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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1959)
Hatfield Critical of Oregon Legislature's Accomplishments on Taxation Salem (UPD Republican j Gov. Mark Hatfield is satis ; : fied with the size of Oregon's 2 1959-61 budget but not with the way the Democratic-con-trolled 50th Legislature went X about raising money for it. In his inaugural message on :Teb. 9, Hatfield outlined a general fund budget calling for $312,972,000. The budget approved by the Legislature which adjourned early Thurs day was estimated at $312, 400,000. 'Another Patch' Hatfield charged that the lawmakers "provided only an other patch on the crazy quilt of Oregon taxation." He add ed, "instead of truly broaden ing the tax base as recom mended . . . the Democratic leadership has socked - the same taxpayers who have been hit so often and so hard for so many years." But referring to the size of the budget, Hatfield said it was kept "some $15 million under what was predicted for this biennium a year ago by then Finance Director John Richardson." GOP Against Tax Plan Hatfield has recommended a broadening of the tax base in addition to the net income tax. After much wrangling the Legislature finally came Pio MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, May 8, 1959 f Legislative Pay Issue Due For Court Decision Salem (CPB - Secretary of State Howell Appling refused Thursday to comply with a demand that he approve extra 51 pay for legislators provided in a legislative bill, thus set- 1 ting up a court test. 5 The bill would increase leg - islators' pay to $175 a month from the present $600 a year. It was introduced by Sen. R. '," F. Chapman (D-Coo Bay) sole- - ly to get a decision from the : State Supreme Court on whether members of the Leg' islature could set their own , salaries. 2 The Legislature also passed a bill which submits ,to the Deonle in November of 1960 the question of whether legis lators' salaries will go from the present rate to the $175 per month figure. Chapman made the demand for the extra pay from Ap pling with intention1 of filing suit to force him to comply. Appling said he was in sym pathy with "the need for higher legislative salaries" and that he would cooperate fully to "obtain an early de cision of legality of the issue." Chapman's bill was based In a Supreme Court decision several years ago which said salaries set out in the consti , tution for state officials were minimums and the Legislature could raise them. This pro vision later was repealed. Pile Drivers To c Meet Monday C Portland - (UPD - The Fed " eral Mediation Service hoped f today that a Monday nego- - tiation meeting between em . ployers and striking Pile Drivers would produce an agreement to halt a walkout which has tied up about $15 million, worth of construction here. Some 30 Pile Drivers union members are on strike against J about 20 jobs here. In all 500 men are idled, i The strike started Wednes- day and spread Thursday. The C estimate of the value of jobs affected was made by As- aociated General Contractors, the employer group. AGC said that since a meet ing is scheduled Monday it " still considered itself in nego- tiation and therefore had not made plans to invoke its pre- viously-stated stand that a strike against, one is a strike against all." Paris -0PD North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquar ters 'has disclosed the United States has signed agreements with ' West Germany, The Netherlands, Greece and Tur key to furnish them with nu clear weapons information. Duncan's Fiscal Committee To Study State's Building Needs Salem-UPB-Investigation of needs and utilization of build ings proposed by state institu tions and the Board of Higher Education together with a study of the administrative organization of state agencies will be the major effort of the newly-created fiscal commit tee during the next two years. In addition this' committee will assist interim commit tees in formulating reports as well as carrying on research work for such groups. The committee, created by the 1959 legislature, is responsi ble to the legislature alone. The first , meeting of the committee, headed by House Speaker Robert Duncan of Medford, was held Thursday afternoon. To Study Budgets The committee will study budget proposals by various state agencies in advance of the next legislative session.' The study of the adminis tration of state agencies will be designed to determine if. the state cannot operate with less than the close to 20,000 now employed. Appointment of a fiscal officer was delayed for 30 days to allow a sub; committee to make further search and evaluation of pos sibilities for the position. A salary range of from $10,- 000 to $12,500 was decided for the director. . Would Help Decision Members of the committee, many of them former mem bers of Ways and Means, felt that building projects present ed by state agencies did not have too much prior study. They felt that a thorough study of building needs by the committee and its staff, together with planning in re lation to the number of people that would use the building, would be invaluable to the Ways and Means committee. In addition, they said it might cut down on the building pro grams that appear at every, legislative session. Sen. Anthony Yturn (R-On- tario) said if the Fiscal com mittee decided a sum for a building program or decided Jacksonville Men Injured in Crash Two Jacksonville men were injured in a one-car accident Thursday night on Highway 238 at the east end of Ruch, state police said today. Treated at Rogue Valley hospital and released last night were Charles F. Cush man, driver, and passenger, James D. Sutton. The Chushman car was go ing east on Highway 238 when the car ahead suddenly stopped, state police said. Cushman swerved to avoid collision and the car traveled across the highway, hit a three-foot ditch and turned over, , police said. The men were taken to Rogue Valley hospital by the Medford Am bulance service. that no building program was needed the legislature would have a difficult time in over riding the committee's deci sion. Durno Sees Value ' Sen. Edwin Durno (R-Med-ford) said he felt the greatest value of the Fiscal committee would be in aiding members of the Ways and Means committee. Other members of the com mittee besides Duncan, Ytur ri and Durno are Senate Pres ident Walter Pearson (D-Port-land); Sens. Ward Cook and Alfred Corbett (D-Portland); and .Reps. Stafford Hansell (R-Athens); George Layman (R-Newberg); George Annala (D-Hood River); Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquille) and Keith Skelton (D-Eugene). Industrial Shares Record Net Gains New York (UPD Highest grade industrial shares re corded net gains ranging to more than 5 points in Du Pont today to restore nearly all of Thursday's wide decline. Other key issues to move up 2 or 3 points included American Telephone, Good year, International Paper, and Chrysler. Chrysler's gain was match ed by Ford, which set a new high. General Motors and American Motors rose more than a point each and Stude-baker-Packard rose nearly a point. 'DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (CPD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 621.36, up 5.72; 20 railroads 163.85; up 1.27; 15 utilities 91.60. up 0.53. and 65 stocks 212.20, up 1.75. Sales . today were about 3.930.000 shares com pared with 4.530.000 shares Thursday. Today's prices on selected stocks Allied Chemical ' .112V2 Alum Co. Am 78 American Can 43 American Motors 38 AT&T 24334 Anaconda Copper A Armco Steel 66 Bendix Aviation 83 V Bethlehem Steel 49 Boeing Air - 39 Caterpillar Corp 96V4. Chrysler Corp 65 Continental Can 46 Crown Zellerbach 55 Vfc Curtiss Wright 35 Dow Chemical. 88 Du Pont .:, 246 Eastman Kodak 85 Firestone 1452 General Electric ; 81 General Foods 81 General Motors 49 Georgia Pacific 65V4 Graham Paige1 . 2 Greyhound 21 Gulf Oil 114 Homestake Mining 41 Idaho Power 47 V4 I. B. M. ... ' 576 Int. Paper .. : 115 Kaiser Ind Unquoted Johns Manville 56 Kennecott Copper 109 Lockheed Aircraft . 34! Katy , . 6 Montgomery Ward 48 Natl Biscuit 52 New York Central 26 Pac Gas & Elec 64 Penney J. C. 110 Penn RR ... 17 Radio Corporation 67 i on lil OTHER'S NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 10th Bring Mother To Beautiful lMoii Desir Dining Inn JUST EAST OF CENTRAL POINT On HER Day. Mother's Day Dinner out! A real treat for the family . . . and especially a vacation for Mom! She'll enjoy the luxuries of Mon Desir's thoughtful service, restful surroundings, Julie's savory cuisine. Of course, we'll have children's Vi price plates so make it a real family affair! Special Mother's Day Dinner Served From 3:00 p.m. Until 9:00 p.m. . WE CHILDREN !4 PRICE MON DESIR-Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 Richfield Oil Safeway , Sears . Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Co. Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J. Sun Mines Texas Co. .. Texas Gulf Sulfur Tex Pac Land Trust 17 Transamerica 27 Vi Trans World Air 20 Tri-Continental , 40Vi Union Carbide 139Vi Union Pacific 34 87 38 43 82 44 38 66 53 49 52 7 83 21 United Aircraft United Air Lines U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel Youngstown S & T . 62 . 38 . 57 - 89 .118 Lamb Dealers Deplore Grading Portland (UPD Lamb deal ers complained 'today they stand to lose money because of a sudden down-grading of meat. Prosser Clark, veteran salesman at the stockyards here, said the Department of Agriculture has changed its mind overnight as to what a choice grade lamb is. "Up to two weeks ago Ore gon and , Washington lamb feeders were able to report that their lambs were grading 80 to 85 per cent choice - the next to the top grade. Now the same producers are ship ping what they say are better lambs and the carcasses from these are grading only 10 to 15 per cent choice," Clark said. Tennessee Coal Area Patrolled Jellico, Tenn. (UPD Four highway patrol cruisers pa trolled the Jellico area today in a state effort to halt vio lence in this coal mining com munity. The Tennessee Bureau - of Identification set up head quarters here- Thursday after local officials asked for state help. . Assistant Attorney Gen. David Rogers and Sheriff Rose Kitts called for state aid after two dynamite explosions de stroyed two coal tipples and smashed window panes and plate glass' windows in Jelli co's business district. It was the latest act of vio lence since the start of a coal strike which has affected southeastern Kentucky and Tennessee coal fields. Births CLIFFORD - To Mr. and Mrs. Burton, 829 Bennett St., Medford, May 7, 1959, a girl, weight 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. FULCHER - To Mr. and Mrs. George Leo, 114 North Columbus ave., Medford, May 7, 1959, a girl, weight 5 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. . OVer-fhe-Counfe; Western Slocks The following bid and asked prices on selected Western aecuri ties. provided by the Medford branch oifice of Pacific Northwest Company are unofficial and do not represent actua- transactions but are intended as a guide to the apprcTraat price range Common Stocks Bid Asked Bank of America 44; 47 'i caiit.-f acitic utilities- 36V Cascades Plywood 33 ',i Cons. Freightways 21 Copco 36 First National Bank 54 Northwest Nat. as 17 Pacific Pwr. & Lt, 414 Permanente Cem. Co. 251a Portland Gen. Elec 29 U. S. National Bank 69 United Utilities 33 West Coast TeL 23 38 36 1 23 39 58 18 43 i 27 30 74i,i 35 25 up with a plan whereby rates would be lowered but taxes would be hiked by eliminating the federal income tax de duction from state returns. The governor said if the base had been broadened, vi tal needs such as those in ele mentary and secondary educa tion could have been met wjth resultant property tax relief. The main income tax plan as finally approved met with almost solid Republican op position. All 27 GOP house members voted against it and only three of the 11 GOP sen ators voted for it. It also re ceived bitter press criticism. Hatfield was not entirely critical of the Legislature. He cited reorganization of the Board of Agriculture, repeal o the anti-picketing law, adoption of an uninsured mo torist clause and unemploy ment compensation provisions as good things which came out of the session. Some other highlights of the session included: Sales and Cigarette Taxes: Bills calling for a vote of the people in 1960 on a sales tax and calling for a three cent per pack tax on cigarettes were buried in committee. Astoria Bridge: A bill for a bond issue for a Columbia river bridge at Astoria and im provement of Highway 42 in southern Oregon was passed. . Capital Gains: A capital gains provision similar to fed eral law was passed with the provision that the money gained in taxes be re-invested in Oregon. However, Hatfield said the bill didn't, go far enough. : Business Tax: A 1 per cent business tax was imposed along with eliminating an in ventory tax on merchandise stored in Oregon warehouses. Unemployment: A bill to eliminate most cannery work ers from collecting unem ployment compensation was passed. It now requires at least 20 weeks of work with a $700 minimum salary to qualify for unemployment compensation. Previously the requirement was a $700 mini mum in any one quarter. Bonding: The people will vote in 1960 on a $40 million bond issue for an eight-year construction program. Hat field had suggested a pay-as-you-go program. Board of Control: A bill was passed by both houses to abolish the three-man Board and give its responsibilities to the governor. Hatfield might veto it. Women's Prison: Funds for a new women's prison were provided but much work re mains to get the program roll ing Board of Parole: Was ex panded from three to five members. Salaries: The Legislature balked in the final day on two salary hikes for college teachers and other state em ployees. The former were raised 10 per cent over the next two years and the latter four per cent. Welfare: 1 Both emergency appropriations to cover wel fare payments until June 30 and an expanded budget for the next two years were ap proved. An interim committee will study the welfare prob lem in Oregon. Migratory Labor: A pack age of bills seeking to improve the working condition of mi grants in Oregon was ap proved. State Police: Were given a five-day work week. Coroners: A bill was passed to change the present coroner systm to one of medical ex aminers except in Multnomah county. , Taverns: A bill to allow singing in taverns was vetoed by Hatfield. Miss Waltermire Suffers Facial Cut Linda Jo Waltermire, 16, of 1109 West Main st., Medford, suffered a cut over her right eye yesterday when struck by a baseball bat on a school playground. Miss Waltermire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Walter mire, operators of the Med ford Ambulance Service, was taken to Rogue Valley hospi tal by ambulance. ACTRESS IN HOSPITAL Las Vegas, Nev.-fllPD-Actress Debra Paget was reported in satisfactory condition today at Southern Nevada Memorial hospital where she was under going treatment for pneu monia. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle for week 1775. Choice under 1150 lb. fed steers 29.25-30; 1089-1146 lb. at 30; good under 1100 lb. 27.50-28.75; standard 26-27; utility 21.50-25; good-choice fed heifers 26.50-28; utility cows 18-20; canner-cutter 14-15.50; utility bulls 23.50-24.50. Calves for week 280. Good-choice vealers 31-35; few to 36; standard 24-29; utility 21-25; cull down to 17; good-choice stock calves 28-32. Hogs for week 2725. No. 1 and 2 butchers 190-225 lb. 18.25-18.50; 1, 2 and 3 lots 17.25-18; sows 300 550 lb. 11.50-14.50. 'Sheep for week 425. Good-choice spring lambs 23-23.75; utility-good 22; old crop shorn lambs weak to 1.00 lower; good-choice 16.50-17.75; ewes 3-8. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Dairy ' market ' Eggs To retailers: 'Grade AA large. 35-37c doz.; A large. 34-36c; AA small, 28-30c; cartons l-3c ad ditional. Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints, 65c lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints, 63c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A erade cheddar single dai sies, 41-51c; processed American cheese, a-iu. loaf, 4U-43C. Farm Market No. 1A California Long White po tatoes sold to retailers at 4.25-4.75 a hundredweight today, as spud prices continued to advance: as paragus supplies continued short ot aemana. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene: f.o.b. ranch, No. 1 qual ity fryers, 2-4 lbs., 17c; light hens, 9-1 lc; heavy hens, 11c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to- retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 33-36c lb.; cut up. 38-41c; hens, heavy type whole drawn, 37 40c; light-type cut up. 33-35c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen, ready to cook, A grade young toms, 40-43c lb., according to weight; A grade young hens, same basis 38-40c lb. Breeder Turkeys To producers: (Nominal) A grade hens, 23c on an eviscerated basis: A grade toms, 23c on the same basis; to retailers, A grade hens 35-36c. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white, 3 4 Vic lb. f.o.b. Portland, 20-23c; colored pelts 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60c lb.; cut up, 61-64C. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $32-23 ton with top quality to $35. Wholesale Prices as reported by the Portland USDA market news service. Basis by the ton, bulk, prompt delivery, f .o.b. track, Port land. Wheat, No. 1 soft white . $69.00 No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment $54.00 No. 2 corn, Eastern shipment . $56.75-57.00 No. 2 wh. oats, 38-lb. Coast .52 nn-s4 nn No. 2 Western barley. Coast $50.00 Soybean meal. 44 protein $76.00 Standard millrun $43.00-44.00 We have set up for saints and heroes. For martyrs of brain and blood. Who've swept thru the changing channels Of Time in a master-flood. Our days of high sung remembrance. Fair-hymned with heart-uttered praise. And left for the last which shall yet be first The highest of all high-days. And, now, with our laurel-list crowded With minions and masters of fame We see how its head lacks the luster Of earth's Unapproachable Name! The first of all names we remember, The last of all names that we love . . . That lives in the heart of each human. All other names gleaming above! She has stood undismayed where the bravest Of men would but falter and fall. She has fought thru all nights of disaster. Unfearful of peril or pall. She has striven and stumbled, and auffered AH sorrow, all pain, and all woe, And still in her heart kept the comfort. And still in her eyes the good glow! Though all days be hers to the loving, Let one day be all hers alone, That the world in its restless onrushing May stop to kneel down at her throne. And back of the flower emblematic That the world in her honor shall wear. Let there rise for the Blessing of Mother A boundless Thanksgiving of prayer! Gleaming Silverware Table Cloth - Linen Napkins Good Food Efficient Quite Service Air Conditioned Dining Rodm-Ogen & a.m. -8 p.m. Candle Room-Open 2 p.m.-lO p.m. Hotel Medford Eagle Program to Honor Mothers A program honoring moth ers will be presented by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and auxiliary in the auxiliary hall Sunday, May 10, at 2 pjn. Walter Daigle is in charge. Corsages will be given to all Gold Star mothers, to the oldest mother present, and to the mother present with the largest family. Refreshments will follow the program. Truman Birthday Party Scheduled New York (CPD - Harry S. Truman, who took over Times Square Thursday, captures the rest of the nation tonight in a star-studded happy 75th birthday party. An estimated 50,000 persons were expected to turn out to honor the former president at Democratic Party dinners in 16 cities, linked by closed circuit television. Truman was to -join 1,800 guests at a $100-a-plate dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel here. Speakers at the cross country party include Adlai Stevenson, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, House Speaker Sam Rayburn, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the jaunty, vigorous Truman him self. Entertainers were to in clude Danny Kaye, Jack Benny, Leonard Bernstein, Jimmy Durante, ' Mort Sahl and Melvyn Douglas. LET'S BE UNREASONABLE Corpus Christi, Tex. -(UPD -The real estate business in this city is getting tougher all the time, judging from a sign here that reads: "Property for sale. No reasonable offer accepted." Investment Funds Noon Quotations on selected funds supplied by th".- Mdford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New York Stock Exchange Fund Bid Asked Bullock 14.18 15.54 Chem Fund 11.16 12.07 Eaton Howard Stic 24.26 Fidelity 16.63 Gas Ind 13.60 Group Sec Avia Elec 11.56 Group Sec Com Stk 13.62 Group Sec Petr 1138 Group Sec Steel 9.96 Group Sec Tobac 8.08 Keystone B-3 16.48 Keystone B-4 .... 10.26 Keystone K-2 14.92 Keystone S-l 19.16 Keystone S-2 12.82 Keystone S-3 15.28 Keystone S-4 13.54 Mass Inv Grth Stk-14.04 EV-Elec 16.23 Value Line Inc 5.86 Wellington 14.32 25.94 17.98 14.86 12.66 14.91 12.46 10.91 8.86 17.98 11.18 16.28 20.91 14.00 16.67 14.78 ,15.19 17.69 6.40 15.61 A day Mother will enjoy and remember DIR At the T JACKSON HOTEL our delicious Chuck Wagon Buffet Adults $2.00 Served from Children $1.00 12 Noon till 8 p.m. Tables for large groups O J Treat Mother on Her Day to DINNER IN GRANTS PASS at the OREGON INN Tempting, delicious Adults $1.85 Smorgasbord Children $1.25 Also large selection of dinner entrees The patio will be open, weather permitting Or take her to Grants Pass' NEWEST DINNER HOUSE THE BURL INN Excellent Dinners Restful Atmosphere Special BURL INN Dinner of the Day Adults $1 .95 - Children $1.25 : . . . In Grants Pass It's Oregon Inn ! Burl Inn South of Caveman ,-Bridge Phone GR 9-9252 S20 N.W. th Street Phone . GR 9-2352 Open 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. Seven Days a Week FRIED CHICKEN y .... Southern Fried We can cook it faster than you . can eat it try us and see! TUB of CHICKEN . . . serves 4 Take it home or eat it here. No clean up for you N we do it. Booth or Car Service . BARREL of CHICKEN . . . serves 8 $4.98 o O O o' Attention Shrimp Eaters SHRIMP BOAT .', SHRIMP SCHOONER $2.49 Serves 4 $2.49 Serves 8 $4.98 CHICKEN PLATE 3 PIECES JOINTED CHICKEN Fried Southern Style Cole Slow, Garlic Bread end French Fries 1.25 CHICKEN SNACK 2 Pieces Oiicfcen 1 Piece Garlic Bread J5 BURGER STEAK PLATE 7 OZ. GROUND ROUND Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread, French Fries and Catsup 1.25 SHRIMP PLATE , 3 JUMBO PRAWNS . Cole Slaw Garlic Bread, French fries, and Shrimp Sauce 1.25 HAMBURGERS 30 with Lettuce, Relish and Pickles THE ALL AMERICAN SANDWICH and we put plenty of meat in ours Formerly the Coffee Pot Weyerhaeuser 41 43 Ik
