"Well, I'll Be Darned"
2,20 Mem Batth Hog Fwe
Study Asked on
Stadium Proposal
By Parks Group
. Members of the Jackson I
county parks and recreation1
commission last night voted
"yes"- and "no" concerning a
proposed athletic stadium
south of Medford.
The commission voted "yes"
that a' thorough study should
be financed , by the county
court, before putting the pro
posal on the election ballot.
It voted "no" on stadium con
struction at this time. Three
commission members were ab
sent but were to be polled by
telephone later.
Robert Haworlh, city-county
parks and recreation direc
tor, said an architect's -study
of the proposal would cost
from $2,500 to $3,000. Robert
J. Keeney, " Phoenix, vice
chairman, said that a detailed
drawing would not be. re
quired. A typical section of
the proposed stadium could be
drawn, and dimensions multi
plied, he explained -j', :
Argument! Against
Among arguments against
the stadium proposal ' were
that the county does not have
the money for such a plan, the
stadium is not in the county's
recreation picture at this time,
construction of a . stadium
would be more of the function
of the. city or public schools,
and county capital improve
ment funds should be used for
developing present park and
recreation areas first.
Commission members em
phasized that ' they are not
against a stadium, but do not
feel it is practical at this time
Gene Garner, Medford, rep
resenting a citizens stadium
group argued that people who
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BOSTON TRAFFIC JAM This-aerial view
gives an idea of the traffic jam on the Mystic
River bridge, main artery leading into down
town Boston, early today. A complete shut
down of Boston s giant MTA transit system
has affected nearly 7 million persons in the '
do not have transportation or
are physically unable to use
the park and recreation areas
would use the stadium. .
The Camp White stadium
seating must be open at no
charge to domiciliary mem
bers so profit from ticket sales
is limited. The Cheney sta
dium on the fairgrounds south
of Medford is In poor repair
and the high school stadium
does not have sufficient park
ing facilities, he said.
County Court to Consider
The county court now will
consider whether it wants to
put the proposal on the ballot
or follow commission recom
mendations that a thorough
study of the proposal be made.
A study would make it impos
sible to get it on the ballot
for the November general
election. The proposal must be
ready, for the ballot 70 days
before the election. Only six
days remain before that dead
line, Haworth said.
In other business, the com
mission referred' a proposed
agreement between Medford
and the county on operation
of the Willow creek reservoir
recreation area to the district
attorneys' office for study.
Commission members pointed
out that the agreement pro
tects the city, but - not the
county. The county should be
protected in case of damage
to the city's reservoir facili
ties, it was pointed out. The
area involves about 928 acres
near Butte Falls.
Regional Edition
Medford
16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1960 No. 133
Powers May Not
See Wife Again
For Three Years
Moscow -IUPII- Barbara Pow
ers was reunited for an hour
today with her husband,
American U2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers, 31, in a tearful
scene that she said may be
their last meeting for three
years.
Powers' father, mother and
sister visited him earlier in
the Soviet Supreme Court
building. Newsmen got the
Dression they did not plan to
see him again.
Powers Cried
Barbarar. 25, said her hus
band began crying, put his
arms around her and held her
close when he learned he
nrnhahlv wnnld face the next
three years without them.
Barbara s"aid her husband
did not know which prison he
would be sent to. She said she
probably would be allowed to
see him every two months. .
TWanso nf the infreauen-
cy of such possible visits, Bar
bara indicated she may not
remain in Russia as previous
ly planned.
Powers was convictea last
wopW nf csmonaee for the
United States against the So
viet Union by flying a uz
rprnnnaissance plane over So
viet territory May 1. He was
sentenced to 10 years' depri
vation nf lihertv." with the,
first three years to be spent
in jail and the remainder
probably at a work camp.
Ho wnnlri be worried
about how I was living and I
would be upset every time I
saw him," Barbara said. "It
may be better not to see him
at all until he gets out of
prison and into . the : labor
camp, where I may be able to
stay with him a couple of
months. '
"He was very emotional
knowing we would be going
away."
Salem -IUPII- Census takers
are going to be coming around
Sept. 6 but this lime they
will be checking the outdoor
recreation preferences of Ore
gon citizens rather than
counting noses.
greater Boston area. Gov. Foster Furcolo
has declared a state of emergency. The
strike ended at 12:30 this afternoon when
MTA General Manager Thomas J. McLernon
agreed to six union demands.
(UPI Telephoto)
)
Hammerstein
Dies of Cancer
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
Dies of Cancer
Senate Defeats
GOP-Sponsored
Medical Aid Plan
Washington - IUPII - The Sen
ate today overwhelmingly de
feated 67-28 a Republican-
sponsored medical aid to the
aged plan. It then prepared
for a showdown on a rival
Democratic plan which faces
a veto threat.
The key vote came on a
broad voluntary state-federal
health care program intro
duced by Sen. Jacob Ki Javits,
(R-N.Y.), and backed by' Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
the GOP presidential nomi
nee. '
The Senate then quickly
called up . for debate and a
vote by night-fall a proposal
introduced by Sen. Clinton P.
Anderson (D-N.M.), and co
sponsored by Sen. John F,
Kennedy, the Democratic
presidential nominee. It call
ed for extending health bene
fits as part of social security.
(See Earlier Story on Page 2)
Goldwafer Lauds
V. P. Selection
Washignton-IUPn-Sen. Barry
M. Goldwater told Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon today
that selection of Henry Ca
bot Lodge as Nixon's GOP
running mate was "probably
the most brilliant stroke the
Republican party has taken in
years."
The Arizona senator, a lead
er of the GOP's conservative
wing, told reporters "I never
would have said that six
months ago or even six weeks'
ago. However, Goldwater
said, Lodge "has strengthened
the ticket throughout the
country, particularly in New
England."
As a result, Goldwater said,
Republican prospects have im
proved considerably for hold
ing doubtful Senate scats in
Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. Gold
water, chairman of the Repub
llcan Senatorial Campaign
Committee, also said GOP
senatorial chances have im
proved in South Dakota, Wy
oming'and Oregon.
He said that, since the GOP
convention. last month, "It has
become obvious that Lodge
has great strength" and
"teams up well with Nixon's
strength in the foreign field."
This, Goldwater said, is some
thing the Democratic ticket of
Sens. John F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson -"cannot
acquire."
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly rloudy
through Wednesday. Low to
nltht SO. Illih tomorrow 7.
Temp.
Illtheit Vettrday . 6.1
I.oweit This Morning SO
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:00 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow , S:2 a.m.
Moonset tonight j:44 p.m.
rlrst Quarter . . . Aug. 20
PROMINENT STAR
y,f;fi,,h' '.overhead 1:37 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, near the Moon.
Jupiter, due south... 7:34 p.m.
Saturn, due south :S4 p.m.
sun'"' M,h outh,"t '
Tribune
Famed Lyricist
Dies at Farm
In Pennsylvania
Doylestown, Pa. - IUPII - The
bright , lights of Broadway
will seem misted over tonight.
Oscar Hammerstein II is dead.
Hammerstein, writer, pro
ducer and lyricist who helped
mold the American musical
stage, died early today of can
cer at his farm home here.
He was 65.
Since 1943 Hammerstein
had collaborated with com
poser Richard Rodgers in
creating such musical greats
as "Carousel," "Oklahoma,"
South Pacific," "The King
and I" and "The Sound of
Music," which still is running
on Broadway to full houses.
But long before the Rodgers
and Hammerstein team was
formed, Hammerstein, a mem
ber of one of Broadway's most
famous families, wa a Broad
way institution. He collabor
ated in creating seven shows
in seven successive seasons in
the 1920s, including "Show
Boat," with music by Jerome
Kern, in 1927.
Rodgers 'Falling Apart'
Rodgers -was not-arvailable
for comment immediately fol
lowing the death of his close
friend.
"The guy is falling apart,
a friend and business associ
ate, public relations agent
Lynn Farnol, said of the com
poser.
Hammerstein had had two
major operations in the past
two years, the last one for
stomach cancer. It had been
thought at first that the can
cer operation was, a success,
but Hammerstein then suf
fered a reslapse.
Died at Farm Home
He came to his 150-acre
"Highland Farm" earlier this
month, and Rodgers said then
that he was afraid Hammer
stein would never leave it,
Farnol said.
Rodgers visited Hammer
tor several hours last Satur
day.
Hammerstein's son, Wil
liam, who was among those
at his bedside, said Hammer
stein had been working on
several new songs for movies
of "Stale Fair" and "Flower
Drum Song." The younger
Hammerstein said he did not
know whether a new Rod
gers and Hammerstein Broad
way musical was being dis
cused. ' The applause for the cur
tain calls at "The Sound of
Music" had ended only about
an hour before when Ham
merstein died at 12:15 a.m.
Local CAP Takes
Part in Search
Four aircraft from the Med-J
ford squadron of the Civil Air
Patrol planned to go to Yreka,
Calif., today to participate in
the search for a Cessna air
craft missing since Aug. 15.
A search conducted by the
Oregon state board of aero
nautics, in which the local
CAP unit assisted, was termi
nated last Thursday when the
search failed to uncover the
missing aircraft.
Local CAP officials said the
Fourth Air Force has request
ed help from CAP units in
California and Oregon. Head
quarters for the Air Force
search have been established
in Yreka.
The plane, carrying four
persons, disappeared after re
fueling at the Medford airport
on a llight to Modesto, Calif.,'
from Bellingham, Wash.
Reported aboard the miss
ing aircraft were Mr. and Mrs.
T. D. Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold J. Klefecker, all of
Hawthorne, Calif.
The search directed from
Yreka will include northern
California and southern Ore
gon, local CAP officials said.
4
Home Rule Study
Committee Sets
Meeting Tuesday
Election of 9th
Member on Agenda
The newly appointed Jack
son county home rule char
ter committee will meet at
3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in
the county court hearing
room to elect a ninth mem
ber and formally organize the
committee.
Yesterday afternoon, Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller told the
committee it had 80 days in
which to organize and appoint
ninth member. The com
mittee unanimously nominat
ed Medford Lawyer Frank
Farrell as temporary chair
man and Miss Jo Whitman, of
the county clerk's office, tem
porary secretary.
Meetings Open
The- committee probably
will take most of two years
to study a charter for county
home rule which, if adopted
by the committee, must be
ready for presentation 90
days before an election, Mill
er explained. He said all com
mittee meetings must be open
to the public.
Most of the session was
spent considering names of
possible candidates for the
ninth committee m e m b e r,
Several were mentioned? and
committee members were
asked to contact people they
recommended to see if they
would be willing to serve on
the committee. '
Wilfred Davics, Eagle
Point, committee ' member
said he preferred another
lawyer on the committee and
possibly a Democrat. Mrs.
Lester Adams, Applcgate
urged representation from
Rogue River. This is an area
not now represented on the
committee. J ; '
Prevention Plan
Here Evaluated
An evaluation of Medford's
1959 traffic accident preven
tion program was presented to
city and school officials today
by Edward J. Warmoth, exec
utive secretary of the Oregon
Traffic Safety commission.
At a luncheon, a plaque
from the National Safety
council was received symbol
izing special recognition for
Medford's school traffic safe
ty education activities.
The annual inventory, pre
pared by the National Safety
council with the assistance of
several advisory organiza
tions, staled that traffic acci
dents involving local resi
dents cost the community an
estimated $600,000 annually.
Medford's overall safety
program, compared with 411
cities in the 10,000 to 25,000
population group, received a
rating of 71 out of a possible
100 points, down two points
from 1958.
Four local needs were re
viewed by Warmoth, some
which might require state leg
islation. These include (1) ad
ditional training for accident
records supervisor and police
supervisory personnel; (2) ex
pansion of high school driver
education classes to cover all
graduating students; (3) in
creased enforcement activitiy
against intoxicated drivers;
and (4) establishment of a
school for violators under the
supervision of the court. .
Castro's Actions
Create Bank Crisis
Havana IUPII - Fidel Cas
tro's rapid-fire expropriation
of U.S.-owned sugar mills has
produced a serious bank crisis
in Cuba, informed sources
said today.
The sources believed na
tionalization of all banks -both
foreign and domestically
owned - was near at hand
unless the situation eases.
The trouble stemmed from
the sudden loss of deposits
which the expropriated mills
had maintained in various
banks. . The , Castro regime
transferred their funds with
out warning to the Agrarian
Reform Institute's Central
Agricultural Bank.
The amount of these funds
was not known, but the
sources said some smaller
banks in. Camaguey and
Orienle Provinces lost up to
one third of their total de
posits in single stroke.
III fT ifKPwi 'I
BARBARA VISITS HUSBAND Mrs. Barbara Powers
(center), with her mother, Mrs. Monteen Brown, leaves the
Soviet Supreme Court in Moscow today after visiting her
husband, U2 pilot Francis G. Powers. Powers and his wife
met for an hour in a tearful reunion which she said may be
their last meeting for three
County Population
Rises 25
In Past 1
The population of Jackson
pnuni v Innreased 25.3 npr centl
. a ,u in . intn
uuwllK . 1U llu. ...
io mou, according 10 ine pre
llmlnary U.S. census report.
Preliminary figures gave
Jackson county 73,318 rest
dents as of April 1, compared
to 58,510 during the 1830 cen
sus. Seven other counties in
Oregon showed increases
greater than Jackson coun
ty's. Census bureau officials not
ed that the final report, which
will be issued sometime be
fore November, may differ
from preliminary totals.
County population increases
ranged from Polk county's
03 per cent increase to Cur-
Administrators
To Meet in City
Four Oregon state admin
istrators Willi be in Medford
Wednesday evening as part
of the. governor's program to
have key administrative per
sonnel visit each of eight re
gions In the state.
The four will hold a pub
lic meeting from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. at the Jackson county
court house. An earlier ses
sion in Grants Pass is also
scheduled. :
Purpose of the meeting is
to allow individual citizens
to present their problems and
suggestions to lop stale de
partment personnel. '
The four administrators In
clude Freeman Holmer, di
rector of the department of
finance and administration;
Dean Ellis, former chairman
of ' the state tax commission,
and now counsel for various
tax committees; Victor Wolfe,
administrative assistant to the
Oregon Stale highway engi
neer and Andrew F. Juras,
assistant administrator of the
state welfare commission. -
700 Invitations Sent to Business Firms
To Take Part
More than 700 invitations
have been mailed to Medford
business firms by the Medford
Chamber of Commerce, invit
ing them to participate in tne
third annual Business-Education
day Thursday, Sept. 8,
Don McNeil, chamber man
ager, has announced.
Purpose of B-E Day, McNeil
noted, is to provide a better
means of communication be
tween educators and business
leaders in the area.- B-E Day
has been accepted enthusias
tically by business firms In
the past, he said. -
Teachers visit business
firms- and - industrial plants
where, they discuss several
factors relating to , business
and tour facilities.
McNeil said the chamber
hopes to have more business
firms participate in the event
ir
years. (UPI Radiotclephoto)
Per Gent
0 Years
1 ry county's 129.3 cent .rise
Seven counties - Clatsop,
uiuniDia, xammu, w neeier
Grant, Wallowa and Malheur
- showed population decreas
es during the 10-yoar period
The population of the state
as of April 1 'was 1,757,691
the census bureau reported
an Increase of 236,350 people
or 13.5 per cent.
Greatest Increase
Of the cities fn Jackson
county with a population of
1,000 or more, Medford show
ed the greatest increase 40.1
per cent from , 1950's 17,305
to 24,246 as of April 1 this
year, bince that time, the
city's population has increased
about 100 residents through
annexations. , ' ',.
Central Point showed, an in
crease from 1,667 in 1950 to
3,274 last April 1, a 36.4 per
cent rise, while Ashland.show
ed a 16.2 increase, from 7,739
to 8,992. ' . ,;
Jacksonville, the only other
Jackson county incorporated
city with 1,000 or more peo
ple, showed a decrease of 2.7
per cent. In 1950, there were
1,193 persons counted in
Jacksonville, and as of .April
1 the count was 1,161. ' -
Medford had the second
largest percentage Increase in
the state in the number 'of
housing units. The 1960 census
of housing units showed 8,990
in Medford, compared to 6,203
in 1950. Eugene noted a 46
per cent increase in the num
ber of housing units.
The only decrease among
places of 10,000 or more in
habitants in Oregon was in
Astoria, where the number of
housing units declined from
4,476 in 1950 to 4,407 this
year, a difference of 7 per
cent.
There were 621,240 housing
units in Oregon as of April
1, the census bureau said in
its preliminary report. This
is an increase of 97,237 units,
or 19 per cent, over the 524,-
003 units reported in 1950.
in Business-Education Day
this year. Businessmen par
ticipating are expected to re
turn the visit Oct. 27 when
Education-Business Day will
be held in Medford schools.
McNeil said the chamber
"believes these exchange
visits have done much already
to build . a better understand
ing of business and its prob
lems among teachers and havo
created a - greater awareness
among business leaders re
garding the excellence of the
educational program in our
school system." , .
This year, arrangements
will be made for a half-day
visit, McNeil said.'-. Teachers
will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Hed
rick Junior High school where
they will be then assigned
business hosts at 9:15 a.m. -
Assignments range from 3
to 30 teachers, depending on
Three Huge Fires
Blacken 75,000
Acres of Fores)
100 Million Board .
Feet of Timber Lost ,
Truckee, Calif. - ItlPD - Mor
than 2,200 men fought to gain
control today over a huga
forest fire in the High Sierra
at crackled across the stale
ine into Nevada.
The blaze, one of three
which broke out Saturday, has
acKencd more than 35,000
acres of forest. Together the
three fires have destroyed
75,000 acres and more than
100 million board feet of tim
ber, enough to build mora
than 6.500 average sized
homes.
The most serious fire burn
ed out of control along a 55-
ile perimeter in the area of
Donner lake. Flames reached
to within three miles of the
lumber community of Vertlt
Nevada and to three and
one-half miles of Truckee.
Tanker Trucks Sent
U.S. Forest Service officials
sent 30 tanker trucks to
Truckee as a precautionary
measure. They said a line h?d
been dug around the fire In
the Truckee area, and that If
the winds don't rise, tl-.ere 3
good chance that every
thing will hold.
'The fire has to come over
the top of a hill and then
down a ridge before it reach
es Truckee," said Ed Grant,
U.S. forester at Donner Ridge.
Gusty Winds Forecast
'Today will tell the story,"
he said; Success in controllirj
the fire, he said, depended un
slackening winds. Weather
bureau forecasts, however,
called' for gusts of 30 to 35
miles perrhour later today.
Grant said the Donner fire
was 60 per cent contained and
that a control line had been
established to protect a pop-,
ulated area extending from
Hobart Mills, Calif., to High
way 40.
Residents Alerted .
To .the west, a crew of 1.-
800 men worked to stem a
30,000-acre fire in the Forest
hill area which was burning
out of control on one front.
Monday night, the Calif or- .
nia Highway Patrol alerted
residents of the summit com
munities of Emmigrant Gap
and Blue Canyon to be ready
to leave their homes as the
Foresthill blaze approached
Highway 40.
But the wind shifted to the
northwest and carried the
fire away from the highway
into steep, unpopulated tim
ber areas.
Molotov Named
IAEA Representative
Vienna - (UPI) - Former So
viet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov has been appointed
representative of the Soviet
Union to the Internationa
Atomic Energy agency, it was
officially announced today. '
A communique said the
agency director, Sterling Cole,,
had been notified of the ap-s.
poinlment.
Molotov, who was purged.'
as foreign minister In the So
viet anti-Stalinist drive in'
1956, held the post of a So-.'
viet envoy to Mongolia in re-;
cent years. i
Molotov joined the agency
in a reshuffle of Soviet rep-,
resentatives. He replaces al
ternate delegate Leonid Zam
yatin, who has been moved up
to governor in place of Prof. -Vassily
Emelyanov.
the size of the firm and capa
bility. Luncheon arrange
ments will be handled by the
Individual firms. 1 -.
During the luncheon period,
business leaders and teachers 1
will have an opportunity to
discuss, on a question and
answer basis, various eco-.
nomic factors concerning the.
business. ' ; ; . v ' i.v
H. D. Christensen, chairman
of the chamber's education ,
committee, is in charge of ar
rangements for both B-E Day
and E-B Day. Other commit- i
tee members are Lawrence -Clark,
Russ Jamison, William''
J. Thompson and John Eddy. '
Arrangements are being mad ,
with the cooperation of Elliott'
Becken, assistant superinten
dent of Medford pub lit'
schools. 1