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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960
Section A
No. 279
Me
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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.