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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1960)
Ot Medforo and Jackson couun MEOfOKD, OrGON urn Ml CONGO ASSIGNMENT Banquet Tickets For Rogue River Event Sold Out Rogue River - Banquet tic keta for the annual "Man-of-Iht-Year" event hert are old out, Howard Norwood, ticket chairman, said today. Norwood mid that general admission tlckctf are avail able and a few more banquet tlckela may be obtained later. "We know," he continued, "that wt can aent illicitly over 300 people. We arc try ing to rearrange the tables to make possible the teatlng of another SO to 100 people. If thli can tin worked out, we will offer that many more tlrketa to the banquet." At High School The annual affair will be held In the Rogue River High chool auditorium Saturday, Aug. 6, with Dan Smoot, tele vision commentator,' ai the principal speaker. Sinoot alio will preaent the trophy to the man of the year. Floyd Jones, chairman of arrangement), noted that last year about 315 persons at tended the banquet. This year,-he ald, he I preparing to air condition the audito rium. . General admissllon ticket! will remain on alc in Med ford, Ashland, Rogue River and Grants Pass. Norwood said a group from Portland had bought an en tire block of tickets, and add ed. "We expect a complete sell-out of all types of tickets within the next week."- Subdivision Plat Rejected by Group The Meclford city planning commission Thursday night rejected a' tentative 108-unlt subdivision plat because of water, sewage and street problems. ; The commission Indicated, however, thai the subdlvlder could resubmit a portion of the plat and It would be granted tonlntive approval. Location of the new subdi vision would be in a general area bounded by Crater Lake hlghwBy, Corona bvc, 'Mor row' rd. and Blddle rd. It would be called Ekholm .VII-' la Be subdivision. It was rioted by the com mission that soma of the sub division street locations would not conform to the sur rounding area. One of t h t proposed streets, Malmback dr., would eventually Inter sect near a proposed freeway Interchange on Crater Lake highway. , , wwuwiwr AooiunmLnt u. o. soituci in me ucny 01 a uinncmnirr. jne nrsi vn Frankfurt, Germany, puh an Army 1,20 Congo cunliniicnl, l(l(l Tunisian soldiers, ar- llliht plane fuselage, en route lu the newly- rived In Loopoldvllle today aboard U. S. created UN police force In the Congo, Into CI30 transports. (UPI Tclephoto) Scott Says Democrats Ignored Little Fellow Salem llll'll - Sen. Hugh Scott' (R-Pa.) criticized Dem ocratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy today and laid Iho 10(10 Democratic con vention "Ignored the rights of the little fellow." Scott addressed a Republi can . fund-raising breakfast here today for Congressman Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) ' Hybrid Ticket Scott said the- Democratic slate headed by the Massa chusetts Senator and Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson Is a "hybrid ticket which is backward In all respects." Digging at Kennedy, Scott U. S. soldiers hi die belly of Council Approves City's Budget- at Public Hearing The Med ford city council lust night approved without change the city's lBUO-ttl budget, and levied taxes lor the fiscal year In the amount of $870,880. The new budget provides for a total cash outlay of $3.25:1,4:10, including suoo. 0;!0 in the general fund. It is Willi in the 6 per cent limitation. General fund property taxes for the year will amount to j:iU3.11!Q. Approval of the budget cume after a public hearing at which only o n o person spoke. That was William Ducrnbach, 143 Mace avc. Docnibach, who has be come a rnthcr familiar face at city council meetings,, ex pressed concern over $8(1, 86B budget Item which is a transfer from the general fund 4o the engineering depart ment Raimburt Department It was pointed out by Ad ministrative Assistant Gilbert Gutjahr that this money will go to reimburse the engineer ing department for Inspection services rendered a number of projects for a number of years. He explained thai the In spection costs for a specific project are added onto the project district's assessment, transferred from the assess ment fund into the general fund and from there go to the engineering department. . Oocrnbach didn't feel this was-right. He called It a form of "double taxation." Taxpayers- are already paying for the services of the engineer ing department and the rest of the city through their tax es,' he sn Id, so why should they be charged extra for. In spection services? For Special Groups It was explained to Docrn bnch that Inspection services are performed for specific groups and specific districts, not the city as a whole. These specific groups have to pay for the cost, of these services. Another contention by Docrnbach that city engineer ing service fees are nearly twice as high as fees charged by private business for the same work went unanswered. Seeks Study The vole in fuvor of the budget was unanimous. How ever, Councilman R. L. Van Sickle said the only reason i)e voted In favor is "that to do otherwise would unduly hamper the operations of the city." ' Van Sickle said that for four years he has been trying to get the city to mnke n study 'as tb the feasibility of combining the police and fire said of the ticket that the "tall Is obviously much big ger than the dog." Scott said the Democrats are running on a "program of pralso for. the Russians" and that Vice President Nix on will "break up the cold, efficient Kennedy organiza tion by campaigning on the fscti and record of the Elsen hower administration and the record of the Democratic par ty." ; Scott flew to Coos Bay this noon for a GOP lunchoon and will he In Medford to night for a Republican dinner, Glnbemaalrr. The first UN departmenls. But he said his attempts to have this done have been met with "amuse ment." He said he believes the "cit izenry Is entitled" to a study of this idea which could pos sibly result in a savings for the city. He noted that the police and fire departments make up two-thirds of city personnel. Mayor John Snider then appointed Van Sickle head of a committee to make this study. He added that Van Sickle would have the full support ot the council in this study. . Mayor Snider had said at the outset of the meeting that the budget had been ,; gone over carefully' and, "J am sat Isfied in my own mind that it's an excellent budget." Changes Made in County Ordinance The Jackson county court this week approved two amendments to the county subdivision ordinance clarify ing the terms partition and subdivide. The amendments, which were previously approved by the county planning commis sion, were suggested by Dep uty District Attorney Gerald Scanncll, who said the terms were not clear. Partition was defined to mean dividing a parcel of land creating a road and three or loss lots of five acres or smaller for building develop ment. Subdivide was defined to mean dividing a parcel of land into four or more lots of less than five acres each for development. Action Is pending on a pro posed amendment directing contractors to remove pear trees in a subdivision before building. The amendment, which has been approved by the county planning commis sion, was suggested to elimi nate possible disease sources if the trees are allowed to stand without proper core. , Sewage Plant Fund Created by City ; The Medford city council Thursday night created a sew age plant and trunk sewer re serve fund out of surpluses in two expired funds.' City Manager Robert Duff told the council that the new fund could only be used for constructing additional sew age disposal facilities, major repairs- of existing facilities, and the conslructon of trunk sewer lines. One of the surpluses to be put in the new fund comes from the sewage disposal bond sinking fund which was completed In September, 1050. The surplus In this fund Is $40,637. The other fund surplus Is in the Camp White sewer bond construction fund. This sur plus amounts to $49,448. : Both of the funds were ter minated last night, , Duff said it Is also proposed thai surplus revenue above that needed for the payment of the Camp White sewer bond and the maintenance and op eration of the sewage dis posal plant be placed in the fund annually at the end of each fiscal year, Russia Offers To Return Body of American Airman U.S. Protest Said To Be Groundless Moscow IUPD - The Soviet Union offered today to hand over the body of an Air Force officer recovered when an American RB47 rcconnais plane was ihot down July 1. A Tass news agency dis patch suld the offer was made in a. note presented to U. S. Charge d'Affnircs Edward L. Frccrs and which rejected as "groundless" the U. S. pro test over the downing of the plane. he officer previously was identified as Capt. William A. Palm, 39, Oak Ridge, Tcnn. Tass reported that the new Soviet note said the body of the captain "can be handed over to U. S. representatives at any time." The United States charged In a note delivered last Tues day that the Soviet Union shot down the American plane while It wis on a peaceful mission over the open sea. The note demanded the re turn of two fliers the Soviets said they captured alive and intended to put on trial. A White House statement that same day said Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was lying when he said the plane had violated Soviet air space. The White House also ac cused Khrushchev of deliber ately trying to stir up an in ternational incident with its charges. Though no text of the new Soviet note was released, Tass said it "categoricolly rejects" the protest of the United States, Tass said the new Soviet message "reaffirms its note of July 11 and the resolute protest contained in it against the new flagrant violation of the Soviet frontier by an American military aircraft." Tass said the note reiter ates that members of the bomber crew , who have SUP: vived snd were picked up by. a Soviet vessel will oe Drought to court and tried with the full severity of Soviet law. Washington (UPC - The Unit ed Stales today "flatly reject ed" Russia's latest claim that the RB47 jet shot down in the Arctic July 1 invaded So viet air space. Stale department press of ficer Lincoln White said the United States would prove in the United Nations Securi ty Council that the Russian version is wrong. Snider To Attend Taxation Meeting A delegation from the League of Oregon Cities, head ed by Medford Mayor John W. Snider, will discuss the fi nancial needs of Oregon cities Monday at a meeting of the legislative interim committee on taxation in Salem. Mayor Snider, president of the league, said the group will indicate to the committee the need for broadening the finan cial resources of local govern ment. Mayor Snider named six oilier mayors to assist In the presentation, They are Mayor Edward C. Harms Jr., Spring field; Mayor Lawrence E. Sla ter, Klamath Falls; Mayor Russell F. Boncsteclc, Salem; Mayor William L. Jackson, Baker; and Mayor Terry D. Schrunk, Portland. "Goh, Lyndon, If Only Kind Of Fight Against Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 PAGES Kennedy Asks Demo Governors, Senators To Share Platform Party Choices To Make Acceptance Speeches Tonight Defeated Rivals Also Invited Los Angclcs-OIPD-Scn. John F. Kennedy today invited all Democratic governors and sen ators to share the platform with him tonight for his ac ceptance speech in the huge Los Angeles Memorial Coli seum. The Democratic presidential nominee also included in his invitation all other nominees for the top spot who lost -ut in the balloting Wednesday, as well as all former chair men of the Democratic Na tional Committee. One of Kennedy's losing rivals. Sen. Stuart Symington (Mo.), visited the nominee to day and offered to campaign for him. Kennedy said he ask ed Symington to "be avail able." Looked Fresh, Rested 'I am going to rely on him heavily," Kennedy told news men. Kennedy arrived fresh and rested looking at his down town headquarters this morn ing and conferred briefly with friends before launching into a busy schedule Kpnncdy devoted -considerable, time, on his acceptance speech tonight:""".'?' His speech in the Los An gclcs Coliseum will be a final convention effort to heal the Democratic party's perennial North-South rift, which was reopened by northern resent ment at his choice of Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as his vice presidential run ning mate. Meetings Held After his first relaxed eve ning in many days, the 43-year-old presidential nominee was working today like a can didate who still had the nomi nation to win. Sandwiched into his speech-writing sched ule were meetings, handshak ings, and semi-public appear ances of one kind or another. While his selection of John son to run for vice president was being ratified Thursday night by a dutiful convention -over the protests of some of the liberals-Kennedy dined privately and quietly with members of his family and a few close friends. He will leave Sunday morn ing by Commercial jet air liner for Boston to begin a two-week rest at the family home at Hyannisport, Mass., on Cape Cod. Kennedy's ex pectant wife, Jackie, remained there during the convention. Portland IUPII - Elmo Smith of Albany, Republican candi date for the United States Senate, was scheduled to cam paign this week end on the Oregon coast. You Had Shown That The Administration" MEDFORD, OREGON, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kennedy, left, teams up with his choice as his vice presidential running mate. Sen. Lyndon Ashland Refused The stale sanitary authori ty yesterday refused Ash land's request for $30,000 in federal funds for its sewage disposal plant, but Ashland City Superintendent Elmer Blegcl said today the refusal "doesn't hurt our project one bit." Bicgcl said he called au thorities in Portland this morning and was told that 'there just isn't enough mon ey to go around. Ashland lost out, he said, because it already has a sewage plant and its "priority is low." Preliminary work on Ash land's $327,000 plant began this week and Bicgel said con struction would be "in full swing" by Monday. The city had received $71,000 in fed eral funds toward the project last year plus an additional $29,000 earlier this year. The authority allocated funds yesterday to Salem, Eu gene and nine other Oregon municipalities. Largest grant, S190.500, was to Eugene. Sa lem was allocated $50,920. Among the nine other mu nicipalities whose requests were approved was Eagle Point, which received an al location of $29,130. Salem IUPP - The State Traf fic Safety Division of the Ore gon Motor Vehicles Depart ment today added one more to this year's traffic death loll, bringing it to 187.. At this time last year Ore gon bad 228 traffic victims. , Bulletins New York ltPI-Liwrnc Tibbelt, 63, hand soma, golden-voiced former Met ropolitan Opara barilon who once ranked as one of ' the world's most popular singers, died at Roosevelt hospital today, Albany, N. Y. IUPII - Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller 'to day renewed his refusal to consider accepting the Re publican vice presidential nomination. WEATHER rcmECAST: Fair thrnuih Sat urday. Low tonight 35.60, Hth Saturday near 90. TKMPERATURK HlRtiMt Ytterdy HO Lowell this Morntnc 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ., 7:47 p.m. Bunrlsc tomorrow !4;4ft A.m. Moonrtse tomorrow ,.12:rtfi a.m. Last Quarter today .... T:43 a.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATIONS Scorpio, In the south .. 1:22 p.m. (Antares Is Its hrifhteit star,) SMitUrlui, tn the south 11:10 p.m. (The two extra "stars In ffatlt tarlut ire Jupiter and Saturn.) Tribune FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1960 Judge Criticizes Court Suggested: Schedule for Bails Medford Municipal Judge Alan B. Holmes today joined with City Judge Douglas Hay of Salem in criticizing the bail schedule recommended by the. Oregon supreme court, as being, in some cases, "ex cessive." Judge Holmes made several notable changes in the sched ule before adopting it for the city of Medford. The new rates will become effective Sunday.. July 17. The judge said the new schedule will in many cases be higher than the old bail schedule, but it will still not be as high as the one recom mended by the supreme court. Believes It Excessive In remarking on the rec ommendation, Judge Holmes said, "I feel it is somewhat unreasonable and excessive. Judge Hay of Salem made much the same comment sev eral weeks ago when adopt ing a new schedule for that city. One of the recommenda- Damage Suit Trial Continues in Court Carl O. Hillestad look the stand this morning as testi mony continued In the S431, 000 damage suit in Jackson county circuit court against Kline Logging company, Med ford. Hillestad Is seeking the damages as a result of injuries sufferd in a logging accident last July. Hillestad was the first wit ness for the defense today, during the trial which started Tuesday before Judge Janies M. Main. He testified concerning an agrcment which it is alleged he signed for settlement of the accident claim with Employ ers Mutual Liability company, and a check he testified he signed for payment of his claim. Harold Ingall, Ashland druggist, also testified this morning. He testified as to a prescription he had filled for Hillestad. Those testifying yesterday afternoon included Dr. Mario Campagna, Medford physi cian; Mrs. Alice C. Jordan, records custodian at Sacred Heart hospital; Charles M. McBee, slate industrial acci dent commission safety In spector; Frank Gillis, rehabili tation counselor, Eugene; and Mrs, Hillestad. Price 10 Cents No. 100 Johnson, during a picture taking session at the party's convention in Los Angeles. (UPI Telephoto) lions of the supreme court that Holmes thinks is exces sive is the bail for violations for which bail has not been specifically designated. The supreme court would set a minimum bail of SIS, but Holmes has adopted a mini mum for the city of $10. He noted that this is still S3 high er than the existing bail for such cases. Judge Holmes also reduced the bail for driving while op erator's license suspended and hit and run accidents from the recommended schedule of $150 to $100 in both cases. In addition to adopting a new bail schedule for the city. Judge Hojmes has created a traffic violation bureau in the city hall. The bureau will consist of a violations clerk who will have authority to accept pleas of guilty and to accept all bail. Provision for this clerk was made in the city's 1960- 61 budget. The city ti;is week hired Miss Pat LeQuieu, 18, to assume this position. Divorces Departmenls Judge Holmes said the es tablishment of the traffic vio lations bureau will have the advantage of "completely di vorcing" the municipal court from the police department. City police and the finance office will from now on ac cept bail only in cases when the .violations clerk is not on duly. Another change in munici pal court procedure will be the elimination of the $1 court costs which have been as sessed with each municipal court fine. This cost will be eliminated. Holmes said, when the new bail schedule takes effect. (See Story on Pag 4B) Jackson Said Democratic Chairmanship Los Angeles IUPD - Sen. Henry M. Jackson, a 48-year-old Washington state Luther an with Jack Kennedy's boy ish look, has only to say yes to become the new Democrat ic national chairman, suc ceeding Paul Mi Butler. There was every indication that Jackson would give pres idential nominee Kennedy his formal acceptance today. The national committee meets Saturday morning to formalize ils new member ship and elect the new chair man. Democratic tradition has dictated In modern political United Nations Police Forces I Arrive on Scene 1 Premier Attacks United States Leopoldvllle -JUPD-Mutlnoua Congolese troops in the Leo? poldville area laid down their arms today while the first United Nations peace forces were arriving, the Belgian ra dio said in Brussels. i The broadcast quoted the senior U.N. officer on th scene, where three planeload of U.N, troops from Tunisia and one from Ghana landed earlier in the day. Massacre charged - The announcement cam shortly after Congolese Pre micr Patrice Lumumba at tacked the United States and charged that "Belgian troops are massacring Congolese clti-' zens and we are in a state ot war." He ordered the Belgians out of the country within 12 hours . and said that If the U.N. forces had come with the idea of collaborating with them, they should be sent back; promptly. 1 Western Nations Warned Shortly before that the Soviet Union blasted the West for its "imperialist aggres sion" against the Congo, warned the western nations It would take things into its own hands if they did not get out, and promised the Congo all possible help to preserve, its independence. The estimated 300 soldiers from Tunisia and SO from Ghana were airlifted to the troubled Congo Republic aboard U.S. Air Force planes. They arrived as the Soviet Union rattled its military might with a new threat to take resolute measures" on its own unless western "lm perialist aggression" was -swiftly ended In the African Republic, i .... ; Other Units Off.r.d tj At U.N. headquarters In hNew York; Secretary-General ' . -I Rntf Ttnmmav.vklnM enirt nthni 4inits oficredjo the yj(. lorcsv . by Tunisia. Uhana, Morocco and Ethiopia were, standing by to be flown into Leopold ville. , - . , f ' The ultimate size of th U.N. force in the Congo still has not been announced, but detachments from Guinea and the Mali Federation also arc reported ready to move. Senator Scott To Speak Tonight ; Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) is scheduled to arrive at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at tha Medford. municipal airport. He will speak at a Republican fund-raising dinner tonight. At 6 o'clock, he plans to at tend a private reception at th Medford home of State Sen. Edwin R. Durno, who will in troduce Scott at the dinner scheduled at 8 o'clock at the Medford armory. , , According to the Jackson County Republican Central committee, he will meet with regional precinct workers at 7:30 o'clock. Also arriving this afternoon by plane are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gunnar. Gunnar, tha state Republican chairman, is slated to arrive about 4:49 o'clock. Beginning with cocktails at 6 o'clock, an Hawaiian luau will begin about 8 o'clock, ac cording to the committee. Proceeds from the event are to be used to support tha campaigns of Jackson county Republican candidates In tha fall election. Tickets for the dinner will, be available at the door. Salem IUPD - Public Utility Commissioner Joncl C. HIU said today Southern Pacifia company has renewed its bat tle to abandon Its Carlton agency. . ' Pondering history that the party chair- man be a Catholic. The tra dition dates back to James A. Farley, who forged tha powerful New Deal political organization under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But with Sen. John F. Ken nedy as the party's first Catholic presidential nomi nee since, Alfred E. Smith, the chairmanship Will go to, a Protestant. "Scoop" Jackson, who looks far younger than his years, announced that ht had been offered the chairman ship by Kennedy and was se riously considering It,
