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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.
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lowest Trili Mornlnjt 30
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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.
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