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Kennedy Advised
Against Running
On 'Credit Cards'
Mail Rate, Gas
Tax Hikes Urged
Washington- IUPD - President
Eisenhower willed President
elect John F. Kennedy a rec
ord peacetime spending budg
et oi $80.9 billion for fiscal
1962 today and strongly ad
vised his successor against
running the government "by
credit cards."
In his final budget message
to Congress, the outgoing
Chief Executive predicted a
SI. 5 billion surplus could be
achieved in the fiscal year
starting July 1 if postal rates
are raised again, if the gaso
line tax is increased, if busi
ness expands smartly.
He held out no hope of a
general tax cut in the fore
seeable future.
And he called for increased
private, state and local spend
ing on activities which now
"require a disproportionate or
wasteful expenditure of fed
eral funds."
Will Be Revised ',
Eisenhower's budget will be
revised by Kennedy after the
new President takes office
Jan. 20. The extent of these
revisions is not yet known,
but Kennedy aides have been
working in cooperation with
the Eisenhower administra
tions' Budget Bureau since No
vember. The new Eisenhower spend
ing program, 51.9 billion
higher than the current year's
estimate, contemplates:
-A S1.4 billion rise in de
fense spending, with increased
emphasis on missiles and de
fenses against missiles. This
would give defense a peace
time high total of $42.9 bil
lion, biggest item in the
budget.
-A 5250 million boost for
foreign aid. raising the pro
gram to 53.6- billion, with
greater emphasis on efforts in
Africa and Latin America.
Postal Rate Increase
-A $195 million increase for
space projects, for a total of
S965 million, more than dou
ble the 1960 figure, with hope
of rocketing the first Ameri
can into orbit this year.
-An improved economy, to
provide added revenues to pay
the increased federal bills.
-A postal rate increase of
unspecified nature and a half
cent a gallon boost in gaso
line taxes, to help balance the
budget.
-Recognition of the so-called
"dollar gap" in planning
fnr U S. expenditures over
seas.
Here is how the Eisenhower
budect for the government
bookkeeping year that begins
Julv 1 compares with esti-
mated figures for the current
1961 fiscal year:
19S1
Receipts S79.o4,uuu.uuu
Spending 78,945.000.000
Surplus 79,000,000
1962
Receipts 582,333,000.000
Spending 80.865.000,000
Surplus 1,468.000.000
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Flash Lights
In California,
By United Press International
A flash In me sny m up
wide area along the Northern
California and Oregon Coast
Sunday night, alarming resi
dents over a wide area.
Police and sheriff's officers
In Oregon and California say
they received hundreds of
calis. At Eureka. Calif., resi-
rirnu sav the flash was so
hriaht it seemed like daylight
for a moment. The flash oc
curred about 10:20 p.m
Trailing Red Mass
Robert Nichols. Federal
Aviation observer at McKin-
levvillc airport near Eureka
said he saw a white flash high
in the sky to the northwest,
followed by the appearance
Eisenho
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1961
wer Presents
House Sustains Veto on
Injured Workman Bill
Southern Oregon
Projects Included
In Fiscal Budget
By A. ROBERT SMITH .
Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent
Washington-The last Eisenhower budget went io Congress
today with nearly 51 million for the Rogue River Basin
Talent project.
The budget also contained $4 18.500 for Crater Lake Na
tional Park and $33,900 for Oregon Caves National Monu
ment.
For O&C timber management by the bureau of land man
agement, the budget listed $9.2 million, an increase over
the $8 million in the last budget. This money, however, is
in effect returned to the government by the O&C counties
out of timber receipts.
This last budget request is not considered a final one
for the fiscal year which starts next July 1, for it was pre
pared by'a .Republican administration which is leaving office
next Friday. The Kennedy administration is expected to take
a careful look at this budget and probably make a number
of requests for revisions when Congress holds its appropria
tions hearings this winter.
The request for the Talent division of the Rogue River
protect amounts to $789,000 for
lateral and sublateral system, the bureau of reclamation ex
plained. A small amount of this will be So study drainage
facilities. - -- .
Another $159,000 is earmarked for rehabilitation and
bettermen of existing irrigation facilites in the Talent division.
The funds for Crater Lake
Crater Lake Lodge building and
center at a cost of $350,000,
campground with additional campsites, an amphitheater and
water and sanitary facilities
Committee OK's
Day's Selection as
Postmaster General
Washington -0JPI1- The Sen
ate Post Office and Civil
Service Committee today ap
proved President-elect John
F. Kennedy's choice for post
master general. J. Edward
Day, Los Angeles, is the third
of Kennedy's 10 cabinet ap
pointments already cleared by
Senate committees.
Although the formal nomi
nations of Day and other cabi
net members cannot be sub
mitted to the Senate before
Kennedy takes office Friday,
the committees have been
holding hearings in advance to
speed the process of the new
administration's take-over.
Others Approved
Other Senate committees al
ready have approved Arthur
Goldberg as secretary of la
bor, and Robert F. Kennedy,
the president - elect's brother,
as attorney general. The rest
of the cabinet is expected to
be cleared for Senate confir
mation before the inaugura
tion.
The Post Office Committee
heard Day, a California insur
ance executive, testify that
he considered reduction of the
5850 million postal deficit a
matter of "first concern." Day
declined to commit himself on
how he would cut the deficit,
however.
Up Sky
Oregon
of a trailing red mass that ap
peared to fall into the sea.
At Grants Pass, Ore., the
unidentified object was de
scribed as a rosy ball of fire
which lit up the sky like day
light.
The object was reported
seen flying through the sky
from Roseburg and Coquille
south to Grants Pass. One re
port says the object may have
disintegrated over the Camas
Valley. Reports on the size of
the object range from basket
ball size up to 400 feet in di
ameter. Sergeant Dick Newell of the
Grants Pass city police said
the object lit up the sky in
two distinct flashes of five
seconds duration.
construction,', mostly on the
park are for the acuisition of
its conversion into a visitor
and improvement of Mazama
After a short period of ques
tioning by Democrats and Re
publicans the committee's ap
proval . came quickly and
unanimously.
Chauffeur Roles Protested
Other congressional news:
Protest: Rep. H. R. Gross
(R-Iowa) reported that he had
protested to the Defense De
partment about the use of
military personnel to chauf
feur actors Frank Sinatra and
Peter L a w f o r d, Kennedy's
brother-in-law, around the
city in their role as producers
of a Democratic fund raising
show Thursday. Gross said the
Pentagon told him it wouldn't
happen again.
Rules: House Democratic
Leader John McCormack said
he doubted that Speaker Sam
Rayburn would be able to re
duce conservative control of
the Rule Committee by getting
authority to add three new
members.
Ashland City Council
To Hold Hearing
Ashland - A public hearing
will be held on curbing, gut
tering and paving of a section
of Scenic dr. from Wimcr st.
to Manzanita st. at the Ash
land city council meeting
Tuesday night in the council
chambers.
The council water commit
tee will report on proposed
improvements to the city wa
ter filtration plant in other
council business. The ceme
tery committee will report re
sults of a study of a proposed
land purchase next to the
cemetery on Highway 66.
Announcement will be made
of setting Jan. 24 as the date
for bidding on the city gaso
line contract, and discussion
will be opened for a reorgani
zation of council committees.
VERDICT SET ASIDE
Washington - (Ml - The Su
preme Court today set aside
the conviction of Maurice E.
Travis, former Denver union
leader, on charges of having
filed false non - Communist
oaths with the National Labor
Relations Board.
Tribune
Record
ime Budget
Five Democrats
Join in Support
Of Gov. Hatfield
Action Comes on
Motion to Table
Salem - (DPI) - The House of
Representatives today, by a
tight 29-27 vole, sustained
Gov. Mark Hatfield's veto on
bill to allow an injured
workman free choice of a doc
tor. . . .
The action came on a mo
tion by Rep. Robert F. Smith
(R- Burns) to sustain the gov
ernor by tabling the measure.
Five Democrats joined with
24 Republicans in support of
the governor's veto.
The veto' was overriden in
the Senate last week by a vote
of 22-7. Hatfield, however, has
never been overridden by
both houses.
The motion to sustain Hat
field came after Rep. William
Bradley (D-Gresham) moved
to refer the bill to the Com
mittee on Labor and Indus
tries.
A vole was not taken on
Bradley's motion since the
move to table the bill took
precedence.
Democrts voting to sustain
the governor were Reps.
George Annala (Hood River),
Thomas McClellan (Neotsu);
Don McKinnis (Summerville),
Emil Stunz (Nyssa) and Frank
Weatherford (Olex).
First Bill Passes
The House also passed a bill
today appropriating $1.25 mil
lion to run the legislature
during the current session and
in the interim until the next
session convenes.
It was the first bill to win
final approval in the House.
Eleven education bills were
introduced in the House,
along with nine measures con
cerning elections and 14 by
the Committee on Highways.
Among the education meas
ures was one to increase the
membership of the State
Board of Education from sev
en to nine and to bring the
state superintendent of public
instruction more directly un
der the board's control.
The proposal was made by
the Interim committee on Ed
ucation.
Another would set a maxi
mum five - year probationary
period for teachers before ac
quiring permanent status, and
would permit transfer of
teachers without hearing:
The measure also would in
clude provisions for hearings
in teacher dismissal cases.
"Us Collidge Kids Got To Have More
Pep Rallies"
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 258
Negro Students
Accompanied to
Georgia Classes
Silent Stares
Met by Couple
Athens, Ga.-(UPl)-Two Negro
students, whose court-ordered
presence on the University of
Georgia campus sparked stu
dent riots last week, returned
for classes today under escort
of state detectives and were
silently accepted.
The reception of Charlayne
Hunter, 18, and Hamilton
Holmes, 19, first Negroes to
attend the school in its 175
year history, was calm, almost
detached.
Where scattered catcalling
had followed them last week
only silent starts from small
groups of curious students fol
lowed them today.
Students had been warned
by the campus administration
that an outburst of any sort
could mean suspension or ex
pulsion. Every faculty mem
ber was empowered to pick up
the identity card of any of
fending student.
Agents of the Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation accom
panied the two to their classes,
and, in several instances,
pushed aside newsmen and
photographers who got in the
way. . j
Athens police detained a
white man found driving on a
campus street in a car con
taining a Confederate flag and
segregation stickers. He was
released after questioning.
Meanwhile, the Clarke
County Grand Jury met in
Athens to begin an investiga
tion of last week's rioting.
Man Hurt When
Rifle Discharged
Jacksonville Mack Grif
fin, 50, was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital this morning
after he apparently accident
ally shot himself while clean
ing a gun in his home here.
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies said Griffin, who re
sides at 611 East California
st., was apparently sitting on
the edge of his bed, cleaning
a .30 caliber rifle, when It dis
charged. A doctor, the first to arrive
at the Griffin home about 9:20
a.m., said the bullet apparent
ly entered the man's chest,
near his heart. Hospital at
tendants said this morning the
extent of Griffin's wounds had
not yet been determined.
Sheriff's deputies said that
after Griffin shot himself, he
apparently crawled to a tele
phone in the next room and
called the doctor. Deputies are
continuing their investigation
into the incident.
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TOWER DISAPPEARS An Air Force,
radar tower, similar to the one shown above,
"disappeared" in the storm-tossed Atlantic
Ocean about 85 miles southwest of New
Baseball Officials
To Arrive Here To
Speak for Stadium
Three prominent Pacific
Northwest baseball officials
will arrive here tonight to
confer with backers of a mul
ti-purpose stadium proposed;
for the county fairgrounds'
property south of Medford.
: -The t h r e e menJajjjes
Fleishman, Northwest Base
ball league president; Hub
Kittle, general manager of
the Yakima Bears' baseball
team; and Al Liglitner, gener
al manager of the Salem
Dodgers baseball team and
sports editor of the Oregon
Statesman, have scheduled a
number of talks Tuesday and
Wednesday favoring the sta
dium proposal.
Tuesday noon the trio will
speak at the Medford Rotary
club luncheon meeting. Tues
day at 7 p.m. the three men
will talk over KBES-TV.
Wednesday night they will ad
dress a private session at
Kim's restaurant here.
John Weisbrod, Medford
realtor and chief stadium pro
moter, said he has invited 175
'key people, in the county to
attend the social hour and din
ner and hear the three base
ball men explain the advan
tages of having a stadium in
this county. Those invited in
clude school officials, indus
trial and political leaders. .
In his letter to Weisbrod
telling of the visit, Lightner
said Salem's minor league
baseball team is the equiva
lent of a $100.000-a-ycar busi
ness in the city. This includes
players' salaries and those of
other employees connected
with baseball, the spending of
visiting clubs, and the buying
and selling of accessories at
the stadium.
Local Man Arrested
For Siskiyou County
Medford city police Satur
day arrested Allen J. Brydon,
28, of 1208 Stevens St., on a
charge of burglary. A warrant
was Issued for his arrest from
the Siskiyou county sheriff's
office in California.
Brydon is the eighth person
lo be arrested on burglary
charges in southern Oregon In
the past week. Police said Bry
don is apparently "implicat
ed" with the others.
Brydon was arrested al his
home by police Saturday
morning. He was confined in
the county jail with bail set
at $5,000.
WEATHER !
KOfiKCAST: Cloudy tonight and
Tuesday morning wtift Itltl
drl..le. Partly :lmidy Tueidny
afternoon and evening, I.tiW to
night 38. High Tuesday .
Temp.
High fit Yrsttrday 4S
l.owMt Thii Morning J
To 10 t.m. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
sunfl todav 3:M p.m.
SunM (omorrow t:1J a m.
New Moon today 1:30 p.m.
PnOMINKNT hi
prorvnn, low In eat .... :1fl p.m
and hfch In toulh , 13:0 a m
Thi( It one of the nearest of th
hrtfht trs, helng only 11 light
veart from ine r.ann.
York City Sunday and the Coast Guard said
it apparently collapsed. Officials said 27
men were aboard the tover at the time.
(UPI Telephoto)
County Lawyers Are
Praised for
By Former
Jackson county lawyers
were praised today by former
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder. for their, efforts as
court appointed counsel.
In a letter to Circuit Judges
James. M. Main and Edward
C. Kelly, Boeder slated, "It is
with considerable pride that
f-wisrrto- arlvise you that the
individual lawyers who have
been appointed as counsel for
indigent persons have been
. i : i ; . .. j :
tiotis in fulfilling their respon
sibilities.",-
He explained that the duties
are neither popular nor profit
able to represent these people,
and in many cases almost al
ways a personal and a pecu
niary sacrifice to the lawyers.
I am pleased to note,
Reeder continued, "that in
practically every such case I
handled during my four years
as district attorney these indi
gent defendants were given
the best efforts of their court
appointed counsel."
Reeder concluded that this
healthy situation" speaks
well for the lawyers that make
up the Jackson County Bar
association. "This is a public
Woman, 105, Dies
In Ashland Hospital
Ashland - Mrs. Amanda Co-
wen, 105, a full-blooded Klam
ath Indian, of Chiloquin, Ore.,
who was the subject of a fea
ture in Friday s Mail Tribune,
died this morning at the Ash
land hospital. She was born
In 1855 on what is now . the
Klamath Indian reservation
near Beatty, Ore.
She was visiting a grand
daughter, Mrs. Edna Boyd, 105
Bush St., Ashland, prior to her
recent illness.
Survivors include two chil
dren, William McKinley Co
wen, Klamath reservation,
and Ranson Cowcn, Clilloquin;
two grandchildren, Mrs. Boyd
and Hugh Cowcn, Yreka, nine
great grandchildren, and three
great great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by LitwiHcr's
Funeral home, Ashland,
Glance at Ike's -Fiscal
Budget
Washlnclon-fliro-Tric fiscal
1062 budget at a glance:
Taxes: Hold income and ex
eise taxes at present levels.
Raise postal rates by more
than $800 million a year, in
crease Rasollne tax half-cent
a gallon.
Spending: $80.0 billion, up
$1.9 billion from this year.
Most of the increase goes into
defense.
Revenues: $82.3 billion, If
economy prospers as forecast.
Anticipated revenues would
leaves $1.5 billion budget sur
plus. Key Fact: This budget re
flects President Eisenhower's
views. It is subject to consid
erable revision by incoming
President Kennedy, and by
Congress.
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Work
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service of the highest form
that it serves, as well as
strengthens, our fundamental
concept of justice," he said.
Oregon law stipulates that
persons charged with a felony
who are without funds, may
have counsel appointed for
thorn by the court after they
have appeared m circuit court,
Lawyers are appointed on
rotation basis by the Judges!
Woman's Case fs
Continued by Court
The ease of Mrs. Nellie
Neoma Dunwody, 37, of Gold
Hill, was continued this morn
ing in district court to allow
her to obtain an attorney.
Mrs. Dunwody is being hold
In the Jackson county jail in
lieu of $500 bail on charges
of pointing a firearm at anoth
er involving the shooting of
a Gold Hill man Friday. The
victim, Howard Charles Bur-
nette Jr., 28, was reported
still in critical- condition in
Sacred Heart hospital this
morning with a bullet wound
in his neck.
The Jackson county sher
iffs office is continuing its
investigation of the shooting
in Mrs. Dunwody's home near
Gold Hill. Also being ques
tioned besides Mrs, Dunwody,
Ralph Liltleficld, 55. also
of Gold Hill. Ho is being held
on a charge of being drunk in
public, sheriff s deputies said.
Preliminary investigat 1 o n
has indicated the three were
examining a rifle being held
by Mrs. Dunwody when it
discharged, sending the bullet
into Burnettc s neck.
American Travel
To Cuba Restricted
"Washington-OJPH-The United
States announced today U will
hmft American travel to
Cuba,
The State Department said
U.S. citizens no longer will be
able to travel to Cuba unless
they have passports endorsed
for such travel.
Lake Is Visited By 1,700
Persons During Week End
The second week end of ice
skating at Howard Prairie
lake was even more successful
than the first, City-County
Parks and Recreation Director
Robert iiaworth said today.
A total of approximately
1,700 persons, not ail of them
Ice skaters, showed up at the
lake Saturday and Sunday.
This exceeded by more than
500 the crowd that showed up
the first week end.
Of last week end's crowd
1500 showed up Saturday, and
1,200 came on Sunday,
Iiaworth said, however, that
unless the weather turns
"much colder", this week, the
department will probably
have to recommend against
ice skating next week end. He
said the ice is already show
ing signs of melting.
In contrast to the previous
A
Device Collapses
In Ocean During
Savage Storm
Tapping Noises
Heard on Sonar
New York -flifii-The Coast
Guard reported today that
rescue vessels apparently hava
established contact with sur
vivors trapped in the wreck
age of a sunken raoar tower
which collopsed Sunday night
during an Atlantic storm.
Tventy seven airmen and
construction workers were on
the $21 million Texas Tower
No. 4 when it disappeared in
the savage sea.
Message Received
The Coast Guard said the
following message was re
ceived from the aircraft car
rier Wasp at the scene of the
collapse in JBO feet of water
65 miles off Barnegat, N J.:
"At 10:34 this morning tea
McCaffrey at Texas tower
heard tapping noises on sonar
They exchanged tapping sig
nals. Now has heard what may
be a human voice over sonar.
Definite possibility survi
vors trapped in tower struc
ture. Am attempting scuba (skin-
diving) dive . . structure is
entirely below the surface.
Depth not known.
Request all possible sal
vage assistance earliest."
Helicopter En Route
Water temperature in the
area was 48 degrees, the Coast
Guard said. At least one skin
diver was at the scene and a
helicopter was en route to tha
Wasp with four more.
One body, a shattered small
boat and drifting debris were
recovered early today about
18 miles from the lower site.
The Air Force said the off
shore station, one of three
guarding approaches to tha
heavily - populated Eastern
Seaboard, "presumably col
lapsed" in 180 feet of water.
Officials confirmation oj
the collapse was withheld
only because, o severe weath
er conditions-50 m.p.h. winds.
30-foot waves, rain, sleet and
fog-that, limited visibility.
Skeleton Force
Ti?&&(fairiSit aboard tha
piaor,AnQWt(:Tas Texas
Towe',3?6'44n the Early
Warning Radar Defense net
work, included 15 civilian
workmen and: 12 Air Force
men.
They represented a skeleton
force, left aboard after it was
discovered Nov. 23 that tha
metal pilings which comenled
the triangular platform to tha
ocean floor had been weaken
ed by the battering it toolt
from Hurricane Donna. Tha
workmen had been attempt
ing ! to repair the damaga
while the airmen, kept tha
vital defense post operative.
Portland Woman
Freed, Rearrested
Portland-fliPil-Former Texas
socialite Mrs. Constance Gar
rett, 32, today was acquitted
of a first degree murdet
charge but after she was re
leased from custody another
warrant charging her with
murder was filed.
Circuit Judge Alan Davis
granted the acquittal verdict
on a defense motion and or
dered the jury to find her innocent.-
Less than two hours later,
Mrs. Garrett-was taken into
custody again on another war
rant issued by Deputy District
Attorney Oscar Howlett. This
charged her in the death of
a daughter, Angela, 3. Tha
first charge, for which she
was acquitted, accused her irt
the death of another daughter,
Gaye, 5 months.
The charge resulted from a
fire last Oct. 8 at Mrs. Gar
rett's home In which three oi
her daughters and a governess
died.
week end, the county recrea
tion department was ready fof
the crowd. A portable snack;
bar was set up at the lake,
two warming huts where skat
ers could change their skates
were set on the ice, and im
proved parking accommoda
tions were provided.
Haworth said his office re
ceived no complaints from
anyone during the week end.
Only four cars had to be as
sisted away from the lake
area.
Haworth said cars were not
allowed to park at the lake
edge.
The temperature rose to 45
degrees Saturday and 40 de
grees Sunday, Haworth said,
causing the ice to start melt
ing around the lake's edges.
"Some real cold nights" ara
needed to get the Ice back into
skating shape, he said.
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