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CCeitne dy Proposes Big Feeler Agriculture Due Largest Boost in Recommendation Bonneville Would Receive Funds Washington (UPP President Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1961 No. 312 JET TRAINER FALLS The remains of an Air Force T-33 jet trainer which crashed in a residential area three miles west of Klamath Falls Sunday is shown above. The plans IClamafh Residential Area Home Rule Group Budget Requests Presented loday The Jackson county home committee requested a total budget of $5,500 from the Jackson county budget com mittee today so that a pro posed home rule charter can be presented to voters at next year's primary election. Mrs. Thomas Rutter, home rule committee chairman, said the proposal would be in the county clerk's hands 90 days before the primary election, or by February, 1962. The committee voted 6 to 2 Thurs day night favoring presenta tion of the charter proposal. Most of the requested al location would be used to em ploy Orval Etter, research at torney with the bureau of municipal research, to help the committee draw up the charter proposal. Mrs. Rutter estimated it would be a 10 month job, with Etter meeting with the committee 10 times. Elter's fees and expenses would total $1,500 compared to $5,050 for equivalent serv ices from Griffcnhagen-Kroe-ger, Inc., public administra tion and financial consultants from San Francisco. Consider able printed material would come from the bureau from time to time to help the com mittee in its charter formula tion, Mrs. Rutter explained. Print Two Drafts The home rule committee also proposes to print two drafts of the charter costing $2,000, to be published in booklet form. It would cost approximately $5,000 for pub lication and mailing of char ter material to the estimated 35.000 registered voters as re quired by law. But, this would come under the county clerk's budget. Other expenditures pro posed cover stenographic and mimeographing services. ' Food, Cash Missing From Restaurant Burglars entered North's Chuck Wagon restaurant, 1016 North Riverside ave., late last night or early this morning, had a free meal, and then left with approximately $200 in cash, according to Medford police. Police said the burglars ap parently broke into a food locker at the restaurant and helped themselves to several pre - cooked chickens. The chicken bones were found scattered on the floor. After their meal, the bur plnrs trok $100 from a filing cabinrt. and another 5100 from a desk drawer. Police said they apparently left the restaurant the same way they came - through a skylight in tlie roof. Bend -CH'- Lowell Thomas. f;inied radio newscaster, plans to arrive Tuesday for a skiing trip to Bachelor Butte about 20 miles west of here. Swallows Return To Mission at Capistrano San Juan Capistrano. calif -1TI -Once during the Spanish days of this Franciscan mis sion town, legend says, a flock of swallows flew in from the south and began building nests under the eaves of the viliace inn. The owner, distracted by their singing, smashed the nests. A 1 aclre ioiioyvi ui ii.ine uiKKtst hulks tiriive on ljancii of Assinl who loved S. Joseph's day, March 19. j A Padre follower of 11 Budget Committee Approves Pay Hike For County Workers Tlie Jackson county budget committee this morning ap proved a motion to boost all county salary ranges by one step. This will give the county employees listed by position in the county budget an aver age salary increase of $16 a month. The committee Is consider ing recommendations by the county department heads that they be allowed to make rec ommendations for merit pay increases for their employees under the Oregon Civil Serv- Grants Pass Store Burglary Reported Grants Pass-Thieves broke into the Pay and Save Market in Grants Pass Sunday night or early this morning and carted off a safe containing $7,660.64 in cash and checks. Included in the haul were receipts of the Wardrobe cleaners, the Joe Schmidt Feed and Garden center and Pay and Save Barber shop, in addition to market money. The theft was discovered at 5 o'clock this morning by Earl Tomlinson, a market em ployee. The thieves entered the market through a base ment door on the south side of the building. Grants Pass police said market offices had been ransacked. The 300 pound safe was car ried to a side door on a hand cart, then loaded into a car or truck, police said. Crow bars, hammers and other tools were left at the scene. Of the total amount, $5,000 was in cash, with the remain ing $2,660.64 in checks. The cleaning establishment had about $77 in the safe, police said. An accurate accounting of how much the other stores had in the market safe hasn't been made. Police said the burglary oc curred between 7 p.m. Sun day and 5 a.m. today. Three Injured in Sunday Accident Three persons, a mother and her two sons, were in jured in a one-car accident dn private property near the ar mory about 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Injured were Mrs. Betty Fichtner Drouin, 227 North Oakdalc ave., and her two sons, Gary Clyde Fichtner, 15, and John Carl Fichtner, 10. Mrs. Fichtner and John were reported to be in good condi tion at Sacred Heart hospital this morning. Gary was not admitted to the hospital. Police said the Fichtner ve hicle apparently ran off the road. and protected animals was passing and noticed the havoc. "Come swallows," the ofttold legend has him say. "Come to the mission where there is shelter enough for all of you." Sunday, for their 184th re corded year, the small birls arrived from their winter in tlie south. There have been a few exceptions, but as a rule the biggest flocks arrive on I was on a target mission to Beale AFB near Marysville, Calif., from Larson AFB in Washington. The plane came within 10 feet of crashing into an occupied house. (UPI Telephoto) ice plan instituted in Jackson county in 1958. Sheriff Joe Walsh explained to the budget committee this morning that merit increases would be giv en on the basis of each em ployee proving his worth to the county. Both Walsh and County En gineer Robert Carstensen said they need reassignment of sal aries in certain job classifica tions. They are not in keeping with the duties and work re quired, the two department heads indicated. Brief Argument County Commissioners Ed win Taylor and Chester Wcndt had a brief argument over the need for salary in creases for employees. Wendt noted that Taylor has been recommending salary in creases "all the way through," yet at the same time had cam paigned on a promise to cut expenses. Taylor repeated that, "an underpaid man is the most expensive man you've got." This afternoon the budget committee was to consider the Jackson county public health department's proposed 5105, 100 total budget. Most of the 53,880 increase requested is for salary raises. This $105, 100 total apparently does not include the additional request ed allocation of S3.500 for the medical examiner program es tablished under a new state law. The program starts offi cially Jan. 1, 1962, and pro vides for examination of deaths by the public health officer as county medical ex aminer or other physicians acting as his deputies. It elim inates a lay person acting as cordner. Traveling Evangelist Lands in City Jail An intinerant missionary, who spent two days in the Medford city jail this week end, agreed in municipal court this morning to pay off in work the damage his truck did to another vehicle in Med ford Saturday. Harry Shuster, 49, agreed to go to work for Ernest F. V. Santo, 205 Lozier lane, to pay for the damages he did to San to's car Saturday. Judge pro tem J. F. Fliegel Jr., was told that this arrangement was ac ceptable to Santo. Shuster, who said he is an intinerant missionary for the Assembly of God church, was jailed by police Saturday on a technical charge of expired license plates, as he was un able to raise bail. Police said they would be unable to allow Shuster to continue his trip in the vehi cle he was driving. The vehicle was a battered pick up truck, pulling an equally battered homemade trailer. Both vehicles were in such poor condition that police described them as "unsafe for highway travel." Clark Gable's Widow Gives Birth fo Son Hollywood -TPI- Kay Gable gave birth to an 8-pound "prince" today to carry on the name of her late husband, Clark Gable, "king" of the movies. It was the only child born of Gable who died of a heart attack last Nov. 16 in Holly wood Presbyterian hospital where his robust son entered wnure 111.1 th-world. Navigator Dies When Parachute Fails To Open Klamath Falls-OIPll-An Air Force T-33 jet trainer crash ed into a residential area three miles west of here Sun day, killing Maj. Maris J. Ma son, 38, Blanford, Mass. Mason, the plane's navi gator, was killed when he at tempted to bail oul at a low altitude and his parachute fail ed to open. Lt. Col. John Mewha, 39, pilot, parachuted to safety. Mewha was reported in good condition at the Kingsley air force base dispensary. Both Mason and Mewha lived with their families at Tucson, Am., where they were stationed with the Davis Monthan Air Force base. Flameout Blamed An Air Force spokesman said the plane apparently had a flameout and that the men bailed out at 1,000 feet. The plane was on a target mission from Larson Air Force base at Spokane, Wash., to Beale Air Force base at Marysville, Calif., when the crash occurred. Tlie crash occurred in an area of Klamath Falls known as the Stewart Lenox addition and sheared off a section of a garage, demolished a storage shed and came to rest in a va cant lot and came within 10 feet of hitting a home owned by H. H. McCann, about 48. McCann and his son, Had ley, 9, were in the driveway at the time of the crash while his wife and daughter, Peggy, 20, were inside the home. Missionaries Released To UN Forces in Kivu Leopoldvile, The Congo-HIPD -Six members of American missionary families have been released to United Nations forces sent to the chaotic Kivu province to drive oul fanatic "leopard men" who have threatende to kill all whites, the UN command announced today. Bulletin Waihington-Jtrr-Republi-can National Chairman Thruston B. Morton an nounced today that he plans to resign his party post about June 1. "It Hardly Seems Possible" fllli ; rri i 'ill y Kennedy today proposed in creases totalling nearly half a xbillion dollars in the federal budget for the 1962 fiscal year starting July 1. The largest increase whicn he recommended to Congress was $42,429,000 in the Agri culture department budget, primarily to strengthen re search, watershed, forestry, conservation and school lunch programs, and to reimburse the Commodity Credit cor poration for 1961-62 losses on farm price support operations. Other budget increases ask ed by the President: Money for Bonneville Interior department - $40,- 668,000 to construct trans mission lines for the Bonne ville Power administration, provide school buildings for Indian and Eskimo children and expand operations of the National Park Service. United States Information Agency - $11 million to ex pand programs in Africa and Latin America with addition al personnel and increased broadcast facilities- Informa tion activities in Africa would be doubled and those in Latin America stepped up by 60 per cent. 'Emergencies' Included For the State department, he proposed $1,305,000 addi tional for African programs, the U.S. mission to the United Nations and "emergencies" in the diplomatic and consular service. This increase, how ever, would be more than off set by proposed decreases of $1,435,000 in controbutions to i n t e rnatlonal organizations leaving a net budget cut of $130,000. Kennedy will send a special message on foreign aid Tucs. day and later will submit a new defense budget and an over-all budget message Court Continues McGahuey's Case The case of LeeRoy Mc Galiuey, 43-year-old Central Point man charged with first degree murder, was continued in circuit court this morning indefinitely pending medical examination. McGahuey was originally scheduled to enter his plea In circuit court today to the first degree murder charges in volving the murder of 23-month-old Rod Cameron Holt, son of Mrs. Loris Mac Holt. Mrs. Holt and her son were found slain in a Central Point apartment Feb. 22. Man Injured at Firm Said To Be Improved Richard Henney, 29R0 Table Rock rd., Medford, was re ported in fairly good condi tion this morning at Rogue Valley hospital suffering from injuries received in an acci dent last week at Timber Products company. Henney was the operator of a lumber carrier that tipped over, it was reported. He is suffering from a broken right arm and shoulder, fractured ribs and punctured lungs. Visitors are not allowed, ac cording to relatives. - u l' ' SPRING? Scenes like this were not uncommon in Lub bock, Tex., today after a sudden five-inch snowfall. The snow, extremely wet, piled up on tree limbs, causing many Weather Hampers Search lor Plane Of Circuit Judge Lebanon - (UPI) - An aerial search for Circuit Judge Rich ard Anderson, 38, missing on a flight from here to New port, was interrupted today when bad weather moved in over the area. All but two planes which took off early this morning from Springfield were called back after the weather front moved In. The Weather Bu reau expected conditions to improve by early afternoon. Fourteen planes were stand ing by here and 20 at Spring field. The two planes which re mained up were searching as much as possible but princi pally were keeping an eye on weather conditions. To Recheck Area Earl Snyder, state aeronau tics director in. Salem, said about 30 per cent of the area between here and Springfield was hunted this morning but that It would be rechecked. Snyder said there was a re port that a plane answering the description of Anderson's red and cream craft was seen Sunday in the Toledo-Newport area. He said it would be checked out but there had been no indication the craft had been in that area. Judge Anderson left here at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. The Inst contact with him was at 3:25 p.m. when he reported he was having icing trouble and hail was falling. He was believed to be some place north of Eu gene at the time. He was flying a single en gine Tri-Pacer. Ashland Scout Lost In Watershed Area Ashland-A 13-ycar-old Ash land Boy Scout was lost in the Ashland watershed Saturday evening, but was located un harmed at 6:57 a.m. Sunday. Randy Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Nelson. 259 Bridge St., was on a tree plant ing trip wilh 20 other Scouts when he turned up missing. The boys reportedly were playing hide and seek shortly before he disappeared. Ashland police notified the sheriff's department at 5:12 a.m. that the boy was miss ing. The department contacted Lakevlcw and requested that bloodhounds be sent to track the hoy. He was found near the Scout campgrounds before the dogs arrived. TRIAL DATE SET Portland -HOT - A tentative date of March 30 was set to day for the second murder trial of Mrs. oCnstance Gar rett, 32. whose three children perished In a house fire with their govererness Inst October, BODY FOUND Klamath Falls A bad ly burned bodv of a man ten tatively identified as Eugene I)ebb McFarland, 48. Klamath Falls, was found Sunday In the charred ruins of a trailer hou)3 here. proved Curtails Hopes of Tax Cut Washington (UPD The im-i proved business outlook was seen today as ruling out any' anti-recession tax cut for in dividuals but President Ken nedy still was reported in favor of new tax incentives to stimulate investment. High administrative sources have confirmed this view of White House thinking on tax reduction proposals but they Hatfield and GOP Leaders Press for Social Legislation Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield and Republican lead ers in the legislature said to day they will press for fast action on- key social legisla tion such as medicare, com munity mental health clinics, consumer protection, traffic safely, extension of civil rights and Improvements in education. The announcement to push for the bills involved was made jointly by the governor, Senate Minority Leader An thony Yturri and House Mi nority Leader F. F. Mont gomery. Hatfield has indicaled he feels the Democratically-con trolled session is moving too slowly. Improvement Deserved "This session of the legisla ture now enters what I hope will be Its most productive week," Yturri said. "To date we have been largely concern ed with committee work and investigatory efforts, but the people expect and are deserv. ing of improvement In the so cial areas mentioned " The house approved and sent to the senate a bill re imbursing six counties for a ballot printing error last year charged to the secretary of state's office. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coquillo) said "someone flub bed up" In the secretary's of fice and incorrectly listed Gene Conklin of Pendleton as a candidate for slnle-nt-lnrge delegate to the Democratic na tional convention Instead of a 2nd congressional district can didate. A ways and means subcom mittee this morning made a $71,490 cut In the budget for Dnmmnsch Slate Mental hos WEATHER FOKKCA ST: Variable rlniidlneai tonight and Tneaday morning. Thlrkenlng rtoiifllneaa and poa aloly gutly itoulh wind Tuesday afternoon, low lonlght 30-32. llllh Tueaday S2-6J. Temp. Illgheat Yesterday . Lowest thla Morning 35. I'reclp. to 10 a.m. Today 03 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today fl:2t p.m. Runrlse tomorrow 6:14 a.m. Today at 12:32 p.m. Spring begins and Winter ends as the Sun enteri the Sign of Aries. Mnonset tonight lft:S!p.m. Flrat Quarter Marrh 21 Venut, the hrlghleat planet, will eonllnue to move wettward among the atari until late A'lgnat. to break off under the added tering streets with debris. Business pointed out that the President was not expected to make a final decision until April. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon has said the administra tion looks for an upturn in the economy next month Thus far, Dillon is the only administration spokesman to express this specific and .op timistic forecast. But White House economic advisers have pital near Wllsonville. It In cluded $53,900, eliminating nine positions at the new In stitution. Another ways and means commlttte, this one headed by Sen. Francis Zlegler (R-Cor- vallis), set a hearing for 3 p.m. today on its much-criti cized $500,000 paring of the state agriculture department budget. Boeing Action Expected ; The full ways and means committee, to meet at 4 pm., prepared for more discussion and possible action on bills authorizing Boeing Airplane Co. to lease the state's space age industrial park at Board man. The house health and wel fare committee prepared for a hearing this afternoon on Rep. Grace Peek's bill to prevent the governor from moving headquarters of the state pub lic welfare commission from Portland to Salem. The governor has Indicated the move is going ahead as plnnned this spring and sum mer despite legislation to the contrary. TUESDAY SPEAKER Ashland - Cole Rivers, Grants Pass, viologist for the stale game commission, will discuss progress in providing recreational filling areas at Ihc Tuesday noon luncheon of the Ashland Chamber of Com merce In the Mark Antony hotel. Highway, Water Mishaps Fatal To Oregonians By United Press International Highway and water fatali ties claimed the lives of six Oregonians during the week end and a skiing accident at Spout Springs In Oregon kill ed a 17-year-old Seattle boy. Tony Wayne Kehbeln, three months, of Sandy, was killed In a two-c.ir collision In Clackamas county. Edward II. Hanson, 43, Grants Pass, was killed Saturday in a collision on Highway B9 north of Grants Pass. Maj. William Rarey, 69, Prinevllle. died In a hospital from Injuries received In weight, hitting cars and lit (UPI Telephoto) . predicted new advance could begin in the spring and was likely by midyear. Congress would not pass a general tax relief measure without an urgent request from Kennedy. The idea be hind the lower taxes would ba to put more take-home pay in the pockets of tens of mil" lions of working Americans. Presumably they would buy more goods and services, i Would Increase Deficiti ' Kennedy wants to get U19 economy back on the High road, but he is reluctant to cut taxes because it would cost the Treasury revenue and vastly increase the budget deficits expected for this year and fiscal 1902, which starts ' July 1. Instead of the expected $3 billion to $4 billion deficit n 1962, the budget might be nbalanced by twice that much. An Increased deficit would be dlstatcsful to the President nd It undoubtedly would lead to Republican cries of fiscal irresponsibility." Even worse, in his view, more red ink on the federal ledger would force Kennedy pare his domestic program nd possibly postpone somo of it. Hospital Report On Ashland Agenda Ashland - The Ashland city council will hear a report from the Community hospital bonrd at Its meeting Tuesday night in the council chambers. The hospital report will in clude a request to purchase a portable x-ray machine and sterilizing equipment. Tlie council real estnle com mittee will report on tho feasibility of selling the city warehouse on the corner ot First and C sts. A resolution cnlllng for .application for $20,000 in federal money to be used for a trunk line sewer will be presented. In other business, the coun cil will consider a request from tho state highway de partment to close a portion of Nevada st. to make room for the Highway 99 freeway. Jeey accident and Curtis G. Hlntt, 19, La Grande, was kill ed In a one-car accident in La Grande. Thomas H. Ochiltree, 34, was swept Into the ocean by a wave while fishing near Depoc Bay Saturday. Harry L. Loiland, 19, Ad ams, a junior at Whitman col lege in Walla Walla, was drowned In Mill creek in Walla Walln while riding in an inner tube. David Dent, 17, Seattle, died after he struck a treo while practicing for the North west Ski Association tourna ment at the Spout Springs ro sort. 7
