Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 14, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmi Meede For offsEnore Leases Legislate (11 $ h A lZ ' ' I P i'iV t'i v'ii -J Hf V CONGRATULATIONS Mrs. "t" lutiiaiiiara, rresiaeni-eiect John Kennedy s new de fense secretary, is shown in her Oakland, Calif, home receiv ing One nf manV PnnPratllldtnrir Inlanknn nnlln ..J I - .v..a.Hnilu.u,j eon's appointment. Her son is Vr.,- Mnlni. rn I ulu v-u. mm a adiary esumatea at $4uu,uuu a year to accept the $25,000 cabinet post. Mrs. McNamara said she is not surprised her son is making a sacrifice to serve his country. ' (UPI Telephoto) U.S. National Is Successful Bidder On School Bonds A bid with an effective Interest rate of 3.5724 per cent was accepted by the Med ford school board last night for $150,000 worth of bonds. The bid, ..submitted by the U.S. National bank, was one of three received for the re mainder of bonds which. were approved by district voters two years ago for construction of new buildings, additions and renovations in the dis-. trict. U.S. National last June 'pur chased $600,600; ,o the $750, 000 borid4,issu6;af an effective interest rate of 3.683 per cent ...... The net interest cost to the Arrests Threatened In Stanleyville Leopoldville, The Congo (UPll-Leftist rebel leaders in Oriental Province were re ported today to have threat ened ' again to arrest 1,000 whites in Stanleyville unless Imprisoned former Premier Patrice Lumumba is released. The , capital of Leopoldville also was swept by reports that Antoine Gizenga and Ber nard Salumu were whipping up the native population to resist a possible invasion by the forces of Col. Joseph Mo butu. Gizenga, who once attended s Communist indoctrination school in Prague, Czechoslo vakia, proclaimed that he now represented The Congo's law ful government. He set him self up as The Congo's new premier and said Stanley ville, capital of Oriental Prov ince, was the new capital of The Congo. Ashland Firm Bids Low for Project The Wiley company of Ash land was the apparent low bid der Tuesday afternoon for the construction of the Medford branch office building of the state department of employ ment. ; Their bid of $57,990 was the lowset of nine bids re ,.;,. nH Tho huildine. to in clude some 3,400 square feet of air conditioned oince ill have a stone and aluminum front. It will be erected at 119 North Oakdale Other bidders and their bids were Don L. Jacobs, SSB.uuu; D. M. Blickenstaff, $58,164: Hiny W. Salter. S58.871: Batzer Construction company, $58,921; Rogue Valley Con struction. S59.280; Southern Oregon Construction, Sol, Job; Loren S. Ritchie. $62,484; and Robert W. Marsh. $64,684. shopping days left USE CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT TB H V v u R. J. McNamara, mother o n.n,UUUC VHII9 ICgtllUlllS giving up the presidency of , . district will be $63,875 on U.S. National's bid. Other bid ders on the $150,000 were First National Bank of Ore gon at 3.596 per cent with a net cost of $64,297.50, and Foster and Marshall, Medford, at 3.6266 per cent with a net cost of $64,845. Buildings Compliled Much of the two-year build ing program has been com pleted. Additions to Hedrick Junior High, Hoover, Ruch, West Side and Oak Grove are completed, as is renovation work at Jacksonville and Mc Loughlin Junior! High. ';. A few small jobs remain to be done at many of ', the schools, .bqt classes are using the new rooms. Assistant Superintendent J Russell Acheson reported that work . on the boys physical education plant is progressing satisfactorily. Four classrooms the addition will be com pleted as soon as possible, he said. Bids on an addition to Wil son school probably will be opened early next year, school officials said. Plans and speci fications are now being pre pared for a two-room addition with a third classroom as an alternate. Dressing Room An additional dressing room at Medford High school sta dium was provided through regular district crews at a total cost of $1,110.14, Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superin tendent, reported. Material, which cost $578.54, was fi nanced from the high school athletic fund, and labor, which cost $531.60, was provided by the district. Dr. Mayfield pointed out that the cost was not in ad dition to any item in the bud get since district personnel was used. The dressing room pro vides needed additional space for the large number of football and track participants at the high school. The board took under ad visement a request from John Weisbrod, Medford, that it support petitions being circu lated asking the Jackson county court to consider a multi-purpose stadium at the fairgrounds south of Medford. Weisbrod and Medford Architect William H. Seibert outlined the proposal for board members. Members indicated, how ever, that as a Doara, iney could not support the pro posal. Stadium Facilities They pointed out that the district already had stadium facilities which could be ex panded with relatively little cost. Supporting the present Droposal. they indicated might imply that the school district's stadium would be unused. Members also noted that O and C funds help relieve prop erty tax levies in the school district, and if these funds were used in construction of the stadium, as Weisbrod pro posed, it indirectly would be taking public school funds for construction of a . non-school facility. Board Chairman Ed Branch field said he did not believe the district could legally sup port the proposal with direct financial assistance. The board took no final ac tion on Weisbrod's request, but said it would discuss the proposal in more detail later. Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages Newbry Name By Court to Senate Lyndel Newbry, co - owner of an Ashland packing plant, this morning was the unani mous choice of the Jackson county court for state senator from this district. Newbry will assume his new office when the Oregon state legislature convenes Jan. 9, and will serve the two years of the unexpired term of Congressman-elect Edwin R. Dur- no. Dr. Durno's resignation be comes efefctive Monday, Dec. 19. The selection was made by secret ballot with Seth Bullis, Medford, a member of the audience, in charge of the bal lot box. Lyndel Newbry, appoint ed today by iha county court as senator from Jack son county, said he will support Harry Boivin (D Klamath Falls) for lha ten ate presidency. Newbry was one of five peo ple considered by the county court. The five nominees, Mrs. Stephen G. (Eve) Nye, Don Stathos, Newbry, E. A. Litt- rcll, and Ed Branchfield, were also nominees for the Jackson county Republican committee recommendation for the ap pointment. . . Newbry has been a member of the Jackson county budget committee for two years, of the county board of equaliza tion, of the Phoenix school board and of the Ashland-Tal-ent United Fund board of di rectors. Born in Talent He was born in Talent, at tended Talent and Ashland schools and the Oregon State college. He has been a part ner -with his father, Earl New bry, in the packing house since 1946. Earl Newbry is a former state senator and sec retary of state. Newbry learned of the ap pointment for the first time Labor Secretary Choice Said Near Washington-UIPIl- President elect John F. Kennedy, set to name Arthur J. Goldberg as secretary of labor, held a busy round of conferences today as he sought to wrap up his cabinet. Barring some last- minute hitch, Kennedy was firm in his decision to put Goldberg in the cabinet and the announcement was immi nent. Goldberg is chief attor ney of the United Steelwork- ers Union. Kennedy had lunch with Rep. Edith Green, (D.-Ore.), mentioned earlier as a possi bility fo rthe job of labor sec retary. Salem (UPD Legislators at tending a pre-session confer ence were told today that ex penditure of $250,000 a year would help Oregon hold onto professional and administra tive personnel. Per Pupil Costs in Medford District Lowest Among High Schools in County The per pupil cost for high school students in the Med ford district is $449.70, the lowest in Jackson county, ac cording to a report of the Jackson county non - high school board. The report was reviewed by the Medford school board last night. Dr. Leonard B. May field, superintendent, said that to his knowledge this is the first time per pupil costs in Medford are the lowest in the county. Last year, the per pupil cost in the Medford district was $529.63, but Dr. Mayfield noted that the higher figure included several capital out lay items which were paid from existing building and budget funds. MDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1960 Seat this morning from the Mail Tribune. "I was never confident of receiving the apopintment, Newbry said. "In fact, I was very discouraged at times, Naturally I'm pleased at re ceiving the appointment. I will do my best at representing the people of the county." County Judge Earl Miller, County Commissioner Chester Wendt, both Republicans, and County Commissioner Ralph James, Democrat, wrote the name of their choices on slips of paper and almost simul taneously deposited them in a cardboard box. "I -feel we have explored candidates throughout the county and gave everybody a fair chance. We admire the aspirants for this appointment for their courage and public duty," Miller said. "They have a large task cut out for them. We did not collectively con sider the appointment. We re ceived many letters, calls and inquiries. We tried to feel the public pulse." Dellenback ContacUd "The Republican segment of the county court contacted John i Dellenback ; (Medford lawyer , and newly elected member of the state legist ture from Jackson county) and asked him if he would be a candidate. He said he had a moral obligation to serve as state legislator, since the peo ple had elected him to that position," Miller explained. The Jackson County Repub lican Central Committee had recommended Mrs. Nye fol lowing a vote at a general committee meeting. However, the county court had asked for three recommendations and this led to heated argu ments between Joe Walsh, Re publican Central Committee chairman, and Wendt and Miller. It was termed as a misunderstanding. "On behalf of the Republi can central committee, I wish to extend to Mr. Newbry our sincerest congratulations and best wishes for success and assure him of our support and cooperation in his role as state senator from Jackson county," Walsh said this morning. Russian UN Envoy Accused of Lying - United Nations, N.Y.-fflPB-The United States today ac cused Soviet Ambassador Val erian A. Zorin of lying to the Security Council and said his country was trying to turn The Congo into a "cockpit of the cold war and possibly a hot one." U.S. Delegate James W. Barco leveled the charges near the end of a marathon session of the council after Zorin had vetoed a Western resolution supporting the U.N. operation in The Congo. Zorin led up to the veto, Russia's 92nd, with a tirade against the United States, Sec retary General Dag Hammar- skjold and the West in gen eral. The lower cost in the Med ford district, he added, re flects "the close budget which was originally approved by the school board and budget committee and rejected by the voters." ' , If the budget had been ap proved by the voters last year as proposed by the budget committee, the per pupil cost still would havebeen the low est in the county, school board members pointed out. Some $21,279 was trimmed after the original budget was re jected by district patrons. The $21,279 would have added about $3 per student to the 1959-60 costs. Medford i cost compares with a high of $1,146.87 per student at Prospect. The per 55th Tribune An5 i 1 ft AX MttMam INNOCENT VICTIMS The faces of these Moslem children reflect fear and bewilderment as the youngsters, innocent victims of man-made chaos, flee the scene of violence in Algiers. (UPI Telephoto) Banker's Daughter Eludes Kidnapers Before Ransom Paid Sultan, Wash. - (UPI) - ,The daughter of a Sultan banker was abducted b.v two men to day and held for $25,000 ran som', buf she escaped in the Kidnapers auiomoDiie ana re turned home unharmed. Hazel Irene Oelrich appar ently was kidnaped while she was on her way to high scnool. Received Phone Call Hnr "father, fieorffe Oelrich. manager of the fiultan branch of the First National Bank of Everett, told sheriff s depu ties he received a telephone call at 9:16 a.m. telling him he had 20 minutes to put $25, 000 cash in a telephone booth at a gasoline service station Monroe if he wanted to see his daughter again. An employee of the bank said the girl told her father that she was forced at knue- point to get into the car. After she was driven to the nearby town of Monroe, the girl said she was told to drive to -Ever ett and that she would be fol lowed. She said she drove to Everett, 20 miles west of here, and then immediately turned around and went to the bank at Sultan. There, her brother, George Oelrich Jr., a teacher at the high school, picked her up and drove her home. Law enforcement officers soon arrived at the home and began questioning her. Got Into Car A Sultan High School offic ial said two girls reported Southern Oregon Gets Grant for Training Portland - 0IPD - The Na tional Science Foundation has granted more than half a mil lion dollars to four Oregon schools of higher learning as part of a nationwide program of in-service training for high school and college teachers. The University of Oregon will get $191,300; Oregon State Collcee $179,300; Reed Collcee $152,000 and South ern Oregon College $49,200 nunil cost in other county high schools: Phoenix, $787.95; Ashland, $473.68; District ou, $508.81; Eagle Point, $679.65; and Rogue River, $5iJ.9, The board last night dis cussed preliminary plans for considering the 1960-61 school budget. The board agreed to postpone more serious consid eration until after Jan. 1 when more information on the school census and needs for next year may be available. The school census report is expected to be ready in Janu ary, Dr. Maxfield told the board. The 1959 census, com puted according to formula, was 11,170, and the estimated census in 1960 is 11,513, an increase of 343 Year Price 10 Cents No. 230 they into saw Miss Oelrich get a car with two heavy set men this morning and didn't think anything ot it at the time. - The Oelrich home is just across - the street from the school. She usually gets to school at 8:15 a.m. The captors were described being dressed in khaki clothing similar to Army uni forms. They ' were reported to have been seen in Monroe about 9:10 a.m. The sheriff's office said that As far as we know, no money has been paid.". Problems of Ski Bowl on Mountain Aired in Ashland Ashland Thomas Parker, Ashland contractor and inves tor, discussed problems which may be encountered in de veloping a ski resort at Mt. Ashland, at the noon luncheon of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday in the Mark Antony hotel. Parker said the number one problem will be construction of a 14 mile 'all-wcathcr road from Ashland to the moun tain. He said the Jackson county road department has indicated they would keep the road snow plowed in the win ter if it meets county road specifications. Financing the development will be no problem, accord ing Parker. The resort could be privately or publicly own ed, he said. Two-Year Proet "Development will go to the highest bidder when the forest service opens bidding, Parker explained. It would take approximately two years to complete the project, Park er estimated. Presently most research on the feasibility of such a dc velopment is being carried on by a private investment firm headed by Parker, and the Ashland Economic Develop ment commission. Generally, the idea of de veloping the area Into a resort Is very favorably accepted, Parker Indicated. He also mentioned that there is a pos sibility the ski area could also serve as a summer recreation area. "There Is no question that development of a ski resort would be a great asset for Ashland," Parker said. Oregon Farm prices Higher in November Corvallis tUPD Oregon farm prices rr.oved up a little last month and now stand at 4 per cent above a year ago, according to Mrs. Elvera Hor- rell, extension agricultural economist at Oregon State College. 1 Thornton Points To Confusion in Present Statutes General Laws Not Controlling Salcm-IUPIl-Attorney Gener al Robert Y. Thornton said to day enabling legislation is needed before the State Land Board can enter into any kind of lease covering Oregon's 600,000-acre offshore lands. The land board, head by Gov. Mark Hatfield, asked for the opinion after Shell Oil Co. asked to negotiate an exclu sive lease to explore for oil and gas on the submerged lands. The lands extend from the Oregon coast three miles to sea. Statutes Uncertain Thornton said the existing statutes are "confused and un certain" and therefore he be lieves "specific enabling leg islation is needed before the board would be authorized to enter into any oil and gas lease covering the submerged lands along the Oregon coast." The land board wanted to know if it could negotiate ex clusively with Shell or wheth er it had to throw the nego tiations open to all bidders. Thornton's opinion, in effect, denies either. Past History Cited Thornton said in view of the past history of, and the detailed special legislation dealing with tide, overflow and submerged lands, the gen eral mining laws arc not con trolling. If the State Land Board has authority under general law to lease submerged lands," he asked, "then why was It necessary some years back for the legislature to pass a special law authorizing the board to lease these lands for harvesting , kelp and sea weed?'';- In Sanarai Class ' - ' "The conclusion Is Inescap able that these submerged lands are In a separate and distinct class and'that special legislation is required before they can be sold or leased for any purpose," he said. - Thornton added "it Is better to have the legislature pass appropriate leg 1 s I a 1 1 o n to handle this situation than to rush the matter through under uncertain and confused laws and have the whole thing at tacked and upset in the courts." Shell's interest in the lands was revealed last week. State Scn.-elect Vernon Cook (D Troutdalc) several days ago urged Hatfield to use caution and suggested the land board do nothing until the legisla ture has a chance to study the project. The deal might be worth millions of dollars, he said. Thornton also said mining laws are in need of moderniz ing and improvement. The 1961 legislature can correct this, he said. Hatfield Urges Review Of Foreign Aid Effort Portland - (UPJI - Gov. Mark Hatfield said Tuesday this country's foreign aid program should be reviewed and that 'too often our money is drain ed off at the top of political interests before it can seep to the people. "The Don't Come Out Even" Km WAR MASCOT FOUND Jimmy (Chico) Nattu, 21 a Nepalese orphan sought for two years by former British fighter pilots who adopted him as a mascot in India during World War II, has been found in Chicago where he is attend ing a technical school. The pilots want him to attend their next reunion in 1961. Members of the RAF 17th Fiehtor Squadron paid "Chico's" tuition to a British school in Malaya after the war and through the years lost contact with him, Meanwhile, Chico had left school and wandered throughout the Far East and eventually jumped ship at San Francisco. He made his way to Chicago where he entered the technical school. Immigration authorities say they will permit him to finish his courses. (UPI TeleDlintnl Plan for Tourist Promotion By County The Jackson and Josephine county courts last night ap proved a plan for a four-color brochure and magazine adver tising program to attract tour ists to the two counties. , The courts met with repre- sentatives of chambers of commerce from Ashland, Med- ford, Grants Pass and Cave Junction last night to dlscusi and review the program. ,i Ron Gandee and Don Irtd;- Westways magazines, and in Nell, manager ot the Medford .Southern California metropoll chamber, presented the bra- 'tari daily vacatipn tabloids. chure. Brochures will be for- Advertising in the latter will concur with placement of Ore if i i.-J J on state advertising, Gandeo For Reserve Hall Meyers D.' Jones, Medford, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new Naval Reserve Electronics building In Medford, It was announced today by Capt. C. G. Prahl, district public works officer for the 13th Naval dis trict in Seattle. Jones' bid of $32,332 was the lowest of eight bids re ceived, it was stated. Con struction work will begin Im mediately with the comple tion date May 15, 1061. The Navy building will be an addition to Santo hall, the Army Reserve center, at Jack son st. and Columbus ave. The one-story structure, approxi mately 42 by 40 feet, will provide a building for the Naval Reserve Electronics Di vision 13-5 here.. They now, train at the Federal building, 33 North Riverside ave., The hew building will be on the south side of Santo hall. It will match the existing cen ter In architecture. Upon com pletion of the construction, the Navy will issue a separate contract for removal and re installation of the electronics training equipment. The en tire project is estimated to cost about $45,000. Common use will be made of the classrooms of the exist ing Santo hall. Approved Courts warded to persons who return coupons clipped from adver tising displays in two maga zines. : Accompanying the bro chures will b2 business reply Pat-Ha for Ihnen ,hn ...I. deiaiipH infnrml,iir, Uhoi-ifio nr, tn iik ii, son or Josephine counties. AdveitUina Soar. The advertisina proeram in- eludes space in Sunset anrt chamber -manaeers. chamhep presidents '.and .'tourist committee-chairmen will meet tomor- row at the. Jackson hotel to elect a chairman and secre tary. Tile committee will re ceive and disburse all funds alloted to coordinate and car ry out the program. The committee also will consult with both county courts to account for expendi tures, ..review the program, nalyzc results and suggest Improvements for the follow ing year. . Josephine county has budg eted $3,000 for the program, and Jackson county has allo cated $5,000 for the program. The funds in both counties were budgeted for tourist pro motion. Festival Patrons Buy Memberships . Ashland Memberships for the 1981 Ashland Shakespear ean Festival are being pur chased at a record rate, ac cording to festival Manager William Patton. . Patton said that 82 member ships had been purchased as of Dec. 13. Forty two had been sold during the same period last year. Patton said it took until Jan. 18 to sell 82 mem berships a yean- ago. Single admission sales ara about twice what they were at the same time a year ago, Patton said. A record total of 1,180 mem berships were sold for tha 1960 festival. Patton is optimistic about lopping this figure for the 1961 season which opens July 24 and will play 42 consecu tive nights, concluding Sept. 3. This will be the longest run in the festival's history, Pat ton said. Portland - tliPD - An atlor- ney for persons charged with politically libeling Monroe Swcetland has moved to toss out the indictments on grounds that publicity made a fair grand Jury hearing im possible'. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable vallry fof throilKh Thursday. Brlpf Improvement In afternoon. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday . 39 Lowest Thlt Morning ... 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .4:3fl p.m. Sunrise tomorrow , 7:34 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow .... 4:08 a.m. New Moon Dec. IS Jnnltur. tha larrest olanet. now sets soon after the Sun. It will reappear In February as a morn ing siar ana win oe mucn new er Saturn. r .