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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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.