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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1960
No. 301
BLAZING TRUCK Traffic was blocked for about five
hours on Highway 99 near the Dardenelle in the Gold Hill
vicinity following collision of two trucks and trailer com--binations
Saturday, state police said. The other truck' can
be seen barely out of camera range to the right. A Port
Khrushchev III;
Visit to France
To Be March 23
Moscow - (UPD - Premier Ni
kita Khrushchev's illness
which forced sudden post
ponement of his visit to
France created scarcely a rip
ple of excitement today in
Russia. Details of the flu at
tack were kept secret.
A lass news agency an
nouncement today said Khru
shchev would visit France
from March 23 until April 3,
an indication he. was recover
ing. It made no mention of
his illness. -- . .. .
Only On Paragraph
In other countries a Pre
mier's illness would be re
garded as the biggest news of
the hour but Khrushchev
drew only one paragraph, on
the front page of the Com
munist party newspaper
Pravda. Even this was un
usual. There was no indication
whether Khrushchev, who
will be 66 next month, was
under medical care at his
Moscow home, at some sunny
resort town on the Black Sea,
in a clinic or at his country
home. No medical bulletins
were expected.
Personal Lives Not Covered
President Eisenhower's var
ious illnesses brought regular
bulletins on everything from
his temperature to his blood
pressure.
. The page one paragraph on
Khrushchev was unusual be
cause government leaders'
personal lives are traditional
ly not covered in this country.
Hatfield, Industrial
Leaders Slate Trip
Salem - (UPD - Oregon Gov.
Mark Hatfield and a team of
19 business and industrial
leaders leave Saturday for a
week's trip to the East and
Midwest to tell "the Oregon
Story" to national industrial
firms.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
tonight and Tuesday. Colder to
night. Low 25-28. High Tuesday,
55.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday S4
Lowest This Morning 30
PRECIPITATION
To 10 a.m. Today T
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today S:17 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow S:24 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 8:07 p.m.
Last Quarter March 19
PROMINENT STAR
Spica. below the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, low in
southeast 3:29 a.m.
Saturn, low in
southeast 4:38 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:27 a m.
Venus, rises 5:52 a.m.
Week End Auto Mishaps
Claim Lives of Three
By United Press International
At least three persons died
in Oregon week end traffic
accidents, two of them in Port
land. Gary L. Kearney, 4, Port
land, was killed Saturday
v"sn he tumbled out the rear
of a car and was struck
c another.
Hugh Ellis.' 68, Portland,
ws killed Saturday night
when struck by a car in south
Traffic Blocked as
Truck Overturns
A Portland truck driver.
Clark Edward Jordan, 35, es
caped apparently unhurt when
the truck and semi-trailer he
was operating overturned Sat
urday night. The wreck block
ed the road for about five
School Districts
Vote Wednesday
An election on. reorganiza
tion of Rogue River and
Evan .Valley school districts
will be held from 2 to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, according to
County School Superintendent
Alf B. Mekvold.
Polling places will be the
Evans Valley elementary
school and the Rogue River
High school.
The plan to join the two
districts was approved by the
state board of education at its
regular meeting in Salem on
Feb. 19.
If the overall majority of
both districts approves the re
organization plan it will be
passed and become effective
July 1. However, if 60 per
V, "IVlt. V. lilt v uivio VJL
either district turns it down it
win lau. reorganization pro
ceedings may be held up by
district petition. If the plan
is rejected during a second
election then the current plan
is ended. The Jackson county
reorganization committee must
then propose a new plan, re
vise the current plan or wait
a year and propose the same
plan.
The Phoenix administrative
school district which now in
cludes Talent, Wagner Creek
and Phoenix, will decide dur
ing a school board meeting
tonight on whether to hold
a school board election imme
diately or wait until the May
2 annual school meeting.
Two Prisoners Escape
Deschutes County Jail
Bend (UPD Two 18-year-old
prisoners overpowered a
60-year-old jailer and escaped
from the Deschutes county jail
Sunday night.
It was the first break in the
history of the jail, built in
1941.
Beine soueht were Thomas
fRay Korbel. Harvey, 111., said
to be AWOL, from the U.S.
Marines, and Louis Floyd
Myers, Brightwood. Ore., who
were awaiting sentence on a
charge of auto theft.
Salem-ttJPD-Hawaii Lt Gov
James K. Kealoha has pur
chased a farm in the Salem
area as a real estate invest
ment for about $100,000.
east Portland while crossing
a street.
Richard M. Ray, 21, Lea
burg millworker, was killed
early Sunday when a car
crashed into a power pole and
went down a bank toward
the McKenzie river 20 miles
east of Springfield. He was
steering a car being pushed
by a truck driven by his
brother, Loris Ray, when the
car suddenly went out of control.
land truck driver reportedly escaped unhurt from the
blazing cab of his truck. 'Central Point rural firemen ex
tinguished the blaze, and flushed the fuel. The trailers
carried general cargo, including detergent, which poured
out onto the highway. . (Knackstedt photo)
hours on Highway 99 near the
Dardenelle in the Gold Hill
vicinity, state police said.
Officers reported that the
accident, about 10:15 p.m., in
volved two northbound Pa
cific Motor Trucking company
double semi-trailer rigs. They
were told that Jordan was
following a rig manned by
Benjamin John Presnall, also
Portland.
Presnall applied his brakes
and pulled to the shoulder of
the highway, according to the
report. Jordan braked, his rig
started to fishtail and he at
tempted to .. pass the . other
truck. However, the rear of a
trailer hooked on to the front
of the other truck and Jor
dan's -combination flipped on
to its right side. While the
vehicle was sliding, its fuel
tank ruptured and caught fire.
The operator crawled out
through a window.
Rural Firemen
Central Point rural firemen
were summoned to extinguish
the blaze and flush down the
fuel. Their action, police said,
prevented fire from spreading
to paint thinner which Jordan
was transporting along' with
general cargo. The other rig
also was hauling thinner.
Central Point police and
sheriff's deputies assisted
state officers at the scene and
traffic was rerouted over old
Highway 99 . from. Willow
Springs, north of Central
Point, to Gold Hill.
Central Point rural depart
ment sent two trucks and
around 10 men to the scene.
Firemen aided in transfer of
the cargo from the wrecked
trailers.
Airport Restaurant
Damaged by Water
The Talk O' the Town Cafe
at the Medford airport was
considerably damaged by wa
ter early Sunday when' a pipe
connection in the third floor
of the control tower broke
about 12:30 a.m. ;
According to reports the
walls and ceiling of the build
ing were also damaged before
the break was discovered and
repaired by city crews.
The cafe was reported open
for business today.
Flames Damage
Plant at Portland
Portland-(UPD-A four-alarm
fire flashed through the Coast
Electric & Manufacturing
company on the east side ear
ly today. Cause was not im
mediately determined.
TO OPEN BIDS
Salem-flJPD-The State High
way commission will open
bids March 29 on a Jackson
county project calling for 4.5 M
miles of paving of the Sams
Valley Junction-Modoc road
section about seven miles east
of Gold Hill.
Bakersfield, Calif.-(UPD-Roy
Hirai of Nyssa, Ore., has been
reelected vice president of the
Western States Potato Grow
ers Association meeting here.
Salem-DPI)-Just over 3,400
carloads of fresh fruit and
vegetables were inspected at
Oregon shipping centers last
month, according to the State
Department of Agriculture.
Castro Delivers
Bitter Attack
Against U.S.
Havana-(UPD-Preimer Fidel
Castro delivered a bitter ha
rangue against the United
States today and told Cubans
they would have to prepare
themselves for a "long strug
gle" against economic subver
sion and "aggression from
abroad."
The premier told his coun
trymen they must tighten
their belts and get used to the
idea of spending millions of
dollars on arms to save Cuba
from the "powerful interests"
threatening it.
Rifle National Symbol
Comparing Cuba with . the
Algerian nationalists in their
five-year-old war against the
French, the premier declared:
"For those interested in
knowing, we can say we have
more arms than the Algerian
patriots."
The national symbol of
Cuba at this moment, he said,
should be "a man working
with a rifle at his side. We
can neither abandon the rifle
nor - our work."
Castro spoke over television
for 2 hours and 15 minutes
in the early morning hours
following a day-long patriotic
rally marked by new denunci
ations of the United States.
Food Delivered to
Snowbound Families
West Jefferson, N. C.-OJPD-Weary
rescue workers pushed
ahead today with the hercu
lean task of getting food and
fuel to 1,500 mountaineer fam
ilies snowbound in the -southern
Appalachians.
The rescue operations,
brought on by snow-laden
storms that repeatedly belted
the area, were under way to
day in four states-Virgina,
Tennessee, North Carolina
and Kentucky. Drifts in some
spots measured 18-20 feet
deep.
'Wake Me When You
Situation Being
'Reevaluated'
Salem-OIPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field said that as of this morn
ing he had not made a "final"
decision on whom to appoint
as the successor to Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
Holding up the decision was
the deadline for withdrawal
of candidates, 5 p.m. today.
He said he hoped the an
nouncement would be Tues
day. , -Might
Reopen Door
Although Hatfield' Thurs
day ruled . out of contention
all persons actively seeking
election to the Senate-thus in
cluding Sen. Neuberger's wid
ow Maurine-the indication to
day was that the door might
be reopened for her appoint
ment. Mrs. Neuberger, who filed
for her husband's senate seat,
is considered by many Demo
crats and Republicans as well,
as the popular and logical
choice.
'Reevaluating' Situation
Under a 1953 Oregon law,
authored by the late Sen. Neu
berger, Hatfield is required
to name a Democrat to the
position. However the law
has not been tested in the
State Supreme Court.
The governor said he was
"reevaluating" the situation,
taken as an indication Mrs.
Neuberger still might get the
appointment.
Court Interested
In Smudge Pots
A meeting will be called
some time next week to get
progress reports on steps be
ing taken toward prevention
of air pollution in Jackson
county, County Judge Earl
Miller said today.
Miller said he is particu
larly interested in exactly
how many old style smudge
pots have been converted -or
replaced by the' less smoke
producing types in . the vari
ous fruit orchards.'
- "I want to pinpoint what
the actual conversion rate is,"
Miller said. "I will ask for a
list of names of the various
orchardists and what their
rate of conversion is."
Miller was keenly interest
ed in reports that tires were
being stockpiled in the Phoe
nix area for the orchard heat
ing season due in a week or
two. He said he is planning to
contact those orchardists per
sonally. "This thing must be done
voluntarily or enforcement
legislation will be needed,"
Miller remarked.
Next week's meeting will
include representatives of the
fruit and lumber industries
and the City Sanitary Service.
Of an estimated 50,627
open type heaters formerly
used, 10,000 have been con
verted, replaced, or will be
replaced soon by heaters now
on order, according to Dun
bar Carpenter, Medford fruit
grower, and representative of
the fruit industry.
Robert Chandler To
Serve Paper in LA. -
Los Angeles (UPD Robert
W. Chandler, owner and pub
lisher of the Bend, Ore., Bulle
tin and co-owner of the La
Grande, Ore., Evening Ob
server, was appointed general
manager of the Los Angeles
Evening Mirror News today.
Get It Worked Out, Son'
MEMORIAL RITES Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Senate ma
jority leader, speaks to fellow senators and the crowd as
sembled for memorial services for Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger in Portland Sunday. Seated,- left to right, are Sen.
Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska); Justice W. O. Douglas; Gov.
enaiors
it Memorial Services in Portland
Portland (UPD Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger was hailed
Sunday as "one of the great
Americans of our time" as
more than 1,500 persons
crowded into Temple Beth
Israel here to attend his me
morial services.
Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson used the
Attempts To Reach
Miners Continued
. Logan, W. Va. t- (UPD - Coal
grimed rescue squads early to
day began digging three dif
ferent routes in their effort
to reach 18 miners sealed in a
coal mine for more than six
days.
The exhausted crews late
Sunday night inched to with
in 150 feet of one of two areas
where mine officials believed
the trapped men may have
barricaded themselves from
the dense smoke and deadly
gas fumes spawned by smold
ering fires.
The miners have not been
heard from since 8:30 a.m.
(e.s.t.) Tuesday when a slate
fall ripped down electric
cables and started a fire in
the Holden No. 22 mine in
southwestern West Virginia.
Satellite Sends
Strong Signals
Washington - (UPD - The U.S.
Pioneer V, sun satellite, ap
proached the half-million-mile
post today on its trek through
space, still sending back radio
signals to earth.
The 94.8 -pound satellite
Sunday set a distance record
for deep space, communica
tions when, its radio trans
mitter - the most powerful
ever sent into space was
monitored from 412,000 miles
away.
The South Point Tracking
Station on the island-of Ha
waii reported it began a
20 -minute reading at 2 a.m.
(e.s.t.) today and other at
tempts were scheduled later
in the day, elsewhere in the
world.
Many Seek County,
A Talent man Friday after
noon filed for nomination for
Jackson county treasurer,
bringing to 12 the number of
candidates seeking nomina
tion for county offices in the
May 20 primary election.
Filing for the Republican
nomination for treasurer was
Chester (Chet) L. Rapp, 30, of
route l,,box 585, Talent.
Rapp, who is a car sales
man for the Jim Busch Ford
Sales company, Ashland, has
lived in Jackson county his
entire life. He attended Tal
ent and Ashland schools and
is a graduate of Southern Ore
gon college, majoring in ele
mentary education.
Rapp served as an instruc
tor in the U. S. Air Force for
four years. He is a member of
Theta Delta Phi, men's hon
orary fraternity, and the Ash
land Elks club.
This candidate is single,and
makes his home with his par
ents. With Kapp's filing all coun
Praise Richard Neuberger
phrase to describe the 47-year-old
Oregon Democrat who
died last Wednesday. John
son led a delegation of sen
ators and other government
officials who flew here in an
Air Force transport.
Many Under Marquee
Many persons listened to
the 55-minute memorial serv
ice while standing under a
canvas marquee outside.
Neuberger's widow, Maur
ine, dressed in black, sat in a
front row pew - with other
relatives.
Johnson said he and his col
leagues flew to Portland "to
share the privilege of paying
tribute to one of the great
Americans of our time."
Ashland Girl Hurt
In Recent Accident
A nine - year - old Ashland
girl was injured in a car and
truck and trailer accident Sat
urday afternoon south of Ash
land, state police reported.
The girl, Judy Ekstrom,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Theodore Ekstrom, 508
North Main st., Ashland, was
taken to Ashland General hos
pital and x-rayed but extent
of her injuries was not re
ported. A truck and trailer operat
ed by Raymond Henry Luiz,
route 2, box 360, Lodi, Calif.,
started to overtake the south
bound car driven by Ekstrom
when the car made a left turn
into Crowson rd., south of
Ashland.
State police said a com
plaint would be filed against
the truck driver for passing
at an intersection.
Kefauver's Name
Taken Off Ballot
Salem -UPD- The name of
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
was taken off the May 20
Oregon presidential . primary
ballot today, as expected.
to controlling ragweed, Ore
gon is in the forefront of
other states, according - to
George Moose of the State
Agriculture Department.
ty offices had candidates from
both parties.
One Jackson county resi
dent, Dr. Edwin R. Durno,
2512 East Main st., Medford,
a Republican and present
member of the state - senate,
filed for U.S. Representative
from the Fourth Congression
al District. He is seeking the
position now held by Charles
O. Porter, Democrat, Eugene.
. In addition to county offic
es, candidates from Jackson
county also are seeking nomi
nation to the house of repre
sentatives and for justice of
the peace in Gold Hill and
Ashland. Only one candidate
has filed for circuit court
judge for Jackson and Jose
phine counties, position No. 2.
Those who have filed for
nomination in the primary
May 20 are:
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Republican: John Dellen
back, 257 Windsor ave., Med
ford; Mrs. Evelyn Nye, incum
bent, Medford; E. H. Mann,
47 Rose ave., Medford.
Mark Hatfield of Oregon; Rabbi E. Rose of Temple Beth
Israel where the service was held; Sen. Paul Douglas (D
111.); E. Palmer Hoyt, former editor of the Oregonian and
now publisher of the Denver Post, and Robert Holmes,
former governor of Oregon. (UPI Telephoto)
"He was never afraid to be
on any unpopular side if it
was in the best interests of
the country he. loved so
much," Johnson said. "He was
an impeccably honest public
official . . . He was the truest
liberal I ever knew ... He
was a great humanitarian . . .
Sham and hypocrisy were not
part of him.
"During my 30 years in
Washington I have never
heard as many eloquent eulo
gies as were given for Dick
Neuberger in the Senate last
Wednesday, and none more
truly deserved."
Governor Has Praise
Gov. Hatfield, a Republi
can, said Oregon's Democratic
junior senator "fought the
status quo. He ceaselessly.
restlessly, wanted to move
forward, to do more for his
people, to leave them a legacy
of carefully husbanded natu
ral resources, a future as
bright as that which our
pioneer predecessors envis
ioned." "I acknowledge with deep
Garage and Shed
Destroyed in Fires
A garage was destroyed
during a fire Sunday after
noon on Table Rock rd., the
Central Point Rural fire de
partment reported today.
The Central Point rural de
partment received mutual aid
assistance from the Medford
fire department in putting out
the fire at 6198 Table Rock
rd. Firemen were able to
save the house which contain
ed a beauty salon, but not the
arage. Central Point had
two pumpers and 14 firemen
fighting the flames.
A shed was declared a total
loss when engulfed by flames
spreading from a trash fire at
121 Reager st., Medford fire
men said. Two men were
burning trash and shifted a
fuel oil drum spilling some of
its contents. This was ignited
by the trash and flames quick-"
ly spread to the 14 by 30 foot
shed.
State, National Posts
Democratic: Miss Inez M.
Holcomb, 632 North Cen
tral ave., Medford; Robert B.
Duncan, incumbent, Medford.
Each party will nominate
two, and two representatives
from Jackson county will be
elected in the general election
next November.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY .
Republican:. Alan B.
Holmes, 3S North Berkeley
Way, Medford.
Democratic: Gerald J. Scan
".ell Jr., Griffin Creek area,
Medford.
COUNTY ASSESSOR
" Republican: Herbert Hunt
er, 409 Lynwood ave., Med
ford. Democratic: Ray J. Schu
macher, 126 Portland ave.,
Medford.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Republican: Paul B. Ryn
ning, 16 Rose ave., Medford.
Democratic: Ralph James,
incumbent, Sams Valley; Ed
win H. Taylor, Route 2, box
285, Table Rock rd., Central
Point.
gratitude . . . the lasting con
tributions Senator Neuberger
made to this state and to the
nation. He grew tall to match
our forests, he saw to the
horizons as from our moun
taintops, he spoke with the
eloquence of his writingsvHe
shared himself with us. ' He
spared himself not. He was
our faithful servant. May he
rest in peace."
Rabbi Emanuel Rose of the
Beth Israel congregation con
ducted the simple, reverent
service. He opened with a
prayer, read the 23rd Psalm,
and introduced the speakers.
Morse Didn't Speak
They included Johnson,
Hatfield, Senators Paul Doug
las (D-Ill.), Ernest Gruening
(D-Alaska), former Democrat
ic Gov. Robert D. Holmes,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
William O. Douglas, E. Palm
er Hoyt, publisher of the Den
ver Post, and Dr. Richard M.
Steiner of the Portland First
Unitarian church. Sen. Wayne
L. Morse (D-Ore.) also was
present but did not speak.
Douglas said Neuberger, as
a free lance writer, "did more
than any other person in his
tory to bring to the nation's
attention the potential of one
area - the Pacific Northwest."
College Students
Arrested After Fight
Ashland-Two Southern Ore
gon college students were ar
rested by Ashland police early
this morning after a fight in
a local bar-restaurant.
Floyd W. South, 25, and
Gregory G. Cooper, 21, each
were charged with disorderly
conduct and South was charg
ed additionally with resisting
arrest. Both were released on
payment of $50 bail and or
dered to appear in Ashland
municipal court Friday for
arraignment.
Police made the arrests at
12:48 o'clock today.
Cooper, they said, was in
possession of a .38 caliber
revolver but did not use or
threaten to use the weapon
during the fight. He told po
lice he had been rabbit hunt
ing. COUNTY TREASURER
Republican: Chester (Chet)
L. Rapp, route .1, box 585,
Talent.
Democratic: Karl Janouch,
incumbent, Route 1, box 240,
Central Point.
COUNTY SURVEYOR
Republican: Mark E. Boy
den, 2541 Sandy Terrace, Med
ford; Lowell E. Ager, 63
Gresham st., Ashland
. Democratic: Edward A. Mc
Ginty, 103 Spring st., Med
ford. NON-PARTISAN
Circuit Court Judge (Jackson-Josephine
counties): Orval
J. Millard, incumbent, Grants
Pass:
Justice of the Peace (Ash
land: Frances I. Gallatin, in
cumbent, ' 148 Central ave.,
Ashland; Arthur M. Boner,
149 South Main st., Phoenix.
Justice of the Peace (Gold
Hill): Betty L. Ladd, route 1,
box 265, Gold Hill; Norman
R. Matteson, route 2, box 277,
Central Point.