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Regional Edition 54th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune FORD O v 34 Pages Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960 No. 298 Med CAPITAL BLANKETED Sgt. Lloyd Gra- Six inches of snow blanketed the area to- ham, of the White House police, walks down day in the city's fourth late winter storm, a snow-covered walk on' the grounds of the Executive Mansion in Washington, D. C. (UPI Telephoto) California Kills Plan To Abolish Death Penally Sacramento, Calif. - OJPD -California lawmakers killed a proposal to abolish capital punishment today, thereby handing back to Gov. Edmund G. Brown the decision wheth er to spare Caryl Chessman and 21 other death row in mates. The California Senate's Ju dicial committee voted 8-7 to keep the bill from the Senate floor. Opponents of the gas chamber said this meant the bill was dead in this special session of the Legislature. Brown Only Hope Thus Chessman's only hope to escape his ninth execution date in 11 1 2 years, this time set for May 2, lay with Gov. Brown. The Governor granted the Los Angeles sex terrorist a 60-day reprieve just 10 hours before he was to have entered the gas chamber Feb. 19. Brown ordered the delay so the Legislature could decide once and for all whether to outlaw the death penalty. Action Denounced Many legislators, including Brown's supporters, denounc ed the action. An increasing world-wide clamor had built up in behalf of clemency for Chessman and some lawmak ers said Brown was "passing the buck" to them. Rosalie Asher, attorney for Chessman, said the convict author did not want any more last minute reprieves. Nor did he want to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a 16th time. Error Misleading In Election Story A typographical error in a story about Medford school district's $750,000 bond issue election March 29, which ap peared in yesterday's edition of the Mail Tribune, indicat ed that administration facil ities at Medford High school are included in the two-year building program. No such facilities are plan ned at Medford High school. The construction program for the next two years in cludes 29 classrooms, some through renovation of present buildings; completion of the boys physical education de partment at Medford High school; administration facili ties at West Side school; con struction of a stage at Ruch school; renovation of the Jack sonville school multi-purpose room; and an addition to the cafeteria-kitchen at McLough lin Junior High school. Curry County Judge Taken by Death Brookings -(LTD Judge Guy Forsyth. 65, a member of the Board of County Commission ers for Curry county, died Wednesday. He had an nounced plans to retire this year because of ill health. Severe Winter Storm Batters Southern States By United Press International The second severe storm in a week crippled-the South to day with staggering burdens of snow and ice. Governors in at least five states declared states of emer gency. The storm closed schools and businesses, knock ed out communications and isolated whole communities and scores of farmers. Up to 20 inches of snow fell on parts of Tennessee, Vir ginia and North Carolina. .Mother four to six inches was predicted from North Maimimstmam pill Airmen Injured in Airplane Crash in Spain Reach Safety J e r e s Del Marquesado, Spain-tUPD-The first of eight remaining Americans critical ly injured in the crash of their U. S. Navy jet plane Tuesday reached safety today after 36 hours on a snowswept mountain-side. Fourteen others aboard the plane were brought down the side of the Stone of the Wolves Mountain from the crash site Wednesday. The others previously had fought their way to safety to bring word of the accident. No One Killed None of the 24 aboard was killed when the plane scraped against the " mountain peak Ground Broken for New Wading Pool Lon Skinner, president of the Crater Lions club, turned the first shovelful of earth this morning for a wad ing pool to be constructed at Jackson park and financed by the Crater Lions as a club project. The $3,000 pool, to be lo cated adjacent to, but separate from, the $85,000 swimming pool project now under con struction at the park, will be wholly financed by the club, using revenues from their recent television auctin. In commenting on the wad ing pool, Skinner said, "the Crater Lions club, in recog nizing the need for more rec reation facilities for children in this area, feels that this is a worthwhile way to contrib ute to the betterment of the community." ' Accompanying Skinner at this morning's ceremonies were Murrey Dumas, chair man of the Crater Lions tele vision auction committee,' Ed McFarlane representing the contractors, the National Gun ite company and the Holiday Pool Construction company, R. L. Van Sickle, city council man from Ward 3, Herb Part ridge, member of the city parks and recreation commis sion, and Robert Haworth, city parks and recreation di rector. The wading pool will be constructed with gunite, the same as the swimming pool, and is scheduled for comple tion with the rest of the proj ect May 6. The same contrac tors are building both pools. Appling Candidate To Succeed Self Salem (UPD Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. to day filed for the Republican nomination to succeed him self. His candidacy was an nounced two weeks ago. Salem-ttJPD-The word water may not be used in the title of a soil conservation district, according to Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton. Carolina up the Atlantic Sea board into Ohio, West Vir ginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. " As the storm moved up the East Coast, it merged with another wintry blast which scourged the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys with record breaking snows and heavy drifts. , The Weather Bureau said another snow storm was build ing up in the Rockies and "possibly could become very rough" as it moves into the Plain states. and crash-landed during a heavy snowstorm. The first of the remaining eight to arrive this morning at a temporary rescue head quarters and helicopter land ing area just above this town was Lt. Cmdr. Frank A. Reni ger, of Asheboro, N.C., pilot of the crashed plane. The second man to reach the base operations camp, about two miles from here, was reported to be Navy Lt. (jg) J. A. Soba, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Others were being carried through waist - high snow drifts on litters or on small Spanish burros. Injured Airlift The more seriously injured were to be airlifted to a Span ish military hospital in Gra nada aboard a rescue helicop ter piloted by Navy Lt. John Martens, of Bradenton Beach, Fla. Meanwhile, 15 of the other survivors were airlifted this afternoon from Granada to the Rota naval base, their original - destination- on the flight from Naples , Italy, which ended in near-disaster on the mountainside. Season Swimming Tickets Studied The Medford parks and re creation commission at its meeting last night appointed a committee to investigate the possibility of having the city offer season tickets to pa trons of the city's swimming pools. Season tickets would be cheaper than day-to-day charges for regular patrons, Parks and Recreation Direc tor Robert Haworth pointed out in asking that the commit tee be appointed. He said that many cities throughout the country are selling season swimming tick ets and feels it might be a good idea if Medford offered its citizens the same benefits. Dr. Earl Johnson attended last night's meeting and sug gested that the commission have the Jackson park loco motive moved to Hawthorne park area where it could be seen from the new freeway. Dr. Johnson told the com mission that in his opinion the Shay logging locomotive, which was donated to the city by Medford Corporation, is an object of historical interest but is not being seen by tour ists at its present location on McAndrews rd. If moved to a site near the new freeway, he said, it would serve to at tract motorists to this city who might otherwise go on through. Vacation Dales for Schools Announced Spring vacation dates for all Jackson county public schools have been announced by the county school superin tendent's office. Closing Friday afternoon, March 11, and opening Mon day, March 21, will be all Medford schools, Butte Falls, Eagle Point, including Shady Cove and Elk Trail, and Dis trict 6C, including Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley. . V Ashland, Phoenix, Talent, Applegate and Prospect schools will close the after noon of Tuesday, March 15, and open Monday, March 21. Pinehurst school will close Thursday, March 24, and open Monday, March 28. Rogue River and Evans Valley schools will close Wednesday afternoon, March 16, and open Monday, March 21. House Launches Debate on Bill For Civil Rights Roll Call Vote Approves Resolution Washington-(UPD-The House launched its long-awaited civil rights debate today, and a test vote showed it was will ing and able, but not yet ready, to pass legislation to bolster Negro voting and school rights. , The test came when -the House, on a roll call vote, ap proved a resolution setting forth the ground rules for call ing up and debating the civil rights bill recommended by : the Judiciary Committee, plus a voting referee plan put for i ward by the Eisenhower ad ! ministration. The House vote was 312 to 93. Passage Ssen Next Week House leaders said passage of the legislation would not come until next week, prob ably Wednesday or Thursday. The House vote came short ly before the Senate set its own test vote on a move to choke off a Southern filibuster against civil rights legislation. Filibuster Impossible House Southerners, unable under House rules to dupli cate the filibuster conducted by the Dixie bloc in the Sen ate, apparently had abandon ed, at least for the time being, possible efforts to stall through parliamentary tac tics. Filibuster is not possible in the House, where each mem ber's debate time is limited strictly. However, a group of 75 Southern members warned they would seize on every available device to delay pro ceedings if they drew an un fairly small allotment of time at the microphone. Duncan Supported For U.S. Senator Robert B. Duncan of Med ford last night received the unanimous support of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee as the party's candidate for U.S. Senator. Duncan, Democratic repre sentative in the Oregon legis lature and speaker of the house, has not yet filed for nomination to any office, nor has he committed himself to run for any. But, as a result of the death yesterday of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, the political arena in Oregon has been thrown wide open, and Duncan is one of the Democrats who has been mentioned as a candi date. The resolution of support was passed by the committee with a standing ovation for Duncan. It encouraged him to file for the nomination and promised him the support of the local Democratic organi zation. In another action, the com mittee unanimously adopted a resolution of reeret and sympathy over Senatdr Neu- berger's death. It will be sent to Mrs. Neuberger. Frank Christian. Talent. chairman of the party, pre sided at last nights meeting, at the Labor Temple attended by 90 persons. . 'What! Add A $10 Planners to Study Miring Consultant For Area Planning The county court will be asked to check the cost of con tracting for a planning con sultant for land development and through streets, according to a Jackson county planning commission recommendation approved last night. Ron James, commission chairman, and Commissioner Jerry Latham, whose idea it is, suggested that the county court could check the fees of two such firms. Such a consultant would be used to provide "the skeleton" for regional planning, they ex plained. Regional planning for Jack son county was approved at a recent meeting of Jackson county, city and town repre sentatives. A committee con sisting of representatives of the county court, planning commission and . the various cities and towns was appoint ed. A meeting of this com mittee will be held March 23 to discuss an overall plan. Fill in Details "The county planning com mission will fill ifi the details of the skeleton," James ex plained. "The problem seems to be to urge the county court to implement county zoning more rapidly," Latham ex plained. "There are two things to do; (1) Find a means for a county - wide development program; and (2) Get someone with technical skill outside the community to come up with a complete development plan for the area." James Jioted that all Jack son county mayors attended the regional planning meeting and several other representa tives of the various towns totalling 45 persons. Lloyd Anderson, of the bureau of municipal research, Univer sity of Oregon, Eugene, par ticipated in the meeting. Everyone who was polled at the meeting seemed in favor of good planning, James no ted. . "My idea is that each in corporated town should con sider its own problems and put together a planning pro gram," James explained. "However, maybe this isn't good planning. Maybe it would interfere with the county-wide concept the planning commission has in mind." County Planning Technician Jack Eaton noted that the city of Medford has the bureau of municipal, research actively working with it on zoning. Ashland recently contracted with the bureau, he said. Building Coda The commission tentatively approved establishing an ab breviated coynty building code, a recommendation re layed by Chairman James. James said Clifford Lovejoy, chairman of the county plan ning" commission's building code committee, had recom mended this before leaving for a trip to Los Angeles. After considerable discus sion the commission member agreed building code enforce Gadget Like That?" Gfafew ment should be in the hands of the county court assisted by the county health depart ment to check sanitation fa cilities and the state electrical inspector. Commissioner Bill Duggan, Sams Valley," remarked that a building code could be a "bug-a-boo" to zoning. People might oppose zoning thinking it would automatically bring in a building code at the same time. The public should be in formed that a building code could be established without zoning, he emphasized. Incendiary Bombs Set Fire To Cuba Sugar Cane Crop Havana (UPD - Incendiary bombs dropped by a light plane burned nearly 4,000 tons of sugar cane on a plan tation near the west Cuba town of Consolacion del Sur, it was reported today. Dispatches from' Pinar del Rio estimated the amount of the burned cane at 3,800 tons. It was impossible immediate ly to determine where the crop - burning plane came from. In similar instances in the past, Premier Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime has charged that the planes came from bases in the United States.-The State Department apologized for one such inci dent, involving a private plane which flewNout of Flor ida. Bomb Suspects Held Earlier reports from Pinar del Rio said three men were arrested there Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the local head quarters of Castro's July 26 rebel movement. One of the men, identified as Luis Gonzalez Henriquez, was captured with a bomb in his possession. . Police said Gonzalez had confessed taking part in a number of previous terror bombings. ' Gonzalez's father and an ex soldier were seized as accom plices of the bomber. Registration Drive Planned by Party The pre-primary registra tion drive committee of the Jackson county Democratic Central committee will meet at Democratic headquarters, 232 West Fifth st., Medford, at 8 p.m. Thursday to start scheduling registrars for the drive. Subcommittees for the pre primary registration drive committee were announced re cently by Mrs. Jeanne Brown, 2101 Grandview ave., Med ford, chairman of the commit tee. Subcommittees include of fice and scheduling of regis trars. Margaret McGinty and Mrs. Norma Purcell; publicity and locations, Miss Inez' Hol comb and Mrs. Virginia Card; registrar contacts, Zelma Hee ter and Virginia Cox; loca tions outside Medford, Hazel McMahan. Locations will be secured In grocery stores and1 other convenient locations where residents of the. county may register. Proposed plans in clude having registrars avail able during evening hours at some locations. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to- nt.hr Thirtuninn rlnnric Fri day with rain likely by eve ning. Low tonight 30. High Fri day 50-52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morning 28 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:30 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 5:32 am. Full Moon (and Total - Eclipse of the Moon) Saturday night. The Moon's eastward motion among the stars in its far dis tant background is easy to follow. Tonight, for example, it appears to the right of Reg ulus: tomorrow night it will be to the left of that star. . Position of Local Board Reaffirmed On Area Valuation Ruch Students to Attend Junior Highs The Medford school board this week reaffirmed its posi tion on valuation of areas de siring to become a part of the district, and voted to have Ruch seventh and eighth grad ers attend district junior high schools starting next year. The board voted to forward a letter to the Jackson County school reorganization commit tee reaffirming its earlier de cision that areas proposing to become part of the Medtord district should have sufficient valuation so assets would off set liabilities incurred by the district. The board's . position was established recently when residents of a surrounding area started action to become part of the Medford district. Valuation of the area seek ing annexation would not be sufficient to offset the cost of the area's students attending Medford schools, placing an additional tax burden on the district, board members noted previously. Thirty - one seventh and eighth grade students at Ruch school will be transported to McLoughlin and Hedrick Jun ior High schools next year, the board decided. Division of Feeling The board voted to inte grate the students in the jun ior highs after some discus sion concerning the feeling of Ruch area residents. . Two Ruch Parent Teacher associ ation members and school ad visory board members from Ruch noted that there is a division of feeling among resi dents about having the , stu dents moved to the junior highs this year or next. . The majority of board mem bers and visitors agreed that students should be integrated as soon as possible. Seventh and eighth graders were not transported to Medford this school year because of a trans portation problem and suffic ient facilities. When the district was con solidated with Medford, the board felt it desirable to have the seventh' and eighth grad ers remain at Ruch another year until after the district's building program had been crystallized. The additional 31 students from Ruch will not crowd junior h i h facilities, Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superin tendent, noted. Candidate Files For Justice Post Norman R. Matteson, route 2, box 277, Central Point, filed today as a candidate for Goltf Hill justice of the peace. The position is non-partisan, and candidates seeking the six-year term will appear on a separate non-partisan ballot at the time of the Democratic and Republican primaries. Matteson was born in Kan sas and moved to Oregon in 1947 following his .discharge from military service. He at tended Southern Oregon col lege. He was a representative of a , pharmaceutical company here and has been a trustee in bandruptcy for the U.S. dist rict court, district of Oregon, for three years. He married the former Norma Sage, Table Rock area resident.- Hatfield Cancels Four Appearances Salem -flJPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today cancelled four ap pearances in Washington, D. C., this week end including an address to the Gridiron Club Saturday night, an an nual event of the Washington press corps. Appearances had been scheduled Sunday on three national television shows. An aide said Hatfield felt it would be "inappropriate to make the trip in view of the pending memorial services" for Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.), who died Wednes day. The services are set for Sunday afternoon in Portland. n n MATJRINE NEUBERGER To Serve Ideals Roof Falls Block Rescuers Seeking Trapped Miners Logan, W. Va. -(UPD- Rescue workers trying to reach 18 miners entombed more than two days deep inside a smold ering coal pit reported today that the only "avenues of ap proach" were blocked by roof falls. Within 2.000 Feet Paul Lingo, . deputy state mines director, said the rescue teams could get to within only 2,000 feet from the spot where the trapped men are believed to have barricaded them selves. Lingo said the intense heat from the fire was preventing the rescue from shoring up the tunnel to prevent the roof falls- Workers leaving the mine after 11 hours inside the shaft reported that conditions un derground were terrible; Smoke and Sleam - "There's S lot of smoke and steam and the heat is terrific," said Clifford Bowen, 40, Mud Fork, W. Va., one of the res cuers. "They are trying to cool off the area with water but-it looks like it will take quite a while before they can get past the hot area." The main question was whether . carbon monoxide fumes and dense smoke seep ed through a barricade and suffocated the miners, trap ped since 8:30 a.m. (e.s.t.) Tuesday. Men Charged With Rioting Appear Four of the seven men charged with the riot in Jack son county jail Feb. 27 and 28, appeared in district court this morning. Their case was con tinued at the request of the district attorney. r Appearing were Charles Calvin May Jr., 35, Wecoma, Ore.; Ronald Elmore Dodson, 26, Fairchild, Calif.; Robert Carl Mix, 41, of 215 C st., Phoenix; and Jack Grayson Gibson, 35, route 4, Medford. Preliminary hearing for participating in the riot but not appearing because they were transported to the Ore gon State penitentiary Tues day by sheriff's deputies were Donald Martin Thompson, 34, of Klamath Falls, who was sentenced to life imprison ment for the Safeway robbery here; Edward - Kenneth Rog ers, 21, Philomath, sentenced to four years for burglary not in a dwelling, and Ray Dwane Hoskins, 25, Talent, sentenced to 40 months for burglary not in a dwelling. The riot complaints against the latter three are still out standing, a deputy district at torney reported today. Disc Jockey 1 1 Admits Part Washington-IUPD-Disc jockey Dick Clark has stated under oath that he broadcast songs in which he had a financial stake on his nationally tele vised show, it was learned to day. Clark, a matinee idol of the teenage set, also conceded that a record manufacturer gave him a ring and his wife a necklace with a combined value of $3,400. Rep. John B. Bennett (R- Mich.), ranking Republican on Pressure Mounts On Governor Ta Appoint Widow Messages Source Of Gratification o Portland -fllPD-Mrs. Richard L. Neuberger announced to-o day she would run for the U.S. Senate this year to suc ceed her husband who died early yesterday. Her announcement came as pressure mounted on Gov. Mark Hatfield to appoint her to serve out the Democratic senator's unexpired term. Hat field will not announce his choice until after memorial services for Neuberger are held Sunday. Mrs. Neuberger, who served in the Oregon Legislature with her husband and later worked with him in Washing ton, D. C, said "foremost in my mind in reaching this de cision is the thought that I may continue to serve the ideals and purposes for which my husband stood in the Sen ate." She said, "the manv mes sages I have received from across the state, urging me to be a candidate for the Senate seat. . .are a source of grati fication to me." "This has been a difficult decision for me to make in a time of personal grief, but it is a decision that cannot be delayed. I hope it is the right decision." To Announce Successor In Salem, the governor's of fice said her decision to run "does not alter cur decision" to announce a successor, for the interim term until after the Sunday memorial serv ices. Her announcement came soon after Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), , considered for the Senate, promised Mrs. Neu berger her "wholehearted" support if she decided to run. In Salem, the state an nounced Oregon would elect two U. S. Senators next No vember, one for' a "short term" and the other for a full six-year term. According To Statutes Secretary of State Howell Appling said the unusual cir cumstance of electing two sen ators was according to Oregon statutes. He said candidates for either office also must enter the state primary. The filing deadlins is 5 p.m. Fri day. Asked if the same person could be a candidate for both terms, Appling said he was "reasonably certain" this could be done. Appling said the short term would begin in November and run through Jan. 3, 1961. The long, six-year term starts at noon, Jan. 3, 1961, or tech nically until the Senate seats the person elected. Only if Congress is in session will the short-termer be seated, Ap pling said.' Later the State Elections Di vision said filings by one per son for both terms would be accepted. Springfield Farmer . To Seek Congress Seat Springfield, Ore.-flJPD-Leslie P. Fleming, a local dairy far mer, said today he would file Friday for the Republican nomination for Congress in the fourth district. Dr. Edwin Durno, Medford, already has announced his candidacy for the GOP nomi nation. Ontario, Ore.-flJTD - Oregon State Sen. Anthony Yturri said today he did not intend to seek the GOP nomination for U. S. senate. Dick Clark in 'Payola' the House "payola" investi gating subcommittee, told of Clark's sworn statements in response to queries from Unit ed Press International. Bennett, demanding that Clark be summoned as a wit ness, said at a public hearing last Friday .that the disc jockey at one time held own ership in 17 record and music companies. He said Clark confirmed these holdings in an affidavit.
