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Newspaper Page Textrairo Star' Satellite Orbts Around Earth fell G&,I- :IS?bsi U-mr ?k' WRECKAGE SURVEYED The Rev. Murle Rogers, pastor of the Sunnyside Baptist church at Sunnyside, Texas, is shown with his wife and son in the wreckage of their home destroyed by a tornado late Tuesday. At least three persons were killed and at least 24 others injured. Mrs. Rogers and Kidnapers Grab Youthful Heir To French Fortune Paris -(UPD - Kidnapers snatched the 4V4-year-old heir to one of Europe's biggest au tomobile fortunes Tuesday and threatened to kill him un less they got $100,000 ransom within 48 hours, police said today. Chubby, cheerful Eric Peu geot, grandson of auto tycoon Jean-Pierre Peugeot, was car ried off in broad daylight be fore the startled eyes of his playmates, the police said. The kidnaping occurred at the children's playground of France's most exclusive coun try, club, the Saint -Cloud course just west of Paris. It was the first kidnaping for ransom in France in 25 years. The Surete Nationale the French FBI-swung into a massive investigation. Newspapers and radio and TV stations crackled with the sensational story. Eric's par ents, Harvard - educated Rol and Peugeot and his wife, Colette, were sick with fear at violation of the kidnapers' warning not to tell police. Peugeot showed the strain when he went to his office as usual today. He is a vice presi dent of the Peugeot firm, one of the "big five" of the French automobile world. The others are Renault, Citroen, Simca and Panhard. Fearful of the publicity, he told reporters: "Don't ask me. I'm not the one who told the police." Police did not reveal who did notify them. But they in dicated it was a full three hours after the kidnaping. Allies Agree on Russian Challenge Washington -UPD- The West ern Allies were in general agreement today on a plan challenging Russia to let the Communist East Germans de cide their own fate free from Soviet pressure. Tentative Road Plan For County Outlined The 1960-61 tentative coun ty road improvement program was outlined' today by Bob Carstensen, Jackson county engineer. The road grading and grav eling program now has a ten tative total of $458,720, Car stensen said. However, not all of the roads scheduled for this work may be included in the 1960 61 fiscal year county budget, depending on the money avail able, the county engineer said. Nineteen roads are being con sidered for grading and grav eling, he added. Tentative Oiling Twenty-eight roads are be ing considered In the tentative oiling and paving program for 1960-61. including the miscel laneous sealing, this program has a tentative total of $300, 860. The bridge construction be ing considered in the 1960-61 tentative program totals $316, 500. This program includes the following bridges: Evans Creek, now under construc tion, $46,000 for the new fis Building Plans Are Discussed The Medford school board will open bids at 5 p.m. Tues day, April 26, on construction of a three-classroom addition, with a fourth room as an al ternate, at Hoover school. The addition is the first construction in the two-year building program for which a $750,000 bond issue was ap proved by district voters March 31. Jack A. Edson, Medford architect, said plans for the addition are in the hands of local contractors. Plans in clude' an addition of about 4,320 square feet of classroom space and some 2,200 square feet of covered passages. Construction Material Construction material will be concrete slab floors, color ed shale block and wood, Ed- son said. The new wing will closely resemble the present structure. Con struction is scheduled for completion by school opening next fall. The board last night auth orized the school administra- 140 Expected at League Meeting Approximately 140 officials from Jackson county com munities are expected to at tend a region meeting tonight of the League of Oregon Cities in Medford. Medford Mayor John W. Snider, League president, said the session is one of a series being held in some 20 cities throughout the state this spring. The meeting will start with a no - host dinner at 6:30 o'clock tonight at Kim's Res taurant. Also attending will be Her man Kehrli, executive secre tary of the League and direct or of the Bureau of Municipal Research and Service at the University of Oregon, and Richard W. Ryan, legislative and field consultant. cal year; south fork of the Rogue river, $88,000; Laurel hurst bridge, $92,000; Mc Leod bridge, $25,000; Upton rd., $4,500; Carberry bridges (4), $11,000; Stewart ave. cul vert (Holly st. to King st.) $70,000; and small bridges as required at various locations, $20,000. May Be Modified Carstensen said the Stewart ave. culvert work may be modified to include only that section from Holly to Oakdale ave. next fiscal year, and would total $54,000. The equipment which will be requested by the county roads department In the new county budget Includes one bulldozer, $27,000; loader (maintenance, three wheel), $8,500; two, 4 to 6-yard dump trucks, $16,000; two 6 to 8 yard dump trucks, $20,000; one 350 CFM rotary compres sor, $13,000; one steam clean er, $2,600; one striping ma chine (centerline painting), $2,900; and one backhoe and loader combination, $6,000, for a total of $96,000. her son were in a storm cellar when the twister hit jbut the Rev. Rogers had gone inside the house to check on his family. The house was moved some 100 feet off its founda tion. The pastor received some cuts but was not seridusly injured. (UPI Telephoto) by Board tion to proceed with plans for construction of another two rooms at Hoover, and voted in favor of building four rooms at Hedrick and two classrooms and the adminis trative unit at West Side. Otto Ewaldsen, board mem ber, voted against the West Side plan for an administra tive unit next school year. He said he did not believe it was necessary next year, and could be added in the 1961-R2 year if another classroom at West Side is needed at that time. However, other board mem bers and school administra tors noted that the third class room for the 1961-62 school year is indefinite, and the administration unit is needed in any event. Although there are office facilities at West Side, school administrators noted that there are now no student health facilities nor any work space for 'teachers other than classrooms. Students, officials said, should have a place to rest if they become ill at school, and teachers should have space in which mimeo graphing and other similar work may be done. Present office facilities are overcrowd ed, they noted. Agree on Classrooms Ewaldsen agreed the two classrooms planned next school year are needed, as are the rooms at Hoover and Hed rick. The board asked the school administration to proceed with the sale of bonds and the construction program on the most economical basis pos sible. Several board members noted they had been approach ed by district patrons urging such a program, even if such an economical program in volved selling all the bonds and constructing more class rooms than was originally planned for next year. Board members agreed It Is more economical to do all the needed construction at one time rather than add one unit next school year, and another the year after. Unit Alternates School officials plan to have architects draw up plans with one, two or three unit alter nates so the board can review the student growth periodical ly and adjust building to the need. In connection with school facility planning, the board authorized Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent, to arrange to have Ned Lang ford, Medford planning tech nician, review before the board a population trend study which has been com pleted in the Medford area. WEATHER rontXAUT- rlnnitv with lit tle llcht rain Innlfht and part ly rlnnrlv ThilMrfar. Low to- nliht 40. Illnh Thunrlay ;-v Tomr. Illlhfft Ytstrrdav J7 Uit Ihli Mornlni It Our Skies Tonight Snntr-t today .. p.m. annrlRt tomorrow :3Z a.m. Moonrlie tonliht . t:lt p.m. I.att qtiartrr April IS PROMINENT STAR Otneo, low In norui at iz:os a.m. VISIBI.K PLANKTS Jupltrr, low In aoulh- t 1:11 a.m. Saturn, low In aouth- m . itii a m. Mart, rllfa 4:21 a m School Board Buys 2 Buses; Shades Are Authorized Two school buses were pur chased and arrangements for installation of aluminum baked enamel shades for Hed rick Junior High school at the Medford school board meeting last night. A combination bid on two 72-passenger buses was ap proved. A General Motors company vehicle with a Car penter body will cost $13,- 427.99, and an International vehicle with a Superior body will cost $12,284.92. The board accepted the combination offer on recom mendation of school admin istrators, who want to keep records of maintenance and operation of the two different vehicles for future use. One of the buses is a re placement, the other a new vehicle. Aluminum Shades The board authorized in stallation of aluminum shades at Hedrick to control exces sive heat from the sun on the west side of the building dur ing the warmer months. In stallation is to be done after consulting the architect of the building. Cost of the shades will be $1,600. In other action, the board agreed to cooperate with the Jackson county special edu cation classes by providing available space at the Jack sonville school for the class es. Resignations were accepted from Mrs. Marcia Padgham, Mrs. Barbara Reedy, Mrs. Noreen French, Mrs. Helen Casey, Mrs. Jean Shepherd, Mrs. Alpha Jane Butler, Mrs. Judy Huck, Mrs. Rosanne Jacks, Mrs. Mary Friesen and Dale Bates. Teachers elected Include Mrs. Marsha Ferte, Miss Do lores Barrell, Miss Carolyn Bell, Miss Phyllis Black, Rus sell Carr, Mrs. Linda Evans, Mrs.' Helen Hicks and Miss Dorothy Warren. ' The board accepted for study applications of teachers for merit consideration as rec ommended by school admin istrators. Nixon's Illinois Vote Impressive Chicago - IUP1) - Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon, run ning by himself is a race for prestige, made an impressive showing in the Illinois pri mary election today. Nixon, unopposed on the Republican ticket and with no competition from Democratic presidential hopefuls, polled more than 600,000 voles in the nation's third primary of the 1960 election year. He led the Republican ticket, getting 75 per cent of the GOP vote. The Chicago Democratic or ganization, most powerful big city political machine in the nation, carried its candidate to victory almost everywhere on the primary ballot. Augusta. Ga.-(UPD- President Elsenhower will Interrupt his golfing holiday next Monday long enough to open the American League baseball sea on in Washington. Discrimination In Housing Field Found in Oregon Most Pronounced Against Negroes Washington -(DPI)- Segrega tion and discrimination against the Negro in Oregon is most pronounced in the hous ing field, particularly in Port land, the Oregon State Ad visory Committee has re ported. The committee said new housing in Portland is not available to anyone except the white buyers. It added there have been only a dozen cases where this pattern has been broken in recent years with minimum of resist ance." Nevertheless, the commit tee continued, "marketing practices are highly discrim inatory. No newly built hous ing is available to minority groups." Report Released The committee report was made public along with re ports from the other states in a 433 page volume released by the commission on civil rights Friday. Chairman of the Oregon group is former Gov. Charles A. Sprague of Salem, editor and publisher of the Oregon Statesman. The report said scarcely any families belonging to minor ity groups have occupied pri vately financed housing and probably less than 200 fam ilies have moved into publicly built houses in recent years. Buyers' Reaction Feared Builders and brokers, the report noted, defend their dis criminatory practices on the grounds they fear the reaction of buyers and renters. It said this fear has some basis in fact as shown by a recent study of attitudes in the city of Portland. The study revealed 46 per cent of white persons polled stated they believed Negroes should be segregated and 48 per cent of those in all-white areas were opposed to Ne groes moving in. The report said 14 per cent In the all-white area lnaicaiea they would try to keep Ne groes out and, "it is probable that a large proportion would refuse to rent or purchase in a project where Negroes were living." The committee estimated ap proximately 13,000 Negroes live in Oregon, of which 12, 000 are living in cities, and 11,000 of them in Portland, where they constitute J per cent of the population. TW committee noted the Oregon Legislature has passed laws barring discrimination in the housing field on the basis of race, religion or national origin. Law Effect 'Minimal' It said the effect of the law in increasing the availability of housing for minority groups and changing the policies oi real estate owners has been minimal" so far. The committee found no rioirl cpereation in the Eugene- Springfield area. However, the area contains only sdoui ou Negro families and some four or five Chinese. The advisory group said the complete lack of Negroes in some other cities in the state suggests there is a policy or. Inconclusion. It quoted some unidentified civic leaders as vini? that there are 'un written laws" that no Ne groes may reside in the area. The report said among the smaller minority such as wii nese. Japanese. Indians and Mexicans, none appear to have as much opposition as the Ne groes. Orientals apparently have the least difficulty, the group found. Mexicans and Indians somewhat more. The group said there Is available evidence to disprove the argument that Negroes depress property values. The committee said there has been little open discrimi nation in public places such as hotels and restaurants. Ashland Police Investigate Burglary Ashland-City police are In vcstlgating the theft of be tween $100 and $125 from ine Steak House Restaurant, 397 East Main St. Sunday night or Monday. Police said the money, all In bills, was taken from a desk drawer In the office of the restaurant sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and 9 p.m Monday. The restaurant is closed during those hours, po lice said. Regional Edition 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Report on Agate Dam Gets Approval Clearance by State, Federal Agencies Needed Estimated Cost To Be $1,802,000 By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - A major step toward ultimate constructidn of Agate dam on Dry creek as part of the Talent division of the Rogue River Basin pro ject was announced Wednes day by the bureau of reclama tion as it cleared an engineer ing report on the project to be sent to Gov. Mark Hatfield and other federal agencies. I he report will show that estimated cost of the proposed related irrigation works would be $1,802,000. Rep. Charles O. Porter has introduced a bill in Congress to authorize construction of the project, but approval of the reclamation bureau re port by the state and other agencies is a necessary pre liminary to congressional ac tion. The state has 90 davs in which to act on the report. Copies of the report were not immediately available but are expected to be out by the end of the week. It will show, the bureau said, that the project would consist of an earthfill dam on Dry creek to create a 4,600-acre-foot reser voir;, a diversion and feeder canals, ultimately to supply water to Rogue River valley irrigation district through- ex isting Hopkins canal and dis tribution system. Agate dam would be 3,670 feet across, including a wing dike of the right abutment. Recreation facilities costing $20,000 are proposed for the west side of the reservoir be hind the dam. A fish ladder at Antelope creek dam and a fish screen at the head of the diversion canal would protect migra tory fish, the bureau reported. Of the total cost of the pro ject, $27,100 is for these fish facilities. The amount allocated to irrigation, which would have to be reimbursed to the gov ernment through repayment contracts with local benefici aries of the irrigation system, would come to $1,754,000. The bureau figures the benefit to cost ratio would come to 2.76 to 1 over a 50-year period. Repayment contracts normal ly start after the initial 10 year or development period and run for the ensuing 40 years. Water stored by the new project would be used to sup ply 1,810 acres of presently dry land and 4,280 acres of presently irrigated land which requires supplemental water in low-water years. Congressman Porter recent ly sent a questionnaire to 50 residents of the Medford area who had expressed Interest in the Agate dam project. Most of them replied and only one expressed reservations. The others favored the project, Porter's office reported. With Congress heading to ward a July adjournment, it is not likely Porter's bill can be enacted this year. But completed action on the bureau's report would set it up for early legislative action next winter. South Africa Seeks White Immigration Johannesburg, South Africa -lUPD- The South African gov ernment has taken a calculat ed risk with a npw campaign to boost white Immigration, political sources said today, While, attempting to offset the three-to-one population ad vantage of the non-whttes, the government is taking a chance that immigrating whites might oppose South Africa's racial discrimination policies. Interior Minister J. F. T. Naude said Tuesday that it was "urgently necessary in the present circumstances" to at tract more Europeans to this country. 1lfA XT "Shh If He Saw Me, It Would Only Confuse Him" "T et Vf j About 20 Tour Howard Prairie A caretaker for the Howard Prairie recreation area prob ably will-not be necessary this summer, County Commission er Ralph James said today. James, County Commission er Chester Wendt and County Judge Earl Miller were among the party of about 20 persons who toured part of the How ard Prairie area yesterday. James said Thomas J. Park er, Ashland, contractor for the recreation facilities, is sched uled to complete work Aug. 14. An observer noted yester day that fishermen and camp ers in the area so far have been careful to dispose of all trash and have not caused trouble. Parker said he could keep an eye on the area while he is working here and block off the roads if the public becomes troublesome, James said. Specifications for establish ing a water system will be released to bidders possibly in May, a bureau of reclama tion official said. This will in clude a pump, tank and distri bution lines to the camping and picnic areas. I So far only a 20-foot wide concrete boat ramp and a parking area adjacent to it Municipal Jury Finds Man Guilty A municipal court jury this morning found Ray Robert Offord Jr., 42, of Old Stage rd., guilty of making an im proper right turn. He was cited by a Medford police officer March 16 for the traffic violation. The charge was for making a right turn from the left lane of Eighth st. onto Bartlctt st. Patrolman Milton Hanson, the citing officer, was the only witness called by the city. Offord testified in his own behalf during the defense presentation. John Dcllcn back, Medford lawyer, repre sented Offord. The Jury of six persons de liberated for about 20 minutes before returning the guilty verdict, it was reported. Offord was fined $20 plus $1 court costs and $30 jury costs. This is the second trial by jury held in municipal court Municipal Judge Alan Holmes presided. Beverly Aadland Held for Hearing Hollywood - (UPH - Beverly Aadland, 17, aspiring actress who was linked with the rec ent death of hit player Wil liam Stancurl, has been order ed held In custody by juvenile authorities until a hearing on May 2. Her appearance today resulted from police charges that she is a "sex delinquent" and lacks parental supervision. Price 10 Cents Tribune 13, 1960 No. 20 3 WXtt- Persons 1 have been completed, James said. Surfacing a circular drive in it and a cable fence are planned The main "county road ap proaching the Howard Prairie area is graveled, but none, of the roads into the recreation area have been completed. The party which included representatives of the county .... i.n ... i.J i recreation committee, Inter ested sporting groups, and Sheriff Joe Walsh had to walk through ankle deep mud or take jeeps into the area, James said. Because of patches of snow and the mud, the group was unable to tour the area for establishing tentative zoning. Growers to Elect Representative Winter Pear Growers In the Medford district will elect representatives to the Winter Pear Control committee at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, in the office of the Medford Pear Shippers association. The grower nosition to be filled is now held by Paul Culbertson, member; David B. Lowry, first alternate; and Don G. Root, second alternate. The control committee ad ministers the winter pear mar keting order covering Oregon, Washington and California. Each year it establishes the minimum grade, size and qual ity standards under which winter pears are marketed from the Pacific coast states. Any person who grows win ter pears is eligible to parti cipate in the elections. If a person is both a grower and handler of winter pears, he may vote either as a grower or as a handler, but not as both, the committee reported. The handler election meeting will be announced later. ' Names of representatives elected at Friday's meeting will be submitted to the secre tary of agriculture for official appointment to the commit tee, and will serve for one year. Yellow Highway Center Line To Be Painted White Salem -The yellow center line so familiar to Oregon highways users will soon dis appear as state highway traf fic line crews get their 1960 painting season under way, according to W. C. Williams, state highway engineer. The dashed center line, dnshed lane lines, and solid edge stripes will be painted while this year, conforming to the national standards set hy the U.S. Bureau of Public Roidi. All other markings, Navigational System Tested With Sky Shot Said Forerunner of Satellite System Cape Carnaveral, Fla.-flJPI)- The United States put a "ra dio star" earth satellite into orbit today to test a new nav igation system that could pre vent civilian collision disas-ters-and help war planes and submarines to better aim their nuclear weapons. The satellite, named Tran sit after the traditional naviga tion instrument, is a forerun ner of a satellite system sci entists hope will transmit data back to ships and planes every 90 minutes. Operational by 1962 Dr. Richard B. Kershner, speaking for John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory which is building the satellite for the Navy, predicted the new navigational system will be operational by 1962. Under present navigation methods, a ship or plane can determine position within half-mile range. The satellite data will enable them to cut this to less than a quarter mile. Confirmation that the navi gation satellite was in orbit came at 5:36 a.m. (p.s.t.) when its radio signal was picked up at Las Cruces, N.M., the Navy announced in Washing ton. Signals Received The 265 - pound satellite equipped with four radio transmitters, soared into the sky at 4:02 a.m. (p.s.t.) aboard new air force space rocket. Within minutes, signals were received by tracking stations In Baltimore, Argentina, New foundland, and Lasham, Eng- and. The Navy announced in Washington that the satellite had successfully separated from the second stage of the Thor-Able-Star rocket, Indi cating the new moonlet-dub-bed "Transit IB" was head ed into the prescribed orbit.'--Avoid Disasters The satellite may show how to avoid disasters such as the Andria Doria-STockholm ship collision off the coast of Mas sachusetts and the crash of two airliners over the Grand Canyon in recent years. These were two of the big gest accidents blamed in part on navigational errors caused by bad weather. For the price of a special radio receiver and a slide rule, a navigator will be able to use operational transits to find his exact position on earth, day or night and in fair weather or foul, scientists said. 0,000 Eggs To Be Hidden for Hunt Some 10,000 Faster eggs have been purchased by the Medford Kiwanls club for the annual Easter egg hunt at Hawthorne park Saturday, April 16, according to the Rev, Harvey C. Coovert, vice chair man of the event. The hunt will start at 9 a.m. Children will be divided into three age groups. They are 1 through 3, 4 through 6, and 7 through 9. Separate areas will be roped off for the groups in the hunt, Kiwanis club officials said. Fifteen special eggs are in cluded in the areas which en titles the finder to special prizes. Kiwanis members and their wives will sack eggs in separ ate cellophane bags at a sack ing party at the Rogue Valley Country club Friday evening, Dr. Merle Foland, Kiwanis president said. The eggs will be hidden in Hawthorne park early Satur day morning. Portland UPU Portland has been selected as the 1963 con vention city by the American Association of Port Authori ties. though, will remain yellow, Williams said. Yellow will be used for double center lines, curb markings, no passing zone barrier stripes, stop lines, crosswalk lanes, pavement word and symbol markings, jiggle bars, lines along jiggle bars, the face and top of curbed and raised Islands and painted channelizing islands. It is expected that cities and counties in Oregon will adopt these standards either during 1960 or no liter than 1961.