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0 O O o G By HeLl I Band' In o o Seized Revolt TOP OF VALLEY The view near the summit or Ml. Ashland shows the floor of the Rogue valley thousands of feet below. Ml. McLoughlin is clearly visible on the horizon. When this picture was taken Ml. Ashland's north slope was covered with three feet of snow. Temperature on the valley Shangle Elected Head of County GOP Committee J. Verne Shangle, Medford real estate man and former photograph studio operator, last night was elected chair man of the Jackson County Republican Central commit tee. The precinct committeemen and women also elected Mrs. Paul H. Sparso, Medford, vice chairman, and Wally lvcrson, Ashland printer, secretary, during the general meeting in the Medford High school cafeteria. Shangle and Mrs. Sparso won by narrow margins. Shangle received 16 votes to 12 for Tom Hclman. and Mrs. Sparso 15 votes to 12 for Mrs. William Miller. lvcrson was elected unanimously. Other members of the board of directors who were not up for election are Mrs. Bcreth Hopkins, treasurer; Otto Ewaldsen, alternate chairman; Mrs. Ralph Brindley, alternate vice chairman; Col. D. H. Bar ber, congressional committee man; and Mrs. Richard Kyle, congressional committee woman. Twenty-eight of the 50 peo ple attending the general meeting voted, outgoing chair man Joe Walsh said this morn ing. The new chairman said a meeting would be held next Monday night to consider committee appointments. Plans for maintaining a Re publican headquarters office to be open for the next two years between elections are being considered, he said. 7,256 Visit Art Gallery Since Last April Opening A total of 7.256 persons have visited the Rogue Gal lery Art association, since It was opened last April, it was reported last night. . . The report was given at the annual meeting of the associa tion, held at Hedrick Junior High school, when three new members of Hie board of di rectors also were elected. The new directors are War ren Holbrook, Central Point, Armin Richter, the Applcgate, and Mrs. John (Ann) Reid. Mrs. Harry Daniclson, re porting for ihe gallery com mittee, said November was the month with the largest number of visitors, 1.081. The summer months were the g'.owcst, she said, and the gal lery may be open in the morn Inss, rather than afternoons, nrxt summer. It is located at 220 West Main s. Kennedy Eyes Disarmament Flan; Message Due Monday Washington -lUPD-President Kennedy today shaped a dis armament program expected to be the basis for new negoti ations with Russia and set Monday as the date for his first State , of the Union Mes sage to Congress. Giving priority to foreign affairs and defense matters, the President called his State and Defense Department high Salem Firm Low , On Freeway Job Salem - WPII - The Oregon highway commission today opened bids on 11 projects totaling $4.5 million, includ ing million dollar jobs in Jackson and Clackamas coun ties. Roy L. Houck Sons, Salem, had the apparent low of $1, 555,686 for the Evans Creek Rock Point section of the Pa cific highway between Rogue River and Gold Hill. Some 5.88 miles of paving, widen ing and signing is involved. C. R. O'Neil and Dorman Construction, Creswell, were apparent low bidders with $1,016,932 for the Clackamas overcrossing-Park place sec tion of the Cascade highway just north of Oregon City. It involves 4.26 miles of grading and paving. Total bids ran 6.8 per cent below slate estimates. The contracts will be awarded Friday. Another report Indicated membership now stands at more than 300 persons, hold ing some 200 membership cards, some of which are is sued to husband and wife jointly. It was also reported that the Carpenter Founda tion plans to donate $100 monthly to the association, principally for gallery rental, freeing other funds for exhi bitions and other aims of the year-old art association. Other reports Included plans for the coming year, a report on the many volunteers who help operate the gallery, the impact which the past year's shows have had no visitors, the possibility of expanding the educational work of the association through the schools and valley organiza tions. Dr. J. R. Porto, president, conducted the meeting. floor was in the 70s. A portion of a ski slope in the pro posed $165,000 ski resort on the mountain is pictured in the foreground. Enough snow for skiing will remain until April. commands to work on the dis armament problem. : Weekly Conference The meeting go under way shortly after Kennedy held his first weekly conference with Democratic congression al leaders and disclosed he would deliver his State of the Union Message to a joint ses sion Monday. Further sessions with congressional leaders will be held every Tuesday morning. White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger said "The Stale of the Union Message will be a review of the situ ation, in the world and at home as seen by President Kennedy." Other Reports Planned Salinger announced that the address would be followed up by messages on specific sub jects and recommended Walla Walla Man Bonneville Head . Washington - (UP!) - Charles F. Luce, 43, Walla Walla, Wash., attorney, today was named administrator of the Pacific Northwest's Bonne ville Power Administration, Luce will succeed Dr. Wil liam A. Pearl as BPA head effective Feb. 15. His appointment, widely speculated earlier, was an nounced by Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall. "Luce will bring vigorous, imaginative leadership to Bonneville Power Adminis tration as well1 as intimate knowledge of the natural re source problems of the Pacific Northwest," Udnll said. EX-SUPERVISOR DIES Bend-iUPI) - Mrs. Naomi O. Phelps, former supervisor of the Marion County Welfare Department, died today in a hospital. Local Family Suspects 'Monkey Business' When the Hauley James Davidson family heard noises in their attic at their home at 1173 Vowter rd. they suspected "monkey business," Today they discovered a smell monkey there an called the sheriff's office. Chris Hagler, Jeckien coun ty dog control officer, was dispatched end captured e smell monkey who hed ap parently been In the David son home for a week. It is now in the dog pond await ing claim by his unknown owner, changes in the budget submit ted by former President El se n hower, possibly starting next week. The secretary said the first message to follow the State of the Union Message will be a report on the state of the na tion's economy. Two Appointments Before going into the dis armament discussions, Ken nedy made two new appoint ments to his administration. He named Clarence D. Mar tin Jr., Santa Monica, Calif., auto dealer, to be undersecre tary of commerce for trans portation, and James J. Sy mington, son of Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) as deputy director for food for peace. Kennedy will have an op portunity to report on his national security and disarma ment conference when he holds his first televised press conference Wednesday night. Hai Russia in Mind The Chief Executive has long believed that the general field of disarmament offered the best opportunity for fruit ful negotiations with the So viet Union and this was the idea behind his meeting today. His disarmament conferees included Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. John J. McCloy, director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration, and Jerome Wiesner, special assistant lo the President for science and technology. Preliminary Plans For Dorm Approved Preliminary plans for a 90 student addition to Cascade hall at Southern Oregon col Inge were approved by the building committee of the slate board of higher educa tion Monday. Robert J. Kceney of Med ford developed the plans for the addition lo Cascade hall. It is expected to cost about $310,000. The board also approved preliminary plans for the Ore gon Technical Institute cam pus in Klamath Falls. The hillside development is expect ed to start late this year or early next, and the initial con struction is expected to cost about $2 million. BILL INTRODUCED Salcm-ilTH - Sen. Andrew Naterlin ID-Newport), Intro duced a bill today to allow publie reid private power firno , eiiUr contracts and split up elteiM end cus tomer ie a evee are where i their Si'iifc'.i'aMa, Plane Carrying Crashes, Burns Three of Eight Crewmen Killed; No Explosion Wresckage Scattered In North Carolina Goldsboro, N. C. - turn -An eight-jet Air Force B52G intercontinental bomber car rying two unarmed nuclear devices crashed and burned in rural farmlands early to day, killing three of the eight crewmen aboard. The five other crewmen parachuted lo safety after one of the nuclear devices was jet tisoned and sent floating earthward by parachute. The other nuclear device was found in the wreckage of the multimillion dollar plane and was removed by Air force ordnance crews. Wreckage Scattered The plane broke apart m the air and wreckage was scattered over more than a mile and a half of flat, sandy tobacco land. The main piece of wreckage fell along a rural paved road north of Golds boro. One body was found in the nose section, burned beyond recognition. The Air Force identified the men killed as Maj. Eu gene Shellon, ban Antonio, Te:;.; Maj. Eugene Richards, Toccoa, Ga., and T.Sgt. Fran cis R. Barnish, Greenfield, Mass. Explosion Danger Nil Officials said there was no danger from the two nuclear weapons although there could have been a non-nuclear ex plosion at one point. A spokes man said the unarmed weap ons need a high explosive such as TNT, as a "trigger" to set off the nuclear device The nuclear material is kept in a separate part of the plane and the bombs are armed manually when there is intent to drop them in anger. The survivors were identi fied as Lt. A. C. Mattocks, 27, Jacksonville, N. C; C a p t. Richard W. Rardin, 33, San Antonio, Tex.; Capt. Paul E. Brown, 37, Beardstown, 111.; Lt. William R, Wilson, 27, Somerville, N. J., and Maj. Walter S. Tulloch, San Diego. Geyser Turns Out To Be Broken Main Medford Water Superin tendent Robert Lee did a double-take yesterday noon when driving by the Medford Shop ping center. He saw what first appeared to be a geyser, but in reality was a stream of the city's precious water shooting faO feel into the air. A heavy grader, digging a drainage ditch at the north end of the shopping center property, had knocked a gap ing hole in the top of one of the city's 16-inch water mains. It took city crews nearly five hours to repair the dam age. Several residences in the north Medford area were without water during that time. Lumumba Backers Terrorize Nuns Leopoldvllle, The Congo iUPIi - Soldiers loyal to deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba were reported today to be ter rorizing and molesting nuns and missionaries in Oriental Province. Unconfirmed Catholic mis sion reports from the north western section of the prov ince said groups of Lumumba followers were roaming the region and breaking into houses of worship. The reports said all mission posts east of the Itlmblrdi river had been abandoned after pro-Lumumba soldiers killed three hospital attend ants at Mokaria who had re fused to hand over the keys lo the pharmacy. Oregon Land Board Clerk Will Retire Salem-!UPI)-E. T. Pierce of aaiem announced Monday he is retiring as clerk of the Ore gon Land Board next Sept. 15. The board set a deadline of tfb. 1 for receiving appli cations for a successor. Pierce, 70, has been clerk since 19l. The, job Davs from Regional Edition Medford 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY Gov. Hatfield Asks Four Members of Welfare To Resign Salem - (UPII - Gov. Mark Hatfield said Monday he wish ed the four members of the Slate Public Welfare Commis sion who held their jobs be fore he took office would resign. A Democratic stale senator immediately accused him of "pettiness." Hatfield said "I personally would like to have their resignations. If they have the courage of their convictions, they will resign." Four Identified The four are Morion J. Goodman, Portland; Gerson F. Goldsmith, Oswego; Mrs. Nel lie M. lrby, Baker, and Mrs. Lee Patterson, Portland. Hat field has appointed three members of the seven-member commission. Hatfield, who has expressed desire to move commission headquarters from Portland to Salem, said he had asked for resignations from ihe com mission but had been refused. He said an effort to fire com mission members would lead to lengthy court action. Cook Critical Sen. Vern Cook (D-Trout- dale) said Hatfield s move "shows a pettiness I had not expected to find in him. Cook said Hatfield's action may be the death blow to the governor s reorganization pro- Budget Group Starts Meetings The rural school budget committee will start work on the new fiscal year budget Monday night in the county school superintendent's office. The committee is expected lo make its final decision on the part of the budget on the county curriculum materials center. It comes up for de cision first since the county must have its application in for matching funds under the National Education Defense Act by March 1. At last nights meeting in the county school superinten dents office, the group did not reach any decision on the budget. Tentative outlines of the three budget sections, of fice, curriculum materials cen ter and special education, were distributed. The com- mitlcc will study the outlines, and the explanations given, and start formulating the new budget during a series of regu lar meetings. Gilbert Hill, Talent, was elected to the committee for two years. Don Patterson, Central Point, was reelected for a three-year term. Fred Bruegger, While City, was elected chairman, and Mrs. Jeanette Grove, Phoenix, sec retary. College Hazing Target ot Bill Salem OJPli- College hazing would be a misdemeanor if a bill introduced today wins ap proval. It was sponsored by Sen. William Grenfoll Jr. (D-Port-land) and In the house by Rep, Richard Eymann (D-Mohawk). The bill reads that no per son in any Oregon college or university "shall conspire to haze, attempt to hnzo or en gage in hazing which is the commission of any act that in jures, degrades or disgraces, or tends to injure, degrade or disgrace any person attending the institution." The measure provides that any teacher or other college official who permitted hazing also would be guilty of a mis demeanor. requesTIdenIed Salem -!t!Plu Public Utility Commissioner Jonel Hill to day denied a request for toll free telephone icrvice at A ftrla and Knappa. Nuclear in Farm posals and charged that it in jects "petty partisanship into the developing controversy over the governor's proposed reorganization of slate govern ment. Rep. Grace Peck (D-Port- land) said she was "shocked" to learn of Hatfield's state ment. "Apparently they haven't jumped when he said jump," she said. "I hope none of them resign." Hatfield also told newsmen Monday he would "fight very forcibly" to withstand cuts in his 5359 million budget and would resist equally any ef forts to increase taxes or levy new taxes for the coming two years. Unemployment Expected To Hit 5.! Washinglon7(UPI) - Adminis tration aides expect the na tion's total unemployment to climb to 5.5 . million this month, an increase of about one million from December. Labor Secretary Arthur J, Goldberg termed the situation "very grave" and said his de partment was working on pro posals to Increase unemploy ment , benefits. But the labor secretary emphasized that the new ad ministration still was not ready with recommendations despite its "deep concern" about the uncmplymenl pic ture and "a strong feeling the federal government must ex tend help in this area." Record for January Goldberg disclosed that he had given Kennedy the latest unemployment insurance fig ures at a White House meet ing Monday. The secretary told his first news conference that the num ber of persons drawing unem ployment insurance rose to 3.3 million in the first week of January, a record for that time of year. Seymour Wolfbcin, deputy assistant labor secretary, told the news conference that fig ures on jobless benefits pay ments and new claims indicat ed that total unemployment this month would exceed 5.5 million. Work on Floating Dock Is Planned Work on a floating boat pier at Howard Prairie lake probably will start this sum mer, according to County En gineer Robert J. Carstensen, However, he added the ap proval of the type of structure to be used rests with the Jack son county parks and recre ation commission and the county court. Carstensen Is studying bureau of reclamation pier plans now. These require ex cavations three fect square and throe feet deep. How ever, preliminary examination of the area by bureau person nel and the county engineer's office revealed rock was too close to the surface for piling. WEATHER FORK PAST: Valley tn InnUht lifting WMnriKlay fnrnwon. In crcasttu rloiifitnrjs (luring day with rhinct of ruin In lute Jifiprnoon or fvfninjr, Low to il I it hi 32. tllRh WedneiiUy nnr SO. Temp. WrhMt Ylrday 80 lowest Trili Mornlnjt 30 Prer, to 1 p.m. Yntfrday 03 Prec .to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight j?nnft tndv ftiinrUe tomerrow ... Moonspt tomornftv . 5:M p.m. 7:13 a.m. , 2:2 a m. Full Moon . PROMINENT STARR Rfxitlii. In Ihr mT . Jan. 31 -M p.m. Hlrhii, due imilh 10.40 p.m. Not: The britniMt tar ne twffn slrlni and RfiRiilui li Proryon. Devices Field Price 10 Cents Tribune 24, 1961 No. 265 Tax Committee Studies Status of Hospitals, Lodges Salem -(UPU-The Senate Tax committee took the first for mal step Monday to clarify Ihe tax-exempt status of hos pitals, lodges and fraternal organizations. The action came at the close of a two-hour hearing during which hospitals moved to re sist being placed on the tax rolls along with previously exempt lodges and fraternal groups. Committee Chairman Ben Musa (D-Thc Dalles), named Sens. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land); Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario), and Donald Husband (R-Eugene) to a committee to investigate the intent of previ ous legislatures on taxing semi-charilable organizations. Bill Likely Musa and other committee members said the committee would likely prepare a bill to specify which organizations should be taxed, but the com mittee gave little hint as to which ot several alternatives it would choose. James D. Swindells, repre senting the Oregon Associa tion of Hospitals, said that hos pitals, by coring for the sick, performed a "quasi-govern mental function" that placed them In a different category from fraternal organizations. would Be Discriminatory' His statement came after T. T. Turner, representing the Oregon Nonprofit Organiza tions, Inc. said if lodges were taxed, churches and hosrjltals and similar organizations also should be placed on the tax rolls. H. D. Proudfoot, Portland, grand secretary of the Masons, said It would be "discrimina tory," to lax only certain non profit groups. Swindells said placing hos pitals on the lax rolls could raise per-bed charges by more than $1 per day. Sheriffs Car Damaged in Mishap A Jackson county sheriff's car was damaged by a skidding pickup truck late Monday while It was parked on Laurel st. in front of the sheriff's office. City police, who Investi gated the accident, said the truck, operated by Steven Grovcr Isaacs, 16, of 2376 Taylor rd., Central Point, was apparently going too fast when it rounded the corner from Main si. onto Laurel St., and spun out of control, crash ing head-on into the parked patrol car. Both vehicles sustained damage to the front ends, police said. They cited Isaacs for violation of the basic rule. The accident occured about 9:15 p.m. More Arrests !n Phony Accident Racket Portland (UPD More arrests were expected today in con nection with a nine-month In vestigation Into an alleged phony auto accident racket. Authorities indicated insur ance companies may nave been defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars over several years. Thirteen persons were ar rested Monday on warrants based on secret indictments relumed late last Friday by a federal grand jury. Eleven were picked up here and two In Bend. Attorneys Arrested Two Portland attorneys, Herbert D. Black, 34, and Philip Welnstcln, 48, were among those arrested. They were charged with illegal In terception and conspiracy to Intercept police radio mes sages. Welnstcln In addition was charged with use and conspiracy to use Ihe mails to defraud. The attorneys and many of the others were freed on ball. Some of those arrested were I" Vessels Join In Sea Hunt for Hijacked Liner All Passengers Reported Safe By United Press International A rebel band armed with tommyguns and hand gre nades seized control of the luxury Portuguese liner Santa Maria in a revolt against the government of Portugal, a broadcast from the ship dis closed today. The 600 pas sengers, including 26 Ameri cans, were reported safe. American and British war craft joined in a massive but fruitless search for the hi jacked liner in the same Carib bean seas where the pirate Blackbeard once sailed the Spanish Main. Eludes Searchers After a broadcast from the ship announced that it had been taken over in an uprising against the Portuguese gov ernment a State Department spokesman in Washington said American ships and planes were hunting the elusive San ta Maria under international law to protect the passengers and crew and return the ship to its rightful owners. He said there were 26 Americans aboard. The 20,806-ton vacation liner with 600 passengers and 300 crewmen appeared to have vanished. A U.S. Navy station In Trinidad speculated the Santa Maria may be hid ing in some cove as pirates did in the days of old when they sailed the Spanish Main 200 years ago. A radio message from the commander of occupation forces" on board the Santa Maria reported all was "tran quil. Personal messages ad dressed to relatives in the United States confirmed this, the RCA Marine Radio Sta tion at Chatham, Mass., said. Planet Join Search The Navy announced in Sari Juan it had nine U.S. aircraft searching for the ship includ ing four hurricane hunter planes, three PF2 Neptunes and two Albatross amphibians in addition to two destroyers and a British frigate. The Navy said the orders were for the destroyers to overtake the Santa Maria and send a boarding party aboard If necessary to find out if an act of piracy was committed. However, a spokesman said the Navy would be unable to act If the ship reaches the territorial waters of another nation. "v There was speculation the liner may be heading for Brazil to link up with follow- ers of Oen. Humberto Del gada, an arch political foe of Premier Antonio de Olivelra Salazar. A radio message from. the ship today called the take over the first step in a re bellion against Salazar. There was also belief the ship might put into Fidel Cas tro s Cuba to drop off the pas sengers and pick up volun teers for a Portuguese rebel lion. The Portuguese minister In Havana, Joa Affra,-cabled' his government for urgent in structions. (See Pictures on Page 2) DAILY PAPER PLANNED - Portland - (WD - The strike born tabloid newspaper, the Portland Reporter, announced today it would start daily pub lication sometime during the week of Feb. 5 depending on completion of equipment In- Expected charged with mail fraud and others with illegal radio in terception. The others Included, all from Portland; Ronald Eugene Allison, 31; Eugene R. Muel ler, 40; Larry Warren Hayes, 28; David Leon Boisjolie, 26; Darrell Wayne Sauders, 24; Donald . William . Johnstone, 34; Raymond Henry Knlppel, 41; Arthur Roscoe Smith, 33; John Norris Barnard, 39, and Mr. and Mrs, Leland A, Dcegan. 'Rear End' Type Many of the alleged phony accidents, authorities indicat ed, were the "rear end" type In which "actors' in the front car would file large damage claims. Sources indicated many accidents were set up during meetings in bars and taverns. NOW YOU KNOW United Press International An international nautical mile is 1,852 meters or 6,078 feet, equivalent to 1.11 ttetuie miles. O 7,10 to 3,rMgMr. J 'O' o
