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Fiansom leadline Passes
In French Kidnaping Case
Father Waiting
To Be Contacted
For Instructions
Ransom Money
Believed Ready
Paris - 1UPB - The apparent
deadline for paying the $100,
000 ransom for Eric Peugeot,
scion of a wealthy French
auto family, passed today
without any outward sign of
instructions from his kidnap
ers on how to deliver the
money.
The 48-hour deadline set by
the kidnapers of the 4'4-year-old
heir to the Peugeot auto
mobile fortune presumably
ran out at 8 a.m. (p.s.t.). A
family spokesman said Eric's
father, Roland, was still wait
ing to be contacted.
The last known communica
tion was a telephone call last
night, the third since Eric was
snatched in broad daylight
from the playground at the
fashionable Saint Cloud Golf
Club the day before.
The caller, apparently a
male with a husky voice,
simply repeated what he had
said the previous two times:
That the family would get in
structions within 24 hours on
how to pay the ransom.
' Comings and goings at the
Peugeot penthouse apartment
raised speculation that the
family had (he ransom money
ready.
Peugeot carried a black
satchel from his father's house
to his own apartment early
today. A mysterious briefcase
also was delivered, but a fam
ily spokesman insisted it held
only a change of clothing for
those maintaining the vigil
through the night.
Police and members of the
family refused to comment
but a member of the family
asked newsmen and photog
raphers maintaining a vigil
outside not to follow Roland
If he left again.
Pollution Case
Dismissed in Court
A charge of polluting the
west fork of Trail creek, filed
recently against Theodore G.
Jantzer, Trail Creek Lumber
company, was dismissed this
morning In district court at
the request of the district at
torney. According to Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Gerald Scan
nell, the charge was dismissed
as necessary witnesses refused
to testify, and investigation
showed that there was insuf
ficient evidence upon which
to base a successful prosecu
tion. Scannell added that he un
derstood that Jantzer has ne
gotiated to sell the mill.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly eloady to
night and Friday. Low tonight
13. High Friday 60.
Tamp.
Hlghtit Vntfrday 70
Lowest Mill Morning 3S
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 10
Our Skies Tonight
Sentet today :M !.nv
Runrlnp tomorrow .... 5:30 a.m.
The Moon rltet . 10:26 p.m.
tonight and la In Perigee.
l.ait quarter .... April II
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, rliei ... 1J:4S a.m.
and will be due aoulh 4:32 a.m.
Saturn, rises 1:46 a.m.
Mara, rlaea .. 4:23 a.m.
State, Federal Income
Tax Deadlines Extended
Salem - IUPD - The State Tax
Commission has decided to go
along with the federal gov
ernment in delaying the tax
deadline filing period to Mon
day. This means, the Commission
said, that it will waive inter
est and penalties on state in
come tax returns received
through Monday.
The federal government ex
tended the federal income tax
filing deadline to Monday
because of Good Friday.
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EASTER EGGS Harvey the Easter bunny, Easter egg hunt for Medford youngsters,
anove, appears as if he doesn't believe his ' The men ate Larry Norton, left, and Doug
eyes as he gets a look at some of the 10,000 las Philips. The egg hunt, -which will be
eandy eggs that will be hidden in Hawthorne divided into three age groups from 1' through
park Saturday in the annual Kiwanis club ft years old, will begin at 9 a.m., according
' . to Kiwanis club officials. .
Thailand VIPs
Killed in Crash
Taipei, Formosa -WPD- The
chief of Thailand's air force
and 17 other persons died to
day when their VIP transport
crashed after take-off follow
ing high-level military talks
here. :
Air Marshal Chalermkiat
Watangura, other officials and
their wives were killed in
the crash of a DC4 of the Thai
air force. It was carrying them
back to Bangkok after a con
ference of Free World air
commanders from the Pacific
area. .
Rescue workers today re
covered bodies of 16 of the
18 victims from the wreckage
scattered on a cloud-hidden
hill near Taipei International
Airport. There were no sur
vivors among the 10 high
ranking passengers and Iheir
wives and seven crewmen.
Increase in Vehicles
Increases Revenue
An increase of 1,826 regis
tered motor vehicles in the
county last year increased the
money received by the county
for the quarter ending March
31 by $4,500, according to
County Treasurer Karl
Janouch.
A check for $135,919.97 was
received today for the 'coun
ty's share of motor vehicle
registration fees, Janouch
said. The money goes into the
general county road fund.
Everett, Was h. tUPD The
American Tug Boat Co. tug
Skip sank here Wednesday
night as gale-force winds
lashed the area.
Washington - IUPD - Taxpay
ers who haven't settled up yet
with Uncle Sam won't have to
burn the midnight oil to mail
in their returns by the usual
April 15 deadline Friday.
Because the deadline Is
Good Friday, the Internal
Revenue Service hag extend
ed the deadline to next Mon
day - for this year only. This
gives taxpayers all week end
to complete their 1959 returns.
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Problems
Discussed
Meeting in
Are you working toward
the solution of your city's
problems, or are you a part
of the problem?
This question was asked of
southern Oregon city officials
last night at a regional meet
ing of the League of Oregon
Cities in Medford by Mayor
John W. Snider, League presi.
dent.
The meeting at Kim's Res
taurant was the 11th In a ser
ies of 22 regional sessions be
ing held in the stale by Sni
der, Herman Kehrli, League
executive secretary and di
rector of the bureau of mu
nicipal research and service
at the University of Oregon,
and Richard W. Ryan, legisla
tive and field consultant.
Officials of 10 Jackson and
Josephine county cities report
ed on municipal progress in
the past year and heard
league officers report on aims
and accomplishments.
Reviews History
Snider reviewed the history
of the league and said its
membership includes all ac
tive Oregon cities. He said the
league's purpose is to serve
as a liaison between local gov
ernments and the state legis
lature and state agencies.
Snider said he has found
that many cities face the
same problems. Ryan discus
sed financial problems fac
ing Oregon cities. He said
that 51 per cent of the state's
population now lives in urban
areas.
He explained that cities re
ceive their major income from
property taxes, followed by
charges and fees and state
funds. He ' said the cities
should solve their finance
problems at the local level,
mentioning the present trend
of cities to seek aid from
state and federal sources.
Seek Mor Funds
Ryan said the league Is
planning to ask the state leg
islature again for an addition
al 5 per cent of the liquor
revenue for the cities, raising
the share to 15 per cent. The
proposal, he said, was denied
by the 1059 legislature, say
ing that the state could not
afford the cut in stale reve
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of Cities
at League
Medford
nue. Ryan explained that
since that time the state has
received $3V4 million more
from this source than previ
ously anticipated, more than
enough to cover the amount
asked for the cities.
Ryan said the new local
government office proposed
for the state would serve as
a clearing agency between de
partments and cities, coordin
ating technical help to
strengthen local government.
Kehrli called on city may
ors and representatives to re
port on the individual city's
progress during the year.
Among mayors present were
Richard L. Ncill, Ashland;
Freeman Mason, Central
Point; J. Ed Putman, Eagle
Point; E. D. Potts, Grants
Pass; E. O. Graham, Jackson
ville; A. H. MacKintosh, Phoe
nix; John B. H. Leyen.'Rogue
River; Wayne Reichstein, Tal
ent; and Snider. Representing
Gold Hill was Council Presi
dent Fred Lester.
Projtcls Completed
Problems confronting the
towns were mainly for sew
age plants and adequate wa
ter supplies. Among some of
the projects either under con
struction or completed during
the , past year mentioned in
cluded Central Point's city
hall, swimming pool and pav
ing projects; Rogue River's
jail, water supply for entire
city, federal money for sewer
planning, and paving; Ash
land's hospital and remodeled
city hall; and Mcdford's parks
and recreation program,
street and tree committee, $1
million worth of sewers, 400
new water customers, and
plans for two new bridges.
Introduced during the meet
ing were public officials and
candidates. ( Introduced as
"mayor of southern Oregon"
was Scth Bullis.
HEATING REPORTED
The third orchard heating
of the season was held early
this morning in areas on the
south end of the valley, C. B.
Cordy, county horticulturist
reported today. He described
the heating as "spotty" and
for a short period, 1
Several Injured;
Willamette Area
Suffers Damage
Buildings Wrecked,
Trees Blown Over
Portland OIPD Wet snow.
hail and thunderstorms were
reported in western Oregon to-
oay in the wake of a Wednes
day windstorm which resulted
in injuries to several persons
and damage throughout the
Willamette valley.
No deaths were reDorted.
The weather man forecast im
proving conditions for the
coming Easter week end.
Gusts of wind up to 62 miles
per hour here and more than
40 mph to the south felled
trees, knocked over power
lines, tore loose traffic signals
and injured three men in Eu
gene when a four-story train
ing tower for firemen col.
lapsed.
Two boys were injured in
the Salem area. A big maple
tree blown down by the wind
crushed a car and then struck
Gary Sargent, 7, Salem.
knocking him unconscious.
He was taken to a hospital
and attendants said his condi
tion was not serious. Kenneth
Combs, Aumsville, was knock
ed off his bicycle by a gust
of wind and suffered a brok
en leg.
Concrete Wall Felled
Near Independence, a 150-
foot long concrete wall, part
of a new bowling alley, was
felled by the storm with dam
age estimated at $3,000. An
Insurance man said he insured
the structure about half an
hour before it crumbled. A
large oak tree was uprooted
in Salem and fell across the
highway, blocking all but one
lane for a time.
In Albany, a carport at the
home of Jack Boylen was torn
from the side of the house..
lifted over the roof and car
ried to a neighbor's yard after
tearing away the television
antenna. A large maple tree
also was felled by the wind
in Albany.
Pinned in Building
Charles Cole, 42, and Clar
ence McBride, 46, were in
jured in Eugene when a gusty
wind toppled the fire training
tower and pinned them inside
the building. Other workmen
got them out in about 15 min
utes with help of a mobile
crane. David Boggs, a battal
ion chief of the Eugene Fire
Department, suffered a back
injury when struck by the
debris.
The weather bureau record
ed gusts up to 46 miles per
hour in Eugene at the time.
In Portland, an 18-by-35-foot
patio roof belonging to
Paul Cline was blown out
into the street.
Power company officials re
ported numerous calls and
one area was out of power
for more than four hours.
West Coast Airlines reported
a delay in flights because of
turbulence and at least two
flights along the coast were
cancelled.
Permit Issued for
Main St. Building
The Medford building de
partment Wednesday issued a
building permit to the Stand
ard Insurance company to
erect a $185,000 office build
ing at 711 East Main st.
According to plans received
in the department the build
ing will be a two-story struc
ture having 14 offices. Con
struction is scheduled to start
soon. Contractor Is Armin
Richter.
"Who Would Have Thought That The Revolution
Contained So Many Traitors?"
Two Areas Ask
County Zoning
Public hearings on petitions
requesting zoning of the
White Cily and the Military
rd. areas were tentatively set
by the Jackson county plan
ning commission last night.
The planning office staff
was directed to set a date
sometime during the week of
May 23 for the White City
area, and another date during
the week of -May 30 for the
Military rd. area. Petitions
are now out for zoning those
two areas, but none have been
filed as yet, Planning Tech
nician Jack Eaton said.
Medford Resident
Attacked, Robbed
On Sterling Creek
William Haines Chapman,
route 4, box 399B, Medford,
was released from Rogue Val
ley hospital this morning after
being assaulted and robbed
Wednesday afternoon.
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies were notified about
5:30 p.m. Wednesday by Le
ona L. Roether, route 4. box
899E, Medford, that a man
was lying about 50 feet from
his car on Sterling Creek rd.
Chapman told deputies
when he regained conscious
ness that he had stopped his
car at a wide place in the road
to allow a school bus to pass
when an automobile stopped
near his car and a man got
out to ask directions.
While Chapman was talk
ing to the man another man
entered the passenger side of
the vehicle and hit him. About
$32 was taken, he told depu
ties. Chapman described the late
model vehicle as silver grey
in color, four-door, with Cali
fornia license. Two men and
a woman were reported In the
ear at the time of the inci
dent.; ...
Clifford Howard
Dies in Hospital
Clifford L. Howard, 63,
Jackson county circuit court
reporter since he came to
Medford from Portland in
1946. died unexpectedly in a
local hospital yesterday after
noon. Mr. Howard, of 1725 Or
chard Home court, was court
reporter for Judge H. K. Han
na prior to his retirement and
more recently for Judge James
M. Main.
Mr. Howard, who had been
a court reporter for a number
of years in Rapid City, S.D.,
before moving to Multnomah
county, was active in a num
ber of fraternal and civic
organizations.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday, April 16, at
10 a.m. at First Presbyterian
church. Interment will be in
Siskiyou Memorial park. The
body will lie in state at Chapel
Mortuary Thursday and Fri
day evening.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 0 7 0
Pittsburgh 13 11 0
McLiih, Lawrence (3),
(Purkey (5), Sanchei (6)
Wieand (8) and Baileyi Law
and Burgess.
The proposed White City
interim zoning will include
single family dwelling, agri
culture, commercial, and lisht
and heavy industry. General
ly the area will extend from
Vilas rd. to near Dutton rd.
The Military rd. area will in
clude single family dwelling
units and agriculture. Gen
erally it will extend from
Scenic ave. to the Jackson
ville city limits.
Approve Names
The commission also ap
proved names for frontage
roads along the new Highway
99 freeway. Names were re
quested by the state highway
commission,
Ron James, planning com
mission president, and Gerald
Latham of the subdivision
committee met with Miss
Clare Hanley of the Southern
Oregon Historical Society and
suggested the following
names: Millow rd. between
North River rd. and Rogue
river; Old Stage rd. north,
continuation of present Old
Stage rd. extending west par
allel with the freeway and ex
tending west of Rocky Point
bridge; Chavenor rd., north
off Lampman rd. to Upper
River rd.
Other road names are Up
per River rd., north from Old
Stage rd., to intersection of
present Upper River rd. east
of Gold Hill; Peninger rd.,
east of and parallel to the
new freeway, north of Head
rd.; Alford rd east of and
parallel to the freeway, north
of Fern Valley rd.; Luman
rd., west of and parallel to
the new freeway, south of
Fern Valley rd.; Lowe rd.,
west of the new freeway, con
necting Valley View rd. and
Ashland lane; Clayton rd
south from the present High
way 99, about midway be
tween Crowson rd. and Neil
Creek rd.; Reel Foot rd.,
(named after a bear known
in the area) north of Colestln
rd. and west of Highway 99.
Highway 99 Name
Existing Highway 99, when
replaced by the freeway,
shall be called Rogue Valley
highway, for that section
north of Central Point and
south of the Willow Springs
interchange to the inter
change south of Ashland. The
highway north of the Willow
Springs Interchange and ex
tending to the Josephine coun
ty line shall be called the
Rogue River highway, the
commission agreed.
When revised, a tentative
draft of the county-wide build
ing code now being consid
ered by the planning commis
sion should be presented to
the recently organized Jack
son county regional planning
advisory group, the county
planning commission agreed.
Last night, commissioners
considered the building code
proposal further, and made
certain revisions relating to
trailcrhouscs, metal prefabri
cated houses, definition of a
farm, and building inspection
fees.
Approve Request
The planning commission
also approved a request of A.
C. Pierce, Pierce Heights,
Medford, for resubdivislon of
the Bel Air Heights subdi
vision, partial vacation of
Crater Park subdivision, and
a tentative plat for Homestead
Acres Extension No. 1 in the
Central Point area.
Partial vacation of Crater
Park subdivision is necessary
since the freeway approaches
the subdivision north of Cen
tral Point, it was explained.
The commission approved a
tentative plat submitted by
John Cupp, Bcall Lane, Cen
tral Point, for a light industri
al area development.
Good Friday
Communities, Churches Tomorrow
Several communities In the
valley as well as individual
churches have scheduled Good
Friday services tomorrow aft
ernoon. (
Annual services sponsored
by the Medford Ministerial
association will be held from
noon until 3 p.m. at Zion
Lutheran church, Fourth st.
and Oakdale ave. The theme
will be "Seven Words from
the Cross."
The service will be divided
into 25-mlnute segments to
accommodate those who may
be able to attend only a part
of the service.
Services for school children
will be held from 1:40 to 2:25
p.m. at three different
churches. Students wishing to
attend must have a note from
their parents to be dismissed
from school.
Medford High school stu
dents mv attend services at
First Chr'tian church; Mc-
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'HI THERE, GRANDPOP'
man gets the once-over from his grandson, William Wallace
Daniel, 11 months. Holding the baby is mother Margaret,
who sailed with her husband. Clifton Daniel, for a nine-weeks
tour of Europe. Mr. Truman and his wife, Bess, will baby-sit
with the two grandchildren. (UPI Telephoto)
2 More Arrested in
Plane Bomb Scares
By United Press International
A construction company
sales engineer and a mild
mannered glass worker Wed
nesday became the fourth and
fifth persons arrested within
the past seven days for "jok-
Accord Reached
By Ministers on
Allied Policy
Washington - (UPB - The
western foreign ministers
wound up a three-day strategy
session today with general
agreement on allied policy for
the May summit meeting
Parts with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev. '
After . forging a revised
German-Berlin plan and
affirming their demand
controlled disarmament, the
western powers put together
a number of secondary sug
gestions for lowering the ten
sion in the cold war.
Leaving the final two-hour I
talk, Secretary of State Chris
tian A. Herter said it had been
"very satisfactory meeting,
French Foreign Minister
Maurice Couve de Murvilie
said "we reached agreement
on everything."
Spaak Joins Meeting
Also sitting in on today s
conference with Herter, de
Murvilie and British Foreign
Secretary Solwyn Lloyd was
NATO Secretary General
Paul-Henri Spaak.
One of the principal ideas
nder discussion today was a
British plan, viewed without
too much enthusiasm by the
United States, regarding tur
bulent Africa.
Another suggestion was
ranees proposal, also con
sidered "unrealistic" by Her
ter and his aides, that the
West try to get Russia to join
n a cooperative effort to aid
undeveloped areas.
Vernon Hill to
Speak in Medford ,
Vernon Hill, director of
state department of motor ve
hicles, will be featured speak
er at the annual School Patrol
banquet May 13 In Medford,
Ralph Matthews, president of
the Medford Safety Council,
has announced.
Elliott Beckcn, assistant su
perintendent of Medford pub
lic schools, will be chairman
of the banquet committee,
Matthews said.
Services Scheduled in
Loughlln Junior High school,
First Church of the Nazarcne,
and Hcdrlck Junior High
school, Eastwood Baptist
church.
Roman Catholic students at
tending public schools may
attend services between 2 and
3 p.m. at Sacred Heart church.
Other Good Friday serv
ices in Medford will be held
from noon to 3 p.m. at Ascen
sion Lutheran church. 2501
Barnctt rd.; and St. Mark's
Episcopal church. Services at
Unity Center of Medford. 995
South Oakdale ave., will be
held from 11 a.m. to noon.
Services at 7:30 p.m. Fri
day will be held at St. Peter's
Lutheran church - Missouri
Synod. At Apostolic Faith
church the service will start
at 8 p.m.
Other Good Friday services
outside Medford are planned
at First Presbyterian church,
Phoenix, at 7:30 p.m. The
Former President Harrv Tru
ing" that bombs had been
anted on airliners.
Julius Roudolph Radwan-
kl, 38, of Huntingdon Val-'
ley, Pa., was arrested by the
FBI Wednesday night at Co
lumbus, Ohio, for allegedly
telling an airline clerk his
lease was heavy because it
had a bomb in it.
Glass worker William A.
Grant, 45, Belmont, Calif.,
was arrested by the FBI earl
ier Wednesday In San Fran
cisco, Both were freed on bail.
They face possible one-year
prison sentences and $1,000
fines If convicted.
Radwanskl's bag was search
ed, but no bomb was found.
His Columbui to Pittsburgh
flight was delayed 32 minutes.
Seeing Wife Off
Grant was seeing his wile
off on a San Francisco to Los
Angeles flight when he asked
a ticket agent about taking
out an. insurance policy for
his wife. The agent told him
his wife would have to sign it.
The agent said Grant then'
commented, "Weil. I cues the
bomb won't do any food
then." '
That flight was held un 33
minutes while Mrs. Grant and
her luggage were searched.
Grant is .scheduled for a
hearing Tuesday, and Rad-
wanski is to appear in U.S.
District Court at Columbus
Wednesday. '
Accident Victims
Said Improving
Two Medford youhs injured
Sunday morning in an auto
accident on Foothills rd. were
reported improving at Rogue
Valley hospital today.
They are Kenneth Neal
Purkee, 17, of 625 J St., and
Clay Oscar Varney, 16, of
113 Rose st. Both suffered
broken necks and paralysis
of arms and legs when the
car in which they were rid
ing went over a bank, hit a
tree and overturned. It was
reprted that both boys were
moving their arms quite a bit
this morning.
Still hospitalized, also, was
Clyde Harmon Varney, 17,
brother of Clay, who suffered
a broken collarbone in the
accident.
The three young men were
among six youths en route to
an orchard heating job.
Salem -IUPD- Movements of
grain Into Portland in March
hit an all-time monthly high
with 2.2 million bushels of
wheat and barley. '
community service, will In
clude five area ministers.
Community services at Jack
sonville will also be held at
7:30 p.m. in the First Pres
byterian church. Three
churches are cooperating in
the service. t
Services at Grace Lutheran
church, Frances . lane, Ash
land, will be held at 8 p.m.
Communion will be served
during the 3 to 6 p.m. serv
ice Friday at the Talent Meth
odist church, First and Wag
ner sts.
A number of churches In
Medford will observe Maundy
Thursday services tonight
They Include Ascension Lu
theran; Church of the Breth
ren; Congregational church;
First Methodist church; First
Presbyterian church; Zion Lu
theran; and St. Peter's Luther
an; all 7:30 p.m., and St.
Luke's Methodist, 8 p.tl.