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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1961
No. 263
M
Officials Explain
IVledco's Position
To EP Residents
Eagle Point Medford Cor
poration officials met with
about 100 Eagle Point area,
White City and Butte Falls
citizens Friday night to ex
plain and answer questions
about the possibility of Med
co converting its present Butte
Falls to Medford railroad into
a private logging road.
The railroad runs though
Eagle Point and some resi
dents had expressed concern
over the chance of its being
converted into a logging truck
route.
B. L. Nutting, Medco gen
eral manager, and Al Smith,
logging manager, explained
Medco's position and answer
ed questions regarding the
possible road conversion.
Considering Possibility
"For four years Medco has
been considering the possibili
ty of using trucks for a more
economical operation," Nut
ting said.
In 1D59 Medco took up all
its rails north of Butte Falls.
In 1960 it was decided to
abandon use of the railroad
from Butte Falls to Medford,
Smith said.
Construction of the new
freeway through Medford has
made it necessary for Medco
to agree to have rails removed
from the highway route by
July 1. ;
Same Cost . .
"We have calculated what
it will cost to bring the trucks
over a public highway and
we will try this for awhile,"
Smith told the group. "We
have found we can truck logs
over a public highway as
cheaply as we can over a rail
road," he said.
"I know you people are
wondering about safety condi
tions if we decide, to, convert
the railroad into a-'-logging
road," Smith said. "I don't
think you have to be concern
ed over safety whe.re we are
concerned," he adSed. "Our
safety record is a good one
and we recongize good safety
practices."
"We are not making a de
cision yet as to whether to
replace- the railroad with a
trucking road," he said. He
indicated Medco won't decide
for about a year. However, he
said studies have indicated a
private logging road would be
chcapear than using public
highways.
Eleven Crossings
About 11 public road cross
ings would have to be crossed
by the private road, Smith
said. The county and Public
Utilities commission would
have to approve the crossings.
"Our trucks will not have the
right of way over other ve
hicles at crossings," he added.
County Court Judge Earl
Miller was present and said
the county docs not intend
to give up control of county
road crossings. If the crossing
isn't to our satisfaction we
can hold a public hearing on
the matter, Miller said.
"I have no doubt that Med
co is just as much concerned
with safety of county road
crossings as we are," Miller
said. The county will be con
sulted where any county road
is crossed by a private road,
Miller told the group.
Applied to PUC
Smith said Medco had ap
plied to the PUC for rights
to cross state highways and
estimated a maximum of, 50
loaded trucks would use the
road a day. Empty trucks
would start for the woods at
about 6 a.m. on most days, he
said. Smith said the crossings
would have to be reinforced
to handle the truck traffic.
Some Eagle Point residents
said they were concerned over
the possibility of decreased
property valuation the road
possibly could create. They
said dust and noise would be
factors.
Smith replied by saying a
study has shown it pays to use
an oil surface or pavement on
such private roads. "The road
won't be any nuisance for
you," he said.
Question Raised
An interesting question was
raised by Budd Hoover, area
landowner. He said some
original deeds between Medco
and property owners for the
railroad right of way specific
SUCCESSFUL TEST
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (IPC -The
Army last night fired its
Redstone missile more than
200 miles over the Atlantic
Ocean - the first successful
test of a major liquid-fueled
missile by the United States
this year.
ally state the right of way is
for railroads. They make no
provision for truck travel.
The possibility of having
the logging road routed
around Eagle Point was also
raised. Nutting said he doubt
ed if this could be done be
cause of difficulties in ac
quiring enough land on a
route around the city.
Traffic Signal
Planned at 99
Medco Crossing
A traffic signal will be in
stalled on highway 99 at the
proposed Medford Corpor
ation's truck road near the
highway 82 intersection which
will guarantee a maximum of
time without interruption to
highway traffic, according to
State Highway Engineer W. G.
Williams.
Williams told the Mail Trib
une that highway traffic is
given a guaranteed period of
50 seconds out of every 70
seconds. Whenever a truck
approaches on the Medco
road, it will pass over a de
tector which will actuate the
signal. At that time the high
way and the Table Rock rd.
and the county road to the
north will. receive a solid red
indication.'
Clearance Period
Prior to the signal changing
to this solid red indication
there is a guaranteed solid
yellow clearance period to the
highway traffic so it does not
have to come to an abrupt
stop.
"Successive actuations on
the Medco road cannot de
mand right of way at the ex
pense of highway' traffic,"
Williams emphasized. "With
an estimated 100 trucks per
day, 50 each way, on the road,
the percentage of time that
the road will demand is very,
very minor, and for all prac
tical purposes the highway
will be given continuous right
of way."
The type of signal to be
installed near the intersection
is a semi-actuated type of traf
fice signal with vehicular de
tectors located on both ap
proaches of the truck road,
Williams explained. This
means a metal bar will be
placed in the road which,
when crossed by a truck, will
change the traffic signal.
Solid RedT
He said that at the same
time the highway, the Table
Rock rd. and the county road
to the north will have a solid
red light. Prior to this a solid
yellow light will' clear the
intersection.
Williams said he under
stands that the lumber com
pany will not use the pro
posed crossing of the haul
road at Crater Lake highway
at Eagle Point for two to three
years.
It is too early to say
whether this intersection will
have a traffic signal or stop
signs on the haul road, he
said. Railroad crossing flash
ing light signals are now at
the intersection.
Road Conditions
Highway 62, the Crator
Lake highway, will be
closed from 12:30 a.m. to
4:30 a.m. Monday, tho slate
police announced Saturday.
The Slate-Hall Construc
tion company plans to dyna
mite the bluff at Cascade
gorge and figures it will
take four hours io clean up
the debris, it was explained.
This is part of the realign
ment work on the highway.
Concentration of Decline Studies Urged
Duplication of research
should be avoided and studies
should be concentrated now in
saving the present generation
of pear trees. Prof. Henry
Hartman, Oregon State col
lege horticulturist in charge
of the pear decline study here,
told the Jackson county Fruit
Growers League Friday.
Hartman noted that pear
decline research is also being
being studied in Washington,
California and British Colum
bia ,
The Medford area decline
is different from the rest, he
said. If the Medford pear dis
trict should lose its present
generation of trees it would
New Labor Boss
Seeks To End NY
Tugboat Walkout
Strike Halts
Port Traffic
New York - IUP1I - President
Kennedy's labor secretary
stepped into New York's tug
boat strike Saturday in his
first official act and offered
to help seek an end to the dis
pute that has crippled two
major railroads and threatens
to paralyze the entire port.
Secretary Arthur J. Gold
berg telephoned Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller and offered his
full cooperation" in efforts
to settle the tugboat strike,
which has halted movement
of railroad barges through the
harbor. He also called federal
mediators and union and
management leaders in the
dispute.
The New York Central,
which previously had closed
down all its operations east of
Buffalo, announced last night
that maritime pickets had ap
peared al its terminal in Syracuse-bringing
all operations
of the railroad in New York
state to a halt. Limited pas
senger service on the Adiron
dack division between Syra
cuse and Utica was cancelled.
Earlier yesterday, pickets had
appeared in Albany for the
first time.
Respecting Lines
Rail workers respecting
picket lines of tugboat crews
also have severely crippled
the New Haven railroad. More
than 100,000 commuters have
been stranded by the strike.
The strike has halted ferry
service across the Hudson
river between New York and
New Jersey and has stranded
hundreds of freight cars nor
mally moved through the port
by tugboats.
The 11-day strike by a mere
660 tugboat men, threatened
to create a serious .crisis. A
rank-and-file meeting of the
3,500-member Tugmen's. local
of the National Maritime un
ion was called for today to
decide whether to set a strike
for Jan, 31 that would halt
fuel oil shipments as a similar
walkout did in 1946.
Negotiations were deadlock
ed over a union demand for
an additional work snitt,
which the management said
was equal to asking for a six-
hour day. The union dropped
a demand for a 33 Vi per cent
wage increase when it asked
for the extra shift.
Election Planned
By County GOP
Three new officers will be
elected during a general meet
ing of the Jackson County Re
publican Central committee at
7:30 p.m. Monday in the Med
ford High school cafeteria,
Chairman Joe Walsh announc
ed Saturday.
Those who have indicated
they would be willing to serve
as chairman are Otto Ewald
sen, Thomas Helman, V e r n
Shangle, and possibly Floyd
(Hank) Hart, all from Med
ford. Those who have offered
to serve as vice chairman are
Mrs. Paul H. Sparso and Mrs.
William Miller. Wally Iverson,
Medford, has offered to serve
as secretary.
Members of the nominating
committee are Mrs. Bereth
Hopkins, Shangle, both of
Medford, and Mrs. Betty San-
deen, Rogue River.
Walsh recently announced
his plans to resign the chair
manship, but the resignations
of Mrs. James Ragland as vice
chairman and E. H. Singmas
ter as secretary came without
advance notice at the commit
toe's board meeting Jan. 9 at
the Medford hotel. Mrs. Rag
land's resignation was effec
tive Jan. 9, but those of Sing
master and Walsh will become
effective Monday.
be disastrous, Hartman stated
Professor Hartman will
give the latest results of his
pear decline work when he
speaks at the annual pear
meeting Monday afternoon in
the Jackson county court
house auditorium.
Hartman said he was asked
originally to concentrate on
the local pear decline situation
and save the present gener
ation of trees on which the
local pear industry depends.
"If we should lose this
present generation we would
lose a tremendous investment
for the area, packing houses,
the established marketing or
ganizations and the-seasonal
O
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4
HAPPY TO BE THERE President John F. Kennedy, wear
ing a blue suit and a chartrucse tie, was smiling, as he
posed for the first picture at his White House desk Satur
Morse To Oppose
Senate Approval
Of New Navy Head
Washington - HIP1I - Sen.
Wayne Morse, D-Ore., said
Saturday that President Ken
nedy's nomination of John B.
Connally to head the Navy
department is not "free from
a conflict of Interest."
' Morse said Connally "does
not meet the Caesar's wife
test" - the principle that Pres
idential nominees, like Cae
sar's wife, should be above
suspicion.
Because of Connally's ex
tensive association with the oil
industry, he "would be bound
to be suspect" as Navy secre
tary, Morse said.
Connally, a Fort Worth,
Tex., attorney was associated
with the oil interests and oth
er enterprises oi the late oil
man Sid W. Richardson, A
co-executor of Richardson's
estate, he holds relatively
small interests in oil-producing
royalties but no oil stock.
Committee Approves
' The Senate Armed Services
committee, after hearing Con
nally outline his activities and
holdings, unanimously approv
ed his nomination. The com
mittee did not require that he
withdraw from his association
with the multi-million dollar
Richardson estate.
Morse said, however, that
unless "clearer justification"
is presented to resolve his
doubts he will oppose Connal
ly's confirmation by the Sen
ate. Morse said the question of
conflict of interests goes be
yond financial considerations
and involves the question of
whether a nominee's record
leaves doubts as to whether he
would be "unduly influenced"
by his past associations or
would be "suspected of being
influenced."
Inside Today . . .
The fourth in a series of "Moonlighter" articles, this
one discussing the problem in Medford, appears on page 2A.
A story discussing federal aid to education and how it
affects schools in Jackson county appears on page 3A.
Pictures of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration,
ball appear on page 8A.
A story on the world-wide praise of Kennedy's inaugura
tion speech appoars on page 6A.
employment which helps the
area s economy.
In the state of Washington
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture, Washington state ex
periment station and the
Washington state department
of agriculture arc all working
on the problem. However,
these researchers are working
on what they think is a spe
cific disease affecting root
stocks. California is working on
pear decline research In a big"
way, Hartman said. It has
spent $64,000 and expects to
spend $154,000 durjig the
coming fiscal year.
However, California has
Mr. President . . .
T-"-r r''"' Mvi-y;
BMawiMaianA. ti" 'iii iiimnr'T i " - timilintomkmmiStmttiii 11
Cabinet Members
Sworn Info Office
Washington - (UPI) - "Ken
nedy's Men," the 10 cabinet
members who will help Presi
dent John F. Kennedy launch
his "New Frontier," were
sworn into office Saturday
after receiving speedy Senate
confirmation.
In a White House ceremony,
Chief Justice Earl Warren ad
ministered the oath of office
3 Students Hurt
In Snow Accident
Crater Lake - Three Crater
High school students were in
jured in a toboggan acci
dent shortly before noon Sat
urday, and are now declared
in "good condition at Rogue
Valley hospital.
Injured were Cheryl A.
Ghelardi, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles L. Ghelardi, Old
Stage rd.; Charla J. Meyer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Meyer, 43 South
Vinlh St.; and Todd B. Caster,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Burk
Caster, Upton rd., all of Cen
tral Point. Meyer is the Cen
tral Point school superinten
dent.
The 16-year-old youths were
with a special group of stu
dents from the high school
playing in the snow near high
way 62 above Annie Springs.
Francis Jacot, assistant chief
ranger at Crater Lake, told
the Mail Tribune the trio were
all riding on one toboggan
when it apparently went over
a bump and threw them.
Both Caster and Miss Ghe
lardi were said to have suffer
ed back injuries. The Meyer
youth sustained a sprained
knee. They were taken to the
highway by a forest service
vehicle, then transferred to
the hospital by Medford Am
bulance service.
more manpower and money
for its study. California right
now is conducting research on
a virus which seems to be one
phase of the problem, the pro
fessor explained.
Mcrlford researchers are
working on one line of re
search affecting French root
stock. This study of the rot
ted root condition covers scv-
cral angles. It could be
caused by a combination of
water, lack of aeration, soil
toxins jnd other contributing
factors
A careful study of the plant
ings made in the Rogue valley
reveals "a pretty good story,
I Hartm.Oi laid.
i ' j ,f f r if
day. His desk was bare except for an ink stand, blotter,
a small pad, some note pages aud a telephone.
(UPI Telcphoto)
to the 10 men and to Adlai E.
Stevenson, who won Senate
approval as the new U.S. am
bassador to the United Na
tions. '
Stevenson has been describ
ed as having "cabinet rank."
Kennedy, who was present,
invited all the cabinet mem
bers' children - 13 of them -
to pose for pictures. Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy also was
on hand.' -, " ' 1 -Special
Session .
The Senate met in special
session yesterday morning to
act on' the appointments. They
went through in rapid - fire
fashion, and there was only
token dissent.
A few hours later, the cabi
net officers and Stevenson,
wearing dark suits, sat in a
semicircle around the Presi
dent and his wife for the cere
mony putting them officially
in office.
Warren administered this
oath:
'I (swear or affirm that I)
will support and defend the
Constitution of the United
States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic, that I
will bear true faith and al
legiance to .the Constitution,
that I take this oath freely,
without any mental reserva
tions or purpose of evasion,
that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the
office on which I am about to
enter."
Thanked Justice
After the swearing-in, Ken
nedy rose, thanked the Chief
Justice and congratulated the
cabinet members - one of
whom is his 35-year-old broth
er, Robert F. Kennedy, the
new attorney general.
Most of the cabinet mem
bers came to the White House
bearing full endorsement of
the Senate, which in all but
one case - Robert Kennedy's -
confirmed them unanimously
by voice vote.
There was no objection ut
all to the nominations of Sec
retary of Stale Dean Rusk,
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon and Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNa-
mara, the first three to come
up.
Sports Bulletins
Medford high's Black Tor
nado baikolball team, with
Dick Ragsdal pouring in 27
points, rollod over Grants
Pass 78 to 47 here last
night. The Tornado had a
30 to 19 halftim bulge.
Portland Southern Ore
gon college lost their second
straight gam to Portland
Stat colleg hore last night
SI to 41, Th defeat dropped
SOC into fcond plac in
th Oregon Collegia! con
ference. Jerry Shults, Med
ford freshman at SOC, ld
th Raiders with 20 points.
Klamath Falls Klamath
Falls dumped Ashland 87 to
34 her last night. Halftlm
count was 44 to 21. Wally
Palmborg dumpeM in 24 for'
Klamath Falls.
Ike and Mamie
Receive Welcome
Home as Citizens
Gettysburg, Pa. - IUPD - Pri
vate citizen Dwlght D. Eisen
hower, slipping into the lone
ly existence of an ex-prcsident
as if it were a comfortable old
shoe, was welcomed home last
night by his Gettysburg neign-
bors.,-.:.,;..,; .:
He and his wife; . Mamie,
were promised privacy during
their retirement years here
after eight years of goldfish
bowl existence in the i White
House.
The only fanfare that mark
ed their coming here as
permanent residents of their
white farm home was a mo
dest welcome home dinner.
Tlie . historic town's leading
citizens turned out in f lag-
bedecked Lincoln Square to
give a warm reception on a
snowy winter evening.
A crowd of l.SUU persons
was there in 15-dcgrce weath
er to hail the Eisenhowers.
Eisenhower told them that
he and his wife decided to
make Gettysburg their office
residence in 1952.
'We never felt it was home
to us until loday because
there's no one to say 'you
must come back' (to the White
House) or make a phone call,"
he said.
"We're finally at home," he
said, and "we intend to be
good citizens - good Republi
can citizens of this commun
ity.'
The Eisenhowers wore as
sured that their privacy
would be respected by a
spokesman for the 8,000 citi
zens of this historic civil war
city.
Prospect Parents
Face School Charge
Mr. and Mrs. Pole Allen,
Prospect, are scheduled to be
tried in district court on Jan.
30 on charges of falling to
send their daughter to school
In Prospect, District Court
Judge L. L. Sawyer said Fri
day.
The couple appeared In
court with their 14-ycar-old
daughter Friday and pleaded
innocent to the charges. They
waived right to an attorney
and jury trial and wore re
leased after they posted $50
ball each.
The charges were brought
by County School Stipt. Alf
B. Mckvold who charged they
failed to send their child to
school from Sept. 2 to Jan. 20.
WEATHER
FORECAST: fJenrrally Mr to.
dav nd M on tla v with rnnnlrtrr-
blr tilth rlotirtlnr!. High tn
rt.iy nmr V Low tonight 32 to
34. Ill it h tomorrow 62 to M.
Temp.
HlRhMt YrMrrday .....67
Lowrtt Thii Morning 32
Our Skies Tonight
Riinift today 5:12 p.m.
Kiinrl.p tomorrow ...... 7:X4 i.m.
MooiMft tomorrow .. 12:2? m.
Thf planrt, Yrmii, low In thr
Mrt tnnlKhl it . ft:41 p.m.
Is mo vim from (hp roitilrlU
tlon Aquarius, to PUrri. Nfxt
month Vrmn will hf th h Tight
en It hai been alncc 1959.
Kennedy
Peace Message1
To Khrushchev
New President Orders Increase in Surplus
Food Distribution to Depressed Areas
Washington - lUPll-Prosldent,
John F. Kennedy climaxed a
fast paced first day in the
White Houso Saturday by
messaging Soviet Premier
Nlkita Khrushchev that the
United States stands "ready
nd anxious" to work for bet
ter relations with Russia.
His first official communi
cation with Khrushchev con-
isted of a cable replying to a
message of congratulations
from the Soviet leader on the
new President's "quest for
peace" inaugural address Fri
day. As the nations chief of
state, Kennedy informed
Khrushchev:
We are ready and anxious
to cooperate with all who are
prepared to join in genuine
dedication to assurance oi a
peaceful and more fruitful
life for all mankind.
Speaks for People
'Speaking on behalf of the
government and the people of
the United States of America,
as well as on my own behalf, I
can assure you that the efforts
of the United States govern
ment will be directed toward
this imperative goal."
It marked the second major
action taken by Kennedy
the first full day of his ' new
frontier."
Earlier, he swiftly carried
out one of his key campaign
pledges by directing that gov
ernment distribution of sur
plus food to needy families be
doubled.
White House news secretary
said the order would benefit
tour million economically dis
tressed Americans by increas
ing the amount, variety and
nutrltlonalvalue o food pack
ages given them' frohVagricul-
lure department surplus
stocks. " ' -
Chronically Depressed
The program operates In
Cold in Florida;
Warm in Alaska
The first major cold wave
oflB61 spread, rapidly over
the eastern two thirds of the
nation Saturday, reaching
deep into Dixie with its icy
blasts and threatening the
Florida citrus and vegetable
crops.
Even the winter playground
of Miami felt the frigid air,
recording a low or 3D degrees
before the mercury climbed to
63 degrees later in the day..
Soaring temperatures, how
ever, caused hardship at An
chor Point in Southeast Alas
ka. The Red Cross and Civil
Defense aided 50 families
stranded and driven from
their homes in the area by
flood waters.
The arctic air hugging the
nation cast of the Rockies fol
lowed a deadly blizzard that
cut across the east on inaug
ural day.
The toll from the storm,
which dropped a heavy blank
et of white from the Carollnas
to Maine after its inception in
the Rockies, climbed to al
least 65 Saturday. Pennsyl
vania alone counted 21 deaths
while New England reported
10, Including seven In Mas
sachusetts and four in Con
necticut. The toll also includ
ed 9 In New Jersey, 4 each In
New York and Indiana, 3
apiece in Maryland and Vir
ginia, end 2 in Washington,
D.C,
Marilyn Files Suit
To Divorce Miller
Juarez, Mexico - IUPD - Act
ress Marilyn Monroe filed suit
for divorce from playwright
Arthur Miller here Friday
night, ending their four-year
"beauty and brains" marriage
with a charge of "lncompat-
ablllty of character.
The pinup girl of the ccn
tury was understood to have
returned to New York, where
she was reported to have re
newed a friendship with her
second husband, retired base
ball star Joe Dl Maggio.
Marilyn, 34, and Miller, 44,
separated last Nov. 11 after a
scries of quarrels during the
filming of "The Misfits
which he wrote for her. Clark
Gablo was her co-star, and h
died of a heart attack shortly
after the movie was com
pleted.
Sends
1,100 counties . and 120 cities
and towns, most of them in
chronically depressed areas.
Salinger estimated the action
might cost an additional $10
or $15 million a month.
The Kennedy cable to the
Kremlin was made public lata
yesterday. It was addressed
both to Khrushchev and
Leonid Brezhnev, chairman of
tho Presidium of the Supremo
Soviet.
They had messaged Ken-
ncdy congratulations on his
inaugural address and had
voiced hope that "by our own
joint efforts we shall succeed
in achieving a fundamental
improvement in relations be
tween our countries and a nor
malization of the whole inter
national situation."
Kennedy's reply, transmit
ted through the state depart
ment, expressed "appreciation
for your kind message of con
gratulations." - -
Welcomes Expression
The new chief executive)
added: "I welcome your ex
pression of hope for a funda
mental improvement in rela
tions between our two coun
tries and in the world situa
tion as a whole."
Kennedy's reply marked
the second exchange of mes
sages between Khrushchev
and Kennedy since his elec
tion. At that .time Khrushchev
congratulated him and Ken
nedy replied briefly but cour
teously
Kennedy spent his early
hours conferring with staff:
lioutahants,. conducting for
mer President Harry S. Tru
man orra'-tour of the whlta
House, and meeting with tha
Democratic National committee-.
, " " . '.'
He announced the appoint
ment of a j .former Trulto
aide, attorney Charles S. illir
phy, to be Undersecretary oi
agriculture, and lunched wltt) -two
old friends. Mr. and Mrs; -'
Charles Spalding of New Yor '
City.- y -;..!:
He also presided over tha -
swearing in of his cabinet,
The 43-year-old chief execu
tive showed no evidence of
flagging energy after the hec
tic pace of his inauguration
which kept him up until tha
early hours of Friday and Sat
urday. Bailey Elected New
Demo Chairman i
Washington-IUPD - John M.
Bailey of Connecticut hand-
picked by President Kennedy
was unanimously elected
Saturday as chairman of tha
Democratic National commit
tee.
Bailey, state Democratte
chairman of Connecticut, pre
dicted that Kennedy will ba
overwhelmingly reelected in
1864.
The 56-year-old attorney
sucecds Sen. Henry M. Jack
son, D-Wash., who served as
Democratic national chairman
since last summer. Jackson
reminded the committee that
he had said he would resign
when Kennedy was "firmly
established" in the presidency
and noted that this happened
Friday. ' :
GB Presents Plan
For Pesce in Laos:
Washington - (UPD Britain
proposed to Russia Saturday.
with U.S., French and: Cana
dian approval, a face-saving
plan for sending an Interna
tional peace mission to Laos,
diplomatic sources reported
here. -
The proposal is designed to
avoid objections raised by ei
ther the Communist bloc or
the United States and the pro
Western government of Laos
against all previous approach
es. 1
It was worked out here dur
ing the last days of the Eisen
hower administration, but in
coining Secretary of S t a t a
Dean Rusk was given a chonco
to hold it up. He did not, and
therefore he at least tacitly
put the Kennedy administra
tion behind the British move
In Moscow.
Salem - lUPU - A resolution
tonoring Rex Putnam for 24
ears of service as Oregon
ichool Superintendent was
-mong six measures which
lassed the Oregon house Frl
day. '- ."' :. ,
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