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Newspaper Page Textlllli I I 7" Wl MM Wt unci Wll'.Utli 10 VIOHt IDA d SI WW! (Ml RtMUS 5 V I IS"" MM win Wat iJ ' TinED FEET Oilier members of the feci In swimming pool after parading oul- "March on Ihc Convention Movement for side (he Sports Arena at Los Angeles, scene Freedom Now" look on in I'ulrlclu Hull, of the Democratic Natlonnl Convention (or left, of Berkeley, Calif., soaks her netting .1(1 hours. (U PI Telephoto) Parks Commission Suggests Obtaining 12 Acres for Site Tlia Jncktun county parks nd recreation commission last night recommended to the rnunty court that It apply for 12 acres of hiireau of hind management property on the Applcgate for part of a rec reation area. It also considered a pro posal for a Jackson county aladlum at the fair grounds, and committee reports on the Peter Brill estate property In , Jacksonville and the proposed acquisition of the Contrail property on the Applegule 1 Jver. II delayed action on the three Items. The commission Is consider Int purchasing 2.2 acres of private land adjoining the DI.M property across the river and upstream from the Can trail properly. ' Hubert llaworth, city and countv parks and recreation director said "with little ef fort" a good swimming area could be constructed opposite the BLM land. The 12 acres plun the adjoining 2.2 acres o( privately owned land would provide a good H acre recreation silo, llaworth said. Rocommondod Purchase The county would take over two acres of land which In cludes section on the creek, Mrs. Day said. Commission Member Mrs. Manlcy Metformin said the Cantralls did not want to sell their land on both sides of the river to the county, lla worth had recommended pur chase of the Cantrall property Across the river from the originally proposed site to give the county complete con trol of public use of the Im mediate area. Cantrall offered tontatlvely to Include 12 acres In -the land ottered which fronts the Cantrall swimming hole, Mrs. llcffcrnan said. Commission Member Mrs. Betv Day, Sams Valley, said Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, South-ern- Oregon college president, Js iwalling a legal opinion from the attorney general's office on turning the Urltt home site over to the county. The commission delayed malting n recommendation on r proposed iilhlctlc atadlum lor the county fairgrounds uullt of Medrord pending a study of letters from local school officials, various serv ice clubs, and baseball offi cials.'. Gene Gamer and Marry Clilpmnn, representatives ot the local stadium committee, said tlio committee Is merely asking that the proposal be put on the November general election ballot to get the nntnlrm nf Hie VlltCI'S. No nCW (axes need be levied tor Its construction, r.lilnmmi said football crowds overflow I he present IV odford Kb school sianium. School official" want a sta dium for (1,0(10 to 10,000 -eating capaelly with lights tor night baseball which they do not havo now. SOC has 'tot definitely committed Itself on use of the stadium, Clilpmnn added. Gnmor pointed out Hint Hie tadlum could bo used by all persons, would draw money into the area, and hll! school championship games could bo played here. Parks and rec reation Biles cater lo Ihc mi norities, while a stadium -......" I could be used by the majority of the public, he pointed out. Commission Chairman Rob ert J. Keeney, Phoenix, tald he has noticed stadiums or athletic fields require a tre mendous amount of care and maintenance, lie questioned the need for a stadium here. Date Slated To Hear Arguments "Circuit Judge James M. Main has set 10 a.m., Monday, July 25, to hear arguments on a motion lo cither set aside or quash an Indictment in the Medford Escrow company case Involving O. Hlldlng Bcngl son, Medford attorney, and Mrs. Rachel Peterson Carter, Jacksonville. The motion was filed by Alan Holmes, one of the at torneys representing Bengt son, yesterday afternoon. If granted, the motion would also affect Mrs, Carter. Judge Main yesterday con tinued the hearing on Mrs. Carter until another attorney could be appointed to repre sent her. He had appointed Medford Attorney William Duhaime lo represent her, but due to a conflict In time Du haime will be unable to, It was learned. Her case was continued until 3 p.m. Mon day. July 25. The motion filed yesterday Is based on a defect alleged lo appear on the face of the indictment- relating to the "subscription" or listing of the names of witnesses ap pearing before the grand Jury. Iho grand Jury Indictment charges Mrs. Carter and Bengtson with embezzlement. Ralph Weiss Named To Naturopathic Board Salem-IUID-Ralph R. Weiss of Medford has been appoint ed by Gov. Mark Hatfield lo the Naturopathic Board of Examiners. Ho succeeds Dr, Gordon V Peffley, Portland, whose term expired. Eagle Point With Elderly Eagle Point Mrs. Ann Todd, Eagle Point's most pub licized water user, tangled here yesterday morning with an 88-year-old man, Eye-wllness reports said she came off second besl, Mrs. -Todd's opponent was George (Dad) Putman, owner of I'ulman's Feed and Seed store and father ot Eagle Point Mayor Ed Putman. With him before and during Iho allnrcatlon was a longtime acquaintance, Mrs, Thclma Short, secretary of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, who backed the elderly man's story In every detail. After talking to Pulman mid Mrs. Short, an Eagle Point resident said It happen ed like this; Pulman had walked down town to pick up his mall and visit friends. Ho was standing under a shade tret In front W.wrrm mm I a "-i'. . W''.y? .16-tt-'- STATES WW I PL AT F 0PM FOP rin i v . n i-vi-jujh Teen-Agers Lilt Employment To Record Figure Washlngton-iUPH-Morc than two million teen-agers Joined the labor force In June, lifting employment lo an all-time high but ot the same time in creasing the number of job less to 4.42:1,0(10, the govern ment reported today. Unemployment rose by 1)04,000 as many of Ihc young people were unable lo find Jobs. The Labor Department estimated 800.000 ot this In crease occurred among teen agers and another 100,000 among 20-24 year olds. More than half of Ihc new Job seekers were successful, however, In finding work. The number of persons employed rose by 1,371,000 to 68.570, 000, an all-lime high. The pre vious record of 07.6 million was set In July, 1050. Abov Expectations The surge In youngsters en tering the labor force was also a record and greater than ex pectations. The heavy Increase in the total number of Jobless was more than a "normal" rise for June. As a result the unem ployment rate jumped from .4.9 per cent in May to 5.5 per cent In June. This meant that 85 of every 1,000 persons in the labor force were Job hunting last month. It was the highest un employment rate since last December. The number of un employed, 4,423,000, was the highest jobless total since Feb' ruary, 1951). Salem -MPll- The Stale Em ploymcnt Department said to day employment in mid-June was the highest it has ever been In Oregon history. Some 730,000 persons had Jobs-an increase of 61,500 from the previous month and 22,800 higher than Juno, 1959 The prior all-time high was 726,800 in August, 1956. Washington -lUPIl- The Jus tice Department said today its investigation of alleged Irreg ularities- In the May 10 pri mary election In West Vir- glna lias su (ttr failed to turn up any evidence of violation of federal laws. Water User Tangles George (Dad) Putman of Brown's market talking lo Mrs. Short about 10 a.m. when Mrs. Todd walked up behind him.. Sharp words were exchang ed, and Pulman picked up his cane lo leave, The diminutive Mrs, Todd, witnesses report ed, grabbed It, and he lost his balance. Ho then slapped Mrs. Todd, who kept struggling for the cane, the reports added. The scuffling continued for a fow minutes, and then Mrs. Short slopped between them and led Pulmun lo a place whore ho could sit down. The fight was short, the Eagle Point resident said, but It drew a largo crowd. After Putman rested, friends drove him back to his store. Ho later suid he received nu merous supporting calls dur- Ing the afternoon, clams Kennedy Johnson Unable To Agree On Debate Terms Unable To Arrange For Joint Meeting Los Angeles-IUPIl-A proposal for a debate between 'Demo cratic presidential contenders John K. Kennedy and Lyndon H. Johnson cume unstuck to day when the two rivals were unable to agree on conditions. Johnson insisted that the de bute be held before a Joint meeting of Ihc home stale delegations of the two con tenders -Texas and Masschu setts. Kennedy agreed lo debate. But hi; said he was nol a dele gate from Massachusetts and therefore could not bring Its delegation. He. offered to ap pear at the Texas caucus but Johnson objected, Johnson challenged Ken nedy to a public debate in an eleventh-hour attempt to wreck the Kennedy band wagon. Johnson announced his chal lenge at a special news con ference In which he said he still docs not believe Kennedy has enough delegate votes to win the Democratic president ial nomination Wednesday. Sttvanson Backers Fight Backers of Adlai E. Steven- sou also presented a nevcr say- dlc front lo the convention. But their cause and Johnson's appeared to be hopeless. Johnson proposed that he and Kennedy engage in a radio-television debate on con vention issues at a joint meet ing of the Texas and Massa chusetts delegations at 2 p.m. (p.s.t.). , Robert F. Kennedy said his brother's acceptance was lim ited to the Texas caucus. He said the senator was not even a member of the Massachu setts delegation and had no au thority lo speak for il. Kanntdy Far Ahaad The latest United Press In ternational count of commit ted delegates and known first ballot preference gave Ken nedy 74314 votes, just 17'.4 short of the .761 required for nomination. The tally gave Johnson 407 voles. .Sen. Stu art Symington 78. and Steven son 05 'i with the remaining 227 votes still uncommitted jr pledged to favorite sons. The Kennedy camp was privately claiming at least 812'i sure voles on the first ballot. Kennedy was so confident of victory that he already was trying to pick a running-mate from a field thai prominently Included Sen. Stuart Syming ton of Missouri, Gov. Orvillo L. Freeman of Minnesota, Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington, Gov. Hersehcl C. Loveless of Iowa and Gov. George Docking of Kansas. Church Keynoter The convention formally opened Monday with a 4 p.m. (p.s.t.) session timed to reach TV audiences in the East. Sen. Frank Church of Ida ho, boyish 36 - year - old and onetime oratory champ, de livered Ihc keynote speech. He said the Eisenhower ad ministration was giving the country "pitch-man prosperi ty" and substituting "show manship" abroad. A procession of film stars from nearby Hollywood shared the spotlight with the politicians. Sale m (Urn Dclberl Lee Smith, 26. Agate Beach, lias been sentenced to five years In prison for a Salem bur glary last March. Salem lllPli Fred Decker. Corvallis, has been apopinted Slate Veterans chairman for the Oregon Republican Parly, Party Chairman Peter Gun nar of Salem has announced. Mrs. Todd went into Brown's market, but before doing so, it was reported, she asked a truck driver making a delivery at the store to serve as her witness. "Lady," he was said lo have told her, "I had my head In side the truck. I didn't see a thing." 1 Eagle Point City Marshall Orln Chastaln said today no complaints had been filed and that ho did not plan to file charges against anyone since he did not actually witness the scuttle. ' Mrs. Todd is well-known hero due to her long'standlng differences with the Eagle Point Irrigation district dif ferences which have led to various law suits and public charges of malfeasance, many of them still pending in the courts. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 Pages Play Rehearsals Closed to Public Starting July B Ashland - Starting Wednes day, July 13, all Oregon Shakespearean festival re hearsal sessions will be closed to the public. The closure Is occasioned by many involved adjustments which must be made before the season opens. The theater's 20th reper tory run gels under way Mon day, July 25, with the "Feast of the Tribe of Will" in Lithla Park at 6 p.m. and the first showing of "Taming of the Shrew" at 8:30. On Wednesday .the com plex four-day phase known as "t e c h n ic a I rehearsals" begin. The four shows will shift for the first time into their regular rotation order, with one show being worked each day, and emphasis will be on technical details. Sound cues arc set; lights arc ad Justed; musical timing is per fected; and all of the mechani cal problems of scene changes and curtain manipulation are solved. Several crew members "and department heads arc involv ed with the technical rehear sal phase. It is a slow process, with frequent stops, starts, and repeats. Communication between those responsible is much easier without specta tors, hence the yearly house closure at this time. On Sunday, July 17, the first round of dress rehearsals will begin. The four programs -"Taming of the Shrew," "Ju lius Caesar." "The Tempest," and "Richard II" will each have an afternoon run-through and a full evening dress dur ing the next four days. This round is also closed to all spectators. Thursdoy, July 21, Final Dress Rehearsals begin. This four-day schedule is open to those holding Festival mem berships, dust as In the past. Special guests from press, ra dio, and television will also be invited to attend. ' As the final preparatory phases begin, all departments report "on schedule." Ad vance ticket sales continue lo lead 1959. Teen-Age Labor Supply Discussed Teen-agers will continue to play only a minor role in the pear industry, John Patton, manager of the Oregon State employment service, and Chuck Henry, president of the Fruit Growers League, told Intcrogcncy council this morning. The council, composed of youth and welfare agencies, met with the two men to dis cuss how the teen-age labor supply might be utilized for pear picking. Patton explained that most of the minors 14 to 16 years of age were not physically able or willing to handle or chard work. After the meeting, Glenn Klein, county extension agent, said that a proposed pilot pro gram for teenage labor in the pear industry would prob ably not be started as was hoped. Only solution to the prob lem, Klein said, seems to be the- development of an Indus try to use the early spring teen-age labor. Kennedy To Push Farm Legislation Los Angeles - (UN - Sen. John F. Kennedy announced today ho will attempt to push through an emergency farm bill when Congress meets in post-convention session next month. Kennedy told the North Da kola delegation the farm problem was "the most Im portant, most complicated" domestic problem facing the nation. Oregon Man Chosen Elks Lodge Officer Dallas, Tex. - (UPH - Judge John E. Kenton, Lawrence, Mass., Tuesday succeeded William S. Hawkins, Cocur D'Alcnc, Idaho, as Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevo lent and Protective Order of Elks. Judge Kenton was elected Monday at the organization's neih Grand Lodge session here. The session continues through Thursday. Jack A. Jurison, Ontario, Ore., was chosen Grand Esteemed Lec turing Knight, V mm MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1960 NEW BRIDGE Pictured above is a view of the new 10th st. bridge which is being constructed by the city across Bear creek. The view is looking east toward 10th st, which is being extended from Portland ave. to connect with the new bridge. The bridge Copco Officials Testify as PUC Hearing Starts Frank C. Bash, vice presi dent and treasurer of Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany, was on the stand this morning during the hearing over a proposed rate increase for the company. The hearing was held before Lew Grecnberg and Harold Pierce, Oregon- publicutility,. commission examiners;:' -4 n Jackson county circuit court room No. 2. Four company witnesses and officials were scheduled to testify today. They are Bash, Arnold O. Opgrand, P. G. Humphreys and H. P. Bos worth Jr. Company officials were not sure how long the hearing would take, but were sure it would last the rest of the day. Following the hearing, the commission is expected to re view the testimony, set what it considers an equitable rate increase or refuse the request. Bash testified that the con tinuing increase in demand for service has required an almost continuous program of construction of new hydro electric plants and transmis sion lines. Added Construction All added construction has been done under inflationary conditions producing ever in creasing costs, Bash pointed out. Revenues have not kept pace with cither growth in rate base from new higher cost construction or the in creased costs in financing as sociated with It. . "Under these conditions, this growth in plant has meant a declining rate of re turn and decreased earnings per share of common stock," Bash testified. Bash also testified that the average wage rate paid by the company has increased 23 per cent since the last rate in crease granted in 1953. No testimony was given by the general public today, al though they may have their opportunity tomorrow. Jackson Pool Will Open on Thursday Opening of the Jackson park swimming pool has been delayed for one addi tional day, Medford- Parks and Recreation Director Rob ert Haworth said today. The pool will open Thurs day at 1 p.m., Instead of Wednesday as originally planned. . The city has had the pool closed for the past week while It was being repainted. It was decided lo repaint the pool to give It a smoother sur face after the city received numerous complaints about swimmers cutting their feet on the pool bottom. Haworth said that although the pool will bo open Thurs day the .water will probaoly bo "cool." He noted that it takes about 48 hours lo bring the pool temperature up to the desired 80 degree temperature, mi Tribune Hearing Thursday On City's Budget For Fiscal Year A public hearing on the j city of Medford's proposed 1960-61 budget will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers at the Med ford city hall. Ail residents wno wisn 10 exprcss themselves on any pun oi uie duubci wm ue heard at this time. Following trie hearing: the ciiy council will levy city taxes for expenditures during the budget year. The budget is just within the 6 per cent property tax limitation and the city plans a total general fund property tax levy of $374,776. The city contemplates a general fund expenditure of S906.030. This compares to general fund expenditures during the 1959-60 year of 5934,361. The decrease in general fund expenditures is brought about by the fact that a S75, 000 housing authority grant for the Jackson park swim ming pool last year was a one year budget item. Total proposed cash budget for the coming fiscal year, in cluding all funds, is S3,2o3, 439. This is compared to the 1959-60 year budget total ot S2.522.747. Congo Requests American Troops Leopoldville, The Congo- lUPIi-The government of the Republic of the Congo asked the United States to send three thousand troops lo the Congo to help restore order. The request was made to U. S. Ambassador Clare Tim- berlake after Congolese cabi net ministers conferred with Belgian government ministers here in Leopoldville. The request was made with in the framework of the tech nical assistance already asked of the United Nations by Con go Prune Minister Patrice Lumumba. The request said the U.S. troops would operate only within the lower Congo area around Leopoldville and the mouth of the Congo river. Republicans Provide TV Set for Meeting A television set has been provided in the downtown area for persons wishing to view telecasts of the political convention Ibis week by the Republican Central committee for Jackson county. Chairman Joseph D. Walsh said the public Is welcome to watch the convention activi ties until 5 p.m. each day at the Republican headquarters, 3 West Sixth st Medford. Jamacans Alerted To Watch Hurricane Son Juon, Puerto Rico-IUN)-The Weather Bureau alerted Jamaica and the gulf coast of Central America today to keep its eye on hurricane Abby. mm Price 10 Cents No. 97 is scheduled for completion Nov. 10. When finished the bridge will provide for four lanes of traffic. It is being constructed by the Inter City Construction company, Eu gene, at an approximate cost of $91,000. General fund expenditures will be as follows: Mayor and council, S4.805; city court, S8.627; city man ager's office, $29,162; finance denartment. S34.455! tesal de- I nartment. S11.386-. rmrchas- hng department, $6,304; plan - i nine onicc, sio.iuz; cny nan, SI 5,227; non , and , inter de partmental, So9,444---;,.' -. Library department, $27. 327; park and recreation de partment, $44,336; building department, $44,014; Civil De fense division, $3,370; fire de partment, $102,602; and police department, $275,674. Health services, $4,7a0; cn- gineer division, $101,862; sanitation division, $43,552; traffic division, $35,765; and airport, $37,506. Juvenile Judges Informed Juveniles Swiped Phone Cord Eugene -HOT- The Oregon Juvenile Judges Associa tion, in summer school ses sion this week at the Uni versity of Oregon, got a concrete application of their abstract problems Monday. Several hundred associa tion members, including ju venile judges, were at Erb Memorial Student Union, where they have an outside phone to connect ihem with the not-so-academic outside world. The caretaker at nearby Hayward Field spotted a couple of juveniles sprint ing away from the famous track center and did a little sprint of his own to Erb Memorial Union to inform the Juvenile Judges Asso ciation that a couple of ju veniles had just made off with the outside cord to their outside phone. "I Thought We Left Plane Shot Down Over Open Seas, White House Says Premier Declares Confession Made Washington UPI The United State to day threatened Rus sia with "serious con sequences" if more U.S. planes are shot down over interna- ' tional waters. The United States charged today that the Soviet Union shot down an American Air Force plane over the open sea July 1 and that Soviet Pre mier Nlkita Khrushchev lied when he said the plane had violated Soviet air space. A White House statement accused Khrushchev of de liberately trying to stir up an international incident. The statement from tht summer White House at New port, R.I.,. said that the plane at no time flew over Soviet territory, Soviet territorial waters or Soviet air space." Confession Alleged The U.S. statement, in ef fect, called the Soviet govern ment and Khrushchev liars for saying the plane was downed inside Russian terrU tory. At a news conference In Moscow this morning, Khrushchev announced that two captured Air Force offi cers ho survived the inci dent had confessed to making a spy flight against the Soviet Union. He also accused the United States of trying to provoke "a serious military conflict" through such flights. Khrushchev added that the RB-47 reconnaissance plane's intrusion was a "new, blatant violation," coming as it did - exactly two months to the day after a U.S. U2 plane was shot down by the Soviets over Sverdlovks May 1. The Soviet leader said Eis enhower's promises that such 1 SDV ' flights would be discon- tuiucd are not worm a pen- ny"' He warned- ihat anyre-. sumption, pf U2 flights' would . be a "provocation that will bring existing tension to the breaking point and lead mat' ters to the outbreak of war." The U.S. statement read to newsmen in Newport by Pres idential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Khrushchev was lying when he linked the flights of the U2 and the RB47 six-jet reconnaissance plane. Mission Admitted The U2 ws shot down 1,500 miles inside Soviet territory. Eisenhower admitted ?t was on spy mission, but pledged at the abortive Paris summit meeting May 16 that there would be no further such flights. The Air Force has announc ed that the RB47 was on a legitimate electroma g n e t i c mapping flight over interna tional waters, and denied that its route would have taken it over Soviet territorial waters, WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throuih Wed nesday with variable high cloudiness. Low tonight 53; high Wednesday 90. TEMPERATURE Hichost Yesterday t Lowest this Morning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:46 a.m. Moon rise tonight ....10:33 p.m. Last Quarter July 15 PROMINENT STARS Aldebaran, rises 3:40 a.m. The Pleiades, above Aldebaran. (Early next month the planet. Mars, will be seen between Aldebaran and the Pleladei.) Him In Washington"