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United Presi International Full Leased Wire United Preaa International Full Leased Wirt 48 PAGES Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1961 No. 263 M Officials Explain IVledco's Position To EP Residents Eagle Point Medford Cor poration officials met with about 100 Eagle Point area, White City and Butte Falls citizens Friday night to ex plain and answer questions about the possibility of Med co converting its present Butte Falls to Medford railroad into a private logging road. The railroad runs though Eagle Point and some resi dents had expressed concern over the chance of its being converted into a logging truck route. B. L. Nutting, Medco gen eral manager, and Al Smith, logging manager, explained Medco's position and answer ed questions regarding the possible road conversion. Considering Possibility "For four years Medco has been considering the possibili ty of using trucks for a more economical operation," Nut ting said. In 1D59 Medco took up all its rails north of Butte Falls. In 1960 it was decided to abandon use of the railroad from Butte Falls to Medford, Smith said. Construction of the new freeway through Medford has made it necessary for Medco to agree to have rails removed from the highway route by July 1. ; Same Cost . . "We have calculated what it will cost to bring the trucks over a public highway and we will try this for awhile," Smith told the group. "We have found we can truck logs over a public highway as cheaply as we can over a rail road," he said. "I know you people are wondering about safety condi tions if we decide, to, convert the railroad into a-'-logging road," Smith said. "I don't think you have to be concern ed over safety whe.re we are concerned," he adSed. "Our safety record is a good one and we recongize good safety practices." "We are not making a de cision yet as to whether to replace- the railroad with a trucking road," he said. He indicated Medco won't decide for about a year. However, he said studies have indicated a private logging road would be chcapear than using public highways. Eleven Crossings About 11 public road cross ings would have to be crossed by the private road, Smith said. The county and Public Utilities commission would have to approve the crossings. "Our trucks will not have the right of way over other ve hicles at crossings," he added. County Court Judge Earl Miller was present and said the county docs not intend to give up control of county road crossings. If the crossing isn't to our satisfaction we can hold a public hearing on the matter, Miller said. "I have no doubt that Med co is just as much concerned with safety of county road crossings as we are," Miller said. The county will be con sulted where any county road is crossed by a private road, Miller told the group. Applied to PUC Smith said Medco had ap plied to the PUC for rights to cross state highways and estimated a maximum of, 50 loaded trucks would use the road a day. Empty trucks would start for the woods at about 6 a.m. on most days, he said. Smith said the crossings would have to be reinforced to handle the truck traffic. Some Eagle Point residents said they were concerned over the possibility of decreased property valuation the road possibly could create. They said dust and noise would be factors. Smith replied by saying a study has shown it pays to use an oil surface or pavement on such private roads. "The road won't be any nuisance for you," he said. Question Raised An interesting question was raised by Budd Hoover, area landowner. He said some original deeds between Medco and property owners for the railroad right of way specific SUCCESSFUL TEST Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (IPC -The Army last night fired its Redstone missile more than 200 miles over the Atlantic Ocean - the first successful test of a major liquid-fueled missile by the United States this year. ally state the right of way is for railroads. They make no provision for truck travel. The possibility of having the logging road routed around Eagle Point was also raised. Nutting said he doubt ed if this could be done be cause of difficulties in ac quiring enough land on a route around the city. Traffic Signal Planned at 99 Medco Crossing A traffic signal will be in stalled on highway 99 at the proposed Medford Corpor ation's truck road near the highway 82 intersection which will guarantee a maximum of time without interruption to highway traffic, according to State Highway Engineer W. G. Williams. Williams told the Mail Trib une that highway traffic is given a guaranteed period of 50 seconds out of every 70 seconds. Whenever a truck approaches on the Medco road, it will pass over a de tector which will actuate the signal. At that time the high way and the Table Rock rd. and the county road to the north will. receive a solid red indication.' Clearance Period Prior to the signal changing to this solid red indication there is a guaranteed solid yellow clearance period to the highway traffic so it does not have to come to an abrupt stop. "Successive actuations on the Medco road cannot de mand right of way at the ex pense of highway' traffic," Williams emphasized. "With an estimated 100 trucks per day, 50 each way, on the road, the percentage of time that the road will demand is very, very minor, and for all prac tical purposes the highway will be given continuous right of way." The type of signal to be installed near the intersection is a semi-actuated type of traf fice signal with vehicular de tectors located on both ap proaches of the truck road, Williams explained. This means a metal bar will be placed in the road which, when crossed by a truck, will change the traffic signal. Solid RedT He said that at the same time the highway, the Table Rock rd. and the county road to the north will have a solid red light. Prior to this a solid yellow light will' clear the intersection. Williams said he under stands that the lumber com pany will not use the pro posed crossing of the haul road at Crater Lake highway at Eagle Point for two to three years. It is too early to say whether this intersection will have a traffic signal or stop signs on the haul road, he said. Railroad crossing flash ing light signals are now at the intersection. Road Conditions Highway 62, the Crator Lake highway, will be closed from 12:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Monday, tho slate police announced Saturday. The Slate-Hall Construc tion company plans to dyna mite the bluff at Cascade gorge and figures it will take four hours io clean up the debris, it was explained. This is part of the realign ment work on the highway. Concentration of Decline Studies Urged Duplication of research should be avoided and studies should be concentrated now in saving the present generation of pear trees. Prof. Henry Hartman, Oregon State col lege horticulturist in charge of the pear decline study here, told the Jackson county Fruit Growers League Friday. Hartman noted that pear decline research is also being being studied in Washington, California and British Colum bia , The Medford area decline is different from the rest, he said. If the Medford pear dis trict should lose its present generation of trees it would New Labor Boss Seeks To End NY Tugboat Walkout Strike Halts Port Traffic New York - IUP1I - President Kennedy's labor secretary stepped into New York's tug boat strike Saturday in his first official act and offered to help seek an end to the dis pute that has crippled two major railroads and threatens to paralyze the entire port. Secretary Arthur J. Gold berg telephoned Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and offered his full cooperation" in efforts to settle the tugboat strike, which has halted movement of railroad barges through the harbor. He also called federal mediators and union and management leaders in the dispute. The New York Central, which previously had closed down all its operations east of Buffalo, announced last night that maritime pickets had ap peared al its terminal in Syracuse-bringing all operations of the railroad in New York state to a halt. Limited pas senger service on the Adiron dack division between Syra cuse and Utica was cancelled. Earlier yesterday, pickets had appeared in Albany for the first time. Respecting Lines Rail workers respecting picket lines of tugboat crews also have severely crippled the New Haven railroad. More than 100,000 commuters have been stranded by the strike. The strike has halted ferry service across the Hudson river between New York and New Jersey and has stranded hundreds of freight cars nor mally moved through the port by tugboats. The 11-day strike by a mere 660 tugboat men, threatened to create a serious .crisis. A rank-and-file meeting of the 3,500-member Tugmen's. local of the National Maritime un ion was called for today to decide whether to set a strike for Jan, 31 that would halt fuel oil shipments as a similar walkout did in 1946. Negotiations were deadlock ed over a union demand for an additional work snitt, which the management said was equal to asking for a six- hour day. The union dropped a demand for a 33 Vi per cent wage increase when it asked for the extra shift. Election Planned By County GOP Three new officers will be elected during a general meet ing of the Jackson County Re publican Central committee at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Med ford High school cafeteria, Chairman Joe Walsh announc ed Saturday. Those who have indicated they would be willing to serve as chairman are Otto Ewald sen, Thomas Helman, V e r n Shangle, and possibly Floyd (Hank) Hart, all from Med ford. Those who have offered to serve as vice chairman are Mrs. Paul H. Sparso and Mrs. William Miller. Wally Iverson, Medford, has offered to serve as secretary. Members of the nominating committee are Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, Shangle, both of Medford, and Mrs. Betty San- deen, Rogue River. Walsh recently announced his plans to resign the chair manship, but the resignations of Mrs. James Ragland as vice chairman and E. H. Singmas ter as secretary came without advance notice at the commit toe's board meeting Jan. 9 at the Medford hotel. Mrs. Rag land's resignation was effec tive Jan. 9, but those of Sing master and Walsh will become effective Monday. be disastrous, Hartman stated Professor Hartman will give the latest results of his pear decline work when he speaks at the annual pear meeting Monday afternoon in the Jackson county court house auditorium. Hartman said he was asked originally to concentrate on the local pear decline situation and save the present gener ation of trees on which the local pear industry depends. "If we should lose this present generation we would lose a tremendous investment for the area, packing houses, the established marketing or ganizations and the-seasonal O -m. .iLjffi 4 HAPPY TO BE THERE President John F. Kennedy, wear ing a blue suit and a chartrucse tie, was smiling, as he posed for the first picture at his White House desk Satur Morse To Oppose Senate Approval Of New Navy Head Washington - HIP1I - Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., said Saturday that President Ken nedy's nomination of John B. Connally to head the Navy department is not "free from a conflict of Interest." ' Morse said Connally "does not meet the Caesar's wife test" - the principle that Pres idential nominees, like Cae sar's wife, should be above suspicion. Because of Connally's ex tensive association with the oil industry, he "would be bound to be suspect" as Navy secre tary, Morse said. Connally, a Fort Worth, Tex., attorney was associated with the oil interests and oth er enterprises oi the late oil man Sid W. Richardson, A co-executor of Richardson's estate, he holds relatively small interests in oil-producing royalties but no oil stock. Committee Approves ' The Senate Armed Services committee, after hearing Con nally outline his activities and holdings, unanimously approv ed his nomination. The com mittee did not require that he withdraw from his association with the multi-million dollar Richardson estate. Morse said, however, that unless "clearer justification" is presented to resolve his doubts he will oppose Connal ly's confirmation by the Sen ate. Morse said the question of conflict of interests goes be yond financial considerations and involves the question of whether a nominee's record leaves doubts as to whether he would be "unduly influenced" by his past associations or would be "suspected of being influenced." Inside Today . . . The fourth in a series of "Moonlighter" articles, this one discussing the problem in Medford, appears on page 2A. A story discussing federal aid to education and how it affects schools in Jackson county appears on page 3A. Pictures of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration, ball appear on page 8A. A story on the world-wide praise of Kennedy's inaugura tion speech appoars on page 6A. employment which helps the area s economy. In the state of Washington the U.S. Department of Agri culture, Washington state ex periment station and the Washington state department of agriculture arc all working on the problem. However, these researchers are working on what they think is a spe cific disease affecting root stocks. California is working on pear decline research In a big" way, Hartman said. It has spent $64,000 and expects to spend $154,000 durjig the coming fiscal year. However, California has Mr. President . . . T-"-r r''"' Mvi-y; BMawiMaianA. ti" 'iii iiimnr'T i " - timilintomkmmiStmttiii 11 Cabinet Members Sworn Info Office Washington - (UPI) - "Ken nedy's Men," the 10 cabinet members who will help Presi dent John F. Kennedy launch his "New Frontier," were sworn into office Saturday after receiving speedy Senate confirmation. In a White House ceremony, Chief Justice Earl Warren ad ministered the oath of office 3 Students Hurt In Snow Accident Crater Lake - Three Crater High school students were in jured in a toboggan acci dent shortly before noon Sat urday, and are now declared in "good condition at Rogue Valley hospital. Injured were Cheryl A. Ghelardi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ghelardi, Old Stage rd.; Charla J. Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Meyer, 43 South Vinlh St.; and Todd B. Caster, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Burk Caster, Upton rd., all of Cen tral Point. Meyer is the Cen tral Point school superinten dent. The 16-year-old youths were with a special group of stu dents from the high school playing in the snow near high way 62 above Annie Springs. Francis Jacot, assistant chief ranger at Crater Lake, told the Mail Tribune the trio were all riding on one toboggan when it apparently went over a bump and threw them. Both Caster and Miss Ghe lardi were said to have suffer ed back injuries. The Meyer youth sustained a sprained knee. They were taken to the highway by a forest service vehicle, then transferred to the hospital by Medford Am bulance service. more manpower and money for its study. California right now is conducting research on a virus which seems to be one phase of the problem, the pro fessor explained. Mcrlford researchers are working on one line of re search affecting French root stock. This study of the rot ted root condition covers scv- cral angles. It could be caused by a combination of water, lack of aeration, soil toxins jnd other contributing factors A careful study of the plant ings made in the Rogue valley reveals "a pretty good story, I Hartm.Oi laid. i ' j ,f f r if day. His desk was bare except for an ink stand, blotter, a small pad, some note pages aud a telephone. (UPI Telcphoto) to the 10 men and to Adlai E. Stevenson, who won Senate approval as the new U.S. am bassador to the United Na tions. ' Stevenson has been describ ed as having "cabinet rank." Kennedy, who was present, invited all the cabinet mem bers' children - 13 of them - to pose for pictures. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy also was on hand.' -, " ' 1 -Special Session . The Senate met in special session yesterday morning to act on' the appointments. They went through in rapid - fire fashion, and there was only token dissent. A few hours later, the cabi net officers and Stevenson, wearing dark suits, sat in a semicircle around the Presi dent and his wife for the cere mony putting them officially in office. Warren administered this oath: 'I (swear or affirm that I) will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and al legiance to .the Constitution, that I take this oath freely, without any mental reserva tions or purpose of evasion, that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter." Thanked Justice After the swearing-in, Ken nedy rose, thanked the Chief Justice and congratulated the cabinet members - one of whom is his 35-year-old broth er, Robert F. Kennedy, the new attorney general. Most of the cabinet mem bers came to the White House bearing full endorsement of the Senate, which in all but one case - Robert Kennedy's - confirmed them unanimously by voice vote. There was no objection ut all to the nominations of Sec retary of Stale Dean Rusk, Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa- mara, the first three to come up. Sports Bulletins Medford high's Black Tor nado baikolball team, with Dick Ragsdal pouring in 27 points, rollod over Grants Pass 78 to 47 here last night. The Tornado had a 30 to 19 halftim bulge. Portland Southern Ore gon college lost their second straight gam to Portland Stat colleg hore last night SI to 41, Th defeat dropped SOC into fcond plac in th Oregon Collegia! con ference. Jerry Shults, Med ford freshman at SOC, ld th Raiders with 20 points. Klamath Falls Klamath Falls dumped Ashland 87 to 34 her last night. Halftlm count was 44 to 21. Wally Palmborg dumpeM in 24 for' Klamath Falls. Ike and Mamie Receive Welcome Home as Citizens Gettysburg, Pa. - IUPD - Pri vate citizen Dwlght D. Eisen hower, slipping into the lone ly existence of an ex-prcsident as if it were a comfortable old shoe, was welcomed home last night by his Gettysburg neign- bors.,-.:.,;..,; .: He and his wife; . Mamie, were promised privacy during their retirement years here after eight years of goldfish bowl existence in the i White House. The only fanfare that mark ed their coming here as permanent residents of their white farm home was a mo dest welcome home dinner. Tlie . historic town's leading citizens turned out in f lag- bedecked Lincoln Square to give a warm reception on a snowy winter evening. A crowd of l.SUU persons was there in 15-dcgrce weath er to hail the Eisenhowers. Eisenhower told them that he and his wife decided to make Gettysburg their office residence in 1952. 'We never felt it was home to us until loday because there's no one to say 'you must come back' (to the White House) or make a phone call," he said. "We're finally at home," he said, and "we intend to be good citizens - good Republi can citizens of this commun ity.' The Eisenhowers wore as sured that their privacy would be respected by a spokesman for the 8,000 citi zens of this historic civil war city. Prospect Parents Face School Charge Mr. and Mrs. Pole Allen, Prospect, are scheduled to be tried in district court on Jan. 30 on charges of falling to send their daughter to school In Prospect, District Court Judge L. L. Sawyer said Fri day. The couple appeared In court with their 14-ycar-old daughter Friday and pleaded innocent to the charges. They waived right to an attorney and jury trial and wore re leased after they posted $50 ball each. The charges were brought by County School Stipt. Alf B. Mckvold who charged they failed to send their child to school from Sept. 2 to Jan. 20. WEATHER FORECAST: fJenrrally Mr to. dav nd M on tla v with rnnnlrtrr- blr tilth rlotirtlnr!. High tn rt.iy nmr V Low tonight 32 to 34. Ill it h tomorrow 62 to M. Temp. HlRhMt YrMrrday .....67 Lowrtt Thii Morning 32 Our Skies Tonight Riinift today 5:12 p.m. Kiinrl.p tomorrow ...... 7:X4 i.m. MooiMft tomorrow .. 12:2? m. Thf planrt, Yrmii, low In thr Mrt tnnlKhl it . ft:41 p.m. Is mo vim from (hp roitilrlU tlon Aquarius, to PUrri. Nfxt month Vrmn will hf th h Tight en It hai been alncc 1959. Kennedy Peace Message1 To Khrushchev New President Orders Increase in Surplus Food Distribution to Depressed Areas Washington - lUPll-Prosldent, John F. Kennedy climaxed a fast paced first day in the White Houso Saturday by messaging Soviet Premier Nlkita Khrushchev that the United States stands "ready nd anxious" to work for bet ter relations with Russia. His first official communi cation with Khrushchev con- isted of a cable replying to a message of congratulations from the Soviet leader on the new President's "quest for peace" inaugural address Fri day. As the nations chief of state, Kennedy informed Khrushchev: We are ready and anxious to cooperate with all who are prepared to join in genuine dedication to assurance oi a peaceful and more fruitful life for all mankind. Speaks for People 'Speaking on behalf of the government and the people of the United States of America, as well as on my own behalf, I can assure you that the efforts of the United States govern ment will be directed toward this imperative goal." It marked the second major action taken by Kennedy the first full day of his ' new frontier." Earlier, he swiftly carried out one of his key campaign pledges by directing that gov ernment distribution of sur plus food to needy families be doubled. White House news secretary said the order would benefit tour million economically dis tressed Americans by increas ing the amount, variety and nutrltlonalvalue o food pack ages given them' frohVagricul- lure department surplus stocks. " ' - Chronically Depressed The program operates In Cold in Florida; Warm in Alaska The first major cold wave oflB61 spread, rapidly over the eastern two thirds of the nation Saturday, reaching deep into Dixie with its icy blasts and threatening the Florida citrus and vegetable crops. Even the winter playground of Miami felt the frigid air, recording a low or 3D degrees before the mercury climbed to 63 degrees later in the day.. Soaring temperatures, how ever, caused hardship at An chor Point in Southeast Alas ka. The Red Cross and Civil Defense aided 50 families stranded and driven from their homes in the area by flood waters. The arctic air hugging the nation cast of the Rockies fol lowed a deadly blizzard that cut across the east on inaug ural day. The toll from the storm, which dropped a heavy blank et of white from the Carollnas to Maine after its inception in the Rockies, climbed to al least 65 Saturday. Pennsyl vania alone counted 21 deaths while New England reported 10, Including seven In Mas sachusetts and four in Con necticut. The toll also includ ed 9 In New Jersey, 4 each In New York and Indiana, 3 apiece in Maryland and Vir ginia, end 2 in Washington, D.C, Marilyn Files Suit To Divorce Miller Juarez, Mexico - IUPD - Act ress Marilyn Monroe filed suit for divorce from playwright Arthur Miller here Friday night, ending their four-year "beauty and brains" marriage with a charge of "lncompat- ablllty of character. The pinup girl of the ccn tury was understood to have returned to New York, where she was reported to have re newed a friendship with her second husband, retired base ball star Joe Dl Maggio. Marilyn, 34, and Miller, 44, separated last Nov. 11 after a scries of quarrels during the filming of "The Misfits which he wrote for her. Clark Gablo was her co-star, and h died of a heart attack shortly after the movie was com pleted. Sends 1,100 counties . and 120 cities and towns, most of them in chronically depressed areas. Salinger estimated the action might cost an additional $10 or $15 million a month. The Kennedy cable to the Kremlin was made public lata yesterday. It was addressed both to Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, chairman of tho Presidium of the Supremo Soviet. They had messaged Ken- ncdy congratulations on his inaugural address and had voiced hope that "by our own joint efforts we shall succeed in achieving a fundamental improvement in relations be tween our countries and a nor malization of the whole inter national situation." Kennedy's reply, transmit ted through the state depart ment, expressed "appreciation for your kind message of con gratulations." - - Welcomes Expression The new chief executive) added: "I welcome your ex pression of hope for a funda mental improvement in rela tions between our two coun tries and in the world situa tion as a whole." Kennedy's reply marked the second exchange of mes sages between Khrushchev and Kennedy since his elec tion. At that .time Khrushchev congratulated him and Ken nedy replied briefly but cour teously Kennedy spent his early hours conferring with staff: lioutahants,. conducting for mer President Harry S. Tru man orra'-tour of the whlta House, and meeting with tha Democratic National committee-. , " " . '.' He announced the appoint ment of a j .former Trulto aide, attorney Charles S. illir phy, to be Undersecretary oi agriculture, and lunched wltt) -two old friends. Mr. and Mrs; -' Charles Spalding of New Yor ' City.- y -;..!: He also presided over tha - swearing in of his cabinet, The 43-year-old chief execu tive showed no evidence of flagging energy after the hec tic pace of his inauguration which kept him up until tha early hours of Friday and Sat urday. Bailey Elected New Demo Chairman i Washington-IUPD - John M. Bailey of Connecticut hand- picked by President Kennedy was unanimously elected Saturday as chairman of tha Democratic National commit tee. Bailey, state Democratte chairman of Connecticut, pre dicted that Kennedy will ba overwhelmingly reelected in 1864. The 56-year-old attorney sucecds Sen. Henry M. Jack son, D-Wash., who served as Democratic national chairman since last summer. Jackson reminded the committee that he had said he would resign when Kennedy was "firmly established" in the presidency and noted that this happened Friday. ' : GB Presents Plan For Pesce in Laos: Washington - (UPD Britain proposed to Russia Saturday. with U.S., French and: Cana dian approval, a face-saving plan for sending an Interna tional peace mission to Laos, diplomatic sources reported here. - The proposal is designed to avoid objections raised by ei ther the Communist bloc or the United States and the pro Western government of Laos against all previous approach es. 1 It was worked out here dur ing the last days of the Eisen hower administration, but in coining Secretary of S t a t a Dean Rusk was given a chonco to hold it up. He did not, and therefore he at least tacitly put the Kennedy administra tion behind the British move In Moscow. Salem - lUPU - A resolution tonoring Rex Putnam for 24 ears of service as Oregon ichool Superintendent was -mong six measures which lassed the Oregon house Frl day. '- ."' :. , O o o. o
