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Wet Heather to Greet Anglers On Opening Day "Be Prepared!" i ' That Boy Scout motto was emphasized today by the weatherman as good advice to the thousands of anglers ex pected to head to mountain lakes of this area over the week end for the opening days of general trout fishing sea son. . A cold and wet week end Is forecast with showery con ditions at least through Sun day. The precipitation could mean considerable, snow in mountain areas, the weather bureau said. Fishermen were advised to go prepared with shovels, tire chains and proper clothing.. The bureau reported that this area may get as much as 10 inches of snow in some .places at higher elevations. Snow level is expected to be as low as 2,000 feet at times. From 'Deep Low ' The wet weather is expect ed from a "deep low," con taining cold air, moving along the Oregon coast. There was heavy rain in places along the coast this morning. - State police listed most routes to the mountain lakes in condition for travel as of midday today. The route to Howard Prairie lake off Dead Indian rd. was reported "good." PoUce listed the routes via Dead Indian rd. to Fish lake and Lake of the Woods, the road from Butte Falls to Willow lake and road from the Applegate area to Squaw lakes as "okeh." " Anglers were advised that the McAllister springs route to Fish lake and Lake of the Woods is not readily passable because of construction work. . The forest service recom mended travel to Fish lake via Butte Falls or Dead In dian rd., although there may be soft spots along either road. To Open Officially ; The Howard Prairie Recre ation area will officially open, to the public Saturday, and,' according to Bob Johnston of Johnston stores, it will be ready for the expected in flux of fishermen, ' . In recent days, and weeks the area's roads have been regraded and refinished and, barring heavy rains or snow, should be in good condition. The water system is operating and the restrooms are open. A stairway has been com pleted from the parking lot to the new dock system. On the docks themselves, ,a marine service building has been erected which will serve as a headquarters for boat and motor rentals, fishing tackle, bait and marine refueling. Temporary Store A temporary store building at the lake will serve as a limited grocery store and will offer canteen service. Fifteen-foot- long Howard Prairie schooners are ready. The road to the lake will be opened to cars with boats Library Conference Scheduled in City The state conference of the Oregon Library association will be held at the Jackson hotel April 27-29. Approxi mately 275 librarians from throughout the state will reg ister for the conference from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday in the hotel lobby. A meeting of the executive board and an informal pre conference coffee hour for delegates will be held in the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County at 7:30 p.m. General sessions will be held Friday morning and aft ernoon, and Saturday morn ing. Various sections of the association will hold breakfast meetings Saturday morning Omar Bacon, librarian for the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County, and Miss Cora Mason, Ashland libra rian, are in charge of local arrangements. Several Improvements Are Planned at Medford Airport for Larger Aircraft The city of Medford plans several improvements at the municipal airport to pave the way for larger and faster air planes which will want to use the airport in the not too dis tant future. The city council last night authorized expenditures of nearly $20,000 in 'city airport funds to be used as the city's share in expansion of the air port's taxiway and apron sys tem, and installation of a new wind indicator. Total cost of the project will be approximately $48,000, of which the city will pay 44 per cent and the Federal Avi ation agency 56 per cent, if the FAA approves the im- at 5 a.m. Saturday. It will be closed for .the five preced ing hours. Johnston said that extra help has been hired to assist with the anticipated opening day crowd, but he asked that fishermen make their equip ment ready for quick launch ing and parking of cars and trailers. , The area will be open to traffic on a first-come-first-serve basis. - Two Sessions May Be Necessary To Complete Budget The Jackson county budget committee may meet two more days to complete -formulation of a budget for the fis cal year starting July 1, the county court said today. The county court will meet with County Auditor George Stacey soon to determine how much money will be carried over from this fiscal year, and what receipts may be ex pected. County Judge Earl Miller noted that estimated county receipts from government tim ber sales are expected to be 20 per cent less. Since timber receipts enable the county to operate its various offices without levying property taxes this expected cut is causing some concern. Tentatively Approved ' Yesterday, the budget com mittee tentatively approved a $24,330 budget total for the sheriff's tax division, $16,864 for his , civil division and $35,292 'for the county jail division. Items for supplies and equipment were transferred out of the division totals, since the committee is consoli dating all these items under one category, this makes tne overall sheriff's budget total $199,930. The criminal divi sion budget of $75,800 was approved tentatively yester day morning, - The committee still has to give tentative ' approval to recreatlpnirihistorical, miscel laneous general county, ., li brary, and county engineer's department. ;., Frost Damage Is Reported in Areas ' Severe frost damage oc curred to fruit in some of the larger orchards in the south west part of the Rogue valley early Wednesday morning, County Agent David Passon said today. Damage resulted in tracts which have not had to heat in recent years, and were consid ered in warmer, more protect ed areas, he said. Fruit in this area will be seedless or marked, he noted. Amount of acreage involved is compara tively small. "Not toovmany peaches were hit by frost," the county agent said. The Ashland area was untouched although there was ice on the ground well Into mid-morning. Passon noted that frost marking which reduces fruit a grade would not have mat tered too much in former years, but now all pears must grade out top quality to bring even fair prices. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional rain and wind tonight and Saturday. Snow as low as 2,000 feet at times and possibly heavy In some areas. Low to night 39. High Saturday 50. . Temp. Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest This Morning .. 43 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . T:00 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:20 a.m. Moonset tomorrow . 1:09 a.m, First Quarter Saturday The planet. Mars, tonight ap pears almost exactly nairway between the Moon and the star, Pollux. Mars Is now about 138 million miles away. provements. Airport Manager Gil Gutjahr said this morning that an application for FAA funds is currently being pre pared, but he said he antici pates that the funds will be forthcoming. Most of the city's share of the cost will come from a $15,000 payment received from the state for use of a borrow pit on airport proper ty. The money was placed in the city's Airport Reconstruc tion fund. City Manager Robert A. Duff said last night that the airport improvements are needed because United Air Lines plans to use DC-6 planes , In the near future, and possi- Rogue Valley Edition MedfordTribune United Press International Full Leased Wire 22 Pages Bill Unfreezing Highway 42 Bonds Goes To Hatfield Heavy Truck Tax Bill Bogs Down . Salem - (UPB A bill un freezing $4 million in state bonds for Highway 42 record struction breezed through the Senate today and went to the governor. The vote on HB1016 was 25-2 with Sens. Melvin Goode (R-Albany) and Loyd Key (D- Milton-Freewater) voting no. Sen. R. F. Chapman (D-Coos Bay) 4 was the only speaker. He said the bill is needed be cause federal matching money failed to come through and the $4 million has been froz en. ' The bill releases the money regardless of the status of fed eral funds. The winding route between Coquille and Winston has been dubbed the worst in Oregon. Truck Bill Snags The bill to give heavy truckers a $1 million a year tax cut bogged down in the House Committee on State and Federal Affairs. The bill, which passed the Senate un der threat of a veto, got stuck on a 4-4 vote. Committee Chairman Norman Howard (D-Portland) said another, try would be made to get the bill onto the floor. Howard's committee indi cated it may propose a reso lution to repeal another reso lution that allows legislative expenses. Although the Su preme Court upheld the meas ure as constitutional, there is still' some feeling that the policy is risky. The snag is over legal definitions of what a legislative expense by an individual legislator encom passes. The House voted 31-29 to recall from the Senate a reso lution to enlarge the legisla ture and guarantee iadequate representation for eastern Ore gon. The measure "squeaked through the House Thursday! . The Seriate passed 27-1, a bill requiring the State High way. Commission to pay .."just and reasonable ' compensation to property owners adversely affected by relocations. The bill went to the House. The Senate Tax Committee introduced a substitute home stead tax exemption bill for the elderly. SB548 would ap ply to those 66 or over, giv ing graduated property tax relief as a person ages. Those between 66-68 would get a 10 per cent cut. Those 80 years and over would have no tax to pay on their home. Talent Man To Be Returned To County Medford city police today are taking steps to return a 28-year-old Talent man to Medford from Sacramento, Calif., where he was arrested early this morning on a charge of forgery. The man, James Galen Ol sen, is wanted in Medford for allegedly taking more than $250 from the safe of his em ployer, the E. R. Ross Service station, 402 South Central ave., April 2. A district court warrant charging larceny by bailee has been issued here for Galen's arrest. Police received a teletype this morning from the Cali fornia Highway Patrol in Sac ramento saying Galen had been arrested in that city for allegedly using stolen gaso line credit cards. The CHP said Galen has agreed to waive extradition to Oregon. WEATHER BLAMED Portland -(UPD- Crow's Lum ber Market News Service said today late spring snowstorms through the Midwest were partly responsible for a pause in the trading activity of fir lumber. bly Viscount turbo -prop planes Airport Manager Gutjahr said today that the existing ramp will be extended south under present plans and will be able to accomodate park ing for from 6 to 11 multi-en-gine aircraft. Gutjahr said he hopes con struction can start by mid summer or August and be completed later this calendar year. Regarding proposed exten sion of the airports runway, Gutjahr said this would de pend on future need. Airlines do not anticipate using "pure jet aircraft" at the airport be ECenned Invasion Milk Producers Ask State-Regulated Prices; Bill To Go Before Legislature I .IV - i: ijStiWi$Wa)BiaasieaaiM EXPLAINS POSITION Gerald T. Latham (far left), past president of the Medford Chamber of Commerce and head of the chamber's board of directors, is shown gesturing as he explained to the Medford city council last night his position on the proposed new federal building. Latham and Chamber President Bob Taylor (just out of picture at C of C Directors Favor Changing Building's Site ; The Medford Chamber of Commerce board of directors this morning went' on record favoring reconsideration by the general services adminis tration of the location of a new federal building in Med ford. This morning's board meet ing was continued from yes terday, when directors started discussion and hearing argu ments from interested parties on the location of a proposed $2V4 million federal building. The GSA previously an nounced the building would be constructed on a site south of 10th st. between Riverside and Central aves. A new mo tel is planned ini the same area. 1 Paul Selby, former Med ford city councilman and ex chairman of the Medford plan ning commission; spoke in fa vor of the civic center loca tion for the building. The civic center, he said, was rec ommended as early as 1930. Implementing Idea Medford can now start im plementing the idea, he said, with the new federal building. The civic center would be in the location of the Public Li brary of Medford and Jackson County and the Jackson coun ty courthouse. Postmaster Moore Hamilton and Tony Manno, Medford businessman, spoke in favor of the 10th st. site. Hamilton said the site would provide a more efficient operation of the post office, since traffic indicates that it would be a desirable location. - Manno said there is rel atively low cost land in the area which could be utilized for off-street parking... One of the arguments against the 10th st. site has been increased traffic con gestion should the building be constructed there. A majority of the board ap proved a motion for recon sideration of the site. Cham ber Manager Don McNeil was authorized to notify Congress man Edwin R. Durno and the GSA in Seattle, Wash., of the board's action. f OC Band Probably Sounds Better Now La Grande-dPIV-The fol lowing item appeared in a recent issue of The Beacon, Eastern Oregon College stu dent newspaper, "The Eastern Oregon Col lege band has retuned after presenting 11 concerts throughout California and Southern Oregon . . ." . - tf A MEDFORD, y Says Extent of IRole in Cuban Toiei Friction Develops On Issue of Site For New Building A request that the Medford city- council back ' the: stand of the planning commission on thei controversial federal building caused some friction last night, and things ended up with , the council taking no action at all. Medford Chamber of Com merce President Bob Taylor, and Gerald Latham, past pres ident and chairman of the chamber's board of directors, both appealed to the council to voice disapproval of the proposed site south of 10th st., between Central and River side aves., for the $2VS million federal building, and come out in favor of a site In the still, hypothetical civic center near the courthouse. Taylor and Latham had pre viously sent telegrams to Con gressman Edwin R. Durno urging him to try to get the location of the building changed. The city planning commission also at its April 13 meeting had passed a reso lution to the same effect. Taylor told the council that time is of the essence." He said the board of directors of the chamber, which met yes terday and today to consider the matter, had requested more time to study it. Makes' Point Clear Tony Manno, a member of the chamber, stepped forward and declared: "I want to make it clear that this matter was not approved either formally or informally-, by the board of directors." Manno turned and asked Taylor If this was not and Taylor indicated that it wasn't. Manno then pointed out that the board of directors had actually defeated a motion by one vote to recommend that the federal building be located near the civic center. Latham countered that he didn't feci the vote was a fair represen tation of the board's feeling on the matter Manno then declared to the council: "I don't for one mo ment question the motives or sincerity (of Taylor and La tham), but I believe that on a couple of points they are a little bit misinformed. Manno gave a set of traffic projection figures for the l-en-tral-Riverside area which dif fered slightly from those which Latham had given ear lier. Latham had said that the future increase in the traffic flow at the Central-Riverside area was one of his chief rea sons for opposing the federal building location there. City Engineer Vernon Thorpe was called on to give OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL left) both favored the civic center as the site for the $2V4 million structure. Tony Manno (standing right), a mem ber of the chamber questioned Latham's reasoning. Manno favored a site south of 10th st. between Central and Riverside aves. . his traffic figures. He said he had received his figures from the- same ' state Highway de partment official that Manno said gave him his figures, yet the figures again differed. - But, while the argument be tween chamber members high lighted the meeting, the city planning commission also came under verbal abuse for Us action in passing Its own recommendation , on the fed eral building. Councilman R. L. Van Sickle declared: "The opinions voiced by the planning commission don't necessarily reflect some of the views of the council." He criticized- the commission for recommending a civic cen ter site when in actuality there is no civic center site. (The city planning commis sion has twice recommended to the council that a civic center site be designated in the area around the county courthouse. The recommenda tion was based on a similar proposal adopted in 1931. But, the council has never taken any action on the commis sion's recommendation, either for or against.) Councilman Stanley .Stark agreed with Van Sickle and said: "I certainly wouldn't want to recommend It (the federal building) going to site we don't have." Echoed Sentiments Councilman Bill S 1 n g 1 e r echoed the sentiments of many observers when he said: We owe It to the public to give them a firm commitment . . . either for or against. Singler then moved that the city formally protest the pro posed 10th st. site for the federal building, and appoint a committee to investigate other possible sites. Singler was overruled by the rest of the council, how ever, and by a 7 to 1 vote the matter was referred to the council's executive com mittee for further study. May or John W. Snider said that Congressman Durno would be Informed that the council Is considering the matter, Medford Man Reports $547 Taken from Him Archie Wright, 69, of 1020 North Central ave., told city police last night that someone took $547 in cash .from him while he was in a local tavern yesterday evening. Police suspect that a pick pocket may be responsible for the theft. They questioned several suspects last night and today but had made no ar- rcstsby p.ess time. 21, 1961 ado Clear in One lime Home Rule Study Group Discusses Powers ol County ,' The Jackson, county home rule ' study t committee 1 last night discussed county pow ers under a . proposed home rule charter. ; , - ; . i The five committee mem bers and six visitors met in the public library.- ) i The committee reviewed a report by , Orval Etter, re search- attorney i' with ' t h e bureau of municipal research, in which he said, "In the mu nicipal home rule charters that Oregon cities have adopted during the last quarter of a century, general- grants of power have been the pre ferred device for conferring powers on cities. A general grant of home rule power on a county may be patterned as follows the general grant of powers increasingly common in ' the charters of : Oregon cities." Residents attending seemed mainly concerned about the county government having too much power. Under a gen eral power grant If an in dividual believes a grant of power is illegal, he has to go to court. Some people felt this places too much of an obliga tion on the individual. The committee discussed Etter's report dealing with power of a county and draft ing of a charter. Unless the proposed charter stipulates otherwise, the coun ty shall have authority over matters of county concern "to the full extent granted or al lowed by U. S. and state laws and constitutions." Such pow ers would carry the same force as if they were speci fically listed in a charter, . Bid Rejected for Bridge Approaches A bid for construction of the Fourth st. bridge was ac cepted by the Medford city council last night, but a bid for construction of approaches to the bridge was rejected. The council accepted the low bid of $81,482 from the Sig Andersson company, Coos Bay, for construction of the bridge. , A bid from M. C. Lininger and Sons company, Medford, of $26,053 for construction of Fourth stj at either end of the bridge Avas rejected by the council since it was 39.45 per cent above the engineer's esti mate. The council elected , to cut curbs and gutters off the approach specifications in hopes that it will reduce the overall cost of the project. A call for new bids will be ls- 'sued. United Press International full Leased Wire Legislation Said Needed To Avert Catastrophe' Bill Will Seek Minimum Price Power . Salem - (UPD - Hundreds of milk producers asked a legis lative committee Thursday night for state-regulated milk prices to counter a two-cent-a- quart drop. The committee greed to introduce a bill con taining milk control provi sions, s Producers told the House Food and Dairying Committee and the Senate -Agriculture Committee recent milk wars marked the crumbling of long- unsteady efforts to maintain prices. They declared emer gency legislation Is needed to avert "catastrophe" for the industry. Minimum Price Power The House committee said it will seek legislation giving the State Agriculture Depart ment power to set minimum prices In milk marketing areas, based on cost of pro duction, consumption, and supply. ' In connection with price- setting the bill would let pro ducers band together into either distributors' pools, market area pools, with milk "quotas" to define each In dividual -producer's "share" ol the market., . . . s .., ; The distributors' pool would band, milk producers around each buyer, providing a quota and set price for each pro ducer serving the same buy er. Prices could differ, how ever, in different distributors' POOlS. i .,;V The broader market-area pool would lump producers, and all distributors, in a mar keting area before figuring out a single price standard and quota standard, ' Either would be created or disbanded by a referendum of the producers Involved. ' Producers declared . some control is essential if the in dustry is to survive. Prices recently have dropped from $5.97 to $4.95 a - hundred weight. Mental Health Clinic , Bill Passes House Salem (UPB Local mental health clinics that will make new psychiatric help avail able to the public In' many communnties won 43-17 ap proval today from the Oregon House, Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles 8 2 Detroit ......9 11 1 Cas a 1 1,' Clevenger (5), Semproch (7), and Averilli Mossl and Brown. City Asked To Support SP in Railroad Purchase The Medford city council was asked last night to throw its support behind the South ern Pacific railroad in SP's efforts to gain control of the Western Pacific railroad. Bernal Quayle, assistant traffic manager for SP at its Portland office, said the coun cil should support the SP be cause Southern Pacific oper ates in Oregon whereas Santa Fe, which is competing for control of the Western Pacific, does not. . Quayle said Western Pa cific tracks run parallel to Southern Pacific tracks in California and Nevada, and said that if SP can get control, SP can save $5& million a year in transportation costs. He indicated to the council that these savings would re sult in greater benefits and increased Investments In Ore gon. Quayle said SP has al ready enlisted the support of 56th Year Price 10 Cents ; No. 26 National Safety Said To Prevent Disclosure Now Tough Statement of Thursday To Stand Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy promised today that the extent of his role in the recent Cuban invasion, as well as other facts in the situation, will be made clear in due time. Kennedy said the national interest prevented him at this time from saying anything more about the situation or re vealing how much encourage ment he had' given the anti Castro Invasion forces. ;'., "I do not think that any useful national purpose would be served by my going further into the Cuban question this morning," Kennedy told his news conference. He said he would stand on his- tough statement of Thurs day in which he warned that U.S. patience was "not inex- , haustlble" and said this coun try would act alone if neces- sary to block further commu nist penetration of the western Hemisphere. Questioned About Refugees : The President was question ed specifically concerning published reports that he took the decision to continue train ing Cuban refugees with U.S. provided arms and for releas ing ships and fuel for launch ing the current operations In Cuba. : ,-' . ' j He replied:) ' ; : ' . "I think that the facts of the matter - involving Cuba will ; come Out In due time. 1- am, , sure that an effort will be hriadev to determine .the :f acts Y accurately. - as ror me, i am confining myself to my state- ! ment for good reason." Consultations Continue The President said the Unit ed States is "continuing con sultations with other Ameri can republics" on the Cuban situation. Meanwhile, Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's propaganda ra dio broadcasts claimed the capture of . 400 rebels and x blasted President Kennedy as an "imbecile" afraid of Rus- . sla in the wake of this week's unsuccessful invasion of south ern Cuba. ' ' Havana radio said two U.S. destroyers covered the exile forces that landed in the Co chinos Bay beachhead and that defenders under Castro's personal direction shot down a number of planes including: a B29 superfortress and an F86 Sabre jet. i And in New York, Dr. Jose Mlro Cardona, chief of the exiled anti-Castro forces, de clared that the abortive in vasion of Cuba was mounted without any "military aid" from the United States. The United States should not intervene militarily against the Castro regime," Cardona said. "I have said re peatedly that this is a Cuban fight by Cubans against Cu bans." LOGGER KILLED Cottage Grove-fllPD-James J. Whltted, 38, Cottage Grove, was killed in a logging acci dent about 15 miles southeast of here Thursday. 35 city councils and chambers of commerce along its routes. He said also that the local fruit and pear growers asso ciations have backed SP. ' Mayor,.John. Snider asked Quayle smilingly that "if we did this could you promise that we'd have no further re duction in passenger travel?" There was no reply. ,- ' 1 Asked if it would be all right if the council took some time to consider the request, Quayle replied that the rail road would appreciate action as soon as possible. Councilman Jimmy: Dun levy then commented wryly: "When we have made requests to Southern Pacific, time was never very important." ; The motion to refer the matter to committee passed by a 7 to 1 vote. Councilman Donald Hanson voted against it declaring that he didn't feel the matter was within the council's jurisdiction. fore 1965, he said ,4-
