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Thousands Flee
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Nebraska, Iowa
Worst Floods
In Half Century.
By United Press International
Rivrs driven wild by fast
melting snow and the first big
onslaught of spring thunder
storms drqye thousands of
persons frftp their homes in
floor-swept Nebraska and
Iowa today.
The snow aun-off, unprece
dented in many areas, fed
the worst Hoods in a hell cen
tury in eastern Nebraska.
The Platte river, tradition
ally described as "a mile
wide and an inch deep," ran
eight miles wide and many
feet deep, surging over hun
dreds of square miles ?,nd sub
merging whole communities.
The Big Blue and Elkhorn
rivers and usually meander
ing littte Rawhide creek built
up new momentum today
under heavy rains during
Tuesday night. The second
crest within a week was flow
ing down the Big Blue.
Beatrice, Neb., on the Big
(Blue, called for help from the
National Guard as the swol
les river pounded against a
weakenetUdike on the edge
of town. : .
Town Isolated
Sand-bagging crews worked
feverishly at -Fremont, Neb.,
to block off waters from
Rawhide creek, a territory on
ho Platte.
Civil- defense officials at
Ashland, Neb., reported short,
ly before noon that "a Wall of
water" was rushing down on
the small community of
Warai. Residents were urged
to flee the village north of
Ashlsmd and helicopters were
sent to the scene.
Ashland, along the Platte
and flooding Salt creek, was
isolated. j
Traffic Signals
f Off in Ashland
IP Achlanri-Trnffif signals at
if." ffx intersections here "are out
of commission today as a re-
ult of an automobile accident
yesterday at Siskiyou blvd.
and Beach st.
The mfshap occurred short
ly before noon, Ashland police
reported, vJhen a car owned
by Mrs. Jeanne L. Hood, 29,
of 471 South Mountain ave.,
rolled out of a parking lot and
knocked a signal control unit
off a utility pole.
1 1 Mrs? Hood told police she
left the car outside a grocery
store while she went in to
make a-purchase. The car was
in gear, the motor was run
ning, and the emecgency
brake wa not firmly set, she
aid. ,
Mrs. Hood also left her
three small children in the car
and the police said one of the
youngsters apparently knock
ed the gears Into tieutral and
it rolled backwards, striking
the pole.
City Superintendent Elmer
Biegel said the traffic signals
would be out fdr at least a
week.
Bitgel estimated cost of re
pairs between $500 and $600.
Relief for Cranberry
Growers Expected
Vfeshington - (UPD - Rep.
Charles O. Porter, (D-Ore.)
said today an announcement
was expected from the Agri
culture Department which
would mean substantial relief
for cranberry growers.
WEATHER
FORECAST Few brief clearings
tonight. Cloudy with rain again
.Thursday. Low tonight 35-38.
High tomorrow 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday SO
Lowest this Morning , 37
Pree. to 10 a.m. Today 1.85
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :35 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:56 a.m.
Moonset tonight 10:12 p.m.
First Quarter April 3
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, rising at .... l:fi a.m.,
is arm a bit brighter than
Sirius
Saturn, low in south
east 3:39 a.m.
MariP rises 4:55 ajn.
Venus, rises .-Q. 5:36 a.m.
Journal Plans
To Own Plant April 18
Tortland -(UPD - The after
noon Oregon Journal, which
has been publishing combined
editions with the rigl morn
ing Oregonian since a strike
flarted last fall, will move
" -ck to its own plant April 18,
v ts announcedetoday.
L-a Segan Nov. 10
A ;oint announcement in to
i" v's combined edition Said
l raie publication of the
nvo newspapers would re
fne on VrsX. date. Combined
publication began 12 hours
ml
Patrons of Medford school
district 549C will vote to
morrow on a $750,000 bond
issue to finance a two - year
building program to provide
additional classrooms ' for - an
increased enrollment and to
relieve present crowded con
ditions in some schools. .
Polls at seven locations will
be open between 2 and 8 p.m.
Polling places are Mc
Loughlin Junior High school,
Hedrick Junior High school,
Griffin Creek, Jacksonville,
Ruch, Howard and Lone Pine
schools.
Registered voters living
within the city, Oak Grove,
West Side, Dewey and Ken-
Aspects of the $750,000
bond issue were reviewed
last night by Dr. Leonard B.
Mayfield at a second public
meeting scheduled to dis
cuss the proposal.
The meeting was held at
Hedrick Junior High
school's speech room, and
at one time eight interest
ed citizens were in the
room. Most . of the review
was heard by six citizens.
School Board Chairman
William A. (Bill) Barker.
Budget Committee Chair
man P. G. Humphreys, and
Assistant School Superin
tendent Elliott Becken.
Monday night, at the first
such public meeting, seven
interested citizens and four
officials were present.
wood areas will vote at the
Junior high schools. Those
living in those areas west of
Bear creek will vote at Mc-
Loughlin Junior High, and
residents living within those
areas east of Bear creek will
vote at Hedrick Junior High.
Two Election Boards
There will be two election
boards at each of the junior
high school polling - places,
school officials said. Previous
ly, there has been one elec
tion board, causing some de
lay in the voting process.
Legal voters living in the
attendance areas of Griffin
Creek, Jacksonville, Ruch,
Howard and Lone Pine will
vote at those school buildings.
A legal voter is a person
21 years old or older who has
lived in the district for six
months or more and who is
a registered voter. Money
from the bonds, if approved,
will finance construction of
more than 30 classrooms. Not
all classrooms, however, will
be built next year, school
officials have pointed out, and
if surveys show new class
rooms are not needed in the
1961-62 school year, bonds
will not be sold for their con
struction. Minimum Needs
Minimum needs for the
1960-61 school year include
two classrooms at West Side,
three at Oak Grove, four at
Hoover, two at Hedrick Junior
High, and completion of the
boys physical education plant
at Medford High school, which
will provide seven teacher
stations. An additional teach
er station will be made avail
able at Medford High through
renovation in the present
building.
At McLoughlin Junior High
school, the old district shop
will be renovated to provide
a boys' manual arts depart
ment with a woodshop and
drawing room downstairs and
two classrooms upstairs.
Also in next school year's
plans are the addition of a
stage and boys dressing room
at Ruch and renovation of a
multi-purpose room at Jack
sonville. For the 1961-62 school year,
three classrooms are planned
at Hedrick, two at Jefferson,
Wilson and Hoover schools,
and one classroom at Griffin
Creek and West Side.
Based on Study
The need for additional
classrooms was based on a
thorough study of school cen-
Return
after a strike . started last
Nov. 10.
Managements of the papers
announced the date after staff
recruiting reached the point
where independent publica
tion was possible.
Northwest Edition
First edition of the Journal
in its own plant will be a
Sunday night northwest edi
tion with a Monday April 18
date. The Oregonian's first
edition will be distributed on
the morning of the 18th.
Sell
MM
Set Thursday
li strict
lection
sus' figures which have .indi
cated during the past few
years an average growth of
about 300 additional pupils
per year. School board and
budget . committee - members
pointed out that whenever 30
additional children either
move into the district or be
come school age, a classroom
with its facilities and equip
ment is needed.
Buildings constructed in the
two-year program, school
officials said, will be con
structed on the most economi
cal basis possible consistent
with low maintenance and up
keep costs, and the safety
and welfare of the children.
The election on the bond
issue was called earlier than
the regular budget election,
which will be held May 2, be
cause many of the class
rooms will be needed next
school year, and construction
will start as. soon as possible.
By holding the, election early,
bonds can be sold, bids called
and buildings constructed in
time for school opening next
fall, school officials said.
(See story and general
philosophy and educational
ford school district on page
responsibilities of the Med
6.) Russia Offers To
Yield Timetable
On Disarmament
Geneva (UPD The Soviet
Union offered to unhook the
four -year timetable from its
general disarmament, plan in
an apparent concession to the
West today but western
spokesmen said it did nothing
to crack the arms deadlock.
A Soviet delegation spokes
man told newsmen the four
year time limit first proposed
by Premier Nikita Khru
shchev "is open to negotia
tions" but that there even
tually must be some rigid
timetable.
No Real Concession
A western spokesman said
the statement was "interest
ing" but no real concession.
"Our view is that rigid time
limits are impractical," the
western spokesman said.
The statements came after
the 10-nation East-West Dis
armament Conference met for
only 41 minutes, the shortest
session so far, and adjourned
until Thursday apparently in
total deadlock.
Medford Boy Arrested
At Scene of Fire
A 17-year-old Medford boy
was arrested by city police
Tuesday evening when he
failed to move away from
some high tension power lines
in danger of falling at the fire
at Faber's Farmer Supply,
11th and Fir sts.
The boy was taken into cus
tody for failing to obey a po
lice officer. The youth became
belligerent when taken to the
police station, police reported.
Following the fire, the boy
was released ' to his parents,
pending action by the juvenile
department.
'That Hound Is
Ike Won't Take
Sides in Event
Nixon Opposed
Endorsement Based
On Only Candidacy
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower said today he
would not take sides publicly
if another major Republican
candidate came along to chal
lenge Vice President Richard
M. Nixon for the 1960 GOP
presidential nomination.
Under questioning at a news
conference, Eisenhower told
reporters that his recent ex
pression of preference for
Nixon as his successor was
based on the fact that Nixon
was the only candidate.
Not Opposed To Others
The President said he was
not favoring Nixon as opposed
to other Republicans, and if
there were two candidates he
'would have to observe his
previously self-imposed limi
tation on expressing a choice.
Other news conference
highlights:
-Commenting on recent ra
cial tension in the South, the
President said he was con
vinced that the conscience of
America eventually would
give all ''of her citizens eco
nomic and political equality
without regard 'to race.
Defines Health Program
. -He restated his opposition
to compulsory health insur
ance in any form as an ap
proach to socialized medicine.
But said he had ordered the
department of health, educa
tion and welfare to study ex
tensively the proper federal
responsibility in a voluntary
system of insurance for the
aged, .in conjunction with
state, and local responsibility.
-The President said efforts
to negotiate differences with
the Castro government of
Cuba have been disappoint
ing. He said the United States
still stood ready to discuss any
complaints against this coun
try from the Cuban govern
ment. Public Hearing
On Welfare Set
A public hearing on state
public welfare legislation will
be held in Medford April 5,
it was announced today.
The hearing, to be conduct
ed by the state legislative in
terim committee on public
welfare, will be held in the
county courthouse auditorium.
The time will be announced
later.
Anyone wishing to be heard
by the committee is invited
to make a statement, and
those planning to do so are
asked to give advance notice
of their intent of their sub
ject matter, if at all possible.
Such notice may be given,
either by letter or telephone,
to James Pullman, adminis
trator of the Jackson county
public welfare department,
132 West Fourth St., telephone
SP 3-6621.
The hearing will consider
any phase of Oregon's public
welfare program. It is one of
a series being held through
out the state by the commit
tee, which will consider data
obtained at the hearings in
preparing ' recommendations
for welfare law changes to the
1961 legislature.
Salem (UPD - The present
seven - day a week visiting
schedule at the State Correc
tional Institution will be cut
to five days a week in the
near future.
Howling Again'
gill
Regional Edition
Medford
20 Pages Section A
Medford Firemen
Still on Scene
Of General Alarm
Building Reported
As Total Loss
Firemen continued mopping
up operations today on the
spectacular general alarm
blaze which destroyed the
Faber's Farmers Supply com
pany building at South Fir
and West 11th sts. here last
night.
Charred remains of the one
story mostly frame but partly
masonry structure, which
covered a quarter of a block,
were still standing. Firemen,
however, termed the building
and its contents a total loss.
One of the owners estimated
the loss at $450,000.
Origin of the blaze had not
been determined this morn
ing. Fire Chief Gordon Bark
er said that fire marshals were
"working on an electrical
failure theory."
Two Explosions
The fire department receiv
ed the alarm about 7:50 p.m.
after residents of the area re
portedly heard two explosions
and saw flames shooting from
the west side of the building.
Firemen said the entire struc
ture was . involved in flames
when they arrived.
The structure housed the
feed, fuel and warehouse busi
ness of Everett A. and Donald
E. Faber, Central Point, and
the Rogue Valley Beverage
company, operated by Stanley
Kalapus, 2156 Hillcrest rd.,
Medford. Everett Faber was
said to be owner of the build
ing. The blaze threatened other
structures in the warehouse
and packinghouse area but
more than 50 fire fighters
succeeded in preventing the
flames from spreading. There
was no apparent damage to
other buildings other than to
exteriors from smoke, firemen
said today.
Two pumper trucks and the
aerial ladder from the central
station and two trucks each
from the east and west side
fire stations were dispatched
to the scene. Twelve on duty
and 17 off duty firemen re
sponded along with 10 volun
teers, Fire Chief Gordon Bark
er, Assistant Chief Earl Har
rison and Fire Marshal Tru
man Nelson.
In addition, 11 chiefs of
other Jackson county rural
and city fire departments,
here for a meeting on mutual
aid, pitched in and helped the
Medford force. Volunteers
from other departments . also
offered their aid.
Some 15 to 20 off duty po
lice, some of them relieving
regular duty officers, also re
ported to the scene.
Seek Cause
Chief Barker stated that
Deputy State Fire Marshal
William E. Mills and City Fire
Marshal Truman Nelson were
seeking to determine the
cause of the blaze. He said
they are quite sure that the
area of origin was in the front
part of the structure along Fir
st. The material that exploded
won't be determined until it
is known what things were
stored in that part of the
building, he stated.
Firemen do know, Barker
reported, that the floor was
burned clear through in a
small partitioned off room
and that this point of the fire
appeared hottest when they
arrived.
In the room was an electric
chicken brooder, according to
the chiefs
Donald Faber reported par
tial insurance on the building
and store stock and said that
the biggest loss is in equip
ment. One truck burned in the
blaze. Faber stated that firms
who rented space carried their
own insurance on their stock.
Power Off
The blaze put a reported
900 telephones out of service
south of West 11th st. Burned
were 250 feet of a 600-pair
cable and another 250 feet of
a 400-pair cable. Pacific Tele
phone crews have been on the
job since 2 a.m. restoring serv
ice and hoped to have all serv
ice back by 8 pjn. today.
An area bounded by Bart
lett, Eighth, llthsts. and Oak
dale ave., was without power
for about an hour.
Faber
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,
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GENERAL ALARM Water from fire hoses
seemed to have only mometary effect on the
raging fire that destroyed Faber's Farmers
Supply building in Medford last night, as
repeated "explosions" of combustible ma
Ashland School
Board Approves
District Budget
Ashland The Ashland
school board has approved the
district's 1960-61 budget of
$1,969,903, Super intendent
Stanley Jobe said today,
School patrons will vote on
the budget May 12.
The total budget, Jobe said,
includes interest and princi
pal -o-$l,669,000 bonded- in
debtedness and a reserve con
struction fund of $613,211.
Jobe explained - that the
new budget actually is a less
er one than this year's since
the millage, based on the
same assessment valuation as
this year's, will drop from
64.4 to 62.3.
Three Reasons
There are three primary rea
sons for the higher figure for
the next school year, Jobe
said. He listed the addition of
10 faculty members, increased
salaries for all district person
nel and the fact that this is
the first year for the district
to pay on the principal of the
junior high school bond issue.,
The latter, he said, offsets
the approximately $170,000
in this year's, budget for con
struction of various buildings
which is not in the new budg
et. He added that the district
expects to increase its enroll
ment by about 100 students
during the 1960-61 school
year. ...
Other figures included in
the budget, Jobe continued,
are $1,106,189, .general fund;
$161,245, amount inside the 6
per cent limit; $550,868,
amount outside the 6 per cent
limit, and $823,443, amount
necessary to balance budget.
Not shown in the budget, he
said, is $163,267. instate tax
offset from the basic school
support fund. This, he added,
will come through the county
to further reduce the budget.
Petitions Against
Consolidating Filed
Petitions against the re
organization of Evans Valley
with Rogue River school dist
rict were submitted today at
the Jackson county school su
perintendent's office, accord
to an office spokesman. The
petitions were circulated in
the Evans Valley area.
The petitions contain 120
signatures which have yet to
be checked for authenticity
and for voter registration.
A number equal to 50 per
cent of the 188 legally regis
tered voters who voted in the
reorganization election in
Evans Valley March 16, or 94
signatures are needed on peti
tions to have the reorganiza
tion plan rejected.
Senate Considers
Civil Rights Bill
Washington- (UPD -The Sen
ate, without a word of chal
lenge from southern oppon
ents, - formally began consid
eration today of a committee
revised civil rights bill.
Tribune
Storm Brings
Snow; More Forecast
A storm front which moved
across southern Oregon early
last night brought varying
amounts of precipitation to
the Rogue valley area during
the night.
Substantial amounts of
snow fell in the higher eleva
tions, . with Crater Lake Na
tional park reporting a 17
inch fall during the past 24
hours. : . x ,,'..---
The weather bureau at the
Medford airport said con
tinued showery weather and
cooler temperatures can be ex
pected for the next five days.
Between 10 a.m. yesterday
and 10 o'clock this morning,
a total of .85 of an inch of
rain fell at the Medford air
port, with .58 of an inch fall
ing between midnight and 10"
a.m.. Heavier amounts were
reported elsewhere in the area
with Grants Pass having 1.98
inches since 5 p.m. yesterday,
and Butte Falls reporting 1.16
inches.
2.82 Inches Reported
A total of 2.82 inches of rain
was reported at the California
Oregon state line on Highway
199.
State police said highway
passes over the Siskiyous and
Green Springs at 8 o'clock this
morning had packed snow,
and that traffic was proceed
ing without chains.
The . weather bureau said
the snow level was about
5,300 feet early this morning,
but lowered to about 3,500
feet before noon. Snow was
visible on Roxy Anne butte
during breaks in the low
clouds this morning.
Senator Kennedy
To Visit Medford
Sen. John Kennedy
Massachusetts will be
of
the
"grand marshal" of the Pear
Blossom Festival parade here
April 23, it was announced
today.
Senator Kennedy is a major
Democratic candidate for
President this year, and will
be in the state campaigning
prior to the May 20 primary
election.
Festival officials pointed
out, however, that his appear
ance in the parade is entirely
non-partisan and non-political,
and is a courtesy which
would be extended to any
American, of equal promin
ence who happened to have
scheduled an appearance here
at that time.
It is not yet known whether
Senator Kennedy's wife will
accompany him on his Med
ford visit.
Ashland Council Buys
Liability Insurance
Ashland - The Ashland city
council last night accepted a
bid of $3,434.18 from Irwin
Insurance agency, Ashland,
for. the city's liability insur
ance. The policy will become
effective Friday.
Only one other bid was
opened,- that from Singmasfer
and Jones Insurance agency,
Ashland, for $4,377.57.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
1960
No. 8
terial caused the fire to flare up time after
time. Cause of the fire is so far undetermin
ed. Damage is estimated to be about $450,
000, according to Co-owner Donald E. Faber,
Central Point. (Anders Photo by Simonson)
The 17 inches of snow at
Crater Lake National park
brought the total on the
ground to 109 inches, com
pared to 101 inches at this
time last year. The park re
ported 1.14 inches of precipi
tation during the past 24
hours.
Park personnel said it was
the worst storm of the season
at the park with a 15-degree
temperature and strong winds
blowing a powdered snow.
Chains are required to park
headquarters, and the road to
the rim is expected to remain
closed throughout the day.
Advisory Board
Sets Meetings
Regular meetings of the
armory advisory board are
now being held once a month
at the Medford armory, on
orders of Col. Paul Kleiver,
Salem, director of state armor
ies, according to County Com
missioner Ralph James.
James, who has been reap
pointed county representative
of the board, said the group
must also keep regular min
utes and submit copies to all
interested groups such as the
city of Medford and county.
The board is composed of a
county representative, city
representative and three mem
bers of the National Guard.
James noted that $8,000 has
been allocated for 1,200
bleachers in the current bud
get, and $800 for erecting
basketball backboards. The
original estimate was for 4,000
seats, he added. . '
County Judge-Earl Miller
said the county court has been
authorized to make further
study of the accoustics prob
lem in the armory and make
recommendations.
Coach Resigns at
Ashland High
Ashland-Varney A. Corey,
head football coach at Ash
land high school for the past
two years, has submitted his
resignation to accept a teacher-coach
position in San Jose,
Calif., Ashland School Super
intendent Stanley Jobe an
nounced today..
Varney's decision, Jobe said,
"was due to purely economic
reasons."
Jobe said the school will be
looking for "a coach with five
years or more of successful ex
perience in coaching in Al or
A2 schools."
Higher Social
Payroll Taxes
Washintgon (UPD Chances
were growing today that Con
gress might levy higher pay
roll taxes this year on per
sons covered by the Social Se
curity program who earn
more than $4800 a year.
- This prospect stemmed
from the fact that the House
ways and means committee
was likely to recommend soon.
President Feels
Successor Not
Bound by Deals
Degree of General
Disarmament Seen
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
the Russians have come a long
way toward meeting western
conditions for a formal treaty
to ban nuclear weapons tests.
He also said there a?e signs
they want some degree of
general disarmament in the
field of conventional weap
ons.
The President tpld a news
conference he did not believe
that any non-treaty morator
ium oi small underground
tests he might make with
Russia, along the lines of Jje
U. S.-British proposal an
nounced Tuesday, would be
binding on his successor.
To Recommend Stop-Gap
But he implied he would
recommend to the man who
follows him in the White
House that he continue the
stop-gap arrangement long
enough to set; whether the
Russians really want to corffe
to terms on a formal ban on
bigger blasts.
Eisenhower and British
Prime Minister HaroJd Mac-
millan announced Tuesday
they were willing to agree
with Russia on a short-term
suspension of small under
ground nuclear tests, which
defy detection at present, H
the Russians would sign an
air-tight treaty banning for
ever the large and medium
scale blasts which can be
monitored. The formal treaty'
would require Senate ratifi
cation but the voluntary sus
pension agreed to by the
President would not.
Research Required
They also stipulated that
as a condition to the unpoliced
moratorium on the under
ground tests the Russians
would have to join in a co-"
ordinated research grogram
to determine how such ex
plosions could be detected ef
fectively. . 9 .
The president said Chairman
J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.)
has been consulted by tfie ad
ministration and that leaders
of both parties will be folly
advised of what the adminis
tration is trying to do before
any treaty is signed.
Eisenhower said every ef
fort must be made to halt nu
clear tests forever because,
otherwise, more and more
countries he cited the ex
ample of France - wul gain
knowledge in this critical field
and spread, the danger to the
world.
Helen Douglas to
Speak at Banquet
Mrs. Helen Gahagan Doug
las, former congresswoman
from California's Hollywood
district, will be guest speaker
at the 10th annual Roosevelt
Memorial dinner at Hedrick
Junior High school Saturday,
May 14, Democratic County
Chairman Frank Christian has
announced.
Mrs. Douglas' visit here was
arranged through efforts, of
Democratic National CommR
teeman C. Girard Davidsen,
Portland,
Ms. Douglas, wife of movie
and television actor Melvin
Douglas and a former star
herself, is now living in New
York with her husband. Much
in demand as a speaker, her
talks concern the United Na
tions and world peace, David
son said.
She is scheduled to attend
an all-day meeting of Demo
cratic women in Portland
May 13.
City Police, Firemen I
CheckBomb Threat
A'lbert Winfield McWhorf
er, 619 Pennsylvania ave., not
ified city police Tuesday after
noon that he received a tele
phone call stating thatea bomb
was to go off at his residence
at 2:15 p.m.
City police and firemen
checked the residence for a
bomb and found nothing. M
Whorter.told police that the
voice on the telephone was a
man.
Security. "o
Considered
an election-year liberalization
of Social Security benefits. 0
- There is strong sentiment
for holding the cost of the lib--
eralization to a level that
could be financed witheut an
across-the-board boost in the
Social Security tax rate. To do
so, the committee would have s
to forego s general hike in
monthly benefits.
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