Olympic Games
U.S. ATHLETES PARADE The U. S. contingent parades
around the track at the Olympic Stadium during opening
ceremonies of the Olympiad in Rome today, Carrying the
'Troublemaker'
Bear Moved From
Camp; Two Hurt
Crater Lake National park
rangers last night took a
mother bear and two of her
three cubs away from the Ma
zama campsite to another sec
tion of the park, and con
tinued to seek the third cub
today.
Chief Park Ranger Jack
Broadbent said the mother
bear has been "a trouble
maker" in the area recently,
and "slapping" incidents Tues
day night resulted in a con
centrated effort to move the
mother and her triplets.
Two separate incidents
were reported Tuesday night
involving two mother bears.
The other bear involved,
Broadbent said, is not trou
blemaker, and was just pass
ing through the campsite at
the time.
, Robert Young, Fresno, and
Mrs. Jean Groulx, Oakland,
Calif., were treated irr a Klam
ath Falls hospital- for, .facial
cuts. Rangers said Young's
eye was cut, but the injury is
not considered ;serious. ' '
Young said he heard noises
outside his tent shortly after
midnight and turned on a
flashlight to investigate.' The
light shone into the bear's eyes
and she lashed out with a
paw.
In the other incident,, Mrs.
Groulx said she was awaken
ed by sounds and saw a bear
with two cubs inside ner teni.
She said she slapped the bear
to send it away, and the bear
slapped back.
The mother of the triplets,
Broadbent said, was the chief
troublemaker, and by moving
them to another section of the
park, campers probably will
be able to rest more at ease.
Usually, he said, bears do not
return to campgrounds when
they are moved- to a remote
section of the park.
Broadbent said the bear
problem is not Increasing.
Tuesday night's incidents oc
curred because the bears hap
pened to be passing through
the Mazama campsite, and
were looking for food, he said.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fir tonight n4
nartly cloudy Friday. Low to.
niiht 42. Hitta tomorrow S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 71
Lowest Thli Morninj ............ 43
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today - :57 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:30 a.m.
Moonset tonight 8:46 p.m.
r.rt Quarter Aui. 29
At moonset tonight the Big
Dipper Is sinking In the north
west, the Square of Pegasug Is
In the east; and the planets,
Jupiter and Saturn, are In the
south.
Write-In Candidate for President Stops
In City While
James L. Reed, a ou-year-old
Knoxville, Tenn., carpen
ter, who is on a nation-wide
walking campaign as an inde
pendent write-in candidate for
the Presidency, passed
through Medford early this
morning.
His walk, he said, is ex
pected to cover some 5,000
miles from the Canadian to
Mexican borders and east
ward through the south end
' ing in Washington, D.C.,
about election time in No
vember. Citizen Reed, as he calls
himself, said he is "sort of a
Paul Revere without a horse
to wake up people." He said
it is time a "common man",
occupied the White House.
"Not since Abraham Linocln
has a comman man served as
President," he iaia,
Effects of Taxes
On Property Among
Discussion
The effects of the property
tax were one of the chief con
cerns as valley residents met
last night with five top state
department administrators.
The meeting, held at the
court house, was part of the
governor's plan to prevent
"capitolitis" by having key
administrators visit each of
eight regions in the state.
Four such meetings have
been held so far. Medford's
was the first night meeting
and also the largest attended.
A question on sales tax pro
posals by Frank Fish, vice
president of the California
Oregon Power company, trig
gered the discussion of taxa
tion. . ;
Oppose, Sales Tax
DeanN Ellis, tax committee
counsel,, said that he has al-
wayspppostd a sales tax. One
of ;;the main reasons- $or the
sales tax,, proponents say, . is
to capture tax dollars front
tourists and other transients in
the state'."'
Studies show that these peo-
Plane Not Shot
Down, Says Pilot
New-York IUPD - Oliver W.
Powers, father of U2 pilot
Francis Gary Powers, said to
day his son had told him he
didn't believe that his plane
was shot down over Russia.
The elder Powers would
not elaborate, but his state
ment lent substance to the
American belief that the hign
altitude jet suffered a "flame-
out," or power failure, instead
of being hit by a rocket at
65,000 feet as the Soviet
Union claimed. ;
Powers, who was in tears
at times, told a news con
ference that President Eisen
hower had sent personal word
to Francis through the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow that he
would not be prosecuted by
the U.S. government, when
and if he returns, for reveal
ing his contract with the Cen
tral Intelligence agency.
Powers said his son had
told him that he definitely
did want to come home when
he finished his jail term.
Havana-OIPD-A Roman Cath
olic Driest wounded in an inci-
dent outside Havana last week
will be brought before one of
Fidel Castro's revolutionary
tribunals as an anti-govern
ment conspirator, informed
sources said today.
on Walking
He indicated that he be
lieved recent Presidents, and
the Presidential candidates of
both major political parties,
are too far removed from the
average person ' to fully un
derstand the average person s
problems.
Although confident he will
win, Reed said If he does not
win, he will establish a lob
by In Washington, D.C., to
reDresent "the 90 per cent
who are not now represented
in congress."
He said he believed the tax
structure should be cTiangcd,
and would return to the coun
ties the responsibility of col
lecting all taxes. The coun
ties then would send funds to
both the state and federal
governments to finance services.
Open In TfomelgOST
j. S. flag is decathlon star Rafer Johnson, of Kingsbury,
Calif. For story, see sports.
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
Topics
pie would only contribute a
minor amount ($2 million)
compared to the total raised
by a 3 per cent tax ($63 mil
lion), Ellis said.
He also pointed out that
County Assessor Ray J. Schu
macher's tax relief plan would
not raise enough money to
pay the current operating ex
penses of Oregon schools.
Schumacher proposes a 3
per cent sales tax to be used
to finance schools instead of
the present property tax. This
tax would raise $63 million,
but current operating costs
for the . recommended state
educational program are fast
approaching $200 million per
biennium. Only $105 to $112
millions are contributed by
the State. The rest must be
made up from property taxes
or other sources.
Incomes Discussed
' The plight of people on fix-
ed incomes and of the farmer
was also discussed. i
Henry E. Conger, chairman
of the county agricultural mar
keting committee, said the
farmer is one of the hardest
hit by property taxes. He and
his sons find it impossible to
make any kind of profit with
their farm, which he claimed
was one of the best in the
valley.
. Administrators attending the
session included Freeman
Holmer, director of finance"
and administration; Victor
Wolfe, administrative assistant
to the Oregon state highway
engineer; Eldon Cone, assist
ant to the commissioner of em
ployment; Andrew F. Juras,
assistant administrator of the
state welfare commission; and
Ellis.
Special'
Stops In Medford
A Southern Pacific "official
special" stopped in Medford
at 7:20 o'clock this morning
on a- regular inspection trip
made by railroad officials
from San Francisco.
A. E. Armstrong, local
agent, said the president of
the railroad, D. J. Russell, and
his party were en route to Eu-
gene. Russell is formerly of
Jacksonville.
There were three cars on
the "special," the local agent
added. He noted that the trip
is made every so often."
- Many residents thought the
train to be a regular passen
ger unit, even though passen
ger service here has been dis
continued for the past five
years.
Campaign
"The further a tire
travels," he said, drawing
parallel between tires and
taxes, "the more tread wears
off." If all taxes were col
lected on a county level, the
people would have more con
trol over governmental spend
ing, he said.
Started Aug. 3
Reed left the Peace Arch
at the Canadian border Aug
3, and last night stayed in
Central Point. It took him
! 10 hours to walk to Medford
from Grants Pass, he said.
He continued south today
In Los Angeles, he will speak
before the student body of
Los Angeles City college on
the invitation of R. H. Lease,
whom he met while Lease
was on vacation. It is the only
scheduled speaking engage
Committee Tries
For Compromise
On Medical Bill
Washington (UPD A House-
Senate conference committee
worked today to compromise
remaining differences over a
bill to provide medical care
for the needy aged.
Final action on the measure
was put off until today when
several major stumbling
blocks prevented approval of
the measure during a five-
hour closed-door session
Wednesday.
The main squabble was cx-
petced to come over a Sen
ate-approved amendment
sponsored by Sen. Russell B.
Long, D-La., which would ex
tend medical benefits to the
mentally ill and tubercular pa
tients under state - adminis
tered assistance programs.
, The conferees must resolve
other differences between the
similar plans passed by the
House and Senate to give fed
eral grants to states willing to
help needy old folks pay, their
medical bills. . '
Major Revisions
The medical care legisla
tion also would make major
revisions in the Social Secur
ity law, including raising
from $1,200 to $1,800. the
amount a person could earn
and still remain eligible for
full benefits, and enabling
men to retire at' age 62 rather
than the present 65.
Other congressional news:
Minimum wage: The Senate
approved measure to hike the
minimum,, wage from $1 to
$1.25 an hour and broaden
coverage faced certain trim
ming in another conservative-
dominated conference commit
tee. The panel was believed
likely to approve a measure
closer to the 15 cent minimum
wage increase voted by the
House.
Schools Start
Opening Aug. 29
Earliest school opening of
Jackson county is Aug. 29 in
Butte Falls, County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold announced today.
Medford city schools, in
cluding Jacksonville, Ruch,
Howard, ' Griffin Creek and
Lone Pine,- open Sept. 12, as
do Phoenix-Talent and Ash
land schools.
Prospect school opens Sept.
2.
Opening Sept. 6 are Eagle
Point - Shady Cove-Elk-Trail,
Rogue River, Evans Valley,
and Pinehurst.
Applegate school opens
Sept. 7.
Rumors that Medford High
school would not open as
scheduled Sept. 12 because of
the fruit harvest have been
denied by school officials.
Miss Doolen Leaves
For Portland Today
Oregon's candidate for the
1960 Miss America title left
Medford by plane for Port
land this morning where she
will be outfitted with a ward
robe and accessories for her
appearances in Atlantic City
She Is Miss Rosemary
Doolen, Medford High school
graduate and Willamete uni
versity student.
Miss Oregon's mother, Mrs
Horace M. Doolen, 612 West
Second St., will join her
daughter later. Miss Doolen's
$1,500 wardrobe is being sup
plied by Meier and Frank
company. Accompanied by
her official chaperonc, Mrs.
Betty Haralampus, Seaside,
Miss Dolen will fly. eatl
Sept. 3.
Rogue Valley Edition
Medfoed
40 Pages
Boundary Board Denies
Land Transfer Petition
The area south of Barnett
rd. in east Medford will not
be transferred to the Medford
school district, the Jackson
county boundary board has
announced. The board's action
was unanimous.
The change had been sought
by residents in the area which
is now in the Phoenix school
district. The Jackson county
school reorganization commit
tee had said the change was
desirable. The boundary board
has final jurisdiction over
school boundary changes.
The area also includes the
Rogue Valley Manor, which
played a major role in argu
ments presented for and
against the transfer at hear
ings by the school reorganiza
tion committee and the boun
dary board.
County Judge Earl Miller,
a boundary board member,
said he would not be opposed
to readmission of the ques
tion" involving the area.
One Disagrees
Two other board members,
County Commissioner Chester
Wendt and County School Su
perintendent Alf B. Mekvold,
agreed, but County Commis
sioner Ralph James, the
fourth board member, did not.
James said: "A year ago
the Medford school board
chairman said the Medford
school district would be satis
fied with the boundary line
we set down the center of Bar
nett rd. If we granted this
request, It doesn't mean there
won't be more requests to
take more pieces of the Phoe
nix school district. Phoenix
and Talent are not big enough
to stand that, he added.
Mekvold pointed out that
the reorganization committee
"merely voted that the pro
posed boundary change is de
sirable and does not Interfere
with the reorganization plan.
The boundary board denied
the petition. If the reorgan
ization committee had voted
'no' that would have been the
end of it."
Not Available
Frank Van Dyke, Medford
lawyer representing residents
seeking the transfer, was not
available this morning for
comment on the board's ac
tion. However, previously he
had indicated if the action
is against the transfer, he may
appeal the case to the Jackson
county circuit court, from
where it could later go to
the state supreme court.
Wendt said Medford school
district has not made provi
sion in nearoy Hoover ele
mentary school for , the In
creased enrollment with addi
tion of the area south of Bar
nett rd. Phoenix had made
such provisions in its build
ing program and already has
made such provisions in its
bus transportation.
There are just as good ar
guments for transfer of the
property as there are against
it, but there are not sufficient
arguments for it at this time,"
Wendt added. "The last school
r e o r g a n ization committee
hearing brought out that the
kids in the Phoenix district
can't take courses of study
they would get in Medford.
Yet vocational agriculture is
not taught In Medford."
Recognized Seriousness
Judge Miller said he recog
nized "the seriousness of this
situation" five years ago when
Medford annexed the Barnett
rd. area to the city.
"I feel a sympathy for the
people of that community and
feel very definitely that the
state legislature should do
something to make school dis
trict boundaries coincide with
city boundaries when an an
nexation occurs. It is the duly
of the boundary board to
point this out to the legisla
ture. I concur with other
board members and will not
grant this change at this time.
However, something should be
done in the future so this will
not happen in other districts."
Mekvold read the board's
meticulously prepared opinion
from two typewritten sheets.
It said:
"The growth of the metro
politan area is inevitable and
must be recognized. As the
city grows it appears reason
able that the city school dis
trict will grow with it up to
a certain point, u does noi
mean that in the trend to
create subdivisions to accom
modate the people who wish
to live in the country that the
OF' LlVlM
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1960
city and the city school dis-1
tricts can follow these sub
divisions indefinitely. Espec
ially, when such movement
could handicap another exist
ing political entity. People
who prefer to live in the coun
try, except in immediate
fringe areas, must accept not
only the rural living condi
tions that they prefer, but
also the structure of govern
ment, including school dis
tricts that exist.
Wishes of Majority
"The original Phoenix and
Talent districts and the new
administrative school district
now existing have been form
ed by the wishes of the major
ity of the people involved in
the area. The present admin
istrative district was approved
by the reorganization com
mittee and the state board of
education. The people in the
area very recently formed the
district in good faith on the
established boundaries and
have a right to expect the
continuance of the established
unit without major change
until such time as it becomes
necessary and practical to
eliminate a school district
between Medford and Ash
land."
44th Anniversary of
Park Service Being
Observed
The national park service.
which administers one nation
al park- and one national
monument in southern Ore
gon, observes its 44th birth
day today, Otto M. Brown,
superintendent of Crater Lake
National park, has noted.
On Aug. 25, 1916, the Na
tional. Parks act was signed
by President Woodrow Wilson
after being passed by con
gress. Prior to 1916, several
attempts had been made ' to
have such a bill passed, but
proposals always died in com
mittee. The park service considers
the national parks a living
memorial to Stephen T. Math
er, who is often referred to
as the father of the national
park system.
First National Park
From 1872, when Yellow
stone became the first nation
al park, until the park bill
was signed, there was no cen
tral authority for administra
tion of the 13 then existing
national parks. Management
of the separate areas was of
ten inefficient and financial
support scanty, Brown said."
Mather,- who was well ac
quainted with the out-of-
doors, toured many of the
national parks in 1914, and
found conditions so deplor
able that he wrote a letter to
Secretary of Interior Frank
lin K. Lane.
Lane, who knew Mather as
a student at the University of
California, invited Mather to
Washington, , D.C., to operate
the parks through the office
of assistant to the secretary,
which was connected with na
tional park administration.
The office was open at the
time, and Mather accepted.
Mather's first job was to
engender interest in the na
tional parks, which he did by
organizing a 'tour of some of
the parks for influential citi
zens and getting support of
many mldwestern newspapers
and national magazines.
Enough interest had been
Bulletin
Portland - (UPD - All 191
counts against the Pacific
Power Co., of Ttnino, Waih.,
in connection with the Aug.
7, 1959, Roteburg blast ware
dismissed here today by
Federal Judge Gui Solomon.
The explosion of a Pacific
Power Co., truck in down
town Roteburg took 13 lives
end caused tome $10 million
in damage.
Judge Solomon found that
the federal law, as written,
was "ambiguout" and did
not specify "safety opera
tion" wording to give Inter
state Commerce Commltilon
authority to regulate private
carriers.
1(
e mts record;
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r - ' .;'-!.
Mekvold also stated that
loss of assessed valuation is
far more significant to the
smaller district than the
larger one. Based on the re
quired levies in 1959-60 pos
sible final assessed valuation
of the manor of $1V4 million
means a difference of 11.2
mills to the Phoenix district
and 1.7 mills to the Medford
school district. Any industrial
development which would
bring further valuation will
occur "largely in the Medford
metropolitan area" and not in
the county's smaller' towns
such as Phoenix, Mekvold
said.
The county school superin
tendent noted that recent dis
trict and boundary changes
have favored the Medford
school district.
However, he added, t h e
Medford school district has
never done anything to "jus
tify criticisms that the ad
ministration is encroaching or
grabbing. The Medford school
district administration has co
operated very well in accom
plishing purposes of school
district reorganization even
though a narrower point of
view could have been to their
advantage."
in Nation
developed , by 1916 to. get the
bill passed by congress and
signed by the president.
In : addition to conserving
tne scenery :and. the natural
and historic objects and wild
life in the areas, the bill also
provided for the national park
service, Increased financial
support and placing the parks
under civilian . rather than
military control.
Mather became the first
director of the service, and
served until 1929. During that
time, the number of areas ad
ministered by the national
park service increased from
31 in 1916 to 52 in 1929, along
with a large Increase in visita
tions. '
rips
V c
POWERS' PARENTS RETURN Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Powers, parents of U2 pilot
Francis Powers, talk to reporters after ar
riving in New York Wednesday. They de
nied reports of a rift with their ion's wife,
55th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 135
Cuba Blames U.S.
For Jeopardizing
Hopes For Peace
San Jose, Costa Rica -(UPD-The
United States and not So
viet Russia is jeopardizing inter-American
peace, Cuban
Foreign Minister Raul Roa
told Western Hemisphere for
eign ministers today.
The real threat to the conti
nent stems not from exlracon
tinental sources but from "at
tacks and threats" by the
United States government, the
Cuban diplomat said.
Roa rejected Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter's af
firmation that Cuba was play
ing the Communist game in its
defense of political and 'eco
nomic ties with Soviet Russia
and Red China.
The Cuban bitterly de
nounced U.S. policies In Latin
America. He punctuated..his
remarks with the statement:
"This, Simon Bolivar and Jose
Marti said; not Karl Marx."
Bolivar is ' known as the
American liberator of South
America while Marti is a Cu
ban hero.
The U.S. charges against
Cuba "seek to justify a mili
tary aggression," Roa said.
Ho repeated his previous ac
cusations that the U.S. was
guilty of "economic aggres
sion" against Cuba.
"Having liberated Itself
from Spanish tyranny, , the
hour has .arrived for Spanish
America to declare its second
independence," Roa said.
Court Hot To Put
Stadium On Ballot
The county court will not
Initiate a ballot title for a pro
posed Jackson " county sta
dium, according ' to County
Judge Earl Miller. ' -Miller
said" this '. morning
that the three members ' of
the court are not opposing the
proposal, but feel that It is
up to the people to initiate the
action. ' : ' .-.
At the request of the court,
the Mail Tribune is conducting
poll to sample opinions of
county residents - concerning
the stadium s construction.
Ninety ballots have so far
been received. Results of the
poll will be announced to
morrow.
Goods Cost 26.6
Per Cent More
Than In 1947-49
But Inflation Not
Believed Probable i
Washington - IUPD - The cost
of living rose to a record high
in July for the fifth consecu
tive month, the government
reported today.
The consumer price Index
went up 0.1 per cent to a July,
reading of 126.6. This meant
that goods and services bought
by the average middle-income
city family cost 26.6 per cent
more last month than in
1947-49.
Despite the fact that the
price index has been rising
steadily since February,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commissioner Ewan Clague
said no threat of inflation is
"in sight right now."
He added there was a good
chance the price index would
decline in August as food
prices come down from their
usual July season peak. !
The July increase in the
price index was the smallest
rise for that month since 1954.
Of about 1.1 million work
ers whose wages are subject
to possible adjustment on the
basis of the July index level,
only about 180,000 are sched
uled to receive a pay boost
about 1 cent an hour. These
workers include 105,090 em
ployes in the electrical indus
try and 40,000 in farm equip
ment manufacture.
Major factors in the July
rise in the price index were
I mark-ups for food and gaso
line and lesser price in
creases in several other major
categories. ' ;
A sharp break in fresh fruit
prices held the rise in food
costs to 0.2 per cent "sub
stantially less than in most
recent years," the Labor De
partment said.
The most important food
price increases from June to
July were for pork, dairy
products, young chickens, na
bread,'! the report said. . ,
LaurelhursfPark
lb Close Monday :
Highway construction by
the bureau of public roads on
the Crater Lake highway will .
cause the closure of. Laurel-
hurst State park Monday.'. '
State Parks Superintendent
C. H. Armstrong said the park
would be closed for at least
month. If the weather la
good when the road work is
completed, it will be opened
for the rest of the vacation
season. If the weather is poor
It will be opened next spring. .
Barbara, who remained behind In Moscow
, to appeal to Premier Nikita Khrushchev in
her husband's behalf. A Soviet court con
victed Powers of espionage and sentenced
hurt to 10 years detention. (UPI Telephoto)
ment ht hat, he said.
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