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STATE TREASURER. VISITS Howard
Belton, state treasurer, (right) greets Mrs.
Earl Miller and Richard W. Courtright, at
Jackson County Republican headquarters
during his visit In Medford Tuesday cam
paigning for renomination. Belton spoke at
Medford Police
Arrest Woman for
Embezzlement
Medford police detectives
(aid today that they have ar
rested a 34-year-old Central
Point woman on a charge of
larceny by embezzlement. She
Is accused of having embez
zled more than $8,000 from
the Medford Montgomery
Ward store.
The woman, Mrs. Eva Ruth
Sanford, 214 Alder St., has
not yet entered a plea to the
charge and has been released
on $1,500 bail. Her attorney,
Ben Day, has requested a pre
liminary hearing in circuit
for which no date has yet
been set.
Mrs. Sanford Is married
and is reported to have two
children. ' ,
The money was first dis
covered to be missing when
the store made its annual
audit of the category depart
ment's books last Feb. 1. Au
ditors from the store's central
office in Chicago were called
in to re-audit the books and
they verified a shortage of
$6,150.
Subsequent 1 n v e stigation
showed an additional $150 to
be missing since Feb. 1.
Request Investigation
When the shortage was
verified, the company request
ed that Medford detectives
conduct an investigation into
the matter. Company security
officers from Chicago and
Portland were sent to Med
ford to assist local authorities
in the case.
Joseph Materie, manager of
the local store told detectives
that Mrs. Sanford, who had
been category department su
pervisor for two years, seem
ed nervous and requested time
off when the audit was first
being made.
He said the time off was
denied to her because she was
needed to assist in the audit.
However, Materie told po
lice, Mrs. Sanford did not ap
pear for work on the day aft
er the shortage was discover
ed, and did not come back
to work again for several
days. When she did return,
she was discharged for inef
ficency and taking time off
without notifying th compa
ny, he said.
Construction of Motel
Planned in Downtown
Construction of a deluxe
downtown motel, which may
eventually reach 200 units, is
being planned for the corner
of Central ave. and Beatty st
according to Mrs. Jeanette
Marshall, attorney for a corp
oration which is planning the
structure.
Although an estimated cost
is not yet available, Mrs. Mar
shall said that some of the
newrr ideas in motel con
struction are being consider
ed. These include porcelain
enameled architectural steel,
parabolic or fluted concrete,
anodized aluminum and steel
in colors and translucent fiber
glass panels.
To Filt Papers
Mrs. Marshall will file in
corporation papers for the
motel this week, she said. She
named two of the incorpora
tors as Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Thatcher, 210 Beatty st.
Motel plans are being rush
ed to completion, she noted,
battuM tit faus-ety Of O.a
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a meeting of Crater Lions club Tuesday
noon, stressing that a stable economy is
essential to attract industries to Oregon.
He also appeared at luncheon meetings of
Junior Service League and Rotary.
Ashland Firm Gets
Contract for School
Addition in City
Wiley company of Ashland
is expected to start construc
tion in about two weeks on a
six classroom addition to
Hoover school.
Wiley submitted a low bid
of $73,139 on the project.
Nine bids on the project were
opened last night by the Med
ford school board.
Bidding was on a three
classroom addition, with a
fourth as one alternate, and
two additional classrooms as
a second alternate. The proj
ect is a part of a two-year
building program approved
by district voters March 31
this year.
The addition is to be com
pleted by Aug. 25. Wiley's
10th St. Bridge
Bids Are Opened
Inter- City Construction
company, Eugene, is apparent
low bidder at $95,608 for con
struction of the 10th st. bridge
across Bear creek.
Bids were opened yesterday
by the state highway commis
sion in Salem. The Medford
city council will take the bid
under consideration, and as
soon as their approval is given
construction should start, ac
cording to a spokesman for
the city engineering depart
ment. A Medford firm, the Peter
Kiewit and Sons Construction
company, submitted an appar
ent low bid on the largest
project for which bids were
opened by the commission.
They bid $907,087 for con
struction of 3.13 miles of the
Cape Sebastian - Myers Creek
section of the Oregon coast
highway seven miles south of
Gold Beach.
Bids are scheduled to be
opened by the commission on
June 1 for three other Jack
son county projects. They are
the H a n 1 e y ranch - Forest
boundary section of the Lake
of the Woods highway 12
miles south of Eagle Point;
the McLeod section of the
Crater Lake highway east of
Trail; and the Grants Pass
Evans Creek section of the Pa
cific highway, half a mile
north of Grants Pass.
Lincoln school PTA and the
Medford Safety council over
improvement of Niantic st.
Niantic st., is at present
just a 20-foot wide alley ex
tending some 300 feet along
the rear of the property being
developed for the motel.
Want Standard Street
The motel designers insist,
she said, that a standard 60
foot street should be con
structed to replace the exist
ing alley. They object, she
said, to the "substandard" 40
foot street which was recently
proposed by other property
owners and is now being con
sidered by the Medford city
council.
Mrs. Marshall appeared at
Thursday night's city council
meeting to protest certain
features of the proposed street
and sewer, and to point out
that a citizens petition for
construction of the street did
not represent over 50 per cent
of the property in this area U
the petitioners and the city
tmi amended.
bid was accepted by the
board, subject to approval by
the districts legal counsel.
Other bidders included
Harold W. Salter, Rogue Riv
er, $78,719; Loren Ritchie,
Medford, $77,109; Myers D.
Jones, $77,669; Frank Fair
weather, Medford, $83,186;
Cummings Construction com
pany, Grants Pass, $83,306;
Jack Batzer, Medford, $81,-
287; and Ausland Construc
tion company, Grants Pass,
$81,000.
A bid by Don L. Jacobs,
Medford, of $58,880 was not
considered since he did not
include an offer on the sec
ond alternate.
Jack Edson, Medford, is
architect.
Other Projects
Bids on four other projects
in the two-year building pro
gram will be opened this
month, and $600,000 worth of
bonds to finance the construc
tion work will be opened at
the regular school board
meeting June 14.
Bids on construction of a
stage for a multipurpose room
and acoustic tile for the mul
tipurpose room ceiling at
Ruch school will be opened
at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Mav 17.
Bids for a three classroom
addition at Oak Grove school
will be opened at 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 19.
Bids for the boys physical
education, health and class
room addition at Medford
High school will be opened
at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 24,
and bids on a two classroom
and an administrative unit at
West Side school will be
opened at 5 p.m. Thursday,
May 26.
All bid openings will be at
the school administration of
fice, 500 Monroe st., Med
ford. Ashland Calls for
Sewer Plant Bids
Ashland - Bids are being
received at the Ashland city
hall for modification and ex
pansion of the city's sewage
treatment plant, it was an
nounced today.
Built in 1935 to serve 6,000
persons, the plant will be ex
panded to serve 15,000 per
sons, plus a waste load equiv
alent to serve 5.000 persons.
Included in the project is
construction of a primary and
secondary clarifier, a new
trickling filter, a new pri
mary digester and control
building, a new grit channel
and chemical feed building,
and miscellaneous piping.
The furnishing of a new
sludge tank truck will be bid
on under a separate contract.
Bids will be received at he
city hall until June 7. Plans
and specifications can be ob
tained from consulting engi
neers Stevens and Thompson
Portland.
WEATHER
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Santft today 7:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:51 a.m.
Moonrlftt tonight 8:09 p.m.
I.at Quarter Mav 17
PROMINKNT CON'STKM.ATIftN
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VIKIHI.E PLANETS
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Tentative County
Budget Listed as
$4,421,586.72
Addition Error
Drops Total $6,000
Final figure on the Jack
son countv budget total of
1960-61 is $4,427,586 72, Coun
ty Commissioner Ralph James
said today.
Main difference in this and
the previously announced ten
tative total is a $6,000 error
in addition which was found
in the county road fund
budget total.
The 1960-61 countv depart
ment totals are: county court
and commissioners, $28,447.
up $3,075; circuit courts. $36.
026, down $1,084; district
court, $7,097.82, down
$392.37; justice court, Ash
land, $8,082, down $316; jus
tice court. Gold Hill, $2,775,
up $235; sheriff's office, crimi
nal division, $97,085, up $10,
497; sheriff's office, tax divi.
sion, $30,442, up $3,010; sher
iff's office, civil division, $18,
422, up $6,482; jail division,
$40,509, up $5,791: county
cjerk, $84,051. up $9,437.55:
election department, $27,710,
down $4,750; county treasur-
$13,658, up $1,000; and
county school superintendent,
$30,361.60, up $1,753.46.
Other Departments
Other county departmental
totals are: assessor, $133,194,
up $13,572; courthouse ex
penses, $40,163.80, up S828;
county from home, $119,928,
down $5,897; care of poor,
$226,531, up $3,237; miscella
neous relief, $50,000, up $15,
000; Red Cross, $1,500, same;
indigent veterans' fund, $2,
000, same; coroner, $2,015, up
$295; juvenile department,
$42,147, up $633.10; health
department $101,220, up $880;
surveyor, $9,936, down $756;
watermaster, $23,337, up $4,
025; district attorney, $20,885,
down $25; fruit inspection,
$1,675, same; miscellaneous
expense, $212,850.81, up $37,
450.17; mosquito control, $13,-
300, up $4,800; county agent,
$26,165, up $2,520; veterans'
service otiicer, SlU.UHl, up
S55H; board of equalization
$400, same; planning commis
sion, $16,226, up $2,824; Ash
land library, $4,733; Rogue
Kiver library, $321; civil de
fense, $8,548, up $1,000;
building construction and im
provement, $46,000, same:
county juvenile detention
home, $21,994, up $2,057.34:
agriculture and horticulture
experiment station sinking
fund, $17,000, same.
General Fund
The county general fund
which includes the depart
ment expenditures will be
$1,487,881.61 for the 1960-61
fiscal year, according to
George Stacey, accountant.
This leaves a balance on hand
of $145,277.74.
Transfer from O and C tim
ber receipts for 1960-61 total
$966,648.87 and other receipts
total $375,955. Overall re
ceipt total estimated for 1960
61 is $1,487,881.61.
"Based on this schedule
there will be no levy for
Jackson county for 1960-61,"
Stacey reported.
Eisenhower Defends
American Flights ,
Washington -IUPII- President
Eisenhower today sternly de
fended U. S. intelligence
flights over Russia as distaste
ful but essential to prevent
the Soviet Union from launch
ing a Pearl Harbor against
the Free World.
We must guard against sur
prise attack, he said.
Russian secrecy, the Presi
dent told a crowded news
conference, is a major cause
of international tension today
and the safety of the Free
World depends on the infor
mation necessary to maintain
a constant, strong deterrent.
In his first public comment
on the U.S. spy plane episode,
the President said he still
plans to go to Russia In June,
and the plane incident has not
changed the basic character of
East-West difficulties.
Preliminary Census
Report Due Soon
The U.S. District Census
bureau in Eugene has advised
the Mail Tribune that the
preliminary census report for
Medford should be completed
in a few days. Census books
for the city have been turned
in and are now being pro
cessed, they said.
The preliminary report for
the whole of Jackson county
will take a little longer to
complete, they announced, be
cause some of the county
census bonks are not yet com
pleted and will not be turned
in te th burvau or cral
Regional Edition
MEDFORDSfeTRIBUNE
18 Pags Section A
County
School
Basic schol support of $35
per Jackson county school
census child, a total of $781,
410, was allocated for the com
ing school year yesterday af
ternoon by the Jackson county j
budget committee.
A delegation of school of
ficials earlier this year reques-
School Fund Will
Help Relieve Tax
On 549C Property
An increase in the county
school fund, authorized yes
terday by the Jackson county
budget committee, will result
in property tax relief for land
owners in the Medford school
district 549C.
The Medford school board
has authorized the estimated
increase of $160,000 to be
used as direct tax relief. The
$160,000 represents an in
crease of $15 per census child
over the present year's $20
per child.
If all other estimated sour
ces of income are received,
school officials noted, it will
mean that property will be as
sessed $30,279 less in the I960
61 fiscal year than it was as
sessed this year.
Millag Decrease
This will mean an estimated
two-thirds of a mill less in the
1960-61 fiscal year. Millage
rate in the Medford district
this year is 60.2 mills.
The increase in county basic
school support, which next
year will total $35 per cen
sus child, will not affect the
election May 26 in the Med
ford district on a proposal to
exceed the 6 per cent limita
tion, with the exception that
because of the school support
fund increase there will be no
increase in taxes.
School officials said the re
duction of two-thirds of a mill
the district's millage rate
may vary slightly because of
variance of slate fund receipts,
change in total district valua
tion, and changes in individ
ual property assessments.
The Medford school district
budget committee allowed in
the present budget receipts
$20 per census child in county
school support.
Candidates to
Discuss Issues
Both Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for several
offices in Jackson county
have been invited by the Med
ford League of Women Voters
to attend a public meeting to
morrow in the Red Cross
building, according to Mrs.
Thomas Rutter, League voter
service chairman.
Candidates for nomination
for state representative, coun
ty commissioner and county
surveyor will discuss current
issues in state and county gov
ernment at the meeting, which
starts at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Rutter will introduce
the candidates and will give a
brief explanation of issues to
appear on the primary ballot.
A short question and answer
period will follow the formal
program.
Candidates expected to at
tend are for representative,
John R. Dellenback, E. H.
Mann and Evelyn Nye, Re
publicans, and Inez Holcomb
and Robert B. Duncan, Demo
crats; for commissioner, Ralph
A. James and Edwin H. Tay
lor, Democrats, and Paul B
Rynning, Republican; for sur
veyor, Mark E. Boydcn and
Lowell E. Ager, Republicans,
and Edward A. McGinty,
Democrat.
There will be no charge for
attending the political discus
sions, Mrs. Rutter said. Des
sert and coffee will be served
for a small charge at 7:30 p.m
John D. ocUfl.r
Dim ia Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. -CTD- John D
Rockefeller Jr., father of New
York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller,
died today at Tucson Medsl
Center, where he had been
under; treatment for the past
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
Sets
Funds
tod $50 per school census
child.
The $781,410 compares to
approximately $412,000 alio-1
cated for this year, when the
amount per census child was
doubled from $10 to $20. An
allotment of $10 per census
child is required by law. The
announcement was made dur
ing a meeting with officials
from various school districts.
The allotment comes from
O and C timber receipts, Bud
get Committee Chairman
Lynn Nvwbry explained. He
suggested that none of the
school districts allow for more
than $10 per census child in
their budgets in case some
thing should happen to cut
the timber receipts. However,
there were indications that
some districts have allowed
anywhere from $15 to $20 per
census child, hoping they
could reduce their school
levies if any more was allo
cated. Based On Census
The allotment is based on
the 1959 school census of chil
dren from 4 to 19 years in
each district.
Based on the school census,
the newly enlarged Medford
school district will receive the
top amount, $390,050. Other
school districts and their allot
ments are: Phoenix, $52,475;
Ashland. $119,910; Central
Point, $100,800; Eagle Point,
552,710; Rogue River, $19,-
H15; Applegate, $6,125; Pros
pect, sli,H5; Evans Valley,
S6,7M); Butte Falls, $8,085
and Ptnehurst, $1,855.
"We think that any surplus
funds should be given to the
schools," Newbry said. "How
ever, we don t want the
schools to depend on O and C
funds. This year we are con
fident we can operate the
county and grant the $35 per
census cniid. Next year we
don't know what the receipts
will Be. O and C money is
constantly in jeopardy."
Other Counties Seek Money
"I feel a little like Santa
Claus," NuWbry said. "It's
easy to do this with somebody
else's money. However, all of
should continue to work
for the method of timber re
ceipt distribution used now.
Other counties would like to
get at least some of the funds
away from us. If we ever lose
this income it would work a
tremendous burden on the
schools and county. The bur
den on property taxes has al
most reached the impossible
situation now. Many millagcs
for school districts would be
way over 100 mills if It were
not for this fund."
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield,
Medford school district super
intendent, said he will attend
meetings in the next two
weeks on O and C funds and
the distribution formula. "We
may have to compromise,"
he said.
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt added that the
timber receipts problem comes
up ever session of Congress
Eighteen Oregon counties re
ceive 75 per cent of the tim
ber sales receipts.
Legion to Discuss
Groundbreaking Plans
Election of officers and
final planning for ground
breaking ceremonies will be
on the agenda this evening
at (he regular meeting of
American Legion Post 15 at
the Jackson County court
house auditorium.
The meeting will convene
at 8 p.m. State convention
delegates also will be selected.
Groundbreaking for the
new Legion home is set for
Saturday, May 14, at the Ni
antic st. site.
Unemployment
In Sharp Decline
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower disclosed today
that unemployment dropped
sharply last month and U. S.
output hit a record level of
more than 500 billion dollars
a year.
Write-in Campaign
For Sen. Goldwater
Portland - (UPD - A write-in
campaign for Sen. Barry Gold
water (R-Ariz.) In Oregon's
presidential preferential pri
mary May znjsas announced
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GUILTY OF BOMBINGS Levi S. McDonald has been found
guilty in a Portland court of damage to property by ex
plosives in the Jan. 31 bombing of newspaper trucks in
Portland. McDonald, left, a former member of the negotiating
committee of the striking slcrcotypers union, is shown being
interviewed by Ivan Smith in a courthouse corridor.
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cDonald
In Truck Bombings;
Appeal Scheduled
Foitland - ItiPB - Attorneys
for slereotyper Levi McDon -
aid, 51, today were preparing
files for appeal while -the
fnrmpi 11 n 1 n n nnunt inlnr
- n i U1C MIKI1L OI . Oh, iSUIlllUL
awaited sentencing Friday on 1 explosions occurred In nearby
a conviction of damaging Oregon City almost simul
properly by explosives. Uancoisly.
The crew-cut unionist was
rouna gumy nere xuesaay 01
instigating the dynamiting of
four trucks in Portland be-
cause they hauled newsprint
Detective Agency
Head Is Arrested
Raymond Richard Koch, 43,
owner and operator of the
Forest Green Detective and
Patrol agencies, 220 South
Central ave., was arrested
Tuesday afternoon by Med
ford city police.
He was lodged In the coun
ty jail, charged with making
false statement in writing,
to procure benefit, and Issu
ing a bank check in payment
of labor with insufficient
funds in the bank.
Koch appeared In district
court this morning and his
arraignment was continued
until Thursday morning so he
could obtain counsel. Bail
was set at $1,250 on the two
charges.
Koch, who was a candidate
for the Democratic nomina
tion for Jackson county sher
iff in 1958, was arrested after
two warrants were issued for
him Tuesday, police said.
The warrants were Issued
after the department was noti
fied by Howard Henry Blew,
1616 Stratford Way, of the
Blcw's Oil City Service sta
tion, that six checks signed
by Koch and written to the
company had been relumed
by the bank marked "account
closed."
Population Trends In Medford Area
Reviewed for School Board Members
Population lienda In lite
Medford area were reviewed
by Ned Langford, planning
consultant from the bureau of
municipal research, Eugene,
for Medford school board
members last night. '
He reviewed the develop
ment of the present general
ized land use plan for the
urban area, noting that a phy
sical inventory of the entire
area was taken before any
work was done In determining
population trends.
Langford, although working
through the bureau of muni
cipal research of the Univer
sity of Oregon, is paid by the
city and federal government.
He ha&been working with the
city planning commission and
council on the program for
more than two years.
Langford noted there are
about 10,000 dwelling units in
the study area now, and rtm
baa estimatf uuj )
Margins
Price 10 Cents
1960
No. 44
Guilty
. and Dimers for the struck r)re -
l gonian and Oregon Journal.
Still Under Indictment
The trucks were blown up
1 n.. : t. i t m o : :t-
McDonald Is still under in-
dictment In Clackamas county
for the Oregon Cltv bombings.
ne was imDicatod bv the
testimony of four men who
earlier admitted they exploded
the dynamite. Charles, Wil
liam, and Edward Snyder, and
Gerald Couzcns are awaiting
sentencing on the same
charge.
The jury of nine women and
three men, after being ad
monished by the prosecutor
not to consider the strike or
unions in their decision, re
lumed a verdict of guilty
after little more than an
hour's deliberation.
McDonald was free on $10,
000 bail pending the sentenc
ing. His attorneys earlier said
Ihcy would appeal all the way
to the U. S. Supreme Court,
if necessary, if a guilty verdict
was returned.
Eight-Day Trial
The state called about 50
witnesses in the eight-day
trial. The defense called no
witnesses, seldom cross-examined,
and McDonald did not
take the stand.
McDonald, al the time of
the bombings, was a member
of a union negotiating com
mittee trying to work out a
settlement with the Orego
nian and the Oregon Journal
after the two dailies were
struck Nov. 10 by the sterco
typcrs. Portland-lUPII-Ex-Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes has been named
chairman of the annual Jefferson-Jackson
dinner to be
held here Saturday, May 28.
eventually reach 25,824 dwell
ing units. The rate of popula
tion increase is about 4H per
cent yer year, he said.
The school board expressed
Interest in the preliminary
study of population trends to
help the board In determining
future elementary school sites.
The board also indicated a de
sire to confer with city offi
cials when the board consid
ers school sites.
Langford was accompanied
In his presentation by Paul
Sclby, president of the city
planning commission.
In other action last night,
the board authorized outdoor
graduation exercises, weather
permitting. There was some
discussion about whether
chances should be taken with
!fihe weather since the district
docs not have sufficient seat
ing arrangements to sctup an
lrrieiil should inajement
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Minnesota
Senator Gives Up
Presidential Race
Kennedy Polls 60
Per Cent of Votes
Charleston, W. Va -a'PP-Sen.
John F. Kennedy, 42, hoped
today to parlay a big win in
the West Virginia primary
into the Democratic nomina
tion for President.
In the wake of his smashing
60-40 per cent win over Sen.
Hubert H. Humphrey in heav
ily Protestant West Virginia,
the Massachusetts senator said
the victory gave his campaign
band wagon "a major boost."
Usui Practically Dead
Once before, in 1928, a
Catholic contender for the
presidency won in West Vir
ginia and went on to capture
the nomintaion. But Al
Smith's was only a hairline
victory, and in the general '
election that year he lost the
state to Republican Herbert
Hoover.
While the religious issue
may be raised next fall if Ken
ncdy is nominated, it was con
sidered practically dead as far
as the present battle for the
Democratic nomination is con
cerned "buried in the soil of
West Virginia" as Kennedy
put it.
Humphrey Bows Out
Humphrey, losing for the
second straight time to Ken
nedy In a two-man race and
by an even larger margin than
in Wisconsin scratched him
self from the presidential
sweepstakes. He conceded not
long after midnight when
mounting returns showed that
Kennedy was holding a clear
60 per cent lead.
I The West Virginia primary
Ivote does not bind the state's
25 - vote delegation to the
Democratic National Conven-
ltlon. unpledged delegates
were elected separately In the
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for "a significant and clear
cut victory," and announced
he was no longer a candidate
for the nomination and said
he would seek reelection next
fall to the Senate from his
home state ot Minnesota. The!
defeat was his second in a
two-man contest with the
Massachusetts senator, com
ing five weeks after Kennedy
defeated him in the Wisconsin
primary.
To Seek Liberal Platform
Returns from 1,956 of 2,751
West Virginia precincts gave
Kennedy 167,409 votes and
Humphrey 107,408.
Humphrey headqua rteri
was glum from the outset. The
Minnesota senator did not ap
pear to Issue his statement but
let it be read by Robert Bar
rie. his campaign director.
"I shall do whatever I can
to make sure that the Demo
cratic convention will adopt a
liberal platform and nominate
liberal candidates who will be
elected In November," Hum
phrey said.
He gave ho Indication of v
which presidential candidate
he might favor.
Fire School Planned
At District Office
Southwest district of the
slate department of forestry
will conduct a fire school
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week at
the headquarters on Table
Rock rd.
The school is for lookouts
and forest wardens other gen
eral personnel. Some 25 to 30
persons will attend the full
school and around 60 will be
on hand for the final day's
session. The school is in prep
aration to posting lookouts
for the season.
ercises.
Board members Indicated
there seemed to be a desire
among graduating seniors to
have the exercises In the high
school stadium. Graduation is
scheduled June 7, with bacca
laureate set Sunday, June 5.
The board also canvassed
votes cast in the May 2 elec
tion on a proposal to exceed
the 6 per cent limitation In the
budget and for board member.
The final count In the bud
get election was 1,388 yes,
1,464 no, a difference of 76
votes. Unofficial returns
showed a difference of 63
votes. Most of the difference
in the unofficial and official ts
In the number of non-registered
voters casting ballots. q
In the board member elec
tion. William A. (Bill) Barker,
present board chairin, re
ceived 1.542 and Robert L
Dames, Medford lawyer, re
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