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Newspaper Page Text(') O Pemnisiimdl Hen OSS $riJ I ill Rogue Valley Edition Medford XT 40 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1960 55th Year Price 10 Cents! Ca....Iu f Jtl I Voles 7-2 Not To Condemn U.S. No. 57 MOVING Moving equipment from Med ford Osteopathic hospital to the new Crater Osteopathic hospital in Central Point start ed this morning. Employees of Franklin's Transfer and Storage company are shown taking a bed down the fire escape of the old building. Most of the patients had been dismissed before today, and those who re mained were scheduled to be moved early this afternoon. Most of the moving will be completed today, according to Dr. P. T, Rutter, hospital chief of staff. Committee Asks $1,000 Be Restored In Library Funds A committee of the Med ford citizen's budget commit tee recommended this morn ing that $1,000 be restored to the books and equipment funds of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson coun ty. The money had been cut from the library's requested budget by the city administra ti n, and the library board had appealed to the budget committee that at least some of the money be restored. Just one-half of the 16 member committee showed up for this morning's meet ing. Four of them were city c ncllmen. ' The committee h -en holding early morn ing . etlngs in an effort to gain the attendance of more of ls i mbers. Don Carlon, who had serv ed on the special committee studying the library's request, d tne committee the li brary does have a problem. He said this partly resulted from the fact that the library has "done too good a job." Money Transfers It was recommended that $200 of the S1.000 be trans ferred out of the library's $1,000 building and main tenance fund and the other $800 come out of the esti mated $3,200 surplus in the 1960-61 city budget. Councilman Stanley Stark asked City Manager Robert Duff, why the allocation for the urban planning program had been increased from $3,000 in this year's plan ning department budget to $6,160 for the 1960-1961 bud get. Duff said the city-federal government program for which this money is being used, is being stepped up. Scheduled for completion dur ing the coming year are a through-street study, a public buildings study, a park and recreation study, completion of a revised zoning ordinance and a central business district study. Duff noted that the $6,160 allocation is being matched by federal funds. The bulk of the program should be com pleted by the end of the next fiscal year, he said. But, when Pageant Slated Saturday to Name Miss Oregon Entry 60 People Plan to Attend United Fund Clinic in Medford Prior registrations indicate that more than 60 people plan to attend the noon luncheon meeting of the United Fund Campaign Clinic Friday. May 27, according to Harold B. Cook, executive secretary of the United Medford Crusade. The clinic, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford, will be attended by representatives of the local agencies and of the United Medford Crusade campaign organization. There will also be representatives from the United Funds of Rnscburg, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, and Ashland. Richart H. Travis, presi dent of the UMC board, will welcome delegates and mod erate the morning sessions. Discussion Topic "Shall we abolish pre-cam-paign budgeting?" is the topic for the first panel discussion at 9:15 a.m. Dunbar Carpen ter, chairman of the UMC budget committee, and repre sentatives from Salem, Ash land, and Klamath Falls, will participate. At 10:15 a.m. Lowell Turn er, associate director of field Eight entries in i service for the United Com munity Funds and Councils of America, will speak on "The United Campaign: How To Do It". At the luncheon meeting, a panel of representatives of radio, television, and news paper will discuss the role of publicity media in united com munity campaigns. The afternoon sessions will be moderated by David G. Talbot, president of the Jose phine County United Fund. G. R. Durham, executive di rector of the Oregon United Appeal, will speak briefly at 3 p.m. on the "Kam Plan" (Key Account Men) in the united fund campaign. A gen eral -problem clinic will fol low. Those present may ask any questions concerning bud geting, campaigning, or other united fund work, of the trained executives of the Southern Oregon united funds. The public is invited to any of the day's sessions. Cook said. There is no registration fee. it is completed the city may find it necessary to employ its own planning staff, he ad ded. The only new employees being hired by the city dur ing the next year are a po licewoman for the police de partment and a court clerk for municipal court, Duff said in response to a question from a member of the committee. The committee members al so discussed the possibility of opening cost of the city's insurance coverage to bids, in hopes of getting cheaper rates. They also explored the feasi bility of having a city motor pool and central repair shop for all city-owned vehicles. The committee will meet once more, next Wednesday, when it is scheduled to make final changes in the city's bud get. The budget will then be publicized and a public hear ing called. Chile Halts Danger Of Profiteering Santiago, Chile - IUPD - Pres ident Jorge Alessandri insti tuted price controls today to prevent profiteering in quake devastated south Chile where more than 5,100 persons were reported dead or missing. v A presidential decree froze prices at the levels prevailing Saturday, the day southern Chile was struck by the first and most devastating of a series of earthquakes and tidal waves. NEWS BRIEFS By United Press International ; Log Angeles Retrial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch, 43, and hit red-haired former receptioniit on murder charges to day was continued until June 20 at Superior Judge LeRoy Dawson refused to disqualify himtelf from the case. Ashland the Miss Jackson County con test will compete Saturday night in a program at the Ash land High school gymnasium to represent Jackson county in the Miss Oregon pageant. The Saturday pageant will climax three days of activi ties, which include a dinner tonight with the Ashland Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the local contest, and a dress rehearsal for par ticipants Friday night. Included in activities is par ticipation in the Elks conven tion parade in Medford Sat urday afternoon. Originally. Ashland Jaycees planned to hold a parade here for con testants, but since the Elks parade already was planned, they received permission to participate in the larger event. To Meet Judges Following the parade Sat urday, contestants will meet with judges at an informal tea at the Southern Oregon college campus. Russ Jamison, Medford, will be master of ceremonies at the Saturday event, which also will include music by the Ashland High school orchestra under the direction of Bernard Windt The pageant will start at 8:30 p.m. Saturday with con testants competing in three areas. They are evening gown modeling, talent and swim suit modeling. Karlynn Mattson, Miss Ore gon of 1960, will present the Miss Jackson County winner with her crown Contestants include Miss Shirley Satterfield. Medford; Miss Mia Raaphorst, Ashland; Miss Brenda Woods, Ashland; Miss Judy Johnson, Ashland; Miss Carolyn Edwards, Cen tral Point; Miss Karen Lytle, Medford; Miss Norma Noble. Eagle Point; and Miss Pat Thompson, Ashland. Salem Oregon Republican Chairman Peter Cunnar conceded to Lowell Paget, Portland, Wednesday in the Republican write-in contest for COP national committeeman. Washington ten. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) planned to ask Congreet today for new lawt guaranteeing union mem bers the right to a tenet strike ballot. Redmond, Wash Jamet and Leu Whitlaker, 31 -year-eld twin, arrived horn Wednesday night tired but happy ailer a aix-day enforced Hay on Alaika't Ml. McKinley. Honolulu Thousands of pertont fled the sea-bailerad levlands of Hawaii Wednesday whea a mw tidal alert teunded, but the lbreat pasted with eejy fluctuation! of the tide. Let Angeltt Mrt. Florence Adland, S3, the platinum haired mother of Beverly Aadland, 17, wai le e an trial iedsy on charges of conirifcutiaa; to her aaaa-ken's a liatsjuency. Wathington Th White Heat iaaated Rattia loalay tit jamming broadcasts of President Eitsaeewer'i report on ike taatmii collapse, sayiaa "obvioasly Puttiea author!- tiaa coal aot afford" ta lat the people bear it. WaiJungtoa Tne Home today defeated the Eisen hower administration' I0ng.ra.4a) installment plan lor a.ls la aaatlructiaa 9i tckoaa). Board Names New Ashland Hospital Ashland-The Ashland city council and hospital board this week selected Ashland Community hospital as the name for the proposed 34-bcd structure. , Groundbreaking' for the new hospital probably will be about Aug. 1, according to Arnold Bauder, chairman of the hospital board. Bauder reviewed history of of the new hospital at the Ashland Chamber of Com merce meeting this week. The council and board also discussed plans to set up a permanent hospital board. Dr. Arthur Krcisman, who pre sented a background report, recommended that the new board consist of between three and seven members with no medical doctors on the board. Thompson Files j Appeal in Court Donald Martin Thompson, formerly of Klamath Falls, who was convicted of robbing the Safeway store in the Med ford Shopping Center earlier this year, has filed an appeal with the Supreme court. Thompson was found guilty of armed robbery by a circuit court jury, and was sentenced by Judge Edward C. Kelly March 7 to life imprisonment. Thompson is represented by Richard C. Bcasley, Klamath Falls, and Robert Duncan, Medford. Still outstanding against Thompson in Jackson county is a charge of participating in a riot in county jail Feb. 27 and 28. C47 Pilot Blames Wrong Information Wiesbaden, Germany -IUPD-The pilot of a U.S. C47 that was forced down in East Ger many last week said today inaccurate wind information from Copenhagen caused him to stray accidentally over the Iron Curtain. The pilot, Capt. James Lundy, 42, Findlay, Ohio, told a news conference that six Soviet MIG jet fighters forced the plane down by firing machine gun bursts. Statements of Funds Filed by Candidates Statements of expenditures for the primary election have been received from three candidates by the election de partment, it was reported today. Paul Rynning, Republican candidate for county commis sioner listed $25 donations each from E. W. Brown and A. K. Morse, plus $20 filing fee; Karl Janouch, Democratic candidate for treasurer, listed no contributions with all ex penditures paid by himself; and Norman R. Matteson, candidate for Gold Hill jus tice of peace, stated that he paid his $22 expenses for cam paigning. Rickreall fTJPIi One person person was injured and about 20 tons of plywood veneer was scattered on Highway 99W four mi Irs nnrth of rxre today when a truck-trailer and a farm bus collided. Elks Parade May Be Largest Here For Many Years A parade scheduled Satur day afternoon in downtown Medford in connection with the state Elks convention may be one of the largest parades in the city for many years. Elks club members said about 12 bands and approxi mately 20 other Elks club or ganizations have indicated they plan to participate in the event, which will climax the three day convention. The parade will form on Oakdale ave., J and 11th sts., Elks officials said, and pro ceed cast on Eighth st. to Bart lett si., north to Main si., and west on Main st. to the library park. Concert Scheduled High school students par ticipating in the parade will be served refreshments at the library park following the march. Also scheduled at the park after the parade is a concert by the Klamath Falls Elks club band, and an ex hibition by the Beaverton Elks drill team. The drill team exhibition will be at an intersection near the park. In addition to bands and other Elks club organizations, the Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce has made ar rangements for Miss Jackson County contestants to par ticipate in the parade. The Elks convention, the first to be held in Medford since 1937, is expected to at tract about 3,500 delegates from throughout the state, one of the largest events held in Medford in recent years. A pre - convention meeting of officers and committees was scheduled early this after. noon, with the opening gen eral business session sched uled tomorrow morning. Headquarters for the conven tion is the Medford Elks temple. Nikita May be Under Pressure, Savs Ike Slate Funds to County to Rise Jackson county will realize an approximate one -quarter per cent rise during 1060-61 money received from the state for alcohol beverage tax and liquor license fees, accord ing to Karl Janouch, county treasurer. The increase will be due to the increase in population in the county, as reported by the census bureau this week. Janouch explained that dis tribution of this money is based on population. Last year the county re ceived $8,147.79 for the gen eral county fund from liquor licenses and $32,073.43 from beverage tax. This is added to the relief fund, Janouch said. Washington iliPD President Eisenhower said today Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev may have scuttled the summit conference under "pressure by the Stalinists and the Chi nese Reds." The President made the statement to Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), chairman nf the Senate Armed Servicrs Committee, as they left a special breakfast for emigre is ional leaders at which he threw his "wholehearted" sui port behind a Senate investi gation of events leading up to the summit collapse. In discussing possible pres sure on Khrushchev, the Pres ident told Russell: "That is something we ought to think about." Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B., Johnson (Texas) and Chairman J. William Ful bright (D-Ark.) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, which starts its closcd-door hearings Friday, both said the President gave his full sup port to the inquiry. "The President said the course of the conduct of study in Congress met with his wholehearted approval and would receive h i s cooper ation," Johnson said. "I think we all agreed that we are in Memorial Service Set for Monday Dr. Roy McNeal of Southern Oregon college will be the principal speaker at Memorial day ceremonies arranged by the Veterans Administration domiciliary at White City. They will be held at the vet erans cemetery near Eagle Point at 1:30 p.m. The Eagle Point High school af this together and we will treat mistakes as errors and the thing we'll all interested in is American solidarity." More than 20 bipartisan leaders of trie House and Sen ate met at brc-kfast with the President, Secretary of Slate Christian A. Hertrr and De fense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. Gromyko Questions Ike's Logic, Morals United Nations, N.Y.-l'Pn-The U.N. Security Council to day rejected Soviet Russia's demand to condemn the Unit ed States for its spy flights over Russia. The vote was 7-2 with Cey lon and Tunisia abstaining. Russia lost out in its bid to brand the United States an ajicresMir after U. S. Ambas sador Henry Cabot Lodge told the council Russia had plant ed a microphone in the Amer ican Embassy in Moscow. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko had questioned I the "logic and morals" of I President Eisenhower and said American U2 spy policy brought a "very strong odor of the Hitlerite thinking on the eve of World War II." Shows Spy Device Lodge followed him with another recitation of Soviet spy activities and the dra matic presentation of how the Soviets had bugged the Amer ican Embassy in Moscow. , The Soviets did not come to the Security Council with clean hands, Lodge said a refutation of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's denial in Paris that the Russians ac tually sent out spies. Lodge displayed to the Se curity Council a hand-carved wooden replica of the Great Seal of the United States I which he said was presented I to the U. S. ambassador in Moscow. James Concedes To Taylor After Official Canvass County Commissioner Ralph A. James today conceded to Edwin H. Taylor the Demo cratic nomination for that po sition. The official canvass of votes for the two candidates com pleted late Wednesday gives Taylor 4,366 votes to 4,300 for James, a margin of 66 votes. In a statement this morning, James congratulated Taylor upon winning the nomination and pledged his full support o him in the November tlec-j tion. Jainpa InlH the Mail Trihnnp he had decided not to request Listening Device recount. He said if the dif- ,. " "u" "J" , ference had been only 20 or "8"', rus aes. 25 votes there would have B, 1 been a possibility of an error Ute.nin5 d!ce w discover- changing the outcome of tne " " -v.,...-. clection I Lodge held up the device The official canvass of other and. showcd n plast?r ,o. i svirw. ..wiion Pa"" was used around the is continuing in the elections department. It must be- com pleted within 25 days, accord ing to slate law. seal and contrived so that it matched the wood. It opened into two pieces. Hnnrl anri . ftth Snntila will I narlirlDatp. Assistant Mana- J Other activities scheduled Ber Banks I. Paul will intro- during the convention include duce Kuests and Manager bowling tournaments, gold tournaments, a trap snoot, luncheons, and visits to Jacksonville. Rome-UfPD-Pope John XXIII today proclaimed sainthood for 17th Century Grcgorio Cardinal Bargarigo, who shar ed the Pope's own ideal of reuniting the Eastern and Western branches of the Catholic Church. Rains Slow Down Work on Area Roads Rains in Jackson county this week have slowed down considerably the work by the county roads department. Bob Carstenscn, county engineer reported today. Construction on Rogue Kiv- er dr. has nearly stopped, he reported, and explained that the county's oil program, which usually starts about May 1, has not begun year. Bridge construction has not been affected, Carstensen said, and on the Ashland-Cli- max project crews are haul ing nfalerial. He added that routine grading and mainten ance work is continuing. this Henry C. Herzog will place a memorial wreath. Chaplains Lawrence Eskay and Roger Pryor will conduct religious observances follow ed by the "salute to the dead" by the Camp White firing squad. Herzog, who invited the public to the ceremonies, stated that "On Memorial day throughout that great nation appropriate ceremonies will be held to honor our heroic dead. 1 '"From the armed forces, veterans of past wars, from civilians in all walks of life, thousands of brave men and women have given their lives that their posterity might sur vive in security and enjoy freedom." Volunteer service organiza tions from nearby towns will participate with veterans liv ing at the domiciliary in the annual observance. Dock Celebration On Coast Postponed Crescent City - The 10th anniversary celebration o t the Crescent City citizens' dock, which was scheduled this week end, has been post poned until the week end of July 2, 3 and 4, the Del Norte County Chamber of Com merce announced today. The event was postponed because of the threat of more severe tidal wave action from new and greate.' earth shocks in Chile. Earlier this week, waves caused from the first earth quakes In Chile washed into the waterfront blocks 01 Cres cent City, causing consider able damage. Washingtnn-ltlPIl-The Senate today, in a fast turn-about ten tatively approved and then killed a bill to let the Navy serve oleomargarine to sailors. Kehrli Emphasizes Need for Adequate Land Use Studies Before Area Zoning Russell, Kan.-diPll-Dr. Bar bara Moore, 56, the Brit ish vegetarian on a cross country walk from San Fran cisco to New York, lost her motorized escort Uxiny but continued on without him. Herman Kehrli, executive director of the bureau of mu nicipal research, Eugene, las night, emphasized the need for adequate land use studies before zoning at a regional planning meeting here. "Zoning should be the last step in the planning pro cesses." Kehrli said. "Cities I've been acquainted with impressed me by not too much interest In planning until they got some problem. Then they had to have plan ning Immediately." Zoning without studying other factors is apt to create other problems, he pointed nut. Follow Summary Kchrli's remarks followed a summary by County Judge Earl Miller of what planning has been done In Jackson county. Miller explained that the county Is without general zoning. The county is now at tempting to coordinate county planning with that of the cities of Ashland and Med ford, he said. Almost all of the incorporated cities on the valley floor have planning commissions, he pointed out. "However, now we are In troublt becatue there has been considerable misunder standing over interim zon ing," Miller commented. Kehrle pointed out that the Eugene area recently com pleted a report on the first planning study of the area in volving three towns near Eugene. Lane county had the problem of no planning pol icy for the fringe areas of Eugene. The subdivider would rough in a road, spread a little gravel over it and ex pect the county to take it over. ' Jackson county basic plan ning should take two or three years, then the cities should be-tied in with the central plan, he said. , Explaining the background of the federal urban assist ance program, the bureau di rector said "when the Eisen hower administration took over it was opposed to the public housing programs. It decided to take a different ap proach, thinking that a lot of the problems are due to in adequate local planning. This caused the pressure to build up on local government. It thought the states should help with the program, too." "So when the stale legisla ture designated an agency to carry out the program in Ore gon it picked our omce tne bureau of municipal research st the University of Ore gon. The state planning agency was established about 1055 by the legislature and Medford was one of the first cities to 'come under the pro gram. We now have 38 Ore gon cities which have their applications in," Kehrli ex plained. "A total of approxl mately $270,000 has been dis tributed among the cities 10 far." ' Zoning cannot be done to prevent agricultural use, Kehrli told Ron James, Jack son county planning commis sion president. Kehrli said he did not know what the divid ing line is between agricul ture and single lamily real dence. ' ' Approximately 75 persons attended the meeting In the county court room. Attending were County Judge Earl Mil ler, who is spearheading the regional planning, and Coun ty Commissioner R a I p James plus representatives of all of the county incor porated cities. Polls Open Until 8 in 549C Election Polls will be open until 8 o'clock tonight in the Medford school district for patrons to vote on the district s 1960-81 budget. Residents living In the orig inal school district west of Bear creek will vote at Mc Loughlln Junior High, and those living east of Bear creek in the original district will vote at Hcdrick. Patrons living In the areas served by Wilson, Lone Pine, Howard Griffin Creek, Jacksonville West Side and Ruch elemen tary schools will vole at those schools. In addition to an Increased number of polling places, an additional election board has been retained at Hcdrick and McLoughlin Junior Highs to help speed up the voting pro cedure. WEATHER FORgrAftT: rioudv md miU with I lw raU rr1 howr tnntfht. Pirllil rlraMni Fri day with howrr ovrr moun tain, Mllfl tf mpf rmr. I.nw Innltht 4K-4K. IfHh frlrlty n-ar 70. Temp High". YMtcnliy ..7 Lowell thl Mnrnlnt ........ M Pree. to IS .m. Todiy .34 Our Skies Tonight Bunift today ftunrl. tomorrow ... Moonart tonlfhl Pint Utmrtrr . 1'HOMINKNT UTAH AHalr, low In -ait .. VtfllMI.E Pf.ANKTft jupttr, rln ft turn, Him Mart, low In it . Bulletin Washington - aim - The House, in a surprise move, voted tentatively today to substitute a Republican ver sion for a big Democratic school construction bill and to finance the cost from existing federal taxes on cigarettes. Republicans and South ern Democrats combined io push through the plan by a vote of 154-129. However, the action was subject to reversal on a possible roll call vole later. Police Probe Blast In Medford High - Medford police are investi gating an explosion which oc curred in the first floor hall of the Medford High school last night. Police said the size of the explosion was about that which would result from a dynamite blasting cap. A bad njury would have resulted had the explosion occurred near a person, they said. Little damage was done, but the blast left a two-inch crater- in the tile floor and pocked-marked the surround ing plaster walls. - The explosion happened at p.m., when a make-up class of some 20 students was being formed in a room about 100 feet away. Police are contacting the members of the class in their Investigation. Four Schools Close In County Friday The last day of school will be tomorrow in four Jackson county schools, according to county school superintend ent's office. The schols which will close May 27 are Applegate, Pros pect, Bute Falls, and Pine- hurst. All other county schools ' close early in June. "Come On, Come On- -Hurry It Up" UfikUrSMi& 0U( BOYS AVI 'JC ALOMCT WITH (A (A, () 0 (5)