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Mi-Oiscrimination
xtension Asked in
All Places
Service Included
Act Introduced
- In Oregon Senate
Salem-flJPD-A bill was in
troduced "in the Oregon Sen
ate today to extend Oregon's
anti-discrimination law to in
clude "any place offering to
the public goods or service."
The broad amendment
would cover every business
offering services to the gener
al public-barber shops, beau
ty salons, and the like.
Hatfield't Suggestion .
This legislation was sug
gested by Gov. Mark Hatfield
in his message to the legisla
ture. A similar bill is in the
House.
The Senate bill was intro
duced by Sens. Alfred Cor
bett (D-Portland), Robert
Straub (D-Eugene), Anthony
Yturri (R-Ontario), Robert
White (R-Salem) and others.
The measure SB75, would
prohibit discrimination be
cause of race, religion, or na
tional origin.
A number of bills were in
troduced by the Senate Judi
ciary committee, among them
one that would allow district
judges to assume circuit pow
ers during illness, absence or
Injury of a circuit judge in
the same county. A compan
ion bill would allow circuit
judges to do the same for dis
trict judges.
Provides Prison Term
A bill also was introduced
today to. provide a one year
prison term, $500 fine or both
for opening or damaging a
telephone coin box.
At the request of the Ore
gon State Bar, the Senate Ju
diciary committee introduced
a bill affecting residency re
quirements of circuit judges
in four judicial districts in
Oregon.
The amendment stipulates
that in the 1st district, two
judges must reside in Jackson
county and one in Josephine.
One in Cooi County
In the 15th district, at least
one judge would have to live
in Coos county. In the 19th,
there would have to be
judge living in Washington
county, one in Clatsop and
one either in Columbia or Til
lamook counties.
In the 21st district one
judge would have to live in
Linn county, one in Benton
and one in Lincoln.
Roseburg Explosion
Indictment Said Wrong
Salem - (Urn - Attorneys for
Pacific Powder Co., Tenino,
Wash., told the Oregon Su
preme court today the com
pany cannot be indicted for
manslaughter in connection
with the Aug. 7, 1959 Rose
burg disaster.
They said under Oregon
law a corporation cannot be
so indicted.
10 Per Cent Increase
Noted in School Census
An increase of about 10 per
cent in the number of chil
dren aged 4 through 19 years
was noted in the 1960 school
census in Jackson county, the
county school superinten
dent's office has reported.
The census showed a total
of 23,278, compared to 21.252
in the 1958 census. An actual
count of children 4 through
19 is made every two years.
The census reports are used
by school districts to help de
termine building needs and
possible changes in teacher as
signments to handle expected
changes in classroom attend
ances. The largest Increase In the
county's 1 1 school districts
was In Applegate, where 176
were counted last October,
compared. to 146 in 1958, an
Increase of about 21 per cent.
Pinehurst was the only dis
trict in which a decrease was
noted. The census dropped
D(rQ S3 In 195B to 43 last
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
AT HEARING Adlai Steven
son is shown as he appeared
before the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee in Wash
ington on his nomination to be
U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations. Stevenson said that
admission of Red China to the
UN "may be impossible to
prevent" and amounts to a
"probability" at some future
date. (UP! Telephoto)
New Medford Motel
Construction Will
Start Before March
Construction of the new 44-
unit Medford motel, to bo lo
cated adjacent to the Medford
hotel, is scheduled to begin
before March 1, according to
Asa I, Arnsberg, owner of a
motel chain which is building
the structure.
Arnsberg said that in addi
tion to the motel, a banquet
room capable of sealing 400
persons will be included in the
project. The banquet room
will be one of the largest in
southern Oregon, when com
pleted. Bids for the project will be
opened Feb. 10.
Arnsberg, who also owns
the Medford hotel, declined to
estimate the cost of the motel
banquet structure, but noted
that when bids were opened
on a similar project last year,
the low bid was approximate
ly $465,000.
Those bids were later re
jected, he said, when it was
decided to revise the motel
plans to include the banquet
rooms.
West of Hotel
The molel will be erected
west of the Medford hotel on
a quarter-block area bounded
by Main St., Oakdale ave., and
and alley. Facilities of the
motel will be made available
to hotel customers, and the
two buildings will be con
nected. The motel itself will be
year, a decrease of about
19
per cent.
Other districts, and the to
tal number of children 4
through 19 years old last
October, and per cent of in
crease are Evans Valley, 240,
24 per cent increase; Eagle
Point, 1,608. a 19 per cent
Increase; Rogue River, 607, a
16 per cent increase; Pros
pect, 363. 15 per cent; District
6C, 3,016, 11 per cent; Med
ford, 11.613, 10 per cent;
Butte Falls, 226, 5 per cent;
Ashland, 3.473, 4 per cent;
and Phoenix, 1,823, 4 per
cent.
Of the county census total,
11,936 are boys, and 11.342
are girls. By age groups,
changes ranged from an 8 per
cent decrease of 15-year-old
boys and girls to increases of
45 per cent in the number of
13-ear-old girls and 47 per
cent in the number of 13-year-
I oldDboys.
Reapportionment
Appears Headed
For Test in Court
Salem (UPD Reapportion
ment appeared to have a
greater chance than ever of
ending up in the courts after
the legislature took a look
Tuesday at the legal snarls
involved in redistributing its
membership.
The legislature has until
July 1 to map out the reap
portionment on the basis of
new federal census figures.
Do-It Yourself Kits
Lawmakers, armed with do
it - yourself reapportionment
kits, packed a joint Elections
Committee meeting to hear
Secretary of State Howell
Appling Jr. and Robert Lundy
of the legislative counsel dis
cuss the legal pitfalls of time
limitations, obscurities in the
law, and the danger of deal
ing with preliminary census
figures.
Senate Minority Leader An
thony Yturri of Ontario
raised what may turn out to
be a key thorn in the legisla
ture's reapportionment effort.
Conflicts appear to be built
in the constitution, he said.
For example, he said, the
built on four levels. The
ground level will consist of a
50-car parking lot. The next
three levels will contain the
living units.
The motel will be located
parallel to Main st. Another
structure, housing the banquet
room and a kitchen, will be
built opposite the motel struc
ture, parallel to the alley.
Swimming Pool
A landscaped patio and a
swimming pool will be lo
cated between the two build
ings. One-half of the living
units will face the patio, and
the other half will face the
library and city park.
The addition of 44 rooms
will bring the total number of
living units provided by the
hotel-motel to 170.
In addition to the motel,
the Medford hotel is already
in the process of building a
large cocktail-dancing lounge
in the basement of the hotel.
It is located where the former
Crater room used to be, and
is scheduled to be completed
by Feb. 22.
Arnsberg also owns the
Park avenue hotel in Portland
and the Umpqua hotel in Rose
burg. Danny Marmo is man
ager of the Medford hotel.
Reservoir Project
Name Is Changed
The reservoir project under
consideration by the U. S.
Army corps of engineers on
the upper Applegate river has
been renamed, according to
Col. W. L. Winegar, district
engineer.
The project, part of the
Rogue River Basin study, for
merly designated as the Cop
per site, will now be referred
to as the Applegate sit, Ap
plegate dam or Applegate res
ervoir. The change was announced
today to eliminate confusion
due to a completely different
proposal by the Josephine
County Public Power associa
tion, a reservoir on the lower
Rogue river downstream from
the confluence of the Illinois
river called the Copper can
von nroiect.
Because of the similarity of
names. Colonel Winegar said
that confusion and misunder
standing may exist regarding
the two protects, ine Jose
phine county group's project
has not been, and is not now,
under consideration by the
corps of engineers, ht pointed
out.
Tribune
18, 1961
Law
formula for reapportionment
seems to call for more legisla
tors than the constitution al
lows. Rep. George Annala (D-
Hood River) said if the for
mula were strictly followed it
would provide for 64 repre
sentatives, tour more than the
limit, and 35 senators, five
above the limit.
Flexibility, on the other
hand, would leave consider
able leeway for protest bv
areas that are displeased over
loss of representation.
If the legislature fails to act
by July 1, the job goes to Ad-
pnng, wno must complete it
oy Aug. l. Final appeal is to
the Oregon Supreme Court.
U. S. Sidetracks
Suggestion (or
Laos Conference
Washington (UPD The State
Department announced today
that President Eisenhower
has replied to Cambodia's pro
posal for a 14-nation confer
ence 6n Laos. Officials said
the United States is sidetrack
ing the suggestion for the time
being.
Slate Department Press Of
ficer Lincoln White said "a
reply has gone forward" from
Eisenhower to Cambodian
Prime Minister Norodom Si
hanouk. The prime minister
had suggested that East, West
and Southeast Asian countries
meet to try to end the civil
war in Laos and bring politi
cal stability to the war-torn
kingdom in Southeast Asia.
Not Feasible
High official sources said
the President did not uncon
ditionally reject the Cambo
dian suggestion but said the
United States did not consider
such a multi-nation confer
ence feasible at this particular
time.
Eisenhower himself indi
cated as much at his news
conference when he said he
believed revival of the old
three-n a 1 1 o n International
Control Commission for Indo
china might be the best
method of working on a solu
tion in Laos.
Rayburn's Committee
Plan Wins Approval
Washington - (UPD - Speaker
Sam Rayburn won a major
party victory for President
elect John F. Kennedy today
when House Democrats voted
overwhelmingly in favor of a
plan to break the power of the
Rules committee to block lie
eral legislation.
"Briefly, It's Up To
The Success In
Bill
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 260
Ike Wants New
President To Take
Office Earlier
Shorter Period of
Transition Urged
Washington -WD- President
Eisenhower today advocated
a constitutional amendment to
allow a new chief executive
to take office sooner after his
election and at least 80 days
before Congress-meets.
In his farewell press confer
ence, Eisenhower did not
dwell on details of his pro
posal for shortening the tran
sition . period than follows
presidential successions.
But he said he favored a
plan to set the election date
and time the inauguration no
that a new president would
have at least 80 days to pre
pare messages for his first
Congress.
Seems Silly
Eisenhower said it seemed
a little bit silly under the
present system for a new pres
ident to come into office on
Jan. 20 and then make major
changes m the budget present
ed by the outgoing chief ex
ecutive.
The new president should
have time to prepare a budget.
an economic report, and draft
a state of the union message
before Congress convenes, Ei
senhower said.
Speaking to an overflow
crowd of 280 newsmen two
days before he leaves office
the President was in high
spirits.
This was his 193rd, and last,
press conference as president.
Woman Pleads
to Charge
' A S2-year-bld mother of five
children entered a plea of
guilty to charges of forgery irt
circuit court Tuesday. A pre
sentence report was ordered.
Mrs. Ersla Mae Dykes, 32,
of 217 Seventh St., Central
Point, waived rights to a pre
liminary hearing and grand
jury hearing In district court
earlier Tuesday.
) State police said Mrs. Dykes
apparently found a billfold be
longing to a neighbor, Mrs.
Anita Dewey, 222 Seventh St.,
Central Point. The billfold
contained a $47.44 payroll
check belonging to Mrs. Dew
ey and a gasoline credit card.
Mrs. Dykes is charged with
forging an endorsement of
Mrs. Dewey's name on the pay
roll check, and cashing it in
an Ashland store. .
On Dec. 4 the gasoline cred
it card was used at a Camp
White service station. The car
license number of the credit
card user was taken at the
time the purchase was made.
State police traced the license
number to Mrs. Dykes' car.
She was arrested by state
and Ashland police Monday.
Portland Freeway
Construction Planned
Portland - (UPD - W. C. Wil
liams, state highway engl
neer, told the Portland city
council Tuesday that the state
and federal government will
spend $240 million on free
ways in the Portland vicinity
in the next 20 years.
You To Clean Up
Washington"
Eisenhower Urges
Talks Instead
Of Battlefield
Administration
Ends With Prayer
Washington -IIIPII- President
Eisenhower, ending his ad
ministration as he began it
with a prayer for peace, urged
his successor Tuesday night
never to abandon the confer
ence table for the "certain
agony of the battlefield."
In a solemn and unsenti
mental farewell radio - TV
speech from the White House,
the old soldier told the Ameri
can people to gird themselves
for a long struggle against the
"hostile ideology" of Com
munism. He cautioned the na
tion not to be tempted by
what may appear to be some
"miraculous solution."
Promises To Help
The 70 - year - old retiring
President, who leaves the
White House at noon Friday
after serving his country for
nearly 50 years, promised to
do "what little I can" as a
private citizen to find world
peace.
From his oval office already
stripped of most belongings,
Eisenhower warned the nation
to be ever vigilant against al
lowing a military-scientific-industrial
elite to exert "un
warranted influence" over the
government during the stuggle
with Communism.
He noted that an "im
mense" military establish
ment and arms industry have
grown up in this country since
World War II. While these are
imperative to the nation's de
fense, he said, the country
must be alert to their "grave
implications" so that liberty is
not destroyed in the name of
security.
Sens of Disappointment
Eisenhower conceded he
was putting down the burdens
of his office after eight years
with a "definite sense of dis
appointment" that he had not
been able to reach a disarma
ment agreement with Russia
"I wish I could say tonight
that a lasting peace is in
sight,' he said. "Happily,
can say that war has been
avoided.!' ,- "- '
, : Without' mentioning Presi
dent-elect John F. Kennedy by
name, Eisenhower opened his
speech by wishing the new
President and his aides "God
speed." .
Hearings Slated
On Tax Appeals
Two hearings on appeals
made by local companies to
the state tax commission will
be held here Thursday and
Friday, Jan. 26 and 27, ac
cording to County Assessor
Ray Schumacher.
A hearing on the appeal
made by the American Steel
and Supply company 703
South Grape St., will be held
at 10 a.m. Jan. 26 in the coun
ty courthouse.
The company has appealed
for an exemption from an as
sessment of personal proper
ty under a law which allows
exemptions for property or
materials used in interstate
shipment. The exemption was
denied originally because of
improper reporting of inven
tory.
R. Keith Schulz, of Schulz
Garage, 116 North Front St.,
is also appealing a personal
property assessment in a hear
ing scheduled at the court
house at 10 a.m. Jan. 27. The
company's difficulties also
arise from Improper reporting
of inventory, S c h u macher
said.
Christmas Package
Returned to Medford
From Eastern City
A Christmas package, con
taining several gift items,
has been returned to the
Medford post office from
New Haven, Conn., because
the address label became
detached from the package.
It was returned to Med
ford because the wrapper
carried a Medford, Ore.,
postage meter tape. Individ
ual gilts in the package do
not appear to be damaged.
Notes on the Individual
packages carry the follow
ing inscriptions!
"To my Boston Mother,
Alicia."
"To Ann with love, from
Bill."
"To my wonderful Broth
r, Alicia."
"To my lovely niece,
Aunt Alicia."
The postage meter carries
a Dec. 19, I960, date.
If the above Inscriptions
are famliar to any patron,
of the Medford post office,
the package may be re
claimed by further identify
ing It. Inquiry should be
made at the money order
window.
FAREWELL SPEECH President Eisenhower is shown above
during his farewell speech to the American people Tuesday
night. The speech was broadcast from the White House. The
President said he was sorry that could not leave office with
the world at peace but urged his successor to continue use
of the conference table instead of plunging into war.
Eagle Point Group
Sets Meeting to
Discuss Medco Road
Eagle Point A group of
Eagle Point residents have
scheduled a meeting at 8 p.m.
Friday In the Eagle Point
Grange hall to discuss a log
ging road which is scheduled
to replace the Medford Corp
oration railroad.
The meeting was set after
several residents met last
night to organize a committee
to learn more about the pro
posal. The group selected
Eagle Point Mayor Ed Put-
man as temporary chairman.
Medco plans to replace Its
railroad, one of the last log
ging railroads in the Pacific
northwest, with a heavy-duty
private logging road in the
near future. WorK on one sec
tion of the road around the
Highway 99 freeway inter
change with Crater Lake high
way just north of Medford al
ready has started.
Several residents of the
Eagle Point area have express
ed concern over the propbsed
road, Among questions which
have been . raised include
those concerning safety of
children riding school buses
which must cross the road,
and children playing in yards
through which the road right-
of-way passes. .
Residents last night said the
logging road will create prob
lems which nave not Deen ap
parent with the railroad,
Deciolly with tne increasea
use of the road by trucks. The
railroad now passes close to
some residences, and when
Medco starts using trucks, the
Gold Hill Woman
Enters Guilty Plea
Mrs. Nellie Nebma Dun-
wody, 37, of Gold Hill, was
sentenced to six months in
jail yesterday i by ; District
Court Judge L. L. Sawyer, for
pointing a firearm at another,
misdemeanor. , . - .
She pleaded guilty.
Sawvcr recommended
Rocky Butte Jail in Portland
for the woman, who was in
volved in the shooting of a
Gold Hill man Friday. The
victim, Howard Charles Bur
nette Jr., 28, was reported In
critical condition at Sacred
Heart hospital with a bullet
wound in his neck.
The Jackson county sher
iff's office is continuing the
investigation Into the shoot
ing In Mrs. Dunwody's home
near Gold Hill. Deputies said,
in spite of the sentencing,
they had not been called off
the case.'They hope to talk
to Burnette as soon as his
condition improves.
Baseball, Stadium Discussed by Yakima
Bears' Manager at Rotary Club Meeting
. i ... iH iu- v.i.im. .r.i I fnr m mlnnr Ipamift team in
Hub" Kittle, general man
ager of the Yakima, wasn.,
Bears, told Ihe Medford Ro
tary club Tuesday noon at the
Rogue Valley Country club
that a stadium l desirable.
Kittle told Rotarians that
his team In the last six years
has climbed out of a debt of
more than $30,000, from a
yearly attendance of 37,000
people to 93,000, and has
moved into the Class B league.
"In 1955, baseball was In
trouble," Kittle said, "but now
It has stabilized. Every minor
tenmie club is backed by a
major league team. They give
you money grants. And, what
is more important, Daserjau is
helping the community!"
it. inM hnw the Yakima
Bears built up baseball Inter
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(UPI Telephoto)
problem of the safety of chil
dren playing in yards at those
homes will rise, they noted
Dust, during the , dryer
months also was mentioned
as a problem, some said.
The group said it has in
vited to Friday's meeting
Junior Chamber of Commerce
representatives from Eagle
Point and Central Point, the
Eagle Point school board,
representative of the county
court, and members of plan
ning commissions.
A representative of Medco
also has been invited to meet
with the group to explain the
nroposal in more detail so the
eroup may know more oi me
effect the road may have in
the Eagle Point area.
Jack Eaton, Jackson coun
ty planning technician, said
representatives of the county
planning , commission w h
plan to attend the meeting in
clude Clifford Lovejoy, presl
dent, and, Gerald i Latham,
commission , member.: Eaton
said he also will contact BUI
Dugan, a commission member,
about attending the meeting,
Three Plead Guilty
To Burglary Charges
Three of the four men
charged with the safe burg
lary of the Oakdale supermar
ket, 401 Oakdale ave. Jan, 8,
pleaded guilty in Jackson
county circuit court yesterday
to charges of burglary not in
dwelling. The cases were
continued pending receipt of
a pre-sentence report.
The men, Donald Kaymona
Breazcale, 21, of 831 Niantic
st.; Thomas Edwin Cornwall,
30, of 145 South Ivy St.; and
Veryl Leroy Biggins, 28,, of
122 Kenwood ave., also face
two charges of grand larceny
as a result of the burglary.
A fourth man involved in
the burglary, Kenneth Elston
Dailcy, 24, of 519 King St.,
was arraigned In' circuit court
yesterday, but did not enter a
plea. Kent Blackhurst was
appointed his attorney. Dalley
faces two charges of grand
larceny In addition , to the
burglary charges.
The four men are charged
with taking a tank of oxygen,
a tank of acetylene and mis
cellaneous tools from Memory
Garden Memorial park near
Medford and a half-ton pickup
truck owned by Paul and
Betty McQuade, Central
Point.
The burglary was discover
ed in progress early the morn
ing of Jan, 8 by a Medford
city police officer on routine
patrol.
est In the Yakima area
through clinics. Team mem
bers conducted clinics wun
1,800 boys throughout the
season, he said. . Parents of
those youngsters soon started
attending Bears' games, ine
Bear Junior league gives teen
agers who are not qualified
for American Legion baseball
or high school teams a chance
to play the game, he ex
plained. "The players spend every
cent they earn in the com
munity. They buy gas, clothes,
fiirnitnrn and nRV rent. And
ball players spend what they
earn, they seldom save any
thing " Kittle remarked.
Don Priese, west coast rep
resentative for the St. Louis
Cardinals professional base
hall team, said his team in a
year or two will be looking
endency for
Higher Prices
Said Arrested
View Differs With
Kennedy Advisers
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower said today he is
leaving office with the Ameri-
can economy fundamentally
strong and likely to resume
growing soon.
In his last annual economis
report to Congress, the retir
ing President emphasized the;
underlying strength" of the
nation's economy and des
cribed declines in production
nd income in the second half
1960 as "moderate."
He declared the post - war
tendency toward higher prices
has been largely arrested, al-
though consumer prices went
up an average of 1.4 per cent
last year.
Eisenhower s generally op
timistic assessment of the bus-
n e s s situation contrasted
sharply with the views of
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy's advisers. They contend
the country is in a recession
nd the economy "has been
sluggish and tired."
Stresses Balanced Budget
Elsenhower avoided using
the word "recession" in his
214-page report. For the bene
fit of the incoming president
and the public, he stressed his
conviction that the federal
budget should not be un
balanced at this time.
He also warned against
artificially driving down in
terest rates, which he said
would be inflationary.
On the outflow of U. S.
gold and dollars to foreign
countries, the President ex
pressed guarded optimism that
the losses would be cut tn
1961. He said "prospects favor
reduction in the over-all
balance of payments deficit."
Reviewing the years since ,
1946, Eisenhower found
growth in output, Jobs and
productive capacity, "strength
ening of our enterprise sys
tem," Improved personal se
curity and ; welfare, and
"greater economic stability ."
"Inflation undet Control' !
His own policies, the President-
said, "have brought the
. . : ,
juices ul iiiiiauon unqer. con
trol."" Consequently, he con
tinued, "the economy can now
look forward, provided publio
and private policies are fav
orable, to a period of sound
growth from a firm base."
Eisenhower said the chief
role of government in aiding
the economy should be to pro
vide a climate of "adequate in
centives" for "the exercise of
private. Individual Initiative
and effort." He said history
shows that "government ac
tion is not the principal, let
alone the sole, determinant of
the rate of economic growth."
As for economic outlook.
Eisenhower cited several fac
tors he colled favorable, and
concluded: "An increase in
general economic activity
should not, accordingly, be
long delayed."
The President did not so
into the prospects Sor a reduc
tion In unemployment, which
umped sharply in December.
and is estimated at 5.5 million
for January.
WEATHER
Forecast: Valley foe tonight
nd Thursday morning. Partial
ly clearing Thursday afternoon.
Above fog clear to partly
cloudy. Occasional gusty south
easterly wind. Little tempera
ture change. Low tonight 26.
High Thursday near 40.
TEMPER AT UflE
Highest Yesterday 42
Lowest This Morning .. 28
PRECIPITATION
To 10 un. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 3:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ...7:36 a.m.
Moonset tonight 7:48 p.m
First Quarter Jan. 23
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Orion. In the southeast at moon1
set, will be In the. southwest At
12:13 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, low In west .... 8:34 p.m.
Mars, high In south ....10:27 p.m.
for a minor league team in
which to place players, pos
sibly In the Northwest league.
He emphasized that the sta
dium will nrovide nlace to go
jfor many Jackson county resi
dents and a place in wtucn to
play.
."The trend of the large
leagues Is toward the Pacific
Coast which places more em
phasis on minor league devel
opment here," the Cardinals'
representative said. "It is hard
to understand any opposition
to a stadium which would
provide a place for minor
league games."
James Fleishman, president
of the Northwest league, said
he' would help back the pro
posed stadium for Jackson
county and would help organ
ize a group In Medford to
make the stadium a reality.
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