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Newspaper Page TextHa&ield - : Proposes Regional Edition MEDFORD 55th Year Price 10 Cents No Increase in Taxes Seen in Tribune 20 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON,' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1960 No. 220 Kennedy Selects udgei Change of Venue Motion Filed in Bengtson Case Action Based on Two Points A motion for a change in venue for the trial of O. H. Bengtson'on a charge of lar ceny by embezzlement sched uled for Dec. 13 was filed in circuit' court Thursday. The -motion is based on two points: 1) widespread publici ty in Jackson and Josephine counties about , the case, and 2) a 'number of affidavits signed by more than 300 Jack son county residents who have heard and read about the case and feci that Bengtson could not receive a fair trial in eith er Jackson or Josephine coun ty. The affidavits were filed as exhibits with the motion.' The motion will be consid ered by Circuit Judge Orval Millard, Grants Pass, who has been assigned to hear the case. In circuit court here Thurs day afternoon, . no further arguments or material were presented regarding ' motions filed by Bengtson's attorneys seeking to quash and set aside eight indictments which charge embezzlement of Med ford Escrow funds.-:, Nothing Else t,;..,, jj. ; Robert Boyer, one of Bengt son's attorneys, appeared be fore Judge Edward C. Kelly yesterday, and explained that he felt that there was nothing else to present. Richard R. Carney, Portland lawyer, . is Bengtson's other attorney. However, Deputy District Attorney Brian Mullen , re, questcd that the hearing- be continued- until1 Monday at 1:30 p.m. so he could submit a counter affidavit from County Clerk Marvin Madden regarding the selection of the grand jurors, and a memoran dum in oppositloa to the de fendant's motion. Judge Kelly said that he will rule on the motions Mon day afternoon. Bengtson was found guilty Oct. ;12 of embezzling $3, 701.14 from the company and was sentenced to three years in the Oregon Correctional in stitution, (,-, i - The pending trial is on an indictment involving $1,700. The eight additional indict ments involve a total of $6, 295. Each-indictment concerns money which was the 'proper ty of the Medford Escrow com pany of which, Bengtson was an officer. Bengtson is free on of $13,000 bail. total Grants Pass Man Fined for No Bill Leon Odell ' Grogsby, 1215 Isham st., Grants Pass, plead ed guilty in district court Thursday to a charge of trans porting coniferous trees with out a' bill of sale. '. Grigsby was cited by state police Nov. 30 while hauling a load of 570 Christmas trees, He was fined $50 by Dis trict Judge L. L. Sawyer. EDITOR STRICKEN St. Helens, Ore.- UHl -Ivan Jones.- 58, well known radio farm editor from Portland was hospitalized here today with an apparent heart attack suf fered at his home near Rainier Thursday night. Salem - (UPB - Gov. Mark Hatfield said Thursday he has invited Sen. ; Maurine Neu- beraer to have lunch with him here Dec. 15. Cuba Officially Labeled Communist Controlled . Washinglo'nHPD-The United States for the first time today officially labeled Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro's -government as Communist con trolled. It did so when President Ei senhower invoked the so called Kersten amendment in the Mutual Security Act in authorizing expenditure of up t. $1 million to aid needy Director Certain Oregon Motorists To Face New Driver Tests Salem- ICPD -Cartain Ora gon motorists with a recent history of accldants and traffic convictions will be called in for a complete driver license .examination, th stale Motor Vehicles Department said today. Department Director Varn Hill said the majority of ' drivers affected by the new program will be - those licensed prior to 1933 who are now having driving troubles. . The program is . effective immediately. . Bids Called for Four Area Road Construction Jobs Bids on three highway proj ects in Jackson county will be received by the state highway commission in .Salem Dec. 9. They are the grading and structural work on the Phoe nix Siphon section of-the re located Pacific highway, grade widening construction ; be tween Elk Creek and Robbers Roost on Highway 62, and the installation of traffic signals in Medford at 10th st. and Riverside and Central, aves. The Phoenix Siphon project will be to complete the irriga tion structures - and . access road to it,' prior to the start of the ;4frigaliQiirJseason...T h e work will ba done in order to facilitate flnar.complction of future i grading, and paving work on the 12th st.-North Ashland interchange section of the new freeway .without interruption of essential1 irri gation facilities. . ' The ' Highway 02 project will straighten several sharp curve: to improve alignment and improve sight distance for safer driving conditions. : The projects are to be com pleted in the winter and fall of 1961. - ' Bids also have been called for a Josephine county proj ect. It is construction of a four- lane highway for the Apple- gate river-Grants Pass section of ' the Redwood highway southwest of Grants Pass. The new ' highway is to be con structed . generally along the south side of the existing high way. The section, 5.87 miles in length, will be completed by late fall of 1961. - Klamath Indian Severance Ends Klamath Falls (UPO The final act severing federal con trol of the Klamath' Indians was completed here Thursday afternoon m the Indian Trails office with title to three sus tained yield units being passed to the federal government. No bids were received from private - firms . on the three units, consisting of about 163 000 acres wun an appraised valuation of more than $21 million, which had becn re advertised. -The three units are Sykap, .Modoc Point and North-Marsh. ACTION. QUESTIONED Washington WPD D e m c cratic National Chairman Henry M.. Jackson today ques tioned the good faith of the Republican- National Commit tee in seeking recounts and fraud investigations of presi dential balloting in a number of states: ' Portland (UPD Sheriffs and district attorneys from throughout Oregon were in the final day of separate con ventions today. Cuban refugees in ' Florida and elsewhere. j The- White House said the amendment "provides money for assistance to refugees from Communist-controlled countries." The action marked the first time the United States has taken the legal position1 that the Castro government is Communist controlled. David E. Bellr Former Truman Aide, Chosen 'LargeVital Role' In Administration Washington - (UPD - David E. Bell, Harvard University pro fessor and former Truman aide, was selected today as budget director for President elect John F. Kennedy's ad ministration. Kennedy said Bell would play "a large and vital role" in the operation of the new administration. Important Activitiai 'At a time when our fi nancial resources are being called upon for vast tasks," Kennedy said, "the efforts of the Budget Bureau to improve organization and management within the executive branch are among the most important of its activities. . 'Only if this job is well done can a president be sure that he is making the most productive use of the funds he has been granted, and the powers which he has." Bell was the third appointee to Kennedy's official family. Kennedy, who was flying to Palm Beach,' Fla; , with hir daughter,' Caroline; 3, this afternoon-, - planned- to an nounce Another high level ap- ? ointment ; to: his administra ion Saturday 'morning. Begins Next Week Kennedy, itold' newsmen in response to questions' that Bell would begin work-next week, probably Wednesday. He said that if it is agreeable to Presi dent Eisenhower' Bell will "sit in with"' Outgoing Budget Bureau1 Director Maurice H. Stans from- then until next Jan. 20 when the Kennedy administration takes Over. Kennedy made it clean that all the decisions until Jan. 20 would be made by the Eisen hower administration. - 'Our responsibility begins Jan.. 20," he said. Lodge May Seek Kennedy's Seat : Washington - IUPD - Henry Cabot Lodge indicated, today he might run again for the Senate to fill the seat being vacated bv President - elect John F. Kennedy. 1 Lodge, the unsuccessful Re publican vice presidential can didate, lost his Senate seat to Kennedy in 1952. "I'm not foreclosing any thing now," the Massachusetts Republican told reporters fol lowing a conference with Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who headed the GOP ticket. Lodge made the -statement in response to a question about the possibility of running for the Senate. Lumumba Returned To Leopoldville Leopoldville, The Congo - IUPD- Fugitive ex-Premier Pa trice Lumumba was brought back to Leopoldville under heavy guard today, a man acled prisoner of the regime he tried to oust. Congolese Army Chief of Staff Col. Joseph Mobutu an nounced earlier that Lumum ba was captured and held at Port Francqui before being re turned by plane to Leopold ville, where he will be put on trial. Hatfield Lauds Choice of Ribicoft ' Saicm - IUPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield said today he is glad that President-elect John F. Kennedy has named Con necticut Gov: Abraham Ribl- coff as secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Hatfield, a Republican, said he considers Ribicoff, a Demo crat, "a good friend who has a distinguished record as an administrator." . "He understands social problems he- will now deal with on a national scale and he is a great humanitarian," Hajfield said. PLAYMATES Like cartoon characters Pixie and Dixie, and their friend Jinks, the cat, the two "meesos 1 in the picture above seem to be caught - in' the act of "food rustling" as pussy cat tries to stir up trouble. The unseemly pen-fellows are part of the current pet display at Monarch Seed and Feed, Medford. The mice, actually hooded rats, a domesticated Pope, Archbishop Of Canterbury in Historic Meeting Vatican City - IUPD , The Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope John XXIII conferred today in an unprecedented meeting that did something to ease, Teligious differences thai have existed since the Protestant . Reformation;. '400 years ago. "A : notable event in the history of church relations, a Church of' England com munique said of .the visit by Dr.. Geoffrey Fisher ' to' the Pope. . ' "The. ice has been brokeni" a Vatican source commented. The two spiritual leaders, one the primate of the Church of England, the other supreme pontiff of the world's half billion Roman Catholics, talked for 65' minutes in the sunny, private papal liorary of 'the Vatican Palace. The only other person present was Msgr. Antonio Samore. of the Vatican, who acted as inter preter. Went ' Off -Well . - - It was the first meeting be tween the spiritual leaders of the two churches since the Re formation, and both ; sides agreed it went off well' in a genuine spirit of warmth. ' Tonight,- at a press confer ence at the British Embassy, the archbishop was. asked if he thought his meeting with the Pope had contributed to lessening the "cold " war" which he said Thursday night had followed the Reforma tion. ' 'Good examples are some times imitated by other peo ple," he said.. "If it (the meet ing) is limited, it will mean relaxation of a certain cold ness which' existed." Star of Maverick Wins Court Battle Los Angeles -IUPD- James Garner won a court battle with Warner Bros, pictures Thursday when a Superior Court judge ruled the actor was right In contending he no longer is under contract with the studio. Garner, 32-year-old star of the "Maverick" TV series, was taken to court by Warner Bros, on a charge that he breached his $1,750 weekly contract when he refused to report back to work after the Screen Writers' strike last spring. WEATHER FORECAST: Parlly cloudy ond colder ton I r lit with valley foj. Foe clearing hy Saturday fore noon. Variable high cloudtnets Saturday afternoon, Low to nleht 30. Htch Saturday 4.1. Temp, Hlfhest Yesterday 48 Lowest This Morninjr 3ft Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 1.03 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today " 4:0 p.m. Kunriie tomorrow .... 7:23 a.m. Moonrtse today 4:54 p.m. Full Moon ton rht .... 8:25 p.m Tonirht the Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran. brightest star of the conttelUtlon, Tau rua, completely hiding uiat star for a time. Aldebaran will a cs to be occulted by the Moon this month and several tlmea next year. Gov. Hatfield Defends Out-of-State Travels Salem-UIPU-Gov. Mark Hatfield Thursday defended his frequent out-of-state travel and said for the most part his trips have been for the good of the state. He has been out of the state a total of 145 days in two years and has been criti cized in some quarters. , . - j-ie.sam more -uiau: i.u, n1 xny:..- n aouua ! tnv'nlvart .week ends and-.'some of the trios , criticism of wore of a "duration of only i These partial days count as 1 evor. Mrl !'. i.;-.- . .-'.-!?. i?: : ' His state expenses for this travel in two tween Democratic Sens. Harry Boivin, Mam years have been; $1,792 while Gov. Robert ath Falls, and Arfred Corbott, Portland, for Holmes in the previous administration rspe.n,t. :W61 -Oregon. Senate president but . he said ; $5,419 in the same-period, he said. . -. ...he felt the matter, is "strictly a legislative ' ' Asked about the commutation of Chester one", and not up to the Democratic party. Cuba Asked To Return 'Any Fragments' of Space Washington -IUPD- The State Department announced today it is asking Cuba , to-return "any fragments" available of the American space rocket which fell in that country Thursday. . - , : , ' .- -. ,- Press officer Joseph ' W. Reap said the acting ambassa dor in Havana, Daniel ; M. Braddock, has been instructed Mosquito Control Discussion Set Two mosquito control au thorities from the state health department office in Portland will meet with the county court Monday to discuss a more efficient means of con trolling mosquitoes in . log ponds, T. M. Gerow Jr.,. dis trict sanitary engineer, said today. LaVorn Miller, vector con trol specialist with the state health department, and Rob ert McHugh, aquatic biologist with the U.S. Public Health Service, were invited in Octo ber to meet with the county court. , The mosquito control prob lem in log ponds was dis cussed by the county court last summer, when there was a notable increase in the prob lem. Several means of control were suggested, but no decis ions or conclusions were made. Trees Available If Snow Not Deep Permits to cut Christmas trees in the Ashland district will be available to area rcsi dents starting Dec. 6, Rogue River National forest head quarters has announced. It was saidhowever, that it may not be possible to reach the trees because of snow con ditions. Permits can be obtained at the Ashland district ranger office. 25 North Main St., in Ashland. It is open from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. weekdays. For Shasta fir $1 per tree will ,be charged. The charge for white or red fir will be tvjo trees for $1. a fourrPage a few hours, the governor full days, how-;! matter wjth . I.i . Hatfield lo make the request and ex plain circumstances of the in cident to the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Reap said that so far as ne now the note wnicn uraa- dock has been instructed to deliver contains no apology for the incident. The Stat? Department said the United States wants the fragments back "in order that they may be identified and nalyzed in an effort to learn the causes of malfunction in this type of space vehicle which has a record of proven reliability." The State Department said that launching officials de cided to destroy the rocket when it was still off the coast of Florida and "there was the greatest possibility of mini mizing adverse consequences.' The fact that , most of the vehicle fell in the open sea was cited by the department evidence that tne action was taken at the right time The department said that Bonneville Has Surplus of Power Portland - IUPD - Bonneville Power Administration has its first Pacific Northwest power surplus since 1945, BPA offi cials reported Thursday. Officials of the agency told customers' meeting there is enough firm power to supply public agencies for the next 10 years. . . But Miller Evans, director of the operations and main tenance division, said in 1063 the system will start having a shortage of power to meet the needs of private utilities, un less new facilities are added. Evans said a Canadiun- United States treaty for upper Columbia River power stor age, if approved, would help alleviate the shortage. Russian 'Space Zoo' Said Disappeared Moscow-fflPt-Moscow Radio announced at 3 a.m. (PST) to day its space zoo was "still alive" but western scientists said later it had gone silent and disappeared from normal T v- and friendly breed, do not fear the zealous kitten even when he charges at them from behind a post. The first time pussy cat uses his claws on one of them will, no doubt, mark the end of a beautiful friendship. They are only placed together for , an occasional romp, according to Bob Mikscho, owner of the feed store. Fitzwater's life sentence by Sen. Walter Pearson while Pearson was acting governor Hatfield re-emphasized that Pearson had "full authority" to do so. He said he might not have acted as Pear son had done but had no criticism of Pear son's action. Hatfield said he has received letter., from -Pearson outlining wi.,i..v4, the Oregon parole -Board, and said ho intended to discuss the the board. said he has no preference be- Rocket "unfortunately, according to reports, some fragments of the vehicle fell on Cuban terri tory." Reap said there has been no official protest from the Cu ban government. Other offi cials noted, however, that Cu ba today was "cranking up the propaganda machines" over the Incident. Woman Charged With Name Forging Oregon state police this morning arrested a 28-year-old Central Point woman on a charge of forgery after she allegedly forged the name of a stale police officer to a $15 check. . Daisy Rulh Lupini, 455 North Sixth st., Central Point, was bound over to the grand jury in district court this morning. She is confined in the county jail in lieu of $750 bail.-' Accbrding lo police reports, Mrs. .Lupini allegedly signed both the names of State Po lice Officer-Frank Baum and his wife, Betty Baum, to a $15 check and then cashed it at a Medford drug store. PACKED SNOW Salem-IUPD-Thc State High way Department today re ported packed snow at Warm Springs Junction, Green Springs, Santiam Fass, Broth ers, Willamette Pass, Che mult, Bly, Mcacham and Aus tin. NO FRAUD SEEN Washington-IUPD-President-clect John F. Kennedy said today the chairman of the Senate Election Committee has assured him thi the group has received no Infor mation of fraud in his election. BACK IN PRISON Portland (UPD Harry Wil liam Bralcy, 38-year-old fry cook whose first degree mur der conviction was reduced by the State Supreme Court, has been taken back to the state penitentiary to serve a life term.. Portland - (liPP - M. J. Frey, president and publisher of the Oregonian, today was elected president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. ?r -T- 0 Whites Enter ntegrated School In Hew Orleans New Orlcans-ltlPU-Ten while children went unharmed tntolstate. Hatfield commented an integrated school today! past angry housewives whose! blockade appeared to Pel crumbling. . . The 10 children came in . The second biggest increase, three cars to; William FrantzUg per -cent, is for salaries Elementary , s c h o o 1, , and o state employees. brought attendance at the in tcgrated school to its highest point in -more than a week 11 students, counting Kuby Nell Bridges, the lone Negro girl In the building. Split Into Groups , The "cheerleaders," as po lice call the group of about 40 women leading the fight for a white boycott at the school, had to split into groups to try to cover all four entrances. But police held them across the street from the school, and made them slay on the cor ners, at least 50 yards from the gates leading into the school grounds. When the stu dents arrived, in cars and got out at the gates, the women were' so far. away lhat their insults I were, .inaudible and they ' had to fall back ,upon loud, long boos. , . ' Venezuela Forces Clash With Mobs Caracas, Venezuela - IUPD - Government security forces clashed with armed .street mobs in widely separated sec tions of Caracas Thursday night. Two persons were kill ed, boosting lo 15 the death loll in a week of violence fan ned by Communist and leftist opponents of President Ro mulo Betancourt. Portland -0IPII- The Multno mah County Democratic Cen tral Committee Thursday night called for the election of State Sen. Al Corbett (D- Portland) as president of- the Senate at the 1061 Oregon Legislature. Cutting-Room Floor Record Figures $46 Million Boost Over Current Budget Salem -(IPU-The 1961 lcgisla rc will be asked to approve record two-year budget which calls for improvements services and facilities with out an increase in taxes. Gov. Mark Hatfield an nounced late Thursday he will recommend a general fund budget of $358.8 million for the 1961-63 biennium. This is in an increase o $46 million from the current budget. The budget calls for a total expenditure of $977 million, which includes dedicated funds. This is up about five per cent. The biggest increase in tha budget is in basic school sup port. An additional $10 per census child asked by Hatfield would bring state support to $115 a child, .or 42 per cent of the total cost of schools. Inclusions Listed The budget includes: $4 million for the medl care program. $17 additional millions for local school support, de signed to permit decreases in local property taxes. $15 million for salary in creases for state civil service workers, higher education fac ulty members, state police and other state officers. $4 million to cover costs of anticipated additional stu dents at Oregon's colleges and universities. $5 million for improve ments in the mental health program and $800,000 for a state women's prison. , The school amount is short of that requested by the Ore gon Education Association, The association favors a 50 1 ner cent share of cost by the r that this is a 'Ivalld goal and one toward which we should strive ., S IfeaiuWa Auric Sacond - Under Hatfield's plan, basis school suDDort paid by the state would amount to $124.4 million. Other expenditures, in millions of dollars: Higher education $82.5; other educa tional services $5.8; mental health $28.9; public welfare S42.2: correctional $11.1; oth er programs $53.5; improved salaries $15, and building pro- -gram $15.8. More Money Available The biggest source of rev enue in Hauieid s ouoget is $205 million from the state Dersonal income tax. This compares to $188.6 million in 1950-81. Other sources, In millions of dollars:. CorDoration income and ex cise tax $45; Inheritance and gift taxes $9; insurance taxes and fees $11.7; liquor $27.8; miscellaneous $22.1, and a sur plus of $39.5 million. The surplus, nauieia saio, includes $5 million in "econo mies" made by his adminis tration. The surplus is being' plowed back into expendi tures. The budget anticipates a surplus of $1.3 million at the end of the next biennium. (Sea Stories on Page 2) Puerto Rico Demands Study of Relations United Nations,' N.Y.-OTD-Puerto Rican nationalists took; advantage of the United Na tions debate on colonialism today to demand an investi gation of the island's relations with the United States.