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Water Storage
Better; Supply
Still Is Lower
Although water storage con
ditions are somewhat lm
proved in the Medford Irriga
tion district over a month ago,
supplies are still well behind
last year's, a district spokes
man said today.
Total storage accumulation
as measured the first of this
week is 7,020 acre feet of a
total capacity of approximate
ly 24,000 acre feet.
Four Mile and Fish Lake
reservoirs have accumulated
about a fourth of their com
bined total capacity, it was ex
plained. The current water
storage accumulation is i.ouu
acre feet short of what it was
at the same time last year,
MID officials said.
Fish Lake storage is 3,773
acre feet and Four Mile 3,247
acre feet.
Bnow Pack Increases
The snow-pack has in
creased since it was measured
earlier this year, but 32 per
cent less snow has accumu
lated compared to last year at
this time. What snow the dis
trict docs have contains 7 per
cent less water than previous
years.
In the Talent Irrigation dis
trict, the mountain areas av
erage 12 inches of snow with
Petitions Seek To
Transfer Land To
Medford District
New petitions seeking to
transfer part of the Barnett
rd. area to the Medford school
district will be considered at
a meeting of the Jackson
county school district reorgan
ization committee and the
Medford' and Phoenix school
boards, County School' Super
intendent Alf B..Mekvold said
today. '
The new petitions exclude
the recently occupied Rogue
Valley Manor, which would
remain in the Phoenix school
district.
They cover the area south
of Barnett rd. within the Med
ford city limits, and the area
east of the Phoenix-Hillcrest
rd. not considered for school
district annexation before, ac
cording to Frank VanDyke,
Medford lawyer representing
the Bar'iett rd. area residents.
Petitions Presented
The new petitions were pre
sented at last night's reorgan
ization committee meeting in
the countv school superintend
ent's office. The committee
deferred action until it could
meet with the school boards.
Mekvold was instructed to ar
range a meeting.
The committee also delayed
action on a request to trans
fer property owned by Mrs.
Neva Gillbreath McKeen from
Butte Falls to Eagle Point
school district.
The property is north of
Butte Falls highway at the
westerlv boundary of the
Bu'te Falls district. The two
children, who had resided on
the property and would have
been affected by the transfer,
are now in another state, it
was explained. Butte Falls
school district had protested
the transfer.
JUSTICE APPOINTED
Salem - IUPII - Gov. Mark
Hatfield's office announced to
day he has appointed Marvin
A. Albce of Condon as justice
of the peace for Condon district.
"Water!"
a 2.6 per cent water content,
according to a reading made
on four snow courses ealy this
week, a spokesman reported.
Total water storage for TID
is 34,500 acre feet; 14,520
acre feet in Howard Prairie
lake, 17,182 acre feet in Emi
grant lake, and 2,800 acre feet
in Hyatt lake.
Both Hyatt and Emigrant
were drained last summer,
and are now filling up,
Hatfield May
Leave Hospital
During Week End
Portland' -IUPII - Gov. Mark
Hatfield was up and around
today for the first time since
being hospitalized for "iso
lated vertigo and fatigue."
Doctors at the University of
Oregon medical school hos
pital said this morning it ap
pears the governor will be
able to leave the hospital this
week end.
Hatfield complained of diz
ziness shortly before noon
Monday.
He is being attended by
Drs. Herbert Griswold and
Howard Lewis, and his per
sonal physician - Dr, Ralph
Purvine of Salem.
No Significance
News Secretary Travis
Cross said there is "no signifi
cance" in the fact that Dr.
Griswold is a heart specialist.
He pointed out that Dr. Pur
vine is also a specialist in
cardiacs.
Vertigo is dizziness or swim
ming of the head.
Hatfield signed in his hos
pital bed HB 1011 which pro
vides $10 million in self
liquidating bonds for state
college dormitories and other
buildings which pay for them
selves through fees and rent
als. It was approved by voters
last November.
A ceremony later was held
in Salem at which Mrs. Hat
field presented the pen used
to sign the bill to Chancellor
John Richards.
Subdivider May Be
Violating Ordinance
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt referred a problem
of a possible subdivision ordi
nance violation to other mem
bers of the county court today
because of a "conflict of in
terest." The Jackson county plan
ning commission requested
the county court refer a pos
sible violation of the county
subdivision ordinance by Hen
ry Conger, Wendt's brother-in-law,
to the district attorney
for investigation.
"Although I'm not in sym
pathy with Henry in this mat
ter, I feel in all fairness to
both sides I should refer this
to the other two court mem
bers," Wendt said.
The planning commission
charges that Conger, Ross lane
area farmer and subdivider,
has created roads in his sub
division on Roxy Anne near
the Hillcrest orchards in viola
tion of the subdivision ordi
nance. Thomas J. Recder, former
district attorney, wrote Con
ger of the possible violation,
but received no reply, the
planning commission stated in
its letter. .
McNamara Urges
Strengthening of
ilifary Forces
Kennedy Announces
Plan at Conference
Washington -HJPD- President
Kennedy said today that De
fense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara has recommended
strengthening this country's
conventional military forces.
But the President stressed that
no proposal has been made for
lessening reliance on nuclear
striking power.
The President told his news
conference he had "reached
no decision that would indi
cate there has been a change
in reliance upon nuclear
weapons." He said he thought
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
made that clear in testimony
before the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee Tuesday.
Rapid - fire questioning on
this issue brought Kennedy's
fifth presidential news confer
ence to conclusion, with the
President saying the adminis
tration is intent on maintain
ing American power wher
ever needed.
Strategy Reassessed
He said McNamara had
completed a reappraisal of
this country's entire defense
strategy and "part of his rec
ommendation is to strengthen
conventional forces."
On other points, the Presi
dent said:
-He has issued an executive
order setting up a "peace
corps" of American youths to
serve overseas in underde
veloped countries on a pilot
basis. He will propose legisla
tion to create the corps on a
permanent basis. He said he
hoped to have 500 to 1,000
young Americans qualified
mainly in teaching, agricul
ture and health in peace corps
assignments by the end of this
year.
Adenauer To Visit
-He has invited West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer to come to the United
States. Adenauer has accepted
and will be in Washington
April 12 and 13.-' '
-He said the week ending
today was the first since last
July which produced "no net
outflow of gold from this
country to foreign countries."
The President, while realizing
the improvement is tempor
ary, feels that it signifies "con
fidence in the dollar is being
restored."
. -In an effort to further
stimulate housing sales, he
has directed Chairman - desig
nate Joseph McMurray of the
Home Loan Bank Board to
meet with leaders in the home
loan field to "reduce mortgage
rates." McMurray will start
in California, where these
rates are highest.
Police Clear Eight
Cases of Theft
Eight cases of theft were
cleared up Tuesday by Med
ford police with the question
ing of 11 Medford juveniles.
A twelfth boy, age 15, was
questioned regarding the
keeping of stolen property.
Three 15-year-old and one
14 - year - old youths were
lodged in the county juvenile
detention home. Questioned
and released to the custody of
their parents were two aged
14, four aged 15, and one 17.
The boys admitted to city
police thefts of such articles
as flashlights, cameras and
purses from parked cars, cig
arettes and candy from vend
ing machines, soft drinks from
a bottling company, and also
food and newspaper stands.
Some of the articles were re
covered, others the boys ad
mitted throwing into Bear
creek.
The thefts, which occurred
mainly in downtown Medford,
took place over a period of
several months, police said.
Retirement Homes
Subject To Taxes
Salem -IUPII- The Oregon
Supreme Court ruled today
that non - profit retirement
homes which derive their in
come from the people in the
home are subject to property
taxation.
The unanimous decision in
volved two such groups - Ore
gon Methodist Homes, Inc.,
and Willamette View Manor,
Inc.-who brought suit against
the State Tax Commission.
The high court denied Iheir
petition for exemption as a
charitable institution and
said the large retirement
home they operate in Clacka
mas County is subject to prop
erty taxation for 1957-58.
Rep. John R. Dellenback
(R-Medford) has a bill that
would exempt homes for
elderly persons such as Wil
lamette View manor - but
only from corporate excise
taxes. So the ruling does not
affect Dellenback'j bill.
Regional Edition
Medford
20 Pages
mouse
To Income Tax Reform
Final Action on
Bill By House
Asked By March 8
New System of
Taxation in State
Salem - (UPD - The House
Tax committee gave 6-2 ap
proval Tuesday night to a
sweeping income tax reform
measure that would cut in
come taxes by an average 10
per cent in Oregon,
The committee called for
final House action on the bill
March 8, a week .from today.
Voting against the bill at a
marathon four hour commit
tee session were Reps. Bill
Bradley (D-Gresham) and R.
R. Raymond (R-Helix). Rep.
George Flitcraft abstained.
New System
The bill, HB 1001, would
introduce a completely new
system of income taxation in
Oregon.
Incomes would be taxed
twice, but the combined rates
would be lower than what
most taxpayers now are pay
ing. The first tax, a graduated
levy ranging from one-half to
one-and-one-half per cent,
would tax all earnings with
out any deductions or exemp
tions. This would pick ,up
some low bracket earners.
Flat Deduction Allowed
The second levy, also gradu
ated, would permit a flat $20
deduction from the final tax
bill for each dependent. Ex
traordinary casualty losses
also would be deductible.
Married couples would have
to file joint returns.
The bill would bring in $20
million less than now comes
from state income taxes. A
cigarette tax originally was
intended to make up part of
this.
Installment Payments
The committee also ap
proved, 8-1, HB 1002 to re
quire self-employed persons
and persons receiving divi
dends to file estimated returns
and make installment pay
ments. That measure would bring
in an additional $9 million in
the coming biennium that
otherwise would not have
been paid until after the bien
nium was over.
Both bills are part of the
legislature's interim tax com
mittee tax package. They are
the first major bills to be pass
ed out of the House tax com
mittee for floor action.
If passed by the House,
they are expected to run into
major difficulties in the Sen
ate. Court Petitioned
About Cat Problem
Fifty-seven petitions con
taining 80 signatures were
presented the county court
this morning requesting ac
tion toward establishing stray
cat facilities in Jackson
county.
Mrs. Rita B. Shogrcn, 1705
South Columbus ave., said
the group requested a public
hearing so facts on the prob
lem of stray cals can be pre
sented. The group also re
quested ' that a fact-finding
committee be set up.
"A year and a half ago the
county court told us to wait
until the new dog pound fa
cilities were completed at the
old experiment station prop
erty on the South Pacific
highway in the Phoenix-Talent
area," Mrs. Shogrcn said.
"They said they would con
struct a cage or two for stray
cals. We feel a small build
ing or addition can be added
at a minimum cost. It should
provide starting facilities for
25 cats a day."
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said an addition
may be built onto the new
pound facilities when the
main facilities are completed.
CHARGES DISMISSED
Oregon City-H'Pli-Chargcs of
reckless operation of a boat
were dismissed Tuesday
against four young Oregon
City men. who were arrested
while attempting to go over
Willamette Falls in a boat
during recent high water.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1961
Committee Gives A
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COME AND GET 'EM C., C. . Hoover, representing the '' . mi'tlee, spoke to the group pn the objectives of the street
Eagle Point Grange, is shown above as he gave out some - tree program, and County Agent John McLoughlin dsmon
of the 2,500 seedling trees to Medford school principals: ' strated proper planting method. Varieties of 'trees included
this morning at Oak Grove school. The trees will be plant- Colorado blue' spruce, Sitka spruce, Norway. Bpruce and
ed by school children on the school grounds or at home, i . Arizona cypress. The trees, as well as the school principals,
Mrs. Edith Eden, chairman of Medford's street tree com-' got a good soaking from a steady downpour of rain.
Congo ; Premier Vows Communism Will
Be Kicked Out; Opposed by People
Pact Said Not
Recognition of
Katanga Freedom
Leopoldville, The Congo -!UPII-Congolese
Premier Joseph
Ileo vowed today that "we
will kick communism out of
The Congo" because "the Con
golese people are 200 per cent
anti-Communist."
Ileo made his statements to
newsmen in commenting on
the anti-Communist, anti-Lu-mumbist
alliance he signed in
Elizabethville Tuesday with
Katanga President Moise
Tshombe and. South Kasai
leader Albert Kalonji.
He said the pact did not
represent tacit recognition of
Katangese i n d e p e n dence,
which was declared by
Tshombe shortly after the
The Congo was freed by Bel
gium last July. Ileo said he,
and not Congo President Jo
seph Kasavubu, signed the
pact to prevent any implica
tion of recognition.
"But our friends in Katanga
are not secessionist," Ileo
added, "With us, and like us,
they are seeking a solution
and they realize we must
work together."
Trealy Links Forces
The treaty linked the forces
of the Congo federal govern
ment and the regimes of Ka
tanga and South Kasai into a
military alliance aimed at
crushing the dwindling op
position of troops loyal to the
cause of slain leftist ex-Premier
Patrice Lumumba.
Ileo said practical details of
the military pact, including
whether a supreme command
er will be appointed, have yet
to be worked out.
Thornton Cancels Trip
Due To Family Illness
Salem - H'PD - Ally. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton today can
celed a trip to Washington,
D.C., due to illness in his fam
ily. His wife is recuperating
from an eye operation and his
son broke a leg skiing.
Thornton was to have at
tended a three-day meeting of
the executive committee of
the National Association of
Attorneys General.
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C rovd Sere a m s a t
Confessed Killer
Of New York Girl
New York - (IIPH - Confessed
sex killer Fred Thompson, 59,
was formally charged with
homicide today in the rape
slaying of Edith (Googie) Kie
corius, 4. Police and plain
clothesmcn had to patrol the
Criminal Courts Building,
where he was arraigned, to
protect him from an angry
crowd.
About 100 persons gathered
at police headquarters to see
the London-born drifter load
ed into a police van for a
heavily guarded four block
trip to the Criminal Courts
building.
They shouted abuse at the
cringing, meek - looking
Thompson, who was arrested
on a New jersey chicken farm
Tuesday.
"The dirty bum," screamed
one woman. "Give him to the
women. We'll take care of
him."
On his way into the build
ing, surrounded by a phalanx
of detectives, Thompson told
Tourist Promotion
Topic lor Meeting
Plans for a tourist promo
tion program for southern
Oregon and northern Cali
fornia counties will be dis
cussed at a meeting at the
Rogue Valley Country club
Tuesday noon, March 7.
County courts or boards of
supervisors from six southern
Oregon and two northern Cali
fornia counties have been in
vited to the meeting by Frank
F. Ganong, Klamath county
commissioner.
The meeting is being ar
ranged by Glenn L. Jackson,
vice president of the Califor
nia Oregon Power company,
and is a result of a meeting
on tourist promotion initiated
by Jackson and Frank Jen
kins, Klamath Falls, in No
vember, 1960.
Persons planning to attend
the meeting have been asked
to notify Jackson.
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Deputy Chief Inspector James
Walsh:
"I feel a lot safer with you
people around here."
Magistrate Louis S. Wallach
ordered Thompson held with
out bail in city prison on a
s h o rt affidavit, requiring a
hearing within 48 hours.
Thompson was transferred to
the Bronx county jail as a pre
cautionary measure pending a
hearing.
Thompson also faced ques
tioning by Rhode Island au
thorities concerning the mys
terious death of Viola Aiken,
3, in 1924, when Thompson
was living In a nearby West
Upton. Mass., town. Police
said Thompson, whb once re
quested back issues of news
papers earring stories about
Viola's death, may be a farm
hand who was questioned in
the case but released.
Nervous and trembling, he
confessed to police that "this
was the most dastardly and
rotten crime ever committed,
and I committed it."
New Ashland Shopping
Center May
Ashland - Ashland Mayor
Richard L. Neill reported on
progress of the Pioneer Shop
ping center at the Tuesday
luncheon of the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce,
Opening date for the center
will be May 1, Neill said. It is
about three-fourths complete
now. The center will feature
a large grocery story, an 88
cent store and three smaller
stores, according to Neill. It
is located on the corner of
Pioneer and Oak sis.
Neill and E. H. McGce are
co-owners of the center and
will operate the grocery store.
According to Neill, the Ash
land Groceteria will close, and
operate the store's meat de
partment. The new grocery
will have 15,000 square feet
of fbor space.
"The ihopping center will
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WEATHER
FORECAST: ' A few showers
and clearing prriorls tonight.
Partly cloudy Thursday with
snow flurries ln mountains.
Low tonight 32. High Thurs
day 48.
. Temp.
Highest Yesterday
Lowest this Morning 3
Prec. to 10 a. in. Today 09
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:01 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:46 a.m.
Moonrlse today 5:29 p.m.
Full Moon tomorrow 5:33 a.m.
The eclipse of the Moon to
morrow morning begins here
at 3:52 a.m.
Four fifths of the Moon will
he In the shadow of the Earth
at the middle of the eclipse
which will be at 5:29 a.m.
Consumer Prices
Higher in Portland
. San Francisco-diri) - Higher
prices for housing, gasoline
and food pushed the consumer
price level to a new high in
January in Portland, accord
ing to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. .
Between October and Jan
uary, the Consumer Price In
dex in Portland rose 1.3 per
cent, the sharpest rise In more
lhan 2'i years to a new all
time high of 128.8.
Higher prices for housing,
gasoline and food accounted
for virtually all the increase.
Open May 1
be as modern as any center
in- southern Oregon," Neill
commented. "It has been de
signed with convenience of
shoppers in mind," he said.
Parking space for 110 cars
will be provided.
The center has been built
with a total capital invest
ment of about $500,000, Neill
indicated. Between 20 and 30
people will be employed In
the center.
About 1,000 shopping fami
lies are needed to support the
enterprise, he observed.
In response to a question
about the shopping center
trend In Ashland, Neill said
most of the present business
establishments are Inadequate
as far as space and condition
of buildings is concerned.
"The only solution ii modern
ization," he remarked.
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Portland City
Measure Tabled;
Straub Opposed
Grants Pass Man
Proposes Sales Tax
Salem-iUPD-The Senate Loc
al Government committee to
day tabled SBI38, the City ol
Portland's water pollution
bill, but bogged down on a
stronger version requested by
the State Sanitary Authority.
Sen. Robert W. Straub ID-
Eugene), said he liked SB38
before it was amended at the
request of Associeated Oregon
Industries. He said two of the
amendments would reduce ef
fectiveness of the authority. '
Sen. Walter Pearsons disa
greed. The Portland Democrat
said without amendments the
authority could "go hog wild"
in forcing abatement on cities
and industries.
The amendments, already
approved, say facilities order
ed by the authority must ba
technically practical and eco
nomically feasible.
Court Tieup Feared
Straub contends that with
this language industries could
tie up the authority in court
over definitions.
Sen. Lyndel Newbry (R-
Talent) said he liked the
amended bill and added that
cities do more stream pollut
ing than industries.
The committee ordered
another meeting Friday to act
on SB36 and also tackle two
air pollution bills - one offer
ed by Portland and a stronger
one by the Sanitary Author
ity. The committee tabled ona
League of Oregon Cities bill
relating to annexation and
voted out another do pass.
Minor Amendments '
Tabled was SB393 which
would have allowed cities to
annex without a vote of tha
people. SB181 was approved
after minor amending. It
would allow annexation with
a two-thirds vote of property
owners in the area to be an
nexed. At present, 100 per
cent is required.
Rep. Sidney B a z e 1 1 (R
Grants Pass) offered a three
per cent general sales tax bill
in the House and said it is the
"key to job opportunities and
rapid industrial expansion in
Oregon." ,
It would be voted on by tha
people in 1962.
Bazett's bill would exempt
food, feed and drugs, and pro
vide income and property tax
relief. The income tax offset
would- amount to $2,000 for
single persons and $4,000 for
married couples.
Runaways Caught
In California
Three runaway girls from
Lynnwood, Wash., were ap.
prehended by California High
way Patrol officers about 2
o'clock this morning, through
the cooperation of the Med
ford and Ashland city polica
and Jackson county sheriff's
deputies. .
According to Medford city
police, shortly after midnight
they received a call from
Richfield Truck and Auto
Service, 2390 North Pacifip
highway, that a car containing
three girls and a man had pur
chased $5 worth of gasoline
and left the station without
paying for it.
It was then discovered that
the three girls, two 17 and ona
18 years old, had run away
from their homes. A check
with Ashland police showed
they had stopped the vehlcla
for a routine check, but, find
ing nothing wrong, let them
continue.
A Jackson county sheriff's
deputy headed south on High
way 99 and with California
Highway patrol officers ap
prehended them south of tho
Hornbrook Agriculture check
station. Sheriff's deputies re
turned them to Medford
where the three girls were
lodged In the county jail. Tha
owner of the car, Joel Bcnard
Puleo, 21, of Ft. Lewis, Wash.,
paid for the gasoline and was
released. . .
Officers said the Puelo told
them that the three girls had
said they would pay expenses
if he would drive them to Cali
fornia, and he thought tha
girls had paid for the gasoline.
Income Tax Refunds
Now Five Times Foster
Salem - (UPD - The Stale
Tax commission said today it
has complied with a request
by Gov. Mark Hatfield that it
speed up Income tax refunds
this year.
The commission said re
funds are going out nearly
five times faster than tho
previous year.
From Jan, 20 to Fen. a
tolal of 55.574 checks wera
mailed. The average refund
check was $35.94.