Medford mail tribune., May 23, 1961, Image 1

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Approval of Merger
Of Companies Sought
Hearing Ends;
Seattle Engineers
On Stand Today
Savings Noted If
Merger Approved
A request for an order
"approving the merger of the
California Oregon Power
company and Pacific Power
and Light company at the ear
liest possible convenience"
was made this morning to the
( Public Utilities Commission
er's examining board.
The request was made In
the closing statement of
George Rives, San Francisco,
chief counsel for the utility
companies, at the PUC hear
ing which started Monday
morning in the Federal court
room in the Medford post of
fice. The hearing was ad
journed about 10:30 o'clock
this morning.
Rives said that the testi-'
mony presented during the
day and a half hearing showed
that the applicants had gone
considerably beyond what
was necessary to prove that
, the merger would be in the
public interest.
Malcolm Jones, Salem, chief
examiner for PUC, said the
"matter would be determined
in due course."
Testifying this morning on
behalf of the state ratepayers
were. Jack D.'. Stevens and
Robert C. Wilson, both Seat
tle, Wash., utility engineer
ing consultants.:
Stevens said . that three
types of savings are Involved
in the merger: )1 'power costs;
2) administrative and operat
ing; and 3) capital. These, he
added, are offset in part by
increases in costs.
These additional expenses
would involve: 1) additional
facilities required; 2) in
creased administrative and
operating costs in other cate
gories; and 3) increases in the
cost bf debt due to a larger
debt component in the capi
tal structure. All savings are
offset by increased income
Stevens stated that overall
savings, reflecting all factors,
can reasonably be expected
to total about $5,497,000 over
a 4V6 year period, an aver
age of $1,217,000 per year.
Questioned about the size
of the merged company, Ste
vens said that in his opinion
this was not an adverse con
sideration. He added that un
der the plans proposed by the
companies for coordinated
system operations, his inves
tigation had not revealed any
aspects of the proposed mer
ger which would be adverse
to the public interest.
Utility company witnesses
cross-examined this morning
were John Boyle, general
manager for Copco; Don Fris
bee, PP&L's treasurer, and
Frank Bash, Copco's treas
urer. '
PUC chief counsel was Don
ald Sullivan. The other two
hearing examiners were Bar
nett Goldstein, Portland, and
Louis Greenberg,' Salem.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1961
The Dalles Asks
Special Session
For State DST
The Dalles-NPD-The City Council at a special meeting
Monday night passed a motion .requesting that Gov. Mark
Hatfield call a special session of the legislature so all of
Oregon could be put on daylight saving time.
Hatfield Monday said ha did not anticipate a special ses
sion unless "there are concrete proposals" to end the present
confusion caused by the Portland area's fast time. He added
he did not foresee any proposals which would accomplish
this.
The City Council also went on record endorsing daylight
time and recommended that local citizens on June 1 adopt
fast lime, although official time would remain standard.
Plans Continue for
Daylight Time Here
Medford area merchants
still plan to go ahead with
adoption of Southern Oregon
Daylight time- this summer,
because, as one merchant put
it, "nothing has happened to
change our minds."
A random sampling of mer
chants in the downtown area
showed them unanimous in
their intention to set their
clocks ahead one hour on
June 1 . The merchants con
tacted were among those
members of the retail mer
chants committee of . the
Chamber of Commerce who
voted in favor of the plan
lasl.week.. . ...... ,., ...
' At the time the" sampling
was taken, none of them had
heard that the Grants Pass
Chamber of Commerce yester
day voted to stay on standard
time. When told of this, one
merchant, said: "It will cre
ate some problems."
Many observers would con
sider this an understatement.
The turn to some sort of day-
Grants Pass Stays
On Standard Time
By United Press International
The Grants Pass Chamber
of Commerce board of direc
tors and McMinnville School
District No. 40 shifted ground
Monday on a proposals re
garding the time of day.
Grants Pass merchants pre
viously indicated they would
adopt fast time if other cities
such as Medford did so. But
Monday the directors decided
to remain on standard time.
The McMinnville School
Board reversed an earlier de
cision and voted to move class
es up dne hour effective to
day. The vote, taken in a
special meeting, reverses an
earlier split vote which would
have kept the school on stand
ard time.
Merchants in Woodburn
voted Monday to move up
clocks an hour starting June
4. .
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light time in the state has
been far from unanimous.
But, just enough chambers of
commerce and city councils
have done it to make sure
that confusion will reign come
June 1.
The Medford library will
go on "summer hours" starl
ing June 1, instead of set
ting its clocks an hour
ahead. Librarian Omar Ba-
con said today.
He said library board
members favored opening
the Medford library at 9
a.m. instead of 10 a.m., and
- closing at- 8 p.m., inMead of
9 p.m.
Hours will remain the
same at the branch libraries.
Bacon said.
The Medford library will
close at 1 p.m. Saturdays,
instead of 9 p.m., he said.
Bacon added that Saturday
afternoon and evening are
slack hours, and it gives the
library a chance to save
some money.
While conceding that their
plans might create some local
inconvenience and could be
considered to be .a step con
tradicting the will of the peo
ple, one merchant reiterated
the need for local merchants
to be in time step with the
rest of the state, particularly
Portland.
Several merchants blame
the entire problem on the leg
islature, saying it should nev
er have given the Portland
area permission to go on day
light time in the first place,
One suggested that the legis
lature be called into special
session to straighten out the
mess.
Ideal Appeals Its
Machine Appraisal
Representatives of the Ideal
Cement company plant, Gold
Hill, appealed the tax ap
praisal of plant machinery
tins morning before the board
of equalization.
The Jackson county asses
sor's office had appraised the
machinery at $976,110. The
company representatives
thought the obsolescence fac
tor should be considered more
heavily. They did not contest
the value set on buildings and
land values.
William Welch, tax man
ager for Ideal Cement com
pany, Denver, said the labor
costs per barrel of cement are
twice what they are in the
company s other plants.
rrank Suttcliife, manager
of the Gold Hill plant, appear
ed with Welch. Leonard Hel-
geson and Roy- Trash, ap
praisal engineers with the
state tax commission, were
also present.
Assessor Thad W. Hattcn
said about 50 per cent of the
complaints to the board were
that taxes are too high. About
36 appeals have been present
ed so far. Some properties
were reappraised, he added
Today may be the wind-up of
the six-meeting series, Hattcn
said.
YOUTH ESCAPES
Woodburn -(UPD- A 15-year-old
boy being transferred
from tlie infirmary to a cot
tage at MacLaren School for
Boys escaped Monday night
v. n he jumped out of a car.
Year Price 10 Cents
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State Land Board
Unofficially OKs
Tideland Permits
Hatfield's Signing
Of Bill Awaited
Salem-IUPD-The State Land
Board gave unofficial approv
al today to offshore explora
tion permits for two major oil
firms-on a "come one come
all" basis.
The board said formal ap
proval will have to wait until
the permits are drafted com
plete with regulations that are
being drawn up now by the
Fish and Game Commissions
and by the State Geology
Department.
Signature Awaited
Official approval for the
permits, sought by Shell Oil
Co. and Gulf Oil Co., also
will have to wait until the
legislation allowing offshore
geological and seismic surveys
is signed.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, head of
the land board, is expected to
sign it within the next few
days.
The permits would allow
survey vessels from the two
firms to explore for signs of
oil all along the 600,000 Ore
gon offshore lands.
Actual Leasing Later
Actual leasing, for oil drill
ing and hoped-for production,
would come later, on limited
land blocks.
Hatfield described the ex
ploration as "a part of our
great dream of .an industrial
program for our state."
He said, however, compre
hensive regulations must be
prepared in connection with
the permits to insure "multi
ple use, not development of
one resource at the expense of
another."
Phoenix Man Dies
In Logging Mishap
George Hall, about 38, of
109 Rose -et., Phoenix, was fa
tally injured about 9 o'clock
this morning when he was
struck by a log as he was un
loading a log truck on the log
dock at Kogap Lumber com
pany. According to company offi
cials, Hall was immediately
treated by the company's first
aid crew and was taken to
Rogue Valley hospital by am
bulance. He was reported
dead on arrival at the hospi
tal. Hall was an equipment oper
ator for the company. He had
been employed by . Kogap
since 1954.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Conger-Morris,
funeral directors.
Murchisons Gain
Alleghany Control
Baltimore-fflPD-The Murchi
son brothers of Dallas, Tex.,
have won decisive control of
the $6.7 billion Alleghany
Corp. in a proxy election
sweep of all nine seats on
the board of directors, it was
announced today.
Alleghany President Charles
T. Ireland reported at the
reconvened annual meeting
here that the Texas insurgents
overturned the management
of Allan P. Kirby by a proxy
vote margin of 853,998 shares.
The victory of the two
youthful Texans, John D. and
Clint W. Murchison Jr., not
only capped the biggest corpo
rate struggle in history but
also represented a stunning
upset. Last month the odds
in Wall Street heavily favor
ed Kirby to retain control of
his financial empire.
Political Opponents
Jailed in Albania
Belgrade, Yugoslavia -(UPD-"
Albanian Communist Boss En-.I
vcr Hoxha was reported today
to have jailed 30,000 political
opponents since last year
when he started siding with
Red China against Russia.
But despite (he arrests and
a series of executions, Hoxha
is struggling for his political
survival and "lives In fear of
his shadow," a former high
Albanian official said.
INJURIES FATAL
Enterprise UPB Henry
Beggs, 89, Wallowa, died
early today in a hospital from
injuries suffered when his
pickup truck was struck by a
freight train in the city limits
of Wallowa Monday. He never
jfcsained consciousness.
STORMTROOPERS EN ROUTE A squad of Lincoln Rock-
well's American Nazi Party stormtroopers arrived in Mont-
gomery, Ala., today en route to New Orleans on their trip
Korea Military
Junta, UN Fail
To Reach Terms
Seoul, Korea fUPD The
new ruling military junta and
the United Nations Command
failed today to reach agree
ment on the return of all
South Korean armed forces
to the control of U.N. Com
mander Gen. Carter B. Ma
Gruder. Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Hi,
considered the real power be
hind the junta, conferred for
four hours with Gen. Ma
gruder. Afterwards be told a
news conference that they
had "areas of very close
agreement" and that the junta
accepts the fact that ROK
forces are still under U.N.
channels of command. .
A statement issued by tne
U.N. Command following the
meeting said the two generals
found "many points on
which their views coincided,
but that "they were unable to
reach complete agreement."
Gen. Pak disclosed that
about 11,000 ROK soldiers
and marines were used in the
coup that overthrew Premier
John M. Chang's government
last week. This is a number
considerably higher than the
estimate of 3,600 troops made
by MaGruder's headquarters.
Driver Uninjured
In Auto Accident
James Raymond ' Finnell,
18, of 614 Whitman St., es
caped injury Monday when a
car he was operating failed to
negotiate a curve on East
Main st. and smashed into a
stone wall.
Police said the car was a
complete wreck. Finnell was
thrown from the car, police
said, but was uninjured. Po
lice cited Finnell for violation
of the basic rule.
The accident occurred about
6:50 p.m. just east of East
wood dr., where East Main st.
makes a partial turn to the
north. The car was going in
an easterly direction when it
went out of control.
John Dellenback
Gets Nomination
Buffalo, N.Y. -fliPD-A Med
ford, Ore., man, John Dellen
back, today was nominated to
the permanent judicial com
mission of the United Presby
terian Church at the 173rd
general assembly here.
Dellenback, who is an Ore
gon state representative, was
nominated for a term ending
In 1967.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Portland-WPK-The executive
board of the Young Demo
cratic Club of Oregon has
adopted a resolution asking
the U.S. Forest Service not to
build logging roads in the
Minam River VBlley of the
Wallowa Mountains.
WEATHER
r or it tl: Clearing lonlrht, ln
frfMlng cloudlnns Wednftday
with rain by evening. Low to
nlcht ). Htfh Wednriday
TKMPKR ATL'KR
Hlgheit VMUrday
Loweit Tntt M or nine 39
PRECIPITATION
To 10 a.m. Today 17
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:34 p.m.
Niinrlte tomorrow 4:it a.m.
Moonaet tomorrow I :S am.
Pull Moon ... . Monday nlfht
The planet Mereory lett 1:49
P m. and la now about 91 million
mllea from the Earth, the tame
dlatanre ai the flun. The dim
itar near It tonlahl ll r.lnath.
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Budget Election Is
Thursday in 549C
Medford school district pa-i The total general fund
trons will vote Thursday, May budget is $4,047,728. Total es-
25, on a proposal-to exceed "T ,receipts and available
, cash balances amount to $1,-
u.c u pei teiu iiimwiiuu ui
fiscal year 1961-62. This has
been necessary every year for
many years, due to the rapid
growth of the school system.
Polling places will be open
between 2 and 8 p.m. in each
of the district's 14 elementary
schools. Eligible registered
voters will vote in the ele
mentary school service area
in which they live.
The amount of the general
fund budget outside the 6 per
cent limitation is $2,070,-
805.95. It is this amount on
which district patrons will
vote Thursday
Reorganization
Board Meets
Today
The Jackson county reor
ganization committee will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight in
the county school superintend
ent's office to consider the
transfer of a portion of the
Barnett rd. area to the Med
ford school district.
The committee is also ex
pected to complete some un
finished business in school
district reogranization. The
committee may declare Cen
tral Point and Prospect school
district reorganization. The
tive units since a new state
law provides no school board
election Is required for this.
However, public hearings are
required, County School Supt.
Alf B. Mekvold explained.
Further reorganizations
pending are Rogue River with
Evans Valley, Eagle Point
with Butte Falls, Plnehurst
with Ashland and possible
Applegate with Medford.
Committee Chairman Keith
Hockcrsmlth emphasized that
tonight's meeting will not be
a public hearing, although the
meeting is open to the public.
Billy Graham
Ordered To Bed
London - (UPB - American
evangelist Billy Graham was
ordered to bed by his doctors
today, 20 minutes before ne
was to address 2,800 English
preachers at the opening meet
ing of his fifth British Cru
sade for Christ.
The doctors confined Gra
ham to his Park Lane Hotel
because of a throat infection.
His place was taken by Cliff
Barrows, his life-long associ
ate and the musical director
of his meetings.
Body Recovered From
Pond at St. Helens
St. Helens - (UPD - The body
of Bill Hawkins, 24, St. Hel
ens, was recovered early today
from a pond near the St. He!
ens Paper Mill. Hawkins
drowned May 4 while boating
in a slough.
The body was found by
Hank Winters, night watch
man for the mill.
Empire Youth Killed
By Shot From Rifle
North Bend, Ore.-iUPD-JIm-mlc
Dale Barringer, 14, Em
pire, was dead on arrival at
a hospital Monday night after
he was accidentally shot by
a .22 caliber rifle being held
by a friend.
State police said the gun
was In the hands of Albert
RaytPurbln, 14, also Empire.
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through the South. Sheriff's deputies and National Guard
troops escorted the "Hate" group from the city to prevent
any new outbreak of racial violence. (UPI Telephoto)
524,772.05, leaving $2,522
955.95 necessary to balance
the budget.
Taxes Not Collected
An estimated $121,400 of
taxes will not be collected
during the fiscal year, includ
ing the tax rebate, making a
total of estimated tax levy of
$2,644,355.95. Of the latter
total, $573,550 is within the
6 per cent limitation.
The proposed budget is an
increase . of $154,160.01, or
about 4 per cent, over this
year's budget. The expected
increase in the number of stu
dents is' 330, about a 4 per
cent Increase. A total of 8,284
students are expected to en
roll in the district next year.
Not Included in estimated
receipts is about $141,000 in
revenue which was allocated
by the state and county after
the budget was approved by
the school board.
Increased Support
The state increased Its sup
port from $105 to $115 per
ADA (average dally attend
ance) child, and the county
increased its support from the
required $10 to $15 per census
child. The money will be used
to offset the tax levy.
The expected Increase In
millage, based on an assessed
valuation of $47 million, is
expected to be about .75 of a
mill. School officials pointed
out that this figure may fur
ther be reduced if the asserted
valuation is greater than the
board's estimate.
The 14 elementary schools
t which polls will be open
Thursday are Griffin Creek,
Hoover, Howard, Jackson,
Jacksonville, Jefferson, Lin
coln, Lone Pine, Oak Grove,
Roosevelt, Ruch, Washington,
West Side and Wilson.
In prior elections, polls
have been located at the two
junior high schools. Because
several comments were receiv
ed by the school board, It de
cided to change polling places
to elementary schools in the
hope of reducing waiting in
line to vote.
Tourist Use
Phenomenal,
Tourist use of Howard Prai
rie lake this spring has been
phenomenal, Concessiona I r e
Bob Johnston said yesterday
afternoon.
, Johnston held a "no gripe"
session In the county court
offices yesterday afternoon
with members of the county
court, City-County Parks and
Recreation Director Robert L.
Haworth and press and tele
vision representatives present.
The concessionaire reported
that his gross retail receipts
totalled about $2,000 for the
six days of April he was in
operation and about $4,500 for
this month so far. He noted
that he must gross $6,000 a
month to make a profit.
Nobody Makes Profit
"But nobody makes a profit
In the resort business," he
grinned.
During the most crowded
days at the lake as many as
natr ol the people are from
out-of-county, and many of
these from out-of-state, John
ston reported. He noted a
number of people from Los
Angeles and Portland. The
concessionaire said he kept de
tailed boat rental receipts and
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School District
To SlayonPST;
May Change Later
The Medford school board
this morning decided that
classes in the district would
remain on standard time for
the duration of this school
year.
Last week, Medford mer
chants voted to start "South
ern Oregon Daylight time"
June 1. Classes in the district
are completed about a week
after that.
The board also decided that
school offices and activities
would change "to whatever
time the area is on" at the
beginning of school next fall
The daylight time would re
vert back to standard time
Sept. 24, about two weeks
after school starts.
- - Bo a r d members Indicated
that some confusion probably
wui result from the ' two
times, but indicated that less
confusion probably would re
sult if students continued' on
the present time schedule for
the duration of this school
year.
Request Action
The board also voted this
morning to request the Jack
son county school reorganiza
tion committee to take action
in declaring the Medford dis
trict an administrative unit
and forward the recommen
dation to the state for action.
The reorganization commit
tee has delayed action on de
claring the Medford district
an administrative unit pend
ing outcome of disposition of
the Applegate district, which
still Is a non-high district.
Board members felt action
should be taken on the re
organization so the board
could be Increased to seven
members in 1962.
Jury Being Selected
For Burglary Trial
A Jackson county circuit
court jury was being selected
this morning for the trial of
of David Albert Hoffer, 26,
of a local hotel, on charges
of burglary not in a dwelling.
Hoffer is charged with the
burglary of the Croskell Hard
ware store and the Corner
club in Central Point.
of Howard Prairie Lake Is
Johnston Tells Officials
records of overnight camping
fees charged.
Johnston said 3,000 people
crowded into the Howard Prai
rie area Sunday and more
parking space is needed. He
estimated he could expand
the present camping area five
times If needed.
Good Fishing
"Fishing has been tremen
dous. Every boat brings in
fish," Johnston remarked. "Be
cause of the natural fish food
in the lake, fishing will con
tinue red hot for at least five
years according to what I'm
told."
Both Johnston and Haworth
made a plea for additional
fees. Johnston said he had
turned down "hundreds of
dollars" offered him as gate
charges by tourists.
"Pcoplo expect a gate 'ee,
we need it to amortize our
investment and to put more
money back into recreational
area development," Haworth
stated. "Over the long haul we
are not making enough to cov
er this."
Needed More Fees
Johnston said he needed
mori fees to cover an expand-
Freedom Riders
Plan To Resume
Southern Travels
Armed Guardsmen
Ready for Trouble
Montgomery, Ala. - HIPD -
Tension outwardly eased off
in this racially torn city to
day, but the slightest sign of
trouble brought an immediate
response from armed national
guardsmen.
There were indications the
peace might be short lived.
Negro leaders said today
that a group of freedom
riders, whose arrival in this
"cradle of the Confederacy"
touched off rioting Saturday,
decided at a meeting Monday
night that their freedom ride
must continue.
An aide for Atty. Gen. Rob
ert F. Kennedy in Washington
described the situation as
"touch and go."
But on the surface it was
business as usual in this white
columned city on the banks
of the Alabama river.
Guards Patrol City
Foot patrols of guardsmen,
uneasy In their unaccustomed
uniforms, walked the streets
of Montgomery today, looking
in show windows and at the
girls. Jeeps patrolled the
streets.
The Rev. Martin Luther
King announced at a press
conference that the ride
would be resumed. He did not
specify when.
The riders prior to rioting
haw. h.J nlanna.1 t nalra a
'Montgomery to
Jackson, capital of segrega
tionist Mississippi,
Brief Incident
The nearest thing to a clash
between race rioters and
guardsmen during the past 24
hours was a brief incident
Monday night at the Grey
hound Bus Terminal, scene of
Saturday's bloody rioting.
, About 100 additional
guardsmen joined the assign
ed troops at the terminal
when rumors ' spread that
more ireeaom riders were
due. - A small group of hard
c o r e segregationists turned
Five white men were order
ed out of the station by a
squad of guardsmen after one.
of them told Maj. Gen. Henry'
Graham, guard commander,
that "we've come to meet
them niggers."
Minor Injuries
Result from Mishap
A 57-year-old Medford man
sustained apparently minor
injuries last night when a
pickup truck he was oper
ating collided with a Southern
Pacific railroad locomotive at
the Fourth St. railroad cross
ing in Medford.
The injured man, I v e r .
Dwain Nelson, 408 Beatty St.,
was taken to Rogue Valley
hospital for treatment of cuts
and bruises. He was released
from the hospital this morn
ing. Nelson told city police that
the signal warning lights at
the crossing were not working
at the time of the collision.
Two witnesses to the accident
also said the signal was not
working, police said.
The pickup truck was a
total wreck, according to po
lice. From the point of Im
pact, the locomotive, oper
ated by Milford Lum Lan
caster, 41, Klamath Falls,
pushed the truck for 50 feet
before coming to a halt. The
accident occurred about 8:30
p.m.
ed cleanup operation In and
out of the campground areas,!
"My crew puts in at least 16,
hours a day now. We need'
more people to put in shorter,
shifts. None of my people arei
allowed to receive any tips or .
boat-handling fees."
The concessionaire said his,
conversations with tourists
show they are "amazed at the 1
developmental work done here ;
in aucn snuri time. A-ouniy
Judge Earl Miller added that
Jackson county would be
among leading Oregon coun
ties In recreational develop
ment In two or three years.
A number of people do not
realize the extent of the fa
cilities available to them at
Howard Prairie In spite of the
widespread publicity, John-
elzed the lack of state and
national publicity given the '
area for tourist promotion.
"Emigrant will be a marine .
operation and cannot be com
pared to Howard Prairie," he
remarked. Judge Miller noted
that an 18-Inch long rattle
snake was found at Emigrant '
the other day which may indl-'
cate a few other snakes are
present. 41 -