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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, '
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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
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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-
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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
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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,
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