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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1959)
Pie r ft 11 1? BREAK GROUNb Councilman Robert Van Sickle takes the first shovelfull of dirt from the site of the Jackson park swim ming pools. Watching him with obvious sat isfaction that the project is finally under way are, from left to right, Robert Haworth, EPID Injunction Hearing May End In Court Today Both sides involved in an injunction hearing against the Eagle Point Irrigation district said the hearing may be con cluded in circuit court today. Mrs. Ann Todd, who with other water users is seeking the injunction, said she is "pretty sure" her case will be concluded today. George Rob erts, who is associated with Frank Farrell as attorney de fending Eagle Point Irrigation district, said he expects to wind up his presentation in 1V4 hours after Mrs. Todd completes her case. Circuit Court Judge James M. Main is conducting the hearing. Ted Flurry, irrigation dis trict manager, left the wit ness stand yesterday and was replaced by Howard Todd, Mrs. Todd's husband, who tes tified on the design and condi tion of the siphon. -Oozing Water He said he and Paul Con rad, another water user seek ing the injunction, recently were able to stick knives into the siphon. In one case water oozed out through the cut in the siphon, Todd said. Conrad's testimony this morning followed much the same line as Todd's testimony as to condition and design of the siphon. In Mrs. Todd's complaint she claims she is seeking an injunction against the irriga tion district to prevent it from discharging more than 67 cubic feet per second of water through the . siphon. However, she said yesterday the protesting water users were only seeking to prevent a discharge of 100 cubic feet per second feet of water through the siphon. Silverton Farmer Files Candidacy Salem - IDPD - Silverton farmer R. F. Cook filed today as candidate on the Repub lican ticket for U.S. senator from Oregon. His slogan is "represents taxpayer in advocating drastic reduction in federal taxing, spending and paternalism." Cook said that he was "not picked by any political group or machine or private inter ests" and therefore can work "for the interests of the people." 1 Cook said .his principal sponsors are the "conservative organizations" in the state that "ask for nothing but a more sensible and less expen sive government." Salem -flJPB- The Board of Control meeting today was cancelled. The board normal ly meets every Tuesday. Oregon Unemployment Insurance Claims Higher Salem (UPD- The State Em ployment department said to day that holiday closures and adverse weather were the chief causes of a 3,863 in crease in unemployment in surance claims in Oregon last week. Rush of Filings The total last week was 24, 029 as compared with 27,708 one year ago but a depart ment spokesman emphasized that last week's count mush roomed because Christmas Testimony Starts In Thompson Case In Circuit Court Testimony this morning in the Safeway store robbery case centered on description of the store layout and on the alleged robber's descrip I tion.' Testifying in Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly's court were John F. Sedey, switchman for Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company here, a cus tomer in the store, and Frank Barnes, clerk in the store. Testimony Varied on color and design of the shirt which Glenn Hales Win Lighting Contest . Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Hale, 35 West Sixth st., Eagle Point, were sweep stakes winners in the Christ mas lighting contest sponsored by Eagle Point Lions club.-. - The Hales were also first place winners in the theme division.- R.- L. Cowden, 411 South B st'., won first place in the lighting division and Mrs. Beryl Hickson, 40 West Third St., won first place for origi nality. Decorations at the Hale residence included a tradi tional manger scene and a Santa Claus and Christmas tree. Mrs. Hickson had used a space-age theme and the Cowden home was decorated with lights and a Christmas tree. Eugene Council Bans Free Pinballs Eugene - (UPD - The Eugene city council Monday night ap proved an ordinance banning free play pinball machines in the city limits. The ordinance bans the pin balls or other mechanical de vices involving "bonus, prize or chance" It is patterned af ter an ordinance effective in Portland. . An attorney for pinball op erators told the city council that more time should be taken for consideration of the matter. Motion in Used Car Dealer Case Denied Salem (DPD - Circuit Judge George Jones Monday denied a motion by Portland used car dealer Henry A. Bryant for a temporary injunction against Oregon Motor - Vehicles De partment director Vern L. Hill. He set Feb., 1 as date of hearing in Bryant's case against the state. Bryant has challenged a new state law providing that used car dealers must post a corporate surety bond of $15, 000 with the state. fell on a Friday and there was a pre-holiday rush of fil ings. He said that without the holiday factor, last week's to tal probably would have been in the neighborhood of 22, 000. Lumbar Leads List Logging and lumber indus tries had the most of last week's estimated 3,000 lay offs. However, companies scheduling holiday shutdowns should resume normal opera tions about Jan. 4, the depart ment said. city parks and recreation director, Russ Jamison, president of the parks and recrea tion commission, Robert Baccus, city coun cilman, and Mark Goldy, representing the Jackson County Housing Authority. (Knackstedt Photo) Donald M. Thompson, 36, of Klamath Falls, is supposed to have worn during the rob bery with which he is charg ed. Describes Shirt Sedey described the shirt as one with small red and white checks and Barnes said it had large red and black checks. The two men identi fied the layout of the store interior. A sharp exchange occurred between District; Attorney Th'-mas J. Reeder andvRich- ard C. Beesley, Klamath Falls, one of two attorneys defend ing Thomas. Reeder oppos objections from Beesley to Reeder's questions directed at the witnesses. . . John Franklin Barger, one of the managers for; the Safe way store in the - Medford shopping center,, was the ..sec ond witness called in the state's case Monday. Testimony started in the trial about 3:30 p.m. Monday following the final election of jurors. Seven women and five men are hearing the case charging Thompson with the Sept. 7 holdup of the Safeway store in the Medford Shop ping Center. Following their selection, the jurors traveled to the Safeway store to view the area which may be men tioned in testimony. First Witness First witness for the state was City Patrolman Tom Fur nas who had prepared a scale map of the Safeway store. In the state's opening state ment, District Attorney Thom as J. Reeder reviewed the Sept. 7 holdup of the Safe way store which occurred be tween 8 and 9 p.m. in which approximately $2,700 was taken. He said that the state would give "clear and con vincing evidence" that the de fendant was the person who heldup the store. , The defendant's attorneys, Richard C. Beesley, Klamath Falls, and A. E. Piazza, Med ford, ' postponed presenting their opening remarks until the conclusion of the state's testimony. Identifies Defendant ' Barger, manager on duty at the time of the reported hold up, testified that man, who he identified as the defend ant, asked him about some wine, then dog food at the store, before showing him a newspaper clipping telling of a holdup. Barger explained that the man showed him a gun tucked - in his trousers and gave him instructions on how he should get money from the safe and deliver it to him. . The manager, who several times "positvely" identified Thompson as the man who told him to put the money in a hrnwn nailer sack, told of his trip to Klamath Falls with members of the Med ford city police to see a per son arrested in that city. National Guard Lease Plan Held Illegal Salem -(DPD- Robert Y. Thornton, Oregon attorney general, said today that an Oregon National Guard pro posal to lease a part of Camp Rilea for an exclusive private hunting preserve was illegal. Newcastle, England (UPD Andrew Leech, 49, had his stomach pumped successfully Monday after a mouse jumped into his open mouth while he was sleeping. Several Under Consideration To Succeed Unander Treasurer Picked For Maritime Board fcaiem-ftjPD Several persons were reported under consid eration today to succeed Re publican Sig Unander as Ore gon's state treasurer. iresiaent Eisenhower an nounced Monday he intends to nominate Unander, 46, to the Federal Maritime Board for the remainder of a term expiring June 20, 1961. Unander- said the President "has conferred a great honor on Oregon." He said his resig nation as state treasurer "will go forward to he governor at the proper time." Job Pays $20,000 Reports have circulated for some time that Unander was in line for the federal appoint ment, which must go to the Senate for approval after con gress convenes. The federal position pays $20,000 a year. Unander will succeed Ben Giull, of Texas, who has re signed effective Dec. 31. Gov. Mark Hatfield had no immediate comment on a suc cessor but a spokesman said five or six persons were un der conideration. Two persons have express ed an interest in running for the $12,500 treasurer's posi tion. They are ex-State Sen. Lee Ohmart of Salem and Rep. Shirley Field of Port land, both Republicans. Other Names I Others whose names have j popped up include former QtatA Con TJrtnxrarrt Roltrtn nf Canby; Deputy State Treasur er Fred Paulus; former State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm, Port land; State Sen. Anthony Yturri of Ontario and Eugene Mayor Edwin Cone, also a former legislator. Ummder said that "matters of the state treasury are up to date and all accounts are in first class condition." When a successor is named Hatfield will have picked two members of the Board of Con trol. Last January he chose Howell , Appling Jr.. as secre tary Of state. The governor is tha third' member '"of the Board. . - Rockefeller To Support Nixon Albany, N.Y. - (0PD - Nelson A. Rockefeller : will actively support Richard . Nixon, - for president, the New York gov ernor said. However, he would not accept second place on the ticket. Rockefeller said his decis ion against running for vice president on the GOP ticket was "final and irrevocable," and a high source said the vice president's job was con trary to Rockefeller's temp erament and training. .' The source described as "wishful thinking" on the part of Democrats there was a split between Rockefeller and Nixon and that there was "bitterness" in the governor's withdrawal from the White House race. ' Salem Jail Trusty Escapes From Work Salem (UPD A 55-year-old Salem city jail trusty work ing at the dog pound escaped Monday. Police identified his as Joseph Marshall St. John. Seer and Regional Edition Medford 18 PAGES i r ' ' - ' 1 i I i - 1 4 , mm m&MmmM .$: - U lit & IB n til I fit AT AUGUSTA CONFERENCE A group of top Washing- ton officials flew to Augusta, Ga., today for a conference with President Eisenhower. Shown upon arrival are, left .:Ui t T . T"M1 3 A - la. T 1 to right, C. Douglas Dillon, Ike Refuses To Ban on i .Augusta,, Ga.-(UPD-President Eisenhower refused today to extend the formal U.S. mora torium on nuclear weapon tests but promised that they would not be resumed with out advance notice." At. the same time, the Presi- Mercy Flights Seeds Airport Fog A Mercy Flights, Inc., plane this morning seeded the fog in the area of the Medford air port so one of its planes could take off for Burns, Ore. Spokesmen for Mercy Flights said 108 pounds of dry ice were used about 9:58 a.m. this morning. -At 10:30 a.m. they reported sun at the air port with visibility a half mile, compared to l16th of a mile previously. A United Airlines pilot, fly ing overhead, said the hole in the fog was about 3 miles in length and about a half mile wide." The rest of the area was fogged in, the United pilot said. The Mercy Flights plane, which was expected back about 1 p.m., went to Burns to pick up Mrs. John Graves, Eagle Point, who became ill there. She was to be taken to Rogue Valley hospital here. - Sucker ' CaarrMM. m. m runner Pnbiwww fa. Si. LMM tal-OaMlck MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1959 undersecretary of state; John Nuclear dent denounced the attitude of what he called "the politi cally guided" Russian experts in the Geneva negotiations seeking agreement on-a per manent prohibition of nuclear tests. Not Planning Resumption The Eisenhower statement released from the vacation White House here, meant that, while the U.S. would not re new the moratorium which has run for 14 months, it was not planning an immediate resumption of tests. At the same time, it reserved the right to do so at any time after giving notice. Eisenhower's statement was issued after he had conferred with 13 high level officials who flew here from Washing ton this morning. A major topic of their discussion was the nuclear test moratorium which expires Thursday. The group was headed by Appointments for Census Announced Salem-OIPD-Oregon Republi can Chairman Peter . Gunnar, Salem, has announced the ap pointment of Ronald Blundell of Salem by the Sensus Bu reau to head up the' 1960 cen sus operation in the first con gressional district of the state. Blundell, 41, owns a can ning business here. He will supervise . about 500 persons who will canvass te 10 coun ties in the district starting next April 1. In Portland, Robert Mautz, GOP national committeeman, announced the appointment of Homer Rainey of Bend to di rect the second district census. Posts for the third and fourth congressional districts are ex pected to be announced later this week. CP Winners of Contest Announced Central Point John L. Mc Coy took first place in the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce's Christmas lighting contest, it was an nounced Monday. McCoy, 3498 Oak Pine Way, was followed by Cliff Greens, West Scenic ave., second place; Mrs. Wallace West, 461 North Fifth st., third, and D..D. Turner, 86 Freeman rd., fourth. Contest judges were George Johns, L. C. Lisenbee and Eloy Sutton, Jaycee president. New York-flJPD-President Eir senhower has been named the man of the year by the editors of Time magazine for the sec ond time. 54th A. McCone, AEC chairman; Secretary of State Christian A. Herter; Thomas Gates, secretary of defense, and Gen. Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ' TTT"T ml l i - V Extend Testing Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, Secretary of De- iense inomas 5. uates jr., Chairman John McCone of the Atomic Energy Commis sion, and Gen. Nathan . F, Twining, chairman- of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . Negotiations To Resume Eisenhower pointed out that negotiations with Russia and Great Britain on a per manent test ban had been un der way for 14 months. Now in recess, they will resume Jan. 12. "No satisfactory agreement is yet in sight," the President said. "The prospects for such an agreement have been in jured by the recent unwilling ness on the part of the po litically guided Soviet experts to give serious scientific con sideration to the effectiveness of seismic techniques for the detection of underground ex plosions. Atmosphere Clouded 'Indeed, the atmosphere of the talks has been clouded by the intemperate and tech nically unsupportable Soviet annex of the report of the technical experts." Traffic Deaths Tie Stale Record Salem (UPD - As state traf fic safety officials feared, the 1959 Oregon state traffic death toll has tied the all-time record of 482 lives. With two more days of the year left, after today, Oregon could have a new high death record. Five persons, died in two accidents early today. The 482 record was set in 1946 and had not been tied until this year. Of this month's 51 victims so far, 10 of them were from Washington state for the larg est out-of-state number killed on Oregon highways. Relics Claimed From Cross on Which Christ Died Jersey City, NJ.-flJPI-Two relics said to have come from the cross on which Christ died and worth $90,000' were taken by two bandits Monday night from a descendant of Austri an nobility. Splinter Included Matthew Jaksch, 69, was robbed of the relics as he was about to deposit them in a bank. Police said the bandits probably thought they were getting money. They also took $7 from Jaksch. The items, in a manila en Yea r Price 1 0 Cents Tribune 236 luri xeiepnoujj Talent Man Killed When Struck on Highway 99 Today Jerry Austin Giesler, 28, of Talent was struck by a car and . killed almost instantly about 2:20 o'clock this morn ing while sitting on Highway 99 near Phoenix, according to state police. State police said Giesler was sitting on the side of the highway trying to straighten a bent fender which resulted from an earlier accident when he was struck by a car oper ated by Richard Dean Kane, Talent The events leading to Gies- ler's death, according to po lice, started when he was southbound and tried to pass a truck and trailer. While passing, Giesler's vehicle started sliding on the icy high way, hit the truck and went into a dutch. Neither Badly Damaged Neither vehicle was badly damaged in the first accident, nor were they any injuries, police said. : Giesler was attempting to get his car back on the road and was trying to straighten a fender that was rubbing a front tire, and in the process was sitting on the pavement with his legs under the left front fender, according to po lice. At this time the Kane car came upon the scene. Kane told police he saw Giesler but when he tried to swerve, his car skidded into him, crush ing him between the two cars. Giesler had reportedly been working for the Southern Pa cific railroad since 1952. His body was taken to an Ash land mortuary where funeral arrangements will be made. Washington-flJPD - Treasury Secretary Robert B. Ander son has appointed Thomas S. Priedeaux as state chairman of the Oregon Savings Bond Advisory committee. No. Stolen by Two Bandits velope, included a splinter purportedly from the cross on which Christ was crucified. The other was part of a thorn said to have come from the crown of thorns Christ wore at Calvary. Shred of Garmsnt Jaksch said a third relic, a shred from the unstitched gar ment Christ was believed to have worn prior to his death, was safe in a bank vault. The American Gallery of Fine Arts in New York re cently appraised the value of the three relics at $140,000, Group Bound for Rose Bowl Game Struck By Truck Young Woman in Critical Condition Eugene -(UPD- Four Univer sity of Washington students en route to the Rose Bowl game were killed early today in a head-on collision between their station wagon and a tank truck and trailer on an icy highway five miles north of here. State DOlice idpntifiMl th victims as Derwood Burr Nor- din, 23, Palos Verdes Estate, Calif.; Myra Lee Taylor, 21, Tacoma; Evelyn Joy Simons, 20, Shelton, Wash., and Wil liam Robert Moser, 22, Ta coma. Woman Critical One young woman, Bar bara Jean HilL 21, Seattle, was In critical condition at Sacred Heart hospital. The two men in the truck were not seriously hurt. The accident occurred about 1:50 a.m. on Highway 99. State Policeman Allan Lind- ley said the tank truck and trailer, owned by Pacific In- termountain Express of Oak land, Calif., was northbound when it slowed for a car ahead. The truck jackknifed on the icy highway and col lided with the station wagon. "The bumper was literally torn from the truck and weld ed right into the car," Lind ley said. The front half of the station wagon was demolish ed. Earnest Albert Rice Jr., 35, Rodeo, Calif., the truck driver. suffered a bruised leg. The relief driver, Henry Daniel Dees, 44, San Pablo, Calif., was not injured. The station wagon was driven by Nordin. The two girls who died were in the front seat. Moser and Miss Hill were riding in the back seat, Lindley said. They were en route to the Rose Bowl game between Washington and Wisconsin to be played New Year's day. . Oregon Highways Said Treacherous Salem -flJPD- Highway con ditions were treacherous in many areas of Oregon today because of fog, frost and ice. Freezing fog was reported in the central Oregon area around Bend. Highways were Warm Springs junction, Mc Kenzie pass, Santiam pass. East Side McKenzie, Wills- lilCLLC para, vj.c7iai -&uw.u and Ochoco summit. Icy spots were reported st Wilson River, Sunset and Sal mon River summits. Cascade Locks, Astoria, Tillamook, Detroit, Eugene, Medford, Sis kiyou, Green Springs, Pros pect, Bend, Silver lake, Che mult, Kamath Falls, Lake view, Meacham and Seneca. Torso of Man Found In Columbia River Longview - (DPD - Authori ties in Washington and Ore gon were attempting today to identify the torso of a man found in the Columbia river near Cathlamet Monday. The body was without arms, legs or a head and was badly decomposed, Wakiakum coun ty sheriff's deputies said. WEATHER FORECAST: Valley log tonight and Wednesday with partial clearing in the afternoon. Above for, a few high clondi. Low to night, 25 degrees; high Wednes day, 32-35 degrees. Ten p. Highest Yesterday 32 Lowest this Morning . 21 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today - 4:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:40 a.m. Moonset today 5:17 p.m. First Quarter Jan. 5 PROMINENT STARS Vega, low in northwest 8:01 p.m. Aldebaran, high in south ...10:10 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, rises 4:42 a.m. Mars and Jupiter, rise 6:48 a.m. according to Detective Capt. Joseph Hayes of the Jersey City police. Jaksch, who claimed his Austrial ancestors received the relics from Pope Benedict XIV as a reward for good deeds, said the piece of thorn was insured for $40,000 and the cross splinter for $30,000. Noted by Church Jaksch told police the au thenticity of the relics was noted by the Roman Catholic Church in 1744 and 1745. He said he came into possession of them in Prague in 1928. i
