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SPAK v An wear Kennedy Streamlining of Federal Agencies Washington-flJPD-President Kennedy asked Congress to day to expand the Federal Power Commission and authorize other measures to prevent undue increases in prices con sumers pay for natural gas. : : , . In a special message to the House and Senate the Presi dent outlined other proposals to streamline and coordinate federal agencies which regulate transportation, energy sales, labor-management relations and broadcasting. He said that an improvement in the way the agencies ;work was essential to; the nation's economic growth., - Kennedy took aim at "Iron Curtains" between trie agen cies. He said there must be greater .coordination of policy for example, on railroads and airlines and less working at Two Budgets Are Tentatively OK'd By County Group ;'. The Jackson county budget committee this morning ten tatively approved budgets for the county treasurer and the elections department. Also appearing this morn ing was County Clerk Marvin Madden who completed his department's budget requests. Treasurer Karl Janouch submitted a budget totalling $13,173.70, which is $526.88 less than this year's. Increases were listed for the adminis trative assistant, and the bur- . glary insurance for a three year period costing $272.70, an increase of $212.62. Major . deduction was bond premium of $887:50, which is not need ed this year. The committee tentatively approved the $12,573.70 ad justed budget after $600 for . supplies' and printing, record books 4nd machine mainte nance vvas switched 'to the miscellaneous general county budget.! . .. .. Adjusted Budget , The adjusted budget for the elections department which was also tentatively approv- t1Q9in TVlP OrlS- inal request of $29,185 was an increase of $3,475 over ..the current year. , A total of $9,975 of the requested budget was transferred to the miscel- , laneous general county budg et. The money, was for print ing, supplies, poll booths and machine service contract. Increases in the budget are for ballot printing due to a population increase, election boards, salary increases, and for purchase of 100 poll booths. -. The county clerk's budget of $90,110 is $6,059 above this fiscal year. Major in creases are for salary adjust ments, printing, and film photo paper and chemicals. Following Madden's presentation- the committee asked him to submit letters for the ohanee of classification on two bookkeepers and one cashier. County Judge Earl Miller explained that any change in employee's classifi cation must be approved and recommended by the depart ment head in accordance with the policy set up with the Jackson County Employees association. , . - Kennedy Counters Adenauer's Fears Washington - (UPD Presi dent, Kennedy acted today to allay any fears of West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer that allied efforts to work out a disarmament agreement with Russia would weaken the Western alliance. Kennedy told Adenauer at a lengthy White House con ference that he would keep . him informed at every step on U. S. efforts to work out a new approach to the arms limitation and control pro gram. The chancellor, according to U. S. officials,' thanked Kennedy for this considera tion. ' ' Home Rule Study Group Meets Tonight The Jackson county home rule studv committee will meet with Orval Etter, re search attorney with the bu reau of municipal research. University of Oregon, as it starts work on a proposed home rule charter for the county at its meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Etter will present study ma terial relating to powers of a countv under home rule, ac cording to Committee Chair man Mrs. Thomas Rutter. The public is invited to the meetings, which are held in the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County- Urges cross purposes, Along with the message, the President issued an execu tive order establishing a con tinuing "Administrative Con ference of the United States." Its job will be to tackle prob lems common to the several regulatory agencies. Chief Judge E. Barrett Prettyman of the U.S. Court of Appeals here was virtually certain to head the group. Includes Seven Others Other federal agencies be sides the FPC are the Trade, Interstate . . Commerce, Com munications, and Securities & Exchange commissions, the Federal Maritime Board, the Civil Aeronautics Board and the National Labor Relations Board. Expressing concern over an "incredible backlog" of more than 4,000 natural gas rate and pipeline construction cases- pending in the FPC, Kennedy asked Congress to break "this administrative logjam" by:- ' Expanding the commis sion from five to seven mem bers. This would permit pan els of two or three commis sioners to decide cases which now are resolved by the en tire commission. Authorizing the commis sion to exempt some 3,800 small independent producers of natural gas from price regulation. Kennedy said this would' free the agency for "vigorous handling" . of the cases of 270 big producers who account for 90 per cent of output and who heavily in fluence industry prices."-"''" Letting the ' commission exempt interstate - pipeline companies from having to get FPC permission to "enlarge, extend or replace"- pipelines "for the benefit ..of existing customers." This would "re lease hundreds of millions of dollars for construction," giv ing employment and business a boost, Kennedy said. Getting new pipeline into service would prevent natural gas shortages and "an inor dinate rise in the price," the Chief Executive asserted. Spade Cooley Faces Homicide Charge Bakersfield, Calif. - (UPD - A homicide verdict was return ed today at an inquest into the death of the wife of for mer western singing star Spade Cooley. A nine-man jury deliberat ed about 15 minutes before issuing the verdict. . Mrs. Ella Mae Cooley, 35, one-time singing star in Coo- ley's band, was found beaten and strangled in the couple's Willow Springs ranch home April 3. Cooley, 50, has been charged with murder. The key witness at the in quest was the couple's daugh ter, Melody, 14. She said she watched her father grab her mother in the shower and pull her by the hair into the den where he beat and kicked her. " Hold On, Now. Don't Interfere With . v Free Enterprise Regional Edition Medford 40 PAGES Free Federal Surplus Food Funds Approved by House Counties Would Pay 30 Per Cent For Distribution Start of Program Hoped by July 1 Salem - (UPD - The House today unanimously approved a bill appropriating $702,240, to get the free federal surplus food program rolling by July 1. The bill went to the Sen ate. HB1720 would make the food available to about 118,- 000 persons. Counties would have to pay 30 per cent of distribution costs with the state paying 70 per cent. Rep.. George Annala (D - Hood River) said indications to date are that 30 of the 36 counties will take part. The program is voluntary as far as counties are concerned. 1 Foods Listed - The urogram would be ad ministered by the State Wel fare Commission. The State Finance Department would or der all food items, including rice, corn meal, flour, dry milk, butter ' and oatmeal. Pork and gravy, dried eggs, peanut butter and beans .will be available soon. Eligible persons Include sin gle persons , who earn less than $103 per month, and families of 10 or more whose earnings are less than $383 a month. Annala said about 400,000 Oregonians would be eligible but experience in-oth er states indicates that only one in 15 apply for the free food. ! ,. Wrangle Over Bill . The Senate got into a wran gle over a bill passed Wednes day that would allow liquor dispensers whose licenses are lifted to get a temporary in junction against the liquor commission. Sen. Alfred Cor bett (D-Portland) said SB526 would "seriously jeopardize" the commission's powers but his move for reconsideration failed. A resolution urging Con gress to approve legislation permitting the return of de-' portees William Mackie and Hamish Scott Mackay was re referred to committee. Spon sor Thomas R. Mahoney said he wants to obtain their mili tary service records to back up his contention that the de portations should be rescind ed. PAYMENT RECEIVED County . Treasurer Karl Janouch received a quarterly payment from the state high way fund Wednesday for $135,525.36. The check is ap proximately $400 less than for the same quarter last year, he stated. The money is put in the county roads fund. Salem -IUPD- A bill curbing removal of sand and gravel from stream beds in cases where it would destroy fish was approved Wednesday by the House. I" . MEDFORD, OREGON, CONGRATULATIONS Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, left, con gratulates Sargent Shriver after the latter was sworn in as director. of the Peace Corps Kennedy Military Washington-IIIPD - President Kennedy is determined to keep the United States from being involved in any military action against the Castro re gime in Cuba. .- The President told his news conference Wednesday that he would oppose any effort , by Planners Approve I n terim Zo n inq f o r Emigrant An interim zoning ordinance for the Emigrant lake .area was approved unanimously by the Jackson county planning commission last night. It will be sent to the county court for action. The ordinance is basically the same as the interim ordi nances now in force, commis sion members pointed out, with the addition of a com mercial zone, and some minor additions pertaining to ,maT- a. Andrew Hawver. chairman of th ecommittee which stud ied the matter recommended its passage for several reas ons. Small commercial busines ses are now appearing as close to the lake as possible, and a recent property sale of more than 2,000 acres near the lake had been made, the lake committee noted. Hawver explained that rep resentatives of the Aaron c ei- ferman company of Los An geles had contacted the county nlannine office concerning subdivision requirement. The total acreage under procure ment is about 56,200 acres. Company officials said. they wish o subdivide the land into a few one-half acre lots Dr. Sanger To Speak On Hail Formation Dr. Raymond Sanger, head of the laboratory of atmos pheric physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Tecnnoiogy, z.ur ich. Switzerland, will speak Friday, April 14, at 2 p.m. in Ashland. The talk will be held in room 116 of the science build ing at Southern Oregon col lege His topic will be "Hail Formation." Dr. Sanger is visiting the United States under the aus pices of the visiting foreign scientists program of the American Meteorological So ciety and the National Science Foundation. He will be ac companied here by Dr. Fred W. Decker, Corvallis, atmos pheric science branch chair man of the science research institute. The public is invited. Tribune THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1 V61 s a ; ' V 4 , ' 11 In Washington, D.C. DougUis administered the oath while Secretary of State Dean Rusk, right, held the Bible. Shriver is a brother-in-law of President Kennedy. -. (UPI Telephoto) Says U.S. Conflict in anti-Castro forces to use this country as a base for an in vasion of Cuba. . He also said there would be no U.S. armed Interventloii in Cuba- under any, circumi! stances-and the U.S. govern ment would try to make sure I American citizens were not Lake Area as near the lake as possible, with the balance of lots more than five acres. Hawver stress ed that since the subdivision ordinance does not govern lots over five acres, except in he creation of roads, there Is no way in which to enforce improvements in this type of land partitioning. 1 Under the proposed zoninva ordinance, minimum lot re quirements provide for not less than one-quarter of an acre lot where community wa- er and sewer are provided, and not less than one acre where septic tank and well water are provided. Also included is a provision that plans and specifications for septic tanks and drain fields must be approved by the sanitarian before installa ion, and the installation must be approved, if there is no com munity sewage disposal facil ities. It was reported that on Ap ril 2 the traffic county at Emigrant lake was approxi mately 15,000 people in the area.- In a 20-minute period, 165 cars were recorded going in one direction. More than 500 boats were reported on the lake. Between 0,000 and 10,000 people were in the recreation area, and between 5,000 and 6.000 were in other, areas around the lake. - The commission also re quested that the county court inspect the road condition from Green Springs highway to the boat launching ramp and to provide for adequate parking and turning space for cars and boat trailers WEATHER FORECAST: Virlable cloudl nen through Friday with frw featured showers, mostly over the mountains. Low to night 36. filch Friday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday S Lowest This Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight , Prec. to 10 a m. Today 01 Sunset today -Sl pm. fiiinrl tomorrow ... 5:31 a-m- Moonrlie tomorrow S:34 a.m. New Moon Friday nlcht PKOMINKNT BTAKB Rlrlii. In the south west i:2J p.m. Procyon, hlxh above Sinus. Alnhard In the BOUth- west (i 10:41 p.m. neeulus, high above Alphard 56th Year . Price 10 Cents No. 19 To Avoid Cuba involved inv any military ac tion on the island. "The basic issue Mn Cuba is notione-between the United States and Cuba," he Bald. roaJietweenr the Cubans- them selves. . . "I intend -to -see that we adhere to .that principle. . As I understand it, this admin istration's attitude is so under stood and shared by the anti Castro exiles from Cuba in this country." Kennedy, - in response . to questions, declined to ' char acterize Cuban Premier Fidel Castro as a Communist. But he said it was obvious from his own words that the Cuban leader was hostile to demo cratic rule in the Western Hemisphere. He said Castro had associated himself most intimately with the Soviet Communist bloc. Lag in Space . Kennedy also said: -"It will be some time" be fore the United States catches up with Russia in space ex ploration. Soviet advances in developing big booster rockets have given Russia the lead, but this country is moving ahead with its own man-in-space program. The United States is still opposed to the admission of Red China to the United Na tions. He has made it very clear to British Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan that this government will carry out its commitments to Na tionalist China. Story Lists Wrong Name for Driver " A story in Tuesday's Mail Tribune incorrectly identified the driver of a car which ran int -oa bank-on West Evans Creek rd. and burned. Opera tor of the vehicle was Frank Allen Jurin, route 1, bov 67, Rogue River, according to police records. The accident occurred about 7 a.m. Monday, according to Oregon state police. The own er of the car Is Richard Orval Rhotcn, route 1, box 74, Rogue River, who was incor rectly listed as the driver. , The Mall Tribune regrets the error. Half-Acre Fire Being Mopped Up Southwest district of the state department of forestry dispatched a crew yesterday morning to a one -half acre fire on the east fork of Evans creek. . The fire was to be mopped up today. One snag was re- Dorted still burning. Exact cause was not known this morning but it was said the fire could have been hunt er or camper - caused. A log truck operator noticed the fire and reported it to the forestry ""nn-;rnent. Objects Floated During Period of Weightlessness Series of Medical Tests Conducted Moscow -(UPD- Spaceman Jurl Gagarin, 27, today gave the world Its first account of 'easier" life in space where man is weightless and he feels excellent. In a description of life in the space ship which whirled him around the earth Wednes day. Gagarin said he "hung in midair" in his space cabin. It became easier to do everything," he said in an Interview with the Soviet Communist party, newspaper Pravda. "One's legs, arms, weigh nothing. Objects float in the cabin. Neither did I myself sit in the chair as I did be fore that but hung in midair. While In the state of weight lessness, I ate and drank and everything occurred just as it does here on earth. The "cosmonaut" said that during his 108-minute circuit of the earth he felt excel lently." Given Medical Ttsit As the interview was pub lished, Soviet doctors put Gagarin through a series of medical tests before releasing him for a triumphant return to Moscow where crowds danced and paraded in the streets Wednesday upon hear ing that a Russian had be come the first man to con quer space. Describing his sensations while high above the earth traveling at a speed of more than 17,000 miles an hour, Gagarin said it was possible to work while in a state of weightlessness. He said he jotted down his observations while hanging in the air. He became convinced that the condition of weight lessness "does not affect at all a man's' fitness for work." Handwriting Easier "My handwriting did not change ' although the hand does not. weight anything," he . said i in the . interview, "Only, I had to hold the note book... Otherwise wouia iioai away, i maintained com munication ver r" 'dif f erent channels and tapped the tele graph key." - ; - - "There is plenty of room in space for everyone,' ne saia. - "We shall welcome the accomplishments of the American-, cosmonauts wnen they fly Into space," "American cosmonauts will have to catch up with us. We shall welcome their success but we will try to keep in front." : Through the, portholes of his spaceship named Vostok, the space, man said he could see the curvature of tne earth, the coasts of the con tinents, islands, big rivers, big surfaces of water. Could See Farm Fields Although his flight took him from 109 to 187 miles above the earth, Gagarin said that when flying over Soviet territory he could see dis tinctly the big squares of col lective farm lields. It was possible to distin guish which was plowed land and which was meadow," he said. Gagarin predicted that in time people all over the world will be touring around the earth as he did. Earlier, he told the editors of Pravda and of Izvestia, the government newspaper, that travel to the planets would be possible soon. . . Mistletoe Project Hearing April 28 Salem-(UPD-A hearing has been set on a railroad cross ing application by the State Highway Commission involv ing Jackson county. Public Utility Commission er . Jonel C. Hill set April 28 as date for a hearing here on plans for the Mistletoe under- crossing project three miles southeast of Ashland. It is part of the realignment- of Highway 99. Three Shifts Now Being Employed on Oregon Mountain Tunnel Construction O'Brien - Three shifts of workers were in operation Wednesday working on tunnel construction at Oregon moun tain for Highway 199. Elmer Clausen, spokesman at the Grafe-Callahan con struction office, reported that a 12-man day shift and two night shifts of six men are employed In boring the tun nel. Two logging companies, Sunny Valley and Illinois Val ley, are clearing the southern approach to the tunnel by re moving all saleable timber. The -work Is expected to be completed this week, accord- Congressman To DemandSpeed-Up In Space Washinglon-IUPD-Chairman Space Committee today said in the U.S. space program. The Louisiana Democrat told United Press International We're going to demand that the program be speeded up or find out why it isn't." Brooks' call for a bigger space program came after James E. Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration, told the committee that U.S. space plans are not designed to "match" the Russians but rather to meet the needs of the United States." Application for License for Yard Given Approval Following a discussion of more than an hour, the Jack son county planning commis sion last night referred an application for a license for a wrecking yard in Talent to the county court with the recommendation that it be ap proved. The vote was 4 to 2. Voting against the recom mendation were David Lowry and G. I. Peoples. In favor of granting the application to the 99 Wrecking Yard of Talent were Andrew Hawver, V. F. Birdseye, Gerald Latham, and Bill Duggan. The application for the license was made earlier this year to the county court, which referred it to tne plan ning commission. Petitions Submitted Petitions containing 64 sig natures have been received in oDnosition to the license. Other petitions' containing 78 signatures favored it. It was noted that of the 78 signa tures, eight were Ashland leaiuuma. r Duggan, as chairman of the board of adjustment, recom-- mended that the license bel granted on condition several requirements be met. 'inese Included tne construction oi six-toot lence on lour de oi the property. i ami mat m screen ,pf evergreen trees b planted arid maintained, to be spaced no more than four feet- apart. The front of the yard neap thai buildings is to. be nnved and no wrecked vehi- cles are to appear outside the fence. ,f ', . ... ' ' : Duggan explained, that tne riltv of Talent had withdrawn its objections to the yard. City officials had said earlier that the area may possibly be an nexed by Talent. , Represents Owners Frank Van uyKe spone iur several owners of adjacent nronertv stating that property evaluations would drop, and that noise and smoke would be disagreeable. A motel owner felt that he would be forced out of business if the wrecking yard was establish ed. Paul Haviland, Medford lawyer, spoke for the owners of the property.- It was ex plained that there are current ly two other wrecKing yaras within a mile of the proposed yard, and that the new owners of the property seemed sincere in establishing, a business in the valley.- It had been re ported that they planned to pay between $35,000 and $4U, 000 improving the property, and would employ six per sons at first, eventually in creasing the number to ju. Van Dyke asked that the re quest be continued so the residents could consider in terim zoning In the area. Insurance on School Iraitk Patrol Voted SaIem-fl!PD-The Senate to day approved and sent to the House a bill giving school dis tricts clear-cut authority to take out insurance on stu dents who serve on school traffic safety patrols. SB529 is permissive. Some senators wanted the Insur ance to be mandatory. Ine to Fred Salvage, Illinois Valley office spokesman at O'Brien. An earth slide March 3 resulted in a set-back in prog ress made since starting the tunnel construction in Jan uary, The "Million Dollar Drink ing Fountain" project, which includes a 250-foot concrete bridge, two river channel changes and realignment of 810 of a mile of Highway 199 in the Smith River canyon, is expected to be In the prelim inary stages by the middle of Juno. Bids are expected to be ad- 5 Effort Overton Brooks of the House he would demand a speed-up Webb said he is greatly en couraged" by the budget boost requested for NASA by Presi dent Kennedy. But he agreed that the U.S. space programs could be further speeded up if Congress decided to vote . more money. Webb conceded the United States "will be trailing the Russians on spectacular events for an extended period." NASA Deputy Director Dr. Hugh L. Dryden testified that he had not been told what future Russian space plans were but the Soviet probably could launch a space labora- - tory with more than one man aboard with its present boost er capacity. Webb termed the current U.S. program sound and solidly based. However, Webb told the House group: i If you speak of catching up, I am unable to say what the Russians will do next in further development of their big booster.. This program is not designed to match pre cisely what the Russians may do. It is designed to meet the needs of the United States. If we deliberately set out to compete with Russia on a point by point basis, this in volves a different kind of de cision." Brooks said the American people want the United States to move from second place to :: i , -tJ m me exploration 01 space,- - n.. . W I t.-. . .. . II AlirtC I lKrilCC i vwmi a Mvudj . .. . ,:,' .- " . - : UarW1 Warilitiac "' ' uil 1 UVIIIIIJ " . ..-Nine.; representatives from Jackson,. Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, - and Lake county courts Tuesday d 1 s c u s s e if means ot Jointly- coordinating I efforts to improve recreational (facilities lit southern Oregon and northern California, Countv Judge Earl Miller said the group through their combined efforts with Siski you, Modoc and Del Norte counties in California would Inventory federal pargs and recreation areas within the eight, counties. They would program and combine inter ests of the counties to encour age federal agencies to im prove and upgrade facilities to attract interests . from throughout the country to this area. . Work with private Industry would encourage private in vestment in recreational fa cilities, he continued, and the group would attempt to ac quaint residents of this area with all! of its recreational resources through a program of public information. If the development plan is put into action, each county will contribute a small amount toward its cost, Miller added. This would have to be budg eted. Contributions have al ready been pledged from pri vate and business sources to pay a part of the cost, he stated. - - Alcohol Receipts Total $3.7 Million Portland-fllPD - The Oregon Liquor Control' Commission said today sale of alcoholic beverages in March totaled about $3.7 million, an In crease of $161,938 over March of last year. - ' ' Woodburn (UPD Two teen agers escaped from the Mac Laren School for Boys Wed nesday night. - vertlsed by the last of April for' the bridge construction and for the channel changes and footing. California divi sion of highways district en gineer, Sam Helwer, stated that the bridge is expected to cost approximately $275,000, and the balance of the project $750,000,, Completion is plan ned before late fall because of the location and seasonal changes. The construction has been advanced almost a full year to- aid the depressed area of Del Norte, county, it was re ported. ....: ..: ;.. - '-&-':t
