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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'repealed by the voters seven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
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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
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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-
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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.