Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 17, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrtn Ml M UU BLOOD TRANSPORTED-Pilot Ed Canoose of Medford, in plane, at the Josephine coun ty airport at Grants Pass, gets a box con taining 30 pints of type A negative blood to be flown to Portland where it was used in open heart surgery on a Corvallis boy at the University of Oregon medical school. Hold County Budget Hearing Slated Tuesday Night A public hearing on the proposed Jackson county budget will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Jackson coun ty courthouse. Total for the new fiscal year starting July 1 as pro posed is $4,427,586.72. This is $784,697.56 higher than the current fiscal year's budget of $3,642,889.16, according to Karl Janouch, county treas urer. In the proposed budget, contributions to other taxing units in the county have in creased $373,000. This ac counts for approximately half of the budget increase of $784,696.86, according to Ja nouch, Trie other half of the increase is .represented by rise In operating expenses of the various county depart, mcnts. A total of $858,928 will be contributed to other taxing units, according to present budget proposals for the new fiscal year. The other taxing units include schools, librar ies, civil defense and histor ical society. . "These contributions to oth er taxing units mean a direct saving to the county taxpayer, since it means that much less he will have to pay for opera tion of those units such as the schools," the county treasurer explained. "The county does not now have a tax base but operates from its share of the timber receipts from O and C lands," he added. Gas Price War in Area Continues Spokesmen for the Rogue Valley Gasoline Dealers as sociation reported this morn ing1 that no settlement has been made of a gasoline price war. The Association met on Thursday night. Harold ' Ellis, local associa tion president, said that 98 per cent of the regional sta tions wish to maintain their current margin of profit, but the other 2 per cent is holding up progress in the several' week-old fuel price battle. About 60 representatives of gas dealers in the area at tended the association meet ing last night. Salem -(IIPB- Privte services will be held Saturday here for Melbourne C. Brooks, former publisher of the McMinnville News Register. He died in a Salem hosoital Thursday at the age of 79. Hatfield Hints Others May Like Boardman Site Salcm-OIPll-Gov. Mark Hat field hinted today that if Aerojet General Corporation decides not to locate a fac tory In Oregon's Boardman development there are other firms to which It would prove ideal. J , "We now await their deci sion and should they deter mine otherwise I am sure our space age industrial park site will attract others," ht said. The stale has been negotiat ing with Aerojet for some months about the firm's tak ing over the 96.000 acre site in Morrow county for a huge rocket engine plant. Mn. Maurine Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, said Thursday sr ing the box at left is Don O'Brien, com mander of Grants Pass Flight, CAP. At right are Mrs. Walter Cannon, Grants Pass blood bank chairman, and, looking at cam era, Mrs. Ken Williams, volunteer blood bank worker. (UPI Telcphoto) Festival Ticket Sales Setting New Records at Ashland The Ashland Shakespearean Festival asso ciation reported today that advanced ticket sales are again setting new records. By June 15, total sales had topped the same percentage last year by 39 per cent. Since the theater played to more than 80 per cent capacity last season, the lead is expected to reduce as opening night nears. Shakespearean officials anticipate that the 1960 total Cattish Derby At Park Sunday Selection of a winner of a 10:foot lake boat will be one of the attractions at the Med ford 20-30 club's 25th annual Catfish Derby at TouVelle State park Sunday. Derby Queen Dee L,awson will select the winner. Master of ceremonies for the affair, which begins at 11:30 a.m.. will be Paul Gandt of Medford. Program will in clude entertainment by local talent as well as an impromp tu amateur contest. Local merchants have do nated prizes to be presented to amateur contest winners as well as victors in other games scheduled. Contests in clude pie eating, sack races, egg throwing and balloon blowing. Prizes will go to persons displaying the largest, the smallest and the most catfish and the grand champion cat fisherman award will be won by the person displaying the best all-around fishing ability. There will be no admission charge and no entry fee for the catfish contests. Green Named to City Commission Mayor John W. Snider at last night's city council meet ing, appointed Terry Green, 24, an Insurance underwriter for Mutual of New York, to serve on the Medford city planning commission. Green will fill the unex pired term of Larry Schade. Other members of the com mission are Paul Selby, presi dent, Charles Crary, Harold Snodgrass, Donald Walters Jack Edson and Elwood Hed berg Jr. The council approved the appointment. she was in touch with Aero jet President Dan Kimball and Kimball advised her Aerojct's Boardman decision will be made this fall. Hatfield said this, I am sure, will be a business deci sion based on business rea sons. Oregon has assets that are apparent and Aerojet has been made familiar with them beginning with our confer ences last July In San Fran Cisco. We have respected their expressed desire to fulfill in formation requests in confi dence." This was Hatfield's first ac knowledgement that negotia tions were under way with Aerojet. The Aerojet report has flowed in business and news circles for months. Ashland gate will register more than 90 per cent capacity. Box office totals now stand at $22,068.51 compared with $13,460.45 a year ago. Present sales compared with July 10, 1959, when $21,939.25 had been tallied. Festival officials point out, however, that the Festival will open three days earlier this year, on July 25. Total Expenses General Manager William Palton indicated that total ex penses for staging this year's five productions over 41 nights will be $91,803.79. Tickets for the opening night "Feast of the Tribe of Will" are also selling rapidly, according to the association. A popular affair staged in Ash land's Llthia park, it will fea ture Elizabethan food and en tertainment. Tickets are priced at $3 per person covering the cost of food and entertainment in the park. Play reservations are extra, it was explained. Only a few of the $2.40 tickets remain for the opening show, but there are still a good selection in the $1.80 and $1.20 price ranges, festi val officials added. Deadline for banquet reser vations is July 10 unless the 100 capacity is sold out pri or to that date. ire Destroys Storage Shed A storage shed structure, behind a residence at 871 Cherry st., was completely destroyed by fire early this afternoon. The old structure, on prop erty owned by William Pet ers, consisted of three joined sections, a records office, a car port and a tool shed. Origin of the blaze was not immediately determined. The alarm was turned in to the fire department about 12:05 p.m. by Wrs. Myron Hanson, 907 Cherry lane. Her children reported that the building was on fire. The residence on the prop erty was vacant but was be ing remodeled and Peters was in the house at the time the fire broke out. Accidental Gunshot Kills Newberg Woman Newberg OJPD A shotgun held bv a Newberg man sud denly discharged late Wednes day and killed his wile in tne kitchen 01 tneir nome nere. A blast in the back killed Mrs. Susan Lyons, 72. Her husband, Arthur, also 72, said he was preparing to shoot a cat with the .12-gauge shot gun when it accidentally went off. Grant County Man Father of Year' Portland niPD A Grant county farmer has Dccn picked as the Oregon Cow Belles' "Father of the Year" by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The award was given to Virgil Piquet, Long Creek, Ore., here Thursday. Strawberry Pickers Desperately Needed Salem -tCPD-Growers In this strawberry center were des perate for strawberry pickers today and plea went out for 3,000 more persons to help harvest the crop, Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Russia Accuses U.S. of Blocking Disarmament Continuation Said Up To Washington Geneva - IUP1I - The Soviet Union accused the United Stales today of deliberately blocking disarmament neeo- tiations. It said it is now en tirely up to Washington as to whether the East-West arms cut talks here can continue. Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zorin made the bitter attack in a speech on United States policy in general and against chief American delegate Fred rick M. Eaton personally. It came less than an hour after Eaton had announced he was returning to Washington tonight for consultation on de velopments at the 10-nation disarmament talks. These de velopments included a west ern split over Russia's latest disarmament plans. Eaton said he would be gone several days and would be replaced at the Geneva talks by his deputy, Charles C. Stelle. Zorin's aides distributed a text of his remarks durine to. day's 41st session of the con ference. The text obviously had been preDared beforp Eaton made his announce ment. Spiced With Barbs It could not be learned im mediately what on-the-record comment Zorin made on Ea ton's travel plans, although a boviet delegation spokesman said the Russian diplomat had taken the announcement calmly. Zorin spiced his speech with barbs aimed at Eaton, who he claimed was merely trying to muddle a completely clear question" of disarmament. Franchise Approved For Local Company The Medford city council last night approved a 10-year exclusive garbage disposal franchise for the City Sani tary Service. The terms of the franchise require that gar bage disposal be done by the sanitary land-fill method. In exchange for the fran chise the City Sanitary Serv ice will pay the city 2 per cent of its gross revenue each year. Mayor John W. Snider has 10 days in which he can veto the council's action if he de sires. He pointed this out at last night's meeting, and said he would take the matter un der advisement. It would re quire a two-thirds majority of the council to override a veto by the mayor. The vote on the exclusive franchise was 5 to 3 in favor. Three councilmcn opposed the franchise on the grounds that it should not be exclu sive but should be non-exclusive. Pendleton -(UPI)- Mrs. Buna B. Faris, postmaster at New Pine creek, has been elected president of the Oregon State Postmasters. "Unity, It'. Ike Sailing As Chinese 7th Fleet Forms Air, Sea Shield Around President Peiping Blamed For Japan Riots Aboard USS Yorklown-IUPII - Communist Chinese shore batteries raked the Nationalist-held offshore islands with "thousands of guns" tonight in an angry demonstration against President Eisenhow er s visit to Formosa Satur day. The President was sailing through the South China Sea aboard the Cruiser USS St. Paul when the Communist New China News Agency and the Peiping Radio broadcast their bristling announcements. Fleet Forms Shield The powerful, atomic-capable U.S. 7th fleet formed a vast air and sea shield around the President s vessel to guard against any possible attack by Red submarines or planes. ni5 course was to take nim to within 150 miles of the Communist-held mainland coast. Meanwhile, it was learned that the President believes that the Communists made his Japanese trip impossible in the same way the Kremlin wrecked the Paris summit conference, with most of the direction coming from Pei ping. , , Not Too Discouraged ' The President was reported not overly discouraged about the circumstances which forc ed cancellation of his visit to Tokyo. But he feels the Reds used his trip to make propaganda hay because they were unhappy about the warm receptions he has re ceived in other Asian and Mideast ccjintries. The Red broadcast said their bombardments of the Quemoys and the adjacent is lands would constitute "our welcome and see-off for Eis enhower." Lumber Market Improvement Noted Portland - (UPI) - There was some Improvement in western lumber and plywood markets during the week ending to day, Crow's Lumber News Service reported. But buying continued generally on the light side. Mill order files in western Oregon and Washington im proved with heavier buying in some dimension and timber items. Boards remained slow, as did low grade dimension. Sanded plywood stock re mained at the $64 base price. Wonderful" x MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, fe "",C' " ' ''' lMa i . "jar -w rS H ;M ..Pi . t-2 GUNS CHECKED Nationalist Chinese sol diers check their weapon at a gun emplace ment on Qucmoy Island. Red China shore batteries began shelling the off-shore islands House Restores Hall ol Military Aid Fund Cuts Washington-UIPII-The House responded to .heightened ten- sions in Japan and the For mosa Strait today by restor ing half of the military aid funds chopped from Presi dent Eisenhower's foreign aid requests. By a non-record vote of 170-114, members put back into the bill 50 per cent of the $400 thousand cut in military aid funds ordered by the House Appropriations Com mittee. Parallel Move Rejected However, the House reject ed a parallel administrative move to restore $50 million of S124 million sliced from Eisenhower's request for "de fense support" funds a form of economic assistance. The non-record vote on this was 119-141. The added military funds went in after Republican leader Charles Hallcck (Ind.) said anti-American riots in Japan proved the need for more, not less, foreign aid. Question Raised Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes (D Fla) said. Japan's "shocking failure" to use American trained troops to safeguard President Eisenhower's now cancelled visit raises a ques tion whether most U.S. allies can be counted on to use their troops on America's side. Hallcck, however, had the administration and the Presi dent, himself, on his side of the argument, Grange Reaffirms Fast Time Opposition Roseburg fUPD Delegates to the 87th annual state grange convention reaffirmed their opposition to daylight savings time here Thursday. The grangemen declared that daylight is more of a detriment than a help. The delegates said that standard time should be nationwide. Eugene-(UPB-James C. Lynch of Lakeview has been award ed the Paul Patterson Memo rial Fellowship award for 1000-61, given annually to an outstanding second-year law school student at the Univer sity of Oregon. WEATHER FOR PC AST: fair tonight and Haiurday. Continued rool lm prraturri. Low tonight 41. High Saturday IS. Temp. IHlhfit Vetlerdar - Loweil this Morning O Our Skies Tonight Hun ift today T P flunrUe tomorrow 4:34 t.m. MoonrUe tomorrow M 1:32 a.m. New Moon June 23 PROMINENT STAR negiilim, In th weft t;1 pm. VIHIRI E PI.ANKTS Jiipltff, rUet - P-m. Saturn, rtt 9:10 p.m. Mara, follow the Moon. Tribune JUNE 17, 1960 for Formosa Shell Island -1 mil iSLiiXa Johnson Refuses To Set Timetable On Treaty Action Washington .- (UPI) - Demo cratic Leader Lyndon B. John son (Texas) -refused today to limousine Service ' May Revise Rafes The Medford Airport Lim ousine service was granted permission by the Medford city council last night to re vise its rate schedule, and to transport passengers to and from the airport from any where within a three-mile ra dius of Medford. The revised rates are only temporary and are subject to revision when the council considers a proposed amend ment to the city code concern ing limousines at its next meeting. City Attorney Joel Reeder told the council the city does not have any control over the routes to be used by the lim ousine service. He said that although the service had orig inally requested permission just to operate limousines be t w e e n downtown Medford and the airport, the city had granted it a taxicab license. The city has no provision for limousine license. Youths Slate Joint Governor's Ball Salem -UPD-Boys Slate in Corvallis converged on Girls State here today. A joint gov ernor's ball was scheduled at Willamette University. Girls Slate visited the State Supreme Court this morning and Girls State Chief Justice Margaret O'Leary and six associate girl justices don ned robes of office. Sharon Vincze, Klamaht Falls, was named president of the Senate and Merrily Ja- cobson, Astoria, was named speaker of the House. Fanatic Japanese Students Seek To Block Treaty, Force Kishi Out Tokyo - (UPll - Thousands of fanatic leftwing students mounted a new shouting, snake-dancing demonstration before the Japanese Diet (Par liament) building today In an 11th hour effort to block the U.S.-Japanesc security treaty and topple Premier Nobusuke Klshl's government, Students Chani "Smash the treaty, down with Klshl," chanted 19,000 students they they swirled wildly. Inside the Diet compound 4,000 policemen watched warily for the first sign of Price 1 0 Cents No. 76 today as a "show of strength" against Presi dent Eisenhower's visit to Formosa. (UPI Telcphoto) set a definite timetable for Senate action on the U.S. Japanese sec uri ty treaty. There- were signs' it . will be postponed until next week. ."The treaty is not going to oe accelerated or retarded. Johnson told newsmen. "It will be taken up and consid ered In regular course and I anticipate that will be in the next few days." Brakes Believed Applied Johnson would not close the door on possible Senate action tonight, or at a specially-scheduled session Satur day. Although Johnson would not commit himself, there were indications Senate lead ers, after consultations with the Slate Department, had quietly put on the brakes and were prepared to defer action on the pact until next week. Johnson denied under ques tioning -that the department had requested a delay. But other Informed sources said plans would be changed to permit the treaty to be come effective in Tokyo be fore final Senate ratification. Lakeview Geyser 'Old Faithful' Type Lakevie w-flJPD- Lake coun ty's man-made geyser, once the only constant geyser known in the world, is now mocr the "Old Faithful" type. The geyser, which spouted from an oil well "duster" about a year ago on - the Crump ranch In Warner Val ley, shot a steady stream of hot water some 200 feet into the air until recently. Now it goes up about 12 feet every two minutes or so. Charles Crump said van dals have been throwing rocks into the 20-inch wide hole and he believes this may be re sponsible for the change. violence. Each student wore a black arm band of mourn ing for a 22-year-old coed killed In mob battle with police Wednesday night. Heartened that their battle scarred demonstrations had forced cancellation of Presi dent Eisenhower's visit ,the students were now working aganst time on their other two main objectives. Hold Up Ratification Unless they could force the downfall of Klshl's govern ment before Sunday, the trea ty would pass into automatic ratiflction by the upper Shore Batteries Blast Islands As Ike Nears President Out Of Range of Guns Taipei, Formosa, Saturday mra- Communist Chinese ar tillery erupted with a massive new bombardment of the off shore Quemoy Islands Friday night shortly before President Eisenhower was due to arrive this morning in Formosa. The Red shore batteries opened fire with "thousands of guns" against the 14 tiny islands that lie four miles off the Peiping-ruled harbor of Amoy. Communist loudspeak ers had given advance warn ing and denounced the Presi dent as being like a "rat whom people want to step on and crush." 7th Fleet Escort The bombardment took place while Eisenhower was making the 28-hour voyage from Manila to north For mosa aboard the cruiser St. Paul under heavy sea and air escort by the U. S. 7th Fleet. He was due In Taipei at 10 a.m. (5 p.m. Friday p.s.t.) Although far out of range of the Communist shore guns, the St. Paul carried Eisen hower through the South China sea to within 150 miles of the China mainland, the closest he has come to Peiping during his Asian tour. The Nalloni.list defense ministry said the Reds nni-norf ure ai p.m. Friday, Chinese ume w a.m. Friday p.s.t.) and slopped at 0:50 p.m. (5 a.m. p.s.t.) Friday night. ireat uomonstration Communist broadcasts by Peiping Radio and the official New China News Agency said oeiore me shore guns opened up inai xneir artillery would, Domrjard Quemoy and its ad jacent Islands of Tatan and Ehrtan Friday and Sunday in a great demonstration of arms." This was consistent with Red .China's policy of firing on flic islands on alternate days. But for the past two years the shellins has con sisted of not more than 200 to 300 rounds during the course of the selected days. Saturday's bombard m e n t was described as "heavier than normal" by Rear- Ad miral Liu Hon Tu, spokesman for the defense ministry. UMC Sets Goal of $147,850 for Fall United Medford crusade President Richard H. Travis nnounced today that the UMC goal for the fall cam paign is $147,850. The 10 budget commitlee members held six meetings on agency budget reviews, and in two-member teams visited each local agency to discuss the budgets for next fiscal year. Six national agencies were also refused member ship since they do not have local sponsoring groups, in accordance with the UMC by laws. Admitted to the UMC funds and membership were the School of Hope for mentally retarded children and the Jackson County Chapter of the Mental Health association. Increases ranging from $200 to $1,000 were granted to five member . agencies, the com bined Salvation Army and Salvation Army White Shield home receiving the maximum increase. Member ageny budget re quests totaled $155,574.73. Amounts allocated to agencies totaled $129,850, a difference of almost $26,000. Campaign costs are estimated at 4.1 per cent, administration costs at 4 per cent, making a total of $147,850. Corvallis-lliPll-Jeff Chang of Portland has been elected sen ior governor of Beaver Boys State. He is a student at Franklin High school. chamber. The lower chamber ratified it May 20. Many Japanese were re morseful that the demonstra tions had washed out Eisen hower's visit. No Insult Intended Several approached Amorl ans on the streets of Tokyo some with tears in their eyes and tried to explain that no Insult was Intended to Elsen hower or the United States. "Please don't blame our government for this," was th tenor of the remarks. "It wat the work of a violent Communist-backed minority," f Q O sy n-trmr mum