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T Several Knocked 0(1 Foundations; Logs on Roadway Southern Part of TojWn Hardest Hit ftockaway, Ote. (UPlUSev eral houses were knocked off their foundations and three were moved an estimated 50 feet today when a huge freak wave rolled in from the Pa cific during the pre-dawn darkness. , The big wave, second to hit this coastal community is less than a month, also spilled logs and debris on Highway .101, knocked in the door of a serv- ice station damaged at leait two ears and moved a tool shack along the edge of the highway. At least seven houses were reported damag ed, mostly summer homes. Moved Across Tracks No Injuries were reported, although throe of the houses' were oeeupied. Police said three houses were mored an estimated 50 feet from their foundations across railroad tracks, The area hit. hardest is hi the southern part of the town where the houses are located close to the shoreUne. One of the homes damaged today was owned by a woman who mor ed out after the high wave about three weeks ago. Other Damage Reported Another home was reported damaged in the north part of town, and logs and debris were washed on the highway about 10 miles to the north. The big wave struck about 2:45 a.m. Another smaller wave had struck about 130 aim.', bringing logs and debris onto Highway 101 at Salt Air Creek near the south end oi town. - 3Vlen sent to clear the debris had to fleeon foot when the econd wave hit. ' r ' 6 Wet Thanksgiving Forecast in Area A wet Thanksgiving is In store for southern Oregon res idehts tomorrow. The Medford station of the weather bureau forecast "showery and blustery" day in this area. The same was forecast for throughout wes tern Oregon. Snow level prob ably will be about 4,000 feet. AU federal, state, county and municipal offices will be closed, as .well as most retail outlets in the valley. All schools in Jackson county will be closed tomorrow and Fri day. The Mail Tribune will pub lish and early edition, as it does on most holidays. Friday, Nov. 25, the ob servance of Christmas will get into full swing in this area with the arrival of - Santa Claus. He will arrive in Medford about 3 p.m. aboard a special Southern Pacific passenger car. He will distribute treats and talk with children who greet him at the depot on North Frant st. Santa Claus' arrival will of ficially open the Medford Re tail Merchants association's annual Christmas shopping promotion program. Many downtown retail outlets will remain open Monday even ings during the i Christmas shopping season. Yamhill Youths Caught At Redding After Spree Redding, Calif. fflPD Five runaway Yamhill County, Ore., teen-agers were held here today after a . robbery spree that ended with an ex change of bullets with one of their victims. Sheriff's repi'ties said the five ran away' from their homes Monday night and hopped a freight train which brought them to the Pollard Flats area 40 miles north of here early Tuesday. Took Rifles. $1 ' " ' ' Shasta county deputies gave this account of their ac tivities: At 1 p.m. they robbed Paul R. Smith in his home and escaped with two rifles and SI. Minutes later they broke into an unoccupied home and ak row latters mmes at rockaway Regional Edition No. 212 MEDFORD, ORcfflJN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 196014 Pages ' " ,V' 1 fa ' I '"3 fV' pup mJ) i i .Hi! nfA tlfcJTw .--rti4,WkVA; ON THE BEAM? Jackson school second grader Gary Ray, above,, seemed -to Be "i lying on instruments" as he pedeled home from school the other more than somewhat by a "zeroed ih" on the smell of a mom had prepared as an after-school snack. All Jackson county school children were excused today for the four-day inanKsglving day week end, ana tnree days to recover. Classes will resume Monday. Action on In Sams Valley Area Is Postponed . Approximately , 60 people from the Sams Valley area generally agreed last night to postpone any . further discus sion of the proposal to zone Sams Valley into suburban, commercial, industrial and ag ricultural areas. They asked to study the proposal further. Some of the group which filled the courthouse auditori um said the area proposed for zoning should be reduced. It takestin too much territory, they stated. Planning Commission Presi dent Clifford Lovejoy, Old Military rd., said interim zon ing requites an area of at least two "square miles. Many of last night s argu ments against the interim pro posal were on whether or not variances would be granted existing structures. Misunderstanding The most outspoken oppon ents seem to have a misunder standing of how variances are granted and seemed to con fuse interim zoning with a building code, Lovejoy noted. A planning commission, sub- took another rifle and a .357 magnum pistol. At 6 p.m. while sheriff's deputies . were investigating these two incidents, the boys entered the home of C. W. DePue. They took De-Pue's rifle clip and told him to stay inside his house while they tried to start his car by "hot wiring" it. Boys Returned Fir De Pue said he grabbed another gun and fired three shots over their heads and the' boys returned eight shots. Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene and captured three of the boys outright. Another youth gave himself up and the fifth was found hiding in nearby bushes. All five were being held at juvenile hojl In Redding. 55th Year day with his vision hampered sagging visor. Perhaps he was rieanut butter sandwich that giving them one day to feast Zoning committee has been working on a building code, and hopes td have it ready for presenta tion soon, Lovejoy said. How ever, such a code is not in effect now and is not coupled with the iriterim zoning pro posal, he said. Lovejoy explained that more than 10 per cent of the legal voters in the area have re quested zoning. Under pro cedure of the state planning law, a specific area may be interim zoned by the county on recommendation of the planning commission. The planning commission will submit the development pattern plan and the proposed interim zoning ordinance to the people affected for com ments and suggestions before submitting recommendations to the county court, the com mission president, explained. Following a public hearing and upon approval by the planning commission, the in terim zoning ordinance is then prepared and submitted to the county court for final action. (Continued on page 11A) Caster Named , ASC Office Head M. B. Caster, Central Point, has been appointed office manager of the Jackson Coun ty Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, according to County Exten sion Agent Gene Winters. He replaces Harry Martin who has been promoted to of fice manager ot the Dallas, Ore., -ASC office. - Caster-last summer was In charge of the Jackson county agricultural census and work ed with the ASC program a number of years ago. Caster was born In Central Point and attended schools there. He was graduated from Oregon State college as an agricultural engineer. He op erates a 35-acre farm in Cen tral Point area". Price 10 Cents Tribune Court, Republican Chairman Meet on Recommendation Executive Board To Discuss Meeting County Republican Central committee u n a 1 r m a n joe Walsh told the county court this morning that he would call a meeting of the commit tee s executive board to fur ther consider the problem of the recommendation for state senator. Walsh said it will be up to the executive board to call a general meeting of the central committee. Then the full com mittee could further consider the county court's request for three suggestions regarding the person to fill the position to be vacated in the state sen ate by Congressman-elect Dr. Edwin Durno, Republican. County Judge Earl Miller asked Walsh to notify the county court "in due time" of the executive board's decision, He said the county court has yet to receive official notice of Dr. Durno's resignation as state senator. Apologises for Statement Walsh apologized for his statement to the Central com mittee Monday night regard ing the Mail Tribune's quota tion of Judge Miller's state ment asking for three recom mendations. "I have done my best to maintain a strictly neutral po sition in this matter and now have been placed in the posi tion of being critical pf both the county court and the cen tral committee," Walsh said "It was my honest opinion and understanding that Judge Miller was merely expressing a wish and not making an of ficial county court request, Replying to Judge Miller's remark that the county court did not want a ' cloud over the person going to the state senate, Walsh said he asked that the central committees recommendation of Mrs. Eve lyn Nye not to be jeopardized. ' The committee assumed that there would be no restric tions on any other groups or persons suggesting an appoint ment, he said. He indicated that the Republican commit tee thought of its recommen dation as only one of many coming to the county court. Walsh added that he is pre paring minutes of Monday's central committee meeting which will be released to the press and the county court. Thinking Coordinated Keeping a tight rein on his temper, Miller explained to Walsh he had called him in to "get thinking coordinated on replacement of Dr. Durno. IW is the responsibility of the county court to make the ap pointment. We discussed It two weeks ago. We are not bound to consider the Repub lican central committee's rec ommendation and did so only out of courtesy." Judge Miller stated flatly that he had made the request for three recommendations to Walsh in front of a Mail Trib une reporter and county Commissioner Chester Wendt. 'We feel our wishes were just disregarded," Wendt com mented. If the same request had come from the governor he would have gotten three recommendations." Judge Miller said, "I'm not fighting the central commit tee. I have the highest regard for the people in It. I Just hope now they understand my position more clearly." Election Scheduled In Water District Two commissioners will be elected in the Elk City. Water district at- an election Mon day, Dec. 5, at the home of Thomas Eaton, 967 Beal lane, Medford. Hours of the elec tion are 2 to 6 p.m. Candidate for a three-year term is B. Sam Taylor, and candidate for a two-year term is George Flanagan. Election judges will be Lor raine F. Eaton, Helen L. Bart ley nd Blllie Mae Colley. Oregon 'Lifer' Given Release by Acting Governor Case Considered For More Than Year Salem - (IIPD - Chester Lin coln Fitzwater, 47, convicted of shooting his wife in 1953, was to walk from the state prison today a free man. Acting Gov. Walter J. Pear son said Tuesday he had com muted the life sentence of Fitzwater after "considering the case for more than a year." Pearson, state Senate president, is acting governor while Gov. Mark Hatfield is in South America. Fitzwater was charged with shooting his wife during an argument in 1953. He plead ed guilty to second degree murder and was given a life term from Linn county. Pearson said it was his own action and that he had not dis cussed the Fitzwater case with Hatfield. Pearson criticized the Ore gon Parole Board and indi cated one reason he commut ed the sentence was because he was "not satisfied" with the board's handling of the case. Action Delayed In September, the board voted to delay action on a parole for Fitzwater for two years. Pearson said he read the transcript of the case, did not feel the board gave it "proper consideration," and asked the board to meet Mon day and reconsider this ac tion. Pearson said he was in formed the board "could not meet" Monday because two of its members, one from Port land and the other from Sa lem, could not attend. It was then he decided on commutation. Planned Consideration In Portland, L. W. Mallett, Chairman of the Oregon Pa role Board, said the board had planned to consider Fitzwa- ter's case Nov.. 28 at, Pear son's request. , Pearson said in his opinion if Fitzwater had had a jury trial, he would have gotten off with manslaughter. The war den agrees that Fitzwater has been rehabilitated! Pearson said. Fitzwater has Indicated ho will go to his father's farm in Lebanon and help work the farm. ' - Fitzwater is the son of State Rep. Roy Fitzwater (D-Leb-anon). Santa To Arrive In Ashland Friday Ashland - Santa Claus will arrive in Ashland Friday at 7 p.m. aboard the shiny new Ashland city fire truck. Santa's arrival initiates the Christmas season for Ashland citizens and merchants. Stores will remain open until 8:30 p.m. each Friday until Christ mas. Stores will be open every night until 8:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 19, through Fri day, Dec. 23, according to the Ashland Chamber of Com merce. Santa's arrival will be pre ceded by a Christmas concert by the Ashland High school band in front of the Mark An tony hotel starting .at 6:30 p.m. , Following his arrival, Santa will greet Ashland children in the lobby of the hotel. Christmas Trees Sold in Klamath Yreka The sale of an esti mated 13,000 lineal feet of red fir Christmas trees on the Seiad district of the Klamath National forest has been made as the initial step in changing the species composition in a diseased timber stand In that area. Klamath forest rangers suld the change in species has been made necessary by a severe mistletoe infection In the pres ent stand of red fir. . The disease causes abnor mal growth and excessive wind breakage In sawtimber trees, rangers noted. Sawtim ber will be logged next spring In the second step In com bating themistletoe spread. Rangers said once the sale able products have been re moved, Jeffrey pine; which Is not susceptible to the particu lar strain of mistletoe, will be planted. Tiros Goes "The White House, You'll Find, Has Plenty Of Closet Space!" Ashland Council Votes Down Afley Paying 2nd Time Ashland For the second time in two meetings, the Ash land city council last nightl voted down requests from landowners to pave an alley running between Mountain and Palm aves. Last night's was the thh-cH public hearing on the project in as many council meetings. The first came at the Oct. 17 meeting. At that time coun- cilmen could reach no' decis ion and scheduled a second hearing Nov. 1. The project was voted down at the Nov meeting, but councilmen agreed the hearing should be continued. The controversy revolves around two petitions submit ted to the council. One is signed by over 75 per cent of landowners along the alley, who also control- more than 50 per cent of the property. The other is signed by a mi nority of land owners, , who control less than 50 per cent of alley property, Seven Injured in Ashland Accident Ashland - State police are investigating a car and truck collision which Injured seven people about 9:40 o clock this morning on Highway 99 near the southern city limits of Ashland. Six members of a Portland family were among the in jured. All were taken to Ash land General hospital where their condition was listed as good. In addition, the wife of Eugene truck driver was hospitalized with minor In juries. Police said a truck driven by Carl Albert Krueger, 43, of 1044 Monroe St., Eugene, was traveling north. A dog ran in front of the truck, causing Krueger to swerve to avoid hitting the animal. When the vehicle swerved, it struck a truck and trailer parked on the opposite shoulder of the highway. This caused the Krueger truck to careen along the road, where it struck an oncoming car driven by Elmer Lee Atkinson, 43, of Portland, police said. Five members ot Atkinson's family were occupants in the car; They are Mrs. Mary At kinson, 39, and three children, Larry, 17; Darrell, ' 14, and Kathy, 11. A grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Fix, 75, was also in the car. Krueger, the truck driver. escaped injuries. His wife, Vadra, 58, received minor in juries. Washlngton-OIPC-The Rural Electrification has approved a loan of $206,000 to the Sun nyslde Telephone Co., Sunny side, Ore., the office of Sen. Maurine Neubergcr, (D-Ore.), report!. . Satellite Unto Orbit One minority petition land owner controls , 200 leet on both sides of the alley. He claims that city assessment for the paving will place a great financial burden on him, Major opposition come from Uvo doctors who have just eompletod a clinic on one end of the aMey. A city ordi nance requires the new clinic to provide adequate parking space for clinic users. Paving the alley is necessary for this to be ' satisfactorily accom plished. , Councilmen favoring the project at last night's meeting argued that the rights of the ma or i ty petition signers should be respected. Council men against the project ar gued that if one alley is paved, men an alleys must be paved When it came to a vote. tnree. favored llio project, while two were against. It re quired a two-thirds majority for passage. Advocates of the project said they will circulate new petitions and present them at a council meeting in the near future. In other action, the council voted to pay bills due total ing $48,398.49. The city paid Graff and James, Ashland con tractors, $22,491.99 for work done on the sewage treatment plant. F. R, (Scotty) Fairwea ther, Medford contractor, was paid $25,906.50 for work done thus far on the new hospital. Request For Tree The Ashland Chamber of Commerce requested that a Christmas tree be erected and decorated on the south side of the city, near the fire hall in that part of town. The coun cil moved to erect the tree and share part of the maintenance cost with the chamber. The chamber proposal also called for placement of Christ mas trees along business dis trict sidewalks. Renaming of Jackson st. to Lakeview dr. was referred to the city planning commission. It was recommended that pur chase of additional property for the city cemetery be re negotiated. Assessment ot the property the city proposed to purchase was lower than the price quotation by the current property owner. The council agreed to study a request from hospital of ficials that an automatic tele phone switchboard . be in stalled In the new hospital. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with rain through Thuriday. Gusty wlndi t timei. Low tonight 38. 11 1 nil Thuriday 4ft, Free, to 10 a.m. Today II Temp. HlKhett Yesterday ...........l., 42 Lowest This Morning . 36 Our Skies Tonight Suniet today 4:43 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:13 a.m. Moonift tonight 10:05 p.m. First quarter . Nov. 25 Tonight Venus Ii about half way between Jupiter and Sa turn, The bright . itar well above these three planets Is Altalr. Camera-Bearing Device Pictures Cloud Formations Tilt Expected To Be Righted Cape Canaveral. na.-MPtl- The United States Shot a eara-era-hearlng Tiros II weather satellite Into a near perfect orbit today and it began send ing back pictures of the earth's cloud covw as a fore runner of weather forecasting. from space stations. The first Tiros satellite. hsent up last April, found al tornado and a hurricane, and today's more sophisticated ve hicle was expected to do even better .although both are ex perimental devices. 'ihe satellite sent eitflit blanks after Its first pass ht cause it was tipped at an anele wnen tne photographs were taken.- The secoad fime around it sent pictures of ctond patterns, over tire Dako- las ana the Northern Plains mm. ine snteiute still was sbmewrmt lipped when those pictures were taken but it WHS expected to straighten itself out rater by means of stabiliz ing rocftets. . Smaller Camera Used The first pictures were tak en by the amaller of the 2sn. pound satellite's two televi sion cameras. Still to be test ed was Hs larger, wide-angle lens camera and infra-red sen sors which are to be used wnen the portion of the earth being photographed is dark. A Thor-Delta rocket carried me satellite to America's 14th space success of the year. A Transit III, a navigation-aid satellite, was poised on a near by pad for an attempt at No is next wek The Federal Sp-ce aeencv said initial calculations show ed, Tiros II was traveling around earth once every 98 minutes. It hit an almost pre cisely circular orbit carrying it 433 mnes into SDace at its furthest point and 415 miles at Its nearest approach to the earth,- -.. .. Firemen's Ball Sel Tonight af Armory The annual Medford fire men's dance will be hpld to- nignt at the Medford Armory. Music will be by Baldy Evans and his band which will play from 9 p.m., until 1 a.m Proceeds will be used to help meet expenses of the Christmas toy project of the firemen. - Fire Chief Gordon Barker reported that toys and parts of toys, new or old are need ed, urgently, at the central fire station. He said that re pair and painting of toys is running behind last year and Indications are that demand for toys will be even greater than in 1959. Last year toys renovated by firemen were distributed by Medford Lady Lions to some 780 children. Firemen stress ed again that more toys are needed now. Saigon, South' Viet Nam' -(UPD - The South . Vict Nam government today recalled its army' reserve officers to ac tive duty and placed the 50,-000-man civil guard undcrrthe defense department in moves preliminary to a possible state of emergency. Mail Rate Increases Approved for Railroads Washlnglon-IPIl-The Inter state Commerce commission today authorized mall rate In creases ranging from 8 to 13 per cent for all the nation's railroads. The Increases had been worked out In advance be tween the railroads and the Post Office Department but needed ICC approval. The commission set Sept. 1, 1980, at the effective date for the mail rate hikes.' ,. . The. increases are expected Decision Is Made After Re-Study of Matter by Board Operation Depends On Some Changes Sacred Heart hospital will remain open. This announcement was made this morning by the Sis ters of Charity of Providence, following a :ire-stucly of ths situation which caused an earlier announcement that tho hospital would have to close its doors, after nearly 50 years of service to southern Oregon. The continued operation o the hospital,- it was pointed out, will be contingent upon changes in Its operation, and on continuing support from the medical profession and the community. It also is contemplated that. given successful operation, ad ditional construction will ba done in Hie future to broaden ' the functions of the institu tion. 1 Follows Meeting The announcement, made tiy Mother Judith, provincial superior of the order, Mt. St. Vmccnt, Seattle, followed a meeting last night attended by Sister Luke of the Savior, administrator of the hospital, representative ot the order, hospital board members,' and ine executive committee of the Jackson County Medical Society. The full support of the So ciety was promised to the hos pital, in its continuing oper ation, a spokesman said. The re-study of the hos pital's situation and potential was made by the order fol lowing numerous requests from the Medford community, Mother Judith's statement in dicated. It also said: "Our decision to close Sa cred Heart hospital was made with great regret, It was based upon: Report of Survey "a the report of the Hamil ton Associates survey show ing the limited number of beds needed In Medford; "b) the unacceptability of the Hamilton Associates sur vey recommendations regard ing the , relationship of the new Sacred Heart facilities with Rogue Valley hospital; "c) the announced addition to the Rogue Valley hospital already planned and financed which should supply all the hospital beds in Medford ac cording to the statistics of the d) the need for replace- 1 ment of Sacred Heart's pres ent facilities. 'Fnl)nwfn& this rinfiafnn we have received numerous requests that Sacred Heart hospital remain in operation. ' We have restudied the situ ation and with new informa tion available we believe the following will point the way to the continued operation of Sacred Heart hospital: More Economical '1. The closing of fourth floor and the maternity de partment provides a more eco nomical operation of the hos pital. ' "2. A Foundation fund, al ready set up, should becoma more active in receiving do nations lor a new facility within five years. 3. A definite schedule should be adhered to in re- guru iu uDiaining xunas . lor the replacement of the pres- ent buildings. i '4. These goals will ba checked periodically; they will determine the future of Sacred Heart hospital In Med ford. "With concrete s u d d o r t from the local community. Hill-Burton funds, or other sources," we Will continue to operate Sacred Heart hospital with confidence that the le- ; gitimate desires of the com munity, as expressed to us, will be fulfilled." (Continued on page 9) to boost railroad revenues by about $35 million annually. Railroads serving both the southern and western district were authorized to boost their mail transit rates by 13 per cent while the eastern carriers were ( given an 8 per cent 1 boost. The commission said the re quested Increases were war ranted because of a "marked" rise in railroad costs sinca 1958.. 7
