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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1960
No. 95
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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-
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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
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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."
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