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o o o Rogue Valley Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents v i 1 T"k Tribune 4 omffi 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961 No. 267 oviei-iPree ivyLA XT Meotordm! F hers FLIERS RELEASED President Kennedy announced Wednesday that two American airman held captive by the Russians since their RB47 reconnaissance plane was shot down July 1, 1960, have been released and Pirate Asked To Discharge Liner's Captive Passengers San Juan, Puerto Rico (UPD The U.S. Navy disclosed today It urged Portuguese rebel Capt. Henrique .Galvao to land the hijacked luxury liner Santa Maria at any northern South American port to dis charge his 600 captive pas sengers. Adm. Robert L. Dennison, commander in chief of the At- Ashland Man Dies Of Crash Injuries Yreka An Ashland man died this morning in the Sis kiyou County hospital, Yreka, from injuries received three hours earlier in an accident on Highway 99 approximately one mile north of the Califor nia Agriculture Quarantine station. According to the California Highway Patrol, a pickup truck operated by Dennis Perry McCoy, 33, of 1412 Clay St., Ashland, struck the rear of a Pacific Intermountain Ex press truck about 2 o'clock this morning. Patrolman said that both vehiples were northbound. Driver of the truck was Nor vel Jesse Ohswaldl, 52, Port land, Ore. McCoy was pinned in the cab of the pickup, which was wedged under the trailer of the truck. He died shortly be fore 5 o'clock. The pickup was demolished, officers said. The truck re ceived minor damage. Budget Committee Appointments Made The Jackson county court yesterday made two more ap pointments for the new year. A. C. (Archie) Pierce, Med ford businessman, was ap pointed to the Jackson county budget committee for three years effective Feb. 11 to suc ceed Lyndel Newbry, Talent, who was appointed as state senator. Arnold Boltnert. Central Point, was reappointed to the budget committee for two vcars effective Feb. 11. when his present term expires. Tentative Schedule Is Set for Budget Meetings A tentative schedule for the county court and county bud get committee to formulate the 1961-1962 Jackson county budget has been compiled by the county court. Judge Earl Miller said this morning. Budget work sheets for in dividual departments arc to be distributed Feb. 15 and are to be returned within two weeks so they may be tabu lated by March 10. Miller said that budget com mittee sessions have been scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The dates ten tatively announced are March 13. 16. 20 and 23 and April 3. fi. 10. 13. 1" and 20. Snmpiimp riurins February and early March the county are on their way home. They are Capt. Freeman B. Olmstead, left, of Elmira, N.Y., and Capt. John R. McCone, right, of Ton ganoxie, Kan. (UPI Telephoto) lantic Fleet, sent the message Wednesday. There was no in dication of a reply today as Galvao resolutely sailed the seized vessel toward Africa, constantly shadowed by Navy patrol planes. Seeks Neutral Port Dennison's message said: "Request you proceed any port northern South America you choose to discharge pas sengers. Please advise port se lected and time arrival, will attempt to arrange conference aboard Santa Maria as you request." Galvao was racing across the South Atlantic, hoping to find a neutral port where he could unload the passengers and not have the Santa Maria interned. He said he would be glad la confer on board his captive ship with Americans or anyone else except Spanish or Portuguese officials. In Washington, the Navy Festival Ticket Sales Show Increase Ashland - William Patton, general manager of the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival, reported to the board of directors this week that ad vance memberships and indi vidual ticket sales are sub stantially ahead of last year at this time. As of Jan. 24, he said 191 memberships worth S4.300.80 have been purchased this year, compared to 97 member ships worth $1,549.25 last year at this time. Individual ticket sales have increased from S667.80 last year to $2,237.05 this year. Patton noted that some of the increase in ticket sales value is because of an increase in prices. The significant factor, he noted, is the great increase in memberships. Martial Law Set Up For El Salvador Guatemala City (UPH Radio San Salvador said Wednesday night the military junta which seized power Wednesday in El Salvador has proclaimed mar tial law and imposed a seven hour nightly curfew on the na tion. court will accompany County Engineer Robert Carstensen on an inspection of the coun ty's roads and bridges. Judge Miller explained that the court has set aside March 6. 7, and 9 so the court may prepare its own budget and establish budget policies. Prior to March 10 County Treasurer Karl Janouch will submit an estimate of the amount of cash which will be on hand at the end of the fis cal year and give an account ing of anticipated receipts. Miller said that by arrang ing this schedule the court hopc to complete the budqet by May 1 in preparation for publication and nu.9.ic he: q m , in the early f:l?.f Jur said the Santa Maria was about 700 miles northeast of the mouth of the Amazon river and appeared to be con tinuing on an Africa-bound course. It said the ship's course was 101 degrees and it was making 18 knots. .That course would, take it to. An gola if continued. The ship's position was charted by a Navy patrol plane. The saga of the stolen ship took a new turn when the first Navy pilot to contact the Santa Maria raised the pos sibility that Galvao may wish to discharge his captive pas sengers and crewmen at sea instead of waiting until he reaches port. Lt. (j.g.) Daniel L. L. Krauss, 24, Sea Island, Ga., reached the Santa Maria Wednesday night and carried on a con versation with a radio oper ator on board who spoke "fair English." Heard Background Voice Recounting this conversa tion, Krauss said he heard a voice in the background speaking broken English and he had the impression that Galvao was standing alongside the ship's operator during the talk. "I asked about the pas sengers," Krauss said. "He said he wanted to disembark them as soon as possible. Al though he didn't say so, I got the impression he meant on the high seas." Smith Sees Morse Defeat Big Task Portland-H'Pli-ExGov. Elmo Smith said Wednesday the Re publican party faces a "Her culean task to defeat Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) next year. Smith, who lost in last year's Senate race to Maurine Neubergcr, addressed the Ore gon Republican Club. He said Gov. Mark Hatfield would make the party's strongest opponent against Morse but that he accepted at face value the governors an nouncement he would seek re election. He added the swiftly changing Oregon political scene might witness events which would change the ob jectives of the governor. Smith said the campaign should stress Morse's "barren record of accomplishment" for the people of Oregon. County Opens Bids For Oils, Gasoline Bids were opened by the county court Wednesday for oils, gasoline, and greases for the county roads department. Apparent low bid to supply gasoline and diesel fuel was submitted by Union Oil com pany for $60,147.60. It was one of eight bids received. A bid of S2.209 submitted by McLaren Oil company was the apparent low of seven re ceived to supply furnace and fuel oil. Union Oil company's bid of S3. 93 1 was the lowest to sup - ply lubricating oils a n d f ttrT 11 v. or, 01 ll Die i0"C9 Weather Forces Pair To Remain In Labrador Kennedy To Greet Men in Washington By United Press International Bad weather delayed today the reunion of two American fliers with their wives after seven lonely months of im prisonment in Russia. Presi dent Kennedy personally will greet the two fliers when they reach Washington Friday. Capt. John R. McKone, 28, Tonganoxie, Kan., and Capt. Freeman Bruce Olmstead, 25, Elmira, N.Y., arrived at Goose Bay, Labrador, this morning en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., but their plane was ordered to remain in Goose Bay overnight be cause of a forecast of heavy snow in the Maryland area. Good Will Gesiure The two men, released five days after Kennedy's inaugur ation in an obvious Kremlin good will gesture, had been scheduled to arrive at the An drews base this afternoon and go to nearby Washington Fri day for a visit with Kennedy at the White House. Their wives flew in from Kansas to day and may be housed at the base pending the airmen's ar rival. McKone and Olmstead crossed the Atlantic this morning. They had been held since their RB47 reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Barents Sea by Soviet aircraft last July 1. Kennedy Tells News President Kennedy made the dramatic announcement at his news conference in Wash ington Wednesday nignt an hour after the two airmen had actually taken off from the Moscow airport. U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson, who had been unsuccessful in effecting the release of the airmen during the Eisenhower administra tion, suddenly found the door open in talks with Soviet of ficials in Moscow during the week end. News Telephoned President Kennedy person ally phoned the elating news to the wives and families of the two men in Topeka, Kan. "I'm just numb, very numb," said the 26-year-old Mrs. Connie McKone. "It's like Thanksgiving and Christ mas rolled into one." "My feeling was o com plete joy, relief and thankful ness," said Mrs. Gaile Olm stead, 25. Await Husbands' Arrival . The two women were sped to Washington by Air Force plane to be on hand for their husbands arrival. For four other women, the news deepened their grief in a way. They are the widows of the four men who were fly ing with McKone and Olm stead, and were killed when the plane was downed. MATS Passenger Plane Vanishes Washington - IUPIi - A Mili tary Air Transport Service passenger plane with 23 per sons on board vanished near Argentina, Newfoundland, to day after a trans - Atlantic flight. Its fate was still unknown this afternoon. The Air Force here report ed that a Navy radar picket plane saw an explosion In the air 27 miles northeast of Ar- gentia at 2:14 a.m. (PST. That was 30 minutes after the CI 18 transport was due to land at Argentia. The plane was cn route from Port Lyautcy, Morocco, to Norfolk. Va., Naval Air Force Station with a 10-meni-ber Navy crew and 13 pas sengers, the Air Force said. PROCEDURES PROPOSED Salem-H'PK - House Speaker Robert Duncan of Medford proposed new procedures Wednesday that would make legislative records more acces sible to attorneys and others seeking to determine "legis lative intent" on a particular issue. GIRL RELEASED Portland-HTIi-A 16-ycar-old girl was released to the cus- today of her mother Wednes- 1 day after admitting In a Fed j er;i Court hearing she forged "na casnea some ",uuu worm of nney orders. School District Reorganization Target of Bill Salem-tlPi!-A bill calling for direct repeal of the 1957 Ore gon school district reorganiza tion law will be introduced in the Senate in a few days, Sen. Ben Musa D-The Dalles), said today. Musa said the bill would stop any further reorganiza tion under the 1957 law, but would leave already reorgan ized administrative school dis tricts alone. Musa said he hoped to mus- Public Meeting on Future of Indian Land Is Scheduled Future organization and management of the Klamath Indian Forest lands will be discussed at a public meeting in the Jackson county court house at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Conducting the meeting, one of three scheduled southern Oregon, will be J. Herbert Stone, Portland, re gional forester for the forest service, and members of his staff. Under terms of the Klamath Indian Forest Termination act, 525,700 acres of Klamath In dian land will become nation al forest April 1, 1961. The forest service has been study ing possible ways in which to fit the lands into its system of multiple-use management of all national forest lands, the forest service said. Two proposals have been under consideration, one to divide the Indian forest land among existing national for ests, and two, to form a new national forest with headquar ters in Klamath Falls. The second proposal has the sup port of Klamath Falls in terests. The public meetings, Stone said, will afford the regional forester an opportunity to re view the study with residents of the area. Stone will for ward his recommendations to Dr. Richard E. McArdle, for est service chief. The meeting here will be sponsored by the Jackson county court. Judge Earl Miller said all interested per sons are invited to the dis cussion. Stone will meet with inter ested citizens in the Lakoview area at the Lakeview Cham ber of Commerce building at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, and in the Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce build ing at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31. Picard Trial To Start Tomorrow The jury trial of Roy R. Picard, owner of Picard's of Medford Jewelers, 129 South Central ave., who is charged with failure to file a registra tion, will get under way to morrow at 9:30 a.m. in Mcd- ford's municipal court. Picard is accused by the city of selling electrical prod ucts at his store without first obtaining a city permit. Pi card pleaded innocent Jan. 8, and requested a Jury trial. A six member jury was selected Tuesday. It will be the first municipal court jury trial in Medford this year, and will also be the first to be presided over by Municipal Judge Ronald Rickctts. Maximum penalty upon conviction of the failure to file a registration charge is a SI 00 fine and a 50 day jail sentence. City Attorney Joel Rirdcr will represent the city of Med ford, and Lawyer Robert Dames will represent Picard. Two witnesses have been sub poenaed by the city to testify tomorrow. Reapportionment May Be Put Up To Appling Salem - IUPII - Rep. George Annala, chairman of the House Elections and Reappor tionment Committee, said to day if it appeared that re mapping Oregon's legislative districts would prolong the 1901 legislature, he would just as soon turn thp issue over to Secretary of Slate Howell ter enough support for sage of the bill, at least pas- modified form. Musa, a member of the Sen ate Education committee, said there is considerable feeling that the 19o7 law "has disrupt ed a great deal the tax impact on many small, less populous dislricts. Increasing their hardships." Unfair Tax Burden me law has taken away the rights of minorities," Musa said. He said sparsely settled areas were being "sucked into reorganized districts" and forced to assume an unfair proportion of the tax burden. Musa said his bill would re store voluntary consolidation of, school districts to avoid lengthy fights and involved election procedures in order to resist reorganization, The Legislative Counsel is now drafting the bill, Musa said. Difficulty Predicted Sen. Thomas Mahoncy CD Portland), told the Senate he predicted some difficulty for a proposal by House Speaker Robert Duncan of Medford to switch Oregon's primary elec tion from May to September. Such a change would do away with presidential primaries and election of delegates to national conventions. Meanwhile the 3-cents-a-oaek cigarette tax bill had its first public hearing here Wednes day and the legislature was warned that the measure most certainly would be referred to the voters in 1B62 should it pass. Robert Bradley of Portland, secretary of the Oregon To bacco Distributors Associa tion, described the proposed tax as "discriminatory." The price of cigarettes in Oregon is cheaper than any other state in the union and the tobacco industry likes it this way, he said. Improves Business Bradley said an undeter mined amount, of cigarettes are purchased in Oregon by Washington state residents seeking to escape the 6-cenl cigarette tax in their state and this makes tobacco an even bigger business in Ore gon, he said. Any Oregon cigarette levy would be referred to the vot ers, he said. The people have expressed themselves six times on this issue and defeat ed the proposed tax each time. City Meets With Limousine Officials Owners of Medford's limou sine and taxi cab companies heard a thorough explanation of the city's laws governing their operation when they met with city officials yesterday. The meeting had been called by the city council, which has placed the city's two limousine companies on six-months pro bation for alleged violations of the city code. Attending the meeting were Carl Kellenberger, owner of both the Yellow Cab Taxi company, and the Yellow Cab Limousine service, Clarence E. Jones, owner of the Med ford Airport Limousine serv ice, and John Hill, owner of the Courtesy Cab company. City Manager Robert A. Duff, City Attorney Joel Reeder. and Airport Manager Gil Gutjahr, also attended. Duff said today that all facets of the city's regulations governing the operation of taxi cabs and limousines were discussed, and that there should no longer be any mis understanding as to their in tent or meaning. Special Meeting of Commission Tonight A special meeting of Med ford's city planning commis sion has been (ailed for 7:30 o'clock tonight in the city hall lo hear a request for a vari ance to operate a kindergarten In a single-family zone. The request is being made by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller who want to operate a kindergarten at the Congre gational church, 300 Oakwood dr. A special meeting was called by the commission to aecdmmodate the Millers, who said they needed to know at the earliest opportunity it " A v 1 ; I 2Wi SzfcS , Iff fclT&'-S IK"-' II r':r-vt";,4 ! Iff f-'ir.'- V 5' l I j i i I 1 FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE These pic tures show President Kennedy during his first formal press conference since taking Kennedy Thaw, Press Meeting Told Washington. -(UPI)- President Kennedy today looked for ward to a cold war thaw fol lowing Russia's release of two American airmen who had been held for almost seven months. The two airmen, now cn route home, are Capts. Free man B. Olmstead, 24, of El mira, N.Y.', and John R. Mc Kone, 38, 'of Tonganoxie, Kan. They were the survivors of the six-man crew of a plane shot down by the Russians over the Barents Sea July 1. The President personally announced the Russian action at a nationally televised news conference Wednesday night. He said it "removes a serious obstacle to improvement of Soviet-Ariieriean relations." At the same time, Kennedy disclosed that he had prom ised Soviet Premier Nikila Khrushchev that American U2 spy plane flights over Rus sia would not be resumed. Bank at Drain Robbed of $2,000 Drain -OTU- A search was under way today for a man who robbed the Drain branch of the U.S. National bank of $2,000 Wednesday afternoon. The bandit, ' described as about 40 years old, weighing 165 to 170 pounds and about 5 feet 10 inches tall, pointed a revolver at teller Kermit Miller and demanded money. He look the contents of a cash drawer and ran out of the bank. Police said he ap parently got away in a ear driven by another man. The car later was found, about 10 miles west of here. Au thorities said another car ap parently was used in the get away. Hawthorne Trees To Be Transplanted The Medford parks and recreation department has plans to save a number of trees In Hawthorne park that will have to be removed when the new freeway is construct ed. City Recreation Director Robert Haworlh said this morning that 12 flowering trees will be transplanted in Jackson park. These include cherry, plum and other dec orative trees, he said. lt has not yet been deter mined just how the trees will be moved, Haworth said, but added that it will be done sometime next week. The trees will be planted in the east area of Jackson park, according to a park plan pre pared by the city several months ago. Jackson park is being developed by the city. Tax Legislation Not in Hatfield Plan Salem - iUPH - The Hatfield administration docs not plan to Introduce tax legislation In the 1961 legislature because the tax "package" proposed by the Interim Tax Committee could be amended to suit its needs. ' Tins was revealed by Gov. Mark Hatfield late Wednesday. office. The news conference, held at tha new State Department auditorium, was lelfr vised live for the first time. (UPI Telephoto) Looks for The dramatic disclosures of simultaneous tension - easing concessions in Moscow and Washington came at Ken nedy's first formal meeting with Washington newsmen since taking office. In addi tion lo being televised, the conference was broadcast to radio listeners around the world. Kennedy covered a wide range of foreign and domestic problems. He diseussed Cuba, The Congo, Laos, the Chinese famine, reciprocal trade, the dollar gap and the seized cruise ship Santa Maria. On the domestic seerie, hi talked about the House rules fight, civil rights, New York politics, aid to the unem ployed, freedom of informa tioiii the budget and electoral reform. Kennedy, while cautiously optimistic about an era of better relations with Russia, sidestepped the question of a summit conference and de clined to commit himself to a meeting with Khrushchev if the Soviet leader returns to the United Nations in New York this spring. The President said "It would be more appropriate to wait until we had some indi cation whether Mr. Khru shchev is planning to come to the United Nations." i Kennedy said the release of the two RB47 fliers was nego tiated by U.S.- Ambassador Llewelyn E. Thompson In "friendly" talks with Khru shchev and other Soviet offi cials. The President said the conversations took place in an "atmosphere of civility." The President said the Soviet Union, in the talks with Thompson, still con tended that it knew nothing of 1 1 airmen still unaccounted for from the 17-man crew of a CI 30 shot down in Septem ber 1958 over Soviet Armenia. The Russians returned the bodies of six other crew mem bers. Kennedy s a I d Thompson did not discuss with the Rus sians the case of Capt. Francis Signals Installed At Intersections Traffic signals are now be ing installed at the Intersec tions of 10th st. and Central ave., and 10th st. and River side ave., to facilitate the movement of traffic over the new 10th st. bridge. Trowbridge and Flynn Elec tric company Is doing the work under contract to the state highway department. The city will reimburse the state for lis share of the cost of the signals. Charles Wakefield, manager of the project for Trowbridge and Flynn, said they expect to have the signals in operation by the second week In Febru ary. The signal poles at both intersections were installed this week, he said. NEW PORT OPENS Gold Beach -fOPD A new Pacific Coast port opened to day. The Sauso Brothers Tug Go - Getter was scheduled to leave the Rogue river with two barges loaded with 3 mil lion board feet of lumber. Cold Wa Gary Powers because it was in a different category. Powers is serving a 10-year sentence in Russia for espion age. The crash ol ms oa deep the heart of Russia last May 1 led td the collapse of the Paris summit conference. Former President Eisenhower took the blame and suspend ed all such flights-a ban Ken nedy has promised to con tinue. . ;. " ": Tension 'Quit High At his news conference, Kennedy appeared to lean over backward to avoid any inflammatory references to matters involving the Soviet Union. But he acknowledged that "in some areas" where American and Russian inter ests clash "tension . .'. is quits high." On other international sub jects, he said: ' Cuba: "We have no plan at present to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba" because the revolution there has been seized by aliens for their purposes. ' The united states welcomes national movements in Latin America but fs con cerned when they "are seized by external forces and direct ed not to improving the wel fare of the people involved but towards Imposing an ideology which Is alien to this hemisphere. 1 Congo! The United States will "increase substantially ils food shipments to reiieva famine in the turbulent area and also will step up the flow of .hospital supplies. Nuclear Test Ban: The Uni ted States has asked that ne gotiations with Britain and Russia, scheduled to resume Feb. 7, be postponed until late n March to give Kennedys administration time to "pre pare a clear American posi tion." China: He is "not anxious to offer food" to famine-stricken China "if it is regarded mere ly as a propaganda effort by the United States." Anyway, China Is still exporting ries and has given no sign that aid from the United States would be welcomed. Laos: The United States "is using its influence" to try to foster the establishment of an "independent country, peace ful country." There has been no Soviet reply to a British proposal lo re-establist a three-nation control commis sion to try lo end the civil war there. Gold and Dollar Gap: He plans to send Congress recom mendations on how to meet the deficit In U.S. Internation al balances but docs not be lieve that exchange rcsfric tians will bo needed. WEATHER KORKCASTr VriMfr tVoudliw throuch Friday. A few ton patrbf Friday racwnlnj, IfOW tonight 32-35. Hlh Fridiy 52-35 Temp. tttftartt YMtwiHy m l lowest ThU Morning 34 Prec. lo 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Stmirt today p.nv Sunrlie tomorrow 7:31 a.m. Moontet tomorrow 4itft a.m. Full Moon Jan, 31 mrOMlNKNT UTAH Aldrharan, leads (ha Moon. vmm.K w.A.vsTfr Venui. low In writ .... R:4fl P.m. Mari, In tha eat at lunitt, will h in tne wen . i:si a they could operate the kinder garten. 1 O Aftillng Jr. I O G O ft
