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I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1961 I V ft r 1 Hgl . . . Dr. Dumo defeats Porter . I 1'i It It. (Continued From Page 6A) indicted by county grand jury on embezzlement charges . . . Fourth of July festivities at tract scores of citizens throughout the valley . . . Lo cal citizens participate in groundbreaking cere monies atop Oregon mountain near Oregon-California line to start tunnel project . . . Un employment declared higher than this time last year . . Medford Domestic laundry ex tensivcly damaged by fire . . City officials ask state high way commission to use speed in freeway construction . Regulations for Medford lim ousines approved by council . . . Mrs. Mary G. Kelly and Rep. Robert Duncan leave for Democratic National con vention . . . Regional mill operators express desire to have pump or chip board plant located here . . . Coun ty parks and recreation com mission suggests 12-acre park site in Applegate . . . Copco continues rate-increase talks . . . Fact Finding committee demands enforcement of wat er pollution laws . . . Work 2v -'taw .. .vh cm 35 SUN r if Til IV S. . . . Work progresses on Highway 62 . . f . , PT - i-mn 2,1 j p V , vVsf?sO "C war-- Domestic laundry fire aftermath . . . program for general assist' ance welfare recipients goes into effect . . . Miss Holcomb, Democratic nominee for state representative, withdraws . Crop estimated at some 2,400,000 boxes for season . . , Carl Hillestad, Ashland, awarded. $119, 100 in damages from Kline Logging company . . , Steps outlined to create low-cost housing for elderly . . . 65 local Boy Scouts leave for National Jamboree in Colorado Springs, Colo. . Bryon Ellis dies following boating accident near Flor ence . . . Shakespearean fes tival opens season with stand ing-room-only crowd of 1,100 viewers . . . Boundary board discusses transfer of land from Phoenix to Medford . . 1963 set as completion date for Pacific freeway , . , peti tions filed to repeal county dog control. AUGUST Miss Rosemary Doolen se lected Miss Oregon . , , Hazel J. Adams, 28, beaten and strangled to death in home husband, Keith Adams, held . . . Members of home rule study committee named . Pear picking begins . . . Low lumber price plagues economy of county . . . Mayor John B. H. Leyen named Rogue River Man of the Year, Dan Smoot is guest speaker . - , Interim Committee on Educa tion discusses inclusion of O and C funds in equalized flat grant system . , . Hot weather boosts water usage to year's high . . . Fire burns some 1,100 acres north of Lower Table Rock . . . Ashland Mayor Richard L. Neill files for re election, opposing W. R. Brown and Norman Lindahl . . . Plans for convalescent home and cooperative apart ment house at a cost of $1.3 million announced . . . Wil liam C. Campbell, transient, beaten to death in parking lot; Prentis H. Alexander held on murder charge . . . John L. Gregory named Democratic candidatet for state represen tative to replace Miss Hol comb . . . Medford planes as sist search for missing Cessna aircraft . . . Mosquito problem modified by warm weather , Area residents report in flux of unidentified flying ob jects . . . Murder suspect Pren tias H. Alexander found to be Leonard E. Nelson . . . Man caused fires burn 140 acres of state and federal land . . . Week-long county 4-H fair ends . . . Ashland Councilman Glenn Revel files for mayor's post . . . 100 persorj riot near Medford 21 Club . . . George E. Myers, Trail, killed in auto accident . . . County popula tion declared up 25 per cent in last decade . . . City re ceives achievement plaque for safety program . . . School boundary board denies land transfer petition . . . James L. Reed, Tennessee carpenter and write-in candidate for President, stops in city on walking campaign , . . 200 Mexican Nationals join pear harvest . . . Law enforcement officials ask public coopera tion in dog control enforce ment . . . Eastwood cjiietery officials report $1,000 In dam age to property , . , Reduced taxes in most districts con templated . . . Democrats lead in registration drive . . . Alva N. Bradford, Medford council man, files for reelection. SEPTEMBER Hyatt lake drained, fish stranded, bag limits removed . William A. Singler files for city councilman . . . Ag ricultural year ends with near-normal precipitation amounts . . . Plywood output curtailment discussed . . , Ben T. Lombard, prominent Ash land lawyer, dies . . . "Un ruly" bear destroyed at Crater lake . . . Shakespearean festi val closes with record season attendance close lo 43,000 . . . Pear harvest said below nor mal . . . Russell Osborn and Norman Lindahl resubmit pe titions for Ashland mayor . . . Medford s sister city, Alba, Italy, sends gifts . . . Mrs. W. B. McCullough files for Ash land city council ... 361 teachers participate in Business-Education day . . . Mrs. Thomas Rutter elected chair man of home rule committee . . . Television Channel 10 FCC hearings postponed un til October . . . Rogue River residents sight UFO . . . Dar- ryl D. Harrison, 10, drowns in pool near Ashland . Preliminary studies made of sewer problems in and around Medford . , . School board hears additional land-transfer proposals . . . Preliminary work on new Ashland hospi tal gets under way . . . Phillip Riney, 13, accidentally killed by gun . . . O and C associa tion plans additional funds for recreation . . . UMC drive opens . . . David L. Snook, Central Point, burned in mill accident . . . County parks and recreation commission re fuses to finance removal of snags from Hyatt lake . "Sea to Winnemucca" caravan stops in Medford, four local residents join troupe . , , J. J. Newberry officials announce plans for second store in Med ford . . . Jaekson county re ceives civil defense emer gency hospital . . . Harold Bailey, Karen Christensen, Peter Krelsman, Linda Neal and Larry Janssen named Na tional Merit Scholarship semi finalists . . . City-state quibble over Hawthorne park proper ty price for freeway use. OCTOBER Missing plane, four bodies found near Dutchman's peak . . . Ashland-Talent UF reach es 1960 goal . .. Agat! dam plan gets approval of budget bureau . . . Forest fire danger declared extreme . . . Repub licans accused of illegal prac tices in local registration drive . . . County clerk out lines dog control procedures . . . Mrs. Clara Thompson, Ashland, awarded $53,651 in damages for husband's tractor accident . . . Eagle Point water users dismiss suit against Irrigation district . . . Don Berry, former county agent, wins national contest demonstrating effective crop pest control . . . County regis tration hits all-time high of 37,211 . . . CraTei'Lake Na tional park buildings damag ed by "freakish" wind . . . O. H. Bangtson found guilty in embezzlement case . . . William Moffat elected presi dent of Shakespearean festi val . . . Ernest C. Berry killed in logging accident . . . Mayor Snider repftsents U.S. at VIII inter - American Municipal Congress in San Diego . . City considers experiment for dispersing fog . . . Ted Ken nedy, younger brother of Sen. John Kennedy, visits SOC campus . . . Two-story home of William Bigham, southern Oregon landmark, burns . . . Pear harvest concludes with 2.2 million boxes . . . O. H. Bengtson receives three year sentence in Oregon correc tional institution . . . Guy Applewhite, prominent Ash land resident, dies . . . League of Women Voters Candidate's Fair increases political ten sion . . . Charles O. Porter and Dr. Edwin R. Durno plan tele vision debate . . . F. L. Somers low bidder on proposed Lake of the Woods highway . . . Affidavits claim statements wrong In Bengtson court case . Police recover stolen dyna mite, arrest four youths . . . Gov. Mark Hatfield speaks at GOP rally . . . Michigan Gov ernor G. Mennon Williams ar rives here . . . County health department seeks help of mill owners in mosquito control program . . . James C. Collin, former Medford mayor, dies in hospital . . . About 100 businessmen visit schools on Education-Business day . . . JoAnn Johnson, Marsha Wat son, John Alansky, Jim Hen son, and David Irving, final ists in AFS competition for trip abroad . . . Amos E. Voor hies, Grants Pass, dean of Ore gon publishers, dies . . . County court hears debate on Compound 1080, coyote pois oning, program. November! Firemen start 29th annual Christmas toy drive . . . Dr. A. Erin Merkel assumes du ties as county public health officer . . . Glenn A. Klein ap pointed to state 4-H office at Oregon State college ... two men being held in city jail neither committed a crime . . . Fay Carver elected Phoenix mayor . . . Central Point May or Freeman Mason retained . . . New Army reserve center dedicated . . . 300 cattlemen converge here for annual con vention . . . Second bat found locally with rabies . . , Win ning politicians Include Dr. Edwin R. Durno, representa tive from the fourth district to Congress, state representa tives Robert Duncan and John Dellenbaclc . . . Over 200 mu sic educators meet for con vention . . . Veterans' day parade declared "one of the largest" .. . Another rabid bat found in county . . . Mayor Snider elected president, League of Oregon Cities . ... Rogue Valley Art association hosts Oregon Art Alliance first state conference . . . Building department issues permit for $212,000 motel de velopment . . . Robert Dun can supported for speaker of house posilton in state legis lature . . . Stephen G. Nye elected president of Oregon State Horticultural society . . . Monty R. Sail, 14-year-old Gold Hill youth, killed in hunting accident . . . Trial for murder-suspect Keith Adams postponed until December . . . Mrs. Evelyn Nye receives GOP support for state senate post . . . 10th st. bridge over Bear creek opens . . . Sacred Heart hospital officials an nounce services will continue despite earlier shut - down threat . . ,. Coyote poison pro posal defeated by county court after government rec ommendation . . . William M. Nickell and Mildred V. Jones killed in auto accid'git . . . Larry G. Noah (Leonard E. Nelson) receives life sentence for August murder . . . Ex Japanese prisoners meet for 16th annual convention . . . Santa Claus arrives in valley to open annual shopping pro motion . . . Completed vote canvas shows 85 per cent of county registered voters cast ballots . . . County approves zoning laws for Oak Grove area . . . Congressman elect Durno tells of "proxy con gressman" . . . Philip Krouse, Applegate, wins $400 scholar ship for 4-H work . . . Med ford Naval Reserve unit re ceives top national, district awards for electronics group . Medford residents testify in city - limousine companies battle. tlon company low bidder for Rogue Valley hospital addi tion . . . Ashland hotel build ing bought by First National Bank of Oregon for new branch . . . UMC exceeds goal for eighth consecutive time . . . Circuit court awards $44, 725 to Chester and Glenna Irish and Emma Childreth in condemnation suit . . . Robert D. Fox, Portland, named dep uty district attorney by Alan B. Holmes, DA-elect . . . Med ford retail business for 1960 said at "healthy level" . . . Robert E. Welch and Edna M. Welch, both Jacksonville res idents killed in auto mishap . . . Home of Talent residents Mr. and Mrs. Theodore T. Noonchester destroyed by fire . ; . County court establishes 'Howard Prairie development National Guard Armory board fund from recreation moneys . . . Public library receives $5,000 in stale-federal aid . . . Copco and PP&L agree on merger proposal . . . County Court appoints Earl Miller to . . Two shopping areas, Al pine village and Westgate of Medford, planned for Med ford . . . District Attorney Reednr announces private law practice. We'd like to join Father Time in wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful New Yearl We're looking forward to seeing you often and serv ing you well during the year to come! The Blinds at . . . Medford Paint & Wallpaper Store WHO Thanks... Jolly Time! ANOTHER ADVERTISER EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE IN NEWSPAPER ". . . Jolly Time sales are at a record-breaking high, and we-are sure that newspapers can take a great deal of credit for this suc cess, for almost 100 per cent of Jolly Time advertising this year has gone intopewspapers." 8 Newspaper Advertising Tells You All About a Product Clip it - Save it - Refer to it when you make up your shopping list. The busiest, most successful salesman in town! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE JOLLY DECEMBER Dallas Purcell tells of sur vical test near Medford . . Connly assessor to reappraise property owned by fraternal groups . . . L. L. Sawyer sworn In as district court judge, replacing retiree Le roy Bashaw . . . Eugene Ben nett wins first Area Art com petition . . . Twin 3-year-old Yreka girls, Debbie and Diane Carson, die In house fire . . . Police investigate disappear ance of Rogue River women missing ,for more than a year . . . Ha'rold Von Stein Jr. burns to death in home . . . Safeway store employees aid police in capture of armed robbery suspect minutes aft er incident . . . District Attorney-elect Alan Holmes challenges election expense report regulations . . . 1060 county population count rests at 73,962 . . . Trial for murder suspect Keith Adams delayed until January . . . UFOs again plague valley reents . . . Petitions circulate for ath letic stadium plan at county fairgrounds , . . Bengtson trial moved to Josephine county . . . Dr. Edwin R. Durno resigns from state sen ator post . . . Mrs. Nell V. Beaman, James A. Murphy, and Milton E. Stafford killed in auto accident . . . Lyndcl Ncwbry accepts appointment to slate senate . . . SOC Pres ident Elmo N. Stevenson tells of construction plans . . . County planning commission rejects proposed Sams Valley interim zoning ordinance . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Bohnert Awarded $36,442.20 in free way cac . . . Plans for pro posed $165,000 ski develop ment go to U. S. forest serv ice officials . . . Mrs. Inge borg Larum, Medford, dies after being hit by car . . . Three new buildings prepare for opening - Rogue Valley Manor, Standard Insurance building, Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan as sociation . . . Plans readied to improve Howard Prairie lake area . . . Dog control measures become effective . . . John R. Taylor, an ex-convict from Salem, held for shooting State Police Officer Don Cain Graff and James Comtruo- HAPPY 1961 ! ?7 ,y "..wrosTWiy'!'!,'.il.t. 4 "7 . i. r 1 1 HI Starting '6 1 Eight! A New Satisfied User of HOMOGENIZED 7 mgemm I r7 It's m Miracle Food, A Marvelous Drink . . . For YOUNG and OLDI You get a doublt bonus of tasto and health in ovory glass of Jorgtnsen'i milk. 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