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Newspaper Page TextJ K Regional Edition 20 Pages Oregon nafe Approval; Sent To Boivin Carries Measure To Bare Vole Majority Sweetland, Straub Voice Opposition Salem - (UPD - A Senate coalition of conservative Dem ocrats and Republiaans joined today to win approval oi SB206, the "Little Landrum Griffin" labor act opposed by the AFL-CIO. The vote was 16-14, a bare majority. The bill went to the House. Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D M i 1 w a u k i e) , called it a "scheme, pig in a poke," and said it is unwarranted and "disturbing" legislation. , . Sen. Robert Straub (D-Eu-gene)i opposed it on grounds that Oregon already enjoys a good labor-management rela tions. The bill extends the federal labor law to small employers and employees in Oregon, fill ing a "no man's land." It al lows disputes to go to the National Labor Relations Board. -. Boivin Carries Bill ivL"'' i Senate President Harry Boivin, turning the gavel over to Sen, Boyd-jQverhulser. car ried the bill on the floor. He said the bill, among other things, prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for union activities and allows employees to or ganize. The key, he said, is that it sets up "ground rules" for about 30,000 small employers and their employees excluded by the federal act. Boivin Disagrees i ' It would cover businesses doing $500,000 business a year or less. 1 Boivin said the only objec tion he has heard is that it is "not needed," and he dis agrees. ' ! The Senate made as a spec ial order of business a motion by Sen. Al Flegel to have his bill on raising teacher salary minimums taken from the Committee on State and Fed eral Affairs. The bill was re ferred there Feb. 13 and the Roseburg Democrat complain ed it has "remained embalm ed" in the committee ever since. SB60 was defeated on the floor but revived and sent to committee for amending. : Tribute Paid Sen. Alfred Corbelt (D-Port-land) led a tribute to Sen. Jean Lewis. This was her last day in the chamber. She will be sworn in the first of the week as a Multnomah County Circuit Judge. The House passed budgets for Dammasch Slate hospital, MacLaren School for Boys and the State Correctional In stitution and approved a bill to transfer forest products re search to a laboratory at Ore gon Stale College. Research Antenna Is Erected at SOC Camous Ashland An antenna de signed for research into elec trical and meteorological phe nomena of the earth's upper atmosphere has ben erected near the science hall on the Southern Oregon college cam pus. The work Is being done co operatively by the college, the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories of Seattle. Wash., and the U. S. Navy. Patrick McCabe. an SOC student from Rogue River, will operate the equipment, which was in stalled recently under Ihe su pervision of Robert Willard of the Boeing laboratories. The antenna is one of three probing the earth's atmos phere to study Ion concentra tions. The other two are lo cated at Seattle and Palo Alto, Calif., and are operated by Stanford University. The proj ects are separate, but cooperative Presents MEDF0RDI Labor Act Test Committee Tables Trading Stamp Bill Salem - (UPD - The" House State and Federal Affairs committee today tabled the bill to regulate trading stamps in Oregon. The vote was 5-4. Easter Egg Hunts Planned Saturday Saturday is April Fools' day, but members of Medford Kiwanis club won t be-fooling. Their traditional Easter egg hunt for youngsters of the community will be held that day, and it wil be 'for real." The candy eggs, 11,000 of them, which Kiwanians order ed for the event, have arrived. The eggs, in individual cel lophane sacks, will be scatter er over three areas of Haw thorne park. Children will hunt in 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9 years of age groups with starting time at. 9 a.m. Kiwanians an ticipate a turnout of some 2,000 youngsters. There will be four eggs in each area marked for prizes, including one grand prize for each age group. Kiwanians and their wives will sack the eggs Friday evening at Rogue Valley Country club. Larry Horton and the Rev. Harvey Coovert are co-chairmen for the event. Crater Lake aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold its annual Easter egg hunt Saturday at 2 p.m. in the city park. Marvin. Ricke, chairman, announced the special areas will be designated for chil dren up to the age of 3, 4-7, and 8-10. ' Receiving equipment will be installed soon, and the an tenna put into operation, mon itoring echoes from radio fre quency energy of about 18.6 kilocycles, bounced off the ion concentrations a few earth radii away. The data will be recorded on tape, and sent to Seattle for inlerorctation. Dr. Elliott B. MacCracken. chairman of the SOC science mathematics division, said that natural energy of this type, produced by electrical storms, has been recognized for several decades, and Is gen erally referred to as "whis tlers." Successful monitoring in Se attle and Palo Alio indicated a need for a third location, leading to arrangements for the SOC equipment being made through the state system of higher education. ivyrA t t MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1961 Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose-burg) protested that there was "some need demonstrated" for the bill at last week's public hearing. The bill was sponsored by the Oregon Business Council. Oregon's biggest stamp com pany, Sperry & Hutchinson which markets S&H green stamps - vigorously opposed the measure. The bill would have re quired stamp companies to abolish their exclusive fran chise system, be licensed and bonded by the state and to furnish financial reports. Stamps would have had to be redeemable in either cash or merchandise and show their cash value on the face. Voting to kill the bill were Reps. Layman, Howe, Mont gomery, Whelan and Howard, the chairman. Voting against the motion were Reps. Dellen back, Kelsay, Van Hoomissen and Eymann. S&H had complained the bill would have put it out of business in Oregon. Two Burglaries Reported in CP Central Point Central Point police are Investigating two burglaries which occurred early this morning. Thieves entered the Cros kell hardware store and took about $1,000 in cash and checks from a safe. The burg lary was discovered by John Croskell, store owner, when he opened the store this morn ing. Police Chief Wally Bowen said the burglars knocked a hole In the roof of the build ing and climbed down a shelf to the floor. They used store tools in opening the safe. Cash totaled belwen $400 and S500, Bowen said. About $600 in checks was Included. The Corner club on Pine st. was ransacked by apparently the same burglars. Bowen said. Entry was gained by knocking a hole In the roof. An undetermined amount of change was taken from a cash register, pinball machines, a juke box and cigarette ma chine. Bowen said the burglars consumed seven bottles of beer before leaving. Klamath Falls Man' Arraigned for Murder Klamath Falls - (UPD - Ar thur A. Phelps, 43, was ar raigned in District Court to day on a first degree murder charge in connection with the strangulation death of his wife, Morene Ruth, 40, who was found dead at her home Tuesday mornlnj. V. ' Wins Harrow 4 Scholarships Awarded by Elk Lumber Firm Three high school seniors from southwestern Oregon, and one who plans to move to Medford soon, have, been awarded freshman scholar ships to Willamette university in Salem and Lewis and Clark college, Portland, by Elk Lumber company of Medford. They are David L. Foote, route 1, box 557, Central Point; Miss Sandra Comstock, 4344 Sclma ave., Klamath Falls; Miss Christy Elizabeth Allingham, box 66, Prospect; and Miss Susan Dill, 1620 South Maple st., Albany, Ore. Elk Lumber company schol arships to Lewis and Clark and Williamette are awarded on the basis of scholarship and of Christian faith and service, equal weight being given scholastic and religious qualifications. Active in Youth Group Foote, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burton Foote, received a scholarship to Willamette university. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church, Central Point, and an active member of its . youth group. He was moderator in 1959-60 of the youth group, and has served as a member of the nominating committee of the group. Foote has been a speaker on Youth Sunday in his own and other churches. He participated in basket ball, football and track and was in the Band at uraier High school, Central Point. He also participated in Boys' State and Boys Nation- in 1960, serving as a senator from Oregon in the latter. An active member of both 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, he has won sev eral awards in each. He rec ently won the Elk Leadership contest. To Lewis and Clark Miss Comstock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grant Comstock, was awarded a scholarship to Lewis and Clark college. She is a member of the First Presby terian church. Grants Pass, where she has served as a group chairman In the West minster Fellowship for two years. She was a member of the choir, a junior high school camp counselor and has as sisted in the Bible school for five years. Her school activities Include membership In the Future Teachers association, Academ icians, and the French Horn Quarter. She has participated in the March of Dimes drive in Grants Pass, and is a sen ior scout. Miss Allingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Power, Prospect, received a scholarship to Lewis and Clark college. She is a mem ber of St. Mark's Episcopal church, where she has served as secretary and treasurer of the Young People's Fellow ship. She has been a member of the choir for Ihreo years. School activities include mem bership in the Future Nurses of America, the Pep club and the French club. Miss Dill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Dill, re ceived a scholarship to Lewis and Clark college. The family plans to move to Medford up on her graduation from high school. She Is a member of the Westminster Uniled Presby terian church in Albany and is active In church and church youth groups. Miss Dill has been vice moderator of the Westminster Fellowship for two years, and has served as witness commission chairman. Miss Dill has been youth budge! committee chairman, pianist al church school, and an assistant In the vacation church school. She has also been chairman of the Faith Commission of Ihe Willamette Pxerfl''-!ry, i ion 56th Tribune House School activities include membership in the Booster club, National Honor Society, Girls Recreation association, Future Business Leaders of America and National Thes pian Society. She has appear ed in the junior class play and Thespian play. . Members of the scholarship committee include Rily Cook, chairman; Dr. D. Kirkland West, the Rev. George R. V. Belsler, Frank Van Dyke, the Rev. George Roseberry, and Mrs. George C. Flanagan, sec retary. Applications for schol arships may be made to any member of the comimttee. School District Budget Group Discusses Salaries The Medford school district budget committee last night continued its" discussion of salary schedule for certificat ed personnel, but took no ac tion pending consideration of the preliminary budget. The committee is, expected to start detailed consideration of the preliminary budget next week. The committee reviewed the present salary schedule for certificated personnel, and dis cussed possible revision. The discussion centered chiefly of raises above the annual incre ment under the present sched ule. Passes Resolution A resolution was passed ask ing the Jackson county court to consider allocating O and C funds to capital outlay for school districts, rather than to general fund purposes. Cap ital outlay would include con struction of new buildings or redemption of bonds and In terest. The committee action result ed from a discussion on possi ble solutions of obtaining state equalization funds, which have been reduced here con siderably since Oand C funds have been allocated by the county to offset local property taxes. Committee members fell that If O and C funds could be used for capital outlays, it would still serve as a prop erty lax offset and school dis tricts would still receive their share of state equalization funds. Representatives of the budg et committee plan to discuss the problem- with the county court. John Birch Society Subject of Articles Methods of ihe John Birch . Society In fighting Communism have stirred controversy in many sec tions of the Uniled States. Uniled Press International asiigned a special reporting team to investigate the or ganization its purpoiei, op eralloni and opposition across the nation. The first in a series of three articles, by UPI Correspondent Bar bara Bundschu, appears on page 8A of today's Mail Tribune, WEATHER FOHKtAST: Vnrlahlf rlniiiU nrs ton! ,ht iif) ThiiMflav. Tow toniuhl 35. High Thursday 'f (Dip. HichMl Yesterday . m Lowrit thli Morning . 32 Our Skies Tonight RuniH today :H p.m. Kunrltr tomorrow ., 5:5. a.m. Moornt tomorrow .... 5:24 a.m. Full Moon Marrti 31 The planet, Ve tva, apt (1:01 p.m. and will noon rtUnpvtnr In the rav of the nettlnx sun. The hunt from Venut now reirhen the Earth In leu than 3 tnlmitea. Year Price 10 Cents No. 6 Congo Threatens To Ask Financial Help 'Elsewhere' Thousands Said To Be Starving United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD- The Congo told the UniteS Nations today that if the world organization . cannot help it financially, the coun try must "knock at other doors." Congolese delegate Jean N'Sele told the General As sembly's budgetary committee hundreds of thousands of his countrymen are starving and UN funds are necessary im mediately. 1961 Budget Debated The 99-nation committee is debating the 1961 budget for the UN Congo operation. Sec retary General Dag Hammar skjold requested $135 million for the year but his 18-nation advisory committee recom mended $120 million. Costs for the first six months of the operation, last year, were $48.5 million. 'It is not my intention to accuse the United Nations of being the cause of our troub les, even though some mem ber slates have tried to con fuse the situation," N'Sele said. "My delegation under stands well the concern of members of good will to pro duce contributions commen surate with their means ... "For eight months, hun dreds of thousands of Con golese have been starving, with no bread and no work. This situation is extremely acute at present . . ." No Soviet Contribution The budgetary committee adjourned until Thursday morning, i " Soviet Russia and lis allies have refused to contribute any funds toward the UN Congo operations. The major burden thus far has been borne by the United States, which has contributed nearly $16 million as Its full assessment for 1960. Another $1 million has come from Ireland, The Nether lands and Australia, leaving the budget for 1960 about $32 million in the red. Child Born in Siskiyou Blizzard Yreka, Callf.-IUPD-Born In blizzard at Bellyache Gulch? A likely story, Patrick Kevin Devlin. But doctors at Siskiyou County Hospital today con firmed that U.S. Forest Rang er Robert Devlin helped his wife deliver a son during a blizzard on the Salmon Moun tain road. Mr. and Mrs. Devlin and their 16-months-old son start ed over the Salmon Moun tains Saturday night in a blinding storm. They made it past such his toric spots as Jumpoff Joe and Jolty Joe, but when they got to Bellyache Gulach, they were unexpetedly joined by Patrick Kevin, 8. pounds, 14 ounces, and doing fine, thanks. MAN FOUND SAFE Portland -IUPII- Tony Eaton, 80, missing on Larch Moun tain east of here since Monday evening, was found safe today. YOU TOO, AUDREY M-T Scribe (Editor's notei Yesterday afternoon. Mail Tribune Re porter R. Greg Noket spent a hall-hour staring out the window into the sunshine, his hands quivering slightly and his nostrils dilated. Then he turned and slapped a piece of paper in his type writer. As he left - today is his day olf, and presumbaly he Is swearing at a small white ball somewhere near Ashland - he dropped the following dispatch on the editor's desk.) By R. GREG NOKES Mail Tribune Irate Wives Editor Every year about this time a large number of housewives are forced to bid their hus bands good-bye for the dura tion of the spring and sum mer. Children wonder if Ihey will ever see their daddies again. It is one of the tragedies of the American way of life, Ohj the hurbandt will not Mousing Program , , , . . . 1 " s - ;. w a y a fikj V'ill.ll'nillJ f'-ff, , ' ,:, H f. FINAL WORD President Kennedy and Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman pause for a final word at the doorway of the President's office in Washington after Harriman re ported to the Chief Executive this morning on his goodwill tour of eight countries, The envoy told newsmen after the meeting that he found a feeling abroad that there is "new vigor and new leadership in Washington. (UPI Telephoto) Necessary Steps Promised in Laos Bangkok, Thailand - (UfU -The United Slates and lis SEATO Allies today promised to take whatever steps may be necessary to preserve a united, independent and sovereign Laos. They condemned continuing Communist intervention in Laos as a "flagrant disregard" of the 1954 Geneva Treaty. The statements were con tained in a strong, eight-point resolution and a communique published as the foreign min Visit To Alba in European Tour A European tour including a visit to Medford's sister cily, Alba, Italy, during its Fiesta of the Truffle, has been an nounced by the steering com mittee of the Sister City pro gram. The tour will leave Med ford Sept. 30 and return Oct. 19. The committee Is also spon soring a class In conversation al Italian under the auspices of the adult education pro gram at Medford High school. The first class will be held Friday in room 209 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Anthony Desoto, pro fessor of foreign language at Southern Oregon college, will be the Instructor. The price of the tour, which will " Include stops In Rome, Florence, Venice, Alba, Milan, Paris, and London, will be $1,140. It lwll include an Eng lish speaking guide and all entrance fees, transportation, sightseeing trips, transfers of passengers and two pieces of hand-baggage, moderate grade hotels with twl beds and pri vate baths and all meals and hotels while In Alba. Mayor John Snider said that it Is anticipated the meals and accommodations plus enter tainment while In Alba will be furnished by the hosts. Application forms for the tour are available in the may or's office in the city. Any resident of southern Oregon may participate, he said. Reports on American Tragedy be far away, to be sure, but the day that one of these wives is able to catch more than a fleeting glimpse of her hurrying spouse will be a rurc day Indeed. Unless, of course, it rains. These wives make up prob ably one of the most neglect ed and forgotten segments of our society. They arc called golf widows - and the'r num bers are growing dally. If they should ever band together - woe to the pitiful husband. A Presidential can didate who would promise these ladles federal assistance would be a cinch to be elected. The Presidents of recent years, however, have done Ut ile lo help solve this problem. On the contrary - they have relegated their own wives to the golf widow ranks. (One President was even accused by some of abandoning his country in favor of the golf course.) And the trend among the . VST ft?" isters of Ihe anti-Communist alliance ended a three-day meeting - the most critical in SEATO's seven-year histo ry. Delegation members said the resolution was approved unanimously but the key para graph omitted reference to joint military action - mean ing individual members could act even if others did not wish to do so. U. S. Satisfied The United Stales, which had urged a strong stand, and France, which balked at com mitting itself to possible mllii tary intervention in Laos, both appeared satisfied. Secretary of Stale bean Rusk said the meeting had "reaffirmed our unity." He warned that all of Southeast Asia is threatened by Commu nism and said "we shall meet that threat." i French Foreign Minister Maurice Couvo de Murvllle said he was satisfied the reso lution "puts the emphasis . . . on a political settlement. Mili tary Intervention has never settled a political problem." The other nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organ ization are Britain, Australia. New Zealand, Thailand, Pakis tan and the Philippines. Seeks Cease Fire The resolution said SEATO favordd an Independent and sovereign Laos and was pleas ed with present efforts to se cure a cessation of hostilities in the jungle kingdom. But It stressed that SEATO would not shirk its responsibility to proieci mose nations threat ened by Red aggression. : ine resolution did not place deadline for a Soviet re sponse to a U. S.-supported British proposal for a cease fire In Laos to be followed by a political settlement. Brit. ain submitted the proposal In Moscow Thursday. CLOSING DATE SET Salem .- (UPII - The House Committee on Stale and Fed eral Affairs today ordered preparation of a resolution calling for the 1961 legisla ture to adjourn sine die April 22. Sine die is final adjourn ment. That would make it a 104 day session. male gender to take to the wide open spaces - dotted by little holes every 300 yards or so - is Increasing, The men of Medford are In the mainstream of this tide of golfballs which is sweeping the country. Yeste.day - the first really good day Medford has had -saw crowds of enthusiasts at the area's two golf courses, the Rogue Valley Country club and Ihe Oak Knoll golf course in Ashland. Indicative of the trend lo cally is tho current construc tion on another nine holes to the 18 at RVCC and the re cent announce mont that another nine-hole golf course will be built near Medford. But. even as the golf widow cannot understand why her husband likes In knock a silly little white ball around a great big cow pasture, she Is further puzzled by his attitude toward the game. It would iccm that while Congress Hears Plea for Decent Housing for All Funds To Be Spent Over 40-Year Period Washington - (UPD - Presl dent Kennedy sent Congress a $3.2 billion program today aimed at providing "decent housing for all Americans" and removing a "blanket of blight" from the nation's cit ies The President said his meas ure to spruce up older cities and help low Income and el derly families get better qual ity homes should be given early and serious considera tion so it "may soon be put to work for the benefit of all the people." Most Spending by 1970 . The funds would be spent over 40 years but mostly by 1970. They would provide for essential steps which he said the government should take "to enable the housing indus try to return to full produc tion as soon as possible." "They will provide the help necessary to reverse the steady deterioration oi our cities," Kennedy said in a letter sending the bill to the House and Senate. Helps Private Enterprise "And they will make it pos sible for private enterprise to meet the housing needs of mil lions of Americans who today live under conditions this na tion can no longer afford." The bill would add about $300 million to the $728 mil lion in housing outlays budg eted by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the 1962 fiscal year starting next July 1. Forward Movement Kennedy said it would help to "resume with full vigor the forward movement toward a better life for all Ameri cans." . Sen.; John J. Sparkman ID Ala.),, chairman of the Senate housing subcommittee, said ha will -start! hearings on Ken nedy's program April 4 :and hoped for Senate passage by May. I. "I am impressed with the message," Sparkman said. "It not . only does something in the field of housing but also in the field of community de velopment." . , , Mercury I o Uip lo 30 Degrees Tonight ; Temperatures in the val- ley's: " coldest places tonight will be about 30 degrees, and it is not expected that orchard heating will be necessary, ac cording to W. J. Rogers, me teorologist with the fruit frost warning service. A minimum of heating oc curred last night in peach and apricot orchards, most of it , near Medford. County Horti cultural Agent Clifford B. Cordy said today. Assistant County Agent David Passon said low temperature last night was 27 degrees. Since most peach trees are In full bloom now, tempera tures should be held at 27 de- gress, Cordy said. Corvallis Voters Reject Money Measures Corvallis - (UPD - Five city and school district money measures were turned down flatly by the voters here Tues- . day In a record turnout for that type of election. ' A $3 million school budget will be revised and submitted again to the voters but the other measures probably won't be'' revived for some time, officials indicated. her husband plays golf during all his waking moments, he ' really hates every minute of It. He comes home after dusk each day cursing and suffer. . lng from near apoplexy, yet out he goes again the next day. And the llngu these men use. On those rare occasions when a husband comes homo and boasts to his wife: "Dear, I shot a birdie today." Comes ' the puzzled response; "Gee honey, that's nice .. . , what ; species was It?" But then golf Is one of those complicated and technical things that most women just wouldn't understand, and tho husbands have gallantly chosen to bear the burden themselves. ' So women, choke back those tears, put a smile on your ' face, and reassure your hus band that you will, still be living at home when he gets back next foil. (That goes for you too, Audrey.) , ; .-...