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Newspaper Page TextBRIEFED M WfnP I AMIS mam ' ' ' " ,,, - ' - r " - J - ., 1 i I , Lrf jsss 1 BROUGHT UP TO D ATE Presiden l-elect John Kennedy and President Eisenhower met at the White House today. The Chief Executive brought the president-elect up to Oregon House Gets Bill To End Death Penalty Salem-IUPI)-A constitutional imendment to do away with capital punishment in Ore gon was among 27 measures to revise Oregon criminal law that hit the floor of the House today. The proposal to repeal capi tal punishment would require approval of the voters, who have defeated similar efforts In the past. All 27 criminal law meas ures were prepared by the In terim Comimtfee on Criminal Law. One of the bills would re move felony jurisdiction from county, justice and district courts. Another would permit peace officers to use wire tapping or eavesdropping de vices if they believe narcotics laws are being violated. Majority To Agree ' A majority of five of the six jurors in a lower .court would be qualified to 'issue a verdict under another propos al. Present law requires all six to agree. , '...'v, - A State Game Commission bill would allow the commis sion to issue mining leases on commission land. A bill sponsored by Rep. Grace Peck (D - Portland), would recognize special needs of the blind, and would re quire the Public Welfare Com mission to employ a consult ant for aid to the blind. Another measure would per mit use of convict labor in tending gardens of prison of ficials, chauffeuring, f i r e fighting and working in forest camps. One Man Injured in Explosion at Albany Albany, Ore. - (UPD - One man was reported injured to day in an explosion at the Wah Chang Corp. plant here. Mel Griffin, reported to be operating a forklift truck, re ceived Injuries believed to be minor. Nature of the explosion was not immediately known. WEATHER FOItECAST: Clear, warm nd windy through Friday except valley Tog forming again dur ing the night dlspensattng by noon Friday. Low tonight near 25 In cold spots; 45 in the windy places. High Friday 50 to 60. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 33 Lowest This Morning 24 PRECIPITATION To S p.m. Yesterday T To 10 a.m. Today - T Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:36 a.m. Moonset tonight 9:00 p.m. Tlrst Quarter Jan. 22 The planet, Venus, when view ed with a telescope, shows phases like the Moon. Tonight Venus Is seen near the Moon and a telescopic view shows i$ of Its visible disc Illuminated by the Sun. Inaugural Parade Will Be Three-Hour March Washington - lUPI) - If you love a parade, Friday is your day. A procession of 32.000 mili tary men, civilian dignitaries and performers, ranging from Shriners on mule back to pret ty girls on colorful floats, will salute John F. Kennedy in a The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy at president Friday will b htard over radio station KMED (1440 kc) starting at 8:30 a.m. nd on station KYJC (1230 kc) starting at 9 a.m. It will b. carritd by KBES-TV starting at 8 a.m. three-hour march after, he takes his presidential oath at the Capitol. The new President will lead the way t the White Hose at, the head of the spectacular parade up Pennsylvania ave., It WwJJwt date on a "number of makers" affecting U.S. security in various parts of the world. (UPI Telephoto) Stadium Proposal Discussed; Plan Will Be Pursued "You're lucky, if you can get it," "Hub" Kittle, general manager of the Yakima Bears Baseball club, told a group of some 60 Jackson county resi dents who met at Kim's res taurant last night to get in formation on a proposed sta dium and discuss the possi bilities of its construction. Oil, Frozen Fog Cause Accidents Fog, icy highways and spilled oil combined this morn ing on Highway 99 near the Bear. Creek orchards and caused a pile up of more than a dozen vehicles. According to state police, an A s b u r y Transportation company tanker-trailer loaded with fuel oil was hit by an other truck about 7:35 o'clock. The impact ruptured the oil tank, allowing fuel oil to spill onto the highway. The resulting slippery high way, already like glass from the freezing fog, trapped un suspecting motorists. State po lice estimate 15 vehicles were involved in the resulting col lisions. Traffic on Highway 99 was delayed for a time. A truck from the Medford fire depart ment was called about 7:45 o'clock and flushed away the oil. The truck also stood by while the remainder of the fuel was pumped into another tanker. Three state policemen were assisted by sheriff's deputies at the scene. Banks, Associations To Close Saturdays Three Medford banks and two savings and loan associa tions will join with other fi nancial institutions through out the state and close their doors on Saturdays, starting this week. The decision for Oregon banks and savings and loan companies to close on Satur days was made by the Oregon Bankers association and the Oregon Savings and Loan league. The action had been desired by most financial in stitutions for a long time. Affected locally by the de cision will be the Medford branches of the First National Bank of Oregon, the United States National Bank of Port land, the Oregon Bank, the Jackson County Federal Sav ings and Loan association. Most local finance com panies have been closed on Saturdays for about a year, under a voluntary agreement. acclaimed by tens of thousands along the historic route and viewed by tens of millions on television. then, irom a reviewing stand in front of the Executive Mansion, he will watch the panoramic portrayal of Amer lea's past, present and future and of frontiers conquered and yet to be conquered. The theme of the parade is "World Peace Through New Frontiers" and the frontiers will take many forms - the exploration of space depicted by a Discoverer satellite re covered from orbit, flight to the edge of space by the X15 rocketship, descent to the ocean depths by a bathyscaph. discoverer of the New World by a Virgin Island float shaped like a ship of Colum bus, America i westward ex pansion by horse riders and Indian floats. "It is a tremendous thing for your area," Kittle declared and he stressed the necessity of getting public opinion be hind the project if it is to be realized. The baseball man, who has been in Medford along with Jim Fleishman, Portland, pres ident of the Class B North west league, spoke of a session with the county court. He re ported that the court indicat ed that a stadium is a possi bility if enough people let the court know they want it. No member of the court was at last night's meeting. No Action Taken No definite action was tak en last night. A committee, however, was designated by the meeting chairman,. Dr. Kenneth Baker, to pursue the proposal further. Baker named Bill Askwith, Central Point, Dr. Elmo, Ste venson, Ashland, ..and , Harry Chipman, Lee Ragsdale and Dick Moody, Medford, to work with .Tnhn With,J who has made the present stadium proposal, and with William Siebert,"; who has drawn up preliminary plans. Current plans projected by vyeisbrod is to erect the fa cility in and around nn ay. cavation at the site of the present ball park at the coun ty fairgrounds south of MpH. ford. Estimated cost of the stadium, which could be built over a period of years to an ultimate seating capacity of 20,000, has been listed at 3413,000. Soil Tested Soil at the Dark she ha been tested and found suitable fill dirt which could ho utilized in the construction of the Highway 99 freeway through this area. Weisbrod has pointed out that by con tractors' use of the sue for a barrow pit, the excavation would be Drovided fnr a sta dium and that $15,000 would be realized toward the project through sale of fill dirt. Much of the discussion last night centered around wheth er the dirt is needed for fill for the frecwav. whelhpr Ihp material could be made avail able and whether it could be made available in time. Jack McCormnck. hiphwav department enffinper h p r p said the freeway is planned in a balance line through the area, with cuts providing dirt for fills. Barrow is not being taken where cuts will take care of fills. But, he said that the line can be rebalanced to advantage if the hall nark area is available as a barrow and contractors could use it if they so wanted. Bowles Receives Tentative Approval Washington-lUPII-The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today tentatively approved Chester Bowles as undersec retary of state pending his formal nomination by Prcsi- dcnt-elecl John F. Kennedy. The action came on a poll of most , committee members after a three hour and 15 minute hearing in which Bowles was questioned at length about his views on Red China and said he did not think the United States should recognize the Pciping regime. Chairman J. William Ful bright (D-Ark.), said after the hearing that a poll of most committee members showed no opposition to Bowles' nom ination. PEARSON CRITICAL Salem - UPD - Sen. Walter Pearson (D-Portland), today lashed the State Sanitary Au thority and boards and com missions In general for being "way off base in their demands." Copco, PP&L MergerMeeting Set March 14 Stockholders of the Cali- Oregon Power company and Pacific Power and Light com pany will meet March 14 to vote on a proposal for Copco to merge with PP&L. The Copco meeting will be held in Medford, and PP&L meeting will be in Portland. Directors of the two com panies yesterday afternoon adopted a detailed agreement covering the proposed rherger, and set the stockholders' meet ing date. Copies of the completed merger agreement and related information will be mailed to stockholders of both compa nies within a few days the boards said, along with a rec ommendation of the boards and managements that the plan be adopted. Previous Agreement Previously, the two boards had agreed to base the merger on an exchange of 1.2 shares of PP&L common stock for each share of Copco common. Terms for the exchange of Copco's preferred stock into shares of Pacific were an nounced at yesterday's boards meeting. Holders of Copco's $100 par value non-callable 7 and 6 per cent preferred stock would receive, respectively, share for share of a new series of Pacific's $100 per value non callabe 7 per cent and 6 per cent serial preferred stock. Receive Each Share Holders of Copco's $100 par value 4.7 per cent series pre ferred stock would receive for each share, one share of a new series of Pacific's $100 par value 5 per cent serial pre ferred stock; and holders of Copco's $100 par value 5.10 per cent series preferred stock would receive for each share, one share of a new series of Pacific $100 par value 5.40 per cent serial preferred stock. The agreement to be sub mitted to stockholders would authorize Pacific to issue ad' ditional shares of common and preferred slock equal to the number of shares of each required to effect the ex change. Merger of the systems re quire the favorable vote of a Sears Employees Seek Picket End Portland -1UPD- A group of union employees of the Sears Roebuck store here were re ported today to have signed a petition asking that picket ing of the store by the Re tail Clerks Union be discon tinued. Lawrence C. Patterson, a Sears employee and a Team ster Union member, said copies of the petition signed by some 300 Sears employees had been delivered to Chester Dusten, region 21 director of the AFL-CIO and to Joint Council of the Teamsters Union. Patterson said most of those who signed the petition are union members. He said the petition states that if de mands are not granted the signers will discontinue sup port of the Portland Reporter, union-supported newspaper. Leopold Receives Permission To Wed Springfield, 111. - (UPI) - Na than Leopold, 56, "thrill kill er" convicted in 11)24 of the slaying of a 14-year-old boy, today won permission of his parole board to wed a Puerto Rican widow. The board, however, refused to reduce his parole period. Leopold wants to marry Mrs. Trudi Garcia de Que vedo, who has a florist shop in a San Juan suburb. Leopold is serving his pa role in Puerto Rico where he works in a missionary hos pital. He wanted the six-year parole period sliced to three which would have made him free of the parole bonds In March. Leopold was paroled In 1058 from Stalcvllle Penitentiary after serving 33 years for the slaying of Bobby Franks in Chicago, termed the "crime of the century." Ike Disapproves Of Airline Expansion Washington -OiPIi- President Eisenhower today disapprov ed for reasons of foreign poll cy a recommendation calling for major expansion of the transpacific routes of Pan American World Airways and majority of Pacific's outstand ing shares, including a ma jority of the preferred, and in the case of Copco two-thirds of the outstanding common shares and two-thirds of the outstanding preferred shares, each voting separately as a class. Record date for stock entitled to vote would be Feb ruary 13. Before becoming effective, the merger must be approved by the regulatory bodies hav ing jurisdiction, including the Federal Power commission. Wendt in Salem As Representative Of Counties Group County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt is in Salem this week, as a representative of Jackson county and a member of the Association of Oregon Counties' legislative commit tee. Jackson county is particu larly interested in a legisla tive bill which would amend the Oregon constitution to permit computation of the tax base on "the last three years in which a tax was levied" instead of the three "immedi ately preceding" years. Now taxing units lose their tax base if they fail to levy a tax for three successive years. Another measure in which the county is interested is one to permit counties to use the Bancroft bond procedure for financing local improvements. Local Improvement! Passage of the bill would permit property owners di rectly affected by a local im provement, such as streets, to pay for it in installments over 10 years. Counties could do more local improvement work at no cost to the general prop erty taxpayer. Wendt said he Is opposed to a proposal to require the rural school district of county scnooi district, instead of the county government, to make the lovy for the county school fund. The present law requiring counties to levy at least $10 per census child (some coun ties must levy more) and turn it over to the schools for ex penditure obscures responsi bility for the county school fund. Proponents of the bill say it will materially help the iinanciaily weak counties, and would affect onlv a small percentage of the school revenues. Asian Nations Express Concern Manila (UPI) Foreign min isters of four Asian anti-Com munist nations ended a two- day meeting today expressing a "deep concern over the pre carious state of world peace." nicy warned of the "una- bating threat" of international Communism, but did not say any important decisions had been taken to combat the Red menace. A communique Issued bv the ministers of the Philip pines, Nationalist China, South Korea and South Viet Nam said their nations should forti fy themselves and cooperate in "every way possible" to meet the Communist menace in Asia. ' Well, It Certainly Won't Hurt To ASK Benson What He's Doing After This Week" Regional Edition AfT?TT?r.TT 40 PAGES MEDFORD, Hatfield Unhappy With Proposals To Cut Budget Money Would Be Used To Pay Debt Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield indicated displeasure today with a Republican pro posal to slash his $359 million budget by $10 million and use the money for debt retire ment. He said he is standing by his original budget recom mendations. His 1961-63 budget pro vides no money for paying off the state s debt during the next two years. A bill drafted Wednesday by Rep. Robert Elfstrom (R- Salem) and supported by Re publican State Treasurer How ard Bolton would "unbalance" Hatfield's budget by using $10 million of the $39 million state surplus for debt retire ment. Elfstrom said his bill would allow Bclton to use the $10 million to buy short term bonds if the market was favorable, and later apply the money to payment of the state's debt. Barton Dislikes Plan Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Coquille) co-chairman of the Ways and Means committee, said he is not sure if $10 mil lion could be trimmed from the budget. If such culs were made, he said, they would have to come in these big areas: Salary hikes for state employees, in cluding higher education; the higher education budget; wel fare; basic school support; and capital construction. Barton said he personally opposes Elfstrom s bill. Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Port- land) announced he Is intro ducing a resolution that would again put before the voters, in 1962, a raise in pay for legis lators front $800 a year to $1,800. Voters defeated a similar measure last year. This Is the reply of House Republicans to a legislative expense resolution approved by the Democratic-controlled legislature over GOP protests last week. Appling To Wait Secretary of Stale Howell Appling Jr. announced he plans no action on the legis lative expense measure until lawmaker actually files a claim. Then-he will ask the attorney general for an opin ion as to whether Appling can pay it. Introduction of bills con tinued at a fast clip in both houses, bringing the total so far to more than 200. Among these were measures dealing with timber taxation, a strong er civil rights law, and anoth er homestead tax exemption proposal for the elderly. Nixon Has No Plans For Political Future Washington - (UPI) - Out going Vice President Richard M. Nixon said today he has "no plans at the present time" to run for office in 1962 or 1964, but he would not rule himself out of the political picture. Nixon told reporters he will not make any decision or consider a decision on that at the present time." rr OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 No. 261 Thomas Dooley Dies of Cancer In NY Hospital New York -IUPD- Thomas A Dooley, dynamic jungle doc tor whose hospital in Laos made him "the good Ameri can" to thousands of South east Asians, died Wednesday night of cancer one day after his 34th birthday. Dooley, a co - founder of Medico, Inc., which offers medical care for primitive peoples throughout the world, died at 6:40 p.m. (PST). He had undergone surgery for chest cancer in August 1959 here and had been dis charged as apparently cured. But a reoccurrence developed in late 1960 after he relumed to his Laotian, village for the work which has inspired scores of other Americans to follow his footsteps. Suffered Great Pain Dooley, who reentered the hospital here Dec. 27, suffered a great deal from pains in his lower spine where the cancer had spread and was under al most constant sedation. Be sides family members, the only person permitted to see him was Francis Cardinal Spcllman who visited Dooley on his birthday Tuesday and drew from him his broadest smile since entering the hos pital. . I tried to assure him that in his 34 years he had done what few have done In the al lotted scriptural span," Car dinal Spellman said on leav ing the hospital. . v. President Eisenhower also sent Dooley a birthday tele' gram, saying. It must be source of heartened gratifies tlon to realize that in so few years you. have accomplished So much for the good of dls tant peoples and have inspired so many others to work for all humanity. Raised Medical Standards Doolcy's jungle hospital in Mount Sing close to the Com munist Chinese, border in strife-torn Laos was establish ed after he and Dr. Peter D. Comanduras of Washington, D.C., set up Medico in .1958. Dooley, a bachelor, worked up to 20 hours a day trying to Crime Prevention Conference Opens Salem - (UPI) - Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton open ed the second state-wide crime prevention conference here to day and said the major em phasis must start with the home. He told delegates from throughout Oregon that we must strengthen the family because it is there that the greatest amount of time Is spent and the longest and deepest influence for good or evil Is made." Thornton said catching and punishing offenders has its value but statistics show It is not the answer. "We must find new methods and new techniques to combat the ris ing tide of crime and delin quency," he snid. He urged that parents in still in their children a greater sense of responsibility and respect for authority. Bids Called for Timber Access Road Bids will be received by the bureau of public roads In Portland until Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. for the grading of 5.3 miles of timber access road in Jack son county about five miles northeast of Trail. The project will include construction of a bridge over the west branch of Elk creek for the bureau of land man agement. The road will extend northward from the point It leaves the highway. The road will open addi tional areas of BLM timber for harvesting. BUILDER DIES Portland - (UPD - Paul L. Crooks, 73, prominent In the construction and equipment supply business, died late Wednesday. AMENDMENT OK'D Salem - (UPli - The Oregon Senate today ratified a con stitutional amendment allow ing the district of Columbia to vote for president. J.1 G 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune DR THOMAS DOOLEY 'The Good American' bring the . medical standards of his village "from the 15lh Century to the 20th Cen tury,", but he still found time to raise more than $1 million for Medico by writing, lec turing and fund raising pro grams. He worked right up to the time he entered the hos pital for the organization. Medico now has 17 projects in 12 underdeveloped nations. Freeway Section Paving Is Slated Only one more p r 6 1 e c needs to be completed on the Evans creek to Rock Point section of the Highway freeway before it will be open to traffic this fall. ; Bids will be received Jan 24 by the state highway com mission for the grading, pav ing, structure widening and signing work on the now graded section of the freeway. Plans call for completion of the grading from the Rock Point interchange south .to connect with the existing highway. Concrete paving will be done from the south end of the bridge over Evans creek to the Gall creek county rd. overcrossing structure. The temporary connection with the existing highway at Gall creek will be paved with asphalt. Also Included in the project will be the widening of the Gall creek county rd. to pro vide for four traffic lanes, and frontage roads and inter changes at Rogue River, Homestead and Rock Point are to be surfaced to provide access to and from the new highway. BLUE BOOK AVAILABLE Salem-(UPI)-The new 1961-62 Oregon Blue Book will be available to the public next week. Copies of the 376-page manual on Oregon's govern ment were delivered to mem bers of the legislature. The manual costs $1. , . , FOREMEN TO MEET Albany, Ore.-(UPD-The first foremen's departmental meet ing of the Oregon Newspaper publishers Association will be held Saturday at the Albany Democrat-Herald. TREE UPROOTED Portland-IITD-Heavy winds Wednesday night felled a large tree which fell on the roof of a house at SW Mene fee dr. Lumumba Said Badly Beaten on Plane Trip Elisabethvllle, The Congo- IIIPII - Congolese guards bat tered former Premier Patrice Lumumba so badly In flight over the Congo Jungles that the pilot had to leave his cockpit and warn them against damaging the pi line, Informed sources reported today. Fard For Plan Lumumba and two aides were flown In an Air Congo plane from their Jail at Thys vlllc, south of Leopoldville, late Tuesday. The sources said the beating took place during the 1,000- mllo flight and got so rough that the Belgian pilot feared for his plane. Eisenhower Gives Next President Full Report N Meeting Lasts Over Two Hours Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower today gave John F. Kennedy a full report on world problems affecting U.S. security which Kennedy faces when he becomes president Friday, The historic second meeting between the outgoing presi dent and the incoming chief executive lasted more than two hours. It covered the crisis in Laos, the Cuban situ ation, the gold problem and others confronting this coun try. Feeling "fine - very good" on the eve of his inauguration, Kennedy said ho had a "very cordial" discussion with Eisen- u After the two men confer red alone, they were joined by six cabinet aides. Discuss Major Problems "We had an opportunity to talk with the President and his responsible officers on some of the major problems abroad facing the United States today so we can more easily assume our responsi bilities Friday," Kennedy said. After leaving the White House, Kennedy conferred for a half hour with Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzcr, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on mili tary matters. Lemnitzcr told reporters, "we discussed pro cedural matters relating to his taking over Friday the duties of commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces." He said they did not discuss organiza tion of the Pentagon. During the White House dis cussion, Eisenhower, the old est man to ever serve as presi dent, offered to assist Ken nedy, the youngest elected chief executive, when he takes office. Kennedy thanked him for his aidJ' ' The two leaders had what was described as "a full dis cussion of the current world situation." . Long .Talk Alone . " The White House said Eisen hower and Kennedy talked alone for 45 .minutes before adjourning to the cabinet room for a 75-minute discus sion with their cabinet ad visors. .; Those who joined Eisen hower and Kennedy were Sec retary of State Christian A. Herter, Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of State -designate Dean Rusk, Treasury Secretary-designate C. Douglas Dil lon and Defense Secretary- designate Robert McNamara. Web Pressmen Seek Rehearing Portland -(UPD Local 17 of the Portland Web Pressmen's Union has petitioned the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for a rehearing and reapprais- 1 of a decision last month in which the court refused to assume Jurisdiction in the Portland newspaper strike. The petition said that issues between the striking Web Pressmen and the Oregon Journal and Oregonian should be settled by the courts, not the National Labor Relations Board. It said the court's opin ion "is based on a misconcep tion of the facts." The Opinion last Dec. 19 uphold a decision by U.S. Dis trict Judge John F. Kilkenny who said the court had no jurisdiction in the case. Westerner Appointed , To Be Head of FAA Washington (UPD - Presl- dent-elect John F. Kennedy today appointed Najeeb E. Halaby, west coast electron ics executive, as head of the Federal Aviation agency. United Nations officials said that once Lumumba arrived at Elisabethvllle Airport and was placed In the hands of Katang- cse guards, tho beatings cam to an end. Life Said in Danger The Soviet Communist par ly newspaper Pravda said Lumumba's life "Is in danger" and held U.N. Secretary-gen-, eral Dag Hammarskjold re sponsible. Lumumba's transfer from Thysvllle to a prison In Ka tnnga sparked fears that his presence In Katanga will fur ther inflame rampaging Ba-r 1 luba tribesmen. Northwest Airlines. A p i 4 0 O CI)