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$7!0,000 1 fas m IFIr on NatSves (Impress Medford Youth on Circle off (Globe By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau Washington-Pete Kershaw, a 21-year-old college student from Medford, has just travel ed around the world in five months, but he was no ugly American to the natives. "They're friendly. They like Americans and things Ameri can - especially in Japan. In a youth hostel, they even ask ed me for the labels off my clothes," he said. Young Kershaw is the son of Gordon Kershaw of Med ford. His father is now in the n u r s e r y business, growing dwarf fruit trees. Pete has been a student at Lewis and Clark, Portland, for the past two years, and he intends to enroll at Oregon State, Cor vallis, in March. His major is business and economics. Skimmed Oyer Europe Kershaw spent most of his time hitchhiking through the Far East; he skimmed over Europe during the winter months and came home early because it was so cold. He first went to Hawaii, then to Japan, Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Thailand, Malaya and India. He did take the train at times, but a good part of his time was spent investigating how the people lived. He hitchiked from Bangkok to Singapore and traveled a good distance by horse-drawn cart. "Of course we couldn't com municate except by smiles -the universal language. I de pended on the native villages for food and shelter," Ker shaw said. He was in India during President Eisenhower's visit and he innocently shared in the reflected glory. "When the President was making his speech before one million people, for some rea son the Indians thought I must be part of the official party, and they made way for me and ushered me up front," he said. Impressed By Response Kershaw was very much impressed by the crowd's emotional response to the President. His speech seemed to have an electrical effect on the people, he said. "So many were sitting there in rags, dirty and dispirited. But as the President's words were translated to them, their faces began to glow. You could just sense the feeling of hope that was being given them," Kershaw continued. The starving people of In dia affected Kershaw too. He said it was almost more than he could bear to see so many little scrawny children beg ging, ne hand pointing to their hungry mouths, the oth er patting their stomachs. Avoided Beggers In defense of his peace of mind, he began deliberately getting to the railroad station just before the train left, to avoid seeing the swarms of beggers who would descend on the travelers. Kershaw also said that the birth control controversy, which made such headlines here, received scant attention in the English-language pa pers which he read in New Delhi and Singapore. He pointed out that India has almost no industry as con trasted with prosperous , Ja panl and this she needs above all if her population is to be fed. Kershaw started off with $1500 which he had earned by working last summer in his father's orchard. He also sold his car to finance the trip. He will be broke but happy when he arrives in Medford around Feb. 20. He loved Japan and spent over two weeks there. 'The first thing I saw when I got off the train in Tokyo was a Mobilgas station," he said, noting that Japan's me tropolis of nine million people is very westernized. "The Japanese are extreme ly polite and friendly -except at the movies and in subways. Then they become running, jumping fiends. At the movies they don't wait for the depart- WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy this evening, becoming low over cast or foggy in valley early Friday. Fair Friday. Colder to night with low 28-30. High Fri day 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday si Lowest this Morning 35 Prec to 10 a.m. Today 07 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:04 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow ..12:32 a.m. Last Quarter Feb. 19 PROMINENT STARS Sirius. due south 9:02 p.m. Procyon, high in south ,., , 9:5 p.m. Regulus, high in south 12:24 a.m. (Procyon is between Sirius and Regulus and a little nearer Sirius) ing crowd to get out of the theatre-they elbow them out of the way; jump over seats. Then after everyone is seated they revert to the polite bow ing and smiling at their neigh bors," he said. Young People Eager Kershaw spent most of his time outside Tokyo in north ern Japan, and during that time he didn't see one Caucas ian. He stayed mostly in youth hostels where the young people were most eager to know all about America. They examined his clothing eager ly, in admiration. He was in Hong Kong for two and one-half weeks, and he got quite close to the Red Chinese border. The mainland is only one and one-half miles across the bay, and Hong Kong is teeming with refu gees. "So many of the refugees are starving. They have no nationality. The British let them live in Hong Kong, but won't give them citizenship so they can emigrate elsewhere," he said. "It is tragic. Whole families set up shop on a street. Per haps one member will carve something to sell. At night the whole family folds up shop and sleeps out on the street," he continued. Kershaw also went to Ma cao, the Portuguese island to which many refugees escaped, Communists have also infil trated heavily there. They have Red Chinese schools and libraries. The Canton river flows through Macao; on one side is freedom, on the other the mainland of China. The river is perhaps 800 yards wide. A village is directly across the river, Kershaw said. "You can see the Red Chi nese building a dam, and all the people able to work are removed from the village to the work camp. They can never rejoin their children or old people left behind in the village. "It is only three miles from the village to the damsite, but they are , not .allowed to go back and forth. Red Chinese gunboats go up and down river constantly, searching for people who try to get away, Kershaw said. Everywhere Kershaw went, he found the ubiquitous coke. American movies had pre ceded him too. "Everybody wants to go to America," he said. Properly Purchase On Council Agenda The Medford city council will consider the purchase of several pieces of property ne cessary for the extension of 10th st. at its meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the city hall. The city will have to ac quire the properties and others before it can go ahead with the proposed extension of 10th st. west from Portland ave. to Riverside ave., which will include a new bridge over Bear creek. Also on tonight's agenda will be the consideration of a request from the Southern Pa cific company to install two additional switch tracks at McAndrews rd. to serve Tim ber Products company. Portland - IUPD - The Uni versity of Portland has open ed a drive to raise $655,000 for construction of Delaunay Memorial Center. 'Marvelous! Now Who Can We Trust To Be In Charge Of It?" Kershaw flew into Rome on Christmas day, from Athens. Up to this point he had need ed nothing but light clothing, and it was freezing in Rome No stores were open the day after Christmas, so he left for Switzerland and warmer clothing. Snow at Monte Carlo Because of the bitter cold weather, Kershaw hurried through Europe. "There was even snow at Monte Carlo and Nice, France. Unheard of!" he laughed. This convinced him to cut his travels short and return to the U.S. After spending several days in Washington where he vis ited the office of Congressman Charles O. Porter, Kershaw was off for New York. He planned to buy a car, and drive cross-country to Med ford. "I'll be glad to get home," he sighed. "I'm . looking for ward to registering-I'll be able to vote for the first time this year." Gold Hill Youth Shot Accidentally Fred Spangler, 16, of 483 First ave., Gold Hill, was re ported in good condition at Sacred Heart hospital today following an accidental shoot ing Wednesday shortly after noon. According to Jackson coun ty sheriffs deputies, Spangler was walking though the woods with his two brothers when he decided to practice "quick draw" shooting with his .22 caliber pistol. The bullet entered his right leg about three inches below the knee, officers said. Fol lowing the accident his broth ers carried the injured boy to the highway about Vz mile from the Dardanelle Richfield Service station. He was brought to Medford by Med ford Ambulance service. 28,433 Registered To Vote in County A total of 28,433 persons were registered to vote in Jackson county as of Feb. 11, according to County Clerk E. M. Madden. A break-down of the num ber registered shows that 14,- 562 are Republicans; 13,274, Democrats, and 597, miscel laneous. The Republican mar gin over Democrats is 1,288. Madden encouraged resi dents to register before the deadline which is April 19, or 30 days prior to the elec tion. Residents must have lived in Oregon for six months by May 19 to be eligible to vote in the May 20 primary. This also applies to those who will be 21 years of age on or be fore May 19, Madden said. No Program To Cut Grazing Use Washington - (UPD Rep. Hamer H. Budge (R-Idaho) said the forest service and bureau of land management have assured a congressional group they have no general program for reduction in graz ing use. The group met today with representatives of the two agencies to discuss curtail ment of grazing use at pres ent and in the future. Controversy Said Hurting Over-All Plan Editor's note: This is the fourth of five dispatches on the nation's defenses by the military affairs writer of United Press International. By CHARLES CODDRY Washington (UPD The mis sile controversy has distract ed attention from President Eisenhower's over-all defense plan as spelled out in his fiscal 1961 budget. It is a hold-the-line plan that gives unqualified satis- CHARLES O. PORTER Seeks Third Term Porter Announces Two Candidacies Washington (UPD Rep. Charles O. Porter (D) today announced his candidacy for a third term as congressman from Oregon's fourth district. In addition to filing for the Democratic nomination to suc ceed himself, Porter said he also is filing for state delegate to the Democratic national convention. Porter, who first was elect ed to Congress in 1956 and was reelected in 1958, said in a statement that"I am grate ful to the voters for twice electing me to Congress." "I enjoy my work and am trying to learn how to serve my constituents better," the 40-year-old congressman said. Porter said his activities in office "have been wide in scope because vital interests of the people I represent are worldwide." ' He was defeated in his first try for Congress in 1954 by Republican incumbent Harris Ellsworth. He defeated Ells worth in 1956. Disc jockey Admits Accepting Payola Washington - (UPD Found: A former disc jockey who ad mits he took payola. House investigators made public closed-door testimony in which Norman Prescott ad mitted he accepted $9,955 for playing songs of four record companies over WBZ and WBZ-TV, Boston. Prescott's testimony was re leased Wednesday while the House subcommittee met in closed-door session to question Harry Carter, president, treas urer, and majority stockhold er in Music Suppliers, Inc., Boston, which Prescott said paid him $5,515. Two Appear in Circuit Court Here Appearing before Circuit Judge James M. Main Wednesday were Robert Carr Mix, Phoenix, charged with assault while being armed with a dangerous weapon, and Roland Elmore Dodson, San Rafael, Calif., charged with receiving stolen proper ty. Mix, who was charged with pointing a .22 caliber rifle at Dean H. DeBerry, sheriff's deputy, Nov 13, entered a plea of innocent to the charge. The court appointed Sam Harbison as attorney for Dodson. Hearing Scheduled On Trucking Charge A hearing will be conduct ed in Salem Friday afternoon on charges that a Medford motor carrier hauled glue on three occasions when his per mit restricted him to trans port of lumber products. PUC Transportation Direct or James E. Singleton filed the complaint against C- J. Hamilton. Singleton claimed Hamilton transported glue from Forest Grove to Med ford without authority and asked a penalty totaling $300. faction to very few and wor ries very many. Military chiefs support it only with major reservations, and some field commanders challenge some of its basic premises. Cut of $70 Million The plan calls for $40,577, 000,000 in new money, a cut of $70 million from this year. Actual spending will increase $50 million to a total of $40, 995,000,000. The true measure of U.S. military strength is whether it can back up American diplomacy, serve as a believ able deterrent to aggression in the eyes of the Russians and win a war if it should come. Eisenhower says unequivo cally that the military plan does just that. Hopes for Support He is standing pat, assert ing he considered all the is sues now being raised public ly before he put his budget together. He is depending on his great prestige as a former five-star general to win na tional support for his view. (Continued on Page 2) Tentative Date Set For Budget Hearing March 15 has been set as tentative date for a hearing at the Southwest district office here of the state department of forestry on budgets cover ing the cost of forest protec tion. The Southwest district and the Rogue and Siskiyou Na tional forests will participate in the hearing. Interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard on matters dealing with protection costs where their lands are concerned. Gambling Device Bail Forfeited Allen Pleas McClanahan, custodian for the Fraternal Order of Eagles hall here, for feited $100 bail in district court Wednesday, when he failed to appear on a charge of illegal possession of gam bling devices. ' McClanahan was arrested by Medford city police Jan. 18 following a search of the hall which led to the discovery of 11 slot machines. The search was made on a district court warrant. McClanahan pleaded inno cent to the charge Jan. 19. According to the district at torney's office, the $100 bail forfeited was the maximum penalty that could have been made in the case. No further legal action is contemplated by the state, it was reported, as they are now seeking to have the confiscated machines destroyed. Beck-Fruehauff Indictments Dropped New York -(UPD- A labor law indictment against former Teamsters Union President Dave Beck and the Fruehauff Trailer Company of Detroit was dismissed today by Fed eral Judge Sidney Sugarman. Portland (UPD Oregon's National Guardsmen will put on their uniforms Sunday to hold an open house at armor ies and bases throughout the state. SNUG FIT - Warren Kunstler, 13, is shova with a Chihauhua puppy which just fits in a hot dog bun. The boy's mother is trying to keep the two-ounce pup alive with a special formula. IUPI Telephoto) Regional Edition Medford 38 Pages MEDFORD, A - "V A . 1 jl ' TEST PUMPER - Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker, right, and Ralph VanTuyl, field engineer for American LaFrance cor poration, watch from the East Main st. bridge as the new Medford fire department pumper was put through performance tests this morning. Barker and Fireman Ed Evans went to the American LaFrance HOWELL APPLING JR. First With Candidacy ing; v To Seek Election Eueene (UPD Howell Ap- Dline Jr.. appointed Republi can secretary- of - state last year by Gov. Mark Hatfield, announced Wednesday night he will seek election to the post. , Appling is the first person in either party to announce his candidacy for secretary of state. . He said his decision to run was motivated by the "con viction that citizens who be lieve in a sound government and the fundamental prin ciples of democracy can no longer afford to be compla cent spectators." Appling, 40, managed his own logging and farm equip ment business in Portland be fore his appointment Jan. 12, 1959. Drunk Driving Arrests In January Total 753 Salem -(UPD- A total of 733 Oregon motorists were sen tenced in January for driving while intoxicated and paid $16,280 in fines, according to state police records. State police made 1,251 ar rests for violation of the basic rule. Appl OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960 No. 280 Diving Pool Project At Jackson Given Up The City of Medford will not have a diving pool at the Jackson park swimming pool project if the "reluctant" rec ommendation of the parks and recreation commission is ac cepted by the city council. With less than a week to go until the city's 60-day contract option to include a diving pool in the project runs out, the commission last night unani mously : recommended that, due to lack of funds, the city proceed with the swimming pool only and cease attempts to include the diving pool in the project at the present time. Concerning the recommen dation, Commission Chairman Russ Jamison said, "Because of the unhappy realization that the $17,000 necessary to build the diving pool would have to come out of the parks and recreation budget, we re luctantly recommended against it rather than jeop adize the rest of the already Snow Storm Adds To Olympic Woes Squaw Valley, Calif-(UPD-A swirling snow storm added to the woes of the Winter Olym pic Games today. Traffic was snarled and the snow delayed the arrival of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who was to open the games officially at 1:30 p.m. (p.s.t.) Nixon had planned 'to take a helicopter from Reno to Squaw Valley, but had to change his plans because .of the snow. He was to take an automobile for the 45-mile trip and was not expected to arrive until afternoon missing the dediction of Blyth Arena. The snow started falling at 4 a.m., and was getting heav ier six hours later. More than seven inches of snow had fallen. Hillcrest Escapee Captured in City . Citv nolice arrested a 17- vpar-nld Medford girl this morning who is alleged to be an escapee from the Hillcrest School for Girls in Salem. . Police said the girl is one of seven who reportedly escaped from the scnooi dur ing heavy fog last Tuesday. Four of the eirls were appre hended near Salem shortly after the escape, they said. The Medford girl was ar rested at her home by police at 8:25 a.m. today ana con fined to the county jail on a charge of escape. Treasurer's Office Gets Liquor Payment The county treasurer's of fice this week received a check for $7,514.14 from the secretary of state for payment of quarterly alcohol beverage tax. According t o Treasurer Karl Janouch, the money is added to the county relief fund. This payment is approx imately $500 more than for the like period last year. Price 10 Cents Tribune L factory in Elmira, N.Y., to pick up the new truck last week. The four-hour test was conducted by Dick Wagner of the Oregon Insurance Rating bureau. The pumper, rated at 1,000 gallons per minute, was pur chased with Medford Rural Fire Protection district funds and will be used both in the city and in rural districts, Barker said. expanded parks and recrea tion program." He added that, "In view of the rising cost of all parks and recreation services, the commission couldn't, in good conscience, recommend the $17,000 expenditure here when other services will serve more people." As an alternative, the commission did recommend that Parks and Recreation Di rector Robert Haworth come up with an expanded program at the. Hawthorne park pool which would include more comprehensive diving facili ties. Jamison said it is the com mission's opinion that this will be possible because the new pool will take much of the present swimiming load from the Hawthorne pool,! thereby making an expanded diving program there practi cal. Several ' commission mem bers expressed the opmion that the Jackson park project will be incomplete without the diving facility and that the commission should look to acquiring one sometime in the future. In other action last night, the commission noted the suc cess of the recent children's basketball free-throw contest sponsored jointly by the YMCA and the city and said both agencies are to be con gratulated for their coopera tion in this project. Haworth said the city pro vided the awards and publici ty for the contest upon re quest of the YMCA which did the field work and supervised the actual contest. He said the turn-out was excellent and he is pleased that the two agen cies were able to work so well together for the first time. Haworth told the commis sion that money donated to the department by the Moose lodge some time ago will be used to acquire modernistic Dlav apparatus for the city s parks and that plans for this apparatus should be fortneom- ing- - Jamison said acquiring the apparatus seems to be a good idea as two other organiza tions have also expressed an interest in contributing money for similar equipment. Two Hanged in Effigy At Corvallis Campus Corvallis -(UPD- The director of dormitories and the head dietician for the dormitories for Oregon State College were hanged in effigy here today by students protesting food being served. Chessman Lawyers File For Stay of San Francisco UPD A. L. Wirin, attorney for Caryl Chessman, announced that he would file today an applica tion in the California Supreme Court asking for a stay of execution for Chessman. The convict - author faced what appeared to be the final 24 hours of his llVi year fight for life. He is scheduled to Portland Plant, School, Bowling Alley Destroyed Flames Light Up Sky in Portland By United Press International A spectacular five - alarm fire gutted the Western Door and Plywood Corporation building in northwest Port land Wednesday night, cli maxing a damaging day which saw three big Oregon blazes cause an estimated $750,000 damage. Earlier fires Wednesday de stroyed a bowling alley at Baker in eastern Oregon and an elementary school at Em pire on the southern Oregon coast. Some 28 pieces of equip ment were called out to fight the Portland fire which for a time menaced an entire indus trial block. Firemen battled the flames for' two hours. It broke out about 7:30 p.m. Damage Estimates Given Fire Marshal Dale Gilman estimated damage to the four- story plywood corporation at $250,000. Damage to the Baker Bowl at Baker from a Wednesday morning blaze was estimated at $200,000. Loss was esti mated at $300,000 to the Mich igan avenue elementary school at Empire which burn ed in mid-day. The 408 stu dents escaped safely. The Portland fire lighted up the night sky and gutted the concrete and frame struc ture of the plywood firm. The blaze also damaged the Port land Ice Company. Meeting Breaks Up A sidelight to the Portland fire was the breaking up by a fire for the first time in 40 years a meeting of the Port land Fire Fighters association. More than 50 firemen left the meeting in a hurry when the fifth alarm was turned in. Cause . of the blaze wasn't immediately determined. Owners said they planned to rebuild the Baker bowling alley. Most of the loss was covered by insurance. The fire at the big Empire elementary school was be lieved to have started in a boy's rest room. The students evacuated the building safely in 55 seconds. The gymnasium was saved. Principal George Tait suffered minor cuts. The loss was covered by insur ance. Ruling Expected In Weapons Case District Judge E. Roy Ba shaw is expected to rule this afternoon in the case of Albert Milton Brown, 69, Eagle Point, who is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Preliminary hearing in the case was held this morning in district court. Witnesses testi fying for the state were Carl Milton Hoist, 56, Camp White domiciliary, who was injured in a shooting incident Satur day afternoon, and a sheriffs deputy. . Brown gave a statement, not under oath, in his own behalf. Attorney for the defendant is Alan Holmes. District At torney Thomas J. Reeder pre sented the state's case. Brown was arrested Satur day following an argument which was reported to have occurred at his home. 35 Appointments Made for Blood Thirty - five appointments have been made to donate blood when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Medford Tuesday, Feb. 23, the local Red Cross chapter said today. A total of 350 donors are needed to assure collection of the 290-pint quota, officials reminded residents. The Bloodmobile will be at the lo cal Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford, between 1 and 6 p.m. Appointments may be made by telephoning the blood pro gram office at the Red Cross building, SPring 3-3813. Execution enter the San Quentin Prison gas chamber at 10 a.m. (p.s.t.) Friday for the crimes of kid nap with bodily harm. Wirin said the decision to return to the courts was made after Gov. Edmund G. Brown refused to grant a 10-day re prieve so attorneys could re turn to the state Supreme Court 1
