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WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Ei
senhower confers with his press secretary,
James Hagerty, at the White House this
Ike's Message
Attracts Cries
Of Politics
-Washington flJPD President
Eisenhower's special message
to Congress today drew cries
of politics from the Demo
cratic standard bearers.
r John F. Kennedy, Demo
cratic presidential nominee,
aaid the Eisenhower list of
legislation that should be pass
ed "is not unexpected in an
election year."
President Challenged
Kennedy challenged the
President to get at least half
the Republicans to support a
"responsible p r o g r a m" to
meet the needs he outlined.
He said if that is done the
Democrats would do their
part.
The Massachusetts senator's
statement followed a charge
by Kennedy's running mate,
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson, that the
Eisenhower program was a
"panicky" attempt to embrace
the Democratic platform.
No Comment by Nixon
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, the Republican presi
dential nominee, said he might
have something to say about
the prospects of the Presi
dent's program later. But he
would not comment on the
message itself. ,
Sen. GOP Leader Everet M.
Dirksen (111.) said Eisenhower
"properly reminded Congress
In the message of the legisla
tion he recommended last
January." But he would not
predict the fate of the pro
gram, except for the civil
rights portion! He indicated
(hat part of the program had
little chance.
Ashland Firemen
Held to Fight Blaze
Ashland-Twenty-lhree Ash
land firemen aided state for
estry crews Saturday after
noon in extinguishing a 10
acre grass fire on the Ashland
mine road just outside the
City limits. ,
I Firemen sent a large pump
er truck and a pickup with
pumper tank to the scene at
2:53 p.m.
' Cause of the blaze, fire
men said, was improper burn
ing of trash.
A spokesman said the fire
was potentially dangerous in
that it could have gotten out
of control in the canyon and
possibly become as serious as
last August's major forest fire
in the same area.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair lonieht and
Tuesday except some afternoon
cloudiness Tuesday. Low tonight
58. High Tuesday 100.
; Temp.
Highest Yesterday 104
Lowest This Morning 59
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ?:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:12 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 8:27 p.m.
Last Quarter Aug. 13
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, low In
Southwest 10:55 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets ':39 P-m.
Jupiter, due south .... 8:34 p.m.
Saturn, due south 9:56 p.m.
Mars, rises 12:20 a.m.
Two Fires Near Klamath;
Hootowl Schedules Set
By United Press International
Two fires erupted in grass
lands and timber near Kla
math Falls over the week end
as temperatures soared and
the humidity dropped.
The largest fire was 45
miles east of Klamath Falls
Sunday. It raged over some
2,240 acres of timberland. The
second fire, seven miles north
of the city, was pushed into
timberland by a strong wind.
About 40 acres of timber were
morning prior to reading his special message
to Congress. The message contained a wide
ranging package of legislative proposals.
(UPI Telephoto)
Fidel Castro Warns
Catholic Church on
Denouncing Regime
Havana-WPD-Premier Fidel
Castro's regime warned the
Roman Catholic church today
that it would "definitely
achieve nothing" by denounc-
Rogue Valley May
Get Natural Gas
Pipeline in 1961
"It is hoped that the Rogue
Valley will have natural gas
available by pipeline by De
cember, 1961," M. E. Sands,
vice president and division
manager of California-Pacific
Utilities company's southern
Oregon division here, said to
day. ; .
The tentative dale of 17
months from now for the com
pletion of the pipeline to the
Rogue valley was set Satur
day, following the Federal
Power Commission's authori
zation Friday of the importa
tion of nearly 600 million
cubic feet of Canadian natural
gas a day for the Pacific
Northwest and California.
A 1,400-mile pipeline "will
be constructed from Canada
to northern California. Pacific
Gas Transmission, a'subsidiary
of Pacific Gas and Electric
company, will build a 36-inch
pipeline from Kingsgate, B.C.,
to 18 miles east of Klamath
Falls. '' .'
The gas in Oregon, Wash
ington, and Idaho will be dis
tributed by El Paso Natural
Gas company. ')
January Agreement
Last January the California
Pacific Utilities company and
El Paso Natural Gas company
made an agreement concern
ing the construction of a
natural gas pipeline to the
Klamath Falls city limits from
the main line (approximately
18 miles). The line, to be con
structed by the El Paso com
pany, will be of sufficient size
and capacity to provide the
natural gas requirements of
Klamath Falls, Ashland, Med
ford, Grants Pass, and inter
vening territory.
The 18 - mile line into
Klamath Falls is now awaiting
EPC approval, Sands said. He
added that the route" of the
pipeline from Klamath Falls
to the Rogue valley has not
been determined. Further ac
tion now awaits approval of
the pipeline into Klamath
Falls.
Liquified petroleum gas is
now brought to the Medford
area by railroad.
E. H. Mann Named
To Advisory Council
Salem - IUPD - E. H. Mann,
Medford,. was named a mem
ber of the State Advisory
Council on Unemployment
Compensation by Gov. Mark
Hatfield today. He replaces
E. R. Jackman, Corvallis, who
resigned.
destroyed before airmen from
Kingsley Air Force Base and
loggers controlled it.
Throughout Oregon, loggers
were working on a hootowl
schedule starting early in
morning and quitting at 1 p.m.
Authorities said hootwol op
erations would be in effect in
parts of Clatsop, Tillamook,
Yamhill, Washington, Colum
bia, Polk, Linocln, Benton
and Douglas counties. Close-
outs were already in effect
in Coos and Curry counties.
ing the government as Com
munist. The Castro-controlled news
paper Revolucion drew the
battle lines between the gov
ernment and the church
whose- members heard at
every Sunday mass a pastoral
letter signed by Cuba's cardi
nal and nine bishops con
demning the "increasing Com
munist" tendencies of the re
gime.. Coincides With Seizure
The counter attack on the
church coincided with the
seizure hj militiamen of the
nearly $1 billion worth of
American-owned property
that was formally expropri
ated Sunday by Castro in a
bitter anti-American speech.
Revolucion quoted an arti
cle by French Catholic writer
Claude Julian who was re
ported to have said that "if
the church -goes against the
Cuban revolution the one who
will, lose will be the church."
The newspaper said that
this was because the Cuban
people were "religious" but
"revolutionary" and that"rev
olutionary Catholics . . . can
not be deceived with false
hoods." Incidents Touched Off
Revolucion said the pas
toral letter was "using as a
pretext the worn out theme of
Communism to make the revo
lution the victim of unjust at
tacks." It said that the read
ing of the letter touched off
incidents in several churches
among -worshippers loyal to
Castro, and that police were
called to protect priests in at
least five churches around
Havana.
The church declaration
against the regime was a vir
tual battle call since Castro
has said many times that anti
Communism in Cuba is "counter-revolutionary."
Hot Weather To
Continue Here
Anyone who feels -that Med
ford's streak of 100-plus de
gree weather is too hot for
him and wants to cool off
might try the South Pole.
While Medford and vicinity
sweltered at 104 degrees yes
terday, the South Pole had a
maximum of 62 degrees below
zero. Its minimum was 76 be
low. The Medford vicinity may
have its third straight day of
100-plus weather today, the
U.S. weather bureau station
at the airport indicated. Fore
cast for this' afternoon was
for. 102 to 104 degrees. One
hundred degree reading is
foreseen again on Tuesday.
The sizzling streak began on
Saturday when the mercury
rose to 103 at the airport
weather station, 10 degrees
above the maximum of the
previous day.
Medford at 104 yesterday
was not the hot spot of the
state or nation. Neighboring
Grants Pass registered 105
decrees. Thermometers rose
to 114 yesterday at Blythe,
Calif., and 113 at Needles.
Calif. Lowest temperature in
the country was 27 at Fraser,
Colo.
Yesterday's 104 equaled the
all-time high for Aug. 7. The
temperature was that hot on
the same date of 1959.
Mrs. Taft Freed
Of Murder Charge
Pasadena, Calif. -UIPD- Mrs.
Martha Ann Taft, 30, a so
cialite, today was acquitted of
a murder charge in the ham
mer slaying of her husband,
William H. Taft, a distant
relatives of the late President
William Howard Taft.
Mammarskjold Warns on
Possibility of World War
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1960 No. 120
Drownings Take
Lives of Three
During Week End
By United Press International
Drownings claimed the lives
of at least three persons in
Oregon during the week end.
The victims have been iden
tified as Linda Faye Carter,
18, Portland; Donna K. Vow
ell, 8, Lyons, and Albert A.
Freeman, Portland.
The Carter girl drowned in
the Clackamas river near the
Carver bridge Sunday after
noon. According to witnesses
she lost her footing while
wading in above five feet of
water and disappeared under
the water. The body was lo
cated in 10 feet of water.
On Family Outing
The Vowell girl drowned in
the water of the Little North
Fork of the Santiam river
Sunday afternoon. The girl's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clint
Vowell, told Marion County
Sheriff's deputies that the
family had been at an outing
at Taylor's Grove park near
Mehama.
Freeman, a polio cripple,
drowned in the Columbia
river near Sundial beach Sat
urday night after falling over
board when the boat in which
he was riding hit the wake of
a power boat.
Traffic Claims, Three
Three persons also died in
Oregon traffic accidents dur
ing the .week end. Ronald
Frederick Stark. 17, Sher
wood, was fatally injured
Sunday when his car and a
freight train collided about
one mile southeast of Six Cor
ners, near Sherwood.
Nina King,1 9, wapato,
Wash., was killed in-the col
lision of a car and heavy
truck and trailer near Gresh
am Saturday night.
Maurine Labelle Breaker,
48, Forest Grove, was killed
Sunday night when her car
collided near Rickreal with
one driven by James Berg, 19,
Springfield.
County's Share 01
0 and C Money Told
Jackson county will receive
an allocation of $2,549,345 for
this fiscal year of Oregon and
California money, it was
learned today. The amount is
$234,675 more than last year.
The amount to be received
by Jackson county will be
the second largest payment
to be received by a county
this year. Largest payment
will go to Douglas county,
$4,082,529.
The other two O and C
counties to receive more than
million dollars each are
Lane, $2,508,698 and Jose
phine, $1,954,281.
Total amount to be distrib
uted this fiscal year is $16,
258,578, an increase of nearly
1V4 million dollars.
New
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Sanitary
Asked to
On Creek
The slate sanitary authori
ty will be asked to read and
comment on the Jackson coun.
ty water pollution fact find
ing committee's recent study
on Bear creek.
The authority will be asked
to refer its comments to the
state water resources board,
according to the resolution
made this morning during the
board's meeting in Medford.
Board Chairman Robert
Root, Medford, said the board
is interested in the vecent re
port since it was done on lo
cal initiative. The board is
also interested in similar
problems affecting other
areas and establishing local
committees to deal with those
problems, he explained.
Following a summary of
the report by fact finding
committee chairman Russell
W. DeForcst, Medford attor
ney, Root asked of the com
mittee's membership might
be broadened in the future
to take in representatives of
industries affected by the re
port. '
People to Serve
The problem is to find peo
ple willing to serve, DeForest
replied. Aim was to get a
"more or less disinterested
membership "without an axe
to grind," the chairman ex
plained furthers ' , ,
DeForest said he knew of
only one complaint made dur
ing the study, which accused
it of being a . "witch hunt."
This complaint, voiced In a
letter to the county court, said
committee personnel should
have personally inspected pol
lution sources, and made
chemical analyses.
This would have been
very expensive. As it was the
study cost only $27," DeFor
est pointed out.
DeForest aid he under
stood that the state sanitary
authority has checked the af
fect of herbicides and insecti
cides on streams, but know
of no such inspection of Bear
creek.
Enforcement Problem ;
The big problem is engorce-
ment of anil-stream pollu
tion laws due to lack of per
sonnel in the state sanitary
he said.
A request has been made
the state legislature for two
more men to cover the south
western Oregon area for the
sanitary authority, the board
informed DeForest.
. Once Bear creek is cleaned
up, the public will probably
be careful not to dump trash
along the stream banks, the
pollution fact finding commit
tee chairman said. Its present
unclean, untidy state, invites
trash dumping, he noted.
During the year-long study,
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the committee invited in rep
resentatives of agriculture,
fruit industry, cities, gravel
companies and other groups
who contribute to the stream
pollution. As an immediate
result gravel companies did
install settling basins in their
operations in the stream and
some abatoirs did try to col
lect the animal blood before
dumping their waste, the
chairman pointed out.
Minimum Stream Flow
It's an error to state poli
cy not to require a minimum
stream flow for public use,
but it is probably too late to
correct that error now, De
Forest added. A 25 cubic feet
per second stream flow would
help eliminate pollution,
maintain a good trout fishery
and allow other recreational
uses, he said.
Under questioning by board
members, Walter Hoffbuhr,
Talent Irrigation district man
ager, indicated that purchase
of the required annual
amount toensure the mini
mum stream flow needed,
would be the only guaran
teed way. The 25 cubic feet
per second feet would cost
$27,000 for a 90 day period
he said.
.. Board-.:, members compli
mented DeForest and his
committee on . the "compre-
ihensive report;" , ,
Other Business
; During other business the
water resources board unani
mously approved a motion re
fusing an application and
preliminary permit by Con
sumers Power Inc. to estab
lish a project on North San
tian river, following a recom
mendation by board member
LaSelle E. Coles, Prineville.
A hear on application of
Portland General Electric
company for a license to op
erate the Round Butte proj
ect on the Deschutes river
will be held Sept. 9 in the
Portland state office build
ing. ,
David C. Hendrix, Jackson
county watermaster, said he
has no present problems in
administering water rights in
the Rogue river basin. How
ever, as more use permits are
granted by the state engi
neer domestic water users'
rights may have to be cut
back to allow required Irri
gation and power use of the
Rogue river.
Van Dyke at WOE
Meeting in Seattle
Frank J. Van Dyke, Med
ford, past chairman of ' the
Western Interstate Commis
sion for Higher Education, is
attending the annual meeting
of the commission now under
way in Seattle.
Other Oregon commissioner
attending the session is Mrs.
Edna Scales, Sandy. .
The Western Interstate com
mission was set up by 13
Western states to promote In
terstate cooperation in higher
education, particularly in
graduate, professional, and
technical fields and in the
health professions.
During the two day meet
ing the commissioners will
hear 'program reviews on the
commission's program in the
health sciences and plan for
the coming year.
Speakers will include Rob
ert C. Anderson, director,
Southern Regional Education
board, Atlanta, Ga., and Rob
ert H. Kroepsch, director, New
England Board of Higher edu
cation. The 1959 annual meeting
was held In Medford.
Hayward,,Wis. -HIPI1- Jubiel
Wlckhelm, a "bull of the
woods" from Sooke, B. C,
Sunday won his fourth na
tional log rolling champion
ship In five years, defeating
Richard Moore, Lewiston,
I Idaho, in the finals.
Belgian Troops
Musi Withdraw,
Council Told
UN Secretary
Outlines Views
United Nations, N. Y. -UPH-
Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold warned today that
world war might erupt unless
Belgian troops withdraw com
pletely from the Congo as
speedily as possible. ,
Hammarskjold told a crisis
session of the United Nations
Security Council that the
immediate solution of the
Congolese problem is a ques-
lon of peace or war and
added:
I do not limit my perspec
tive to the Congo."
Cooperation Lacking
Hammarskjold, who return
ed Saturday night from per
sonal supervision of the U.N.
opera tion at Leopoldville,
criticized Belgium, the Con
golese central government,
authorities in dissident Ka
tanga province, and "other
quarters" for not cooperating
wun tne world organization in
its effort to avert a major con
flict in Africa.
Wants No Interference
Although he did not men
tion Russia by name, he said
the U.N. effort could not be
helped by a threat by "one or
more powers to take matters
into their own hands and
pursue a separate course."
Hammarskjold said Belgium
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possible withdrawal" of its
troops to permit the Congolese
people "to choose freely their T ,. " " i"s'i .'" ." .
orientation in the world of to- Latin America' urgently requested before the Economic Con
day" without Interference erence .o American Republics meeting Sept. Z, at Bogota,
from any quarter - East or Columbia. - .
West.
Committee Fells
Exchange Plans
Tentative plans lo exchange
a person from Medford for a
resident of Alba, Italy, were
made today by the People to
People committee.
Members of the committee
also prepared the first friend
ship pouch of letters to Alba
for mailing.
It was not decided whether
a high school student, college
student or adult will be ex
changed. Preliminary steps to
have a student from Alba
come to Medford have already
been made independently by
the Medford Rotary club.,
Much of the planning for
the exchange cannot be done
until the committee deter
mines how the project will be
financed.
Purpose of the sister city
project - is to encourage a
better understanding between
the residents of the two cities.
Salem - IUPII - Office appoint
ments, will take up most of
Gov. Mark Hatfield's time this
week.
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MAN OF YEAR John B. H. Leycn, (right) known political commentator, was the guest
mayor of Rogue River, received the Man speaker for the presentation ceremonies,
of the Year award Saturday night In Rogue Five persons were nominated for the award
River from Maxwell Thayer, originator of this year,
the trophy. Dan Smoot, (center) nationally
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Proposals Listed
For Legislation
Washinglon-IUPIl-President
day to act on a big legislative
session, including additional
, . The President outlined his recommendations in a special
message read to the Senate, which reconvened today.
The politically touchy civil rights proposals were among
22 recommendations laid down by the President for action
by the Democratic-controlled Congress in advance of the
presidential election.
In presenting his "must" list of legisation, the President
urged Congress to "stay on the job" until it is passed.-'
Help for Aged Gets High Priority '
"Certainly we cannot adjourn the public interest," he said
in a pointed reference to the fact that this is an election year.,
Eisenhower gave high priority to a request for "assistance
to older people to meet serious illnesses."
But the Chief Executive warned he would not hesitate to
use his full powers a veto to block "reckless spending
schemes" that would fuel the fires of inflation or throw the
federal budget out of balance.
- He reported that he had ordered development of a much
longer range version of the Polaris missile but would need
no additional defense funds. He promised a prompt request
for additional funds if he should find them to be necessary.
Power To Be Kept Second To None
"Once again I assure the Congress that this nation's mill-'
lary power is second to none and will be kept that way,"
Eisenhower said in a back-handed comment on what looms
as one of the biggest political issues of the 1960 campaign.
In detailing his recommendations, the President said that
only one major bill dealing with civil rights had been
passed in the area of domestic affairs before Congress re
cessed for the national political conventions.
He said even that bill omitted two major provisions which
he advocated and that he hoped those provisions "will now
be restored in keeping with the bipartisan support evidenced
for these items last month."
This referred to the 1960 platforms adopted by the Demo
cratic and Republican national conventions last month.
The two provisions Eisenhower had in mind were propo.
sals to provide federal grants to school districts to help in
racial desegregation efforts and his recommendations to
make the Committee on Government Contracts a permanent
agency. This committee, now headed by Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon, seeks to end racial discrimination in hiring
workers by companies working on government contracts.
Money for Foreign Aid Requested
Other Eisenhower legislative'recommendalions:
The full $4,175,000,000
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Federal aid for construction of facilities for public
schools and colleges and universities. ' ' ' ' ' -i : ' '
A program to help the aged meet the cost of serious
illness. ,.;'-. , .
"A moderate upward adjustment" of the minimum wage.
now $1, and expanded coverage of the law.- .- i
A program to help economically depressed areas
"Constructive measures to meet exlstine farm nmh.
lems." ''
Authorizing 40 new federal judgeships. "
Seek Federal Gas Tax Increase 1
Financing to avoid delays in the interstate highway
program, meaning a renewal of the President's request fora
one-half cent increase in the federal gasoline tax.
Increasing the aviation fuel tax to provide more funds
for airway modernization.
Removal of the interest rate ceiling on long-term
government bonds. '
A postal rale Increase "to avoid saddling the next ad
ministration and taxpayers generally, wholly unjustifiably,
with a postal deficit nearing a billion dollars a year." ,
Liberalization of immigration laws.
Continued government reorganization power for the
President. ' ...
Senate ratification of the Antarctica treaty.
Chamber of Commerce
Ashland - The Ashland
Chamber of Commerce - is
sponsoring guided tours of
scenic Lithia park each Mon
day and Friday throughout
the Shakespearean FestivaL
season.
Chamber Secretary , Mrs.
Velma Jones today termed
the tours "very successful"
Hi 1
nts in
Eisenhower asked Coneress to
program, at its post-convention,
civil rights legislation.
which he requested for the for-
- .
Sponsors Guided Tours
and said an average of about
15 persons, including local
residents as well as Festival
visitors, have been taking the
tours daily.
Those interested in the
tours should meet at the
chamber office on the Plaza
at 10 a.m. either of the two
days. There is no charge.