Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 03, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextiV'" -V: 54th Year -jlyfA T " Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1960 No. 267 r UNSCHEDULED STOP A Chinese junk skippered by British-born Brian Piatt makes a perilous and unscheduled stop at Noyo Harbor at Fort Bragg, Calif. Piatt, 29, left Hong Kong alone in the 40-foot teak wood junk seven months ago bound for San Francisco. Since leaving Eureka, Calif., where he put in for repairs, he had spent Continuous Air Alert Favored as Attack Deterrent Washington-IUPD-Air , Force Secretary Dudley C. Sharp agreed "in principle" today with Gen. Thomas S. Power's appeal for a continuous air borne alert to deter any pos sibility of a Soviet attack. But Sharp disagreed with Power s pessimistic appraisal of U.S. defenses. "I think if we do the things we plan to do we will not be in danger," Sharp told the House Space Committee. He testified as President Eisen hower assailed some generals and others for what the Presi dent called a parochial view of missile and space work. Sharp said the U.S. will be militarily stronger than the Soviet Union for the next three years. The secretary said Power, head of SAC, had put forward 5 a "sensible solution" to the defense threat that the gen eral forecast. The SAC commander, warn ing that Soviet missiles in time could wipe out America's striking power, proposed to keep some of his long-range bombers in the air at all times as a deterrent. Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. on Monday de scribed Power's warning as "unrealistic." But Sharp testi fied: "I agree in principle. We are moving toward the possi bility of an airborne alert. It will be a necessary and im portant part of our defense. But it is difficult to say exact ly when." Accident Victim Is Returned to Medford ' Mrs. Elaine Griffith, 19, of 213 North Holly st., was re turned to Medford Tuesday bv Mercy Flights Inc., from Chico, Calif., where she was injured in an a', iomobile ac cident Sunday. Mrs. Griffith was reported in good condition at Sacred Hpart hosDital this morning. Her husband, David Hess Griffith, 28. was killed in the accident which involved three vehicles on Highway 99E, about 11 miles northwest of Chico. Duncan Speaks at Law Students Day Salem - Robert Duncan, Medford, speaker of the Ore gon House of Representatives, today told law students from the state's three law schools that a lawyer is equipped "to deal with the myraid prob lems offered to the legislature at every session." Duncan was among the speakers at the first annual Law Students Day. Duncan said the lawyer "is able to help in the drafting of legislation that will achieve the desired results and will stand up in courts." He said the minimum num ber of attorneys needed in the Oregon House and Senate are the number required to make the two judiciary committees, Att-i Fruit Growers Seek Emergency Funds Two members of the Fruit Growers League of Jackson county will petition the state emergency board in Salem Friday for an appropriation to continue the Medford dis trict pear decline study, Paul Culbertson, league official, said last night. Labor Contractors Face Permit Loss Salem - IUPD - Oregon Labor Commissioner Norman O- Nil- sen declared today that six of the 84 farm labor contractors licensed by the Labor Bureau last year will not have their licenses renewed this year un less they clear themselves ot investigators' charges. Complaints against the con tractors were revealed in an annual report by Nilsen to the inter - agency committee on migratory farm labor. The charges include failure to pay wages, "exploitation of workers' alcoholic weak nesses and undeclared com mercial activities." ield Urges Water Programming Salem - WPD - Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield told the Co lumbia Basin Inter - Agency Committee meeting today that water - needs and political strength "are going together." He said something must be done to program water re sources of the Pacific North west to put them to full use. Hatfield warned that the water - hungry southwestern United States in increasing in population and political pow er and if the programming is not attended to in the north west, "we may see our water sent elsewhere." Robert Root, Medford, chairman of the Oregon Wa ter Resources Board, outlined the board's functions and fu ture plans for the committee. Portland - (UPD - Willard P. Hawley Jr., 69, prominent Portland-area business leader, died Monday. , at Salem to which bills dealing pri marily with legal matters are referred. He noted that "it is desir able that there be enough lawyers in both houses to as sist other committees in their consideration , of legislation, thus saving time - consuming errors in the first instance." The lawyer's first concern, he noted, is law, and "this leads him natuiully into con cern for the making of laws." Other speakers at the ses sion include Walter J. Pear son, president of the Oregon Senate; Robert Y. Thornton, attorney general; and Charles A. Sprague. editor of the Sa lem 1 Oregon Statesman, and former governor of Oregon. seven almost sleepless days in heavy seas "fighting every wave". He arrived at the mouth of the Noyo river last Sunday but decided not to risk the heavy breakers to get into port and went back to sea. He plans to sell his junk in San Francisco and go to Canada to find work. - - (UPI Telephoto) The money would be used for the local study until the state legislature can act on another two-year appropria tion, Culbertson explained. Culbertson, chairman of the league's extension service and experiment station commit tee, will be accompanied to Salem by Charles Henry, league president. Oregon State college, and the fruit growers league have been cooperating in the proj ect. The growers have spent about $27,000 for study of the disease which has affected 15 per cent of the Rogue valley pear trees, Culbertson said. Depends on Budget How much the growers will ask for will depend on how much money Oregon State college can include in its budget for the research, the fruit grower explained. "The pear decline is a ser ious problem and there is no answer to it yet," Culbertson emphasized. "The fruit indus try here could well be in jeopardy because of it." Prof. Henry Hartman, OSC horticulturist, was conducting the study here until he suf fered a heart attack in De cember. However, he is com piling his notes now and ex pects to make a report to the growers some time .this month. He feels some head way has been made; Culbert son said. . Ashland Councilman Resigns His Post Ashland - Ashland City Councilman Walt Bosshard resigned because of the de mands of business Tuesday night and his resignation was accepted "with regret" by his fellow councilmen. Inva letter read by City Re corder ? ; E. Bartelt, Boss hard said he had spent con siderable time arriving at his decision and that it had been a "great pleasure" to work with Mayor Richard L. Neill and the council. He declined a request by council to reconsider his de cision. Display Windows in Store Damaged Sunday Five large display windows on the south side of Sears, Roebuck company store were shot by a pellet gun sometime Sunday afternoon or night, city police were notified Tuesday. Each of the windows meas ured five by nine feet in size and were valued at more than $100 each. Ralph Elmer Ja cobson, manager, reported that all of the windows would have to be replaced. Governor Author of Magazine Article ' Salem-flJPD-Gov. Mark Hat field is . author of the cover story in the February edition of Guideposts magazine. Pic tures of the governor and his family accompany the article. ledtlbn Klext top in. Btsorgamiizatioiii Rogue River Evans Val ley school patrons learned at a public hearing on reorgani zation at their school last night that it would be diffi cult for. them to remain inde pendent. D. W. Patch, state director of school reorganization, told approximately 10 0 persons from Rogue River and Evans Valley school districts the next step would be an election if the state board of education approves the plan presented by the Jackson county reor ganization committee. A majority of the voters in both districts must approve the proposal to join Evans Valley and Rogue River and 60 per cent of the voters in any one district must vote "no" for the proposition to fail. If the proposition should fail, the reorganization com mittee would be asked to make some changes in the plan, if necessary, and anoth er public hearing and vote would be called, Patch said. May Be Approached He indicated that the reor ganization plan probably would be approved by the state board if it seems at all reasonable. It is difficult for a group outside a school area to improve on a plan worked out by people on the spot af ter careful study, the state school official said. The state board must point out where a reorganization plan is wrong and show how it should be improved when it rejects an over - all county reorganiza tion approval, he explained. Patch pointed out that non- high school districts will legally cease to exist; after July .I960, which .means that county tax money no longer will be used to help support districts which do not have high schools. "Using simple mathematics, this means that an indepen dent Evans Valley school dis trict would have to pay $470 per pupil attending Grants Pass High school and $490 per pupil for those attending Rogue River High school," R. C. Gail, a reorganization com mittee member, and Rogue River resident, said. "This means a total of $26,000 in annual tuition for high school pupils. It would mean 26 mills in taxes to each Evans Valley district resident -figur ing a base of $1 million valu ation." Join Josephine Unit Keith Hockersmith, county reorganization committee chairman, said "it is very un likely" that Evans Valley could join with the Josephine county school district unit. Applegate school district residents have proposed the same thing and the committee has yet to hear an official "yes" or "no" from Josephine county school officials. Patch said state law now does per mit school districts to extend themselves across county boundaries. David S. Blair, Evans Val ley school district board chair man, reported that his district would have enough millage now and with state school support money could cut the millage involved in tuition payments to considerably less than Gail's figure. Among arguments favoring reorganization were: an ad ministrative school district, including a high school, form ed with a school board repre senting both districts, with members elected by all resi dents; "as far as can be de termined now" the Evans Val ley school building would operate the same as it is now; reorganization , is a sensible solution economically. Per Pupil Cost John Harr, Rogue River superintendent, "pointed out that the present per pupil cost WEATHER runci-ioi. - ery tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 42. High Thursday 52. . TEMP. Highest Yesterday '. 51 Lowest this Morning 31 PRECIP. To 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight . Sunset today 5:26 pjn. Sunrise tomorrow 7:24 a.m. Moonset tomorrow J2:43 a.m. First Quarter tomorrow 6:27 a.m. PROMINENT STAR CapeUa, high overhead at 8:31 p.m., is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga and is- 45 light years from the Earth. KmOTPf A en. flAurftr anil W- School in Rogue River High school is $530.92 based on an enroll ment of 195 pupils. Opposing arguments includ ed: the Evans Valley school would be closed; Evans Valley district voters do not want to assume debts of the Rogue River school district; by re maining independent, Evans Valley students could attend either Rogue River or Grants Pass High schools, and Grants Pass has a superior schjol program and pulling students out of Grants Pass would be a step backward. The reorganization c o m mittee said juniors and sen iors now enrolled in Grants Pass High school could con tinue until they graduate. Toward the end of the meet ing, two Evans Valley school patrons thanked the reorgani zation committee "for doing a good job." Ashland Council Accepts Bids on Five Vehicles Ashland The Ashland city council last night accepted low bids form Jim Busch Ford Sales, Ashland, for three new cars and two new pickups for the city. Two of the cars will be as signed to the police depart ment . and the third will be for the city superintendent's department. One of the pick ups weighs three-fourths of a ton' and the other two are half-ton models. Busch's bids . were $4,400 for-the- pickups, $1,700 -for the! police cars and $695 for the-third auto. The winning bids were $200 lower-than the closer of the other, two bidders for the pickups; $500 lower for the police cars, and $105 lower for the city superintendent's car.! Gasoline Bids Bids for gasoline and diesel fuel were received from seven firms, with Tidewater the low bidder for both regular and premium- gasoline and Rich field the low bidder for high grade . and standard diesel fuel. The council agreed to buy 300 acre feet of water from Talent Irrigation district. Con siderable discussion followed the water committee's favor able report, but council decid ed it would agree to purchase only 300 acre feet at present with the possibiliy of buying more, if needed, in the future. The water eventully will be used for domestic purposes but it first must be filtered and poured into the system. It is not known when this will be done. The council instructed City Attorney Harry Skerry to draft an ordinance limiting the height of fences and hed ges ,to 42 inches. The ordin ance also will control setback and corners but will not be retroactive in regard to fences. , All fences and hedges, how ever, will be subject to reg ulation if they are adjudged hazards to safety, the council agreed. ". . . Nikita Make Your . Probable Missile Production And Performance Known to Us . . .!! Syrian, Israeli Forces Exchange Shots at Border Departure Ordered By UN Commission Damascus -(UPD- Syrian and Israeli border forces ex changed fire at dawn today and Israel probably suffered casualties, a Syrian Army spokesman announced. The incident followed Jeru salem reports that the United Natio n s Mixed Armistice commission Tuesday night or dered Syrian troops to leave the ' demilitarized zone that has been the scene of a week of border clashes. A United Arab Republic spokesman in Cairo said: "There are no Syrian troops inside the demilitarized zone." Israel Serves Notice Tuesday night's U. N. with drawal order to the Syrians was issued by Belgin Col. Raymond Pirlot, chairman of the armistice commission. Is rael had served notice that unless the U.N. cleared the area, it would do so itself. Reports conflicted on the responsibility for the Sunday night-Monday morning battle at Tawafik in which Syrian and Israeli troops were killed and wounded. Tawafik was the most ser ious incident since renewed violence started a week ago in the demilitarized zone be tween Israel and the UAR's Syrian region south of Lake Galilee. Blame Each Other A UAR spokesman said to day "It was the Jews who oc cupied Tawafik, and we re pelled them." An Israeli spokesman has charged that Syrian soldiers disguised as farmers moved into the village, set up a fort ified post,' and subsequently were driven out by Israeli forces. . '. Troop concentrations on both sides of the border were reported today. r - , " Burns Kill Son Of Medford Pair Corvallis-(UPp-Timothy Lee Kurth, 3, son of an Oregon College student couple from Medford, died of burns Thurs day night after he accidental ly set fire to his pajamas with a cigarette lighter while his father was studying his .les sons. The boy suffered burns over 90 per cent of his body and died about two hours aft er he was taken to a hospital. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston W. Kurth, who live in a dwelling on the campus. The father had gone to another house to talk to another student about an en gineering problem for about 15 minutes. When he return ed he found the boy in the living room screaming and enveloped in flames with the lighter clutched in his hand. The father put out the blaze and rushed the boy the hos pital. The mother had gone to visit a neighbor. According to public school records here, Kurth attended Griffin Creek school and was a son of Mrs. Charles Miller, 249 South Riverside ave. He completed the rnth grade in 1946, records show. No local high school records on him were located. For. !f 3 S 4 GENERALS RAPPED - President Eisenhower, at his news conference in Washington today, sharply rapped generals and others for what he called a too parochial viewpoint of missile and space development. He said he still thought the present U.S. program was eminently capable of deterring an enemy attack. (UPI Telephoto) Three Directors Are Named for Festival Ashland - The Oregon Shakespearean Festival ' has announced directorial assign ments for the 1960 season. They include one director, festival veteran James San doe, who will handle mofe than a single play. Sandoe will direct "The .Tempest" and "The Duchess of Malfi." They will represent his 15th and 16th directing assignments here. Sandoe is nrofessor of humanities at the University of Colorado as well as an anthologist and crime Election Set in District Thursday Central Point Patrons of school district 6C, which in cludes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley, will vote tomorrow afternoon on a $295,000 bond issue to help finance a building program. Polls will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. in the band room at Hanby gymnasium in Gold Hill, the autitorium of Sams Valley school, and the gymnasium at Central Point Junior High school. . The building program is the result of a study of district building needs by school board members, and will bring the district's facilities up to state department of ed ucation standards, board mem bers noted. Additional i n f o r m a tion about the election appears on page 6 of today's Mail Trib une. Mountain Passes Covered Vith Snow Mountain passes out of the valley were reported to have new snow this morning and state police advised all motor ists to carry chains. Chains are required on the Green Springs, Highway 66, where two inches of new snow were reported this morning. High winds reported in the area made driving haz ardous, police said. It was reported to be snow ing on the Siskiyous, High way 99," this morning with automobiles pulling trailers said to be having "some dif ficulty." Two inches of new snow fell this morning at Mt. Shas ta and it was reported to be snowing hard, while a light snow fell at Klamath Falls with one inch reported. V - -V- 5 fiction critic for the New York Herald Tribune. Directing "The Taming of the Shrew" will be Robert Loper, who will be handling his fourth such assignment at the festival. Loper, drama pro fessor at Stanford university, is currently on leave while engaged in special study and research in London theater. Risso Returns ' Richard Risso, former festi val actor who directed "King John" last season, will head the production of "Richard II." He is now in Paris study ing at the French academy as a Fulbright scholar. Directing "Julius Caesar" will be Jerry Turner, who acted in festival productions for three seasons before mak ing his directorial debut last year with "The Maske of the New World." Turner is pro fessor of drama and director of the Sequoia theater at Humboldt State college, Ar eata, Calif. William Patton, the festi val's general manager, report ed that men.bership sales as of Jan. 31 had nearly doubled the total reached by that date in 1959. Sale of individual tickets is also ahead of last year's tally by a sizeable mar gin, he reported. Silverton Passes Explosives Ordinance Silverton-OIED-The Silverton city council has passed an ordinance involving explo sives. It restricts storage and transportation of explosives in the community. Sen. Neuberger Advised To Take Month's Rest Washington (UPD - Doctors have advised Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) to take a "month's rest and relaxation" before returning to active po litical life, the senator's office announced late Tuesday. It added there was no reason he could not run for reelection. The office said doctors in Portland, where the senator has just completed an exten sive medical checkup, ordered the rest because of Neuberg er's "recent susceptibility to virus infection and a bout with the shingles." The announcement said that the examination indicated no recurrence of the malignancy for which Neuberger under went surgery in August, 1958. Neuberger's doctors said he was mainly suffering from fatigue and lowered resistance. hroueht on bv overwork. mm President Feels Retaliation Ability Excels Parochial Viewpoint Said Not Disturbing Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower today sharply rapped generals who have challenged his defense plans and declared he believes the United States could retaliate destructively against any Red attack. Eisenhower mentioned no names, but he rejected the proposal of Gen. Thomas S. Power, chief of the Strategic Air Command, for a 24-hour airborne alert against sur prise attack. All Sorts of Ideas Speaking in a spirited mood, the President told his news conference that he could not be disturbed by a particu larly parochial viewpoint that the bosses are all wrong. He said too many generals have all sorts of ideas. He empha sized that he has utmost con fidence in Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Eisennower said he was amazed at the talk about catching up with the Russians in the attempts to enter space as well as development of military missiles. He then said the U. S. has what is needed, a deterrent to any sur prise attack. Policies Defended Eisenhower firmly defend ed his space and missile polU cies. He also staunchly sup ported Gates who has publicly disputed ' Power's arguments for the SAC alert. Other news conference high lights: ' -Eisenhower said he would like to see the Constitution amended to provide four-year terms for House members so they would run at the same time presidential elections are held. He also favored a con stitutional amendment to give the President authority to veto specific items out of ap propriations bills. This, he said, would defeat pork-barrelling. Studying Tax Increase -He said the U.S. should liberalize its laws applying to atomic information to permit this country to share with na tions in which it has the full est confidence its nuclear know-how and weapons al ready known to Russia. - His administration is studying a possible request for an increase of one-fourth of 1 per cent in social security taxes to provide greater care, for the aged. No conclusion or final decision has been reach ed. Like' Nixon's Prospects -He said Vice President Richard M. Nixon certainly looked to him like the next Republican presidential can didate and he was not dis satisfied with this prospect. Eisenhower, however, said this was not getting into the business of nominating a man for the office, and he still be lieved there were a number of top Republicans who could occupy the White House with distinction. X 7"