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Newspaper Page TextOregon Accident lea DAY WITH KENNEDY A UPI reporter-photographer team of Merriman Smith and Maurice Johnson was given the rare opportunity of spending a full day with President Kennedy and recording the activities of a busy Chief Executive. Ken nedy is shown above at the start of the day, accompanied by his daughter, Caroline, as they stepped from the elevator which brought them from their living quarters. (UPI Telephoto) A DAY WITH KENNEDY Chief Executive Starts Busy Day In Forma! Dress Editor's note: UPI White House Reporter Merriman Smith has been covering presidents since the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thurs day, Tor the first time In his long experience, Smith was permitted to spend a full working day at the side of a chief executive. Smith was In President Kennedy's office while conferences were In progress, in secluded offices of key staff members and even in the historic rooms of the White House, itself, with the President. Here is his intimate account of a day with Kennedy. By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter Washington - (UPI) - A pale blue light shone from within a large globe of the earth beside his massive old desk. It was a few minutes before 8 o'clock Thursday night in the West Wing of the White House men .President Ken nedy grabbed a green carna tion from his suit lapel and flung it onto a batch of pho tographic portraits awaiting his autograph. Thus ended the young Chief Executive's 56th day in the presidency; at least, the office portion of his day. There still were memoranda to be an alyzed and telephone calls to be made before bedtime. Also, dinner with Mrs. Kennedy and a few guests. Since shortly after 9 a.m. he had talked with between 125 and 150 people,, individ ually and in groups. He had signed his name about 150 times. He had made a number of telephone calls. He also had made several of the more weighty decisions of his brief White House career. Not Strenuous Day Yet, as he started down the historic colonnade leading from his office to the main part of the White House, the 43-year-old Chief Executive thought Thursday was not a particularly strenuous day in the presidency. "I'd say it was easier than most," Kennedy commented as he said goodnight to two reporters and two photogra phers who had followed, with his permission, almost every move, every conference and most of his words during the day. Chronologically, this "easier than most" day went like this: 9:24 a.m. - Dressed in for mal morning attire stripped trousers, short club coat, white shirt, grey-striped tie (Kenne dy had a thin piece of adhesive on the cut over his eye) and conferred briefly by telephone with his press secretary, Pi erre Salinger. 9:35 - Salinger walked to the ground floor of the White House where he waited at the elevator with Col. Godfrey T. Mcllugh, Air Force aide to the President. 9:42-Elevator doors opened and the President stepped out. holding his daughter, Caro - U.S. Space Scientists Bounce 'Strong Clear' Radio Pasadena. Calif. -'IPI- The United States has bounced j "strong, clear" radio signals: off the planet Venus. : The signals were sent and j received back at Goldstone Tracking Station in the Mo Jave Desert north of Barstow, Calif. It took only 6'i min utes to cover the 70-million mile roundtrip, it was an nounced Thursday by two top ipace officials. jDr. Hugh L. Dryden, depu line, by the hand. Apparently unaware what awaited them, both President and daughter were somewhat startled by the sudden glare of flashguns on the cameras of two press as sociation photographers. Returned to Elevator "Oh, no," the President ex claimed, whirling young Caro line back into the elevator. Thus thwarted in her antici pated walk to the office with her father, Caroline set up a wail suggestive of a fire siren. The President ducked back into the elevator and, with fatherly solicitude, promised Caroline everything short of a sandbox in the Cabinet Room if she'd only under stand. Then he rejoined Salin ger and McHugh. "Since it's bound to come up sooner or later, Mr. Presi dent," a reporter said, "What about the cut?" "I was bending down to get something for Caroline and I hit the table," he said. 9.45-Budget Director David E. Bell, Deputy Director Elmer Staats and Theodore Sorensen, special counsel to Kennedy, settled down in three chairs beside Kennedy's desk in his office to talk about the foreign aid budget. Kennedy was familiar with the budget item by item and fired question after question at his conferees, speaking softly and dispassionately un til he came to one item which led him to exclaim, "That's a lot of dough." Goldberg Escorted In 9:57-As first consultants de parted. Labor Secretary Ar thur Goldberg was escorted in by Appointment Secretary Kenneth O'Donnell. Goldberg said he wanted "only 30 sec onds for a word about an amendment to the uncmploy. ment compensation extension bill in Congress 9:59-While the President, leaning against his desk with arms folded, was still talking to Goldberg, O'Donnell, who describes his work as "Chi nese checkers In grand style" waved in Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges and Myer Feldman, assistant to Soren sen. Jokingly, Kennedy said, "Governor, you know Secre tary Goldberg?" Everybody laughed. Hodges' mission also concerned unemployment compensation, I (Continued on Page 3) Signals Off Planet Venus ty administrator of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Wil liam Pickering. Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory direc tor, said the experiment took place March 10. Signals have previously been bounced from Venus. But the significance of the latest test was that signals were immediately detectable when they were picked up by tf 85-foot dish antennas at Charter To Be Prepared For County Vote Jackson county's home rule study committee voted six to two last night to prepare charter for voter considera tion. The committee's vote and the written statements sub mitted by the members ex plaining their vote will be forwarded to the county court merely as a formality. It will be up to the voters to decide either during a primary or general election whether they want a charter which will allow them to deal with coun ty problems on the county level. One member, Frank Farrell, Medford attorney, was absent and did not submit his vote. Budget Group To Consider Salary Request Monday The Jackson county budget committee Monday will con sider a resolution to increase salary ranges one step, County Judge Earl Miller said today. This would drop the lowest salary step. If approved by the commit tee the average salary increase to county employees would be $16. Total budget increase would be 561,000. Various county department heads Monday requested an upward revision of salary ranges established by the 1958 Civil Service Commis sion report. With District At torney Alan Holmes acting as spokesman, the county offi cials also asked that recom mendations for merit pay in creases for their department employees be placed in their hands. Their recommenda tions would be made to the county budget committee for inclusion in the annual budget. Each employee should be assured of a raise If he merits It and the general county financial condition permits it, the district attorney insisted. Some county department heads were concerned this morning over the report that one county official had re quested merit pay Increases for all departmental em ployees, "This defeats the pur pose of the merit pay increase plan," a county official com mented. At Thursday morning's budget hearing, County Com missioner Edwin Taylor plead ed for more adequate pay for county employees. "The un derpaid man is the most ex pensive man you can hire," he said. McGahuey Set To Appear Monday LeeRoy Sanford McGahuey, 43-year-old Central Point man charged with first degree murder, is scheduled to ap pear in Jackson county circuit court Monday to enter a plea, according to District Attorney Alan Holmes this morning. However, some observers feel his court-appointed attor ney, William Kelllngton, Med' ford, will request a psychh atric examination and delay entering a plea at that time. McGahuey was arraigned before Circuit Judge James M. Main Friday morning, March 10. Then Kelllngton was appointed and the case was continued to allow Mc Gahuey to consult with his attorney before entering a plea. On Thursday, March 9 the grand jury returned an indictment against McGahuey for the murder of 23-month-old Rod Cameron Holt, son of Mrs. Loris Mae Holt. Mrs. Holt and her son were found slain in a Central Point apart ment Feb. 22. Salem-itPD-The House High ways Committee late Thurs day voted out "do pass" bill providing another $4 mil lion for reconstruction of Highway 42 between Rose burg and Coquille. the tracking station, scientists said. In all earlier tests, elabo rate analysis and processing was necessary to determine whether the signals came back, according to Dryden and Pickering. The signal-bouncing experi ment is being used in an ef fort to learn whether Venus spins on its axis and the na ture., of Its surface, the two scientists said. Committee memher William Jess was absent, but submit ted his vote and statement. Jess, a Sams Valley farmer, voted in favor of nrnppprlinc with formulation of a charter proposal. He summed up the committee's work nnd the oen- eral attitudes of the people interviewed - county officials, ex-county officials or persons connected with the county. greater Efficiency Most of the cnmmittpe vnt. ine for a charter ppnprnllv felt that the county could bet ter solve its own basic prob lems without often delayed legislative help. The propo nents generally agreed that for greater efficiency and to keep up with the rapid ur banization of the county, a government reorganization is needed. Committee member W. E. Davies, Eagle Point area farmer, stated he favored home rule, but did not favor county manager tvDe of env. ernment. Those commitl pe mpmhoro favoring home rule were Earl Day, Medford; Davies; P. G. Humphreys, Medford; Jess; MacLeod Maurice, Gold Hill, ind Mrs. Thomas Rutter. mm. mittee chairman. Eueene Rirk-pr Mrvitnr.i and G. H. Wenner, Ashland! opposed the charter. Political Dartles wniilrl nnf accept appointed department heads and this is the only way a charter would work. Rink pr stated. The money which might be saved under a home rule charter would not be sufficient to make up for the considerable additional ex pense, he added. Hard to Sell "If a Charter is nrnnerlv made there would be very little benefit from it enmnaroH to the drastic exDensn in nut. ting it in operation," Wenner, a retired Banker, said. "This would make it hard In soil This could result in an im proved form of county gov ernment, but you couldn't educate the voters in tha change. If accepted a charter would not be a cure-all. Its success would denenri nn efficient county personnel. There is hot sufficient public demand for it." Wenner also nnnminppH hie resignation from the cornmit tee. "My heart wouldn't be in it," he said. Ricker said he felt the same wav. but would be willing to work on the charter. He will deride nn whether or not to resign later, he said. Wenner was annnintprt hv the Jackson county legislative delegation so the current state representatives and senator must find a replacement. Rick er was appointed by the coun ty court. The aiiesiinn is nnt whpth- er or not we should submit the charter to voters but would it be an advantage to Jackson county citizens to have a charter? Should we at tempt to write a charter?" Jess stated. "County legislative action would be tailor made for Jackson county rather than made to fit in a general way all the shapes and sizes of county government problems in all Oregon counties," Jess explained. Deputies Arrest Men With Slots Two men were arraigned In circuit court this morning on charges of illegally possessing slot machines. John Edward Schuster, Riddle, Ore., entered a plea of guilty and was fined $100. Stephen Gilber Crippen, of Ashland, asked for time to enter a plea. He was released on $100 ball and will reappear March 20. Sheriff's deputies said they discovered two slot machines in the rear of Schuster's pick' up truck Thursday morning 1 ne truck was parked on North Riverside ave. In Med ford. Investigation led to the coin machine repair shop of Crippen's in Ashland. Twenty- seven intact machines were found In the shop. Sheriff Joe Walsh said parts which would go together to form six more machines were also found. Thirty -five machines have been confiscated by the sher iff's department, Walsh said COPCO To Cose Gold Roy Turbines Portland -0,'Pli- The State Game Commission said today the California Oregon Power fn GntH Rnv nlant nn thp Rogue River would close its turbines for a five-week pe riod, May 10 to June 13, dtir inff thp neak downstream mi gntlon of young salmon and ileelhead. Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES United To Protes Missionaries Asked To Leave 'In Own Interest' Justice Demanded Against Troops Washington - (UPD - The United States today called on the United Nations and local authorities to lake "immedi ate steps" to protect Ameri cans in the fnnpn Tt alsn warned American missionaries again to get out of the Congo. The State Department in structed U. S. delegates to the United Nations to request thai "no effort be spared" to as sist missionaries who have been prevented from leaving the eastern Congo and who In some cases have been mis treated. Justic. Demanded The department demanded that Congolese troops w h o have mistreated missionaries be brought to Justice. "We believe that steps should be taken immediately to bring the culprits to justice ana to assure mere will be no recurrence of such acts." The arpns nf t h o fnnrrn - . where missionaries have been mis.tre.ltpH arp Kivn anA rtrl ental provinces, both under me nominal control ot Soviet backed Congolese leader An totne Gizenga. In 'Best Interests' But officials said it has nev er been clear whether the trnnns wprp nolirta imriar nc- ders or on their own. The State Department warn ed American missionaries in "unsettled arpas" nt th fnn. CO that it wniilr! hp "in thpir best Interests to leave unless there are overriding require ments that they remain." State Legislature Pays Tribute To St. Patrick's Day Salem - (UPI) - The Oregon Legislature, bubbling with a little St. Patrick's day fun -and pun - held light sessions today before heading for a legislative issues conference and a banquet addressed by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Oro.). Both houses were sprinkled liberally with green, and in the supposedly sedate Senate water in the cooler took on an undeniably green tint. Even Irish Music Irish tunes floated from the House speaker system. Rep. William Gallagher ap- propriately rose for a St. Pat rick's day speech praising Ire land - the land of his ances tors. The end of the talk brought a chuckle from the house when Rep. Arthur Ireland pre empted the tribute. "It gives me a lot of pleas ure today to hear Ireland hon ored so highly," said Ireland. Morse Talk Tonight The Democratic sponsored legislative issues conference opened shortly after midday and will climax wilh Morse's address on "social legislation In the 87th Congress" at a $5-a-plate dinner tonight. The conference, with panels on aging, mental health and family problems, started with a keynote by Democratic State Chairman Robert Straub, sen ator from Eugene, who urged steps toward solving the prob lem of youth employment in Oregon, SPORTSCAST Oregon A-l high school basketball tournament garnet to be broadcast by KYJC (1230 kc) Include the Klamath Falls-Grant game at 7:30 p.m. today and the Medford -Wilson game at 8:45 p.m. Saturday KYJC will broadcast the Central Catholic David Douglas fourth place game at 2:45 p.m., the third place game at 7:30 p.m. and the cham pionship game at 8:45 p.m. KMED (1440 kc) will broadcast the Medford game tonight and the champion ship game Saturday night. MEDFORD, OREGON, State tfj? war XI- I i k ' : arvaL vn v mpjk r& i BLOOMIN' BIG DAY All set for a real Irish St. Patrick's day celebration is a girl wilh a perfect name for it Miss Peggy O'Neill, 13. Not only that, Peggy lives in the town of Erin, Wis., and attends the Erin grade school. The town of Erin was given Court To Consider Need of Board Action by the county court as to the appointment of a board to consider the stray cat problem in Jackson coun ty will be announced by Judge Earl Miller March 31. It was incorrectly stated in yesterday's Mail Tribune that the county court would evalu ate the problem and give their report later this month. A group of citizens and ani mal agency officials Wednes day met with the court and presented petitions containing approximately 1,000 names. The petitions asked that the court appoint a board whose duties would be to invesligale and recommend an efficient solution to the control of all unwanted animals. After discussion Judge Mil ler continued the hearing un til March 31 to decide on Jie feasibility of such a board, since cats were not specifical ly stated in the petitions. Approximately $147 Taken From Safe Ashland Jackson county sheriff's officers and Ashland police are Investigating the burglary of Provost furniture store, 357 East Main st Ash land, some time between Wednesday night and Thurs day morning. Approximately SI 47 in currency and silver was taken from a safe. Thieves evidently removed a window screen and pried up a window facing an alley. The knob and dial was knocked off the safe. Salom-(l'PliAtty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton today pressed the possibility of a lawsuit against Idaho Power Co. for allcgAi loss of fish at Brown Ice dam on the Snake river. 55th FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961 i? r-w V3 am IB n a fin Q 11 ins i b l& ?a sam El IJ a ii m or H (a H K1 B II 1& HHBI W WiillimW hi S3 "fctjAftifl m tL wan as jus H the poetic name lor Ireland by tne Irish settlers of about 100 years ago. It features town roads wilh such names at St. Patrick lane, Dublin drive, and Donegal, Shamrock and Shannon roads. (UPI Telephoto) Sports Bulletin Eugene - (LTD - Basket ball action in the state A-l prep- tournament here to day has placed Central Catholic and David Douglas in the consolation finals to morrow at 1:30 p.m. Central Catholic whipped St, Helons 47-42, while Da vid Douglas dumped Tilla mook 51-47 in games played this morning. Police in 4 States inq for Man Police in four slates today are continuing llieir search for Roger Dean Ballard, IB, Klam ath Falls, who is believed lo he the youth who escaped from Medford police Wednes day afternoon following a high - speed downlown auto chase. Medford police have broad cast an all points bulletin In Washington, Oregon, Califor nia and Idaho for the suspect. Ballard is wanted on a Jack son county circuit court war rant charging forgery. Bail is set at S2.500. Police traced the suspect lo Klamatb Falls Wednesday night where he apparently abandoned a car stolen In Medford and took his own car. He was believed lo be heading north. A second phony check, be lieved cashed by Ballard, was received by Medford police today. The first check, passed Wednesday, was for S42. The one turned In today was for $17. Police said others may have been passed In this area. FORMAL APPLICATION Salein-il'PD International Pa per Co. Thursday made formal application with the Oregon Land Board for two case mfits allowing establishment of a pulp mill at Gardiner. Year Price 10 Cents TRIBUNE d No. 310 f nn una W - L T I (.141, Ford Falcon Best In Mobilgas Run Chicago-IUm-A Ford Falcon has recorded the best gasoline mileage on the longest Mobil gas Economy Run averaging 32.(1(1 miles per gallon for the 2, 050-mile distance from Los Angeles lo Chicago. Cars entered in Class A for compact cars with manual transmissions also won second and third place in overall miles per gallon competilion. Another Falcon averaged 31.(11 miles per gallon and n Chevrolet Corvair turned In an average of 30.70 miles per gallon. Ashland Airport Runway To Be Widened, Extended Ashland-The runway of Hie Ashland airport will be ex tended lo 3,000 feet and width will be restored to 80 feet as soon as weather per mits. In addition, a taxiing strip will be put in along the east perimeter. In making this announce ment, Whitland Locke said a move is under way to change the airport name to Parker field. Locke is chairman of the Ashland Chamber of Com mcrco airport development committee. The committee has been working on developing the airport Into a first class small plane port since Janu ary. It Is currently owned and opcratctl by Sumner Parker, Parker developed the field In 1951. He has been using it as a runway since 192!). The runway is 2,670 feet long and 50 ft't't wide. The chamber lias been en thuslastlc about developing the facility In view of ex pandlng recreational areas Medford Woman ies in Crash; ire Kills Four Brothers Drown Near Roseburg By Uniind Press Iniernaiior.al Ten persons died in threa ishaps in less than 24 hours yesterday and early this morning in the Roseburg and Portland areas. Four persons perished in a ghway collision involving a car and a truck on Highway 99 near the Winchester inter change about five miles north Roseburg. Victims were Mary Mau reen Smith, 48, Medford; Mrs. Mary Elma Spring, 26, Bridge; nd Mrs. Spring s two chil- ren, Laureen Kay, 4, ana Kathleen, B. Second Accident Police noted that It was the second highway accident Douglas county in less than two weeks in which four per sons were killed. Thursday night's fatal accN dent occurred when the caf n which the victims were rid ing was passing a pickup truck; near where the highway changes from four-lane to two ne traffic. State police said the northbound car swerved into the southbound lane into the path of a semi-track. Tha car was pinned under the truck, and police said it was not determined immediately who was driving. Also on Thursday, two youths, Randall Lee Erpeld ng, 10, and his brother, Ladd, were swept to their deaths n the Umpqua river about miles west of Roseburg. Authorities said Ladd had fall en Into the stream while play ing on lis bank and Randall died while trying to save him. The bodies had not been re covered. Fire Kill! Four In Portland this morning mother and three of her children were killed in a fira at their new home. The father, a doctor, was away on an, emergency call, and one child escaped death. Killed were Mrs. Paul Schaff and her children, Kathy, about 12; Janie, 8, and Roger, 9. The coroner's office salct death was believed due to asphyxiation. The family an-- parently waa asleep fn th upper level of tha home in the Raleigh Hills district when the fire broke out presumably near the fireplace in tha liv ing room. Firemen said the alarm was turned in shortly before 1 a.m., and Mrs. Schaff's body was found In the bathroom. while one of the girls was in a closet. The other two chil dren had reportedly left their DCC1S. Lumber Firm Burglary Being Investigated Jacksonville Jacksonvllla city police and the Oregon state police are continuing their investigation this morn ing of the recent burglary ot Jacksonville Lumber com pany in which some $700 worth of tools were taken. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly coludy to night, wilh occasional clearing perlndi, Increasing cloudlneii Saturday with rain beglnnlm In afternoon. Low tonight 33 to 33. High tomorrow 52-35. Temp. High nt Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 3!) Free, to 10 a.m. Today .17 Our Skies Tonight flu met today 6:20 p.m. Him rise tomorrow 6:19 a.m. M unmet tonight 7:43 p.m. First Quarter March 23 EVKN1NO PLANETS Vemis, above the Moon. Mars, high In south .. 7:05 p.m. MOUSING PLANETS Junlier and Saturn, in the southeast 5:24 a.m. m near Ashland. However, noth ing could be done until Park er consumatcd a deal for more land on the north end of the runway. Locke said earlier this week that Parker had concluded tha land deal. Crushed rock, equipment and labor will be supplied by the city, Locke said. Parker has had an agreement with the city for many years call ing for the city to maintain the field. At the March 7 city council meeting, Locke asked the council for endorsement of i airport development. The 1 council gave tentative approv-. al, however, requested a cost : ' estimate of the city's share In Improvements. There Is a possibility fed eral funds can be obtained for Improvements. Locke said to day that a report will be sub mitted to federal authorities outlining potentials of the air port. The report wlL call for a 5,000 paved runway, Lock said.