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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1961)
mmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mi A iNSSMauOfe. '-'rAvjS. auV K - ' '4 r- 'I CAR STRANDED This is one o hundreds the stale was paralyzed by Us worst winter of cars left stranded along highways around storm in many years. An average of seven Brownsburg, Ind., after the central part of Inches of snow fell in the area.' ; . (UPI Telephoto) Moroccans Swear Allegiance To New King; Mohammed V Dies ' Rabat. Morocco - fUPD - The princes and priests of Morocco today swore allegiance to a new king, 33-year-old Moulay Hassan, catapulted to the throne by the sudden death of his popular father, King Mo hammed V. The young crown prince be came King Hassan II Sunday a few hours after his 51-year-old father died of heart fail ure following what had been expected to be a minor nasal operation. ' The prince's assumption of supreme power came at a NOW YOU KNOW United Press International Daylight Savings , Time began in 1918. when a Pitts burgh city councilman nam ed Robert Garland suggest ed that clocks be moved ahead an hour during spring .end summer to give people: more daylight. critical time In Morocco's jto- sitlon between East and West. Stepping into the shoes of his powerful father, Moulay Hassan faced difficult tasks in rallying feuding political par ties and handling Morocco's increasingly delicate relations with the West and Russia. Morocco, which occupies a strategic position on the Medi terranean, recently has begun a drift away from strong ties with the West into closer re lations with the Soviet Union. A treaty covering U.S. mili tary bases in Morocco is due to expire In 1963.. ' i Prince Moulay Abdullah, the younger brother of Mou lay Hassan, was the . first to pledge. his allegiance to the new monarch today. He was followed by other members of the royal family and the Moroccan oulemas, or Moslem religious leaders and advisers. The nation today began sev en days of mourning for King Mohammed, whose body lay in a mausoleum inside the royal palace. The funeral was set for Tuesday. The king's heart failed 10 minutes after completion of an operation for "disection of the nasal membrane", in the palace clinic. Doctors tried vainly to revive him by pas saging his heart. SANITONE Dry Cleaning keeps your dresses fashionably smart through cleaning after cleaning CenveirfeM Parking Right t Hie Door Try Our CUSTOM LAUNDERED SHIRTS Fit Batter look Better Feel Better i MmZ&S.' H. D. CHRISTENSEN 601 E. Main St. Ph. SP 2-9169 i A Stocks Firm on Selective Demand i New York-dlPD - .Selective demand held stocks firm to day. ' Steels showed small frac tional gains where changed while autos ranged from higher in Chrysler to Vs low er In GM. Leading rails were narrowly mixed. Among the oils, Union Oil of California gained 1 but Skclly backed down 134..AMF gained 2 and Brunswick l'i on 12,000 shares in a delayed opening among the bowling Issues, Flintkite tacked on l'A in building materials, Polaroid 2 '4 in cameras, and Goodyear 1V6 in the rubbers. Electronics were erratic with IBM up 10 on a Into start, Litton up 3i and RCA up 1 while Minneapolis Honey well and Texas Instruments shed around 2 apiece. Bendix lost 1V6. Oregon Legislature, on 50th Day or Session, Characterized by Restraint, Political Caution Cereal Food Prices Expected to Mount Washington -IUPD- The Ag riculture Department predicts that retail prices of cereal foods, Including bread, will rise slightly this year. The department says the increase will be due to anoth er round of increases in mar keting charges, further growth in the spread between farm and consumer prices for wheat and other cereal crops. The report also says civilian consumption of wheat foods was tip slightly in 1060. This was an Increase in total con sumption, however, not an in crease in per-capita consumption, 'Flying Grandpa' On World Jaunt Miami, Fla. - (UPI) - "Flying Grandpa" Max Conrad, 58, took off In a small, twin-engine plnne at 5:07 a.m. (pst) today on a 25,000-mile around-thc-world flight that he hopes will break three existing rec ords. Conrad, who already holds several world flying records, will try to make the flight in nine days. The Winona, Minn., pilot will carry a passenger with him for the first time on 'one of his globe-circling hops. Designated as an official ob server to see that Conrad ad heres to all regulations during the flight was Richard Jen. nlngs, a newsman. Gasoline Price War Looms at Portland Porllnnd-WPH- A simmering gasoline price war became a hot contest here today when an independent gasoline deal er lowered his prices on regu lar gasoline to 19.9 cents. John L. Dnskalos, owner of the Rapid Car Wash said he was socking a fair gasoline market price for all retail gas oline dealers In Portland. He added that he expects to lose about $1,000 a week in the process. He has hired 10 ad ditional attendants to handle an expected rush. Daskalos said that under present marketing conditions he cannot make enough profit to Justify time and effort in volved in telling gasoline. Salem - iUPD - The 1961 Ore gon legislature, characterized by restraint and political cau tion, is likely to achieve some starts In new fields and a lot of housekeeping, but more sweeping legislation will prob ably be swept aside by the moderates to await a more dashing session. That's the opinion of legis lative leaders of both parties in both houses as the session arrive at its halfway target date. Today is the 50th day, and both House Speaker Rob ert Duncan (D-Medford) and Senate President Harry Boi vin (D-Klamath Falls) still see a 100-day session as a pos sibility. Most of the lawmaking chiefs sum up this legislature as a steady and industrious body, but not particularly daring. This, they say, is in tune with the tempo of Oregon voters these days, and borne out by the political makeup of both houses - a two-thirds Democratic senate control led by a Republican-Conservative Democrat coalition, and a house only slightly more lib eral, in spite of the fact that the GOP lacks just one man of an even split with the Dem ocrats. In Eisenhower Era , "Oregon is still in the Eiscn hower era," says Duncan, "and accordingly this is a moderate, . middle-of-the-road legislature. Everyone recog nizes that no one has the strength to bull his way through. . . "It is a careful legislature, says Boivin, "and hardwork ing - definitely not a do-nothing session. It's a little un usual in trying to keep expens es down. It will not be carried away with programs simply because they are new and nov el." Oddly, criticism of the slow pace comes from a Republi can, House. Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery of Eugene, "The legislature is working much harder this time than in previous sessions," he says, "but it is reluctant to change, to move ahead. . Consensus is that the leg islature ; will approve these big items: A start on tgov e r n m e n t reorganization,, a compromise timber tax plan, an increase in basic school support, a labor elections bill, a compromise reapportion ment plan, minor changes in welfare, and economy bills to facilitate space age develop ment, oil exploration and in dustry. Health Clinics Seen The odds, are good for an increase in community college support, a start on mental health clinics. In addition, there will be hundreds of housekeeping revisions of laws governing highways and vehicles, elections, welfare, education, labor and criminal law. Very little chance is given for three-way workmen's com pensation or a "little Land- rum-Gnffin bill. Increases in workers benefits, tax reform, a cigarette tax, changes in the school fund distribution for mula, compulsory auto insur ance, or a bill to control trad ing stamps. There will probably be some cuts, and some additions, to Gov. Mark Hatfield's budg et, but the $359 million total appears likely to remain about the same. i Two things appear certain voters, who have turned down such things as higher salaries for legislators and repeal of the death penalty in the past, will be asked to give their verdict on these, and some new items, again at the next election. And the legislature, having rejected the recommendations of many of its last set of in terim committees, before it goes home will create a new set to think over problems ranging from tax to family happiness during the next two years. LINEUP OF ISSUES Reorganisation - Approval is likely for less controversial aspects of Gov. Mark Hat field's plan to give Oregon a cabinet system of government. Chances for extreme changes, such as abolishing the welfare commission and the board of control, are slim. The gover nor may get a little more pow er over tile welfare adminis trator. Tax - The house may pass a bill to repeal the business inventory tax, or even all per sonal property tax, but the senate is reluctant. Senate tax committee members predict a deadlock that will kill income tax reform, tax cuts, and a to bacco tax. The elderly may get some tax relief on their homes, and a timber tax, like ly a compromise, is consider ed a must by both houses. Budget-Hatfteld's $359 mil lion figure is considered real istic, though the legislature may cut some of Hatfield's Items and add some of its own instead. These could Include classroom television and sum mer work camps. Medicare - This depends on congress. If President Ken nedy's social security plan passes it would free some $5 million, now planned for med icare in Oregon, for other items. Reapportionment -After some political Infighting, "ideas will jell" and the leg islature will probably agree on a compromise between cit ies, rural areas, and politicians of both parties. Schools - State support will be hiked, but the manner of distributing the funds may be "a bitter fight." Odds are the lawmakers will end up by making few, if any, changes in the present distribution for mula. Labor - An elections pro cedures bill will probably be the only big one approved. If Medford Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1961 Degenerate Sought For Killing of Girl New York - (UPI) - Police today found their first con crete clue to the identity of the drunken degenerate whose twisted passions led him to rape, beat and kill Edith (Googie) Kiecorius, 4. The battered body of the pretty little girl was found Sunday in a filthy slum room on the West Side. The room had been rented to a Fred Thompson, a toothless, beer- swilling little man now the focus of a nationwide search. Fingerprints Found Police said today finger prints found in the room and description of the man have identified him as the holder of a temporary cabaret work ing card issued Nov. 13, 1953. At that time Thompson lived in the Prince Hotel on the Bowery. It was believed Thompson got the card to work in a restaurant kitchen. Some 20,000 face sketches and a nationwide alarm were issued for the man who rent ed the $8-a-week trash-littered room under the name of Fred Thompson. He was described as five feet, three Inches tall, sandy-haired and in his early 50s. He was last seen Wednes day' one hour before Googie disappeared while playing in front of her uncle's apartment house two blocks from Thompson's room, touching off one of the most intensive searches in the city's history. Neighborhood Scoured Police scoured the run down Manhattan neighbor hood with sketches of Thomp son in a hunt for acquain tances. One report said per sons in two bars identified him and described him as a troublemaker, police have good fingerprints from more than 40 beer cans that littered his room. Instrument Failure Blamed for Crash Portland - HOT - A spokes man indicated Sunday that the crash of an Air National Guard F-89J jet fighter near here Saturday was caused by instrument failure. The plane's pilot, Lt. Charles D. Lomax, 28, Port land, and its radar observer, Capl. Louis E. Hamilton, 30, Monmouth, parachuted to safety. The jet plummeted down in an isolated area about 10 miles northwest of Portland. It's wreckage was scattered over several hundred yards. Both men were taken to the base hospital here but Lomax was released Sunday. Hamil ton's condition was described as good. if.'''- H SUSPECT A massive nation wide search has been launched for the degenerate slayer of Edith Kiecorius, . 4, by New York City police. This sketch shows the facial' characteris tics of, the suspect, described as male white, 50 to 55 years old, five feet three inches tall, 140 to 150 pounds, fair com plexion, sandy straight hair, and no teeth. (UPI Telephoto) Independence Boy Severely Burned Salem -IUPD- A 12-year-old Independence boy was in "fairly good" condition at Salem General Hospital to day in spite vof severe burns received when a cleaning fluid burst into flames in his garage Sunday. - ' Police said the boy, Loyd Ray Hedrick, was working on his bicycle near a hot stove in the garage when a solvent caught fire. The boy's grandfather, Le roy E. Hedrick, and a nearby gas station attendant, George Dixon, broke open the garage doors and doused the boy's flaming clothes. They said smoke was so dense they at first were unable to find the boy. Sacramento Students Join Latest Craze Sacramento, Calif.-(UPD-The latest college craze has hit Sacramento. A group of 80 American River Junior college students pushed a roller bed In relays 40 miles from Marysville to Sacramento Sunday in eight hours and five minutes to claim a new world title. The said they had bettered a University of British Colum bia student crew by 20 minutes. : Portland -IUPD- Vernon Sid ney Price, 21, Port Orford, one of two men who escaped from the Salem city jail Sat urday, turned himself in to police Sunday. TAX RETURNS 2.00 up Save Taxes. Find out- your deducts. All Returns prepared on comparative basil . and filed In accordance with Internal i Revenue Code. Fast Service. OREGON BOOKKEEPING SERVICE 217 Fluhrer Bldg. SP 3-6374 OPEN SATURDAY Till 1 P.M. OREGON'S LARGEST TAX SERVIC . a little Landrum-Griffin bill and a three-way workmen's compensation bill get out, of the senate, they face nearly certain death in the house. Two-way workmen's compan sation is a question mark. The senate is likely to block any hikes in labor benefits. 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