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RETURNING The nation's capital is grad
ually returning to normalcy after a hectic
week of inaugural activities. Larry White of
the Ace Wrecking company, Washington,
D.C., goes about the task of tearing down
Adams Pleads
Guilty to Charge;
Sentenced to Life
Keith Duane Adams, 32,
Central Point, was sentenced
to life imprisonment this
morning after pleading guilty
to a charge of second degree
murder.
Adams was charged with
beating and strangling his ex
wife, Hazel Jean Adams, 23,"
of 1204 Withington St., Med
ford, last Aug. 4. The killing
occurred while the woman
slept, and in lull view of the
two Adams' children, a 10-year-old
boy and eight-year-old
girl, according to police
reports.
Adams' attorney, Robert
Dickey, asked Circuit Judge
James M. Main to reduce the
charge from first to second
degree murder. His motion
was granted. In his arguments
for the motion, Dickey said
that if the defendant was tried
on the first degree murder
charge before a jury the out
come would be the same.
Adams would probably re
ceive a mandatory life sen
tence for first degree murder.
Dickey indicated he would
seek a jury trial if the first
degree murder charge re-
. niained.
Washington Gets
Interstate Compact
Ol.vniDia. Wash.- IUPI1-A bill
to ratify the Columbia Inter
state Compact for develop
ment of the Columbia river
watershed was introduced to
day in the House.
An identical bill was intro
duced in the Senate.
Legislatures of Washington
Oregon, Idaho and Montana
must ratify the compact, sign
ed Inst October in Spokane
by representatives of seven
states. Wyoming, Utah and Ne
vada may participate if their
legislatures also approve the
document.
The Washington legislature
has never acted on previous
compact proposals, although
Idaho approved similar pacts
In 1955 and 1957.
The new compact gives less
power to members of the com
mission to be appointed from
member states. Their role
would be largely recommenda
tory. A joint development agree
ment lias already been signed
at the international level by
former President Eisenhower
and Canadian" Prime Minister
John Dicfenbacher.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1961
mi:"
the stands in the Capitol plaza. The stand
from which President Kennedy gave his
inaugural address is still standing at right,
center.
(UPI Telephoto)
State Tax Court
Bill Introducted
By Sen. Ben
Salem -IUPD- Sen. Ben Musa,
D-The Dalles, said today he
will introduce a bill for crea
tion of a State Tax Court as an
alternative, to a bill already
introduced that would make
the court- elected by the peo
ple. The bill to be introduced a
second time provides that the
governor could appoint the
tax appeals court. This is one
Four Die on Roads
During Week End
By United Press International
Four persons met death in
Oregon highway accidents
during the week end. In addi
tion an Oregon youth died in
an Idaho accident and an
other man died from injuries
suffered in a Jan. 12 mishap.
Mrs. Edna Taylor, 51, Mad
ras, was killed Sunday in a
two car crash just south of De
troit Dam on Highway 22.
Her husband, Clair Taylor,
was injured critically.
Three persons died in two
accidents in Portland early
Saturday. Elizabeth Crawford
and Susan Anderson, 15, were
killed when the car in which
they were riding struck a pow
er pole. John Evans, 25, was
injured fatally in a two-car
accident.
Douglas Neal, 18, Ontario,
was killed in a two-car acci
dent near Payette, Idaho.
Howard P. Moslcy, Rose
burg, died in a Eugene hos
pital from injuries suffered in
a two-car accident near Rose
burg, Jan. 12.
Duncan Names Six
To Counsel Group
Salem-IUPII - House Speaker
Robert B. Duncan has
nounced the six house mem
bers of the Legislative Coun
scl Committee for the 1961-63
biennium.
Named to the committee
were Reps. George Van Hoom
issen, D-Portland; Edward
Fadcly, D-Eugenc; Clinton
Haieht Jr. D-Baker; C. R.
Hoyt, R-Corvallis; and Carrol I
Howe, R-Klamath tails.
As speaker, Duncan will re
main on the committee ns its
sixth House member.
The Legislative Counsel
committee, which has live
Senate members, supervises a
legislative drafting, research
and revision staff during and
after the session.
Deputies Investigate
Burglary at School
Sheriffs deputies this morn
ing were investigating t h e
burglary of Eagle Point High
school Saturday night.
Deputies said thieves broke
out a window in the sfiiith
side of the building, entered
and took a cash drawer con
taining about $40.
55th Year
Tribune
which Gov. Mark Hatfield ve
toed last session. , 1
Under both bills,., the Court
would be made up: of one
judge at first, elected or ap
pointed for six years. The tax
court would be comparable to
Circuit Court but would hear
only tax matters and appeals
would be made direct to the
State Supreme court.
The measure for an elective
tax court, SB 137, was intro
duced at the request of the
State Bar and the Oregon So
ciety of Certified Public Ac
countants.
Musa, himself a CPA, said
the reason he is introducing
the second bill is that some
legislators favor a tax court
appointed by the governor.
"This way, we have a choice,"
he said.
Wants This Session
Musa said the important
thing is to establish some kind
of tax appeals court this ses
sion. The legislation would strip
the State Commission of its
appeals authority.
Any citizen or firm could
appeal a tax squabble to the
tax court. There is a small
claims provision to enable citi
zens to appeal small amounts
without having to pay Circuit
court costs that often make
small appeals financially not
feasible.
The Senate Judiciary com
mittee today introduced a bill
that would allow persons to
remarry in Oregon 40 days af
ter a divorce is final. The pres
ent waiting period is six
months.
At the request of the City
of Portland, the committee on
local government introduced
two bills dealing with air and
water pollution. Both strength
en versions of similar bills re
quested by the authority itself,
Balmy Weather on
Coast Draws Hundreds
By United Press International
Balmy week end weather
sent Oregonians to the beach
es in numbers rivaling mid
summer. Temperatures reached 72 de
grees in the shade at Depoe
Bay. Some coastal residents
said the number of visitors
was the largest they could
remember in January.
Belgium's
Brussels - d'Pli - Belgium's
month long, crippling strike
wave ended today when 150.
000 die-hard workers went
back to their jobs.
The strike against the gov
ernment's austerity program
formally ended shortly after
dawn as the thousands of
former strikers trooped into
heavy industry and mechani
cal plants in southern Bel
gium's Liege and Charlcrol re
gions. But the memory and the
bitterness of the strike linger
ed on. Leaders feared the five
weeks of violence, which left
five, perten dead and at least
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Price 10 Cents
No. 264
Salem
Third Week Brings
Double Challenge
By Mark Hatfield
Salem-IUPD-Democrats who
control the 1961 Oregon leg
islature swung into the third
week of the session today with
a double challenge from GOP
Gov. Mark Hatfield a fight
to me linisli in 1861 over
moving the public welfare
commission from Portland to
Salem, and a battle for the
governorship in 1D62.
Hatfield s declaration on
the welfare commission, the
session's first outright promise
of defiance from the executive
branch, came during a Port
la n d television interview,
when the governor said flatly:
"We're going to move it to
Salem."
The comment came after
Hatfield described as "legis
lative interference" a bill by
Rep. Grace Peck (D-Portland)
and other Democrats to pro
hibit the move, which Hat
field has ordered for next
spring.
"Blackmail" Charged
Hatfield also labeled as
"political blackmail" a state
ment by Sen. Walter Pearson
(D-Portland) that if Hatfield
vetoes the bill the the legisla
ture could "get even" with
him in other ways.
Hatfield's declaration that
he would run for ' governor
again in 1962 promised furth
er to tighten up party lines
between himself and key
Democratic leaders, among
them House Speaker Robert
Duncan (D-Medford) who has
been mentioned as a possible
Democratic gubernatorial can
didate.
Hatfield made his challenges
on the eve of his personal ap
pearance at a legislative hear
ing in support of one of his
pet aims a cabinet system of
government for Oregon.
Evening Appearanca
The governor will testify
before the Joint State and
Federal Affairs committees
Tuesday evening on his gov
ernment reorganization plan
which must have Democratic
support in order to become a
reality.
Pearson, one of Hatfield's
chief opponents in the welfare
commission fight, will head
the hearing.
Other controversial issues
were on the agenda this week,
among them hearings on taxes
for fraternal organizations, a
proposed cigarette tax, and a
commercial code that would
affect almost every Oregon
business.
The Senate Education com
mittee was scheduled to take
up several appointments for
confirmation, and Sen. Wil
liam Gresnfcll (D-Portland)
said he would fight confirma
tion of Dean E. B. Lemon to
the State Scholarship commis
sion. More Snow Reported
At Crater Lake
The sun was shining at
Crater Lake National park
this morning, after the head
quarters area there received
IVt inches of new snow dur
ing the night.
Park officials in Medford
said that Sunday's high at the
lake was 30 with a low of 23,
It was reported to be 30 de
grees there at 8 o'clock today.
r'urrnntlv flfl inphps nf unnw
Is renorted on the ground at
headquarters. This is reported ing still goes on in Oregon but
to be less than average, but at a slower pace than in pro
more than for the same time hibilion days slate und federal
last year. officials said today.
Long Strike Ends
$180 million in damage
would topple t h c Social
Christian government of Pre
mier Gaston Eyskens.
The death toll rose to five
today with the death of Jean
Bourdct. 25, father of four.
Bourdet was fatally Injured In
the Jan. 6 riots In Liege, al
though he was only running
an errand when a stray bullet
pierced his neck.
Although the workers were
back at their jobs, some plants
reported a severe shortage of
raw materials and warned
they may have to lay off per
sonnel until supplies build up.
With the return of the
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TACKLE PLANS President John F. Kennedy and his key
advisors tackled plans today for adjusting U.S. defense
strength to the foreign policy of his administration. The
Seven Men Die in Carrier Blaze
Judge Sentences
Bengtsonto
State Penitentiary
Grants Pass - O. H. Bcngl
son, Medford lawyer, was sen
tenced to an indeterminate pe
riod in the Oregon state peni
tentiary not to exceed two
years by Circuit Judge Orval
Millard this morning.
Bengtson was found guilty
of embezzlement Jan. 13 by a
Grants Pass jury. Sentencing
this morning was delayed by
statements given in court by
attorneys for both sides.
This sentence is to run con
secutively with a sentence
Bengtson had received In an
earlier trial on similar charg
es in connection with the fail
ure of the Medford Escrow
company. He had been pre
viously sentenced to three
years in the Uregon correc
tional institution.
Immediately following the
sentencing today, Leo Levcn
son, Portland, one of the de
fense attorneys, filed an ap
peal. Bail was set at $10,000 ana
was immediately posiea oy
Mr. and Mrs. Homer J.
Bringle, Medford. Bengtson is
now free on a total of $20,-
500 bail.
Two motions by the defense
were denied this morning by
Judge Millard. One was to ar
rest judgment and the otlier
was for a new trial.
Statements
In statements prior to the
sentencing Paul Havnana,
court-appointed prosecutor,
staled that shortages in the
Medford Escrow company will
total about $67,000. This
amount was also given by
Frank Knox, Medford, a wit
ness called by the state. He
added that this figure was not
the result of a certified audit,
but only a personal investiga
tion of the Escrow company's
accounts.
Levenson claimed that an
audit of the accounts by a
Portland certified public ac
countant will show that the
defendant is out $7,000.
Bengtson stated that once
fhr audit is complete and "the
truth comes out, I am sure I
will be vindicated."
In pronouncing sentence the
judge noted that the defendant
is an attorney and "when you
start handling someone else's
money, you had better know
what you are doing. It is my
opinion that he had complete
control of the Medford Escrow
company at all times.
Portland -flJPIl- Moonshin
strikers, the nation slowly
went about the business of
getting back lo normal.
Both sides claimed a moral
victory. Socialist strike lead
ers said Ihey had set the stage
for dissolution of parliament
and a reversal of party power
in elections Ihis spring.
The government said it won
bv maintaining order and
pushing through the contro
versial "austerity bill" lo pay
for loss of the Congo.
Communications, transpor
tation and public services
were operating normally In
most of the country.
Howard Morgan May
Get Appointment in
JFK Administration
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington -(Special)- The
first Oregonian picked for a
high post in the new Kennedy
administration is Howard
Morgan, former Democratic
state chairman.
Morgan is understood to be
Nine Men Die in
Navy Plane Crash
Honolulu - Itll'll - A Navy
radar plane with 22 men
aboard veered off the runway
on Midway IslancTSunday and
smashed into a ground crew
truck, touching off a fire
which consumed the plane.
Nine men,' Including three
of the crewmen on the fire
truck, were killed or missing,
the Navy said. Sixteen of the
men aboard the plane escaped
unhurt or with minor injuries.
A preliminary investigation
showed that the 70-ton four-
engine Constellation apparent
ly landed short of the runway
and sheared off a landing
gear, which struck two en
gines on the left wing. .
The wing was sheared off as
it hit the runway, causing the
plane to veer to the left. One
thousand feet down the run
way, it smashed into the fire
truck which was in a routine
position for an aircraft land
ing. The Navy said the huge ra
dar plane flipped onto its back
and burst into flames.
The plane was returning
from an 11-hour flight along
the Pacific air defense barrier
between Midway and the
Aleutian Islands.
Approval for Second
TV Station Awaited
Ray Johnson, manager of
Radio Medford Inc., said this
morning that he hopes a sec
ond television station will be
operating here by late spring
or early summer.
Johnson said the new sta
lion, to be owned and operat
ed by KMED, will broadcast
over channel 10 and will bo
a National Broadcasting com
pany (NBC) affiliate. It will
also bring color television to
the valley, he said.
Construction of the new sta
tion hinges on approval of the
company's application by the
Federal Communications com
mission. Late last year, two
other applicants for Channel
10 withdrew their applica
tions leaving KMED as the
lone applicant.
fx-Presdenf Flies
Soufh for Hunting
Gettysburg, Pa. - IUPD -Former
President Dwlght D.
Elsenhower flies south today
to hunt for quail In the Geor
gia plantation country.
Eisenhower looked forward
lo warmer weather than the
sub-freezing temperatures he
encountered last week end
at his snow-covered Gettys
burg farm. Q
Chief Executive is shown here with Secretary of Stale
Dean Rusk (left) and defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
(UPI Telephoto)
in line for appointment to the
Federal Power Commission.
During the slate administra
tion of Governor Robert D.
Holmes in 1957-58, Morgan
served as . Oregon's public
utility commissioner.
. President Kennedy has two
opportunities at present to
make appointments to the
five - man FPC because the
Senate last fall failed to con
firm two nominations then
made by President Eisenhow
er to fill vacancies.
Term Expires
Kennedy will have a chance
to appoint a third new com
missioner next summer, after
the term of another holdover
commissioner expires. These
three appointments will give
the Kennedy administration
voting control of this sensitive
regulatory agency.
Morgan is a Reed college
graduate and currently a
rancher at Sisters. He was one
of the chief architects of the
build up of the liberal wing
of Oregon's Democratic Parly.
He was state Democratic
chairman before joining the
Holmes administration. !
Important Case
The most Important case
pending at the FPC now is the
dispute between Pacific
Northwest Power Company,
which wants to build High
Mountain Sheep Dam, and
Washington's public supply
system which wants lo build
the Nez Perce Dam. Both
projects ' would be In the
Middle Snake River below
Hells Canyon.
Morgan is regarded as an
advocate of federal power de
velopment. He supported the
proposal for building a gov
ernment dam at Hells Canyon
where the FPC granted a li
cense lo Idaho Power Com
pany. The terms of commissioners
are five years. The salary is
$20,000.
Fourth Man Pleads
Guilty to Charge
Kenneth Elston Dailcy, 24
of 51B King St., one of four
men charged with the bur
glary of the Oakdalc super
market Jan. 8, pleaded guilty
today to charges of burglary
not in a dwelling. '
A pre-sentence report was
ordered by Circuit Judge
James M. Main. Kent Black-
hurst had been appointed Dal
ley's attorney on Jan. 17.
The three other men Involv
ed in the burglary had plead
ed guilty In Jackson county
circuit court Jan. 17 and arc
also awaiting a pre-sentence
report. The men, Donald Ray
mond Breazeale, 21, of 831
Niantlc St.; Thomas Edwin
Cornwall, 30, of 145 South
Ivy St.: and Vcryl LeRoy Big
gins, 28, of 122 Kenwood ave.,
also face two charges of grand
larceny with Dailey as a re
sult of the burglary.
The four men are charged
with taking a tank of oxygen,
a tank of acetylene and mis
cellaneous tools from Mem
ory Garden Memorial park
near Medford and a half-ton
pickup truck owned by Paul
and Betly McQuade, Central
Point.
Saratoga En Route
To Athens; Court
Of Inquiry Set Up
Washington - (UPI) - Seven
Navy men died In a fire which
raged for two hours in the
super aircraft carrier Sara
toga early today near Athens,
Greece, the Navy announced.
The Navy said the 60,000-
ton ship was proceeding lo
Athens shortly after midnight
when the fire broke out in
one of the main machinery
spaces.
It was believed to have
been caused by a ruptured
fuel line and blazed for just
over two hours.
The Navy said four officers
and three enlisted men died.
In Same Class
The Saratoga Is of the same
super carrier class as the
Constellation which was gut
ted by fire Dec. 19 while un
der construction at Brooklyn
Navy Yard. There were 50
deaths in the Constellation
fire and damage was estimat
ed at $48 million.
The Navy withheld the
names of the seven fatalities
in the Saratoga fire until It
could notify their families.
The number injured was not
yel known here.
There was no immediate
estimate of the damage.
The Saratoga arrived in
Athens on schedule. A damage
survey was started at once.
Court of Inquiry
Vice Adm. George Ander
son, commander of the Bill
Fleet in the Mediterranean,
Immediately set up a court
of Inquiry to investigate the
cause.
Capt. R. W. Mchle, Cincin
nati, Ohio, Is skipper of the
Saratoga.
The Navy said the fire was
fought and put out without
help being needed from any
other 6th Fleet ships.
The fire in the Saratoga,
fully operational and at sea,
was extinguished reasonably
rapid In contrast to that
aboard the Constellation
which raged for a day.
"Chief, I Just Don't Think He's Ready For
The Idea"
Normal Channels
To Be Used With
Russia, Rusk Says
Kennedy Confers With
Top Advisors Today
Washington -(UPII- Secretary
of State Dean Rusk said today
that he and President Ken
nedy intend to deal with Rus
sia through normal diplo
malic channels, frequently
behind the scenes.
Rusk outlined the adminis
tration policy in a formal
statement during a break in a
day-long conference between.
Kennedy and his top diplo
matic and military advisers
on national security Issues.
The Rusk statement, read to
newsmen, gave no informa
tion on U.S. Ambassador
Llewellyn , Thompson's two
hour talk with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev In Moscow 1
Saturday.
Confirms Policy '
The statement however,
appeared lo confirm tha
Kennedy administration's an
nounced policy of not rushirg
into any summit meetings
with Russia without thorough,
advance diplomatic prepara
tion. For the second straight day.
Kennedy worked on broad
problems in the international
field as he prepared to send
Congress his first slate of new
ambassadors, phis additional
appointments at the assistant
secretarial level in the Stata
Department.
Meeting with Kennedy In a
day-long round of talks today
were Secretary of State Rusk,
Defense Secretary Robert
McNamara, Gen. Lyman I.
Lemnltzer, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff; Paul
Nitzc, assistant secretary o
defense for international af
fairs; Chester Bowles, under
secretary of state, and Mc
George B"ndy, special assist
ant to the President for na
tional security matters,
i Alter a lunch break, the
conferees planned to resume
their meeting.
Appointments Expeclod
Kennedy ,met Sunday with)
Rusk and Bowles. Press Secre
tary Pierre Salinger said tha
bulk of their discussion con
cerned the remaining appoint
ment to the upper echelon of
the State Department. Salin
ger added that these appoint
ments; plus the first selection
of ambassadors, would be
coming along soon.
The White House described
the purpose of today's meet
ing as "a discussion of policy
In the national security field."
Salinger doubted anything
would be said about the con
ference before the end of tha
day, if then. ;
First Forest Fire
Reported in State
Valsetz-IUPII - Oregon's first
1961 forest fire, coming in
the face of near-summer
weather, roared through about
450 acres of tlmberland near
here Saturday.
State Forest Service offici
als termed the blaze the earl
iest in any year they could
remember.
The fire, burning slash and
timber on Valsetz Lumber
company land, broke out
about midnight Friday and
burned for 12 hours before it
was controlled. J
Mop - up operations were
continued Sunday but a For
est Service spokesman 1 said
the blaze would not be com
pletely extinguished until it
rained.
The fire was believed to
have been caused by a cig
arette.