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DE GAULLE SPEAKS French President
Charles de Gaulle, standing, left, addresses
both houses of parliament at Westminister
Hall in London today. De Gaulle said France
Russia Proposes
Tabling Nikita's
DisarmamenfPlan
i- Geneva-JPI)-The Soviet Un
ion proposed today that Pre
mier Nikita ' Khrushchev's
plan for total world disarm
ament in four years be pigeon
holed. The United States said It
hoped this stand means the
Russians finally are prepared
first to discuss specific arms
reduction measures which the
West has demanded all along.
Chief American delegate
Fredrick M. Eaton hoped to
gain an indication of the So
viet's intentions during a priv
ate dinner he was giving for
Russia's Valerian A. Zorin to
night.' Fresh Start
. Zorin suggested during the
18th meeting of the 10-nation
Disarmament Conference that
as East and West now have
rejected each other's plans,
both be abandoned.
He suggested that Instead
the delegates start to work
out "the basic principles of
general and complete disarm
ament," which he said "would
bring us closer to. the work
ing out of concrete disarma
ment measures."
This proposal by Zorin
would take the conference
back to start afresh on the
basis of the U. N. General
Assembly resolution of Nov.
20, 1959, which called for
such disarmament "under ef
fective International control."
Tax Collections
Increase in State
Salem -(UPD- The State Tax
Commission said today that
with two-thirds of the state's
fiscal year completed, tax col
lections were $88,062,093,
nearly $8 million more than
the first eight months of
1958-59.
Ashland Band Boosters
Smorgasbord
Ashland-The Ashland Band
Boosters "king and queen
will be announced and crown
ed about 6 o'clock this eve
ning during a public smorgas
bord at Lincoln school, Ash
land. The smorgasbord Is being
sponsored by the Band Boost
ers to raise funds to help send
the Ashland High school band
to the Portland Rose Festival
parade. The king and queen,
who were selected by mem
bers of the Medford High
school student body council
this week, will compete in the
Pear Blossom Festival activi
ties In Medford the week end
of April 23.
Cochairmen in charge of the
smorgasbord are Mr. and Mrs,
Virgil Jackson and Mr,
Mrs. Vic Stewart.
nd
would be "happy" to quit developing atomic
bombs as soon as the other world powers
destroy their nuclear weapons. See story
on page 2. (UPI Radiotelephoto)
City to Consider
Cooperative Plan
The Med ford city council
tonight will take under con
sideration a recommendaiton
from the parks and recrea
tion commission that a., pro
posed cooperative city-county
parks and recreation program
be approved.
Parks and Recreation Di
rector Robert Haworth told
the commission last night that
the city's program would in
no way be slighted or neia
up as a result of the coopera
tive effort.
He said the idea for co
operation in this field grew
out of the problems that the
county will face on April 23,
when the Howard Prairie
Police Stick By
Medical Care Story
Medford police today stuck
by their version of how a for
mer member of the Camp
White Domiciliary suffering
an epileptic seizure was 2V4
hours in being hospitalized
Monday evening.
The story, printed in
Wednesday's Mail Tribune,
was heavily criticized today,
and it was reported the Sacred
Heart hospital has launched
an investigation to determine
the accuracy of the story as
shown on police records.
But the officers involved,
under detailed questioning,
said the story was correct in
all major particulars. It was
pointed out, however, that the
patient was placed on the
floor at the hospital receiving
room rather than on a bed as
a measure to protect mm irom ,
his convulsions. I
Yesterdays story called tne;hirt. wil, h. awarded for the
patient a spastic incorrectly.
The diagnosis provided the po
lice was epilepsy.
(Ste editorial comment
on Page 4)
Is Tonight
Entertainment during the
event will start at 5 o'clock
with hi-fi music, followed by
the coronation of the king
and queen at 6 o'clock.
Other entertainment will In
clude "Zo and Her Friends"
until 6:30 o'clock; The Hun
gry Five at 6:30; the Off Beats
until 7: Soloist Miss Jeanne
Millet at 7 o'clock; the Ash
land High school dance band
until 7:30; Ed Nelson, base
vocalist, at 7:30; The Shadows
until 8 o'clock; and between
8 and 8:30 o'clock, the Tem
pests of Southern Oregon col
lege. Band Boosters said they
hope to raise $1,800 for ex
penses to send the Ashland
band to the Rose festival.
More than $700 still needs to
be raised, they said.
reservoirs recreation facil
ities are turned over to them
by the federal government..
The county has a parks and
recreation commission but ho
department which -could ad
minister the camping, water
skiing and boating facilities
at the reservoir, he said.
Administrative Assistance
If approved, the program
would call for administrative
assistance from the city in
running the r ecreation fa
cilities, but all manpower and
labor would still be provided
by the county, he pointed out.
It would be an economical
move if done, Haworth said,
because instead of two separ
ate parks and recreation de
partments, there could be one
doing services for both
agencies and eliminating any
duplication of effort.
The cooperative program
at Howard Prairie reservoir
would be somewhat of a test
he said, to see if the two
agencies could cooperate on
this without jeopardizing
either the city's or county's
program.
If this worked out, it Is
possible, he said, that a more
permanent arrangement
might be made for further co
operative endeavors in the
parks and recreation field.
The council will take this
recommendation under ad
visement at its meeting at
7:30 o'clock tonight In the
city hall.
The council will also con
sider approving plans and
specifications for the pro
posed Fourth st. bridge and
the 10th St. extension from
Riverside ave. to Willamette
et
Sevcrai liquor license ap
plications will be considered,
purchase of two city cars, and
bids will be calico on por
tions of the 10th st. extension
and for paving Country Club
dr. '
Mix Gets Eight-Year
Sentence in Prison
Robert Carr Mix, 43, of
215 C St., Phoenix, was sen
tenced to eight years in the
Oregon state penitentiary
Tuesday, instead of eight
months in the county Jail as
reported in yesterday's Mail
Tribune.
Mix was found guilty by
a circuit court jury of as
sault with a deadly weapon
following a two-day trial be
fore Judge James M. Main.
Sprague's Condition
Good After Surgery
Salem-fllrH-Ex-Gov. Charles
A. Sprague was listed in good
condition today in Salem Me
morial hospital following an
operation Wednesday on the
prostate glands. He Is pub
lisher of the Oregon Stales-
man.
Regional Edition
Medford
40 PAGES Section A
Budget
Asked Not to
Spend $1,500
A Jackson county budget
committee hearing yesterday
aiiernoon assumed a new
twist when a delegation ask
ed that $1,500 not be spent.
A delegation from the
Rogue River Valley Irrigation
district, which said it also
represented the Medford Irri
gation district, asked that the
county budget committee not
approve $1,500 reauested bv
the Rogue River Basin Water
Resources and Flood Control
association for promotion of
the overall basin project.
this money should be with
held unless the association
passes a resolution concern
ing the Agate dam- on Drv
creek, Frank Van Dyke, Med
ford attorney representing the I
group, stipulated. He empha
sized that the group supports
the project on the main stem
of the Rogue river, but feels
that county money should not
be used in any way to oppose
the Agate dam project.
No Official Stand
Gordon Kershaw, RRVID
irector, accused the associa
tion of "double-talk." The as
sociation has not taken an
official stand recently against
the Agate dam project, but
as opposed it outside its regu
lar meetings, he said.
Otto Bohnert. RRVID di
rector, said one result of the
opposition to Agate dam is
the "hundreds of letters" Con
gressman Charles O. Porter,
representative from the fourth
district, received opposing the
project, van Dyke quoted
letter from Porter stating his
mail last fall was heavily
against the project and now
is heavily in favor of it.
- Letters In favor of the proj
ect resulted from the Medford
Chamber of Commerce circu
larizing its members,. Bill
Jess, president of the associa
tion, explained. Jess said he
did not oppose independent
authorization of the Agate
dam project by Congress.
However, if the entire Rogue
basin project, which would
include Agate, could be pre
sented the 87th Congress for
authorization, then any inde
pendent project should be de
layed until the entire basin
project could be considered.
For Best Interests
Lynn Newbry, budget com
mittee member, said the com
mittee is interested in consid
ering what would be for the
best interests of the county
as a whole. The committee au
thorized a similar allotment
for promotion of the basin
project the previous year be
cause it felt it would be for
the best interests of the citi
zens, he added.
Harold Sexton, RRVID
manager, said there is not
enough money authorized by
Congress to complete a dam
foundation study for the
Rogue river basin. Nor is
there enough money author
ized to make studies on sup
plemental irrigation develop
ment from a possible high
dam on the Rogue river, Van
Dyke pointed out.
"You Think He Might
. If We Moved To
Group
The association could get
tne $1,300 irom other sources
such as the Granges, admitted
County Commissioner Ralph
James, an association mem
ber. Walsh Proposes
Plans to Increase
Deputy Number
Sheriff Joe Walsh proposed
alternative plans for increas
ing his personnel when he
met with the county budget
committee yesterday after
noon. One plan would be to hire
three more criminal deputies.
They would each start at $353
a month for the first six
months probation period, and
would-be raised to $371 a
month after the first six
months.
An alternative plan would
be to transfer seven men from
the county weighmaster's de
partment to the sheriff's de
partment. Walsh said these
men do not keep busy full
time. Since they now act as
deputies, there is some ques
tion whether the sheriff is lia
ble for their actions, Walsh
explained, yet the sheriff has
no direct control over their
actions.
Total budget request for the
criminal division of the sher
iff's office is $99,585, .up $12,
977 irom the current veer.
Tax department total budget
request Is $3,436, up $180
from the curent year. Civil di
vision budget request Is $18,-
662, an increase of $6,722. ,
Chief Budget Items ',
Chief budget items in the
criminal department include
sheriff $7,140, up $1,200; chief
deputy $5,388, up $10; two
sergeants, $10,296; identifica
tion officer, $5,148, up $240;
five deputies, $23,628; extra
help, $760; allowance for use
of bloodhound, $150; travel,
$7,000; credit, $5,500; gas, oil,
lube $10,000, up $8,000; tires,
tubes, repairs, ' $3,000, up
$2,000; boating law enforce
ment equipment $6,500, in
cludes two boats.
Tax division includes $4,908
for chief tax deputy, up $228;
$4,032 for tax deputy, up $204;
tax deputy $3,456;- tax dep
uty $3,456, up $180; tax dep
uty, personal property $4,680,
up $225; extra help $4,800, up
$800; travel $2,000, up $560;
miscellaneous expense $1,000,
up $700; miscellaneous ex
penses $1,000, up $700; tax
statements $3,000, up $1,000.
Main civil division budget
requests include chief deputy
$5,148, up $240; civil deputy,
$4,036; extra help $450, up
$150; travel $4,000, up $2,000;
civil -deputy $4,032.
Salem - (UPD - James B. Cor
lett Salem, has been appoint
ed manager of Oregon Forest
Protection Association.
Get Interested In U
South Africa?"
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY,
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MAIL BOXES CHECKED
the mail might have gone
Harold Hemming of Meyer,
Slow, Steady Rise
In Employment in
County Is Noted
Employment In Jackson
county during March showed
slow, steady increase. John
J. Patton, manager of the
Medford office of the state em
ployment service, said today
A considerable number of
individuals are stillrwithout
work, he said, but a shortage
occupations is already . evi
dent. .
"If the demand for help of
all kinds continues to increase
in proportion to the activity
already noted," Patton said,
"we will probably experience
a severe labor shortage in the
county during the summer
months."
The Job outlook for the next
60 days is good, Patton said.
Business Activity
The slow, steady employ
ment noted in the county last
month, he said, was in keep
ing with reports of business
activity in this area. The pat
tern is normal for' this part
of the country, partly due to
seasonal fluctuations In local
payrolls.
Building activity was feel
ing the effect of tighter fi
nancing requirements for
some kinds of projects, Pat
ton commented.
Work in the mountain areas,
especially logging, was sub
ject to several shutdowns due
to storm conditions, he noted.
The resulting lack of logs
caused several sawmill shut
downs, but these were of short
duration. He added that those
shutdown at the end of the
month probably would not be
closed for long.
During recent months, Pat
ton said, the state employment
service has given apitude
tests to those Jackson county
high school seniors who do
not plan going to college. The
students will be seeking per
manent employment when
school Is out in June, he not
ed. Patton said the students are
registered with the employ
ment services, and interested
employers may contact the
local office for information
about possible employees.
Camp David, Md..- (UPD -President
Eisenhower today
took Colombian President Al
berto Lleras Camargo to
Camp David for an afternoon
stay at his mountain hide
away.
WEATHER
rnRKCAST: Partly f-lnuilv In.
n I a h t- InrrriMtnK rloilrilnrvii
with a fe-w thowr Friday.
I.nw lonlfrit 11-411. Illiri Friday
IS-.
Temp.
Hlntir-it Yr-itrrriav II
l.nwpl thin MnrnlnK ... 41
Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trar.c
Our Skies Tonight
Knnir-t tntfar . ...... f:44 p.m.
Sultrta Inmnrrnw .... S:4Z a.m.
Mnnntr-t tomorrow .... 4:4.1 a.m.
Full Moon . April II
PROMINKNT STARS
Rr-Kulua, near Uia Moon.
Splra, rlitt ... .. 1:11 p.m.
Vrsa, low In norui-
ait v :11 pm.
Slrhif, tala :-. ItJS p.m.
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55th
Tribune
APRIL 7, 1960
In hopes that
through, Mayor
111., checks the
f - iC 1
ISeason Tickets Are
Suggested
Patrons of Medford's muni
cipal swimming pools should
have an opportunity to pur
chase season swimming tick
ets, it was decided by the
parks and recreation commis
sion at us meeting last night.
The proposal for having
season tickets, and their cost
will go before the city coun
cil at its meeting tonight,
Proposed rates for season
tickets would be $4 for chil
dren u n a r iz, $a. so lor
and $17.50 for families, re
gardless of size.
- Bill Singier, commission
member, said the rates were
arrived at after a comparison
of rates offered at municipal
swimming pools In other
cities.
-It was also decided that one
free swimming lesson will be
given with each season ticket
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f,'SV,:r, npHT0 oc tree
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Break Even on Costs
Singier said the rates
should cause the pools to
break even on costs.
Parks and Recreation Direc-
No Fire Found at
Lightning Strike
Southwest district office of
the state- department of for
estry said that no fire was
found by a forest patrol crew
which innvestigated a report
of a blaze started by light
ning last night a mile off
Long Branch rd. out of Shady
Cove.
Some lightning was seen
and some thunder heard yes
terday evening from a thun
derstorm build up over moun
tains in the area. Heavy rain
appeared to be falling.
News Briefs
Sacramento, Calif. - The
California legislature has
passed a bill requiring all
new cars sold within the
state to be equipped with
an anti-smog device. The
bill, sent to Gov. Edmund
O. Brown for his signature,
would require every car
sold within a year after two
or more devices are certi
fied to have the suppressors
installed. A provision In the
bill provides for installa
tion of the suppressors on
used cars and commercial
vehicles unless excluded by
the county or air pollution
district in the arse In
volved. Washington -Pp- Ameri
ca's billion-dollar system of
missile launching sites,
military space bases and
radar tracking ranges was
brought under the central
supervision today ot Dr.
Herbert F. York, 38. de
fense department director
of research and engineer
ing. Hollywood - WI1 - The
Screen Actors Guild strike
against the major studios is
over, according to producer
Jerry Wild.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 15
'w '":V' -tKi:., rsSf r t i.ii) i. . i
mail boxes of some of the residenlj who
fled when the levee broke, pouring acres of
water over the small community.
(UPI Telephoto)
for Pools
tor Robert Haworth pointed
out mat Mentors pools are
about the only ones left In the
Pacific Northwest which do
not offer season tickets. Most
persons, he said, will find buy
ing season - tickets cheaper
tnan paying day .to day.
The prices ot dally tickets
will remain the same, he said.
Herb Partridge, commission
member, said the Kiwanls
club is seriously Interested
providing a "free-form' tana-
box in one of the city's park.
Partridge InvestBated sev
eral kinds of tne-torm play
apparatus on behalf of the
commission, and found that
Charles H. Forester, of the
University of Oregon school
of art, designs and supervises
the construction of this type
ol play equipment.
Design at Cost
Forester said he would de-
sign and supervise the con
Uruction of such app.ratu.
here at cost
He said Forrester could
help put in this sandbox at I
cost of only $300, whereas to
purchase the equipment al
ready made, would cost an es
timated $3,000.
This type of equipment Is of
abstract and modernistic de
sign, he pointed out. A $239.51
donation from the Moose
Lodge to the parks and recrea
tion department for the pur
chase of play apparatus could
be used for similar equipment,
Partridge said.
Gene Garner, representing
a citizens stadium committee,
approached the commission
last night and asked for their
written support of a stadium.
The commission decided to
wait for more details on the
stadium before giving their
support, but did indicate they
would have some use for it if
it were constructed.
They appointed a committee
of two to represent them at all
future meetings of the sta
dium committee.
Telephone Directories
Are Being Distributed
The first telephone direc
tory to bear the new Pacific
Telephone Northwest name
will start arriving in homes
and businesses here on Fri
day, April 8, according to
Manager J. H. Creager..
Although the telephone
company's name was official
ly changed in February, this
is the first directory in the
state to carry the new desig
nation. The hew phone books fea
ture four natural color pic
tures on the front cover.' Mt.
Hood, Crater Lake, the Ore
gon coast and a wheat field
were chosen to portray the
contrasts in beauty In the
state.
An outline drawing of the
map of Oregon centers the
front page and proclaims the
cover theme, "Oregon, Land
of Contrasts."
An additional page of In
formation has been included
in the 1960 directory. It Is
a single page of calendars
which indicate exact dates
Move Designed
To Break Back
Of Resistance
Natives Object
To Pass Book law
Cape Town, South Afrlca-
-fl'PHPolice supported by troops
swept Into the nearby native
township of Nyanga today
and rounded up nearly 200
Negro men and women in a
raid designed to break the
back of African resitance to
the government's pass book
laws.
The Africans were taken to
police headquarters along
with sacks full of confiscated
knives, iron bars, shears, axes.
sticks and and knobberries
a traditional Zulu club-like
weapon.
Cordon Lifted
The raid was one of two
major surprises today. The
other was the lifting of a cor
don of armed troops surround
ing Langa, another Negro
quarter a short distance from
Nyanga, leaving Africans
there free to come and go as
they please for the first time
in a week. At the same time,
however, the cordon around
Nyanga was strengthened.
It was a strong police force
that was sent into Nyanga,
which has an estimated 25,000
Negro residents, to sweep up
agitators and search for weap
ons.
It was the biggest display
of force yet at the black town
ship outside Cape Town which
has been a center of protest
against a white law requiring
Africans to carry pass books.
The chief of police, Col.
Terblanche, reported the situ
ation Inside the compound .
very tense." He declined to
give details.
Tell of Beatings
Natives reached by tele
phone inside Nyanga told
united Press International
that a newwave ot police
beatings had erupted.
Terblanche merely said he
had sent patrols Into Nyange .
this morning for "certain op
erations" designed to "pro
tect law-abiding African! from.,
agitators and intimldatow."
The violence resumed attar '
a .national holiday Wedne
in
day in which there were no
police beating of African '
for the first time this week.
Because business was closed
down Wednesday there was
no need for police to try to
force Africans, to - work.
Many Africans have been
engaged in a massive stay-
home demonstration against
the pass book law.
30,654 Registered
oVofe in County
A total of 30,654 Jackson
county residents have regis
tered to vote in the May 20
primary, according to the
elections department.
Current totals show regis
tered Republicans in the coun
ty outnumber Democrats by
613. Republicans total 13,313,
Democrats total 14,702 and
637 persons are listed as mis
cellaneous. Deadline for registering to
vote in the primary election is
8- p.m. April 19. This is also
the deadline ' for changing
party affiliation. . (
Yakima Man To
Head Pear Bureau
Portland -W?u- Richard A...
Glaspey, of Yakima, Wash.,
has been named assistant to
the general manager of the
Oregon-Washington-California
Pear bureau here.
and days of the week for the
years from 1778 ot 2000.
The calendar page appears
at the end of the alphabetical
listings for Medford cus
tomers. About 31,600 copies of Die
Medford directory were print
ed this year. Of that number,
21,190 will be delivered Initi
ally. The remainder will be
kept at the telephone com
pany's business office for new
customers and for replace
ment of worn out books.
Other statistics on the new
books are: 8.721.600 printed
pages requiring 26,163 pounds
of paper. Each book contains
about 276 pages.
All other communities serv
ed by Pacific Telephone
Northwest In Oregon will
have directories with covers,
patterned after this year's
book, Creager said.
During 1960 more than
37,800 copies of Oregon tele
phone books will be distribut
ed for use throughout the
United Stale and Canada.
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