Communists
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
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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.
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