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LEAVES CHURCH President-elect John F. mass prior to
Kennedy leaves Holy Trinity Catholic morning.
cnurcn in Washington, D.C.,
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Log Maulers Protest
Bill Ending Flat Fee
Weight, Mileage
Fee Would Break
Small Operators
Salem -tUPD- About 150 log
haulers from major Oregon
timber regions jammed a Sen
ate committee hearing Thurs
day to protest a bill that
would discontinue the present
optional flat fee paid by most
log truckers.
Jim Faught of Roseburg,
one-truck operator, said re
quiring log haulers to pay a
fee based on weight and mile
age would break most of the
small operators - unless they
were protected by correspond
ing minimum hauling rates set
, by the state.
"There are more : . trucks
than jobs, and we're not mak
ing any money," Faught said.
"I don't see how we can stand
- a rate Increase."
Most freight truckers pay
fees based on weight and mile
age, but also can demand
minimum rates.
Robert Knight, of the Ore
; gon Truckers Association, said
the optional flat fee for log
truckers was "discrimina
tory." , Can Afford Mora
But spokesmen for the log
truckers said the freight com
panies, protected by minimum
. rate provisions, could afford
the higher fees.
, "Give us the same mini
mum rates that freight com
panies have," Faught told the
committee, "and we'll back
you 100 per cent. This way,
we're going to fight you tooth
and nail."
t Log truckers in the crowd
ed room applauded the sug
gestion that minimum charges
be extended to log hauling.
.'. James Briggs of Roseburg
said his 18 trucks would have
paid $14,900 more in the last
five months of 1960 under the
new rate structure, at a $7,000
loss to the company.
o Sen. Anthony Yturri (R
Ontario), committee chair
man, said much of the esti
mated $1 million gain under
the new rate proposal would
be offset if another measure
is passed to reduce fees for
loads over 44,000 pounds. This
measure would directly bene
fit the log truckers.
Log truckers said they gen
erally supported another bill
to require certificates of con
venience and necessity for log
hauling. The bill contains a
provision that would insure
certificates for log truckers
now in operation.
Washington - (UPI) -Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) will be
In Oregon next Monday and
Tuesday for several speaking
engagements.
Council Accepts Mayor's
Veto of Bench Franchise
The Medford city council
last night accepted without
comment Mayor John W. Sni
der's veto of a bus bench
franchise, and the mayor said
that "the response has been
very gratifying" to his sug
gestion that advertising-free
bench be donated to the
city.
Mfeyor Snider had vetoed
an ordinance that would have
given Die Walsh, doing busi
ness as the Crater Bench com
pany, a franchise to install
and operate bus benches In
the city. The main reason for
the mayor's veto was his op
position to the advertising that
the benches would have dis
played. In place of benches with
after attending
WEATHER
Forecast: Fair through Satur
day with occasional gusty south
easterly winds. Low tonight 25
30. High Saturday near 60.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday S3
Lowest This Morning 27
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:10 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:35 a.m.
Moonset tonight 10:10 p.m.
First Quarter Jan. 23
PROMINENT STARS
Capella, high
overhead 9:26 p.m.
Arcturus, rises 11:34 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, In the east 6:35 p.m.
Venus, low In west .... 8:38 p.m.
Citizens Named To
Help Determine
Annexation Area
Mayor John W. Snider last
night appointed five citizens
to serve on a Southwest An
nexation committee to work
with the city administration
in drawing up boundaries for
a proposed annexation to Med
ford of an area south and west
of the city.
Committee members are
Virgil Wilkes, 96 Clover lane,
Fred Baker, 1813 West Main
st., Carl Bennett, 73 Clover
lane, Claude Shelby, 91 Ross
lane, and John Rorex, 2353
West McAndrews rd.
City Manager Robert A.
Duff said this morning the
committee will work with the
city administration and engi
neering department in draw
ing up tentative boundaries
for the area. These boundar
ies would later have to be ap
proved by the council.
After the boundaries have
been drawn up, a special elec
tion may then be called for
people in the area to vote
on the proposed annexation.
Proposal Prompted
The annexation proposal
was prompted last year when
a number of residents in (he
area south and west of 'he
city were told by the district
attorney that they would have
to stop the practice of dump
ing sewage into Medford Irri
gation district ditches.
A move was then started
in the area to annex to Med
ford in order to obtain im
proved sewage facilities. Pe
titions were circulated and
the majority of the signers
apparently favored annexa
tion, although a large amount
of opposition was also voiced.
Well over a thousand people
are estimated to live in the
affected area.
The city engineering de
partment recently completed
a feasibility study which out
lined possible locations of sew
er lines for the area.
advertising, the mayor sug
gested that citizens donate
benches to the city. The may
or said he will donate the
first bench in honor of his
father.
Councilman Robert Baccus
moved last night that the city
engineer draw up a plan with
in 30 days that would set
forth specifications for do
nated benches. The motion
was unanimously approved by
the council.
A representative of the Cra
ter Lions club attended last
night's meeting and said his
organization would like to
help on the project of donated
benches. The Crater Lions had
earlier backed the advertising
bench request.
inauguration ceremonies this
(UPI Telephoto)
Higher Pay for
Governor, Other
Officials in Bill
Salem -(UPII- A measure to
fatten the salaries of the gov
ernor and top state officials
was on tap today in the Sen
ate and House.
The salary bill called for a
hike in the governor's pay
from $17,500 to $25,000, while
the secretary of state and the
treasurer would be raised
from $12,500 to $19,000.
Salaries of the attorney gen
eral and labor commissioner
would move from $11,500 to
$17,500.
The bill's chief sponsor,
Rep. Richard Eymann (D-Mo-hawk)
called present salaries
for state officials "ridiculously
low."
Reapportionment Aired
Meanwhile, two key Demo
crats gave mixed blessing to
a Republican plan to name a
statewide committee on reap
portionment. The 1961 legislature must
remap legislative representa
tion in the state because of the
1960 census.
A House GOP caucus agreed
to pick a 12-member commit
tee from the general public to
come up with a reapportion
ment proposal by March 15.
Suggestions Welcomed
Rep. George Annala (D-
Hood River) chairman of the
House Reapportionment Com
mittee, said the suggestions
would be "thoroughly wel
comed and studied."
'They could conceivably be
helpful," he added, but the
legislature already has 90
ideas and it might further
complicate them."
House Speaker Robert Dun
can said he felt the legislator
should listen to ideas from
any party or group "with a
completely open mind . . . but
this is a legislative matter. We
can not shift the responsibility
to a lay body."
Medco Road To Be
Discussed Tonight
Eagle Point - Eagle Point
Mayor Ed Putman announced
late yesterday that B. L. (Bud)
Nutting, general manager of
Medford Corporation, and
another representative of
Medco plan to attend a meet
ing at 8 o clock tonight at the
Eagle Point Grange hall.
The meeting was called by
a group of Eagle Point resi
dents to obtain more informa
tion and to discuss Medco's
proposal to change its logging
railroad to a heavy-duty, pri
vate logging road.
Putman is temporary chair
man of the group.
Several residents of the
Eagle Point area, through
which the present railroad ex
tends, have expressed concern
over it becoming a logging
road for trucks. Much of the
concern is in connection with
safety at state and county road
crossings, and safety of chil
dren playing in yards through
which the road will pass.
Tonight's meeting is open to
those interested, Putman
said.
Edith Green Urged
To Pursue Food Plan
Salem - t'PH - Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr. to
day urged Rep. Edith Green
(D-Ore.) to pursue the possi
bility of Congress allowing
Oregon and other states to use
federal surplus foods In state
penal institutions.
Summons
EN ROUTE TO CAPITOL President-elect en route to the
John F. Kennedy and President Eisenhower ceremony.
wear top hats as they left the White House
102 Escape Crash
Of Jet Airliner;
Probe Launched
New York -(UPII- The Civil
Aeronautics Board launched
an immediate investigation to
day of the crash of a giant
DC8 jet airliner in a near
blizzard at Idlewild Airport
from which 102 passengers
escaped with their lives.
Four crew members, all
Mexicans, died in the flaming
wreckage of the Aeronaves de
Mexico plane Thursday night
and seven passengers were in
jured seriously enough to be
hospitalized.
Scores of others received
minor injuries when they
leaped through exits and holes
in the plane and scrambled
through icy marshland to
safety.
The CAB inquiry began this
morning with officials of the
Federal Aviation Agency, the
airline, and the Queens dis
trict attorney's office in at
tendance. Many federal offi
cials summoned to the meet
ing were delayed because all
of New York's airports were
snowbound.
The fact that the plane was
cleared for takeoff despite a
driving snow storm, rough
winds, and poor visibility was
one of the possible crash fac
tors which will be analyzed
by the investigators. .
Plans Legislation '
Rep. Steven B. Derounian
(D-N.Y.) said he would intro
duce legislation in Congress
to bar takeoffs or landings
unless visibility is Wi miles
and the ceiling 2,500 feet.
"To take off in that bliz
zard was poor judgment on
somebody's part," Derounian
said.
The four victims were iden
tified as the plane's captain,
Ricardo Gonzales, first offi
cer Antonio Bravo Ruiz, sec
ond officer Savier Backa Al
varez and Gloria Sanchez, a
stewardess.
(Pictures on Page 2)
School Students See
naugurafon on TV
Many school students In
Jackson county viewed parts
of the Presidential Inaugura
tion this morning on portable
television sets, school officials
said.
Other intermediate and
above students who were un
able to view it, heard parts
of the ceremony on radio.
Unhappy Cow Gives
Poice Hard Time
In Central Point
Central Point - An un
happy cow gave the Central
Point police department
some problems lhii morning
when she scrambled out of
the rear of a moving truck
and decided to settle down
in the middle of Pine st.
Central Point Police
Chief Wally Bowen and
Medford Police Sgt. Jack
Sanders couldn't convince
the animal lo seek comfort
elsewhere. Their afforti to
move the cow (ailed until
the animal's owner, Ralph
Holcum, ol Rogue River,
showed up.
Police said Ihe cow
climbed out of the rear of
the truck without Holcum's
knowledge. He arrived at
the Midway auction yard
cowlesi. When he got back
lo Central Point he discov
ered lot cow waging a war
with the two officers.
Holcum gave the word
and the animal got up and
raced 15 city blocks with
the cops in pursuit on foot.
They'finally caught up and
managed lo wrestle good
old Botiie into the back of
Holcum's truck.
The cow suffered minor
cult and bruises and the
two officers went home to
change uniforms after the
struggle.
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Eight-Inch Snow
Blankets Capital
For Inauguration
Washington -0IPD An eight
inch snowfall blanketed the
capital today, forcing an army
of workers to "labor through
the night to clear an "abso
lutely hopeless" snarl that
threatened inaugural festivi
ties. A force of 3,000 laborers
and Army troops, 500 dump
trucks, 200 snowplows, dozens
of wreckers and Army grad
ers and tons of salt and sand
were thrown into the battle to
move stalled cars and snow
from the Capitol plaza, scene
of John F. Kennedy's oath
taking, and the parade route.
Kennedy, accustomed to
snow in his native Boston, saw
a meaning in the storm, high
winds and near-freezing tem
perature. "Only when : the
winds of adversity blow can
you tell which country has
character," he told 6,000 spec
tators who struggled to the
Frank Sinatra-staged inaugur
al gala Thursday night.
But what worried officials
was a monumental traffic
jam. Veteran police and sani
tation officers called it the
worst tie-up in their memory.
Street-clearing efforts were
hampered by the continuing
snow fall.
An estimated 10,000 cars
were stalled and abandoned in
Washington. Forty-two ve
hicles were hauled away from
one block of the Pennsylvania
ave. parade route. Five hun
dred cars were removed from
the parade staging area on
Capitol Hill.
Richfer Named
Campaign Head
Adam Richtcr has been ap
pointed campaign chairman
for the 1961-1962 United Med
ford Crusade campaign.
He will begin immediately
to enroll division chairmen
with whom he will plan the
campaign schedule and the re
cruitment of more than 600
workers needed for the work
of the campaign next fall.
Richtor, assistant manager
of the United States National
bank, Medford branch, served
in the U. S. Navy during
World War II. He Is a member
of the Elks lodge, Knights of
Columbus, and Medford
Chamber of Commerce. He is
currently finance chairman
for the Rogue Valley area
council, Girl Scouts of Ameri
ca, and Sacred Heart Catholic
church.
Richtcr was chairman of
the service division of the
1960-1061 UMC campaign.
The volunteers in this division
raised 105 per cent of their
goal.
He Is married and he and
his wife, Lorclla, and two
children, live at 1824 Strat
ford Way.
Bomber Exolodes
High Over Utah
Montlcollo, Utah - (HID - A
B52 Intercontinental jet bomb
er eplodcd six miles above the
southern Utah badlands
Thursday night, apparently
killing five crewmen.
Two officers survived a
long parachute drop of 36.000
feet, an nrdeal they described
as "colder than hell." Then
they hiked to a highway and
hitched a ride Into town.
Neither was badly injured.
capitol for the swearing-in
(UPI Telephoto)
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961
Ta-Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
County Home Rule
Bills To Be Backed
By John Dellenback
At least two slate represen
tatives from counties studying
home rule have agreed to
back legislation "of import
ance in this field," the Jack
son county home rule com
mittee learned last night.
John R. Dellenback, state
representative from Jackson
county, and George Annala,
state rcprc sentative from
Hood River county, have
agreed to cooperate on such
legislation, Dellenback wrote
the committee.
Dellenback urged the com
mittees to hurry with specific
suggestions since there will be
a January deadline or a 25 to
35-day limit from the legisla
tive session s starting date for
introduction of proposed laws
for drafting.
Specific Legislation
"This means that by the end
of January or the early part of
February, such specific legis
lation must have been re
quested for drafting If it is
to have any chance of reach
ing law this session," the Med
ford lawyer wrote.
Dellenback's letter was in
answer to one from r Lt.
Humphrey, of the Jackson
county charter committee.
Karl Kment, chairman of
the Hood River county charter
committee, had written the
local group suggesting that all
active charter committees join
in seeking possible solutions
to common problems.
One problem mentioned by
Kment was an attorney gen
eral's ruling that charter elec
tions may be held only at the
November general election
every two years. Both the
Hood River and Jackson coun
ty committees feel that a spe
cial charter election would
avoid confusing the proposed
measure with a long list of
other measures.
A special election would al
low for better education of the
public on the home rule pro
posal, the committee said.
Another Problem
Another problem posed by
the Hood River chairman was:
"Except as expressly provided
by general law, a county char
ter shall not affect the selec
tion, tenure, compensation,
TAKES OATH John F. Kennedy takes the oath. James R. Browning (center) is cleric
oath of office to become 35th president, of the U.S. Supreme Court
Chief Justice Earl Warren (left) administers (UPI Telephoto)
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powers or duties prescribed by
law for judges in their judi
cial capacity, for justices of
the peace or for district at
torneys." . . . . .
This section of the home
rule amendment would make
it difficult to apply home rule
where the county Judge has
some judicial powers as in
Hood River county. The coun
ty judge in Jackson county
merely acts as chairman for
the county court, and does
not have judicial powers.
The Hood River committee
seeks legislation under . the
"general law" provision to al
low home rule charters to de
termine whether certain areas
of judicial authority may be
transferred within a home
rule county.
A new law is needed lo de
termine whether a county
judge shall be kept as part of
the new charter proposed by
the home rule ' counties,
Kment pointed out.. '
Bad Checks Top Cause
Of Penal Sentences
Salem - tUPD - An Inmate
population analysis at the
state prison shows, that mojt
persons serving time were
tripped up for writing bad
checks.
Of the prison's 1,393 in
mates, 340 were convicted of
that crime. The second big
gest classification, 203 in
mates, is burglary not in a
dwelling.
Ike Feels 'Wonderful'
In Private Citizen Role
Washington - (UPII - Dwlght
D. Elsenhower became a pri
vate citizen today. He said it
felt "wonderful, wonderful,
fine."
Ike so expressed himself
after John F. Kennedy was
sworn in as his successor In
the While House.
The former chief executive
and Mamie drove from the
Inauguration ceremonies at
the Capitol to a luncheon with
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Dazzling Display
Of Military
Power Paraded
Washington-IUPU-The United
States amassed a dazzling dis
play of military power today
for President John F. Ken
nedy's triumphal procession
to the White House after sol
emn oath-taking ceremonies at
the Capitol.
Mighty missiles, aircraft,
battle field weapons and
16,000 members of the armed
forces-all symbols of the na
tion's power to prevent war
were mobilized for the three
hour march down Pennsyl
vania ave.
Sixteen thousand civilian
i participants ranging from
high ranking federal and state
dignitaries to high school
bandsmen and Boy Scouts
were on hand with 40 color
ful floats and 40 military and
civilian bands completing the
pageantry.
'New Frontiers' Theme
Starting point of the parade
was tne Capitol naza-thc
scene of Kennedy's swearing
in. Its climax was Kennedy's
special reviewing stand in
front of the White House.
"World Peace Through New
Frontiers" was the theme. It
was derived from Kennedy's
acceptance speech at the nom
inating convention last sum
mer.
There were precedent break
ers for an Inaugural parade.
For the first time 50 states
were represented, marking
the admission of Hawaii and
Alaska. Marking scientific ad
vance was an assembly line
space vehicle that had been
orbited and recovered. Four
years ago, there was no suc
cessful U.S. space vehicle In
existence.
Paratrooper Marshal
Leading the parade as grand
marshal was retired Lt. Gen.
James M. Gavin, the famed
World War II paratrooper, se
lected by Kennedy in contrast
with the custom of assigning
the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
The new President, escorted
by the 100-member U.S. Army
Band and 3rd U.S. Infantry
troops In dress blues, was near
the vanguard of the procession
In an open car with his wife,
Jacqueline, and Sen. John
Sparkman (D-Ala.).
Following was Vice Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson ac
companied by his wife, Lady
bird, his daughters, Lynda and
Lucy Balncs, ana speaker
Sam Rayburn,
PUTNAM RELEASED
Salem- IUPD -Superintendent
of Public Instruction Rex Put
nam has been released from
hospital after suffering a
heart seizure last week.
BANKS TO CLOSE
Portland - (UPD - Starting
this week banks in Oregon
will be closed on Saturdays.
his cabinet and a score of gov
ernment officials at Washing
ton's exclusive Executive
Club.
Arriving at the club, Elsen
hower waved his silk topper
at a small crowd gathered to
greet him. He was asked how
it felt to be a privato citizen
again, and he replied that It
was wonderful and fine,
Asked how he liked Ken
nedy's Inaugural address, he
replied "very fine."
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New President
Takes Oath in
Bitter Cold, Wind
Washington - (TO John
Fitzgerald Kennedy began his
presidency in a time of awe
some troubles today by sum
moning the world's peoples,
Communist and non-Communist,
to "a grand and global
alliance" against "tyranny,
poverty, disease, and war.''
At 9:51 am. (PST) Kennedy,
at 43 the youngest man ever
elected President and the first
Roman Catholic, solemnly
took the oath of office as tha
nation's 35th chief executive.
To the 172-year-old oath he
added, as George Washington
had done, the words "So help
me God."
Then, head bared to a freez
ing wind In a city glittering
under an eight-inch blanket of
The text of President
Kennedy's inaugural ad
dress appears on Page 2,
snow, he addressed himself
not only to his countrymen
but to-"my;fellow citizens of
the world."
Solemnly to the Communist
nations he said, "Let us begin
anew" for the quest for peace.
To all nations, whether they
"wish us well or ill," he mada
this promise:
We shall pay any price.
bear any burden, meet any
hardship,, support any friend
or oppose any foe in order
to assure the survival and
success of liberty."
Calls for Peace
Standing on a red carpet
in the imposing stand erected
for his inauguration on tha
east steps of the Capitol, in
the presence of his wife and
parents and two former presi
dents, he called for a new
beginning toward a world of ,
peace and justice.
The new , President had
begun the most solemn day
of his life by attending a spe
cial mass "in honor of the
Holy Spirit" at 9 a.m. Then
he had ridden to the Capitol
from the White House with
his predecessor, Dwight D.
Eisenhower who at 70 is tha
oldest man ever to serve in
the White House.
Two of the three living for
mer : presidents, Eisenhower
and Harry - S. Truman, -76,
were on the platform with
him, wishing him well. The
third, Herbert Hoover, 86, had
been prevented from coming
to Washington from Miami,
Fla., by what will go down
in history as "the inaugural
blizzard of 1961."
The bitter cold, accentuated
by gusts of wind up to 27
miles an hour, had cut attend
ance at the ceremonies. The
temperature . was 22 degrees
when Kennedy appeared on,
the platform. But those who
were there gave the new Pres
ident a heart-warming accept
ance. .When he asked if it
were possible for the nations
to forge "a grand and global
alliance, north and south, east
and west" against the enemies
of tyranny, poverty, disease,
and war, the crowd roared
back:
"Yes, yes."
When the new President fin
ished his address, he received
his first congratulatory hand
shakes from Eisenhower and
Nixon.
Johnson was sworn in first
by Speaker Sam Rayburn.
When Kennedy's turn came,
with Chief Justice Earl War
ren administering the oath,
the new President, right hand
high, placed his left hand over
a Douay Catholic Bible owned
by his grandmother.
Sitting next to Eisenhower,
Jacqueline Kennedy, 31,
watched with shining eyes as
her husband took the oath,
and, In a high, earnest voice,
delivered his 1,300-word address.
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