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Safety Council Awards to be
Presented at Annual Banquet
Seven Jackson county resi
dents, including two Medford
city policemen, will receive
"saved-a-life" awards Friday,
Jan. 29, at the annual awards
banquet sponsored by the
Medford Safety Council.
These awards will be among
a number presented at the
event to be held at the Rogue
Valley Country club. Speaker
will be Vernon Murdock,
Roseburg chief of police, who
will tell of the cooperation of
private and public agencies
during the explosion there
last August.
Receiving the saved-a-life
awards will be Paul Quinn,
Ashland; Joe Bodack, Central
Point and Mrs. Arlene Korn
stad, Mrs. Ethel Kornstad,
Kenneth Phillips, Sgt. Ray
mond Seely, and Patrolman
Dennis Perkins, all Medford.
Quinn and Bodack will re
ceive the award for their part
in the rescuing of Alfred Dil
lon, 18, after he lost consci
ousness while swimming at
Jackson Hot Springs, Sept.
6, 1959. Bodack pulled Dil
lon from the pool, reports
show and both men applied
artificial respiration until the
arrival of the Ashland fire
department's resuscitator.
Dillon is the son of Mrs.
Claude Wright, 1813 North
Riverside ave., and grandson
of Mrs. Hazel Jack, Jackson
ville. He is now serving with
the U. S. Navy in San Diego.
Saving Child
The two women will re
ceive their awards for saving
Dan Edwards Kornstad, 2'2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Kornstad, 512 King st.
The child fell in to a well
April 8, 1959, while visiting
at the home of his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold F.
Kornstad. According to re
ports, the boy's mother, Mrs.
Arlene Kornstad, talked to the
child to keep him calm while
his grandmother, Mrs. Ethel
Kornstad, located a garden
rake. The two women used
the rake to keep the boy's
head above water until the
fire department arrived and
pulled the child from the well.
A swimming incident at
Lake of the Woods July 4,
1959, earned the award for
Phillips, it was reported. A
boy, Edward Terry Love, 8, of
White City, jumped into deep
water near the boat dock
and was pulled to safety by
Phillips.
Sergeant Seely was named
for one of the awards for his
part in the reviving of Mit
chell Lynn Smith, 2, of 2555
Connell ave., after the child
was overcome by gas fumes
Dec. 20, 1959. When Seely
arrived at the Smith residence
the child had stopped breath
ing. He administered mouth-to-mouth
artifical respiration
until the child regained con
sciousness. Patrolman Perkins will re
ceive the award for rescuing
a man sleeping under the
SPEAKER
Ashland - Harvey Brown
was scheduled to address the
Ashland Chamber of Com
merce's noon luncheon meet
ing at Omar's today on legis
lation needed to prevent acci
dents involving small boating.
Brown also was expected to
cover current safety rules and
regulations governing the
sport.
railroad freight dock at Ninth
and Front sts., May 23, 1959.
According to reports, a fire,
started by the man, later
spread to cardboard and wood
on which he was sleeping and
was discovered by the officer.
The Medford Safety Coun
cil's traffic engineering award
will be presented to the city
E. H. MANN
Seeks Legislative Post
Mann Announces
For State Position
E. H. Mann, 47 Rose ave.,
announced today he plans to
file as a Republican candi
date for state representative.
Mann has lived in Medford
more than 30 years and is
owner and. operator of the E.
H. Mann company which
builds and manufactures
truck bodies.
He has served as state repre
sentative from Jackson coun
ty for three sessions, those of
1951. 1953, and 1955. While
a member of the legislature
he served on a number of
committees including elec
tions, medical affairs, mining.
aviation and commerce, mili
tary affairs, and forestry.
Mr. and Mrs. Mann are the
parents of one daughter, who
lives in Medford, and a son
in Bremerton, Wash.
Mann is the first person to
announce his candidacy for
the legislature.
Jackson county's two pres
ent representatives are Ro
bert Duncan, speaker of the
house, a Democrat, and Mrs.
Stephen G. (Evelyn) Nye, a
Republican.
Jackson county's state sen
ate seat is held by Dr. Edwin
Durno. a Republican, whose
term has another two years
to run.
Elmo Smith to Seek
GOP Committeeman
Albany, Ore -4UP&- Ex-Gov.
Elmo Smith today announced
he would be a candidate in
the May primary election for
Republican national eommit-
teewoman for Oregon.
Smith, publisher of the Al
bany Democrat-Herald, said
he would seek the position
now held by Portland attor
ney Robert Mautz, who has
announced he would not run
for another term.
Bremerton-(UPD-The carrier
Coral Sea rejoined the U.S.
fleet Monday after being re
modeled for jet and missile
age warfare. ,
bellious settlers in Algiers today. Held back
by the Army barricades are large groups of
Algerians. (UPI Telephoto)
of Medford for its develop
ment of the Main st.-Eighth st
one-way couplet, eliminating
several traffic bottlenecks,
and for the depart ment's
overall progress in traffic en
gineering. State Industrial Accident
Commission awards of merit
will be given to Gulf Red
Cedar, Central Point; Ideal
Cement company, Gold Hill;
California - Pacific Utilities,
Medford division; and Jed
deloh Brothers Sweed Mills
Inc., Gold Hill. They will be
presented by O. H. Smeltz,
district supervisor for the In
dustrial Accident Commission.
The council's citations for
traffic safety will be received
by McGrew Brothers Logging
and Bruce Blew Trucking,
both for driver performance
records; and Steve Wilson
Logging for its safety educa
tion program.
Distinguished Citizen
Winners of the distinguish
ed citizen in safety plaque
and the Frank Hull trophy
will not be announced until
the evening of the banquet,
Capt. Clyde Fichtner, general
chairman, announced.
The trophy, a traveling
award started last year, is
now held by Kogap Lumber
Industries, which won its for
its safety record in 1958. A
firm must win the award
three successive years in or
der to get permanent posses
sion, Fichtner said.
Tickets for the dinner,
which will start at 6:30 p.m.,
may be purchased from coun
cil members or from Captain
Fichtner at the Medford Po
lice department in the city
hall.
In addition to the presenta
tion of awards, officers for
1960 of the Medford Safety
Council, will be installed.
Africans Battle Police
Blantyre, Nyasaland-UPD-A
mob of about 1,000 shrieking
Africans battled with police
for 40 minutes here today in
front of the hotel where Brit
ish Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan was having luncheon.
Snow White And The Seven Astronauts
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French Settlers
Appear in Oran
With Weapons
No Violence Is
Reported Thus Far
Algiers - fUPD - Ana - De
Gaulle demonstrations broke
out in nearly a dozen Alger
ian cities and towns today.
Aroused French settlers pour
ed by the thousands into Al
giers and appeared in the Port
of Oran for the first time with
weapons in their hands.
At least 5,000 settlers mass
ed in the center of Algiers in
response to a rallying cry
from the diehards crouched
behind barricades in defiance
of the government's demand
for a return to order.
Barricades were also thrown
up in Oran, but insurgents
and army troops both with
held their fire in the mount
ing tension.
Premier Michel Debre made
a flying trip to Algiers during
the night and returned to
Paris this morning to an
nounce emphatically that the
government would follow
through on its determination
to let Algerians decide their
own future.
Strikes and demonstrations
sprang up all over Algeria -in
Bone, Constantine, Sidi Bel
Abbes, Tiaret, Tlemcen and
Orleansville - as well as in
Algiers and Oran.
Demonstrations Peaceful
Thus far, the demonstra
tions were peaceful. But a
wild or stray shot from either
side might set off another day
of violence such as that which
triggered the fighting in Al
giers Sunday.
The crowds poured into the
critical area in response to an
"order of the day" sent out by
the embattled settlers whose
barricades are ringed by
tough French paratroops.
By 10:45 a.m. more than
5,000 persons had poured into
the square in response to the
appeal and others were troop
ing into it from all corners
of the hillside city.
At that time there had been
no fighting although 27 per
sons were killed-and 136 in
jured Sunday when police
fired on a mob of 20,000 die
hard settlers who oppose
President de Gaulle's plans
for ending the Algerian war.
Further trouble was expect
ed later today when the insur
gents begin burying their
dead. Two more victims of
the Sunday fighting died to
day, to bring the total to 27.
Ad Valorem Tax
Conflict Seen
Salem-flJPD-The Interim Tax
Committee's subcommittee on
timber and transportation
taxes was told Monday after
noon that the state's present
ad valorem tax is in conflict
with sound forest manage
ment.
David T. Mason, consulting
forester from Portland, asked
the committee to consider
two things as it revises ad
valorem tax laws.
Mason said the breakdown
should include:
-A yearly ad valorem tax
on an owner's forest soil val
ued as bare soil at true cash
value. This would, at the
same time, disregard any for
est growth on the property.
-Make all forest growth on
the soil subject to the annual
ad valorem tax. This, he add
ed, should be measured only
by true cash value of timber
taken from the land the year
before.
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Hatfield Sees No
Additional Taxes
In Next Budget
Salem-flJPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field said today that he fore
sees no additional taxes in the
next state budget.
A report given to the Legis
lative Interim Tax committee
today estimated that if gen
eral fund monies continue to
come in at the present rate,
a surplus at the end of the
1959-61 biennium would be
not less than 16 million dol
lars. And it could be as much
as 28 million, according to the
figures.
The report said that income
and corporation excise reve
nues are running between
8 and 9 per cent above esti
mates made during the 1959
Legislature.
Hatfield cited two main
reasons for the expected sur
plus: "The economic upturn
in the state and economies in
state government."
At the same time, he said
that the announcement will
no doubt bring comment of
possible tax reductions. He
said he wanted to emphasize
that "the surplus is not in
hand, but predicted."
"When and if it is in hand,
we will have a positive pro
gram of tax reduction," he
said.
The governor estimates the
1961-63 state budget at 328 to
330 million dollars. The budg
et currently is $312,500,000.
The revenue estimates were
prepared and delivered to the
committee by the State Tax
commission.
Hatfield said that compared
to other states, the fiscal situ
ation in Oregon is "remark
able." "It must place us as one of
the most fiscally sound states
in the nation," he said.
Building Entries
Admitted by Boys
Ashland City police Mon
day arrested four Ashland
youths on charges of break
ing into four buildings over
the past few days.
Arrested were brothers, 12
and 11, and brothers, aged 15
and 11. They reside with their
parents in neighboring cabins
at an Ashland auto court.
Police said all four youths
signed statements admitting
they broke into a private
home at 343 Granite st. Jan.
17, and three buildings on
Winburn Way, which runs
alongside Lithia park, over
the past few days.
They said they broke into
the Women's Civic clubhouse
and the American Legion hall
Friday night and the Clover
leaf dairy Saturday night.
All the buildings were
thoroughly ransacked, police
said, but the only items re
ported missing were $2 in
change and an unknown
quantity of ice cream from
the dairy.
The two older youths were
taken to juvenile detention
home while the 11-year-olds
were released in custody of
their parents.
Morse to Speak at
Thursday Luncheon
Sen. Wayne Morse will
speak in Medford Thursday,
Jan. 28, at a no-host luncheon
at Kim's Restaurant, 2321
South Pacific highway.
Senator Morse will arrive
in Medford at 11:18 a.m. His
luncheon appearance will be
sponsored by the Jackson
County Democratic Central
committee. Immediately fol
lowing his talk the senator
will leave for Grants Pass
where he will address a din
ner meeting that evening.
Friday Senator Morse will
be the keynote speaker for
the first Democratic State con
vention in recent years, to be
held in Salem.
The Thursday luncheon here
is open to the public and in
formation may be obtained
by calling K. C. Wernmark,
SPring 3-4040, or Mrs. E. M.
Madden, KEystone 5-2526.
Salem (UPD The state will
auction off 56 used state ve
hicles at the State Fair
grounds here at 11 ajn. Saturday.
IKE PERPLEXED 1
EDF0RD
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1960
fell Pmls " -Hil
BRIDGE OPENS - Following a ribbon-cutting
ceremony at 10:30 o'clock this morning,
eastbound traffic started across Medford's
new Eighth st. bridge. Occupants of the first
car across (above) were Mayor John Snider,
City Manager Robert Duff, who drove,
Councilmen Al Bradford, Bob Baccus and
Condemnation Suit
Underway in Court
Lester Gilman, owner of
Gilman Dairy farm near Cen
tral Point area, testified this
morning in the state highway
condemnation suit involving
part of his farm.
Gilman was the first wit
ness to testify in the case
which started in Circuit Judge
Edward Kelly's court yester
day. The jury was selected
yesterday morning then the
court adjourned the case be
cause a state witness was ill.
The jurors were taken by bus
yesterday afternoon to inspect
the farm,.. .
The 'state has condemned
approximately I9V2 acres, a
strip running on both sides
of Bear creek, for the new Pa
cific highway freeway. Fences
would be placed on both sides
cutting off access from the
farm for irrigation.
Irrigation Access -
Lester and Leila Gilman
are seeking $40,000 if the
state will allow irrigation
access to Bear creek. Other
wise, it has been indicated,
the Gilmans might seek high
er damages.
The entire farm includes 60
acres. A part of this is tillable.
Mothers to Seek
Question Answers
Mothers participating in the
March of Dimes Mothers
March Thursday night will
present questionnaires to
householders to seek informa
tion about birth defects, arth
ritis and polio, Mrs. Edward
Brain, county Mothers March
chairman, reminded residents
today.
The Mothers March will be
conducted through out the
county Thursday evening as a
highlight to the National
Foundation's month-long cam
paign. Among the questions which
mothers will present are
"Does any person in this
household have arthritis? Was
any person in this household
born with a defect? Has any
person in this household had
polio? How many persons live
in this household altogether?"
and "How many persons in
this household have had 3 or
more Salk polio shots?"
Mrs. Brain pointed out that
information obtained from the
questionnaires will be confi
dential and used only by the
Foundation and the local
chapter in determining where
assistance may be needed.
Salem (UPD Freezing rain
with chains required was re
ported at Warm Springs junc
tion and Pendleton today.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday with
patchy valley fog Wednesday
morning. Low tonight 34-36.
High Wednesday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 54
Lowest this Morning 44
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:16 pjn,
Sunrise tomorrow
7:31 a.m.
6:47 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow -
New Moon ....Wednesday night.
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, in the
west ...X 7:33 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus and Jupiter, low
in southeast 6:21 a.m.
Mars and Saturn, rise 6:34 ajn.
V CASTRO ATTACK!
Gilman testified this morn
ing as to his farm and dairy
operation. He said he now
leases 12 acres of land from
his sister in addition to his
own. The dairy farmer said
he could accommodate 125
cows on the 72 acres. With
out the leased land he has
averaged 100 head of milk
cows during the last three
years. Removal of the con
demned property, and with
out the leased land, would al
low for approximately 60
head of milk cows and would
reduce the number of young
stock considerably, he said.
First in Series
Of Articles on
Missile Gap Today '
What are the facts about
the "missile gap"?
Is this nation in danger?
Is it seriously behind Rus
sia in military missile
strength?
Washington Colum
ist Joseph Alsop has dug
into these questions, and
presents his finding in a
series of six articles begin
ning today in the Mail Trib
une. Alsop says:
"The missile gap is some
thing new in America's ex
perience, at least since the
Civil War. It is a problem
involving the actual nation
al survival of the United
States. Unhappily, it is also
a problem which is almost
universally minimized or
misunderstood at present.
"The main reason that
this vital problem is misun
derstood is the simple fact
that all its complex, deeply
interesting facets cannot
possibly be crammed into
the narrow compass of an
ordinary news story. For
these reasons I am present
ing a series of six inter-related
articles on the missile
gap. The articles will con
tain much previously un
published information of
the most vivid interest, but
the main aim will be to pre- -sent
the problem in its true
proportions, with due re
gard for all the dfferences
of expert opinion."
First of the six articles
appears on Page 4 of to
day's Mail Tribune.
Research Director Says It
Five Years To Put Large
Washington -(UPD- The De
fense Department's research
director told Congress today
the United States would need
"at least five years" to catch
up with Russia in the field of
placing large payloads in
space.
But the official, Dr. Her
bert F. York, minimized the
military importance of the
U. S. lag in development of
large booster rockets.
He said present U. S. inter
continental ballistic missiles
boosters are "adequate" to
meet today's military require
ments He said the Defense Depart
ment had an indirect interest
in the large booster programs
Tribune
Ed Hall; and County Judge Earl Miller.
The second car was that of Dr. Frank Rob
erts, who said he used to ford Bear creek in
the early days with a horse and buggy, be
fore there were any bridges. Mayor Snider
cut the ribbon opening the new bridge.
Ribbon Cutting
Marks Opening
Of Bridge Today
Mayor John Snider cut a
ribbon across the west en
trance to the Eighth st. bridge
at 10:30 o'clock this morning,
and opened it to traffic.
City Manager Robert Duff
drove the first car across the
bridge, followed by a steady
stream of traffic routed to the
bridge by city policemen.
Accompaning Duff in the
car were Mayor Snider, Coun
cilmen Ed Hall, Bob Baccus,
and Al Bradford, and County
Judge Earl Miller.
With the Opening of the
bridge, which provides for
two lanes of one-way traffic
east bound, the Mam. st,
bridge was changed from a
two - way structure to two
lanes of one-way traffic west
bound.
City policemen were on
hand to direct traffic on the
two bridges and prevent cars
from turning left onto River
side ave., from the right lane
on Eighth st. Traffic in this
lane will now be required to
proceed over the bridge.
Traffic Pattern Change
Another change in the traf
fic pattern as a result of the
new bridge is that traffic in
the west lane on Riverside
ave. will be required to turn
left onto Main st. Cars in this
lane will no longer be allowed
to proceed across Main st.
The opening of the bridge
completed the eastern end of
the one-way couplet project
which is part of a 10 -year
street improvements program
approved by the voters in
1956.
Both Main and Eighth sts.
are now one-way from where
they intersect shortly east of
the bridges to Elm st. on the
west side. Both streets will
eventually be made one-way
to the west city limits.
The bridge, which was built
at a cost to the city of $51,000,
was originally scheduled for
completion last fall but bad
weather plagued construction
and it was not completed un
til yesterday.
Portland - (UPD - The Port of
Portland signed a five-year
lease with the Navy Monday
to permit it to use the Navy
owned drydock at Swan
Island.
for "prestige" reasons and be
cause "deterence has two
sides-how good your weapons
really are and how good the
enemy thinks they are."
York testified before the
House Space committee.
York told the committee the
Defense Department's rocket
programs are "not designed
to overtake Russia." He said
the programs had "legitimate
ends in themselves."
He said he felt the U.S.
was "doing about the right
thing on the development of
missiles."
The committee had chal
lenged what it called the "all
eggs in one basket" approach
Price 10 Cents
No. 260
Cubans Assured
U.S. Plans No
Interference
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower assured the Cu
ban people today that the Uni
ted States has no intention of
interfering in their domestic
affairs or becoming a party
to any reprisals at this time.
The President said he and
Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter were concerned and
perplexed by recent attacks
on the U.S. by Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro.
Eisenhower added, how
ever, that the American peo
ple still have the greatest af
fection for the Cuban people
and expect their "firm and
mutually beneficial friend
ship" to continue.
The President discussed the
Cuban crisis at his news con
ference. Immediately following the
conference, he issued a re
statement of U.S. policy to
ward Cuba which was critical
of Castro for prompting the
"unfounded" illusion of ag
gressive acts and conspirator
ial activities aimed at the Cas
tro government by the U.S.
Relations at Low Ebb
While professing close
friendship for the Cuban peo
ple, Eisenhower said recent
statements of Castro and
members of his government
would "hardly facilitate the
development ... of relations
of understanding and compe
tence" between the two gov
ernments. Castro's increasingly "in
sulting remarks" about the
U.S. government, including
charges that it is plotting to
overthrow his regime, and his
seizure of some American
owned property in Cuba have
brought U.S.-Cuban relations
to a low ebb.
U.S. Ambassador Philip W.
Bonsai was recalled from Ha
vana last week for consulta
tions with Eisenhower and
Herter..
Research Money
Given to College
Ashland Southern Oregon
college has been allocated
$2,000 from the state board of
higher education for four re
search projects, the college
announced today.
The announce m e n t was
made by Dr. Eugene W. Bow
man, coordinator of research
and curriculum at SOC.
Funds were allocated for
these projects:
Group dynamics, the school
and delinquency - Dr. Fred
erick J. Trost, division of
social sciences, $1,000.
Determina tion of the
amount of destruction of ac
arines (soil mites) in the burn
area of the, Ashland water
shed - Howard Sanborn, di
vision of science mathematics.
$50.
Study of youth of chelating
ion exchange resins in the
analysis of traces of heavy
metals in the presence of high
concentration of electrolytes
Dr. Lloyd D. Pennington, di
vision of science mathematics,
$400.
Development of a tiprimet
ric method for determination
of cyanide ions - Dr. J. Ken
n e t h Bartlett, division of
science mathematics, $550.
Will Take
Payload Up
to the U. S.
man-in-space pro-
gram.
The committee published
a staff study which warned
that failure to develop at
least one other program to
parallel Project Mercury
could turn out to be "a costly
mistake."
The report said that in ad
dition to Project Mercury,
which will cost an estimated
$344,500,000, "there are a
number of very promising al
ternative approaches to put
ting man in space."
It conceded that the U. S.
couldn't afford to finance a
large number of parallel programs.