Higher Auto Insurance Costs
Declared
ount Plan
Possible Under Minimum
Salem - (UPD - Private in
surers warned a Senate com
mittee Thursday a bill to
make automobile insurance
compulsory in Oregon and
set minimum policy amounts
could raise rates and jack
the cost of premiums any
where from $10 to S50 over
what many customers now
are paying.
In addition, they said it
probably would increase the
accident rate, stick the state
with an administrative mon
strosity, and still fail to ans
wer the problem, since the
menace of uninsured out-of-state
drivers and those who
ducked compliance with the
law would remain.
Sen. Robert Straub (D-Eu-gene)
said the measure was
intended to insure fair and
just compensation for per
sons or families of persons
who are maimed or killed in
accidents. Many fail to re
ceive a cent when they are
hit by an uninsured driver,
he said.
Furthermore, he said, in
sured drivers now are pay
ing extra premiums to pro
tect themselves in case they
are struck by a driver with
out insurance. Each driver
should carry his share,
Straub said.
Ken Johnson of the Salem
Capital Press said insurance
companies feared compul
sory insurance was the first
step in a cycle that would
lead to state intervention in
the insurance business.
Straub estimated some 4 to
6 per cent, or about 50,000
of the state's drivers, are
uninsured.
The bill, SB303, also would
set personal liability mini-
mums of $10,000 for one per
son and $20,000 for two, and
a properly minimum of
55,000-which would require
roughly 40 per cent of the
state's drivers to up their pay
ments. Merrill Hagan of the Ore
gon Association of Insurance
Agents and Pete Brooks of
the Oregon Automobile Insur
ance Co. protested compulsory
insurance, and said accident
rates were high in states that
had it.
"It's nonsense," Straub re
plied, "to say somebody is go
ing to risk life and limb just
because he has insurance."
Meanwhile, the first of Gov.
Mark Hatfield's reorganiza
tion bills to receive action was
sent to the Senate floor today
Willi a "do pass" recommen
dation from the State and
Federal Affairs Committee.
The bill would create a
cabinet Department of Com
merce that would take in
planning and development as
well as numerous scattered
examining boards that now
function independently.
The committee amended the
bill to eliminate shifting the
state's travel advertising agen
cy from the highway depart
ment. That was the only sec
tion of the bill to receive pro
tests at a hearing last week.
Am
Ji'i'1
WAGE TESTIMONY Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg,
center, chats with Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif.), left, and
Rep. Clayton Adam Powell (D-N.Y.) as Goldberg arrived
to testify before the House Labor Subcommittee on the
administration's proposal for a gradual increase in the mini
mum wage. ' ' ' (UPI Telephoto)
Road Development
To Mt. Ashland Ski
Area Gets Boost
Development of an improv
ed road into the proposed Mt.
Ashland ski resort has been
tentatively approved by the
O and C counties association,
County Judge Earl Miller said
today.
For the road to be assured,
an allocation for the project
would have to be approved
in Washington, D.C., and the
U.S. forest service must give
its approval.
Miller said he also received
a telephone call from Darrell
Jones, Clackamas county com
missioner, stating that the
O and C executive committee
of the Association of Oregon
Counties, and the roads com
mittee of the association of
O and C counties -have tenta
tively endorsed using O and C
timber receipts for the pro
posed road. - -
A resolution favoring the
road was endorsed during a
joint meeting of the two
groups Feb;: 9,'.!'Jones.told
Judge MlllerV' Jortetf'Hs head,
of the O and G executive com
mittee of which County Com
missioner Chester Wendt is a.
member. Miller is a member
of the roads committee.
Resolution Passed
The resolution was passed
on condition that Thomas
Parker, " Ashland . contractor,
and his associates follow
through on their, proposed
$165,000 winter sports area
development, Miller ex
plained. The local project was among
a long list of similar projects
tentatively approved provid
ing funds be made available
and government agencies such
as the forest service give
approval.
Wchdt had stated previous
ly that the county's portion
of the overall 14-mile road
will be included in the new
county road plan now being
developed. Jackson county's
portion covers three miles. No
paving work -could be done
until spring.
According to earlier re
ports, paving of the road and
Loud Sonic Boom Is )
Heard in Rogue Valley
A louder than normal sonic
boom heard here last night
caused little damage, but con
siderable comment. Medford
police, who fixed the time of
the boom at 8:16 p.m., said
they received 25 telephone
calls inquiring as to the source
of the noise.
The only report of damage
received by police was from
an unidentified woman who
said the boom broke three
windows in her residence. An
other woman complained to
police that the sound waves
from the boom blew out the
pilot light on her gas furnace.
APPLING OUT OF GAS
Salem lUPH Secretary of
Staie Howell Appling Jr. ran
out of gas in Portland Mon
day night as he and Mrs.
Appling were returning to
Salem from a Lincoln Day
banquet.
Milwaukie Democrat Rips at Pearson
Over BilS To Permit Mill at Gardiner
Salem - iliPH - Rep. Beulah
Hand (D Mliwuakie) lit into
fellow Democrat Walter Pear
son, senator from Portland, to
day and called his State and
Federal Affairs committee a
"clique of special interest boys
wheeling and dealing'' over
two bills aimed at granting
easements for a proposed pulp
mill at Gardiner.
Appeals to Public
Rep. Hand appealed to the
public to oppose passaae of
ti)e two bills which Thursday
won approval from Pearson's
Senate committee.
a plan for snow removal ap
parently .is all that stands in
the way of early development
of the ski resort 15 miles from
Ashland.
The Ashland contractors
have indicated they are ready
to install facilities including
lifts and- a ski lodge as soon
as the road is paved.
Bank Robber Kills
Woman Hostage
Lake Charles, La. -IUPII- The
young Negro bank robber or
dered his three hostages, two
women and a man, out of the
car and shot them as they
fled. .
When one of. the women
squirmed in the dirt on the
side of the road, he pulled out
a knife and stabbed her again
and again to make sure she
was finished. The other two
lay sprawled on the ground
and ."played dead." It prob
ably saved their lives.
-. It happened Thursday night
before . closing time at a
branch of the Gulf National
Bank. The branch slays open
late on Thursday. - ,
' Less than three hours after
the bandit . stuffed. $14,049
into a little black suitcase and
kidnaped, the three bank em
ployees, he was arrested at a
roadblock driving the car be
longing to Mrs. Julia Fergu
son, 50, who died en route to
hospital. She had been
stabbed in the throat and near
her heart. .
Hubbard Man Dies
In Gar-Train Crash
Hubbard, Ore.-IUPU-John D.
Hopkins, 23, Hubbard, was
killed in a car-train collision
here Thursday ' e v e n i n g
nearly the same spot where
his brother was killed in a
train accident four years ago.
Hopkins' car was struck by
Southern Pacific's passenger
train Cascade. The auto was
hurled 90 feet, siiearing- off a
power, .pole and throwing
Hopkins out.
Engineer Arthur R. Knauss
of Portland said the train
was going 77 miles per hour.
Friends of the family said
Hopkins' brother, Ray, was
killed by a train Feb. 20,
1957, less than a block from
Thursday's accident. Ray,. 16,
had been walking along the
tracks, they said.
WEATHER !
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Low to
night 28. High Saturday 48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 47
Lowest this Morning- 36
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:46 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:01 a.m.
Moonset tonicht 8:38 p.m.
First Quarter Feb. 21
EVENING PLANETS
Venus, ahove the Moon.'
Mars, high in south 8:23 p.m.
Venus is now about 52 million
miles from the Earth; Mars is
about 82 million miles away.
chairman of the Oregon Dem
ocratic party, objected before
the committee that the bills
would open the door to indus
try that would mar and de
stroy Oregon's coast.
Amendment Declined
She said that the measures
granted broad powers to the
State Land board in granting
easements, not only to the
proposed International Paper
Co. plant, but to any other
firms that might want to
come in.
The committee declined to
amend the bills.
Sweetland's Bill
Would Double
Medicare Share
Legislature Nears
End of 6th Week
Salem-IUPIl-A bill to double
Oregon's share of the medi
care program over the next
two years was introduced to
day by Sen. Monroe Sweet
land (D-Milwaukie).
It was among several new
measures offered as the legis
lature neared the end of its
sixth week.
' Under S w e e t la n d's bill
medicare would be tied to So
cial Security and $13 million
allocated. This is double the
state share recommended by
Gov. Mark Hatfield, whose
bill is patterned after the
present federal-state medicare
law.
But Congress may amend
this law and Sweetland said
his bill would enable Oregon
to proceed without delay
should the Social Security
type program pass Congress.
Sweetland's bill is broader
than the original Oregon
medicare measure and would
cover all persons over 65,
picking up those who have
less than $2,500 a year income.
His measure is contingent
upon congressional action.
A bill by Rep. Robert
Smith (R-Burns) to let the
state purchase Boardman in
dustrial park outright was
read in the House. Smith said
ranchers were disturbed over
trading grazing lands in south
east Oregon for the Morrow
county site.
Another measure read in
the house was one to bar dis
crimination in any place of
fering public goods . or serv
ices. It is similar to one pre
viously introduced.
Sen. Richard Groener (D-
Milwaukie) offered a bill to
let suburban customers of
city-owned water utilities seek
rate relief through the public
utility commission. Rep. Jua-
nita Orr (D-Lake Grove) in
troduced a bill to - prohibit
suburban rates of more than
25 per cent above what city
customers pay.
Other measures offered in
the House would make li
censed physicians not liable
for civil damages in connec
tion with emergency care and
make scholarships to state col
leges and universities up to
$500 available to qualified
students. The latter would ap
propriate $75,000 to be award
ed by the State Scholarship
Commission.
Bus Driver Killed
Near Grants Pass
r-.ranis Pass -I1IPU- A Grey
hound bus driver from Port
land, Milton Wllburn Erick
son, 50, was killed early today
ulmn slrnrk hv a car about
5 miles north of here on High
way 99.
State Police said Erickson
had stopped his bus to go to
the aid of another Greyhound
bus that had stopped because
of a flat tire. Officers said
Frirksnn was struck hv a car
driven by Robert Doran Brick-
ey, 22, Grants Pass, as he
crossed the highway.
The accident occurred about
12:45 a.m.
Drain Bank Holdup
Suspect Arraigned
Portland - (UPD - A federal
grand jury Thursday indicted
Donald Gene Kelso for the
52,400 robbery last month of
the Drain branch of the U.S.
National Bank.
Kelso was arrested near
Drain a few days after the
holdup.
six puppet committee mem
bers," Rep Hand said today,
"has added another disgrace
ful example to this commit
tee's continuing flagrant mis
use of power."
Charges 'Ridiculous'
The committee's attitude
Rep. Hand said, is "the public
interest be damned.
Pearson, not visibly dis
t u r b e d by the charges,
chuckled and said, "Beulah, I
didn't know you cared that
much about me."
He added he saw no reason
to reply further to such "ri
Regional Edition
20 Pages
Crane Plunges
In Missile Pit;
Six Workmen Die
14 Others Injured;
Two May Not Live
Roswcll, N. M. - A 35-lon
crane plunged into a deep
missle- launching pit Thurs
day, killing six workmen.
Fourteen men were in
jured, two so seriously they
were not expected to live.
Police said the crane got
too close to the edge of the
170-foot-deep hole, a silo for
the launching of Atlas ICBM
missiles.
Men working on the con
crete sides of the silo were
brushed from the walls like
flies with a giant whisk as
the crane plunged by. The
crane's fuel tank exploded,
spewing flaming fuel and
debris over the workers. In
juries ranged from severe
burns to lacerations.
'Lots of Flame'
"I saw the crane topple,"
said Earl D. Motion, an iron
worker and welder who was
working in a gallery running
from the silo to the concrete
control house nearby. "The
crane blew up when it hit
the bottom. There was lots
of flame in the bottom of the
hole."
About 25 men were work
ing in or around the silo.
D. L. Orendorf of the Corps
of Engineers said it appeared
all the men had been ac
counted for. .
The accident occurred 23
miles northwest of Roswell
on U.S. Highway 70, where
12 Atlas launching sites are
being constructed, generally
circling Walker Air Force
Base.
Wesfern Railroads
Seek Merger OK
Washington -ttJPU- Four
Western Railroads today
sought from the Interstate
Commerce Commission ap
proval of plans to merge
their lines in a giant system
operating in 17 states and
two provinces of Canada.
The directors of Northern
Pacific, the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy and the Great
Northern railroads approved
the merger plans Jan. 26.
Under the proposed plan
those three railroads would
be joined into one company
to be called Great Northern
Pacific & Burlington Lines
Inc. The new corporation
would lease the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle Railway
which is jointly owned by
Great Northern and Northern
Pacific.
"Now A Little Foreground Briefing-
r
Medford
Truce m
Liberia Suggests
Leaders Attend
Peace Meeting
- Conference Would
Be Held at UN
United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -
Liberia today proposed a 60-
day general truce in the Con
go while leaders of all the
country s political tactions
come to the United Nations
headquarters for peace talks
with Secretary - general Dag
Hammarskjold and the Se
curity Council.
Liberian Ambass-ador
George A. Padmore put before
the Security Council the sug
gestion first made by Presi
dent William Tubman of Li
beria.
It included a proposal that
the Security Council schedule
a session in the Congo or in a
nearby territory for a first
hand look at the situation.
Padmore did not make the
suggestion as a formal resolu
tion.
Others Working
Liberia, the United Arab
Republic and Ceylon had
worked for several days on a
resolution to deal with the
latest Congo crisis touched
off by the slaying of Patrice
Lumumba, but diplomatic
sources said it was not yet
ready to be submitted.
Russia was understood to
oppose the planed Afro-Asian
resolution because it contain
ed no demand for Hammar
skjold's removal.
Ambassador Omar Loutfi of
the United Arab Republic out
lined to the Council five
points of the resolution he said
would be submitted "in due
course". They were;
Removal of Forces
-U.N, steps to prevent at
tacks by Moise Tshombe's Ka
tanga forces using foreign con
tingents. -Removal of foreign mili
tary and paramilitary forces
from the Congo and the appli
cation of sanctions if a U.N.
order to this cfefct is not com
plied with.
-An immediate investiga
tion to identify the "murder
ers" of Lumumba and punish
them.
-A return to the country's
legal institutions, including
the reconvening of parliament
under U.N. protection.
-Reorganization of the Con
go's armed forces and their
isolation from the country's
politics.
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JLA XT
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1961
EARLY BLOSSOMS Against a backdrop of bare tree
limbs, Ginger Newberry smells the sweet purple blossoms
of a Chinese magnolia tree that has busied -out all over.
Appraisal Plans
Told for
Building Site
Oregon Congressman Edwin
R. Durno notified the Mail
Tribune Thursday that an ap
praisal of the proposed fed
eral building site will be made
here next month.
But, even as the apraisal
is being made, a new motel
will be going up on approxi
mately the same site. '
Durno said the appraisal
will be made March 13, and
will be followed shortly with
a second appraisal. He pointed
out that the appraisals should
be completed within 60 days
of the appraisal announce
ment.
The proposed site of the $3,-
365,000 federal building, ac
cording to the General Serv
ices administration, is on a
square-block area bounded on
the north by 10th St., on the
east and west by Riverside
and Central aves., and on the
south by approximately where
11th St. would be, if 11th st.
extended through the block.
Construction to Start
However, a smaller site lo
cated in this same general
area is wanted by the Imper
ial "400" motel chain of Los
Angeles for a new 40-unit mo
tel, costing approximately
$120,000. Plans for the motel
are already In the hands of the
city building department and
construction is expected to
start next week.
If construction does start
next week, then the motel will
have been under construction
for three weeks by the time
the federal government gets
around to making its first ap
praisal. If the motel is in the way,
the federal government, if it
so desired, could conceivably
condemn the property. But,
the GSA has announced in the
past that it would not pur
chase the property unless it
could be obtained at a "rea
sonable" price.
County Receives Two
Checks from State
A check for S3.790.84 has
been received by the county
treasurer's office from the sec
retary of state for the county's
share of money received from
liquor licenses. The money Is
added to the general fund
Also received this week was
a check from the state high
way department for $7,057
This amount pays for county
property which will be right
of way for Highway 98 free
way near the county shops
9MJe- MftdWJ&
IEiiTRIBUNE
Congo
Arguments Silted
In Barnett Road
RR Crossing
Judge James M. Main will
hear arguments in circuit
court Monday on the reply of
the Public Utilities commis
sion to a suit by the city of
Medford. The city is asking
that part of a recent PUC
order on the proposed Barnett
rd. railroad crossing be de
clared void.
Monday's hearing will be
the first court test of a case
that started in September,
1039. when the city petitioned
the PUC for a railroad cross
ing at Barnett rd. The city
had proposed to extend Bar
nett rd. across the tracks to
connect with Melrose ave.
At a hearing, held In Sep
tember, the city pointed out
that no railroad crossing
exists in Medford between
Stewart ave. and 11th st., a
distance of nearly a mile. City
Attorney Joel Recder, spokes
man for the city, contended
that the crossing was urgently
needed to facilitate traffic
movement in this part of the
city.
The Southern Pacific rail
road vigorously opposed the
crossing as being unnecessary.
Hands Down Order
Nearly a year later, in
August, 1060, PUC Commis
sioner Jonel C. Hill handed
down an order in which he
granted the city its request
for the Barnett rd. crossing,
but also stipulated that In ex
change the city should vacate
its 11th st. crossing.
The order directed that, at
the same lime as the Barnett
rd. crossing is opened, the
Medford city council should
pass an ordinance closing the
lllh st. crossing. Hill con
tended that 11th st. should be
closed because it is a traffic
hazard, and also because
closure would be necessary in
order to give Southern Pa
c I f I c adequate "switching"
room.
The city, however, was not
willing to accept the terms of
this order, and, in November,
City Attorney Reedcr filed a
suit seeking to void that part
of Hill's ruling regarding 11th
st. The complaint contends
that Hill's order is unconstitu
tional and exceeds the PUC
commissioner's authority as
an administrator under state
law.
Exceeding Authority
Specifically, the city claims
that Mill is exceeding his
authority by ordering the 11th
st. crossing closed without
iiii having a public bearing.
V
San Antonio, Tex., has enjoyed about 10 days of warm
sunshine and the magnolia tree responded with blossoms.
. - ---r,".. , (UPI Telephoto)
se
Also, that Hill, an administra
tor, is going beyond the' con
stitutional separation of pow
ers by dictating legislation to
the city council, a legislative
body.
Regarding the lllh st. cross
ing as dangerous, Reedcr said
the city agrees that it is dan
gerous, but adds that all rail
road crossings are dangerous.
After the city's complaint
had been filed, the PUC then
countered with a demurrer
which contends that even if
what the city says is true, it is
still not entitled to relief.
It is the arguments on this
demurrer that Judge Main
will hear in circuit court Mon-.
day. The session starts at 9:30
a.m.
Condemnation Suit
Filed in Court
A condemnation suit has
been filed by the state high
way department in circuit
court here to obtain three par
cels of land near Ashland for
the Seven Oaks-Neil creek
section of the Highway 99
freeway.
The highway department
seeks the property for right
of way for the construction of
a connecting road between
Orchard and Ashland lanes.
The complaint has been
filed against Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh G. Simpson, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert C. Joslyn, Mr.
andor Mrs. Donald J. Wol-
cott and the State of Oregon
represented and acting by the
director of veterans affairs.
Two parcels of the property
total .80 of an acre with the
third 50 square feet. The true
value of the property, accord
ing to the complaint, is $550.
xpiosion ratal
To African twiners
Johannesburg, South Africa-IUPD-A thousand pounds ot
dvnamite exploded in a gold mine near here today, killing
or trapping 22 miners working deep below ground.
The blast occurred at the start of the 8 a.m. shift, shat
tering heavy wooden shoring in a shaft and sending tons of
water cascading into the lower levels of the mine.
Authorities feared scores had been trapped but officials
put the casually toll at 12 natives and two white miners
killed and two whites and six Africans missing and presumed
dcad
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 286
Imor Reigns in
Congo as youths
Attack Missions
Lcopoldville 0IPII New
waves of terror and violence
rolled across the Congo today.
Lumumbist youths attacked
Roman Catholic missions and
killed and mutilated a priest
in Bukavu, a stronghold of
Lumumbist forces in ; tha
north. .
A United Nutions spokes
man said bands of youths
protesting the death of Pa
trice Lumumba swarmed
through, the streets of Bu
kavu, capital of Kivu Pro
vince, sacked and burned a
Roman , Catholic mission and
attacked priests and nuns.
Kasavubu Switches
A group of Lumumba sup
porters in Stanleyville beat to
death a man who had openly
criticized his successor, An
toine Gizenga. Gangs of Lu
mumba youths roamed tha
African quarters of Lcopold
ville during the night, attack
ing supporters of President
Kasavubu and hacking one
man in two.
President Kasavubu, who
has been cool to United Na
tions operations in the Con
go, did an abrupt about face
today and pledged his full
support to Secretary-general
Dug Hammarskjold.
Power Display
To show his power he sent
a battalion of well-armed
paratroopers swinging past
the U.N. headquarters in Leo
poldvillc. They marched in
perfect step and wore im
maculate jungle green uni
forms. Kasavubu cabled Hammar
skjold, "At the moment when
your person is being violently
attacked by different coun
tries we want to assure you
again of our confidence and
the wish of the legal govern
ment of the Congo to co
operate with you."
Be. UmK mmm
"WnU P,
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