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HmK LIBRARY OS MaSfORO and JACKSON COUhOi LUMUM1A UM Rogue Valley Edition Medford 40 PAGES ; . .f...,i-far i fart TAi, -V -, ., f , , r i-f iai irMmaMiriirr-SIMs HRE STILL UNCONTROLLED One of (even licllco)tcr mcd to rescuo and transfer firefighters from mounlalnlops In Uie S-day-old Sun Gabriel Cmyon fire flici over a burning area a (lamca roar uncontrolled. Over 10,000 acrea Preparations for Festival Opening In Final Stage Ashlnnd Final prepare tlnns are under way (or the Oregon Shakespearean Fes tival's opening Monday even- "g. The second full round of dress rehearsals starts lonlghU Each of the 1980 productions will be given two full dress runthroughs so that the casta and singe crews will accustom themselves to Ainima I unique repertory system. The opening night perfor mance of "The Taming of the Shrew" has been sold nut, but seats remain for all other performances during the 41 nlgbt run. ' , Tickets are still available for the opening night "feast of the Tribe of Will." The event, featuring an open-air menu, starts at 6 p.m. Mon day in Llthla park. ' Entertainment Set Elizabethan dancers, strol ling singers and the Ashland Kilty band, will add to the festive affair. To facilitate opening of the main season, rehearsals of John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfl" have been tem porarily suspended. The James Sando staging, first non Shakespearean Eliza bethan drama to bo produced by the festival, will resume a full preparation schedule immediately after the four opening nights. It will be seen on ug. 22 and 31 only. In addition to "Shrew" and "DuclicRS," the 10B0 season offurs "Julius Cncsnr," 'The Tempcsl," and "Richard II." Productions continue nightly through Sept. 3, Tickets may be obtained either from the festival box office or Mann's department store, Medford. , : Sheriff Loses Mileage Expenses I Salcm-IUPH-Allorney Gener al Robert Y, Thornton said toduy that bocause Jackson county's population is now more than 50,000, tho sheriff may no longer claim mileage expenses for certain cases. Jackson County District At torney Thomns J. Uccdcr re quested the opinion, ' WEAVHER PonKCAHT: Klr and warm through frlrtav. Low tfinlfht M. lush Krlrtny 0, Temp. inched Yesterday n Lowest this Mornlui 04 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today : 1:41 p.m. Hunrlie tomorrow .... 4:A4 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow .. 4;ts a.m. New Moon July 21 PROMINENT STAR Arctium, tilth the south west at aunsat, will he due west , tn:.U p.m. nrlrhteat star of nnntes, Arr Minn is u lliht years trom the r.srih. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY Reorganization Committee Favors Barnett Area Change The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee last night voted In fa vor of a proposal to transfer an area south of Harnett rd. from the Phoenix to the Med ford schopl district. The committee's action will be referred to the Jackson county - boundary board, which Is composed of County School Superintendent Alf B. MCKvoia .and . tne county court,' for action. Sources In dicated that the boundary board would approve the change. The area Involved is soulli of Barnett rd. and east of Bear' creek, and affects 65 children who are in school or will attend school this fall. Of the number, 36 are grade school pupils, 17 Junior high school students, and 12 high school students, according to figures provided by Ben Lombard, Ashland lawyer representing t h e Phoenix school district. 1 Included in (lie area pro posed for annexation In the Medford district Is Rogue Valley Manor. Prior to last night's hear Play Area Outlined by Group The Medford parks and roc rcatlon commission last night outlined plans for develop ment of the Hawthorne park play area, and discussed the possibility of acquiring a jet airplane for use as play equip ment. Commission Member Herb Partridge said that Charles II. Forrester, formerly of the University of Oregon school of art and now of Ashlnnd, is proceeding with the design and development of tho four modernistic pieces of play ap paratus that will be creeled in the pork. . Forrester has completed the framework for a act of three horses, he said, and has start ed work on a turtle. In addi tion to the horses and turtle, a modernistic "sand-pool" and another yet unnamed Hem will be constructed in the parki Completion Date Target dale for completion of the Ilawlhornc park piny area Is Sept, 30, Partridge said. He noted that tho piny apparatus Is being prc-made by Forrester In his Ashlnnd home, and will be transported to the park when the site is ready. Tentative plans lor the ,re dcvolopmcnt of tho piny nrca call for removal of tho exist Ing black-top surfacing mid development of a kidney shaped sand area and land scaped grounds In Its place, ho said. The new apparatus and the monkey bars will be located In the sand nrca wilh the rest of the play equipment located have been burned over as high winds and high tempera ture have caused major fires to break out in numerous areas ol southern California. See story on page 2. (UPI Telephoto) ing, petitions representing about US residents in the area had been 'submitted. Krank Van Dyke; Medford law y e r representing those who favor-changing to the Medford district, said otlier petitions with signatures of more recent residents also had been submitted. ' Arguments presented in fa vor of the change by several mothers In the area centered on social, economic and re ligious tics with Medford, dis tance to Phoenix schools when Hoover school is with in walking distance, a variety of subjects and advanced courses In some subjects not available at Phoenix, highway traffic endangering children getting on and off school bus es, distances traveled by mothers who pick up their children at Phoenix and at the Junior high school in Tal ent, difficulty in separating fust and slow learners, and that the request was sought by a majority of the people in the area concerned. Speaking in favor of the change were Mrs. Max Mil hollen, Mrs. James Tungale, Plans around it. The existing play equipment will be renovated, he said, so that it will fit into the overall playground plan. Parks and Recreation Di rector Robert llaworth ex plained that removal of the blacktop area is a requirement of the city's insurance com pany. They consider It a haz ard, he said, and would dis continue Insurance if it Is not removed. Haworlh said efllinstcd cost of removing the blacktop Is $200, and work will start just as soon as the necessary equip ment can be rented by the city. The modernistic play appa ratus will not cost the city any money. They are being donated to Ihc city by local service clubs. Forrester has agreed to build the apparatus at cost. , ' Discuss Jet Plant Commission Member Verl Walker said he has been ap proached on the possibility of obtaining a used jet aircraft for use as a piece of play equipment In one of the city's pnrks. ; 1 Some preliminary Investi gation has already been done by' the department, Hnworth said, and It was found thnt such an aircraft would cost $1 plus cost of removing various pieces of working equipment. It was suggested that the airplane could suitably bo lo cated at the municipal air port. The commission took no no tion on Hie suggestion, and In dicated that further study of the Idea would be made. Tribune 21, 1960 Mrs. Elmer W. Donation, Mrs. Kdwln Merrilt Jr., Mrs. Dale Jeflcrson and Mrs. R. S. May- field. . , Others Speak Others from the area also spoke, hut - their arguments were along the same general theme., Lombard asked to question those who spoke, but Van Dyke sharply retorted that "this Is not a trial and you cannot cross-examine." Under questioning by the reorganization -com mitlec, area resident said some of them did not know they were in Phoenix district. When they bought their homes they assumed being within the Medford city limits would also place them within the Medford school district. Van Dyke said the area res idents are merely asking to go to the schools of their choice and where their ties are closest. He added that the Rogue Valley Manor, which Is now under construction, is "very much an issue here." Lombard said a strip of land in the Barnett rd. area is not being included in the proposed annexation, and that Phoenix still will have to send a bus Into the excluded strip between Bear creek and Ellcndale dr. lo pick up pu pils, so there will be no sav ing cost-wise and mileage- wise. Objects lo Words He objected to words on the petition referring to Phoe nix as "an alien community" and the Phoenix people as well Intcntioned b u I pre dominantly rural group." Bar nett rd. area people must like rural living or they wouldn't have moved to that area, he said. He also argued that the Barnett rd. residents 'com prise US residents compared to 3,000 to 4,000 Phoenix area residents, so do not represent a will of the majority. The move will "cause a tremen dous economic upheaval", and he wondered where "the nib bling will stop." Replying to Van Dyke s charge that Phoe nix people might not want to finance another school (in the Barnett rd. area), Lombard retorted, "Phoenix passed Us school levy! Phoenix Superintendent Er nest James pointed out that Phoenix graduates have done well In college, that more subjects would be offered and pupils segregated as lo learn ing ability as the district grows. i OAS Investigators Check Murder Try Washington - mm - Investi gators from Ihc Organization of American States, OAS. were reported today lo have uncovered shocking evi dence" that the Dominican regime was behind an unsuc cessful attempt lo assassinate the Venezuelan president, Price 10 Cents No. 105 Forest Fires Rage Through Oregon Two Other States Governors Declare States of Emergency By Unittd Press International National Guardsmen from three states along with ranch ers, volunteers and forest workers are fighting a battle against a lightning caused holacaust in Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Rogue River National forest has sent 18 fire over head men to Walla Walla, Wash., from which mobili sation point lhay were to be dispatched to head up fire fighting crews In northeast am and central Oregon. Southwest Oregon district of the state department of forestry has sent two fire team members to LaGrande to assist with battling biases In that area. The two are Victor Van Hoy, an inspect or, and Wesley Stanfield, a technical assistant. The men from the Rogue forest were taken from the Ashland, Applegate, Butte Falls, Union Creek and Prospect districts. The governors of Oregon, Washington and Idaho have declared states of emergency and in Idaho a town was threatened with extinction. The community of Woodland, Wash., was surrounded by flames but firefighters beat the blaze back and it was re ported under control this morning. Fires In the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest totaled 104 this morning with only 55 of them under control, Five tires over 300 acres were reported in the Anthony Lakes area northwest of Bak er. A fire covering over 2,400 acres was raging out of con trol near Unity and a 1,200 acre fire was burning near 1,500 Fighting Flames Forest Service officials said 1,500 men were fighting the flames in the Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests with S00 men en route. In the Umatilla forest, 107 fires were burning, 31 of them not manned but under ob servation. S m o k e j u m pers were fighting 11 of these fires along with National Guards men from Oregon and Wash ington. A 2.000 acre fire was' roar ing through the Tucannon area with a front over Hi miles long. Some 250 men were facing the flames in an effort to hold it back. Gov. Mark Hatfield direct ed the Oregon National Guard lo help furnish manpower to fight forest fires burning in the eastern part of the stale. Home Rule Group Naming Postponed Announcement of the mem bers to serve on a home rule committee for the county has been postponed until July 27 Judge Earl Miller reported to day. The announcement had been expected Wednesday aft ernoon. Miller explained that sev eral of the persons suggested for the committee had not been reached by the county court. . According to state law, the county court appoints four members, the legislative dele gation appoints four and a ninth is appointed by the com mittee itself. Buried Volcano Discovered in 1 (Editor's note: The fol lowing article was written by Phil Brogan, associate editor of the Bend Bulletin, who is known throughout the Pacific northwest as one of the best amateur geologists and scientific writers In the country.) By PHIL F. BROGAN ' Bend Bulletin Staff Writer Oregon has Its own Parlcu tin, 'but it will never be seen by man. It is a 1,320 foot volcano cone buried under the blue water of Crater Lake. Its ele vation above the submerged floor of the old volcano known as Mazama is Identical with that of (he volcano in west-central Mexico, near ft mmeiVP lPpppaaaaaaaasssssssiassiSM 71 l.t-ifAllllii l ' K ' 1 'ljV ' PENSIVE LISTENER Belgian Foreign Minister Pierre Wigny looks pensive as Thomas Kanza, Congo representative-elect to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council at U.N. headquarters In New York Governor To Nominate Nixon Chicago - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon will place Vice President Richard M. Nixon's name before the Re publican National Convention for the presidential nomina tion, it was announced today. Salem - ILPD - Gov, Hat field said today he feels "honored" to be chosen lo nominate Vice President Nixon and that "it is a dis tinction for the state of Oregon." Robert Finch, Nixon's ad ministrative assistant, made the announcement. He de scribed Hatfield as "an ex tremely attractive and young leader" with appeal ' to the West. He said no final decision had been made on who would make second speeches for Nixon. This decision, he said, was "not wholly unrelated" lo the choice of a vice presi dential nominee. Finch referred to the selec tion of running mate for Nixon as "still a wide open proposition." ' "We're doing a lot of listen ing, and sampling," he said. , Finch said Nixon is keeping in touch with all subcommit tee chairmen for the platform committee and that his views will be '"incorporated in each and every plank." ; Suspect Cleared In Ashland Case An 18-year-old suspect ques tioned in Lynwood, Wash., in connection with the March IS shooting of Mrs. Marion Ham ilton in her Ashland ranch home, apparently was not In volved in the case, Sheriff Joseph Walsh reported today. The suspect, Eugene Mer rill, Elma, Wash., had been sought by local authorities since the shooting. He had been employed at a ranch near the Hamilton home and had left the area after March 15. The youth was picked up by Washington authorities ac companied by waisn and Chief Criminal Deputy Paul Bettiol in Lynwood where he was employed by a carnival. Walsh said the youths stories regarding his where about in mid-March were so conflicting they requested a lie detector test which was administered by an officer from the Seattle police depart ment. The tests appeared neg ative, Walsh said. Also in Washington to question the man was Deputy Lee Rice who has been doing the ma jority of the follow-up work in the murder case. It was reported that the de partment still receives leads concerning the shooting. In vestigation is continuing by sheriff's department and Ore gon stale police. Uruapan, which came "Into existence in February, ,1943, In a crack in a cornfield. Mexico's Paricutin re mained active until August 1951, building a coi e more than twice as large as Lava Butte of the Deschutes coun try. In Bend Monday, Dr. Howel Williams of the University of California, internationally known volcanologist and author of studios dealing with the Three Sisters and the Newberry Crater regions of Oregon, made the announce ment of the discovery of a burled volcano in the deep lake wlihin the stump of Ore gon's ancient Mazama. Dr. Williams said the sum- mm York during the Belgium-Congo debate Wednesday. Congolese Premier Patrice Lu mumba said today he would fly to New York to address the council. . ' (UPI Telephoto) Hatfield : GOV. MARK HATFIELD Will Nominal Nixon - Agreement on Council Agenda Medford s city council will act on an agreement for erect ing four pieces of modernistic play apparatus in Hawthorne park, when it meets at 7:30 I o'clock- tonight in -the council chambers at the city hall. - The agreement would be made with Charles H. For rester, . formerly of- the Uni versity of Oregon school of art staff, who has agreed to design and construct modern istic play equipment rt cost. Under the terms of the agreement, the city would pay Forrester $1,750. This money would come from donations lo the city by the T.W, Miles estate, the Medford Moose lodge, Medford Kiwanis club and Medford Elks club. Also on 1 the agenda is a proposal to lease White City land to the City Sanitary service for a sanitary land fill operation. Mayor John Snider vetoed a 10-year exclusive contract for the company last month. However, the com pany has Indicated it would operate a sanitary land fill operation under the remain ing four years of its existing 10-year non - exclusive con tract. - The council will consider applications for a license to operate airport limousine service and from the Yellow Cab company. A schedule of proposed rates and routes ac companies the application. ; Public hearings for the pav ing of an alley' in block 80, Original Town, and for the in stallation of a water main in the CreStview subdivision on Crestbrook rd., will be held tonight. - . ' merged volcano was located and mapped by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey through use of sonic depth finding equipment. Dr. Williams asked permission to describe the volcano, and his reporl will appear in the near future in the American Journal of Science. The, volcanologist, author of the most detailed geologic study , ever made of Crater Lake, stressed that it has long been known that there was some sort of submerged "mont" In the lake. Even the studies made in pioneer days by the geologist Dillcr re vealed presence of some ele vation in the water. But it was not known that the submerged feature would ft W': ' Subdivision Bill Change Request Rejected by Court It Is not proper to require that all pear trees be removed from a subdivision, according to an opinion from the Jack son county district attorney's office. The Jackson county court, after reading the opinion, turned down the request from the Jackson county planning commission for the amend ment to the subdivision ordi nance regarding pear trees. "Requiring removal of pear trees from any property un der plat for subdivision is not proper," Deputy District At torney Gerald Scannel wrote. "It is more properly part of zoning and land use regula tions rather than of a subdivi sion ordinance." "This, is similiar to requir ing a. tree planting program and plans of dedication and certain set back lines. This is held to be an exercise of eminent domain rather than of police powers of the ltate," Scannel wrote. . .. Pear growers had recom mended the amendment. Coun ty Horticultural Agent Cliff Cordy said that pear trees are not good . shade trees "for homes since this area has a pear psylla Infestation prob lem. This insect causes a honey- dew to form on-the trees and also on the ground under the trees. The insect soon defoli ates the trees,: he added. Homeowners do not take prop er care of pear trees, he said, and allowing such an infesta tion in backyard pear trees endangers nearby commercial orchards. Scannell said such a provi sion would be discriminatory since it pertains only to pear trees and not to other fruit trees. Nixon-Rockefeller Ticket Possible Chicago-KIFD - Republican National Chairman Thruston B. Morton today revived the possibility of a Nixon-Rockefeller GOP ticket. -' He told a news conference that a platform acceptable to both Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York might serve to bring them to gether. : However, Morton said he was taking Rockefeller at his word in repeatedly declaring unwillingess to accept the vice presidential nomination behind Nixon. ' This sentiment also was echoed by Herbert G. Klein, Nixon's press secretary, who said it was an "iffy question" to talk about Rockefeller for second place on the ticket un less the governor changes his mind. Crater Lake throw into shadow Wizard Island, also a volcano, or ri val in magnitude Paracutin In Mexico. Dr. Williams said the USCGS soundings traced a cone that has a base that is one mile in diameter. Reach ing northwesterly from the cone is a lava flow that is a mile and a half in length. Un like Wizard Island, the un named submerged volcano in Crater Lake has no summit crater. Dr. Williams surmises that the low-submerged cone came into existence before the cal dera, created by the explo sion and engulfment ot the lop of ancient Mt. Mazama, was filled with water. , He believes that the even Security Council; Plans Debate on Crisis in Congo U.S. Warns Russia Not To Send Troops By United Press International Congolese Premier Patrlea Lumumba announced today ha would fly to New York to ad dress the United Nations Se curity Council where the United States bluntly warned the Soviet Union to keep itl troops out of the Congo. Lumumba asked the Securi ty Council to postpone further Congo debate but the council stood by its plan to meet this afternoon when Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov is expected to reply to ine U.S. warning. Belgian Premier Gaston Eyskens accused Lumumba at maneuvering to gain time in the crisis and said Belgium would "continue our action (In the Congo) to ' save human lives no matter what speeches are made. We not only have the right but the duty to save lives." Soviet Planes Arrive As he spoke the first Soviet planes arrived in the Congo capital of Leopoldville with, 69 Ghana troops for the U.N. forces there and with sugar and canned milk to alleviate a food shortage. U.S. planes already had ferried in hun dreds of U.N. troops. The Russian planes were Ilyushin -18 turbojet trans ports. They taxied to a stop ' on the field lined with Ameri can, British, Belgian and hall a dozen other nations' aircraft. U.N. sources in Leopoldville expressed belief today Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah's call for Russian planes to move Ghanian troops was a far-sighted move to get around Lumumba's call for Russian intervention. See Bright Side , ' The U.N. sources said use of ; Russian transport planes wai one way of getting the Rus sians involved in an interna tional operation and that "this is preferable to a Russian lone , wolf move." The sources said . participation in a U.N. airlift-. made it difficult for Russia to take sudden unilateral action. Lumumba's visit to the U.N. was expected to heighten world tension. " - ; He is outspokenly hostile to. Belgium and the big western powers and friendly with Rus sia. Russia backed his Congo demands and urged Belgian trops to leave the Congo with in three days. It said other wise the U.N. should take) "more effective measures." U.S. Answers Threat The United States answered this implied threat to use) Communist force with a warn ing' that it would do "what ever may be necessary" with other U.N. members to keep the Communist armies out of the Congo. It was not known immedi- ately what effect Lumumba's . trip would have on plans ot U.N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold lo fly to tha Congo this week end to in vestigate the crisis there. $119,100 Awarded " i In Damage Suit A circuit court jury of sev en women and five men re turned a verdict Wednesday evening in favor of the plain tiff in a damage suit in circuit, court. Carl O. Hiilcslad. Ashland, was awarded $100,000 gener al damages and $19,100 spe cial damages from the Kline -Logging company, Medford, ; for injuries suffered in a log- . ging accident in July, 1958. The verdict was returned at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday after six days of testimony. The plaintiff had charged the company with negligence at the time of the accident. Hearing the case was Judge James M. Main, slope of the cone . Indicate that the caldera was quickly filled with water. There are no terraces on the , buried cone that would Indicate wave washing. A remarkable feature of the lava flow that reached a mile and a half out from the base of the water-covored volcanic cone Is its gentle slope, Dr. Williams noted, In the mile and a half, there . is a drop of only '2 feel. Incidentally, Dr. Williams noted, the new USCGS stu dies of Crater Lake will place the greatest depth at 1932 feet. This compares) with 1998, long given as the deep spot of the lake of blue In the southern Cascades, 1 6
