Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 25, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textuiii R n n j western uregfln .neeis i U'niler .Down'DOur of Mm i , U . 1. ' t i 1 1 1 ' 1 ' iN " i i f ' - 1 - r'i' rt i j $tt o THE RAINS CAME-Thanksgiving day at Shady Dell, Ore., left residents very little to be thankful about as muddy waters from the Molalla river rose suddenly, flooding 27 Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Burglary Charge Results in OCI JMcarTerm Riley Filmore Jones, 21, of Tulsa, Okla.was sentenced to two years and five months in the Oregon correctional insti tute, Salem, when he appear ed in Jackson County circuit court Wednesday. He had pre viously pleaded g u 1 1 1 y . to charges of burglary not in a dwelling. .y, M!M-! .. Jones and his brother, Guthtle Edwin Jones, 23, also Of Tulsa, were apprehended by Medford police and sher iff's deputies Aug. 21 in the act of burglarizing Dunham's Inc., 1991 North Pacific high way. The two men also are want ed by Pikesville, Md.,' police for escape from the Hagors town jail, and by Tulsa, Okla., authorities for a burglary there. : Has Job Offers Jones' attorney, Robert Heffernan, Medford, asked that the youth be sent to Okla homa to serve a sentence there if convicted of burglary charges, then be ' allowed to start fresh. He said Jones told him he had job offers from the Tulsa area and a relative there. However, Circuit Judge Ed ward C. Kelly noted that the youth possessed a .22 caliber firearm when arrested, is charged with a "whole series of burglaries in Maryland, Oklahoma and Oregon" and possessed burglary tools. Judge Kelly said he did not show the same cooperation with authorities as his brother who is now serving a term in OCI. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said "turning him back to Oklahoma would be irresponsible." 'Corvallis -WPU- Merchandise valued at more than $850 was stolen from the Corvallis County Club early today, ac carding to the Benton county sheriff's office. "Dealer Win And MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, Jacqueline Kennedy Gives Birth To Boy; Both Doing Fine1 Washington -lUPD-President- elect John F. Kennedy today became the delighted father of a "fine, healthy" boy whose premature arrival happily ell maxed a hectic series of pre delivery developments. - .Canvass of Votes In County Ends The completed general elec tion canvass shows 85 per cent of the registered voters in Jackson county cast bal lots in the Nov. 8 election and the unofficial tally corre sponds closely to. the official count in most cases. President-Elect John Ken nedy and Lyndon .Johnson, vice president-elect, picked up five votes in the official tally. The Nixon-Lodge ticket re corded the same number of votes in both cases. . Republican senate candidate Elmo Smith picked . up 88 votes in the official canvass. However,' Mrs. Neubergor as senator-elect, held a lead of 586 votes in Jackson county over her opponent in the race for the U.S. senate term dat ing from Jan. 3. 1961. . Congressman-Elect Dr. Ed win Durno- held a final ma jority of 282 votes over his Democratic opponent Charles Porter! Porter picked up one vote. Mrs; Stephen . G. (Eve) Nye, one of two Republican candi dates for state representative, picked up 260 votes in the final canvass, but her final tally of 14,909 is still behind John R. Dellenback's total of 16,055. Democrat Robert B. Duncan was reelected as state representative with a final tally of 18,662, picking up 153, votes, in the final tally. John L. Gregory (Democrat) stayed with his 10,761 vote total. 1 Winner Deals" homes and leaving bridges and roads Inaccessaole. Rescue workers are shown assisting families evacuating the area. (UPI Telephoto) Tribune NOVEMBER 25, 1960 Kennedy's 31-year-old wife, Jacqueline, gave birth to their first son by Caesarean section at 12:22 a.m. (EST) after being rushed to Georgetown University Hospital by ambu lance. The newcomer, the Kennedy's second child weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces He will be named John Fitz gerald Kennedy Jr. Both Doing Fine - Both mother arid son were reported doing "fine" by the 43-year-old president elect who streaked back from Flori da by plane when he learned his wife had been taken to the hospital. He was told of the premature but safe' delivery while en route back. Mrs. Kennedy, who had not expected the child until Dec. 12, had been fearful prior to the delivery that she might lose the baby Throughout the night's ambulance ride and pre-birth preparations, she kept asking if the baby would be all right. Handsome and Healthy Her apprehension proved groundless. The newest mem ber of the Kennedy clan was described by Dr. John W Walsh who delivered him as "a very good looking and healthy youngster" who has already demonstrated a "lusty cry. Because of his early arrival, the baby was being kept in an incubator until probably some time Saturday. Kennedy, who had cele brated Thanksgiving here with his wife and three-year-old daughter Caroline, was 13,000 feet over the east coast of Florida on a quick turn around flight back to Wash ington when he got news of the birth over the planes radio. After the plane touched down here at 4:02 a.m. he sped to the hospital in 14 minutes. The president-elect visited the drowsy Jacqueline for eight or nine minutes, took a loving peek at his first son through a glass nursery win dow and then Jubilantly pro claimed that both were "fine." Snider Leaves for New York Meeting Mayor John W. Snider left Medford today by plane for New York city where he will attend the annual congress of American Municipal associa tion officials. Mayor Snider will repre sent both city of Medford and the League of Oregon cities at the five-day congress. May or Snider is president of the league. He will return to Med ford Wednesday. Before his departure, the mayor said this year's con gress will be devoted to dis cussion of the financial prob lems of cities. Each year the congress takes up a different problem, he said, discusses it, then adopts resolutions on how It might best be solved. An estimated 1,000 persons are expected to attend the congress, including Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York who is scheduled to de liver an address at a general session of the group. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 214 Food Prices Help Push Living Costs To Highest Level Washington - 0JP0 - Higher prices for food, new cars, housing and clothing pushed the cost of living to a record high in October, the Labor Department reported today. The department's consumer price index rose 0.4 per cent, the second largest jump this year and the eighth time in 10 months it has risen. The Index for October stood at 127.3, meaning that prices last month were 27.3 per cent higher than in 1947-49. The index was 1.4 per cent higher man a year ago. Large Egg Markup The department reported that food prices advanced 0.6 per cent last month. Pri marily responsible was unusu ally large markups for eggs, up 11 per cent, grapefruit, tomatoes and pork. Lesser increases were re ported for milk and dairy products, cereal and bakery goods, frozen fruits and vege tables, and baby food. Damage to outdoor crops in Florida caused by Hurricane Donna in September helped push up some fruit and vege table prices. Rents rose in 14 of the 15 cities surveyed by the labor department and prices ad vanced for home heating fuels. Testimony To Start On Labor Charges Richard E. Stratton, Port land, lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board, will hear- testimony in Medford Tuesday regarding charges by the Medford Retail Clerks Union, Local 265, against Safeway company. Leonard Smith, secretary- treasurer for Local 265, said that union officials and wit nesses will testify regarding charges filed Nov. 16. The charges are an outgrowth of the- discharge of two em ployees of the Safeway store on West Main St. Grass Fire Reported In City Thursday Grass fires, supposedly, are out of season at this lime ot year. But there was one in Medford yesterday, despite wet weather. City firemen were celled about 11 a.m. to the Gale Milligan property, 18SS Roberts rd. The fire spread from a trash blase over a 25 by 150-foot area, firemen said. WEATHER FORECAST: Bhoweri of rain occasionally mixed with mow through Saturday. Showers probably btcomlnr leu fre quent Saturday. I.ow tonight 28. High Saturday 45. Temp. Hlffhett Yeiterday .... 69 Lowest Thli Morning 32 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 2.02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:43 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:15 a.m. Moonsel tomorrow 1 2.2 1 a.m. First Quarter todav 7:42 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, seta 6:18 p,m. Venus, sets 9:45 p.m. Saturn, seta M 7:03 p.m. Mars, rises .... 11:00 p.m. Mercury, rises ........ i.&t a.m. Roads Blocked; Many Families Forced To Flee Clackamas County Disaster Area Portland - IUPD - Western Oregon reeled today under the impact of a Thanksgiving Day downpour that sent streams over flood stage, blocked highways and forced many families to flee their homes. Some locations had more than four inches of rain in a 24-hour period. The rain had eased up today but so much water fell that the weather man said many streams would continue to rise. Evacuation of homes was carried out along the Molalla and Clackamas rivers and along Johnson creek, which skirts the southeast edge of the city. Families Leave Home From 25 to 30 families left their homes in the Shady Dell area on the Molalla river, 25 miles to the southeast. An estimated eight families were taken from their homes at Carver and several more at Paradise Park, on the Clacka mas river. From 15 to 20 families were evacuated along Johnson creek. State Civil Defene officials estimated 150 homes tempor arily vacated because of high water in Clackamas county. Some residents also left their homes in the Marion county town of Turner Thursday. Highways near Lebanon were covered with water, tempor arily isolating the city Thurs day. Roads Closed Stale police reported sev eral roads were closed by high water and slides and that snow had slowed traffic on some mountain routes. The storm, one of the worst deluges in years, dumped 4.46 inches of rain on Eugene in the 24 hours ending at 4 p.m Thursday. During the same period Newport had 4.46 North Bend 4.39, Salem 2.3B, Astoria 2.26, and Roseburg 2.2 inches. And Valsetz, lo cated in the Coast Range southwest of Portland, had a whopping 6.41 inches. Rescuers used rowboats In many cases to move families from their homes. Log trucks used winches and cables to pull boats through swirling floodwaters in Clackamas county. Clackamas county was de clared a disaster area by the Red Cross which set up can teens for workers and tempo rary quarters for evacuated families. An alert was sounded Thursday at Willamette City near Oakridge, Ore., because of high water but no evacu ations were reported. Mill creek shot over its bank at Turner 10 miles south of Sa lem and police said a number of residents In the south part of town left their homes. Rail as well as highway transportation was hit. The main line of the Union Pa cific Railroad was blocked Thursday morning when a 60 foot section of roadbed wash ed out at Dodson and trains were rerouted for a lime over Spokane, Portland and Se attle tracks on the Washing ton side of the stream. Canby Area Hit High water forced closure of Highway 89E for a time late Thursday near the Molal la river bridge approaches just south of Canby. Elsewhere there were wide spread reports of interrupted highway travel. The South Santiam Highway was closed by slides. High water forced closure of Highway 26 at Warm Springs and of the Leb anon - Corvallis route. A bridge was reported washed out by heavy rain near Warm Springs. Highway 22 in the Mchama area southeast of Salem was blocked by a slide. On the coast, Highway 101 was blocked by slides In the Flo rence - Newport area. The Coos Bay - Roseburg highway was closed bv high water be tween Coquille and Myrtle Point. The town of Waterloo south east of Lebanon had 8 to 10 Inches of water in the streets Thursday. The McKcnzie river reach ed flood stage at Coburg, north of Eugene. Today rain had virtually slopped, at least for the time being, in Northwest Oregon, although snow and rain were falling In Southern and East ern Oregon. (See story on Page 2) FRESH SNOW-A blanket of fresh snow, which fell silently above, taken on Jacksonville hill summit, shows a pine in the pre-dawn hours this morning, gave a "Chrlstmasy" fringed field covered with white as a heavy wet cloud appearance to southern Oregon landscape. Th picture lurks against the distant hill. GOP Executive Board To Meet At Noon Monday The Jackson County Repub lican Central committee's ex ecutive board will meet at noon Monday in the Medford hotel to further consider recommendation for the state senate appointment, Commit tee Chairman Joe Walsh said this morning, ' The board will then decide whether to call a general com mittee meeting to consider making three recommenda tions for the office to be va cated by Dr. Edwin Durno, Jackson county Republican and congressman-elect. Coun ty Commissioner Chester Wendt said the county court has not yet received official notice of resignation from Dr. Durno. . Monday night, the central committee recommended to the county court that Mrs, Stephen G. (Eve) Nye be ap pointed to fill the state sen ate position following her election by 108 GOP precinct committeemen and committee women, who were the only ones eligible to vote. Earlier during the week the central committee had voted down a suggestion of three recom mendations. If the executive board agrees to call a general com mittee meeting and the com mittee agrees to make three recommendations this would again make Mrs. Nye, Don Slathos, L. W. (Lynn) New bry, Al Littrell and Ed Branchfield candidates for the state senate appointment. Mrs. Nye was defeated in her bid for state representative during the general election Nov. 8. County Candidates Report Expenses Sale m-IUPII-Campalgn ex penses for the Nov. 8 general election were listed today by three Jackson county candi dates. Mrs. Evelyn Nye reported expenses of $698 and John Gregory expenses of $51.28. Both were unsuccessful candi dates for the Oregon House of ReprescntativeSi Gerald Scanncll, unsuccess ful candidate' for district at torney, reported expenses of $952, according to the state elections division. No report has yet been received from Alan Holmes, successful dist rict attorney candidate, the division said. Road Conditions Traffic was moving along Highway 99 over the Siiki yous without chains as of 1 p.m. today, state police re ported. Last report from the Green Springs on Highway 66 was that snow was fall ing hard and chains were required. Conditions were thought to be improving. Sexton mountain on High way 99 north of Grants Pass was reported clear of snow. Highway 199 from Oregon mountain to Crescent City, Calif., was open but snow was falling and chains were required. Highway 62 was open this morning as far as Crater Lake National Park head quarters and 'chains were necessary, park officials aid. The road was closed beyond headquarters. I f Rain, Snow, Features of Heavy precipitation, the first snow of the season on the valley floor, gusty winds and a record maximum tem perature have been the fea tures of stormy weather In this area for the past two days, t The storm caused four pow er outages In Jackson county early this morning when snow loading lines or tree limbs touching lines shorted power lines, California Oregon Pow er company officials said. . Medford station of the U.S weather bureau measured 1.17 inches of precipitation yester day and .82 of an inch from midnight up to 10 a.m. today, In the 24-hour period up to 10 a.m. the precipitation total was Z.02. - r '. Valley residents awoke to a white mantle of snow this morning and it stayed until rain mixed with the falling snow, winds with gusts up to 40 miles per hour and with 20 to 25 miles per hour sus tained intensity whipped Santa Claus Will Arirve in City Ashland Today In a Christmas-like, snowy atmosphere, Santa Claus was scheduled to visit both Med ford and Ashland today to open the annual shopping program in southern Oregon. This afternoon a speclnl Southern Pacific passenger car was prepared to bring Santa into Medford. At the railway depot he was to dis tribute treats and talk with children, At 7 o'clock this evening St. Nick will arrive In Ash land aboard the new city fire truck. Prior to his arrival, members of the Ashland High school band will present a concert at 6:30 o clock Following his appearance, he will, greet Ashland chil dren In the lobby of the Mark Bids Called on Highway 62 Work Salem - Oregon highway commission officials will open bids Dee. fl for work on the Elk Creek-Robbers Roost section of Highway 62 cast of Tral. The project will Involve widening the highway and eliminating sharp curves. The contract will Involve an estimated 2.88 miles of grade widening and 8,000 pounds of explosives. Also to be considered are equipment rental hours. Swans Start Arriving Along Rogue River The first of the swans which winter over along the Rogue river have arrived, according to a valley resident. Eight swans arrived early this week, he reported. Two of them have already been killed, one of which was left where it was killed. He reported the incident to stale police and Oregon slate game commission offi cials. He said about 50 swans wintered over along the Rogue river last year. - through the Rogue area yes terday. , Yesterday s temper a t u r e reading of 69 degrees was the highest on record at the Med ford weather station for Nov. 24. Previous high for the date was 68 in 1949. Distribution lines where trouble caused power outages were along Highway 99 south of Ashland to the Sisktyou summit, from Prospect to the Red Blanket mill area, and West Evans Creek towards Wimer. Trouble in a transmis sion line between Prospect and Gold Rcy caused an out age to customers in White City and Eagle Point. ' .' Copco officials stated the snow loading the power wires or tree limbs touching the line could cause the trouble, About 30 repairmen were re ported working this morning In an attempt to locate the trouble. Heaviest precipitation in the Rogue valley reported up to 8 a.m. today was at Grants Pass, where 2.76 inches fell Antony hotel, center of the festivities. .... Ashland Chamber of Com merce officials said today that Boy Scouts were selling small evergreen Christmas trees to downtown merchants to add to the holiday appearance. In addition, the "traditional, large" Christmas tree is to be decorated In the plaza. ,, ' The arrival of Santa Claus In both cities opens the holi day shopping promotion with most stores remaining open on certain nights. In Ashland, stores will remain open until 8:30 p.m. each Friday, and also until 8:30 p.m. each Mon day beginning Doc. 19. " ' The Medford Retail Merch ants association and the Ash land Chamber of Commerce are sponsors of the seasonal events. 1 New Bridge Traffic This Morning Mayor John W. Snider cut a blue ribbon stretched across the west entrance of the city's new lotn st. bridge this morn ing, opening the four-lane structure to traffic. Only a handful of people showed up to witness the bridge opening ceremonies, held In a downpour of mixed rain and snow. But, while the spectators were few, the cars were many, and shortly aft er the opening a steady stream of traffic was crossing the new ormge. Mayor Snidcr's car was the first vehicle to cross the bridge, followed by another car carrying City Manager Robert Duff and other city and county officials. The new bridge crosses Bear creek, connecting 10th street on the west side of the city with 10th st. on the east side. The bridge was six months in the building and cost an estimated $95,000. The contractor was the Inter-City Construction company of Eugene. Outages Weather in a 24-hour span. There was one-half inch of snow on the ground. Prospect had 2.13 inches from 5 p.m. yesterday until 8 a.m. .today and that community had four inches of snow this morning. , Howard Prairie Rein Howard Prairie had 2.3S inches of precipitation and snow was seven inches deep. At Butte Falls the precipita tion totat was 1.90 with two inches of snow. Water content in the Crater lake snowfall in the 24 'hours up to 8 a.m. to day was V.75 inches. It was 2.47" foY'the Hay before. ' . Rain In Oregon showed a let-up in the six-hour prior to 10 a.m.. today, the weather bureau said. The let-up was considerable over the north ern half of the state and tha main part of the storm was "more down in northern Cali fornia." ' No new storm seemed im mediately in ' prospect ' al though further surges from, the present storm with a few periods of heavy showers ara possible. There is a storm front off the Aleutian islands, however, which might con tribute to the rain. Streams on Way Sown ' Streams appeared to be gen erally, on their .way down in Oregon because of the reduc tion in precipitation and low ering of the freezing level, ac cording to a weather bureau report. As of midnight the Novem ber precipitation for Medford vicinity was 3.39 Inches, 1.31 more than normal. The 3.95 amount for the season, slnca Sept. 1, was .69 less than tha norm. State police said nine inches of snow had fallen on High way 99 on the Siskiyous up to a o clock this morning, and eight Inches were reported on the Green Springs. It was snowing hard this morning at both locations. Sixteen inches of new snoW was reported at Crater Lake National park, bringing tha total on the ground ' to 48 Inchescompared to 14 Inches at this time last year. Chains were required on Highway 62 tnrougn tne park, and tha road to the rim was closed. Opened To One traffic problem devel oped immediately after the bridge was opened. Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe said that cars were not obeying the stop, signs that have been placed on Cot tage st., where it crosses 10th st., just e a s t of the new bridge. To check a potential traf fic hazard at this location, Thorpe ordered city crews to install stop signs on 10th st. at the intersection, making the intersection a four-way stop. ... . Thorpe said the 10th st. stop signs will be only, temporary. They will be taken down as soon as the Cottage st. traf fic gets used to stopping, ha said. Some temporary stop signs also have been placed on 10th st. at the west end of tha" bridge, Thorpe said. Thesa will be taken down as soon as the state has installed traf fic signals at the RlvriH and Central ave. lnterww. tioni with 10th st. i ' a. :