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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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