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Duncan Says Local People Must
Lead County to Home Rule Now
Lofcal hands mlist now take
the reins to lead Jackson coun
ty toward "home rule," Rep.
Robert Duncan (D-Medford)
said Monday.
The present c&inty court is
the best agency to get this
project on the road, Duncan
told a small audience at the
weekly Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce round
table luncheon.
He noted that the 1959 leg
islature simply passed an en
abling measure as authorized
by the voters last November.
"The next step is up to the
local unit," he said.
Resources Legislation
Duncan, speaker of the
House at this year's Salem
session, also discussed legis
lation applying to Rogue river
. water resources, bonding for
Highway 42 and the Astoria
' bridge project, provisions for
; persons displaced by highway
right of way acquisition and
, unemployment compensation.
Asked if a model "home
rule" charter, had been or
', would be prepared for coun
; ties setting out to reorganize,
1 he replied no, each county was
to develop a form of govern
! ment best suited to its own
needs
This flexibility, Duncan
said, is a definite advantage.
"We can devise any type of
government we want down
here," he commented.
Other Enabling Laws
Several other states that
have passed such enabling
laws have provided, it is un
derstood, one or more model
charters.
The purpose of the "home
rule" movement is to strength
en county government, make
it more efficient, improve its
services and permit if to act
on local needs that might oth
erwise languish for years
pending action on the state
level.
A resolution by the county
court would be the easiest way
to set the wheels in motion
for developing "home rule"
planning, Duncan said. A ma
jority vote of the three-member
court would be required.
As an alternative, the en
abling legislation provides for
an initiative petition from
qualified voters.
The next step would be es
tablishment of a "home rule"
committee to set about draft
ing a charter proposal. Four
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are benefitted from funds from the campaign.
More Atomic Tests
Said Needed To Fill
Gaps in Knowledge
Washington (DPD Experts
said today that more atomic
tests are needed to fill gaps
in knowledge of what an H
bomb war would do to the
warring nations and the
world.
They made this suggestion
as a congressional atomic en
ergy subcommittee continued
hearings on the "biological
and environmental effects of
a nuclear war."
The subcommittee was told
Monday that a major nuclear
attack on the United States
would destroy or make unus
able for varying periods half
the nation's total dwellings.
, For the purpose of the hear
ings, the subcommittee as
sumed that on a "typical Oc
tober day" an aggressor hit
224 target areas in the United
States with; 60 H-bombs rang
ing in power from one to 10
megatons. One megaton equals
one million tons of TNT.
Total Megatonnage
Counting bombs dropped on
Allied targets in Western Eu
rope and U. S." retaliatory
bombing of the aggressor's
homeland, the total megaton
nage in this hypothetical war
adds up to 4,000.
As the hearings went into
their second day, the subcom
mittee sought to learn from
expert witnesses details of
what nuclear blast, fire, ra
diation, and fallout do to hu
man beings.
The survivors of the A
bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki have given the
world much information on
this score. But scientists can't
relate this information pre
cisely to radiation dosage be
cause they lack detailed in
formation on just what dose
the two wartime bombs deliv
ered at certain distances.
In stimony late Monday,
Dr. G. S. Hurst of the Atomic
Energy Commission's Oak
Ridge, Tenn., National Labo
ratory suggested matter-of-factly
that "the most effective
way" to get the needed data
"would be to detonate recon
structions of the two weapons
fired over Japan."
Basis for Correlation
"Air dose measurements
from these devices," he said,
'"would then complete the in
formation needed on radiatjon
dose and would provide a
basis for the correlation of
medical effects in Japan with
radiation dose."
This proposal was endorsed
today by other scientific wit
nesses plagued by other gaps
in knowledge about weapons
effects. One atomic authority
said that if the current test
suspension hadn't been order
ed, the United States would
have set off two devices in
Nevada to get the information
sought by Hurst and others.
Marilyn Monroe
Undergoes Surgery
N e w Y 'o r k 0PD Actress
Marilyn Monroe underwent a
gynecological operation at Le
nox Hill hospital this morn
ing. Her doctor said her con
dition was "excellent."
Miss Monroe, wife of play
write Arthur Miller, entered
the hospital Monday after,
noon. Miller accompanied the
actress to the hospital and
was with her after the opera
tion this morning.
The blonde actress has tried
to have children, but recently
suffered a second miscarriage
while making a movie.
Her doctor, Mortimer Rodg
ers, made the announcement
that she had undergone gyne
cological surgery and said her
condition after the operation
was excellent. However, he
refused to elaborate.
SENIOR MASTER DIES
Leonia, N.J.-Capt. Reginald
S. Kean, 66, senior master of
the New York-based vessels of
the Furness Lines, died Sun
day of a heart attack. He
would have been 67 today.
committee members would be
appointed by the county court,
again by a majority vote. Four
more would be. appointed by
the county's state senators
and representatives.
These eight would in turn
name a ninth committee mem
ber, at least five votes being
necessary for the appoint
ment. The committee, as Duncan
explained it, would be requir
ed to hold at least one public
hearing in the course of its
efforts. Final approval of a
proposed charter would come
at the polls.
River Legislation
Turning to the Rogue river
legislation, Duncan said he
considered the deletion of "in
dustry" from acceptable wa
ter uses more than offset by
the inclusion of "fish," "wild
life" and "recreation."
Asked why the legislature
did not accept the use recom
mendations of the state water
resources board, which includ
ed "industry," Duncan re
plied that distrust was not di
rected at the board itself.
"The big problem of course
is the technology of disposal
of wastes," he explained.
Opposition to industrial use,
he said, was partly directed
against the possible lack of
good faith of management,
which might risk a penalty
from the state to further its
own interests even though in
discriminate waste disposal
could wreak havoc with mi
grating fish.
'Inherent Distrust'
In addition, he said, there
was "an inherent distrust at
this point of the state of tech
nology in rendering harmless
these effluents."
"We have a very substantial
industry down here," Duncan
continued, "the tourist indus
try." He noted that the Rogue
to be a tourist attraction must
continue' to boast "a clear
stream flow."
The time has not yet come,
he stated, when technological
advances can reasonably as
sure that use of water for in
dustrial purposes will not re
duce that water's appeal to
tourists.
. "To sacrifice one for the
other doesn't make sense to
me," Duncan said.
With respect to the meas
ure authorizing a bond issue
to finance construction of the
Astoria bridge and improve
ments of Highway 42, Duncan
defended paying for the
bridge and sharply criticized
using such funds for local
highway projects.
Interstate Project
The bridge, he stated, would
be an interstate project. He
pointed out that Oregon now
has sole responsibility for the
ferries which cross the Colum
bia river at Astoria. These
boats, he said, are obsolete
and operate at a loss which
Oregon must underwrite.
Highway 42, Duncan said,
was strictly an interior state
project. "I think a bad prece
dent has been set," he com
mented. "If I ever go back
there (to the legislature), there
are going to be bills for bond
Issues for roads in Jackson
county."
Asked about a new law re
quiring the state highway de
partment to provide informa
tion concerning properties
available for rental or pur
chase for persons displaced
from their homes by highway
right of way acquisition, Dun
can explained that this provi
sion would take the form of a
committee offering advice.
He pointed out that while
the measure also authorizes
the state highway commission
to match federal funds in fi
nancial assistance to such dis
placed persons, no federal
funds are yet available for
this purpose. '
Compensation
Duncan said he was "par
ticularly proud" of the legis
lature's work in the field of
unemployment compensation.
He said that while this sub
ject was one of the most diffi
cult, it was one in which he
thought the solons had come
closest to a satisfactory solu
tion. He explained that the new
legislation would eliminate
from eligibility many tempo
rary workers such as those
employed during the local
fruit picking season and "pre
serve funds for those employ
ed legitimately in the labor
market who lose their jobs
through no fault of their
own."
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Medford Woman
Injured in Crash
On Kings Highway
Edna PurselL 79, of 508
Plum st., Medford, was in
ed. Driving the car was Lany
accident at Kings highway
and Garfield st., state police
reported.
She was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital with a pos
sible broken arm and possible
other injuries. Hospital offici
als this morning said her con
dition was good.
Her car collided with a car
driven by Mrs. Patricia A.
Wright, 23, of 3653 South
Highway 99. Mrs. Wright suf
fered a cut lip, police said. A
passenger in her car, Norma
J. Buttram, 26, of the same
address, was reported un
injured. Extensive damage
was done to both cars.
An 8-year old Shady Cove
boy, Timothy Meyer, is in Sa
cred Heart hospital with a
broken left hip today, follow
ing an accident yesterday
morning near Shady Cove.
His condition was reported as
good. Police said his bicycle
collided with a pickup truck
driven by Lawrence J- Ellis,
29, of Eagle Point.
Five Are Cut
Five youngsters suffered
cuts and abrasions in an acci
dent near Brownsboro last
night when a driver failed to
manage a curve and his car
went off the shoulder of the
road and rolled, police said.
They were taken to Sacred
Heart hospital by ambulance
but police said they suffered
no serious injuries. The pas
sengers in the car were Helen
M. Vickoren, 13, and Carol E.
Vickoren, 15, both of Eagle
Point Hans Hazen, 17, of
Troutdale, and Leland M.
Jones of Portland. The driver
of the car was Cartee J. Wood,
16, no address given.
A car and a lumber truck
collided yesterday afternoon
at Beall lane and Bursell rd.,
police said. No injuries result
ed Driving the car was Larry
S. Howard, 17, of 652 Beall
lane, and driver of the truck
was Merle D. Waterbury, 32,
of 331 Kenneth st., Medford.
State police said they, would
issue a complaint against
Howard for violation of the
basic rule, and one against
Waterbury for no operator's
license. The left front end of
Howard's car sustained exten
sive damage.
Highway Project
Bids To Be Opened
Salem (IJfD B ids will be
opened on 10 highway proj
ects July 1, as originally
scheduled, the State Highway
Department announced today.
The scheduled bid opening
was uncertain until late last
week when the heavy con
struction tieup was broken by
the settlement of the Pile Dri
vers' strike.
Bids will be received until
9 a.m. July 1 by the depart
ment.. The contracts will be
awarded at a July 2 meeting
of the State Highway Commission.
According to the National
Bureau of Standards, women
drivers use 10 to 20 per cent
more road space than the
average motorist.
Participation
Airport Pla
Participation by tenants
in long-range planning for
Medford airport was suggest
ed yesterday by Robert Kagy,
federal aviation agency of
ficial here.
This participation, as pro
posed by Kagy and other ten
ants at yesterday's monthly
meeting with Airport Man
ager Richard Hogan, would
include advice and assistance
in inventorying improvement
needs and assigning priorities
to specific projects.
"We know what goes ' on
out here and you don't," Bob
Church, meteorologist in
charge of the.U. S. weather
bureau at the airport; told
Hogan. He explained that
since Hogan's time was divid
ed between the airport and
his city hall purchasing
agent's desk he could not be
expected to keep fully in
formed of airport develop
ments. "I'm perfectly willing to
include you" in such plan
ning, Hogan replied.
Questioned on Schedule
Hogan was questioned on
a new- schedule of airport
fees and charges which he
has submitted to City Man
ager Robert A. Duff. The city
council last month authorized
preparing this schedule sub
ject to its final approval.
I Brian Douglass of Rogue
Flying service and other ten
nants asked a chance to see
and discuss the proposed
schedule. Hogan replied that
this would be impossible "un
til it goes to the city council
for approval."
The schedule is "in a , very
preliminary stage" and "not
ready to go to the council
yet," Hogan said.
Hogan said afterward that
he hoped the council would
receive the schedule for con-
Queen Elizabeth
Tours Quebec
Quebec City (DPD Queen
Elizabeth II sailed into the
heart of French Canada today
to present colors to a battle
seasoned regiment whose
troops take orders only in
French.
A one hour and 45 minute
visit with officers and men of
the Royal 22nd regiment, the
"Van Doos" of World Wars
One and Two, was scheduled
as the highlight of the queen's
13 hour call at Quebec.
The "ancient capital" of
Canada is the first major city
of more than 100 communi
ties that the Queen and her
husband, Prince Philip, have
listed on their 45 day, 15,000
mile tour of this country.
The Queen sailed here from
the aluminum shipping cen
ter of Port Alfred, Que.,
aboard the flag bedecked
royal yacht Britannia.
By Tenants In
Is Suggested
CAN'T AFFORD FREEDOM
Savannah, Ga. (DPD- Albert
Palmer, 54, a convicted mur
derer who escaped from jail
six months ago, gave himself
up to police Monday because
of inflation. Palmer, a Negro,
said he buried $100 in a jar
before he went to jail, but it
hadn't lasted as long as he'd
hoped. He gave himself up
when it was gone.
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siderauon at its July 16
meeting. He explained that
letting the tenants look over
the schedule before its ap
proval" was "a matter of
policy" and' "up to the city
council."
The council, it is under
stood, could act on the mat
ter without a public hearing
if it so desired.
Asked by the tenants yes
terday if the proposed rates
would represent an increase
over the present schedule,
Hogan replied, "Not very
much."
"You've got no problems,"
he added.
Current Philosophy
Later in the meeting, how
ever, Hogan spoke of the cur
rent "general philosophy"
that "an airport should be a
self-supporting entity."
"It is not now," he said of
Medford's facility.
Robert Larson of Max-Sig
Communications asked if
most were not operated
"more on a public service
basis."
This, Hogan replied, was
a matter of necessity rather
than intent. "They have had
to operate on that basis," he
said.
Hogan told the tenants that
it was expected they would
pass on rental costs and other
fees and charges to their cus
tomers. "Your fees have to be
passed on to your customers,"
he said. "They are the ones
who are really paying for the
airport."
Other Subjects
Among other subjects dis
cussed were proposals for a
new airport sign and back
ground music in the terminal
building.
"The city is going to go
ahead and take care of the
main sign," Hogan said, on j
condition the tenants were i
willing to pay for the smaller
signs designating them indi
vidaully which would be ap
pended to it. He quoted one
set of proposed prices, list-1
ing the main sign at $175. It !
would be of porcelain-enamel j
construction, he said. j
Of the background music
proposal, Hogan said, "I don't '
know if I could get city par-j
ticipation in this or not." He j
suggested the city might 'de-j
fray a portion of the cost. !
Hogan previously brought the
music idea to the tenant's at-
tention at the suggestion of
Medford Mayor John W. j
Snider. 1
Civil Service Lists
Exams for Positions
Examinations for several
civil service positions have
been announced. They are
shorthand reporter, closed
microphone reporter, secre
tary, and personnel officer.
The civil service commis
sion also has announced that
approximately 50 librarians
are needed in Veterans admin
istration installations through
out the United States.
Information regarding the
positions can be obtained at
the Medford post office.
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KAGY OFFICER DIE
Vienna-Bela Kovacs, tf! (ft)
member of the revolutiongfjp
cabinet of the late Premitf)
Imre Nagy, died Sunday,
dio Budapest announced, fto
vacs had been ill for the
several months and had DHt
in a hospital in southern u-gary.
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