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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1960
No. 5
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'You Might Say That They See I-To-I"
County Health Dept.
Budget Trimmed, OK'd
The Jackson county budget
committee Friday afternoon
approved the Jackson county
health department office bud
get, but trimmed it from $103,
140 to $101,220.
Budget committee members
disallowed a $240 raise for
public health nurse IV posi
tion, a $300 raise for a clerk
steonographer III position and
a $120 raise to a clerk typist
II position. This leaves the
top public health nurse at an
annual salary of $5,040, a
clerk stenographer at $4,200,
and the clerk typist at $3,180.
The budget committee also
cut $1,500 off the depart
ment's travel allowance and
added $1,000 for polio shots.
Lynn Newbry, Ashland
packing house owner, said he
is quite impressed with the
job the public health depart
ment is doing.
The budget committee has
not yet approved a requested
county allocation of $2,000 as
its share of the child guidance
clinic operational expenses
nor another $2,000 requested
allotment for establishing a
family counseling program to
operate with the child guid
ance center. .
Guests fo Appear
County Judge Earl Miller,
Circuit Court Judge Edward
C. Kelly and Dr. Leonard B.
Mayfield, superintendent o f
Medford Public Schools, will
be guests of the League of
Women Voters of Medford on
a television program Monday
at 5:30 p.m.
The three officials and mem
bers of the League will dis
cuss a new booklet on county
government, "How Much Do
You Know about J a c k s o n
County?" which has been pub
lished by the voters group.
sots briefs
By United Press International
Berlin Russian border guards Saturday held up a
U. S. military train bound for West Berlin because a
swastika had been drawn on one of the cars but permitted
it to proceed 14 hours later after a strong American
protest.
Harrington. Wash. A twin-jet Navy attack bomber
crashed in a farm field near here Saturday killing two
crewmen. A third crewman bailed out safely and notified
authorities. The parachute of one of the fliers failed to
open.
Wausau, Wis. Sen. Hubert Humphrey suggested Sat
urday night the disarmament logjam might be broken if
the United States agrees to a temporary moratorium on
underground testing of small atomic weapons.
Vatican City Pope John XXIII Saturday night re
ceived privately an African, a Filipino and a Japanese he
will proclaim Cardinals of the Roman Catholic church in
a series of consistories next week. -
Hollywood-Negotiators reported defenite progress Sat
urday in efforts to end the three-week strike against major
moyie studios.
Washington Postmaster General Arthur E. Summer
field declared Saturday he will carry to the Supreme Court
his fight to ban from the mails the unexpurgrated edition
of D. H. Lawrence's novel "Lady Chatterly's Lover."
Chicago Dr. Emil Grubbe, 85, who most of his adult
life battled the wasting radiation ailments tha tdodged him
from his pioneer days working with x-rays, died aSturday.
Detroit Sen. John F. Kennedy said Saturday he still
considers Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas
his primary opponent for the Democratic nomination for
.President.
Hollywood Mickey Cohen's car was stolen Saturday
and when he and several friends with the help of police
recovered it his English bulldog and personal address
book were missing.
Dr. Clarence Drummond,
county public health officer
explained that a total of
$8,000 would be required for
hiring a case worker for fam
ily counseling. The state
would use federal allocations
to pay $4,000 and the rest
could come from donations or
other sources, Dr. Drummond
said.
Few Pay Raises
Only health department
personal to receive increases
were the sanitarians, who re
ceived ranges ranging from
$15 to $25 a month.
The county court also con
sidered the Jackson county
farm home budget but took
no : action: County Commis
sioner Ralph James said - a
few minor changes would
probably have to be made.
Budget total requested, for
1960-61 is $120,046, a re
quested decrease of $5,779
from the current year's bud
get of $125,825.
Major budget request items
are the superintendent's sal
ary of $3,400, up $100; as
sistant superintendent, $3,400,
up $100; first cook $3,096, no
change; second cook, $3,096,
no change; third cook, $3,096,
no change; dishwasher and D
room girls 3, $7,020, no
change; relief cooks, $950, no
change, and $415 credit; farm
er, $500, compared to $2,160
previous salary, $1,660 credit;
first laundress, $2,484, up
$144; second laundress,
$3,805, up $984; registered
nurse, $4,452, up $216; reg
istered nurse, $4,032, no
change; licensed practical
nurse I, $3,636, no change;
relief nurses, $3,704, com
pared to current salary of
$4,268, $564 credit; supplies
$16,010, no change; power,
$2,700, up $100; repairs $2,
500, $700 credit; and fuel
$4,250, no change.
Outlook Said Dim
On Arms Confabs
Geneva - (UPD - American
sources said Saturday that
Russia's refusal to accept
cheat-proof controls "bodes
ill" for the success of the 10
nation Geneva disarmament
conference.
The sources warned that the
Russians may not budge from
their present position before
President Eisenhower and
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
face off at the Paris summit
talks beginning May 16.
The western powers also re
fuse to retreat from their po
sition that any disarmament
accord must be well policed.
Senators Ignore
Ike by Working
On Medical Plan
Washington (UPD Three
Republican Senators Saturday
ignored President Eisenhow
er's opposition and announced
they were drafting a plan to
provide medical, care for the
aged.
The plan was advanced by
Sens. John Sherman Cooper
(Ky.), Jacob K. Javits (N.Y.)
and Hugh Scott (Pa.) who urg
ed the President to support it.
They said in a joint state
ment that the growing num
ber of retired and older per
sons "are entitled to the
health care which the modern
day can afford them but they
are unable to obtain it ade
quately under existing . . .
plans without some govern
ment help."
Federal Grants
This voluntary program
involve federal grants paid
out of general revenues in
stead' of from the Social Se
curity system as proposed by
the Democrats.
, Eisenhower earlier this
week overruled Arthur S.
Flemming, Secretary of
Health, Education and Wel
fare, who wants Congress to
act now on such a plan. The
President also opposed the
Democratic plan or any modi
fication of it but said he had
no proposal of his own to
offer at this time.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon is believed to have se
cretly encouraged Flemming
on the program and it is un
derstood he feels the GOP
must be do "something" about
it this year.
EP School Budget
Gains Approval
Eagle Point - The Eagle
Point School district budget
committee last week approv
ed a general fund budget to
taling $647,409.21, an increase
of $53,449.91 more than this
year's expenditures.
Estimated receipts and
available cash balances total
$215,539.71, budget commit
tee members noted, which is
an increase of $24,233.90.
The amount necessary to
balance the budget for the
general fund is estimated at
$431,869.50, to which is added
$57,508.34 of the bond inter
est and redemption fund for a
total of $489,377.84.
Taxes which will not be col
lected and estimated rebate on
taxes is estimated to total $27,
344.31, leaving total estimated
tax levies of $516,722.15.
Of the latter total, $63,
259.17 is not subject to the 6
per cent limitation, and $75,
227.91 is inside the 6 per cent
limitation, leaving $378,235.07
outside the 6 per cent limita
tion. Budget committee members
noted that the bond interest
and redemption fund is $21,
797.54 less than the present
year.
The increase in the budget,
committee members said, is
from general increases in op
e r a t i n g and maintenance
costs.
The budget includes salaries
for two additional teachers,
one elementary school teach
er and one high school teach
er, who will be needed be
cause of increased enroll
ments, committee members
noted.
Superintendent Glen Hale
noted that the high school en
rollment has exceeded 300 stu
dents, and state standards re
quire a full-time librarian
when enrollment reaches 300
students.
Teachers salaries were
brought near the line of the
other school district teachers
salaries in the county, Hale
noted.
Without adequate Inspec
tion and control, the eWst in
sisted, there would be no way
of knowing whether the Rus
sians were matching them
man-for-man, and gun-for-gun
in a military strip down.
With the East-West disarm
ament negotiations deadlock
ed on the controls issue at the
end of its second week, au
thoritative sources said the
West has abandoned hope for
a quick agreement.
The Russians' first assign
ment now, the Americans be
lieved, was to keep the talks
going until at leaast the sum
mit meeting. The West also
was digging in for prolonged
East-West haggling.
Western negotiators were
said to hope but not too opti
mistically - that Soviet dele
gate Valerian Zorin would re
consider over the weekend his
"fuzzy" stand on controls at
yesterday's conference ses
sion. ,
Temperatures Hit
Lows in 6 States
By United Press International
Dame spring waved an icy
wand over New England Sat
urday, dropping temperatures
to all-time lows in at least six
states.
In the middlewest, however,
warm weather caused heavy
runoff from melting snows
and brought new flood threats
to Nebraska.
' Two men and two boys
were stranded on a ranch near
Niobrara, Neb., when the
flooding Reya river washed
out a dike and cut off the
ranch home. A National
Guard helicopter was dis
patched to the rescue.
The mercury plunged to
new lows in New York; state,
throughout New England and
in Wisconson as unusually
cold weather., spread across
the north on the seventh day
of spring.
A 9 below zero at Madison,
Wis., was the coldest ever re
corded there so late in the
season. And a 5 below at
Portland, Maine, also was an
early spring low record.
Newport, Vt., with a read
ing of 11 below, was officially
the coldest spot in the nation,
but the mark was not a rec
ord. Unofficially, the lowest
temperature was 21 below at
the village of Wanakena in
St. Lawrence county, N.Y.
Rogue Valley
The Rogue Valley Girl
Scout Council, Inc., last week
voted to purchase 200 acres of
wooded land owned by Mr.
and Mrs. William Schmidt in
the "Little Switzerland" area
east' of Medford.
The property is located
eight miles from Medford,
and will be used as a year
round campsite for all Girl
Scouts, officials said. The
property, they said, was desir
able because of its accessi
bility to the area served by
the council.
Girl Scout officials said the
outdoor program will be en
larged and will provide more
opportunity for family partici
pation in working with the
girls. Because of its accessi
bility throughout the year,
Girl Scouts will receive added
benefits in camping, sports
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NEW CAMPSITE This is an aerial photo
graph of the new Girl Scout campsite known
as "Tomlin Forest in Little Switzerland,"
located about eight miles east of Medford.
Tha Girl Scout Council last week purchased
Demonstrations
In Support of
Sitdowns Spread
By United Press International
Mass anti-segregation dem
onstrations in support of Ne
gro lunch counter sitdowns
in the South spread across
the country Saturday.
Picketing, parades and ral
lies were held in the East,
New England, the Midwest,
and Far West by thousands of
Negroes and sympathizers.
A mass demonstration was
staged by the 1,380 students
of all-Negro Hampton Insti
tute at Hampton and New
port News, Va., focal point
of the nationwide demonstra
tion movement which student
leaders called "operation 26."
The Hampton students ap
pealed to 108 students groups
from New York to California
and to the Congress of Racial
Equality and the National
Association for the advance
ment of Colored People to
join in and encourage the
protests.
The chairman of the Hamp
ton group calling' itself "stu
dents for human dignity,"
Thurman Davis, said similar
letters appealing for sym
pathy demonstrations went to
Oxford University in England,
the Sorbonne in Paris and to
schools in Nigeria and Ghana.
Protest Parade
At least 1,000 students
marched in a protest parade
at Hampton and picket lines
were manned before at least
10 stores in Hampton and
Newport News. The pickets
wore raincoats and carried
umbrellas against a cool driz
zle. Newport News police with
police K-9 Corps dogs patroll
ed the picketed areas. -:
In Richmond, Va., a down
town F. W. Woolworth store
closed its lunch counter after
reports that stidown demon
strations ; would be -staged.
Pickets marched at Rich
mond's largest department
store, Thalhimers.
5,000 Attend Fair
More than 5,000 persons at
tended the Crater Lions'
Sportsfair Saturday, accord
ing to Gene Barlow, publici
ty chairman for . the Lions,
and an even greater crowd is
expected today.
Barlow said the turnout was
very gratifying considering
the unstable weather condi
tions yesterday.
Girl Scouts
and training m nature ap
preciation and conservation.
The campsite will be known
as "Tomlin Forest in Little
Switzerland," in memory and
appreciation to the late John
R. Tomlin, who named the
Girl Scouts, among others, as
one of the beneficiaries in his
estate.
Council membership noted
that the need for more camp
sites for the growing organiza
tion has been felt for some
time.
The council announced plans
for early use of the site. Cam
poree, which provides a camp
ing experience for Interme
diate Scouts,, will be held
there the week end of May
20, and the Medford Day
Camp is scheduled there in
June.
The troop and trip camp
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DINKY DINGHY The three young ladies
above, as small as they are, would make
a boatload for this tiny sailboat now on
display as part of the marine exhibit at
Crater Lions club Sportsfair in Medford.
The girls are (from left) Sportsfair Queen
Linda Lowry, and Jan Myhre and Karen
Larsen, members of the Royal Court. Sports
6 Airlines
New Safety Rules
By United Press International
The six airlines operating
96 Electra turbo-prop airliners
acted immediately Saturday to
obey new government safety
limitations without disrupt
ing service. . .
The Lockheed Aircraft
Company issued a formal
statement in Los Angeles say
ing that it would accept the
new restrictions but adding a
defense of its airliner.
"The initial testing program
on this airplane was conduct
ed in accordance with the
most exacting criteria, and
the airplane and all its com
ponents met or exceeded all
requirements for air worthi
ness," the company said.
It added, however, that it
Buy Campsite
program will be enlarged to
provide added opportunities at
all times of the year, Scout
officials said.
"Low Echo," the establish
ed camp at the Lake of the
Woods, will function as in the
past, with its program featur
ing waterfront activities. The
Lake of the Woods camp is
not used year-round because
of distance and the short
camping season there, Girl
Scout officials noted.
Scout officials said the Med
ford Lions club has expressed
an interest and willingness to
assist in development of the
new campsite. Anyone inter
ested in assisting in preparing
the camp for use in the near
future may telephone Girl
Scout headquarters at SPring
2-5912, Girl Scout officials
said.
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200 acres of wooded land from Mr. and Mrs.
William Schmidt in the Little Switzerland
area. Sections of the campsite will be de
veloped for use in the near future.
Obeying
was determined to find out
what happened, and why, in
two recent Electra disasters.
The lines reported that their
schedules would have to be
changed - slightly because-of
the slower flying speeds or
dered by theFederal Aviation
agency but that the inspec
tion requirements would not
interrupt operations. ,
One unanswered question
was whether the airlines
would have to use additional
crews on Electra flights be
cause of the slower schedules.
This was a matter that was ex
pected to be worked out after
the schedules went into effect.
The airlines affected by the
FAA order are American,
Eastern, Braniff, Western,
Northwest and National.
9 NW Colleges to
Support Sitdowns
Spokane - (DPD - Delegates
representing nine thousand
students at eight Catholic col
leges in the northwest Satur
day adopted a proposal to
support Negro students in the
south in their "peaceful sit
downs at luncheon establish
ments in an effort to estab
lish a respect for their proper
rights."
The eight colleges repre
sented at the congress includ
ed Portland University and
Marylhurst College of Port
land. Sniff, Sniff, Sniff
Smell Anything?
Officer Milton Hanson of
the Medford police depart
ment thought he smelled
smoke while silting at the
communications desk in the
department Friday morn
ing, but a quick check of
the premises did not turn
up anything and he thought
no more about it.
A few minutes later, how
ever, city employees on the
second floor of the city hall
also thought they smelled
smoke and, after checking
their respective offices, they
reported the aroma to the
police department down
stairs. - This time Officer Hanson
and his fellow officers made
a more thorough search of
the building. Again they
found nothing.
With the smoke getting
thicker and with no fire to
be found, the puzzled offi
cer sat down again at his
desk, only to be startled by
sparks which started falling
around him.
Looking up he saw it was
the light fixture which was
causing the smoke and
sparks and a call was put
into the local fire depart
ment. The fire was extin
guished. Little damage was done
police said.
Urn
for
fair activities at the Medford armory will
begin today at 10 a.m. with skin diving
demonstrations, and other functions will
continue through 9 p.m., when a go kart
exhibition is scheduled. The horse show will
be held at 2 p.m.- in the large tent at the
armory, instead of at the fairgrounds as was
previously announced.
Touring Nikita
Greeted by Jeers
Pau, France (UPD - A hos
tile reception by jeering Bor
deaux students marred the
start of Premier Nikita Khru
shchev's hand-shaking tour of
France " Saturday but he re
covered his good spirits Sat
urday night - and called for
a Franco - Russian alliance
against West German "militar
ism." Khrushchev began his 5M
day tour of provincial France
at Bordeaux. He ran into or
ganized hostility by university
students who. jeered, whistled
derisively and shouted "Buda
p e s t! Budapest!" Unknown
persons strewed the path of
his car with nails.
The jeers almost drowned
out the chants of "Khru-schev!
Khru-chev!" And it was an
unsmiling premier who wav
ed his hat at his supporters.
Khrushchev arrived Satur
day night in Pau and in an im
promptu speech said for the
fourth consecutive day that a
new French-Soviet friendship
pact might be desirable to
banish the specter of the "Ger
man menace" he has frequent
ly condemned.
BULLETIN
Oklahoma City (CPU
Bombs exploded Saturday
night at the homes of three
employees of the Oklahoma
Publishing Co., who re
cently returned from tem
porary employment with a
strikebound Oregcnian and
Oregon Journal in Port
land. -'
The bombs, apparently
planted, exploded in the
basement of Alvin. Winn's
' home, in the garage of Bill
R. Martin and apparently
in the parked car of Walter
Sherry Jr., owner of the
third home.''
The explosions caused ex
tensive damage, police said
but no one was reported
injured.
South Africa Govt.
Eases Race Tensions
Pretoria, South Africa -(DPD
The government made a ma
jor move Saturday to ease
racial tensions and to end
clashes between police and
African natives protesting the
Union of South Africa's white
supremacy laws.
Chief of Police Gen. J.
Rademayer announced that
Negroes will not be required
to carry identity passbooks
until further -notice.
Headquarters to Open
Wayne Morse for President
headquarters will open in the
Medford hotel from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. tomorrow, according to
the Jackson County for Morse
committee.
All friends of Senator
Morse (D-Ore.) are asked to
visit the headquarters as soon
ai possible, a spokesman said.
Ta
Res
British Leader,
Ike Will Discuss
Nuclear Test Ban
'Future of Mankind'
At Stake, Says Mac
Washington - IUPD - British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
Millan arrived here late Sat
urday to decide with Presi
dent Eisenhower on the next
step in Geneva nuclear test
ban talks which the Briton
said "May, indeed must, affect
the whole future of man-
MacMillan landed in a
sleek Royal Air Force jet
transport plane at nearby An
drews Air Force Base, Md. He
and Eisenhower will begin
their talks Monday at Camp
David, Md.
Stressing the need for Brit
ish-American accord .in an
swering Russia's new propo
sal for a nuclear test ban,
MacMillan said:
"We have to make a joint
decision about a next phase
in the negotiations in Gen
eva." Work Together"
MacMillan said it was not
giving away any secret to say
that he and Eisenhower found
in previous meetings over the
last three years that they
"can work together in a prac
tical way through these
talks."
"That Is why I was very
glad that the President in
vited me to Washington for
the latest in these series of
meetings," he said.
Stressing the need for a
joint decision, he asserted:
"After all, what happens in
Geneva may, indeed must af
fect the whole future of man
kind on earth."
Welcoming MacMillan . at
the . airport, Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter
said: "Your coming here is in
accord with the long-standing
practice of frequent con
sultations between the leaders
of our two countries. We are
glad to have you with us and
are looking forward to ex
changing views with you on
the problems . which are of
such importance to the peace
and security of the world."
Counter-Offer
The Eisenhower-MacMillan
across - the - table discussions
are expected to produce a
firmly knit allied counter-offer
to Russia's latest nuclear
test ban proposals.
The thorny issue is Russia's
call for a five-year moratori
um on hard-to-detect small un
derground explosions. Eisen
howeer is expected to propose
instead an initial moratorium
limited to a maximum of one
year.
Mother, Daughter
Injured in Wreck
A mother and her 13-year-old
daughter were taken to
the Sacred Heart hospital with
undetermined head injuries
following a two-car accident
at 9:40 last night at the inter
section of Beatty and Edwards
sts., according to Medford po
lice. The injured persons, Mrs.
Marjorie Van Brunt and her'
daughter, Barbara Van Brunt,
both of 730 Oak st., were
passengers in a car operated
by Darrell Richard Vipond,
30, of 226 Gibbon rd., who
was not injured.
Police said the Vipond ve
hicle was headed north on
Beatty st., when it collided
oh Edwards st., with an east
bound car operated by Theo
dore Harold Beck, 25, Cave
Junction.
The impact knocked the Vi-
pond vehicle into a telephone
pole and the woman and girl
were thrown to the pavement,
according to police.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with rain
Sunday morning. Showeri and
partial clearing Sunday after
noon and evening. Decreasing
cloudiness Monday. High Sun
day 58. Low Sunday night 37.
High Monday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S3
Lowest Yesterday 48
Precip. Yesterday x.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
-6:31 p.m.
..6:01 a-m.
-7:13 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonset today
First, Quarter April 3
PROMINENT STAR
Regulns, high in
southeast g:io p.m
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, low in
southeast .2:43 a.m.
Saturn, low in
southeast .J:50 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:03 a.m.
Venus, rises ...... 5:3S a.m.
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