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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1960
No. 267
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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