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a n w em odd T V 1 O "''ai8wTiiiiiiiii . W CROWDS GREETED-President Eisenhower down Avenue waves to crowds as he rides atop a car with today. President Juscelino Kubitschek in a parade Chessman Says Body of Man VJouEd Prove His Innocence San Francisco - (UPD - Con vict-author Caryl Chessman claimed today that the body of an unidentified man would prove him innocent of the crimes for which he was sen tenced to death. The 38 -year -old robber- rapist said he was sure the body "still can be located" - although someone had moved it from where he thought it could be found. Told in Lelier The first mention ,v of the mysterious body was made in a letter Chessman sent to Kapers to Start Here Tonight Medford Kiwanis Kapers of 1960 open at Medford High school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock this evening for a four-night run. The show, "Around the Town," features prominent local residents in songs, gags. skits and dances. Repeat per formances are scheduled Thursday, Friday and Satur day with 8:15 p.m. curtain times. Only general admission tickets are being sold for this evening's show and it is the only night that special stu dent prices will prevail. Full price will be charged all show-goers Thursday through Saturday. Seats in the re served section for the final three nights can be purchased at Barker's Men's store or at the auditorium door. Special tickets for tonight's show are being distributed by Kiwanians. The tickets will admit sixth grade or under students at reduced rate. First act of the show con cerns a Tennessee couple and a trip around Washington, D.C.", they win as a television prize. Second act is a minstrel show with South American background. Minstrel end men are E. Ron Rice, Harry Barker, Sam Richardson, Darl 'Gleed. Tom Anderson and Abner Clark. Ray Baker is interlocutor. Among soloists are Sally Champlin, Beverly Ann Barth, Clark Hayden, Abner Clark and Otis Swisher. Salem - (UPD - North Marion county residents voted 404-52 Tuesday night in favor of school district reorganization. Police Mobilize Against Racial Violence Threats Chattanooga, Tenn. - IUPD The Chattanooga Police De partment mobilized at full strength today to meet a threat of racial violence grow ing from Nego high school students' protests against seg regation at dime store lunch counters. Police Commissioner H. P. Dunlap cancelled leaves and vacations for his force after a "pushing and shoving" bat tle between whites and Neg roes jammed two downtown city blocks for half an hour Tuesday, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Fri dav iust hours before the . I trnvemnr f r a n t. p H the con demned man his eighth re prieve. ' In the letter, Chessman said the body was the "compelling new evidence" which he had Dromised to produce. "I, as well as someone else, knew where that body could be found," he wrote. "Accord ingly, I sent a person acting on mv behalf to verify that the body was where it should be. It was gone." Chessman said while his agents were searching for the body, "certain persons" con tacted them and offered to sell us information which, they stated positively, would result in my exoneration." Close As Ever Despite the optimism of the letter, Chessman said in an interview on San Quentin's Death Row Tuesday that he was "as close to the gas cham ber as ever." Meanwhile, Brown said he would not back away from his fight to abolish capital pun ishment in California - al- Ashland Cars Are Damaged by Bottles Ashland - Windshield glass es of at least seven cars park ed on Ashland city streets was broken last night by vandals who threw beer bottles, Ash land police reported today. Total cost of repair of the damaged cars could total al most $1,000. Officers investigating the acts said they "had no idea at present" who could have dam aged the cars, all of which were hit after 10 p.m. WEATHER pnorrACT- Tnrrainf rlnudi- ness tonight. Cloudy with a few snow flurries over mountains Thursday. Low tonight 28-30. High Thursday 52. Temp. liEhest Yesterday 54 . owest this Morning . . 23 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .. 6:55 ajn. Moonrise tomorrow 6:66 ajn. New Moon Feb. 26 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Orion, in the south at 7:29 p.m., will be In the south west .9:47 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises . 3:46 a.m. Saturn, rises 4:43 a.m. Mars, rises . . 5:58 a.m. Venus, rises 6:03 ajn. Two persons were injured and 11 whites and one Negro arrested on disorderly con duct charges. At Winston-Salem, N.C., 12 Negroe college students and 10 white "sympathizers" who helped them stage a lunch counter sitdown . demonstra tion at an F. W. Woolworth store' were arrested Tuesday. Three Negroes were1 arrested at a store in Charlotte, N.C., and Negroes demonstrated against lunch counter segre gation at Rock Hill, S.C., and Petersburg and Richmond, Va. - Rio Branco in Rio De Janeiro (UPI Radiotelephoto) thought faced by outspoken opposition in the Legislature. Chessman - with only a 60 day reprieve - shared his views. He told United Press International: "Capital punishment makes no sense. It is predicated on revenge, hate and coercion and the answer is not hate or vengeance." Distinguished Service Award Due Thursday Howard C. Belton, Canby, state treasurer, will be prin cipal speaker at the annual Distinguished Service Award banquet sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce at 7 p.m. Thurs day, Feb. 25, at the Rogue Valley Country club. Belton, a veteran member of the state legislature, has been active in both civic and fraternal affairs. He served on many state committees, both in and out of the legisla ture. As president of the state senate, he was acting gover nor on several occasions when the governor was out of state. He can unsuccessfully for state treasurer several years ago. Appointed Treasurer Belton was appointed state treasurer in January by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. He is a member of the state board of control, the state land board and the state's chief fiscal officer. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a man between 21 and 35 who has made an outstanding contribu tion to the community during the past year, has exhibited leadership ability and has shown personal and business progress. Nominees for the award in clude Delbert T. Landing, Dr. Richard D. Nelson, Harold W. Gardner, E. Gregory Orr, Jer ry S. Lausmann, Donald W. Carlon, Gale G. Kimball and Jennings (Jay) Pierce. Hatfield To Attend Salt Lake GOP Rally Portland -(UPD Gov. Mark Hatfield left the state today from Portland airport' bound for Salt Lake City and a GOP dinner rally tonight. He will be in Denver and then he goes on to Texas. He is scheduled to return home Saturday afternoon. Youngster Wounded By Police Gunfire Florence, Ore. -CPD- One of two teen-age boys in a speed ing stolen car was wounded early today at the end of a police chase here about 12:50 ajn. State police fired on the car after it ran a roadblock at Waldport. Wounding of the boy, Allen M. Miller, 14. ended the chase. He received a non-serious knee-wound. Greeting Wildest In History of Rio De Janeiro Confetti Rains From Buildings Rio De Janeiro, Brazil-(UPD-President Eisenhower came flying down to Rio on the eve of carnival time today and received the wildest welcome in this city's uproarious history- So dense were the welcom ing crowds and so tumultous was his reception that it took Eisenhower's automobile 15 minutes to move three blocks from dockside Blizzards of confetti rained down. Screams of "Vee leek Eek" filled the air. Sirens roared. Gives Famous Grin Pleased as punch, Eisen hower alternately stood and sat in the back of his con vertible, waved his arms in greeting and gave the throng his famous grin. As his car pushed through the mass of welcomers along streets garlanded with Brazil ian and U.S. flags, Eisenhower occasionally leaned far back to see huge picture banners of himself, some of them stretching the full height of 12-story buildings. Rio, warming up for Mardi Gras, joined New Delhi in another brilliant chapter of homage for Eisenhower. The President spent Tues day night in Brasilia, the still building frontier city hacked out of the jungle which is to become Brazil's new capital in two months' time. Warships Fire Salute He made the quick hop to Rio in his jet, and then board ed President Juscelino Kubit schek's launch for an hour long .triumphal trip across Guanabara Bay to the naval pier on Rio's waterfront. Twelve Brazilian warships, including the former Ameri can cruisers Philadelphia and St. Louis, boomed 21-gun sa lutes. Hundreds of small ves sels swept along as escort, their sirens and whistles blowing and pennants flying. A squadron of Brazilian planes roared overhead. When Eisenhower stepped out of the blue - awninged launch to the red - carpeted dock, Kubitschek rushed for ward to greet him. He said the people of Rio and all Brazil welcomed Eisehower as the "unforget table chief of our armed forces" in World War II and "the untiring worker for in ternational peace." Peace and Friendship Eisenhower responded that "Brazil and the United States have always lived together in peace and friendship." He said he hoped his visit would emphasize the desire of the people and government of the United States "to strengthen the bonds of friendship." With that, Eisenhower and Kubitschek started out on a triumphal ride through the city, using a black Cadillac brought from Washington. The grand parade through the city was a happy climax to a day of warmth and friendship. Eisenhower, touring South America to help close the hemisphere's ranks against Communism, scheduled a ma jor speech this afternoon be fore the Brazilian Parliament. Aumsville, Ore. - (UPD -Equipment of the defunct door manufacturing and saw mill operations here of Wil lamette Plywood Corporation has been sold on the auction block for $467,000. 'Eminent Authorities Testify " " Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, Five Accused in Truck Dynamiting Given More Time Portland -(UPD- Five persons accused in the Jan. 31 dyna miting of 10 newspaper trucks had busy days in cvurt Tues day. . Levi McDonald, 51, ap peared in Circuit Court in Oregon City for arraignment on an indictment returned there. The arraignment was continued until March 8. Arguments Continue McDonald, a member of the Stereotypers Union which struck the Oregonian and Ore gon Journal last Nov. 10, also sought in Circuit Court here an order setting aside the in dictment returned against him in Multnomah county. The arguments were continuing today. McDonald's attorney also appeared in court seeking to have Sheriff Francis Lambert and the Oregonian Publishing Company held in contempt for the publication of the con fessions of McDonald's "al leged accusers." Circuit Judge Charles Redding set March 2 for the newspaper and the sheriff to appear to show cause why they should not be held in contempt. Additional Time Given The other four persons in dicted on charges of causing injury to property ' by ex plosives were given addition al time to enter pleas when they appeared in court Tues day afternoon. They are Charles, Edward and William Snyder, brothers, and Gerald Couzens. The' Snyders were given until 2 p.m. Friday and Couzens until 2 p.m. Thurs day. Expert Rifleman Holds Off Police Uniontown, Pa. - (UPD - An expert rifleman with a "grudge against the world" shot and killed a truck driver, wounded another, and may have killed three other per sons in a savage gunbattle near here today. State police, held at bay by the sharpshooting of Daniel Raymond, 42, requested a ba zooka from the National Guard in an effort to storm the house. State Police Sgt. H. M. James said three "objects" near the Raymond home "were identified by binocu lars as bodies." "They are not moving, so we assume they are dead," James said. City Managers' Meet'ng Scheduled Salem (UPD Registration was under way here today for the annual meeting of the Northwest City Managers' Association. The convention is expected to draw about 100 delegates from throughout the Pacific Northwest. The convention runs from Thursday through Saturday. listoet Hiidget IProp OREGON, WEDNESDAY, f? y? 7 OBSERVES BIRTHDAY Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, his hair now snow-white, celebrates his 75th birthday today at his home in Berkeley, Calif. The man who directed one of the mightiest naval armadas in history is shown browsing through historical papers of World War II in the study at his home. (UPI Telephoto) Vaughan to Speak At Government Day Banquet Tonight Thomas Vaughn, Portland, director of the Oregon Histor ical Society, will -speak at 8 o'clock ' tonight following- a 6:30 p.m. banquet recognizing Student Government day and the 75th anniversary of Med ford's city charter. The banquet will be pre ceded by a get-acquainted meeting at 6 p.m. All three events will take place in the Elks Temple. Vaughan, who will speak on the significance of Student Government Day and on the Retail Clerks Vote On Representation Retail grocery clerks of Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass are voting today on whether they prefer the Teamsters union, with which they are now affiliated, or the Retail Clerks union. Voting started this morning in Ashland and was expected to be completed by noon. Rob ert J. Wiener, of the Portland office of the National Labor Relations Board, is conduct ing the election by secret bal lot. Voting was to start in Med ford late this morning, and in Grants Pass later today. Monday night the Retail Clerks Union, Local 26, held a special meeting to explain advantages of belonging to the union. Speakers were Hartley Weingartner, financial secre tary, Retail Clerks Union, Local 1364, Redding, Calif.; Barney Engelking, AFL-CIO organizer; O. R. Lokken, pres dent of the Oregon State Council of Retail Clerks; and Walt Derry, president of the Portland Retail Clerks local. labor for Morse' Group Organized Portland-IUPD-Formation of a volunteer "Oregon Labor for Morse Committee" with 61 members representing 25 international unions was an nounced today. Carl Roberts, business rep resentative for the Interna tional Association of Machin ists, is serving as chairman. He said membership is open to all members of organized labor who wished to support Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) for president. State Employment Picture Improves Salem -UPD- For the third week in a row, the state's em ployment picture has im proved with insured unem ployment down now to 29, 550. This is 650 below a week ago. Tribune FEBRUARY 24, 1960 historical aspects of the city charter, attended Yale univer sity and the University of Wisconsin. He is editor of' the Oregon Historical Quarterly. Take Over Offices Approximately 85 students from the Medford area high schools will take over city and county offices Thursday. The young office holders took the oath of office this afternoon following registration at the Elks Temple. j Student groups will take part in programs on radio sta tions KMED and KYJC from 3:30 to 4 p.m. They report to the city hall council chambers and county courthouse auditorium at 9 a.m. Thursday. Officials and their student counterparts will be luncheon guests at the Elks club at noon and will visit spots of interest in the city and county from 1 to 4 p.m. A student-run city council meeting will be held in the council chambers at 7:30 o'clock. Segni Resigns as Italian Premier Rome - (UPD - Premier An tonio Segni resigned today in a political crisis brought on by withdrawal of his right wing support. The crisis was likely to benefit Italy's powerful Com munist party. It was brought on by in creasing pressures on Segni's ruling Christian Democratic party to move further toward the left. Some of the pressure was from within the party. Although there appeared no danger Italy would loosen its strong pro-western ties, many felt the only winners in the crisis, if only by default, would be the leftists. Objections to Plant Heard Rogue River Approximate ly. 70 persons attended a pub lic hearing last night in Rogue River to hear arguments against establishing a cement plant on Pine st. in the city. Following a long heated argument between those who favored the plant's proposed location and those opposed, Mayor John Leyen appointed a committee of three people opposed, the city council, and Harry F. Shaw, manager of Ready Mix Concrete compa ny, of Grants Pass, who ex plained the proposal. The committee is to find a location agreeable to the townsfolk and the concrete company. Robert Boyer, Med 54th Year Price 10 Cents Section A No. 285 Morse Would Pick Stevenson For Nomination Washington (UPD Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Tuesday that if the presiden tial election were tomorrow he would vote for Adlai Stev enson. He made his statement about Stevenson at ceremo nies officially opening "Morse for President headquarters" here. He said Stevenson still is the "greatest statesman the Democratic party has to of fer." He said he thought that as of now Stevenson could win despite the fact that he has been defeated twice. Has Several Aims Reminded that Stevenson has emphatically denied any. interest in running for the presidency Morse told report ers, "but you and I know he would if conditions were right." Morse added, however, he was not a "stalking horse" for Stevenson. He said his own candidacy was a "serious one" with sev eral aims in mind: -To bring to the nation the cause of home rule in the Dis trict of Columbia and to dem onstrate the need for better civil rights for all citizens. Increased Insurance -To promote programs of more aid for underprivileged children, the aged, and World War' One veterans, and in creased public health insur ance.. - . . About 200 persons crowded into the small, one-room head' quarters and cheered and clapped loudly when Morse talked about civil rights. (See Story on Page 2) 237 Pints of Blood Collected in City A total of 237 pints of blood was collected yesterday when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Medford, Red Cross officials said today. They said the collection "was better than we have done for a long time." Yester day's quota was 290 pints. The Bloodmobile will re turn to Medford Friday, Red Cross officials said, for an emergency visit. It will be at the chapter house, 60 Haw thorne ave., between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Friday visit is being made in an attempt to make up for loss of donations of blood from soldiers at Ft. Lewis, Wash., where 150 pints of blood are normally collect ed each day. Since the men are on a four day maneuver, a total of 600 pints of blood has to be col lected elsewhere. Red Cross officials said, to make up the shortage. Appointments for the Fri day visit of the Bloodmobile may be made by telephoning the Red Cross chapter house in Medford. Portland-TOPD-The State De partment of Planning and De velopment has announced ap pointment of Robert Drager, Salem, as industrial field rep resentative assigned to West ern Oregon. Locations of at Rogue River Meeting ford attorney, represented the petitioners. In their arguments, the pe tioners said they were not op posed to the plant but did oppose its location on Pine st. within the city limits. Peti tioners said they were opposed to the plant location proposed because of "a pretty serious effect" on some property val ues, hazard to health and safe ty due to the cement dust, ad ded noise, and possible dang er to school children. Fifty-eight persons signed petitions presented against the proposal at the special coun cil meeting in the Rogue Riv er city hall. The company has purchased $3,914,846 in General Fund ExpendiluresOK'd Increases About $486,776 in Year A proposed general fund budget of $3,914,846.99 was approved by the Medford school district budget com mittee last night. The total is $486,776.39 more than the present year's expenditures, but is about $85,339 less than was orginal ly considered for next school year's budget. Estimated receipts and available cash balance for the 1960-61 fiscal year total $1,- 493,679, leaving $2,421,167.99 necessary to balance the bud get. To the latter is added $98,362, the estimated amount of taxes which will not be collected, leaving $2,519,529. 99 as the total estimated tax levy for the general fund. The general fund total does not include an estimated ex penditure of $385,489.44 in the bond interest and redemp tion fund for next school year. Reserved in Fund Total reserved for expendi ture in future years in the bond interest and redemption fund is $109,420.03, making a total of $494,909.47 estimat ed expenditures and reserve for bonds. Estimated receipts and available cash in the bond fund total $69,036.60, leaving $425,872.87 necessary to bal ance. An estimated $42,587.29 will be taxes not collected, making a total estimated tax levy of $468,460.16 for the bond interest and redemption fund. Total estimated tax levy for the 1960-61 school year is $2,987,990.15, which includes both the general fund and bond interest and redemption fund. Of that amount, $510, 532.89 is within the 6 per cent limitation, and an additional $468,460.16 (the bond interest fund) is not subject to the 6 per cent limitation. Outside Limitation The amount outside the 6 per cent limitation is $2,008, 997.10. Estimated resulting millage for the school district next year is 66.4, compared to 60.2 mills this year, budget committee members noted. The millage is based on an assessed valuation of $45 mil lion. Budget committee members pointed out that the estimated millage is subject to change, depending on county school equalization fund receipts. The general fund budget in crease is due on a general in crease in salaries, main tenance and operating costs. Increases in teachers' sal aries account for about $191, 890, and 14 additional class room teachers amounted to an increase of $72,800 in the gen eral fund. Most of the new teachers will be in new classrooms needed next school year. The budget committee earlier de cided that a bond issue to fi nance construction of new classrooms is the most feasi ble method of obtaining funds for building. The committee will consider the district's building needs at a meeting next week. The largest overall increase is in maintenance and operat ing funds to handle an ex pected increase in enrollment. An election on the school budget was not set. An elec tion date probably will be considered at the committee's meeting next week. New Cement two acres of the D. Johnson property on East Evans creek, four miles north of the city school on Pine st. in the city limits. The manager explained that the company plans to install a plant prior to March 15 which will consist of hoppers, scales, cement silo, and stock piles of gravel, loading equip ment and a rock crusher. It would be a local plant to be established permanently at Rogue River, Shaw said. One of the early projects will be construction of a railroad overpass near Rogue River for the new Pacific highway freeway. 1
