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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1960)
teissiti IS on L r mm minim rfTW FAMILY REUNITED The John Armonas Press reporter A..L. Ostrow, who escorted family, separted 1914 years by the Iron , the family, center, and at top, John Armon- Curtain, is shown as they arrived in New as, and his daughter, Donna, 24, who so- York today, en route to a new life together In Cleveland, O. At bottom are Mrs. Bar bara Armonas and son John Jr., 20, who were living in Soviet, Lithuania; Cleveland Kefauver Paper Denies Candidacy InState Primary Salem -(UPD- Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., to day received an affidavit from Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.) denying Kefauver's candidacy in the Oregon pres idential primary-but it wasn't the right kind. Appling said although Kefauver had made his "position clear" that he was not a candidate, his affi davit did not include a state ment that he was without qualification, "not now and does not intend to become a candidate for the presi dency ..." Form Enclosed - Appling said he had writ ten Kefauver enclosing a copy of the Oregon form. Until this affidavit is received, Ap pling said, Kefauver's name will remain on the ballot. Deadline for filing affida vits of disavowal is 5 p.m. March 14. . So far, only New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's name has been removed by affida vit. An affidavit also is ex pected from Adlai Stevenson. Others named by Appling under a new law as presiden tial candidates included Vice President for the Democrats Sens. John F. Kennedy, Mass achusetts; Hubert H. Hum phrey, Minnesota; Lyndon Johnson, Texas, and Stuart Symington, Missouri. Salem -(UPD- The state will auction off 48 of its vehicles i at the state fairgrounds next Saturday. Up for sale are 29 cars with models as new as 1958, 18 other vehicles in cluding trucks and an 18-foot house trailer. U. S. Losing World War, Space Committee Told Washington - (UPD - A form er Truman administration of ficial told the House Space Committee today the United States "is losing World War III" by failing .to meet Soviet missile and military chal lenges. . Thomas G. Lanphier Jr., who resigned last month as vice president of Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp reiterated his charges that President Eisenhower is taking a "dangerous gamble witjj U.S. defenses. licited the promise of the reunion from Soviet Premier Nikita Khurshchev when he was in the United States last fall. (UPI Telephoto) B udget Committee Considers Requests Of Public The Jackson county court and budget committee are con sidering a hew contract and budget for-the Public Library of Medford and Jackson coun ty. The library - board is seek ing a $14,404 increase in al location for the new fiscal year, or a raise from the $31,860 allocated for the cur rent year, to $46,264. The city of Medford has been asked for an $8,249 increase, up from the $26,751 authorized for the current year to $35,000. Reasons for the requested increase are extended hours for the branch libraries, addi tion of a clerk at $2,700 an nual salary, increased service to the branch libraries and new equipment. . The local library system is expecting a state grant of $20,000 which would allow purchase of 7,500 volumes, Omar Bacon, head librarian, said. The library plans new signs pointing out the library building in Medford, and a book drop facility similar to the snorkel, mail box at the Medford post office. This would allow for a drive-up book drop. The requested allocation in crease does not include Rogue River and Ashland libraries which operate independently of the system. However, the other two libraries will re ceive similar increases should the budget request be approv- ed, County Judge Earl Miller assured. He declined to say if any movement is afoot to bring the Rogue River library back into the system as a branch. A meeting between the library board and the Lanphier, a one-time aid to and supporter of Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.), another Eisenhower defense critic, said the administration has failed to recognize "that we are and have been for a long time actually engaged in World War III." "I believe we are losing World War in," he testified. "All things considered", our guard is down. We are co operating in our own destruc tion. We are being put to sleep. Library Rogue River people is sched uled for the near future, he added. Whether this subject will be discussed Bacon said he did not;know. -. A number of -changes are included in the new contract. The name is changed from the Medford Public Library to Public Library of Medford and Jackson county, all book fines collected at the branches will be returned to the central library instead of being used as petty cash as is the current practice, branch libraries will be open longer hours, and the use of a county car to service the branches will be dropped. A tentative suggestion is appointment of a county ad visory committee to the li brary board. This committee would have no vote but would only make recommendations and suggestions. Bacon pointed to a large circulation increase of 28 per cent this February over the same month a year ago. Gen eral circulation increase for the last seven months has been 9 410 per cent, Bacon said. , Figures given the county court by the head librarian shows Jackson county popula tion served by the library sys tem is 58,375 compared to Douglas county's 68,800, Jose phine county's 30,880, and Umatilla county's 44,750. However, Umatilla county has volumes totaling 75,373 com pared to Jackson county's 46, 326, 65,618 for Douglas coun ty and 40,322 for Josephine county. BULLETIN -Donald Martin Thompson, 34, of Klamath Falls was sentenced io a life term in the Oregon state peniten tiary this afternoon by Cir cuit Judge Edward C. Kelly. v s Thompson was found guilty by a jury last Decem ber for the Labor Day rob bery of a Safeway store here. He was charged with assault and robbery while armed -with a dangerous weapon. A pre-sentencing report had been requested by his attorneys. Thompson still faces charges of participating in a riot. Preliminary hearing on that charge is scheduled for Wednesday morning in district court. Castro Reprimand For Blaming U.S. In Blast Urged New Crisis Might Develop as Result Washington -(UPD-An angry congressman urged today that the United States take Cuban Premier Fidel Castro "to the woodshed" for blaming U.S. interests for an Havana ship explosion. State Department officials said a sharp formal protest denying any U.S. involvement in the ammunition ship dis aster might be forwarded to day to charge d'affaires at Havana. Daniel Braddock. The State Department sources said a new crisis , in already strained U.S.-Cubah relations might develop from Castro's intemperate charges and Cuba's detention of Don ald Chapman, 26, of North Bend, Neb., for two days without allowing him to talk with U.S. officials. Rep. Lawrence L. Brock CD- Neb.), who represents Chap man's congressional district, declared the youth was "be ing made a scapegoat and was being framed" until released late Sunday, when the Cubans "found they couldn't make it stick." ' Brock said it was time the United States "took a big stick" to Castro. "We should take him back to' the wood shed and give him an old fash ioned spanking," Brock add ed. " ' i The biggest "stick" could be cutting or threatening to cut Cuba's 3,000,000-ton sugar quota, which the U n i t e d States buys at double the world market price. A num ber of congressmen have ad vocated at least threatening to cut back on the purchases or lower the purchase price. But secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the House -Foreign Affairs Com mittee Feb. 17 there were both policy and treaty reasons against using the sugar quotas for reprisals. The Agriculture Department, -has said -trimming the price paid for Cuban sugar would hurt; the U.S. sugar industry. . . Gift Added to U. S. Hotel Fund A gift of $500 was present ed to the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation Saturday by Mrs. Nellie P. Dunford, Med ford, in memory of her hus band, the late O. W. (Ike) Dunford. The gift is designated to be added to the U. S. Hotel res toration fund, according to Dr. F. D. Haines, Ashland, foundation president. . Struc tural restoration of the histor ic Jacksonville landmark is a current project of the organi zation. Dunford, a Jackson" county native, was a retired Jackson ville businessman at the time of his death. He was active in community. activities and civic projects and served as chair man for the 1959 Jacksonville Jubilee. The sponsoring Jack sonville Lions club recently gave $1,110 to the foundation as the nucleus of a restoration fund. The gift today brings the present total to $1,610. According to Dr. Haines the organization is planning a fund raising drive to finance the project. Plans are being prepared by Jeffrey Shute, Medford architect. "Our Position Has Been Misrepresented. We Only Want To Deny The U.S. Senate The Right To Vote" Rogue Valley Edition Medford! 18 Pages Section A More Than 14,000 Members Quit at Seven Major Lots 'Residual' Payment Row Starts Walkout Hollywood-flJPD-The nation's glamour girls and movie hero es grabbed their mink coats, hopped into imported sports cars and roared off to their Beverly Hills mansions today in the first actors strike in filmland history. More than 14,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild walked off the seven major motion picture lots in a row with movie moguls over "resi dual" payments for post-1948 pictures sold to television. The strikers included some of the richest show-people In the world Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Gina Lollo- brigida, Doris Day, .John Wayne, Cary Grant and Jim my. Stewart. . But the glamorous cele brities won't be marching in picket lines carrying placards. Most of the millionaire stars will be lounging around their swimming pools, visit ing night spots, taking trips to Europe and throwing par ties. . A spokesman for the SAB said picket lines would be un necessary because, "nobody ever heard of scab actors.!' But the wealthy few are a minority. Guild records show that'some TBOjper cent of the membership earns less than $4,000 a year. -. Walkout, of. the performers marked the first shut-down in the , colorful and stormy his tory of the studios. The controversial "resi dual" demand by performers asks that all actors be paid for their work in films made since 1948 that are sold to TV The actors claim sale of the films would flood the TV market, with recent pictures and would put them out of work. Wrong Man Listed In Sunday's Story In a story appearing in the Sunday Medford Mail Trib une, Howard Rollin Brooks, 35, of 6302 Chaparral st., Central Point, was incorrect ly listed .as one of the men facing charges for participat ing in a riot. The name should have been Edward Kenneth Rogers, 21, Philomath, who was sen tenced to four years in the state penitentiary for burg lary not in a dwelling. Brooks was arraigned last week on an indictment charg ing him with larceny by em bezzlement. He was not re turned to Jackson county un til after the Feb. 27 and 28 riot in the county jail. The Mail Tribune regrets the error. . 1 UdDed by Aetoirs' - TkVT A TT MEDFORD, OREGON, President Flies Back To Capital; Report Scheduled Ramey A.F.B., Puerto Rico -(DPD - President Eisenhower, apparently well - recovered from a throat irritation which bothered him, got in a final round of golf today before flying home to report to the American people on his "Op eration Amigo" tour of Latin America. The President, his son, Maj. John Eisenhower, a White. aide, his daughter-in-law and four grandchildren, left here about noon for Andrews A.F.B. outside Washington. The Chief Executive had an early breakfast and left for the Ramey Golf course, short ly after 8 a.m. to play in a foursome that included James C. Haggerty, White House press secretary; Col. William G. Draper, the President's pilot; and Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Preston, commander of the 72 bombardment wing and Delays in School Construction Would Be Cosily " ! Ashland If construction of this city's new. junior high school is delayed, the result ing problems. will be numer ous, varied and expensive. "But the worst part of it," Ashland School Superinten dent Stanley Jobe said today, "would be the shortchanging of the youngsters' education." The school district, Graff and James, general contrac tors for the school and the Schlage Lock company of San Francisco were to appear in Jackson county circuit court at 1:30 o'clock this af ternoon. The complaint was filed by W. L. Reid company, Portland, concerning specifi cations tor door locks on the new building. "If they hold the building up," Jobe said, "it's going to put us in bad shape." He said the contractors al ready are running a close schedule in order to finish construction by Sept. 1. About 700 students will be enrolled, he added, and the crowded conditions in the present school will - grow worse if .construction is de layed even one or two months. Teachers Hired Jobe said he also has to hire eight or 10 teachers for the new school and "I have to hire early to get any selec tion." Delay of the school's opening, he said, would cost the district about $3,500 to $4,000 a month in teachers' salaries. The district also has order ed about $40,000 to $50,000 worth of new furniture which is expected to arrive about Aug. 15, he said. A construc tion delay would mean the district would have to foot a high bill for storing the furni ture until the school was com pleted. Students are so crowded in the present school since clos ing of the top floor, the sup erintendent?, said, .that one class already has an enroll ment pf more than 60; WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness with scattered showers through Tuesday. Cooler. , Low tonight 36. High Tuesday 52-55. "- Temp. Highest yesterday 62 Lowest this morning .. .... 48 " Precip. To 5 p.m. yesterday ( ) To 10 a.m. today .69 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 6:09 p.m. . 6:36 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tomorrow . 3:39 ajn, Full Moon (and Total Eclipse of the Moon) .... Saturday night Regulus, one of the 29 brightest stars, is in the east at sunset, high in south .. 11:14 p.m. ind in the west at 4:19 a.m. Tribune MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1960 Eisenhower's host here. The weather was bright and hot, and Eisenhower had a pronounced tan to show for his golfing hours alongside the waters of the Caribbean. Tuesday 4 p.m, (p.s.t.) the Chief Executive will go be fore the American people via radio and television and tell them that North Americans should .give friendlier and more serious consideration to the problems of their neigh bors to the south. Greater Understanding The President is not ex pected to advance any pro gram of new substantive aid for South America. Rather, he will concentrate on the need for greater understanding be tween the two cultures of this hemisphere. . The President originally had considered delivering the speech tonight. Then he decided to add an extra day to his week end in the Caribbean sun to give his scratchy throat a chance to recover . from the strain of exposure and constant speak ing on his tour of Brazil, Ar gentina, Chile and Uruguay. Sunday afternoon the Pres ident's voice still was a bit husky but was vastly im proved over Friday when he had to apologize publicly for it during a speech at nearby Dorado Beach. Census Crew Leaders Named Three census crew leaders have been named for Jackson county, according to Edward Bates, supervisor of the U. S. Census Bureau's temporary district office in Eugene. Named were Marion B. Cas ter, route 1, box 589B, Cen tral Point; John E. Morris, route 2, box 242, Central Point; and Harold E. Sander, P. O. box 124, Rogue River. Each crew leader will su pervise about 20 enumerators in the nationwide census which starts April 1. Crew leader training was to begin today for the rural crew lead ers and on March 14 for the city - leaders. Training session topics will include procedures for recruiting census takers, how to train census ; takers, canvassing methods, prepara tion and submission of re ports, and the supervision of census takers for a complete and accurate count. "The crew leader is one of the key people in the field operations for the 1960 census of population and housing," according to Bates. "It is his responsibility to recruit and train the census takers, plan and allocate work assign ments, review the work of the census takers and take reme dial action where necessary, and to handle problems of dif ficult enumeration." Safe From Market Recovered Saturday Medford citv nolice recov ered a safe which was taken in a burglary of the O.K. Mar ket, 102 North Riverside ave., Saturday morning and a stol on nickun truck, which was apparently used to carry the safe. The $2,500 which had origi nally been in the safe was missing but miscellaneous checks and papers were re covered, police said. The safe and truck were found on the Antelope Creek rd. ; Saturday afternoon by two persons who told police they had first seen the truck parked there at 6:30 a.m. Sat urday. Police I estimate the burglary took place between 1 and 3 a jn. Saturday. They said an investigation Into theaae is continuing. 54th Year Price 10 Cents No. 295 ftimdlD Stroke UNIFORM MOTHBALLED Nine - year - old Rickey Juer gens' pint-sized lieutenant's uniform was in the closet to day as the Army investigated a complaint that he had con ducted his own "inspection" of troops under the command of his colonel . father. The story on page 2. UPI Telephoto) Medford Armory Reduces Rent for Non-Profit Groups , The rent' of the Medford National Guard Armory has been reduced to $50 per night for non-profit organizations, which will make it possible for the Medford Police Ath letic League club to stage their fights there. A spokesman for the Na tional Guard informed Med ford city police officers of the change which, he said, will go into effect immediately. Rent of the armory had previously been close to $150 which was one of the reasons that the PAL club could not stage their fights there. In addition to the lowered rent, the spokesman said, the armory will also find a place for the PAL club to store their ring in the building, another factor which had dis couraged the use of the build ing by the club. Lt. Lyle C. Perkins, of the Medford city police depart ment and executive boxing commissioner for the club, said the change in rent will now make it possible for the club to fight there and they hope to get the organization back into operations just as soon as they can. Seating Problem There is not too much that can be done at present about another drawback at the arm ory, that of seating. Perkins said there are now about 550 folding chairs at the armory. When and if PAL fights are scheduled they will still have to transport much of their own seating. . One major item, a fighting ring, has yet to be acquired before the club can start hold ing fights again, Perkins said. PAL, which started in ism as a youth fight group spon sored by the police depart ment, was forced to go in active in 1958, because they couldn't find a place to stage their fights. Brooks, Ore. -(DPD- A wom an moving into a house here Sunday found something oth er tenants left behind and she didn't want - 100 dynamite caps. State police confiscated them. .. I Congresswoman Picks Kennedy-Humphrey Duo Washington - (UPD -Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), a sup porter of Sen. John F. Ken nedy (D-Mass.) for the Demo cratic presidential nomina tion, today outlined what she considers the "strongest pos sible" team to lead the nation. A national administration headed by Jack Kennedy as pre si dent, Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) as vice president, Adlai Stevenson as Secretary of State, and Rep. Chester Bowles (D-Conn.) as Embassy Officers Awaiting Note From Washington American Citizen Receives Release Havana DPD The United States was expected today to deliver a sharp formal protest against Premier Fidel Castro's ndirect accusations that American officials were be hind the "sabotage" of a mu nitions ship in Havana har bor. U.S. Embassy officials said they were awaiting the State Department note from Wash ington. On its arrival, they said Charge d'Affaires Daniel Braddock would request an appointment with Foreign Minister Paul Roa. U.S. Am bassador Philip Bonsai was recalled last month to Wash ington for "consultations." No Official Toll There has been no official death toll set- yet in the ex plosions which wrecked the French ship Friday, although press reports said it would be around 100. The semi-official newspaper Revolucion report ed today that 46 bodies had been recovered and identified thus far. A U.S. citizen suspected of touching ' off the disastrous double explosion Friday aboard the French ship La Coubre was freed by revolu- tionary authorities late Sun day after 48 hours of question- -ing. Charge Not Softened Cuban officials, however. made no attempt to soften Castro's charge that the alleg ed sabotage was planned by the same hands that permit airplanes to depart from their territory to burn our cane fields . . . and to organize eco nomic aggression against us. In Paris, the French govern ment said it would have no official comment to make on the Cuban, charges until a complete investigation has been carried out and ,its re sults published. However, officials privately expressed -disbelief that any U. S. offi cial could have been .in on a I plot to destroy the French ship, which was carrying two made munitions. Relations At New Low The accusation, combined with the arrest and question ing of Donald L. Chapman, 26, of North Bend, Neb., in con nection with it, left U.S.-Cu-ban relations at a new low. Chapman, a - free - lance photographer who was aboard the La Coubre as a passenger on its trip from Le Havre, France, said he was trans ferred to "three or four" po lice stations during his ordeal, and every time he asked per mission to contact the U.S. Embassy he was told "later." He was placed under the personal custody of . Defense Minister Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, and ques tioned by teams of interroga tors including William Mor gan, a North American serv ing with the revolutionary forces. A U. S. Embassy official finally received permission to see him Sunday afternoon when he was turned over to a civil judge who then gave him his freedom. Week End Rainfall Totals 1.26 Inches Precipitation through Sat urday and Sunday and up to 10 o'clock this morning brought the March total to .07 more than the normal for the entire month for Medford and vicinity. Medford station of the U.S. weather bureau reported .48 of an inch of rain Saturday, .47 on Sunday and .31 up to 10 a.m. This total of 1.23 inches brought the March amount to 1.59. Normal for the month is 1.52. Scattered showers are an ticipated here through Tues day. ambassador to the United Na tions, would be a superb team for the next four crucial years in our nation's history," she said. Mrs. Green made the com ment as she announced her in tention to seek election as delegate-at-large to the Demo cratic national convention in July. The congresswoman was an at-large delegate to the 1956 convention where she was selected by Steven son to second his nomination.
