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'CAMPUS DAY Southern Oregon college students took
"time off from classes Wednesday afternoon to participate
in an afternoon of fun at Campus Day on Fuller field. Ac
tivities included tug of wars,- sack races, nail driving con
tests, soft ball and volley ball games, a tire rolling contest,
Scout Camporee
Expected To Draw
150 from District
Approximately 150 Boy
Scouts and their leaders will
gather at Far Hills ranch near
Shady Cove Saturday morn
ing for a two-day Camporee.
All are from the Big Pines
district of .Crater Lake coun
cil, v--.
The -Camporee is planned
to give all Scouts in this area
an opportunity to- go camp
ing, according to Randall
Perkins, chairman. Events
will include Icamp set-up judg
ing, first aid, ?nd compass
training, and the,r projects.. ,
Sunday morning a dummy
will be dropped into the area
from an airplane and the boys
will search for the "accident
victim." A treasure hunt in
the woods , will,, require, , jise,
of maps and compasses. . "
; Other Sunday activities will
Include camp cooking, church
services and special contests.
The Camporee will begin at
10 a.m. Saturday and end at
3 p.m. Sunday. ,'
, On the committee are Dave
Harbison, Eagle Point, pro
gram ' director; Don Wilcox,
chier judge and observer;
Harry Hanscom, Eagle Point,
events director; James Grigs
by and Frank McDowell,
campfire directors; Dale Good
man, .physical arrangements;
Al Johnson, health and safety;
Don Stathos, publicity; and D.
L. ' Patton, promotion. They
met Monday night to make
final plans for the Camporee.
The campsite, described as
one of the finest in the area,
is offered to the Scouts by Mr.
and Mrs. Rene Espourteille.
Any Scout or leader who needs
additional information may
contact the Scout council of
fice in Medfordi
Senate Approves
Reapportionment
Salem -(UPD- Voting 18-11
the Senate today gave formal
approval to the legislative re
apportionment plan which
does almost no reapportion
ing. Sen. Vernon Cook (D
Gresham) declared if the
House repasses the bill he will
take it to the Oregon Supreme
Court. -
HB1665 as amended went
back to' the House for con
currence. .
"Let's Brush Up On These
Dale Truax Named
President of 1961
SOC Student Body
Ashland Dale Truax, of
Ashland, ' was elected presi
dent of the Southern Oregon
college student body for the
1961-62 school year Wednes
day. Voting was held in conjunc
tion with Campus : Day on
Fuller field. More than 600
ballots were cast. -
Elected to serve with Truax
in the campus student govern
ment were Terry Tallis, Hilts,
Calif., first vice president;
Noble Adamek, Powers, Ore.,
second vice president; Penny
Miss Batzer Named
SjortsfajtQueeri
Miss Mary Jo Batzer; senior
at. St. Mary's High school,
was chosen queen of the. 1061
Crater Lions Sportsfair and
Home and Garden show at a
dinner and style show at
Rogue Valley Country - club
last night. .
- Miss Batzer is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Batzer, 933
South Holly st. t
The dinner was attended by
members of Crater Lions club,
sponsoring organization of the
event, set for May 5, 6 and
7 at the Armory and ex
hibitors. The queen was chosen by
vote of those at the dinner
after the 11 princesses, all rep
resentatives of Jackson coun
ty high schools, had each
made two appearances, once
in sports attire and the second
time wearing bathing suits.
The show was staged by
Burelson's store. -
The candidates made their
final appearance wearing for
mal gowns, with each receiv
ing a red rose and a gift. Man
ville Heisel presented the
princesses and Queen Mary Jo,
and Mrs. Margery Green of
Burelson's was commentator.
Mrs. Arlon Skinner was
show chairman.
GP MAN KILLED
' Cave Junction - (UPD - Ma
burn Frazier, 41, Grants Pass,
an employee of the California
Oregon Power Co., was elec
trocuted near here Wednes
day. Early Chapters Again"
and other events, such as a dunk the clown game. The
clown (a SOC student) is shown on the way to a dunking
after someone hit the bullseye with a baseball. More than
600 students attended the event. :
Cantwell, Grants Pass, secre
tary and Jonita Smith, Ash
land, treasurer.
Representatives at large will
be Jim Valentine, Bandon;
Herb Kopperman, Cottage
Grove; Rod Napier, Eugene;
Ted Pauck, Lakeview, and
Jerry Swartsley, Medford.
Elected to Britt Board
Eight students were elected
to the Britt board. They are
Bill Sleep, Hilts; Sandra
Arant, Medford; Larry Derry,
Grants Pass; Starl'a . Jewell,
Medford; Amy Kerr, Klamath
Falls; .Richard Lehnert, Cor
vallis; Sandra Pierce, Port
land, and Larry Waite, North
Bend.
Neil Green, Central Point,
was elected senior class presi
dent, Other senior officers are
Larry Dorr, Grants Pass, vice
president; Jan Travis, Win
chester, secretary, and Leland
McCaslin, Glendaie, treasurer.
Junior officers are Larry
Nolte, Medford, president;
Jean Fisher, Portland, vice
president; Judy Bell, Medford,
secretary, and' Sue Clark,
Klamath Falls, treasurer.
Sophomore officers will be
Vern Speirs, Ashland, presi
dent; Jack Heeter, Roseburg,
vice president; Lani Frenzel,
Redmond, secretary, and Mar
jorie Pittam, North Bend,
treasurer.
Labor Temples on .
List for Exemption
Salem-OIPD-The House Tax
committee minority report on
a Senate bill exempting lodges
from the personal property
tax gives labor temples the
same exemption.
The majority report, which
makes no changes in SB323
as it came over from the Sen
ate, covers fraternal groups
and certain benevolent organ
izations. The minority report was
prepared by Reps. Victor
Atiyeh (R-Portland), Bill Brad
ley (D-Gresham) and Chair
man Richard Eymann (D-Mo-hawk).
As in the other cases, the
buildings would be exempt
for those sections or rooms
used for charitable causes
such- as rental or use by civic
groups. ' .'
Atiyeh said the minority re
port also adds private com
munity clubs to the exemption.
Lawyers Appointed
For 0. H. Bengtson
Two Medford lawyers have
been appointed by Circuit
Judge Edward C. Kelly to rep
resent O. H. Bengtson, Med
ford lawyer who is charged
with embezzling funds from
the Medford Escrow company.
Bengtson has been found
guilty of similar charges in
trials in Medford and Grants
Pass. He is currently on
$24,500 bail.
Appointed by the court
were Bruce J. Maniey and
John Ross. Previously ap
pointed to represent Bengtson
was J. V. McGoodwin, Med
ford lawyer, who withdrew.
Following the second trial
Bengtson-had stated that he
was without funds.
Bengtson is scheduled to be
tried May 15 on the third in
dictment charging him with
embezzling $300 from the
lirm.
I
2,658 Persons Live
In Area Proposed
For Annexation
The first estimate of the
number- of persons living in
an area south and west of
Medford that is proposed for
annexation indicates that ap
proximately 2,658 persons live
there.
The estimate was prepared
by the city planning depart
ment along with other statis
tical information at the re
quest of City Manager Robert
A. Duff. This and additional
information, prepared by oth
er city departments, will be
used to determine whether it
would be to the city's advan
tage to annex the area.
City Manager Duff has said
that the city administration
hopes to have a recommenda
tion regarding the proposed
annexation area ready for., the
planning commission s ,coi)
sideration at its May 11 meet
ing. .
: Tentative boundaries have
been prepared for the area
but they have not yet been
released publicly, pending any
last-minute changes before the
recommendation goes to the
planning commission,
1,000 Acres of Land
The planning department's
report shows that the area
contains approximately 1,000
acres of land, of which 63 per
cent is undeveloped. Forty
five per cent of the land area
now in the city is unde
veloped. There are 863 dwelling
units in the area, compared to
a potential of 3,122 dwelling
units. Twenty-two per cent of
the housing in the annexation
area is considered substandard
in some respect, while 37 per
cent of the housing now with
in the city is considered sub
standard. There are 37 trailers
located outside of . trailer
parks within the annexation
area.
Most of the residential de
velopment in the area has
taken place along fairly wide
ly spaced streets. The greatest
concentration of commercial
development lies along West
Main St., and includes two
new shopping centers. There
are 89 acres of streets in the
annexation area.
Space Telescope
Fired Into Orbit
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPI) -The
United States fired a
space telescope satellite into
orbit around the earth today
to study the mysteries of the
universe. '
A four-stage rocket carried
the 94.8 pound moonlet into
the sky at 6:16 a.m. (p.s.t.) to
map nuclear radiation ema
nating from the Milky Way
and other star galaxies tril
lions of miles away.
. The little moonlet repre
sented the first step in a U.S.
program to use orbiting ob
servatories to find out what
makes the universe tick.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable clmi
dinen with possibly a little
rain In vicinity late tonight
and Friday morning. Partly
cloudy and cooler Friday after
noon. Low tonight 38. High
Friday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 70
Lowest This Morning 35
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset todav 7:06 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:11 a.m.
Moons ft tomorrow .. 4:74 a.m.
Full Moon April 30
PROMINENT STAR
Reaulus. hlrh In south
west . 9:38 p.m.
Note: The planet. Mars, now
seen near the Twins, will ap
pear near neguius iaie in une.
Regional Edition
Medford
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Kennedy Confers
With Leaders on
Laos Cease Fire
Russia Asked To
Stop Delaying
Washington-IUPl) - President
Kennedy summoned congres
sional leaders to an extra
ordinary White House confer
ence on the Laos crisis today
amid disclosure that the Unit
ed States has prodded Russia
for a quick cease fire. .
Kennedy gave the congres
sional chiefs of both parties a
fill-in on the latest moves. It
was believed he also briefed
them on the next steps in
U.S. - plans to bring about
peace in the tiny Asian coun
try.
Soon after the quickly sum
moned meeting got under
way, the State Department
disclosed that this country
called on Russia Wednesday
night to get the pro-Communist
forces in Laos to stop de
laying a cease fire.
The complaint about the de
lay was made in no uncertain
terms to Soviet Ambassador
Mikhail Menshikov by Acting
Secretary of State Chester
Bowles. The envoy was call
ed to the State Department
Wednesday night.
At the same time, the State
Department rejected Com
munist China's demand that
the .United . States withdraw
its military advisers and arms
from government - controlled
areas of Laos before a cease
fire.
' These issues and other mat
ters of International concern,
including Cuba, were discus1
sed by Kennedy and his top
advisers at a National Security
Council meeting this morn
ing. It was the second crisis
session of the top-level body
in less than a week. ,
Librarians Gather
For State Session
More than 250 librarians
and library . trustees 'from
throughout Oregon are expect
ed in Medford tonight for a
state conference of the Ore
gon Library association.
Registration at the Jackson
hotel will be followed by an
informal coffee hour at the
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson County, given by
Friends of the Library.
Mayor John Snider will
open the business sessions Fri
day with a welcoming ad
dress. Richard H. Travis,
chairman of trustees of the
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson County, also will
speak at the first session.
On the agenda are a Friday
luncheon, with Angus Bow
mer, producing director of the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val association, as speaker; a
Friday evening banquet, fea
turing Dr. Marion A. Milczew
skl, director of libraries, Uni
versity - of Washington; var
ious section breakfasts Satur
day morning; and a final busi
ness session Saturday.
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield was to sign the As-toria-Megler
bridge bill at a
ceremony in his office at 4
p.m. today. '
Court Reviews Facts
More than 150 persons at
tended a public hearing Wed
nesday evening on an applica
tion for a license to operate an
auto wrecking yard south of
Talent. : .
The orderly hearing, called
by the county court, lasted
about an hour. Paul Haviland,
Medford lawyer, representing
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Taylor,
owners of 99 Auto Wreckers,
was the only speaker in favor
of the license.
Comrranis on Loans
Attorney Frank J. Van
Dyke presented petitions con
taining 801 signatures oppos
ing the granting of the license.
Others speaking against the
yard's establishment were
Wallace Smith, president of
the South Talent Property
Owners Protective associa
tion; B. L. Carmichael, owner
of the Resmore Motel which
adjoins the property in ques
tion; and Dr. Loren Messen
ger, Southern Oregon college
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961
til' iPmBMfim 1
FIRST CESSPOOL A Medford city police-,
man on a- routine Investigation this week
came upon the city of Medford's. first cess- .
pool which was built about 1905. The cess
pool is located approximately 400 feet south .
of the Jackson st. bridge- on the west side
of Bear creek. The cesspool is built of con
crete arid measures 40 by 40 feet and is
about 10 feet deep. Now filled with vwater
GE Official
v..
Denies
Washington "-lipD- A $200,-000-a-year
General Electric
Co. vice president swore today
that he never directed his sub
ordinates to meet with com
petitors to set prices on elec
trical equipment.
The testimony of GE vice
President. Arthur F. Vinson
prompted Sen. Philip A. Hart
(D-Mich.) to conclude that
"somebody" may have com
mitted perjury before the Sen
ate antitrust subcommittee.
Vinson specifically denied
that he ever appeared at a
much-discussed 1958 luncheon
in GE's executive dining room
in Philadelphia. ' , ;
GE Backs Stand
Four of Vinson's division
chiefs had sworn to the sub
committee that at the lunch
eon Vinson approved arrange
ments for secret meetings
with the company's competi
tors. ,
GE is backing Vinson's af
firmations that he neither con
doned nor authorized viola
tions of the anti-trust laws.
The company has said his
innocence is vial to its con
tention that price riggers in
the company acted without
authorization.
Vinson pictured 'hlmseif as.
a man who delegated respon
sibility to his division chiefs
for : determining; GE's own
prices.
professor and home owner in
the south Talent area.
John Fletsch, secretary
manager of the Jackson Coun
ty Federal Savings and Loan
association, stated that if the
wrecking yard is established
home owners and businesses
in the area would not be able
to obtain loans at the present
amounts.
Earlier this year, Taylor
sought a renewal of his auto
wrecking license from the
county court. Since his license
was for 1957 and he wished
the renewal for 1961, -the
county court referred the mat
ter to the county planning
commission for study and
B Purchased
April 12 the planning com
mission, in a vote of 4 to 2,
recommended that the license
be approved.
Although the present re
quest by Taylor Is for the op
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Hatfield Committee
ins
On Duties
By United Press International
Gov. Mark Hatfield's ad
visory committee on natural
resources decided Wednesday
to "remain flexible" on two
bills for an Oregon Dunes na
tional recreation area.
The committee met in Sa
lem and decided to press for
inclusion of state "principles"
in both proposals.
Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-
Ore.) has introduced a pro
posal for a national park
while Rep. Edwin Durno (R
Ore.) has a bill to make the
dunes a national shorelands
area under the U.S. Forest
service. -
The general tenor In Salem,
however, was for the Durno
bill. Lewis Stanley, state en
gineer, said "I like it because
It -would have management
closer to home." " .
In Washington, D.C., Durno
released a report on his pro
posal which would have a
31,415-acre shorelands admin
istered by the Forest Service
as part of the Siuslaw Nation
al Forest. Durno said a de
velopment program would' be
set up on recognition that
conservation and public en
joyment of the recreation and
scenic, benefits of the shore
lands is a .major purpose of
this area."
Hatfield said he was '"in
trigued" by the Durno . bill
and that it came closer to "the
framework" of what the state
Given at Wrecking Yard Hearing
eration of a wrecking yard on
his property, approximately
of an acre, it is the general
understanding that Taylor's
land and the adjoining nine
acres will be purchased by
persons from southern Cali
fornia, and the entire area
would be used for a wrecking
yard which could hire up to
20 persons. ,
In considering the request
and future plans for the site,
the planning commission had
requested that a six foot
fence be constructed around
the property and that screen
planting be established and
maintained. ....
Commission Crilicind
It was learned last evening
that there is a possibility that
the California firm may not
now establish a wrecking
yard in the county, because of
the "public sentiment" against
it.
The county planning com
mission was criticized by Van-
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and other junk, police consider the cesspool
a' hazard' because of several uncovered
openings in the top of the structure, and
efforts will be made to get it covered up or
filled. Shown in the above picture are (left)
Dolphe E. Phipps, 4502 Crate Lake ave.,
who has charge of the property on which
the cesspool was found; Medford Police Lt.,
Jack McMillan, and Patrolman Gene Depuy.
Flexible'
Proposals
wants. ; But he' added.' that
neither bill at present spelled
objectives. TJiese include ad
herence .to the multiple-use
concept, ' opposition to addi
tions of .private land by either
presidential or cabinet order.
retention of state control over
water, fish and wildlife, and
exclusion of sustained yield
forests from the boundaries.
Cuban Invasion
Commander Seized
Miami, Fla. - (UPD - The top
field commander of last
week's abortive Invasion of
Cuba, Brigadier Roberto San
Roman, has been captured,
Havana Radio reported today.
A broadcast heard here said
San Roman was discovered
among a "new group of pris
oners taken to an internment
area in Zapata Peninsula."
Premier Fidel Castro said
he plans to execute only "two
or three war criminals"
among the captured invaders
of Cuba despite "popular de
mand" that they all be put to
death; '
TWO REPORTED DEAD
Madras-(UPD-A two car col
lision occurred on. Highway
97 about four miles south of
Shaniko. today and the co
roner's office said it under
stood two persons were killed,
Dyke for not publicizing the
"public meeting" held by
them on the wrecking yard
request. He referred to the
regular meeting held April 12
when the planning commis
sion heard the report given
by the board of adjustment of
that commission regarding the
yard.
At the closing of the hear
ing County Judge Earl Miller
defended the commission's ac
tions, saying that a recom
mendation had been sought by
the county court, and that
they were the ones who called
the public hearing.
Miller said that the com
mission was doing a "tre
mendous ' job" commenting
that it was the "most flus
trating in the county consid
ering that the area does not
have zoning." -
VanDyke displayed a map
of the general area where the
wrecking yard would be lo
cated and said that property
PlotTo Assist
Abortive Revolt
Said Uncovered '
Names Turned Up "
As Homes Searched ,
Paris -(UPD- A vast plot in
metropolitan France that was
to have aided the abortlva
military revolt in Algiers has
been uncovered in a nation
wide roundup, 'police sources
reported today. ;
The sources said thousands
of homes throughout the coun
try had been searched under
special police powers the gov
ernment now holds and by.
midday "hundreds" were un
der arrest, - ;
Vital Papers Found'
The sources said that search
ers Tuesday afternoon turned
up vital papers that contained
the names of some of the main
plotters in France.
'Every time we went to ar
rest one of those named we
found more lists of names,"
one source told United Press
International.
Among the houses searched
were those of Gens. Raoul
Salan, Maurice Challe and
Edmond Jouhaud, three of the
four generals who led the
four-day Algerian uprising. .
Challe was lodged in Sante
Prison. Salan, , Jouhaud and
Gen. Andre-Marie Zeller ap
parently still were at large.
Drastic Action
The arrests supported earli-
er statements -by government
sources that de Gaulle intend
ed to take "drastic" action,
to remove -both-left wing and
right wing extremists from po-
stons of power i in civilian,
government and military
circled. . f ' .
Theysaid he plans a nurge
of the aririy arid may dissolve
trie tamed Jfrench Foreign
Legion. . . ,:
Stewart Ave. May
Open About Hay 15
Stewart ave. between Holly
st. ad Oakdale ave should ba
open to- traffic about May 15.
according to Bob Carstensen,
county engineer. .-
; The street has-been closed
to through traffic since Jan. 1
while a concrete culvert on
the south side of the street
was being constructed. The
last concrete was poured April
10, Carstensen said, and ex
plained that as soon as it has
set the hole will be filled and
a granite surface spread. He
said that the new width will
not be paved until the start of
the county's, paving season,
which , begins with warm
weather.
Carstensen commented that
the project will be completed
on schedule because of good
weather during the four-
month period.
urading ts continuing on
the Bybee hill- section of
Evans Creek rd., the engineer
said, and said crews have
started applying the prime
coat in some areas where oil
ing will be done later this
year. They are also preparing
all base work, he added.
City Manager at
Klamath Falls Quits
Klamath Falls -IUPU- Klam
ath Falls was in the market
for a new city manager today.
G. S. Vergeer Sr., city man
ager here since October of
1958, has announced his resig
nation, effective within- 30
days, to accept a similar po
sition at San Bruno, Calif.
would be downgraded If tue
yard was established. He add- .
ed that persons who use High
way 99 also oppose its establishment.-.
Letters from Bowmr
Smith, owner and operator
of Jackson Hot Springs, read
a letter from Angus L. Bow-.
mer, who cited the natural re
sources of the area as a tour
ist attraction. He mentioned
the number of persons who
travel here for the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival each,
year.
VanDyke said that there
was a proper place in each
county for such a business. He
said that a wrecking yard in
Phoenix had notified him that
their business and license
were available. The lawyer
also mentioned the valley's in
dustrial area In White City. -
The county, court will re
view all the facts presented St
the hearing before It approves
or disapproves the license. ' ,
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