a condemnation suit complaint tomorrow so the city could take possession in time for the scheduled construction work Thursday. Klink's property, which must be crossed by an east-west sewer line, is a north-south strip of pasture land 3 feet wide Reeder said 10 feet on each side would be needed for the easement. He added that an additional 10 feet on each side would be required under a temporary construction license to give the contractor's crews room to work. Other residents in the immediate area have granted easements free, Reed er reported. Eugene Council Appt roves Closure Eugene-flJPD-The city coun cil Monday night gave tenta tive approval to a plan to close ; eight-block section of downtown Eugene to all traffic during a 30-day period in August. Approval of businessmen in the area must first be obtain ed. Sections affected would be four blocks each of Willam ette st. and Brodway. A sim ilar plan for Willamette st. was approved by the council three years ago but was sty mied when merchants disap proved. If approved, the traffic-less area would be used for -Centennial events and as a pedes trian mall. Governor Names Two To Agriculture Board Salem-(DPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today named an eastern Oregon onion and beet grower and a Willamette valley gen eral farmer to the State Board of Agriculture. Joe Saito, Ontario, will fill the vacancy created with the election of Loyd Key, Milton Freewater, to the state Sen ate. Ernest F. Jernstedt, Carl ton, will take the place of Cornelius Bateson, Salem, who resigned several months ago. Washington -(DPD- Delegates to the National Watershed Conference have been urged to back . a move to restore state authority over water rights.