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Newspaper Page Text$2,450,000 IFor .Talent Project Money Will Be Used To Complete Work in Progress Crater Lake Park Jobs Also Listed By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - The largest sum for irrigation develop ment in Oregon listed in Presi dent Eisenhower's new budget was earmarked to bring the Talent division of the Rogue Basin project near completion in the coming year. The budget called for $2, 450,000, just a shade under the $2,679,093 appropriated by Congress last summer for the current fiscal year. To Complete Work The reclamation bureau said this new money will be used largely to complete work in progress this year and will mark "the last year of substantial construction o n the Talent division." Works scheduled for com pletion with this money in clude Emigrant dam and its reservoir basin, Grizzly creek collection canal and the Ash land, East, West and Talent laterals. Construction will start on the Ashland and Talent sub laterals, continue on the East sublateral and will start and complete on the West sub lateral. Minor drainage con struction will continue. Minimum health and safety facilities will be completed at Howard Prairie reservoir, fish screens will be installed at Howard Prairie dam and care-1 takers' facilities will be con structed at Emigrant reser voir. Crater Park Included The new budget also con tained $634,400 for Crater Lake national park improve ments. The park service said it planned to spend $30,000 re constructing Sinnott Memor ial and $60,000 building . a covered walk at the memorial. Reconstructing Annie Springs campground is scheduled with $9,400, reconstruction and paving of 7 2 miles of road from Annie Springs to the Rim road will cost $535,000. The bureau of land man agement listed $10,000,000 for access roads, reforestation and timber management of the O&C forest lands al though this mone in reality comes from 25 per cent of timber receipts which other wise would go to the O&C counties. Carole Tregoff's Name Brought Into Trial Los Angeles - (UPD - The name of Carole Tregoff was brought into the Finch-Treg-off murder trial for the first time today when a Las Vegas apartment house owner testi fied Dr. Bernard Finch rented a flat for his red-haired para mour in the gambling resort last July. Hollywood - (UPD - Influenza hit Marilyn Monroe today. "At Last I'm Completely Secure In Here!" Is DAUGHTER GREETED-Mr. shown embracing their dau,.ter, Anne-Reet, as she arrived at Windsor, Ont., from Russian hadn't seen her for 15 years. Nixon gave the girl's name to his visit to Russia. Anne-Reet was not permitted to accom pany her parents to this country when they left Estonia in 1945. (UPI Telephoto) Man in Space by 1961 Predicted in President's Budget Washington t-(UPD- President Eisenhower "said today the United States may put a man in space in 1961. He made.. the . forecast in proposing civilian and mili tary space expenditures of $966 million in fiscal 1961 starting July 1. Of this total the civilian Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration will spend $600 million, nearly twice the $325 million it will spend this vear. Spending for "military as tronautics will total $3bb million, $16 million more than estimated fiscal 1960 ex penditures. NASA's Mercury manned President To Visit Russia in June Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower today seemed likely to reject demands that he take along Democrats on his foreign travels, particu larly his June trip to Russia. The White House an nounced that the Chief Execu tive, who flew back late Sun day from a quail hunting week end in southwest Geor gia, would make a 10-day visit to the Soviet Union June 10 19. Assistant Senate Democrat ic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) immediately suggest ed that Eisenhower invite Chairman J. William Ful bright (D-Ark.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to accompany him on the Rus sian journey. . . . Ustd and Mrs. Johannes Nomm are occupied Estonia. The parents Last summer Vice President Soviet Premier Khrushchev on satellite project "will enter the operational phase" in the new fiscal year, the President said, and "actual manned space flights may be attempt ed in 1961."" Four Major Probes The Space Agency's new budget contains enough mon ey, it was learned, to finance four major moon and plane tary probes and eight major scientific satellite experi ments. An administration source described the 1961 budget as "adequate to produce real and interesting results." ; Oil Group Plans Banquet Here The annual , "Go Devil" banquet of the Oregon Oil In formation committee will be held in Medford Friday, Jan 22, at the Rogue Valley Coun try club. The event, held this year for the first time outside of Portland, will honor the Med ford oil men of the informa tion committee. The Madford O.I.C. will receive the "Go Devil" award for "doing the best job throughout the year" of any local committee in the area. The dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. The committee is a volun tary organization made up of representatives from all of the major petroleum marketers on the Pacific coast. It is their aim to help clear up any mis conceptions that might arise about the oil industry. There are 23 active groups in Ore gon. The term Go Devil comes from the drilling fields w'lere a go devil is a tool used to clear objects from the pipe on a drilling rig. Attending the banquet here will be oil industry leaders from Oregon and southwest ern Washington. Court Rejects Bids For Courthouse Wings Grants Pass-Four bids sub mitted to the Josephine coun ty court for construction of two additional wings and re modeling of the present coun ty courthouse were rejected last week. It is believed that addition al funds for the project will be requested in the next budg et, with it being reoff ered for bids after July 1, 1960. Lowest of the four basic proposals was for $405,800 from Ausland Construction company, Grants Pass. Spokane -(UPD-Texaco Com pany today announced a two- cent per gallon cut in tank- truck prices and most Spokane- area Texaco stations joined in the two-cent reduc tion in price at the pump. Sirps Clatskanie Fire Fatal to Mother, Two Daughters Father, Another Daughter Survive Clatskanie (UPD A young mother and two small daugh ters died today in a fire which swept through their two-story frame home at this Columbia river community. The victims were Mrs. Henry Van Horn, 23; a three-year-old daughter, Pearl, and another daughter, 18-month-old Betty. Trapped Upstairs t Fire Chief E. W. Wasser said they apparently were trapped upstairs in the home and possibly were overcome by smoke. The bodies were badly burned. The father, 27, and another daughter, five-year-old Don na, escaped. The girl jumped from an upstairs window. A fireman said he saw the woman's arm resting on a window sill upstairs and then saw her no more. Wasser said the father was awakened by the flames about 3 a.m. and had gone to a nearby home to turn in the alarm. When he returned he was unable to get back into the house because of the in tense heat. The father, an assistant foreman for the highway de partment, was under sedation at a hospital. Wasser said cause of the blaze was not known. A wood stove was used to heat the house but he said he did not know if the fire started from the stove. He said the entire house was in flames when the fire department arrived. The family moved here about two or three months ago. Motor Hotel May Start in February Ground may be broken for the new Medford Motor Hotel by Feb. 20, if everythlrigf pro ceeds as planned, Danny Mar mo, manager of the Medford Hotel, announced today. Plans and specifications for the three-story brick structure have been released for use by prospective bidders, Marmo said. He added that it will be the largest motor hotel between San Francisco and Portland when completed. Plans are for 60 units in a U-shaped building surround ing a large inner patio. The patio will include a heated swimming pool. Underneath the three floors of rooms will be a parking lot able to accommodate approxi mately 40 cars. No completion date has been given for the project, Marmo said, because bidders will be required to include in their bids the estimated time necessary to construct the building. Owner of the motel is Asa I. Arnsberg, who also owns the Medford Hotel and boiels in Portland and Roseburg. Interested bidders may- ob-. tain the plans and specifica tions from Robert J. Keeney, local architect. Japan To Sign Long-Term Treaty Washington-(UPD - Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, a minor league war criminal who became a major league ally, is here to sign a long-term military and eco nomic pact with the United States. The 63-year-old premier who arrived Sunday night for a three-day visit, withstood the assaults of Japanese Com munists and Socialists plus the vituperation of Russia and Red China to work out the new alliance against Com mounist aggression. With President Eisenhower looking on, Kishi and Secre tary of State Christian A. Herter will sign the treaty Tuesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House where President Buchanan re ceived the first Japanese mis sion 100 years ago. Oregon Considered For Cranberry Loans Washington - (UPD - R e p . Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) said today the Farmers Home Administration of the U. S. Department o f Agriculture had assured him that Oregon was now being considered for designation as an area in which emergency loans to cranberry growers could be made. Where it ernes fimt Where it m$ . - flit ftimf,nrst,,tt l tpmpt w&t tf lit ?riiist - - $m$w if m fitful SOURCE AND OUTGO-A chart released by the Bureau of the Budget in connection with President Eisenhower's budget message to Congress today shows where the esti- State's Witnesses Fail To Appeal; Charge Dismissed A charge of rape against 16 -year -old Winnifred Lee Quails, Ashland, were dis missed this morning by Cir cuit Judge James Main on motion by District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder. Witnesses against Quails failed to appear this morning. Judge Main remanded the youth to the custody of the sheriff to await further juve nile proceedings. William V. Deatherage, Quail's attorney, advised the court that Quails' older .married-brother in Calfc. fornia wishes to take charge of the youth. Quails was sent to MacLar en School for Boys on Aug. 19, but was returned to Jack son county on Oct. 22 on or der of the state board of con trol. MacLaren authorities had informed the board that the youth is "incorrigible" and should be returned to Jackson county to stand trial as an adult. Both circuit court judges, Main and Edward C. Kelly, protested the board's action. Moved The district attorney told the court that the rape victim and her mother have moved to San Diego, Calif. "They were aware the trial date was set for today and did not give any notice to this office or to the city police of Ashland where they lived," Reeder said. "It appears to ie they deliberately moved to avoid testifying in the trial. Perhaps the state has not been told the entire truth of the matter. In that case, the state has no alternative but to ask dismissal of the charge." "The state must assume from the witnesses' conduct that the defendant is not guilty of the charge," Reeder added. Reeder said he had made every effort to contact the witnesses, but had received no reply from a special delivery airmail letter sent about Jan. 8 to San Diego. The district attorney's office contacted the Ashland police Jan. 7 to make arrangements to have the witnesses brought here. Ashland police learned on Jan. 8 through the Jackson county welfare department that the mother had applied for transfer of welfare records to California and the police notified the district attorney. Salem - (UPD - Leonard J. Pompa Jr., Portland insur ance man, has filed as a can didate, for state senator from Washington county. WEATHER Forecast: Considerable cloudi ness tonight and Tuesday. A few showers of snow or rain and snow mixed. Low tonight 28-30. High Tuesday 40. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 40 Lowest This Morning 37 PRECIPITATION To 10 a.m. Today .01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:06 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:37 a.m. Moonrise tonight 10:16 p.m. Last Quarter Jan. 21 PROMINENT STAR Aldebaran, high in south 8:54 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus and Jupiter, rise .. 5:32 a.m. (Venus is the brighter of the -wo.) . Mars, rises 6:42 a.m. Sudgtf Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1960 No. 253 Library to Receive Grant of $23,000 To Aid Branches The state library has award ed a grant-in-aid of $23,000 to the Public Library of Medford and Jackson county for li brary development in the next 18 months, Head Librarian Omar A. Bacon announced today. .-r-r..i;. - The first installment will be $3,000 worth of encyclo pedia and reference books for branch libraries while the re maining $20,000 will be used for developing the book sup ply of branch libraries, for cataloging present books and for strengthening the local library to .better serve the Service Award Banquet Slated Central Point The fourth annual distinguished service award banquet sponsored by the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Crater High school. Purpose of the banquet is to honor a young man be tween the ages of 21 and 35 for outstanding service to the community during 1959. Any young man within this age range is eligible for nomina tion for the award, it was announced. Candidates will be selected by organizations in the Central Point area. The DSA winner will be selected by judges. Selection of the winner will be based on contributions to the gen eral community welfare, evi dence of leadership ability, and evidence of personal or business progress. Organizations wishing ' to nominate young men for the award may do so by contact ing . Gerald Monroe and Er nest Hamilton, cochairmen; Dick Stratton, Bill Keenedy, Chet Ayres, Dr. Bruce Turner, Jerry Wing, or Eloy Sutton, Jaycees president. Bus-Train Crash Kills 4 Children Stevenson, Ala. - (UPD - At least four school children were killed and at least eight critically injured today when a freight train hit a school bus broadside at a rural cross ing." ' The driver, Charlie Beav ers, about 45, was injured but not critically. Two of the dead and two of the injured were nieces and nephews of the driver. The rear half of the bus was "smashed plumb together" a witness said. The engineer of the South ern Railway train, C. F.. Ed wards, said the bus hesitated slightly when it approached the crossing, protected only by a stop sign, and then be gan to cross. The train was unable to stop in time. mated tax dollar for fiscal 1961 will come from and where it will go. (UPI Telephoto) rural and suburban areas Bacon conferred last Fri- day with the state librarian in Salem on the grant-in-aid as well as other planned li brary improvements. The grant, Bacon s an nouncement said, is in recog nition of a serious need for books in the public library system.' It. added that the state library assumes that every effort will be made to increase local budgets for li brary support. The local library, accord ing to the statement, will be responsible for seeing that branch libraries are open more hours each week to give the public access to the many new books and services. It was pointed out that the local library, when compared to other libraries throughout the state, has a shortage of books per capita. It has only 43,000, thus falling far short of the American Library as sociation's recommendat ion that all persons should have a minimum of 100,000 vol umes at their disposal. Shady Cove Home Destroyed by Fire Sady Cove-A fire destroyed a home and contents, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clare, at Shady Cove this morning, it was reported. The fire broke out about 5:30 a.m. Mrs. Clare called the Shady Cove-Trail volun teer fire department, but they were too late to save the house and its contents. Flames were coming through the roof when the fire department ar rived shortly after the call. Clare was away from home when the fire broke out. The couple have two children. The home was insured, according to reports. The Clares had purchased the house a few months ago. It was owned for merly by Mr. and Mrs. M. E Robertson, Medford. Budget at A Glance Washington - (UPD- The fiscal 1961 budget at a glance: ' Taxes-No general lax cut in 1960; maybe later. Half cent boost in gasoline levy. Continue all other present ' taxes. . Postal-Raise rales again: Five cent letter; eight-cent air mail. Spending $79.8 billion, up $1.4 billion from this, year. H i g h r outlays for space projects, farm price supports, veterans benefits and interest on public debt. Revenues $84 billion, up $5.4 billion, with anticipat ed $4.2 billion surplus. 'T"' I.HU.IH .nil,, , ... I tax OIULAR X; v - 5 mm m tii" Price 10 Cents Tribune Portland Architect To Speak at Chamber Dinner Lewis Crutcher, Portland architect and city planner, will speak on "The Face of the City" at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner to be held Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Rogue Valley Country club Gerald Latham, president of the chamber, said the event is held for all members of the chamber ' and stressed that new members are especially welcome. Crutcher, who has become identified with plans for sprucing up "downtown ' areas, some months ago pre sented a plan for Portland which called for a shopping mall with trees and shrubbery in the downtown area. In re sponse to public reaction to the plan Crutcher explained that such departures are necessary, not only to beauti fy cities, but also to preserve! them from the competition of shopping centers on the out skirts. The dinner will begin at 7:30 p.m. Murray Gardner, public relations division head of the chamber, will be master of ceremonies. Chairmen for the event are Harry Barker and Dr. Orval Eaton. Talks will also be given by Hugh Coleman, retiring presi dent, and Latham. Awards will be presented by Dick Woodcock. Dinner committee members are Bob Taylor, John Dellenback and Ray Johnson. Supreme Court Rules On Overseas Trials Washington-flJPD - The Su preme Court ruled today that the 480,000 dependents and other civilians living abroad with the armed forces are not subject to trial by military court- martial for offenses committed overseas. Washington -(UPI)- President Eisenhower's budget estimat ed O&C payments to Oregon counties ' for the fiscal year 1961 at $16 million. Two Daughters To Give $300,000 Gift to College Two daughters of an 1877 alumnus are giving Hamilton, coUege, Clinton, N.Y., $300, 000 for the renovation of a 146-year-old dormitory where their, father lived while a student. - The daughters, Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Topsides, Medford, and Mrs. John McC. Scott, Pasadena, Calif., are making. the gift in honor of their father, "Harlow E. Bun dy, who died in 1916, College President Robert W. McEwen, announced. Edward D. Stone, architect for the American Pavilion at the Brussels World Fair and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will be archi tect for the renovation project. Spending Geared To Biggest Tax Year in History Boom Year Seen For Business, Income Washington-flJPD - President Eisenhower submitted to an election-year Congress today a budget envisaging a $4.2 billion surplus, but Republic ans as well as Democrats were skeptical that it could be achieved. The President's "pay our own way" budget for fiscal 1961 set for a $79,816,000,000 spending program geared to the biggest tax collection year in history to build the fattest surplus in 13 years. He ruled out a general tax cut this year, but left the door open for a cut later possibly in 1961. He called for boosting revenues by increas ing postal rates and gasoline taxes, and a crackdown on tax cheats. Other Budget Stories on Page 2 The President's message spelled out the spending is sue this way: -A boom year for business and personal income. - -No tax cut this year, but a $4,184,000,000 surplus he hoped could pave the way for tax relief later possibly in 1961. -A crackdown on tax cheats. -A new half-cent a gallon boost in gasoline taxes. -New postal rate increases, including a five-cent letter and an eight-cent airmail stamp. -Doubled space spending with a hope of rocketing the first American into space in 1961. A $41 billion defense pro gram, with the accent shifting to missiles. Proposes Welfare Cuts In the teeth of a Democra tic Congress in an election year mood to expand pro grams, Eisenhower proposed, whittling a number of federal social welfare activities. Biggest single spending item is defense $41 billion. The national objective "peace with justice for all peoples." Uncle Sam's total tax take next year is expected to soar to an all-time high of $102,- 178,000,000 or one fifth of the estimated gross national product of $510,000,000,000, also a record. Eisenhower based his rev enue estimates on the expecta tion that Congress will con tinue all present taxes and raise federal levies and fees for items ranging from postal service to patents to the tune of $693,700,000 a year. The President, in a message spiked with implied criticism of Congress, challenged the lawmakers to "join with me in a determined effort to achieve a substantial sur plus." His foreign aid budget was little changed: from an esti mated $3,350,000,000 this year to $3,450,000,000 next. The new outlays would consist of $970,000,000 in economic as sistance, $730,000,000 for de fense support, and $1,750,000, 000 in outright military aid. Eisenhower reported that federal farm programs again will have a heavy impact on the budget, climbing from $5, 100,000,000 this year to $5, 600,000,000 in 1961. Baby Suffocates n Family Auto Umatilla -(UPD-A 10-month- old girl, Lorna Maxine Dil lon, suffocated in the family car here early Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Sam Bur- ford said the baby either choked oh a bottle or suffo cated from a blanket. The dormitory, formerly known as Kirkland hal, was built in 1814 as a four-story residence hall. Bundy was born in Auburn, N.Y., in 1856, and studied law following his graduation from Hamilton college. He later be came interested in the -commercial aspects of electricity and established the first elec trical power station in Bing hamton, N.Y. : He founded both the Bundy Manufacturing company and the International Time Re cording' company of New York. These two firms even tually merged with a third concern to become the Inter national Business Machines company.