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54th Year Price 10 Cents Me United Press international full Leased Wire 24 Pages IllDt ODD Tlhoirsft (Editor's note: The fol lowing is the second of a sarin of articles about Rus sia and Russian education. Tha first, appearing yesier . day, was a summary of lha findings of a group of school administrators who recently completed a trip to the U.S.S.R. Today's ar ticles, and subsequent ones, are written by Dr. Leonard Mayfield, Medford school superintendent, who was on the trip.) ; By DR. LEONARD MAYFIELD Medford School ' Superintendent Based on my observations, I did not find any' evidence which would place the Rus sian education program above ours in terms of academic achievements. One might -se lect specific topics such as fifth grade arithmetic, and find them doing work equiva lent to our sixth or even sev enth grade. However, we could do the same in ojher areas. At graduation from secondary schools, I am con vinced that, today, our capa ble students surpass theirs. We found Jhe Russian stu dents, teachers, and adults showing a tremendous thirst for knowledge. There were book stores and hook, stands everywhere.' We saw many , large book stores in every city. There were many open book stands on the streets. Seldom did we see fever than three or more people, young and , old, browsing through and purchasing books on dis play. The price of books is low, very low compared to ours. The quality and work in a n s h i p is comparatively poor. Most copies were cur rent 1959.editions. All Censored I One most keep In mind that all printed matter is closely censored and given only one viewpoint that- of and for the Communist.' There are no American (or other non-communist country) publications of any kind to be found on the news or book stands. ! Construction and financing of all new buildings, includ ing schools, is under direct super vision of the state. School buildings generally .follow an architectural pat tern or stock plan as approved by the minister of education for that particular Republic. (The U.S.S.R. is made up of 15 Republics.) . ' We did not visit a single new school which .would pass our building code require ments either in design, qual ity, or refinements. Plumb ing and electrical work is ex posed and for the most part of obsolete design. " , In one city we visited a CCiniolledloe Farm Labor Camp Health Code to Cover Minimum Requirements, Group Says . m. S .3 ' T . t - - ... ' . - The proposed farm labor camp health code will cover general, mini mum require ments and will not be too spe cific, representatives of the state health department told those attending a public hear ing here yesterday afternoon. l Conducting the hearing were Dr. Ralph R. Sullivan, director of occupational health section, state depart ment of health, and James L. Agee, sanitation engineer and assistant director of the occu pational health section. Agee until recently was associate engineer for the state pollu tion study being conducted in the Medford area. ;- After the state-wide, series of public hearings on the. ten tative draft of the farm labor camp health code are com pleted, recommendations will be referred to the state board of health for consideration. The tentative draft with re DFORD fee- school which was 150 years old, and it was a far better structure than the new ones. Discuss Quality We discussed the quality of construction and design with a high government architect. He readily admitted the poor quality of both design and work manship. His answer was that the government has over-committed itself to the people for new housing, schools, and other service buildings.' As a result, the architects have to follow a very simple design and one that can be constructed in the least possible time by an in experienced, and in his words, incompetent, workers. After observing construction prac tices on several new build ings, we agreed. .Their old state or govern ment buildings (palaces and royalty houses) were beauti ful and well constructed, al though for most part they have not been well maintain ed. In fact, we noticed that high officials were disturbed when we praised anything of pre-revolutionary date. Ashland Youth lo . i .1 T , - - ' - ... - - Stand Trial for Rape, Judge Rules Winnifred Lee Quails, 16, of Ashland, who was returned to Jackson county from Mac Laren School for Boys in October, will stand trial as an adult on a charge of rape. Cir cuit Judge Oryal Millard ruled, yesterday. . .William Deatherage, attor ney for the youth, had moved that sCircuit Judge Jame Main's order last month re manding the youth to district court, be vacated. The motion was denied by Judge Millard. Judge Main's order follow ed the youth's return from Mac Laren on orders Af the state board -of control which stated the youth was "incorri gible." .-. ; Previous to yesterday's hearing the youth had been arraigned in district court on the rape charge and was bound over to the grand jury. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said this morning that he expected to call the grand jury in two or three weeks when he will present this case and others. ; Deatherage said he expects the ' youth would appear in circuit court some time after the first of the year if the grand jury returns a true bill. Judge Main, acting as a ju venile court judge, had sen tenced the youth to MacLaren in August.- visions and recommendations will be incorporated into a bill to be presented the state legislature at its next session. Objections and questions on the proposed health code have been generally ihe same so far, Agee and Dr. Sullivan re marked. Farmers and ranch ers generally had a construc tive attitude, he said. "We realize that these labor camps can't be Waldorf As torias," Dr. Sullivan said yes terday. "By shelter we mean housing which will protect the migrant worker from the elements.'"-. "The requirements in this cpde are far below what shel ters ought to be," Agee added. Most objections have been met during the hearings so far without diluting the code, Agee remarked. Main defect found by the interim committee investiga ting labor camp conditions MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 1959 M Western Powers Reach Tentative Date Agreement Approval by Home Governments Waited Washington -(DPI) Officials reported today that the West ern powers have reached ten tative agreement to propose to Russia that the East-West Summit meeting be held in Geneva in late April. ' The tentative agreement, they said, was reached by British, French, United Staes and West German representa tives at a State Department meeting late Tuesday. It has been referred to London Paris and Bonn for approval by the home governments. President Eisenhower , known to favor the late April date, and it is described by British sources as acceptable to " Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The only question mark re maining is -whether Trench President Charles de Gaulle will give his final and formal approval to that date. His rep resentative who attended Tuesday's meeting here, French Minister Claude Le- bel, indicated that the French chief would, diplomatic sources said. Quick Approval Hoped U. S. officials said, they hoped for quick approval by de Gaulle so a formal Western proposal could be sent, to So viet Premier Nikita S. Khru shchev in time to - get ; word back from the Russians before Dec. 19. - That is the date when the Western 'powers will hold their own Summit conference in Paris to coordinate their positions on critical issues n preparation - for the meeting with the Soviet Union. The major issues which American officials expect to discuss at the meeting with Russia are Berlin, German reunification and disarmament. Dr. Erickson Quits Slate Health Post Portland -IUPD- Dr. Harold M. Erickson today announced his resignation as state health officer. He has held the post since 1945". ". X In a letter 'to Carl L, Holm, president of the Oregon State Board of ' Health, ' Dr.. Erick son said "it is with consider able regret that I submit my resignation as secretary of the State Board of Health and state health-officer effective Jan. 13, 1960. He said he had accepted a position as deputy director of health for the state of Cali fornia: He said the decision was reached "only after the most careful consideration." Spokane-flJPD-Kaiser Alumi num and Chemical Corp. will close a second potline at its Mead Reduction plant near here Saturday. throughout the state has been in operation and maintenance of camp and facilities. The proposed health code would make the grower or growers responsible for camp maintenance.- Migrant laborers who wilfully misuse or dam age facilities could be charged with a misdemeanor, Agee ex plained. One of the main objections from the group of fruit grow ers attending the meeting yes terday was that it is impos sible to keep toxic materials such as sprays and dusts un der lock. Large amounts of such materials are kept at convenient spots for' orchard operation and it would be dif ficult to lock them up, a grow er pointed out.' Pickers and their families are seldom around those areas, however, the grower said. U 0 NEW CITIZENS Displaying their flags, the children of Mrs. Sharon Nordahl, 200 North Ninth St., Central Point, stop on the Jackson county courthouse steps after becoming citizens at a naturalization ; ceremony yes terday. In front are Patricia Louise Nordahl, .3, left, and Margaret Vetris Lillian Nordahl, ' 5. In back are Erick Bradley Nordahl 12, Gerald James Nordahl, 7, and Gunder Wil PendEei on PoGice fold Man Oh kidnap, Murder Charges Pendleton-IUPD-A man cap tured after a Highway 30 chase which involved two ap parent kidnapings and the wounding of a state policeman today faced possible murder charges for the slaying of a Camas, Wash., used car sales man. ' Under guard at St. Antho ny's hospital was John Broder son, 33, who suffered a super ficial bullet wound in his thigh after an exchange of shots with State Policeman Kenneth Green, 30, The Dalles. Green suffered flesh wounds in both legs. The slain man was Harold O. Oster, 51. His body was found in an apartment with his hands and feet bound, his mouth gagged with tape and a knife wound in the back. Before the slaying was dis covered, Carl Gehman, oper ator of a sports shop in Cam as, had been held up by a man who took a pistol and locked Boy, Have You j ' m- vr. v - Gehman in the basement say ing, "do as I say. I killed a man five minutes' ago." i State Police Sergeant Roger Armstrong of Pendleton gave this 'account of the chase:' : ' Mr. and Mrs.' James Tucker of Oswego,- Ore., en route to Hood River, picked up a hitch hiker who later ordered Mrs, Tucker out of the car at The Dalles and forced Tucker to drive on. Mrs. Tucker tele phoned state police and road blocks were set-up. When the Tucker car was sighted, police stayed behind and kept it under surveillance to avoid any trouble which might endanger Tucker's life Patrolman Green was in a car behind Tucker and the suspect. When the car ahead suddenly stopped Green came to a halt immediately behind. Tucker was released but Green was .forced at gun point to accompany the sus pect.- Got It Soft!" MAubOu oprnem itM. The Pulitzer Punuuuaa SL Louis PMl-OiSMlcfe M . United Press International Full Leased Wire "a v i-r a ; . s liam Nordahl, 10. They were born in Can ada, and came to the United States with Mrs. Nordahl. The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal church, was' principal .speaker . at the . ceremony, which .was followed by a coffee, hourunder 'the sponsorship of the -Medford: American Legion auxiliary. . . .'-.'. ;: ;s"v.-. " - When the car approached a roadblock at' Heppner Junc tion, Green jumped the sus pect and there was an ex change of shots inside the car. Both - men ) suffered , flesh wounds in the thigh. At this point other police cars closed in and the suspect was cap tured. Police said Oster's body was found in a room rented to Broderson. They said he ap parently had been lured to the rooming house on the pretext of a car sale. Pickets Continue At Machinery Firm Picket lines continue at Crater Lake Machinery com pany in Medford, Klamath Falls and Redmond, with no agreement reached concern ing a new contract. : The strike was called by the Hoisting and Portable Engi neers, Local 701, known as operating engineers, on- Oct. 27, Approximately 32 em ployees in the three towns are on strike. - It was reported ' that both the company and the union had submitted contracts prior to the strike which differed regarding both wages and benefits. Adenauer, British Minister in Accord London -(DPI)-West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Prime Minister Harold MacMillan made - so much progress in their cold war talks they called off today's formal working session and lunched instead at the Ger man embassy. They left their two foreign ministers and other experts to meet at No. 10 Downing st. and work out final details of their agreement on a three point agenda to be presented to the Soviets at a future Summit conference. Lakeview Man Dies In Highway Accident Lakeview-JUPD-Hugh Kling bell, 54, a Lakeview . motel owner, was killed late Tues day in a " one-car accident about 25. miles west of here.; E No. 201 Hatfield Sees Stevenson Easy Winner in Oregon Kennedy, Nixon Given Inside Track Springfield, Mass. (UPD Adlai Stevenson could "smile at us long distance and win Oregon." But Sen. John F, Kennedy appears the strong est candidate in the state's Democratic presidential pri mary, according to Oregon Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. The Oregon chief executive told a news conference Tues day night that Kennedy ap parently had won over many of Stevensons former sup porters but that the two-time presidential loser could still win the primary if he entered Hatfield said he would not seek the GOP vice president ial nomination but would find it "very . difficult" to reject if offered to him. He said New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller received a warm reception on his recent visit to Oregon but that Vice President Richard M. Nixon probably would win the Re publican primary. In a speech to the National Municipal League conference later Hatfield said each state must develop a "conscious program of action" or ulti mately lose power to the fed eral government. "Without a conscious pro gram of action to cope with state problems and opportuni ties, we can be sure that we will drift on a widening flood of federal centralization to the dead sea of national decision for local problems," Hatfield said. Bids Called lor Timber Road The bureau of public roads has: called. for construction of Tfi miles of sDecial road sub- base .in , Jackson county, ac cording to the Portland office. j The contract calls for gravr eling the West Fork Evans Creek ' rd. which was,i con structed last year and this summer. The improvement will facilitate harvest of privately-owned - and bureau of land management timber in the area, according to B. M. French, regional engineer for the BPR. Bids will be received in Portland until Dec. 9. .According to BLM officials in Medford. the road will make access to more than 1 billion board feet of timber of which 560,000,000 board feet on BLM land. The remain der is on private land with a small fraction of the total be loneine to the forest service. It was reported that three 'sales have been made in re cent years by BLM in the area with only one company doing any logging. . - Schools Closed by Weather in Gorge By United Press International : Schools in Corbett, Ore., and Stevenson, Wash., were closed today when freezing from Rooster' Rock on. the Oregon side of the Columbia river eastward through Co lumbia gorge made driving extremely hazardous. SCENE DISRUPTED Brunhilda, a dog at Mount Hood. Glenn Corbett, center, starts from Timberline Lodge, manages to disrupt toward the dog as other members of the things as she moves into a scene of a motion cast look on. picture, "All the Young Men," being filmed j (UPI Telephoto) Propsal Presented Industry Offers Plan For Thanksgiving Use Washington-fllPD - The cran berry industry unveiled to day a plan aimed at putting the traditional cranberry back on the able by Thanksgiving. Industry r e p r e sentatives made a five-point proposal in a public meeting with Arthur S. Flemming, secretary of Health Education and Wel fare, and officials of the Food and Drug Administration. Early Decision Promised Flemming has promised an early deicsion, possibly Thurs day, on whether his depart ment will support the plan as effective for separating un tainted cranberries from those containing a weed killer that has induced cancer in labora tory rats. ' Businessmen to Visit Schools Here Tomorrow . ' it : -it . More than S5 businessmen and valley industry represent atives are expected to (par ticipate in Education-Business Day here tomorrow. . ;- - Education-Business' Day is a ' follow up of Business-Ed ucation Day, when teachers from Medford schools visited local businesses and indus tries. The program is sponsor ed by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and Medford schools. . Chamber officials said this morning that 86 representa tives of 64 business ' and in dustrial firms have indicated they plan to participate in the program. Businessmen will meet at Hedrick Junior High school at 8 ajn. to -register; 'follow ing which Ma orientation ses sion is planned. The"" session will . be .conducted by admin istrative personnel. At 9:30 a.m., participants will be transported to select ed schools by -school buses, and businessmen will tour and visit classrooms. Princi pals and student body presi dents will meet businessmen at the schools. - - At noon lunch will be serv ed in the school -cafeterias for businessmen participating," af ter which more classroom vis itations' and school tours may be conducted. At the two junior high schools and at Medford High school, participants will have a choice of at least two areas to visit so business may ob tain a more thorough under standing with specific areas rather than a general view of the program, according to school officials. ' Last Sept. 10, 356 teachers and school administrators in the Medford system, which in cludes 17 schools, visited local business and industrial firms. OSC Awarded Science Foundation Grant Corvallis -UPD- Oregon State college has been awarded an other $290,000 grant from the National Science Founda tion to ' continue work in a special U.S. program of train ing for high school teachers in the fields of , science and mathematics. ! In his opening remarks to day, Flemming said he was "very desirous" of working out such an agreement with' industry as soon as possible. He said he was "very aware of the seriousness of the situa tion for the cranberry indus-' try." Plan" Presented The industry plan was pre sented by Ambrose E. Stevens, vice president of the Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc, an industry association which handles about 75 per cent of the nation's cranberry crop. ' He urged Flemming, as one point in the plan, to make " a declaration to the Amer ican people that cranberries now in grocery stares are com pletely wholesome and free from blemish of any sort." Stevens said such a delcara tion was ncessary in order to "reverse the .trend .of fear hysteria." Black Monday' ' Flemming announced Nov. 9 that portions of the Oregon ana Washington cranberry crop contained the suspected chemical, aminortriazole. Stevens referred to the an nouncement date as "Black Monday" for the cranberry in dustry. The four other points in the industry plan would assure consumers that they were pur chasing pure berries, Stevens said. . The - industry's five-point proposal provides for: -Continuation of the ban on all use of aminortriazole un til pertient facts concerning the drug, including its effect on human beings, have been determined. , -Segregation of all cran berries which there is any reason to believe may contain any of the weed-killer. Procedure Carried Out Testing of all the 1959 crop now in the possession of major distributors, a proce-. dure already being carried out by the FDA. . ! -Destruction of all cranber ries found to contain any resi- ' due of the chemical or im pounding of berries under "appropriate saf egunards" un til their proper . disposition - has been determined. -Continued research and cooperation with government agencies "to insure uninter rupted delivery to the public of an adequate supply of pure and wholesome cranberries and cranberry products." Stevens said that cranber ries harvested in the fall of one year usually. do not get to the consumer until the fol lowing autumn. WEATHER FORECASTS: Cloudy with a few ihoweri tonight and Thursday. Low tonifht 32-35. Blch Thursday SS. , Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 21 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ......J 4:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:07 a.m. The Moon rises 7:41 p.m. tonight and rides high near Althena, a second magnitude star In the constellation, Ge mini. This star was originally called by the Arabians, -The Proudly Marching One". Last Quarter Nov. 23 ;:; :: fe :f '
