Australia 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.