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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
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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.
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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