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Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1960 No. 195 FrlEEWAY WOHK lhe Highway 99 Freeway bridge across Rogue river near Homestead on the Rogue north of Gold Hill is reaching the completion stage by Pacific Con- Crete company, Portland. During the constrtuction period, Yamhill Motorists Held Up County Widens Howard Prairie Lake Boat Ramp County Judge Earl Miller laid yesterday that the exist ing boat ramp at Howard Prairie lake has been widen ed to 80 feet. The county court and City County Parks and Recreation IDrector Robert L. Haworth Inspected the recreation fa cilities there earlier this week. The new section of the ramp is formed of base rock with a three-inch surface of cin ders. Estimated cost is $1,500 compared to the original esti mate of $3,000. I feel we have done a tre-H mendous job up there in a comparatively short time," Miller said. "We now have two showers at Howard Prair ie, the ramp has been improv ed, a temporary service ' to recreationists was estbalished through the concessionaire, the access road is almost com plete, and picnic tables and benches, outdoor fireplaces and garbage cans have been Installed." County Commissioner Ralph James noted an all-weather road will be completed by next spring to provide a con nection to the forest road ex tending to the dam. Two 500 gallon tanks for storing gas and dicsel oil will be buried in the recreation area next season, County Com missioner Chester Wendt said. Work is being done now on electric system plans and plans for the proposed per manent building at the lake. Ragsdale Returns To Courthouse Job John Ragsdale i back "at his old stand in the court house. The blind man and his wife will again sell candy, ciga ratios soft drinks, ice cream and possibly magazines and newspapers from a siana just under the steps on the court house second floor'. Ragsdale used to have such a stand in the courthouse from 1939 to 1948. Then he was able to get back his for mer mail route, and moved to Paolo Point. From there he and his wife distributed mail from 1948 to 1958. Now he has moved back to Medford and his old business. TV, Pratpr Lions club is sDon- soring him until he gets - started. Oregon News Briefs Salam-UPMJov. Mirk Hatfield stepped iquartly into the dispute over Oregon's new medical examiner system today and pinned ine laoei oi igiiwvw iKvipwunuimy vn in state Emergency Board for not supplying adequate funds for the program. Coos Bay-liPf-A jury of seven men and five women re lumed a 10-2 guilty verdict Wednesday against Dr. J. J. Gan Gasse, former Coos county health director, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Portland-itPli-Sen, John F. Kenr.sdy is closing up on presidential rival Richard Nixon in Oregon, the third state wide Waterhouse ooll showed today. But the Republican candidate still held the lead. Sltm-lPI-Th State Agriculture Department held a pub lic hearing here Wednesday on bread pan sites and an nounced afterward that ell suggestions would be considered with new regulations effective 30 days from now. Bakers throughout Oregon attended the meeting. Salem-'IH'-Stcrttary of State Howell Appling Jr. said today that lor the first time in Oregon, official returns from next Tuesday's general election will be tabulated electronical ly on a trial basis. t !No Action On Effluent in MID Ditches at Present No further action will be taken on the problem of septic tank effluent in irrigation ditches until an annexation question is settled, District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said today. Six petitions favoring an nexation of an area generally southwest of Medford were turned in to the Medford ad ministration Sept. 12. Peti tions opposing annexation were turned over to the city earlier. "The latest investigation of the pollution of Medford Irri gation district, ditches is en couraging," the district attor ney said. MID officials said an investigation was made last week. Correct Problem ,' , "Practically all of the peo ple living outside of the area seeking annexation have tak en corrective action and are no longer polluting the irriga tion ditches," Reeder said. "The problem still exists with in the area seeking annexa tion. However, I shall take no further action with respect to these people until the annexa tion question is settled. U this area is annexed to the city, the pollution problems will be solved and no prosecu tions would be in order." "I am gratified by the coop eration and earnest desire of a substantial majority of the people involved to solve the d i f ficult problem," Reeder concluded. An investigation of the problem had been made early this fall by representatives of the sheriff's office and MID. Candidates Fair Scheduled Tonight Valley residents will have an opportunity this evening to hear candidates or their ronrAspntatives sDeak at one of the last rallies to be held in the area prior to the election Nov. 8. Thp rallv will be snonsored by the Medford barracks, Vet erans of World War I, and will start at 7:30 o'clock in the Labor temple, 2i'i South Grape st. Each candidate will be given an equal amount of time to speak, it was reported. The public is invited, and no admission will be charged. 110-loot booms were used to pour concrete, and two local transit mix companies joined to keep concrete moving to the location. An overpass over the present Highway 99 (at the far end of the bridge above) has been started. (Whitland Locke Photo) Planned First survey of the problem was conducted in May by irri gation district officials. Then the citizens committee headed by Wally Brill was formed, and an opinion poll conducted to see how residents of the area felt about annexation. On Sept. 11, Reeder an nounced he had called for pre liminary investigations which might lead to the prosecution of residents whose septic tanks drain Into the irrigation system. Ashland Man in Two Accidents Norman Bernard Garrcn, 31, Ashland, could not call Wednesday one of his better days. He was involved in two traffic accidents in the space of just one hour - one of them in Ashland,, the other in Med ford. In the Medford accident three persons sustained appar ently minor injuries when Garren's vehicle struck the rear of their car at the inter section of 12th st. and River side ave. Police cited Garrcn for violation of the basic rule. Injured were John David Great, 32, and his two sons, John David Great Jr., 8, and Steven Alan Great, 4, all of 425 Union st. They transport ed themselves to Rogue Val ley hospital where they were treated and released. The Medford accident oc curred at 9:28 p.m. Less than an hour before, at 8:34 p.m., a car operated by Garren backed into another vehicle at the intersection of East Main. st. and Lithia Way, in Ashland, according to Ash land police. They issued no citations. Nixon, Aides Bid For Southern Vote Columbia, S. C. -IUPII- Vice President Richard M. Nixon, flanked by the venerable James F. Byrnes, evangelist Billy Graham and New York Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson, made a spirited appeal for support to day in the heart of' the Old South. Prisoner Permitted To Attend Funeral Salem IUPU Oregon Prison inmate Otheal Willingham 26, was granted permission to day to attend the funeral of two of his children who burn ed to death in a Pendleton house fire Wednesday, The fire claimed the lives of Otheal Willingham Jr., 3, and Barbara Willingham, 5. Jackson, Truman See Kennedy Winner New York - IUPII - Sen. Hen ry M. Jackson, Democratic national chairman, and form er President Harry S. Tru man, both smiling and assur ed, today made a victory pre diction for the presidential election of Sen. John F. Ken nedy. Eugene-(UPIi-The legislative committee on the League of Oregon Cities has asked Gov, Mark Hatfield to include in his budget to the 1961 legisla ture an increase in the cities' share of net liquor profits from 10 per cent to 15 per cent. Portland Police Forced Out of Car at Gunpoint By United Press International Two motorists in Yamhill county reported they were halted by leather - jacketed gunmen early today. In addi tion, two policemen in Port land were forced out of their patrol car at gunpoint, and an 18-year-old youth was wound ed by a policeman in Van couver, Wash., Wednesday night. Martin N. Genanatti, Gran de Ronde, told authorities he stopped about two miles west of McMinnville about 3:40 a.m. to give aid to a parked car which was flashing its lights. He said two men held him up and took $42. One wore a black leather jacket, he said. . Stopped Near Dundee ' Earlier, David Van Ber- gem, 23, Newberg, said he stopped near Dundee about 12:50 a.m. when he saw a car with a flashing red light. He told police a man with a brown leather jacket pulled a gun. and frisked him. - In Portland officers Richard Bogle and and William John son said a youth they had been sent to question about an assault pulled a gun on them after he was placed in the police car. Bogle said they were ordered out of the car and to walk up a flight of stairs at an apartment. The youth then bolted. Later, po lice arrested Richard Lee Hamilton, 20, and booked him under $10,000 bail on charges of assault while armed with a deadly weapon. Refused To Obey Order At Vancouver, Wash., Mel vin Earl Ponder, 18, was criti cally wounded after Officer Robert Malloy said he refused to obey an order to halt. Po lice had been called to investi gate a prowling at the Van couver Auto Wrecking Co. Another youth, Cecil R. Ste venson, 22, also was taken into custody. Explorer Satellite Hurled Into Orbit Cape Canaveral -IUPD- The United States hurled a "sci entist's dream" satellite into orbit for its 12th space success of 1960 early today. The complicated, 90-pound Explorer VIII satellite is de signed to investigate the mys teries of an unpredictable "atomic roof" known as the ionosphere-layers of ions that make long-range radio and television communication ei ther possible or impossible on earth. HOUSE. LEAN-TO BURN A trailer house and lean-to on Old Stage rd. near the Dardenelle were burned this morning, patrolmen of the stale department of forestry reported. It was thought the fire originated from a stove. Patrolmen did not learn the name of the family that was said to be residing in the trailer house while a home was being built. Salem-rtJPIi-Ed Mottau, New port, died Wednesday from in juries suffered Oct. 31 in s Lincoln county traffic acci dent, the Traffic Safety Dl vision reported.- London-fllPli-Hugh Gaitskell has been reelected as leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party,- defeating Harold Wil Ike Hopeful Campaign Effort ill Help Nixon Washington lUPD President Eisenhower is hopeful that his intensive wind-up cam paign efforts will swing a decisive number of undecided voters in favor of Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon, the White House reported today. News Secretary James C. Hagerty said Eisenhower was cheered by the "fine, enthusi astic reception the President received in New York City Wednesday when he cam paigned side by side with Nixon. Televised Speech Hagerty also announced that Eisenhower's political speech in Pittsburgh Friday night will be nationally tele vised. Hagerty summarized the President's reaction to his New York barnstorming ef fort with Nixon: "He enjoyed it. He thought it was a fine, enthusiastic reception. He hopes that it does a lot of good, not only in New York, but throughout the country, particularly among those vot ers who according to the polls are still undecided." Nixon's Speech Televised In addition to the television appearance of Eisenhower in Pittsburgh, the Republican National Committee announc ed that Nixon's speech rt a GOP rally in Los Angeles Sat urday night will be televised nationally over the CBS tele vision network from 6 to 6:30 p.m. (pst). Dr. Merkel Back To County Post Dr. A. Erin Merkel returned this week to Medford and has assumed duties as Jackson county public health officer Dr. Merkel, former public health officer here, left the valley about 15 months ago for San Diego, Calif., where he was with the San Diego public health department. Prior to his resignation there he was chief of the dl' vision of preventive medicine. With his return, the county public health department will have for the first time since June a full time public health officer at the courthouse. Dr. Merkel reminded resi dents that the department is open Monday through Friday from 8 to 5 p.m. with clinics twice a week, Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fri days from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Merkel is expected to return to -the valley later fol lowing the sale of their home in San Diego. Republicans Set Two Events Here Two events are planned by Jackson county Republicans Friday and Saturday, Jim Rag- land, chairman of the party, said today. At 11 a.m. Friday, Peter Gunnar, Salem, Republican stale central committee chair man, will discuss procedures of getting out the vote on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. with members of the local GOP executive board. On Saturday, the Jackson County Volunteers for Nixon committee will stage a special Nixon caravan composed of local teenagers and college students, Ragland said. A motor caravan will drive through downtown Medford and various residential areas where campaign literature will be distributed. All local youth interested in promoting the Nixon-Lodge ticket are welcome to join the group which will assemble at Haw thorne park shortly after noon. The caravan will leave the park about 1 p.m., Rag land said. Salem - UIPI) - The Interstate Commerce Commission has been asked by Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill to hold a public hearing on the application of Southern Pacific Co. for permission to acquire control of Western Pa cific railroad. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair ind rool ihroiiitli Friday. Pitchy valley fog Friday mo mine, l.nw to night 25. High Friday 60. Temp. MUhfit Ytittrday 53 l.owftt Thla Morning .. .. 2ft Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 15:02 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow . 6.49 a.m. MoonrUe today . S:40 p.m. l.ait Quarter Nov. II The planet, Man, la now nearly alallonary among the itirt, In lid harkgrnund. Riling rarllrr earn night, Mar It now brighter than anv ttar except Si Mm and (inopui. 2 Californians Awarded Nobel Prizes in Science Belgian Nationals Criticized (or Action in Congo Hammarskjold Reveals Report United Nations, N.Y. - IUPII - The United Nations today sharply criticized attempts of Belgian nationals to take over in The Congo and said normal political life can be restored there only if the Congolese army is brought under control and "other lawless elements" subdued. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold made public a report from Rajeshwar Dayal of India, the top U.N. official in The Congo. Dayal was on his way here, summoned by Hammarskjold for consultations on the latest Congolese crisis. The General Assembly is scheduled to be gin debate on The Congo next Monday. The report, made available to the assembly members, said there was increasing evidence of the return of Belgian na tionals, most of whom fled the country during and after the army mutiny which fol lowed The Congo's attainment of independence from Bel gium last June 30. In connection with the re port, Hammarskjold publish ed correspondence with the Belgian gov ernmcnt dating back to early October. In it Belgium maintained its right to give unilateral assistance to The Congo without going through U.N. channels. Travel Information Budget Approved Salom-(UPI-T!ie State High way Commission today ap proved a proposed $400,000 budget for the State Travel Information Division next year, an increase of $50,000 over the current budget. Carl Jordan, state travel in formation director, said the additional funds would re store Oregon advertising in several national magazines to stimulate eastern and mid- western residents to visit Ore gon. Oregon s second best travel year was I860, Jordan said. The record year was the 1999 Centennial when the state had $170 million in out-of-state tourist business. The 1059 travel information budget was also $400,000. GP Firm Denied Medford Service Salem -IUPU- Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill Wednesday denied requests of two motor carriers to extend their operating authority. Howard Smith of Beaver- ton Transfer Co., Bcaverton, sought extension of his oper ation beyond 25 road miles of Bcaverton. Francis and Alice Keough of Isham's Transfer and Stor age, Grants Pass, asked for authority to transport general commodities in local cartage within the corporate limits of Medford. Procedure for Voting in Tuesday Reviewed by Jackson County Clerk Jackson County Clerk Mar vin Madden today reviewed the procedure for voting in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polls will be open between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and the county clerk's office in the courthouse will be open start ing at 7 a.m. The office will be open throughout the night, Madden said, to provide in formation and decisions on problems which may arise. A list of polling places In Jackson county appears on page 9A of today's Mall Trib une. The list includes any changes which were made since it was published last. To vote, a registered voter must appear at his precinct polling place, identify him self, sign the poll book, mark tha ballot in a booth provided, and deposit the ballot In the ballot box. Madden stressed that each ballot must be mark ed properly to insure its being counted. 'Don't Let Him Run You Down By Telling You You're Not In B. Iden Payne To Return to Oregon Shakespeare Event Ashland - B. Iden Payne, internationally known Shake spearean scholar and director, will return to the Oregon Shakespearean Festival staff in 1961, the announced. association has Two additions for the 1961 season have been announced a longer season, and a third showing for the fifth play. Payne, who ii associated witli the drama department at the University of Texas, directed the festival's produc tions of "Cymbeline and ap peared as Friar Laurence in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1956. Considered the dean of Elizabethan staging in the Modern American era, Payne has been a director for much of the important Shakespear ean productions in this cen tury. Director of Thaatar He served as director of the Shakespeare Memorial t h e ater at Stratford-upon-Avon in England, and directed at the San Diego Festival. In addition to Payne, others returning to the staff In 1961 will be Robert B. Loper and Richard D. Risso, both of wnom were affiliated with the festival last season. The season will start Mon day, July 24, and continue through Sunday, Sept, 3, a total of 42 nights, one more than last season. In addition to four Shakespeare plays, the company will stage Ben John son's "The Alchemist, which Is considered one of the finest MONEY RECEIVED Jackson County Treasurer Karl Janouch this week re ceived a check for $10,280.16 from the secretary of state for the county's share of the alcohol beverage taxes. The money goes into the relief fund, it was reported. Marking the ballot consists of placing an X in the box be- tween the number and the candidate's name, or, in the case of measures, in the box provided beside the "yes" or "no." Instructions as to the number of candidates to be elected appear at the top of the section provided for each office. In all cases except for state representative from Jackson county, one will be elected. In the case of state representa tive, for which there are four candidates, voters will elect two. Voters, Madden said, may obtain assistance in marking the ballot if he desires. The assistant may be a person of the voter's choice, or it may be two members of the elec tion board. Members from the election board will be mem bers of each political party, he said. Ballots which art mismark- Perfect Shape" comedies in the English lan guage. "The Alchemist" will be staged three nights - Aug. 21 126, and 31. Shakespeare plays scheduled next season include "A Midsummer Night' Dream," "Hamlet," "All' Weir That Ends Well," and "Henry IV, Part I." . Festival Founder Angus L, Bowmer, who is now conclud ing his European study tour, will return to Ashland before Christmas to resume his pro ducing director duties.- William Pa t to n, general manager, said reservations al ready are being made for. next season's productions. Ha urg ed festival patrons to make reservations as soon as pos sible since next summer's schedule of plays is said to be one of the most popular group of plays ever done in a single season at the festival. Medford Carrier Fined by PUC Salem-IUPD-Two motor car riers have been found guilty of violating the Oregon motor transportation code and fined, Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said Wednesday. They are Thomas Russell Harbin, Newport, and Arthur Meyers of Fountain Trailer Sales, Medford. Harbin was charged with nine counts of transporting properly for hire while hold ing only authority to transport his own property. He was fined $900 and his permit re voked, Hill said. Meyers was cited for charg ing incorrect rates in eight Instances of movement of trailer! and he was fined $800. General Election ed should not be erased or crossed out, Madden pointed out. The mismarked ballot should be returned to the elec tion board, which will Issue a new ballot. Voters may take marked sample ballots, lists or notes into the polling booth to aid in voting, Madden said, but it is illegal to leave any of this type material In the booth since it may influence the next voter. Each section of the ballot has space for write-In candi dates If the voter does not wish to vote for listed candi dates. Persons who applied for absentee ballots may return the unmarked ballot to the election board and vote in the usual manner, he said. Mark ed absentee ballots should be returned to the county clerk's office prior to 8 p.m. Nov. 8. Madden said If the voter's qualifications art questioned, Bubble Chamber, Atomic Time lock Recognized First Americans To Win This Year Stockholm, Sweden - IUPP- The Nobel Prize for physics and chemistry were awarded today to two American alomia scientists in California pro fessors Donald A. Glaser and Willard F. Libby. Glaser, a wavy - haired bachelor who is a talented musician and athlete, won tha physics prize for his invention of the bubble chamber a sort of window to the atom. He is 34 years old and currently at the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley. Devised Atomic Clock Libby, 51, a former mem ber of the U.S. Atomic Enersjjr Commission, was the chemis try winner. He devised Ilia tomic time clock - a method of dating organic matter through radioactivity that has enabled scientists to tell the age of such things as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Libby also developed tri tium, a1 radioactive hydrogen isotope, as a tracer for meteor ological and geophysical pro cesses. . . i Despite wartime work on the atomic bomb' and later service on the AEC, he is not known ever to have seen an atomic explosion.' . First American Wlnnars The two men were the first Americans to win Nobel prizes this year. Earlier awards - for medicine and literature - went to an Aus tralian, an Englishman and a Frenchman. (. t Glaser had been named ona of the 10 outstanding young; men of 1958 by the U.S. Jun ior. Chamber . of Commerce and developed his bubble chamber despite skepticism of many other scientists. Autopsy Slated In Siskiyou Death Yreka - An autopsy was scheduled today to determine the cause of death of Nick Hardesty, 38, of Pacoima, Calif., who was found dead about noon yesterday on Hum bug creek rd. in Siskiyou county. The Siskiyou county sher iff's office said two hunters found Hardesty about l'i miles south of the Klamath river on Humbug creek rd. Sheriff's deputies said Hard esty apparently had fallen over from a crouched posi tion. He had been carrying a deer to a pickup truck on tha roadway, they said. Al Cottar, county coroner, said an Investigation will be made Into the death. Hardesty had been in tha area about five days, accord ing to friends, deputies said. He formerly lived in the Hum bug creek area. Friends said Hardesty had been vacation ing recently. The body was taken to Glrdner's Funeral home, Yre- Ika. or challenged by a poll watcher or election board, ha may take an oath or affirma tion stating that he "is a qualified elector" before he is allowed to vote. The county clerk noted that persons who have moved within the county or state do not necessarily lose their right to vote. If a person has moved from one precinct to another in the county prior to the close ot registration Oct. 8, he may re turn to his old precinct, com plete an "application for re registration" and vote on state and congressional district can didates, Madden said. He also may vote on measures. If a person moved within the county after the close ot registration, he may get a certificate of registration from the county clerk and vote in, the new precinct on the en tire ballot. ; - - ........ i son by a vote of 16o 31. A
