Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 26, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto)Ul IM rrv n n n M M U ui m i M Venezuela Bans Public Meetings Step Taken To Smother Seeds Of Rebellion Police Clash With Demonstrators Caracus, Venezuela UPD President R o m u 1 o Betan court's government today ban ned public meetings in an emergency move to smother the seeds of rebellion in Venezuela. Police clashed with groups of rioting demonstrators in Caracas and Barquisimeto Monday, resulting in injuries to 27. The violence followed last weeks abortive revolt at San Cristobal so quickly that the government decided to take fast action. The Interior Min istry decreed no public meet ings could be held for two weeks. Monday's demonstrations were for widely divergent reasons but they reflected a common undercurrent of un rest. In Caracas, unemployed men began smashing store windows and stoning cars in the center of the city. Police broke them up with tear gas. Seventeen were injured. In Garquisimeto, 215 miles west of the capital and Venez uela's third largest city, left ist students stormed and sacked the home of acting Lara State Gov. C. Montes de Oca, charging that memb'ers of his Copei (Christian Dem ocratic) Party helped the San Cristobal revolt. Larger Portion of Fines Go to State Jackson county must turn over a larger portion of its district court fines to the state after July 1, County Treas urer Karl Janouch was in-' formed at Saturday's meeting of the Association of Oregon County Treasurers in Bend. The state will take $20,000 more in district court fines and forfeitures from Jackson county, Janouch said. Jack son county's share of district court fines amounts to ap proximately $65,000 a year which means the county will receive about $45,000 next fiscal year, Janouch explain ed. Money received from both district court and justice of the peace courts is generally credited to the county gen eral fund, the county treas urer said. Under the new law this money must be accredited to the general county fund. The general county fund now receives $35,000 and the gen eral road fund about $37,000 from the county's share of fines and forfeitures. Janouch said main reason for increasing the state's share is that, according to state esti mates, the state goernment Is in the red about $180,000 a year for salaries paid district court judges. Stadium To Be Discussed Tonight The public was reminded today of a meeting to be held In the courthouse auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight at which the proposed multi-purpose stadium will be discussed. A group of persons known as the Citizen's Stadium com mittee has proposed that the ; structure be erected at the : fairgrounds on the south I edge of Medford and it be ' available to all groups and j individuals for any type of j outdoor gathering. I The public is invited to at ! tend tonight's meeting. Disc Jockey Dick Clark Accused of Giving Payola Washington -OTB- A House Investigator charged today that television star Dick Clark or his companies shelled out payola to disc jockeys across the country. Clark, disc Jockey who has his own daily network show, had previously been accused of taking payola but this was the first charge that he was on the giving end u well, Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 11 12 0 Washington 10 13 0 Walker, Wilhelm (3). Es trada (7) and Triandoi; Lee, Abernathy (1), Hyde (4), Washfischer (5), Patcual (8) and Bailey. Horn runs: Woodling and Gentile, Bal timore; Lemon, Dobbek, Killebrew and B a 1 1 y. Washington. County Democrats Outnumber GOP Registered Voters The number of registered Democrats in Jackson county now exceed the number of registered Republicans, Mar vin Madden, county clerk, said today. He added that, as nearly as he can determine, this is the first time in the history of Jackson county this is so. A count of registrations made before the April 19 deadline was completed this morning. Madden said there are 16, 389 Democrats and 16,299 Re publicans, a difference of 90 registered voters. Miscellan eous registrations total 680, making a total of 33,368 regis tered voters in the county. Madden said the total fig ure may fluctuate some as a result of tabulation continues, but he did not expect any ma jor change in the number of voters registered in either ma jor political party in the coun ty before the May 20 primary election. Democratic i party sources today said Indications are that Democrats will also outnum ber registered Republicans for the first time in the history of Josephine county. Josephine County Clerk Ben Coutant said the latest totals available show 6,826 Re publicans, 6,798 Democrats and 237 miscellaneous. At that time, there were several hun dred cards still to be proc essed, he said, and indications are that Democrats now out number Republicans in Jose phine county. A final count of Josephine's registered voters will not be available until toward the end of the week, he said, when all the cards are processed. Local Democrats said there are about eight counties of the 36 in Oregon which are now Republican, with four or five of them apparently changing from Republican to Demo cratic this year. About 175 Attend West Side Meeting Approximately 175 persons attended an informative meet ing on proposed zoning for the West Side area in the West Side school last night. Jackson county planning commission members present said it was the largest such meeting they had attended. They emphasized this was not a public hearing, but a meet ing called by n group of in terested residents of the area to learn more about the pro posed interim zoning. No ac tion will be taken until the planning commission receives petitions requesting zoning and these petitions are veri fied, according to Planning Technician Jack Eaton. About half of those attending op posed zoning. The area includes the area from the Old Stage rd. at Jacksonville, to and Includ ing Military rd., to Scenic ave., along Scenic ave. to the railroad tracks, following the tracks to Central Point, along Hanley rd. to Bybee corner, and along the Medford-Jack-sonville highway to Jackson ville city limits. The charge was made by Robert W. Lishman, counsel of the subcommittee Investi gating Clark, while he was questioning research director Thomas Noonan of Billboard Magazine. Earlier, a statistician said that 27 per cent of the records played on Clark's TV show over a two-year period were songs in which Clark may have had financial interest. County Budget Group Discusses Money for Roads Members of the Jackson county budget committee spent most of the morning considering the $1,758,896 re quest for the county roads de partment budget for 1960-61 fiscal year. The total is $171,382 more than for the current year's budget. The increase included a number of minor items, most ly for salaries, but also in cluded increases of $11,500 for road maintenance, $58, 320 for road construction, $16,460 for bridges, and $60, 950 for equipment. One of the major changes is a reduction of the weighmas ter's staff from seven to five men, County Engineer Rob ert Carstensen said. This rep resents a saving of about $10, 000. Carstensen said he has already dropped the two men from the weighmaster's crew. They were designated part time men, but worked full time, he explained. The county engineer noted that the total budget for the weighmaster's crew in 1959 60 was $30,000. The crew equalled about half of this, or about $15,000 in fines for the year, Carstensen said. Not Work Wall "I'm inclined to believe that it would not work out too well to have the weigh master's crew act as part-time deputy sheriffs," Carstensen said. "They wduld tend to take on too many other du ties." Main budget Items include: County engineer, $8,200, no change; assistant county en gineer, $3,900; two engineer draftsmen, $10,800, up $9,172; transitman, $5,628, up $240; two engineer aids, $9,816, up $456; assistance per diem as required, $4,000 credit; prin cipal clerk, $4,452, up $216; Clerk Stenographer II, $3,096, up $3,096 (new help); weigh master chief, $5,148, up $240; weighmaster, $4,680, up $228; three weighmasters, $13,356, up $4,884; general superin tendent, $6,600, up $456; equip ment superintendent, $5,892, up $432; bridge su perintendent, $5,892, up $432; crusher superintendent, $5,628 up $240; construction superin tendent, $5,385, up $240; elec trician, $4,908, up $228; ma chinist, $4,908, up $228; two mechanics, $9,480, addition of a new mechanic to repair pickup trucks and cars raises item $4,800; welder, $4,908, up $228. Other Major Items Other major items are: two night servicemen, $8,064, up $408; four construction watch men, $16,128, up $816; three maintenance foremen, $15, 444, up $720; principal clerk for county shop, $4,908, up $228; clerk typist II, $3,456, up $160; clerk for stockroom, $4,236, up $204; road main tenance $360,000, up $11,500; road construction, $458,720, up $58,320; bridges $316,500, up $16,460; road equipment $96,000, up $60,950; engineer ing and office supplies, $5,800, up $800; radio, $7,500, up $6,900. "Wait For Your III W V A P "-e. t 85th Congress Disappointment, Morse Declares Senator Would Be Vice President Portland-OIPD - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Monday night he was a genuine candi date for the Democratic nom ination for President. Morse, in the first speech of an Oregon primary stump ing tour at the Steamfitters Hall here, said the 86th Con gress was a "great disappoint ment" so far as the welfare of working men and women is concerned. In his speech, he took a couple of swipes at Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.), mostly on foreign issues. Committed Working . Morse said he had commit tees working for him in every convention state north of the Mason-Dixon line and expect ed to go into the Democratic convention with more than 100 votes. "I predict the convention will be deadlocked for at least 10 votes and in such a dead lock anything can happen," Morse said. He added: "I am the only candidate who has given a forthright answer to the ques tion as to whether or not I would accept the vice presi dency. The answer is yes." Confident in Oregon Morse told reporters that he was confident he would win primaries in Oregon and the District of Columbia but "as of now, not in Maryland." The senior Oregon senator accused Kennedy of with drawing in favor of every favorite son candidate except in Oregon's wide open pri mary. Returning to his remarks on the 86th congress, Morse said: "This is the same Congress, elected in the Democratic sweep of 1958, which was widely heralded as the most liberal since the New Deal Unfortunately, it was quickly tamed by the nostrum that Congress should not go be yond what the Eisenhower ad ministration would approve." Bill Said Defeat for Labor One of the worst defeats labor suffered in Congress, Morse said, was enactment of the "Kennedy-Landrum-Grif-fin" labor law, which severely cripples organizing and bar gaining rights of unions. Referring to the Portland newspaper strike, Morse said it was very evident from the Portland situation that the systematic use of strike in surance and imported strike breakers is a threat to indus trial peace. Massachusetts Vote Interest Lags Bostan-IUPD-The only ques tion in the Massachusetts presidential primary today is how large the victory mar gins will be for Democratic native son Sen. John F. Ken nedy and Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The at-largc, or state-wide, slates of candidates for dele gate to the national nominat ing conventions are unop posed. The Democrats are all pledged to Kennedy, the Re publicans all to Nixon. There are five Democratic contests, and four Republican (ights, for delegate seats at the district level. These have apparently stirred only scat tered voter interest. Leaders Dammit" Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Education Is Principal Of Expansion, Hatfield ADDRESSES GROUP Governor Hatfield is shown as he addressed a gathering of some 900 delegates of the 47th annual con vention of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers at Hedrick Junior High school GOVERNOR ARRIVE Gov. above upon his arrival at Medford airport this morning. With him is Everett A. Fabcr, Central Point, one of many greeters that were on hand to welcome him. Post-Mortem Held On Cranberry Scare Washington-OJPD-Agrlculturel the plan were expected to be r r r v Erra T. Benson went through a cross-fire of questioning by two senators today in a post mortem of last fall's cranberry-cancer scare. Chairman Richard Russell (D-Ga.) of the Senate agricul t u r e appropriations subcom mittee and Sen. George D. Aiken (R-VU, both told Ben son they could not understand why there wasn't closer co operation between fe d e r a 1 agencies. 'Fine Relationship' Benson said there was now a "fine relationship" between the agriculture and health, education and welfare depart ments and hoped there would not be a repetition of the 1959 cranberry crisis. Russell also objected to the agriculture department plan to pay cranberry growers who didn't use the chemical about $10 million because it might set precedent. Plans Move Ahead Meanwhile, the agriculture department went ahead with plans to pay the cranberry growers whose traditional holiday market was badly hurt by the furor. Details el MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1960 " Vri ff Mark O. Hatfield announcea next wcck The proposed payments, an nounced by the White House March 30. would come from a special fund to protect farm ers' purchasing power.- The fund has not been used in 17 years. Washington-IUPI) - President Elsenhower told Republican House and Senate leaders to day he soon will send Con gress a special message call ing for action on unfinished items in his I960 legislative program. WEATHER rORKCAKT: Varluhl rlnudltlftl tnnlKht and W rlnmrtav. Hral ttved hnwra Wfdnnrtay aft ernnon. Low tonight 38. Hlh fVedneiday IS. Tmp. HlrhfU Yritrrdny l.owfit thtf Morning 3 Xumei today 7:0 p.m. Our Skies Tonight Ann rlic tomorrow ...... JtlZ a.m. Mnontrt tonight 1:03 p.m. rint Quarter May I PROMINENT ATAR I'roryon, low In wit 11:61 p.m. VIHIII1.R I'l.ANUT Jupltrr, low In louth- ral U:4ft a.m. Saturn, low In touth- rait :M m. Man, low In Mil J:iT a.m. Is shown this morning. Also pictured is Mrs. Leigh Gustison, Medford, president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, who presided at the morning meeting. Earthquake Toll I iee Than kAavArl IXJJ I Hull tCUIGUf Authorities Say Tehran, Iran-IUPD - Iranian aircraft today ferried injured survivors out of the blistering 100-dcgree heat of the earth quake-shattered city of Lar. Officials of the Red Lion and Sun, Iran's equivalent of the Red Cross, said fresh re ports from the isolated town 500 miles south of Tehran in dicated the casualty toll was less than feared. They said latest information placed the death toll at about 400 with about 450 injured, 50 of them seriously. Might Reach 500 Red Lion President Dr. Hus sein Khatibi said it was pos sible the final death toll might reach 500 when all the bodies are found. Officials attributed Mon day's unofficial death toll re ports, which ranged up to 1, 500, to the confusion and ex citment of persons at the scene and to the shaky com munications with Lar. Tents Erected Iranian troops, which moved into the shattered town Mon day night, helped survivors set up tent villages on the surrounding sun-banked des ert today. The troops had to move in by foot since only light planes can make landings at the town's small field. Medical supplies, food and blankets to help the homeless withstand the night cold were dropped by parachute. NLRB Sets Date In Paper Strike Portland -(UP- The National Labor Relations Board today scheduled a hearing for May 10 on complaint of the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian against the Stcreotypcrs' Union. The complaint charges un fair labor practices, and was filed by the two newspapers against Portland Stereotypei-s' and Elcctro-typcrs Union No. 48 and International Stcreo typcrs and Electrotypers' Union of North America. The complaint in part charges that the union started a strike last Nov. 10 and en couraged other union mem bers to strike against the newspapers in an effort to force them to accept certain conditions as part of a new contract. Salem IUPD - The Oregon Capital Planning commission has voted to request $1,300, 000 from the 1961 Legislature for i parking facility In the Capitol Mall area. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 31 Point Says Oregon Congress Opens Convention In Medford Today Oregon's record in the field of education is one of the principal selling points for In dustrial expansion. This was stressed by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield this morn ing, speaking before more than 900 delegates to the 47th convention of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers here. Hatfield said many people have a narrow view of educa tion, thinking of it only in the terms of teachers and schoolroom. He said that in dustrial leaders are impressed by the state's average of 10.9 years of schooling, nearly a year above the nation's aver age. Right to Be Proud The governor called par ents the "undergirding force of education," and stressed that they have a right to be proud of Oregon's education accomplishments. But he re minded them that they should never be satisfied with the present. I Presiding at the convention Is Mrs. Leigh Gustison, Med- ford, president. She Intro. duced 10 persons who repre sented education and civic groups who extended greet ings to the delegates. "Return to your commun. ities and wake the sleeping giant of complacency which is the only obstacle In the way of fulfilling our potentials" was the admonition which Mrs. Leon S. Price, Dallas, Tex., gave delegates in her keynote address this morning. Mrs. Price, publicity chair man for the national con gress of Parents and Teach ers, told delegates they could be proud of the National Con gress, said it is growing in strength and scope, and will never cease to work for the education and welfare of chil dren. Must Accept Challenge Mrs. Price said the PTA must accept the challenge of change, the challenge to see that all children receive a good education - of the head, heart and hand - and the challenge to see that the homes of America remain strong because the "home is the source of the nation's greatest strength." She also stressed the chal lenge of realizing that there 'are just people and not clas ses of people," and the im portance of the individual. "The PTA must work to see that teachers have the status to which they are entitled," she declared, and added that the teaching profession de serves the same prestige as that accorded to those in the legal,, medical and religious fields . Mrs. Price also stressed the challenge of faith and said "faith Is the foundation stone of this country and It cannot be bought. "The PTA has come a long way, It Is here to stay and it has a long way to go," the keynoter declared and closed by saying "We travel toward a bright horizon." Uneasy Calm In Mississippi Bi'.oxl, Miss. -(1IPB- Tough police action brought an un easy quiet today to this coastal resort city where 15 persona were injured in two days of racial violence. "I think we can handle this," Police Chief Herbert McDonnell said. Started Sunday The fighting - a running series of widely separate at tacks Including shotguns fired from ambush - started Sun day when 100 Negroes led by a bespectacled Negro physi cian tried to use the public beach on the Mississippi sound here. Demonstrators Demand President Quit Promptly U.S. Pressures for Swift Reorganization Seoul. Korea -IUPD- One nf history's greatest unarmed revolutions today swept Pres ident Syngman Rhee close to an end of his 12-year-old Iron rule over South Knri Hi resignation appeared Immi nent. Thousands on March Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans, frustrated by years of steam roller tactics by Rhee's Liberal party, rose up against the combined might of the ROK army and Rhee s police forces and won a conditional offer from Rhee to step down "if the people desire it." The demonstrators demand ed more: Immediate resigna tion. Police opened up with rifles and machine guns but the demonstrations swelled until perhaps half a million were on the march througout Ko rea. At least 158 persons died and more than 1,000 were in jured in the seven days of sporadic uprising but the dem onstrations only grew in vol ume. U. S. Askt Changes Charges of corrupt elections and police brutality brought pressure from the United States itself for a swift reor ganization of Rhee's one-man rule. Police killed at least 23 more persons and wounded 160 others in the last 24 hours of rioting. Still the student led demonstrators pressed their demands for Rhee's un conditional resignation, taunt ed the police themselves and used their own blood to write slogans of "Liberty or Death.". The National Assembly Monday passed a resolution demanding that Rhee resign immediately and that new elections be held. Even mem bers of Rhee's ruling Liberal party Joined in the condem nation. ; - Crowds Shout With Joy ' Announcement of Rhee's conditional offer to quit came I soon afterwards and the crowds in the street shouted with Joy. The wild cheers turned to shouts of rage when they realized he was still hanging on and a mob of hun dreds of thousands laid siege to his presidential palace. Anti - Rhee demonstrations broke out today in half a dozen Korean cities and towns. The largest of these was at the southern port of Pusan where rioters burned Rhee's party headquarters and occupied provincial govern ment headquarters. Central Point Man Burned in Blast Central Point - Shirley Wayne Davis, 37, Central Point, was in fair condition today at Rogue Valley hos pital where he was treated for first and second degree burns suffered in an explos ion and fire here late yester day. Central Point police and firemen said Davis was in an 8 by 12 office building at the Cheney Studs mill here when the explosion occurred, knock ing him to the floor. Davis told police that before he could get to his feet, there was another explosion. The interior of the building, firemen said was gutted, de stroying office equipment. Police said they learned that a small jar of black pow der used for splitting logs was stored in the building. Davis is an employee of the Mt. Pitt company, which con tracts with Cheney Studs for certain work. He was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Prevails Violence An equal number of white men and youths attacked the Negro swimmers who fled. But the tense atmosphere led to dozens of incidents in which at least 15 persons were injured. Police Roam City A force of about 50 police roamed the city Monday night to arrest anyone wandering the streets who "appeared to be looking for trouble." A total of 23 persons were con victed during the day and Monday night. Eleven Ju veniles were released but will appear for trial in Juvenile Court.