Medford mail tribune., December 07, 1960, Image 1

eeunty
Rejects
Step Po
r t v M '
AT NEWS CONFERENCE President-elect Udall as Secretary of the Interior and said
John F. Kennedy and Rep. Stewart L. Udall, he would bring "vigor and imagination" to
right, answer questions at a joint news con- the post.
ference in New " York. Kennedy named (UPI Telcphoto)
m
all deceives Nod
For Interior
New York -IIIPD- President
elect John F. Kennedy today
named Rep. Stewart L. Udall,
40, of Arizona, as secretary of
interior and said he expects to
name the important post of
secretary of state shortly.
Kennedy said he had not
decided yet whether his broth
er, Robert, who has been re
ported in line for attorney
general, would join the Ken
nedy administration.
The president-elect said the
job 'of secretary of state, like
that of the secretaries of
treasury and defense, was an
important one and he wanted
to "render the best judgment
possible." '
, "I hope that will be short
ly," Kennedy said. ' "
Udall met with Kennedy in
the Carlyle Hotel before )jhcy
held a joint news cohieffytce
to announce Udall's appoint
ment. ' -, ,
Conference with Dag -
Earlier, Kennedy had spent
80 minutes in a breakfast con
ference with' U.N, Secretary
general Dag Hammarskjold
for an extended private dis
cussion of international condi
tions. ,
Kennedy called Udall "an
authority in the field of con
servation and natural re
sources" and praised his rec
ord in Congress as outstand
ing, t
Bright Star' Seen
In Area Yesterday
An unusually bright "star"
was observed in the skies
over the Rogue valley by sev
eral residents about 7 p.m.
yesterday.
' The object, which seemed
too large to be a star, appear
ed to hover rather than move
in a steady course like a
satellite, residents said.
' Its brilliance caused it to
emit a flare of radiating light
rays, according to one ob
server, Mrs. Garland Lorton,
Phoenix. She said the object
was stationery 'for a while,
then appeared to change its
position, disappearing when
a commercial aircraft ap
proached it.
shopping days left
USE CHRISTMAS SEALS
FIGHT TB
McAllister Reelected
As Oregon Chief Justice
SalemJUPD - Judge William
M. McAllister of the Oregon
Supreme Court Tuesday was
reelected as chief justice.
He is the first person under
a new law to be chosen chief
justice for a six-year term.
Previously the chief justice
has served for two years.
' McAllister's new term be
gins Jan. 2.
He was appointed to the
high court Aug. 24, 1956 by
"The coming years will wit
ness an enormous increase in
our need for natural resources
if we are to meet our expand
ing commitments to our own
people and to the Free
World," Kennedy said.
"Only a vigorous and imagi
native administration of the
Department of the . Interior
can assure us of the strength
to meet those commitments."
The cabinet appointment
was Kennedy's third. Pre
viously he had named Gov.
Abraham Ribicoff of Connecti
cut as secretary of health, edu
cation and welfare, and Gov.
Luther H. Hodges of North
Carolina as secretary of com
merce. Early Kennedy Supporter
Udall, who pledged his sup
port to Kennedy early in the
presidential campaign, ' had
Fife Leaves Yreka "
Family Homeless
Yreka - Eieht members of a
Yreka family are homeless to
riav as a result of a fire Tues
day afternoon which reduced
their home to a charred rums.
The fire broke out at 2:30
p.m. at the' home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee L. Crow, 201 South
Gold st., Yreka. By the time
iho firp ripnartment could ex
tinguish the last spark, the
family was homeless, ah per
sonal belongings were de
stroyed. The only tilings saved
were a few pieces of living
room furniture. .fa
Cause of the blaze is un
known. Yreka fire deoartment
officials are investigating. The
Crow family includes six cnu-
dren. .'
Pamilv rri'pnris have taken
in the children and parents.
No injuries were reported.
Bomb Shatters
Auto of Witness
Elizabeth, N.J. - (UPD - An
apparent time bomb shattered
the automobile today of a key
government witness in the
jailing last summer of a team
ster official for tax evasion,
authorities reported.
It was the second attempt
on the life of William P. Hill
brant, treasuier of the Neo
Gravure Printing Co., Wee
hawken, N.J. Hillbrant was
in his house when the blast
ripped his car to a mass of
jagged metal.
Police said the explosion
occurred minutes before Hill
brant's wife, Dorothy, was to
drive her husband to the
Weehawken plant. The car
was registered in Mrs. Hill
brant's name. Hillbrant does
not drive.
The bombing was described
by police as the work of a
professional. It was planted
under the front seat of the car
on the driver's side.
Gov. Elmo Smith and
elected to a six-year term that
year.
McAllister, 55, practiced
law in Medford at the time
of his appointment. He served
in the Oregon House of Rep
resentatives from Jackson
county from 1937 to 1944 and
was a state senator in 1949-50.
He was speaker of the House
in 1943-44.
Post
carried the Arizona delegation
to the Los Angeles Democratic
National Convention for the
Massachusetts senator.
Kennedy said he met with
Hammarskjold because "the
United States has a great stake
in the United Nations."
"I wanted to talk with him
about some of the problems
facing the U.S. delegation in
the coming sessions of 1960
61," Kennedy said.
$9,000 To Be Used
In Fish, Wildlife
Studies in Area
An estimated $9,0d0 will be
expended for fish and wildlife
studies of the Rogue' River
basin for fiscal years 1961-62
according to a letter received
by the Jackson county court
this morning. ' , , "
In a letter to the county
court, Sen. Wayne' Morse (D
Ore.) enclosed a letter from
Ross Leffler, assistant secre
tary of the interior. Leffler
wrote Senator Morse that data
and Information useful to the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
will be provided beginning in
January for inclusion in the
corps' i report on the basin
project. . . -
Release of the approved and
completed report on fish and
wildlife resources in the
Rogue basin is scheduled for
August, 1961, for inclusion in
the overall report. A full year
of stream temperatures and
flow data had been gathered
by the end of October, 1960,
Leffler's letter to the senator
stated. ;
Coperaiion Noted '
It added: "Cooperation with
the district engineer of the
U. S. Army Corps of Engine
ers will continue following the
completion of the report of
the bureau of sport fishery
and wildlife to assure all feasi
ble means of conserving and
developing fish and wildlife
resources in the basin.
In his letter, Morse remind
ed the county court that he
had written on Oct. 18 con
cerning the status on the basin
flood control survey. In his
letter he said he would ob
tain current information on
studies being conducted by
the bureau of sport fisheries
and wildlife.
"You may be sure I shall
continue' to do everything pos
sible to assure completion of
the Rogue River basin flood
control survey at the earliest
possible date, Morse said
Dental Service
Plan Held Illegal
i Salem -(UPll- Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said
today a dental service plan of
fered by a new Oregon firm,
Dental Services, Inc., consti
tutes the "unauthorized prac
tice of dentistry by a corpor
ation." The State Board of Dentis
try asked for the opinion.
The plan calls for the cor
poration to keep 75 per cent
of the membership fees under
contracts with beneficiary
members and 25 per cent is
distributed to participating
dentists. The dentists, in turn,
must give beneficiary mem
bers a 50 per cent reduction
on dental bills, Thornton said.
He said a corporation "can
not engage in the practice of
dentistry for profit by em
ploying the services of den
tists. 1
Changes To
Keep Hospital
Open Planned
(Editor's note: This is ih
second in a series of three
articles on the story of Sa
cred Heart hospital, Med
ford - its history, its prob
lem of keeping in operation,
and possible solutions to the
problem.)
By GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
The Sacred Heart Story is,
in part, the story of an aging
institution struggling against
the elements of time. But it
is also the story of 150 hos
pital employees, each doing
his part to provide Medford
and the Rogue valley with the
best possible hospital serv
ices.
The jobs being done by
these employees are as differ
ent as night and day. Com-
In yesterday's siory on
Sacred Heart hospital - the
first in this series of three
-there was a typographical
error in the last paragraph
which changed the entire
meaning of the paragraph.
It read, "the people of
the valley . . . should not
be largely responsible for
keeping it (the hospital)
here." It should have read,
"should now be largely re
sponsible for keeping it
here,"
pare the nurse and the mainte
nance man, or the cook and
the pathologist. Each is an
integral part of the Sacred
Heart story.
When Mother Judith, pro
vincial superior of the Sisters
of Providence, last month re
versed an earlier decision and
announced that Sacred Heart
hospital would remain open
she said that a number of
changes would be made to en
sure the jhospital's continued
operation in the valley.
Determined Effort
Perhaps the most important
of these changes was to be a
determined effort on the part
of the Sisters to make the
public aware of the functions
of the hospital and some of
the problems it faces.
Mother Judith directed Sis
ter John' of the Cross, assistant
administrator of St. Vincent's
hospital in Portland, to come
to Medford and coordinate
this effort.
Among Sister John's ac
tivities while in Medford, was
a talk Monday at the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce
roundtable luncheon. She told
the group that "we have fail
ed miserably to let the public
know exactly what we are
doing."
Autopsy Shows
Suffocation
An autopsy Indicated that
Harold Von Stein Jr., 35, died
of suffocation yesterday morn
ing in a fire in the one-room
residence he occupied at the
rear of 36 North Peach St.,
city firemen reported today.
Firemen said that Von Stein
apparently fell asleep while
smoking in bed.
Smoke was observed com
ing from the small apartment
by William Berheimer. He
was making a delivery for
Pierce Freight lines to Forbes
Brothers storage quarters
next door. Berheimer asked a
neighbor to turn in the alarm.
Firemen found the door
locked and windows closed.
They gained entry by forcing
the door. Von Stein was found
lying on the bed. He was pro
nounced dead on arrival of
the coroner.
Corvallis District
Voters Show Apathy
Corvallis - (UPI) - Of some
2000 voters in the , Corvallis
Rural Fire District, only five
turned out this week to elect a
new board member.
The five were the president
and secretary of the board
and the three election board
members.
They gave. S. E. Gruver a
unanimous vote.
Salem flIPD State highway
Engineer W. C. Williams has
announced that a joint meet
ing of the legislative highway
interim committee and the
state highway commission
will be held at 10 a.m. Thurs
day.
It might seem unusual to
find a Sister among some of
the leading businessmen in the
community. But not so, ac
cording to Sister John. She
told the approximately 30
seated around her that the
hospital too, is a business,
and a very important one to
the Rogue valley at that.
Cites Some Figures
She cited some figures to
emphasize her point. Of the
hospital's $900,000 operating
budget last year, 65 per cent
went for salaries, almost all
of which was spent in Med
ford. ,
Also, 5.7 per cent was spent
for raw foods - all purchased
In the area; 22.4 per cent for
miscellaneous supplies - of
which as many as possible
were purchased in the valley;
1.8 per cent for fuel, elec
tricity and water; and 1.3 per
cent for repairs and mainte
nance. After hearing this, one per
son present at the roundtable
called the hospital "a pretty
fair-sized industry." No one
could disagree that the loss
of the hospital would have a
disturbing effect on the val
ley's economy.
Following the roundtable
meeting, Sister John took a
Mail Tribune reporter on a
complete tour of Sacred Heart
hospital.
(Continued on Page 3B)
Hearing Set for
Freeway Work in
Rock Point Area
Plans for the widening of
Highway 99 to four-lane free
way standards between the
Rock Point bridge and the
Seven Oaks interchange north
of Central Point were an
nounced today.
The stale highway commis
sion said a public hearing on
the project will be held here
Dec. 20.
Completion of this stretch
of freeway, together with oth
ers now under construction,
will provide a highway of
freeway standards all the way
from Medford to Sexton
mountain north of Grants
Pass.
The Rock Point-Seven Oaks
section is about 7V4 miles
long. Widening it to four lanes
will cost some $1,740,000, the
highway commission esti
mates. The existing two lanes
already are of freeway stand
ard, and the project will chief
ly involve construction of an
additional two lanes.
Reconstruction Planned
The overpass-interchange at
Kanes creek, which gives ac
cess to the eastern part of
Gold Hill and the Old Mili
tary road at the Dardanelles!
will also be reconstructed to
freeway standard.
Plans for the proposed work
will be on display - in the
courthouse in Medford from
9 to 11 a.m. on Dec. 20, and
any interested persons may
inspect them then. At 2
o'clock the same afternoon, a
formal public hearing will be
conducted on the proposal.
Work is now under way at
Rock Point bridge to bring
the fourlane freeway around
the side hill above the bridge.
From this point the new two
lane construction will paral
lel the existing two lanes on
the south for 4.8 miles. For
the rest of the distance to
Seven Oaks the new construc
tion will be north of the exist
ing lanes.
Construction is scheduled to
begin next year, with bids be
ing called probably in July
or August, highway commis
sion sources indicated.
Auction Planned by
Medford Police
Residents interested in pur
chasing unclaimed articles
which have been turned in
to the Medford city police de
partment may view them
Thursday afternoon at the po
lice storage -building at the
municipal airport.
Police Services Lt. Rollie
Pean will be at the building
from I to 4 p.m. Thursday.
The auction will be held at
the same building Friday
Dec. 9, at 10 a.m.
Regional Edition
Medford
24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1960 No. 224
REMOVE TREE Linebaugh
service crews yesterday
white1 oak tree from the
home owned by Gertha Lane, 714 South been leaning
Oakdale ave., Medford. The tree, estimated the ground.
Interpretations
Differ on Expense
Filing Regulation
District Attorney-elect Alan
Holmes has a different inter
pretation of an Oregon law
than some other officials.
He did not file a report of
his election expenses with the
secretary of state's office in
Salem, but filed them with the
county elections department
instead. 1
He said today that he has
written Jack Thompson, slate
director of elections, suggest
ing that if Thompson wants,
he can obtain his election ex
pense report from the county
elections depart ment. He
wrote in reply to a letter of
inquiry from Thompson, who
pointed out that Oregon law
requires a filing of expenses
by Nov. 23.
"I complied with the statute
and instructions in the candi
date's handbook when I filed
my expenses with the county
elections department,"
Holmes said.
However, County Clerk
Marvin Madden and Thomp
son both disagreed.
Madden stated that the dis
trict attorney is a state official
under the law, receives three
fourths of his salary from the
state, and thus should file his
expenses with the state.
File Expenses
"Mr. Holmes filed his pri
mary election expenses with
the secretary of state. I don't
see how the general election
would be any different," Mad
den said. "However, we will
mail Mr. Holmes' election ex
penses to the secretary of
state's office for him."
Holmes' election opponent,
Democrat Gerald Scan n e 1 1,
filed his expense report with
the secretary of state. Holmes
was the Republican candidate.
His expense' report to the
county clerk listed expenses
of $28.60, including $20.43 to
the Monarch Match company,
$3.85 to the Oregon, Nevada,
California Freight lines, and
$4.50 to the Mail Tribune.
The law covering election
expense filings states:
Sworn Statement
' "Every candidate shall file
with the secretary of state,
within 15 days after the elec
tion at which he was a candi
date, an itemized sworn state
ment, or, in the case of candi
dates for the county and dis
trict or precinct offices with
55th Year
Brothers Tree by Lincbaugh Brothers to be about 400 yearB
removed this old, fell across the house roof, damugine
roof of the the roof, wall and windows. The : tree had
in the county, with the coun
ty , clerk. These . statements
shall set forth in detail all
the moneys contributed, ex
pended or promised by him to
aid and promote his nomina
tion or election."
The penalty Is a fine of $25
for each day on which the
candidate is in default, unless
he is excused by the court.
(Continued on Page 11 A)
President Orders
Peace Patrol Halt
Washington (UPD President
Eisenhower t o d a v ordered
U.S. warships and planes with
drawn from a peace patrol de
siffneH tn nrntnnt nnntpmnla
and Nicaragua from possible
invasion.
The President acted after
tho Governments of the two
Central American republics
intormed him tne emergen
cy" had passed. They original
ly requested the patrol.
Eisenhower reacted Nov. 17
by instructing the Navy to
protect Guatemala and Nica
ragua from any Communist-
directed attack. The move
amounted to n blunt wnrnlna
to Cuban Premier Fidel Cas
tro to keep hands off his Car
ibbean neighbors.
World Gets
At Atom Bombs Dropped
Washington-IUPIl-At 8:14
1945, a lone American B29, the "Enola Gay,"
dropped on Hiroshmia, Japan, a single black
bomb 120 Inches long, 28 inches In diame
ter, weighing 0,000 pounds.
It was nicknamed "Little Boy."
It killed 70,000 Japanese and maimed
70,000 others.
For the next 15 years the world did not
know what that first atomic bomb dropped
in war looked like the bomb that hastened
the end of World War II and opened a new
era of hope and horror. 1
'Model T Types
But now the Hiroshima bomb and the
slightly different "Fat Man" bomb that kill
ed 36,000 persons In Nagasaki three days
later are "Model T" types compared to the
later nuclear death weapons.
So, Tuesday the eve of the 10th an
niversary of the sneak Japanese attack on
Pearl Habor the defense Department and
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
for sometime, and broke off at
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fire District
Elections Held
Light voting was reported
in elections held Monday in
four rural fire protection dis
tricts in the county.
B. Sam Taylor, Chicory
lane, was reelected to the
board of directors of the Cen
tral Point district. He will
sarve a five-year term. Only
12 votes were cast in the elec
tion, all for Taylor. '
Mrs. Dorothy McQuat was
reelected to a five-year term
with the Medford district and
C. W. Guches was elected to
a four-year term to complete
the unexpired term of the late
Clifford Howard. Twenty-seven
votes were cast in the elec
tion and no write-ins were
reported. . . ,
Dave Bergren defeated Gird
Levering for the five-year
term on the board of directors
of the Shady Cove-Trail dis
trict. Ed Houston, who did
not file for reelection, Is the
outgoing commissioner. Twenty-five
votes were cast.
. Two directors were elect
ed for the Rogue River dis
trict. Winners were Glenn
Birdseye, five-year term, and
Woodrow Frantz, two-year un
expired term. They defeated
Herbert Haugcn. Birdseye re
ceived 26 votes; Frantz, 23,
and Haugcn, 22.
Victoria, B.C.-IUPII-The 51st
annual Western Forestry and
Conservation Association con
ference opened here today.
First Photographic Look
a.m. on Aug. 6,
Zorin Chooses
To Preside Over
Debate on Congo
Resolution To Ask
Red Cross Interview
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPP -Soviet
Ambassador Valerian,
A. Zorin today rejected a U.S.
proposal that he step down
as president of the Security
Council while it debates Rus
sia's demnnd for the restor
ation of ousted leftist Premier
Patrice Lumumba in the Con
go. U.S. Ambassador James J.
Wadsworth proposed, at tha
start of a council meeting
called by Russia as an after
math of Lumumba's arrest by
troops of Congolese strong
man Col. Joseph Mobutu, that
Zorin relinquish the chair.
Zorm declared that t h a
rules of procedure left it to
the council president to decida
whether he should preside,
Resolution Planned
As the Security Council
met to hear Soviet charges
that the United States was
stirring up trouble in Tho
Congo, It was learned that
the United Slates,, Britain,
Italy, and, Argentina planned
to introduce a resolution ask
ing that the Red Cross be per
mitted to interview prisoners
in the new African nation.
The resolution also will de-
cla
are that any violation of,
uman rights in The Congo
inconsistent with the prin
ciples of the U.N. The meas
ure is worded to counter
charges that Lumumba has
been tortured.
Wadsworth said Zorin had
taken part In Soviet efforts
to-(wreck the U.N. program
iuVTrhe pongo. ;
, ' : J)v,ElQSworth recalled a So
viet statement issued py &o-
rln Tuesday in which ha
branded Western President Jo
seph Kasavubu as a traitor,
accused the United Slates of
seeking to "liquidate" the pro-
Lumumba Congolese parjia
(ment and called Secretary-
General Dag Hammarskjold a
"tool of aggressors and colon
ialists."
Contribution Refused
The Soviet Union, Wads
worth said, had tried to de
stroy the U.N. Congo effort
by sending military supplies
to the country in violation of
Security Council orders. It
had refused to contribute to
the upkeep of the U.N. Congo
force just as it has also re
fused to pay any of the costs
of the U.N. emergency forca
on duty in the Middle East, -
Zorin broke in to tell Wads
worth he was out of order.
But the U.S. ambassador con
tinued with his argument.'
: Hammarskjold planned to
go before the council for a de
fense of his Congo policy
which has been under attack
by the Soviet Union since the
U.N. intervened in the trou
bled African county. ,
THREATS SAID MADE
Washington-IUPD-House In
vestigators said today that
"threatening telephone calls"
had been received by soma
witnesses summoned to testify
In connection with : alleged
Florida highway scandals.
WEATHER
FORKCAST: Fair tonight and
Thursday. Patchy valley fog
early Thursday. Low tonight
20-25. High Thursday SO.
Temp.
Hlgheiit Yesterday ...... ..... 5.1
Lowest This Morning , 22
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:39 p.m.
.sunrise tomorrow 7:2H a.m.
Moonrlse tonight ...... 8:59 p.m.
Last Quarter Dec. tl
Orion rises tonight at 7:07 p.m.
Well above this constellation
Is the star, Aldebamn, The "V"
shaped cluster of stars of which
Aldcbaran Is a part Is called
the Hyades. .
Over Japan
Atomic Energy Commission, with reluctant
State Department agreement, released the
first photographs of the type of tombs drop-
ped on Japan.
Tho pictures disclosed that the' awesome1
weapons were not elaborate constructions
from the pages of science fiction. Rather,
they looked much like ordinary fin-tailed
bombs. : ,
Weigh Fifth as Much .
The statistics revealed that modern
American nuclear missile warheads weigh
only one-fifth as much but release 150 times
the explosive power of the Hiroshima
Nagasaki bombs.
Officials said the photos of the Hiroshima
and Nagaskl bombs had been kept secret
for the past IS years because of fears ot
possible diplomatic repercussions, particular
ly in Japan, now a U.S. ally.
A Pentagon source said the pictures
have had no military value for years.
(So pictures, story on Pag SB)
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