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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.
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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
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