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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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