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DERBY QUEEN-Miss Karen Simcox, right,
queen of the annual Catfish Derby Sunday,
June 21. is shown with part of her court
whcgwiH reign over the day's activities.
Princesses are (left to right) Susan Yqder,
Virginia Larson, and Dee Reed. Not shown
is" Princess Betsy .Beck. The Derby will be
Washington IUPD Presi
dent Eisenhower bitterly crit
icized the Senate today for
rejecting Lewis L. Strauss'
nomination ' as Secretary of
Commerce. He said "the
American people are the los
ers."
The President, who met for
20 minutes with Strauss, sum
moned newsmen 'to his office
and read his hand written
comment on the Senate vote
early this morning.
- Strauss was refused confir
mation by a 49 to 46 vote. The
action automatically removed
him from the cabinet post he
has held since last November
bPa recess appointment.
When he finished reading
the statement, the President j
said a "thank you" to report- j
ers and handed his notes to
Press Secretary James C.
Haggerty.
The statement said:
"Last night the senate re
fused to confirm the nomina
tion as Secretary of Com
merce of Lewis Strauss, a
man who in war and in peace
has served hi nation loyally,
honorably and effectively un
' der four different presidents.
' "I am losing a truly valu
able associate in the business
of government. More than
this, if the ration is to be de
nied the right to have as pub
lic servants in responsible po
sitions men of his proven
character, ability and integ
rity, then indeed it is the
American people who are the
losers through this sad epi
sode. '
Waits In Office '
While the Senate vote was
In progress, the rejected nom
inee had waited in nis otuce
for word of the outcome.
The showdown came short
ly after midnight in a mara
thon session marked by
charges and counter-charges
and a dramatic race against
time by some Republican sen
ators to get back for the vote,
House Speaker to
Be Honored June 27
- Attorney Robert Duncan,
speaker of the' state house of
representatives at the 1959
legislature, will be honored
June 27 at a dinner sponsored
by the social club and central
committee of the Democratic
party of Jackson county..
The event will begin with
'a reception at 6:30 p.m. at
the Rogue Valley Country
country club followed by the
dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Mark Norton, Phoenix, will
be master of ceremonies. Dun
can will speak on "the prob
able Democratic future in the
state of Oregon." Pat Red
mond, president of the social
club, said Duncan also will
speak of the broader aspects
of the Democratic party.
: The public is invited and
tickets may be purchased at
the door or by calling Pat
Redmond, SPring 3-1371, or
Gerald Scannell, SPring
3-3582.
' Redmond stressed the ad
visability of . making early
reservations as a number of
guests from the northern part
of the state are expected and
seating capacity of the dining
room is limited. r .
a Washington -(UPD-Robert F.
Buck was sworn in today as a
deputy Small Business Admin
istrator. His salary is $18,500
year.
Only two Republicans de
serted their party ranks to
oppose Strauss but they were
enough to swing the decision,
They joined 47 Democrats in
opposition to the nomination-
Fifteen Democrats and 31
Republicans voted to confirm
Strauss.
It was the first time in 34
years that the Senate had re
jected, a presidential ap
pointee to the cabinet. Charles
Beecher Warren, nominated
by President Coolidge in 1985
to be attorney general, was
the last previous nominee re
jected. '
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PLAN PROGRAM-Bob Taylor, left, and Eugene D. Emunson,
San Francisco, discuss plans for the "Keep Pace with Tomor
row" in front of headquarters in the Jackson hotel on Eighth
st. Emunson has been retained by the chamber as a consult
ant in the program, and Taylor
program.
Membership Drive
Starts by Chamber
. A "Keep Pace with Tomor
row" program designed to en
roll 200 new members and
raise at least $13,000 has been
announced by the Jackson
Countv Chamber of Com
merce, Manager Don McNeil
said today:
Eugene D. Emunson of San
Francisco, a chamber of com
merce campaign' specialist, has
been retained by the chamber
as a consultant, in the pro
gram. Campaign headquarters
have been set up in the Jack
son hotel. Bob Taylor has
been named general chahjman
of the program. '
. Emunson . said that the
"Keep Pace with Tomorrow"
program is designed to "plan
and organize the future of the
Medford area in an orderly,
logical manner." . : .
Now Has 435 Members
The chamber of commerce
now has 436 members and ope
rates on a budget of $27,000.
This budget is considered in
adequate to meet the growing
needs of the Medford area,
McNeil said. Klamath Falls, by
way of comparison, has a bud
get of about $41,000.
In a public statement issued
yesterday, the officers and di
rectors of the chamber asked
for the "cooperation of all per
sons, agencies and groups in
the Medford area in this care
held at TouVelle State park sponsored by
Medford 20-30 club. Qualifications for the
queen and her court included personality,
popularity and scholastic standing. Conces
sions will open Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and
there will be no registration or admission
charged. The public is invited to attend.
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EMteir
Strauss took the Senate ver
dict calmly in his office at the
Commerce Department. An
aide said he accepted the de
feat "with not a whimper." In
a statement issued before he
retired to his hotel, Strauss
said: "I leave with confidence
that history will be just."
. Informed sources said Com
merce Undersecretary Fred
erick H. Mueller was consid
ered a strong possibility as a
successor to Strauss. Mueller,
a furniture manufacturer
from Grand Rapids, Mich.,
recently won Senate confir-
mation as undersecretary
without difficulty.
is general chairman of the
-(Knackstedt photo)
fully planned program.1
Emunson said the main
problem facing the chamber is
a financial one. He considered
$40,000 to be a minimum
budget and expressed hopes of
exceeding that amount in the
drive.
"We are also going to de
velop a new plan of work,"
Emunson said. "The chamber
of commerce doesn't just rep
resent a few people; it repre
sents . everyone in . Jackson
County. This is an all-out ef
fort to reorganize and re
vitalize our'program."
Taylor is expected to - an
nounce the appointment of di
vision leaders soon
WEATHER
FORECAST: Chance of after
noon and evening thunder
storm! over Siskiyous and Cas
cades; otherwise fair and hot
through Saturday. Low tonight
S. High Saturday 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 9S
Lowest this Morning 59
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
7:52 p.m.
4:34 sum.
6:41 p.m.,
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise today
Full Moon
Jane 20
A search of the sky near Ve
nus with&a telescope tonight
would revlal the plantet, Tira
na. - Uranus is now about
1,800,000,000 miles away and
is In the constellation, Cancer,
, where it has been since 1955.
South African
Women Protest
Police Crackdown
i
Demonstrators
Threaten Riots
Durban, South Africa-ttJPD-
Angry native women demon
strated here and at suburban
Lamontville today threaten
ing to touch oil a new wave
of mass rioting in this port
city. .
The police had just gotten
the' situation under control
after a night of sporadic
battling with native groups
when the women started
again.
March on Beer Halls
It was the women who first
touched off the violence
Wednesday night by marching
on government, owned beer
halls to protest a police crack
down on their illegal brew
eries. .
Two hundred women dem
onstrated at Lamontville but
police believed they had the
situation under control. An
other 100 arlvanreri on a rippr
iall in Victoria st. where the
riot first began.
Fire Hoses Used
Police used tear gas and
fire hoses to scatter Africans
and Indians who had gathered
outside the Victoria st. beer
hall. ,
An estimated 30,000 to 40,-
uuu z,mu. men and women
stormed across a 10 mile area
of the city Thursday, burning
shops and battling police with
bare hands, home made pistols
and knobkerries, the tradi
tional Zulu weapons. '
Police said latest casualty
Hgures showed three natives
shot to death and more than
100 natives and police in
jured. Group Plans for
Human Rights
Council iii City
First steps towards organ
ization of a human rights
council for Medford. were
taken at a meeting at First
Methodist church last night.
A group from the Ashland
Human Rights council, which
has been in operation for
some time, and Mark" A.
Smith, Portland, administra
tor of the Civil Rights divi
sion of the Oregon bureau of
labor, attended to assist the
Medford group.
The group met at the call
of Mrs. W. D. Pearson, Apple
gate, member of Medford
Council of Church Women.
Smith spoke of "changes in
the whole broad area of hu
man relations" which have
made necessary formation of
such community groups. He
said the question -of whether
"people of different ethnic
origins can live together in
Oregon in peace" must be
faced and 'said when this ques
tion is answered around the
world, we will "have the an
swer to war and peace."
Progress Made
The speaker said great
progress in human relations
had been made in Oregon and
the United States since World
War II and listed influencing
factors. These include integra
tion of the armed forces and
the National Guard, integra
tion in national sports, su
preme court decisions bearing
on the question as the' right
to equal public facilities and
in education.
He also called attention to
Oregon's fair employment
practice act, its integration of
vocational schools, its repeal
of the prohibition of, inter
racial marriages and other
Smith said that housing
constitutes "one of the sharp
est problems to be solved." In
summing up he declared "the
real answer lies in social con
cern and action in the com
munity. The die is cast-the
rest is up to us."
Medford Girl Elected To Supreme Court Post;
Hood River Student Named Girls State Governor
Salem -(UPD- Joan Yasui,
Hood River, is the new gov
ernor of Girls State which is
ing here this week.
The Wy'east senior took
over from Joy Rubenstein.
The inauguration was held
in the chambers of the house
of representatives.
The oath of office was ad
ministered by Janel Johnson,
Salem, who was elected chief
justice.-
Gov. Yasui, of Japanese an
cestry, will be the first girl
to be student body president
of her high school this coining
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Fund-RaisingPlan
For $15,000 for
Pool Is Approved
Council Postpones
Action on Project
A $15,000 fund-raising ef
fort to bolster financing for
the West Jackson st. swim
ming pool project was ap
proved last night by the Med
ford city council.
Approval of preliminary
plans for the project was post
poned at the same time to
the council's July 2 meeting.
The $15,000 would permit
construction of a separate div
ing tank adjacent to the pro
posed pool.
"I don't think this $15,000
represents much of a chal
lenge at all," Mayor John W,
Snider said in proposing the
drive for private funds,
think it could be done."
Individual residents and
service clubs would be among
likely donors, Mayor Snider
said.
The council generally agreed
that constructing the pool
alone, with the estimated $75,-
000 now available, would be
unsatisfactory.
Calling a special election
for a bond issue to raise extra
funds was also discussed. "I
don't know if I could support
a bond issue," Mayor Snider
commented.
He explained that while
constructing the pool was an
immediate concern it did not
necessarily hold .top priority
in the city's parks and recrea
tion program. Other projects
might come first if funds were
to be sought through bonding,
he said.
Postpone Action
The. fund-raising drive was
not voted upon as such last
night. Nor was a committee
appointed to take charge of
it. But the council's approval
of a motion by Councilman
Al Bradford, Ward II, to post
pone action on the prelimi
nary plans to July 2 carried
the understanding that funds
would be sought. .
The campaign at the outset
is expected to be informal,
and conducted for the most
part through private contacts.
July 2 would not necessarily
be an absolute deadline.
Plans for the pool were dis
cussed before the council by
Loren Thompson, consulting
engineer for the project from
Portland.
Thompson, quizzed at length
by the councilmen, said a
larger pool and the diving
pool facility would be desir
able if funds were available.
He stated that if the $15,000
diving tank were built at the
same time as the pool, a 15
per cent saving could be ex
pected. (Continued en Page 10)
Ashland Man Burned
At Keene Creek Dam
William Berry Thompson,
41, of 1800 East Main st.,
Ashland, was reported in crit
ical condition today following
a tractor accident on Keene
Creek dam construction in the
Talent project yesterday after
noon. Thompson was burned on
80 per cent of his body, state
police said. He was taken to
the Ashland General hospital
by Litwiller Ambulance Serv
ice. Thompson removed the
gas cap from a tractor which
was still running. Gas fumes
were ignited by the tractor
exhaust and the flames went
an estimated 20 feet in the
air, setting Thompson's cloth
ing on fire, state police were
told. . . -
year. She has been head ma
jorette for two years.
Elected secretary of state
was Linda Berry, Salem,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis
R. Berry.
State treasurer is Tamara
Tweed, Monitor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs; Edgar Tweed.
Attorney general is Judy
Rich, Albany, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Rich.
Labor commissioner is
Lynn Johnson, Grants Pass,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam F. Johnson.
Marilyn Smith, Cooi Bay,
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1959
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'BANDITS' CRUSHED -A huge hydraulic
press that is used to compact scrap iron into
bales at Huffman Brothers Auto Parts, Med
ford, was used yesterday to smash 40 "one
armed bandits" and one pinball machine
confiscated recently by area law enforce
ment bodies. Above Sheriff Joe Walsh in
spects the remains of four of the machines
after they had gone through the press. Look
Group Appointed to
Study Parking Plan
The Medford city council i
drove round and round the
block" last night in discussing
a municipal off-street parking
program. "
Councilmen settled for
Mayor John W. Snider's rec
ommendation that a three-man
committee be appointed to
seek development of a con
structive approach.
Mayor Snider named Coun
cilmen Al Bradford, Ward II,
Ed Hall, Ward I, and Stan,
Stark, Ward IV to the com
mittee.
At stake in last night's dis
cussion was some $i3,uuu in
the 1959-60 city, budget.
Raises Issue
Councilman Hall, who
raised,, the issue, asked first
for reductions in the hours
and rates' pf city parking
meters. . He pointed out that
two years ago it was agreed
to increase meter hours from
9 to 5 to 8 to 6, and raise
rates on corner meters from
a penny for 12 minutes to five
cents for 30 minutes, as part
of a program to raise funds
for a municipal off-street
parking program.
The increased annual rev
enue from the shifts has been
estimated at $15,000.
Hair asserted that since the
revenue had Jiot been. used
for such a program, and would
not be so used in 1959-60, the
meters should revert to their
former status.
John Moffat of Mann's De
partment store and Joe Ma-
terie of Montgomery Ward,
MEETING SET
The Jackson County Young
Republican club will meet
Monday, June 22, at the home
of Jim Ragland, 3182 South
Pacific highway at 8 p.m.
Plans for assisting the GOP
county finance program .will
be discussed. All members
and interested persons
invited. .
are
Portland (UPD Plans for
Operation Pork Chops de
signed to make the Pacific
Coast meat industry less de
pendent on the Midwest Corn
Belt for live hog supplies were
discussed here Thursday.
was elected superintendent of
public instruction. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Smith.
. Aside from Chief Justice
Johnson, girls elected to the
Supreme Court were:
Genevieve Browning, Oswe
go; Donna Krausnick, Hills
boro; Janet Larsen, Silverton;
Ruth Danielson, Coos Bay;
Linda Lowry, Medford; and
Kathleen Donaldson, Coos
Bay.
After the inauguration of the
new governor, greetings were
extended by Mrs. Vernon D.
representing downtown mer
chants, told the council ' the
extra meter hours were an
aggravation t o . customers.
"Our complaints ;vnre - really
quite numerous,.' Moffat said,
Positive Approach '
Councilman Robert Baccus,
Ward III, suggested a more
positive approach. Instead of
reducing the meter hours and
rates, Baccus said, he would
like to see a sinking fund
established to assure use of
the extra $15,000 for a city
off-street parking program.
In either case, the $15,000
would have to be subtracted
from proposed 1959-60 city
budget general fund outlays.
Mayor John W.- Snider sug
gested that if Hall's reduction
request was to be considered,
City Manager Robert A. Duff
should submit a report show
ing the effect of the revenue
loss on the budget.
A sinking fund should be
established only if the city
had a definite program for its
use, Mayor Snider added.
When Materie, John Pletsch
of Jackson County Federal
Savings and Loan association
and others expressed interest
in the sinking fund proposal,
Hall moved that it be estab
lished. He was seconded by
Fred Robinson, Ward I..
Warns of Veto
Mayor Snider warned he
would veto the proposal. The
tally against it was 4-3, with
"Yes" votes from Councilmen
Hall, Robinson and Baccus
and "Nos'.' cast by Council-
men Robert Van Sickle, Ward
III, Al Bradford, ' Ward II,
James Dunlevy, Ward IV and
Stan Stark Ward IV. Coun
cilman Don Hansen, Ward II,
was absent. '
Hall declined after that to
initiate a vote on his proposal
to reduce meter rates and
hours. But as a matter of
conscience, he asserted,
"Money shouldn't be collect
ed for one purpose and used
for another."
Mayor Snider then appoint
ed Hall and two others to the
three-man committee to meet
with downtown merchants
and try anew to develop a
municipal parking program.
Reynolds, Prairie City, direc
tor of Girl State.
Gov. Mark Hatfield also
spoke.
The girls - 257 of them -visited
the Supreme Court
today. Chief Justice William
McAllister explained the func
tions of the court and he was
particularly int e r e s t e d be
cause his own girl was a Girls
State citizen eight years ago.
Saturday, the Girls State
senate and house of represen
tatives will hold a session in
the capitol building. They
will debatt and pass laws. ,
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No. 78
ing on are Chief Criminal Deputy Paul Bet
tiol with the sheriff's office and State Police-Sergeant
Fay Holley. The press did a
thorough job and was much easier than
breaking them up with a sledge hammer.
The gambling devices were picked up at
various locations in the valley by state po
lice, Medford city police, and the sheriff's
department.
Tr TiiliiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiircfflra
MRS. H. L. GILBERT
.Foundation Leader
Mrs. H. L. Gilbert
ChaplerChairman
- Mrs. Harold L. Gilbert, 209
Eastwood dr., Medford, was
elected as chairman of the
Jackson county chapter of the
National Foundation at a
meeting at the Medford hotel
Thursday night. Mrs. Gilbert
succeeds Jerry Gastineau, also
of Medford.
- Other officers elected are
Mrs." Ed Brain, vice chairman;
Mrs. Lew Miles, "secretary,
Aubrey Loper, treasurer; Dr.
A. E. Merkel, medical ad
viser; Miss Frances Klink, ad
visory nurse; Mrs. Harry
Chipman, chairman of wom
en's activities; Gastineau, fund,
raising adviser, and Harry
Chipman, chapter, adviser.
The National Foundation,
formerly the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis,
conducts a patient care, edu
cation and research program
in polio, birth defects and
rheumatoid arthritis.
"What Are You Trying To Do, Blow Up
The Place?"
Ministers Agree
To Recess Until
Middle of July
Compromise Offer
On Berlin Rejected
Geneva-(UPD-The Big Four
Foreign Ministers Conference
collapsed today. East and West
agreed only to recess until
mid-July and then try again
for a peace settlement.
Western sources reported
that a final plenary session
will be held Saturday, at
which both sides probably
will place their positions for
mally on the record. Then th
four foreign ministers will Re
turn to their homes for a thre
week "cooling off Deriod."
U.S. Secretary of Stat
Christian Herter and his west
ern partners, British Foreign
Secretary Selwyn Lloyd anf
French'Foreign Minister Mau
rice Couve de Murville, tol$
Russia's foreign minister At
drei Gromyko there was no
point in continuing the praf
ent talks.
Deadline on" Berlin
But, with a deadline stilk
hanging over Berlin, the Wesfc
was unwilling to see the talkj)
completely broken off. Gro-
myko agreed to come back to
new round of bareainin
July 13.
After two sessions with Gro
myko today, the western min
isters retired to French dele-"
gation headquarters to chart
an . announcement to th
world.
Soviet 'Premier Nikiti!
Khrushchev plunged the coltf
war thermometer to a neH)
low for the year with a Moi
cow speech rejecting th
West's final compromise offtp
on .Berlin s future.
Khrushchev offered to lift
his time limit for allied occu
pation of West Berlin from
a year, to 18 months in . ex
change for peace treaty nego
tiations which, would place
East and West Germany on
equal footing.
Plan Unacceptable
The West immediately turn
ed down the plan as unac
ceptable. . , r .
Simultaneously, the Soviet
Union rejected the West's final
compromise plan for Berlin.
It was another Soviet move
to' keep the talks going, while
refusing to meet allied de
mands for Russian guarantees
of allied occupation rights is
West Berlin.
FTC Study Moves
To West Coast
The Federal Trade Commis
sion s investigation of shot
labeling has shifted, to tha
West Coast, Wilbur L. Gard
ner said today.
Gardner is the Medforfl
shoe repairman at whose rec
ommendatiorf Rep. " Charles
Porter introduced a bill in
Congress requiring shoe rnan
ufacturers to label the shoe
components. - -
The commission's investiga
tions have thus far been con
fined to the East and mid
West, but Gardner said they
have now moved to Seattle.
A representative of the com
mission flew down for a three
hour talk with him yesterday.
According to Gardner, the
bill has little chance of pass
ing during this session of Con
gress, but he expects it to
be carried over until next
year. He has been working
on this project for 2Vfc years. .
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