Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 12, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn Mia m Ml? Ml B B Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages President's Far last Itinerary To include Trip To South Korea Chief Executive Plans Five-Day Stop in Japan Pressure Seen for Other Additions Augusta, Ga. - (LTD - Presi dent Eisenhower today added substantially to his world tour itinerary next June to devote more time to the Far East fol lowing a nine -day visit to Russia. The vacation White House, where the President is spend ing a golfing holiday, an nounced that the chief execu tive would be in Japan over five-day period with time out for a one-day side trip to South Korea and conferences with President Syngman Rhee. An advance party of White House officials has just com pleted a survey trip to Russia preparatory to the President's visit there and is now en route to Japan. Jet Flight To Tokyo Under the expanded itiner ary, Eisenhower plans to fly from Washington in time to reach Moscow June 10. He will tour the Soviet Union for nine days, leaving from a Siberian city June 19 for a jet flight to Tokyo. In connection with the Jap anese - American Centennial, the President will remain in Japan until June 23. On June 22, he will make a one-day visit to the Republic of Korea, returning to Japan that night. The White House has been under mounting diplomatic pressure to enlarge the June trip ever since the President announced his intention to go to Russia in June to return the 1959 visit to this country of Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev. Pressure To Increase Elsenhower has been urged to include Formosa and the Philippine Republic on his long itinerary and interna tional pressure for these ad ditions was certain to increase after announcement of the plans to go to Korea. With the additions today and the possibility of more to come, the President's June trip shaped up as an even more ambitious venture than his 11 -nation tour of last December. Ashland Youth Gets Year's Jail Sentence Salem-flJPD-A one-year jail sentence was given Monday to Clyde Ronald Zamrzla, 17, Ashland, for his part last year in a riot at MacLaren school for boys. "I Packed My Kit In Everything MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, Unemployment Rises Washington OJPD Unem- ployment, sharply affected by winter storms last month, showed its biggest February March increase since the end of World War II, the Labor Department said today. The number of jobless rose last month by 275,000 to 4,206,000, instead of dropping by 175,000 as it usually does. Employment fell by 253,000 .;.; , t.S T ' v , 4t 1 NIXON ON COAST Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon, right, shakes hands with Horace Stoneham, left, owner of the San Francisco Giants, on his arrival in San Fran cisco to help dedicate the Giants new sta 50 Per Cent Boost In Teacher Pay by 1963 Urged as Goal Washington - IUPD - Ameri- cans were challenged today to accept as their "national goals" in education a 50 per cent boost in teachers' salaries by 1963, and a $25 billion school building program over the next decade. These admittedly "drastic" goals were proposed in a staff study prepared by the U.S. Office of Education for dis cussion at a conference at- A Hurry, But I Have I'll Need" to 64,267,000, even though it normally goes up an average of 450,000 in March. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said the counter seasonal changes were caused largely by "unusually cold weather and heavy snowfall which blanketed large areas of the country.' A Labor Department aide predicted a sharp rebound in dium at Candlestick Park. Shown with them is George Christopher, mayor of San Fran cisco. The two men behind Nixon are un identified. (UPI Telephoto) tended by leaders of 100 edu cational organizations. The conference was called by Arthur S. Flemming, secre tary of health, education and welfare. Flemming empha sized to reporters that the Office of Education report was simply a "basis for dis cussion" at the conference, and did not necessarily reflect administration thinking. Professional Appraisal However, Dr, Lawrence G. Derthick, com missioner of education, described the re port in a foreword as a pro-1 fessional appraisal of the fac tual situation" facing Ameri cans in their attempt to build and maintain an adequate public school system. The report said it is "es sential" to national survival that "a substantial improve ment in the quality of Ameri can education be brought about in the decade ahead." With the nation locked in a life - or - death technological race with Russia, the report said, it is a matter of "fear ful urgency" to overcome the classroom and teacher short ages now plaguing public schools. WEATHER FORECAST: flhnwen tonight. Cloudy Wednesday but with mm rlfartnt prrlodt. Low to night 35, high tomorrow 45. Highest Yfitfrdiy ....... '"sV Loweit this Morning 3 Prc. Ut 19 a.m. Today 44 Our Skies Tonight Runift today :Sq p,ra, SiinrUe tomorrow 5:34 a m MoonrHe tonight ..... 8:09 p.m I,tt Quarter April M The pit net, Neptune, aeen only In a tIerope( U a mtli south of the Moon tonight. Neptune Ii larger than the fcarfh hut mailer than Jupiter or Saturn. 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1960 April if spring weather pre vails. Unemploy m e n t increased slightly more than the decline in the number of jobs because more people entered the labor force looking for work. The rise in unemployment pushed the jobless figure above the four million mark for the second time in the past year. It rose to 4,149,000 last Students Still on Critical List Two Medford High school student accident victims re mained in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital to day, and a third was listed In good condition. They were among six youths injured in a one-car accident on Foothills rd. near the Delta Waters rd. junction early Sun day morning. Still in critical condition are Kenneth Neal Durkce and Clay Oscar Varney, both of whom suffered broken necks. In good condition was Clyde Harmon Varney, brother of Clay. Both are sons of Mrs. Delbcrt Crowl, 113 Rose ave. The youths, all Medford High students, were en route to an orchard heating job at the time of the accident. State police said they ad vised Richard LeRoy Cham pion, 18, of 2435 Joe Jack rd., Medford, driver of the vehicle, that a complaint charging violation of basic rule would be filed against him in district court Monday, April 18, as a result of the accident. Vote in Illinois Lighter Than Expected Chicago-IUPD-Almost perfect weather and a lighter than expected voter turnout shaped up early today in Illinois, in the nation's third state pri mary of the 1960 presiden tial campaign year. Vice President Richard M. Nixon on the Republican presidential ticket, and in cumbent Sen. Paul M. Doug las, Democratic choice for an other Senate term, were un opposed. No Democratic presl denttal candidates were on the ballot. Portland-iUPIl-Larry Smyth, political editor of the Oregon Journal, underwent surgery here today for removal of a tumor from hi tophi gut. No. 19 Sharply January after being below that mark since last April. Declines in farm, trade and construction jobs were blamed for the relatively gloomy job picture in March. Lowest in History Farm employment, which goes up an average 250,000 at this time of year, actually fell by 54,000 to hit the low est level in history-4, 565,000. Public Hearing On Eagle Point School Budget Set Eagle Point A public hear ing on Eagle Point school dist rict's proposed $784,490.57 budget for fiscal year 1960-61 will be held in the Eagle Point High school library at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. The budget includes $647,409.21 general fund; $64,233.75 in the bond inter est and redemption fund: $42,- 181.64 in the school lunch fund; and $10,665.97 in the construction fund. School officials said the school lunch fund and con struction fund balanced by re ceipts in those funds, and no tax Is levied for them. General Fund Total The general fund total, school officials pointed out, is $53,449.91 more than the pres ent year s expenditures. The increase is from general rises in operating and maintenance costs, they said. The total estimated tax lev ies for next year are $516, 722.15, compared to tax levies this year amounting to $509, 077.15, an increase of $7,645. Of the total estimated levy, $75,227.91 is inside the 6 per cent limitation, and $63,259.17 is not subject to the limita tion, leaving $376,235.07 out side the 6 per cent limitation. School officials noted that the bond issue and redemption fund is $21,797.54 less than the amount In the present years budget. This, along with an estimated increase in revenue of $24,233.90, have kept the overall budget in crease to a minimum. Tax Commission To Review Ratios County Assessor Ray Schu macher and County Commis sioner Chester Wendt, as chairman of the Jackson coun ty board of equalization, will go to Salem tomorrow to have the state tax commission re view ratios involved in prop erty taxes. Normally the board of equalization doesn't meet here until the first Monday after April 16. The assessor posts his tax ratios on April 16. However, Schumacher said the board agreed it would be a good idea for the state tax commission to view them be fore they are officially post ed. This will avoid any major revisions after the ratios be come established. The ratio, Schumacher ex plained, is a fixed percentage showing the relationship of assessed value, which forms the basis for taxation, to sales value of property. The state tax commission holds its regu lar meetings in June, Schu macher said, Members of the Jackson county board of equalization are Chester Wendt, county commissioner and chairman, Ed Singmaster, Ashland, and Arnold Bohnert, Central Point. Oregon Employment Sets Record for March Salem - IUPD - Oregon set another record last month In total jobs with 642,700 per sons employed at mid-month, the highest March total in the lUU'i history, First Search for Signals From Planets Planned Radio Telescope To Focus on Stars Washington - HTU - The Na tional Science Foundation to day announced the beginning of "mankind's first systema tic search for signals from in telligent beings on other plan ets." The search, known as Proj ect Ozma, got under way for mally Monday night at the National Radio Astronomy observatory, Green Bank, W.Va. The project was named after the queen of the fairy tale Land of Oz, "a place very far away, difficult to reach, and populated by strange and exotic beings." To Divert Use For the next month, Dr. Frank D. Drake will focus the observatory's 85 - foot radio telescope alternately on two nearby stars "that might have planets susceptible of sustain ing life," the science founda tion said. The telescope, in use around the clock, will be diverted from general astro nomical research to Project Ozma for six hours daily. The two stars picked for the experiment are Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani, each about 66 million miles from the sun. It would take radio signals, moving at the speed of light, 11 years to bridge the distance. To Be Amplified The telescope will receive signals alternately from one of the stars and from a near by region in space. Signals from the immediate vicinity of the star will be amplified, transferred to tape, and ana lyzed to determine "if they seem to be the result of de liberate transmission by other beings. I Astronomers assume that millions of planets as hosoita- 1 ble to life as earth must exist elsewhere . in the universe Five leash laws To Be on Ballots -Five separate leash law propositions will appear on primary election ballots May 20, according to County Clerk Marvin Madden. Chris Hagler, county dog control officer, said the pro posed regulations would re quire dog owners to keep their dogs on leashes when off their property. They would not be muzzle laws, Hagler emphasized. Areas to be covered by each proposal are: (1) in the boun daries of Precinct 65, West Side area of Medford; (2) in the boundaries of precinct 68A, Perrydale area; (3) with- mg the city boundaries of Rogue River; (4) within the Medford city boundaries, and (5) all of Jackson county. M-T's Hospital Story Said Police To Request Planning Meeting A spokesman for Sacred Heart Hospital said today that a Mail Tribune story of last Wednesday, describing efforts to assist a man suffering from convulsions, was incorrect in a number of details, and in emphasis and conclusions. The man was not refused admittance to the hospital, the spokesman said, and his health was never endangered. In ad dition, details of the timing of events, as they appeared on the police log and figured In the Mail Tribune's slory, were challenged by the hospital spokesman. Meanwhile, Charles v. Champlin, Medford police chief, said he will request a meeting between police offi cials and authorities of Sacred Heart hospital. We want to meet with hos pital authorities to go over the details of this case, and also to see if better arrangements for future cases of this sort can be made," the chief stated. Have No Facilities "We have no facilities In the city police station for the care of sick persons, and some arrangement should be worked out whereby they will receive prompt and adequate medical care," the chief point ed out. He added that the police de partment knows it is the pol icy of all hospitals to admit persons requiring hospitaliza tion. 1 The incident in question, he said, was probably aggravated by the fact that conslderablt fc V"'"" Ja:imom9i9i i Caribbean CASTRO TROOPS ATTACKED The map above spots Oriente Province in Cuba were guerrilla troops led byf orm er Army Major Manuel Beaton were reported attacking Premier Fidel Castro's forces in the mountains where Castro's own revloution began. Also shown is Guantanamo, site of the big United States naval base, which is expected to be come the focal point of renewed tension as the result of U. S. refusal to reinstate a Cuban leader fired there. (UPI Telephoto) Morse Calls for Revitalization of Local Governments Portland -IUPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) called today for a revitalization of local governments. Morse, addressing Portland State College students here, said the federal government has, to some extent, grown and developed "because the state and local governments have not grown and develop ed In accord with economic and population changes." He said population changes were going to come even fast er in the next 10 to 20 years. Morse, who is on a tour of Rogue River Girl Takes Top Award Marilyn Deckelman, 17 Rogue River, Jackson coun ty's only dairy entry at the Cow Palace Junior show here. took top. honors: Monday as she was awarded grand cham pionship with her three year old Brown Swiss cow. Other Jackson county 4 Her's who received purple awards for outstanding steers were Larry Wright, Rogue Ri ver; Patsy Charley, fcagle Point; and Jo Anna Malloroy, Eagle Point. Larry Wright and Patsy Charley placed first and second in the light Hereford of over 50 animals. Blue award steers were ex hibited by Philip Krouse, Ap plegate; Alice Woolfolk, Eagle Point; Penny Sampcrt, Eagle Point; Carolyn Sidener, Cen tral Point; and Georgia Hub bard, Eagle Point. Craig Wright and Susan Wright of Medford exhibited red award lambs and were classified exhibit showmen In the sheep division of the Jun ior Show. time was consumed In an at tempt to learn of the patient's veteran status. The chief pointed out that the police department has also enjoyed excellent working re lations with the authorities at the Camp White Domiciliary. "Medical care for indi gents," he stated, "Is a com munity problem, and the hos pitals, doctors and ambulance service have every right to ex pect payment for their serv ices." He made no comment as to the hospital spokesman's dec laration that the report of the police officer involved was in correct in several Instances. But the chief did state that medical emergencies do con stitute one of the police de partment's major "head aches," and that, other than first aid training for all offi cers, the department is not equipped to cope with them. Criticises Mail Tribune The hospital spokesman, Paul W, Haviland, a Medford lawyer and member of the Sacred Heart Hospital board, criticized the Mail Tribune for printing the story solely on the information provided by the police officer involved. He said, "Unfortunately, from the information that we have been able to obtain, the newspaper reporter made his story without checking with the Sacred Heart Hospital to ascertain the facts although he was requested to do so by the police officials because an entirely different slory would have been written, and of course, the story would not Oregon as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, said "those of us who believe the federal sys tem of division of power is still the best way of managing a country know that local governments need to be re vitalized. They need a new concept of their role; above all, they need to be freed from the chains of the past which have limited their ability to cope with urbanization. Reexamination Aiked He said "what worries me in increasing urbanization is that again, our frozen patterns of government at the local level will forestall action on critical urban problems until, as a last resort, the lederal government Is compelled to move even further Into trans - nortatlon, housing, education, water supply and all the oth ers simply to provide the es sentials of living. "My plea to this meeting, and to all groups and indi viduals concerned with the subject, is this: Do not compel the federal government to take over these problems. Do not foist off the problems of urbanization on Uncle Sam." Beverly Aadland Changes Story Hollywood 01PD Beverly Aadland admitted bit actor William Stanciu was shot fa tally during a scuffle for his revolver, Chief of Detectives Thad Brown disclosed today. Brown said tin; aspiring ac tress changed her version of Stanclu's death while she underwent a lie detector test Monday. Miss Aadland earlier claimed he committed suicide after telling her to close her eyes. (See Story on Page 5) Incorrect; have had the sensational as pects given to it." Chief Champlin said he cer tainly will not engage in a public argument with hos pital authorities. But the offi cer on whose report the story was based indicated that, in all essentials, it was correct, to the best of his knowledge. Haviland's letter appears in full on Page 4 of today's Mail Tribune. It was based on hos pital records, and on signed statements by the doctor, nurses and ambulance attend ant involved. Officials of the Veterans Administration domiciliary at White City, meanwhile, also asked to have their position clarified. , Hospital Best Place At the time of the first telephone call, reporting a veteran at the hosiptal, they declined to come after him, feeling that a hospital was the best place for him in a med ical emergency since the dom iciliary has only Infirmary, not general hospital, facilities. Later, when contacted from the police station, they readily agreed to accept the man, they stated. City Manager Robert A Duff said today that he and an executive committee of the city council will meet shortly with Camp White and hospital authorities to review pro cedures for the emergency care of patients, specifically indigent patients. Duff pointed out that this meeting was unanimously au thorized by the city council at 111 last tegular meeting, U. S. Naval Base Possible Target Of Antagonism Series of Notes Heighten Tension Havana - HTD - President Osvaldos Dorticos accused President Eisenhower today of meddling In the Internal politics of Cuba. Durticos made the state ment in replying to Eisen hower's recent letter to Pa tricio Fernandez, president of the Students Federation of Chile, and Eduardo Zuniga, the secretary. Hostility Said United The Cuban President said the "White House press office, the secretary of state, mem bers of Congress, the United States armed forces and even the judiciary have been unit ing their hostility against the measures of social justice and political and economic trans formation which the revolu tionary govern ment had adopted." Dorticos's accusations came as a series of stiffly worded U.S. notes to Cuba heighten ed tension between the two countries and threatened to revive Cuban antagonism against the big U.S. naval base at Guantanamo, where the U.S. refused to reinstate a discharged labor leader. Angered by Reply Dorticos said there was nothing wrong in the letter the students sent Eisenhower since ti.oy were only sound ing out the American position. But the reply apparently angered him thoroughly. He was particularly bluer at Eisenhower's state ment Premier Fidel Castro was be traying the principles of the revolution. 1 U.S. Ambassador Philip W. I nn,Bi handed a stlfflv-word- ej note (. Deputy Foreign 1 Minister Marcelo Fernandei Mondav rejecting Cuban de mands for the rehiring of Federico Figueras Larrazabal. The wording of the note anrf of two others, delivered simultaneously, dealing with other subjects-indicated -the United States was adopting a harder line toward Premier Fidel Castro's revolutionary' regime. There was no immediate Cuban reaction. Castro Remains Silent Castro himself was not In Havana, and observers here were wondering why he had not replied to an earlier U.S. comment on his administra tion - President Eisenhower's charge that he had "betrayed the Cuban revolution." Two theories were offfered to explain Castro's silence that he was too busy trying to rout Capt. Manuel Beaton s rebels out of the Sierra Mae slra Mountains or that he is saving up his answer to Eis enhower for a major May Day speech. The U.S. refusal to renire Figueras amounted to a chal lenge of leftist Labor Minis- . ter Augusto Martinez San chez's March 24 declaration that local employees of the base are "Cubans working in Cuban territory, and subject to the laws of this nation." Under those laws It is ille gal to fire an employee for any reason. The ministry could choose to make a test case of Figueras who was dis missed for urging workers to spy on base activities, for say ing there were indications of an imminent invasion by the United States and for anti- American agitation. April. 9 Deadline For Registering April 19 Is the last day to register for those wishing to vote In the May 20 primary election, County Clerk Mar vin Madden has reminded Jackson county residents. The courthouse will be open for registration the nights of April 18 and April 19 to 8 p.m., Madden said. All those wishing to register then should enter through the an nex doors, he directed. All those persons who have moved or changed their ad dresses should register or re register before the deadline, the county clerk said. After April 19 it will be too late to register for the primary elec tion, but registration can con tinue for the general election Nov. 8, It was explained. To date 30,954 persons have regis tered; 15.342 Republicans, 14,978 Democrats, and 634 miscellaneous registrants. The GOP lead over the Democrats bis dropped to 361. V. 4 w J.