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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.
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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.
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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
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