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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.
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Friday with rain bv noon. Low
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PltO.MINENT STAB
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.