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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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