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Horse Show Sunday
Opens County Fair
Approximately 60 members
of the county's 4-H horse
clubs will take part in the
Sunday horse show which
will open the annual Jackson
county 4-H and FFA fair.
I Exhibits will begin arriv
ing at the fairgrounds Sun
day for the week-long fair
the livestock must be in the
stalls by 10 p.m. Monday.
: A grand entry of members
of the five horse clubs is ex
pected to open Sunday's show
at 10 a.m. Clubs represented
will be Desert Pegasusr Eagle
Point, Sis-Q Saddle Sitters,
Ashland; Trail Blazers, Cen
tral Point; Saddelites, Phoe
nix; and the Westside Hay
burners. ;
Judging contests and halter
classes are scheduled for the
Sunday morning, with horse
manship, trail horse, Texas
barrell, pole bending and
baton relay contests in the
afternoon. ,
Leaders in Charge
Leaders of the five clubs
are in charge of the show.
The fairgrounds will be
open to the public from Sun
day on, although the exhibit
buildings will not be ready
for visitors until Tuesday at
8 a.m.
Some of the main events
include a home economics
judging contest and style re
vue judging at 8 a.m., Mon
day, rabbit and poultry events
later the same day, livestock
contests from 8:30 a.m. Tues
day and Wednesday, swine
and dairy events Thursday.
Other events with audience
appeal include guide dog obe
dience judging, starting at 1
p.m.. Thursday; the livestock
auction sale at 7:30 p.m., Fri
day, and the tractor driving
Action on Zone Change
Property on
Action on the controversial
zone change request for more
than 20 properties along Cra
ter Lake ave. between East
Main and East Jackson sts.
was postponed again by the
Medford planning commission
last night. .
The requested change, from
single family residential to
multiple family residential,
aroused vigorous debate at
a public hearing before the
commission July 9.
The planners continued the
July hearing to last night's
meeting, at which time they
agreed to continue it again
until further steps were taken
in the comprehensive plan
ning project now underway.
Other Action
In other action last night,
the commission heard objec
tions from South Oakdale
ave. residents to Marshall
Bessonette's requested rezon
ing of a lot across the street
from the Oakdale Big Y mar
ket, 401 South Oakdale.
Bessonette had asked re
zoning from multiple family
to restricted parking district
to permit additional off-street
parking facilities for the mar
ket. After hearing the objec
tions, he withdrew his re
quest. Public hearings on O. H.
Bengtson's request for rezon
ing from single family resi
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1959
We'll Have
Crop Too"
contest at 2:30 p.m., Satur
day. The Jackson County Ki
wanis Centennial fair gets
under way at the Medford
armory and grounds Thurs
day. Theme of the fair to be
held in conjunction with the
4-H and FFA. fair is "Jack
son county, 1859-1959, Cent
ury of Progress."
Chile Conference
Rocked by Insults
Santiago, Chile -4UPD- West
ern Hemisphere foreign min
isters gingerly resumed today
a conference thrown into tur
moil by a violent Cuban-Do
minican exchange of insults
which may have included
threats to murder Cuban For
eign Minister Raul Roa.
Conference Presidence Ger
man Vergara expressed hope
that the meeting would "de
velop normally," but other
delegates feared that new out
breaks might demoralize it
completely.
The bitter exchange Thurs
day was touched off by Roa's
charge that this week's upris
ing in Cuba was "organized
and financed in Ciudad Tru-
jillo," the Dominican capital
Dominican Foreign Minis
ter Porfirio Herrera Baez
heatedly denied the charge,
calling Roa a "squid who
stains the Caribbean red." The
Cuban leaped to his feet, call
ing Herrera a "filthy, heart
less assassin."
Salem (UPD The State
Board of Control has an
nounced appointment of J. N
Peet as assistant secretary.
Crater Lake
dential to multiple family res
idential for three lots at East
Jackson st. and Orange ter
race, and on the request by
Drs. James Bayliss and Ter
rell Holliday for rezoning
from 'commercial to light in
dustrial to permit erecting a
new veterinary hospital on
Barnett'rd., were continued.
Call Public Hearing
The planners called for a
public hearing Sept. 10 on a
requested zone change from
single family residential to
light industrial for property
north of the Oregon-Nevada-California
Fast Freight ter
minal at 680 Biddle rd.
With respect to the Crater
Lake ave. rezoning request,
Commission President Paul
Selby said he thought the
hearing should be continued
until planning technician Ned
Langford's land use study for
the city was completed. He
said he considered it in the
public interest for the com
mission's decision to be based
on sound, over-all planning
policies developed as a result
of the project.
Dr. William Thompson, one
of those requesting the
change, said that since the
property owners themselves,
and a majority of their neigh
bors, favored the change he
could see no reason why ac
tion could not be taken right
Delay in
On Basin
A 60-day delay in a public
hearing in Medford on the
proposed Rogue basin develop
ment project was requested
last night by the directors of
the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources asso
ciation, according to Chairman
Bill Jess, Eagle Point.
The hearing was scheduled
for Medford originally on
Sept. 17, Jess said. He said
the association is aiming at
authorization by the 87th con
gress of project construction.
The 87th Congress will meet
from January, 1961, to Sep
tember, 1962.
The request was made fol
lowing a Grants Pass meeting
last night when further data
was released on the proposed
basin development by the U.S.
Corps of Army Engineers'
representatives and the U.S.
bureau of fish and wild life.
Greater Benefit
Both agencies and the 125
members of the audience
unanimously agreed that
greater benefit to the basin
would result if additional
studies were made. The direc
tors also recommended further
study.
, "The association, although
keenly disappointed with fu
ture delay, fully recognizes
that the people of the basin
will live a long time with the
project,". Jess said this morn
ing. "It is hoped that the
delay in the report will not
result in additional delay in
project authorization."
The delayed hearing was
scheduled with the corps of
engineers to determine. if an
interim report could be issued
on the tributary projects-Elk
creek. Meadow on the. Rogue
river and Copper-'Ott- the-Ap-
plegate without jeopardizing
completion of the main stem
report at Lost creek. After
this is determined the associa
tion will decide whether to
request a delay in the corps
hearing until completion of
the main stem studies or to
proceed with the report on the
tributaries and follow it at a
later date with a hearing on
the main stem segment of the
project, Jess said.
Fishery Benefit
The feeling of those meet
ing at Grants Pass was that
current basin development
plans do not provide adequate
fishery benefit. They felt that
a delay is necessary especial-
' 'Continuing Drive'
For Relief Announced
The Jackson county chap
ter of the American Red Cross
has a "continuing drive" for
immediate emergency relief
for the victims of the Rose-
burg disaster, it has been an
nounced.
Chapter members here said
that all donations will be sent
direct'.- to tne Roseburg cnap
ter, whose funds are complete
ly depleted. The local office
is at 60 Hawthorne ave.
Request for
Ave. Delayed
away. He said he could not
see why a public hearing
should be held at this time
otherwise.
Would Oppose Request
Commission .Member Larry
Schade replied that if a deci
sion were to be made at
once, he would vote against
the request. He said he con
sidered that the present mul
tiple family zone covered too
many uses, some of which
would be undersirable on the
street.
Among Oakdale ave. resi
dents opposing Bessonette's
request, on grounds that they
wanted no changes that would
encourage business in the area
and that a parking lot across
from the market would in
crease congestion and be a
traffic hazard, were William
J. Warner, Frank Applegate,
E. H. Hedrick, Zopher' Agee,
John Jensen, Gordon Warner,
Bob Burke and Ivon White,
Bessonette pointed out that
since the parking district zon
ing was actually more restric
tive than the multiple family
zoning now applying to the
lot, those opposing the change
would find it in their interest
to favor it. He jexplained that
the parking lot would be less
objectionable than some uses,
such as a hotel, permitted un
der multiple family zoning.
But he withdrew his request
54th Year
Tribune
No. 120
Hearing
Sought
ly for further study on Lost
creek and Elk creek sites.
Storage on the main stem
of the Rogue would provide
some benefits but the fish and
wild life service representa
tives last night could not tell
how much water should be
stored.
Col. Paul H. Weiland, Med
ford, surprised the audience
with a strong plea for a Lost
creek site dam. Previously he
had been opposed to any main
stem dams. Howard Norwood,
Rogue River businessman, and
Weiland, an Izaak Walton
League member, further sur
prised the audience by agree
ing that more study is needed
on the storage problem. The
two men had been continu
ally opposed in their views.
Jess added that it would
probably take the chief en
gineer of the corps nine
months to review the basin
report.
Nesheim Appeals
For Cooperation
In Dry Period
Curtis Nesheim. Southwest
district warden for the state
rfpnartment of forestry, today
annealed to the neODle of this
area to be "exceedingly care
ful" of fire during this ex
tremely dry period.
TJc reauested cooperation of
the public in providing infor
mation on how fires may have
originated.
"Wo have had altogether
too many, roartcausediires this
year," Nesheim said. "People
have been too careless." He
stated that not just one but
several blazes have been de
liberately set.
Some Identification
The warden asked that per
sons who are first to a fire
scene notice who is there.
record some sort of identifica
tion such as auto license num
ber, of individuals they do
not know, then notify the dis
trict office. All information
which can be Drovided will
help "unravel the mystery of
fires deliberately set, Nesheim
remarked. '
Anyone planning to do any
debris burning must have a
permit, Nasheim also warned.
Those conducting burning op
erations who fail to have a
permit will be cited into court,
he said, stressing that "it is
so dry we can't afford to
gamble at all."
Nesheim reDorted that for
est patrolmen are still mop
ping up on last week end s
Ashland burn and that the
area is in "good shape."
He reported no significant
progress in the investigation
of last week end's 4,000-acre
fire west of Ashland, but said
the probe was continuing.
This was confirmed by the
state police and Jackson coun
tv sheriff's office, also par
ticipating in the investiga
tion.
Howard Hopkins, timber
management officer for the
Roeue River national forest.
reported that 90 men, with
three heavy tankers and five
power saws, were engaged in
mopping-up operations on fed
eral land today.
Bids To Be Called
Soon for New School
Ashland-A bid call is ex
pected to be issued late in
September for construction of
the Ashland Junior High
school. Plans are being pre
pared now by Architect James
L. Payne, 611 East Jackson
st., Medford.
The new structure, to be
a combination of block and
wood frame with concrete
slabs, will allow an old build
ing to be abandoned as a
junior high school.
The new building will be
designed to accommodate 700
pupils, and will be expand
able to a capacity of 1,000
in the future.
Titan Explodes
On Launching Pad
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(DPD-A
Titan intercontinental ballis
tic missile lost thrust one
second after ignition today
and fell back to explode in a
huge ball of orange flame on
its launching pad.
(Site
Castro Forces
Seize Trujillo
Transport Plane
American Plays
Trick on Invaders
Havana -(UPD- The Cuban
army Thursday night cap
tured an arms-laden transport
from the Dominican Republic
to smash a 5-day-old "inva-.
sion" attempt in central Cuba,
the government announced
today. . .
Government sources said
that an American, Maj. Wil
liam Morgan, played "double
agent" in order to trick the
invaders into sending the
arms and munitions to Trini
dad Airport.
Directed by Castro
Premier Fidel Castro was
in the area directing the
smashing of the "invasion"
from the Dominican Republic,
the government . announce
ment said.
1 It said the captured trans
port was piloted by former
Cuban army Lt. Col. Antonio
Soto, who flew ousted Dicta
tor Fulgencio Batista into Do
minican exile last Jan. 1.
The government announce
ment placed blame for the
"invasion" attempt squarely
on the shoulders of Dominican
strongman Rafael Tfujillo.
Four of the 10 persons
aboard the transport were
killed in a gun battle with
Castro forces, the government
announcement said. The oth
er six were injured.
(Continued on Page 6)
Hotel Restoration
Plans Announced
Plans for- the restoration'
of the historic U.S., Hotel in
Jacksonville will be prepared
by R. J. Keeney and Jeffrey
Shute, Medford architects, it
was announced Thursday
night at the monthly meeting
of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
foundation. &
Frank Haines, foundation
president, said that plans are
being volunteered by the
foundation. It will take some
time to prepare them, he said,
because a complete structural
examination of the old build
ing will have to be made.
In other action, the foun
dation announced that the
date for the dedication of a
marker at the roadside rest
area at the Gold Hill turnoff
on Highway 99 has been set
at 2:30 p.m. Labor Day,
Sept. 7.
. The marker will commemo
rate the first post office in
Jackson county, established in
1854 by Col. William G.
T'Vault. The public is invited
to the dedication.
The . foundation also drew
up plans for a booth at the
Kiwanis fair, in which ex
hibits of pioneer buildings
will be 'presented.
Attempt To Free
Prisoners Fails
Oregon City -UPD-,A Den
ver man was held here today
after police said he tried to
force his way into the Clack
amas county jail while .armed
with a shotgun to free pris
oners. A jailer took the weap
on away from him.
Lewis Albert Lott, 50, Den
ver, was held under $10,000
bail on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon and
two burglary counts.
Sheriff Joe Shobe said the
prisoner told him .he had no
"special reason" and denied
any connection with two Den
ver men arrested last Sunday
after being found in posses
sion of firearms. They are
Harold S i e g 1 e r, 33, and
Charles Manuel Sanchez, 36.
The incident occurred late
Thursday night.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through Sat
urday with variable high
cloudiness. Low tonight 52.
High Saturday 90-95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 90
Lowest this Morning 50
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today 7:15 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:18 a.m.
The Moon sets 2:18 a.m.
tomorrow and rides low.
Full Moon Aug. 18
Saturn, seen to the right of
the Moon tonight, is itself ac
, eompanied on its orbit around
the Sun by 9 moons. Saturn's
distance from the Earth is now
about 871 million miles.
MI
MANOR PROGRESS-Reinforcing steel rods
for the concrete columns forming part of
Jlogue Valley Manor's foundation are fabri
cated at the site and lowered onto 'their
footings by a tall crane. The $5Vfc million
Fleeing Russian
Vessels Narrowly
Miss Ferry Boat
Copenhagen, Denmark-fllPD-Three
Soviet warships rushing
headlong from the scene of a
collision with a small German
coastal vessel Thursday al
most hit a loaded passenger
ferry, it was disclosed, today.
The three Soviet warships,
a heavy cruiser of the Sverd
lovsk class and two destroyers
of the. Kotlin class, sped into
the JNorth0.Sea. after one.of .the
destroyers hit and damaged
the 259-ton coastal vessel
Christel.
At High Speed
The route of the .fleeing So
viet vessels which had been
eavesdropping on NATO na
val exercise Freshwater took
them at high speed through
the Great Belt dividing the
Danish islands of Zeeland and
Langeland.
The passenger ferry Mjol
ner was cutting across the
Great Belt from Korsoer to
Lohals when the captain
looked up and saw the three
Russian warships speeding to
ward him in a narrow V for
mation. The Russian ships sig
naled Mjolner to get out of
the way.
Slowed Down
Copenhagen press reports
quoted the ferry captain as
saying he had the right of way
but decided not to argue the
point under the circumstanc
es. He slowed do.vn and the
Russians passed in front of
him at 20 knots.
There were many reports
from Danish points that the
speeding Russian warships
caused high waves which
threatened small boats moored
along the shore and pounded
shore installations. No actual
damage was reported, how
ever. Naval sources here and in
other NATO countries dis
missed the apparent Soviet
spying as nothing unusual and
said NATO vessels often
shadowed the shadowers.
Play Attendance
Notes Big Increase
Ashland-The Oregon Shake
spearean Festival started the
fifth round of shows Thursday
night with an attendance lead
of almost 3,000 over the same
date last year.
As of Thursday night, 14,359
persons had passed through
the sates to attend one or
all of the series of four plays.
At the same time in 1958
there had been 11,448-giving
the current season a lead of
2,911.
. "Twelfth Night" leads at
tendance figures, not having
yet played to an audience of
less than 1,000, and "Antony
and Cleopatra" is in second
place.
"Measure for Measure" and
"King John" are reported
gaining at the box office. Fes
tival officials said that this
year's high attendance figures
can be attributed to a con
sistently high level at all four
plays.
Salem - (UPD - Salem Waste
Paper company, destroyed in
a fire here Monday, will be
rebuilt.
retirement home atop Barneburg hill is to
have a maximum height of 10 stories, per
mitted by a variance from normal zoning
restrictions granted by the Medford city
council.
Money Paid for
Repairs Returned
County Judge Earl Miller
this 'morning returned the
money paid his garage for re
pair of his county car.
Miller said he handed Coun
ty Treasurer Karl Janouch a
chck for $237.09 for work
done on the county Judge's car
by Miller Motor Service. Dist
rict Attorney Tomas J. Reed-
er issued a legal opinion yes
terday afternoon stating
"payment to Earl H. Miller
for repairs of the county-
owned, yehicle was improper
and contrary to law.
"It is further my opinion
that Mr. Miller must re
imburse Jackson county com
pletely and in full for the
money that Miller Motor Serv
ice received for the aforesaid
automobile repairs
Request Made
The request for a written
legal opinion was made to the
district attorney by County
Cierk Marvin Madden when
Madden noticed that the
county voucher for the re
pairs had been returned with
Miller's endorsement.
Planes Gather for
Satellite Recovery
Vandenberg AFB, Calif. -flJPD
Eight giant Air Force cargo
planes took off from Hawaii
today to rendezvous, over the
Pacific ocean for an attempt
at the world's first recovery
of a satellite package from
space.
The Air Force Ballistic Mis
sle Division announced the
first flight of four planes took
off at 10:30 a.m. to get into
position for scheduled ejection
of the capsule between 1:30
and 2 p.m.
However, the Air Force
added that probability of aeri
al recovery attempt "still is
uncertain" since the first
phase of the operation, suc
cessful ejection of the capsule
from Discoverer V, must be
achieved at the right time.
This is planned on the satel
lite's 17th pass around the
earth.
Roseburg-OJPD-W. E. (Dutch)
Mills, fire chief here since
1949, resigned Thursday be
cause of ill health.
Reconstruction Work Moves Ahead
In Explosion
Roseburg- (UPD -Reconstruction
work has begun in earn
est, but business still lies idle
in this blast shaken southwest
Oregon city of 13,000.
Thirty blocks still lie empty
and are under the watchful
surveilance of patrolling Ore
gon National Guardsmen. -
During daylight hours bull
dozers crunch their way
through the ruins and shaky
condemned structures which
were weakened and toppled
by the tragic blast and fire
that ravaged a large portion
of Roseburg last Friday.
Remains Found
The official death toll stood
at 12. Bodies of Martin Lust,
42, and Wayne Townsend, 35,
who had been listed previous
ly, as missing and presumed
Upon hearing of the legal
question on the repair pay
ment, Miller Thursday offered
to repay the county the ;sum
collected if the district attor
ney deemed the transaction
improper. The county clerk
had. sent the judge a letter
Wednesday explaining the
steps taken and enclosed a
copy of the letter to Reeder
requesting the opinion. He
suggested that the county
judge put the money received
in trust with the district attor
ney ' pending -receipt of the
opinion.
In his opinion Reeder quot
ed from Oregon law: "No
member of the court or board
shall be interested in any way,
directly or indirectly, in any
contract or purchase made for
or on behalf of the county."
The district attorney added
that the law is specific and
quite clear.
Problems of Area
Topic for Mayors
A meeting late in Septem
ber will be held in Central
Point of the mayors of Jack
son county towns and the
county court.
Central Point Mayor Free
man Mason will be chairman.
On the agenda will be a dis
cussion of the current and
possible future problems of
the local area with the pur
pose of formulating questions
to present to the League of
Oregon Cities at its forthcom
ing meeting.
The announcement, of next
month's meeting was made
Thursday night at a similar
joint meeting the second this
year of most of the mayors
of the county and two mem
bers of the county court.
The meeting Thursday night
was stimulated by the Rose
burg disaster although Mason
said that earlier in the year
it had been hoped such meet
ings could be held on a month
ly basis. '
Discussed Thursday night
were air and water pollution,
community disaster relief,
zoning and a general voicing
of opinions and complaints
relevant to the Jackson coun
ty area.
- Shattered Roseburg
dead, were identified by the
state crime laboratory in Port
land Thursday, Coroner C. H.
Babbitt said.
However, more human re
mains were found Thursday
in rubble at S.E. Pine and Oak
sts., less than a block from the
explosion center.
People Dig In
The people of Roseburg
have not held their heads
and wept this past week. They
have dug in and begun the
long, painful, and often un
pleasant task , of scraping
through the cinders and
debris to find solid founda
tions on which they can build
a new, better city. '
So hard have the citizens
toiled that Mayor Arlo Jack
lin and City Manager John
Measure Voted
Over Opposition
Of Union Leaders
Passage Gained
On 303 To 125 Vote
Washington-(UPD-The House
passed by a decisive margin
today the labor reform bill
that President Eisenhower
and business groups said is
needed to stop labor corrup
tion and racketeering.
The measure, toughest of
three bills considered by the
House, was approved over
vigorous opposition of union
leaders and lobbyists. They
charged that its controls
would punish honest unions
and their members.
Passage was on a roll call
vote of 303-125.
The 178,-vote margin was
in contrast to Thursday's 28-
vote margin on tentative ap
proval of the bill. This was
another bitter setback for
labor lobbyists who had tried
to hold down the final
margin.
Voting for the bill on final
passage were 156 Democrats
and 147 Republicans. Oppos
ing it were 122 Democrats
and 3 Republicans.
The measure now goes back
to the Senate which passed
a much milder measure last
April 90-1.
Final Passage Delayed
A Senate-House conference
committee will be assigned
to work out a compromise.
Final House passage was
anti-climactic. The floor bat
tle which began Tuesday end
ed for all practical purposes
Thursday when the House
tentatively approved the
measure, 229-201. Final pas
sage was postponed until Mon
day on a technicality.
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-
Mich.) had blocked final ac
tion on the measure Thurs
day by demanding an "en
grossed copy" of the final
version. This required an
overnight printing job.
With the two other milder
measures scuttled, the administration-backed
bill picked
up tremendous overnight sup
port. Some members who had
bitterly assailed the measure
as anti-labor wound up voting
for it when they were faced
with voting for that or
nothing.
Residents to Attend
Electronics Show
Representatives of the Jack
son and Josephine County
Chambers of Commerce and
the California Oregon Power
company will spend four days
in San Francisco next weelc,
during the Western Electron
ic show and convention, dis
cussing plant locations in the
Rogue valley with leading
electronics firms.
Cooperating with the local
group will be the Oregon
Development commission and
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Sev
eral members of the commis
sion will be in San Francisco
during the convention, and
the Governor will host indus
try executives at a luncheon
Aug. 20.
Scheduled to make the trip
are Mayor John Snider, Wil
liam B.- Smullen, Glenn L.
Jackson and W. J. Williams,
Medford; and Mayor E. D.
Potts, Howard Hanson, and
Hugh McKmley, Grants Pass.
Headquarters for the oper
ation have been established
in the Clift hotel. ,
Polaris Shot From
Underground Tube
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPD
A Polaris test rocket shot up
from a "pop gun" under
ground tube and its engine
ignited in flight today in a
dazzling first test of the sub
marine missile's operational
firing method.
Warburton announced .the
business section of Roseburg
will open on a limited scale
Saturday.
Meanwhile, contractors and
merchants are busy with their
work, replacing broken win
dows, mending cracked
plaster, patching shattered
roofs and ceilings.
Hearing Scheduled
Meanwhile, the Interstate
Commerce Commission has set
a public hearing Sept. 1 here
to determine the cause of the
dynamite explosion which
killed 12 persons and injured
about 50 others at Roseburg.
The accident occurred Aug.
7 when a truck owned by the
Pacific Powder Company of
Seattle, carrying 6Vi tons of
explosives blew up.