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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1960
No. 242
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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had rescinded the prior mo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.