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ICEBOAT AND PARACHUTES
skaters hang onto a billowing
which Ihey planned to attach to the iceboat
in the foreground on Howard Prairie lake
yesterday. Although the lake, about 20
miles east of Ashland is usually swept by
Residents Jam Lake
At Howard Prairie
For Sunday Skating
Some one thousand or more
people dotted the ice and
snowy shore line in the How
ard Prairie recreation area
yesterday.
, Ice-skates were at a premi
um as Rogue valley residents
responded with enthusiasm to
the announcement early last
week that ice skating was fine
on the Howard Prairie lake.
Even seasoned recreation
authorities, like City-County
Recreation Director Robert
Haworth and Medford City
Recreation Supervisor Ken
neth Lyons, were open-mouthed
at yesterday's crowd.
Somewhere, somehow peo
ple found ice-skates and both
young and old tried their
blades on the eight-inch thick
ice lightly frosted with snow.
They came in Jeeps, pick-up
trucks, station 'wagons and
cars, and from as" far away as
Grants Pass. They pulled sleds
with their youngsters on them
out onto the ice. Many with
out out skates walked around
on the ice, watched youngsters
toboggan and slide down near
by hills or crowded around
smouldering logs on shore
watching the more skillful
skaters zip in and out.
Unprepared
"We were totally unprepar
ed for this kind of reception,"
Haworth said yesterday. "I
plan to go up later this week
to survey the situation. We
will have to keep somebody
there during week ends to
control traffic on the road to
the shore ana aireci paining.
Robert Johnston, conces
sionaire at Howard Prairie,
said health regulations make
it impossible to provide food
at the present facilities other
than staple goods. "It's too
late now to do much, but we
are all watching this develop
ment to see if better facilities,
including adequate skate rent
al, can't be provided next sea
son." Nobody seems to know how
inn Hip ice might last on the
i.in nhnut 20 miles east of
Achland. Walter Hoffbuhr
Talent Irrigation district man
ager said ice covers nearby
Tivatt lake until March, but
did not know how long the
Howard Prairie Ice could be
skated on. The lake level will
rpmain constant until irriga
tion season, he noted.
Wind kept the ice on How-
rH Prairie swept of snow
mni nt last winter when
few skaters, mainly from the
Atlil.inH area, discovered the
at,ir!i outdoor rink. This
vpnr that area is a little be
hinH schedule in getting its
normal 40 inches of snow due
nhnut this time.
Sunday the temperature in
the Howard Prairie area was
down to 25 degrees with the
temperature last night 36 de
Tonieht it may climb
slightly higher.
Marked Area
cr-i-oaiion authorities mark
off an area about a half
from the boat
ramp to the island as safe
for skating Sunday. Springs,
forcing a hole through the ice
just past the island, made
skating past that point dan
gerous, they said. An airplane
WEATHER
FORr('ST: Mostly rloudv with
mraMnal Hchi r1n tontRht and
TiicsoMv. Low tonight 35-J8-
lllch Tuesday
Temp-
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Hlchrit YrUrrdav
1 ouMt Thin Mornin
PrctP. to 10 i m. Today
Our Skies Tonight
Kunt todav 4:57pm
cnioin tnmnrrnw 1:10 am
Moonrlsf tomorrow ....12:U i.m.
l,t Quarter tonlfht 7.03 p.m.
The planet, Venus, now set a
bit further north eai rrht and
..hi In rli n unit tt
Dve V 0 fe
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Three
a stiff winter breeze, there was nune yes
terday. More than a thousand people either
skated, walked out on the ice or stood
around large log fires yesterday afternoon
at the lake. Depending on temperatures the
ice could last until March.
parachute
can land on ice only an inch
thick, Haworth noted. And
yesterday afternoon a plane
appeared to be trying to do
just that as it buzzed the
crowd around the fires and
out on the ice.
The slick, snow-covered
road from the beach up to the
entrance road caused a num
ber of cars to stall. About 20
had to be pulled out by the
city-county recreation direct
or's Jeep. Haworth said it
might be possible to have
special equipment to spray the
ice for a glassy surface in the
future.
Last time any extensive ice
skating was done here was
when Medford Ice company
operated a skating rink be
tween Grape and Fir sts. dur
ing World War II.
Cuban Highway
Traffic Blocked
Havana - IUPII - Cuban mil
itiamen today blocked off traf
fic from the major northern
coastal tourist highway and
said it was mined against an
"imminent" invasion from the
United States.
Militiamen manning road
blocks near Guanabo outside
Havana detoured all traffic
from Via Blanca which runs
to Matanzas, 40 miles east.
They pointed to staggered one-
by-two foot holes in the pave
ment and said they were
mined.
All bridges along the high-
ways on the northern coast to
ward the United States have
been prepared for mining also,
it was reported.
Guanabo is 15 miles nortn-
east of Havana on a principal
resort route which parallels a
coastal strip of beaches only
about 90 miles from tne tip
of Florida.
The mining was another de
fense precaution against what
the regime of premier rmei
r.nstrn has claimed is a threat
ened invasion by the United
States. The government says
the invasion will come before
Jan. 20 when President-elect
John F. Kennedy takes office
Bicycle Rider Hurt
When Hit by Auto
Ashland - Clarence Glide
well, 12, of 55 Pine St., Ash
land, received minor injuries
this morning when he was
knocked from a bicycle onto
the pavement by a car, Ash
land police report.
The boy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Glidewell.
Police said he was traveling
north on Main st. at 7:53 a.m.,
when he apparently swerved
in front of a car driven by
William Lcland Welch, 24, of
334 Garfield St., Ashland. He
was taken to Ashland General
hospital and was treated for
minor injuries.
No citation was issued
lice said.
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Alarm Frightens
Burglars at Store
An attempted burglary at
Andy's Jewelers, 218 East
Main St.. Sunday evening, fail
ed when the burglars were
apparently scared off by a
burglar alarm.
A police officer on routine
patrol heard the alarm ring
ing about 6 p.m. On investi-
m I ire h found that a 0,'indow
at the rr of th a'.ore &s
broken.
Polko .trcd the buiM-
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State Legislature
Convenes; Session
May Last 100 Days
Salem- (UPI1 -The Democratic-controlled
1961 Oregon
Legislature convened , today
and promised to be a bruis
ing, controversial session of
100 days or more.
The 1959 session lasted 115
days, second only to 128 days
in 1957.
Oregon is financially in the
black, but even through the
51st assembly is not faced
with raising taxes in the next
two years, it must cope with
such hot new issues as gov
ernment reorganization, reap
portionment and medical care
for the aged.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's rec
ommendations for a cabinet
system have drawn fire from
many quarters already.
This session must reapor
tion legislative districts be
cause of the 1960 .census, or
the secretary of state will do
it. There is sure to be a geo
graphical struggle as less-
populous Eastern Oregon
fights to keep from losing any
legislators. Some experts fig
ure Eastern Oregon stands to
lose three of its six seats in the
Senate.
As the session began there
was talk of possible cuts in
personal income and property
taxes. The 10 per cent income
tax slash is proposed through
a 3-cent-a-pack tax on cigar
ettes and Hatfield suggests a
local property tax relief by
increasing basic school sup
port.
The cigarette tax is a
"touchy" proposal, along with
a new labor code modeled aft
er the federal Landrum-Grif-
fin act, a new way of distrib
uting state school aid, timber
taxation, and changes in the
workmen's compensation.
The legislature is under fire
to raise salaries of state work
ers and those in higher edu
cation. An increase in basic
school support is expected and
Oregon cities want another
5 per cent of state liquor rev
enues. A number of legislat
ors think counties should
share in liquor profits too.
Stamp Bill Likely
A bill may be introduced
for state regulation of trading
stamps - a bitter fight in
1957.
Although the Democrats
have the edge 20-10 in the Sen
ate and 31-29 in the House,
they may not get a working
majority when the chips are
down. The Republicans have
demonstrated they can get
enough crossover Democratic
votes on issues which split
the parties.
The result could be the
most conservative legislature
in years.
Salem-it'Pli-Gov. Mark Hat
field today proposed making
Oregon Statehood Day, Feb
14. a legal holiday in place
of Washington's and Lincoln's
birthdays.
Road To Open Recreation, Timber Area
Construction of the Keno
rd., from the Dead Indian rd.J
along the east side of Howard
Prairie lake to the south side
of Buck lake, and then con
necting with Highway 66
about seven miles west of
Keno, will open a large area
for timber harvest and recrea
tional development.
This report was made by
the bureau of land manage
ment, following opening of
bids late last month for the
road, which will be 25'-j miles
in length.
The road will be construct
ed under the auspices of the
bureau of public roads. G.
Frank King, Portland, was
low bidder for the project,
Lawmakers Asked
To Hold Line on
Adding Expenses
Hatfield Speaks
At Joint Session
Salem -IUPD- Gov. Mark Hat
field today gave the legisla
ture a blueprint for a far
reaching program of govern
ment modernization and new
or expanded services, but
warned the lawmakers to hold
the line on spending.
Among Hatfield's priority
proposals - enough for the
lawmaking body to sink its
teeth into for several months
were restyling the state's gov
ernment into a cabinet system,
a medicare program for the
elderly, new labor laws, ex
tended civil rights legislation,
tax adjustments, constitution
al revision, and a state build
ing program.
But, the governor implied, a
veto might be waiting if the
legislature thought up addi
tional expenses not backed by
Hatfield.
Referring to his proposed
$359 million budget, he said,
"it is my hope you will avoid
sending to my desk legislation
which requires expenditures
for which no appropriations
are provided."
The governor's message was
prepared for delivery to the
newly-convened 51st biennial
Oregon legislature, at a joint
House-Senate session in the
House chambers this after
noon. "O u r primary budgetary
consideration," Hatfield said,
"is that of holding the tax
line."
Other budget aims, he said,
are tax relief if possible, and
maintenance or growth in
state services.
Other Highlights Listed
Among Hatfield's top rec
ommendations in the 14-page
program were:
New Services - A medicare
program; a graduate school of
social work; community men
tal health clinics; an enlarged
state scholarship program; a
new post in the governor's
office for coordination with
local governments; funds for
teaching migrant children
Building - A state construc
tion program, including a
transportation building in Sa
lem, enlarged supreme court
and justice facilities, a study
on extending the Capitol, and
a women s prison.
Education - An increase in
state basic school support
Timber - Revised timber
tax aimed at encouraging
sound forest management. '
Other Tax Measures-Adoption
of a net receipts tax for a
wider tax base; a net business
income tax instead of inven
tory and personal property
taxes; home tax cuts for the
elderly; tax allowances for
construction of civil defense
shelters; more liquor reve
nues ror cities.
Labor - State labor-management
laws to supplement fed
eral acts.
Other Regulation-Increased
power for the Liquor Com
mission; state assumption of
atomic energy regulation in
areas permitted by federal
law; tougher penalties for
carelessly starling fires; cer
tification of log truckers;
stiffer traffic safety laws; s
uniform state commercial
code.
Governmental Changes-
State government reorganiza
tion; constitutional revision;
extension and revision of
workmen's comp e n s a t i o n
laws; military code revision;
a review of annexation laws;
modernization of election
laws.
Salaries - Higher pay for
state employees.
Costs Listed
The governor's recommcn
dations for increased state
school support and salary
hikes for state employees, in
eluding higher education fac
ulty members, were listed in
detail in his budget.
Hatfield proposed a 16.8
per cent increase in basic
school support, raising the
state's share to 42 per cent of
the total cost of schools. The
increase would cost $17 mil-
I lion.
with S3uu.aui.20. it was one
of seven received.
The Keno rd. will be a
BLM double-lane timber ac
cess road. Its construction was
made possible through the O
and C access road program
whereby 25 per cent of the
receipts received by the coun
ties from the sale of limber
and other revenues is made
available for road develop
ment, reforestation and rec
reation. An estimated 1 2 billion
oard feet of timber, of which
approximately 60 per cent is
BLM, will be made available
upon completion of the road.
Timber resources located trib
utary to tha Keno rd. may be
Regional Edition
M
EDF0RD
18 Pages
Charles de Gaulle
To Speed Efforts
Of Ending Conflict
French President
Gets Confidence Vote
Paris-IUPU-President Charles
de Gaulle, riding high on a
new note of confidence from
the French people, will speed
his efforts to end the 6-year-
old Algerian war, informed
sources said today.
Jacques Soustellc, spokes
man for the rightwing settlers
in Algeria admitted that the
voters had handed De Gaulle
'blank check" to carry out
his Algerian policies.
De Gaulle returned to Paris
from his country home where
he heard the results Sunday
night of the nationwide refer
endum vote on his Algerian
policies. He met with Premier
Michel Debre today and
planned to meet with the cab
inet Wednesday morning to
review the situation.
Count Nearly Complete
Nearly complete results of
the referendum from metro
politan France, Algeria, Saha
ra, overseas departments and
overseas territories not in
cluding Polynesia gave this
picture:
Votes cast-23,984,953; yes-
17,423,691, 79.94 per cent of
valid vote; no-5,822,603, 25.06
per cent of valid voles; absten
tions and invalid votes-9,178,-
727 (28.30 per cent); percent
age of "yes" votes to register
ed voters-53.12 per cent.
Backed by a solid 75.25 per
cent of the votes cast in met
ropolitan France, De Gaulle
was expected to push ahead
rapidly.
Incidents of Violence
While no widespread vio
lence materialized immediate
ly as the referendum results
were announced, a smattering
of incidents were reported.
Moslems swinging axes and
shovels ran riot through the
eastern Algerian town of Bat-
na this morning. They clashed
with security forces, looted
homes and smashed cars. But
there were no immediate re
ports of casualties.
At least Jo moslcms were
killed in violence that erupt
ed during the three days of
the referendum. The most se
rious clash occurred Sunday
at Ihe Algerian town of Tia-
rel in which 12 were killed.
Post Office Receipts
Show 1960 Increase
Receipts at the Medford
post office during the calen
dar year 1960 were $800,-
725.51, an increase of $30,
089.12 over 1959, local postal
officials announced today.
The total receipts show an
increase for the year, despite
the fact that Christmas mail
ing was slightly under a year
ago, officials said. Sales in
1956 were 5565,277.20, and
for 1957 they were $576
027.32.
Increases In postage rales
account for much of the in
crease between 1957 and 1959
but on an adjusted basis, the
net sales still show a steady
increase.
A total of 88 persons are
employed by the Medford post
office, including those at Ccn
tral Point, and rural carriers.
Eisenhower Attends
Pentagon Luncheon
Washington - (UPD - Prcsl
dent Eisenhower went to the
Pentagon today for a farewell
lunch with top civilian and
military defense officials.
Outgoing Defense Secretary
Thomas S. Gates Jr. was host
at the steak lunch, attended
by 40 people.
transported on approximately
an equal basis to cither the
Ashland-Mcdford area or to
Klamath Falls. It is anticipat
ed the log trucks will haul in
both directions, and the road
has been designed for this
type of traffic.
Recreational development
of the cast shores of Howard
Prairie lake will be possible
upon completion of the road,
The Keno rd. location along
the cast side of the lake is ap
proximately 'i mile to 1 mile
from the shoreline. The Keno
rd. was designed so that rec
reation facilities on the lake
coiPd easily be developed by
short roads from the main
road with major traffic being
a suf&ient distance from the
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1961
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GREETED BY STUDENTS President-elect John F. Ken
nedy, in the center foreground, is greeted by Harvard
university students at Cambridge, Mass., this morning as
Kennedy Attempts
ToArrangeSecond
Meeting With Ike
Boston -(UPfl- President-elect
John F. Kennedy is attempt
ing to arrange a second prc-
lnaugural meeting with Presi
dent Eisenhower, it was learn
ed today as the incoming chief
executive added a Federal
Communications Commission
chairman to his new adminis
tration.
Kennedy's choice for chair
man of the heavily criticized
FCC was Newton N. Minow.
34, ! Chicago law partner of
Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1952-
1956 Democratic presidential
candidate recently named by
Kennedy as United Nations
ambassador.
Kennedy and Eisenhower
held their first meeting in
Washington Dec. 6 primarily
to discuss matters involved in
the transition of authority.
Kennedy said in Florida last
week that the transition was
proceeding so well that anoth
er meeting with Eisenhower
was not indicated at that time.
Jan. 19 Suggested
The troubled international
situation, however, was be
lieved responsible for revival
of plans for a second meeting.
Kennedy emissaries have sug
gested Jan. 19, the day be
fore inauguration, and the
president-elect was awaiting
word from the White House
as to whether this date would
be convenient for Eisenhower.
Announcement of the Min
ow appointment came as the
future chief executive began
a one-day stand in his home
town while his corps of ad
visers continued to grind out
task force reports which will
form the basis of later legis
lative recommendations to the
new congress.
1,171 Enroll at
SOC for Winter Term
Ashland-Al the end of the
fifth day of registration at
Southern Oregon college for
its winter term, enrollment
reached 1.171, college officials
announced today. On a com
parable date last year there
were 1,149 registered.
Of the total registered this
term, 686 are men and 485
women. Registration will con
tinue thrugh Monday, Jan. 16.
Washington - iliPH - Repub
lican senators paid tribute to
Richard M. Nixon today on
the vice president's 48lh
birthday.
lake so as not to create any
problem.
Medford district of BLM
has plans for construction of
a public recreation area In
July or August. This recrea
tional site will be located al
approximately Ihe midpoint
of the Keno rd., and will pro
vide facilities for picnicing
and over-night camping. The
district anticipates heavy use
of this site during the fall by
deer hunters. Construction of
the recreational area will be
made under a separate con
tract. To the residentPof Klamath
Falls, the Keno rd. will also
provide a more direct route to
the Howard Prairie lake de
velopijrynts. y o o
Boivin, Duncan Are
Successful in Bids
For Leaders' Posts
Salem - (UPD - Sen . Harry
Boivin, D-Klamath Falls and
Rep. Robert Duncan, D-Med-ford,
emerged from legisla
tive caucuses Sunday night
as Senate president and House
speaker of' the 1961 Oregon
Legislature.
As expected, Boivin defeat
ed Sen. Alfred Corbett, -D-
Portland, 19-11. Boivin won
with 10 Republican and nine
Democratic votes.
The House caucus did not
actually vote on the speak
ership but there was no indi
cation of opposition to Dun
can's reelection.
Boivin succeeds Sen. Wal
ter J. Pearson, D-Portland.
Sen. Jean Lewis, D-Port-land,
was named Senate pres-
U.S., Canada
Reach Agreement
Ottawa -(UPD- Canada and
the United States agreed Sun
day on a draft treaty covering
the joint development of the
Columbia river.
The agreement, expected to
be signed within a week, ends
16 years of talk between the
two countries about getting to
gether on flood control and
hydro-electric projects on the
river, which rises in British
Columbia and flows through
the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Justice Minister E. Davie
Fulton, head of the Canadian
negotiating team, said work
could possibly start this year
on the project.
The two teams worked day
and night for four days In a
push to reach agreement on
the draft treaty so that it
could be approved by the Eis
enhower administration be
fore it leaves office Jan. 20.
Officials told newsmen the
terms of the treaty will bo
made public when the docu
ment is signed. They said,
however, that It follows a
joint progress report accepted
by the two governments Oct.
19, 1900.
Ashland Chamber
To Install Officers
Ashland-A. C. Fries Jr. will
be installed as president of
the Ashland Chamber ot Com
merce at the chamber's first
1981 noon luncheon Tuesday
in the Mark Antony hotel.
Paul Antony will be in
stalled as chamber vice presi
dent. Fries and Antony will
assume chamber leadership
from Outgoing President
Clyde Vogcl and Vice Presi
dent Richard Isaacs.
Vogel will report 1960 ac
complishments of the cham
ber and the current financial
standing, prior to leaving office.
Troops Fire Shots,
Gas To Repel Rioters
Brussels, Belgium IITI)
Troops fired warning shots
and tear gas grenades today
to repeal rioters In Mons
where strikers renewed pro
tests against the government's
au.'rity program,
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Tribune
he arrived at Ins Alma Mater
of the Board of Overseers.
idenl pro tem, meaning she
will fill in for Boivin if he
should be absent during the
session. Indications were Rep.
Clarence Barton, D-Coquille,
would be renamed temporary
chairman.
Official action on the elec
tions was taken this morning
Rul Chang Dui
Changes liv Senate and
House rules expected . to be
approved Include earlier dead
lines for introduction of bill
and a priority system for
drafting of legislation after
the first month.
Rep. Winton Hunt, R-Wood-
burn, made a pitch for an
easier way of getting bills re
leased from a committee. He
suggested a simple majority
of the House Instead of the
two thirds now, required.
Several Democrats dis
agreed, including Barton, who
said this would release a flood
of bills, opening up addition
al, unnecessary debate.
The caucus voted 35-25 to
let the two thirds requirement
stand.
The Senate approved pay
raises for legislative employ
ees ranging from $2 to $5 a
day, seven days a week. The
chief clerk's salary will be
ncreased to $27 a day and
legislator's secretaries will gel
$17 a day. Last session, half
of the lawmakers used their
wives as their personal secre
taries.
The nine Democrats who
voted for Boivin Included
himself, Pearson, Thomas Ma
honey of Portland, Ben Musa
of The Dalles, Boyd uver-
hulse of Madras, E. D. Potts
of Grants Pass, Daniel Thiel
of Astoria, Al Flegel, Rose
burg and Alice Corbett, Port
land. Washington -MM- American
military forces today began
a series of large scale exer
cises In the Atlantic, Carib
bean, and along the U.S. East
coast to test their prowess In
air, antisubmarine and am
phibious warfare.
"It's Too Small To Play
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 252
to attend the annual meeting
(UP1 Telophoto)
Four Arrested as
Police Interrupt
Safe Burglary
A Medford city police of
ficer on routine patrol spotted
sate burglary in progress at
the Oakdale supermarket, 401.
Oakdale ave., early Sunday
and minutes later four men
were arrested on charges ot
burglary, ....
Officer Richard Hurner said
he taw, three men standing
near a safe inside the market
about 3:40 a.m., and he radio
ed for assistance. Other police
officers arrived a short time
later and the building was sur
rounded. '
Police said two of the sus
pects came running out a side
door and were met by police
with guns drawn. A third man
was arrested inside the store.
and a fourth, who said he had
been acting as a look-out, sur
rendered himself to state po
lice officers a short time later.
Charged with burglary not
in a dwelling are Kenneth
Elslon Dailey, 24, of 519 King
St.; Donald Raymond Brea
zeale, 21, of 831 Nianllc St.,
Veryl Leroy Biggins, 28, o
122 Kenwood ave., and Thom
as Edwin Cornwall, 30, of 145
South Ivy st.
Police surmise that the
burglars had been about to re
move the safe from the store
when they were apprehended.
An acetylene torch, found
nearby, was used lo cut the
safe from a wall to which it
had been attached, police said.
The exact amount of money
in the safe was not revealed,
but police estimate it was
several thousand dollars." ,
Police said the acetylene
equipment had been stolen
earlier the same morning in a
burglary at the Memory Gar
dens Memorial park. A pickup
truck found near the store,
was also reported stolen.
Chief of Police Charles P.
Champlln said this morning
he docs not think that the
market burglary is connected
with a burglary at the Med
ford Coca-Cola company Fri
day in which an estimated
$1,300 was taken.
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