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M A -M uuu Mill m n n Regional Edition Medford 20 Pages MEDFORD, mjL2y?x' " i In o CONSTKUCT CONVERT -The "second of a four by eight foot concrete culvert, that will eventually extend from the Southern Pa cific tracks to Kings highway along Stewart ave., is now under construction by county crews. The first section, 430 feet long, was built last year. The one under construction will reach 700 feet to the Holly st. intersec tion, and two more sections will be built in succeeding years, according to County En Ike Said Not Telling Public About Defense Washington-(UPD-Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) today re newed his charge that Presi dent Eisenhower's adminis tration is telling Congress one 'giing and the public another about America's missile strength. Symington, secretary of air under former President Tru man and a 1960 presidential contender in his own right, said the people are "entitled not to be misled by false statements." No Reference To Remark In a Senate speech in ad vance of the President's sched uled TV-radio speech Sun day night, defending his de fense policies, Symington made no reference to the President's statement Wednes day denouncing as "despic able" any suggestion that he had deliberately misled the American people. But he said: "The American people are paying the bill. Their free dom is at stake. Therefore, they are entitled to have a summary of the facts. Above all, they are entitled not to be misled by false statements." No Secrets Released As for Republican charges that Democratic critics of the defense program have "leak ed," secret information, Sy mington said he knew of no member of the Congress "who has released, or has threat ened to release, classified in formation." Stayton, Ore. -(UPD- Prelim inary work has begun on a $500,000 food storage unit of Stayton Canning Company. Salem -0IPD- Gov. Mark Hatfield will attend the lunch eon next Monday in Portland of the Highway Lifesavers annual meeting. America Said Heading For Era of Editor's note This Is the last of five dispatches on the state of the nation s defenses. Charles Cord dry. Initrd Press International military affairs writer regularly assigned to the Pentagon, and John A. Goldsmith, I PI staff corre spondent who specializes in mili tary affairs in the Senate, evaluate the great defense debate in the following dispatch. By CHARLES CORDDRY and JOHN A. GOLDSMITH Washington -(UPD- America is militarily supreme today but is heading into an era of great danger as the rapid rise of Soviet power continues. That is a capsule conclusion emerging from the torrent of claims and counter-claims in the election-year defense de bate now rampant in Con gress. Most oi the debate has been OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1960 No. 281 DDT Average Person Gets Not Considered Enough for Hazard The amount of DDT the av erage" person gets in a .day, is not believed to be large enough to prove hazardous, GOP Women Hear Mrs. Daughtrey "All officers of the county and state Republican central committees will be expected to remain neutral in primary election contests," Mrs. Paul Daughtrey, Portland, told lo cal Republican women Thurs day noon. Mrs. Daughtrey, vice chair man of the Oregon Republican State Central committee, spoke to a small group of lo cal party workers at the home of Mrs. James Ragland in Phoenix. The state worker has vis ited all counties in the state to work for the Republican Recruit for 60" campaign. She said officers of affili ated organizations are also being asked to o bserve the same neutrality during the primary. "In . the 1958 campaign party leaders maintained a hands-off attitude toward pri mary contests involving Re publicans and were, there fore, able to swing their uni fied support in the general election to the Republican candidates selected by the voters," she said. Mrs. Daughtrey warned that any county officer accept ing an assignment with a con testing candidate should be encouraged to resign from the central committee. She reported finding "a great deal of enthusiasm all over the state" for the Re publican cause." Danger characterized by exaggera tions, confusion instead of clarification, and both politi cal and military maneuvering for advantage. Sweeping as sertions have been used to make complex matters of judgment seem like black and white issues. The debate nevertheless is driving home the central fact that a period of peril could lie just ahead in the arms race. Some reshuffling and possibly expansion of the Eis enhower administration's new defense budget seems likely in order to stiffen measures for offsetting Russia's missile superiority in the next three years. (Continued on page 2) , Price 10 Cents Tribune gineer Kobert Carstensen. The culvert win replace the large ditch that serves as a drainage canal for the Kings highway area, and will make it possible to widen Stewart ave. The county owns the south half of Stew art ave. in this section and the city of Med ford the north naif. County Bridge Super intendent Wesley Hartman, left above, checks on the construction progress. according to Dr. William F. Durham, . chief, . of . the" iVen atchee field station, U: Sv pub lic health. ervi6e. ' Dr. Durham based his state ment on experiments conduct ed by -the health service dur ing the last several' years. He was one of several speakers Thursday evening at a public meeting on the health hazards in the use of pesti cides in agriculture. More than 50 persons at tended the meeting in the county courthouse. Education Programs Richard E. Hatchard, chief of the air pollution control section, Oregon state board of health, stated that air pollu tion, as a result of the use of pesticides, generally could be remedied through education programs. Hatchard, who recently conducted a survey of the air pollution problem in Jackson county, said his department was working on the local re port and hoped "to have it completed within two months." He commented that the staff was currently work ing 40 per cent below quota. Another speaker was Dr. J. D. Patterson, chief chemist for the Oregon department of agriculture. He reveiwed the three laws which govern the state's food supplies. He stressed that the department was primarily concerned with milk and dairy products, men tioning the problem of forage for dairy cattle, as any resi due on the hay will show up in the milk. - (Continued on page 2) Tires Burn Off Freight Truck Central Point - Two tires burned off the trailer of a Converse freight truck on Highway 99 on Blackwell hill last night, according to state police and Central Point rural firemen. Firemen, who were sum moned by police at 11:10 p.m., said one tire apparently blew out and that friction caused the blaze. A cross-member of the truck frame also was dam aged. Police said Gordon W. Walker, San Francisco, the driver, was notified of the fire by a motorist. The truck driver, drivers from two other trucks and a state police officer investigat ing the incident used fire ex tinguishers to help put out the fire, police said. Salem -(UPD- The Oregon Water Resources Board has scheduled its next meeting for March 5 in the State Capitol building. Taxation Plan On Oregon Timber Recommended Exemption Period Included in Plan Eugene -(UPD- The Legisla tive Interim Tax Committee meeting here today heard the Oregon Tax Commission rec ommend a major revision dealing with ad valorem taxa tion of timber. The plan calls for a partial severence tax to offset a re duction in total property taxes paid by timber and timber lands to about half the current level. The plan includes complete exemption from property tax of young reproduction forest crops during the early years of growth. The commission said the average exemption period could be expected to extend for 30 or 35 years but even longer in areas where the growth is slow. Timberlands, under the pro posal, would remain subject to property tax at the current level, an average of about $12.50 per acre. Includes Other Items Other items covered by the plan include: -Immateur growing timber of about 35 to 80 years would be subject to valuation at about one-eighth of current valuation level. -Old growth and second growth timber of merchant able size would be subject to tax at a valuation of 20 per cent of current retail value. Reduction in property tax on the old growth class would be about one-third. The Commission tecom mended that the difference in tax between the present prop erty tax and the reduced property tax proposed would be collected by a severance tax applied to all timber cut in the state, including timber from public lands. In Salem, Gov. Mark Hat field praised 'the plan. He said it accomplished "the "two principles of encouraging con servation and providing equity." Club Launches Plan For New Building Members of Medford Busi ness and Professional Wo men's club have launched plans for construction of a women's memorial club build ing in Medford. Under present plans, other women's organi zations of the city and valley will be invited to participate in the project. The group voted earlier this season to explore the idea, and committees1 were named by Mrs. Nell Faulkner, presi dent. At a meeting last night at Girls Community club, an outline of the proposal, draft ed by the special projects committee, was read and ap proved. A letter to women's organi zations concerning - the idea will be mailed soon, accord ing to Mrs. Inez Friel, chair man of the committee. Other members of the committee are the Mesdames Florence Lance, Beulah Nathan, Ethel Tenant, Margaret Preston and Jean Mast, and Miss Laura York. Speaker for last night's meeting was Jennings Pierce, who spoke of the area's eco nomic development and en couraged the group to under take the building project. "But This I Will Tell You The Fellow Who Lived Here Eight Years Ago Is To Blame." QUEEN ELIZABETH Nation Overjoyed Funds for Family Counseling Plan Sought in County The Southern Oregon Child Guidance clinic will include approximately $8,000 for a family counseling service in its budget request for the new year, Dr. C. I. Drummond, Jackson county public health officer, said today. The request has been made by a group of interested citi zens. The Jackson County Health board is administrator of the clinic. The approximately $8,000 includes the salary of a fam ily counselor and clerical as sistant. The federal govern ment, through the state health department, would reimburse the county for half the total needed, Dr. Drummond said. Remainder of Budget ' The county pays $2,000 a year and provides quarters for the clinic operation, the re mainder of the total budget al lowance comes from fees charged patients who can af ford them and from federal funds allocated through the state health department. Present staff members in clude a social worker, secre tary, a part-time psychiatrist and part-time psychologist. "Some citizens have felt for some time that a family coun selor would help materially to straighten out some of the cases the clinic handles," Dr. Drummond commented. "Many of the troubles these children have stem from fam ily troubles." The movement for a family counseling service is being sought by school . officials, Jackson County Medical So ciety, and the Medford Minis terial association, the public health officer said. $7,500 Approved for Rogue River Sewer Plan A $1,500 erant for prelimi nary planning of a sanitary sewer system in Rogue River has been approved by the com munity facilities administra tion, housing and home fi nance agency. - The aDDroval was an nounced by Sen. Kicnard L. Neuberger and Rep. Charles O. Porter. Announcement Brings Joy To Entire Nation Eisenhower May Be One of Godfathers London (UPD Queen Eliza beth gave birth today to a son, the first princeling to be born to a reigning British monarch in more than a cen tury. Both mother and son were doing well. The infant prince, as yet unnamed, was born at 7:30 a.m. (p.s.t.) Posting of the official an nouncement on the palace gates sent up an explosion of cheering from the hundreds of watchful Britons outside. It brought joy to an entire na tion and its partners in the British Commonwealth. Signed by Doctors The announcement de clared: "The Queen was safely de livered of a son at 3:30 p.m. today. Her Majesty and the infant prince are doing well." The announcement was signed by the Queen's four doctors, who had been to gether in Buckingham Pal ace since early today. The baby, second in line to the throne from the moment of birth, was born in the Bel gian Suite on the ground floor of the 690-room palace. The suite had been converted into a delivery room for the oc casion. Princess Now Third Word was flashed around the world to Commonwealth nations and to the heads of state of other lands. ;' The newborn son will not be named-for- several days -or a week. There has been some speculation that President Eisenhower might be one of the child's godfathers. Prince Charles, 11, is the heir. Princess Anne, 9, now drops behind her new broth er to third in line. Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister and the baby's aunt, becomes fourth. The official announcement of the birth was made 30 min utes after the delivery. It cli maxed nearly 30 hours of ten sion that grew to almost impossible proportions. Council Approves Town Affiliation The Medford city council last night approved a recom mendation of the town affilia tion committee that Alba, Italy, be selected as Medford's sister city. Mayor John Snider will correspond with the Alba city government and ask that they join with Medford in a pro gram recommended by Presi dent Eisenhower in 1956 to establish a person to person relationship between U.S. and foreign cities. All that is now needed is Alba's approval and the in formal union wil lbecome ef fective. Medford would be the sec ond Oregon city to participate in the program and the small est city in the U.S. to do so. Portland established a sister city relationship with Sap poro, Japan, last year. Discoverer Satellite Launching Failure Vandenberg AFB, Calif .-(UPD -The Discoverer X satellite was deliberately destroyed to day seconds after launching because it veered from its course. It was the first time in the Discoverer series that a launching attempt had failed. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday with patchy valley fog Saturday morning. Low tonight 28. High Saturday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest this Morning 30 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:03 ajn. Moonrise tomorrow 1:38 a.m. Last Quarter today 3:48 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS (Their approximate distances from the Earth tonight) Venus 126 million miles. Mars , 200 million miles. Jupiter 529 million miles Saturn one Billion miles & : ' i"v-.: - . u. STAY GRANTED "Thank man's remark when informed shortly before midnight that California Gov. Edmund Brown had ordered a 60-day stay of execution. Chessman, shown above, was scheduled to die at 10 a.m. today in San Quentin Prison's gas chamber. (UPI Telephoto) Morse Officially Entered in Oregon Primary Election Salem (UPD - The name- of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) was entered officially today as a presidential candidate on the Oregon primary ballot. Petitions to assure entry of Morse's name on the May 20 ballot were filed by E. G. Neal, retired Salem logger who heads the Morse-for-President drive in Oregon. Entered in Others More than 7,000 signatures representing all of Oregon's 36 counties were filed. Only 1,000 were required.' Morse also has declared himself a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomi nation in primaries in Mary land and the District of Co lumbia. He also has hinted he may enter the Wisconsin pri mary. Neal said circulation of the petitions was his own doing and that when he began the campaign, Morse attempted to discourage him. If the petitions had not been filed, it is doubtful if Morse's name would have ap peared in this state primary. A new law permits the Ore gon secretary of state to select names of candidates on the basis of their general BULLETIN Washington (UPD The United Slates apologixed to Cuba today for what was admitted to be an un authorized flight over Cu ban territory of a light plane from a Florida airfield. Special FBI-Sponsored Conference on Auto Theft Draws 70 Police Officers Approximately 70 southern Oregon police officers attend ed a special FBI - sponsored conference on auto theft yes terday in the Medford city hall. Joseph E. Thornton, special agent in charge of the Port land office of the FBI, was in charge of the meeting. He said it was not the purpose of the conference to solve spe cific problems or give specific answers, but to make each po lice agency aware of what a large problem auto theft has become. The discussion centered around a panel consisting of Jackson County Sheriff Joe Walsh. Medford Chief of Po lice Charles P. Champlin, Ore gon State Police Lt. Earl Tichenor, Klamath Falls Chief of Police Charles Howard, Fred Douglas, Portland agent of the National Automobile Theft bureau. Verne Hill, di rector oi the Oregon depart Alii you, warden," was Caryl Chess advocacy - in national news media. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., a Republican, said the law here is meant to exclude all favorite son candidates. Appling has full power to choose those names he believes are nationally ad vocated. Muster Day Set By Guard Sunday National Guard Muster Day will be held throughout Oregon Sunday, Feb. 21, and Mayor John W. Snider has asked citizens of Medford to visit the local unit. s The event, he said, is de signed to focus attention on the local National Guard unit and the role it plays in the community. Muster Day has been planned to give the general public an opportunity to see the National Guard's facilities and watch actual demonstra tions of the unit's equipment, Mayor Snider explained. He pointed out that the Guard deserves the citizen's support because it serves both as a valuable part of our coun try's defense and as a relief force in times of natural dis asters. By supporting the National Guard Sunday, it will give those citizens who are not ac tively engaged in the defense of the nation a chance to sup port those who are, he point ed out." ment of motor vehicles, and special FBI Agents Max E. Taylor and Howard B. Patter son of Portland, in addition to Thornton. Special Techniques According to Pa 1 1 e r s o n, there was much discussion concerning special techniques to be used in apprehending car thieves and preventive measures that can be taken to prevent the thefts in the first place. Another topic of discussion concerned the needed cooper ation among law enforcement agencies in apprehending car thieves. Patterson said auto theft is one of the most frequently violated laws in the country and' if the present rate of thefts continue, it . is esti mated that 9,000,000 cars will be stolen within the next gen eration. . Hill was on hand to discuss the special aspects ot car Reprieve Born Of Indecision, World Protests Governor To Call Special Session San Quentin, Calif. - (UPD -Carvl Chessman, 38, escaped death by 10 hours today with a reprieve born of world pro tests, indecision over capital punishment, and concern over President Eisenhower's Latin American tour next week. Gov. Edmund G. Brown ordered a 60-day stay of execu tion shortly after midnight and said he would call a spe cial session of the Legislature next month to give the peo ple of California an oppor tunity "to express themselves once more on capital punish ment." ' Thus, the life of the con demned robber, rapist and kidnaper was spared for the eighth time in lH-i years. He had been scheduled to die in the San Quentin Prison gas chamber at 10 a.m. today. Telegram Epresses Fear Brown was influenced by the issue of capital punish ment and a State Department telegram expressing fear of anticipated hostile demon strations" during Eisenhow er's tour of South America which starts Monday. This was a startling twist in the story of a sex pervert who studied law in prison, became a best seller author and drew worldwide atten tion to his fight to escape death. In Washington, White House and State Department spokesmen said the reprieve did not result from any rec ommendation on their part. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, said it was "automatic" for the State Department to send a message reporting that the government of Uruguay feared hostile demonstrations during Eisen hower's visit there. Not Interfering A State Department spokes man emphasized that the de partment had "no intention of interfering in any way" with California's jurisdiction and that the message concerning Uruguay was "normal pro cedure." Notified of the reprieve by San Quentin Warden Fred Dickson, Chessman said: "You wouldn't kid me, would you, warden?" When Dickson assured him it was true, Chessman said: "Thank you. This is a great surprise. I really didn't ex pect it." Proposed 4-H Camp To Be Inspected Jackson county 4-H leaders and members will inspect a proposed 4-H summer camp site on Thompson creek in the lower Applegate area Sunday, according to Allen Harris, 4-H Leaders' association presi dent. The camp committee will leave the courthouse parking lot at 1:30 p.m. Sunday to in spect the site and all inter ested persons are welcome, Harris said. The 20-acre site is being considered after the forest service converted the organi zation camp site at Lake of the Woods, Harris said. Portland - (UPD - Floyd J. Campbell of Portland has been elected president and di rector of Electronic Data Pro cessing Center, Inc. licensing in relation to stolen cars and how the department assists police agencies in catching thieves by dissem inating license plate informa tion on a 24-hour basis. Fourth Conference The conference here which lasted for 5V hours was the fourth of five that have been held throughout the state. Other conferences have al ready been held in Ontario, Pendleton, Coos Bay and the fifth will be held in Portland next week. Among other police de partments represented at con ference w re Gold HilL Butte Falls, Central Point, Grants Pass and Corvallis. One of the most important things to come out of the con ference, Patterson said, is that the car theft problem is com mon to all law enforcement agencies, whether large or small, and can best be solved through cooperative efforts.
