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o 3 o o ec'iais Free A last o O A ' Mr -:,"-'" I County Planners Recommend Against West Side Zoning FIRST DIPLOMA Receiving the first diploma at Tuesday flight' Medford High school commencement exercises is xtennetn Durkee. Presenting the award is MHS Principal Lester Harris. Durkee was one ot 417 high school seniors participating in .the graduation exercises. It was the largest class. to graduate in the school's history. The graduate shown was wKen to tne ceremonies by ambulance from Rogue Valley hospital. He was one of six local boys injured in an automobile accident April 10. He, along with Clay Varney, sophomore, are still hospitalized. (Knackstedt Photo) Judd GOP Keynoter; Gov. Hatfield Sends Congratulatory Wire Washington (BPD ReD. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota today was named keynoter for the Republican National Convention and House GOP Leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana was. named perma nent chairman. Gov.- Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia was named for the job of temporary chair man. , These selections by the Re publican National Convention arrangements committee are subject to routine approval by the GOP National Commit tee, which opens a two-day session Friday, and by the convention which convenes at Chicago July 25. Salem - (WD - Gov. Mark Hatfield today sent a wire of congratulations to Rep. Wal ter H. Judd . (R-Minn.) for Judd's being chosen keynoter of the 1960 Republican, na tional convention, ' Hatfield, who had . been among the top contenders for the honor 'aid selection of Judd war n excellent choice."; Hatfield said Judd is dy namic, dedicated doctor whcfl is a missionary and as a con gressman has seen and fought the Communist challenge for 30 years." . . Hatfield will lead Oregon's 18-member delegation to the convention. next month. Russ Said Stalling On Disarmament Geneva' - IUPD - U.S. diplo matic sources said today the Russians appearjp be stalling on disarmament until the Uni ted Nations General Assembly opens in the fall. '-. The Russians apparently hope, the sources said, to get more propaganda mileage out of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's new disarma ment plan and perhaps gain support for it from some of the uncommitted nations of Lthe Wottd; -"'. S .;V ' French, British and Cana dian delegations at the 10 nation disarmament confer ence do not go along, with this entirely; They tend to ward .the view that the So viets may now be ready to begin. negotiation .of the practical- JffoBTefris of disarma ment. ' . "Ye, Sir We Have To Keep Hunting Waste In Those Foreign Aid Programs", The Jackson county plan ning commission last night unanimously recommended to the county court that there not be zoning in the West Side area. Ron James, planning com mission president, said the commission's recommendation would be referred to the county court as soon as pos sible for action. Smaller areas which are in cluded in the general West Side area can initiate peti tions for zoning, he said. The planning commission office can prepare the petition after those wishing zoning tell what area they want zoned, he explained. James reported that a check of petitions opposed to zoning the West Side showed 199 signatures were of regis tered voters who resided in the area. General Public Opinion However, the 314 signa tures submitted do indicate the' general public opinion of the area. James agreed with Manville Heisel, lawyer rep resenting the citizens opposed to zoning, that those who did not live in the area, but signed the petition, probably owner property in the area or had some interest in the area. Heisel said the petition's pre face stated that the signatures were if citizens who either re sided in the area or had an interest in it. The 199 verified signa tures opposing zoning were only 15 more than the signa tures on petitions favoring zoning, it was pointed out. Heisel pointed out, and James agreed, that the statute is not clear as to who can pe tition against zoning. James reported that a count of hands at the ' public hear ing in the West Side school Wednesday, June 1, showed that 109 persons were op posed to general zoining In the West Side area and 28 fa vored it. However, of those who favored zoning, two per sons favored the proposed in terim zoning ordinance as nresented. . Commissioner i;. w. ibiiij DuKKan said he had not at tended the hearing, but tne minutes of the hearing showed that 12 persons spoke in favor of zoning. Aaainit Zoning Commission era voting against recommending in terim zonin for trie area were Ed Bolt, Jerry Latham, Clif ford Lovejoy, Robert Boyer, C. W. Duggan, Victor Birds eye and Ron James. General comments ot plan ning commission members on results of the West Side pub lic hearing were: "People of tne area have done them selves a real disservice, but to impose zoning on the area would set back overall coun ty zonin by possibly forming a hard-core opposition in the area to any zoning. It's a mat ter of education. Problems will creap in on them and they will ' have to consider zoning later. Many wore against zoning simply because they were against it. The greater percentage of the people there did not have any concrete idea of the value of zoning. It points up the fact that we should have been educating the people to the benefits of land use control." Regional Edition ft H003UD 43HS3n3 luvuaxi o jo n 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 40 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1960 No. 69 Bids Opened for Emigrant Work Bids were opened today for construction work at the en larged Emigrant reservoir, ac cording to bureau of reclama tion officials, White City. Apparent low bidder was M. C. Lininger and Sons, Med ford, with $25,334.70. Work will consist of an access road to storeway, im provement of the park area, and a boat ramp. Other bidders included Joe M. Ollis, Cave Junction, $27,- 675.80; and F. L. Somers, Med ford, $27,797. Engineers esti mate was $35,038, Dedication of New Swimming Pool Is Set Tomorrow; Demonstration Planned Official dedication and opening ceremonies for the city's new Jackson park swim ming pool will take place at the pool tomorrow at 10 a.m. Park and Recreation Com mission Chairman Russ Jami son will act as master of cere monies and Mayor John Sni der will dedicate the swim ming pool. Other city digna tarics will be on hand to wit ness the event. The public is Invited. j Opening of the city's sec ond swimming pool will come Just 10 years and 6 days after the opening of the city's first pool at Hawthorne park. Dedication of the wading pool will also take place to morrow by Lon Skinner, president of the Cruter Lions club, which donated it to the city. Demonstration Scheduled Tomorrow's opening cere monies will include a demon stration of swimming Instrue- ' tion mentis used In the city's summer recreation program This will be done under the I direction of Ken Lyons, city recreation supervisor, An exhibition of water bal let by members of the YMCA's synchronized swim ming group is also scheduled. The ceremonies are to be concluded about noon. The pool will be open to the pub lic at 1 p.m. and will stay open until 9 p.m. It will re main on the summer swim ming schedule thereafter. The new pool was duiii at a cost of $83,000 and is 75 by 42 feet in size with depths ranging from three feet at one end to six feet St the other. It has a capacity of 250 bath ers and will contain 90,000 gallons of wster. Construction Possible Construction of the pool was msdt possible through donstion of land and money from the Jackson County Housing authority, which turned the property over to the city after war-time hous ing facititrrs wert torn down, Provisions have been made in the construction of the dressing rooms and mechani cal facilities for sddition to the project of a scpsrate div ing tank 30 by 40 feet In size and 12 feet deep, when the city can afford it. The pool features the latest in water purification equip ment which circulates all 90,- 000 gallons of pool water through the filters four times each day and keeps the water temperature at 80 degrees, The swimming pool is but one part of the larger Jackson park development project, Parks and Recreation Director Robert Haworth said the rest of the park will be developed in three stages, one being done each year, Scheduled to be completed under the first stage, which will be done during the com ing fiscal year, are various plantings around the pool, construction of play apparatus st site near the pool and completion of one of three proposed parking lots. Modernistic Play Equipment To Be Built in Parks Four items of modernistic play apparatus will soon be erected in Medford's city parks, according to Herb Part ridge, a member of the city s parks and recreation commis sion. Partridge told the commis sion last night that the play apparatus will include a turtle five feet high and three feet long, a sand pool, "which is impossible to describe," a set of three horse-like structures, and a fourth item to be de cided upon later. Partridge had been nego tiating with Charles H. For rester of the University of Oregon School of Art to de sign and construct the items for the city. He said Forrester has offered to design and su pervise construction of this apparatus at cost. Forrester recently moved his family here. Partridge said, and plans to get under way (in the work as soon as possible. No Cost to City Outside of park department labor, the play apparatus will be constructed at no cost to the city. Various service clubs and groups have offered to donate the money for con struction of the items. The groups and the items they want constructed are the Elks Lodge, the turtle, tne Kiwanis club, the sand pool, the Moose lodge, the set of horses, and the T. W. Miles estate, the yet unnamed item. Partridge said the commis sion is also negotiating with another group for an addition al piece of play apparatus. All of the proposed pieces of play equipment will be of concrete construction, he said. It is suggested that one of the items be placed in Jackson park, one in Maple park and two in Hawthorne park, In addition to constructing the new modernistic play equipment, Forrester has also offered to renovate the exist ing playground equipment at Hawthorne park and create a continuity of playground ap paratus.- Duncan to Attend Meetings in North State Rep. Robert B. Dun can, speaker of the house, left Medford this morning for two days of meetings in Portland and Salem. This evening he is attend ing a session of the annual meeting of the Associated Oregon Industries, in Port land. Tomorrow he will be in Salem for a meeting of the legislative fiscal committee, and later of the interstate co operation commission, The fiscal office, esiamisnea bv the, last legislature as Nixon Defends Against Attack By Rockefeller Washington IUPD - Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon today strongly defended his record as a member of the Eisenhow. er team and said he was proud of-the administration's seven year performance. Nixon s first reply to Gov. Nelson A; Rockefeller's attack on him was reported by Ray C. Bliss, Ohio Republican chairman. Bliss presided at a lunch of GOP state chairmen who were addressed by the vice president. -Counter Assault The Nixon news conference was part of a strong counter assault, launched by President Eisenhower, Nixon and other Republican leaders against Rockefeller's challenge 1 0 their policies and programs. Bliss told newsmen after the GOP lunch that "Dick Nixon said he was on the Eis enhower team and was proud of the record of the administration." As for Rockefeller's demand that Nixon speak out on is sues, Bliss reported that the vice president said he had a years-long public record which clearly showed his po sition on key issues. Eisenhower Joins In GOP congressional leaders said after a White House con ference that Eisenhower join ed tnem in disputing Rocke feller's contention that the na. tion's defense planning is inadequate. GOP National Chairman Thruston B. Morton said he now assumed Rockefeller would be placed in nomina tion for the GOP presidential candidacy. But Morton said Rockefeller had made an attack on the record" of the Eisenhower a d m lnistration and said "frankly, I do not" think Rockefeller can be nom inated as the GOP standard bearer. Morton said Nixon had spoken clearly on national is sues during 13 years in con gress and had left no one in the dark about where he stands. He said he still be lieves Nixon will be the GOP presidential nominee. , , Tax Break Near For Self-Employed Washington - IUPD - Chair man Harry -r. Byra iu-va.j said today his Senate Finance Committee expected to com plete action by nightfall on a House-passed bill to give a tax break to self-employed persons saving for retirement. -I -If"' .f . . JjfyJ - v'r"-3 (vW " ' ' ' ' ' CLEARING ENTRANCE Bulldozers and a rotary snow plow are shown above clearing the rim road at Crater Lake National park so the north entrance road may be open by June 15. Heavy snowfall in April and May handicapped park crews in their efforts to clear the winter's snow from roads and builduigs. Superintendent Olio M. Brown said crews are expected to have the rim drive around the lake open by July 1. Most facilities at the park, including the lodge, cafeteria and guest cabins, will be open June 15. County to Study Youth Camp at Reservoir Site watchdog" and research of fice for the legislative branch of government, tomorrow will consider recent military de partment building at the Portland air base,, tne em ployment of data processing equipment for the state, Ions-range plan for the state's mental health program and two reports on the stale sys tem of higher education, one on its budget responsibilities the other on space utilization on the college and university campuses. , Mrs. Duncan accompanied her husband. Both will leave early next' month for' Los Angeles, as Duncan was elect ed a delegate to the Demo cratic .National convention which convenes July 11. Washington - tOPO - Henty Ftldmsn, 13, Oak Ridge, Tenn., previous two-time loser, today won the 33rd National Spelling Bet. Medford Lands four Spots on All-Star Baseball Team Euaene - WPII-Medford to day placed four men on the Up-Stai all-star high school baseball team which meets the Metro all-stars her June 18-19 in a three-game series. They Included first base man Lowell Dean, shortstop Cal Dean, catcher Ken Jen sen and pitcher-outfielder Jerry Anderson. The Jackson, county court will contact, the bureau ot land management and the .bu reau of - reclamation- -on the possibility ot establishing youth, camp, area t Howard Prairie' reservoir, it was de cided Wednesday. The county parks and rec reation .. commission - recom mended auch an area; and asked that the county court act on it as soon as possible. A group of sponsoring citi zens told the commission that it has substantial donations of cash and materials to con struct such a camp. It would include a dining and recrea tion hall, cabins and showers and toilet facilities. It would be used ' by air county youth organizations, it was ex plained. ' . , ' Other Action In other action by the court, a contract was awarded to Feenaughty company,. Port land, for $8,989 to furnish a rotary compressor to the county road department.. The price includes a trade-in. Fee naughty was low of five bid ders. . , . The county court also awarded a contract to Nie- dermeyer and Martin com pany, Portland, for delivery of treated timbers for the McLeod bridge. The Portland company was low bidder at $12,479.46. The county accepted a quit claim deed from O. L.- Wil liams, Shady Cove, for a coun. ty road right-of-way. The court also ordered that specifications for five more cars for the sheriff's office be advertised. The cars will be similar to the ones ordered earlier this year Festival Company Registers Today; Casting Slated Ashland Actors and tech-l Friday at 10 a.m. the actori nicians are again arriving In I face their first challenge. Dur- Ashland from all uarts ot the 1 in it tne moriuna. Mternoon. nation as the Oregon snaRe- ana evening until compim- i i tJj fiJlAw spearean Festival prepares tol tlon each performer win ol-l I Ql IQA VllUCl B.ntnh , ) . - . ' ,, V n.nrtiintlnn IM tfet. A, n.Bn.MII .na f - season. This years company, 1 to showcase -his ability The when complete, will number festival's directorial staff will be the audience. On the following two days. (he company will participate approximately 90 persons. First event on the group' crowded schedule is the sign ing-in session at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Registration at the theater will be followed by a cotree lor tne group at the home of Founder and Pro ducing , Director Angus L. Bowmcr. . t-V5T- V t ft, i ROSE FESTIVAL QUEEN Queen Jean Anne I, left, from Lincoln high school In Portland, beams happily after her election Wednesday night as Portland's 1980 Rose Festival n..n dh.rino the 18-vear-old Rosaris ruler's joy is last year's' queen, Mary Sue Woolfolk. tUPI Telcpholo) Contestant in Glider Events Crosses Border Commies Show Cooperation Luebeck, Germany - IUPD -An American glider pilot who landed in East Germany by mistake was returned by tho Communists in record time to day in a triumph of sporting spirit over the cold war. Richard. A. Schreder. 44, Toledo, Ohio, returned to West Germany in an automo bile driven by two other American glider pilots. The Communists had per mitted his two colleagues, An drew Smith, Tecumseh, Mich., and John D. Ryan, Scottsdale,' . Ariz., to drive across the Iron Curtain, border this morning" to fetch him. , Second Fast Release Their trip, which went off without incident, capped a re markable 24 hours in which the Communists demonstrated for the second time in threa weeks an apparent desire to help rather than hinder Amer icans who crashed in East Ger many. American officials in West Germany stayed out of the incident and let the sports men work it out for them selves. Their tactics worked. Sailed Over Border Schreder, a contestant in the world gliding champion ships now in progress in Co logne, sailed over the Iron Curtain by mistake Wednes day while taking part in a long distance event. He landed near Grevcs muehlen in East Germany al most exactly on the spot where a U.S. Air Force C4? transport plane with nine per sons aboard was forced down by Soviet fighters May 20. The Communists had re turned the crew of the C47 and its passengers in record time - five days. Business Hours Set by Court The county court has taken step toward putting the county on a "more business like" basis. ; , The court yesterday signed resolution to establish fixed days and hours for transaction of business by the county court. This will become effec tive July 1. "An agenda will be published giving the times when the public - can meet with the county court in rela tion to certain matters," Coun ty Judge Earl Miller ex plained. , Earlier this year, the coun ty court room was partition ed off into separate offices for County Commissioners Ches ter Wendt and Ralph James and Judge Miller. A public meeting room was construct ed with a long desk on a raised platform on which the county court officials sit. Mil let said in the near future each member will have desig nated duties and each will have a portion of county busi ness under his Jurisdiction. This will enable the coun ty court to spend more time in the field to study county problems," Miller' explained. Salem Junior Heads Medical School Group Portland - IUPD -George Casper, Junior student from Salem, has been elected prcsl dent of the University of Ore gon medical school's chapter of the Student American Medical Association. ' The ivnal tax order- for fis cal year 1959-60 has been sub mitted to County Treasurer Karl Janouch, it was reported today. He, in turn, remits the In a complete read-through of first tax payments to all the all five of the 1980 plays. I taxing unit hnwinz in tha Reading of Play. collections. Saturday at 9 a.m. "Thei - twi - orriftl (o tax. Taming of the Shrew" will beinv uniu hv ilw cnnniv trea-i read, followed by "Julius niw, m- thin IbmI vcantw Caesar" at 1 p.m. and "The ltl sa.733.44S.08. Tempest" at 7 p.m. Sunday at 9 a.m. the group will read Richard II," and . the cycle will be completed at 1 p.m. with "The Duchess of Malfi." Ail of the acting company will rotate roles during the readings, and actors will be given a chance to audition for the particular parts of their choice. Sunday evening, when the audition period is completed, the - directing staff will join Bowmer In the - annual all night casting session, as the complex job ot balancing the company into five casts is undertaken. , Tentative cast lists will be posted Monday morning at 8 a.m. and the demanding six- week preparation period will begin at 1 p.m. that day. The 1960 season opens Mon- day, July 25, and continues through 41 consecutive nights, closing bept. 3. WEATHER rORKCART: Virlthle rlourtt rtffM through trriy. I.ow to night 43. Hlih rrlday 10. Temp. Hlthtt YefttvrdiY Rl Lflwnt (till Morn I n i : 45 Our Skit Tonight Sunatt tody 1:41 p.m. Hunrli tomorrow .... 4:34 a m Th Moon Mum 1:00 p.m tod iv anil it in Ptrliec. I, ad Quarter . Jnnt IS Tha planet, Jupiter, iern be low the Moon tonlcht, hai now rtarhad Its greateit brilliancy for ItH. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 3 0 Boston 2 10 1 Hawkins. Klippstein (I) and Follesi Monbouquetle, Fornieles (8) an Sadowikl, H. Sullivan (9). Chicago 2 1 New York S 12 0 Baumann. Donovan (4). Staley (7) and Lollart Terry. James (5), Shants (7) and Howard. - ' Janouch said that the cur- rent taxes paid amount to 18,183,002.64 which is 89 per cent i of . the levy. Of this amount, $162,924.28 was re bated to the taxpayers en titled to discounts provided by Oregon laws. Interest paid on deliquent payments of cur rent taxes totaled $2,900.44, which is mainly on personal property assessments, Ja nouch said. '- The net' amount of current tax payments and interest re ceived by Janouch during tha fiscal year was $6,022,978.80. A total of $620,337.53 of de linquent taxes were collected with an additional $55,553.43 for- Interest - for the period, they were past due. Total re ceived from these two sums is $675,890.98. , In addition to property taxes, a sum of $16,533.72 was received by Janouch in the form of timber yield tax es resulting from timber lands which were harvested and which were under tax exemp tion during the period the old cutover lands were produc ing new growth and no har vesting took place. Klamath District Attorney To Resign Klamath Falls -IUPU- Dis trict Attorney Arthur A. Bed do said today he was resign ing effective June 15 to enter private law practice here. Gov. Mark Hatfield will ap point a successor. First Full-Color Ad Appears in Newspaper The first full-color ad In the history of the Mall Trib une appears in todsy's Issue. The three colors, plus black, used in the Pacific Fruit and Produce company ad on page 8E were made possible by the paper's new equipment. A .larger press began oper ating May 27, and today's is the first attempt at the three color printing. "Spot" single color appears on five other pages. Pressmen are Still having some trouble adjusting fine ink settings on the compllcst- ed machine, but operation of the large press Is progressing better than was expected, ac cording to Business Manager Gerald T.' Latham. Only two colors plus black ,'. have been possible in the past. Some "overlay" of colors now makes possible extra shades along with the three colors. Today's issue also sets a record for the number of sec tions, this addition having five. Four has been the maxi mum In the past. - - Bill Bulgar, Pacific Fruit manager who contracted for the first ad, came here recent , ly from Eugene. The company is the largest wholesale fruit and vegetable firm In tha world, Bulger said. It sells fresh fruit and vegetable, as well is Stanby brand canned goods. 0 Q O
