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I B M v mm I Four Oregonians On Secret List For Rights Bill Move To Dislodge Stalled Measure Washington-flJPD-Backers of civil rights legislation pub lished today a secret list of 175 House members who have signed a petition to dislodge a stalled civil rights bill from the Rules Committee. The list included 145 Demo crats and 30 Republicans. It was made public by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in an effort to bring pressure on those who haven't signed. Democratic liberals planned a talkathon in the House next Wednesday to persuade more Republicans to join their drive. 219 Minimum Needed A minimum of 219 signa tures, a majority of the House, is needed to discharge the bill from the Rules Committee and bring it to the floor. By states the leadership conference's list included: California-(D): James Roo sevelt, John Shelley, Clyde Doyle, Harold T. Johnson, George Kasem, George P. Miller, John J. McFall, Clem Miller, Jeffrey Cohelan, Har lan Hagen, John Moss, B. F. Sisk, Chet Holified, D. S Saund, Cecil R. King. (R): John Baldwin, Charles S Gubser. Oregon - (D): Charles O Porter; Edith Green; Al Ull man. (R): Walter Norblad. Washington-(R): Thor Tol- lefson. Realtor, Judge, Banker Honored At Ashland Event Ashland-A realtor, a judge and a bank executive were honored Thursday night as Ashland's three outstanding citizens of 1959. Realtor Henry Galey re ceived the outstanding senior citizen award from the Ki wanis club, Municipal Court Judge Richard C. Cottle was named the year's "distin guished citizen" by the Ash land Jaycees, and Banker Emmett Whitman received the Ashland Chamber of Com merce's first annual "man of the year" award. All three were presented plaques at a Oak Knoll Coun try club banquet sponsored jointly by the Kiwanis, the Jaycees, and the chamber. One hundred persons attend ed. Others Mentioned The Kiwanis also honored Mrs. .Guy Applewhite and Clyde E. Smith, while the Jaycees singled out Ashland High School Principal Gay lord Smith and Accountant Lloyd Hoadley. Banker Archie Fries and Arnold Bauder, Ashland mer chant, were honored by the Chamber of Commerce. Galey, who will be 84 this year, is believed to be Ash land's oldest active business man. He was cited for 60 years' service to the com munity. Principle speaker at the banquet was Dr. Marshall Woodell, who emphasized the Importance of the citizens taking part in local govern ment and other activities. Master of ceremonies was Dr. Arthur Taylor. Washington -(UPD- Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) has rec ommended that the postal dis tricts or Ordnance and Her miston in Oregon be consolidated. Freezing Rain Turns Portland Streets To Ice Portland - (UPD - Portland was still suffering from the ef fects of its worst snowstorm in four years today although no snow has fallen since late Tuesday. Freezing rain fell this morning on already slippery streets, several families were marooned by snowdrifts piled up by east winds, some out lying schools remained closed, and many persons were in jured by falls. Streets Slippery A silver thaw was report ed between Troutdale and Rooster rock in the Columbia gorge. in addition, at least six deaths have been blamed on the storm. The ground, and many Timber Products Plans Expansion A three-quarters of a mil lion dollar expansion and modernization program is scheduled for 1960 by Timber Products company, a company spokesman announced today. A research and develop ment program is being launch ed at the plant at Mc Andrews rd. and Central ave. to seek new uses of waste products and improve present manufac turing techniques Barking and chipping facili ties now manufacture pulp chips being shipped to the Crown Zellerbach Paper com pany in St. Helens. Seven railroad carloads of chips, the equivalent of 300 tons, are shipped each day. Possible elimination of one of the waste refuse burners is being considered for 1960. Now all burners are equipped with forced draft fans and cyclonic vent openings for maximum burhing efficiency with the least smoke. By de veloping further uses for MARK BOYDEN Files for Surveyor Local Man Files For Surveyor Mark Boyden, 35, of 2541 Sandy Terrace, Medford, yes terday afternoon filed as a .Republican candidate for county surveyor. He is now deputy county surveyor, a po sition he has held since 1954, when he was appointed. Boyden said he filed be cause the office will be va cated this year. Paul Ryn ning, who retired as county engineer recently, is still sur veyor. The term ends this year. Rvnning this week an nounced he would be a can didate for county commission er on the Republican ticket. Boyden was born in Med ford and attended local schools. He received a degree in civil engineering from Ore gon State college in 1949, and was registered as a profes sional land surveyor in 1951. This is the first time he has sought a public office. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness through Saturday. Chance of a few light showers near mountains. Little temperature change. Low tonight 35. High Saturday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday ..... 59 Lowest this Morning 42 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:11 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:35 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow .. 2:42 a.m. New Moon Jan. 27 Saturn, the most distant pla net easily seen, is now re appearing in the morning sky. A rocket with sufficient speed to reach the Moon in one minute would take nearly 3 days to reach Saturn. streets, remained covered with crusted snow here. Some of the snow melted on streets Thursday and more thawing was expected today. . But the streets without snow turned into sheets of ice early today from freezing temperatures and light freezing rain. A snow plow Thursday reached an area near Blue Lake where 70 families had been marooned since Tues day by snowdrifts. Two oil trucks and a milk truck also got through. Four fam ilies had to move in with friends because they were out of fuel oil. Some families also were reported marooned in the Happy Valley, Damascus and Boring areas of Clacka mas county. waste by-products, the com pany hopes to eliminate all burners eventually, company officials said. Long Range View "From the long range view point the company feels that any additional utilization of waste materials must come through new uses and prod ucts," a company official said "Waste materials will be too valuable shortly to be used as power in competition with highly efficient hydroelectric generators being installed by progressive power compa nies. A nationwide marketing program will launch a finely graded and screened bark by product called "Forest Loam" as another phase of the 1960 expansion. Locally, the prod uct will be marketed in bulk form. Outside shipments will be made in 4-cubic foot bales. Material source is the com pany's log control center in stalled last year. A log grader at this control center decides which logs are best suited for the plywood plant, sawmill and new gang mill. A whole log barker removes the bark from 350,000 board feet of logs daily. It is this material which is converted to "Forest Loam," officials said. Leading Project One of the leading expan sion projects will be installa tion of new steam generating facilities for both lumber and plywood divisions. The unit will replace exist ing facilities and will be the most modern type yet design ed, a company official ex plained. Boilers will be fired with automatic stokers and will be equipped with auto matically controlled forced and inducted draft air sys tems. Cinder collectors and reinjectors will be installed to reduce objectionable smoke and eliminate air pollution. Cost of this installation is ex pected to. be about a half mil lion dollars, the -- spokesman said. A new 24-opening hot press will provide the high quality hot press plywood, a company spokesman said. Estimated in stallation cost is over $100, 000. Another planned installa tion for the plywood opera tion is a semi-automatic pan el patching and handling sys tem. Veneer dryers will be equipped with automatic con tinuous moisture recorders for closer control of veneer moisture content. Integrated Operation "Company operations in Medford are among the most completely integrated opera tions in the west, manufactur ing pulp chips, plywood and lumber," a company official noted. "Completion of the pro posed 1960 projects will make the operation one of the most modern and efficient plants in the industry. Sustained yield practices are being used for the company's 70,000 acres of forest land." Timber Products plant cov ers approximately 160 acres. Forty acres of this is for stor age for a maximum inventory of 30 million board feet. It em ploys 470 people and has a half million dollar monthly payroll. Jury Returns Verdict In Favor of Longs A Jackson county circuit court jury yesterday returned a verdict of $32,500 in favor of Richard H. and Genora Long, who own property near Rogue River which was con demned for the new Highway 99 freeway. The Longs asked $37,609.30 for the 3.8 acres of property located near Evans Creek and between the railroad tracks and the Rogue river. It con tains 650 feet of river front age. The state had offered $22,750. Final testimony was heard Wednesday afternoon with final arguments and instruc tion to the jury given Thurs day morning. No Explosion Clue Found in Crash Study Washington-flJPD-Continuing autopsy examinations on Jul ian Frank's remains tend to show no evidence so far of powder burns from dynamite or any other explosive, in formed sources said today. Nor, they said, is there any evidence so far that the air liner in which Frank and 33 others died in a crash near Bolivia. N.C., was destroyed by "willful means. Court Considers Use of Buildings At Warehouse Site National Guard Plans To Give Up Structures Future use for some of the buildings at the National Guard warehouse site at Table Rock and Antelope rds., Camp i White, are being considered by the Jackson county court, County Judge Earl Miller has reported. The court, which has ex pressed an interest in at least a few of the buildings, was asked to submit a formal re quest expressing its desire for the buildings, which the Na tional Guard is considering deactivating. The state military depart ment has plans to keep two large buildings, a small one and the apartment in which the station's supervisor lives. But it plans to dispose of the majority of the large build ings at the east end of the property, according to Col. Robert Irving (Ret.), station supervisor. Colonel Irving said vehicles and supplies from National Guard units in Medford, Ash land, Grants Pass, Roseburg and Cottage Grove are stored in the buildings. By restoring, the supplies and most of the vehicles can be kept in the buildings the National Guard plans to retain, he said. Plans for disposition of the structures, which were part of the Camp White military base in World War II. re sulted from an economy move by the state military depart ment, Colonel Irving said. However, when the county court expressed an interest in some of the buildings, Gov. Mark Hatfield ordered a de lay in final disposition until the court's desire was sub mitted. Judge Miller said the court is considering its request to the state, which probably will be submitted sometime next week...: - ' . Whether the county gets any buildings, Miller empha sized, depends on how much money will be involved. Miller said one of tne chief interests in at least two of the buildings was for use as county shops, since the Highway 99 freeway will take some of the present county shop property. An interchange in the vicinity of the county shop when the freeway is completed may result in traf fic problems, and it may be desirable to seek another lo cation for the shops, he said. Another interest is for Civil Defense purposes, he said. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, coun ty Civil Defense director, said there are now some Civil De fense supplies stored in one of the buildings, and an other is used as a communica tion center for the county CD network. Interim Group to Have Hearing in GP Grants Pass-The state in terim committee on natural resources will hold a public hearing on a proposal to merge various state boards in the field of natural resources at 8 o'clock tonight in the old library building here. Proposed mergers including joining the fish and game commission, consolidation of state hydroelectric commis sions, state engineer's depart ment, and state water re sources board, and of the state board of forestry, state land board, state board of agricul ture, soil conservation depart ment and department of geol ogy and mineral industries. Presiding at the session will be Sen. Andrew J. Naterlin of Lincoln and Tillamook counties. Mrs. Ragland New GOP Chairman Here Mrs. James Ragland has been named chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central committee, succeed ing Don Stathos, ho Wednes day was named secretary of the State Republican Central committee. Mrs. Ragland was vice chairman of the local commit tee. She will serve until new officers are elected by the committee 45 days after the May primary. The announcement was made by the executive board after a luncheon conference with State Chairman Peter Gunnar Wednesday. Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Liviimg First Drop in 4 Months Noted In Price Index Service Rates Continue Higher Washington -(UPD The na tion's living costs declined in December for the first time in four months, the govern ment reported today. The Labor Department's consumer price index fell one tenth of 1 per cent to the Oc tober level of 125.5 per cent of average 1947-49 prices. It was still 1.5 per cent above the level of a year ago, however. Lower prices for food, clothing and "hard gooda" were factors in the drop al though service rates and oth er commodities continued to climb. Wage Increases Due The department announced that despite the decline, about 575,000 workers will get one to two cents an hour wage in creases because of previous advances in the cost of living. About 330,000 workers in electrical equipment plants, including General Electric, and West Coast aircraft firms will get a penny an hour pay boost. Another 230,000 workers in the trucking industry will get raises of two cents an hour and 12,000 in miscellaneous categories will get a penny. Their wages are tied to the index through cost of living clauses in labor contracts. November Advance Erased The December drop wiped out a one-tenth of 1 per cent advance in the index for No vember. The average for the year was nine-tenths of 1 per cent above the 1958 average. This was the smallest annual in crease in the past four years and well below most of the post-war years, the Labor De partment said. ' Average buying power of factory workers shot up more than 2V2 per cent last month because of the decline in liv ing costs and increasing wages reflected by the end of the steel dispute. Fire Station Fire Idles Department Corvallis-ttJPD-Fire early to day put the Fairplay fire de partment out of commission. The fire station at the small community five miles north of here caught fire shortly after midnight from a flooded oil stove and damaged the district's only engine. Fire Chief Al Gueber said his son, Allen, smelled smoke coming from the cement block building and called the Cor vallis fire department. A farm tractor was used to pull the burning engine from the building. The flames were quickly doused. Damage to the engine was estimated at $300 to $400. City Manager John Porter of Corvallis said fire protec tion would be given to the area until the engine can be repaired. , - Penally Is $1,700, Not As Reported A penalty ordered assessed against Steven O. Wilson,' Camp White, for exceeding his permit authority, totals $1,700, not $17,000 as report ed by United Press Interna tional yesterday. The penalty was ordered by Public Commissioner Jonel C Hill on a complaint brought by James E. Smgleton, PUC transportation director, who said Wilson on 17 occasions transported machinery in the Medford area in violation of his PUC authority. Th penalty is not in effect, as a fine now due and pay able, it was pointed out. Wil son wil lhave a chance to pre sent his side of the case be fore Hill, and a penalty, if any, will depend on the out come of this procedure. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1960 Cos4s AMBASSADOR LEAVES CUBA Spanish Ambassador Juan P. Lojendio manages a broad grin and waves his hat at a jeering airport mob which shouted "Out, you jack ass, and don't come back!" as he prepares to board an airliner for New York, en route Air Pollution Control Meeting Date Is Changed A public meeting on air pol lution control progress, orig inally, scheduled for Monday evening, has been changed to Tuesday, Jan. 26, it was an nounced today. Members of the Air Pollu tion Control and Abatement league said the meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the county courthouse audito rium. It was also announced that representatives of the fruit and lumber industries will be on hand to report what is be ing done, and that there will be a report from City Sani tary Service Co. Dunbar Carpenter, chair man of an orchardists com mittee which is working for voluntary compliance in the industry with air pollution control standards, will report for that group. To Tell of Efforts Lumbermen who will tell of their own efforts will in clude George Flanagan of Elk Lumber Co., Tom Oliver of Timber Products Co., Stuart McQueen of Kogap Lumber Industries, and B. L. (Bud) Nutting of Medco. Anthony Bointano of the garbage collection firm is scheduled to tell of its prog ress toward obtaining a sani tary landfill garbage collec tion site. A league spokesman also indicated there will be a dis cussion of open trash burning in residence areas, the cause of considerable air pollution, and what control measures may be required to alleviate it. Forestry Hearing Set by Democrats Democratic State Chairman Robert W. Straub has an nounced that a public hearing will be held in the Multno mah hotel Tuesday, Jan. 26, for interested persons to ex press their views as to what items dealing with forestry should be in this year's na tional program. Straub has been appointed chairman of a subcommittee on forestry by C. Girard Dav idson, chairman of the nation al resources committee of the Democratic National commit tee. Straub noted that normally public meetings are not held to consider platform material for a political party, but be cause of the importance and significance of forestry man agement to Oregon economy, the Democratic party has ex pressed a desire to have resi dents present their views. Portland-flJPD-The board of directors of Northwest . Na tural Gas Company has de clared a quarterly dividend on common stock of 18 cents per share. Tribune Show Straub Discusses Problems Facing Democratic Party A victory for the Demo cratic party this year lies in its ability to define problems that face the people of Ore gon Democrats must sharpen up their arguments and talk in terms of facts and key issues, State Sen. Robert W. Straub, Eugene, state chairman, said in a talk last evening in Med ford. Speaking before a group of Stathos to Take Duties Jan. 27 Don Stathos, recently ap pointed secretary to the Re publican State Central com mittee, will officially assume his new duties Jan. 27 when the central committee meets in Portland, he said today. He also plans to attend the "Dinner with Ike" that eve ning when Defense Secretary Thomas Gates will address Re publicans at the $100-a-plate event. Stathos said his interim appointment is effective until the first meeting of the cen tral committees of the coun ties after the primary elec tion. The Republican central committees then will elect state officers. He said his po litical job is part-time, allow ing him to spend most of his time in Medford and Jackson county. Stathos's primary job will be to attend state central com mittee meetings. Hs is not a working secretary for the committee. As secretary W is a member of the state execu tive board and holds a policy making position. Stathos, a Medford insur ance man, has been an active worker in the Republican party about 10 years. His ac tivities have included chair man of the Jackson County Youth for Eisenhower and Nixon, chairman of the Jack son County Young . Republi cans, and chairman of the Re publican Central committee. Lumber Price Index In Slight Decline Portland -4UPD- Crow's lum ber price index showed a slight decline in the two week period ending Jan. 21 with most of the weakness stemming from the green fir segment. Price losses were reported in random green fir dimension and in studs. Other green fir items showed little change. Trading during the current week continued slow because of poor weather. The plywood market con tinued at the $68 level for sanded stock, after failing to tvlW on llrvu1 7") lief J earlier in the month. 54th Year Price 10 Cents No. 257 eclimie to Madrid. A Cuban army escort with rifles and submachine guns follows close behind. Lojendio had been ordered to leave Cuba by the Castro government. Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador Philip Bonsai has been recalled to Washington for "consultations". (UPI Telephoto) party workers in the Medford Labor Temple Straub told them not to underestimate the amount of work being done by the Republicans as they try ii legdui tne majority m me state legislature. What Party Must Stress The state chairman said that the party must stress the lack of performance of Re solutions to problems that the country faces. Cited were the lack of a solution to the na tion's farm problem and progress of the missile pro gram. Speaking of the Republi can's failure to establish a program in Oregon to provide housing for the aging, Straub said that Democrats should develop answers to issues even though they cost money. "The party must promote things we stand for," Straub challenged his audience, "pre sent ideas and convictions. We don't want to find our selves backed into a corner yelling 'lies' at Republican charges." Mission of Trip Straub, who arrived here from Portland and Eugene, was en route to Coos Bay. The mission of his trip is to get ideas how the state or ganization may become more efficient. He complimented the Jack son county Democratic party saying it had one of the best records of any county in Ore gon for work on the precinct and county level. The state chairman added that no mat ter how active the state party is, without the machinery on the precinct level to get out the votes it is no good. Following the informal talk a discussion period was held. The meeting concluded with Straub meeting with the local delegates who will attend the Democratic state convention next week in Eugene when a party plafform will be formu lated. Oil Industry To Be Honored Tonight Ten members of the oil in dustry from Medford will be honored at the annual "Go Devil"' award banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The Medford Oil Informa tion committee, one of 23 local OICs working under the state committee in Oregon and southwestern Washing ton, was judged the outstand ing such group in the state for its activities in the past year, according to Kenneth G. Johnson, state OIC chairman. This is the first time since the award affairs started that the annual banquet is being held outside Portland. The state group believed that Med ford was due tribute since it had the winning team for the Men Trapped in Collapsed Shaft Of Africa Mine Rescue Teams Forced Back Coalbrook, South Africa - (UPD- All 506 coal miners trap ped for 20 hours by a col lapsed shaft "may already be dead," an official of the Clydesdale mine said today. There's about 8,000 tons of rock, coal, and dust be tween the rescue parties and the trapped men," he said. "I can't see how anybody could survive that long." The men were trapped 600 feet below ground Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (p.s.t.) when a rockfall sealed them in. Shaft Filling With Gas An earlier statement all but gave up hope for the 500 Africans and six white men trapped in a shaft filling with deadly methane gas. Rescue teams had to turn back because of the heavv concentration of gas, which was freed from old abandoned areas of the mine when the walls collapsed. The rockfall caused a break down in the main ventilating fan machinery and for hours almost no fresh air reached the men. The system was re paired later but officials feared it was too late. An earlier rockfall knocked out other ventilation ma chinery. Others Brought Out It was almost a twin dis aster in the mine. The first fall of rock trapped more than 200 miners Thursday and rescuers were able to bring them out. But then it developed 506 men, six Euro peans and 500 natives, were trapped farther down. Mine officials rushed addi tional rescue teams from Jo hannesburg in the Transvaal, 50 miles away, and from oth er mining centers in the area. But the explosions blocked the miners late Thursday and there was little air to breathe. Lesser Disaster Year Ago Today was exactly one year after a lesser mine disaster in Pennsylvania when flood swollen, ice -packed Susque hanna river broke through its bed and flooded the tunnels of the Knox Coal Company's Port Griffith mine. A number of miners escaped, but 12 men were trapped in the honeycomb of tunnels and their bodies were never found. Pear Blossom Group To Consider Theme Theme for the seventh an nual Pear Blossom Festival will be discussed at a meeting of the planning group Mon day, Jan. 25, at the Jackson hotel, according to Russ Jam ison, president of the Festival association. Representatives of valley clubs and firms interested in serving on committees to help plan the spring event have been asked to attend. Committees named at a re cent meeting include parade judging, Elliott Becken, chair man; finance and merchants participation, Gene Orr, Ron Gandee, Howard Boyd and Lowell Liverson; floats, Fred Beck; parade Jay Pierce; traf fic, Sgt. Raymond Seely, Med ford Police department; pub licity, Mrs. Kay Mansfield, Gandee and Mrs. Julie Tum mers; gifts and awards, Gran vil Brittsan; king and queen, Bob Boyer and John Watkins; and special events, Bob Ha worth and Mrs. Edith Eden. Preliminary plans call for a four-day event, April 21-24, highlighted by spring mer chant promotions, a parade, tours of the blossom routes and other special events. Members second straight year. Eleven members of the local commit tee were honored in Portland last year. A tool called a "Go Devil" is used to clear clogged dril ling lines in oil fields, and the aim of the OIC is to clear up misconceptions which might arise about the oil industry through a nonpartisan effort by workers from the industry. Scheduled to receive "Go Devil" plaques tonight are R. A. Hale, F. W. Mason and Robert Benson, Texaco; H. R. Hall and Walter Jacobson, Tidewater; C y r a 1 Smith, Shell; H. Howard Lage, Mobil; H. R. Edwards and J. s. Firth, Standard, and Jack Dau gerty, Signal. I ; -. ''