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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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"