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Medford
20 Paget
"Has There Been Any Pressure On You,
Governor?"
Council Approves
Playground Items
An agreement fur sculpture.
type play-apparatus to be
erected In Medford city parks
was unanimously approved by
the city council last night.
After approval wai Riven,
however, Councilman It. L.
Van Sickle criticized tin city
parka and recreation eomtnla
a'on for "obligating'' Itself on
tlia matter without authoriza
tion by the council.
The agreement U between
the city and Charles II. For
rester, Ashland. former fao
ully member o( the University
of Oregon school of art.
Under terms of th agree
nicrtl, ' FnrrMlcr ' would "rct
four pieces of modernistic
play apparatus in Hawthorne
park at a loln'i cost of J 1.7 JO.
Models on Display
Models of the apparatus to
he built were on display at
the meeting last night. They
include a set of three home
like structures, a "sand pool"
and a turtle.
It was pointed nut llml the
apparatus Is being erected at
no cost to the city. The money
to finance the structures
comes from donations to the
parks department by the
T. W. Miles Estate, the
Moose lodge. Medford Klwa
nis club and Medford Elks
club.
Parks and Recreation Direc
tor Robert Haworth pointed
nut to the council that the
play apparntils would cost the
city about SO. 000 if It wcro
purchased from 'companies
that manufacture it. ,
Forrester, whose studio is In
Ashland, has agreed to design
and construct the apparatus
at cost. Target date for com
pletion of the project Is Sept.
30
After the vole was taken,
Councilman Van Sickle said,
"I would like to caution the
park committee not to commit
themselves In the future , , :
It might be found, in an,. em
barrassing position."'
This was the first lime Hint
council' acllon Was taken on
the matter. The parks and re
creation commission has been
negotiating with Forrester for
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SOMEBODY PUSH The morry-go-rouncl
mid other play equipment at Hawthorne
park Is seldom Idle these days, as members
ot the younger set. find an outlet for seem
ingly boundless enorjjy. Mother, mennwhllc,
tan probably he found In Ihe nhade nf a
nearby tree. The park, constructed right
MEDFORD, OREGON,
several months on the protect,
and ' Forrester has started
actual construction on a
couplo of the items.
Van Sickle added. "I could
see them (commission) obli
gating themselves on a proj
ect and the council not agree
ing, and they'd be way out In
left field."
Haworth pointed out that
the council had once before
elected to send a note of
thanks In donors of the money
for the play apparatus. .
,' Councilman Ed Kail said he
would like to see the play ap
paratus, painted when It Is
completed to make II ax
"smooth as possible." tic said
he wanted to make sure that
the apparatus would not cause
the same problem as the Jack
son park swimming pool. He
was referring to the skinned
and cut feel that children
have been getting while
swimming in the pool.
Federal Court Session
Here Is Postponed
The session of federal dis
trict court scheduled to begin
Monday at the United States
courthonse In the post office
building has been cancelled.
The next term of court is
scheduled Oct.-3, according to
district court clerk's office,
Portland.
Los Angels -lUPD- Opening
arguments begin today In the
second murder trial of Dr. R.
BcVnard Finch and Carole
Tregoff.
WEATHER
FOHHCART: (onllntifd fair and
warm, how tonliht M. lit ill
Kilurdiy 93.
Temp.
Mlchr! YfttrrHay 9
Loweil I hi j Morning J5
Our Skies Tonight
fttinsrt today 7:11 p.m.
Hunrlke tomorrow .... 4.55 a.m.
Moon r lm tomorrow 3:0ft a.m.
New Moon ..... . July 23
Tim; plannt, Juntlcr,' li now
about' inn million mllm away
and II dHlance li ilowly In
rrraitnr Dut tonth' at 9:. A p.m.,
Jupiter la a sain nearly itatton
. ary antoni (he atari In , Iti
bachgriuinil,
, after World War II, Is now in Its prime,
offering cool recluse from the summer's
heal. Some of the youngsters in the picture
above were probably waiting lor their big
brother nr sister to finish their swimming
"exam" held thin morning at Hawthorne
pool,
55th
FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1960
Firefighting
Plane Crashes;
Two Men Killed
By United Prass Inltrnatlonal
The pilot and co-pilot were
killed today when their B-25
ireflghting plane crashed
near La Grande in the Wallowa-Whitman
National For
est. Their names were not Im
mediately disclosed, pending
notification of next of kin.
The plane was flying out of
La Grande airport, and was
one of several used to dump
borate on more than 200 for-
Fire Potential
In Area Critical;
Caution Is Asked
Forrnt fire potential is so
critical in Jackson county that
a holocaust could break out
at any time, officials of the
bureau of land management
and the Rogue River National
forest said today.
The Medford station of the
U. S. weather bureau report
ed this is the 50th day with
out measurable rain. Forestry
officials here are afraid pos
sible lightning storms may
cause the powder-dry woods
to explode into flame. If the
situation becomes more criti
cal, the state forester may be
asked to close the woods.
Both Ross Youngblood,
EtLM district manager, and
Carroll Brown, Rogue River
National forest supervisor.
said fire-fighting equipment
of all timber bidders is being
examined even more critically
than before.
"All timber operators arc
required by state law to carry
certain fire.- lighting equip
ment, but we are even going
beyond on minimum require
ments," Youngblood said.
"We arc going to hit every
fire which comes with every
thing we have," Brown said.
"We will have to call on
Montague and Lakeview for
borate planes since we sent
our three to Walla Walla,
Wash., to help fight fires in
that critical area."
The Rogue River National
forest recently sent 18 men
to Walla Walla, and the local
BLM district today sent four
field foresters as supervisors
of day and night fire patrols
in the Lakeview area. They
arc Ernest Black, Bob Carroll,
Tom Rosscler and Jim Fuller.
Meanwhile, local forestry
officials have asked persons
entering the woods to be care
ful with campfircs. Brown
said routine closures have
been made for the area around
Willow creek reservoir, Ash
land watershed area and such
timber operating areas as
Steve's Fork in the Applcgate
scction.
Rccreationlsts may fish, wa
ter ski and use the official
campground at resorts, but
foresters are cutting down on
unauthorized fires around the
perimeter.
"Any fire which starts now
has a big potential," Brown
emphasized.
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est fires in Eastern Oregon
and Southeastern Washington.
The crash occurred between
8 and 8 a.m. whciv the plane
had not yet dumped Its load
of borate. It was believed to
have exploded when It hit the
ground.
Heltcopier at Scan
The U. S. Forest Service
sent a helicopter to the scene
of the crash, and said Us in
vestigation was continuing.
Mtdford Pilot G o r g
MUligan this morning flaw
a load of lire-lighting sup
plies to La Grand for us
on th widespread forest
and rang fires now pla
guing most of Cenirsl and
Eastrn Orgon.
Th smoke from th many
' bleiei, he said, mad visi
bility in much of th are
almost nil. Th smoke can
b sen plainly from as far
west as Crater Lake, Milli
gan reported, and could b
seen from a plan directly
over Medford if It were
high enough.
On of the difficulties en
countered by firefighters is
in bringing In and distribut
ing sufficient food supplies
to the crews on th fire
lines, Milligan said.
The B-2S borate bomber
which crashed near - La
Grand was not on of
those from this ri. he re
ported. Southwest district of the
state department of forestry
last night sent two more
men to assist with lire .sup
pression in th northasi
district. They are John
Black, a forest warden, and
Howard Brock, assistant
district warden. They were
dispatched to Ukiah. Vic
tor Van Hoy and Wesley
Stenfield previously were
sent to the critical area.
The Intcrin. Department
called the situation In the
West the worst outbreak of
fires on public lands In three
decades. And no relief was
immediately in sight.
Additional men were sent
In by plane and truck to help
combat the flames that al
ready had consumed thou
sands of acres of forest and
grass lands.
About 120 fires were re
ported in Umatilla National
Forest, and more than 100 In
the Wallowa-Whitman Nation
al Forest, In northeastern
Oregon and southeastern
Washington. A blaze in the
Snake river area has burned
over 3,000 acres and was still
reported out of control.
Trappers Meet in
Medford Tonight
Between 75 and 100 persons
arc expected to converge on
Medford tonight as the Ini
tial activities of the Oregon
Historical Society's fourth an.
nual Trappers rendezvous be
gins. Scheduled July 22 to 25,
festivities begin at Hawthorne
park with an ice cream social
and an old time car, show.
Trappers will meet around a
campflre at the park, accord
ing to Thomas Vaughan, di
rector of the Society, Port
land. Meeting here also are
members ot the Southern Ore
gon Historical Society, and
the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Foundation.
Other activities planned arc
a breakfast In Jacksonville
served by Ihe Eastern Star
and a tour of the area by Jack
Sutton of Grants Pass; a pic
nic at McKcc bridge with
guest Mayor John Snider,
Medford; swimming and a trip
to Southern Oregon college,
Ashlnnd.
At SOC, a dinner has been
planned by Arthur Taylor,
college faculty member, plus
varied entertainment,' . .
Trips to Klamath Falls and
Crater lake have also been
planned by groups of Trap
pers. Unlled Nations, N. Y, -IUPH-
Dlplomallc quarters today
predicted quick approval of a
United Stales request for a
meeting of the full U.N. dis
armament commission In view
of Russia's scuttling of the 10-
nation Geneva talks,
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EXCITED PREMIER Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba
gestures with his hand during a press conference In his
office at the former Belgian Governor House in Leopold
ville. Lumumba said today he had withdrawn his call for
Education Interim
Committee To
Meet in Medford
The State Legislative Inter
im committee on education
will hold a public hearing for
interested groups and citi
zens when it. meets in Med
ford Aug. 5 and 6, Represent
ative Mrs. Evelyn Nye, Med
ford, chairman of the commit
tee's subcommittee on quality
of education, has announced.
The two-day meeting will
be held at Hedrick Junior
High school, and will include
reports on various studies the
committee has made.
Among reports will be one
on the qualifications of teach
ers and administrative person.
ncl in Oregon school districts,
Mrs. Nye said. These studies
are. part ot a comprehensive
survey of 'Oregon education
being .conducted .under (,h di
rection of Mrs.'Nye'i subaom
mittec. ' '
The studies are being co
ordinated by the bureau of
educational research of the
University of Oregon under
contract with the interim
committee.
Other reports which will be
made here include the results
of studies of school district
reorganization and the coun
ty school superintendent's of
fice, Mrs. Nye said. ,
The full committee, of
which Senator Ward H. Cook
of Portland is chairman, will
continue its discussion of
whether the increasing cost of
education should be financed
from state aid or local prop
erty taxes.
A decision of the commit
tee's recommendations to the
next legislature on the distri
bution of state aid to local dis
tricts probably will be made,
Mrs. Nye said.
Those wishing to appear
and testify before the Inter
im committee should contact
Representative Nye.
Other members of the com
mittee who are expected to
attend are Senators Jean
Lewis, Dwight Hopkins and
Robert F. White; Representa
tives Nancy Kirkpatrick,
Al Flegcl, John Kerbow and
Tom Monaghan; and William
Bade, Stuart Compton, John
Hounscll and James C. Yeo
mans.' South Koreans To
Tour Water Systems
Three South Koreans will
arrive in Medford tomorrow
to spend four days louring the
Rogue valley, and inspecting
the water supply systems in
Medford and Ashland. t
The visitors are I, J. Chung,
water works engineer for the
city of Seoul, Korea; B. C.
Lee, water works engineer for
the' city of Chun Chon, Korea,
and C. H. Park, ministry of
home affairs, bureau of Kor
can public works.
Medford City Water Super
intendent Robert Lee said the
main purpose of the visit will
be to inspect city water facil
ities. Lee said they have been
in the U.S., and Httendlng Ore.
gon Stale college for the past
several months under the aus
pices of the International Co
operation administration.
Lee said arrangements have
been made for the trio to at
tend a city employees picnic
Saturday, spend Saturday
night and part of Sunday at
Crater lake, tour the Medford
water supply system Monday
the Ashland water supply sys.
tern Tuesday and attend the
Oregon Shakespearean Festl'
val Tuesday night,
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Steps in Creating Low-Cost
Housing for Elderly
The first step In providing
public-owned low-rent hous
ing for senior citizens in Jack
son county would be to re
activate the Jackson County
Housing authority.
Robert Campbell, execu
tive - director of the Lane
County Housing Authority,
made this suggestion during a
meeting called by the Rogue
Valley Council on Aging to
discuss low cost housing at the
Red Cross building Thursday
afternoon.
Present at the meeting were
approximately 25 persons in
cluding the entire county
New Indictment
Issued in Escrow,
Firm Case Here
The indictment against O.
H. Bengston, Medford lawyer,
and Rachel Peterson Carter,
Jacksonville, in the Medford
Escrow company case, has
been dropped and new indict
ment issued, according to
Deputy District Attorney
Gerald Scannell.
The district attorney's of
fice joined in the motion to
dismiss the previous indict
ment and have, the case re
submitted to the grand jury
which was empaneled for the
term beginning Monday, July
18.
"One of the grand jurors
considering the matter had a
pecuniary interest in Medford
Escrow company, Inc., and
while the state is morally cer
tain there was no influence
or bias, it would be in the in
terests of justice to dismiss
the indictment," the deputy
district attorney's motion
read. -
Return Indictment
The new ' grand jury re
turned an indictment against
Bengtson charging he took
$3,701.14. illegally from the
company funds on or about
Oct. 21, 1951 and in another
indictment charged he took
$1,700 on . or about Feb. 2,
1960. The grand jury also re
turned an indictment that Ra
chel Peterson Carter took
$224.81 on or about May 14
1958 from company funds.
Scanncl said the grand jury
has recessed and will be in
session again Aug. 3 to fur
ther consider the case. .
Medford Council Approves Limousine Service
Licenses to Two Firms; Debate Lasts Hour
The Medford city council
a proved airport limousine
service licenses for two com
panies last night, during one
of the most "heated" meet
ings the council has had for
many months.
Last night's action should
bring to an end the almost
continuous limousine contro
versy that has Involved the
council since December.
Although' Councilman Don
ald Hanson was true to his
word in opposing the limou
sine license for the Yellow
Cab company, the council ap
proved It by a vote of 6-1.
A license for the Medford
Airport Limousine Service
was unanimously approved.
Long Debai :
During debale on the mat
ter which 'lasted for more
than an hour, Ben Day, at
torney for the Medford Air
port Limousine service, did
his utmost lo prevent council
Issuance of the Yellow Cab's
limousine license.
Soviet military aid in the Congo. He now is en route from
Leopoldville to New York to confer with United Nations
leaders.
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court, Medford Chamber of
Commerce officials and wel
fare department representa
tives. Campbell outlined the steps
to be taken in providing pub
lic housing for senior citizens.
He spoke with first hand
knowledge because the Lane
County Housing Authority is
now In the process of erecting
150 low-rent housing units in
the cit yof Springfield.
He pointed out that the fed
eral government will provide
funds for studies to determine
the need for low rent housing
but these funds would be
given only to a duly consti
tuted authority, - such as a
county housing authority.
Contrary to popular opin
ion, the Jackson County Hous
ing Authority has not really
been abolished, he said, but
merely' inaclUaled.? Once
these housing authorities have
been created they can never
be abolished. All the county
court would have to do would
be to reappoint commission
members to serve on the hous
ing authority' and it would be
in business.
Authority Deactivated
(The Jackson county hous
ing authority was created dur
ing WWII to administer war
time housing in Jackson coun
ty. It was deactivated some
years ago when it turned over
the last of its property and
revenues to the city of Med
ford to finance the Jackson
park swimming pool.)
Once the housing authority
is reactivated it should then
apply to the Public Housing
Authority of the federal gov
ernment for funds to make a
study to determine whether or
not public housing is needed.
The study should be made
by trained enumerators, hired
by the authority. It should
try and determine two things,
he said, the age of people
needing housing and their in
comes. . If the study indicates that
housing is needed for senior
citizens the authority should
then draw up a plan for the
housing and apply for federal
funds to finance it.
The Public Housing Au
thority will then conduct its
own ! independent ' study to
verify the need, he said.
Financing can take one of
two courses, he said. One it
can be borrowed from the
federal government for 4.25
per cent interest or two, it can
be borrow from private con
Day said that Councilman
R. L. Van Sickle's remark at
the previous meeting, when
Hanson said he would vote to
deny the Yellow Cab com
pany a license to operate, that
'I'm not going to vote to put
any one out of business,'
would work lo the opposite
effect if Yellow Cab's applica
tion for a license is approved.
Day said: "Gentlemen,' if
you vote to Issue more than
one permit, you are doing Just
that, and doing it in the worst
possible way . , . forcing him
(Medford Airport Limousine
Service) lo die by Inches."
Putting Them Back
There is only room for one
limousine service at the air
port, Day said, since there is
not enough business for the
two companies to profitably
compete,
By rejecting Yellow Cab's
applicdtlon, the council would
nol be putting them out ot
business, he said, but "merely
putting them back where they
were when (he decision was
Outlined
cerns for lower interest. The
Lane County Housing authori
ty chose this latter course, he
said, and was able to obtain
just a 2.19 per cent interest
rate.
This low rate for private
capital is possible, he said,
because the federal housing
authority will underwrite the
bonds and ensure the investors
that the housing authority
will never default on them.
He emphasized the point
that the federal government
will continue to underwrite
the bonds for as long as the
housing authority uses the de
velopment for Its originally
intended purpose. That is, low
rent housing for low income
groups. .
. . (Continued on Pag $ A)
Sanitary Service ;
Company To Start
Land Fill Method
' The City Sanitary Service
company will soon start ex
perimenting with the sanitary
land fill method of garbage
disposal, according to terms
of a lease approved by t h e
Medford city council last
night.
Under the lease, the city
agreed to rent some land just
north of the existing White
City garbage dump area to
the City Sanitary service for
about four years.
The service agreed to pay
the city $250 a year in rent,
and to conduct the sanitary
land fill method of garbage
disposal on the property.
Sanitary land fill is a meth
od of garbage disposal where
by the garbage is dumped into
depressions in the ground,
compacted with sand or simi
lar material and covered daily.
It involves no burning.
Four Years Left
The service is still operat
ing under a 10-year non exclu
sive contract which has about
four years left to run. The
lease on the White City prop
erty will expire when the
franchise does. - ,
The company has apparent
ly dropped its request for a
10-year exclusive garbage dis
posal franchise after Mayor
John Snider vetoed a coun
cil ordinance to that effect
last month.
made to drive us out of bus
iness." This was an obvious infer
ence that Day and his clients
feci the Yellow Cab company
is trying to force them out of
business.
Hanson was In complete ac
cordance with Day's views,
but he was the only one.
Hanson said the Medford
Airport Limousine Service
"saw an opportunity to render
a new service (limousine) to
the airport and have done
the job and done It well,"
About to Parish
Yellow Cab started operat
ing Its limousine at the air
port following the Issuance
of a permit to the Medford
Airport Limousine service
early last srlng. Prior to that
they had been serving the air
port with cabs only.
Hanson said that because
of the extensive competition
at the airport, "one Is about
to perish." :
Van Sickle said he respect-M
Security Council
Tells Forces To :
Leave 'Speedily' (
U.S., Russia Trade ,
Warnings on Congo
United Nations, N.Y. - lUPD -The
Security Council unani
mously called on Belgium to '
day to withdraw Us forces
"speedily" from the Congo
and then turned to its next
cold war crisis Involving the
U.S. RB-47 shot down by '
Russia. .
United Nations, N.YJUPb
Russia declared today that '
th United Slates has been
"caught red-handed" In -sending
over Soviet terri
torial water an RB47 recon
naissance plane shot down '
July 1 by Russian fighters.
Soviet Deputy Foreign "
Minister Vasily V. Kusnel
sov said dispatch of the!
RB47 was "an act of ag
gression, an act of fore"
for which th United Statat
stood responsible.
The United States and Rus
sia, who gave the debate) '
ominous overtones by warn
ing each other to stay out
of the Congo, voted together
with the other nine members
of the council for a compro
mise resolution put forth by
Tunisia and Ceylon.
Russia, insisting it was not
frightened by the U.S.
warning, declined to press to .
vote its own resolution
which would - have labeled
Belgium an aggressor and .
given it a three-day time limit
to withdraw from the Congo.
The council started its de
bate Thursday without wait- '
ing for Congolese Premier Pa- :
trice Lumumba, who had
asked that it be delayed until
he could get here. The vote
came after midnight.
Premier Heads for N.Y.
Lumumba took off from
Leopoldville: for New York
today in a plane furnished by
Premier' Kwame Nkrumah of
Ghanar He planned a three-
day, layover at Accra to talk .
wth,. Nkrumah.. His arrival
time" in' New York was not '
' U.N.- Secretary-general -Da
Hammarskjold postponed hia
doparturo for - Leopoldville,
which has been scheduled for
early Sunday. He now
planned to take off Tuesday
on an Airican irip mai win
carry him to Leopoldville and
then to talks to Pretoria on
South Africa's racial segrega
tion policy.
The Tunisian-Ceylon reso
lution which won final ap
proval called on the Belgian '
government to "Implement .
speedily the Security Council
resolution of July 14, on the
withdrawal of their, troops
and authorizes the secretary
general to take all necessary
action to this effect." :
Before the vote, Soviet .
Deputy Foreign Minister Vas
ily V. Kuznetsov replied to
Ambassador Henry Cabot '
Lodge's warning of Wednes-
day . that the United States
and other U.N. members,
would "do everything that
may De necessary uj Keep.
Soviet troops out of the
Congo.
"If he expects to frighten ;
us, he is vastly mistaken,"
Kuznetsov said. "The Soviet
Union will answer all re
quests to provide assistance to
peoples struggling for libera
tion."
This drew from Lodge a
retort that his original state-'
ment "stands and Mr. Kuznet-,
sov might as well realize It."",
Thomas Kansa, the Congo's
31-year-old Delegate-designate
to the United Nations and one
of the few college graduates
in his country, thanked the ;
council for its vote. !
ed Hanson's opinion but said, .
"we (the council) ace wander-'
ing into the affairs of private
business."
Hanson and Van Sickle '
were involved in several
heated verbal exchanges dur
ing the course of the debate.:
Mayor John Snider and
Councilman Jimmy Dunlevy
were not present at the meet
ing. , I
Bolh companies were bound :
by terms'of the license to op-;
crate over fixed routes be-i
tween the downtown area,
hotels and motels and the air
port, Approved charges by
both companies Is $1 per pass-'
engc-r. . i r
ine Mectiora Airport Lim-:
ousine Service had asked for
permission to operate-. Into
residential areas, but the coun
cil was forced to deny the re;
quest because In that case it
would be Impossible to submit
a map of scheduled routes to
the city as required In the
limousine ordinance recently
approved by the council.