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RUNNING MATE? Son. Stuart Symington of Missouri,
above, hna been pronilncnlly mentioned as John F. Ken
nedy'! vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket.
Kennedy was expected to announce liii choice late Ihli after
noon. The vice presidential elccllon session nf the national
convention was to tart at 4 p.m. (UP1 Tclephoto)
Senator Scott to
Arrive in Medford
About 4:30 Friday
Sen. 'Hugh Scott (RP).
whose address will IilisHI lBlt
the Republican Lunu Friday
night, will be Introduced al
the dinner by Stat Sen. Ed
win n. Durno, Republican can
didate for U. 8. represents
tlve from this district.
' The Senator and Mr. Scott
will arrive al the Medford
airport at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Also arriving at the mine
time will be Mate Republican
Chairman Peter Gunnar and
state finance chairman Carl
llalvorsen.
Republicans wishing 'to
greet them should be al the
Dr. Drummond Gets
Leave of Absence
The Jackson county board
of health and the county court
this morning granted Dr. C.
I. Drummond, county health
officer, a AO dnys leave of
absence without pay.
The action was taken at
the request of Dr. Drum
mond, who has been ill the
past month. The leave of ab
sence was granted for July,
August, and September.
Judce Earl Miller reported
that Dr. M. L.,Vorhcls this
morning accepted the county
health officer position on a
temporary basis. He will he
In lbs office one day a week
and will be piild at the rate
paid previous doctors who
have held the position on
those terms, Miller laid.
During Mho. session today
the board and court stated
lhat they would notify the
date board of health thai the
county' needs a public health
officer If it Is learned later
Dr. Drummond Is unable, to
return to his duties.
Welfare Recipients To Participate
In Work Program in Jackson County
A work program 'or goiv
eral assistance welfare recip
ients will go Into effect Im
mediately, the county court
decided yesterday.
The decision followed ap
proval of a motion to sign an
agreement with llie Jackson
county wolfiirB.' commission
Initiating the program.
James Pullman, Jackson
county public-wclf are admin,
istrator, siild there nre four
people receiving general as
sistance wh" would be eligible
tinder the program this slim
mer. The program would be
needed more during the win
tor when employment' Is
scarce, he said. . 1 i
The program calls for an
agreement between the coun
ty end the wclfnre depart
ment, The county would pro
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airport at 4; 15 : p.m., County
Chairman Joseph Wnlsh said.
Senator and Mrs. Scott are
visiting this week nt the Rose-
burg home of Unrrm r. Ms
worth, former fourth district
congressman,
Because of the tropical
llicme of the fund-raising
event, some 2.000 orchids and
500 tl leaves are scheduled
to be flown here from the
Hawaiian islands, according
to L. L. Sawyer, decorations
chairman.
Casual Apparel
- Although It has an Ha
waiian theme, co-chairman
Mrs. Richard Kyle has point
ed out that casual apparel in
both island and mainland
styles will be worn. A social
hour from 6 to 8 p.m. will
precede the dinner and pro
gram, she added.
Proceeds from the event
will be used to finance the
campaigns of Jackson county
Republican candidates In the
fall election, Walsh said.
Friday morning Senator
Scott will speak at a fund
raising breakfast in Salem,
and Is scheduled to be in Port
land for press and radio inter
views In mid-morning. He
also will fly to Coos Bay for
a luncheon, deliver a break
fast speech In Klamath Falls
Saturday, and speak . at a
luncheon In Bond.
Senator Scott, for 16 years
a U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania and elected to
the U.S. Senate in 1058, is
serving on. several committees
working on foreign affairs.
He has written bonks on the
political scene, and has held
high positions In the Rcpubll
can pni'ty.'
' Tickets for the dinner, to
morrow night may be obtain'
cd by telephoning Republican
headquarters, SPring 3-7561,
or at the door.
vide special clothing and tools
and oqulpmcnl If needed. The
welfare department would
provide funds for paying the
men on an hourly rale.
The public welfare commis
sion would refer Jo thcicoun
ty only those general- assist
ance recipients who are able
to perform lite type of work
lo be done under., tho pro
gram; This would currently
be Improvement and mainte
nance of. public, parks and
recreation areas. '
To Advise County
The local welfare staff will
determine which of the public
assistance recipients will be
referred to Jackson county
for work. It will advise the
county on the maximum hours
each will be permitted to
work. A "10-hour week will
be established.. Tl m e . (or
wlilch each recipient is eli
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
40 Pagai
Two Airliners Ditch in Pacific
Hearing on Cbpco
Rate Increase Is
Adjourned by PUC
Hearings on the Califoml
Oregon Power company's re
quested rate increase adjourn
ed Indefinitely yesterday. The
adjournment followed a dis
cussion of Copco's reasons for
asking an increase in residen
tial ra'hcr than commercial
rates.
The stale public utility com
mission will now review the
case. Further hearings can be
held when the commission
renders Its decision.
11. P. Dosworth Jr., vice
president and assistant to the
general manager of Copco, in
direct testimony before PUC
examiners, said an analysis
of residential and commercial
rates indicate a raise in resi
dential rates would be "the
most equitable choice at the
present time . . ."
Numbtr of Complaints
"The company has for some
time been subjected to i num
ber of complaints that the
rates for commercial service
are disproportionately great
in relationship to rates for
residential service," Bosworth
said.
"The proposed rate would
produce an average annuul
cost to the company's residen
tial customers of approximate
ly 183 cenU per KWH," he
said.
The national average cosl of
residential service, according
to EF.I Electric Utility Indus
try Statistics, Is 37 per cent
greater than this rate, he said
It would also be less than
the . average cost per KWH
at any time prior to the end
of World War II, he said.
lie said lhat as a result of
studies made in 1957 and 1058,
reductions hud been made in
the rates of the smaller com
mercial usage blocks.
After this reduction It was
still felt "that the differential
between small commercial
users and residential users
was too great and that it
should be further reduced,
but the company could not
afford any greater rate reduc
tion al that time," Dosworth
said.
In view of this recent low
ering of commercial rates,
Bosworth said, the company
does not feel thnt it could now
ask for an increase in com
mercial rates.
However, when cross exam
ined, he said that he did not
think that Copco would lose
any Industrial customers if
U2 Plane Falls,
Burns in Texas
Del Rio, Tcx.-IUPD-A U2 re
connaissance plane, the same
type which the Russians
claimed to have shot down
over their country on a U.S
spy mission, crashed and
burned in rugged Southwest
Texas hill country today. The
pilot parachuted to safety.
The U2 was based al Laugh'
lin Air Force Base in Del Rio,
where pilots are trained in Us
operation.
The base Identified the pi
lot as a Maj. Raleigh B. J.
Meyers, Atilandcr, N.C.
gible to work Is not accumu
lative from month to month.
The county must Inform
the public ' welfare, commis
sion on type of work avail
able, number of man hours
available and when and where
a n d i .to : whom recipients
should report
If a man Is able lo work
and ' refuses without good
cause lie shall be ineligible
for general assistance funds
as long as he refuses lo work,
according td' regulations. A
recipient may be dropped
from welfare rolls If he aban
dons or repeatedly absents
himself from work, falls or
refuses to perform work as
signed In a satisfactory man'
nor, Is insubordinate, falls to
follow safely regulations or is
guilty, of misconduct connect'
ed with his work, according
to the agreement
MEDFORD,
industrial rates were in
creased. "In my opinion," he said,
'the cosl of electrical service
in Industry is not a major con
sideration except in electro-
chemicals and light metals."
After prompting by Copco's
cousel, he amended his state
ment to include the fact that
if industrial rates were raised
too high, certain lumber com
panies might expand their
steam generating plants to sell
excess energy to other com
mercial operations.
But, he said in response to a
question, this would probably
not happen even if commer
cial rates went up 10 per cent.
Budget, Planning
Meetings Slated !
By City Tonight
Two meetings will be held
in the Medford city hall to
night. One is a public hear
ing on the city's 1860-GI bud
get. The other is the regular
meeting of the city planning
commission.
The public hearing will
start at 7:30 o'clock in the
city council chambers. The
planning coinmlsion meeting
will Immediately follow the
hearing, also in the council
chambers.
Those who wish to make
themselves heard on the
city's budget are encouraged
to attend the hearing, Follow
ing the hearing, the city coun
cil will levy city taxes for the
inflO-61 fiscal year.
The 1960-61 budget pro
vides for a total cash outlay
of $3,253,439, Including $906,
030 in the general fund. It is
within the 6 per cent proper
ty tax limitation.
At its meeting the plan
ning commission will call for
public hearings on two re
quests for change of zone.
One of the requests Is lo
change two lots at Highland
dr. and Siskiyou blvd., from
single-family lo limited com
mercial. The other is to
change the property behind
the Medford Shopping cen
ter from single-family to a
multiple-family zone.
The commission will also
consider giving tentative ap
proval lo a plat for the Ek-
holm subdivision. The sudoi
vision would provide for 106
lots and would be located in
the north part of the city.
Also on tonight's agenda
are a proposed dedication of
El Mar ave.: a request for an
nexation to the city of an
acre of properly at the norlh
cast corner of Sunrise and
Harrison aves.; and a propos'
ed revision lo sign require
ments in class II1A limited
commercial zone.
"And Now The News
Africa, Asia,
vrce
OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY
Only One Death
Reported Among
88 Passengers
Rescue Planes
Drop Life Rafts
Manila -HTD- Two crippled
airliners ditched at sea early
today off The Philippines
coast, but 87 of 88 persons
aboard both planes were swift
ly rescued from the shark
infested waters.
Only one death was report
ed and several other persons
were injured.
Fifty eight persons were
aboard a Northwest Airlines
DC7C plane lhat went down
near Polillo Island, about 75
miles northeast of Manila,
after It lost a propeller and
an engine caught on fire.
The Northwest plane was
en route to Manila from New
York, via Seattle, Alaska,
Tokyo and Okinawa. The air
craft carried 51 passengers
and seven crewmen. The pilot
was Capl. Dave Rail, 53,
Seattle.
The victim was identified
by Northwest Airlines as Mrs.
Guy Kcllcy, Springfield, Ohio.
She apparently drowned, the
airline reported. Mrs. Kellcy
had boarded the plane with
her husband at New York
City.
, Air control officials here
called the crash-landing one
of the outstanding ditch opera
tions in airlines history.
At almost the same time, a
Philippine Airlines DC-3 plane
developed ( n g 1 n a trouble
while on an Intcr-lsland flight
and ditched in shallow water
near a small island off the
coast of Mindanao. All 30 pas
sengers and crew members
waded safely to shore.
The survivors were pluck
ed dramatically from the
shark-infested waters by U.S.
Air Force Albatross air-sea
rescue planes that rushed to
the scene as soon as the crash
alarm was sounded.
The sea was relatively calm
during the crash and rescue
operations, the survivors said.
They added they were able
lo climb into the life raits
dropped by the rescue planes
without any trouble.
There was no panic among
the passengers.
Testimony Continues
In Damage Suit
Testimony continued today
in the $431,000 damage suit
in Jackson County circuit
court brought by Carl O.
Hillcstad against the Kline
Logging company, Medford.
Persons testifying this morn
ing were John Meyner, log
ger, and Dr. Ralph Thompson,
who treated Hillcstad follow
ing a logging accident July"
24, 1958, . in the Elk creek
area.
The trial started Tuesday
before Judge James M. Main.
The complaint charges that
the logging company was neg
ligent at the lime of the acci
dent.. From Moscow, Havana,
Newport . . ." . ,
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14, 1960
UN Military Force
Ordered Sent To
Rebellious Congo
United Nations, N.Y-fflPD-
Thc Security Council early
today authorized Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
to set up a United Nations
military force to help put
down violence in the Congo.
The council voted 8-0 for a
Tunisian resolution coupling
the authorization with a call
County Court To
Name Home Rule
Study Committee
The county court will ap
point four members of the
home rule study committee on
Wednesday, July 20.
County judge Earl Miller
said a resolution signed by
the county court to consider
home rule government for the
county has been filed by Coun
ty Clerk Marvin Madden.
The county has 60 days
from the filing date, or until
Aug. 8, lo appoint Its four
members of the ' committee.
Four more must be appointed
by the county's legislators.
These eight appoint a ninth
member.. .,
The committee will make
a study of home rule govern
ment. It has two years In
which' lo submit Its recom
mendations.
County court members yes
terday discussed a letter from
Harper Edwards, chairman of
the county Democratic cen
tral committee. He had sug
gested that only people of high
caliber be appointed to the
committee and offered his as
sistance and that of his party.
Both County Judge Earl
Miller and County Commis
sioner Chester Wendt said a
man's or woman's qualifica
tions would be considered,
and not his or her politics.
County Commissioner Ralph
James said he feels the same
way, but feels the committee
members should not be all of
the same party.-
The county home rule pro
posal was adopted by the 1957
legislature in the form of a
constitutional amendment pro
viding that "A county charter
may provide for the exercise
by the county authority over
matters of county concern."
Home rule allows residents
lo decide what form of county
government they wish. Voters
can choose any of the model
charters set up by the legisla
tive assembly, but no county
must choose. a new form .of
government or adopt a charter
if it is satisfied with what it
has. County home rule docs
not necessarily mean a county
manager form of government,
according to the home rule
amendment.
Corry Appointed
To Festival Board ;
Chester E. Corry, 853 Hill-
view dr., Ashland, has been
appointed to the board of di
rectors of the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival association.
He will fill the vacany cre
ated by the recent death of
Dr. George Verne Blue,- and
will occupy the post until the
annual membership meeting
and election of officers in Oc
tobcr. .' . . i .
Corry Is superintendent of
Ashland's Lilhia park, and has
assisted the Festival associa
tion In designing and super
vising landscaping of the new
Festival theater. .
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PresSfaii Choice,
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 99
for the withdrawal of Belgian
troops from the two-week-old
African republic.
The United States and Rus
sia voted together for the
move but Britain, Nationalist
China and France abstained.
They comprise the five per
amnent members of the 11
nation council.
To Act Promptly
Hammarskjold told the
council he would take im
mediate steps to put into ef
fect a three-pronged plan he
outlined at a private meeting
meeting Wednesday: Tech-
LtopoldvilU, The Congo
UTI Severance of diplomatic
relations between the Congo
and Belgium was announced
to the Chamber of Deputies
in Brussels today by For
eign Minister Pierre Wigny.
nical assistance to help the
Congo restore order, train its
national forces and establish
its economy.
Reliable informants said
his first move was to order
transfer of 10 officers from
the U.N. truce supervision
organization in Palestine to
get a training program under
way in the Congo.
He was expected to recruit
an international force from
French speaking African
countries tl possible. Mention
ed as likely auppHees-ot- man
power, were the-. Federation
of Mali, whose forces include
the fierre Senegalese troops
or World War JI, , Tunisia
Morocco and Ghana. The lat
ter already had offered a con
tingent to the Congo.
Leopoldville. The Congo
iWD-Riotous mobs rampaged
through the streets of Leo
poldville in a new orgy of
looting and shooting today.
I he rioters ran through the
streets of the capital, firing
in all directions and looting
the homes of Europeans who
have fled the city, r
Employees Hear
Club's Purpose
About 40 employees of local
retail establishments heard
Don McNeil, Medford Cham
ber of Commerce manager, ex
plain purposes of "40 million
for one club," at a breakfast
this morning.
The club dramatizes the
fact that if each tourist, were
to spend an extra day in Ore
gon, an additional $40 mil
lion would enter state trade
channels.
In introducing McNeil. Ron
Gandee. chairman of the
chamber's tourist and conven
tion comm'ttee, said that many
tourist dollars are lost because
of local indifference.
When a tourist goes to a
local resident and asks for in
formation only to get a "I
don't know; I just work here"
answer, it makes him kind
of angry, McNeil said.
Local awareness of tourist
attractions such as the Shake
spearean Festival and the
Jacksonville museum might
cause the tourist to stay that
extra day.
An example of such aware
ness, McNeil said, is the Med
ford police department.
"I want to compliment our
police in Medford for their
tourist contact," he said. Last
year they carried tourist in
formation on their patrol cy
cles and issued only warning
tickets to parking violators.
225 Insane
Dead In Guatemala City
Guatemala City, Guatemala
' IUP1I Fire destroyed an over
crowded insane asylum In
downtown Guatemala City to
day, killing at least 225 per
sons and Injuring 300 others.
Many Asphyxiated
The victims Included 175
women and SO men. Most
were burned to death or as
phyxiated. The asylum, a government
run Institution which was part
of the General Hospital of
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WASTES NO TIME Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democrats'
presidential candidate, above, wasted no time today in get
ting his campaign under way. He consulted, with old proa
and defeated rivals this morning on his selection of a vica
presidential candidate, which he was expected to announce
late this afternoon. (UPI Telephoto)
Democrats' Nominee
Holds Consultations
With Old f arty Pros
Los Angeles OTt - Demo-
cratic nominee John T- Ken -
nedy said today ha expects
to announc. by midaitcrnoon
his choice for running mate
in his campaign for the pres
idency.'
, ;The early: favorite appear
ed to be Sen. Stuart Syming
ton of Missouri, one of the
defeated candidates In Wed
nesday night's balloting ' at
Several Items on
County's Agenda
Several Hems will be con
sidered by the county court
Friday, Judge Earl Miller re
ported today.
To be considered will be
the writing of a letter to the
bureau of municipal research
to arrange for a planning con
sultant., Miller explained that
S2.000 was budgeted for this
service in this year's budget.
.Further consideration will
be given the study of bids sub
mitted for the employees' life
insurance program, and two
agreements with the city of
Medford will be reviewed.
They are the joint agreement
for duties of Bob Haworth,
parks and' recreation director,
and the contract between the
two for lodging prisoners
under sentence from munici
pal court in the county jail.
A public hearing date will
also be set by the court for
the vacation of 15 feet along
the cast side of Foothills rd.
from Hillcrest rd. for two
blocks south.
The vacation, approved by
the court and county plan
ning commission, has been re
quested by the Golf Holding
company and the Rogue Val
ley Country club. Judge Mill
er explained that the right of
way in this area is 80 feet
wide and In no place will the
right of way width be less
than 60 feet after the vacation
of the strip.
Washington-lUPIt-Missile and
aircraft workers for Boeing
Aircraft will vote on the com
pany's latest contract - offer
July 23.
Asylum Inmates Known
Guatemala City, had 1.600
mental patients. Its director,
Jose A. Campos, had been
complaining for some time
that It was badly overcrowd
ed. Candle Possible Cause
The blaze broke out about
1 a.m. It was believed to have
have started In a sewing
room where one of the less
seriously ill patients may
have left a burning candle,
The'fire spread rapidly and
the Democratic National eon
lvcnUon. v -
But,' before making bit de
cision known, Kennedy con
sulted with old pros of his)
party and two of his rival
for. the nomination. Senate) .
Democratic . Leader Lyndon
B. Johnson and Adiai E. Ste
venson. . : :'! c '.
Kennedy did; not- let i (he)
business of making a vice
presidential choice delay the)
start of his campaign lo run
the Republicans out of the
White House,' He called this
'the most important election
in the history of our country"
and said "we shall win."
Kennedy scheduled 'meet?
ings with Gov. David L. Law
rence of Pennsylvania and
Mayor Richard Daley of Chi
cago, Gov. Michael V. DiSalle)
of Ohio, Johnson, and Steven
son, In that order.
-, The Republicans, m e a n-
while, were as prompt as
Kennedy to kick off the 1960
campaign. I n Washington,
Republican National Chair
man Thruston B. Morton
charged that . Kennedy had '
won the Democratic nomina
tion with "trades . . . prom
ises . , . deals."
-Morton said "the only
thing that remain? h to dis
tribute the payola in the form
of more promises, m o r t
deals."
Democrats will choose their
vice presidential candidate in
a convention session which
was to start at 4 p.m. (p.s.t.)
today. v
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Japanese Premier
Stabbed by Assailant.
Tokyo-OIPD-Premier Nobusu
ke Kishi was stabbed in the
leg and seriously wounded to
day shortly after a obnvention
of his ruling Liberal-Democratic
Party phose Hayatn
Ikeda to succeed him in of
fice. .''
Police arrested Taisuke Ara
maki, 63, apparently a mem
ber of Kishi's party, as the
assailant. He refused- to say
why he did 11. ;
Klshl was rushed to Maeda
Hospital in Azabu where it
was said he had lost a con
siderable amount of blood.
Holocaust
Meed from one to another of
the seven big wards in the
40-year-old brick and cement
building with a wooden roof.
It was put out about two
hours after It started. .
Doctors Aid Rescue
Only the night shift was on
duty when the fire was din
covered about 30 minutes
after 11 started. ; Nurses, doc
tors and nuns promptly went
Into, action to rescue their
charges. .
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