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Hliiistratiw - Asks Regional Edition ME0FpRDTRlBUNE ?H ,38 Pages ' r"nii v ' r , . i -. 1 SPACE MAN HONORED Soviet space man Yuri Gagarin, left, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, wearing hat with unorthodox East-West crease, obviously enjoy the Stricken Vessel Sinks Following Removal of Crew Boston - 7UPD - An old Liberty-ship, broken in half by a storm, sank in 15 fathoms of water today three hours after her -35-man crew was rescued far out in the Gulf of Maine. " " The crew of the 441-foot marine merchant was hoist ed aboard two, commercial vessels, the tanker Esso Ra leigh and the British ship Daruending a night long struggle against the sea". Heroic Rescue Told Nine crewmen on',the Daru arrived at Portland; v Maine, and told of the : Keroic rescue of one who had fallen in the boiling sea and nearly .drown, ed; The Dam's chief steward, M. R. Charnoek of Liverpool, England, said crewman Willie E. Ferebee, 40, Norfolk, Va., saved the life of Edward F. Sweeney, 34, Staten Island, N..Y. . - , - "He just wouldn't let go of him," the steward said. Sweeney, who had fallen between the marine merchant arid a lifeboat, finally was strapped to a stretcher as he floated unconscious in the wa ter" and hoisted aboard the Daru.; Debris Picked Up The skipper of the storm broken marine m e r chant, Capt. Robert L. Ruse, 36, Bal timore, was rescued aboard the Raleigh. The marine merchant sank at a point 42 miles south southeast of Portland Light ship. The Coast . Guard cutters Acushnet, Cactus and Laurel stood -by to pick up debris and prevent any menace to navigation; Two drifting mer chant lifeboats were sunk with gunfire. Hearing Slated on West Oregon Onions '." Washington -(UPD- Sen. Mau Tine Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today the Department of Ag riculture has scheduled a hearing May 17 on' a pro posed marketing agreement and order . for onions grown In western Oregon. Salem -(UPD- Application by Western Greyhound Lines for a 10 per cent hike in intra state passenger bus fares was turned down today by Public UtiUty Commissioner Joriel C. Hill. Interim Zoning for Lake Area Now Is Effective Interim ' zoning for single family residences and agricul ; ture at the Emigrant lake area becomes effective today, ac cording to a unanimous mo tion by the county court this morning. :: Such action has been re quested by both Jackson coun ty and Ashland planning com missions, and the Jackson county parks and recreation commission had endorsed the proposed zoning unanimous ly. -. The ordinance is basically the same as the interim ordi nances now in force. Planning Technician Jack Eaton point - ed out, with the addition of a commercial zone, and some minor' additions pertaining tb marina. Russian Space Man Gets Wild Welcome Planners Urge GSA To Reconsider Site For New Building The city of Medford today sent telegrams to members of Oregon's Congressional dele gation and to officials of the .General Services administra tion in Seattle and Washing ton, D.C., urging the govern ment to reconsider the loca tion of the proposed $2Vi mil lion Medford federal building. V'Thn. ietfar niannine 'commis sion voted- unanimously last night to send .the telegrams- after Commission President Jack Edson said there is a pos sibility that the government might be willing to reconsider the location for the building. To the dismay of city offi cials the government had originally announced that the new building would be locat ed between Central and Riv erside aves., south of 10th st. The planning commission Measure To Curb Dental Powers OK'd Salem (UPD A bill to in crease powers of the State Board of Dental Examiners but not as much as they would like-passed the House Friday 51-3. SB351 went to the Senate for concurrence in amendments. Sponsors of the original version said that xne dhi meat was taken out by the House Judiciary Committee Opponents of the stronger ver sion contended it was design ed to wipe out dental adver tising, restricting a minority of dentists who do so. Rep. Grace Peck, who voted for the watered-down version, said - she is concerned over reports that the Senate is be ing lobbied, not to concur , in the House amendments. "I'm definitely opposed to any' pro hibition of the advertising dentist," she said. ; RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP Washington -(UPD- Gerald L. Young of Corvalis, a graduate student at Oregon State col lege, has been awarded $1,000 fellowship by the Na tional . Wildlife Federation: Those favoring the three- year interim zoning were afraid if the measure did not become effective immediately, develooers would move Into the lake area while a public hearing was awaited. A pub lic hearing is not required in this case since studies have been made, and this is con sidered an emergency matter, Eaton pointed out. The interim zoning pro vides for orderly development of the area around Emigrant lake, Eaton explained. The county court took un der advisement an application for a wrecking yard license In the Talent area. The county planning commission Wednes day night had recommended 41 A TT .MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDA'., APRIL 14, 1961 ceremony in the airman's honor at an airport in Moscow. See picture on page 2. (UPI Radiotelephoto) had "urged the GSA to. locate the building in the proposed civic center near the court house. - , .:. Formal Resolution The telegrams ; were to be followed by a. .formal resolu tion from the planning com mission outlining its. reasons for wanting the building lo cated hear ;the civic: center, City Attorney ' Joel Reeder was to draft the resolution Edson' did not reveal .the source of. his information that the building. might be located elsewhere, but said if the city was going to' act; ."its going to have to be done fast. This would explain why the commission ! did not , wait to have the resolution approved by the city council. : Criticises Proposal The . planning , commission had previously : given its wholehearted support to the civic center proposal, an idea which dates back to the early 1930's. However, the . city council has never acted on this proposal, and on at least one occasion, several council men have criticized it. ' Commission Member .' Don ald Walters last night, who had earlier been - criticizing the federal government for some of its policies in local freeway construction,-, further lambasted the government for its decision on the' federal building. . . He said: "This is . another example of where a disrelated agency . . . is coming into an -area where we are trying to do a job of planning coming right in a plopping it (the federal building) down without regard to local plan ning.". ' Primary Reason The commission's primary reason for disliking the 10th st. site for the new building is that it. will create traffic problems. It favors the civic center site because it feels that having all main public buildings located in an inte grated area will be of advan tage both to the public and to the individual government agencies.- . ... Although Edson did not say it. one of the reasons that the government might be willing to reconsider the location for the building is that a new motel has planned to build on the 10th st. site, and ap pears to have the inside track as far as property acquisition is concerned. ' WEATHER FORECAST: Increalni cloudi ness tonic ht and chance of a few ihowers. Variable cloudi ness Saturday with chance of a few showers, mostly over mountains. Low tonight 35. High Saturday 60. Temp. Highest Yesterday ...I ... 59 Lowest This Morning , 30 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight ft timet todav - 6:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:31 a.m. New Moon tonight .. 9:38 p.m. PROMINENT STARS Solca. rises 7:04 p.m, Antares, rlsei .:. 11:19 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, iet 1:11 .m. Saturn, risei 2:30 a.m.. Jupiter, rises 2:45 a.m. Moscow Throng Cheers Hero in Race for Space Moscow (UPD With bear hugs and kisses from Premier Nikita , Khrushchev , and the rolling . thunder of cheers from millions of Russians, Yuri Gagarin;: 27, was wel comed home from space today. Standing atop the Tomb of Lenin and ' Stalin . in . Red Square,; the first space nian was embraced by Khrushchev who kissed' him again and again on the cheeks In the tra ditional Russian show, of af fection, i''. j. 'i : . i . ; -j ;-i . Moscow citizens,' 'jammed in the ' square so tightly they could not move, cheered wild ly for the flier who had given them victory in the space race. Never in the 805 years of its history had Moscow given any man such a tumultuous re ception. The wild welcome began when Gagarin arrived at Vnukovo Airport, and its cre scendo swelled along the 12 mile route into the center of the city, where it reached its climax with . Khrushchev's welcome and speech at the shrine of communism. , Columbus of Space j Khrushchev, who has re peatedly assailed the rise of the "cult of personality" In communism, rode from the airport with the new Soviet hero, and . in the ceremonies at Red Square called him the Columbus of space.. He proclaimed the space flight Gagarin made Wednes day as a victory for commu nism and said there would be more trips by Russian men into the cosmos. He said the United States still was ahead of the Soviet Union In the economic field but: In the same way that we have advanced Into space we shall also ad"ance in the econ omic field and leave other states behind." Man In Minimum Wage Measure Faces Test in Senate Republicans Plan To Call Substitute - Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy's $1.25 an hour min imum wage bill faced its first real test in the Senate today. Republicans planned to call up a watered-down substitute like the one that sank the ad ministration measure in the House. " . Administration forces were confident they had the votes to defeat the substitute. It is similar to. the bill the House passed March 24 over the ad ministration proposal, giving Kennedy his first congression al defeat. It limits extension of cov erage to 1.2 million new work ers, who would get $1.05 an hour, and holds to $1.15 the wage increase for 23.9 million employes presently under the Wage-Hour Act. The administration -bill, sponsored by Sen. Pat McNa mara (D-Mich.), would - boost the wage floor gradually to $1.25 an hour and extend cov erage to 4.1 million employes. McNamara called it a "mod est step" toward guaranteeing a "minimum standard of diet, clothing, medical care arid shelter for a large segment of our people." Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dlrksen, 111., In winning approval Thursday to make. the substitute the pend ing order of . business, dis closed that at least 16 GOP senators wished , to speak on the issue. -. .-. : . . . -. : : Democratic leaders. In the face of determined opposition from GOP and southern con servatives, have virtually abandoned hopes of complet ing Senate action. on the bill this week;-'..- -M:!; - $144,000 in Permits Issued in 24 Hours City building permits total ing $144,000 have been Issued by the city building depart ment during the past 24 hours. Included in the permits Is $118,000 'permit for- con struction of a ; new ' Pacific Telephone- Northwest ' tele phone exchange-building at 502 North Central ave. A $6, 000 permit was issued for the remodeling of the Hubbard Hardware company, 335 East Main st. Two new home permits were issued. One of them was to M. J. Jordan for $11,000 to erect a residence at 1408 Siskiyou blvd., and the other was issued to an unidentified builder to erect a $9,000 home. . ' . .-' ' Navy Expenditure Approved by Board Salem-fOPB-The State Land Board today approved an ex penditure of $55,000 by the Navy for engineering and surveying incident to move ment of the Navy's practice bombing range from Board man to - Wagontire in south east Oregon. The allocation Is part of the $900,000 authorized by the legislature to get the state's space age industrial park at Boardman under way. The .state is leasing the site to Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle. Space IsfV 56th Year Price 1 0 Cents No. 20 RAY J. SCHUMACHER Heart Attack Is Fatal County Assessor Dies in Hospital After Heart Attack Jackson County Assessor Raymond Joseph Schumacher, 53, of 128 Portland ave., Med ford, died this morning in a local ' hospital. Death ' was from a 1 heart condition his physician said ... The veteran Medford real estate, man and assessor suf fered a heart attack in his of fice late Tuesday afternoon. He was admitted to a local hospital ; that night. He suf fered a second heart attack early this morning. Schumacher was serving his second term as county as sessor. , ... He had operated a grocery store and meat market in Tal ent for 12 years, and was in the building,' real estate and, appraisal business before be coming county assessor. He had kept some interest in the real estate business while as sessor; . Vj !!!: r:" h. V V He was born on May 7, 1907, ' In Billings, "Mont, He moved- here about 1921,' at tended school in Jacksonville, and wrs graduated from Med ford High school. Schumacher was widely rec ognized xur ma illicitae 111171 est in property tax matters. A modification of his five-point plan to give some tax relief to property owners is now be fore the state senate. This Is a substitute sales tax machinery measure which would, set a 10 mill tax limit, and allow all money derived from a 3 per cent sales tax to pay for the schools., , Schumacher had completed a study recently which shows the proportion of tax valua tion, and amount of taxes paid by different, classes of property owners. , . Schumacher was past presi dent of the -Medford Realty board, past president of the Oregon Association of Realty Boards, past president of the Association .of County Asses sors, member of the National Association of Realty Boards, member of the American So ciety of Appraisors, and mem ber of the Association of Resi dential Appraisors. He also was a member 01 various lodges and . social or ganizations including the Ash land- , Elks - lodge, Medford Masonic lodge, Hlllah temple, Order of Shrine, Medford Eagles lodge,' long-time mem ber of the Shrine band, and at one time used to have his own dance orchestra. Appointment of Schumach er's successor will await rec ommendations from the Jack son County Democratic Cen tral committee, County Com missioner Chester Wendt said this morning. Funeral services will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home, downtown chapel, on Monday, at 2:30 p.m. Former Halsey Banker Sentenced Portland -(UPD Albert Ray Martin. 54. Eugene, former manager of the Halsey branch of the Bank of Lebanon, to day received a 15-month pris on term on one count and three years probation-on other counts involving embezzle ment of some $9,000 from the bank. He had pleaded guilty Feb. 23. Federal Judge Gus Sol- omon gave him two weeks to close his personal affairs be fore reporting to the U. S. Marshal. He specified Martin be eligible for parole -after three months. ,! ': f , C ii in. "v ( Senate Votes To Recall Bill On Truck Tax Salem -(UPD- The Senate, ex pressing resentment over what one member called "po litical blackmail," bowed to a veto threat today and agreed 27-1 to recall a truck tax cut bill from the governor's desk. Sen. Anthony YturrI, GOP minority leader and chief sup porter of the bill, expressed the recall as a delaying move until the Senate can decide how to act. Hatfield said he would veto the bill unless a clause was added referring it to the vot ers. The bill would give trucks over 44,000 pounds a $l-mil-lion-a-year weight-mile tax re duction. Possibilities Listed YturrI said the referral clause might be added, the bill might be amended in some other way, or it might be sent back to Hatfield as is with an effort made to over ride a veto. Sen. Walter Pearson (D Portland) described the veto threat as "political black mall," and Sen. Al Flegel (D Roseburg) said the governor should show "Intestinal forti tude" in making his own de cision instead of tossing the controversial bill back to the lawmakers. Salem - UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield today reload a bill that was aimed at curbing the activities of political party organisations. It was the first veto of the session. Hatfield said the bill "ap pears to contravene the Oregon . constitution." "This bill is so broad that Its passage would Invite vi olation," the governor said. Supporters of the bill fear referral, ; because ' defeat would virtually destroy any chance of passing Buch a bill In subsequent sessions. - Voters nine years ago turn ed down a proposal to end the welght-mlle tax. : . : , House Two Vota Short ; 1 The bill passed the Senate 24-B..- four , votes more than needed to override, but the Extensive Healing Noted in Orchards : Heavy orchard heating oc curred lii the Rogue valley this morning as temperatures in the coldest spots dropped to 25 degrees; , . ; , Orchardlsts Started ( firing heaters at 2:30 o'clock this morning. It was the heaviest heating of the season so far. Fruit buds are in a critical stage. All fruit has set by this time, and a moderate amount of blossom damage can result In fairly large crop losses. Temperatures should not drop below 31 degrees. County Agent David Passon did not know this morning extent of fruit loss. ... Much of the heating contin ued until 7 o'clock and some until 8 o'clock when the tem perature still was 34 degrees. Committee Approves Bill Setting Speeds Salem -(UPD- A bill setting a speed limit of 55 miles for trucks and 80 miles for buses on Oregon highways was ap proved Thursday by the Sen ate Hiehwavs Committee The committee knocked out a section of the bill to set a 70 mile speed limit for cars. -; Recreation Director Will Employee Only, Duff Informs County " 1 ' ' 1L. I .1 .MMAmAnt nrtth 4ha IWIItl Medford City Manager Rob- orb; A. Duff Thursday ap peared before the Jackson county court and informed it that the city Is breaking off an agreement for Joint use of a parks and recreation di rector. Robert . Haworth, who for the past year has served both as city and county director, will now Work solely for the city. He said this morning that the city's action came as a surprise to him. The agreement will expire when the current fiscal year ends In June. Duff said the city's decision was prompted by budget con siderations, and called it a "desperation move." He said the city's action was in no way ' Influenced by recent misunderstandings between Haworth and the county court. "' County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt said this morning House voted 38-22, two votes short of the two-thirds re quired to repass the bill over veto. A bill to allow the State Tax Commission to force counties to reappraise passed the House 31-25. The measure would let the commission move In and reap praise with its own staff. charging the cost to the coun ties, if the counties refused to o 1 1 o w commission instruc tions. Church To Arrive n Morning for Memorial Dinner Sen. Frank F. Church (D- Idaho) will arrive at the Med ford airport at 10:57 a.m. Sat urday for his speaking engage ment at the - 11th annual Roosevelt Memorial Dinner at McLoughlin Junior High school tomorrow. Senator- Church, who was keynote speaker at the Dem ocratic National convention in Los Angeles last year, will be met at the airport by a group of Democratic party workers. A Democratic no-host lunch in for the senator will be held at the Medford hotel at p.m. Saturday. , i Master of Ceremonies Robert B. Duncan, speaker of the state house of repre sentatives, will be masterof ceremonies, and ithe "memo-( rial interlude" program will be presented by Mrs. Stan Za- pell. She will introduce a caBt of Medford High school Thes pian members in a scene from Dore Schary's play. Sunrise at Campobello." - St. Mary s Marian .Choir will provide choral numbers under the direction of Sister Mlram Joseph, with Antonla Adams as accompanlest. A short question and answer period will ; follow : Senator Church's talk.. A member, of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, the speaker ig ex pected to devote much. -of hit address to, recent develop ments in world affairs. ' , A reception .- for Senator Chiirrh win h hoM niiAwin the dinner in the school cafe- President,! both said the .tele terla.. The reception is spon- ram expressed their, person- sored bv the Elennnr Rnose. velt League, of. which Mrs. Frank Christian is president- Kennedy Wins Adenauer Support ! Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy appeared today; to have won the full support of West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for plans to revitalize NATO and increase Its nuclear and conventional firepower. , . ., U.S. officials said their two days of conferences, 'which ended late Thursday, went ex tremely well and laid the ba sis for effective future .co operation on major issues, r The President and the chan cellor ended their talks with a declaration that they were firmly convinced the Western alliance must increase Its -to tal strength to meet possible Communist aggression. YOUTHS CONVENE . Salem -(UPD- The Oregon Youth Legislature convened today to consider 72 meas ures and hear an address from youth. Gov. I Hawkins of Salem; Richard that the removal of Haworth from the county parks . and recreation program ' would make some difference to the county budget, now, under study. ; . - ,', ' . He said that another -man will be appointed , to super vise the county's . program. Currently the county. - pays about half of ' Haworth'i $7,680 annual salary.. . i Duff Indicated he regrets that the city was forced to break off the agreement. He said , he feels that the . joint program has been very suc cessful and called such co operative ventures "healthy and economic." Duff explained ' the city's decision this way: In next year's . budget. Haworth had requested an additional su pervisor to help . administer the city's growing parks and recreation program i But the city would be un able to afford another super visor, and felt instead that if OnejCent Boost In First Class Letters Sought Move Aimed at , Trimming Deficit Washington (UPD - The ad. ministration asked Congress today to increase postal rates, including a one-cent boost in first class regular and air mail letters and post cards. The move was aimed at trim ming the postal deficit by $741 million. Postmaster General J. Ed ward Day submitted a pro gram ; which follows very closely the recommendations of the Elsenhower administra tion. President Kennedy an nounced in his State of .the Union message he would seek the increase. If approved by Congress, first class letters would go . from four to five cents an ounce; air mail letters from seven to eieht cents an ounce- post cards from three cents to four, and air mail post cards- would, be hiked from five to six cents.... Congress balked last year at rate increase proposals. . Day's proposal would also boost mall rates , for maga zines, newspapers, advertising circulars and small parcels. . Day told Congress today that he anticipated a $843 mil lion postal deficit for the fis cal year beginning July 1, Ho: said that the rate hikes cou pled with another $90 million which he exoects to trim from the deficit by means of par cel nost, special delivery, ad ministrative ; actions would put the Post Office Depart ment in the black. : "J' Chamber Head . Asks New Site The president and past pres ident of the Medford Chamber of .. Commerce . have sent a joint telegram to Fourth Dis trict. Congressman Edwin R. uurno. asmng'.that the propos ed- Medford federal - building be located, in the civic center tte,;".V:!;';!iV.i'i (; , ,: . Their telegram is similar In naturt to telegrams sent this morning .by the city planning commission to ; Oregon's ' Con gresslonal delegatlon and gen eral rer.vfcjt - -Adn-ifntatrnt.fnn oAiciaUii!:-:;-.-:!'1!;-.',-! i . Bob .Taylor, current presi dent of the chamber, and Ger- - i aid. T. Latham, 1960 chamber ' viewo, nut uiuau ui . mo chamber itself..' . The Chamber board of di rectors last year went on rec ord favoring location of the federal : building near - the downtown area. -Taylor said this morning that the board of directors will review, Its position' on the buildings loca-' tion wnen ,- its . meets next ' Thursday. ;. '. - '.Both Latham and Taylor cite a probable traffic prob lem as the reason for oppos ing the 10th st.. site for the buildings They, said that a traffic count shows over 9,000 vehicles are using the Riverside-Central , ave. couplet daily, and said if the federal building were located on these streets it will cause "an im possible situation.' Hatfield Signs Bill For Saturday Classes Salem -(TPD- Gov. Mark "Hat field - Thursday signed into law a bill letting schools hold voluntary Saturday classes. The measure is aimed pri marily at courses like driver training; Teachers and " stu dents would choose whether or not they wanted to- par-, tlclpate. ' . Become City the agreement with the coun ty was broken, Haworth and existing personnel would be able to adequately handle the program. - Haworth sata toaay : xnai this is. true. He said Ken Lyons, who now ' serves ; as city- recreation supervisor, will be relieved of much of his desk work, and will work mainly "In-, the field.", Ha worth will then assume tne bulk of all department - ad ministrative duties. , - These duties are currently being shared .by e Lyons and Ha worth. . 'V.':. i- ...:..-.. The parks director also noted ' that while the city's program will not be expanded next year, It will be conduct ed on the same level as It has been during the current, year. Haworth had originally been hired iy the city to work: solely as a city direc tor when the city started Its parks ' and recreation pio (ram, in 1959. it be approved. K O A
