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o o o o Fire ijoo Tunnel Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Herter Should Secretary Says Plans Ought To Stay Unchanged Japanese Security Treaty OK Urged Washington-flJPD - Secretary Cf State Christian A. Herter told Congress today he be lieves President Eisenhower should go through with plans to visit Japan despite increas ing anti-American demonstra tions there. Herter told the Senate For eign Relations committee that "under the existing circum stances, I think the plans ought to remain unchanged." Wants Closed Session He said he would prefer to have any other discussion of the trip in closed session rather than the public hear ing. Herter made the statement in reply to a question by Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (It Iowa) after he had urged the Senate group to approve the new U.S.-Japanese security treaty which has provoked mounting left wing demon strations in Japan. Several committee mem bers, including Chairman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark), earlier had voiced concern about the wisdom of Eisen hower going through with his forthcoming visit to Japan in light of the disturbances. - The White House had "no comment" on Fulbrlght's sug gestion that Eisenhower should not go to Japan "unless he can be properly received." Would Help Leftwingers Herter's attitude reflected the feeling in administration quarters that postponement or cancellation of the President's trip under fire would give the Communists and leftwing ele ments in Japan a consider able victory and possibly un dermine the pro-American Kishi government which still commands the support of more than 60 per cent of the Japanese Parliament. Eisen hower is scheduled to leave here Sunday and arrive in Japan June 19. t " ting Hours Sc. .n Phoenix Phoenix - Irrigation of lawns and gardens will be re stricted to four hours in the morning on alternate days in Phoenix, it was decided dur ing Monday night's meeting of the Phoenix city council, AH residents north of Third st. may irrigate tomorrow from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. On Thursday all residents south cf Third st. may irrigate from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. ' Due to the hot weather, and the current water shortage in Phoenix, restrictions will be necessary until two new con necting wells are producing, Mayor Arthur H. MacKintosh said. The new wells should be in operation in about 30 days, he said. Ash lend Band Boosters Seek Rider for Float Ashland - The Ashland Band Boosters club is looking for a pretty girl of about high school graduation age to ride on Ashland's float in the Port land Rose Festival's Grand Floral Parade Saturday. ' Boosters President Mrs. R. G. Tabor said today the club wants "to borrow a pretty daughter" from a Medford or Ashland couple who plan to Ittend the festival. Volunteers should contact Mrs. Tabor at MUrdock 2-8011. The Ashland High school band and float will leave for Portland at 5 p.m. Friday and will return about 7 or 8 p.m. Sunday. Band members will travel in a chartered bus. Slated to ride aboard Ash land's "City of Education" float are Miss Jackson Coun ty, Shirley Satterfield, Med ford; Mike Blair, son of Mr. ind Mrs Russell Blair, Ash MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1960 Believes Ike Visit Japan . '.. ATtiNTIOM - I L x a? - - If ''.JjjI GOVERNOR VOTES Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown and his wife leave a voting booth in me i-amornia primary election. Brown, honing to head a Democratic national convention delegation as a "favorite son" candidate, is out to make Vice President Richard Nixon look bad. Nixon is running unopposed on the Republican ballot, and is actually the only bona fide presidential candi date in the election. See story on page 2. (UPI Telephoto) Apparent OfGOP Deleqate Positions Listed Salem-IDPD-The secretary of tin the May 20 Oregon prl- state's office today announced unofficial and tentative re- suits of the contests for 17 of the 18 Republican national convention delegate positions Elmo Smith Raps Oregon Delegation Portland-tUPD-Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith said today the lack of defense industry in Oregon "must be placed squarely on the shoulders of Oregon's present congressional delega tion." Smith, Republican nominee for the U. S. Senate, told GOP women at a noon lunch eon that if Oregon received its fair share of defense spending according to the taxes paid to the federal treasury "we would be get ting 18 times as much defense Industry as we now do." Smith pointed to big de fense Industries in the neigh boring states of California and Washington. Washington, he said, receives 44 times as much defense money and California has 240 times as much. He said efforts to blame Oregon's situation on the Republican administra 1 1 o n "won't stand up when- you consider that Washington also has a Democrat-dominated delegation, as California does. land; Donny. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Greene, Ashland, and Sandy Garrett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Garrett, Ashland. The $1,800 needed to send the band was raised several weeks ago, but Mrs. Tabor re ported that sale of festival tickets to send a float met with little success. Little more than $100 of the necessary $1,500 was collected, thus booster club members each donated about $25 to under write the expense. Mrs. Tabor said the Ash land entourage will journey to Portland still about $100 short of having the $1,500. Oregon Food stores in both Medford and Ashland have scheduled "let -pup" benefit sales for Saturday, June 18, to help make up the deficit, Mrs. Tabor said. The sales will be held throughout the day. San Francisco after voting in Winners mary. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said tentative re- suits on the Democratic dele- gate-at-large races are expect ed some time Wednesday. The apparent winners for GO15 delegate at large are: . Mark Hatfield, 171, otes; Sig Unander, 153,- 51!; Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore.), 150,661; Appling, 150, 371; Rep. Shirley Field (R Portland) 92,653; Wendell Wyatt, 74,707; Lamar Tooze, 74,598; Peter Gunnar 70,692; Jess Gard, 69,642; Lowell Paget, 65,164. For GOP delegates in the four congressonal districts, these are the apparent win ners: 1st district: Robert Elfstrom, and Otto Wilson, both of Salem. r 2nd district: Herman Oli ver, William E. Hanzen ana William Niskanen vieing for the second spot. 3nd district; Phil Roth and Arthur B. Carlson. 4th district: Paul Geddes and Joe Richards. Appling said the poll will be revised dally until all offi cial results ore In. Morse Proposes Pay Cut in Congress Washington (UPD Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) revolt ed against the Senate Labor Committee minimum wage law recommendations today by introducing a bill to cut- salaries of congressmen and their staffs to 53 cents an hour. This, he said, was the same figure thousands of laundry workers are now being paid. Members of the House and Senate make $22,500 in salary plus some expense allowances. Morse's action came after the committee voted to limit to 6,833,000 the number of additional workers to be blanketed under the minimum wage law. Morse said he was present ing the measure as a protest against the Labor Committee cutting thousands of low-paid laundry workers out of the minimum wage bill. Mamie Decides Not To Accompany Ike Washlngon-fflTO-Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower has decided not to accompany the president on his two-week trip to the Far East, the White House an nounced today. 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 67 Russian Press, Radio Attack Ike, Herter Nixon Appears as Favorite Target Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet Union today followed up Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's de nunciation of President Eisen hower with new press and radio attacks against the Pres ident and his administration. Pravda, the official Com munist Party newspaper, hit out at Secretary of State Chris tian A. Herter for his ex pression of "disgust" at Khru shchev's press conference last week. It said he did not mention Khrushchev's disarma m e n t proposals because he has "lost his balance due to the failure of the espionage activities . . . He is trampling underfoot ele mentary standards of interna tional law." Foreign observers here have mentioned the U.S. president ial campaign as one of the underlying motives of the at tack. But others discount this view, pointing out that the Russians do not believe there is enough difference between the American parties to make the November outcome impor tant. Whatever the reason, the fa vorite target appears to be Vice President Richard M. Nixon, although Eisenhower himself has been singled out repeatedly, in contrast to the tactics before the summit. "Ogonyok," the Soviet Union's leading picture maga zine, printed a photograph of the President leaning on a golf club with a caption including these remarks: Dangerous foe Peace "The government headed by Eisenhower has started a dif ferent game, taking violation of major norms of internation al law as rule. Eisenhower may prefer golf to presidential duties, and this is his own business, but it is too danger ous for peace for the Ameri can government to play with fire by committing aggressive acts against the Soviet Union." Tass, the official Soviet news agency, called the Presi dent's forthcoming trip to Ja pan a case of "unceremon iously intervening in the do mestic affairs of Japan" and said "no self-respecting states man could allow himself to impose his visit in defiance of such opposition." Cherry Fruit Fly In Marion County Salem - (UPD - The cherry fruit fly is on the move in Marion county and the super visor of the county control district urged growers today to begin spraying all cherry trees. J. S. Turnbull said the fly was spotted for the first time this year Monday afternoon. State law requires the trees to be sprayed. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 2 4 0 New York 5 9 1 Wynn, Donovan (8) and Lollarj Coatas and Howard. "You Trying To Undermine The American Way Of Life?" PASSENGERS TREATED Subway passengers who were in a train that caught fire on a shuttle service between Times Square and Grand Central station in New York Commencement For High School Seniors Tonight Medford High school's 67th annual commencement exer- to be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the football stadi um, will graduate more than 400 seniors. A special platform and seat ing arrangements have been provided, and in case of rain an auxiliary plan will be put into operation. Guest speaker will be Dr. Paul B. Jacobson from the University of Oregon. The Rev. Clynton C r I m a n. Friends church will be the presiding minister. Jacobson's address Is en titled "America Unlimited." He is the dean of the school of education at the university. Principal Lester D, Harris will announce awards to sen iors, and William A. Barker, chairman of the school board, will award the diplomas Band to Participate Also participating will be the Medford High school band, under the direction of I. A. Mirick, and the high school choir, directed by Lynn Sjo- lund. Dr. Leonard. B. Mayfield, Medford superintendent of schools, will introduce the speaker. Seniors have been given four tickets to the commence ment exercises, which will al low admission to the reserved section. Spectators will be seated on the east side of the field 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; persons without tickets may sit anywhere except in the reserved section. War Widows May Receive Pensions Salem -(UPD - The Oregon Veterans' Affairs Department said today that widows and children of deceased veterans of World War II and Korea may be eligible for pensions under a new federal law which takes effect July 1. Baker - (UPD - Paul R. Revls, 65, will resign effective July 31 as city manager here. o 1 fwsparanr" 7r TtJW Moible Concession Recommended for Recreation Area A temporary and mobile concession should be permit ted at Howard Prairie reser voir recreation area this sum mer and next, the Jackson county parks and recreation commission advised the coun ty court last night. The recommendation was made on a motion by com mission member Lawrence V. Espey, Medford. Robert L. Haworth, Medford parks and recreation director acting as county parks and recreation director, said a man could be brought into Howard Prairie by July 4. It may be necessary to sub sidize such a concessionaire for this short summer season, It waa agreed. This could be done on a graduated basis, making up the difference fol lowing an audit of the books, Haworth suggested. So far 14 people have applied for a con cession. .' ' Emigrant Reservoir A year from now something could be done about a con cession ' for emigrant reser voir, the recreation director added. Half of the application letters received have asked for concessions at both How ard Prairie and Emigrant, he said. Such a concession would be County Home Rule Resolution Set A resolution calling for establishing home rule gov ernment in Jackson county will be signed tomorrow, ac cording to County Judge Earl Miller. The signing was scheduled Monday, but was delayed since County Commissioner Chester Wendt was in Port land attending an executive meeting of the Association of Oregon Counties. Following the resolution the county court must appoint charter committee. A list of possible committee mem bers will be drawn up when Wendt returns. Miller said, The resolution must be re ferred to the county clerk for posting within 45 days alter it has been signed. Then, in 60 days the committee must be appointed to form a char ter for the home rule county government. The committee submits the charter to the public for vote. This committee may be dissolved immediately after the charter is established, or in two years. Miller said five or six Ore gon counties now have this type of government. He listed advantages as more central control through a board of supervisors or the county court, and possibility of county bonding or Bancroft- Ing for county improvements, WEATHER FORKCAAT: Virlnblf ctoudl ntf tnnliht and Wednesday. Low tonliht 42, hllh Wednes day 12-15. Temp. Hltheet Veitertfay ....... IS Loweit Uiii Mornlni 44 Our Skies Tonight Simiet today 7:44 p m. Sunrise tomorrow 4-.3S a.m. Mooneel tomorrow - 4:10 a.m. Full Moon ..Jun f PROMINENT STARS ftnlra. In the louthweet 11:11 p.m.4a.rclurui, hit h above Hplca. 220 mht yean from tut Karuv Splra Is actually many Umel brlehter than Arcturut, only 34 Hint yean away. City are being treated for smoke inhalation outside the station on 42nd st, (UPI Telephoto) governed by slate and county health regulations, but rules should not be so restrictive so the concessionaire could not make money, the director sug gested. Services should include boat-towing to the reservoir, oil and gas on a mobile unit, snacks, soft drinks, groceries, fishing tackle and perhaps boat accessories, commission members agreed. No facilities would be avail able this summer for a perma-1 iienv concession Dunning, na- worth said, so the concession would have to be on a mobile Basis. Haworth was Instructed to appear before the county court as soon as Dossible to ' , i . - . , get lis decision on a youui camp area at Howard Prairie. The recommendation was for- warded to the county court week ago, commission mem bers pointed out. Used Lake Haworth estimated that Howard Prairie reservoirl areB over ine memorial uay holiday. During some week days .about 100 boats have been counted on the lake, he said. Volunteers are needed to clear debris from hear the shoreline since this is danger ous to water-skiers, commis sion members said. Some la bor will be available after July 1, Haworth said. Walter Hoffbuhr, Talent Ir rigation district manager said maximum of 15,000 acre feet of water would be drawn down from Howard Prairie reservoir during the current irrigation season. This would mean a vertical maximum draw down of 11.2 feet. This would not be drawn all at once, but would not oe re placed until this winter. The commission formally recommended that the coun ty court suggest to the state highway commission that three roadside park sites be developed along Bear creek at Phoenix. Talent and the north half of a site north of Ashland. The sites would be cleared and developed as the highway crews worked the freeway through the area, County Recreation Commission Tables Proposal to A Droposal to put a plan for construction of an athletic stadium on November's gen eral election ballot was tabled last night by the Jackson county parks and recreation commission. The citizens' group sponsor ing the plan will be asked to attend the next commission meeting to furnish more in formation. Robert L. Haworth, acting county parks and recreation director, said he understood that type of construction, ex act location, detailed architec tural drawings and cost to benefit ratio have not yet been established. Current Estimates Current estimates place the cost at $300,000 with a 10,000 person seating capacity. Ten tative location is the present ballpark on the Jackson coun ty fairgrounds south ot Med ford. Prior to tabling the proposl- 1 1 o n, commission members c o n s I d ered recommending that the project be turned down. However, commission National Guard Unit to Leave for Training Friday Members of Company E, Second Battle Group, 186th Infantry, Medfprd's Oregon National Guard unit, are mak ing final preparations for the annual summer training ses sion at Ft. Lewis, Wash. An advance detachment will leave by truck for Ft, Lewis tomorrow about 8 a.m. First Lt. Lyle R. Brown will be convoy commander for the entire Battle Group. Other units will loin the advance convoy detachment at Grants p, Bmi-hiira gnH Pni-vnHin where the nvernlnht stnn will be made. Lieutenant Brown 1 announced thai a nntmt tiiat 1 north ot Alhanv had heen I nicked for the Thurnrlnv morn lino rendezvous I 9 ' ti,. i.. - v. 1 a ..-i .,n! tv.. a,, .,;(hi'un'j a I o.oo r-.i t.. in - ',1, Dro ' to Eueene. where I ' ,.i-ht .. . k fairgrounds they will proceed with other elements of the Saturday, : arriving about 3 D m Unit officials report that thg year the unit will move by truck convoy rather than on the train as they have in the past. The encampment will run through June 25, with the troops returning to Medford Saturday, June 25. A definite time will be announced prior to arrival in Medford. First Lt. Donald M. Ivle, unit commander, said the training and testing at camp will be evaluated by Sixth Army officers, and will be graded on the same basis as regular Army troops. The unit last year received a rating of excellent. Training this year will be at squad and section level, and if considered qualified, they will train at platoon level next year. Committee Approves Recreation Measure Washlngton-IOTD-The House Interior Committee today ap nroved legislation which would provide public recrea tion grounds at federal dams and reservoirs. Put Stadium members thought they should consult the citizens' group first. Thev also thought the coun ty court should make avail able $2,500 for- a thorough study and architectural plans before putting the proposition on the ballot. Objections were that the stadium would not have year round use, the Medford High school stadium seating capaci ty Is not used fully now by either Southern Oregon col lege or Medford High school, and the same money could be put to better use In develop ing park and recreation facili ties in the county. Ask Survey The commission r e c o m- mended that a survey be made of a possible ski area at Siskiyou summit. A paved road extends to the area which would make It easier to develop than a proposed ski area on Mt. Ashland. The lat ter could be developed later, It was agreed Prlte Interests plan to put $200,000 Into the Mt. Ashland Many Overcome By Acrid Fumes; Trains Stranded Smoke Chokes Subway Tunnels New York -H1PD- Fire broke out in a busy mainline sub way tunnel near Grand Cen tral Terminal today, trap ping 1,500 passengers on eight trains until heroic crew men and rescue teams led them to safety through blind ing smoke. At least 100 persons were overcome with acrid fumes that spread through subway tunnels and stations in mid Manhattan. Many were taken to hospitals. But fast work by a 1,000-man disaster force got all to the surface apparently without loss of life. Some passengers were stranded in the lightless tun nels for three hours while firemen battled the two-alarm . blaze. Others linked hands and groped their way through the smoke for as far as three fourths of a mile to station platforms. ' Little Panic Reported Even in the fright of chok ing smoke, darkness, and con finement of underground tun nels, little panic was re ported. The fire broke out in a pile of construction lumber one block south of Grand Central Terminal at 9:24 a.m. (e.d.t.) toward the end of the morning subway jam. What would have been a minor fire threatened a major disaster with crowded city subway trains speeding in under the streets. Police sounded a maximum disaster alarm which brought every Manhattan emergency unit and two field hospital teams to the scene. Pialu for Paaienaerl I Heroic subway motormen ana conductors. piauorm per- I sonnel, police and firemen led I human .chains from the stalled trains to safety on I smoke-enveloped station plat- - I forms at tne Urantt central liubway station and at 34th. I i V. 11 1 i 4V. i au riuu we uiauuniu, 1 passengers groped their way t upward to sunlight and fresh n.i air. John J- Crotty, 63, a motor- (man who was treated at- I r Ti hnI.nl mnltt H m smoke was so thick in the shuttle tunnel near the termi- ' nal that "you couldn't see an Inch ahead." He said there was no panic in his train and ' his passengers calmly fol lowed him to safety. Bids Opened for Lake Wafer System ; The last bids for developing recreation facilities at How ard Prairie reservoir were opened today, according to James Callan, project engi neer here for the bureau of reclamation. Harley E. Lowe and Rolla A. Bryant, of Medford, were low bidders at S11,26B for con struction of a water system. Work will start in about three weeks, or after the bid has been approved by the region al bureau office at Boise, Ida ho, Callan explained. Com pletion is scheduled in 90 days. Other bidders were Arthur H. Patterson Jr., Klamath Falls, $18,813; Thomas J. Parker and Associates, Ash land, $12,603; and W. H. Con rad and company, Medford, $24,786. Bureau estimate was $11,008. on Ballot proposed sk area to develop facilities similar to Bend or Tomahawk, commission mem bers indicated. Three commission members, - Mrs. Hanley Heffernan, Ross lane, Mrs. Marcel LePinec, Applegate, and Mrs. Bend Day, Medford, were to con fer with Harlln Cantrall today on purchase price of "Can- trail s swimming hole" prop erty on the Applegate river. Meet with College Mrs. Day and Haworth are also to meet with represents tlves of Southern Oregon col lege, Jacksonville and the county court soon to aecioe on development of the Brltt estate at Jacksonville into a small park site. In other business, Ed Stro ther, Shady Cove, Robert Keeney, Phoenix, and Lawr ence Espey, Medford, were re elected to the commission fol lowing county court recom mendation for three year terms. New officers for on year terms are Keeney, chair man, Espey, vice chairman, and Mrs. Day, secret.!. .V o
