Medfonl Uunilry S
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
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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
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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.
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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
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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, . ; " . ;.'
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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. - . .
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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." , . ,
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