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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.
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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.