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TREES REMOVED A number of ever
greens were removed from a traffic island
between North Main and Glenn sts. on High
way 99 in Ashland Monday. R. L. Lammert,
state highway department district superin
tendent, said the trees were removed at
the request of Ashland residents, because
the trees blocked the view of oncoming
County Health
Budget Approved
By Committee
The Jackson county budget
committee yesterday after
noon tentatively approved the
health department's total bud
get request of $105,100.
It reserved the right to
alter salary requests, however.
The budget total of $105,000
is $3,880 more than last year's
budget of $101,220. Most of
the increase is due to request
ed salary raises.
Next meeting of the budget
committee will be Monday,
and will be an open session
when any of the department
heads may appear to give
further statements. The bud
get committee is expected
then to evaluate budgets ex
amined so far during hearings
and start cutting down some
items.
Request Increases
At yesterday's budget hear
ing, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, pub
lic health officer, urged in
creases for the personnel,
mainly the nurses. Requested
raises for nurses ranged from
$360 to S600 a year.
He and H. P. Jewett, chair
man of the Jackson county
public health board, pointed
out that the nurses had profes
sional and college training
ranging from three to eight
years. Most of them had re
ceived five to eight years
training.
Most of the nurses also have
from seven to 22V4 years ex
perience in the local health
department. One had 16 years
of local experience and anoth
er 22V4 years.
Health Board Member
James Dunlevy remarked,
"Salaries for public health
nurses are low here compared
to the rest of the state. If
these people didn't have other
ties than salary they would
leave."
AGREEMENT APPROVED
Salem - tUPD - Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
Tuesday approved an agency
agreement naming C. D. Ma
son of Myrtle Point as a joint
agent in that city for Pacific
Motor Trucking Co. and Rail
way Express.
"Too Bad We Can't Leave The Whole Darn
Thing"
t .r.
traffic for motorists turning left onto North
Main st. from the highway. The trees will
be .replaced with low growing shrubs, Lam
mert said. The trees removed will be re
planted around the new state police build
ing in Medford. Maintenance men pictured
are Don Stanley, at left, and Floyd Leith.
Deferral of Taxes
By Elderly Given
Approval in House
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
House today approved a bill
to make elderly citizens in
the state "secure in their
homes" by permitting them
to defer property taxes until
death.' The vote was 47 to 12.
Rep. George Annala (D-Hood
River) protested the bill as
part of a "rash of social legis
lation." Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Port-land)
immediately criticized
Annala and retorted "this bill
is not a gift." He said the
taxes watild be repaid with
interest, and the law would
apply to persons who "truly,
severely need the help" in
stead of to persons who would
like a handout.
The bill would let any
Oregon resident over 65 choose
to put off home taxes until
death. The spouse would have
the same option. There would
not be any means test.
The deferred taxes, at eight
per cent interest, would be
payable from the estate.
A companion bill, not yet
acted upon, would Jet coun
ties issue bonds to make up
the loss of revenue over the
interim until the deferred
taxes start coming in.
After that, Rep. Clarence
Barton said, the program
Boardman, Income
Tax Cut Cleared
Salem (UPD Committees of
the Oregon Legislature Mon
day approved bills cinching
the Boardman project and
cutting state income taxes by
10 per cent.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee, voting unanimously,
moved Gov. Mark Hatfield's
bill for a $900,000 price tag
on the Boardman transaction
to the House floor where ac
tion is expected Wednesday.
HB1601, the appropriation,
is expected to come up at the
same time as HB1600, already
at the House desk.
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would finance itself like any
revolving fund.
Barton said partial exemp
tions, instead of deferrals,
would fail to give the neces
sary relief. In addition, he
said, exemptions would break
communities like LaFayette
where some 70 per cent of
the homeowners are elderly.
Petitions Name
Dr. David Boals
For School Board
Petitions nominating Dr.
David C. Boals, 43 Glen Oak
ct., Medford, as a candidate
for the Medford school board
have been received by Dis
trict Clerk Wilson Slater.
Nominating petitions must
be submitted to Slater no later
than March 31. One board
member will be elected at the
annual school meeting May 1.
Board Chairman Edward
Branchfield, whose term ex
pires this year, said he does
not wish to seek reelection.
Nominating petitions re
quire at least 87 names-three
per cent of the total number
who voted in the last school
board election. Nominating
petitions are available from
Slater.
Acceptance To Be Filed
The acceptance by candi
dates also has to be filed with
Slater no later than March
31, he said.
The Medford board will re
main a five-member board
until the reorganized districts
are approved by the state as
an administrative unit or until
the state legislature takes ac
tion. School officials here said
it seems doubtful If either will
occur to change the board to
seven members this year.
Under reorganization, when
a district is approved by the
state as an administrative unit,
the board increases to seven
members. The Medford board
has said that It would increase
the number of members to
seven as soon as possible.
Vandals Damage
Unoccupied House
Vandals have done consid
erable damage to a new, un
occupied house at the cor
er of Whittle ave. and Patrick
st. during the past two weeks,
according to Medford police.
The damage was reported yes
terday. Police said vandals broke
two windows, Including a
large picture window; dam
aged or destroyed five light
fixtures; broke numerous
light bulbs; damaged a ther-
mostate; smeared asphalt roof
ing on the walls, and crushed
lighted cigarettes on a hard
wood floor, causing several
burned spots.
The owner of the residence,
the Crater Land and Develop
ment company, tentatively es
timated damage at $250. Po
lice suspect youths In their
early teens are responsible
for the vandalism, due to the
nature of the damage that
was done. One of the vandals
apparently cut his hand, po
lice said, as blood stains were
found, on a wall in the home
Regional Edition
Medford
16 Pages
Withdrawal of
Troops Within
Month Stressed
Adlai Stevenson
Castigates Russian
United Nations, N.Y. - (VPD -Soviet
Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko demanded to
day the end of United Nations
operations in the Congo and
withdrawal of all its troops
within one month.
The Russian attack on the
U.N. Congo role and upon
Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold brought from U.S.
delegate Adlai E. Stevenson a
blunt rejection and a castiga
tion of Gromyko for a speech
in the worst and most de
structive traditions of the cold
war."
Wants Dag Ousted
Gromyko, opening the gen
eral assembly debate on the
Congo, reiterated the Soviet
demand that Hammarskjold
be removed from his post ana
accused him of acting as a
"field marshal" for the co
lonial powers in the African
republic.
Gromyko also demanded
the arrest and trial of Moise
Tshombe and Joseph Mobutu
for the assassination of Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba.
Stevenson's Angriest Speech
H i s speech brought from
Stevenson the angriest speech
since he was named to the
U.N. role. When Stevenson
had finished, the assembly
gave him thunderous ap
plause. Stevenson said Gromyko's
speech was evidence that the
Soviet Union does not look to
the United Nations as a means
of helping the Congo solve its
own problems peacefully but
as a means of international
discord.
Stevenson said the Soviet
foreign minister had made a
"wild and irresponsible at
tack" on the secretary gen
eral. Then he told the ap
plauding delegates:
-The United States will op
pose the removal of Hammar
skjold with all its strength.
-The United States will op
pose flatly the Soviet Union
demand for the end of the
United Nations operation in
the Congo in one month.
Aiioniihed at Speech
Stevenson said he wished
the Soviet Union would con
tribute something to the Con
go operation besides "obstruc
tion and criticism." He said he
was astonished at Gromyko's
speech after his talks with the
foreign minister aimed at
keeping the U.N. session free
of "calumny."
"We need a fruitful period
for effort In the Congo," Ste
venson said.
"We must stop pulling up
the roots of this plant every
five days to see if it is still
growing. That is the way to
kill the plant and I suspect
that is exactly what some peo
ple have in mind."
Central Point Man
Held for Assault
Cleo Marie Atchley, 29, of
route 2, box 668H, Central
Point, was in good condition
this morning in Sacred Heart!
hospital after being cut across
her left shoulder with an axe
yesterday.
Her father, Joseph Alexan
der DeLorme, 53, of route 2,
box 668II, Central Point, Is
being held in the county jail
on charges of assault.
Sheriff's deputies reported
that DeLorme arrived home
late last night with his wife,
and started a disturbance.
When his daughter tried to
calm him, he knocked her to
the floor, according to sher
iff's deputies. When she start
ed to get up, DeLorme alleged
ly seized an axe and cut her
shoulder. She was taken to the
hospital by a friend.
LUMBERMEN MEET
Portland-UPD-The 50th an
nual meeting of the West
Coast Lumbermen's Assoc I a
lift opened bert today.
MEDFORD,
OLD WIMER BRIDGE The Jackson county court Wed-
nesday will consider a 90-signature petition for the preser-
vation of the Wimer covered bridge. The petition- was
filed with the court Monday. The old covered bridge,
(above) as it looked in 1951, has been closed to motor
traffic for the last several years. It is now considered by
Bids C a 1 1 e i w r f r e e way r W
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Three Separate
Projects Planned
For Start in '61
Bids on three Highway 99
freeway projects in Jackson
county with an estimated
value of more than $3,500,000
will be opened by the state
highway commission Tuesday,
April 11, the commission, an
nounce today.
The three projects are:
1. A 3,222-foot concrete and
steel structure to carry traffic
over Medford city streets and
Hawthorne nark. The estimat
ed cost of the structure is
about $1,500,000.
2. An overcrossing for the
freeway at McAndrews rd.
north of Medford.
3. And 9.45 miles of grading
and some of the structures on
the section from 12th St.,
Medford to the North Ashland
interchange at Valley View
rd. The estimated cost of this
project is about $2 million,
construction of Medford's
four-lane bridge at Fourth st.
across Bear creek. The bridge
will be just south of the pres
ent Jackson St. bridge. Cost
is estimated at $75,000, and
will be paid for by the city.
The slate highway commis
sion has estimated that it wll
take 1 '4 years to complete the
overpass structure through
Medford. It is planned that
construction of the section
will start this summer.
The first segment of the
freeway In this area is expect
ed to be opened later this year
with completion of the Seven
Oaks -Crater Lake highway
section. Peter Kiewlt Sons
was awarded a $3,032,472 con
tract for 2.29 miles of grading
6.78 miles of paving and nine
structures along the Seven
Oaks-Jackson st. section in
January this year.
Other major construction
projects on the freeway are
planned in the near future.
One Is construction of the
Mistletoe railroad separation
in Ashland, bids for which arc
expected to be called this
year; another Is surfacing and
more structures on the 12th
st.-North Ashland interchange
section (estimated to cost
about $34 million) and the
remainder of the work from
North Ashland interchange to
Mistletoe In Ashland (estimat
ed cost about $8 million).
OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1961
out
Public Hearing Set
April 6 on Budget
For School District
Central Point-A public hear
ing on a proposed $1,250,701.
50 budget for school district
6 for the 1981-62 school year
will be held at 2 p.m. April 6
in the Central Point Junior
High school cafeteria, Super
intendent Charles A. Meyer
has announced.
The proposed budget is
$70,127.43 more than this
year's, he noted, but is $64,815
less than was originally pro
posed for next year.
Total estimated expendi
tures for the district, which
includes Central Point, Gold
Hill and Sams Valley, Include
$1,133,409 In the general fund,
and $112,772.73 In the bond
interest and redemption fund.
Budget committee members
said the new budget allows
for 6V4 additional teachers,
and includes money for two
new school buses.
Estimated Receipts
Total estimated receipts and
available cash balance Is
$470,414, leaving $770,707.73
as the amount necessary to
balance the budget. Added to
this Is the estimated amount
which will not he collected in
taxes, $35,000 for a total esti
mated tax levy of $805,767.73.
Of the latter total, $127,810.-
15 is within the 6 per cent
limitation, and $112,772.73 Is
not subject to the limitation
leaving $565,184.85 outside
the 6 per cent limitation.
The tax levy outside the
6 per cent limitation In the
present budget Is $508,967.64,
the budget committee noted.
The general fund budget In
crease, budget committee
members said, Is due to salary
adjustments, additional teach
ers, maintenance and operat
ing costs, and new state text
book adoptions. Some of the
increase, it noted, is due to
principal and Interest pay
ments on last year's bond Is
sue. Difficult To Determine
Budget committee members
pointed out that the estimated
mlllage is difficult to deter
mine at this time. District 6 Is
being reassessed, additional
state basic aid support, growth
and the rural school levy will
help to control the amount of
the ifallaiie, members said.
Tribune
county officials to be unsafe for pedestrian traffic. The
county has proposed to construct a foot bridge nearby and
raze the covered bridge. At a hearing attended by the
county court and county engineer in Wimer March 14,
residents asked that the covered . bride be restored with
donations of labor and materials offered.
$3.5 Hion
The budget committee feels
that district 6's budget is in
line with other districts in the
county.
An election on expenditures
totaling $565,184.85, the
amount outside the 6 per cent
limitation, will be held Mon
day, May 1, at the three
polling places in the district.
At the same election, one
school board member will be
elected.
Members of the district 6
budget committee arc Don
Morrow, Gold Hill, chairman;
Lester James, Sams Valley,
secretary: Bill Askwith, W. C.
Higinbotham, Bill Anhorn,
Dr. Bruce Turner, H. S. Deuel,
Wilton White, Paul Molloy
and Jerry Fitzgerald.
107 Measures Sent
To Executive Desk
Salem-(UPB-The governor's
office noted today that as of
Monday, the legislature's 71st
day, the lawmakers sent 107
bills to the executive desk.
This compares to 151 bills In
1959.
Recreation Facilities at Two Lakes To
Be Ready for
Howard Prairie lake and
Willow lake recreation facili
ties will be ready for the open
ing of fishing season April
22, County Judge Earl Miller
said today.
Miller said he had been as
sured by County Engineer
Robert J. Carstensen that the
boat ramp extension at How
ard Prairie would be ready
for launching fishing boats.
The access road at Willow
lake, southeast of Butte Falls,
is scheduled for widening to
carry heavy auto traffic on
opening day,
Carstensen said" he would
start work on the boat ramp
as soon as weather permits.
The area Is now covered with
16 inches of snow, County
City Recreation Director Rob
ert L. Haworth said. Muddy
terrain would also make work
on the ramp now "extremely
dlfjfult," Uic county engineer
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WEATHER
FORECAST; Incritailnir cloudi
ness tonlpht with rain lute
tonight or enrly Wedneiday
morning:, A few ihowitri and
partial c lea ring- Wedneiday.
Low tonight 40 to 42. High to
morrow 53 to 57.
Temp,
Highest Yesterday 55
Lowest, this Monti it ir 37
Tree, to 10 a.m. Today 01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 8:25 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:12 a.m.
Monmet tonight 11:59 p.m.
First Quarter March 23
I'llOMINKNT STAR
Aldeharan, cloie to tht Moon.
V1S111LE PLANETS
Venui, let! 8:40 p.m.
Man, In the weit ....10:47 p.m.
Jupiter and Saturn, rlie 4:02 a.
Jupiter and Saturn,
rise 4:02 a.m.
Reflectoriied License
Plafe Plan Studied
Sftlem - (UPD - The Oregon
House Tuesday sent the bill
calling for reflectorlzed state
license plates to the ways and
means committee to study
fiscal implications.
The bill would add $1 to
cost of issuing the plates. They
now cost $10.
If approved, the new-type
plates would probably go into
effect In 1964.
BAN REMOVED
Washington - fUPD - The
Treasury department Monday
ended a 10-year ban on Soviet
canned crabmcat In a move to
help better relations with
Russia.
Opening of Fishing Season
said
Carstensen said ho did not
plan to extend the ramp any
further than to tho water's
edge. Original plans called
for extending the base-rocked
and cinder surfaced ramp
another 650 feet. This was to
carry the boat-trailers Into
the water as the lake receded.
James Callan, project engi
neer for the bureau of recla
mation, said two dry seasons
would make the ramp exten
sion feasible. This would carry
the ramp across the mud flat
now covered with water.
Haworth said pushing base
rock off Into the water as
the lake level receded did not
prove feasible last summer.
Boat trailers would go off the
ramp edge and stick in the
mud.
"If we do not have an ade
quate boat ramp this year, It
mcanA peoplt will launch
Russia Warned
To Equal Moves
If Treaty Reached
Delegate Ordered
To Produce Results
Geneva - (UPD - The United
States today announced con
cessions to meet Soviet de
mands "more than halfway"
but warned that the Russians
must make equal moves if a
nuclear test ban treaty is to
be reached.
The U.S. move was put be
fore the 247th session of the
three-power nuclear test ban
talks this afternoon by chief
U.S. delegate Arthur H. De.m.
Dean, who came here for
resumption of the negotiations
with instructions to bring tho
conference to a rapid con
clusion, said the Soviet Union
specifically must abandon its
Insistence on self-inspection if
it wants- progress.
Semyon Tsarapkin, Russia's
chief delegate, who was chair
man of the session, countered
by warning "in a serious way
of the negative effects ... on
the outcome of these Geneva
talks" if France continues to
test its own nuclear weapons.
French Continue Tests
Britain, represented by Da
vid Ormsby-Gore, is the third
power at the current talks.
France is not represented,
since it joined the nuclear
club after the test ban treaty
conference started two and a
half years ago. But the French
have continued to develop and
test nuclear devices on their
own, refusing to sit down hero
until their program is com
pleted and until certain con
ditions are met.
The United States and Bri
tain' suspended nuclear tests
Oct. .31, 1958, when these
talks started. Russia says it
also has suspended tests.
Today s meeting was tho
first since the conference ad
journed last December to per
mit the new administration ot
President Kennedy to review
the entire nuclear arms field
and to develop its policies.
The session was the first In
which the Kennedy adminis
tration has come face to face
with the Soviet Union on the
question of a nuclear test ban.
As It started Soviet Premier
Nlklta Khrushchev said In a
speech in Central Asia that he
would agree to any controls
the West might, propose pro
vided the West accepts his
previously rejected disarma
ment plan. This calls for
scrapping all nuclear weapons
and the means for delivering
them within an 18 -month
period.
Kennody Wants Action
Dean brought with him a
letter from Kennedy telling
Dean to make certain the
talks bear fruit In a reason
ably short time.
The letter, addressed to
Dean rather than to the con
ference, was written primar
ily for the benefit of the Rus
sians. It contains a thinly veil
ed hint that Kennedy's pa
tience may rapidly wear thin
If the Russians continue their
refusal to accept cheat-proof
control and Inspection of a
nuclear test ban.
Ward Cook Named To
Sfafe Legislature
Portland -rfllPD-The Multno
mah County Commission to
day appointed Ward Cook, a
former legislator, as state sen
atom to succeed Sen.' Jean
Lewis who will become Cir
cuit Court judge for domestic
relations here. The appoint
ment is effective March 30.
AUTHORITY GRANTED
Snlem OIPD The Oregon
Highway department has
been granted authority to
build an overcrossing in re
alignment of U.S. 101 north
of Bay City.
their boats at scattered loca
tions around tho lake. And
this means a fire control and
garbage collection problem,"
the recreation director said,
"Otherwise the traffic would
tend to concentrate In the de
veloped recreation area at tho
ramp."
The recreation commission
had requested a contractor bo
allowed to do the boat ramp
work If the county engineer's
crews were too busy, Wclfara
work crews had been work
ing at the lake for six weeks
during January and February.
Work Is proceeding on float
ing docks for Howard Prairie
and Emigrant lakes to bo
ready for the fishing season,
Haworth said. Construction of
a service building will not be
done this year, but funds for
It will be included In the capi
tal Improvements allocation in
the new fiscal year bQiget.