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Regional Edition urn Angered 54th Year Price 10 Cents DFORD RIBUNE United Press International Full Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wire 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960 Section A No. 279 Me rm&'M fcw r II h h (S S S 1 SI B Defense Fight Said To Center On Quantity Editor's note This is the third of five dispatches on the state of the nation's defenses' by the mili tary affairs writer of United Press International. The following deals with the ballistic missile program and why the United States lags be hind Russia in ICBMs. By CHARLES CORDDRY Washington -fUPD The great defense debate raging in Con gress centers on the U.S. inter 's contin e n t a 1 'L ballistic mis sile program The issue is not over the quality of the Amer ican ICBM or the Is d e e d with which it was deve loped. Charles Corddry The big argu ment concerns the adequacy of administration plans for producing the ICBM in great- Ashland Council To Organize lis Bypass Activities Ashland The Ashland city council last night took steps toward organizing its ac tivities regarding the pro posed freeway which would bypass the city. A dozen persons, including represenatives of the Jackson county planning commission, the Ashland Chamber of Com merce, the city planning com mittee and the city economic development committee, at tended the meeting. Few formal proposals were made, but those attending seemed to feel that the gen eral exchange of ideas will help the groups concerned to work cooperatively toward common goals. The view was held by those attending that the city had not been making its de sires regarding the proposed bypass known to the proper officials in an organized man ner. Problems include an ac cess road, interchanges, over passes and underpasses. Should Work Together It was generally agreed that the city and county should work together to ac complish their aims. The idea of setting up a regional plan ning commission" as an ad visory body was discussed but no formal action was taken. The group would include members of all planning com missions and committees in the area as well as interested individuals. In other action, the council was asked to investigate speeding by motorists on Faith ave., which is located near a school. The petition was referred to the traffic committee. A letter was read from the state health officer congratu lating the city for the consist e n 1 1 y low bacteriological count recorded in the city's water supply systems during 1959. That 01' Ji-i FJf 4je er quantity in view of Rus sia's evident all-out effort. What is an ICBM? It is a majestic, stainless steel vehicle, fabulously ex pensive, heavy as 100 auto mobiles, tall as a seven-story building, so agile it can leap 6,325 miles in a half hour and so accurate it can deliver a hydrogen bomb within about two miles of its aiming point. It is taken for granted to day. But as recently as 1955 when the U.S. ICBM program was in its early stages, the then Air Force Secretary Don ald A. Quarles, himself a sci entist, was saying if the mis sile could be perfected it would be an achievement of the ages. Biggest Research Effort From 1951 through 1955, the U.S. investment in ballis tic missile development amounted only to about $440 million. The B-36 super-bomber continued to be the chief long-range retaliation weapon. The B-36 took 40 minutes to go as far as the ICBM goes in one minute and more than 15 hours to do what an ICBM does in 30 minutes. To develop the ICBM along with its sea-going and land- based brothers, the intermedi ate range ballistic missiles, and get them ready for com bat units, the United States now has invested $10 billion. Under President Eisenhow er s new budget, the invest ment in six ballistic missile programs-will-rise to $13,500, 000,000 by June, 1961. (Continued on Page 2) Eagle Point Man Shot Accidentally Homer William Buttram, 46, of route 1, box 514, Eagle Point, died after a hunting ac cident yesterday afternoon in the Trail area, state police reported. Buttram and his brother, Wayne Ruben But'ram, 44, Shady Cove, were hunting wildcats with a pack of hounds on the George Day Hawkins ranch, two miles from Trail, when the dogs started fighting, officers said. Wayne Buttram said he was hitting one of the dogs with the butt end of his .22 caliber rifle when it discharged. The bullet entered the left side of Homer Buttram's chest and apparently angled down into the heart, state police said. Buttram died within minutes, about 5 p.m. He was holding one of the dogs at the time of the accident. The body was taken to Conger-Morris Funeral home, Medford. A sheriff's deputy also investigated the scene of the shooting. Salem -(UPD- The Oregon Water Resources Board has set a hearing for March 4 here on the proposed North Santiam power project of Consumers Power, Inc., Cor vallis. Payola V Case Rested On 'Conscience' Of Governor Clemency Request Remains in Effect San Quentin, Calif. -(CPD-Caryl Chessman, 38, rebuffed for the 15th time by the U. S. Supreme Court, today gave up legal efforts- to escape his scheduled execution date Fri day and rested his case on the "conscience" of Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Brown, in San Francisco, planned to meet later today with Chessman's attorneys, George T. Davis and A. L. Wirin. In a press conference here, the convict-author emphasized that his latest action was not an appeal to the governor. Telegram Dictated During the meeting with newsmen, Chessman dictated a telegram that was forward ed to the governor. "I ask you to do whatever your conscience dictates you should," it said. "Mine tells me that I again must affirm the fact that I'm not the Red Light bandit even if the price for that affirmation must be death." Under Extreme Pressure Chessman said he had been ! under "extreme and intense pressure" from his attorneys and friends to seek clemency from the governor. Brown turned down Davis" bid for clemency for Chess man last October. Davis con tended today that the clemen cy request will remain in ef fect before Brown until! Chessman is executed. But Brown said today, "He made an appeal, I had a hear ing, I rejected it. In the ab sence of something that would cause me to change my mind, it stands. Davis wants to see me this morning and I prob ably will see him." , "I don't regard the first re quest as a clemency appeal be cause after it was over Chess man said he never authorized it." Last Chance Appeal Attorney Rosalie A s h e r made the 15th and "last chance" appeal to the Su preme Court in Washington Tuesday. Davis said Chessman requested that no more legal moves be made . after the court handed down its ruling. Chessman has evaded seven previous execution dates since 1948 when he was con demned under California's Little Lindbergh Law for kid naping and for robbery ac companied by bodily harm. Public Meeting on Pesticides Slated A public meeting on health hazards in the use of pesti cides in agriculture will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Jackson coun ty courthouse auditorium. Dr. C. I. Drummond, public health physician, will be chairman and moderator. Among those expected to attend are Dr. William F. Durham, chief of the Wenat chee field station, U.S. public health service; Richard E. Hatchard, chief of the air pol lution control section, Oregon state board of health; Dr. J. D. Patterson, chief chemist for the Oregon department of agriculture; and Jack Foster of the Citizens Air Pollution Abatement league. - Salem -(UPD- January grain exports out of Portland ap proached an all-time monthly Oregon high with 7.9 million bushels leaving the docks. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy and warm er tonight with a few showers. Partly cloudy Thursday with scattered showers over moun tains. Low tonight 35. High Thursday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 54 Lowest this Morning 25 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:45 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:05 a.m. Monrise tonight 11:25 p.m. Last Quarter Feb. 9 The planet, Venus, has Just passed to the east of much dim mer Mars. The two planets may be seen quite near together in the southeast a little before sunrise. FACTORY DESTROYED - Flames swept three-block-long factory. The plant was through the Velveray Corp. textile plant at rocked by a series of explosions shortly Clifton, N.J., today, wrecking the five-story, after 9 a.m. (UPI Telephoto) Banted Rd. School Change Proposal Is Tabled by The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee last night tabled the proposal to place the area south of Barnett rd. in the Medford school district. The petition for the change, from the Phoenix school dis trict, was accepted, and a mo tion approved to take the pro posal under advisement until further interpretation of the law can be obtained. The action was an anti climax to arguments present ed by Medford Lawyer Frank Van Dyke for the change of property, which lies south of Barnett rd. and within the Medford city boundaries. He presented a petition con taining 116 property owners' signatures which the reorgani zation committee said did rep resent 100 per cent of the property owners of the area. Phoenix Delegation A delegation from Phoenix attended the meeting but said comparatively little. J. Allen Harris, Phoenix school board member, corrected Van Dyke's figures on the Phoenix district's bonding capa city. Phoenix School Superinten dent Ernest James .' said the district schools offer an ade-. quate curriculum. - - The reorganization commit tee can either refuse, the pe tition from the Barnett rd; area residents or withdraw its plan for reorganization of the Phoenix-Talent administrative district, according to a writ ten opinion from James L. Turnbull, deputy superinten dent of the state department of education. ' . Van Dyke admitted that a similar petition had been pre sented before the reorganiza tion plan was sent in and it was refused. Then, he said, he did not have 100 per cent of the property owners' signa tures. . ' When questioned by com mittee chairman Keith Hock ersmith, a large number of the Barnett rd. area residents said they had been led to be lieve if they bought' homes in that area they would become a part of the Medford school district. ' - Hockersmith said the com mittee's decision would be on what is best educationally -for the county as a whole. A rou tine public hearing sponsored by the state board of educa tion will be held on the Phoenix-Talent administrative dis trict in the Phoenix elemen tary school gymnasium March 1. ' ' ' - Regarding other school dis tricts, the committee voted to continue to study a reorgani zation p 1 a n for Applegate, afcait action on the . Rogue Efforts Geo up River-Evans Valley problem by the state, and to withdraw the ' plan for Pinehurst-Ashland to review testimony giv en . at the Feb. 3 hearing in Ashland. ; Plans.- will, be submitted early this fall on Central Point, Prospect, Medford, and the possible Eagle Point-Butte Falls districts,- the committee decided.. . ; : . It is expected that the plan for Rogue River-Evans Valley will be approved at the. Feb. 19 state board of education hearing in Salem and shortly after that an election will be held in the district to vote on the proposed administrative district. ' New Pumper Truck To Be Tested Oregon Insurance Rating bureau engineers will conduct a four-hour pump acceptance test Thursday morning on the new Medford rural fire dis trict truck, an American La France company representa tive has informed the city fire department. Testing on 1,000 gallons per minute pumper will be done near the. Walker building on Bear creek west of the Main st. bridge. ; ;Salem '-(UPD- The Oregon Agriculture Department said today that Dogwood Borer, a moth, has been found in Oregon for the first time. Officials said the insect, con sidered a serious pest of the flowering tree, came in on shipments of nursery stock from Tennessee and Alabama. 'Tumor Registry' Now Possible at Hospital A check for $637.50 from the American Cancer society will make possible the estab lishment of a "tumor regis try" at Rogue Valley hospital. Dr. Earl Lawson, division medical director of the Jack son county unit, American Cancer society, presented the check to Dr. Thomas J. Tins ley, associate pathologist, who accepted the check on behalf of the hospital. . In pointing out the purpose of the registry, which keeps a permanent record of cases, Dr. Tinsley explained that "a tumor registry is of educa tional value to the physician, research value to the Cancer society, and means greater progress for the patient through follow-up treatment and clinical discussion." He also said the registry 2nd Sfubblefield Twin Goes Home From Hospital Portland (UPD Jeanett Stubblefield left for home to day. - The eight - month - old twin was ' released from the Uni versity of Oregon Medical School hospital to go home to join her sister, Denett, in Par ma, Idaho. . She was driven home by her parents. Jeanett ' and Denett were born connected at the chest and abdomen June 29 last year in Nyssa, Ore., one month premature and had a com bined weight of nine pounds 10 ounces. . . They were separated by a 17-man surgical staff in a five-hour operation Oct. 6. Surgeons found their breast bones,' livers and heart sacs fused. , Had Trouble Breathing Denett went home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stubblefield, Dec. 16. , Jeanett had to stay in the hospital because she had trouble breathing and a tube had to be inserted in her wind pipe to facilitate breathing. That was removed Jan. 16 of this year and on Jan. 23 a nasal gastric tube which help ed her eat was removed. She has learned tj breathe and eat normally since removal of the tubes. Jeanett now weighs 13 pounds 6 ounces and nurses at the hospital say she is very active and alert. Jeanett and Denett will have to return to the hospital within three years to correct a hernia condition resulting from the separation operation. prevents the problem of the "lost" patient, who may eith er forget or be careless about returning for the treatment which could alleviate his pain, and in many cases save his life. The pathologist also cited the future institution of a weekly cancer clinic, made possible by the new record system, where a group of doc tors discuss the history and prognosis of current cases, particularly problem ones, and arrive at the best mode of treatment. The tumor registry will consist of certain office and laboratory equipment install ed at Rogue Valley hospital and is, according to Dr.-Law-son, one of the many tangible accomplishments made possi ble by donations to the Amer ican Cancer society. Articles for Third Portland Paper Prepared Subscriptions for Examiner Sought Portland -(UPD Articles of incorporation were prepared today for a proposed third Portland daily newspaper, the Portland Examiner, by Attor ney William B. Murray. Murray said he was acting for persons he could not yet identify, but that there was no direct connection with the unions on strike against the two established Portland dailies, the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian. The unions also have discussed establish ment of a third paper. Capitalization of the pro posed newspaper was listed at $3 million, which Murray said eastern underwriters were willing to handle if the pro moters can sell 100,000 sub scriptions in advance. A sub scription campaign is under way. Murray acted Monday for Levi McDonald, a member of the striking Stereotypers' Un ion negotiating com m i 1 1 e e charged with hiring the dyna miting of 10 newspaper trucks, in petitioning the U. S. District Court to transfer McDonald's case from state to federal jurisdiction. The peti tion was denied. Murray said he was a friend of McDonald's wife and was interested in the "civil rights aspect" of the case. He is not acting for McDonald in crim inal proceedings. The Corporation Depart ment in Salem received pa pers for the "Portland Exam iner" today but said they were being returned to Mur ray because they were im properly I signed. Incorpora tors were listed as Albert J. Walcott, a consulting geolo gist; John W. Dendy, a real tor, and Mrs..Bj. J. Weber, Murray's secretary. - House of Mystery Reported for Sale The House of Mystery on Sardine creek near Gold Hill, developed about 30 years ago by the late John Litster, is for sale, the Mail Tribune learned today. The tourist attraction, known as the Oregon Vortex, has been operated since the Dec. 4 death of Mr. Litster by his widow, Mrs. Mildred Litster. It was reported that following the sale she plans to make her home in Medford and to travel. The House of Mystery, lo cated on 20 acres of land, is being offered for $75,000. Buildings on the property in addition to the tourist attrac tion include a warehouse, office with sleeping area for a caretaker, souvenir shop and trailer house. Also for sale is a parcel of land one mile north which in cludes 120 acres of gold placer ground with rustic four-room log house. The property is being offered for $10,000. No mining has been reported con ducted in recent years on the property. ire - ' ' J MANOR RISES - Work on the 10-story Rogue Valley Manor on top of Barneburg hill continued on schedule this week as workmen prepared forms to pour the ce ment slab for the sixth floor at the south end of the building, above. The $5 million structure will rise some 400 feet above the valley iioi, or to about the height of a if Defen President Plans To Make Report Washington -HTD-A fighting mad President Eisenhower lashed at his defense policy critics today and announced he would make a personal re port to the people Sunday night. His eyes glaring icily and his lips pursed in anger, he declared that if anyone be lieved he had deliberately misled the country he would like to tell that person off face to face. Eisenhower said he regarded the charge as despicable. Believed Complacent His remarks were made at a news conference when a ques tioner said that critics contend William Spangler, Well-Known Area Lumberman, Dies William Allen Spangler, 64, formerly of Medford and former chairman of the Ore gon Liquor Control commis sion, died in Reno, Nev., Tues day. . Born in Mogollon, N. M., Mr. Spangler was well-known in lumber circles in southern Oregon, chiefl' in the Klam ath Falls area. He also held property in the Medford area. He was associated with the Lamb Lumber company,' Mo doc Point; Palmerton Lumber company, Klamath Falls; Spangler Lumber company, Klamath Falls and Bly; and more recently the Tahoe Tim ber company. Reno, Nev., a logging and sawmill operation which he took over four years ago. Appointed Second Tim Mr. Spangler served nine years on the State Liquor Control commission. He was appointed the second time by Gov. Douglas McKay, who named him chairman in Oc tober, 1952. He resigned in 1954. Survivors include his wid ow, Mrs. Lucie McuormicK Spangler, daughter of Mrs. D. Ford McCormick and the late Mr. McCormick, Medford; and four children, Lucie, a stu dent at the University of Ore gon, Linda, David and Wil liam, all of whom live in Reno. Private funeral services will be held Friday at Finley's Mortuary in Portland. Inter ment also will be in Portland. The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers con tributions be made either to the Heart Fund or the Cancer Society. Corvallis -(UPD- The :ity has abandoned because of opposi tion by Oregon State College a plan to build a four-lane ar terial street across the south edge of the campus to carry traffic to and from OSC's sports center. that the Eisenhower adminis tration is too complacent and is putting economy above se curity. He then was asked if he thought he had misled the American people. The President declared that U.S. defenses were strong and awesome and that he was tired of hearing people cite defense as an excuse for wasting money. Eisenhower will go on na tionwide radio and TV at 3:15 p.m. (p.s.t.) Sunday. He said the talk also will include a report on his Latin American trip which starts Monday. No Fear for Safety Asked specifically whether he planned to carry to the people his side of the current defense debate, Eisenhower said he would suppose that during the talk he would in clude items such as the securi ty and strength of the United States. The President told report ers he has no fear for his safety during his tour of four major South American coun tries and does not think the Secret Service is worried. The President hinted, in re marks about Cuba, that U.S. patience eventually may run out with Fidel Castro s revolu tionary regime. Commenting on new Soviet trade and aid arrangements with Cuba, the President recalled that the Castro regime recently has re pudiated or disturbed a num. ber of the traditional econom ise arrangements under which me u.s. iriesuoi.neip xne u ban economy and people. Hopes for Agreement He concluded by saying that he hoped that the U.S. trou bles with Cuba could be work ed out so that the Cuban peo ple themselves would not suffer. Two True Bills Returned by Jury The Jackson county grand jury yesterday returned two true bills and one not true bill, according to District At torney Thomas J. Reeder. The grand jury returned true bills on Robert Carr Mix, Phoenix, Ore., charged with assault while being armed with a dangerous wea pon, and Roland Elmore Dod son, San Rafael, Calif., charged with receiving stolen property. A not true bill was return ed on Thomas Spurgeon Gray, 908 Lawnsdale st., Medford, charged with breaking and entering a home with intent to commit a crime. Mix was charged with pointing a .22 caliber rifle at Dean Harold DeBerry, sher iff's deputy, Nov. 13. Dodson was charged with receiving and concealing a .38 caliber pistol in August, 1958. Gray was charged with breaking into and entering a home at 2425 Neito st., Medford. 30-story building. The hill itself is 269 feet above the Rogue Valley hospital. A pent house and machinery room will go on top of the 10th story roof. The building is ex pected to be completed in November of this year, according to Construction Supervisor Walter McCormick.
