life SteAwtas
fetasiira of Strife
IPrapsi
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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 ,.,.
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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."
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