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6 A g? ' fil ICilm NEW SECTION TO OPEN new section of Interstate 5, Friday, July 26, between the SHOWS SURFACE This picture illustrates the surface of (he new secllon of Interstate 5 between Medford and Ash- land. 11 is designed to be a non-skid surface along the con- tinuous section of concrete pavement. (Knackstedt Pholo) Freeway Section To The section of concrete highway without joints will be opened to traffic July 26 when the stale highway de partment allows traffic to flow on a 0'4-mlle section of freeway from Barnett rd. to the North Ashland Inter change. The new highway also is believed to be the longest Irish Named To Manage New First National Branch When the First National Bank of Oregon's new White City branch opens next month In the new Cascade Village Shopping Center, a familiar face will greet customers at the door. Chester Irish, assistant man ager at the bank's Medford branch, has been appointed Aerial Survey of Forests Starts Portland The annual aerial survey of forest Insect d image in Oregon and Wash ington forests got under way last werk, according to J. Her bert Stone, regional forester, U.S. forest service. Stone stressed the import ance of detecting forest Insect outbreaks while they are still small so that control measures can be applied to prevent serious timber losses. This is particularly import this year with the already Pilous prob lem in timber blown down in the Columbus Day storm. Private, stale, and federal foresters cooperate in the sur vey. Results of the survey are summarized and coordinated by the insect and disease con trol branch of the forest serv ice's division of timber man agment. To determine forest Insect conditions on some 82 million acres of forest lands in both states will require about 250 flying hours; two planes and two trained observer crews are being used. The survey will be completed by Aug. 15. During the survey flights, (he observers will detect and map tree damage caused bv some 20 different species of forest Insects, as well as dam age caused by animals, and natural disasters such as wind and flooding. SUNDAY. JULY 21. 1963 This Is a general view of the which will open to traffic Barnctt rd. Interchange and single stretch of "continuous strip" concrete in the coun try, according to representa tives of the Cement Industry of Oregon. The longest section without a joint Is 21,064 feet, about four miles. A joint then oc curs when the freeway meets a structure over Bear creek. Cross Joints, which normal manager of tne while City branch by President Ralph J. Voss and will be on hand Fri day, Aug. 18, to welcome resi dents of the area to the Rrand opening of the state's newest banking office, Irish joined First National at Medford in October, 1943, as an assistant cashier. lie was transferred to the Install ment credit loan department in 1945 and three years later was named general loan of ficer. His appointment as assist ant manager dates from June 1958. He was employed for 16 years by the Bank of Amer ica before Joining the First National Bank of Oregon. Ho is a member of the American Institute of Bank- ing, Medford Chamber of Com merce and Downtown Med ford Merchants. He has served as president of the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association and is past president of the Jackson coun CHESTER IRISH Appointed Minagar ' if". f i n, , I the North Ashland interchange. Contractors crews are putting the finishing touches on the highway. (Knackstedt Photo) SHOWS CRACKS This picture shows the size of the cracks on the continuous stretch of concrete on Interstate 5 between Medford and Ashland. The hairline cracks eliminate joints every 66 feet along the highway. (Knackstedt Photo) Open Friday ly appear across concrete highways every 66 feet, were eliminated by the use of heavier steel reinforcement in the pavement, a process which binds the concrete and causes tiny, unnotice able cracks at more frequent in tervals, industry representa tives noted. Because the concrete is 24 ty chapter of the Izaak Wal ton League of America. A native of Norwalk, Calif., he attended public schools in his hometown and was gradu ated from Woodbury college in Los Angeles. Ho Is married and lives at 2584 Old Military rd., Med ford. Verdict Returned For Defendants Verdict for the defendants was returned by a Jackson county circuit county court jury in the damage suit of Betty Jo Lay, as guardian for Vickie Sue Lac, seven, against Alex and Iva A. Lcglcr, op erators of the Agate Dairy on Gregory rd. The plaintiffs were seek ing $7,500 general damages and $2,000 punitive damages for injuries allegedly suffered by Vickie, who was bitten bv a dog, owned by the Leglers. The case, the first dog bile case lo be filed in circuit court In many years, was tried before Judge Edward C Kelly for l'a days. School Fund Check Is Received by County A check for $29,697.64 Jackson county's share of earnings of the Irreducible school fund for the year end-' Ing June 30, was received by County Treasurer Karl Janouch Friday. The check is based on a census of 24,956 at the rate of $1.19 per capita and is from the stale land board. The money will be added to the Jackson county school fund for distribution by the county school suprintendent, Janouch said. Last year the amount received by the coun ty treasurer from this source was $26,170.63. ; MEDFOHD feet wide, a Joint between lanes was required, officials noted. Paving contractor on the $2.5 million project was Fred M. hiate company and E. C. Hall company, Portland. since 1958 more than 90 miles of concrete have been constructed or completed on the interstate system. Much of this paving Is in southern Ore gon. Concrete pavement will also be used on a mntnrlfv of Portland's freeway net work. Action Filed in Circuit Court Here Claiming that action by de fendants in the suit has caus ed their property In the Pros pect section to become "inac cessible, unusable and of no market value," Vernon r.nv. crnor and Dorothy Governor nave inert an action in Jack- ami couniy circuit e n n r against Arthur and Lillian Walker and William and Ce celia fli. Leonard, of that area. The plaintiffs charge that the road they consiriicird and have used since 1948 has been closed to them and that the bridge which they have used for access to their prop erty for 14 years was torn out about Mav 20. 1963, bv Mie ui-iuiiuams. in lflbl. the complaint states, tne defendants acquir- en ownersmp or properly through which the road passes and have since denied mem the right In use the roan. me iiovernors are seeking ttamages lor injury alleged ly caused lo their properly ny the defendants' interfer ence with the plaintiffs' use of an easement and for the destruction of the bridge.' The SALVATION ARMY Can use your discards- CLOTHING RAGS APPLIANCES YOUR USABLE FURNITURE Pick-ups on Tuesday and Friday PLEASE CALL 773-7335 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Construction of Natural Gas Line Said on Schedule Officials of the California Pacific Utilities company an nounced Friday that construc tion of the 53-mile natural gas line from Grants Pass to Ash land is continuing on sched ule. Construction started July 1. El Paso Natural Gas com pany has started construction on the 125-mile transmission line from Eugene to Grants Pass. Completion date for the two lines is scheduled Oct. 1. After completion of the mainline it will take another 30 to 35 days to run laterals into Medford, Phoenix, Tal ent, Ashland and White City. According to company offi cials the line should be in operation by mid-November. The line from Eugene to Grants Pass will cost $7V million, and California-Pacific Utilities line will cost S1V4 million to construct. The line is being constructed by Roy Price, Inc., Bakersfield, Calif., which has employed 76 men with a payroll of $45,000 to $50,000 per week. The gas line will handle 300 pounds of pressure when it is completed. If the needs of the aiea increase the line can handle 600 pounds of pressure, according to com pany officials who have esti mated that users will receive a 20 per cent savings when they switch to natural gas. During 1964 California-Pa cific Utilities company ex pects to install additional lat eral lines and distribution grid systems. This will make natural gas service available to Oakland, Sutherlin, Win- ston-Dillard, Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, Riddle, Jackson ville, Gold Hill, Rogue River and Central Point. It is estimated that these facilities and expansion in the communities initially con nected will cost $4 million over the next four years. Four Accidents Checked in City Medford city police inves tigated four non-injury ve hicle accidents in the city Thursday. One driver was cited, officers said. Vehicles operated by Isa bel Virginia Ballard, 46, of 1796 Stewart ave., and Cath erine Irene stepnens, oi. Bend, collided about 4:08 p.m. at Grape and Third sts. Mrs. Stephens was cited for failure to yield the Tight of way. A car driven by James Verne Shangle, 60, of 1445 Kings highway, crashed into the . front of Montgomery Wards at Central ave. and Eighth st. about 5:15 p.m. Shangle told officers he must have lost consciousness from the pain of an Injury he had received just prior to the ac cident. Michael McKee Waterman, 20 Quince St., told police his car was damaged by an un known vehicle between 2:30 and 6:15 p.m. while it was parked on Third st. near Fir St. A guide wire on a power pole and a hedge owned by Valton A. Finley, 1327 Reddy St., were damaged about 7:30 p.m. when a vehicle operated by Albert Austin Blakcy, 54 of 2606 Highland dr., went out of control at Crown st. and Oregon Terrace dr. Blakev was apparently ill at the time of the accident, offi cers said. 13 Disease Cases Reported in County Thirteen cases of commun icable diseases were reported to the Jackson county health department last week, accord ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel director. One case of scarlet fever was reported in Phoenix: two cases of influenza in Ashland two in Medford, and three in Shady Cove: two cases of measles in Phoenix, and one in Medford; 1 case of gon orrhea in the county; and one case of pneumonia in Med ford. OREGONIAN KILLED Washington - iliW - The four U.S. airmen killed Wednesday in the crash of a C-48 trans port plane near the border of Laos and Thailand were iden tified Friday. One of the vic tims was Gideon Newton, 27, Monmouth, Ore. " P Mar 7L.. A T -.vr , I PtA p.,-zz "0ri?!? ,7 -J i s .2 LiViLH JACKSON COUNTY Crews of the Roy Price, Inc., company, Bakersfield, Calif., are shown as they installed a natural THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA Legislature Approves Three Tax Measures During Session United Press International Gov. Edmund G. Brown could declare victory on three tax reform bills which were approved by the special ses sion of the legislature - but Republicans were still hold ing up his budget request. Conspicuously absent among Brown's major tax reform bills approved by the law makers was his personal in come tax withholding pro posal, ostensibly dead after a committee tabled it. But awaiting his signature was the biggest money bill in his "no tax package to balance a record $3 billion- plus budget-a bill to accel erate bank and corporation tax payments which would raise $82.7 million this fiscal year. Companion Request But his companion request to fatten by $114 million the "skeleton" $3.1 billion budg et passed in the regular ses sion was still being blocked by Republicans - who had enough voles to sit on it as long as they wished. Meantime, Brown signed a bill that would raise gasoline taxes by one eent with the estimated $70 million annual revenue - though collected by the state - going to cities and counties for road im provements. It allows county supervisors to raise truck fees by 25 per cent to pump an estimated $15 million an nually into rapid transit. Did this mean that Brown had broken his campaign promise of "no new taxes" during the 1963 session? Top Democrats said no because it was not a state tax. But when asked about this almost two months ago. Brown said: "I classify that as new taxes That would be a violation of my pledge.' Elsewhere, there were Ihcsc developments: Record: The world's fastest airplane pilot, Joe Walker, gunned the world's fastest air plane, the XI 5, to a new world aircraft altitude record of almost 67 miles on a flight from Edwards AFB. After the flight that reached five times the speed of sound, Walker said he thought his altimeter was "whacky." It was six miles higher than he had planned to fly. Smoking: The Slate De partment of Public Health labeled cigarette smoking "a severe hazard to health" and ANTELOPE 4-H LIVESTOCK CLUB PRE-FASR AT ELBERT BIGHAM RANCH Bigham Road WEDNESDAY, JULY 24th Starting at 9:30 A.M. With Shc.p jnd Swina ihowmiitihip. Afr (host cluwi th.rt b livtitock judging. Lanch oill b icted jl noon tor nominjl chargi. Bt and Dairy Showmamhio will b in lh attarnsen. taryen i wclcoma to coma and ipand tha day ui. ANTELOPf 4-H CLUB rtit proposed a program to reduce smoking in the state. A report said more than 100,000 school children in the state would die of lung cancer before age 70. Among other requests, the department requested estab lishment of "anti-s m o k i n g clinics" to warn against smok ing. The department said lung cancer had emerged from be ing a rare disease to one that caused 3,530 deaths in the state in 1961. Slayer: A 56-year-old con struction worker from Santa Rosa, Robert Alford, told po lice he shot and killed three Negro children near Phoenix, Ariz., last month. He was known to them as "Uncle Robert." The children, Ted dy Walker, 12, his sister Ja queline, 11, and their half sister Carol Ann McCain, 14, had left home because they feared their family would be split up. Alford, a Negro, said he was sending the children to a sister in Oklahoma because he felt sorry for them, but became angered when they told him they had lost money he gave them for bus tickets. Magazines: The General Services Administration (GSA) was embroiled in a controversy over the maga zines it allows blind opera tors to sell in federal build ings. The GSA said its list of magazines approved for sale was published to keep "girly magazines" off the stands - but also missing from the list were liberal-leaning publications such as The Na tion, New Republic, a conserv ative magazine The National Review, and the magazine The Rcnortcr. GSA headquarters in Wash ington said the list was is sued on a regional basis only but added the matter was "under review." An Ameri can Civil Liberties Union spokesman called the matter "clearly a censorship pro gram." Education: Gov. Edmund Brown said he would invite warring Superintendent of Public Instruction Max Rat- ferty and the president of the State Board of Education Thomas Braden lo dinner in hopes of settling the long standing differences between the two. Braden said he would "welcome the opportunity" to discuss "the real problems of education" with Raffcrty. gas line between Grants Pass and Medford. They are at the Josephine-Jackson county line in tins picture taken Friaay afternoon. Rafferty said, "I have no dis pute with him (Braden). He has one with me." Meantime, the California Association of School Librar ians, in a San Francisco meet ing, urged local officials to resist pressure from any group tor book censorship or selec tion. It was one of several actions lanen oy groups, in cluding county boards, in the wake of a dispute over "cen sorship" between Braden and Rafferty in connection with the "Dictionary of American Slang." Civil rights: Negro and Civil Rights group in Los Angeles, a target city for anti-discrim- lnation forces, concluded a fivepoint pact with the Apart ment Association of Los Ange les to break up the "Negro Ghetto." The group also won a resolution from the City Council to protect Civil Serv ice job applicants with jail records resulting from civil rights demonstrations its coming. 2 torn aiMiiMMit 853 GAS FANCIES This Certificate Vforth (SO Okrkfv k hirritt GAS RANGE A M f f " "r-.rr 0 j ' ; y si W ; I " 4 on rout ml T!-r''"Vjk Tnaf' SJ40.J0 T3&''it1l 1 Iwiih i5oc.,,iii,.t. I ,, mJf ll ( CZ XTS7 CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC V UTILITIES COMPANY Phone- 772-5281, Medford 1 Two Men Arrested On Charges of Rape Timothy Ralph Barker, 20, of 15759 Idaho ave., Lemoore, Calif., and Charles Merrill WTight, 19, of 8048 Fourth, st. NE, Seattle, nave been lodged in Jackson county jail on charges of rape. The two were indicted by the Jackson county grand jury last week. Two Medford girls, each 14 years old, ara involved in the cases, investi gated by the grand jury. Both charges grew out of acts occurring on June 18 this year, according to tht district attorney's report. RETIRED JUDGE DIES La Grande-UIPIl-Raymond J. Green, 79, La Grande, a re tired Union County Circuit Judge, died Friday in a La Grande hospital. Green had lived in La Grande for 52 years and served on the bench for 18 years from 1939 to 1957. Services will be Mon day. Unclaimed Furs To Be Sold in City (NOW BEING SOLD) These quality furs are uncalled for or unclaimed from irorage and reconditioned "trade-ins" when we closed our San Fran cisco store. Furs by Samuel, Medford Shop ping Center has a group of fur stoles, capes, jackets and coats. These good furs are going to be sold "real cheap" and you may put them in Lay-A-Way for this fall or open a charge ac count. Imagine buying a dyed musk rat or dved marmot stole for only $49.50. Imagine a fox cape for only $29.50. Many of these furs look like new, but must bt labeled "second hand used fur," fur origin unknown. If you want to buy a good $15 or $20 fur bargain, don't mist this unusual sale Fur prod ucts labeled to show country of origin of imported furs. All prices plus tax. (In Fur Business over 30 years). FURS BY SAMUEL IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER PHONE 779-1949 D .NATURAL GAS mill you be ready for it? O'Keefe&Merritt MODEL 71M with HOID-O-MATIC OVEH The 20' own liu boMi dmrxr mow. hot uid delkioui om yr rc rtjdy lo i. pu s ooiU m ihrniinum tnddk. dhxfci ' eooiint top, tmoltk.! (.tmlct. Lr t bmer. dtcorjtor. 4t,jned panel. Bit Jo- hile ,lh chrome lop. Reit,hi!t MODEL 7118 with PANOMATIC BURNER I limifnie orr o( Nirrnnj. ociatint or roil otr...tlut the 'Burner . a Brim pu s Wc m.pkM J Mt lop W e,v clemmt. ,nAtle hrojer, deconici ocipvu panel. Sinking Coppcnoot scion 482-2116, Ashland
