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5i vm 1H ITQ II Li Regional Edition Medford 40 PAGES House Votes Change in Selection of Superintendent of Public Instruction Russia Asked To Join in Call for Laos Cease Fire By United Press International Britain asked Russia today to join in calling for an im mediate cease fire in Laos, the Foreign Office announced in London. A spokesman said a note delivered to the Soviet For eign Office by British Ambas sador Sir Frank Roberts sug gested that Britain and Russia launch the appeal in their capacity as cochairmen of the 1954 Geneva Conference on Indo-Chino. First Step He said the proposed cease fire was suggested as the first step in a three-stage plan for peace in Laos. If the cease fire plan were accepted, the spokesman said, the three-nation international control commission, represent ing Canada, India and Red Poland, would be reactivated to determine if it was proving effective. If the commission returned a satisfactory report, he said, a new international confer ence would be called to seek a lasting solution of problems in Laos. ' Discussed With Allies The spokesman said the plan had been discussed fully with and "generally en dorsed" by the United States and other British allies con cerned with the Laos crisis. No deadline was set for Russia's reply to the proposal, the spokesman said, but Britain hopes it will come "in as few weeks as possible." He said Roberts delivered the note in writing to a depu ty foreign minister, and also offered an oral explanation of what Britain regards as the "incendiary risks" of the Laos situation. Reaction Not Indicated The ambassador reported that the Soviet official listen ed carefully but gave no indi cation of Russia's reaction to the plan, the spokesman said. The British approach to Moscow came at a time when allied forces were moving into position for battle against the Communists in Laos if the Russians refused to negotiate. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to nlfht. Incrpaslnp cloudiness Friday with rain bv noon. Low tonlcnt 35. llijh Friday near 60. Temp. Ilichest Yesterday 58 Lowest this Slornini: 40 Prec. to 10 am. Today 04 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today p-m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:09 a.m. The Moon sets 1:45 a.m. tomorrow and rldM ""!; First Quarter tonlrht 6:49 p.m. PltO.MINENT STAB Arrturns, rises :2 P-m. V1S1D1.K PLANETS Stars, above the Moon. Venus, sets ' P-m- Jupiter and Saturn, In the southeast 5;0i "m Youth Turns After Hiding An 18 -year -old Klamath Falls vouth turned himself in to Mf'diord police Wednesday after hiding from authorities in two states for nearly a week. He is charged with forcory . Roger Dean Ballard, a start ing end on the 1960 Klamath Falls High school football team told police yesterday that he was tired of running and wnnled to get things squared away." Ballard escaped from Med ford police a week ago, fol lowing a high-speed downtown auto chase that ended when Ballard abandoned the car he was driving and hid under some empty packing crates near 12th and Fir sts. Police searched for Ballard for near ly six hours, but were unable to find him. Ballard told police yester day that he hid under the crates until dark, then stole a car in south Medford and drove to Klamath Falls. MEDFORD, r-r-szs&fz 'Pk. tea 4 4 PLEASANT LIFE Ducks and swans bask- grapher couldn't ed in the sun at Ashland's Lithia park one perhaps a duck's day early this week. The water was a little the workmen chilly, but it didn't bother the ducks as similar thoughts, they bobbed under for food. The photo- Reforestation Budget Still Below ' By A. ROBERTA-SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondence Washington (Special)-The Kennedy Administration has substantially increased the budget for reforestation but the amount is still below what the Forest Service has esti mated will be necessary to catch up with lands that need attention. President Kennedy has ex pressed the ideals of rebuild ing national forests, but he has also encountered the prob lem of keeping the overall budget stable. The Forest Service has esti mated that $375 million ought to be spent over a 12-year pe riod for reforestation and thinning and pruning to bring the national forests up to an optimum level of timber pro duction. Senators Critical When the Elsenhower Ad ministration last year asked for S3,465,000 for fiscal 1961, some western senators were critical of this amount be cause they figured at this rate it would tako over a century to do what ought to be done in little more than a decade. But Congress increased the amount only to $4,451,000. The last Eisenhower budget boosted the figure to $6,151,- 000. The Kennedy Adminis tration has now revised that budget request to $9,551,000. At this rate it will take 40 years or more to complete the job. Kennedy outlined the prob lem in his natural resources message when he said "our Himself in From Police He abandoned the stolen car there, he said, and took r,,i,n nzr ririvirifj tn Wo- natchec. Wash., where he has spent most oi tne past wcck. Police said Ballard first turned himself over to hisi ttnrnr.v In Klamath Falls, who then brought him to the district attorneys office in Medford. Police had broadcast a four stale all points bulletin for Ballard, who was wanted on a Jackson county circuit court warrant charging forgery. Bal lard admitted in a signed state ment yesterday that he has passed more than $100 worth of bad checks in the Medford "lie Is being held in ,hc countv tail, with bail set at $2,500. Committee has killed a bill to Police yesterday iiad Bal- lower the Oregon gasoline tax lard take them over his escape by one cent a gallon, route that he followed after; Chief sponsor was Sen. Wal eluding police. They sai :he ter Pearson (D-Portland). who youth stuck mainly to hack 'said gas taxes arc raising yards and dark streets during more revenue than the State his escape from Medford. j Highway Commission needs. v OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961 Estimated forest lands present the sharp est challenge to our foresight . . . most projections of fu ture timber requirements pre dict a doubling of current con sumption within 40 years." ' "Unfortunately, the condi tion of our forest land area is substantially below par: 45 million acres are in need of reforestation; more than 150 million acres require thin ning, release cutting and other timber stand improvement measures if growth rates are to be increased and quality timber produced; forest pro tection must be extended to acres now poorly protected. Losses in growth from insects and disease need to be re duced substantially by wider application of known detec tion and control measures," Kennedy said. He urged Congress "to ac celerate forest development on federal public lands both as a long-term investment meas ure and as an immediate DeLorme Arraigned On Assault Charge Joseph Alexander DeLorme, 53, of route 2, box 668H, Central Point, was arraigned before Circuit Judge James M. Main yesterday on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. A preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Sheriff's Deputy Lee Rice signed the complaint charging DeLorme with cutting in the shoulder, his daughter, Cleo Marie Alchley, 29, also of route 2, box 66811, Central Point, Monday night. Sheriff's deputies said De Lorme seized an axe, cutting his daughter's shoulder after she tried to calm him fol lowing a disturbance. DufDO Soys BLM To D;,l fl((;,n Cose Regional Office Washington - 'LOT - The Bu- reau of Land Management plans to abolish its regional j office in Portland. Rep. Ed-j win Durno (R Ore.) said Wed-j nesday, I Durno said Interior Depart-j ment officials had told him they would eliminate all four of their regional offices but ; did not disclose to him when j this would be done. I Commffee Kills Bill To tower Gos ToxeS Salem-SV'PI -The Senate Tax 56th Tribune iv w keep from pondering that life isn't so bad. Possibly cl eaning up the park had Believed Needs method of relieving uncnv ployment in distressed areas.'1 More recently, in his mes- sabe to Congress on agricul ture, Kennedy spoke of forest resources as a crop. He said it would be necessary to " juvenate the Forest Service's long-range program for devel opment and improvement of our national forests a pro gram already returning sub stantial revenue to the Treas ury and designed eventually to return $500 million a year." In the farm message, Ken nedy also stressed the" need for improving timber produc tion from smaller private woodlots and other privately owned woodlands. He urged greater federal action to as sist with fire protection, dis ease control, tree planting, stand improvement and man agement and marketing. Contained Increases All these activities take more money. The forestry budget, as revised by the Ken nedy regime, contained the following increases: forest re search, $3 million; insect and disease, $2 million; state and private forestry cooperation, $2 million: construction of forest access roads and trails, $3 million; aid to states for tree planting, $1 million (there was nothing in the Ei senhower budget for this pur pose); fire protection, $1,100, 000; recreation and public use, $2 million; and for re forestation and stand improve ment, $3,400,000. "Well, I Took You All lk vj u.s. courts' I lsrttt(v Year Price 10 Cents No. 1 Senate Extends Unanimous Vote For Tax Court Billboards, Drunken Drivers Involved Salem - ((Ml - The Oregon House today passed, 36-7, a bill to switch selection of the Superintendent of Public In struction from the voters to the Board of education. The Senate approved measures cre ating a traveling tax court and clamping down on bill boards and drunken drivers. The tax court, long advo cated as an improvement in Oregon's economic climate, was approved unanimously. It would have divisions for small claims and larger appeals. The State Tax commission now must hold hearings on tax differences before court will rule. The Billboard measure, ap proved 26-3, would create a Scenic Area commission to govern highway advertising along state highways. The compromise measure was okayed by billboard advertis ers, after voters turned down tougher control measures at the polls last year. Short of Plan The measure to let the board of education pick the state's public school education chief fell short of Gov. Mark Hatfield's reorganization plan to make the position ap pointive by the governor. Rep. George Layman said the constitution required the post to be elective, but attor neys felt "election by the board" might stand up under a court test. Educators said selection by the board would insure nomi nees of high professional quality. Senate Minority Leader An thony Ylurri led supporters of a bill to permit chemical tests on drivers suspected of drunkenness unless the driver flatly refuses. Otherwise, con sent would be implied. At present written consent is re quired, hamstringing convic tion efforts. A flat refusal would mean license suspension until hear ings could be held. Yturri said aim of the bill was protection of "millions of innocent people who use the highways" for carnage and property destruction that have been linked to liquor. He said some 70 per cent of drivers arrested in Oregon now refuse blood tests, pre ferring to lake their chances with judge or jury. The House passed, 46-11, a controversial bill revising the Oregon milk usage audit law, suspected of being unconstitu tional in its present form. Dairies sell the same grade of milk at two prices, a higher one for milk resold fresh, and a lower one for milk process ed Into Ice cream, cheese or other dairy products. The Way To The Top" Per'- I iJSO ' - ,U THEATER ADDITION Excavation is pro gressing on the basement section of a new wing for Ashland's Shakespearean theater. The wing is part of a long range expan sion program. The basement will house a o Decision Yet by Medco On Conversion of Part of Road B. L. (Bud) Nutting, gen eral manager of Medford Corporation, told representa tives of the Jackson County Home Owners Protective as sociation yesterday that the company has not yet decidd whether it will convert its railroad right of way from Vilas rd. to Butte Falls to a log truck road. He said the corporation has decided to convert the right of way. from Vilas rd. into Its Medford operation. Representatives of the as sociation discussed with Nut ting and Al Smith, Medco logging superintendent, the problems which may result from converting the railroad right of way to a road for off highway logging trucks. Present Letter Mrs. Burton Jensen, presi dent; Mrs. Joseph Layton, secretary; Claude Hoover, a director, and Ben Day, attor ney for the association, pre sented to Nutting a letter signed by more than 100 peo ple living along the right of way between Butte Falls and Medford. The letter reviews problems which would be created by the conversion, and suggests that the corporation use public highways for hauling logs. Medco has been hauling logs over public highways since it discontinued its logging train service recently. Nutting told the group that a decision as to whether the Department Budgets Reviewed by Group The proposed budgets of three different county depart ments were reviewed today by the county budget commit tee. The three departments were the county farm home, the sheriff's office and the juvenile division. No action lias been taken so far by the committee on the budgets since they were pre sented by the department heads. Committee members said this morning Hint they plan to consolidate Hie re quests in today's session. The fourth budget present ed, the county health depart ment, has been tentatively ap proved by the budget commit tee. Commitlec chairman is Ar nold Bohnerl, with other members, the county judge and two commissioners, A. C. Pierce, and Gordon Hudson. ORCHARD HEATING MEET Growers and lighters arc reminded of the orchard heat ing meeting al 7:.KJ o'clock tonight In the county court house auditorium. According to County Horticulturist Clif ford B. Cordy both the tech nical aspects and management involved in heating will be discussed. REVIEW PROGRAM Tuesday had asked California Miss Evelyn Funk and C. L.I Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk to Smith, Corvallis, slate agents' give him a report on the or with the county extension I ganization, which has come service, arc in Jackson coun- under considerable criticism ly today reviewing the coun-iin California, ly's 4-H program with local j A spokesman for the legis agenls. ' lativc committee said it had 4 . right of way between Vilas I rd. and Butte Falls will be ! converted is up to the board of directors. He said it would depend on economics. If the company could save money by using an off-highway truck operation, the conversion would be made "even though there would be inevitable damage suffered by properly owners along the right of way," he said. The association said It would continue to oppose the conversion of the route into a logging truck road, and woirfd do "everything legally pos-1 sible to protect the property Stevenson Broad Development Program in Africa United Nations, N.Y. - (UPII -U.S. Ambassador Adlal E. Ste venson, urging that the cold war be kept out of Africa, to day proposed that a broad development program for the continent be initiated by Afri cans with cooperative Interna tional aid. Stevenson said a multi lateral program based on "en lightened unselfishness" would help the Africans over come their economic and so cial problems and move peace fully into Independence. Nigerian Disappointed Nigerian delegate Jaja Wachuku, in the first African reaction to Stevenson's pro posal, said he was disappoint ed because the U.S. statement did not contain a concrete pro gram for African develop ment. He said he hoped the United Stales will commit it self as firmly on African aid as It do on a program for Latin America. African Initiative would be Birch Society Founder Demands Probe by California Committee Sacramento flPI) A reso lution asking U. S. Atty. Gen Robert Kennedy to in vestigate the ultra-conservative John Birch Society was introduced in the as sembly today. Beverly Hills, Calif. - TO -Robert Welch, founder and head of the John Birch So cicly, demanded Wednesday night that the conservative anti-Communist society be In vestigated by the California Senate's Un-American Activi ties committee. Brown Asks Report lie made the demand to Gov. F.dmiinr! G Hrown. who 1 costume workshop and will be used for additional rehearsal space. William Patton, left, festival manager, and C. E. Corry, Lithia park superintendent, are shown checking progress. The group also discussed Dispatches now can be tele pending federal and stale phoned from anywhere in- legislation affecting taxes on trucks. Nutting noted that this may also be a factor in arriving at a decision to con vert the right of way. 5 Construction has already started on the road for log trucks from Vilas rd. Into Medford, Relocation of : the road at the north Medford city limits Is under a slate contract, and Includes" an overpass over the Highway 89 freeway. The text of the letter pre sented to Medco officials yes- terday appears on pageV.aC of today's Mail Tribune.; Proposes no good unless it had the backing of the big powers, Wachuku told the General As sembly Political committee. "Wo want dollars, not words," he said.1 : Stevenson opened debate on a U.S. proposal for a United Nations program for African Independence and develop ment. The debate was taking place in an atmosphere of cau tious optimism that progress on disarmament between the United States and Russia would break the logjam that has stalled the assembly for more than three weeks. Differences Remain Stevenson reported Wednes day night that he had attain ed considerable agreement with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko on how the issue of disarmament should be handled In the current as sembly session. But he said differences still remained and more talks may be necessary. The two met for nearly two hours Wednesday night. no present plans to make an Investigation of the organiza tion. Its chairman, Sen. Hugh M. Burns, said the committee had been watching society activities for several weeks hut had discovered no Irregu larities. Brown, In announcing his request for a report, said; "Un less they violate a taw they have a right to speak" and added that he "couldn't Imagine" what law they might have broken. Welch's telegram, copies of which also were sent to Burns and Mosk, was made public here by Paul H. Talbert, a member of the society's coun cil. Promise to Testify It said: "We respectfully and, in view of statements made to the press by officials of your state, urgently de mand the proposed Investiga tion of the John Birch Society Correspondents To Be Required To Keep Copies Writers Will Be Held Responsible Moscow-(UPD-The Soviet Un ion today announced the abolition of censorship of for eign correspondents. Pre;c ClilfJ M. A. Kharla- mov announced that from now on foreign correspond ents would be free to send dis patches by cable or telephone from any point at their con venience. He added, however, that correspondents will be re quired to keep copies of their stories for examination at any time by the Press Department. Kharlamov said whether to install teleprinter machinery in correspondents' offices was another question and would be considered in due time. Also Consider Films He said consideration also would be given to letting cor respondents send film out of the country unhampered. At no time during the press conference did Kharlamov use the word "censorship." He sidestepped all questions as to how the censorship had operated, how many people had been involved in it and so forth. He made it clear that cor respondents would continue to be held responsible for any thing they wrote. This dispatch, telephoned from the UPI's Moscow bu reau to Helsinki, Finland, was the first to move uncensored out of Moscow under the new rules. Phoned From Anywhere stead of only from the central telegraph office where the censors sal. , The abolition of censorship ended some of the most severe restrictions in the world on freedom of communications. Censorship had been in effect almost continuously since 1917. There were indications So viet authorities are planning other measures -to ease the work of foreign correspond ents and expedite the flow of news. Federal Complaints Fifed Against Men Federal complaints against four Southwest men arrested near Ashland Tuesday were filed today In Portland on a charge of transporting a stolen motor vehicle across state line. The men, arrested by Ore gon slate police Tuesday near Ashland, are charged with the theft of an automobile in Phoenix, Ariz. They arc Wal ter Curtis Henderson, 21 of Globe, Ariz.; Roman Douglas Helton, 20, of Tima, Ariz.; Billy Bob Williams, 18, of Saf ford, Ariz., and John Henry Campet, 33,. of Muleshoe, Tex. When arrested, state police found some articles In the ve hicle which had been reported stolen In Redding, Calif. The men are being held in the county jnll for the U. S. mar shal. The federal warrants set bail at $1,500 each. No Ofhers Believed Involved in Kidnap Belleville, Ont.-d'PD-Investi-gations into the kidnap-mur-dcr of Tom McNcvin, 10, and the shotgun suicide of his cub master, Warren Williamson, indicate "no other persons were Involved," Crown Attor ney John Piingle said today. (See Story on Page 2B) by the California State Senate Un-Amorlcan Activities com mittee. A dozen or a hundred or a thousand of our members In California will gladly testi fy and wc can assure you that, unlike our Communist ene mies, none of our members will take the Fifth Amend ment." Talbert said they'd be kick ed out of the society if they did. Who Is Responsible In a prepared statement made available to UPI, Tal bert demanded to know who was responsible for leading the attack on the society and who was keeping it alive. : ", , , what Is happening to cause supposedly reputable newspapers to refer to us as Fascists, Neo-Fasclsts, Silver Shirts, Red Shirts, Black Shirts, subversives, and even compare us with the Ku Klux Klan?" Talbert asked In his statement.
