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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1960
No. 50
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NIKITA RAGES Soviet Premier Khru
shchev, in a raging mood, shakes his fist
as he tells a mass news conference in Paris
today, constantly interrupted by storms of
booing, that such flights as the U2 "can
Khrushchev Angry With
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Paris - (UPI) - Nikita Khru
shchev, almost incoherent
with rage at repeated booing,
told press conference today
that further American spy
fligl Is over Russia would lead
inevitably to war.
He compared President Eis
enhower to "a thief caught
red-handed in his theft."
The booing and jeering
among 1,500 to 2.000 persons
at Khrushchev's farewell
news conference was unprece
dented treatment of a head of
slate. Khrushchev responded
with a fist pounding display
of pyrotechnics in which he
reminded the crowd he was
head of the powerful Soviet
Union.
In a rapid series of angry
statements and threats, Khru
shchev renewed all of his in
sults of Eisenhower and the
United States, threatened to
renew nuclear bomb tests, to
end the general disarmament
talks, and to reopen the Ber
lin crisis at a time of his own
choosing.
Butte Falls Bond
Issue Approved
Butte Falls The Butte
school district yesterday
passed a S65.000 bond issue
with 70 yes votes to 48 no
votes, according to Superin
tendent William B. Hunter.
The bonds will be paid off
in 10 years at $6,500 eacn
year. The money will be used
to provide a new cafeteria
band room adjacent to the
high school and dressing room
enlargement for the gymna
sium. Hunter said the vole was
larger than usual on a bond
issue, but not as large as the
voter turnout for the school
budget last week. Then the
vote set a new record for the
district as the budget amount
in excess of the 6 per cent li
mitation passed by 72 to 61.
The S6.500 a year for the
bonds would mean 3 mills for
the taxpayers. A piece of
property with an assessed
valuation of SI. 000 would be
charged $3 a year for the
bond issue.
The Butte Falls school
hoard last night called for
bids June 7 on purchase of
the bonds. Bids on the new
construction will be called for
after the legal requirements
for the bonds are met, the
superintendent said.
Salem-HTD-Gov. Mark Hat
field has ordered the State
Public Welfare Commission to
immediately make plans for
moving its big headquarters
in Portland to Salem.
only bring about a war." lie added, in a
fist-pounding demonstration, "if the flights
continue, war is bound to come."
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
Parisians Boo
He threatened to break off
the Geneva disarmament talks
and was booed. He attacked
West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer in unusual
ly bitter terms and was booed
again. A few Communist cor
respondents applauded.
Khrushchev, red-faced with
rage, blamed the United
States for torpedoing the sum
mit talks and was jeered
when he repeated an insult -that
he would be glad to re
sume Big Four negotiations
once Eisenhower had left the
Recreation
Applegate
Some recreational facilities
will be available this summer
on a 40-acre recreation area
on the Applegate river, ac
cording to Carroll Brown, su
pervisor Rogue River Nation
al forest.
The area, located ln4 miles
above the McKee bridge, re
cently was transferred to the
forest service to become part
of its public campground sys
tem, Brown explained.
Jackson county had been in
terested in developing the
property, consisting of two
mining claims, for a park site.
However, the county court
and the Jackson county recre
ation commission felt since it
is within the national forest
boundaries the forest service
should develop it.
Purchase Claims
Jackson county purchased
the two mining claims, ob
tained a quit-claim deed and
turned it over to the forest
service. The property was
then withdrawn from juris
diction of mining laws.
This summer, toilet, gar
bage and water facilities will
be available on the site,
Brown said. A number of
signs will be placed by the
river to protert a gravel dam
which farmers of the area use
to aid in irrigation, he added.
"Next year we plan a large
development, with further wa-
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While House.
Khrushchev was booed earl
ier on the streets of Paris by
angry Frenchmen who blamed
him for breaking off the sum
mit talks and throwing the
world into a new crisis with
the threat of war greater than
in years.
Khrushchev snubbed Eisen
hower this morning by paying
farewell calls on President
Charles de Gaulle and British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan and ignoring Eisenhower.
Site on
Planned
ter development, garbage pits,
and perhaps picnic tables,"
Brown said.
"Overall development calls
for constructing a loop road
into the area, picnic tables,
fire places, and signs and
railings to protect and point
out the old Chinese mining
developments on the site. The
old Chinese mine works will
be set aside from the camping
area as historical sites," he
added.
Slide Kills Man on
Bull Run Project
Harold William Claus, 41,
of 311 South B st., Eagle
Point, was killed in an earth
and rock slide at the Bull
Run reservoir site near San
dy, Ore., yesterday.
Claus, an employee of Cerf,
Sandkay and Jones, general
contractors for the City of
Portland's project, was a trac
tor operator.
Workers said dirt, gravel
and rock, loosened by recent
rains, gave way, trapping
Claus. They said Claus jump
ed from the cab of the tractor,
but was caught In the slide,
and buried under IB feet of
rock and dirt.
The body was recovered by
members of the construction
gang, and turned over to the
Clackamas county coroner's
office.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by The Chapel
of Mpmorics, Memory Gar
dens Funeral home.
Eisenhower Plans
Report To Nation
Paris - ItTI) - PrMidtnt
Eisenhower will rtport to
lh nation on iht unsuccess
ful summit conference soon
after he returns to Wash
ington, il was announced
today.
Bowmer Plans to
Leave lor Tour
About Mid-June
Festival Founder
On 6-Month Trip
Ashland - Angus L. Bow
mer, founder and producing
director of the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival here, plans
to leave about June IS for a
six-month study trip which
will take him to Shakespear
ean theaters in this country,
Canada and Europe.
This will be the first time
in recent years that Bowmer
has not been present for the
preparation and presentation
of the Ashland festival.
The trip was marie possible
by a recent Ford Foundation
grant, one of 10 awarded to
American directors, to study
Shakespearean productions.
Accompanied by Wife
Bowmer, who will be ac
companied by his wife, plans
to visit the Stratford, Conn.,
theater, and the Stratford,
Ont., Canada, Shakespearean
Festival. In Europe he plans
to visit theaters in England,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Italy,
Spain, and France, returning
to Ashland before Christmas.
Dr. Robert Loper, popular
Festival director, has been as
signed the producing director
duties during Bowmer's tour.
Dr. Lopcr also will direct
"The Taming of the Shrew."
Currently on sabbatical
leave from the Stratford
drama staff, Dr. Loper is now
completing theater studies in
London. The last Loper-direct-ed
productions in Ashland
were "Much Ado About Noth
ing" and "King Lear" in 1958.
The Oregon Shakespearean
Festival wil open July 25 and
close Sept. 3, the longest run
in the Festival's history. Oth
er plays include "Julius Cae
sar, "The Tempest, and
"Richard II." Two perform
ances of "The Duchess of Mal
fi" will be staged Aug. 22 and
31.
Casting is expected to start
early next month.
John Day Hurt
In Alaska Fall
Anchorage, Alaska (UPH
Four mountain climbers were
injured and stranded when
they fell at the 17,000-foot
level while scaling the west
side of Ml. McKinlcy Tues
day.
A rescue parly was being
formed here to attempt to
bring the men down.
Most seriously injured was
John Day, 50, a Central Point,
Ore., rancher, who suffered a
broken leg. The oilier three,
Pete Schoening, about 30, and
James and Bill Whittaker,
ages unknown, were suffer
ing from shock. They are
from Seattle.
The Whittakers were serv
ing as guides for the party.
One of the climbers radioed
their plight to a friend of
Day's. Peter Batting, here.
The report was scanty and
gave no other details of the
fall except to indicate there
were three other persons in
volved. Batting said Day was at
tempting to set a record time
in climbing the 20,320-foot
mountain.
Freight Traffic
Matching J 959 Figure
Wilmington, Del. - WPD -President
D. J. Russell of
Southern Pacific said today
freight traffic volume for the
railroad is generally matching
last year's levels.
Jacksonville's Water
Jacksonville-Jacksonville's
water supply may or may not
be contaminated. Discussions
at last night's city council
meeting failed to prove any
thing one way or the other.
If the water is contamina
ted, the city never has been
officially notified by the of
fice of Orie Moore, chief
county sanitarian, Mayor E.
O. Graham said. Monthly
samples submitted by the city
for inspection have been ap
proved consistently.
Jacksonville Resident Mrs.
Roy A. Clarke claimed sam
ples which she personally sub
mitted April 26 were found
to be polluted. She added
that on May 2 one of Moore's
assistants, Bob Lee, also took
samples and pronounced them
contaminated. She said Moore
supported Lee's conclusion.
City Recorder Mrs. Jean V.
Hewlett read reports on water
Kennedy Easily Trounces
Manor to Be Taxed
$16,854, Board of
Equalization Votes
Rogue Valley Manor in the
Barnctt rd. area south of Mcd
ford must pay S16.854.4H in
taxes for the 1160-61 fiscal
year, the Jackson county
board of equalization decided
yesterday afternoon.
John Dellenback, Mcdfurrt
lawyer representing the man
or board of directors, said late
yesterday afternoon that the
directors may nppral the de
cision to the state tax commis
sion. Alter the state tax com
mission, tile case could be
appealed to the Jackson coun
ty circuit court, and then to
the slate supreme court. Ac
cording to law, either the
county assessor or the taxpay-
Local Residents
Named to Group
For Colleges
Four Mcdford residents
have been named to the state
wide "Colleges for Oregon's
Future" committee. Chairman
E. C. Sammons, Portland, an
nounced today.
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield was
named honorary chairman of
the committee, he said.
Local residents on the com
mittee include Robert D. Dun
can, state representative and
speaker of the House; Mrs
Maxine Smith, president of
the Oregon Education associ
ation; Mrs. Leigh Gustison
president of the Oregon Con
gress of Parents and Teach
ers; and Glenn Jackson, vice
president of the California
Oregon Power company.
The committee was formed
to alert residents of Oregon
to the crisis facing higher
education because of rapidly
rising enrollments here and
throughout the country, Sam
mons said.
Full Impact Anticipated
He noted that the full im
pact of the post-war birth
rate will be felt In Oregon
colleges during the next 10
year period. Conservative es
timates show that the already
over-crowded public colleges
must make room for more
than 18,000 additional stu
dents "for whom there is now
no room," he added.
The same problem, he said,
faces the state's independent
colleges which also anticipate
a 70 per cent increase in en
rollment. Dr. John R. Richards, chan
cellor of the Oregon state sys
tem of higher education, com
mended members of the com
mittee and said he was
"heartened by the support of
public spirited citizens
throughout Oregon who have
joined hands with the public
and independent colleges In a
joint effort to meet the chal
lenges of the next decade."
Support by the public, he
added, is necessary "if we are
to continue to give all quali
fied young people the chance
they deserve for a college
education."
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IUPD
The Navy fired a Polaris bal
listic missile today on a flight
of about 1,000 imles from an
underground tube.
samples sent to Moore's office
A water sample taken at the
fire station was submitted
May A and one taken of the
tunnel water was sent in May
11. Both samples were ap
proved. It was unanimously agreed
that nothing is wrong with
the tunnel water itself. Mrs.
Clark's claims of contamina
tion center on two sources
which lead into the tunnel
water.
One, she said, is a cut-in
pipe on a fl-inch line which
leads to the tunnel water.
When the valve Is open, she
said, seepage from the old dirt
re.crvoir is allowed to flow
Into the water supply. The
other source, she said, is an
L-shaped line which permiti
seepage from the hillside to
go into the supply.
Mrs. Clarke said she obtain
ed sterilized. tamK bellies
or can appeal an equalization
board decision.
The true cash value w as es
tablished by the equalization
board at $735,200 for the 15
per cent complete manor. The
assessed value was established
at $183,800. The tax figure is
based on l!)5!l-(j() millage of
R1.7 for the code area in which I
the manor is located, Ihe
county assessor's office ex
plained. Petition Presented
A petition presented by the
manor's board of directors re
quested establishment of a
true cash value of S120.000.
Board President M. N. Ilogan
argued that the manor now
has no market value and is
merely "a hunk of concrete
sitting on a piece of land."
The assossor's office had ap-!
praised the market or true
cash value of the partially
completed manor at $1,215,
340, based on 25 per cent com
pletion, and estimated the
taxes due at $26,000. Ap
praiser William B. McCul
lough said he arrived at his
estimates by consulting the
contractor, the building in
spector and O. R. McNeel,
Medford's building safety di
rector. He added that he had made
numerous appointments with
manor officials to obtain their
ideas on the appraisal but
none of the appointments
were kept.
Total Cost of Manor
Hogan, acting as hoard
spokesman, said the building
when completed would cost
about $4,700,000. It would
house about 350 residents and
have a Davroll of about 80
nersons
Hogan poinlcd out that the)
large number of persons of
means attracted by the manor
and its large payroll would
be worth considerable to the
community once the project is
finished, but is worth nothing
now.
He pointed to large monthly
expenditures, huge sums al
ready spent, but no ' une
from the properly. Approxi
mately $300,000 has been paid
architects fees and large
sums for advertising. None of
this "is worth a dime" now,
Hogan said.
"Every $26,000 added ex
pense increases the burden on
us just that much more at a
time when our expenditures
are already large," Hogan
pointed out further.
Included in Appraisal
County Assessor Ray Schu
macher said the $735,200 true
cash value appraisal includes
the property appraised at
$15,000, and the streets and
sewers and water connections
which had to be provided.
About $46,000 was paid for
the approximately 15 acres of
manor land, it was revealed.
Schumacher said there is
no doubt in his mind that the
property is taxable and can
not be considered a purely
non-profit venture.
A decision is now pending
in the state supreme court on
whether a similiar property
can now be taxed. The Wil
lamette View Manor in Clack
amas county can be taxed,
the circuit court of that county
decided after the slate tax
commission had stated the
same thing previously. The
decision was appealed to the
state supreme court,
Supply Discussed
from Moore's office and, with
a witness, took samples of
water flowing through the
valve. She claimed the valve
definitely was "wide open"
at that time.
City Watermaster Albert
Hackert disagreed, and said
the valve is never open. He
said he inspects the area
every other day.
Graham, who termed the
issue "a perplexing situation,"
said he and the council "were
not informed at all. That's
what puzzles us." He added
that they did not know where
the regular samples by Hack
ert were being taken, but
knew only that they always
came back approved.
Hackert said he usually
look samples at the fire sta
tion and that it was "my er
ror" lhat no samples of the
luiuicl water hJKt been Uken
Consumer
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More runas bought
By Library
The board of the Public
Library of Medford and Jack
son County this morning ask
ed the Mcdford citizens bud-
Ret committee to increase the
proposed budget for the li
brary. Elliott Becken, library board
member, asked the committee
if the city could absorb a
$1,000 building maintenance
budget item from its emer
gency fund, and release this
amount to the library for pur
chase of needed equipment
The committee met this
morning in hopes of getting
more of the 16-members of
the budget committee to at-
tend than have been attending
. evening meetings. Nine
snowed up, wnicn is more
than have appeared at the
P two evening meetings.
County Increase
In asking that the budget
adjustmens be made, Becken
pointed out that the county
is increasing its allocation to
the library by $14,404 more
than this year's allocation of
Kennedy, Morse
In Verbal Swap
Portland -(UPII- Sen. John
Kennedy (D-Mass.) fresh from
an expected victory over
Wayne Morse in Maryland,
stepped up his campaign today
to defeat Oregon senior sen
ator in Friday's presidential
primary here.
The two candidates also
were involved In a verbal ex
change involving Sen. Stuart
Symington, who also is on the
Oregon ballot.
Morse said Tuesday night
he was advised that Syming
ton had sent a telegram to
Kennedy demanding retrac
tion or proof that Morse and
Symington were bartering for
Oregon's 17 convention dele
gates. The telegram from Syming
ton said, "I am deeply disap
pointed that you would make
such an unfounded and uneth
ical charge." Morse said he
was glad Symington had
brought up the issue. "The
lime has come for Kennedy
to put up or shut up on the
false charge he has been mak
ing in various campaigns in
cluding this campaign in Ore
gon."
If he had been required to do
so.
City officials said the only
notification of a discrepancy
in the system came In a letter
dated May 12 from the Grants
Pass office of T. M. Gerow
district sanitation engineer,
Oregon stale board of health
The letter, however, was not
relaled specifically to Mrs,
Clark's complaint.
It staled only t' at accord.
Ing to a 1058 state law, covers
are required for all open
reservoirs. The council agreed
to investigate the cost of such
a cover and see that It is ob
tained.
After hearing two hours of
often conflicting reports, the
mayor and council unanimous
ly agreed to ask Gerow to
conduct a full investigation
of Ihe water supply at "the
earliest possible date."
Research
Board
$31,860. This is n increase
of 45 per cent, he noted.
He also pointed out that
main library use has increas
ed 25 per cent within the
city, and the city is only in
creasing its budget allocation
by 4 per cent.
According to the prelimin
ary budget, the city is plan
ning to allocate $26,527 from
the general fund during the
1060-61 fiscal year, compared
to this year s $26,751.
In addition, a property ta
levy for the library fund will
bring some $7,182. However,
Becken pointed out this will
be offset by the fact that there
will on be a balance of some
$1,000 In he library budget
to start off the 1960-61 year,
compared to this year when
there was $6,000.
This means then. Becken
said, lhat the library will have
some $34,709 in all from the
city compared to this year's
$JJ,219, counting year-end
balances.
This is an increase of some
si, mo or a little over 4 per
cent.
Need New Equipment
Becken said the library
hoard feels that to keep up
with the 25 per cent Increase
in library use in the city and
a general over-all increase in
the entire city-county system,
Ihe library will need to pur
chase new equipment to pro
cess books.
Some $1,000 could be re
slnred to purchase equipment,
if the city could bear the cost
of the building repair and
maintenance item of $1,000.
Because it is never known
for sure what repairs or main
tenance will be necessary dur
ing a year, the city could pos
sibly bear this cost from the
emergency fund, he point out.
Committee Chairman Galen
Knox, appointed commitlce
members Don Carlon and Rob
ert Baccus to work further
with the library concerning
these requests and report back
to the committee at its next
meeting.
The remainder of the meet
ing was devoted to a general
discussion of several other
budget items.
Bids To Be Opened
June 7 for Plant
Ashland - The Ashland city
council last night agreed to
open bids for construction of
the city's new sewage disposal
plant at 8 p.m., Tuesday, June
7, in council chambers at city
hall.
Also slated tor the same
night by the council were
public hearings on curbing
and paving for Chestnut st.
and upper Granite st.
The council agreed to meet
with the hospital board next
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to form
ulate plans for establishing a
new board.
Mayor Richard L. Neill's ap
pointment of Pierre Roberts
to succeed Warren LaBounty
as director of the city's sum
mer recreation program was
approved by the council and
Robert L. Flynn was formally
appointed administrator of
Ashland's new hospital effec
tive July 1. Flynn's salary will
be $8,000 annually.
.ilcrn lUPIl Gov. Mark Hat
field was to return home late
today from the Western Gov
ernor Conference U) Seattle.
Horse
Maryland Voters
Give 70 Per Cent
For Easterner
24 More Delegate
Votes Collected
Baltimore - ilTD - Sen. John
F. Kennedy's easy victory in
Ihe Maryland Democratic
presidential primary kept his
smooth - running bandwagon
rolling today and give him 24
more delegate votes at the
Democratic National conven
tion. He polled 70 per cent of
cralic vote and ran far ahead
of Sen. Wayne L. Morse of
Oregon, his only major op
ponent. Complete and unofficial re
turns gave Kennedy 198.623
votes, and Morse 48,884.
About 11,000 votes were di
vided between two political
unknowns, and another 25.000
wrre cast for an 'uninstruct
ed" delegation to the national
convention.
Must Support Winner
The Maryland law requires
lhat presidential primary
voters be given a chance to
vote for an uninstructed dele
gation. If a candidate wins.
nowever, tne delegates are
bound to support him on the
first ballot and as long as
their conscience tells them he
has a chance to win the presi
dential nomination. -
With Maryland's 24 votes,
the United Press International
count of committed and
known first-ballot preferences
1 of national convention dele
gates shows Kennedy with
275 votes. The convention
majority needed to win is 761
votes.
There were no candidates
entered In the Republican
presidential primary in Mary
land. Police Pick Up
Pinball Machines
Two pinball machines, one
at Foss' Billiards, 415 East
Main St., and the second from
North Riverside Tavern, 1701
North Riverside ave., were
confiscated by Mcdford city
police late Tuesday evening.
The machines were picked
up by police after an officer
in plain clothes received
money for games won on the
machines, police said.
According to police reports,
Patrolman Richard Scott
Hamilton received S5 for 100
free games at Foss' Billiards
after he started playing the
machine there shortly after 7
p.m. From there he went to
North Riverside Tavern
where, following about 45
minutes of play on a pinball
machine, he received $1 for
20 games won. Both machines
were taken to the city police
station.
Complaints are expected to
be filed today against the two
persons who paid the money
for the free games, police
paid. Police went to the two
businesses after they had re
ceived information that pin
ball machine games were be-
ng paid off at both places.
Chief of Police Charles P.
Champlin stated that when
the department receives infor
mation that playoffs are being
made on pinball machines,
each case is Investigated.
Evans Valley School
Budget Approved
Evans Valley - The Evans
Valley school district yester
day passed its budget with 73
yes votes and 40 no votes, ac
cording to Superintendent
Dealous Cox.
The amount of the school
budget In excess of the 6 per
cent limitation is $52,464.60.
Ttotal estimated expendi
tures for fiscal year 1960-81
for Evans Valley school dis
trict Is $104,759.55. This in
cludes a general fund of
$93,027.90, bond interest and
redemption funds of $7,823
and school lunch fund of $4,
108.65. Some of the main expendi
tures include $30,250 for
teachers, a slight increase over
the current figure of $28,500;
$300 for substitute teachers
compared to the current $600, q
$7B3 for teaching supplies,
aDO for textbooks and $135
tor other Instruction excise.
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