SUNDAY. FEBRUARY S. 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
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'Great Decisions' Program Starts
With Discussion on Divided Germany
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non-partlan Foreign Policy im
elation has launched IU jevenlh
annual "Oreat Occlslum" pro
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March 26 and ranee, throuth
elaht .peclllc dlsciu.lon topic.
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lated to the lint dl.cimlon topic.
'Deadlock over Germany Neeo
tlatlon or Trltccr to Hot War?
By WELLINGTON LONG
United Press International
Rnnn President Kennedy
is faced with the problems o
Berlin and a divided Germany
which are as explosive and as
apparently insoluble today
as when they came into ex
istence 16 years ago.-
The Communist regime in
East Germany has used the
nnrind of deadlock to strength
en its political stature and to
tighten its hold on Benin.
The division within Germany
steadily grows wider ano
deeper.
Regularly the west, ucr-
mans demand reunuituu
and the Communists rerjun
them. The deadlock Is so tirm
that several West German
politicians have suggested that
STATE FISH California Gov. Edmund G. Brown places
several Golden trout In a pond outside the state capitol at
Sacramento. The trout, from a pond in the Sierra, are Cali
fornia's official fish, r , : (UPI Telephoto)
The Week in California
Legislator Calls for Careful
Screening of Proposed Budget
the West might as well rec
ognize the existence of two
separate German states.
But the official position
maintained here in the West
German capital is that there
is only, one legal German
state and that the Communist
regime imposed on East Ger
many is illegitimate.
However, this official view the deadlock to break
has not kept many West Ger
mans from giving up hope of
a reunited Germany through
free elections by East and
West.
The question is, therefore
whether the West should ne
gotiate with the East German
regime or wait hopefully for
City's Per Capita
Property Tax Ranks
Next to Portland
United Pre.. International
Gov. Edmund G. Brown de
clared that "we can live with
out a lax increase in Califor
nia" if the nation's economy
climbs at the rate envisioned
by the Kennedy administration.
But the governor told news
men in Sacramento that the
future holds some "tight,
tough going" and he wanted
to "leave an escape hatch" on
liis statement against higher
taxes
Brown gave his views after
Legislative Analyst A. Alan
Post said that Californians
may be faced next year with
a $92 million debt and the
possibility of another tax
boost,
Post told the State Senate
. Finance committee that
Brown's $2.6 billion budget
' this year is barely balanced
by using $110 million in bond
funds and $32 million in sur
pluses,
"We are rapidly running In
to very serious financial con
ditions," he said.
Cut Recommended '
In his analysis, Post recom
mended that the legislature
cut $68 million from the budg
et, about two-thirds of it from
state building construction,
which he said appeared to be
: estimated too high.
But he warned that it was
necessary also to screen very
carefully the proposed Increas
es in social welfare benefits
and education appropriations
that were introduced In bills
separate from the budget,
At week's end, two surviv
ors of the RB47 reconnais
sance plane shot down by Rus
sia left Sacramento for their
homes in Kansas after visit
ing the wives of two missing
crewmen.
Capts. John R. McKone, 28,
and Freeman Olmstead, 25,
spent the night at Mather Air
Force base after visiting Mrs.
Eugene Posa in Visalla and
Mrs. Dean Phillips In Sacra
mento
Posa and Phillips have not
been heard from since the
plane was shot down over the
Barents sea last July
Mrs. Phillips said McKone
and Olmstead, recently freed
from a Russian prison, were
able to tell her little she didn't
already know about the fate
of her husband, a radar ob
server.
"I still have hope," she said
Newsmen were barred from
talking to the officers,
Other Development!
Elsewhere, there were these
developments:
Rage: A young Air Force
veteran cooly described to
San Francisco police how in
a fit of rage he strangled his
baby son, then tried to kill
his wife to prevent her from
finding out. Frederick L. John
son, 22, said the baoy was
crying and "I wanted him to
go back to sleep." He was ar
rested near Plucerville, Calif.,
after a wild chase along U. S.
Highway 50.
Discrimination! State Attor
ney General Stanley Mosk ac
cused the U. S. Department of
Defense of aiding discrimina
tion In the housing of Negro
missileincn. Mosk declared in
a speech at the University of
Southern California that the
Army had negotiated leases
for Negroes "In distant Negro
areas rather than nearby
while areas." He charged the
Army was In violation of mili
tary security regulations
which required that Nike mis
sile site personnel were sup
posed to live within five min
utes of the missile sites.
Traffici Carelessness and
willful traffic violations caus
ed 10 persons a day to die on
California highways last year,
according to Commissioner
A
Bradford M. Crittenden of the
Highway Patrol. He reported
that 3,723 persons died in traf
fic accidents in 1980. That was
the highest total since 1956
when 3,804 died..
Dancers: Bare-bosomed Af
rican dancers scheduled to ap
pear at the Blltmore theater in
Los Angeles will have to wear
brassieres in their act, the
city's police commission warn
ed. A troupe spokesman said
the dancers did not have to
wear brassieres in Boston or
Philadelphia.
Hearing: A 24-year-old foot
ball halfback said he thought
one of the pilots had been
drinking before the crash of
an Arctic Pacific C46 that
killed 22 persons including 17
members of the California
Polytech football team. The
testimony of halfback James
H. Fahey at a Civil Aeronau
tics Board hearing in Oak
land was contradicted by a
stewardess who said she was
positive neither pilot had been
drinking. Medical reports gave
no indication that there was
alcohol in the pilots' blood,
witnesses said.
Bonelli: William G. Bonelll,
former California liquor czar
now living in Mexico City,
was indicted by a federal
grand jury in Los Angeles for
income tax evasion. Boneiu
failed to report more than
$102,000 in income for 1952
and 1953, evading taxes of
more than $60,000 for the two
years, according to Assistant
U. S. Attorney Thomas R.
i Sheridan.
Residents of Medford pay
the highest per capita city
property tax of any of the 14
cities in Oregon outside of
Portland having a population
of 10,000 or more, according
to a report prepared by the
Bureau of Municipal tte
search. The property tax levy for
city purposes in Medford dur
ing the 1961-62 fiscal year was
$873,623. This averages out to
$36.06 per person.
This total is exceeded only
in Portland where the per
capita city property tax is
$45.23. The next highest city
in the 10,000 and over classi
fication is Roseburg where
the per capita city tax is
$35.13.
The per capita city tax levy
for other incorporated cities
in Jackson county includes
Ashland, $18.35; Central
Point, $16.36; Jacksonville,
$13.78; and Gold Hill, $21.72.
In its report the bureau
compares the property tax
levies in the 220 active in
corporated cities in Oregon,
Exceeds $200 Million
The report points out that
for the first time in history
the total property tax in the
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RECEIVES TICKETS G. M. Joyce (right), trainmaster
here for the Southern Pacific railroad, acted as master of
ceremonies during Friday night's retirement party for Robert
(Bob) Holmes, Southcn Pacific district passenger and freight
agent. He presented Holmes two round trip tickets to Hono
lulu, Hawaii. The Holmes will leave San Francisco by jet
plane on St. Valentine's Day. About 200 people attended
the banquet at Kim's restaurant.
SP District Agent
Honored At Banquet
Veteran Southern Pacific
railroad man Robert (Bob)
Holmes was honored at a ban
quet at Kim's restaurant here
Friday night on the occasion
of his retirement.
Holmes, district freight and
passenger agent, thought
friends were taking him to
the Medford Chamber of Com
merce banquet and was sur
prised as he entered the ban
quet room to strains of "He's
A Jolly Good Fellow." Ap
proximately 200 people, whose
names read like who's who In
Pacific Northwest railroading
and the shipping world, stood
up to give him a thunderous
applause.
Mrs. Sonia Grififth, Grants
Pass, played the welcoming
organ music. As guests seated
themselves for the dinner, a
blare of band music heralded
the arrival of a railroad band.
Members of (he impromptu
group, Bob Church, I. A. Mi
rick, Jack Walker, Dr. Milo
Kubalek and Don Larson,
each wore engineer's caps and
red bandanas.
Holmes Joined the band for
a few minutes to demonstrate
his dexterity with the cym
bals. He led some singing and
sang a solo, "South of The
Border."
Since he started work for
the Southern Pacific In Med
ford on Sept. 13, 1913, Holmes
made many friends. Last night
they presented him gifts
which included two round trip
tickets to Hawaii for Mr. and
Mrs. Holmes plus hotel res
ervations there, a bright yel
low pith helmet with South
ern Pacific emblem and oth
ers. Holmes lived In Central
Point in 1913, but walked to
Medford every day to work
as warehouseman and clerk.
He worked up through the
ranks. In 1933 he went to
Spokane. Wash., also spent
some time in Seattle. He re
turned to Medford In 1942
and has been here ever since.
Holmes' railroad career has
been continuous with South
ern Pacific since 1913, 48
years, except for one year in
the infantry in World War I.
He officially retires Feb. 28,
but will take some vacation
time and leave his office on
Feb. 8.
Promotions
He became chief clerk in
1920 and in 1923 was promot
ed lo traveling agent, serving
In Salem and Eugene until
1927. He was promoted to
freight agent in Southern Pa-
FTC Regulations
To Be Reviewed
Oregon businessmen will
have a unique opportunity
to learn more about Federal
Trade commission regulations
at a conference to be held in
Portland Feb. 7.
The conference will outline
current policies and regula
tions of the FTC, with special
emphasis on advertising and
the Robinson-Patman Antidis
crimination Act, according to
Leon Garoian, extension mar
keting management specialist
at Oregon State college. Meet
ings will be held in the De
partment of Interior building,
1001 NE Lloyd blvd., start
ing at 9:30 a.m.
Principal speaker at the
conference will be John R.
Helm, director of the bureau
of consultation for the FTC,
Washington, D.C. Walter W.
Harris, attorney in charge of
the Seattle branch office of
the FTC, will also appear on
the program.
Reservations for the con
ference, and for the luncheon,
can be made by contacting
the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
The conference is being
sponsored by the Oregon State
College Cooperative Extension
service, Portland Better Busi
ness Bureau, Portland Retail
Trade Bureau, and the Port
land Chamber of Commerce,
state for all local government
purposes exceeded $200 mil
lion. Of this total, $111,923,
712 was levied within incor
porated cities, which is 55.9
per cent of the total.
. Of the total local govern
ment property tax in the state,
64 per cent goes to elementary
and secondary education; 15
per cent goes to cities; 17 per
cent to county government
(Jackson county has no prop
erty tax); and the remaining
4 per cent to other local tax
ing districts.
Tax levies for city purposes
only comprise $30,302,036, or
27.1 per cent of the total prop
erty tax levy within cities.
Increased By 6.7 Per Cent
The bureau points out that
total levies on property in
creased by 6.7 per cent over
the previous year.
Medford ranks fourth
among cities in the 10,000 and
over classification in the per
capita combined tax paid by
its citizens.
Residents of Medford pay a
combined property tax of
$,796,380 which averages out
to $114.76 per person. This is
exceeded by Portland with a
per capita combined tax of
$147.74; Springfield with a
$126.48 combined tax; and
Eugene with a $119.25 com
bined tax.
The Russians demand direct
negotiation between the two
regimes. They are expected to
maintain this position in the
hope that it will influence the
fall elections in West Ger
many. It is expected that both
Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer's Christian Democratic
Union an'fl West Berlin Mayor
Willy Brandt's opposition So
cialists will lobby for some
new arrangement to better the
conditions of the 17 million
persons living in East Ger
many. Used as Hostages
The Communists admit that
they are using these 17 mil
lion people and the two mil
lion living in West Berlin as
hostages.
They are, in effect, pawns
in a diplomatic chess game
that has been going on since
World War II when Germany
was divided.
Recently the West German
government won a Communist
promise to refrain from inter
fering with traffic into Berlin
by threatening to end all trade
with East Germany and Rus
sia. But West German leaders
realize that this was only one
victory in the chess game
which involves the world.
They know that the present
delicate balance of power in
Berlin and Germany could be
upset instantaneously and that
maintaining the balance de
pends primarily on the rela
tions between President Ken
nedy and Soviet Premier Ni-
kita S. Khrushchev.
Khrushchev previously has
used threats against Berlin to
force high level diplomatic
conferences. It is not unlikely
that he may resume these
threats to urge Kennedy to
take part in a summit conference.
Depends on Kennedy
West Germans believe that
much depends on whether
Kennedy can make the Ameri
can position on Berlin credi
ble and convincing to the Rus
sians. They caution that the
Russians may not take him at
his word and may try to test
him - particularly before the
fall elections.
Kennedy sent the following
message to the West Berlin
magazine "Berliner Illus
trirte" after his inauguration:
"The world must know
that we will fight for Berlin.
We will never permit that city
to fall under Communist in
fluence. We are defending the
freedom of Paris and New
York City when we stand up
for freedom in Berlin."
The West German govern
ment hopes that the Russians
take Kennedy at his word.
HOWARD F. NORWOOD
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Rogue River, Ore. "
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former business associates and friends
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Mortuary Accepted
Into Fellowship
The Perl Funeral home
Sixth st. and Oakdale ave.
Medford, has been accepted
Into the fellowship of the Or
der of the Golden Rule, an
International organization of
funeral directors.
Funeral director members
of the Order are selected for
their ability to uphold the
ideals of this world-wide or
ganization which is 30 years
old, an organization spokes
man said.
cific's Seattle office in 1927.
In 1931 he was made traveling
agent in Spokane and five
years later was advanced to
general agent there. In Feb
ruary, 1942, he was made dis
trict freight and passenger
agent at Medford. a position
he has held for the past 19
years. His territory extends
from the California line north
to Oakland, Ore., with an as
sistant district freight and
passenger agent at Roseburg.
Holmes was married in 1924
lo Helen Strang, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strang,
Medford pioneers. Strang op
erated a drug store here for
many years.
The railroad agent has
been active in the Medford
Chamber of Commerce, Ro
tary, Elks club. American Le
gion and Rogue Valley Coun
try club. He was the subject
of a feature story in August,
I960, issue of the Southern
Pacific Bulletin, the company
magazine.
Holmes' successor is to be
announced soon. ,
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