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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."
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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."
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