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Medfonl Uunilry S Rogue Valley Edition Medford 24 PAGES Nikita Apologizes for Anti-American Remarks Harsh Comments Reserved for, . Konrad Adenauer Disarmament Block By U.S. Alleged Vienna IUPD - Soviet Premier Nlklla Khru.ihchov today apol ogized publicly to 1 1 In Auxtri an hmt for making anti American remarks during bin nine-day "good will" visit and then promptly I linked II. S. "monopolists" fur blocking world disarmament. (Jut Hie Soviet premier re served his hurshc.il commenU for West Cierinun Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at a press conference before flying buck to Moscow. Tht official Taut ncwi agen cy laid Khrushchev wui greet ed at the Moscow airport by government officials, diplo mats and cheering groupa of workers. lie warned Russia rn I g li t algn a peace treaty with East Germany If the Wo.il German parliament convened In West Ilcrlln this fall. He hinted at Soviet determination to react forcefully to any "violation" nf Austrian neutrality. He Hid Russia could not remain "Indifferent" and would "take such measures we then think necessary." Pool Contractor : Granted Extension Of Time for Work The Medford city council last night agreed to allow thi) contractor on the Jackson park swimming pool an ex tension of time lor completion of the pool. No penalty was ' levied against the contractor. '. The swimming pool was completed June 8. The con tract date for completion of the project was Muy 6. The council had already granted n elghl-doy extension of the completion date to May 18. - City Manager Robert Duff said he felt the extension was justified. Construction of the pool was delayed, he said, because rain during the middle of Moy Interfered with the laying of plaster In Wt pool and a mlxup In the ship ment of parts delayed the In stallation of a boiler and heat exchanger. He also noted that the con tractor worked on Saturdays, Sundays and Decoration Day In order to complete the proj ect as early as possible. The only cost to the city re sulting from the extension, he said, was $103 In engineering inspection cost and part of this would have come within the apeclflcd completion dale had the project been completed on time. Councilman Ed Hall moved that' the extension be granted except that the contractor pay the city the $183 engineering cost. Councilman Donald Han ion said this Is "not the proper situation to assess a penalty" and amended the mo tion by striking out the $183 cost. The amendment was ap proved 3-2 with Councllmcn Hall and Al Bradford op posed. A vote on the mulil mo tion saw only Councllmnn Hall opposed. Under the contract the council could have chnrged Iho contractor $50 per day penally for every day the work extended beyond the completion date. It was pointed out that it is not Iho fault of the contractor that the existing pool surface cuts children's feel. Duff said the contractor used the sur facing which was specified In the contract and It Is Iho same surfacing which Is used In pools throughout the country. Ike, Herter To Discuss Cuba Crisis Newport, R.I. -dlPII" ' Presi dent Elsenhower today schpd uled a meeting here early next week wllh Secretary of Stato Christian A. Herler In discuss the Cuban crisis and other International problems, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1960 V vl iWir(ifflisWfiiii V run MISS USA Linda Bcment, above, ' Df Salt Lake City, Utah, was named Miss USA at the Miss Universe pageant at Miami Beach, Fln.v i last night, She will compete wllh other beauties from around the world for the Miss Uni verse crown. The winner will be selected Saturday night. See Story on Pace 2. . (UPI Tclephotoi Farley Lashes at Parly 'Appeasers' Los Angeles - HOT - Former Democratic Notional Chair man James A. Farley lushed out today against what ha called "appeasers" in his own parly who "believe they can negotiate a spectacularly suc cessful Communist terror Into giving up two-thirds of the world." The Farley attack apparent ly was aimed at Sen. John F. Kennedy, whom he did not mention by name, and Adlal E. Stovcnson, whom he did name. , Administration Attacked The former postmaster gen eral said in a speech prepared for delivery before the Los Angeles Rotary Club that un less the Democratic party re pudiates "appeasers," It would cease lo be "an Instrument of the American people." . His speech also attacked tile Elsenhower administra tion, accusing it of commit ting the nation to a "peace at any price leadership (that) Is tantamount to the surrender of the Free World." Board Accepts Bid On Hedrick Addition The Medford school board late yesterday accepted the bid of Bulzcr Construction company, Medford, for con struction of a six-classroom addition lo Hedrick Junior High school. Butzor's bid totaled $127, 402, and Included $121,434 base bid on the six class rooms, and $0,058 (or develop ment of a court in the center of the school plant In prepare ration for planting. Other bidders were Wiley company, $133,000 for' the snmo work, and Myers D Jones, $133,800. I The project Includes the six classrooms, two locker rooms and toilet facilities, and is part of a two-year building program approved by district voters lo provide facilities lo meet Hie Increased number of students In the district, j The two-year building pro- gram Is being financed by a $730,000 bjnd Issue, , I Tribune Truce in Italy Rioting Appears Near Agreement Communists Hold Immediate Reply Rome IUPI) Communists and left wing Snciullsls appeared rcudy todoy to accept a pro posal for a 13-day truce in street riots and strike, that have brought Italy danger ously close lo Internal revolt. The truce proposal was made by Senate President Cc- sare Mvrzugora, an Indepen dent, dunn a tense session of the upper house this morning. It was Immediately backed by Chamber of Deputies Presi dent Giovanni Leone. Unanimous Vol The Central Committee of the left wink Socialists led by Pletro Nennl voted unani mously in an order o' the day to accept the truce offer In "principle." The Communists reserved an immediate reply. Earlier. Italian Communist party leader Palmlro Toglialtl said he would call off the bloody nation-wide rioting If the government resigned. Commission Asked To Use Speed in Freeway Building Representatives of the city of Medford and the Medford Chamber of Commerce today asked the state highway com mission to use "all possible speed in design, construction and completion" of the High way 99 freeway through Med ford. City Manager Robert Duff and Paul Rynnlng, a member of the chamber's highway committee, met with the state highway commission in Salem this morning. They told the commission there has been growing con cern over the increase of downtown traffic congestion along Central and Riverside aves., which carry Highway City Passes Plan For Employee Use Two agreements between the city of Medford and Jack son county, which would share certain services and fa cilities of each, were formally approved by the Medford city council last night. One of them provides shar ing the services of the city's parks and recreation director and services of secretarial help from the city's adminis trative office. The county will pay the city for the services of both under the agreement. The other agreement pro vides for the housing of city prisoners in the Jackson coun ty jail. The county will charge the city $1.43 per day or part of any day for each prisoner lodged in the Jail. Both agreements are for a period of one year ending June 30, 1961. They have both been In effect for several months and last night's action merely gave the city's formal approval to the arrangements. HST Reconsiders; To Attend Parley Los Angeles - HOT - Former President Harry S. Truman has reconsidered and will ar rive for the Democratic Na tional Convention sometime Monday, Missouri Gov, James T. Blair announced today. Truman will attend "as a delegate," Blair told a news conference In a prepared statement which also forecast the nomination of Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) for presi dent. Umatilla, Ore. - UIPII - The Port of Umatilla cxpecls lo have lis new dock facility on the Columbia river ready for limited usa by next month. Price 10 Cents No. 94 Democratic Party Platform Planners Call for Advice Southern Governors Testify on Rights Los Angeles - (UPU - Demo cratic platform planners, em broiled In North-South spar ring on a civil rights plank, called in a buttery of gov ernors, mayors and labor lead ers today for advice on this and other pressing Issues. Govs. Ernest F. llnlllngs of South Carolina and Ross Bar nctt of Mississippi were added lo a witness list which origi nally fulled to Include spokes men for the Soulh's viewpoint In the civil rights controversy. No Advance Rtquasls According to committee aides, there were no advance requests from southern lead ers for time to testify on the issue. But llollings and Bar nclt made belated requests Thursday aflcr a series of wit nesses urged strong federal action in the civil rights field and southern members of the committee responded with a pica for "moderation." Some two dozen witnesses were on deck for the last of four days of hearings by the 108-mcmber platform group. Rep. Chester A. Bowles (Conn.), chairman, said he would 'appoint a subcommit tee today lo draft the plat farm this week end. He added thai the subcommittee would include "a good cross-section" of views. 09 south and north respec tively. "We are concerned," their statement read, "because this is a problem over which we seem lo have little con trol." Enhances Image They noted that the one way couplet was established in the early 1940s after plans were made to construct Camp While. "The case of traffic flow provided by these coup lets enhanced Mcdford's pub lic image as a progressive community . . , We fear be coming a memory as the only bottleneck on Oregon's north south freeway" because of the increased traffic congestion, the statement added. "This critical congestion can proceed toward an intolerable condition during the next 18 months to two years," they noted, and listed three rea sons: 1. The area has had a sub stantial rate of growth in the past few years, and it can ex pect to continue, and even ac celerate, during the next 10 years. 2. An Increasing tendency of people lo go to and from work from the citys perime ter across town and the High way 9B couplet "is adding to our peak traffic load dispro portionate to our population stature as a community." 3, To take care of the "to ond fro" traffic, the c'lly must continue lo create more cast west arlcrials, thus activating additional friction points at Central and Riverside aves., which can only compound the present congestion problem. They said that until the Bear creek segment of the freeway is completed "we can see no real usability of the Seven Oaks to the Crater Lake segment whi' is cur rently under construction." Traffic flowing from the freeway section onto Crater Lake highway would "create a confusion cancelling any temporary advantage of free way use." They asked the commission lo consider an "early comple tion of the Bear creek seg ment, including the traffic dis persal features." Sports Bulletin Eugene - UTIl - Beanpola Bob Gutowskl. U.S. Marine from. Occidental college, grabbtd th early first day lead In the national AAU and Olympic decathlon competition today when he scored 1972 points In the first, two events -the 100 malar dash and the brond Jumpi Mttei lay early Morning .Blaze Ceremonies Mark Start of Tunnel Project on 199 Local Delegation Attending Event A Jackson' county delega tion is attending ceremonies this afternoon for ground breaking on the Oregon moun tain tunnel project as part of the Winnemucca lo the Sea highway. The Jackson counly dele gation, plus other delegations from Josephine and Klamath counties are among officials of three western states attend ing the ceremonies. - The ceremonies mark Ihc start of a highway project with an estimated ultimate cost of more than $30 million, according to promoters. The Oregon mountain project will Include boring a 1,740-foot tunnel through the mountain. Completion of the tunnel work Is expected sometime in 1962. 2.000 People Expected Representatives of Cali fornia, Oregon and Nevada will join an estimated 2,000 persons at the tunnel cele bration at Hazclvicw summit In Del Norte county - a site located a short distance off the Redwood highway. California Stale Sen. Ran dolph Collcr, who worked for many years to make the proj ect a rcalily, will turn the first shovelful of earth. When completed, the tunnel will reduce the present 134 curves on the mountainous route to 10, and shorten the existing highway by 2.8 miles, according to highway pro moters. Supporters contend the tun nel will assure the Redwood highway of the best route to the Pacific Ocean once a road between Winnemucca, Ncv., and Grants Pass, Ore., Is con structed to high standards. At a banquet last night in Grants Pass, Francis (Van) Landrum, chairman of the Klamath Chamber of Com merce highway committee, was elected temporary chair man of the newly formed Winnemucca to the Sea asso ciation. . : .. . J Representatives of Oregon, California and Nevada coun ty governments and chambers of commerce approved forma tion of the highway associa tion. Counties represented were Del Norte. Calif.. Jose phine, Jackson, Klamath, and Lake counties in Oregon and Humboldt county in Nevada. Tourist Promotion Carney J. Campion, new manager of the Redwood Em pire association, gave nis group's blessings to the high way promotion. He pointed out that tourist promotion is highly competitive between states and countries. Florida has allocated $1' million for state promotion this year. Of that total $760,000 has been allocated for the vacation in dustry, he said. The average motorist spends $36 a day. Campion stated. He added that 40 per cent of the Oregonians travel to southern California each year. Landrum related the his-j tory of the highway program. He praised former Jackson County Engineer Paul Ryn nlng and immediate predeces sors of Jackson, Klamath and Josephine county courts for their work on the project. Klamath county would nol be opposed to the logical ex tension of the route through Grants Pass to Crescent City, Calif., he concluded. Hazard Areas Close For Fire Season Annual closures of unusual fire hazard areas in Rogue River National forest have been announced by Forest Su pervisor C. E. Brown. Land closed by governor's proclamation include the Ash land watershed Neil creek area, Sturgis fork, Steve fork, and Cougar creek areas. The Elliott creek area has been closed by the secretary of ag riculture. ' The areas are closed to pub lic entry during fire season because of the increased risk of man-caused fire. Brown said. Entry permits for people on official business may be obtained from forest service range stations in the areas concerned. ' " ' Other areas pf the national forest, he added, will remain open. ' Two other fire regulations also are now In effect, Brown said. Smoking while traveling is prohibited on national for est land except while in closed vehicles on roads, and anyone camping in other than im proved campgrounds must carry an axe, snovel and buck et unless traveling: on foot without packslock, Brown said, . ; " . ;.' Ifeks 111 GENERAL ALARM Shown in initial op- were in another section separated by a nar- eralions is one crew of the Medford fire row alley used as an access to the receiving department who turned out for a "general areas for the laundry trucks. The aerial alarm" fire this morning at Dumas Domes- truck was assisted by three pumpers dts- tic Laundry and Dry cleaners, 30 North patched from each of the east, west, and Riverside ave. Damage was estimated $150,- downtown departments. The alarm was call- 000 to $200,000. The dry cleaning areas ed in at about 1:13 a.m. plus most office records were saved. They Ar GUTTED . Pictured mid-morning is, the laundry room of the Dumas Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment extensively damaged early this morning by fire. Damage Was estimated at some $150,-' Council Approves Regulation For Limousines in Medford An amendment to the Med ford city code to provide for the regulation of limousines was approved by the city council last night, but a state ment by Councilman Donald Hanson indicated that the controversy is not yet over. The new amendment to the code requires that limousines be licensed separately from taxicabs. A schedule of rates and routes must be approved by the council before .a li cense can be granted. In addition the operator of a limousine service must pay a $250 license fee and a $75 vehicle fee and must gain the approval of the airport man ager, before- being able to service the airport. Representatives from both the Medford Airport Limou sine service and the Yellow Cab company, which . also operates a limousine at the airport, indicated they were pretty much in agreement with the new provision. After unanimous approval of the council was given to the new code provision, Coun cilman Hanson said that he would "favor an application from the , Medford Airport Limousine Service" but "not from the. Yellow Cab , com pany." . , Applications to operate lim ousines probably .will be con sidered by the council at its next meeting July 21. Hanson said he feels that it was the intent of the. city council when it granted the WEATHER Forecast: Felr through Satur day. Low tonight 33. tilth Sat urday J. ' TKMPKRATURE tltRhut yriterday , T...S9 Loneat thll. mornuiK 33 Our Skies Tonight siinart today T:S0 p.m. sunrise tomorrow 4:43 a.m. Mnonrlse today 7:42 p.m. Full moon today 11:37 a.m. The full 'moon tonight may appear larger than usual. At X a.m. today the moon was only 221.000- miles from the earth, the nearest 11 has been this year. Medford Airport Limousine Service its license so m e months ago that there be only one airport limousine serv ice. (The .Yellow Cab com pany has since started serving the airport with Its limou sine.) Hanson said he would like to see "two good taxicab com panies and one good limou sine service." His statement brought sharp disagreement from some of his fellow councilmen. Councilman R. L. Van Sickle said, "to do that would be to confiscate his (Yellow Lightning Fire Burns North of KF Klamath Falls HJPD - A for est fire, apparently set by lightning, was burning over an .undetermined number of acres about 33 miles north of here today and was being fought by. about 60 men. Marten Davis, regional fire dispatcher, said the fire was burning in the same area as was burned last September in the Cave mountain fire. The blaze also is being bat tled-by six Caterpillars and three tankers. Davis said -the fire was re ported at 5:30 p.m. Thursday He said it was being held pret ty well in check. Sanded Plywood Stock Remains Weak Portland - tUPIl - Crow's lumber market news service said ' today ; sanded plywood stock remained in a weak po sition at the $64 price. Sheath ing was pegged at $90 for -s inch CD. Crow's said its price Index for all segments continued to decline in the two week period ending Thursday. Cheney, Wash. -IDPIl- Some 300 firefighters were control ling a prairie fire near here ,today after, fighting the blaze since Thursday afternoon. 000 to $200,000. Cause has not been deter mined. The laundry, located on North River side ave., Medford, will resume operations next week. - . . - Knackstedt Photo) Cab's) right to operate a lim ousine service." Councilman 'Stanley Stark said Hanson's statement "is a little out of line, but until we have the application there is nothing to argue about. Councilman Ed Hall said, "I have no desire to vote a man'out of business , . . that's what Mr. Hanson would do . . . 1 can't agree with Mr. Hanson." City Manager Robeit Duff said applications to operate limousine services have been received from both the Med ford Airport Limousine serv ice and the Yellow Cab com pany. Mayor John Snider told representatives of the limou sine -companies as they wire leaving the council chambers: "You've been here so often that when this is over we're going to miss you." Daytime Activities for Festival Are Listed Ashland-Plans for extended daytime activities are being completed at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. Because most Ashland visi tors ."stay four days lo see all four plays," daytime ac tivities have been expanding in recent years, festival offi cials said. In addition to the special lectures, exhibits, and concerts of period music, a scries of outstanding foreign films has been arranged for Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day afternoons during the 1960 run. A new title will be featured on each date. Name of Series The series, called "Festival Matinee-Curtain at Two," is being managed by Russ Os born and Roy Carrier, opera tors of the Varsity theater In Ashland. The films will be shown at the Varsity, two blocks from the Festival theater. , . - ' t Films of special interest Damage Figured About $150,000; Cause Not Known Dry Cleaning Area Saved from Fire Fire early this morning ex tensively damaged the laun dry area of Dumas Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners. 30 North Riverside ve. Damage was estimated to range between $130,000 and $200,000. Cause of the blaze has not yet been determined, but Fire Marshal . Truman Nelson said it appears to have started In the receiving room where linens and restaurant rags were stored. The blaze, which was first reported about 1:15 o'clock this morning, gutted the southern portion of the laun-. dry, housing washroom faclll- i ties, shirt finishing equip ment and distrlbutloa areas. The entire building was in flames When firemen arrived, and steps were taken to pro tect the Sparta building, the Walker property, and other nearby businesses. Loss Insured AI Dumas, owner, said In surance covered most of the loss. He said operations would continue as usual with resto ration of the damaged areas expected to be completed as soon as possible. Dry clean ing facilities, which were not damaged, will be used starting Monday, the Dumas' said. Flames were visible from some distance away. Thirteen on-duty firemen, nine off-duty City Manager Is Refused Admittance ,. To Scene of Fire Mtdford't City Manager Robert Duff was refused ad mittance to last night's fire at the Medford Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaning company, by city police ofiicer who apparently did not know who his boss was. According lo reports, . Dull was In hit cm end ml- 4a.:hm - ..... t . .. - . Toped otf lire area when he was stopped by a police of ficer and refused admit tance. After J3uff made it . - clear who he ..was, the po liceman let him by-. ' Duff was in Salem today and was not available Jot comment. men and si.v volunteers re sponded to the general alarm, Nine water lines were use, Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker said. Many of the lines were run from Riverside ave. and Sixth st. hydrants, and traffic, which was reported as "heavier than usual at that hour" was rerouted by Med ford police. Barker requested that elec tric power In the area be turn ed off, and as a result power in a large section of south west Medford was off. Series of Explosions Firemen said there was a series of explosions during the early stage of the blaze, but such explosions are common in laundry fires. An alley between the dry cleaning portion and the laundry protected the dry cleaning section, firemen said. Jack Dumas, co-owner, said delivery trucks were out of the plant area, and were not damaged, and most of the firm's records were saved. : The company last month observed its 10th anniversary, and had announced recent in vestments of $100,000 in plant improvements and $50,000 in new equipment. It employed 56 persons. from several nations have been booked for Monday and Friday afternoons, with Wed nesday afternoon titles to be the same as those shown dur ing the Varsity's continuing Wednesday evening "Curtain at 8:30" foreign film scries. To insure an orderly house, children will be admitted only when accompanied by a parent. Starts at 2 P.M. Doors will open al 1:30 with the program, Including short features and a cartoon, starting at 2 p.m., making it possible for Festival visitori to enjoy sightseeing excur sions in the morning, films In the afternoon, and the Shake spearean productions at night. Final rehearsals are now under way. The Festival opens July 23 and continues nightly through Sept. 3. Rotating dur ing the period will be "Thi Taming of the Shrew," "Ju lius Caesar," "The Tempest," and "Richard H." , . , . "' U a:
