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CONTEST WINNER Miss Shirley Sattcrfield, right, is
shown with Karlyn Matlson, Miss Oregon of I960, who par
ticipated in ceremonies at Ashland Saturday night. Miss
Satterfield will compete in the Miss Oregon contest in Sea
side this summer, with the winner of that contest competing
in the Miss America contest, (Knackstedt Photo)
Medford's Proposed
Budget Said Sound
By GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Realistically speaking, Med
ford's proposed city budget
for the 1960-61 fiscal year is
a sound one.
The city will stay within
the 6 per cent limitation, yet
will be able to offer city serv
Icei in approximately the
Beaufification
Planned on Creek
Medford Parks and Recre
ation Director Robert Ha
worlh announced today that
the parks and recreation de
partment will do some beauti
ficalion work along Bear
creek during the summer or
early fall.
The area to be beautified is
located on the east side of
Bear creek between the
Eighth st. and Main st.
bridges.
Work will consist of plant
ing trees and shrubs which
are suited to the creek bank
and removing the existing
trees and undergrowth which
are overgrown or have been
damaged.
Haworth said the new free
way should not interfere with
the river bank at this point
because the freeway will
probably be constructed far
ther up in Hawthorne park.
He said the city decided to
beautify this specific area as
soon as possible because it is
readily visible to motorists
crossing the two bridges.
Further development and
beautification of the creek
bank will not be possible
until the state lets the city
know just where they intend
to construct the freeway, he
said.
The city has been hoping
that the state might assist
them in the basic development
of Bear creek as a park site
while it is constructing the
freeway.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight an4
Wednesday, Variable cloudi
ness Wednesday afternoon and
evening. Low tonight SO. High
Wednesday 85.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 84
Lowest thii Morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:37 a.m.
Moons t tonight Midnight
First Quarter Thursday
The Moon circles the Earth
every 27 days. This motion
causes it to appear among a
different group of stars each
night. Tonight it is to the right
of Keg ul us in Leo.
Hatfield Encouraged by Record of
Oregon Traffic Safety on
Salem -CPU- Gov. Mark
Hatfield, who ordered special
measures taken to prevent
traffic deaths in Oregon over
the past holiday, said today
he Is "encouraged by the
record of traffic safety in
Oregon over the long Mem
orial Day weekend."
Highways Patrolled
The state recorded two
traffic victims the past week
end compared lo five traffic
deaths for the same holiday
in 1959. This year's Memorial
Day week end was longer
Ulan that of last year.
The Interallied precautions
same amount and quality as
it is offering them this year.
Any increase in city serv
ices would be too much to
hope for. City administrators
have estirrlited that general
fund working revenue will in
crease some $50,000. But this
increase will be more than
absorbed by higher costs and
a one-step pay hike for all
city employees.
Figure Deceiving i
Total city revenue and bud-
get for the 1980-81 fiscal yeari
is estimated at $3,117,893. But
this figure is deceiving. j
It includes such revenues
as bond income, sewer assess
ments, state liquor tax re
funds and other government
aid. All of these are either
spent before they are even
received or otherwise allocat
ed for specific purposes.
The only money which the
city can spend as it sees fit is
! the $895,805 in the general
fund. Out of this come the
departmental budgets.
Although general fund
working revenue will de
crease slightly next year, the
total general iund revenue
will decease from this year's
$934,361. This is due to the
fact that a $75,000 gift from
the Jackson County Housing
authority this year was for
the Jackson park swimming
pool and wiil not be forth
coming next year.
Offer More
If the city could get more
money it could undoubtedly
offer more and better serv
ices. But, the city is restricted
(as are all other Oregon ci
ties) by the 6 per cent in
crease limitation on its prop
erty tax levy.
The total property tax levy
this year was $352,766. With
the allowable increase of 6
per cent it will be $373,932
during the 1980-61 year.
Although Jackson County
Assessor Ray Schumaker
claims he never said it, City
Manager Robert Duff has said
(and still does) that Schu
macher told him the city
could expect an "indicated"
$1 million increase in assessed
property valuation during the
1960-81 year.
(Continued on page 9)
Western Union
Strike Threatened
Washington-a'PO-Union and
management negotiators met
in eleventh-hour bargaining
sessions today to try and
avert a threatened midnight
strike against Western Union
Telegraph Co.
Salem WP0 The board of
control will hold its weekly
meeting Friday.
- not announced before th
holiday - included patrols on
primary highways spaced at
not more than 18 miles apart.
In other words, drivers tra
veling border-to-border in all
directions came under obser
vation at least every 18 miles.
Greatest Cencentretion
State police headquarters
said today it wis the greatest
concentration of state police
patrolling in Oregon history.
Administrative and investi
gative officers were pressed
into accident prevention pa
trels. n
During the week end's 19
hours, slat pollua Investiga
Oregon Traffic
Takes Two Lives;
Four Others Drown
Portland Student
Drowns in River
By United Press International
Six persons were reported 1
dead from accidental rausc!
today after Oregon's three
day Memorial Day week end,
two in traffic and four by
drowning.
Norman M. Niimi, 18, a sen
ior at Grant high in Portland,
drowned in rapids of the
Sandy river after a raft cap
sized iate Monday.
Mons Bjorce, 78. Portland,
was dead on arrival at a
Redmond hospital Monday
By United Press International
Memorial Day week end
traffic crashei killed 366
persons between midnight
Friday and midnight Mon
day, according to a survey
by United Press Interna
tional. The National Safuly
Council had estimated 375
persons would be killed,
Ohio led the list with 27
traffic deaths. California
showed 23, New York and
Pennsylvania 22, Illinois 20.
and Alabama and North
Carolina, 18 each.
afternoon after a pickup
truck in which he was riding
was involved in a three-vehicle
accident.
Ivan Sisiov, 19, Woodburn,
was Killed in a one-car acci
dent near Independence early
Sunday.
Leroy Faupel, 16, Portland,
was drowned when he tell
from a log raft while swim
ming in the Willamette river
near the St. Johns bridge
Monday.
Judith Ann Pearl, 18, Al
bany, perished in the surf at
Newport Sunday when a
strong undertow pulled her
and her two companions out
to sea. Three youths were
able to pull in the other two
girls, but could not reach
Miss Pearl before she
drowned.
And, near Medford, 10-year-old
Roger Timmerman
drowned when he fell Into
a hole while wading in Hoo
ver lake. His father was fish
ing at the time.
Dog License Funds
Used for Control
All money collected from
the sale of dog licenses is
earmarked for dog control en
forcement expenses. County
Treasurer Karl Janouch said
today.
However, if some of the
money is not spent by Jan.
1 then that amount over $1,
000 is placed in the general
fund.
So far, we have not had
anything in excess of S1.000
to return to the general fund,"
Janouch commented.
As of today the county has
spent $18,523.53 for dog con
trol over an 1 1-month period,
Janouch explained. However,
there is no limitation on the
amount of expenditure in this
category, he pointed out.
The money the county re
ceives from the state marine
board as its share of the boat
ing license fees can be placed
in the general fund. This
money could be used for dog
control enforcement, too, he
pointed out further.
The state marine board has
recommended that boating
license money be used for de
velopment of marine recrca
(ion facilities and enforce
ment of boating regulations,
but the law does not require
that the fund be so earmark
ed. Jackson county has been
placing the money in the
county general fund, al
though County Judge Earl
Miller said the money can be
expended from the general
fund for recreation develop
ment and boat law enforce
ment. Week End
ted 42 accidents in which 28
persons were Injured, and two
killed. A total of 1,242 cita
tions were issued.
Hatfield said this was "no
doubt a contributing factor
through rigid enforcement , . .
we shall continue to press
vigorously for legislation
which will tighten traffic en
forcement." Water Program Needed
Hatfield also said that from
the week end's statistics, "it
is apparent we must a so de
vote increasing attent on to
water safety."
four persons drowned in
Oregiso during the holiday,
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
14 Pages
BORIS PASTERNAK
Illnesses Fatal
Boris Pasternak,
Russian Author,
Taken by Death
Moscow - HOT - Non-conformist
poet Boris Pasternak,
70, died Monday night in a
Communist Kussia that reluc
tantly was beginning to ac
knowledge his greatness.
The gaunt, while - haired
man of letters - who in 1058
was awarded the Nobel Prize
but renounced it under bilter
political pressure - was con
scious at the end. He spent
his last few minutes in the
bedroom of his dacha in su
burban Peredelkino talking
with his three sons.
Three-Week Struggle
Death came at 1 p.m. (p.s.l.),
after a three week struggle
against the combined ravages
of two heart attacks, a bleed
ing stomach, pneumonia and
lung cancer.
Deemed too critical of the
Communist revolution in Rus
sia, the book was never pub
lished domestically. When
Pasternak was named for the
Nobel Prize - in large part
for "Dr. Zhivago"-the regime
was seriously embarrassed
and the author paid the pen
alty by being expelled from
the writers' union and con
demned publicly as a "traitor"
and "libcler.
Returning To Favor
Pasternak, a free-willed ar
tist who never had been more
than barely tolerated by the
Communists, faced this chas
tisement stoically and appear
ed to be returning by degrees
to public favor when his last
illness struck.
The official press, however,
carried no immediate an
nouncement of his death, ap
parently because of his ex
pulsion from the writers'
union.
Menderes, Others
Must Stand Trio
Ankara. Turkey -(lift- Pro
visional Premier Gen. Cemal
Gursel said today that former
Premier Adnan Menderes and
other leaders of the over
thrown government will be
tried for violating the const
itution. He added the army
believed they were guilty.
Portland -fflPIl- Representa
tives of nine states met here
today to discuss problems of
voting, employment, housing,
education and administration
of justice for minority groups.
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'Here Are The Directiont Go To It, Boy"
CIA EM Blamed for I
Regarding Spy Plane incident
Dulles Testifies
On Inquiry Into
Summit Collapse I
Decision Unwise,
Fulbright Declares
Washington -fllfD- The Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee chairman said today he
did not blame the Central In
telligence Agency for "ques
tionable decisions' which led
President Eisenhower to lake
personal responsibility for the
U2 spy plane incident.
Sen. J. William Fulbright
(D-Ark.) made the statement
after CIA Director Allen W.
Dulles testified for almost
three hours behind closed
doors in the committee's in
quiry into events leading to
the summit collapse. Secre
tary of Stale Christian A. ller
ler testified last Friday.
Fulbright said he has heard
nothing so far in the investi
gation to convince him it was
wise for President Eisenhow
er to take personal responsi
bility for the U2 spy plane in
cident which preceded failure
of the summit meeting.
But, Fulbright said, lie did
not blame Dulles for the de
cision within the government
to advise the President to
take the responsibility per
sonally. Fulbright said that, by
"questionable" he meant de
cisions properly subject to
question. He said he referred
specifically lo the assumption
by the President of responsi
bility for intelligence activi
ties. That, Fulbright said, had
"never been done before in
history" and departed from
the "traditional" behavior of
chiefs of state. He said there
may prove to be a basis for
such a change but he, per
sonally, sees no "justifiable
reason" in the inquiry to dale.
Testimony Not Public
None of Dulles testimony
was made public. But it was j
Indicated that he repeated :
earlier statements that he was
willing to take full responsi
bility for the U2 flight over
Russia.
Fulbright has frequently
questioned the wisdom of Eis
enhower personally taking
responsibility for the high
level plane spying.
Recommendation for
Postmaster Is Made
Lynn H. Valentine, Jackson
ville, has been recommended
for appointment as postmaster
at Jacksonville, Congressman
Walter Norbfad has an
nounced. The recommendation was
sent to W, E. Birdjal), direc
tor of the postmasters division,
post office department, Wash
igton, D. C.
The vacancy was created
when Leon Matheny died
April 20, 1959, Norblad noted.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1V60
SWIMMING CLASS One of several
physical education classes from Medford
High school is shown above as Coach Fred
Spiegelberg conducted tests in treading wa
ter at Hawthorne pool this morning. For
several weeks chilly temperatures made it
a littiG uncomfortable for class members,
but today was more like "swimming weath
er." Hawthorne pool will be opea full time
for public use June 7, and season tickets,
Frost Season in
Valley Hot Cold,
Rogers Reports
The 1960 fruit frost season
was "not a particularly cold
one" considering the lowest
temperatures for the season
and the number of cold
nights, according to William
(Bill) Rogers of the fruit frost
forecast service. :
Rogers stated in his end
of the season report that the ,
lowest temperature recorded
for the season was 20.4 do-'
grees, which has been exceed
ed many times in the past.
The 18 cold nights was just
below the normal number of
20, he added.
"However, it was a peculi
arly reversed season with the
May weather in March, the
March weather in April and
the April weather in May,
and with considerable dam
age to unheated fruits in mid-
April (April 15-ifl) and with
damage to soft fruits like
peaches and apricots on the ,
nights of April 21-22," Rog
ers stated.
Air Masses
"Many times during the ;
season air masses moved into
the district which could have :
produced disastrously cold ;
nights, and clouds remained
in the valley long' enough to
give temperatures which were '
easily held at the sale levels
no threatening tempera
tures at all, the mcteroiogist
said.
"It was the third earliest
full bloom date on record
since 1931 and it is remark
able that more damage was
not sustained."
Warm weather after the
first week of March brought
blossoms along rapidly, and
D'Anjous were in bloom by
about March 27.
After April 2, when warm
weather resumed, the re
mainder of the blossoms
emerged, with Bartielts gen
erally in full bloom after
April 4 and Bosc and Cornice
April 8 to 11. Development
after April 8 was slow, and
it was difficult to tell in some
orchards exactly the fruit's
state of development any giv
en day. Rogers explained.
"Damage was principally
in unheated orchards," Rog
ers said. "The only damage
in heated orchards was some
Bosc marking, and to a lesser
extent to Bartlctts. This was
only in orchards were the
grower did not hav? sufficient
heater.
ashinaton -ft- President
Itiscnhower aill not hold
Inem conftei this v"?3ft.
55th Year Price 1 0 Cents
Tribune
Eisenhower Expands
Far Eastern Trip
Washington -ft'PD- President
Eisenhower will expand his
Far Eastern trip to include
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visits to the Philippines, Na -
lionalist China and Okinawa,
the White House announced
today.
The President already had
been scheduled lo visit Japan
and Korea on the lour start
ing June 12.
The White House made
available a rough outline of
the expanded Itinerary short
ly before Eisenhower had
first Lookouts to
Start Tomorrow
The first of the slate de
partment of forestry's 18 look
outs in the southwest district
will be placed in operation to
morrow, district headquarters
on Table Rock rd., Medford,
said today.
Lookouts are expected lo
be placed on Burnt Peak and
Taiiowbox. All 16 lookouts
probably will be operating by
June 12, headquarters sources
said.
No forest fires were report
ed in the district over the
week end, headquarters re
ported. Meeting Slated on
Sewage in Ditches
A meeting will be held on
problems of sewage in irriga
tion ditches In the area south
west of Medford at 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, in the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium, a
spokesman for residents of the
area announced today.
Expected to attend are Dr.
C. I. Drummond, Jackson
county health officer. County
Sanitarian Oris Moore, and
Jack Koffbuhr, Medford Ir
rigatun district manager.
Purpose of the meeting will
be to discuss elimination of
a health hazard caused by too
many residents of the area
piping septic tank effluent In
to irrigation ditches. The area
includes Loxier lane, Clover,
lane, Peach st, and the Maple
Park addtlon.
Dr. Drummond warned thai
ditches carrying septic tank
effluent could transmit ty
phoid fever, Infectious hepa
titis and bacilliary dysentrry.
Bend -ftW- Former Circuit
Judge Ralph Scott Hamilton,
80, died today. He served 18
years as a circuit judge here
following hie appointment in
1941 by ex-Gov. Charles
Sprugua.
Ho. 61
ecision
which have never been available before, will
be for sale, according to Medford PaTks and
Recreation Director Robert Haworth. The
fee for the season tickets will also include
swimming lessons if the individual is prop
erly registered. Dedication ceremonies for
the lluw Jackson pool have been sul lor
10 a.m. Friday, June 10. Hours for both
pools will be from 1 p,ra, to S p.m, daily.
j lunch with members of the
I Southeast Asia Treaty Organi-
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WlJl s Chiang
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nDnr1v s,1rt 1hn ririitinn nf
The Philippines, Okinawa and
Taipei - wiiere the President
will see Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek - was made possible
by cancellation of Eisenhow
er's plans to spend nine days
in Russia.
There was a strong possi
bility that Eisenhower would
travel from Manila to Taipei
aboard the flagship of the
American 7th Fleet, the cruis
er St. Paul, and accompanied
by aircraft carrier Tieonde
roga. The President will maintain
his previously announced
schedule for arriving in Ja
pan, via Alaska, June 19. He
will spend three nights in
Japan and then fly to Korea
for a one-day visit.
To Baal in Hawaii
He will visit Alaska the
night of June 12 and, en route j
home, will spend several days
resting in Hawaii.
The trip, coming in the face
of anti - American riots in
Japan, was expected to last
at least two weeks, bringing
the President back to Wash
ington shortly before Con
gress quits for the national
political conventions. Eisen
hower should be back in
Washington on or about June
28.
Stream Flow Holding
Up in Medford District
Stream flow due to recent
rains ii holding up weli, ac
cording to Jack Hoffbuhr,
Medford irrigation district
manager.
The district is trying to
maintain irrigation from the
ttream flow without using
reservoir water whiic it still
can. Some of the orchards
have been irrigating for a
week, and t!ie bulk of them
are expected to start this
week, he added.
Unreliable
"At this time of year the
stream-flow is unreliable,"
Hoifbuhr remnrked. "The
whole works can drop away
in a week. Now we have
enough for running full ca
pacity in the canal."
Due to recent cool weather,
the stream flow hs held up
better, but the MID does not
expect more than another
week or If! days of stream
flow, itf rim at the maxi
mum, Hoffbuhr said.
firmness Heeded
With Russians,
Nixon Declares
Future Summit
Talks Possible
Washington OJ Presi
dent Eisenhower warned the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organi
zation allies today not to re
lax their vigilance against
any Communist aggression or
subversion in the Far East.
The President spoke at a
White House luncheon for
SEATO members after Vica
President Richard M. Nixon
told them that in future deal
ings with Russia there must
be "firmness without bellig
erence" if "we are to keep
our differences from resulting
in war . . ."
Future Talks Possible
Nixon also said Hie Free
Vi'orid henceforth probably
will put more of its faith in
traditional types of diploma
tic negotiation, but he did not
rule out future summit con
ferences. Eisenhower said that on the
occasion of the SEATO con
ference opening today "we
can lake much satisfaction in
the fact that our first objec
tive of preventing further
Commun 1st domination
through aggression or subver
sion in the treaty area has
been realized."
"However," E 1 s e n hower
added, "we cannot afford to
relax our vigilance or slacken
our cooperative efforts to fur
ther the high principles of the
Pacific charter."
No Greater Challenq
The President told the
luncheon "no defensive alli
ance of which we are a mem
ber faces greater challenge or
protects a more vital segment
of the Free World than
SEATO."
Members of SEATO are
Australia, Britain, France,
New Zealand, Pakistan, The
Philippines, Thailand and the
United States.
Hearing Set or
WestSidsIonma
.
A public hearing on a pro
posed interim zoning for the
West Side area -will be held at
the West Side school at S p.m.
tomorrow, the Jackson county
planning commission said to
day.
Following the pebhe hear
ing th? planning commission
will study the proposal fur
ther and make its recommen
dations to the county court.
The county court may call a
further public hearing or ma
pass on the proposal.
Interim zoning means an
area can be zoned for three
years, after which area resi
dents can vote on it.
Festival Ticket
Sales Are Ahead
Ashland - Shakespearean
Festival General Manager
William Patton said today
that Festival tickets and mem
bership sales are far above the
totals recorded at toe same
date last year.
As of today, Patton said,
ticket sales were at a point
not reached last year until
July 1. Membership sales to
day numbered 510, compared
to 273 on May SI last year.
Patton added Uwt in addi
tion to the fioed of -written
requests for tickets, Festival
headquarters has received
numerous long distance tele
phone requests from point
as distant as Seattle to Lot
Angeles.
"The irrigation picture
looks a lot better than CO
days ago," he said. "The
ed materially, however. We
should ena up wvui aoous
the same amount of storage
water-perhaps a little snore
than anticipated, due to the
cold weather."
Freezing Level Rises
Hoffbuhr said he should be
able to tell in another week
what the district will nave
in storage. The freezing level
has risen to 14,1300 feet, and
the warm evenings the area
la nniu "naulntf will molt IVlA
snow at higher elevations, he
said.
"Everything is growing well
because ot rains," Hoffbuhr
added. "No one has been halt
dry yet to the point of hurt
ing anything. If we could get
all the orchards on now,, to
take advantage si th itream
flow, we could save a lot ot
Ijraae."
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