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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1960
No. 29
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HEATING CREW Taking time out for rest
and hot coffee, the heating crew of the Key
stone orchard, above, make use of several
heaters to keep the frost off themselves
while waiting to "light up" another tract.
Care of Indigent
Patients Discussed
Representatives from k
number of agencies In Jackson
county met at the Medford
city hall Friday afternoon to
discuss some sort of equitable
solution to the common prob
lem of care for indigent medi
cal patients.
No agreement was achieved,
but the problems and views
of many of the different
agencies were discussed and
everal suggestions for their
solution were made.
,The Jackson county court,
the city of Medford, the Med
ford Ambulance service, Sa
cred Heart and Rogue Valley
hospitals, the Jackson County
Medical association, the White
City Veterans Domiciliary
and the Oregon state welfare
department, were- all repre
sented. Greatest Problem
The greatest problem, as
expressed at the meeting, ap
pears to be the matter of who
Is supposed to pay for medi
cal care of indigents. It was
pointed out that both the Sa
cred Heart and Rogue Valley
hospitals lose an average of
$30,000 a year on indigent
patients.
Most of those in attendance,
including the county court,
agreed that the cost of medical
care for these persons is a
county responsibility.
Commissi oner Chester
Wendt said the problem of in
digents has been growing so
rapidly that the county hasn't
been keeping up with its obli
gation. Wendt said, "If enough
money had been appropriated
two years ago, the problem
would have been taken care
of. The only difference be
tween what we've done and
what we should do, is dol
lars." : He further stated that the
court is now aware that the
money allocated for care of
indigents should be increased,
and it probably will be.
Medford Councilman Don
ald Hansen asked the group if
there was any objection to an
arrangement whereby the city
of Medford would pay for the
immediate t r a n s p ortation,
emergency care and diagnosis
of persons taken to hospitals
for emergency care from with
in the city.
This would assure the hos
GREETS SPECTATORS
Kennedy, above, got out of
onally greet spectators f
pitals of getting paid until the
proper responsibility for the
individual patient could be
determined, he said.
In the discussion following
this proposed arrangement, it
was brought out that when
the proper responsibility for
such a patient is determined,
the city could be reimbursed.
No Indication was given,
however, as to whether any
action would be taken on Han
sen's Idea. Hansen- himself
said he did not know if he
would vote for it should such
a proposal be brought before
the city council.
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Duff pointed out that the
city already allocates $2,500 a
year for medical care of per
sons in the custody of city
police. -
Regarding the matter of
emergency care, Chief of Po
lice Charles P. Champlin said
he has never known of a case
where the local hospitals, VA
Domiciliary or the Medford
Ambulance service, has ever
refused emergency care to any
person.
Kind of Treatment
Champlin did point out,
however, that it is not the po
lice department's responsibili
ty to determine what kind of
treatment a patient found on
the city's street should be
given or to which hospital he
should be taken.
He said policemen attempt
to find out from an injured
person whether he has any
hospital preference, but if no
preference is given then the
matter of which hospital he
will be taken to is left up to
the ambulance driver.
Paul Haviland, represent
ing Sacred Heart hospital,
said the main problem is not
those emergency patients who
are brought to the hospital by
police, because they amount
to a loss of only a few thou
sand dollars out of the aver
age yearly loss of $50,000.
(Continued on page 2) ,
Rome - (UPD-Chrlstian Dem
ocrat Fernando Tambroni,
whose three-day-old govern
ment resigned early this
month because it could sur
vive only with neo-Fascist
port, agreed Saturday to try to
carry on in an attempt to end
Italy's worst post-war political
crisis.
Senator John som parade at
hla ear to per- afternoon. Sen.
the Fear Bloe of the parade.
The picture was taken Friday night, when
valley temperatures dropped to 27 to 28
degrees in the coldest places. Two lighters,
resembling large oil cans, can be seen in
the foreground.
Orchard Heating
ide-Spread
The anticipated wide-spread
orchard heating predicted for
Friday night did not occur, ac
cording to Bill Rogers, meteor
ologist with the Frost Warn
ing Service.
Orchard heating was gener
al in the area south of Med
ford but spotty In the north
end, Rogers said. Minimum
temperatures were about 27 to
28 degrees.
Growers lit up about 11
a.m. Some clouds moved in
late in the morning, Rogers
said. Most of them put out
about 4:30 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Growers in the south end of
the valley did not heat as
long as expected, the meteor
ologist said.
Pears are generally In the
small green fruit stage when
the fruit is larger than a pea
At this stage both tempera-
ture and duration must be
considered. The larger the
fruit, the longer the duration
below 32 degrees it will stand,
according to C. B. Cordy,
county horticultural agent. .
Generally, temperatures for
all varieties should be held
above 30 degrees. However,
they will stand 29 degrees if
just at sunrise and it has not
been below 32 degrees more
than two hours. The tempera
ture should be held at 31 de
grees when heating.
Reception Set for
Governor Hatfield
Local Republicans will hold
an informal reception honor
ing Governor Mark Hatfield
during his visit to Medford
Tuesday, it was announced by
Joseph D. Walsh, chairman
of the Jackson County Repub
lican Central committee.
The affair will be held be
tween 2 and 3 p.m. at Repub
lican Headquarters, 3 West
Sixth st. In addition to the
governor, all county Republi
can candidates will be pres
ent, including Dr. Edwin Dur
no, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for U. S.
Representative from the
Fourth District.
Refreshments will be serv
ed, and baby-sitting facilities
will be provided on the lower
floor of the headquarters
building.
Hawthorne park Saturday
Kennedy was (rand marshal
S10 Million Plane
Crashes Into Lake
Hill Air Force Base, Utah-
IUPD - A supersonic B-58 Hust
ler jet bomber missing on a
cross country flight, crashed
into Great Salt Lake, one of
its crew members said Satur
day.
KF-Medford Plane
Turns Around
After Bomb Scare
A West Coast F-27 prop-jet
which had just taken off
from Klamath Falls on a
flight to Medford at 7:45 Fri
day evening, was ordered
back to the airport by Seattle
officials who received a re
port that a bomb was on
board the plane.
The plane, passenger's lug
gage and mail were searched
for nearly two hours, but no
bomb was found and the air
plane was permitted to re
sume its flight to Medford.
A West Coast airlines em
ployee in Klamath Falls said
an anonymous phone call re
ceived at the San Francisco
airport caused several planes
to be grounded for searches
at various airports along the
the coast. Another plane was
reported grounded at North
Bend.
Little Information
Little was known about the
phone call, officials said, ex
cept that a man called the
West Coast office in San Fran
cisco and said a bomb was
on board one of their F-27
prop-jets.
ine plane which was
grounded in Klamath Falls
had taken off from the San
Francisco airport earlier in
the evening.
The airline employee said
the order to turn back went
directly to the pilot from of
ficials In Seattle. San Fran
cisco authorities had notified
the Seattle airport of the cir
cumstances. Robert Collins, 38, of 164
Black Oak dr., was one of
several Medford passengers
aboard the plane when the
bomb was reported.
Collins told the Mail. Trib
une that the plane had been
in the air for only a few min
utes when the pilot announced
they were turning back. , He
said none of the some 40 pas
sengers aboard were frighten
ed, as there was no reason to
be.
The passengers did not
know why the plane had turn
ed back until after it had
landed he said.
Passengers were not ques
tioned In Klamath Falls, Col
lins said, but on arrival at
the Medford airport they were
met by an FBI agent who ask
ed questions of a number of
persons on the plane. Collins
said the agent asked such
questions as, "do you know
of anyone who might try to
kill you."
NEWS BRIEFS
By United Press International
Paris Lt. Gen. Jean Valluy, outgoing NATO command-,
r for Central Europe, said Saturday NATO is soma 25
divisions short of what it would need in the first two weeks
of resisting an attack launched with conventional forces.
Evanston. 111. Secretary of Agriculture Esra Taft Ben
son said Saturday he couldn't picture "any person in his
right mind wanting to be secretary of agriculture."
Tokyo-Japan accused Russia Saturday of employing
"malicious propaganda" in its protests against the new
United States-Japanese security pact.
Badminton, England Queen Elisabeth came down with
a "slight chill" Saturday and was confined to her bed-,
room in the home of her hosts at the annual Badminton
horse show.
Berlin The West Berlin city authorities dispatched
strengthened police patrols to Western stations of the
Berlin elevated railway Saturday under order to repel
vigorously any further Communist attempt to arrest East
German refugees at these stations.
Newark, N.J. Sen. Hubert Humhrey (D-Minn.), bat
tling uphill for the Democratic presidential nomination,
said Saturday night that the Eisenhower administration
has been a "do-nothing government" for eight years.
Philadelphia The Philadelphia Inquirer said in a
copyrighted article Saturday night that a "stop-Nixon"
questionnaire addressed to delegates to the Republican
National convention has been traced to the law office of
Harold E. Stassen.
Pretoria, South Africa Prime Minister Hendrik Ver
woerd, wounded by would-be assassin two weeks ago,
will not be able to resume his duties fully for "some
weeks." Interior Minister Paul Sauer said Saturday.
Phoenix, Aria. Arliona Republicans Saturday tied
their 14 votes for the GOP presidential nomination te Sen.
Barry Oeldwater.
Kenneth G. Timpson, 29,
Ft. Worth, Texas, flight en
gineer, parachuted to safety
and said he saw the $10-mil-lion
bomber hit the water.
Fate of the other two men
aboard the craft was not
known.
Helicopters from Hill Air
Force Base flew Timpson and
other searchers to the area
where he said the plane hit
but were unable to see the
surface of the water because
of clouds and rain Saturday
afternoon.
Timpson said the plane
crashed in the north end of
the lake. He nararhntpH intn
the water, paddled to shore in
a life raft and spent Friday
night on the beach. He flagged
down a train Saturday.
The other two mpn wpi-e
pilot Ray Edwin Ten Hoff, 38,
and navigator Walter Simon,
32, both of Ft. Worth.
All three men wpia civilian
employees of Convair, builder
of the Diane at Ft. Worth
They were flying the aircraft
-which has a capability of the
speed twice that of sound -on
a check flicht hpfnrp turn.
ing it over to the Air Force.
Timpson was orohiblteri hv
comDanv and Air Fnrr. men.
lations from discussing the
naiure or. tne emergency that
caused Tenhoff to give the
bailout order about 6 p.m.
EST Friday.
Public Meeting
On Zoning Slated
A public meeting on the
proposed interim zoning of
the West Side area will be
held in the West Side school
at 8 p.m. Monday, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Purpose of the meeting is
to present the idea with mem
bers of the Jackson County
Planning commission answer
ing all questions.
Area for the proposed zon
ing covers the area from the
Old Stage rd. at Jacksonville
down to and including the
Military rd.. to Scenic ave.,
.down Scenic ave. to the rail
road tracks, following the
tracks to Central Point, out
Hanley rd. to Bybee corner,
down Medford - Jacksonville
highway to the Jacksonville
city limits', it was explained.
Petitions have been filed
with the planning commission
for interim zoning for the
White City area. No petitions
have been turned in yet on
the proposed West Side zon
ing. Public meetings may be
scheduled soon on Interim
zoning for other parts of the
Rogue valley, it was Indi
cated. Interim zoning means an
area can be zoned for three
years, after which residents
of the area can vote It out. If
they allow it to stand, it be
comes law. .,
..EE'S VICE PRESIDENT
backs OUT
I S V
WELCOME SENATOR! Robert Boyer,
Medford attorney, and Oregon campaign
manager for Kennedy, shakes hands with
Sen. John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts Dem
ocrat and presidential candidate forerunner
In the primaries. The picture was taken as
Kennedy Touches on Numerous
Subjects During Talk at SOC
John F. Kennedy, Demo
cratic presidential candidate
and Massachusetts senator,
spoke before an estimated 1,
800 persons in the Southern
Oregon college auditorium
Saturday morning, covering
subjects ranging from the im
portance of the Oregon pri
mary to the United Slates'
world position.
Speaking clearly and force
fully In spite of bad accoustlcs
and a political campaigner s
hoarseness, Senator Kennedy
explained he came here to
campaign since his name was
entered in the presidential
primary by the secretary of
state.
"I'm a strong believer in
the primary system. I see no
reason why not, and see every
reason why the Oregon pri
mary should be an important
one in the selection of a presi
dential candidate. I do not be
lieve the choice should be left
to politicians."
Two Struggles
Kennedy noted that there
are actually two main strug
gles In an election. One is the
well publicized struggle be
tween nominees. The otner
much less publicized struggle
is before the nominations
when the selection of nomi
nees is made by a few politi
cal leaders. He noted that
growing pressure to eliminate
the various state primaries
will succeed If the parties
chose nominees other tliHn
those selected in the state pri
maries. Three states have
abandoned the primary sys
tem already.
"This presidential election
may be one of the most signifi
cant since the election of Ab
raham Lincoln in 1860," Sena
tor Kennedy said, "and since
the New Deal. On It depends
the whole cause of freedom
and the security of the United
States."
Noting the increasing Influ
ence of the United States In
" 1 t ' i
- r. H v - . T
world politics, Kennedy point
ed to the large popular recep
tions President Dwight Eisen
hower received . during his
overseas tours.
Kennedy remarked that he
Is a member of the Senate for
eign relations subcommittee
on Africa and has watched
Africa move toward freedom
and pose "on the razor edge
of decision."
"What those countries in
Africa do affects the security
of the United States and the
decision those countries make
rests on the United States."
Great Issue
The great issue of economic
competition between India
and China will be settled In
the next 15 or 20 years, he
said, and the United States
must assist overpopulated and
underdeveloped India as she
stands undecided near the
routes of Democracy or Com
munism. Shifting to domestic issues,
Kennedy said the U. S. must
have the best schools, the
best colleges and universities,
must develop all natural re
sources, speed up the outer
space program. He also noted
the great power of the presi
dent and briefly touched on
the "unfinished agenda of the
'60s."
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Kennedy's plane arrived at the Medford air
port Saturday morning. Although the weath
er appeared threatening at first it favored
the Democrats and Pear Blossom Festival
with sunshine later. Kennedy Is entered in
the Oregon primary.
"W hat happens here (in
Oregon) may well determine
who Is nominee," the senator
said. "I come here as a candi
date for nomination. The Ore
gon primary election is vital
ly Important. The outcome of
this primary election may
have a vital Influence on who
is selected at the Democratic
national convention In Los
Angeles later.
Kennedy said he considered
other Democratic presidential
contenders actually entered in
the primary regardless of
whether they were entered
officially. He named Lyndon
Johnson. Texas senator and
Senate Democratic leader,
Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota
senator and Stuart Symington,
Missouri senator, as oppo
nents.
(Continued on page 2)
Flanagan Renamed
To 0 and C Board
George C. Flanagan, vice
president and general man
agcr of Elk Lumber company
Medford, has been reappoint
ed to the O and C advisory
board until Dec. 31.
Fred A. Scaton, secretary
of the Interior, who made the
appointment, said the O and
C advisory board has made
a substantial contribution to
the review and development
of policies and program re
specting the management of
O and C lands.
"We value the public serv
ice rendered by you and the
other highly qualified repre
sentatives who have served on
the board," Scaton said.
The appointment will ter
minate Dec. 31 to coincide
with a proposal to make
three-year appointments, all
terminating on Dec. 11. Sea-
ton said.
OFF EE
V.P.-ElectAlso
Quits Position as
Assembly Speaker
South Korean Leader
Faces Worst Crisis
Seoul - (UPD-Vice President
elect Lee Kl Poong, whose
election touched off fraud
charges that led to bloody
rioting, has decided not to
take office, his secretary said
Sunday.
The secretary said that Lee
also had decided to quit his
post as national assembly
speaker.
The development came as a
young reformist group within
President Syngman R h e e ' s
own Liberal party announced
it had enough votes to ram
through the national assembly
a constitutional amendment
limiting Rhee's power and
establishing a parliamentary
form of government.
Han Kap Soo, secretary to
Lee, focal point in the worst
political crisis Rhee has faced.
said that the 63-year-old Lee
had at first intended to say
he had decided to relinquish
the vice presidency when he
said Saturday that he was
"considering" doing so.
Fears Confusion
He quoted Lee, assembly
speaker, as saying that he did
not make a definite announce
ment then "because of the
confusion that would result If
I resigned without measures
to cope with the conse
quences." " : ; 1
Meanwhile, Pak S Kyung,
a spokesman tor the reformist
group in Rhee's party, said it
had crossed party lines and
gotten enough support from
the opposition Democratic
party to pass the constitution
al amendment in the assem
bly.
It would mark a return to
the pre-Korean conflict years
when the Korean President
was elected by the national
assembly. In 1952, Rhee
forced through the assembly
an amendment to the constitu
tion which gave the election
to the people.
The amendment would con
tinue Rhee chief of state with
limited powers but still con
trolling the armed forces. The
President also would get a six
year term instead of the pres
ent four years. '
All Baloney
John M. Chang, The opposi
tion Democratic leader who
resigned Saturday as Vice
President in protest over the
crisis, said his party and the
electorate would accept noth
ing less than Rhee's resigna
tion and new elections.
He said that Rhee's at
tempts to set up a new parli-
mentary type of government
were "all baloney."
Last Budget Hearing
Set for McLoughlin
The last In a series of pub
lic meetings at which the Med
ford school district budget for
1960-61 will be discussed will
be held at the McLoughlin
Junior High school cafeteria
starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Meetings have been held in
all other schools of the district
for interested residents living
in those areas. The public
meetings have been sponsor
ed by the Parent Teacher as
sociations and Mothers' clubs.
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield,
superintendent, and two
school board members plan
to attend the meeting to re
view the budget and answer
questions.
Entertainment will be pro
vided by the vocal music de
partment of McLoughlin Jun
ior High, and refreshments
and a social hour are planned.
MEDFORD MAN KILLED
Cottage Grove - (HTB - A
Medford man, Magnus Nelson,
died on the way to a Eugene
hospital Friday night after he
was injured in a car-truck col
lision on Highway 99 near
here.
Nelson's passenger, John
Rooney, 96, also of Medford,
was in critical condition late
Friday night In the hospital
at Cottage Grove.
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