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Majority of Weof
Side Residents
Opposed to Zoning
A majority of the residents
in tne west aide area are
against any type of zoning,
and most of those favoring
zoning do not like the pro
posed interim zoning ordin
ance. ' This was apparent after a
count of hands at a public
hearing last night on propos
ed interim zoning for the
West Side area for single
family dwellings and agricul
ture. Of those who filled the
West Side school gymnasium,
109 persons indica(jd they
opposed any zoning in the
Three Hearings on
Council's Agenda
Three public hearings are
on the agenda for. tonight's
Medford city council meeting
at (3:30 o'clock, including .a
hearing on a request for a
change of zone fortwo lots
located within the" proposed
boundaries of the Civic Cei
ter.
The lots are located on
Eighth St., between Holly and
Ivy sts., across from West
Side park. The owners want
the zone changed from mul
tiple family to class IIIB com
mercial. They would con
struct a service station on
one of the lots.
The planning commission
recommended to the city
council that the request be de
nied, mainly on the grounds
thjt to permit the change
would mean the beginning of
a commercial, strip along
Eighth St., at this location.
The owners have appealed
the-, commission's recommen
dation to the counicl.
Other public hearings are
on the proposed construction
of a ajc-inchCforater main on
10th St., from Cottage st. to
Portland ave., and for a re
, quest to name a street in the
Medford Heights 0ddition.
The street is the one leading
to Sacred Heart hospital and
would be named Medford
Heights lane.
Other business to be con
sidered at tonight's meeting
Includes the approval of plans
for partial paving of Summit
ave.. from Mary place to
Clark st., and a call for a pub
lic hearing for a 10-inch wat
er main on Juanipero Way
from Mira Mar ave., to Mur
phy rd,
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DEATH PENALTY PROTEST Several
dozen pickets paraded in front of the Fair
mont hotel In San Francisco Wednesday
where California Governor Pat Brown and
Senators Stuart Symington and John Ken-
area, and 28 favored It. Of
the 28. only two were in laV-
or of the interim zoning ordin
ance as proposed. -
jfcubody seemed to favor
zoning even a portion of the
area, as suggested by the
meeting chairman and Jack
son county planning commis
sion president, Ron James;
On Agenda
James said the matter will
be on the agenda oflhe plan
ning commission meeting
Wednesday, June , 8. James
said he will ask for a op
tion to recommend or not to
recommend zoning for the
West Side arw- The next step,
he said, would be to make
recommendations, and refer
the matter to the county
court.
Mflford lawyer Melville
Heisel presented petitions con
taining what he said were 300
signatures of area residents
who asked "that no further
consideration be given to
zoning ordinance- for thf
jSmevexplathci that-a vote
could be petitioned for after
the interim zoning ordinance
is established. Then the ordin
ance could be voted out. Peo
ple would not have to wait
three years, he said.
Petitions calling for such an
election must be signed by 15
per cent of the registered vot
ers of the area while 10 per
cent can petition for a zon
ing ordinance. The percent
ages were established by the
state legislature, it was ex
plained. Speak for Group
Heisel, speaking for a group
of the area's residents, said
they object to zoning In the
area .q The current proposed
form of the interim zoning
ordinance is "something like
the ordinance which will be
adopted," he said.
"Zoning for three years
does not fit into the basic
overall plan. And the basic
plan has not yet been worked
out by the planning commis
sion," he said. "Area residents
should know that each year
the Qounty court must ap
prove licenses for wrecking
yards, Jqverns, night clubs
and similar business."
The planning commission
head explained that the com
mission members have agreed
tentatively to exclude the
granite pits operated by the
Lulls. However, the hearing
is being held on the area as
ouCftned-in the original peti
tion, he added
Regional Edition
36 Pages
Medford Budget
Gets firjDfoval
By Com
At its third and final meet
ing last night the Medford cit
izen's budget corrAittee ap
proved the city's 1960-61
budget.
The committee made w-
eral minor changes in the pre
liminary budget and approved
a final budget total of $3J23,-
080. The general fund tcrol is
$903,686, an increase of $5,-
185 over the preliminary
budget. O
A public hearing on the
budget was called for July 14.
It vte decided to allocate
67)0 for a city managers
(both for present and future
officials) retirement program,
after it became known there
would be $2,344 in unallocajpi
cd funds. ThQrest was placed!
in the emergency luncj. (J
Councilman Al Bradford
Congressmen
Asked to Account
For Expenses i
Washington - IUPD - The
chairman of a House - watch
dog committee proposed to
day that junketing congress
men be required to account
publicly for their government
paid expenses so taxpayers
can be sure their money does
n't go for whiskey, f, night
clubs, and other htghiving.
Rep. Omar Burleson (D-
Tex.), who heads the Com
mittee on House Administra
tion, said he believed prompt
reporting on outlays for offi
cU travel in and out of the
country would safeguard the
Treasury against most abuses.
He said he doubted that
abuses were common anyway.
No Immediate Rush O
There was no immediate
rush among his fellow law
makers to get behind Burle
son's proposal. Many mem
bers felt they had been
treated unfairly in published
charges of legislative hi-jinks
on investigative missions in
the U.S. and abroad.
In similar copyrighted acrt.
counts Dy a icam oi two re
porters, the Knight newspa
pers and Life magazine said a
look at 25,329 vouchers filed
by House members prior to
last June 30 revealed some
"shocking" abuses of the con
gressional expense account.
Burleson, one of the targets
of the charges, was directed
immediately by his commit
tee to "reiterate in the strong
est terms" to other House
members the ground rules on
what they may and may not
charge off to the taxpayers
for official travels.
Portland-(UPD -Stata Rep.
Beulah Hand (D-Milwaukio)
said today she would not be a
candidate to succeed herself
hs vice-cjiuuiiiHu ui me ueinu
cratic party of Oregon.
nedy were attending a 100-a-plate cam
paign dinner. The signs are all against cap
- Ilal punishment rjd refer to the recent
execution of convict-author Caryl Chest
man. , (UPI Telephoto)
Medford
iiittce
pointed out that all city em
ployees' salary were being
raised this vearexceDt for the
city manager's, and wonderedjjhat "stormy weather is ahead
if it miEht not be a good idea P0' housing" inMiie nation
to raise that salary also.
The committee then went
into a jcoecial closed-door
meeting tirdiscuss the matter,
and decided thQ rather than
raise the city manager's sal
ary, (which is now $1,000 a
month) it would be better to
allocate funds towards a re
tirement program.
Qsueh a retirement program
vftuld be worked out in detail
at a later date.
Mayor John W. Snider
pointed out during the special
meeting that many cities have
retirement programs for city
managers. It was noted that
there are already some retire
ment benefits for a city .mana
ger, as for all city employees,
but it is not in keeping with
the higher salary ike city
manager makes.
The comriKtee also ap
proved the ter depart
ment's 1960-61 budget total of
$596,463.50. O ;
Commends Commission -'
Councilman Stanley Stark
commented that the water
commission should be com
mended for allocating a tokejtl
amount of money for studies
of an additional supply of wa
ter for the city. :'
The budget allocates $3,850
to investigate a new supply of
water trom tne HOgue .river,
Wntpr Simertnt.nnr1nt. TtfiMrt.
Lee said the Rogue appem'S 'to
be the best source of a new
supply.
. One of the committee mem
bers said he was of the under
standing in 1950 that a bond
issued approved by the voters
that year, for a second pipe
line from Big Butte Springs,
was supposed to give Medford
an "indefinite water supply."
This bond issue will not be
-allVAJ until IQRn (1
T r.niA that .
w Mini. noa ..gu.t
The water department at that
time had felt that the second
pipeline would give the city
an indefinite supply, but their
1950 forecasts of Medford s
anticipated population growth
were way off. He said the city
had doubled the anticipated
increase.
Float Another Issue
There is "no doubt," Lee
said, that the city will have
to float another bond issue
for Mte new source of supply.
He estimated that cost of de
veloping a Rogue river supply
would be about $2 million.
Administrative Assis t a n t
Gil Gutjahr pointed out to the
committee that the two an
nexations recently approved
by the voters, have added
$68,630 to Medford's assessed
valuation. This will give the
city an increase of $844 in
property tax revenue, he said.
Most of the general fund
changes were the result of a
recomputation of fringe bene
fits. It was noted that the
state industrial accident com
mission raised its rates since
the preliminary budget was
prepared. In the case of the
fire department the rates in
creased from $1,300 to $2,300.
The fire department also
asked for, and received, a
$512 additional gppropriajyn
for two new gas masks.
Increase Eogineers
The committee Increased
the number of civil engineers
in the engineering division
from 3 to 3i. City Manager
Robert DuX said the addition
al half-man would be needed
to negotiate for right of way
and serve as a liaison between
the city hall and courthouse
engineering departments. The
appropriation for this depart
ment is now $102,262, an in
crease of $3,328 over the
preliminary budget.
An $800 increase in the
general fund transfer to the
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson county also re
ceived committee approval.
Total general fund transfer to
the library is now $27,327. It
was noted that the state has
increased its giant to the II
btjiry during the next year
from $20,000 to $22,000.
The budget will no be ad
vertised prior to the pubftc
hearing on July 14.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1960
Porter Warns
Congress on
Housing Future
By A. ROBERT SMI'fi)
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington -(Special)- Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.)
warned Congress Wednesday
unless corrective action
taken at once."
Congressman Porter noted
that more than 5,000 lumber
workers have been laid off in
Oregon recently, which he
said ii"an accurate barome
ter ayTo the condition of hous
ing throughout the nation."
Porter urged swift passage
of the emergency home own
ership act, which was ap
proved April 28 by the House
and is now awaiting Senate
action. A Senate hearing is
scheduled for JunwA
inis bill would add $1 bil
lion in funds for Fannie Mae
(the federal national mortgage
association) and the whole
point is it would help the
mortgage market," Porter
said. '.
He said he agreed with the
analysis at housing and (lie
lumber market have slumpjed
because mortgage credit ' is
tight. He noted that housjg
starts in April were 22 per
cent below April of last year.
The barometer readings
are unmistakable," PnWer
told the House in a speech.
For the sake of the unem
ployed in my district and
elsewhere and for the sake of
families who want an oppor
tunity to own their, own
homes, I hope positive action
on this legislation will pro;
ceed on an emergency basis.'
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Congress Okays
'
Plan for Range
Washington-flJPD - Congress
late Wednesday gave final ap
proval to a measure which
grants the Boardman bombing
range in north-central Oregon
to that state in exchange for
equal land located in Lake
county,
Oregon wants the land to
develop an industrial park.
The Boardman range meas
ure was contained in the mili
tary construction authoriza
tion act.
Sen. Hall S. Lusk (D-Ore.)
said presidential approval is
expected within the next 10
days.
The Navy Tias been using
the Boardman range for
bombing practice. It would
use the land in Lake county
instead.
Students' Bodies
Found in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (UPD Dis
covery of mass graves of stu-
dents who touched off the I
Turkish revolution raised the
odds today that oi9ted Priouv
Minister A d rDi n Menderes
nnty some of his aides will
face the death penajy.
ine graves were found in
Istanbul and Ankara. The stu
dents had been killed in anti
government demonstrations
which started April 28 and
eventually led to arK army
coupe that toppled Menderes'
government last Friday.
There were reports as
many Q 70 bodies had been
found some of them In rV
frigerator boxes but the
nw government of Gen. Ce-
mal Gursel declined to dis
close the exact figure.
Hatfield Wants to
Change Salary Law
Salem (OTD Gov. Mark
Hatfield plans to ask the 1961
Legislature to take off the
books laws whichOeslablish
salaries for state officiPis.
Practically all of the state
salaries now are set by law.
A move to wipe out set salary
figures of heads of state In
stitutions died in the 1959
Legislature.
Hatfield said salaries of
officials who are appilcd
should be flexible and "com-
i meiuurate with their duties,"
BROTHERS KILLED Two runaway broth
ers, Thomas (mid James McDonald, aged
12 and 14, respectively, and their pet dog
were killed in Pomona, Calif, today
when a single-ense plane they stole smash-
MHS Graduation
Scheduled June 7
ne 440 Medford High
seniors are scheduled
rticipate in the annual
laureate and commence.
mentlgervices June 5 and 7,
respectively.
' Bacfcalaureate will be held
Sunday at $Vm. in the Hgl-
ricK Junior Tiign school audi
torium with all students, par-:
ents, and friends and relatives
invitefl.
Guest speaker for the serv-
Kpy Recerded As
The month of May was
j cooler -ana woiwr man ' nor-
Qmal in. the. Medford vicinity.
the weather, bureau report!
nn its summary of the month.
me wetness was leit main
ly in the hills, the bureau
sagl, since Tie precipitation
kept loggers out of the high
country.
Rainfall during the month
totaled 1.97 inches at the
Medford station at the air
port. This was .75 more than
normal. Heaviest precipita
tion for a 24-hour period was
.42 of an inch May 1. A total
of .39 was recorded May 29
and .24 May 26.
Average monthly tempera
ture was 55.1 degrees which
is 3.6 less than normal. High
est temperature was 84 de
grees on three days, May 9,
30 and 31. Lowest thermome
ter reading was 35, also on
three days, May 5, 19 and 22.
May had three clear days,
11 partly cloudy days and 17
cloudy days. Averages are
nine, nine and 13, respective
ly. Hail was recorded at the
airport station on May 21
and 22.
June Farted off yesterday
with a &o-degree maximum
temperature. Temperature of
near 100 was anticipated to
day with a 95 reading fore
cast for r riday.
Three Appear in
Circuit Court
men appeared in cir
cuit court this morning before
Judge James M. Main.
Sentenced to one year in
jail for obtaining money by
false pretenses was Walter
Scott McAlister, 10 East
Clark st. He entered a plea of
guilty to the charge and
waived the right to a grand
Jury hearing.
Paul T. Thompson, River
side, Calif., had imposition of
sentence suspended two years
for uttering and publishing a
false check. He was ordered
to make restitution Immedi
ately.
(Also pleading guilty was
Junior Lee Hammonds, route
2, bo)O605, Central Point, for
burglary not in a dwelling.
His case was continued by the
court for sentencing.
Possibility of IV
Park To Be Studied
Salem -(UPB- The slate high
way commission today author
ized Parks Superintendent C.
H. Armstrong to make a study
of the possibility of state
park at the confluence of the
west and south forks of the
Illinois river near the Red
wood highway In Josephine
county.
55th
Tribune
ed fuu-tnrottle into the ground at Emerson
Junior High school. The school is In the
heart of a thickly-populated residential area
in Pomona, a Los Angeles suburb.
-O-
ice will be the Rev. John D.
Reynolds of Westminster
Presbyterian church, Med
ford. The following Tuesday.
June "L commaacemen)exer
cises Will be held in the high
school stadium. A special plat-
lorm and seating arrange
ments have been provided.
- School officials said that
in the event of bad weather
an auxiliary plan for having
the presentation under the
oof of the new grandstand
win be put in operation
DrV Paul Jacobson, Univer
sity of Oregon, will deliver
toe commencement address,
and--the! Rev. Clayton Cris,
man -will be the presiding
minister,
William Barker, Medford
school board chairman, will
present the diplomas to the
graduates.
Seniors will be given four
tickets to the commencement
exercises, which will allow
admfision to the reserved sec
tion. Spectators will be seat
ed on the east side of thcQleld
and will enter on that side.
Gates will open at 7 p.m.
Only class members will be
admitted through gates at the
end of the old grandstand;
pfc-sons without JJckets may
sit anywhere except in the
reserved section.
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Also -featured in the bacca
laureate and commencement
services are the Medford High
instrumental and vocal music
departments. O
Water Pump at
Phoenix To Be Off,
Phoenix - Mayor Arthur
MacKintosh has asked Phoe
nix residentPnot to irrigate
tomorrow because power for
the city's water pumping sys
tem will be turned off.
MacKintosh said the Cali
fornia Oregon Power com
pany plans to Install a new
transformer to handle the
city's two new wells, and
there will be no power to
pump water to the reservoir
for six to eight hours.
He said there will b a
sufficient supply of water for
domestic use and for emer
gency purposes.
Stitrtlng Saturday, June 4,
Urrigalion of lawns and gar-
Mens in the city of Phoenix
will be allowed on alternate
days, MacKintosh said.
Residents living, north of
Third st. may irrigate Satur
day, and those living south of
Third st. may irrigate starting
Sunday, June 5. Thereafter,
irrigation will be allowed on
alternate days on that sched
ule, he said.
Fire Reported by
Forestry Department
Southwest district office of
the state department of for
estry reported a small fire
two miles northwest of Dead
Indian rd. and Just over the
summit yesterday afternoon
A log was burning from hot
ashes which had been dumped
on It. Patrolmen said that two
women, who were hunting
mushrooms, discovered the
fire, did Oat they could to
keep It from spreading then
reported it. A warden was
sent to the scene.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 63
(UPI Telephoto)
Tunnel Ceremony
Cosponsored by
Medford Chamber
The board of directors of
the Medford Chamber of Com-
Unerce this morning agreed to
rcosponsor ceremonies at
which ground will be broken
for te. Highway 199 Oregon
muumam lunnet.'
The ceremonies for the $3V4
million tunnel, which is ex
pected to be completed by
1962. will be held at the tun
nel site July 8. They will in-
uiuuu tin ouiaoor dinner,
. Ttrtal cost of the highway
relocation and tunnel nrotect
iS estimated at more than 20
minions ine uaiuarnm lagm
iature Has approved more
than $20 million for the proj
ect,- Don McNeil,, chamber
manager, noted.. -, .
The realignment orolec
will shorten the present high
way between Gasquet and the
Oregon line by 4.1 miles and
eliminate 272 curves, includ
ing those over Oregon moun
tain.
The Medford chamber was
invited to co-sponsor the cere
monies by the Crescent City
Chamber of Commerce.
Review Proposal
Moore Hamilton, Medford
postmaster, reviewed a pro
posal to build a new federal
building in Medford for the
chamber directors. The new
federal building, for which
the General Services adminis
tration is seeking a building
site, would house the post of
fice, providing space fornpx-
panslon.
Hamilton noted the in
creased use of the present (ft
office, pointing out that in 10
years stamS) sales have in
creased from $268,000 to the
1959 total of $759,000. The
number of employees have in
creased from 52 to 77.
He saie? GSA representa
tives from the Seattle office
are expected to visit Medford
in the near future, alii to
consult with community lead,
ers and city officials concern-
ins the proposed building.
rhe proposed building,
which would have about 81,
700 square feet of gross floor
area, will cost an estimated
$2,365,000. The proposal is
now being considered by a
House subcommittee of the
committee orr appropriations.
Bail Forfeited in
Gambling Case Here
Emegcne Wlnneferd Mor
gan, 1182 Court St., Medford
forfeited $150 ball on charges
of possessing nnd operating a
game of chance, district court
officials said yesterday.
The charge was unlawfully
possessing, displaying and op
erating a plnball machine in
the Northside tavern at 1701
North Riverside ave. on May
17.
Harold Dean Wise. Nampa
Idaho, was bound over to the
grand Jury on charges of bur
glary not in a dwelling fol
lowing his Arraignment yes
terday. In district court. He is
being held in the Jackson
county jail in lieu of $2,500
bail.
Wise: was charged ' with
breaking into the Grandview
market,:- 2330 Crater Lake
ave., Nov. 18, 1959. '
Secretary
Test WilFLast
'Several Days'
Defense Chief Stands
Behind U2 SpyfJFIights
Washington - (UPD - Defense
Secretary Thomas S. Gates '
disclosed today that another .
defense alert in the pattern of -that
which marked the Paris- "
summit collapse began Wed
nesday night. He said it will -be
"going for several days."
Gates, defending both his
May 15 alert order and the 1
value of the now discontinued ' t
U2 spy plane flights over ' r I
Russia, told Senate Foreign -
Relations Committee investi- . i
gators: " V
"As of midnight last nighU ." '
we are having another com--
munications exercise, starting .
at 11 o'clock last night, and
u is going lor several days."
Got Secret Data
He said the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, as a result of the sum- -mit
alert experience, "have
recommended to me that we
have these alerts on a no
notice basis frequently."
The defense chief earlier
disclosed that the U2 sov
plane flights priHided the
United States with secret data
about Soviet atomic weapons,
miAsnes, suomarines, planes
and airfields. He said the in
formation brought back bvl
the planes was "vital informa.
tion" which was used hv Iho
defense department.
Gates testified for three "
hours and Chairman J. Wil
liam Fulbright (D-Ark.) de
clared the hearings ended. "
Fulbright said the committee "
will begin considering its re
port next week.
Gates also testified that:
-He thinks it is "extremplv
doubtful" Russia will make -
any agreement on disarma
ment. He added, however, that
nope lor a nuclear test sus
pension agreement seems
more likely.
'Different Means'
He does not think the Rus-
: ntana ,,,,,, r
of thpli Tt , , u Ca,lon
t..thei' ..stra??eic bases be-
f Pjfe dis
more likely to use "different
means of building new bases"
or of dispersing them. -;
-The United s t t - .
"other means" of . ,.
tary information V, t 8
have developed defense plans
by no means as well" nwn,. .
out the U2 ODoratnn
Vital Information
Gates testified that fh
espionage flights, directed by
the Central Intelligence
Agency, produced "In
tion on airfields, aircmfl tnl..
sites, missile testing and train
ing, special weapons storage,
submarine production, atomic
production and aircraft de
ployments" and similar se- -crets.
"These were all tvne nf
vital information," he said.
'These results were consider
ed In formulating our mill- -tary
programs. We obviously
were the prime customer and
ours is the major interest."
Roller Skating
Rink Is Planned
Construction Is expected to
start next week on a roller
skating rink about three miles -south
of Medford off Highway -
representatives of the -
local organization building it
said today,
When completed, the struc- -
ture is expected to cost in - "
excess of $75,000. It is ex- -pected
to be in operation by " -
the time school starts next
fall, the representative said.
Ray Reter of Reter Fruit
company, who is now in
Europe on business, is chair- .
man of the board of directors "
of the corporation, which is
made up of local residents.
Test holes for construction
already have been drilled on .
the site.
The rink has not yet been . s
named, corporation officials
said, and will be named
through a contest in which
children of the area are ex
pected to participate. - '
WEATHER
FORECAST!
and warm
Low tanliht
IS.
Continued fair
through Friday.
SO. High rriday
Temp.
Hliheii Yesterday
Lowest tnti Morning SO
Our Skies Tonight
unit today 1: p.m.
Sunrlie tomorrow M 4:36 fc.m,
Mnnnut tomorrow - 1:05 a.m,
First Quarter today 1:0 a.m.
The planet. Mars.
' rises 1:34
and Is about 15S million miles
away. The combination of the
movement or Mars ana i.ie
r firth on their orbits around
the iun will bring these two
planets 11 million miles nearer
to tack other tau montn.
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