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-
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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
$250 from the safe of his em
ployer, the E. R. Ross Service
station, 402 South Central
ave., April 2.
A district court warrant
charging larceny by bailee has
been issued here for Galen's
arrest.
Police received a teletype
this morning from the Cali
fornia Highway Patrol in Sac
ramento saying Galen had
been arrested in that city for
allegedly using stolen gaso
line credit cards. The CHP
said Galen has agreed to
waive extradition to Oregon.
WEATHER BLAMED
Portland -(UPD- Crow's Lum
ber Market News Service said
today late spring snowstorms
through the Midwest were
partly responsible for a pause
in the trading activity of fir
lumber.
bly Viscount turbo -prop
planes
Airport Manager Gutjahr
said today that the existing
ramp will be extended south
under present plans and will
be able to accomodate park
ing for from 6 to 11 multi-en-gine
aircraft.
Gutjahr said he hopes con
struction can start by mid
summer or August and be
completed later this calendar
year.
Regarding proposed exten
sion of the airports runway,
Gutjahr said this would de
pend on future need. Airlines
do not anticipate using "pure
jet aircraft" at the airport be
ECenned
Invasion
Milk Producers Ask State-Regulated
Prices; Bill To Go Before Legislature
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ijStiWi$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 . . ." .
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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.
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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
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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-