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Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Section A Bodies of Americans Drift Onto Soviet Territory; Help Sought GROUND BREAKING Edward Jones (second from right) gets ready to turn the first shovelful of dirt Sunday afternoon during ground breaking ceremonies for the new Central Point city hall. Jones has been Central Point city treasurer for 35 years. About 50 persons attended the event and heard Mayor Freeman Mason (right) ex plain that the new building will bring un der one roof the Central Point city offices, including the fire and police departments, nd the city library. He said he hopes the Children Among 16 To Lose Lives In Home Blazes By United Press International Residential fires took a heavy toll of life today in areas where householders were heating their homes against the late winter chill. Twelve children were among the 16 victims of ma jor tragedies in three states. At Oberlin, Ohio, fire took only 15 minutes to spread through a frame home, appar ently from the explosion of a defective oil heater. Seven children died in the smoke and flames, one of them Sheila Isom, 8, who led two children to safety and per ished trying to rescue six more trapped by a wall of flame in a rear room. Five Die in Virginia At Harrisonburg, Va., a pre-dawn fire took the lives of five persons, including two children, and injured nine other persons. Three children were dropped to safety by an unidentified man who leaped to safety after the rescue. The dead were trapped on the sec ond floor of the old building. At Bluff Springs, Fla., a gas explosion blasted a small frame home, killing Mrs. Lit tle Mae Merchant, 66. and three of her grandchildren. (See Story on Page 2) About 750 Expected At Salem 'Aircade' Salem-(UPD-About 750 busi nessmen and others from Ore gon, Washington and northern California are expected here March 1 for the fourth annual National Chamber of Com merce "aircade for congres sional action." Speechmakers Join Bargain Hunters For Fling on Washington - (UPD - Speech makers and bargain hunters had their annual George Washington's birthday fling today with 99-cent autos and a speech the first president never delivered heading the list. Farewell Address Read Patriotic organizations laid wreaths at Washington's tomb at nearby Mt. Vernon,' Va. The Senate and House follow ed their annual custom of listening to readings of Wash ington's 7,641-word Farewell Address, which he issued for publication but never deliv ered publicly. The bargain hunters faced an obstacle this year. A snow MEDFORD, OREGON, Monroe Sweetland May Seek Office of Secretary Salem-flJPD-State Sen. Mon roe Sweetland (D-Milwaukie) said today he will announce in two weeks whether he will be an candidate for Oregon secretary of state. He is expected to run and oppose the incumbent appoin tee, Republican Howell Ap pling Jr. Sweetland said he will have "some discussions" next week about his candidacy "which will be decisive." Tempted. To Run "I am certainly tempted to run by all the circumstances, including the lack of a record of the incumbent," he said, "and I'm anxious to see the breakdown on the claims of economy." Bloodmobile to Visit In Medford Tuesday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will make its quarterly visit to Medford tomorrow from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave. Officials reported today that only 50 appointments had been made so far for the visit. The quota is 350 donors for 290 pints. Red Cross officials reminded valley residents that the quota has not been met since the fall visit of the Bloodmobile in 1958. Appointments may be made by contacting the Red Cross office or donors may stop by the building Tuesday after noon. Washington's blanket of up to two inches fell on the capital Sunday night and threatened to snarl the usually heavy traffic brought out by the holiday sales. Customers began lining up for the zany money-saving orgy as early as Thursday. Hundreds turned out in the early hours today well ahead of store openings. Bus for Customers One enterprising merchant didn't take any chances on his customers being frozen out. He hired a large bus and parked it in front of his store to provide shelter for the waiting buyers. A used car dealer offered a MONDAY, FEBRUARY building of the new structure will open the way for other new construction in the city. At left is Mrs. Wava Cummings, widow of J. M. Cummings, Central Point marshal for a number of years, and Don Faber. The city hall will be built at the site of the old fire hall and former city hall. Contractor for the $14,444 structure is the R and M Construction company. The building will be occupied within 90 days. (Knackstedt photo) of State Appling said several weeks ago that his department has saved about $235,000 during his one year in office. He an nounced last week that he will be a candidate to suc ceed himself this year. Sweetland was an unsuc cessful candidate for secretary of state in 1956 against now Gov. Mark Hatfield, losing by 18,643 votes. Appling succeed ed Hatfield as secretary. Of the savings, Sweetland said "He's talking about im provements on Hatfield's pol icy (when Hatfield was secre tary). Explanation 'Interesting - "It will be interesting," he declared, "to see the gover nor's explanation of his own extravagance while secre tary." Sweetland, 50, has served in four regular sessions of the Legislature and is publisher of the Milwaukie, Ore., Re view. He is a former Demo cratic national committeeman from Oregon. Alturas Plane Crash Kills Bieber Man Alturas, Calif. - (UPD - Hos pital attendants said today two men injured in the crash of a light plane here Friday in which one man was killed had a good chance to recover. Hospitalized here were B. M. Buckley, 44, Klamath Falls, and Drace Fountain, 44, Alturas. Buckley suffered burns over 52 per cent of his body. Killed in the 1 crash was Dolan Southard, 43, Bieber, Calif. The plane crashed Fri day afternoon on takeoff from Alturas Municipal airport. Birthday 1953 Detroit-made auto for 99 cents and claimed "it runs good." Other dealers tagged cars for half price, and teased the public with hiked dis counts and one-cent auto ac cessories. TV sets and typewriters were advertised at 99 cents apiece, refrigerators for $2, fur coats for $9, white fox collars for S4, and even a few mink stoles for as low as $29. Prices Slashed Prices were slashed on new refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, stoves, washers and dryers, television sets, ra dios, beds, mattresses and box springs, and every conceiva ble kind of wearing apparel. 54th Year Price 10 Cents tribune 22, 1960 No. 283 Bear Hunters Killed in Crash; Float on Ice Appeal Made to State Department Anchorage - (UPD - A dra matic appeal was made today for help in recovering the bodies of two men who drift ed on a hunk of ice into Russian waters. The two men, Ward Carroll, 43, and G. S. Gordon, - 45, were on a polar bear hunting expedition when their plane crashed Friday, killing both instantlly. Floated, on Ice The bodies floated on a chunk of ice from U. S. terri tory in the Arctic Ocean to the Russian-held Chukchi Sea. John A. Carroll, Fairbanks, brother of Ward, appealed to the State Department and Sen. E. L. Bartleet (D-Alaska) for help. In a 100-word telegram he asked to either allow an Air Force or Civil Air Patrol plane to cross the Internation al Dateline to recover the bodies or urge the Russian government to help. Attempts Halted Attempts to recover the bodies were halted when the Air Force and Navy advised Civil Air Patrol officials they were not able to cross into Russian territory. . A CAP official today told United Press International "our hands are tied unless the State Department gives us some help." . . Members Urged To Oppose Bills A memorandum issued by Dale C. Prentice, secretary manager of the Southern Ore gon Conservation and Tree Farm association, urged all members of the association's two-way mobile radio net work to actively oppose Sen ate Bill 2-1737 and House Bill 6748. Both bills actually make major offenses out of com parativey minor ones, he said. For instance, the bills make it a federal offense for misuse of distress channels which can only be done by marine op erators. Another offense speci fied is use of profanity over the airways, an abuse already strictly policed by such forest industries networks as Roxy Anne operated by SOCTFA. The fine specified is $100 to $500. Apparently these large fines are to help the Federal Communications commission enforce current regulations which the commission states it cannot do due to budgetary problems, Prentice said. The problem then should be ap proached from the standpoint of budget not stricter regula tion and higher fines, he pointed out. '. . . You Never Say You Porter Introduces Bill To Increase Postal Receipts Second Class Mail Would Cost More Washington (UPD - Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) has introduced legislation which would increase yearly Post Office Department re ceipts by $37,500,000 by Jan. 1, 1965. The bill would increase through graduated steps cer tain postal rates for newspa pers and magazines. He said "these mail users have lived too high on the hog too long." Called 'Moderate' Porter called the proposed bill "moderate." He said the slightly higher rates would find the second class mail users meeting only slightly more than 40 per cent of their actual postal costs when the proposed increases are fully effective. He said legislation to bring the cost coverage of second class mail users up to 100 per cent could not be considered at this time. "The impact on the business involved has to be considered," he said. Porter said he believed newspapers and magazines which might deserve a permanent or tem porary subsidy in any amount ought to be required to come before the House Post Office and Civil Service committee to prove their case. Against Budget Request The postal deficit in fiscal years 1959 and 1960 was near ly $550 million each year, Porter said. He said he was against the budget request for a first class mail increase from four cents to five cents "because the figures just re leased by the Postmaster Gen eral show first class mail now pays 111 per cent of cost." Road Crews Work On Major Projects County road crews are working on two major proj ects this week, according to County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen. Approximately three-fourths of a mile near the Applegate junction is being rebuilt. Con struction is starting on the North River rd. between Rogue River and the Jose phine county line. Work on the North River rd. includes straightening and realign ment, Cartensen said. A rock base will be spread and a mat coat applied this summer, he said. Other work includes clear ing Crowfoot rd. from Butte Falls to the McLeod bridge, further work on the bridge approaches on Rogue River drive between Sams Valley and Shady Cove; and contin ued work on a box culvert on Stewart ave. in Medford. Most of the work done by county road crews during the winter consists of right of way clearing, the enginner ex plained. The rock crusher at Military bridge in the Camp White area is in full opera tion, he added. Miscellaneous patching work is being done also in the county and includes Butte Falls rd., Elk Creek rd. and the Butte Falls-Prospect rd. An arch culvert has been installed recently on the West Evans creek rd., just out of Rogue River, Carstensen said. Portland (UPD Ford Mont gomery, 41, manager of Hil ton Inn in San Francisco, has been named general manager of the Portland Hilton hotel which is now under construc tion here. Love Me Anymore . . ." ft : , MM W:( :..--:,, ... .;....... .v:. ;.MM WU" WW WAH, n wra-..w .x: .... .,... -. TV-.-... ... ... :: .., .v.,.-. il " Jr jj IKE IN SAN JUAN President Eisenhower when he arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is shown addressing the crowd at Isla Verde today. At his side is governor Luis Munoz Airport who were on hand to greet him Marin. (UPI Telephoto) Accidents Fatal To Five Persons During Week End By United Press International At least five persons met accidental death in Oregon during the week end, three in traffic, one in a fire and one by drowning. A car plunged over a 500 foot cliff near Boiler Bay on the Oregon coast early Satur day, carrying two young men to their deaths. The victims were Gerald Kettner and James R. Nash, both 22, from Toledo. Police said their car missed a curve, went down a bank into a road and then hurtled end-over-end, coming to rest near the edge of the surf. Joseph Huber, 38, Hood River, was killed Saturday night when struck by a car while crossing Highway 99W near Six Corners. Fire Kills Youth Frank Gunn, 16, died in an apartment house fire in Coos Bay Saturday. Firemen said the blaze apparently broke out in the room where the youth was sleeping. Firemen kept the blaze confined to the top story of the three-story apartment building. Damage was estimated at $10,000. Paul Miller, 15, Troutdale, drowned Sunday while skin diving in the lake at Benson state park near Multonomah Falls. He was about 50 feet from shore when he lost his mouthpiece. Medford Students Win Seven Firsts Seven first place awards were received by Medford High school and Hedrick Junior High school students last week end at the annual invitational high school speech tournament held at Linfield college, McMinnville, Ore. High school students who re ceived first place awards were Carolyn Mencke, visual aid, senior women: JoAnn John son, interview, junior women; Fred Lorish, salesmanship, senior men; Marsha Watson and JoAnn Johnson, debate, junior women; and Carolyn Mencke and Elaine Jennings, debate, senior women. Louis Hunt, Hedrick, was first for' salesmanship, junior men; and ! Sue Jahn, topped the cate gory of oratory, junior wo men. Medford students earned 11 second place and seven third place awards in addition to the first places. Salem -(UPD- The huge new First Presbyterian church of Salem was dedicated Sunday with rites and services attend ed by more than 2,000 per sons. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Dr. Daniel A. Poling, New York minister. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday. Low tonight 26-28. High Tuesday 52-55. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest This Morning 27 Our Skies Tonight Sunsett today 5:51 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:58 a.m. The Moon rises 4:36 a.m tomorrow and is in Perigee. New Moon Feb. 26 The four planets in the morn ing sky listed in the order they are now rising are: Jupi ter. Saturn. Mars and Venus. Saturn is the one nearest the Moon; Venus is the brightest. Ike Says Defense Tailored To Meet Needs of Future Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower has told the nation that the United States has "indestructible, incalcul able" military power ample for the present and tailored to meet the needs of the future. The President replied to Democratic critics of his de fense program in a nation wide radio-TV speech Sunday night on his two-week tour of South America. He left today on the 15,010-mile trip. Reaction to the address was divided. A leading Democratic critic, Sen. Henry M. Jackson (Wash.), said the President had failed to come to grips with the real defense policy issues. He said Eisenhower failed to mention Soviet pro gress on missiles. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said he agreed that the United States has a powerful defense force. But he said he would press Senate missile investi gations because the real issue is "whether our plans are ade quate for our needs in the foreseeable future." Chairman Overton Brooks (D-La.) of the House Space Committee said he was disap- Medford Man Fined In Code Violation A Medford man was fined $100 and given a suspended 10 day jail sentence in Grants Pass justice court Friday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in sewage cesspool work without first having secured a certificate of registration. Fined was Dale Oniei Franks, 28, of 201 Taft st. In addition to the formal charge, in which he violated the state health code, Franks admitted defrauding an elderly couple by overcharging them for pumping out a septic tank. Franks told the court that he "needed the money" so charg ed the couple who are pen sioners, $100 for the job in stead of the usual $30 to $40. Franks was arrested by Josephine county sheriff's deputies Feb. 18. He was lodged in jail on lieu of the fine payment. Most Oregon Offices Honor Washington Portland-(UPD-Most federal, state and city offices were closed in Oregon today be cause of Washington's birth day. However, schools and most businesses including banks remained open. Covered Wagon Trek Wins For Empire Builder's 4-H The Empire Builders' 4-H club, Medford, was among those honored today by the Freedoms Foundation at Val ley Forge, Pa. The club received an honor medal award in the commun ity program category for its Covered Wagon Trek last summer. The 13-day trip cov ered 225 miles and carried 50 4-H club members to the state meeting at Corvallis. The trek, in observance of Ore gon's Centennial birth day, served the members as a "step back in history." Receiving a Valley Forge pointed that the President did not mention U. S. defense against intercontinental bal listic missiles or compare U.S. Soviet missile strength. Eisenhower got Republican support. State GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.) said the Chief Executive had "stat ed the whole case in a nut shell." He said the speech would go far to "dispel the confusion" over the defense program. The President did not refer to any of his defense critics by name, but he said that un biased observers recognized and respected this country's massive deterrent strength. Missle Supply Increasing "We have forged a trust worthy shield of peace an indestructible force in in calculable power, ample for today and constantly develop ing to meet the needs of to morrow," he said. "Today, in the presence of continuous threats, all of us can stand resolute and un afraid, confident in America's might as an anchor of free world security." Eisenhower said the United States maintains hundreds of bombers throughout the world and they are far superior to the air fleet of any other coun try. He also cited U. S. air craft carriers and what he called the steadily increasing supply of U. S. missiles. Check Received for Righl-of-Way Land A check for $135,000 as par tial payment for land at the Bristol Silica plant, Rogue River, which will be used for part of the new Pacific high way freeway right-of-way, has been received by the county clerk's office. The state has established the true value of the prop erty as $135,000. according to the complaint filed in Jack son county circuit court. The state highway commission is seeking to condemn the prop erty owned by the heirs of Fred White, Fayette I Bristol and Esther P. Bristol and the Southern Pacific railroad for the Grants Pass-Rock Point sector of the new Pacific high way freeway. Efforts to reach an agree ment have been delayed be cause the state has been un able to locate Fred White or his heirs, according to the complaint. The highway com mission is asking that an as sessment of the value of 5.87 acres be made by a jury. Freedom Library of books and other teaching aids, to gether with a George Wash ington Honor medal, was Grants Pass High school, Grants Pass. Other Oregon schools and individuals who were honored included Englewood, Judson Junior High, Keizer Elemen tary and Richmond Elemen tary schools, all Salem, which received principal awards, and Edith Gayle Brown, Sa lem, received an honor medal award for a youth public ad dress, "The Constitution-The Instrument of Our Destiny." President Cites . Benefits Gained By Cooperation Demonstrators Kept at Distance San Juan, Puerto Rico-IUPD-Rival factions shouing "We like Ike" and others demand ing Puerto Rican independ ence greeted President Eisen hower today on the comple tion of the first leg of his 15.000 -mile Latin American tour. A strong police guard sep arated the rival demonstra tors and kept them four to five hundred feet distant from the landing strip at San Juan's ultramodern airport where the presidential 707 jet put down. Refreshed by Nap The President arrived in perfect weather and he was refreshed by a nap of an hour and a half en route. Eisenhower spent 49 min utes at International airport and then took off for Ramey Air Force base on the other side of the island to spend the night. In his remarks here, the President cited Puerto Rico as an outstanding example of the benefits to be gained in cooperation with the United States. He praised the island commonwealth in the Carib bean as having blended the best of two economic and cul tural systems which makes it a' symbol for other peoples seeking to raise their status. In reply, Gov. Luis Munoz- Marin told the President that while Puerto Rico has the right to change its common wealth relationship with the United States, the great ma jority of its people do not want to change the present status. Greeted by Officials When he arrived at the Ra mey base, the President was greeted by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Preston, commander; Wal ter J. Donnelley, U.S. ambas sador to Venezuela and vari ous military officials. After the usual honors, the President was driven from the field to his quarters in the VIP guest house. The President had lunch aboard his plane before he ar- I rived in San Juan. After a brief rest at the guest house at Ramey he planned to get out on the base's golf course for a few shots. Fast Trip in Jet The Boeing 707 jet plane brought Eisenhower here from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., in three hour and four minutes. About 10 minutes before the President landed, repre sentatives of opposing politi cal factions shouted at each other across the road leading to the airport where they had been kept at a safe dis tance. Eisenhower, smiling and re laxed, appeared to be un aware of the demonstrations as he told the crowd in his arrival remarks that he brought Puerto Rico "greet ings from your fellow citizens of the 50 states of the repub lic." Part of the crowd burst into a chant of "We Like Ike" af ter he had inspected the guard of honor and received formal greetings from Gov. Munoz Marin. But there was no applause for the simple reason that the during the President's speech crowd could not hear him. There was no public address system installed. BUDGET MEETING The Jackson county rural school district budget commit tee will start making de cisions on the new budget to night at 8 o'clock when it meets in the county school superintendent's office. Sec tions of the budget to be in cluded in the detailed study are the county school office administration, curri c u 1 u m materials center and special education. Honor Medal Club Here The Foundation Awards program honors citizens for outstanding efforts to im prove public understanding and appreciation of the basic constitutional rights and free doms inherent in the Ameri can way of life. The $5,000 annual George Washington award was pre sented to Sen. John L. McClel lan, (D-Ark.). Director of the foundation residing in Oregon is the Hon. George Rossman, associate justice of the Oregon supreme court.
