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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1960)
Pilot Fits CO! fed tempting to RAYBURN BOWS OUT Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn has formally bowed out as chairman of the Democratic nation al convention in a statement which said he wanted to "see one convention from the floor." Rayburn declined to suggest a suc cessor and denied published reports that he Willamette Pass Auto Accident Victims Identified "v Eugene -(UPD- Four persons killed in the crash of a semi truck loaded with produce and a car on the Willamette Pass highway 49 miles east of here Monday were identified late last night. Killed in the collision were Dudley Boyd, 58; his wife, Irene, 53, Eugene; Littleton Lancaster, 62, and his wife. Marguerite, 58, of Cottage Grove. Car Mangled The car was so badly man gled that the bodies weren't removed until almost nine hours after the accident. The car was towed to Oakridge where it had to be cut open before the bodies could be re moved. State police said Clyde Thomas, 35, Fresno, driver of the truck, told them that he and his relief driver, Robert Lichti, 28, were coming down a hill when the accident oc curred. Dashboard in Back Thomas said he saw the car, driven by Boyd, coming at them and tried to pull to the right side of the highway as far as possible. He said the auto collided with the truck in the right hand lane and the truck went up over the top of it. The two struck so violently that the dashboard of the car was found in the back seat. Petition To Outlaw Billboards Filed Salem-OIPD-An initiative pe tition has been filed with the State Elections Division which seeks to outlaw bill boards on the state's freeways. Washington -flJPD- The Na tional Guard Bureau Monday approved $393,000 towards construction of a three-unit armory in Portland. Incorporation Articles Adopted by Association Articles o f incorporation were adopted by the newly formed Rogue Valley Art as sociation at a meeting last night in the studio of Eugene Bennett on South Grape st. Bennett is president of the group. The articles had been draft ed by a committee headed by Ben Day, and were presented last night. The articles say the purpose of the association is to "promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition and appreciation of art" in the Rogue valley. "Membership in the Rogue Valley Art association is di rected toward the layman the person who is interested in and would like to help sup port exhibitions of the visual Public Farilities At Lake Expected To Be Done July 1 Recreational facilities at the Howard Prairie reservoir may be completed by July 1 and turned over to the county then,Jack Nichols, Medford, administrative assistant to the bureau of reclamation office here, told the Jackson county recreation committee last night. If weather permits the con tractor to work at the reser voir early this spring, the work should be done by July 1, James Callan, project engi neer for the bureau of recla mation, Camp White, said this morning. Work on the boat basin and the ramp have been complet ed. Some clearing and road construction is yet to be done. Buildings, benches and tables for the picnic and camping areas will be prefabricated so they can be installed more quickly, Callan said. Funds Allocated Nichols said that $140,000 in non - reimburseable funds has been allocated for recre ational development at both Howard Paririe and Emigrant reservoir in the Talent proj ect. About 80 per cent of the total has been allocated for Howard Prairie development, he said. The meeting was called by the Jackson county recreation committee to learn what state and federal agencies have planned as recreational de velopments in the county. The Medford recreation committee and others interested also at tended. Road Regraded Nichols explained that all public recreational areas will be at the head of the lake. The county road into the south shore has been regraded and will be used as a two-way road for the area. It will be connected with other access arts," Bennett stated. "Its pri mary purpose is to broaden the scope of art in this area." At present the association has two types of memberships, annual and student. Others are being considered. The president announced additions to two committees. Mrs. B. Brandt Bartels and Clifford Platz have been add ed to the exhibition commit tee, of which Mrs. Eric W. Allen Jr., is chairman, and Warren Holbrook is a new member of the membership committee, headed by James Ragland. Robert Bosworth, chairman of the building and sites com mittee, reviewed the work of his committee. was supporting Rep. Hale Boggs (D-La.) to replace him. Just before issuing his state ment, Rayburn received from Mrs. Boggs the 10 tickets he purchased for $1,000 for the 1960 Democratic Presidential kickoff dinner Jan. 23. (UPI Telephoto) roads into the public use area. The county must provide directional . signs, ... establish and enforce regulations and generally administer the area, Nichols emphasized. Any ad ditional plans for recreational development of Howard Prai rie or Emigrant must be sub mitted for approval through the bureau of reclamation to the national park service, he explained. Individual generators will provide power, a large stor age tank, will provide drink ing water to be piped into the picnic and camp grounds and toilet facilities will be install ed, Nichols said. A mile-long access road will be constructed to the spillway area at Emigrant reservoir, Nichols explained. A parking area and boat ramp are the only facilities the bureau will provide at Emigrant, he said. There will be no picnic grounds or camp grounds there. Boat Ramp Nichols said the boat ramp will be 20 feet wide and 260 feet long. A good swimming beach site would be at the concession and store area, but the bureau has not planned to sand the beach, he added. This will be left for the county. Both Nichols and Mark Pike, Portland, assistant for recreation, national park serv ice, recommended that the en tire Howard Prairie reservoir area be maintained for use of the general public instead of for individual groups. Pike said a number of areas on the Rogue river have been tenta tively selected as park sites by the national park service but the report naming these is not yet ready. Also speaking before the group were Otto Brown, sup erintendent of Crater Lake National park, and Ross Youngblood, district manager for the bureau of land man agement. Candidates File For May 20 Primary Two county officials this morning filed as candidates for the 1960 elections. Dead line for filing for the . May 20 primary is March 11. County Treasurer Karl L. Janouch, Democrat, route 1, box 240, Medford, and Coun ty Commissioner Ralph A. James, route 2, box 491, Gold Hill, also a Democrat, filed. Paul Rynning, recenty re tired county engineer, and county surveyor, said -this morning he intended to file for election as county sur veyor. Normally, the appoint ed countv eneineer would as sume that position if nobody files for surveyor. Regional Edition Medford 14 Pages Morse's Decision To Enter Primaries Viewed as Holding Action for Stevenson Washington (UPD Sen. Wayne Morse's decision to en ter presidential primaries was viewed today as a possible holding action to build up support for Adlai E. Steven son. Morse announced Monday he would enter the District of Columbia primary on May 3 and run as a "favorite son" m the Oregon primary on May 20. A. L. Wheeler, D.C. cam EDe Gaulle Faces Decision in Crisis Paris - (UPD - President Charles de Gaulle was to de cide today whether to fire Finance Minister Antoine Pi- nay and run the risk of pre cipitating a grave economic and political crisis, informed sources reported. Pinay is the architect of French economic recovery and the stock market already has reacted sharply to reports he is on his way out. Prices dropped as much as 5 per cent Monday; they began the decline Thursday when Pinay broke with government eco nomic policies. In Bitter Struggle Pinay is engaged in a bitter struggle with Premier Michel Debre over what Pinay called Debre's attempts to "Soviet ize" French industry. Debre is aligned with Justice Minis ter Edmond Michelet who has called for more socialization of French industry. .. .-. -.. De Gaulle was expected to announce his decision at a cabinet meeting Wednesday. All indications were Pinay would be out. There was widespread spec ulation that should a major crisis develop de Gaulle would fall back on a provision of the new constitution giving Mixed Rain, Snow Seen Wednesday Mixed rain and snow are likely in the Medford area to morrow afternoon, the weath er bureau forecast today. Increasing cloudiness is ex pected above valley fog early tomorrow morning, following clearing skies this evening. Rain is expected to start along the northern Oregon 'coast late tonight, extending to this area late tomorrow. Less than a half an inch of snow fell early this morning at the Medford airport, but heavier amounts were report ed from other valley areas. Ashland reported about an inch of snow. The snowfall brought the total for the season to 3 inches. Last month, 2.2 inches fell, and so far this month there has been .8 of an inch, weather bureau officials said. The average for the months is 3.9 inches. During the past 36 hours, there has been .38 of an inch of rain reported, bringing the total for the month to 1.80 inches, which is .89 of an inch above normal. The total for the season is 4.13 inches, or 5.14 inches below normal since Sept. 1. State police this noon re ported that cars were going over the Siskiyous without chains, but chains still were required on the Green Springs and on the Diamond Lake cutoff. WEATHER FORECAST: Clearing this eve ning. Valley fog forming by midnight, dissipating by mid morning Wednesday. Above fog, increasing cloudiness Wednes day, mixed rain and snow likely by Wednesday afternoon. Cool er tonight. Low 20-25; high Wednesday 40. Temp. Highest yesterday 40 Lowest this morning 30 Precip. To 10 a.m. ;today 07 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:00 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:39 a.m. Moonrise today 4:22 p.m. Moonset tomorrow 7:06 a.m. Fnll Moon Jan. 13 PROMINENT STAR Alhena, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, rises 5:11 a.m. Jupiter, rises 5:59 a.m. Mars, rises 6:47 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1960 paign manager for the Ore gon senator, said today if Morse finds he can't win at the July Democratic conven tion, his backers here want him to throw his support be hind Stevenson. Wheeler, chairman of the D.C. Democratic Central Com mittee, said one of main rea sons why Democrats were backing Morse was "his un tiring support of Adlai Steven son in 1952 and 1956 and his him the right to declare a state of emergency which would give him dictatorial powers. It was the worst political crisis in France since de Gaulle came to power a year ago and it had major impli cations involving NATO, the summit conference, future French military policies and continued French economic recovery. MID Directors Consider Means To Ease Shortage Medford Irrigation district's board of directors is consid ering everything possible to ease the critically short ir rigation water supply for 1960, according to Paul Cul bertson, board chairman. His statement was made following a meeting of the directors yesterday afternoon. They empasized that the pub lic should realize that, while the outlook for the irrigation season this spring and sum mer is alarming, it should not create a panic. "We would not reject any idea which might ease this water shortage," Culbertson emphasized. "The MID board never actually rejected the plan of constructing a tem porary dam at the proposed Agate dam site, since the dam was a primary project of the Rogue River Valley Irriga tion district, and that district's rejection on Saturday morn ing of the emergency plan made any further discussion or decision by the Medford district unnecessary." Proposed Dam The two big "ifs" in the dam construction idea would have been money and weath er, Culbertson said. Estimat ed cost was about $500,000. Wet weather might well have prevented construction. The dam, about half the 73-foot height of the proposed bureau of reclamation dam, would have had to meet the bureau's specifications. The MID directors said the idea for the partial dam came from outside the irrigation district and was not proposed by any of them. They said the idea was a good one. "This is the most severe water shortage I have known during the last 30 years," Cul bertson said. "We will have to have double the normal precipita tion from now until Sept. 30 to make up for present de ficiencies," Jack Hoffbuhr, MID manager, added. Carter Is Bound Over to Grand Jury Frank Gordon Carter, 35, of Medford, was bound over to the grand jury yesterday afternoon on charges of at tempting to hold up the Haw kins Nite Garage. Carter was charged in dis trict court specifically with the attempted robbery by put ting in fear of force and viol ence while not being armed with a dangerous weapon. Carter, is accused of using a toy pistol in attempting to hold up the cashier, Wayne Carter, at 616 South River side ave. early Sunday. The cashier is Frank Carter's brother. continued favorable comments about Stevenson." Stevenson has said that he is not a candidate this . year but he has noi ruled out a move to draft him for a third try for the White House. A United Press Internation al survey showed Monday that a campaign to draft Steven son has reached the official organization stage in at least five states Wisconsin, Mis souri, Ohio, California and Texas. Morse Invited To Enter Wisconsin Primary Election Madison, Wis. -(UPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore), latest entry in the Democratic presi dential race, was Invited by leading Wisconsin backers of Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) today to enter the state's pres idential primary election. Mayor Ivan Nestingen of Madison said, "I hope that he enters the Wisconsin primary. His entry in Wisconsin would help to draw the lines more clearly and present a good choice in the Democratic pri mary." Nestigen said, "I think Sen ator Morse would show a strong following in Wisconsin. I don't believe that you can say he is going to draw from any given segment." The mayor said that he did not believe Morse would draw more votes away, from Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) than from Kennedy. Hum phrey is the only anounced candidate for the Wisconsin primary April 5, but Kenne dy is expected to enter. State Democratic Chairman Pat Lucey, who privately sup ports Kennedy, said the party position last March was to in vite all liberals into the Wis consin primary. "Senator Morse certainly qualifies," Lucey said. "If he chooses to enter the Wiscon sin primary he will be shown the same courtesies by the state headquarters as we have offered Kennedy and Hum phrey. "Morse is a native of Wis consin. Through the years he has been very much in de mand at Democratic functions here." Nine Precincts Added to County Nine new precincts have been added to Jackson coun ty, for the 1960 elections, County Clerk Marvin Madden said today. The nine bring the total number in the county to 113 precincts. Two precincts in the area by the county courthouse were made into three pre cincts. Precinct 40 is bounded by West Main st., Orange st., Lincoln st., West 11th st., West 10th st. and West Main st. Precinct 41 is bounded by West Main st., Orange st., Oakdale ave. and West 11th st., and Precinct 41A is bound ed by 11th st., Newtown st., West 13th St., King st. and Dakota and Oakdale aves. Medford also has three new precincts. They are Precinct 58B, south of Stewart ave.; Precinct 68A, west of Oak Grove rd., and Precinct 67A, west of Ross lane. Precinct 87A was added to Jacksonville .north of Cali fornia st. Precinct 12B was added to Ashland south of Siskiyou i blvd. Central Point was divided by Fourth st. and Hazel st. to form two additional pre cincts. Precinct 70A is located near Crater High school. Pre cinct 71B is south of Pine st. and west of Fourth st. Eagle Point will become Precinct 27 bounded by the city limits. Veteran Senator Not To Seek Reelection Providence, R.I. (UPD - Sen. Theodore Francis Green, 92, Rhode Island Democrat and the oldest man ever to serve in the Seriatewill not run for reelection this year. Tribune In the D.C. and Oregon con tests, Morse will clash direct ly with Sen. Hubert H. Hum phrey (D-Minn.). The only other announced Democratic aspirant, Sen. John F. Kenne dy (Mass.) has not said wheth er he would run in these two primaries. But Morse said he understood Kennedy would run in Oregon. Morse said he tried unsuc cessfully to keep his name off the Oregon ballot, but that 'Never Mind The Fine lib, lis mm; k Board of Control Reluctantly Votes Repair To Salem - (UPD- The Board of Control today authorized $5,- 000 worth of repair work to the State Office building in Portland but strongly indicat ed its reluctance to do so. The work involves fixing 250 windows, the sills of which have corroded in the past year. The matter was brought to the attention of the board by Stuart Mockford, Oregon City architect. Gov. Mark Hatfield declar ed that "this building has been more expense to the state than anything else it has entered. I spent nearly $50, 000 patching the building up when I was secretary of state." 'Nothing But Trouble Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said he has had the same problem. Hatfield said "we've had nothing but trouble with that building." Mockford told the board that Oregon State Col lege Professor Lindsay Apple gate, an expert on corrosion, is running tests to determine why the sills rotted so far. Mockford said stainless steel anchor straps on a number of windows in the State Office building also were corroded and this would also be cor rected. In other business, the board: . Voted to name two pros pective buildings at Fairview home after two territorial sec retaries of state, Samuel M. Holderness and Theophilus Magruder. - Discussed the problem of what to do about a 6V-ton surplus of flax fiber from the state prison's now defunct flax industry. Pear Blossom Group To Meet Wednesday A membership meeting of the Pear Blossom Festival as sociation will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan 13, in the Jackson hotel, according to Russ Jamison, Medford, asso ciation president. Purpose of the meeting is to discuss the new non-profit corporation application, Jami son said, and to establish com mittees for the annual event. The date in April for this year's event also will be con sidered. Price 10 Cents No. 248 his supporters have more than the 1,000 signatures nec essary to enter him without his consent. He said he would not have campaigned in his home state, even with his name on the ballot, had Humphrey and Kennedy voiced a similar in tention not to. "They have decided other wise, so we'll have some de bate on the issues," Morse said. Print. Now, Over Here Building - Accepted new dormitor ies at MacLaren school for boys. - Authorized permanent transfer of 280 patients from the State hospital to Fairview home and other patient trans fers. Interim Group to Hold Meetings The state legislative interim committee on natural re sources will hold one in a series of meetings in south west Oregon at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Josephine county court house annex in Grants Pass, Chairman Andrew J. Nater lin, Newport, has announced. Other meetings will be held in Eugene, Gold Beach and Coquille. Naterlin said the meetings have been arranged to give residents and organizations an opportunity to present their views on the organizational structure of state agencies and the use of waters, forests, soils, minerals and wildlife. The committee is to make recommendations to the gov ernor and the next legislature on the consolidation or elimi nation of state agencies and creation of a department of natural resources. Straub Invites Cunnar For Registration Drive Portland-(UPD - Robert W. Straub, state Democratic chairman, today issued an in vitation to Oregon Republic an Chairman Peter Gunnar to join in a non-partisan, pre primary voter registration drive. Balloon To Be Launched Into Space Wednesday Washington - (UPD - The Fed eral Space Agency said today it will fire a 100-foot balloon into space from Wallops Is land, Va., Wednesday in a test preliminary to launching a "radio mirror" communica tions satellite in the spring. The Wednesday shot will be to test ejection of the folded sphere from the rocket's nose Jet Plane Said Crash-Landed on Formosa Coast Attempt To Defect To Nationalists Seen Taipei, Formosa (UPD The first Chinese Communist pilot to defect to the Nationalist Chinese on Formosa crash landed his MIG jet fighter on the island's east coast today but apparently was killed in the crash. Nationalist Chinese officials announced the defection but did not say what happened to the pilot. Other sources, how ever, said he was killed. Ordered lo Return Gen. Peng Meng-nhi, chief of the Nationalist general staff, told the official Central News Agency that the Com munists ordered the pilot to return to his base and sent nine groups of jets up when he refused. The other MIGs failed to intercept him, he said. Telephone reports from Ilan said fragments of clothing sticking to the charred body appeared to be civilian rather than military uniform. A U.S. military source r- ported from Ilan that "the body was burned beyond rec ognition. This MIG was burn ed from the cockpit forward. The plane was well armed with ammunition and was marked with a red star. Its landing gear was down." It was the first reported de fection of a Communist plane to the Nationalists since the Nationalists were driven off the mainland to Formosa 1949. in Government Day Slated Feb. 24-25 Student Government Day. annual project of the Med ford Elks lodge, will be held Feb. 24 and 25 to coincide with the observance of Med ford' s 75th birthday, accord ing to Marvin Trautman chairman of the youth activi ties committee in charge of the event. Students who will partic ipate in the 11th observance of Student Government Day here will take the oath of of fice from Medford Mayor John W. Snider, for city posi tions, and County Clerk E. M. Madden for county offices. Seniors from Medford and St. Mary's High schools will fill the city positions. County offices will be filled by stu dents from Phoenix, Eagle Point, Prospect, and Crater High schools. Thomas Vaughan, Portland. executive director of the Ore gon Historical Society and editor of the Oregon Historic al quarterly, will speak at the annual dinner to be held Feb. 24 at the Elks temple. Thursday activities will in clude briefings by city and county officials about the government systems. Trautman explained that Student Government Day is the largest of a number of youth projects sponsored or participated in by the Med ford Elks lodge. Neighbors Accept Gifts for Family Neighbors of Mrs. Nellie Coker and family, whose home and furnishings were destroyed in a fire at 1204 Saling st., Medford, yesterday morning, have volunteered to accept gifts on Mrs. Coker's behalf, they said today. Needed are a low-rent home, furniture, bedding, cooking ware and clothing, according to sources. Mrs. Co ker and her children are stay ing with friends temporarily. Children include a boy 7, and girls 9, 6, 4, 3, 1 and four months, according to sources. The year old girl is living in a foster home, according to reports. Persons interested in donat ing items may contact Mrs. Arleta Lowe, 1327 Sailing st., and her daughter, Elaine, and on Saturdays and Sundays Mrs. Francis Stevens, 1208 Saling st. ana its inflation in space. Fully inflated, the balloon will be as tall as a 10-story building. It will not go into orbit. If weather, visibility, and wind conditions are not suit able at launch time Wednes day, the test will be put off until about the same time Friday. t
