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MURDER SUSPECTS Mrs. Gertrude Mae
Jackson, 33, left, was arrested at Oakland,
Calif., Tuesday along with Jeannace Free
man, 19, right, after an Oregon murder war
rant had been issued for them. Miss Free
man was wearing men's clothing when ar
Mother Confesses To Part
In Slaying of Children
Oakland, Calif. - (UPI) - Mrs.
Gertrude May Jackson, 25,
Oakland, confessed early to
day, that she participated in
the slayings of her two chil
dren, according to Oakland
police. ,
, Mrs. Jackson and Jeanace
Joan Freeman, 19, both ad
mitted being present when
the youngsters were beaten
and thrown into a 350-foot
ravine near Madras, Ore., but
they disagreed on details of
the burtal slayings.
Arrested on Warrant, , .. , ' .
' I Mrs. Jackson's ' oorffessfon
came four hours after she and
Miss Freeman were arrested
here Tuesday night on an Ore
gon murder warrant. Miss
Freeman was in men's cloth
ing when arrested.
The two women and a com
panion, Letha June Little, 21,
were taken into custody when
authorities spotted Mrs. Jack
son's car.
Mrs. Jackson had been
sought for the murder of her
daughter, Martha, 4, and of
her son, Larry, 6.
The battered bodies were
found at the bottom of the
gorge in Peter Skene Ogden
State Park last Friday. County
pathologist George D. Mc
Geary said studies made at
the state crime laboratory
showed there had been no sex
ual assault. It was earlier re
ported that there had been
such an assault. '
"I couldn't support them
and I loved them so much,"
Mrs. Jackson was quoted as
saying. She said she threw the
body of her son over the edge
of the cliff, while Miss Free
man hurled the girl's body
off the precipice.
Miss Freeman told a differ
ent story. She said Mrs. Jack
son decided to discipline the
children and told her to stop
the car. The mother beat the
Corvallis-flJPD-Oregon State
University will graduate its
second largest class in history
June 8 and one out of every
four of the approximately
1,835 degrees will be a mas
ter's or doctor's, the school
said today.
"He Seems To Be Getting
children with a belt and a tire
iron, she said.
Police said Miss Freeman
quoted the mother as saying,
"I'll teach those kids."
Miss Freeman said Mrs.
Jackson ordered "her out'' of
the car and drove to a nearby
cliff.
"I tried to look, but couldn't
see for the trees," Miss Free
man told officers.
She said the mother came
back without the children and
said to her: : -
"I'll, kill you if you ever
open your mouth about this."
-The incident occurred last
Wednesday, according to Miss
Freerrian's storyi . " '"
U.S., Russia Clash
On Labs Veto Power
' Geneva - (UPII - The United
States and Russia collided
head-on today over the ques
tion of veto powers for an
international control commis
sion to police a cease fire in
Laos.
The differences were aired
when Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko pre
sented plans for a permanent
peace to the 14-nation confer
ence on the future of Laos.
Gromyko's Proposal
At the morning session,
Rusk called for a strengthen
ed, veto-free control commis
sion to enforce the cease fire
In Laos, where the Commu
nists and pro-Western govern
ment are reported to have
agreed on the principles of
forming a broad coalition re
gime. Gromyko came back at the
afternoon session to demand
that the SEATO alliance re
nounce its pledge to protect
Laos and call for withdrawal
of all foreign forces from that
country within 30 days after
a peace settlement.
But the Soviet plan he pre
sented for policing the settle
ment in Laos would give the
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rested. The warrant charged them with the
murder of Mrs. Jackson's children, Larry,
6, and Martha, 4, whose bodies were found
last Friday at the foot of a gorge near
Madras. 1
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The bodies were not posi
tively identified until Tues
day. Mrs. Phyllis Maude
Round, Eugene, a former
neighbor of Mrs. Jackson and
the children, made the identi
fication at Madras.
After the pathologist report
that there had been no sex
crime, warrants were issued
for the arrests of Mrs. Jack
son and MisS Freeman.
Evidence pointed, Dr. Mc
Geary said, to "a deliberate
attempt to make it look' like
a sexual assault." He said the
girl probably was alive when
thrown over the bluff.
No warrant was issued in
Oregon for Miss Little.
Communists a veto power
over operations of the control
commission.
Opposite To Rusk
This was diametrically op
posite to Rusk's position and
was certain to be rejected by
the United States.
Gromyko and Quinin Phol
sena, representing neutralist
former Premier Souvanna
Phouma, who is recognized
by the Communists as the
only "legitimate" head of the
Laotian government, were the
only speakers at the after
noon session.
P h o 1 s e n a spoke before
Gromyko and expressed
views similar to those of the
Soviet foreign minister.
Bid Opening for
Wiring Deferred
The Jackson county court
received three bids for wiring
the proposed addition to the
Jackson county . curriculum
materials center, but deferred
the bid opening for a week
due to an error in bid adver
tising procedure.
Bids may be received until
10:30 a.m. Monday, May 22.
Bid opening will be at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday, May 24.
James McDonald, director
of the. county center, explain
ed that a five-day waiting
period required by law had
been omitted through error.
- He explained the expansion
is necessary to meet the ex
panded use of the center.
Plans include a larger record
ing tape library, enlarged pro
duction and storage facilities,
a larger reception area and
a classroom for in - service
training of teachers using the
audio-visual, aids and other
materials. Basement w a 1 1 1
which now enclose the center
will be removed, McDonald
explained.
Ashland, Medford
Youths Win 4-H Trip
Corvallis - (UPD - Expense
paid trips to the National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago
Nov. 26-30 have been won by
22 Oregon 4-H Club members,
it was announced today.
Those winning trips include
Steve Stewart, Ashland, and
Robert Kuest, Medford.
Gariada
Regional Edition
Medford
20 Pages
Local Merchants
Will Change to
'Daylight Time'
The Retail Merchants committee of the Medford Chamber
of Commerce this morning overwhelmingly approved "South
ern Oregon Daylight time" to start with the opening of busi
ness June 1.
. It is to continue for the duration of daylight saving time
in Washington, California, and northern Oregon. It means
setting clocks ahead one hour until late in September.
The merchants also urged customers, other allied mer
chants, and surrounding communities to support the time
change. The motion was approved by a vote of 29 to 2.
Principal discussion at the meeting, which was also at
tended by merchants from Grants Pass and Ashland, who
were there as observers, concerned the difference between
daylight saving time and "fast or summer" time. Daylight
time, it was explained, is when the clocks are set one hour
ahead. The other time would be for merchants to start the
working day one hour earlier, thus closing one hour earlier,
without resetting the clocks.
Fast Time Proposal Opposed
The fast or "summer time" was opposed by many mer
chants, who said tleir customers' buying habits would have
to be changed. Some merchants expressed a feeling that
their customers, who had voted against daylight saving time,
might object to such a move.
Don McNeil; local chamber manager, stressed the amount
of pressure that has been brought on the southern Oregon
area to' go on daylight saving time since part of the state
is currently observing this time. He added that Medford is
also a hub for the northern California area which has day
light saving time now.
The manager listed a number of stores who would be
willing to consider the change in time, adding that some of
the area's, industries are already observing daylight saving
time. .
One major opposition to the change was voiced In a
letter from Continental Trailways Bus company. Medford
is currently a meal stop, since the city is on standard time.
With the change in the clocks this will be eliminated mean
ing a loss of approximately $10,000 in business.
' Jack McMann, manager of the Josephine County Cham
ber of Commerce, said that a
ested citizens" had approved
June 1.
School Board io Decide
Medford School Superintendent Dr. Leonard B. May-
field said the school board will
regarding a time change for
recommendation would be for ine scnoois io remain on
standasd time since only about one week would remain in
the school vear after June 1.
MedfoVd City Manager
h nor the citv council had
or daylight time apy consideration. Both Duff an County
Judge Earl Miner, -said tnai
the legality Of any V time cnange Deiore anyming aeumie
could be stated.
Lesally. all of Oregon outside of Multnomah and four
other counties in northern uregon, is on sianaaru time, so
the action taken by the merchants is voluntary and un
official. '
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Salem Group Joins
In Fast Time Push
Bv United Press tnternatlonal
The Salem Chamber of
Commerce plans to ask Gov.
Mark Hatfield Thursday to
put state office there on un
official daylight time.
The chamber also.' said It
would urge the Salem City
Council and the Marion Coun
ty Court to adopt daylight
time hours.
The action is in line with a
growing move to conform to
davliaht saving time in the
Portland area and four near
by counties authorized by tne
legislature.
The Albany Retail Merch
ants association voted unani
mously to open and close
stores an hour earlier - and
many said they would change
their clocks back. City Man
ager William Bowman said
citv office might open and
close an hour earlier - with
out changing the clocks since
this technically is against
state law.
Merchants in Lebanon vot
ed 17-8 in favor of fast time.
A group of businessmen in
Eugene voted to "urge every
one" to go on the daylight
hours. The City Council there
will vote next Monday night
on a proposal to open and
close city offices an hour ear
lier. Many merchants In The
Dalles went on unofficial fast
time Monday and on Tues
day grocery stores, service
stations and gasoline distrib
utors, due to delivery sched
ules from Portland, decided
to go along starting today.
All but two of 80 persons
appearing at a Tillamook
meeting Monday night favor
ed daylight time. Many towns
WEATHER
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warm throtlfh Thuridty. Low
tonliht 41. illlh ThurdT SO.
Temp.
Illthrat Vtrdy 19
Loweit Thti Mornlns 44
Our Skies Tonight
Suntel today
Sunrtte tomorrow
7:21 pm,
4:47 a.m.
Moomet tonlcht 10:lt p.r
The Moon rlrtet hlfh tonithl
near Alhena In the constella
tion, ftrmlnl.
Flrit Quarter May 22
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Mara, aeta .. I1:S7 p.m.
Saturn, rlea 12:22 a.m.
Jupiter, rites 12:4) a.m.
Venua, low In eaat ... 4:01 a.m.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1961
group of Grants Pass "inter
changing their clocks starting
have to make any decisions
the schools. He said that his
Robert Duff said that neither
aiven the question of standard
iney woum nave io ciibeh . raw
- , .
In Lincoln county have gone
on the daylight schedule.
Oregon voters next year
will decide the issue again.
In I960 they turned down a
statewide daylight time meas
ure. Bids Called for
New High School
Bids for construction of the
first unit of St. Mary's High
school at' its site on Black
Oak dr. off Barnett rd. will
be, opened at 5 p.m. Friday,
May 26, in the office of Ed-
son and Pappas, Medford ar
chitects.
Plans for the school have
been issued to selected con
tractors in this area.
There will be two academic
structures providing 11 class
rooms, an administration unit
including a library, a multi
purpose building, which also
will contain the boiler room,
and a shower and locker
room building.
Classrooms and the admin
istration building will have
wood frame floors and the
two other buildings will have
concrete floors. Construction
will be a combination of
frame and concrete block.
Plans for the new high
school were announced in
March, this year. A new high
school plant is deemed neces
sary to handle an expected
enrollment increase and re
lieve crowded conditions In
the present school.
Letters Mailed To
Ordinance Violators
Nine letters were mailed
from the district attorney's
office yesterday charging pen
alities for violation of dog
control ordinances, according
to District Attorney Alan B.
Holmes.
The letters were mailed to
residents of Medford, Ashland
and Rogue River and assessed
a penalty of $10. If the fine
is not paid, the district attor
ney can file -civil suit in dis
trict court within five days,
Holmes explained.
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FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION
huge supporting pillars for the freeway
overhead structure that will carry traffic
over Jackson, Main, Eighth,, and 12th sts.
through Medford is currently being Installed
after footings were poured earlier this week.
The steel form for the .pillar, ' above, re
Indictments
Against Bengtson
ft fte Resubmitted
Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly yesterday sustained a
motion to resubmit to the
grand jury all eight pending
indictments against Medford
Lawyer O. H. Bengtson, who
is charged with embezzle
ment.
The affadavit and motion
to consolidate the eight in
dictments into one had been
filed by Paul Haviland, court
appointed prosecuting attor-,
ney. Judge Kelly said he
would call a grand jury meet
ing in June.
Yesterday, Bengtson again
insisted that Judge Kelly
should disqualify., himself
from presiding over the case
as he had offered to do pre
viously. The circuit judge re
peated that he would not dis
qualify himself from the pre
liminary procedure.
"The only reason I said I
would disqualify myself is
that he (Bengtson) thought I
should," Judge Kelly said. "I
said I would disqualify my
self at the time of the trial."
Bengtson is charged with
embezzling funds from the
Medford Escrow company. He
has been found guilty on two
similar charges by juries In
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties, and was scheduled to be
tried on a third Indictment
Monday in Jackson county
circuit court.
Including the Indictment on
w'hlch Monday's scheduled
trial is based, there are eight
Indictments now pending
against him. He is currently
out 6n $24,500 ball.
The brief appealing the ver
dict In the first conviction has
been submitted to the state
supreme court. The acting
prosecuting attorney Is now
working on his answering
brief.
Motion by Hotter
Denied in Court
A motion was denied in
Jackson county circuit court
yesterday which would have
granted David Albert Hoffer
a change of venue or permit
ted the case to have been
heard in another court.
Hoffer, a 26-year-old tran
sient, is charged with bur
glary not in a dwelling. Cir
cuit Judge James M. Main
set his trial on May 23.
Hoffer is charged with en
tering the Croskell Hardware
store and the Corner Club
tavern, both in Central Point,
on March 28 and 29 and
Cook's Reception in Ashland
March 27.
56th
Tribune
One of the
Tunnel Feasibility
Being Studied Jby
Stafe, Chamber Told
Ashland The state high
way department is investigat
ing feasibility of constructing
4,200 foot tunnel through
the Siskiyou mountains as
part of the interstate High
way S freeway, according to
R. B. Miller, Medford man
ager of Peter Kiewlt and Sons
construction company.
In speaking at the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce Tues
day luncheon, Miller said po
tential slide conditions which
exist on a road over the moun
tains is causing coneern. A
tunnel, similar to one being
pushed through Oregon moun
tain on Highway 199, is a
possible solution, Miller
claimed.
Miller discussed various
aspects of Highway S freeway
construction in southern Ore
gon. However, he emphasized
that he was not speaking as a
representative of the highway
department.
Purchasing Equipment
He esimated more than $30
million will be spent for con
struction work in the Rogue
valley area in the next five
year. Contractors buy as much
equipment from local busi
nessmen as possible, Miller
remarked. He said this was
particularly true of small
hardware items and petrole
um products. "Permanent ma
terials such -as steel and con
Residential, Zoning Ordinance Passes
Ashland Council; Objection Noted
Ashland A residential
zoning ordinance proposed
five months ago was unani
mously approved by the Ash
land city council last night.
The ordinance calls for es
tablishing two residential
zones in the city. Zone 3 is
a multiple -family dwelling
unit area, with most property
along Siskiyou blvd. and Main
st, Zone 4 Is all areas not
Included in Zone 3, commer
cial or industrial zones. Mini
mum lot area for construction
in both zones Is 6,000 square
feet.
Only one objection was
raised at a public hearing pre
ceding the council action. R;
E. Jeter claimed the ordinance
would prevent construction of
a duplex on his property on
Mountain avc. He asked Mar
vin Gioege, city planner, why
the boundary for Zone 3 was
cut at his property line.
.Existing Land Us
Gioege responded by saying
existing land use in the area
was used In establishing boun
ds
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No. 48
sembling somewhat a rocket on its pad, was
set in place yesterday at the east end of
the 8th st. bridge. With the pillar in place
it is possible to visualize how the freeway
will change the appearance of this section
of town. ,
crete are purchased locally
frequently," Miller said. .
"The percentage : of work
ers imported from other areas
is small, according to Miller.
"Contractors prefer hiring loc
al people," he added. .
He said the economy of the
area will be greatly benefited.
"About 30 per cent of total
construction cost is for wages
which are spent In the area,"
Miller observed.
In discussing bad aspects of
construction, Miller said it
creates hazards for children,
dust and noise. ,
Bids for freeway paving
from 12th st. in Medford to
the . North Ashland inter
change south of Talent should
be let in the summer of 1962,
Miller said. He estimated con
struction would be completed
by 1963.
Heintz and Rodgers Con
struction company of Port
land should have grading
completed by July, 1982, ac
cording to Miller.
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darles. Jeter then pointed out
that his land would be worth
more in taxes to the city If
he were allowed to build a
duplex.
Councilman ' Duane Baker
observed that It was Impossi
ble to adopt any ordinance
that would satisfy everyone.
Several property owners com
mended Gioege and planning
commission members for de
velopment of the ordinance.
A tentative plat for the
Quiet Village subdivision was
accepted. Ken Jones and Phil
Bryant are developing the 10
acre subdivision located on
Nevada st. west of Ashland
creek. A request for city wa
ter was referred to the council
water committee,
June 8 was set as the date
for a public hearing on annex
ation of the five-acre Norwood
subdivision on Park st. A
request by M. E. Norton to
develop a subdivision on prop
erty bordering Ashland Mine
rd.was referred to the plan
Surpluses Would
Be Used To Feed
Hungry of World
Inter-America
Partnership Urged
Ottawa - IUPD -' President
Kennedy appealed to Canada
today to join the United
States in turning the farm
surpluses of both countries
into vast pools of food to feed
the hungry people in im
poverished areas of the world.
"If we can now work close
ly together to make our food
surpluses a blessing instead of
a curse, no man, woman or
child need ever go hungry
again," the visiting chief ex
ecutive said in a speech pre
pared for a joint session of
the Canadian Parliament.
Urges Increased Role
Kennedy at the same time
urged Canada to increase its
hemispheric role by joining
the United States and Latin
American countries as "part
ner in inter - American af
fairs." , ....
The president outlined for
his Canadian hosts, fellow
members of the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization, a
two - point .program for
strengthening the Western al
liance "to meet the defense
requirements of the 1960s."
U.S. Promises Arms
-Giving "highest priority"
to building up the conven
tional capability of the al
liance, to which the United
States will increase the
strength- and mobility of its
own forces and 'equipment,
while looking to the other
NATO allies to give equal at
tention to this task. .
-Making certain that "nu
clear weapons will continue
to be available for the defense
of the entire treatv area . . .
under close and flexible po
litical control that meets the
needs of all NATO coun-'
tries." -
To Return Thursday
'.'We are prepared to join
our allies In working out suit- .
able , arrangements for this .
purpose," Kennedy said with
respect. to that latter point.
The president's speech fol
lowed more than two hours of
talks with , Canadian Prime
Minister John G. Dlefenba
ker, the major business Item
in Kennedy's 42 hour visit
here which will end with his
return to Washington Thurs
days V :'! ' ;, v.,..,.'.
Kennedy took up with Dief-
enbaker his tentative plans
for a forthcoming meeting
with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev, it was learned
on official authority.
City Committee
Reviews Budget
The Medford city budget
committee reviewed the bud
gets of the water, library, po
lice, fire, and health depart
ments last night.
Referred to committee for
study was a request from the
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson county for ad
ditional funds for salary.
lighting and equipment. Also
assigned for further study was
the contract between the city
and Jackson county for gen
eral health services.
An Immediate need for
new fire stations in the north
part of Medford was stressed.
It was announced that ap
proximately $9,800 more than
anticipated will be received
by the city from an Increase
in liquor revenue. It is ex
pected that the majority of
this money will be added to
the police department's bud
get. The next meeting of the
committee will be Tuesday,
May 23. , .
ning commission. A spokes
man for Norton said 10 homes
may be constructed.
The five-acre Duffy-Sessions
subdivision bordered by Chest
nut, Walnut and Wylle st.
was tentatively approved
pending receipt of a formal
Plat.' , i.
Explains Provisions1
Harry Skerry explained
proposed provisions to be in
cluded in an ordinance regu
lating operation of taxi cab
companies in Ashland. The
ordinance has been requested
by Shelby Wilcox, operator
of Ashland Cab company.
Skerry said the proposed
ordinance would give protec
tion agcinst cab operators only
operating during advantage
ous hours or seasons. The
council directed Skerry to
prepare the ordinance.
In other action, the street
committee recommended move .
lng a bus stop presently in
front of the Varsity theater on
Main st. to the corner of South
First and East Mala sts. ,