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iiflgratilfi) (0) MS Space Weapon) Cwb Proposed by U.S. Delegates Told Of Necessity for Immediate Steps No Sneak Firings Included in Plan Geneva (UPD The United States proposed today that the nuclear powers take imme diate steps to prevent weap ons of destruction from being shot into space. U.S. chief delegate Fred erick M. Eaton told the 10 nation Disarmament Confer ence the world must move at once to prevent the East-West arms race from entering the missile age. Prospect Outlined French delegate Jules Mock already has outlined the ter rifying prospect of an "abso lute weapon," a monstrous hydrogen bomb equipped mis sile that could be called in from an orbit in space on signal. Eaton also urged that mis sile flights be "audited"-that each nation keep tab on all such flights so there would be no sneak firings that could threaten another nation. Eaton warned a two - hour session of the conference that the U.S. would never enter a disarmament agreement un less proper controls are guar anteed from the beginning. To do so would be "totally irresponsible" and "unrealis tic," he said. Blueprint Denounced Eaton also asked that some- in hP rfonP "snnn" ahn.it thing be done "soon"' about halting the production of fis sionable materials except for peaceful purposes, and again declare) disarmament cannot be carried out at one jump. Before the session opened Communist China and Rus sian propaganda organs de nounced the western disarma ment blueprint, scoring the emphasis on controls and say ing it was not what the world wanted. Jules Moch of France told the Soviet bloc that the Ge neva conference had not been convened simply to study So viet Premier Nikita Khru shchev's plan for total dis armament in four years. France Schedules Another Explosion Paris-(UPD-France plans to explode its second nuclear de vice at its Sahara Desert test ing ground shortly after day light next Tuesday, an au thoritative source said today, That is the day before So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev is to arrive on a state visit. The source said that if wea ther conditions were not suit able for an atomic explosion at that hour the test would be carried over until the same time the next morning, March 23. I either case it would be 1 ramatic stage setting for tht :heduled arrival of Khru shchev March 23. ranee exploded its first e)tcrric device atop a steel Uw Feb. 13. aOiegon Future Farmers Im General Session Pendleton-(UPD-The general session of the Oregon Future Farmers of America opened here today with some 500 delegates attending. The delegates were schedul ed to tour agricultural and educational projects in Uma tilla county today winding up the day's activities with a pub lic speaking contest tonight. Election of officers is sched uled Friday. Oregon ian Writer and Wife Wounded by Son's Gunshots Portland - (UPD - Hilmar Grondahl, 61, music critic for the Oregonian, and his wife were shot and wounded late Wednesday night and authori ties arrested their son, a stu dent from the University of Oregon. Wounded Twice Grondahl was wounded twice and his wife, Louise, 51, was wounded once with a .C3 caliber revolver. They were described in satisfactory cvivtion at St. Vincent hospital. BE GORRAH AND BE GORSH! It's St. Patrick's Day and this is Pat, 9, left, and Mike, 10. You'd think their name would be O'Toole, but it "ain't". They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dow Jenkins, Dallas, Tex., and they're having just as much fun as any other son of the Isles this side of the blarney stone. (UPI Telephoto) 364 Vote in School Reorganization in RR, Evans A total of 364 persons in Rogue River and Evans Valley i t -j : . : u ?V'" ubuil vuu m me Wednesday election on reor- ganization of the two districts, Of the total, 174 were cast in Rogue River, with 153 for the reorganization plan and 21 against. In Evans Valley, the 190 votes cast were di vided into 54 for the proposal and 136 against. The votes will be canvassed Appling Speaks on Rising Crime Rate Woodburn-tUPD-Secretary of State Howell Appling told the Oregon Juvenile Council at MacLaren school for boys to day that a new sense of re sponsibility "must be born in the home if we are to reverse the rising trend of youth to ward lawlessness." "Sometimes I feel it is the parents who should be brought before the bar of jus tice to account for their stew ardship of their children," he said. Appling said that for every dollar spent on education, $1.29 is spent on crime. He declared the challenge of the times is to "put back into the American family the moral strength that has some how gotten lost in our mobile and modern society." Tanker, Motor Vessel Collide Norfolk, Va.-ttiPD-An Ameri can tanker and a Norwegian motor vessel collided in the darkness of the Hampton Roads Harbor channel early today, spilling 150,000 gallons of gasoline from a hole in the tanker's bow. There were no injuries. Fire fighting equipment was rushed to the scene by Navy and Coast Guard boats. Police and firemen were assigned to patrol the shoreline to warn against starting fire or care less sparks. Three thousand barrels of gasoline, at 50 gallons a bar rel, gushed through the hole in the forward hold of the 2 1 3-foot. 986-ton tanker George Whitlock, spreading a huge slick near the entrance to the harbor. Held on a charge of assault with intent to kill was Rich ard Corbin Grondahl, 24. Youth Disappointed Capt. Gordon Auborn of the Multnomah county sheriff's office said the youth admitted the shootings, saying he was disappointed over his parents' attitude regarding his friends. Grondahl also is a purchas ing department employee of the city of Portland. He has worked for the newspaper for about 25 years. ' Valley by members of the Jackson county reorganization commit tee Tuesday, Bob Gail, Rogue River, member of the group, said. Gail explained that since the overall majority of both dis tricts combined approved the reorganization plan it will be come effective July 1 unless during the next 30 days a petition asking for another election is signed by 50 per cent of the persons who voted in yesterday's election. When 60 per cent or more of the voters in either district reject the proposal, the plan fails. If the plan is rejected at a second election, then the current plan is ended, Gail said. The Jackson county reor ganization committee must then propose a new plan, re vise the current plan or wait a year and propose the same plan. Fiscal Committee Asks Two Budgets Salem - (UPD - The Legisla tive Fiscal Committee voted unanimously today to have Gov. Mark Hatfield submit two budgets to the 1961 Legis lature. One will be a printed version based on present law and the other a supplement showing fiscal effects of a government reorganiza t i o n plan which the administration is preparing. The last Legislature passed a law calling for reorganiza tion of the executive branch of state government and Hat field concurred. In a report today, State Fi nance Director Freeman Hol mer said he hoped to have the reorganization plan before the Committee by September. He disclosed that the re organization plan probably will not include a shuffle in constitutional elective state officers. Purpose of the reorganiza tion is to make state govern ment more efficient and less costly. Teddy Nadler Fails Census-Taker Test St. Louis (UPD Teddy Nad ler, who won $264,000 on tele vision quiz shows, today lost a chance for a $13-a-day job as a census taker when he flunked the qualification test. Jack W. Traverse Jr., re gional field director for the Census Bureau, said Nadler "did well on the first 30 ques tions but did not make the grade on the final 16." The first part of the test consisted of multiple - choice questions on the definitions of words. The second part was a map comprehension section. The applicants were asked to do such things as indicating which of several buildings was closest to a certain high way. Traverse said Nadler appar ently "got mixed up on east and west." Number Would Equal Sixtieth Of Population Plan Would Double Number of Persons Washington-flJPD-President Ei senhower urged Congress to day to liberalize immigration laws and double the number of persons now admitted un der annual quotas. A key Democrat promptly charged he was playing "election year politics." Eisenhower sent Congress a special message proposing legislation to admit under an nual quotas a number of im migrants equal to one-sixtieth of the U. S. population. This would be more than 300,000 compared to annual quotas of 154,000. Acceptance of Refugees Eisenhower also asked Con gress to provide for accept ance of thousands of refugees from oppression and persons forced to flee their homes be cause of political, racial or relgious persecution. Rep. Francis E. Walter CD Pa .) quickly filed a statement in the Congressional Record saying Eisenhower sent up an identical message in the 1956 presidential election year "and we are certainly going to have one like it four years hence." "It is all a part of seeking political dividends by cater ing to groups representing special interests," Walter said. Walter is chairman of the House immigration subcom mittee. As such he would ex ert powerful influence over immigration legislation. Opposes Alteration Walter has long been op posed to altering the quota system or otherwise liberaliz ing the immigration laws. He is coauthor of the McCarran Walter Immigration Act which often has come under admin istration criticism as too re strictive. Walter said the problem of whether the U. S. "is capable of absorbing economically and assimilating socially" such an increase is one that should be tackled by economists and so ciologists, "rather than to be tossed about by Republican political advisers of the Pres ident." GOP Senators Approve Two Republican senators promptly endorsed Eisen hower's proposal. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass.) called it a "bold and farsighted" . plan to revise "outmoded" immigration laws. Sen. Clifford P. Case (R N.J.), aserting that "it is dis graceful that the Congress has still to act in this field," said "the President urges changes to do away with much of the patent discrimination of exist ing quota provisions as well as to permit the absorption of refugees from oppression." Six Counties Free Of Bang's Disease Salem (UPD For the first time in 25 years, six Oregon counties reported not one re actor to Bang's disease. February inspections of the State Agriculture Department showed no trace of the cattle disease in Clackamas, Clatsop, Coos, Curry, Hood River and Lincoln counties. Pendleton-(UPD-The body of Alfred Phil Holladay, 52, a patient at the Eastern Oregon State hospital, was found in a, wheat field near here to day. "You Must Learn 316,337 Budget For Rural School District Adopted The Jackson county rural school district budget commit tee has adopted a budget to taling $136,337.88, a decrease of $10,286.49 from the pres ent year's $146,624.37 in esti mated expenditures. Budget committee members estimated total receipts of $50,529.26, leaving $85,808.62 for the total tax levy for next fiscal year. The tax levy is $11,345.32, or 12 per cent, less than the levy for the present year, the committee noted. Alf B. Mekvold, county su perintendent, said the $85, 808.62 tax levy does not take into consideration any amount the county court may provide in covering a portion Police Continue Investigation in Ashland Shooting Ashland Jackson county sheriff's deputies and Oregon state police continued their investigation today of the Tuesday shooting of Mrs. Marian Stella Hamilton, 40, at her home at 2700 East Main rd., Ashland. Authorities are trying to lo cate a short, stocky man in need of a haircut for ques tioning about the slaying. He was described as about 25 to 30 years old, and was report ed seen near the Hamilton farm about noon Tuesday, the time - authorities believe the woman was killed. - The suspect was reported to have been driving a light two tone 1957 Ford automobile in apparent good condition. The man inquired about a person or persons named "Otis", of ficers said. Later in the day the same man was seen in the area by other residents. Seek Information Anyone having information regarding the man or car is asked to contact the sheriff's office in Medford, SPring 3-3607, extension 277. Mrs. Hamilton's body was found Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. by her husband, Lester G. Hamilton. It had been shot nine times with a .22 caliber weapon. Authorities in California stopped trains which passed through Ashland Tuesday, but found no weapon or suspects, it was reported. Hitchikers were questioned and checks of motorists were made at the California border agricultural stations. A wallet belong to the dead woman is missing, Sheriff Joe Walsh said. - Wednesday afternoon Sgt. Dean DeBerry of the sheriff's office took clothing and other articles from the scene to the crime laboratory at Salem. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight and Friday. Low tonight 35 degrees and high tomorrow 70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 63 Lowest this Morning 35 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:19 a.m. Moonrise tonight 11:30 p.m. Last Quarter March 19 The stars that form the very distant background of the Moon tonight are mostly in the constellation, Scorpio. The brightest one is Antares. To Help Yourself" of the budget. The county court alloted $28,608.14 for the present budget, he noted. To Seek Funds Mekvold said a committee from the rural board would approach the county court to seek funds for the rural dist rict budget. The total budget, Mekvold said, is divided into three sec tions. They are the county su perintendent's office, $37, 288.30; the curriculum ma terials center, $65,601.91; and special education, $36,075.78. The county superintend ent's office budget is $10, 614.34 less than the present $47,902.64 expenditures, Mek vold said. The reduction is from elimination of one posi tion jn the staff, which also reduced travel expenses. Salaries were reduced from $37,296 to $30,066 and travel expenses were trimmed from $3,450 to $2,550. Some $2, 199.10 for office equipment was eliminated from next fis cal year's budget, Mekvold added. Materials Center The curriculum materials center budget increased $6,955.96, with rises noted in salaries and technical supplies and equipment for the dark room and sound room. Some increase was made for films in the regular program, Mek vold said. Mekvold said the salary in crease was principally due to placing the salary of the film technician in the rural school budget for the coming year. The salary had been carried by district contributions for the current year. The special education budg et decreased $5,598.11, large ly from the fact that three, in stead of four, classes are planned next fiscal year. Mekvold noted that there are only three classes being con ducted now, and the total budgeted for the current fis cal year will not be expended Not Levy Item Mekvold pointed out that the $30,447.67 special educa tion budget is not a levy item in the budget, since the amount is reimbursable from two sources. The state pro vides $4,000 per class, or $12, 000, with the balance charged to districts being served through tuition fees. This, Mekvold said, has been the policy followed since 1953, when the special classes for the mentally re tarded were started as a pilot program in Jackson county. The administration office's budget was reduced by anoth er $1,950, the amount previ ously budgeted by the non high board for personal serv ice, postage, telegraph and telephone, supplies and print ing, elections and travel. Mekvold noted that it had been the policy of the non high board to provide this as sistance in the office during the years of the non-high board ejxistance. The non-high district, he added, goes out of existance July 1. Atlantic Seaboard Battered by Storm By United Press International A new storm spread snow, rain and ice up the Atlantic Seaboard today while the Mid west began cleaning up six foot drifts left by its worst snowfall of the winter. Spring was only three days away on the calendar, but the Weather Bureau warned that heavy ice might snarl com munication and slicken high ways from Virginia through West Virginia into Pennsyl vania, New York and south ern New England. Thousands of midwestern travelers were stranded by up to 18 inches of new snow which blanketed Iowa, Illin oise, Indiana, southern Wis consin and southern Michigan Wednesday. Mountain Sheep Dam Hearing Postponed Washington - (UPD - The Federal Power Commission Wednesday postponed a hear ing scheduled for next Mon day on the application of Pa cific Northwest Power Co. of Portland, Ore., for a license for its proposed High Moun tain Sheep hydro - electric project on the Snake river. Berkeley, Calif. (UPD Fu neral services were held here today for Stanley Edgerton Hodgen, 79, Berkeley, co- founder and retired president of Hodgen-Brewster Milling Co. of Portland, Ore. Regional Edition Medford 42 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH mm SSSSZJ Jfewifiy NOISE SUPPRESSOR Consistant com plaints from residents of neighboring com munities led to development of noise sup pressors for jet engine tests. Shown testing one of the more effective "mufflers" attach Public Hearing Set For District 6C's Budget for 1960-61 Central Point (UPD A pub lic hearing on the proposed $1,161,420.25 budget for School District 6C for fiscal year 1960-61 will be held at 2 p.m. April 7 in the Central Point Junior High school li brary, Superintendent Charles Meyer has announced. Total estimated expendi tures for the district, which includes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley, include $1,035,717.25 in the general fund, and $125,703 in the bond interest and redemption fund. Budget committee members said the new budget allows for five additional teachers, one new school bus and re placement of three other buses. Estimated Receipts Total estimated receipts and available cash balances is $403,330.35, leaving $758, 089.90 as the amount neces sary to balance the budget. Added to that is the estimated amount which will not be col lected in taxes, $35,000, for total estimated tax levies of $793,089.90. Of the latter total, $120, 575.61 is within the 6 per cent limitation and $105,897.65 is not subject to the limitation, leaving $566,526.64 outside the 6 per cent limitation. The tax levy outside the 6 per cent limitation in the present bud get is $471,526.42, the budget committee noted. The proposed budget is an increase of about $73,461 more than the present year's expenditures. The budget committee, in three lengthy meetings, trimmed about $65,300 from what was origin ally considered for next school year. The general fund budget increase, budget commit tee members said, is due to a general rise in salaries, main- Bar Examiners to Meet in Medford The Oregon state board of bar examiners will meet in Medford this week end, it was reported by the two Medford' lawyers who are members of the board, John Dellenback and Carl Brophy. The board, which prepares and administers the annual examination of aspiring law yers under the supervision of the state supreme court, meets regularly each month to han dle routine business and to prepare questions for the next bar examination, conducted in July. - The nine members will ar rive here Friday and will meet all day Saturday. In the eve ning they will be guests of the local Bar x association at a dinner. Secretary of the board is Arthur Benson, for many years clerk of the state su preme court. ed to the rear of a stationary jet aircraft are technicians and engineers of the Ala meda Air facility at Alameda, Calif. UPI Telephoto) tenance and operating costs. Some of the increase, it noted, is due to principal and inter est payments on. the recent bond issue, , Millage May Change : Budget committee members pointed out that the estimated millage is subject to change, depending on county school equalization fund receipts. E x pected revenues through growth, basic school support fund, rural district levy and increased valuation will help to control the amount of in creased millage, committee members added. Committee members said they feel that district 6C's budget will be in line propor tionally with other districts of the county. An election on expenditures totaling $566,526.64 outside the 6 per cent limitation will be held Monday, May 2, at three polling places in the district. At the same time, one school board member will be elected and on the ballot will be the rural school levy. Miners Continue Search lor Bodies Logan, W. Va.-(UPD-Disaster crews searched a vast under ground labryinth today for two coal miners they presume died with 16 companions in the Holden No. 22 mine trag edy. No one dared to hope either man, missing since March 8, would be found alive. Rescuers early today were completing the grizzly task of carrying the bodies of the 16 known victims from the deep reaches 1 of the mine. Grimy litter bearers walked and crawled for two hours through three miles of the partially-crumbled mine tunnel to bring each body to the pithead. Seachers Wednesday found three additional bodies in the fume-filled back slope area of the southwestern West Vir ginia coal pit where 13 life less miners had been located the day before. Dr. Finch, Carole Tregoff Face Retrial Starting May 23 Los Angeles (CPD Carole Tregoff today was released on $25,000 bail but Superi or Judge John G. Barnes ordered her lover. Dr. Ber nard Finch, held in jail un til their new trial May 23 for the slaying of the sur geon's wife. Judge Barnes also denied, a motion by Carole's attor neys for a separate trial. Los Angeles-(UPD-Dr. R. Ber nard Finch and his mistress, Carole Tregoff, today were or dered to face a retrial May 23 for the slaying of the sur- Price 10 Cents Tribune 17, 1960 No. 304 Sports Bulletin: Eugene-(1JPI)-David Doug las, Jefferson of Portland and La Grande advanced im the consolation bracket of the Oregon high school bas ketball tournament here ie day. David Douglas eliminated Albany, 46-45. with a late fourth-quarter rally after trailing 40-32 at halftime. Jefferson went into the con solation semi-finale with a 73 to 65 victory over Bever lon and La Grande lopped . Sandy 55 to 50 in the other consolation quarter - final game. Albany and Sandy were eliminated from the tournament. Cuba Officers Quit Washington Posts Washington (UPD Two top military officers of Fidel Cas tro's Cuban government dis closed today they have quit their Washington . posts. One issued a blast at the revolu tionary leader. Cmdr. Miguel F. Pons, Cu ban delegate to the Inter American Defense Board, an nounced his resignation at a closed meeting of the 21-na-tion body. Responsible sources told United Press International he denounced Castro as too self centered to be running an ef fective and responsible gov ernment. Following - Pon's resigna tion, Capt. Angel L. Saavedra told UPI that he quietly quit as miltary and air attache at the embassy, effective Feb. 16. Saavedra would not dis cuss the situation further. Irish in Traditional Parade Up Fifth Ave. New York - (UPD - The luck of the Irish held today for 120,000 St. Patrick's Day marchers who had expected to slog up Fifth ave. in two inches of slush. A morning rain washed away the night's accumulation of snow and sleet and dwin dled to an Irish mist as the traditional parade got under way at noon. San Antonio, Tex. (UPD John Hussey, 52, a member of the Federal Power Commis sion in Washington, D.C., died today. geon's attractive wife. Superior Judge John G. Barnes, in announcing the re trial date, said the jurist who will preside will be announced at a later date. Finch and the pretty red head are charged with "con spiracy and murder in the July 18, 1959, slaying of Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch. The first trial for the couple started Dec. .8 and after more than three months of trial and deliberations, a jury of seven women and five men were un able to agree on a verdict. 1 St.
