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SUNDAY. JANUARY 22, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. G enrietiy s peec 79 n Praised In iurope Planners Criticized By Councilmen for Action on Request i Two members of Medford's jcity council levied a blast at The city planning commission .'fhursday night lor turning ndown a request for a change of zone for the reason that ,1he property was In a "pro posed" park site. '. The commission at its Jan. 12 meeting had recommended .denial of a request from Dr. iim Bayliss to change the Jtone of some property located north of Barnett rd. and east xf the proposed freeway from "commercial to light industrial. .- Dr. Bayliss said he wanted -to erect a new veterinary hos pital on the site, since his -existing hospital The Siskiyou -Veterinary hospital, was going ,to be destroyed to make room ;Jor the new freeway. The re quest had been before the commission for nearly a year, 'before final action was taken. 3 The commission, while apol ogizing for the delay in its .decision, turned down the re quest because the property is l.wnipr! in an area suggested by a planning department rparks plan for a park-site. Back to Communion Councilman R. L. Van Sickle said the council should Send the matter back to the commission because: "I don't think we should tie up a man's property because we mlirht tout a Dark there." Councilman Stanley Stark agreed with Van Sickle and pointing to a planning com mission report, which said "the property including and surrounding this request for a change of zone is reservea as a site for a major city park . . . ," he said: "I think it is very much out ot line to make a, statement like thill " He added that the city does not own the property, ana said there isn't even a price set for the property. Councilman Donald Han son came to the commission's rpsoiio and said the planning mm mission's recommendation is proper planning. He said ii ic thi, function. of the plan ning department to Indicate uhal I hfv think should be rtnnp with certain property. No action was taken on the matter, but Van Sickle di rected the city manager to make sure that Dr. Bayliss knows he has the right to appeal the commission's rec ommendation to the city coun cil. , Positive Results Seen from Recent Lights' Program TV. Leonard B. Mayfield Superintendent of Mcdford public schools, said he believes Jlic recent "Lights On for Ed ucation" program has had pos itive results. He commended Mrs. Tom tfless, chairman of the pro gram here, other Parent teacher association members, school principals and laymen "who participated in the pro gram. ' - Dr. Mayfield said he be ?ivcd that many people who attended and participated in the sessions now have more Interest in legislation which .has been introduced In the pregon legislature concern ing education, logislaiion Considered Legislation, he noted, Is iiow being considered on many pf the problems concerning Oregon schools which were discussed at various "Lights On for Education" programs. J One of the main purposes pf the program was to stimu late Interest in and determine feoals of proposed school legis lation as well as other legis lation relating to the welfare pf children In Oregon. Organ izations sponsoring the pro cram Included the OrcKon Congress of Parents and Teachers, the Oregon Educa tion association, and the Ore gon School Boards association, Mr, ihnn 750 nersons at tended or participated In the program In the 17 schools in hn Mprifnrrt district. Attend ance ranged from small groups In about, lau at one scnooi. 4roaram Well Received i Th nrnffrnm nprnrriinff to jn evaluation made by school officials, was wen received Sheldon Business Leaders Ready To Go Ahead As Usual Russians Print, Broadcast Full Text of Speech London - HJPU - Europe Sat urday hailed President Ken nedy's inaugural address as one of the greatest of modern times and there were inaica tions in Moscow it had already begun to thaw out the cold war. London newspapers likened the Kennedy speech to Presi dent Lincoln's second inaugu ral address. The Paris news paper La Croix compared it to those of Pericles who led an cient Greece to greatness. The speech brought an prnntlnn of editorial praise SU1UUI1I duu aim bu ...,.. .. --. -. . - ....... J :..U( .... fnnnrxA flnnf the Russians US lull icxi was nay nigm uu mc nuui By DAVID SMOTHERS, FREDERICK MOHN and ROBERT HOIG UPI Special Reporting Team Sheldon, Iowa - IUPH - The town of Sheldon, where the most reupected business lady in town stole a record-breaking $2 million, shook off its fears today and faced the fu ture. The town's business leaders said they were not scared and Sheldon was not broke. Nineteen of the business leaders of Sheldon, a town , whlph hns ttrnwn rich on corn and soybeans, gathered Thurs- Most of the programs sistcd of a panel discussion of school nroblems. and possible solutions. In some schools, one speaker was engaged. One group expressed par ticular Interest in items con cerning youth and a "blue- nrlnt . fnn education." while another expressed approval to keen O and C funds as is and increase basic school support to 50 per cent on a state level. StrenetheninB iuvenile codes received favorable comment from another group. -.-' . in hi : i, Cuba Executes Two 'Terrorists' " Havana -IUPII- Premier Fi del Castro's firing squads Fri day executed two more Cu ban 'terrorists" convicted by military tribunals in mass trials, at Cabana Prison in Havana. Tim shootings raised to 10 the total of antl-Castroite Cu bans who have died before firinii squads this month. More than BOO have been executed since Castro gained power in January, luou. TIir two 'men were convict ed of hiding weapons and ex plosives at a farm ne- a vana. An appeals court c the tribunal s scntenc ut commuted to 30 years the death penalty asked for third "terrorist." Cuban militiamen began stripping antiaircraft guns Fri day, ending a national alert against the U. S. "Invasion' the Castro regime predicted would come before Eisenhow er left office. i n -r t . i J-..,-,, i BUY BOTH m ONLY Mrtll CSSC SWIVEL TOP CLEANER - MODILC-9 1 horsepower Input motor Famous swivel top Double-action rug end floor tool t Complete with ittachments FLOOR WETS floor with wash water SCRUBS with nylon brush VACUUMS up duty water AIR DRIES with et of warm air Don'f mist (his Specie! Offer NEW broadcast and printed in the Soviet press. The diplomats watcnea Moscow where Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev called in U.S. Ambassador Lewellyn Thomp son for two hours oi laws aimed at improving Soviet- American relations. No Statement , - . y . Thoro was no formal state ment but Khrushchev's action followed statements by Com munist diplomats in London that Khrushchev wants ; an "early direct diplomatic .'ap proach" to Kenned. Thp reaction was remark ably similar; throughout all of western Europe. There was a irrpnt ftweiiing of continence in Ihp new American lcader- shiD and hope for the future of the world. The speech won praise, too, in Cairo whe're Egyptian newsDaoers that have been critical of Kennedy in the nast called his words a posi tive ... an ardent appeal for nnnpp " Thp naDers made no mention-of recent, fears that Kennedy s policy might court Israeli friendship at expense of the Arabs. From the Vatican there were congratulations from Pope John XXIII and the Vat Irnn CMtv nowsnaDer Osserva- tore Romano said the speech was that of a Christian and a free American. Should Not Refuse ". . . in the meantime," it said, "no enlightened man in the world will refuse sympa thy and encouragement to the man and to the principle on which such a noble program rests." The East German Commu nist newspaper Neus Deutsch land said Kennedy, "without tying himself down in any way, indicated he would not reject East-West negotiations." Across the border in west Berlin the newspaper Span- dauer Volksblatt said "Sel dom in American history has an American President made such an impressive inaugural speech." Underlining the Commu nist hope that Kennedy would restore East-West relations to pre-U2 days was a dispatch in the Soviet government news paper Izvestia from Washing ton: Never Return America hopes that with Eisenhower's exit all that is old. that has outlived its time all that Is unreasonable, that prevented not only the Amcri can people but also the peo nles of all the world from liv lng a peaceful and tranquil Hfp will pp. never to return America pins her expectations and hopes for a peaceful life upon me new t-resiocni. The Times of London call ed the speech "dynamic," "youthful" and "historic" and compared the speech to Lin coln's. The Daily Herald wrote of "Lincolncsque elo quence." Paris' Lc Figaro reacted with unreserved approval of a kind seldom seen in the edi torials of the staid ptiblica- II.... It cnA k'nnnrHv llCPft I,, ,11. Ik OIIIM .......j "vcrile language . . full of dynamism not explainable In terms of youth alone." "Great Inspiration" The , London Daily Mail labeled the speech of "historic importance and great Inspira tion" and published the text In the front page space usual ly reserved for editorials. Madrid's AUC called the speech "perfect In form and depth." It said Kennedy up-; peared to be speaking as the head of the Free World rather than President of the United Stales. Lisbon's Diarlo da Manha labeled it as a "Just promise and a motive for confidence." A dissenter was the London Communist Dally Worker which apparently had not yet received the latest peaceful line from the Kremlin. "You're all wrong, Jack it said. of Sheldon's community build ing. They had to talk, loud be cause a square dance was in full swing downstairs. There was only one real suhiect of conversation - Mrs. Burnice Iverson Geiger and the $2,126,859.10 which she embezzled from the bank where her father was presi dent. Bank Examiners Busy The bank, the Sheldon Na tional, was just down 9th st. and federal bank examiners were busy behind locked doors figuring out how Mrs. Geiger, the assistant cashier, stole the money. Afterwards, Chamber of Commerce President Mason Skewis issued a statement. "This is a wealthy com munity," he said. "It's not a scared town. We're just com pletely shocked, "But Sheldon is still doing business as usual. We're not broke. We've had these ex periences before and we're ready for more industries to come to town." On the face of it, these were Chamber of Commerce platitudes. In reality, they ex pressed the determination oi sturdy Dutch, German and Irish Iowans to' win out against shame and disaster. Their calamity had been brought upon them by a trim, matronly woman who sat with her secret - what she had rlnnp with the money - in the Woodbury county jail at Sioux City, 60 miles away. Mrs. Geiger, 58, refused to let her husband visit her. But she allowed her cell door to be opened to the wife of the i second most talked about per son in Sheldon, Harold Kist ner Jr., president of Sheldon's Northern Biochemical Cor poration. . Kistner, 34, is a man with troubles. His livestock and poultry feed additive firm had mushroomed under the Iowa sun since its founding 14 months ago. Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late President, was its financial adviser. But Mrs. Geiger's arrest and the closing of the Sheldon Bank had put Kistner and his company into a painful spotlight. Roosevelt, in a brief Shel don visit, revealed Mrs. Geig er was Northern Biochemical's principal stockholder and had paid for her $130,000 - plus holdings with cold cash. All Mining Engineer To Visit BLM Office Stanley Y. Shepard, mining engineer from the Oregon state office of the bureau of land management, will be in Medford Jan. 23, according to District Manager Koss A. Youngblood. Youneblood said Shepard will be available to supply in formation concerning the mln ing laws to interested persons According to current plans, a mining engineer will be in the Medford district office on alternate Mondays to assist the public and district per sonnel. The Medford BLM office is located at the intersection of Barnett rd. with Highway 99 at 1133 South Riverside ave. Major Crimes On Increase in City of the company's ready money is under federal seal. Satur day the company must meet its payroll. Major crimes were on the increase in Medford during 1960, with 16 more crimes be ing reported last year than the year before, according to Pnlirp Chief Charles P. Champlin's year-end report. Police received reports oi 1,257 crimes during the year, including two murders, 16 robberies, 216 burglaries, 940 larcenies and 81 cases of auto theft. Of this total, police were able to clear or solve 332 of the reports for a 26.4 per cent cleared average. Both murders were solved. The average was below that nf a vear ago. when po lice clcard 342 of 1,093 major crime reports for a 31.3 per cent cleared average. Chief Champlin attributed the lesser average to the in creasing case load. The more cases there are, the less time the department is able to spend investigating each one inrliuirltlHllV. he Said Tho rfpnartment now nas l officers. They added one po licewoman during I960. Police received reports of 8,469 miscellaneous offenses during 1960, including 44 sex offenses and four violations of narcotics laws. Police clear ed 7,413 of these offenses for an 87.5 per cent cleared average. SPORT SHIRT SALE values that sold from $5.95 to $8.95 $400! BARKER'S ' Fluhrer Bldg. K3j (lean Sawdust Fuel SP 2-8086 Timber Pttrara company MEDFORD jtl& ORESOnl SPECIAL NOTICE American Legion Auxiliary No. 15 in Medford Are conducting their annual subscription cam paign to purchase additional sick-room equip ment. ., , This Equipment is for FREE HOME USE To All Residents in Jackson Co. A representative, with a letter of identification, will call on you. Please request to see this letter. Jeanne F. Barlow PRESIDENT Thelma Williams CAMPAIGN CHAIKMAN Eva Brittson TREASURER Dorothy Gifford SECRETARY Grace Walker SGT. AT ARMS Gloria Minnecl 2nd VICE PRESIDENT 122 East Main Street Phont SP 3-5348 Stert Houri: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ( OPEN EVERY MONDAY UNTIl 9 P.M. GUEST SPEAKER Dr. W. D. McGrnw, Port land, district superintendent of the Oregon Pacific District of the Church of the Nazarenf. will speak at the 7 p.m. serv ice Sunday at the Mt. Pitt avcnueoChuriSi of the Nazar enc, 1332 Ml. Pitt ave. - ' Vfc si I . v I 6LV" ttviv - IM V MM I Thii ! . Hi You Can't Make a BetSer Investment Than-- Whatever you invest in the YMCA pays dividends. Invest your money, time or energy to the work of this world wide association. Visit your YMCA now during YMCA week and see where you can fit into the YMCA picture. 1 YMCA Week Schedule MONDAY Jan. 23 Beginning Square Dances-7:30 to 10:00 P.M. Doug Fosbury Social Hall High School Church Basketball-7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Dick Kuschel Swim Team Exhibition-6 to 8 P.M.-Ken Lions, Pool Jr. Hi-Y meeting-7 to 8 P.M.-Bud Geren-Lobby TUESDAY Jan. 24 Co-Ed Adult Vollyball Tournament-7:30 to 10 P.M. Gymnasium Big Y Program-9:30 to 11:00 P.M.-Entire building WEDNESDAY-Jan. 25 Rogue Hi-Y Meeting-7:30 to 8:30-Social Hall Free Throw Contest-7 to 9 P.M.-Gymnasium Camp RE-Union-7:00 to 8:00 P.M.-Game Room Tiny Tot Minnow Class-3:30 to 4:15 P.M.-Pool Family Night Guest Swim-6:30 to 7:30 P.M.-Pool, Fran Bullard THURSDAY-Jan. 26 Annual Dinner Meeting 6:30 to 8:30 Kim's Resturant Square Dancing Party-7:30 to 1 1:00 Social Hall, Doug Fosbury Water Safety Aids Class-5:30 to 6:30-Pool, Dr. Roberts FRIDAY-Jan. 27 Family Night-7:30 to 10:00-Building-Fran Bullard High School Dance-10:00 to 12:00-Social Hall Chuck Langsten SATURDAY-Jan. 28 Guest Day for Youth-All Day Program Jr. High Dance-7:00 to 10:00-Soeial Hall, Chuck Langsten SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE-(Exhibitions, Demonstrations, miA YMTA Inf Armation Activities will be going from 2:00 to 5:00 through out the building Social activities in the Social Hall, Camp and World Service movies in the Lobby, Gym- nasium activities in the Gym, swimming exhibitions ' . in the pool, and demonstrations in the Handball court and Exercise Room. 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