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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1960)
Fire mi Wist U pitta Bite v y .jgm y 'J'tmZ& 1 I' wl 1." "- BOOSTERS GREET SENATOR Sen. Wayne Morse shakes hands with Mrs. Har lan P. Bosworth Jr. of Medford shortly after arriving at Medford Municipal airport Thursday. About 75 persons were on hand 'Party Will Close Ranks After Convention Morse Sen. Wayne Morse declared here Thursday he would fight for the election of whichever candidate the Democratic par ty nominates for the Presi dency. Morse, addressing a no-host luncheon attended by 110 per sons at Kim's restaurant, said the party would "close ranks" after a candidate has been nominated, and that he will "be out fighting for the elec tion of that nominee." Speaking of his owni possi ble candidacy as Oregon's fa vorite son, Morse said he had "never given any encourage ment' to supporters of such a move. "But I don't run away from a fight," he continued. "If it does go on (his name on the ballot), I'll carry the issues to the people of the state." "And I'll do it impersonal ly, objectively and on the ba sis of the facts," he added. The Senator said he had tried to persuade his backers in the state not to put his name on the ballot but that they told him, "if they didn't, my enemies would." Not Afraid of Defeat "I happen to be a poli tician," he said, "who's not afraid to be defeated." Morse, who spoke at the luncheon, sponsored by the Jackson County Democratic Central committee, only a matter of minutes after arriv ing in Medford, said he was gratified by the reception given him by some 75 per sons at Medford Municipal airport. "When you've been through the wars as I have," he said, "it's nice to come home and find they haven't taken all your friends away from you." Speaking of the growing list of Democratic Presidential aspirants, the Senator said he was "saddened that we seem to be somewhat divided" and that he feels "sorry that we're not going forward with great er unity." , Morse devoted much of his address to criticizing the Ei senh o w e r Administration's foreign policy program. He criticized the "sad fact" that Russia and the U. S. are conducting most of their ne gotiations outside the United Nations and advocated "an end to government by secrecy in the United States." Morse said it is so secretive, he doubted if anyone attend ing the luncheon could pass an "elementary test in foreign policy." Members of the Sen ate Foreign Relations commit tee, whose membership in cludes himself, "would also flunk it," he added. Morse said 85 per cent of the information appearing in the committee's workbook is "top secret and no Senator can mention it outside the committee room." Policies are Confusing The Administr a t i o n, he charged, is "confusing and misleading the people about foreign policy issues." The Senator said he favors a summit conference, "but not outside the United Nations." He said it is a case of "the big boys getting together" to de cide the fates of smaller na tions and thereby "sow the seeds of animosity." Morse also rapped U. S. military leaders, saying that "this is more of a military economy than a free econ omy" and adding that the cur rent arms race "can't end up in peace." "I'm not suggesting the weakening of U.S. security," he said, adding that he has "voted for every dollar" rec ommended for the military budget. He has done this, he said, because he wants Russia to know it has "nothing to gain" from war and because he be lieves the only solution is to , "bring these great nations into the U.N." to settle their differences. Our military leaders, he continued, "have no right to interfere with (matters of) foreign policy." Morse said he feels foreign policy is "the greatest issue of the campaign" and that "the American people must have the facts before them." Good Platform' He said if he is a presiden tial candidate in the Washing ton, D.C., primary election, it will be only because the na tion's capital is "a pretty good platform from which to carry the foreign policy issue-right at the seat of the administra tion." Morse, citing the $150,000 appropriated to his committee for a two-year study of condi tions in Latin America, said "freedom isn't going so well" there, but there are "great reservations of good will" to ward the U.S. in every Latin American nation. Regarding Cuba, Morse said President Eisenhower was "absolutely right" when he assured the Cuban people Tuesday the U.S. has no inten tion of interfering in that country's domestic affairs. "Much of South America," Morse added, "was waiting to see if we would intervene." Morse . also discussed his controversial move last fall in which he held out for a Democratic Victory Predicted Grants Pass-A packed house of 215 Josephine county Dem ocrats turned out Thursday night to hear Sen. Wayne Morse say that he "did every thing to discourage" his back ers from entering his name in Oregon's Presidential pri mary. "This fight was carried to me," the Senator continued, and he promised to conduct a campaign "issue by issue, free of personalities." The Senator,, standing in front of a sign which read "Keep Oregon Clean -Nominate Morse for President," spoke at the Franklin D. Roo sevelt Memorial Birthday Din ner at the Cave Shop restau rant here. It was sponsored by Josephine county's Jane Jefferson club. Other signs decorating the walls and tables read, "Morse, of Course." "Great Victory" Morse predicted a "great victory" for Democrats in 1960 but said the party should not seek "to . out-reaction the reaction ary Republicans they've got a monopoly on reactionaryism." What the party needs, he continued, "is a return to the principles of Franklin Roose velt." He referred to the late President as "one of the great est humanitarians of all our history (and) one of our great est Presidents." The Senator,' who address ed a luncheon in Medford and then toured Grants Pass be fore speaking , at Thursday night's dinner, expressed gratitude to county Demo cratic Committee Chairman Cliff Driscoll, Grants Pass Mayor Debbs Potts and other county Democrats for their efforts on his behalf. "I've been to Grants Pass many, times," he continued, "but today was the first time I've been escorted from proj ect to project by a Democratic mayor." His activities here Thurs day included a meeting with a group of farmers to discuss marketing problems; a visit with Sucker Creek Irrigation district officials; a tour of Merlin Irrigation district; vis to greet Morse, who later addressed a gath ering of 110 persons at Kim's restaurant here and spoke before an audience of 215 at a banquet in Grants Pass. meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations committee after Congress had adjourned ear ly and members had scurried home to avoid meeting Rus sia's No. 1 man, Nikita Khru shchev. The Senator termed the ear ly adjournment "silly" and said, in holding the commit tee, all he did was "apply the rule book for 10 days." Describes Khrushchev Morse described Khrushchev as "not an ignorant Russian peasant-he is highly intelli gent, knows where he wants to take the Russian people . . and is an absolutely ruthless man." "This man's amoral," he continued, "but he's afraid of a nuclear war." Again the Senator urged that Russia and the U.S. discuss their prob lems inside the United Na tions. Speaking in a lighter vein, Morse drew a round of laugh ter when he referred to a re cent accident during which he fell from a hayloft at his Maryland farm and injured his arm. He said he received a letter from a Chicago man which readr'" ' ' ' " " " - "Dear Senator: Next time do your country a real favor and fall on your neck." "What would hurt even worse," the Senator chuckled, "would be for me to lose my sense of humor." by Morse its to Josephine county's new airport and library, and a meeting with labor officials at the Central Labor council. Following the dinner, he met with a group of World War I veterans. Progressive Liberal Morse told the crowd he is still a "progressive liberal" and added, to the apparent de light of his audience, that "I'm glad I changed parties, but I've never changed my po litical philosophy." The Senator said he would continue to push for higher educational standards, includ ing more pay for teachers "so they can go on to higher de grees and maintain a decent standard of living." "You can't waste the brain power of this country as we're r doing," he said. "We can't get ' ahead of the Russians in man power, but we'll have to keep up in brain-power." "Trained minds are price less," Morse said. He cited the "thousands of boys and girls today who will never have the chance to realize their full po tential" because of low stand ards in some of the nation's elementary and high schools. Jackson Park To be Delayed for Plan Revision Construction at the Jackson park swimming pool project has been held up temporarily pending a possible revision of plans for the mechanical room. , ' City Parks and Recreation Director Robert Haworth said the delay is the responsibility of the contractor and not the city, and will cost the city no additional money. Since construction began Dec. 28, foundations have been laid for the dressing room, check stand, and life guard room. All work done so far has been on the bath house. Ex cavation for the swimming pool will not begin until the city lets the contractor know Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES Distributors May Save $120,000 If Line Is Approved Salem -(UPD- Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today distributors will save $120,000 the first year of operation if the Federal Power Commission approves an application of El Paso Nat ural Gas Company to provide natural gas to the Bend and Klamath Falls areas. He predicted the figure would be about $200,000 by the third year. El Paso has applied to build 17 miles of 8 inch pipeline from a line to be constructed California Pacific Utilities company officials in Med ford announced last week thai negotiations were un der way for the extension of the natural gas trans mission line from Klamath Falls to the Rogue Valley. It was announced that the proposed 17 mile pipeline into Klamath Falls would be of sufficient size to also serve Medford and the sur rounding area. by Pacific Gas Transmission Company from Canada, across Idaho, Washington and Ore gon to California. El Paso would take the lat eral extension to the city i limits of Klamath Falls where California Pacific Utilities Company would distribute natural gas in lieu of butane- air gas now supplied. Cascade Natural Gas Corpo ration, successor to Consum ers Gas, would build a three mile 6 inch lateral exten sion for PGT's pipeline to the Bend area. Cascade now pro vides butane-air gas. Hill said customers in. the Bend and Klamath Falls areas eventually could expect a re duction in rates with avail ability of natural gas. Shady Cove Home Destroyed by Fire Shady Cove-Fire, originat ing from a faulty flu, destroy ed the residence of the Ed Brown family about 5 o'clock this morning. The home, lo cated on Long Branch rd., about four miles out of Shady Cove, did not have a telephone and Brown drove into town to sound the fire alarm him self. The fire was too far along by the time the Shady Cove fire department truck arriv ed. A few clothes, a television and radio were all that was saved from the burning build ing, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their daughter, Sherry, a fifth grade at Shady Cove school. The home and furnishings were not covered by insur ance except for a $1,600 organ which was insured. The resi dence was originally part of the Nate Slussen homestead and was remodeled by the Browns last year. Before they bought the house it had been vacant for 10 or 15 years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are both employed at a mill in Camp White. The family is staying temporarily at the home of a sister-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Shady Cove. Palm Springs, Calif. (UPD President Eisenhower luxur iated in the desert sun be neath the snow-capped moun tains of Southern California today. Swimming if it wants one or two pools. ! The original design of the mechanical room, which will house1, the equipment neces sary to operate the swimming pool, does not conform' to the type of equipment that the contractor will use and some slight changes in the design may be made before the foun dation for this room can be laid, Haworth said. Haworth said the city has "definitely" not given up hope of raising the $17,000 which is necessary to build the div ing pooL He said the parks and recreation department has been studying all possibilities and hopes to have some recommendations for the city council soon. MEDFORD, Money JOSEPH A. MOORE Bank Manager Moore Elected Vice President Of 1st National Joseph A. Moore, manager of the Medford branch of First National Bank of Ore- I gon, has been elected a vice president of the statewide banking system, it was an nounced today by C. B. Ste phenson, president. Moore will continue to head the bank's Medford office. Moore came to Medford as assistant manager early in 1958 and moved up to man ager of the branch five months later . when Elwood Hedberg, vice president and manager, was promoted to an administrative post at the bank's Portland head office. A veteran of 22 years with First National, Moore began at the Astoria branch as a clerk. He went to Newberg three years later, in 1941, and following military serv ice moved up through all of the departments of the branch to become manager in 1950. In 1954 he was elected as sistant vice president and pro moted to business develop ment representative at the head office, where he served util taking the Medford as signment. Since coming to Medford, Moore has been active in a number of civic organizations and projects. He is treasurer of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, the local chapter of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and the Red Cross; di rector of the YMCA and Shakespearean Festival, also active in the Parent-Teacher association, United Crusade, Jackson County Cancer asso ciation and the Knights of Columbus. Last year he served on the County Centen nial committee. Southeast Winds Hit Medford Area Southeast winds which buf feted the Medford vicinity last night and this morning had a highest sustained intensity, of 21 miles per hour at the city airport where the weather bu reau stition is located. Strongest gusts were 48 mph, measured just before 10 a. m., tne weauier Dureau re ported. Pool Work There are still some 25 days left before the city's 60-day contract option to build the diving pool runs out. The bid for the construction of the pool, which the city has accepted, is split into two parts. The first part is for $89, 293, which the contractors, National Granite company and Holiday Pool Construc tion company, said will be the cost of building the two pools and bath house, and the sec ond is for $73,721, for just the swimming pool and bath house. : ; The city accepted the small er bid with a contract provis ion giving them 60 days to raise enough money to accept the total bid. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1960 Moeaiecl for EHighuay Alternatives Listed For Averting Strike Chicago-dJPD-Arbitration or appointment of a presidential fact-finding board appeared the only alternatives today to head off a possible' nationwide strike of two large railroad unions. Wage negotiations between major railroads and the unions, representing 97,000 workers, virtually all the nation's engineers and firemen, became deadlocked Thursday and no new sessions were scheduled. Leverett Edwards of the National Mediation board said bargainers for the industry and the 37,000-member Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) were sent home late Thursday night when talks collapsed. Earlier, the 60,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE) broke off negotiations with representatives of the 168-170 railroads affected. At this point, under provisions of the National Railway Labor Act, the board may offer arbitration to settle the dispute. If that fails, it may ask the President to appoint a fact-finding board to head off a national emergency. But no major strike is likely for 60 days at the very least, since the fact-finding board would have 30 days to submit recommendations, and a mandatory 30-day cooling off period would follow that. Edwards said the talks, involving two of the five operat ing unions negotiating for new contracts, could be consid dered "effectively and substantially terminated." The BLFE has demanded a 14 per cent wage increase, a changed cost of living escalator clause and adjustment of daily guarantees. Firemen at present average $18.54 daily for passenger service and $18.34 for certain freight service, ac- i cording to union estimates. Proposed Location Inspected R. C. (Sam) Morris, con tractor for Eugene's Bethel Park stadium inspected Jack son county's proposed sta dium site at the fairgrounds yesterday with . the county court, according to County Judge Earl Miller. No conclusions were reached by the county court, Miller said. The local citizens' com mittee sponsoring - the idea should direct more of its ef- Dimes Dance Will Cap Drive Tonight The month-long March of Dimes campaign in Jackson county will reach a highlight tonight with the county-wide "March of Dimes Jamboree Dance" at the Dreamland ballroom in Medford. The dance will start at 9 o'clock tonight, and will fea ture the eight-piece band of Zo Peters. Duke Pathier, with his guitar is one of the fea tures of the band. Entertainment, inclu ding the Shadows and the Black lighters square dance group, will be provided between dances, March of Dimes offi cials said. Admission is $1 per person. Last night, mothers from throughout the county marched to receive' donations to the campaign and to seek information on birth defects, arthritis and polio. The Na tional Foundation collects funds to fight all three crip plers. , Mrs. Herb Colley, Mothers March chairman for Medford, said the march was successful with a total of $4,203.34 col lected, which is about $1,700 more than was collected in Medford last year. Marches in other Jackson county commu nities also reported successes, but totals were not available this morning. Portland Man Files For Delegate Post , Salem-(DPD-Bill O'Brien of Portland filed today as a can didate for state at large dele gate to the Democratic na tional convention next sum mer. He backs Sen. John F. Ken nedy (D-Mass.) for president. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy, windy and mild through Saturday with occasional rain heavy at times tonight. Low tonight 45 50. High Saturday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday :- 60 Lowest this Morning 48 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ......J 5:20 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 a.m. Moonset tonight 7:29 pjn. First Quarter ...... Feb. 4 The constellation of Orion is now in the southwest at mid night. Betelgeuse is almost di rectly above Rigel - and high above Betelgeuse -are Castor and Pollux, the Twins. Tribune Stadium forts toward financing the stadium proposal, he added. "The county court hasn't provided for any financial as sistance for the stadium con struction in its budget," the county judge pointed out. "This is up to the citizens' committee. We don't intend spending any county money until we know exactly what it will be spent for." ' During an inspection of the Eugene ballpark on Thursday, Jan. 14, the county court learned the proposed all-purpose Jackson county stadium would cost an estimated $75, 000 to $100,000. This would be an all wooden surface structure with a minimum seating of 2,000 which could be increased when needed, ac cording to Morris' recommen dations yesterday. Tentative Plans Tentative plans call for moving only one or two of the field lights at the present ballpark. This would be torn down to make room for the proposed stadium. Morris said the proposed site would be ideal considering sun and winddrift. If constructed, fa cilities would be provided for football, baseball, track, horse shows, 4-H and FFA dis plays and various outdoor ac tivities such as the Crater Lions annual sport show. Officials of Eugene's Class B professional ball club which sponsors the stadium there are interested in Jack son county's plan. They hope to bring both Jackson and Klamath counties into the Northwest league which in cludes Eugene. This would mean bringing,. farm clubs into both counties. TRUCK. OVERTURNS The T If? A ' ' ' "-1" ' " niuit, .mi in. ,1"- '- - ' - --;V - with its load of logs still intact, lay sprawl- ed in the ditch on Dead Indian rd. Wednes- The truck is day, after it apparently hit the soft shoulder Phoenix-Hillcrest rd., Medford, and jack-knifed when the driver tried to Price 10 Cents No. 263 Lake of Woods Road Receives $910,000 for1961 Additional funds have been allocated for work on the Lake of the Woods highway in Jackson county, part of the "Winnemucca-to-the-Sea" route. The allocation, totalling $910,000 for 1961, was ap proved at a state highway commission meeting Thursday in Salem. It is the biggest single allocation in the forest highway program. Last year $600,000 in con struction funds was allocated for work on this route in 1959 and 1960. Upon completion the road will replace Highway 66 (Green Springs) as the princi pal thoroughfare across the mountains in southern Ore gon. The new route will go from Medford along the Cra ter Lake highway to Eagle Point, then up the present state road through Browns boro and Lake creek, where it now ends about seven miles into the hills. The proposed route will then follow generally the route of an existing forest type road past Fish lake to Lake of the Woods, where it will join the paved highway leading into Klamath Falls along the west shore of Klam ath lake. Total cost of the project is estimated at $2V4 million. Salem-OJPD-The State High- way commission Thursday ap proved a $56 million 1962 highway construction pro gram for Oregon and a forest highway program next year of $4,706,391. The 1962 figure compares with a 1961 program of $66, 200,000 and is the cleanup of a general plan started in 1956 with federal matching money. A sum of $31,525,000 is al located to the interstate sys tem and the rest is appor tioned in five divisions for work on state primary, sec ondary, urban and county secondary routes. Biggest single outlay is al most $16V2 million for the Eastbank freeway through Portland, Portland's new Mar quam bridge and right of way purchases for Interstate High way 5, which generally fol lows U.S. 99. Lumber Markets Stay Quiet During Week Portland-The western lum ber and plywood markets con tinued to be quiet this week, according to Crow's lumber market news service. Slow buying throughout the midwestern and eastern half of the country was noted, particularly in yard stock items. Southern California de mand, important to Oregon mills, is also on the slow side, it said. truck above, De Gaulle Speaks On Radio, TV to Soldiers, People Officials Pledge Their Allegiance Paris-(UPD-President Charles de Gaulle told French sol diers today they must "liqui date the rebel forces which want to throw away France from Algeria." De Gaulle, at a critical mo ment for himself and France, went to the radio and televi sion microphones to warn that "no soldier must, without making a grave error, asso ciate himself with any move ment of insurrection, even passively." From Algeria, where rebel lious French settlers have vowed a fight to the death against his policy of self- determination for Algeria, De Gaulle today received pledges of allegiance from military commanders in the key cities of Oran and Constantine. However, in Algiers the in surgents maintained their positions- behind street barri cades of paving blocks and occupied all of the key areas of the city with the exception of Government House itself. Wants Army To Obey In demanding that the up rising be smashed, De Gaulle told the army he expected it to obey him. He would not, he said, bow "to outrage and to threats." "I address myself to France," De Gaulle said in a radio-TV speech. "On the strength of the mandate which the people have given me and the nation al legitimacy which I have incarnated, for 20 years, I ask of one and all to support me no matter what happens. "I say to all our soldiers, that your mission includes no quid pro quo and needs no interpretation. You have got to liquidate the rebel forces which want to throw away France from Algeria." Safety Awards Banquet Tonight Vernon Murdoch, Rosuburg, chief of police, will speak to night at the annual Medford Safety Council's awards ban quet at 6:30 o'clock at the Rogue Valley Country club. . Murdoch will review the activities of the Roseburg po lice department during the emergency which followed the Roseburg explosion and fire on Aug. 7. Prior to his talk awards will be presented. They in clude seven "Saved-A-Life" awards, several traffic safety commendations and a number of industrial safety citations. The announcement of the win ner of the Frank Hull trophy for industrial safety and the winner of the distinguished citizen in safety plaque will also be made during the eve ning. Ralph Matthews, superin tendent of transportation, Medford public schools, will be installed as president of the Safety council during the installation of officers cere mony which is part of the an nual event. New York-(UPD-Gen. Doug las MacArthur was admitted to Lenox Hill hospital for "m e d i c a 1 observation and study," it was announced today. pull it onto the road. About four inches of snow fell in the area Wednesday morning. registered to George Renaker.
