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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.