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rotates ifDinnie Tox How C Ike Appeals for Foreign Ministers To Show Progress Meeting Pleasant, Gromyko Declares Washington -IIIP&- President Eisenhower personally appeal ed to the Big Four foreign ministers today for progress at the deadlocked Geneva Con ference in order to justify a summer meeting. The President conferred in his office for about a half hour with the foreign ministers and Russia's Andrei Gromyko said afterwards that ij was a "pleas ant and useful conversation." The White House said in a statement that the President had "expressed the hope that on their return to Geneva the foreign ministers would be able to achieve that measure of progress which would make a subsequent meeting of the heads of government desirable . and useful." Peaceful Solutions The President said that he had followed the Geneva Conference proceedings with close attention," the White House said. "He expressed the hope that the thorough exchange of views that are taking place there would lead to a better anm-oach to the solution of the problem that confront ui in Europe." The Big Four foreign min isters had broken off their Geneva talks to attend the fu neral of John Foster Dulles. Meeting with the President were Gromyko, Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, British Foreign Minister Sel wyn Lloyd, and French For eign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville. All appeared to be in a Jovial mood when they emerged. - - - - - Several hours before the White House meeting, Herter briefed congressional foreign affairs experts on the Geneva talks. The secretary was quot ed as saying further negotia would be a "long, drawn-out process, requiring a great deal of patience" on the part of the West. Blind Dog Finds Home After Radio Appeal "Dusty" found a new owner today a woman who promises to care for the nearly-blind golden re triever. . The 2-year-old dog, de scribed by Joe Taylor of the county dog pound as well-mannered, well-trained and pedigreed, was brought to the pound by his former owners to be destroyed, for they could not care for him properly. This was mentioned brief ly on a 3-minute news broadcast over KYJC at 12:15 p.m. today, and with in 20 minutes, four people had called. The first woman , to call drove to the pound immediately, "fell in love" with "Dusty," and took him home, to be cared for in her fenced-in yard. "Dogs have guided blind people - for years," Taylor commented. "Now we have people who will guide a blind dog." Strother Named Temporary Chairman Of County Parks, Recreation Group Ed Strother, Shady Cove, was named temporary chair man of the newly appointed Jackson county parks and re creation commission which met yesterday noon at Med ford hotel. Mrs. Ben Day, Sams Valley, was appointed temporary sec retary. The seven members present . agreed to have . at least one meeting a month with the next one scheduled for 1:30 pjn. 'Wednesday, June 3, in the county court house. A nominating commit tee of Lawrence V. Espey, 619 Park st., Medford; Mrs. Han ley Heff ernan, Ross lane, Med ford; and Don Ashpole, Eagle Point, was appointed by the county court. It will present its nominations at Wednes day's meeting. Ashpole and J. F. Eberhart, 248 Wimer st., Ashland, were absent. Drawn from Hat 1 Nr.me slips were drawn i7.ni a hat to determine the daggered terms of office for each of the members. Stroth er; Robert J. Keeney, Phot-, Price 10 Medford 18 Pages REV. ROY. NICHOLS Speaker at Conference Oakland Minister ToAddress Church Conference Here The Rev. Roy Nichols, min ister of Downs Memorial church, Oakland, Calif., will address the Oregon annual conference of the Methodist church at 8:15 o'clock tonight at the First Methodist church here on "God in Perspective." Mr. Nichols has been pastor of the California church since 1949. He is a graduate of Lin coln university in Pennsyl vania and the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley. As prin cipal speaker for the f iye,day conference, Mr. Nichols will speak Friday evening on "Consequential Truth" and Saturday on "Confronting The Big Moment." . At noon today, Mr. C. Douglas Hayward, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, Berkeley, Calif., was speaker for the ministerial training qualifications luncheon at the Mediord hotel. Speaks at Pageant Last night Bishop A. Ray mond Grant, Portland, spoke prior to a pageant depicting 100 years of Methodism in Oregon. He stressed the im portance of adequate salaries for ministers in his talk. During the pageant, Mrs. Milton Snow, Medford, sang "Where Thou Goest," origin ally a poem written by Anna Pittman to Jason Lee in an swer to his proposal of mar riage. The music for the song was written by Christine Willits, Portland. , A total of 324 ministers and lay members have registered for the conference which started Wednesday. During business sessions this morn ing, Howard Somers, Port land, was one of six lay and ministerial delegates to be elected to attend the general conference in Denver next year. Voting continued this afternoon. The various study sections will complete their studies this afternoon and will be pre- nix; and Espey will serve one year terms. Ashpole, Mrs. Marcel LePiniec, Applegate; and Mrs. Ben Day will serve two-year terms. Eberhart, and John Leven, Rogue River, and Mrs. Heff ernan all received three-year terms of office. County Judge Earl Miller informed the group that it has $11,765 left in this year's budget for expenditure on parks and recreation. The funds must be used by June 30 or be returned to the gen eral fund, Miller said. The new fiscal year starts July 1. The new fiscal year's budget includes $12,000 for a parks and recreation program. Miller related the back ground to appointment of the parks and recreation com mission. He asked the sub committee under the county planning commission; to re linquish its duties shortly after the county judge took office, Miller explained. The committee was appointed on May 21. The county court be lieves a separate commission can mora effectively work on j i . '" If L "'i Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959 Richard P hair Arraigned for 'Slot' Ownership Richard Grant Phair, 424 Ardmore ave., secretary-manager of the Medford Elks lodge, was arraigned in dis trict court Wednesday after noon on a charge of posses sion of a slot machine. His case was continued until 10:03 a.m. Friday by Judge Roy Bashaw for enter inga plea. Phair was released on $100 bail. He was rep resented by Attorney Man ville H;isel. A warrant for his arrest was issued yesterday follow ing raids Tuesday afternoon by city and state police which resulted in the confiscation of 39 slot machines. Seised at Barn According to state police, 23 of the illegal machines were seized in a barn at route 3, box 61. It is one of these machines which Phair is ac cused of owning. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder reported at noon today that a warrant will be served this afternoon against the Valley Music company on a similar charge. Thirteen of the machines seized Tuesday were taken by city police from a shed in back of 519 Crater Lake ave., and three others from the rear of the music company,' 525 Crater Lake ave. Reeder explained that the delay in issuing the second complaint was to ascertain their apparent ownership. Parts from Machines Tags found on slot machine parts taken with the 23 ma chines from the barn on Coker Butte rd. led investiga tors to believe the parts may have come from machines confiscated and destroyed last year in Douglas county. Douglas county sheriff's sented to the conference Friday- An increase of 1,849 mem bers was reported by the church ; statistician for the past year". This is the greatest growth reported in a year for the past six yean. Each day's session begins with devotions by Bishop Grant with conference ses sions scheduled throughout the day. Friday at 5:30 p.m. a higher education banquet will be held at the church with Dean Charles W. Busch, Port land State college speaking. The ordination service will follow the banquet. Sunday worship service will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Medford High school audi torium with Bishop Grant speaking. Immediately follow ing the service, appointments will be read. a county paries and recrea tion program, the county judge said. i ' Work To Be Done "The commission will have lots of research to do to de velop parks and recreation sites which will be used by county residents and visitors," Miller said. "There is much work to do regarding Emi grant and Howard Prairie reservoir areas, and ; later probably the Rogue basin." Location and acquisition of parks and recreation sites will be the first job of the commission. Miller said. Main duties listed by the county judge are to assist and advise the county court in making recommendations on acquisi tion, development, promotion and maintenance of parks and recreation sites, to work with state and federal authorities in site acquisition and de velopment, to enlist the aid and cooperation of local and special interest groups in de veloping special recreation and parks facilities, and to actively solicit gifts and funds for such site. deputies and state police last June seized 17 machines from a vehicle reportedly driven by Phair along Highway 99. The machines were sub sequently destroyed at a site about 20 miles from Rose burg, after Phair was fined for owning them. Sheriff Ira Byrd of Douglas county was in Medford yester day, local sources reported. He was described as "con cerned" about the incident. Stores to Close On Memorial Day Stores will close Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. A program of music and readings is scheduled in the Medford city park by the li brary starting at 10 a.m. Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice is to be principal speaker at the exercises. Gen. Prentice will also serve as grand marshal for the parade to , follow, which is slated to move east on Main st. to Bear creek bridge, where flowers will be strewn on the water in memory of those who lost their lives at sea in wartime. A replica of the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier will be provided for the program in the park by the American Legion's 40 and 8 group. Veterans organizations have been asked to attend services at 1:30 pjn. at the veterans administration cemetery at Eagle Point. Another special event will be dedication of a plaque hon oring all veterans at Memory Gardens Memorial park, 1395 Arnold lane. Medford retail stores with the exception of certain gro cery stores and pharmacies are expected to close as usual for the holidav. Memorial Day was first officially observed in 1869. . Observances here are being arranged by the Veterans Allied council. Service Stations To Remain Open Service stations in this area will remain open over the Memorial day week end de spite protest closings else where in the state, according to Gene Roethler of Roethler Shell service, 101 East Sixth st: Roethler, speaking for the Rogue Valley Gasoline Deal ers association, said there is "no possibility" that stations in the valley would close. He said he believed stations in Grants Pass, Prospect, Klam ath Falls and along Crater Lake highway would remain open as well. The closures, announced last week end, were to affect "one in three" of Oregon's service stations. But Roethler said the area primarily af fected would be that from Roseburg north, including the Willamette valley. City Files Suit For Sewer Easement : The City of Medford Wed nesday filed a condemnation suit in circuit court against Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Klink, 533 South Grape st., for . a Ken wood - Grandview sanitary sewer easement 3 feet long and 430 feet wide. ' Klink's property, which must be crossed by an east west sewer line, is a north south strip of pasture land 3 feet wide north of Woodrow lane. The complaint asks that the property be condemned and that "just compensation for the taking be ascertain ed." h Hennaed 54th Year Tribune No. 59 SOC Graduation Slated Sunday At Lithia Park 186 Degrees Will Be Conferred Ashland - Southern Oregon college will hold its 33rd an nual Commencement Sunday, May 31, at 3 p.m. in Litha park. Of the 186 graduates receiving diplomas, 141 will receive bachelor science de grees in education, 19 will re ceive bachelor science degrees in general studies' . and 26 master science degrees in edu cation will be presented. Graduation events will begin Sunday at 8 a.m. with an alumni breakfast in the Commons honoring seniors. Hugh G. Simpson, director of alumni affairs, is in charge of the breakfast. Baccalaureate services will be held in Churchill Hall auditorium at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. George R. Bolster of St. Marks Episcopal church, Med ford, will give the address. Organ music will be provided by Miss Helene Robinson and a special violin number will feature Dennis G. Hannan, SOC associate professor. Dr. Brees to Speak Dr. Orlo M. Brees, one of America's lecture platform personalities, will give the Commencement address Sun day afternoon. A former New York state legislator, he speaks in his role as public relations representative, west ern division . of . the National Association of Manufacturers. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of SOC, will present graduates with their diplomas. The Rev. Lawrence W. May of the First Church of God will give the invocation and benediction. J. W. Forrester, Jr., will give greetings from the state board of higher education. The Southern Oregon col lege band, Glenn T. Matthews directing, will provide music and play the processional and a special song will be sung by Louis O. Clayson, music staff member. Miss Robinson, organist,' will play the reces sional. A reception for graduates, parents, friends and faculty will be held adjacent to the band shell after Commence ment exercises at Lithia park. General chairman for the exercises is Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar and dean of women. irl Scout Festival Tonight at Stadium One of the largest events ever staged by Girl Scouts of the Rogue Valley area will be given at 7 o'clock, tonight at the Medford High school sta dium. The program of 'songs and dances, put together as a May festival, is open to the public without charge. About 1,200 Girl Scouts from southern Oregon and northern California will take part in the festival. About 300 leaders and interested adults have trained the' girls and will help supervise the event. Members of Medford Rotary club, Kiwanian Dames and Ex plorer Scouts are among the cooperating groups. Mrs. Max Leischner is general chairman and James Dunlevy will be master of ceremonies. Food will be on sale at the grand stand. Public Hearing Set On Zone Variance A public hearing on a zon ing variance for Rogue Valley Manor, $5 million retire ment home atop Barneburg hill, is scheduled before the Medford planning commission tonight. The hearing, called for 7:30 p.m. at city hall, is to con sider a variance to permit construction of the Manor to, a height greater than that al lowed by Medford zoning regulations. Portland -(DPD The price of liquor will go up a few cents on some brands in Oregon June 1, Albany Group Files Petition With Appling Petition Seeks Vote by People Salem - (DPD - A petition to refer Oregon's new income tax law to the voters in the November 1960 general elec tion was filed with Secretary of State Howell Appling Wednesday. The filing was done by a group from Albany who call ed themselves the Citizens Committee for Economy and Equitable Taxation. The measure which the petition would put up for consideration by the voters was signed into law earlier this week by Gov. Mark Hat field. The new income tax law (HB 670) was designed to in crease state revenues by some $10 million in the next two years. Albany Men in Group The bill which makes what looks like a downward adjust ment in Oregon rates, also eliminates the federal income tax payments as an offset on paying state personal income taxes. This results in a tax hike, particularly in the middle and high income tax brackets. i The citizen's group is head ed by three Albany men: Wil liam F. Gwin, a salesman for Bub Plywood Company, pres ident; Duane Roisen, a petro leum distributor, secretary; and Charles F. Hull, a truck distributor as treasurer. The group has until Aug. 4 to collect some 21,007 valid signatures to refer the income tax law. Say Have Backing All three men said they had between 50 and 60 persons from "air over the state back ing them. In presenting the prelimi nary petition, a spokesman for the committee attacked what he called "a lack of re sponsibility" by the Legisla ture in facing the tax issue squarely. The Albany men had no comment on whether they would rather have a sales tax or not. . The group feels Oregon voters should have their chance to voice an opinion on what they call the Legisla ture's "patchwork" taxation measure. They called it a "stopgap move at the most." County Schools Set Closing Dates The closing dates for coun ty schools have been an nounced by the county school office. Evans Valley school closed May 15 with Griffin Creek, Phoenix, Lone Pine, Rogue Ri ver, Prospect, Butte Falls, Pinehurst and Howard sched uled to close Friday, May 29 Jacksonville schools will close June 1 and Ruch schools June 2. Schools closing June 5 include Ashland, district 6C, which includes Central Point, Sams Valley and Gold Hill Eagle Point district, in cluding Shady Cove and Elk- Trail; Medford, Talent, and Applegate. Flag-Raising Ceremony Slated in Phoenix Phoenix - A flag -raising ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday in front of the Phoenix city hall on Second st., city officials have an nounced. The ceremony will be held to dedicate a new flagpole. E. R. Claflin, 214 Fifth st., will present the city a U. S. Marine flag in honor of his son, Lynn, who was killed in action in Iwo Jima while serving with the Fifth Marines in World War II. - WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Fri day with some afternoon clou diness. Low tonight 40. High Friday 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 62 Lowest this Morning 44 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:38 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ... 4:39 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 12:42 a.m. Last Quarter to morrow 12:16 a.m. PROMINENT STARS Spica, due south 9:07 p.m. Denebola, due west 12:22 a.m. The group of faint stars above Denebola form the constella tion of Coma Berenices. Jackson, Miss., May 25 . . . Gov. J. P. Coleman said ho will make the FBI information available to the next regular session of the grand jury in November . . . Request For Study Of Creek Pollution Considered by Court Request for appointment of a fact-finding committee to study pollution of Bear creek was taken under advisement by the Jackson County court Wednesday. . County Judge , Earl Miller announced the plan after meeting with a five-man com mittee to discuss the county's role in supporting Bear creek pollution abatement. Meeting with the court as representatives of the Jack son County Water Pollution Abatement committee were Russell DeForest, Medford attorney, president of the Oregon Sportsmen of Jackson county and spokesman for the group; Col. Paul H. Wei land, Medford,. chairman of the pollution committee of the Jackson county "chapter of the Izaak Walton league;. Donald Faber, former mayor of Cen tral Point; and Mark Norton, Phoenix. Committee Hopeful DeForest said the pollution abatement committee hopes the court will name an exec utive committee to head study pinpointing pollution spots and encouraging public education and enforcement of state laws. DeForest named three ef fects of Bear creek pollution: Danger to health, loss of es thetic value, and loss of fish and wildlife. He quoted Dr A. Erin .Merkel, county health officer, as saying "Bear creek is not a health hazard because the people have been instruct ed not to go near it." The attorney declared that citizens have "no respect for the stream," and throw all manner of refuse into its waters. The two main problems to be dealt with, he said, are "polution, itself," and -an in creased stream flow. Big Problem DeForrest said they could foresee several committees working on the problem, which "is too big for any one Three Men Appear In Circuit Court Three men appeared before Circuit Judge James Main yesterday and were placed on probation. All had pleaded guilty.. Gilbert Wayne Cooper, 22, of Trail, received a four-year suspended sentence to the Ore gon state penitentiary for uttering and publishing a false check. He was charged with giving a bad check to a gro cery store in Ashland on Dec 30,1958. Monty Claire West, 18,. of Lithia Auto Court, Ashland, received a two-year suspended sentence for attempting to rob by force and violence while not being armed with a dan gerous weapon. He was charged with attempting to take a billfold from John Franklin McKee, North Bend, on May 10 in the Medford ho tel parking lot. Ray Guy Manning, of 145 South Grape St., Medford, re ceived sl three-year suspended sentence for unlawfully ob taining public assistance. He was charged with working at the Greyhound bus line depot as a janitor while drawing money from the Jackson coun ty welfare department. Portland (UPD A budget $11 million bigger but still giving some property tax re lief has been approved for the city of Portland fox 1955-60. organization." Work would include education of the pub lic on pollution problems, with the hope of voluntary cooperation; survey of actual pollution points; action to en force present laws; investiga tion of stream flow, cost and sources; cleaning of the stream; and study of possible recreation facilities. Some of the present viola tions of state law are so ob vious and of such long stand ing that voluntary coopera tion cannot be expected, he declared. Col. Welland told the court that more emphasis is needed on the potentials of Bear creek. He expressed hope for a 4,000-acre-foot res ervoir which might be built with federal aid and would insure Bear creek flow. The representatives ' said they only sought the county's backing of pollution abate ment though appointment of a committee to head the study. Judge Miller said the court would- make an announce ment concerning its decision by June 4. Ground-Breaking Set for Manor Ground-breaking ceremon ies for the $5Vi million re tirement home, Rogue Valley Manor, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday; May 29, atop Barne burg hill. The ceremonies will offic ially begin construction of the 10-story manor and will culminate three years of work on the part of many local citizens to bring the home to this area. ' Mel Hogan, president of the board of trustees, will break ground with a golden shov el. He will speak briefly on the history and development of the project. Glenn O. Taylor, the orig inal member of the manor, also will speak. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege, and a board trustee, will be master of ceremonies. Also taking part will be Medford Mayor John Snider, County Judge Earl Miller and Com missioners Chester Wendt and Ralph James and Hugh Coleman, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The public is invited to at tend. Southern Pacific Denies Losses Being San Francisco-(UPD-Southern Pacific denied at an Inter state Commerce Commission hearing Wednesday that it has overstated its losses because of "unreasonable" costs at tributed to locomotive and car maintenance. The railroad's research chief, Paul V. Garin, testified that use of a low quality fuel in creased locomotive repair ex penses, but actually saved SP $14,000,000 since 1954. Hearing Requested Our overall savings from the use of economy fuels have ratio of more than four-to- one over the estimated increas ed maintenance costs," he said. The SP requested the hear ing after the State Public Utilities Commission turned down a request to discontinue , Jupiter Missile Carries Simians Into Atlantic Valuable Data Said Obtained Cape Canaveral - (DPD Two little monkeys flew 300 miles into space today in the nose cone of a Jupiter missile and were recovered alive. The flight of the two pint sized simians, Able and Baker, gave science important new data needed to insure the safe space flight of man. Brig. Gen. John H. Mc- Ninch, chief of the Army's Medical Research and De velopment Command, said six and one-half hours after the Jupiter firing that the mon keys were retrieved "alive and in perfect condition." McNinch said there would be no further information on the effects of the journey on the monkeys ."at this time." The monkeys, first to be re covered alive from a space flight, spent about 15 minutes on their flight which got to a height of about 300 miles. Their nose cone space ship plopped down in the Atlantic 1,500 miles to the southeast near Antigua. Will Be Displayed Able and Baker are sched uled to be taken to Washing ton and displayed Saturday. Monkey Able, the more educated of the pair of space travelers, was to have sent a type of telegraph signal back to earth during the flight by pressing a key attached to her body. No signals were picked up, which may have been caused by a malfunction of the instrument or because Able refused to perform as trained. Able, an American Rhesus weighing seven pounds, and Baker, a one-pound squirrel monkey, spent about 15 min utes on the flight and traveled about 300 miles into space, not high enough, according to: the scientists here, to seriously affect the monkeys from radiation.' - Barclay said the nose cone was recovered intact and was on board ship in less than two hours after the launching. The two monkeys were housed in separate containers. Able was in a 250 pound cap sule and Baker in a smaller one that was 9.5 by 12.5 by 6.5 inches. Able, lying on her back with her knees drawn up to provide maximum resistance from the forces of gravity, wore a special space suit and was equipped with earphones. She reclined on a fiber glass contour couch in an air con ditioned chamber with a pri vate heating and cooling sys tem. Baker was attired in a hel met of molded plastic with a soft chamois lining. She lay on a molded bed made of two layers of rubber. Little Behavior Change Navy Capt. Ashton Grabiel, director of research at the Navy School of Medicine, Pensacola, Fla., said "it would appear as though there was remarkably little change in the monkeys' behavior during the first 14 minutes of flight." This period took the nose cone almost to the point of re-entry into the earth's at mosphere. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it was the first time ani mals had been recovered aft er a lengthy rocket voyage through space. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 3 7 2 Milwaukee 0 4 0 Friend and Kraviiz; Jay, Rush (7) and Crandall. Overstated six passenger trains in Cali fornia. The PUC claimed the railroad has been inefficient and extravagant in maintain ing its diesel fleets. Garin said PUC engineers had erred in not giving prop er consideration to the differ ence in fuel practices when it compared SP's maintenance costs with those of other rail roads. He said SP has more high horse-power locomotives than any other railroad in the state, and engines of greater horse-power cost more to maintain. Trains Listed The six trains in question are two overnight sleepers be tween Sacramento and Los Angeles, two night trains be tween San Francisco and San Jose, and two trains that run between Ookland and Sacrament.
