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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1960)
MEDFORD MAIL, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OWl SUNDAY, JULY 0, 1860 Morse, Porter Join Protest of Post Office Move ' Washington -fflPD- Senator Wayne Morse and Congress man Charles O. Porter have added their voices to those protesting the proposed trans fer of the northwest regional post office headquarters from Portlnnd to Seattle. Senator Morse Friday made public a letter of protest to Postmaster General Arthur Summorfield. Morse's letter demanded that Summerfield suspend the transfer order un til "full opportunity has been given to postal employees and patrons, chambers of com merce, business and industrial firms to be heard in opposi tion to the proposed move." Porter Wrote Protest Congressman Porter also wrote a letter of protest to Summerfield in which he criticized the postmaster gen eral for failure to reveal the move to Oregon lawmakers until after it had been order ed: Porter said he could see "no Justification for moving the Portland operations." Porter also said that as a member of the House Post Office Com mittee he will ask Chairman Tom Murphy (D-Tenn.) to or der hearings. Morse and Porter along with Rep. Edith Green have demanded that the Postmas ter General furnish them with a detailed explanation of the reasons for the move, particu larly with regard to costs and savings expected. Rosebiirg Flag Switchers Sought Ttoseburg - (CPU - A total of $490 has been raised here by irate citizens making pledges for the arrest and conviction of persons who attempted to raise a Russian flag on top of Mt. Hebo Thursday morning. The contributions have been about $10 per person, but one individual contributed $250 and another $100. Police reported Thursday that an attempt had been made to replace the American flag on the mountain. The at tempt failed, however, be cause the rope on the flagpole broke before the switch could be completed. Police said the perpetrators of the flag-raising scheme had gone to the trouble of making a 4 x 6 "Russian flag" com plete with hammer and sickle, and. were apparently lowering the American flag when the rope broke, leaving the Amer ican standard at "half-mast." Gunnar Will Seek GOP Reelection Salem IUPD - Peter M. Gun nar, Salem lawyer, will be a candidate for reelection as Oregon Republican state chairman, private sources con firmed, here Saturday. The Oregon State GOP cen tral committee will meet here next Saturday to elect new of ficers inclding chairman, vice chairman, treasurer and sec retary. Gunnar announced this spring he would not seek an other term as state chairman and at the same time an nounced his candidacy for Re publican National Committee man. He was defeated in the National Committeeman con test by Lowell Paget, Port land. Youngster Drowns In Pond at Bend Bend-WPD - Garry Michael Sherman, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sher man of Bend, drowned in Mir ror Pond here Friday, some time between 6 and 10 a.m. The body was recovered by Bend city police reserves us ing skin diving equipment. Officers said Gary had gone fishing alone, and the alarm was sounded after he failed to return home. Portland Zoo Collects $133,884 Portland - IUPD - The new Portland zoo collected $133, H84 In admissions for the fis cal year that ended Thursday. City commissioner of finance Ormond R. Bean had original ly estimated the zoo would bring In $125,000 in revenue. S-Year-Old Salem Boy Burned by Sparklers Salem - fUPD - A 8-year-old Salem boy, . George Brazy, was treated at Salem General hospital Friday night for body burns suffered while burning Fourth of July sparklers. 3? v If fee ci CHARGES DENIED At a press conference in Los Angeles, National Democratic Chairman Paul M. Butler denied charges attributed to former President Harry Truman that he had "rigged" the convention to assure the nomination of Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. (UPI Telephoto) American Reaches Record Low, Khrushchev Claims Vienna fDPD - Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, in a fresh attack on President Eisenhower and the United States, said Saturday night that American prestige "has never sunk so low" in the world as it has since Japan cancelled Eisenhower's visit. Austrian leaders, officially neutral in world affairs, were startled to hear the visiting Khrushchev drop his beaming smile and attack "militarist" American policy while vow ing that Russia wants peace. Accusations Renewed Khrushchev climaxed his five-day state visit to Austria with an address before the Austro-Soviet association in the former Hapsburg palace that raised again his accusa tions over the U2 spy plane incident and blamed the Unit ed States for wrecking the summit meeting in Paris. "The Japanese people, as you know have slammed their door in the face of the Presi dent of the United States," he said. "A wave of indignation has swept the world in reaction to the American policy of provocations. Never has the prestige of the United States sunk so low. "So far." he added, "Wash ington has never experienced such a humiliation and never has it had to pay such a price for its imprudent playing with fire. Thought for Adenauer Khrushchev said "this ex perience" should give West German Chancellor Konraa Former Portland Auto Agent Fined San Francisco-dJPD-John F. Collins, 48, has been fined $1,000 in U.S. District Court for making false statements to income tax officials when he was a General Motors execu tive in Portland, Ore., in 1949. The false statements con cerned the tax liability of Collins' superior, Louis O. Sumpter, because Collins de nied soliciting kickbacks for his company. Collins had pleaded no con test to charges that he him self received $7,116 in under- the-table payments from Chev rolet dealers to enable them to get more automobiles than their assigned quotas and to charges that he evaded $282 in taxes on the payments. Tax evasion charges against him, however, were dismissed. State Surplus of $40 Million Seen Salem-IUPII-A Salem news paper predicted Saturday that the state will end the current blennium with a surplus of $40 million or more. A front page story In the Oregon Statesman said that although "no state official was ready to admit it, booming tax collection rates and liq uor sales, reduced govern mental spending and higher interest rates all pointed to a balance in excess of $40 mil lion. First estimates by the state tax commission some time ago put the anticipated surplus at about $13 million. Gov. Mark Hatfield earlier made an in itial prediction of up to $28 million, Prestige Adenauer "something to think about." "A defeat for American pol icy is, at the same time also his defeat," he said. The Soviet leader insisted again that "ruling circles of the United States torpedoed the summit conference" with their U2 spy plane. Even some U.S. senators got scared" when they learn ed during their investigation of the U2 spy plane of Ameri can "political imprudence," Khrushchev said. "The leading American politicians have made espion age state policy," he said. Fireworks Explode; Salem Boy Injured Salem-(UPD-A 9-year-old boy suffered third degree burns on his legs near his home in the Pratum area near here when some fireworks caps doused with gasoline set fire to his clothing. A neighbor woman yanked the burning clothing from him and prevented more ex tensive burns. Bobby Sours, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Sours, was listed in good condition at Salem Memorial hospital. Authorities said the boy had been wetting the caps with gas and then striking the caps with rocks to make them ig nite. His clothing had become soaked with gas an a spark from one of the caps touched off the clothing. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Edward L. KlrJtpatrlck, no muf fler. $15. Jack T. Davis, operating while license is suspended, Hoy Hud, failure to stop. $10. Aiarun J. Landers, improper i-imnginK ui lanes, iu. Mathew G. Rode, no vehicle 11 cense. S10. Leonard D. Was son. failure to yield right of way, S15. Jack h. Foreman, obstructed vi sion, $8, Clarence E. Surber. 414 Clark St., Med ford, driving while under ine inuuence oi intoxicating liquor, $255. Chester D. Robinson, no vehicle license, $10. Charlcv D. Bottcn. RIB Nnrlh Riverside ave., Med ford, reckless driving, $55. Kenneth D. Bobbins, no oper ator's license. $20. Ivan R. Myers, improper muffler, Vol a Elaine Close. 1001 North Central ave., Med ford, driving while under the influence of intox icating liquor, $255. Wayne L. Nichous, violation of basic rule, $15. CIRCUIT COURT Carole Lcc Martin vi. Jimmy L. Martin, divorce complaint. Esther Bell Hunt vs. Oscar Hunt, divorce complaint. MAnillAGK LICENSE APPLICATION!) Eugene Urbon McGonaelc. 101 North Eluhth st CentrjT Point, and Donna Lou Poolcy, Boise, Ida ho. DISTRICT COURT Larry G. Koll, depositing injur ious auhstnncc (throwing bottle on hlRhwnyi $30. Honald C. Clawson, angling pro hibited method. S30. Leonard B. Bcrtrecs, backing on highway. $7.90. Jack M. .Shoemaker, violation of basic rule, $1S. George W. Moore, obstructed vision, 95. Dale Coverstone, failure to stop, I0. Joanna W. Meeker, improper muffler, I0. Cecil Howell, failure to stop, $15. Clifford L Eckel, engaging in race, $10. Eugene V. Hunt, falure to atop, 15. Donald R. Cranston, no horn, 10. George C. Anderson, overhcight, Donald W. Atkins, no public util ity commission permit. S15. John W. Overand, using prohib ited angling method, 35; Delbcrt L. Harvey, illegal pos session of liquor. 30. Molton L. Cody, using prohibited angling method, 120, Food-Drink Firms To Challenge Rule Portland - il'PD - Food and drink establishment operators indicated Saturday they would challenge a new OLCC regu lation setting a minimum per centage of food sales by lio.-uor-by-the-drink licensees that became effective Friday. The OLCC In its May U rulings suid the sale of food during every 00 day period must be not loss than 25 per cent of the gross receipts from the sale of both food and alco holic liquor. The regulation does not ap ply to private clubs. Officers of the Oregon Restaurant and Beverage association I n d i -cated belief that the regula tion was illegal and that any such rule would require a change in the statutes, either by the legislature or by a vote of the people. Elston Ireland, president of the association, has urged each member to sell food regularly and to make com plete reports. He urged any who might be cited for viola tion of the regulation to make prompt report to the associ ation, presumably with legal action in view. 'Clown' Dies at Albany Carnival Albany-(UPD-Larry G. Bey er, 56, of Portland, dropped dead of a heart attack while he and others gaily dressed as clowns were getting ready to enter the Grand Timber Carnival parade here Satur day. Beyer died just minutes be fore he and his fellow clowns representing the Multnomah County Road entry were about to climb up onto their big flat-bed truck float for the parade. Their float consist ed of two merry-go-rounds, and a circus on the float. Aft er Beyer's death, the Port land group pulled out of the parade. New Bail System Said Unrealistic Salem-U!PD-Salom Munici pal Judge Douglas Hay said Saturday the new state uni form bail system for traffic violators is "arbitrary and unrealistic" and added he has revised it somewhat to "suit local needs." Hay said the bail schedule, approved by the Oregon Su preme Court and effective July 1, is a recommended schedule and -not mandatory. He said the minimum bail for some offenses is "too high." Airplane Factory Talked at Roseburg Roseburg, Ore. - !UPB - Ne gotiations are under way for the establishment of an air plane factory here along with the construction of a new type aircraft and a visual aircraft landing system. The announcement of the negotiations was made Satur day by Lynn Andreas, of Roseburg, who is the execu tive director of Thalman In dustries. According to Andreas, Thai man Industries Is seeking to lease land on the Roseburg municipal airport to erect five buildings to house a factory, offices and other facilities. Andreas said his firm wants to start production within six months with the output goal set at 15. planes a day after the first year and a half. Andreas indicated that the factory will employ 75 per sons when in full production. FL Are One of God's Greatest and Most Beautiful Gifts to Man OUR FLORAL DEPARTMENT ' Floweri for all occasion! funerali, weddings, . grand openings, etc. Pot plants. OUR SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Insecticides, fertilizers, ceramics, garden seeds. Garden tools, etc. OUR NURSERY DEPARTMENT Container grown trees and shrubs, moved with Out loss any time of year. We carry full line of bedding plants. MARSHALL NURSERY & FLORIST 12th and Newtown Phono SP 3-1657 OPEN SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS WE DELIVER VARIETY STORE This new 6,000 square foot building, near the Piggly Wiggly store at Stewart ave. and Kings highway, Medford, represents something new In archF tectural design In variety store merchandising, according .V iWW n 'S1' t k, , - 4 sl Ax , 1 i V If I i v , , v " k NEW TRACT Anotner new subdivision In Medford Is the one begun last week by Crater Land Development com pany In the vicinity of Grandview market. The new tract, to be called Rogue Terrace, is on the corner of Grand view and Whittle aves. and includes 5 lots, according Bustling Electronics Provides Jobs for Handicapped Albertson. N. Y. IUPD - Abil- ities, Inc., began here in a grimy garage with .four phyis- who had among them but five good arms and only one good leg. The assets of the electron ics assembly plant were $8, 000 in borrowed funds. Big corporations were refusing contracts to the fledgling plant. Its beginnings were dis couraging.. That was eight years ago. Today AUlitics, Inc., is a mil lion-dollar business employ ing more than 400 workers, all disabled. Its profits and surplus and gains are being olowed back into the busi ness for further expansion and more jobs for disabled people. Credited lo Workers It happened because of the courage and resourcefulness of the handicapped workers themselves and the founder and president of the unique ff.ctory, Henry Viscardi Jr, who is being hailed as a new kind of pioneer." Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Bernard Baruch and members of the American Medical As sociation, which gave the 46- year old business executive a citation for outstanding pub lic service, are among those sharing that sentiment, When doors were being Oregon City Woman First Traffic Victim Oregon City - IUPD - A 60-year-old Oregon City woman became Oregon's first holiday traffic victim Friday night. Mrs. Hazel Snook was struck by an automobile while walking across an intersection at Third and High st. here. The car was driven by Mor ris Fox, also of Oregon City. WER closed to the firm, Vlscardl wrote letters to corporation prc5idents and pleaded at board meetings that the hand icapped be given a chance to work and produce on an open market with no favors asked. "No donations, no charity, just a chance to compete on the open market," he kept repeating. Businessmen began to listen. And slowly, the con tracts began coming in Addresses Groups He still Is addressing busi ness groups throughout the country, pleading the cause Youth Treated Following Beating Wendell Morris Carson, 19, of 3055 Delta Waters rd Is being treated for head wounds in Rogue Valley hospital from a beating early Saturday morning at a local drive-in restaurant. The beating resulted from an argument at a local dance hall, Medford police said. The attending physician called po lice to Investigate the beat ing, it was reported. No charges had been filed Satur day. Interest Earnings of General Fund Increase Salem - IUP1) - State Treas urer Howard C. Bclton said Friday that Interest earnings credited to Oregon's general fund have shown an increase of 87.35 per cent this year over 1959. He said the earnings in crease Is attributed to higher Interest rates, Investing in maturities to coincide with heavy disbursing periods, and cash control. tS to owner Robert D. Walker. The new business will curry a complete line of glassware, toys, hardware, paint, ta- tlonery and other Items. Tentative opening date hn.i been set for the hitter part of July, Wulker said. A to Gury Conrad, a partner in thu firm. Workmen ubovc arc shown as they complete the foundation for ono of the three bedroom homes. The houses will range In price from $12,500 to $22,000, Conrad snld. Assembly of self-help for the handicap- ped and urging other U. S. communities to adopt the Abilities, Inc., success formu la. On the banquet circuit Vis cardi tells about the legless cxparatrooper who bosses 40 other disabled men and wom en on the plant's assembly line, about a handless machin ist who plays Brahms on the piano with his hooks substi tuting for fingers, and about the special equipment which makes possible wheel-chair bowling teams. We even have a Pumper nickel and Sauerkraut Or chestra and Choral Society right In our cafeteria," he wants his "listeners to know. Then he cites the facts and figures proving that the hand icapped are well worth em ploying despite the wheel chairs, the braces, the crutch es and the steel hooks. He never refers to his re habilitation labors for legless veterans of World War II nor his own handicap. I. Il l Priced at Built by DORAN TAYLOR IN GRANTS PASS, Go North on NE 7th (Hwy. 99) to NE "B" St., turn right on NE "B", go 2 Blocks and turn right on NE Dean Dr. ,' Will ill I ' M' ... 7 Plant Persons Vlscardl is not more than 3 fect, 8 inches tall until he straps on his own artificial legs which give him average height. He was born legless In New York City. He will Joke about this but not dis cuss It. A Kind of Family Ills secretary is Florence Flcdelman, who herself lost a leg some yean ago because of an illness. "He's the boss, but every body here calls him "Hank' she said. "If called anything else I think he would be In suited. "You might sny that this is kind of a family. And if we have any troubles, even per sonal ones, we Just go in and tell them to Hank. Vlscardl recently was nam ed International Boss of the Year by the Nnllonnl Sccre tarles Association. "Boss of the Year," ex claimed Miss Flcdelman, who nominntcd him for the lion or. "I think Hank should be named Boss of the Century.' TO THE UI) in lira JULY 3rd & 4th OF THE "Future 999" Swimming Pool $999 (Plus slight chargt for Assembly & and freight) OPEN HOUSE THRU JULY STARTS TODAY! 517 NE Dean Dr. Grants Pass $99 Down $20.20 Monthly Atomic Energy Due ' Rough Road Ahead Portland UH'II - An atomic energy expert auld here that economic and psychological barriers tiro preventing peace time use of atomic energy, The statement was made by Dr. Itlchiird L. Doun, malin ger of the atomic energy di vision of Phillips Petroleum Co. and was delivered to the Portland City club at tho Bon- . sun hotel, . Dr. Doun forutold the rough f road uhond for peacetime" atomic uses, Ho predicted It would tulle two decades fur tho use of ' atomic fuel lo come into Its'' own despite tho fact that one; million kilowatts of nuclear : developed electricity Is a I- ready In the works or nour., completion. Picket, Newspaper Employee Tangle Portland OCT - A striking pressman unil un Oregonlnn miillroom employee wero ar rested hero Saturday ufler a fist tight in front of the Ore gonlnn newspaper building. Arrested on charges of dis orderly conduct wero Willard J. Zbiicacb, 34, of West Linn, a picket, and Stephen J. Leonard, 34, of Portland, an employee of the paper. Police suld tho fight start ed as the result of name-call-. Ing as Leonard started to en ter the Oregoulun building to go to work. Police Nab Youths In 110MPH Chase Salem IUPD - Police luive ar rested three Snlem lecn-agt boys after a ear chase on the Mt. Angel Highway that achieved speeds of up to 110 miles per hour. Sllvcrton policeman Leo Rlggs noticed the youths as . they took a sign from a serv ice station. They roared away and he gave chase, w 1 1 h a state police car Inter helping In the pursuit. The boys' car finally skid ded Into a ditch near North Howell. The oldest boy, 17, was charged with reckless driving and the other two, both 18, with petty larceny, Sweetland Appoints Finance Chairman Portland - rUPO - State Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Demo cratic nominee for secretary of state, has announced the appointment of Theodore M. Sweet, Portland insurance ex. ccutlvc, as his campaign fi nance chairman. Sfofo Policemen On Five-Day Week Salem - IUPD - Oregon state police officers are working a five-day week now Instead of six. Half a million dollars was allotted by Uie 1030 Leg islature so the state police could cut their work week by one day. 1 1
