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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1960)
O o G Japanese Diet Expected By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW President of UPI Tokyo - IUPD - The Japanese American security pact, focal point of left-wing threats and rioting against the forthcom ing visit of President Eisen hower, will probably be pre vented from becoming law coincidentally with Eisenhow er's arrival, United Press In ternational learned on high authority here today. The Japanese Diet is expect ed Thursday to postpone ac tion on the treaty for one Airplane Wreckage Located; 14 Killed Anchorage, Alaska-IUPII-An airline's per fect record of 29 years of flying over dif ficult Alaska routes ended Tuesday high upon the snow-swept slopes of 10,000 foot Mt. Gilbert. Six members of the Anchorage Mountain Rescue Council reached the wreckage of a Pacific Northern Airlines Constellation Tuesday night and reported all 14 persons aboard were dead. Wreckage Falls Down Slopes The climbers were flown to a spot on the mountain 60 miles due east of here. They hiked a short distance to the crash fcene and found the wreckage had cascaded down the caggy slopes from the point of impact at about the 9,000 foot level. No at tempt was made to bring out the bodies. A spokesman for PNA said the airlines would join federal agencies today in an in vestigation which may produce the answers as to why the Constellation failed by a few hundred feet to clear the mountain. The wreckage was found several miles north of Board Supports Disapproval of Hazing Policy Medford's school board members last night supported the high school administra tion's policy of disapproval of hazing incidents brougt to the board's attention. School administrators and board members discussed re ports of recent hazing inci dents involving students who will be sophomores at Med ford High school next fall. Patterned after Initiations usually found in university and college social organiza tions, board members noted such incidents can result in bodily harm. They expressed their concern. , School officials said that prior to the close of school students were warned that no .intimidations or mishandling of incoming sophomc.res by upperclassmen would be con doned or tolerated. Subject io Suspension Students involved in such Incidents in summer months or during the school year will be subject to suspension from school or from extra curricu lar activities such as athletics, school officials said. The board also was inform ed that the high school coach ing staff met with athletes and stressed the same point. Administrators said it is not a general problem here. The Isolated incidents reported have been identified with a relatively small number of students. They emphasized that haz ing is a two-way street, and that underclassmen should not be antagonistic, thus inviting such incidents. Entertainer Held on Stolen Goods Count Montreal -flJPD- Entertainer Josephine Baker was to ap pear in court today on charges of bringing into Can ada goods stolen in New York. Meeting to Discuss Fire District Slated Phoenix-A public meeting on possible formation of a Phoenix rural fire district will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Phoenix grade school gymnasium, a committee an nounced today. Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker will accompany Mor van Gilson, Salem, of the state fire marshal's office, who will explain the procedure for forming a rural fire district. Gilson has helped form rural fire districts throughout the state, Barker said. At tonight's meeting, tenta tive boundaries for the dis- ' trict will be set and general machinerfy for forming the district set in motion. A petition must be signed by at least 200 area residents or 2S per cent of the people Involved and presented to the county court. After receiving the petitic the county court week, by which time the American President will have departed. The treaty, unanimously ap proved by the American Sen ate foreign relations r-mmit-tee Tuesday, passed the lower house of the Diet May 20 and was due automatically to be come law 30 days thereafter. - Date of automatic adoption would thus have been June 19, the day of President Eis enhower's arrival here. However, Premier Kishi is reported to have offered the two political parties which op U.S. National Bank Submits Low Bid On School Bonds U.S. National Bank of Port land last night submitted the apparent low bid for $600,000 worth of bonds issued by the Medford school district to fi nance a two year building program. The bank's bid offered an effective interest rate of 3.683 per cent, with a total cost to the district of $262,982.50 over the 20-year period dur ing which bonds will mature. The only other bid opened by the school board was from the First National Bank of Portland, which offered an ef fective interest rate of 3.73806, with a total cost of $266,897.50. Chairman Elected By School Board A chairman, vice chairman, district clerk and auditor wprp elected bv the Medford school board last night. Edward Branchfield was wtH chairman: Otto Ewald- sen, vice chairman; Wilson Slater, clerk; ana L,eiana Knox, auditor for the 1960- : 61 school year. Branchfield served as chair man during the 1955-56 school year. The board also accepted resignations from four teach ers ann elected eight others. Teachers resigning are Mrs. Bertha Haskins, Mrs. Anne Leonard, Mrs. Audrey Bart lett and Mrs. Mary Ann Huff. Teachers elected are Miss Edna Christine Smith, ele mentary; Mrs. Margaret Har rang, English, Latin in sec ondary schools; Miss Virginia Derickson, vocal music; James Kelly, special education; Mrs. Florence Jones, librarian, ele mentary; Riley Winchell, sec ondardv English: Monte J. Kounz, secondary science; and Miss Esther Jones, secondary languages. must hold a public hearing, then act on the proposal. If the county court ap proves, it must call a special election within the proposed district. At the election, five directors are elected. Fifteen signatures must be on peti tions for directors, it was ex plained. After the district is organ ized it is restricted by law to a maximum levy of 4 mills. A vote of the people in the district may authorize exceed ing this limit. However, the amount of money to be raised may not be increased more than 6 per cent each year. Formation of the district may require from one to three full-time paid firemen and addition of a tanker pumper, a committee spokes man said. Two or three se rious fires have occurred in the rural Phoenix area in re cent months. pose the treaty, the Socialists and the Democratic Socialists, a proposal that the Diet be recessed for a week. This would have the effect of post- ponihg adoption of the treaty Regional Edition Medfoed 20 Pages the regular air route from Cordova, where the Constellation took off early Tuesday after discharging 52 passengers from Se attle, most of them salmon cannery workers. The dead included nine passengers and five crew members. Among them was Mrs. Joan Edgman of Anchorage and two sons, Mark, 4, and William, 22 months, and Mrs. Julie Odom, wife of Milton Odom, one of Anchorage's most wealthy businessmen. Others Identified . . Other passengers aboard the plane were identified as Lois Brammer, Puyallup, Wash.; Pvt. James Lucas, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Alfred Anderson, Portland, Ore.; Hubert L. Costeloe, Oakland, Calif.; and R. A. Math ews, Whittier, Calif. Crewmembers were Capt. Richard Cham berlain, the pilot, Federal Way, Wash.; Duane Easterly, co-pilot, Seattle; flight en gineer Larry Stewson, Renton, Wash, and Stewardesses Jo Ann Saylor and Naomi Lee Marts, both of Seattle. The board accepted the low bid, which will be determined after figures from both banks are checked. - U.S. National's bid includ ed $105,000 worth of bonds maturing between 1961 and 1965 at 4V4 per cent, $261,000 worth between 1966 and 1974 at 3V4 per cent, and $234,000 worth between 1975 and 1980 at 3V per cent. First National's bid includ ed $236,000 worth maturing between 1961 and 1970 at 3Jt per cent; $31,000 worth in 1971 at 3V4 per cent, and $333,000 worth between 1972 and 1980 at 334 per cent. Money from the bonds will finance construction already started, and that planned in the building program approv ed by voters earlier this year. Already started are class room additions at Hoover, Ruch and West Side schools, and bids will be opened later this month and next month for other classrooms. Bids will be opened Friday, June 24 for an addition at Oak Grove school, July 7 for an addition to Hedrick Junior High school, and July 12 for renovation work and a class room addition at McLoughlin Junior High school. Bids for completion of the boys physi cal education department at Medford High school have not been set for opening as yet. In connection with the building program, the board authorized the district to bor row money to pay for approv ed expenses until bonds to fi nance, the construction pro gram are sold. Mail Volume Here Shows Big Increase The volume of mail, both incoming and outgoing, han dled through the Medford post office, which includes the Cen tral Point branch, increased 22 per cent during the period from April 30 through May 27, over the same period last year, according to figures re leased by the Medford post office. ' A total of 992,000 pieces of outgoing mail were worked during the period just passed, compared to 917,200 during the same period last year. The incoming mail totaled 2, 014,100, compared to 1,546, 100 a year ago. The combined mail handled was 3.005,200 this period compared to 2, 463,300 for the same period a year ago, or an increase of 22 per cent. The figures In clude letter mail and parcel post. The number of pieces of mail handled for each clerk hour and carrier l.our also In creased. The work units per supervisor - clerk work hour Increased by 14.3 per cent, and the work units handled per carrier-hour increased by 15.3 per cent. A strict count and record Is kept of the volume of majj handled through post offices, which enables postmasters to determine the efficiency of I their operations. To Delay until June 24, by which date Eisenhower will again be in America, The Democratic Socialists were reported to be inclined to accept. The Socialists were MEDFORD, France Calls on Russia To Study Arms Control Gradual Reduction Of Threat Possible Geneva-IUPII-France warned today that the nuclear mili tary threat can be reduced only gradually and called on the Soviets to agree to a de tailed study of the techniques ol elimination and control. Chief French delegate Jules Moch told the 10-nation dis armament conference it would be relatively simple to ar range now. Weapons of mass destruction are not yet sent into outer space orbits, he said, because such weapons are not yet in quantity pro duction. Will Be Difficult But, he cautioned, it will be extremely difficult to put un der international crontrol the means of nuclear delivery which are in operation now. The Soviet Union, Moch noted, has proposed that all missiles and other means of delivery of a nuclear war head be eliminated within 18 months. But France, Moch said, be lieves that missiles can be eliminated only "progressive ly and methodicaly." The process would have to begin with an international on-the-slte inspection of all missile launching sites de clared by the various govern ments. Aerial observations would be required, Moch added, to insure no sites other than those declared were in exist ence. Control Posts Needed ' In addition, Moch said, number of control posts em ploying electronic and infra ray equipment, would be re quired to detect any clande stine missile launchings France believes 150 to 250 such posts would be required International controllers, he added, also would have to inspect existing stocks of mis siles and their places of manu facture. Control of airplanes and surface vessels and subma rines, to insure they were not secretly armed with nuclear weapons, Moch said, would be easier, and probably could be limited to inspection at airports, harbors aYid places of repair. Class Registration Starts at Pools Registration for swimming classes at Hawthorne and Jackson pools started at 1 o'clock this afternoon and will continue until 9 o'clock, City Parks Recreation Director Bob Haworth said today. Registration will continue for the same hours daily through June 19. Haworth stressed that persons must register at the pool where they plan to attend classes. They must also register in per son, and pay the $2 use of facilities fee at that time. Per sons with season passes must register as others, Haworth said. ' First classes will be held Monday, June 20, for begin ners, intermediates, swim mers and junior and senior life saving. Get Off The lilrol.. n 1 but do nothing to wreck the .v..,. puuiiKii u me wuiiu uic uciiiy, was iiirKeiy lnsiru would exist until after Eisen-1 mental in ihp Hm-icinn n( ih howcr leaves. mis mutinying move oy OREGON, WEDNESDAY. Residents Discuss Sewage Disposal For Jacksonville Cost Is Question At Public Meeting Jacksonville About 30 lol ca residents met with the Jacksonville city council in an informal open meeting last night to discuss the city's need for a sewage disposal system. No one attending the meet ing voiced opposition to the idea. The question boiled down simply to "How much will it cost?" At the conclusion of the meeting, Mayor E. O. Graham and the council, with the ap proval of those attending, de cided to have a thorough study of the project made for discussion at future public meetings. The study is to in clude estimated total cost of the project and estimated costs to individual home owners. Express Desire Jf a majority of Jackson ville property holders express desire for a system, the council will place the issue on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. A 1956 engineer's study of the proposal was reviewed at the meeting, but the council pointed out that the cost would have increased consid erably since that time and that another type of system might now be more desirable Estimated cost of an open lagoon system four years ago was between $215,000 and $250,000 but the current cost of a similar system would be close to $300,000. It was tentatively agreed that the cost of a sewage dis posal plant and system would be paid by all residents through general obligation bonds. Each home owner would pay the same price for con necting the sewer pipe to his property line but cost of making the connection from property line to a house would vary according to dis tance. The council also said it would investigate to see if any federal funds are avail able to aid In the project. 130 Pints of Blood Collected in City The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 130 pints of blood in Medford Tuesday and 79 pints of blood in Ashland Monday according to local Red Cross officials. ' The quota for Medford was 290 pints and for Ashland 150 pints. The two cities were 231 pints under their quota. In Medford, 170 donors vol unteered, but 40 had to be re jected. The bloodmobile is next scheduled to be in Medford in August. Salem-OIPD-The Stale High way Department has announc that McKenzic Pass Highway will open to traffic June 24. !!&dK! Line on U.S. , J , . . . Democratic party, sponsors of vast Sohyo labor union bxoud noi 10 attempt to interfere SBTribune JUNE 15, 1960 To' Visit '-a..:.... i.....:..1 ....... . AHEAD OF SCHEDULE A boom crane, working in the middle of the Rogue river, lifts specially constructed wooden forms into place on the Rogue river (Homestead) bridge approximately three miles downriver from Gold Hill. Construction is now ahead 191 Counts Filed In Roseburg Truck Explosion Portland-flPD-A criminal in formation containing 191 counts was filed in Federal Court here Tuesday against the Pacific Powder Co., in connection with the Aug. 7, 1959, Roseburg truck explo sion. The blast, in the early hours of the morning, caused 13 deaths and some $10 million worth of damage. The information, filed by U. S. Attorney Harold E. Pat terson, accuses the Tenino, Wash., firm of violating fed eral safety regulations. Driver Has Immunity Patterson said the law pro vides a fine ranging from $200 to $500 on each count of which the company is found guilty. No charges were filed against George Rutherford, the driver. Patterson explain ed that Rutherford had testi fied at a federal hearing at Roseburg and federal law gives him immunity from prosecution. Medford Armory Board to Remain The announced abolishment of the state's local armory boards docs not include either Medford or Pendleton, County Judge Earl Miller learned to day. Maj. Harvey Latham, Sa lem, public Information offi cer for the Oregon Military Department, told Miller this morning that Pendleton and Medford have local advisory boards with financial inter ests In their armories, so would be excluded. A United Press Internation al wire story about the action published yesterday did not exclude those two cities, the major said. The new order docs in clude the Ashland armory. The military department has ordered abolishment of the state's 39 local armory boards and creation of a state armory advisory board to re place them, the UPI story stated. Major Latham told Miller this morning that the same advisory boards would be held Intact with the same mem bers. The Medford armory board consists of both city and county representatives, and Pendleton's includes rep resentatives of city and the Pendleton Roundup associa tion. Latham said he would send the county court I letter with more details. Treaty Until Ike with the Eisenhower party between Tokyo International Airport and the city. SohVO SillH that il Uim.lrl confine its demonstrations to the Diet building and the 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 74 ?-,.OfC Ltf . jgL. r$?Mtrx Construction Work On River Bridge Ahead of Construction work on 111 Rogue river (Homestead) bridge and the Grants Pass to Rock Point sections of Highway 99 is ahead of sched ule, according to construction officials. Over 300 working days are still unused by the Pacific Concrete company of Port land, the general contractor for the bridge. It is estimated that construction will con tinue into the winter of 1960-61. Twin concrete spans, with a box-girder type of construc tion, will link the two sides of the Rogue river about three miles west from Gold Hill. The bridge is being con structed so that each span will be supported by four concrete piers in the water area. Over- II length of the two spans is is to be 807 and 766 feet, ex clusive of the overpass which will carry traffic over what is now the main Highway 99. Earth Fill Link Specifications also call for an earth fill to link the east end of the bridge with the highway overpass. The west sections of the bridge, presently the longest, were built while the river was crowded toward the main channel by an earth and rock dike. Porcupine Creates Local Disturbance A porcupine created a dis turbance at 1102 North River side ave., about 11 p.m. Tues day and received a free ride to the airport in a city police car. According to officers, Max Paul Weston, of that address, called police whe nhe noticed the animal. He told police he had tried to capture the ani mal, but was unable to do so. Thinking it might be some one's pet, he didn't want to kill it. The police officer caught "porky" in a barrel, and trans ported It to the airport where it was turned loose. WEATHER roitECABT: Partly cloudy lo nlRht and Thiinrtay. Low to nlcht 52. Hlih Thunday a. Temp. HlKhMt Yritrrday ... M I.owrit this Morning At Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Unmet today 7:50 p.m. unrtte tomorrow .... 4:14 a.m. Moonrlte tomorrow 12:30 a.m. I.att Quarter tonight 8:34 p.m. At moonrltc the lummrr trl antla of Vfii. Dentb. and Al- talr will t hlih In th cart, Arcturuf will be ien In thr WMt, and tha plantta, Saturn and Jupiter, will ba In the louth. prime minister's official resi dence nearby. Neither point is on the route of the motor cade. Zenro, the moderate coun cil of labor unions, went a step further and issued a state ment urging its 780,000 mem bers to join in a warm wel come to Eisenhower. The vociferous left wing student federation, Zengakur en, thus found itself in the sole company of the Com munists in a deteriorating program for attempting physi ii Japan of schedule and is estimated to continue into the winter months. The bridge sections pictured are across the river from present Highway 99 and are the longest completed sections. A second pair stand behind the camera. Schedule Now this dike has been re moved and rebuilt on the eastln'ht he held the door open side of the river so that the other piers may be poured. -I, I - .( - .. I VUln I.UII9U UI-,IUII 13 UIIUC1 I way at the Gold Hill junction and the overpass in the Seven Oaks section of the highway. Nedco Trestle Damaged by Fire Fire burned the ties and the top of the Medford Corpora tion railroad trestle over Lit tle Butte creek in the Eagle Point vicinity yesterday, the state department of forestry reported. Patrolmen said that about 160 feet of trestle were dam aged in the blaze. Medco officials said appar ently the fire was caused from hot particles dropping from a brake shoe on an empty log car which became set. The particles, they said, apparent ly smouldered for some time before they were noticed. The lumber firm told the forestry office that its train had passed over the trestle some three hours before that time. Two other fires in grass along the railroad about a mile north of Eagle Point were reported to the forestry department about 1:19 p.m. The trestle Is southwest of Eagle Point. Patrolmen were sent to two other small fires tills morning, A one-half acre blaze in debris at Hyatt lake, reportedly start ed from and unattended camp fire. The other fire was in grass along the road In the Upper Applegate between Ruch and the Jackson county weighing station. Salcm-(l)PD-The state confer ence of Oregon homemaking teachers .opened here today with Marie Harris of Corval- lis, Instructor in foods and nutrition at Oregon State col lege, as the keynote speaker. Stevenson Petition Campaign Starts Balem-liri-A petition campaign has been launched In Oregon io nominate Adlai Stevenson for President at the Democratic convention In Los Angeles next month, H.rK.ri R Millar of Silim. local chairman of the Steven son petitions drive, said the movement is on e national scale . and began in Oregon one week ago. . Miller said the chairman o the Oregon drive is Jonathan Marshall oi Eugene. Marshall Is former publisher e! Arte Magasine In New York end is In Eugene dolne naduete work at Ihe University of Orego: .. .... The petitions will be presented at the convention July 11, Miller laid. Leaves cal inter fcrence with th. Eisenhower party. The Communists threats and effort to precipitate a general riot seemed to inten- ' sify in proportion to deser tions from their cause. Like the radical student group, the Reds remained adamant in their announced determina tion to attempt to interfere physically with the president ial party, despite the presence of 27,000 police and a steady swing in popular sentiment. Concern Voiced Over Riots by Fanatical Groups Philippine Congress " Hears President Manila - IUPD - President Eisenhower, campaigning for world peace to defeat the "evil objectives" of world Communist leaders, was re ported tonight to be deter mined to carry out his visit to Tokyo where bloody new leftwing rioting aroused fresh fears for his safety. American security officials here and in Tokyo were deep ly concerned over the latest riots by fanatical students who demanded that his visit be cancelled. The officials were apprehensive about the ability of Tokyo police to handle a possible large - scale demon stration when the President arrives there Sunday. Addresses Congress Eisenhower in a speech to the Philippine Congress' ac cused international Commu nist leaders of trying to per. vert and seize nationalist movements through the world, for "their own evil objectives." - 1 But in a banquet speech to- f to the Soviet Union for peace- Jul negotiations. He said new v weapons make war "a com plete absurdity" and for that reason there must be no re treat in the efforts to negoti ate for a peaceful world. Hailed For Record Eisenhower spoke informal ly at a banquet given in his honor at Malacanang Palace by Philippine President Car los P. Garcia, who hailed him for his World War II record and his current leadership in the quest for world peace. In au exchange of toasts at the end of the dinner, Eisen hower held open the door to Russia for a fruitful negotia tion of the differences that led to collapse of the summit conference in Paris last month. Guests Delighted Eisenhower delighted his , Filipino guests by coming to the banquet wearing a color ful native barong tagalog - a lightweight shirt . worn here in the evening as formal at tire. It is the festive dress of the Filipino men. Asks Continuing Negotiations The U.S. President devoted his remarks almost entirely to the vital need for main taining working diplomatic contact and continued nego tiations with other countries of the world. "We must not for one mo ment give up our effort to induce those hostile to us . . . to see the path to reason," Eisenhower said. Klamath falls Names Fire Chief Klamath Falls - IUPD - Geno Gheller, assistant fire chief and a member of the Klam ath Falls department since 1941, was namer chief today by. City Manager G. S. Ver geer. Gheller replaces the late Roy Rowe, who died April 28. Gheller will nerve si one-year probationary period.
