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tempting
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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.
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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