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PresiMtt Asks $4 ro) n n n 6)11111 mi n r ro n D 01 Satellites To Curb Surprise Attack Seen Editor's note: This is the second of five dispatches on U.S. military capability. In the following, the military affairs writer of United Press International Halc uritK tk. Bfin -n.ni.i ... nwB ......... "ill 1.11 1 4UMUVU VI auci ILdU $i w bcu (.AM I.U I1G vent a surprise missile attack. By CHARLES Washington-(UPD-Does the tial to prevent a space-age Pearl Harbor? The Air Force thinks so. missile attack. listic Missile Jfmf I Mllary men in general reject the idea t ' I that space is an area for civilian exploration Im. W SmJ alone. They argue that space vehicles can no Charles Corddry more be ignored militarily than warships and bombers. President Eisenhower has said it is his "fixed conclusion" that space and defense are different. But he has made it clear that he would "exploit" any space activity the Defense Department thought would contribute to defense. BMD and its technical advisers of the Space Technology Laboratories at Inglewood believe that warning and photo reconnaissance might provide the United States in the future with a margin of superiority in deterring Soviet attack. (Continued on Page 2) Rural School Group Discusses Budget The Jackson county rural school board and budget com mittee last night discussed the tentative rural school district budget and the legal respon sibilities of the rural school board. No action was taken. The committee had already approved a $31,000 allocation for the county curriculum ma terials center so it could quali fy for matching funds under the National Defense Educa Oregon Briefs Portland (UPD The Legis lative Interim Committee on Welfare voted unani mously here Monday for a recommendation to provide attending physicians for wel fare patients in Multnomah county nursing homes. Salem-IUPD-Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, wife of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), filed today as a candidate for state at large delegate to the Democratic national convention in July. Salem -(UPD Seven girls escaped from Hillcrest School in heavy fog today but four of them were back in custody in less than half an hour. Salem -(UPD- The State Agriculture Depar tment said today that the Cali fornia Agriculture Depart ment has "under advice ment" Oregon proposals aimed at easing a recent California ban against Ore gon cattle. Chessman Lawyer Makes 15th Appeal Washington - (UPD - An at torney for Caryl Chessman made a 15th appeal to the Supreme Court today in an effort to save the convict author from execution Friday morning in California's gas chamber. Miss Rosalie Asher, Sacra mento, told reporters her pa pers had been presented by the Supreme Court clerk to Justice Felix Frankfurter "as the senior justice available." The attorney, who said she must return to the West Coast Wednesday afternoon, said she will not try to contact other justices if Frankfurter turns her down. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing high clouds tonight and Wednesday. Chance of fog patches Wednes day morning. Low tonight 28 to 30. High Wednesday 58. Temp. Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest this Morning Z Prec. to 5 p.m. Yesterday, trace Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today, none. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:44 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:07 a.m. Moonrise tonight 10.18 p.m. Last Quarter Feh. 19 PROMINENT STAR Spica, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 4:12 a.m. Mars and Venus, rise 6:06 a.m. Saturn, low in south east .- : " CORDDRY United States have the poten Accordingly, it is urging highest government priority for a system of military satellites with eyes to penetrate Iron Curtain areas and. ability to help forestall surprise Called Midas and Samos, these satellites head a list of ambitious space projects under study or development by the Air Force Bal Division at Inglewood, Calif. tion act. This sum would cov er teaching aids for all school districts in the county. The Jackson County School Superintendents' associat ion has requested that funds allo cated from . each school dis trict to support the curricu lum materials center be in cluded in the rural school district budget. Now each school contributes $100 a year for operation of the center, John H. Harr, Rogue River superintendent, explained on behalf of the association. Most Equitable Way .-."The association felt , this would be the. most equitable way to divide the expenses," Harr added. "Association members also asked that the service be continued as it now is. Harr explained that the re quest actually means that the amount used for supporting the center would merely be dropped from each school dis trict budget and placed in the rural budget. The association would want representation on any future study made of the curriculum materials center, ihe added. Attorney Sam Harbison, rural school board member- at-large, asked County School Superintendent Alf B. Mek vold what responsibilities the rural school board has. Board's Responsibility According to the revised rural school law of 1957, the board "is responsible for em ployment of supervisors and office help and it may set the salaries for this personnel. Also, according to the law, the rural school district board is authorized, not later than March 15 each year, to pre pare and adopt a budget for its own expenses and those of the county superintendent. The latter includes travel money and funds for profes sional and clerical assistance, plus services, equipment and supplies. Mekvold added that when his term expires in Dec. 31, 1960, the board will also be responsible for appointing a school superintendent. Grants Pass Man Held at Williows Willows, Calif.-IUPD-Sheriff Ben Kranig said today that a 48-year-old Oregon man, jailed here on a burglary charge, has admitted stealing $100,000 worth of tools in northern California during the past five years. He said the suspect, Ed ward A. Biros, of Grants Pass, Ore., admitted taking tools from barns . and sheds in Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Colu sa, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter and Sacramento, (Calif.) counties. Biros was arrested on a tip. Kranig said the suspect dis posed of the tools at auction yards and second hand stores in Oregon. Act on on MacLaren Building Withheld Salem -(UPD- The Board of Control today withheld .ac tion on final plans for a new food service building at Mac Laren school for boys pend ing a check to see if cost of the project con be cut down. British Budget Includes Boost In Defense Bill No Major Changes In Broad Policy London -(UPD- Britain today announced a $324,800,000 boost in her defense spend ing which brings her annual defense bill to a record $3, 729,924,000, nearly a third of her entire budget. The increase was an nounced in a government white paper which said Brit ain also was increasing its conventional w e a p o n s in stead of relying exclusively on the massive western nu clear deterrent. The white paper said the government's broad defense policy has undergone no major changes but it empha sized that nuclear power is "only one component of the deterrent." Pay Boosted "Our task must still be to contribute in the most effi cient and effective way pos sible with our allies to the maintenance of world peace," the white paper said. The white paper showed that increased defense costs result partly from an across the board pay boost for the entire armed forces which was announced last week. They also result from in creased arms cost as well as transfer to the defense bud get of some items previously included in the nation's civil budget. Local Jeweler Pleads Guilty Portland - Alton M. Ander son, proprietor of Andy's Jewelry store in Medford, to day in federal court in Port land pleaded guilty to at tempted evasion of income taxes for 1956, according to J. L. .Savage, .... chief , of .the intelligence division, Internal Revenue Service, Portland. Anderson has waived an indictment. Judge William G. East ordered a pre-sentence investigation by the U.S. pro bation officer, Savage said. According t o information filed with the federal court, Anderson was charged with reporting a net income of $20,390.80 for 1956 when the correct income was $32,594.36, Savage said. Anderson's re ported tax was $4,596.87 com pared to a correct tax of $9,551.32, the internal reve nue agent said. Anderson started in the jewelry business in Medford in 1946 and moved his busi ness to its present location, 15 North Central ave., in 1950. Harold Patterson, assistant U.S. attorney in Portland, prosecuted the case. Reorganization Group to Meet Delegations from Phoenix and from the area south of Barnett rd'. are expected to at tend the meeting of the Jack son county reorganization committee at 8 o'clock tonight in the county courthouse, it was reported. A discussion will be held on the proposed annexation of the property south of' Barnett rd. to the Medford school dis trict. The proposed property switch from the Phoenix school district would include the Rogue Valley manor. A hearing on the Phoenix Talent administrative district under the proposed reorga nization plan will be held in the Phoenix elementary school gymnasium on March 1, school officials reported. This is a routine hearing sponsored by the state board of education. The county reorganization committee will discuss also the timing of further action on administrative plans for Central Point and Prospect districts, considered independ ent units, and the joining of Eagle Point and Butte Falls. Action on the Medford school district as an admin istrative unit has - been de layed pending further consid eration of Applegate, Mek vold explained. SP Ordered To Install Signals Salem -(UPD Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill has ordered the Southern Pacific Company to install new signals at a railroad crossing in Independence termed dangerous. , Regional Edition Me 14 Pages Funrnds POUR CEMENT-Workmen at' the Jackson park swimming pool project are shown here pouring cement for the foundations of the bathhouse. The contractors,' the : National Granite company and Holliday Pool - Con struction company, will have the floors for the bathhouse, dressing rooms and mechan ical room poured this week and hope to French Farm-Labor Crisis Overshadows Test Criticism Paris - (UPD A new farm and labor crisis boiled up to day in France and . turned government attention-; away from the mounting Afro-Asian criticism : of its atomic bomb test and the threat of a series of diplomatic ruptures. Another sharp split was re ported within the cabinet with Finance Minister Wilfrid Baumgartner .and Industry Minister Jean-Marcel Jeanne nay at odds over how to cope with growing demands for re vised price policies. Thousands of farmers riot ed last Thursday in the north ern city of Amiens . against government price freezes and new mass protest rallies were called for this Thursday in 'What I'm Really Afraid Of Is That He Might Forget The Spirit of The George M. Humphrey Plantation" 1 ' DF0RD MEDFORD, OREGON, My Clermont Ferrand and Char tres. Against the demand for higher farm prices were de mands from powerful unions that the government make good its pledge for an across-the-board raise in the big state-run gas and electric in dustry. While President Charles de Gaulle struggled with the acute economic problems at home, dangerous develop ments were reported in Africa where a series of diplomatic breaks threatened if he goes ahead with plans for further atomic tests. Informed sources said France would follow up its first atomic test with the ex- Missile -tir A TT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, Missile Hie begin putting up the walls this week. Ex cavation for the swimming pools themselves will not begin until after Feb. 22, or until the city lets the contractors know whether they can raise the money for the diving pool.. There is yet no indication how. the city will, if it can at all, raise the money for the second pool. (Knackstedt Photo) plosion of a tactical nuclear weapon within two months despite the diplomatic re action. . The first major reaction came from Morocco, 360 miles north of the French . Sahara Desert bomb site at Reggane, which recalled ' Ambassador Abdellatif Bendjelloun Mon day and renounced a Franco Moroccan accord of May 28, 1956. Protests poured in from Ghana, The Sudan, .Japan and other Afro-Asian nations and the Algerian rebel govern ment announced it would make an "important declar ation" sometime today. Pay Scales Adopted By Ashland Board Ashland-The Ashland school board last night adopted pay scales which will provide an avearge raise of $300 per teacher during the 1960-61 school year. ' The plan, according to a. spokesman in the office of School Superintendent Stan ley Jobe, includes $4,200 base pay plus 4 per cent increment for a first-year teacher with a bachelor's degree. The in crement is the same for the present school year, but the base pay is now $4,050. Starting salary for a teach er with three years of college, under the new scale, is $4,032, and that for a teacher with five years is $4,326. A teacher with a master's degree starts at $4,410. Highest salaries provided for are $4,536 (fourth step) for a teacher with three years of college; $6,048 (12th step) for a teacher with a bachelor's degree; $6,342 (13th step) for a teacher with five years of college, and $6,594 (14th step) for a teacher with a master's degree. Tribune 1960 Section Defense Said To Be Considering Substantial Cut Brucker, Lemnitzer Heard by Committee Washington (UPD - Army Secretary Wilbur M. Brucker said today the Defense Depart ment is considering a sub stantial cutback in research and development funds for the Nike-Zeus anti - missile missile. But Brucker and Gen. Ly man L. Lemnitzer, Army chief of staff, emphasized in testi mony before the House Space Committee that they believe the Nike-Zeus to be "absolute ly vital" to the U.S. defenses. Funds To Be Chopped Brucker said he has been told informally that funds for developing the anti - missile missile might be chopped from $253 to $200 million dur ing the fiscal year starting next July 1. Lemnitzer, in this connec tion, said "there is talk in some quarters that we should put all of our resources into offensive weapons." The general added, and Brucker backed him up, that "A certain amount of defense is needed, especially in work ing on the assumption that we will not launch the first at tack." . Far Advanced Brucker also disclosed that the Army's Nike - Hercules anti-aircraft missile has been so far advanced that it can knock down planes flying at 500,000 feet. Up to now, the Army has admitted only that the Army could hit targets "above 100,000 feet." Brucker said once the Her cules "locks on" an airplane flying anywhere up to 500,000 feet, the attacking plane is doomed. "This weapon is sure death," he said. Open House Set At Local Armory Open house will be held at Medford National Guard arm ory between 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in observ ance of the Guard's annual "Operation Muster." The local guard unit is Com pany E, second battle group, 186th infantry. During the afternoon, there will be displays of all types of National Guard equipment as well as the new Guard dress uniform, 1st Lt. Donald M. Ivie, commanding officer, said. Guided tours through the armory are scheduled, and coffee and sandwiches will be served. For those interested in shooting, the indoor rifle range will be open with small bore rifles, targets and am munition available, he said. Purpose of "Operation Mus ter" is to give the public a chance to' see the facilities and equipment available for train ing' National Guardsmen and to create interest among young men to enlist in the Guard as a method of fulfill ing their military obligation. Sure Signs of Reported in Spring does not start here officially for more than a month, but there are sure signs that it is well on its way. Jasmine has been in bloom about a week, and crocuses are brightening many gardens with their blooms. But one of the surest signs of spring, insofar as local birdwatchers are concerned, is the return of the tree swal lows, the first of which were observed by the Ted Conways along the Rogue river Satur day. - The' Rev. Thomas McCam ant and Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, both of Medford, both saw tree Swallows yesterday paired 54th Year Price 10 Cents A No. 278 FILES CANDIDACY - L. E. Ager, 57, of 63 Gresham St., Ashland, yesterday filed for the Republican nomination for Jackson county surveyor. He is the second Republican to file for the post. Earlier Mark Boyden, 2541 Sandy Terrace, Medford, filed for nomination. Edward A. Mc Ginty, 103 King st., Medford, yesterday filed for the Demo cratic nomination for county surveyor. Russia Offers New Concessions In Test Ban Pact Geneva -(UPD- The Soviet Union today formally rejected President Eisenhower's pro-1 posal to outlaw all but rela tively small underground nu clear tests but offered the West new concessions for an all inclusive test ban treaty. Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin told British and U.S. negotiators that Russia was not willing to accept the U. S. proposal as the basis for negotiations because, he said it allowed for renewed nucle ar testing. . . But he said Russia now was willing to allow inspection teams to investigate any re corded event suspect of being an illegal underground blast. Concession Conditional He made this concession conditional on western accept ance of a politically fixed-and probably small -annual num ber of these inspections on the soil of the three countries. . Western spokesmen wel comed the Soviet willingness to allow inspection teams to investigate recorded earth tremors but they doubted the Soviet Union would agree to the "enormous" number that would be required. However, the Russian pro posal was forwarded to Wash ington and London for careful study. Petitions Filed For Humphrey Petitions requesting that Hubert Humphrey be placed on the Oregon primary elec tion ballot as a presidential candidate have been filed in the county elections depart ment, it was reported today. The petitions for the Min nesota Democrat contain 48 registered voters' signatures. According to the elections law, 1,000 signatures of regis tered electors of one party in the state must be obtained. These signatures must also represent at least one-tenth of the precincts in each of seven counties. Deadline for filing by peti tion for the May 20 state primary election is March 11. March 15 is the last date for candidates to file in person. Spring Rogue Area on Gregory rd., Mr. McCam- ant said. The tree swallow is almost never observed in the valley during the winter like many other birds which usually fly south, and the. first sighting of the tree swallow is a sure sign spring is returning, Mr. McCamant said. This is not expecially early for their sighting, he added, saying it was about average to spot them at this time of- the year. A large flock of swans has been sighted at various loca tions along the upper reaches of the Rogue river, according to other reports, and there was also a report of a Bald Eagle having , been seen in that general area. More Help for India, Pakistan Part of Proposal Communist Threats Said To Continue Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower asked Congress today for $4,175,000,000 in foreign aid to bolster the Free World's military and economic stand against Com munist threats which he said continue despite Soviet peace talk. The chief executive's re quest, $949 million more than Congress approved last year, included a proposal for stepped-up assistance to India and Pakistan as part of an ef fort to help America's friends live in economic "decency" as well as in peace. Can't Ignore Needs Eisenhower told Congress in a special message that his mutual security proposals, about half of which would be for military assistance to non Communist nations, reflects needs which "we cannot af ford to ignore." "The fact, if it is a fact, of reductions in Soviet military manpower, does not alter the need for the maintenance of our collective defense," Eisen hower said. Eisenhower said that even though Soviet Premier Niki- ta Khrushchev had promised a reduction in Russia's armed manpower the Communist leader's own statements make clear that "Soviet military power . . . remains great." Communism a Menace "While its recent deport ment and pronouncements suggest the Possible opening of a somewhat less strained period in our relationship, the President said, "the men ace of Communist' imperial ism nevertheless still re mains." He said that while Soviet military power "continues to grow" there also is an in creasingly important" growth in the military and economic power of Communist China. He said the United States is "giving close and careful at tention" to a program of in creased aid for the Chinese Nationalist govern ment on Formosa to help the anti-Com munist government prove the superiority of freedom over totalitarianism. , Economic Aid Included The President's aid request includes $2 billion for military assistance to Free World allies and $2,175,000,000 in eco nomic aid for the fiscal year starting July 1. He urged approval of the entire amount as the minimum necessary to bolster non-Communist nations against the perils of a world wracked by conflicting ideologies. The President said that the $2 billion in proposed military assistance "is the minimum amount consistent with the maintenance of a firm and adequate collective defense posture. Anything less m ef fect precludes essential mo dernization and improvement of forces and limits us to a bare maintenance program. U.S. Is the Leader Eisenhower supported the economic portion of his re quest with the argument that the United States, like it or not, has the responsibility for leadership in the world fight against economic ills. The President, who was greatly impressed with the critical position of India and Pakistan during his December visits to those two countries, said in his message that they embraced half a billion peo ple "deeply committed ... to raise their standards of living to levels of decency." He added that "the force and drive of this effort is un mistakable; it warrants the full and warm support of the Free World." Hearing Slated for Eagle Point Man A preliminary hearing in district court has been set for Thursday for Albert Milton Brown, Eagle Point, who is charged with assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. Brown is charged with as saulting Carl Milton Hoist with a 30-30 carbine Feb. 13 by firing toward, him, accord ing to court records. In other district court ac tion, Hubert William Murray, 25, of Seeley Lake, Mont., was bound over to the grand jury on charges of obtaining property under false pre tenses. He is being held in the Jackson county jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. Medford police arrested Murray Saturday. He admit ted in a signed statement to passing 14 checks totaling ap proximately $150 in Medford in recent weeks, officerS said. 1
