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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.) , ; .-...