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MEDFORD, OREGON; SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1961
No. 257
yV
Expense
Receive
Constitutionality
Doubted in View
Of No Pay Hike
Salem - (UPII - Members of
the 1961 Oregon legislature
have scattered for the week
end while their first week's
chief achievement - a legis
lative expense measure - un
derwent scrutiny that may
lead to a court test.
Secretary of Slate Howell
Appling Jr. said it appeared
"likely" he may have to ask
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton for an opinion on the
legality of the controversial
expense measure.
The pay proposal - to reim
burse lawmakers for out-of-pocket
legislature expenses up
to $75 monthly during the
session and $150 in the in
terim - passed the house after
a floor fight Friday by a vote
of 42-18.
It passed the senate unani
mously earlier.
Its c o n s t i tutionality was
questioned, in view of voters'
defeat of a legislative salary
raise last May.
Bills For Schools
Meanwhile, as the legisla
ture rounded out its first'
week, the wheels were grind
ing on the meatier matters of
appropriations, education, la
bor, tax, commerce,; and gov
ernment reorganization.
Slated for introduction this
week is a 29-bill package con
taining the interim education
committee's recommendations
on school. These include a
hike in the state's -share of
school costs and a distribution
formula designed to alleviate
property taxes in heavily bur
dened districts.
Also expected this week Is
a sore subject for labor, a
"Little Landrum-Griffith Bill
to regulate the no-man's land
ungoverned by federal or
state laws. '
House Speaker Robert Dun
can (D-Medford) said he sees
"no need" for such a law in
Oregon.
He said, however, he sup
ports another bill to set out
secret election provisions for
employees in determining a
bargaining agent, and is con
sidering an amendment to in
clude farm workers.
Budget Bills Introduced
Senate President Harry
Boivin said he considered the
lawmakers "ahead of previous
sessions" - in spite of time off
Tuesday for an orientation
Mmnl for new solons.
Sixty - two appropriations
hills - more than nan oi ui
governor's budget proposals -
were miroaucca m mc
Friday and shipped off to the
Joint Ways and Means com
which handles the
budget.
A bill containing the core
of Hatfield's cabinet system
nlan for Oregon was intro
rfnprH in the Senate. , It was
nf in a committee headed
k Sen Walter Pearson (D-
Portland) who has already
said he likes the reorganiza
lion blueprint.
Dr. Putnam Suffered
'Mild' Heart Attack
Salem -OIPIv- The physician
attending Dr. Rex Putnam,
' superintendent of public in
struction, said Saturday Put
nam suffered a "mild heart at
tack" last week but he will
leave the hospital in three or
four days.
Dr. Don E. Woodard of Sa
lem said Putnam was up and
around Saturday for the first
time since being hospitalized.
His condition is described as
"fairly good."
Putnam, who retires Jan,
31, suffered a more serious
heart attack two years ago.
He is 70.
WEATHER
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iness this morning. Partial rlear-
tnc this aftirtnton and Montis
altrrnoon. itun w -
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tow tonight 33. Win Monday
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Our Skies "tonight
ftnnrt todav .. S:0S p.m.
simrisr tomorrow m.
Moonrite tomorrow . 7:I2 m.
Tontcht. Sirhn, in hrihiru
star, run St . P m
snd Vrnui. the briihtest
pUnrt. ifll i - . ;3 P m-
The group of turn ihovf Sirlus
form the rnnttellation of Orion.
Measure May
Court Test
"Some Of These Days, You're Gonna Miss
' Me, Honey "
Bengtson Is Found
Guilty by Jury in
Josephine
Grants Pass - A Josephine
county circuit court jury of
nine women and three men
found O. H. Bengtson, Med
ford lawyer, guilty of em
bezzlement Friday afternoon.
The jury reached its verdict
little more than an , hour
after receiving the case. The
vote was 10 to 2, the minimum
required.
Bail was continued at isz.ouu
on tne cnarge. tsengison u
free on $13,000 bail. Sen
Deputies Continue
Probe of Shooting
The Jackson county sheriff's
department is continuing in
vestigation of the Friday
morning shooting ofa Gold
Hill man which sent him to
Sacred Heart hospital in criti
cal condition.
Mrs. Lcona Donwody, 37,
and Ralph Littlefield, 55, both
of Gold Hill, are being ques
tioned about the shooting of
Howard Charles Burnette Jr.,
28, about 2 a.m. Friday in Mrs.
Donwody's home near Gold
Hill.
Preliminary investigation
has indicated the three were
examining a rifle being held
by Mrs. Donwody when it dis
charged, sending a bullet into
Burnctte's neck.
Mrs. Domvodyus being held
in the county jail on a charge
of pointing a weapon at an
other. Littlefield is being held
on a charge of being drunk in
public, sheriff s deputies said.
Exact circumstances of the
shooting have not been deter
mined yet, deputies reported.
They still have not been able
to talk to Burnette. Hospital
officials declined to comment
on his condition Saturday
night.
Flood Control Group
Schedules Meeting
The Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation will hold its annual
meeting at 8 p.m., Monday
Feb. 13, in the Josephine cir
cuit cout room, Grants Pass,
President Ben Hilton, Grants
Pass, has announced.
Five directors will be elect
ed for three-year terms. Re
ports will be given by the
president, secretary and board
of directors.
Five directors whose terms
expire are Andy Schmidt,
Medford; Ralph James, Sains
Valley; Claude Baker, Gold
Hill; Bud Randolph. Cave
Junction; Conrad Nystrom
Merlin; Wally Martin, Grants
Pass.
Friday the county court vot
ed to send County Commis
sioner Edwin Taylor as its
delegate to the association,
and proposed him for nomina
tion as director. Former Coun
ty Commissioner Ralph James
was official county court dele
gate, and his term is expiring
as director,
"
County
tencing will be held Monday,
Jan. 23, at 10:30 a.m. in Grants
Pass.
Bengtson, a former official
of the Medford Escrow com
pany, was charged with em
bezzling $1,700 from the firm
He was convicted on a similar
charge involving $3,701 last
fall in a Jackson county cir
cuit court trial. That case is
under appeal.
Appeal Almost Certain
Richard Carney, Portland
defense attorney, said Friday
afternoon that "I feel certain
we will also appeal this case."
Foreman of the jury was
Theodore McLain, a Grants
Pass painter.
The defendant appeared
calm at the announcement of
the verdict.
The trial was held in Grants
Pass after a motion for change
of venue by the defense was
successful. Paul Haviland was
appointed prosecutor for the
case after District Attorney
Alan B. Holmes disqualified
himself. Holmes' law partner,
Robert Boycr, has assisted the
defense in the case.
There are currently eight
additional indictments charg
ing Bengtson with embezzle
ment pending.
License Funds Go
Toward Enforcement
County Judge Earl Miller
said Friday that the county's
share of marine boat license
funds go into the general fund,
but are budgeted for enforce
ment of boating regulations.
During the last fiscal year,
the county put S8.000 from the
boat licenses Into Hie general
fund, but when the budget
was established, the court add
ed $4,000 to it and used the
money to purchase boats and
motors for the sheriff's office,
Miller said.
Miller said he would ex
plain this in a letter to the
Jackson county chapter of the
Izaak Walton League. The
League sent the county court
a copy of its motion proposing
that all boating license funds
be earmarked by the county
court for cither boating regu
lation enforcement or for de
velopment of boating facili
ties.
Plans for 'Largest Oregon
Of American
Plans for the "largest Ore-i
gon convention" were made
this week end when officials
of the American Legion met
with the Medford Convention
Commission Corporation.
The Lcgion't executive com
mittee has set June 22 to 24 as
convention dates when more
,than 6,000 Oregon Legion
naires are expected to con
verge here.
Legion officers said the
summer convention "...as
sumes greater significance as
the (American Legion) De
partment of Oregon bolsters
Reports Indicate
RedMan-in-Space
Program Started
Alaska Station
Tracks Object
Washington - IUPII - A U.S.
radar station in Alaska track
ed an object with "missile
characteristics" rising out of
Russia for six minutes Friday
night headed for the Pacific
ocean, the Defense department
said Saturday.
The defense announcement
cast no light on the question
of whether the Russians were
merely testing a missile or
trying to launch a satellite -perhaps
with a man aboard.
But it coincided with two
significant U.S. reports on the
Soviet man-in-space program.
-The head of the U.S. Civil
ian Space agency said a Rus
sian attempt to put a Red
astronaut into orbit might be
coming up soon, perhaps
timed to lake the edge off the
l n a u g u r ation of President
elect John F. Kennedy.
Specific Information
-An Air Force official said
this county has "unofficial but
very specific information
that two Russians died last
September in an attempt to
put men into space when So
viet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev attended the Uni
ted Nations general assembly
in New York.
The September report was
disclosed by Lt. Col. Paul D.
Hickman of the Armed Forces
Industrial College at a nation
al security seminar in Honolu
lu Friday.
He said the Russian flop
resulted In the demotion of
the scientists in charge and
orders to a new "team" to get
a man in space "immediately.
Coincidentally, the Defense
department report was the
first disclosure that long range
radar was at work on Shemya
island off the Alaskan coast
or any other Aleutian post.
No other free world track-
Ihg station reported, spotting
the shot.
Hillcresf Girls
Are Apprehended
Salem - (UPD - Authorities
last night apprehended the
last two of 10 girls who broke
out of a juvenile detention
home here Friday night.
The two were picked up on
a highway near here where
they were trying to hitchhike.
The other eight had been re
captured earlier.
The pair was identified as
Catherine Day, 17, Portland,
and Ona Lee Morgan, 18,
Medford.
The break-out at the Hill
crest School for Girls came
while the 10 were watching
television. Two of the girls
suddenly produced a hammer
and a garbage can lid, strik
ing guard Kenneth Hovenden
and matron Ethel Lind on the
head.
Matron Emma Halter also
was attacked before the girls
piled through a fire escape
window- Hovenden and Mrs.
Lind were hospitalized brief
ly.
The other girls were Rita
McGinnis, 15, Veneta; Char
lotte Clarno, 16, Gold Beach,
Ore.; Vera Toemen, 17, Burns,
Ore.; and Rose Emma Men
denhall, 15; Kathleen Garri
son, 17; Jean Stevens. 18
Donna Petticord, 16, and Carol
K. Ford, 18, .all of Portland
Hatfield Sees Program
For Surplus Food
Salem - (DPI) - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Friday he hopes
a program to distribute gov
ernment food to welfare re
cipients soon will be in oper
ation in Oregon.
His comment came after
Rep. Edilh Green (D-Ore.)
criticized Oregon as being one
of the six states in the nation
where the program is not
operating.
Legion Made
Its strength in preparation for
holding a national convention
in Oregon at some future
date."
Attending the local plan
ning sessions were represen
tatives of the Legion, and its
affiliated bodies, the Legion
auxiliary. Forty and Eight,
Eight and Forty, and Twenty
and Four. Jennings Pierce,
Medford, is chairman of the
Convention commission
Eugene Orr is vice chair
man of the commission, and
the board of directors includes
Pat Kilby. Bob Damei, Les
UN dejects
GUERRILLA FIGHTERS This picture smuggled to Miami
by a Cuban courier known as "Henry" shows a rebel
officer, Maj. Evelio Duque (left), greet Capt. Ramon Perez
Two People Will
Receive Awards
At MSC Banquet
Two local residents have
been named to receive the an
nual Save-A-Llfe awards giv
en by. the Medford Safety
council. , ' .' ,
They are Bjariie A.'Bjorn
sen and Naomi Jean Walker,
They will be presented the
awards at the council's awards
banquet Friday, Jan. 20, at the
Rogue Valley uountry ciud.
The meeting will begin at
6:30 p.m.
Other awards, including an
industrial safely plaque and
several certificates, will be
announced Friday. Tickets for
the program, which is open to
the public, can be obtained
from council members or at
the door.
Edward M. Syring, manager
of the drivers license division,
department of motor vehicles,
will speak. He will discuss
the "Driver Improvement Pro
gram." The speaker is currently
chairman of the American As
sociation of Motor Vehicle Ad
minitrator's commiltee on
driver licenses Bnd driver im-
Drovemcnt. and a member of
the driver license advisory
committee to the National
Safety council.
A former University of Ore
gon student, Syring also
serves as a member of the
operating commiltee of the
Oregon traffic safety commis
sion. He has been employed
by the state department of
motor vehicles since 1934. In
1957 he was named manager
of the license division.
President Orders
Gold Disposition
Washington -OCT- President
Eisenhoder Saturday ordered
American citizens and firms to
dispose of gold holding
abroad by June 1. 1981.
The President, by executive
order, said persons and com
panies subject to U. S. Juis-
diction have not been allowed
to hold gold in this country
since 1933 and it therefore is
reasonable to ban such hold
ings abroad.
The order applies whether
the holders of gold abroad live
in this country or overseas.
Convention'
in Medford
Wilson, and Granville Biltt
san. Assisting In the prcpnta
lions fur the June meeting arc
Earl Bigalow, chairman of
the finance division; Herb Af
ford, housing; Meivin McEl
hincy, budget and finance;
Robert Boycr, legal advisor;
Clark Walker and Elliott
Beckon, convention halls; Bud,
Fisher, Forty and Light liai
son; LaMuricl Beck, Women
Legionnaire activities; and
Dorothy Sutter, uxlliary gen
eral chairman.
Taylor Sentenced
To Life in
State Penitentiary
Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kellv Friday afternoon " sen
tenced John R. Taylor, 27,
Salem, to life imprisonment in
the slate penitentiary after he
pleaded glillty to a charge of
assault with intent to Kill
District Attorney Alan
Holmes said Friday afternoon
he would drop the two remain
ing charges against Taylor,
The charges are grand lar
ceny in 'connection with the
theft of two cars in Jackson
county.1
I feel one life sentence is
enough," Holmes said.
Taylor would be eligible for
parole after serving 7'j years
of his life sentence.
After a strong plea by Med
ford lawyer Edward Branch
field, Circuit Judge Kelly
said, "I think it is a little late
for him to take stock of his
life- However, it is not too late
to change. Ho has, however,
served a third of his life -
nine of his 27 years in the
stale penitentiary. I am happy
to hear that he plans to edu
cate himself while in prison."
Footnote to Plea
As a footnote to his pica
for Taylor, Branchfield strong
ly criticized the sheriff's of
fice for not providing Taylor
decent clothes In which to ap
pear in court. He noted that
Taylor has had to wear the
same torn shirt since he was
jailed. Friday morning, his
lorn slacks were replaced, the
lawyer said.
Branchfield said he was
making this appeal for better
clothing on behalf of all the
county jail prisoners. Having
to appear in court in dirty,
torn clothing is automatically
a strike against the person
Branchfield remarked.
Judge Kelly said he would
call this matter to the atten
tion of Sheriff Joe Walsh, but
fell it was an oversight. "If
necessary I will call it to the
attention of the grand Jury,"
Kelly added, "but I'm sure it
won't be"
Taylor was charged wllh
firing three bullets into the
Three Killed in
Portland Mishaps
Portland - 'UPD - Three per
sons were killed In Portland
traffic in separate accidents
lale Friday and early Satur
day. Lavern A. Hansen, 21, Port
land, was killed Instantly in a
crash of a sports car here Sat
urday. A passenger, David A
Myers, 23, was hospitalized.
Arzy Harold Whclchel, 34,
a transient, was killed laic
Friday when struck by car
driven by Vernon R. llamil
ton. Whclchel died In a hos
pital.
'ini Willa Preston. 48
Portland was hit by a car and
dragged 90 feet. She was dead
on arrival at a hospital
Driver of the car was Ncal O
I Mathews.
Red
at the guerrilla fighters headquarters in the hills In Las
Villas province, Cuba. The courier said the rebels are well
equipped with modern arms. (UPITelephoto)
Oregon
leg of' State Policeman Don
aid Cain Dec. 20 when Cain
stopped to question the hich-
hiker at the intersection o
Highways 99 and 66 south of
Ashland.
Taylor was charged with
taking two automobiles to es
cape- to Dulur, near The
Dalles, where he was .captur
ed the next morning.
Hill Defies ICC
Rate Directive
Salem - (UPD - Public "utili
ty Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
Friday defied an Interstate
Commerce commission direc
tive ordering him to increase
intrastate freight rates In Ore
gon on certain commodities to
meet interstate levels.
He said he doubted if he
would comply with the direc
tive, but added the rates
would apparently go Into ef
fect anyway.
Since the transportation act
of 1958, railroads have been
able to bypass tire slate and go
directly to the ICC for au
thority to hike rales, Hill said.
He added that since the ICC
rated go Into effect regardless
of his position, any Oregon
PUC action "would be point
less." The rales In question apply
to limestone, logs, wood chips
and sugar beets.
Sports Bulletins
Medford's Black Torna
do basketball aggregation
subduad Crater High 82 to
61 her last night in South
am Oregon conference play.
Bob Qulnney tallied 31
points for Medford and Loy
al Hiqlnbotham 25 for the
Comats, Halflima score was
37 to 28.
Ashland - Southern Ore
gon college swept a two
gem series from Oragon
College of Education last
night with a 63 to 54 vic
tory. SOC retained its par
ted record - now 4-0-in
Oregon Collegiate confer
ence play.
Klamath Falls - Honley
High school detested Phoe
nix 54 to 38 here last night.
Henley held a 22 to 15 hall
time bulge. Mike Conibruck
led Phoenix with 11 points,
Roy Brown had 13 for Hen
ley. Lakiview - Illinois Val
ley thumped Lakeviaw High
school her last night 55 to
47. Tarry Johnson led Illi
nois Valley with 13 points.
Grants Pics - Grants Pass
deflated A s h 1 n d High
school 75 to 48 here last
night. Grants Pais held
half time lead of 38 to 22.
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Coast Guard Has
Inquiry Into Loss
01 Seven at Sea
Astoria-IDPD-A Coast Guard
board of inquiry convened
Saturday afternoon to investi
gate the circumstances sur
rounding a sea tragedy Thurs
day In which seven men lost
their lives and four boats
- lwere wrecked.
Beach patrols were search
ing for the bodies of six men
still missing. One man was
drowned when three Coast
Guard craft capsized while
trying (o bring a crab boat
to safety.
Search for the missing men,
who include four Coast
Guardsmen, Friday was ham
pered by continued ' bad
weather. Coast Guard vessels
and hclicpotcrs participated in
the first day's search.
Dead Guardsman
The dead man was also a
Coast Guardsman and was
Identified as Boatswain Mate
1-C Culp of Hammond. His
body was washed ashore
Thursday night.
Missing were John S. Ho
ban, 27, Independence, Mo.;
Gordon F. Sussez, 21, Belle
vue, Wash.; Ralph E. Mace,
19, Vashon, Wash., all Coast
Guardsmen, and two crew
members of the crab boat
Mermaid," Bert and Stanley
Bergmcn, Ilwaco, Wash.
The drowned Coast Guards
man and the four missing
Coast Guardsmen were swept
from the 52-foot motor life
boat "Triumph." A 36-foot
and a 40-foot Coast Guard
craft also were wrecked.
Gordon E. Huggins, 22, a
Coast Guard engineman 3-C
from Vancouver, Wash., was
washed ashore alive.
Family of Six Die
In Youngstown Fire
Youngstown, Ohio - WPP-A
family of six perished early
Saturday when a second-story
fire swept a frame apartment
house in suburban uampoeu.
The fire of unknown origin
was believed to have started
in the kitchen of the apart
ment. The family died or as
phyxiation.
Federal Building Site
Is South of 10th Street
The site under consideration
by the general services admin
istration for a proposed tca
cral building in Medford lies
south of 10th st. between Cen
tral and Riverside aves.
The information was re
ceived last week from Con
gressman Edwin R. Durno.
According to officials of the
GSA in Washington, the
agency asked the regional of
fice Jan. 4 to make an ap
praisal of the suggested site
in Medford. lt was stifled that
the appraisal usually takes
about 80 days. Thcr have
been no otters received and
no options secured on any of
this lad, Durno pointed out
Dimensions of the land wore
listed as 335 feet on 10th st
harges
Red Ambassador
May Take Congo
ssue to Assembly
Seven Abstain From
Council Voting
United Nations. N.Y. - (UPD -
The Security Council Satur
day rejected Russia's charga
Belgian aggression against
Congo from the Central
African United Nations trust
territory of Ruanda-Urundi.
The council turned down a
resolution sponsored by tha
United Arab Republic. Cevlon
and Liberia calling upon Bel-
um, as the administering au
thority of Ruanda-Urundi,
Immediately to cease ail ac
tion against the Republic of
The Congo."
The United States. Britain.
France, China, Chile, Ecua
dor and Turkey all abstained
on the vote, making the offi-
ial la.'ly 4 to 0 with 7 ab
stentions. Council rules re
quire a favorable vote of sev
en members for action-
Offers No Resolution
The Soviet Union offered no
resolution on its own bu'. So
viet Ambassador Valerian A.
Zorin threatened to carry tha
issue Before the General As
sembly, perhaps at a special
session.
The situation in Ruanda.
Urundl, a territory the size of;
west Virginia situated cast ot ,
The Congo continued to sim
mer, however.
Belgian Ambassador Walter
Loridan told the council that
forces loyal to ousted leftist
Congolese. Premier Patrice
Lumumba had been directing,
lire, including mortar shells,
across the border Into tho
trust' territory ' since Friday
nignt. ;
'In a report not yet Issued
here, a UN. spokesman at
Leopoldville said pro-Lumumba
forces stormed across tha
Ruanda-Urundi frontier from
The Congo province of Klvu
today and fired on Belgian sol
diers there. .
Russia chawed that Bel
gium granted transit rights in
Ruanda-Urundi to forces of
Congolese strongman Col. Jo
seph D. Mobutu.
Zorin said Belgium organiz
ed the move, flew the Mobutu
troops into Ruanda-Urundi in
Belgian planes and trucked
them 90 miles down the bor-
der to a vantage area instead
of taking them to the nearest
crossing point, only 13 miles
away.
Secretary - General Dag
Hammarskjold, in a brief
statement to the council be
fore the vote, said it was "im
mediately obvious how
groundless the charges are."
Mountain Named
For Neuberger
Washington - (UPD - The gov
ernment Friday named a
mountain in Alaska in honor
of the late Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.).
The Interior department's
board of 'geographic names
said it had so designated tha
6,747 foot .mountain upon tha
joint request of Interior Secre
tary Fred A. Seaton, the Alas
kan congressional delegation,
and the Alaskan state legisla
ture. Mt. Neuberger was describ
ed as the highest summit of a
prominent range visible to tha
south and west of the Tole
Junction and Panacross, Alas
ka. Neuberger, who served in
the senate from 1954 until his
death In 1960 was a strong
advocate of the conservation
of natural resources.
353 feet on Central five., 280
feet through the block to Riv
erside ave. and 260 feet on
Riverside ave. The south
boundary would be the south
line of 11th St., if the street
were extended to Rlversida
ave.
Some question has arisen re
garding this location since tha
property has also been pro
posed as the site of a new 33
unit motel, owned by the Im
perial 400 Motel chain of Los
Angeles.
In a previous announcement
regarding the site, the govern
ment said it would build on
the property only If lt could,
be obtained at "reasonable)
cost."
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