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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1961
No. 306
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TWISTER DAMAGE A truck belonging to Mac Morgan
lies among uprooted trees after a twister leveled his
farm near Tipton Ford, Mo. One person was injured in
atfield Not
ifh
Governor Says
.Amendments Mow
Being Prepared
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said today he is not
satisfied with the proposal to
regulate bill boards as it
stands.
But he added he under
stands amendments are being
prepared which would make
the bill suitable to him.
The voters defeated a meas
ure last November that would
have regulated billboards on
main Oregon routes. The bill
board industry then promised
to work with billboard regu
lators for a compromise law
this session.
Doesn't Meet Standards
Hatfield said at present the
bill does not meet federal
standards by which Oregon
could get an additional per
centage of funds for high-
. ways. He said he hopes tne
amendments accomplish this
so he has no reservations
about the measure.
Hatfield said he has long
favored billboard regulation
and he does not want to see
Oregon "lag" in protection of
scenery.
Answering questions at his
weekly news conference, the
governor said he is not en
thused about a bill that would
force the secretary of state
and state treasurer to move
out of the Capitol building.
He prefers his own plan to
relieve cramped conditions in
the building - $6,400 in plan
ning money this biennlum to
design a S697.600 wing to the
Capitol, giving the legislature
more room.
Wouldn't Object
Hatfield said he would not
object to the state helping
pay distribution costs of fed
eral surplus food if the state's
other needs were met. He
said the reasonable approach
would be to give the food to
welfare recipients first.
Asked about the controversy
over whether federal aid to
education should include
parochial schools, Hat field
said he doesn't think the issue
of federal aid siould be "con
fused" with debates on
church -state relations, civil
rights and the like.
But he said the premise of
the aid as it relates to public
schools is "sound."
Four Oregonians Die
In Week End Accidents
By United Preit International
An Agate Beach man died
In a McMinnville hospital
early today from injuries suf
fered in a Sunday night traf
fice accident, raising to four
the number of Oregonians
who died on Oregon and Cali
fornia highways during the
week end.
Leonard Neil Eckstrom, 38.
Agate Beach, was injured
about 10 p.m. when the sta
tion wagon in which he was
alone left Highway 18 about
8 miles south of McMinnville.
Billboard Pro
Oregon Coastal
Regions Battered
By Gale-Force Wind
By United Press International
Western Oregon lowland
areas may have escaped heavy
snow this winter but they've
had more than their share of
rain and wind.
Gale- force winds buffeted
coastal regions again Sunday
with Newport getting gusts to
85 miles per hour. The winds
brought shipping almost to a
standstill. Inland, Eugene had
Confederation
Formed in Congo
Tananarive, Malagasy Re
public (UPD Western diplo
mats expressed hope today the
newly formed "confederation"
of Congo states would end the
threat of Communism in the
Congo and bring stability to
the strife-torn nation.
Congolese leaders attending
"summit" conference here
agreed Sunday to establish a
loose confederation of eignt
sovereign states on tribal lin
es to replace the Congo repub
lic. Joseph Kasavubu, president
of the central Congolese gov
ernment, was unanimously
selected president of the new
confederation, with the capi
tal to remain in Leopoldvillc.
Delegates to the week-long
conference on the Indian
Ocean island of Madagascar
included Kasavubu, Katanga
President Moise Tshombe and
Kasai Chief Albert Kalonji.
Notably absent was Antoine
Gizenga, Communist-indoctrinated
leader of leftist follow
ers of slain ex-premier Patrice
Lumumba in Oriental Prov
ince. An invitation had been ex
tended to Gizenga, but he re
fused to attend and denounc
ed the conference.
TUESDAY SPEAKERS
Ashland E. Duane Lalonde
and Keith Lassman, owners of
the L Sign company of Ash
land, will explain features of
their business at the Tuesday
noon luncheon of the Ashland
Chamber of Commence at the
I Mark Antony hotel.
He died in
12:10 a.m.
hospital
at
Mrs. Nancy Dalton, 31, Ash
land, was injured fatally
when she was thrown from
her motorcycle near Central
Point. '
Howard F. Lawrence, 63,
Portland, died when a panel
truck he was driving struck a
sign post and a parked truck.
Maurice L. Hedges, 20. Gar
diner, was one of four sailors
injured fatally near Pomona,
Calif., when the car in which
they were riding struck a
construction crane-truck.
home. Tornadoes
towns Snduay night. See story
Satis
winds of 30 mph with guests
to 46. . - .
The five-day outlook called
for ' more than normal" pre
cipitation for all of the state.
Off Newport a small fish
ing vessel operated by Rudy
Schultz radioed it was in
trouble early Sunday but was
out of danger by afternoon.
Muddy cliffs continued to
slide into the ocean at New
port and Agate Beach.
Don Viles, a deep sea sport
fishing dock operator at Gari
baldi, said crab fishermen
have lost thousands of dollars
because of bad weather.
Slide Removed
South of Oregon City on
Highway 99E, work crews re
moved some 80 tons of rock
which tumbled from a cliff
Saturday and blocked two
lanes. At Salem high winds
knocked a billboard onto a
house roof and blew over a
few trees. There also were mi
nor power outages.
The Coast Guard was check
ing progress of four 16-year-old
Portland boys who were
drifting down the Columbia
to Astoria. It allowed them
to continue on their raft.
Grants Pass Man
Hurt in Accident
A Grants Pass man was re
ported in fair condition at
Rogue Valley hospital this
morning suffering from pos
sible back injuries following
an automobile accident this
morning on Bjackwell hill.
According to Oregon state
police, Floyd William Sny
der, 32, of 847 NW Fifth St.,
Grants Pass, was a passenger
in a vehicle operated by Jo
seph Russell Derschon, Eu
gene, when the car was hit
by a small two-wheel trailer
after it broke loose from an
other vehicle.
The Derschon vehicle was
reported to have gone off the
highway and into a ten-foot
ditch, police said.
Operator of the car tow
ing the trailer was Clyde Eu
gene Sutton, 27, Sacramento,
Calif. Both vehicles were re
ported to be southbound on
Highway 99 at the time of the
accident.
Snyder was taken to the
hospital by Medford Ambu
lance service.
WEATHER
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Tufsday 52-55.
Temp.
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Low-rut this Morninf 45
Preclp. to 10 a.m. Today 07
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Siinrt today 6:16 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:26 a.m.
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Kennedy Confers
With Advisers
On Foreign Aid
Washington -(UPD- President
Kennedy met with Secretary
of State Dean Rusk and other
State Department advisers to
day for a conference on for
eign aid recommendations
which will be presented to
Congress, . . '""
His crowded schedule on
foreign affairs will conclude
tonight with a lengthy pro
nouncement of Latin Ameri
can policy, which he will
make at an unusual diplomat
ic reception.
Brief Holiday
Kennedy returned to Wash
ington this morning from a
brief holiday at his country
estate in Middleburg, Va. He
plunged immediately into a
round of conferences, begin
ning with an extended, high
level talk with Rusk and a
group of Slate Department,
Budget Bureau and White
House advisers on the new for
eign aid recommendations.
During the day he also com
pleted the 5,500-word state
ment on Latin American pol
icy which he was to deliver
before an audience of 250
Latin American diplomats, of
ficials of the Organization of
American States and key
members of Congress invited
to the White House reception.
Talked With Mrs. FDR
In a variety of other activi
ties today, the President had
a brief visit with Peter Crot
ty, democratic leader from
Erie County, N. Y.; a talk with
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt about
the appointment of women to
his administration, and a brief
meeting with officials of the
New York Stock Exchange
who paid a courtesy call.
posal
"Speeches About The Government Spending
Too Much Money"
Leopoldville, The Congo - OIPD
forces captured three companies of pro-Lumumba troops in
an offensive near the Oriental Province border, the Congolese
foreign Ministry announced today.
Mobutu's long-expected drive was coupled with reports
from Stanleyville that Anoine Gizenga was being eased out
as boss of Oriental Province, which is in the hands of follow
ers of slain ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba.
The announcement said one Lumumbist was trapped in
the town of Mondombe, about 300 miles southeast of Coquil-
hatville in Equatorial Province.
Mobutu's force of 1,200
troops then pushed on to the
town of Ikela, 40 miles to the
south, and captured and dis
armed two more companies.
Dispatches from the bush
country said his troops had
captured t h e Lumumbist
stronghold.
The government did not
disclose how many troops
were captured by Mobutu's
forces. A Congolese company
ranges from 50 to 200 men.
Mobutu s troops have been
in the area for weeks to pre
vent Lumumbist troops from
pushing further into Equator
ial Province.
Agree on Confederation
The communique came as
all Congolese leaders, except
uizenga, announced at their
"summit" conference in Tan
anarive on the island of Mad
agascar that they have agreed
to form a confederation of
Congolese slates.
The agreement was expect
ed to end the long struggle
between warring political fac
tions for control of the Congo.
it also was a personal tri
umph of t h e confederation
idea of Katanga President
Moise Tshombe over the uni
tary state advocated by Lu
mumbists. Informed sources said there
are indications that Jean Fos
ter Manzikala is gradually
taking over from the Communist-indoctrinated
Gizenga as
doss of Oriental.
Talks Said Sought
Manzikala, a moderate who
holds the oficial post of Orl-
ental Province premier, was
reported seeking to start econ
omic and financial talks with
the government of Congolese
President Joseph Kasavuvu
If Manzikala is able to take
over control of Oriental Prov
ince, sources said it- would
pave the way for Oriental's
possible participation in the
new Congo confederation.
Manzikala is considered a
more moderate politician than
Gizenga and has called on Eu
ropeans several times to stay
at their jobs to save the prov
ince's economy.
Planning Group
To Meet in Ashland
Ashland The Ashland
Planning commission will
meet tonight to continue dis
cussion on zoning two residen
tial areas of the city for resi
dential and multiple family
dwellings.
At its Feb. 27 meeting, the
commission gave tentative ap
proval to a plan which would
make Zone 4 a single family
unit residential zone. Zone 3
would be classed as a multiple
family dwelling unit area.
City Attorney Harry Sker
ry was directed to prepare an
ordinance establishing zoning
limits. After the ordinance is
considered by the planners, it
will be sent to the city council.
A public hearing must be held
before its adoption.
, Washington - (UPI) - The Sen
ate today voted $50,000 to
continue its subcommittee on
migratory labor for another
year.
- Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu's
Sterilization
Said Valuable
Board Function
Salem - (UPD - State Health
Officer Richard H. Wilcox
said today state-ordered steril
ization of persons with cer
tain sicknesses or socially un
acceptable traits is a "valu
able function" performed by
the state board of eugenics.
At a hearing before the
House health and welfare
committee, the doctor said a
bill to do away with all state
ordered sterilization is not in
the interest of the state.
Wilcox s test! mony met
head on with that by ReD.
George Van Hoomlssen (D-
Portland) who said the state
does not belong in the sterili
zation business.
Ihe judiciary committee
chairman, a sponsor of the
bill, said the 1917 law Dermic
ting state-ordered sterilization
of persons with certain sick
nesses, mental illness or traits
ot degeneracy Is both uncon
stitutional and medically un
supported.
.Knowledge of heredity Is
loo uncertain to justify sterili
zation. Van Hoomlssen added
He said the board has an
proves sterilization of 347
persons in the past decade
Some opponents of the bill
said they might go alone with
a substitute bill to allow state-
oraerea sterilization only
me mentally ill or mentally
ueuciem., , ....
The House already has
passed a third bill to do away
with state -ordered steriliza
tion of epileptics.
A measure to let the Voters
decide whether the 'tat
should pay half th cost of
scnoois was introduced in the
Mouse. Hep. Robert Elfstrom
(R-Salem) was chief sponsor.
The question would go on
the ballot In 1962. Bills now
before the legislature call for
gradual Increase in state
support over a period of years
until the state is paying SO
per cent.
The state now pays 36 per
cent of school' costs.
A proposed constitutional
amendment to increase high
way bonding limits was intro
duced in the House at the re
quest of the Oregon Coast as
sociation.
Slain Ohio Officer
Has Valley Relatives
A Cincinnati, Ohio, patrol
man, brother of an Ashland
man, was shot in that city
early Saturday morning,
touching off one of the biggest
police manhunts in Cincinnati
history.
According to United Press
International, Patrolman Don
al dMartin, 29, brother of Ray
Martin, 472 Palm St.. Ashland
was slain, apparently with his
own service revolver. Five
passersby were reported to
have witnessed the Incident.
An unidentified gunman
shot the officer while he was
investigating a car tampering
incident. Nearly 100 detec
tive and patrolmen are con.
ducting a house - to - house.
room-by-room search of the
area. The patrolman was re
ported to have died without
regaining consciousness. His
.38 caliber service revolver
with all six cartridges dis
charged, was found in a gar
bage can a few blocks from
the shooting.
Ray Martin left Medford by
plane Saturday for Clncln'
natl, according to Mrs. Mar
tin. Interior of House
Damaged by Blaze
Table Rock-The Interior of
a three-hoom house on the
Table Top ranch near Table
Rock was damaged this morn
ing when a flue from a wood
stove became overheated.
Central Point rural firemen
were called at 10:13 a.m. Tho
house is owned by the Reter
Fruit company. Bill Nowlln
Bn employee, was occupying
the dwelling.
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PRO-LUMUMBISTS SEIZED Maj. Gen.
Joseph Mobutu's forces captured three com
panies of pro-Lumumba troops in an of
fensive near the Oriental Province border.
the Congolese foreign ministry announced
today. The announcement said
bist company was trapped in
Mondombe (1), about 300 miles southeast of
Coqullhativlle, in Equatorial province. Mo
butu's troops then pushed on to the town of
Drop In Anticipated
Timber Receipts Is
Budget Problem
An anticipated 20 per cent
cut in estimated O and C tim
ber receipts for the next fis
cal year is a problem confront
ing the Jackson county budget
committee this week, County
Treasurer Karl Janouch noted,
Including the balance in tim
ber receipts carried over into
the new fiscal year, this would
mean $510,000 less than the
previous year. Forest service
timber receipts are estimated
at $54,000 less, Janouch said.
Receipts from current tim
ber cuttings won't be received
by the county until next fall
County Students
Win in District
Miss Aedene Jensen, senior
at Eagle Point High school,
won first place In the girls'
division of the Elks lodge dis
trict scholarship competition
Sunday in Roscburg.
District winner In the boys'
division was Jerry Burns, Ash
land High school student, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Lee Burns, 121 Bush st., Ash
land. Miss Jensen's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Burton C. Jen
sen, Nick Young rd., Eagle
Point.
The two county students
will compete In the state con
test March 25 in Ontario, Ore.
Candidates for the Elks
scholarships are judged on
scholarship, financial need,
extra-curricular and out-of-school
activities, personality
and leadership, and perscrver-
ance and resourcefulness.
On the state level the two
students will compete with
winners from the other four
districts In the stale. District
winners receive $250 scholar
ship awards. State winners
may receive up to $1,550 schol
arships.
SOC Name Change
Approved by Senate
Salem-OIPD-The Senate to.
day passed and .sent to the
governor a bill changing the
name of Southern Oregon Col
lege of Education to Southern
Oregon College, The measure,
HB1264, earlier won approval
of the House.
Washington -0IPD- President
Kennedy will hold a news con
ference Wednesday at 7 a.m
(pst).
Sen. Straub
University Crackdown
Salem - H1PI) - Sen. Robert
Straub (D-Eugenc) warned to
day against letting a single
scandalous story by a Univer
sity of Oregon student lead to
a political clampdown on the
university s freedom.
In a letter to Acting Presi
dent William C. Jones, Straub
said he was deeply concerned
that "the university could well
become overly restrictive and
unduly cautious" as a result of
legislative criticism of a "sat
ire" published earlier this
month In the literary section
of the student paper.
Rep, F. T. Montgomery ,R
Eugene) called the story "vul
gar and obscene." His remarks
Ikela, 40 miles south of Mondombe, and
captured two more companies. On the above
map, arrows from Ikela indicate an expected
drive on Stanleyville (2). The map also il
lustrates boundaries of the newly-formed
Confederation of Congolese states that
Western diplomats hope will end the threat
of Communism in the Congo and bring
stability to the strife-torn nation.
(UPI Telephoto)
one Lumum
the town of
the county treasurer pointed
out.
The bureau of land manage
ment reports that sale prices
on their government umDer
have been running 24 per cent
over the appraised prices
while, Rogue River national
forest otllciais estimate meir
sale prices at 14 per cent I resentatives Thursday morn
above the appraised price. hng and the health department '
$3 Million Less I Monday morning. Budget sec-
"We have collected almost tions directly under the coun-
$3 million less in timber sales
during the July to January
period of this current fiscal
year than during the same
period last year," John Car
negie of the BLM, said today.
"This is $13,173,000 from
and C lands and $2,104,000
from the contraverted timber
lands. During a comparable
period last fiscal year O and
C timber sales were $15,757,
000 and contraverted land tim
ber sales $2,305,000.
Contraverted lands are
those timber lands which
were O and C lands formerly
and administered by the forest
service and are now under
BLM direction.
Estimated county receipts
from forest service timber
sales for the current fiscal
year Is $333,857 from the
Rogue River national forest.
Although Umpqua and Klam-
th national forests contribute
to this fund, they are not In
cluded, a forest service offi
cial said. This compares with
last year's estimate of $35p,
000, also not including Ump
qua and Klamath forests. The
forest service now has under
contract for cutting 158.7 mil
lion board feet.
Total Rectipis
Janouch estimates that the
total receipts from all sources
for the new fiscal year budg
et, including timber receipts,
will be $756,209.50. Total re
ceipts for the current fiscal
year were $5,276,250.35 com
pared to the new fiscal year
estimate of $4,520,040.85. The
1959-60 fiscal year receipts
were $4,723,922.50 compared
to 1900-61 fiscal year's total
receipts of $5,276,250.35, or
this current fiscal year shows
an Increase of $552,227.83 In
grand total receipts.
Sports Bulletin
Kansas City - Hill - Big
and fast Grambllng Collag
of Louisiana today knocked
Llnfi.ld out of tht NAIA
baiketball tournament with
a 107-85 victory here.
Warns on
led to a Ways and Means sub
committee promise of a full
scale hearing, and a call by
Rep. Ed Elder (R-Eugcne) for
a look Into the faculty.
"Growth Is not possible at
an institution or in an indl
vldual without risks and with
out freedom to err," Straub
said
The Eugene senator said he
was proud of the university's
record and of the absence of
such scandnls over a period of
many years. In addition,
Straub praised the "prompt
responsible action" taken by
the university to avoid publi
cation of similar stories In the
future.
Farm Home,
Sheriff Make
Budget Requests
First meeting of the Jack
son county budget committea
was held this morning start
ing ' with the county farm
home requested budget.
County Sheriff Joe Walsh
Hs scheduled to appear beforo
ihe committee at 1 p.m. today.
the juvenile department rep-
ty court's supervision will ba
fitted between these sched
uled hearings.
Chief attention will center
on salaries with department
heads requesting revision of
the present system. Main
points to be discussed will be:
(1) the proposed merit pay .
plan which was never carried
out. (2) current salary scales
not meeting increased living
costs, and (3) job classifica- ,
tions are considered unrealis
tic and should be revised.
Request Physical Therapist
Millard Hoffman, superin
tendent of the county farm
home, told the budget com
mittee that he Is requesting a
budget total of $133,345, rep- .
resenting a $13,617 Increase
over the current fiscal year's
total. His request focused on
proposed salary increases. His
main request is for a physical
therapist at an added salary
of $3,700 a year.
He illustrated his propose
physical therapist program
with sound movies showing
how many patients could be
put back on their feet and tha
county save money. The farm
home now has 18 stroke pa
tients and 18 patients with
fractures.
A two-month therapy treat
ment at an estimated cost of
one dollar a day would help
recuperate a large percentage,
Hoffman said. Top welfare
rate for these patients is $182
month. Following the treat
ment they could be sent to a
local home for the aged at tha
$101 welfare rate, saving tha
county $90 for $60 spent per
patient,
Coil Taxpayers $10,964
The county court pointed
out that the county farm,
home is nearly self-supporting.
At one time it was. lha
operation last year cost the
taxpayer $10,964.29. Tha
county farm home budget es
timates have shown a steady
Increase, however. Tho 1957-
58 budget total was $70,
781.48.' The total requested budget
for the sheriff's office will
show a slight decrease-$199,-
930 compared to the current
fiscal year's budget estimate
of $200,240.
"We propose to operate on
slightly less money for the
new fiscal year, Walsh said.
One big reason for the re
duced budget request is that
expenditures for eight vehi
cles from the sheriff's office
last year need not be repeat-
ed this year. Because of the
county-owned vehicles, travel
expenses will be reduced but
some pay Increases are re-'
quested.
Walsh hopes to employ a
woman as an extra matron for
the county Jail for the 4 p.m.
to midnight shift.
The boat law enforcement
budget will be the same as for
,the current year, $3,500.
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