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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1961
No. 9
AraeTicahGa : : ; . Pe Rogue Valley
SBP 'B ''"''Si ''''J l' ' ' jl'""MMM"M"MM' ' llllllIIMI!U'sc'y
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The Resurrection ;f - - . .
By United Fmi International
Americans gathered across
the land today under the first
rays of the -morning sun to
mark Christendom's greatest
- celebration - the resurrection
of the Prince of Peace.,
'i From ;a carrier .deck off
' California to a cave in Maine,
from e Colorado mountain top
to a giant convention hall in
Chicago, from a gigantic cross
.on Bald Knob mountain-near
Alto Pass,: 111.,, to Denver's
. Red Rocks park, persons of
" the many Christian faiths
' planned to rejoice at the cry:
. ;. "Christ is risen." ;
5 For many sections of the
nation, sunny and seasonably
. mild weather was predicted
for the Easter services and
. ine numerous riHsier parauts
that will follow. V ;,
April Arrive ;: f ? 'i
l But, newly -arrived April
shook a soggy coat of snow
and cold rain- over other, parts
of the nation .yesterday and
forecasters said fur coats and
umbrellas' would- be the fash
ion in these areas. -,.::-';.-,
k Snow squalls and below'
freezing .temperatures were
reported over the Great Lakes
and into mountains of Penn
sylvania and .Virginia. ' Phil-
lipsburg, Pa measured four
Inches of snow.;- : ''s 1
1 Heavy rains fell across New
England with Concord, N.H.,
and Boston measuring .76 of
an inch and Portland, 'Maine,'
recording nearly an mem The
rain was 'scheduled to turn
ipto sloppy, wet snow during'
the night.1 . -.More
rain was reported in
the Pacific Northwest and in
the Rockies. . ,
Four Deaths
. t At least four deatjiir. were
blamed on the' Weather. Four
persons died in a two-car col-
llsiou in Wisconsin wnen visi
bility was reduced by blowing
snow. -. :-i;J-i.;--';'.'
; The newest of the Easter
observances in the United
States was planned at Chi
cago's ' McCormick place, a
new convention hall-on the
shore of Lake Michigan. But
the oldest, service was' to-be
at the parade ground of the
old Fort Hamilton at Brook
lyn, -N.Y., where ,'Robert E.
Xjee ana. oiuuewau '- ifttuuuu
.once reacted to the glory of
Easter. .,- j j ,;.
; The Fort Hamilton service
has .been an annual sunrise
event since i 18(). But . the
service this year might be: the
last at the site, which is in. an
area now being; cleared for.
construction of a new bridge.
Other long-time services. in
clude Denver's Red Rocks
park which features the Ca
pello . choir of Carthage (111.)
college; . the national park
service-sponsored 26th annual
event atop Hot Springs moun
tain in Arkansas; the Holly
wood bowl where a reading
by actor Howard Keel-will be:
me ieature, ana piner- Cali
fornia gatherings such as
Pasadena's Rose bowl, and a
hilltoD at Montecido ' near
Santa Barbara., - , 7 ' f :
USAF Gets Charge
01 Satellite Group
; Washington - (DPD - Defense
Secretary Robert . S. McNa-.
mara Saturday named the Air
Force to operate all U.S. re
connaissance satellites . in a
move designed to bring major
advances in the gathering of
military intelligence.
-' In a relatedstep, he divided
the Pentagon's vast military
map-making activities among
the three services.- His aim
here is to prevent duplications
and to save money. Generally
he assigned land, sea and air
space areas respectively to the
Army,. Navy and. Air Force.
He also charged each with
doing certain mapping work
for the others.
;. McNamara's satellite . an
nouncement was historic m
the sense that it was the first
assignment of an operational
military mission In space as
distinct from long-standing re
search and development work
on a variety of space vehicles.
Auto Crash Kills
Linfield Student
'-: Delano, Calif. (UPB - A 25
" year-old Linfield college sen
ior from Japan was killed in
a one-car accident near here
early Saturday. The victim
was identified at . Tsuyashi
Endo.
Tom Chow, 20, also a Lin
field student and the only
other occupant of the car, was
not seriously injured. . Chow
is from Formosa.
But two 'of'-the more cele
brated services of past years
were cancelled this year, r-
Icy roads brought a halt to
the worship atop 1,530 -foot
Cadillac mountain in Maine,
which claimed to be the first
service-,, in the - nation each
year because the suns rays
reached the mountain - top
ahead of any other east coast
spot. - ,;.; , -X:v;' j'.-.
" South' Dakota's traditional
Mount Rushmore Easter, serv
ice also fell victim: to the
weather. - Adverse weather for
four - straight -years caused
sponsors to make a change -rescheduling
the sunrise ob
servance to vespers this year,
North Front St.
. The board of . directors of
the Medford Gospel -Mission
has taken an option, of prop
erty on North Front st. across
from the Medford fire station
for a sew mission the Mail
Tribune learned Saturday.
" Clarence Wilson, j president
of the Gosepel Mission execu
tive board, announced that
the property was made avail;
able for purchase by the mis
sion through the joint efforts
of the f Medford Chamber of
Commerce and -the Gospel
Mission - officers -
The mission had announced
plans early last month to pur
chase the old Esquire theater
building on East Main st. and
renovate it for a new mission.
Opposition was voiced regard
ing; the site's -, proximity to
xittwuiorne parte; .
Postponed Decision - - ;''
i- iAt the, anhiial meeting ibf
me gospel mission March 16
the -board agreed; to postpone
a decision on the move for a
reasonable: period. Working
win, Dotn .tne Chamber and
Gospel Mission officials has
been H. D. Christensen. chair
man of the Jackson county
public welfare commission.
Wilson said that a 60-dav
option has been take on the
property which is 75 by 150
feet. He explained that the
board' felt that this site is
much suited for the mission's
locatioli than near Bear creek.
Three old houses, - two ; of
which hive been . torn; dow
were on ine property. He said
that the site will Drovide
ample parking space for the
mission when built, i
No construction clans have
been made, Wilson explained
since the property -is costing
$10,000. He said that , plans
are now:-under way to obtain
the $4,000 down payment; The
property is owned . by Dr.
R. P. Mortensen. ! 1 ,
Second' Year - '-''"T :''rJ
The Medford ' Gosoel ; Mis
sion,' which recently observed
its second anniversary is now
located on . South Front st.
During .its .existence it has
worked closely with and had
oeen commended by the of
ficials at the Veterans Admin
istration 'domiciliary at White
City, by 'parole officers, the
welfare commission, the Red
Cross, Salvation Arniy, police
department and the' Jackson
county sheriff's office.
In commenting about ' the
recent news- stories following
the announcement of con
struction plans for the mis
sion, Wilson said that officials
have been "amazed" at the
public's response in helping
the mission. ' . ' ; '
Judge Miller
To Deal With
County Judge Earl Miller
appointed a lO-mVmber com-,
mittee . Friday afternoon to
consider the stray small ani
mal problem, and especially
stray cats, in. Jackson county.
The committee will meet
for its organization session at
p.m., Wednesday at the
Jackson county courthouse.
Judge Miller appointed Mrs.
Rita Shogren, 1705 South Co
lumbus ave., as temporary
chairman, and Mrs. Vera Bee
bee, Rapp lane, Talent, as
temporary secretary.
On Committee
Members of the commitee
are: w. w. weiier, Ashland
veterinarian, 1545 Highway
68, Ashland; Mrs. R. G. Taber,
10 Knoll Crest drive, repre
senting civic groups; Mrs.
George E. Stacey, Harbrooke
rd., and Mrs. Beebee, repre
f f 1' s- ' s " i .A '1 i" .
II 111 ' " V
THAT'TIME.-'AGAtit-'Warrn days and'iiights in the Rogue
recently.have Quickened. the blooming of thousands of acres
which should.be let. their .'.''showiest!' about the middle of
'coraingdo;mosi esvinuiHw.. inv iiivvuc buuve, mui x'wnr o,
in the northeast' : part ofithe va
several days earlier' ith'an' other - varieties. So far, orchard
Raised Fronrtft
- Baviewr Habb PD - The
mysterious V appearance -iof a
Peerless atitomobUeviii So -feet
of . Lake ; Penii ') Ore'iile .. water
was bolved 'SatUrcUyi vthen -a
grou oi Spokane arta Skin
divers were guccessiui,in raisr
ing the1 85-year-old. car from
the lake' 'floor..;:- jj--;-r."
' The-i car, ; discovered near
here :two weeks agoin-.water
about 250 feet from the shore
by skin-divers on a pleasure
outing, was suspectea; to Be
long to a Boise, Idaho.-Tnan's
brother , who mysteriously dis
appeared. between -1918 ...and
1020.witha8lroilar.carj ,
The Peerless -found in the
lake March 18 by members of
a skin diving.clubfr6m--Fafr-
child Air Force base near Spp?
kane; Wash.; apparently was
almost' new .when it- was driv
en; or dumped or fell into the
north Idaho lake. - ' .-:,'.
The divers'-failed in at
tempts to. raise the car. from
the bottom last Saturday but
work during the week made it
possible to "bring the .car to.
the surface yesterday..;
, Found inside the car -wfer'e
seyeral large jugs apparently
used for whiskey or.aieonouc
beverages. Indications ; were
that the car might have -;been
engaged in ; "rum running"
during the prohibition- days
and when the federal authori
ties closed in on the illegal
liquor traffic the ' car '.was
cooled off' in the lake. " -
Appoints 10 to Committee
Stray Animal Problems
senting the .Jackson County
Humane society; Dr; A. 'Erin
Merkel, Jackson county -public
health officer; Homer Jeff
ries, . Scenic - ave., - Central
Point, representing the Jack
son County Dog Control
Board; Eugene V. Hunt, East
Vilas rd., Medford, wild life
preservation; Mrs.. Shogren,
and Mrs. - G. . H7. Sohwiegerr
1940 Orchard . Home drive,
Medford, representing the Hu
mane Cat Care society. Coun
ty commissioner-Edwto.--H.
Taylor was appointed as an
ex-officio member. " , .
Is Advisory
Miller said- the committee
would be active 60 days as an
advisory committee to the
county court. Then, on May
29 it would be terminated and
a report on the committee's
! findings would be due. Friday
Laps; Capture Sfrateg
' . Vientiane,, Laos-IDPD The
government saiur.aay an
nounced that Tha Thom. a key
defense bastion only 85 miles
from this .. capital, had falleh
to a massive assualt by Com
munist North Vietnamese m-.
fantry bolstered by paratroops
droppd from 13 Soviet trans
port planes. ,-.' -
the key Communist victory.
was said to be part of a gen
eral offensive in eastern- and
southern Laos in which a total
of 14 North-Vietnamese, bat
talions' or 7,000 men, are tak
ing part with native Laotian
rebels.- -. . ' . .' ; .
Nine of the Vietnamese bat
talions were deplored against
outriifrhbered ' royal Laotian
troops at Tha Thorn, Bouavan
Norasing, information minis
ter for the pro-western gov
ernment ' here, reported. -'
Three other Vietnamese
battalions are situated at the
town' of Khamkeut and two
more at Mahaxay nearby, .he
said. . .- -j . ' t
The government 7 defeat at
Tha Thorn was announced fol-.
lowing an urgent cabinet
meeting ' Bouavan said , theJ
cabinet was considering dec
laration of a state of siege in
view' - of the new developments.-.
'- , ..' ..... .. -. :..- . -,
The government said ' it
threw four of its six: rocket
firing . American-built T -1
planes into the battle for Tha
Thom but they were unable
trstem the advance of the Red
the county court signed an
order for appointment of the
coommittee as requested by
83 petitions containing. 1,019
names.
Miller also noted that from
information received he did
not think that a disease prob
lem existed among stray cats.
He. admitted that present -facilities
for handling small
stray animals are inadequate
"up -to a point." However the
county court plans to con
struct a new dog pound and
will incorporate facilities for
care of small pets other than
dogs. "But, the county should
not become involved in Hu
mane Society work," Miller-
added.
Miller said he wished to en
courage the committee but
warned it to be cautious so as
not to interfere with incor
porated eitieif, '
:i,:.rl ir.T a "!l . ' 13
1- w,.
Riyer; valley :'been necessary ' only once since the brigh weather 7carne-al6ngr The: cur-i
of pesr trees, - rent high-pressure area.that-suddenly.brought'"sprlng" to.'iouthern: Oregon
next; week,- ac-' is expected to
u,.a.u -. .f v.w.- t'','vM, .muh - ,,uuu
bloqm mlles ff the basti Is likely to be here by the week end, Winging sun.
- heating has shthe for Saturday's Peat Blossonvfestlval activities: (Bob -Vroman photo)
rebels. One plane was shot
shot down,, leaving the gov
ernment with a five-plane air
force. - ''. v'
. -The pilot was seen para
chuting to earth but his fate
was unkown In Vientiane, the
capital. . i
Seizure of ; Tha Thom put
the Russian-supplied rebels on
the road to the government
base at Paksane which con
trols the Mekong river sup
ply artery flowing south from
the capital. ' " -,
The cabinet appealed again
to the major powers to find
2 More Nominated :
ForSchool Board
Petitions nominating two
Medford residents for election
to the Medford school district
board have been filed with
Clerk Wilson Slater.
- They are ' for LeRoy J.
Smith, 1015 Whitman ave.
Medford, . and Gersld . M.
(Gerry) Gastincau, 2647 East
over Terrace dr., Medford.
, They are the second and
third candidates seeking the
position being vacated by
Board Chairman Edward
Branchfield,, who said he did
not wish to seek reelection. -
Previously, Drj David C.
Boals, 34 Glen Oak ct., Med
ford, filed his acceptance, as
a candidate for the post; - '
i. The election , will ; be held
Mav 1.- Friday was the last
day 'petitions and candidates'
acceptances 'could, be filed.)
Johnson Takes Trip
To Africa, Europe. :
Washington - (BID Vlce
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
left Saturday on his first over
seas . mission"-for President
Kennedy - a trip that will
take him to Africa and
Europe. "
His first assignment will be
to attend independence cere
monies of Senegal, the former
French African colony, as
Kennedy's official representa.
tive. "-. -
Enroute home, he will visit
Paris, Geneva and Spain. At
Paris, he will obtain first
hand information on the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation; in Geneva, he will dis
cuss progress of the nuclear
test ban talks with Russia,
and In Spain, he will inspect
American military bases.
Bloorr
1 i.ijr.
be replaced around the mlcldle
: f
a peaceful solution - to' the
civil waK A cablnet'announce-
ment also Indirectly appealed
to the United States and coun
tries "which understood the
internatonal character" of the
war to "repulse" foreign in;
vaderis. ' .j" "'''t-'j '.-';' ;;.',:- 'j.
The paratroopers) said to be
Red North Vietnamese',- join
ed nine battalions of Red
troops in the drive Friday
that seized Tha Thom under
a rain of mortar and artillery
shells and advanced another
20 miles northward into the
Ta Vieng Moung Ngan areas.
. Some- 125 miles to the
south, Bouavan said, govern
ment troops around the Hed
held town of Kham Ketu were
reeling hack under assaults
from five battalions of Viet
Mlnh (North - Vietnamese)
troops. v " i, ;
CP Police Arrest j
Burglary Suspect
'' Central Point - Central
Point police are holding Da
vid Melvin Coshow, 60, of
Sunny Valley, Ore. on charg
es of burglary not in a dwelling.--'
'-'. jv- : - . j
Police obtained 'a district
court warrant for Coshcw's ar
r e s t following questioning
about' two burglaries occur
ring in Central Point early
Wednesday morning. - Police
Chief Wallace Bowen said
$1,138.15 in cash taken from
the Croskell hardware store
and the Corner club has been
recovered. Exact figures on
the amount taken from each
business haven't been deter
mined yet, Bowen said.
, Coshow - was arrested on
vagrancy charges at 2:55 a.m.
Friday. He had undergone
questioning by police since
early Friday morning, Bowen
said. He was still being ques
tioned late Saturday. ;
Bing Crosby's Wife j
Announces Pregnancy :
Houston, Tex.-OTD - Kathy
Grant, wife of singer Bing
Crosby, took time out . from
campaigning in behalf of fa
ther who is running for the
U.S. Senate last night to an
nounce she is expecting her
third child in November. -
Miss Grant's father, Delbert
E. Grandstaff of West Colum
bia, Tex., is among the 65
Texas candidates actively run
ning for the Senate seat vacat
ed by Vice President Lyndon
B. Johnson. .
is...
k 1
of the-week, with somewhat'
Cuba Government
Arrests Catholics
. " . i . r"'-: ' . .
- Havana. -.(UPB -.The Cuban
government Safurday arrested
scores of , . Roman, Catholics
who '. took , part. , In 'a., record
sized ..Easter,', ijrocessslbh ' , in
Havana and 're-enacted ;the
Passion'- Play; in-:.. nearby!
dulses; ;'";-; 1 -, ;
' At the, same .tirnc', . reliable
sources , said' the government
had broken 'up a .fourth navy
Icounter-reyolutltinary plot by
3uu . ami- communist . sailors
and naval. .'officers, 'most of
whom fled the country In PT
boats. or. other craft when the
plot .was discovered. .
. Meanwmie, tne government
controlled press reported, the
arrest of a Cubari-bonS man
as he was about to embark for
the United States 'carrying a:
large-' sum' , In'. ' Cuban " bank
notes, and about $200 in U.S.,
currency. v- '' " - -"-
Russia No- , ; ' ''.;.- -''
Tn' Havana,' 'police ' arrested
50 Catholics' who had. joined
70,000 persons In a procession
through the streets' of Havana
and took-them to 'jail as the
marchers shouted, ''Cuba Si,
Russia Not" and "Long Live
Christ the King;". . !
' In Guines, bl miles- south-.
east of Havana, police- arrest
ed tie; entire, cast, oi, the Pas
sion Play which was disrupted
Friday , by gunmen! who fired
bursts of submachine gun fire
over the heads of 5,000 specta
tors. Those arrested included
the youth who played Christ
and who is , head of the Cath
olic youth organization there.
. Details ' of the naval con
spiracy against Castro were
not immediately known but it
was. understood.: there : was
widespread', dissatisfaction in
the naval command over Fidel
Castro's increasingly pro-Cpm-munlst
policies.' : ' ;
- - i .' 1 ' 1
Aufo-Train Accident
Kills Oregon Mother
Milwaukie,' Ore. - (U?D - A
mother of two was killed and
her husband critically Injured
In a. car train collision here
last night, ' . i-c . , ,!
Dead was Mrs.' Helen Cath.
arine Coy, 49, Milwaukie. Her
husband, Edgar Vernon Coy,
54, was, taken to a Portland
hospital!
Milwaukie- police said the
Southern Pacific freight train
struck thai middle - of the
Coys' vehicle.; The couple has
a 12-year-old boy and a 15-
year-old daughter.
Russia Answers
British
President Kennedy C
"Useful Next Step;"
Moscow -(UPD-- Russia Satur
day agreed with the West that
there should be a cease-fire in
Laos, but it did not say when
and attached conditions to its
acceptance. The Soviets also
demanded an international
conference this month, on the
crisis. .- , . ' .''...-',
Nevertheless, Western dip
lomats were optimistic hat a
major East-West crisis could
be settled peacefully. , Presi
dent Kennedy in Palm Beach
called the Russian announce
ment a '"useful next step."
British officials said they were
"encouraged." !.,':''
. The Soviet Union acted as
communist-led rebels in Laos
advanced " through the . mld
oection . of , the , Indochlnese
kingdom in what was describ
ed as a twin-pronged attempt
to cut the country In two. '
Soviet Premier Nlklta S.
Khrushchev called in U. S.
Ambassado r Llewellyn
Thompson for a flOroinute
conference in the Kremlin. ',
an Troops
Leopoldvllle, The Contjo-(UPD
-The U.N. command Saturday
airlifted 500 tough Indian:
Gurkha troops into Katanga
province in defiance of warn
ings, by -Katanga... president
Moise Tshombe that it would
b an act of war;-:' V ,l;,-V-'iV
""Ai :-:'u.N.'','''p6keBnt'Bri'V'uld'
therei was rouble . when .the;
Indian troops; vanguard of an
ouu-man Indian rorce, arrived
ai Kamina base in the seces
sionist province.' i " -i' ,'; . :!-:
Desplto Tshombe'l stern
words, observers doubted he
would send his BelBlan-trSln-
ed army 'against- the 'Uhlted
wations troops. " i- '
The Indians Were sent in to
deal with Increased tension
following the capture' of Lu-
mumbist-occupled Manono in
North Katanga by. Tshombe's
troops. Nine men were killed
In the fight. ;,-'!-:,il'-;,'ii- J-'- - ,
Under Wraps M iw-ps. inu:
1 The Indians, who had been
kept under wraps since 'their
controversial dispatch here
last month, were flown into
the big Kamina base, a former
Belgian installation 210 miles
southwest of Manono. !r"' - ;
It was believed the Indians
would be r transformed -' Into
North Katanga from Kamina
to head off feared new clashes
between B a 1 u b a - tribesmen
and ' victorious T I h o m b e
troops.; J ,; 'i)jTf,-.
- Despite the airlift, no now
clashes were reported 'from
the '- N,o r t h -Katanga ' area
around . Manono ' w h e re a
mixed force- of Tshombe's
African troops ' and white
European -mercenaries last
Thursday ousted Baluba
rebels. - - "-.'.'':' .
Lumumblsts had set- up
Manono as a rebel state capi
tal, i i-v..K'j-.n
'" A U.N. spokesman said Sat
urday that a total of seven
Balubas were -killed and two
Katangeso troop; wounded In
the fighting for Manono.
- U.N. sources in I wopoldville
said the United Nations forces
had no intention of trying to
push the Katanga forces put
of Manono. -
'! :
Jerusalem Shrines
Jerusalem' - (UPB-Thousands
of Easter v i s 1 1 o rs from
throughout the world' made
pilgrimages to holy shrines. in
Old Jerusalem Saturday amid
street demonstrations by Arab
youths shouting, "Long Live
Hussein and , Nasser.";' . : '
The surging marchers, wav
ing pictures of Jordan's King
Hussein and United Arab Re
public President Carnal Abdel
Nasser, noisily punctuated the
solemn preparations by nine
to 100 thousand Holy Week
pilgrims for a joyous Easter
Sunday.
But the tourists and pil
grims watched the demon
strations undisturbed. And as
if In anticipation of .the Joy
ous Easter celebration of
Christ's resurrection,' the sun
broke through leaden.'skles to
end a week of cold, rain and
harsh winds. - ; .
Asks Conference
1 Tan! lire Mannnn
ProDosal:
alls Announcement
Others Agree
A 'formal Soviet note wa
handed to British Ambassador -Sir
Frank Roberts in reply to
a British note of March 23
proposing an Immediate cease
lire In Laos, convening of the
three-nation ' Laotian control
commission -. established - in
1954 and formation of a mul
ti-nation conference on Laos,
Russis! in reply, did not say
that it agreed to an immediate
cease-fire. But It said:
Just as the government of
Great Britain, the Soviet gov- '
ernment considers desirable
the earliest termination of hos
tilities in Laos." ;
It called for cohveninz oi
the Polish - Canadian - Indian
control commission which
would report to the co-chair
men of the 1954 Geneva Peace
conference on Indochina. Tha
co-chairmeh are Britain and
Russia.,,' ; ' , .'..',- ; '
Include China '
A 14-nation conference, in
eluding Red China; would ba
convened in Phnom' Penh,
Cambodia, "as soon as possi
ble" this month. ;
Red China spurned West-
Arri ttffnriu tn arw fh. r ani Ion
war and Insisted "all foreign
troops" must first' leave the
country; ' '
A late Radio Peiplng broad
cast monitored in Tokyo ac
cused . the - pro-Western Lao-tian'-government
of border
raids op. the southern China
frontier.; . ' :, -
, The Soviet note, to' Britain
made it clear that while the .
'West -supports the 'regime of
'Premier' -Boua Odm, Russia
and 'other'.,-nations support
ousted neutralist Premier Sou-'
vanna Phouma, now visiting
In , Paris; A multi-nation (con
ference as proposed by Prince
Norodom Sihanouk of Cam
bodia would take up that In
ternal Issue. - .
: ! Heart of the Soviet note was
the' statement: ' -j
" "It is essential right now to
agree i definitely on the data
and place for the convocation -of
such a conference' and, for
Its -part (Russia) suggests that
It should be called early in
April at Phnom Penh."
EP Jaycees Back
Road Opponents
' Eagle Point A resolution
supporting tha policy of tha
Jackson County Home Own
ers Protective association op
posing .-the proposed logging
road by the Medford Corpora
tlon was passed last week by
the Eagle Point Junior Cham
ber'of- Commerce.-- v " " :
In the resolution, which -is
b. elhg' ' circulated ' to parties
connected' with- the proposed
road, ,the Jaycees said that the
continuous operation of heavy
log trucks over the route of
Medco's present, railroad will
pollute; the1 air with dust and
dlesel' 'erthaust- smoke. Tha
group argued that private log
glng roads built In other com
munities have made homes
aiong the right-of-way un
tenantable.'. .' ' ,
Increase Danger
, In addition, the extreme
amount of dust created by
such a' road makes pastures
along such a right-of-way un
palatable to livestock, the Jay
cees said., Members maintain
ed that- the proposed road
would . greatly Increase tha
danger, to the general publlo
at the: many crossing of pub
lic and private roads..- ;
It was pointed out that an
adequate'! public road system
Is already provided, and tha
city of Eagle Point will be
come undesirable as a rest
residence area,,, - , .
According to the petition,
the objects presented would
tend to cause property values
throughout the county as well
as the Immediate vicinity to
diminish. --.r i r "3
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