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Newspaper Page TextCommunists Attention Focusing on Germany It's a Girl! Daughter Born To Duncans in V Salem Hospital Salem - (UPD - Mrs. Mari- Jane Duncan, wife of House Speaker Robert B. Duncan, gave birth today in Salem General hospital to a nine pound seven-ounce girl, their sixth child. They now have three girls and three boys. The baby was born at 1:54 a.m. Mrs. Duncan, 40, was in labor for 18 hours and the Medford Democrat remained by her side most of the time. Rusk Encouraged By Developments In Laos Crisis Washington (UPD Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned here from key allied confer ences on Laos today with a declaration he was "much en couraged" by recent develop ments in the crisis. But Rusk stressed anew that the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization allies would take "appropriate ac tion" if peaceful negotiation with the Communists fails. Unofficial Cease Fire Rusk, returning from the SEATO meeting in Bangkok, also indicated the United States might accept an unof ficial cease fire in Laos rather than a formal pledge from the Kremlin. "What is important," Rusk said, "is the cessation. of hos tilities.. If the fighting is stopped and it is clear the fighting has stopped, an op portunity would be afforded for negotiations and discus sions." t , . Rusk landed front a, trip to the Bangkok meeting and a talk en route home with India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi. Confers With Kennedy The secretary said he would confer immediately by tele phone with President - Ken nedy who is in Palm. Beach, Fla. , Rusk called . the SEATO meetings "highly productive.'' He said the SEATO powers would not allow South Viet Nam to fall to the Commu nists. Answering questions, Rusk said "optimism is not quite the word" for prospects of ne gotiating a Laos solution with Russia. He said such negotiations Would probably be a "step by step process." Good Friday Service Slated in Ashland Ashland - A community Good Friday service will be held at Ashland Junior High school at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The combined choirs cf eight Ashland churches wili sing two anthems under the direction of Dr. Herbert Ce cil of the Southern Oregon college music department. Dr. P. Malcolm HammonV of the First Methodist church will give the sermon, "On Los ing Life." The program is sponsored by the Ashland Ministerial association, and will be held in the school auditorium WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throiuh Sat urday, Low tonight 37. High Saturday 65-fift. Temp. Illchrst Yesterday 70 Lowest this Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 8:36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 3:55 a.m. Moonrlse tnday 6:1 R p.m. Full Moon tonight .. 9:18 p.m. PROMINKNT STAR Aldebaran. in the west 1:50 p.m. VISini.K PLANETS M.irs. high above Aldebaran. Venus, sets 7:4 p.m. Jupiter, rises 3:34 a.m. Saturn, near Jupiter. Another Tenant Sought for Tongue Point Astoria - fUPB - Local off i cials hoped today that another tenant could be found for the Tongue Point Reserve Fleet base, ordered shut down by the Defense Department. The deactivation order, which specified the base be de activated during fiscal year 1962. came as no startling surprise here. Fair Indication Steady reductions over sev eral years had given the com munity fair indication that the reserve fleet was bound to go soon. During the past year local officials and civic lead ers intensified efforts to have the site converted to more permanent use. The birth was normal. Mother and child were reported doing well. The speaker's first reaction was: "She may be ugly, but not to me." First for State The event was a first for the Duncans and for the state. It was their first child born in Salem, and believed the first time that a presiding officer has become a father during a legislative session. Thursday was also the first time in two years that Dun can has missed gaveling the House to order. He deferred the ritual by taking his wife to the hospital and remaining with her. She was admitted at 7:15 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Duncan has served as one of her husband's two sec retaries. ( Duncan, 40-year-old attor ney, said the reddish-haired daughter will probably be named Janet Ellen. The hospital announced re cently that delivery of baby No. 25,000 was due and would be "on the house," all ex penses paid. The Duncans had kidded about having the lucky baby, and they weren't far off. Their baby was No. 24,997. The 25,000th baby, also a girl, was born less than two hours later to Mrs. Albert C. Gal lucci of Salem. Speaker Apologises Duncan this morning apolo gized for gaveling the House to order five minutes late. "As you know," he announced, "my wife had a giant baby girl last night." He said his wife's only com ment was that she was ready now to support any minimum hour bills ... "18 hours of labor in one day is loo much for anyone." As for just missing the hos pital's 25,000th baby, the Med ford Democrat added: "I know nowThow Mr. Nixon felt and I'm just about to demand a recount." Although his wife has de livered safely, Duncan is still concerned because he has a prize mare ready to foal, and she is overdue by two weeks. "I'll have to go through all this again," he said. Would Have Compromised The other Duncan children are Nancy Jane, 16; Angus, 14; David Bruce, 9; Jamie, 8, and Laurie Ann, 6. If the baby had been a boy, the speaker favored the name "Duncan Mack Duncan" but said he and his wife probably would have compromised on Andrew. A Democratic colleague had suggested "John Fitzgerald Duncan." Mayor John Snider of Med ford telephoned Duncan Wed nesday and said he is insisting that all future Duncan chil dren be born in Medford. Enrollment Reaches 1,107 at College Ashland - Spring term en rollment at Southern Oregon college yesterday reached 1, 107 students, college officials said today. The total was 7.5 per cent more than the 1,030 enrolled after four days in the spring term last year. Of the total this year, 645 are men and 462 are women. Registration .continues through' April 8, and college officials-, anticipate that en rollment will exceed the pre vious all-time high of 1,116 students registered in the spring term last year. BILL APPROVED Salem -flM- The Senate Committee on State and Fed eral Affairs Friday voted out "do pass" the bill intended to prevent Gov. Mark Hatfield from moving state welfare headquarters from Portland to Salem. The vote was 4-3. Rep. Waller Norblad (H-i Ore.) said Thursday efforts to find another use would be pressed. He quoted the De- fensc Department as saying Tongue Point has been "below potential" for several years i and that the Navy had sought j without success to find an alternative naval use for the! base.. Announcement Premature Norblad said he considered' the announcement premature until all possible avenues for, finding an alternative use have been explored. j Gov. Mark Hatfield said hei was "terribly disappointed."! He said the Defense Depart ment should "be forced'' by I Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages t-s. . v Kin ' ORIGINAL OUTDOOR SERVICES This is a view of Mt.- Rubidoux at Riverside, Calif., scene of original outdoor Easter sunrise services. Barren rocks and terrain leading World Pilgrims Trekih Footsteps Of Jesus Christ ' Jerusalem, Jordan - IUPI) -Pilgrims from around the world walked today in the footsteps of Jesus Christ along, the. "Way of Sorrow" through this ancient Holy City to Cal vary where He died on the cross nearly 20 centuries ago. Christians paused to pray at the stations of the cross on the dusty Via Dolorosa mark ing the significant events dur ing Christ's crucifix-burdened journey to His death. There also were church services to commemorate this most solemn day in Christen dom. Focal point for the re ligious rites was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, mark ing the site of Christ's tomb. Hours Prayers The Good Friday services included hours of prayers and meditation by churchmen and pilcrims. Church bells were silenced Thursday and the church will remain in mourning until the joyful ceremonies on Easter Sunday commemorating the Resurrection. Msgr. Alberto Gori, Roman Catholic patriarch, officiated at the Holy Thursday ceremo nies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The observances began at dawn with a Pontifi cal High Mass before the tomb of Christ. Medford Man Meted Brush Cutting Term Ashland - Darrel Menzies Brereton, 21, of 161 Ross lane, Medford, entered a plea of guilty to charges of petty theft In Ashland municipal court this morning. Brereton was accused of taking produce from an Ash land grocery store March 27. He was ordered to cut brush for the city for five hours April 1. An additional 10 hours of brush cutting must be completed by April 15. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $25 fine. Congress to use facilities it already has before any money is granted for new ones. At present 241 civilians arc employed at the base. There are 470 military personnel and about 90 mothballcd ships. Dates to 1900 . Peak postwar years at the base were October, 1953, when there were 554 civilians employed, and January, 1955, with 1.407 military personnel. A naval board in 1900 first officially recognized need for a Navy facility at the mouth of the Columbia river. But it wasn't until after the first World War that the Idea got further recognition. It w a recotjunended then that the MEDFORD, OREGON, 8USVWW. "i,-"" ACT. J .wlSte! urn 26 Medford Seniors Receive Academic Honors for Year Names of 26 Medford High school seniors comprising the 1961 academic honors list were announced this morning by Principal Lester Harris. The honors list, extending recognition to a group larger than the traditional valedic torian and salutatorian, was inaugurated here last year. The plan has been largely adopted throughout the state and nation. Seniors selected this year Some Improvement Noted in Storage Some Improvement in March's accumulative water storage was noted by Medford Irrigation district officials to day. However, the overall active water storage is still behind last year - 888 acre feet. Fish lake storage to date is 4,073 acre feet and Four Mile stor age is 4,087 acre feel. Recent surveys of the snow courses show Fish lake aver age measurements were 25.3 feet deep and 37 per cent water content; Rye Springs, 22 inches with 35 per cent water content; and Four Mile 58.8 inches with 40 per cent water content. "Snow accumulation at this point is almost identical to snow accumulation last year," an irrigation district official said. Senate Resolution Just a Little Late Salem ffii Apparently working under the belter-lale-than-never theory, the Senate Friday passed a resolution urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty with Canada for interna tional cooperation in de velopment of the Upper Co lumbia River Basin. The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty two weeks ago. base be tor submarines, de stroyers and aviation. Astoria and Clatsop county bought the 371 acres and in 1921 presented the site to the Navv Coneress had allocated $250,000 to begin development In March of 1920. Dedicated In 1939 Formal dedication was Aug. 31, 1939 - the same day Ger many marched into Poland. By the time of Pearl Harbor it was an operating Navy air slntlon. It cared for crews of 50 escort carriers built near Portland and outfitted at As toria port docks, as well as crews of attack transports and cao ships. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1961 to the cross suggest Gethsemane, Biblical location of Christ's passion before his crucifixion. - (UPITelephotu) are Frank B a 1 c h, Nancy Brown, Margaret Childers, Karen Christensen, Stanley Dowson, Julie Faught, Caro lyn Finch, James Frake, Mary Kay Harris, Roger Harris, Linda Hess, Nancy Hinman, Donna Hussong Ralph Lob- dell, Fred Lorish, Rosalila Patch, Dale Peterson, Michael Phillips, Robert Quinney, Richaid Ragsdale, Marilyn Shepherd, Martha Simpson, Judy Sims, DeAnne Taylor, Susan Thompson, and Jack Winchester. The academic honors list consists of about 5 per cent of the graduating class each year, based scholastically upon seven semesters of high school work. This year, the group exceeds the 5 per cent minimum since several stu dents finished the, seven se mesters with identical grade point averages. According to Harris, the new system operates to en courage "good" students to select courses they really want and need, rather than to avoid certain challenging advanced subjects for fear that they might be eliminated from contending for the two top spots - valedictorian and salutatorian. Class rank is still to be determined at the end of the senior year for use in schol arship applications and to meet college entrance re quirements, school officials added. With the inauguration of the academic honors list last year, some 22 seniors were included in the group. Pictures of the 26 seniors this year have been put on display in the trophy case near the high school auditori um, Harris noted. Restrooms Being Installed at Lake Restrooms ' arc being In stalled at Emigrant lake near the launching ramp, and will be ready this week end, ac cording to City-County Parks and Recreation Director Rob ert L. Haworth. Haworlh said water-skiers now have more than 600 sur face acres of water to use at Emigrant, and many of them have been taking advantage of it this week. The water is about 10 feet deep. The restrooms will be four single temporary units, he said. Although the county court , and recreation commission have been developing Eml , grant recreation area, the bu i rcau of reclamation has not given the county court a let I tcr of transmittal turning ov er the expanded lake to the 1 county, Haworth said, 56th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 8 Budgets for Two . Departments Get Tentative Vote The Jackson county budget committee yesterday, tenta- tively approved a $95,896.63 over-all budget for the. juve nile home and department and $5,500 for the county home rule study committee. The budget committee will go back over the budgets later and may trim them further. On Monday the committee will start review of the as sessor's budget. The Juvenile department and home budget Is in two parts: the Juvenile depart ment, circuit court division, $44,928, and the Juvenile de tention home, maintenance and operation, $23,174. The juvenile department budget has been cut tenta tively to $44,928 from the re quested $50,968.63, and the detention home budget was. reduced from the requested $23,845 to $23,174. The budget totals repre sent a $,781 increase over the current year's total of $42,147 for the juvenile de partment, and $1,180 increase over the current year's lotal of $21,994 for the juvenile detention home budget. New Budgot Department Counly Judge Earl Miller said the committee has set up a new department in the budget under miscellaneous general counly fund. All office equipment, fur niture and supply allocations requested wili go under this category. Since this represents "a considerable amount," bids will be called on the purchases, Miller explained. Such Items In the Juvenile department and home budget were placed in this category. The $5,500 total for the home rule study committee tentative budget includes $1,500 for services of the bu reau of municipal research in drafting a home rule charier proposal, $2,000 for legal counsel, stenographic cover age of public meetings and publication and mailing of minutes plus miscellaneous expense; and $2,000 for print ing of preliminary drafts of the charter. WEATHER FORECAST Portland - (UPD - The weath er man today said there was a possibility of showers In northwest Oregon for Easter Sunday but that most of the rest of the state should have fairly dry, though partly cloudy skies. TRAIN ON FIRE La Spezia, Italy -JUPD- Five persons were killed and 25 others hospitalized when the Turin-Rome Express caught fire in tunnel here Thurs day nhjht. Group Decides Not To Control Salem - (UPD - The House Committee on State and Fed eral Affairs got into a dispute today over what to do about the Board of Control and de cided not to disturb it. The committee called for HB1261, one of the governor's government r e o r ganization bills, to be rewritten so that the three-man board would still have jurisdiction over five state mental institutions. Gov. Mark Hatfield had pro posed that the institutions go under a new mental health division. Other bills would put other board functions un der other new departments and the effect would be aboli tion of the board. The board is made up of the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. Sec retary of Stale Howell Ap pling Jr. and Treasurer How ard C. Bclton oppose the plan. Rep. Richard Eymann (D- Mohawk) opposed tampering with the bill. Rep. Ed Whelan (D-Port- land) said, "We might as well table the bill, there's nothing left In it." Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose- burg) said the Institutions had better remain under the board or else the bill might not pass. Eymann said he will try to have the bill reconsidered in committee Monday, restoring the governor's original recom mendation. The Institutions in question in this particular bill are the slate hospital and Fairview home in Salem; Eastern Ore gon Slate hospital at Pendle ton; Dammasch hospital near Wilsonville; and the Mid-Columbia home at The Dalles. The committee agreed that the Important feature is cre ation of the mental health di vision. The committee almost re vived the bill to regulate trad ing stamps. It voted 5-3 to take the bill off the table but six votes aro needed. Rep. George Van Hoomissen ID- Portland) was absent. Wednesday the committee tabled the bill 5-4. Rep. C. R. Hoyt (R-Corval lis) asked for reconsideration today and offeied amendments which he said would mean a "very minimum in regulation and really be protection for the housewife, the merchant and reliable stamp compa nies." . His ; amendments would Musa Protests Being Misquoted Salem - (UPD - Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) protest ed Friday that he was mis quoted as saying that Wheeler county residents are ready to have their county abolished because they don't have enough population to warrant county status. He read a telegram to the Senate from W. H. Steiwer Jr. of Fossil, former Senate president, saying Wheeler county residents want no such thing. Sen. Boyd Overhulsc, chair man of the Senate Elections Committee, read a similar tel gram. Musa said he had mentioned to the committee Thursday that there had been some talk of this In Wheeler county but that wns some time ago. Musa said it was "most unfortunate" that this comment was mis construed. Caroline Kennedy Kidnap Plot Told Palm Beach, Fla.-(UPD-Fcd- eral, slate and local police late today were searching In this area for four Cubans, be lieved to be agents of the Castro government, for ques tioning in connection with a reported plot to kidnap Caro line Kennedy, 3, daughter of the President and his wife. Reports reached federal au thorities about a week ago that four Cuban men, alleged ly slipping in and out of south Florida on intelligence mis sions for the Castro regime, had discussed with a Florida based associate a possible plan for kidnaping Caroline or bringing harm to the en tire Kennedy family. There was no suggestion in the early reports that the kid nnp plot was directed by any responsible official of the Castro government. 145 SAID KILLED Moscow -dPU- A sea of mud and water unleashed when a faulty retaining wall crunv bled March 13 cascaded into a suburb of Kiev and killed 145 penons and Injured 143 others, an official Ukrainian Investigating commission re ported today. Disturb Board have taken out the provision for abolishment of the stamp company exclusive franchise system. This was the biggest objection from stamp compa nies, who complained the bill was intended to destroy trad ing stamps. Those who favored recon sideration were Reps. Mont gomery, Kelsay, Howe, Ey mann and Dcllenback. Voting no were Chairman Norman Howard and Reps. Layman and Whelan. Tornadoes Cut Destructive Path Across Georgia By United Press International Tornadoes cut destructive swaths across Georgia today and floodwaters made almost 5,000 persons homeless at em battled Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A 10 to 14 Inch snowfall played havoc with communi cations and travel in the Southern Plains. Torrential rains, up to 8 inches in 2Vi hours at Seminary, Miss., washed Dixie from southeast ern Oklahoma to the Georgia coastline. Flood Warning A severe flood warning was hoisted along the Pearl, Leaf and Chickasawhay rivers In southern Mississippi, areas hard hit In the big February floods. A tornado killed one per son and injured 15 others at Unadilla, Ga., 40 miles south of Mason. Three homes were demolished, all communica tions lines were downed and there was extensive property damage. More than 1,200 families fled their homes to higher ground before the raging Cedar rivet at Cedar Rapids. The river rose to 19.34 feet at 8:30 a.m today and officials said it was near ils crest.""" $70 Million Damage Observers feared the river would hold its crest for 10 to 12 hours and accentuate the manpower shortage. The Ce dar already had wreaked an estimated $70 million damage upstream in the Waterloo, Iowa, area. Gulf rains, part of a wide spread shower pattern from the southern Great Plains to the South Atlantic stales, dumped an Inch of water at numerous points In Alabama and Mississippi Thursday night. Hail three-quarters of an inch Ihlck pelted Shreveport, La., and high winds tore down utility poles at Opolou sas, La. 1 Dr. Roberts Seeks School Board Post Central Point - Dr. Alvln Roberts, Central Point physi cian, has accepted the nomina tion for election as a school board member In district 6. Dr. and Mrs. Roberts, who live on Taylor rd., Central Point, have three children en rolled in district 6. He is seeking election for a five-year term, and will op pose Charles Gholardl, who filed for election previously. Board chairman W. H. (Bill) Askwith earlier announced he would not seek reelection. Deadline for filing for elec tion to the board is today. The election will be held May 1. "We'll Discuss Another Can of Gas After the Next Lap" Military Power Strengthened To Counteract West Lightly Worded Communique Noted Moscow - (UPD - Europe' Communist leaders focused their attention today on Ger many as the next world trou- blespot and warned they were strengthening the military power of the eight-nation War saw Treaty alliance to meet Western preparedness. But a communique issued early today at the end of a two-day Communist summit conference was so moderately worded that Western diplo mats believed the Communists were not planning to step up the cold war and would pur sue a policy of negotiation. , Moderate Document Observers said it was the most moderate document of its kind since the Warsaw P?ct was formed in 1955 as an Eastern antidote to the North, Atlantic Treaty Organization, They said the document was relatively conciliatory and left the way open for a furthef easing of East-West tensions. The communique skipped lightly over such issues as dis armament, Laos, the Conro, Cuba and other world trouble spots with a one-parauranh summation accusing the West of continuing to foster, colon ialism and trying to suppress nationalist liberation move ments. Emphasis on Berlin The emphasis was almost entirely on Germany and Ber lin. It repeated its charges tha West was rearming West Ger many and called for a separ ate peace treaty with the two Germanies which would maka permanent East German con trol of the lifelines to West Berlin. The document, Western ob servers said, is relatively conciliatory and leaves tha door . open for East-West negotiations and a further easing . ' of ' world tensions; The communique was pub lished Thursday night. . ' . Diplomats noted its brevity, the . conspicuous absence "of threats against the West and the paucity of rocket rattling.' Bank Debits Show Decline in Area . Eugene-Bank debits for the southwestern Oregon area. In cluding Curry, Jackson and Josephine counties, decreased 7.9 per cent in February com pared 'to January, according; to the bureau of business re search at the University of Oregon. ' :'" Debits were down 3.1 per cent: from February of last year, the bureau noted. Debits for last month to taled $77,640,626; in January, the total was $84,298,841; and in February, 1960, debits to taled $80,150,450. Bank debits represent tha dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individuals and firms; tha bureau noted. They are con- , sidered good Indicators of cur rent business activity. Statewide, with 227 banks reporting, bank debits in Feb ruary decreased 8.2 per cent from January, and were down. 3.2 per cent from a year ago. HOUSE TORN DOWN Portland -(UPD- The stately home of the late Mrs. C. S. Jackson, whose husand founded the Oregon Journal, is being torn down to maka way for a seven-story apart ment building. 'fj''' !-' -'(. . Hp? r V ; I'