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Fist Mi s Betwe Peace' lea Erupt 6 at IIS m jo m Rogue Valley Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, ogue Set Line for Use of Waters For Industrial Purposes Debated Upriver Witnesses Like Multi-Purpose Rep. John Dellenback (R Medford) reported this aft ernoon thai the House com mittee on state and federal affairs has tabled House Bills 1397 and 1551, which would have permitted in dustrial use of the Rogue river. Salem - (UPU - A suspicious Oregon feud between spokes men for recreation and for in dustry was focused today on the Rogue river in south western Oregon, which flows through timberland by Grants Pass, slices through a rugged canyon into Curry county, and runs in a navigable channel through wilderness down to the sea at Gold Beach. The river came into the spotlight via two bills before the House state and federal affairs committee, to permit use of its waters for industrial purposes. Multi-Purpose Use Upriver witnesses and spokesmen for state planning agencies said these measures would encourage federal funds for damming, and would permit beneficial multi-purpose use of the river, in cluding diversification in up river areas. But a delegation from "the end of the line" at Gold Beach warned that "lifting the indus trial lid" would lead to de struction of recreational and tourist values and fishing on which the coastal residents de pend for their livelihood. Attraction for Tourists "These are all due to the fact that we have the river as an attraction for tourists, fish ing and mail boat rides into the wilderness," said Robert L. Miller, district attorney at Gold Beach, speaking for sev eral communities and organi zations in the area. The only solution to the river's problems of heavy winter flow and a trickle in summer, Miller said, is dam ming, but not by opening the river to industry. Would Need Safeguards Don Lane of the state water resources board said indus trial permits would have to be approved by the board and the state engineer, and would have to contain adequate safe guards against pollution or impairment of the water for other uses. Rep. Sidney Bazett (R Grants Pass) said the bill's purpose was to qualify for federal aid for dams, not to mar the river with plants. But Rep. Carl Back (D-Port Orford), originally a sponsor of the legislation, summed up the feeling of the coastal resi dents by describing' a recent Gold Beach hearing which he conducted. "We i ailed for supporters of the hills." he said, and "no one appeared." Education Officials To Be Called on Carpet Over Article in UO Emerald Eugene - dPI) - Acting President William C. Jones aid lodey the University of Oregon "deplores" student publication of a story which a Eugene legislator Tuesday described as "obscene." Jones said the University "will prevent the publica tion of such material In the future." The student publications board already has an nounced Its regrets over the lory. Salem -ffPD- Rep. Stafford Hansell (R-Hermlston) said Tuesday h plans to summon education officials to a full hearing on a University of i Oregon itudent newspaper ar- OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1961 No. 302 River Bills Fadeley Plugs for Lobby Bill Backing Salem - IUPD - Rep. Edward Fadeley (D-Eugene) today sub mitted a copy of a proposed $50,000 three-way workmen's compensation lobbying budget in an effort to win House State and Federal Affairs committee support for a bill to regulate lobbyists at the legislature. In a five-minute appearance before the committee, how- Fox Head Sent To Health Lab For Examination The head of a fox shot in the woods near here has been sent to the state department of health laboratories for rabies examination, Dr. A. Erin Mer kel said this morning. Dr. Merkel said a veteri narian from the Central Point area reported that the fox acted strangely after being wounded. It was later killed and reported to the veteri narian who in turn made his report to the local health de partment. Dr. Merkel said he under stood this morning that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planned to trap some wild ani mals at random in Jackson county to see if there are any other animals' which might have rabies. A local veterinarian re ported a pet cat, which had caught a bat, was brought into his clinic this morning for observation. The bat was sent to the Salem public health laboratories. Rabid Bats Some rabid bats were dis covered in Jackson county this fall. The possibility of a rabies outbreak among the county's animal population started a widespread pet innoculation program. One local veterinary clinic vaccinated 1,700 dogs. County veterinarians are con tinuing to innoculate pets for rabies as they are brought in for distemper shots, one vet erinarian reported. Previously veterina r i a n s hadn't pushed rabies shots since no rabies had occurred in this county since 1920. Then coyotes In the Butte Falls area were found in fected. Some of the cattle in the Butte Falls area were then innoculatcd, a vetcrin a r i a n said. Rep. Duncan Proposes tabor Bill Amendment Salem -fUPD House Speaker Robert Duncan today called for an amendment to the labor elections bill which would ban picketing if a petition for a bargaining election represen tative had been filed. Already passed by the Sen ate, the bill is being consider ed by the House labor and Industries committee. tide that another lawmaker termed "a ridculous, vulgar, off-color piece of alleged lit erature." The criticism came In a let ter to Hansell from House Minority Leader F. F. Mont gomery (REugene) who said Hansen's Ways and Means Ed ucation subcommittee should determine whether state fi nancing was In any way In volved. Montgomery Included the March 1, 1961, edition of the University's Oregon Daily Emerald, and cited an article, "Look Everywhere in Anger." by Ted Mahar, the paper 9 editorial ecmor. Described as a "satire," the 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Feud ever, Fadeley denied empha tically any implications of im propriety among lobbyists. Not Charging Corruption "I am not charging corrup tion, bribery or misuse of funds ... I want that plain," said the representative whose remarks at an earlier hearing touched off a special Senate investigation. That probe ended when Fadeley refused to appear be fore the Senate group to ex plain "tens of thousands of dollars" he said lobbyists were spending. Fadeley told the House com mittee today he wanted a bill requiring lobbyists to register and report their expenses as "preventive medicine." The letter presented by Fadeley was sent out last year in an effort to raise ?50,000 to push a three-way work men's compensation insurance measure through the legisla ture to replace the virtual monopoly which the state now has on such insurance.. Would Require Licenses A bill was introduced in the Senate which would require businesses to be licensed by counties. This is optional now Sen. Alfred Corbett (D- Portland) put in a bill that would allow auto associations to give their members a bond certificate for traffic offenses and magistrates to accept them in lieu of regular bond up to $200. Corbett and others intro duced a joint resolution ask ing Congress to spend more money on forest access roads in Oregon. , Reps. Carl Fisher and Ed ward Whelan sponsored a resolution creating an interim committee to study changes in the Oregon primary election date. Genera Assembly To Elect Member To ESC United Nations, N.Y. -OJPD- The United Nations General Assembly was to meet today to elect a member to the Economic and Social Council, with the Congo dispute ap parently shelved for a "wait and see" period. MAN FOUND DEAD Salem - (UPD - A man ten tatively identified as Clifford Compton Jr., Albany, was found dead in a smashed car 13 miles south of here today. WEATHER FORECAST: Generally cloudy with scattered showers and brief clear! tie period tonic lit and Thursday. Snow level about 3.000 feet. I.nw tonight 37. Hlqh Thursday 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 47 Tree, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today fi:10 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... fi:34 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow ..12:10 a.m. Last Quarter March 9 PROMINENT STAR Antares, below the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, high in south.. 7:27 p.m. Venus, In the west ... 7:25 p.m. Jupiter, rises 4:51 a.m. Saturn, right above Jupiter. story gave graphic, somewhat ridiculing descriptions of an episode between a beatnik type poet and a woman in a spot called the "cloud room." The story was liberally sprinkled with "unprintable" words. Montgomery said the sub committee should "investigate the source of the story, the printing facilities, and any other areas of state financing that might be involved." "If the Oregon Daily Emer ald is in any way financed through state revenues," he said, "some effort should be made to arrange for the Im mediate cessation of the lewd and obscene stories." North Koreans, Americans Flail At Each Other American Says Guard Slapped Him Panmunjom, Korea - (UPD -After almost ten years of name-calling and insults, the Korean War "peace" talks ex ploded today into a fist fight. American M.P. Capt. Wil liam C. Lyons, Lubbock, Tex., got a bloodied lip in a brawl with four North Koreans. M. P. Specialist 4.C. Cleveland L. Campbell of Detroit was slapped in the face by a Com munist guard. A Red soldier said his foot was stepped on. Shouts for Death Communist newsmen cir cled the fighters during the battle and shouted "kill him, kill him" to Lyons' opponents. Today's fight got started in the truce talks compound at the same time North Korean Maj. Gen. Joo Chang Joon was charging the U.N. command with "colonial rule" and American Army Maj. Gen. Richard Collins retorted with accusations of "slanderous language" during the Military Armistice Commission's 137th meeting. He Gets Slapped Campbell said he was walk ing his post past a Communist guard, when the North Kore an slapped him without provo cation. The Communist soldier said Campbell stepped on his toe. Campbell reported the inci dent to Lyons without striking back and the captain hurried over and asked him to identi fy the guard. At this point, the UN com mand claimed, Lyons was pushed by a North Korean major, slugged by the guard, and grabbed from behind by another Communist sol d i e r while a fourth Red joined the fray. Gave Good Account Lyons gave a good account of himself for about 30 sec onds despite a cut lip and the loss of his helmet. He was still fighting back when chief Uni ted Nations security officer, Navy Cmdr. Richard T. Man ning of Washington, D.C., was joined by his Communist counterpart in breaking up the light. The fight and the slapping incident were the first to oc cur in the long years the Panmunjom armistice talks have dragged on. wnne tney were going on outdoors, Joo inside was charging the UN command with illegally introducing atomic weapons, missiles, oth er equipment, and 8,000 troops into the republic of Korea. Had Given Up Collins replied that the Uni ted States had given up try ing to obey the rule against introducing new weapons be cause the Communists had violated it from the start. He answered a demand that all foreign "aggressive" troops get out of South Korea by ac cusing his Communist oppo nent of trying to drag political issues into military talks. FOOD PROBLEMrAIRED Salem - (UPD - Problems of obtaining federal surplus food were aired Tuesday at a meeting of the legislature's Ways and Means Committee. "What Do You Suppose Is Going On Down There?" Water OutlooEc As Gloomy The spring and summer water supply outlook for southern Oregon is "now more gloomy than a month ago," according to a report released today by W. T. Frost, snow survey supervisor for the U.S. department of agriculture. His report said that al though a warm, wet Ferbuary had raised hopes of southern Oregon water users for an im- Eagle Point City Council Considers Zoning Ordinance Eagle Point - The Eagle Point City Council last night directed Greg Hornecker, city attorney to meet with the city planning commission in the near future to consider possi bilities of developing a zoning ordinance which could pos sibly keep Medford Corpora tion from putting a logging road through the city. Hornecker said today that it hasn't been determined if such a zoning law could legal ly be adopted. He also denied that zoning would be specific ally to create an obstacle for the Medco road. He did indi cate that the Eagle Point plan ning commission would have a proposed zoning ordinance ready by the next regular council meeting. At its February meeting, the council went on record as opposing any attempt by Med co to convert its present rail road into a logging truck road Medco officials announced early this year that the cor poration was abandoning the railroad, but had not yet de cided on whether to make a private truck route of the railroad. They did indicate however, that it was a possibility and property owners in the area from Butte Falls to North Medford have acted in opposi tion to the proposal. Hornecker said the city has been considering zoning for some time. He indicated the Medco road possibility wasn't responsible for consideration of zoning ordinances. Jean Lewis Named Multnomah Judge Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield Tuesday appointed State Sen. Jean Lewis, 46, a Multnomah County circuit judge, the first woman circuit judge in Oregon history. The Portland Democrat an nounced her resignation from the Oregon Senate. Mrs. Lewis will be a juve nile court judge - one of the few such woman judges in the nation. At the same time Hatfield announced that Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry will shift from juvenile and domestic court to regular trial court. He succeeds retiring Judge James Bain and Sen. Lewis will succeed Langtry. Supply Listed i proved supply, the warm I storms failed to increase the mountain snowpacK in usual amounts, thereby reducing the possibility of good spring and summer streamflow. The wa ter supply outlook is now "fair" to "poor" for most lands. The report does not include the heavy rain and snow re sulting from storms last week end in this area. Conspicuously Short Water content of the snow- pacK on Kogue-umpqua wa tersheds is 57 per cent of the 1943-57 average, but only 69 per cent of last year on March 1. The snowpack increased heavily during February at a few high snow courses, but snow at moderate and low elevations is conspicuously short. Moisture in the soil mantle of these watersheds is very satisfactory and will fav or spring runoff. Water stored in Fish and Fourmile lakes for use by Medford and Rogue River Val ley irrigation districts now totals only 7,000 acre feet compared with 8,600 acre feet last year on March 1. This is only 50 per cent of the aver age storage available. New Storage Space' Talent Irrigation district, with new storage space in Howard Prairie and Emigrant lakes, has 34,500 acre feet now in storage compared with 14,700 acre feet last year at this date. Flow of Rogue river at Rav- gold, which has been far be low average all winter, final. ly reached near normal flow during February, but fell off to below average, according to preliminary data furnished by U.S. Geological Survey, Portland. It reflects the re- duction in base flow caused by two previous dry years. Forecasts of streamflow for the irrigation season, April- aeptember, indicate discharge of North Umpqua river and Rogue river at Raygold will be about 67 per cent of the 1943-57 average. Minimum flow at Raygold is expected to fall to 900 cubic feet per second by Aug. 15. Grants Pass Irrigation district wilt not likely require canal alter nation unless summer temp eratures and rainfall are be low average. Little Butte Creek Discharge of the north and south forks of Little Butte creek is set at 59 and 57 per cent average for the April September period. Inflow of Fourmile lake and Hyatt lake is expected to be only 62 and 32 per cent of average. Flows of the Illinois and Applegate rivers are forecast at 64 and 69 per cent of average and will provide only short water supplies for many acres. Statewide, Oregon's 1961 water supply outlook for the spring and summer months re mains "fair" to "poor" in spite of a wet, warm February. In fact, the report said, the out look is still more gloomy than a month ago, indicating short er supplies than last year In many areas. The next report on snow surveys and water supply con ditions will be issued on April 8. Frost's reports are made for the USDA, Soil Conserva tion service, Oregon Agricul tural Experiment station and the stale engineer. Kapers Opens Today For Four-Night Run A four-night run of the 13th annual Kiwanis Kapers begins this evening at the Medford Senior High school auditori um Curtain time for the musi cal revue and minstrel show, "Off the Hook," is 7:30 p.m. Repeat showings will be at H:15 p.m. on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. Ail scats this evening arc general admission and this Is the only night that children will be admitted at a reduced price. There will be reserved seats for the other perform ances and reservations can be made at Barker's Men's store. The show again features all- locnl talent in songs, gags, skits and dances under the professional direction of Carl llawley of John B. Rogers Producing company. Proceeds will be used for various Kiwanis club philan thropies. Principally benefit ting will be the Kiwanls-spon-sored countrywide dental clinic. j BREAKS SPEED RECORD Maj. Robert While stands beside the experimental X15 rocket plane at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., afler flying the craft at 2,905 miles an hour for a new speed record. The thermal paint on the nose of the plane is shown Congo Refuses To Supply Ports To UN Leopoldville, The Congo-, (UPD-The Congo central govern-1 ment refused today to return the strategic supply ports of Matadl and Banana to UN control. An announcement said the Leopoldville regime had de cided to assume control of UN troops and supplies mov ing in and out of the Congo, No UN reaction was forth coining Immediately. Congolese Solve Own Tananarive, Malagasy Re public, Madagascar (UPU Congolese leaders ended a five - hour roundtable session today with a plea to the Uni ted Nations to hold off from further action on the Congo and let the Congolese solve their own problems. The conference was called by Katanga President Molse Tshombo. Waited for Gizenga Tshombe earlier urged the rival Congolese leaders to join forces for unified action against the United Nations. He gave up a fruitless wait for the possible arrival of Anloine Gizenga, Communist supported boss of Oriental Province, and called the first session of the conference to order without him. An official communique Conrad Sets New World Flight Mark Miami - (UPD - Max Conrad flew Into Miami Inlcrnation Airport today after a record breaking 25,527-mile flight around Hie world in a small, twin-engine plane. His green and yellow Piper Aztec touched down at 2:48 a.m. eight days, 18 hours and 40 minutes after he took off on Feb. 27. The 58-year-old Winona, Minn., pilot thus broke the ex isting record of 29 days, set In 1959 by the later Peter K. Gluckmann, by almost three weeks. Conrad and an observer, a newsman Richard Jennings of Rutherford, N. J., emerged from the plane smiling but haggard and were greeted by a crowd of newsmen, officials of the Piper Aircraft Co. and other well-wishers. Conrad, father of 10 chil dren, and grandfather of five, declined a cup of coffee and said he was "not sleepy a bit." Bulletin Weshlnglon - UPD - The Senate today overrode sharp opposition and ap proved i h e controversial nomination of Charles M. Meriwether as a director of the export-import bank. The vote was 67 to la. NT blistered by the heat. It at first was figured the plane reached. a speed of 2,650 miles an hour but the faster speed was determined afler further analysis of flight data. Sea story on page 2. (UPI Telephoto) At the same lime, it was reported that 800 Moroccan UN troosp had refused orders to fly here from the military base at Kamina in "independ ent Katanaga Province to re inforce the UN's Leopoldville garrison. Reliable sources said the Moroccans, a remnant of force of 3,500 men which had begun shipping out for home through Matadl before Congo Ask To Problems "regretted" the absence of Lumumbist Gizenga.- In Cairo, a spokesman for Gizenga said he had no in tention of attending the con ference. All sources stressed that this first meeting of the con ference was held In "a spirit of goodwill." In the official communique, the dclegntes outlined their varying points of view and agreed unanimously to send identical telegrams to the U.N. General Assembly and Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold. The telegram said the con ference answered the wish of the Congolese, the Security Council and the General As sembly "to see the Congo crisis solved by the Congo lese themselves." "In view of the tension In the Congo as a result of the Security Council resolution of last month, the delegates draw the particular attention of the General Assembly to the fact that any new action or execution of that resolu tion would aggravate the situation very seriously in the Congo," it said. REQUEST REJECTED AshlandThe Ashland City council, in a unanimous vote, rejected a request from Earl Lininger that 40 acres of land along Bear creek near Oak st. be rczoncd from residen tial to industrial. ' House Building Project Planned by Vcrn Voss, shop Instructor at Medford High school, re viewed a house building proj ect for high school students at a meeting of the Medford school board last night. The house will be construct ed on a district-owned lot on Jasper st. In the vicinity of the high school shops. The lot Is 50 by 100 feet. Voss said students in the carpentry and archltectual drawing classes selected sev eral house plans from publica tions, reduced the number to 12 they liked best, and later selected the four most popular plans. Participating In the selec tion of plans were students In the home management classes. The four most popular plans were revised and rearranged to Include ideas presented by girls In the classes. Final (election of a plan Retu troops seized the port, said they were taking orders di rectly from King Hassan II rather than from the UN. A UN spokesman declined comment on the reported Moroccan refusal to obey orders, but he did "correct" Tuesday's statement that tha Moroccans were already fly. ing here. The spokesman said that there had been "a change in orders The Moroccans Will now By stralaht hrnna from Xamfna." Jubflfant Congo olilclaU hailed the seizure of Banana and Matadi as a decisive "vic tory" over the United Nations. In return for the suDnlv bases to UN control, President Joseph Kasavubu's govern ment damanded: -The replacement of Ra jeshwar Dayal of India, UN Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold's personal repre sentative in the Congo. In formed sources said the Con golese want an "Impartial" representative. They have ac cused Dayal of being sympa thetic to the late ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba's cause. -The recall of Dayal from the Congo. -The Congo government must control all UN landings at Congolese airfields. -The Congo government must control all shipping pilots on the Congo river es tuary. -All strategic bases taken over by the UN command must be returned to the Con golese government. LISTED AS CRITICAL Lawrence Wayne Johnson, 15, of 2746 Lone Pine rd., was reported to still be in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital at noon today. He was one of two boys injured in an automobile accident Tuesday In Medford. Reported In good condition at the same hospi tal is Clayton Douglas Bat ten, 17, of 816 North River side ave. High School will bo made In the near fu ture, Voss said, and actual cpnstruction is expected to start this spring. Construction may take about four years, Voss said, and will includo students In shop, archltectual drawing, home management, and art classes. .The project has been set up in .cooperation with the local labor unions, which have of fered supervisory assistance if needed. When completed, the house, which Voss said would have a value of between $14,000 and $16,000, will be offered for sale through the Medford Realty Board. Proceeds of tha house will be used to pur chase additional equipment for the shops. The house building project was approved by the school board previously. t
