Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 10, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextflmwM Mliigs Burned 1 100 km IFire m President Fields Questions During Press Conference Ike Replies To Democratic Critics Washington - IUPI) - Presi dent Eisenhower said pmnhat ically todav Coneress rannnt take the view that politicking is more important than the national interest. The President also told his news conference that it was a little bit silly for Democratic critics to accuse him of un loading new programs on -ungress wnen ne merely had restated recommendations he made during the preconven tion session of Congress. He made another reply to Democratic critics - specif ically Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic presidential nominee - when he said there was nothing in the economic picture now to indicate that recession or depression is in the offing. Eisenhower fielded a num ber of qur-sti jfis about the cur rent precampaign session of Congress when he met with 205 newsmen for his first news conference in five weeks. Defends Legislative Program Eisenhower said he stood for a number of"things which were reflected in the 22-point legislative program he sent to Congress Monday and he was not deserting those positions now. In other news conference comments, the President said: -He had not frozen $621 million in defense funds as charged by Senate Democrat ic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress cut some items in his defense budget, he said, and increased others and the result requires a lot of study so that the question of im pounding appropriated money was not before him in those terms. -This country's patience may be running out in refrain ing from nuclear tests in the face of discouraging disarm ament negotiations with Rus sia. But he said the United Stale would not under any circumstances conduct tests in the atmosphere which might cause worldwide worries over health. Calls It Propaganda -Soviet Premier N i k 1 1 a Khrushchev's proposal for the heads of stale of all United Nations members to attend the General Assembly meet ing next month was obviously propaganda. He has given no thought to a meeting with Khruschev if the Soviet lead er should come to the U.N. but might suggest one if he thought it would be useful. -Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson, the adminis tration's political target in the farm belt, has embraced pro grams that the President be lieves to be correct and it wouli be a betrayal of his own views if he regretted keeping Benson in the cab inet. -During the presidential campaign, he will do what ever he can do for the Nixon Lodge ticket whose election he thinks would be for the good of the country. But his activity would not necessarily mean making a set of partisan speeches. He thinks Vice Pres ident Kichard M. Nixon and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge can take care of them selves very well, Senate To Ratify Antarctic Treaty . Washington flfPI The Sen- ale, voted today to ratify the 12nation Antarctic treaty which is designed to preserve the area tor peaceiui pur poses. ' Salem - WPD - A plaque honoring Cornelia Marvin Pierce, Oregon's first state li brarian, has been presented to the Slate iiDrary. Testimony Testimony ended yesterday in the second hearing on the proposed California Oregon Power company rate increase. The state public utilities com mission staff spent the day presenting their analysis of the testimony which Copco officials presented at the previous hearing. The testimony from both hearings wiil now be-studied by the Oregon PUC commis sioner and a judgment will be made. PUC examiners could give no estimate when this decision will be reached. Copco's strongest objection was to a PUC staff suggestion that lines between Oregon and California be metered. This was designed to give a better check on power usage In the two state? snouio mere 'GIANT BLOW TORCH' The oil tanks on the Albert and Frank Straus dairy farm appear to be a "giant blow . torch" as they burn in Tuesday's fire on th" north r'-1 of Lower Table Rock. The 1,100-acre fire destroyed a considerable amount of supplies and equipment on inc iu...i Alaskans Favor Retaining Juneau As State Capital Anchorage, Alaska - (UPD - With about two-thirds of the votes counted in the Alaska primary election, residents of the 49th state appeared to have voted in favor of retain ing the state capital in the colorful gold mining town of Juneau, 1 With approximately two- thirds of the estimated vote counted, United Press Inter national tabulations showed 14,898 votes against the cap ital move ' initiative and 10,- 620 votes for the measure. The initiative would have moved the capital from Ju-. neau where it has been-located for the past 54 ears, 570 miles northwest in the vicini ty of Anchorage. Democrats Win Democrats swept across the primary ballot with an over whelming majority. Incumbent Sen. E. L. Bart- lett, unopposed for the Demo cratic nomination, garnered 14,578 votes out of a total of 20,340 cast. The Republican who will oppose Bartlett in the Novem ber general election will be Dr. Lee McKinley, a dentist from Anchorage who defeat ed Fairbanks labor leader Lawrence Brayton. In the Democratic race for the House of Representatives. incumbent Rep. Ralph Rivers trounced Kenai Peninsula homesteader David Boyer. The closest race was be tween Fairbanks newspaper man Jack Ryan with 2,460 voles to 2,306 for Anchor age accountant Ron , Rettig for the GOP nomination for the House. ' ' Nuns Attend First Sisters' Conference Portland -(UPII- Some 225 nuns from 10 stales and Brit ish Columbia were expected today for the first annual Sis ters' Conference on Spiritual ity on the University of Port land campus. The conference ends Saturday. Ends on Copco's Rate Request be future rate change hear ings. Cost of the meters would be about $250,000 and would produce results which would not be much more accurate than present estimates, H. P. Bosworth Jr., vice president and assistant to the general manager, testified. Local residents were also given a chance to speak and ask questions. Four were present to do so and a petition protesting the rale increase was presented on behalf of K. M. Byers, Rogue River, who was unable to be present. The 83 signers of the peti tion were from Rogue River, Grants Pass and Cave Junc tion. Copco's television adver tising and bonus offers for appliance purchaser! were Officials Discuss Enforcement Of Dog Control Law Medford city officials and county court members agreed this morning, following a dis cussion, to proceed cautiously in enforcement of the dog con trol law. City Attorney Joel B. Rced- er interpreted the law as pri marily protecting livestock from dogs, dogs with muzzles can run at large, according to the law, which does not pro tect yards and gardens, it was pointed out. The law exempts dogs used for, herding live stock. Dogs under the con trol" of their masters, do not have to be leashed, Reeder pointed out. The law should be . en forced up to its limits, but- not beyond that," the Medford city attorney suggested. Candidates File For Ashland Posts Ashland Ashland Mayor Richard L. Neill said today his campaign for re-election would be based on "my past record" and "continued pro gress" for the city. Neill yesterday filed a peti tion for re-election to another four-year term in a move that came as a surprise to many Ashland residents. His decision to run, he said, came after "many people" had expressed "d i s a ppoinment" that he was not going to seek re-election and had urged him to run again. Two other candidates, W. R. Brown and Norman Lindahl, have filed for the mayor's post. Aug. 29 is filing dead line. Three city council seals, those of Glenn Revel, Emmett Whitham, and George Ward, also will be up for grabs in the November balloting. Neill said he planned to turn in a petition for Ward later today Recorder Dargelt also said today that Frank Barnthouse has filed a petition to seek re election as city park commis sioner. among- the cniei areas or criticism by residents present. Most vocal of these protests came from Frank Koch, Cen tral Point and Mrs. Howard F. Todd, Eagle Point. But these expenditures are considered proper advertising expenditures by the PUC staff, according to Al Wickert of the PUC staff. These bonus offers tend to encourage the use of electric power and thereby bring more profit to the company rather than lax the existing rate payers, he said. Mrs. cTodd also protested the equal' rates in California and Oregon. Although it costs more to deliver power lo Cali fornia, the company feels that an equal "postage stamp" rate be charged. cnargea. Company officials hava ex - If- , As 1 before being brought under control about a p.m. Cause of the blaze has been contributed to a spark from a state highway department tractor working along the highway. Other equipment and buildings were lost in the fire by nearby ranchers along Highway 234. Both County Judge Earl Miller and Medford City Man ager Robert A. Duff agreed that enforcement of the dog control law is "a burden prin cipally on the county." Reeder said, "I feel certain thai the city can gel into dog control on lis own. However, Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin point ed out that the county has the only dog. pound. At present Medford police call the Coun ty Dog Control Officer Chris Hagler to pick up dogs should be continued, it was agreed. Ashland Patrol Hagler noted that he would also have to patrol Ashland at night. Medford and Ashland are the most trouoiesome spots in the county, he said. Hagler said he has two wagons and a staff of three full time and one part-time person. Some of these may have to be dismissed due to lack of funds, he pointed out. Those attending the meeting today seemed uncertain if the fines collected could be used for hiring personnel. The state law specifies $10 for first of fense and $25 for second of fense for allowing dogs to run at large illegally. Champlin pointed out that Medford po lice do not have sufficient per sonnel to act as dog control officers and are chiefly con cerned with vicious dogs. Another Crew Needed The temporarily large crews used to enforce the dog license provision of the state law seemed effective. Perhaps another such crew could be used for a period to enforce the dog control laws and get people in the habit of keeping their dogs off the street, it was suggested. The group agreed that many voters did not realize what they were voting on when the dog control measure was passed in Kay. They added that there was and continues to be consider able confusion over the dog control measure. County Clerk Marvin Maddan said to day he has one county-wide petition against dog control but it does not contain suffi cient names to be effective. plained this rate lo be similar lo postage rales. The same four cents is paid for a stamp whether the letter is to go across town or across the na tion. Mrs. Tood said that she felt that it was unjustly discrimin tory for Oregon power users to subsidize California custom ers. To prevent this, she asked that an interim rate be estab lished until metering equip ment can give data to estab lish unequal rales. Also heard was Alva A. Walker, Gold Hill, a represet ative of the Gold Hill Grange. Walker said that the company was taking the path of least resistence by increasing resi dential rales and suggested that an Increase in commercial 1 ate. rates would be more appropri- .ill -c 1 frvv ? .1 suss! t . $ W Motion To Set Aside Indictments Denied by Court A motion lo sel aside em bezzlement indictments against O. H. Bengtson, Med ford lawyer, in the Medford Escrow case, was denied by Circuit Judge James M. Main this morning. The motion was based on an alleged error in the list ing of witnesses who appear ed before the Jackson county grand jury. Richard Carney, Portland, with Robert A. Boy er, -Medford, represented Bengtson. This morning Judge Main granted Bengtson until Aug. 17 lo file a demurrer and memorandum, and Gerald Scannell, deputy district at torney, until Aug. 24 to file his answer and a memoran dum. Arguments on the de murrer will be heard on Aug. 29 at 10 a.m., Judge Main said. Asked if he had any objec tions, Scannell said he would like "to speed up the case as much as possible, otherwise it will drag into September, October and November." "Boyer and Holmes are rep resenting the defendant and it's possible Holmes could be elected district- attorney which would put him in the position of both prosecuting and defending the case, Scannell said. (Alan . B. Holmes, Republican, is run ning against Scannell, a Dem ocrat, in November's general election for district attorney). Indictment Returned Smiling, Judge Main re plied, "I don't think counsel need be concerned over that problem." (Holmes has disas sociated himself from the case). A grand jury returned an indictment against Bengtson charging he took $3,701.14 il legally from the company funds on or about Oct. 21, 1951, and in another indict ment charged he took $1,700 on or about Feb. 2, 1960. The same grand jury also returned an indictment that Rachel Peterson Carter, Jacksonville, took $224.81 on or about May 14, 1958, from company funds. Mrs. Carter has requested time in which to obtain out of town coun sel. Th sfalp has evidence lo show in. the $3,701 case that the money was used lo pay in part a malpractice claim and in the $1,700 case that (hf mnnnv was Used to Day nrpmiums for a Dersonal life insurance policy belonging to Bengtson, scannen saia mis morning following the argu ments in circuit court. High Court Affirms Bod Conviction Salem - TO - The Oregon Court today affirm ed the Benton county convic tion of Wayne Bodi on a man slaughter charge. Bodi had been convicica oi killing a 4'4 month old girl bv beating the baby on the face and head. V 1 fl 1 r v-t w v i If - HOLOCAUST as flames trolled through two farm Strang-Deucl farm, firemen their efforts on saving other Regional Edition mmmm .lift;:!. MedfordMTribune 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1960 No. 122 WEATHER FORECAST: Fair InniRht mid Thursday. Low tonight &2. High Thursday 02. Highest Yesterday 1(10 Lowest this Morning 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:20 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... .1:14 a.m. Moonrlsc tonight .... 9:34 p.m. Last Quarter Auc. 13 The planet Mars rises 12:15 a.m. it ts now moving near Aide, baran In (he constellation. Tau rus, and Is a bit brighter than niai star. School Addition Plans Discussed By School Board Proposed . plans for the senior high school classroom and boys' physical education addition, teacher resignations and elections and the award ing of bids for school supplies were among the items dis cussed Tuesday evening at the Medford school board meeting. Following a discussion by the board with the architect on the classroom and physical education addition, the board instructed the superintendent and architect to study and revise the plans so they will be within the money availa ble for the project. Resignations were accepted by the board from Edamae Adamson, Edna Stewart and Norma Grossman. New teach ers hired were Corinne Kane, intermediate; Gordon Brad shaw, high school English, and Alice Saunders, elemen tary orchestra. Contracts were awarded for supplies lo the following com panies: Simplex, Portland, time clock and bell at Griffin Creek school, $927;. Mobile Oil company, Medford, oil and lubricants, $587.06; Don McCurdy and company, Med ford, installation of gasoline storage tank and pump sys tem, $2,712; J. K. Gill, bleach ers al McLoughlin Junior High school, $4,665; Valley Shade company, sun shades for Hedrick Junior High school, $1,554. Other contracts awarded were for paper, Blake, Mof fat and Towne; light bulbs, Westinghouse; and musical in struments, Purucker Music house and Emerald Music com pany. : - Also reviewed at the meet ing was the paying of expens es of staff members to ap proved meetings. The board approved this item on the same basis as the slate. Two Men Jailed For Monmouth Holdup Dallas - (UPII - Two men charged with the holdup of a Monmouth service station late Tuesday were in custody at Polk county jail here to day following their capture at a slate police roadblock at Junction City. Held on armed robbery charges were Leland Everett Little, 31, and Richard Ed ward Swafford. 20, both of Marysville, Calif. New York - (UPll-Lockhcod Aircraft- Corp. manufacturer of the Electra airliner, lost $55.4 million in the first six months of this year, Chairman Robert Gross has reported. , ' I ! swept uncon- the property. Two horses huddled together buildings on for mutual comfort as flames roared and concentrated crackled in the high wind, buildings on Russia Expels Two American Moscow-IUI'lUThe U.S. air has been ordered out of the ligence actlvmei incompatible with his diplomatic status, the official Tass news agency I he agency (aid Air Attache E. M. Kerton and his as sistant, I. T. MacDonald, were detained recently after al legedly photographing military objectives at Kurgan in Ihe trans-Ural Mountain region. Washingion-UllMITh Stat Russia's-exclusion of a U.S. retaliation"., for this country's ouster' el i Soviet diploat juiy-.2z.. Congo lese Premier S (igh fly Inju red During Ri Leopoldville, The Congo (UPII - Congolese Premier Pat rice Lumumba was slightly injured tonight while trying to help quell riots which broke out between his follow ers and rival federalist groups of Africans. The rioting started when Lumumba's Congo followers tried to enter the headquarters of the federalist Abako party leaders in the Dendale district of the capital. Burglars Get $406 After Opening Sale About $406 was stolen sometime during the night when a 500-pound safe was forced open at Skinners' Buick and Cadillac sales, 143 South Riverside ave., city po lice report. Fred Boenig, a company workman, told Medford police today ' that the thieves had evidently entered the building through a rear window after breaking the glass. Police re ports indicate that the burg lars "peeled" the door from the safe Left by the safe were sev eral tools, and two empty soft drink bottles. Two vend ing machines were pried open and the coins, removed. Police said today that the job is similar to a safe-crack ing in Eugene , during me week end. The police believe that two persons were in: volvcd. . Although money, automo bile titles, and other docu ments were taken in a burg lary at the company last year, only money was taken this time. Police say there is "no connection" with last year's crime. Thornton To Attend London Conference Salem -flJPII- Attornsy Gen eral Robert V. Thornton will fly to London this week to take part in a United Nations congress on the prevention of crime and treatment of of fenders which is now in ses sion. ' Washington - (UPD - The Agriculture Department es timates the 1960 corn crop at 4,111,854,000 bushels. - 1 it 55th Year Price .10 Cents Attaches attach to th Soviet Union country for conducting intel said today. Deaprtmenl laid today th air attach was "obviouslv off ng The Abako members. resist ed the forced entrance of the Lumumba group and fighting Broke out. . Vice President Hurt ' , Abako Vice President' Vital Moanda was - injured along with two Abako guards at the doorway, , . , . Hearing of the fight, which rapidly attracted hundreds of onlookers, Lumumba jumped Into a car and drove from his residence to the Dendale sec tor. . . : Arriving at the Abako par t y headquarters, Lumumba tried to calm the mob which by then had risen to several thousands and was battling with police. ; Lumumba jumped out of his car, but ran smack into Abako supporters. He was slapped around and punched in the face. But he climbed back into his car-and, drove away, presumably back to his residence. . The rioting was the second report- of violence during the day. Earlier, United Nations sources said five lunisian soldiers of the U.N. contingent were killed In skirmishes with tribesmen in the Luluabourg area of the Kasai Province three days ago. Touchy, Homes, Livestock. Threatened in Lower Table Rock Blaze Attributed To Spark From Machine A wind-fanned blaze which swept over farm fields," de stroyed a number of ranch buildings, burned grass and brush, and threatened homes and livestock on the north side of Lower Table Rock, was being mopped up today by state department of forest ry and Central Point rural fire department crews. The fire, which the forestry department said covered some 1.100 acres, broke out along Highway 234 in midafternoon yesterday. It was brought un der control about 8 o'clock last night. State forest patrolmen at tributed the blaze, which poured a streamer of smoke over the Medford area, to a spark from a state highway department tractor. They said the equipment was crushing rock in a ditch along the highway. Burned on the Albert anrl Frank Straus ranch were a larce machine shed, a hav anrl bedding barn for cattle, and several smaller structures. Also destroyed were a hay barn on the Charles Hutchin son place and a storage shed full of hay, and a former hog house on the C. Virgil Strang Dcuel ranch. The Strauses had hay stored in the Hutchinson barn. Equipment Burned Flames swept over soma 450 acres owned by the Straus families. Burned in the prac tically new machine shed were a truck, a car, two trac tors, a hay baler and other tools ana equipment, ine Straus combine was lost in a stubblefield on the Strang- Deuel property. Other losses to the Strauses Included a tool shed, a chicken house and. a saddle shed and a 25 or 30- acre field of alfalfa being saved for seed. A storage barn and milking parlor were saved. Homes threatened included six in the vicinity where the fire broke out. ... " . Crws at Scan V.. '..::..'- . ine Slate ivreairy oeifi- ment had 32 men on the lira last night and the rural .dis trict 18. An estimated 200 persons helped out at 'tne scene. Three tractors, six pumpers, and the half-tracfc tanker-pumper were dispatch ed by the forest patrol to the fire. Central Point rural had five trucks at the fire which went up to the rock on the north side of Table Rock and over the lop and down into the "U" a bit. Southwest district of- the state forestry department had 36 men mopping up this morn ing. Six Central Point rural firemen were at the scene. Four men of the Leo Hoag logging crew were felling snags. i The fire was "definitely under control and' in very good shape," the southwest . .Hatpin nffina rannrted ' thia morning. .. ; 1 The big "smoke" seen west Central Point this morning was from stubble-field burn ing by Otto and Arnold Bohnert. , - . . , . Ted Kennedy Slated i As Portland Speaker v Portland-IUPD-Ted Kennedy, brother, of Democratic presi- . dential candidate John F. Ken nedy, is scheduled to speak Sunday at the opening of the Citizens for Kennedy-John son headquarters here. . Hy Raskin,-campaign man ager for the senator, also if scheduled to be on hand. Isn't He . .'.?"