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faxes Continued Ike -Signs I Sill lor feint U IMt Iriiiftase; High INSTRUCTORS Water .safety instructors are what these students will be when their two-week class at Hawthorne pool ,ends Friday. Standing, left, is Mrs. Frances Wil lett, a pool employee arid a student in the t class, who supervises as" the swimmers work ' , on the back stroke. These students were all certified senior life savers before they be gan instructor's training. The class was County Court Still Undecided On Car Purchases The county court has not reached a decision on the pur chase cf five cars lor the Jack son county sheriffs office, Jcourt members said today. ' County Judge Earl Miller raroivpH an oDinion late yes terday afternoon from Deputy District Attorney Gerald Scan- nell on acceptance of tne low mh for the caAf. However, County Commissioners Chest er Wendt and Kalpn dames had yet to read the opinion this morning. Miller laid he did not know when the court would reach a decision. The opinion must be studied first, he said. According to the opinion the county court should throw out all bids. The county court did not advertise the bids on the five cars at least a week in advance of the bid opening as required by state law, Scan nell stated in hi3 opinion. Meanwhile, the sheriffs deputies-who. were to receive the five new cars still have vehicles to use. One deputy is using a rented car, since his is already" on a car lot awaiting sale. Four other deputies have made arrange ments to sell their cars put are still using them pending receipt of the new cars. Man Charged With Diamond Ring Thefts A preliminary .hearing in district court was scheduled this afternoon for Robert Charles Wright, of 521 Park St., Medford, charged with embezzlement. Wright, who was arraigned in district court yesterday, posted $700 bail and was re leased. He was arrested by sheriffs deputies Monday night after a citizen's com plaint was signed by Alton Anderson,' proprietor of Andy's Jewelers, 15 Nerth Central ave., and a warrant was issued by District Court Judge Roy Bashaw. ;: Anderson charged that Wright stole three diamond rings from' his store at a total value of about $500 on or .about January, 1958, while Wright was working for him. Reason for the action at this date is that Anderson only re cently learned of the theft, Sheriff Joe Walsh said Ander son told him. Wheat's Condition Reported as Fair ... Frank B. Wheat is report ed is fair condition at Sacred Heart hospital but is not al lowed visitors, according to reports received today. Wheat was injured June 19 in a three-story fall at the Shakespearean Festival the atre, Ashland. Johns-Manville Plant North of KF Dedicated Klamath Falls-fllPD-The pew S12V4 million dollar insulat ing board plant of the Johns Manville Corp. 19 miles north of Klamath Falls was dedi cated Tuesday. The plant represents a $2 million increase in Oregon's industrial payroll, and creates a new source of wealth for the. state. It is the first plant to utilize lodgepole pine on a major commercial seal. jointly sponsored by the Red Cross and the Medford Park apd Recreation depart ment. Swim classes, with some of the above as teachers, will begin at the pool on Mon day. Registration at the pool begins tomor row and will continue through Sunday. Registration hours are 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Teachers Elected to Medford Schools At Board Meeting Eleven teachers were elect ed by the Medford school board last night, and resigna tions of two others were ac cepted. During the special school board meeting the board also considered school district car bids, approved establishment of a revolving fund for high and junior high school shops, and recommended $5,000 fi delity bond for the clerk's assistant. The primary purpose of the meeting was. to review the year's budget and to make transfers to balance items Local Scout to World Jamboree Kelly Somers, 36 Glen Oak ct., Medford, will represent the Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the 10th world Scout Jamboree July 17 to 26 in Makiling National park, about 40 miles south of Manila in the Philippines. J. A. McDougall, president of the Crater Lake council, said that Somers will leave Medford Monday for Portland to join the Northwest's dele gation and will then go to Hamilton Air Force base, about 40 miles north of San Francisco to attend a three day pre -jamboree training camp beginning July 8. The American contingent comprises 225 Boy Scouts, Explorers and leaders from continental United States and about 100 other1. Americans living in other lands. The jamboree will comprise about 12,000 Scouts and lead ers. ' The American contingent will leave Hamilton Air Force base July 11. Somers will visit Honolulu, Tokyo, and Manila before arriving at the jamboree. Following the jam boree, he will visit -Manila, Bangkok and Hong' Kong, and will arrive in San Fran cisco on Aug. 2, ' . AdenauerCandidate Elected President Berlin -0JPD-Heinrich Lueb ke, 64, candidate of Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer's Chris tian Democrat party, was elected president of West Germany today. Luebke, minister of agricul ture for the past six years, won on the second ballot. He received 526 votes, six more than the absolute majority needed for victory. Luebke will take office Sept. 15, at the end of the sec ond term of ineumbent Presi dent Theodore Heuss. Luebke was chosen by the 1,038 delegates to the West German Federal Assembly. A. , R. Fisher, Johns-Manville board chairman and president, said the insulating board produced from the lodgepole pine was superior to that made from southern pine at the firm's Mississippi plant. Fisher took part in the opening ceremonies along with Gov. Mark Hatfield and other city,' state and federal officials. within the budget as permit ted by law. Over-expenditures were re ported in maintenance and re pairs, auxiliary agencies and fixed charges. Needed Changes Reasons given were major changes needed in Roosevelt, Jackson and Lincoln elemen tary schools made at the re quest of the fire marshal, transportation and health ex penses were higher than an ticipated, and rate increases in retirement and social security. An overall analysis indicat ed that the district had stayed within the estimated expendi tures. The board also approved the adding of one dollar on a voluntary basis to the high school football season ticket for reserve seats to finance the band trips. Teachers elected were Miss Ruth Adkins, physical educa tion and health, junior high school; Ralph Monroe, ele mentary;. Mrs. June Viles, home economics, junior high school;- Mrs. Judith Adams, physical education and health, junior high school; Miss Jan eth Elliott, arts and crafts, junior high; Miss Pat Hansen, high school mathematics; Lloyd Lyda, high school au tomotive trades; Mrs. Bertha Morrill, practical nursing; Mrs. La Vera Wryn, elemen tary; William Young, speech therapy, and Charles Jones, junior high arithmetic. Resignations Teacher resignations accept ed were Mrs. Patricia Fitzsim ons, Lincoln fourth grade, and Estella Mortensen, Roosevelt second grade. Contracts will be awarded to three different agencies for the purchase of five school district vehicles providing they meet specifications, Frank' Bash, board chairman, reported.' Low bids received for the vehicles were $1,879, DeLeigh Motors for two-door station wagon; $2,114.29, Courtesy Chevrolet, four -door station wagon; $1,749.10, Courtesy Chevrolet, i-ton flat bed truck; $1,311.40 with trade in, DeLeigh. Motors, 34-ton pickup truck, -and $1,898.03, Crater Lake Motors, panel de livery truck. - Other bidders were Inter national Harvester, Morse Mo tors and Parsons Motors. Volunteer Contribution Bash explained that the board approved the adding of one dollar to the football sea son ticket to finance band trips. He said that it was the policy of the district not to spend tax money for activi ties, such as high school ath letics and band trips. The band participates in pre-game and half time foot ball activities. The one dollar will be paid with the purchase of the season football ticket on a volunteer basis, it was reported. The next meeting of the board will be July 14 when the board will accept the newly elected member and elect a chairman. Hatfield Becomes Father of Daughter Salem-IUPD-Mrs. Mark Hal field, wife of the governor,, gave birth to an eight pound 12 ounce daughter at 12:08 p.m. today. She was named Elisabeth. Doctors said the birth was normal and that both Mrs. Hatfield and her first baby axe "doing nicely." VA Authorized To Boost Mortgage Interest Rates Liquor, Cigarette Taxes Unchanged Washington -flJPB- President Eisenhower late Tuesday sign ed into law a bill raising the legal ceiling on the national debt to a record peacetime level of $295 billion. He also beat a midnight deadline by signing a bill to continue high Korean war tax rates on corporations and such consumer items as liquor, cig arettes, beer and new cars. Measures Requested The President had request ed both measures, and signed them without comment. Earli er in the day he had signed a bill authorizing the Veterans Administration to raise the maximum interest rate on GI housing mortgages from 43A per cent to a record high of 5V4 per cent. Without the debt ceiling bill, the debt limit would have dropped to $283 billion at midnight Tuesday -or about $2 billion below the amount actually owed by the govern ment. Elbow' Room Provided The treasury has predicted that in the government book keeping year which begins today the debt will reach a high of $293,500,000,000 next Dec. 15. It sought a limit above that, however, to pro vide some elbow room in debt management. The President's signature on the tax bill prevented an automatic drop in tax rates at midnight Tuesday which would have cost the already hard-pressed treasury about $3 billion in revenue. Extended Yearly The current high rates were put into effect during the Ko rean war to help finance the fighting. They have been ex tended since on a year-to-year basis. The legislation retains the 52 per cent corporation tax rates, which otherwise would have fallen to 47 per cent at midnight. In addition, the tax bill provides for a tax of eight cents a pack on cigarettes in stead of seven; $10.50 per proof gallon on distilled spir its instead of $9;. $9 a barrel on beer instead of $8; 10 per cent on new passenger cars instead of 7; 8 per cent on auto parts and accessories in stead of 5. It also forestalls reductions in excise taxes on wines. . Dave Epps Rites To Be Thursday Salem-(UPD-Funeral services for David Epps, 51, chairman of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, were set for Thursday in Portland. Epps died Monday night in a Salem hospital. v The Democratic chief, who was elected state chairman to succeed Robert Boyer, ; Med ford, in 1958, entered the hos pital Sunday for a recurrence of stomach ulcer, trouble. . New chairman will be Mrs. Beulah Hand, Milwaukie, state vice chairman, who will serve until a new chairman can be elected. Forestry Department Completes Fire Crews Southwest district of the state department of forestry completed its. fire suppression crews today with the addition of four men. Two were assigned to the district headquarters on Table Rock rd., and one each to Mc Leod and Ashland guard sta tions. There are three crews, each consisting of a ' warden and three other men, at the head quarters. Putnam's Condition Reported Improved Salem - (UPD - Condition of Superintendent of Public In struction Rex Putnam was re ported "between fair and good" today by attendants at Salem Memorial hospital. Dr. Putnam suffered a heart attack several weeks ago. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing li 1 f h cloudiness tonight. Considerable cloudiness Thursday with a risk of scattered showers or thunderstorms over mountains in afternoon. Low tonight SS. High Thursday 85. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 93 Lowest this Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:38 a.m. The Moon rises 2:23 a.m. tomorrow and it in Apogee. New Moon July 5 The constellations, Scorpio and Sagittarius will be prominent in the southern sky in July. Scorpio, whose brightest star is Antares, is on the right and above the brighter start of Sagittarius shines the planet, Saturn. Bench Warrant Ordered for Beck's Arrest New York (UPD - A federal judge today, ordered a bench warrant for the arrest of Dave Beck when the former head of . the Teamsters union failed to appear in court to answer charges of taking $200,000 from two transport executives. Beck was accused of violat ing the Taft-Hartley law by accepting the money in 1954 while he was president of the union. He had received a postpone ment until today for a plead ing to the indictment but did not show up in Judge Gregory F. Noonan's 'court. Assistant U. S. Attorney Daniel Shaw asked Noonan for a second call for Beck, hinting he might ask for a bench warrant. "I think we will issue a bench warrant now," Noonan said. "He is not going to play footsie with us. I think if he doesn't have the sense to come in when notified he should be brought in." - Members to Hear Plans at Meeting A luncheon meeting tomor row at noon in the Jackson hotel has been scheduled for the 40 members of the "special prospects committee to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce "Keep Pace With Tomorrow" program. The members have been se lected by committee cochair men Dwight Houghton and Miller Huggins. Preliminary plans for their portion of activity in Keep Pace With Tomorrow will be outlined and discussed, ac cording to the chairmen. Bob Taylor, general chair man of. the campaign, said that; all activity this week is aimed towards attendance at the seven classified business group meetings which will start Monday, July 6. Taylor and Chamber Presi dent Hugh Coleman have ex tended 900 invitations to busi ness and civic leaders throughout the area to attend their particular, classified meetings. . Campaign officials said to day that none of the meetings would last over 60 minutes, and that they are interested in getting comments and coun sel of those present at the meetings as a part of the at tempt to broaden the work program of the local chamber in order to keep pace with the progress of the area. . Tools Stolen From Car on Myers Court The theft of an estimated $600 worth of tools from a parked station wagon was re ported to. city police yester day. Joseph C. Whitsett of 25V2 Myers court, Medford, told police that the equip ment was taken from his sta tion wagon while it was park ed at his residence. ; The -vehicle was unlocked at the time. According to police reports, Whitsett said that a tool box worth about $200 and the equipment it contained, .in cluding some pliers, soldering irons, a hand drill, and mis cellaneous tools, worth about $400, were taken. "Don't Be Silly We That Noonan then issued the warrant. Beck was indicted with Burge Seymour, 55, president of the Associated Transport Co. of New York, and Roy Fniehauf, head of the Frue hauf Trailer Co. of Detroit. They allegedly gave Beck, 64, the money. Seymour and.Fruehauf were scheduled to plead to the indictment Thursday. If convicted, each faces a one-year jail term and a $10,000 fine. " " City's Proposed Budget Hearing Tomorrow Night Medford's proposed 1959-60 municipal budget tomorrow night faces a public hearing and final consideration by the city council. The budget's $352,846 gen eral fund tax levy lies with in the statutory 6 per cent in crease limit by $80. Thus, no election is necessary. No additions of new items in the budget are expected to morrow night. Any such addi tion would require the pre paration, publication and sub sequent adoption of a new budget. . However, the council riiay' reduce or eliminate items. The total proposed prop erty tax levy is $871,394, com pared to the 1958-59 figure of $830,282. City officials do not anticipate any increase in mill age rates. The over-all as sessed evaluation of property in the city is expected to rise sufficiently to off-set the $41, 112 difference in the levies. At the same time, of course, Medford's growing population intensifies the demand for municipal services. . The total for cash budget expenditures in the coming fiscal year has been set at $2, 522,747, an increase of $70, 896. For a breakdown of the proposed budget see story on page 10. Residents Reminded Of High Fire Danger A small barn on Butte Falls rd. rear Crater Lake highway was destroyed by fire yester day evening, the district of fice of the -state department of forestry reported. Patrolmen said that the blaze was apparently a re kindle from a fire earlier in the day. They said they were told children playing with matches started the earlier blaze. It was thought the fire had been put out. Crewmen also were dis patched to a" fire off Cherry lane east of Medford yester day. They said that the un authorized burning occurred in a field of disced crop land. The district office issued a reminder that permits are required for burning opera tions. They may be obtained by telephoning NOrmandy 4-1213. A spokesman for the district headquarters said that people are getting careless with their burning near grass areas although fire danger isl great at this hot, dry time of year. Never Need Money Much" Price ,10 Cents Medford 28 Pagti MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959 No. 88 Entire Village Wiped Out by Raging Torrent All Inhabitants, Animals Perish' Ibague, Colombia - (UPD - A sudden flood struck the moun tain village of Junta early Tuesday while its inhabitants slept, and killed every per son and animal there. Only today was the com pleteness" of the disaster be coming known. Authorities said 80 bodies had been re covered and that helicopters were trying to find other traces of the 150 persons.. The full casualty toll may never be known. The flood caused by heavy rains struck at 2:30 a.m. with devastating swiftness and swept entire families and their livestock down the Combeima river. Almost no trace of Junta remained. No Life in Area Although the village is only eight miles from this, city of 130,000, the bodies of men, women, children, dogs, cats and cattle lay in eerie silence for nearly 10 hours before the first word of the catas trophe began to trickle in. A rescue operation began immediately but after a few hours word came back that there was no life in the area. The villagers had been caught asleep in their thatched-roof huts, easy, prey for the roaring torrent. When the waters began to recede late Tuesday they ex posed a desolate valley strewn with corpses and debris. 350 Traffic Deaths Seen Over Holiday Chicago-(UPO-American mo torists may set a grim record for highway slaughter this July 4th week end. That warning was issued today by the National Safety Council, which forecast that 350 persons would die in auto accidents between 6 p.m. Fri day and midnight Sunday. v If the Council's deadly pre diction .comes true, it would far surpass the previous rec ord for a two-day July 4th week end-a mark of 271 set in 1953. The all-time fatality record for a two-day holiday was set during the "Black Christmas" week end of 1954, when 392 persons died. Cold Drink on Hot Day Makes Money For Medford Boys Two ten-year-old Medford businessmen, Paul Greeny. 36 Myers ct., and Tim Bow man, 29 Summit ave. held their second annual carnival at the Greeny residence yesterday. Profit for the venture was reported at 36 cents, an increase of 12 cents over the event held July 30 last year. The carnival is held for the neighborhood children, who pay an admission fee to participate in the games. Greeny reported that they went "all out" in prises this year, "none of the small trinkets as given last year." Games included darts board, bowling, and several types of ball games. Greeny commented that the "big smash which brought in all the money was the two glasses of Kool aid for a pennyl" Medford Boy Wins Top State VFW Two Rogue valley boys were among the winners in the state Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary essay contest, it was announced today at the 31st annual convention of the Department of Oregon cur rently underway in Eugene. First place winner was Rob ert E. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Allen, 981 South Stage rd., Medford. He re ceived $50 and a silver medal. Third place winner was Wil liam L. Benson, son of Mr. A. C. Fries Jr., 806 Harmon lane, Ashland. Benson re ceived $15. The boys were among high school students from through out the state who wrote es says on Americanism. Allen was sponsored by Crater Lake Ike, Russian Deputy Premier Discuss Peace Washington (UPD Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov conferred for 70 min utes with President Eisen hower and said afterwards that the "cardinal question" in their talks was world peace. We discussed diverse ques tions during our meeting with President Eisenhower," Koz lov said through an inter preter. "The cardinal question was a question of peace and I hope peace will prevail throughout the world." Position Made Clear American officials said they understood that the President made it clear to Kozlov that the United States cannot be stampeded or frightened into a summit conference by threats or crises. , They said their understand- Ike Believes Congress Behind Balanced Budget Washington (UPD President Eisenhower said today he be lieved Congress is swinging behind his goal of a balanced budget. The chief executive told a sweltering news conference that the action of Congress in raising the permanent debt ceiling to only $285 billion- about the size of the present debt-was evidence that it ex pected federal spending to pull into line with receipts during the new fiscal year be ginning today. Implied Warning The President at the same time issued an implied warn ing against the congressional efforts to cut his request for $1,600,000,000 in military aid for foreign countries. Eisenhower said the Joint Chiefs of Staff had informed him that the administration figure was tne barest mini mum required for foreign mil itary aid, and that a larger amount would be necessary in fiscal 1961. Position on Summit Other news highlights at his conference: -He stuck to his position that a summit meeting would not be justified until Russia proves by deed or by agree ment to a fruitful agenda that the heads of state can negoti ate together profitably. -He expected inflation to be one of the main political is sues in the national political campaigns next year, but he disclaimed any knowledge of a purported secret govern ment forecast that the general price index is expected to go up 3 per cent next year. To Keep Hands Off - -He said he had no inten tion of publicly or privately attempting to influence the selection of the 1960 Repub lican presidential nominee. -The United States at this point should not inject itself directly into threatened new difficulties in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, but should rely on the Organiza tion of American States to deal with the situation. -He ordered an immediate government study of the legal situation involved in the Su preme Court ruling against the industrial security clear ance program. Auxiliary Essay Contest auxiliary while Benson was sponsored by the Walter A. Phillips auxiliary jn Ashland. The announcement was made by Mrs. Frieda Law rence, Medford, department essay chairman. Allen is a social studies ma jor and belongs to the Latin and science clubs and Torch Honor society.. He has been president of the Latin club and orchestra and was a semi finalist this year in the Na tional Merit scholarship pro gram at Medford High school. In addition to his school ac tivities, Allen is an Eagle Scout, worked for three years in the Red Cross water safety program and studied the vio lin. He was concert master of the school orchestra. 54th Year Tribune ing was that the President made two chief points in a general discussion of the ne cessity to ease tensions and achieve better East-West rela tions. -The United States still in sists on some progress at the Geneva foreign ministers con ference when it resumes July 13 before it will consider a top-level meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev. -The western allies will not pull their forces out of West Berlin under any circum stances until there is a final solution of the German nrob- lem through reunification of the country. Kozlov, regarded by many as the eventual successor to Khrushchev, went to the White House direct from an hour-Ions meetine with Sec retary of State Christian A. Herter on the recessed Gene va foreign ministers meeting. Just before meeting with Kozlov, Eisenhower told a news conference that he would be as flexible as possi ble in his cold war talks with Kozlov or any other Soviet official. But the President made it clear that there would be no retreat from the basic western position about the fu ture of Berlin and Western Germany. Nightime Noise Reported at Site Construction crews on the Rogue Valley Manor project atop Barneburg hill worked after hours again last niht, according to a report received by Medford police. A misun derstanding apparently caused the night-time noise and it is expected to cease until a per mit can be secured. John Jay Gomer of 2456 Nieto way called police last night, for the second night in a row, to complain about the noise being made by jack hammers and earth-moving machines on Barneburg hill. Monday night police had ' reported that they contacted the foreman of the project. Heber Joel Memmott of 331 South Ivy st., and Memmott had stated that his company had a permit to work after 7 p.m. City Manager Robert A. Duff was called, however, and he denied that the company had been granted such per mission. 1 Last night police reported ly told Memmott that he had been misinformed about the permit. Police said Memmott was "very cooperative" and said he would suspend oper ations until a permit could be secured. According to city ordinance 3440, such construction work must halt at 6 p.m. except with special permission from the city council. Richard Cottle New Ashland Judge Ashland - (UPD - Richard Cottle, Ashland attorney, Tuesday night was chosen unanimously by the Ashland City Council as municipal judge. Cottle succeeds P. H. Stansbury, who recently moved to Medford., Honors in Benson is a senior at Ash land High school. He is also an Eagle Scout, and was a representative of Crater Lake council for a year in Europe with the International Scout Jamboree. He is class presi dent, chairman of the United Fund drive for the high school, and vice president of National Honor Society. He has also been associated with a variety of youth activities. Allen's essay will be sent to national headquarters for judging with other depart ment winners. Other state winners were Esther Mae Hinshaw, New berg, second, $25 and silver medal; and Victor Affolter, Hebo, fourth, $10. T
