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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.