Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 26, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextG G CRASH KILLS FOUR A civil aeronautics board investi gation was under way today into the Tuesday crash of a light plane at the Salem airport, which killed four persons. The plane was taking off when it developed trouble and crashed when it attempted to return to the airstrip. Victims were Wilbur E. Church, 56, Portland; Ray Smith, 57, Salem; George Bagnall, 54, Salem, and Robert E. Wicen, 40, Mil waukee, Wis. (UPI Telephoto) Living Costs Higher During September; October Climb Seen Washington - (UPII - The cost of living rose two-tenths of 1 per cent in September and ap pears to be heading upward again this month, the govern ment announced today in its last price index report before the presidential election. The consumer price index hit a record high of 126.8 last month after two months of holding steady at 126.6. The Bureau of Labor Statistics computes the index using 1947-49 prices as a base of ioo. ,-. ; In response to reporters' North Entrance Road Closed by Snow The north entrance road to fratpr T.akp National " nark was closed again , today be cause of snow. "'' The park service said four inches of snow was Reported at park headquarters, and the road from headquarters to the rim was closed this morning. It was expected to be open by mid-morning. , . Chains are required be tween Annie Springs and headquarters, and advised on Highway 62 in the park. Sporadic snows this fall have closed, the north en trance road at least twice pre viously. The road has been re opened when drifts are plow ed. The park service said the road may open again if weath er conditions permit. Sport Bulletin New York - (11P1) - T h American League today ap proved the transfer of the Washington Senators to Minneapolis and the estab lishing of new franchises in Washington and Los An geles for the 19S1 season. WEATHER FORECAST: Showers this after noon. Clearing and colder to niEht. Fog patches Thursday morning, otherwise partly cloudy with a few showers mostly In mountains. Low to night 35. High Thursday 85. Temp. Highest Yesterday 69 Lowest This Morning 46 Prcc. to 10 a.m. Today 06 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:13 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:39 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:07 p.m. First Quarter tonight 11:34 p.m. PROMINENT STAR Fonialhaut, due south 8:44 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low In south west 6:09 p.m. Jupiter, low In south west 1:08 p.m. Saturn, low in south west 8:00 p.m. Mars, rises 9:49 p.m. Yellow Cab Company Plans To File Counter-Charges With City Council Carl Kellenberger, owner of Yellow Cab company, said today the company plans to file with the Medford city council, counter - c h a r g e s against the Medford Airport Limousine service. His company's attorneys, he said, are in the process of drawing up a petition for sub mission to the council. "In our petition." Kellen berger said, "we shall request the city council to have the Medford Airport Limousine service show cause why their license to operate a limousine should not be revoked." Last week, the liigpusine service's lawyer, Ben Day, asked the council to aimmon Kellenberger before it to show cause wWy the license of Yellow Cab company should not be revoked because of al questions, a spokesman noted that the September increase was twice the average rise of one-tenth of 1 per cent per month experienced in nearly eight years of the Eisenhower administration. He said that the index rose an average of five - tenths of 1 per cent monthly between Janu a r y, 1945, and January, 1953 when the Democrats occupied the White House. Most of these increases were immediately after World War II and dur ing the Korean conflict. The September index was 1.3 per cent higher than the same month of 1959. Means Salary Increases The latest increase will mean salary ' increases for about 100,000 workers who wqrk under contracts with "escalator" clauses tied to the Index. i The workers, mostly in the metal fields and specif ically In the aircraft industry, will get increase of about one cent per hour. San Francisco - (UPII - Port land retail food prices pushed up 0.6 per cent between mid August and mid-September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The increase, however, still left the September average price level 0.1 per cent below the year ago level. The major increase over the month was in the price of eggs, up nearly 5 cents a dozen over the month. The meat group declined by 1.1 per cent. Fresh fruits and vegetables averaged 1.3 per cent higher. Dairy products rose 1.4 per cent and cereals and bakery products were up 1.2 per cent. Wrong Use of Mail Boxes Reported The post qjfice department today warned that it is unlaw ful to place any publication or other literature, including po litical literature, in mail boxes. Any material placed in the mail boxes must be mail that has been properly processed through the post office, and delivered to the box by letter carrier. Numerous instances have come to the attention of the Medford post office where po litical literature or advertis ing has been placed in the boxes by other than letter car riers. This is unlawful, and the persons doing it are sub ject to arrest and punishment, the local postmaster said. leged violations of the city code in operating both taxis and limousines. Medford Airport Limousine service outlined four in instances in which it believed Yellow Cab was violating the city code. Generally they dealt with operating taxis as limousines and not meeting all flights at the airport. Kellenberger said Yellow Cab company did not have notice from Medford Airport Limousine service that charges were going to be filed with the city council. The first notice he received, heaid, was from reports of the council meeting in news papers and on radio. He said a representative of the company, if requested, will appear before the coun cil to "refute and prove false Ul Oracles Men Ordered To Be in Barracks By Wednesday Mobutu Informed Of Decision Leopoldville, The Congo -(UPII - The United Nations cracked down on the unruly and disorganized Congolese Army today, ordering its men out of Leopoldville and back into barracks by Wednesday morning. The U.N. acted to end the orgy of looting, drunkenness and violence by Congolese soldiers who have been mo lesting panicky citizens of this capital city since Saturday. Mobutu Informed Congolese strongman Col. Joseph Mobutu and high com missioner spokesman Justin Bomboko were informed of the decision at U.N. head quarters. They were sum moned by Rajeshwar Dayal, chief U.N. representative in The Congo for Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold; Maj. Gen. Carl Van Horn, U.N. military commander in chief; and Van Horn's deputy. "The U.N. sent for the Con golese leaders and told them the illegal and arbitrary' acts being committed by the Con golese army could no longer be tolerated," a U.N. spokes man said. Agreed To Demand "Mobutu agreed to our de mand that the army leave Leopoldville and return to its barracks. The demand goes into effect tomorrow." The spokesman said Mobutu told Dayal that the unlawful acts were committed without his authorization.. He claimed spme acts were committed by civilians disguised as soldiers. ' "W e authorized searches for arms. But not beatings or lootings, or any act of vio lence," Mobutu said. Power Pole Burns, Blackens Gold Hill The Gold Hill area was without electricity from 11:45 p.m. Tuesday until 8:13 o'clock today due to a burned pole near the Gold Hill sub station, California Oregon Power company officials re ported today. The pole, which held the connection between the 66, 000 volt line which feeds the substation, and the substation, caught on fire shortly before midnight and burned in two, causing a blackout in the Gold Hill vicinity. Officials reported that tem porary repairs were made to the pole this morning so pow er could be restored. It is believed that dust col lected on the insulator and dampened by the light rain last evening may have caused it to "flash over." A current leakage would result, it was explained, which may have set the dry pole on fire. Copco officials added that the pole was out of the "ce ment dust" area where in sulators have to be replaced regularly to avoid such oc currences. Bulletins San Salvador, EI Salvador - (UPII - President Jose Maria Lemus was ousted early to day in a bloodless army coup d'etat. A six-man junta comprising three army offi cers and three civilians was formed to take over the government Vandenberg AFB, Calif. - (UPII - A Discoverer rocket rumbled aloft today carry ing a sophisticated new sat ellite on its maiden flight but officials doubted 30 minutes after launch that it would go into orbit. the charges asserted by Mr. (Clarence) Jones," owner of Medford Airport Limousine service. "We are extremely sorry and amazed that Mr. Jones is attempting to use the coun cil" for publicly expressing personal charges toward his former employer, Kellenber ger said. "As long as Mr. Jones is going to continue to air publicly before the city coun cil minor and petty gngv ances, then we have no alter native but to file coifiter charges against the Medfordiand for agricultural purposes Airport Limousine service with the Medford city coun cil." he addecL, Kellenberger did B)t speci fy his counter-charges since his lawyers still are prepar ing tha peUUou. '"V ,' JAMES C. COLLINS Services Thursday James C. Collins, Former Mayor, Dies in Hospital Former Medford Mayor James C. Collins, 68, of 2224 East Main st., died this morn ing in a local hospital. Pri vate funeral services will be held Thursday. Oct. 27, at the Perl Funeral home with Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church officiat ing. . Collins was appointed Med ford mayor in February, 1948, after the death of Mayor Clar ence Meeker. He served until Diamond Flynn look oflico as elected mayor in January, 1949. Collins was a city council man from 1929 to 1930, when the present municipal airport was constructed, and from 1940 until becoming mayor. He was chairman of the coun cil for a year, and was acting mayor for a number of weeks prior to the death of Mayor Meeker. On the council, Collins was airport committee chairman eight years and finance com mittee chairma.i six years. He also served on the citi zen budget committee of the city and on the city planning commission. He was once chairman of the library board. His public seryices also in cluded 10 years on the Salva tion Army board. A resident of Medford some 36 years, he entered the real estate business here in 1927 and operated the Brown and White agency. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth; two .sons, Hugh B. Collins, Medford, and James C. Collins Jr., San Lcandro, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Kent Bonney, San Jose, Calif., and five grandchildren. Sprinkler System Value Noted Here Value of a sprinkler system in protecting buildings from fires was effectively demon strated last night when a blaze broke out in the furnace room of the Grand hotel. The fire started about 9:30 p.m. in a stack of newspapers against a frame partition. Firemen said that the cause was not yet determined. They reported that Hotel Manager Edwin J. Calhoun heard the water flow alarm bell ringing and turned in the alarm to them. The recently installed sprin kler system, activated by the heat from the fire, went im mediately into action, com pletely extinguishing the fire by the time apparatus arrived from the central fire station two blocks away. "Very minor" damage re sulted, according to Fire Chief Gordon Barker, who pointed out that without the protec tion of the system damage would have been serious. Twelve firemen responded to the alarm with two pumper trucks and the aerial ladder truck. Land-Use Program To Be Discussed A land - use development program will be discussed at 8 o'clock tonight in the coun ty courtroom by the Jackson County Regional Planning Ad visory committee, County Judge Earl Miller said today. Lloyd Anderson, planning consultant from the bureau of municipal research, Eugene, will be present, Miller said. "Purpose of the meeting will be to educate, and ex plain the purpose of the meet ing to representatives of var ious Jackson county towns and cities," Miller said. "We will see how far the people want to go with this idea." rioci ona inn n4 eorlnin farm only may he added. also be discussed, Portland - I1IPII - Howard R Marks. 55. president and owi cr of Marks Motors here, died Tuesday, I Down on Cooigolese Any Kerby Threatened As Trash Fire -Spread by Wind House, Garages Are Destroyed in Blaze Kerby - A sudden wind storm in Kerby Tuesday after noon caused a trash fire near the Kavcax Lumber mill to spread, threatening the entire northern end of the town of 150 persons. The fire, which started spot fires over a three block area, burned a l1. a-story house, sev eral garages and extensively damaged the Masonic hall. The post office building was also damaged. A volunteer fireman with the Illinois Valley department, Ed Cook, a worker at the mill, suffered a severe sprained ankle while fighting the blaze at the Masonic hall, it was re ported. The fireman stepped into a hole near the hall while placing a ladder. Pieces of Equipment About 60 persons and nine pieces of equipment from the Illinois valley department, U. S. forest service, state de partment of forestry, and Grants Pass city fire depart ment battled the fire, which was reported at 2:10 p.m. According to Hal Moore, president of the board of com missioners of the Illinois Val ley department, the north end of the town would have burned if it had' not been for the quick response of the sur rounding fire departments. The trash fire was started near the house which adjoined the mill. Shortly after it was started winds up to 30 miles per hour started, scattering the fire. Mill workers man aged to save some of the be longings in the house. The name of the family who re cently moved into the building was not available. The fire was confined to the attic in the Masonic hall, but the concrete structure hamp ered fighters and water dam age was reported heavy. The fire was reported to have jumped the highway in four places and mainly burned grass in the three block area. A permit had . been issued for the burning of the trash, Moore said. Resignation Told To Legislators Letters notifying the Jack son county legislative delega tion of the resignation of Gor don Hudson from the Jackson county home rule study com mittee have been mailed, ac cording to Mrs. Thomas Rut ler, committee chairman. The legislative delegation will have 10 days in which to make the appointment. Upon failure to do so, the ap pointment will revert to the county court. The Medford pharmacist, who was appoint ed by the legislators, gave his official resignation Oct. 6. The legislators had been no tified by. telephone that Hud son had resigned, but due to the present political campaign had failed to act. Although the law does not say who should notify the legislators of the resignation, the county court advised Mrs. Rutter to announce the resignation by official letter. ; Other members of the com mittee are' Mrs. Lester Adams, Applegate; W. E. Davies, Ea gle Point; Frank Farrell, Med ford; P. G. Humphreys, Med ford; William L. Jess, Eagle Point; Maurice MacLeod, Rogue River, and G. H. Wen ner, Ashla II. "Who Needs Another Debate?" Rogue Valley Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD. i ssMSHS&lfc'tartliin fill IliaaA '- -iaSiiwtew SAFE MOVED An 8,844-pound safe, which had been sitting idle for a number of years in the Jackson county courthouse, was moved from the building this week by county workmen above. The old safe was originally used Morse Says He Will Seek More Funds lor Study Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has notified the county court that he has asked the Senate and House appropriations committee to approve $75,500 for a survey of the : Rogue basin during fiscal year 1961. The county court had re quested an increase in appro priations from the present $30,000 to $75,500. "The absence of any budget request from the administra tion for more than $30,000 prompted Congress to approve only $30,000," Morse explain ed. Morse said he understood an appropriation of $45,500 for fiscal year 1962 would complete the survey. If this figure is correct, Morse said he would try to obtain the ap propriation. If More Needed If a larger sum is needed and usable for fiscal year 1962 by the corps, the senator said he would do his. best to obtain "favorable action from the appropriations committees." He noted that a related study is being conducted by the department of interior on the Rogue, problems. Accord ing to the latest report, the department of interior has been allocated $12,000 for fis cal.year 1981-62 for this study. ' On March, 1960, the assist ant secretary of interior noti fied Morse that the present schedule provides for com pleting this work by October, 1960. This detailed data will be sent to the corps by Jan uary, 1961, for coordination with the overall project infor mation, Morse explained. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 100 Businessmen Scheduled to Visit Schools Tomorrow About 100 leading business men in Medford are sched uled to visit the 17 schools in the Medford district Thursday in the chamber of commerce's Education - Business. Day pro gram. , .. '., ..' -. . Tomorrow's visitation b y businessmen is a return visit, and represents the second phase of a program carried on annually by the chamber's education committee under the chairmanship of H. D. Christensen. Purpose of the visits is to develop better understanding between those on the teaching J Protest Planned To BPR on Crossing A letter protesting refusal of the bureau of public roads to finance an overhead cross ing at Voorhics crossing for the new Pacific freeway will be written soon, County Judge Earl Miller said today, i The bureau had notified the county court it would not participate in anything which "does not already exist." If it should, the federal . govern ment would pay 90 per cent of the construction costs and the slate 10 per cent. The county would have to provide the connccting road. W. C. Williams, slate high way engineer, told Judge Mil ler in September that the bureau requires that such a connecting road for an over pass or underpass already exist before it will approve such construction. However, he had promised to refer the request to the bureau. Cost estimates on the road were to have been prepared as soon as bureau approval of the over pass was received. The Jackson county plan ning commission had recom mended the extension of the South Stage id. east from Vdorhies crossing between Highway 99 and the Phoenix Hillcrest rd. and to run parallel between Barnett rd. and the Fern Valley rd. Porter To Speak at College Tomorrow Ashland Charles Porter, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Oregon, will speak to students, facul ty, and townspeople Thurs day, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. in the Britl ballroom at Southern Oregon college. In his campaign, Porter has stressed the issues of better economic conditions regard ing timber, water power, and tourist trade; world peace through such forces as the World Peace through World Law committee; and benefits for the Fourth district which in the past have Included such projects as the Rogue River Harbor and Ihe Talent Tribune OCTOBER 26. 1960 In the courthouse in Jacksonville betore the present court house was built in 1935. The safe was moved to the county warehouse for storage. (Sheriff's department photo) staff of, the Medford school system and business people of the city. Teachers earlier this year visited local : business and industry establishments, Dbn McNeil, chamber man- i ugei, saia ujis will oe me jargese group or Dusiness peo ple ever-, xo maKe a reiurn visit to Medford schools. Those who have made the re turn visit in previous years almost .without exception be come impressed with prob lems faced by educators and the kind of education the tax dollar is buying." ' "This results not from any effort to Impress a group, but from a better understanding of the problem in education today," McNeil said. Education-Business Day will be a half-day affair beginning at 8 a.m. at Hedrick Junior High school, where business people will hear a discussion of the broad picture involving education in the Medford dis trict. . . ,. After the orientation period, they will proceed to school assignments at 9:30 a.m. for a lour of plant facilities, class rooms and observation of in struction techniques. ,, Businessmen will have lunch with the teaching staff at which time more detailed discussion of school facilities and other phases of the school program will be reviewed and discussed. Arrangcmenls for the re turn visit have been worked out through cooperation of Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, Med ford superintendent, and El liott Bccken, assistant super intendent, and members of the chamber staff. PRESTIGE REPORT Washington - IUPI) - The White House acknowledged today that the U. S. Informa tion agency prepared a secret report on American prestige overseas and backed up the agency's refusal, to let Con gress see it. Supreme Court Reverses Jackson County Judgment Salem - (UPI) - The Oregon Supreme Court held today that a worker Injured on a road leading to his place of employment is entitled to state industrial accident cov erage in certain cases even though he is not actually on the job. Claim Award Ordered The court affirmed Mult nomah County Circuit Court Judge Pro Tern John Luvaas In Winburn Q. Montgomery versus the State Industrial Ac cident Commission. The conv mission was ordered to award the claim. ' Montgomery was struck by a car while crossing a street in Portland after finishing his shift, The court said that gen- 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 188 Battle of Words Grows Hotter in State Campaigns ' United Prest International ; The battle of words in Ore gon's political campaign was growing hotter today as elec tion time neared. Robert, Y. , Thornton it Carl Frandis, the rivals attorney general, appeared otv on a radio program Tuesday night. And Rep. Charles O. Porter and Dr. Edwin Durno scheduled a southern Oregon televised debate Thursday night. Francis, the Republican nominee for attorney general, charged , that Thornton had used his office as a "spring board for political ambition." Thornton defended his record and paid more than two-thirds of the cases his office has prosecuted have been upheld by the State Supreme Court, Declines Proposal Durno, Republican candi date opposing Porter for Con gress in the 4th district, Tues day declined what he termed his opponent's proposal to "set up a traveling circus" for the rest of the campaign. He said Porter had wired him asking for a series of debates on var ious Individual issues. Durno, said he had met with Porter on numerous occasions and had a 9 p.m. televised debalo scheduled Thursday. However he said he would meet Porter once more "provided we hava a competent panel of question ers and a competent modera tor to keep the discussion in order." i Cook Criticizes Bellon State Sen. Ward Cook, the Democratic nominee opposing State Treasurer Howard Bel ton, lashed out at his rival Tuesday. "It doesn't maka sense that the Republican state treasurer is investing state funds in treasury notes when he could be helping bus iness In Oregon by putting tha same money to work in Ore gon," he said. . s erally an employee who is oJ the job and walks on a public street toward home is not entitled to compensation if ha meets with an accident. But, the court said, "the in jury Is regarded as one arising out of and in the course of employment when it is sus tained upon a road leading to the plant which the workmen must uucesctriiy uau 111 wuimus and going to and from their place of employment." Jackson Cass Ravened i The court reversed a $60, 000 Jackson county judgment recovered by a workman hurt on a bridge construction job, Leslie N. Pruelt sued Blanche V. Lininger. - Circuit Judge James M, Main was reversed, Irrigation project. "4 t 4