Mil
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Ira
Satellite Gives
Information on
Big Sun Storm
Washington-iUPD- An Amer
ican satellite recovered from
orbit brought back informa
tion of "exceptional scientific
Importance" about the danger
' ous radiations and particles
which flood interplanetary
space after giant storms on
the face of the sun.
This was reported to the
- American Physical Society
today by Dr. Herman Yagoda,
research scientist of the Air
Force ' Cambridge Research
Laboratories at Bedford, Mass.
" The satellite, third U.. S.
spacecraft returned from or
bit, was the 300-pound scien
tific capsule carried aloft Nov.
12, I960, by the Air Force's
" Discoverer XVII. " ' ; , '
, Exposed 'to Particles
The satellite, launched from
Vandenberg Air Force Base
In California, was exposed to
'torrents of particles from a
huge flare which erupted on
; the sun the day of the launch-
ingv . :
The particles traveled at
i such high- speeds that they
easily penetrated the satel
i lite's metal skin to leave their
! tracks inches deep in a block
' of special photographic plates.
; When; a flare occurs, the
; sun envelopes the earth in an
j Intense radiation field, Yagoda
250 Librarians
: Expected at State
Conference Here
"Challenges of the Sixties"
' will be the theme of the Ore
gon Library association con
ference which opens in Med-
i ford Thursday, April 27. Over
250 librarians from through-
out Oregon are expected for
! the three-day conference.
1 Omar A. Bacon, librarian
for the Public Library of Med
ford and Jackso'tyCounty, and
: Miss Cora Maspn, librarian at
Ashland Public library, are
: co - chairman planning" the
. event.' ';.,-.'. -
The meetings iwill begin
with registration in the Jack
son hotel lobby from 7 to 10
p.nii Thursday, Members of
the executive board, headed
by Mrs. Dessa Hofstetter, Ore
gon. College of Education,
Monmouth, will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Public Library of
Medford and Jackson County.
An informal pre - conference
coffee hour is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. in the library.
Speakers for Friday and
Saturday sessions include
Medford Mayor John Snider;
Richard , Travis, chairman of
the board of trustees, Public
Library of Medford and Jack
son County; Angus L. Bow
mer, director, Oregon Shake
spearean Festival association;
Nathan Berkham, chairman,
State library trustees; and
Marion A. Milczewski, direc
tor of libraries, University of
Washington.
Four special sections of the
conference will meet for
' breakfasts Saturday morning
and the closing general ses
sion will follow luncheon at
the Jackson hotel. Perry D.
Morrison wil deliver the
inaugural address. -
The visitors have been in
vited to tour the Jacksonville
museum Saturday afternoon.
NAMED PRESIDENT
Portland-IUPD-Attorney Wil
liam H. Boland has been
elected president of the Great
er Portland Council of
Churches.
Reorganization Committee to Acton Boundary Proposal May 23
The Jackson county school
district reorganization com
mittee will make its recom
mendation on a proposed
transfer of property from the
Phoenix to the Medford school
district at its regular meeting
on May 23, Committee Chair
man Keith Hockersmith said
last night. ,
About 46 residents from the
Barnett rd. area said they
would continue to petition
the reorganization committee
to shift their property into the
Medford school district if the
decision does not favor them.
The request involves an
area within the Medford city
limits but in the Phoenix
school district. Thd five sec
tions of land involved are lo
cated near Barneburg hill and
along Barnett rd. The pro
posal does not include the
Rogue Valley Manor.
Hockersmith explained the
committee is not required by
law to hold a hearing, but was
holding last night's hearing in
the courthouse auditorium at
the request of the Barnett rd.
area residents to give every-
said. Fortunately . for living
things on the planet, the at
mosphere protects the surface
of the earth from most of this
radiation.
Exposed To Full Fury
But the Discoverer XVII,
riding between 117 and 620
miles in polar orbit about the
earth, "was exposed to the
full fury of the solar storm,"
Yagoda said.
Discoverer XVII was the
first U.S. satellite which car
ried an emulsion block to re
cord the tracks of particles
from the sun. - -",
Study of the plates showed
that carbon and oxygen,
among the heavier atomic nu
clei represented, "are pro
duced copiously during a solar
flare and have sufficient en
ergy to penetrate the skin of
the satellite," Yagoda report
ed, "'-v. : i f.
Budget Group To
Finish Work on
County Requests
The Jackson county budget
committee will meet Monday
for its last session to consider
the county roads, library and
miscellaneous general county
budgets, the county court said
this morning. : i
County Judge Earl Miller
estimates that all budgets as
presented would total $4,057,
905.28. This is $225,000 under
the $4,283,204.87 in antici
pated receipts for the new
fiscal year starting July' 1.
However, the budget commit
tee has been shaving some
budget items and increasing
others, the county judge
noted. ' .. I ;
Requested budget total for
the county roads department
is $1,811,563, or approximate
ly $39,000 over this year's
budget total. ; ,
County Engineer Robert
-Cajstensen S8id-thejargest,in',
creases in his budget are in
anticipated bridge work with
some carry-over projects,! and
the proposed salary increases.
General County Budget . i ,
Miscellaneous general coun
ty budget request totals $241,
054.76, an increase of $27,
703.95. It includes such items
as county and state trappers,
rodent control, child and fam
ily counseling program, agron
omy station operation and em
ployee life insurance. ;
Yesterday afternoon the
budget committee tentatively
approved $68,581 for the
county parks and recreation
budget. Committee action
transferred $12,900 from the
budget request into the new
miscellaneous supplies "and
equipment category, added
$5,000 for the eight-county
development program, added
$260 to a combined commis
sion director and maintenance
supervisor for a salary total
of $8,000.
The $1,750 fruit inspection
budget was tentatively passed
as is. However, one budget
committee member objected
mildly to tne county financing
the frost warning service for
the fruit industry at a cost of
$995. Pest and blight control
is also included in this budget
at $755.
The committee also tenta
tively approved the budgets
of district attorney,' county
extension agent, and consta
ble. The county clerk's budget
had been approved tentatively
at $81,161 previously.
one a chance to express their
opinions. .
Frank VanDyke, Medford
lawyer representing some 20
Barnett rd. area residents,
said he would not reveal his
clients' names since some of
them have already lost sub
stantial business - from the
Phoenix school district people.
Shows Photographs
VanDyke showed photo
graphs of the Barnett rd. area
taken from atop Rogue Valley
Manor. These, he said, showed
the close relation of the Bar
nett rd. area to Medford.
He charged the Phoenix
school district with wasteful
duplication of facilities and
pointed out the proposed lo
cation of a second Phoenix
district grade school in the
Barnett rd. area. Estimated
construction cost is $27,000,
he said. He emphasized tat
the Barnett rd. area residents
have much stronger social and
economic ties with Medford
than they do with the Phoenix-Talent
area.
Other arguments VanDyke
presented were: The transfer
Farmers Given
Tax Break in
Vote by House
Exclusive Farm
Use Zoning Allowed
Salem-IUPII-The House to
day passed and sent to the
Senate a bill to give urban
and suburban farmers a tax
break by allowing their land
to be zoned for exclusive
farm use. The vote was 38-21.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille) called it a "specula
tor's paradise" in the amend
ed form. A motion by a fellow
House Tax committee mem
ber, Rep. Bill Bradley, to get
it resent to committee failed
31-28.
Favors Relief ,
' Barton said he favors re
lief for farmers caught in the
crush of expansion by cities
but the bill as it stands is bad.
The committee by a split
vote had deleted a controv
ersial deferral factor meaning
that when a farmer moved to
sell property for other than
farm use, such as at a higher
price for subdivisions, he
would have to pay seven years
back taxes at the higher sub
division tax rate.
Lower Rate Possible
As long as he kept his land
exclusively for farming he
could enjoy the lower tax
rate. -
The deferral angle was in
tended to discourage farmer
speculators waiting for sub
divisions to build up around
them, and then sell their land
at a big profit.
Rep. Douglas Heider (R
Salem) said the bill without
the deferral factor is need
ed and major farm groups en
dorse it. ; ; . i
Barton declared that the
bill applies only to a few
counties which have county
zoning Vso if you think you're
helping , farmers throughout
Oregon you're wrong." :
Murder Trial
Set for June 26
A' Jackson county circut
court jury trial has been set
for LeeRoy Sanford McGa
huey, 43, who is charged with
the murder of Rod Cameron
Holt, 23-months, for 9:30 a.m.,
June 26.
McGahuey pleaded innocent
in circuit court this morning
to charges of first degree
murder. His attorney, Wil
liam Kellington, "gave notice
of proof of sanity." This
means that McGahuey's at
torney will try to prove that
his client was insane at the
time he allegedly committed
the murder. ..,'-.-
McGahuey has confessed to
the murder of the infant and
his mother, Mrs. Loris Mae
Holt. Mrs. Holt and her son
were found slain in a Central
Point apartment in February.
Lewis County Sheriff O. R.
Amondson, Chehalis, Wash.,
and his undersheriff, W. Al
Murray, were questioning Mc
Gahuey shortly after his ar
rest in February regarding a
1957 murder in Lewis county,
but were unable ito obtain a
definite statement from the
TIME VOTE FAVORED
Salem-IUPt-The House com
mittee on Planning and De
velopment late Tuesday voted
out "do pass" a bill putting
the question of statewide day
light having time before the
voters in .1962.
would eliminate expensive
school transportation into the
area; taxes from the manor
valued at $l'2 million would
more than compensation for
removal of the property with
an assessed valuation of $700,
000;. pupils from Barnett rd.
have to travel over six miles
to the grade and high school
in Phoenix, and 10 miles to
the junior high school In
Talent; Phoenix district would
have additional building costs
of $90,000 if it adds a gym
nasium and cafeteria at the
proposed new grade school;
Hoover elementary school in
the Medford district would be
across the street from it.
Other Arguments
Other arguments presented
by the Barnett rd. area resi
dents were much the same as
those given at previous hear
ings. George Fields, a subdivider
in the area, claimed that home
sales there have "come to a
screeching halt." The city of
Medford is Iosins $600,000 in
property valuation while
these homes are not selling,
he argued.
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GENERAL ALARM Fire, originating from an over-heated
grill- in the ' Town House 'cafe,!il27 South 'Central ;ave.,
Medford,' last night attracted a large number; of spectators
as a contingent of -37 firemen worked to bring the. blaze
under control. No flames were visible from the outside,
but smoke crept from second story windows of the Frank
WEATHER
Forecast: Fair through
Thursday. Low-lontght 35. High
Thursday 72.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 66
Lowest This Morning 32
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:05 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:13 a.m.
Moonsct tomorrow .... 3:54 a.m.
Full Moon April 30
For 'the next few nights the
three stars on a line In the
west will be (from right to
left) Castor, Pollux, and the
planet, Mars. Mars Is now
about as bright as Pollux.
Municipal, Justice
Courts To Be Closed
No Medford municipal court
session will be held Friday
and Gold Hill justice court
will be closed the rest of the
week; it , was announced to
day. ':,
Medford Municipal Judge
Ronald Ricketts, p r o -1 e m
Judge Joe Fleigel and Judge
Norman R. ' Matteson, , Gold
Hill, will spend Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday in Eugene
attending a three-day state
traffic court conference.
Persons who have Friday
dates in Medford municipal
court are advised to attend
next Monday's regular ses
sion. He said he resented the
slurs made against realtors in
the area. However, he admit
ted that some builders did not
tell their buyers that they
would not be in the Medford
school district.
Some of the Medford resi
dents said Phoenix schools
were good, but they resent the
inconvenience of driving their
youngsters to the Phoenix dis
trict so thev could particloate
in extra-curricular activities.
Dr. Donald M. McGcary
opened arguments for 've
Phoenix school district as a
school board member. Phoe
nix district needs the aoDroxi
matclv 100 pupils from the
Barnett rd. area to help con
tinued growth, he said.
Adds Advanced Coursei
Phoenix has added advance
courses, has a greatly im
proved education system fol
lowing the consolidation of
Phoenix and Talent districts,
and its athletic teams, al
though not doing as well as
Medford's, have rjlaced near
the top, Dr. McGeary de
clared. ' - -
Melvin L a 1 1 1 e. Phoenix
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Considerable Smoke
Damage Occurs from
Fire in Local Cafe
Fire in the Town House
cafe, 127 South Central ave.,
resulted in a general alarm
here last night.
City firemen reported that
the blaze was confined to a
limited area but that consid
erable i smoke ' damage oc
curred throughout the Frank
lin building in which the cafe
is located. . , ' ,, ' 1
The blaze' originated from
a grill which had been left on,
according to Fire Chief. Gor
don Barker. Grease ' ignited
and the fire spread to the up
per floor and the wall at the
vent. '
All of the ceiling of the cafe
above ' the drop ceiling was
involved in fire. Firemen said
that fire damage was confined
to this area.
Smoke and heat damage,
school board member and or-
chardist, traced the transfer of
properties from the Phoenix
to Medford school district dur
ing a three year period, in
volving a total valuation of
$496,830. This started with
transfer of property for the
Hoover elementary school site
in 1958, he pointed out. The
latest attempt to transfer
property Is "the boldest one
yet," he argued. The five sec
tions of land, with $700,000
valuation, places the per Dupil
wealth of the area at $7,000,
almost double of that in Med
ford or Phoenix.
Would Have Grave Affect
"Since our district has al
ready spent considerable
money for the education of
these children ffrom the Bar
nett rd. area) this latest pro
posal would have a grave and
crippling affect," he said.
Laltle quoted from a letter
to the state department of ed
ucation stating that this pro
posal Interferes with a new
ly created administrative
school district and detents Ihe
purpose of the school district
reorganization law.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,
lin building and for a while it was difficult to ascertain
: how far-the fire had progressed. The fire was contained in
i the cafe area with no damage, other than smoke, to the
;; rest of the building. The picture above was taken from
the second floor of the Jackson hotel.: .' : . . . '
however, resulted to nine up
stairs ' of f ice occupancies and
four businesses on the ground
floor of the two-story struc
ture were damaged by smoke.
The alarm was turned in at
8:46 p.m. after . a ; cleaning
woman smelled smoke then
noted the fire at the head of
the stairs. She was polishing
floors upstairs at the time,
Barker reported. Firemen re
sponded with three pumper
trucks and the aerial ladder
truck. A total of 37 firemen
answered the alarm.
Owner of the cafe and build
ing is Dale Franklin, 1470
Kings highway.
The firemen at the scene in
cluded 14 on-duty men, 15-off
duty men, five volunteers and
the chief, assistant chief and
fire marshal.
Hockersmith pointed out
that, school district and city
boundaries do not have to
coincide, according , to law,
though he added there is such
a proposal before the state
legislature, and this might
change the picture.
Didn't Lose Manor
Richard Cottle, Ashland at
torney representing the Pho-
nix district, said Medford did
not "lose the manor" for it
never had It. He pointed out
that not all of the 134 peti
tioners from the Barnett rd.
area arc resident property
owners there. Additional fa
cilities for Hoover school, now
already overcrowded, would
also be expensive, he declared
Phoenix will need a new
school bus this next year re
gardless of whether or not" it
serves the Barnett rd. area
and the overall reorganization
picture should be considered
when such land transfers are
proposed, he added.
'Both groups applauded
loudly when Hockersmith sug
gested that a possible solution
might be to make the entire
county one school district,
Tribune
1961
Appling Plans
To Start Paying
Salem - ItlPI) - Secretary of
State Howell Appling said to
day he plans to pay initial
legislative expense claims
next week if an audit now
under way shows them to be
justifiable.
The first two claims were
filed by Sen. Boyd Overhulse
(D-Madras) and Rep. Stafford
Hansell (R-Hermiston). These
were used in the Supreme
Court test which this month
found the expense resolution
constitutional.
. A third claim has since been
filed, that.of Sen. Dwlght Hop
kins (D-Imbler). ;
Appling said no further leg
islation relating to the ex
pense measure is necessary as
far as he is concerned. But he
revealed his department is
preparing a "guide" on an in
terpretation of legislative ex
penses which will be dis
tributed to all.
Appling said he intended to
pay expenses incurred by in
dividual legislators "when
they are incurred pursuant to
the legislative function."
"If we get into any diffi
culty later over whether an
expense claim qualifies, the
courts will be the final au
thority."
Meanwhile, Rep. Norman
Howard said the House State
and Federal Affairs Commit
tee has dropped the idea of a
new resolution to repeal the
legislative expense measure.
Court Opens Bids
For Lake Concession
The Jackson county court
this morning opened seven
bids on the operation of a con
cession at Emigrant lake rec
reation area, but referred
the bids to the Jackson county
parks and recreation commis
sion for recommendation.
The bids offered the county
from 1 to 16 per cent share of
gross receipts from the con
cession operation.
J. F. Eberhardt, recreation
commission member from Ash
land, said recommendation
would be made mainly on the
background and qualifications
of the bidder.
56th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 30
Participation in
Nationwide Alert
Planned in County
The nationwide Civil De
fense alert which starts Thurs
day will do one thing for
Jackson county, Maj. Gen. J.
H. Hicks, county Civil Defense
director, said today. "It will
point out that we are totally
unprepared for a nuclear;
war." .
He termed as "fol-de-rol
activities planned in some
parts of the state to meet the
three-day alert. Evacuating
buildings, blowing sirens and
calling out the Red Cross
useless training, when there
is no county program for pro
tection against radioactive
fallout, he declared.
General Hicks said the
United States "is lagging in
the race with Russia to con
struct shelters;" when that
country has a "positive pro
gram which discounts home
basements not reinforced and
stocked with food and water."
In southern Oregon, he
warned,, there are no public
shelters, practically no pri
vate shelters, no program for
shelter inspection, and no pro
gram for adding shelters to
new buildings, especially
schools.
Aggressor Could Survive
An aggressor country could
survive, with an adequate
sneiter program, while "we
would suffer terrific person
nel losses," he said.
Jackson county ' Civil De
fense participants, such as
stale police, city police and
Rod Cross, "will play the
game," he said, and he will
open six sealed envelopes at
noon Thursday. The letters, ,
from Civil Defense Mobiliza
tion headquarters, B a t t 1 e
Creek, Mich., will give details
of . the presumed ..situation. ,ia
be faced.
ueneral Hicks , said some
residents in the cpunty feel
this area would be free from
fallout, because .winds from
expected f. target areas blow
away from southern Oregon.
He countered such optimism
by declaring that guidance ap
paratus on i present missiles
could not guarantee accuracy,
and "a high proportion could
land any place."- . i
Jackson, county is just as
vulnerable as anywhere in the
country, especially so if bombs
were to land west of the val
ley," he said.
Despite the lack of pre
paredness, the county will
open Civil Defense headquar
ters In the communications
control center in the court
house basement, and various
police agencies throughout a
six-county area will be alert
ed. The rest of Jackson county
will operate on a "business as
usual" schedule.
Pioneer Rd. To Be vv ;
Closed Three Days
Pioneer rd. near Griffin
creek will be closed Thurs
day, Friday , and Saturday
while workers for ' Pacific
Concrete company install a
culvert, according to the coun
ty roads department. Motor
ists are advised to use Griffin
Creek or Dark Hollow rds.
instead. ;
The culvert will carry Irri
gation water under the road.
"You Can't Say We're Denying
Your Right to Vote"
De Gaulle Plans
To Move Swiftly
Against Leaders
President To Show
No 'Pity or Mercy'
Paris' -WTO -''Gen'. Maurice
Challe, 55,, the man who led
the four-day Algerian rebel
lion crushed by President
Charles de Gaulle, was flown
back to Paris under arrest to
day to face a military court
and possibly a firing squad.
Challe returned ingnoml-
niously In a French air forco
plane that landed at Vula-
coublay Airport outside Paris.
He was hustled off to prison
as de Gaulle prepared to bring
the "full powers of French
law to bear, against him and
his fellow mutineers. , - i
De Gaulle, armed with the
dictatorial powers he assumed
Sunday to;,cope with- the re
bellion, . promised to move
swiftly against Challe and his
companions . ,
Promises Stern Measures
The president pledged
through: aides to take every
measure .necessary to wioe
France and, Algeria clean of
any and all disloyal elements .
and said he would do so with
out "pity or mercy." . ',
As Algeria . Itself . was re
stored -to. complete military
and civil control of the French
government the victorious but
grave de Gaulle met with his
cabinet and set in motion a
swift series of actions. .
All other, ringleaders of the
revolt that-failed also, were
reported in government quar
ters- to nave been arrested in
Algeria.
These quarters said they
understood the others, Gens.
Raoul Salan, Andre Zeller and
Edmond Jouhaud, had been
arrested at the Zoralda, a For
eign Legion base 19 miles
from Algiers.
"They were believed to have
gone t!)ere this morning by
truck Ifilpng with some of their
, paratrooper ' supporters. But
precise -details on their pres-
Ai..'Ut..Lw..ii j .1:11
ertf-wfiereabouts and fate still
were lacking. ' -
TaWft-l. toPrison
y Challe; serious of face, was
taken immediately by car
from" -the 1 air "force "base at"
Villacoublay, 20 miles outside
Paris, to the capital's grim
Sante ; Prison, ' an " ordinary
criminal jail.
:. Less than 18. hours earlier,
Challe and .his fellow Insur
rectionists still , were, issuing
defiant ;-messages in Algiers
against the French : govern
ment and de Gaulle's plan for
a negotiated peace with the
Algerian Moslem rebels.
It was a shameful homecom
ing for the man who had been
commander of NATO forces
in Central Europe. He was on
the honorary retired list when
he suddenly-emerged in Al
giers last Saturday as a leader
of the revolt.
Paris began to return to
normal today,' although clus
ters of police and security
guards still appeared at key
government' buildings and
massive tanks stood a now less
deadly vigil, 1
Three Boys Arrested
For Tavern Burglary
Ashland-Three lyear-old
Ashland beys,' suspected In,
the burglarizing of an Ash
land tavern last Oct. 29, were
arrested by Ashland police
last night.
About $15 In cash, three
cases of beer, cigarettes and
cigars were taken. .
Two of the youths are being
held in the Jackson county
juvenile detention home. A
third is being referred to juve
nlle authorities, police said.
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