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Bomb Reported in
High School Twice
' .. Twice this morning city of
ficials received a call report
j tag a bomb at the Medford
i High school.
, The first call, received by
" the city police at 7:07 a.m.,
was from a man who said
that a "powerful bomb" was
' at the high school and that
' he "didn't want anyone to get
hurt."
Following a thorough
! search of the building by
1 about 20 police officers and
10 city firemen the search
2 was discontinued shortly aft
er 9 o'clock. At 9:16 a.m. the
' fire department received a
1 limilar call, also from a man,
; who said that a bomb was in
i a "locker at the school."
; i In both cases it was report
ed that the man hung up
. quickly so it was impossible
to have the call traced.
.". After the second report
school officials checked all
1 lockers at the school. No
bombs were found on the
premises.
City police reported that
the few students at the school
when the first call was re
iceived left the building with
only the maintenance staff
and school officials remaining
in the building.,
Classes resumed . after 9'
o'clock. ' "
:; During the first search the
air was released from a tire
, i of one of the police patrol
Kennedy Concerned
Over Debate Vetov
New York-IDPD -n. John
F. Kennedy said today he was
concerned because Vice Presi
j dent Richard M. Nixon had
turned down a fifth television
debate before the. November
jl election; '
A Kennedy said he also was
.3 nnDosed to turning over, the
. s last of four "debates he has
i scheduled with Nixon on Oct.
' 21 to the two vice presidential
i .i candidates. '
; f But Kennedy agreed with a
' Nixon campaign headquarters
suecestion that the last debate
"' be lengthened to two hours
instead of one.
'm Kennedy and Nixon, will
l' meet in their third hour-long
i: debate Thursday night. The
fourth debate, by agreement,
is to be on foreign policy.
BULLETIN
: New York-TOPl) - Viktor
Jaanimeti. who fltd com
munism from Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev's
liner Baltika, wai granted
aivlum in the United Stalei
today, U.S. immigration-
authorities announced,
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DISPLAY BANNER Chris Barker of the Security In
surance and Realty company, Medford holds Junior -Fire
Marshal banner which will be presented to schools in he
Medlord district in connection wiUv the f re Prevention
achievement awards. Looking on are Medford City Fire
cars at the scene and a wet,
muddy dog was placed inside
the vehicle. School officials
later required several stu
dents to change the tire on
the car and clean up the mud.
City and school, officials are
still . investigating the inci
dents. Police notified the fed
eral ' bureau of investigation
as federal statutes cover
bomb explosions where dam
age has been reported.
California Man
Killed in Cave-In
At Building Site
' Yreka - Dwight Eugene
Moody, 29, Areata, Calif., was
killed, and two other men in
jured about noon yesterday
in a cave-in at a forest access
road construction site about
50 miles southwest of Yreka.
Siskiyou county sheriff's
deputies said Gene Phelps, 39,
a Yreka contractor, and Vern
Taylor, 46, a forest service
employee from Yreka, was in
jured. Taylor, was the more
'seriously injured of the two,
deputies said.
The accident occurred on
McNeil creek in the Forks of
Salmon area. Workmen were
packing dirt under, a large
culvert when tne cave-ln , oc
curred, deputies said.
A helicopter from Etna car
rying Dr. Ash Craft was dis
patched to tne scene, wnere
Dr. Craft treated the injured
men before they were flown
out. .'
Deputies said it took a 15
man rescue team more than
two hours before Phelps and
Taylor were freed. !
The road is being construct
ed . by Sharps Construction
company, Yreka, for the for
est service. .
10 Lookouts Are
Removed by State
Ten of the 11 lookouts of
the state department of for
estry are now donw, the south
west district office has report
ed. Only Tallowbox lookout,
John Groner, is still at his
station. He is still at his post
because of the station for some
radio communication and be
cause the Applgate area got
leses rain than other parts of
the county, it was explained.
The office said that the
lookout facilities are not
closed, however. Lookouts are
on standby and some of them
if forests dry out.
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Khrushchev Plans
To Present Two
More Resolutions
Russian Premier
Again in Tirade
United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -
Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev, far from exhaust
ed by his General Assembly
tirade on disarmament Tues
day night, decided to try it
again today on two more pet
subjects - colonialism and the
American U2 spy flight .
Soviet sources said Khrush
chev was expected to come to
this afternoon s assembly ses
sion to argue his proposal to
put the Russian propaganda
items directly into floor de
bate although he suffered a
major defeat on disarmament
Tuesday night. . . .
Expected To Lose
Normally such items would
be referred to the 99-nation
Political Committee for pre
liminary debate. He was ex
pected to lose in this effort,
too, as he did Tuesday night
when the General Assembly
by a vote of 62-12 turned
down his bid for an arma
ments debate.
The United States, heading
off one Soviet move after
another, prepared to beat
down two Soviet proposals at
the afternoon session:
-Assembly debate on "a
menace to world peace cre
ated by aggressive action of
the U.S. against the U.S.S.R."
This referred to the U2 and
RB47 flights.
-Assembly debate on Soviet
demands for "immediate" in
dependence for "colonial" ter
ritories. The 20-nation Steering Com
mittee has voted that both
issues be sent first to the
Political Committee. '
The United States was go-
Ina into the next phase of
U.N. assembly action with the
warning that it might with
draw from the world organi
zation if warlike Red China
were admitted
Whether the United States
will be willing to sit m-the
same organization with peo
ple who want , to mane war
an tne time, i am ""v ou,
U.S. Ambassador James J
Wadsworlh told newsmen
Tuesday.
Khrushchev Speech Futu
Wadsworth said the close
42-34 vote by which the Red
China issue was shelved for
this session last Saturday, did
not mean Peiping would get
in next year.
Wadsworth spoke before
Khrushchev erupted in an in
temperate outburst before the
startled assembly, trying to
put across his proposal for
having the assembly debate
disarmament rather than send
it to a committee. It was a
I futile exercise in arm-waving,
Marshal Truman Nelson, left, Capt Wes Coleman of the
Westside fire stationlbehind Barker), and the Medford Fire
Chief Gordon Barker at right. The Junior Fire Marshal
program was introduced into the Medford schools this
weei in connection with NationaFire Prevention Week.
Pirates
Records Tumble as
Whitey Ford Wins;
Series Again Even
Pittsburgh -(UPD The New
York Yankees evened the
world series at three games
each today by crushing the
Pittsburgh pirates, iz-u, on
lefty Whitey Ford's seven-hit
pitching and a recora-iuiea
17-hit attack. '
A crowd of 38,580 watched
the Yankees achieve the most
one-sided shutout in World
Series history. The deciding
game will be played here at
Forbes Field Thursday.
Little Bobby Richardson set
World Series record for
runs batted in when he knock
ed in three runs with a pair
of triples. Those two triples
in the same game also tied a
series record.
By winning the seventh
series game of his career, Ford
equalled the record shared by
Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing
of previous Yankee teams.
Team Records Set
The Yankees also set team
records of 46 runs and 75 hits
for a series. The run total
broke the old mark of 43 set
by the 1936 Yankees and the
hit total surpassed the old rec
ord of 74 by the 1912 New
York Giants.
Roeer Maris. John Blanch-
ard and Yogi Berra each col
lected three hits for the Yan
kees. . i . .
The Yankees suffered a
casualty early in the game
when catcher Elston Howard
was struck on the right hand
by a pitch from Pittsburgh
startnr Bob Friend. X-rays dis
closed a broken finger and
Howard was lost to the Yan
kees for Thursday's game ,
Richardson's three runs bat-
tpri in rave him a total of 12
for the series, breaking1 the
old mark of 10 set by Berra
in 1956 and tied by Ted Klu
szewski of the White Sox last
year. . '
The Yankees, striving to
even the series'at three games
for each club, knocked out
Bob Friend in the third in
ning. Mickey Mantle's two-run
single and Richardson's two-
run triple were me Dig una w
that uprising.
YANKEESFIRST: Boyer bounced
out. Kubek grounded out. Maris
filed out. No runs, no nits, no
errors, none left. j
PIRATES FIRST: Vlrdon singled.
Groat bit into a double play. Cle
mente singled, Stuart struck out.
No runs, two hits, no errors, one
left.
YANKEES SECOND: Mantle
bunted out. Berra walked. Skow
ron singled. Howard was hit by a
pitched ball. Howard had to leave
the game and Grba went In to run
km nir-hnrHsnn filed Out. Ford
singled, scoring Berra. Boyer struck
out. une run, iwo mi, iiw
k. lAft
PIRATES SECOND: Blanchard
went In to catch for New York.
Clmoli grounded out. Smith singled.
Hoak forced Smith. Mazcroski filed
out. No runs, one hit, no errors,
one left,
YANKEES THIRD: Kubek was
hit by a pitched ball. Maris dou
bled. Mantle singled, scoring Ku
bek and Maris. Berra singled. Mur
taugh took out Friend and called
in Cheney. Showron lined to Cle
mcnte. Mantle scoring after the
catch. Blanchard singled. Richard
son tripled, scoring Berra and
Blanchard. It set a series run bat
ted In record for Richardson, giving
him a total of 11. Ford struck out.
Boyer filed out. Five' runs, five
hits, no errors.' one left. "
PIRATES THIRD: Baker batted
for Cheney and struck out. Virdon
grounded out. Groat struck out.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none
left.
YANKEES FOURTH: Mlzell went
in to pitch for the Pirates. Kubek
lined out. Maris struck out. Mantle
walked. Berra grounded out. No
runs, no hits, no errors, one left.
PIRATES FOURTH: Clemente and
Stuart grounded out, Cimoll struck
out, No runs, nu hits, no errors,
none left.
YANKEES FIFTH: S k o w r o n
doubled. Blanchard filed out. Rich
ardson lined out. Ford grounded
out. No runs, one hit, no errors,
one left.
PIRATES FIFTH: Smith singled.
Hoak walked. Mazeroski hit into
a double play. Nelson batted for
Mizcll and struck out. No runs,
one hit, no errors, one left.
YANKEES SIXTH: Green went
in to pitch for the Pirates. Boyer
tripled. Kubek singled, scoring Boy
er. Maris singled. Murtaugh took
out Green and called on Labine.
Mantle struck out. Berra singled,
scoring Kubek. Skowron hit Into
a double play. Two runs, four hits,
no errors, one left.
PIRATES SIXTH: Vlrdon ground
ed out. .Groat lined out. Clemente
singled. Stuart bounced out. No
runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
YANKEES SEVENTH: Blanchard
doubled. Richardson tripled, acor
ine Blanchard and raialna- his all-
time series runs batted in record
to 12. Ford laid down a squeeze
bunt. Richardson scorlnff and Ford
being safe at first on the fielder's
choice. Boyer hit into a double
play. Kubek lined out. Two runs,
two nits, no errors, none left.
PIRATES SEVENTH: The Yan
kees now had a total of 44 Tuns
and 75 nits, both scries records
Llmoli was safe at first wben Ku
bek fumblcd his ground ball. Smith
forced Clmoli at second, Hoak
forced smith, Mazeroski filed . out,
No runs,-no hits, one error, one
leu. , . , . , , j
YANKEES EIGHTH: ' 'Marts
singled. Mantle forced Marls. Man
tle went to second on a wild pitch.
Berra singled, scoring Mantle and
when Vlrdon threw wildly to the
plate for an error, Berra went to
second. Skowron grounded out,
Mazcroski to Stuart, Berra -going
to third. Blanchard doubled, scor
ing Berra. Richardson filed out.
Two runs, three hits, no errors,
one left.
PIRATES EIGHTH: Kubek went
to left field and DeMaestri to short
for the Yankees. Schofleld batted
for Labine and grounded out. Vlr
don grounded out. Groat singled.
Clemente grounded out. No runs,
one hit, no errors, one left.
YANKEES NINTH: Witt went In
to pitch for the Pirates and Schof-
licia went to snonsiop. roru
grounded out. Boyer grounded out.
Kubek lined out. No runs, no hits,
no errors, none left.
PIRATES NINTH: Stuart ground.
ed out. Clmoli singled. Smith hit
into a double play. No runs, one
hit. no errors, none left. .
NEW YORK
AB ft
II RBI
Boyer 3b .-. . 6
Kubek-ss-lf 5
1
Marls, rf 8
Mantle, cf 4
Berra If - 4
DeMaestri ss 0
Skowron lb . . 4
Howard c . 0
a Grba 0
Blanchard c ..... . 4
Richardson 2b 5
Ford p - 4
Totals
41 12 17 12
PITTSBURGH . AB
H RBI
1 0
Vlrdon cf 4
Groat ss 4
Witt p 0
Clemente rf 4
Stuart lb 4
Cimoll If
Smith P 4
Hoak 3b - 2
Mazeroski
2b
Friend p ...
Cheney p
D Baker
Mizell p
Nelson
Green p
T.nhin n
d Schofleld is 1
Totals 32 . 0 . '
a Ran for Howard In 2nd.
b Struck out for Cheny In 3rd
n etr...u nt fnr Mizcll In 5th
d Grounded out for Labine In
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York 27-19, Pittsburgh 27-11. DP
Richardson, KuueK ano oKowron;
nn.or R i-MMinn Ann OKowron 4
UnaU Mazeroski and Stuart. LOB
New York 7. Plthsburah 6.
9R Mir , Skowron. lliancnara
3B Richardson 2, Boyer. S Ford.
SF Skowron.
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9 7
t.R BB SO
Ford (Wl
0 1 9
Friend (LI.. 2
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1 0
0 I
2 0
4 0
0 0
Cheney I
Mizcll 2
Green .- 0
Labine 3
Wilt I
Friend pitched to four baiters
In 3rd: Green pitched to three
baiter? in ethi.
irp nv Friend (Howard. Ku
h.- wp T.hine. U Stevens IA),
.Ia-knurkl Nl. first hasC:
Chvlak IAI. second base; Boggcas
,m; ihlrH hj lndes (Nl and
Honochlck (A i, foul lines. T
2:38. A 38.580.
Radio-TV Highlights
Thursday's debate, third
in a series of four belwetn
Vies President Richard
Nixon and Sen. John Ksn
n d y, presidential candi
dates, will be broadcast by
KYJC (1230 kc) and KMED
(144Q, kc) at 3:30 p.m. It
wiinbe in ovtr KBES-TV
it 7:30 p.m.
OoMeird, 12-0
PIRATE OUT Pittsburgh's Bill Virdon is
out at second base in the first inning of to
day's World Series baseball game at Forbes
Field in Pittsburgh. Yankee shortstop Tony
Kubek waits for the toss from second base
Tempo Picks Up
In Embezzlement
harge Trial
Tempo of the circuit court
case involving embezzlement
charges against O. H. Bengt
son picked up today as Mrs.
Rachael Peterson. C a r t e r,
former Medford Escrow com
pany officer, testified.
Mrs. Carter was on the wit
ness stand yesterday after-
nnnrk and most of this morn-
ine. This morning Brian u
Mullen. deDuty district attor
ney, was apparently trying to
Drove Mrs. Carter was presi
dent of the escrow company
in name only.
This morning she testified
as ?ta who the officers or tin
escrow company are. She alsi
testified' - that' she had never
seen the bylaws ,ol ,ine corpo
ration until: they were snown
her this morning in court. :
Informed of dffic ' '
Asked how she became com
pany president she replied she
was never elected. Bengtson
informed her that she was
president,' she added.
Further Questioning at mid-
morning was interrupted by a
conference in hie ju"s- "
ohnmhers between Attorneys
Gerald Scannell and Mullen,
of the district huuhicj
f ice; Robert Boyer and Rich
ard Carney, representing
Bengtson, and Circuit Judge
Orval Millard of Grants Pass.
A recess was called later
while the- deputy district at
torneys prepared other docu
ments as evidence in the case.
Witnesses who testified yes
mi afternoon included
Peter Ruef, operations officer
for the First National jamm
Oregon, Mrs. tarter, n
McGray ana seima iuuuB. -vnived
in a transaction with
Medford Escrow company,
and Cecil Ray Moore,
Young's employer. .
Burlington Official
To Visit Medford
c. Murphy, presi
dent of the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy Railroad com
pany, Chicago, will be in Med
ford Thursday evening and
Friday morning.
He will be accompanied
here by Guy R. Glover, vice
urea dent in charge or tratut;,
F. E. Sperry, assistant vice
nresident in charge of opera
tions; and S. S. Hankis, west
ern traffic manager, San Fran
cisco. .
W. H. Pyle, Burlington's
enmmerciai aKent here, said
he has Dlanned tours of
local fruit packing firm and
a lumber mill for the officials.
Thursday evening they will
meet with shippers from this
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night. Fog patches during early
morning hours. Variable clou
diness Thursday with possi
bility of a few showers late In
day. Low tonight 38. High
Thursday CS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 60
IjiwhL This Mornlnr 42
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:35 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow S-.2J a.m.
The Moon rises 11:30 p.m.
tonight and Is In Apogee.
!.ait QuarsT today .. B:ZS a.m.
VISIBLE IV-ANF.TS
Venus, sets S:Z3 P-m,
Jupiter, low In south
west 1:51 p-m,
Saturn, low In south
west . .:? p.m.
Mars, rises 10:23 p.m
man Bobby Richardson. Calling the play is
Umpire Nestor Chylak. On the play Dick
Groat hit into a double play to Richardson,
who tossed to Kubek and the throw to first
baseman Bill Skowron. (UPI Telcphoto)
Sweetland
Forand Bill; Talks
To Demo
Monroe Sweetland, Demo
cratic candidate for Secretary
of State, said in Medford last
night that his opponent is try
ing to make a campaign issue
out of the Forand bill, even
hough the Secretary of
State's office would have
nothing to do with this."
Sweetland said, however
that he is glad the matter has
been entered Into the cam -
nalon he.niiRe Vte ran nnw dls-
- --- tt
1 "lettitlmntelv He
" - v a' -
snid the nroble mof medical
care tor tne anuu i& ui mv.i a-, ne nau not nuuuuu n. ucuwic-1 pne closure of the hospital
Ing importance, particularly rage said Dr. Baker ''is will- has been long rumored and
in Oregon, and he threw his jng to take full blame',', on the di3Cussed. Doctors of "the
support behind the ..Forand
bill. -Sweetland,
a state senator
from Clackamas county and
publisher of the Milwaukie
(Ore.) Review, addressed nis
remarks ,to a dinner meeting.
of the Democratic Social club
at Kim's restaurant. Approxi
matcly SO persons attended
the meeting,
Receives Notice
Earlier, Bill Dcatherage,
Swcetland's campaing mana
ger in Jackson county, said
that the Medford Chamber of
Commerce roundtable lunch
eon had received notice two
weeks in advance that Sweet
land would not be able to
speak to their group last Monday.-
.
SP May Acquire
Western Pacific
San Francisco (UPB South
ern Pacific company has filed
an application with the Inter
state Commerce commission
for its approval of SP acquir
ing control of the Western
Pacific Railroad company,
SP President D. J. Russell an
nounced today.
Russell said Southern Paci
fic Land company, an SP sub
sidiary, had acquired for in
vestment 182,300 shares of
the common stock of Western
Pacific by purchases on the
New York Stock Exchange
He said Southern Pacific
applied to the ICC for appro
val of gaining control of West
ern Pacific through acquisi
tion of additional stock which
he added, would be accom
plished through an offer for
the exchange of boutnern ya
cific common stock, share for
share, for Western Pacific
common stock, or through the
purchase of Western Pacific
stock, as the company may
be advised.
Sacred Heart Hospital
Founded Here in 1910
Sacred Heart hospital was
founded in Medford in 1910.
Dr. R. J. Conroy and Dr. R.
W. Clancy, Medford physi
cians, Interviewed Archbishop
Christie in Portland and re
quested some Catholic Sister
who would consider opening
a hospital in southern Oregon,
according to information from
Sister Luke, present hospital
administrator.
The sisters of St. Vincent
Catholic hospital In Portland
volunteered to erect a hospital
in Hfjdford. When they ar
rived here they took over
what was then the Southern
Oregon hospital. It was a yel
low wood frame house on the
corner of South Central ave.
and 11th it. and already occu-
Supports
Club Here
Dr. Ken Baker, round table
chairman, said he did not re
ceive notification that Sweet-
land's appearance had been
cancelled and the luncheon
group met
1 '"V . .. .. 1
would be there, Wen imauy
disbanded after he did
show up. ;, , ; , : ,
Dcatheraize said Dr. Baker
1 told him it was possible tthat
1 It une nnnall-iln tlmf o letter
I v
1 nnnlllr.o , the nrmnlntmertt
vniiii.a -t-t - .
hurl hnon received bv him. but
matter.- - ' s
itcgarainu meuic" t-sni
1 1 . J C,..nflaHrf. BoM
thinks these issues are rem
ed to the campaign "in tnei
sense that they.rovcal the var-
ious points of view of the two
candidates."
(Continued on Page 9)
Oregon Traffic
Fatal To Five
By United Press International
A barge explosion, a trucK s
plunge over an earthfill dam
and two traffic accidents
claimed the lives of five per
sons in Oregon Tuesday. A
sixth person, Owen R. Buse,
63, North Bend, also died in
a traffic accident but authori
ties think his death was
caused by a heart attack.
Ward Warren, 4S, was in
jured fatally, and Ed Coburn,
54, .was believed arownoa Bi
ter an explosion ripped a 208-
foot fuel barge at The Danes.
Louis Gcorec Englehart, 32,
Willamette City, was killed
Tuesday afternoon when the
truck he was driving crasneo
off the earthfill dam at the
Hills Creek Dam project.
Orvil Owen Harris, 71, For
est Grove, was killed in a col
lision between the pickup
truck in which ho was riding
and a logging truck about 15
miles northwest of - Warm
Springs. ' " . L
Mrs. Frona McCormack, 79,
Salem, died of injuries suffer
ed when she was struck by- a
car in the Salem city limits.
WOMAN INJURED
Mrs. Bertha Dalton was re
ported in good condition at
Sacred Heart nospnai at noun
today following a one-vehicle
accident about 11:15 a.m. on
Highway 99 at Blackweu run
pied by 14 patients. A Mrs,
Havsrr was then supervisor.
The sisters moved into the
attic of the wood frame house,
Construction of the present
Sacred Heart hospital on Sis
kiyou heights was started soon
after the sisters located ncre
On Jan. 2, 1912, the new hos
pital was officially opened.
Estimated cost -was $175,000.
During the last 10 years
Sacred Heart h averaged
4,000 in-patients a year and
about 2,200 out-patients, sis
ter Luke said. I
Shop and storage facilities
in outbiuldings w! added 10
years ago. A section of the
hosnital was remodeled
1954, and surgery and lab fa
cilities provided.
Action Announced
After Study; May
Be Year or Two
Financial Reasons
Given for Decision
Sacred Heart Hospital will
be forced to close its doors
within the next year or two
it was announced today.
The announce m e n t was
made by Sister Luke of th8
Savior, administrator of the
hospital. She cited a high and
increasing debt, a continued
operating deficit, and increas
ing patronage of Rogue Val
ley hospital, combined with
high costs of improvements
and construction, as reasons
for the decision.
The decision to close, after
the Rogue Valley hospital
completes its planned new
wing, was made by the Sisters
of Providence, who operate
the hospital, and by the hos
pital board.
The plan received approval
from the sisters' headquarters
in Montreal, Canada, yester
day. '
The Sisters of Providence
plan to leave the hospital be- -fore
it is closed, Sister Luke
said, and it may be within
the next month or so. Mean
while, the hospital has appeal
ed to the Rogue Valley hos
pital board to work out a
plan of operation and admin
istration for Sacred Heart
until it closes.
(A spokesman - for Rogue
Valley hospital today said the
board will meet tomorrowt
and will consider the prob
lems involved in providing a
continuity of hospital care
facilities. Board members said
they -will give their full co-
operation In meeting the hos-
nital needs-nf the communltv.
dl completion of the
ew h7gpUa, wing.v . . . .
;S(Ther problems Involved, IV
rI,. t iM,,rf main.'
1 tuning the necessary number -
1 .'. n . j i
i oi'oeas; -operating aueti,uav'
I ."'. .. ..,- . ... -
I surgical-, laciiittes, ana tn
1 n i
' county earlier this, year an
w i nouncea tnejr view mat mea-
ha f I . . , J 1 I . A .3 1..
- 1 both hospitals continuing to
operate, s -.. -
.'But Sister Luke, obviously
1 saddened by the necessity of
the decision, said condition!
have made It impossible . to
continue. , : '
Wants Success. -'.'''
"I want Rogue Valley hos
pital to succeed," she said. "I
do not want there to be any
bitterness when we finally
close and leave the valley."
The decision followed re-
ceiot of a comprehensiva
study of the two hospitals, .
nd of local medical needs.
prepared for both hospital
by James A. Hamilton -A
soclates, hospital consultants.
The survey found that, con
trary to earlier beliefs, the) "
trend In medical treatment
will not make Medford a
medical center" for a large
area, except in a few special
ties. Growth of good hospital
facilities in Ashland, Klamath
FaHs, Grants Pass, and else
where in southern Oregon and
northern California, will re
sult in mostly local peopls
patronizing the local medical
facilities, the survey stated.
It recommended, first, a
"two-hospital" plan, with a
new Sacred Heart building;
adjacent to the Rogue Valley
site, with many facilities com
bined. As alternates it listed
a modified two-hospital plan,
a single-hospital plan, and,
finally, continued operation of
two independent hospitals.
Price Estimates s
The price estimates ranged
from $2,740,000 for the first
up to $3,181,000 for the lat
ter.
The Sacred Heart board.
supported by the Sisters, de
clined to accept any of these
proposals, either because of
prohibitive costs, or because
of a loss of essential purpose.
Sister Luke said yesterday
that during the half-century
the Sacred Heart hospital has
been in operation, it has sc-
cumulated a debt totaling
$285,000. Of this $100,000 is
the original debt, never paid
off, and another $180,000 is.
an accumulation i of deficits
over the past 7V4 years. -
Recently, a drive to raise
$75,000 in operating funds
brought in only $29,000, much
of it from local physicians,
Sister Luke said.
She estimated the hospital
has some $200,000 worth of
equipment which must be dis
posed of, perhaps to Rogue
Valley hospital. . ,
Nine sisters comprise the
supervisory staff of the hos-
pital, she said, and when they
leave, they will assigned to
other Catholic hospitals. The
rest of the staff will remain
during construction of the
new Rogue Valley wing.
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