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Fire mi "Friend, I Want You To Be Friendly To An Old Meres lira mm 5) 1,000 Men Battle Blaze on Private And Federal Land Fire Started Monday From Debris Burning Hornbrook, Calif.-A forest mend ur Mine, It You Know What I Mean Medford Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1959 No. Ill Curriculum Plans To Be Heard Later Ashland-The state board of higher education today agreed to devote an extra day at its September meeting to hearing long-range curriculum plans for the various state institu tions. This move was recommend ed by the board's curriculum committee at its meeting Mon day. It followed a request from Oregon State college that it be permitted to estab lish a degree program in the humanities and social sci ences. The committee decided, and the board as a whole approv ed in its wind-up session to day, that plans for other state higher education institutions should be considered as well. Accordingly, -institution rep- Council-Approved Ordinance Vetoed By Medford Mayor Medford Mayor John W.. Snider Monday vetoed the council - approved city ordi nance prohibiting uninvited telephone solicitations The city council passed the ordinance at its July 16 meet ing, with Councilmen Donald Hansen, Ward II, and Robert Van Sickle, Ward III, casting dissenting votes The council can over-ride the mayor's veto by a two thirds majority vote at a fu ture council meeting. Mayor Snider, in a state ment to the city recorder's of fice, gave several reasons for his veto. He reported that several interested persons, unaware of impending action July 16, had not been present to express their views. The veto, he ex plained, would allow them to be heard should the council seek to over-ride it at a subse quent meeting. -Constitutionality Questioned "Serious considerations of constitutionality have . been raised with regard to the ordi nance," he added, "consider ing the interstate commerce nature of the telephone and its widely spread use as a commercial tool." Furthermore, Mayor Sni der stated, "uniform enforce ment of the ordinance would be difficult considering the nature of the telephone." The council ordinance was asked by some councilmen in response to complaints against "nuisance" advertising" by telephone, considered in some quarters an invasion of pri vacy. N Man Enters Plea of Innocent to Charge Neal Patrick Chatterton, 29, of 659 Oak st., Ashland, was arraigned in district court Monday on charges of concealing stolen property and possession of a slot ma chine. He pleaded innocent to the slot machine charge and jludge Roy Bashaw set trial for Sept. 8. Preliminary hearing on the other charge was set for Aug. 3. The stolen property charge is based on the finding by state police of a heavy duty sander in the defendant's ga rage. Bail was set at a total $1,605 for both charges. resentatives and Chancellor John R.. Richards are to pre sent these plans in Portland m September. No Money Appropriated Chancellor Richards Mon day reminded the curriculum committee that although the 1959 legislature called for es tablishing a school of social work by Sept. 1, 1961, no money for this project was ap propriated. He stated that some persons interested in seeing this school a - reality were under the mistaken im pression that steps should be taken to set up an administra tion for it and make other arrangements. Richards stated that since funds were not available, and since there was no assurance the 1961 legislature would ap propriate them, he could not recommend any positive steps toward setting-up the school. He said that Gov. Mark Hat field remarks to the 1961 lawmakers would be an im portant influence on the fate of the project in that year. Gifts and Grants - For the second fiscal year in succession, Richards told the board today, gifts and grants from private sources to Oregon's higher learning insti tutions exceeded those in the year before bv 63 per cent, He estimated gifts in 1958-59 at $7,471,000. of which the largest portion-about $3 mil lionwas to the University of Oregon medical school. These gifts, he noted, repre sent a significant supplement to state appropriations. On the debit side, Freeman Holmer, director of the state department of finance and ad ministration, reminded the board that in the near future they would find themselves "closer to the edge of the fis cal abyss than in years gone by." . . - Holmer said he was particu larly worried about the fiscal period starting in 1961, when the Legislature would have to find ways of raising an estimated $70 million in addi tional revenue to balance the budget for that biennium. He urged the board to ' improve their budget presentation to the lawmakers .to place it "in the clearest possible light". To Visit Experiment Station6 The board held its regular monthly meeting on the Southern Oregon college cam pus here this week in conjunc tion with the Pacific North west conference on higher education and the opening to night of the Oregon Shake spearean festival. This after noon, board members planned to visit the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station on the Hanley ranch near Jack sonville, for ceremonies in which the station's new physi cal plant is to be presented to the board by Jackson County Judge Earl Miller. (See Story on Page 5) Open House, Southern Oregon Experiment Station An open house and public tour of the new Hanley re search farm of the Southern Oregon Experiment station started at 1:30 p.m. today. . The farm is located three tenths of a mile off the Med-ford-Jacksonville highway on Hanley rd. Tours were to be conducted through the build ings and the experimental plantings. , Present at the open house will be members of the state board of higher education, the chancellor of the Oregon sys ll - Nixon Receives Warm Welcome in Russian 'Chicago' 20,000 Persons Jam Novosibirsk Airport Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R. -(UPD -Vice President Richard M. Nixon received the warmest reception yet of his "peace and friendship" tour of the Soviet Union when he ar rived in this Siberian indus trial city today. A crowd of 20,000 cheering persons jammed the airport when the big Soviet-built TU1 04 airliner carrying Nix on and his party landed here this afternoon following a one- stop flight from Leningrad. Hundreds of others -lined the streets from the airport to the center of the city to wave at the cars and buses' bringing members of the Nixon entour age into town. The vice president acknowl edged the warmth of his greet ing by telling the throngs in this "Chicago of Siberia," 1,750 miles east of Moscow, that he was here , "so that we can know each ' other better and bring the peace and friendship that all of us want." "I want to express my ap preciation for your warm wel come and to extend on behalf of all the people of the United States our best wishes to the peoples of this city, and to the great territories of Siberia,"' Nixon said in reply of welcom ing speeches. - "This is a closed city, and I am sure you will agree with me that all cities should be open on both sides." This was an apparent refer ence to the fact that few out siders are permitted to visit his great industrial metropolis of western Siberia. The day was warm and overcast as Nixon and his en tourage landed after a six hour flight from the west, in terrupted briefly by a refuel ling stop at Sverdlovsk on the border between Europe and Asia. Nixon and his personal par ty were in one TU104, fol lowed by two other planeloads of newsmen. Nixon's arrival coincided with the end of the day shift in this manufacturing city of 800,000 persons. This fact may have explained the size of the crowds, although there was no question of the friendship and warmth of the vice pres ident's reception. Record Low Noted Here This Morning Okay, Mr. Weatherman, that's enough! M e d f o r d's temperatures have been bouncing around like a yo-yo recently. Last week it was a record-breaking heat wave and today the low est temperature for this date in the 48-year-bld history - of the weather bureau here was set. i It was a chilly 45 degrees this morning, cold enough to make area citizens wonder who forgot to light the fire. The previous low mark for July 28 was a 46-degree mark, set in 1916. Yesterday's high was 83. Public Tour tem of higher education, presi dent of Oregon State college and other officials of the state system. Harold H. White, superin tendent of the Southern Ore gon Branch Experiment sta tion, said experiments and tests dealing with forage crops improvement, feed grains, field corn for grain and silage and truck crops will be ex plained. Brief stops will ' be made at plantings of sorghum, millet, soyebans, and sorghum "almum being tested as possi ITIP1 OUT'AUDI FEIT Senator Neuberger Supports Stevenson Washington-(UPD-Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) today came out for Adlai E. Stevenson as Democratic candidate for president in 1960. Neuberger announced, his choice in a brief Senate floor speech. At the same time he urged that the names of all but genuine candidates be kept off the ballot of the Ore gon Democratic primary, which takes place May 20, 1960. He deplored, for instance, the 1952 candidacy of Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas, whose name was entered despite his own protests. He said such activities dilute the meaning of the ballot. Neuberger described Stevenson, the twice - defeated Democratic aspirant, as "the epitome of the intellectual statesmanship of Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson and Frank lin D. Roosevelt." ' He said he hopes all real aspirants will realize the chance the Oregon primary Howard Norwood Is 'Man of the Year' Rogue River-It's a long way from the capitol building in Salem to the high school gym nasium in this little communi ty, but the gap was bridged last'night-in spirit if not in distance - when Gov.v Mark Hatfield honored Rogue River by presenting its first "Man of the Year" award to Howard Norwood. it s not the worK ot one man that provides the honor,' the Governor said, addressing a banquet crowd of about 300 persons, "but it's the age-old tradition of Americans work ing together as a team." Yet -even as-tie-was saying that "no man can make achievement isolated, by him self," the Governor was sin gling out the man who, it was felt, most exemplified the hard work, enthusiasm, and selflessness of a progressive community. Company Manager Norwood, 45, is the mana ger of the Magnolia Lumber company. A native Mississip- pian, he has been active in a cluster of Rogue River insti tutions and events since com ing here in 1952-flood con trol, the rooster crow, Lions club, PTA, water resources, the Boosters club, the VFW, and tourist hospitality activi ties. Attending the banquet here last night among the crowd of area citizens were members of the county courts of Jack son and Josephine counties, state senators and representa tives from both counties, the mayors of Gold Hill and Rogue River, the Jackson county sheriff, and represen tatives of state welfare -and educational committees, coun ty political organizations, and chambers of commerce. Family Dinner But despite the host of dig nitaries present the banquet had more the flavor of a fam ily dinner. This town appar ently prefers informality to I pomp and pageantry; tables were set up last night in the high school gym and service was by local school girls. The Governor said he was Mitchell Bound Over On Murder Charge Vale -(UPD-Homer Mitchell, 50, was bound over to the grand jury Monday in con nection with the slaying last week of Victor Anthony, 19. Mitchell, who was arrested in Parma, Idaho, Sunday after a three-day hunt, was ar raigned on a first degree mur der charge before Justice of the Peace A. F. Peters. Underway at ble new crops for the area. Another stop will be made in the horticultural area to see plantings of pear varieties, pear hybrids, stony-pit and cherry albino. At 3 pjn. the tour was to return to the lawn in front of the , office and laboratory building for a brief ceremony in which County Judge Earl Miller will present the newly constructed physical plant to the state board of higher edu cation. Guir'ed tours through the buildings will follow. provides for a test of strength "delighted" and "impressed' by Rogue River's custom of stopping out-of-state tourists and providing them with free lunches and dinners and a ride on the river. He called it an example of "good old Ore gon hospitality." The Man of the. Year ban quet, held here for the first time last night, was a com munity effort, sponsored by the whole town. West Offers Reds Truce on Berlin Gen ;va-(UPD-The West today offered Russia a five-year Ber lin truce in a new attempt to win a summit agreement with out backing down on western rights in the divided city, re liable conference sources dis closed. The offer was contained in a list of proposals for a Berlin truce handed to the Russians this afternoon. A similar Russian list was handed to the West at the same time. Both were to be kept secret until Thursday. The western document con tained this new major pro posal: . , Western rights in Berlin will remain unchanged until German reunification. Howev er, if Germany is not reuni fied within five years, the Big Four foreign ministers would meet again to review the Ber lin situation. In effect, the sources said, this would amount to a five- year Berlin truce. Portlander Named IWA President ' Portland -(UPD- Harvey B. Nelson of Portland was elect ed as president of the newly formed Western' States Re gional Council No. 3 of the International Woodworkers of America a check of the ballot ing by union members showed today. Nelson and other officers were to be installed here to day by Al Hartung, president of the IWA. Nelson recently was chair man of the IWA regional ne gotiating committee in con tract talks with the lumber industry. Others elected included Burk Christie, Olympia, first vice president; Ronald Roley, Portland, second vice presi dent, and Arley Anderson, Longview, secretary treasur er. The new regional organiza tion absorbed eight district councils which include about 35,000 union members in the western states. Eugene Prepares for Month-Long Jubilee Eugene-(IJPD-The city of Eu gene prepared today lor a bang-up start of its month long Centennial Jubilee with the seventh annual Emerald Empire Roundup which fea tures two parades and a three day rodeo. EKTCE TO Centennial Salute Planned After Brief Dedication t i Play Opens in New Theater Ashland Standing room only signs are posted for to night's opening of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival sea son here. State dignitaries, special guests, and a sell-out audience will salute the unveiling of the theater's new stage, com pleted just in time for the 40 night run. The unique Eliza bethan theater, the only one of its kind in the " world, was made possible by a successful international drive for $275, 000 last winter. Scrolled invitations, bidding the Festival's patrons to join in the traditional "Feast of the Tribe of Will," which pre cedes tonight's premiere, pro mise young folk pipmg and singing and footing it on the lawns, and for the inner man's good there will be tidbits and munchings set about, fowls on the spit basted in country butter, greens and cakes, and berries from the mountains in conserves." Banquet in Park . The banquet is set for 6 o'clock in Lithia Park adja cent to the new theater., Gov. Mark O. Hatfield and Mrs. Hatfield will attend both the banquet and the play. Other state officials planning to attend include Secretary of State Howell Appling and Dr John R. Richard, chancellor of the Oregon state system of higher education. Among the many educators present will be Dr. Meredith O. Wilson, president of the University of Oregon; Dr. A. L. Strand, president, Oregon State col lege; Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president, Southern Oregon college; Dr. Frank Bennett, president, Eastern Oregon College of Education; and Dr. Frederick Hunter, former state chancellor. After the banquet, bag pipers will lead the way to the theater for brief dedication tion ceremonies and the 8:30 o'clock premiere of the pro logue "The Masque of the New World" and "Twelfth" Night." Salute to Centennial The masque is the Festival's salute to Oregon's Centennial celebration. Opening the next three nights are "King John," Measure For Measure, and Antony and Cleopatra." The four programs then rotate nightly in the Festival's long est season, closing Sept. 5. At opening time advance sales are approximately 60 per cent ahead of last season. All patrons are encouraged by Festival officials to make their reservations as soon as possible. Picking of Bartletts To Start August 10 Picking of Bartlett pears is expected to begin Aug. 10, County Horticultural Agent C. B. Cordy reported today. Aug. 3 had previously been the expected starting date. Cordy said hot weather has held down size of the fruit, but a good crop is forecast. He advised orchardists to apply a pre-harvest hormone, to hold fruit on the trees, at least three days before start of harvest and not more than 25 days before the end of har vest. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Wednesday. High today 82. Low tonight 48. High Wednesday 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday 83 Lowest this Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:00 a.m. The Moon rises 12:22 a.m. tomorrow and is in Apogee. New Moon Aug. 4 The Pleiades, rise 12:30 a.m. north of the Moon. This beau tiful cluster of taint stars, ris ing earlier each night, will be seen . in the evening sky throughout the Fall and Winter. of -s i iiiii m s avy iia&Musim fa GOVERNOR-On hand to greet Gov. Mark O. Hatfield when he arrived at Medford airport yesterday afternoon was Dr. Edwin Durno, state senator from Jackson county (left). The governor spoke last night at the Rogue River "Man of the Year" banquet, at a noon luncheon in Medford today, and will be among dignitaries attending the opening of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival tonight. Nixon Praised by Hatfield in Talk Gov. Mark O. Hatfield said today that Nelson Rockefeller would have to "come out of New York hibernation if he wants to realistically compete for support from Oregon Re publicans" for the presiden tial nomination. Hatfield, speaking here at a luncheon at the Jackson hotel, said his position of neu trality had been explained to both' the New York governor and to Vice President Richard Nixon. Oregon law requires delegates to the GOP national convention to support the win- Court Purchases Mining Claims The Jackson county court Monday completed purchase by quitclaim deed of 40 acres on theBig Applegate" river known as P. iverview and Dobbs mining claims .', ' The county paid $3,000 for mining claims to the property, which is owned by the federal governmemnt and is to be used as a public park. Owners of the claims were E. A. and Anna Gebhart, now of Ther mopolis, Wyo. In the resoltuion to pur chase the site, the court stated that acquisition of the land is "for establishment of a park and recreational site for the general public." Members of the court said that the U. S. forest service has offered to maintain the forest or will give the county a 30-year us ge permit for its use as a public park. A deci sion on which agreement will be made is to be announced soon. Twenty acres of the site is on the east side and 20 on the west side of the Applegate river, approximately 3A mile above McKee bridge. County Judge Earl Miller explained that purchase of the mining claims simply cleared the title and made the prop erty available for county use. Wagon Train Heads For North Powder Baker-flJPD-The Oregon Cen tennial wagon caravan today headed for North Powder by way of Haines and Langrell's Hitching Post Museum. 'The wagonners had a police escort of three Oregon Nation al Guard jeeps, two state po lice cars and 10 guardsmen and state police to help them through the bumper to bump er traffic of a winding 23 mile stretch of highway. A full schedule of activi ties was held for the modern pioneers here Monday. A dinner was served at camp by the Jaycettes. Mayor William Jackson welcomed the wagon train at lunch and invited the wagon personnel to view the world famous gold display at the U.S. National bank here.. Kilkenny Confirmed As Oregon Judge Washington-flJPD-The Senate today unanimously confirmed the nomination of John F. Kil kenny to be a federal district judge for Oregon. Kilkenny's nomination had been approved Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kilkenny, 57, has been a Pendleton attorney since 1926. He was nominated to succeed Judge Claude McColloch who retired early this year. ner of the Oregon primary election. He praised Nixon's current trip to Russia and said the vice president "is one of the most feared among Americans by the Russians Because he has the facts at his command and he drives a hard bargain in the tradition of the Ameri can businessman or trade un ion leader." Hatfield Stresses Neutrality Hatfield said he has turned down "at least two dozen speaking invitations from oth er states that have Rockefeller boomlet implications" because of his neutrality stand. "If Governor Rockefeller desires the nomination he might well recall that even President Eisenhower conclud ed he could not remain across the ocean and have the people come to him and so it is that the governor will have to come out of New York hiber nation if he wants to realisti cally compete for support from Oregon Republicans," Hatfield said.., Nixon Shows Backbone Referring to Nixon's Rus sian visit, Hatfield said the vice president was "talking the only kind of language the Soviets - understand and his approach is- consistent with the Dulles policy of firmness based on facts." He said, "the vice president showed back bone instead of wishbone when he stood up to Kremlin leaders. He squared off ' toe to toe instead of indulging in palsy - walsy diplomacy we have known sometimes in the past." Hatfield returns to Salem Wednesday. He will attend the board of control meeting in Salem Thursday and leave late that day for the gover nor's conference in Puerto Rico, ... returning to Salem Aug. 7. Unemployment Gain Noted in Oregon Salem fCPD The State Em ployment Department report ed today that unemployment gamed about 6 per . cent in Oregon last week as compared with the week before. A good part of the cause was lumber companies closing down because of fire danger, the department said. Some 7,859 persons filed claims for unemployment compensation last week. This compared with 7,399 the week before. A year ago, 17,859 filed. The department was hope ful that increased fish packing work and canning plant activ ity would decrease the jobless rolls soon. Mapping of Crater Lake Bottom Will Start Soon The national park service and the U. S. coast and geo detic survey are cooperating in mapping the bottom of Cra ter Lake by means of echo soundings, Park Superintend ent Tom Williams reported today. Preliminary work is nearly completed, and actual sound ings will begin soon. It is esti mated that four weeks will be needed to obtain the necessary data. In charge of the project is Lt. R. E. Williams, assisted by Electronics Scientist R. R. Ross. Lieutenant Williams was previously assigned as ex ecutive officer aboard the USS Hodgson in Puget Sound doing hydrographic mapping. The equipment being used fire in Siskiyou county had burned more than 3,200 acres' up to noon today. Nearly 1,000 men, including 100 prisoners from San Quentin, battled the blaze some two miles west of here. The fire, according to Cali fornia forestry personnel, started about 2 p.m. Monday on the Sulphur Ranch from debris burning in extremely hazardous conditions. Approximately half of the blaze is controlled by fire lines, officials said, but the possibility of holding the line to the north and east is only fair, if predicted brisk winds materialize. Officials today "hoped" to have the fire un der control by 8 a.m. Wednes day. The fire has burned about 1,000 acres of second growth timber with the rest in brush and grass. The fire is threat ening valuable second growth timber to the west of Cotton wood mountain. Consolidated effort is being made to hold the. fire in Rancheria creek and Ditch creek areas from this timber stand. Air Support Fighting the blaze are 400 men of the division of fores try and 235 men with the U.S. forest service. One hun dred men from San Quentin prison arrived this morning. Seven air-tankers dropped borate solution on the hot spots of the open line in an ef fort to keep it from the tim ber stands. A state forestry helicopter is being used to move men into the critical areas to stop any new breaks or hazardous points on the line, it was reported. In addition to the air opera tion, eight bulldozers are con structing lines through the rough, heavy cover and six state forestry and forest serv ice pumpers are employed m holding the line already con structed. ' In charge of the fire is Sis kiyou County District Ranger A. Roy Bengard. Forest serv ice personnel are under the direction of Fire Control Offi cer R. A. James. Private Owned Land The blaze , mainly on pri vately owned land of the Fruit Growers Supply com pany, Hilts, nas also ournea over eoo acres or leaerai lands. One shed, containing tools, was destroyed by the fire, of ficials said. Although no buildings are threatened at the present time a number of home owners fought sparks and burning embers during the night, residences from Hornbrook reported. The fire was burning west and south west of Hornbrook. A new housing development is being built at the base of the ridge along which the fire is burn ing Bengard and U. S. Forest Supervisor C. A. Yates of Klamath national forest warned residents that extreme precautions should be taken by persons traveling through areas adjacent to forests and should be extremely careful with fire. They stressed that these conditions are expected to remain throughout the re mainder of the summer. A crew of 30 fire fighters aided by concentrated drops of borate solution from five planes won a 2M hour bat tle late this morning to hold a flare-up on the southwest and southeast edges of the fire,' state forestry depart ment personnel reported. Washington (UPD President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 7:30 a.m. Wed nesday. is capable of sounding depths to 36,000 feet, it was reported, and at the depths likely to be found in Crater Lake will be accurate to within 12 feet. The data will be used to make both contour and relief maps of the lake bottom. Soundings were made in Crater Lake by wire and lead in 1S86, 1938, 1939 and 1940. The greatest depth recorded was 1,996 feet, during the first test, establishing Crater Lake as the second deepest lake on the North American continent and the seventh deepest in the world. The Great Slave Lake in Canada, 2,105 feet, is the deepest in the continent and Lake Baikal in Siberia, 5,712 feet, is the world's deepest.
