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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1960)
iiFiTieBi9s;i3Sjs3i:i:i:ir:svseiiSi!S':siE!3r fetus - """o " " " . . ...... iirssia Wares 7 -J v.. o G'-Jo Posslbfe Rac&et Made C.) of HHEE IN HONOLULU Former President Sygnam Rhee of South Korea and his wife were met on arrival in Honolulu by Korean Consul General C. C. Oh, right. Rhee, who left the country which he has ruled for 12 Skindivers Find Body of Boy After 2Vi-HourSearch Skindivers pulled the body of 10-year-old Roger Timmer man from the waters of Hoov er lake, near White City, yes terday afternoon, 214 hours after the boy fell off a raft on which he and another youth had been playing. Timmerman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Timmer man, 909 Wabash ave. The drowning was the first Me morial Day week end fatality reported in Jackson county. According to witnesses at the scene of the accident, which occurred about 3 p.m., the boy and an 'unidentified companion had been playing on a flimsy plywood raft in the shallow water at the north end of the lake. The youths apparently pushed the raft over a sharp drop-ioff at the edge of the lake and both fell off. One of the boys made it to shore, Roger did not. Walter Summer, 628 Palm st., said he and the boy's father were fishing on the op posite side of the lake. Summers said the father had been watching the boys when he noticed them ap proaching the drop-off, he yelled, but they apparently did not hear him. Sought Help The boy's father went to the Desert Service station for help after he failed to locate the boy. Maynard Hadley, owner of the service station and captain of the Central Point rural fire protection dis trict, notified authorities, then returned to Hoover lake with Timmerman. Hadley searched for about 30 minutes. Aiding in the search for the body were men from Jackson county sheriff's office, the rural fire protection district and the Central Point fire de partment. Five skindivers, including Sheriff Joe Walsh, worked in shifts for nearly two hours probing the muddy bottom of the lake. The divers said the mud made it impossible to see anything below the sur face of the lake. At 5:10 p.m., Allan Bishop, a member of the fire protec tion district, found the boy's body in approximately 25 feet of water. Symington Says Ike's Regime Lacks Confidence Portland - IUPD - Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) charged the Eisenhower administra tion Saturday night with lacking confidence in the fu ture of America and with refusal to invest in it. Activity Discouraged "Instead of expanding they believe we must hold back our economy in ordr to avoid inflations," Symington toU a 25-a-plate Jefierson-Jacksea Day Democratic dinner. "They urge higher interest rates which have th effect of Ai ouraging economic activity." It was Symington's first Oregon appearance during his eampmim for the Dcmocntti! years Sunday, said he planned to return to his homeland as soon as his health permits but there were indications he might not re turn for many months if ever. (UPI Telephoto) Memorial Scheduled Memorial Day services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the White City vet eran's cemetery near Eagle Point. Dr. Roy McNeal, South ern Oregon college, will be principal speaker. It is being held by the Camp White Veterans domi ciliary in conjunction with the Allied Veterans council. Chaplains Lawrence Eskay and Roger Pryor will conduct the religious observances fol lowed by the "salute to the dead" by the Camp White fir ing squad. The public is invited. , The Eagle ' Point High school . and Cab Scouts Will participate., Assistant Manager Bantis I. Paul will -introduce guests and Manager Henry C. Herzog will place a memorial wreath.. , Morning Services ' This morning Memorial Day services were held at Siskiyou Memorial and Hawthorne parks. They were conducted by the Allied Veterans coun cil. Victor David, president of the council and other council officers officiated at the dedi cation of a monument and memorial plaque at Siskiyou Memorial park. Speaker was Joe Hosick, exalted ruler of Medford Elks lodge. A National Guard color guard from Klamath Falls at tended the flag raising cere mony at 11 o'clock at Haw thorn park. Flag bearer was Joseph Akeka, formerly of Hawaili. Following the cere mony, auxiliary members toss ed flowers and wreaths into Bear creek honoring those who died at sea. ' Flag-raising ceremony and Memorial Day services were also held today at the Jack sonville cemetery. The Rev. William McLeod conducted mass in the Catholic section of the cemetery. A flag was raised on the cemetery's new flag pole. The pole was recently erected by Centennial post 100, Ameri can Legion. Lester J. .Watts, post commander, and Vaughn Beers, flag pole committee chairman, were assisted in the ceremony by Lynd BcBeth. Observance Sunday . Brig. Gen. William H. Pren tice, Medford, assistant divis ion commander of the 104th training division, warned of the Communist threat facing the nation in an address at presidential nomination and the first political, speech he ever made in the state. Although Symington finish ed fourth in the five-man Democratic presidential pri mary i in .Oregon, he told re porters on his arrival that he thinks he has "an excellent chance" for the nomination at Los Angeles in July. Semes Yacim M BtMi Luck He said in his speech to Oregon Democrats that "these have been seven years of bad luck for the American people -bad luck that began when they thought they saw their reflection -in the mirror of so called modern Republican- Services in Area Hillcrest Memorial park Sun day. General Prentice was the main speaker at ceremonies dedicating plaques for the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force at the cemetery. Names of servicemen buried at Hill crest park will be inscribed on the plaque designating the military branch in which ho served. General Prentice quoted at length from Gen. William S. Dean, who was a prisoner of the Communists during the fighting in Korea. General Dean was quoted as saying the exchange of prisoners at Panmunjom was only a com ma in the Communist pro gram which will go on until the world is conquered. It is obvious that the so-called slaves of communism are willing to fight for a better world for themselves and for us. They are not the sub human robots as sometimes pictured, Prentice quoted Dean as warning America. Life Too Soft The Communists are a well trained and tenacious foe. They conclude that our way of life is making us too soft for . the reality of the hard world in which we live, it was stated. They are trying to speed up the process of our deterioration with subversion, General Prentice warned. Prentice quoted from Dmitri Manuilski, a Com munist teacher, who said "the time of conquest will come in 20 to 30 years. We will need the ultimate of surprise. The bourgeoise will have to be put to sleep so we will begin by launching the most spec tacular peace offensive on record. They will rejoice in cooperation for their own de struction. As soon as their guard is down, we shall strike them with a clenched fist." The speaker said that Amer icans must rededicate them selves to preserve the freedom of the country and the indi vidual. The time is past when we can prepare for war after attack, Prentice warned, say ing that there is a greater awareness o f preparedness now, than at any time in the nation's history. Master of Ceremonies Lt. Col. Otto Ewaldsen, U.S. Army reserve, was mas ter of ceremonies. He pointed out that the ceremony was dedicated in the memory of comrades "who have gone be fore us and those who will make the supreme sacrifice of the future." The Rev. John Ilg of Uacred Heart church gave the invo cation. Accepting the plaques were Lt. Col. Donald B. Whalin, commanding officer, Head quarters and Headquarters Detachment, 382nd Quartcr m aster Battalion, for the Army; Maj. Robert Rix, USMC Reserve, for the Ma rines; Lt. Richard Qchuchard, commanding officer, Naval Reserve, electronics division, for the Navy, and Lt. Col. Ed ward B. Jacobson, U.S. Air Force reserve, for the Air Force. Col. W. H. Paine was Intro duced and honored for his long military service and his many years of service to the community. t ) Noon Edition Medford- 18 Pages Safety Workers Fear New Record; Ohio Tops Nation More Than Four Per Hour Counted By United Press International The nation's holiday traffic death toll climbed at a rate of more than four an hour today and safety workers fear ed the total for the Memorial Day week end would soar to a new record. State police said this morning no traffic acci dents, "fatalities or other wise," have been reported to them during the three day Memorial Day holiday so far. Traffic was heavy Friday night, all day Saturday and Saturday night. It thinned out Sunday night, but is ex pected to become heavy again this afternoon and to night as vacationers return home. A National Safety Council spokesman said he feared that as motorists head homeward tonight after week end out ings thpre will be more trag edies like the crash near Cam bridge, Ohio, early today which kiiied six servicemen, apparently on a holiday week end leave. Planes Claim Two A United Press Internation al count at 9 a.m. (p.s.t.) show ed 281 traffic dealhs-18 more than at the same hour two years ago. Two died in plane crashes, 68 drowned, and 57 died in miscellaneous mishaps for an over-all total of 408. Ohio led the country in the number of traffic deaths with 26. New York had 20, Cali fornia and North Carolina 17, Alabama 16, Michigan 15 and Illinois, Indiana and Pennsyl vania 13. 375 Deaths Estimated At Chicago, the National Safety Council had estimated 375 persons would die in traf fic during the holiday period ending at midnight tonight, higher than the previous Me morial Day mark of 371 in 1958. Arlington Rites Honor War Dead Washington - (UPI) - Solemn ceremonies at Arlington Na tional Cemetery today sym bolized the nation's Memorial Day tribute to its war dead. WEATHER FOnKCAST: Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesdnv. Low to night 45. IliRh Tuesday 80, TD.MI'KHATUHE Highest Yesterday 80 Lowest This Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:38 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:27 p.m. First Quarter June 2 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, high In south 9:50 p.m. V1SIHLK PLANETS JupKer, low In south east 10:24 p.m. Saturn, low in south east 11:38 p.m. Mars, low in east 2:52 a.m. (Solatia The Blind Leading The Blind WMk Ka MEDFORD, y Traffic Fatalities f -X H? J ' ? , ' l: 'd 1 Jk3rJhkl -1 THEY'RE OFFI Crossing the starting line and breaking into the first turn, 33 sleek racers start to jockey for position at the first turn as the Indianapolis speedway 500- Speedway Stands Collapse; 2 Die Indianapolis, Ind.-IUPD-Two persons were killed and an estimated 25 or more injured today when a temporary grandstand on the northeast turn infield collapsed at the 500-mile race. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway confirmed the ac cident and said "eight or 10" spectators were injured and taken to the field hospital. Track reporters said it was confirmed that two persons were dead and many others, hurt. Word of the grandstand collapse came less than 10 minutes after the race started. The infield seats are bleach er-type structures without a covering. The stands were not erect ed and operated by the Indi anapolis Speedway. Track sources said they were a homemade type erected by an enterprising speedway fan wno charged $5 to $10 for seats. The stands seated about 100 persons. The dead were identified as Fred H. Linder, 23, Indianapo lis, and William C. Craig, 37, Zionsville, Ind. Conception Residents Start Rebuilding Concepcion, Chile - (UPI) -The 120,000 citizens of Con cepcion have started rebuild ing this earthquake-shattered city even while the ground continues to shake under their feet. wjsz. j w m OREGON, MONDAY, MAY IPear Crop Is 2,400.000 Boxes Medford's pear crop this year will be about 2,400,000 boxes, according "to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultural agent. This is about 600,000 boxes short of, the average for the last five years, but slightly better than last year, Cordy said. Main reason for the re duced tonnage was frost which occurred the morning of April 16, he added. Some further reduction from frost occurred on the morning of April 22. . "From the pollination standpoint the blooming sea son was poor," the horticul turist said. "D'Anjous came into bloom during a period of good weather in latter March. Because of that they were pretty well pollinized. The yield will be good, ex cept where the crop has been damaged by frost. D'Anjou production will be normal and will exceed last year's production by 20 per cent because of this good yield in healed orchards," Cordy fore cast. Barilett Orchards The Bartlett orchards bloomed late and have a mix ture of large and small fruits. The large ones originate from early blossoms and are well seeded, Cordy explained. The small ones came from later blooms and most of them are seedless. TUESDAY SPEAKER Ashland Cole Rivers of the state game commission will tell of plans for the lakes and for new recreation areas near Ashland when he ad dresses the Ashland Chamber of Commerce's weekly noon luncheon meeting at Omar's tomorrow. Jackson County School Districts Will Receive $236,246.53 as Share of Basic School Support Money Jackson county school dis tricts will receive $23, 240,53 for the 1900-61 school year ae the county's share of the basic school support money, appro priated by the state legisla ture. The announcement was made by County Treasurer Karl L. Janouch. The money is distributed on the basis of $105 per cen sus child, 80 per cent of which is a flat grant and 20 per cent according to an equalized for mula and need, according to County School Superintend ent Alf B. Mekvold. Medford school district will receive the most, $92,735.16. According to the (county treas urer's list of apportionments the ichool districts of Talent 30, 1960 mile classic gets under way. car No. 6 as he leads the pack Estimate "It is still possible a good percentage of the smaller Bartletls will yet fall," the horticultural agent said. "If they stick and mature, the Bartlett crop may exceed the estimate. If most of them fall we may be short of the esti mate. The Bosc crop is also rather spotty, Cordy noted, with some orchards having an ex cellent crop. But many or chards have only a fair to poor crop. This variety seems to have been marked by frost more than others, Cordy said. However, since the Bosc is a russet pear it can tolerate more frost marking than oth er varieties. So, many of the frost marked fruits will ap pear normal. Some, however, will be too colored and others will be misshappen. Again the crop production will depend on how these frost-marked fruits develop during the rest of the season. . Cornice Crop "Cornice had a good bloom and we should have had an excellent crop," Cordy re marked. "However, Cornice is very touchy about fruit set, even in good seasons and this year the set in most orchards was rather light." The percentage of bloom which produces fruit deter mines the fruit set. The minor varieties as Seckcl, P. Barry and Pack hams, generally have good crops with Scckels having an extremely heavy setting. The heavy Seckcls set will re quire severe thinning to en courage remaining fruits to reach sufficient size to satisfy the best market demand, Cordy concluded. and Phoenix, which have been consolidated and reor ganized into new Phoenix administrative district, will receive $22,331 Other districts and amounts they will receive are Ashland, $63,962.56; Central Point, $40,659.79; Eagle Point, $5, 412.08; Rogue River, $8, 487.93; Applcgate, $5110.76; Prospect, $1,116.09; Butte Falls, $386.92 and the non high district, $564.48. However, the non-high dis trict will cease to exist after July 1, according to the school district reorganization law. The reorganization program is airmwl at combining non high districts with the high ichool districts. Evans Valley 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 60 This shows Eddie Sachs in (UPI Telephoto) Five Injured in Ashland Collision Ashland Five persons were Injured, one seriously, when cars driven by a Soutlv ern Oregon college student and , ait Ashland High school student collided at the inter- Frances lane early yesterday Asland police cited 19-year- old AHS student Larry C. Schmaltz, 167 Church set., for failure to yield right of way. Police said the crash oc curred at 12:55 a.m. when Schmaltz's car, heading north on Frances lane, pulled in front of one driven west on the boulevard by James C. Dietz, of 396 Bridge St., a student at SOC. Most seriously injured was a passenger in Schmaltz's car, Dennis Johnson, 19, of 219 Almond st., who suffered a fractured jaw, a broken bone on the right side of his face, several lacerations and a prob able concussion. Schmaltz received lacera tions of the head and neck and Dietz suffered a knee in jury. Two passegners in Dietz's car, both SOC stu dents, also were injured, po lice said. Sonja Arlington, 21, Eu gene, complained of pains in the chest and knees and How ard W. Hartman, 20, Salinas, Calif., received lacerations on the nose and suffered unde termined chest injuries. MUSEUM VISITORS Jacksonville Four hun dred and ten persons visited Jacksonville museum yester day, Curator Miss Claire Han ley reported today. Miss Han- ley reminded local residents and visitors that the museum will be open from noon to 5 o'clock today. and Plnehurst apparently will not receieve this tax offset money since no money is list ed for them, it was reported. The 1957 legislature first raised the appropriation from $80 to $95 per -census child. Then, in the special Session the fund was raised another $10 per census child to $105, Mekvold explained. However both the regular and special session bills pass ed after the various school dis tricts had adopted their budg ets. The budgets were based on $80 per census child. Orig inal purpose of the tax offset was that the Increase in the basic school support fund could be reflected in the 1957 58 ichool year. Foreign Plane In Soviet Skies Would Be Trigger Decision Said Lawful Matter Moscow - diPD - Soviet De fense Minister Rodion Mali novsky said today Russia rt rocket forces would attack; any base from which a plana takes off and intrudes upon Soviet air space. He said that modern radio equipment can determine with precision when a plana takes off, follow its flight and locate its landing. Thus no na. tion can evade responsibility if it is involved, he said. Outline of Potential Malinovsky announced the order in an outline of Russia's defense potential at a confer ence in the Kremlin. Washington (UPI) U.S. . officials had no immediate comment today on the re ported order of Soviet De fense Minister Rodion Mai, inovsky that Russian rocket forces would attack any base if it is used by a plana to violate Soviet air space. Most key government agencies such as the Slata and Defense departments, because of the Memorial Day holiday, were manned by skelton staffs. A spokes man at the State Depart ment said no immediate comment was expected. Premier Nikita Khrushchev attended the session. Malinovsky said he had or dered the commander of So viet rocket forces "to strike at a base from which a plane would take off and violate the air space of the U.S.S.R." Tass said the defense min ister insisted it was a lawful decision because it could not be known what an intruding plane might be carrying. , "It might be armed with a hydrogen bomb," he said. He said the Soviet Union had all it needed to strike such a retaliatory blow "at a political satellite and at a leader no matter behind which ocean they were hid ing." Refers to U2 Incident "This is not a threat, but a warning," he said. Malinovsky referred to the) incident of the U2 spy plane shot down over Russia May 1 "d ,said wf.stern Pw e f' siles. He said Soviet rockets could hit a target "much high er ' than 65.UU0 ieet at wnicn a U2 can fly. He said there was no plane with such a high ceiling "as to be unreachable for our rockets." Medford Girl Wins Miss County Title Miss Shirley Satterfield, Medford, was chosen Miss Jackson County during cere monies Saturday evening in the Ashland High school gym nasium. Miss Satterfield won from, a group of seven girls who vied for the title sponsored by the Junior Chamber o Commerce. Competition was held in modeling evening gowns and swim suits and talent. Mis Satterfield sang for her part in the talent competition. Bulletin Indianapolis, Ind. (UPI) -Jim Rathmann. three timet a runer-up, won a see-saw duel with defending cham-. pion Rodger Ward in the last 150 miles today and' captured the 44th 500-mile auto race for a probable prise of more than $110,000. The state department of ed ucatlon had to figure how much more they would- get from the increase In the basic school support fund and cer tify that increase to the varL. ous county treasurers and as sessors. Otherwise the only reflected increase would be on the tax balance and would not have reduced tax leviea for that year, Mekvold said. -Jo make it more confusing, this provision of the law has not been changed. This means now that the districts get a portion of the basic school fund directly and can use it as a receipt In their budgets. Thesother portion is certified directly to the county treasure er and assessor and the tax levies are certified. o, o O o O 0 G o o O o o o o CSS 6213 IS O S C3 C5 0 0 C3 (J
