Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 13, 1959, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGent-a-Gallon Gasoline Tax -Hike Wins Approval off House ...Gomnittee T - - . - " ; '' T' " IMMM I II Mllllll ' 1 -1 i 11 ' p'-"..""',f"" :"'.''nrm. I SIGN DONATED A permanent-type sign, to replace the old one on .was always blowing over was donated to the 4-H Leaders association recently by Southern Oregon Production Credit association to point up this year's and forthcoming 4-H and FFA fairs. Look ing over the new sign at the entrance to Jackson county fairgrounds are, . left to right, Allen Harris, president of the 4-H Negroes Almost Ignored at Hall High School Little Rock, Ark.-(DPD-Three Negro girls returned to Hall High school today for their second day of integrated classes, almost ignored by 700 white students. There were no surface in dications of new violence to day at Central High school, where firemen and police broke up an unruly crowd Wednesday with high-pressure, fire hoses and night sticks. Police arrested 24 persons. They later were re leased on bond. One Negro was scheduled to attend Central today. 'Got It Licked' Mrs. L. C. Bates, president of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that if the inte gration attempt can get through today, "we've got it licked." There was no trouble Wednesday at Hall, although a heavy police guard was pre pared for it. Police still guard ed a four-block perimeter about Hall today, but there was a noticeable air of re laxation. Public Meeting Set , On Copper Proposal A public meeting to consid er the proposed Copper dam on the Big Applegate river will be held in the Upper Ap plegate Grange hall Friday, Aug." 14, at 8 p.m. Representatives from the corps of Army engineers will attend and are to supply infor mation and answer questions concerning the project. Plans, Specifications for Jackson Park Pool Approved by Parks Plans and specifications for the proposed West Jack son park swimming pool project were approved last night by the Medford parks and recreation commission. Commission Member Verl Walker reported that the date for moving the Medford cor poration logging locomotive to its permanent site in the West Jackson park has been tentatively set for Sept. 15. Among other subjects dis cussed were flower seeding for Prescott park on Roxy Ann, a site for a speaker's platform and war memorial in the park beside the public library, the proposed exten sion of Fourth st. across Bear creek and a corner of Haw thorne park, and the need for a track for children driving midget autos. The swimming pool plans now go to the city council, for probable consideration at its Aug. 20 meeting. , Should the council approve the plans at that time. City Parks and Recreation Direc tor Robert I. Haworth said bids on the project would probably be called for open ing "Sept. 25. He stated that the time for construction was estimated at four months. Commission members en dorsed a recommendation that a standard that with the wind, ciation and Stan Zapell, field man for the firm. Members of the Leaders association installed the steel standard, which is set in concrete. The sign board itself will be taken down between fairs, according to 4-H Agent Glenn Klein. Sunday Horse Show Will Open 4-H, FFA Week-Long Event A norse snow at 10 a.m. Sunday at the county fair grounds will open the week long Jackson county 4-H and FFA. fair. Over 800. youngsters in the valley will participate in the annual event. Exhibits are to be at the fairgrounds by 8 p.m. Sunday and livestock is to be in place by 10 p.m. Monday. The public is invited to the show "from Sunday on," ac cording to 4-H Agent Glenn Klein. Exhibits. Planned - - - Exhibits and demonstra tions planned at the Fair range from electricity, for estry, to beef, dairy and horse manship, and will include dis plays and demonstrations in bread baking, food preserva tion, home living, knitting and a dress revue. The FFA displays and dem onstrations will include crops, cattle and farm mechanics. Exhibits alone will include an estimated 30 dairy goats, 150 head of dairy cattle, 80 steers, 100 beef females, 250 head of sheep, .150 head of swine, 120 pens of rabbits, 40 pens of poultry. Among the more interest ing events will be a tractor driving contest complete with written quiz. Sheepmen will be interest- Neuberger Proposes Salk Vaccine 'Bank' Washington-flJPD-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) in troduced legislation Wednes day to create a Salk vaccine "bank" from which the Pub lic Health Service could make loans to help polio-stricken areas. bidders guarantee a comple tion date to insure the pool's being finished before next summer. According to preliminary estimates, the $74,938.62 re ceived from the Jackson county housing authority should be sufficient for the pool and bathhouse. Several city councilmen have expressed an interest in seeing the diving pool built at the same time, although no public funds are immediately available. Also planned for the proj ect is a $3,000 wading pool, described by Haworth as a "necessity" for the facility's success. He explained that the city hopes a service club will offer funds for this item. Concerning the locomotive, recently donated to the city by Medco, Walker reported that the move would be made with the use of two low-boys at a cost to the city of less than $150. Haworth said that with rails and ties also being given by Medco, the park site should be ready for the locomotive by Sept. 15 date. t Mrs. Owen Kunkel, com mission secretary, was ap pointed to see Mrs.' James Rowan, head of the local Campfire Girls organization, Leaders association; Bill Bigham, county fair board chairman; Irvin Patten, manager of Southern Oregon Production Credit asso ed in the explanation of good and bad points of wool fleeces by Bruce Arnold, Portland, of the Pacific - Wool Growers. This is a new event. The 4-H forestry clubs will be promoting the Keep Ore gon Green campaign with posters and banners. Dog lov ers will be interested in the guide dog class", another new event for the fair. These pups, which will soon be turned over to their new blind owners, will demonstrate obedience' and skills. . "..An interesting event for the j women will be the 4-H flow er project in which the girls will demonstrate their abil ities at arranging unique and attractive floral centerpieces. A summer school scholar ship" will be awarded by the Jackson County Fair Board to an outstanding exhibitor in clothing, cooking food preser vation, forestry, garden, beef, sheep, swine rabbits poultry and home living divisions. Other Scholarships Two summer school scholar shipswill be awarded to out standing clothing club mem bers by the J. C. Penney com pany of Medford. The Med ford Branch of the U. S. Na tional bank will present a trophy for the grand cham pion of the annual style revue. Other trophies include the Larry Schade trophy for the outstanding cooking club member the Doreen Bohnert trophy for the highest scor ing average in the home eco nomics judging contest, M. M. department store gift to the member with the highest scor ing exhibit in each of the clothing exhibit divisions, the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club award, Don Nichols' showmanship trophy and many others. Commission with respect to the girls' tak ing on the project of scatter ing flower seeds in Prescott park. Plans call for acquiring the seeds from residents who find they have some left-over after planting their gardens. The speaker's platform and monolith war memorial proj ect was proposed to the city by the Veterans Allied Coun cil of Jackson county, Ha worth said. The platform would be used primarily for the annual Memorial Day ad dress. The commission members agreed to accept the proposal subject to their control. City engineers' plans for the Fourth st. extension were being shown to -the commis sion primarily for their infor mation, Haworth said. He ex plained that the extension was contemplated to relieve congestion at the Riverside ave.-Jackson st. intersection resulting from increased traf fic in general and the East Jackson st. shopping center in particular. Mrs. Edith Eden, commis sion member, brought up the need for a supervised track for children operating midget autos, also known as "bugs" or "Go-Karts." Haworth sug gested that possibly a spot in the Camp White area near the drag strip would be suitable. (Mociafls Continue Fore Probe; Cost Estimates Given The names of those respon sible for last week end's 4,000 acre fire west of Ashland re mained a mystery today. Spokesmen for the state forestry department, the Jack son county sheriffs office and the state police reported their investigation was continuing. But none were particularly optimistic that the two per sons believed to have started the blaze could ever be identi fied. State District Warden Curt Nesheim reported Tuesday that the two small fires which joined Saturday afternoon definitely were incendiary. Norris R. Joyce, state fire investigator, has been in the area this week following up whatever leads have de veloped. Preliminary Estimates Meanwhile, state and fed eral officials reported prelim inary estimates for the cost Measures Sought To Protect Deer Along New Canal Corrective measures by the federal government to pre vent further loss of deer life in the Howard Prairie deliv ery canal of the Talent irriga tion project have been asked in a resolution of the Jackson County chapter of the Izaak Walton league. The resolution maintains that the 17V-mile canal runs across the area used by the Green Springs black tail deer herd and that it is an almost impassable barrier and death trap to deer. Since about July 22 this year there have been 14 deer known to have died in the canal and it is believed that there are many more, Walton ians said. . . Deer, losses caused, by. the canal will decimate the herd if corrective measures are not taken, according to the reso lution. A concrete slab cover ing the canal or a deer proof fence with bridges at proper places would eliminate animal loss and also loss of human life, it was further declared. Request Funds Waltonians request that sufficient funds be furnished and used by the federal gov ernment to correct the prob lem. The canal runs from How ard Prairie dam to Keene creek diversion dam. Chapter officials pointed out that it cuts straight across the route of the deer which make up one of the largest migratory black tail herds in the West. Ramps and slab crossings have been provided at cer tain places along the canal but are generally ineffective to provide a means of escape for animals that get in the canal, the resolution claims. This would be true regardless of the number of ramps and slab crossings, it was further declared. The resolution was passed by the Walton .chapter board this week after members di rected that a committee draw up the document. Meeting Scheduled On Air Pollution A public meeting for inter ested persons in organizing a citizens air-pollution abate ment committee has been ten tatively scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse auditorium. Bruce Manley, Medford at torney, will serve as tempo rary chairman at the meeting and temporary officers will be elected at the meeting, it was reported. Manley explained that the purpose of the group would be to coordinate charges, statements and conditio.-., as to local air pollution and to assist constituted authorities in the solution of the problem. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Fri day except patches of tog on coast. Warmer Friday. Temp. Highest Yesterday 84 Lowest this Morning 47 Our Skies. Tonight Sunset today 7:17 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:16 a.m. The Moon sets 1:17 a.m. tomorrow and is in Perie.ee. Full Moon . Aug. 18 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, in the west 9:22 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south .... 8:47 p.m. Jupiter, low in south west 9:98 p.m. of men and equipment in com batting the fire. Nesheim said the state would be out at least $25,000. The cost to the federal gov ernment is going to be about $100,000, according to Howard Hopkins, timber management officer of the Rogue River national forest. Hopkins reported that some 150 men working for the gov ernment were still on the fire today indntensive mop-up op erations. Only about 25 men are mopping up for the state on its section of the burn, Nesheim said. Nesheim said property de stroyed by the flames along Ashland Mine rd. included a three-room house, a shop, a pumphouse, two garages, a shed, a truck and an automo bile. He did not identify the owners. . The state's fire camp in Lithia park has been elosed, Nesheim said. The adjacent federal camp is to be closed tomorrow morning, according to Harold (Red) Thomas, Ash land district ranger. Nesheim reported, that fire fighters from other districts had been released. He said the small crews mopping up in the state's sector included person nel from the local district and hired labor. Thomas said that supervis ory personnel from other na tional forests and most logger crews have been released from federal fire duty on the burn. He said there were no plans for hiring any more "outside" help. Both the state and federal agencies plan to keep men on the burn, mopping up and pa troling, as long as necessary. Barn Destroyed By Fire Wednesday A barn was destroyed and a house damaged yesterday in separate fires, the city fire department reported. Firemen said - that . small boys playing with matches started the blaze which burned a vacant 40 by. 40 foot barn at the end of Swing lane in the rural district north of town. They reported that an adjacent shed and two acres of stubble also burned. The barn was owned by O. D. Martin, 208 Vashti way. Med ford firemen were assisted by the Central Point rural de partment. A fire which did minor damage to the wall and eaves of a vacant house at 1716 East Main st., about 12:50 p.m. was started by igniting paper stuffed into a vent of a clothes drier on the side of the house, firemen said. Firemen said they were told a boy ' on a bicycle was observed leaving the scene when the fire was discovered. City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson is investigat ing. The house is owned by C. S. Frazier, 611 South River side ave. Labor Reform Bill Tentatively OK'd Washington-IUPD-The House today tentatively approved by 15 votes the labor reform bill backed by conservatives, business groups and President Eisenhower. The non-recorded tentative vote was 215-200. Democratic leaders support ing a less stringent reform measure organized an immedi ate attempt to overturn the action on a roll call vote. The action ended all debate. The House then proceded to the crucial roll call vote. The tentative vote which gave the conservatives and the President a victory was on a teller vote. Under this procedure members are count ed individually but their votes are not recorded. Castro Directing Front Line Action Havana -(UPD Premier Fi del Castro is personally, di recting front line action against forces steaming up a new rebellion from the Sierra de Excambray Mountains of Central Cuba, reports from the area said today. Castro and his brother Raul, commander of the armed forces, flew into Cien- fuegos, capital of Las Villas Province, to try to squash the latest threat to the seven- month-old revolutionary re gime. Portland (UPD The Navy's attack transport Cavalier is due here Friday for an over haul job. Price 10 Cents Medford 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1959 No. 119 yeo-fter Weirs Canbbeoim Disorders Said Playing in Hands OfCommunisIs Three-point Plan To Check Turmoil Santiago, Chile - (UPD - Sec retary of State Christian A. Herter proposed a th ee-point program today to end Carib bean tension which he said was playing into the hands of international Communism. Addressing the second day's session of the Western Hem isphere Foreign Ministers Conference, Herter said the recent rarh of Caribbean in vasions and disorders provide "just the opportunity inter national Communists are al ways seeking" to undermine democracy in the Americas. To counteract this, he pro posed a three-point plan he said was designed to check internal conflict and interna tional distrust in the area. Pointing out that the Carib bean ferment gravely threat ened the basic principle of non-intervention, he asked the foreign ministers to take these three immediate steps: Asks Special Study First, issue a declaration of faith in the basic principles of the inter-American sys tem, "in those principles which bear particularly .upon the difficult situation which has developed in the Carib bean and which we are de sirous of resolving in a spirit of cooperation." Second, consider establish' Ing a special temporary com mittee which would be auth orized to study the Caribbean situation. Third, strengthen the pow ers of the inter-American peace committees "to consid er the problems of the sort that have plagued the Carib bean region before they reach the point of becoming threats to peace." Latin American foreign ministers who spoke at Wed nesday's opening session tended- to discuss general prob lems like democracy and hu man rights rather than , the ominous tensions which in spired the conference. Marine Fined for ' Using Fireworks Neal William Roberts, 19, a Medford Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., was fined $25 and court costs Wednesday in district court on a charge of using explod ing fireworks. , Judge Roy Bashaw suspended $15 of the fine. Roberts and a 16-year-old Medford youth were arrested by sheriff's deputies Aug. 12 after they threw home-made bombs "consisting of black powder, glass bottle and fuse," according to court rec ords. Most of the incidents oc curred in the Roxy Ann area, although some such bombs were thrown in other areas of the county, deputies re ported. The younger boy was turn ed over to the juvenile au thorities. Altvater Plans To Oppose Neuberger Salem-(UPD-George Altvater of Portland, an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress from the third district last year, to day filed his candidacy for the GOP nomination for U. S. senator. Altvater lost the primary race in 1958 to Johnny John son who in turn was defeated in the general election by Rep. Edith Green, Democrat. He filed for the seat now held by Sen. Richard L; Neu berger (D-Ore.), whose six year term is up next year. 'Heliport' Planned In Willamette River Portland (UPD Plans for a floaing "heliport" in the Wil lamette river here are in the talking stage, Port of Portland officials said today. IBuDDetSn Vandenberg AFB, Calif. UPI The Discov erer V. satellite rocket went into orbit today on an Air rorce mission sule similar to one planned for America's first astronaut. Shortly after the rocket that radio information indicated that the missile' second stage had separated on schedule. It will take from one to iwo noun io determine wneiner the satellite has gone into orbit. The capsule today carried only instruments. But sources said it was "almost identical" in Tun t. larger model designed to carry and back. If today's mission is successful. th nti'm ia.fnn.u.. - . - - - " . W j second staqe of the rocket would orbit over fh tiaIac Th after 17 trips over the earth, T 1 I . , . .... ejeciea irom ine saieime , Planes and ships would be it as it parachuted down. "No Fair I Can't Earl Miller Offers To Repay County For Repairing Car County Judge Earl Miller today offered to repay the county $237.09 collected for repairing his county car at Miller Motor Service garage if the district attorney deems it an improper transaction. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said he would have a written legal opinion ready later today. Yesterday, County Clerk Marvin Madden notified Mil ler he was seeking a legal opinion from Reeder. The question is whether or not the county judge can have county equipment fixed in a garage he owns. . In explanation of the re pairs made at the Miller ga rage, Miller said he considered the transaction only as a re pair bill, rather than a con tract, and thought he "was doing the county an economic favor" since the charge was made on a cost basis. He quoted the Oregon stat ute which states that "if any member of the county board or the 4 county manager is found to have a personal in terest, either directly or in directly, in any contract to which the county is a party, the contract is void." Judge Miller declared that he felt the statute did not re fer to " an incidental repair bill, and he had hoped to save the county the cost of full price repair or purchase of a new car. Miller said he took the county-owned car to the coun ty shops for repairs first. He was advised to replace it, not to repair it. Miller said he then got an estimate on repair costs from Miller Motor Serv ice at 127 South Bartlett st. and County Commissioners Ralph James and Chester Wendt approved the estimate and proposed repair job. The county court also ap proved the bill for $237.09 for work on the rings and valves, a motor tuneup and automatic transmission overhaul. The county judge said he signed the warrant as owner of Mil ler Motor Service and sent it through regular channels to 54th Year Tribune to recover mir ran. fired, th Air Pnrr. the first U. S. flier into r the 300-pound capsule would ... . oacK toward earth. .. waiting in the Pacific io catch Afford A Gun" the county clerk for filing and recording. ' Miller said the bill was at 25 per cent discount. He said the money for the repair job was included in the new county budget which was also approved by the other county court members. "I discussed the matter with county court and we decided it was possible to get two years of service out of the car by making the repairs," Mil ler said. Miller said he had turned 50 per cent interest in Miller Motor Service over to his son, Richard Miller, just before be coming county judge. He said he retained an interest in the business but was no longer ac tively operating it. In his letter to the district attorney, the county clerk wrote: "It is my understand ing that prior to Jan. 5, 1959, Earl E. Miller was the owner and proprietor of Miller Mo tor Service. I can find noth ing in legal records to show a transfer of interest to any other party. "If it is improper for me to issue such a warrant please advise," Madden wrote. The county clerk suggested putting the money in trust. Soviet Ship Shadowing NATO Vessels Rammed Aarhus, Denmark - (UPD A German coastal vessel collid ed today with a Soviet de stroyer which apparently was shadowing a large scale NATO navy maneuver, allied naval sources said. The collision in dense fog off the West German port of Kiel was first reported in an anigmatic SOS from the 259 ton German motor vessel Christel which said it had hit "a Soviet warship" 30 miles east of Kiel. The Christel was holed but did not sink. The Russian de stroyer was seen heading north with two other war ships, apparently undamaged. Revenue Plan To Rescue Highway Building Program Auto Excise Tax Would Be Diverted Washington-UPD-The House Ways and Means Committee today approved, 16-9, a penny-a-gallon boost in gasoline taxes to prevent a drastic cut back in super highway con struction. It approved a revenue plan, that calls for boosting the fed eral gasoline levy to four cents for a 22-month period beginning Sept. 1. President Eisenhower asked for a lu cent increase. The committee plan would bring in an estimated $380 million in extra money for roadbuilding in the govern ment bookkeeping year end ing next June 30, and $580 million extra during the fol lowing 12 months. To Divert Excise Money After the higher taxes ex pired, the committee plan calls for diverting some auto motive excise tax money from general revenue into the highway trust fund for three years. It was estimated that this division would add un to $800 million the first, year, climbing to $815 millions the next year and $830 millions in the last year. Some slowdown in con struction of the 41,000-mile superhighway network would oe required, but not as sharp a cutback as might have oc curred under other revenue plans. App6riionment Less ' For the year beginning next July 1, the proposal would permit the federal govern ment to make apportionments to tne states of $1,800,000,000. This compares with the $2, 100,000,000 apportion ment that would have been made if the highway trust fund hadn't tobogganed into the red. For the next year the ap portionment would be $2 bil lion, a reduction of $200 mil lions below present law. The next step in the legis lative jockeying over the fi nancing mixup now is up to the House Public Works Com mittee. It will be the task of that group, which handles highway bills, to take formal action sending the measure to the House floor. Bid Invitations To Be Called Invitations for bids for three projects on the Rogue basin project will be called this month, according to the bureau of reclamation. They are for completion of jobs scheduled for summer and autumn months. Bids on construction of the Billings siphon on the west lateral are to be opened next week. Expected to be called next week are bids for construction of minor structures north of Ashland on the Talent di vision. Bids will be invited Mon day for construction of the Phoenix diversion dam near Talent. It will include a rein forced concrete floor slab with piers. Bids are to be invited about Aug. 21 for construction of 12 siphons with diameters of 27, 33, 36 and 39 inches, all on the Ashland lateral. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 5 8 1 New York ;..2 6 1 Kemmerer, Clevenger (8) and Naragon; Turley, Blav lock (4), Coatet (6). Teiry (8) and Berra, Howard (7). Chicago 9 14 0 Detroit . 0 3 3 Wynn and Lollar; Mossi, Narleski (3), Morgan (8) and Berberet. It made no effort to aid the Christel but two German tugs quickly reached the stricken vessel. Allied naval sources here said it was believed the So viet warship was one of three Russian destroyers which "as usual" had been showing "keen interest" in a naval maneuver involving about 60 NATO warships. Kiel' is the West German port leading to the Baltic. A Danish naval command spokesman said it was known that three Soviet destroyers were in the area of the Baltic Sea where the collision took place.