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Ru ssian Regional Edition MEDFORDtTRIBUNE 16 Pa9e5 MEDFORD, Hatfield Welfare No Modifications Will Be Made in Basic Principle Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield said today he will accept "modifications" in his plan to reorganize the state welfare commission if they do not violate his basic aims of making the agency more effi cient and responsive. Two such compromises have been offered by House Speak er Robert Duncan and Senate President Harry Boivin. They would leave the commission with more power than Hat field's plan. Proposals 'Interesting ..Hatfield said the proposals were "interesting" and he would have to see them in relation to the whole program before commenting further. -I'We are certainly going to support programs that bear out our basic principles," Hat field said. ''There may be modifica tions that will be necessary," the governor said, "but not in principle at all." Hatfield, at his weekly news conference, also urged passage of enabling legislation for a $24 million bridge over the Columbia river between As toria, Ore., and Megler, Wash., and said State Land board records are "open and avail able" if the legislature wants to investigate the board's ac tivities. --vk,i... Hatfield said it' wis "hard to evaluate" a hearing last week io 'air his charges of "chaos" in activities of the State Welfare commission. But 'hvv 'thought ' his own case as given by his assistant, Warne Nunn, had been well presented. He said he expected his office would be able to "rebut" charges by commis sion spokesmen at a second hearing Tuesday. "No doubt, we will certain ly have ourcase well estab lished and well proven," he said. Aggressiveness Asked Hatfield said the welfare recovery division should be more "aggressive" to get at cases where people should not be receiving money. He de clined to estimate how many cases he felt were involved. The governor said he hoped Seattle's Century 21 exposi tion next year would recog nize the proposed Astorla-Meg-ler bridge as a "symbol" of regional progress. Hatfield said he has not rec ommended any candidates for a new Republican state chair man to replace Peter Gunnar, who resigned. Rural School Group To Meet Tonight The Jackson county rural school budget committee will consider the curriculum ma terials center budget again when it meets at 8 o'clock to night in the county school superintendent's office. James McDonald, curricu- lum materials center director, has been asked to' revise his budget estimates. During Mon day night's meeting the budget committee objected to esti mated expenses for supplies, equipment and printing for the center. County School Superinten dent Alf MekvoUf said the committee may also consider the budget sections on special education and the superinten dent's office. Hatfield Sees Conference imperative' Salem-IUPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today recognized a "downtourn in economic ac tivity, and particularly the continuing increase in unem ployment," and said these made an economic conference slated for Tuesday "impera tive." In a brief statement pre pared for the conference, Hat field said economy lulls and joblessness have "caused some concern," and it is "impera tive that a comprehensive, dispossionate appraisal of the economy of this state be obtained." 55th OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1961 No. 282 Will Accept Compromises DR. A. L. STRAND At Lincoln Day Event OSC President To SpeakafLuncheon Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, Cor- vallis, will speak on "Lincoln and the Law of Nature" at Tuesday's Lincoln Day lun cheon at noon at the Jackson hotel. The luncheon is open to the public and tickets will be sold at the door for the yearly com memoration of Lincoln's birth day, according to Lincoln Day club officials. Dr. Strand was a member of the U. S. economic mission to the Philippines in 1950 and member of the board of trustees, Northwest Regional council from 1938 to 1943. He served as president of Mon tana State college from 1937 to 1942 when he became OSC president. He has engaged in biological research, teaching and extension work at Mon tana State college, Pennsyl vania State college and the University of Minnesota. He received "his doctor of phil osophy degree from the Uni versity of Minnesota in 1928. vt ' - ' Criminal Trial May Be Postponed A criminal trial involving assault charges may have to be postponed tomorrow in cir cuit court since the key wit ness has not yet been found. Law enforcement officers are still seeking John C. Lo gie, 57, transient, wanted as a material witness in the trial of Martin David Wilkinson, White City domiciliary mem ber, charged with assault. Wilkinson is charged with as sault on Forest Conrad Arm strong, also of the domiciliary. Wilkinson is charged with cut ting Armstrong over the left eye and under the ear with a broken wine bottle on Nov. 14. Logie, the witness, is de scribed as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, having light brown, sandy hair and a heavy Irish accent. Anyone knowing of his whereabouts should notify local law en forcement officers. LAWN DAMAGED A Yellow Cab company limousine got away from its driver Saturday night and damaged 30 feet of lawn at the Medford Municipal air port, according to city police. Police said the driver, Bert Ellis Cooper, 49, apparently had started the motor and when he went to put the lim ousine in reverse gear it got away from him. No citations were issued. Economy Some 55 business, labor and local agency representatives will meet with the governor starting at 2 p.m. to assess the situation and seek ways of giving the economy both the immediate and a long-range boost. Hatfield said the coference has three aims: To assess the current situation, to make recommendations to alleviate local or state economic dislo cations, and to suggest actions for private firms or associa tions in improving the cco- iii' Space Year Price 10 Cents Home Rule Group To Discuss Talk Heard Recently Committee To Meet Thursday The Jackson county home rule committee will meet at 7:30 Dm. Thnrsrtav In tho Public Library of Medford ana jacKson county to discuss their talks with a representa tive of the bureau nf mnnin. ipal research last week. Meeting with home rule Committee last wmlr flrval Etter, research attorney for the bureau of municipal re search, said the committee Should dPClrip if a looiclattwa mandate and voluntary coop eration of county officials would solve the needs of Jack son county. If not, it is es sential to explore further the possibilities of a home rule charter, he said. Committee Member W. E. Davies, Eagle Point, said an other way, the question might be put is "If we already had a home rule charter and an efficient form of county gov ernment would the people ever vote to give it up?" Charter More Flexible A home rule charter can consist of a general grant of powers not reserved to the state, Etter said. A charter is preferable because.it is more flexible than V general' grant of powers. v "y A general grant of powers gives the county groverning body the right to say who is responsible for carrying out the requirements of state law at the county level. Dog con trol is a good example of con current -sdicltion of state, county ' . city, he said. Decisions to be made by a charter study committee he indicated, should be: Is a char ter wanted.? What administra tive set up would be most efficient for the county? What, system of representation is needed for the board of super visors or county court? What should the powers of the coun ty be? Should it take on leg islative authority? Reports on Basin Study To Be Given Grants Pass - A report on the current Rogue River basin study will be made during the annual meeting of the Rogue River Basin Flood Control and Water Resources meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the Jose phine county circuit court room here. Travis Roberts, of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Henry Stewart, of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, will present their agencies' find ings. Six association directors will be elected. Nominees in clude Andy Schmidt, Medford; Ralph James, Sams Valley; Claude Eaker, Gold Hill; Bud Randolph, Cave Junction; Con rad Nystrom, Merlin; Wally Martin, Grants Pass; "Don Cameron, Grants Pass; Clyde Broeffle, Cave Junction; and Edwin H. Taylor, Central Point, the county court dele gate. , Applegate Rd.Work To Get Under Way Jackson County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen said that work will start soon on im provement of the Applegate rd. from Ruch to the Little Applegate Junction. Grading and graveling will be done in preparation for black top surfacing, possibly this summer. County road crews will also widen the turn onto McLeod bridge about two miles above Trail so log trucks can better negotiate the bridge ap proach, Carstensen said. BILL IN TROUBLE Salem - IUPD - The bill to give Oregon teachers a higher minimum wage ran into trou bla in the Oregon Senate again today and went to the state and federal affairs com mittee - sometimes known as the "burial ground" for Iegis- up. Junior College, Trading Stamp Bills Introduced Medicare Plan Also Presented Salem - IUPD - Bills were introduced today that would put Oregon community col leges under higher education and regulate trading stamps Gov. Mark Hatfield's medi care plan also went in, with House Minority Leader F. F, Montgomery (R-Eugene) key sponsor. The $4 million a year program would cover every thing from hospital services to eyeglasses and dentures. However, if the federal gov ernment should alter the aged care program, Oregon's posi tion would revert to the gen eral fund. The legislature began its sixth week and today was the cutoff for routine introduction of measures. The junior college bill spon sored by Sen. R. F. Chapman (D-Coos Bay), would allocate $3,307,587, with a third of it earmarked for the next two years to establish colleges in Coos, Deschutes and Clatsop counties. In 1961, Deschutes would get $475,000; Coos $300,000, and Clatsop $205,087. The State Board of Higher Educa tion would- get $95,000 to set up a special community col lege division. At present the state does not operate any junior . col leges. Authority for establish ing such area education dis trict now rests with the Board of Education and it is left up to the area itself to take the initiative for its own post high school center and raise the money. Two such districts are pend ing, in southwest and central Oregon. The trading stamp bill would regulate stamp compa nies instead of the consumers. Stamps would have to be re deemable in either cash or merchandise and a stamp firm would have to let any busi nessman handle therrt if he .chose.: . Stamp companies would have to put up a bond with the state ranging from $25,000 to $100,000, furnish proof of financial responsibility and pay a license "fee amounting to five per cent of the bond, Donors Needed For Bloodmobile Donors for the Tuesday vis it in Medford of the Red Cross Bloodmobile are desperately needed, Mrs. J. W. Burba, Bloodmobile chairman, re ported today. Only 35 appointments have been made so far for the visit tomorrow, for which 350 don ors are needed to obtain the 290 pint quota. The Bloodmo bile will be at the chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., trom 1 to 6 p.m. Appointments may be made by telephoning SPring 3-3813 or persons may stop by the Bloodmobile during the hours it will be here. Mrs. Burba said that drop-in donors will be welcome. The following day, Feb. 15, the Bloodmobile will be in Ashland at the Elks club from 1 to 6 p.m. Quota is 200 pints, for which 250 donors are needed. Appointments for the Ashland visit may be made by telephoning the Elks club, MUrdock 9-6011. It was stressed that resi dents may use this opportu nity to donate blood to re place that used by friends and relatives. Big Game p Soaring M ovuiy Former Premier Claimed Killed by Katanga Natives Village To Receive Reward of $8,000 Elisabethville, Katanga, The Congo -IUPII- The Katanga gov ernment announced today that natives of an unidentified vil lage killed former Premier Patrice Lumumba and two aides early Sunday, three days after their escape from a farm house jail. They will receive a cash reward. Katangese Interior Minister Godfroid Munongo broke the news of the death of Lumum ba, former Minister of Youth and Sports Maurice Mpolo and former Deputy Senate Speaker Joseph Okito at a news conference this after noon. Civil War Feared The announcement hit the world with sledge-hammer im pact. It raised fears that The Congo was approaching all-out civil war, with inevitable slaughter of retaliation. One high Belgian official here said Lumumba's slaying could bring a "night of the long knives" against white men. Observers felt it was the grim mest moment to date in The Congo. Munongo said the fugitives were killed by means he did not disclose in a village he refused to name. But he said the village will receive a reward of $8,000, which was the total price put on the heads of Lumumba and his companions by the Katanga government. Russia Blames U.N. The death announcement came barely an hour before the United Nations Security Council met in New York to consider The Coi.go and Lu mumba's fate. At this session, Russia blamed Belgium: Its allies and agents, and Secre tary general Dag Hammar- skjold and the U.N. Command in The Congo for Lumumba's death. Then, after hearing praise of Lumumba and pleas for forebearance, the council adjourned until Wednesday. Kennedy 'Shocked' In Washington, President Kennedy reacted with "great shock" to news of Lumumba s death, but his press secretary, Pierre Salinger said any furth er comment will have to come from the State Department. At the United Nations, Hammarskjold called for a complete investigation of Lu mumba's death. Police Detectives Question Man in KF Two Medford police detec tives went to Klamath Falls this morning to talk to a man who is being held by authori ties there on a charge of pos sessing property stolen in a recent burglary here. Charged with possessing stolen property is Wendall Floyd Long, 23, whose only address was listed as Med ford. Klamath Falls police told Medford police by tele type that Long was found to have three .22 caliber pistols in his possession. The pistols are thought to be the same ones stolen in a burglary last week at the Cen tury Sporting Goods store, 36 South Riverside ave. Hunters m life tte? IM iMt .) ' . KKi rf ' 4 -SSV' . &'4' If 40Wi ' If $3wMufc'1 if f"- K- im i nniiiin n- n 'T-i'"" 1 - .-- EX-PREMIER KILLED Katanga Interior refused to reveal the place of burial or the Minister Godefroid Munongo announced to- .. name of the village where they were killed, day that former Congolese Premier Patrice . Lumumba, right, . is shown with Joseph Lumumba and two men who. escaped from ,,. Okito, one of the men killed with him, while jail with him on Feb. 9, are dead. The an: they wcre under police guard at Leopold nouncement said they were killed by natives 1 ville. , and had been buried immediately. Munongo - v Report Describes Travel Conditions On Oregon Roads Salem - (DPI) - The State Highway department's report on road conditions: Cascade highway, closed at milepost 13.50 and 14.50 due to high water. Corvallis-Lebanon seconda ry, closed by high water. Territorial highway, one way traffic due to road up heaval one-half mile south of junction with Siuslaw high way. Goshen - Divide highway, one-way traffic due to slide one-half mile south of Sagi naw. Oregon 225 Elkton-Suther- lin, open to light traffic only. U. S. 99, slide at MP 157 cleared enough to permit two way traffic; northbound lanes still closed by slide. U. S. 101 Oregon Coast highway, slide at MP 178, traffic getting through on two lane gravel detour. 101 open at nine miles south of Bandon to light traffic only with two to four hours delay. Yoncalla - Drain secondary highway, open to light traffic only. Injured Bra kern an In Fair Condition A Southern Pacific brake man whose legs were severed bciow the knee Saturday night in a railroad accident here, was reported in fair con dition this morning by Rogue Valley hospital attendants. Alva Ernest Teeter, 60, of Roseburg, was rushed to the hospital Saturday night by po lice after he fell under a train near the Kogap Manufactur ing company railroad crossing south of Medford. He lost a considerable amount of blood, state police said. Officers said no one was near Teeter when the accident occurred, so exact details are not yet known. He was con necting the air hose between the 22nd and 23rd car as the freight train was backing up. Sports Bulletin Phoenix - (CPD - Arnold Palmer won the $30,000 Phoenix Open Golf Tourna ment today when he defeat ed Doug Sanders by three strokes in an 18-hole playoff Wtoil 3,000 fans. New Storm Brings Two Inches of Rain In Western Oregon Portland - (UPI) -.- A new storm that brought more than two Inches of rain in 24 hours to some coastal areas posed another threat today for west ern Oregon, already reeling under the winter's worst del uge. At least three deaths were blamed on the weather. High ways remained blocked, streams were over flood stage, there was damage over a wide area and several persons were injured. The new storm dumped 2.49 inches of rain on Astoria, 1.97 at Newport and 2.4 at Brook ings on the coast in the 24 hours ending at 4 a.m. today. The five-day outlook called for recurring rains through out the region with chance of another major storm by Thursday. Highway 101 Open Highway 101, closed by a big slide nine miles south of Bandon, was open to light traffic only with 2 to 4 hours delay, the state highway de partment reported There also was one-way traffic on 101 12 miles north of Florence where a washout resulted in Injury to a Newport woman. Highway 99, closed earlier south of Cottage Grove, was open to two-way traffic, al though northbound lanes were closed by a slide. Water Blocks Route The Corvallis-Lebanon sec ondary highway was closed by high water while traffic on several other secondary routes was hampered by slides and water. Cooler air moved in follow ing the first big rainstorm last Thursday and Friday and snow fell Sunday night In mountain passes. The weather bureau's river forecaster said the new storm "has us wor ried" but that the cooler air and the fact that most tribu tary streams had fallen could help alleviate the flood threat. Willamette Crests The Willamette river crest ed above the 20-foot stage in the valley during the week end and had dropped to 19.6 at Corvallls this morning. It was two-tenths of a foot above the 18-foot mark In Portland at 7 a.m. with a crest of 18.5 expected this afternoon. Storm victims included Richard Boettcher, 7, who drowned Saturday evening in 1 . - (UPI Telephoto) Johnson creek- near Portland; Bruce Anderson, 42, Drain, who drowned in Elk creek, and John Weigenkeller, ' 56, Mulino, who suffered a heart attack while trying to get fur niture off his flooded lawn. Towns Damaged Mrs. Genie Turner, 39, New port, was injured early Sun day when her car dropped into a 25-foot washout on Highway 101 at Devil's Elbow park, 12 miles north of Flor ence. She suffered arm, chest and head injuries. Several towns, Including Turner, Sweet Home, Drain and Suthcrlin, suffered dam age from high water. Clacka mas county was hard hit with civil defense officials estimat ed damage at $300,000. Girl Receives Minor Injuries in Accident An 8-ycar-old Medford girl sustained apparently minor injuries early Sunday when a car in which she was a passen ger collided with a parked car in front of 825 Dakota ave. Medford police said Susan Marie Tweddle, 25 Washing ton St., received a cut inside her mouth and was taken to Sacred Heart hospital for treatment. Susan was a passenger In a car operated by Curtis Roland Holmes, 20, of 20 Washington St., which struck a parked car about 9 a.m., Sunday. Police said damage to both cars was moderate. Holmes was cited for violation of the basic rule. JFK Asks Cooperation Sn Combating Inflation Washington - IUP1I - Presi dent Kennedy said today the government is virtually pow erless to combat inflation and called for "constructive co operation" by labor and man agement to promote sound wage-price policies. Kennedy spoke to a lunch eon meeting of the National Industrial Conference board, an organization of about 800 business executives. Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg said earlier that a shorter work week would not be a good solution to unemploy ment. The President said he en Three Months Contemplated for Trip to Planet Direct Hit or Orbit Unknown Moscow-fllPD -A three-quarter ton Soviet rocket ship hurtled through space on a three-month journey toward Venus todr.y but Russian sci entists did not know yet whether it would score a hit on Earth's twin planet. A top scientist who asked that his name be withheld said it would not bo possible to tell until the trajectory is known whether the ship would plunk Into cloud-cover-ed Venus or orbit around it. "It depends on the data sent back by the interplane tary station," he said. Russians Elated Hit or orbit, the Russians were elated with the rocket shot which comprised man s first attempt to reach out me chanically to companion plan ets in the solar system. They already started talking o a shot to Mars. Moscow Radio said the roc ket ship or interplanetary station as the Russians call it was moving at 25,000 miles an hour. Academician A. Mikhailov, director of the Pulkovo Ob servatory near Leningrad, commented, "A little patience and new pages will be open in planetary astronomy in the study of our solar neighbors, Venus and then Mars. The interplanetary station was launched Sunday from a mother satellite which had carried it beyond the heaviest pull of gravity. The high scientific source said Soviet scientists had de veloped high speed rocket techniques to such a degree they did not have to time the shot for the moment Venus and Earth would be closest to each other. ' He confirmed that the satel lite which carried the station away from Earth was launch ed in a difection opposite tha Earth's movement around the Sun. .. j.y Another: '.scientist told UPI ine venus rocnei uiu nm mean any "lessening . of moon ex ploration or the man-in-spaco project.", He said-all the pro jects were overlapping ones. (See stories; pictures on pag 2) - Rainfall Raises Reservoir levels The recent rainfall has raised the level of Howard Prairie lake 2.71 feet in one week, according to Waller Hoffbuhr, Talent Irrigation district manager. The Emigrant lake level rose 11 feet during the week.. However, it was pointed out that the Emigrant reservoir is being filled rapidly following the recent expansion work, so this would not give a true picture. The useable storage water In Howard Prairie rose from 10,763 acre feet on Feb. 6 to 13,100, as of today. Emigrant active storage rose from 10,- 178 acre feet to 13,875 for the same period. This means an increase of 3,700 acre feet in Emigrant for the week. Hiatt lake for the same pe riod showed an increase o( 400 acre feet. Its active stor age rose from 1,852 acre feet to 2,231 acre feet. WEATHER FORECAST: CInudv with Inter mittent rain tonight and Tues day. Low tonic lit 38-40. High Tuesday 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morntnc . 4A Treclp. to 10 a.m. Today....Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:41 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:10 a.m. Moonrhe tomorrow .... 6:3Xa.m. New Moon Feb. 15 The Sun will be partially erlpartl at this New Mnon over all of Kurope, North Africa and most of Asia. It will be totally eclipsed over an area about 90 miles wide extending from Southern France to northern Siberia. visioned his administration and the business world as partners, not enemies. Ho therefore asked for a relation ship marked by "mutual un derstanding and fruitful col laboration" instead of "mutual suspicion and recrimination." "Whatever past differences may have existed," Kennedy said, "we seek more than an attitude of truce, more than a treaty - seek the spirit o a full-fledged alliance. He said there were three basic areas of common con cern to government and busi ness - "The rate of economic growth, planned moderniza tion and price stability." e
