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Regional Edition Me United Press international Full Leased Wire 28 Pages Prison Riot in Connecticut Brought To End Police, Firemen Quell Disturbance Wethersf ield , Conn.-JPD-A mass of 400 shouting convicts led by 50 hard core rioters surged through Connecticut state prison Wednesday night breaking everything in sight and pelting guards with any thing that came to hand. The two-hour riot was brought under control short ly after 11 p.m. by state po lice firing tear gas and fire men playing high pressure hoses on the milling convicts. There were no escapes nor were any shots fired. Cause Investigated Cause of the violence was being investigated and prison authorities will make a report to Gov. Abraham Ribicoff. A company of the state's National Gaurd was mobilized to help quell the riot, but not called into action. State police bolstered the prison staff while the prisoners ran ram pant. Twenty-five troopers re mained overnight as a precau tion. Shortly before the 9 p.m. lockup guards had noticed a team of 12 troublemakers moving from group to group during the recreation period. All but 20 or 30 prisoners had been locked in their cells when some of those outside jumped two guards, took their keys and let the others out. No Hostages Taken About 400 of the 750 in mates left their cells and be gan tearing up the cellblock. They were led by about 50 active rioters. Warden Mark Richmond said. No hostages were taken and the only injuries were a fire men, Robert McKenzie, who was hit on the head with a pipe and treated at a hospital, and an inmate the warden said was badly beaten by oth er prisoners because they mis takenly thought he was a stool pigeon. The century - old prison, which is being replaced by a new institution, was the scene of a hunger strike two years ago. County Receives $3 Million in Funds Funds received by the Jack son county government dur ing the first six months of the 1959-60 fiscal year totaled $3,224,578.09, according to County Treasurer Karl Janouch. The total is an increase of $826,804.13 more than the amount received during the same period " of 1958 - 59. Janouch said that the increase was mainly due to substantial increases in O and C and for est service monies. He said that all funds that contribute to county government showed an increase for the six months period. The treasurer said that with the balance carried over from last year, the county has more than enough ot take care of the present budget. Approxi mately $500,000 of the money will be allocated to the 1960 61 budget for the first three months prior to the arrival of anticipated funds. "Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Who's The Fairest One Of All?" 54th Year DFORD 1 1955 -28 IN. gjii!l-l J942-23 3N, NOW- 10 IN-I COMPARATIVE DEPTH into the total water supply how snow level at Silver burn snow course, near Union Creek, compares with that of years of heaviest fall prior to Jan. 1. Other Jan. 1 readings (except one) are less than this year's over the last 20 years. Water content, ground level, ice crust and other elements also influence how much usable water will be available next spring. Storage reservoirs in the area are notably low, stream flow of year and some wells have gone dry, causing concern to local farmers and ranchers. Snow pack usually reaches peak accumulation here about April 1, and those that are opt! mistic feel the picture will change. Heavy Precipitation Forecast for Area Heaviest precipitation for the Medford vicinity for any day since last February was anticipated today. A total of .53 of an inch of rain and snow had fallen at the Medford station of the U. S. weather bureau between midnight and 10 a.m. today. Indications were that the total precipitation today would ex ceed the .57 of an inch that fell last Dec. 12. Last amount to surpass that total for any one day was 1.87 inches on Feb. 14, 1959. Precipitation yesterday amounted to .06 of an inch, making a total of .59 from the current storm. Snow was reported sticking at high elevations of this area Two Men Sentenced In Circuit Court Two men were sentenced in circuit court this morning by Judge James M. Main. Jack Marion Day, 18, of 417 King st., pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary not in a dwelling and was sentenced to two years in the State Cor rectional Institute. Also pleading guilty to a charge was Donald Glenn Clemence, 27, of Grants Pass, who had imposition of sen tence suspended for Wz years and was placed under the supervision of the state parole and probation board. Clem ence was charged with taking and using an automobile with out authority. MEDFORD, Although many factors enter picture, the photo above shows is below average for this time today and the weather station received one report of snow sticking on the highway at Gold Hill. Sexton mountain summit north 4of Grants Pass had six" inches of snow at 10 o'clock this morning. Forecast More Rain Forecast "is for more rain or rain mixed with wet snow through Friday. Crater Lake National park this morning reported 9 inch es of new snow with a total depth of 39 inches. Chains were required on all open roads in the park. State police said a patrol man reported that "a couple vehicles" went off the high way in the Rogue River-Gold Hill area because of slick highways this morning. Police recommended carry ing chains on the Siskiyous, and on Highway 62 in the Prospect area. Chains were required on the Green Springs and were mandatory in north ern California earlier today. Porter To Propose Housing Loan Fund Washington (UPD Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) said today he would introduce legislation calling for a $1 billion special assistance fund for the Federal . National Mortgage Association to buy government-backed loans on lower-priced homes. V He said the special fund would not cost the federal government a cent since all loans are to be repaid with interest. Porter said the money could be used for purchase of FHA and GI loans. He said the bill also would cut in half the premium that a home buyer pays for insurance of his mortgage by the Federal hous ing administration. Albany -(UPD- Oregon Re publican Chairman Peter Gun nar said the Jan. 27 GOP din ner in Portland will be a trib ute to former State Treasurer Sig Unander. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with rain or rain mixed with wet snow at low levels and snow in moun tains tonight and Friday. Chance of gusty southerly wind in valley tonight. Low tonight 33. High Friday 40. Temp. ...... 39 34 59 Highest yesterday .... Lowest this morning Free, to 10 a.m Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 2:54 a.m. Full Moon Jan. 13 PROMINENT STARS Procyon, low in east....7:0S p.m. Regulus, rises.. . 8:49 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in southeast Jupiter, rises Mars, rises 6:19 a.m. 6:14 a.m. 6:48 a.m. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1960 Portland Paper Strike Labeled 'Battleground' Mediation Rejected, Union Maintains Portland - (UPD - Top leaders of unions affected by Port land's newspaper strike met for three hours Wednesday and later issued a statement calling the dispute a "national battleground." The union leaders accused publishers of rejecting "out side offers for fact-finding and mediation; offers not from the unions but from the Republi can governor of the state (Mark Hatfield) and from a Democratic senator (Richard Neuberger)." Publishers Blame Union The publishers of the Ore gon Journal and Oregonian replied that "the big inter national unions are largely, if not entirely, responsible for the tragic situation in which their Portland locals and Port land members now find them selves." The strike began last Nov. 10 when the Stereotypers Union went out and members of other crafts observed picket lines. The two newspapers have continued to publish combined editions in the Ore gonian plant. Eight Officers Attend Eight top international offi cers of unions attended the meeting. Included were Ar thur Rosenstock, president of the American Newspaper Guild; Walter Turner, vice president of the International Pressmen's Union, and Roy Ellison, international repre sentative of the Photo En gravers Union. A union statement said "to day we have begun laying out a comprehensive program. We will develop it at further ses sions. We are not fighting a local publisher with local roots and responsibilities. We are .fighting a nationahchain; and its Portland satellite." Unions have announced they are studying plans to start a third newspaper here. Publishers Reply The statement by publishers said in part: "representatives . . . come to Portland from their eastern and California headquarters to weep croco dile tears over the predica ment of their members in this community - and to launch a hypocritical attack against the New York owner of one of the two struck newspapers, who unlike the international union leaders, has always given his local representatives full power to negotiate." Sam uel I. Newhouse of New York is owner of the Oregonian. The publishers said James Sampson, international presi dent of the Stereotypers, told local negotiators by telephone "that they could not even negotiate on one of the prin cipal issues the number of men to operate new machines - and could not arbitrate any issues." "In contrast, the publishers had offered to negotiate or even arbitrate any and all issues," they said. Vancouver Shipyard Sale Plan Called Off Washington (UPD The Mari time Administration has call ed off its proposed "sale of a Vancouver, Wash., shipyard to a New York firm as a re sult of a government investi gation which ended Tuesday. Salem -UPD- State Rep. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg) has filed as a. candidate for delegate to the Democratic national con vention, state-at-large. Sanitary Service Withdraws Request For Variance for Landfill Site The Jackson county plan- ning commission received a letter Wednesday afternoon from the City Sanitary Serv ice withdrawing its request for a public hearing on a pro posed site for a sanitary land fill. The Sanitary Service had acquired an option on proper ty in the Upton rd. and Scenic ave. area several weeks ago and had petitioned the county court for a variance on the property for the sanitary land fill operation. In the letter to the commis sion, it stated "that a sub stantial number of residents in the general area of Upton IKE DELIVERS MESSAGE President dent are Vice President Richard Nixon and Eisenhower is shown delivering his State of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. the Union message to a joint session of Con gress this morning. Seated behind the Presi- (UPI Telephoto) Three Buildings Leveled by Fire AiStanfield Stanfield, Ore. (UPD Only frames of three buildings, in cluding the Public Library, were left standing this morn ing after a roaring fire whip ped through the downtown section shortly after midnight. Damage from the blaze was estimated at $60,000. Firemen said the fire was apparently started in an over heated motor at a cold storage market which stood between the library and a tavern. All thxee JuUdingSiWeregu.tted. The buildings were still smouldering at mid-morning and firemen said it would be about noon before the blaze was mopped up. Load of Books Saved The only things saved from the path of the flames were a juke box from the tavern and a truck load of books from the library. Firemen were able to keep the flames from spreading to the Stanfield Irrigation Dis trict office building nearby. About 35 firemen, aided by residents from the nearby communities of Hermis ton and Echo, helped throughout the morning in freezing temp eratures. No one was injured in the blaze. Groener Guilty On Speed Charge Salem - (UPD - Circuit Judge George Duncan today found State Sen. Richard Groener (D - Milwaukie) . guilty of ; a speeding charge and fined him $35 plus $5 court costs. Groener announced imme diately that he would appeal to the State Supreme Court. Judge Duncan earlier had denied a motion by Groener's attorneys for dismissal of the charge.. , ' The senator was cited last April and the arresting offi cer charged that Groener was going 70 miles per hour in a 20 mile-an-hour school1 zone, near Hayesville school. Groener ' made the Circuit Court appeal after a District Court conviction. rd. and Scenic ave. seriously object to our use of the prop erty for sanitary, landfill pur poses. While we do not feel that the use of this land for sanitary landfill purposes would in any way affect the use or enjoyment of the prop erty, it is not our, desire to force this issue where a substantial-number of people are opposed to it. "Therefore it is our request at this time to withdraw our petition to the Jackson county planning commission for a variance on this property." The letter continued that "this does not mean that we will be unable to operate a Price Tribune United Press InternationalFull Leased Wire 7 g I First Seasonal Job Layoffs Noted Here The first seasonal job lay offs of any size in the lumber and construction industries in Jackson county were noted in the latter half of December, a month later than usual. John J. Patton, manager of the Medford office of the state employment service, said in his monthly report today, that winter weather usually slows employment in this area in November. Most of the layoffs are tem porary and their duration will be governed by" weather con ditions, Patton said. At the end of, Decembeiv-unemploy-ment in the county still was slightly below the level of a year ago, and was little more than half the total experi enced two years ago, Patton said. "In general," Patton said, "work has held up very well in this area, and there is no indication of any prolonged shutdowns of local opera tions." Patton said it still is diffi cult to find well-qualified job applicants because of the high level of employment. The na tionwide scarcity of people qualified in professional, semi- professional and skilled occu pations is vividly portrayed by the many job openings listed, he added. Openings are for qualified experienced persons and in clude public accountants, architects, chemists, teachers, engineers, pharmacists, tool designers, tool and die makers and many others. Detailed in Bids Called tor Highway 99 Work - Bids will be opened by the state highway commission in Salem Jan. 21 for a structure over Southern Pacific Rail road tracks and a county road near Rogue River. The work is part of the Highway 99 freeway project between the Josephine county line and Gold Hill. The :work will include con struction of a 686-foot rein forced concrete deck girder structure over the railroad tracks and a box girder struc ture over the county road about three-fourths of a mile west of Rogue River. sanitary landfill in Jackson county, but will mean that we will have to devote other land to this purpose. We be lieve that we can find an ade quate amount of land with soil composition that : is suit able for sanitary landfill that will be sufficiently remote from other property holdings that no objection will " be raised." ,. -The company further stated that it felt that once people in the county see a sanitary landfill in operation there will be less objection to its oper ation. The public hearing on the variance request had been set for Jan. 27. 10 Cents No. 244 formation on the positions is available at the local employ ment service office. During the next 60 days, Patton said, new hiring in the county probably will be slow, although many men now out of work may return to their jobs during that time. The next marked upturn in hiring is expected to start about March. Funds Approved For Sewage Work Ashland Congressman Charles O. Porter and Senator Richard L. Neuberger said to day the department of health, education and welfare has in formed them that an applica tion, for federal assistance to enlarge the Ashland sewage disposal plant has been ap proved. Total cost of the project will be about $350,000, accord ing to Ashland City Superin tendent E. C. Biegel. The fed eral government will provide $70,896, according to Porter. Monies have been accumu lating in a sewage fund in Ashland for renovating and enlarging the facilities, Biegel said, and sufficient funds are available for the work. The plant was originally de signed to handle a population of about 6,000, and with the enlargement it will be suffi cient to handle a population of about 20,000, Biegel said. Engineers are now working on plans for enlarging the plant, he said, and bids prob ably will be called this spring. The work probably will be completed early next year, Biegel said. The plant is located off Oak st. just outside the northwest city limits. Police Investigate Ruch School Entry Oregon state police and Jackson county sheriff's depu ties are investigating the ran sacking of Ruch school some time Wednesday night. Reported . taken were two record players, three clarinets, one portable typewriter, one table model radio and about $2 in small change. The building was entered by cutting a hole in a window, state police said. Boyd Gib son, principal, notified au thorities this morning of the incident. Children's Hospital Gefs Football Check Pendleton (UPD A check for $14,000, representing pro ceeds of the annual East-West class B Shrine high school football game here,' was sent to the Portland crippled chil dren's hospital today. HURT IN FALL William M. Grubbs, 1693 Brookdale ave., was reported in good condition at Rogue Valley - hospital this morning following a fall from a car rier at the Medford Corpora tion. He was taken to the hos pital by Medford Ambulance Service. 17 ke (Promises State of the Union Message Applauded Washington -4UPD-' President Eisenhower told an applaud ing Congress today that his budget for the next fiscal year will provide for a $4,200,000,000 surplus of revenues over $79,800,000,000 in spending. Eisenhower said the $4,200,000,000 excess of income over outgo would "be applied against our national debt." While the chief executive did not propose any tax reduc tions in his State of the Union Message, he said tax cuts could folio win future years if surpluses become "a regular pro cedure." The President's budget surplus announcement was a sur prise last-minute addition to a 49-minute address in which he also urged House and Senate members to end "wrangling" and work with him in his last vpar in nffit& tnv tu,o. ;n v- world and unprecedented prosperity at home. uiven Lengthy Applause at Joint Session Lawmakers and soectators at thp i ST J " V. VVUQlM. applauded at length when Eisenhower said that one way for U . . . - . . . . me government to counter mnauon and rising prices is to insure that its expenditures are below its revenues." He said that "despite the unsettling influences of the re cent steel strike, we estimate that our accounts will show, on June 30, this year, a favorable balance of anDroximatplv ?nn million." He solemnly reminded Congress that the nation is still faced by "nagging disorders" such as inflation, farm nrob- lems, violations of civil rights, and a need to Drotect the public interest in labor-management strife. The President, speaking in terrupted at a number of points House chamber. Report Laced with Caution The President's address, 12 months in office, was largely a good news report. But it was laced with caution. Eisenhower said Russia's possible opening of a somewhat less strained period" of world relationships. But he emphasized that the results would de pend on Moscow's deeds. Departing from his prepared text, the President revealed that the 1961 budget he will month will call for a spending This was a slightly lower although a bit higher than this He predicted the current $200 million, and said the new 'Wrangling Said Time Stealer Eisenhower promised to constructive association with the Congress." Then he sternly added that "irrelevant interbranch wrangling" can only steal time from performance of the job ahead. In his 7,200-word message, the President: Declared that "1960 promises to be the most prosperous year in our history," with the fiscal year next June with a lower revenues because of the Promised a balanced budget for fiscal 1961 but said nothing about lowering taxes. - Disclosed for the first time that this country s Atlas ballistic missile has been hitting within two miles of target on test after, test over xlistances of more than 5,000 miles. . . Said the world stands in the vestibule of a vast new technological age "one that, despite its capacity for human' destruction, has an equal capacity to make poverty and human misery obsolete." Proposed no new labor legislation, but said he intends as a consequence of the long steel dispute "to encourage regular discussions between management and labor outside the bargaining table" to protect the public interest. . Asks Improved Farm Legislation Urged "every possible management to avoid a steel Said farm law is woefully out of date, ineffective and expensive, and urged Congress to enact legislation that would curb costly surpluses and achive higher net farm incomes. Urged civil rights legislation, including right to vote guarantees. Summoned the nation to flation. Called for congressional legislation "designed to stimulate classroom construction, not by substitution of federal dollars for state and local funds, but incentives to extend and encourage state and local efforts." Said there is an "immediate need" for all industrial countries of the Free World 'the scourge of poverty from . Pleading that "wrangling" "close and constructive association with the Congress," the President said: "My deeo concern in the cessor takes office, is with our duty to our own and other nations ... I shall devote my full energies to the tasks at hand, whether these involve travel for promoting greater world reduce international discord, communications with the Congress and the American people on issues both domestic and foreign." No Doubt on Survival Ability He told Congress: "Everv minute spent in irrelevant interbranch wrangling is precious time taken from the intelligent initiation and adoption of coherent policies for our national survival and progress." There were no doubts by the President on the ability of this nation to survive and progress, but he said the process would not be easy "in a divided world of uneasy equilibrium" where mankind approached a state of possible mutual an nihilation. Eisenhower was hopeful but cautious about relations with Russia. He thought recent Soviet "deportment and pronounce ments suggest the opening of a somewhat less strained period" between East and West. He added, however: "If these pronouncements be genuine, there is brighter hope of diminishing the intensity of past rivalry and even tually of substituting persuasion for coercion. Whether this is to become an era of lasting promise remains to be tested by actions." He said that while the Free World could not afford to be "mislead by pleasant promises until they are tested by per formance," there still must be the effort to break what he called "the calamitous cycle of frustrations and crises which, if unchecked, could spiral into nuclear disaster, the ultimate insanity." Lists Starting Points With Rsusia Eisenhower cautioned against expecting "sudden and rev olutionary results" in getting agreements with Russia. "But we must find some place to begin," he said. One road for a useful start, he said, is "in widening of communications between our two peoples." Another may be through the reopening on Jan. 12 of negotiations for a nuclear test ban. ."Still another avenue may be found in the field of disarm ament, in which the Soviets have professed a readiness to negotiate seriously," the President said. "They have not, however, made clear the plans they may have, if any, for mutual inspection and verification the essential condition for any extensive measures of disarmament." Eisenhower, obviously mindful of Democratic criticism., of his administration's defense policies, promised that no matter how earnest the quest for peace, America would re main militarily strong even while attempting to negotiate arms reduction. I r urplu firm, vigorous tones, was in by applause from the crowded charting the goals for his last I recent behavior pointed to "the propose to Congress later this total of $79,800,000,000. figure than had been expected, year. fiscal year wil lhave a surplus of budget will be balanced. dedicate himself to "a close and government winding up this $200 million surplus despite steel strike. effort" by steel unions and price increase. an all-out battle against in action on his request for school to cooperate in helping to life less fortunate nations. be put aside and pledging next 12 months, before my suc joint congressional-executive understanding, negotiations to or constant discussions and
