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
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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