7
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.