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MEDFORD MAN HONORED Medford Hayward Awards in Portland Wednesday
High school football coach Fred Spiegel- night. Shown presenting the award are Doug
berg, center, received the Man of the Year La Mear, right, and Jack Hurley, main
in Oregon Sports award at the 12th annual speaker at the dinner, left. (UPI Telephoto)
Fred Spiegelberg Named
Oregon Sports Man off Year
Medford Coach
Receives Honor
Af Portland
Fred Spiegelberg, Medford
High school head football
coach, was named "Man of
the Year" in Oregon sports
last niglvt.
The award for 1959 was
announced at the annual Bill
Hayward Banquet of Cham
pions in Portland. Spiegel
berg was honored for his role
in guiding his Black Tornado
team unbeaten' and ' untied
through a 12-game season to
the state Class A-l grid cham
pionship last fall. He was in
Portland to receive the large
. trophy emblematic of the
honor.
Dyrol Burleson, University
of Oregon's stellar miler, was
chosen "Athlete of the Year"
at the dinner sponsored by
the Oregon Sportswriters and
Broadcasters association.
Spiegelberg has been Med
ford head coach eight years.
During - that time his teams
have won one state champion
ship crown and have been
runners-up on two other oc
casions. They have been
Southern Oregon conference
champions or ' co-titlists six
successive years.
The Washington State col
lege graduate's Medford
teams have won 58 games,
tied 6 and lost 19. Spiegel
berg was line coach here
three years before becoming
head coach.
The Black Tornado mentor
has been chosen to coach the
State team for the Shrine all
star football game in Portland
next August. It is his third
such head coach assignment.
(See story also on page 10)
629,200 Persons in
Oregon Employed
Salem -(UPD-A total of 629,
200 persons had jobs in Ore
gon in January and the State
Employment Department said
it was the fourth month in a
row in which employment
was at a record level for that
particular month.
Warm Oregon Reception
Pleases Sen.
Portland - (UPD - Sen. John
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) wound
up two days of campaigning
in western Oregon pleased at
his warm welcome and with
a statement that this year's
election is more important
than that of 1932.
Goes To Idaho
Kennedy flew out of here
late Wednesday night to con
tinue his western tour in
Lewiston, Idaho. He appear
ed in Portland, Corvallis and
Newport Wednesday.
Kennedy told a crowd at
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1960
City's Programs Are
Outlined at Dinner
Medford city officials held
their first "Living Annual Re
port" banquet at the Rogue
Valley Country club last night
and from all appearances it
was a success.
Sixty-five persons attended
the no-host dinner, at which
the city's department heads
and board and commission
chairmen outlined the duties
and functions of their respec
tive agencies, reviewed their
activities and accomplish
ments for 1959 and forecast
some of their plans for 1960.
Mayor John Snider said it
was the purpose of the ban
quet to give a more personal
touch to the city's annual re
port and to give each city ad
ministrator the opportunity to
find out what is going on in
departments other than his
own.
18 Reports Heard
Eighteen reports were
heard, including that of the
city manager and some of
such lesser-known city agen
cies as the Medford State Ath
letic commission, the Civil
Defense department and the
civil service commission.
After the individual reports
had been heard, City Mana
ger Robert Duff summarized
the past year's activities by
pointing out what he feels
were a few highlights of the
year.
One oi tne most outstanaing
accomplishments, in Duff's es
timation, was the completion
of sanitary sewers in the Ken-wood-Grandview,
North Lau
relhurst and Berrydale dis
tricts which eliminated "criti
cal" sanitary conditions on
the city's perimeter.
Other Highlights
Other highlights are the
10-year contract which Med
ford entered into with the ru
ral fire protection district, the
codification of the city's ordi
nances and a new subdivision
ordinance.
He also mentioned the do
nation to the city of a logging
locomotive by the Medford
corporation, the start in the
Jackson park s imming pools
and the near completion of
the Eighth st. bridge.
Kennedy
the Newport airport estimat
ed at 1,500 that "this is about
as warm a welcome as I have
ever received."
World Problems
In referring to the coming
election, the Democratic pres
idential hopeful said that in
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt
faced responsibilities at home.
But today, he said, "we face
responsibilities all over the
world."
He also attacked the ad
ministration' "tight money"
policy.
The annual student govern
ment day, the retention of a
parks and recreation director,
the first jury trial in munici
pal court and the authoriza
tion, of an air pollution study
are also considered by Duff
to be some of the outstanding
accomplishments In 1959.
Mayor Snider ended the
banquet with a few prophe
cies on Medford's future.
Visualizes Population
He visualizes Medford with
a 1970 population of over 40,
000, comparable to the pres
ent size of Salem. By that
year, too, the air pollution
problem will be solved, Bear
creek will be cleaned out and
there will be a downtown
landscaped pedestrian mall
prohibited to vehicular traffic,
the mayor predicted.
A more detailed account of
the city's annual report by de
partments will be printed in
future editions of the Mail
Tribune.
Theft of Machines
Reported fo Police
The theft last September of
four machines which give the
distance between Medford
and other cities was reported
to Medford city police yester
day. The machines valued at
$100 apiece were taken from
four Medford motels by a
man who told the motel man
agers that he was going to
change the advertisement on
the machines,, and never re
turned them, police said.
Clarence Edward Smith,
814 East Ninth St., who owns
the machines and places them
in the motels, apparently did
not discover that the ma
chines were missing until he
inquired recently of one of
the motel managers as to
where the machine was.
County, State
Offices to Close
County and state offices in
the area will be closed Fri
day, Feb. 12, in observance
of Lincoln's birthday.
' The day will not be a holi
day for federal or city em
ployees, it was reported. Also
operating as usual will be the
banks, stores and the U. S.
Postal service.
Schools will be open Fri
day, and most o them have
scheduled Lincoln day pro
grams. Dogs Attack Sheep
On Farm Near Turner
Turner, Ore.-&TD-A pack of
dogs attacked a flock of sheep
near here Wednesday, killing
four ewes and badly injuring
another.
54th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 274
India Parliament
Hears Khrushchev
Ask Disarmament
Unenthusiastic
Welcome Received
New Delhi, India -flJPI)- So
viet Premier N i k i t a Khru
shchev called again today for
world-wide "general and com
plete d i s a r m a ment" in a
speech to a joint session of
the Indian Parliament.'
The bid came a few hours
after he had arrived in New
Delhi and received a friendly
but unenthusiastic welcome
on the first leg of a three
week good will tour of South
east Asia.
Met By Officials
The crowds that greeted
him at the airport and in the
city were estimated at 300,000
by the police. But the total
was far overshadowed by the
one million wildly cheering
Indians who turned out to
greet President Eisenhower
with unrestrained delight on
his visit here last Dec. 9.
High Indian officials, head
ed by President Rajendra
Prasad and Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru, met Khru
shchev at the airport.
Khrushchev paid an offic
ial call ,on Nehru and held
preliminary discussions on the
issues he probably will cover
during his five days in India.
Depends Upon West
Then he went to the Parlia
ment, where his speech was
largely a reiteration of views
he had expressed many times
before.
He promised that Russia
would do "everything in its
power" ' to bring about suc
cessful completion of a treaty
on "general and complete dis
armament." "We are prepared for such
disarmament with the estab
lishment of strict control,"
Khrushchev said, "and now
solution of the problem de
pends on the western pow
ers. Judd to Arrive
Tomorrow Morning
Congressman Walter H.
Judd (R-Minn.) will arrive at
the Medford airport at 10:20
a.m. Friday to speak at a
noon luncheon of the Abra
ham Lincoln club at the Jack
son hotel.
The congressman, a physic
ian and surgeon, spoke in
Medford before as a guest of
the Rogue Valley Knife and
Fork club. Among those greet
ing him at the airport will be
a young heart patient, Laura
Lee Montgomery, 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Montgomery, Med
ford. She will represent the
current Jackson County Heart
fund drive.
Tickets for the luncheon
may be purchased from Man
ville Heisel, John Dellenback,
Sheriff Joe Walsh, or at the
door Friday noon.
Judd, a former medical
missionary and hospital ad
ministrator in China, is a
member of the House foreign
affairs committee.
'We-All From Down In
Mysterious
Object Found
Circling Earth
May Be Unannounced
Russian Satellite
Washington - (UPD - A mys
terious earth - circling object
about the size of a large auto
mobile was being studied to
day to determine whether the
Russians have put up a secret
satellite.
American tracking stations
detected the object in a near
polar orbit. They are uncer
tain whether it is a voiceless
satellite, or a section of a
space rocket that got into
orbit.
No Cooperation Expected
One theory is that the ob
ject might be the result of a
Russian satellite or lunar
probe firing that was unsuc
cessful and was never an
nounced. In this case, the
mystery pro'bably would
deepen because no coopera
tion could be expected from
the Russians in identifying
the object.
Another theory is that the
mysterious object may be a
section of Russia's Lunar III
rocket that photographed the
moon last October.
Not Weapon
The Defense Department
emphasized there was no sus
picion that the object was a
weapon or in any way con
nected with the "fantastic
new weapon" that Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev men
tioned recently.
An announcement issued at
the Pentagon Wednesday
night said tracking stations
are watching a dozen man-
made objects in the sky, and
these include "one in a near-
polar orbit which we have
been watching for some time
and which may be of Soviet
origin."
Dr. George Adler
Dies in Portland
Klamath Falls Dr. George
H. Adler, Klamath Falls phy
sician and surgeon from ia8
to 1957, died Feb. 9 in Port
land from complications fol
lowing recent heart surgery
at the University of Oregon
medical school hospital.
The physician served as
Klamath county coroner from
1932 until 1957, when he
joined the staff of the Veter
a n s domiciliary at Camp
White as a medical officer. In
November, 1959, he was
transferred to the Veterans
hospital in Vancouver.
Dr. Adler was well known
throughout Oregon for his
work with "legal medicine"
and acted in the capacity of a
mpdieal examiner relative to
police work. He had talked
throughout the state on as
pects of medical examinations
and police work.
He was author of the pres
pnt Oreeon law concerning
blood alcohol analysis of
those driving while under in
fluence of intoxicating liquor.
Survivors include the
widow, Madelon, Vancouver;
tvo daufihters. Mrs. Madelon
Petroff, Portland, and Sheila
Adler, Vancouver; a brother,
Arthur Adler, Mount bnasta;
and three grandchildren. A
son, George J.,' died several
years ago following a polio
attack.
Funeral services will be
held at Ward's Klamath Fu
neral home at 2 p.m. Satur
day, Feb. 13.'
The Deep West, Suh "
IKE DEPLORES PUBLICITY BY
FACTIONS IN MILITARY DEBATE
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower today deplored
sensational publicity by fac
tions trying to push pet mili
tary projects.
The President, at a news
conference which went heavi
ly into the field of missiles
and rockets, also described as
crazy a recent statement by
assa. mwm
TEST HOLES Exploratory work for foot
ing of a new diversion dam on Bear creek,
to replace one further downstream that
stands in the way of the planned Highway
99 freeway, was begun this week by the state
highway department. The exisiting dam (or
weir) is part of the facilities of the Rogue
River Valley Irrigation district and was re
Barrow Pit
Subjects Discussed by Planners
Suggested restrictions - on that the recommended ordin
fill dirt barrow, pits for free- ance be similar to the interim
way construction, and a rec
ommendation to the county
court for an interim zoning
ordinance, were among the
items discussed last night by
the Jackson county planning
commission. ,
Dave Lowry, chairman, of
the commission's temporary
freeway committee, recom
mended one addition to re
strictions on barrow pits as
suggested by the state high
way department.
This addition Included a ne
gotiating clause which would
allow excavations for fill ma
terial within prohibited areas
when changes are specifically
in agreement with the county
court. Lowry explained that
this would allow for contrac
tional bargaining.
Restrictions Suggested
The restrictions suggested
by the department included
establishing the distance from
the city limits, setting the
pits' depth and line of direc
tion for proper drainage, es
tablishing the depth above
the mean water table except
where fresh water lakes can
be formed, pit development
to comply with state satnitary
authority regulations, and es
tablishing a screen planting
of shrubs and trees around
the pits.
The restrictions will be rec
ommended by the state high
way department to the bureau
of public roads for inclusion
as specifications in freeway
construction contracts in
Jackson county. The commis
sioners stressed that final ap
proval of the restrictions was
with BPR. ' , v,ot
The commission stated tnai
the excavations should be at
least one mile from the lim
its of incorporated cities. This,
too, was stated to be a nego
tiating item for contractors.
Interim Ordinance
tw pommission recom
mended to the county court
that it adopt an interim zon
ing ordinance for an area
from the norm Meaioro. ciijr
limits to the Josephine-Jackson
county line. It suggested
WEATHER
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
ness tonight. Cloudy with occas
sional rain Friday. Gusty south
erly winds in valley late tonight
or Friday morning. Low tonight
40. High Friday 55. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 52
Lowest this Morning . ..31
. PRECIP.
To 10 a.m. Today '. -02
Our Skies' Tonight
Sunset today
5:37 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:14 a.m.
Moonrise today 5:01 p.m.
Full Moon tomorrow.
Uranus, the planet not quite
near enough to be seen without
the aid of a telescope, is to the
left of the Moon tonight. Ura
nus takes 84 years to complete
its orbit around the Sun and
is now about 1. 620,000,000
miles from the Earth.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev that the Russian moon
rocket was proof that Com
munis mis superior to capital
ism. Eisenhower, just back from
a visit to the Air Force Missile
Test Center at Cape Canav
eral, Fla., told reporters he
felt much better about the na
Restrictions Among
zoning ordinance preseuieu
by the commission last year
with the exception of the area
involved. ' '
The ordinance as previous
ly proposed included- the en
tire valley floor from the
Jackson-Josephine county line
to Ashland. The commission
in action Wednesday evening
did not make recommenda
tions concerning the east-west
boundary for the recommend
ed ordinance.
The commission, in discus
sing the year's projects,
placed highest priority on the
compilation of a county zon
ing ordinance. A zoning or
dinance, prepared by the
planning commission staff,
was distributed to commission
members. The preliminary
draft was based on the best
available information of other
counties and the bureau rt
municipal research.
Building Code
The compilation of a uni-
Bristol Announces
Delegate Candidacy
Fayette I. Bristol, Grants
Pass, Josephine county repre
sentative to the state legisla
ture for the past two terms,
today announced his inten
tion of filing for delegate to
the Republican National con
vention from Fourth Congres
sional district.
Bristol, 54, has operated
Bristol Silica company at
Rogue River for the past 25
years, and has taken active
part locally and nationally,
in matters pertaining to na
tural resources of Oregon.
Bristol was active in for
mation of the Rogue Basin
Flood Control and Water Re
sources association, and has
been on the board of directors
since. He is a member of the
board of governors of Amer
ican Mining Congress, - and
the O and C regional advisory
board.
City Planners to
Meet Tonight
Medford's city planning
commission will meet at 7:30
o'clock tonight in the city
hall.
A public hearing will be
held at tonight's meeting on a
request by the Foster and
Kleiser company for a zoning
variance to erect a billboard
on county property near the
National Guard armory.
Included on the agenda is
a request to vacate an alley
between the 21 Club and Dun
hams from Highway 99 north
to Gore, aye.
tion's missile program as a
result of his trip.
But he declared he thought
it was a serious mistake for
anyone involved in the de
fense program to push a pet
policy by seeking sensational
publicity without due consid
eration for over-all national
interest.
(Continued on Page 2)
built after the 1955 flood. The proposed dam
site is located just below the Jackson st.
bridge. Test holes ranging from 20 to 27
feet deep have been drilled on the banks
and in the stream bed, according to Geolo
gist Dan Gano, who is watching from the
pickup, above.
form ' building code ' was re
tained in committee. It was
recommended that members
study, codes of other areas.
A committee was appoint
ed by Chairman Ron James
to study a cross valley arter
ial roads project and approv
al was given a resolution pre
sented by the county exten
sion office.
The resolution requested
that contractors in subdivi
sions where pear orchards are
involved be required to re
move, the above ground ma
terial of the trees before the
plat be accepted by the com
mission. Don Berry, county horti
culture agent, explained that
pear trees, once abandoned,
are hosts to numerous pests
which spread to the produc
ing orchards. The resolution
was approved as an amend
ment to the subdivision or
dinance. The commission approved
a tentative budget to be pre
sented to the county budget
committee for $14,076, an in
crease of $442.92 over the
present budget.
Also discussed was the com
pilation of topography maps
of the county. This was rec
ommended as a project of the
proposed regional planning
commission, under discussion
in the county. .The regional
commission would include
members of the city and coun
ty planning commissions and
interested groups in the coun
ty and would serve in an ad
visory capacity.
Alan Holmes
His Candidacy for DA
Alan B. Holmes, 32, of 33
North Berkeley Way, Med
ford, has announced he will
be a candidate for Jackson
county district attorney on
the Republican ticket in the
May 20 primary.
ALAN B. HOLMES
Files ior County Post
Soviet Union
Urged To Accept
New Proposal
President Lists
Major Features
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower announced today
a sweeping new U. S. proposal
for a nuclear test ban.
The President told his newt
conference the U. S. rjlan was
beine DresenteH to Rrifain
and Russia at Geneva today.
we appealed to the Soviet
Union to accerjt it as a "con
structive beginning."
The President spelled out
the four maior features nf th
new plan which he said would
Russia Rejects
Test Ban Proposal
Geneva -(ITD- The Soviet
Union today rejected Presi
dent Eisenhower's - newest
proposal for a limited nu
clear test ban.
Shortly after the Presi
dent announced the new
proposal et his news con
ference in Washington and
the plan was presented to
the marathon test ban con
ference here, the Russian
delegation rejected it at a
"step backward."
'prevent increases in the level
of radioactivity in the atmos
phere and so allay wory wide
concern."
Four-Point Program
The U. S. is proposing to
"end forthwith, under assured
controls:
"-All nuclear weapons tests
in the atmosphere;
"-All nuclear weapons tests
in the oceans;
"-All nuclear weapons tests
in those regions in space
where effective controls can
now be agreed to; and
"-All nuclear weapons tests
beneath the surface- of the
earth which can be monitor
ed." The President also told his
news conference that when
the western powers and Rus-;
sia agree on a workable dis
armament and nuclear test
ban plan Communist China
would have to be part of it to
make it work.
Officials said the IT. S. was
expected to propose that the
ban in space extend to a
height of about 50 kilometers
(30 miles), since the Soviet
Union and the U. S. are in
general agreement that it is
possible to detect space tests
to that height.
The U. S. proposal calls for
banning underground tests
which are big enough to be de
tected by techniques and
equipment which Russia and
the West now agree upon. The
American proposal excludes
from the ban all underground
tests so small there is still
some argument about whether
they can be accurately de
tected with existing equip
ment or might be confused
with earthquake tremors.
Nine Petitions Filed
For Morse Nomination
Nine petitions bearing 82
signatures certified by the
county elections department
have been filed here to place
the name of Sen. Wayne
Morse on the Oregon primary
election ballot for the Demo
c r a t i c presidential nomi
nation. The petitions were received
by the elections department
during the past week.
Announces
He is a former deputy dis
trict attorney, ar.d is now
serving his second term as
Medford municipal judge.
Holmes received his bach
elor of arts and laws degrees
in 1955 from Valparaiso uni
versity, Valparaiso, Ind., and
moved to Oregon that year.
He was admitted to the Ore
gon State Bar in 1955, and'
served as deputy district at
torney here through 1956.
- In January, 1957, he be
came associated with Robert
Boyer, Medford lawyer, in the
law firm, Boyer and Holmes.
Prior to attending law
school, Holmes served in the
merchant marine and the
Army.
He is a past treasurer, sec
retary and first vice president
of the Jackson County Bar
association, of which he is a
member. He also is a member
of the Oregon State Bar and
the American Bar association,
and St Peters Lutheran
church, Medford.
Holmes is married and has '
two daughters.
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