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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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)
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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.