Trading Stamp Bill Will Be Brought Before Legislature
SUB LAUNCHED The nuclear submarine Sam Houston
slides down the ways and into
tened by the wife of the new
John B. Connolly Jr. Thursday. The crew of the new sub
rode down the ways with their ship. .(UP! Tclephoto)
Sheriff, Treasurer
Present Views on
County Government
Sheriff Joe Walsh and
County Treasurer Karl Jan
ouch presented widely diverg
ent views on county govern
ment last night before the
Jackson county home rule
study committee.
Walsh would have the tax
department a separate office
if it is to be separated from
his office. Janouch said Ore
gon is one of only three states
which has not combined the
tax office with the treasurer's
office. He favors a financial
department which would com
bine the functions, of the treas
urer, assessor and .tax depart
ment as recommended by for
mer County Clerk Bereth P.
Hopkins. ' ' v'
Janouch suggested that the
home rule committee decide
first what home rule should
do, then start building an or
ganization. Under a county
home rule charter the county
court could be given the au
thority to transfer the func
tions of offices. The charter
should also state the qualifica
tions of county officers. Fol
lowing an election the county
court could check those peo
ple elected and disqualify
those who do not meet quali
fications, Janouch said.
Abolish Budget Committee -
The sheriff boldly suggested
abolishment of the county
budget committee. He said the
budget committee . members
are often appointed because
they think like members of
the county court. Committee
members, although conscien
tious and sincere, do not un
derstand the needs and func
tions of the various county of
fices and do not have a chance
to make on-the-spot studies to
find out, he added. They
merely go by the oral and
written information .brought
them by department heads
during a series of budget
meetings once a year, Walsh
declared.
Walsh does not think the
county lacks fiscal authority.
The county court has the ulti
mate authority in budget con
trol. There is no better author
ity. He complained that coun
ty officers are not told the
financial condition of the
county and must read about
it in the Mail Tribune. Then,
at budget time each depart
ment must make its demands
without knwi5 th nseds ni.
the other departments which
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Walsh said county cou I
members should be electe o j
a party basis since they would
tend to ODerate according to
thmr notitical DhilosoDhics. P
anyway, and the voters should
know at election lime what
those political philosophies
are. He favored election of
other officers, tou. Employees
should not be changed every
time a new officer is elected,
but treated as career appoint
ments, Walsh recommended.
Janouch said the sherift. as
sessor and treasurer should be
appointed since the electorate
generally does not know what
makes a good financial officer.
Janouch would have all
county offices non-partisan
while Walsh would not. He
favored five members in the
county court or board of sup
ervisors. Walsh favored trf,ee,
each to supervise a phase of
county government. Neither
one favored district representation.
Both thought purchasing I
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the water after being chris
secretary of the navy, Mrs.
could be coordinated so all de
partments buy similar types of
supplies or equipment in a
pool or at one time, but did
not recommend a central pur
chasing agent. '
Process Serving
Walsh recommended either
removing process serving as a
sheriff's office function and
give all this business to the
county -constable or remove
the constable and turn all pro
cess serving over to the sher
iff's office.
Janouch said main advant
ages of a county charter
would be 'to provide zoning,
planning, authority to create
districts'to form ordinances,
and establish belter sanitation
and welfare programs. Coun
ty government is not too bad
now, he said. -',
Council Approves
Permit, Ordinance
The' Medford city council
last night approved a liquor
license application and an
ordinance prohibiting trailer
houses from being located on
individual lots in the city.
Requesting the liquor li
cense were Stanley L. Roberts
and Keith Sherwood who said
they plan to operate a .$60,000
restaurant and cocktail lounge
at 510 North Riverside ave.
They would operate in con
junction with the Cedar Lodge
motel.
After the trailer ordinance
is signed into law by the
mayor, the only trailer houses
that will be allowed in the
city will be trailer houses in
auto courts and trailer houses
already on property that is
annexed to the city. ,
Also, those trailer houses
already on individual lots and
which have obtained city per
mits will be. allowed to re
main. However, no new city
permits will be issued.
Other trailer houses, now
located on individual lots in
the city and which have not
obtained city permits - an
estimated 25 or 30 - will have
a six months period in which
to get out of the city.
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Solution Would
Be Sought Outside
United Nations
No Immediate U.S.
Reply To Proposal
United Nations, N.Y. - IUPI) -Continuing
failure of the Unit
ed Nations to solve the Congo
crisis gave rise today to the
possibility that Russia and the
United States might seek a
settlement outside the world
parliament.
. Soviet Ambassador Valerian
A. Zorin Thursday issued a
qualified invitation to Presi
dent K e n e d y's administra
tion to join the Kremlin in
seeking such a settlement.
There was no immediate
U.S. reply to Zorin's proposal,
but reports from Washington
have indicated that Kennedy
might go directly to the Rus
sians with an appeal to help
neutralize the situation and
restore order in The Congo
so that a start could be made
toward political stability in
the African republic.
India lent its neutralist in
fluence to the idea of a big
power settlement.
Says Agreement Necessary
"It is obvious that unless
the big powers can agree, no
decision can be taken," In
dian Ambassador C. S. Jha
told the Security Council
Thursday. "The big powers
should agree on a minimum
program without loss of
time."
After two sessions in its cur
rent Congo debate, the 11-na-tion
council adjourned Thurs
day night until Tuesday to
give member governments
time to" appraise Secretary
general Dag Hammarskjold's
proposal for U.N. ' action to
take all segments of the di
vided Congolese national army
out of the country's politics.
Hammarskjold made the
proposal Wednesday, declar
ing that the Congolese army
was the root of the trouble
because of its divided loyalties
to rival political leaders. The
proposal caught the major
powers without prepared posi
tions. In issuing his invitation to
the United States, Zorin did
not mention Hammarskjold's
proposal.
Outside the meeting, U.S.
Ambassador Adlai E. Steven
son commented:
"I regret that Mr. Zorin did
not address himself to the
secretary-general's proposals
to take all of the Congolese
armed forces out of politics.
I also regret his renewed and
unjustified attacks on the sec
retary-general."
Stevenson withheld any for
mal comment on the meeting
pending the outcome of the ad
ministration's reappraisal of
its Congo policy.
Veterans' Service
Officer To Resign
Jerry V. Bianconi, veter
ans' service officer here for
the state, will resign Feb. 24
to take a position with the
stale veterans service in Port
land or Salem, it was an
nounced today.
Bianconi has been Jackson
county veterans service offi
cer in the county courthouse
since Jan. 14, 1657. He has re
ceived several commendations
for the services given veter
ans of this area.
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18 Pages MEDFORD,
End of an Odyssey
irate Granted Asylum
y Brazil Government
Recife, Brazil pd'PU- Rebel
commander Henrique Gal
vao today spurned a govern
ment offer of political asy
lum and threatened again
io blow up the Santa Maria
unless he is allowed to leave
port with his small band
of insurgents.
Galvao disclosed he has
more than 600 pounds of
high explosives aboard the
20,900-ton luxury liner.
Recife, Brazil-IUPD-The Bra
zilian government officially
granted political asylum to
rebel leader Henrique Galvao
today in preparation for seiz
ure of the Santa Maria by the
Brazilian navy.
The Brazilian Foreign Min
istry said the rebels had laid
down their arms and would
formally surrender the ship to
tile navy,
Offer Made Earlier
President Janio Quadros
had made the offer of political
asylum to Galvao and his
band of rebels earlier this
week in hopes of getting them
to unload the 607 passengers
and 350 Portuguese crewmen.
Self-exiled Portuguese op
position leader Humberto Del-
gado, in whose name Galvao
seized the ship Jan. 22, left
the Santa Maria today with
Brazilian naval officer. He
had joined his lieutenant
aboard when the Santa Maria
anchored at the entrance to
Recife Harbor.
Victim's Identify
Only Tentative
Law enforcement officers
and the Jackson county coro
ner's office today are continu
ing their investigation of the
Wednesday night house fire
which took the life of a man.
The victim is still only ten
tatively identified as Owen P.
Short, 46, of Carpenter Hill
rd. Coroner Carlos Morris said
that the v i c t i m's height,
weight, and general charac
teristics match those of Short,
who was living at the house
at the time of the fire.
An autopsy was performed
Thursday afternoon at the re
quest of District Attorney
Alan B. Holmes.
Medford rural firemen were
called to the- blaze at route
4, box 463, about a mile west
of Phoenix shortly before 11
p.m. The body was found
about two hours later in the
basement.
Officers were reported at
the fire scene this morning.
Student Government
Day Set for Feb. 23
The 13th annual student
government day in Jackson
county has been set for Feb.
23, it was announced today
by Marvin Trautman, youth
activities committee chairman
for Medford Elks club.
Trautman said that this
year's event will last only one
ay, rather than two as in
recent ycar.'e and will be
climaxed by a banquet in
Hedrick Junior High school.
The Elks ciub sponsors the
annual event, when students
from county high schools fill
offices in city and county gov
ernment for the day. They
will be guests at a Medford
City council meeting Feb. 16
in preparation for their short
terms.
Mayor John Snider and
County Clerk Marvin Madden
will administer the oath of
office to the young office hold
ers. Congolese Troops
Ambush UN Force
Lcopoldville, The Congo -Hi'PIi
- Congolese army troops
ambushed a United Nations
Nigerian force near Kindu in
Kivu Province today.
The U.N. Command an
nounced that one Nigerian was
killed in another attack Thursday.
55th Year
OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1961 No. 274
The Brazilian navy had sent
50 marines aboard the Santa
Maria after the passengers and
crew went ashore, leaving
only Galvao and his rebels
aboard.
The Brazilian government
said the future of the liner
would be decided by the
courts. The Portuguese owner,
the Colonial Navigation Co.,
Gardiner Paper
Plant Discussed
At Salem Meeting
Salem OIPU About 20 leg'
islators and officials of Inter
national Paper Co. met here
late Thursday to discuss two
bills up for hearing today that
would enable the company to
build a $30 million plant at
Gardiner in Southwest Ore
gon. The measures, House bills
1316 and 1317, would allow
the firm to run a pipeline un
der the beach and raise waters
of Tahkenitch and Siltcocs
lakes. These factors are neces-
sary for the plant's operation,
lo employ joo
Harlan D. Shope of Mobile,
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Ala., engineer for Intcrnation-
al Paper, said the plant at first
will manufacture brown craft
paper, fibcrboard and some
pulp. It would initially cm
ploy about 300 persons, with
Ashland-Talenf Fund
Officers Elected
Ashland - Officers for the
Ashland - Talent United Fund
were elected at a meeting
Wednesday.
Dom Provost Jr. was elected
president and Paul Antony
was elected treasurer at the
annual meeting of fund mem
bers. Thelma Tabor was re
elected secretary.
Board members named were
Stanley Jobe, the Rev. James
St. Clair, Carroll Smith, Jay
Dent, Clinton Lorber and
Duane Ross. Dr. John Brad
shaw was named honorary
board member.
Final figures for the 1959
ATUF activities wore pre
sented. Total collected money
was 819,275.19 and $16,611.89
was disbursed lo participating
agencies. Pledges totaling $1,-
253.96 could not be collected.
The report for the 1960 cam
paign showed $23,065.69 in
contributions and pledges col
lected. Men and Women Favor
Retirement Income
New York - (UPD - Men and
women have different ideas
on many different subjects
but when it comes to invest
ment objectives, they're clos
er than usual.
According to a National As
sociation of Investment com
panies poll, more than one
out of three of both men and
women indicated "future re
tirement income" as their
favored investment goal. "A
better return on savings" was
cited by one in four of both
male and female shareholders.
ARTS COMMISSION
Salem -(UPD- A bill has been
introduced in the Senate that
would create a State Fine Arts
Commission.
CLERK APPOINTED
Salem -fl'PD- The State Land
Board has appointed Gordon
Bernard of Salem to succeed
Edgar Pierce as clerk effective
Sept. 15.
CONFERENCE SET
Washington -' IUPI) - Dean
Rusk will hold his first news
conference as secretary of
state Monday t 8 a.m. (PST).
Regional Edition
Tribune
was standing by with a court
order to reclaim it.
Colonial was arranging to
send the 620 passengers-overjoyed
at their release from
captivity at sea-to their orig
inal destinations at the com
pany's expense. Some of the
passengers were without
funds.
(See story on Page 2)
a payroll of better than $1.5
million a year.
Company officials said the
operation could be expected
to double in the near future
but indicated Gov. Mark Hat
field's estimate of 1,000 jobs
might be a bit high. They con
ceded that spurts in the econ
omy could make the operation
mat big.
Question Raised
Sen. Vernon Cook (D-Trout-
dale) raised the question of
whether the plant's operation
might be inside boundaries of
the proposed Oregon Dunes
National Seashore Park. He
wondered if the plant might
foreclose Oregon getting the
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Maurine Neubergor (D-Ore)
had been asked to look into
this.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille) said he doubted if
the plant would have "any
adverse effect" on the pro
posed park.
Electrical Shock
Hospitalizes Woman
Ashland - Ashland police
received a call Thursday at
6:34 p.m. which they thought
indicated someone had been
shot. They sped to 1480 East
Main st. and discovered what
they had thought was a "shot"
was really "shocked."
State police assisted by Ash
land police revived Mrs. Anita
Jackson who was suffering
from shock and minor burns.
The woman was in the bath
tub when a floor lamp toppled
over. She reached to grab the
lamp while still in the tub and
was severely shocked. Mrs.
Dorothy Stevenson, a neigh
bor, was called to the Jackson
house and immediately pulled
the lamp plug. She summoned
Ashland police who called
stale police.
The woman was taken lo
Ashland General hospital. She
was reported in good condi
tion today.
Gradual Decline
In Lumber Prices
Portland -(UPD- Crow's Lum
ber Market News Services
said today lumber prices
showed a gradual decline dur
ing the last two weeks.
The plywood market re
mained at the I960 level al
though mills wore taking only
the most desirable orders at
that price.
CHAINS NECESSARY
Salem-IUPD-The State High
way Department reported to
day that heavy snow made
chains a must at Mcacham, be
tween La Grande and Pendle
ton. WEATHER
FORECAST: MoMlv cloudy lo
nl(ht and Saturday. A few
showers tonleht. Patrhy Tallry
trig Saturday morning. Haiti
late Saturday, Low toni(ht 42.
High Saturday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 59
Lowest this MornJnr 42
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today . .02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ...
8unrle tomorrow
Moonrlse tonight ..
Last Quarter
The planet, Man,
5:Z7 p.m.
.... 7:33 a.m.
, S;34 p.m.
Feb. 8
Is now sU
conUellfttlon.
ttonary In the
Gemini, Next week Mars will
begin an eastward movement
among th stars that will con
tinue until i)rr, 17, 1962.
Key Part Would
End Franchising
By Companies
Stamps Would Be
Redeemable in Cash
Salem (UPll A controversial
bill to regulate trading stamps
in Oregon will be introduced
in the legislature within two
weeks, a spokesman said to
day. Measures lo flatly outlaw
trading stamps in the state
died in the 1957 and 1959 leg
islatures. The pressure from
housewives was too much.
Bill Four-Fold
The 1961 bill is four-fold,
according to Ralph W. Em
mons of Salem, executive sec
retary of the Oregon Business
Council which is sponsoring
the bill.
The measure would require
that:
1. Trading stamps show
their cash value.
2. They be redeemable for
a penny each in either cash or
merchandise.
3. Stamp companies be li
censed and bonded by the
slate and required to file fi
nancial reports annually.
4. Stamp firms must allow
any merchant to har.dle them,
instead of the present fran
chise system.
Companies Opposed
Key to this year's effort is
the part about abolishing fran
chises. Stamp companies pro
test that this, if enacted,
would put them out of busi
ness.
Emmons Indicated the coun
cil feels this bill will have a
better chance because it is
regulatory, not prohibitory.
He noted, however, that on
Jan. 16, the Wyoming Su
preme Court reaffirmed its
ruling that Wyoming s law
banning the stamp altogether
is constitutional.
Sen. Ben Musa (D-T h e
Dalles) said he shuddered at
the thought of another trading
stamp fight. When he was the
chairman of the 1957 Senate
Committee on State and Fed'
eral Affairs, he received 5,000
letter! from housewives pro
testing , the bill that would
have made the stamps illegal
General Funds
ToPayMekvold
The Jackson county court
has ordered that $5,577.89 be
transferred from the Jackson
county general fund to the
rural school fund. County
Judge Earl Miller said today.
This money will pay Jack
son County school superin
tendent Alf Mekvold his sal
ary for the next six months,
it was explained.
Previously, the county paid
about half of the school su
perintendent's salary and the
rural school board the other
half. That was whon Mekvold
was recognized as an elected
county officer under state law.
However, now under state
aw, Mekvold is an otticer
appointed by the county rural
school board. The 1957 school
district reorganization law
provided that when the coun
ty school superintendents'
terms of office expire they
may be appointed by the rural
board. Mekvold's term ex
pired Jan. 1.
The district attorney s of
fice ruled that the court could
legally transfer the remaining
salary due Mekvold to the
county rural school fund. Now
the rural board will pay the
money the county naa paia
previously.
The district attorney s office
ruled that since all schools in
Medford are in the rural
school district it is proper for
the salary to be paid from
the general fund.
Industrial Area
Planned at Corvallis
Corvallis - IUPH - The City
Council has voted lo include
an industrial area in South
Corvallis in annexation plans
for an area 1 'i miles south of
here.
Courier for Curriculum
Center Is Recommended
The Jackson County School
Boards association last night
requested that the Jackson
county rural school board in
augurate a courier service for
the county curriculum materi
als center.
During the meeting with the
representatives of the rural
school board, the association
and school administrators also
requested that the total alloca
tion of the service, some
$7,400 be assumed as part of
the rural board budget rather
than prorated to the individ
ual districts as suggested orig
inally. If the rural board should
decline, then the association
asked that the budget item
be referred back to It lor
further constdeiation.
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TRAFFIC SNARLED Morning rush-hour traffic was at a
standstill on the Northwest Expressway near Chicago's Loop
today as an overnight snowfall of six inches made driving
conditions hazardous. Traffic jams occurred when cars be
came stalled on exit ramps. The new onslaught of winter
battered the midwest and east and a United Press Interna,
tional count showed at least 16 persons dead as a result
of the storms. The mercury plunged to 24 below zero at
Watertown, N.Y., and schools were closed from the Missouri
river to the Carolinas. (UPI Telephoto)
Snowstorms Batter
Midwest and East
With Deep Drifts
By United Press International
Two huge snowstorms, pow
ered by howling winds that
piled drifts up to 10 feet deep,
battered the winter-weary
Midwest and East today.
The new onslaught of win
ter piled deep snows on Chi
cago and St. Louis, tangled
Recognition Is
Sought by Group
The Jackson county court
Thursday was asked to recog
nize a citizens stadium com
mittee to smooth out planning
for a multi-purpose stadium
at the fairgrounds site here. .
. John Wcisbrod, chairman of
the committee, told the court
that official recognition is nec
essary to enable the commit
lee to gather more facts and
figures regarding construction
of the stadium, ft was stated
that such recognition would
not. necessarily put the stamp
of approval of the court on
the stadium plans. . ,
Wcisbrod, stating that com
mittee members had spent as
much out-of-pocket money as
they can afford; asked that
$5,000 be provided for re
search and architcctual plan
ning to enable the committee
arrive at an accurate esti
mate of construction costs. He
pointed out that providing
the money would not bind the
court to construction of the
stadium but would make ac
curate study and planning
possible. '', -
C o m m 1 s s 1 o ner Chester
Wendt stressed that the court
has not decided to construct
the stadium, but said the com
mittee's requests would be
taken under advisement.
Woman Arrested
After Argument
Medford police Thursday
were called to Investigate a
family argument at 404 North
Riverside ave., during which
a 44-year-old man was stabbed
twice with a butcher knife.
William Howell Frost, cab
in No. 16, 404 North Riverside
ave., was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital where he was
treated for stab wounds In his
left shoulder and arm and re
leased. Police arrested Mrs. Mae
Hazel Fisher, 51, same ad
dress, on a charge of disor
derly conduct. Mrs. Fisher
told police she is Frost's ex-mother-in-law.
She entered a plea of guilty
to the charge in district court
this morning and disposition
of sentence was postponed for
six months.
All those attending the
meeting favored inauguration
of the service to speed distri
bution of educational materi
als from the courthouse cen
ter. The districts' representa
tives also felt that the most
equitable method of financing
was for the rural board to as
sume cost of the courier serv
ice operation as part of the
operating budget of the coun
ty school superintendent's of
fice since ail districts are
using the center.
The center supplies mate
rial to 47 public schools In
Jackson County and over 800
teachers, administrators and
supervisory personnel, James
McDonald, curriculum materi
als director, pointed out.
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traffic and closed schools from
the Missouri river to the Car
olinas and raised heavy snow
warnings along the Eastern
seaboard.
The twin storms, one shov
ing eastward across the lower
Great Lakes region and the
other exploding northward
out of a Dixie ice storm, took
a mounting toll of lives.
IS Deaths Recorded
A United Press Internation
al count showed at least 16
persons were killed on ioy
highways or died of overexer
tion or other causes attributed
to the violent weather since
the storm boiled up in Iowa
Thursday.
The snow heaped new suf
fering -on the Northeast,
where 16 days of bitter cold
snapped 1 80-year-old records
and had old timers reminisc
ing about the rugged winter o
1881. : . . - v -
' The mercury plummeted to
24 below zero at Watertown,
N.Y., and 19 below at Mont-
peiler, Vt., and New York
City's 7-above reading gave
the. metropolis its 16th consec
utive day of freezing.tempera-
turcs. . v
Fifty mile an hour winds
piled snow 8 to 10 feet deep
in mountainous areas of south
western Pennsylvania, closing
virtually all secondary roads
in Fayette county. '
Federal government offices
in Washington told workers
they could go home four hours
early as the storm began pil
ing an expected four inches on
the nation's capital and spread
northeastward toward New
York. . r . . ,
Snow Snarls Traffic
A surprise six-inch fall crip
pled traffic in Chicago.
St. Louis was slugged by an
eight-inch snow and nine-inch
falls were measured at Alton,
111.,, and Ottumwa and Bur
lington, Iowa. ,
Sleet and freezing rain
spread a treacherous glaze of
ice 'across Georgia ana tne
Carolinas, and warnings ' of
gales and high tides were
hoisted along long stretches of
the Atlantic Coast.
Police Investigate
Four Burglaries
Medford police today ars
investigating four burglaries
that were reported late last
night and early this morning
three of them at doctor's clin
ics and the fourth at a lumber
yard. "
Reported taken was $46 In
cash from a money box at the
East Main Dental Clinic, 1117
Fast Main St. Entry was gain
ed by forcing open a door and
breaking a window, police
said.
Nothing was taken nor even
disturbed in the other three
buildings that were burglar
ized last night, police said.
They are, the Price and Black
stone Dental offices, 801 East
Main st.; the Hawthorne Os
teopathic Clinic, 41 Haw
thorne ave.; and the Lambert
Voegtly Lumber company,
147 North Holly st.
. Police said the burglaries
are apparently related.
State Land Board
Probe To Be Sought
Salem-WPt-State Sen. Ver
non Cook (D-Troutdale) said
today he is drafting a reso
lution calling for a wide-scale
probe of the Oregon Land
Board in 1962. But he empha
sized it would not preclude
action In the 1961 legislature
to allow Oregon to lease her
offshore lands for oil exploration.
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