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Newspaper Page Text7 nm3- oou InJoL mkl ism Flam To Date Coincides With Khrushchev Trip, U.S. Treaty Russians Announce Pacific Experiment Moscow (Uf u Kussia s an nouncement of Pacific rocket firing plans is aimed at im pressing Asian nations on the eve of Premier Nikita Khro shchev's visit to Indonesia and India, diplomatic circles said today. Observers here also believe the main significance of the Soviet Union's announcement that a powerful missile will be fired into the Pacific be tween Jan. 15 and Feb. 15 was the progress it indicates, It shows the Russians now have the ability to shoot rockets so heavy that there is not enough room in the vast . Soviet territory to test them. Political Effects But the diplomats pointed out that the testing also had political effects. The Soviets have cam paigned against the new U.S Japanese security treaty, which is scheduled to be signed Jan. 19. Diplomats said that Soviet rockets landing in the Pacific during this period could not help but impress the nations of that area with Soviet scientific and military might. Criticizei U.S. Treaty The same edition of Pravda that carried the testing an nouncement today also ran an editorial criticizing the Amer ican treaty with Japan and pointing out that the Japanese delegation leaves for Wash ington Jan. 16, one day after the rocket testing may begin. Khrushchev leaves for In donesia and India, two key uncommitted nations, at about the same time. Previous trips "by the Soviet Premier have been accompan ied by spectacular scientific achievements. The Russians hit the moon with a rocket before he left for the U.S. last September. Planet Flights Seen The power of the new rock et or rockets means they will be used to attempt flights to other planets. The Pacific testing area is about 3,500 miles from the nearest Soviet territory. The target area is in the general vicinity of the Mar shal islands, where the U.S. has an atomic testing ground. So far as was known, the Soviet tests would involve no nuclear- explosions. The Mos cow statement said the rock ets would be fired without their final stage, which nor mally would carry the war head of a missile or the pay load of a space rocket. Seattle Man Being Held on Auto Charge Edward Duncan Tracy, 31, of Seattle, Wash., was ar raigned before U.S. Commis sioner Frank Van Dyke here yesterday on a federal charge of violation of the Dyer act, interstate transportation of a stolen automobile. Tracy, who was arrested by Oregon state police near Ash land Tuesday, is being held in the county jail pending the arrival of the U.S. marshal who will take him to Portland for federal prosecution. Bail was set at $1,500. Jolting Earthquake Rocks Compton Area Los Angeles OJPD A sharp, jolting earthquake rocked the Compton area of Los Angeles county at 6:42 a.m. Police said no damage was reported. Fires, Beating, Threats Sweep Strike Albert Lea, Minn. -OJPD- A wave of fires, abductions, beatings and death threats swept this strike -torn town today. Police and sheriffs depu ties said they thought they could control the situation. But Police Chief Charles Heil man warned, "If they should get outside help, there's noth ing we could do about it." "They" were believed to be strikers at the Wilson it Co. meat packing plant here who left their jobs Oct. 29 m a nation - wide strike against IRocZcet FLOW MEASURED For the first time this winter, southern Oregon streams this morning carried somewhere near a "normal" amount of water, brought on by heavy rainfall yesterday. County Watermaster as he was preparing to take East Main st. bridge on Bear streams rose rapidly over the last 24 hours, no danger of flooding occurred because a great deal of the water was absorbed by dry ground, Hendrix said. As a contrast, Hendrix pointed out that at the same point 7,000 cubic feet per second was measured during the 1955 flood, and on Dec. 8, 1959, the flow only second. Chamber Approve Budget of 42,300 for Year The board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce yesterday ap proved a $42,300 budget for 1960. The budget represents an increase of about 31 per cent over last year's. The increase is largely due to the success of a membership campaign conducted late in 1959. Don McNeil, manager, re ported that about $2,300 was turned in from the special membership - relations cam paign in delinquent accounts 1.30 Inches of Rain Reported Here Heavy rainfal, long await ed in the Medford vicinity, fi nally came yesterday. Medford station of the U.S. weather bureau reported 1.30 inches of precipitation in the 24 hours ending last night. Another .08 of an inch fell between midnight and 10 a.m. today. Yesterday's rain and snow brought the. total precipita tion for this month to 1.40 inches which is .83 above normal. Forecast for this area calls for rain showers occasionally mixed with snow through Sat urday. However, the five day outlook for western Oregon calls for less than normal pre cipitation with the bulk oc curring after Sunday. Salem-(UPD-The Oregon Hy droelectric Commission began a hearing today on the pro posed North Santiam power project of Consumers Power, Inc., Corvallis. - Torn Town Wilson by the United Pack inghouse Workers of America. Non-strikers manning the Wilson plant have reported a seige of violence and threats since National Guardsmen ended a 25-day guard over the plant last week. Two non-union men said they were beaten up in a cafe while breakfasting. Another said he was kidnaped and beaten up. Four non - strikers found their cars burned, overturned or submerged in water. Tests Htsijsress D. C. Hendrix is shown above a velocity reading below the creek early today. Although the measured 17 cubic feet per Directors and new members during the last quarter of last year. Included in the budget is a chamber housing fund, which will be used in con nection with the chamber's study of providing new quar ters. Paul Selby, chairman of the building committee, said the group recommended lo cating new quarters in the area bounded by Fifth and Ninth sts. and Oakdale and Riverside aves. Directors sug gested continued study and asked the committee to make a recommendation as to whether the chamber should purchase a building or rent quarters. President Jerry Latham said several committee ap pointments have been made. They include commercial di vision, M. M. Huggins; public relations, Murray Gardner; business progress, Bill Wil liams; public affairs, Frank Van Dyke; finance, Frank Bash: transportation, Dick Woodcock; roundtable, Dr. Kenneth Baker; greeters, Harry Barker and Dr. Orval Eaton; and publicity, Jennings Pierce. Latham suggested that com mittees study the overall scope of their operations, plot a course of action for the year, and put the ideas into opera tion. He said one committee will report on its activities at each board meeting. Annual Dinner McNeil announced that the annual chamber dinner will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Rogue Valley Country club. Ray Johnson is chairman of the dinner com mittee. Speaker will be Lewis Crutcher, Portland, who will talk on "The Face of the City." McNeil encouraged all chamber members to attend, and tickets may be obtained from directors or from . the chamber office. Forest Land Hearings Will Begin on Monday Salem -UPD- State Forester D. L. Phipps said today pub lic hearings on the proposed classification of 4,013 acres of forest land under the forest fee and yield tax act in five western Oregon counties get under way next Monday with a hearing in Oregon City. Oregon City (UPD District Attorney Winston Bradshaw said he would not be a candi date for reelection. Kennedy Enters New Hampshire Early Primary Nixon, Rockefeller Battle Takes Shape Concord, N.H. (UPD Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) was entered today as the first candidate in New Hampshire's early bird primary and a batr tie shaped up on the Repub lican side between Nixon and Rockefeller forces. Petitions were filed on Ken nedy's behalf to enter both the popularity poll and the contest for delegates in the March 8 party voting. At the same time his supporters filed a slate of 29 delegates pledg- ed to vote for Kennedy at the Democratic National conven tion in July. A 30th candi date is to be filed later. New Hampshire has 11 votes at the convention. Rockefeller Candidate Files Two Republican candidates for delegate to the Republi can Convention had filed be fore Kennedy's petition went in. The first candidate filed favorable to New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller whose supporters are still hopeful they can draft him despite his disclaimer last month. The second GOP candidate, former Gov. Robert O. Blood, filed favorable to Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon whose petition is to be filed Satur day, his 47th birthday. Kennedy is 42. Republicans out number Democrats in New Hampshire almost two to one so the pri mary is not a direct contest between Nixon and Kennedy Orchardist Help Sought in Bill Washington-(UPD-Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.) Thursday in troduced legislation to secure help for Milton - Freewater area orchardists. Federal assistance for dam aged orchards in 1955 .was never realized by the area's growers due to legal compli cations. Morse and Ullman said their bill is aimed at eliminat ing confusion and spelling out the intent of the original as sistance act. The bill would amend the earlier measure to make clear that payments for all work carried out during the period of Jan. 1, 1956 to June 21, 1957, are covered. Ullman said the new bill would furnish a satisfactory solution to the Department of Agriculture as well as the fruit growers. Boxcar Shortage In State Studied Salem -(UPD- The governor's emergency transpo r t a t i o n committee met here this after noon to discuss methods of relieving future rail car short ages in western Oregon. At the same time, a joint conference was scheduled be tween members of the com mittee and San Francisco rep resentatives of Southern Pa cific Company. R. J. Hogue of Medford, chairman of the committee, said the agenda will focus on causes of a car shortage which occurred several weeks ago at a time when cars normally are in adequate supply to western Oregon shippers. "We've Got To Take The Long View' :f0im ' " ''. Hip fjsH Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Pair Taken Off Arctic Ice Floe; No Panic Noted Withdrawal To Take About Week i ' Fairbanks, Alaska-ttJPD-The first two men to be airlifted from disintegrating ice station Charlie in the Arctic Ocean arrived here today and said no panic" existed among the 25 men still on the two by four-mile floe. C130 planes, flown to Ladd Air Force Force Base here from Stewart Air Force Base, Tenn., were to fly to the ice station Saturday morning in an effort to remove the other men. The withdrawal opera tion was expected to take about a week. Everything All Right' "Everything is all right at the station and there is no panic," said Charles R. John ston, 30, Washington, D.C., who was flown here along with Army Sp4C James E. Johnson, 21, Syracuse, N.Y. Johnston, a civilian, was on the station doing radio studies for the Department of Defense. The two men said that a piece of ice 2,600 feet long broke from the end of the floe Thursday as 20-knot winds and temperatures 30 degrees below zero prevailed. A grader, which had been used to clear runways, tum bled into the frozen water as the chunk of ice cracked free. An Army man, Gary Standvill, Eugene, Ore., jump ed clear just before the grad er toppled into the water, Johnston said. Size of Floe Reduced "Pressure ridges are form ing around the station," John ston said, "and chunks of ice are banging up against it. This action is contributing to the disintegration of the floe.'1 Johnston and Johnson had been on the ice station only 60 days. Some of the scien tific team still on the floe have been there since the sta tion was established in May, 1959. Dog Licenses Due In County Jan. 1 County dog licenses were due Jan. 1, County Clerk Mar vin Madden said today, al though the deadline for ob taining them is March 1. This applies to all dogs six months or older. License fee for males and spayed females is $1.50, and $3 for unspayed females. After March 1 a pen alty of $2 will be added. Besides the county clerk's office in the courthouse, li censes may be obtained at the county dog pound, Rasmus sen's Super Service and the Jacksonville police depart ment, Jacksonville; the Apple gate shopping center; Phoenix Police Chief John T. Ritchi son; Police Chief Bill Young, Talent; Ashland police depart ment; the Central Point city hall; Gail's Market, Gold Hill; Rogue River Feed and Farm Supply; Eagle Point city hall; city recorder, Butte Falls; Cove Valley Supply, Shady Cove; Boothby's Sporting Goods, Prospect.' MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960 CRUELTY RESULTS SHOWN odd pose, but this little pup is still wearing a reminder of someone's cruelty. She was unmercifully booted on a Boston street a week ago and the kick fractured both hind legs. Now a patient at Angell Memorial hospital, Scamp is making a strong comeback . (UPI Telephoto) Business Boom Said To Hold Key to Big Surplus in Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower's chances of getting a big budget surplus next year hinge on an expect ed business boom and his abil ity to keep a tight rein on fed eral spending. Allied Council Elects Officers Victor David of the Med ford American Legion post was reelected president of the Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county last night at a meeting in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.. - Other officers elected In clude Charles J. Myers of Medford barracks, Veterans of World War I, vice presi dent; and William J. Keagle, commander of the Camp White VFW, sergeant at arms. Edward Smith of the VFW was reelected treasurer, and Pat Graham was reelected council secretary. Committees will continue with the same personnel, David said. A project of promoting a suitable veterans memorial will continue under the chair manship of Graham. The VAC has authorized an award in a contest for a plan, accom panied by a sketch, for plac ing a veterans memorial in a central location in Medford. Graham said the contest closes Feb. 1, and entries may be made by contacting him at 175 Jeanette st., SPring 2 4192. Keegan Townsend of the Medford American Legion post and Clarence Mathest, also of the American Legion, are in charge of a project to place memorial objects, pref erably flagpoles, in as many cemeteries in the county as possible. Green Fir Market Said Holding Own Portland -(UPD- Crow's Lum ber Market News Service said today the green fir dimen sion market held its own this week despite growing price resistance in consuming areas. Crow's said poor weather over much of the country was still hindering sales and that heavy stocks in the hands of wholesalers continued to be a big market factor. The plywood market was leaning to weakness after two speculative price increases in December. Sheathing sold this week at $94 for 5-8 inch, off $4 from the $98 listing, and some below-the-market buys were recorded in sanded stock. Stevenson's Stand Remains Unchanged Washington -flJPD- Adlai E. Stevenson is "unequivocally" opposed to running in Ore gon's presidential primary, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.), reported today. Neuberger said, however, he believes Stevenson will be available in the event of a stalemate in the Democratic convention. The senator lunched with Stevenson in Chicago earlier this week. v 54th - You might laugh at Scamp's Budget That's the opinion of fiscal experts who analyzed the President's statement to Con gress Thursday that his budg et for the fiscal year starting July 1 would show a surplus of $4,200,000,000. Spending Hold Doubted There was doubt the admin istration could hold spending down to the $79,800,000,000 Eisenhower said he would propose. He was understood to be counting on Congress to increase postal rates and cut farm price supports - both highly unlikely. Government e c o n o m ists were much more optimistic that indicated revenues of $84 billion would flow into the Treasury in the -1961 fiscal year. The revenue projection ap parently was based on a rise in personal income of about $20 billion to a record $400 billion and record corporate profits of about $51,500, 000,000. Can Be Achieved Economists said these lev els can be achieved if the economy shows an expected solid but not spectacular per formance. A surging first half year will turn into a less pep py but still rising second half, they said. (See Story on Page 2) Students Tested On Conservation Testing on conservation knowledge started in Medford and Ashland schools today, Bruce Hitt, assistant county superintendent, reported. Approximately 160 students are being tested among the ninth graders, sophomores, juniors and seniors . in each district, Hitt said. Purpose of the testing is to establish a pattern of what the average student knows about conser vation. It is one of a series of tests being conducted in rep resentative geographic areas throughout the state, Hitt said. Testing started in Josephine county Monday and Tuesday. Morrie Taylor, Oregon state game commission, is in charge of the program. Taylor and Austin Hamer, also of the state game com mission, present programs each year on conservation education. Both men are state game biologists and educa tors, Hitt explained. Salem -flJPD- Oregon Senate President Walter Pearson has filed as a candidate for state-at-large delegate to the Dem ocratic national convention next summer in Los Angeles. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness through Saturday with snow showers in mountains and rain showers occasionally mixed with snow in valleys. Valley fog Saturday morning. Cooler to night. Low tonight 28-30. High Saturday 41-45. i Temp. Highest yesterday 36 Lowest this morning 33 - Prec. To 10 a.m. today .85 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:55 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m. Moonset tomorrow , 3:49 a.m. Full Moon Jan. 13 The planet, Venus, is now pass ing a few degrees north of An tares, brightest star in the con stellation, Scorpio. Venus will again be seen near Antares in the evening sky next October. Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 245 No Sweeping Changes Seen in Treasury Office Belton Spends First Full Day on New Job Salem - (UPD - Don't look for any sweeping changes in the state treasurer's office-at least right away. The new state treasurer, Howard C. Belton, said today he has none in mind at the mo ment. Today was his first full day on the job. He put in some time here Thursday. Belton, who was sworn in last Monday, said there will be no immediate changes in policy or staff, although this may be on his mind the next few months. "I'm not here to rock the boat," he commented. Will Commute The new state treasurer, who is 67 but described by Gov. Mark Hatfield as having "the vigor of a man half his age," said he and his family, who live at Canby, have no plans at the time to move here. He has a 200-acre farm at Canby, where he has lived for years, and 400 acres of timber in Clackamas county. "I'll be a commuter and probably will spend one day of the week at the Portland office." The state treasurer maintains offices both in the State Capitol building and in the State Office building in Portland. His first Board of Control meeting will be next Tuesday. He joins the gov ernor and another Hatfield ap pointee, Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., on the policy-making group. Break-Ins Reported In Phoenix Area A series- of break-ins oc curred in the Phoenix-Talent area Wednesday night, county sheriff's deputies reported to day. Deputies said Henry's Pro duce, 511 Main st., Phoenix, was broken into Wednesday night and a number of items taken. A store clerk said she could not tell how much was taken, but items included meat and potatoes, other veg etables, fruit and some items from the chenille shop in the same building. Thieves apparently forced the front door lock, deputies said. The door had been checked by Phoenix police about midnight. Mrs. Florence I. Hartley, 5468 South Pacific highway, reported that thieves broke into her brother's house at 5122 South Pacific highway Wednesday night and ran sacked it. She said she did not know what was missing, deputies reported. Thieves forced the lock on the back door of Barkley's Tavern Menagerie, 115 North Main st., Phoenix, Wednesday night, but got only as far as the back porch, deputies said. Rosalind Randies Heads County TAPs; Events Set Rosalind Randies, a student at Medford Senior high school, will head the Teen Age Program of Jackson county's March of Dimes ap peal, it has been announced by Mrs. Harold Gilbert, coun ty chairman of the National Foundation. As TAP chairman, she will lead the county's young peo ple in a fund-raising drive to support the National Founda tion's attack on birth defects, rheumatoid arthritis and polio. Miss Randies plans to have TAP chairmen organizing stu dents in most high schools of the county. Those already ap pointed are Suzanne Rodgers at Prospect, Rae Burritt at Crater, and Sandy Sanner at Medford. Local students will kick off their fund-raising bid Satur day when the sophomore, jun ior and senior classes conduct car washes at several service stations. A bottle drive also is planned for Saturday and windshield washes will be held at all Park and Shop lots and at the Sears Shopping Center. A fashion show is scheduled for the Rogue Val- Mountain Areas, Central Oregon Get Heavy Fall Chains Required On Higher Routes By United Press International Heavy wet snow up to sev en inches deep in the hills fell in Portland early today from a storm which also brought large amounts of the white stuff to mountain areas and central Oregon. It was the first snow of the winter for Portland and morn ing rush-hour traffic moved at a snail's pace as motorists were caught unprepared. The snow stopped about 7 a.m. and the weather man said it prob ably would freeze tonight. The Columbia gorge area also was hit by snow with seven inches reported at Cor bett, three inches at Hood river and two at The Dalles. Salem Gets Flakes The snow in Portland mea sured three inches at the iar port. Reports varied from one half inch at some places to seven inches in the hills. The weather man said the snow west of the Cascades was confined mostly to the Port land area but snow also was reported at Salem, Dallas, Rickreal land Independence. Chains were required on nearly all mountain routes. In central Oregon Lapine reported eight inches, Bend five inches and Chemult 13 inches. Klamath Falls had three inches Thursday which froze during the night making streets and sidewalks treach erous. Icy Highway Crash Fatal Several accidents were re ported in Salem during a heavy rainstorm Thursday night. A Eugene man, Charles E. Rutherford, 23, was killed late Thursday in a two-vehicle collision on icy Highway 97 a dozen miles north of Klamath Falls. Two tanker trucks jack-knifed on Canyon Road in Portland, adding to the morning traffic snarl. The weather man blamed the snow in the Portland area on an easterly wind flow through the Columbia gorge. Another storm front was ap proaching from Alaska and the weather man said it could bring more snow- Saturday night. The weather man added skiing should be good in the mountains this week end "if you can get there." Only four-wheel drive re- hides with chains were ad vised for Crater Lake national park. The Mt. Hood highway was to be closed at 2 p.m. to day. .McKenzie pass reported 16 inches of new snow. Snowplows Operate The Highway Department, in a mid-day report on road conditions, said snow plows were operating in several areas. There was packed snow on Highway 30 east of Port land. Chains were advised for the Bend, Pendleton, Baker, La Grande and Burns areas. Rain was reported at Eu gene and Grants Pass but spot of ice were reported at Med ford. Siskiyou summit. Govern ment Camp, Sunset summit. Warm Springs junction all had packed snow and plows were operating. Salem - (UPD - Circuit Judge Victor Olliver, Albany, has filed for reelection in the 21st judiciary district position number one, Linn country. . (Lundis Photo) ROSALIND RANDLES TAP Events Planned ley Country club on Jan. 25. Crater students have a bot tle drive and car washes scheduled for Saturday and a March of Dimes assembly featuring class competition will be held next Monday. . s if, v ' ' ' K S t . -;'Vv -31 ' ; , V 4 ' fc i '"A.,, v t'4 ':: V.