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Regional Edition Price 10 Cents Medford 1RIBUNE 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1960 No. 242 isrious Water TREES BURNED The proverbial "last years Christmas tree" may be worthless on the open market, but 30 members of the Moose lodge, with the help of an equal num ber of Boy Scouts, turned discarded trees into a profit of 5206.25 in their annual pick up Sunday. The Christmas trees were burn ed on Antelope rd. Tallying up the "take," U ns omi Committee To Vote on Steel Pact Washington (UPD -The Steelworkers' Union called its 171 - member Wage Policy Committee here today to give expected unanimous approval to the agreement ending the eight-month-old steel dispute. Only the policy committee's action was needed to wrap up a 2Vz year steel labor peace pact on terms recommended by Vice President Richard M. Petition to Change Land Is Denied The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee last night denied a peti tion by Ernest Havemann to place his property in the Rogue River school district. Havemann proposed that his property on Miller's Gulch rd. be transferred from Dis trict 6C to Rogue River. This follows the action of the Jackson county district boundary board Dec. 30, when it denied a petition to transfer property in the Rock Point bridge area from District 6C to Rogue River district. The board also had approv ed the recommendation of the reoreanization committee to transfer the H. L. White prop erty from District 6C to Rogue River. The board previously had rescinded the prior mo tion to await action of the state highway commission on the White property. It would be used for the new Pacific hiehwav freeway right of wav. The boundary board's ac tions followed an attorney general's opinion which states the board must accept the re organization committee's rec ommendation. Dunes Park Bill Change To Be Asked Salem -(UPD- Next Monday the Oregon Water Resources Board will present to the gov ernor's Natural Resources Committee a requested change in federal legislation for crea tion of a national Oregon dunes park. The Board wants the bill amended to provide that wa ter in the area be used for any beneficial purpose as long as it does not hurt the area's scenic or recreational value. At present, the bill pro vides for water in the area of the proposed park for indus trial and domestic use only. Juarez, Mexico - (UPD - Met ropolitan Opera star Blanche Thebom has divorced her Wall Street banker husband Richard Metz in Juarez. 25 Known Dead in Italy As Train Leaves Tracks Milan, Italy - (I'PD - A speed ing commuter train jammed with 1,000 passengers plunged off a temporary bridge in thick fog and splintered on a factory yard 25 feet below to day in one of Italy's worst railroad disasters. Mor Than 100 Hurt The Transport Ministry in Rome, which runs Italy's na tionalized , railroads, said 25 were known dead and more than 100 injured. The accident occurred in the suburb of Monza as the while the trees burn in the background, above are, left to right, Bill Griggs, City Sanitary Service, Bob Trimble, chairman of the project, Bill Hoffman, governor of the Moose lodge, and Harvey Wyatt, junior gov ernor. The money will be turned over to the Junior Service League's kindergarten projects Nixon and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell. Cost Estimated The settlement was report ed to provide a 39-cent hour ly wage-benefits boost for the 500,000 steelworkers. The in dustry estimated the cost over the 30-month period at more than $1 billion. Roger M. Blough, board chairman of the pace-setting U.S. Steel Corp., said his firm would hold the line on prices for the immediate future. But he said future developments could change this position. Steelworkers President Da vid J. McDonald summoned the union's 33-man executive board into session this after noon, tnen scneauiea a meet ing of the policy committee to ratify the agreement. McDonald, speaking at a union rally in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday night, hailed the new 23rd Amendment Topic of Speeches Willis E. Stone, Los An geles, author of the proposed 23rd amendment, which would abolish the national in come tax, will address a group of businessmen at a dinner meeting tonight at-the Jackson hotel. The talk is the first in a series in Medford. Stone will speak at Southern Oregon col lege tomorrow morning, and at the Kiwanis club's lun cheon Wednesday noon at the Rogue Valley Country club. A public meeting sponsor ed by the Jackson County Cattlemen's association will hear Stone at 8 p.m. at Med ford High school Wednesday He also is scheduled to speak in other Oregon cities on his tour of the northwest. The proposed 23rd amend ment, in addition to abolish ing federal income taxes, would bar the government from participating in enter nrises in competition with private business and industry, President Heads Back To Office Augusta, Ga. - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower headed back to the White House today to deal during his last year in office with an election - year Congress controlled by his po litical opposition. With Mrs. Eisenhower, who accompanied him for his nine- day 'holiday at the Augusta National Golf club, he was scheduled to leave late this afternoon for the two - hour flight to Washington. train raced toward Milan with work-bound passengers from Sondrio and other towns to the north. Vision Obscured Thick fog apparently ob scured the engineer's vision and prevented him from see ing signals ordering him to reduce speed to six miles an hour. He hit the bridge at high speed and the train hurtled into space. Six coaches and the locomotive crashed below The engineer died in the wreck. agreement as a great pact and predicted that the policy com mittee would approve it un animously. Sees Prosperous Year The steel agreement wiped out any chance that Con gress might revise the Taft Hartley law this year to deal with national emergency strikes. There was a feeling among legislators that they will have to tackle the prob lem eventually, however. Commerce Secretary Fred erick H. Mueller said the set tlement removed a roadblock to industrial activity and em ployment. He said 1960 should be "the most prosperous year in our history." Sources said the agreement reached Monday was pattern ed closely after the contract the union signed Oct. 26 with the "Kaiser Steel Corp., which broke the,, industry's solid front. Joint Committees It was reported to provide for joint union -management represen tatives, to maKe recommendations on work rules, a crucial issue in the dispute. McDonald said the new pact also would set up a special labor peace committee - with management, union and pub lic representation - to work out procedures for agreeing on contracts without strikes. It will study how union and management can share the fruits of automation. Shipwrecked Crew Due in Portland Singapore -(UPD The ship wrecked crew of the Ameri can freighter Valley Forge is expected to leave for Port land. Ore., Wednesday by chartered aircraft. All 37 crewmen were re united in Singapore today The master, Peter F. Petrone, and six other members of the crew arrived in Singapore Monday night from Tanjong Pinang on an Indonesian ves sel. The " Vallev Forge went aground on rocks Dec. 31 dur ing a storm which complicat ed search and rescue efforts. However, the entire crew of the Valley Forge eventual ly was picked up by Royal Navy ships and returned to safety. Motor Transportation Receopts $15,378,91 6 Salem-(UPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today that cash receipts of the motor transportation department of the PUC for 1959 were the highest in 23 years of operation. The cumulative total was $15,378,916. The receipts cov er all fees and charges-permits, filing fees, mileage use taxes, hearing fees and others. Capitol Visitors Total 45,068 in Year Salem -(UPD- The visitors' register at the State Capitol building in 1959 logged a rec ord number of visitors - 45, 068. This was more than 39 per cent above 1958 and included 1,106 visitors from foreign countries. Elgin -(UPD- Charles O. Ack ley, 52, of Bingen, Wash., was killed Monday in a logging ac cident at Jardau Meadows, about 30 miles north of here. heritage As Possibility A serious shortage of water is possible for next irrigation season, according to recent snow surveys and the 30-day weather forecast. Medford, Rogue River Val ley and Talent Irrigation dis trict managers today reported several wells have gone dry throughout the valley. The U. S. weather bureau station at the Medford airport fore casts less than normal precipi tation and colder than normal weather in the next 30 days. Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford Ir rigation district manager, said Fish lake has 3,415 acre feet of water or less than half the 7,164 acre feet a year ago. Four Mile lake contains 3,112 acre feet this year compared to 13,000 acre feet last year. Rogue River Valley Irrigation district draws its water from the same sources as MID. Less Storage Water Generally, Talent Irrigation district also has considerably less useable storage water compared to the previous year. This year Hiatt lake con tains 5,817 acre feet of water, compared to 7,454 last year. Howard Prairie reservoir has 5,578 acre feet of water this year coming into use for the first time. It contained 2,022 acre feet of water last year. Emigrant reservoir contain ed 935 acre feet at this time last year, but has been drain ed this year for raising the dam and enlarging the reser voir. Both Medford and Talent Irrigation district managers reported that ground water conditions were better last year when the soil had more moisture. Jack Hoffbuhr said last week's survey showed an average of IUV2 mcnes 01 snow with 1 V2 inches of water content. Monthly precipita tion for December was 1 610 inches. MID used a new snow course on Rye Springs this year. An average of 13 710 inches of snow with a water content of 2 210 inches was measured on the course. Billy Creek Survey The Klamath Soil Conserva tion district surveyed the Billy Creek snow course this year instead of the Medford Irrigation district to avoid duplication. A report of this and snow course surveys throughout the state will be included in an overall state report, Jack Hoffbuhr said. Walter Hoffbuhr, Talent Ir rigation district manager, said he took three snow courses at Howard Prairie which had an average depth of 8V2 inches and l34 inches of wa ter content. One snow course was measured at Hiatt with an average depth of 8 410 inches and a water content of 13A inches. "The last storm spread 16 inches of snow on the Dead Indian, but 12 inches of it was light and fluffy with low density," Hoffbuhr said. "Our requirement on storage water is 18,000 acre feet depending on the stream flow or runoff. This means we must pick up Big Mama Seen 6,600 acre feet of storage to get through the summer." "We don't have enough wa ter to clean our irrigation d i t c h e s," Harold Sexton, Rogue River Valley Irrigation district manager, remarked. "We have no stock water. Many of the wells in the dis trict are going dry. We may not have enough water for spraying orchards when need ed in two months." Demos Say Ike May Velo First Major Legislation Washington -UPD- Demo crats said today President Eisenhower may veto the first major legislation sent to him by the election-year Congress which convenes Wednesday. They expect the first bill to be a measure calling for a big expansion in federal outlays for sewage plants to curb pol lution of waterways. The President has been trying for two years to get Congress to cut the program. The Democrats said they were confident that a presi dential veto would give them a significant issue for the presidential election cam paign. Convena at Noon In a session where poten tial presidential candidates may overshadow the legisla tive program, Congress ap peared likely to become more politically conscious than usual. The House and the Senate convene at noon (e.s.t.) Wed nesday. They will meet in joint session Thursday to hear the President deliver his an nual State of the Union mes sage.. Then they probably will adjourn until next week. Swift congressional action on the water pollution meas ure was anticipated because differing versions passed the Senate and House last year. Backers were confident that Senate-House conferees would reach quick . agreement on a compromise. Inquest Planned In Death at Gates Salem (UPD - An inquest is scheduled into the death of Robert Otha Niemi, 37, at the nearby community of Gates, but the Marion county coro ner's office said an autopsy all but ruled out foul play as cause of death. Heart disease was the cause of death, according to the coroner. Niemi, a cook and manager of a restaurant near Gates, was found dead in his home Tuesday at 9 a.m. by his aunt, Mrs. Lilyan Marie Grigsby. Mrs. Grigsby, who owns the restaurant, said her nephew came in about 3 a.m. and told her "they beat me up and I think I'm dying." - HOUSE HALVED A house divided, that's what the passer by sees at Moonstone, north of Eureka, Calif., on High way 101, where the Division of Highways is constructing a freeway. The structure, owned by Sam Merryman Sr., was halved along the right-of-way line when the owner Symington Won't Seek To Remove Name in Oregon Washington (UPD- Sen. Stu art Symington (D-Mo.) said today he is "nat an avowed candidate" for the Democratic presidential nomination, but would not take any steps to remove his name from the May 20 Oregon preferential primary. Symington said he planned no formal announcement ; at present for the nomination. 'Tm not an avowed candi date and I'm not entering any primaries, he said. .. No Oregon Campaign "I think mv name probably will go on the ballot in Ore gon," Symington told a news conference, but "I have no plans to campaign" there. - Symington's "in - but - out" role as a Democratic possi bility was in sharp contrast to the stand taken by two of his colleagues, Sens. Hu bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) and John F. Kennedy CD- Mass.), who officially an nounced last week that they are avowed candidates for the Democratic nomination. Both To Campaign Both said thev would cam paign in state preferential primaries. And Kennedy, without naming Symington, challenged any unannounced hopefuls to follow suit. Symington told reporters Kennedy "can have any opin ion he wants, but I'm not an avowed candidate and Im not entering any primaries, In fact, he said, "I don't think I'm a candidate at all" be cause "I have no plans at this time to announce" for the nomination. , Last Respects Paid Margaret Sullavan Greenwich, Conn.-(UPD-The theater world Monday bid farewell to the actress Mar garet Sullavan, 48. Miss Sullavan died last Fri day from barbiturate poison ing as result of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, ac cording to New Haven Coun ty Coroner James J. Lorri- tran About 160 persons, most of them from the theater, garn ered at Christ Church for me morial services for the husky- voiced actress. iwi Sullavan was dead on arrival Friday at a hospital after she was found unconsci ous in her hotelroom. . WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing high cloudiness tonight. Cloudy Wed nesday. Change of showers late Wednesday. Low tonight 20-2S. High Wednedsday 42. . TEMP. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest this Morning : 18 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m Moonset tomorrow 12:58 a.m. Full Moon Jan.. 13 PROMINENT STAR Altair, low in west 8:24 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, rises 4:56 x.m. Jupiter, rises 6:20 a.m. Mars, rises :9 xm- UHlCflltffneOdl Askedl To Bimlheirveinie in Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield today rejected a petition from organized la bor asking him to intercede in the Portland newspaper strike by appointing a fact finding board. Portland (UPD A petition asking Gov. Mark Hatfield to intervene in the Portland newspaper strike was to be presented to the governor to day. - The Portland Inter -Union Strike Committee said the Detition bore "hundreds of union signatures." It also ask ed the governor to name a citizens fact-finding board. Others Join Strike The Stereotypers Union went on strike against the Oreaon Journal and Oregon- nian Nov. 10 and members of other craft unions observed nicket lines. Last week end the Paper Handlers and Web Pressmen joined the strike. The newspapers are continu ing to publish combined edi tions in the Oregonian plant. Publishers of the two news Eisenhower's Tour Plans Nearly Set Washinston-fUPD-Plans were virtually comDlete today for President Eisenhower to make a flying good will tour 01 four South American coun tries from Feb. 21 to about March 4. Diplomatic sources told United Press International that the White House Monday night delivered final details of the trip to the emDassies of the four countries, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uru- onav. It appeared certain that all four governments wouia ap prove the suggested itinerary. An official announcement was expected from the White House later this week. Journal Building Windows Broken Portland - (UPD - Six small Danes in a second floor win dow of the Oregon Journal building and a small window on the ground floor were broken Monday night. Police said they apparently were smashed by bricks. MacLaren School Escaoees Sought Woodbur n -(UPD- Two youths fmm MacLaren school re mained the object of a police alert today. The two escapea Monday with two other com naninns. The other two were taken into custody by state police near. Brooks. 994 Students Enroll At Southern Oregon Ashland-A total of 994 stu dents enrolled yesterday, the first day of registration for the winter term at boutnern Oreeon colleee. Registration will continue through Jan. 18. rne total in rluderi 5584 men and 410 women. and the state couldn't reach a settlement and a court de cision gave the division the right-of-way. That portion of the building on the line was cut off so the project wouldn't be delayed. A hearing on the settlement is yet to be held. (UPI Telephoto) papers termed a union sug gestion that Hatfield or Sen. Richard Neuberger mediate the strike "an effort to project this dispute into the political arena." Harlev Flesvig, president of the Stereotypers, referred to the steel strike settlement in which Vice President Richard Nixon and Labor Secretary James Mitchell helped. He said. "If the assistance of out side, impartial persons brought to an end the eight month-old steel strike, why fouldn't such help do the same in this situation?" Vastly Different The publishers said the steel strike and the newspaper strike are vastly different. A steel shutdown effects virtual ly the' entire national econ Southern Plains Get More Snow By United Press International A new winter storm dump ed heavy snow on the South ern Plains today and a bitter cold wave spread deep into the Midwest. The storm unloaded 4V2 in ches of snow on Pampa on the northwest Texas high plains and forecasters predict ed a six-inch fall in tne fan handle by tonight. A mass of cold Canadian air sent, the mercurv plummeting in the Northern Plains and upper Midwest. It dropped to 29 below zero at Aberdeen, S.D., 20 below at Duluth, Minn., and Bismarck, N.D., 16 below at Minneapolis, ana 8 below at Omaha, Neb., and Rapid City, S.D. State Official to Meet Superintendents Dr. Joseph I. Hall, director of curriculum and publica tions, state department of education, will meet with Jackson county school district superintendents here at 1 p.m. Wedndesday, Jan. 20. Hall, who is also director of the National Defense act's al locations for Oregon, will dis cuss applications under tne act. The act provides federal funds for strengthening math ematics, science arid modern foreign language curriculum and for strengthening guid ance, counseling and testing services in the public schools. Tangier 'Murder Sack' Victim New T a n g i e r - (UPD - Tangier's "murder sack" victim official ly was identified today as Bar bara Helen Moeller, 19, New York, and police indicated they knew her killer. No Longer Doubt . A police spokesman said there no longer was any doubt that the. mutiliated corpse found in a gunnysack in Ka dira Fores't five miles from here on Dec. 13 was that of the missing New York coed, who came to Tangier as a tourist seeking adventure. Sftiriike omy, ay contrast, we are not shut down. We are publish ing." They added "there is no reason to believe either the governor, through mediation, or a fact-finding committee, could be any more effective in jarring the union loose from its untenable positions than has the Federal Media tion Service." Power Potential oi Proposed Dam Told Salem -(OPS- Pacific North west Power company told the Oregon Water Resources board today that prompt ap proval of the firm's proposed Snake river Mountain Sheep dam would result in the turn ing out of "the block of kilo watts needed in the region by 1966." Lead-off man at the hearing was Hugh Smith, Portland at torney for the utility. He said the $250 million project would provide Oregon and the region with "a firm, long-term and low cost supply of pow er." He said high Mountain Sheep dam is to have an ulti mate capability of two mil lion kilowatts when power is most needed to meet the needs of nearly one million electric customers in the Northwest. Russia Favors Space Agreement Washington -(UPD- The Rus sian government has told a U.S. congressman it "regards favorably" the idea of sign ing an agreement with this aountry on the peaceful uses of outer space. Rep. Victor L. Anfuso (D N.Y.) said today he had re ceived a note stating that Russia is ready to cooperate with the United States on out er space problems "when such cooperation is based on mu tually advantageous condi tions." Anfuso, a member of the House Space Committee, told a news conference he sent identical letters Dec. 15 to Russian Premier Nikita Khru shchev and President Eisen hower proposing a bilateral pact on peaceful exploration of space. York Girl As - they made their an nouncement, authorities con tinued virtual non-stop ques tioning of William Edward Moore, 26, itinerant English sailor who had been one of the Moeller girl's companions before she vanished from her hotel. Information Needed "We are sure that Moore has important information to give us, information that we need in order to conclude our inquiries," the police spokes man said.
