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T OS 3 Hiiccia' nrhnrc CEia Chin 'tf 1 Porter s F uaMid WH.ijflia vuauii uiiiu y: :v n: Plants, Animals Insects Aboard Five-Ton Vehicle . Reds Said Capable Of Man in Space ' Moscow - (UPI) - The Soviet Union launched its third space ship o the year today carry ing plants, animals, insects and two dogs named Little Bee and. Little Fly. A scientist at Britain's Jod rell Bank University said the feat shows the Russians now are capable of putting a man into space and bringing him back safely. "We expect a similar launching with a man aboard any day now," lie said. Tass said the "Sputnik ship," without the last stage of the carrier rocket, weighs about- five tons which makes it the heaviest of all the man made satellites. The official Soviet Tass news agency said the experi mental animals are being watched with radio-television and telemetering systems. Ivan Shevlyakov, chief of the Moscow Planetarium's sci entific department, said this space shin is circling closer to the earth than previous So viet space vehicles. "That means the present space ship cannot, fly for a long time," he said., "If -they are not going to bring it down to earth, it seems it will burn up very soon in 'the friction of the earth's atmosphere as it gradually loses altitude. It is flying ' very- ?close ' to. the earth's atmosphere where the friction is high.' We don't know yet if they plan to bring this space ship back to earth." Tass said the spaceship is circling the earth iri Jtjcigar-. shaped orbit every. B8v6' min utes. It is following jalpath ranging from 115 miles above the earth at its nearest point to 164 miles at its farthest. The1 vehicle is at a 65-degree angle of inclination to the equatorial plane of the earth, and its radio transmitter is operating on 19.995 mega cycles. V Home Rule Group Member Resigns The Jackson county court Wednesday afternoon receiv ed a letter of resignation frdm Mrs. Lester (Vivian) Adams, Applegate, regarding her posi tion on the county home rule committee. , In her letter ' Mrs. Adams said that when she accepted the appointment "I believed I could fulfill previous com mitments at the forthcoming state legislature and still serve the interests of fellow citizens by working on this important committee. "The scope of the latter is too great and the importance too vital to receive less than undivided interest.." Earlier Wednesday the court appointed E. K. Eicker to fill a vacancy on the committee created by the resignation earlier this fall of Gordon Hudson. ' Washington -0IP1I- The State Department has banned aliens living in this country from traveling to certain Commu nist areas of the world. Land-Use Plans Ready By 'Next Land-use plans for Jackson county should be completed by next fall, it was learned at last night's meeting of the regional planning advisory group. The step will be to tie in an over-all arterial plan, ac cording to Lloyd Anderson, of the bureau of municipal re search, Eugene. After that, right - of - ways should be acquired as soon as possible, followed by imposi tion of setbacks along the ar terial routes and a zoning control for land bordering the proposed arterial routes, Anderson said. The discussion of arterial routes and connecting second ary roads with the new free way will be continued at a meeting Wednesday. Dec. 21, in the county courtroom. County Judge Earl Miller said. Anderson said such meet ings are the right step.' He suggested that all proposed plans be presented the group so they could be discussed and evaluated. Regional Edition MedfordM 46 Pages. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER "1, 1960 No. 219 . , ' f " it'Vt . f If V , A,HV1 f i fiahH L. L. SAWYER Assumes Bench Position Sawyer Sworn in As District..Court Judqe This Morning L. L. Sawyer, 30, was sworn in as district court judge this morning . sh o r t ly after 8 o'clock.. The ceremony was held in circuit court with Judge James M. Main admin istering the oath. Sawyer was one of twp.law- yers whose names were sub- Fire Damages Storeroom m CJ Cave Junction - Fire dam aged a storeroom behind the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yarbrough. Old Stage rd., Cave Junction about 11 o'clock this morning. According to information received, Yarbrough's broth er, Ray, was operating a gas campsfove in the storeroom and attempted to turn it off. The stove was reported to have exploded. The interior of the room was burned as were the articles stored there, includ ing some fruit. ' Volunteer fire departments from Cave Junction, Selma, and O'Brien responded to the call. r LGU51TY M?ouia be mi alt, .Planners Learn The next three-year road development plan which the county engineer will present the county court for its ap proval in January .might also be presented the group. An derson suggested. The planning consultant suggested developing inter changes with the freeway as early as possible. Two trouble areas quickly showed them selves during the discussions, the Phoenix-Talent area and Ashland. Phoenix City Councilman John Klassen pointed out that Phoenix has only one "on and off ramp" connecting the freeway at Fern Valley rd. Another crossing would be beneficial, he indicated, to serve both Talent and Phoe nix.. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, South - ern Oregon College president, pointed out how both Med - ford and Ashland have doubled in the last 10 to 15 years. Ashland has one ar - terial through the center of town. Another arterial be sides Siskiyou blvd. is needed, 55th if Ji1n mih MjMfciBt mitted to Gov. Mark H. Hat field for consideration for the post. Leroy Bashaw had re signed as district judge effec tive, today. Sawyer was noti fied of his appointment about 6 p. m. Wednesday... ., - The new judge moved to Medford in August,.. 1959, where he has been in private practice with Robert Dickey, Medford lawyer. , ; A graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon Law school, Sawyer passed the state bar in 1959. He received his under graduate work at Willamette universiay. Born in Redmond, Ore., Sawyer attended Port land schools and was grad uated from Salem High school. He had served as a sales man and was on active duty with the U. S. Navy for two years. He is tmrrenly training officer for the Medford Nav al ResrvB Electronics Divi sion with the rank of lieuten ant in the Naval reserve. Saw yer is also a member of the Jackson County Bar associa tion. " , "' The new judge and his wife, Annette, have four children. Shannon, 7, Lauren, 6, and twins, Michael and Eric, 2. be said. Ashland is now work ing on a street plan for the city and surrounding area, it was reported. ' Carstensen said the1 Marion county point system to decide priority on road programs might have some merit. Ac cording to this system, each road is given certain points based on number of cars using it, whether school busses use it. if it is a mail route, pro vides access to a major tim ber area, leads to industries (based on t number of em ployees). Carstensen opened last night's all -county meeting with a brief talk on the county's road program. He admitted he does not have comprehensive long range 'plan for road development 1 because there is no back- i ground of data on which to 1 base such a plan. "I hope with development of a county land-use study to 1 have such a rlan. Otherwise I'm at a loss to know what kind of roads to build," the county engineer remarked. MX Year Price 10 Cents Tribune School Support, Medicare Money To Be Included Salary Increases Indicated in Plan Salem - IUP1I - Gov. Mark Hatfield , was expected : to recommend a record 1961-63 state .budget this afternoon, eclipsing the $313 million gen eral fund figure for the cur rent bienniumr Hatfield has indicated his budgel will include money to get the federal-state medicare program rolling, more state support for schools and salary increases for state workers and employees of the state system of higher education. He was expected to ask for a $10 increase per census child and tills would make basic school support for each child from the state $115. The idea is to permit a cut in local property taxes. : A $10 increase would cost the state another $17 million a biennium. If Hatfield follows the recommendations of his ad visory committee on medi care, : he will recommend some $2.8 million in state money to get the medical care .plan for aged underway next July 1. This would pe match ed by federal funds Scholarship Program ; Hatfield said earlier the budget will include $75,000 for an expanded state scholar ship program. . . i ' - : He also announced previous ly, that he is recommending an increase in the share of state liquor revenues to cities. The recommended hike from 10 to 15 per cent would give the cities another $1,830,630., Wednesday Hatfield work ed all day on his message to the legislature. Washington - (UPII - Mrs. John F. Kennedy picked up her infant son for the first time today and gave him his noon bottle feeding. WEATHER . FORECAST: Cloudy lonlgli I and Friday morning with rain showers In valleys and snow showers ahove 3,500 feet. Part ly cloudy and a few showers Friday afternoon. Low tonight 35. High Friday 45. Highest' Yesterday 63 Lowest This Morning 43 Prec, to 10 a.m. Today 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ....-7:22 a.m. Moonrlse today 4:15 p.m. Moonset tomorrow .... 6:37 a.m. Full Moon ; Dec. 2 This month Venus : sets later and Mars rises earlier eacli eveninc and hoth planets be come brighter. At the end of the month Mars will be nearly as bright as Sirius, the bright est star. "If WeHurry, We'll Finish Just In Time For The New Tenant To Redecorate" B V I t O if i. 'vr t hi n ."n . ... OLD FASHIONED PUMP Dallas Purcell and his family live in the wilderness north of Table Rock. They have no elec tricity and no telephone. Purcell is shown demonstrating the use of one of the family water supplies, an old fashioned hand operated water pump. A natural underground spring provides other water. mmvm lest.. Being Held iri Nearby.-' Hills By JOHN STAFFORD Mail Tribune Staff Writer (C) 1960 Dallas Purcell is not a crack pot! At least he claims he isn't, and after talking with him, visitors are inclined to agree. Purcell is a deeply religious and dedicated man. He is so religious that he has taken to the hills far re moved from civilization and donned a robe similar to that pictures show Christ wearing. He has a beard and wears sandals. At first glance,' Pur cell looks somewhut- similar to pictures of Christ.' How ever, lie doesn't claim to be attempting to imitate Christ in. any way, ,r ,,;.,..,.,, He lives far back in the hills about 23 miles northeast of Medford with his wife and daughter. His house is three miles from the nearest public road. It takes about 30 min utes on a dry day to reach Pur-cell's home. The road is plain dirt, rutted and steeply inclined. On a wet day any hope of reaching .his house by car is remote. Visitors Welcome This is the way Purcell likes it. Although he doesn't dislike visitors, he finds the solitude his retreat holds to be ideal for quiet thought and medita tion. However, visitors are welcome and Purcell enjoys having people come up to see him. Dallas is a newcomer to the Rogue valley area. He is a rare individual. He gave up an attractive profession as a psychologist to move to his present home and adopt a new way of Hie. He is not a religious fanatic, isn't trying to gain a religious following and isn't seeking publicity for what he is doing. He is perfectly happy remain ing back in the wilderness unnoticed. But the fact is that some of his activities could benefit all of us. He is conducting a survival test which has' attracted the interest of government, officials. mm wsm. The lest centers mainly around storage of food and equipment in caves dug into the side of a mountain behind Purcell's house. He has clean ed out some of the caves and is working on others. when we stopped to see Purcell, he had been walking in the woods near his house. He does this often in his spare hours. Although it was a cold day, he w,as clad only in his robe and sandals. R'. E. Nealon, bur companion, had brought some mushrooms, knowing that Purcell might enjoV them. He is a vegetarian. . f (Continued on Page 8B) By Salesmen A Medford woman has been besieged in recent days by a number of salesmen and de livery men who have, been bringing things to her. home, which they claim she ordered. and which she . claims she didn't. The woman told police yes terday that since Nov. 18, she has had groceries, flowers and soft drinks delivered to her home. In addition, swimming pool and automobile salesmen have knocked al her door, claiming they were keeping appointments, which, she .her self arranged. But yesterday was the last straw. At 3 o'clock in the morning a' wake-up service called and informed her that it was 3 o'clock in the morn ing. And, in the afternoon, a large truck load of slab wood was dumped on her front driveway. She called in police. Police today arc investigat ing the incidents. They are working on the assumption that anonymous deliveries are someone's idea of a practical joke. LA Firm Bids Low On Highway Tunnel Sacramento-OJI'II - The state has received a low bid of $3,431,743 to build the Ore gon Mountain Tunnel on U.S. Highway 199 about two miles south of the Oregon state line. The tunnel will be 1,835 feet' long, with a 28-foot two lane roadway and two-foot safety sidewalks. Lowest of 11 bidders Wed nesday was Grafe-Caliahan Construction Co., Los Angeles. The project is one of three construction jobs required to complete the relocation of U. S. 193 at Hazclview Sum mit. Grading is now in pro gress on the 1. 4-mile north ap proach to the tunnel. A third project, still to be financed and advertised, will involve paving the north ap proach and construction of the 2.5-mile approach to the south. AMA To Forcefully Promote Philosophies Washington-IUHI-The Ameri can Medical Association indi cated today it would force fully promote its medical care philosophies during the forth coming White House Confer ence on the aging. to Kennedy Administration By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) The Kennedy Administration may determine whether Rep. Charles O. Porter, Oregon's recently defeated congressman, slays on in Washington or returns to his Eugene law practice to gel set for a return match with his successor. Rep.-elect Edwin R. Durno of Medford. Congressman Porter is interested in the possibility of an appointment to some reasonably high post in the. new Demo cratic Administration which takes office Jan. 20 with tlie inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. If he receives such an appointment, Porter will remain in Washington with no plans for returning to run again for his Fourth district congressional seat in 1962. If the sort of position he would like to have docs not matcralize, Porter is planning to return to Eugene in January and to begin mending his political fences while resuming his law practice. Civil Service Position Rumored There are rumors going around that he may be appointed to tlie Civil Service Commission, where two vacancies will open up this winter. This would be an ironc repetition of history. The congressman Porter succeeded, Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg, was appointed to the Civil Service Commission after he lost his seat to Porter in the 1956 election. Ellsworth stayed two years , in that post before retiring to his home in Roseburg. If Porter should take a federal position, he will be follow ing a familiar pattern. More defeated ex-congressmen seem to stay on in Washington than return home, if their party is in control of the executive brance. In addition to Ellsworth, following tlie 1956 Democratic victory tide in Oregon ex-Rep. Sam Coon of Baker landed a job with the foreign aid agency, International Cooperation Administration, after his defeat by Rep. Al Ullman. Coon was deputy director of 1CA in Peru, but after two years he pulled out with a blast of criticism and returned to Oregon. Douglas McKay, who quit the cabinet to sock Sen. Wayne Morse's seat in 1956, was brought back to Washington after his defeat to become chairman of the International Joint Commission, tlie agency which ship the principles on which ment with Canada for uonor Co Lowell Stockman Left Voluntarily Guy Cordon, following his 1054 defeat by Richard L. Neuberger, stayed in Washington to open an office here to represent a number of Pacific Northwest interests, includ ing the so-called O&C counties of western Oregon and sev eral private power companies gon Power company). i About the only recent Oregon congressman to leave here voluntarily was Lowell Stockman of Pendleton, but' even .Vic hankered after a federal appointment which failed to ma terialize. Stockman retired gressional set after 10 years, his desire to be appointed to Reserve Board. He first went now has a trailer court at Seattle. Porter has greater interest iri some position involving international affairs especially disarmament of Latin Amer ican aftairs-than domestic matters. His chances will in large part depend upon Kennedy's choices In the cabinet, notably Secretary of State jind .UN .Ambassador. , Last week end Porter went to New York and visited the UN headquarters to become He is hopeful that If Adlnl Secretary, that he will be appointed UN ambassador and that an opportunity might develop Property Owned by Fraternal To Be Reappraised County Assessor Ray Schu macher said yesterday that tlie recent Oregon tax com mission ruling that all prop erty belonging to fraternal, or ganizations is assessable will mean that appraisers will have to reappraise all such proper ties in Jackson county. He said the ruling also ap plies to most church proper tics. "That means all proper ties owned by churches not used solely for religious pur poses," the county assessor said. "I have no Idea how much more lax money this will mean to Jackson county," Schumacher said. "But the new directive will apply to all fraternal organizations such as lodges and clubs. This will probably mean many appeals which must go directly to the state tax commission since no county board of equalization is allowed to grant tax exemp tions." . 1 "One good thing this direc tive will do, it will put the problem of exemptions right in the laps of the slate legisla ture. 'Legislators will be forced to 'pass new laws more correctly defining various types of tax-exempt organi zations. Now there is no means to . positively identify tax exempt organizations. This is one of the biggest head aches an assessor has," Schu macher pointed out. Armroved at Meeting The action was approved at a Nov. 21 meeting between the state tax commission and a committee, of the Oregon As sessors' association, Schumach er said. It will apply to such lodges as the Elks, Eagles, Moose. Shrine. Masons, Odd Fellows. Knights oi ryinias, community clubs, Grange halls and labor . union halls and buildings, the county as sessor added. If the organizations arc renting quarter.?, the taxation will apply only to the proper ty they own, he added. Unlil now, taxation of such groups varied from county to county in Oregon because of different int erpretations placed on a law exempting uture worked out under his leader- the recently-announced agree- umbia river dams was based. (including The California Ore from the Second district con- and after being disappointed -in a 14-year term on the Fedcrnl into the lumber business,- i5ut- acquainted with its operation. Stevenson is not named State in that area. Groups benevolent, charitable and sci entific institutions from taxa tion. The tax commission inter preted the statute to mean that such organizations are not exempt from taxation be cause most are set up for the use and pleasure of members, and benevolent and charitable work isn't the primary con cern in operating lodge build ings, Schumacher said. Lumumba Reported To Be Safe in Kasai " Leopoldville, The Congo- IUPII Deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba has reached Lulua- bourg, capital of Kasal Prov ince, where he is under the protection of Ghanaian troops of the United Nations force, a Congolese army source re ported today. Hill-Burton Funds Are Sought for Old Hospitals Mayor John W. Snider said today that the recent Ameri can Municipal association con vention adopted a resolution urging Congress to make fed eral Hill-Burton funds avail able for renovation and re construction of old hospitals, such as Mcdford's Sacred Heart hospital. If the resolution is enacted Into legislation by Congress, Snider said, Sacred Heart "would probably" be able to qualify for the funds. At the present time, Hill -Burton funds are available only for construction of new hospitals. Mayor Snider returned by plane last night from the AMA convention held in New York city. He said approxi matcly 1,400 municipal and government officials from throughout the U.S. attended the session. The mayor attended the convention both as a repre sentative of Medford and as president of the League of Oregon Cities. Mayor Snider was a mem ber o the AMA resolution Michigan Man To Be Assistant State Secretary Specializing in Africa Scheduled Washington - ll!P0 - Gov Abraham Ribicoff of Con necticut today was named by President-elect John F. Kennedy to be secretary of health, education and wel fare in his new cabinet. Washington -IUPU- President elect John F. Kennedy today announced his selection of Gov. G. Mennen Williams of . Michigan as assistant secre tary of state for Africa in the new administration. . This was the first major appointment announced b y the incoming chief executive. Kennedy called the post for Williams, 49, "a position of responsibility second to none in the new administration." "The fate of Africa which is now the object of a giant Communist offensive will af fect vitally the security of every citizen of the United States," Kennedy said. i Williams, who conferred with Kennedy at breakfast, , was the first of four men who have been mentioned for top . jobs in the Kennedy adminis tration. Busy Schedule Planned Also on the schedule was Connecticut Gov. Abraham A. Ribicoff, who lias been men- tioned for several cabinet Postsi Rob.e''t Lvett, former . miiiuuuu jhc Truman Administration fense , and - State Department , official; - Rep. Stewart Udall (D'Arif.), a possible interior -secretary, and several Senate -and, party leaders whose ad vice, r.would be expected to Weigh' heavily in lop appoint- ments.'.-- II V, MENNEN WILLIAMS ; Job of Responsibility Road Conditions Vehicles needed chains for travel over the Green Springs ori Highway 66, ac cording to the morning re port received by state po live. Conditions were , thought to be improving this afternoon although snow was- falling. There were four inches of snow on the route this morning and plows were operating. Chains were not required on the Siskiyous early this this afternoon although they had been needed' earlier in the day. The route was "pretty well cleared" of snow. Flurrios of snow were falling but not sticking. State police advised that motorists should be prepar ed with chains for travel at higher elevations. committee which framed the aid - to - hospitals resolution, later submitted to the convcnr tion as a whole. He said the AMA feels there is a need to aid old hos pitals in financing renovation and reconstruction. It was pointed out to the resolution committee, he said, that 20 per cent of the existing hos pitals in the U.S. are "obso lete." -" . Snider said the convention mainly concerned itself with a discussion of the financial problems of cities.; Nothing practical was suggested dur ing the discussion of munici pal financial problems, accord ing to the mayor, which Med ford as a city has not already considered. 5 While in New York, he said, he talked with Mayor De Les seps Morrison of New Orleans regarding the integration prob lems facing that city. He said he sympathizes with Morrison and admires him because of his determination to enforce the integration laws, whether I or not he agrees with them. rH.t vHcW r, - 1 " , L .111 J Hi ' ' CTf! If- 1 Ilk u ' 1 4 4 S t i 1 M 57 .'.'t. ; 1
