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Communist 1
To Bongo Forces
Work Program for
Young Offenders
May Be Set Up
Municipal Judge Ronald
Ricketts said todayvhe; is con
tidering the feasifiility of in
stituting a work program for
juvenile offenders who are
cited into municipal court.
Under ; the proposed pro
gram a juvenile offender
would be assigned to do a
certain amount of work for
the city parks -department in
stead of being ' fined, as is
now the case. They would be
assigned to specific projects,
such as spading a park flow
er bed.
Judge Ricketts said he be
lieves the work program
would be more effective than
the fine system because it will
bring to the juveniles "the
realization of their' responsi
bility under the law." The
way it works now, he said, is
that in many cases, the par
ents of the offender pay the
fine, and the offender himself
gets off with little, if any,
actual penalty.
As examples of those kinds
of offenses which would re
sult in work, Judge Ricketts
listed illegal' possession of al
coholic beverages and illegal
possession of tobacco. He said
there may be several others.
Juveniles subject to the
program, he said, would be
from the ages of 18 through
20; also, those 16 and 17 year
olds who are remanded to
municipal court by the juve
nile court.
There are several details re
maining to be worked out be
fore the program could be put
into effect, Ricketts said. One
of these is whether the juve
niles would be covered by city
accident insurance.
City Parks director Robert
Haworth will be charged with
drawing up a list of work
that needs to be done. Ha
worth said this morning that
the work will be the same as
would otherwise be done by
city employees.
Summer Schedule for
Jacksonville Museum
Jacksonville -The Jackson
ville museum will begin its
summer schedule Wednesday,
March 1, according to Miss
Mary L. Hanley, curator.
The museum hours will be
week days from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Sundays and holi
days from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Un-American
Authority Reaffirmed
Washington - (UPIi - By a
5-4 split, the Supreme Court
today reaffirmed the authori
ty of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities to in
vestigate Communism.
It did so by affirming con
tempt convictions of two wit
nesses who refused to answer
questions during committee
inquiries.
The two, Frank Wilkinson
of Los Angeles and Carl Bra
den of Louisville, Ky., ap-
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1961
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are going to take quite a '
on Phenix City, Ala.
G. Mermen
Praises
British in
? D'ar - Es - Salaam, Tangany-yika-IUPB-G.
Mennen Williams,
U.S. assistanct secretary of
state for African affairs, said
today that Britain is making
a "commendable effort" to ar
range independence for , its
East African territoies.
"Whether this effort is com
pletely satisfactory is some
thing I will have to analyze
first," he told a news confer
ence. Williams, on a swing
through Africa, was asked
what general impression of
State Police, PUC
In New Building
The Oregon state police dis
trict headquarters and the
Medford patrol center, and the
area office of the public utili
ties commissioner have moved
into the a new building on
North Pacific highway.
The state police moved to
the new building next door to
their old office Friday. The
PUC move took place Satur
day from their old building
at 1133 South Riverside ave.
Half of the building, divid
ed by a hall, will, be used by
the state police. The other half
will house the PUC. offices
and later the Oregon motor
vehicle license department.
Parking for the new build
ing is at the rear of the build
ing, and residents should be
on the alert for one-way en
trance and exist signs, it was
stressed.
The old building used by
the state police to the south
of the new building will be
converted for use by the state
highway department, it was
reported. i
PROGRESS REPORT
Ashland - Mayor Richard L.
Neill will report on progress
of the Pioneer Shopping cen
ter at the noon luncheon of
the Ashland Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday in the Mark
Antony hotel. Neill and E. H.
McGee are co-owners of the
center. It is located on the
corner of Pioneer and Oak sts.
Construction was started last
December. The completion
date has been set for early
May.
Activities
pearcd before a subcommittee
in Atlanta July 30, 1958, dur
ing an investigation of Com
munist propaganda in the
south and infiltration into the
textile industry.
Justice Potter Stewart
spoke for a five-man majority
of the court in both contempt
cases. Dissenters were Chief
Justice Earl Warren and Jus
tices Hugo L. Black. William
O. Douglas and William J.
Brennan Jr.
55th
nun H I i r
dents in this section had to be
in spite of the floods.
iiBsams
by
rica
British arrangements for East
African independence he
would be taking back to Presi
dent Kennedy.
"Generally, -without-limiting
myself to specific criticism
here and there, there seems to
be an effort being made in
this direction which is com
mendable," he said.
Williams praised the "mu
tual cooperation and very sin
cere dedication to the com
mon objective of self-govern
ment," existing between the
various races of East Africa.
Defines U. S. Policy
The basic principle of Amer
ican policy in Africa, he said,
was "a distinterestcd concern
for the welfare of all the
peoples in Africa and a gen
uine concern1 that the African
people will be able to make
their contributions to world
peace.
Williams ducked questions
from members of the South
African United Front, a Negro
exile organization whose local
representatives gate - crashed
the conference.
The South Africans asked
him to comment on a memo
randum handed in at the U.S.
Consulate this morning warn
ing foreign investors that sup
port for the (white) South
African government "would
be regarded as an unfriendly
act by the nonwhile people
of South Africa."
Blasted by Paper
. Williams said he had not
had a chance to study the
memorandum but would do so
later, while flying to Leopold
ville on the next stage of his
tour.
In Nairobi, capital of neigh
boring Kenya, the influential
East African Standard again
blasted Williams, who it said
was "heading down the dismal
trail."
An editorial in ' the paper
said that Williams "seemed a
pleasant enough fellow but
completely out of his depth in
African politics." It warned
that when he reaches Leopold
ville "anything might hap
pen." Three Killed in
Week End Traffic
By United Press International
At least three Oregonians
were killed during the week
end as a result of separate
traffic accidents throughout
the state.
The victims were Glenn
Earl Beattie, 20, Cottage
Grove; Mrs. Shirley Ann Ro-
buck, 20, Sheridan; and Irven
White, 42, Salem.
Beattie was killed near
Florence when his car went
out of control, skidded sev
eral feet, struck a 12-foot log
and turned over.
Mrs. Robuck was injured
fatally when the car driven
by her husband, Lester, crash
ed through a guard rail on a
Yamhill county road overpass
and fell about 25 feet to State
Highway 18 below.
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ordered out of their homes
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U.S. Officials
Seek To Verify
Carrier Reports
Washington - OIPII - U.S. of
ficials are attempting to verify
reports that Communist arms
were airdropped to the anti-
government Congolese iroops
now reported marching on the
main province of Leopold-
ville, it was learned today.
Diplomatic reports have
persisted for the past three
weeks that cargo planes were
airlifting Soviet and Czech
small arms, including gre
nades, to the Congo's Oriental
Province.
This is the stronghold of
Soviet - backed Antoine Gi
zenga, who has proclaimed
himself successor to the slain
Patrice. Lumumba.
Confirmation Lacking
There also were reports thai
a half - dozen trucks, loaded
with arms, entered the Congo
a little over week ago at Aba,
at the extreme northwest
corner of the Sudan border.
U.S. officials have never
been able to confirm the air
lift .information to the point
where they could make a
formal charge.
If the reports are verified
they could have important
political effect. Because the
Gizenga forces in their latest
march have met no opposition,
the UN has felt it had little
grounds to intervene. H o w
ever, evidence of Communist
involvement would be a basis
for firmer UN action. ,
JFK Sends Congress
Education Proposal
Washineton-HJPI) PreiH
Kennedy sent Congress today
proposed legislation to carry
out part of his federal aid tn
education program.
He said he believes the
measure "will help lift our
schools to a new level of ex
cellence." In identical letters to Speak
er Sam Rayburn and Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
the President reiterated his
hone for enactment of a fpri.
eral aid bill to spend more
more than S2 billion dollars
over the next three years for
school construction and im
proved teachers' salaries.
As outlined in his education
message to Congress last Mon
day, Kennedy's bill would
provide a minimum of SI 5
per pupil in federal aid to the
states. The bill would author
ize S666 million for the fiscal
year starting July 1, $706
million for the following fis
cal year and S866 million for
the third vear of the nmpram
to help slates build public
elementary and secondary
schools and provide the neces
sary teachers salaries.
PLANS TO RETIRE
Washington - HOT - Rep.
Francis E. Walter, 66, chair
man of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities,
said today he will retire from
; Congress when his current
jterm expires.
atfield Wants To See
Some
Salem-JliPIl-Gov. Mark Hat
field said today the legisla
ture has been working hard
but he wants to see some ma
jor legislation on his desk
within the next couple of
weeks.
Evaluating progress of the
session, he said if you figure
it on the bills he has received
so far, "I would be unim
pressed." Most of them have
been routine budget matters.
The 1961 session is 50 days
old and the assembly still has
the important bills under con
sideration. These are among the ones
Hatfield said he wants to be
able to sign as soon as pos
sible: Measures dealing with
the Space Age Industrial Park
at Boardman, at least some of
his government organization
bills; traffic safety legislation;
and expenditure bills for capi
tal construction.
Speaking of welfare, Hat
field said he can't quite agree
with Joseph Harvey Jr., chair
man of the Oregon Welfare
Additions Ordered
To Bail Schedule;
Minimums Raised
Medford Municipal Judge
Ronald Ricketts has ordered
that several municipal of
fenses be added to the city's
bail schedule. Included among
these are illegal possesion of
liquor and tobacco.
Judge Ricketts also ordered
an increase in the amount of
bail to be posted for several
violations - notably parking
in or blocking an alley,, and
continuous parking In any
time or meter zone.
All changes become effec
tive March 1.
Ricketts has set the bail for
illegal posesion of liquor at
a minimum of $50 and for
illegal possession of tobacco
at $15. Previously, the bail
-and fine - for -these offensea
has been at the discretion of
the judge. Ricketts cautioned,
however, that these are only
minimum amounts, i
The minimum bail and fine
for parking in a city alley
has been increased from $2.ou
to $5. Ricketts said the ' in
crease was made necessary
because "the privilege of
parking in an alley has been
so abused that the alleys seem
more like public parking
lots."
Rickets noted that mer
chants may use the alleys, but
with the understanding that
if the vehicle is unmarked as
a delivery or service vehicle,
or parked for an excessive
period of time, a citation will
be issued. Private citizens
wishing to unload merchan
dise must use loading zones
or parking meter spaces, he
said.
Congested Alleys
He. pointed out that con
gested alleys are dangerous
because they could prevent
fire fighting equipment from
reaching the scene of a fire.
The bail and fine for con
tinuous parking in a time or
meter zone has been increased
from $1 to $2.50.
Another addition to ' the
city's bail schedule is failure
to obtain an Oregon operator's
license. The bail for this of
fense has been set at $50.
This specific offense was
previously disregarded, Rick,
etts-said, in that it was prose
cuted under the law pertain
ing to driving without a li
cense, the bail for which was
$5. The judge said he believes
it is much more serious to
drive without any license at
all than to drive without a
license in possession, but still
have a license at home oi
elsewhere.
Judge Ricketts also caution
ed that a warrant charge of
S5 becomes effective upon val
idation of a warrant for the
arrest of a person who has
previously been cited into mu
nicipal court.
To avoid having a warrant
issued for his arrest, Ricketts
said, an offender should post
bail or appear in court on or
before his set court date. If
a time extension is needed, it
should be requested in court.
WEATHER
FOHKCAST: Mostly cloudy to.
nldil and Tuesday. Ocraslonal
rain Tuesday. Low tonight 32.
High Tuesday 45-SO.
Temp.
Highest Yealerdav 51
Lowest thli Morning 31
Precip. To 10 a.m. Today 23
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:5". p.r
Sunrise tomorrow 6:19 a. r,
Moonset tomorrow S:-M a.m.
Pull Moon March 2
PROMINENT STAK
Beteleeuse, high in
south 7:36 p.m.
V1SIHI.K PLANETS
Mars, high In south..- 7:S2 p.m.
Venus, tn the west 7:53 p.m.
Jupiter and Saturn.
rise J:26 a.m.
Major Legislation
Commission, that if anyone is
to blame for Oregon not pro
ceeding with the federal sur
plus food program, it's the
counties.
Hatfield said it is true that
in the final analysis it is the
counties who must apply. But
an important aspect is "imagi
nation and encouragement of
the state level and this has
not been done, he said.
A bill has been introduced
"Open Wide And Say 'Bah' "
Arrangement of
McGahuey
1st Degree
LecRoy Sanford McGahuey.
43; Central Point, was to be
arraigned in district court this
afternoon on charges of first
degree murder, District Attor
ney Alan B. Holmes said this
morning. ." ,
McGahuey Saturday signed
a confession to the murder of
Mrs. Loris M. Holt and her
23-month-old son, Rod, in Cen
tral Point.. However, Mc-
Planning Group To
Hear Zone Request
Ashland-The Ashland plan
ning commission tonight' will
hear arguments on a request
to rezone 40 acres of land on
Bear creek near Oak St. from
residential to industrial.
The rczoning request was
submitted to the city council
last week by Earl Lminger.
It would allow establishment
of a gravel pit and rock crush
ing plant. Lininger's request
was approved by the planners
earlier this month. However,
the city council decided to
hold a hearing on the propo
sal March 7.
The commission will also
study making Zone 4 a strict
ly residential area. Zone 3
would be for multiple family
dwellings.
Man Arrested on
Stolen Car Charge
A former Medford man,
who was released from Mc
Neil Island federal prison in
Washington last week, was
arrested by state police here
late Saturday afternoon on
charges of larceny of an auto.
Lodged In the Jackson coun
ty jail for Portland authori
ties is James Horace Walpolc,
32, of Grape si., Medford. Ac
cording to police reports his
arrest occurred after the par
ents of a Medford girl became
frightened after they let her
go with Walpole on a baby
sitting assignment.
Before police arrived, Wal
pole returned the girl to her
home safely, it was reported.
When stopped by police it was
discovered he was driving a
stolen car.
Police said today that own
ers of the Portland used car
lot where the car was stolen
Friday are expected to ar
rive in Medford to claim it
Tuesday.
Congolese Soldiers
Turn on UN Command
Leopoldvllle, The Congo
OTIi-Unruly Congolese soldiers
turned against the United Na
tions Command in a wave of
violence, beating four Cana
dian UN soldiers today and
raping a white UN secretary
Sunday night.
asking more than $2 million
for the state to underwrite
costs of the plan. Hatfield
said he would favor this "only
after it had been proven that
there is no other way to ac
complish it."
Hatfield said he opposes
House Speaker Robert Dun
can's idea of moving the Ore
gon primary election forward
from May to September-only
two months from the Novem-
Set on
Murder
Gahuey, .will be charged only
with ithe murder of the infant
the district attorney said to
day. He may be charged later
with the murder of the moth
er, he added,
McGahuey is scheduled to
take a lie-detector test at state
police headquarters some time
today in connection with a
1957 murder in Lewis county.
McGahuey was wanted in
Washington for ..violation of
probation for a Jahuary, 1960
conyiction of taking indecent
liberties with a minor child.
He served six months of a one
year sentence. ' .1 "...
Washington Murder ",
Lewis County Sheriff O. R,
Amondson, Chchalis, Wash.,
said he and his undersherlff,
W. Al Murray, are .here to
question McGahuoy on the
murder of Eleanor Bollinger,
31 - year - old Sunday school
teacher from Scenic, Wash.,
on July 6, 1957. McGahuey
was living in the small Lewis
county town at the time.
The Sunday school teacher's
body was found three weeks
after she had gone berry pick
ing in the woods not far from
the mountain town on July 6,
Amondson said. A bandana
was wrapped tightly around
the neck of the corpse and
stab wounds were found in
the chest and back. The wom
an's bicycle was found over a
bank and her berry bucket in
the brush. The leaf covered
body had been found by
another berry picker.
In 1960 the Lewis county
sheriff's office learned that in
July, 1957, McGahuey had re
turned home after a two-day
unexplained absence and that
a knife was missing from his
kitchen.
DEMURRER DENIED v
Portland-(UPD-Circuit Judge
Arno Deneckc today denied a
demurrer filed 011 behalf of
five defendants in a political
criminal libel case here.
Medford High School Junior Selected
Semi-Finalist
JoAnn Johnson, a junior at
Medford Senior High school,
has been notified she is a semi
finalist for the American
Field Service Americans
Abroad summer exchange pro
gram. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, 1101
Mt. Pitt ave., Medford.
Miss Johnson was one of
five finalists selected at the
local high school to have their
applications submitted to the
AFS New York office. She
was the only one from Med
ford to be tcntativqly accepted
by New York, pending the
availability of homes abroad.
American Field Service
spokesmen advise that there
is no guarantee that the Med
ber election, thus cutting the
campaign.
He said this would harm
the presidential preferential
election and he opposes any
thing that weakens it.
He said he favors allowing
state political parties to choose
national committeemen and
women, but opposes selection
of delegates to national con
ventions. They, like the na
tional committee members, are
elected by the people.
Hatfield said he is propos
ing some changes involving
population in the Republican
preferred plan for legisla
tive reapportionment. He did
not give details but called on
Democrats to come forth with
a unified plan of their own so
the two parties can compro
mise.
The governor said he agrees
with Rep. Edward Fadeley's
idea that lobbyists in Salem
should register and list their
expenses.
(See story on page 2)
Senate Appoints
Committee To
Study Lobbyists
Salem - IUP1) - The Oregon
Senate today named a five
man committee to investigate
lobbyists - but only after
charges of special interest
within the legislature Itself
were directed at one senator
and one representative.
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D-
Milwauklc), one of eight sen
ators who tried to add House
members to the investigating
committee, protested that Sen,
Walter Pearson (D-Portland),
whose committee sponsored
the probe resolution, was him
self the "patron, particularly
with respect to major legisla
tion, . of the lobby group
whose activities spurred the
probe.
His comment was a thinly
veiled reference to Associated
Oregon Industries, backer of
three-way workmen's compen
sation, which last week ad
mitted drawing up a "legis
lators' background" sheet.
Pearson, who also supports
three-way workmen's compen
sation, hotly denied any im
proper connection. '.
Says 'Not Tool'
"I am not the tool of any
special interest, I am here to
represent the people," he said.
But he said this was not true
of other legislators, such as
'Mr. Whelan (Rep. Edward
Whelan, D-Portland), repre
senting the AFL-CIO and lob
bying right here In the ten.
ate." Whelan is secretary
treasurer of the .Multnomah
Labor Council.
In1 spite of the charges the
Senate voted unanimously for
investigation.
Senate President Harry Bol-
van (D-Klamath Falls) named
Pearson and Sens. Anthony
Yturri (R-Ontario), Boyd Ov
crhulse (D-Madras), Thomas
Mahoney (D - Portland) and
John Hare (R-Hillsboro) to the
special committee.'
Police Receive
Report of Scalping
An Indian scalped en
downtown Medford street in
the year 1961?
Police thought II lounded
Incredible when the scalp
ing was reported to them
Sunday afternoon, but they
investigated anyway.
They found that three
white men and an Indian
had all been drinking "fire
water" in a Front ft. tav
ern, and when an argument
ensued, one of the white
men pulled a knife and
clipped two locks of hair off
his Indian friend's scalp.
The Indian was apparent
ly not hurt and refused to
sign a complaint, police
said.
for Exchange Program
ford girl will be sent abroad
this summer under the ex
change program, since U.S.
applications must be j"match
cd" with available homes in
foreign countries.
Miss Johnson is an honor
student in school, and partici
pates In vocal music produc
tions. She was a recent dele
gate to the annual Llnfield
Invitational High School For
ensic tournament in McMlnn
ville, and was the top winner
for Medford.
, Other students selected as
semi-finalists in southern Ore
gon and northern California
Include John Jeddoloh, a jun
ior at Grants Pass High
school, and Sharon Bray, a
student in Yreka.
Mrs. Robert Sleeter, local
Sales Tax To
Offset Property
Tax Reduction
Pearson, Overhulse
Head 12 Sponsors
Salem-IUPII - A broad new
lax reform proposal calling
for a sales tax to offset re
ductions for property and in
come taxpayers landed in the
Oregon State Senate today.
Sens. Walter Pearson (D-
Portland), and Boyd Over
hulse (D-Madras), headed a
list of 12 sponsors.
The entire package would
be contingent upon the voters'
approval in 1962 of an Oregon
sales tax to exceed three per
cent. The proposal was ex
pected to meet with consider
able opposition from many
lawmakers.
The sales tax money would
be used for school support
as a direct offset for property
taxpayers.
To this end, one bill in tha
package would raise basia
state school support from $110
to $140 per child.
Companion Bill In
At the same time, a com
panion bill would limit prop
erty tax levies to 20 mills
based on true cash value oS
property Exemptions would
be granted only when approv
ed by three-fifths of the voters
in a taxing district, or when,
additional funds were requir
ed to continue bonded indebt
edness. ,
Income taxpayers in lower
Income brackets, who would
pay a good portion of the pro
posed sales tax, also would
receive relief through an in
crease In the -amount of ex
emptions allowed. Exemptions
for single Individuals would
be raised from $600 to $1,500,
and for married couples from
$1,200 to $3,000. .......
Since the legislature couia
not levy a sales tax until
voters approved a constitu
tional amendment, none of the
package could become effec
tive for at least two years it
the.' sales tax proposal were
placed on the ballot next year.
Other Bills In
Another bill introduced In
the Senate called for $250,000
to adapt local educational fa
cilities for multiple use as
community colleges as well as
local schools.
The measure was Introduc
ed by Sens. Alfred Corbet (D
Portland), and Joan Lewis (D-
Portland), who also called for
$200,000 for development of
mental health clinics.
A bill -in the House called '
for an interim committee to
study an investigate power
marketing.
The measure, sponsored by
Reps. George Van Hoomissen,
(D-Portland), and Beulahv
Hand (D-Mllwaukie), proposed
$50,000 for the study.
Person Injured in
Sunday Accident
State police reported one
man was injured in one of two
highway accidents Sunday on
Jackson county highways.
Alberto Napoleon Napolita
noi 26, of 5555 Valley View
dr., received face cuts during;
a three car collision at the in
tersection of the South Pacifia
highway and the Lithia Drive
in theater entrance road.
A car driven by Walter Al
bert McCloud, 27, of 48 Gresh
am St., Ashland, had stopped
to make a left hand turn when
the accident occurred. Other
cars involved were driven by
Ray Merrill Stenbridge, 20, of
501 Valley View dr., in whose
car Napolitano was a passen
ger, and Lawrence Russell
Mongold,' 24, of 451 North
Main St., Ashland.
Considerable damage result
ed to cars driven by Stanley
Arthur Ncwnham, 27, Gold
Hill, and David Gregory Mac
Dougall, 42, of 1805 Thomas
rd., early Sunday. The cars
collided at the intersection of
Vilas rd. and Grace Way. No
injuries were reported.
AFS Americans Abroad pro
gram director, explained tha
policy of naming tentative
selections. The action . was
taken in order that fewer stu
dents will have to wait until
late spring to know they are
not selected, the director ad
vised. Students who have been
eliminated have been sent
rejection letters early so other
summer plans may be made.
In the past, no word was re
ceived from the New -York
office until late March or
April, she continued.
Those ; students who are
finally chosen will be given
their country assignment at
that time, rather. than being
able to apply for certain
country.