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Kennedy Suffers First Big Legislative Defeat J 11 Arv : I " :"" stf hyWiAHr 'MY I 7 I ,E W- I I ! ,iV'J 'T Ln. U . . "i f -ft -H 1 , 11 Hint, a i Vi;.KT:t ir1, r in v a aT . l'f ll merry- a v r AS ,3 ,f r. I .V'" BANK ROBBER Bank robber Charles 0. Peterson, 48, center, is escorted by officers to the Eureka (California) Bank of America for identification by a teller he had robbed of $700 just minutes before. Federal Bu reau of Investigation agent Richard Miller (left) and Sgt. Gordon Busey (right) made the arrest after he was followed into a department store by two newsmen. Ex-convict Peterson confessed to the robbery. 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Eight members of the organization'- the Communist equivalent of the North At lantic Treaty organization -plus observers from Red China, North Korea, North Viet Nam and Outer Mongo lia will meet in the Kremlin Tuesday to review develop ments since February, 1960, and to adopt joint military and political measures. As at the previous Warsaw pact meeting, the German and Berlin questions will have top priority on the agenda. Ob servers said, however, that these may be overshadowed by the current Laotian crisis. Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, who returned Friday from a six-weeks tour of agricultural areas, is ex pected to open the conference. Soviet Marshal Andrei Green ko, commander of the War saw pact armies, will preside over the meeting of defense ministers. ; The summit meeting will be the first chance for the War saw pact nations to review the international situation to gether since President John F. Kennedy'i inauguration. Portland Elephant Falls in Moat Portland - (DPI) - The big gar lhey are, lh harder they fall. And Belle, one of Seattle's guest elephants spending the winter at the Portland too, is real big. She fell tlx feet into the dry moat of the elephant! pen Saturday afternoon, but apparently wat not hurt. The other elephantt, one of whom hid nudged her In, cried e little and put their trunkt on her head to comfort her. Belle tcreamed at first, according to a bystander, but then got interested in her new turroundlngt and tettled down. Zookeepert tried to coax her out on a stairway im provised of hay bales. She tested the hay gingerly and then backed off and waited until a ramp of wooden pallets wat put down. The tookeepert tempted her with bananat held just out of reach. About an hour after the fell, the icrambled out after the bananat. Belle it the property of H. Morgan Berry, Seattle, who runt a concession of elephant ridet. Berry loan ed hit enimals to the Port land too when he went on a round the world trip. Portlander Charged With Bomb Report Washington - (UPD - FBI agents arrested a Portland business man Friday on charges of falsely reporting that a bomb was in a brief case he dropped in an air liner. Attorney Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced here that agents had picked up Junior Ellsworth Flor, 44, of Port land and Immediately took him before a U.S. commis sioner for arraignment. If convicted of the federal charge, he faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison, and $1,000 fine or both. Court Favors PGE Over Government Portland - (UPD - U. S. Dis trict Judge William G. East has ruled in favor of Portland General Electric company In the firm's claim against the federal government for return of more than $2 million in income taxes. summer moth colors alieht for sonne It ml and stay around for m f imo spring in evory snoaa irum ei W warming jt ' M spring wing-tip white to body' coffee n cream. Soar Into the fashion light with supple calf pumps that have heels to lift you high or midway off the ground. A. Two-tone laced high heel In white or beige, 16.95 B, Curved wing trim high heel or bone luster, or in China blue, 15.95. C. Double buckle mid-heel In coffee 'n cream or white lustre, 17.95 D. Belt n buckle mid-heel in bone with coffee 'n cream belt, 14.95 HANDBAGS TO MATCH in white Doll M I if m Open Monday & Friday 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. President's Hopes On Minimum Rate Rest With Senate Washington -flJPD- The Ken nedy administration, smart ing from its first major legis lative defeat In the House, pinned its hopes on the Senate Saturday to get a stronger federal minimum wage bill. Prospects seemed good for a different measure than the restricted $1.15 an hour bill finally adopted by the House Friday night. Senate Demo cratic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) told a reporter that "chances are good of passing a bill substantially along the Washington - (I'PD - Re publican Reps. Edwin Dur no and Waller Norblad of Oregon voted with the ma jority at the Houte accept ed a contervative tubitituie for Pretident Kennedy'i minimum wage bill, 216-203, here Friday. Oregon Democratic Rept. Edith Green and Al Ullman voted egaintt the meamie. lines of the President's recom mendations." But even the Senate was not expected to go quite as far as Keenedy would like in ex tended coverage. Despite administration pres. sure, the House by a mere one vote, rejected Kennedy's pro posal to raise the federal minimum wage to $1.25. Sen ate approval of a stronger bill would throw the Issue into a House-Senate confer ence committee where the Kennedy forces would have a substantial chance of chang ing the House bill. Ends Honeymoon The administration bill was defeated last night by a vote of 188-185, thus ending Ken nedy's shaky honeymoon with the Democratic-controlled but sharply divided House. Ironically, Kennedy's first defeat as President came on the same issue that provided his last lost battle as a Sen ator. The Senate labor committee Is expected to shortly begin considering the $1.25 an hour Kennedy bill which a subcom mittee moved along without change but also without form al approval. No date had been set, but a meeting next week is likely. Mansfield said he would bring the bill up for Senate debate as soon as possible af ter the committee acts, but not until after the Senate's week end Easter recess. Coalition Wins In the House yesterday, a coalition composed mainly of Republicans and Southern Democrats won adoption of its own weaker bill by a 216 to 203 roll call vote after failure of a move to send the entire issue back to the House labor committee. The bill adopted would in crease the federal minimum wage for workers now cover ed from $1 to $1.15 an hour. It also would extend coverage to retail establishments with five or more locations in two or more states and thus bring about 1,100,000 more workers under the law. The newly covered work ers, however, would be guar anteed a minimum of only $1 an hour. Kennedy's original bill would have extended cover age to more than four million additional w o rk e r s, who would have a beginning mini mum of $1 an hour, advanc ing to $1.25 an hour over four years. The defeated House Demo cratic compromise called for a two-step increase to $1.15 and $1.25 over two years. But its extended coverage provis ions were less broad than those asked by the President Senate backers of the ad ministration proposal were optimistic. Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D 111.) said "we may have lost a battle, but not a war by a long sight." Sen. Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.), a labor commit tee member, also pledged a fight for the original Kennedy measure. The White House was silent on the defeat. But Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg urged renewed effort in the Senate for a stronger bill. BARKER'S EXTENDED CREDIT PLAN . . . If you don't cart to pay your hill in full within 30 days, you can: e Pay t5 ot your ord inal balance each 30 dayt, or of your new balance If It's (rearer. e Service chargei of 15t for each $10 or por tion thereof will be added by ui on the 25th of the month. e Paymenti mult be $5 or more per month and your balance over $20 for the plan to be in uie. MEN'S ClOTHINO Ma!n and Central Measure Would Repeal Oregon Relative Responsibility Law Salem -0IPD- A bill to cease charging young people for their parents old age assist ance payments won strong legislative approval Friday, but a bill to do away with liquor permits in Oregon met its end in the House Alcohol Control committee. Meanwhile, a House com mittee was urged to put a stop to export of raw logs cut from state or county lands for processing In cheap-labor plants outside the United States. Rep Clarence Barton, spon sor of the proposal, and Wiley Smith, of Cooshead Lumber company told the House Com merce and Utilities commit tee the logs were needed in the long run In this country to sustain mill operations and keep the workers employed. No witnesses appeared to testify against the bill. The bill to end what Sen. Thomas Mahoney, -Portland), called discriminatory requirements that children chip in for state aid to their needy parents won 4-1 ap proval from the Senate Ju diciary committee. The measure would repeal the controversial relative re sponsibility law altogether. Mahoney, a sponsor, suc cessfully disputed the legality of the law in Multnomah County circuit court a few years ago by the O'egon Su preme Court reversed the de cision and upheld the law. Committee chairman Carl Francis cast the. lone dissent ing vote against repealing the law. The Senate-approved bill to get rid of liquor permits was tabled by the House Alcohol Control committee. The committee indicated, however, it will approve the other half of the proposal to require identification cards for persons 21 to 25 in order to cut down on juvenile liq uor purchases. This was originally part of the bill to abolish liquor per mits, but the committee shift ed it to a separate bill before killing the Senate measure. Other Highlighter Explosives The House Commerce and Utilities com mittee set a meeting Tuesday evening on two bills to reg ulate explosives. The Rose burg blast and the Portland fireworks blowup were among factors prompting the legisla tion. Timber The House Tax committee heard several more hours of testimony on conflict ing plans to tax trees on a value or harvest basis. Addi tional testimony is expected Rogue Valley Edition - Page 2A MedfordJTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1961 Recreation Areas Large in Northwes! Portland - (UPD - A recrea tion survey conducted by a Columbia Basin Inter-Agency committee subcommittee has revealed that some 86 million acres of land in the Pacific Northwest are available or being used as outdoor recrea tion areas. A total of 31.4 million acres of recreation land is in Ore gon with 160,770 under the national park service; 14,879, 558 under the U.S. Forest service; 15,601,111 under the bureau of land management; 184,421 under the bureau of reclamation and 52,590 under the corps of engineers. The total area also com prises 52,485 acres under the Oregon State Parks and recre ation division; 442,929 under the bureau of sports fisheries and wildlife; 7,005 under 15 Oregon counties and an addi tional 137 acres developed for public use by private companies. Bridge Bill Sent To House Committee Salem - (UPD - The Astoria Megler bridge bill was sent to the ways and means commit tee here Friday after it was approved in the House high way committee. The measure is a bond issue of $24 million to finance con struction of the span across the Columbia river. The bridge would fill in the final link in U.S. Highway 101 along the Paciuc Coast. next Friday before the com mittee acts on any of the measures. Tax Bills revising and cut ting state income -taxes by ten per cent, and requiring professional and Independent businessmen to withhold tax es,, slid by the House and went to the Senate. Boardman Measures to permit Boeing Airplane Co. to lease Boardman Industrial Park were okayed by the Sen ate and sent to the governor. V CHRISTIAN I SCIENCE h Station K-BOY Sundays 9:45 A.M. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT iajiisS (parents $2188?r SWING SET With 3 Swings, 2 Seated Sky $J-T88 SCOOTER, 8 Ft. Slide, 9 Ft. Top Bar. O HEDSTROM UNION SWING SET With 8 Ft. Top Bar, 2 Swings Plus 2 Passenger Lawn Swings $?) Q3g With Oak Seat, Seat Backs and Floor Boards JmW SWING SET With 2 Swings and 2 Seated Glide Ride, 7 Ft. 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