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Jailer Grabbed
By Means of Pole
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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
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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.
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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.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1960
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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. . ... -: .,
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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,
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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,
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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. '
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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.