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Newspaper Page TextKennedy Requests $2 Billion in Defense Budget nerease AT LUNCHEON Dr. Edwin R. Durno, fourth district congressman, shakes hands with Gene Rossman, Portland, executive director of the Portland Housing authority, who, with Medford Mayor John W. Snider, Congressman Durno Airs Federal Building, Other Items Congressman Edwin R. Dur no said here Monday that the government has decided to erect the new Medford federal building on property south of 10th st and he has been in formed that if the government can't get the property by ne gotiations it will condemn it. Durno's comments were di rected toward a 40-unit motel that is apparently proposed for construction on some of the property wanted by the government. The site is locat ed directly south of 10th st. between Riverside and Cen tral aves. The federal building and other items of local and na tional interest were discussed by the congressman at yester day's Medford Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon attended by about 100 persons. Durno will be in the fourth district this week and part of next while Congress is in Easter recess. Noting that-he personally Merkel Court's Statement Cats cannot be compared to dogs concerning a rabies prob lem, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jack son county public health of ficer said today. He reaffirmed statements made to County Judge Earl Miller at a public health de partment budget hearing last week. Dr. Merkel said he is not against control of cats, and said it Is desirable. But stray cats don't provide the same rabies problem that dogs do since they tend to retreat from association with humans. "They are not a public health menace," the doctor emphasized. "I realize there might be some problem in areas where people can drive out a country road and drop the cats off to fend for themselves. And I do feel there should be a place to take the cats, either for disposal or for return to their owners or placement in new homes." Dr. Merkel said this morn ing that he would probably act as advisor to a board in vestigating the stray cat prob lem, if he is requested to do so by the county court. The county court has not yet de cided appointment of the board. WEATHER FORECAST: Fir throuah Wednesday. Low tonight 30. lllCh Wednesday (I. Temp. Ililhest Yeiterdty S Lowest this Morning 2S Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 03 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:32 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:00 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .... 5:54 a.m. Full Moon Friday night mnMINKNT STAR lleculus, near the Moon. VISini.F. PLANETS Venus, sen 8:07 p.m. Mars, In (he west ... 10:33 p.m. JupHer and Saturn, In the southeast , 4:47 a.m. Astoria Seeks For 150th Birthday Party Salem - WD - The West s oldest city asked for a present today, and legislators indi cated Astoria may get $25,000 to invite the rest of the world to its 150th birthday party. Started in 1811 The community, first perm anent American colony in the vast Oregon territory west of the Mississippi, started when John Jacob Astor floated the American flag over a tiny fort and fur trading settlement April 12. 1811. Astoria evolved as a trading and shipping center, fishing area, and vacation spot. To-d.-, although numbering only had nothing to do with the federal building, Durno said he agrees that there will be a need for the $2,360,000 struc ture here, particularly with the expansion of the southern Oregon area. Durno implied that builders of . the motel should have known that the federal gov ernment wanted the site for its federal building and de clared: "I am very unhappy about what is going on down there." If they do decide to build the motel, he said, it probably will bring litigation which -"ill cost the taxpayers money. (The motel is not yet under construction although a city building permit has been issued.) Walter Jones, a local ap praiser, was at the meeting and told Durno that the lease for the motel was taken out on Nov. 7 but it was not defi nitely known untih January that the same property was wanted by the federal govern ment.. Favorable Impression On another subject, Durno declared that John F. Ken nedy has made a "very favor able" .impression as President of the United States, and add ed that in the field of foreign affairs, Kennedy and his ad ministration "will get 100 per support from the Republican and Democratic members of Congress." Congressman Durno, who said he has recently been briefed in our nation's defense capabilities, declared that there is no missile gap as tar as the destructive capabilities of the missiles are concerned. He said: "We are prepared for the worst, but are expecting and hoping for the best.' On Laos, Durno called tne situation there "lousy," and added that anything might 'Red' Thomas To Resign from Post Ashland Harold (Red) Thomas has announced he will retire as U.S. Forest Service Ashland Ranger next month, Carrol Brown, supervisor ot Rogue River National forest, said yesterday. Thomas has been chief Ash land ranger since 1946. He has had a series of illnesses in recent years and has under- eone surgery, tie nas oee transferred to the Rogue River National Forest office in Med ford pending his retirement. In making the announce ment, Brown, said Robert Tay lor has been named acting Ashland ranger. He has been an assistant to Thomas since 1958. By retiring, Thomas con cludes a 27-year career of for estry work, interrupted only by service in World War II. He graduated from Oregon State college in 1933, and worked for the forest service until 1935. He worked for the state forestry department un til 1941. $25,000 11,000, it is a major Oregon port. Astoria Sen. Dan Thiel told a Ways and Means subcom mittee the city should get $25,000 to use in Inviting tourists to join in the celebra tion of the first 150 years. 100-Day Celebration The city plans "100 days of real celebrating." Thiel said. Including a pageant that will reproduce scenes from Astoria history. Lord Astor of England, a dependent of the founder, will launch the celebration when he arrives in Astoria wl'V; his family April 10. center, attended yesterday's Medford Cham ber of Commerce roundtable luncheon. Ross man spoke at a meeting of the Rogue Val ley Council on Aging yesterday afternoon. (Knackstedt Photo) happen. He said Laos is the first real testing ground of Kennedy and his administra tion. He called it a "symbolic" as well as a "physical" crisis Not Backing Everything But, while Durno backs the administration's foreign pol icy in such places as Laos, he made clear that the same backing is not accorded all of the administration's domestic policy. The congressman declared that, "you are going to be con-fronted-you are already con-fronted-with a lot of social welfare legislation." Through this legislation, he said, the federal government is at tempting to "interfere" in the affairs of state government and "intra-slate" commerce. At the same time, Durno claimed that he has supported anti-recessionary measures to date. Minimum Wages Regarding Kennedy's $1.25 minimum wage bill which he helped defeat last week, Dur no said he received 222 tele grams and letters opposing the bill, while he received only two telegrams-from the AFL CIO and the Oregon state Democratic central committee -favoring the bill. Other issues discussed by Durno: -Rogue Basin development. As far as Durno knows it is proceeding on schedule. Funds to complete the corps of engi neers study are assured, and it is hoped a hearing can be held on their , report by sum mer or late fall. -Agate dam. He called it a small project to provide sup plemental water and irriga tion for new acreage, to cost about $1,800,000. He hopes re ports on the project will be submitted to the committee on interior and insular affairs, of which Durno is a member, within a month or two. The administration is anxious to get projects like this sitrted. Status of Wilderness Bill -Wilderness bill. Durno said $22 million has been ap propriated by previous admin istrations to a special commis sion to study the overall long-range recreational and wilderness programs in the country. The study is sched uled to be presented to com mittee on Jan. 1, 1962, and he expects little action on it be fore then. -Oregon Dunes. Durno sug gested that his statements re garding the Oregon Dunes na tional seashore proposal have been distorted. He said all he ever said about it was: "I didn't feel that the Oregon Sand Dunes was in the same category or same level of plane as Crater Lake, Grand Canyon, Yosemite or Yellow stone national parks. Durno said the omission of the Oregon dunes from the President's message on natur al resources, while three oth er seashore proposals were mentioned, "was not inadver tent, nor was it a slip of the pen . . ." More Opposed to It He said it was somebody other than himself that was responsible for keeping men tion of the Oregon Dunes out of the President's message. Also, Durno said he has re ceived "five" letters favoring the Oregon Dunes seashore bill, and "hundreds and hun dreds and hundreds" against it from both individuals and or ganizations. . In this same vein, he de clared: "I have come to the conclusion that we should give serious consideration to the proper maintenance and rehabilitation of the existing 29 national parks before we acquire a lot of others.'' -Peace Corps. A "noble Idea" and a "wonderful thing" If the right kind of youth can be found. It should be ap proarhed carefully and it may be aYjjittle ahead of its time. Kennedy's Space Budget Calls lor Spending Increase Lyndon Johnson To Head Space Council Washington -IUPD- President Kennedy today proposed a space budget boost - which could hasten manned flight around the moon by at least a year. The President sent Con gress a revised space budget recommending a $125.67 mil lion increase in appropriations for the fiscal year starting July 1 and a jump in actual spending of $85 million. The appropriation boost would increase the Eisenhow- e r administration s request 11.3 per cent, from $1.10 bil lion to a new figure of $1.23 billion. The spending jump would be 8.8 per cent, from $965 million to $1.05 billion. Vigorous Space Effort James E. Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space administration, told re porters that in the opinion of the President" the revised budget "represents a strong and vigorous space effort." Webb said it will speed development of powerful rockets "for both named and unmanned exploration of space." He said the new figures were arrived at after a care ful appraisal of the U.S. space effort, in relation to Russia's, by President Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and "all appropriate offic ials." Johnson will head the Na-. tional Space Council, and NASA spokesmen said even further charges in the pro gram may be ordered after the council goes to work. In Stern Chase Webb conceded that as far as big rockets are concerned, "we certainly are. in a stern chase", in the space competi tion .with Russia. Deputy NASA Administra tor Hugh L. Dryden said the new budget represents- "a major decision" to speed de velopment of the so-called C2 version of the Saturn which will be capable of launching 45,000 pounds into an earth orbit, 15,000 pounds to the moon, and 10,000 pounds on probes of Mars and Venus. Orchard Heaters Lighted in Area First orchard heating of the season started about 3 o'clock this morning, County Horti cultural agent Clifford B. Cordy said today. Average temperature was 26.3 degrees with 25 to 26 de grees recorded in some of the coldest spots in the valley. Bud development on pear trees is not far enough along to be hurt much by frost, Cordy said. However, one Ash land peach grower reported frost damage in his orchard. Individual pear orchards which have some white show ing have a 27-dcgree limit, otherwise 25 degrees," Cordy said. "Orchardists who wanted to save all their buds heated at 27 degrees depending on the -variety of pear tree and the location of each orchard. 1 "Bud development has not been rapid recently due to the cool weather. This makes them a little hardier," Cordy said. "Some years we have heated as early as March 1. We heated on March 16 last year," he added. Orchardlsts are living up to their agreement to convert to less smoke producing heaters. However, this is being offset somewhat with considerable new acreage coming under heater protection, including the higher elevations which were hard hit by frost last year. Jewelry, Records Taken in Burglary Jewelry, cosmetics and an estimated 100 phonograph rec ords were taken Monday eve ning in a burglary at the resi dence of Dorothy Margaret Clithero, 425 Haven St., ac cording to city police. Entry to the home was gain ed by breaking open a back door window and unlocking the door from the inside. Po lice said the crime took place between 5:30 and 9 p.m. In addition to the records, other items stolen include 10 tubes of lipstick, four or five beetles of perfume, a necklace ast an engagement ring. Regional Edition Medford 18 Paget West Remains Hopeful of Solution To Laos Crisis Allies Differ on How To Pressure Communists Russia Expected To Accept Cease Fire By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst The Western world remain ed hopeful for a peaceful solu tion to the crisis in Laos today although differences were re ported on how to put allied pressure on the Communists. U.S. officials in Washington expressed cautious optimism that the Soviet Union would accept a cease fire in Laos and settle the crisis there by negotiation. And in Bangkok, Thailand, Secretary of State Dean Rusk predicted that the eight South east Asia Treaty Organization member states would reach an "acceptable agreement" o n curbing Communist aggres sion in Laos despite reports of a split in SEATO ranks. SEATO Memberi Divided Such an agreement must be endorsed unanimously before the SEATO council meeting ends on Wednesday. But right now, its members are split, The United States, backed by Thailand and the Philip pines, wants a strongly word ed statement warning the Communists to cooperate or face Free World military in tervention if necessary. The French are reported opposed to such a stand. The British, backed by Australia, New Zealand and probably Pakis tan, want a moderate middle ground approach to the prob lem. Pote Sarasin of Thailand, secretary general of SEATO, said no one could expect eight countries to have Identical views, but pointed out they all have the same objectives. He added that the current Bangkok meeting is not de pendent on either a reply or lack of one from Moscow. Khrushchev Delays Reply Soviet Premier Niklta Khru shchev has delayed in re sponding to a British note asking a cease fire, reactiva tion of the International Con trol Commission for Laos and a later multlnatlon conference to work out a neutral status for Laos. He was reported conferring with his Red Chinese ally on the next moves to make in the Laotian-crisis, and seemingly is keeping the Peiplng leaders as much as possible in the background of the current Laos situation.' Diplomatic sources in Bang kok said the eight Southeast Asia Treaty Organization members would go ahead with plans for military interven tion because of continued So viet silence and in the belief the Communists might be stal ling to consolidate their mili tary position. Partition of Laos was believed to be their ultimate aim. Klamath Woman Choked To Death Klamath Falls-IUPD -A sub urban housewife was found apparently choked to death in her bed early Tuesday. Police were seeking her husband for questioning. The body of Morcne Ruth Phelps, 40, was found at the family home by a sister-in-law. Mrs. Floyd Phelps. Mrs. Floyd Phelps told po lice she got a telephone call about 6 a.m. saying that she "had better take care of the children." She went to the home and found the woman's body In bed. Two children, Curtis 9, and Douglas, 10, were asleep In an adjoining room. The husband, Arthur Ar nold Phelps, 43, an electrician, was gone. State police said they found a letter in the home, appar ent written by Phelps. MEDFORD, OREGON, PINEAPPLE SHIPMENT f a I if t i Ml I V, ' (; . , i f I 1 tti pSU v&r j, i ,y & . t All M 1; fresh pineapple, shipped from Hawaii in a Month club, special refrigerated ' container, arrived at a series of Bear Creek Orchards packing plant yester- loaded with day monlng. Inspecting the it was being unloaded, above, are A. D, them again Roach, assistant plant manager of the firm ed here, Harrison said. They crossed the (left) and Executive Vice Harrison. . The pineapple, weighing five to ,. Francisco via six pounds each, will be distributed by Bear i : : : Ml. Ashland Area Recommended for Ski Development J. Herbert Stone, regional forester, U.S. forest service, Portland, has recommended to the Washington, D.C., of fice that the proposed Mt. Ashland ski resort be de veloped. Congressman Edwin R. Dur no, Medford, said yesterday that he talked with Stone in Washington, D.C., recently at which time Stone said he would recommend the Mt. Ashland development. The forest service's partici pation in the development would involve construction of access roads to the site, and issuing a permit to operators of a ski resort. " Forest Supervisor -Carrol Brown said the forest service has under contract now an access road. to within three miles of the proposed site, and a contract for the distance to the lodge site is included in the forest service's program this summer. The road now under contract may have to be improved some, he said. The decision to recommend Mt. Ashland as a winter sports area came after the forest service evaluated four pos sible locations in southern Oregon. In addition to Mt. Ashland, forest service per sonnel considered Brown mountain, Pelican buttc and Mt. McLoughlin. The forest service studied snow conditions, the terrain, economic aspects, community Interest and the benefits to the community In considering the sites. Thomas Parker, Ashland contractor, and associates have proposed a $165,000 ski resort at Mt. Ashland. The site is about 15 miles from Ashland. Jackson county's portion of the road probably will be in cluded In the county's road program this summer, accord ing to Commissioner Chester Wcndt. 887 Register on First Day at SO College AiMnnrf A Inlnl nl AR7 students enrolled at Southern Oregon college on the first day of registration for the spring term yesterday. The total Is 4.2 per cent more than enrolled on a com parable date a year ago, col lege officials said. Registra tion ,vwlll continue through AprifO. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1961 i tm&mJLmj VflpiaJ. imtSt efffmal Seven tons ot Creek to members ot the firm's Fruit of the choice fruit as Hawaii and President Glenn ocean by Matson lines and arrived in San Me dfo rd Man Found G u i I ty of Burgla ry At Happy Yrpkn-flIPII-Il Innlr fl suncr- Inr rnnrt lurv nnlv an hour Monday to find a 26-year-old Meaiora man guiny oi secona degrce burglary, climaxing a trial that lasted for one week. Judge J. E. Barr ordered a pre-sentence investigation be fore sentencing David Albert Hoffer on the charge which carries a penalty' of 1 to 14 years In prison. Hoffer, who formerly re sided at a hotel In Medford, had been charged along with three other Medford men with the Dec. 30 snfe burglary of a Happy Camp, Calif., clothing store in which approximately $1,000 was taken. During the trial, six persons from Medford, including three members of the city police force, testified. Hoffer S) three accomplices all admitted the crime. They were Vcryl Leroy Blggens, 28, of 122 Kenwood ave.; Lester Hurst, 39, of 1125 West 10th St.; and Jerry Leander Stew art, 23, of 829 West 11th St. Hurst had turned states evi dence in the trial and received court immunity. Stewart was sentenced to six months In the Siskiyou county jail and re ceived a seven-year probation ary period. Blggens, who did not face trial in Siskiyou county, was one of District Attorney A. H. Newton's key witnesses. How ever, because of some of his testimony during the trial he has since been charged with perjury. Blggens pleaded guilty two School Budget Prepared in Ashland Ashland Final preparation of the 1081-02 budget for the Ashland school district will be made at the regular meet ing of the school board April 3, according to Stanley Jobe, district superintendent. The school board and dis trict budget committee were scheduled to complete the budget Monday night. How ever, Jobe said the meeting was postponed In order to give additional study to school requests. Final estimates will be ready April 3, he said. He said he anticipates a public hearing on the final budget will be held in late 56th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 5 Harrison said. It is the first of shipments. The container was fruit fresh from the fields in it was not necessary to touch until the container was unload- Consolidated Freightways. Camp months ago to the Ill-fated safe burglary attempt of the Oakdale Big Y Market In Medford. He and three other Medford men were caught In the act by a Medford police man on Jan. 8. It was these arrests that led to the appre hension of the men wanted for the Happy Camp burglary. Hoffer was arrested by Grants Pass police on a Sis kiyou county warrant on Jan. 10. Stewart and Hurst were arrested at their homes the same night by Medford police. Returned to Medford Blggens was to be brought back to Medford today where he will- be reconfined In the county jail, awaiting sentenc ing ori the burglary charge here. Hoffer is not yet through with the law. He Is, and has been for several months, out on ball from Payette, Idaho, where he is also charged with a safe burglary. On April 10, he will again como to trial In Yreka for another Happy Camp burglary, committed on the night of Dec. 30. He also faces a Siskiyou county con spiracy charge. Among those testifying dur ing the trial were Detective Lt. Lyle Perkins, Detective Kicth Gildersgard and Po licewoman Hilde Prom, all of the Medford department. Sen. Pearson Out-of -State Salem (UPI) Sen. Walter J. Pearson complained today that tho State Board of High er Education did not choose an Oregon man to become new president of the Unlvers ly of Oregon and Indignant sena tors rose on the floor to de fend Appointment of Arthur Flemming as head of tile school. Flemming most recently was U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare. He as sumes his new duties at Eu gene July 1 and is visiting the campus this week. Sen. Monroe Seri:and iD Mllwauklc) took Pearson to task and said It is a tribute to the slate to have Flemming here. Senate Republican lead er Anthony Yturrl agreed. This brought an attack from Son.kLyndol Newbry (R Tal ent), -who said Flemming "did Biggest Share o Mass-Produce Polaris Subs Missile Programs Would Be Boosted Washington -IUPD- President Kennedy asked Congress to day to vote a $2 billion in. crease in defense funds, mosl of lt to mass-produce a "for midable deterrent force" ot Polaris submarines in tha next four years. Declaring that "the sooner they are on station, the safer we will be," Kennedy called for assembly-line construc tion of the Polaris subs until they reach a one-a-month pro duction rate by June 1963. Miitile Increases He proposed increases in all missile programs which, would arm the nation with more than 1,300 combat-ready ballistic missiles by 1965. The big Polaris build-up was set forth In a revised de fense budget in which Ken nedy proposed actual spend ing of $43.8 billion during fiscal 1962. The administra tion said this was a net in crease of $650 million over the spending figure proposed by former President Dwight Eisenhower for the year starting July 1. The Eisen hower spending figure was $42.9 billion, but Kennedy's message said this did not in clude ' "underestimates" of some $235 million, including $48 million in fire damage to the carrier Constellation. Funds for Future Kennedy's budget called on Congress to vote nearly $43.8 billion in "new obligationai authority" for fiscal 1962- funds that would be voted in the next fiscal year but ba spent in future years. This compared to the $41.8 pro posed by Elsenhower thus accounting for the proposed $2 billion boost In hew defense funds sought by Kennedy. Kennedy said his defensa program would make tha United States so. strong that It it received a surprise nuclear attack it could retaliate "with devastating power." More. War Equipment . But at the same time he pro posed more equipment, rang ing from planes to rifles and bullets, for conventional- and limited wars. - He asked for only, very little extra man power, however. He said ' the strength and deployment of our forces in combination of those of our allies should be sufficiently powerful and mobile to pre vent the steady erosion of the Free World through lim ited wars; and it is this rola that should constitute the pri mary mission of our oversea forces." (Continued on Page i) Bill Would Alter Primary Election Salem - IUPD - The Housa Elections committee Monday agreed to draw up a bill for movement of the Oregon pri mary election from May to September. House Speaker Robert Dun can of Medford said moving the primary to September, only two months before tha November general election, would shorten political cam paigns. Duncan proposed the Ore gon primary be held the third Tuesday In September. He said the longer cam paign subjects the public to a "continuous bombardment of propaganda from all sides for the better part of a year." Critical of Man at UO more to hurt the cranberry Industry" In Oregon than any other person in the nation. Flemming was criticized by cranberry growers for a "scare" two Thanksgivings ago when his department an nounced that cranberry-eating rats had contracted cancer. Not Being Critical Pearson said he was not being critical of Flemming but questioned whether tha board had to go out ot tha state to find a new university president. Pearson made the sama statement about the new su perintendent of schools in. Portland, also out ot state. Sweetland said in both in stances, the boards Involved should be left to their own decisions and the. Senate "tend to our bushiest hera."