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fta ... . Two MissnDes pDired Rogue Valley Edition 55th Year Price 1 0 Cents Atom Submarine Medford Tribune Shoots Polaris Over 1,100 Miles1 16 Paget MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1960 No. 104 Fir mm Under Seo Navy Says Test Shot Lumumba Threatens to For Russian Troops in UNDER GUARD Belgian paratroopers troops In the Congo Immediately If the march Congolone off a struct In Leopold- United Nalloni Sccurlly Council does not vllln. Premier Patrice Lumumba said today order Belgian troops out of the Congo to ne would appeal in the Soviet Union to send night. (UPI Telephnlo) Ike Announces Budget Surplus Of $1.1 Billion Newport, R.I. -lOT- Pretl denl Elsenhower announced today that the government andsd its fiscal year June 30 with a budget surplus of $1.1 billion. .Elsenhower, in a statement Issued at the summer While House, described this as "a very encouraging turnaround" from the previous fiscal year which ended with a "reces-alnn-lnriuccd deficit of almost 112.5 billion." Tin President said the sur plus resulted from revenues nf $71). 4 billion against expen ditures of $77.3 billion. , "This demonstration of fis cal responsibility," Elsenhow er said, "not only rclnforcos economic strength at home, hut reaffirms to Urn world I hut the United States Intends to run Its financial affairs on a sound basis." - T h o announced surplus, ven higher than had been predicted in recent days, was far above the $217 million es timated by the President last January. Shaw AFB, S.C. - IUPD - Two RFI01 Voodoo Jels from Shaw Air Force Base collided In flight early today, killing both pilots and a family of two asleep in a home struck by one of the wrecked planes. WEATHER rotlKCAST: Fair through Thurartmy. SHhtly rnnlrr. l.nw lonlitu iZ, High Thurtdiiv 90. Temp. HlfhMt Yntrrdiy 1 towil thin Morning ftl Our Skies Tonight S uniet toHty"." ...... T:3 p,m, Kunrltf tomorrow .... 4:51 ft.ni. The Moon rhri . .. 3:20 a.m. tomorrow and rldm high hc tivrrn the eonitf lUtlom, Ge mini nd Tiurm, IU ctltUnci from in at :00 n.m. tnmorrow will hn 2.12,500 mllei, the grfftt'it thlt yinr. Nrw Moon July S3 ifiV II ui, . - ' ' i, J i WW -a32. r V M FREAK FROG Dick Brooden, 13, of 2010 Table Rock rd Medford, reflects genuine pride as he displays the slx-leggcd frog he caught In a pond near his home the other day. The frog, normal otherwise, has three loft hind legs, which not only makes him a biological oddity, but should make him a winner In any frog Jumping contest. The two extra legs perfectly formed, complete with a pair of swim fins. Pear Crop to Be 2.4 Million Boxes in Valley This season's Medford dis trict pear crop will be about 2,400,000 boxes, J a c k s on County Horticultural Agent Navy Investigates Destroyer Crash. Which Killed Newport, Beach, Calif.-flJHI-The Navy tried to find out today why two war -proud Navy destroyers equipped with radar collided off the fog-shrouded Southern Cali fornia coa.il. A board of Inquiry was set up to look Into the cause of the collision which look the lives; of 11 men, all aboard the USS Ammen when it col lided with the USS Collelt. Seven others aboard the two ships were Injured. . Both ships were able to make harbor at Long Beach, Headed for Mothballs The Ainmon ironically was heading to San Diego for re tirement Into the mothball fleet. Both ships had dis tinguished records in the Pa cific during World War II. , The bow of the Collctt sliced midships Into the left side of the USS Ammen Tues day about five miles from the coast and 30 miles southwest of Los Angeles. A gaping hole was opened about 13 of the way back on the Ammen and the bow of the Collctt was crumpled back 20 to 30 feet. ! i xjrw .. Ml I Clifford B. Cordy estimated today. This compares to an aver age crop of 3 million boxes, he said. This seasons crop is not different from last year In total number of boxes esti mated, but so far indications are for belter slues. Picking will atartabout Aug. A, but only on a small scale, Cordy emphasized. Full, scale picking will get under way by Aug. 20. The county agent predicted a good crop of O'AnJous, a fair crop of Bart lett and Cornice and a poor crop of Bosc. Bartlctls form 40 per cent of the tola) production and winter pears the remaining 60 per cent, Cordy added. Cordy noted that some ob servers might think Ihe Co rnice crop is a poor one since they are hard to see at the small pear stage and arc normally thinned heavily to help them to size up. "Quite a little fruit mark ing occurred during the spring frost season and par tlcularly to Bosc," Cordy not ed. "However, the Bosc varl- cty russets naturally and we hope the frost marks won't show loo much when they lake on their reddish-brown coloring. Some frost marking occurred to Bartletts. D An Jous and Cornice , have only minor marking. ' He noted that a 20 per cent fruit losa occurred through' out the area April 15 and ex tensive damage at the south end of the valley April 21 to stone fruits such as apri cots and peaches, but little additional damage to pears. Cordy explained that the 20 per cent loss occured in or chards at higher elevations normally unhealed. The crop in colder orchards was saved by heating. The frost hit at much higher elevations than normnl, Cordy said.'The stone fruit damage occurred in un healed orchards at the south end of the county and not on the valley floor, he added. ' Cold weather which occur red March 20 curtailed pol- llnlzatlon of Cornice. Bosc and late blooming Bartletts. Those pears and. peaches Which bloomed before March 28 en- Joyed good polllnlzlng weath er, uoray said. The U. S. fruit crop as a whole Is poor, Cordy noted. California has a, good, fruit crop which Includes Dears. Wonatchce, Wash., D'AnJous arc . down, In production. Another competing pear area, Hood River, was badly hurt by frost this year. Sheriff Interrogating Suspect in Shooting Sheriff Jo Walsh was in Washington today Inter rogating a susptci In in March fatal shooting ef Mrs. Marlon Hamilton at hr ranch home near Ash land. Sheriff's deputies did not ralaas in town in Washington whara the man had bean plckad for ques tioning. Walsh was noti fied lata Monday whlla an rout is Saltm with prison, era and continued north Tuesday. ft Appeal Congo Lcopoldville, The Congo - IUPD - Premier Patrice Lumum ba said today he would appeal to the Sovlol Union to send troops to the Congo imme diately It the Untied Nations Security Council does not or der Belgian troops out of the Congo tonight. Lumumba told a press con ference he would wait until the Security Council meets tonight In New York before before appealing for Russian troops and troops from the Communist and Afro -Asian blocs including Red China - but he showed an immediate desire for Red help. 'Btlglan Aggression' Lumumba accused the "cap italistic bloc" of fully support ing "Belgian aggression" against his country. He said he would not hesitate to "make a pact with the devil himself" to achieve the imme diate departure of the Bel gians. Lumumba already was un der heavy fire at home and abroad for his threats to call in Soviet forces and faced a vole of censure In a rebellious Parliament for his "dictator ial" demands and ultimatums. Lumumba said the western nations are backing "the Bel gian aggression against the Congo and are doing it al though Belgian aggression threatens world peace." Faces Cnsur Vol The rebellious senate which condemned Lumumba's ulti matum to Belgium to pull lis troops out of the Congo or face Soviet Intervention pre pared a vole of censure against him If he does not explain his action satisfactor ily. - Informed sources said the feeling against Lumumba was mounting, not only In the op position parties but also among his own followers, the army and the Roman Catholic church. Lebanon President Chehab Resigns Beirut, Lcbanon-fllPll-Prcsi-dent Fuad Chehab resigned today in a surprise move lhat stunned political and diplo matic quarters. The resignation of the American supported Chehab came moments after Premier Ahmad Douk's caretaker cabi. net had quit to enable the newly elected parliament to form a new government, MEETING TONIGHT The Medford parks and rec reation commission will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the city council chambers. In cluded on the agenda will be colored slides of the city's recreation program currently under way. Inflation Property taxpayers In the Medford school district arc In directly feeling increasing In flationary trends. Last March 31, district patrons approved by a sub stantial majority - 1,310 to 789 - a $750,000 bond issue to finance a two-year construc tion program. The program was designed to provide needed classrooms to house the anticipated In crease in the number of stu, dents. A program was out lined with the number of classrooms to be constructed at each school. : With a few alterations based on a shifting student population, this program Is being carried out. Bids have been opened, con tracts awarded, and construc tion well under way on many of the classroom additions, and up to now some $600,000 has been planned this .year. Bonds totaling $800,000 have been sold to finance the work. Projects Remaining But there are projects re maining which may have to bo altered to keep building costs within the available funds. Many plans for con struction now under way were revised to reduce overall costs without reducing building standards or space. The school board, which has discussed various aspects of If COLLISION WRECKAGE Navy destroyer Ammen is shown here as the ship enters the outer harbor under tow. at Long Beach, Calif.' The Ammen was rammed on the port side by another destroyer, Annexation of Area District 549C To Be Phoenix When proposed annexation to the Medford school district of an area south of Barnctt rd. is argued at 8 o'clock tonight in the county courthouse. Phoenix area resi- Tear Gas Used To Quell Rioters Guatemala City-fflPU-Police used tear gas and fired warn ing rifle shots Tuesday night to disperse- hundreds of stu dents demonstrating against a national?tate of-siee. imposed by President Miguel-Vdigoras Fuentes. The students, defying a ban on public meetings, attempted to march on the presidential palace but were blocked by a cordon of police backed up by regular arm troops. They turned toward the National Congress Building but ran into a curtain of tear gas. Several warning shots fired over their heads sent the dem onstrators scattering. An un known number was arrested but there were no reports of casualties. . The slate of siege was clamped on the country early Tuesday following the govern ment's announcement that heavily armed rebels had at tempted unsuccessfully to cap ture a military base at Coban capital of the northern prov. Ince of Alta Verapaz. Seattle UPU Sen. Henry M Jackson said today in his first news conference as Demo cratic national chairman that New York Gov. Nelson Rocke feller would be a stronger Re publican candidate for presi' dent --than Vice President Richard M. Nixon. . the building program at al most every board ' meeting since the bond issue was ap proved, has trimmed some items from the two-year pro gram, and has considered at some length revising other projects which are planned. District personnel has been utilized in some instances to reduce cost of buildings, and retain sufficient bond funds for at least one major.portion of the program - the boys physical education, plant at Medford High school. ' But what has happened to make the board and school administrators remove, such Items as shelves and storage space from basic bid offers, and take other alternatives which may be done by district personnel If the bid-offer is considered high? Add 10 Per Cni Prior to submitting t h e bond Issue to district patrons, Ihe board added about 10 per cent of the estimated needed funds to tlie total bond issue to serve as a "buffer," Tills was done In hope the addi tional money would be enough lo take care of In creased costs between the time of the bond Issue's ap proval and the time construc tion is completed. r . But tills 10 per cent margin is being used rapidly, since many of the bids opened for Takes Some Bond Funds A closeup of damage to the dent will ask, "Where are you going to draw the line?" Ashland attorney Ben Lom bard, representing the Phoe nix school district, said the Medford school district "made a deal a year ago September, 1959, to establish the school district boundary of Barnctt rd. As far as they are con cerned it will remain the boundary." : "We are not going to stand idly by and see $2 million of assessed value taken off our tax rolls," Lombard said. He said current assessed value of residential , property in that area is $500,000. ' Assessed valuation ol the Rogue Valley manor, also in the area, is S1V4 million. , ,: , Nominee Announces Her Withdrawal Miss Inez M. Holcomb, Dem ocratic nominee for state rep resentative from Jackson county; today announced her withdrawal as a candidate. . In her statement of with drawal filed with the Oregon secretary of state, Miss Hol comb said the sudden failing health of her father and the "greater responsibility of managing the family estate" that rests on her, were her reasons for withdrawing.. Because of Ulis she said she cannot devote the necessary time to the task of campaign ing, nor the office itself. . .Thomas Reeder, district at torney, said this morning that the nomination vacancy would be filled by the, Democratic Central committee. He pointed out that it would be up to the committee to nominate then vote, on one- or more candi dates to fill tlie vacancy. classroom additions have been about 10 per cent higher than estimates by. school officials. Even with items eliminated from original, plans, or alter ed to reduce costs; bids still have been about 10 per cent higher, v ' l However, most of the' in crease is not in basic con struction - that is, floors, walls, and celling and roof, The greatest Increase seems to be in higher costs of plumb ing, heating and : electrical, work which are needed in varying amounts in new ad ditions. ' 1 . -Bids Rjctd . In' one case, blds: were re jected, on one addition be cause they were too high. They were recalled, with al ternates separating the heat ing and plumbing from the basic need. The alternates sliowed most of the amount over the estimate was in heat ing and plumbing. : Heating and plumbing bids in an .alternate on another project, were , enough higher than the estimate to cause the school board to delay award ing the heating and plumbing contract until . after more study could be given all as pects of heating the particular building. But Increased costs are not all in plumbing and heating, in some additions, shelving the Collett, in a dense fog Eleven crewmen were killed and seven Injured tn the crash. White arrow shows the anchor from the Collett which still lays in the rubble on the Ammen. (UPI Telephoto) to School Discussed The new Hoover elementary school will be full in spite of five additional classrooms, Lombard said. Commenting on a comparison of transpor tation distances, Lombard said Barnett rd. area children may have to be bussed to Hedrick junior high school, Medford high school and perhaps even to Hoover. "If they want to talk about the quality of our education, we will listen," the attorney said. "However, we are giving perfectly adequate education. Perhaps the people want the prestige of going to-a -high school with championships in three sports, and perhaps.reau estate values' are behind this argument, . Frank Van Dyke, attorney representing the Barnet rd. area residents who want to join the Medford district said the interests of the children are involved'. Phoenix is bas ically an agricultural area while the Barnett rd. area is not. he stated. Churches and social life are different for both areas, he added.. .. Bids Opened For Street Extension M. . C, Lininger and Sons submitted .the apparent low bid this morning for the ex tension of Black Oak st. from Barnett rd. to Juanipero Way,. according to Vern Thorpe, city public works director. The bid was $35,155.50. - - Two' other bids were re ceived. They were from Tru- Mix Concrete company, $37,- 090.75, ' and F. L. Somers, $37,469.50. The bids will be referred to the city council Thursday eve ning. and similar items have been eliminated in revised plans to cut costs to a minimum. . In many cases, costs still are higher than .estimates. And most all construction of new classrooms, is concrete slab, single wall construction - that is, one wall serves as the in terior as well as the outside wall, , The $75,000 worth of bonds approved by district voters is being , used faster than the school board, or sciiool offic ials, had anticipated, but the board and administrators have given assurances that the necessary number of class rooms will be available when the need arises. The classrooms will meet state standards, and they will contain nbthing but essentials. The cost of classroom addi tions, can not exceed the amount of bond money avail able. ' ' But the Increasing costs of construction have school dis trict officials worried, for there seems to be no end In sight. Each time a new class room is added, the taxpayer pays more and receives less. This Is not just a local prob lem, school officials have noted. School districts, as well as other governmental subdivisions throughout Uie state and in much of the coun try, face the same problem. off the Newport Beach area. Porter, Durno To Debate at Fair The two candidates for con. eress from this district will debate the role of a congress man in foreign affairs here in October, it was announced to day. ' - Both Congressman Charles O. Porter, Eugene, the Demo cratic incumbent, and his Re publican opponent, Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford, have ac cepted invitations to debate the issue at the Candidates Fair sponsored by the Med ford League of Women Voters, Mrs. Thomas Rutter, voters service chairman for t h League,' announced the'Fair will be held Oct. 20 in' the Hedrick Junior High .school auditorium Both senatorial candidates, Mrs. Maurine Neuberger"(D) and Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith (R) will 1 "make every effort to participate ' in the fair, Mrs. Rutter indicated. ' ' Republican and Democratic candiates for the offices of sec retary of state, state treasur er, attorney general and state representative have been- in vited to speak for two minutes on their qualifications for office. - .... ; ; -.: Candidates for. the county offices of. district , -: attorney, commissioner, treasurer, asses sor, and surveyor will be in troduced from the stage, after which the meeting will be adjourned to the Hedrick cafeteria where each candi date will have a separate table at which he can meet and talk with voters. Wind-Swept Fire Endangers Homes Azusa, Calif. ' (UPD , Turbu lent winds today increased the danger to 20 summer homes as a giant fire advanced to ward the Crystal Lake recrea tion area of Angeles National Forest. . , The four - day blaze, which has spread over 6,600 acres of valuable watershed, advanced unchecked on its northern front after burning about 20 other dwellings. More than 1,500 fire fight ers .were deployed along the 22-mile perimeter of the burn, largest of the year in Southern-California. "Praise The Lord And Pa The Ammunition . . .1" It Complete Success ...' Can Canararal, Fla.-ltP -Th Navy 'ird saeand .' Polaris mttsila from ih nu elaar submarine Oaorge' Washington off the Florida coast late today. The shot" appeared a success wlllt stag separation achlTd ' . The second shot was not . as clearly visible u th . first bacaui ef a layer of low clouds on th aatrn horizon and abunc of a ' distinct vapor trail. ' ' Th Navy announced thai th second Polaris missile flrtd from ih Georg Wash- - ington submarine today :ravld more than 1.100 1 statute mil and was ai complat suectss. -It said f th scond miU ' Impact-: d In th targat ara" as did i th first on. Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (DPI) -r The atomic submarine George) Washington fired the firs ballistic missile ever launched from the depths of the: sea today, . , i In Washington, the Navy said the Polaris missile went more than 1,100 statute mile and the test was a complete) success. .'. A 15-ton Polaris test V hicle popped from a firing; tube of the submerged sub marine cruising 30 miles off the Florida coast, ignited at the surface and flew down the Atlantic Missile Range to ward a target 1,200 milei away. , First of Its Kind . The test shot, first of ita kind, marked a milestone in the Navy's Polaris nuclear submarine program and open ed the vast new expanse of the world's oceans and their invisible depths to the U.S. tactical weapon. , Other test shots from the submarine at sea are planned soon. . . . - The historic first shot wan visible to observers on th beaehes as a high, thin vapor trail.' Separation of the mis sile's first and second stages appea ed clearly visible about 55 seconds after launching at 10:39 a.m. (p.d.t.). V The Atlantic Missile Range announced almost immediate ly that the launching took place ' from the submerged George Washington, a new $100 million undersea craft equipped with 16 Polaris fir ing tubes. i BLM Reports 82 Fires in State By United Press International At least 82 fires were re ported on bureau of land management land in Oregon early today, five of them out of control. Most of the blazes were spot fires in the Umatilla Na tional Forest, caused of lightning storms over the Blue Mountains Tuesday night. A BLM spokesman said a 4,000-acre fire was burning; out of control near the Mal heur refuge and two smaller lightning-caused fires were re ported coming together in an area south of there. . , Salem - IUPD - A total of 303,000 state tax refund checks were in the mail when the books closed for the fiscal year ended June 30, the Ore gon Tax Commission said to day. This was 4,000 fewer . than for the same period of 1959. . , . i
