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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.
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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.
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"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.