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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1959)
life SteAwtas fetasiira of Strife IPrapsi - - ijV SPRING CLEANING-The Bear creek chan nel received its annual cleaning Wednesday morning when the city hired a bulldozer to clean out weeds and debris between the Cottage st. and Jackson st. bridges. City Manager Robert A. Duff said that the clean Louis Armstrong Of Music Fame in 'Grave' Condition Spoleto, Italy (UPD Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong lay in a coma today in "grave" con dition with bronchial pneumo nia complicated Xfy heart trouble. The famous American Ne gro jazz musician passed into unconsciousness after suffer ing a second relapse this morn ing. Doctors kept him in an oxy gen tent most of the time, and his breathing 'was reported to be labored. Turn for Worse A communique said he en countered one crisis about 2 a.m. His condition was report ed as "stationary" five hours later, and he showed - only "slight improvement" by mid morning. , Three hours later, his con dition took another turn for the worse, and a hospital spokesman said at that time his condition was "grave." The 59-year-old jazz trumpeter- was stricken with bron chial - pneumonia two days ago and was hospitalized. . He was reported well on the road to recovery Wednesday, when he joked with visitors. Wife at Bedside But during the night, his condition became worst. Armstrong's wife, Lucille, his manager and his doctor re mained at his bedside during the morning. The suddenly grave condi tion of the man who has been one of the United States' most popular ambassadors of good will abroad was in contrast to his bounce and cheerfulness Wednesday. Letter Mailed in , 1978 Arrives Here A letter mailed at Jeffers Mont., to Clyde A. Mason "somewhere in France" Nov. 5, 1918, was received by Mason at the Camp White post office Monday. There is no record of where the letter spent the 40 years since the last post nark June 2, 1919, in Des Moines, Iowa, where Mason spent - a few . days before being mustered out of the . service in World War I. It was stamped "return to sender." Mildred Carlson, who sent the letter when she was a small girl, received it and mailed it to Mason at the domiciliary with a note ob serving that it took a long lime to reach him. She now lives in Missoula. Mont. Sheriff Car Purchases Ai?ait Opinion from DA 4V decision as to the kind of &9 tie county will purchase for tm by sheriffs deputies qMiting an opinion of the diefrict fttorney, the Jackson county court reported today. u t y District Attorney GfHHT J. Scannel Jr. said he tyActfd to have a decision by Motdfty concerning whether fatute makes purchase 6t lowest bid mandatory. 1M bids for purchase of f) ojrs by the county were submitted to the court June 15. Lowest bidder was De Leigh Motors, who quoted a price of $10,472.25 for five Larks. Bids Received Other bids on five eight cylinder models were Cour-tes-y Chevrolet, Cl,518.35; Selby 'Chevrolet, Ashland, $12,255.30; Skinner Buick Cadillac, $12,287.20 for Buicks; Crater Lake Motors, $12,272, Fords; Dean and Taylor Pontiac, $13,141.10; rt ing is primarily for flood control purposes. Operating the tractor during one of its sev eral trips up and down the channel is Clif ford Crosby, 370 Lozier lane, Tru-Mix Con crete company employee. . (Photo by Sgt. Raymond Seely, MPD) . July Fourth Events Slated in County Fourth of July week end activities in Ashland and Eagle Point have been an nounced by Ernie Hood, Jack son County Centennial asso ciation coordinator. Ashland activities to cele brate a "Southern Oregon Fourth of July" will begin at 10 a.m. with a parade spon sored by the Rotary club and will be followed by ah Ash land city band concert in Lithia park bandshell. A car nival sponsored by the Ash land Lions will be held in the park until 5 p.m. Contests and games for chil dren will be arranged by the Trash and Refuse Pick-up Day Set Trucks from Citv Sanitary service and the Medfofd nub- lic works, department will pick up trash, and refuse dur ing the city's clean-up '. day next' Tuesday. June 30. ac cording to city hall officials. - The citywide clean-up, un dertaken in connection with the ;;Make Medford 'Beauti ful" campaign, is designed to make the city more attractive to residents and tourists alike. Actually, residents must carry out their . individual clean-ups in advance. City officials have asked that trash be placed in front of houses no later than Monday eve ning, since the two City Sani tary and three public works vehicles are scheduled to start on their routes early Tuesday morning with time for only one round. " Trash to be disposed of should be on the curb or in the street parking strip, of ficials state. In addition, these rules are to apply: lAll trash and rubbish should be packaged. ' Refuse should be placed in' gunny sacks, cartons, boxes, or other containers. These containers will be hauled away with their contents, and will not be emptied or returned. : 2. Tree or brush trimmings should be securely tied in bundles with rope, wire or strong binder twine. ; 3. No kitchen garbage will be picked up. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington ...... 1 ' 5 1 Chicago 4 5 0 Ramos and Courtney; Lat man. Woodeschick (7) and Batlty. . ........ . i Medford Motors, $13,250, Mer curies: Walt's Lithia Motor Ashland, $11,000, Plymouths; and Dick Knight, $11,360, Plymouths. County Judge Earl Miller said he had hoped that the county could purchase a va riety of cars in the low-priced range, which could be com pared for costs and operation during the next several months. Ten More Cars Ten more cars ar to be purchased by the county in the next two years for use by deputies. In past years, depu ties have used their personal cars for official duties and have been paid mileage for their operation. Scannel said his job is to determine what the state stat ute means when it refers to the "lowest responsible bid der"' from which purchases must be made. ' Ashland Lions club and at 1:30 p.m. the 200-piece Wel donian band from Oakland, Calif., will give a concert. Be tween selections old-fashioned oratory will be held. A Rogue Valley league ex hibition baseball game is scheduled for 2 p.m. with an aquacade at Twin Plunges at 4 p.m. Fireworks Display The fireworks display will be held at 8:30 p.m. at. the Southern Oregon college sta dium sponsored by the Ash land Jaycees. A show to be held prior to the display will include selections by the Wel donian band, Shakespearean dancers, and an appearance of the Old Timers Car club.- Two dances will be held during the evening. - One is scheduled by the Elks lodge, while a square dance at Brill Memorial hall at the college will be open to the public. Frank Pinnoek. Ashland Centennial chairman,' is gen eral coordinator for the Ash land events. ! ' Chuck Wagon Breakfast r--- Jkagle Point celebration will begin at 5:30 a.m. when a chuck wagon breakfast will be held and continue until 1 pan. Practice for the horse shoe pitching contest will start at 9 a.m. The contest will be held at 11 a.m. Races and games for children will begin at lo a.m. The crowning of the queen will be held at nnnn when on honorary mayor , of Eagle x-oini win De inaugurated. A parade at 1 p.m. will start at the football field with Bill Bigham, parade marshal. It will be followed at 1:30 pjn. by a horse show. A five-inning softball game between ttie kids and adults is planned at 2:30 p.m. and from 3 until 8 p.m. the Eagle Point Grange is giving a bar becue. ' Also announced for the aft ernoon is a tug-of-war across Butte creek between the Cen tral Point and Eagle Point Jaycees. Antique Show Throughout the day an an tique show will be held and tours of Putman's Grit mill. A beard contest will be judged in the afternoon. Street dancing is scheduled on Main st. between the fire hall and the post, office from 8 until midnight with the band donated by Medford Mu sicians Union local. The Eagle Point city coun cil is giving the parade prizes. In charge of the parade and queen contest is Mrs. Keith Krambeal. The Black Dog bandits are expected to appear in the parade, Hood said. Booths in the town during the day will be sponsored by Central Point and Medford organizations as well as Eagle Point area firms and groups. General chairman of the day's events is Larry Davis. The festivities are sponsored by the Eagle Point Jaycees. The fireworks display in Medford sponsored for the past three years by the YMCA will not be held this year, it was reported. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional light rain. Cooler. Low tonight 55. High Friday 75. . Temp. Highest Yesterday g Lowest this Morning ' 54 Prec. to 10 ajn. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight sunset today auurise tomorrow 4:35 a.m. Moonrise tonight 11:14 p.m. Last Quarter June 27 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Adiadne's Crown, high in south 9:27 pjn. VISIBLE PLANETS , Saturn, low In south- east g:5g p.m. Venus and Mars, set. 9:57 pjn. Jupiter, low in south west 12:21 ,.,. . " -r ' -" 1 -Kt . $138,782 Goal Is Set for United Medford Crusade Increase 5 Per Cent From Last Year A goal of $138,782 for the 1959-60 United Medford Cru sade campaign was announced today by Campaign Chairman Del Landing. The total is an increase of about 5 per cent over last year's UMC goal of $131,945. In announcing the $6,838 increase, Landing said that it was necessary in order to meet the greatly increased needs of many of the member agencies this year. "The work of the agencies belonging to United Medford Crusade becomes greater each year," he said. "To meet these needs, the admittance, budget, and quota committee recommended increases in ap propriations ranging from $150 to $900 for the various UMC agencies." lembers of the committee spent nearly 200 hours in budget reviews before the final goal was set, Landing said. In order to keep the per centage of increase in the goal reasonable, many of the agencies received allocations slightly lower than their orig inal requests. However, all UMC agencies will receive more this year than in the 1958-59 drive. Agencies belonging to United Medford Crusade are American Red Cross, Arth ritis and Rheumatism Founda tion, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Child Guidance Clinic, Girl 'Scouts, Rogue Valley Council on the Aging, Salva tion Army and White Shield Home, the YMCA, and Oregon United Appeal. Oregon United Appeal in cludes Albertina Kerr Homes, American Social Hygiene as sociation. Boys andGirls Aid Society, Catholic Service for Children, Children's Farm Home, Christie School, Provi dence Nursery, St. Mary's Home for Boys, Villa St. Rose, the USO, Volunteers of Amer ica, Waverly Baby Home, and various YMCA and YWCA activities. Designate Agencies Contributors to United Med ford Crusade are given the option of designating the agency or agencies they wish their gifts to go to. Members of the budget com mittee are Robert Cunning ham, chairman; and Dunbar Carpenter, Robert Johnson, Tom Ness, Bill Prentice, Ray Sorenson, and Dick Travis. "We expect no trouble in meeting our increased goal this year," said Landing. "There has been, a substantial increase in population in the area, and the overall economic situation has never been so good. I'm sure the 1959 cam paign will be just as success ful as those in the past." The 1959 UMC fund-raising campaign is set to kick off Sept. 14. Water Pollution Group Named A seven - man fact - finding committee to study water pol lution in Jackson county was named today by the county court. ' Members were chosen from names recommended by a citi zens' group, the Jackson County Water Pollution Abatement committee, head ed by Col. Paul H. Weiland. Weiland and other repre sentatives met with the court early this month to request that the court establish a fact finding committee. Named to the one-year com mittee were Jack Hanel, Ash land, California Oregon Pow er company fish biologist; Al bert A. Grabber, Talent; sur veyor on the Talent project; Robert G. Germer, Phoenix, Copco employee; Russell W. DeForest, Medford attorney and temporary chairman; Don ald E. Faber, former Central Point mayor; John B. Caird, Jacksonville city councilman; and Neal P. Smith, Gold Hill, Ideal Cement plant. The court said the commit tee's duties are solely to gather information and make recommendations concerning water pollution in the county. A total of $500 to study pollution of Bear Creek was included in next year's county budget and may be used by the committee in its county wide study. Price 10 Medford 32 Pages orse-GeubergeDV IFeud tinted GFoir Election Purposes Only CHARLES . STARKWEATHER Goes Calmly lo Death Starkweather. Electrocuted in Nebraska Prison Lincoln, Neb. -(UPD- Charles Starkweather, redhaired con fessed slayer of 11 persons, went calmly to his death in Nebraska's electric chair early today. ' , Five charges of electricity were pumped into the body of the 20-year-old killer .who committed 10 knife and rifle slayings in a bloody reign of terror in January of 1958. He later admitted an 11th slay ing.. Only Four Minutes Dr. P. E. Getsher pro nounced the killer dead a 2:05 a.m., (e.d.t.), only four minutes after he walked into the chamber.. , Ironically, Dr. B. A. Finkle, veteran prison physician, who was to have pronounced the killer dead, collapsed at the prison only minutes before the execution, and it was an nounced shortly after Stark weather's death that the doc tor had died of an apparent heart attack. Finkle was in his 70s. Doctor Hastily Summoned Df. Getsher was joined in the death chamber at the last minute by Dr. George Lewis Jr. Lewis, hastily summoned after Finkle's collapse, en tered the prison gates on the run at 2 a.m. The execution was not delayed. Starkweather merely shook his head negatively when Dep uty Warden John Greenholtz asked him whether he had a last statement. But earlier, he made an apparent attempt at humor when Greenholtz en tered his cell to announce it was time to go. Had A Feeling "What's your hurry?" Starkweather was quoted by the deputy warden. Earlier in the evening, the slayer told a guard, "I had a feeling that tonight was the night." Starkweather died . specif ically for the death of Robert Jensen, 17, Bennet, Neb., one of his 11 victims. , Transportation Tax Repealed in Senate Washington-flJPD- The Sen ate voted today to repeal im mediately the 10 per cent tax on train, airplane and bus tickets. -' It also voted to repeal, ef fective June 30, 196.0, the 10 per cent telephone and tele graph tax. The Senate adopted these recommendations by its fi nance committee as it neared final action on a bill to extend for another year higher tax rates-on corporate profits and on liquor, wine, beer, and other items which were first imposed to help finance the Korean War. Otherwise, the higher rates expire on June 30 and the treasury would lose $3 billion a year in revenue. . Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, State Republican Chairman Quotes Porter's Letter Senators Said Not Poles Apart Lakeview - (UPD - Republi can State Chairman Peter Gunnar, Salem, told a lunch eon meeting of party workers here today: 'The voters of this state must awaken to the re alization : that the political philosophy of Oregon's two U. S. Senators, Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger, is basically identical and their too convenient feud may fce for election purposes only." Gunnar quoted from a pub lished letter written by Demo cratic Congressman Charles O. Porter to illustrate his point that the two men "are not political poles apart de spite their current front page feud." Quotes Letter The COP chairman quoted a letter from Porter to Demo cratic Chairman Dave E p p s stating: JThe truth is that their political '. beliefs and their votes on basic issues be fore the Senate are substan tially the same." r ' Gunnar said "those people who feel distress at the sorry record of Senator Morse should give full consideration to Congressman Porter's state ment and' realize' that they should feel the same concern over Senator Neuberger."" . Lakeview was the first leg of Gunnar's swing through eastern Oregon to discuss Re publican plans and programs. He is scheduled to speak at a luncheon in John Day Fri day and at a dinner Friday evening in Ontario. Saturday he will lunch at La Grande and have dinner at Baker. ' Chairmen Schedule Session Tomorrow The classified business groups cochairmen and cap tains in the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce "Keep Pace With Tomorrow" pro gram will meet for a coffee break tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Jackson hotel. Cochairmen this week have been selecting the captains re quired to complete the ad ministrative organiz a t i o n , General Chairman Bob Tayl or said. Dr. William J. Thompson has been named cochairman of the professional group to complete the organizational leadership in that group, Taylor said. Washington (UPD The Sen ate has adopted a full $30 million fund as part of the De partment of Health, Educa tion and Welfare appropria tion for grants by National In stitutes of Health to medical research construction through out the country. Runaway Leaving 3 Duluth, Minn. (UPD A loaded grain truck ran wild last night down steep, curv ing Skyline dr., carened into an automobile, then jumped a curb and plowed through three homes. 'its rampage left three per sons dead, four others in jured, three houses virtually destroyed and the truck and automobile demolished. Transmission Scattered Police found parts of the truck's transmission two and one-half miles up the scenic drive from the spot where the vehicle, its load of oats scat tered, finally lunged to a halt partially inside the third home it hit. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1959 'Be a Good Fellow, Now Don't Be Difficult" Petition to is The Jackson county plan ning commission last night approved a petition to zone the Camp Baker rd. area for single family residences . and agriculture. Jack Eaton," planning tech nician, was instructed to draw up an interim zoning Duncan Praised In Resolution Medford Attorney Robert B. Duncan, this year's speaker of the Oregon House of Repre sentatives, has been praised for his legislative work and encouraged to ' seek the gov ernorship in a - resolution passed by the Democratic par ty of Jackson county. Party Chairman Frank Christian and the secretary, Mrs. Marvin Madden, signed the document. It states that "the Demo cratic party of Jackson coun ty .. . wishes to express its confidence and pride in the work of Robert B. Duncan as immediate past speaker of the . . . house ... and wishes to encourage Robert B. Duncan in the continuation of his ex cellent representation of the people of Jackson county." The resolution further states that the party "wishes to officially join the growing group of Oregon citizens of the two major political parties in putting forth the name and person of Robert B. Duncan as the next governor of Ore gon." Fort Lewis -flJPD- Brig. Gen. William O. Blandford has taken over duties as assistant 4th Infantry Division com mander here. Truck Ploughs Into 3 Persons Dead, 4 Others Injured Officers said truck driver Ralph Redlin, 50, of Ellen dale, N. D., apparently lost the transmission when he tried to shift down to brake at a sign warning: "Trucks shift into lower gear." Bodies in Truck The bodies of Redlin and his wife, Ruby, 34, were found inside the telescoped truck when it was pulled from a gaping hole in the home of Earl T. Hayes. Motorist Roy Cich, 26, of Superior, Wis., was found dead amid the wreckage of his car a half block away from the row of homes on Duluth's west side. Rueben Widell, 44, and his 54th Year Tribune No. 83 Zone ordinance for that area near Phoenix and present it at 'the regular July 8 meeting of the planning commission. More than 40 persons of the Camp Baker rd. area had signed the petition for zon ing, but only 12 persons were present at the public hearing last night. No one appeared in opposition to the zoning proposal. Last night's . action fol lowed a recommendation of the planning ' commission's zoning committee that the area .be, zoned as requested after it had inspected the Camp' Baker rd. area.; Mem bers of the zoning committee are John Weisbrod, Eagle Point, Clifford Lovejoy, Med ford, and Bob Boyer, Med ford. Bob Boyer, of the zoning committee reported that his committee's survey indicated there were 229 property own ers on Camp Baker rd. and 10 per cent or more of the freeholders had sighed the petition. . The committee survey re vealed 162 single residences, 29 two -family residences, two multi-family units, three trailer houses, two limited commercial buildings, one light industry, one heavy in dustry, and tWo home occu pations. Weisbrod commented that the purpose of the zoning is to standardize the area and keep a high degree of order in community development. The area could be rezoned la ter if enough of the residents favor such a move, it was ex plained. Residents of the Camp Baker rd. had request ed the zoning because it was reported that an auto wreck ing yard might be established in that area. wife. Lucille, 42, who lived in the second house hit by the berserk truck, were pinned under a caved in wall of their home. Mrs. Widell was buried under a pile of oats with only her nose and eyes visible, and neighbors helped an ambu lance crew dig her out. In Poor Condition Mrs. Videll was reported in poor condition at St. Mary's hospital with a back injury and broken ribs. Her husband was reported less seriously hurt. When the truck ripped through the Widells' living room, it hurled the outer wall of the house against Hayes' automobile next door, shov Approved Contract Talks Would Continue Until July 15 Settlement Must Be Retroactive 0 New York -flJPD-The presi dent of the United Steel Workers union, "anxious to negotiate a settlement," pro posed today an extension of the steel contract talkf until July 15. The proposal was agreed to by the union's 171-man wage policy committee of the Unit ed Steelworkers union at its session today in which it con sidered an industry proposal that the negotiations be con tinued indefinitely beyond the midnight June 30 dead line. Letter Made Public Union President David J. McDonald made public a let ter which was sent to, the 12 major steel corporations in volved in the negotiations. The letter said: "The international wage policy committee of the union, at its meeting today, has directed me to offer tfc.e following proposal to you. The umon is anxious to negotiate a settlement. It de sires to avoid a shutdown. Accordingly, if the industry is prepared to begin serious negotiations, we propose that all of the contracts which would otherwise expire on June 30, 1959, including the no-strike provisions thereof, be extended until July 15, 1959, for the sole purpose of providing additional time in which to attempt to conclude a settlement, it being under stood that in light of this pur pose, the economic terms of any agreement which we may make shall be effective as of July 1, 1959. "Please advise mt prompt ly as to your acceptance or rejection of this .proposal. ; Must Bank Furnaces The industry informed the union Wednesday that if strike was to occur at 12:01 a.m. July 1 it would be neo essary to start banking fur naces at various steel mills Friday. ' Earlier, a high union source predicted that the steelworkers would reject the industry proposal for extend ing - the bargaining on the grounds that it did not pro vide for retroactivity. Instead, the union stipulat ed in its proposal that any benefits won in the negotia tions be retroactive. Highway 230 Opens To Two Way Traffic The Diamond lake cut-off, iiighway 230, was opened to two-way traffic at 8 o'clocck this morning, according to the Oregon state highway depart ment. About 250 feet of road had been blocked by an estimated 30,000 yards of rock and trees, the highway depart ment said. The road had been open to one-way traffic since Saturday. According to the highway department, a five - mile stretch of the highway is cur rently being improved. Curves are being taken out and the road is being blacktopped. The slide occurred during the improvement work. Fairbanks, Alaska-fllPO-The fall conference of the Pacific Northwest Trade association will be held Sept. 3-5 on the campus of the University of Alaska here. Houses ing the car 30 feet into a gar age and sending a barrel fly ing through a window of the Hayes home. The barrel hit Mrs. Ruth Hayes, 61, and knocked her several' feet Hayes, 63, suf fered a cut arm as the truck crashed into their living room from the rear. Almost Total Loss Two families in the first . house escaped injury. Police said the first two houses struck were "almost a total loss" and the third was severely damaged. Dick Gottschald of radio station WEBC said "None of the pieces of Cich's car was any bigger, than a telephone book." I
