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Far East Trip
Success, Ike
Tells Nation
Washington-IUPD-President Eisenhower says his personal
diplomacy has been so successful that it drove the Com
munists to extreme measures to block his visit to Japan.
The President told the nation Monday night that Russia
and Red China forced the Japanese government to cancel
the Tokyo trip because they realized his worldwide missions
have helped to obstruct Communist imperialism.
His radio-television report on his 23.000-mile Far East
tour drew mixed reaction from congressional leaders.
State Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said
he hoped and prayed Eisenhower was correct in believing
that the Asian tour had produced beneficial effects for the
. free world.
Rules Committee
Scuttles Omnibus
Housing Measure
Washington-WPH-The House
Tules committee today scut
tled an omnibus $1,365 bil
lion housing bill that was a
"must" on Democratic lead
ers' program for action be
fore Congress adjourns.
The conservative-dominated
committee refused by a 6-6 tie
vote to send the bill to the
House floor for action.
Chairman Howard W. Smith
(D-Va.) told newsmen the com
mittee felt it advisable not
to clear the complicated meas
ure for action "at this late
stage" of the congressional
cession.
The bill was the second
Democratic "must" measure
that the Rules committee has
consigned to the scrap heap
in recent weeks. It refused to
permit House-Senate negotia
tions on school aid leigslation.
Efforts were being made,
however, to get the commit
tee, to reconsider its 7-5 vote
ngainst a House-Senate con
ference on school aid.
The roadblock imposed by
the rules committee against
the housing bill probably will
force Democratic leaders to
'resort to the suspension of
rules procedure to get floor
action, on housing legislation.
This requires a two-thirds vote
for passage.
County Transfers
Department Funds
The Jackson county court
Issued two orders today trans
ferring a total of S8.842.54
from county emergency funds
to departments which had ex
ceeded their budgets.
Largest item was to com
pensate for travel expenses
in the criminal department of
the sheriffs office at $3,
550.14. The county court is
sued a separate order trans
ferring S206.42 to the juve
nile department as "expenses
for efficient operation of the
Juvenile detention home."
Other county allocations
from the emergency fund in
cluded district court supplies,
$337.69; justice court, Gold
Hill, 88 cents for supplies;
sheriff's civil department,
SI, 506. 16 for travel allow
ances; election department
personnel salaries, $1,350.28;
courthouse extra help,
S702.59; courthouse building
repairs, $469.84; courthouse
heating system repairs,
$155.40; coroner autopsies,
$208; veterans' service officer,
extra office help, $52.49; and
$31.70 for medical expenses;
board of equalization mem
bers, expenses, $12.60; and
constable's travel e: penscs,
$251.20, and supplies $7.15.
The county court said it
turned down a bill of $402
for expenses submitted by
Sheriff Joe Walsh for his trip
to the national law enforce
ment officers' convention at
Colorado Springs. Colo., re
cently. County Judge Earl
Miller said the refusal to pay
the sheriff's expenses is not
a criticism of Walsh. The sum
was not budgeted, he ex
plained. Fontana. Calif. (ITU - A
medium - rated earthquake
shook a wide area of San Ber
nardino canyon todav.
Need for Oregon Labor Relations Law
Discussed by
Portland - - The need
for an Orefon libor relations
law was questioned Monday
by several members of the
jjegislativ Interim Commit
tee on Lebor-Minflgement Re
lations. The suggested measure, still
in its embryo stage, would
follow in some respects the
Landrum-Griffilh federal law.
Som committee members
Senate Republican Leader
Everett M. Dirksen (111.) call
ed the speech "an adequate
answer" to Democratic critics
of the President's trip.
Eisenhower said the Com
munists suffered a sharp set
back, even though they
blocked his Japanese visit. He
said ratification of the U.S.
Japan security treaty was a
"signal defeat" for the Reds
that far outweighed cancella
tion of his Tokyo stop.
The President said he had
no plans for any more such
trips before leaving office
next January. But he said he
would not hesitate to travel
again if the need arose-and
he urged his White House suc
cessor to follow his lead.
"So long as the threat of
Communist domination may
hang over the free world, I
believe that any future Presi
dent will conclude that recip
rocal visits by heads of
friendly governments have
great value in promoting free
world solidarity," he said.
Eisenhower said the Com
munists apparently concluded
some time ago that top-level
exchanges that have taken
him to 27 countries in 7 'A
years, '"were of such positive
value to the free world as to
obstruct Communist imperial
ism." Oppose Ike's Trips
For this reason, he said,
Russia and Communit China
"went to great lengths and
expense" to stage the riots in
Japarj, wn!ch forced the. gov
ernment of Premier Nobu-
suke Kishi to call off his
Tokyo visit.
Declaring that the Commu
nists have used every possible
method to try to block his
world trips, Eisenhower said
the Reds "bitterly opposed
my entry into the Philippines,
in Taiwan, in Okinawa, in
Korea, and of course, Japan."
But he asserted that no pol
icy against Communist impe
rialism can be carried out if
the United States permits it
self to be "bluffed, cajoled,
blinded or frightened." The
free world, he said, must
never be "timitd, passive or
apologetic."
Retired Bonneville
Statistician Dies
Portland - HOT - Funeral
services will be held Wednes
day for Claude R. Lester, 71,
retired chief of the rate and
statistics department for Bon
neville Power Administration
Lester died Sunday in a hos
pital. Medford Woman
Doesn't Know Who
To Tfionfc for Stamp
Mrs. P. M. A 1 dredge,
1403 East Main st would
like to thank some thought
ful person, but doesn't
know who it is.
Some time ago Mrs, Al
dredge addressed a package
and letter to her grand
daughter. 11-year-old Penny
Howell of Chino, Calif. Be
tween her car and the post
office, she lost the letter,
which was unstamped. Mrs.
Aldredge mailed the pack
age, a dress which was a
gift to her granddaughter,
and then wrote a second
letter.
This morning she receiv
ed a note from Penny say
i n g "Grandmother, you
must have a kind friend in
Medford." Both letters had
been delivered. So, to the
unknown person who put a
four-cent stamp on Penny's
letter, goes Mrs. Aldredge's
sincere "thank you."
Legislative Committee
said they questioned need for
enactment of such legislation
on the state level.
Attorney William J. Mas
ters, representing Oregon In
dependent Retail Grocers,
urged passage of such legis
lation on the state level and
asked that the law follow as
closely as possible the nation
al law. William F. Luberskey.
representing manage m e n t ,
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THE TANARO Pictured above is a view of the Tanaro
river wnere it Hows past Aioa, Italy. Alba, a city of 17,
000, recently became Mcdford's sister city. The city is
interspersed with both ancient and modern buildings. It
has a history which dates back to pre-Roman times. In
the background of the picture can be seen some of the
tall, red gothic towers, which stand above the city. At a
breakfast meeting in the Medford hotel this morning, the
Johnston Store's
Bid for Stand at
Lake Is Accepted
The bid by Johnston store,
Medford, for a temporary con
cession at the Howard Prairie
reservoir was accepted by the
Jackson county court this
morning.
The bid, which offers the
county 10 per cent of the
gross receipts from the con
cession operation, was sub
mitted by Robert P. Johnson,
Glen F. Bailey and William L.
West of the Johnston store,
112 South Riverside ave.
The bid will now be refer
red to the bureaus of reclam
ation and land management,
for final approval.
The Jackson county parks
and recreation commis s i o n
this morning recommended
the Johnston store bid be ac
cepted. The Johnston store bid was
one of three considered. A
Grants Pass firm submitted a
bid only on condition that it
be for much longer than the
18 months specified by the
county. Other bidders were
Cecil and Agnes Hall, 2133
Spring St., Medford, 3'4 per
cent; Bernard Stormberg. 712
South Modoc ave., and Philip
Huntley, 623 South Modoc
ave., 2 per cent.
A concessionaire is to be
established at the recreation
area by the July 4 week end.
The Johnston store people
proposed to place a wood
frame and plywood building
on skids for dispensing such
things as box lunches, sand
wiches, soups, stews, soft
drinks, gas and oil.
Also offered were a repair
service for boats and motors,
an emergency first aid and
rescue service and minimum
rental of a boat and motor for
the sheriff's water patrol plus
charges for gas and oil.
Mary's Peak Shrine
Trek Slated Aug. 7
Corvallis - 0IPH - The 15th
annual Mary's Peak Shrine
Trek will be held Aug. 7 .un
der the direction of Shrine
clubs from Benton, Linn, Lin
coln and Polk counties. A
highlight will be a family pic.
nic featuring barbecued beef
prepared in open pits on the
oeak.
said "we are seeking some
thing that will improve the
climate of labor-management
relations in the state. We need
rules and regulations against
coercion."
Donald S. Richardson, rep
resenting the AFL-CIO, asked
that labor management dis
putes be handled as they are
done under existing processes.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
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Town Affiliation
Group Emphasizes
Need of Volunteers
Reemphasizing the need for
volunteer workers, and a dis
play of new literature from
Alba, Italy, highlighted Mcd
ford's Town Affiliation com
mittee meeting this morning.
Formal confirmation from
Alba was received here last
week.
Perhaps the greatest need
of the committee at this time,
it was pointed out, is trans
lators and public relations
personnel. Because of the
quantity of mail being re
ceived by Mayor John Sni
der's office, and the expected
correspondence, the commit-
Attempted Burglary
Of Store Thwarted
An attempted burglary at
Weisfield's Jewelers, 122 East
Main St., late last night was
thwarted by several youths
who chased the burglar away
before he had a chance to take
anything.
Lewis M a n f o r d Tarter,
Portland, told Medford police
he heard a crash in the vicin
ity of the jewelry store about
midnight while he and some
friends were walking in the
downtown area, and he went
to investigate.
When he got near the jcwqI
ry store, he said, he saw a
man standing in front of the
large plate glass window at
the front of the store. The
window was broken.
Tarter told police he start
ed to chase the man but be
climbed into an awaiting car
and drove off.
Police later located the car
in downtown Medford. Inves
tigation showed the vehicle
had been stolen from Skinner
Buick-Cadillac company lot
late yesterday.
Police said the window of
the jewelry store was shatter
ed with what appeared to be
a large pop bottle. The store
manager was called, and he
confirmed that nothing had
been taken.
Senofe Approves
Tax Rate Extension
Washineton - H'PD -
The
Senate today approved a bill
extending present income tax
rates on corporations and con
tinuing a variety of wartime
excise taxes on liquor, ciga
rettes, automobiles and the
like.
The bill was senl to the
White House where President
Eisenhower must sign it be
fore midnight Thursday to
forestall tax reductions and
a $4 billion loss in revenue.
Washington - H'PD - King
Phumiphon Aduldct of Thai
land was greeted by President
Eisenhower today on his ar
rival for live-day state visit.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1960
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town affiliation committee, which is organizing the sister
city program here, encouraged all interested citizens to
volunteer for participation in the program. The program
will involve an exchange of people, products, art, literature
and other things that will be indicative of the way people
live in the two cities. Interested persons should contact
the mayor's office in the city hall.
lee urged anyone interested
in working on the project to
contact one of the committee
members or the mayor's of
fice. Personnel for all phases
of affiliation work are needed.
Steering Committees
Five steering committees
are now set up, according to
Chairman Robert B a c c u s.
They are the service commit
tee, organization, leisure, com
merce, and professions. Pro
fessions Committee Chairman
Mrs. Jo Anne Smith was un
able to attend this morning.
Committee chairmen report
ed on progress of the volun
teer plea issued last week.
Several members had been
contacted and many local
townspeople have indicated a
willingness to assist in the
program.
The appointment of sub
chairmen for committees is
still awaiting more volunteer
workers, Baccus said.
Committee members
said they would display
also
liter-
ature about Alba, and
other groups about the
when asked.
'Grass Roots' Level
Committeeman Omar
tell
city
Ba-
eon said contact with the Ital
ian community should be on a
"grass roots" or personal con
tact level. Civic and church
organizations arc urged to
participate, he noted, but indi
viduals will be the key link to
the city. As the program de
velops participation by
schools in the fall, and per
haps "pen pal" clubs, could be
utilized.
Mayor Snider noted that
Napa, Calif., has a sister city
affiliation with Como, Italy,
and said correspondence with
Napa would bring about great
er background information In
dealing with an Italian city.
Mayor Snider also present
ed a letter from Alba Mayor
Osvaldo Cagnasso's office re
porting that a silver plaque
is being prepared to be sent
here.
Bacon, librarian of the Pub
lic Library of Medford and
Jackson county, said English
Italian dictionaries and other
associated material would be
available al the library within
the next few weeks.
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Gold Hill Girl
Saves Boy from
Irrigation Ditch
Gold liiU-A.16-year -old
Gold Hill girl saved an 11-year-old
boy from drowning
in an irrigation flume yester
day afternoon, state police
said.
Jumping from one board to
the next, Naomi Jean Walker,
route 1, box 24, Gold Hill,
was able to run across a flume
to reach Kenneth Joseph Mar
tin, 11, son of James C.
Martin, route 1, box 92F, Gold
Hill. He had been swept down
stream 150 feet and ki.ockcd
his head against a heavy
board across the flume, stale
police said.
After pulling him out, the
girl worked on the boy until
he regained consciousness.
Stale police and Medford Am
bulance Service came shortly
afterwards, gave the boy oxy
gen and took him to Crater
Osteopathic hospital in Cen
tral Point. Kenneth was re
leased late yesterday, state
police said.
Playing on Board
The accident occurred about
3:40 p.m. Monday while the
boy was playing on a board
across an irrigation ditch at
the intersection of Galls creek
and Old Stage rd. He slipped,
fell into the dilch and was
swept downstream 10 feet
where the water spills into the
flume to carry it across a
small canyon. The bottom of
the moss-covered flume was
slippery, making it impossible
for the boy to regain his foot
ing in the swift flowing water,
state police said.
His younger brother, who
was playing with him, ran
to the home of Nathan Banry,
route 1, box 54, Gold Hill, to
get help. Naomi Jean was one
of those who responded to the
boy's plea for help.
Television Booster
Stations Legalized
Washington (UPli The Sen
ate today passed on a voice
vote a bill legalizing televis
ion booster stations and sent
it to the While House.
The bill was first .jasscd by
the Senate but amended for a
technicality by the Houc. The
Senate accepted the House
amendment today.
The problem of what to do
about boosters has been the
subject of controversy for
more than two years.
The boosters are used pri
marily to carry television sig
nals to remote areas, princi
pally in the West.
Portland -IUPII- The Ameri
can Newspaper Guild has
filed with the National Labor
Relations Board charges of
unfair labor practices against
the Oregon journal and the
Oregonian,
Stored Water
Used Rapidly,
Manager Says
Medford Irrigation district's stored water supplies are
being depleted rapidly, Jack Hoffbuhr, district manager,
said today.
The distict has some 60 days more of orchard irrigation
and 90 days for pasture irrigation, he added. Water use Is
split 50 per cent between these two agricultural uses, he
said.
The district started feeding water into Fish Lake from
Four Mile lake Saturday morning, Hoffbuhr said. This
is the first Four Mile water to be drawn into the equalizing
reservoir. Water storage at Fish lake is down to 5,048 acre
feet, or nearing the half-way mark in the reservoir with a
storage capacity of 8.300 acre feet.
"At the present time, we are drawing 140 acre feel a day
for irrigation," Hoffbuhr said. Orchardists plan to pick
Aug. 5 to 15. "This means we have roughly 15,000 acre feet
to draw from during the 60 days of orchard irrigation."
Stream Flow Low
Hoffbuhr added that stream
flow which usually helps sup
plement the storage water is
"way below normal."
To help eliminate waste,
district personnel are trying
to hold down the flow of
water through the laterals as
they release it from the reser
voir. They are patrolling the
district, to try to curtail all
pyj" waste.
A .g the ditch patrol is
a new mobile radio network
with the base station at the
irrigation district office on
Barnctt rd. Mobile radio units
were recently installed in each
of the ditch riders' vehicles.
Anyone ordering water can
call SPring 3-4573 and in case
of shutoffs or trouble the
ditch rider can be notified
immediately, Hoffbuhr said.
Since Rogue River Valley
Irrigation district also draws
from the MID sources, it is
facing the same water supply
situation.
Draw TID Water
MIO started drawing water
from the Talent Irrigation dis
trict's Howard Prairie reser
voir. Rogue River Irrigation
district may be authorized by
the bureau of reclamation to
do so in the near future, a
TlD spokesman said today.
Big bottleneck is the Green
Springs canal connecting with
Howard Prairie since only
about 60 second feet of water
can be drawn through it.
TID reported a sufficient
supply of water since the bu
reau is allowing the district to
move more water from How
ard Prairie to compensate for
loss of Emigrant reservoir
supplies this season. Present
work on raising the dam and
enlarging the Emigrant reser
voir is scheduled for comple
tion this fall.
Hatfield Chosen
To Draft Platform
Glacier Park, Mont. - (Ml
Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon
Monday was chosen to draft
health bill platform for Re
publican governors at the Na
tional Governors Conference
here.
Hatfield will submit his
draft to GOP governors and
then it will go to the resolu
tions committee.
The Oregon governor also
was one of six discussion lead
ers on the topic of "education
- a reappraisal at all levels."
He said he hoped Oregon
would enter on a program of
state scholarship aid for needy
intellectually - promising stu
dents." He said many students
who graduate from high
school at the top of their class
cannot go to college because
of a lack of money.
Russia Accused
Of 'Hypocrisy'
Washington - (UPD - The
United States today accused
Russia of "hypocrisy" for
walking out of the Geneva
disarmament talks and then
demanding a United Nations
General Assembly meeting on
arms control.
But a State Department
spokesman indicated the
United States would agree to
such a U.N. session.
Russia, after breaking off
the Geneva talks Monday,
asked that disarmament be
placed on the agenda of the
General Assembly's next
meeting Sept. 20.
Miners Trapped in
Wales Explosion
Abcrtillcry, Wales - (UPD -An
explosion ripped through
a coal mine here todav. trar
ping dozens of miners below
ground. A heavy death toll
was feared.
The National Coal Board
said nine bodies have been
recovered.
A hoard snnkpaman ntd in
to f men still were trapped
in the six Belli colliery.
Cuba-Grown
Sugar Destroyed
In Boston Blaze
Boston TtlPD A spectacular
million dollar w; terfront fire
that blazed through the night
after spreading from a freight
er to a warehouse was brought
under control today.
The fire destroyed approxi
mately 71 million pounds of
Cuban-grown sugar in the Re
vere sugar refinery ware
house and aboard the 3,736
ton Honduras freighter Clio-
loma.
Firemen Threatened
No injuries were reported
as a result of the four-alarm
blaze that broke out shortly
before midnight although
scores of firemen and crews
of six fireboats were threat
ened with the poisonous fumes
given off by the burning
sugar.
The blaze leaped from the
moored freighter to a pier
and to the three-story brick
warehouse on the Mystic river
that empties into Boston har
bor. Arson Unsuspected
The arson squad rputineljt
investlgates large fires of un
determined origin. Neither
sabotage nor arson, however,
was suspected immediately.
The Revere sugar refinery,
which employs between 750
and 1,000 persons, is a sub
sidiary of United Fruit Co.
which has extensive holdings
in Cuba.
American Legion
To Burn Flags
Portland - IUPII - The Ameri
can Legion plans a massive
flag-burning ceremony at its
42nd annual state convention
in Seaside July 7-9.
James Abrell, Legion chair
man of ceremonials for Ore
gon, said part of the purpose
was to prevent a repetition of
recent discovery in foreign
countries of women wearing
outaaled American flags
dresses and the use of flags as
rags. He said the burning will
be to provide honorable dis
posal for worn and outdated
flags.
Abrell said residents of
Oregon may deposit outdated
and unserviceable flags for
disposal at any American Le
gion post up to July 4.
Body of Abandoned
Tot Found in Portland
Portland - IUPII -Police said
the body of an eight-pound in.
fant boy was found aban
doned in a waste can of a
service station restroom on
N.E. Holladay street late Mon
day. A deputy coroner esti
mated the baby had been
dead since mid-afternoon.
"You Always Hurt The One You Love . . ."
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Record Ordered
Sent To UN for
General Debate
Delegates Wait
For Russians
Geneva-rtlPO-The West to
day called a halt to the 10
national disarmament confer
ence in the face of a Com
munist walkout and ordered
the conference record sent to
the United Nations In New
York.
The action marked the com
plete collapse of the talks
whicn had began with high
hopes three months ago.
Open Forum Debate
It meant that the problem
of international disarmament
would go back to the United
Nations where it will be de
bated by more than 80 na
tions In an open forum in
stead of a select group meet
ing in closed session.
The representatives of the
United States, Britain, France,
Italy and Canada gathered for
a formal session this morning
al the Palais des Nations de
spite the fact there was no
hope of the Communists show
ing up.
Soviet Decision Final
For 10 minutes the five
delegates, who since March
have sought some means of
reconciliation with the Soviets
on the arms question, waited
in silence. Then Britain's
David Ormsby-Gore took the
chair and called the meeting
to order.
He described a meeting he
had had with Soviet delegate
Valerian A. Zorin Monday
night when the latter made
it plain the walkout was final.
Death Pronounced
The shadow session ad
journed briefly for the par
ticipants to confer off the rec
ord. Then Ormsby-Gore re
convened it long enough to
formally pronounce as dead
three months of delicate East
West negotions on the arms
race.
He ordered the records sent
to the United Nations where
Russia was pressing for a
General Assembly debate on
the disarmament issue.
Three in Battle
Against Atlantic
Charleston, S.C. - (UPD -The
captain and two crewmen ot
a stricken oil tanker, aban
doned by the rest of the crew,
rode the ship today in a bat
tle against the sea.
Forty of the crew of the
George MacDonald were tak
en off by another tanker and
a Coast Guard cutter but the
captain and two members of
the crew stayed aboard the
MacDonald, disabled when a
rupture in the engine cooling
system flooded the engine
room.
The Coast Guard reported
that the ship had stopped set
tling in mild seas and there
appeared to be a good chance
the captain and his two
plucky crewmen would make
it.
Vice Chairman for
Durno Group Named
Robert Booth, Lane county
chairman of the Edwin R,
Durno for Congress commit
tee, has announced the ap
pointment of Mrs. Gordon
Corum as vice chairman for
the county.
She was born and raised
in Medford and has known
Dr. Durno for many years.
Mrs. Corum, her husband
and two daughters live in Eu
gene. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luman,
624 North Central ave., Medford.
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