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United Prui InlarnaUonal JTull Laaaail Wlra Onllad Praas International Full Laiad Wire Suction A 68 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1960 No. 95 MedfordTribune Seizure ' gmgitmg lra.aLit aaajBaaaaaa" ,m juJZ m i Committee Home Rule llnrprr Edwards, chairman of I ho Jackson county Demo crallc pnrty, proposed Friday llmt both mujor political par Ilea) be represented on a com mittee lo ittidy and formu lata a county charter under the "home rule amendment" ol Die 10S9 legislature, The committee, which l expected lo be named toon, will be appointed by the Jack ami county court and Jackson county representatives In the atattt legislature. The legislature adopted the home rulet amendment In an effort tb Rive counllci more freedom from tha preaunt sub- ordination to the stale leula lature, and to give counties legislative power locally. Should a home rule char ier be, adopted, It would muni the county would hnve leg islative: powcra alinllnr to cities now being governed un der a home rule provision. The committee, mode up nf responsible county residents, would study the feasibility of adopting a home rule charter here, and formulate a county charter. Edwards, in offering his prnpoial, sent letter! In state representative.! and the elate rnator, and the county court His letter follows: "I have been informed that procedures ore now being Inl Haled for the appointment of a committee composed of nine persona lo study and formu-l late a county churlcr under! h ' S it -LavJ UNITING THE 8TATES Officials from California and Nevada pour soil from their states Inlo an old' Wells-Forgo strongbox during ceremonies held Frldny to launch reconstruction work on nearly 23 miles of the Redwood highway In Del Norl'e county. From left are Austin Hunter, Del NnrU county supervisor; Don Clausen, Del Norta to Study Program the provisions of the "Home Rule Amendment" of the 1059 legislature. "Ai one of the appointing authorities, you are Imminent ly faced with the selection of several qualified and dedicat ed citizens who wilt be will ing to contribute a great amount of time during the next months or years. "As chairman of the Demo cratic pnrty of Jackson coun ty, I wish lo express the feel ing that we are in accord with the legislature In the desig nation of your office as one lo engage In lite selection of these committee members. We know that you will appreciate the magnitude of your job and approach it with the deliber ation for which you aro known. ' "Member of the Deriiocra tic party of Jackson county are awnre that an adequate level of public services must be maintained .and that the present structure Is sometimes cumbersome and In many ways obsolete. "For litis committee lo evolve new ways of coping with new problems a great amount of time will be devot ed. Members will need unus ual qualifications of back- K round and experience. Where Ihe state preempts lo cal government, conflicts must be avoided. Where great cr independence is pcrmiS' (conlinutd on page A-9) Mill Operators Would Like Pulp Plant in Although there Is no move' to build one, several local mill operators would be very hap py to see a pulp nr chip boara plan locate in tills area, A cross section of mill op erators Interviewed felt that the proposer of such a plant would be "crucified" by pub lic opinion. But they agreed that a pulp or chip board plant would allow them to more fully use, their existing limber. One mill operator estimated that such a development could Increase Ihe volleys $24,220,000 lumber payroll by 20 per cent. Since this would he a utilization of waste prod ucts, this Increase could be made without cutting more timber, he said. Local resistance and eco nomic factors have discour aged the development of pulp plants with their waste and pollution problems. Mcdford's climatic condi tions also increase the prob lem. The low (4-7 miles per hour) average wind velocity and natural "puddling" of cold air In the valley during winter months tend to trap Industrial wastes. But Calvin Smith, forester for the Industrial Forestry as sociation, soys the plant would not have to be situated in tne valley to have a beneficial ef fect on the valley's economy. Any plant built within a 100 mile radius of Mcdford would appreciably Increase payrolls, he. said. Lacking this typa of oper ation, valley companies have developed other ways to got fullor use from their existing timber. Elk Lumber company Is planning to build5 veneer plant. Kogap Manufacturing company and other companies have started manufacturing bark products. Mcdford corp oration attempts to use waste trimmings by converting them to electrical energy In Its steam generator. Other com panies have Inslallcd barkers and chlppcrs lo manufacture chips for upstate pulp mills. A. A. "Tony" Lausmann, president of Kognp Manufac turing company, attempted lo analyze the valley's lumber industry from the Investor's point of view. He sold that an Investor would fird that "the basic lumber Industry in Jackson county, as well as in Josephine and Klamath coun ties, has ample plant capacity to utilize all of the limber available from both private and public lands on a sustain county supervisor; Lyman Schwartz, Ham holdt county, Nov., commissioner, and Frank Bengochca, chairman of the board of super visors, Humboldt county, Nev, On speaker's platform at left Is a -picture of, California Sla'le Sen, Randolph Collier, whn spearhead ed lha campaign for the project. Area ed yield basis." Hut, he says, competitive bidding for logs and timber has resulted In prices being pold for the raw material which are not warranted by current prices recoived for lumber and plywood. This, he says, is resulting in serious operating deficits for some companies. "The high prices paid for logs and public timber Is caused by dcspcrulc attempts of lumber and plywood plants lo keep their plants operating, hoping that in the near future Improved prices and demand for liicir products will war rant their gambles in the tim ber and log market. "Additional Investment In forest products plants in Jack son county Is a Job for the existing plants who have the basic plant tile investments, sawmills, planning mills, ve neer and plywood plants. The additional investment will be to replace obsolete machinery and plant installations to use residuals from the' existing plants," he said. ' "These residuals include slabs, sawdust, bark, veneer and plywood trims and also, gradually, the use of substand- (continued on pag A-9) Ceremonies Launch Work on Redwood Highway Project Aion ML' Oregon A cere- wer, California district . en- monlal shovelful of earth was turned over hore FrlcHy-Jo inuncn a """""""" way project wniun vi.-ii,wmj may be a vital Jink in the proposed "Wlnnemucca-to-lhc- Sea" route. California Stale Sen. Ran' dolph Collier, principal speak er and the man who spear headed the campaign for tne Droicct. told an audience of more than 1,000 Orcgonians, Californians and Ncvadans that "there were limes when !the project) looked like a dream that would not see realization in our lifetimes. "But persistency," the sen ator added, "has paid off." The one-hour and 15-min- ule ceremonies were staged at Hazelvlcw summit, a point just off the Redwood high way and only a few mues south of the Oregon-Cali fornia border. Official guests included stale senators and representatives and highway commissioners and engineers from three stales. The nroiect calls for recon struction of nearly 23 miles of the Redwood highway In Del Norte county and will in clude boring of a 1,740-foot tunnel through Ml. Oregon. Tunnel work is scheduled to start lale this year and reach completion sometime In 1962. California's department of public works has allotted $770,000 for the tunnel ap proach, which will begin about one mile south of the Oregon border, plus more than $3.0 million for the tun nel itself. The tunnel . will shorten the existing highway by 2.8 miles and reduce the number of curves on tne wina Ing mountain road from 134 to 10. Officials from three stales all had their reasons for be ing enthusiastic about the project: ' ' Del Norte county has pre dicted that 1.8 million tour ists annually will motor there through the new tunnel. Oregonians are pressing for a highway on this side of the border lo meet the standards of California's Redwood high way. , Ncvadans view the project as a step toward a much-discussed "Winnemucca to-the- Sca" roule stretching from Winnemucca, Ncv., to Ihe Pa cific, B'ollowlnB opening ceremon ies short addresses were made bv Robert B. Bradford, Call. fornla director of public works; M. K. Mclver, Oregon state highway commission; Oils Wright, Nevada state highway engineer; J. C. Wo mack. California slate high way engineer; W. C. Williams, Oregon .stale highway en. alneer: Bradford Crittenden, California highway patrol commissioner, and Sam Hel Miss USA Named World's Most Beautiful Girl Miami Beach - (DPI) - Miss U.S.A., raven - haired beauty Linda Bcmcnt nf Sail Lake City, won the Miss Universe pageant Saturday night. The 18-year-old Mormon girl became the third girl to win both the MIsb U.S.A. title and crown of Miss Universe, signifying the most beautiful girl in the world. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bcmcnt, and two aunts, were in the audience of 6,123 to see her receive the pearl-studded crown and golden scepter from last year's Miss Universe, Akimo Kojinia of Japan. Miss Bcmcnt, a recent graduate of Highland1 High school In Salt Lake City, is five feet six inches tail, and weighs 120 pounds. She measures 37-23 36. The crown earned the green-eyed winner a $5,000 cash prize and the offer of a motion picture contract and a host of other gifts all with a total value of $10,000. She also won $1,000 for her selec tion as Miss U.S.A. Thursday night. The first runner-up was Miss Italy, Daniela Bianchi. Miss Austria, Elizabeth Ho dacs of Vienna, placed third. Miss South Africa, Nicoletle Caras of Johannesburg was fourth, and Miss Spain, Maria Teresa Del Rio, -was the fifth finalist. U'neer. '. ' -'j'" k;rtif eccmoni -uniting the slates and the highways. Par KciDaling were 1 representa tive of Oregon, California and Nevada, and officials of the Redwood Empire and Winnemucca-to-the - Sea as sociations. Earth from Cali fornia and Nevada was pour ed into a Wclls-Fargo strong box in use nearly a century ago. Senator Collier was intro duced by California Assem blyman Frank P. Bclolti, who also read congratulatory tele grams from numerous offici als, including California Gov. Edmund (Pat) Brown, who were unable to attend. Using a shovel with a handle of Oregon Myrtlewood, metal from Del Norte county and silver rivets from Nevada, Collier then turned over the first shovelful of earth to formally get the project un derway. The shovel later was presented to Carol McClendon of the Del Norte Historical society. Collier, whose praises had ben sung by all the speakers before him, predicted the pro ject would save "millions of dollars in . transportation costs" as well . as "many lives. Most of the . short-sleeved crowd arrived atop the .sun drenched mountain about a half-hour before ceremonies began shortly after 2 p.m., Oregon time. A beef barbecue was served to more than 800 persons and liquid refresh ments were on sale through out the program. One highlight of the after noon was a vocal number, by Songwriter Chrir Langslet, who also doubles as a judge in Lake county, Ore. After cxplan ing thai he would rather sing than talk since most of his teeth rec ently had been pulled, Judge Langslet warbled an original (the melody was borrowed, but the lyrics were his own) tune entitled "Winnccumma to the Sea." v "For Winnemucca lo the Sea," the judge's song con cluded optimistically, "will soon be a rc-al-l-ty." He re ceived a generous round of appiau.se. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair with mild tfm ptvAturei IhrniiRh Monday. Wtndv this afternoon. Hiph both day 85-90, Low tonight SO, Temp, Hlnhesl Veilrrriay - 87 Low . 55 Our Skies Tonight Precipitation Yesterday none, sunset today ....1:49 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:4 a.m. Moonrlse tonUht 9:18 p.m. The planet, Man, rlei l:U a.m. and ) now about 1.19 million mllei from tha Karth. For the reit of i960 the distance of Mara from lha Karth will slowly de crease and lis brilliance will lowly Increase. IKE WARNS N1KIM "W KEEP MPS OFF QUIA GADGETS GALORE The gadget-filled ros trum which will be used by speakers at the Democratic National convention in the Me morial Sports Arena is displayed by H. J. Schlafly. The podium, designed and con structed by Teleprompter Corp., includes Demo Convention Highlights Jack Rolls on, Lyndon Keeps Fighting, And Adlai Gets a Few Laughs ' By TBnlttd )?rss international Los Angeles -North Caro - lina .'gubernatorial nominee Tarry Sanford Saturday threw hi stinnnrt in Kn " .Tnhn F Kennedy for the Democratic Presidential .nomination..' : " aamora, wno was nominal- ed in the, May primary and will succeed ' Gov. " Luther Hodges, said the Massachu setts senator will get about one-third of North Carolina's 37 votes on the first ballot. He said Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson will get most of the others with a few scattered votes go ing to Sen. Stuart F. Syming ton of Missouri and Adlai E. Stevenson. .. - ' Los Angeles-State Demo cratic Chairman Michael H. Prcndergast said Saturday that New York will cast a minimum of 101 votes for Sen. John F. Kennedy on the first convention ballot. Prendergast said Kennedy's strength was growing1 in the 114-vote delegation despite ef- tV3v jj-w -sy- - $ S 'I : : f b'wm KssiSS V -t V-atJ .l ' V'' t'3,3Hra ! HajaB,ji I i v. ' ' PROJECT UNDERWAY California Stale Sen. Randolph Collier (left) lurns over the first shovelful of earth to of ficially launch work on a S30 million highway project which eventually will prdvlde a n.ll,a.n OpAnnn anrf lha Paeifir ennat.. T.onklnff on is Call' I fornia Assemblyman Frank such features as a hidden TV camera which will project the speaker's image onto a giant screen, a stream of air to cool the psakers, a miniature elevator, three-way prompting machine, clocks, spotlight and a hand rail. (UPI Telephoto) Stu Keeps forts "by rival candidates" lo jwoo delegates away. He pre- dieted a Kennedy victory on I an early JbaHoti .f ! I . . , I ' Washington Sen. ' John' X. I Kennedy picked up additional .UDDort tr0m omanized labor Saturday' in his bid for the Democratic Presidential nom ination. AFL-CIO Vice President Jo seph A. Beirne announced his support for Kennedy and said a private survey, indicated un ion leaders "overwhelmingly" favored his nomination. Meantime, informed sources said AFL-CIO President George Meany blistered Sen ate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson in a closed session with other union chiefs. Los Angeles-The south was set Saturday to give Senate majority leader Lyndon B. Johnson an area wide-endorsement and Sen. John F. Kenne dy's campaign manager said he expected no more than 17 ihore cdnvenierit route1 between P. Bclottt. V-Ttaajjw- Hoping, or 18' Dixie votes on the first ballot. 1 Robert Kennedy, the front- running -candidate's brother and campaign manager, safd there was no chance to break through the unit rule states where considerable Kennedy support win nave no repre sentation, Los Angeles-Rep. Cornelius E. Gallagher (D-N. J.) said Sat urday New Jersey supporters of Sen. John F. Kennedy were ready to abandon their "fa vorite son" pledge to Gov. Robert B. Meyner if the Mass achusetts senator wants their vote on the first ballot. "If he tells us we're going all out on the first ballot, we'll go," he said in an interview. He emphasized, however, that Kennedy so far had not made such a request. Los Angeles - Sen. Stuart Symington opened his come- from-behind battle for the Democratic Presidential nom ination Saturday with a dec laration that neither the Ken nedy nor Johnson forces have enough votes to win, " The Missouri Democrat told a news conference shortly aft er his arrival on the conven tion scene that he believed the delegates would turn to him and Adlal E. Stevenson "as the convention develops." Los Angeles-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, faced with a de fection in North Carolina, struck back Saturday night with challenges against Sen. John F. Kennedy's strength in the big New York and Penn sylvania delegations. Johnson backers buttonhol ed New York and Pennsyl vania delegates throughout the day, Tammany leader Car mine de Sapio, a power in New York state politics, said Johnson sentiment was some what stronger within that stale. Los Angeles -A throng of rabid admirers shouted Adlai E. Stevenson down with chants of "We want Steven son" Saturday when the two. time loser declared the Demo cratic party has many leaders qualified to run for Presi dent, t The former Illinois gover nor got a rousing reception from several thousand fans, including some of Hollywood's top stars, when he flew into this teeming convention city irom Chicago more than two hours behind schedule. , He drew laughs and ap plause with a typical quip filled off-the-cuff talk. President Gels T-..-L All-- 'I' - - - ----- ;.. DaHloc Dnrlolc IVUIIIW IWlaitVflJ . U. S., Russ Leaders , In Bitter Exchange Newport, R.I.-tUPD ' Presi dent Eisenhower warned So viet Premier. 'Nikita S. Khru shchev Saturday night to keep his hands off Cuba. The President,- in a state ment issued from his sum mer white house here, declar ed that the, United States would not "permit the estab lishment of a regime dominat ed by international Commu nism In the western hemis phere." - The United States will not be !'d e t e r r e d" by Khru shchev's rocket: threats, Eisen- howcr said, from standing by tect every nation in the west ern nemispnere irom nomina tion by an alien ideology or a foreign power. Tlie President's statement came only a few hours after Khrushchev declared in a Vranlin nuwh thai T..nul might use rockets aealnst tha (United States if the Ameri cans "dare to begin an inter vention against Cuba.'. I - Khrushchev said -the Rus- -isiarui would "use everything to support Cuba in her just struggle lor treeuom ana lib erty won by the Cuban peo ple under the leadership of the national hero, Fidel Cas- . tro." .'' .... 2- r h e economic blockade, -now declared against Cuba by the U.S.A., shall fail," Khru shchev said. "One should not forget that the United States is not, a before, an unreachable dis tance from the Soviet Union." Khrushchev's saber rattling brought one of the bluntest warnings Eisenhower ever liaa delivered to a 'foreign power. The President said Khrush chev's remarks showed Bus- , sia had the "clear intention to - establish Cuba in a role serv ing Soviet purposes in this hemisphere." He went on to charge Rus sia flatly with trying to "in tervene in the affairs of the western hemisphere." Local Delegates AilendConvention Mrs. Mary G. Kelly and' State Rep. Robert Duncan, the two Medford members of the 34-member Oregon delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, left for the conclave, this week end. Mrs. Kelly, long active In Democratic politics in Jackson county, is an alternate dele gate. Duncan, a lawyer and speaker of the Oregon house, is a. delegate from the stats at large. Headquarters of the Oregon delegation will be the Mayfalr hotel. The Oregon delegation! un like those from some other states, is bound to support tha winner of the Oregon pri mary election for the Presi dential nomination. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, They are pledged by low -to cast their votes for him for at least two ballots, or until tha number of votes he received drops below 35 per 'cent of those cast on any one .ballot, or until released by the sue. cessful candidate. Other members of the dele- -gation who are well known in Jackson county Include Con gressman Charles O.' Porter, Harry Boivin of Klamath Falls, Al Flcgcl of Roseburg, Monroe Swcctland of Milwau kle, and Walter Pearson, state senate president, State Sen. Al Corbet, and C. Girard Da vidson, all Portland. 'Tillamook -UIPD- Mrs. Mau rlne B. Neuberger, Democrat ic candidate for U. S. Senator, said here Saturday evening that creation of a national seashore park at Oregon Dunes "will at long last grant to 'Oregon's majestic seacoaut the national recognition which It deserves." . - 4
