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SCSilltSfflE? lIIilBf Q o o Regional Edition Medfor o 22 PAGES Washington -IUP1I- A feud broke out today over a trip planned by Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) to ar East West meeting of parliamen tary officials at Stockholm, Sweden, which will be attend ed by representatives of Com munist counties. Rep. William E. Miller of New York, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, asked Leland Knot Is Kame-d Receiver For Escrow Firm The Medford Escrow Com pany, Inc., has been forced into a receivership because of insolvency, it was reported this week. Leland Knox, Medford cer tified public accountant, has been appointed receiver bv Circuit Judge James M. Mam. despite the request of O. H. Bengtson, Medford lawver and secretary of the firm, that he be named. Bengtson, a minority stock holder in the firm, filed a complaint in circuit cour,t ask ing yiat a receiver be named, and declaring the firm is in solvent. Bengtson asked that the re ceiver seize and bjild all cor porate assets, books, financial records, files and other prop erties, continue temporarily the collection and disburse ment of funds paid into the company iffcder existing es crow agreements, but to con duct no new business, among other things. The corporation holds about 300 escrow files under the terms of which about 300 per sons pay varying sums of money each month. Bengtson said that the corporation is insolvent and unable to pay Its creditors, and is without funds to make disbursements to parties to escrow contracts on monies received prior to May 2, I960. 0 The corporation has in its possession physical assets of personal property and office equipment and cash belonging to others of about $4,000. Anyone having claims on the escrow company may make his claims known at the Medford hojel, temporary of fices of the Medford Escrow company, it was announced. Expenses for Fivi Candidates Listed The elctics department has received five more state ments of expenditures for campaigning in the primary election from candidates. Among those filing cam paign costs are Miss Frances Imel Gallatin, $16.70; Betty L. Ladd, $18.50; Ray J. Schumacher, $10 plus $20 filing fee; Alan B. Holmes, S57 plus $20 filing fee; Ed ward A. McGinty, none; Arthur M. Boner, $85.60; Mark E. Boyer, S82.75; E. H. Taylor, $165.10 plus $20 fil ing fee, and Chester L. Rapp. $51.85 plus S20 filing fee. Rapp listed $3 donations from Mrs. Homer Pellett, Lloyd Selby, Don Stathos and Fred Rapp, and $20 from Joe McCallister. All other campaign ex penses were stated as paid for by the candidate. Feud Erupts teer Poitefs Pramsed Slockhrim Trip StofKOo BksroVcjP Plod To CriQSJtte Park on Coot Florence -OIPli- Dr. Edwin Durno, Republican candidate for Congress from the Fourth District, said Thursd;(jr)he op-posejt-creation of I National Seashore Park in the Flor-ence-Reedsport area. Durno was one of 51 can didates end others whcvVmred the area Thursday. He said making the area Into a national park would (nje "a needless wast of money" because It wan al ready owned by public igen- o MEbrORD, OREGON, Speaker Sam Rayburn (D Tcx.) to make it "perfectly clear" that Porl-'s views will "neither represent the official position of the Congress or the U. S. government." Porter immediately replied that Miller's action was "pre posterous, cynical nonsense." He said he attended a similar meeting in London last Feb ruary, made a full report to Congress and received no crit icism. The statement, Porter add lj ilirm nag t. kf:mmihvi NEW POWERPLANT Above is the cw Gren Spring powerplant which went into operation May 6. Furnished with water from Howard Prairie reservoir, the plant pro duces 16,000 kilowatts. Power is purchased by the California Oregon Power company. a nners Upheld by The Medford city council la& night upheld a planning commission recommendation that a change of zoi for prop erty located within the boun daries of a proposed civic center area be denied. R. L. Van Sickle was the only councilman to vote in favor of the request, which would have changed two lots located on Eighth St., between Holly and Ivy sts., and across from West ide park, from a multiple.family to a commer cial zone. Attorney Robert Boyer, who represented himself and others who have a financial interest in the property, ar gued(3r nearly 15 minutes in favor of the request and said the action of the planning commission in recommending denial was "questionable." Boyer had appealed the commission's recommendation to the council. He told the council that a $45,000 service station would be built on one of the lots if We request ed change of zone was granted. He contended that the com iiission had two main reasons for recommending denial, nei ther of which are right. One of these, he said, was that to grant a zone change would be strip zoning of an arterial street. The request for a change of zone is only for two lots, he said, so the argument against strip zoning cics and was being developed by Oregon, Lane county and the U. S. Forest Service. A loss of tax money also would follow if) the Federal government to"Sfc over the land. Durno said. Republican U. S. Senate candidate-lmo fjwjtli, Al bany. auVhc tvewd more time to studjOthe coast proi ect, but added that he fav ored multiple use of naal rejources over the tingle use ft recreation. 55th FRIDAY, JjNE 3, 1960 ed, reflected "Miller's embar rassment and sensitivity that President Eisenhower fell flat on his face in attempting to negotiate with the Russians at the highest level. "It is completely inconsist ent with President Eisen hower's expressed desire to maintain contact at all lev els," Porter said, and shows the conservative wing of the Republican party wants "to break all relations with our opponents." Water drops 1,983.5 feet to the 23,500 horse power four-jet implus turbine. Revenue from the plant is expected to return about S16 million of the estimated $24,273,000 cost of the Talent project. (Bureau of Reclamation Photo) Medford Council is not aDDlicablc, Boyer wasoilso of the Opin ion that Eighth st. at this loca tion should be developed for commercial use as it would be a natural growth for the busi ness district. He said the commission's second reason for denial is probably the main reason. This is, he said, that the lots are feicatcd within the pro posed site of a civic center, and Oie commission wants to reserve this property for the city's use at a future date. The commission had men tioned the fact that the lots arc in the proposed site when it recommended denial of the request at its May 12 meeting, but it had not given this fftt as on of its main reasons for denial. However, Boyer felt to HBe contrary, and alleged that the commission is trying to de press property values in this area by keeping commercial Jftvclopment out, which is a "misuse of zoning." $11, 000 Loan Made To Eagle Point The community facilities administration of the housing and home finance agency, has n ll nnn I .... n in Eagle Point for addition! planning for sanitary sewage facilities, Sen. Hall S. Lusk said today. The interest-free loan will be used in planning for a sewer system iwlimatcd (T) cost $170,000, heSiaid. Eagle Point residents ap proved a $130,000 bond issue to help finance conairuction of a sewer system Tate last year. The $40,000 difference between the bond issucOjnd estimated cost will be fi nanced through the Bancroft plan over a lfUycar period. The proposQ system will include laterals, 1(ik, man holes, cleanouts and other fa cilities within the city limits, and outfnl to pump, a pump station, sewer line from the pump to a pond, and the pond aiS fence. Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 64 Porter said he would talk to Rusian delegates in an ef fort to g0 the invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union reinstated. He said he believed if Eisenhower made the trip it would show the Russians "we're not imperi alistic and not materialistic." Mil'gr said in his letter to Rayburn that he did not op pose Porter's attendance as a private citizen. Boyer attempted to allay fears that the service station would generate traffic onto Eighth st. He said a service station doesn't cause traffic. He also pointed out that the planning commission used the reason that commercial de velopments would generate traffic onto Eighth st. in de nying the request. However, ne said, this doesn't make sense because the civic center which they are planning would generate much more traffic than a service station, o Councilman Donald Hanson defended the planning com mission and said the city has "top-flight" people on the planning commission and in its planning technician. He said they are doing a "par-excellent job." Several representatives of the First Presbyterian church appeared in opposition to the request as did two residents of the area. "Boy, You Think YQjU'VE Got Problems 'V-l n I I 111 Jr'f '1 ,Js & Womaifiurvives o 6 Days in Wilds After Air GrasS Victim StumblQ mto Rangr Station Ash Mountain. Calif. - il'PP - A San Francisco woman stumbled into a Sequoia Na liiQ Park Ranger station to day, six days after surviving a plane crash in the High Sierra. O Janet Robertson, 25. told rangers the pilot was killed in the crash of their light plane near 9.000-foet Hocket Meadow. She had wandered aimlessly without food before locating the station. The prtt was Jack Steele, 28. a sales engineer .r a San Francisco industrial chemical manufacturing firm. The crash occurred while the couple was headed for a holi day week end in Las Vegas. Said 'Very Weak' Miss Robertson estimated the crash scene was abou'o three or four miles from the ranger station. Rangers dcS ribed her con dition as "very weak." She suffered bruises and possible broken ribs in the crash. The Cessna 120 took off from San Carlos, Calif., Sat urday and refueled at Fresno later in the day. The yjnnc was reported missing Monday when Miss Robertson's moth er became alarmed because her daughter failed to phone from Las Vegas as she had promised. City Wins Four Safely Awards The city of Medford has won four National Safety Council traffic safetv awards, according to a telegram re ceived by Mayor John W. Sni der from (jic safety council's headquarters in Chicago. Awards were won in school traffic safuly education, traf fic engineering, traffic en- i forcement and munlclp court. Details of the awards have not yet been received by the city. City Manager Robert Duff called the number of awards won "outstanding." He noted that the city won safety coun cil awards for school traffic safety education and traffic engineering last year. Duff said the safely coun cil sets up safety standards for cities, and those cities which meet or exceed these standards receive awards. Awards are given by the council for the death and in jury rate, accident rate, public safely education and safety or ganization, in addition to those which the city won. At the end of each year the city prepares inventory sheets of its record in each category and sends this inventory to the safely council for evalua tion. The cuuncil then makes the awards on the basis of the city's performance in each category. Duff said the awards will be officially presented to the ciiy at a later dale. North Entrance to Lake Still Closed The north entrance to Cra ter Lake National park will be open about June 15, park s('ice officials said today. The rim road probably will not be open until about July 1. Snowfall during May de layed progress on plowing snow from the north entrance rd.. nark officials said, but recent warm weather has con tributcd to plowing opera tions. o SAYS IKE 'DANGEROUS' Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev gesticulates during a Kremlin press cunfergice in Moscow today, lie said President Eisenhower was irrespon sible, unfit for office and "dangerous" as the head of a major ate. Khrushchev Crop Dusting Pilot Killed in Crash Hear Airlie Dallas, Ore. -IUPII- A crop dusting plane flying nut of Salem crashed and burned in a field near Airlie this mor ning, killing the pilot. Killed was Jerrold O. Jeld- ness, ,1b, Salem. He was fly inff for Krietzhori? Flvini? Service. He was alone in the! i"A, a riper rftitt. : ' Thq crash occurred' about 51 a.m. Oeorge Knelzberg, owner of the flying service, said in Salem that Jeldncss left on the spray job about 4 a.m. Kreitzbcrg said the federal aviation authority advised him it is sending a man from Portland to oivesligatc. Cause of the crash was not immediately known. Jeldncss o had flown for Krietzberg for seven years. Krietzberg said he was one of the best pilots in the area. Jeldncss was married and the father of three children. Krietzberg said it was the first plane crash during the 12 years since he started his business. Sewage Problem To Be Discusftd Possible solutions for the sewage problem in the area southwest of Medford will be discussed at 7:30 o'clock to ntflht in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium, a spokesman for residents of the area has announced. Purpose of the meeting will be to discuss elimination of health hazard caused by too many residents of the area piping septic tank effluent into irrigation ditches. The area includes Lozier lane. Clover lane, Peach st. and the Maple Pa-k addition. Dr. C. I. DOmmond, Jack son county public health of fi cer, warned that ditches car rying septic tank effluent could transmit typhoid fever, infectious hepatitis and bacil liary dysentery. Expected to attend the meet ing tonight are Dr. Drum- mond, County Sanitarian Oric Moore, and Jack Hoff buhr, Medford Irrigation dis trict manager. Firemen Cofx Dog From Pipeline Firemen were called about 6 p.m. yesterday to help coax a dog from a drainage pipeline in the 1700 block of Stratford ave. The dog, Pete, a cocker spaniel belonging to the Leo Radkc family, 1732 Stratford ave., apparently had crawled into the pipe to a point about one block from the nearest opening. Unable to figure out how to get out, he tat and yelntd. pWc at first failed to re spond to calling and 'ircmen were summoned. He Was fin ally coaxed out. Mrs. Radkc said the dog had entered such pipes a couple of times before and ad come out when called. It is thought he enters Qe pi A lo cak'h frofc. ' W t'X x- ! if - . ' ' ftHfMnl ilk '',' i offered Eisenhower a job as "manager of a children's home" in Russia, where, he said, the U.S. leader could "do no harm." The Soviet Premier also said that West German Chancellor Konrad Qtdenauer was ready for a "lunatic asylum." (UPI Radiotelcphoto) Ike's Opposition fo Reunification Said 'Absolutely Untrue1 Washington-lUI'll The While House today described as "ab solutely untrue" Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's claim that President Eisen hower opposed German reuni fication during their Camp David talks last September. The while Hoiisa &lo rc&s. BQrted tYUB counliiV, VntonUon l to ""stand firmly by our lies." That was a reference to Khrushchev's repetition a Moscow news conference to day of Soviet threats to launch rockets at bases from which any planes take off and violate Soviet air space. Khrushchev tolds newsmen that Eisenhower had informed him at Camp David ho was "not willingto sec a united Germany because the United Stales fears a strong Ger many. Absolutely Untrue' "The reference to the Ger man unification is ab:Qutely untrue," Associate White House Press Secretary Anne Wheaton told newsmen. She said Eisenhower was aware of Khrushchev's latest news conference remarks in which the Soviet Premier again made a bitter personal attack on Eisenhower. Mrs. Wheaton said that while the White House had "no comment at this time" on the rocket threat, she wanted to point out that the State Department has said "we will stand firmly by our allies." She said that was all die White House had to say "at this time," seemingly leaving open e possibility that more m"Vht be said later. Secretary of State Christian A. Hcrlcr was a surprise ad dition to lO.' President's ap pointment list this morning. Herter's meeting with the President was not disclosed until, after it was held. They presumably discussed Khru shchev's latest statements. Trouble in Soviet SomcQnembers of Congress suggested that Khrushchev's bitter personal remarks about Eisenhower might Indicate he was in trouble at home. This view was expressed by Sen George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Spcssard L. Holland (D-Fla.) said Khrushchev, judging by .bis most recent re marks, appears to be "fright ened about something aStl Is whistling in the dark" to keep his courage up. Before the White House is sued its statement, a high U. S. official had asserted that Khrushchev "perverted" Els enhower's Camp David re- marks on Germany. He Elephants Center of Attention as They cGrazo Klamath Frils -lllPli- Three elephants who were slightly injured in an auto mishap late Thursday at the north entrance to Klamoth Fnlls were the center of attention in a pasture near here today. The elephants, Benny, Tom rtry and Alice, were en route . I IIIIIJblLIMIM' termed it a new effort by nis audience was heavily pro Khrushchev to split the allies. westcrn, American and other tu,lv( ,b,lnl e lnlimate V" '"","':" "" - cussions, flatly denied that the President had told the Soviet leader he did not fav- or uniClcutum of Crnnaiiv hn- al-Hli cuubq in- ununa ate feaTeaV me strength ot a resui-Kent Germany In a floor speech, Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B jonnaon of Texas said Khru shchev's outburst reached now heights of vituperation and was unparalleled since the days of Hitler. Johnson also suggcsled that Khrush chev's motive for his unusual personal attack may be his in volvement in a serious in ternal Kremlin struggle or an "external" conflict with So viet allies such as Red China. 26 Changes Made In Valuations Twenty-six changes were made in assessed valuations as the Jackson county board of equalization held its last session yesterday, according to County Assessor Ray Schu macher. Some of these were higher jjnd some lower thai the orig inal appraisal made by the county assessor's office, Schu. macher said. Most of the changes were less than 5 per cent. Largest change made by the board was for the Rogue Val ley Manor. The assessor's of fice had appraised the market or true cash value of the par tially completed manor at $1,215,340, based on 25 per cent completion, and esti mated the taxes due at $26, 000. However, the board es tablished t'O true cash value at $735,200 based on 15 per cent completion. The assessed value was established at $$13,. 800. Next in size of change was the Cratcrian building in Med ford which was devalued by $7,000 in assessed valuation. Smallest change made was $80 for Ashland residential prop erty, o Shmuachor explained that much of the board's work Oime from reappftisals made by the county assessor s of fice, but which were not made in time to be included on the tax rolls before the board met. The hearings involved 26 property owners representing 33 pieces of property, Schu macher said. in Klamath from Marysvillc, Calif., to Seattle aboard a semi-truck and trailer Police said a cattle truck cut In close to the elephant truck and the latter swerved onto the highway shoulder. This threw the trailer off bal ance, tipping it over and iree- Inif the elephat. nVuX'tli'iV vocoi, Minister Andrei in71?3 O IIS i MIS President Said Unfit (or Office, Irresponsible 9ke Said To Far Gfirman Unification Moscow - IUPD - Soviet Pre micr N i k it a Khrushchev launched another bitter per sonal attack on President Ei senhower today, saying ha was irresponsible, unfit for office and "daiiG.-ous" as tha head of a major slate. Khrushchev a.o claimed that Eisenhower told him at Camp David he did not favor unification of Germany be cause he feared a strong Ger many. As he did at a press confer ence in Paris at the collapse of the summit conference last month, the Soviet Premier gesticulated with both inds in an excited manner as he lashed out at4'ic U.S. Presi dent before -TOO newspaper, television and radio corres pondents. He offered Eisenhower a job "manager of a kindergar ten in Russia where he could "do no harm." Makes Rocket Threat Khrushchc also said West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was ready for a "lunatic asylum." He reiterated a threat by his defense minister that So viet rockets would strike at foreign h;s from which any planes took off and violated Soviet air spwe. Compared with Khru shchevs' tension-filled meet ing with 1,500 to 2,000 corres. pondents in Paris after the summit collapse, today's was smaller but was marked by similar tension and emotion. In contrast to Paris, where I western correspondents were .. i i .. ..imKr,rf in. easily 20 to 1. In this setting Khrushchev won frequent stormy applause from Com- moniet rinnrtrrs. GrumyVto'itit on lUiTUBncYxov'ft Ororiv rigrit. grit, on lnrusncnev B lei was interpreter Victor Suk- hodrev, who accompanied him on his trip to the United States last September. Tha Premier's remarks were inter preted into English for tha benefit of about 20 English- speaking correspondents, , Dark Age for America After reading a long state ment in which he reviewed the revised disarmament pn posals the Soviet Union pre sented to the world Thurs day night, Khrushchev in vited questions and made these other points: If French President Charles de Gaulle and British PrhOe Minister Harolti Mac millan spoke up honestly and boldly, they would admit they lso opposed a unified Ger many. -The Eisenhower adminis tration is "the dark ige for America and the rest of the world." Eisenhower was a virtual puppet for then SecretarJ of State John Foster Dulles at the 1955 summit conference in Geneva, taking notes hasti ly scribbled by Dulles and re aving them to the conterence. Crushing Blow Promised -Khrushchev's orders to De fense Minister Marshal Ro dion Malinovsky mean liter ally that "if foreign aircraft again violate the air space ol . our coitry, the aircraft will be shot down aN a crushing blow delivered to those bases from which the aircraft took: off." -The Soviet Union will b disappointed if there Is no new summit, "but we will continue our efforts" for one. (Continued on Page 2) WEATHER FORECAST: Fair ind hot through Hftturday. I.Av tonight 32. High fttlur'Uy 90-92. Temp. Highest Yf-ttrrday . 97 owcU thtt Morning 03 Our Skies Tonight 8 timet today 7:43 p.m. ftiinrlse tomorrow n 4:38 a.m. Moon r L tomorrow - 1:33 a.m. Full Moan June 9 IMIOMINKNT STAR Antarrs. due south .11:47 p.m. The two brighter "itara" tern Wfll (o the left of Antarfi are the planets, Jupiter and Sa turn. Q Falls Pasture Another truck In the con voy of Rudy Brothers circus came along and the driver, Roy Meyers', helped In round ing up the elephants. The elephants were 0t in ' a pasture where they were to remain until substitute trues: arrives. s o o
