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light To Choose Fast Time Beaten in House J?
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Moves To Make
Daylight Saving
Uniform Defeated
. Increase in Liquor '
Prices Proposed '
"" ' Sslem - (liPU - Legislation
inviting oil firms to hunt
' (or oil off the Oregon shore
without harming scenic re
sources won overwhelming
61-8 approval in the Oregon
.House today.
- .- Salem (UPD The Oregon
House today killed, 35 to 24,
a bill to let cities and counties
choose summer daylight sav
ing time, but supporters an
nounced a fight to revive' it.
j-n Defeat for the bill came
after the House voted' down
moves to make fast time uni
form in the state and send it
5to the voters. A similar pro
posal lost last November. .
( Rep. Ken Maher (R-Port-land)
opposed a referral and
said "time is of the essence"
'in. initiating fast time in Ore
gon if the state is to compete
with neighboring states where
clocks are moved ahead each
summer.
... Oppoents said the bill in its
present optional form 'Would
."balkanize" the state with
islands of fast time.
Move To Reconsider
Maher moved to reconsider.
He said probably the only
counties that would choose
daylight time would be Clat
sop, . Columbia, Clack amas
and Multnomah. The bill
would become effective the
end of April.
. - House Minority Leader F.
Fi Montgomery proposed a
liquor price increase up to ten
cents a bottle to raise $2 mil
lion for counties' share of
medicare, mental health clin
ics, and food surplus distribu
tion programs.
- In a , letter to Ways and
Means Cochairmen Clarence
Barton, Montgomery said sup
port from liquor; .revenues
would relieve loCa'F property
taxpayers In taking on" .these
new programs; ' -
' - The House took up legisla
tion designed to let oil firms
seek and develop oil deposits
off the Oregon coast without
harming scenic values. Appro
val was expected.
Business Licenses Fail
In . the Senate, a bill to al
low counties to license busi
nesses failed 15-11, but Sen.
Walter Pearson (D-Portland)
changed his vote and an
nounced he will file for recon
sideration. Sens. William Grenfell (D
Portland) and Pearson got
into a tangle over Pearson's
motion to refer a house-approved
workmen's compensa
tion bill to Pearson's commit
tee, on state and federal af
fairs. -
The measure, HB1018,
would declare heart and lung
diseases as occupational with
firemen. Grenfell, a fireman,
said there was no reason for
referral, but Pearson said the
bill needed some study. The
motion to refer won, 16-11.
Straub Resignation
' Rumors 'Unfounded'
Salem-IUPD - Persistant re
ports that Sen. Robert W.
Straub of Eugene will resign
soon as Oregon Democratic
.chairman were labeled as "un
founded" today by Straub.
. But Straub added: "I don't
look on the chairmanship as a
lifetime job."
Report on Annexation
Proposal Being Readied
Medford City Manager Rob
ert A. Duff said today that he
hopes to have a report on the
proposed annexation to the
city of an area south and west
of Medford ready for the plan
n i n g commission's consider
ation by its May 11 meeting.
Duff said various city de
partments are currently pre
paring reports on how the an
nexation would affect them
individually, both in cost and
in manpower. This is to deter
mine whether it would be to
the city's advantage to annex
the area, he said.
Street Maintenance
The reports will deal with
"such things as needed street
maintenance and i m prove
ments, cost of fire and police
protection, water supply prob
lems and the conditions of
buildings in the area. A tenta
tive sewer plan for the area
has already been prepared by
the public works department.
Proposed boundaries have
been prepared for the area
;onsidering annexation, Duff
laid, but he declined to reveal
, e
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FINDS JUG Harold E. Wallace, 1965 Sunset dr., is shown
holding an ancient Chinese jug which he found yesterday
on the beach at Ponsler Memorial Wayside just north of the
Sea Lion caves. .The jug is one of several that have been
found along the Oregon coast recently. ; , . , :
Med ford Man Finds
Chinese Jug Along
Coast Near Florence
Maybe- ;' ' '''
(. Somewhere in the- Pacific
ocean, about the time Chri
topher Columbus was discov
ering America, a Chinese sail
ing vessel carrying a cargo of
olive oil or wine and bound
for ports unknown foundered
in heavy seas and sank.
This is pure guesswofk, but
evidence that something of
the sort must have happened
has been washing up on Ore
gon beaches lately. The evi
dence: large air-tight jugs that
once contained wine or olive
oil.. ' - '
' Nearly half a dozen of these
jugs have been, found along
the Oregon coast during the.
past few . months. The latest
discovery was that of a Med
ford. man; Hatold E. .Wallace,
1965:.Sunset dr.,. who, with
his Wife, found the largest jug
yet; lying in . the sand at
Ponsler Memorial. , wayside,
just north of the Sea Lions
caves. - ,
Looking for Agates
Wallace told the Mail Trib
une this morning that he
spotted the jug while looking
for , agates along . the beach
Monday afternoon. It had ap
apparently been washed up on
shore several hours earlier by
a high tide.
"The jug stands approximate
ly three feet high and two
feet wide. Made of glass, it
appears to have an exterior
'Knight of the Road'
Finds It Hard To Find
Sleeping Room Here
' Where does a "knight of
; the road" get to sleep these
days?
- Not in parked automo
biles. Medford city police
put a halt to this practice
a few months ago, when
they haled some sleepers-in-cars
off to the city pokey,
charged with vagrancy.
, And not in railroad ca
booses, any more, either.
Officers last night raided
a couple of the train-end
cars, found their occupants
there without permission,
and look them off to jail as
vagrants, loo. ,
them pending receipt of the
reports from the various city
departments. These reports
may necessitate some changes
in the boundaries, he said.
Prepared by Citizens ...
. The boundaries were pre
pared by the West and South
west Medford Annexation
committee, a body of five citi
zens who were appointed by
Mayor John Snider to work
on the proposed annexation in
conjunction with city officials.
Duff said the committee met
three times.
The area being proposed for
annexation is located in the
Lozier lane, Clover lane, Jack
sonville highway area. Esti
mates of the number of people
living there range from one to
two thousand ' '
When the planning commis
sion receives the report, it will
be asked to submit a recom
mendation on the proposal to
the city council. An annexa
tion could not be consum
mated without first having an
election in the area proposed
for annexation.
''i Hi t - as!
3t 1
1. t
coating of a straw-like mate
rial. '
The ancient- container , is
still sealed and when shaken
some kind of liquid can be
heard sloshing inside. It is
covered with barnacles and
other species of sea life, but
numerous Chinese inscriptions
are still visible.
Wallace, a night watchman
for Jackson county who .was
on vacation at the time - of
the find, said he was told at'
Florence, Ore.,- that the jug
could be anywhere from 4.00,
to 1,000 years old, and that
it originally contained olive
oil or wine.; i . . . j ... . .
, Four or five similar .jugs
have been found along - the
Coast recently, but Wallace be-
lieves his to be the"' biggest
yet. ,"'''. '' '
Speculation' has it that all
of the jugs were from the
same ship.-It is thought , that
the ship sank somewhere near
the Japanese current off the
coast of Asia several centuries
ago, and the jugs have only
recently broken away from
the-wreckage, and been car
ried by the currents toward
the Oregon shore.
Wallace .said he plans to
take the jug to Southern Ore
gon college in hopes that some
of the professors there can
shed more light on the origin
and content of the jug. '
It might have been of some
consolation to the owners of
that ill-fated trading vessel in
centuries past to know that
what once had been intended
to adorn the banquet tables
of Oriental princes, were to
become historical oddities in
that far off place called Ore-
Son.
Group Discusses
Clerk's Budget
The Jackson county budget
committee held a preliminary
discussion of the county clerk
and elections department
budget yesterday afternoon. .
Preliminary total for the
county clerk's office is $90,-
110, and $29,185 for the elec
tions department. - ,
County Clerk Marvin Mad
den said he understood the
budget committee may make
some revisions in his payroll
figures which show an in
crease of $4,704. Average in
crement is $1,700. The addi
tion of a new cashier to the
county clerk's office at $3,012
annual salary comprises most
of the $4,704 proposed . in
crease. Madden said the new cash
ier is necessary to replace one
of his staff who is now -doing
much needed work on old
circuit court probate files.
The county clerk noted that
printing cost estimates are up
$350 over the current year,
and photographic supplies are
up $500. Of the new $2,500
photo supply total, $1,800
covers work for the assessor's
office, he explained.
Fewer typwritcrs and less
general office equipment is
planned- for purchase for the
new fiscal year starting July
1, Madden said.
DISLIKES BILL
Salem (UPD Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday he dis
likes a bill to ban shipment
of raw logs from Oregon-
Regional Edition
Medford
16 Pages
General Electric
Employee Tells
Of Price Fixing ;
' Meetings To Set
Prices Described
, Washington - (UPD - A Gen
eral Electric Co. employee tes
tified today that salesmen for
the nation's three manufac
turers of large turbines had
met regularly from 1951 to
1959 to set prices on sealed
bids to electric utilities.
John Peters, 42, a market
ing specialist and GE em
ployee since 1941, told Senate
investigators he was ashamed
of the illegal attempts to rig
prices.
The way the GE company
has been damaged, the way
my associates have been de
stroyed, the way my family
has been suffering - if I see a
competitor on one side of the
street I'll go on the other," he
said.
Peters testified before the
Senate antitrust and monopoly
subcommittee. The panel is
trying to find out how far
price riggers infiltrated the
heirarchy of America's giant
electrical manufacturing com
panies. .
Meetings Broken Off
Peters said he attended his
first meeting with representa
tives of Westinghouse and
Allis-Chalmers in 195? when
he was training to become a
salesman of large turbines.
Thereafter, he testified, he at
tended six or seven meetings
a year until 1959 when he and
his boss decided to break them
off. . . , -The
witness said salesmen
agreed in advance on what
their comiSanies would bid in
about 10 per cent of all jobs.
Peters said that if GE was
to be ''in position" - in other
words, the low bidder - he
wpuld write down the price to
be quoted ini the secret sealed
bid.
"Vety. very frequently even
though we quoted a high price
we were successful in obtain
ing the contract," he testified.
Building Code To
Be Presented To
Public Tomorrow
Public presentation of a
proposed building code for
Jackson county will be made
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April
19, in the court house audi
torium. The hearing will be before
the Jackson county planning
commission. Its recommenda
tion to the county court for
approval or rejection of the
code will come after the meet
ing. The principal purpose of
the proposed code is to pro
vide, "minimum standards to
safeguard life and limb,
health, property and public
welfare" by regulating all
non - farm, building construc
tion. The code does not include
buildings used for grazing, ag
riculture, horti culture or
growing timber. ,
Regular Inspection
Building permits and regu
lar inspection of the construc
tion are provided if the con
struction . or remodeling is
valued at $100 or more out
side the incorporated cities of
the county.
The proposed code also pro
vides for building inspection,
established as a department
under, the jurisdiction of the
planning commission." The in
'spector would be in charge of
enforcement and administra
tion of the code.
Fees set up in the proposed
code are designed to make the
building inspector's depart
ment self-supporting, planning
commission members said.
All new structures will re
quire permits.
Work valued at less than
$100, unless it is a new struc
ture, will be exempt from a
fee or construction permit.
The fee for work valued at
$100 to and including $1,000
will be $5, and each additional
$1,000 will be $2. Plumbing
and moving building fees also
are established in the pro
posed code. - - -
Tf
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL
Russia
U, S. in Invasion
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, INVASION PROTESTED
' young Muscovites demonstrate violently in
: front of the United States Embassy in Mos
: cow,, The rioters hurled eggs, ink bottles
and rocks at the Embassy in protest against
Cou nty Court May
Consider Assessor
Job on Wednesday
The Jackson county court is
expected to consider appoint
ment of a new county assessor
tomorrow during its regular
agenda meeting.
The court must make an in
terim appointment to the of
fice while it awaits the rec
ommendations of the Jackson
County Democratic Central
committee on a regular ap
pointment, District Attorney
Alan Holmes said today. -
The law specifies that a
man of the same party as the
former office holder must be
given the appointment, in this
case a Democrat. However,
the county court is not bound
by the recommendations of
the Democratic Central com
mittee. The law states that the
chief clerk can automatically
assume temporary charge of
the offices of sheriff, county
clerk, and county treasurer.
But this does not apply to
the assessor's office, although
the county court, could ap
point the chief clerk during
the interim period, Holmes
said.
Awaiting Official Word
Harper Edwards, Democrat
ic Central committee chair
man, this morning said he is
awaiting official word from
the county court before call
ing a meeting of the commit
Officially Accuses
' f flu ,V " " (- ,Vl f - i , . I . ') t I 1
A group of
tee to make a recommenda
tion.
"We have a great abund
ance of talent in our party, so
probably 50 per cent of the
registered Democrats in this
county would be eligible. We
are Interested in getting the
most highly qualified man we
can for this position for the
best Interests of the people of
Jackson county."
Edwards said he is not a
candidate for the position va
cated by the late assessor,
Ray Schumacher, who died
early Friday morning. His
name had been mentioned.
Others who have been men
tioned for the position are
Thad Hatten, Stanley Zapcll,
Andrew Hawver, ex - county
commissioner Ralph James
and Frank Christian.
Surplus Food Shipped
To Josephine County
Salem - (UPI) - The State Fi
nance department announced
its first surplus food shipment
Monday - a 40,000 pound
truckload for Josephine coun
ty. Included in the shipment
are dry milk, lard, cornmeal,
rice, flour, butter, and pea
beans.
Tribune
18, 1961
the rebel invasion of Cuba. For more than
four hours an estimated 25,000 to 50,000
demonstrators paraded by the Embassy
building where earlier a mob of 2,000 broke
windows and battled police. (UPI Telephoto)
Police Investigate
Gold Hill Burglary
State police today are inves
tigating a burglary at the
Bristol Silica plant at Gold
Hill which occurred some
time between 11 a.m. Satur
day and 8:30 a.m. Monday,
officers said.
Apparently no money was
taken, but a number of items
are missing. These included a
washbowl, automatic coffee
pot, modernistic lamp, yellow
leather davenport and chair,
revolver and clock and some
odds and ends, police said.
North Bend Minister Withholds Part
Of Income Tax To Protest Arms Race
North Bend, Ore.-(UPl)-The
minister of the First Method
ist Church here and his wife
said today they had refused to
pay 55 per cent of their I960
federal income tax in protest
over the arms race.
The Rev. William O. Walk
er and his wife, Carol, filed
a completed return April 15
but enclosed a check for only
45 per cent of the lax. The
other 55 per cent Is what they
estimate would be used for fu
ture or past wars.
They sent a contribution In
the amount of 55 per cent of
their tax to the United Na
tions Children's Federation
"in hopes that life, not death,
may be brought to some."
The Internal Revenue Bu
reau indicated it could collect
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56th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 23
Soviet Students
Storm Embassy in
Demonstration
United Nations '
Study Demanded
Moscow-IUPD-The Soviet Un
ion , officially accused the
United States today of prepar
ing and starting the invasion
of Cuba. It warned of possible
Russian aid to Fidel Castro's
regime "should armed inter
vention not cease." !
The official Soviet govern.
ment statement . was broad
cast over Moscow Radio. In
the middle of the announce
ment another Moscow station
broke into a newscast to an
nounce that the invasion of
Cuba had taken place "with
help of, and under cover from,
U.S. warships."
March on Embassy
Simultaneously, a group of
students marched toward the
U.S. Embassy from Friend
ship University, apparently
for another demonstration
such as the one staged after
the death of Congolese Pre
mier Patrice Lumumba earli
er., this .year, ...,:..
The statement was the first
official reaction by the Soviet
government on the invasion
of Cuba by the anti-Castro
forces. , . , . ,
1 It . called on : the United
States government "at this
crucial moment to take meas
ures to halt the aggression
against Cuba."- . r ; s
It also demanded that the
United Nations "examine the
question immediately.",
Situation Discussed '
The United Nations already
is discussing the Cuban situa
tion. 1 . ; . ,
The Soviet government
branded the invasion "an
open challenge to all freedom-
loving peoples" and said the
Soviet Union "reserves ,the
right, should armed interven
tion not cease, to render all
necessary aid to the Republic
of Cuba." '
There was no mention of
the nature of the aid. Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
last year had warned that the
Soviet Union possessed rock
ets it could bring into use to
help uastro if necessary.
(See Story on Page 2)
WEATHER
FOHKCAST: Cool and ihowery
through Wednesday. Snow I
levpl near 2,000 feet. Low to
night 32. High Wednesday SR. !
Temp.
Highest Yesterday- 68
Lowest This Morning 34
Prec, to 10 a.m. Today ... .02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .;. m 6:56 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:25 a.m.
Moonset tonight 10:43 p.m.
First Quarter April 22
PROMINENT STAR
Bctelgeuse. low in
west 9:42 p.m.
Marx, in the west 9:58 p.m.
Haturn, rises 2:15 a.m
Jupiter, rises 2:31 a.m.
the rest of the tax through
"regular channels."
"This Is no crusade," the
Rev. Mr. Walker said. "I am
not the crusading type. We
Just wondered what we could
do to end this terrible arms
race. We talked it over for
months and decided this was
the way to protest."
He sent copies of his letter
to his bishop, the Rev. Ray
mond Grant, Portland, and to
his district superintendent,
the Rev. E. A. Ashenbrenner,
Eugene. Neither was avail
able for comment today.
In Portland, A. G. Erick
son, district director of In
ternal revenue, said he had
not seen the Walker's April
15 letter but added, "we are
required to collect any In
of Cuba
Planes and Tanks
Jets Pose Major
Threat To Supplies
By FRANCIS L. McCARTHV
UPI Correspondent
Premier Fidel Castro hurl
ed Communist-built MIG jet
planes and tanks at invading
rebel troops today in an all
out attempt to drive them,
back into the sea from their
widening beachhad, rebel .
sources reported. -,
A spokesman for the Invad
ing forces in southern Cuba
said they were "under ex- '
tremely heavy attack" by tha
MIGs and tanks at midday.
The report was received "
shortly after rebel headquart
ers announced that ah airlift
had been established into tha .
invasion area. This was now
in danger.
Bombers Said Downed
In Moscow, Cuban Ambas-
sador Faure Chomon told a
Russian television audienca
tonight that five rebel bomb- .
ers, including an American
plane, were shot down over
Cuba. He said they were
bringing reinforcement for
the Invaders" when they wera
destroyed. - ,
The exile source said ha
could not tell. exactly how
many MIGs were involved,
but said that "at least seven
separate MIG aircraft have
been identified."
MIG fighters had never be-
fore been reported operating
so close to American shores
although their presence in
Cuba ; has . been frequently
rumored.
The ! spokesman added that
many Soviet-type tanks also
were in the attack,, although.
tie had no immediate word as
to their number. Both the '
planes and the tanks are So
viet types believed supplied
by Czechoslovakia, ,
The rebel exile spokesman-
said earlier that the invaders
had seized an air strip and
were flying in and out of tha '
beachhead area in Cochinos
Bayj'
Major Threat ' ;
, ! The , rebels had only prc-peller-driven
aircraft, and the
appearance of the Communist
LMIGs.. posed a .major threat
to their supply efforts. '
Foreign intelligence sources
previously estimated that Cas
tro had from seven to 12 MIG ,
jets at secret . airfields. He
also long has been reported to ,
have - Soviet-designed tanks,
Including the monster Josef '
Stalin 80-ton giants. ; -
Light Healing Noted
In Valley Orchards
Light and general orchard
heating occurred early this
morning i when temperatures .
hit a low of 27 to 28 degrees
in the coldest spots.
, Meteorologist William Rog-.v
ers predicted some firing to
night, when temperatures era
expected to drop to 27 de
grees in the coldest places.
Some cloudiness and a mod
erate high ceiling are fore
cast. ,' .
Some observers feel tonight
may be the worst fruit frost
period yet this season, since
snow . has been observed in
the foothills near Ashland and
Griffin Creek. '
Heating started between 3
and 4 o'clock this morning,
and lasted two to three hours,
according to County Agent
David Passon. . : ',
Cease Fire Ordered : -On
Borders in Congo'
Leopoldville, The Congo-IUPD-A
cease fire has been or
dered along the border be-,
tween Oriental and Equator
provinces in an apparent
move to bring the leftist
Stanleyville, regime into the
camp of the central Congolese
government, it was reported
i today.
come tax' due and we shall
try to do so in this case." He
said notices would be sent
the tax must be paid and that
if It Was hot a field agent
would be sent to talk to them.
Erickson said if they re
fused to pay the government
could collect though seizure
of property or wages. :
"We wouldn't put the man,
lit Jail," he said.
William O. Walker, North
Bend minister who has re
fused to pay 55 per cent of
his income tax because he esti
mates that is the amount tha
government will use In the
arms race, is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Walker, 2241
Jacksonville hwy. - He is a
1950 graduate of. Medford
high school.
owned lands' outside the coun
try.