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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.
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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.
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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..
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second staqe of the rocket would orbit over fh tiaIac Th
after 17 trips over the earth,
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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
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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.