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CROWDS GATHER Demonstrators gather around a huge
portrait of Patrice Lumumba, former premier of the Congo,
that bears the legend "Murdered" in English, in front of
Belgian embassy in Moscow. Hundreds of Afro-Asian and
Trading Stamp
Death in Oregon
Seen Through Bill
Salem IUPII A Vice presi
dent of Sperry and Hutchin
son Co. declared Monday that
Oregon's proposed trading
stamp bill. will kill, trading
stamps in the state if it be
comes law.
Sperry and Hutchinson (S &
H) is the biggest stamp dealer
in Oregon.
John Beinert of San Fran
cisco, in a statement released
here, said "while the proposal
contains many damaging pro
visions, the section eliminat
ing exclusive franchises for
merchants would make trad
ing stamps a thing of the past
in Oregon." '
Rep. C. R. Hoyt (R-Corval-lis),
who introduced the bill,
said it is a "completely new
approach to protecting the con
sumer and avoiding stamp
company abuses."
He said he sponsored the
bill at the request of his con
stituents in Benton county.
The bill was drawn up and is
being pushed by a group call
ed the Oregon Business Coun
cil. The council has emphasized
that the bill would not pro
hibit stamps but would regu
late the companies which sell
them to retailers.
The S & H people disagree.
Attorney Rupert R. Bullivant
of Portland said "news stories
concerning this bill, prior to
its introduction, reveal that its
sponsors are attempting to
avoid heavy consumer protest
by the claim that it regulates
stamps but does not prohibit
them."
Hillsboro-iUPii-A man wear
ing a yellow cap and a red
sweater held, up the Times
Cafe here Monday night and
escaped with about $70, police
reported.
Engineer
J. A. Callan. construction
engineer for the Talent Irri
gation project, Monday repeat
ed earlier assurances that the
newly rebuilt Emigrant dam is
as safe as man can make it.
Callan was addressing his
remarks to the Medford
Chamber of Commerce round-,
table luncheon in the Jackson
hotel. It was the same group
that a week earlier heard E.
M. Tucker, owner of Tucker
Sno-Cat company, Medford,
contend that the dam is in
secure. Callan said the bureau of
reclamation is "very proud of
that dam,'- and added that it
is the result of many years of
planning and hard work. He
pointed out that it was built
using all the latest techniques
in design and construction
methoij.
Located South of Ashland
Emigrant dam. scheduled
lor completion next month, is
Engineers, Wildlife
Service Report on
Progress of Study
Grants PassHenry Stewart,
of the Army corps of engin
eers,: "told the Rogue River
Basin. Flood Control and. Wa
ter Resources association here
last night that, the corps is
hopeful additional fuhds will
be made availble to complete
its study of the upper basin,
leading to its development for
multi-purpose use.
He added that the corps
hopes to complete its study
by next spring. Bills author
izing construction and financ
ing basin projects may be sub
mitted to Congress as early
as the spring of 1962, he said.
William Jess, vice president
of the association's board of
directors, noted that about
$15,000 still is needed to com
plete the engineers' study. He
said Congress has appropriat
ed $33,000 for the study, and
S75.000 is needed. Some funds
from other sources were also
used for the Rogue basin
study.
The last request for funds
was forwarded last week, and
Ben Hilton, president of the
association's board of direc
tors, said he has not heard
from Congressman Edwin R.
Durno as to the outcome.
Report on Studies
Travis Roberts of the fish
and wildlife service reported
on their study of the Rogue
and its tributaries. He said
the Rogue basin project would
be beneficial to fish and wild
life if engineers meet certain
recommendations of the fish
and wildlife service. The serv
ice and the corps are working
together in preparing studies,
and the overall report to
follow.
At a directors meeting fol
lowing the association meet
ing, Henry DeVoss, represent
ing the Izaak Walton League,
discussed proposed bills in the
Reassures
located south of Ashland and
was started in the fall of 1958
to provide additional water
for the Talent Irrigation dis
trict. It is an earth-fill dam built
over an older concrete dam.
The concrete dam was 110
feet high. The earth-fill will
raise the dam's height to 190
feet, providing for a reservoir
capacity of 40,000 acrc-fcet of
water.
Callan said that earth -fill
was chosen over concrete as
the material for the dam, for
several reasons. Included
among these were location,
foundation, the material at.
hand, cost, and the fact that
a concrete dam was already
on the site.
Callan noted that the base
of the dam is 1,100 feet thick.
Around the old concrete dam,
he said, is a compacted clay
! core. The water content of
the material makiag Utt
Soviet students battled police in separate demonstrations
while trying to storm the embassy. Embassy windows were
broken and a porch door shattered.
. (UPI Tclcphoto)
stale legislature to create a
department of natural re
sources. The fish and game
commission would be a divi
sion of that department, he
noted. ,
Directors elected last night
are Andy H. Schmidt, Med
ford; Claude Eakcr. Gold Hill;
B. L. Randolph, Cave Junc
tion; C. O. Nystrom, Merlin;
Wally Martin. Grants Pass;
and E. H. Taylor, Central
Point, representing the Jack
son county court.
The board reelected Hilton
as president and Jess as vice,
president.
Oregon Applies for
Emergency Funds
Salem -IUPU- Oregon has ap
plied to Congress for a S5 to
$6 million emergency public
works program, Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday.
It was in response to a re
quest from the Kennedy ad
ministration, he said.
The projects include forest
protection, reforestation, ac
cess roads, guard stations,
towers and storage.
First Swallows Are
Reported in Valley
The first swallows of the
season were seen by two Med
ford birdwatchers yesterday
morning near a state game
commission pond on Gregory
rd.
The Rev. Thomas McCamant
said he and Maj. Gen. Joseph
Hicks, both dedicated bird en
thusiasts, believe this is the
earliest date the regular
spring arrivals have been seen
in this area. The birds were
believed to be tree swallows.
Safeness of
core was carefully measured
he pointed out, to insure that
it would mold into one homog
enous mass, yet leave no
excess water to form voids.
Clay Core
The clay core is 470 feet
thick at the base. This in
cludes the 24-foot thickness
of the old cement dam. Ex
tending out on either side of
the core is another 300 feet of
sand, gravel and rock.
The rock material serves to
.add exlra weight to the dam,
and also to prevent erosion by
wave-action, water or wind,
i Callan pointed out that a
total of l',4 million cubic
yards of material have gone
into the construction of the
dam.
! He noted that when the
! reservoir is full, the water
will still be 12 feet below the
I top of the dam. To insure that
I the water will not rise above
this height, a 150 -foot wide
Untimraii fiiUay wai located
Some $250,(
Would Be Repaid
By Boeing Firm
Salpm-fl)PI)-Gov. Mark Hat
field today asked the legisla-
ture for $900,000 to cover
costs incident to establishing
the Space Age Boardman in
dustrial park. I. ....
Some $250,000 of this would
be repaid by Boeing Airplane
Co. as the firm's share of
moving the U.S. Navy's bomb
ing range from Morrow coun
ty to Lake county.
Should Be Available
Hatfield added that the re
mainder of the $300,000 might
not have to be spent but the
money should be made avail
able and "it is my conviction
that even if this full amount
or more is' expended it will
be returned to the people of
Oregon many times over in
new jobs, payrolls, taxable
wealth and economic growth."
Hatfield's request was con
tained in a 24-page special
message transmitted to both
houses. It included a review
of the Boardman negotiations,
copies of the Boeing lease and
proposed legislation.
Each legislator was given
a copy.
Breakdown Given
Hatfield broke down the
S900.000 this way: $400,000
for a possible difference in
the fair market value of the
lands to be exchanged; S400,
000 for facilities on the Wag
ontire site of Lake county
for moving the Navy; S100.000
for appraisals, engineering
studies, other expenses and
contingencies.
Hatfield said completing the
land exchanges and fulfilling
obligations involved in mov
ing the Navy calls for "legis
lative direction and ratifica
tion as well as an appropria
tion of state funds."
Emigrant
a quarter-mile from the dam
itself. This spillway has a
capacity of 11,300 second feet
of water.
Also, at one side of the dam,
a tunnel has been bored into
the side of the mountain. This
tunnel is lined with concrete
and reenforced with steel and
has a capacity of 700 second
feet of water.
In addition to these safety
factors, Callan said the reser
voir itself has a flood-control
capacity of 10.000 acre-feet of
water. He .explained that
normally at this time of the
year the reservoir would be
three-quarters full. This would
leave 10,000 acre-feet to store
any excess water.
Rests on Solid Rock
Callan said that the dam
rests on solid rock. Before the
dam was built, he said, all fis
sures or cracks at the dam site
were scaled with concrete
grout put under high pressure.
The lams vu dona with tha
Belgian Offices
In Belgrade,
Moscow Stormed
Crowds Go Through
Heavy Police Lines
London -(UP1I- Mobs stormed
the Belgian embassies in Bel
grade and Moscow today in a
wave of widespread violence
touched off by the death of
former Congolese Premier Pa
trice Lumumba.
The Yugoslav Tanjug news
agency reported that at Bel
grade a "large number" of
an estimated crowd of 30.000
broke through a heavy police
cordon, smashed their way
into the embassy building and
threw furniture into the
streets. The demonstrators also
set fire to an official car in
front of the embassy.
No Serious Damage
Another crowd broke
through a heavy guard around
the French Embassy in Bel
grade, hurling stones which
broke windows. But police re
ported there was no serious
damage.
In Moscow, thousands of
African and Asian students
and Russian rioters attacked
the Belgian Embassy three
limes. They skirmished with
police, hurled bricks and ink
bottles, and smashed embassy
windows and a glass porch
door before being dispersed.'
In the Congo, Katanga Prov
ince President Moise Tshombe
blamed the United Nations for
bringing civil war and a blood
bath to that country through
its intervention.
In New Delhi, African stu
dents burst into the Belgian
Embassy while officials were
out to lunch. They wrecked
office furniture, overturned
files and smashed a picture of
King Baudouin of the Bel
gians. The students, carrying ban
ners reading "Down with Yan
kee imperialism" moved on to
Ilia TT Q FmhaBcv in Nat., nBl
hi tI, ,u. nl
raced to head them off. But
security guards locked the em
bassy while an American of
ficial spoke with 10 of the
students inside. They left
peacefully.
In Lahore, Pakistan, 20
placard-carrying, slogan-shout
ing African students studying
in Lahore, Lyallpur and Ra-
bwah demonstrated in front
of the U.S. Consulate General
there to protest Lumumba's
death. They handed over to
Consul General Andrew Corry
a memorandum addressed to
President Kennedy.
"We strongly condemn the
United States government for
the part it is playing in en
gineering United Nations ac
tivities in the Congo which
ended in the barbaric murder"
of Lumumba, the memoran
dum said.
"Discrimination as practic
ed in the United Slates will
not be allowed in Africa," it
added.
Assault Case Is
Dismissed in Court
The case against Martin Da
vid Wilkinson, White City
domiciliary, who was charged
with assault, was dismissed
in Jackson county circuit
court this morning.
Before the jury was seated,
District Attorney Alan B.
Holmes told Circuit Judge
James M. Main that authori
ties are still unable to locate
the chief witness, John C.
Logic, 57-ycar-old transient.
Forrest Conrad Armstrong,
White City domiciliary, the
victim, is in a Portland vet
erans hospital with pulmo
nary tuberculosis and is un
able to leave the hospital,
Holmes said.
Wilkinson was charged with
assaulting Armstrong with a
broken bottle last Nov. 14.
Dam
abutments at cither side of the
dam, he added.
The BLM engineer did say
there is a sandstone area be
hind the dam that might some
day fall into the reservoir. He
said, however, that it would
do no damage when and if it
did fall.
Asked if the Rogue valley
was considered to be a poten
tial earthquake area, Callan
replied in the affirmative, and
said the BLM considers all of
the Pacific coast area as "sub
ject to shock." He added that
no dam could ever be said to
be completely earthquake
proof. Walter Hoffbuhr, Talent Ir
rigation district manager, was
also at the meeting, and said
that in case of high water
Emigrant dam has a sufficient
"cushion" so that it can re-
I' lease excess water up to 24
hours after Bear creek has
crested in th valley.
Regional Edition
Medford
16 Pages
Rayburn Says Economic Situation
'Most Urgent Since Depression
Willamette River
Crests; Flood
Threat Seen Over
Body Recovered
From Johnson Creek
Portland-(IM) - The Willam
ette river crested a foot above
flood stage here early today
and was back in its banks in
the valley.
Heavy rains which hit Wes
tern Oregon off and on for the
past several days had let up
and forecasters were hopeful
the threat of more flooding
had passed.
Some Docks Awash
There was no serious flood
ing here although some lower
docks were awash. The Wil
liamctte was at 16.8 in Cor
vallis, 17.6 in Albany and 19.1
in Salem. It had gone over
the 20-foot flood stage at the
three cities earlier.
North Bend had 1.24 inches
of rain in the 24 hours ending
early today but the fall at
other stations was far under
this.
The body of Richard Boet
tcher, 7, one of three victims
of last week end's floods, was
recovered from Johnson creek
Monday afternoon.
Police at Oregon City Mon
day picking up four adventur
ous youths who said they were
going to shoot the Willamette
river falls in a rubber life-
rat- A lare crowd had gaUv
ered.
A slide still slowed traffic
on Highway 99 south of Cot-
tage ;Grove and . other slides
delayed traffic -south of- Ban-
don and north of Florence on
Highway 101.
Pollution Problem
To Be Considered
The problem of air and
stream pollution at Gold Hill
was to be considered at a
meeting of the county court
with public health officials
this afternoon.
The city council of Gold
Hill passed a resolution Feb.
6 seeking the active support
and cooperation of the county
court in solving the problem.
Chief Sanitarian One Moore
said the stream pollution prob
lem involves the entire valley
floor and not just those com
munities or people living
along the Rogue river. Peo
ple polluting streams In the
foothills contribute just as
much to the problem as those
living closer to the river, ho
said.
Gold Hill charges that
streams flowing into the
Rogue river near Gold Hill
are being polluted by septic
tank and cess pool effluent,
and garbage disposal near the
banks of the Rogue river. This
is endangering the domestic
water supply drawn from the
river, according to the city's
resolution.
The town also charges that
the Ideal Cement company
plant at the west city limits
is polluting the air with dust.
Friends of Library
Elect Heffernan
The Friends of the Library,
group organized to promote
library use and service, met
at the Medford library last
night and elected Robert Hef
fernan, Medford attorney, as
their chairman.
The group was recently or
ganized and is open to any
interested person. Twerity
three members attended last
night's meeting.
Other officers elected last
night were Mrs. Harry Daniel
son, vicechairman, and Mrs.
Curtis Nesheim, secretary
treasurer. The group also
elected a 14-membcr board
of directors which includes
representation from all parts
of the county.
The Friends of the Library
started work on two special
projects. One of these is to ob
tain an overhead projector for
bed-ridden patients, and the
other is to provide library
service to nursing homes.
Preliminary arrangements
were also made to promote
National Library week, April
22 to 27, and the State Li
brary convention to be held
in Medford April 27 to 29.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1961
RUSSIA
RECOGNIZE
Moscow-IUPII-Tht Soviet Union said today it no longer
will recognize Secretary-general Dag Hammankjold "as an
official of the United Nations."
Tha decision was disclosed in a statement issued here.
Tht Soviets also demanded Hammarskjold'i removal, an end
to the U.N. operation in the Congo in a month, recognition
of the "legitimate government" of the Congo head by Antoine
Giienga, condemnation of Belgium and the arrest of Katanga
Province President Moise Tshombe and Congolese army
strongman Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu for the slaying of
former Premier Patrice Lumumba.
The Russians demanded in the statement that the "io
called United Nations operation in the Congo be completed
and all foreign troops withdrawn from the country in a
month."
The statement added that this would give the Congo
people time "to settle their domestic affairs themselves,"
Sections of Budget
For County Schools
Approved
The total for the overall
budget for the Jackson county
school superintendent's office
will probably be decided
March 6, County School Su-
pertendent Alf B. Mckvold
said today.
Then the rural school budget
committee will have worked
out the details of, and budget
outline for, the proposed able
and gifted child program. This
is now being drawn up by a
special committee of Jackson
county, educators. Essentially
it is a program to provide ad
ditional education for students
who work beyond their grade
levels-
Last night the budget com
mittee approved all sections
of the county school superin
tendent's overall budget pre
sented; except salaries and
travel allowances, ' and the
proposed speech correction
program.
Extensive Revision
Following extensive revi
sion by the county school of
fice, the committee approved
the budget total of $71,530.83
for the curriculum materials
center, exclusive of salaries.
The new total is $21,028.83
Four Youths Held
For Vagrancy
Four youths, who appar
ently thought it would be
fun to follow a police car for
change, were arrested by
Medford police last night on
a charge of vagrancy. One of
the youths was additionally
charged with resisting arrest.
Arrested wore Charles Bry-
son LaCasse, 18, of 424 Oak
dale St., Central Point; Floyd
Dean Patee, 21, North Bend;
Donald Arland Langston, 20,
of 508 Vi Edwards St., Med
ford and a 17-year-old youth.
The minor was lodged in
the county juvenile detention
home. The other three youths
entered pleas of Innocent in
municipal court this morning
to the vagrancy charges. A
trial date was set for Feb. 20.
All three youths are being
held in the city jail in lieu
of $10 bail.
La Cassc entered a plea of
guilty to the charge of resist
ing arrest and was sentenced
to two days in the city jail.
The arrests came after a
Medford police officer on rou
tine patrol this morning
about 1 o'clock allegedly
spotted a car containing the
youths following his patrol
car in the west Medford area.
The officer stopped the
youths and took them to the
police station where they
were arrested.
Police said La Cassc refused
to be placed in jail and he
had to be forcibly lodged.
WEATHER
FORECAST Cloudy inil mild
with occasional rain tonight.
Showers with pirlodl of par
tial rlrarlns Wfflnpday. Kx
pertrd low tonight 40. High to
morrow 48 to 50.
Temp.
IlKhtit Yulerday al
Lowest this Morning -II
Tree, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:1? p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:08 a.m.
New Moon tomorrow 12:11 a.m.
The total erllpse of the Sun at
this New Moon will he vlslhle
over some of the larger cities
of Kurope. Among them will
V? STsrc&ux, Pita, t'lomuf,
Genoa, Budapest and Stalingrad.
NOT TO
DAG
by Group
more than the previous year's
comparable budget total. Be
fore the revisions the propos
ed total was $80,760.78.
Possibly the largest cut in
the materials center budget
was the $4,000 cut in film pur
chases. This means the center
will lease all film instead of
buying part of it. Total origin
al budget for Ellms was $7,500
Several cuts were made, and
some items eliminated entire
ly, In the categories of print
ing, supplies and equipment.
These items had come under
neavy lire by the budget com
mittee at the previous meet
ing. It was then James Me-
- Donald, curriculum materials
center director, was asked
reexamine and revise down
ward his whole budget.
Request Approved
The requested allocation of
$43,388.48 for the classes for
mentally retarded was approv
ed. William A. Starzinger,
committee member from
Rogue River, said he had ob
served the classes and was
"very favorably Impressed."
This total includes $30,050 for
salaries for five teachers for
this program.
The committee tabled for
this year the speech correction
program allocation. Dcalous
Cox, county administrative as
sistant, recommended tabling
the allocation. State rcem
burscmcnt for this new pro
gram would not be available
until six months until after
the school year ends, he point
ed out.
The committee also approv
ed, following some minor re
visions, a total of $7,199.85
for the county superintend
ent's office. This does not in
clude travel and salary allo
cations. Bill Would Abolish
Board of Eugenics
SaIem-IUPJ)-A bill to abolish
a state board which has order
ed sterilization of 2,293 per
sons since 1917 was intro
duced today in the Oregon
House.
Co-sponsors of the measure
to do away with the board of
eugenics were two Portland
Democrats, Rep. George Van
Hoomisscn, and Sen. Jean
Lewis.
Both said legal evidence in
dicated the board's power to
order sterilization was uncon
stitutional. The board, composed of
heads of state institutions, can
order sterilization if hearings
indicate children of persons in
question would have an in
herited "tendency toward"
sicknesses and problems rang
ing from epilepsy to "de
generacy." Since the board was created
43 years ago, 1416 women and
877 men have been sterilized.
Medford Youth Agrees
To Return Paper Boxes
A 16-year-old Medford boy
Monday agreed to personally
return to their owners a num
ber of newspaper boxes which
he had earlier stolen.
Mcaford police found six
newspaper' boxes under the
youth's home. The boy admit
ted that he stole them, and,
at the suggestion of police, he
agreed to return them.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 283
Kennedy, Leaders
Review Proposals
For Recovery
Congress To Aove
Ahead on Programs
Washington - IUPD - Speaker
Sain Rayburn said today after
a White House conference that
the nation's economic situ
ation is at its "most urgent
since the great depression" of
the early 1930s.
Rayburn gave his views af
ter President Kennedy, the
cabinet and the Democratic
congressional leaders held a
general discussion of the ad
ministration's anti - recession
proposals.
The speaker said Congress
would "move ahead on these
programs as fast as we can
now that our committees are
organized."
He said no new proposals
were made at today's break
fast meeting which lasted less
than an hour, but the situation
was reviewed by cabinet mem
bers, particularly Labor Secre
tary Arthur J. Goldberg.
Found Conditions Bad
The speaker said Goldberg,
reporting on his Friday
through Sunday tour of un
employment-plagued areas ot
five major industrial states.
told the leaders "it was as bad
or worse than he expected to
find it." ..
Rayburn said thai a' state
ment which Kennedy plans to
make at his televised news
conference Wednesday c v e -ning
will "be along the lines"
of what the administration
has . proposed as a recovery
tolgency ot'it and so lor(n.
program, stressing "the . ur-
"1 think it's the most urgent
sines the great depression . , .
since the late '20s and early
'30s," Rayburn said.
, He emphasized that he was
speaking for himself and,
when asked whether he was
reflecting the administration's
view, he replied "The Presi
dent will have to answer
that."
Asked, however, whether
the major emphasis of today's
session was on the economic
situation, he quickly replied,
sure."
(See story on page 2)
Klamath Man
Admits Burglaries
A 23-ycar-old Klamath Falls
man admitted to Medford po
lice Monday that he is respon
sible for eight recent burgla
ries here, including one last
week at the Century Sporting
Goods store, 36 South River
side avc.
Wendell Floyd Long was ar
rested in Klamath Falls Sun
day night on a charge of pos
sessing stolen property after
he was caught trying to sell
three .22 caliber pistols that
were stolen Thursday from
the Medford sporting goods
store.
At first Long denied tha
burglary but yesterday two
Medford police detectives
went to Klamath Falls, and ho
admitted the crime to them.
He also admitted to seven
other burglaries here during
the past three months.
Included among the crimes
admitted by Long are four
church burglaries the Zion
Evangelical Lutheran church,
the First Christian church, Sa
cred Heart Catholic church
and St. Marks Episcopal
church. The only thing taken
in any of the church burgla
ries, Long said, was S4 from
a cash box at St. Marks.
Long also admitted bur
glaries at the Koln-O-Matlk
laundry in Phoenix, Bea s
Westinghouse Laundromat in
Medford, and a Valley Fuel
company ice machine in Med
ford. He said he look $50 from
the Phoenix laundromat.
Police said Long has also
admitted to several burglaries
of a similar nature in Klam
ath Falls. He is charged with
burglary not in a dwelling
and is confined in the city
jail.
APPLICATIONS HALTED
Washington-am - Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udahh
today halted all new nonmin
eral applications for publitt
lands for 18 months.