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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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-