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SHIP STANDS BY The USS Gearing DD 710 stands by
the hijacked liner Sanla Maria off Recife, Brazil, after
Rear Adm. Allen Smith Jr. boarded the liner for talks
Net Receipts Tax
Bill Debated by
House Committee
Salem -lOPII- Rep. Clarence
Barton (D-Coquille) told the
House Tax Committee Mon
day afternoon only about 35
per cent of the income in
Oregon is taxed by the state
and HB 1001 giving the state
a net receipts tax would help
cure this.
The other 65 per cent, he
said, escapes through various
deductions and exemptions, in
cluding millions of dollars to
the federal government.
Barton, a member of the
committee, said the. .idea is
to make a greater number of
Oregonians pay the cost of
their government.
First Hearing
Under the bill, which had
Its first airing Monday, there
would be no income tax deduc
tions but coupled with a re
duction in tax rates, the effect
would be to lower stale in-
come taxes on the average of
JO per cent.
The bill would put a one
per cent tax on the first
$2,500 in income; two per
cent on the second $2,500, and
so forth. Instead of exemp
tions, each taxpayer would
be allowed a straight $20 tax
"credit." He would subtract
this amount from his tax for
himself and each of his de
pendents. Biggest impact of the tax
would be on low income
groups, particularly those who
now pay no income tax. They
would have to pay.
Committee member Victor
Atiyeh (R-Portland) described
the proposal a "milestone" in
tax equality.'
Ellis for It
Dean Ellis, state tax com
missioner, said the plan re
moves many "unnecessary
complications" from Oregon's
tax structure. He said tax
deductions actually provide
"very little equity."
Gov. Mark Hatfield favors
this tax but not elimination
of all deductions. He would
retnin contributions to charity.
No one testified in general
opposition against the bill but
among those opposing the one
per cent net receipts feature
were Tom Scanlon of the Ore
gon AFL-CIO and Ernest Bak
er of the Longshoremen's Un
ion, both of Portland.
Baker said this would reach
"a little too far down" in the
low income brackets.
Salem - HW - The Oregon
Senate has passed a bill that
would allow voters to put
their own ballots in the ballot
box
Hatfield Expects To Sign
Bonrdman Industry Soon
Salem - 'ITI' - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said today he expects
to sign : major industry for
the 100.000 acre Boardman
Bombin; Range before the
1961 leg slature adjoSrns-but
he added that getting the tcn
anl mpv require legislative ac
tion. Tenant Nol Namei
He com rri thjs nlornjng
with I t Easter., ,
later, on the sp.ee Xi
trial park, plus Senate trcs.
dent Harry 'V,V;' flouse
-Speaker Robert Dncall .
0 jlaU.eld did not narft '
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1961
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Recife, Brazil - OiPIl - Rebel
commander Henrique Galvao
promised today to bring the
620 captive passengers of the
hijacked liner Santa Maria
ashore here Wednesday.
He acted after a U.S. naval
commander group boarded the
Santa Maria and warned Gal
vao it -was too dangerous to
free the captives on the high
seas.
Guarantees Received
Galvao's pledge was made
in a message of congratula
tions to the new president of
Services Set for
Medford Lawyer
Funeral services for .tnseph
F. Fliegel, 62, of 22 North
Modoc ave., Medford, who
died Sunday, will be held at
Conger-Morris Funeral home
at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Fliegel was born Nov.
1, 1898, in LaCross Wis., and
moved to Salem in 1912 with
his parents, the late . Joseph
and Josephine Fliegel. He
was graduated from Salem
High school, a veteran of
World War I, and completed
Willamette law school in
1922.
He moved to Medford and
became attorney with the
Jackson County Federal Sav
ings and Loan association. He
entered private practice here
in the Davis building in 1932,
and had practiced continuous
ly since that time.
Mr. Fliegel is a past com
mander of the American Le
gion post, a member of the
Medford city council in 1935
36; a member of the Medford
Athletic association, serving
as secretary for 10 years;
served on the Medford plan
ning commission from 1927 to
1934 and 1937 to 1954.
He also was a member of
the Oregon Bar association,
Medford Elks lodge, and the
Medford lodge AF&AM.
He was married in Grants
Pass June 23, 1928, to Esther
Lanora VanCamp, who sur
vives. Other survivors include a
son, Joseph Fliegel Jr., Med
ford; two brothers, Rudolph
Fliegel and Oswald Fliegel,
Portland; a niece and nephew.
The Rev. Theodore J. Ehr
lich of St. Mark's Episcopal
church will officiate. Past ex
alted rulers of Medford Elks
lodge will hold services in the
chapel, and at graveside in
Hillcrcst Memorial park.
potential tenant but Aero-Jet
General Corp. of California
has been prominently men
tioned in the past.
Hatfield said he may have
to go to the legislative for an
appropriation to tjplp finance
costs of moving the Navy
bombing range to Lakecounty.
Cost Not Determined
Heaid total cost of moving
the Navy from Boardman has
not been determined but there
have been estimates of "$250,
000 on up." The incoming in
dus'd 'Q would pay for some of
this, he said, and possibly the
sonic.
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with its rebel commander. Smith boarded the liner to
negotiate with Capt. Henrique Galvao on removal of the
620 captive passengers.
Brazil, Janio Quadros, who
was sworn in at inauguration
ceremonies in the new capital
city of Brasilia today.
The message sent from the
captive liner 55 miles off the
Brazilian coast said Galvao
had decided to come into
Recife in view of guarantees
he had received from Qua
dros.
There was no indication of
the nature . of the reported
guarantees.
Galvao said in his' message
to Quadros that he did not
come into Recife today be
cause he did not want to in
trude on the Brazilian inaug
uration. There had been indications
earlier that Quadros might al
low the Santa Maria to land
and give its rebel band of 70
Portuguese political asylum,
but .the new president has
brushed off questions concern
ing the Santa Maria. In Rio do
Janeiro, Foreign Minister
designate Afonso Arinos told
United Press International
Monday night that Brazil
would "respect the treaties
with Portugal" but that the
case of the ship and its rebels
still was under study.
No Firm Agreement
Galvao's announcement of
his plans was disclosed short
ly after he conferred for near
ly three hours aboard the
Santa Maria with Rear Adm.
Allen Smith Jr., apparently
without reaching a firm agree
ment on removal of the pas
sengers. Smith returned to the de
stroyer Gearing at midmorn
ing after the session aboard
the Santa Maria and said "The
picture is not as definite us
all concerned would like it
to be."
Welfare Crews Dig
Land Fill Ditch
Jackson county welfare
work crews arc digging a sani
tary land fill garbage disposal
ditch in the Prospect area,
County Judge Earl Miller said
this morning.
The sanitary land fill area
is about three miles east of
Prospect and about a half-mile
off the Red Blanket rd he
said. Such a ditch has been
used by Prospect residents for
about a year, Judge Miller
said.
The first such ditch was dug
after the garbage dump main
tained by the Prospect Lions
club proved to be a public
nuisance became of smoke
from burning garbage and the
forest service complained it
was a fire hazard.
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RIBUNE
No. 2T1
(UP1 Telephoto)
QUITS NATO - Paul-Henri
Spaak, above, has resigned as
secretary-general of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Spaak had reportedly been un
der pressure from members of
his party to return to Belgian
politics. No mention was made
of a successor, but Holland's
Dirk U. Stikker and Norway's
Foreign Minister Halvard
Lange have been mentioned
as possible candidates for the
post. (UPI Telephoto)
Accident Caused
By Chewing Gum
Ashland - A small wad of
chewing gum led to a two
car accident on Siskiyou blvd.
in Ashland Monday night.
The Ashland police account
of the accident went like this:
1. Mrs. Marbeth Emboli, 430
Morton st., was traveling west
on Siskiyou blvd.
2. Gerald L. Eurich, 1957
Terrace St., was stopped on
Siskiyou blvd. waiting to turn
onto Palm ave.
3. Mrs. Embell sneezed, and
in the process swallowed her
chewing gum.
4. The chewing gum lodged
in her throat causing her to
choke.
5. She smashed into the rear
of the Eurich car.
Mrs. Embell was taken to
Ashland General hospital
where she was treated for a
scalp laceration. No citation
was Issued, police said.
"It Looks Like The Same
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Oregon Senate
Gets Highway
Billboard Bills
Ona Would Eon
Outdoor Signs
Salem lUPlt Two bills call
ing for regulation of bill
boards along Oregon high
ways were turned in to the
Senate today.
One measure would virtu
ally ban outdoor signs along
interstate highways - qualify
ing the state for several hun
dred thousand dollars in fed
eral bonus money, Some signs
put up prior to 1956 would be
exempt.
The other would set up a
scenic area commission to reg
ulate billboard advertising
along state highways.
This would be done by de
claring "scenic areas" where
billboards would not be al-lowed-including
park areas,
locations with historical sig
nficance, and areas with a
"view of unusual beauty."
Voters Denied Ban
There was little indication
whether the furor that led to
final defeat of billboard regu
lation by voters last Novem
ber would be transfered to the
legislature-since billboard ad
vertisers themselves partici
pated in drafting the two bills.
The measures are consid
ered a compromise with
groups that want to get rid of
all roadside advertising. They
are being introduced at the re
quest of the Council on High
way Regulation - the tourist
and billboards groups that got
together to draw up compro
mise legislation after the No
vember election.
Five Members
The scenic area commission
would be composed of five
members named by the govcr
nor-one each from the Ore
gon State Motor Association,
the AFL-CIO, Council on Out
door Advertising, State High
way Commission, and road
side services industries.
Billboards would be permit
ted in business and industrial
areas. Sen. Richard Groener
(D-Milwaukie) a supporter of
the two bills, predicted they
would pass. But Sen. Andrew
Naterlin (D-Newport) whose
district is seeking to build up
coast tourist trade, said he op
posed any billboard regula
tion. Lithia Park Deer
Killed by Shot
Ashland-A tame deer was
shot with a high powered rifle
while standing in its pen In
Ashland's Lithia park shortly
before 7:15 p.m. Monday.
The incident was reported
to Ashland police at 7:15 p.m.
by a couple who were walking
through the park. The couple
said they heard a shot and
then observed a car speeding
away from the animal refuge
park area on Granite st.
They went to the pen area
to investigate and discovered
the dead animal.
The couple reported the car
resembled a 1954 or 1955
Ford. Its color was cither gray
and white or blue and white,
they said. Ashland police are
investigating. Anyone with in
formation is asked by Police
Chief Herb Hays to contact
the police department.
Soviet Ambassador
Summoned for Talks
Washington (UPIJ President
Kennedy today summoned
A nt b assador Llewellyn
Thompson home from Russia
for consultation and announc
ed that the envoy then would
be reassigned to Moscow in
definitely. Old Tribe At The Pass"
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FREE RIDE COMING A male chimp, des
ignated only as No. 65, grins for ail he's
worth as he is carried to the Redstone mis-
Chimp
5,
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - IUPIl,down range. Higher than nor-
The United Stales successful
ly sent a trained chimpanzee
on a 5,000 mile an hour rocket
flight over the Atlantic today
in a rehearsal for manned
space flight. The rocket over
shot its target by 130 miles
but scientists said the chimp
was alive when its cabin hit
the water and had been sight
ed. The National Aeronautics
and Space agency said short
ly that it expected to recover
the floating capsule within
three hours.
Performance Satisfying
The announcement said the
chimp, trained for months to
hit certain levers when col
ored lights flashed, apparent
ly performed satisfactorily
during the buffeting flight.
Six of the nation's seven
astronauts, one of whom ex
pects to make a similar flight
ialer this year, observed the
15-mimitc flight from various
vantage points. One of the
astronauts was away on an
official mission.
Although telemetry receiv
ed from the capsule indicated
the chimp was alive when It
hit the water, radio telemetry
circuits which receive signals
from the space craft, went out
when it landed and no further
signals were received.
An hour after liftoff, NASA
issued this statement:
"The Mercury space craft
In today's tost reached a ve
locity of more than 5,000
miles an hour, a peak altitude
of about 155 statute miles and
landed some 420 statute miles
Kirtley Is Found
Innocent of
Charge
Central Point - Edwin Kirt
ley, 60, of 2885 LaPine ave.,
Medford, was found innocent
of disobeying a traffic signal
in Central Point municipal
court this morning.
Kirtley was involved in an
accident Jan. 29 at the inter
section of Pine st. and High
way flt) in Central Point. A
gasoline tanker truck struck
a driver training car Kirtley
was driving. He is driver
training Instructor at Crater
High school.
Judge Lylc Paull said con
flictlng reports on whether
the traffic signal was yellow
or green were given by wit
nesses.
Prospect Couple
Appears in Court
District Court Judge L. L.
Sawyer yesterday afternoon
suspended Imposition of sen
tence for one year on a Pros
pect couple who were charged
with failing to send their 14-
year-old daughter to school
there.
Elmer and Elma Allen
Prospect, had previously
pleaded guilty to the misde
meanor. 1 hey were charged
$5 each court costs, and di
rected to send their daughter
to school.
The district court Judge
also ordered that a petition
be filed in Jackson county
Juvenile court charging the
14-year-old Prospect girl with
juvenile delinquency.
County School Supl. Alf B.
Mnkvold charged the parents
with failure to send the girl
to school from Sept. 30, when
she was first enrolled', to Jan.
25.
Porenf Acid Perils
Louisiana Residents
LaBnrrc, La. - (ITII - Tanltj
cars bearing potent acids were
derailed here today and es
caping fumes hospitalized al
least 50 persons. A general
evacuation jt th town was
orderjd. &
iisA:v.iW 'Turn witiinkMlwtit.iiAAi
sile which gave him his first ride in space
from Cape Canaveral, Fla., today.
(UPI Telephoto)
Successful
Goo mm ft
mal booster thrust produced
t h e extra velocity, altitude
and range. The capsule has
been sighted in the water by
an aircraft. A recovery ship
should reach the spacecraft
within three hours. Telemetry
received during the flight in
dicates the chimp performed
satisfactorily.
Today's shot was the most
First1 Step
Fop Rural
The Jackson county rural
school district budget commit-
tee look the first step toward
formulating a new budget hist
night by approving a total
allocation of $40,000 under the
National Defense Education
Act.
The money will be used to
buy instructional materials for
science, mathematics and for
eign language to be circulated
from the county curriculum
materials center.
The rural school district,
which covers all county
schools, will allocate $20,000
of the total from county
school funds. The federal gov
ernment will provide $20,000.
James McDonald, director
of the county curriculum ma
terials center, also requested
an allocation for a vehicle to
be used in a courier service
to distribute films to county
schools. Cost Is estimated at
$2,184, license and tide $12,
maintenance $150, and gas, oil
and lubrication $1,000,
Committee Appointed
Committee Chairman Fred
Brueggcr, White City, appoint
ed Don Patterson, Central
Point, and Glenn Smith, Ap
plcgate, as a committee to
see if school districts would
finance purchase of the ve
hicle and its maintenance.
They are to meet with the
Jackson County School Boards
association as soon as possible.
No other action was taken
on the rural school budget
last night. The rest of the
curriculum materials center
section of the budget will be
considered next Monday night.
Yet to be considered are the
remaining budget sections on
special education and the
county school superintendent's
office budget.
Led by Sam Ilarblnson
Medford attorney, and Wll
liam A. Starzinger, Rogue
River real estate man, the
budget committee attempted
to find out where the cur
riculum materials center was
headed.
Wants To Know Obligation
Ilarblnson said he wasn't
criticizing the program, but
wanted to know "what the
obligation of the rural school
board will be four years
Dellsnback
Big Butte Creek Bill Reref erred
Salem - OTIi - A bill to let
Medford prcmit use of extra
water in Big Bulte creek was
sent back to committee on a
technicality today - but not
until after the House made
full use of the occasion to give
freshman legislator John H.
Dellenback (R - Medford) an
initiation razzing.
Dellenback was about the
only member of the House
who wasn't In on the joke.
Routine Motion
He made the Initial motion,
a routine one, to send the bill
back to the state and federal
affal(j; committee, and looked
surprised when Rep. Richard
Eymann (D Mohawk) Imme
diately protested on grounds
thejlll would merely give the
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ocket Trip
important to dale for the Mer
cury program, a $400 million
high priority dream for man's
conquest of space. Scientists
wanted to learn how the
chimp's body and mind would
stand up under the pressure
and weightlessness of rocket
flight.
A chimpanzee is similar to
a human being m many re
spects. Made
School
get
I hence." Starzlnger said last
year s allocation under the Na-
tional Defense was a total of
$31,000. The county paid half
of that. Is this total alloca
lion going to grow by $10,000
each year?"' ho asked
The curriculum materials
center director noted that the
center's circulation of mated
als has Increased four times
yet he is not asking for an
equal increase In budget allo
cation. More materials are
need to meet the demand from
the county's schools, and more
personnei is needed to meet
the increased demand, McDon
ald said..
Point System Is
Made Up for Roads
A point system is being
worked out to establish priori
ties for county road construc
tion, County Engineer Robert
J. Carstcnscn told County
Judge Earl. M. Miller this
morning.
A certain number of points
will be given each road, ac
cording to the amount and
type of traffic on lt, he ex
plained, with school bus trav
el, mail carrier traffic, heavy
commercial travel and resi
dential travel being consider
ed. This will put the county
road program on a "sounder
basis, according to need," the
county engineer explained,
Carstcnscn said the Galls
Creek rd. may be Included In
the three-year county road
program now being formu
lated. He said he planned to
take members of the county
court over the road to deter
mine need for improvement.
Inclusion In the county road
program will nol require com
pletion of a road in three
years, he explained. A road
may only be started within
the three years.
Carstcnscn said there has
been heavier travel over the
Galls Creek rd. lately than he
had anticipated.
Initiated Into
city of Medford "the privilege
to do what II wants with the
water." . .
Dellenback spoke seriously
and eloquently In defense of
the bill, even after several
other legislators moved to
Send It to other committees,
then failed lo vote In support
of their own motions.
Votes Quickly Changed
Half the House voted
against Dlenback's motion
in the final tally, but quickly
jumped up to change their
votes before the count was
made.
Dellenback, who sits tn
front of the chamber, appar
ently remained unaware of
chuckles and broad grins In
the rejr of the House.
Kennedy Whs
'elf
217-212 Msrgia
Three Members
Will Be Added
Washington - MFD - Presi
dent Kennedy won his first
big congressional victory to
day when the House voted to
expand the Rules committee.
On a roll call vote of 217-
212, the House approved a
proposal by Speaker Sam Ray
burn to enlarge the 12-man
rules group to 15 members.
This will add three liberal
members to the committee
and break the conservative
control that had threatened
to roadblock House action on
Kennedy's liberal legislative
program.
Will Swing Control
The added members, two
of whom will be named by
Rayburn, will swing control ot
the committee from Chairman
Howard W. Smith (D-Va.) to
Rayburn.
Washington - H'PII - Rep.
Edwin R. Durno (R-Ore.) to
day voted against any
change in membership of
the House Rules Committee.
Reps. Al Ullman and Edith
Green, both Democrats,
voted in favor of the
change. Rep. Walter Nor
blad's vote was not avail
able. Smith is chief strategist of
a conservative coalition, com
prised of himself, Rep. Wil
liam M. Colmer (D-Mass.) and
the committee's four Repub
licans, who in the past has
blocked action on some wel
fare bills like those on Ken
nedy's priority list.
Trouble Looms Ahead
Although Kennedy forces
carried today's vote, the nar
row margin appeared to fore
tell a hard, rocky road ahead
for much of the Kennedy pro
gram. Even with the rules
blockade broken, the Presi
dent may have trouble muster
ing the majorities he must
have in the House.
Both Rayburn and Kennedy
put their prestige on the line
in the bitter fight that has
embroiled , the . House since
Jan. 3, opening day of the
87th Congress. All other
House business has been at
a standstill awaiting settle
ment of the Issue.
Controls Flow
, Smith, with the backing of
most southern Democrats and ,
all but a small group of Re
publicans, charged Rayburn
with trying to pack the rules
group. Rayburn replied he
was seeking merely to assure
that a majority of the House
can work its will.
The Rules Committee, a
House "traffic cop," controls
the flow of legislation from
other committees to the House
floor. In recent years it has
divided sometimes 6-6 on some
social, welfare, and economic
measures of the kind Kennedy
outlined to the Congress in his
first State of the Union ad
dress Monday. On a tie vote,
clearance is denied.
On the crucial vole, 22 Re
publicans voted with 195 Dem
ocrats to support the Rules
committee change.
Sixty-four Democrats join
ed 148 Republicans against it.
All the Democratic no votes
came from southern and bor
der state representatives.
Bulletins
Port Arguello. Calif.-'ITO
-The United Stales today
launched a new satellite
being developed to keep the
Free World's eye on the
Communist throat around
the globe.
. Havana 1 1 1'i) Six Ameri
cans charged with crimes
against the Cuban state
escaped execution but were
sentenced to 30 years in
prison today.
'Club';
When finally told, he look
ed sheepish for a moment,
then broke Into laughter. "I
was just preparing nv "nal
speech on the bill," M
the House.
Now Member of Club
Acting speaker George An
nala (D-Hood River) congratu
lated Dellenback on his com
posure and added, "You are
now a member of the club."
The technicality which start
cd the whole thing was fear
by Eagle Point Irrigation dis
trict that the bill might take
away water rights now grant
ed Immediately after Medford.
Dellenback said the bllt
would be rechecked to maka
sure Eagle Point would retain.
its present rights.
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