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I 4 ... 'Acft off ECotfu'dliniess' Leodls to Deaths 1 Co) (o) - 3 : i i . 1 I f 4 .1 MEDFORD (MUNICIPAL VAIRPORX THUiGMUNEt: MtPCf RIGHTS , t ..: I, ', f OF3K2BHI ic J HMilMIHtWltWWH'.llW 11 fej ls ''iysfe is&k w4WwM4 ' NEW SIGN-This directory sign was recently erected on the Biddle rd. approach to Medford airport. The main sign was paid for by the city, at a cost of approximately $400, while the smaller signs affixed to its supports were financed by the individuals businesses, Airport Manager Richard Hogan re ports. Emblems of the individual .airlines are to be placed across the top of the sign in for floodlighting, according to blue, turquoise blue and silver, erworn, black and white wooden sign that formerly stood near this location and was the Medford Beautiful" picture. Displays, Exhibits Now Dismantled as Kiwanis Fair Ends .The dismantling of displays and exhibits continued at the Medford armory today, fol lowing the closing last night of the four-day Kiwanis coun ty fair-a closing that fair of ficials viewed with mixed feelings. Satisfaction- with a job well done by entertainers and ex hibitors and more than 200 volunteer workers was mixed with a feeling of disappoint ment with an attendance "considerably" below last year. Russ Jamison, manager of the event, said today that those who saw the show cer tainly got their . money's worth and that the fair, over all, was considered a success. S.000 Attend But, he said, the attendance figure for the four days-estimated at about 8,000-was be low the amount hoped for. Proceeds from the fair are to go to the Kiwanis dental clinic, which provides care for children of Jackson county. The amount raised has not yet been computed. Russ Renner, general chair man, complimented the ex hibitors and participants and said he looked forward to a continuance of the county fair tradition. Jamison said that tentative plans call for a continuance of the event next year but that it is dependent upon the Kiwanis board of directors and evidence of community support for the fair. "Countless hours and a lot of hard work went into the preparation for the fair," Jamison said, "and we hope the public will show an inter est in continuing the tradi tion." Dismantling Tonight Exhibitors are expected to be moved out of the armory by this evening, Jamison said, and Kiwanis members will continue the dismantling job tonight. Two distinguished visitors to the fair were well-received and this morning "Mrs. Ore- gon," Mrs. Dorothy Jean Chase, Eugene, returned to her home while Mrs. Emma Gatewood, Gallopolis, Ohio, "the walking grandmother," is on a trip to California be fore she returns to the Cen tennial celebration in Port land. At the next meeting of the Kiwanis board of directors possible action will be con sidered against an up-state amusement ride operator, Jamison said, who "apparent ly defaulted on our contract. Jamison said he thought the board could take "defi nite" action against the con cessionaire, who reportedly was to have furnished me chanical amusement rides. Lack of Rides Jamison said that he thnueht the lack of rides pos sibly hurt the attendance and he said that other factors- TERMINAL pacifm: as les 1O8UE0UR USES tHC. Ams. DilLY"UG8iEj HERTZ OCEKSES the near future. Plans also call Hogan. The red, white, dark sign replace a smaller weath subject last year for a "Make such as the new shopping cen ter opening worked to the fair's disadvantage. Yesterday's fair activities included a sawdust scramble, 9 peanut scramble, a horse show, a balloon-breaking con test, and a greased pig con test. ''We finished with a satis fying feeling," Jamison said. A. P. . Butler of 28 North Farneberg rd. won $50 worth of shrubbery from the Gar den Center Nursery for iden tifying the most species of flowers in the Oregon native fldwer display. He named correctly 12 out of the 20 species, giving both the common and Latin names of the plants. Parachute Jumps Saturday's parachute exhi bition was "spectacular" j success, Jamison said. Morton Gosset, president of the Southern Oregon Sky Divers, and club members put on a number of skj diving exhibi tions, including a 30 second delayed drop. The parachute that seemed to attract public attention by landing in the only tall tree in the area did not have a man attached to it, Jamison explained, despite rumors that developed. It was a "dummy drop," used by the parachutists to test the wind direction and velocity. Ashland Man Cleared Of Navigation Charge Wallace Mitchell Larson, 21, of Ashland, has been acquitted of a reckless navigation charge in district court. The verdict In favor of the defendant was returned Thursday by District Court Judge E. Roy Bashaw after testimony was taken from nine defense witnesses and two state's witnesses. The charge was made in connection with a boating in cident near Savage Rapids dam on July 19. Mrs. Lonch to Enter Plea In Circuit Court Aug. 26 Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Lonch, 31-year-old' mother of four, is to appear before Cir cuit Judge James M. Main at 8:30 ajn. Wednesday to enter her plea on a charge of second degree murder. . The Medford woman was arraigned in circuit court this morning. Mrs. Lonch is charg ed with the slaying of Wil liam1 B. Simmons, 62, a re tired railroad switchman, on Aug. 2. Police said Mrs. Lonch ad mitted clubbing Simmons with a shovel after he had made advances at her in the course of a day-long drinking Hatfield's Goal Two Terms as Oregon Governor Portland - IUPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield said Sunday "my am bition is to serve as a two term governor." Hatfield made the remark on a local television "show moderated by ex-Gov. Robert D. Holmes, the man Hatfield defeated for governor in 1958. He had been asked about re ports that he might be a vice presidential candidate next year or seek a Senate seat. "While talk of national tic ket and senatorial possibili ties is flattering," he said, "my ambition is to serve as a two-term governor." Intention Disclaimed The 37 - year - old governor earlier disclaimed any inten tion of running against Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) next year. He also said last week he believed the Re publicans would look to the midwest for a vice presi dential candidate. He has been mentioned as a likely candidate against Sen. Wayne Morse in 1962. The governor's office said that if Hatfield serves two full terms as governor he would be the first man to do so in this century in Oregon. The late Gov. Earl Snell was in his second term when kill ed in a 1947 plane crash. Members of the panel which questioned Hatfield on the program "Let's Face It" were R. L. (Dick) Revenaugh, managing editor of the Ore gon City Enterprise-Courier; Dr. John Swarthout, dean of faculty at Portland State Col lege, and ex-State Sen Rudie Wilhelm. Salem (UPD Gov. Mark Hatfield's ambition to become a two-term chief executive of Oregon will set quite a record if it is realized. Political observers had to go back to Sylvester Pen- Relatives Contacted By Missing Family The daughter and son-in-law of a Medford family, feared lost or injured in the recent Yellowstone earth quake, telephoned last night to say that they were safe. It was the first message re ceived locally from the How ard Evans family of Salem. which includes two children, since the day before the earth quake. Mrs. Evans is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Burk, 9 King st., Medford. She phon ed here last night and said that the family had been in the shock area but escaped injury. Quake Victim Said To Be Infected West Yellowstone, Mont.-(DPD-At least one of the per sons injured in Montana's dis asterous earthquake has con tracted an infection resem bling gas gangrene. United Press International learned Sunday night that spe cial serum for treatment of the infection was rushed from Billings to Bozeman to be ad ministered to one victim and possibly his wife. The attending physician confirmed that the man's wound had developed "an or ganism like gas gangrene," similar to gangrenous infec tions contracted by men suf fering battlefield wounds. "We think his wife prob ably suffered a mild case," the doctor said. party at a house at 2122 Cra ter Lake highway. This morning in circuit court Eugene Douglas Reedy, Ashland, pleaded innocent to charges of contributing to the delinquency of a , minor. His bail was raised by Judge Main from $500 to $1,500. A trial date is to be set later. Clarence F. Farleigh, Lake hotel, a laborer, was also ar raigned in circuit court this morning and O. H. Bengtson, Medford attorney, was ap pointed to represent him. Far leigh is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He isj accused of stabbing Stanley Steege, 401 East 12th st. noyer, a member of the Demo crat People's Party, to find the only governor of Oregon to be relected and complete a second term. Pennoyer was chosen in 1886 and served from Jan. 12, 1887 to Jan. 14, 1895. He was reelected in 1890. Ex-Gov. Earl Snell was kill ed in a plane crash midway in his second term. James Withy combe was re elected to office in 1918, but he died in office. In 1906, George Chamberlain, later a U. S. senator, was reelected for a second term but resigned before he completed it. Petitions for Consolidation Election Expected Petitions for another elec tion on consolidation of Phoe nix and Talent school districts will be presented tomorrow night during a meeting of the Jackson county school district reorganization committee. Miss Faye Carver, Phoenix, and Mrs. Sam James, Talent, brought the petitions to the county school superintend ent's office this morning for checking. A total of 165 Phoe nix citizens and 83 Talent citizens have signed the peti tion. State law requires at least 50 signatures from Tal ent and 100 from Phoenix, according to the superintend ent's office. If the required number of signatures are those of legal ly registered voters, and if the reorganization committee approves an election, the county school district bound ary board will set the date. Voled Down The reorganization com mittee had approved a motion to permit a vote on consolida tion of the two districts last spring, but had given its ap proval without formal recom mendation. This means the issue can be voted on contin ually until settled, a spokes man from the superintend ent's office said. Last April consolidation was voted down. Meanwhile, the county boundary board on Thursday, Sept. 3, is expected to act on petitions from Barnett rd. area citizens requesting a por tion of that area which in cludes the new Rogue .Valley hospital be joined with the Medford school district. This proposed annexation would not include the Rogue Valley manor now being built. Separate Levies The spokesmen also pointed to a paragraph on the con solidation petition which states that "each district shall remain solely liable for ex isting bonded indebtedness until such existing bonded in debtedness is paid. This is ac cording to state law." If conspliation is authorized the district can levy separate annual levies, a spokesman said. - Advisory Council to Tour Watershed Two questions left un answered in April will be dis cussed by the Rogue River national forest advisory coun cil when it makes a field trip into the Ashland watershed on Wednesday morning. Forest Supervisor Carroll Brown said that the questions are: 1. Are we justified in keep ing the Ashland watershed closed-to all travel? 2. Should we develop picnic spots in the watershed for use of the public? WEATHER Forecast: Considerable high cloudiness through Tuesday. Low tonight 50. High Tuesday 85. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 95 Lowest this Morning 53 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ..7:00 p.m. ..5:28 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise tonight .10:21 p.m. Aug. 26 Last Quarter VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south 8:83 pjn. Jupiter, low In south, west 8:30 p.m. Mercury, low in the east just be fore sunrise, will only be seen for the next few mornings. Its next appearance will be as an evening planet early in November. Price 10c Medford 16 Pages Five of Six Iowa Prison Escapees Nabbed by Police Sixth Believed Trapped in Field Fort Madison, Iowa (UPD An off-duty patrolman today captured one of six convicts who broke out of the Iowa State Penitentiary Sunday. Another fugitive, the last re maining at large, was believed trapped in a cornfield and woods. Penitentiary officials said i Charles Wallerick, 25, was seized by the patrolman in Dallas City, 111., across the Mississippi river from here.. Prison authorities reported that the remaining fugitive, Arlee H. Elliott, 25, was be lieved surrounded in a rugged area south of Burlington, Iowa. Authorities said Elliott took to the fields and timber area after running through police gunfire at a roadblock. . Invade Minister's Home The six convicts overpow ered four guards and sawed their way to freedom. One, Wilbur Bihain, a convicted forger, was seized outside the prison a few minutes after the escape. Three others, Samuel Par res, 40, Charles W. Carlyle, 30, and Ronald C. Bessler, 22, invaded a minister's home and held the minister's wife and three children hostages at knifepoint for nearly three hours before they were dis covered and captured. Their presence was uncov ered when a 17-year-old neigh bor boy also being held as a hostage, signalled inquiring police by facial gestures that he was talking under duress when officers stopped at the home during a house to house search. . The boy, Tom Thomas, was seized by . the convicts when he paid a visit to the home of the Rev. William W. Swift. Surprised by Deputy A deputy warden, Bernard Nelson, a family friend who knew the layout of the Swift house, kicked out a basement window and made his way up the basement steps. "I had the' three men under my gun before they knew anybody was in the house," Nelson said. . "They dropped their knives and gave up." Ike Prepares for European Journey Washington -(DPI)- President Eisenhower, back from a two week "work and play" vaca tion at his farm, made prepar ations today for his coming diplomatic mission to Western Europe. Eisenhower departs Wednes day for the trip to Bonn, Lon don and Paris. He will co ordinate Allied strategy be fore Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States starting Sept. 15. White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty told reporters Sunday the Presi dent would hold a news con ference before leaving for Eu rope. The President and Mrs. Ei senhower returned from Gettysburg, Pa., Sunday after noon by automobile. Salem Youth Killed In Highway 38 Crash Cottage Grove- IUPD -One young man was injured fatal ly and three others were hurt seriously late Sunday night in a one-car accident north of Drain on Highway 38. Dead was Francis Leroy Foster, 19, Salem. In serious condition in the Cottage Grove hospital were the driver. Wayne Maurice Kinkade, 17, Cottage Grove; Timothy Andrew Sherouse. 30, Curtin, and Monte Le hreiu, 18, Drain. Long Invited To Vacation in Oregon Garibaldi, Ore. - (UPI)-The Oregon Gold Coast Associa tion Saturday extended a wel come to Gov. Earl Long oft Louisiana to spend a vacation on the Oregon coast. Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower will hold a news conference Tuesday. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959 Hello Thwe H ''jjg1 Sfiffer Taxes Seen If Voters Defeat Measure in 1960 Portland - IUPD - Staff -mem- hers nf the State Tax Commis- sion indicate that should the voters defeat in November of 1960 the income tax measure passed by the 1959 Legisla ture then Oregon taxpayers may face a stiffer tax jolt in 1961. The tax problem was dis cussed here Saturday at the Manor Taxable, County Assessor Ray Schu macher said this morning that Rogue Valley Manor, the million dollar retirement home on Barneburg hill, will be subject to property taxes. An attorney general's opin ion in the law section ab stracts published by the Ore gon State Tax - commission states that all "cooperative living organizations" are not exempt from taxation, and the manor is such an organiza tion, Schumacher said. Another opinion in the same publication states "real property of a charitable in stitution not actually occupied for charitable purposes is tax able." This also would include the manor, Schumacher said. The decision, if not appeal ed, may have a considerable ef-ect on operation of the manor. The question of tax liability had not been settled previously, and it is under stood here that it is still un dergoing litigation, in the case of Willamette View Man or near Oregon City, an or ganization similar to Rogue Valley manor. Bids fo be Received For Bridge Projects Two proposed Jackson coun ty bridges are included in a group of bids to be received by the state highway commis sion Sept. 10 for emergency federal aid projects. One bridge is to be con structed over Kane creek west of Central Point on the old Stage rd. The second bridge is to be constructed over Long Branch creek near Shady Cove. Both bridges will be of concrete with steel reinforc ing. County Engineer Paul Ryn ning said county crews are continuing with rock crush ing operations in the Howard Prairie area. Crews are busy also center-line striping roads, he said. Work is continuing on grad ing of Meadows rd. between Dodge and Beagle rds., he added. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 11 19 1 Detroit 0 5 0 Wilhelm and Triandos, Ginsberg (8); Mossi, Nar leski (3), Stump (4), Sisler (7), Burnside (8) and Herbert. Says final day of the Legislative Interim Tax Committee meet- mg. Surplus Predicted Economist George Pederson presented figures showing the 1959-60 fiscal year should end with a surplus of $15,826,938. If revenues remain the same in 1960-61 fiscal year the cur rent biennium would end with a surplus of slightly more than $4 million, according "to an estimate of needs in 1960-61. However, . Pederson said that -."unfortunately some of these "revenue items are non recurring." He added it was anybody's guess if the bien nium would end with a defi cit. Looks Gloomy The 1961-63 biennium looks more gloomy, Commission ex perts said. Paul O'Day, re search director, said that if economic conditions remain good revenue for the next biennium should be up about $5 million from the current biennium. But, he said, by the end of the 1959-61 biennium the state will have used up a $31 million surplus. If there is no surplus in July of 1961 the Legislature would face about the same situation as in 1955 when a 45 per cent sur tax was levied. Dr. C. Ward Macy, head of the University of Oregon de partment of economics, said there were two reasonable ways to hike revenue - a sales tax or more income tax. Vehicles Stolen in Area Over Week End Thefts of four vehicles -three in Medford and one in Talent were reported over the week end and this morn ing to Medford police. Police said one of the two vehicles taken Saturday night, and the one stolen Sun day, were recovered. The fourth vehicle was a Ford pickup taken last night or early this morning from the used car lot of Crater Lake Motors, West Main and Fir sts. Taken Saturday night and also sought today was a 1959 S i m c a sedan from Dick Knight company, 33 South Riverside ave. The vehicle, used by the company for dem onstrations, was taken by a thief or thieves who entered the repair room after break ing a window with a brick, police reported. . A car stolen Saturday night from Robert Eldon Apparcel, 806 West Main st., was . re covered Sunday morning, ac cording to the report. Police said the car was taken from North Riverside ave. between Fifth and Sixth sts. and was recovered in an alley about four blocks away. Sunday afternoon, police reported, a vehicle stolen earlier in the day in Talent from Warren Blessing, Bar nett rd., Medford, was found on East Jackson st. between Bartlett and Pine sts. State police reported this theft to the city police station. 54th Year Tribune No. 128 First Hawaiian Congressmen Assume Office Chinese Republican - Draws Senior Cards Washington- (UPD -The three members of Congress from the new state of Hawaii were sworn into office today. The first official act for the two new senators was to partici pate in a lottery. Sen. Hiram L. Fong (R), first man of Chinese ancestry ever to sit in the Senate, won a coin toss and a drawing to become the 50th state's "sen ior" senator with almost a six-year term. His colleague, Sen. Oren E. Long (D), drew himself a four year term. Lots Drawn for Term The two new senators drew lots for the length of their terms after being sworn in as the Senate's 99th and 100th members. They could have been six, four or two years. Two historic mahogany bal lot boxes held the answer to how long a term awaited each of the new senators. Long, having earlier lost a coin toss for seniority, drew first from a box which held one blank card and another signifying a six-year term ending Jan. 2, 1956. He drew the blank. Got Four-Year Card After Fong picked the six year card, Long drew from the other box which held cards for a "four-year" term ending Jan. 2, 1963, and a "two-year" term ending Jan. 2, 1961. He got the four-year card. Long and Fong were sworn in by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 20 minutes after Speaker Sam Rayburn swore in Democrat Daniel K. Inouye as Hawaii's first elected House member. 4. - Local Men to Aid Humphrey's Bid Portland -4DPD- State Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nil sen said today he would sup port the candidacy of Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) for. president. He said - he would take part actively in Humphrey's Oregon primary campaign. Nilsen,' who twice has been elected to the labor commis sioner's post, said "It is my belief that Senator Humphrey is the candidate most quali fied to fulfill the responsibili ties of the office of President of the "United States." Keith Burns, spokesman for Oregon Democrats for Hum phrey, announced names of several persons he said had joined in support of Hum phrey's campaign. They in clude Rep. Ben Evick, Mad ras; Rep. Tom McClellan, Neotsu; John Warden, Co quille attorney; Don Reed, Baker; Alf Wernmark, The Dalles; W. V. Deatherage, Medford attorney, and Marv Medden, county clerk, Med ford. BULLETIN Washington (UPD A Senate - H o u s e conference committee handling labor reform legislation broke a short-lived log jam today by agreeing to compromise dis putes over three changes in the basic Taft-Hartley labor law. . , "It . mm FOOOOSH-A flight of F-101B Voodoo jet interceptors from Kingsley Air Force base, Klamath Falls, on a demonstration run, caused many valley residents to leap for cover as the aircraft made high speed passes at low altitude over! the full length of the valley Friday afternoon. The picture above was taken as they came over Medford on. the second run, five minutes after the first. The new aircraft will replace the Saberjets at Kingsley AFB. Smoking Results In Inferno in New Jersey Jail Material Said Passed To Inmate Toms" River, N. J.-(UPD -A trusty gave the inmate of a padded cell smoking materials as "an act of kindess" that in advertently led to a fire which killed eight inmates of the Ocean county jail. Prosecutor ' Howard Ewart said. Ewart said it was deter mined that one of two trus ties gave either a lighted cig arette or a cigarette and matches to the prisoner in whose cell the blaze erupted. Ewart's office was one of several agencies investigating Sunday's fire at the two-story jail. The blaze injured 15 per sons. -Jail Overcrowded Gov. Robert B. Meyner and Sheriff Harry Roe also began inquiries into the blaze. At the time of the fire, the jail, with a recommended capacity of 28, housed 65 prisoners. The inmate of the padded cell was awaiting transfer to a state mental hospital. Ewart said it could never be determined whether the fire was started intentionally or began accidentally, because nobody saw him (the prison er)." The prosecutor said "tlfere is nothing vicious" in giving the man a smoke. It was "an act of kindess," he said. Identity Withheld Ewart declined to identify the trusty who passed the smoking equipment to the prisoner, General Peterson, , 35, Philadelphia. Peterson's cell, padded with foam rubber, burst into flames and spewed fire in all direc tions. Seven prisoners in an ad joining cell block perished in the inferno without ever get ting out of their quarters. Be sides Petersen, the victims and the charges against them were: Dead Listed - ; ' Stephan T. Wolf Jr., 30, of Manasquan, former . Linden, N -T. policeman charged with passing bad checks; William Charles Lehmann, 21, of To ledo, -Ohio,- a--sailor stationed at Lakehurst Naval Air Sta tion, charged with forgery; Adam Bodzan, 42, of Atlantic City, N. J., disorderly person, sentenced to 90 days; Calvin Wilson Letts, s 19, of Cedar Run, N. J., sodomy, rape and carnal abuse; Thomas Arthur Hughes, 38, Philadelphia, for gery; Joseph Booker, 45, of Hartley, Del., larceny; and. Richard Cavalier, 22, of Tuck erton, N. J., charged with the fatal beating of his 22-month old daughter, Deborah. Truman Questions Ike's Soviet Trip "I seriously question the wisdom of President Eisen hower's going to Moscow." "If this journey leads the world to suspect that peace can be advanced by the mere exchange of visits between heads of government, then we all face certain disappoint ment." With these words, former President Truman, who sug gested that Khrushchev visit the U. S., examines, in an ex clusive article, a problem of interest to people throughout the world. The reasons he cites in op position to President Eisen hower's returning the Khru shchev journey are sure to provoke wide comment. They will appear in Tuesday's issue of the Mail Tribune. Corvallis - (UPD. Arthur V. Biggs will be sworn in as mu nicipal judge here Sept. 1 edlfeird Stores 9 'CDsk Toraglfoti
