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Newspaper Page TextAustralia Expected To Troops En Route To Seek Of Missionn Leopoldville, The Congo - OIPD .!...u.. me en route to Kivu Province to negotiate the re lease of 30 missionaries probably including some Ameri cansheld prisoner by Congolese troops, the UN Command announced today. ine missionaries were reported under house arrest at rvdsongo, loo miles west of the iiews 01 me rescue mission came as tough Gurkha troops from India flew into the Con go aboard U.S. Air Force planes during the night in the lace of warnings by Congolese leaders that "blood will flow" if they are used against Con golese troops. A U.N. spokesman said the missionaries are short of food and the Malayans are carry ing flour with them for food relief. The Malayans will escort those who want to leave to Kindu, the spokesman said. Observers here noted that L u m u m bist authorities in Kindu have been obstructing the departure of Europeans. Only 19 of an estimated 300 missionaries and civilians stranded in Kindu have been allowed to leave so far. Stray Cat Problem To Be Evaluated By County Court An evaluation of the stray cat problem in Jackson coun ty will be made by the county court at 2 p.m., Friday, March 31, County Judge Earl Miller told a group of citizens and animal agency officials yester day afternoon. ' Seven citizens and repre sentatives of the Jackson County Humane Society and Dog Control Officer Chris Hagler attended the meeting. The citizens presented peti tions containing approximate- . ly 1,000 names. After persist ent prodding by spokesmen for the group asking immediate action, the county judge firm ly replied that the county court would have to consider all the facts first, then make a recommendation. The group said the large 1 number of stray cats in Jack son county presented a disease problem, was a threat to the health of children and tended to reduce the bird population. They added that the dumping of cats is a public nuisance. The citizens requested a new wing be built into the new county dog pound quart ers at the old experiment sta- - tion property near Phoenix. They also asked that a fact finding committee be appoint ed. The county dog control of ficer's report shows that from Jan. 1, 1960 to Feb. 28, 1961, his department handled 639 cats, of which 422 were taken to the pound. New homes were found for 21 and 618 were destroyed. Motor Vehicle Office Still South of Town Motorists were reminded to ' day by the Oregon Motor Ve hicle License depart ment's area office that business is still being transacted at its office on South Pacific high way. In past weeks local resi dents have confused the of fice's location with the new building for both the Oregon state police and the public utilities commissioner area of fice on North Pacific highway. The new offices were opened Feb. 24. The motor vehicles depart ment is also scheduled to move to the new building, but not-until later this year, ac cording to spokesmen. Washington IIM The Sen ate agreed today to limit de bate and complete action on the Columbia River basin treaty with Canada. Sanitary Authority Letter Local Water Observations and definitions of water pollution problems In Bear creek as reported oy a local committee, are accu rate and well outlined, accord ing to a letter the Oregon Stale Sanitary Authority sent County Judge Earl Miller yes terday. ' The Jackson County Water Pollution Fact Finding com mittee report Is "most accept able in context and generally In accord with the program of pollution abatement carried on bv the authority," Kenneth H. Spies, deputy state sani tary engineer, wrote. ThP work of the committee i. "an pxeellont example" of nuhlir education, Spies wrote In its report the committee oi.iinned that official agen- cics were reluctant to take !!i! action to enforce the Release - Malayan troops of the United provincial capital of Bukavu. County Juvenile Division Budget Requests Made Members of the Jackson county juvenile department and advisory council present ed the department's proposed 1961-62 budget to the county budget committee this morn ing. The committee began ses sions, with department heads Monday afternoon in prepar ation for the county budget for 1961-62. Members are County Judge Earl Miller, Commissioners Chester Wendt and Edwin Taylor, Gordon Hudson, Arnold Bohn ert and Archie Pierce. Representing the juvenile department were Mrs. Kay Crowell, director; Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly; Shel by M. Tuttle, chairman of the advisory committee to juve nile court; Mrs. Ben Day and Jerry Lausmann, committee members; and Robert Swan, superintendent of the juvenile detention home. Proposed budget for oper ation of tHe department next year totals $53,585.63, an in crease of $11,438.63 over this year's budget of $42,147. The proposed budget for the juve nile detention home totals $13,347, also an increaseover the current year. In explaining the requested increases, Mrs. Crowell listed department problems of in adequate clerical staff for volume of work, inadequate space for reception needs, needed equipment for expand ed volume of work, need for funds for foster care, and in adequate telephone service. Mrs. Crowell stressed the increased load of children's cases carried by the depart ment. A total of 1,086 cases, including 586 delinquencies, were referred to the juvenile department during 1960 com pared with 749 the year be fore. . AMA Likes Highway Financing Program Washington - fUPI) -The American Municipal associa tion said today it wants the interstate highway system fin ished by 1972 and that Presi dent Kennedy's controversial financing program was one good way to get it done. Mayor Ben West, Nasnvine, Tenn., an official of the or ganization, said his organiza tion, which represents 13,000 cities, towns and villages, was opposed to any stretchout or cutback in the program. Kennedy proposed that the gasoline tax on all motorists, scheduled to drop from four to three tents July 1, be keot at four cents. In addition, he wants to boost taxes on trucks, diesel fuel, tires, tubes and other items. WEATHER FORECAST: Intermittent rain tonight with showers and clear ing periods Friday. Low to night 38. HlRh tomorrow 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 55 Lowest, this Morninp; 34 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 8:19 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:21 a.m. Mooniet today 6:32 p.m. First Quarter March 23 VISIBLE PLANETS (their approximate distances from the Earth tonight) Venus 34 million miles. Mars 105 million miles. Jupiter 525 million miles. Saturn 980 million miles Pollution Committee state's water pollution laws, The sanitary engineer noted that it has always been the policy of the board members to use legal action only as a last resort to obtain compli ance with state statutes. "It should be pointed out, however, where conditions Justified it, the authority has not hesitated to take proper legal action. Thus far such ac tion has not been considered necessary In the Bear creek basin." The sanitary authority staff has spent much time survey ing water quality conditions and In promoting water pollu tion control in the Bear creek basin, Spies reported. The first comprehensive sanitary surveys were conducted in the summers of 1952 and 1954 In July, 1959 detailed1 Kennedy Proposes Wrile-it-Yourself Plan for Farmers Would Be Subject To Congress Veto Washington -WPP- President Kennedy today proposed write-it-yourself program for American farmers. Under the plan, farmers themselves would be author ized to draft and adopt, sub ject to congressional veto, a sweeping new series of crop-by-crop farm marketing con trol programs to cut surpluses and boost farm income. Would Relieve Congress Congress, which rejected a similar plan last year, would be relieved of the chore of writing farm law. The plan, presented in a 6,800-word message to Con gress, is aimed at carrying out Kennedy's campaign promise to seek to lift farmers' income to equality with the income of city dwellers. The President coupled it with proposed expansion of programs to use the nation's food abundance to feed the needy at home and abroad, including a five-year exten sion of a law authorizing "Food for Peace" exports of farm surpluses for foreign currencies. No Early Solution Kennedy said the farm problem could not be solved in a day or in a year, or perhaps even in this adminis tration." But he said his pro posal would eventually cut the tax cost of the farm pro gram by reducing farm sur pluses, and would "gradually reverse" the decline in farm income. The alternative to boosting farm income, he said, is a "substandard rural economy and a weakened nation." He promised consumers the pro posed new plans - none of them detailed in the message - would assure them "stable" price levels. "No farm program should exploit the consumer," Ken nedy said. "But neither can it subsidize the consumer at the cost of subnormal income to the farmer." (Continued on Page 2) Members To Be Elected To Board Three members will be elected to three-year terms on the county rural school board at the annual meeting May 1, according to Alf B. Mekvold, Jackson county school super intendent. One will be elected from Zone 5 (Ashland - Pinehurst districts); one from Zone 2 (Medford district); and one member-at-largc. Incumbents are Harold C. Buck, Zone 5; Glenn W. Smith, Zone 2; and Sam B. Harbison, member-at- large. Mekvold said that the en tire county votes for the mem-ber-at-large, but elections in Zones 2 and 5 are limited to only those zones. Qualifications for office In clude being a legal resident of the particular zone (or county for member-at-large) at least six months immediately pre ceding the election, and be a registered voter at least 30 days prior to the election. School board members are nominated by petitions signed by at least 25 voters of the zone, in the case of a zone candidate, or by at least 50 legal voters of the county for the candidate-at-large. Petition must be filed in the county school superintend ent's office at least 30 days prior to the election, this year, March 31. In addition, the candidate's acceptance of nomination must also be filed in the superintendent's office by that date. Nominating petitions may be obtained upon request from the county school office. Commends report on existing water qual ity conditions and sources of pollution was presented sani tary authority members by District Engineer T. M. (Ted) Gerow. "The Individual committee members who gave so freely of their time and talents in compiling the report should be commended," Spies con tinued. "Their objective was most worthwhile and their conclusions for the most part are very good." "The people and the com munity's desire for clean streams is of tremendous bene fit In supporting the pollution abatement program of the state sanitary a u t h o r 1 1 y," Spies noted. "We sincerely hope that the (county) court will continue its efforts In this direction.' Face Oregon Senate Approves Utilities Measure on 20- Regional Edition Medford 46 Pages f Tzizr1 ARSENAL FOUND Target practicing in the attic of his home in Milwaukee, Wis., led to the arrest of Jesse James, 18, when police traced bullets which entered the apartment across the alley. Police discovered this arsenal in the attic of the James home. James said he used the weapons only Merit Pay Scale Revisions To Be Considered Today The Jackson courtty budget committee will consider the requested revisions in the merit pay scale for county employees this afternoon, County Judge Earl Miller an nounced. Various county department heads Monday required an up ward revision of salary ranges established by the 1958 Civil Service commission report. With District Attorney Alan Holmes acting as spokesman, the county officials also asked that recommendations for merit pay increases for their department employees be placed solely Jn their hands. The recommendations would be made to the county budget committee for Inclusion in the annual budget. Holmes pointed out that some salaries employees listed in the county budget start as low as $179 a month. Each employee should be assured of a raise if he merits it and the general county financial condition permits it, the dis trict attorney insisted. Court's Position Two letters written to de partment heads in June 3, 1959 explain the county court position on the merit pay scale. "We believe in compensa tion for similar work being performed in other industry," the opening paragraph of one letter read. "It will be the policy of the county court In the future to grant pay in creases on a merit system and any Increase In pay must be one step at a time." "Any reclassification of em ployees must be approved by department heads Before be ing presented to the county court," the letter stated. The other letter explained how the county court had ac cepted Plan 2 of three present ed by the civil service com mission r e p r e scntatlvcs In their report. It noted that the county court and budget com mittee had made every effort possible to correct "any in equities" In classification and salary after the budget was In operation. A three man re view board to which em ployees can appeal was also established, the letter noted. Granfs Pass Not To Get GOP Headquarters Salem - WD - Oregon Re publican Chairman Robert G. Davis today ruled out the possibility of moving state GOP headquarters to Grants Pass and there was talk the office may be moved back to Portland. Ejection MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1961 Warrant Issued for Man Believed To Have Been in Chase Medford police today ob-1 ly tried to obtain some blank tained a circuit court warrant checks from the Medford for Roger Dean Ballard, 18, Klamath Falls, who is believ ed to be the man that yester day eluded city police after a high-speed downtown auto chase. The warrant is for forgery. A car thought stolen by Ballard in Medford last night was located this morning in Klamath Falls. Ballard is be lieved to how be in possession of his own car, which was taken late last night from a Klamath Falls auto repair shop. A four-stale all points bul letin is out for his arrest. The suspect was chased by Medford police yesterday at about 2 p.m. after he allcged- Budget Proposed For Phoenix School Phoenix - A proposed budg et for the Phoenix school dis trict totalling $787,610 for the fiscal year 1961-62, has been approved by the Phoenix school district's budget board. The budget for all funds is $45,505.21 higher than for the 1960-61 fiscal year. Of the total $378,459.38 is outside the six per cent limitation. The proposed budget in. eludes $695,085 in the general fund; $52,020 for bond Inter est and redemption; and $40, 505, school lunch fund. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held ApYil 4 at 8 p.m. In the Phoe nix grade school gymnasium. The Increase is due to teach ers' salaries and a school site purchase, it was explained. Two Children Die In Hecata Mishap Florenco-lUPH-A 13-year-old girl died and her younger brother was swept out to sea Wednesday when a wove rolled over a log on which they were standing at Hecata Beach Just north of here. The backwash carried the two into the breakers. The dead girl was Dianne Kizer, 13; missing was her 9-year-old brother, Russell. i Authorities said the father, Charles F. Kizer, Harrisburg, saw the log roll over onto the children and raced into the surf. He was up to his chest In water when ho was able to get hold of his daughter's Jacket. He and the Rev. Rex Jones, Harrisburg, pulled her to shore and started artificial respiration. From 55th for gang fights. In the arsenal were gloves with metal studs, wrenches with taped handles, padlocks with leather straps, paper hook, knives, stilettos, ice picks, bayonets and a .22 rifle with cartridges. ' (UPI Telephoto) branch of the First National bank. Bank officials had tipped police off that Ballard, already a suspected forger, was in the bank. By the time police arrived at the bank, however, the man thought to be Ballard had climbed in a car and started south on Front st. The car was later learned to have been taken from Ballard's parents in Klamath Falls. Officer Gene Depuy the only officer dispatched to the bank, gave chase In his patrol car. During the chase the pursued car went the wrong direction on two one-way streets, forc ing several cars off the road. Officer Depuy, who stayed be hand the vehicle with the siren blaring, said the cars reached speeds of more than 60 miles an hour. The suspect was finally forced to abandon his vehicle at 12th st. and Central ave., when oncoming traffic on Cen tral ave. made it impossible for him to go any further, police said. The suspect then ran from his car up, an alley toward the railroad tracks. Officer Depuy who was right behind him, fired one warning shot from his police revolver in the air, but the man only ran faster. The man outran Depuy and was last seen ducking behind the Medford Ice company building at 535 South Fir st. Ten policemen, including sher iff's deputies and Oregon slate police, searched a sizeable area around the railroad tracks from about 2:30 until 6:30 p.m., but were unable to find the suspect. A num ber of citizens also helped In the search, Reported Seen The man was not heard from again until about 7:45 p.m., when a person answer ing his description was report ed seen In the 800 block on South Riverside ave. Police again searched this area with out success. A car, belonging to Slgne Virginia Lusk, 333 South Riv erside ave., was reported stol en a short time later, and police believe that the suspect Is responsible. The car Is the one that was located In Klam ath Falls this morning. About 8:30 p.m. yesterday, Ashland police reported chas ing, but losing, a car answer ing the description of the one stolen from Mrs. Lusk. Ballard is suspected of hav ing cashed several phony checks In the Medford area, Including a $42 check yesterday. British Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 309 Stale School Food Service Meet Opens in Medford Almost 300 members of the Oregon School Food Service --tT lut of relocating public utility fa annual conference this morn- nm0 i- if n, t ii I-- ... n j( j tti-u , cilities in the path ox federat ing in Medford High school. M hiohmn Mrs. Gladys Ncgelspach, Port land, is president. David R. Page, school lunch director for St. Louis, Mo., public schools, was the main speaker at this morning's ses sion. Ho is president-elect of the American School Food Service association and spoke on "The school lunchroom The problems and the oppor tunity." toward Branchfield, chair man of the board of education, Medford Public schools, wel comed the members and Mrs. Blanche Barnctt, Pork Grove, president-elect delivered the response. A panel discussion on the school lunch program was held before this morning's business session, when char ters for Beaverton, Eastern Oregon and Junction City chapters were presented. Today's Program Today's program Included a report on the national con vention by Mrs. Betty March ant, president, Portland chap ter; a luncheon; a panel dis cussion on "Getting the most for your money"; and food demonstrations. A banquet will be held tonight in Rogue Valley Country club Friday's activities will be gin with a colfco hour, follow ed by a talk by Dr. Betty Lou I Dunlap, associate professor of education, Southern Oregon college, and an electrical safe ty demonstration by Claude Haggard, California Oregon Power company. Officers will be installed at 10:30 a.m. Miss Mary Ellen Bell, a registered nurse, Med ford, will speak on "Glimpses from Overseas" at 10:45 a.m., followed by a fashion show and luncheon. A tour of the Jacksonville museum and the Shakespear ean thentcr Friday afternoon will end the conference. Sports Bulletin Eugene- ITU - St. Helens, Central Catholic and T'.'la mook advanced to the semi final round in the consola tion bracket of the Oregon A l high school basketball tournament here today, i Si, Helens defeated La Grande SO to 43, Central Catholic turned back Scnp pooie 62 to 48 and Tilla mook edged Bend S3 to 49 in the firit overtime gam of the tournament. Commonwealth Public 1 0 Vote Newport Demo Says Bill Would Create Tzar' Mahoney Says No More Power Given Salem -WPP- The Senate to day approved, 20-10, a "com promise" bill which Sen. An drew Naterlin (D-Newport) said would make a "czar" out of the public utility commis sioner in determining areas that utilities may serve. SB487 went to the House over strong objections of Na terlin and other advocates of public power. Naterlin said it is not a compromise bill but only an 'attempt to cripple expansion of people's utility districts." Not Mandatory Measure Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney (D-Portland), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee which approved it, said the bill is a compromise. He said it is not mandatory measure and grants no more power to the commissioner "unless re quested by all parties con cerned." Mahoney said the bill re affirms the rights of cities in granting franchises and al lows utilities to get together over who serves what terri tory. He admitted that it gives the PUC the right to ap prove or disapprove any agreements. Monopolis Feared Natcrlins aid the bill would spawn monopolies with the resuu nun r.uus wumu go uy. He said Public Utility Com- ! v.- j I. . 3 LIIU Ulll UIIU wams iv unuiji I because it would give him ad ditional powers Naterlin tried to substitute his minority report on the bill but this failed 18-12 Those Joining him In voting against the majority., report bill were Sens. Cook, Alfred Corbett, Grenfell, Hopkins Loth, Musa, Naterlin, Straub, Sweetland and Thiel. " ,17 o..,. S.-u..?"! Subcommittee OKs Food Surplus Plan Salem-IUPII - A Ways and Means subcommittee gave unanimous approval today to a $1 million two-year federal food surplus distribution pro gram for Oregon. The committee said the plan should toe started as soon as possible on a state-county share the cost basis, with the state paying 70 per cent and the counties chipping In the rest. Counties would participate on a voluntary basis. The pro gram would extend to welfare recipients and low Income families. State payments would be retroactive for counties which already have started the pro gram. The committee estimated some 59,000 welfare receipi- cnts and 118-000 low Income families would be eligible to receive $4.85 worth of corn meal, flour, dry milk, rice, lard, butter, dried eggs, pork, beans and peanut butter per month. "We'll See How Tough The New Cop Is" South African Move Threatens Political Crisis 'White Australia Policy' Said Cause London-OIPD-Rhodesian Pre mier Sir Roy Welensky pre dicted today that Australia would be the next member country to face expulsion from the British Common wealth for racial policies that led South Africa to quit Wed nesday. South Africa's surprise de cision to withdraw divided the remaining members and threatened British Prime Min- ' ister Harold Macmillan with a political crisis at home. ; Welensky said Australia's "white Australia policy" mark ed her down as the next tar get for expulsion. The Rhodesian leader, who is In London for talks with the Commonwealth prime min isters, has not yet attended the conference because his country is not yet a fully self governing member of the Commonwealth. Gold Stocks Drop South Africa's withdrawal from the Commonwealth brought a sharp drop today in South African gold mining shares on the stock market. Macmillan called a meeting of his cabinet today to dis cuss the South African deci sion which was applauded by two of the Commonwealth members, Malaya and Nigeria, and deplored by some of the other members. Macmillan already is under fire for his policy of giving political powers to Africans in Rhodesia, and the loss of South Africa could worsen his position at home. British fear Rhodesian blacks will usurp British power there. . I The news 'of South Africa's decision to pull out because of opposition to the country's racial segregation policies drew stunned .reaction from cn,,lh 4f,-i .,, m ti-ui.u neWspaper opinion down the .. middle. Some decried the move as an ."unfortunate - precedent whlie others hail- cd It as a 'great "moral" de velopment for the Common wealth. Felt 'Not Welcome' Charging that the Common wealth was becoming a "pres sure group," Verwoerd said South Africa was withdraw ing because "I realize we are not welcome and are an em barrassment and not a source of strength." - Verwoerd, who Nhas been criticized severely by his fel low prime ministers for his country's racial policies, said South Africa's withdrawal marked-the beginning of the Commonwealth's d I s integra tion. . Picketing Ends At Development Site Picketing of the million- dollar Alpine Village develop ment in Medford ended today when the Laborers Union Local 1400 agreed to a settle ment with the Morris and Sims Construction company of Grants Pass, the demolition contractor on the project. Terms of the settlement were not made public, but Jerry Chrlstean, business ag ent and secretary of the local, said the dispute "has been settled to the mutual satis faction of both parties." STORE ENTERED . Ashland - Ashland city po lice are Investigating the bur glary of Provost Furniture store, 357 East Main St., which occurred some time Wednes day night. A small amount of money was taken from a safe in the store, according to Dom Provost, owner.