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hanges Sdug Semate ' FMofensireo' Mules m Regional Edition MEDFORD 14 Pages MEDFORD, Out of State Travel Payments by School Districts Salem-IUPD-School districts - ized to pay out of state travel expenses to their employees, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled today. Theo decision affirmed School 'fDistrict No. 1 of Multnomah county and overturned an opinion of Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. " ; The school district filed the test case against H. W. Bruck and other members of ' the comity's Tax Supervising and Conser- - vatjon committee, and Thornton. , Vested With Implied Power Bruck and Thornton had ruling of Multnomah County Circut Judge regulation issued by the State Bard of Ed,$ , James W. Crawford, who was affirmed by ucation which would be a limitation on es- the high court. sentlal travel and a court should "not ate ; Justice Gordon SlcSn wrote that school tempt to impose that restraint upon a school district boards are vested with implied pow- district." - er to. carry out the statutory mandates lm- (See story on page 2) f .V' . ' ' -. .,t' i , '4"'t lVy , f ' . v , 1 ' ; v. ; J ' : U-t ' " '.V . 5 T COUNTg'S FIRST OF '61 Mrs. Ronald L. Ricketts, 143 South Keeneway dr., Medford, holds James Mathev? Ricketts, who weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounc( when born at 6:40 a.m. Maurinc Neubefgef Takes ;af to f-f-ice; - By A. ROBERT SMITH S Mill Tribune . V15biogton Correspenieot Washington M a u r 1 n e Brown Neuberger of Oregon, r.'sorted by Sen. Wayne ilorse, went djjvn the center aisle oO the Senate chTiber today to be sworn in as a United Stttes SWiator. &s she did so, her 99 mle collSefiuSs put on persuasive demonstration thst gallantry not vanished froea this land. Tiiese ffien frosn every Medford's city wato do- partment received approxi mately 15 calls from Medford residents yesterday complOin InQ that the freezing weather has caused damaft to water pipes and Connections 0 Water Superintendent Rob ert J,ee said today that al ffiiough it is common for dam age to occur t water pipes O during feezing iveather, the number of calls received yes terday was "more than usu al." ; Most of the damage report ed apparently involved the breakage of iSicets. This oc curs, Lee said, when water In a pipe freezes, causing a l pressure at the faucet. The faucet is less likely to break, he said, if it is kept warn than if it is allowed 1 1 a n d in freezing tempera tures. A normal light buvi thould be adequate to keep a faucet wjrm enough, he 55th OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961 No. 247 Ruled are. author- posed upon appealed the. Jan. 1. He was Jackson county's first baby cjf 1961. He viiS'bora at Rogue Valley hos pital, where both mCthiJ? and son are "do ing fine." (Knackstedt Photo) Colleagues slate fulled themselves from their chairs and stood" ap plauding as Senator Neuberg eijjcame down the aisle wear ing a . chic blue wool dress and a broad smile. Douglas BHil3: Thisenew' Oregon Senator .Ohen took the seat previously used by iHall S. Lusk and th3 UtO RichOrd NeubOrer, her husband whtPdied lost Morch. Beside her sat Sen. P Q u U friend. said. The water oepa::iiuJt re ceived one call where a p!?r scg reported thct setsr was runninQ (ijit frcii.i under the door of a neighboring hour. Lee sQld the orcupflrtf ., of the hntica DnnopaiTlu inft ature to Crop below freezing and a faucet broke. TheCvater th7n flowed frp 3v from thn broken faucet until it hafl' flooded the house and a neigltbor noticed it. Lee suggytcd that iforesi dents are going to be away from their home for a pei?od of time, they should turn the water off to the house itself, either at the street or at a mfiter connection. This will not prevent the existing water in the pipe from freezing and breaking the pipe, "he saidOlhe lady from Oregon but it will prevent the house from flooding if a pipe or faucet does break. Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Legal them to provide and operate schools. In that connection, "essential travel is necessary and frequently imperative for the operation of a School system, particular ly, the larger ones," he said. Matter of Importance A prime function of school admiri'stra tion is tosabtain the best teaching talent the district can afford, he added, and if essential travel to schools and colleges in other states is necessary to accomplish this, then the travel is a "matter of prime importance to the schral district." The high court said it could not find any Appliaudi Mrs. Neuberger has been a senator since the November election when she was elected to a short term, which expired todaypand also to a regular six-gear team which starts to day. Thijj she has seniority over the fothor ne-j senators who come by the regular pro cess of defeating yj incum brtit. Mrs. Neuberger, folloninji the custom, Res Escorted to tho rootrum by her Oregon collffpjfja Sl(s and Sen. Morse stnnrd rh11incr tho AnH r.4 the oisl" 6S they w&iM thoir tv.rn. Ks th'Jir names wej colled, il'ro. NOuberQer, and Sega. tmi of Kiiode isl.Bid, Ran dolph of West Virginia and Sobertson of Virginia m;T'ch Cd forward. As they did so, a rippl j of applause guthed momentum and brought sen rJ)rs on both Sides of the aisle to their feet as s manly salute io tiffs, the second fe- igale member of the senate. A feflv' moments lpcr the s.l'ute was repeated as Sen. Margaret Chase Smrai jj' Maine was.lefl down the aisle - not by hvr Maine colleagu) out at ncr requy, by senator Neuberger. Mrs. Ne Jjierfjjr wasstand out in a lighter blue outfit. When asked what slOde it was, she showed the touch which made her late husband an excellent politician. It's Crater Vike blue," said There was no doubt now that she was Senator Ncubcrg r her owp riijht 0 John J. McCloy Named Director 01 Disarmament Kennedy Faces Crowded Schedule Palm Beach, Fla. - (UPD -President-elect John F. Ken nedy "has given top responsi bility for disarmament policy planning in his administration to John J. McCloy, a New York banker. McCloy, a Republican who also occupied positions of trust in the Democratic administra tions of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, was se lected by Kennedy to be di rector of the United States Disarmament Commission. . Other0 appointments to the now administration were ex pected at Kennedy headquar ters here before the President elect leaves Wednesday for a crowcpd working schedule in New York, Washington and Boston. Watches Bowl Game The President-elect left his Palm Beach headquarters Monday long enough to attend the Orange Bowl football classic in Miami where he was unsuccessful in rooting Navy over Missouri. Kennedy at tended the game as a guest of Sen. and Mrs. George fi. Smathers (D-Fla.) and their ?oibined rooting efforts could not fiave Navy from a 21-14 loss. The disarmament adminis tration was established last slammer by Secretary of State Christian A.'Herter as the cen tral planning agency in the field of disarmament. There had been no similar function ing group since 1957 When Harold E. Stassen served as special disarmament represen tative. Study Arms Control Purpose of the disarmament administration was to initiate research into arms control problems and develop policy for the guidance of American negotiators at Geneva and in the United Nations. Under Kennedy, it was un derstood that McCloy will have top responsibility for dis armament policy, but s6"ine other official of the govern ment probably will head'up U.S. negotiations? All reftently elected, reelect ed or appointed county of ficials were swirn in at the county courthouse this morn ing in what County Clerk Marvin Madden de.'jribed fts a "dribbling in" ceremony. Madden administered the oath of office to the various county officials as thev came in. gheseo included County I nearlnf our Commissioner Edwin Tavlor.?rea.uest that the airport lim- County Assessor Ray Schu SnOcher, Coo u n t y Treasurer Karl Jaifouch, County Survey or Mark Boyden, Constable Michael Lpftus, and Ashland Justice of the Peace Frances Gallatin. Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly swore in Norman 5-. Matteson, Gold Hill justice of the pea? and District At torney Alan B. Holmes this morning. Normally the coun ty clerk swears in all county official during a ceremony in circuitocourt. In a parting statement just before he left the coun&iouse this morning.Wormcr district attorney Thomas J. Reedcr said, "I0have made every ef fort to make the transition be tween the MVo administrates a smooth one. I hSvix gone over every mn'or felonjrcffie still pending. I wish him well." 9 County Commissioner Tay lor, sold this morning he has no definite aims as yet and will wOit until "1 get my feet w.,.v u"w. . ...j "-"I company. Jones, useAprofan the ground" before out-o.. ,o ' - on lining his plans. "I'll just n$ct the problems Cis they come," he added. District Attorney Holmes $!id ht? would have a state ment to make later pofjjibly. a. K ROWLAND rap SPlAK Portland - WW, - William F. Knowlaujd. former U. S. Sen ator from CaliforndS, will ad dress a Republican party fi nance luncheon here Jan. 19. P WEATHER FOItKCAST: Clftr tonlihl wllh Increasing cloudtnrii Wdni dv. Patrlf vtlky fog Wfdnei. day morning, slight' k warmer. Low Innlght 22. Hlli',' Wmnel day (, I'ree. to 10 .m. Today, None. O Temn. MlglfDl Vmerday J9 1.0WMI Thll Morning IS Our Skies Tonight VI Stintet tnday 4:81 p.m. Stinrhe tomorrow .... 7:41 a.m. The Moon rliea . . S:SZ P m. tonight and Is In Apogee. The two bright nan ahove the Moon are Cattor and Pollux lhe Twlno) and to the right of the Twin! la the planet, Man. Lin Quarter Jan. '"fp tt ftr f 'I jni , " '--'' iri 'n- vv! ii .All. Vaj HOUSE IN SESSION mis was tne scene in me house Chamber today as the Rev. Bernard Braskamp, chaplain of Situation in Laos Said To Be Indeed Grave' limousine Firm Of Cab's License Tiie Medford Airport Lim ousine service. In a brief senU; to city councilmen this week, is asking them to revoke the limousine operating license of the Yellow Cab company. The brief represents ' the limousine service's interpreta tions of the results of a hear ing conducted last month at which charges and counter charges by the two Medford ilimousine firms were heard. Hearing Examiner Alan B. HoKies prepared a report of his findings and submitted it to the city council at its last meeting. The council is ex pected to take some kind of action on the master when it meets Thursday night. The brief, by Lawyer Ben Day representing the Airport Limousine service, says: "Tihe findings of Alan B. Holmes, hearing offiif.T, justifies our ousine license of the Yellow Cab company be revoked." Both in Violation In his report, Holmes found both the Yellow Cab company ani the Airport Limousine service to be in violation of the city code and airport reg ulations in the operation of their limousines, .although moge violations are listed for Yellow Cab fl.ian for the Lim ousine service. Regarding the findings against his clients, Dayflcon tends in the brief: "These charges ffund against Clar ence Jones (ownerof the lim ousine service) are trivial anu mostly isolated incidents. They were brought out in the hearing, and with one excep tion, admlttr ..." In summary, Holmes listed violations by iihe Airport (Lim ousine service as: picking up a flight c'iew at a rate below those set by the council; park ing on the wrong side of the terminal when picking up a flight crew; the owner of the to assault a Yellow Cab driver as the result of a dlspu!e at the airport; the limousine service transported Sisters to Sacred Heart hospital free of Jcharge; and "on at le.ast Qne . wraelnn " nlleltnrl n noisnn. ger for limousine transporta tion al the door of the termi nal. Charges Limousin Rales Holmes found Yellow Cab Limousine corrvpany in viola- Hon of the code and airport rules when: the compan)used taxis to transport passengers to the airport a(J3 charged limousine rates when the lim ousine viJ out of town on other business; cabs have ,.A,1 i I ,,r li.- sines wirtiout being licensed as limousines; when the lim ousine was away frfli the city, it was not available to provide "adp'juate limousine service," asVequired by the code. (Continued on Ptgt 8) Snider Named to Steering .Group to Seek Cabinet Post Mayor John W. Snider has , been appointed to serve on a steering committee of the American Municipal associa tion which will work toward the establishment of a Federal Department of Urban Devel opment and Housing with cabinet status. Serving on the 12-member committee with Mayor Snider are such noted officials as Mayor George Christopher of Sai? I-rancisco and Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner of New York. Medford will be the second smallest r5lty represented on the committee and tha only one from Oregon. Sanitary Engineer Assistant Named Keith. Sherer, Portland, will assist T. M. Gerow Jr., district sanitary engineer for the Ore gon state sanitary authority, Gerow announced today. Gerow said Sherer will as sist him in covering the seven southwestern Oregon conttes f'Dr control of air pollution, water pollution and sewage disposal problems. Sherer also will assist Gerow in maintaining a new aig sampling station in Med ford as part of a national sampling network. Gerow, said such a station would be sim ilar to one located at city hall. The new one probably would be located on the coun ty courthouse roof. Other Oregon stations are located in Portland, Cendle ton and Eugene. These and Medford weiS chosen becauscj they are centers of popula tion In the state, Gerow ex plained. . 0 All samplings from the sta tions in the network will be sent into Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will be analyzed for suspended particles in the air. o Rep. Durno Tafeev Oath of Office o Washington -fllPD- Five Ore gon lPjvmakers, including two women from Portland, were sworn In today as Congress opened its new session. The swearing in of &cn. Maurine NeubergeP and Rep. Edith Green, both DemocraO, mrrje Portland the first major city to have two women fed eral law-makers at the same timeQ Mrs. Neubcrcgr began a six year term as U.S. senator while Mrs. Green started her fourth term as a representa tive. Also sworn in today was Rep. Edwin R. Durno, (R Ore.), along with returning congressman Walter Norblad, (R-Ore.), and Al Ullman, ID Ore.) Mrs. Durno watched from the galleries as her husband, a Medford doctor, took the oath of office. me House, led tne prayer as tne first session of tne 87m Congress convened in Washington. (UPI Telephoto) In making the appointment, Don Hummel, mayor of Tuc son, Ariz., and president of the AMA, noted that Presi dent-elect John Kennedy has endorsed the proposal to cre ate such a department having cabinet status. The exact duties of the com mittee will be to serve as a .rooming minSion the views and recommenda- lions of state municipal leagues and municipal govern ments concerning the estab lishment of the department. Serving on the committee besides the mayors of Med ford, New York and San Fran cisco, are the mayors of New Haven, Conn., Huntington Woods, Mich., (the only city smaller than Medford oh the committee), Seattle, Wash., Norfolk, Va., St. Louis, and Nashville, Tenn. Also on the committee are the city manager of Bangor, Maine, the executive director of tlje Texas Municipal league and the director of the Ala bama League ' of Municipali ties. Mayor Snider was appoint ed to the committee as the mayor of Medford, not for his position as president of the League of Oregon cities. 340 Deaths Counted in Holiday Traffic By Unlttd Pran International The National Safety Council said today the New Year's holiday was the "safest on record" for the nation's drivers and pedestrians al though the traffic death loll equalled the council's pre dictions. ( AtUnlted Press Internation al count showed that 340 per sons died on the highways, and the Safety Council esti mated that 14,000 others suf fered injuries. But the council said that, based on the number of deaths per 100 million miles driven, "it was the safest threo-cJay Ney Year's week end since the National Safety Council began keeping holln'fiy hrmMIc records In 1946." Oregon coiinte'tl 14' -SwliU" dead from accidental! KaKuaiij during the week elttil. SXiiTO died in traffic accldw.its, fmir in a plane crash and a mnnJ aica in a jii from a nayioit. California counted 42 deaths. Oregon Will Have Inaugural Ball Portland - (UPD - Oregon will have a Presidential In augural ball here Jan. 0. The ball will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the House of Banquets on SW Alder st. to celebrate John F. Kenne dy's Inauguration as president. It is sponsored by the Oregon for Kennedy club. Admission price will be $1.80 per person. Eisenhower, High Level Advisers Discuss Strife Washington -IUPD- President Eisenhower held another top level conference today on the crisis in Laos and a White House spokes man said the United States believes the situ ation is "indeed grave." The President met with high military and diplomatic advisers as informed sources said -the United - States has f", outside Communist Interven tion in strife - torn Laos is greater than previously known. Intelligence reports 1 n d I -catcd planes bearing Soviet markings have dropped hun dreds of tons of supplies to Laotian Communists. The State Department was understood to have new data on the number of Soviet planes involved and the num ber of North Viet Namese trot-ps reported to be in the area. In his 45-minute meeting with officials at the White House, the President received latest Intelligence reports on the fighting in the tiny Asian country. Secretary uf State Christian A. Hcrter, Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr., Chair man Lyman L. Lemnltzcr of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Central Intelligence Director Allen W. Dulles were among those meeting with the chief executive. Eisenhower Monday ap proved measures to Increase readiness of U.S. military units in the Pacific at a simi lar high-level meeting. Christmas Tree Lift Marred by Money Thefts More than $1,000 was col' lcclcd during the Medford Moose lodge's annual Christ mas tree left yesterday, but the event was marred by the reported theft of several do nations before they could be picked up by the lodge. Medford police have arrest ed one 12-year-old boy and ore looking for several others. Approximately $13 in cash aii:J a $100 written pledge sr.re reported stolen In five ;i;nrate thefts. The money collcctedGdurlng tboctreo lift will be-Tturned over to Sacred Heart hospital. Officials of the lodge said thll year's lifl was about three times as successful as it was the previous year. Start Tree Fir Sisters Marie and Rose Lu cille of Sacred Heart hospital Ignited the trees at a fire fol lowing the drive. The trees were burned at a site at the end of Ellendale dr. off Bar nett rd. The lodge had asked that persons wanting to get rid of their Christmas trees put them In front of their homes, and attach to them donations which would bo turned over to the hospital. Move Blocked by Senator Russeii Until Wednesday 87th Session Gets Under Way Was.hlngton-IUPD - The nejy - 87th Congress convened today and Senate liberals immedi-.; ately launched a drive for -changes in the Senate's fill' buster rules. Action on a two-pronged move to curb filibusters was blocked at least until Wed nesday by an objection from Sen. Richard B. Russell (D Ga.), unofficial leader of tha southern bloc. A rules change effort also was under way in the House as Democratic congressional leaders soaght to smooth tho way for some of President- elect John F. Kennedy's more . controversial proposals during " his first two years in the White House. Before Russell blocked further Senate action today, : liberals won from Vice Presi ." dent Richard M. Nixon a rul ing which favored their cause. ; As the House and Senate held their opening sessions, there were these immediate development: Aid Measure Introduced A bill embodying Ken nedy's proposals for aiding chronically depressed areas was one of the first measures introduced in the House. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray (D-Ill.) said . he and Sen. Paul H. Douglas ' (D-Ill.), had agreed to cospon sor the high-priority legisla tion. The Senate began operat ing under new management when Sen. Mike Mansfield of " Montana was elected, as ex- . pected, to be Senate Demo cratic leader to succeed Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson who re signed to serve as Kennedy's vice president. However, tha Senate Democrats opened tha door for Johnson to play a key role in party counsels l.i . the Senate by presiding over their conferences. House Republicans shunt ed aside a plea that they "re pudiate" any suggestion or. Joining with south Democrats to block civil rights or oth er "constructive legislation." The suggestion, offered by Rep. Thomas B. Curtis (R Mo.), and six other Republi cans, was sidetracked at a. caucus of House GOP mem--bcrs. ' ' - The Senate got lis session off to a congenial start with -the swearing in of 36 newly elected, reelected and appoint- 1 ed members. All 437 members of the House were sworn In for their two-year terms. The rules fight flared up in the Senate less than an hour after the new Congress offi-' daily opened. Senate GOP Whip Thomas H. Kuchel, (Calif.), sought a ruling from Nixon on whether " the Senate can adopt rules at the beginning of each session. For the third time In six years, Nixon ruled Informally that at the "beginning of each new Congress a majority of the members of the Senate have the constitutional right to make their rules." The rules fight was an early baptism of fire for Mansfield, who had taken over only a few minutes before to suc ceed Johnson, as Senate Dem ocratic leader. Johnson was sworn In for a new term, promptly resigned, and his successor, Sen. William A. Blakley, (D-Tex.), was sworn in. Police received the report of the first theft at 11:30 a.m. The reports came In through out the day until the last one was reported at 4:30 p.m. Karol Maureen Schultz, 17, of 914 King st apprehended the 12-year-old boy when she saw him taking a donation off a tree in front of her parents' residence. Police said theryouth was uncooperative and refused to , say whether or not he was In- volved in the other thefts. Several persons reported they saw two youths taking the donations. Police questioned, another 16-year-old youth re garding one of the thefts, but he denied any knowledge ot the incident and was released. Participati in Lift Participating in the lift, be sides Moose lodge members, were 36 Boy Scouts and about -IS pickup trucks donated by individuals and automobile dealers here. City Sanitary Service provided large trucks to take the trees to the burn--Ing site from three downtown collection locations. Lodge officials said the do nations ranged from a few cents to one of $200, the largest. 0 o
