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A story on orchard heating,
and an attempt to operate
"smokeless" pots, appears on
page 14A of today's Mail Tribune.
54 PAGES Section A
GURGLING OUT-Sgt. Bill Mynatt, Grants
Pass, Oregon Liquor Control commission,
stands by with a pickaxe on his shoulder
and a jug in his left hand as the rest of
the crew go to work spilling out the moon
shine liquor down the hillside. State Police
man Don Cain helps hold a barrel of illicit
Memorial Rites
For Neuberger
This Afternoon
Portland, Ore. - (LTD- A
dozen United States Senators
were to fly here today to at
tend memorial services for the
late Sen. Richard L. Neuber
ger (D-Ore.) who died Wed
nesday.
The group will be headed
by Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon Johnson (Tex.) and
Republican Leader Everett M.
Dirksjsn (111.) and will include
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) -Scheduled
at 2 p.m. '
- . The services are scheduled
in Temple Beth Israel here at
2 p.m. Private funeral serv
ices were held Thursday. The
temple seats 1,100 and a pub
lic address system will be set
up so those unable to get in
may listen to the services.
Neuberger's widow, Mrs.
Maurine Neuberger, 51, has
announced her candidacy to
succeed her husband in the
Senate. Her chief rival on the
Republican side is ex-Gov,
Elmo Smith, publisher of the
Albany Democrat-Herald.
No Indication
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who
cancelled a trip to the annual
Gridiron dinner in Washing
ton, D.C. Saturday night, said
he will not appoint a succes
sor to fill the rest of Neuber
ger's unexpired term until
sometime after the services.
Hatfield still had not given
an indication of his choice ex
cept to say active Senate can
didates would not be consid
ered. The youthful Republican
governor is called upon by
law to name a Democrat but
the law has yet to be tested
in the state supreme court.
The deadline for filing was
5 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Neuberg
er has four minor opponents
for the May 20 primary and
Smith has three.
House Leaders Agree
On Civil Rights Act
Washington - CPB - Agree
ment was reached by key
House leaders Saturday to
abbreviate debate on the civil
rights bill and begin voting
on the controversial measure
Monday.
Peanut-Eating Challenge
Hurled by Jackson Demos
Leaders of the Democratic
Party of Jackson county will
eat peanuts thrown to them
by Republicans if they fail to
register more party members
than the Republicans by April
19. If they do register more,
then the Republicans will do
the eating.
This is the text of a chal
lenge issued the Republican
Party of Jackson county by
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark,
who is in charge of the Demo
cratic p a r t y's registration
drive committee.
In a letter to Joe Walh,
chairman of the Republics
Central committee, he said:
"I herewith issue a challenge
to you and your organization
in a contest of volunteer ef
forts of public service that
of helping every person of
voting age and eligibility in
liquor and part of the still as uniformed
Sgt. Faye Holley tilts the liquor barrel over
the brink of a hill. Al Hartley, Medford,
OLCC inspector, holds a large funnel used
by the moonshiners. A demijohn and two
jugs of the illicit liquor are shown in front
of Holley.
Barker Nominating
A petition nominating Wil
liam Barker, Medford, chair
man of school district 549C's
board,, for reelection May 2
has been submitted, Wilson
Slater, district clerk, has an
nounced. The petition contains
about 25 signatures, and has
been referred to the Jackson
county clerk's office for sig
nature checking.
Petitions for nominating
candidates for the post are
available at the school ad
ministration office, 500 Mon
roe St., Medford. As of Fri
day, the only petition which
had been circulated was the
one for Barker, Slater said.
Due by April
Eleven signatures are need
ed' on each petition nominat
ing candidates. The number
is 3 per cent of the legal vot
ers who cast ballots in last
school board election, but not
Fruit Forecaster
Arrives in City
W. J. Rogers, of the Fruit
Frost Warning Service, U.S
Weather Bureau, arrived in
Medford Friday to set up his
service for fruit growers.
Clifford B. Cordy, county
horticultural agent, and Rog
ers Saturday asked all fruit
growers to bring their ther
mometers to the extension
service office in the county
courthouse before 10 a.m,
Tuesday and Wednesday
They will be tested and re
turned Thursday, Cordy said.
Cordy said scales are off
some blossom clusters of D'An-
jou pear varieties. Fruit buds
which are tightly closed
would not be hurt by low tern
peratures unless the mercury
should drop to approximately
20 degrees, it was explained
So far, chilly nights have
helped condition the buds to
low temperatures and have
slowed their development, it
was reported.
Omaha, Neb.-IUPD-Iowa Gov.
Herschel Loveless told a news
conference here Saturday that
he "would deem it an honor
to accept the Democratic vice
presidential nomination with
any of the four leading con
tenders" for the party's presi
dential bid.
Jackson county to become reg
istered to vote in the May pri
mary election, such registra
Hons possible to, and includ
ing April 19. . ."
Wernmark, who issued the
challenge with the authority
of his party's leaders in Jack
son county, further said that
the losers will host the win
ners at a public steak dinner
and must eat peanuts tossed to
them by both the winning
party and spectators.
Wernmark suggested that
the county clerk, county judge
and one neutral person should
act as judges of the contest.
Participating in the steak
feed, or peanut eat. as the case
may be, would be the chair
man, treasurer, organizer and
two members of the registra
tion committee of each party,
Wernmark suggested.
Submitted
less than 10 signatures. A to
tal of 341 votes were cast in
the last election for a school
board member.
Petitions nominating candi
dates must be submitted to
the district clerk prior to
April 1, or 30 days prior to
May 2.
The board for District 549 C
will remain at five members
during the 1960-61 year, Dr.
Leonard B. Mayfield said.
Prior to consolidation of
other districts with Medford,
boards from other districts
discussed the number of board
members and how they
should be elected once consol
idation was completed, Dr.
Mayfield noted.
Medford board members,
and those representing other
districts, agreed that: (1)
"N ecessary arrangements
would be completed to in
crease District 549C's board
from five members to seven
as soon as it could legally be
done. (2) The seven members
would be elected from the en
tire district and not by zones."
District Notified
Plans were that arrange
ments would be completed to
increase the number on the
board for the 1960-61 annual
election.
However, the district re
cently was "notified by the
legal department of the state
department of education that
school districts have no au
thority to increase members
from five to seven until re
organization plans are com
pleted." The state has not yet acted
on the consolidation of Jack
sonville, Ruch, Griffin Creek,
Lone Pine, Howard and Med
ford. The board proposes to con
tinue having the former board
members of consolidating dis
tricts act as advisory board
and budget committee mem
bers, Dr. Mayfield noted. The
district will proceed with ar
rangements for a seven-member
board when it becomes
legal, he added.
'Yes Sir That Was
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 13,
Oregon's Primary Election
jiapes'
Community in
Virginia Hills
Said Snowbound
Food Supply Gone,
Rescue Unit Told
West Jefferson, N. C.-0JPD-A
mountain farmer walked
out of the snowy hills Satur
day and reported the entire
community of White Top, Va.,
is blocked in by massive snow
drifts and is without food.
Exhausted, blue with cold
and soaked to the skin, the
mountaineer, Fred Blevins,
reached a National Guard
rescue unit after walking 7 14
miles througTi six and seven
foot deep snows from the
White Top community, 35
miles north of here.
The National Guard unit
was bogged down on a snow
covered road trying to reach
White Top, a community of
about 30 families located near
Virginia's second highest
mountain, 5,520 foot White
Top on the North Carolina
border.
."We ran out of food this
morning," Blevins said. "The
whole town has been strand
ed for four weeks. I had some
gravy and biscuits for break
fast and that was all the food.
"I decided to walk until I
reached help or until I just
gaye out," he said. "I didn't
cuss the snow. I was afraid
it would bring more."
Blevins came upon the Na
tional Guard unit by chance.
It was struggling through
heavy drifts, .high winds and
snow flurries and officials said
it would be unable to reach
White Top before -tomorrow.
A large number of families
stranded in the North Car
olina, Virginia, Tennessee and
Kentucky mountain country
most of them hardy farmers
used to severe winter condi
tions were running short of
food, fuel and feed for their
livestock. Others needed med
icine and medical attention.
Congressional
Incumbents File
Salem - UJPD - All four in
cumbents have filed for re
election in Oregon's congres
sional races. '
Interest centered on the 4th
district contest where incum
bent Democratic Rep. Charles
O. Porter may face GOP State
Sen. Edwin Durno, Medford,
in November. Also seeking
the Republican nomination is
Leslie P. Fleming of Spring
field. Others seeking new terms
are Reps. Walter Norblad, 1st
district Republican, and Dem
ocrats Al Ullman and Edith
Green of the 2nd and 3rd dis
tricts. Ullman and Norblad are un
opposed for nominations.
Mrs. Green is opposed by
Brooks Washburne, Portland.
Washington-flJPB - President
Eisenhower is planning to pay
a good-will visit to Portugal
after the summit meeting this
spring, it has been announced.
A Great Double Bill
Up Mter Flood
Last Day for (Filing at
Salem Declared Hectic
By BOB WALTERS
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Salem - Candidates, party
workers and countless ordin
ary citizens packed a large
basement room of the capitol
building here Friday in a
back-slapping, hand-pumping,
cheek-kissing free-for-all.
Officially, it was called the
final filing day for the state's
May primary elections.
In fact, 208 candidates man
aged to file for federal or
state offices up for grabs
when Oregon voters go to the
polls May 20.
The count would have been
209 but one man apparently
changed his mind.
Traveled From New York
A rotund little gentleman
wearing a pink robe -it could
have been a lady's nightgown
-and gold colored crown vis
ited the filing room Friday
morning, and again about 2
p.m. to announce that he
wanted to run for the presi
dency of the United States.
He was the overseer of a
religious sect, he told the fil
ing clerk, and he had traveled
all the way from New York
just to enter the election.
His platform, he explained,
would be "a new regime of
peace on earth."
He asked the clerk a few
questions and left to "round
up some electors." he never
came back.
Another highlight of the
frantic day here was the fil
ing of Daniel Cox, 45-year-old
Springfield electrical worker,
for the -long-term seat in the
U; S. Senate.
Every Size, Shape
"I don't think Maurine's
the man for the job," he ex
plained. To a first-time observer, it
seemed every size and shape
of human being was at one
time or another jammed into
the filing room.
There were old politicians
and young politicians trying
hard to look like old ones.
Some of the women were
bare-headed and others wore
hats probably never before
seen this side of a novelty
fashion show in Paris. Most of
them had clamped-on smiles
which they probably could
have maintained had they
been confronted with Dracula.
Men who entered the room
immediately began looking
for hands to shake. Often
they yelled "Hi. How are
you?" at someone whom they
probably had never seen be
fore. Ears Bent
People gathered in cliques,
ranging anywhere from 2 to
10 persons in size, ears were
bent to hear whispered "in
side" information and party
leaders were cornered by
small groups of men who al
most inevitably began their
conversations with, "There's
something that's been both
ering us."
One candidate completed
the filing procedure and re
turned to a group of friends.
"Well," one of them
chirped, "you don't look too
much the worse for wear."
"Nope, it was a cinch," re
plied the candidate. "They
don't want your wife or your
life-just your money."
About 4:30, a half hour be
fore the filing deadline, there
was little space in the filing
room for 'standing and not
much more for breathing. A
woman who was ready to call
it a day, climbed atop a chair.
"I'm looking for my hus
band," she said, assuming a
"land ho" pose.
Dog on Leash
Twenty minutes before the
deadline, a smiling candidate
entered with a shaggy white
dog on a leash.
. "Which one's going to file?"
cracked a bystander.
One young and one elderly
gentleman spent the entire
afternoon in separate cases of
almost total frustration.
The young one, terribly in
tense but perhaps not too
bright,, stopped in front of
this reporter at least three
times, stared for a full 30 sec
onds and went on to repeat
the process with someone else
in the room. Later he ap
peared with a huge cigar, ap
parently designed to give him
more authority.
The old gentleman, carry
1960
ing a battered felt hat, wan
dered through the room and
the halls for fully three hours
looking for a familiar face.
Finally he shouted "hello" at
someone, got a "hello" right
back, and all seemed right
with the world.
Clerks Patient
The filing clerks, the cash
ier and the women typing the
stencil ed up-to-the-minute
lists of candidates, remained
patient and personable but be
gan to appear more and more
frayed as the hectic after
noon wore on.
Only the man operating the
Ministers Deplore
'Racial Prejudice'
ieeiings of ' racial preju
dice," which have been ex
pressed this week by certain
residents of Medford, have
been deplored by members of
the Medford Ministerial as
sociation. The statement indicated
these evidences apparently
have arisen from the fact that
it has become known a Negro
family is moving into Med
ford. College-Trained
Harold Smith, a meteorolo
gist with the U.S. weather
bureau who was assigned here
last week, is a Negro. His
wife and small daughter will
join him here next week. Mr.
and Mrs. .Smith are both colr
lege - trained, and she has
worked as a social worker.
Smith's last assignment was at
a weather station on a float
ing ice floe near the North
Pole.)
The statement issued by the
ministerial group follows:
"With reference to the fact
that a Negro family is moving
to our community, we believe
that they should be received
in as cordial and friendly a
manner as any other people.
We urge our fellow-citizens
to act with courtesy and kind
liness, living up to the Golden
Rule of Christ."
Officers of the Ministerial
Association, including Escil
Hiser, president, and Clifford
Young, secretary, assisted by
Melvin Dixon and Thomas
McCamant, read the statement
over the telephone to as many
association members as they
could reach. All of them gave
it their endorsement.
Ministers Listed
Those who approved the
statement are: Henry L.
BLOSSOMS AND SMOKE Pear tree blossoms in an or
chard just off Crater Lake highway stand out against a
backdrop of orchard heating smoke. In the foreground is a
return-stack heater, one of the less smoke producing heaters.
However,, orchardists point out there is no such thing as a
smokeless heater. For further details on how much progress
is being made by the fruit industry toward reducing orchard
beating smoke read the story on page 14A of today's Mail
Tribune.
A
of Late
mimeograph machine on
which the lists were dupli
cated seemed unaffected by
the noise and confusion. But
by 5 p.m. he too looked as
though he could use about 12
hours sleep.
It was exhausting, yet ex
citing, day for almost every
one here. There were mo
ments of pride, humor, em
barrassment and happiness.
"Sure, it may look funny at
times," commented one ob
server, "but it's a part of dem
ocracy, and that's just the
way it is."
Brown, Nazarene; George R.
V. Bolster, Episcopal; Edward
C. Bush, Free Methodist; H. C.
Coovert, United Lutheran;
C 1 y n t o n Crisman, Friends;
Robert Cull, Assembly of God;
Melvin Dixon, Methodist; Rob
ert Dowrey, Methodist; John
Heberling, Church of Christ;
Escil Hiser, Church of the
Brethren; W. A. Howard, Gos
pel Mission; Elwood Irby, As
sembly of God; King Jones,
United Presbyterian; Law
rence Krause, Assembly of
God; R. H. Mathewson, Four
Square Gospel; Thomas Mc
Camant, Congregational; J
M. McCraw, Southern Bap
tist; Glenn McKerrow, Chris
tian;, James Neely, Baptist;
John O. Reynolds, U n i t e d
Presbyterian; William Ricken,
Salvation Army; George G.
Roseberry, Methodist; William
Saladin, United Presbyterian;
Harold Sanner, Nazarene; EI
vin Tollefson, Lutheran; D.
Kirkland West, United Pres
byterian; and Clifford Young,
Baptist.
(For Editorial Comment,
See Page 4)
Morse Workers To
Meef Monday Night
A meeting of persons
terested in working for
in
the "Morse for President Commit
tee" will be held at 8 p.m.
Monday, March 14, in the
downstairs auditorium of the
Medford Labor Temple, 24
South Grape st.
Organization of the commit
tee is on the agenda for the
meeting, according to Bruce
Manley, Medford lawyer, tem
porary chairman of the group.
No. 300
Picture
Filings
Mrs. Neuberger,
Smith Expected
In Senate Race
Presidential
Picture Unchanged
Salem-flJPD - Oregon's May
20 primary election picture,
shaken by the sudden death of
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.), came into sharp focus-
Saturday.
There was the usual flood
of late filings right up to the
5 p.m. deadline Friday but
there were no big surprises.
The presidential picture re
mained unchanged.
Democratic Lineup
The race for the Demo
cratic nomination is among
Sens. John F. Kennedy, Mas
sachusetts; Hubert H. Hum-
Robert Duncan To
Seek Reelection
Salem - CPP - House
Speaker Robert Duncan of
Medford Friday filed for re
election as state representa
tive, ending speculation that
he might go for the U. S.
Senate. He also filed for
delegate to the Democratic
national convention.
Jackson county Democrats
had urged Duncan to seek
the Senate seat.
phrey, Minnesota; Wayne
Morse, Oregon; Stuart Sym
ington, Missouri and Lyndon
Johnson, Texas.
Vice President Richard M
Nixon is the only Republic
an presidential candidate.
There 'are no vice presi
dential candidates.
The U. S. Senate race,
thrown into confusion by Sen.
Neuberger's death Wednes
day, apparently will boil
down to a contest between
his widow, Maurine Neuberg
er, and former Republican
Gov. Elmo Smith, who had
decided to run before Neu
berger's death.
To Elect Two Senators .
Sen. Neuberger's death
brought about unusual cir
cumstances, mainly the neces
sity of electing two U. S. sen
ators, one for a "short term"
and one for the full six years.
The same person can be elect
ed to both terms.
Gov. Mark Hatfield will
make an interim appointment,
probably next week, to fill
out Neuberger's unexpired
term.
The term of the appointee
ends at the Nov. 8 general
election. The term of the elect
ed short term senator begins
at that time and runs through
noon of Jan. 3, 1961 when
the full term begins.
Seeks Both Terms
Mrs. Neuberger filed for
both the long and short terms
and is unopposed for the
short one. Other Democrats
who filed for the six-year
term are Crook County Judge
Harry C. Fowler, Prineville,
and three political unknowns:
William B. Murphy, Portland
radio broadcaster; Daniel Cox,
Springfield electrical worker
and R. Imne Conn, Lake
Grove.
Only two Republicans filed
for both the long and short
terms, Smith and George
Altvater, Portland. Other
long-term GOP candidates are
R. F. Cook, Silverton turkey
grower and Thomas Killam,
Portland.
Washington - (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower has accepted
the resignation of Frank A.
Barrett as agriculture depart
ment general counsel. Barrett
will run for the Senate from
Wyoming.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fog and low clouds
this morning and clearing by
noon. Sunny this afternoon and
Monday. High this afternoon 55.
Low tonight 32. High tomor
row 58.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 56
Lowest Yesterday j. ...38
Precip. to 4 p.m. Yesterday .52
Our Skies Tonight
Snnset today
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise tonight
..6:16 p.m.
-6:25 a.m.
..7:00 p.m.
Last Quarter .
..March 19
As the Moon passed through the
Earth's shadow in last night's
total eclipse, a certain amount
of light from the Earth's atmos
phere was refracted to the sur
face of the Moon. This varies;
in a lunar eclipse in ISM the
Moon was for a time completely
Invisible.
UK &Jbtovm. - 4sV
CAROLE TREGOFF
DR. BERNARD FINCH
Finch-Tregoff
Case Declared
To Be Mistrial
Los Angeles - (UPD -, 'rtft-,
Finch-Tregoff murder tritl
was declared a mistrial aiefe
the jury ordered dismiss
Saturday when the jury
ported it was hopelessly splite
on the guilt or innocence Jc
either defendant.
The jury was informeS!
there probably would hs ej
second trial. Superior Judgg
Walter Evans cautioned trs
panel against discussing trs
case and their deliberations
with anyone to complicate ttt
task of finding unbiased if
rors. "
Finch Motionless
Evans ruled after he east
ferred with attorneys who
the jury said it was "hopeless
ly deadlocked" after eigkt
days of deliberations.
Dr. R. Bernard Finch t
motionless when he heard the
jurors were deadlocked. Bat
Carole Tregoff, his former re
ceptionist and admitted lover,
cried openly.
Jury Foreman Alfred W.
Aim, a treasury agent, an
swered "I do not" when aesked
if he thought the jury could
reach a verdict by further
consideration.
Count Reported
Aim was asked how the
jury stood on both defendants,
but was warned not to say
whether the count was for
conviction or acquittal.
He reported the count stood
4-8 on charges of first degree
murder and conspiracy for
Carole and 10-2 for first de
gree murder on Finch. The
tally was 4-8 on conspiracy
against Finch.
The manner in which the
figures were read indicated a
majority for conviction of
Finch on first degree murder
and for acquittal of Carole on
both counts after 37 hours and
45 minutes of actual delibera
tions. Evans scheduled next
Thursday for the setting of a
new trial date.
Sports Bulletins
Corvallis Crater High
school came in sixth in the
finals of the state high
school wrestling tourna
merit here last night with 0
27 points, well behind win
ning Sweet Home's 79. Cra
ter wrestlers Al Lamp, won
first in the 157 pound
weight class, Charlies War
ren took third in the 130
pound bracket and - Dean -Lamp
fourth in the 148
pound contest. Medford
high school scored only one
point. -
Oregon Class B Tournament:
Malin 63, Powers 54 (Cham
pionship) Alsea 71, Santiam 53 (Third)
NCAA TOURNAMENTS
Far West Regional:
' California 70, Oregon 49
(Championship)
Utah 89, Santa Clara 81
(Consolation)
Midwest Regional:
Cincinnati 82, Kansas 71
(Championship) .
Mideast Regional:
Ohio State 86, Georgia Tech
69 (Championship)
Eastern Regional: . .
New York U. 74, Duke 59
(Championship)
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