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MEDFORD
24 Paget
Completion
Of Freeway
Set in 1 963
The nrw Pacific Ireewny
through Medford mid the on
tire noiui vulley li tentative
ly scheduled lo bo completed
by 1003 -portions of 11 curlier.
1'innl drawings of the two free
way Interchanges with Med
lord were In the hands of city
officials Tuesday.
Tom KdwnrdB, atulc high
way dopartmont engineer In
Salem, told the Mull Tribune
that the freeway from Cenlrl
Point to Ashland should be
completed In 1002. It will be
done In three sections, he said,
t an approximate cost In ex
rea of million.
A fourth section past the
city of Ashland Is srhrduled
to be completed In 1963. he
added.
The Iwo Interchange with
Mcdlord will he located at
Crater Lake highway and at
Darnell rd. The city and atale
highway department had been
negotiating on their design
and location for more than
two ycora.
Called "Saliilactory"
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Duff called them "sllfac
tory" to the city adminlslra-
tlon.
Edwards noted that the free
way will generally follow
the roulo taken by Bear creek
through Medford to Ashland.
Besides the Medford Inter
changes there will he others
at Central Point and at Ash
land. Edwards said the contract
for the first of the three sec
tion, from Seven Oaks rd.,
north of Central Point, to
Jackson at., In downtown
Medford, will be let later this
year. This section will include
the Crater Lake interchange
and will cost more than 3
million, he noted.
According to requirement
tn the contract, he said, the
first part of this section, from
Seven Oaks rd. to Uie Crater
Lake Interchange, will have
tn be completed In 1061. The
rest of the section, tn Jackson
at., will have lo be completed
the following year, Edwards
said.
The second section of the
freeway will be an elevated
hrldge from Jackson at. over
Hawthorne Park lo 12th St., in
downtown Medford. Edwards
sold contracts for the bridge
will probably be lei later this
year.
The freeway In this section
will be elevated at a height of
aime 20 feet for an approxi
mate distance of 3,200 feet,
according to Edwards. He
h Id the bridge will cost over
SI million.
Third Section
The third section will ex
tend from 12th st. to Just
north of Ashland. Contracts
for this project will be let in
1061 and 1062, and will In
clude the Barnctt rd. Inter
change. The cosl will exceed
13 million, Edwards said.
Contracts tor grading a
fourth section of the freeway
by the city of Ashland, will be
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! - CKATER. LAKE 13GmW INTERCHANGE ( ! &f&?l SiCfe
CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE One of two Inter
changes connecting -the city of Medford with the proposed Pacific
freeway Is located al Iti intersection with Crater Lake highway,
in north Medford, State highway department officials said the
contract for the section of the freeway from Seven Oaks rd,, north
nf Cent I Point lo Jackson st., Including construction of the above
Interchange, shall he let later this year. A stipulation In the con
tract will require that the freeway to the Crater Lake Interchange
At o a
MEDFORD,
lei In 1062, he said, and the
paving conlrnvl will be lcl the
following year.
Edwards noted that the
completion dates are atlll ten
tative, as are the cost figures.
The Crater Lake highway
Interchange will have two ex
its and two entrances with the
freeway. The Harnett rd., In
terchange will have two exits
and four entrances.
Duff pointed out that a 10S7
agreement between the high
way department and the city
council for two on-off ramps
at Cottage and Jackson sts.,
between the interchanges, has
been canceled. He suid the
Bureau of Public Roads has
changed their standards since
1DS7 and will no longer sanc
tion these kinds of access
ways.
Home Rule Group
To Be Appointed
Some members for the
county home rule study com
mittee were to be appointed
by the Jackson county court
this afternoon, according to
County Judge Earl Miller.
The court will appoint four
members and the Jackson
county legislators will appoint
four. A ninth member will be
selected by the eight other
committee members., The
committee is to itudy a pos
sible, county charter under the
home ruler amendment to The
constitution passed in 1038.
The legislature adopted the
home rule amendment to give
counties more freedom from
the present subordination to
the state legislature and to
give counties legislative pow
er locally.
Should a home rule charter
be adopted by a vote of the
people. It would mean the
county would have legisla
tive powers similar to those
cities now have.
Forester Promoted
To Research Center
Jlni Fisher, farm forester
with the southwest district of
the state department of for
estry, has been promoted lo
the Oregon forest research
center at Corvallls.
He is lo report to his new
post on Aug. 1. Fisher will
handle public relations for the
center. He will edit research
bulletins and news releases,
No replacement for his po
sition here has been named.
Fisher has been farm forester
for the past year. He was a
technical assistant for the
southwest district for three
years. He also has written a
number of feature articles for
The Mall Tribune In recent
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1960
Lumumba Asks
U.S. To Help
Unify the Congo
Washington - lUM - Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba,
33, today asked for United
States help to make the Congo
a "unified, strong and demo
cratic" country.
The African leader made
the statement when he ar
rived at Washington National
airport in a drilling rain for
two days of talks with Secre
tary of State Christian A. Her
ter and other U.S. officials on
the future of his trlfe-lorn
young nation.
Receives 19-Gun Salul
After receiving a 19 -gun
salute, Lumumba said in an
airport speech:
"We wish the Republic of
Congo to be unified, strong
and prosperous. We desire
true democracy in our coun
try." Then he added he was "con
fident we will find in the
United States the aid wt de
sire." 'Cordial Relations'
He said he wanted lo "dis
sipate all misunderstandings"
and make clear his month-old
country wants "cordial and
correct relations with all
democratic countries."
Referring to the Congo dis
orders now being quieted by
the United Nations, Lumumba
said, "The recent unhappy
events which you all know
about were not our fault."
Lumumba was greeted by
Herlcr who told him his talks
here would bring "increasing
ly close and hencflcial" U.S.
ties with The Congo.
Police Agencies
' Police agencies throughout
Jackson county set up road
blocks last night hoping to
slop an armed man who rob
bed the Lazy J Motel just
south of Rogue River.
A young man armed with a
rifle reportedly look $36 from
Jim Leach, motel owner,
about 0:43 a.m. Leach said
he didn't notice or hear any
car in the driveway.
About 0:20 p.m. a man
answering the same general
description held up a Grants
Pass service station and left
on fool. Slate polio said he
tried to commandeer a car,
but did not know how suc
cessful he was.
The robber was described
as' six feet tall with light
brown curly hair, wearing a
tan car coat, levis and black
shoes.
Both road blocks and roving
patrols were set up, stale po
lice said. t
MEASURABLE RAIN
Medford and vicinity's long
spell this summer without
measurable precipitation end
ed yesterday, The local station
of the U.S. weather bureau re
ported .01 of an inch of rain
between 4:11 and 4:25 p.m.
yesterday, It was the first
measurable rain in 61 days.
The last was on June 26.
be complcied In 1061. The rest of the section lo Jackson st. will be
completed In 1962, The Crater Lake Interchange will require the
partial relocation nf both the Medco Logging railroad and Blddle
rd, Medford City Manager Robert Duff said the "looping" access
road from the freeway In Blddle rd., Is something the city admin
istration had been working tor. There will be two exits from the
freeway and two entrances.
Tribune
Ike Challenges
Kennedy, Nikita
Eisenhower
Defends His
Administration
International Amphitheater,
Chlcogo-iUPD-Prcsldcnt Eisen
hower, proudly defending his
years in the While House,
hurled a twin challenge Tues
day night at Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev and
Sen. John F. Kennedy.
In a speech which brought
the Republican National Con
vention to its emotional peak,
Eisenhower challenged Khru
shchev to worldwide elections
under United Natonj auspices
to find out whether mankind
wants lo live under freedom
or Communism.
To Kennedy, the Demo
cratic presidential nominee,
his challiengc was: Try to per
suade the American people to
turn against an administra
tion record of "unprecedented
prosperity . . . the strongest
security system in the world
. , . more Americans today
employed, at higher wages
and with more take-home pay
than ever before in our his
tory." Predicts Kennedy Defeat
Eisenhower predicted Ken
endy would lose and Khrush
chev would say "no."
"The truth the whole
truth", will lead the nation lo
elect a Republican to succeed
him, Eisenhower said, "and
that will be a blessing for
America."
At for "tli Soviet dicta
tor" rKfuthobev; . Eisenhower
said "I challenge him to make
this., test:
'One Simple Issue' "
"Will he agree to the hold
ing of tree elections under
the sponsorship of the United
Nations to permit people
everywhere In every nation
and on every continent, to
vole on one single, simple is
sue: "Thai issue is: Do you want
to live under a Communist re
gime or undep a free system
such as found in the United
States?"
Eisenhower answered his
own challenge. "You know
what the answer to that is
"No," he said. The delegates
roared "no," along with him.
Gov. Faubus Heads
For Fourth Term
Little Rock, Ark.-WPD-Gov.
Orval E. Faubus early today
won an overwhelming victory
in the Arkansas Democratic
primary assuring him an un
precedented fourth term as
governor.
With 2,226 of 2,327 pre
cincts reporting, unofficial to
tals gave Faubus 211,182
votes. His closest opponents
were Joe C. Hardin with S6,
500 votes and Bruce Bennett
with 52.825, H. E. Williams
polled 20,218 votes and Hal
Millsap Jr. polled 8,891.
Price 10 Cents
No. 110
Lightning Starts
Dozen New Fires
In East Oregon
By United Press International
Firefighters who have been
battling the blazes In eastern
Oregon for a week now, took
a deep breath today and re
newed the war, after more
lightning storms touched off a
dozen new fires.
But there was a cautious
note of optimism. Wallowa
Whitman National Forest
Supervisor Jack Smith said
the fircfighting picture in the
Forest "looks encouraging"
except for the threat posed
by the new lightning strikes.
Blue Mountain Area
The dozen new blazes re
sulted from a lightning storm
over the Blue Mountain area
west of Baker and La Grande.
The largest was a 200-acre
fire west of La Grande in the
Star key area. It was reported
under control this morning.
To the south, other but
smaller fires were manned In
the Baker area, and in the
Unity area south of Baker.
Some of these, including one
at the south edge of the Uma
tilla National Forest, were not
yet considered under control,
but were being held.
All but one of the lightning
strikes Tuesday were to the
southwest of the Anthony
Lakes fire," largest and most
troublesome fire in the Pacific
North-vest, touched off by an
earlier lightning scries a week
ago. '.' -:
Planner's Duties
Clarified For City
Ashland - Ashland city of
ficials discovered last night
that they have been mistaken
both about the duties of the
proposed Ashland planner
and the time needed to com
plete the work.
The group had apparently
been hoping for a full-time
citv planner who would be
able to advise the city on all
planning matters.
But Lloyd Anderson, plan
ning c o n s u 1 1 a n V for the
League of Oregon Cities,
made it quite clear that the
consultant would be more of
a research worker.
Facts gathered by the plan
ner will be used for a land
use map and later a land use
survey. With this information,
Anderson said, then a zoning
ordinance may be drafted.
Anderson suggested that
the present moratorium on
building in residential areas
other than single family con
struction be reviewed when
the planner has some data col
lected. The new zoning ordinance
and complete survey work
will take about a -year, he
said.
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TOGETHERNESS Smiling Republican jreakfast with the California delegation,
leaders Vice President Richard Nixon and Rockefeller agreed today to campaign for
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller Nixon from coast to coast 'n the forthcom-
wave to supporters as they arrive at Chica- ing campaign.
go's Sheraton-Towers hotel today for a (UPI Telephoto)
Board Discusses
Land Transfer
The Jackson county school
boundary board this afternoon
was scheduled to discuss the
background of a proposal to
transfer a parcel of land in
the Barnett rd. area from the
Phoenix to the Medford
school district.
Last week, the Jackson
county school reorganization
committee voted in favor of
the change. It was referred
to the county boundary board,
which is made up of the coun
ty .court and County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold. " '.v '
' County Judge Earl Miller
said the board "will merely
go over the minutes of the re
organization committee and
discuss last Wednesday's
meeting." He said no decision
on the proposal will be made
today.
The action of the reorgani
zation committee has brought
a protest from Phoenix school
board, which requested an
investigation at the stale level
before final approval to any
such change is made.
Letter to Salem
The Phoenix school board,
in a letter to Rex Putnam,
superintendent of the state
department of education, Sa
lem,' reviewed the financial
implications of transferring
the area from the Phoenix
district, and some of the back
ground of the Phoenix-Talent
district.
. The area proposed for trans
fer includes the Rogue Valley
Manor, which is now under
construction o n Barncburg
hill. The Phoenix board notes
that the $5V4 million struc
ture has a "potential $1,500,
000 assessed valuation."
The Phoenix board wrote:
"The transfer of this area is
quite obviously being engi
neered by Medford real estate
interests, and not by the Med
ford school district. The area
is just south of Medford, and
has recently been Included in
BARNETT ROAD INTERCHANGE The second of the two inter
changes between Medford and the new freeway Is located at Barnett
rd. This Interchange will be included In the section of the free
way from 12th st. to North of Ashland, The contract for this section
will be let sometime In 1961 and will be scheduled for completion
' In the fall of 1962. In the lower left nf the drawing may be seen
the partial relocation of the Bear creek channel which will be nec-
the Medford city limits. Prop
erty has been sold there with
the implication to the pur
chasers that the area would
he placed in the Medford
school district, and the chil
dren then would be eligible
to attend Medford schools a
few blocks away."
It also noted that the area
was in the Phoenix district be
fore it was annexed to the city
of Medford.
Specific Objectives
- Phoenix school board mem
bers felt the reorganization
committee's decision violated
two specific objectives of re
organization as set forth by
the state department of educa
tion. They are: ,
"A more efficient use of
public funds, by creation of
administrative school districts
which can furnish necessary
educational services at a rea
sonable cost.
"As great degree of equa
lization of financial resources
at the local level as can be
effected by school district re
organization." Frank Van Dyke, Medford
lawyer representing residents
in the Barnett rd. area desir
ing to transfer into the Med
ford district, said that "school
district reorganization on the
state level is not involved in
this controversy. This prob
lem, very properly, is strictly
local matter which should
be resolved in Jackson coun
ty, and Oregon law so pro
vides." .
Commenting on the Manor,
Van Dyke said it was so
placed "because of Medford
facilities available to it. Med
ford capital and Medford in
terests have planned, devel
oped and brought to realiza
tion the Rogue Valley Manor
project. It is an urban devel
opment and not a part of
rural area with which Phoe
nix has identified itself." ;
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Oregonians Want
V.P. Spot Open
To All Comers
Chicago - HIPD - The Repub
lican vice presidential nomi
nation should be open to all
comers VT.gon s 22-vote dele
gation decided today.
Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield,
who tried unsuccessfully to
get Nelson A. Rockefeller in
the No. 2 spot, said nomina
tions should not be limited.
' Hatfield will nominate
Richard Mr Nixon' for presi
dent at tonight s session.
Hatfield told the delegation
of a United Press Iaternation
al dispatch that Nixon wanted
United ' Nations 'Ambassador
Henry Cabot "Lodge as his
running mate.
One spokesman for the Ore
gon delegation said Lodge "is
not the choice of Oregon. un
less he's the choice of the vice
president."
A member of the Republi
can platform committee from
Oregon predicted the conven
tion will avoid a floor fight on
civil rights.
Shirley Field, delegate from
Portland and chairman of
the platform subcommittee on j
human affairs, said platform
proposals advanced by Nixon
would be accepted without a
floor challenge. r
Boy Hospitalized
Following Accident
Gregory Louis Gilbert. 0.
of 209 Eastwood dr., was tak
en to Rogue Valley hospital
prior to 8 o'clock this morn
ing for observation after the
)icycle he was riding hit the
rear of a car operated by
Vena Ray, 454 Haven st.
According to police,-the
automobile started to turn
into a driveway on the right
side of the street at 1117 East
Main st, when Gilbert hit the
right rear fender of the car.
He is being treated for a
minor head concussion, it was
reported.
BARN' I f r ROAD
essary wnen the freeway is constructed. This interchange ' will
have two exits from the freeway and four entrances. Medford
City Manager Robert Duff said that these drawings are final. They
were prepared by the state highway department and represent
more than two years of negotiations between the city and tht
department, Duff terms the Interchanges "satisfactory'' to the eltjr
administration.
Rockefeller Says
Hell Campaign
Coast to Coast
Goldwater Pulls Out
Of White House Race
Chicago-WPD-The last wispy
trace of opposition to Hicu..,d
M. Nixon evaporated today
and the Republicans prepared
to shout him into nomination
for President at tonight's cli
mactic fourth session of the
GOP National Convention. -.
Chicago - illPP-Vice Pih1
dent Richard M. Nixon to
day got Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller's agreement' to
campaign for Nixon from
coast to coast in the forth
coming campaign. ,
Only the question of Nix
on s running mate remained
to be settled and there was
little doubt he would be Nix- 1
on's own cnoice Henry Cabot
Lodge,' U.S. Ambassador to
the United Nations. - ; '
The choice of a vice presl- '
dential candidate had been
planned for tonight after the -presidential
balloting. : But
senators who conferred on t'e ;
matter with Nixon today said ;
the vote for second spot
would go over until Thurs- ,
day.
It had been Nixon for Pres-
ident all along, but supporters v
of Sen. Barry Goldwater of .
man of the party's conserva
tive wing, had planned to put
him In nomination.
luuay uuwwaicr &ata no.
He asked the Arizona dele
gates to keep him out of it
Nixon. '
He said he couldn't muster
enough votes for a real con
test and that he was afraid
his certain defeat would be
taken as a defeat for conser
vatism.
GOP National Chairman
Thruston B. Morton of Ken
tucky appeared to be the only
man with even an outsme
chance to getting the vice
presidential nod over Lodge.
' But Nixon wants Lodge and
President Eisenhower want
Lodge ; The vice, president
said, however, that he would
not mate his final choice until
tie consults with 25 or 30
party leaders after his own
nomination tonight.
Russ Vetoes Upset
Neutral Nations
United Nations, N.Y. -mt
Neutralist members of the
United Nations were reported
upset today at the Russia re
fusal to permit a check of
facts in the RB-47 incident.
Western diplomats said a
number of delegates who have
supported some Soviet posi
tions in the past were plainly
concerned inai me Russians
would not even let Interna
tional Red Cross representa
tives see the two survivors of
the plane, shot down July 1.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thundentormi lit
vtcintty this even Ins and rin
Thursday afternoon and eve
Ins. Continued hot. Low tonight
CZ. Hifh Thursday 95-100.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest this Morning M 5
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today' T:3T p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:59 a.m.
Moons et tonight 9:41 p.m.
First Quarter July 31
131 million miles now separate
the Earth and the planet, Man.
Rising at 12:41 a.m.,
.Mars has become brighter than
the star, Altair. ,
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