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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
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..-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. ....:
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