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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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?.
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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,
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