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Newspaper Page Textpjl Snair Imfera Traffe mm mm Rogue Valley Edition Medford 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1960 No. 254 U. S., Japan Ink Security Treaty Military Base Rights Detailed In Agreement Ike Witnesses Herter Signature Washington (UPD -The United States and Japan, World War II enemies 15 years ago, today signed and unveiled a security treaty making them full-fledged al lies in the cold war. In the same White House East Room where the allied powers pledged the complete defeat of the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis in 1942, U.S. and Japanese leaders today pledg ed a lasting partnership of economic and limited military cooperation. President Eisenhower wit nessed the signing of the long term agreement by Secretary of State Christian A. Herter for the United States and Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi for Japan. Also signed and confirmed were a new agreement detail ing U.S. military base rights and obligations in Japan and seven related diplomatic pa pers, notes and memoranda defining the new relationship. No Reference to Past Both American and Japan ese officials, in sealing the new alliance, pointed to a future of peaceful cooperation without reference to the past. Kishi called for joint ef forts to make "our partner ship a living, and dynamic instrument for peace under justice and freedom and for human progress throughout the world." "I am sure," he said, "that we are making i. most aus picious start into the second century of Japanese-American relations." Before the treaty signing, the President and Prime Min ister conferred for 90 minutes, with top U.S. and Japanese officials attending. It had been disclosed earlier that Kishi would invite Eisen hower to visit Japan. Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujijama said he believed the President would accept and make the visit after his June 10-19 trip to Russia. Air Pollution Group to Meet The first 1960 meeting of the Air Pollution Control and Abatement League will be held next Monday evening, it was announced today. The session, to start at 7:30 p.m. in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium, will hear reports from the fruit and lumber industries con cerning progress in lessening air pollution causes. A representative of the state air pollution agency has been invited to attend, it was re ported. King Cove, Alaska - (WD -A house was blown down by freezing winds of nearly gale force and the bodies of a woman and her five children were pinned in the wreckage. Swan 'Cooks His Goose' on Copco line Near Hornbrook Hornbroo k A iwtn "cooked his goose" one day last week, and Hornbrook and the surrounding area were without electric power for 19 minues. The bird. Katherine Chapman. Mail Tribune Hornbrook correspondent reported, got his wires crossed on Copco's high voltage main line at the Le noi ranch on Montague road. The 66,000 volts car ried in the transmission lines burned two holes in him and scorched both wing tips. The episode cost the com pany about SI 30. according to Copco's Yreka manager, C. W. (Pat) Patton. . . Last August, a blue heron met death in almost the same spot and in the same manner as the swan. $ V1 """" I. , t TO MEET LEADERS Peter Gunnar, above, Republican state chairman, will meet county GOP political leaders when in Medford tomorrow on part of a tour of southern and western Oregon. He will speak at a no-host dinner at the Rogue Valley Country club at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, reservations for which may be made through Mrs. Ralph Brindley, SPring 2-7643. Gun nar was elected state chairman last year. Efforts to Change Clerks to Retail Union to Continue Efforts will continue to sign up grocery, store clerks of this area with the Retail Clerks union instead of the Teamsters union, according to Don Babbitt, a Medford groc ery store clerk, who is spear heading the effort. Babbitt said he and his committee hope to arrange a meeting with a representative of the Retail Clerks union this week or the first part of next week. Teamsters Local 911 now includes grocery store clerks from the Grants Pass-Medford Ashland area. A . Teamsters' spokesman here estimated 100 grocery clerks attended last night's union local meeting and "were pretty well convinced" the Teamsters union offered them the most benefits. "I don't think they made much h e a d w a y." a Teamsters' spokesman said, "in the switch proposed." The Teamsters' local will enter negotiations with store management of the area the first week of February, the Teamsters' r e p r e s entative said. The current contract ex pires March 1. Babbitt said this morning that the Teamsters "are not looking out for our interests at all." He also claimed that the Teamsters have failed to follow up on complaints made bv some grocery clerks and fail to keep track of what people are union members and those who are not in the various stores. The clerks are seeking a raise over the pres ent $2.12 an hour for journey man grocery clerks, Babbitt said. The Teamsters' spokesman said the grocery clerks have been members of the Team sters for 12 to 15 years and receive better wages, hours, working conditions and fringe benefits than they could get elsewhere. $500 Taken from Tally-Ho in Talent Approximately $500 was taken from the Tally-Ho res taurant near Talent last night, Sheriff Joe Walsh reported today. Some of the money came from March of Dimes contri butions which had been taped to the bar surface, deputies said. The remainder was taken from a pinball machine. Merchant Patrolman Leroy A. Starkey. 223 West Sixth St., Medford, discovered that someone had entered the building through a side win dow and reported the burglary to the sheriffs office. Tucson, Ariz.-UPD-A divorce suit has been filed in Superior Court by Westbrook Pegler, 65, syndicated newspaper col umnist who makes his home here. Price 10 Cents Tribune Large Business Building Burns At Pendleton 13 Persons Flee In Nightclothes Pendleton-(UPD-Fire ripped through a three-story corner business building here early today causing more than $750,000 worth of damage. Thirteen persons who lived in apartments on the third floor of the building fled in their nightclothes. There were no injuries. The building, which ex tends 'half a block on each of the two streets it faces, was completely gutted by the fire and only the shell was standing when firemen brought the blaze under con trol at about 3:30 a.m. The blaze which broke out a few minutes before mid night raced through an insur ance firm, an appliance store, a large music store, an ac countant's office, an oil and fuel dealership, a real estate office and an empty store on the first floor of the build ing. A construction firm, of fice, a doctor's office, a credit bureau reporting office and some law offices were destroy ed on the second floor. Visbile for Miles Hundreds of persons braved 14 degree weather to watch firemen battle the blaze which sent flames and sparks into the air. The fire was vis ible for' miles around this eastern Oregon city. One of the streets faced by the building was Highwav 30. a main arterial, and traffic had to be re-routed during the blaze. Schumacher Says He Will File for Reelection Soon County Assessor Ray Schu macher announced today he will be a candidate for re election this year. He plans to file his petition in the elections department soon. Deadline for filing for the primary election is March 11. Schumacher, a Democrat, is completing his first four year term. "My delay in filing for the office was caused by my con sideration of the program I have started and my desire to see it completed with a reappraisal of all Jackson county property," Schumach er explained. "With this thought in mind I will file for the office and await the mandate of the people at the polls." Schumacher explained that he had left a successful busi ness four years ago when he was first elected as county assessor and had sacrificed earnings and established clientele. "In my administration, I have endeavored to organize and expediate the work of the office with efficiency," the county assessor declared. "I am dedicated to creating equality in assessments by proper market appraisals of property without prejudice or preference." McClanahan Pleads Innocent to Charge Allen Pleas McClanahan, custodian of the Fraternal Order of Eagles building, pleaded innocent in district court today to a charge of illegal possession of gambling devices. Trial has been scheduled tentatively for February, dis trict court officials said. Medford police arrested McClanahan yesterday when they raided the building at 217 to 221 West Main st. on a district court warrant. They had received reports that ma chines had been in operation recently. Four of the 11 machines confiscated were found under a kitchen table behind a false side, police said. Others were located in a storeroom. Also confiscated in the raid were several punch boards, police said. Portland (UPD - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) could wind up as the Democratic vice presi dential nominee, according to Robert Straub, Oregon's state Democratic chairman. !) j.ix- mmi.J-'' ' fiii.lliMiiiiiiMfeSig s&SgW' & 3fc -ni "Vfi oTir-PSiiM CL o. & - 'lit Mmmm: mmm, "Wmi.i mf 1 AIRLINER CRASH KILLS 50 Above is the first daylight view of the wreckage of the Capital Airlines Viscount turbo-prop plane which crash ed near Charles City, Va., Monday night, killing all 50 persons on board. Air DK Turbo-Prop Craft Falls in Virginia Woods Holdcroft, Va. (UPD A Capital Airlines turbo - prop plane pancaked into a dense wooded area only a few min utes away from its destination Monday night and erupted in flames which cremated the 50 persons abroad. Three of the dead were children. The British -made plane's jet-powered engines apparent ly failed on the last 50 miles of a flight from Washington to Norfolk, Va., and the Vis count plummeted almost straight down in a shroud of fog and drizzle. Rescuers Helpless The plane smacked into the slope of a small ravine and burst into flames. The fire raged for more than eight hours while rescuers stood by helplessly, unable even to get near enough to see if anyone inside still had a chance to survive. Troopers, deputies and res cue teams fought through a tangle of underbrush for near ly a mile to reach the scene, about 30 miles east of Rich mond. Second Major Disaster It Was the second major air line disaster within 12 days. A National Airlines DC6B dis integrated over Bolivia, N.C., Jan. 6, killing 34 persons. As in the National Airlines crash, Monday night's disaster came without a word of radio warn ing from the pilot. The crash occurred minutes after several farmers in the sparsely populated area re ported they heard the plane circling in the thick fog, its engines coughing. Capacity Load The passengers, 43 adults and the three children, and the crew of four made up a capacity load for the plane which had replaced another , Capital plane at Washington j Norfolk. The first plane was taken out of service at Washington, Capital said, for routine main tenance. It was replaced by the ill-fated Viscount, which had just flown to Washington from Detroit. Rural School Budget Committee Named The rural school district budget committee will hold its first work session Monday, according to Bruce Hitt, as sistant county school superin tendent. At the committee's organ izational meeting last night, members appointed to the committee were Fred Brueg ger, Francis Cheney, John Spangler, G. H. Wenner, Mrs. Joyce Goodrich, Chester Guches and Mrs. Jeanette Grove. Airs. Grove was elected chairman and Mrs. Goodrich, secretary. it Orash Tate MORSE SERIOUS CANDIDATE Washington-(UPII-Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) said Monday he is a serious candi date for president and is willing to enter presidential primaries in any state where he has substantial backing. Morse, who already has said he will enter the District of Columbia and Oregon primaries, said he felt "presidential candi dates should welcome the opportunity ' to debate the issues in all presidential primary Slates." . , . ;. :, ; 'This, he said in a statement, would "give .the people a chance to arrive at clear-cut Child Almost Strangles on Milk A 3V2-week-old child almost strangled last night when milk she was drinking caused an obstruction in her throat. Police were called to 304 South Ivy st., by city firemen, who, with the help of the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Alonzo Eidman, were trying to remove the obstruction from little Donna Marie Eid man. . Part of the clogged milk was removed and the baby seemed all right but because of the blue appearance of the skin caused by the partial strangulation, she was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance service for a check up. Doctors looked at the girl and after the coloration had gone she as released, accord ing to city police. Central Point Annexes Hospital Property Central Point The Central Point city council has ap proved annexation of the new Crater Osteopathic hospital property south of the city. City Administrator Lyle Paull said he understands the hospital plans to open in May. "Now It's Just A Question Of Whose Kind Of Peace" Natural Gas Line To Valley The possibility of a natural gas line to the Medford area was seen today with the an nouncement of an agreement between the El Paso Natural Gas company and California Pacific Utilities company for the construction of a natural gas pipe line to the city limits of Klamath Falls. The announcement was made by M. E. Sands, vice president and division man ager of California - Pacific Utilities company's southern Oregon division here. Demo State Head To Speak in City State Senator Robert W. Straub, Democratic state chairman, will speak at a meeting of Jackson county Democrats at 8 p.m. Thurs day, Jan. 21, at the Labor Temple, 2iVz South Grape st., Medford. This is Straub's first visit to Jackson county since he was named state chairman. The public is invited to attend. Smoke can be seen still rising from part of the wreckage in the fore ground. The big plane's engines apparently failed within 50 miles of the flight's destination. (UPI Telephoto) 0 decisions as to who will best represent their interests." The Oregon Democrat rejected the idea that he is a "stalking horse" hoping to nail down delegates for Adlai Stevenson. How ever, he said: "Should my 1960 bid for the Democratic nomination not succeed, I wish to make clear that Adlai Stevenson would again be my first choice for President and I would support him in the same wholehearted fash ion that I did in 1952 and 1956." " ' Possible The line will be constructed from a proposed Pacific Gas Transmission company line bringing Canadian natural gas to California. Will Be 18 Miles Long The line, to be constructed by El Paso Natural Gas com pany, will be approximately 18 miles long. It will be of sufficient size and capacity to provide the natural gas re quirements of Klamath Falls, Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, and the intervening ter ritory. Sands said that once the Pacific Gas Transmission com pany's 36-inch line is approv ed by the Federal Power com mission, schedules call for the completion of the Canada to California line by October, 1961. The 18-mile line from the main pipe into Klamath Falls is also awaiting FPC approv al, Sands explained. He stated that his company is negotiating for agreements in connection with the exten sion of natural gas transmis sion lines to the Rogue valley. Liquified petroleum gas is now brought to the Medford area by railroad. Winter Enrollment Totals 1,203 at SOC Ashland-The record-breaking winter term enrollment at Southern Oregon college has hit 1,203, including 723 men and 480 women, the col lege announced today. Monday was the last day for enrollment, but a college spokesman said the figure may be increased slightly since several registrations are being delayed for various adminis trative reasons. The new record represents an increase of 151, or 14.4 per cent, over the previous winter term high, recorded last year. The total then was 1,052 and included 682 men 370 women. The old record actually was surpassed Jan. 6, the third day of registration. Log Brand Act Will Be Enforced Salem (UPD Enforcement of the state log brand act in western Oregon by inspectors of the Oregon Forestry De partment will begin Feb. 1 in conjunction with the regular spring Inspections. Live: HAL GARDNER Outstanding Leadership Hal W. Gardner Named Head of UMC Campaign Harold W. (Hal) Gardner, an accountant for the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany, has been elected cam paign chairman of the 1960-61 United Medford Crusade. Gardner, 31, is the young est chairman chosen for the post. He was chairman of the service division in the recent campaign, and was respon sible for raising $28,000, and demonstrated outstanding leadership and organizational ability, according to Dr. Merle E. Foland, UMC presi dent. The UMC board of direc tors has submitted Gardner's record to the Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce in choosing the three outstand ing young men in Oregon for 1959. During the past year, Gard ner has been active in the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Pear Blos som Festival association, the Shakespearean F e s t iv a l's "Feast of Will" committee, and as a team captain of the "Keep Pace With Tomorrow" program of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Genevieve, live at 3456 Hollywood ave., Medford. Gardner is a mem ber of the Zion Lutheran church, the Medford Elks lodge, the Jaycees and is a director of the UMC. WEATHER FORECAST: Generally cloudy through Wednesday, with occa sional snow in Siskiyous and southern Cascades, light- rain In valleys and gusty southeasterly winds. Low tonight near 33. High Wednesday 42. Temp. uifrhect Yesterday 4 Lowest this Morning 35 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:08 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:36 a.m. Moonrise tonight -ll:26 p.m. Last Quarter tin. 21 BRIGHTEST STAR Sirius. in the south at moon rise. A rocket built to reach the Moon in 77 seconds would take about 520 years to reach Sirius. IU speed would be 3,100 miles per second. Schools Closed, Road Conditions Said Hazardous Drifts Four Feet Deep in Portland United Press International One of northwest Oregon's worst snowstorms in years shut down schools and crip pled tranportation and busi ness today. Snow fell in depths rang ing from two inches to a foot and was still coming down. Another disturbance at sea raised the possibility of more snow Wednesday. Public schools in Portland and Salem and other northern Willamette valley points were closed. A howling east wind raised the storm in the Port land area to blizzard propor tions during the night and drifts up to four feet deep were reported. Lewis and Clark College on Palatine hill shut down. There was snow from Olympia, Wash., to south of Albany on Highway 99 and from Astoria to east of Idaho on Highway 30. State police said traffic conditions in the Columbia gorge this morning were "a mess." Some trucks heading through the gorge turned back even though they had chains. Hatfield Cancels Trip It was practically impossi ble to drive in Portland with out chains. At Eugene freez ing rain fell for about 24 hours and road conditions were treacherous. Gov. Mark Hatfield can celled a trip to Newport and urged Oregonians to stay off highways unless necessary. There were numerous traf fic jams throughout the snow area and many motorists abandoned their cars tempor arily. Buses were running late. Grevhound Lines in Portland said one bus was two hours late from Medford this morn ing. Another was an hour and 10 minutes late from Pendle ton. It took nearly twice as long as usual by bus between Portland and Salem. The Highway Department at 8:45 a.m. listed the follow in a amounts of new snow: Portland and Salem 6 inches: I The Dalles 11 inches; Hood River 7 inches; Corvams Z inches; Forest Grove 10 inches; Astoria a trace; Bend 3 inches; Clatskanie 3 inches; Government Camp and Warm Springs a foot; Troutdale 8 inches, Wilson River 12 inches and Detroit 14 inches. Lighter amounts fell in Pen dleton, Klamath Falls and Baker although Burns had 2 inches. The cold storm broke south of Cottage Grove and pave ments were bare at Roseburg, Medford and Grants Pass. The Highway Department closed the East and West Dia mond Lake routes at noon to day. The Crater Lake North highway also was closed at noon for the winter. Norblad Suggests Camp White Change Con eressman Walter Nor blad (R-Ore.) has recommend ed to the post office depart ment that the name of the Camp White post office be changed to White City. Norblad noted in recom mending the change that dur ing the past several years an industrial area has been de veloped in the area. Promo tion material refers to the area as "White City", and as a result almost all mail ar riving for the businesses is addressed to White City. He noted that telephone listings also have been chang ed to White City. About 1Z families living across the high way from the Camp White domiciliary, for which the post office was established, receive mail addressed to White City, he said. Norblad said changing the name would help eliminate confusion in long distance telephone calls and the in convenience of having mail returned to senders since White City is not listed in any post office directory. U.S. Brushes Off Call To Reduce Manpower Washington -(UPD- The Unit ed States brushed off today a Russian note calling for the West to cut its military man power by one-third. Washington-flJPD-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger says he is satisfied with the $82,890 pro vided in the fiscal 1961 budg et for Fort Clatsop National Memorial Shrine near As toria, Ore.