Medford
SECTION B
The Week in California
Meisenbach Found Innocent of
Charge in San Francisco Riot
United Pii International
A Jury found College Stu
dent Robert Meisenbach Inno
cent In an assault case arising
out of last year' San Fran
cisco City Hall riots against
the House Committee on Un
American Activities.
Meisenbach, 23, was one of
84 persons arrested May 13,
1960, during violence which
broke out when ISO persons,
many of them students, were
refused admittance into the
committee's hearing room. Po
lice used fire hoses to dis
perse them.
Charges were dismissed
against all those arrested ex
cept Meisenbach, who was ac
cused of taking a police offi
cer's club away from him and
hitting the officer on the head
with it.
During the two-week trial
Estimated Revenue
For Medford Totals
About $3 Million
In its preliminary budget,
the city of Medford estimates
its total 1961-62 fiscal year
revenue at $3,134,539, which
includes an estimated $952,
730 balance from the current
fiscal year. ,
Of this total, the city will
leave a balance of $500,334
for the next fiscal year.
The sources of city revenue
are: taxes, $948,476; licenses
and permits, $152,630; fines,
forfeitures and penalties, $71,
600; revenue from use of
money and property, $41,970;
revenue from other agencies
(state and federal), $323,950;
current services, $256,372;
utility or other enterprises,
$76,260; assessments, bonds
and other revenue, $310,550.
Spending Revenue
The revenue will be spent
on: general government serv
ices, $183,333; cultural and
recreational services $376,
237; protection to persons and
property, $589,537; health
services, $4,750; street and
sanitation services, $1,036,
771; utilities or other enter
prises, $93,178; and bond re
demption and interest, $350,
399. The majority of the city's
revenue is earmarked for spe
cific purposes, such as the
sewage treatment plant, street
repairs and improvements,
and special assessment proj
ects. Some $938,431 remains
; to be used in the city's gen
eral fund, according to the
preliminary budget.
General Fund
The city's general fund rev
enue will come from a bal
ance in the fund of $32,295;
taxes, $466,070; licenses and
permits, $152,600; fines, for
feitures and penalties, $71,
600; revenue from use of
money and property, $11,970;
revenue from other agencies,
$78,600; current services, $33,-
546; utilities (airport), $47,-
000; and' other revenue (en
gineering services), $44,750.
Under Mew
Ownership!
Dona Platz, owner of Service Unlimited Employment Agency, announces tha
sale of the agency to
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of Medford, who will continue to operate the business under the ame high
standards and policies that the public hai known for 10 yean. Betty Invites
inquiries from Employers and Applicants alike. The Offices will still remain
at the present location In
The Mall -1005 East Main
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
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in Superior Judge Harry J.
Neubarth'i court, contradic
tory testimony was presented
by prosecution and defense
witnesses. Meisenbach denied
that he attacked officer Ralph
E. Schaumleffel and accused
police of beating him.
Accuses Other Side
In final arguments each
side accused the other of pre
senting perjured testimony.
The city hall riots received
worldwide attention and were
the subject of a controversial
film, "Operation Abolition,"
which was made from seized
newsreel film. Editors of the
film were accused of present
ing a false overall picture of
the incidents. The debate cen
tered around whether the riot
was Communist-inspired and
directed, or a spontaneous
demonstration by students.
The general fund revenue
will be spent as follows: may
or and council, $5,255, an in
crease of $450 from the cur
rent fiscal year; city court,
$7,800, a decrease of $827;
city manager's office, $27,605,
a decrease of $1,557.
Finance department, $34,
467, an increase of $12; legal
department, $11,663, an in
crease of $277; purchasing de
partment, $8,615, an increase
of $2,311; planning office $16,
697, an increase of $295; city
hall, $15,108, a decrease of
$119; non and interdepart
mental, $56,123, a decrease of
$3,321.
Library department, $30,
066, an increase of $2,739;
park and - recreation -department,
$54,776, an increase of
$10,440; building department,
$35,686, a decrease of $8,328
civil defense division, $3,098,
a decrease of $272; fire de
partment, $101,620, a decrease
of $422; police department,
$284,888, a n increase o f
$9,214.
Health Service!
Health services, $4,750, no
change; engineering division,
$121,907, an increase of $20,-
045; sanitation division, $41,
816, a decrease of $1,736; traf
fic division, $35,084, a de
crease of $681; and airport,
$41,407, an increase of $3,
901. The total city property tax
levy for the 1961-62 fiscal
year is estimated at $914,640.
This will be broken down into
general fund, $397,263; fire
maintenance fund, $118,369;
library maintenance fund,
$8,000; park and swimming
pool fund, $29,591; arterial
street bond construction fund,
$143,600.
Sanitary sewer construction
fund, $19,000; storm sewer
bond construction fund, $47
500; general bond sinking
fund, $100,634; and water
bond sinking fund, $50,683.
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Tribune
7, 1981
PAGES 1 to 8
The jury deliberated 211
hours before announcing its
verdict. It was greeted by a
cheering crowd of spectators
in the courtroom, largely stu
dents.
"Down deeD. I alwavt felt
I would be acquiteed and that
justice would result," Meisen
bach said. -
Defense attorney Jack Rpr.
man said the verdict "knocks
'Operation Abolition' into the
creek" and was a "direct
b' 'w" to the House commit
tee. Elsewhere, thera wera thpsa
developments:
Doctors: The Hmiso nf rel
egates of the California Med
ical association approved by
a substantial majority the pro
posed merger of the CMA
with the California Osteopath
ic association. The proposal
will go before the COA's
House of Delegates for a vote
in Long Beach, Calif., May 17.
A proposed amendment call
ing for referral of the question
to tne general membership of
the association was rejected
overwhelmingly after lenirthv
debate.
Cooleyi Former Western
bandleader Spade Cooley, 50,
indicted for murder in the
death of his wife, is under
treatment again at Kern Gen
eral hospital for a recurrent
heart ailment. Cooley first
was taken to the hosDital a
few days after his arrest in
the April 3 slaying of his
wife, Ella Mae, 35, at their
Willow Springs ranch home.
He was returned to jail, and
then became ill in his cell.
University: Gov, Edmund
G. Brown signed an order
turning over $3 million to the
University of California for
planning and development of
campuses at Santa Cruz, La
Jolla and the Irvine ranch in
Orange county. The funds
were appropriated by tho
1960 legislature, but - were
held In reserve until the Uni
versity had selected sites for
its three new campuses. The
bulk of the money $2.6 mil
lion will go to the Santa
Cruz site for land purchase
and surveys. Another $300,
000 will be used for site de
velopment in San Diego and
$100,000 for site development
in Orange county.
. Driicoll: Bobby Driscoll,
unemployed laborer and for
mer Academy Award winner,
was back in jail for the sec
ond time in three days-this
time on a narcotics charge.
Driscoll, 24, former child ac
tor, was arrested a few hours
after his release from jail on
a writ of habeas corpus. He
was accused of driving a car
under the influence of nar
cotics. A forgery charge led
to his earlier arrest.
Sothern: The 76 -year -old
mother of Ann Sothern sued
her millionaire daughter for
support, but the actress denied
she was shirking her responsi
bility to care for the older
woman. In her suit, Mrs. An
nette Lake contended the star
declined to pay medical bills
of $500. Miss Sothern said she
had been "for many years the
sole support of my mother and
have always provided for her
generously. I intend to con
tinue to do so."
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CONFERENCE-Ex-Vice President Richard since he was
M. Nixon shakes hands with Gen. Douglas election, He
MacArthur after their conference in New the past" but
York Thursday. The meeting was held in gestions."
advance of Nixon's first political speech
Oregon Highway
Mishaps Kill Two
By United Preii International
Two more persons met
death on Oregon highways
Friday.
The victims are Robert Lee
Mclntyre, 23, Portland, and
David DeVohn Register, 34,
Corvallis.
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45 Cases of Disease
Forty-five cases of com
municable diseases were re
ported to the Jackson county
health department last week,
according to Dr. A Erin Mer
kel, public health physician.
Diseases reported included
influenza, Ashland 11, Shady
Cove 1, Medford 7, and Phoe
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infectious mononucleosis, Med
ford 2 and Ashland 1; L 'lec
tions hepatitis, Shady Cove 1:
tuberculosis, Trail 1, Medford
and Ashland each 1; chicken
pox, Phoenix 1; mumps, Med
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'Spring Sing'
Set for Tuesday
The annual "Spring Sing"
elementary music program
will be presented by the ele
mentary schools of Jackson
county in cooperation with
the Jackson county school
superintendent'! office Tues
day, May 9, at 1 p.m. in the
Medford armory.
"This program ii a culmin
ating activity to the year's
music programs in the schools
and servei to give the elemen
tary children ot the schools
of the county an opportunity
to participate in a joint music
program," County School Su
perintendent Alt B. Mekvold
said.
The fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth grades and their
music directors from the fol
lowing elementary schools
will participate: Butte Falls,
Mrs. Mabel Meadows; Central
Point, Mrs. Joanna Sousa;
Eagle Point, Keith Krambeal;
Elk-Trail, Richard Gannaway;
Evans Valley, Kenneth Brew;
Gold Hill, Marvin Throne;
Phoenix, Gary Monlcal; Pros
pect, Larence Drake; Rogue
River, Miss Ethel Jacobs;
Sams Valley, Ruth Brewster;
Shady Cove, Richard Ganna
way; and Talent, Harry Kan
nasto. Guest director will be Mrs.
Virginia Cecil, supervisor of,
music in the Ashland public
schools. Pianist will be Mrs.
Ruth Brewster, music instruc
tor in School District 6, and
the organist, Mrs. Joanna
Sousa, music instructor, Cen
tral Point Elementary school.
Gold Hill 4, and Talent 1; and
measles, Medford and Eagle
Point, each 1.
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Tourist Advertising
Brings 800 Requests
The current tourist adver
tising campaign has already
produced more than 803 re
quests for more information,
it was reported at last week's
Medford Chamber of Com
merce board of directors
meeting.
Coupon returns from space
ads for the Josephine and
Jackson counties area has
totaled 1,800 so far, according
to Ron Gandee, chairman of
tourist promotion.
The current advertising
campaign includes the four
chambers of Ashland, Med
ford, Grants Pass and Cave
Junction. The Josephine and
Jackson county courts are co
operating in making the over
all tourist promotion possible.
The committee has present
ed already a formal request
to the county courts for con
tinued financial aid for this
program in 1962. -
A highlight of the board
meeting was a discussion of
the permissive legislation
passed in Salem granting cer
tain counties in Oregon the
opportunity of changing to
daylight saving time. Should
these counties go DLST, Ore
gon would be in a much worse
state of confusion.
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An Informal polling of
board members indicated a
majority favored Medford go
ing DLST.
After considerable discus
sion on the legality of such a
procedure, board chairman
Jerry Latham referred tha
subject to the Retail Mer
chants association for further
study. The board felt that the
merchants could legally set
their clocks on DLST, and op
erate on the fast time through
the summer.
Ashland Youth Wins
$1,000 Scholarship
Ashland - Theodore Kin
ney, son of Mrs. T. R. Kin
ney, 261 West Hersey st., Ash
land, has been named winner
of a $1,000 scholarship given
by the Max D. Turner Fund.
The award is made annual
ly to 10 outstanding students
who attend, or will attend,
the University of Oregon,
Oregon State university
school of forestry, or Lewis
and Clark college. Kinney is
a sophomore at OSU school
of forestry. He is a graduata
of Ashland High school.
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