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v Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES' i It) EASTER SERVICES Thousands of southern Oregon and northern California residents attended Easter service Sun day, as temperatures in Medford' reached .78 degrees. At 6 a Jn. Sunday, the start of the majority Of the sunrise ervices, the temperature at the Medford airport was 43 degrees. Larger than normal crowds. were reported not only at the sunrise services, but later services held indoors. More than 350 persons attended the sunrise .service on Huener's Butte near Jacksonville sponsored by the Med- House Committee Reverses Earlier Vote on Division of Mental Health . Salem-flJfB-The House Com mittee on State and: Federal Affairs changed its mind to- oay and decided to go along, with Gov. Mark Hatfield's.; recommendation ttoflt Hhe Board of; Controltfaboljsh- . d..-i-v '-:-,iV-V'.r.'-'V'i'l'v V r The committee voted; S-4 to reverse' its -etioi iaat-week-in taking the five state mental institutions out of a bill cre ating .;, a v .division .of .,. mental . riu . , . -, Vlietuui. -.: , i .But as this was done, mem hers expressed fear that op--; position to abolition .of the f three-member . board might ; Negotiations Here For New Contract '' Negotiations are under way ; In Medford today between the v officials of the plumbers and : Steamfltters Union Local 418 and the Plumbers Employers association regarding a new contract, the, Mail Tribune learned this morning. The old . contract expired March , 31'.,,It was reported . that negotiations have been . under way for several weeks, but agreement has not been reached regarding wages.: '. ; Meeting-with the union and employer officials are repre sentatives of the state concili ation board. ; " It was' reported that many plumbers did jiot report for work today or reported that they were 111. ' '.' George Beltz is the business agent for the Plumbers local and E. S.' (Sherb) Bowers is chairman of the Plumbers em ployers association. -'J Peace Corps Forms Now af Post Office A supply of Peace Corps Volunteer questionnaires has been received at the Medford nost office and anyone inter ested in the Peac Corps pro gram may obtain the applica tion form at the finance win dow there, it was announced tndav. -" "L'-'-r '!-' -'V;''-' The completed questlon- : naires and any .Inquiries con cerning them should be ad dressed to Peace Corps, Wash ington 25, D. C. Bonds for Highway 42 Wins Approval in House Salem-fl!PD-A bill to author ize Issuance of $4 million in state bonds for work on High way 42 between Winston and Coquille passed the House to day, 43-15, in spite of charges the legislature was taking over rights that belong to the state highway commission. 1 Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Coquille) said it would allow -Improve ment to "proceed forthwith ; : on the -worst stretch of highway In Oregon. ' - "We have to develop1 our rteries of transportation, and " A TI . MEDFORD, OREGON,. kill the proposed division, alt together. All ;; agreed : that establishment -of i the ,' new mental health division , was paramount. ' .) The vote-; to line ub, witn Hatfield's orginal plan, oddly enough,,' , was Democrats - for and' Republicans against.- All' ioufHepublicanaju.;tl.eom- mittee voted to leave the in situtions : under the jbbard. Flrelnsu ranee Rates Undergo C Ka h g e i tit Portland-flJPD The Oregon Fire Rating Bureau here said Sunday , that continued-, poor loss experience : In some cate-, gories has., forced a general revision in some structures.. . The: bureau said ihat some' structures will , go . down in Opened by Forestry Southwest district .of , the state department of, forestry- opened three guard . stations for the lire season today and added five forest wardens' to its staff. ;';' : ..,..' Wardens going on - duty at the three stations opened were Dave Neville, Prospect; Herb Wright,. Butte Falls, and Bill Cobb, Ashland. ;" : - . Forest wardens -assigned to district headquarters.. were Vohn Steele and Edward Pax- ton...: . - .. . Fire season opened Satur day, - Money Missing From ' v Service Station Safe . !More than $80 In cash was discovered missing this morn ing from a safe at the- E. R. Ross Service ' station, 402 South Central ave according to city police.': - J . . James Colven Elbert, a sta tion attendant, told police he noticed the money was miss ing when he opened the sta tion for business at 7 o'clock this morning. Police are in vestigating. this is an important -one," he said. , ' The bill would unfreeze the S4 million in state bonds that was authorized two years ago but blocked because of a fed eral matching fund .require ment. The measure removes the matching qualification. ' The bill now goes to the Senate. .' ' " " '' Members voting against the bonds for High way. 42 were Reps. Annala, Atlyeh, Bazett, Cannon, Chuinard, D e 1 1 e n back, Gordon, Hanselir Hoyt, Hunt, Layman, McKinnis, Raymond, Stuoz, and Diinna MONDAY, APRIL 3, ,1961. : ford Interdenominational Youth. Council. At 11 a m, ' a ! record crowd attended the fifth annual community service "" held by First Methodist church at the Medford, High school auditorium. Dr. George G. Roseberry, minister! (left) spoke .1 and participating in the service were the-comblned voices 1 of the chancel, youth and altar choirs. Mrs. C. R. Adamson, - chancel choir director,- is shown directing the- 70-voice; i group during the service. .V . --.- ' . i v .....':. . ., ,, - (Knackstedt- photo) They were Reps; F. F;:Mont-gomery- of Eugenef John Del: lenback,';.' Medford; ' G e o r g e Layman, ''Newberg,;, and, Carj rol HoWe;' of '. Klamath, Falls. Montgomery ; e m'p h agized that GOP'je'gtslRtp'rs;, re 'io( Hatfield's ' government., reor ganization plan are- "anxious tof e at- much- of -4t !e-pesH slble pass una session.-. iup he expressed fear that the O rg o h premiums and others will' go up. The. announcement said the change affectsvery, lew city private dwellings. It, was ef fective April 1. : : ; ; , Statewide Increase , I The bureau's ;member and subscriber's insurance compa nies indicated they expect to collect about' $459,000 vmdre per year; This would be: a statewide net increase, to ythe companies oi 2.3 per cem. -i Lester Large, assistant man ager of the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau, said U)e rates were last changed about live years ago.1 He said' they, were subject to periodic review. ...Rates . on i some- properties .were decreased.' They include offices and banks, .hospitals, sprinklered. risks, printing and- allied risks, churches and garages.. f V;! ) Places of Amutamant ' r "'" i ' Rates on buildings and' con tents in other categories 'were increased. They include rural dwellings with little :or nc fire protection, ';botels, the aters and , other places of amusement, grain ' elevators, fruit and vegetable canning, packing Or - quick freezing plants -and some -other food processors.., A :' ." ! -,-,:. it ' 4v't American Xopters Flown Into Laos ?j Br United Press International United States civilian pilots flew five "American-supplied helicopters on their first sup ply runs over "frontline" areas in Laos today while Cummunist-supported .troops continued to advance.. - A Communist Chinese threat of intervention in Laos raised the spectre of a new Korean-type war . unless the major powers can agree diplo matic means to stop It , : The helicopters, part of a group of 16 supplied by the United States to the Royal Laotian government to help ease its supply and communi cations problems, were as sembled by U. S. Marines in neighboring ' Thailand and flown to Laos. EX-CHAIRMAH DIES Corvallis Dm - E. Z. Wil son, 91, former chairman of the Oregon Game commission, dither tobjr. -: 56th Year - Price 1 O Cents Tribune No, IP House might kill ; the bill on the Board -of ' Control issue alone; ,' i ' iii;'; '''rV-: Howe indicated his oppsl- tlon Involved more than ..this. He 'said, he" opposes :turnipg tne, institution "over - to-r an agency not 'yet- created." The committee' ordered the mental -health '"Wlh- reprin'Ud and returned to the , commit tee for further action. , .: '. The ' eommittee ;',vote'd ? o'iit "do '.pass". HStfield's ( .cabinet bill- creating .a ' division' of health, althpugn, ignoring his recommendation , about, .inclu sion of the State Tuberculosis nospitai. .Tne -vote, was unani mous and the bill, will be re printed ana sent to the, floor, i ,T h e committee , -struggled with, a bill to lower the maxi mum :work week' for, firemen irom ;n nours to do. - it finally failed 8-2 but the bill was re tained : for, ; possible - - amend ments.. - i'.in. - ".-..,' 1 . The Senate Elections com mittee,., reviewing , the .House- passed. legislative reapportion ment plan, Jieard general ap proval from, a spokesman . for the League of women' Voters, Likes 'Principle' -I urX:;,' I - , Mrs. . W. , H.j , Cppeland said the League likes. the nrihcinle Of BiviiiK iiiuie, .tiitiuy-popu- lafed counties full representa tion', first', arid .giving' .the larger' counties, "what is left.' -; A bill by the ; Ways and Means , committee.."' to .,' raise judges' :' salaries .vwas , .intro duced in the House.. It would increase circuit . court - Judges from $13,000 .a year to $19,- 000 ' and Supreme , Court jus tices from $16,000 to $22,500. SEES WILL FOR PEACE - Vatican Ctty.HW -; Pope John - XXIII said today the large attendance .of ;. Romans and .pilgrims at , his : Easter speech-was a hopeful sign of the -world s -will for peace. "We Can Use A ;' . : .6 Astoria-Megler i Bridge Approved By Vote of 48-7 . Measure Sent to . : Senate for Debate - Salem - (UPD - The proposed Astoria - Megler bridge - over the Columbia river took a big leap forward today as the Houiei approved . reciprocal legislation with Washington 48-7.- , ' ' .',- . , The bill went to the Senate. Rep. William Holmstrom (D- Gearhart) carried the bill say ing the bridge would bring "great economic wealth . to both Oregon and Washington. Would Cost $22 Million ' The 1 4.1 , mile . span would cost $22 million, excluding approaches, Oregon would pay 6S.6 per cent of the total cost and Washington 34.4 per cent, The latter provided the core of the objectors. Rep; George Annala- (D-Hood River) said Oregon is the "fjrst state to adopt, a foreign aid .policy. He said the project should be B0-S0 all the way with Wash ington paying half. x . ' " . Seven speakers disagreed with him and Rep. W. O. Kel- say ; CD Roseburg) . said the bridge would be the "shot In the. arm" that the economical ly-depressed Northwest - Ore gon area needs. Annala called It "fiscal mis matching'.'., and the . "bluest Monday In Oregon highway history.",. 1 .... - , The .bridge- would replace an anuquatea . xerry sysiem which the state has been oper ating at a loss for many years, - Annala complained that nowhere ii Washington's credit Involved'! because Ore gon Is issuing the bonds. The bonds, were .authorized . In 1959 i Holmstrom admitted t h 1 s but reminded that the-span is a toll bridge, and Oregon will get back ''every dime'.', H puis in to, it, and more., ; . Those .voting no were Reps. Annala. i A 1 1 y e h, Benedict, Hansell, Hunt, McKinnis and Stunz. i'lvt.vt i:,,,'f.ir '. .- Rep.i Edward Whelan . (D. Portland) said the. i bridge it self would be , a tqurbt attrac tion:?: H'; cite ;closure:.,;of Tongue :Poinjt ,n4 the;dip, in; population t; 'Astoria while the state lias gny gainea. ,i Rep. Robert; Elfstrom : (R- Salem) , -condemned-, the ferry system, and laiet it -is- driving trucks , and, .tourists ; away from,: Oregon's?, cqast,fiif; ; TTrv EaolePoi ., 7, , iv-. ,.,r vi.l; '' A resolution has been sent to the headquarters of Med ford Corporation In Chicago by: the J Eagle Point' Parent Teacher association, ' seeking to prevent Medco from con verting Its "logging ' railroad Into a log . truck road. v:.w; " 'Signed by t h'e president', Mrs. Darrel, R. Stanley, and the secretary, Mrs. Donald J. Grlssom, ' the resolution says that the proposed conversion would result in a large num ber of log . trucks crossing the public; roads which are used by school busses arid students providing their own transpor tation:, - ..: " !' ::-,.. i ! It state? that the noise froni such ' truck ' - operation would disturb the sleep of children and students ; and . the- dlesel smoke, dust and -dirt -created by -the road would create an unhealthy atmosphere.' A similar resolutioji . h a s been, approved by the .Eagle Point Parent-Teacher-Student association's executive board, but will not, be voted on' by the membership until their next meeting, it was stated Compact Too1? tjfYf-v- v-v 1 .V ; . CARS SCATTERED ' Boxcars are strewn ; about 10 miles west of EUentburg, Wash., like match sticks :ln a giant "horseshoe paV .along the Yakima river. About 4Q cars were tern after- leaving the rails of a Northern Pacific freight Assessor Defends Budget Rc 'llCPiliill ,. f i -; County, Assessor, Ray Sehut macner, made a long and vig orous defense of his IBtU-BZ budget , request this morning oeiore - tne jacKson county budget committee. . , The . re quest' .totals $153,886. a $20.- 682 increase over the, item for the , 1960-61 fiscal year..;, .','' He. angrily denied a rumor repeated by County Commis sioner .. Chester Weridt , that two. girls In the assessor's, -of fice do nothing but check on the . efficiency . of other,, em ployees in the office. , - it , If you want to believe all the rumors flying around the courthouse well, you should come into the offloe and just see what vye are .doing," Schu macher snapped,,;' , Wendt . replied t h it an budget committee member he has a right to question any practice which affects , t h e I budget of a, county office. ; Schumacher sa id he .did have two women employees check' on, the production of the other employees, but that' this takes comparatively little of their, time, ,He '. said It- is necessary to maintain the effl ciency of his, office; -; - ; ; . 1 1 , , Too Many Reports '')" Committee member A. C. (Archie) Pierce said he had learned, in the auto freight business that too many reports become confusing. Committee Chairman Arnold Bohnert said after an employee had worked for ., the , assessor , for V a , few months he should have a good, idea .'of 'what his "capacity . is! and whether, he , wor.'tf up. to: that capacity.'.' i i!, The , .bulk of the-, $20,682' budget Increase "is. for salary increases under the - revised merit pay scale and the hiring oi new employees. Schumach er estimated that he had. a 60 per- cent turnover among his' 12 appraisers this year. They left for better jobs, mostly, the assessor . said. One left for health reasons. It takes more people to replace skilled,, ex perienced help,- Schumacher explained.. ,'.,,',',"' ' . , Main Increases "it J ' Other main- increases are: printing and supplies $3,200, a $2,200 increase; timber ap praisals, - $9,000 (new item); assessor's 'and deputies' trav el, $8,000; up $1,000; machin ery and equipment mainte nance, $2,900, up $400; educational- Drosram. 11.000. ud 1400. ' ;.v:-.. ' I ..rm.1- i , j. il. , Afiia niieraoon uie cudgel committee was scheduled to hear the library, board con tract request, review the sher iffs miscellaneous budget and meet again - with Mrs. Kay Crowell, supervisor of the Jackson County Juvenile de partment and detention home, ,in this wreck ; derailed in the train Sunday i ; i -Mi rse ToPrivafd 1 By A, -ROBERT SMITH : ::: , - . Mall Tribune , , ; Washinstpn .'Corresependeni', - Washington Sen:, Wayne Morse has' jeclded to :jttafe a showdown lnCongress' and in the courts-on the ticklish con stitutional question of - whethr er the federal government can legally extend Joans to private SChOOlS. ' : . ' . '.: .. ' The Kennedy administra tion has submitted.. - legal brief to Morse's subcommittee on education which takes the position - that such loans are in violation of the first amendment of . the Constitu tion. .. Senator Morse,' thinks otherwise. .'- ' Consequently, he has Intro- To Be Reviewed -' Ashland The Ashland city council ordinance committee will review city purchasing policy, at the council meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ln the council chambers. : . Questions . regarding how bids were obtained for city purchases were raised , at the March 21 council meeting. At that -time; the council recom- mened a review of purchasing policy. ,.. --- '.' . ' Vr; ' ! 1 -' :. In other action, .the council is - Scheduled consider two ordlances-o-ne calling for is suance of Bancroft bonds to coyer costs of last year's curb ing and paving program: The other -will deal with sending delinquent assessments, to, the county assessor's office for collection.'.'- .' ,-'-"'' Bidding on the sale :pf the city warehouse on the corner of. First ndfC sts.ewiilf be opened.', i:'- ; -vr, 'v' John Birch's Disagrees With Critics of . Alhambra, Calif. (BID A wartime comrade of John Birch, after whom the contro versial anti-Communist John Birch Society was named, dis agreed Sunday with a Montana- broadcaster who said Birch was shot and killed by a Chinese Communist officer during a personal argument and there was J'no glory'1 In his death. , "Certainly John was Just as much a hero as any - other American who died for his country," said William Pi Weiss, now an Army reserve lieutenant colonel. He said he "prepared" the Office of Stra tegic Services mission on wtjjch Birch was killed In Chi accident. (UPI Telephoto) Seek duced with: Sen;'1 Joseph Clark (D-Pa.) a separate bill provid ing long - term,' ', lnterestbear-1 schools. He will hold hearings on' this bill: April 17 and 18 and then try to get the Senate to-pass it.s';:',;,.;SjSjf:V; w He motes that one,, feature of his bill authorizes- a tax payer to bring a. suit against the government for engaging in the loan program. Th)s, he explains, is. designed tosassure a speedy test by the Supreme court, thereby settling the le gal issue once and for all, Morse said in a Senate speech that many others wish to avoid this religious issue, but he wishes to meet ii head on and get It settled and "be hind us" because "it Is not good for; our body politic to have this highly controversial and emotional Issue repeated ly raised' in this country. It tends to split the nation." -The Oregon senator read a letter from a Harvard - law professor, Mark DeW. Howe, supporting the constitutional ity of loans to private schools, providing they weren't used for building chapels Or other solely religious uses. '. (Continued on Page SA)' ' WEATHER , . r ORKC AST: Pair tonliht - antf Tuesday txeept for morning cloudlaeii, SUghtlr cooler. Low tonight 31. Hlf ft Tuciday 15. ..-. Temp. HlfhMt Yeiterday 71 Lowcit this Mor nine ..t,.,.,.irii Our: Skies Tonight : Sunset today . Sunrise tomorrow . , ;t)o a.m. Moonrlso tonight B !9 r.i Last QuaTter April PROMINKNT STARS Higei, leu v.,, lit o.m. Betelgeuse, high ' above Rigel. The a brlaht stars on a lino be tween Detelgeuse and Rlgcl form the Belt of Orion, the Giant 'Hunter. Wartime Comrade na in 1945, 10 days after the end of World War IL t .Birch , was 3 regarded by founders of the society that bears his name as "the first victim" of the Communists. ' Weiss said he disagreed with 'Joseph S. - Sample, - a radio broadcaster in Billings, Mont., who said Saturday that he knew Birch in China and Birch died because he was "arrogant" and tried to bluff his way out of dangerous confrontation with a group of Chinese Communists. Weiss said "Birch was the first American martyred by the Communists . .'' He was an unfortunate victim of par ticular circumstances." ' ' still another wartime Conference With Macmillan Slated Rest of Week ; Pari Visit Only ' Item on Agenda , ' Palm Beach, Fla.-IUPD-PresI- , dent' Kennedy, accompanied by his wife,, will visit Franca next month at the invitation of President Charles de Gaulle . for a three-day state visit and discussion of a broad range of problems Involving their two nations, the White House announced today. : :. .The Paris invitation to the President apparently stemmed from troubles In Laos and The Congo and French-U.S. diver gence on tother policies. It fol- lowed ' extensive discussion among Kennedy, de Gaulle and their ambassadors. " Modified' Stale Vli4t : The Kennedys will arrive In Paris May 31 and remain through June 2' In, what wa described as a. "modified'! state visit. This meant soma,. of the ceremonies involved In such a visit will be dispensed ' with to permit de Gaulle and Kennedy greater opportunity . ta discuss business. The chief executive s first . official visit to Europe was an nounced '. simultaneously in Paris and Palm Beach as Ken nedy prepared to fly back to Washington Tuesday for con ferences the remainder of the week with British Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan, , Only France at Present r - Press Secretary Pierre Sa linger, declined to discuss tVa possibility that visits to Lon don, Bonn and Rome might be added to. the French trip He said the meeting in Paris was the only item on the Kennedy overseas agenda at present, West German ' Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is due in Washington April 11 and was expected , to urge Kennedy to include Bonn on nis way-iun ltlneraryS- ., - The' President's ' first trip outTof the country, according to -present- plans will, be to Ottawai probably In mia-May, to address the Canadian par liament. : This trip originally had been set for sometime In the first half of June; but ii being advanced because of the visit to France, : . f ; . j. Congressman Dumb Schedules Talks i Congressman Edwin R. Dur no, Medford,' 'will visit throughout southern Oregon this week. : , J .. Tuesday: he, is scheduled to speak at the noon meeting of Rotary club at the Rogue Val ley Country club. Wednesday he will attend the 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting of the legis lative committee of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce, and at noon that day he will ad.ess the Kiwanis club at the ' Rogue Valley country ClUb.. . :M .'::',:. i -. , . Thursday and Friday, Con gressmen and Mrs. Durno will visit, in Reedsport and Coos Bay.. A talk in Ashland .1 planned 'but has not been scheduled, the ' congressman said today. : - . The couple plans to return to Washington, D.C., Sunday. April 9. , : ' ' Pump School Slated For Area Firemen Central ' Point i- A pump school for firemen of all de partments In the southern Or egon area will open tonight at the Central Point rural fira station; vfii .; ; The school is expected to run nightly for:)two weeks. Sessions after tonight will be at the Central Point rural fire protection district's station at White City'i , : " : "J l' The school Is sponsored by the state department of voca tional education. -'Earl All bright will' be Instructor. He will give training on all type of pumps used In fire fighting. Soldier, associate of Birch was quoted today as saying Birch "didn't die the hero he was supposed to have dle2." ! 1 .v.The Fort Worth Star-Tele-gram quoted ' Gus Krause, Pasadena, . Calif., as saying Birch put the Chinese' officer who shot him in a position "where he almost had to shoot him to save face among his group." "The men of the OSS patrol agreed that if he would have kept his mouth shut, he would have been all right," Krause was quoted. '."I have often wondered why - the . society chose his name because many men have done a lot more In the - fight against commun-" Ism.'. :., ... , W ,
