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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) ,
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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.
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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
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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.