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DeANNE TAYLOR
European Summer
Medford Junior
Selected
by AFS
For Germany Stay
DeAnne Taylor, Medford
High school junior, Is sched
uled to leave Friday after
noon for Portland where she
will begin an overseas trip
sponsored by tho American
Kield Service, local AFS of
ficials have announced.
Miss Tayor Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. OeVere Tay
lor, 1011 Winchester avc.,
Medford.
She will spend the greater
part of the summer with a
family In Berlin, Ccrmany.
She Is one of several hundred
high school Juniors sent by
tlie AFS each year as "junior
ambassadors."
Means of Travel
DeAnne will travel by ear
with her parents to Portland,
thrn by Nurthern Pacific rail
way to Chicago. Along with
other AFS participants from
the West Coast, she will then
tour Washington. DC, and
New York City before going
to Montreal. A charter ship,
the M. S. Seven Seas, will
sail June 10 from Montreal
to Europe.
Recent communications in
dicate that DeAnne will stay
with the Srhelle family in
n. rlin. They have four chil
dren, their ages ranging from
II to IS year of age.
Miss Taylor was selected
from several local high school
flnnlist by the New York
AFS headquarters. Selections
for the trip are made on re
ports sent to the New York
olllce by local AFS offices In
cooperation with high tchool
personnel.
She Is to return In early
September.
Japanese Students
Withdraw Threats
Toyko-tW - The extreme
leftist Zengakuren students
organisation. Its top two lead
ers in jail, today withdrew
lis threats to stone President
Eisenhower and stage violent
demonstrations when he
comes to Japan June 19.
Yoshinobu H I g a shiyama,
acting secretary-general of the
organization, said there still
was a possibility Japanese
Communists would resort to a
violent protest.
Zengakuren members have
been responsible for bloody
rioting In front of the Jap
anese Diet parliament In pro
test against the U S. -Japan se
curity treaty.
Its chairman, Kentaro Karo
Jl. had declared the group
would stone Eisenhower "like
the brave Venezuelan stu
dents did to Nixon." Its secretary-general,
Tatsuo Shimi
iii. had called for a "bloody
riot" to be followed by a
revolution in Japan.
Illegal Possession
Of Venison Charged
Salem (TPD Charges of
Illegal possession of venison
against Fred Ray Stieley, 22.
Aumsville, and Dean Donald
Smith. 43, Stayton. were dis
missed Tuesday In District
Court here.
They had been arrested
along with four others In con
nection with the shooting of
deer at Silver Falls stale park.
Properties Not Reappraised When They
Are Repainted, County Assessor Says
The assessor does not re
appra'se all properties when
painted and add this value,"
County Assessor Ray Schu
macher said today in refer
ence to recent comments on
unsightly suburban dwellings.
"One of the big problems
confronting the assessor's of
fice is the misconception and
rumors spread by uninformed
taxpayers about the acts and
responsibilities of the office,"
the county assessor said. "The
assessor's office has the re
sponsibility of valuation by
the market value yardstick of
all property."
"The law requires that the
assessor appraise all property
every six years based on the
Minuteman
Missile Units
Due in Montana
Washington -1UP1I- The Air
Force disclosed today that its
first Minuteman Intercontin
ental ballistic missile squad
ron will have 55 rockets in
underground launching sites
spread over three counties In
Montana.
That is five times as many
missiles per squadron as are
scheduled for early units of
the heavier, slower-firing At-,
las missile.
The Minuteman, a solid
fueled missile designed for
Instant firing from under
ground, is scheduled to be
ready for operation in late
1962. The first three squad
rons will have their head
quarters at Malmstrom Air
Force Base, Great Falls, Mont.
Tctal of 165 Rockets
An Air Force source said it
was expected the second and
third squadrons also would
have 55 missiles each, putting
a total of 165 of the big rock
ets under control of Malm
strom. The Minuteman is regard
ed as the first missile to re
verse the upward trend in
weapons costs.
The cost of an Atlas mis
sile, ready to fire on its
launching pad, is being
brought down from an origi
nal $35 million to about $14
million.
The Air Force believes the
cost of a Minuteman on the
launching pad ready to fire
will be about $1,500,000.
The Minuteman has com
pleted tests at Edwards Air
Force Base. Calif., where it
was launched from an under
ground site but did not fly.
11 was tethered with a nylon
cord.
Bids Opened on
Highway Projects
Two Jackson county high
way projects and a project on
the Pacific highway were
among those for which bids
were opened today In Salem.
Bids opened by the state high
way department totaled more
Uian $7 million.
Angel Brothers, Portland,
were apparent low bidders for
the 8 4 miles of grade widen
ing on Highway 62 on the
Trail-MrLcod section cast of
Trail. The bid was $26,080.
A bid of 4578.639 was the
apparent low for grading, oil
ing and structure construction
on the Lake of Woods high
way 12 miles southeast of
Eagle Point. The project,
5.46 miles ir. length, is from
the Ilanley ranch to the forest
boundary. The bid was sub
mitted by C. R. ONcll, Crcs
well. Peter Kievit Sons. Med
ford. was the apparent low
bidder witli $2,388,635, for a
contract callin for 8 65 miles
of work on the Pacific high
way near Grants Pass. The
job also calls for four struc
tures and signs. It was the
largest of the bids opened to
day. The project Involves the
Grants Pass-E.ans Creek sec
tion half a mile north of
Grants Pass east to Rogue
River.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and warmer
thronrh Thursday. Low tnnlaht
SO. llifh Thursday 92.
Temp.
Hirhrft Yesterday S4
Lowest this Mornins 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today !: ..
Sunrise tomorrow ... 4:37 a.m.
Monnset tomorrow ....12:32 a.m.
First Quarter J"'ie 2
The Moon tonight Is to .the left
of the star. Rerulus.
VISIMIF. PLANETS
Jupiter, rises 9:ln p.m.
Saturn, rises 10:37 p.m.
Mars, low In cast .... 2:52 a.m.
market value, except for new
and remodeled proper ties.
These are appraised annual
ly," Schumacher explained.
"It would be impossible for
our office to drop everything
already scheduled - a sched
ule on which we are way
behind - and reappraise a
property as soon as the owner
finishes painting It," Schu
macher pointed out.
"We have only 12 apprais
ers. Two were added under
the new fiscal year's county
budget." the county assessor
said. "This work load would
require 10 field appraisers,
plus personal property ap
praisers and supervisors to
keep up with what we now
have to do."
Actual firing tests are ex
pected to start at Cape Canav
eral, Fla., in the fall.
Besides underground ver
sions, the Air Force also
plans to base the 6. 325-mile
range weapons on railroad
trains which will be kept con
stantly in motion in the West
Midwest, thus piiing almost
impossible targets for enemy
aiCack.
Experimental railroad train
runs will be undertakr-i by
14 companies starting June
20. They will operate first
from Hill Air Force Base,
Utah, and later from Des
Moines, Iowa.
Station Fined (or
Broadcast During
Primary Election
Radio statio.i KDOV, known
as the Medfoi j Broadcasting
company, Inc., pleaded guilty
in district court yesterdry to
charges of solicitirjj votes on
election day. It was fined $30.
"Evidence did not indicate
willful violation." District At
torney Thomas J. Reeder said
Russell DcForest, Med ford
lawyer, represented the radio
station officials, who did not
appear in court yesterday af
ternoon. The complaint stated:
"On May 20, date of the
primary election, The radio
station did ask, solicit and try
to persuade voters In Jackson
county to o'.e for Edwin H.
Taylor, Central P 6 i n t, for
county c o m m 1 s sioner by
broadcasting a political an
nouncement on behalf of Ed
win II. Taylor."
Investigation Conducted
The charges resulted from
an investigation by sheriff's
deputies after a number of
people told County Commis
sioner Ralph James, Incum
bt nt and defeated candidate
for renomir.ation. that a radio
station had made political anj
nounccments on behalf of his
opponent on election day.
James conceded the Demo
cr tic nomination to Taylor
after he lost by a margin of
66 votes. 4.366 to 4.300, ac
cording to the official can
vass. Radio station KWIN.' Ash
land, at first suspected of
such a violation, was cleared
by later investigation.
Area Council Gets
Blue Ribbon Honor
The Crater Lake Area coun
cil. Boy Scouts of America,
with headquarters in. Med
ford. is one of 50 local coun
cils which were honored to
day as "blue ribbon councils"
for outstanding work in ex
tending Scouting among rural
boys. There are 531 local
councils.
Framed letters of commen
dation were presented by the
national rural committee at a
luncheon of 125 leaders at
the Shoraton-Park hotel
Washington, D.C. Sears-Roe
buck Foundation was host.
Boy Scouts of America will
open its two-day annual na
tional council meeting Thurs
day with 2.000 adult leaders
from all parts of the nation
attending.
No representative from the
Crater Lake area is attend'
ing, local officials said.
Washington -tUPH- Congress
sent to the White House today
a SI, 185.320,000 military con
struction authorization bi 1 1
providing for a scaled-down
Bomarc air defense plan and
a stepped - up program for
building long - range rocket
sites.
The only time when a coat
of paint wouid be reviewed
is when the appraiser observes
the physical -condition of the
property to determine its ob
solescence and physical de
preciation, the assessor ex
plained. Paint is considered to have
a lifetime of five years when
applied to a house. It will
not have any appreciable ef
fect on the value placed on
any house or building under
the six-year reappraisal pro
gram, he tdded. There are
many other items of depreci
ation or appreciation which
will have more effort on mar
ket value', which is the basis
for establishing tax value of
property.
Mrs. Eisenhower
Hospitalized by
Bronchitis Attack
First Lady May Not
Make Far East Trip
Washington - (UPll - The
White House disclosed today
that Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
is in Walter Reed Army hos
pital suffering from an attack
of acute asthmatic bronchitis.
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said the First Lady,
who will be 64 in November,
entered the hospital Tuesday
afternoon.
Hagerty said physicians at
Waller Reed said that today
the First Lady was "as com
forVble ?s she can be and
feeling better than when sh'e
went in the hospital."
Symptoms Not Told
Hagerty., did not describe
the symptoms or the illness
other than to cite the lan
guage of the doctors - acute
asthmatic bronchitis which is
an upper respiratory ailment.
The White House had no
information on how long Mrs,
Eisenhower would be in the
hospital or whether the Presi
dent planned to visit her in
the same ward where he has
been a patient several times.
The ward is reserved for high
government officials.
The First Lady spent the
past week end in Gettysburg,
()Pa., with the President on
(Kn . rnm Dot un:tni.-.
llll-ll 1UII1I. Hill uci llUOJJllttl
zauon casi iurmer aouDt as
to whether she would ac
company the President on his
Far East trip later this month.
Had Previous Attacks
Hagerty said Mrs. Eisen
hower had suffered asthmatic
bronchial attacks before but
none as bad as the sumptoms
which led to her hospitaliza
tion Tuesday. He stressed,
however, that he was not
characterizing this as a seri
ous illness.
In February, the White
House announced that, on ad
vice of doctors, Mrs. Eisen
hower would not accompany
the President on his good will
trip to South America.
Harerty told reporters at
that time she was "not 111'
but, because of the rigors of
the trip, her physician had
advised her not to go.
Schools in Five
Districts to Close
Schools in five districts in
Jackson county will close Fri
day. Those in other districts
will close next week.
Phoenix and Talent schools,
and those in Ashland, Eagle
Point, Rogue River and Evans
Valley districts will close Fri
day. Schools in district 6C,
which includes Central Point,
Gold Hill and Sams Villey,
will close Tuesdiy, June 7.
and Medford schools will
close Wednesday, June 8.
Schools in Applegate, Pine
hurst, Butte Falls and Pros
pect closed last Friday.
lake County Farmer
Succumbs To Injuries
(jKIamath Falls-OIPIl-Everett
Arthur Emery, 66, injured in a
farm accident in north Lake
county, died In Klamath Val
ley hospital Tuesday night.
He was hurt when he fell
from the running board of his
truck and was struck by the
dual rear wheels of the
trailer.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday afternoon at
Silver Lake.
Depressed Area
Regional Edition
Medford
14 Pages
Weather Flights
Of U2 Planes
Told at Hearing
Committee Hears
Deputy Space Man
Washington - tl'Ptl - A
spokesman for the National
Space Agency testified to
day that a "high levej de
cision" authorji ing the
State Department to explain
the U2 spy plane incident
was not transmitted to his
agency for at least one day.
The statement came from
Deputy Space Administrator
Hugh L. Dryden. He also told
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in heavily censor
ed testimony that the "cover"
statement issued by the)Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration about the U2
downed over Russia contained
information furnished by the
Central Intelligence Agency.
Washington-IUPII - American
U2 planes have made 200
weather flights since 1956,
Senate investigators were
told today by Deputy Space
Administrator Hugh L. Dry
den. But Dryden, testifying be
hand closed doors before the
Senate Foreign Relations com
mittee emphasized that the
National Aeronautics and
Space Agency "produced only
research inform;ic:or. used gn
the design of airplanes."
He said these flights to test
the effect of weather on air
craft have been conducted in
thQ) western United States,
Western Europe, Turkey and
Japan.
No Knowledge of Plans
Dryden said NASA has "no
detailed knowledge of the
flight plans until after the
fact" when films and other
weather information reach
that agency.
Dryden said that at the
present time "we have instru
ments on Pan American and
TWA jets which, of course,
go around the world."
In his opening statement,
Dryden spbke only of "weath
er flights" by U2 planes. This
is the type of plane whic1
was downed over Russia nil
produced the crisis involved
in the collapse of the Paris
summit conference last month.
Jenkins to Speak
At Society Event
Frank Jenkins, editor of
the Klamath Falls Herald and
News, will be the main speak
er at the annual dinner meet
ing (nt the Southern Oregon
Historical society Monday,
June 6
Members of the Eastern
Star lodge will serve the din
ger at 6:30 p.m. in the Mason
ic hall, Jacksonville. The
Jacksonville museum will be
open following the meeting.
The event is open to the
public. Reservations should
be made before Saturday by
calling the museum, TWin
oaks 9-1322, or Mrs. Edith
Gifford, SPring 2-6487.
Washington-TOPD-FBI Direc
tor J. Edgar Hoover said to
day the death penalty is a
necessary deterrent to "atro
cious crimes" such as murder
and treason.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1960
n.a Mi
CHECK DAM Water flows rapidly over
one of the many check dams bu.lt last fall
in the Ashland burn area. Construction of
the dams as well as digging of contour fur
rows was done by an eight-man forest serv-
mimtWmM
GROUND COVER Rye grass planted in the Ashland burn
area by forest service crews last fall nearly covers a 12-inch
ruler held by Ashland District Ranger Harold (Red) Thomas.
The grass was planted in the 608 acres of the burn under
the jurisdiction of the forest service.
Administration Yet
To Take Action oh
Pollution
Medford's city administra
tion has yet to take any posi
tive action on a recommenda
tion from the state sanitary
authority that the city rdopt
an ordinance for the preven
tion and abatement of air pol
lution within the city limits.
In an air pollution report
submitted to the city in early
April the state made a num
ber of recommendations and
arrived at several conclusions
concerning Medford's air pol
lution problem. The report
was the result of a six-month
study made by the state, and
authorized by the city coun
cil. Main Conclusion
The main conclusion arising
out of the study is that, "Med
ford has severe air pollution
during certain periods of the
year," especially during the
spring whe.. orchardists fight
frost with smudge pots.
The report also blamed the
fallout of cinders and partial
ly consumed wood particles
from lumber and plywood
mills as contributing to local
air pollution.
City Manager Robert Duff
said the problem must be
given a lot of study before
any kind of an ordinance can
be enacted. He said that mem
bers of the i-ity council and
city administration held an
Informal meeting recently
where they discussed the
problem.
No decisions were made at
the meeting, he said, and
another one will be held In
the near future. No date has
yet been set for the second
meeting.
Nine Recdmmendalions
Nine recommendations were
made by the sanitary author
Tribune
ice crew which worked in the area for near
ly four months. When dams such as the one
above were built, there was no water flow
ing in the immediate area.
Report
ity in its report. They are
1. Control of air pollution
in and around Medford should
he approached on an area
wide basis with city, county
and state sharing the responsi
bilities. 2. The Medford city councill
should pas'and enforce ap
propriate ordinances for the
prevention and abatement of
air pollution within the city
limits.
3. Jackson county could
best assist in preventing fu
ture air pollution problems
by application of planning
and land use zonir'i ordir.
anccs.
4. The state sanitary auUV
orily's air pollution program
should be utilized
5. Control of most of the
present air pollution sources
is possible now and need not
wait for future technical de
velopments.
Generating Boilers
6. All large hog-fuel fired
steam generating boilers In
and near Medford should be
equipped with cinder and
flyash collectors.
7. All wood waste burners
must be operated within ac
ceptable limits of smoke and
particulate emissions if min
imum results are to be attain
ed. 8. The location and air pol
lution control installations of
future industrial plants should
be carefully reviewed to as
sure they will not add to the
air pollution problem.
9. Air sampling surveys
should be continued.
The report also contained
samples of a comprehensive
air pollution control ordin
ance for the city's considera
tion.
Price 10 Cents
No. 62
Conservation
In Ashland Burn
Area Successful
Ashland Conservation
work done in the Ashland
burn area by forest service
crews last fall was termed
"successful" by Ashland Dis
trict Ranger Harold (Red)
Thomas yesterday, but he
added hastily that the area has
not as yet faced "any real
test" from the weather.
. An eight-man crew worked
in the 608 acres of forest serv
ice land for nearly four
months, constructing check
dams and digging contour fur
rows. A forest service plane
spread 8,500 pounds of rye
grass seed over the area last
Oct. 19.
The rye grass planted in the
furrows and spread by air has
taken hold well, Thomas said,
and he added that the service
plans to begin planting trees
in the area this winter and
next spring, providing the for
est service budget for next
fiscal year is approved.
Mixed with each 58 pounds
of seed, Thomas said, were 188
pounds of fertilizer.
The Ashland fire, potential
ly one of the most dangerous
in southern Oregon's history,
broke out last Aug. 8 and
eventually covered about 4,-
600 acres. It was brought
under control Aug. 10.
Ashland Board to
Open Bids Tonight
Ashland - Bids on type
writers and bleachers for the
new junior high school will be
opened at Ashland school dis
trict headquarters at 8 o'clock
tonight.
A spokesman . at School
Superintenc'ent Stanley Jobe's
office said Jobe probably
would go to Portland next
week to Inspect merchandise
offered by some of the bidders
for the Approximately $105,
000 worth of furniture needed
for the new school.
Jobe had said earlier that
contracts probably would be
divided among several bid
ders, and that the board ex
pects to award contracts at
its meeting June 13.
BendltJPD - Funeral serv
ices will be held Thursday for
Judge Ralph Scott Hamilton,
80, who died Tuesday.
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Unfair Labor Practice
Case Starts at Portland
Portland-tlTD-A hearing on
unfair labor practice charges
brought by the Oregon Jour
nal and the Oregonian against
the Stereotypers Union No.
48, Portland, opened today be
fore Martin S. Bennett, a Na
tional Labor Relations Board
trial examiner from San Fran
cisco. William R. Morrlsh, assist
ant to the publisher and con
tract negotiator for the Ore
Some Members
Claimed Wasting
Taxpayer Money
Liquor, "Cruises
Said Written Off
Wnchlnetnn -UPD- A HOUSa
committee ordered a crack
down on congressmen's ex
pense accounts today follow
ing published charges that
some House members hava
spent public, funds on night-
nlnkhlmf liminr nnrl vacation -
cruises.
Chairman Omar Burleson
(D-Tex.) said his Houe ad-.
ministration commnico
agreed at a closed session to
reiterate in strongest terms
House limitations on what
members may and may not
charge off to the taxpayers
in their official travels in this
country and abroad.
Chairman Named
Burleson, himself, was one
of those named in copyrighted
dispatches published in tha
Knight Newspapers and Lifa
magazine today charging
widespread abuse of congres
sional expense accounts. " .
The authors of tne dis
patches said their inspection
of House expense vouchers -
since closed 10 newsmen uj
House Clerk Ralph R. Rob
erts - showed that Burleson
collected a $12 per diem ex
pense allowance for 84 of tha
88 days from (Jet. 1 to uec.
27, 1958, including Thanks
giving and Christmas.
Rayburn Overrules Order
Burleson said these expen
ses were incurred in pursuit
of his official duties, includ
ing election and Hatch Act
investigations.
Speaker Sam Rayburn to
day personally overruled Rob
erts' order closing the House
expense vouchers to further
public inspection.
Roberts acted under an old
House rule which he inter
preted as requiring him to
keep such records private ex
cept where he is directed oth
erwise by the House. Rule or
no. Ravburn's words is law in
the House. Presumably Rob
erts had not yet got the word.
Burleson said he Intended
to confer with House leaders
of both parties to receive "any
suggestions they have about
tightening up procedures."
Burleson said the action by
his committee would amount
to "a reminder to all of us
that we must be axact and
clear in what each claim is
for" 'in turning in expensa
vounchers.
Rayburn declined immedi
ate, comment on the charges
that expense accounts had
been abused. Asked whether
he concurred in the decision
to close the records to public
inspection, Rayburn replied
firmly:
"They wil lbe opened."
5uit Filed Against
Ex-Ofiice Manager
Franklin Transfer and Stor
age Inc. is seeking $5,000 in
damages from Lawrence O.
Allen, former office manager
for the company.
The company, with offices
in Medford, charges in its
complaint filed yesterday in
Jackson county circuit court,
that Allen was discharged
from the firm. During tha
time he worked in the Med
ford office, from Jan. 1, 1956,
to March 17, 1960, the com
pany charged that it believes
"In avrtaaa nf C 3 OnO" itraa Mm.
bezzlcd.
It is seeking $5,000 plus 5
per cent interest from March
17, 1960.
Annexation Became
Effective May 27
The city of Medford was
notified today by the secre
tary of state that two annea
ation areas within Medforsi,
voted on by residents at tha
May 20 election, were aua
nexed to the city effective.
May 27.
Darell Huson, finance direc
tor said the increased area
and population will now ba
considered in distribution of
state money.
gonian was the first witness.
He testified that 28 meeting
were held with the Stereotyp
ers negotiating committee be
fore the union called a strike
last Nov. 10.
He said the two newspapers
bargained together with the
union which represent' 1
about SO employees. He sail
the union submitted a pro
posed contract In July, 1959,
and the publishers advanced
a counter proposal In August