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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