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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1961)
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. 6 m SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1961 looting off ffker Picked sfop Spot News f lv 1". i ill 7 4r-X.. , 'J4i-LFfA mXMxt' ml Ihm CRATER IAAE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE ... Work commence! on freeway in Medford ... , . Four bodies found at plane wreckage , 4 via V Buildlngi doitroyed in Table Rock lire w,'j'fiiwT'a Iff w msym ' JiJJF: if A..ii;..walte,ffti..&H'tfci murium iiVftmni t im in nil iitiiiii a, mm m J . . . Bids opened ior $1.5 hoipital wing Material Witness Story Best Feature A state Dolicje officer being shot in the leg, two n;atenal witnesses held in the Medford city Jail, and the Jackson county home rule study committee organization and discus sion of county government were voted the top news stories of 1960 by members of the Mail Tribune's news department. Eight of the 12 employees tn tne news department cnuse the shooting of State Policeman Donald Cain as the top "spot" news story of the year. "Spot" news is considered a etnrv which has no long-range affect on the citizens. Two staff members picked as the top spot hews story the finding of a Cessna aircraft near Dutchman's peak. Four California people were Killed in me crasn, ana a searm iui the missing plane was conducted ior some tune ueiuie a hunter found the plane s wrecKage. The Medford Domestic Laundry fire and the O. H. Bengt son case involving embezzlement of Medford Escrow com pany funds were rated the top stories by two other staff members. - Half the news department employees raiea ine dcjibisu" case the second most important story of the year, and half rated the murder of Mrs. Marion S. Hamilton in Ashland as the third most important spot news story. ' . 11-- i fAM'Ika mMrt ImiVlpflinl ihma fiOflT Tne rest oi tne vuica wi muo. UI . stnrioa were divided, among the number of traffic fatalities in Jackson county (there were 24 during the year), the death of William (Jampoeu Dy Dealing in a aowntown Morffnrrt nnrkine lot. Sen. John F. Kennedy's visit to Med ford for the ,Pear Blossom Festival, the Table Rock forest fire and John Day's mountain climbing accident in Alaska. Five staff members picKea the home rule study commit tee as the top general news story of 1980. A general news story is one wnicn nas a iuug range effect on the public wel fare. . Two first place votes went to new construction in tne area, and two went to the an nouncement that Sacred Heart unditni would close, and the subsequent announcement that it would remain open. One first piace vote. -" went to the lumoer nwivet conditions, the ramo Dai news, and the generally good bus iness progress in the valley. The latter includes new con struction, highway worn ana similar long-range programs. Second Most Important . Four staff members rated fhe home rule study group as second most important gener al news story of labu, ana nve voted for Highway 99 freeway work as the third most lm nnnnl atnrv. The rest or me stcunu " jhirri ninpR votes were divided among discussions on distrib uting O and C in more coun ( tn helD education, the Rogue Valley Art association, the proposal ior a mum-ii"'-ndium in Jackson coun ty, the Mt. Ashland ski area development proposal, me 4 nolo rfnm DOrtlOn 01 uie Tjnono Basin nroiect. Dr. Ed win R. Durno d e i e a t m b Charles O. Porter as fourth district Congressional repre sentative, and progress in an nniinlinn in the valley. --. , j. Eleven oi me n -partment employees voted ior the material witness story as i, koi fpnture news story last year. The witnesses, Vir gil Payne Bennett and Nor man James (Mac) Mclnnis, were held in the city jail sev eral weeks because they saw William Campbell beaten to death. nm.r First Place Vote The other first place vote went to the continuing legal procedures between Mrs. Ann TnriH and the Eagle Point Ir rigation district and its offi cers. ... Five second place and three third place votes went to the Mrs. Todd-EPID legal battle, and five second place and two third place votes went to the off-and-on dog control situa tion in Jackson county. Other second and third place votes in the feature news category went to stories on Dallas Purccll, who lives with his family in the moun tains north of the Table Rock area, and the town affiliation with Alba, Italy. Following Is a month-by-month review of activities In the area during the past year. JANUARY Jackson county's first baby of I960 born at 12:01 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. James G. House, Medford . . . Donald Thomp son, Klamath Falls, found guilty of armed robbery hold- -i ltd , i.. . rn ir.isi! iftwt All ' i nr. J v l J I a I oivi in. X.. t i T -7 1 1 If I I f I ' i . S. l, . v ! , .1 i I I ..I , " . i '. t .(J i' " .srr. i t Vi ii n J ) S 1 . . Candidates' fair highlights political campaigning . up Sept. 7 at Safeway store Completion date of Rogue Basin water resource studies extended more than a year . . . Snow surveys and weather forecasts predict shortage of irrigation water . . . Nearly 1,000 enroll for winter term at Southern Oregon college School reorganization com mittee denies petition to relo cate property in various dis tricts . . . County Judge Earl Miller appointed to urban area committee of the National As sociation of County Officials . Ashland Mayor Richard L. Neill renames city officers . Rogue - Umpqua area spring and summer water sup ply outlook fair to poor . . ; . Seasonal job layoffs noted in lumber industry during latter half of December . . . Appli cation for federal assistance to enlarge Ashland sewage dis posal plant approved , . .Med ford city sanitary service with draws request for a public hearing on proposed site for sanitary landfill . . . Victor David 1 reelected president of Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county . . .City water supply outlook declared "poor to very poor". . . Plans for a temporary dam near the fu ture Agate dam site rejected . . . Organization and proce dures Medford police re payment reviewed . . .Don Stathos resigns as chairman of the County Republican Cen tral committee. . . Angus L. Bowmer, Ashland, leaves on two-month, 28 - state tour of theaters . . . Howard Prairie lake recreational facilities to be ready by early summer . . . County Treasurer Karl L. Ja nouch and Ralph James file as candidates . . . Rogue Val ley Art association adopts ar ticles of incorporation . . . Bear Creek pollution commit tee requests park sites along Bear Creek ... Victor F. Blrdseye named t o county planning commission . , . County voter registration to taled 28,259 at the close of 1959 ... School District 6C calls election on bond pro posal. . . Judge Orval Millard seeks reelection to circuit court . . . Raymond R. Reter named to Federal Reserve bank, Portland office . . .Sis kiyou Pioneer Sites founda tion receives funds to restore U. S. Hotel in Jacksonville . . . County court asks for bids on new sheriff's department cars . . . Public library re ceives $23,000 grant-in-aid. . , Natural gas line possibilities seen for area . . . County As sessor Ray Schumacher an nounces candidacy for reelec tion . . . Oscar William (Ike) Dunford, prominent Jackson ville citizen, dies. . .Paul Ryn nlng to run for county com missioner . . . Medford report ed to have second largest dol lar volume of construction in Oregon during 1959 . . . Mrs. James Ragland named chair man 0 f County Republican Central committee , , . Timber Products company plans three quarters of a million dollar expansion program . . . Mark Boydcn files for surveyor po sition . . Henry Galey, Rich ard C. Cottle, and Emmett Whitman named outstanding citizens in Ashland for 1959 . . Herb Grey, Mail Tribune ad vcrtising manager, leaves for Antarctica on U. S, Navy tour . . . Herbert Hunter files for county assessor job . , .County public welfare commission considers work relief program .. . Miss Noreen Kelly ap pointed an assistant state at torney general. . . Mayor John Snider opens Eighth st. bridge , , . Petition to place Medford dog control law on primary ballot filed . , . E. H. Mann announces candidacy for state representative . . . Air pollu tion control makes "good pro gress" . . . Mercy Flights ob serves 10th anniversary. . . Funds allocated for Lake of the Woods road . . . Joseph A. ... Medford affiliates with Alba . . . Moore elected vice president , - -; ;, "" First National Bank of Ore- , vff-A.J.r-. gon . . . John Dellenback My""tiF& "N'? seeks state representative of- , jtl ''WMfMlf?. ' ' ' J f is ' - j Til t'J- i5r AT V -' ' : Mimffljtm Mar FEBRUARY Mrs. Evelyn Nye seeks re election as state representa tive. . . Mrs. Ann Todd objects to Eagle Point irrigation dis tricts actions . . . Three di rectors James Sandoe, Rob ert Loper, and Jerry Turner announced by Oregon Shakespearean f e s 1 1 v al . . . Fruit growers petition state for emergency funds . . .Pe tition filed to place Sen. Wayne Morse on primary bal lot for presidential nomination . . . Chamber of commerce en dorses Agate dam proposal . . . City council grants license for second taxi cab company, and airport limousine service . . . Bomb scare evacuates city hall for 30 minutes . Town affiliation committee recommends Alba, Italy, to be sister city. . . Higher than us ual employment credited to mild weather . . . Members of county couri receive state assignments ... School offi cials plan bond issue to fi nance needed classrooms . . . Edwin Durno plans to enter Congressional contest . . .Alan Holmes to seek district attor ney job. . . Pat McLaughlin, Medford High senior elected mayor for Student Govern ment day . . . Edward Mc Ginty and L. E. Ager file for county surveyor position . . . Reorganization committee de bates annexation of area south of Barnett rd. . . Petitions fil ed to enter Hubert Humphrey in Presidential r a c e . . . A hunting accident responsible for death of Homer W. But tram . . , Charles O. Porter to seek reelection . . . Gerald Scannell Jr. files for district attorney . . . Pacific Telephone Northwest tells of three-quarter million dollar improve ment plan in Ashland . . . Medford celebrates 75th anni versary . . . Plans discussed for unionizing food clerks and restaurant workers in area . . . Miss Annette Gray, retired city teacher, named 1960 Wo man of the Year . . . Disting uished Service award present ed to Delbert T. Landing . . . Two -million - dollar federal building proposed for Medford . . . Mayor Snider succeeds as president, League of Oregon Cities . . . County jail prison ers riot. MARCH Rural school district budget cut . . . Two -car collision claims lives of Clarence E. Pullen and Vernon L. Ogye. . . Ashland council approves hos pital plans . . . Edwin H. Tay lor to seek county commission er job . , . Sheriff Joseph Walsh serves as chairman oi County Republican group . . Donald M. Thompson, sen tenced to life imprisonment for Safeway robbery . . .Miss Inez Holcomb files for state representative office along with Robert Duncan . . . W. J Rogers, horticulturalist, ar rives for fruit frost forecast season . . . Chester Rapp files for county treasurer along with Karl Janouch. . . Ashland woman, Mrs. Marion S. Ham ilton, found shot to death in home . . . New pressroom fa cilitics readied for Mail Tri bune . . . City officia s com plcte preliminary plans for ex tending facilities at airport. . Phoenix residents okay water bond issue . . . Girl Scouts Durchase campsite land in "Little Switzerland" area , . Faber's Farmers Supply com panv destroyed by fire . . Sen. John Kennedy agrees to head Pear Blossom festival parade. . . Fire destroys home of pioneer Anderson family APRIL Medford voters approve $750,000 bond Issue to finance needed classrooms . . . March said to be "second wettest' March on record in vicinity . . . fire damages Cooley The ater building . . Robert Ha- Taylor wounds Officer Cain worth considered for county recreation director as well as city recreation head . . .Rob ert C. Mix sentenced to 8 years in state penitentiary for assault with deadly weapon . Pear trees in full bloom . Season tickets for city swimming pools planned . . . Three high school athletes ser iously injured in auto crash . Orchard heating under way . . . Some lU.uuu taster eggs "hunted" in Hawthorne park . . . Clifford L. Howard, long-time circuit court report er, dies , , . Rosemary Doolen, Medford, named Miss balem . More than 70 citizens pro test dog control law in Jack sonville . . . County juvenile department announces ex panded activities in crime pre vention . . . County Commis sioner Chester Wendt elected chairman of local district of Association of Oregon Coun ties . . . Sen. John Kennedy discusses political issues while in valley for Pear Blossom festivities . . . Delegates con verge here for 47th conven tion of Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers . . . 1960 ponstis npars pnmnlptinn . . Douglas KlleveV, high school senior, named merit scholar ship winner . . . Gov. Mark Hatfield tours southern Ore gon , . . New Catholic high school planned for southeast Medford . . . Estimated $4,000 worth of furniture and appli ances taken from Buy-Rite Furniture and Appliance company. Dog control laws favored in county . . . Employment pro gram for teen-agers started in valley . . . More than 3,000 Elks meet here for state con vention . . . School district voters approve 1960-61 budg et for Medford . . . Mail Trib une uses new press . . . Pri mary election results told . . . Miss Shirley Satterfield nam ed Miss Jackson County . . . Shakespearean ticket sales lead 1959 figures . . . 1960 frost season declared "not a particularly cold one." MAY California Oregon Power company applies for rate in crease . . , newly consolidated Phoenix-Talent school district names board members . . . Youlh camping area proposed for Howard Prairie . . . Med ford school patrons defeat budget , . , Simulated attack provides test for Civil De fense authorities . , . Some 75 persons assigned positions in Shakespearean festival com pany, Ashland . . . Building activity during April reaches all-time high for 1960 ... Re duction made in Medford school budget . . . Poor weather blamed for employ ment lag . . . Medford Corpo ration announces plans for plywood plant . . . Inter-City Construction company, Eu gene, low bidder for construc tion of 10th st. bridge . . . City planning commission recom mends adoption of prelimi nary civic center plan . . . Dr. George Verne Blue. SOC professor, dies . . . Precipita tion at Crater lake above average . . , Eugene Orr nam ed American Legionnaire of the Year . , , About 500 at tend Roosevelt Memorial din ner . , . Pacific Telephone- JUNE Yellow traffic lines chang-" ed to white .. . . DeAnnc Tay lor,' MHS senior, selected to visit West Berlin, Germany, in American Field service program . . . More than 400 students graduated from Med ford High . . . West side resi dents oppose proposed zon ing plans . . . Shakesperean festival begins casting . . . County recreation commission tables proposal to put ath letic stadium on ballot .; . . First full-color ad appears In Mail Tribune . . Modern istic play equapmcnt pre pared for use in city parks , . . Jackson park swimming pool dedicated . . . U.S. National bank submits low bid on school bonds to finance two year construction program . . . UMC sets $147,850 fall campaign goal . . . Robert D. Frohreich, 14, Ashland, killed in tractor accident ... A rooster belonging to Mrs. Denker crows 67 times to win annual Rogue River Rooster Crow . . . SOC offers two acres of Jacksonville Brltt estate for park . . . David Foote, Central Point, named First Citizen at Beaver Boys State, Corvallls , . . Wendel J. Toole killed In logging ac cident near Lake Creek . . . Federal Communication com mission hearings on televis ion Channel 10 postponed . . . Harper Edwards elected chair man of County Democratic committee Joseph Walsh se lected Republican head . . . Brown Brothers Lumber com pany, Williams, destroyed by fire . . . Merchants declare retail business slow . . . Con struction starts on Oregon Broadcasting company's cable TV line . . . Medford Irriga tion district's stored water supply being depleted . . . Wallace Wong, long-time busi nessman in southern Oregon, dies . . . Thunderstorms cause numerous lightning started fires in valley. JULY Fire officials order removal of some fireworks from sale . . . Gas war tension decreases as stations take down signs . . . MM ford E. Vanderpool Northwest remodels Medford i killed while working on road office . . . John Day hurt in! patching project . . , Sen. accident on Mt. McKlnlev Jacksonville discusses possi ble contamination of water supply . , , Angus Bowmer leaves for six-month tour of U.S., Canada, and EuropeQ, . Hugh Scott slated to speak at Republican rally . . . O. H. Bengtson and Mrs. Rachel Peterson Carter, employees of Medford Escrow company, (Continued on Page 7A)
