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President Vetoes
Housing Bill as
'Too Extravagant'
Congress Asked To
Enact New Bill
Washington -UPD- President
Eisenhower vetoed the Demo
cratic housing bill today. He
said its spending provisions
are excessive and would do
more damage than good.
' In a message to the Senate,
the President called the bill
"extravagant."
"Much of the spending it
authorizes is' unnecessary," he
said. He objected particularly
to spending authorizations
which he said amounted to a
minimum of $2,200,000,000 as
against his budget recommen
dations of $810 million. '
The Democrats had put a
$1,375,400,000 price tag on
their far-reaching bill.
Aski New Bill
After listing the defects in
the measure, the President
called on Congress to enact
before adjournment a new
housing bill along the lines of
hir recommendations of last
January.
There appeared to be no
chance Congress would over
ride the veto. The bill passed
the Senate 56-31 and the
House 241-177. Both were less
than4he two-third margin re
quired in both chambers to
enact vetoed legislation.
The rejected bill - would
have expanded federally sub
sidized public housing and
launched new federal lending
programs to build college
classrooms and low-priced
rental housing for elderly per
sons. Centennial Group
Elects Officers
'Officers of the ' Jackson
County Centennial' associa
tion were elected yesterday -for
terms of 100 years each.
rThe association, .which, ex
pects to wind up its .business
and disband in October, is re
quired by its by-laws to hold
an annual meeting each year
of its existence. Since it will
no longer exist a year from
now, the officers were named
"to serve until Oregon's sec
ond Centennial celebration."
Jack Creager was named
president; Frank Bash first
vice president; Bill Abbott
second vice president; Don
McNeil secretary, and Tod
Tibbutt, treasurer. All were
reelected except Abbott, who
was named to fill a vacancy.
Members also reelected the
present trustees, and filled
three vacancies on the board.
Creager issued an appeal to
county residents who have
received the gold nugget sou
venir membership pins, but
who have neither sold nor re
turned them, to see they get to
the Centennial association.
Many are being sold at the
Siskiyou summit welcome
stockade, and more of the pins
are needed for this purpose.
It is one of the association's
few sources of income.
A call to Centennial head
quarters, SPring-3-2059, will
bring someone to pick them
up from those holding them,
Creager said. . '
Covered Wagons Reach
American Lake Site
American Falls, Ida. -4UPB-Oregons
Centennial covered
wagons clattered along high
way 30 Monday, traveling
about 25 miles from Pocatello
to a camp site in Reclamation
park at the base of American
Lake dam near here.
Criminal Libel Trial of Salem Radio
Man, Independence Police
Salem-OJPB-The trial of Ra
dio Station Owner W. Gordon
Allen and Independence Po
lice Chief George Utley on a
charge of criminal libel
opened in Marion county cir
cuit court today.
Before the trial started, Cir
cuit Judge Val D. Sloper dis
qualified himself. Clackamas
County Circuit Judge Ralph
Holman was called' upon to
try the case, while Judge Slo
per took over his duties at
Oregon City. Sloper gave no
reason for disqualifying him
self. Based ea Truth
Allen and Utley were
eharsed with libeling Capt.
Ray Howard of the State Po
lice, in a radio broadcast.
Utley claimed he wa ordered
by Howard not to make a re
54th Year
Medford
14 Pages
Russian Premier
Holds Conference
With Governors
No Information .
On Conversations
Moscow-ttJPD-Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev todav held a
long conference on Soviet-
American relations with sev
en U. S. governors on a four
week tour of the Soviet
Union. . .
There was no information
immediately available on the
details of the conversations in
Khrushchev's Kremlin office.
Shook Hands
Khrushchev shook hands
with each of the governors as
they entered the office he
maintains in the walled Krem
lin as chairman of the Soviet
Council of Ministers. -;
The governors included
Robert B. Meyner, New Jer
sey; Leroy Collins, Florida;
George D. Clyde, Utah;' John
. Davis, North Dakota; Lu
ther D. Hodges, North Caro
lina; Stephen L. R. McNichols,
Colorado, and Robert E. Smy-
lie, Idaho.
Two other governors, Wil
liam C. Stratton, Illinois, and
Cecil M. Underwood, West
Virginia, returned to the Unit
ed States a few days ago.
Arrived June 24
The governors arrived in
Moscow June 24. Before leav
ing the United States, they-
met with President Eisenhow
er, and Secretary of State
Christian-Herter.
They have visited Lenin
grad, Kiev and Tiflis. They
are scheduled to leave for
Tashket, Alma Ata, in central
Asia Friday.
The governors are sched
uled to Wind up their tour
and return home July 18.
Report Meeting For
Jubilee Contestants
The first weekly report
meeting for queen contest con
testants of the Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee will be
held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
at the U. S. hotel in Jackson
ville. '
Awards will be presented
to the leading contenders at
the meeting.
Ike Dunford, general chair
man, reminded residents that
copies of the Gold Rush Ga
zette for mailing outside of
the area may be obtained at
Jubilee Headquarters, . U. S.
Hotel, or Jacksonville busi
nesses, stockade or Siskiyou
summit, Medford and Ashland
Chamber of Commerce offices
or from the queen contestants.
They may also be obtained by
mail from Jubilee office, box
1859, Jacksonville.
, Proceeds from the jubilee
project are earmarked for the
U.S. Hotel project of the Jack
sonville Lions club.
Washington-OJPD-Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger has urged
the state department to re
consider its decision to deny
Supreme Court Justce William
O. Douglas permission to visit
Red China to prepare a maga
zine article. '
port on alleged vice condi
tions in Lincoln county.
Allen, owner of Station
KGAY here and other radio
stations, said broadcasts about
the State Police were based
on "truth, freedom of speech
and the right to say it."
Allen and Utley were also
indicted on a charged of libel
ing State Police Superintend
ent. H.G. Maison in other
broadcasts, but trial on this
charge was to be set at a later
date. '
Maison To Be Witness
Maison was scheduled to be
the first of some 30 defense
witnesses after selection of a
jury today.
. One defense witness was to
be Otto Cahill, Nelscott, for
mer Lincoln county justice of
the peace, who was convicted
Mil
"Peace, Brother Don't Start Anything"
Dominican
Tightens Security
As Rumors Persist
Ciudal Trujillo, Dominican
Republic -(UPD- The Dominican
government tightened securi
ty measures today against the
possibility of a terrorist cam
paign or an armed invasion
aimed at overthrowing 'the
Trujillo regime.
This capital was filled with
rumors of an invasion launch
ed from Cuba through Haiti,
of abandoned invasion boats
being sighted on beaches, and
of arrests of underground
agents. ;' .
Security Tightened
None could be confirmed
but a government spokesman
said the armed forces had
tightened security measures
and were maneuvering around
Santiago, second largest Do
minican city.
Political observers familiar
with the situation said there
was an extremely high possi
bility that a campaign of ter
rorism would be the next step
in the Caribbean war. of
nerves, particularly in view
of the success of Fidel Cas
tro's similar operations during
his revolution in Cuba.
Informed sources said there
were three explosions in pub-
Portland Restaurant
Damaged by Flames
'Portland (UPD An early
morning , fire at the Corral
drive-in restaurant in Port
land caused an estimated $15,
000 damage to the building
and equipment.
: The fire, of undetermined
origin, required extra equip
ment to be brought under con
trol, the fire bureau said.
Washington-flJPD-The Senate
has passed and sent to the
House a bill to set up a fed
eral program for eradication
of the predatory dogfish shark
in the Pacific Ocean.
Chief Opens
of misappropriating - miblic
funds. He was sentenced in
1956 after a legal battle but
was freed three months later
when ex-Gov. Robert D.
Holmes commuted his sen
tence. The Lincoln county vice in
vestigations which gave rise to
some of the broadcasts were
conducted in 1953.
Thornton Scheduled
Among defense witnesses
were expected to be Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton,
several justices of the peace
and newspapermen who wrote
about conditions in Lincoln
county.
One of the results of the
Lincoln investigation into
gambling and prostitution by
three grand juries was that
Utley was dismissed from the
State Police at Newport.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY,
Wis!
Republic
lie places in Ciudad Trujillo
Saturday nightl The govern
ment explained only one of
them.'' '
Support of People - . v
Dominican, authorities said
they ''felt wellt, able, to ... cope
with any 'terrorist.' campaign
because the government has
the support of the people. .
The navy and air force
were maintaining around-the-clock
patrols of the coast but
most observers expect any in
vasion would be launched
across the border from Haiti,
which shares this Caribbean
island with - the Dominican
Republic. -
Pear Packers
School to Open
The annual vocational pear
packers school will be held
from July 16 through 31 in
Medford, according to C. W.
Guches, chairman of the pack
ing school committee of the
Jackson County Fruit Grow
ers league.
The . classes will be held
daily and will include two
three-hour sessions. The morn
ing class will meet from 9
a.m. until noon, and the sec
ond session from 1 until 4
p.m. Classes for the ten-day
course will be held at South
ern Oregon Sales packing
Mabel Penlund in charge.
Those interested in making
application may do so by con
tacting the various packing
houses in the area or Guches
at the SOS plant. '
During the past 10 years
more than 1,100 pear pack
ers, have received training
through the course, Guches
said, e : " ' . '-, :
The school is sponsored
jointly by the Fruit Growers
League, Oregon state depart
ment of vocational education,
Medford Pear Shippers asso
ciation and the Medford pub
lic school system cooperating
with Oregon State college ex
tension service.
100 Tons of Trash
Collected Last Week
Nearly 100 tons of trash
was picked up last week dur
ing Medford's "clean-up" day
which lasted for three days,
officials of the City Sanitary
service reported today. '
The pick-up was not com
pleted until last Thursday due
to the quantity of trash set
out by residents for collec
tions. City trucks and trucks
provided by City Sanitary
Service covered the entire
city in the collection. The
event was in connection with
the "Make Medford Beauti
ful" campaign.
The trash has been burned,
it was reported.
Tribune
; JULY 7, 1959
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Mays' Triple
Off Ford Scores
Winning Counter
Yankees' Ace
Yields Three Hits
Pittsburgh-(UPD-Willie Mays
tripled to score Hank Aaron
with the winning run, climax
ing a two-run eighth inning
rally which gave the National
league a 5-4 victory over the
American league in the 26th
annual All-Star game today.
The underdog American
leaguers had scored three runs
in the top of the eighth to
take the lead, 4-3, just before
the roof caved in on Whitey
Ford, the New York Yankees'
southpaw.
Boyer Starts It
;- Taking over in the bottom
of the eighth, Ford, the
fourth pitcher used by Man
ager Casey Stengel of the
American league, yielded a
single to Ken Boyer, pinch
hitting for winning pitcher
Johnny Antonelli. Dick Groat
sacrificed Boyer to second and
Hank Aaron then singled to
score Boyer with the tying
run. ;
; Mays, who had gone hitless
in three previous times at bat,
rifled a fast ball to deep right
center, over center fielder
.Harvey Kuenn's glove, and
Aaron raced home with the
run that gave the 11-10 Na
tional league favorites the tri
umph."' ; rIt broke a two-game Amer
ican league winning streak in
this ' mid-summer game and
was the National league's 11th
victory against 15 defeats in
All-Star competition.
Bid by American
; The American leaguers
made a bid. in the top of the
ninth against Don Elston, Chi
cago Cubs relief ace. Elston
retired the first two hitters
but Nellie Fox then singled
after missing a home run by
two feet down the right field
line. Fox went to second on a
wild pitch.
Kuenn rifled one out of the
park down the left field line,
but it was foul by 12 feet.
Kuenn worked the count to
three and two and then
popped to third baseman Boy
er to close it out.
Gus Triandos, whom Sten
gel had refused to let hit in
the clutch last year, had dou
bled with the bases loaded in
the eighth, sending the Ameri
cans into a 4-3 lead.
LINE SCORE:
American 000 100 030 4 8 0
National 100 000 22x 5 9 1
Winning Ditcher: Antonelli. Los
ing pitcher: Ford.
Six Youths Bound
Over fo Grand
Jury
Six Medford youths are
being held in the county jail
today on charges of contribut
ing to the delinquency of a
minor.
The six youths were bound
over to the grand jury yester
day by District Judge Roy;Ba
shaw on the charges which in
volve sexual relationship.
Being held are Chester Leon
Allison, 19, of 1119 West
Fourth st.j Earl Bruce Stew
art, 19, of 1120 West Ninth st.;
Basil Victor DeRushe, 20, of
332 May st.; Waymon Ross
Blackwood, 20, of 2520 Merri
man rd.; Samuel Keith Gar
rett, 20, of 1120 West Ninth
st.; and Jerry Arthur McLeod,
18, of 1051 West 11th sj;.,
Medford. j
According to the complaint
the incident occurred in the
Applegate area July 4.
WEATHER
FORECAST:.. Fair., with.. ome
cloudiness through Wednesday.
Low tonight 50. High Wednes
day 82.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ; 73
Lowest this Morning 50
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .. 7:51 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:42 ajn.
Moonset tonight S:44 pjn.
First Quarter July 13
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, due south 9:33 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mercury, near the Moon.
Venus, sets 9:43 p.m.
Saturn, due south ...11:22 p.m.
'Jupiter, low in south
west H:31 p.m.
Price 10 Cents
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FIRE AT SEA The Belgian tanker Anvers
blazes in the Gulf of Mexico near Cameron,
La. Burning magnesium and fuel oil created
such intense heat that the ship's hull glowed
SCS and Engineer
To Be Consulted
On Diversion Dam
The soil conservation serv
ice and the county engineer's
office will be consulted on the
diversion dam on the Apple-gate-river
near the proposed
county recreation site, County
Judge Earl Miller said today.
The decision followed a
meeting this morning of a
group of the Comstock ditch
users on the Applegate, Med
ford Attorney Karl Clinkin
beard, representatives of the
U. S. forest service and Jack
son County Watermaster D.
C. Hendrix. The six ditch
users protested that if the pro
posed recreation site a mile
above the McKee bridge is
used; by. the general public
their! diversion dam will be
destroyed. They are seeking
assurance from the' county
court today that something
would be done" to protect the
temporary diversion dam and
the ditch intake near the dam.
Money in Escrow
County Judge Earl Miller
said this morning that the
county has put the money into
escrow required to purchase
Earl Gebhart's mining claim,
but that it has not yet been
definitely proven that Geb-
hart has a clear title. The next
step would be for the forest
service to give the county a
special use permit for the land
now under their jurisdiction
'Jim vCorson, Applegate
farmer, acting as spokesman
for the group said the ditch
users had been having trouble
with limited recreational use
of the pool created by the di
version dam erected each
year. However, much more
trouble is anticipated with
wide public use of the spot. It
costs the ditch-users approxi
mately $200 J:o have the dam
raised by a bulldozer during
the low water period, Corson
pointed out. The weakest
point of the dam is the sand
fill portion near the proposed
recreation site, he added.
People Walk on Dam
Corson said the ditch:users
have had trouble with people
mainly adults walking on
the dam and tearing it down.
They also block the ditch in
take with large boulders and
logs to maintain the deep
swimming pool behind the
dam, he added. Recent public
ity on the spot has attracted
many more people, the Apple
gate fanner said. The same
day the dam was .raised. two
busloads of youngsters and 20
adults came to the spot, Cor
son said.
The Applegate farmer said
the ditch-users have a special
use permit from the forest
service to use the .ditch. The
ditch is older than the state
and is the second oldest ditch
on the Applegate, he added.
Damage or potential threat to
the ditch hurts the value of
farm property using the irri
gation ditch, he explained.
If recrsational use of the
area seriously threatens the
dam and the ditch the farm
ers could make other arrange
ments, Corson said. However,
this would remove the present
dam and the swimming hole
created by it.
New York-(UPD-United Press
International and . the Com
mercial Telegraphers' union,
bargaining unit for the com
pany's telegraph operators,
has accepted an arbitration
award providing a $4 weekly
wage increase retroactive to
midnight Jan. 31, 1959.
Public Hearing On
Proposed County
Budget Thursday
A public hearing on the pro
posed $3,633,536.32 county
budget for this new fiscal year
will be held in the county
courthouse auditorium at 8
p.m. Thursday.
This budget for the new fis
cal year totals $197,648.23
more than the $3,435,887.09
for 1958-59. The hearing will
be before the county court
and budget committee. The
budget will be approved un
less there is strong opposition
against it which can be back
ed up by facts, County Judge
Earl Miller said today.
Two new items in the budg
et this year are a $65,000 capi-
Burglars Attempt
Safe Jobs in Area
Burglars struck three times
last night, twice in Medford
and once in Central Point, but
according to Medford police
the total loot was only about
$4.
Police and sheriff's deputies
today pressed their investiga
tion of these and other recent
burglaries.
The $4 was taken from a
cash box in the office of In
dustrial Air Products, North
Pacific highway, police re
ported. An attempt to break
open the office safe apparent
ly failed, according to investi
gators. David Denton Blair, a mer
chant patrolman, informed po
lice about 3 a.m. he had ob
served two men attempting a
burglary at Ekerson's Paint
and Roof store, 619 East Jack
son st. Police surrounded the
area, but the burglars had es
caped. They had broken into
the store through a skylight
on the roof, according to the
report, but apparently had
taken nothing.
About half an hour later,
city police were called to as
sist in investigating a bur
glary at Lucas and Howard
Furniture store, North Pacific
highway, Central Point. Here
again, according to the report,
nothing was taken. The bur
glars attempted unsuccessful
ly to crack the company's
safe. .
Burglaries over the week
end were reported at the
Reter Fruit company office
and Nu-Way Cleaners. An at
tempt at the Oakdale Big Y
market was also reported.
Injured Men Still
In Hospitals Today
Three men injured in traf
fic accidents Sunday and Mon
day remained" hospitalized to
day. But they were reported
doing as well as could be ex
pected. Kenneth O. Thompson, 35,
of route 1, box 181, Gold Hill,
was still in fair condition at
Rogue Valley hospital. He was
struck by a station wagon yes
terday morning as he walked
across Highway 99 near the
Star-lite Drive-In theatre.
Burt Adams, 77, of 1309
South Tolman Creek rd., Ash
land, and Arneth Myers, 34,
of 1131 South Tolman Creek
rd., were reported in fair and
good condition, respectively,
by authorities at Ashland
General hospital. Their ve
hicle, with Myers driving and
Adams a passenger, was
struck by another car head-on
Sunday on Highway 99 at
Faith ave., Ashland.
red hot. All members of the crew were
saved, but the ship was finally abandoned
to the fire.
tal improvements sinking
fund, and $90,838.41 allocated
for a cash working fund.
.The capital improvements
fund provides a source of
money for any construction
or building improvements for
county offices. It was estab
lished after the county budget
committee considered a pro
posed all-purpose building for
the county fairgrounds and
rejected it. The capital im
provements fund can be used
to help finance such a build
ing but it must be approved
by the county budget commit
tee first, County Judge Miller
said. '' "..;';.' ,
': . The ' cash working fund is
authorized under a 1957 lav
and is designed to take care
of county taxing units during
the period of July 1 and Nov.
15-a .period . before" ' receipts
from taxes' start coming in for
the new "fiscal year. Under
this law the county can allo
cate a sum equal to 2V6 per
cent of the total county budg
et for the working fund each
year. However, when the total
of the working fund reaches
10 per cent of the total county
budget more money cannot be
allocated.' .
Other changes in the pro
posed budget include $600,
000 less in the general county
fund than during the previous
year, $50,000 less in the coun
ty road fund, $5,000 more in
the emergency fund, $11,000
more for maintenance of the
courthouse and $425,040 in
the county schools fund com
pared to $206,160 during the
previous year.
Search Underway in
Siskiyous for Man
State police, Jackson coun
ty sheriffs deputies and Ash
land police about noon today
were searching the area near
Blue Star Memorial park in
the Siskiyou mountains for a
man who allegedly attempted
to rape a California woman
tourist.
State police said they re
ceived a call from a passerby
that the California woman
Was resting in the park when
a man came out of the nearby
brush and grabbed her. He
hit her in the eye when she
screamed and kicked, then
dropped her and ran off, state
police said they were told.
The man is described as
being about 5 feet, 10 inches
tall, wearing light brown
slacks and shirt and between
45 and 55 years of age.
Russia Sees Possibility
Of Manned
London -(UPD -Soviet scien
tists today hailed the rocket
flight of two dogs and a rab
bit as proof that man will
for the first manned space
One said that day will "not
be far off."
Western scientists saw it as
proof the Russians are work
ing desperately to beat the
United States into space and
said there was a chance the
Russians might succeed this
year.
Two Major 'Firsts'
They based their predic
tions on the fact the Soviet
already has two major space
"firsts"-the first satellite and
the first missile to leave the
earth's gravitational field and
Hostages Freed
Without Injury
After 14 Hours
Well-Placed Shots
End Arrogance
Monroe, Wash. (UPD T w o
ticklish minutes punctuated
with tear gas today ended a
fantastic escape plot by four
convicts and freed 38 hostages
they had threatened to muti
late or murder.
After nearly 14 hours of
swaggering arrogance in the
visitors room at the State Re
formatory' here, the rebels
were back behind bars. And
24 civilian visitors, including
18 women and children,
walked to safety.
Cartridges Do Job
A well-placed pair of tear
gas cartridges did the job aft
er a bit of trickery conspired
by Dr. Garrett Heyns, director
of state institutions, and Re
formatory Superintendent Er
nest Timpani, set up the play.
Timpani announced shortly
before a 4 ajn. (ps.t. the con
victs had sent out word that
"they're going to start throw
ing out bodies at six o'clock.
"We're going in after them
at four o'clock.
The four convicts were
baited to the window in the
visitors' room door with the
announcement Heyns, who
was actually at the state capi
tol in Olympia, wanted to talk
to them.
No One Hurt
"As soon as they came to
the window, a guard let them
have it with tear gas. There
was no one hurt."
Two of the guards being
held hostage, Lt. Rudolph B.
Maley and Joseph Harris,
grabbed two of the rebel con
victs as the gas exploded and
wrestled them to the floor. It
was all over seconds later as
more officers stormed into the
room.
The convicts had two butch
er knives and two meat forks
for weapons. They never had
a chance to use them.
The . women, eyes streaked
with tears from effects of the
gas, .walked out of the room,
most of them carrying chil
dren. The guards followed.
Hugh J. DeWalt, 38, was near
ly overcome and had to be
assisted by Harris and Maley.
Revived a short time later.
Guard DeWalt said he wasn't
sure "we had only two hours
to live."
Mrs. Virgil Turner, 24, held
her 5-month-old baby, Elaine,
tightly to her bosom.
Hostages Speechless
"It wasn't bad at all," she
said. "None of them acted real
fierce."
The convicts had demanded
they be given an escape car
in which they planned to
drive to Canada. They said
they would take four host
ages. Timpani rejected three ul
timatums, the third with the
surprise tear gas attack.
The Quickness with wnicn
the ordeal ended left the host
ages seemingly numb. As they
filed downstairs to the main
lobby of the administration
building, there was not a
word from the women, not a
whimper from any one of the
children.
Hot' Barrel Said
Undoubtedly Hoax
Richland, Wash. (UPD A
spokesman for the Atomic
Energy Commission said to
day that the white "mystery"
barrel marked as atomic
waste that washed up on an
Oregon beach July 4 "un
doubtedly was a hoax."
The statement was made by
L. D. Weir, assistant public
information officer for the
AEC here, after the barrel
was flown here and experts
had examined it and its contents.
Flight 'Soon'
become a planetoid around
the sun.
They also were impressed
by the weight of the latest So
viet rocket payload which car
ried the rabbits and dogs
slightly more than two tons,
or perhaps eight times the
weight of the American rock
et's payload which took the
monkeys Able and Baker on
a 1,500-mile flight over the
Atlantic in May. Exact weight
of the U.S. vehicle has not
been announced.
Bid Seen This Year
The American target date
fir the first manned space
flight is the autumn of I960.
British and other Western sci
entists think the Russians may
make their bid this year.