Senate Approves State WelHfaire ConmnmBSSDOim Appropriations
"You Think There'f Still Hope?'
U.S. Planes Ready
To Meet Threat of
Panama Invaders
Panama City - (UPD - Planes
and troops from the United
States and three Latin Ameri
can nations stood by today to
meet the threat of a new
' landing attempt by invaders
from Cuba.
Informed sources said U.S.
planes based in the Canal
Zone were expected to start
patrolling the Panamani
an coast today. Initially, it
was thought their mission
would be merely to observe
invader position and to watch
for the possible arrival of
reinforcements.
A highly placed source said
Wednesday at least one more
invasion ship was on the way.
"We have it spotted," he
said. "We are watching."
Ecuador Sends Planes
The source was unable to
y whether the ship was the
Cwinthia, which earlier re
fowrts said had loaded about
invaders in Cuba to join
tfc 80-odd now holding the
Jaoamanian coastal village of
Itnbre de Dios.
The Organization of Ameri
can States assumed responsi
bility for the tactical defense
of Panama with the arrival
Wednesday of a special five
man commission to -survey the
situation.
The commission promptly
appealed to the 21 member
nations of the OAS to send
planes to Panama for "peace
ful observation flights over
Souvenir Sacks
Of Flour Planned
Eagle Point-Souvenir sacks
of stone-ground wheat flour
will be presented tourists
stopping at the Siskiyou sum
mit Stockade welcome booth,
according to the Eagle Point
Lions auxiliary.
Members of the auxiliary
have volunteered to sack
flour ground at the old grist
mill here. It will be labeled
and sacked in cellophane.:
One of the Rogue valley's
historical landmarks, the grist
mill is owned by George Put
man, who supervises the op
eration. The mill dates back
to 1872, and has been in op
eration ever since, grinding
flour and cornmeal on a set
of 13 stone burrs.
It is one, of the few, if not
the only, grist mill in Oregon,
according to Jackson County
Centennial association offic
ials. Putman helped his father
dress stones for grinding
when he was eight years old.
Stones used in grist mills
were shipped to this country
as ballast in ships arriving
from Europe.
Members of the Lions aux
iliary plan to install signs di
recting tourists to the mill, j
Speakers Available During Observance
Of Conservation Week, Gribble Notes
Speakers will be available
for organizations wishing
them during Conservation
week, May 3 Ihrough 10, John
Gribble, Jackson county chair
man, has announced.
, Conservation'week is being
sponsored by the state com
mittee on natural ' resources.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, in des
ignating the week, said "it
seems particularly fitting dur
ing the Centennial year to
continue implement the work
. of conservation and efficient
u of our resources."
Gribble said special atten
tion during Conservation
week will be given support
of program for clean waters
in streams and lakes; wider
Panamanian territory and the
nearby seas."
Ecuador responded by send
ing two reconnaissance planes
to Albrook Field, a U.S. base
in the Zone. Guatemala sent
a planeload of volunteers de
scribed as "experts in moun
tain and jungle warfare."
City Budget To Be
Presented Tonight
The preliminary city of Med
ford 1959-60 budget will be
presented to citizens and coun
cilmen of the city's budget
committee tonight, according
to City Manager Robert A.
Duff.
Duff, who has screened and
modified individual depart
ments'- requests during the
past few weeks, was putting
final touches on the budget
this morning.
, ."Levies will be somewhat
higher," he commented, "but
increases in assessed valua
tion should preclude any high
er millage rate."
The budget committee's first
meeting, at 7:30 o'clock to
night, is expected to be pri-
m a r i 1 y organizational. A
chairman and secretary are to
be selected, and a schedule ar
ranged for meetings. Since
the preliminary budget's pre
sentation this- year is behind
schedule, the committee may
meet more frequently than in
the past, Duff said.
Citizens on the committee
include Howard Boyd, Tony
Manno, Carl Dawson, Aubrey
Loper, Galen Knox, Tom Rick
ard, Mrs. Dwight Houghton
and Tod Tibbutt. All eight
city "councilmen are other
committee members.
Endurance Fliers
Down in Nevada
Minden, . Nev.-OIPD-Two Se
attle pilots out to break the
world's flight endurance rec
ord were forced down at
Douglas-Tahce airport here to
day because of electrical
trouble.
-Crusaders Flight Inc., back
ers of the attempt to crack
the 66-day record recently set
in Las Vegas, Nev., said the
flight would be abandoned if
repairs could not be made by
noon,
. Pilots Gene Tanner and Lou
Becker said they doubted if
the aircraft could be repaired
by the deadline.
Salem - (UPD - State police
headquarters said Capt. Holly
V. Holcomb would succeed
Vayne M. Gurdane in com
mand df the Milwaukie dis
trict headquarters effective
May 1.
acceptance of approved soil
and land practices; decrease
in the number of man-made
fires; increased public knowl
edge of conservation, prob
lems; and the need of fish
and wildlife for improved and
adequate habitat.
Schools, civic groups,
sportsmen's clubs, conserva
tion organizations, public and
private agencies and business
concerns are participating in
the observance, he reported.
Speakers will discuss con
servation in the fields of
game, fish, pollution, soil,
water resources, rational
parks, tree farming, l..-e pro
tection, and forestry.
Speakers who will be avail
Balanced Budget
Drive Shelved
By Republicans
Funds for Health
Top Ike's Request
Washington (UPD House
Republicans temporar
ily shelved President Eisen
hower's budget balancing
campaign today. They decided
not to make a party fight
against increased . spending
for health, education and
welfare.
An appropriations bill car
rying $181,391,700 more than
the President requested for
health, education and welfare
programs was slaled for
House . debate amid signs it
would meet no organized
GOP opposition.
Rep. Charles A. Halleck,
(R-Ind.), leader of the out-
manned Republican forces,
said some items in the bill
were "too high" but he added,
"we have to face the fact
that there isn't much we can
do about it."
No Stomach for Vol
The fact of the matter also
was that a good many Re
publicans had no stomach for
voting against items like in
creased funds for research n
cancer, heart ailments, and
other diseases. The bill car
ried $50 million more than
the budget for these items. 4
As sent to the House floor,
the bill would provide $3,
915.084.181 for the Health,
Education and Welfare De
partment and the Labor De
partment and related agen
cies in the next fiscal year.
One of the biggest single
increases was a hike of $50
million for research on dis
eases by the National Insti
tutes of Health. -
New York -(UPD Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.),
charged today that the Eisen
hower administration had
sacrificed the nation's health
needs by politically inspired
budget juggling.
He said the government
had allocated "comparative
ly pitiful sums" for medical
research," while "frittering
away" large sums on "things
of much lesser significance."
"The administration's fis
cal 1960 budget for medical
research is a static one,"
Neuberger said. "It allows for
the support of very few new
research projects in the ma
jor disease areas. It freezes
the rate of growth of these
programs at the current
level."
Shady Cove Plans
Centennial Event
Shady-Cove Trail-A parade,
exhibits, a smorgasbord din
ner, and dancirg will high
light the Oregon Centennial
observance in the Shady Cove
Trail area Saturday.
The parade will start at
11:30 a.m. from the Shady
Cove school grounds with en
tries scheduled to meet at
10:30 ajn. It will disband at
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
hall.
Prizes will be awarded for
the sweepstakes float, and the
best floats in the adult group
and single, and child group
and single, according to pa
rade sponsors.
Booths and exhibits ' are
planned by several organiza
tions in the area.
The smorgasbord dinner is
scheduled between 4 and 8
p.m. in the VFW -hall, and
dancing to the music of Larry
Rock and his orchestra is
scheduled between 9 p.m. and
1 a.m.
Jackson County Centennial
association officials said they
have received word that the
"Black Dog Bandits" have in
vited a group of "bounty
hunters" to "shoot it out" at
the Shady Cove event about
2:30 p.m.
able include Charlie Shep
herd, Ashland; Cole Rivers,
Grants Pass; Col. Paul Wei
land, Medford, Clem Ault,
Medford; Mrs. Hanley Heffer
man, Medford; Tom Williams
and Bruce Black, both of Cra
ter Lake National park; Cal
Smith, Medford; Curt Nesh
eim, state department of for
estry; Russel DeForest, Med
ford attorney; Eugene Winters
and Glenn Kline, extension
agents; Ross Youngblood,
Robert Hostetter, and Dwight
Patton, all of the bureau of
land management; and Carroll
Brown, S. T. (Tenny) Moore,
Howard Hopkins and district
rangers from the Rogue River
National forest.
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Paris-(UPD-The four western
foreign ministers wound up
their Paris conference today
and announced "complete
agreement" on western strate
gy to meet the Soviet Union.
In an official communique
issued at , the end of a day
and a half of talks, the min
isters announced they had re
affirmed their determination
to ensure the freedom of West
Berlin.
They expressed their will-
Ceremonies Set
Friday for Law
Day Observance
Law Day ceremonies will be
held at-1:30 p.m. Friday in
Jackson county circuit court
No. 2, according to Paul Hav
iland, Jackson county chair
man of Law Day observance.
Judge James M. Main will
open ceremonies with re
marks concerning Law Day,
U. S. A., and Haviland will in
troduce Sam Harbison, who
will read the president's proc
lamation. Haviland also will read an
editorial which appeared in
the Crater High school Com
ments, school newspaper,
written by Sheryl Koellner,
who won honorable mention
in the state Law Day high
school editorial contest.
She will be presented a cer
tificate of merit, signed by
presidents of the Oregon State
Bar and the Jackson County
Bar associations.
Harry Skerry, Ashland, will
present a resolution on behalf
of the Jackson County Bar
honoring Miss Nydah Neal
and Miss Helen Dugan, depu
ty county clerks. Miss Neal
has been employed as a dep
uty about 35 years, and Miss
Dugan about 30 years.
The resolution will be pre
sented in behalf of the Bar
association's appreciation for
their cooperation with law
yers, long service, and the im
portant part they play in le
gal procedures.
Also on the program are
remarks by George M. Rob
erts, local attorney.
The public is invited to Law
Day ceremonies, Haviland
said.
Ex-Local Man Found
Guilty in San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico - (UPD
-Donald Leroy Chamberlain,
32, formerly of Medford, Ore.,
Wednesday night was convict
ed of attempted robbery, car
rying arms illegally and il
legal possession of weapons,
but he said today he would
appeal the conviction.
Sentencing was set for next
Monday.
Sentences on the three
charges could be one to 14
years for attempted robbery,
one to five years for carrying
arms illegally and six. months
to two years for illegal pos
session of weapons.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Periods of partial
clearing and cooler tonight.
Partly cloudy with a few light
showers over mountains on Fri
day. Airport low tonight 38.
High Friday 67.
Highest Yesterday 76
Lowest this Morning ; 49
Prec. a.m. Today .07
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:09 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:08 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 2:07 a.m.
New Moon May 7
Venus, well up In the western
sky, is now the first "star" to
be seen after sunset and Jupiter,
well down in the southwest, will
be the last "star" to fade out in
the morning twilight.
54th Year. -tvtf ATT
MEDFORD,
ingness to engage in negotia
tions with the Soviets "to en
sure a just peace in Europe."
Despite an official cloak of
secrecy oh details, responsible
sources said the foreign min
isters of Britain, France, the
United States and West Ger
many had agreed to seek uni
fication of East and West Ber
lin under four power guaran
tees. It could set the pattern
for all-German reunification.
This would be an answer
to the Soviet demand that
West Berlin be made a "free
city." If the Soviets did not
accept it, then the West would
call for maintenance of its
existing rights in West Berlin
under agreement with the So
viet Union, and with a U.N.
observer stationed in Berlin.
The conference started Wed
nesday. Originally it had been
expected to last three full
days.
A spokesman said the four
reached "complete agree
ment" on policy, strategy and
tactics for the meeting with
the Russians planned for May
11 at Geneva. But they de
cided to maintain complete
secrecy about their plans, he
said.
The conference spokesman
said no more formal western
meetings were planned before
the meeting with the Russians,
although the foreign ministers1
will arrive in Geneva May 10
-one day early-and can meet
then if necessary.
Bids Called for
Two Bunkhouses
The Rogue River National
Forest has called for bids for
construction of two combina
tion 10-man bunkhouses and
bathhouses at Union Creek
Ranger station, according to
Forest Supervisor Carroll E.
Brown.
A tour of the site will be
conducted for interested bid
ders at 12:30 p.m. Monday,
May 4. Copies of plans and
specifications are on file at
the office of the forest super
visor, Medford.
E. J. Fordyce and associates
has been awarded a contract
to construct a residence at
Star Ranger station, and will
commence operations in the
near future. The same firm is
completing construction of the
new Prospect Ranger station,
which provides for four resi
dences, an office, gas and oil
house, sewage disposal facili
ties, and water system.
Rogue Valley Construction
company is building an addi
tion on the forest service of
fice at Butte Falls and erect
ing an equipment storage
building.
McAndrews Rd. Is
Closed in Daytime
McAndrews rd. between
Biddle rd. and Crater Lake
ave. is closed to traffic today
and tomorrow during con
struction of sewer connec
tions, Ray Vaughan, acting
Medford public works direct
or, said today.
Vaughan said the street
would be open at night. The
connections are part of the
Kenwood-Grandview sanitary
sewer project.
A detour at Crater Lake
ave. and Grand ave., involv
ing a short by-pass across pri
vate property, has also been
required by the sewer con
struction, Vaughan reported.
He said that work on widen
ing and paving of East Jack
son st. between Bear creek
and Genessee st., is expected
to get under way in the near
future. City crews this week
were making sewer repairs
along these sections.
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OREGON, THURSDAY,
YOUNG SCIENTIST - Wade Thomas, 12-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Thomas, Medford, demonstrates how
ammonia is freed in a special apparatus he built for the
science fair being held at
The device has a time delay
off the electricity when the
was awarded first place for his project. The science fair,
which includes 23 experiments and collections by inter
mediate students, will be open again to the public during
school hours tomorrow, according to Mrs. Dona DeKorte,
science club advisor.
C o u n ty Ap p roves
$28,608 for Rural
Operating
The county budget commit
tee Wednesday approved $28,-
608.14 towards the operat
ing budget of the rural school
district and the county school
superintendent's office. The
total is "about $19,000 less
than "what the county con
tributed last year.
The request for money of
the county was made by a sub
committee of the rural school
budget committee. Members
explained that the operating
budget is derived from a tax
levy unless, covered from
other sources.
It has been the policy of
the rural school budget com
mittee to ask the county court
for money, if the county has
an excess of funds. Committee
members explained that since
both' the rural school district
and the county are taxing
units and it is the feeling of
the rural school budget com
mittee that if the county has
any excess funds they should
help assist the board in cov
ering a porportion of their
budget from such funds.
Operating Budget
The total operating budget
for the rural school district
is $146,624 . of which $55,784
is salaries and $26,850 will
be reimbursed by the federal
government for the special
education program. The re
maining $63,989.55 is the
amount for which the sub
committee of the rural school
budget, committee asked as
sistance of the county.
The operating budget is a
part of the proposed equalized
rural school levy of $2,206,
606.35. During the May 4
school elections, all . school
districts will vote on the
amount that exceeds the base.
The tax base of the rural
school district is $1,700,120.93.
The amount to be voted on in
excess of the base is $436,
485.42. Since the operating budget
is required by law to be
drawn up by March 12, the
rural school budget commit
tee does not know if the
county will contribute any
funds. If county funds are
made available, the certified
levy required would be auto
matically reduced between
the date of the election and
the submitting of the levy to
the county assessor prior . to
July 15.
First Hems Charged
Members of the subcommit
tee of the rural school budget
committee explained that the
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APRIL 30, 1959
Oak Grove school this week.
relay that automatically shuts
experiment is -finished. Wade
Funds
operating budget for the rural
school district and county
superintendent's office are the
first item charged against
receipts from the rural levy,
Since 80.2 per cent of the
requireH levy is in the tax
base, members stated that if
the amount in excess of the
base is rejected by voters
Monday, only 80.2 per cent
of the total estimated equaliz
ed levy could be apportioned
to the districts.
During the county budget
committee discussion of the
request Wednesday, commit
tee members expressed dis
approval of assuming respon
sibility for the entire $63,
989.55 since it is within a
budget over which the county
budget committee has no
direct control.
Damage Suit Trial
Starts in Court
A trial to recover $403.25
for damages done to a hay
crop by irrigation water from
the Eagle Point Irrigation dis
trict entered its second day
in district court this morning.
The suit, brought by Paul
D. and Mary G. Conrad, Butte
Falls Star route, box 74,
Eagle Point, concerns inci
dents which occurred during
June, 1958. The plaintiff
charges that the defendant
was negligent and careless in
the operation, control and
maintenance of two ditches
near the Conrad property.
The jury trial is expected
to continue through today.
Following jury selection Wed
nesday the jury members and
court officials traveled to the
areas where the damage was
reported to have occurred.
Conrad is represented by
William Deatherage, Medford
attorney. Testimony is still be
ing presented by the plaintiff,
it was reported at press time
today.
The irrigation district is
represented by the law firm
of Farrell and Blackhurst.
Diamond Lake Road
Reopens to Traffic
Highway 230, the Diamond
Lake highway, was opened to
two-way traffic at 8 o'clock
this morning, the state high
way department announced.
The highway was closed by
an earth slide last Saturday
morning about 8V2 miles north
of the Highway 62 junction.
Price 10 Cents
No. 35
Roll Call Count
Four Votes Short
Of Overriding
Four Democrats Join
To Sustain President
Washington-flJPD-The House,
by a four-vote margin, today
sustained President Eisenhow
er's veto of the Rural Electri
fication Administration bill.
The action kept intact Eis
enhower's record of never
having a law enacted over his
veto.
The House roll call vote was
280-146 in favor of overrid
ing, but this was four votes
short of the required two
thirds. The Senate Tuesday
voted to override the veto 60
27, two votes more than the
minimum required.
It takes a two-thirds vote
of both the House and Senate
to override a veto.
Four Democrats joined 142
Republicans to sustain the
President. Six Republicans
voted with 274 Democrats to
override the veto.
A major factor in determin
ing the outcome was the fact
that of the 16 Republicans
who originally voted for the
bill April 15, only five voted
to sustain the veto and two
were absent.
Mad Into Party Isiu
In contrast, four of the five
Democrats who broke party
lines to oppose the bill April
15 voted today to sustain the
veto.
The vetoed bill would have
stripped Agriculture Secre
tary Ezra T. Benson of his
power over lending policies of
the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration. '
The agency loans money at
2 per cent interest to rural
co-ops to finance building of
electric and telephone systems,
Democrats generally were
unhappy over the outcome.
Some of them felt, however,
that they had developed a
good political issue for the
farm belt, even though they
had failed to spoil Eisenhow
er's perfect veto record.
Benson complained in ad
vance of the vote that it was
"largely a political move to
embarrass me and the Presi
dent."
Special Run Set
For Pony Express
The Ashland Sage Riders
will participate in a special
pony express mail run be
tween Portland and Ashland
tomorrow.
The run starts at 7 a.m. in
Portland and riders will trav
el Highway 99 east and west,
meeting at Junction City.
The Grants Pass riding club
will provide riders through
Josephine county to Savage
Rapids dam, and the Sage
Riders will carry mail to Ash
land, where it will be can
celled and transferred to regu
lar mail, according to Centen
nial association officials.
Feeder lines from other ma
jor highways connecting with
Highway 99 will bring mail
for the pony express run from
other areas.
When the Stockade wel
come booth on Siskiyou sum
mit is completed and open,
the pony express run will end
there, officials said.
Flood Victims Saved in
Northwest Washington
Everett. Wash. - (UPD - A
Coast Guard helicopter was
dispatched shortly before
noon today to evacuate four
families trapped by the flood
ing Snohomish river between
Snohomish and Monroe in
northwestern Washington.
The four families were in
the same general area where
mother and her four chil
dren were snatched to safety
just before the deluge broke
up their house a few hours
earlier.
Meanwhile, rain - swollen
riverj throughout western
Showdown Over
Tax Programs
Coming Soon
$91,166,265 Voted
For Use of Welfare
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Senate, gearing itself for a
showdown battle over a tax
program, approved appropri
ations for the State Welfare
Commission Wednesday.
Earlier in the day the up
per chamber defeated a move
by Sen. Monroe Sweetland
(D-Milwaukie) who sought to
have the tax program approv
ed bythe Senate Tax commit
tee killed. The program,
among other things, calls for
a vote of the people on a sales
tax in 1960.
Complete Revision
The Senate program is a
complete revision of the one
passed last Saturday by the
House.
It would leave present law
unchanged except for a drop
in personal exemptions and
dependency credits from $600
to $500. Should the people
pass' a sales tax personal ex
emptions would go from $500
to $1500 on the next Jan. 1.
But today the House pass
ed a motion to recall from
the Senate the 3-cent-per-pack
cigarette tax, which had been
amended by the Senate Tax
committee to include the
three per cent sales tax. The
action might kill chances for
either a cigarette or a sales
tax bill to pass this session.
, The tax program, if approv
ed by the Senate, may wind
up in a conference commit
tee. Durno Uncertain
The Welfare Commission
budget approved Wednesday
totaled $91,166,265. Of this
about $40 million will come
in federal grants, counties
will contribute $13,247,342,
miscellaneous receipts will
bring in about $1.3 million
and the rest will come from
the general fund.
Sen. Edwin Durno (R-Med-ford)
said the Joint Ways and
Means' committee was not cer
tain that the sum would be
enough but after many hours
of work the committee felt
it was the best it could do.
Sweetland Voles No
Sweetland, one of few who
voted no on the welfare bill,
said he believed the appropri
ation was too low.
The Senate also passed a
bill giving the Welfare com
mission an additional $200,
000 deficiency appropriation
to help in carrying the wel
fare program through until
July 1, 1959, making the to
tal deficiency appropriation
$1,400,000.
rMontyr Serious
After Conference
Moscow (DPD- Field Mar
shal Viscount Montgomery
had another conference with
Nikita Khrushchev teday and
emerged from the hour-long
session looking serious.
The British war hero refus
ed to tell newsmen whether
the session, only half as long
as the first meeting Wednes
day, had been cut short.
He headed back to the Brit
ish Embassy for lunch with
Soviet Chief of Staff Marshal
Vasily Sokolovsky and De
fense Minister Rodion Malin
ovski, but told British news
men he would meet' with
them later.
"Montgomery Speaks, a
radio program featuring Field
Marshal Viscount Montgom
ery of El Alamein talking
with Edward R. Murrow, will
be rebroadcast by radio sta
tion KYJC tonight.
The program will be heard
from 8:05 to 9 p.m. It was
this program's first airing
which created considerable
comment as to Montgomery's
outspoken views recently.
Salem -(UPD- The Senate to
day passed a resolution call
ing for a $40 million bond
issue for state buildings. If it
is approved by the House vot
ers would decide it in 1960.
Washington were spilling
over their banks.
An Indian village at Mari
etta was evacuated when high
tides and the swollen Nook
sack river combined to in
undate the area.
Saved from the flood this
morning . were Mrs. Louis
Bailey and her three children,
Lucille, 11, Ellsworth, 9, and
Brian, 3. They were plucked
from a house on the Old
Monroe-Snohomish Highway
by Snohomish policemen in a
skiff powered by an outboard
motor.