Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 07, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- One of the few iron artisans in the United States owns and op erates a s&op in te Metfford area. Cecil Watson, a man who has always worked with his hands, makes much AT the orna mental Iron in the Cogue stiver valley. A story about his busi ness appeus on page 14 of today's Mnr Tribune. : 1LA XT 54th Year Subscribers Price 10 Cents To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune; in Medford phone SP 2-6141. Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka VI 2-407T before 6:45 pjru daily and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. If ndkular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. 1 HID U N United Press International Tull Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wire 60 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1959 TV Timirv TnLrvmv ttv :&mtL Nip. 67 . State Centennial Exposition Ready For June 10 Start ' The Oregon Centennial ex position hrcortland - describ ed as the greatest show on the West Coast in 20 years -is scheduled to open Wednes day, June 10. "It's going to open on time and it's going to be big and exciting," states Medford Berl Cox Named New Princii ipal For McLoughlin -Berl Cox, principal of Ash land Junior High school, has been named principal of Mc Loughlin Junior High school, Frank C. Bash, chairman of the Medford school board, has announced. r (x, who was dean of boys at Springfield Junior High schol before moving to Ash land, nas Deen a principal m elementary schools, a teacher, football and basketball coach at North Bend Junior High school, and principal at Ham ing elementary school is Coos Bay. He went to Springfield In 1955, and moved to Ash land in 1956. '. ', He holds a b a c h e 1 o r of science degree from Oregon College of Education, and a master of education degree from the University w Ore gon, j - Hedxfck Principal !. Cox will succeed GJe.n n Linn, who will become prin cipal at Hedrick Junior High ; Bruce Nelson will be assistM ant principal and dean of boys at Hedrick, and Miss June Wheaton will-be dean of girls there. Don Darneille will be assistant principal and dean of boys at McLoughlin Junior High, and Mrs. Gladys Van Dyke will be dean of girls at McLoughlin. - r Robert Sage will succeed John Childers as principal at Roosevelt school, Bash an nounced. Childers resigned to nursue his interest in com mercial flying, school officials aid. At Washington q Ronald Weatherford will be principal at Washington school, and Herbert Wing will b ; Drincital at West Side school. John Crabbe, former prin cipal at Jacksonville :High High school, will be super visor of distributive education at Medford High school. Bash said. " - Boundary Board Passes Transfers . - The Jackson county bound ary board Friday approved the transfer of a section of land on Ward creek, east of lgue River, from District 6C to the Rogue River school dis trict. It also approved transfer of land near Foots creek in what used to be the Ruch school district (now part of Medford sfcnool district) to the Rogue River school district. It took under advisement proposed transfer of property belonging to Mr. and Mrs, Harry White to the Rogue River school district from District 6C. " vv r HYPERBOLIC - PARABOLOIDS .Thii ing, will show Centennial visitors the many unique structure, the Forest Products build- uses of Oregon's timber resources. (See Other Picture on Paga 15.) Mayor John W. Snider, a Cen tennial commission member Jackson county is to be featured Saturday, June 13, which Mayor Snider describes as "the most privileged day of all" since it is the first "big day" after the opening. The Ashland High school band is slated to play Friday in the exposition band shell. It is also expected to march in the Junior Rose Festival parade. The Shadows, a group of local singing teen-agers, are also to be heard at the ex position Friday.. . . , . Two Cases The Jackson county unit of the Northwest Mining council is planning to provide two cases of ores and minerals for display in the exposition's "Frontier Village." This dis play, it is understood, may ap pear later this summer at the Siskiyou Summit tourist wel come stockade Lausmann's Lousy Loggers, local musicians who perform "anything, anyhow and any way," plan to play at the opening Wednesday. Gov. Mark Hatfield is to open the exposition officially Wednesday noon by pressing a button that will set off a rocket burst and a 100-gun Centennial salute. Trad Fair Opening the same day will be the International Trade Fair, which Mayor Snider re ports is "the largest . trade fair ever held on the West Coast, with nearly 30 nation; represented, and the second largest ever held in the Unit ed States." i Such nations as Ghana, Bul garia and Yugoslavia .are to be represented. The fair it self is slated to run for a fort night, with national exhibits to remain on view for the rest of the summer. ' The exposition's architectu ral curiosities range from In dian teepees to the hyperbolic paraboloids of the Forest Prod ucts building. This $250,000 structure has been financed by funds raised under the lead ership of Tony Lausmann of Medford's Kogap Lumber In dustries. It will be given to the Oregon 4-H clubs after ward as a permanent installa tion. - - - Timber Resources The Forest Products build ing will feature non-commercial exhibits of the many uses of Oregon's timber resources. Next to it is the Garden of Tomorrow, a botanical ex travaganza including 5,000 of the newest Rose hybrids, a floral clock and a mammoth Centennial candle. The Frontier Village-"com-plete with gunfights in the street at regular intervals," a sawmill cutting logs through out the day, a picturesque Centennial railroad, a Reli gion building, an atomic en ergy exhibit, aqua shows and hundreds of other displays of art, education, natural re sources and commercial en terprises are being readied. The exposition will last 100 days through Sept. 17, accord ing to present plans. "It will take two- (and pos sibly three) days for the aver age family to see everything,' Mayor .Snider reports. "I don't believe that anyone will have a problem finding a place in stay," he adds. "The access roads - are good, and .welt marked." Vc ii-K-J Atlas Explodes After Launching From Canaveral Fifth Straight Failure Bitter Disappointment Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD A 100 - ton Atlas ICBM ex ploded in flight two minutes after launching yesterday in the fifth straight failure of the nation's most advanced intercontinental weapon. It was a bitter disappoint ment to the nation's missile scientists trying to develop a reliable 5,000-mile range bal listic missile to put in the hands of troops. Russia claims to posses operational ICBMS. In Washington, Air Force officials said the latest Atlas explosion might affect the na tion's long range ICBM pro gram - possibly a shift to the never Titan ICBM for man ning some missile squadrons next year - if investigations show serious flaws in the Atlas. The Titan is scheduled to be ready for combat use in May, 1960. The maximum range of both the Atlas and Titan is 6,300 statute miles or more. Both cost about $2 million each to build. Only One Full Range The Atlas has made only one full range flight of 6,300 miles. '" . Yesterday's Atlas was the combat type, believed devel oped to the point that it might be deployed to troops at ICBM bases by July. It was the third straightV'operation al" type Atlas to blow up within moments after blast off on attempts to propel its nose cone 5,000 miles at a peak 16,000 mile per hour speed. The blowup came after the Atlas' two booster engines quit 90 seconds after 1 blast off. In a successful test, the boosters would have dropped off the 85-foot-long war rocket. ' - The mighty missile explod ed in flight over the ocean out of visible range of ob servers on the cape. : The Atlas "exploded after completion of the initial per forming stage of its flight," the Air Force said. Cause of the malfunction was not ex plained immediately. ; There was much signifi cance attached . to the test, planned over a full 5,000 mile range to a target area near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. The first two opera tional type Atlases exployed shortly after launching and this was the third combat type to be tested. Elks Pick Medford For 1960 Convention Medford was selected as the site of the 1960 convention of the state Elks association yes terday. A large delegation from the Medford Elks lodge is attend ing this year's convention this week end in Klamath Falls, and reported its efforts to se cure next year's meeting for Medford were successful in a vote of convention delegates Saturday morning. It is expected that between 3,000 and 4,000 delegates will attend the meeting next year. Sports Bulletin -' Roseburg Leckwood mot ors defeated Central Point Cheney ' Sfuds 19-10 here last night in an American Legion , J n n 1 e r baseball gam, . . :: i LOAD WAGON Personal gear goes aboard a covered, wagon in the picture above, as Jackson county 4-H "Empire Builders" get set to start their 225-mile trek to Corvallis. ' In the' seat of the wagon are driver Ken 4-IKI CDub Members For Wagon TreEt to Forty-two 4-H club mem bers from Jackson county will rendezvous at Jacksonville High school this afternoon to make final plans for a 225 mile, trek by covered wagon to Corvallis to attend the an nual 4-H summer school. The wagon train, which will follow the old Applegate Trail to Corvallis, will leave from in front of the U.S. Hotel in Jacksonville at 9 a jn. Monday, i . Members of the train will camp out tonight on the Jack sonville High' school grounds after a cook-out starting at 4 o'clock. A nominal charge will be made for those who attend PROTECTION - Gary Stewart, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Stewart, Ashland, shows his mother how he is going to ward off Indians with his cap gun if any should attack the .Jackson county 4-H wagon train. Gary, his par ents and a brother, Ken, 17, all will make the trek. He is the youngest "buckaroo" in the outfit. , . School Budget Vote Scheduled Tuesday Medford school district pa trons will vote Tuesday on the proposed 1959-60 fiscal year school budget Estimated expenditures to tal $3,771,866.29. Of this total, $1,699,051.07 is the amount above the 6 per cent limita tion on which patrons will vote. ' Polling places will be open from 2 to 8 p Jn. at McLough lin Junior Highk school, Hed rick Junior High school, Jack sonville High school, Griffin Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine and Howard schools. - Voters living in the original District 549C west of Bear creek will vote at McLoughlin Junior ; High, and patrons in the original ; district east of Bear creek will vote at Hed rick Junior Hign, scnooi om cials announced. Necessary lo Balance .. Total of estimated receipts and available cash balance is $1,326,766, leaving . $2,445, 100.29 necessary to balance the budget, the school board noted. A total of $142,658.93 is the estimated amount which will not be collected and which will be rebated on tax pay ments, making the total $2,587,759.22 for the estima ted tax levies. Of these, $378, 175.26 is not affected by the 6 per cent limitation because it is for the sinking fund and bond interest, while $510, 532.89 is within the 6 per cent limitation. , " Estimated millge, based upon budget figures for May 1 of this year with $45 mil lion valuation, is 57.5 mills. This represents an increase of 10.7 mills, or 22.9 per cent, over the millagt of tha origin the cook-out and who are not members of the wagon train. . The public has been invited to visit the grounds and par ticipate in activities this after noon and tonight, jand to the buckaroo breakfast starting at 6 a.m. tomorrow at the Jack sonville Community hall. Brief Ceremony . The wagon train will form at the Jacksonville High school grounds at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, and proceed to the VS. Hotel, where brief cere monies are scheduled. Med ford, Mayor John Snider, a member of the Oregon Cen tennial Commission, will rep resent Gov. Mark Hatfield. al 549C district. School officials pointed out, however, that the estimated 57.7 mills still is, less than the millage levied ' in, five dis tricts which consolidated with Medford recently. ' Millage This Year Millages in those districts during the 1958-59 year were: Jacksonville, 85.2 mills; Grif fin Creek, 75.9 mills; Howard, 66.5 mills; Lone Pine, 60.2 mills; and Ruch, 58.1 mills. School officials noted that the figures quoted for the cur rent year do not include in creases which probably would have been necessary in most school districts, next fiscal year because of rises in con struction costs, salaries and maintenance. The budget does not include any major construction items, although provision has been made for renovation work, minor additions and rehabili tation work in many of. the schools consolidated with Medford. The budget committee, in considering the proposed bud get, authorized school officials to study classroom and build ing needs for the new district for both an immediate and a long range program. Increased costs, board mem bers pointed out, are primari ly from increased numbers of students at all grade level's, higher costs of equipment nd teaching supplies. Increases also are the result of a num ber of capital outlays charg ed to the proposed budget al though the use of the items will extend over a period of time. This includes such items as two new 79-passengcr bus ts, textbooks and furniture. - z : . , .... - Stewart and Sharon Coffman, while stand ing behind them, receiving a. bedroll, is Matt Rode. On the ground, left trf right, are Carolyn Sidener, Raymond Nougier and Larry Sorum. (See Other Picture on Page 15.) To Meet CorvaDBDS A pony express rider will deliver a letter of welcome from Jack Creager, president of the Jackson County Cen tennial association, addressed to 4-H club presidents of the 42nd annual summer school. He also will present the wag onmaster ah official Centen nial "Train Boss" card direct ing him to invite all Oregon ians along the way to visit Jackson county. Jacksonville Mayor E. O. Graham will present an invi tation to visit Jacksonville during the Gold Rush Jubilee, Aug. 1 and 2. The wagon train, which in cludes six covered wagons, and several saddle horses, will be joined by three Curry county 4- Hclub members at Wolf Creek Wednesday, June 10, about 50 miles north of Jacksonville. Douglas County ' - A delegation of Douglas county 4-H members will join the train at the Douglas coun ty fairgrounds Friday, June 12, to bring the total number of wagon train members to 55 youngsters and 11 adults. Teenagers 14 years old and older were chosen to make the 13-day trip. Adults accompanying the 4-H members are Mr. and Mrs. Vic Stewart and Ray. In low, of Ashland; Mrs. Clinton Charley, Eagle Point; Mrs. El ie Nouguier, Mrs. Jessie Jam es, Glenn Klein and Marilou Garner, Medford; Mr. and Mrs1. Clyde Akey, and Mrs. Ted Heilman, all of Camas valley near Roseburg. Youngsters making the trip are: Phil Krouse, Virgil Prow ell, David Pittock, Applegate; Ken Stewart, Ashland; David Foote, Dennis Cornutt, Lar ry Toner, Nikki Hammond, Linda Cornutt, Ruth Ellis, Sally Bailey, Sharon Coff man, Central Point; Patsy Charley, Eagle Point; Terry Gail, Gold Hill; Sandra Brew ster, Grants Pass; Medford Youngsters Craig Wright, Matt Rode, Raymond Nouguier, Larry So rum, Pat Neal, Vernon Calk ins, Chip Buffington, Penny Sampert, Janet Young, Caro lyn Sidener, Cecilia Fichtncr, Susan Hall, Bonnie "Knapp, Linda Smith, Pauline Denyer, Marjorie Wonderly, Georgia Mitchel, Susan Wright, Kay DeMers, and Marsha Watson, Medford. Earl Bowen, Rogue River; Gerald Reneau, Dean Som mer, Carolyn Tiegs, Lucile Lowry, Starlene Wilkins, and Susan Thompson, Talent. The Curry county delega tion will include Mureen and Russell Walker, Pistol River, and Helen Lucas, Brookings. The Douglas county delega tion includes Jerry, Clifford and Lynn Akey, Jerrie Lee and Teddy Mae Heilman, Su san and Mary White, Bette Spencer, and Judy Dancer, all of Camas Valley; Janice Deeds, Drain; Loree Harris, Glendale; and Joyce Larson, Roseburg. Wagons being used on the trek were reconstructed by Future Farmer of America chapters at Crater High school in Central Point, Eagle Point and Phoenix High schools. The 4-H summer school is one of the largest programs of its kind in the country, and about 1,800 youngsters from throughout Oregon at tend classes in home econom ics, agriculture, science, crea tive arts, recreation and mu sic. One of the features of this year's program will be a Cen tennial pageant which will have parts for 300 to 400 youngsters. Sen. Mansfield Asks Patience for Geneva Washington (UPD - Senate Democratic whip Mike Mans field called yesterday for "pa tience and forbearance" in the Geneva Big Four talks and said the "stakes are too high" to call them off now with no results. The1 Montana Democrat, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said he felt that Secretary of State Christian A. Herter would be willing to stay at Geneva "if any good results are possi ble." . .4 He told reporters there has been "too much talk about the Vest picking up its mar bles and coming home" and "too much talk about the pos- Auto Crash Kills Grants Pass Man Gary Lee Johnson, 22, of Savage Creek rd., Grants Pass, was killed early ; yesterday morning when the car he was operating went out of control and crashed about a mile south of Rogue River, accord ing to state police. Police said they believe the accident occurred about 1 a.m., but "it was i not reported until about 2:12 a.m., by a passing motorist. They said a resident in the area heard what he throught was a crash about 1 a.m., but could not find anything and went back to bed. Police said the car, north bound, went into the ditch on the west side of Highway 99, continued for about 252 feet across a culvert, struck a fence, glanced off a power pole and came to rest on its right side against a small tree. Apparently no attempt had been made to stop the vehicle when it went onto the high way shoulder, police said. Johnson was the 12th person killed in traffic accidents in Jackson county this year. Last year at this time, there were only six traffic fatalities in the county. Hawthorne Pool Opens Tomorrow Medford's Hawthorne park swimming pool is slated to open tomorrow as expected, according to City Parks and Recreation Director Robert L. Haworth. The pool's hours are to be from 1 to 9 p.m. Rates will be 20 cents for children, 25 cents for students and 40 cents for adults. Four 10-day swimming in struction courses and a spe cial Red Cross safety instruc tor's training course are scheduled this summer. 38th sibility of the talks ending within a week or 10 days." The Geneva conference. convened in hopes of sus taining Allied treaty rights in Berlin and bringing about the ultimate reunification of East and West Germany, has been deadlocked from the start. Pessimism over the Outlook increased yesterday after a rocket-rattling speech by So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev and a new threat of a Berlin blockade by East Ger many. Mansfield said it is "true that there have been ho re sults so far, but what we need is patience and forbearance and using of every artifice at our command." 400 Meeting He noted that the Austrian peace treaty was signed only after 400 meetings and years of negotiations. The Senator said he haa "very strong belief that Her ter "will be the last to try and break up the conference and would be the first to be willing to stay if good result were possible. Also, Mansfield said, Pres ident Eisenhower at his press conference Wednesday "went as far as he could in stating that he would be 'very lib eral' in his interpretation of the word 'progress . . '-Very Liberal" Eisenhower, who reported ly conferred by telephone with Herter just before the news conference, emphasized that he still was opposed to a summit conference unless some progress is made at Ge neva. The president said he saw no progress so far out would be "very liberal" in interpreting "progress." Mansfield said he felt that Eisenhower would have "unit ed support in his interpreta tion of progress."- Ashland Voters Approve Budget Ashland - Ashland school district patrons Friday ap proved by about 4 to 1 a 1959-60 budget $624,202 above the 6 per cent limitation. The unofficial vote was 364 . yes, 90 no and 1 void, for a total of 455 votes cast. School Superintendent Stan ley Jobe said the vote was about average for the district. Votes will be canvassed by the school ' board Monday night. Total budget for the com ing year is $1,225,000, which includes about $130,000 for improvements at Bell view school, and interest costs on a $1,275,000 bond issue for the junior high school. Construction of the new junior high school is expected to start this fall. Parallel West ' Gromyko Appears Sfallina for Time While Plans Laid Khrushchev Throws Cold Water on Talks o Geneva-flJPD -A rocket-rat tling speech by Nikita S. Khrushchev and the threat of a new Berlin blockade yester day paced the Western bit three through a "very dis couragine" session with Rus sia at the Geneva foreign min- . isters conference. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei A. Gromyko, at a secret meeting with the Western min isters in British Foreign Sec retary Selwyn Lloyd's resi dence, refused to discuss any thing but his often-rejected proposal to establish West Berlin as a "free, demilitariz- d city." It eppeared that Gromyko ram stalling for time while nv diplomatic moves were being prepared by Soviet Pre mier Khj-ushchev in the Kren$ lin. The two-hour meeting got nowhere. "It was verjQ dis couraging," a Western official said. - In Budapest, Khrushchev threw cold water on Western efforts to reach an interim agreement at Geneva to guar antee allied rightsrin Berlin pending 'a possible sumirjg conference. "The Soviet Un ion will not, regardless of any pressure, enter into an agree ment which would perpetuate the occupation regime of West Berlin," Khrushchev said. Secretary of state Christian A. Herter and his British and French colleagues hammered for guarantees of free access of military and civilian traffic to West Berlin. Brandt (Jnviled q rn ttio e'H( TTertpr invited West BeHin Mayor Willy Brandt to Geneva nexi.Frida) for consultations. Observers presumed Brandt would be asked for a fill-in on the latest Communist mov es against his outpost and and the possibility ova new Red In East Berlin, propaganda chief Gerhart Eisler, a bail jumping fugitive from U. S. justice, threatened another blockade of West Berlin if West Germany goes through with plans to hold a "provoca- tive" presidential election in the free half of the city. It appeared West Germany would cancel plans for the election in West Berlin. Rocket Bases in musuuvviuii US111.UCV ig nored the four-week-old Ge neva talks to thrtttlten the West with rocket bases in Al bania and Bulgaria if the West arms Greece and Italy with rockets. His failure to mention Ge neva confirmed western opin ion that the Sovigjs are ph nini? new moves and mieht define this week their terms for an East-West summit con ference, n The leaders of Communist East Germany will fly to Mos cow Monday for meetmgs with Khrushchev. Observers said there Drob-. ablv would be no break in the Geneva talks before Wed nesday - if then. The foreign ministers sched uled a day off today and another secret meeting on Monday. No semi-public ple nary sessions were scheduled. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair today, vari able cloudiness tonight and Mon day. Possibly a few showers over the mountains onQlonday. High this afternoon 76 and low 48. High Monday 72. TEMP. Highest Saturday 71 Lowest Saturday 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunset to9ay 7:46 p.m. Sunre tomorrow 4:35 a.m. Moonset tonight 8:41 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus and Mars, set 10:26 p.m. (Venus, on the right. Is now nearly 100 times as bright as Mars) Saturn, low in south east 10:15 p.m. Jupiter, due south 10:38 p.m. (Jupiter is now nearly 10 timet aa bright as Saturn)