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IKE CONCEDES RIGHT This was the
cene at President Eisenhower's news con
ference today, his first since Dec. 2. The
President conceded the right of the Soviet
Union to use an area of the Central Pacific
as a missile target range. He said it would
Public Hearings
Scheduled in Two
School District:
Public hearings on reor
ganization proposed for Rogue
River-Evans Valley and Ash
land - Pinehurst school dis
tricts will be held Feb. 2 and
3, respectively, according to
Alf B. Mekvold, county school
superintendent and secretary
to the Jackson county reor
ganization committee. .
The hearings ar- A bv
the state board oi education
and will be attended by Mrs.
Moore Hamilton, Medford,
board member, and D. w.
Patch, state director of school
district reorganization.
The hearing on Rogue River
and Evans Valley school dis
tricts will be held Tuesday,
Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Evans
Valley elementary school
gymnasium. The public hear
ing for Ashland arid Pinehurst !
school districts will be held
Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m.
in the Ashland city school ad
ministration building.
Following the public hear
ings, a proposed reorganiza
tion plan for the districts will
be presented the state board
of education. If approved, the
plan will be returned to the
county reorganization com
mittee ard a public election
called in earn of the districts
involved. A n.ijority vote in
each of the districts is re
quired to pass the reorganiza
tional proposal. If the propos
al fails another election may
be called later.
The reorganization commit
tee has postponed decision on
reorganization of Eagle Point
and Butte Falls. Whether Ap
plegate school district joins
with Medford or is made part
of the Josephine county unit
is yet undetermined.
Other districts under the
reorganization plan are al
ready consolidated.
Mrs. Roosevelt To
Miss Convention
Los Angeles -(LTD Mrs. El
eanor Roosevelt, 75, plans to
tay away from the National
Democratic Convention here
in July.
The widow of the late Pres
ident explained, "I just don't
want to become involved any
more."
Mrs. Roosevelt spoke Tues
day night before the Friends
Committee on Legislation at
the First Methodist church,
discussing American aid to
underdeveloped countries.
"Helping these countries
become markets must be
looked on as good, hard-headed
business sense," she said.
In the field of politics, she
said, "I am hot supporting
anyone before the convention."
Rep. Porter Introduces
Railway Act
Washington -IUPD- Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.),
introduced legislation today
which he said was designed to
remove existing restrictions
In the Railroad Retirement
act preventing persons mar
ried to railroad employees
from receieving Social Secur
ity benefits.
The bill would amend the
1937 act by eliminating the
requirement that a spouse's
annuity be reduced if the
spouse is eligible to receive
Social Security benefits. Iden
Allowable Cut on
National Forest
May Be Increased
The total allowable cut on
the Rogue River National for
est will probably be revised
upward for the next fiscal
year, according to a prelimin
ary report presented by Car
roll Brown, forest supervisor,
to the timber committee of
the Southern Oregon Conser
vation and Tree Farm associ
ation. Brown pointed out that this
was an "educated guess," bas
ed on the preliminary tabula
tion of the timber reinven-
tory. The figure will not be
known exactly until a utiliza
tion study now under way is
completed this summer. Ao
needed, he said, are growth
studies for the Applegate and
West Ashland areas.
Howard Hopkins, forest
timber management officer,
said the "overall volume on
commercial forest land of the
forest is 17,047,000,000 board
feet. This does not include
areas in which cutting is not
now permitted such as the
Mountain Lakes wild area.
The 17 billion figure com
pares with the 1956 interim
adjustment figure of 12,638,
000,000 board feet and repre
setns an increase of 36 per
cent in volume. This was the
basis for anticipating an in
crease in t h e allowable cut,
Brown noted.
Brown said allowable cuts
Neuberger Named
To Foundation
Ashland Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger has been appoint
ed to the board of directors
of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Foundation, Dr. Frank Haines,
Ashland, president, has an
nounced.
Dr. Haines said he received
notice of acceptance this
week. Senator Neuberger has
written many articles on Ore
gon's history.
Other new directors are
Robert J. Keeney and Thom
as J. Hight, both of Medford.
The foundation was incorp
orated in 1957, and has been
active in marking significant
historic sites in the county.
Federal Foresters
Review Fire Season
Bend IUPD A meeting of
federal foresters- reviewing
the 1959 fire season was held
here today.
The foresters said the As
pen Flat fire in the Fort Rock
country last July was possibly
the largest fire in federal
timber in the country in 1959.
The blaze burned 19,208
acres of timber and did some
$300,000 damage. Cost of con
trolling the fire was estimated
at $135,000.
Legislation
tical legislation has been in
troduced in the Senate by
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
and in the House by Rep. Ed
ith Green (D-Ore.).
Porter said that under the
present law a retired railroad
employee receives his or her
pension. However, he said,
even though the spouse has
earned certain Social Security
retirement benefits during the
neriod of employment the
s.. - may not receive them
while ae husband or wife
draws railroad retirement
money.
be most unusual for the United States to
protest against the Russian plan when this
government has been doing precisely" the
same thing. Seated at the right of the Presi
dent is Press Secretary James Hagerty.
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are based on a five-year peri
od, and that 1959 marked the
end of a particular five-year
cycle.
A total of 180 million
board feet was sold or is
planned for sale in the period
July 1, 1955, to July 1, 1960,
Brown said. There also is a
budget allowance to prepare
another 37 million board feet
for sale, he added.
Based on Cut '
The figures were based on
141 million board feet allow
able cut, plus a backlog of
undercut from the earlier
part of the five-year period.
The renewable nature of
the timber crop in southern
Oregon was pointed up by
the gross growth figures tabu
lated in the Prospect Union
Creek area during the in
ventory, Brown said.
The studies indicated a 48
million board feet gross an
nual growth factor, and ap
proximately 10 million board
feet dying timber loss. The
net growth gain in that area
alone is 38 million board feet,
Brown noted.
Indicate Interest
Lumbermen at the meeting
indicated an interest in the
continuation and expansion of
the forest service salvage sale
program and thinning opera
tion. Hopkins pointed out
that the lumber salvaged in
this manner is not chargeable
against the allowable cut
since it does not diminish the
volume of timber available for
harvest in the future.
Hopkins said that adequate
financing is necessary in order
to extract maximum use of
the forest and to maintain
thinning and salvage work.
He said that on the average,
one tax dollar designated for
administration and prepara
ration of timber sales alone
will net at least $25 in re
ceipts from the sale of that
timber. It was pointed out
that this figure was close to
$40 return-for-dollar-used dur
ing the past fiscal year.
Lombard Assumes
Chamber Duties
Ashland Ben Lombard,
Ashland attorney, assumed
duties as president of the Ash
land Chamber of Commerce
this week, succeeding Emmett
Whitham.
Lombard presented Whit
ham with a certificate of mer
itorious service.
The new president outlined
the general program for the
chamber this year noting that
there are "many problems"
which are part of a growing
community like Ashland.
Vandals Damage
School Classrooms
Edmonds, Wash. -(UPD- Van
dals Tuesday night caused
thousands of dollars damage
to the Martha Lake and Bev
erly Park elementary schools
in the Edmonds school dis
trict. Every room in both the 20
elassroom schools was dam
aged. Desks were tipped over,
clocks torn off walls, closets
pried open and books and pa
pers strewn all over both
schools.
Several musical instru
ments at the Beverly Park
school were ruined; Windows
in both schools were broken.
Pinay Resigns
In Dispute Over
French Policies
Governor of Bank
To Be Replacement
Paris-flJPD-Finanee Minister
Antoine Pinay quit the gov
ernment today in a dispute
over economic and NATO
policies. President Charles de
Gaulle picked Wilfrid Baum
gartner, governor of the Bank
of France, to replace him.
The move climaxed a crisis
brought on by Pinay's open
disagreement with Premier
Michel Debre's projects for
increased nationalization of
industry and Pinay's- opposi
tion to de Gaulle's lukewarm
attitude twoard NATO.
Opposition Seen
It was likely to touch off
the first major large-scale op
position to de Gaulle's plans
since he formed the Fifth Re
public a year and a half ago.
Pinay first saw de Gaulle
and then announced he was
out.
"I am quitting the govern
ment and I am retiring from
all political life, at least tem
porarily," Pinay announced.
Speculation Squelched
This squelched speculation
that de Gaulle might persuade
Pinay to accept a lesser cab
inet post and avert a grave
political crisis.
The meeting today was Pi
nay's second with de Gaulle
in 24 hours.
Pinay had directed France's
economic recovery during the
past 19 months.
Directors Change
Name of Library
The Medford Public library
will be called Public Library
of Medford and Jackson Coun
ty in the future, the library
board decided during yester
day's meeting.
Members of the board felt
that this would prevent some
confusion, since the library is
located in Medford . but has
had a contract since 1920 to
serve the county. This does
not include Ashland and in
cludes only the rental service
in the Rogue River library,
now operating independently
Librararian Omar Bacon said.
The Cincinnati public library
operates under a ; similar
name.
Mrs. Leland Mentzer, Med
ford, was reelected president
of the library board for a
second year and Eugene
Thomas, Medford, was re
elected treasurer. Bacon is
secretary.
'Pay scale for all branch
librarians has neen equalized
at $1.15 an hour, Bacon said.
Mrs. June Dick, Medford, is
the new extension clerk to
service the branch libraries,
he reported.
The board voted also to
alter a room in the basement
to serve as a public meeting
room in the library building.
Richard Travis, newly-appointed
member, attended for
the first time. He succeeds
Dewey Wilson, whose term
on the board expired Dec. 31.
New State Health
Officer Takes Oath
Salem (UPD- Dr. Richard H.
Wilcox was sworn in Tuesday
as state health officer to suc
ceed Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
who is taking over as Cali
fornia deputy health director.
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Judge in Tough
Crackdown on
Interstate Crime
Rehabilitation
Chances Said Poor
New York -(UPD- A federal
judge ordered stiff prison
terms today for delegates to
the 1957 Apalachin gangland
convention "to segregate them
as a protection to society."
In the toughest crackdown
on organized interstate crime
since the Capone era, U. S,
District Judge Irving R. Kauff-
man decreed sentences rang
ing from three years to the
maximum penalty of five
years for 19 alleged syndicate
leaders who refused to tell
why they came from across
the country to meet in Up
state New York.
Sentencing of a 20th was
delayed because of travel de
lay. All were convicted last
month of a conspiracy of si
lence to obstruct justice.
Remain Free on Bail
"They all hid behind their
cloak of respectability which
acted on a facade shielding
their underworld connec
tions," Kaufman said.
"They show a propensity
for a career of crime. It is my
duty as a judge to segregate
them as a protection to so
ciety. Their chances of reha
bilitation are extremely poor
and I feel that segregation is
essential.? . . :. : .''.'-;' . .
Kaufman continued all the
defendants free in bail pend
ing an appeal.
Chosen 'Man of Year'
One of the defendants, John
C. Montana, Buffalo, N. Y.,
had been chosen "man of the
year" in his home city. Kauf
man charged he led "a double
life offered for a convenient
facade to his community and
. . had been under suspicion
by authorities for a number
of years." Montana drew four
years' imprisonment and the
maximum fine allowed-$10,-000.
The only defendant in court
today from the Far West was
Frank A. De Simone, Downey,
Calif., lawyer, who was sen
tenced to serve four years.
Ten of the 20 convicted
delegates got the maximum
conspiracy penalty allowed by
federal law - five years' im
prisonment and the $10,000
fine.
Humphrey To Speak
In Baker Feb. 7
Portland (UPD Sen. Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota, can
didate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, is
scheduled to speak in Baker
Feb. 7, his headquarters here
said today.
Humphrey will speak Feb.
8 to Eastern Oregon College
students in La Grande and
later appear in Pendleton. He
is scheduled to be here Feb. 9.
About Education
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1960
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REAL JUICERS John Samuels, 517 Albert
st., Medford, displays some of the giant pon
derosa lemons he picked up in Mesa, Ariz.,
recently. He said each one of the huge citrus
fruits would make two lemon pies or a gal
lon 'or so of lemonade. The one he is hold
Second Floor of;
Ashland Home Is
Damaged by Fire
Ashland Fire caused by a
defective flue in a wood stove
virtually destroyed the second
floor of a two story frame
house here this morning.
The home, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Brown, is lo
cated at 855 East Main st.
The blaze was reported to
the Ashland fire department
at 9:10 a.m. y James Burr,
who saw flames coming
through the roof of the home
as he was driving past it. .
Thirteen regular and volun
teer firemen went to the
scene in two trucks. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, apparently hav
ing just discovered the blaze,
were running out the front
door as the firemen arrived.
Water Damage
Firemen saved the first
floor, although it received
some water damage. Damage
to the second floor was term
ed "extensive" but no monte-
tary estimate was available.
The wood stove is located
on the first floor of the Brown
home, firemen said, but the
fire actually broke out in a
second floor flue and spread
rapidly through a bedroom
and a storage room.
The fire was brought under
control shortly before 10:30
o'clock.
Sfafe Land Board
Settles Gravel Bill
Salem -flJPD- The State Land
board voted Tuesday to settle
with the Lane Gravel com
pany of Eugene for $818.30 for
river gravel taken from tne
Willamette river. The com
pany said that at the time it
did not realize the gravel was
state property.
Gov. Hatfield's Committee on Natural
Comes Up With Bill for
Salem (UPD Gov. Mark
Hatfield's Committee on Nat
ural Resources threw some
phases of the Oregon Dunes
National Seashore bill out the
window Tuesday and came up
with a bill of its own.
The bill follows the pattern
of legislation drawn up by
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger CD
Ore.) and Rep. Charles Porter
(D-Ore.) but encompasses "fea
tures which the state wants to
see incorporated into any fed
eral legislation," according to
Dan P. Allen, committee secretary.
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Pol luti on Gro up to
Req uest Pa rk Sites
Along Bear Creek
The Bear creek pollution
committee will meet with
perinrenaent tor tne state
highway commission, during
his next visit to this area, the
committee decided yesterday
afternoon.
The Committee plans to pre
sent requests for park sites
along Bear creek and the new
Highway 99 freeway right-of-way,
Paul Rynning, commit
tee chairman said.
Meanwhile, city and county
planning technicians will
work with the county engi
neer's office and Medford,
Talent and Rogue River Val
ley Irrigation districts to de
velop an overall map to show
desired park sites.
Talks With Engineers
Rynning .said he recently
went to Salem where he talk
ed to assistant highway engi
neers.; The state highway de
partment cannot - go outside
the highway right-of-way to
build parks, Rynning said he
learned, if federal money is
involved. Federal funds can
be used to do some beautify
ing along the highway.
However, state funds could
be used for park sites, Ryn
ning was' informed, if parks
are within reasonable dis
tances of exits from the high
way. There must be more water
in the creek to prevent green
scum forming, otherwise, state
highway department officials
said, it would be a waste of
time to try to beautify the
area along the creek. Jack
Hoffbuhr, Medford Irrigation
district manager, and Walt
Hoffbuhr, Talent Irrigation
district manager, said next
Hatfield said "we feel this
bill is not the final word on
the matter, but rather a set
of minimum standards. We
still have an open mind about
the proposal."
Neuberger sent a telegram
to the governor asking for the
committee's suggestions be
cause the senator intends to
introduce a revised dunes na
tional park bill in the senate
"very soon."
Creation of a national park
in the Dunes area of the Ore
gon Coast has caused consider
able controversy in the Flor
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ing weighs l34 pounds, but he had one that
weighed 5 pounds. Samuels said they may
look like a grapefruit, but if anyone tried
to eat one with a spoon he would get a real
bad case of the puckers.
year, when the park work
may be done, there should be
an average flow of 25 cubic
feet per second through Bear
creek.
Rynning said the state
would not build a dam or
clean out the creek.
The Jackson County Farm
Home property on the east
side of Bear creek might be
used for a park, Rynning sug
gested. Just what sites would
be desirable or available
would depend on more ac
curate details on the state's
proposed alignment of the
freeway.
"The men I talked to said
the park area must be big
enough for a rest area or per
haps an overnight stopping
place," Rynning added. "They
seemed much interested in the
idea, even to using state
funds."
Robert Haworth, Medford
parks and recreation director,
said his commission and the
city planning commission are
working on a comprehensive
plan for parks development
along Bear creek.
He and Ned Langford, city
planning technician, recently
took aerial photographs of
possible Bear creek park sites,
Haworth said. One such site
would be north of Barnett rd.
between the freeway right-of-way
and Bear creek. The city
already owns a large area
east of Bear creek." The two
proposed sites would provide
parks on both sides of the
creek, Langford said.
Salem -flJPD- Brig. Gen. Al
fred E. Hintz, adjutant gener
al of Oregon, has been pro
moted to major general.
Dunes National Seashore
ence area and among a num
ber of state agencies involved.
The committee objected to
Neuberger's original bill con
tending that it was not broad
enough. After a series of hear
ings, the senator came out
with a revised bill.
Porter sent Hatfield a let
ter asking the state for sug
gestions to make the Oregon
dunes .. legislation non-objectionable
as far as the state is
concerned.
"This bill is our answer to
that," Allen said.
The committee's biggest ob
President Says
Protest Would
Be Unusual
News Conference
Hears Opinions
Washington -4DPB- President
Eisenhower today conceded
the right of the Soviet Union
to use an area of the Central
Pacific as a missile target
range.
Eisenhower, at his first
press conference since Dec. 2,
said it would be most unusual
for the United States to pro
test against the Russian plan
when this government had
been doing precisely the same
thing - firing missiles into
preannounced oceanic target
areas.
Russia announced last week
that it will test a powerful
new space rocket in the Cen
tral Pacific west of Hawaii.
It cautioned ships and planes
to stay clear of the area from
Jan. 15 to Feb. 15.
Assistant Senate Democrat
ic leader Mike Mansfield of
Montana led demands that the
U.S. lodge a protest over the
tests.
Defends Defense Program
Eisenhower, at his news
conference, also:
-Rejected a suggestion that
he might be a little bit fright
ened in future talks with So
viet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev because the U.S. is
trailing Russia in the missile
iieia. bpeakmg strongly,
Eisenhower said he believed
in U.S. power and that it was
a power not to be used but
kept strong in case the other
fellow uses his power.
-Stoutly defended his de
fense program, saying that
anyone who approached the
defense plans of his adminis
tration on a partisan basis was
doing a disservice to the U.S.
-Predicted that the new
steel contract would not lead
to price increases if the labor
management cooperation evi
denced in settlement of the
strike is pursued vigorously.
Expressed a willingness to
take Democrats, particularly
members of the Senate, to
summit conferences or similar
international meetings if these
meetings concern themselves
with, special treaties which
must be ratified by the Sen
ate. -
Wants Civil Rights Law
-Said he wanted to see Con
gress act decisively on the
civil rights bill as approved
by the House Judiciary Com
mittee and now blocked in the
House Rules Committee.
Disclosed that his estimate
of a 1961 budget surplus of
$4.2 billion was based on an
estimated gross national prod
uct of $510 billion. He said
his gross national product es- .
timate was regarded in some
quarters as too conservative
and there were estimates rang
ing as high at $524 billion.
-Defended American mili
tary commanders in West
Germany for resisting press
requests for alleged lists or
former Nazis now occupying
official posts in the West
German government The
President said certainly no
military commander was go
ing to become mvoivea w
local politics.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with occas
ional snow or rain and snow
mixed tonight and Thursday.
Gusty southeasterly winds to
night. Some periods of partial
clearing Thursday. Low tonight
2S-30. High Thursday near 40.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 43
Lowest this morning 20
Prec.
To 10 a.m. today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:01 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:39 a.m.
Moonrise today 5:16 p.m.
Full Moon today 3:51 p.m.
At midnight tonight the Twins
will be seen above the Moon,
Procyon will be below the
Moon; and the 3 bright stars in
a line that form the Belt of Or
ion will be in the southwest.
Resources
jection to the Neuberger bill
is its 'lack of definition of
boundaries."
The committee asks, among
other things, that:
-Boundaries of the pro
posed park are specified.
-The state retain authority
for water exploration and use
of both surface and ground
water.
-Standards for waste dis
posal be set by the state.
-Authority over fish and
game be retained by the state.
-That a definition of cost is
written into the bilL
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