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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. ,! ':
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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.
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