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Excerpts of his story appears on page 12 of to day's Mall Tribune United Press International Fan Leased Wire .United Press International Full Leaned Wire 70 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1959 No. 73 Using Incinerator fit Garbage lump eing Considered Acquiring an ' incinerator that could burn 60 tons of garbage in eight hours is be- ing considered seriously by City Sanitary service for its garbage dump near Jackson ville, co-owner Anthony Boi- tano told the Jackson county court at the dump site Fri day afternoon. The incinerator would be located in one corner of the area in which garbage is now ' being dumped and burned Boitano said. However, it would take a year to investi gate the type of incinerator best suited for the site and have it constructed, he ex plained. Such an incinerator wou! be expensive, he point ed out. - Boitano said he had changed burning time about two weeks ago from 5 p.m. or 6 pjn. to 6 a.m. This, he said, avoids late evening breezes which are more apt. to blow the smoke over Jacksonville. He admitted that the company burned trash all day long last winter- He said this was a "mistake. Lack of space made it necessary, he added. ' The wind changes often, but th smoke usually drifts to the southeast, Boitano said, He admitted that charred bits of papes and particularly, burned pieces of heavy card 4-H Wagon Train Slated to Arrive 1 . If - " II T 1 At Yoncoiia loaay The Jackson county 4-H wa gon train was to, make camp at Yoncalla rodeo grounds to day after an expected trek of only 10 miles from last night's camp at the Blue Star rest area. The short day's-travel , was to allow the group time I for worship services and rest ing up after seven days on the trail. The train made its biggest ; push so far Friday by cover ing the 28 miles between Can 7 yonville and Roseburg, where ; the group camped overnight at the Douglas county fair - grounds on the banks of the Umpqua river. The train pulled out of Can yon ville at 7 ajn. and arriv , ed in Roseburg at 6 p.m.', with only a brief stop for lunch. It was reported that beds felt better than ever before after r the long day's haul. The lunch, furnished by -service groups in Myrtle Creek, was ready when they arrived. A mock Indian raid, which the travelers say they are getting used to by now, ,was staged by members of "the Myrtle Creek 4-H group. The train was joined Fri day night by a wagon and 12 4-H members from Camas Valley, who will continue on ' to Corvallis with them. A pa- rade Saturday morning wel comed them to Roseburg, and - they were escorted through . town after being served cof ' fee and donuts by a 4-H re l ception committee. The report yesterday stat ed everyone was in good spir its with no casualties, other than minor blisters" and tired muscles. ' ; "The horse that died on the trail was still not identified , because of the need to notify the pwners first, the report said. The train is due at the Ore gon State college campus "., June 20. -IV will vis v iiwiy The United States district court is scheduled to convene its June term at 10 a.m.Tues- day in Jackson county circuit " court room No. 1. Extensive repairs in the Medford post office building will prevent federal court from being held in the court room there. Jurors summoned to duty tre asked to report to the : rooms uisieaa. Judge William G. East, Portland, is to reside. Sched- t uIas! . fiHA -itiw frin 1 c nni? - court trial and one argument. nit tvw ju t . " v board are carried from a half mile to a mile on a breeze, This he said, was the biggest problem The court members inspect ed the dump Friday afternoon after receiving complaints from the Jacksonville city council and area residents that the dump was a public nuisance, especially from the air pollution standpoint. Outline Procedure Outlining the garbage; dis posal procedure, Boitano said all food collections from res taurants are taken to a place where hogs are raised. Resi dential garbage he said is brought to the dump; burned, then pushed- down into the canyon. Burning is done in a different spot each time so that the garbage pile isn't continually smouldering, he said. Every two or three weeks a layer of rock is spread over the garbage fill so trucks can move out on the filled - in dump without danger of cut ting tires on glass or sharp tin-can edges, he continued. This also reduces the dif ficulty of mud in the winter, he added. Pointing to a large pile of cardboard boxes, paper, sacks and waxed cardboard milk cartons, Boitano said the resi dential garbage is usually "pretty clean." Garbage is rolled into newspapers or is in paper sacks, he said. By plac ing the residential garbage over a layer of cardboard the fire is "pretty hot", destroys all food particles and partial ly,, destroys cans, he said. Waxed milk containers help the fires considerably, he ad ded: ' . ' He estimated that 60 per cent of the newer homes have food disposal units attached to sinks which further lessen the amount of food found in garb age cans. Rats may come to the garbage dump but they dont's stay, Boitano said. How ever, he failed to offer any plan for reducing the number of fruit flies which bothered a number of Jacksonville resi dents last summer. Boitano said his company is using the same system used in other places on the Pacific coast. If it wasn't for the rain the landfill method could be used entirely, he said. "' The public is allowed to bring garbage in their cars free of charge so they won't feel they have to dump it alongside a road, Boitano said. Those bringing in pickup- truck loads are charged 50 cents, while 75 cents to one dollar is charged for truck loads and Jacksonville citi zens are allowed to dump garbage free. One man lives near the dump to supervise its operation. A p r ivate operator is allowed to salvage various items for his own use or sell them, Boitano said. Orchard Heating To Be Studied The agricultural engineer ing departments of Oregon State college and the Univer sity of California agricultural college at Davis, Calif, will cooperate on further research into orchard heaters, it was reported yesterday following a recent meeting here. The meeting included some 30 pear growers and shippers of the Medford pear district with representatives of the two schools and the Jackson county extension office. The purpose was to follow up the recent request from the local pear industry to OSC for a study of orchard heating prob lems of this area. A report on last Wednesday's meeting may be given at the air pollution meeting in the county court office this Thursday. Chief goal of the OSC stud ies will be to get maximum heat and a minimum of smoke from orchard heaters. Earl Price, dean of the OSC agri culture department, said the first step was to learn what studies had been done already in this field. Much work has been done by the agricultural engineering department, Uni versity of California, in citrus regions, he noted.. . Return-Slack The California men report ed that results ef their itudiet Duncan Reports His Appointments To Interim Groups Himself, Rep. Nye Included in Names Salem-(DPB-House Speaker Robert Duncan (D-Medford) yesterday appointed his mem bers to serve on interim com mittees that will report on various topics to the next Legislature. Senate President Walter Pearson V(D - Portland) had earlier appointed senate mem bers to interim committees. Named by Duncan to serve on the important Taxation committee were: Reps. Clar ence Barton (D-Coquille), Vic tor Atiyeh (R-Portland, Vern on Cook (D-Troutdale), Clin ton Haight (D-Baker, W. O. Kelsay (D - Roseburg) and Doug Heider (R-Salem. The Education Committee will consist of Reps. Al Fle gel (D-Roseburg), John Ker bow (D - Klamath Falls), Nancy Kirkpatrick (D-Leban- on), Tom Monaghan (D-Mil- waukie) and Evelyn Nye (R- Medford). Among other appointments: The Labor Committee will consist of Reps. " Duncan, Ed Whelan (D-Portland) and Wil liam Gallagher (R-Portland). Agriculture: Reps. Roy Fitzwater (D.-Lebanon), Ar thur Ireland (R-Forest Grove), Joe Rogers (R-Independence) and Don McKinnis (D-Sum-merville). Natural Resources: Carl Back (D-Port Orford), Bill Bradley (D-Gresham), J. (Pat) Metke (R-Bend), and Frank Weatherford (D-Olex). ' Welfare: Reps. Grace Peck (D-Portland), Ed Benedict (D Portland), Wikes Shaw (D Eugene) and Ed Oakes (R-On-tario). . , Motor Transportation: Reps. Norman Howard (D-Portland), Beulah Hand (D-Milwaukie), Bill Holmstrom (D-Gearhart) and Robert Elf strom (R-Sal-em). , . Criminal Law: George Van Hoomissen (D-Portland), Sam Wilderman (R-Portland) and Shirley Field (R-Portland). Eugene Child Drowns in Pool Eugene-UPD-Diane Duclos, 21, drowned early yesterday in rainwater collected in an unfilled swimming pool of a model home next door to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Duclos, Eugene. Lane County Coroner Fred Buell said Diane and an older brother were playing near the pool and the girl apparently tumbled in. Members of the Eugene fire department attempted to re vive the child but a physician pronounced her dead at the scene. Buell said the pool was pro tected by a rope. The home w,as built by the Eugene Home Improvement council and was vacant and up for sale. seem to indicate return-stack heaters are the best over-all solution. Bob .Minear, presi dent of the Jackson County Fruit Growers league, said the OSC study will consider the jumbo cone, lazy 'flame and the various kinds of return-stack heaters manufac tured. The California repre sentatives were Ralph Parks, agricultural engineer, and Ar thur Leonard, head of the University of California agri cultural engineering depart ment. Jeff Rogers, head of the OSC agricultural engineering department, was also present. The' California representa tives pointed out that burning tires was outlawed at the start of a pollution abatement program in the Chico, Calif, area: Use of the1 jumbo-cone and the return -stack heater eliminated much of the heat ing smoke, they reported. In that California area the change - over to, the various types of acceptable heaters was accomplished over a reasonable period of time to prevent economic hardship to the growers. - Similar action is suggested locally in the agreement be ing circulated among growers by the Fruit Growers league. In it growers are to pledge not to burn "- tires - and to "The Winner And Crane Co. Charged With Thefts Roy Lee Martin, 32-year- old office manager for the Crane company here, awaited grand jury action today fol lowing his arrest by Medford police Friday on a charge of grand larceny. - Police said Martin's arrest followed lengthy investigation leading to his implication in thefts of thousands of dollars' worth of plumbing fixtures from the company here and in Portland. Investigators gave no spe cific dollar value for the fix tures, but one detective stated it was "in the thousands." Crane is one of the largest national producers of plumb ing and heating supplies. . . Martin, .whose residence is at 624 South-Ivy st.; was ar- Phair Pleads Guilty, Is Fined Richard Phair, ,secretary manager of the Medford Elks lodge, entered, a plea of guilty to a charge of illegal posses sion of a slot machine Friday afternoon in district court through his attorney, Charles W. Reaves.- f , . He was fined the maximum amount of $100 by Judge Roy Bashaw plus $5 court costs. Phair, of 424 Ardmore ave., was accused of owning one of the slot machines seized in a barn at route 3, box 61, May 26 by state police. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said a request that the court order the confis cated slot machines destroyed has been made. A total of 40 slot machines and several pinbalT machines will be included in the order, Reeder said. Twenty-three of the slot machines were seized at the route 3 address, 13 were picked up by city police from buildings on Crater Lake ave. the same day and one ma chine was later found dis carded near a log pond. change from the open pots, which produce more smoke, to one of the approved heat ers at the rate of 20 per cent each year. Growers are re quired also in the agreement being circulated to practice closer heating management to help reduce smoke emission. More Maintenance The California men report ed that the jumbo-cone heater requires a little more main tenance and the Lazy Flame considerable more mainten ance than the return - stack type. "Stuart V. McQueen of Ko gap Lumber Industries report ed that his' company is work ing on a fire-log (resembling a Presto - Log in size and shape) made of bark which would be more moisture-resistant. Growers experiment ing with Presto-Logs for o chard heating have had trouble with the logs falling apart in damp weather. The OSC men plan to work with the Forest Products Labora tory in Corvallis, also, on pos sible heating with wood waste products. The meeting was sponsored jointly by the Medford Pear Shippers association and the Jackson County Fruit Grow ers League. Dean Price acted aa chairman, ' Still Champ" Employee raigned Friday in Jackson county district court. He waiv ed preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury with bail set at $2,500. He was arrested at the Crane office on a warrant Fri day afternoon. Police said Martin, who had worked for Crane for more than 10 years, admitted " in signed statements a long list of thefts from the company's Portland and Medford branch es. He moved here from Port land about a year and a half ago, police reported. Accord ing to the statement, he ad mitted taking such items as a lavatory, water heater, sinks, toilets, bathtubs and other fix tures in-.- Portland starting three or four years ago. Martin also , admitted, ac cording to ' the statement, thefts from the Medford branch during the past year of a bathtub, lavatories, a jet pump, quantities of pipe,, var ious ifttings and other hard ware. Most of these articles, ac cording to Martin's statement, were installed or stored in two houses he said he is buying, one at 1461 Hillcrest st. here and the other at Merlin, near Grants Pass. Other articles, the . state ment showed, were sold or sent to relatives in Gaston, Ore. Some items taken from the Portland store were stored with other relatives in St. Helens, according to Mar tin's statement. Martin, married with three children, had been under sur veillance by private 'investi gators and police for some time, it was reported. More Coin Box Thefts Reported Two more reports of coin boxes being stolen from soft drink machines were received yesterday by Medford police. Police said one report, from William August Singler of Singler's Mobil service, 512 North Central ave., concerned the loss of a coin box con taining about $10 in change from a machine either. Tues day or Wednesday night. The other report, "from Katherine Ruth Gilman, man ager of Motor Haven motel, 1225 North Riverside . ave., concerned the theft of a box containing about $1.50 in change from that address. Three other boxes were re ported taken earlier in the week, two from service sta tions and a third from a motel. ' " .L - ' . GUARD LEAVES - Members of Medford National Guard units left at midnight Friday for two weeks of training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Here they muster at the Medford armory before boarding a train for the Tent City," where Wath Foreogim IHlbinnie Q About Star Gulch Fire Near Extinction, Foresters Report " An 80-man crew was finish ing off the forest fire in the steep ' Star gulch area, 20 miles southwest of Medford, yesterday according to the state forestry department. A fire-break was completed around the fire with hand tools about 4:50 p.m. Friday, state officials reported. The area of the fire was too steep for heavy equipment to be used. The state forestry de partment hopes to reduce the crew to about 50 men today. About 85 men and two bull dozer tractors were used on Thursday and Friday to con tain the fire. . No complete reports have been made yet as to the total damage. However, it was esti mated Friday that about 400 acres of brush and scattered timber land up the gulch from the Star Ranger station had been ' burned. Personnel from both the Rogue River National forest and' the state department of forestry were used, with a crew consisting of loggers, "pick-up labor" and mill crews. State officials had no idea Saturday how the fire started. However, an investigation is being made, a spokesman said. It was an unusually hot fire for this time of year since it burned more like a late summer fire, he said: ' " Thursday afternoon, a Med ford Air Service plane leased to the federal forest service dropped a borate solution on the hottest section of the fire to help slow it. - The fire had started. Thurs day noon a short distance from the road up Star gulch, forestry officials said. Tourist Banner Hanging Begins The hanging of six-foot can vas, banners calling attention to vacation possibilities in southern Oregon began in downtown Medford yesterday. The banners, purchased by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, are designed for the casual visitor who is stay ing overnight and has a flex ible vacation schedule. Such travelers, according to Don McNeil, chamber manager, would perhaps remain a day or so longer in the area. The 30 banners are being installed along Main st., with some on Central ave. and Riverside ave., McNeil said. Slogans on the banners in clude "Explore Frontier Jack sonville," "Picnic on the Rogue," "Fish in Cascade Lakes," "Relax in Forest Camps," Hunt Gem Stones," "Pan for Gold," "Enjoy Scenic Drives," and "See Crater Lake." The banners, which cost $10 each, also will be helpful for local residents, McNeil said, when visitors seek informa tion about spending a few days' vacation here. . The banners will be used this summer in connection with the Centennial and in the future when conventions are held in Medford, McNeil said. : v ovemments Fate off Cuitfeirein)ce VERDICT OF GUILTY BY JURY Kl FLORIDA Tallahassee, Fla. - (OPD - An all-white jury found four white youths guilty early to day for the mass rape of a Negro coed, but the jury rec ommended mercy. The judge did not pass sen tence immediately. It was ex pected four or five days might elapse before he does so, if not longer. There was utter silence in both the white and Negro spectators' . seats when the verdicts were read in the jammed court at 12:40 a.m. The jury 4eliDerated two hours and 43 minutes. Without a recommendation of mercy the verdict in all four cases would have meant death in the electric chair. Judge W. May Walker has the discretion to give them a Carpenters Head Names Committee To Study Strike ' Portland (DPD - Lyle Hiller, Portland representative of the Carpenters union, said Friday the president of the AFL-CIO Carpenters union in Washing ton, D.C. has appointed a spe cial committee to .investigate the Pile Drivers strike here. .The strike has tied up $15 million worth of construction projects and threatens to halt work on $400 million in proj ects in Oregon and Southwest Washington. . Hiller said Union President Maurice A. Hutcheson order ed the committee to Portland in an effort to end the dis pute. . The announcement came one day after a warning by Associated General Contrac tors that , if the Pile Drivers strike did not end in the near future the employer group would stop work on 400 mil lion dollars in construction projects. Twenty-five thous and employees would be af fected. The Carpenters union is the parent union of the Pile Driv ers. Federal mediator George Walker said he understood the special committee from Wash ington would arrive in Port land Monday and hearings would begin Tuesday. : , The continuing dispute in volves differences between the Pile Drivers and the Oregon State and Southwest Washing ton councils of the Carpenters. The latter two groups have approved a new AGC contract but the Pile Drivers voted to reject the same offer. Livestock Theft Brings Probation De Wayne Keys, 21, of Central Point, was placed on two years probation by Cir cuit Court Judge James Main, for larceny of livestock, it was reported Friday. Keys was charged with the theft of a shorthorn steer on Dec. 27, 1958 from Peter R. Bateman, Central Point. A pre-sentence report was or dered May 12 after Keys had pleaded guilty to the charges. ington and Oregon units will train. The men here are members of company A, first battalion, 186th Infantry, which recently wa reorganized to prepare it for atomic warfare. - (Knackstedt photo) sentence ranging from life im prisonment to a lecture. Not one of the youths be trayed any emotion when the verdict was read. They filed out of the room quietly and calmly. , ' Defense attorneys were giv en 15 days to file motions for a new trial. The verdict can be appeal ed to the Florida Supreme court. Mrs. Pearlie Collings worth, wife of the oldest de fendant, screamed and col lapsed shortly after her hus band left the room. Two men had to partially carry her out of the courtroom. The mother of David Beagles also burst into tears. There were about 100 per sons standing on the side walks in front of the court house. There wag no demon strations although Negroes walked around grinning broadly. . Prosecutor William Hopkins did not specifically ask for the death sentence in - his final argument to the all-male, all white jury. . "Let the verdict be the an swer of Leon county to the world and to these defendants and to any others in like situa tions and let your verdict stand for all to see," he said. '. The four defense attorneys earlier had pleaded for ac quittal, or mercy, for .their clients who are accused of raping the Florida A&M uni versity freshman seven times. "These boys are being pub licized, ridiculed and sacri ficed to satisfy other people in other places, city judge and defense' lawyer John Rudd said. "Don't become hysterical like the northern press did. We can run our own affairs in a fair and honest manner. All this will pass away." The defendants are Patrick Scarborough, 20; David Beag les, 18; Willon Collinsworth, 23, and a 16-year-old youth. Faubus Says All Would Be, lost' . Biloxi.Miss. - (DPD - Gov. Orval Faubus said yesterday that if the cause of segregated educations and states' rights is lost "then we are all lost and it would be a good thing if the Russians do destroy us . . ." The Arkansas governor, speaking to members of the Mississippi Bar association here, said he was working for the good of "all the people, whatever their race or creed." He said his cause was that of separate but equal opportun ity for the races in education and of states' rights. "If that cause is lost," he said, "then -we are all lost, and it would be a good thing if the Russians do destroy us with atom and hydrogen pow er rather than that be become a nation of criminals and, in decent people." Spokane - (DPD - Ray Pol lack, a federal grain official, said Friday he predicts great er surpluses of wheat and corn as a result of new hybrid varieties, new fertilizers and more effective insecticides. to Ask Recess Proposal Being Considered By Western Bloc Herter, Gromyko Avoid Each Other Geneva - (DPD - The Big Four foreign ministers yester day consulted their home gov ernments on whether , to try to salvage something from the apparently wrecked talks on Berlin or end them. American officials said the conference probably would wind up in recess Tuesday if Russia refuses to back down. The five-week-old confer ence was at a dead standstill) It probably will get nowherff unless Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev withdraws an ultimatum to the West to get . out of West Berlin in a year or "face the consequences." British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville flew home for consultations with their chiefs. British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan warned in Lon don that if Russia does not stop its threats and stalling at Geneva, i'the Berlin situation still may become dangerous." Studiously Avoiding Only the Big Two-Secreta-ry of .State Christian A, Her ter and Soviet Foreign Minis- 1 ter Andrei A. Gromyko - re mained behind in Geneva. They were studiously avoid ing each other. Herter received some cablet from Washington and sent some. Pesumably, Gromyko did the same. A secret meeting of all four ministers was scheduled for Q Monday, but there was noth ing stirring this week end. High- American officials said yesterday all signs point ed to a breakup this week. They said the conference probably would be forced to recess Tuesday if Russia fails to soften its demands. But So viet sources said Gromyko would resist a recess - and possibly force the West to end it completely. The idea of a recess was meeting favor in . the West. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said during an interview at Bonn that he favored a four-week recess. Considerable Backing Diplomatic sources in Gen- e v a reported considerable backing for the Adenauer idea to let the conference "cool off." o The Western powers had under consideration a joint proposal for recessing the ministers' meeting as long as eight weeks, allowing Russia time to reconsider its Berlin policy in the light of Allied firmness to maintain Western rights in Berlin. American delegation offi cials said there was no point in going on if, after the week end break, Gromyko still re fuses to back down. Soviet delegation sources con tinued to express optimism and discounted Western re ports of a rupture. East German Communists in Berlin, taking tneir cue from the adamant Russian stand, insisted that the West ern Allies had one year to clear out of West Berlin. In London, a Moscow radio broadcast charged that the reactionary press' in the West was trying to blame Rus sia in advance for a break down of the conference. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness and continued mild today; most ly cloudy with a few showers Monday. High today 75-80; low tonight 52 and the high Monday near 0. x TEMP. Highest Saturday 7g Lowest Saturday , 54 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:58 a.m. run moon Jnne 20 PROMINENT STARS Altair, low In east 9:03 p m. Antares, due south 11:04 v.m VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south west 9:45 pan, Venus and Marl, set 10:17 p.m. Jupiter, due south i:07 p.m.
