Medford mail tribune., January 08, 1963, Image 1

Noise Tshombe
MOTS
To
E sabethville
Big Shopping
Centers Rise
Across Land
By GEORGE H. BELL
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
The suburban shopping center was an invention born out
of necessity.
It developed in outlying areas of communities or shop
ping regions because there was no room for it downtown.
In the years immediately following World War II, de
velopers and investors, interested in expanding business
operations or beginning new ones, discovered in short order
that downtown property was nearly worth its weight in
gold. And in an inflated economy, the price soared aauy.
There was, after all, only so much downtown land avail
able, and the owner could with impunity set his own terms
for a sale or lease.
Threatens to Kill Economic Growth
It was a stranglehold that threatened to choke the life
out of the economic growth of middle-sized communities In
this country.
But present an American capitalist with a problem, and
he'll forthwith come up with an answer.
Unable to obtain the land he wanted in the center of
the community circle, the investor-developer took a daring
leap to the perimeter.
It was a revolutionary move involving considerable eco
nomic risk:
If stores were built in an outlying area, would the con
sumers come to them?
Could their deeply ingrained traditional shopping habits
be changed?
Would they forsake their long established relationships
with downtown merchants?
Surprise Optimistic Developers
The consumers not only would, they did - in numbers
that must have surprised even the most optimistic shopping
certer developers.
The early shopping centers were almost immediately suc
cessful, motivating the hesitant, second-line investor to jump
on the bandwagon.
Beginning in heavily populated states like California and
New York, the centers soon spread across the land. They
were usually developed on the edge of a city (sometimes just
outside the city limits) and always immediately next to a
heavily traveled arterial street or highway.
The key to the success of the new centers was that they
were premised on the idea that the shopper is king.
Could Not Fail to Respond
After having been treated almost like a nuisance for
years, the consumer could not fail to respond to businesses
that were really eager to please him.
In the shopping center, the consumer found all the things
he could not find downtown:
Spacious, free parking lots awaited him, always within a
minute's walk from the store where he wanted to shop.
The centers were usually well layed out, architecturally
attractive and were often built around some interesting fea
ture, such as the ice skating rink at Portland's Lloyd Center.
Above all, they were new and clean and appealed to the eye.
Center slogans like "One-Stop Shopping" proved not to
be misleading, for the designers and developers had been
careful to see that nearly any common commodity was avail
able in a variety of shops and stores all grouped together in
one easily accessible area.
Chain Stores Move to Centeri
Because of their ready capital, many of the pioneer firms
to move into the shopping centers were chain stores. With
their strict rules governing employee treatment of customers,
the clerks and other personnel went out of their way to serve
their new clientele in a courteous, efficient fashion.
It was a combination of appeals that couldn't miss.
As the success o the centers grew daily more dazzling,
the problems of the downtown business districts deepened
and worsened.
The economic pinch grew more painful among the core
area merchants and soon their cries became too audible to
be ignored.
Next: Plight of the downtown merchants.
Health Clinic Aid Proposal Declined
Salem-IUPU-The State Board
of Control decided today
against "using unnatural stim
ulants" to encourage commu
nity health clinics in Oregon.
General Walker To
Face Riot Charges
Oxford, Miss. (UPD A fed
eral grand jury convenes here
today to take up charges
against 11 persons, including
former Maj. Gen. Edwin Wal
ker, arrested in connection
with racial rioting at the Uni
versity of Mississippi.
The 11 face a variety of
charges, including rebellion,
insurrection and conspiracy
to oppose the authority of the
United States.
The grand jury takes up
the charges a day after Negro
student James H. Meredith's
announcement that he will
not attend "Ole Miss" next
semester "unless definite and
positive changes are made."
Meredith's enrollment Sept.
30 sparked rioting in which
two persons were killed and
scores were wounded.
The board declined to act
on a proposal to let commu
nities make use of federal
funds up to 90 per cent the
first year in establishing
clinics.
Counties presently are re
quired to match state funds
on a 50-50 basis. The board
postponed action on the over
all proposal to change the
language governing federal
grants to the clinic program.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, head
of the board, said the state
mental health clinic program
never was conceived on a
"promotional basis."
Secretary of State Howell
Appling Jr. said 10 per cent
participation by counties
would be "a long way from
what was originally conceived
as a sound basis."
Control Board Vofes
Land for Coffege
Salem - (UPD - The Board of
Control voted today to make
S18.043 worth of Eastern Ore
gon Stale hospital land avail
able for sale to the Blue
Mountain college.
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BRAZILIAN RETURNS FAVOR 'AMERICAN PLAN'
Rio de Janeiro-'IPC-Mounting returns from Sunday's ref
erendum today sustained the official claim that Braiiliam
stand 4 to 1 in favor of restoring "American plan" govern
ment in this country.
Bundle Departs
Ahead of Time
To Avoid Meeting
U.S. Said Wanting
Katanga's Copper
Elisabethville, Katanga, The
Congo (UPD Katanga Presl
dent Moise Tshombe returned
to Elisabethville today. Unit
ed Nations Undersecretary
Ralph Bunche left town ahead
of time to avoid seeing him.
Tshombe flew from his
headquarters at Kolwezi to
the airstrip at Kipushi and
then drove to his capital. A
communique issued by Katan-
gese officials said he was re
turning here to contact UN
officials, presumably includ
ing Bunche.
Departure Speeded
But Bunche. apparently to
avoid the embarrassment of
telling Tshombe he did not
want to see him, speeded up
his departure by several hours
and left early for the central
government capital of Leo-poldvillc.
When he arrived here Sun
day, Bunche said "we have
nothing to discuss with
Tshombe," and repeated that
view again Monday.
In an interview published
today in the Brussels news
paper La Libre Belgiquc,
Tshombe accused the United
States of wanting Katanga's
copper. The Americans will
take the place of the Belgians
here," Tshombe said. He also
said he knows "Katanga will
be smashed" but he intends to
oppose the United Nations and
the national Congolese army
"until death."
Acceptable as Beaten Foe
UN officials here made it
plain that Tshombe was ac
ceptable only as a beaten foe
ready to negotiate.
According to well-informed
diplomatic and UN sources,
the bert Tshombe can hope
to salvage from the political
wreckage of Katanga is the
provincial presidency of south
Katanga under the direction
of Premier Cyrille Adoula's
central Congolese government.
Must Proclaim Allegiance
Diplomatic sources at UN
Headquarters in New -York
said Secretary General Thant
has put Tshombe on notice
that UN authorities will not
deal with him unless he pub
licly proclaims his allegiance
to the central government.
B u n c h c's departure from
Elisabethville before Tshom
be's return was reported to
reflect the UN decision not to
lalk to Tshombe before he
complies with Thant's de
mand. Earlier, it had appeared
that top officials of the Ka
tanga regime were sending
their families away in prepa
ration either to fight or flee.
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No. 250
Democrats Back
JFK on House
Rules Dispute
KOREANS DINE HERE Henry Fong, who played host to
the 34 members of the World Vision Orphan Choir from
Korea here Monday night, poses here with four of the
choir members as they demonstrate the ease with which
they used chopsticks at Kim's restaurant. . (Knackstcdt
photo)
Four Candidates
File for Positions
Talent Four candidates
have filed to run for the five
member board of directors of
the proposed Talent Rural
Fire Protection district.
Deadline for filing is today.
The county elections de
partment reported this morn
ing that nomination petitions
bearing sufficient signatures
have been filed for Howard
DeYoung, Eddie M. Heim. Lee
Floyd Quinn and Esper C.
Silvester.
Directors will be elected
into office if the voters also
approve formation of the pro
posed fire district at a special
election Friday, Jan. 18.
The election will be held
at the old agronomy station
on Colver rd.
The proposed district would
cover much of the rural area
around Talent and the south
side of Phoenix.
ARMY COMPLETES BERLIN MOVEMENTS
Berlin-Hi l-1 ne U.D. rmy tuuay banipicteu wiinuui inci
dent a six-day movement of 3.000 troops to and from Berlin 1
along the 110-mile Berlin-Helmstedy Highway through Com-1
munist East Germany.
POET ROBERT FROST UNDERGOES SURGERY
Boton-'in-Poti Robert Frost. 88. attacked again by pul
monary embolism, will undergo surgery today to tie off leg
veins so no more blood clots will reach hit lungs. i
RUSSIAN CHRISTIANS RETURN TO HOMES j
Moicow-IPI-The 32 Russian Christians who sought refuge
In the U.S. Embassy last week from alleged religious per
aecution have returned to their Siberian homes. Communist I
party ofiicials said today. '
50C Enrollment
Continues to Rise
Ashland Southern Ore
Bon college continued to add
to its all-time winter term
registration record of 1.503
attained last year by tallying
1.642 students on the fifth day
of enrollment, according to
President Elmo N. Stovenjon.
On a comparable dale last
year. 1.344 students had en
rolled, making a gain for this
term of 22 per cent, the presi
dent said Registration is
scheduled to continue through
Jan. 16.
Stevenson said today he was
"satisfied with the increase
in enrollment." pointing out
that such enrollment pressures
would bring about accelerated
building and campus expan
sions, faculty Increases and
greater offerings in terms of
courses and degree programs.
Construction on
Basin Plan Could
Start in Fall '64
If the Rogue Basin project
remains on schedule, construc
tion could start in the fall of
1964, it was reported at last
night's review meeting of the
Rogue Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources associa
tion.
The basin association direc
tors said they hope to get a
supplementary appropriation
for the rest of this fiscal year
for planning, and construction
money in fiscal 1964. This
would require trips to Wash
ington, D.C., in the spring and
summer, it was reported.
The Jackson county court
and a representative of the
Josephine county court at
tended the meeting of approx
imately 28 people at the
Rogue Riviera restaurant at
Gold Hill.
Reviews Importance
Association President Ben
Hilton reviewed the import
ance of the project and said
the estimated construction
costs of $106,800,000 for Lost
Creek, Elk Creek and Apple
gate dams exceeds the total as
sessed valuation of all real,
personal and utility property
in Jackson county.
Annual benefits from the
project would exceed the an
nual agricultural income of
Josephine county, Hilton said.
Director Bill Jess reported
on the meeting a year ago
with the U.S. Corps of Army
Engineers and the bureau of
reclamation when the project
time schedule was set up. Ben
Day, Medford attorney, re
ported on the trip he and Hil
ton made to Washnigton, D.C.
last spring in getting the vari
ous agencies to review the ba
sin report in 60 instead of 90
days.
Hilton reported on two trips
to Salem to meet with state
game and fish commissions
preparatory to their filing for
water rights for fishery water.
Day reported on his and Hil
ton's trip to the nation's capi
tal last September to push the
report through the bureau of
budget.
Report on Brochure
Francis Krousc, director
from the Applegate, reported
on preparation of the bro
chure for presentation to con
gressional committees. This
included letters from Jackson,
Josephine and Curry counties
to show that the project had
the support of all inlercsts.
A report also was given on
a meeting with Harold T. Nel
son, regional director, bureau
of reclamation late In Novem
ber on the schedule for land
classification studies. This is
on schedule.
During a Portland meeting
Nov. 18 with the corps, asso
ciation, representatives dis
cussed the possibility of early
site acquisition, water for
Bear creek and planning
money.
BID OPENING SET
Salem -XT!.- Bids on 12
highway projects, estimated
to cost $6,240,000, will be
opened by the State Highway
commission here Jan. 29.
Boy Serenaded by
World Orphan Choir
At Birthday Dinner
'A birthday to remember"
was experienced here Monday
night by a Medford boy of
nine, who suddenly found
himself being serenaded by
the 34 members of the World
Vision Orphan Choir from
Korea.
This is the way it hap
pened. Mrs. John L. Hoch-
statter of Medford found Mon
day a very busy day. Evening
came and she realized that
her son, Peter, had nothing
festive planned for his ninth
birthday. She decided to take
him to Kim's restaurant to
celebrate.
The same evening Henry
Fong, owner and manager of
Kim's, had invited the World
Vision Orphan Choir of Ko-
Judge Main Rules
City Election in
Talent as Valid
Talent The Nov. 6 city
election in Talent was valid,
Jackson County Circuit Court
Judge James M. Main ruled
yesterday.
Judge Main handed down
his ruling after a hearing
Monday on a petition filed by
John Tompkins, Talent city
councilman who lost in the
election. Tompkins had con
tested the vote, because 45
ballots were incorrectly print
ed. The judge said he was obli
gated to declare the election
valid because there was no
evidence that tabulation of
the disputed ballots would
have changed the outcome.
Without the 43 ballots
Tompkins, one of four candi
dates seeking three seats, lost
by seven votes. With them
included, he lost by 13.
Affected Mayor's Race
The faulty printing actually
affected the mayor's race
rather than the city council
contest, inasmuch as the name
of one of the mayor candi
dates, Edward Switzcr, was
left off and the name of one
of the council candidates, Ed
die Lunsford, appeared twice
on those ballots.
Mayor Wayne Rcichsteln
was reelected so decisively,
however, that Switzcr could
not have won even If he had
received all 45 of the mis
printed ballot votes.
The final official returns of
the Talent election, with the
45 misprinted ballots not In
cluded, arc as follows:
Mayor: Reichslein 111, Lee
Bovd 68, Switzer 32.
Council: F. W. Gilbrealh
165, Lunsford 146, Ellis Bee
son 142, Tompkins 137.
Hud the 43 ballots been
counted. Reichslein would
have gotten 140, Boyd 76 and
Switzcr still 32, while in the
council race it would have
been Gilbrcath 206, Lunsford
178, Bccson 174 and Tomp
kins 162.
rea, en route to Portland for
a concert, to dine at his res
taurant.
Mrs. Hochstattcr seeing the
34 singers at the restaurant.
immediately expressed inter
est as she had previously lis
tened to them three limes on
television programs.
Fong responded to her in
terest and invited Mrs. Hoch
statter and Peter to dine with
the choir. During dinner the
34 children, who have been
chosen for the choir from 14,
000 orphans in 151 institu
tions supported by World. Vi
sion, entertained. They sang
four numbers, and one of
them was "Happy Birthday to
Peter."
The other songs chosen for
the Medford audience which
suddenly formed at Kim's
were: "The Chinese National
Anthem," in Mandarin; "Wild
Rose," a Korean number, and
"God Bless America."
The choir members are
trained in Seoul. Their direc
tor is Prof. Soo Chul Chang,
educated at the Chicago Con
servatory of Music.
On their international tour
the singers will visit 13 coun
tries. They are appearing in
55 major cities of the United
States and will continue north
into Canada. They are accom
panied on tour by eight Ko
rean adults, tutor, nurses, pi
anist and dietition.
Two members of the World
Vision staff arc In the party.
They are the Rev. BUI Price,
assistant to Dr. Bob Pierce,
president and founder of
World Vision; and the Rev.
Hal Stack, manager of pro
curement. Also with the sing
ers is their bus driver, Art
Taylor.
The choir has a repertoire
of 200 numbers. The mem
bers sing 16 national anthems
In 16 tongues, Mrs. Hoch
stetter was told.
The most, interesting mem
ber of the choir, to her, she
said, was the little deaf mute
girl. Watching and listening
to the choir's television ap
pearances during the past
three weeks, Mrs. Hochstcttcr
said she was eager to sec the
little girl who followed the
song in sign language. She
was surprised to learn Mon
day night that she had ac
quired a hearing aid and was
"hearing Just a little" for the
first time.
The uniforms worn by the
children were especially ap
propriate to the singing of
"God Bless America," Mrs.
Hochstcttcr noted. They were
navy blue suits, white blouses
and red ribbons for the girls;
navy pants and blazers, white
shirts and red bow ties for
the boys.
Following the concert, all
were pampered with a bit of
real American candy distrib
uted by Fong after watching
the children cat a definitely
Chinese meal and their bus
driver plain old meat and potatoes.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley fog Uinljtht
and Wednesday, lirilnf Wed
nesday afternoon, increasing
cloudiness above the fog
Wednesday. Low tonight near
251 High tomorrow 40 to 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 46
Lowest This Morning 24
Free, to lo a.m. Today, None
Our Skies Tonight
sunset today 4:5 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:41 a.m.
The Moon rises 4:04 p.m.
today and rides high.
Full Moon Wednesday
v inuiLr. i-uri r. i n
Saturn, in the soulhwcttt
at sunset, sets 6:18 p.m.
Junker, In southwest fl:25 n.m,
Mars, rises .., 8:05 p.m.
venus, rises :z4 i
Grants Pass Woman
Killed on Highway
Grants Pass - Mrs. Edith
Beatrice Schramm, 57, of
Grants Pass, was killed Mon
aay evening when sue was
struck by a car while at
tempting to walk across High
way 100.
The accident occurred In
heavy fog about one mile
south of Grants Pass.
Leroy Warren Slanakcr,
23, of Grants Pass, driver of
the car involved, said Mrs.
Schramm suddenly showed up
in front of his vehicle and
that he was unable to stop
in time to avoid hitting her,
according to reports.
Mrs. Schramm was taken
to L. B. Hall Funeral home.
BOARD TO MEET
Salem - IUPD - The Oregon
State Board of Forestry will
meet here Wednesday at 1:30
p.m.
Washington - IUPD - House
Democrats today overwhelm
ingly threw their support be
hind President Kennedy's
drive for continued adminis
tration control of the power
ful House Rules Committee in
the new 88th Congress.
The action came at a closed-
door party caucus at which
Speaker John W. McCormack
sought to nail down the ad
ministration victory he had
predicted at Wednesday's
opening session of the 88th
Congress.
House Republican leaders
arranged a separate caucus
later today in hopes of lining
up near-solid GOP opposition
to the administration in the
crucial rules fight.
Actually, defections were
expected on both sides, and
all indications pointed to an
opening day triumph for Kennedy.
Democratic Leader Carl Al
bert predicted that adminis
tration forces would triumph
by "at least 10 votes" com
pared with last session's five
vote margin.
The outcome could nave an
important effect on forthcom
ing congressional battles over
such controversial New Fron
tier programs as medicare,
federal aid to education, and
urban affairs.
Technically, the issue was
whether the Rules Committee
will be continued at 15 mem
bcrs, with House leaders ten
erally holding control, or re
turned to its former 12-man
status.
A defeat for Kennedy
would mean domination of
the committee of a conservB'
tive coalition.
The committee controls the
flow of legislation from other
committees to the House
floor. Kennedy has said if
the old 12-man membership
is restored, remaining key fea
tures of his New Frontier leg
islative program will be
through."
Although confident of vic
tory, House Democratic lead
ers feared tncy had paid a
high price to win it.
They wondered whether
the nails holding together the
pro-administration vote pack
age might not turn out later
to have pierced the vitals of
some of the President's more
controversial proposals.
What could prove to be the
winning margin of votes, from
Georgia, Texas and other
southern states, seemed to
hinge on hopes or promises
that boded no good for Ken
nedy's medicare plan or for
his expected proposal to cur
tail the oil industry's tax de
pletion allowances.
Count Officials Art
Sworn In by Clerk
Swearing-in ceremonies
were completed yesterday for
Jackson county officials.
County Clerk Marvin Mad
den swore in all deputies in
his office, in the sheriff s of
fice and in the assessor's of
fice. He also administered the
oath to two county welgh-masters.
Madden was sworn in by
Circuit Judge James M. Main
earlier in the day.
Sacred Heart
Plans Receive
Qualified OK
Salem (UPD - The State
Board of Health today gave
qualified approval of a new
concept in hospital construc
tion to a Medford group.
The board told Sacred
Heart Hospital it could pro
ceed with plans for an 80-bed
hospital with nothing but pri
vate rooms. The board
stressed it was to be consid
ered an experimental project
with no other similar hos
pitals to be approved until
the one at Medford has been
tested.
However, the board also
approved a report of the ad
visory councils on hospital
licensing and on hospital and
medical ' facility survey and
construction. The councils had
recommended disapproval of
a license for the Sacred Heart
hospital because the individ
ual rooms,' designed to be 8- "
by-16 feet, would, be too
small. ;,
Compromises Stan ' .
Dr. Forrest E. Rieke, presi
dent of the board, said "com
promises can be worked out
between Board of Health re
quirements and Sacred Heart
plans." '
Dr. Brandt Bartels, Med
ford, said "there has been a
conflict between, the hard-
headed people of Medford and
the hard-headed people of the
State Board of Health. Some
of our people feel that a lot
of dogmatic statements have
been made and not many con
structive statements made.
But I think our differences
can be worked out without in
terfering with our basic con
cept." ' '
Dr. Bartels said hospital
construction regulations have
not changed in Oregon in 17
years and that the single room
concept would modernize
medical practice.
Rural Board Sets Meeting to
Decide on Consolidation Plan
The Jackson county rural
school board will meet at noon
Monday, Jan. 14, lo decide
on the proposed joining of
Medford and Phoenix-Talent
school districts, the board de
cided following a public hear
ing on the issue last night.
Regardless of how the
board voles, any group op
posing Its decision has until
Feb. 12 in which to file a
remonstrance petition requir
ing a vote. Only 10 signatures
of legally registered voters
are' required. A majority vote
in each of the two districts
is required to pass the reor
ganization.
More than 100 people filled
the Jackson county court
house auditorium Ia?t night to
hear testimony by attorneys
representing those favoring
and opposing the reorganiza
tion, and by spokesmen listed
by each side.
Testimony was much the
same as given in the earlier
scries of hearings, under the
earlier Medford-Phocnix con
solidation proposal and when
parts of the Barnctt rd. area
were proposed for annexation
to the Medford district.
Mrs. Henry DeVoss, Tal
ent, said she felt Barnctt rd.
area people should send their
children to Hoover elemen
tary school only a short dis
tance away instead of by bus
to Phoenix-Talent district,
hut she opposed reorganiza
tion. Dr. John R. Porto, Medford
physician, although a Med
ford resident, said he would
oppose the reorganization if
the Medford school district
was going to keep a high
school open in Phoenix, re
ferring to a statement by At
torney Frank Van Dyke, rep
resenting the Medford people
who petitioned for reorgan
ization. Both Dr. Porto and Mrs.
DeVoss were Impromptu
speakers at the end of the
meeting.
Van Dyke said Jackson
county "Is about to enter a
new era of growth." He ask
ed that residents of the two
districts work together to ad
vance the educational pro
gram. Grade school children
would go to school In their
own neighborhoods If the two
districts joined, he said.
Saparatt 8chool
Phoenix High school with
lis vocational agriculture pro
gram would be kept a sepa
rate high school unless the
Medford school board decides
lo make It a junior high
school. Phoenix already has
a junior high, he noted. Med
ford has a greater variety of
courses Including advanced
ones, he said.
John Flynn, Ashland, attor
ney for the Phoenix-Talent
district, said size It not al
ways dcsireable in providing
educational opportu n 1 1 1 e .
Whether the two districts
would be more efficient when
Joined i merely speculation,
he added.
Spokesmen for Medford
were Jim Tungate, Elmer
Donahoo, Leo Mason, An
thony Cappello, Mrs. Max
Millhollin. Mel Scott and Mrs.
R. E. Mencke. They generally
felt that the larger school cur
riculum would provide more
opportunities for children in
the Barnett rd. area now go
ing to Phoenix-Talent district
schools.
Favors 'Home Hult'
Mrs. Walter Blsh, Wagnet
Creek rd., said she favored
"home rule" for schools.
"There is little likelihood that
the Medford school district
board would include Phoenix
Talent representatives follow
ing reorganization," she said,
J. Allen Harris, Phoenix
Talent school board chair
man, said Phoenix has a bond
ed indebtedness of $269,000
which is below most first and
second class districts. It' has
a good education program on
a "pay as you go" basis, he
added.
Ernest James, Phoenix-Talent
school district superin
tendent, said Phoenix high
school graduates have con
sistently done well in nation
al educational ach'evement
tests and In college and that
the high school drop out rate
was below any other district
in the county, below both
state and national averages.
Other spokesmen were list
ed for Phoenix-Talent tut de
clined to speak.
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