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An Editorial
School Budget Facts
Here are some facts
district budget, to be
Total in general fund,
oenerai lund, 1959-60: $3,428,070.60.
Amount of increase in general fund : $465,
479.39.
Tax levy for 1960-61 : $2,498,250.99.
Tax levy for 1959-60: $2,528,529.
Decrease for eomintr vear: $30,279.
Resulting decrease
inirus oi a mill.
IF TOTAL costs are un.
Because funds received by the district from
the county and state have been increased.
State support will go from $766,141 this year
i roio not i "
lu poi-,wou iicAi, year.
Countv snnnnrt. will
funds) of $240,000 this
year u"ciuuing me exira
1 1 : i i ai
icceiiLiy auuiuuzea oy
LJOW is the increased
" "lund budget to be spent?
More than half of it
msirucuon ior teacners
ior a number oi added
creased enrollment.
fixed charges (retirement, social security,
etc.) will go up $26,278.90 as a result of the
higher salary total.
Capital outlays ($68,000), plant operation
($18,000) and plant maintenance ($52,000) will
be divided among the 14 elementary and 2 junior
high schools, and the high school.
Smaller increases, totaling.about $30,000, are
scattered throughout the other budget items.
are these increases needed this year?
vv Mail Tribune City Editor Earl H. Adams,
who, because he has covered school board and
budget meetings personally for many months, is
probably as familiar with the school system as
anyone not connected with it, puts it this way:
"The increase is due to four direct, and one in
direct, factors. The direct factors are more students,
rising salaries, the building program, and inflation. The
indirect factor is a decrease in the percentage of state
financial support, even though the dollar total is up.
"First payment of interest and principal will be
made next year on the recent $750,000 building bond
issue.
"School supplies (paper, erasers, chalk, etc.) havt
risen in price 6 to 8 per cent in each recent year.
Textbooks, a substantial item, have gone up about
10 per cent each year.
"School furniture (needed next year for the 18
new classrooms and teaching stations) has risen 4 to
6 per cent each year. Maintenance supplies (mops,
soaps, wax, etc.) have gone up 6 to 8 per cent annually.
"All these, together, simply add up to higher costs.
If the budget were to be cut substantially, education
in the Medford district would suffer."
QTHER pertinent facts:
School enrollment is expected to climb from
this year's 7,732 to 8,046 next year.
This year, 19 buses serve 2,460 students, and
will travel a total of 217,150 miles; next year 20
buses will serve some 2,710 students, and travel
about 225,000 miles.
There are 312 teacher stations this year; there
will be 330 next year.
The budget has been revised, since it was de
feated May 2, by deleting summer and Saturday
recreation programs, and the swimming and
bowling programs (including use of school buses
to carry students to these activities). The super
intendent's salary has been cut by $1,200. Quite
a bit of work was postponed to future years. The
total cut was $21,279.
FEW people will quarrel with the job the Med
ford district school board is attempting to do
to maintain the quality of primary and sec
ondary education, and to offer wide opportunities
to students, both academically and in well-thought-out
extra-curricular activities, in the face
of rising costs.
Quite a few people, however, do object to
ever-increasing property taxes.
This year the county has made it possible to
maintain Medford's high caliber of education
while at the same time decreasing property taxes
slightly.
It is to be hoped that, by this time next year,
the state legislature will have made it possible
to reduce them still more.
Meanwhile, the budget merits your attention
and your vote on Thursday. We recommend a
"yes vote. E.A.
Stumbo Brothers Lose
Supreme Court Decision
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Supreme Court today settled
the Douglas county condemna
tion case involving the Stum
bo family.
The court ruled against the
Stumbos in favor of the state.
The State Highway commis
sion had inadvertently failed
to obtai' title to 16 feet of
Highway 99 running through
the land of Robert Gordon
Stumbo until some 11 yttva
after the road was built.
Stumbo then subdivided
and sold the 16-foot strip into
plots of two inches square.
Douglas County Circuit
Judge Carl E Wimberly ruled
thai tht atrip y tondemned
on the Medford school
voted on tomorrow:
1960-61 : $3,893,567.99.
in tax levy: about two-
how can taxes era down?
inrVfnso frr-im a tntal fall
year to $403,000 next
itu,uuu oi u&u tunas
. ..
me county court;.
amount in the general
($271,233.18) will go for
salary increases, ana
teachers, required by in
and damages against the state
should be measured by the
value of the land at the time
of taking, in 194S. The high
court concurred.
The opinion by Justice
George Rossman said "where
the state has actually taken
possesion of the property,
even though by trespassing,
and it is obvious to all reason
able men that condemnation
is the only adequate remedy
available to either the state
or the landowner, the land
owner will not be permitted
to take deliberate means to
increase the mnature of bis
damagei."
Regional Edition
Medford
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JAPANESE HOUSES WRECKED Only debris remains
of the many houses (foreground) that were smashed by
tidal waves resulting from Chilean earthquakes. The waves
have sent casualty figures in Japan into the hundreds.
Deadlines Told
For Reports on
Election Money
Salem - lUPfl - Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr. said
today statements of campaign
contributions and expendi
tures in behalf of all candi
dates in last Friday's Oregon
primary election must be filed
before the legal deadlines of
May 30 and June 4.
T h o s e r"Wrrd" contributed
more than $50 to a cardidate,
his committee or in behalf of
a ballot measure must make a
separate, individual report,
Appling said. All expenditures
for materials or services also
must be reported. Amounts
in excess of $5 must be ac
companied by a receipt. The
report from individuals is due
by 5 p.m., June 4.
Earlier Deadline
Committees face an earlier
deadline, Appling said. All
committees must have their
detailed financial report on
file not later than 5 p.m. 10
days after the election. Since
this falls on May 30 this year,
and since county and state
offices are closed Saturday,
Sunday and Memorial Day
the effective deadline is mov
ed up to Friday, May 27 at 5
p.m.
Candidates and individual
contributors for all statewide
and district offices, district
attorneys and district judges
must file their reports with
the secretary of state's office.
Other local candidates report
to the county clerk in their
respective counties.
Salem -(UPll- Gov. Mark
Hatfield says that maximum
efforts of a secret nature will
be put forth by Oregon law
enforcement agencies to pre
vent traffic accidents over the
long Memorial Day holiday.
"Never Did Much Hobnobbing
With Him, Myself"
t
11 Persons
New U.S. Citizens
Eleven persons became new
United States citizens this
morning in Circuit Judge
James Main's courtroom.
Countries represented were
Canada, Sweden, Germany,
Britain, Korea and The Neth
erlands. Those taking the oath of
citizenship from County Clerk
Marvin Madden this morning
were Nan Elisabet Dauga, 421
West Fourth St., Medford,
Sweden: Melonia Marie Rose
Maurer, 243 North Holly St.,
Apartment 1, Medford, and
Audrey Mae Thompson, 520
South Central ave., Medford,
Canada: Marianne B a y 1 e y,
519'i Crater Lake ave., Med
ford, Germany; Alice Fanny
Maupin. route 1, box 472,
Eagle Point, Great Britain;
David Thomas Cuddy, Elk
Creek rd., Trail, Marilu Na
omi Cuddy, Elk Creek rd.,
Taylor's Lead Cut
By Absentee Votes
Democratic absentee ballots
slightly reduced Edwin H.
Taylor's lead over Ralph A.
James for nomination for
county commissioner. County
Clerk Marvin Madden an
nounced late yesterday.
Taylor received 39 absen
tee votes and James had 55
votes.
The absentee ballots brought
Taylor's total to 4,372, and
James' to 4.299, a lead for
Taylor of 73 unofficial votes.
Prior to the absentee ballot
counting, the difference was
89 votes.
The total could change with
the official canvas, which is
expected to start today by
county elections department
personnel.
MEDFORD,
More than 26,000 police, firemen and civil defense workers
have been mobilized for rescue wor. Police said some
130,000 persons are homeless.
(Wl Tclcphoto)
Become I
Trail, and Tami Ernst, 2940
Crater Lake ave., Medford,
all three of Japan; Wilhemina
Mia Raaphorst, 175 Church
St., Ashland, and Jutta Elisa
Reiter, 556 Haven st., Med
ford, both of The Netherlands;
ana ueanna Marie Green,
1196 Ashland Mine rd., Ash
land, Korea.
Presentation Made
The presentation of candi
dates for citizenship was made
by LeRoy Schilling, Portland,
immigration and naturaliza
tion service. . Others partici
pating in the program includ
ed Mrs Virgil Bolton, Med
ford, representing the Daugh
ters of the American Revolu
tion; Mrs. H. L. Alford, Med
ford, American Legion auxil
iary; Exalted Ruler Joe Ho-
sick, r'edford Elks lodge; and
Russell Brown, 'Medford Ki
wanis club.
Medford lawyer John Dcl-
lenback reviewed reasons
which have made the United
States great.
Judge Main congratulated
Miss Annette Gray for the
work she had done in con
ducting the citizenship and
English classes in the Med
ford public school system for
the naturalization candidates.
Local Hospital
Included in Study
Rogue Valley hospital has
been chosen as one of 10 hos
pitals In the country to par
ticipate in a cost-study of Hill
Burton hospitals, Administra
tor Charles Gustafson has an
nounced. Information gathered in the
cost-study will be used by the
defense department in plan
ning more economic military
hospitals in the future.
Gustafson said a government-commissioned
team of
two architects and an engi
neer from Atalnta, Ga., visit
ed the hospital earlier this
week to inspect the architec
ture, building materials and
equipment and to gather cost
data.
One of the architects noted
that he had never seen a hos
pital with finer equipment or
finishing, citing the hospital's
walls and floors which utilize
superior materials to facilitate
ease of maintenance. The ar
chitect said their survey of
Hill Burton hospitals is al
most complete.
He also commented on the
pleasing effect of the main
entry hall and the practical
layout of the building, Gustaf
son said.
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Bulletin
Albany, N. Y.-'t'N-Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller today
announced that he would
accept a draft for the 1960
Republican presid e n 1 1 a I
nomination.
Elks Convention
Starts in City;
3,500 Expected
Members of the Medford
Elks lodge started registering
today for the annual state
convention which continues
through Saturday.
More than 3,500 delegates
from throughout the state are
expected to participate in bus
iness sessions, a golf tourna
ment, bowling tournament, a
trap shoot, and various lun
cheons and dinners during the
three days.
Highlighting the conven
tion, one of the largest held in
Medford in recent years, will
be a parade scheduled at 2:30
p.m. Saturday in downtown
Medford.
A concert by the Klamath
Falls Elks lodge band is sched
uled at 4 p.m. Saturday in
the library park, local Elks
officials announced today.
Many of the business ses
sions will be held at the Elks
temple here, with other
events scheduled at the Arm
ory and local dining establish
ments. A pre-convention meeting
is scheduled at 1 p.m. Thurs
day of slate officers and com
mittee chairmen. Business ses
sions are scheduled at 9 a.m.
and 2 p.m. each day at the
Elks temple.
Reports on the Elks youth
leadership, scholarship and
veterans program and the eye
clinic in Portland will be giv
en between 9 and 11:30 a.m.
Friday. Election of new of
ficers is scheduled Saturday
morning.
Blady Evans, a member of
the Klamath Falls Elks lodge,
will provide music for the
grand ball at the .Mcdjprd
armory Saturday night.
Rogue River Youth
Killed in Accident
Grants Pass - Joseph Ste
phen Brasnyo Jr., 21, of route
1, box 57D, Rogue River, was
killed about 1:40 o'clock this
morning on Highway 99 about
three miles south of here,
state police said.
He was identified from pa
pers in his wallet, police said.
He was alone in the car.
Police said the car left the
highway, traveled about 345
feet and crashed into a large
tree. Brasnyo's body was
found lying beside the tree.
He had been thrown from the
car.
Salem H'PD - The Highway
Department advised motorists
today to carry chains at Gov
ernment Camp, Sanliam and
WtllainctU passes.
Tribune
MAY 25, 1960
New Earthquakes,
Volcano Eruptions
Reported in Chile
Radio Broadcast
Allegation Denied
By KWIN Manager
W. Henry Peck, manager of
radio station KWIN, Ash
land, has flatly denied the al
legations that his station
broadcast a political message
on election day.
Ralph James, county com
missioner, who apparently
was defeated for the Demo
cratic nomination for another
term, yesterday said his op
ponent Edward (Pickle) Tay
lor, Central Point, had been
heard broadcasting an elec
tion speech on the station last
Friday.
But Peck stated that James'
statement is "absolutely un
true." "The statement is without
foundation," he stated to the
Mail Tribune. "At no time
did we have any recorded
speech by Ed Taylor, nor did
he appear at the station to
make one 'live' on election !
day.
Spot Announcement
"He did purchase 12 spot
announcements, made 'live,'
and these were broadcast, six
on Wednesday the 18th and
six on Thursday the 19th. Our
log will show he purchased no
time on election day," Peck
declared.
Paul Bettlol, Ashland, said
he definitely heard a broad
cast at 8:15 a.m. on election
day stating, "Vote for Ed
(Pickle) Taylor for county
commissioner."
The broadcast gave Tay
lor's background, the fact he
had owned a pickle factory
at one lime, and other infor
mation, Bcltiol declared. "It
could have been one of the
other stations, but I'm sure it
was KWIN," Bettiol said.
Sheriff Joe Walsh said Bet
tiol asked him if it were ille
gal. "I told him it was,"
Walsh said.
No Clearance
I told the radio station that
I would not give them a clear
ance (retraction) on it," James
said. "The statement was
made by a responsible person,
and one other person, whose
name I don t want to reveal,
heard the broadcast, also."
The pertinent section of the
law says:
"No person shall at any
Planning Advisory
Group to Meet
The Jackson County Re
gional Planning Advisory
group will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the county court
house, County Judge Earl
.Miller announced this morn
ing. Herman Kehrli, executive
director of the bureau of mu
nicipal research, plans to at
tend, Miller said.
The coordination and coop
eration of planning arterial
streets and roads will be dis
cussed by representatives of
various Jackson county cities,
the county judge said. Land
usage and sanitation and wa
ter requirements also will be
discussed.
Living Costs
Portland Consumer Index
Washington 0JP1I The na
tion's living costs shot up to
a new record high and showed
the largest monthly increase
in nearly a year, the govern
ment reported today.
The sharp rise will mean
wage increases of two cants
an hour for 975,000 workers
in auto and farm equipment
industries whose pay rate Is
tied to the consumer price In
dex. The Labor department said
the index rose four-tenths of
1 per cent in April. It was the
largest increase since' last
June.
An unusually large Increase
Price
United Pre International Full Leased Wir
place on the day of election,
ask, solicit or in any manner
try to induce, or persuade any
voter on such election day to
vole for or refrain from vot
ing for any candidate, or
ticket of any political party
or organization orany meas
ure committed to the peo
ple." "Some complaints were
made and I'm investigating
them," District Attorney
Thomas J. Reeder said this
morning.
School Program
Of Religious
Teaching Upheld
Salem - HIPP - The State
Supreme court ruled 4-3 today
that the "released time" for
religious instruction statute Is
constitutional.
This reversed Marlon Coun
ty Circuit Judge George R,
Duncan.
Felix I. Dilger sued school
district 24 after the Salem
school superintendent and the
district refused to release his
child from public school two
hours per week to attend out
side religious instruction.
Judge Duncan agreed that
the statute was unconstitution
al and Dilger appealed.
Legislature's Intent
In an opinion written by
Justice Keith O'Connell, the
court said "from an examina
tion of the entire school code,
we think that it is clear that
the Legislature intended that
the administration of the re
leased time statute should de
volve upon the district school
board acting through its rep
resentatives." The Court reasoned that the
law vested in the pupil's par
ent or guardian - and not in
the school officials - the pow
er to determine whether the
pupil should spend a part of
his school time in religious
instruction, and that the law
made mandatory the granting
of an excuse upon application
of such parent or guardian.
'Reasonable Discretion'
The court further held that
the law permits the exercise
of "reasjnable discretion by
the school officials" in the ad
ministration of the statute but
not in granting or withhold
ing permission to attend re
ligious instruction - but in
determining the time within
the school day or week when
the pupil shall be excused.
Radio-TV Highlights
President Eisenhower's
report on failure of the
summit conference may be
viewed on stations KBES
TV and KOTI-TV at 7
o'clock tonight. The report
will be carried on KYJC
(1230 kc) at 7:15 p.m. and
en KMED (1440 kc) at 7:30
p.m.
Soar To Record High;
In food prices-largest In more
than two years-sent the in
dex to its now all time peak.
' All foods except dairy prod
ucts and some vegetables cost
more in April, the department
said. .Food prices rose by an
average 1.5 per cent. .
The price rise clipped four
cents from the value of the
consumer's $10 bill.
San Francisco-tUPD-Consum-er
prices In Portland eded
up .2 per cent over the January-April
quarter to raise the
consumer price index for
Portland to 127 5, an all-time
high, the U.S. Bureau of La
bor StaUalica laid today.
10 Cents
No. 56
Death Toll Soars
As New Tidal
Waves Lash Coast
Grade 12 Quake
Hits Disaster Area
Santiago, Chile-IUPH - Four
new earthquakes, one of cata
clysmic proportion, hit south
ern Chile today and brought
new tidal waves and volcano
eruptions. The total death toll
was expected to reach 5,000
or more.
Nine volcanos which had
been silent for half a century
belched forth smoke, ash and
lava over a wide area already
devastated in the worst series
of earthquakes In history of
Chile.
Authorities said four new
earthquakes struck the disast
I er area today and that one
of them was grade 12 of
cataclysmic proportions. It
caused another of the huge
tidal waves that has wrecked -villages
all along the south
Chilean coast.
Death Toll Mounts
The death toll mounted by
the hour and government of
ficials who early today esti
mated d.rjOU persons dead or
missing said the loll probably
would go over 5,000 when the
full effect of the cataclysm
is known. .. .
Two new volcanoes on the
shores of Lake Rinihue added
their horror to that ot at least
seven already known to be
erupting. Osorno. the biecest
of them all, was belchine fire
that could be seen for miles.
Puyehe also erupted today.
Today's new quakes were
registered at the Santiago
Scismological Observatory
which said the epicenter was
nearly 1,000 miles to the south
at the top of Taitao Penin
sula at the southern tip of
Chile.
Lake Bed Displaced
The formation of the new
volcanoes - one already more
than 300 feet high - displaced
the lake bed and sent masses
of water surging into the landslide-dammed
San Pedro riv
er, creating a new threat to
quake-devastated Valdivla.
The rumbling peaks jetted
smoke as much E3 23,000 feet
in the air, and some of them
also belched glowing streams
of lava. Fortunately, few
Chilean towns are located
near the volcanoes that were
in action today.
New reports of looting
came from the disaster zone.
In the Puerto Saavedra region '
half-drowned by this week's
tidal waves, troops were or
dered tb take "energetic ac
tion" to put a stop to "acts of
pillage" by Indians.
Southern Coast Lashed
A new tidal wave lashed
Chile's southern coast Tues
day, and a major earthquake
was reported in the offshore
Chiloe Islands.
Observers at the Univer
sity of Chile said this week's
earthquakes were "the most
intense ever recorded." Seis
mologists in the Canary Is
lands said they were worse
than those which devastated
southern Peru or the "Mor
roccan Riviera" earlier this
year. ;
Hits 127.5
Higher costs of medical,
care and housing were respon
sible for the Increase, partly
offset by cheaper transporta
tion costs. The figure was 25 '
per cent higher than at the ' '
start of the 1950s and more '
than double the level ' in
March, 1940.
Over the last quarter, the
most important change was
an advance of 4.7 per cent in
the costs of medical care.
Higher dental fees, and high
er prices for surgicar Insur
ance accounted for most of
th increase, although pre
soaivtion prjges also were
higher.