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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
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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. !
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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.
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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. . , .
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