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rassna Moscow - (UPD - Premier Ni kita Khrushchev said today the Soviet Union will cut its armed forces by one-third and depend for defense on a great nuclear striking force and a "formidable, fantastic" new weapon no- r in the works. In an address to the first 1960 session of the Supreme Soviet, or parliament, Khru shchev said Russia now was so far ahead of the United States and the West in atomic and hydrogen weapons that it can safely cut its present mili tary force of 3,623,000 men by 1,200,000 "in the course of one or two years." "The defense potential of Sailed: Rejects Rights Petition House Leader Refuses To Ask For Signatures Washington-(UPD-House Re publican Leader Charles A. Halleck today turned down a request from church, labor and racial groups that he ask GOP members to sign a dis charge petition to force quick action on a stymied civil rights bill. But the Indiana Republican told a delegation of about 50 persons he was confident of House passage of civil rights legislation this year. Not Committed Halleck refused to commit himself to support any floor amendments to strengthen the measure. The delegation com plained that the bill now blocked in the House Rules committee is a "stripped down" version of the admin istration's program. The delegation represented the leadership conference on civil rights comprised of about 50 separate organiza tions. Present were spokes men for a score of the organ izations, including Walter Reuther, president ofthe Unit; I ea auto worsers. Seeking Support Although they asked Hal leck for GOP help on the dis charge petition, their primary objective was to seek support from congressional leaders for amendments which Presi dent Eisenhower himself does not favor, such as establish ment of temporary federal voting registrars in the South. Brookings Boy Said Polio Case An eight-year-old Brookings boy, brought to Medford for medical treatment Tuesday, was diagnosed as having para lytic poliomyelitis, Dr. C. I. Drummond, county health of ficer, reported today. He said the boy, whose legs are partially paralyzed, had not received any of the Salk polio shots. The doctor said this was the second case of paralytic polio reported in Curry county in as many months. Jackson county had no cases of paralytic polio during 1958. Co Issued for Safety Conference Portland-ffPD - Robert W. Straub, Oregon Democratic chiarman, said today he has issued a call for an emerg ency statewide highway safe ty conference. Straub said he has written Gov. Mark Hatfield asking him to call such on conference. Ballot Measure Explained at SOC Dinner Ashland A measure on next November's ballot which Oregon education "can't af ford to lose" was explained to fronds of Southern Ore gon college at a meeting here last night. College President Dr. Elmo Stevenson, Dr. John R. Rich ards, chancellor of the state system of, higher education, and Mrs. Wickes Shaw, co ordinator of information for the system, met with the SOC Citizen's Advisory committee for dinner at the college com mons. The ballot measure with which higher education offi cials are concerned is the one which would expand the state's allowable limit for is suing bonds to pay for self-liquidating buildings, such as dormitories, student unions, and other non-academic build ings. . he educators point out that, the measure is non-con Flan our homeland will by no means be weakened," Khru shchev told the 1,400 members at the joint session of parlia ment. "Our armed forces have been largely switched to rocket-nuclear arms." Added to this, he said, is the new weapon, which he did not describe but which he said is "in the hatching stage" and which "is even more perfect, more formidable" than any thing developed before. "The weapon, which, as they say, is in the portfolio of our scientists and designers, is a fantastic weapon," he said. (U.S. officials in Washing t o n viewed Khrushchev's speech as an effort to stam- JUDGE ORVAL MILLARD Announces Candidacy Judge Millard to Seek Reelection To Circuit Court Circuit Judge Orval J. Mil lard, Grants Pass, announced today he would be a non-par tisan candidate for nomina tion for position Nol 2 'of the first judicial district, Jackson and Josephine counties. Judge Millard was appoint ed to the bench in 1947, when the legislature created two judgeships in this district. He has been elected to the post twicer and has served more than 12 years as circuit judge. Prior to being appointed judge by the late Gov: Earl Sneil, Judge Millard served as Josephine county district at torney between 1936 and 1947. He was reelected twice, receiving the nomination oi both major political parties twice. Judge Millard was one of two circuit court judges as signed as justices pro tem by the Oregon Supreme Court in 1959 where he served about five months to assist in reduc ing the back-log of Supreme Court cases. Public Commendation Judge Millard and Judge James W. Crawford of Multno mah county received public commendation from Chief Justice William M. McAllister for their work as justices pro tem. The candidate received his law degree trom the Univer sity of Oregon law school in 1931 after being rated scholas tically among the top third in the class. He was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court that same year. He was a partner in the firm Miller and Millard in Grants Pass until 1936 when he became district attorney. troversial, having passed the last legislature without a dis senting vote, but that they are fearful it may be misun derstood, or confused with other measures. They told the committee: 1. The measure (entitled "State Bonds for Higher Edu cation Facilities") would cost taxpayers nothing. 2. It is essential to the fast growing needs of Oregon's in stitutions of higher education. 3. Because of the ballot ti tle, it may be misunderstood to be a tax measure, whereas it actually will serve to keep taxes down somewhat, inas much as it will permit con struction of buildings that will "pay for themselves," and that lacking this, tax mon ey will be needed to build some of the structures. In discussing the need for this measure, and other needs of higher education. Dr. Rich ards reported that enrollment r.C j- "i t f " -J MS pede the West into accepting disarmament and a nuclear test ban on Russia's terms. They also felt it was an at tempt to regain the initiative in the peace offensive he lost as a result of President Eisen hower's recent tour of Europe, Asia and Africa. Some also felt that the over-all tone of the speech took some of the luster off what Soviet propa ganda has called "the Camp David spirit" of his talks with Eisenhower.) (In London, western diplo matic sources viewed the speech as an effort to seize the propaganda initiative in advance of the 10-nation dis School District 6C Calls Election On Bond Proposal Central Point-The district 6C school board this week called an election Thursday, Feb. 5, on a $295,000 bond issue to finance a building program to bring the district's elementary schools up to standards set by the state de partment of education. Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. at three loca tions within the district. They are the school auditorium at Sams Valley, the band room in Hanby gymnasium in Gold Hill, and the gymnasium at Central Point Junior High school. Part of the money will fi nance an eight room addition to Jewett Elementary school in Central Point to house third graders, provide a cen tral library and a special edu cation or remedial classroom, Board members noted that by transferring third grade students to Jewett school overcrowded conditions at the Central Point Elementary and Junior High school site will be alleviated. New Library Structure Also in the building pro gram is a new library struc ture planned adjacent to the present library room at the Central Point Elementary and Junior High site. The present library facilities will be con verted into a cafeteria to cor rect inadequate" dining' facili-'j ties, there board members said. - Planned at Margaret E. Patrick school in Gold Hill are four additional classrooms, three of which will house fourth and fifth graders. The fourth room will be used as a central library. , A multi-purpose room also is planned at Patrick school. The room will include a stage and cafeteria kitchen. The multi-purpose room will elim inate the, need for Patrick students to be transported to Hanby school for lunch, school assemblies and physical edu cation classes requiring a gymnasium floor, board mem bers noted. School officials said the bonding capacity of the dis trict is $1,867,671.10 on an assessed valuation of $9,085 967.50. The remaining bond ing capacity is $1,008,327.74, officials said, which means that 54 per cent of the total bonding capacity is still avail able. Additional details concern ing the proposed building pro gram in the district appear on page 3 of today's Mail Tribune. bulletin Washington -UPD- Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Men shikov asked to see Presi dent Eisenhower today and the chief executive agreed to interrupt a Cabinet meet ing and see him at noon (p.s.t.). at Oregon's universities and colleges will grow by 67 per cent within the next. 10 years. If this measure fails, he said, it would put the state at least four years behind on its build ing needs - a lag which would take years, and more money, to make up. Education, Dr. Richards said, adds to the economic well-being of the state, and subtracts nothing from it. The schools' "product," educated people, are among the most important factors in a healthy economy, he indicated. In ad dition, high-grade schools at tract money from out of state, both through tuition and ex penses of s t u de n t s , and through substantial gifts and donations. Dr. Stevenson pointed out that Southern Oregon college, fourth-largest institution of higher education in the state, is also the fastest-growing, and has special problems not armament talks scheduled to start in Geneva March 15 and the East-West summit confer ence in Paris May 16.) During his three and a half hour speech in the resplendent St. George's Hall of the Krem lin, Khrushchev also covered these points: -Russia will cut its forces even if the West does not make cuts. Regional Edition ' - Medford 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1960 No. 250 Unted Agree Lane Group Backs Dunes Park Under Hatfield's Plan Florence (UPD-A spokesman for the Western Lane Tax payers Association said today the group will no longer op pose an Oregon Dunes Na tional Park if it is based on Gov. Mark Hatfield's recom mendations. The governor's Natural Re sources committee recently proposed recommendations to a bill introduced in Congress by Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.). The Association has offer ed opposition since the bill was introduced. Jack Hayes, chairman of the Association, said, "We feel that the governor's rec ommendations are entirely reasonable and will fully pro tect the rights of the . indi vidual citizen and the sov ereignty of the state." He added that it was the group's belief that the recom mendations of the Natural Re sources committee should be introduced at the next session of the Legislature in the form of a bill which would protect the state in the future from ill-advised federal enroach- ment." Voters Number 28,259 in County County voter registration at the end of 1959 totaled 23, 259, county elections depart ment officials reported today. A break-down of the regis trations by party affiliation show 14,539 Republicans, a margin of 1,410 GOP voters; 13,129 Democrats; and 591 miscellaneous. Final date for voter regis tration for the May 20 pri mary is April 19 at 8 p.m.. This date is also the final one for change in party affilia tion. Deadline for candidates to file 'for nomination is March 11 at 5 p.m., it was reported and voter's pamphlet state ments must be submitted by candidates prior to that date. The general election this year will be Nov. 8. Gunnar Sees Contest To Oppose Neuberger Beaverton -UPD- Peter Gun nar, chairman of the Republi can State Central committee, told GOP women here today that there "definitely will be a spirited contest" in the Re publican primary for the right to oppose Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), in the general election. Neuberger is up for reelec tion this year. inherent in other areas. , He expects its enrollment, now in excess of 1,100, to dou ble in the next few years. Alternatives to continued growth are limitations on ad mission, it was explained, which would violate the con cept, long held in Oregon, that each qualified student should have the opportunity to con tinue his education. Mrs. Shaw discussed the state-wide effort to be made by volunteer committees in each county to explain the ballot measure and its impor tance. Other subjects discussed by the committee included curri culum problems at the col lege, and its services and pub lic relations. Eighteen persons, including people from Ashland, Med ford. Grants Pass and Klam ath Falls, attended. -The Soviet Union had been forced to maintain large armies after World War II be cause of "atomic bomb black mail" by the West. -After the proposed one third cutback, strength of the Soviet armed forces would be lower than the level proposed by the West in 1956. -The Soviet Union now is moving its armed forces fully Kates To System ' V ' ' tSa!-9fc . " ' ' .'7'. i iSS 7- - 325' . EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE A shattering is a street scene in Arequipa, showing rub-earfchquake-the worst disastor in the history ble and wrecked shops. Story on page 2. of Arequipa, Peru, killed at least 38 persons 1 . . , ..... "Wednesday'and injured more than 200. This --"j-.r.--- ; (UPI Telephoto) Objectives Outlined by Technician Eaton Planning Technician Jack j Eaton last night presented to the county planning commis sion objectives of the group for the new year. He stressed a comprehen sive study and a series of re ports on all aspects of the development of an area. A comprehensive report re sulting from the study should be examined, and the com mission should follow what would be the best develop ment for the county, Eaton urged. The county planning com mission needs the cooperation of cities in the county so per imeter development of the cities can be orderly. Agencies May Pool Funds Eaton said it is possible for a number of agencies to pool funds to obtain topogra phy maps of most of the coun ty. These might be used by the county watermaster, some of the cities,., the -forest serv ice and others. Estimated cost to the planning office would be about $1,500, Eaton said. A study should be made of minerals and soils, he sug gested. The mineral study would include examination of types of gravel available. Types of. soil would not only be considered for agriculture, but for home construction in determining types of sewage disposal necessary. Water and sewage disposal are important factors in plan ning, Eaton said. As rapid population growth continues some of the land will be re subdivided. Only some of the land could be used for drain age fields as the lots become smaller, he pointed out. The planning commission should coordinate its studies with plans for new school 1,179 Students Are Registered at SOC Ashland - Enrollment for the winter term at Southern Oregon college reached 1,179 yesterday, Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar, said today. The total represents an in crease of about 12 per cent over the 1,037 who had regis tered on a comparable date last year, she said. Of the total this year, 708 men and 471 women have enrolled. The final day for register ing for the winter term is Jan. 18. I (Bp Hi 111 (11 into the realm of nuclear war fare, a move started by the West at least three years go. This would eventually mean the end of planes in the air force and" their replacement with rockets and missiles, the navy built around a powerful atomic - capable submarine force, and the army geared to smaller units and swift, fast action and equipped with tac- Price 10 Cents Tribune Challenges of for County Planners buildings, Eaton suggested. When certain sections are sub divided for future growth, land should be set aside for school sites before the area becomes populated. Plans should also be co ordinated with the county recreation committee, and the work of the two groups co- Barn Destroyed by Fire at Table Rock Central Point - A 50 by 60 foot show barn at Reter Fruit company's V.-ble Hck ranch was destroyed by fire this morning, Central Point rural firemen said. . They reported that an ad jacent 14 by 50-foot structure, which contained a.i office and feed and tack rooms, at the cattle ranch was extensively damaged. A sick calf was lost in the blaze but a cow, re portedly the onl;T other ani mal in the barn at the time, was saved. Firemen said it was thought that the fire started from a heat lamp which was being used for the calf. Alarm was received at 7:05 a.m. and 10 firemen respond ed. Rural department volun teers were also summoned at 9:10 p.m. yesterday when saw dust in the yard at Red Blan ket Lumber company, White City, caught fire. It was sur mised that sparks from the burner, carried by the wind, ignited the sawdust. Birdseye Named to Planning Group Victor F. Birdseye, owner and operator of Elliott Dairy Farm, Hanley rd., was ap pointed to the county plan ning commission Wednesday, County Commissioner Chester Wendt announced. Birdseye's appointment will bring the group up to full membership since the resigna tion of Edwin Gebhard last year. Gebhard had served as chairman of the commission. Wendt said that Birdseye has served on many county and state farm committees and explained that the county court feels that he is well qualified to fill the commis sion position. Nil mm tical nuclear weapons. -The military cut backs were not being made because of any economic weakness in the Soviet Union, but "be cause of its might and strength." -During World War II, So viet armed forces reached 11, 365,000 men. By 1948, de mobilization reduced them to 2,874,000. But, by 1955, they were built back up to 5,763, 000 because of "possible prov ocations" by the West. They now total 3,623,000, a figure less than that of 4,000.000 gen erally estimated by the West. -The Soviet government be lieves that a "peaceful ac commodation with Germany Disarmament ordinated with plans of coun ty cities for recreation de velopment. Development of the county should also consider land use, and transportation studies should be made to establish roads and main traffic arteri als, Eaton pointed out. Dave Lowry, chairman of the planning commission's temporary freeway commit tee, reported on suggested re strictions on barrow pits writ ten by state highway depart ment officials incorporating some planning commission ideas. Suggested Restrictions Suggested restrictions on digging pits for fill dirt for freeway construction included establishing the distance from the city limits, setting the pits', depth and line of direc tion for proper drainage, es tablishing the depth above the mean water table except where fresh water lakes can be formed, pit development to comply with state sanitary authority regulations, setting the grade of it slopes, and establishing a screen planting of shrubs and trees around the pits. Lowry suggested that these restrictions could be present ed freeway contractors with the alternative that they could get their fill dirt from a pro posed stadium site on the county fairgrounds. Planning Commissioner John Weisbrod had suggested the county could sell the fill dirt and have a stadium excavated at the same time. Edwin Gebhard was pre sented the gavel as resigning commission chairman. Ron James was elected new chair man, Cliff Love joy, vice chair man, and Robert Boyer, sec retary. Gebhard resigned from the commission. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy through Friday with a few snow flurries mostly over mountains. Low tonight 20. High Friday 40. Temp. Highest yesterday . 41 Lowest this morning 27 Prec. Trace To 10 a.m. today . Our Skies Tonight Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise tonight Last quarter PROMINENT STARS Sirius, rises . Deneb, low in north west . . .'. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises Venus, low in south east Mars, rises 5:02 p.m. 7:38 a.m. 6:12 p.m. Jan. 21 6:46 p.m. 8:30 pjn. 5:54 a.m. 6:23 a.m. 6:45 a.m. is an international problem which brooks no delay . - a problem of prime impor tance." -If an atomic war broke out, the Soviet Union would suffer, but "for the West it would be not only war but also the end of capitalism, which portends suffering and calamities for mankind." -"We have such quantities of atomic and nuclear wea pons and means of delivering them onto the territory of any prospective aggressor that it would be literally obliter ated." -The Soviet Union does not want war with anyone, but it does not intend to stand still Khrushchev To Chance To At Coming Washington-(UPD-The United viet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to agree to an international disarmament control system to prove the sincerity of his promise to cut Russia's military manpower by one third. The State Department said that Khrushchev's reduction proposal made in his missile-rattling speech to the Supreme Soviet "can be taken only as an intention since there will be no verifiable means of checking any actual reductions." An official U.S. statement I was read to reporters by State Department spokesman Lin coln White. It said Russia will have a chance to show its sin cerity at the East-West dis armament negotiations sched uled to begin March 15. White said the U.S. "hoped that this announcement by the Soviet Union is an indication of its willingness to partici pate in the -orthoming nego tiations" in the same "spirit as the U.S., which "will be prepared to go as far toward s-feguarded disarmament as any other country." Source of Concern The department said that massive Soviet and Chinese Communist standing armies, which are the largest in the world, havelc "g1 been "a con stant source of concern to those nations earnestly seek ing a solution to the dangers inherent in the armaments race." The statement reminded Russia that the U.S. imme diately following World War II "demobilized the great bulk of its armed forces from a peak level of 12,300,000." But it added that "in view of Communist aggression the level was later raised and stands today at approximately 2,500,000." First Acknowledgement White noted that it was the first time the Soviet Union had actually acknowledged it was keeping 3,600,000 men under arms. The American statement al so observed that Khrushchev acknowledged in his speech that "new weapons" made it possible to cury out the re duction in conventional forces in a manner which "would in no way affect the actual pow er of the Soviet Union's arms." Khrushchev's speech was viewed here as an effort to stampede the West into ac cepting disarmament and a nuclear test ban on Russia's terms. Salem (UPD The Legisla tive Interim Committee on Agriculture will hold a public meeting at Hillsboro next Monday evening. "Gently Strength in weapons development for if its "potential adversaries" do not yet possess the same rockets, they might catch up. -The "sincere and very use ful talks" with President Eis enhower at Camp David last September, as well as those with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan "gave rea son to expect that a spirit of realism, frankness and co operation would prevail at the forthcoming summit talks" in Paris May 16. -The Soviet Union's present seven-year plan, aimed at out stripping the West in eco nomic prosperity, is ahead of schedule. (See Story on Page 2) Be Given Meeting States today challenged So District Attorney Says He Will Not Seek Reelection Jackson County District At torney Thomas Reeder said today he would not seek re election this year. He was elected district attorney four years ago. Reeder said Gerald J. Scan nell Jr., who is now an assist ant district attorney, indica ted he would be a candidate for district attorney. ;.Reeder's statement follows: "I believe it is now appro priate to announce a decision that I made several months ago. My decision then and now is that I shall not seek re election to the office I now hold. Rewarding Experience "After serving eight years as an attorney for the state of Oregon, I am looking forward to resuming the private prac Control tice of law in this community. I have enjoyed very much serving the people of Jackson county as their district attor ney, and I have endeavored at all times to carry out the re sponsibilities of the office. It has been a rewarding expe rience for me. "My chief deputy, Gerald J. Scannell Jr., has indicated his desire to seek this office, and I want to say that he has been a capable assistant and should make a fine district attorney. "The citizens of this coun try can take pride in the health and v i g o r of law en forcement and the administra tion of justice in this county. We have a clean county with out any entrenched criminal or vice element, and I trust that my successor will do his part to continue this situation. I would like to emphasize that this can never he done with out the strong and continued ... support of the public, and I feel confident that the people of this county will continue such support." Gently-
