Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 08, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUi.S.-Pahamaniaii Re Termed tmm rooics ipcass jodu issccooe y Dozeo Justice of Peace Hears Sound of Breaking Glass Jailer Grabbed By Means of Pole .1 grants Pass -(UPD- A jail- oreaic 01 a dozen prisoners in the Josephine county jail was tnwarted Thursday night wnen a justice of the peace nearby heard the sound of breaking glass and yelled at ine prisoners "get back in ' there." The jail is located just across the alley from the courthouse where Justice Larry Ashenbruenner regu larly holds night court. Two Injured Two men were injured In the escape attempt. They were identified as jailer Ralph Kessler and Jim Duke, 20, a prisoner. Both were reported in good vuiiuiuun. the escape attempt look place when Kessler came around to pick up trays after me evening meal. Prisoners had apparently yanicea me jailer into the tank by means of a long poie with a hook on its end, used to open windows for more ventilation. They then struck him with a sawed off broom handle and tried to break through the window. Ltd by Parol Violator Police reported the attempt ed escape was led by Gerald M. Griffin, a parole violator wanted in New Mexico. New Mexico authorities were on their way to pick him , up when the ruckus occurred.' Investigation w a I being made by city police, county sheriff's officers and state police. ' " Council Endorses City-County Plan The Medford city council last night approved and en dorsed a proposed city-county cooperative parks and recrea tion plan. Details of the plan were left up to City Manager Rob ert Duff. The council said Duff should investigate the matter further and reorgan ize the city's department or staff in cooperation with the county, so that it will facili tate both city and county needs. It was pointed out that the need for such a cooperative plan grew out of the problems the county will face when they take over the adminis tration of recreation facilities at the Howard Prairie reser voir on April 23. Duff told the council that the county has no adminis trative staff to run the facili ties at the reservoir and un der the proposal the city would provide the adminis tration. He said the plan should not cause the city's program to be slighted. The council also gave their unanimous approval to a rec ommendation from the parks and recreation commission that season tickets be made available to patrons of the city's swimming pools. They also passed on the ticket rates recommended by the commis sion. Grading Progressing on Lake of Woods Highway Grading Is approximately 60 per cent complete on a 4V4 mile segment of the new Lake of the Woods highway, accord ing to officials of the Peter Kiewit Sons' company, con tractor for the project. Th $295,000 Job Is expect ed to be completed by June 1, It was reported. This road Improvement project extends from the boundary of the Rogue River National forest to three miles east of McAl lister Soda Springs. The road will be approximately 48 feet wide when finished. Work started in the area last September. No work was done for about two months last winter due to the weath er, with work resuming March jt. n Regional Edition Medford Sectii 22 PAGES V Jt ')r7 ii Wt WW i mm MUt ttaanB ifttftx. r am nv fru.i.. i - .i... . MMfMm,. . ..... ' ."' mm V f i't J!l th.JM.l'A . r&J'Xf .-,v ) tSl- DISCUSS CARS Two New Zealand youths discussed with local students the number of high school student-owned cars at Medford High school earlier this week. They arrived in Medford last Monday morning, and have been louring and visiting various places since." L'efl ,to right ahove are Miss Donna Dell,' 1121 Weit 10th rt.jf Milan Serkovich. S u rgery n Visit in Medford Sightseeing for one of two New Zealanders visiting in Medford was interrupted yes terday by 'an appendectomy at Rogue Valley hospital. Milan Serkovich, of Petone, and Peter Cresswell, of Wel lington, who started their ac quaintances in' Medford through the "pen-pal system, arrived last Monday morning. They were met in San Francisco . by. Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Dell, and their daugh ter, Donna, 1121 West 10th st., Medford. They started their sightseeing. . educational touring and visiting almost immediately. Lily Safe Planned in Medford Tomorrow The annual Lily Sale spon sored by the Alpha Lambda chapter of Epsilon Sigma Al pha sorority will be held in downtown Medford between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Mrs. Richard Harri son, chairman, has announced. The Lily Sale is sponsored by the chapter in conjunction with the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., she noted. The Alpha Kappa chapter, Ashland, is holding its Lily Sale in con junction with the Alpha Lambda chapter of Medford. Wodburn-(UPl)-Mrs. Rebecca Springer, an Oregon pioneer, celebrated her 100th birthday today; The segment of the road under construction is closed to traffic, It was reported. Earlier this year the state highway commission allocated money for work on both ends of the project now under con struction. A stale highway department project for 5'4 miles would run from near the end of the existing pavemen' bove Brownsboro to . the forest boundary. The bureau of pub lic roads project will extend from the east end of the proj ect now under construction to the paved highway leading to Upper Klamath Lake. The BPR segment is currently un der construction. The two l projects total $1,250,000. n Men MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1960 S z Petone, New Zealand; Peter Cresswell, Wel lington, New Zealand; and Miss Cecilia Fichtner. Serkovich, who last night under went an appendectomy at Rogue Valley hos pital, is staying with the Dells, and Cress-, well is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Espey, 619 Park st. . ... -: ., e r r u pfs They went shopping, and were surprised to find they could purchase items immedi ately since, they said, in New Zealand many items have to be ordered and picked up two or three days later. Attend Classes They attended classes at Medford High school one day this. week, visited the police station where they were sur prised to find patrolmen car rying firearms. Police officers in New Zealand, they said, do not carry firearms. But their visiting was; In terrupted Wednesday night when Serkovich became ill. He was taken to the hospital, where, after several examina tions and tests, his illness, was diagnosed as appendicitis. Sur gery was performed last night, and he was resting comfort able today, according to re ports. The trip to this country by Serkovich and Cresswell start ed a few years ago after Medford youth extolled the virtues of the valley to Cress. well, who wrote to the Mail Tribune seeking pen pals. The response was so great, he of fered, pen pal letters to some of his friends, one of whom was Serkovich. Serkovich and Miss Dell corresponded continu o u s 1 y. He worked as a clerk to earn enough to pay for his trip to this country. ' The young New Zealander is not expected to remain I the hospital long, and Mrs. pell reported today he was ready to lcaye the hospital anytime. Failure Noted in Satellite Camera Washington -OJPli- The Fed eral Space Agency disclosed today that a mechanical fail ure aboard the Tiros I weath er satellite is preventing it from taking detailed cloud pictures over Russia. Dr. T. Keith Glennan, direc tor of he National Aeronau tics and Space Administra tion, said at a news conference that the weather satellite "Is working successfully and well." But he added that since Sat urday evening, "the satellites clock timer governing opera. tion of one of the cameras has not been working properly, n Thwarted V T V " t, 1 . V Phoenix Man Dies Of Heart Attack A Phoenix man Thursday suffered a fatal heart attack while in his airplane en route to Happy Camp, Calif., the Mail Tribune learned today. Frank (Neal) LeNeal Tripp, 52, of Phoenix, owner and manager of Tripp's Service, Phoenix, was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart hospital, it was reported. A Medford Am bulance Service ambulance met the airplane at the Med ford airport at 12:20 p.m. According to airport control tower personnel, Tripp and a friend, Orrey L. Cotter, 1433 Jasper st., Medford, left the Medford airport Thursday morning. About 30 minutes later Cotter notified the con trol tower that Tripp had suf fered what was believed to be a heart attack and requested an ambulance to meet them at the airport. Cotter is also a pilot, and brought the plane back. Tripp was a member of the Phoenix Lions club and start ed Tripp's Service In the 1940s. He was born Feb. 25, 1908, in Junction City, Ore., and came to the valley In 1936. Funeral services will be an nounced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. Russia Presents 'New Look' Plan Geneva-dTP-The Soviet Un ion called today on me other nuclear powers to join in a solemn declaration that they would not be the first to use atomic and hydrogen weap ons. At the same time, the Rus sian delegate handed the West what he claimed was a new look disarmament program designed to break the month. long deadlock In the 10-nalion Geneva conference. But western delegation spokesman said the nuclear proposal was not new. And one western delegate, who would not be identified by name, described the Soviet program . as "the same old baloney newly sliced." An. other labeled It the "Same salad . . . with a new Russian dressing." Salem-tUPt-Oregon Supreme Court Justice Alfred T. Good win will address a Salem Chamber of Commerce lunch. 1 en April 18. Price 10 Cents Tribune County Pays What It Can To Help Local Hospitals Money Goes for Indigent Cases County Judge Earl Miller said today the county has con tributed all it can to help lo cal hospitals with their finan cial problems. His comment concerned a Mail Tribune editorial yes terday, w h Ich questioned whether adequate city and county funds have gone to help the hospitals make up their losses from indigent cases. The editorial was mo tivated by the case of a man in epileptic convulsions who went 2'i hours without full hospitalization this week. Both Sacred Heart and Rogue Valley hospitals have requested appropriations for indigent cases totaling $85,- 000 for the next fiscal year, an increase of $50,000 over the $35,000 budgeted for the purpose this year. During the first 8V4 months of this fiscal year, up to March 17, Judge Miller said the county has paid $30,003.43 to both hospitals for this pur pose, leaving a balance of $4,996.57 in the indigent fund account.' Request Payment But the hospital! have re quested payments totaling $U,BJ2.";g. ' Ufle Unpaid BaT ance of $11,629.33 is divided, $4,304 for Sacred Heart and $7,323.39 for Rogue Valley.' In addition, i the hospitals have other bills for indigent patients totaling $13,531.73 for both, or a grand total of $25,161.08 1 in unpaid ' bills for indigents up to Marcn 17. This, added to the $30,0U3.4J paid by the county, lnaicaies $55,164.51 worth of medical care has been provided for patients unable to pay - not including "routine" bad debt 08 Additional bills of this na ture can be expected before the new fiscal year starts July ! Of the $30,01)3.43 paia oy the county, $14,318.14 went to Sacred Heart and $14,685.29 to Rogue Valley. Water Supply Far From Encouraging Grants Pass - This year's water supply outlook for the Rogue-Umpqua basin is iar from encouraging but at least is better than that for the record dry year of 1959, Fore caster W. T. (Jack) Frost told public meeting here tnis morning. Frost is forecaster for the Oregon State college experi ment stations and the soil con servation service. The outlook for the early spring flow is "fair," Frost said, and the same prediction holds for most areas during the late season. Some areas, however, will have "poor" flow during the latter part of the season, he added. Fifteen persons, including Irrigation officials from throughout the area, attended the meeting in the old Jose phine county library. This year's snowpack as of April 1 was only 72 per cent of average, Frost said, and water sheds, though better off than at this time last year, are in serious need of priming. Storage supplies and reser voirs are considerably below average because there was vir tually nothing to start with this year, he said. Demonsfraf'on Slated In Downtown Portland Portland-TOPD-The Portland office of the National Associa tion for the Advancement or Colored People has announced that peacelul demonstrations will be held in front of the Woolworth and Kress variety stores In downtown Portland Saturday, A 4 - j J, . - K . .d2 4 h CENSUS TAKER Mrs. LcRoy Smith, Med ford, (left) one of 56 census enumerators now at work In Jackson county, takes sta tistics from Mrs. Francis Oakes, 1007 Whit man St., Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Oakes have three children, Karl, 6, pictured above; Kenneth, 10, and Karen, 18. The census count Is about 50 per cent complete, and will be finished in approximately 10 days, Elected County Officials to Get Salary Increases The Jackson county budget committee raised the salaries of six elected officials by $1,000 and a seventh by $800 this morning after consider able discussion. Thousand dollar raises were granted the county judge and two commissioners, sheriff, as sessor, and county clerk, and the county treasurer was giv en an $800 raise. Budget committee members pointed out that County Trea surer Karl Janouch had re quested; a',..'S690i raise-. They also said . his Job does not .carry as much, .responsibility as thoBe of the other elected county officials since it is mainly a . bookkeping job. Sheriff Joe Walsh had asked for a $1,200 raise. The county judge and two commissioners each make $6,072, the assessor $6,072, county clerk $5,940, sheriff $5,940, and treasurer, $5,544. Considered Raise The budget committee had considered at first raising the seven elected officials 10 per cent of their current salaries. However, some felt this would make the various salaries spread farther apart rather than reaching a common standard. Members of the county court, and Arnold Bohnert, lay budget committee mem ber, agreed that county court members spend considerable money out of their own pock ets in keeping up public rela tions by attending many meet ings and dinners. In counties of 50,000 lo 100, 000 Jackson county ranks next to the bottom In salaries paid the county judge and commissioners, according to official slatistics, it was point ed out. In Coos county the county commissioners receive $6,000 and, the county judge $6,500, in Douglas county $6,780 and $7,380; Linn coun ty $6,380 and sh.buu and Washington county $5,112 and $5,940. Hearing on School Budget Is Today A public hearing on Med ford school district's $3,914,- 846.99 general fund budget for next fiscal year will be held at 4 o'clock this after noon In the school administra tion building, 500 Monroe St., Medford. The proposed general fund budget is $487,776 more than this year's budget. Increases In expenditures reflect operational and main tenance cost rises as well as salary Increases for teachers and non-certlficated person nel. The increases also reflect the need for additional teach ers and services to handle an anticipated increase in enroll ment. The bond interest and re demption fund totals $494, 909.47, and the school lunch fund totals $237,060.97. The amount outside the 6 per cent limitation is estimat ed at $2,008,997.10, and an election on the amount out side the limitation will be held May 2, Sanitary Authority Reports on Survey Of Air Pollution Medford has a severe air pollution problem during cer tain periods of the year. This is the major conclusion of the Oregon state sanitary authority which conducted an air pollution study in and around Medford. Conclusions of the study were received by the city council last night. The study found that counts of suspended mailer In the air are extremely high during the spring period when orchard- l6ts fight frost with; smudge pots. In addition, ll was found that the fallout of cinders and partially consumed wood par. tides from lumber and ply wood mills Is excessive jn sev eral Medford neighborhoods.' Studied Role of Weather - The sanitary au thority studied the role of weather in regard to Mcdford's air pollu tion and found that weather conditions during November, December and January com monly contribute to the accu mulation of atmospheric pol lution. These same conditions are relatively rare during the months of May through Sep tember, they noted. It was found that the year- round atmosphere In the early morning hours is generally so calm and stable that smoke and other atmospheric pollu tants do not rise easily enough to be dispersed aloft. The sanitary authority made nine recommendations to improve the problem. They are; 1. Control of air pollution in and around Medford should be approached on an area wide basis with Ihe city, coun ty and state sharing the re sponsibilities. Abatement of Pollution 2. The Medford city council should pass and enforce ap propriate ordinances for the prevention and anatemeni oi air pollution within the city limits. 3. Jackson county should apply planning and land-use zoning ordinances together with requiring standards of combustion control in new In dustrial plants. 4. The slate sanitary au thority's air pollution pro gram should be utilized. This would consist of technical as sistance, analysis of air samples and review of plans for area-wide control and pre vention of air polluulion. 5. Control of most of the present air pollution sources is possible now and need not await new technical methods or procedures. Expense in volved in replacing offending WEATHER FOR.KCAKT: finrr)y r Ion fly with i frw ahnwrrt tonight, purlly r Ion rty flat nr day. Low to nil hi 42. Hlth Saturday ftVM. Temp. HlfhMt Ylri1ay 15 Lowest this Mornlni 42 Our Skies Tonight ftiiniH today P m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:4 1 a.m. Moon let tomorrow .... 4:j a.m. Full Moon . .... April II PltOMINKNT STAR Ileielreuie, low In went . 21 p.m. VI Nil) I F. PLANPTR iuplter, low In south east i.m. Saturn, rlsei 2 09 a.m. Mars, rises . - 4:1 a.m. Mercury, low In ea.t at sunrise. according to Marion B. Caster, crew leader for the Medford area. Caster reminded resi dents that they should keep their advance census reports until the census laker arrives. Squads of picked crew leaders and census takers in all parts of the country will check missions, all night theaters and parks to make sure all residents of the United States are counted. orchard heating equipment may require a gradual pro gram, but this program should not be allowed to lapse. Cor rection of some existing smoke and f lyash problems may also require step-by-step Installs tion because of cost. Cinder Collectors 6. All large hog-fuel fired steam generating boilers in and near Medford should be equipped with cinder and fly. ash collectors,. '.: All" wood' waste burners must be operated within ac ceptable limits of smoke and particulate emissions if mini mum results are to be attained. 8. Competent technical staffs should review the loca tion and air pollution control installations of future indus trial plants to make sure they will not add to the air pollu. tion problem. 9.. Area sampling surveys should be continued, prefer ably as a combined city, coun ty and state function. The air pollution study was authorized by the Medford city council in January, 1959, as a joint project between the city and the Oregon state sani tary authority. The study lasted for six months during 1959 and augmented and ex panded information collected by the sanitary authority on Medford s air since 195Z. An ordinance to put part of these recommendations Into effect will be considered by the council. Error Won't Affect Jackson Ballots A mistake In listing Demo crat Gene Conklin, Pendle ton, on the state primary bal lot, will not affect printing of the ballots for Jackson county, E. M. Madden, county clerk, reported today. The mistake, which has af fected several counties, was made by a clerk In the elec tions office In Salem, Secre tary of State Howell Appling Jr. said. Madden said Conklln's name was marked out of the list of Democratic candidates and the other candidates were renumbered. The error listed Conklin as state at - large delegate candidate to the Democratic national convention when he actually filed for delegate from the second congression al district. Madden said today that the first proofs for the Republican bHllols are expected the first of next week. The list of can didates for the Democratic ballots will be sent to the printers this afternoon. Oregon Schools Picked To Hold Institutes Washington (UPD Oregon, Oregon State, Lewis and Clark and Reed College have been selected by the National Science Foundation to con duct in-service institutes for secondary school teachers of science and mathematics dur ing the 1060-61 academic year. Ambassador Tells Eisenhower of Deterioration Flag Controversy Continues as Item Washington TUPD Panama's new ambassador to the United States told President Eisen hower today U.S.-Panamanlan relations have "reached a state of deterioration that might be described as cru cial." This is the painful truth which I, as the emissary of a democratic government , . , must state without eunhem- ism," Ambassador Erasmo de la Guardia said in an unusual ly blunt diplomatic statement as he presented his credentials at the White House. Eisenhower replied. "I firm- ly hope that the measures re cently implemented by this government as well as those presently under consideration may rebound to the benefit of Panamanian people. Ihe envoy said afterwards that the President showed on. timism about improving rela tions. Controversy Over Flag ine ambassador told new men he and the President had general discussion of the problems between the two countries. He said the matter of flying the flag of Panama over the Canal Zone was touched on in passing. But he said none of the problems were dealt with specifically. He said It was largely a cour tesy visit, but added "we had a pleasant conversation." For months Panama has asked that the Panamanian flag be allowed to fly along side the U. S. flag in the Panama Canal Zone. Eisenhower told a news con ference Dec. 2 Panama de served some "visual symbol" ot her "titular sovereignty over the zone." ' ine u. s. nag permanent. ,jr control over the zone under & 1904 treaty, but Panama T- talned technical sovereignty.. since December, the admin istration has-eome up with no definite proposal oh Panama'! flag request. ' i SUSPECT SOUGHT Bulletins Include Sketch of Suspect Special bulletins with com posite pictures of a man want ed In connection with the fa tal shooting of Mrs. Lester Hamilton in Ashland March IS have been Issued to all police and sheriff's officers In Oregon and California, Sher iff Joe Walsh said today. The bulletins show an ar tist's conception of man ob served near the scene of the murder shortly before the shooting, according to the bulletin. He is described as white male, 25 to 30 year old. from 5 feet 7 inches to 8 feet 10 inches tall, weighing from 150 to 160 pounds, having light brown hair, needing a haircut, slight oval face, mild pleasant voice, and - walking with a slight stoop forward. Whop last seen he was driv ing a 1956 to 1958 Ford, light top, dark bottom (blue or green). He told a witness he was out of the service recent ly and was looking for the Otis family. The aherlrt now believes that the woman wai shot at her ranch home, about 2 miles southeast of Ashland, with two guns. Five bullets were fired from a .22 call iber revolver and the other four shots were fired from a different .22 caliber gun. Neither gun nor empty shelli have been located. The vic tim was not sexually assault ed, but had been struck on the head causing a skull fracture.