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Newspaper Page TextIMl (Ul UM DffiH Price Control Legislation May Extend l- Salem - IUPD - Legislators ; grumbled today over whether '..they have opened a "pandora's .box" of price control legisla tion, and many predicted bills to control milk and gasoline I prices may prolong the ses 1 sion Into May.' : House Speaker Robert Dun ; can disagreed, and said he still ' has hopes the legislation can j adjourn for good this , Sat ur , day night. . . - Held Essential r. The milk and gas price con trol bills flitted out in the last . .few days, herded by several ; hundred dairymen and an equal number of gasoline deal--ers who virtually marched on the capitol. 1 Both the. milk producers -.and the service station oper 'ators; declared legislation is essential to end price wars .i:that threaten disaster for the -respective industries, ' t , ' The House Rules Committee -.agreed to introduction of the milk control measure' after . milk prices dropped last week ,lrom $5.97 to $4.85 a hundred weight, - ; The bill would let the State ; Agriculture department set minimum producers' prices; ' -Sen. Thomas' Mahoney (D . Portland) immediately de- clared it was the framework "of the old milk control law 'repealed by the voters seven Vears ago and he would fight it.. ' The same rules committee -Monday agreed to permit in troduction of., the . gasolijie 'price control measure, after Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Port-land) remarked, "we kind of Public Hearings Mailers Slated: ' ' ' '.''.siAV I , Public hearings oft' wo con troversial matters will be held In the Jackson county court house auditorium tonight and and Wednesday night. ' Tonight's hearing, which 'starts at 8 o'clock, will be on a proposal to transfer proper ty from the Phoenix to Med ford school district. The hear ing was called by the Jackson county school reorganization committee. i Wednesday night's hearing, which also starts at 8 o'clock, will be on an application for a license to operate an auto Wrecking yard, in Talent. The hearing was called by the Jackson county court. Both matters have created considerable interest and con troversy among residents liv ing in both areas, and indica tions are that many people plan to attend the hearings. Near Barneburg Hill The" proposal to transfer land from the Phoenix to Med ford school district involves an area within the Medford city limits but in the Phoenix school district. . It is located near Barneburg hill and along Barnett rd. The proposal does riot include Rogue Valley IIanor. i ';!)''-. The Phoenix school board has expressed interest in keep ing the district as it is. The Medford school board and ad ministrators have remained neutral throughout several at tempts by Barnett rd. area residents to have the proper ty transferred." - " Residents in the Talent area have expressed opposition to establishing an auto wregking' . yard there. The hearing is on the application for a license. '. The Jackson county plan ning commission has recom mended to the county court that the application be ap proved with certain stipula tions to prevent an unsightly condition. Many area resi dents, however, believe the stipulations are not enforce able, and the wrecking yard may reduce property values jn the vicinity. Yellow Cab To Appear in ; Carl Kellenberger, owner of the Yellow Cab company, has been ordered to appear in Medford's municipal court Monday to answer a com plaint by the city of Medford that he has charged illegally low limousine rates. ' The city charges specifical ly that Kellenberger has fail ed to adhere to the rate sched ule as filed rwith the city, which is in violation of sec tion 8-618 of the code of Med ford. Conviction on the charge carries a maximum penalty of $100 and 50 days In jail. ., Conviction could also result Session voted for this when we voted for the milk control bill last week." Could Extend Session ' Chairman . Katherine Musa (D-The Dalles) admitted the committee seemed to have "opened a pandora's box." She said she felt the bills could extend the . session several weeks if battles develop. ' i The gas control bill is still to be drafted, but sponsors suggested it should require distributors to sell at the same price throughout the state, cut ting out low rates to cutrate dealers. A similar measure died in 1059. Officials Review i Operafoinof HP Recreation Area Howard Prairie recreation area operations last week end were" reviewed at a meeting of county officials responsible for the area yesterday. Concessionaire Robert John ston, of Johnston Stores, told the officials only the heavy snowfall , saved us from a mess." henansp h nrpvpntpH many people from coming to uie urea lur me opening 01 fishing season. ..., ....... Johnston presented a , list of 11 items he said are county responsibilities, and which have to. be . completed prior to the coming week end if neoDle - are to ' be 1 nrnnprlv served. He said if they are not, he cannot assume respon sibility for providing ade quate service. County Judge Earl Miller assured Johnston that every effort would be made to cor rect the deficiencies, hut pointed - out. that adverse weather conditions had ham pered work, earlier. To this Ijohnntnn nnfntoH put that. the weather -from oepiemDer. inrougn January was mostly favorable for such work to be done, but it was postponed until late winter, when it could not be done properly. ,; :". . Discuss Future Operations . At the conclusion of h meeting, which despite John ston's criticisms was an ami cable one,- Johnston and the county officials also discussed future , operations, including the possibility of charging user fees to finance the opera tion, rather than using gen eral - tax funds. There was general aereement that this would be desirable, if it can be arranged with thp hnrpau of reclamation, which has overall jurisdiction of the lake vicinity with the county hav ing responsibility for thp rpr- reatlon area. Those - attending included Johnston and .Turicrp Mnior- Countv Commissionpra Phpo- ter Wendt and Edwin Taylor, County Engineer Robert Car- stensen, and Robert Haworth, narlcs and rpprpntlnn AiaMn xne ii points listed by Johnston as needing immedi ate, attention included grad ing, eravelline and rfndprlnir of roads, boat ramp and park ing : areas, ancnormg of the noating docks, posting of di rectional and Informational signs, provision of f Irpwnnd in me camp areas, and similar preparatory work. : , . Bill To Extend Driver Training Voted Salem - (DPI) - A bill ex pected to bring driver train- ing courses to more high school students through an increase in state financing won 47-10 approval from the House Tuesday. WEEK PROCLAIMED Washington MUPD- President Kennedy has proclaimed the week beginning May 21 as World Trade Week. Company Owner Ordered Court on Low in Kellenberger's losing his license to operate a limousine service in the city. In January the Medford city council placed both the Yellow Cab company limousine service and its competitors, the Med ford Airport Limousine serv ice, on six months probation. The probationary period ends June 30, when Kellen berger's license comes up for annual renewal. The council's action came after the two companies had filed charges and counter - charges with th city accusing each other Reapportionment Majority Report Voted by Senate ' Formal Passage Slated Wednesday Salem-aiPD-The ' Senate to day adopted a majority report making almost no change in leg islative reapportionment amid cries of unconstitutional ity by : those representing heavily-populated districts. Formal final passage of HB1665 is scheduled for Wed nesday. ' - The action came after the 17-13 defeat of a minority re port which Sen. Alice , Corbett (D-Portland) said would give proper increased representa tion to such counties as Mult nomah based on population increases,, , , . . , . Would Join Ana i The minority report would have cost -Eastern Oregon three House seats and joined some rural areas in Western Oregon, adding more seats to bigger areas.-' Sen. Vernon Cook (D-Trout- dale) termed the majority report- "clearly unconstitution al." : ; ; A supreme court test was in the offing. - )- The majority report is a modiifed form of the Repub lican "preferred plan" for re mapping the legislature. The 1961 session was charged with the task because of the 1960 census. Ui-.- The minority report would have given Multnomah county 8 1-3 senators instead, of the present 7. Yamhill Would Los Linn and Lane would have been joined into a senatorial district, as would Benton and Polk counties. Yamhill would have lost its exclusive senator, with a new. district shared by Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill counties. : ' In the House, the minority report would have joined Multnomah and Washington counties for one more repre sentative, and given one more seat to Jackson, "Lane and Clackamas counties. . I ' Five eastern Oregon coun ties would have lost., half a House' seat. They are " Hood River, Wasco, Umatilla: Kla math and Baker. . - The minority report would have merged Linn and Lane counties into a new senatorial district. - ' 1 Arterial Streets ; To Be Discussed Representatives of Medford, Ashland and other valley towns . will, meet j with the county court and state and federal highway officials Thursday to consider a pro posed valley - wide arterial streets and roads study. The meeting was called jointly by Mayor John W. Snider of Medford and Coun ty Judge Earl Miller.- It will be held at 7:30 p.m., in the new reserve armory building at 701 North Columbus ave. i Invitations have been ex tended to the mayors and oth er officials of Ashland, . Cen tral Point, Jacksonville, Pho nix and Talent. Also to ' be present at the meeting . are representatives of the U. S. bureau of public roads, the Oregon state highway com mission and the bureau of mu nicipal '. research at the Uni versity of Oregon. If the study is adopted it will lead to , what will be known as the Bear Creek Basin Arterial Streets plan. The plan would serve to co ordinate the development of all future arterial streets in the valley, whether they be state, county or city. As proposed, the plan would take two to three years to complete and would be fi nanced in part by the bureau of public roads. The state highway commission would probably be the coordinating agency. Rate Charge of numerous violations of the city code. Medford City Attorney Joel Reeder, who signed the com' plaint against Kellenberger told the Mail ' Tribune that yesterday's complaint came as the result of an investigation by the city. In the complaint, the city accuses Kellenberger of trans porting a United Air Lines crew of three from the mu nicipal airport to a downtown motel for a total of only $2, which in actuality should hav been $3. Total With e Regional Edition 16 Pages MedfordTribune r. m ' " . ,.,' ilk frf -f TRAIN PILES UP Thirty cars of a Penn sylvania freight train were derailed at Bridgeport, Ind. The derailment occurred : in an open area,, less than 300 yards from Budget Committee Discusses Funds For "Recreation The Jackson county budget committee will have one more meeting to shape next fiscal year's budget to the $4,283, 204.87 in anticipated receipts. ' George L. Stacey, Jackson county auditor,- told the com mittee this morning the coun ty would open the year with $981,204.87 in carry-over or excess funds. Receipts from general sources are estimated at $1, 262,524. Anticipated O and C funds will total $2,039,476, 'or 80 per centof the amount for the current year. There would be no tax levy for county purposes. The committee spent all of this morning considering the Jackson county parks and rec reation commission s proposed total of $90,110. Much of the time was spent in hearing the county court defend its de velopment program at How ard Prairie. . ;; Lists Improvements Late yesterday afternoon Concessionaire Bob Johnston listed improvements which he said must be made in the recreation area this week if it is to be operated efficiently. City - County Parks and Recreation Director Robert Haworth said the commission had $20,000 with which to operate. -. ' County Judge Earl Miller said the county court and other members of the budget committee have not decided on what to do with the $4,500 allocated for a half-time coun ty parks and recreation di rector. ' This position, and the sug gested new position of park maintenance supervisor, also half-time at $3,240, may be combined. Miller said. Budget Committee Member Gordon Hudson, Medford pharmacist, strongly recom mended that the county hire an experienced man for the director's job. Arnold Bohn. ert, Central Point area farmer and committee chairman, ar gued against using "a kid just out of college. Miller has set a trial figure of $75,000 for over-all capital improvements for the new fis cal year. Of that amount, he estimates $49,000 may be used for a Howard Prairie con cession building, now in the planning stage, and $15,000 for the Emigrant recreation area concession building. The largest item in the parks and recreation budget is $29,800 for other than building improvements. Some of the main items under this are $10,000 for docks, moor age, beach facilities and ex pansion of overnight facilities aj Howard Prairie; $3,000 for Em bar uba MEDFORD, OREGON, ' TUESDAY, APRIL 25,1961 . . , . I " two-day. use picnic area at Howard Prairie; and $12,500 for' Emigrant's expansion of dock and .mooring facilities, additional parking and picnic facilities, at $12,500. The county , judge told the committee that use of recre ation facilities at ; Howard Prairie has grown much faster than what was anticipated by officials of the county,, na tional park service, and the bureau of reclamation. . Thornton Urges Tidelands Changes ' Salem-OM-Half of his sug gestions rebuffed in the House, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton late Tuesday, urged a Senate committee to rewrite tidelands - oil legislation and give "full protection" to the coast.' ." , , ... , Still contending that, the main bill to enable . private offshore oil exploration is in adequate, Thornton delivered to the Senate Committee on State and Federal affairs 15 recommendations, Amendments also were of fered by others. Chairman Walter J. Pearson (D-Port- land) said he likes the bill the way it is but ordered a subcommittee to go over them and make a final report Wed nesday or Thursday. "We Always Insisted On go on linger Consideration TVfLA XT 56th Year the densley populated section of Bridge port, background. Cause of the derailment was not explained. No one was Injured. (UPI Telephoto) WEATHER- ' Forecast Fair through Wednes day. -Warmer daytime tempera tures. Low tonitht 33, .High Wednesday 75. TEMPERATURE 1 HitheiL Yesterday . '..80 Lowest This Morning ..,,..,,m.32 ..,.. PRECIPITATION., k to ib inoday r.:.a;.oi Our Skfes Tonight Sunset today ...7:04 p.m. tfiinrisn tomorrow a:Ji a.m. Moonsot tomorrow .....3:25 a.m. Full Moon .......... ,. April 30 TROMINKiVT STAR ' Splca, In the southeast 8:34 p.m. i . . . j. ,- VISIHLR PLANETS Mars, in the west ......:.9:31 p.m. Jupiter and Saturn, In 1 the southeast ,...3:08 a.m. Venus, low; In east 4:29 a.m. 660 Overdue Books" Returned To Library i The Public Library of Med ford and Jackson County gave its patrons a week to return overdue books last week with out being assessed the custom ary fine, and a lot of people took advantage of it.. , , ; ; . Librarian Omar Bacon said today a total of 660 overdue books ' were returned to' the Medford branch of the library and 131 of themhad been overdue 'for more than two weeks. There were 11 books returned that had been over due' for more than a year, and three books which were due in January, 1960. . ' Bacon ' called , the ; week, which was held in conjunc tion with National Library week, a "real success." He said, however, that there are no plans at the present time to make the week an annual affair A Salute To The Flag" Price 10 Cents No. 29 Both Sides in Laos War Accept Case Fire Appeal Washington Wants To See Results . London - (WD - Both sides in the war In Laos today ac cepted the British-Soviet ap peal for a ceasev fire. j. The-British Foreign Office announced that the royal Laotian government formally accepted the call for a cease fire. .In Moscow, the official So viet news agency Tass report ed that the Communist-backed Pathet Lao also agreed to stop i Tass Sald Prince Souphanou vong, the so-called Red prince who is political leader of the Pathet Lao rebels, "will order his armed forces to cease fire throughout the country." Appeal Acclaimed 1 : The agency said Souphanou vong "warmly acclaims" the cease fire appeal and the call for a 14-nation conference to work out the future of Laos. - British officials expressed hope that the cease fire would be put into effect within the next few days. ,1 ,- In : W a s h lngton, officials were Still' not ready , to con sider the Laos problem solved". A Though - the- State Depart ment expressed "satisfaction" at the -call for a cease fire, It wants .to . see the truce In ef fect before-drawing any con- elusions."""-; Gain in Storage Of Wafer Is Down " The ; gain in. stored , water supplies in the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts this month is less than it was during the same period last year, Jack Hoff buhr MID manager said to day.' ' - ' "' ; He said there has been about 50 per cent less storage gain during the first three weeks this month than there was last year in the same pe riod. A previous story report ed there was 50 per cent less rain than- during the' same period last year. ' . I Hoffbuhr noted ' tha,t the district this year will get its proportionate share of water from Talent Irrigation dis trict. Because the Talent proj ect was not completed last year, the Medford district had to purchase additional water. This will not be necessary this year. , Both the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts obtain water from the same mountain storage lakes, ', , , Space Available ForSportsfair Some space is still available for exhibits . at the . Crater Lions club sponsored Sports fair and Home and Garden show at the Medford Armory grounds,. May 5, 6 and 7. Dick Hawkins, general chairman, said all available space inside the armory has been taken, but outside space and booths inside a large tent still are available. .. , . - , i The Sportsfalr this year has been increased to Include Home and Garden section because of interest shown by exhibitors and the public. Exhibits and displays will include equipment for all type of sports activities, new Ideas in home building and interior decorating, a horse show, and several carnival-type games. Gasoline Price' Legislation Referred Salem-fOPD-Leglslation aim ed at ending gasoline wars was referred to the House State and Federal Affairs com mittee today. Its sponsor, Rep." Mel Gor don (R-Portland) claimed the referral by House Speaker Robert Duncan was a "delib erate attempt to bury"' the Trade onsideration Said Result of Revolt Failure Act Would Hit Tobacco Trade Washington - (UN) - The White House said today it has been considering clamping a total embargo on U. S. trade with Cuba. ' - No decision has been reach ed yet on whether to go ahead with the plan. But Press Sec retary Pierre Salinger said failure of the anti-Castro re volt last week has sharpened consideration of the proposal. He said such-'an embargo on shipments to ana from Cuba has been under consul eratlon for some time. Tobacco Trade Target The embargo would hit the Cuban tobacco trade, which has been continuing at an annual rate of about $70 mil lion a : year despite the in creasing deterioration of U.S. Cuban relations. The United States cut off the Cuban sugar trade last year. Most American shipments to Cuba were curbed last fall, except for certain foods and medicines. Salinger made it clear he was referring only to ship ments between the , United States and Cuba, and was not talking in terms of a blockade which would Impede ship ments to Cuba from other nations. Brltf ed on Crinw i The Cuban crisis was dis cussed earlier between Presi dent Kennedy and his Demo cratic congressional , leaders, He also briefed them on the crises in France and Laos. u.-i.On-the-French crisis stem- ming from the generals' revolt in Algeria, Salinger said Ken nedy had told French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle that the United States would pro vide him with any aid deemed necessary. But Salinger said De Gaulle had not requested any outside help.. Valley Orchards Heated This Morning Light and scattered orchard heating occurred early this morning in the valley. I County Agent David Passon said some orchardists started heating at 1 o'clock this morn ing. Some clouds moved in over various areas of the val ley, protecting fruit trees against rapidly dropping tem peratures and eliminating the necessity to heat.'- - i Low temperature was 28 degrees. Passon said that he thought most of .the non-heated orchards have already suf fered damage and doubted if more damage occurred early this morning. . This morning was the 17th day of heating so far this season. 1 Funds for Women's Prison Approved r''; Salem - (UPD - Funds for a women's prison,' about half the amount requested by Gov. Mark Hatfield, were approved by the House Tuesday. i The measure, which goes to the Senate, would appropriate $356,700 for a women's prison unit near the state peniten tiary, mtlleld asked 000. NEW PRESIDENT ; Salem-IUPD-Mrs, Ruth Bray of North Bend is the new president of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security,. Ore gon chapter. Senate Votes On Picketing Salem-IUPD-The Senate vot - ed today to put a checkrein on farm picketing, and reject ed a move to set up 48-hour labor elections procedures for farm workers. ; The Senate accepted, 22-0, a bill to ban farm picketing during peak harvest periods except by workers employed at the farm at least seven days. The idea is to prevent an organizer from tossing up a quick picket line while crops perish, -; i ; The body rejected a mi nority report by Sen. Alfred I Corfcett (D-Portland) to pro- "7 r. j. .1. i v Keaepioymeni Seen as Prelude To Civil War French Fleet on Mysterious Mission Paris - (UPD - Insurgent para troopers . withdrew suddenly from two of Algeria's threa key cities today. French gov-; ernment sources warned their edeployment could be a pre lude to a civil war invasion attempt against France. - ' The mysterious withdrawal of the paratroopers from Oran and Constantine climaxed a day of fast-moving events in which Premier Michel Dcbre warned, that the insurgents' aim was to take over the heart of Paris, by force if necessary. Fleet Leaves Base . As news of the paratroop-, ers' move became known, tha French . Mediterranean fleet .. ofaonilnff m,f rtf He Tnn- Ion base on a mystery mission of its own. It was believed headed for Algeria. Loyal naval forces beat back an attempt by Insurgent paratroopers to seize the big Algeria naval base at Mers El Kebir today. A light cruis er standing off the base near the rebel stronghold of Oran fired the first salvoes in France's plUnge toward civil war. 'V . . '. President Charles de Gaulle summoned home French NATO ! troops . in Germany, continued to call up more re servists,, tightened an all-out . economic blockade on Algeria and warned in a special mes sage to parliament that the generals' mutiny in that North African land is "a grave and immediate meance" to France. Assembly Warned Debre solemnly warned the National Assembly that France faces civil war if the rebel generals in Algeria do not surrender "very quickly." Into action, the government disclosed that one-third of the potential aerial Invasion fleet at 1S. disposal of the rebels for vany (paratroop: drop on, Partsave escaped from Al gerian,, airfields and -been flown to France. Hogue Named To Nedcd Directors Russell' J. Hogue, Medford, and James Holland, Portland, were elected to the board of directors of Medford Corpora tion at a recent meeting of stockholders , in Chicago. Hogue- is a vice president and assistant manager in charge of sales and produc tion. He has been with the company for more than 20 . years. ' '., , Holland is a partner in a Portland Investment firm. Other members of the board were reelected. ' They are George R. Birkelund, Chicago; Alger Chaney, San Francisco; B. L. (Bud) Nutting, Medford; James Fentress, Chicago; Aus tin Jenner, Chicago; and Paul Fentress, Palm Beach, Fla. Company officers reelected are Birkelund, chairman of the board; Chaney; president; James Fentress, . vice presi dent;, Nutting, vice president and . manager; Hogue, vice president in charge of sales and production; P. B. Erick-: sen, secretary-treasurer; and , K. E. Pickens, assistant secre tary. .:". 'v j'--. Stockholders were told that Medco's new plywood plant Is expected to be In operation 1 in May. The company s opera tions, including logging and lumber plant, provides em ployment for about 450 peo- i pie . with an annual payroll ; in excess of $2Vi million. Bill Would Abolish 7 -Member Welfare Salem (DPD - The Senate Tuesday passed, 20-9, and sent to the House a bill to aboiisn the seven-member State Wel fare Commission and put in its place a five-member com-, mission. Checkrein . at Farms ivide labor ' elections machin ery within 48 hours. i Corbett said the .measure deprived - farm workers of their' rights. He said farmers ' feared organization of theif workers, and thus rejected ef forts to settle disputes by pro vidlng elections machinery. - Sen. Lyndel Newbry (R-Tal-ent), sponsor of the bill, de clared when the farmer - is "under the gun, with . the whole of his crop tied up, he is In no position to bar gain." , j Farm workers have always been excluded from labor election laws, he abided.