telared -in
Oregon
Oooti
tapr Fonaneia
Boat Ramp Will Be
Widened
Beclares
County Judge Earl Miller
said today work will start im
; mediately on widening the
present concrete boat ramp
at Howard Prairie lake and
basic planning is starting on
. o i n e r recreation facilities
. recommended by the Jackson
county parks and recreation
commission.
Such planning includes a
permanent store building and
$150,000 Bonds
To Be Sold by
School District
The Medford school board
yesterday authorized sale of
$150,000 worth of bonds to
help finance an addition to
Medford High school and for
proposed classroom additions
next year iV. Wilson, Jefferson
and Griffin Creek if needed.
The $150,000 is the re
i mainder of the $750,000 bonds
authorized by school district
patrons last year.
The high school addition,'
which includes classrooms and
' a physical education plant, is
under construction. Bids were
opened for the addition late
last month.
The number of additional
classrooms needed next year
for elemert'ary students prob
ably will be determined by
the school census, which is ex
pected to be completed soon.
School administrators have in
dicated that more classrooms
. will be needed at-Wilson and
Jefferson, scho'ols; but are hot
sure .of the need at Griffin
. Creek.' '
Authorize Cost Study
The board also authorized
. a cost study for a "new grand
stand on the wesj.. side' .of the
high school football" field. The
new grandstand would. replace
the old wc)den structure On
' the west side of the field. '
Members discussed; briefly
the possible need for 'another
high school in the 'district, but
postponed any lengthy discus
sion until after the school cen
sus is completed so student
population trends can be re
studied. Dixter Kinnaird and Bar
bara Reedy were elected as
elementary teachers.
The board also set Wednes
day, Nov.; 10, as the. date to
visit the remainder of the
schools-Medford High school,
Jefferson, , Griffin Creek, and
Washington elementary
chools and McLoughlin Jun
ior High school. Board mem
bers already have visited oth
er schools.
38,130 Voters Are
Registered Here
Final county voter registra
tion figures sho wa total of
38,130 registered voters.-
The registration total rose
to 38,130 from 36,083 on
Sept. 28,- a county elections
department official said. A
gain of 2,047 registered .vot
ers in eight days.
Democrats lead by 1,128
registered voters, j They have
a total of 1,158 registered vot
ers compared! to the Repub
licans' 18,030. Independents
had 942 registered voters..
KIDNAPING FOILED
Leopoldville, The Congo-fllPD
-A gang of 20 supporters of
ousted Premier Patrice Lu
mumba today tried to kill or
kidnap the Congolese high
commissioner for finance, but
he was rescued by an Ameri
. can after being injured;
. Washington -IIJPD- Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), a U.S. dele-
gate to the United Nations,
' said Thursday "our best hope
for peace" lies in summit
meetings under U.N. jurisdic-tion.
Thornton Describes Appling as
'Loyal Hatchet Man1 for
Salem -(UPD- Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton to
day described Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr., as
a "good loyal hatchet man"
for Gov. Mark Hatfield. .
Appling charged Thornton
' was "writing the sorriest rec
ord of legal incompetence in
Oregon's history."
The bitter exchange came
about as Thornton said the sec
retary of state had the duty
to "diligently seek out and
bring to the attention of the
appropriate district attorney"
violations of the election law.
Appling recently (aid ht
at Lake,
Judge
coffee shop for Howard
Prairie, installation of a 25
kilowatt electric plant and
wiring and initial dock and
moorage facilities there.
Miller said plans are being
made for a drinking water
system at Emigrant lake and
establishing restroom facilities
there.
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt repeated that the
county court is committed to
construction of a building at
the Jackson, county fair
grounds to house extension
agent offices and an auditor!
um. , . i
Capital Improvement!
. What is not spent out of the
current $150,000 capital im
provements fund for this con
struction may be used for the
requested additional county
recreation facilities, Miller ex
plained. Possibly the $30,000
estimated cost for the pro
posed store and coffee shop
building could be shaved
some, he added.
Overall capital ' expendi
tures requested for Howard
Prairie arid Emigrant recrea
tion areas is $60,000.
Projects recommended for
Howard Prairie include a
store and coffee shop build
ing, $30,000; widening of boat
ramp, $5,000; initial work on
dock and moorage, $10,000;
25 kilowatt electric plant.
$1,750; electric wiring to plant
facilities, $1,200; and con
tingency expenditures (includ
ing architectural fees on store
and : dock facilities) $5,000,
sub total $52,950. i .
Expenditures proposed for
Emigrant include sanitary fa
cilities, including two : rest-
rooms, $4,000; buildings, $1,-
500; drinking water develop
ment, $1,500 for a sub total
of $5,250.
Wednesday, County En
gineer Robert Carstensen in
spected and accepted as com
plete the ; water system con
structed at Howard Prairie by
Tomrrty. barker-, Ashland con
tractor. This includes a stor
age tank and pipe to provide
fresh water for the picnic and
camping area. ; : !..':.,"!
One' mile of road work is
left to do on the road extend
ing from the end of the pave
ment to Hyatt lake junction.
This will be done probably
this winter, he said. ' .
2.2 Million Boxes
Of Pears Picked
Total Jackson county pear
harvest for the season just
completed is an estimated 2,-
200,000 boxes, according to
County Horticultural Agent
Clifford B. Cordy today. Five
year average is three million
boxes. : .
Harvests of al pear varieties
except Bartletts were below
the previous estimates, Cordy
said.
Final Bartlctt harvest fig
ures were "right on the nose"
of previous estimates - 930,
000 box total. This included
about -22,000 shipped to the
cannery, and 1,000 tons of low
grade processed pears.
Bosc produced azu.uuu
boxes or approximately half
of the previous estimate. Last
five-year average for. Bosc is
700,000 boxes.
D'Anjous produced 680,000
boxes, considerably below the
five-year averagevof one mil
lion boxes.
Nobody has accurate figures
for the Cornice harvest since
this variety is put in lugs and
put back in storage. However,
pear growers estimated .that
Cornice were considerably be
low the expected harvest to
tal. It would have been a good
Cornice year if it hadn't been
for the frost, a pear industry
spokesman said.
Pear crop reduction was
due. to : poor pollinization,
spring frost and pear tree de
cline, Cordy said.
had unconfirmed reports' .that
not all of the 250 electors who
nominated Clifford E. Nelson,
Portland,- for district judge,
were present at the nominat
ing convention.
Appling charged Thornton
today with reversing himself.
"Six weeks ago," he said,
"when I was trying to enforce
the election law in the Nelson
case, Thornton tied my hands
by saying that I did not have
the authority to conduct an
investigation. Now that it is
too late to take action, he
tries to get off the hook that
I do. after all, have the authority."
Regional Edition
Medford
20 Pages
FIRE DRILL. Employees in the post office and federal
office building on West Sixth st. were evacuated in a fire
drill this morning. The building, in which 100 people are .
employed, was cleared in 98 seconds, according to building
superintendent, F. G. Herdman. ; Earl Harrison, assistant
Khrushchev Back
In Moscow After
Nonstop Flight
Moscow IUPII Soviet ' Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev re
turned home today from an
unprecedented 35-d.ay trip to
the United Nations General
Assembly in New York.
His - rocket-shaped TU114
airliner ' landed at Vnukova'
airport to end the longest
period any Kremlin chief has
spent outside the country.
Khrushchev : spent 25 days
in New York after "a lOniay
cruise : to the United States
aboard the Soviet liner Bal
tika with other international
Communist leaders. . :
Makes Nonstop Flight 1
Khrushchev s plane landed
after a 10-hour and 32-minutc
nonstop : flight from . New
York. .. ;
The plane also carried
Hungarian Communist leader
Janos Kadar, the Communist
leaders of the Ukrainian and
Byelorussian Soviet Repub
lics, and Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko. ,
After his first American
visit last year, Khrushchev
rode immediately to the
Lenin Sports Palace to make
report to the nation. , .
Speech Expected
Today, there was no indica
tion when he would make a
report on his latest trip. How
ever, it was considered pos
s i b 1 e Khrushchev would
make the speech any time
from Saturday on.
Before he left New York,
Khrushchev proclaimed that
the Soviet block in the Gen
eral Assembly had won a
great ' victory.":,' However,
Western observers felt his
outbursts in the assembly
chamber merely underlined
what in actuality were de
feats' for the Soviet Union on
every, major issue, j ,
Bulletin
United Nations, N.Y-fUPD
The United States today
alerted the United Nations
for possible vioUnc i the
U.S. Naval Base at Guan
ianamo, warning that Pre
mier Fidel Castro's govern
ment seemed intent on
"provoking an incident"
there.
Hatfield
Added Appling: "I ' chal
lenge him to explain" to the
citizens of Oregon who pay his
salary, the sorry fact that he
has never once been upheld
by a court in legal advice he
has given me" as secretary of
state.
: Replying to Appling, Thorn
ton said the secretary of state
was a "good loyal hatchet
man" for Hatfield and added,
"Mr. Appling made these rul
ings himself in the first place
and we simply concurred in
his opinions. Now he is irying
to crawl out."
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,
Lawyer Criticized
For Not Appearing
At Planners Meet
Medford lawyer Alan B.
Holmes, municipal court
judge and candidate-' for dis
trict attorney, was the object
of some non-partisan critic
ism at last night's city plan
ning meeting. : -j: j-'i . . ,.
The criticism grew out -of
a request from the city coun
cil that the planning commis
sion "reconsider" its - action
in 'recommending denial of a
variance to the Tru Mech
company. : - -
The Tru Mech company as
sembles trading stamp dispen
ser machines in a building at
111 North Fir st. The com
pany was informed by the
city that it was operating a
light industrial business in a
commercial zone. :
Zoning Variance ' '
Tru Mech, through its at
torney, Holmos, then asked I
the planning commission for
a zoning variance to permit
them to operate.
A public hearing was held
on the request in September,
but no one, not even Holmes,
showed up at the meeting to
speak either for or . against
the request,
The commission at that
time unanimously recom
mended denial of the request,
and said it saw no reason why
a variance should be grant
ed and suggested that if the
company wanted to operate
as a light industrial business
it should move to an approp
riate zone.
However, Holmes appeared
on behalf of his clients at the
next council meeting - and
said he did not have a chance
to present his case at the
planning commission meet
ing as he was not notified
that a hearing was going to
be held then.
Referred Back
The council then referred
the matter back to the com
mission and asked that it hear
Holmes and "reconsider" its
action, 1
-The matter was reconsid
ered at last night's meeting,
however Holmes again did
not show up.
Commission member Terry
Green said: "I don't know if
we're going to have to make
an appointment for Mr.
Holmes to appear but this is
the second night that he
hasn't."
Jack Edson said: "You
mean to say he wasn't con
scious of it this time after all
of this?" .. ...
Don Walters suggested that
the commission lead Holmes
to the meeting "by his hand."
Notified of Hearing I
It was pointed out by Com
mission Chairman Paul Sclby
and Planning Consultant Ned
Langford that Holmes was no
tified of the first hearing as
is everybody else. '
It was explained that no
tices of public hearings are
published, as specified in the
city charter, through the le
gal notices in the newspaper.
This was done, Selby said.
Selby suggested "that if we
OCTOBER 14, 1960
p p
Medford fire chief, is on the sidewalk watching employees
leave the building. Medford Fire Marshal Truman Nelson
inspected the building. The drill and inspection is part of
a program carried out in all U.S. general service adminis
tration buildings during National Fire Prevention Week.
spend any more city money
for a rehearing I suggest we
notify the council where we
stand on this."
As Much Obligation
: Although City . Attorney
Joel Rocder said the commis
sion would not have to rC'
publish , notices, of. another
hearing, Edson said:. "If we're
going "to notify .'proponents,
we have just as much obliga
tion to notify potential op
ponents." , .
The commission voted to re
publish the hearing and have
the commission secretary no
tify Holmes that the hearing
would be rescheduled for the
next meeting.
Green suggested that "may
be we could : advise Mr.
Holmes that the notice is go
ing to appear in the paper.".
Area Landmark
Destroyed by Fire
The two-story home of Wil
liam Bigham, chairman of the
Jackson, county fair board,
burned to the . ground this
morning. . .
The residence on Bigham
rd. in the Antelope district
was a southern Oregon land
mark. It was approximately
100 years old.. .
Rural firemen were called
about 6:40 a.m. and dis
patched one truck to the blaze
which was outside the rural
fire district. A faulty flue was
the apparent cause, firemen
stated. . .
When the fire broke out
this morning,- the Bighams
were reported ready to leave
to get their cattle which were
in pasture on the middle fork,
of Rogue river. They would
have been gone a week.
"Not That I Really
55th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 178
Cuba Government
Nationalizes 382
Business Firms
Havana, Cuba-fllPD-Premler
Fidel Castro's government
nationalized 382 enterprises
today ( including virtually all
the principal businesses of
the nation.
The decision was announced
after a cabinet session presid
ed over by Castro;
. The -decree, of nationaliza
tion affected , all . banks in
Cuba with the sole exception
of Canadian banks the Royal
Bank of Canada , and the
Bank of Nova Scotia., ".
The U.S. Embassy ' said 20
of the . firms . were either
America n-owned or had
American mney invested in
them., . , ., . ..
26 Categories ' :';
The confiscation covered 26
categories of businesses, in
cluding paint subsidiaries, an
industrial and commercial
packaging firm in which the
W. R. Grace Co. had an in
terest, and various soap, de
tergent and perfume factories
in which Proctor and Gamble
and the Colgate companies
had investments. ...
The decree did not touch
the remaining few big Ameri-
man firms such as Sears
Roebuck & Co., F. W.. Wool-
worth Co:, Goodrich Rubber
and Coca Cola. . The embassy
estimated between. 350 and
400 American-owned ' busi
nesses, ranging from' corner
novelty stores to big firms,
have yet to be taken over by
the government.
It pointed out, however,
that 95 per cent of the firms
involving important Ameri
can money already have been
taken over.
Salem - UPD - The Oregon
Water Resources Board will
meet here the afternoon of
Oct. 31, it said.
Approve Of It"
City Considering
Experiment for
Dispersing Fog
Landings and takeoffs at
Medford's municipal airport
unhampered by even the
thickest of fogs? Sounds im
possible. - '
Not entirely so, according
to Medford city officials.
They said today that seri
ous . consideration is being
given to a proposal that the
city experiment with a new
fog dispersal technique. If
successful, the technique
would enable airplanes to
land at the airport during pe
riods of heavy fog.
Airport Manager Gil Gut
jahr said it is hoped that the
experiment can be started
this winter.
Actually, the experiment
would apply only to "super
cooled" fog, or fog having a
temperature of 32 degrees
and under. But a large per
centage of Medford area win
ter fogs are super-cooled.
The proposal was made by
United Air Lines, which point
ed out that approximately 60
flights were cancelled at Med
ford's airport during last De
cember alone because of super-cooled
fog.
Suspended From Balloon '
Under the experiment, dry
ice would be suspended from
weather balloon and the
balloon be attached to a car
or truck. The vehicle would
then pull the balloon the
length of the runway. The
airlines said that the balloon
should be from 100-200 feet
off the ground- for best re
sults.
A chemical reaction, caused
by the dry ice meeting the
fog, would then temporarily
disperse the fog above the
runway long enough for
planes to land. The length of
time for which the fog would
be dispersed would depend
on weather and wind condi
tions.
Gutjahr said the Medford
airport would be the first air
port in the country to experi
ment with-this -technique to
his knowledge.
Already Demonstrated .
The airlines said tiiat it has
already been demonstrated
that such a technique is effec
tive. They said, however, that
no one has yet attempted to
apply the experiment on
regular basis because they
felt the incidence of super
cooled fog in the U.S. was too
low to warrant the cost.
United disagrees, however,
and said the incidence of this
fog at some Pacific Northwest
cities, Medford included, is
such that it has had a consid
erable impact on scheduled
air operations in mid-winter.
United originally proposed
that airports at four cities
Medford, Pendleton, Boise
and Spokane - undertake the
experiment. None of the other
cities has yet tried it, Gutjahr
said. i
' Gutjahr said that super
cooled fog constitutes an aver-
Ted Kennedy to
Visit SOC Campus
Ashland - Ted Kennedy,
younger brother of Presiden
tial Candidate Sen. John F.
Kennedy, will attend a Demo
cratic party rally on the South
ern Oregon college campus
Monday, Oct. 17.
The younger Kennedy will
speak on the subject of
why students are Interested
in the 1960 election." The
rally will start at 9 a.m., and
will be held in the Britt Cen
ter ballroom.
A Life magazine photogra
pher is scheduled to be with
the Kennedy party at SOC.
The public is invited to attend.
Bids Called For
National Park Work
Bids for widening and re
surfacing sections of the An
nie Springs and park head
quarters roads in Crater Lake
National park will be opened
at 3 p.m. Nov. 3 by the bureau
of public roads, Portland.
The section to be Improved
starts at Annie Springs camp
nd extends toward park
headquarters . for 6.25 miles.
The project will follow the
existing road alignment. 1
WEATHER
FOKKCAST: Pair tonlfht nd
Saturday. Low tonight near
32. Hlfh Saturday 88-70.
Temp.
11 1 the it Yesterday 62
Lowflit Thli Morning ,... 11
Our Skies Tonight
Moonrlie tomorrow 1:22 a.m.
New Moon - Oet. 20
Tha planet. Man, hlih In
the louth at 5:22 a.m..
la directly above Rlrlui, the
brlfhteit star. Lata In Decem
ber Man will be nearly aa
brlfht aa Slrlua.
age of only 7 per cent of all
fog at the airport. But in
some months, particularly in
the winter, the amount of su
per-cooled fog is much great
er than in others, he added.
He pointed out that of the
260 hours of fog at the airport
last December, 237 hours or
91 per cent, was super-cooled
fog. He said this was an ex
ceptional month, but it is in
dicative of what can happen.
An equitable distribution of
the costs of this experiment is
all that remains to be worked
out before an agreement will
be presented to the city coun
cil for approval, Gutjahr said.
Cost of operating the ex
periment would be approxi
mately $1,500 a year.
Candidates Keep
Quemoy-Ma.su
Issue Boiling
Washington-IUPD-Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon and
Sen. John F. Kennedy kept
their Quemoy-Matsu dispute
boiling ; today along with a
new argument over whether
their farm programs would
cost more tax money or raise
food prices.
In Thursday night's third
chapter of their scheduled
four debates,. Kennedy and
Nixon remained as far apart
as they were a week ago
about the defense of the Que
moy and Matsu islands.
Like the previous two de
bates, the third was carried
by all three television and
four radio networks. Nixon
spoke from Los Angeles and
Kennedy from New York,
The candidates were question
ed by a panel of four news
men in Los Angeles-in a sepa
rate studio trom Nixon.
Nixon Seen Winner
Nixon, said ,the.'la1csF"8h'
counter! Vrtii ''good and fast-
moving, a good clash." Repub
llcan Natl o n a I Chairman
Thruston B. Morton declared
mat Nixon again was the
ciear winner. Kennedy mere
ly said it was "an interesting
evening but Pierre Salinger,
his press secretary, said the
Democratic nominee and his
staff were "highly pleased
and feel that this was his best
performance of the three de
bates." Minutes after the program
ended, the , rival 'Candidates
tangled In a dispute ' over
whether Kennedy had follow
ed the ground, rules for the
debate. Nixon charged that
Kennedy had violated an
agreement by using notes.
Kennedy denied he had used
notes and said he had referred
only to. two documents, - in
cluding a letter written, by
President Eisenhower, to be
sure he was quoting them
accurately, - i " , :
Cites Opposition Officiali
On the Quemoy-Matsu is
sue, Kennedy again cited au
thorities in or formerly in the
Elsenhower administration to
support his argument that the
Chinese Nationalist held is
lands were indefensible.
The vice president replied
that K e n n a d y'l ' program
would lead not to peace but
to war because any conces
sion to the Communists would
lead only to new demands.
Kennedy said the Nixon
farm plan would cost $1.5 to
$2 billion more than the pres
ent program and that his
would, cost $1 billion less.
Nixon said Kennedy's farm
program would result In a 25
per cent increase in food
prices which would be part of
the cost of the program.
Basic Training School
For Officers
A six-day x basic trainlngton and Richard Hurner. All
school for area policemen will
be held in Medford starting
Monday, according to Med
ford Police Chief Charles P.
Champlin, host chief for the
school.
Police officers from Med
ford, Grants Pass, Klamath
Falls and the Jackson county
sheriff's office are expected
to attend the sessions.
Second in Series
The school in Medford .is
the second in a series of seven
to be conducted throughout
the state this fall. They are
sponsored by the Oregon As
sociation of City Police Offi
cer! and the Oregon State
Sheriffs' association. -
Four officers . from Med
lord's police department will
attend the school. They are
Patrolmen James Peart, Mel
vin Rennick, Richard Hamll-
lax Reduction
nay pe rossime,
ftatomonf four
Governor Lauds
Salem - (UPD - Oregon is In .
such good shape financially
that a tax reduction may even
be possible, a statement filed ,
with the secretary of state by
the State Finance Department
and the State Tax Commis
sion said today.
the general election.
Gov. Mark Hatfield said It
prudent management of the
state's business and the
healthy state of our econ
omy." The report lists total expen-
Hitnrps fnr thp pnrrpnt hienni -
um, which ends June 30, 1961, '
as $308,963,394. . , .-
Big Surplus Expected '
The statement says that ex- ,
penditures are running $3,
203,874 below that author
ized by the 1959 legislature,
that a stirnlns of .C34.0R3.141
is expected and that the . re
sources are enough to allow
look at possible cuts in ,
taxes. .
"The fact that this state-
mcnt rannrd arloiiimtri ' voi
sources for our 1961-63 needs
Is a mninr r.hanea from thu
uncertainties of two years
ago," Hatfield said. "That our '
resources are sufficient to
permit consideration of taxi
reduction is the most wel
come fact to be found in the
statement."
Under present laws, gener
al fund resources for tha
1961-63 biennium, Including
IVia otinliie bto Acttmotnri at
$355,498,000. The report said
the figures are subject to ad
justment. :' j"- i
.The expenditure program
now being planned for 1961
63 is guided by the following
policy decisions," the report
said: . ' -
Limit Expn
1. That total expenditures
be limited to the amount
available under existing
v 2. That existing state serv
ices be continued at the qual
ity level authorized by 195B-
61 appropriations.-. s
' 3. That improvements in
auality or expansion of exist
ing programs be recommend
ed only where need is clear
and urgent. ' ' r
4. That critically needed
new programs be given care- -ful
consideration.
5. That funds be provided
for needed adjustments in tha
salaries of state employees,
6. That fundi be provided
for a pay-as-we-go building
program that is adequate to
the needs of 1961-63.
7. That any . balance re-
mainlno aflpr mpptlntf thp.na
state requirements should be
reflected - in tax - reduction.
Since state basic school sup
port reduces the- local prop
erty tax, an increase In state
support would provide the
possibility oi further property
tax r relief. Increased basle
school support, therefore,
should have first priority in
considering methods of re
ducing Oregon taxes for .the
1961-63 biennium, the report
concluded ,
TRY SAID FAILURE '
Los Angeles UPD Dr. Wil
liam Pickering, director of the
California Institute of Tech
nology's space laboratory,
said Thursday there were in
dications Russia planned to
put a man in space earlier this
month and failed.
Washington 0IP1 President
Eisenhower attended a ce
lebrity studded performance
Thursday night of the Royal
Danish Ballet with King Fred
erik and Queen. Ingrid of Denmark.-
,: V ;': ... .'.,'
Planned
four men have been with tha
department less than a year.
All other officers have attend- '
ed the course before, Champ
lin said.
FBI Instructs - ' ;
Instructors will be provid
ed by the FBI, the Oregon
state police, and the Medford,
Eugene, Springfield and Bend
police departments. Lt. Orlo
McGee, Medford, will assist
in teaching a class on the me
chanics of arrest, basic use ot
sldearms and defensive tac
tics. Sgt. Thomas Eaton of the
state police, Medford, will
teach a class on traffic. '
Other subjects to be taught
during the course are laws ot
arrest, search and seizure; re
port writing and patrol tech
niques; laws of evidence and
Identification and preserva
tion of evidence.
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