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55th Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune iv'v L v.v 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961 No. 280 4 v -? . k 'Ganger n V Regional Edition Fraiee Says mm Derating Duncan Proposal For Welfare To Be Considered Solution Designed To Preserve Powers Salem -0JPD- Gov. Mark Hat field and State Welfare Ad ministrator Jeanne Jewett said today they would like to take a look at House Speaker Robert B. Duncan's proposed "compromise" to put an end to their welfare battle. Duncan (D-Medford) said hie solution was designed to preserve the essential powers of the Welfare Commission while opening new lines of communication and respon siveness between the commis sion and the governor's office. Comment Reserved Hatfield said he would re serve comment. But, he said, he would "look with favor" on any proposal that would improve the administration of welfare and make agency op erations more economical and more responsive. Hatfield has lashed the Wel fare Commission for arro gance, lack of cooperation, and poor performance, and has sought the resignations of four commission members. Miss - .Jewett, who denied Hatfield's charges, said she was interestted in seeing Dun can's proposal and-was "open to consideration of any pro posal that would point toward a sound operation:'' Would Dismiss Proposal Duncan's, plan would ' dis miss Hatfield's government re organization proposal to abol ish the commission and create a welfare division in a new social services department. Instead, Duncan would leave the commission as a policy-making body. Social serv ices director would serve as a coordinator between the com mission and the governor. Court Decides Not To Sign Contract The county court this morn ing decided against signing an agreement with the state high way commission on widening the Galls creek to Seven Oaks section of the new freeway. It approved a recommenda tion of County Engineer Rob ert J. Carstensen that the agreement not be signed. He pointed out that the agree ment does not mention replac ing the Blackwell creek bridge as an access to a coun ty road, nor is any mention made or implied on the map accompanying the agreement that the highway commission intends to construct a crossing over Blackwell creek on the county road serving the area. Under the agreement, the highway commission will close the county road at the throughway right of way when that section of the ex isting highway is widened. Six familise affected would have to drive through thu Rock Point interchange, a dis tance of seven miles away, or they would have to go to the Kane creek interchange about six miles away. The county engineer said he understood a new agreement will be drawn up and the re placement of the Blackwell creek bridge will be included. The county had condemned the bridge two years ago as unsafe. Rep. Durno Appointed To Interior Committee By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribunt Washington Correspondent Washington -(Special)- Rep. Edwin R. Durno, freshman congressman from Medford, Ore., has been assigned to the House Interior committee. "It offers the greatest chal lenge to do the most good for my district," Durno said Thursday. He referred to this legisla tive committee's jurisdiction over O&C timber, Indians, reclamation, parks and min ing. fi ? 'X l v ''.1 -'. M y EX-SENATOR DIES - Former sen. Millard E. Tydlngs, 70, a Democrat, died at his home near Havre de Grace, Md., Thursday. Tydings became one of the nation's youngest sena tors when he was elected to the upper chamber in 1927 at the age of 37. He was beaten for reelection by John Mar shall Butler, a Republican, in 1950. (UPI Telephoto) Lumumba Spotted Fleeing Prison With Lieutenants Elisabethville, The Congo - ItiPD Katangancse Province government sources said to day deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba, 36, escaped from prison and had been seen from the air as he fled by car with two of Ms lieutenants. ., . ' The reports said a heli copter had spotted the three men near the town of Kasati, 40 miles from the farmhouse prison where the government said he overpowered i his guards during the night and fled in a stolen police car. The Katanga government announced his escape only hours after Congo President Joseph Kasavubu in Leopold- ville dissolved the military re gime which had jailed Lu mumba. . The government reports said Lumumba was sighted slight ly north of Mutshatsha, where he had been held prisoner with two former members of his government. Mutshatsha is 380 miles northwest of Elisa bethville, capital of anti-Lu mumba Katanga Province. Moscow Radio already was hinting that reports of his es cape from jail may be only a preparation for an announce ment he had been shot while trying to escape. It noted there had been rumors that he died in prison of savage beat ings inflicted by Congolese' troops. JUDGESHIPS ASKED Washington -(UPIi- President Kennedy asked Congress to day to create 59 new federal judgeships "to relieve serious congestion and delays in many federal courts." WEATHER FORECAST: Rain, heavy at times, tonight. Showers and occasional sunshine Saturday. Cooler. Low tonight 38. High Saturday 48. . . . Temp. Highest Yesterday 55 Lowest this Morning 4!) Prec. To 10 a.m. Today .50 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:14 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 3:53 a.m. New Moon Feb. 15 At this New Moon there will he a total eclipse ot the Sun that will be visible over some of (he largrr cities of France, Italy, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Ro mania and Russia. Durno listed the following matters of concern to him: 1. Helping the O&C coun ties get into the recreation field in Western Oregon with timber revenue. 2. Promote access road con struction and other measures beneficial to the timber econ omy. 3. "To see how far the In terior Department will go into developing recreation" a reference to the proposed Oregon Dunes Seashore bill and development of other new parks and wilderness areas of which Durno is generally dubious. Heavy Cause Roads By United Press International Heavy rains caused slides and road closures throughout Western Oregon today. More than 3.5 inches fell at North Bend and Newport while Salem had 2.87 and Portland 1.72 in 24 hours. Roads were blocked by slides and high water in the Portland area, several Marion county roads were closed due to high water and slides were reported as far south as the Grants Pass area. Highway 101 Closed Rain caused slides on South west Canyon rd. near Sylvan, highway 43 south of Lake Oswego, the Estacada high way near Carver and North Greeley road in Portland. Highway 101 was reported closed near Coquille because of a washout. The Marion county road de partment reported that high water closed the old Silverton road between Silverton and Chemawa. Other Marion coun ty roads that were closed in cluded several in the Lake Labish area, several in the Jefferson - Independence area, and the Turner-Marion rd. Water Over Road ' Water jyas: reported" over the road on routes, bath south and east of ' SaldrtV although cars are getting through. 'fancies - were : reported on Highway 126 between Vida and the McKenzie bridge in Lane county. The Eddy ville-Blodgett sec ondary highway was closed Mrs. Carter Case To Be 'Closed' The case against Mrs Ra chel Peterson Carter, former employee of the Medford Ec crow company, will be "ter minated" through court action in approximately two weeks, accordng to Paul Haviland, Medford attorney and special prosecutor. Haviland, who is also spe cial prosecutor of the case in volving O. H. Bengtson, in volving the escrow company, said Mrs. Carter is charged with embezzling $200 from the company. He did not indi cate whether the case will be brought to trial, or whether he expects Mrs. Carter to plead guilty. Bengtson, Medford lawyer, formerly associated with the escrow company has been con victed on two separate charges of embezzlement. Notices of appeal on both cases have been filed. Disbarment pro ceedings against Bengtson are under way this week before a trial committee of the Ore gon State Bar association. District Attorney Alan Holmes earlier had excused himself from prosecution of the Bengtson case since his former law partner, Robert Boyer, is one of the attorneys representing Bengtson. Holmes has also been ex empted from prosecution of the case against Mrs. Carter. Holmes said today he had thought he was eligible to prosecute the Carter case since it would be considered sepa rate from Bcngtson's case and was anxious to get started. Later he discovered he would also be ineligible to prosecute the case against Mrs. Carter, Tunnel Approach Contract Awarded Sacramento -(UPI)- The Cali fornia Department of Public Works has awarded a contract for $2,186,789 for construction ot approaches to the Oregon Mountain Tunnel in recession hit Del Norte county. The contract was awarded Thursday to Morrison-Knud-sen Co., of Seattle. The proj ect calls for grading and pav ing of 4.6 miles on U.S. high way 199 just south of the Ore gon state line. A $3,432,009 contract for construction of the tunnel has already been awarded. V. Rains Slides; Closed one-half mile east of Nashville due to slides and high water. The Hood River secondary highway was reported closed at milepost six due to a slide. The Clackamas river water shed was hit by the heaviest ram for a 24-hour period in its history. A total of 4.9 inches was measured as com pared with a previous high of 4.2 inches. The weather bureau's river forecast center said most Wil lamette river tributaries would crest above flood stage today or Saturday. The main stem of the Willamette is ex pected to reach flood stage at most points in the next 1 to 2 days. The "Umpqua highway was reduced to one-way traffic at milepost 9.3 in Douglas coun ty. Heavy snow was reported on Mt. Hood and at Santiam pass. Welfare Project Men To Work in Prescott Park The city of Medford will use men from the county welfare work project to improve and renovate park - facilities at Prescott park ( Roxy; Ann park) starting Tuesday. !-. Under an . informal agree ment with the county, the ciy will use the men at the park for as long as they are avail able. City Parks Director Rob ert Haworth called the amount of work needing to be done at the park "an unend ing project." The welfare work project is a program undertaken by the welfare department and the county to provide work for persons who are on welfare. Haworth said there are an av erage of 11 men available for work projects at any one time. Cooperate in Project Haworth believes this is the first time here that the city and county have cooperated in a project where welfare help used. He noted that the county has helped with the maintenance-of the 1,740-acre Prescott park in the past. Haworth said the welfare help will be used to dig up an old 2'$!-mile water line in an attempt to locate a break in the line. The water line will then be repaired, he said. The men also will install log railings along the park road and around the two park picnic areas - Roxy Ann pic nic area and Madrone Ledge picnic area. When those projects are completed, he said, the men will engage in a general park clean-up. "None Of You Fellows Strong Enough To Swing It?" Authorities Say Soviet President Not Endangered Russia Rejects Explanations Paris -0IP1I- France said to- day that Soviet President Leo nid Brezhnev was not en. dangered when French jet fighters fired across the path of the airliner carrying him to Rabat, Morocco, Thursday. A French communique said the warning shots were fired because the Soviet plane was insiae a aanger zone over the Mediterranean. The communique said an in quiry had established that "several irregularities and in fractions by the (Soviet) crew had made interception neces sary. it said that for "some un known reason" Brezhnev's plane was "far to the south of its announced itinerary of about 85 miles, north of Al giers. Francs Cites Treaty . . France claims a "zone of re sponsibility" in the air over Algeria and part of the Medi terranean under a 1944 con vention giving each state the right to restrict or ban flights over her territory for military or pudiic security reasons, trench sources said the regulations were sent to Mos cow through diplomatic chan nels. These sources said the soviet plane was . actuallv about 25 miles Inside the zone when three French jet fighters were sent up to intercept it. The communique said the French pilots "took the view that the aircraft should have entered into radio contact as regulations provide." The aircraft then would have received advice on the route it should follow. It was to draw the attention to its position and its irregular be havior that one of the fighters received orders to fire warn ing shots in such a position that the shots should not en danger the aircraft," the com munique said, ' Soviet Rejects Explanation Russia, in a statement dis tributed by the official news agency Tass, rejected France's explanation of the incident. Another Tass dispatch from Rabat where Brezhnev's plane landed, said the pilot of the Soviet liner rejected French explanations as a "complete fiction." The plane's commander in sisted that radio contact had been established with Algiers before the incident and said the French jet buzzed his plane three times and fired at it twice. CLUB PLANNED Plans for a $170,000 tennis club project, to be called the Medford Racquet Club, were announced at a meeting of the Medford planning commission last night. The project is to in clude four tennis courts, a club house and two swimming pools. KitmStAmmmm iff mMmm 1 SLIDE STOPS TRAIN An cast-bound Union Pacific mail passonger train with more than 100 people aboard was struck by a rock and mud slide In the Columbia River Hock Slide Plunges Info Columbia River Six European Nations Confer On United Front Paris-IUPD-Six European na tions opened a "little summit" conference here today in an attempt to develop a united economic and political front in their relations with the United States and the rest of the world. . President Charles de Gaulle of France and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany, who fail to see' eye to eye ' on many problems, dominated the meeting. Representatives also were present from Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Every Action Watched If it were true that the la dies who do not attend the Thursday afternoon bridge club are the ones who get talked about, then that is pret ty much the position of Presi dent Kennedy, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. It is particularly true of Kennedy. His every action is watched in Europe these days and his words studied closely. The basic difference be tween the French and West German viewpoints here is this: The French favor a con federation of the six nations with each keeping its own striking force inside the NATO alliance; Adenauer fa vors a real unity of the six a United Europe -with some sort of supernational author ity in control. 20 Appointments Made for Blood Only 20 appointments have been made so far for the Tues day, Feb. 14, visit In Medford of the Red Cross Bloodmobile, Red Cross officials reported today. A total of 350 donors is needed to obtain the 200 pints, the quota for the visit. The Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. The following day, it will be in Ashland at the Elks club. Quota is 200 pints, for which 250 donors are needed. The Bloodmobile will be there from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Appointments for the Med ford visit may be made by telephoning SPring 3-3813; for the Ashland visit by telephon- ng the Elks club, MUrdock 9-6011. Red Cross officials stressed that local donations have av eraged only 30 per cent of quota in recent years. Resi dents may use this opportuni ty to donate blood to replace that used by friends and rela tives. Estimated 600 Attend Bank Opening Today Phoenix An estimated 600 or more people attended rib bon cutting ceremonies this morning at the new Phoenix branch of the First National Bank of Oregon. Bank officials said area residents stood in line to get into the building after its opening at 10 o'clock. Open house will continue until 6 o'clock this evening. Objections Voiced To Zone Variance For Trucking Firm Several residents of an area near a Crater Lake ave. truck ing firm objected last night to the firm's request for a zoning variance, and the city plan ning commission . postponed action' on the request for one month Austin King, owner of Aus tin :King 'Trucking company 1ZUU crater Lake ave, seeking commission approval Sanitarians Get Gold Hill Problem The problem of air and stream pollution affecting the city of Gold Hill will be re ferred to County Sanitarian Orie Moore and T. M. (Ted) Gerow Jr., of the Oregon state sanitary authority, C o u n t y Judge Earl Miller said this morning. . The city council-of Gold Hill passed a resolution Feb. 6 seeking the aative support and cooperation of the county court in solving the problem. Gold Hill charges that the Ideal Cement company at the west city limits is polluting the air with dust. Streams flowing Into Rogue river near Gold Hill are being polluted by septic tank and cess pool effluent; and garbage disposal near the banks of the river is endangering the domestic water supply drawn from the river, according to the reso lution. . , Moore . said the Jackson county health department is campaigning for towns and in dividuals along the river to clean up their sewage disposal operations. The county . judge said he would ask that both Gerow and Moore investigate the problem. Bids Opened on Gas, Oil Supply Bids to serve the city with gasoline and oil during the next year were opened in the Medford city hall yesterday. City Purchasing Agent Norman Croy said Richfield Oil company submitted the ap parent low bid of $15,970 for 78,500 gallons of gasoline, 3,500 gallons of dlcsel oil and 1,500 gallons of kerosene. Croy said Union Oil com pany submitted the apparent low bid of $726 for 1,080 pounds of grease and 950 gal lons of oil. Croy said the bids will be awarded at the next council meeting. He said there were a total of 15 bidders on the two con tracts. CRASH FATAL Klamath Falls-OT-Thomas Freeman, 35, a former Prine ville resident now living at Chemult was killed early to day when the pickup truck he was driving and a freight truck collided 30 miles north of here. Washington-flJPD-Postmastcr General J. Edward Day is studying the possibility of re suming twlce-a-day mail delivery. Gorge east of Portland today. seen laying on their sides in injured. There were no fatalities. to erect a carport-type struc ture at the rear of his build ing. King's property is al ready a non-conforming use in a limited commercial zone King told the commission that the structure does not represent an addition to his business, as such. (Structural additions to a non-conforming business have to be approved ay tne commission.) Uod As Gatag King said the carport will merely be used as a garage where his trucks could. worked on. He said he would be taking the trucks off of the front of his property and put ting them at the rear of . the property which would im prove the , appearance of his place. Several residents of the area protested the appearance of King s property and the noise that the trucks create in the morning. They also ex pressed a fear that King will be expanding his operations. King said he now has 36 logging trucks, two van trucks and five plywood trucks. King said he primar ily hauls logs for the Medford Corporation, and denied that he would be expanding his operations on this property. 1 Mrs. Alice Myers, who said she lives near King's proper, ty, called the business "a very undesirable site even for Cra ter Lake ave." Mrs. C. W. Coffmah, 1084 Woodrow lane, said King's firm has adversely affected property values in the area. Suggeit Restrictions ' ' Commission Member Walter Higgins suggested there be some restrictions placed on the size of the addition .that King is requesting. King in dicated that he would not ob ject to this. 1 '' Higgins pointed out that King is obviously going to continue in business and that he can legally park as many trucks on the non-conforming property as it will physically hold. . , Commission President Jack Edson noted that the commis sion's problem in this case is two-fold. He said the commis sion has. to understand the problems ot the businessman and also to keep in mind its bligatipn to the residents of the area. The commission voted to postpone action on the request pending additional study. Legislature Hears Plea To Increase Salem -(UPD- Automobiles in the hands of teen-agers 16 to 18 years old were described to the House Highways .com mittee Thursday as the con tributing factor in an "appal ling overall picture" of poor scholarship, bad habits, moral laxity and juvenile delin quency. Rep. Ken Maher (R-Port-land) appealed to the legisla ture to eliminate many of these problems by boosting the driving age from 16 to 18, and raising the age of a learner from 15 to 17. The two locomotives can be water. Four persons were (UPI Telephoto) wo Locomotives Go Into Water; 4 Persons Hurt Portland-IUPn-An eastbound - Union Pacific mall-passenger train carrying more than 100 youths to a church meeting was struck by a rockslide in the Columbia River gorge to day, , but no fatalities were repoT.tedii . Four persons were Injured. knocked into a trackside lake, about 2U miles east ot here. Thomas Marshall, 42, Port land, , electrician' aboard lha nine-car train, was taken to a Gresham hospital with abra sions about the face and a pos sible arm injury. Ho was re ported In good condition., - Thra Others Hurt. , i Three other persons, fire man Charles Wilson, engineer Cecil Key, and Judith Page, were brought to a Portland hospital. . Deputies said some of tho rocks were as "big as cars." The front part of the train was struck. The slide area covered the length of three railroad cars. Track both ' in front and be hind the train was torn out. A sheriff's officer who went to the scene said tons of rock and mud fell off the bluff al most at the same time as the train was passing. One of the locomotives was filling with water and the other was sitting upright atop the slide L..u i.k : i 4t. :n wuu.il cuiiiuu iiiu ucuiia imu the lake. Two baggage cars also were derailed. . The officers said the cars did not come uncoupled. Carried Methodist Youths Union Pacific officials said the train carried 118 members of the Methodist Youth Fel lowship from Portland. They were heading for a meeting in Pendleton. Buses were sent' to return the youths to Portland. The slide occurred on the south side of Highway 30. The Columbia river is on the north side of the highway. The accident occurred near Rooster Rock in the Colum bia River Gorge. The railroad said the train was struck by the landslide as it passed the site about 7:50 a.m. BILL PASSED ' Salem lUPB The Senate to day unanimously passed and sent to the House a bill that would make It a misdemeaner to place a long distance phone call and charge it to someone else's number. 1 Driving Age Maher said in addition, to high accident rates, studies show young drivers have poorer grades and! worse rec ords of trouble t and delin quency than their friends who do not drive. , But, he said, the temptation to drive, and pressures from friends who have a car, are so great that parents will not prohibit driving and the prob lem will not be solved unless the legislature acts. His bill would offer special permits for young people driving to school or work. .y '
