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UBtlC LIBRARYI Of. MtOfORf) and JACKSON C0UB3 AUDfORD, OKKGOhl M Ml m 4. V - MILL SITE Preliminary work for the con itructlon of the new Med lord 'Corporation plywood mill at the north end of town Included the building of a bridge over an Irrigation ditch so heavy machinery could cross. To cut the hoavy timbers for the bridge, a crew of men, above; made use of an "old-fashioned" cross cut saw. The mill, Local Man Killed Working on Road Patching Project Milford - Earl Vanderpool, 89, of 827 Gilman rd.. Med ford, was killed almost in tantly yesterday afternoon during a road patching opera tion, according to County En gineer Robert J. Carstensen, - Vanderpool was a flagman for traffic on Table Rock rd. a half mile south oi rngnway 234. A dump truck driven by Edwin Hatch, 20, of 504 V, Hamilton St., Medford, knock- ' ed him down and backed over him, slate police said. Vanderpool was standing in fhe center of two lanes of traffic and facing north fo direct, in oncoming logging truck. The dump truck driver did not See the f lagmaiv , Unsbla to Stop s ' i-.jroadrollcr operator- on fill, 'q'oipment, ;. .behind. the truck1 and ' off .to one ' side, did not see the accident until after ; tht . flagman waa hit, . Carstensen said. The roller operator yelled after the flag man went down, but the truck driver was unable to stop be fore the rear wheels had pass ed over Vanderpool,-Carstcn-acn added. " The county road crew had 4ust eaten lunch, and resumed work when the accident oc curred. The, dump truck' had milled into a driveway, back ed' up and pulled alongside ine rpaa. . , . Carstensen said the . flag hian had two years' expert ence ' with that particular crew and. was familiar with the oDcration including the position the truck would take 'There were six feet between ' the roller and truck and 12 to IS feet between the truck and the edge of the road a! lowing him plenty 'of safety room, Carstensen pointed out. 1 " , " ' ' ' , Participants Settle '. , : Neighborhood Battle' . Medford elty police yes. - terday investigated a neigh- "borhood battle, Thir report said a 9 ; year-old boy had hit a 7- year-old girl on the head r.'wilh a rock, r ., Under questioning, the ' boy said he was Just paying her ' back.' She'd, hit .him , first, he reported-with' a . dead frog. Police marked the case closed. Contract Awarded for Lake of Woods Highway C. !H. O'Ncil, Creswell, to day was awarded a $578,447 contract by the stale highway commission to grade and oil approximately 5Vi miles of the new Lake of the Woods highway,- southeast of. Eagle' 'Point. . " . , - . , - The project will extend ' from, near the end of the. existing pavement' above Brownsboro, near the Hanley ranch, to the forest boundary. It is 'another unit In the new trani-Cascade highway. The state highway commU- . ilon earlier this year 'allocat ed $650,000 for the project. This project will'conncct wllh a 4ii-mile segment; , under construction fronr the, forest boundary to-three miles' east of McAllister Soad Springs. Grading has been completed, iccordtng to officials of the V ' ' . when completed, will employ some 200 men with payroll in excess of $1 million, and could be expanded to employ 300 In the future, according to Medford Corporation directors. By next week, construction of tha plant should be In full swing, a spokesman said ; IV.aur.ne Endorses Billboard Petitions Ontario IITO- Mrs. Maurlne Ncubcrgcr said today that she "strongly endorses" initiative petitions being circulated in Oregon to place a billboard control measure on the gen eral election ballot in Novem ber. - She spoke at dedication ceremonies of a new Snake river bridge on Highway 30. Mrs. Neiiborgor, Democra tic candidate for the U.S. Sen ate, said she has long favored establishment of a . national program of roadside protec tion. She praised citizens groups which "banded togcth er" two years ago to help pass a fcdoral law to set standards for regulations of. billboards on new Interstate highways. Would Be Tragedy Her' I a t . husband.; sen. Richard L. Neubcrger ' (D- Ore.) was sponsor of the : fed eral 'blubert law .contained In the federal aid highway act of 1958. "Providence bestowed' In comparable scenic attractions upon the state of Oregon," she saidv"It would be a trag edy If we permitted Oregon s beautiful scenery to be blight ed and cluttered and the peo ple's substantial Investment In thc spectacular new Inter slate highway system to be County Bridge To Be Open on Holiday ' The county bridge olir Cougar crock on the Carbcrry rd. will be open Sunday and Monday, but closed Tuesday and Wednesday for construc tion, County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen noted today. : It had been erroneously re ported that the bridge would lie closed Sunday and Monday. This- will allow week' end nd : holiday . fishermen a chance to use the bridge .'be fore work Is started on a new one, Carstensen said. .The bridge will be framed at the site before the old one is re moved. Approximately two days will be required lo put the new bridge in place. . ' N ' Wnshirig'lon - HOT. - The House ...voted . swiftly', and unanimously' Thumday night to give President 'Elsenhower power to cut. Cuban sugar Im ports - a powerful economic weapon against Premier Cas tro's anil American regime. It now goes to the Senate,. Pclcr Klcwlt Sons' company, contractors, and topping is expected lo be completed by the end of the month. H,was siresscci mat travel la discour aged on this road. Also under construction Is a bureau of public rqods proj ect from the end of the nrfved highway loading from 'Upper Klanialli ake,'wcsl paat Lake or i the .woods -to near 'Mc Allister Soda Springs. UDon completion the road will be part of the "Wlnne- mucca-lo-tho-Sea"' route. I It will also replace Highway 86 (Green Springs) as the princi pal thoroughfare across i the mountains in .southern, pro- gun. ' j ' Tolaf cost of the. project Is ostlmated iat"2'i -m Hion Complotlon may be a 'early as a year from wis autumn, Jeopardized by allowing bill board forests to grow uncon trolled." She emphasized that the new national policy on bill, boards can be put into effect only by legislation within each Individual stale. Strong Opposition Mrs. Neubcrgor said "there Is strong opposition to bill board control legislation by those who have an Interest in continuing billboard advertis ing ..." A total nf 33,712 signatures Is required to place the meas ure on the ballot, Mr. Neu bcrger said she was informed thore would be enough valid signatures by the July 10 deadline In givr voters chance to vote tin billboard control. . . -,. :v . District Court To Get Drunk Drivers Under a new state law ef fective today, persons who are arrested by Medford city police on charges of drunk and reckless driving will be prosecuted in district court Instead of municipal court. - Any fine which shou Id re sult from a city police arrest on drunk and reckless driving charges will now be split half and half between .the county and the city. This Is a state wide law. This division of the fine revenue will mean more rev enue for: the city than was possible under the amount of fines levied : In municipal court. There will be no such division of fines whidh result from county or state arrests on these charges. I Maximum fine in munlclnal court for both drunk driving and reckless driving was $100. In district court It Is $500 and $150. respect velv i All other municipal traffic violations wlll be prosecuted In municipal . court as they nave ocen in tno past. Seventh Rattler Killed Near SC Shady Cove - Kenny" Vin cent, 10, saw a snake In the weeds under a bush In his yard. He grabbed a hoe, put the blade under the snake's head and started to pick it up. Then he saw the rattles on the tall. Kenny ran, i His mother come to his res cue and,. killed the rattler, which Was about 18 Inches long and hnd slx rattles. Kenny, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vincent, Shady Cove, has three brothers and sisters. 1 - ' This was Ihe seventh rattle snake killed In the - Shady Cove area .within the past few days, according to Mrs, Eva Jyn Watson, the Mall Trib une's correspondent. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly rlntidy throunh Htturdsy. Law lonliht to. High 8turtUy . , , Tmn. HUhPit Yritertliy ill Lowcit thli Morning AC Our Skies Tonight , rliinift iodiiy T:M p'.m. Hiinrtie torn or r it w .... 4 tin a.m. Moontet tomorrow 13:00 a.m. First Qunrter tonight 7: If) p.m. F.nAclally prominent in the irttci above In July nil) h tha planets, Jupiter and Ma Urn. nislng aarller each evening, they will dominate the south ern aky most oC Ihe night.. 370 TRAFFIC DEATHS PREDICTED THIS WEEK END By United Press International Millions of Americans will hit the road tonight for a July 4 week end of pic nics, swimming and boating, but as many as 370 of them nay die on the highway and 170 to 160 may drown. Top government and pub lic figures appaaled to the ' paople to be alert, courteous Chevron Dealers Remove 'Gas War' Prices in Area Chevron gasollne'dcttlers in this area removed signs of fering gusollnc at lower prices today In an alleuipt to get re tail sales "back on a profitable basis." Area Chevron dealers agreed lo Iho uctlon at a meet ing here this week. The dealers felt that unless such action was taken, Chev ron dealers affected by the "gas price war" would have to either close or file bank ruptcy. Reduced gasoline retail prices first appeared in this area about six weeks ago, and since huve spread statewide, local sources said. Many serv ice station operators, Including major company outlets, ore be ginning lo feel the effects of purchasing gasoline wholesale for more than they retail It, they said. Gasoline at most stations has been offered at 10 9 cents per gallon, not Including 10 cenla federal and state taxes. Depend on Margin A representative of the Chevron dualcrs In this area said many stations depend on Ihe small profit margin from gasoline sales to pay regular overhead costs. When gas is sold at less than it Is pur chased the representative said, employees have to be laid off to help offset the loss. This has happened In this area, he add ed. Mnn.v aervtce '6llon xtnura-i tore, he said, wdtk from 13 (o 14 hours a day because ot re duced gas prices, and still do not make a llveabla profit. The Chevron representative said reduced gns prices are 'actually an economic burden for the station operator,' and In the long run o one really bcnoflu." ' Area Chevron dcalors agreed to rotall gasoline at Its normal price with the hope that other operators will fol low the example and try to eliminate the possibility of closing or bankruptcy. Chevron dealers from Gold Hill through Aihland attend ed the meeting at which the agreement waa reached. They were among the last service station operators to reduce gus prices to try to maintain a fair market price, ' 1 Rim Road at Lake . To Open Saturday ' -The rim road at Crolcr Loke National park will open Sat urday,, the park service has announced. . . Crews have . spent more than a month clearing snow from, the highway and - park campgrounds. - - -M si a m a-, campground is open, but .the campground at Ihe rim will nol be open for some time yet. "Let's Not Blame Ouriel vei For What'i Done By Thoie Darn Rocki'" 1 ' and "use common same" during the three-day holi day week end. The National Safely Council said the traffic death toll could run as high as 370 - 60 more than on a normal Hires-day week end - unless drivers use extra care. Another ' 13,000 may receive disabling Injuries. Sori'gf$ss Upsets P-fesi.dentjaLVetb Rogue Valley Edition Medford 18 Page). MEDFORD, Bristling Japanese Note Given Soviet Tokyo-lt)PI-Jupan today handed Russia a bristling note which bluntly told the Soviet Union lo keep Its nose out of Japanese affairs. Foreign Minister Allchlro Fujiyama called In Russian Ambassador Nlcolnl Fcdorenko' and flatly rejected Russia's previous three protests against Iho new U S -Japan security treaty and the stationing of U-2 planes here. The Japanese note criticized the Russian protests with such terms as "dogmatic views," "slanderous," "willful misin terpretation," "intentional propaganda" and "utterly ground less." . It waa a highly unusual exhibition of diplomatic anger for the Jupanese, whoso traditional politeness usually carries over Into International affairs. Petitions Seek Repeal of Law jitltlonn' c'onunfng tl vcrK fled "algnaturri have- been turned Into the county elec tions department asking that Ihe school district reorganiza tion laws be repealed. The petitions were turned In from the Rogue River area, ac cording to the county elections department. Voters turned down Ihe pro posal In that area to Join Rogue River and Evans Valley school districts according to the provisions of the school district reorganization law. The proposal was defeated March 18 and again April 22. No further action Is contem plated by the Jackson county school district reorganization committee at this lime, It was reported. The Initiative petitions are part of a slntc-wide movement lo have tha law repealed. Deadline for all Initiative petitions to be turned Into Sa lem is July 7 and Aug. 4 for all referendum petitions, ac cording to the stale law. The county elections department has received numerous calls about possible pctlitons for re peal of the dog control laws, but so far nono have been turned In lo meet the July 7 deadline according to the elec tions department. Salem -- IUP0 - The State Tax Commlslson collected $119,644,247 as of May 31, the closing day of the fiscal year's lllh month. Popularity of water sports has increased phenomenal, ly, the eouncll said, and "people must take extra care lo keep the drowning loll from going higher," The Safely Council ad rlitdi "On the highway, don't speed, don't drink and don't fuss and fume, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, Reaffirms Western Ties II also was the strongest Japanese reaction against the Communist camp since the re cent antl-lrcaty demonstra tions which forced cancella tion of President Klsenhow- ar'l vlilL. 1L was ilrumatle r. k rt - -'T . . "qirnvatipn".inal.- rfjpnn, ro- Ciudles nf leftist Influences In tha nation, was still firmly on the side of the West, par ticularly the United States. Russia's protest, the note said, "is nothing but undue interference in the domestic affairs of Japan . . . " The Japanese government chldcd the Soviet in strong terms for suggesting that Ja pan become "neutral and mado a strong reference, al though the nations were not named, lo Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia. Fresh in Memory "The Soviet government has,", it said, Von several oc casions, advised the Japanese government to do away with the foreign military bases in Japan and to adopt a so-called neutral policy. "But It Is still fresh In our memory that the Soviet Union has bitterly denounced cer tain countries In Its own camp when they sought lo lake an independent, neutral policy, or forced them to give -up such plana' by oppressive measures," 12 Men Added To r Suppression Crews ' Southwest district of the state department ot forestry added 12 men to Its fire sup pression crews In Jackson county today,, bringing, to 20 the number 1 of suppression crewmen in the county. i There are now two crew men In the Applcgate, three each at Lincoln and McLeod, nine at the headquarters on Table Rock rd., and one each at Butte Falls, Ashland and Prospect,. Three cooks also were added today, one each at Lincoln, McLeod and Med ford. : There are also 20 suppres sion crewmen In the .Jose phine county area of the dis trict. , . : " Trail Girl Treated ' following Accident Miss Kathleen Ann' Hous ton, 17, of the Trail area, was ibelng treated at Rogue Val ley hospital today for Injuries .received in an auto accident on Tiller-Trail highway. State police said it waa thought the accident occurred about 11 a.m. The Investigat ing officer reported that a Joop driven by the girl, wcht off Ihe road and rolled over four-lonthi of a mil from Trail.1 She was thrown from the vehicle; . ' : Extent of ncr Injuries was not learned. She was brought 16 the hospital by ambulance. "In the water, don't over do, don't swim alone, don't show off. "Wherever you are, be patient, be courteous, use common sense," The Safety Council esti mated 73 million cars, trucks and buses will crowd the highways this week end and travel 7.2 billion miles- Price 10 Cents Tribune 1960 No. 88 ? i ' ... r DAN 8MOOT Rogue River Speaker Smoot To Speak At Rogue River ; i e ' - . Man of Year Event Dan Smoot, nationally known . television - commen tator, will speak at Roguo Rivera man-of-the-year ban quet at Rogue River High school Aug. 6, Howard Nor wood, president of the council of clubs, sponsors of the event, has announced. Smoot was born In Missouri, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees at South ern Methodist university, Dal las, Tex. In 1041, Smoot Joined the faculty at Harvard university as a teaching fellow In Eng lish, doing graduate work for a doctor of philosophy degree in American civilization. Smoot look leave of ab sence from Harvard In 1942 and Joined the federal bureau of investigation. He stayed with the FBI following the war, and served in all parts of the country. For. VA years, he worked on investigations of commu nism in Industry In the mid west, and later was on the staff at FBI hcadquartors in Washington, D.C., as an ad ministrative assistant to J. Ed gar Hoover. ' ' i. After 9V4 years with the FBI, Smoot resigned to help start the Facts Forum; .move ment In Dallas, Tex.', and served as a radio and tele vision commentator' for that organization for almost four years. In July, 1055,, Smool resigned from Facts .Forum and started his own program In order "to give the side that uses fundamental American principles" as a yardstick for measuring 'Important issues, Phoenix Woman on , Welfare Commission ' Salcm-IUPD-Gov, Mark Hat field made 18 appointments today Including 12 to county public welfare commissions. They Include the following public welfare commission ap pointment: Rosemary G. Kocney of Phoenix, Jackson county, suc ceeding R. B. Thlerolf, Med ford. ' . ' . Bulletin Washington1 - llirn - The United States Saturday for mally will charge Russia "with walking out' of th'o Geneva disarmament nego tiations -to block Introduc tion of a new Western plan to halt the global' arms race. The Impending. charge was disclosed ' by authoritative sources.-- " r i r'i 1 r-i 'jri T -w i - - half billion more than on a normal three-day week end. Last year 288 died on the road In a two-day week end and 172 drowned. In the 1958 three-day July 4 week end, 378 died In traffic and 179 drowned. The July 4 traffic death records are 391 In three days In 185S and 801 In four days In 1950. Federal Pay Raise Approved By 345 69 Vote Waihington - (UPI) - The Senate today voted to override President Eisenhower' veto of the federal pay raise bill. The vote was 74 to 24. Washlngton-Wra-The House. ignoring White House pres sure, voted approval today of a $74U million federal pay raise bill over President El senhower's veto. The vote was 345 lo 69. This was 69 votes more than the required two-thirds ma jority. The action sent the mea sure to the Senate where a vote to override the veto also was forecast. The pay raises, benefiting 1,570,000 postal and white collar government workora, then would go Into eirccl at once. Only One Vela Upheld ' A two-tblrdR vote for the Mil was -TctsiAred lit both houses to enact) the bill over the President's veto, the 160th since he took office. All but one of his ear'ler vetoes have been upheld. Congress upset a veto last September of a public works appropriation carrying more money than the president wanted. ' Voting to override the veto today were 256 Democrats and 89 Republicans. Only 13 Democrats and 58 Republi cans voted to sustain. Slinging Message Eisenhower turned down the pay raise Thursday with a stinging veto message. He accused the bill's sponsors of "fiscal and legislative Irre sponsibility." He said the raise wasn't unwarranted. Ho also assailed "pressure tactics" In support ot the bill by spokesmen for postal workers. Republican members com plained privately that admin istration spokesmen, in ad vance of today's vote, had used the kind of pressure tac tics . lo which the President objected; . , - People Urged To ; .. Use Care in Forest People going Into the for ests to celebrate the Indepen dence day holidays were urged today by C. E. Brown, supervisor of Rogue River Na tional forest to be cautious concerning fire. : . . Brown said, "despite fore cast cloudiness, the forests are dry' as was proven by fires caused by- the recent light ning storm, 'We wish to cau tion people lo be careful Willi cigarettes and . camp fires while In the forests." The weather bureau's five day forecast for western Ore gon, predicts little if any pre cipitation In southwest- Ore gon: , ' '''.,' . Tiros I Satellite Ends Successful Space Career Washington -IUM- Tiros I, the. world's first weather 'satellite, has ended a "highly successful" career, aflcr tak ing 22,092 pictures -of the oarth'i cloud cover and prov ing 'the feasibility of weather stations in space, ' ThU.waa disclosed today by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , which said the ' 270-pound satclllte'a useful life ended at midnight June 20 after-a failure of elec tronic oqutpmont. -The satellite was launched April 1 and ceased transmu ting useful picture) after cir Country Made Dependent Upon Russian Sources Industries Face. , Shortage of Oil Havana DPI) Cuba seized the multlmllllon dollar American owned Esso and tno Anglo-Dutch owned Shell refineries today because they refused to refine Russian crude oil, American sources said the move could mean economic dlsostcr for Cuba. The seizures made Cuoa al most completely dependent upon Russian sources for crude oil,, although .there still was a possibility tome ' supplies could be obtained from Venezuela, Premier Fidel Castro look over tho $25 million Ameri can owned Texaco refinery Wednesday and Soviet techni cians already had It In opera tion refining Russian crude oil that the Americana had refused to handle. Industry sources in Havana said the $30 million Esso re finery and the $25 million' Shell refinery in Havana were almost out of crude oil and expressed doubt Castro could get enough oil quickly enough to prevent economic " paralysis. Winston C. Barnes, market ing manager of the Esso Cu ban subsidiary and one of the company's few American employees still here, said the total value of Cuban Esso properties is "over $80 million. Today's take-over placed all refineries in Cuba under con trol of the Castro govern ment. Informed sources said take over of the American owned $300 million Cuban Electric Co., and the $125 million Cu ban Telephone company also appeared only hours away. Embassies Concerned The intervention came an no surprise following the takeover of other American owned industries in Cuba, Both the American and Brit ish embassies expressed con cern at today's action but made ho official statement. Cuba has been receiving 80,000 barrels of oil a day from Texaco, Standard Oil and Shell subsidiaries in Ven ezuela and needs that amount to keep IU industries run ning. It recently received enough Russian oil to keep the Texaco refinery going. But Intervening of the Shell and Esso refineries came at a time they were reported lo have less than one day's sup ply of crude oil on hand and no company tankers were ex pected to bring in more. ' Fireworks Ordered Removed from Sale . City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson has ordered a wide variety of fireworks removed from sale in stores at various locations in Mcatora ana tne surrounaing area, rire vmci Gordon Barker reported to day. All merchants so far con tacted have been "very coop erative," Barker reported, .The chief said that the or-: dor was issued after .com-, nlfllntx were reroived of fire- works being sold -that were thought to be illegal. He point- nri nut that iinHpr fithln lnur it is unlawful to sell, own or uso fireworks Unless under permit to do so. An exception Is sparklers. Barker said that cap guns, also, are "ok." Nelson issued the order in his capacities as city marshal and as an assistant state fire marshal for this area. Barker issued a Word of cautiop concerning the use of sparklers since they can ignits clothing and grass and can cause painful burns, Portland-IUI'D-The lllh tri ennial Pacific Coast dental conference will be held in Portland July 10-14.. cling thecarth 1,302 times at an average altitude of 450 miles.' . ' - Tiros will continue in orbit tor decades and will' report its position indefinitely by meana of ita 108-megacycle tracking beacon, which is still working. Its useful life waa almost exactly the three months which had heen predicted lor It. ,' ' v Tiros was the forerunner of i whole family1 of satellites which, NASA said, eventually will: give the United: Statei "an operational meteorology col satellite system." L -. ' , .'.i '
