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IHIouse Group Seeks Action (EDn GasoOnne Tax increase Washington - (CPD - Nine House Republicans moved to day to force action by the House Public Works Commit tee on a pertny-a-gallon in crease in gasoline taxes. All but three of the com mittee's 12 Republican mem bers sent Chairman Charles A. Buckley (D-N.Y.) a letter demanding that he call a com mittee meeting on the plan. "Wars an Means Approved The penny tax hike already has been approved by the Ways and Means Committee as a means of blocking a drastic cutback in construc tion of the 41,000-mile super highway system. The proposal is now pending before the Public Works Committee." Buckley and other commit tee Democrats revolted Thurs day, contending that the pro posed tax bite is too big. D'Autremont Talks of Teaching Languages; Interest (Editor's note: In October, 1923. Ray- Charles D'Autre mont and his brothers Hugh and Roy, took four lives in an attempted train robbery in the Siskiyous. In 1927 Ray was committed to the Oregon Stale Penitentiary for a life term on a charge Radioactivity at Klamath Falls Said Occasionally High Portland - (UPD - Dr. Harold Erickson, state health officer, says radioactivity at Klamath Falls has reached abnormally high levels on at least three occasions during the last three occasions during the last three years but that Port land has had no measure ments which could be consid ered approaching the harmful level. Mr. Erickson called a con ference after a circuit judge ruled that the health board did not have to make availa ble to a research biologist technical data gathered by the board. "We have nothing to hide," Dr. Erickson said. Measurements Dissipated He said the higher Klamath Falls measurements quickly dissipated, and that they were below the danger point. Radiation m e a s u rements started here in 1956 as part of a national program under the Public "Health service. Local Residents in San Francisco for Electronics Show Three Medford men were among Oregon industrial and civic leaders who attended the Western Electronics show and convention in the San Francisco Cow palace which ended Thursday. Glenn Jackson, vice presi dent of the California Oregon Power company, David Irving of Copco's area and business t development department, and Medford's Mayor John Snider took part in the meeting. Gov. Mark Hatfield, who traveled to San Francisco Wednesday, met with some of Oregon's top industrialists prior to attending the show and convention. A total of 30,000 represent atives of the electronics indus try participated in the four day event. Prime purpose of Oregon's delegation at WESCO was "to sell the . electronics industry on Oregon's own industrial sites," a spokesman said. Tour Exhibits Jackson, Irving and Snider toured the Cow Palace exhib its Thursday and were briefed on the extensive industry. Governor Hatfield, who was host to a state luncheon yes terday noon, held a press con ference at the Cliff hotel which was attended by 27 rep resentatives of Bay area media. He answered questions on Oregon's industrial potential. At the luncheon, he told 50 of the nation's top electronics executives of Oregon's indus trial assets, listing the state's Fr3? candle noon hotel medford 'agtyyjyiyg- Speaker Sam Rayburn spent most of Thursday try ing to persuade the Demo crats to go along so the legis lation can reach the House floor quickly. Today's Re publican move put Buckley under pressure from both po litical camps. Formal Request The Republicans formally requested Buckley to call a committee meeting the first step in a procedure they could follow to pry the bill out of the committee should a stalemate develop. Informed source said Buckley has told House Democratic leaders privately that his committee will meet next Tuesday. But he ap parently hasn't told anyone else. The committe staff said no meeting has been formally called. of murder. Wednesday in circuit court here he re ceived another life sentence on an indictment that had been outstanding, and three other charges against him were dismissed at that time. Steps similar to those taken this week by Ray were Klamath Falls was added later. Richard Hatchard, director of air pollution control for the board, said normal readings taken so far here had be two two and five micro micro curies. A micro microcurie is the unit of measurement for radiation from one millionth of one millionth of a gram of radium. Dr. Erickson said he be lieved that only when the reading went as high as 1,000 "would it begin to be of con cern to the health of people." The highest reading made here has been 26.5, in Octo ber of 1958. At Klamath Falls in Octo ber of 1958 a reading of 370.04 was made. In Septem ber of 1957 it got to 117.05 at Klamath Falls and again it was 74.7. The October, 1958, readings were after an a'tomic test se ries in Nevada, Mr. Erickson said. labor force, space, recreation, liveability, outstanding educa tional institutions and admin istration's policy. Encouraging Industry His administration has a policy "for encouraging in dustry as Oregon enters a new era." The state is "full of fresh, new ideas," he de clared. The overall reaction to the governor's talk was "very, very favorable," it was re ported, and the executives were impressed with the state. Several prospective electronic industrialists stated that they plan to come to Oregon to look over the state as a result of Governor Hat field's remarks. Mayor George Christopher, San Francisco, was a special guest at the luncheon. Hat field traveled south with Ger ald Frank, Portland. Albany Union Barbers To lower Haircut Price Albany, Ore. - (CPD - Local union barbers were sched uled to lower their prices from $1.75 to $1 for haircuts today in retaliation to six non-union shops which have been charging $1.50. Secretary Treasurer Gar ner Pool of the barber's local said the action was voted on Thursday night. He indicated similar action may be taken at Lebanon. Florida has more miles of seacoast than any other state. Charcoal Broiled LOBSTER TAILS An especially good place to eat if dieting? Buckley, a Demo cratic leader in New York's Bronx, returned to his district for the week end. If there is no committee meeting Tuesday, today's GOP action could lead to forcing one next Friday. Under House rules, a commit tee majority can call a meet ing if seven days elapse from the time three members re quest it. Serious Consequences The Republicans said the nation's highway program "is slowly grinding to a halt be cause of the critical depletion of the trust fund" which fi ances construction. They said "numerous serious conse quences" would result if Con gress should adjourn without action on highway revenue legislation. in Art taken in January of this year by Hugh D'Autremont prior to his parole. A Mail Tribune reporter inter viewed Ray D'Autremont at the county jail here Thurs day as D'Autremont waited to be transferred back to Salem and the penitentiary.) By RON ABELL Mail Tribune Staff Writer Talking with Ray D'Autre mont, one gets the impression that he has reached a philo sophic and temperate plateau. His crime, which took place more than a generation ago, cost four lives. Since then his brother Hugh has died, and his twin brother Roy is re portedly hopelessly insane. He himself can look back upon more than 32 years of imprisonment. And whatever happens to him, the lives that were lost and the misery that was caused wont be altered. Possible Future He hopes, of course. Any body would. He said he was relieved that the indictments against him have been dis missed and he was able to speak of a possible future out side of prison. He spoke, too, of his young er life, but mostly he discussed the present. He spoke of the expressiveness of art and language and of the classes he teaches . in the state peni tentiary. In appearance, D'Autre mont seems younger than his years. He's stocky and com pletely bald but his face is unwrinkled and he talks with vigor. He has, he says, only a grade school education but he sounds more' like a college graduate. He is self-taught in French and he teaches a French class to other prisoners at the penitentiary. He picked up a knowledge of Spanish as a youthen New Mexico, he said, and he has studied .it since then and he also teaches a Spanish class. Take Back Seat But languages - the com municative arts - take a back seat to the graphic arts in D'Autremont's life. He teaches a class in art also, and he paints in the penitentiary hobby shop. He spoke of a desire to "create' pictures to help peo ple with human problems." He mentioned specifically a painting - he did which he called "Peace at Eventide," in which he tried to create a pleasant, peaceful landscape to remind people of a happi ness that's possible. He also writes for "Shad ows," the prison publication. Of his youth, he said, he had a "Christian upbringing," and was taught discipline by his parents. He said that as a young man he was "too small to be a bully," and he used to wonder if he would ever weigh 100 pounds. Now, as an older man, D'Autremont seems to face life with philosophy. He said that he reads when he gets a chance, though his teaching and painting occupy most of his time. He said he doesn't read as much literature now as he used to, because, para phrasing Shaw, "When you're past 40, few books can bring you pleasure and few books can teach you anything new." "That's true, isn't it? he asked. "After a while it's all the same story a story of joy and sadness." Junction City Man Indicted by Jury Albany (DPB Ivan Dale Hetland, 25, Junction City, has been indicted by the Linn county grand jury on a man slaughter charge in connec tion with the fatal beating of a Lebanon tavern owner. Hetland is accused of in flicting fatal head injuries on Lester Cosner in a June 5 brawl in Cosner's tavern. Cosner died in a Eugene hos pital June 17. j MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, Aug. 21, 1959 Jackson County Entries Noted in Siskiyou Fair Yreka-A number of Jack son county ranches have ex hibits in this year's Siskiyou county fair today, tomorrow and Sunday, according to Fair Manager Ed Mathews. Some of the largest beef exhibitors from Jackson county are Table Top ranch with a bull string and fat and feeder pens; Bill and Gayle Wood of Eagle Point with a full string of Herefords; Ire land Hereford ranch, Ash land, with Herefords; Ralph Cook, Medford, Herefords; Seven Oaks ranch, Central Point, with full string of Herefords; E. M. Lipper, Wil liams, Ore., Herefords. The beef entries are larger than the fair has space for, according to Mathews. Sheep classes also are heavy, he said. The 4-H groups have entered 105 single beef animals. Dairy classes are large with an estimated 100 head en tered. Future Farmers of America chapters have en tered 19 beef, 60 sheep and 58 swine. From the entry list of the 4-H and FFA groups, live stock will be picked up to sell at the junior auction Sunday at 6 p.m. A barbecued ' beef dinner and a circus were scheduled today. The circus continues through to Sunday. Senior beef judging starts at 9 a.m. Saturday. Sunday fair events include three horse races in the after noon, a horse show and cut ting horse competition. Committee OKs More Funds for Forest Service Portland - A supplemental appropriation approved by a joint House-Senate conference committee Thursday will pro vide $7V2 million in addition al funds for the Forest Service in fiscal 1960. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), in a statement from his Port land office, said "The confer ence action represents a vic tory for conservation." The Oregon senator pointed out that the new money adds $4 million to forest land manage ment; $2 million for forest development, roads and trails so that the full $$0 million authorization will be avail able. The administration had not requested enough money to fullfull the road program and had opposed the Senate amendment which added funds, Morse said. Can Purchase Roads Morse said the addition of $1 million to a new program entitled "access roads," will enable the forest service to purchase privately owned roads where national forest timber has been blocked from access.' He observed that at present over 22 billion board feet of this timber is being kept from productive use be cause access over private log ging roads could not be secured. The Senate amendment, ap proved by the conference com mittee, culminated a three year effort by Oregon and Washington senators to un block this timber heretofore bottled up by recalcitrant road owners. Levels of Lakes In Area Reported Rains in the mountains in southern Oregon Thursday provided a little run-off for lakes storing irrigation water, irrigation district officials said today in issuing the weekly report of water levels in area lakes. The seven-day present level and acre feet of area Draw- drawdown, capacity in lakes: Capa Level city 9,202 60,500 6,700 16.000 557 7.810 4,514 16,788 Lake down Howard Prairie 368 Hyatt 638 Emigrant 348 Four mile .. 1,508 Fish 31 490 5,560 8,189 Willow Creek 140 6,990 10 FUR FOUNTAIN CAFE Fully Equipped Ideal and a money maker for a couple that are willing to work. Write Tribune Box 9986-D Council Quashes Attempt to Rezone 12 Lots on Jackson st. Another "attempt to extendi commercial zoning on Med ford's near east side was quashed last night by the city council. The council, by a 5-2 mar gin, denied a .requested change from single and two family residential " to limited commercial for 12 lots along the south side of East Jack son st. between Genessee and Clark sts. The voting followed a pub lic hearing in which several councilmen, but only one person in the audience, ex pressed their views. Approve Paving v After two other i public hearings last night, the coun cil approved the paving of Mary st. from Saling ave. to East Jackson st. and the an nexation of a 3.44 acre tract belonging to Dan Patch on the city's north boundary. The council's action on the East Jackson st. rezoning re quest upheld the city plan ning commission, which turn Parking Meters to Start Operating at 9 a.m. Each Morning Ten days from now, Med-1 loading zone to be created for ford's parking meters are to the parking space just west of start operating at 9 a.m. in-! the alley. Three spaces just stead of at 8. This change was approved last night by , the Medford city council. Th ecouncil also approved the routes and rates of Ever green Bus Lines for its local service inside the city that began Monday. The approved fares are 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children un der 12 and students to and from school on school days. Larry Pilcher, Evergreen manager, told the council that patronage this first week was about 20 per cent of what would be necessary to make the run economical. But, he added, he expected it to im prove. Approve Restrictions In other action, the council I approved additional parking restrictions o n downtown Eighth st., a traffic light at East Jackson st. and Haw thorne ave.. and, temporarily, extra driveway space as re quested by Stanley Parrish for a proposed filling station on North Pacific highway. The voting on the parking meter time change was first 5-2, short of the three-fourths margin necessary the first time a matter appears on the coun cil agenda. Councilman Rob ert Van Sickle and Robert Baccus, both Ward III, voted in opposition. Van Sickle then changed his vote, stating that the measure was certain to pass at the next meeting in any case. City Manager Robert A, Duff informed the council that the lost hour would mean a revenue loss of about $3,000. Van Sickle said he would vote against the change unless the business li cense tax was increased to make up the difference. Duff explained the city's budget balances were suffi ciently high that the lost rev enue would have no apprecia ble effect. No Hardship Councilman Baccus stated that he did not consider hav ing the parking meters in use from 8 to 9 o'clock to be any particular hardship. But Cliff Lovejoy and Joe Materie, downtown mer chants, said meter operation at this unusually early hour created a nuisance for visitors to the city who entered res taurants for breakfast before 9 and emerged to find tickets on their cars. Materie said the requested change would cre ate good will. The Eighth st. parking re strictions (effective today)- involve the following: No Parking No parking from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the south side of Eighth st. between the rail road tracks and Front st., and between Front st. and South Central ave., except for one SI ed down the proposal June 11. Clif OueUette, Medford at torney representing the prop erty owners petitioning for the change, had appealed the matter to the council. But OueUette was not present last night. Reub Nelson, 724 East Jackson, was the only one to speak from the audience. Asked by Councilman Ed Hall, Ward I, how he felt about the matter, Nelson re plied that he opposed-the re zoning because it was not yet time for commercial zoning there. Favor Request Hall and Councilman Rob ert Van Sickle, Ward III, cast the two votes favoring the request. Hall explained that the properties-he himself resides in the area have become in effect a commercialone be cause of the nearby Medford shopping center, the new Rogue Valley state bank west of Central are already subject to this restriction. This change, recommended by the city's traffic engineer ing department, is to facili tate right-turn movements from Eighth onto either Front or Central and relieve the "considerable delay in the flow of Eighth st. traffic." Councilman Don Hansen, Ward II, asked strict enforce ment of the restrictions, with violators to be towed away. ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF BEAUTIFUL RIVERVIEW ,H0ME OF GOOD FOOD CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY AT THE ROGUE RIVER BRIDGE, SHADY COVE, OREGON Sat., Aug. 22, 1959 1p.m. Regular hours: 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Closed Mondays Excellent Food Beautiful Surroundings Catering to special parties Family Croups "Fishermen's" Breakfast Beach Picnic Baskets' Lucille Brumfield, Owner-Manager mm Join Now! Join now. If already subscriber, renew promptly. Send your name, address and sub scription fee ($5 for families living together, $3 for individuals) to: MERCY FLIGHTS INC. P.O. Box 522 MEDFORD, OREGON ,m " " ' ' ''' p HEgrf - across the street and the gen eral increase in traffic flow along Jackson. He explained after the meeting that the properties' values have dropped as much as a third because they are still oned residential despite the commercial environment. The homes on them stand a poor chance of sale, he said. If the area were rezoned for limited commercial use, he added, the properties' values would rise about 50 per cent. Generated 111 Feeling Hall reminded the council before the voting that the re zoning for the bank across the street was approved de spite the fact that petitions indicated a majority of prop erty owners opposed that change. He said this had gen erated, some ill feeling. "Two wrongs don't make a right," was the rejoinder of Councilman Fred Robin son, Ward I. Action on the Mary st. pav ing proposal had been post poned at the last council meeting when it developed that only 50 per cent of the abutting property owners had signed the initiating petition. More signatures secured re cently brought the figure to a sufficient 54 per cent. Against Improvement Only one Mary st. resident, identified as George Brees, spoke against the improve ment. He said the cost would be excessive. 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The body of water, now known as The Lord's Lake, is presently seven miles long and betwen 70 and 100 feet deep - and it continues to grow. The continuing shakes forced officials to call off an underwater search for land slide victims. Ten persons were killed, and it was be lieved many others were trap ped when Monday's powerful earthquake caused an 8,000- Heap 1X7 f Good! Nl You haven' lived ri m- until you've tasted Jfli j0i BROASTEB III W! CHICKEN! I! If you like Chicken-You'll Try an Order QQ of Chicken TO Eat inside, in your car or take it with you. Fresh young chickens supplied daily by Soran's Klamath Poultry BROASTER HOUSE 2 Blocks East of Bridge on Main St. Ph. SP 3-4379 OPEN 11:30 A.M. TILL 10:00 PJA. foot high mountain to col lapse into the valley. Civil Defense and Montana highway officials said they did not intend to- dig into the slide to search for bodies. Esti mates of the number possibly missing ranged from 30 to 100. Big Boulders Gallatin County Sheriff Don Skerritt said the slide was "just too big." He said it was hundreds of feet deep in places and contained boulders as big as boxcars. "We probably won't know for weeks how many are miss ing," a Red Cross official said. "Most of these people were tourists and it won't be known whether they're missing until they fail to "return home after their vacations." The latest victim of the tragedy was Mrs. Myrtle Painter, 42, Ogden, Utah. She died Thursday in a Bozeman hospital. Greenwich, Conn. (UPD The Rev. Dr. Albert J. M. Wilson, 72, former rector of Christ Episcopal Church here and onetime assistant minis ter of St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City, died Thursday. like it "Broasted" 10 Pc- Tub 2-39 20 Pc. Tub . 4.69
