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tteata Com tab BlbOlO fait u IProiposedl Cii4y Hiiudlgjeft (Govern) ToComnnnrni'tftee The Medford budget com' mittee last night received the preliminary 1959 - 60 city budget and faced the necessity of preparing and adopting final estimates based upon it within a month. Proposed appropriations, ac- cording to City Manager Rob ert A. Duffs letter of trans mittal, total $2,704,781, an in crease of $252,930 over last year's figure. This increase, Duff reported, "is largely at tributable to increased bal ances and reserves in the bond proceed and construction funds." . The general fund total pro posed is $882,065, a decrease of $2,160 from this year's gen eral fund budget of $884,225 Within Limitation The city manager stated in his letter that the preliminary budget is "within the constitu- ional 6 per cent limitation, and without recommendation for budget limitation elec tion." Oregon statutes require that tax levies cannot be in creased more than 6 per cent a year without voters ap proval at a special election. Duff said that the proposed total property tax levy for the coming fiscal year is Truman Promised 'Full Hearing' By Committee Washington - (UPD - Former President Harry S. Truman was promised a full hearing "on 10 minutes notice" today if he wants to tell the House Committee on' Un-American Activities why he thinks it is -the "most un-American thing in the country." Chairman Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.), miffed at Truman's criticism, said be would be happy to "make time avail able whenever it is conven ient" for the ex-president. Truman told reporters Thurs day he would appear before the committee if he had time. New Program Proposed The jaunty former chief ex ecutive, at the center of a controversy again, is here for a round of speeches, get-togethers with old friends, and congressional appearances. Truman proposed in a speech Thursday night a bold new international program to help raise living standards in underdeveloped countries. He urged that the United States and other free industrial na tions finance the new long- ' range program. His speech to the Sixth Na tional Conference on Interna tional Economic and Social Development markede 10th anniversary of his Point Four program. Not Primary Need Truman said Russia was using "economic lures, infil tration and domination to extend its influence in Asia and other underdeveloped areas. He said "a balanced budget is not our primary need in this time of great danger, although eventually we should have a balanced budget." Walter sent Truman a tele gram inviting him to 'explain fully" his statement made to students at Columbia Uni versity in New York Wednes day about the House com mittee being . "un-American." Salem - (UPD - House and Senate leaders met today in Senate President Walter Pear son's office to try to resolve differences over tax programs favored by the two bodies. Montgomery Apologizes for Remarks About United States; Silent on Talks London-flJPD-Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery return ed from talks with Nikita Khrushchev today and apolo gized for cracks he had made about the United States be fore going to Moscow. Montgomery refused to give details of his. meetings with the Soviet Prime Minister and he did not indicate that his Russian trip had caused- a change in his attitude toward the United States. Just Joking But he insisted that he had just been "joking" in an in terview earlier this week when he said American lead ership was "rather suspect" $862,704, an increase of $32, 422 over last year's final figure. "It is anticipated," he ob served in his letter, "that the assessed valuations in the city will have increased sufficient ly to off-set any increase in the millage rates necessary to provide for this budget." Howard Boyd, manager of the F. W. Woolworth store here, was elected chairman of the budget committee at last night's meeting. Mrs. Dwight Houghton was elected secre tary. Would Like Savings Boyd said he had noted in past years a tendency for city hall to seek the full allowable 6 per cent gain in each year's levies. "I would like to see a saving," he commented, "even if it's a small one." Duff told the committee he had already cut some $123,000 from the requests of various city departments. He said this was money that the city would not have available. "I think I'm going to be quite unpopular in some quarters," he commented. ,He explained that the process of paring down the departmental requests was primarily respon sible for delaying the prelim inary budget's presentation. Duff told the committee it must complete its work and adopt a final budget estimate by May 29. The budge is then advertised during the month of June, and submitted to pub lic discussion at a hearing in early July. Duff said the hear ing is scheduled for July 2, but could be postponed to July 9. General Salary Increases Of particular interest in the budget is a proposal for gen eral salary increases, amount ing to between 4 and 5 per cent for each employee. These increases, Duff said, would total about $41,000. "The principal thing the city offers is services," Duff said in support of this pro posal. In his letter of trans mittal he stated, "It should be pointed out that no general raise was granted the city em ployees last year." . (See Story Page 11) Flu Cases Increase In Jackson County The number of influenza like cases reported in Jack son county this week totaled 674, an increase of more than 100 cases over last week's to tal, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physi cian. Last week, 546 flu -like cases were reported, com pared to 323 cases the week ending April 17. The number of cases report ed in Medford was 310, com pared to 240 last week, Dr. Merkel said. Other influenza-like illness cases were reported from Central Point,' 126; Camp White, 75; Ashland, 65; Phoe nix, 56; Trail, 17; Jackson ville, 12; Applegate, 8, and Rogue River, 5. , Editor of Sandy Post Dies Suddenly Portland (UPD William (Bill) Perkins, 68, editor of the Sandy Post and a veteran West Coast newspaperman, died Thursday after collaps ing while playing a round of golf at Glendoveer Golf club. Perkins worked on news papers in Portland, Helena, Mont., Oakland and Sacra mento, Calif., Lakeview, Klamath Falls, Ashland, Suth erlin, Bend and Prineville during his career. and that American blood should be shed on the first day of any new war. "If anything I did say in the interview has upset them (Americans) I am deeply sor ry and apologize unreserved ly and will take it back," Montgomery said. Drew Fire From Ike His remarks had drawn fire from practically every British newspaper and President Eis enhower himself. Montgomery said he had considered the interview as "tremendous fun and a good deal of it was rather joking." "I must myself see exactly what I did say before I could Poplarville, Mississippi, U.S.A., 1959 Voters in SchooD Districts io Name iioard Members Registered voters through out the county will be eligible to vote Monday, May 4, in the election of school district board members and on $436, 485.42 of the proposed equal ized rural school levy of $2,- 206,606.35. Since the tax base of the rural school district represents 80.2 per cent of the proposed levy, voters will vote only on that amount which exceeds the base. . Board candidates in the Monday election include Frank C. Bash, present chair man of the Medford school board, who is unopposed; Wilton White, Central Point, to fill the unexpired term of former board member Hal Bishop; Darrell Stanley, Eagle Point, present board chair man, five-year term; Bruce Cypers and Sam Jones, both Talent, for the position to be vacated by Mrs. . P. . J. Mc Abee, board chairman. Prospect Incumbent Frank Boothby, Prospect, incumbent, five-year term; James H. Martin, Evans Val ley, current chairman, and William J. Johnston, five-year term; Dr. Cedric Rambo and Dale Hatch, Rogue River, five year position to be vacated by Carlton Sandeen; Ted Freden berg and Charles Ferguson, Butte Falls, five-year term to be vacated by Earl Remsen, Herfer To Report On Allied Strategy Washington (UPD Secre tary of State Christian A. Herter will make a radio-television report to the nation next Thursday night on Allied strategy for the Big Four con ference May 11 at Geneva. Herter's report will be car ried live from 5 to 5:30 pan. (p.s.t.) on the NBC and CBS TV networks and will be heard from 6 to 6:30 p.m. (p.s.t.) on the ABC TV net work. All radio networks will carry the speech live. Informed sources said Hert er would leave the day after his speech for the Geneva meeting with the foreign min isters of Britain, France and Russia. Higher Gasoline Tax Bill Passed by Senate Salem (UPD The Oregon Senate today passed a bill to increase Oregon's gasoline tax from 6 to 7 cents a gallon. But the upper chamber tacked on an amendment to refer the bill to the voters in Novem ber of 1960. say whether I stand by any thing or do not stand by it," he told newsmen. "I really cannot remember what I said during that time." Hopes for Forgiveness Regardless, he added, "I do not want to upset any of my friends. I hope they will now forgive me." Montgomery said his inter views with Khrushchev-two hours on Wednesday and an hour again Thursday - were strictly his own business and he did not intend to report on them to Prime Minister Har old Macmillan or other gov ernment leaders. current board chairman; and Allen Harris, incumbent, and Dr. M. Donald McGeary, for Phoenix. Included in the proposed equalized rural school levy is the operating budget of the rural school district and the county school superintendent's office. The 14 members of the county rural school budget committee approved the pro posed operating budget of $146,624 at a public hearing April 8. Conrads Awarded $214 by Jury A district court jury award ed $214.75 to Paul D. : and Mary .G. Conrad, Butte. Falls Star route, box 74, Eagle Point, Thursday afternoon fol lowing a two-day trial in which the Eagle Point irriga tion district was the defendant.- The Conrads had requested a total of $403.25 for damages done to a hay crop by irriga tion water from the district. The jury awarded $204.75 for general damages to crops for the first count, and $10 on a second count in ' which the plaintiff charged that the de fendant had emptied two ditches during a period when Conrad's property needed irri gation water. The original complaint had asked an additional $58.50 for labor costs on the first count and $140 on the second count including attorney's fees. The trial started Wednes day and concluded at 5 p.m. Thursday. The jury returned its verdict following a 30 minute deliberation. Attorney for , the plaintiff was William Deatherage while Frank Farrell was attorney for the irrigation district. Russian May Day Emphasis on Peace Moscow-flJPD-Soviet Commu nism celebrated May Day to day with a seven-minute mili tary parade-the shortest since the revolution. The emphasis was on peace and prosperity. In past years the military section of the parade was a showcase of Communist mili tary might. Today it was a token display and despite bril liant warm weather no air craft were flown overhead and there were no tanks. Picked units of all the armed services, in . white gloves and knee-length boots, goose-stepped past Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Vice Premier Anastas Miko yan and other members of the ruling presidium. Pile Drivers Schedule Vote on Wage Offer Portland - (UPD - Members of the Pile Drivers Union in Port land and Astoria are sched uled to vote again this week end on an employer offer for a three -year, 53-cent hourly wage increase package. Hatfield To Sign Bridge Bill Monday Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat field said today he would take the-bill providing for a $24 million bond issue for a Co lumbia river bridge at Astoria to Astoria Monday and sign it there. 54th Year Medford 22 Pages i Senate Refuses To Go Along With Income Tax Hike Wide Difference Remains on Issue Salem-(UPD-The Senate Tax Committee stuck to its guns today in its revision of the House-approved income tax measure and refused to go along with a proposal which would have hiked income taxes. Thus, a wide difference re mained between the upper and lower houses on taxes. The 1959 session was in its 109th day today. Sales Tax Vote Urged The Senate committee, by'a 5 to 2 vote, Thursday night reported out "do pass" a bill calling for a vote in 1960 on a three per cent sales tax and another containing only one change in the Oregon tax structure; The change would reduce the dependency credit by $100 - from $600 to $500. The House version called for elimination of the credit for federal income taxes but this was eliminated by the Senate committee along with every other section of the House program. Back to Original Plan The action took place after the committee had been , in formed that Ways and Means Committee action Wednesday night has increased the state's financial needs for the next two years from about $315.5 million. This was due to abandonment of a plan to fi nance part of the Board of Higher Education's buildings with revenue bonds. At an afternoon session Thursday the plan to elim inate the credit for federal taxes paid was considered. But in the evening the com mittee went back to its orig inal version of the two bills. Members Not Happy In addition Sen. Ward Cook (D-Portland), co-chairman of the Committee, said he would tell Ways and Means that the Senate Tax Committee had passed out bills which would raise only $310 million. He added members were not happy with discarding of the revenue bond plan. Four Pleas Made In Circuit Court Four men pleaded guilty to charges in circuit court Thurs day before Judge James M. Main. Pleading guilty to charges in circuit court of burglary not in a dwelling were Calvin Summers, 18, of 303 North Holly St.; Jean Noel Wright, 19, of 244 North Grape st; and Roger Dale Bennett, 18, of 4095 Highway 99 south. Summers received a two year suspended sentence and Bennett's three-year sentence was also suspended. Both men were placed under the super vision of the state board of parole and probation.- Ben nett's sentence was suspended on the condition he make res titution for damages. Judge Main requested a pre-sentence report for Wright. Also pleading guilty Thurs day was Gilbert Wayne Coop er, 22, of T r a i 1, who is charged with uttering and publishing a false check. Cooper was one of three per sons returned to Jackson county last February from Wyoming in connection with the cashing of more than $2,000 in payroll checks on Skeeters and Skeeters Lum ber company. A pre-sentence report was requested by the judge. , . WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. A fe showers in mountains Saturday afternoon. Cooler tonight. Air-J port low tonight 35. High Sat urday S5-68. , Temp. Highest Yesterday 55 Lowest this Morning 42 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 21 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:11 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:116 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 2:39 ajn. New Moon May 7 Highlights of the phenomena in the skies above in May will be the appearances of the two brighest planets. Jupiter, rising earlier each evening, will soon be visible all night and Venus will continue to set a bit later each night. Both planets are moving nearer the Earth. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1959 Til il fl (Ti? (v HfTilTo) Panama Rebels Agree To Quit, OAS Discloses Five-Nation Team Will Supervise Panama City (UPD The Organization of American States announced that the foreign invaders of Panama surrendered unconditional ly today. Panama City -(UPD-The Or ganization of American States said the foreign invaders of Panama have agreed to sur render unconditionally today. The news the rebels had agreed to surrender was tele phoned to Uruguayan Ambas sador Julio A. LaCarte, act ing council chairman of the OAS, who is in Washington, by Ambassador Fernando Lobo of Brazil, head of an OAS commission flown here to investigate the situation. "It looks like it's all over," LaCarte told UPI in Wash ington. To Turn Over Weapons The five-nation investiga tion commission in Panama will supervise the surrender of the rebel-held village of Nombre de Dios. Under the terms of the surrender, the rebels were to turn over their weapons to military observers with the OAS group. It was reported Cubans among the invading force would be returned to their homeland and tried there for endangering Cuba's neu trality. The reported agreement to surrender came a week after the small band of rebels, which was organized in and sailed from Cuba, landed on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Ex-Medford Man Planning Appeal San Juan, P.R.-(UPD-Donald Leroy Chamberlain, formerly of Medford, Ore., said Thurs day he would appeal his con viction on three counts of at tempted robbery, carrying arms illegally and illegal pos session of weapons. Chamberlan was found guilty Wednesday night by a jury which had deliberated for almost three hours before reaching an 11-1 majority ver dict. .Sentencing is scheduled for Monday. Chamberlain took the ver dict calmly, but his wife, Claudine, became hysterical when the verdict was read to the packed courtroom. Salem-(UPD-A resolution re ferring to the voters a pro posal for the Legislature to revise ' Oregon's constitution has passed the Senate. Sen. Capehart Urges Censure of Wayne Morse Washington-flJPD-Sen. Hom er E. Capehart (R-Ind.) said today the Senate should cen sure Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D Ore.) for his attacks on Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce. Capehart told a hurriedly called news conference he would confer with other sena tors and decide next week what action to take to set the censure action into motion. Knew It Was Illegal He said Morse "went far be yond what any senator should do in calling Mrs. Luce's doc tor and, being a lawyer, he knew it was illegal" and that the doctor could not give the requested information. Capehart, like Morse, a member of the Senate Foreign Tribune CLARE BOOTH LUCE Urged by Husband April Dry, Warm Month; Showers Forecast in Area April just past was a drier and slightly 'warmer month than normal, records of the Medford statioti of the United States weather bureau show The month had four days of measurable precipitation, all within the last week and totaling .59 . of an inch. The amount is .60 below the nor mal of 1.19 inches. Normally, there are nine days in April with precipitation of .01 of an inch or more. Heaviest rainfall was on April 25 and 30 with .21 of an inch on both days. On April 26 precipitation meas ured .15 and on April 27 the amount was .02. Precipitation for the sea son, since Sept. 1, 1958, totals 11.08 inches which is 4.52 below normal. Monthly temperature aver age was 53.8 degrees compar ed to the normal average of 52.3: Highest thermometer readings were 80 degrees on April 23 and 24. Low tem perature at the airport weath er station was 29 on April 16. April had nine clear days, seven partly cloudy and 14 cloudy. The averages are six clear, nine partly cloudy and 15 cloudy. . Forecast of the weather sta tion is for a few, showers in the mountains of the Medford vicinity Saturday afternoon. Grain and seed crops in the county have received much benefit from the recent rain fall, county agents report this week. Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulturist, reminded grow ers that in trees where scab is already present a cover spray should be used immedi ately. Cordy explained that the bud development of this variety of pear is currently at the stage when they become easily infected. Relations Committee, said Morse's attacks on Mrs. Luce and the Oregon Democrat's actions in the matter were the "height of irresponsibility on the part of a senator and the Senate should take action." The Indiana Republican said the late Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy (R-Wis.) "was censured for a lot less." Evades Issue When reporters noted that McCarthy's actions were "con demned" by the Senate rather than "censured," Capehart said "Morse should either be condemned or censured." ' But he carefully refused to say he definitely would offer a resolution calling for either move. Price 10 Cents i No. 36 Envoy Declines To Reconsider At Ike's Request Hagerty Tells of President's Regret Washington-(UPD-Mrs. Clare Booth Luce resigned today as ambassador to Brazil and de clined to reconsider the de cision despite President Eisen hower's urging. She won Senate confirma tion to the post last Tuesday. Mrs. Luce spent about an hour with the President and emerg ed to meet a crowd of news men in the office of White House Press Secretary James O. Hagerty. Her husband, magazine edi tor Henry R. Luce, had urged her to resign as a result of her feud with Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) In New York, Luce said he had no statement to make on his wife's resignation. "The President with regret accepted the resignation o f Mrs. Clare Booth Luce as am bassador to Brazil Hagerty announced. Letter Made Publie "At the same time he told her of his continuing confi dence in her and expressed his hope that she would continue on her assignment. "Her letter gives the reas ons why she felt she could not reconsider." Hagerty then made public Mrs. Luce's letter of resigna tion in which she said she was convinced "that it is no longer possible" for me to ac complish the mission which you Iiave entrusted to me." Bipartisan Support Referring to the Senate up roar over her nomination she described the Senate's 79 to 11 vote as an example of bi partisan support on foreign policy. ' - "But unhappily, in spite of the best efforts of 79 senators the climate of good will was poisoned by thousands of words of extraordinarily ugly charges against my person and distrust of the mission I was to undertake," she wrote. "These charges were inescap ably printed around the world. , The news was received with mixed reaction in the Senate. Some members said she show ed good judgment in resign ing. Others joined Eisenhower in expressing regret. There was no immediate comment from Morse. The State Department ex pressed its regret at Mrs. Luce's decision. Then, in ap parent rebuttal to Morse, it said that during her "out standing service" as ambassa dor to Italy, "she demonstrat ed a professional competence that would have served us well in our constant objective of promoting even closer re lations with our good friends in the great American repub lic of Brazil." Dr. Stevenson to Speak at Banquet ; Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege, Ashland, will be featur ed speaker at the Medford school patrol banquet Friday, May 22, at Medford High school cafeteria, Elliott Beck en, banquet chairman, has an nounced. The banquet is sponsored by the Medford Safety council in cooperation with local civic and fraternal organizations and parent-teacher groups. About 160 patrol members, both boys and girls, from pub lic schools and- St. Mary's school will be honored for their participation in the program. Reports Follow Orchard Heating Operations Here Duff Says Meeting Planned Tuesday The Oregon state air pollu tion authority will investigate complaints of air pollution from orchard heating opera tions in Jackson county, it was learned today. Curtiss M. Everets, secre tary of the authority, told the Mail Tribune by letter that six written complaints from residents of the valley con cerning smoke and soot con centrations were received be tween April 17- and 27, and that the authority will inves tigate them, as provided by law. The Oregon, air pollution law says in part:. "This dis charge into the air of solids, liquids or gases so as to cause such injury to humen, plant oi animal life, or to property, as constitutes a public nuis ance, is contrary to t'.e pub lic policy of the state of Ore gon. No person shall cause, erect or continue any nuisance contrary to the provisions of ORS 449.705 to 449.755." It is these sections of law which give the authority power, to investigate and abate air pol lution nuisances.) Letters Are First Everets reported that the six complaining letters are the first concerning smudge nuis ance from Jackson county since the air pollution author it' was organized in 1951. The sanitary authority sec retary pointed out, "An area survey of atmospheric pollu tion in Medford was started in March 1959 in cooperation with the city of Medford. Air sampling equipment was in operation during the orchard heating periods and the anal yses of these samples will describe the problem." He added that he has been informed a meeting of city and county officials is sched uled for next week to con sider corrective actions, and that a representative of the authority will attend. Confident of Arrangements He said "We are confident that arrangements can be made to prevent a recurrence of this problem." Medford City Manager Rob ert A. Duff said today the meeting has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the county courthouse. He said it will be a meeting of officials rath er than a public hearing for airing, citizens grievances. He reported that Ted Gerow and James Agee, engineers with the state air pollution authority, are expected to represent the authority at the meeting. Gerow and Agee have been working with the city on the current joint sur vey of air conditions in the Medford area. The secretary's letter said the investigation would be carried out under the author ity's rules and regulations. Pertinent sections of these read as follows: "... Upon receipt of a complaint involving a source of air. pollution not located within the jurisdiction of a municipal air pollution agency, the authority will pro ceed with surveys, investiga tions or studies to determine whether air pollution contrary to state statutes has occurred, and if a violation is found. to establish the source or sources. Source of Violation "When the source of a vio lation is established the au-. thority will notify the respon sible person in writing to gether with general recom mendations regarding the cor rections needed, v "The responsible person shall then install an appro priate control system within a reasonable time period to correct the excessive dis charge. "The responsible person shall submit the plans and specifications describing the control installations to the au thority for review before any changes are made. May Submit Plan ". . . If the responsible person, after receipt of the authority's notification that a source of discharge is in viola tion, does not correct the source or does not submit a plan for control, the respon sible person will be requested to appear at an authority meeting. "If the consideration at the authority meeting does not re sult in corrective action on a cooperative basis , a public hearing will be scheduled in accordance with Chapter IV oi these regulations.' i
