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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1960)
He Meads for Worth Visit EASTER VIGIL Sisters at St. Mary's school follow the service in their Holy Week Prayer books during the Easter Vigil Saturday night at Sacred Heart Catholic church. The Sisters were among some 300 worshippers who attended the service beginning at 11 p.m. The Vigil started with the lighting ot the fire with flint at the door of the church, the blessing of the new fire by the Rev. Carl Mai, priest who celebrated the Mass, the blessing of the Easter candle, Regional Edition Medford Section A Petitions Request Interim Zoning in White City Area Petitions requesting interim zoning for the White City area have been turned in to the Jackson county planning com mission by B. M. (Bud) Hoov er, area resident and sub divider. Hoover's petitions contain 49 signatures of area resi dents. Forty signatures, or those of 10 per cent of the area's legally registered vot ers, are required to make the request legal. The proposed White City in terim zoning would include single family dwelling, agri culture, commercial, and light and heavy Industry zones. Generally the area would ex tend from Vilas rd. to Dutton rd. Referred to Commission If the signatures prove authentic, the petitions will be referred to the planning commission for discussion as to the type of ordinance re quired. If the planning com mission approves, a date will be set for a public hearing for the area's residents. Follow ing the public hearing the pro posal will be referred to the county court for considera tion. If the county, court recommends adoption, the in terim zoning ordinance will be good for three years. After that time the residents may re quest a vote on the measure or, if not, It becomes per manent. An Interim zoning proposal is also pending for the Mili tary rd. area but no petitions have been turned into the planning commission office, County Planning Technician Jack Eaton said. The Military rd. area would include single family dwelling units and ag riculture. Generally, It would extend from Scenic ave. to the Jacksonville city limits. Oregon Guardsmen Leave for Texas Salem - (UPD - Nine Oregon National Guard officers left today for Houston, Texas, and the annual Air National Guard flight safety and commanders conference April 20-21 at Ellington Air Force base. The party Is headed by Ore- onn Ariiutant General Alfred E. Hintz. Voter Registration Ends Tuesday; Taxes Due Today Today is the deadline for til Ing state and federal income tax returns and Tuesday at 8 p.m. marks the deadline to register to vote in the May 20 primary election. The deadline of midnight tonight for state and federal income tax returns was an nounced last week since the usual April 15 deadline Was Good Friday, a legal holiday in some states. Jackson county residents may register to vote tonight and Tuesday until 8 pm. at MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, South Africa Police Arrest Dozens of Trouble Makers' Johannesburg, South Africa (UPD Police arrested dozens of African "trouble makers" today in a crackdown to pre vent a week-long stay-at-home strike, from flaring into new violence. . . Hotel Named 'Mark Antony' Ashland - "Mark Antony" is the name of the old Lithia hotel. Jack Pumphrey and William A. Sutton, owners, have announced. The name was selected by the owners from about 1.233 suggested names submitted by 529 persons. Suggestions for a new name were invited after the hotel was purchased by the new owners earlier this year. The Mark Antony name was submitted by three people. Each was presented a first prize of $100. They were Wil liam Patton, general manager of the Shakespearean Festi val; Mrs. Charles Forrest, 881 Harmony lane, Ashland; and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kla vano, 1022 East Main St., Ashland. Patton stated that he is adding his prize to the Shakespearean Festival build ing fund. It was reported that about 65 per cent of the names sub mitted were on a Shakespear ean theme. With the name selected for the hotel Pumph rey said that decorations would use the Shakespearean theme in the various public rooms. All persons who submitted names in the contest will be guests of the hotel for a din ner anytime during the first two weeks the hotel's dining room is open. BUILDING PERMIT Medford's building depart ment today issued the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany a permit for $241,000 to construct offices, garages and storage facilities at 1025 I South Grape it. the county courthouse elec tions department. The depart ment is on the second floor and persons may enter the building through . the front door, E. M. Madden, county clerk, announced. The federal Income tax office here reported that they have been "constantly busy" during the past week but tapered off on Friday. The state office said that the rush has passed, with the majority of the people Friday and to day asking for tax forms rath' er than assistance and the solemn procession and lighting of the people's candles as they entered the church. Easter Vigil at Sacred Heart was among the many Easter services attended by valley residents during the week end. Grey skies Sunday morning prevented the sun's appearance during the sun rise services, but rain did not start in Medford until late morning. (Knackstedt photo) APRIL 18, 1960 Police rounded up bootleg gers to prevent the sale of il legal liquor from inflaming Negro strikers and arrested "Intimidators" who might pre vent Negro workers from de fying a call for a strike to pro test the government s racial policies. Police Sergeant Beaten Today was a holiday, Eas ter Monday, and it was too early to tell whether the stay-at-home strike called by the outlawed African National Congress would be effective. Similar strikes in recent weeks were effective. At least 40 persons were re ported arrested in today's wave of arrests. In Port Elizabeth, an Afri can police sergeant was set upon and beaten as he headed for work early this morning. A second policeman was at tacked. Six Negroes were ar rested in connection with the attacks. Police Prepared Despite the relative quiet in most areas, police were out in large numbers prepared to cope with any outbreaks. Spe cial emphasis was placed on intimidators and gang sters" whom authorities ac cuse of terrorizing native workers into staying home. Government sources said the drive against illicit liquor sales was a move to prevent any drunken outbreaks. It is illegal to sell liquor to Afri cans but there are many boot leggers. Mrs. Adland To Appear April 25 Hollywood -UPD- The plati num-haired mother of teen aged Beverly Adland today was arraigned on a charge of contributing to the delinquen cy of her daughter and order ed to appear for a preliminary hearing April 25. Superior Judge John U. Barnes set the hearing date for Mrs. Florence Adland, 53, by police records but 46 by her own claim, when she ap peared in court wearing gaily flowered dress. She was permitted to continue at lib erty on $1,500 bail. A three-week delay was sought by Mrs. Adland's at torney. Harry Rabwin, so that he could familiarize himself with the case. Actress Debra Paget, Husband Separate Hollywood - (Urn - Screen star Debra Paget, 27, who divorced her first husband after two months of marriage, separated from her second husband 19 days after their wedding, It was announced to day. Portland-flJPD-Thirty-five cl tations were Issued by city and county police Sunday to hot rodders who have been using a remote county road (f 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 18 Pages No. 24 Sheriffs Office Checks Leads in Ashland Shooting The Jackson county sher iff s office is continuing to check leads in reply to a but letin mailed to Pacific Coast law enforcement agencies in connection with the murder of an Ashland rancher's wife, Sheriff Joe Walsh said today. Saturday the sheriff's office received test firings from a .22 caliber pistol taken from two men held by Redding, Calif.) authorities for questioning in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Marian Stella Hamil ton, 2700 East Main rd., Ash land on March 15. The firings were sent to the state crime laboratory in Salem. The bul lets will be compared to some removed from Mrs. Hamilton's body. Walsh said both men an swered the general description of the bulletin he issued, but a witness failed to Identify pic tures of the two men being held in Redding. Walsh said today he has re ceived several replies from bulletins he mailed out. Six persons were mentioned as possible suspects. Some of these proved to be wrong leads and some are still being checked out, he said. Most of the response has come from western uregon and northern California law enforcement offices, Walsh said. Rosemary Doolen Named Miss Salem Salem - Rosemary Doolen, 19-year-old daughter of Mrs. Barbara Doolen, Medford, was crowned Miss Salem here Sat urday night. Miss Doolen, a freshman at Willamette Uni versity, will represent Salem in the Miss Oregon contest later this year.. She was crowned by Thel- ma Masserdotti, last years winner of the Miss Salem title and runner-up in the Miss Oregon pageant. Miss Doolen, a soprano who has wanted to be a profes sional singer since I was a lit tle girl," sang "One Fine Day" and "A Heart That's Free." ' The five - feet, six inch brown-haired and blue-eyed winner said she plans to con tinue her education at the uni versity. Bloodmobile Visit In Medford April 20 Appointments are still need ed for the Wednesday visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile In Medford, Red Cross officials reported today. The Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne St., from 1 to 8 p.m., April 20. Drop-In donori will be welcome, officials added. The Bloodmobile will be in Shady Cove at the VFW hall Tuesday, April 19, from 2 to 7 p.m. Amboy, Wash., Business listrict Swept by Flames A. W. Norblad, Former Oregon Governor, Dies Astoria Lawyer Once State Senator Astoria (UPD A. W. Nor blad, 79, former governor of Oregon and father of Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.), died at his Astoria home late Sun day. Norblad was elected presi dent of the Oregon Senate in 1929, and became governor on the death of Gov. Isaac L. Paterson. He served as gover nor until 1931, then returned to the practice of law in As toria with his son, Walter. He was the senior partner of the Astoria law firm of Norblad, Wyatt, Macdonald and Dean. Norblad was born in Mal- mo, Sweden, in 1881, and came to the United States with his parents when he was a child. He moved to Astoria in 1909 from Michigan, where he had practiced law in Grand Rapids after graduating from the Chicago Law School, serv ing as Grand Rapids city at torney. Norblad was elected to the Oregon Senate in 1918, and served five regular and two special sessions before succeeding to the governor ship. Self Made Man Norblad was a self-made man, whose lamer earned a bare living as a brick mason in Grand Rapids, Mich. Young Albin W. Norblad was selt- suoporting at the age of 12. He sold newspapers on the streets of Grand Rapids and Chicago, peddled hot dogs and played clarinet in a circus band, and traveled on the road selling school and church furniture. He put himself through law school by wont ing as a reporter on the Chi cago American. Booster of Highway Norblad, an ardent fisher man and promoter oi me sport, also was one of the early boosters for improving the Oregon Coast Highway, and was first president of the Oregon Coast Association, or ganized in the 1930's. Norblad had been ill for some time and had been con fined to his home for several weeks. Survivors include his son, a daugnter, Mrs. warn Sorrels of Portland, ana two grandchildren. Kidnaped Child Found Unharmed Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia -IUPD-A 14-month-old boy was found alive and unharmed to day seven hours after he was taken sleeping from nis criD by a tall uncommunicative kidnaper. Police said the boy, Russell Mackenzie, was found along side a fence less than 100 yards from his home by Jean McPhee, a store clerk on her way to work. The kidnaper left no ran som note or other explanation of his action before he roared off in an automobile with the still-sleeping child. A medical examination showed Russell apparently suffered no ill effects from his night away from home. "Do You Mind If ROYAL COUPLE Vance Navarrette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Navarrette, 1340 Fortune dr., and Cathy Lynne Carlon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Carlon, 106 Elm St., will reign as king and queen of the 1960 Festival Saturday. The 17 other royal court ami ride with the "oat. King, Queen Chosen For Pear Blossom Festival Saturday Cathy Lynne Carlon, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Car lon, 106 Elm St., and Vance Navarrette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Navarrette, 1340 For tune dr., are the 1960 Rogue Valley Pear Blossom Festival queen and king. They were selected from a group of ten girls and nine boys nominated by valley groups, yueen i;atny was sponsored by the Loyal Order of Moose and King Vance's sponsor was Welcome Wagon. The 17 other contestants will comprise the royal court and will ride with the king and queen on the royal float in the Festival parade Satur day, April 23. The parade will start at 2:30 p.m. and will travel east on Main St. from the Medford hotel. Award ceremonies win be neia at Hawthorne park with Sen. John Kennedy, parade grand marshal, officiating. The final meeting of the Spragoe Released from Safem Hospital Salem - (UPD - Former Gov. Charles A. Sprague was re leased from Salem Memorial hospital today. He underwent surgery April 7 for a pros tate glands condition. Sprague, 72, is editor and publisher of the Oregon Statesman Salem -fllPD- Kermlt A. Mc- Cully, Entcrplrse, has been appointed Enterprise justice of the peace to succeed the late W. W. Zurcher. We Play Through?" Rogue Valley Pear Blossom contestants will serve in the king and queen on the royal (Knackstedt photo) Festival planning committee wjll be Tuesday, April 19, at 7 a.m. at the Jackson hotel, Judges for the contest were mayors of the cities within thi county or their represen tative. Ike Tosses First Ball of Season Washington -(UPII- President Elsenhower returned from his Augusta, Ga., golfing vacation today long enough to throw out the first ball of the 1960 American League baseball season. After watching the opening game between the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators, the President will fly back to Augusta. The presidential plane, the Columbine III, landed at Na tional Airport this morning. Elsenhower was accompan ied by his son and daughter- in-law, Maj. and Mrs. John Elsenhower, said their four children. Sen. Strom Thur mond (D-S.C.) also was a passenger on the plane. Mrs. Elsenhower remained at Augusta. Fire Damages Hall At College Campus Ashland - Fire on the sec ond floor of Churchill hall, Southern Oregon college s ad ministration building, caused considerable damage to a floor and one wall early Sat urday afternoon. Ashland firemen said tne blaze was reported at 1:S8 D.m. A spokesman at the college todav estimated damage at nearly $200. The fire started in a trash box which contained old rags and the spokesman said it may have been caused by spontaneous combustion The alarm was turned in by Al Converse, Churchill hall custodian. WEATHER FOR P TAUT: Moillv r I on fly with nrrailnnal howrri tonight and Tueiday mornlnR. Partial rlrar Itir TuMdav afternoon. Low to night )R. tilth Turmiay CO. TF.MPF.RATUftR Hlfhtit Vfitfrday .... 5 Lowest Thta Morning 4C PRKCIPITATION To t p.m. Yeairrday T. To 1 a.m. Today T. Our Skies Tonight nunitt today CSfl p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow S:Z4 a m, Moonrltt tomorrow 1:04 a.m. New Moon April 25 PROMINENT STARS Slrlus, itu MO p.m. Betelceuie. low In . nt 1:41 p.m, Arrttirat, high In . oiith 1 1 :3ft a.m. Altalr high above the Moon. Five Buildings Burn to Ground; Several Homeless Damage Estimate Placed at $200,000 Amboy, Wash.-WPli - Five struck the "old town" busi ness district in this small southwest Washington log ging town early Sunday and wind -fanned flames burned five buildings to the ground. Two families and half a dozen tenants of an apartment house were homeless. Damage was estimated at $200,000. No one suffered serious Injury. Store Owner Hurt Firemen said the flames ap parently started after 1 a.m. in a second hand store owned by Robert Snow, who lived upstairs in the two - story frame building. Snow suffered a knee in jury when he leaped from a window to a roof projection and then to the ground as the blaze raced through the struc ture. Tongues of flames, spurred by a changing wind, leaped to buildings in two directions. A service station and a garage to tne east and a shopping center to the south were ignited. Fire spread quickly to a two-story apartment owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Wisner. Tenants Flee The Wisners, their three children and tenants of the building, fled into the streets as flames licked at a cottage to the rear of the building. Fire spread and ennulfed I the home ol Myra Abraham I son and she was forced to flee. The Evangelican United Breth ren church was saved for Easter morning services the Battle Ground tire truck crew Accident Kills Dean of School Yreka - Mrs. Mary P. Cody, 20-year-old dean of the New- burg school for girls in Hills boro, Ore., was killed Sun day when her car went out of control, hit a utility pole guy wire and turned over. Her husband, Stanford Co dy, 35, and their two children, Randall, 15, and Sandra Linn, were taken by ambulance to Klamath Valley hospital in Klamath Falls. They were treated for cuts and bruises and released. Highway patrol officers said the accident occurred at about p.m. one-half mile north of MacDoel, a community about 30 miles south of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Cody, they said, was driving close to the cen ter line and met an oncom ing car, also near the center line, while rounding a curve. After losing control, the wo man was thrown from the car and killed Instantly. - Highway patrol records showed Mrs. Cody had been issued a citation for speeding only an hour and a half earlier In the day. However, the wo man apparently was not trav eling at excessive speed at the time of the crash, police added. Salem - 0JP1) - Ralph Morgan will retire Aug. 1 as state su pervisor of vocational education. Portland Papers Back To Separate Portland UPB The Oregon Journal and the Oregonian, which published combined editions for nearly 24 weeks after a strike by the Stereo- typers Union began, ' were back publishing separately again today. The Journal published a 40- page Northwest edition Sun day and the Oregonlan's first Monday morning edition since last Nov. 10 carried 48 pages. Plcktts Remain The strike continued with no settlement In sight, and pickets remained in front of both buildings. . The two rival dailies plan ned to continue to share some personnel, Basic beats were to be covered by a single staff. Teletypes linked the po lice station, city hall, county courthouse and the Vancouv French President Due at Ottawa This Evening Cold Reserve Seen During Conferences Paris-OTIi-President Charles de Gaulle left today by plane for Ottawa to begin a trip to Canada and the United States in search of friendlier treat ment of France's policies on NATO, Algcira and the atomic bomb. His Air France Boeing-707 jet airliner streaked off from Orly Field at 6:34 a.m. (p.st.) The North American visit will cap previous talks with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev in France and Prime Minister Harold Mar. millan in Britain. Completes Round-Robin It will complete a round- robin of meetings between chiefs of state and govern ment leading to the summit conference which de Gaulle will host in Paris next month. Canada was oreDared to greet the French president on his arrival in Ottawa this evening with an enthusiasm equal to the welcome Britain gave him earlier this month. Cold Reserve Expected But around the conference tables in both the Canadian and U. S. capitals, de Gaulle could expect to find a certain cold reserve regarding certain attitudes France has displayed unaer ae Uaulles Fifth Re public rule. On the NATO issue, the Ca nadians may reproach the French' president with push ing for the creation of a spe cial NATO directorate, a sort of steering committee that would Include only the "big three ' Western nations: the United States, France and - Britain. Algeria Ts Be Issue The Canadians rlso are ex pected to press de Gaulle on what positive steps France has taken to end the Algerian con flict and to advance de Gaul-' le'a program for Algerian self determination outlined in a speech last Sept. 16. ' by L.J." J:""' .1 X. ,,, (t n .inn tht f . !,,.,. uA .r,;uj lit of an East-West accord to stop atomic testing. Kennedy Schedules Return fo Oregon Portland - (UPD - Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) returns to Oregon this coming week end to campaign for votes in the state's May 20 presidential primary. s Kennedy Is scheduled to visit five counties during his Friday and Saturday visit. He will visit in Clackamas county Monday. Friday after noon he will attend a recep tion In Beaverton and then fly to Eugene for an 8 p.m. speech at South Eugene high school. On Saturday Kennedy will fly to a reception on the Southern Oregon College cam pus at Ashland. In the after noon he will be a guest ot honor at a Medford reception and then will be grand mar shal of Medford's Pear Blos som parade. Advisory Council to Meet to Reorganize More than two dozen cit izens have been invited to a meeting tomorrow night to re organize the county advisory council to the juvenile court. The citizens will meet with the court and the executive committee of the court's ad visory council at 8 pjn, In the dayroom of the Juvenile detention home on Armory rd. Publication er, Wash., bureaus of the two newspapers. An estimated 800 newspa per union members and their familiea staged a three-block parade In downtown Portland Sunday, in an apparent pro test to the resumption of sepa rate publication. The parade group was led by a brass band and one banner said, "Easter parade of newspaper unions." Several employees of, the two newspapers have return ed to their Jobs. 'Like Old Times . . .' The Journal's first edition carried a banner - line, "At Last! Your Favorite Newt paper is Back!" The Ore gonian carried a story headed "Like Old Timet We're Single." The two papers had published in the Oregonian plant.
