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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1961
No. 287
M
Home Rule Group
Might Request
Charter Finances
Committee Chairman
Says Plan Tentative
The Jackson county home
rule committee may ask the
county budget committee to
finance drawing of a home
rule charter for the county
during the new fiscal year,
Committee Chairman Mrs.
Thomas Rutter said Saturday.
She emphasized, however,
this is a tentative plan. The
committee decided at its
Thursday night meeting to
hold a few more interviews
before voting on formulation
of a charter for Hi is county.
Thursday night in the Public
Library of Medford and Jack
son county the committee
hopes to interview Arnold
Bohnert, representing the
county budget committee, and
E. H. Singmaster, former
member of the county board
of equalization.
To Interview Officials
Later the committee plans
to interview District Attorney
Alan Holmes, County Clerk
Marvin Madden and County
Commissioner Edwin Taylor.
The local committee was or
ganized in August and held
its first meeting in Septem
ber. Jackson county is one of a
small group of counties, most
ly in the more populous west
ern section of the state, work
ing on home rule. The Mar
ion county committee decided
Wednesday to begin drawing
up a home rule charter "em
bodying changes which would
streamline the ' government
and give the county the right
to pass ordinances." The char
ter would be put to a public
vote.
The Marion county commit
tee was appointed in October
by the county court and coun
ty legislative delegation,. Like
the Jackson county group It
was given the job of studying
county government and de
ciding how to make it more
effective. Drawing up the
charter is expected to take
many months.
The committee spent four
months deciding whether it
wanted a home rule charter
and government reorganization.
Sen. Frank Church
Is Guest Speaker
Sen. Frank F. Church, Ida
ho, will be this year's guest
speaker at the annual Roose
velt Memorial dinner sponsor
ed by the Jackson county
Democrats Saturday night,
April 15, according to Harper
Edwards, chairman of the
Jackson county Democratic
Central committee.
Place for the dinner has not
yet been decided, Edwards
said.
Church was elected to the
United States senate for the
first time on Nov. 6, 1956. He
was keynote speaker at the
Democratic convention in Los
Angeles, Calif.
The 36-year-old senator is a
graduate of Stanford univer
sity and its law school. He
rose from private to second
lieutenant when 20 years old
during World War II, was as
signed to military intelligence
and saw action in India, Bur
ma, and China.
Henry Padgham, Medford,
has been named general chair
man of the dinner, Edwards
announced. This event, now
in its 11th Vear. has had such
guest speakers as President
John F. Kennedy, and former
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Sports Bulletins
Medford high defeated
Crater 83-57 here last night
in a Southern Oregon con
ference basketball game.
The Black Tornado led 43
29 at halftime. Loyal Higin
botham had 25 points for
Crater. Bob Quinney hit for
13 for Medford and Jim
Barry got 17.
Grants Pass Grants Pass
High school trimmed Ash
land 64-41 in a Saturday
night Southern Oregon con
ference basketball game.
Eagle Point Eagle Point
high tripped Medford St.
Mary's in an overtime 49-46
here last nighl. The game
was 42-42 at the end of reg
ulation play.
Ashland Portland State
dumped Southern Oregon
college in a low scoring 45
40 game in Ashland last
night. SOC led at halftime
25-24.
Idaho 54, OSC 47
Seattle 61, Oregon S7
50 Rebels Invade
Cuba; In
Worryin
Havana - (UPI) - Reliable but
unconfirmed reports from Or-.
iente province last night said
a band of anti-Castro rebels
made a landing near La Plata
on Cuba's southern coast,
east of the U.S. naval base
at Guantanamo, last Wednes
day night.
The rebel force was de
scribed as numbering "around
50 men. Sources in close
contact with anti-government
groups in that extreme east
ern province said the invad
ers succeeded in reaching Los
Parallones foothills and have
headed into the approaches of
the Sierra Cistal mountains.
They were said to be at
tempting to link up with var
ious rebel groups - totalling
several hundred men - oper
ating in the area between
Guantanamo and Baracoa.
Reports also circulated that
a landing of guns and mili
tary supplies was made this
week near the town of Imias,
also on the southern Orientc
coast and about 40 miles fur
ther east.
The landing at La, Plata, if
corroborated, would be the
first large-scale expeditionary
force to reach Cuba since last
October's ill-fated 27 -man
Malaya Plans Hike
In U.N. Congo Force
United Nations, N.Y.-WPII
Malaya came to the aid of the
faltering U. N. Congo troop
operation Saturday with an
offer of 800 more soldiers.
But Ghana demanded that the
troubled African country be
put under "all African" con
trol with all white officials
removed.
; Malaya's' offer to bolster
the U.N. troop command, rid
dled by defections by nations
supporting slain ex-Premier
Patrice Lumumba, was grate
fully accepted by Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold.
Ghana's President Kwame
Nkrumah proposed a seven-
phase plan calling for an
African U.N. command, dis
arming of all Congolese arm
ed factions, by force if neces
sary, and removal of all for
eign diplomatic missions until
order was restored under
African leadership.
Such a proposal, Nkrumah
Germany To Start
Big Aid Program
Washington - OJPIt - Ameri
can officials Saturday express
ed satisfaction over the West
German promise to initiate a
massive long-term foreign aid
program.
They said this constitutes a
definite change in German
policy, bringing West Ger
many closer toward the U.S
evaluation o the world situ
ation.
The German promise was
disclosed in a joint communi
que released here after a meet
ing between President Ken
nedy and West German For
eign Minister Heinrich Von
Brentano Friday.
The communique said Ken
nedy had heard "with satisfac
tion" that West Germany is
prepared "to carry on its pro
gram for the underdeveloped
countries in future years."
German foreign office
spokesman Karl Guenther
Von Haase said later that no
specific figures had been dis
cussed but that the German
foreign aid effort would be
"in the area of $1 billion per
year.
Britons Protest U.S.
Polaris Sub Base
London - (UPD - Thousands
of demonstrators, led by 88
year-old Lord Bertrand Rus
sell and teen-age bearded beat
niks, surged through London
and Glasgow Sunday in pro
test marches against the bas
ing of U. S. Polaris missile
submarines in Britain.
In London, a throng of an
estimated 4.000 persons
marched to Trafalgar square
and some 3,000 demonstrators,
acting as pickets,' squatted on
the sidewalks outside Britain's
defense ministry.
In Glasgow, kilted bagpip
ers led an estimated 5.00(1
demonstrators through t h e
streets in protest against bas
ing the American nuclear
guided missile submarines at
Scotland's Holy Loch.
surgents
0 astro
group which was quickly
captured.
Reports of the landing came
as Prime Minister Fidel Cas
tro rushed to central Cuba to
evaluate the worsening mili
tary situation. . Insurgents in
the Escambray mountains are
inflicting heavy" casualties on
his inexperienced militia, ac
cording to a high army source.
The source said Castro left
Friday night for Santa Clara
with his field commanders
after Maj. Dermidio Escalona
reported he was "gravely con
cerned" because his militia
men were suffering between
20 and 30 casualties daily in
guerrilla fighting.
Reliable sources have esti
mated 2,000 guerrillas are
holding out in Las Villas
province against about 30,000
recently recruited militiamen.
But insurgent resistance was
reported stiffening.
Meanwhile, the government-controlled
press denied
reports published by a Flori
da newspaper (the Miami
News) that a naval base for
the Soviet Union is under con
struction on the island of Key
Largo, about 25 miles due
south of Cuba's east -central
Caribbean coast.
said, would be flexible enough
to keep Asian forces in the
U.N. command but all whites,
such as the Swedes and Irish,
would have to go.
Nkrumah offered to come
to New York to help organize
the plan. , , .
Behind the scenes, U.S. Am
bassador Adlai E. Stevenson
won a diplomatic tug of war
when the 18-nation Congo ad
visory group decided to re
lease a report proposing
stronger U.N. action in the
Congo. The report was drawn
up by an 11-nation concilia
tion commission to the Congo.
Guinea Backs Russia
Stevenson sought release of
the report against Russian in
sistence it be kept secret.
Sources said at yesterday's
two - hour session Guinea
strongly backed Russia's
stand. But Stevenson had his
way.
The advisory group agreed
to make the conciliation com
mission report available to all
U.N. delegations with a note
stating that the 1,000-word
document reflected the opin
ion of the conciliation com
mission delegates, not neces
sarily that of their home gov
ernments. Medford Guard Unit
Holds Open House
The Medford Oregon Na
tional Guard unit is holding
an open house between 1 and
3 p.m. today at the armory.
The open house is part of
the local unit's observance of
"Muster Day," a nationwide
event. Theme for the sixth
annual observance is "The Na
tional Guard in the Cold
War." Puropose of the day is
to call attention to the Na
tional Guard and the role it
plays as a cold war deterrent.
The local unit will display
equipment outside ,the arm
ory. Motion pictures are plan
ned as part of the observance.
Cedric Adams Dies
Of Heart Attack
Austin, Minn. -IUPD- Cedric
Adams, long-time Minneapolis
star and Tribune columnist
and radio personality, died
of a heart attack here last
night. He was 58.
Adams had stayed over
night at the Red Cedar Inn
here, where he had come for
a week ends rest. He was ad
mitted to the hospital after
complaining that he did not
feel well and died about 10:
30 p. m.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy!
through Monday. Hi Eh today SO. I
Low tonight 40. High tomorrow!
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 49
Precip, to i p.m. Yesterday 0.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:02 a.m.
.Moonset tonight 11:11 p.m.
Jupiler goes around the Sun In
12 years; Saturn does the same
in 29 .. years. The combination
of their movements on their
orbits causes Jupiter to pass to
the east of Saturn every 20
years, as tt did in 1911, Is now
doing; and will afaln about
1981.
UAR Arrests U.S.
Attache in Cairo;
Ignores Immunity
Incident Accentuates
Worsening Relations
Cairo - (UPD - Police arrest
ed .the press attache of the
U. S. embassy here Saturday
and held him for 11 hours of
questioning on charges of "dis
tributing imperialist propa
ganda leaflets."
The attache, Zygmunt Na
gorski, denied the charges and
said police "roughed me up"
before his release last night.
The U. S. embassy indicated
it was preparing an immedi
ate protest to the United Arab
Republic government.
Nagorski's detention by po
lice, . who ignored his diplo
matic immunity, accentuated
the worsening relations be
tween the United States and
the UAR over the Congo in
the wake of Patrice Lumum
ba's death.
Earlier this week the U. S.
embassy was stoned by mobs
of students protesting Lum
umba's slaying.
The semi - official Middle
East news agency (Mcna) quot
ed police as saying Nagorski
was distributing the leaflets
from his car in front of a
hotel "without authorization."
Authorities charged that the
leaflets expressed "imperial
ist" views on the Congo situa
tion and also attacked those
nations - of which the UAR
is one - that back Lumumbist
forces in that former Belgian
territory.
Nagorski denied the charges
and was released after his
11-hour interrogation,
Mena said police had kept
Nagorski "under surveillance"
since Friday because similar
leaflets were found in other
sections of the city. Police
said Nagorski's -car was in
those areas at the time.
The Arab news agency quot
ed police as saying Nagorski
told them that a gust of wind
blew the leaflets out of his
automobile as he was driving
by. , ,.;
Medford Speakers
Win Sweepstakes
McMinnville-Medford High
school won the grand sweep
stakes first place in the Lin
field College Invitational For
ensic speech tournament held
here Saturday.
Medford high school and
junior high school students
competed with 900 students of
other Oregon schools. The 62
member Medford delegation
was the largest ever attending
the tournament.
In addition to winning the
grand sweepstakes event for
the first time, Medford won
first place in the junior
sweepstakes. Ashland High
school won first place in sen
ior sweepstakes.
Suzy Thompson and Judy
Sims won first place in senior
women's debate. Sue Jahn and
Sherry Koblick placed first
in junior women's debate. The
junior men's debate team of
Angus Duncan and Steve
Blackhurst, of Hedrick Jun
ior High school, placed first.
Sandra Gannon was first in
junior women's oratory.
Medford students also scor
ed points in after dinner
speaking, impromptu speak
ing, salesmanship and inter
view. Mrs. DeVere Taylor is
senior high school speech
coach.
"We Must Join To Avenge Our Dear Friend,
Lumumba"
walkout
EUROPEAN SOLDIERS This picture, handed out by the
Katanga government in Elisabethville, reportedly shows
a group of unidentified Europeans, their faces blacked
commando-style, taking part in military operations with
Medford Officials
Asked To Submit
Budget Requests
' The first step in the city of
Medford's budget preparations
for the 1961-62 fiscal year was
taken last week when various
city department heads were
asked to estimate their respec
tive budget heeds for the com
ing year.
These estimates are due
back in City Manager Robert
A. Duff s office March 1, and
will serve as a guide to prep
aration of the city s prelimi
nary budget.
Duff said he expects that
the department heads will sub
mit realistic budget requests.
They do not follow the prac
tice of department heads in
some cities, he said, who sub
mit "fat budgets" with the ex
pectation that some will be
trimmed off. '
Always Greater
But, the city manager noted
that the requests, while being
realistic, are almost always
greater than the city can af
ford. Following preparation of
the preliminary budget it will
be submitted to the citizens
budget committee which starts
a series of budget meetings in
April. After the budget has
been approved, and revised, if
necessary, the final budget
will be submitted to the city
council and a public hearing
will be called. Following the
hearing, any necessary
changes' are made, and the
final budget is approved.
Deadline for approval of
budget is July 15.
During the existing fiscal
year the city had a general
fund budget of $906,030, of
which $363,120 came from the
properly tax levy. Under state
law, the city will be allowed
an increase of 6 per cent in its
tax levy.
New Stop 'N' Start
Rocket Carries U.S.
Satellite Into Orbit
Vandenberg Air
Force
Base, Calif. - (UPD - A new
Discoverer satellite bolted
into orbit Saturday in the
first successful test of a stop
'n' start rocket to be used
to power and control the
United States' first maneuver-
able ..military space vehicle.
The reigniting of the Ageha
B rocket powering the 25
foot-long Discovered XXI cap
ped a highly productive two
days in the program and
opened a new era. in,, satellite
control. . ' . ...
' The Discoverer blasted off
the launch pad at 2:58 pjii.
PST.
' Four hours later, the Air
Force announced it had suc
cessfully restarted the rocket
engine while in orbit. The Air
Force announced time for one
circuit of the earth before
the engine was restarted was
93.8 minutes. After the addi
tional burst of power from
the satellite's engine, the time
for each pass was 07.8 min
utes. The satellite was boosted
into space atop a Thor me-
Auio Crash Kills
Jacksonville Man
William Richard' LaBarge,
78, of 210 West California st.,
Jacksonville, was killed early
Saturday morning when his
car missed a curve on the
Jacksonville highway and
went over a 25 foot bank, ac
cording to state police.
His wife, Mrs. Leno Maud
LaBarge, 80, a passenger in
the car, was apparently not In
jured. The accident occurred about
1 Vi miles east of Forrest
Creek rd., when the car round
ed a curve and went out of
control. Police said it traveled
160 feet along the shoulder of
the highway and then went
over the bank.
Moderate damage resulted
to the right front side and top
of the car.
LaBargc's body was taken
to the Conger-Morris Funeral
home ponding further ar
rangements. Hatfield To Appear
On Television Here
Gov. Mark Hatfield will ap
pear on KBES-TV from 4:30
to 5 o'clock this afternoon to
answer any questions tele
phoned to the station by Jack
son county citizens, according
to the governor's office Satur
day. Governor Hatfield will be
in Medford Just long enough
to appear on the local tele
vision broadcast, his spokes
man explained.
This is one of a series of
such "Ask Your Governor"
programs and the first one
held in Medford, Others have
been held in Coos Bay, Eu
gene, Roscburg and other Ore
gon cities.
Katanga forces in the Congo.
offensive Saturday to drive
men from the town of Luena.
dium-range missile. The two
separated and the satellite
engine - cut In for approxi-
mately zva minutes betore
stopping,
was. in. i
one e the satellite
stable orbit. But
when the engine restarted,
the- speed of the satellite was
increased, , which in turn
made the orbit path longer.
On a signal from the
ground, the satellite's stilled
rocket engine restarted as the
vehicle crossed high oven
Alaska at 18,000 miles an
hour. That came on the first
pass, after the new satellite
was hurled Into orbit r- the
nrnnrf snrn'pssfiil Discoverer
orbit in as many days.
It was the first time, the
Air Force said, the Agcnn B
had ever been rcignitcd while
in orbit.
The Agena B is scheduled
to power the Midas, X Samos
and Saint Sky Spy military
system.
Came of Age
"The Discoverer program
really came of age today with
the successful restart test,"
said one Air Force officer.
"And appropriately enough
it came' on No. 21."
Maj. Gen, O. J. Ritland,
commander of the Air Force
Ballistic Missile division, said
Saturday's restart was only
to -test the mechanism.
"It is another successful ex
periment to perfect the sys
tem for satellite stabilization
and control In orbit," Ritland
said. .
The latest Discoverer, un
like its brother satellite fired
into orbit Friday, carried no
recoverable capsule. Discov
erer XX launched Friday is
supposed to k c e p an instru
ment capsule in orbit four
days before scientists attempt
to retrieve it.
Willamette Valley
Has Pear Advantage
Salem - IUPII - A horticul
ture expert has told Willam
ette valley pcaf growers that
it is possible for them to com
pete successfully with other
parts of Oregon,, in growing
pears. i , ,. '.. .
Henry Harlmsn, speaking
to about 150 growers hero,
said that the Willamette val
ley has two advantages over
the Medford area. He listed
the advantages as the lack of
a fire blight problem and the
presence of facilities for fruit
processing.
Hartman is a retired profes
sor of horticulture at Oregon
Slate college.
Vf urn" Soys He May
Run Against Morse
Salem -(UPD- Sen. Anthony
Yturri, R-Ontario, said Friday
he may run for the U. S. Sen
ate in 1D62 against Sen.
Wayne Morse, D-Ore.
. "It is a possibility," the Ore
gon Senate Minority Leader
said.
The troops launched a heavy
pro - Lumumba Baluba tribes-
(UPI Tclcphoto)
Week End Traffic
Accidents Claim
4 Lives in Oregon
At least four persons had
died in traffic accidents In
Oregon this week end by Sat-
urday night.
The victims were Mrs. 'Tilda
Mae Crow, 35, Joseph; Wil-
liam Tt. LeBarge, .78, Jack
sonville; Gordon S. Hamilton,
09, Klamath Falls', and Ed
ward L. Winslow, 24, Glen
dale. . i ,
Mrs. Crow was killed In a
collision on state Highway 82
about 55 miles north of -La
Grande Saturday night.:
she was a. passenger in . a
ear which struck the back of
nlckim truck, wh ch'
La,. r,n n, ehni,iHn
parked on the shoulder of
the highway.- : - f
In Critical Condition
The victim's husband, -Victor
Crow, the driver of the
car, was taken to a hospital
at Enterprise and was report
ed in critical condition.
The other three victims died
as a result of traffic acci
dents Friday night, - -
Hamilton died at a Hermis
lon hospital from Injuries re
ceived earlier in the day when
his pickup truck collided with
a car driven by Glen A. Hold
en, 33, Lake Oswego, on High
way 30 near Boardman.
Winslow was killed when
his failed to make a turn
about 50 miles south of Rose-,
burg and smashed into a tree.
The accident occurred on a
county road one' mile west of
Olcndalc. ' ' ' '
Government Boosts
Home Loan Funds
Washington -ItlPII- The gov
ernment moved Saturday to
strengthen home building by
adding more than $1 billion
to the supply of money avail
able for mortgage loans.
The steps taken are expect
ed to lower interest rates and
cut some cash clown payments
on houses costing more than
$18,000.
The action was taken as the
commerce department report
ed a 12 per cent increase of
housing starts in January. The
department said the end of the
downward slide was partly
brought about by starts that
had . been delayed by bad
weather in December,
Belgian Premier
To Stay in Office
Brussels-IUPD-Premier Gas
ton Eyskens vowed Saturday
he will keep his government
In office despite the resigna
tion of Its seven Liberal mem
bers Friday night.
His statement appeared to
rule out the possibility of a
major cabinet crisis before
the national elections sched
uled next month.
The Liberals resigned from
Eyskens' coalition jn protest
against alleged foot-dragging
by the premier's Social Chris
tian party on a move to In
crease the size of the lower
house of Parliament.
Flight Engineers
Defy President,
Courts and Union
Strike Affects
Seven Airlines
New York-(UPD - Flight en
gineers grounded a major seg
ment of the nation's passenger
airline fleet Saturday in a
"wildcat" strike in defiance
of their union, their employ
ers and President Kennedy.
The walkout, affecting sev
en of the largest airlines, be
gan at 7:30 p.m. EST Friday,
two hours after Kennedy or
dered a fact-finding board to
move in on the dispute and
avert the strike.
The stoppage continued
through yesterday despite or
ders of union leaders for the
men to return to work and
court actions in several key
cities.
Sy Korn, spokesman for off-the-job
engineers in New
York, said he did not believe
the court orders would bring
the men back to work.
'Militant Group'
"These engineers are a mili
tant group, and I think they
are going to hold tight," he
said. - :
Flight engineers continued
to call In "sick" or simply fail
An airlines spokesman at
the Modford airport said
last night thai the strike has
not affected any of the three
airlines serving Medford
' Pacific,
West Coast and
United.
to report for duty. The tele-
phones 'of many went unan
swered when their employers
tried to-reach them.
A ,, union spokesman In
Washington said that labor
secretary Arthur P. Goldberg
telephoned Ron Brown,' presi
dent of the engineers union,
from New York and urged
him to get the strikers back
' work. 1 he spokesman said
,,rwn Ja,ter , ,0Ja. C'dberg
Lt,1B' effortt to get the men
. m juu jwunui oeen
successful.
Pan, American World Air
ways and Eastern Airlines led
a parade to court and obtained
orders forbidding continuance
of the strike. American Air
lines obtained a federal court
order for a hearing Monday
on an injunction plea.
Picketing Continued
But picketing continued.
The only planes operated by
Pan Am were flights carrying
supervisory personnel as en
gineers. Operation of twin -engine
airplanes was not affected by
the walkout because that type
of plane need not carry engi
neers ..under federal regula
tioh. But all of the big U.S.
four -engine propeller driven
and jot aircraft must include
engineers In their crews.
; Officials of Eastern Airlines
expressed the hope that a
court order obtained In Miami
would ' bring its engineers
back. Pan American reported
six hours after it obtained a
restraining order at noon that
its flight engineers still were
"unavailable."
Plans Disrupted
"The plans of thousands of
travelers have been disrupted
by this illegal and irresponsi
ble action," a Pan Am spokes
man said. "We trust the flight
engineers will live up to their
obligations as law abiding citi
zens and that Pan American
soon will bo able to restore
normal service."
Pan Am's normal schedule
calls for 17 flights out of New
York on Saturday. It sent one
flight to Bermuda and ar
ranged for supervisory engi
neers to go out on two other
flights last night - one to Lon
don, the other to Paris. Pan
Am cancelled all six of its
overseas flights from Miami.
Eastern Airlines said it had
cancelled- at least 50 flights
from Miami, some because of
bad weather in the northeast
ern states but mostly because
of the strike.
Supervisory Personnel
Nine Eastern planes flew
out of Miami with supervisory
personnel In engineer's seats.
National Airlines cancelled
one flight because of the engi
neers walkout. Other flights
were washed out by rain In
the northeast.
Most of American's huge
fleet of airlines had been
grounded by the strike. An
airline spokesman said almost
the only four -engine flights
operating were those return
ing engineers to their home
I base.