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GUNITE STARTED Workers yesterday Ray Vaughn, assistant engineers, and Ver
started applying gunite to the new Jackson non Thorpe, center, city engineer. The pool
park swimming pool as city engineering de- is expected to be completed for the com
partment officials watch. On hand to view ing season.
the start of gunite are Pete Shogren and (Baker photo)
Mouse Expected To Pass
Civil Rights by Nightfall
Washington - (UPD -'The
House was expected to wind
up two weeks of civil rights
debate today by passing a
five-point bill and sending it
to the waiting Senate.
Rep. Emanuel Celler (N.Y.),
Democratic civil rights leader
said the bill vould be passed
before sundown "without
fail" and with little, if any,
change.
The bill would safeguard
Negro voting rights and out-
Hunt for Killer
Of Three Women
Turns To Canada
Starved Rock State Park,
111. - (UPD - The manhunt for
a sex-crazed murderer turned
to Caflada today with the dis
covery of a keycase on a
frozen pathway leading to the
canyon where three society
matrons were beaten to death.
State police superintendent
William Morris, who found
the brown leather, semi-folding
case in melting snow be
side the pathway, said it was
inscribed with the word,
"Windsor" and bore a Cana
dian maple leaf.
Motilities Asked for Help
Authorities here theorized
the case, carrying three keys,
could have originated in
Windsor, Ont. They asked
Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice for help.
Morris said the key case
was stamped, "Manufactured
in Cleveland, Ohio." and the
keys appeared to fit a Ford or
Mercury automobile.
Clues Take Pattern
Clues to the sadistic slay
ings sifted into a definite pat
tern today just one week af
ter the bodies of Mrs. Lillian
Oetting. 50, Mrs. Mildred
Lindquist, 50, and Mrs. Fran
ces Murphy, 47, were found
in a cave in snow-hushed St.
Louis canyon here.
Aiding Castro Foes
Charged To U.S. Navy
Havana - (UPD - Cuba's semi
official press has charged that
the U.S. navy and its chief
of operations. Adm. Arleigh
A. Burke, are aiding the foes
of Premier Fidel Castro.
Booklet on County to
Arrive Here
First copies of a booklet on
county government, "How
much do you know about
Jackson county?" prepared
by the League of Women Vot
ers of Medford, will arrive
here next Monday.
A "publication party" to
introduce the booklet to
League members, county offi
cials and others who have
helped in its preparation will
be held Tuesday, March 29,
from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Red
Cross building. The public is
invited.
Two Years' Study
The 48-page booklet is the
result of more than two years'
study by the non -partisan
voters group. It describes all
phases of county government
operation and includes back
ground information concern
ing this area's history and
economics. v
League members reported
that the booklet has been
. law interference with school
I integration orders in the
I South.
OutnumDered Southerners,
fighting to the last to weaken
the measure, prepared to offer
more amendments before the
final vote.
The Senate, meanwhile,
was expected to vote on a
motion to table - and thus kill
- a proposed voting rights
amendment by Sens. Joseph
S. Clark (D-Pa.) and Jacob K.
Javits (R-N.Y.).
But for the most part the
Senate was marking time
awaiting the House action.
The Clark-Javits proposal,
criticized by Attorney Gen
eral William P. Rogers Tues
day, would combine the ad
ministration's voting referee
plan with a system of federal
enrollment officers proposed
by Sen. Thomas C." Hennings
Jr. (D-Mo.).
Rogers wrote Senate GOP
Leader Everett M. Dirksen
Pear Growers Not
To Burn Tires
No pear growers in the
Rogue River valley are plan
ning to burn tires for orchard
heating this season, Charles
Henry, Medford, president of
the Jackson County Fruit
Growers league, emphasized
today.
The picture on the front
page of the Mail Tribune
Monday was of a peach or
chard. A check by fruit grow
ers league representatives in
dicates that possibly only one
or two peach orchards will be
heated by burning rubber
tires this year, Henry said.
"The Fruit Growers league
consists entirely of pear grow
ers. We have no jurisdiction
over peach growers," Henry
said.
No orchard heating has
been done so far this season.
Haze in the sky has been cre
ated by sources other than or
chard heaters.
Times and stations for fruit
frost warning forecasts by
W. J. Rogers, of the fruit frost
warning service are: KMED,
at different times between 8
and 10:30 p.m.; KYJC 8 p.m.
and recording played back
over telephone on request;
KOIN, 9:15 p.m., 10:15 p.m.,
and 10:50 p.m. and KBES-TV,
broadcast schedule irregular.
on Monday
written for use of the general
public and students who wish
to gain a better understand
ing of local government.
A television program to aid
in introducing the booklet to
the public has been set for
Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Sold at Cost
It is to be sold at an at-cost
price throughout the county.
League members are planning
a sales campaign which will
reach local service clubs and
other organizations.
Some schools in the valley
have already placed orders
for the small book which will
be used in social studies
classes.
The League has sent special
invitations to the publication
party, to all county officials
and their wives, and to other
local persons who helped with
the study.
Coffee and cookies will be
served by the League
(111.) that the Clark-Javits pro
posal was "worthless" and "in
effective" and had the "fatal
illness" of being unenforce
able. The House stamped its ap
proval on the most contro
versial part in its bill - the
administrations plan for court
appointed referees to protect
Negroes' rights to vote in all
elections.
The referee plan was added
to a civil rights bill by a vote
of 199 to 104. The House
accepted one amendment to
strengthen the administration
proposal and defeated a string
of attempts by southerners
and conservative Republicans
to weaken it. J
(See Story on Page 2)
Canvass Changes
Districts' Vote
, Official canvass of last
Wednesday's school district
reorganization vote in Rogue
River and Evans Valley
changes the vote result little,
according to the county school
superintendent's office.
According to the official
canvass made by the Jackson
County School District Re
organization committee last
night 150 persons voted yes
and 21 no in Rogue River. In
Evans Valley 54 persons voted
yes and 134 persons no. -
, Three yes votes were dis
qualified in the Rogue River
district and two no votes in
the Evans Valley district. The
result remains the same, 71
per cent of the voters voting
in the Evans Valley district
opposed , joining with Rogue
River, County School Super
intendent Alf B. Mekvold
noted.
The reorganization commit
tee adopted .a resolution stat
ing that the proposal, accord
ing to the total vote, was
passed, but since Evans Val
ley voted it down, the official
reorganization proceeding will
be delayed 30 days from the
official vote canvass.
If a number of voters in
the Evans Valley district
equal to 50 per cent of the
number who voted in last
Wednesday's election sign a
petition opposing the reorgan
ization, the current plan will
be rejected. Petitions are al
ready out in Evans Valley,
Mekvold said. If no unfavor
able petitions are turned in
during the 30-day period then
the joint administrative dis
trict becomes effective July 1,
he explained.
Symington to Tell
Plans on Thursday
Washington - (UPD Sen.
Stuart Symington (Mo.) will
announce Thursday that he
will be a candidate for the
1960 Democratic presidential
nomination.
He announced today that
he would issue a statement
Thursday and then hold a
news conference.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and mild to
night and Thursday. Low to
night 39. High Thursday 75.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 80
Lowest this Morning ; 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:27 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ... 6:08 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 4:42 a.m.
New Moon x.... March 2G
The planet, Mars, appears near
the Moon tonight. Actually it
is now about 18S million miles
from the Farth. twice as far
away as the Sun.
Russia Willing
For Inspectors
To Verify Cuts
Effort To Learn
Strength Ruled Out
Geneva-(DPD - The Russians
said today they were willing
to let international inspectors
verify Soviet reductions in
troops and arms providing
they did not try to determine
what Russian forces still exist.
Soviet delegate Valerian
Zorin told the 10-nation Dis
armament Conference that
any international effort to de
termine the strength of Soviet
forces in being would amount
to "espionage."
Zorin agreed that reductions
in arms and armed forces,
which he said should be ap
plied at each stage of East
West disarmament.
If inspectors tried to deter
mine the strength of forces
not subject to agreed reduc
tions, however, he said they
could be considered "spies."
Zorin said the principal
problem confronting the con
ference was to determine,
what disarmament measures
the nations taking part were
willing to accept.
"If they can agree on these
measures, I am sure they can
agree on controls . . ." he
said.'
Western delegates said Zor
in did a lot of talking about
controls without ever coming
close to an answer to their
repeated questions about just
what sort of controls the Rus
sians are willing to accept.
Before Zorin spoke, Com
munist Romania's Edouard
Mezincescu attacked western
plans for the establishment of
an international disarmament
organization. He said the Unit
ed Nations should be suffici
ent to keep the peace.
Bonds Sold for
Ashland Hospital
Ashland - First National
Bank of Oregon's low bid on
bonds for Ashland's new hos
pital last night was accepted
by the Ashland city council.
The bank's bid listed an inter
est rate of 4.268 per cent on
the $350,000 issue.
One other bid was opened,
a joint one by Blytli and com
pany and the United States
National bank with an inter
est rate of 4.3689 per cent.
Construction of the half
million dollar hospital is ex
pected to start by early sum
mer. The council, meeting in an
adjourned session, also set
private hearings on a junior
high school property rezoning
ordinance. Hearings will be
held Monday, April 4, for the
planning commission, and
Tuesday, April 5, for the coun
cil. Fire Permits To Be
Required in CPRFPD
Central Point-Fire permits
will be required starting
April 1 in the Central Point
Rural Fire Protection district,
Fire Chief L. C. Lisenbee has
announced.
Those people in the district
living within one-eight mile
of state forest department
protected land shall be re
quired to obtain permits from
the state's southwest district
headquarters. Other residents
will get permits from the ru
ral district office.
Portland-(UPD Damage was
estimated at $65,000 from the
Monday night fire which de
stroyed the Charles Grant
Woodwork company in south
east Portland.
"... I Repeat This
Regional Edition
Medford
1 8 Pages Section A
Portland
Plan To
Inter-Union
Committee Ired
By Proposal
Publishers Call
Charge Ridiculous
Portland - (UPD - Plans by
Portland's two dailys news
papers to put armed guards
inside their struck plants
aroused the ire of the Inter
Union Newspaper committee
today.
The committee sent- tele
grams to Labor Secretary
James Mitchell, Gov. Mark
Hatfield and others asking for
"immediate intervention to
prohibit use of armed guards."
Unarmed Guards Used
Plants of the two papers,
the Oregon Journal and Ore
gonian, have been guarded by
unarmed Pinkerton men since
last Nov. 10 when stereo
types walked out.
The union's telegram charg
ed that using armed guards
within the plants would be a
"provocation to violence and
bloodshed."
Publish ers immediately
called the charge "ridiculous."
They said they had been
thinking about changing se
curity systems since the Janu
ary bombing of 10 trucks
used by the newspapers.
Protective Measure
"It is a protective measure
for internal security to sup
plement the services of law
enforcement' agencies. '.To in
fer, as the strike committee's
telegram did, that this pro
cedure is provocative is ridic
ulous under these or any oth
er circumstances," the pub
lishers said.
The telegram also went to
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.),
Portland Mayor Terry
Schrunk, Portland Police
Chief Walter Hilbruner, and
Carl Francis, Dayton, Ore.,
chairman of the Legislative
Interim Committee on Crime
Prevention.
Investigation Promised
Mayor Schrunk promised
an immediate investigation
when 20 members of the
union committee called at his
office.
Pinkerton h e a d q u arters
,here said it had been asked by
the papers to arm the guards
at the two plants, but refused
because it is against their na
tional policy to arm guards in
strike situations. Their men
carry weapons on other jobs.
Dr. Wilson to Speak
At Commencement
Ashland-University of Ore
gon President Dr. Meredith
Wilson, who will leave at the
end of this school year, will
be the key speaker at South
ern Oregon college's June 5
commencement program in
Lithia park, the college has
announced.
Dr. Wilson's talk, a SOC
spokesman said, will be one
of his last major addresses as
president of the university.
Is a Test ...!!! "
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Newspapers Announce
Arm Guards in Building
RAISE TENT Workmen are shown raising will house some exhibits, along with a fish
a large circus tent near the Medford armory, pond, stage, facilities for a horse show, and
where the Crater Lions club's Sportsfair other activities. (Knackstedt photo)
Camp White Man
Killed in Mishap
Along Highway 62
James- Michael Hart,:. 51,
member of the Camp White
domiciliary, was killed by a
truck last night while cross
ing the Crater Lake highway
near the intersection of Alta
Vista . rd., state police re
ported. Medford Ambulance Serv
ice attendants reported the
man had no identification in
his pockets although a wallet
containing identification was
found near the body. Identifi
cation was established later
by the domiciliary authori
ties and state police. The body
was taken to Perl Funeral
home in Medford pending fu
neral - arrangements.
Hart was struck by a truck
driven by Bob Glenn Kimmel,
26, of 632 South B st., Eagle
Point. He told officers his
truck was eastbound on the
Crater Lake highway about
50 miles per hour. A dark ob
ject came from the vehicle's
left side when the truck
neared the intersection of
Alta Vista rd. Kimmel told
state police he struck the pe
destrian before he could ap
ply his brakes.
State police said the victim
was hit in the east bound
lane about 3 feet from the
center line. No action is con
templated at this time, state
police said. The truck is regis
tered to R. B. Brown, of 3025
Delta Waters rd., Medford.
The fatality was the sixth
from traffic accidents this
year in Jackson county.
Budget Committee
To Meet Friday
The Jackson county budget
committee will meet Friday,
starting at 9 a.m., County
Judge Earl Miller said today.
First on the agenda is the
Jackson county health depart
ment budget which is divided
into three sections for consid
eration. One section is the
office general budget, another
mosquito control, and the
third mental health. The lat
ter includes the Siskiyou
Child Guidance center and a
new family counseling serv
ice. Representatives of the Jack
son county planning commis
sion are scheduled to meet
again with the budget com
mittee at 11 a.m. to present
more details on its budget.
The Jackson county juvenile
department will present its
budget at 1:30 p.m. and the
Jackson county farm home
budget request will be con
sidered at 2:45 p.m.
Olympia, Wash.-OJPD - The
State Public Service commis
sion has denied Pacific Power
and Light Co.'s request for a
general rate increase of near
ly $11 million a year.
Tribune
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23,
Timber Products
Awards Contracts
For Equipment
. Contracts totaling nearly a
half-million dollars have been
awarded on equipment to
eliminate air pollution at Tim
ber Products company, on
East , McAndrews rd.' and
North Central ave., the firm
announced today.' The new fa
cility is slated for operation
not later than Sept. 1.
Overall contract for a new
steam generation facility has
been awarded to the M. A.
Roberts company, mechanical
boiler contractors of Portland,
a company spokesman an
nounced. Firm orders have
been placed also for the bulk
of the material for the steam
generating plant, he added.
Construction will begin
next week on the foundation
and buildings. Actual boiler
erection will start about
July 1.
Order for Boiler
The order for the boiler, the
chief piece of equipment in
this installation, has been
placed with the Garrett and
Schaf er company, Seattle,
Wash., the company spokes
man said.
This will be equipped with
the Riley pneumatic stoker,
fully automatic controls fur
nished by the Bailey Meter
company, and complete cinder
and smoke elimination equip
ment to be furnished by the
Fly-Ash Arrester company.
When completed the steam
generating facility will be the
most modern in the industry,
the spokesman said.
Other principal equipment
ordered includes a new 24
opening hot press for ply
wood, which has been placed
with the Williams White com
pany of Moline, 111. The order
for the semi-automatic load
ing and unloading equipment
for the press has been placed
with the American Manufac
turing company of Tacoma,
Wash.
Advance Census Report Forms To Go
To Householders in Area This Week
Advance reports forms for
the 1960 census of popula
tion and housing will be dis
tributed by the post office
this week to all households in
this area, according to Dis
trict Supervisor E. G. Bates.
- Census takers who will
visit every dwelling unK
starting April 1 will partic
ipate in four training sessions
next week.
The report form is a new
census-taking device designed
to speed up the field canvass
and provide more accurate
statistics, giving each family
a chance to assemble informa
tion in advance.
Ask Seven Questions
Bates urged residents to
fill out the. forms and have
55th Year Price 10 Cents
1960
No. 2
.; Delivery ..on the equipment
is scheduled for late in June
and installation not later than
Sept. 1. . Installatin of con
tinuous moisture recorders
for the plywood dryers has
been completed. The units
were purchased from the
Laucks laboratories, Seattle,
Wash. ,
A new 35-ton log-decking
crane has been ordered from
the Marion company, Marion,
Ohio, through the Western
Equipment company.
"This heavy, highly speci
alized equipment is not avail
able locally so must be or
dered outside the county, oth
erwise the company has a
policy of buying all supplies
and equipment it can locally,"
a spokesman explained.
This is part of the three
quarters of a million dollar
modernization program by
the company for 1960, a com
pany spokesman said.
A research and develop
ment program has been
launched by the company to
seek new uses of waste prod
ucts as well as improved
manufacturing tech n i q u e s.
The company has complete
barking and chipping facili
ties installed for the manufac
ture of pulp chips.
In its research program the
company is aiming at addi
tion utilization of waste ma
terials through developing
new uses and products, the
spokesman said, thus eliminat
ing the necessity of burning
them.
Flights To Cuba
Due for Crackdown
Washington - (UPD - The
Federal Aviation Agency will
crack down soon, possibly to
day, on unauthorized flights
of private American planes to
Cuba which have angered Fi
del Castro's regime.
them ready by April 1. The
reports ask seven questions
about every person in the
household and six questions
about the dwelling.
Questions include name, ad
dress, sex, color or race, birth
date, marriage status and re
lationship to head of the
household. Questions about
the dwelling includes the
number of rooms, cooking fa
cilities, plumbing, and wheth
er Tented or owned. .
At every fourth household,
the census taker will ask ad
ditional questions covering
population and housing char
acteristics. Information Confidential
Information about individ
uals and their homes furnish
Soviet Premier
Says Russia Has
No Intentions
o
Leader in France
For 11 -Day Visit
Paris - (UPD - Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev said today
Russia has never exploded
nuclear bomb underground
and does not intend to do o.
Khrushchev made his state
ment in an informal talk to
the France - U.S.S.R. Friend
ship Society a few hours after
he arrived for an 11-day etat
visit in a Paris wrapped in
the tightest security network
of the century.
Would Exhaust Problem
He added in his comment
at the Quai d'Orsay, where h
is staying while in the French
capital, that if present Soviet
proposals at the Geneva die-
armament and nuclear wet
ban talks are accepted, "th
disarmament problem will ha
exhausted."
Khrushchev's statement that
the Soviet Union has neve
conducted a n underground,
nuclear test - the only kin
generally considered undetect
able - was believed to b th
first such revelation from &
Soviet official.
Accepts Western Proposals a
"You know that we ham
accepted the American and,
British proposals on th di
continuation of nuclear wcap
ons tests," he said. "Now thr
are only insignificant differ
ences left between our r
spective positions.
"They deal with the ques
tion of underground explo.
ions.
"But until we work cmi
such methods of detection, li
us agree not to have any mor
underground explosions. w
have never carried out aire
underground explosions of
clear weapons and we have ae
intention of doing so."
Scarcely Visible
Khrushchev made his re
marks to the friendship grou
following a formal drive u$
the Champs Elysee under suck
stringent security, wraps that
300,000 Frenchmen lining th
famed broad boulevard scarce
ly could see him slumped i
the official limousine beside,
the towering figure of French
President Charles de Gaulle.
150 Women Sign
Up For Course
A total of 150 women reg
istered Tuesday evening for
the physical fitness class
being offered by the city's rec
reation department.
Bob Haworth, city perks
and recreation director, ex
pressed his pleasure at tha.
large turnout, but added that
they were surprised at the
public's respone to the claw.
Instructor for the c!a,
which has been divided into
four weekly meetings, will b
Miss Ruth Adkins, physieal
education instructor at Mc
Loughlin Junior High school.
Registration for the cla
has not been closed, Hawswtfc
said.
Sessions will be held Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday an
Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. with
each class having about 4fl
women. Class will end at aj
proximately 8:30 p.m. The
first classes will be held next
week and continue for eight
weeks. Meetings are held in
the girls gymnasium at Mc
Loughlin. Haworth said a wide age
range was represented by the
women registering for the
class last night. He said the
class will stress exercise. This
is the first effort by the rec
reation department with ani
adult group. No registration
fee is charged.
ed to the census bureau is
kept confidential under fed
eral law. Only statistical to
tals and averages are publish
ed. No individual person can
be identified in published re
ports and information cannot
be used for regulation, inves
tigation or taxation.
Local census takers will at
tend sessions conducted by
crew leaders March 28, 29, 30
and 31. Emphasis will be
placed on the importance of
a systematic, thorough can
vass. The nine hours' total train
ing will include proper man
ner of asking questions, use
of the questionnaire, defini
tions and map reading.
f i