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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1959)
s TO iiiit Tut Sua off Mm ratlins IKE GREETS MOROCCANS Escorted by Black Guards, President Eisenhower and King Mohammed V wave from a car as they ride in a motorcade at Casablanca today. U.S. To Withdraw Injunction Case Enters Fifth Day In Circuit Court A circuit court hearing on an injunction against the Eagle Point Irrigation district involving the California Ore gon Power company entered its fifth day today. . Mrs. Ann Todd continued to present her side of the case as Ted Flury, irrigation district manager, resumed testimony this morning in Circuit-Judge James M. Main's courtroom. "I don't know when our presentation will end," one of the four plaintiffs in the case said. "I thought we would be finished with our side of it by now." Mrs. Ann Todd, her hus band, Howard, and three oth er Eagle Point irrigation dist rict water users,. Paul Conrad, Fritz Carlson and Herman Higday, are seeking to prevent the district" from discharging more than 67 cubic feet per second of water through a si phon. The complainants claim the siphon was designed to take no more than that amount of water. - Jackson County Watermas ter D. C. Hendrix took the wit ness stand yesterday to testify on the efficiency of automatic spillway devices and letters from the state engineer's of fice regarding application to use state water. Mrs. Todd resumed her ef forts today to introduce letters of protest she had written to the Eagle Point Irrigation dist rict board of directrs. Flury said he could not remember their content. Some of the evidence which Mrs. Todd was successful in admitting yesterday was done under the rule of equity which means that it cannot be used in this hearing but may be used later if the case is ap pealed to the state supreme court. Brazilian Airliner Crashes Into Homes Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-(UPD-A Brazilian commercial air liner with 32 persons aboard crashed into private homes in the Ramos suburb today after a collision with a military air craft. The air force pilot para chuted to safety but there was no immediate information on how many persons, if any survived the crash of the air , liner. - Steel Mediators Report No Progress Washington - (UPD - Federal mediators met for an hour to day with union and manage ment negotiators in the steel dispute but reported no prog ress toward a settlement. Bargaining Arranged Eavid J. McDonald, steel "crker's president, and union oral counsel Arthur' J. ":".- ert stayed away from i morning's talks to ar :,3 individual company ' -;ning sessions -Sunday, .""-tors r-et separately, t "d management -i. i. -?int session was ex tied later today. Christmas Buying Hears Climax; Two Shopping Days Left Holidav rush buying neared its climax today, and many downtown Medford merchants are reporting crowds jamming stores, as 2V4 shopping days remain be fore Christmas. Retail tradels dollar vol ume is reported to be about the same as last year in some, stores, while other merchants report sales as high as IVz per cent ahead of last year, according to a survey con ducted by the Mail Tribune. Few merchants report that they have been bothered by the steel strike as there was no shortage of steel toys.' One merchant reported sales about 4 per peat under the same date 1958, but added that there was one extra day of buying this year with Christmas falling on Friday. He said the same trend was reDorted bv other stores in the chain throughout the state. i Wearing Apparel Sales in wearing apparel for men; women and children have been reported doing quite well in all stores. Par ticularly ' mentioned were lingerie, .skirts and sweaters for women and sports shirts for men. One manager said sales would be about the same as 1958, "but could be better, depending on the fog this week." He also mentioned that the store Saturday had the second biggest selling day in dollar sales in its history. He added that the other 11 months' sales had shown an increase over the same month last year. Merchants generally agreed that Christmas buy ing was excellent. Many had been too busy to compare sales with the 1958 Christmas season. ; . Last year's sales show an average of a 17 per cent in crease over 1957. Gilda Gray Dies Of Heart Attack Hollywood -(UPD - Gilda Grafy, the "shimmy" dancer who parlayed her gyrations into a fortune on stage and screen in the roaring twen ties, died of a heart attack to day. She was 60. in Talks I. W. Abel, secretary-treas urer of the union, announced that the steelworkers are con ducting a poll of rank and file members on management's last offer. Disagree on Benefits ' He said postal card ballots were being sent to the- half million workers involved in the dispute to get their views on the proposal. The com panies say it provides a 30 cent package over three years, but the union estimates it is worth only from 22 to 24 cents over the same period. The Chief Executive arrived from Madrid for talks with the King, after which he left for Washington, where he is due to arrive late tonight. (UPI Telephoto) Forces in Morocco liZLP FIGHT TD CliniSTMAS SEALS Boundary Change Opinion Received The Jackson county's reor ganization committee's con sent must be obtained for a boundary board to make a school . district boundary change, according to an at torney general's opinion re ceived by the county court today. The ruling was requested by the . county court whose members with the county school superintendent com pose the boundary board. Spe cifically, the opinion was de sired on the issue of whether property in the Rocky Point bridge area could be transfer red from the Central' Point school district to the Rogue River district. .-.-.' "Boundary changes may not be validly initiated pursuant to state law provisions with out a finding by the county reorganization committee on whether or not the change is desirable or whether it con flicts with the reorganization plan," the opinion read. "There is a serious question as to its validity if the boun dary change is ordered with out concurrence by the com mittee," the opinion contin ued. The attorney general point ed out that the supreme court in several cases had declined to back up school district boundary changes where state procedure was not followed or when the board acted beyond its jurisdiction. Vancouver, B. C. -TOPD Two men missing in northern Brit ish Columbia since their light plane crash-landed here Fri day were found safe Monday. WEATHER rnotr ST- fnntfrierahle clou diness tonight and Wednesday with patchy valley fog tonight and chance of showers .Wednes day. Low tonight 25-28. High tomorrow 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 30 Lowest this Morning 26 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:38 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow ..12:24 a.m. Last Quarter tonight 7:28 pjn. VISIBLE PLANET Venus, in the south east 6:18 a.m. The combination of the move ments of the Earth and Vesus on their orbits around the Sun is now carrying these two planets further apart. The gap between them is now 93 mil lion miles. Eisenhower Due In Washington Lafe Tonight Casablanca, Morocco - (UPD -President Eisenhower wound up his gruelling 11 - nation good will tour today with an announcement that all U.S. forces will be withdrawn from Morocco by the end of 1963. . . ::-,..;.: Behind Schedule : , '" The President was running behind schedule when his jet airliner took off for Washing ton at 10:08 a.m. (p.s.t.) fol lowing talks with Morocco's King Mohammed V and the wildest and most spectacular reception of his 'historic peace mission that may change the course of the cold war. In a final communique is sued jointly, with King Mo hammed, the President said that "preliminary prepara tions for the departure of U.S. forces will begin in the im mediate future." Then it added that all U.S. forces will be out of Morocco in three years. At present, U.S. forces use four air bases . and a naval base at Port Lyautey. There now are an estimated 10,000 American troops in Morocco. To Release Air Field The communique said that "immediate steps win be tak en to release the air field at Ben Slimane" and "this will be achieved not later than March 31, 1960." Ahead of the President was a refuelling stop at Gander, Nfld., and a f planned warm welcome home in Washington late tonight and a later report to the nation Wednesday night on the results of his trip. Togetherness Airport Fog Lifts To Permit Mercy Flight Operation Cloud-Seeding Tried As Planes Grounded Weather conditions at the Medford airport permitted planes to start flying shortly after noon today. Whether the change in the weather was "natural," or the result of a cloud-seeding op eration to "knock a hole" in the fog, was open to ques tion. . .- ' A plane operated by Mercy Flights, Inc., started seeding the fog over the airport with 115 pounds of dry ice at 11:17 a.m., and the cover began breaking up within a half hour. Planes Stranded The seeding operation was conducted in an attempt to clear the airport ', so that Mercy Flights planes could operate. One plane from here did the seeding, while two others were grounded at Mon tague, Calif., unable to re turn here last night because of fog. One of the grounded planes was to fly to Lakeview this afternoon to bring back a woman seriously injured in an automobile accident. The other was to return here, if the fog lifted sufficiently. 1,062nd Patient One of the planes stranded at Montague landed there last night after carrying the air ambulance service's 1,062nd patient. 6-months-old ' Mike Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis, Port Orford, who was flown to Portland yester day after he swallowed a nickel which became lodged in his esophagus. Cloud-seeding operations for the removal of fog have been attempted here before, and have met with success oc casionally when done on super-cooled fog, such as that which the valley has had for the past several days. Cleared at 12:20 ".-'A" weather bureau spokes man said runways have been open for landings and take- offs since about 12:20 p.m., an hour after a ' twin - engined Beechcraft piloted by Mercy Flights, Inc. President George Milligan went aloft with 115 pounds of dry ice. The weather bureau spokes man said the lifting was due to pressure and wind changes and that the dry ice "may have helped." In "Good Shape" The weather bureau report ed at 1:15 p.m. that visibility was about one mile and that wind speed at ground level was five knots and at about 1,000 feet was 110-115 knots per hour. Ground temper ature was 30 degrees and the lowest clouds were about 5,000 feet above the airport. "We're in pretty good shape," he said, adding that at least one West Coast plane already had landed and then taken off again. Round Butte Dam Permit Approved Salem -(UPI)- The three-mem ber Oregon Hydroelectric Commission, over the objec tions of its chairman, today voted to issue a preliminary permit to Portland General Electric company for proposed Round Butte dam on the De schutes river. MAuCktu i IN, IM Pulitzer Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 PAGES MEDFORD, LIVING COSTS HIT Washington (UPD The na tion's living costs edged up ward last month to another record high, the government reported today. The Labor Department said its consumer price index rose 1-10 of 1 per cent to 125.6 per cent of average 1947-49 prices. It was the sixth time in the last seven months that it climbed to an all-time peak. 'SNOW' IN CALIFORNIA Motorists driv- but on closer examination the snow turns ing along 146th st. in Hawthorne, Calif., out to be spun glass prepared by the resi- suddenly run into "snow". In an area where dents for Christmas decorations, there has been practically no rain for the past several years this can be quite a shock (UPI Telephoto) Much Hard Bargaining Remains For Columbia Water Pact By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent (Editor's note: This is the first of two articles in which our Washing ton correspondent discloses the specific terms of the agreement reached last week by the Inter national Joint Commission for power and flood control develop ment of the upper Columbia river by Canada and the United States. The agreement, not yet formally made public, will soon be turned over to the governments of both countries.) Washington - The much heralded agreement finally reached by the International Joint Commission for a net work of dams and transmis sion lines crossing the inter national border along the up per Columbia leaves much of the hard bargaining for the future. , It is a 30 - page document containing 16 principles, most of them very general, several rather specific. Diversion Not Included One point the document does not contain is the pos sible diversion of the Colum bia into the Fraser river sys tem a threat the Canadians continue to hold over United States officials. But U;S. of ficials express confidence that if terms of the agreement are fulfilled, Canada is not likely to provoke the Americans by siphoning off any of the Co lumbia away from the United States. The most specific principles are that there should be 50-50 sharing of the power output added to downstream Ameri can dams because of Canadian storage projects; and the Uni ted States should pay cash to Canada for one-half the flood control benefits realized in the United States because of the new Canadian dams. No dollar amount, was agreed upon for flood control payments, contrary to the re ports leaked by Canadian of ficials that they had been as sured of getting some $150 million over a 50-year period. U.S. officials say this is higher than they believe these bene fits are worth. Formula Watered Down Nor was any formula work ed out by which the benefits of Libby dam would be shar ed. An earlier draft of prin ciples contained such a form ula, but this was watered down to a general agreement to share the power from this project whose reservoir would cross the border into Canada. Here are the terms of the agreement: General Principle No. 1 -"Cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia . . . requires that the storage facilities and downstream power produc tion facilities ... be added in the order of the most favor able benefit-cost ratio ..." .General Principle No. 2 -"Cooperative development . . OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1959No. 230 Higher costs for transporta tion, medical care, housing and personal care more than offset -declining food prices in November. The increase means that 170,000 meat packing, air craft, and other workers will receive pay boosts of from one to three cents an hour. Their wages are tied to changes in the index by esca . should result in advantages in power supply, flood con trols, or other benefits,, or savings in costs to each coun try as compared with alterna tives available in that coun try." General Principle No. 3 "With respect to the trans boundary projects . . . the en titlement of each country to participate in the develop ment and to share in the downstream benefits resulting from storage, and in power generated at site, should be determined by crediting to each country such portion of the storage capacity and head potential of the project as may be mutually agreed." This was more specific in an earlier draft, applying to Libby dam. Later negotiations will have to develop the spe cifics in terms of kilowatts to go to Canada from this dam in western Montana on the Kootenay River. Agrees To Concept Power Principle No. 1 -"Downstream power benefits in one country should be de termined on the basis of an Local Architect Dies at His Home Ben H. Todd, 63, well known local architect, died at his home in the Plaza apart ments yesterday. Mr. Todd was known in Medford mostly as the archi tect for the courthouse annex, the Christian Science church, the Jacksonville grade school, Weeks and Orr furniture store, Weisfield's jewelers, and many other new and re modeled business buildings. . The Todds came to Medford 10 years ago from Bakersfield, Calif., where there are also a number of buildings for which he was the architect. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Chapel Mortuary. Mail Volume 20 Per Cent From Dec. 1 through Dec. 21 a total of 920,300 pieces of letter mail were cancelled at the Medford post pffice, ex cluding metered mail dis patched, according to local postal officials. During the week Dec. 12 to 19, 174,000 pieces of metered letter mail were dispatched, chiefly first class letters from local fruit companies and gift box shippers relative to gift box orders. By Christmas eve, officials said, more than 1 million let ters will have gone through the cancelling machine. The, largest single day of Price 10 Cents Tribune NEW PEAK lator clauses. Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor statistics, predicted the index will stabilize be tween now and next spring, before climbing again next summer. The October index figure was 125.5. This means it costs $12.55 to buy the same goods and services which cost $10 in 1947-49. assured plan of operation of the storage in the other coun try." . , This means Canada agrees to the concept of operating its storage dams so as to provide maximum : water flow for downstream American power plants. Power Principle No. 2 -"Power benefits attributable to an upstream storage proj ect should be estimated in ad vance to the extent possible to the mutual satisfaction of the upstream and downstream countries (and be subject to review every 5 years) . . ." (Continued on Page 2) Ex-Medford Man Killed in Accident Clarence Nelson, 37, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Med ford, was killed in an automo bile accident near Holbrook, Ariz., recently, according to word received by relatives here. The accident occurred Dec. 13 when Nelson and two friends were returning to Mesa from Denver, Colo. The car and occupants were not found by Arizona highway pa trolmen until Sunday morn ing, Dec. 20, according to the reports. Nelson, a graduate of Med ford High school, was associ ated with his father, Julius Nelson, and his brothers in the contracting business here be fore the family moved a few years ago. He is survived by his par ents, who live in San .Diego, Calif., four brothers, Ibsen Nelson, Seattle, Wash., Kermit Nelson, Hebron, Neb., Leo Nelson, Mesa, Arib., all of whom lived in Medford, and Juel Nelson, San Diego, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. H. V. Martin and Mrs. Owen Kun kel both of Medford. Private funeral services were held today in Holbrook Ariz. at Medford Post Office Greater Than Last Year mailing was Wednesday, Dec. 16, when 85,400 letters were cancelled and 28,326 pieces of metered mail dispatched. During the four week per iod from Nov. 14 to Dec. 11, the combined metered mail and mail that went through the cancelling machine to taled 1,102,414 individual let ters, of which 501,631 were metered, chiefly from the shippers of gift packages. During the four weeks per iod ending Dec. 11, the mail volume at the Medford post office was 20 per cent greater than that of one year ago. Local postal, officials had Foreign Ministers Displeased Over Consultation Lack Need for Strong Stand Reaffirmed Paris - (DPB - The foreism ministers of small nations in the NATO council flsrprf nr. at big power summit strategy today out endorsed the Big Three invitation to Russia for an April summit conference. The 15-nation council reaf-. firmed the need for a stron stand by the Big Three of Britain, the United States and France to maintain thoir. rights in Berlin when the leaders of those nations meet in Paris with Soviet PrAtniM Nikita Khrushchev. Complaints Voiced The NATO foreign mimV. ters called together to "rati fy" the policies laid down by President Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Harold Mac millan, and French President unaries de Gaulle in the west ern summit conference that ended Monday did their duty. But the bulk of the time was devoted to small nsvnAi complaints over the threat of Demg shoved around by the big powers. Informed said some small nations were unnappy over being scarcely consulted while working nut a round -robin of summit con- lerences between the West and Russia. Finally Smoothed Over The "little brothers" in NATO also were miffed at what they considered an ef fort by de Gaulle last week end to set up a big power "directorate" to nm tmato This would effectively make tnem second class members of the alliance. Informed sources said the small power rebellion crackl ed through the secret council meeting for an hour. It wag started by Turkish Foreign Minister Fatim Zorlu and the Greek and Belgian delegates immediately hopped into the agrument on his side. The flare-up was finally smoothed over by Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange, chairman of today's session. Then the delegates went on to give their stamp of approval to the Big Three's summit decisions. Attendance Urged For Tree Lighting Medford Mayor John Snider today urged residents to at tend a formal Christmas tree relighting program at the li brary at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, and "be a part of one community's combined ef fort to show its respect for peace." The public relighting pro gram is scheduled to coin cide with President Eisen hower's lighting of the na tional tree on the White House lawn. Arrangements for about a 20-minute program have been made by Mrs. Marie Bos worth.director of the Oregon United Nations association, through the Medford chapter. The program will include a Broadcast ' of the President's message from the White House lawn. Mayor Snider, who will re light the tree in front of the library, said "In the belief that peace must start in the hearts and minds of people, families of people, and na tions of people, we invite all to join with us on Wednesday evening as we dedicate a few holiday moments to peace." Omar A. Bacon, librarian, will give a welcome address, and the Rev. Escil Hiser, pres ident of the Medford Minis terial association, will speak. anticipated that Monday, De cember 21, would be the heav iest maling day, but the coop eration of the public in mail ing early caused the heavy day to be the previous Wed nesday. A total of 42 temporary em ployees were hired to help handle the Christmas maiL the first ones being hired Dec. 8 for sacking parcel post at Bear Creek orchards. Sub stitute carriers were placed on duty Dec. 14. Parcel post packages arriv ing early Christmas morning will be delivered on Christ mas day, officials said
