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Newspaper Page Texthill RAL Appling Plan Would Not Bring Efficiency, Secretary Claims Belton Suggests Vote by People Salem - (UPD - Secretary of Slate Howell Appling Jr. Wednesday night literally rip ped to shreds Gov. Mark Hat field's plan to do away with the State Board of Control. He called it "disorganiza tion" instead or reorganiza tion. He spoke at a House State and Federal Affairs hearing on the bill, HB1270, to abolish the board. The hearing drew about 75 persons. Appling, a co-member of the board with Hatfield and a fellow Republican, said Hat field's plan "fails" and would not result in more efficiency, economy and responsiveness as is claimed. In the fact the state institu tions would suffer, he said. HB1270 would shift the in stitutions from the board to several new departments, kill ing the agency. Vole Suggested The third member of the board - State Treasurer How ard Belton - suggested that perhaps the people should be given a chance to vote on it. He did not appear and his re marks were delivered by Col. William C. Ryan, retired board secretary. State Finance Director Freeman Holmer presented the governor's case, saying that through the years the board has tended to be "mo derate" and institutional pro grams have moved forward "slowly." Rep. Grace Peck (D-Port-land) spoke strongly against Hatfield's bill. '"I don't care how clever he is, no one man can be a messiah and make a one-man ' show? out o state government;" she said. She took Hatfield's Finance Department to task and said it is getting to be "a monster -getting into areas it shouldn't be in." She said she feared the re organization plan might allow other agencies to do this. Rep. Clarence Barton . (D Coquille) spoke for abolition, saying the board is not effic ient. He cited three incidents under the board's jurisdiction: Bakery Cited 1. A new $12,000 bakery at Dammasch Slate hospital which may "never be used." 2. Installation at Dammasch of expensive therapy tubs which, other administrators say have been obsolete for 10 years. 3. State purchase of a $59 bedspread by a Fairview Home official so it would match new drapes in his quarters. "Who is responsible for this?" he asked. He got no reply. Appling said the plan would put "four layers of bureau cratic insulation" between the people and the institutions -the governor, depart m e n t head, division head and insti tution head. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness tonight and Friday. Patchy valley fog Friday morn ing. Low tonight 28. High Fri day 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 3 Lowest this Morning 35 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 0a Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:45 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 1:06 a.m. Moonset tonight 7:46 p.m. First Quarter Feb. 22 PROMINENT STAR SIrtus, due south ... VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, high in south. Venus, low in west .luniter and Saturn. 9:10 p.m. 8:26 p.m. 8:35 p.m. rise 5:58 a.m. Two Medford Named Merit Two Medford High school seniors have been named final ists in the 1960-61 National Merit Scholarship program competition, and have been awarded certificates of merit. They are Harold W. Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Bailey, 3089 Madrona lane, Medford; and Karen G- Chris tensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Chrlstensen, 324 Mary st., Medford. Lester Harris, high school principal, said they attained finalist status by their "dis tinguished performance" on two tests and upon endorse ment by their high school. About 610ths of 1 per cent of the seniors in each state re ceive the awards. Merit Scholars, who will be announced April 27, will be selected from the 9,800 final Rips into Hatfield's Plan To Abo MISS De ANNE TAYLOR Medford High School Leadership Contest Winners Announced By Medford Elks Miss DeAnnc Taylor, a sen ior at Medford High school. and David Foote, a senior at Crater High school, won the local division of the annual Elks Lodge Youth Leadership contest, Exalted Ruler Joe Hosick announced today. Miss Taylor, daughter of Five Arrested by Authorities for Fictitious Checks A fifth member, and the suspected ringleader, of a youthful gang that is charged with cashing more than $500 worth of bogus checks in Jack son county in recent months, surrendered himself to police in Newport Beach, Calif., to day. Donald Howard Wilson, 18, whose only address was given as Jacksonville, walked into the Newport Beach police de partment this morning and gave himself up, according to Medford police. He was want ed on a Jackson county dis trict court warrant charging him with uttering and pub lishing a false check. Bail is set at $1,500. Two other arrests were made this morning, and added to the two that were made earlier this week, it brings to five the total number of per sons taken into custody on check charges so far, police said. Authorities say other arrests may be made. Authorities Tipped Off Jackson county sheriff s deputies were tipped off to the activities of the ring by a juvenile who implicated Gerald Lee Donaldson, 18, of 408 Benson st. Donaldson was arrested Monday on a charge of forgery. He appeared in district court yesterday and his case was bound over to the grand jury. With information obtained from Donald son, sheriff's deputies and Medford police this morning arrested Joyce Lee Ann Johnson, 19, of 204 South Grape St., and Clifford Ray Willoughby, 21, of 918 Maple Park dr. Both are charged with forgery and arc being held in the county jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. A fifth youth, Richard Earl Smith, 18, who has been living at an unknown address in Medford. was arrested by po lice in El Centro, Calif., on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was picked up along with a 15-year-old girl from Medford. Authorities are not sure just how closely the five persons worked together, but said they are all known to be friends. Seniors Finalists ist students in the 50 slates and U.S. territories. The merit scholars will re ceive scholarships from the resources of the National Merit Scholarship Corpora tion, and from sponsoring business corporations, founda tions, association and indi viduals. John M. Slalnakcr. presi dent of the scholarship cor poration, said previous ex perience indicates that more than half of the finalists will be offered assistance from sources other than the merit program. Merit scholarships are four year awards, and carry sti pends that range from S100 to SI, 500 per year. Each stipend is individually de termined on the basis of need. The amount is based on fami ly resources, summer earn ings, and college aosts. DAVID FOOTE Crater High School Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Taylor, 1011 Winchester ave., Med ford, and Foote, son of Mr, and Mrs. Walter Foote, route 1, box 557. Central Point, were two of nine students from five area high schools who participated in the con test. Winners of the contest are judged on leadership initia tive, organizational ability and influence on others; citizen ship appreciation; perserver ance, resourcefulness and sense of honor; neatness and arrangement of brochure, and compliance with instructions for entering the contest. Second Places Second places in the local contest went to Miss Mary Jo Batzer of St. Mary's High school, and Tom Perdue of Eagle Point High school. Hon orable mention went to Eliza beth King, Phoenix '.High school; Sharon Thompson, Cra ter High school; Jacqueline Hume, Eagle Point High school; Richard Ragsdale, Med ford High school; and Earnest Bolz, Phoenix High school Winners will receive awards from the local Elks Lodge during the observance of Na tional Elks Youth Day, dur ing the first part of May. Brochures of the first and sec ond place winners will be en tered in the state contest, and the state winners will be sub mitted for national competi tion. Judges for the local con test were Franklin Van Pell, Donald Hansen, Murry Dumas, Carl N o r r i s, and George Bruse. Local winners last year were Miss Carolyn Mencke and John Frohnmayer, both of Medford High school. Parker Low Bidder On Relay Station Thomas J. Parker and Asso ciates, Inc., Ashland, was ap parent low bidder on an addi tion to Pacific Telephone Northwest's Mt. Baldy radio station near Ashland. The low bid was $17,127.90. Bids were opened this morn ing. Plans call for a 44 by 21 foot one-story reinforced con crete and concrete block ad dition to the present struc ture. Work is scheduled to start in March, and be com pleted in June. Other bidders were Bcsson ctte Construction company, Medford, $17,300; Ausland Construction company. Grants Pass. $17,970; James S. Hick cy. Inc., Portland, $20,766; H. Barnhart, $24,000; and Vik Construction company, Eu gene, $30,616. The space will be used for microwave equipment similar to that in service there now. 228 Pints Collected For Bloodmobile A total of 228 pints of blood was collected Tuesday afternoon when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Medford, local officials reported. A total of 257 volunteers stop ped by the Red Cross chapter house during the visit. Yesterday in Ashland, 124 pints were collected. Red Cross officials reported that there were 8 rejects during the afternoon. Although the amount of blood collected in either Med ford or Ashland did not reach the quota, Red Cross officials were pleased with the results, particularly in Medford. Dur ing the last several years do nations had been approximate ly 30 per cent of quota. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 32 Pages Eastern Oregon's School Financing Plan Introduced Measure Supports Straight Grant Salem-dlPll-Eastern Oregon's answer to the equalized flat grant plan for financing pub lic schools was introduced in the Oregon Senate today. The measure is SB 447 which is diametrically op posed to EFG. It was introduced as an in terim education committee bill, and Sen. Al Flegel (D Roseburg) said there is West ern Oregon support for it too. He is from an O&C county - Douglas - which would lose money under EFG. Under EFG, richer school districts would lose and poorer ones would gain, generally. Per Pupil Basis The Eastern Oregon bill is a straight flat grant measure, giving state aid to schools on a per pupil basis. State aid would go to counties for re distribution to local districts instead of directly to districts as is done now. Also, equalization would be done within each county. Under the plan, counties with heavy student popula tion but relatively low true cash value would lose money, according to James Yeomans of Portland, who helped draft the bill. . He was a member of the Interim Education Committee which introduced EFG. But he and other members dissent ed, and came up with this plan. JayceesSeek Outstanding Man The Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce has named a committee to seek the out standing young man of the year in Medford, according to Delbert T. Landing, Jay- cee president. The committee, headed by Wallace Williams, is can vassing churches, businesses, clubs and other organizations to determine which young man between 21 and 35 has contributed the most to the community during the year. Williams said nomination blanks will be available from any member of the Jaycces. Nomination blanks also have been forwarded to churches, businesses, .clubs and other organizations in the city, he said. Other members of the com mittee are Harold Gardner, Everett Peyton, Richard Courtright and John Gustaf- son. Ranger Transferred To Carlsbad Caverns John M. Broadbenl, chief ranger al Crater Lake Na tional park, has accepted a promotion and transfer to Carlsbad Caverns National park. Broadbenl started his career in the national park service as a ranger in 1B36 at Mt. Olympus National monument, Wash. He later served at Mt. Rainier and Olympic Nation al parks until his transfer to Crater lake in 1955. He was born in Granite Falls, Wash., and is a graduate of the University of Wash ington. Broadbenl will assume his new duties March 6. His suc cessor at Crater Lake has not yet been named. Brown said. Appling Not To Be Senate Candidate Salem - (UPH - Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said today he docs not intend to run for the U.S. Senate in I 1962 and that is "final, defi nite, clear and irrevocable." Appling was mentioned at; a Lincoln Day speech in Port land as a possible candidate for the seat of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). "I will not run against Morse or anyone else for the U. S. Senate in 1962," Appling said. "I was elected to serve as secretary ot stale, and that's what I intend to do." MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 Kenne On Strengthening Paul Henri Spaak Will Meet With Chief Executive Troubled Congo Situation Watched Washington (UPD President Kennedy, "seriously con cerned" by the Congo crisis, announced today he will hold a key conference next week on strengthening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the face of mounting ten sion with Russia. The While House said that Kennedy and Paul Henri Spaak, general secretary ot NATO, will meet here nexl Tuesday. Situation Closely Watched Announcement of the Ken- nedy-Spaak meeting came as the White House continued Its close watch on the troubled Congo situation and the con troversy in the United Nations over Soviet demands that U.N. forces get out of the Congo within a month. Kennedy served notice dur ing a televised news confer ence Wednesday night that the United States would op pose any attempt "by any gov ernment to intervene unilater ally in the Congo." He said hp was "seriously concerned about the situation. Kennedy's firm warning against intervention in the Congo won backing from Re publican congressional lead ers who said that "firmness alone" will solve the crisis The endorsement was given by Senate GOP Leader Ever ett M. Dirksen (111.) and House Republican leader Charles A. Hallcck (Ind.) after a weekly congressional Republican legislative strate gy session. Rusk Going To Bangkok The White House also an nounced that Secretary of State Dean riusk will attend the ministers council of the Southcat Asia Treaty Organi zation meeting at Bangkok March 27. The anounccmenl said Rusk was going there to help advance the work of SEATO "in the face of the threat now posed to Southeast Asia by the continuing Com munist pressures." Trees Being Moved To Jackson St. Park The new freeway through Medford will destroy part of Hawthorne park as a park, but it won t destroy the trees-at least not all of them. The Linebaugh Tree serv ice, under contract with the city, today began transferring a dozen trees from the path of the freeway in Hawthorne park to a new location in Jack son park. The trees are most ly of the flowering variety. Employees of the tree serv ice will dig around the roots of each tree, and then carry them by tractor to new loca tions in Jackson park. City crews will be responsible for replanting the trees. Fireman Sings Report To Mail Tribune The fireman on duty at the telephones at the central fire station here sang his report to the Mail Tribune this morning. In the style of television's Eddie Crane, he sang, "We sent a truck to 844 South Riverside and we tent another truck to 702 West Main," Explained the fireman: The department received a call at 12:12 p.m. yesterday that there was a car fire al "the Drive-In cleaners." No address w a l given. So, trucks were dispatched to the establishments at both addresses. The fire in a car at the West Main it. address was out on arrival of firemen, thanks to an employee of the cleaning firm. Gasoline around the carburetor had been ignited from the mani lish Board of Control aT A T T emTRIBUNE dy Calls x?nK fYlM v stir Kl$?fz& ! it t 4 f; a - -iit ill , - ' - i 1 . X 'ivV vvc n LAKE COVERS HIGHWAY A massive landslide which closed Highway) 101 14 miles norlh of Willits, Calif., is forming a lake 3,300 feet long and 11 feet deep over Property Owners Organize To Investigate Railroad More than 50 properly own ers from Bulte Falls to Med ford met at the Eagle Point Grange hall Wednesday night night to form an organization to continue investigation of the proposed change of the Medford Corporation logging railroad into a private truck route. The group elected an eight member steering committee "to investigate ways of pro tecting rights of property owners along the route." Those at the meeting included Eagle Point city officials, busi nessmen and builders, ranch ers, dairymen, teachers and housewives. Elected to the steering com mute were Ed Pulman, Eagle Point mayor, Mrs. Barbara Layton, Mrs. Delta Jensen, John Ousterhout, Roland Jenks. Paul Riggs, Claude Hoover and Jack Caldwell. In a short business session following the meeting, the committee requested attorney Ben Day to begin a study of property rights along the present train route, and to in vestigate other aspects of the proposed conversion. Those at the meeting ex pressed fears that the private route, traveled by extra-heavy logging trucks, would damage Polka-Dot Sphere Apparently Lost Washington-dOT-The Unit ed Slates today launched and then lost somewhere in space a 12-foot polka-dot sphere that was supposed to become a gleaming satellite of the earth. Three hours and 32 minutes after the sphere was launched at 5:05 a.m. (PST) scientists said they coujd not confirm that it had gone Into orbit. 55th Meeting property values because of dust, noise and lack of traf fic control. A Buttc Falls resident told the group that the private road already In operation near Butte Falls had created so much dust that "dishes in the cabinet are covered with dust by the next mealtime." Questions concerning fenc ing along the right of way, liability for livestock and chil dren, surfacing, grade main tenance and weed control were discussed. Damage to businesses in Eagle Point also was an issue. Unanimous Opposition The Eagle Point city coun cil expressed unanimous op position to the proposed con version at its last meeting. Chamber Committers Report at Meeting Of Directors; Reports of committees and events were presented at meeting of the Medford Cham ber of Commerce board of directors this morning at the Rogue Valley Country club. Clarence Young, chairman of the chamber's legislative committee, reported that most of the group opposed H.B. 1010 in Us present form, and unani mously opposed S B. 38. The house bill would remove the inventory tax and substitute a gross sales tax, and the senate bill would provide bond sales for sewage dis posal plants without a vote of the people. The chamber's legislative committee meets each Wed nesday morning. Two repre sentatives of the committee will meet with Jackson Coun- Year Price 10 Cents No. 285 NATO the pavement. At least nine buildings have been inundated by the trapped, waters of Long Valley creek. (UPI Telephoto) Change School officials also indicat ed that they were concerned about safely of school buses which would cross the route, including those in the Central Point and Medford districts. Buses in the state must pres ently stop for all railroad crossing, and Hoover asked who would bo required to stop at crossings if the logging railroad were changed to a truck route. Those at the meeting agreed that they would prefer pass ing normal-sized trucks on public roads protected by local, stale and federal regu ations than "to dodge extra heavy log trucks running through our property and town, and within short dis tances of our houses." Opposition To Bills Noted ty Representative John R. Dcllcnback Saturday, he said to review the chamber's views on proposed legislation. Murray Gardiner, Gerald Latham, Bob Taylor and Don McNeil, chamber manager, re ported on the Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho Chamber con ference in Portland recently. All areas of chamber work were discussed at the sessions, they said. McNeil reported on the gov ernor's hearing in Salem deal ing with the present economy of the state. McNeil was the only chamber manager In Ore gon invited to the hearing. The tenor of the meeting, he said, was not all pessimis tic, and results of the hearing will be further discussed and conclusions noted at another meeting of the group soon. J Factions Said To Be Persuaded To Join in System UN Commission Reports Progress United Nations, N.Y. - HTH -Informed sources reported to day thai the United Nations Conciliation Commission i n the Congo had persuaded the political factions of President Joseph Kasavubu and of the late Patrice Lumumba to join in a federal government. Secretary-general Dag Ham marskjold summoned m e m -bers of his Congo advisory committee, comprising repre sentatives of countries with contingents in the U.N. Congo force, to a private meeting this afternoon. Sources said the meeting was called to consider a "very encouraging" report from the conciliation group of African and Asian countries which has been working for several weeks in the Congo under the chairmanship of Ambassador Jaja Wachuku of Nigeria. The committee was said to have reported agreement by Antoinc Gizenga, political heir to Lumumba, to join a federal system of government based on President Joseph Kasa vubu's regime which is head- . cd by Premier Joseph Ileo. Lumumba had opposed Kas avubu on plans for a federal ized government. The deposed premier reported slain by na tives last week end, was a proponent of a strong central government. First reports here said that while the Kasavubu-Ileo gov ernment would provide the basis for the new regime, pro vision would be made for adequate representation of all Congolese political factions. The encouraging develop ment was reported shortly after Guinea, calling for Secretary-general Dag Hammar- skjold's resignation, told the Security Council the UN must choose between Africa and its executioners." ! A similar message was re ceived from Cuba, supporting Russia's: demand for Hammar- skjold's removal. The debate proceeded under heavy police guard with the public ordered from tho coun cil chamber, as a result of Wednesday's demonstrations. Recreation Official Confers in Medford Charles Odegaard, north west representative for -the National Recreation associa-' tion, is in Medford today to confer with city parks and recreation officials and to ex amine the city's parks pro gram. Medford Parks Director Robert Ha worth said Ode gaard will attempt to assist the city with any problems it might have in its parks and recreation program. Haworth noted that Ode gaard was once before in Med ford in 1958 prior to organ ization of a city parks and recreation department. This is his first visit since then, Ha worth said. The NRA is a service or ganization designed to assist cities with their parks and recreation programs. It offers its services voluntarily at no cost to the city, according to Haworth. Public Hearing on Council's Agenda A public hearing is sched uled for tonight's Medford city council meeting on the proposed installation of a sanitary sewer between Park Place No. 5 and Alberts St., from Prune to Dakota sts. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock in tho city hall. The council is also scheduled to award bids for the pur chase of gasoline and oil needed by the city during the coming year. Latham reported on a meet ing of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association in Grants Pass Monday, noting that the ba.Mn project would be a great eco nomic boost to the entire area. He said the project, which includes several dams in the Rogue basin, has a good po tential for the next 10 years in recreation, irrigation, flood control, fishing and power generation, and could repre sent an expenditure of up to $300 million. Ron Gandee reported on tho present two-county coopera tion In attracting tourists to this area. He noted that about 500 replies have been received from advertisements placed in Sunset and Wcstways magazines.