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18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1960 No. 243
Ike Joins in
As Congress
State of Union
Message Studied
With Cabinet
Communion Service
Marks 2nd Session
Washington (LTD President
Eisenhower joined other U.S.
leaders today in prayers for
the new session of Congress.
He said later that Americans
should boast as much of their
religious values as the Rus
sians do about their Sputniks.
Discussing the Reds' space
efforts, he said:
Should Exploit Philosophy
"This is spectacular, but we
also should be willing and
anxious to exploit our own
pholisophy - that man is a
creature of God and dignity
we should not forget our
spiritual strengths and should
not get too hysterical about
materialistic accomplish
ments."
The President, in company
with Cabinet members and
legislative chiefs, attended a
communion service marking
today's convening of the sec
ond session of the 86 th Con
gress. The service preceded a I
Cabinet meeting at which
Eisenhower, just back from
a golfing holiday in Augusta,
Ga., reviewed the State of the
Union Message which he will
deliver to a joint session of
Congress Thursday.
Message Revised
Eisenhower's message,
which has gone through more
than a dozen preliminary
drafts, has gone through more
than the usual amount of re
vision because of the steel
strike and the President's re
cent 11-nation tour through
critical areas of Asia and the
Middle East.
Eisenhower was joined at
the church service by Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
other high administration
leaders, and a large congres
sional delegation.
(See story on Page 2)
Sen. Thurmond's
Wife Succumbs
Washington -d'PD- Mrs. Jean
Thurmond, wife of Sen. Strom
Thurmond (D-S.C.) died today
following her second opera
tion for the removal of a
brain tumor. She was 33.
Doctors reported Tuesday
night that the tumor was ma
lignant. The operation was perform
ed Tuesday at the National
Institutes of Health. Doctors
said Mrs. Thurmond with
stood it well but later took a
turn for the worse.
"To Another Year"
(Dutiook for Water
Supply 'Fair, Poor'
The outlook for the Rogue- , normal. New year storms have
Umpqua area's spring and added some since the surveys
summer water supplies is
"fair to poor," W. T. Frost,
snow survey supervisor for
the Soil Conservation service,
Portland, said today.
Frost said the fair to poor
outlook is in spite of the fact
that there is now more snow
at the higher elevations than
was measured one year ago.
Stored water supplies are
only half the amount avail
able at this date last year, he
added.
Cooperate in Survey
Cooperating in the snow
survey were the Oregon Ag
ricultural Experiment station,
the Oregon state engineer, the
California Oregon Power com
pany, Rogue River Valley,
Talent, and Medford Irriga
tion districts, the national
park service and the forest
service.
Frost said water content of
the sub-normal snow-pack is
only 29 per cent of the Jan. 1
Wrecking Yard
License Denied
By County Court
A requested license for a
wrecking yard on Crater Lake
highway was denied by the
county court this morning.
The court signed an order
refusing the request of Wylie
H., Nelson and Lewis Baker.
The proposed wrecking yard
site was between Four Corn
ers and the Desert Service
station.
"We are just acting on a
license," County Judge Earl
Miller said. "This has nothing
to do with zoning. However,
I feel zoning on a county-wide
basis must be accepted in the
future as a progressive move
by the county. Then these
things will be put in their
proper places."
More than 90 per cent of
the people in the vicinity of
the proposed wrecking yard
opposed its establishment
there, the order said. An op
position petition signed by 71
persons had been presented
the county court. A public
hearing was held previously,
with 47 people attending. Half
of them lived in the area of
the wrecking yard site, and
a majority was against the
yard.
"We have nothing against
the Bakers," the county judge
emphasized. "T h e decision
was made on what would
benefit the people."
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
Prayers
Convenes
were made, he noted, but
many heavy storms will be
needed if the shortage of snow
is to be overcome.
Frost said that normally
about four-tenths of the total
winter "snow crop" should be
on watersheds by Jan. 1. This
year there is less than two
tenths of the normal amount.
Mountain watershed soils,
he added, are unusually dry
for this time of the year.
Half Normal Amount
Water stored in four major
reservoirs in the area is only
half the normal amount,
Frost reported. Howard
Prairie reservoir is increasing
in storage with the new di
version canal bringing water
from the south fork of Little
Butte creek.
Emigrant lake has been
drawn down for construction
purposes, he .noted, and added
that reservoired water sup
plies will probably be in short
supply next summer unless
unusually heavy storms
change conditions.
Flow of the Rogue river at
Gold Ray dam has been only
42 per cent normal during the
October through Decern b e r
period, according to prelim
inary data from the geological
survey, Portland.
Spring and summer flow of
southern Or egoh' streams will
be considerably below normal
if winter storms continue to
be mild, Frost said.
Statewide, the outlook for
Oregon's I960 water supplies
ranges from only "fair" to
"very poor," Frost said.
Union Leaders To
Air Portland Strike
Portland -(UPD- A "summit"
meeting of union leaders was
scheduled here this afternoon
to discuss the strike against
Portland's two daily newspa
pers which started Nov. 10.
Several leaders from
around the country were
scheduled to attend the 2 p.m.
meeting in Teamsters hall.
They include Arthur Rosen
stock, president of the Ameri
can Newspaper Guild; Wil
liam Blatz, Guild national or
ganization chairman, and
Walter J. Turner, vice presi
dent of the International
Pressmen's union.
A spokesman said Leo Fee
ney, vice president of the
Stereotypers union, was en
route and may arrive in time
for the meeting. Harold Gib
bons, vice president of the
Teamsters union, also may at
tend. Trailway Schedule
Reductions Get OK
Salem - (UPD- Certain sched
ule reductions proposed by
Pacific Trailways have been
approved by the public utility
commissioner.
The eliminated schedules
include one from Bend to
Nyssa, two each way between
Redmond and Prineville and
one schedule each way be
tween Sweet Home and Al
bany. Pacific will maintain its
run six eastbound from Port
land through Nyssa at 6:15
p.m. instead of 3 p.m. as pro
posed due to reinstatement by
connecting carriers of prev
iously changed schedules.
Modoc Point Fire
Destroys Workshop
Klamath Falls (UPD Fire
at Modoc Point, 18 miles
north of here, about 10:30 p.
m. Tuesday destroyed a ga
rage and workshop on the
Sam Ray ranch. The ranch
house was saved.
Firemen said cause of the
blaze was not determined
There was no loss estimate.
Liability Auto
Insurance Rates
In Oregon Higher
Changes Based on
Cost of Accidents
San Francisco -(UPD Effec
tive today liability auto insur
ance rates for private passen
ger cars in Oregon were in
creased an average of 2.8
per cent.
The rate included some re
ductions with the Portland
area absorbing most of the in
creases. Changes were announced
by the National Bureau of
Casualty Underwriters for
auto liability insurance and
the National Automobile Un
derwriters Association for au
tomobile material damage
coverages. They are based on
a review of the number and
cost of automobile accidents
involving Oregon motorists.
Rural Rates Down
"Improved driving records
in most of the rural areas of
the state have made possible
reductions ranging from $1 to
S3 in those areas," the Bureau
announcement said. But it
said that "increases of $2 to
$10 have been necessitated in
the Portland territory."
It added that liability rates
would remain unchanged for
some car owners living in
suburban areas but that for
others the rates are increased
$2 to $12.
Car owners qualifying for
farmer rates will continue to
receive a 30 per cent discount.
The announcement also said
there would be an average
statewide increase of 11.7 per
cent for commercial cars and
an increase of 13.7 per cent
for garage risks buying the
broad coverage.
Material Damage Rales
The National Automobile
Underwriters association said
full coverage comprehensive
premiums for private cars
were reduced about 11 per
cent in the Portland area and
remain unchanged in the bal
ance of the state,
It said "statewide private
passenger automobile collision
premiums are reduced approx
imately 4 per cent for $50 de
ductible and remain un
changed for the $100 deduct
ible." Local Rale Reduced
The announcement said that
for local commercial automo
biles not regularly and fre
quently operated beyond a 50
mile radius from the principal
garaging point fire and theft
premiums were reduced by
7 per cent and collision premi
ums by 8 per cent. Compre
hensive premiums for all com
mercial automobiles were re
duced about 1 per cent.
Collision premiums for in
termediate commercial auto
mobiles, or those operating in
a radius of more than 50 but
not more than 150 miles from
principal garaging points,
were reduced 15 per cent.
Machine Collapses;
One Dead, Six Hurt
Tacoma -(UPD- One man was
killed and six others injured,
two critically, at the Contain
er Corp. of America plant
here Tuesday when a steam
operated roller machine col
lapsed. The dead man was identi
fied as Jack Apthrop, 43, Ta
coma. Plant Manager O. Kretsch-
mar said Apthrop was struck
on the head by a piece of fly
ing metal. Most of the injured
suffered from steam burns.
Kretschmar said the ma
chine, which had been only
recently installed, collapsed at
about 4 p.m. when the men
were standing in line at a
time .- clock station getting
ready to change shifts.
Rayburn Marks
78th Birthday
Washington -(UPD- Speaker
Sam Rayburn was 78 today
and indicated he might try
for 100 or so.
He said he always had felt
good, that he still does, and
that under the circumstances
he saw no reason why he
should not ge around for quite
a while yet.
"My life has been satisfac
tory to me entirely," said Ray
burn, who achieved in 1940
his boyhood ambition to be the
speaker of the House. "I've
attained everything I ever
hoped I would."
PLANE CRASH KILLS 34
wreckage of the National
Ashland Mayor
Renames All City
Otficers Tuesday
Ashland - Mayor Richard
L. Neill Tuesday night de
livered his annual report to
the Ashland city council and
appointed all city officials to
additional one-year terms in
their present positions.
The mayor also let member
ship on the city's 12 standing
committees remain the same
as in 1959.
Reappointed were Herb
Hays, 7 police chief; ' Charles
Davis, fire chief; James Burr,
cemetery superintendent; Rob
bert Piercy, streets superin
tendent; Allen Alsing, water
superintendent; Elmer Biegel,
city and electrical superin
tendent; Harry Skerry, city
attorney; Dr. R. M. Turner,
health officer; and Richard
Cottle, municipal judge.
1959 A Good Year
Neill told the council at its
first meeting of 1960 that
1959 was "a good year for the
city of Ashland."
He cited increased enroll
ment at Southern Oregon col
lege, new construction in the
city, what he termed the "im
proved" traffic situation and
the progress being made on
Emigrant dam and the Talent
Irrigation district project.
The council also received a
petition Tuesday asking that
the city remove its parking
meters. The petition, which
was referred to the traffic
committee, contained signa
tures of 44 persons in favor
of removal and 6 opposed.
Sfeelworkers
Sewing Up Pacts
Washington -(UPD- The Unit
ed Steelworkers Union moved
today to sew up contracts with
smaller steel companies on the
basis of its agreement with
the "big 11". producers.
Government officials said
at least five small companies
have advised President Eisen
hower's fact - finding board
they would not accept the big
steel settlement. It was not
immediately known if the
companies merely were tak
ing a bargaining position or
would stick by their guns.
But union President David
J. McDonald said he didn't
expect any difficulty in apply
ing the steel settlement to the
smaller firms and iron ore
companies.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partial clearing to
night. ParUy cloudy Thursday
with a few snow flurries over
mountains. Low tonight 32.
High Thursday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 40
Lowest This Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight.
Sunset today
Sunrise tomorrow -Moonset
tomorrow
4:53 p.m.
7:41 a-m.
1:57 a.m.
- Jan. 13
Full Moon
VISIBLE PLANETS
(Their approximate distances
from the Earth tonight)
Venus 101 million miles
Mars 220 'million miles
Jupiter 575 million miles
This is a general view of the
Airlines DC-6B which crashed
13 More Classrooms Needed in
Medford District in 1960 61
A minimum of 13 addition
al classrooms will be needed
in the Medford school district
for the 1960-61 school year,
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, sup
erintendent told school board
members last night.
The estimate is based on
current enrollments and the
school census and on a sur
vey Dr. Keith Goldhammer,
bureau of educational re
search, school of education,
University of Oregon, made
in cooperation with district
administrators.
The board reviewed Dr.
Goldhammer' s report, which
was -brought up to date this
year following consolidation
of five other districts with
Medford last year. -
The report analysed the an
ticipated growth in the secon
dary school level, where by
1963 an enrollment ' of 2,277
students in junior high and
1.97J in men school is ex
pected. There are now 1,882
junior high school students
and 1,501 students in high
school.
Recommends Plans '
Dr. Goldhammer recom
mended that the board in
itiate plans for construction
of a new high school build
ing which ultimately will
have a capacity of 1,500 stu
dents. By 1969, he said, there
may be a high school enroll
ment of 2,446.
The board last night in
dicated it would include in
the 1960-61 budget funds for
an architect to draw up plans
for a new high school. After
plans have been formulated,
the board would then review
school enrollment projections
and consider means of financ
ing construction.
Goldhammer said that plans
should be made for addition
al elementary classrooms, de
pending upon the pattern of
growth in the community.
The 13 classrooms needed
for the 1960-61 school year
probably will be financed out
of. the regular budget, board
members indicated. The class
room estimate is based on 28
pupils per room.
Additional Classrooms
Planned for the 1960-61
year are two additional class
rooms at Oak Grove, three at
Hoover, two at West Side,
where administrative offices
DeGaulle To Visit
Capital April 22
.- Washington - (UPD - French
President Charles de Gaulle
will come : to Washington
April 22 for a state visit and
vital pre-summit talks with
President Eisenhower, the
White- House announced to
day. Before his. U.S. trip, the
French leader will visit Cana
da, arriving in Ottawa April
19. He will spend three days
in Washington, a day in New
York, and three additional
days in other American cities.
Details of his itinerary will
be announced later.
The White House said that
President Eisenhower was
"particularly pleased" to re
ceive de Gaulle on his state
visit here.
near Bolivia, N.C., early today, killing 34 persons. The
wreckage was scattered over a 12-acre area.
(UPI Telephoto)
and storage facilities also will
be added, and two classrooms
at Hedrick Junior High
school.
In addition, two classrooms
and a boys' manual arts de
partment and drawing room
will be available at McLough
lin Junior High school .when
the district's old shop is re
novated. Renovating the multipur
pose room at Jacksonville and
painting and repairing the out
side are planned. A stage for
Ruch's multipurpose room
and acoustic tile for the ceil
ing also are scheduled.'
Exisiting facilities at Med
ford High school are expected
to handle enrollments there
for two more years, Dr. May
field said. He noted that
changing from a six to seven
period day has helped relieve
the classroom problem, and
completion of the boys phys
ical education, health and
classroom addition will add
about six more teacher sta
tions. Fourth Grade Classes
The three additional class
rooms at Hoover will provide
facilities for three fourth
grade classes now housed at
Hedrick Junior High, which
will help relieve growing
crowded conditions there. .
After a new high school
building is constructed, Dr.
Goldhammer r e c o mmended
that ninth grade students be
transferred to the high schools
until secondary school enroll
ments expand to the point
Neuberger Will
Lunch With Adlai
Portland (UPD Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger's office said
today the senator and his wife,
Maurine, expected to have
lunch in Chicago with Adlai
E. Stevenson while en route
to the opening of Congress.
Neuberger has said he fa
vors Stevenson for the Demo
cratic presidential nomina
tion. The statement from his
office said Neuberger would
be "guided totally" by Steven
son's wishes with respect to
the Oregon primary. Neuberg
er will support Stevenson if
the latter's name is on the
ballot but only under those
circumstances, the statement
said.
Kennedy's Support
Pleases Oregonan
Portland - (UPD - Stan Web
be r, Portland, representing
the Oregon Kennedy for Presi
dent committee, said today he
was "very gratified" by re
ports from Ohio that the Dem
ocratic organization of' that
state is pledged to support
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts for the presidential
nomination.
Marion Sheriff
To Seek Reelection
Salem -(UPD- Marion coun
ty Sheriff Denver Young has
announced he will . seek re
election again. He is now
serving his fourth term.
H. (Tex) Shively of Salem
announced that he will also
be in the primary on the "GOP
ticket for sheriff.
where a third junior high
school is practical, consider
ing the most efficient and ef
fective utilization of existing
j and proposed capital faciliti-
ties
Hedrick Addition
Dr. Goldhammer said addi
tional classrooms should be
added to Hedrick Junior High
as needed until capacity of
1,000 is recahed.
He pointed out, however,
that "every effort should be
made to maintain the present
level of instructional program
in all divisions of the Med
ford public schools.
"The continuation of the
tradition which has long been
established in the local schools
of maintaining a high quality
educational program and pur
suing excellence in achieve
ment at all levels of instruc
tion can only be assured if
adequate, classroom space is
made available as needed,"
Dr. Goldhammer said.
Miller Named fo
National Committee
County Judge Earl Miller
has been appointed to the new
urban area committee of the
National Association of Coun
ty Officials.
A letter of appointment
said Miller was chosen be
cause he is a county official in
a rapidly growing urban area
and is a former mayor of
Medford. First meeting of the
committee will be Feb. 14 to
16 in San Diego, Calif.
The committee's work will
cover such items as airport
construction and mainten
ance, advances in public
works planning, stream and
air pollution, and slum clear
ance, according to the associa
tion's publication.
Chairman Announced for
County Mothers1 March
The Mothers' March against
crippling birth defects, arth
ritis and polio will be headed
in Jackson county by Mrs. C.
Edward Brain, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. Harold
Gilbert, chairman of the coun
ty chapter of the National
Foundation.
The house - to - house visita
tation, which traditionally has
climaxed the January March
of Dimes appeal, will be held
on Jan. 28, starting at 7 p.m.
This year's efforts are dedi
cated to the Foundation's pa
tient aid program, which is
being expanded to include
financial aid to patients
through 18 years of age suf
fering from rheumatoid arth
ritis and three types of birth
defects. Aid will be offered
to paralytic polio patients of
all ages.
As leader of the door-to-door
drive, Mrs. Brain will
have responsibility for plan
ning and organizing the event
and will head a large army of
volunteers for the march.
Mrs. Brain, with her hus
band and four small children,
resides at 440 Lynwood ave.,
Medford.
The new Mothers' March.
Wreckage Strewn
Over Wide Area
In North Carolina
First Major Air
Tragedy of Year
Bolivia, N.C. (UPD Thirty
four persons died early today
when a National Airlines .
plane carrying vacationers
from New York to Florida
crashed with explosive vio
lence in a coastal swamp.
A witness said "there were
bodies scattered all over the
field."
Some of the victims were
wearing life jackets, indicat
ing they may have had a last
second warning of a possible
ocean crash. A partly inflated
life raft was found near the
wreckage.
Passengers Divided
The 29 passengers died by a
flip of fate's coin. They were
among 105 booked on a jet
airliner. But crewmen found
a crack in the jet's windshield
and it was ordered out of
service.
The 105 passengers were
divided between two smaller,
propeller-driven, planes on a
first-come, first -served basis
at two airport gates. One
plane flew to the Florida sun
shine without incident. The
other carried its charges to
death.
Bad Start on I960
The crash was the nation's
first major air tragedy of 1960
and gave commercial aviation
a bad start on the new year
after 1959, the worst in seven
years.
The dead included 29 pas
sengers mostly from the New
York metropolitan area, and
five crew members.
The wreckage, strewn over
12 acres of the jungle - like
Green Swamp area, was brok
en into three main pieces. Sev
eral of the 203 residents of
Bolivia reported hearing an
explosion.
Awakened by Engines
Lester Edwards, Bolivia, a
North Carolina forest ranger,
one of the first men on the
scene, said he was awakened
about 2:40 a.ra by the sound
of the plane's engines racing.
"Then I heard a muffled ex
plosion," he said.
Edwards went back to bed,
not - sure that a plane had
crashed. But he heard a radio
newscast shortly after 6 a.m.
that the plane was missing
and then telephoned his re
port to the airline's Wilming
ton office.
Wreckage Found :
A man then came to his
house and told him he had
seen the wreckage, Edwards
said. They hastened to the
area, about Wz miles west of
Bolivia and found the car
nage. 'The pilot was still in the
cockpit and bodies were still
in the plane and scattered all
over the field," Edwards said.
When the plane last re
ported in from near Wilming
ton, 25 miles northeast of
Bolivia, it gave no sign of
trouble. The pilot reported
that he was flying at 18,000
feet in smooth weather with
enough fuel aboard to last
until 7 a.m.
Salem -(UPD- Packed snow
with chains required was re
ported at Government Camp
and Warm Spring junction to
day.
MRS. EDWARD BRAIN
- Asks for Volunteers
chairman . issued a call for
volunteers. "We are asking all
women who are interested in
helping with a vital public
health assignment to call
SPring 2-8381 and volunteer
an hour of their time for Jan.
28," she said.
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