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Newspaper Page Text'yx t ( ti;A : vJr ft h y i ' ' r' y m mm mum 'CAMPUS DAY Southern Oregon college students took "time off from classes Wednesday afternoon to participate in an afternoon of fun at Campus Day on Fuller field. Ac tivities included tug of wars,- sack races, nail driving con tests, soft ball and volley ball games, a tire rolling contest, Scout Camporee Expected To Draw 150 from District Approximately 150 Boy Scouts and their leaders will gather at Far Hills ranch near Shady Cove Saturday morn ing for a two-day Camporee. All are from the Big Pines district of .Crater Lake coun cil, v--. The -Camporee is planned to give all Scouts in this area an opportunity to- go camp ing, according to Randall Perkins, chairman. Events will include Icamp set-up judg ing, first aid, ?nd compass training, and the,r projects.. , Sunday morning a dummy will be dropped into the area from an airplane and the boys will search for the "accident victim." A treasure hunt in the woods , will,, require, , jise, of maps and compasses. . " ; Other Sunday activities will Include camp cooking, church services and special contests. The Camporee will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and end at 3 p.m. Sunday. ,' , On the committee are Dave Harbison, Eagle Point, pro gram ' director; Don Wilcox, chier judge and observer; Harry Hanscom, Eagle Point, events director; James Grigs by and Frank McDowell, campfire directors; Dale Good man, .physical arrangements; Al Johnson, health and safety; Don Stathos, publicity; and D. L. ' Patton, promotion. They met Monday night to make final plans for the Camporee. The campsite, described as one of the finest in the area, is offered to the Scouts by Mr. and Mrs. Rene Espourteille. Any Scout or leader who needs additional information may contact the Scout council of fice in Medfordi Senate Approves Reapportionment Salem -(UPD- Voting 18-11 the Senate today gave formal approval to the legislative re apportionment plan which does almost no reapportion ing. Sen. Vernon Cook (D Gresham) declared if the House repasses the bill he will take it to the Oregon Supreme Court. - HB1665 as amended went back to' the House for con currence. . "Let's Brush Up On These Dale Truax Named President of 1961 SOC Student Body Ashland Dale Truax, of Ashland, ' was elected presi dent of the Southern Oregon college student body for the 1961-62 school year Wednes day. Voting was held in conjunc tion with Campus : Day on Fuller field. More than 600 ballots were cast. - Elected to serve with Truax in the campus student govern ment were Terry Tallis, Hilts, Calif., first vice president; Noble Adamek, Powers, Ore., second vice president; Penny Miss Batzer Named SjortsfajtQueeri Miss Mary Jo Batzer; senior at. St. Mary's High school, was chosen queen of the. 1061 Crater Lions Sportsfair and Home and Garden show at a dinner and style show at Rogue Valley Country - club last night. . - Miss Batzer is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Batzer, 933 South Holly st. t The dinner was attended by members of Crater Lions club, sponsoring organization of the event, set for May 5, 6 and 7 at the Armory and ex hibitors. The queen was chosen by vote of those at the dinner after the 11 princesses, all rep resentatives of Jackson coun ty high schools, had each made two appearances, once in sports attire and the second time wearing bathing suits. The show was staged by Burelson's store. - The candidates made their final appearance wearing for mal gowns, with each receiv ing a red rose and a gift. Man ville Heisel presented the princesses and Queen Mary Jo, and Mrs. Margery Green of Burelson's was commentator. Mrs. Arlon Skinner was show chairman. GP MAN KILLED ' Cave Junction - (UPD - Ma burn Frazier, 41, Grants Pass, an employee of the California Oregon Power Co., was elec trocuted near here Wednes day. Early Chapters Again" and other events, such as a dunk the clown game. The clown (a SOC student) is shown on the way to a dunking after someone hit the bullseye with a baseball. More than 600 students attended the event. : Cantwell, Grants Pass, secre tary and Jonita Smith, Ash land, treasurer. Representatives at large will be Jim Valentine, Bandon; Herb Kopperman, Cottage Grove; Rod Napier, Eugene; Ted Pauck, Lakeview, and Jerry Swartsley, Medford. Elected to Britt Board Eight students were elected to the Britt board. They are Bill Sleep, Hilts; Sandra Arant, Medford; Larry Derry, Grants Pass; Starl'a . Jewell, Medford; Amy Kerr, Klamath Falls; .Richard Lehnert, Cor vallis; Sandra Pierce, Port land, and Larry Waite, North Bend. Neil Green, Central Point, was elected senior class presi dent, Other senior officers are Larry Dorr, Grants Pass, vice president; Jan Travis, Win chester, secretary, and Leland McCaslin, Glendaie, treasurer. Junior officers are Larry Nolte, Medford, president; Jean Fisher, Portland, vice president; Judy Bell, Medford, secretary, and' Sue Clark, Klamath Falls, treasurer. Sophomore officers will be Vern Speirs, Ashland, presi dent; Jack Heeter, Roseburg, vice president; Lani Frenzel, Redmond, secretary, and Mar jorie Pittam, North Bend, treasurer. Labor Temples on . List for Exemption Salem-OIPD-The House Tax committee minority report on a Senate bill exempting lodges from the personal property tax gives labor temples the same exemption. The majority report, which makes no changes in SB323 as it came over from the Sen ate, covers fraternal groups and certain benevolent organ izations. The minority report was prepared by Reps. Victor Atiyeh (R-Portland), Bill Brad ley (D-Gresham) and Chair man Richard Eymann (D-Mo-hawk). As in the other cases, the buildings would be exempt for those sections or rooms used for charitable causes such- as rental or use by civic groups. ' .' Atiyeh said the minority re port also adds private com munity clubs to the exemption. Lawyers Appointed For 0. H. Bengtson Two Medford lawyers have been appointed by Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly to rep resent O. H. Bengtson, Med ford lawyer who is charged with embezzling funds from the Medford Escrow company. Bengtson has been found guilty of similar charges in trials in Medford and Grants Pass. He is currently on $24,500 bail. Appointed by the court were Bruce J. Maniey and John Ross. Previously ap pointed to represent Bengtson was J. V. McGoodwin, Med ford lawyer, who withdrew. Following the second trial Bengtson-had stated that he was without funds. Bengtson is scheduled to be tried May 15 on the third in dictment charging him with embezzling $300 from the lirm. I 2,658 Persons Live In Area Proposed For Annexation The first estimate of the number- of persons living in an area south and west of Medford that is proposed for annexation indicates that ap proximately 2,658 persons live there. The estimate was prepared by the city planning depart ment along with other statis tical information at the re quest of City Manager Robert A. Duff. This and additional information, prepared by oth er city departments, will be used to determine whether it would be to the city's advan tage to annex the area. City Manager Duff has said that the city administration hopes to have a recommenda tion regarding the proposed annexation area ready for., the planning commission s ,coi) sideration at its May 11 meet ing. . : Tentative boundaries have been prepared for the area but they have not yet been released publicly, pending any last-minute changes before the recommendation goes to the planning commission, 1,000 Acres of Land The planning department's report shows that the area contains approximately 1,000 acres of land, of which 63 per cent is undeveloped. Forty five per cent of the land area now in the city is unde veloped. There are 863 dwelling units in the area, compared to a potential of 3,122 dwelling units. Twenty-two per cent of the housing in the annexation area is considered substandard in some respect, while 37 per cent of the housing now with in the city is considered sub standard. There are 37 trailers located outside of . trailer parks within the annexation area. Most of the residential de velopment in the area has taken place along fairly wide ly spaced streets. The greatest concentration of commercial development lies along West Main St., and includes two new shopping centers. There are 89 acres of streets in the annexation area. Space Telescope Fired Into Orbit Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPI) -The United States fired a space telescope satellite into orbit around the earth today to study the mysteries of the universe. ' A four-stage rocket carried the 94.8 pound moonlet into the sky at 6:16 a.m. (p.s.t.) to map nuclear radiation ema nating from the Milky Way and other star galaxies tril lions of miles away. . The little moonlet repre sented the first step in a U.S. program to use orbiting ob servatories to find out what makes the universe tick. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable clmi dinen with possibly a little rain In vicinity late tonight and Friday morning. Partly cloudy and cooler Friday after noon. Low tonight 38. High Friday 62. Temp. Highest Yesterday 70 Lowest This Morning 35 Our Skies Tonight Sunset todav 7:06 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:11 a.m. Moons ft tomorrow .. 4:74 a.m. Full Moon April 30 PROMINENT STAR Reaulus. hlrh In south west . 9:38 p.m. Note: The planet. Mars, now seen near the Twins, will ap pear near neguius iaie in une. Regional Edition Medford 40 PAGES Kennedy Confers With Leaders on Laos Cease Fire Russia Asked To Stop Delaying Washington-IUPl) - President Kennedy summoned congres sional leaders to an extra ordinary White House confer ence on the Laos crisis today amid disclosure that the Unit ed States has prodded Russia for a quick cease fire. . Kennedy gave the congres sional chiefs of both parties a fill-in on the latest moves. It was believed he also briefed them on the next steps in U.S. - plans to bring about peace in the tiny Asian coun try. Soon after the quickly sum moned meeting got under way, the State Department disclosed that this country called on Russia Wednesday night to get the pro-Communist forces in Laos to stop de laying a cease fire. The complaint about the de lay was made in no uncertain terms to Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov by Acting Secretary of State Chester Bowles. The envoy was call ed to the State Department Wednesday night. At the same time, the State Department rejected Com munist China's demand that the .United . States withdraw its military advisers and arms from government - controlled areas of Laos before a cease fire. ' These issues and other mat ters of International concern, including Cuba, were discus1 sed by Kennedy and his top advisers at a National Security Council meeting this morn ing. It was the second crisis session of the top-level body in less than a week. , Librarians Gather For State Session More than 250 librarians and library . trustees 'from throughout Oregon are expect ed in Medford tonight for a state conference of the Ore gon Library association. Registration at the Jackson hotel will be followed by an informal coffee hour at the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County, given by Friends of the Library. Mayor John Snider will open the business sessions Fri day with a welcoming ad dress. Richard H. Travis, chairman of trustees of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County, also will speak at the first session. On the agenda are a Friday luncheon, with Angus Bow mer, producing director of the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val association, as speaker; a Friday evening banquet, fea turing Dr. Marion A. Milczew skl, director of libraries, Uni versity - of Washington; var ious section breakfasts Satur day morning; and a final busi ness session Saturday. Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield was to sign the As-toria-Megler bridge bill at a ceremony in his office at 4 p.m. today. ' Court Reviews Facts More than 150 persons at tended a public hearing Wed nesday evening on an applica tion for a license to operate an auto wrecking yard south of Talent. : . The orderly hearing, called by the county court, lasted about an hour. Paul Haviland, Medford lawyer, representing Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Taylor, owners of 99 Auto Wreckers, was the only speaker in favor of the license. Comrranis on Loans Attorney Frank J. Van Dyke presented petitions con taining 801 signatures oppos ing the granting of the license. Others speaking against the yard's establishment were Wallace Smith, president of the South Talent Property Owners Protective associa tion; B. L. Carmichael, owner of the Resmore Motel which adjoins the property in ques tion; and Dr. Loren Messen ger, Southern Oregon college MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961 til' iPmBMfim 1 FIRST CESSPOOL A Medford city police-, man on a- routine Investigation this week came upon the city of Medford's. first cess- . pool which was built about 1905. The cess pool is located approximately 400 feet south . of the Jackson st. bridge- on the west side of Bear creek. The cesspool is built of con crete arid measures 40 by 40 feet and is about 10 feet deep. Now filled with vwater GE Official v.. Denies Washington "-lipD- A $200,-000-a-year General Electric Co. vice president swore today that he never directed his sub ordinates to meet with com petitors to set prices on elec trical equipment. The testimony of GE vice President. Arthur F. Vinson prompted Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) to conclude that "somebody" may have com mitted perjury before the Sen ate antitrust subcommittee. Vinson specifically denied that he ever appeared at a much-discussed 1958 luncheon in GE's executive dining room in Philadelphia. ' , ; GE Backs Stand Four of Vinson's division chiefs had sworn to the sub committee that at the lunch eon Vinson approved arrange ments for secret meetings with the company's competi tors. , GE is backing Vinson's af firmations that he neither con doned nor authorized viola tions of the anti-trust laws. The company has said his innocence is vial to its con tention that price riggers in the company acted without authorization. Vinson pictured 'hlmseif as. a man who delegated respon sibility to his division chiefs for : determining; GE's own prices. professor and home owner in the south Talent area. John Fletsch, secretary manager of the Jackson Coun ty Federal Savings and Loan association, stated that if the wrecking yard is established home owners and businesses in the area would not be able to obtain loans at the present amounts. Earlier this year, Taylor sought a renewal of his auto wrecking license from the county court. Since his license was for 1957 and he wished the renewal for 1961, -the county court referred the mat ter to the county planning commission for study and B Purchased April 12 the planning com mission, in a vote of 4 to 2, recommended that the license be approved. Although the present re quest by Taylor Is for the op 56th Tribune Hatfield Committee ins On Duties By United Press International Gov. Mark Hatfield's ad visory committee on natural resources decided Wednesday to "remain flexible" on two bills for an Oregon Dunes na tional recreation area. The committee met in Sa lem and decided to press for inclusion of state "principles" in both proposals. Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D- Ore.) has introduced a pro posal for a national park while Rep. Edwin Durno (R Ore.) has a bill to make the dunes a national shorelands area under the U.S. Forest service. - The general tenor In Salem, however, was for the Durno bill. Lewis Stanley, state en gineer, said "I like it because It -would have management closer to home." " . In Washington, D.C., Durno released a report on his pro posal which would have a 31,415-acre shorelands admin istered by the Forest Service as part of the Siuslaw Nation al Forest. Durno said a de velopment program would' be set up on recognition that conservation and public en joyment of the recreation and scenic, benefits of the shore lands is a .major purpose of this area." Hatfield said he was '"in trigued" by the Durno . bill and that it came closer to "the framework" of what the state Given at Wrecking Yard Hearing eration of a wrecking yard on his property, approximately of an acre, it is the general understanding that Taylor's land and the adjoining nine acres will be purchased by persons from southern Cali fornia, and the entire area would be used for a wrecking yard which could hire up to 20 persons. , In considering the request and future plans for the site, the planning commission had requested that a six foot fence be constructed around the property and that screen planting be established and maintained. .... Commission Crilicind It was learned last evening that there is a possibility that the California firm may not now establish a wrecking yard in the county, because of the "public sentiment" against it. The county planning com mission was criticized by Van- Year Price 10 Cents No. 31 and other junk, police consider the cesspool a' hazard' because of several uncovered openings in the top of the structure, and efforts will be made to get it covered up or filled. Shown in the above picture are (left) Dolphe E. Phipps, 4502 Crate Lake ave., who has charge of the property on which the cesspool was found; Medford Police Lt., Jack McMillan, and Patrolman Gene Depuy. Flexible' Proposals wants. ; But he' added.' that neither bill at present spelled objectives. TJiese include ad herence .to the multiple-use concept, ' opposition to addi tions of .private land by either presidential or cabinet order. retention of state control over water, fish and wildlife, and exclusion of sustained yield forests from the boundaries. Cuban Invasion Commander Seized Miami, Fla. - (UPD - The top field commander of last week's abortive Invasion of Cuba, Brigadier Roberto San Roman, has been captured, Havana Radio reported today. A broadcast heard here said San Roman was discovered among a "new group of pris oners taken to an internment area in Zapata Peninsula." Premier Fidel Castro said he plans to execute only "two or three war criminals" among the captured invaders of Cuba despite "popular de mand" that they all be put to death; ' TWO REPORTED DEAD Madras-(UPD-A two car col lision occurred on. Highway 97 about four miles south of Shaniko. today and the co roner's office said it under stood two persons were killed, Dyke for not publicizing the "public meeting" held by them on the wrecking yard request. He referred to the regular meeting held April 12 when the planning commis sion heard the report given by the board of adjustment of that commission regarding the yard. At the closing of the hear ing County Judge Earl Miller defended the commission's ac tions, saying that a recom mendation had been sought by the county court, and that they were the ones who called the public hearing. Miller said that the com mission was doing a "tre mendous ' job" commenting that it was the "most flus trating in the county consid ering that the area does not have zoning." - VanDyke displayed a map of the general area where the wrecking yard would be lo cated and said that property PlotTo Assist Abortive Revolt Said Uncovered ' Names Turned Up " As Homes Searched , Paris -(UPD- A vast plot in metropolitan France that was to have aided the abortlva military revolt in Algiers has been uncovered in a nation wide roundup, 'police sources reported today. ; The sources said thousands of homes throughout the coun try had been searched under special police powers the gov ernment now holds and by. midday "hundreds" were un der arrest, - ; Vital Papers Found' The sources said that search ers Tuesday afternoon turned up vital papers that contained the names of some of the main plotters in France. 'Every time we went to ar rest one of those named we found more lists of names," one source told United Press International. Among the houses searched were those of Gens. Raoul Salan, Maurice Challe and Edmond Jouhaud, three of the four generals who led the four-day Algerian uprising. . Challe was lodged in Sante Prison. Salan, , Jouhaud and Gen. Andre-Marie Zeller ap parently still were at large. Drastic Action The arrests supported earli- er statements -by government sources that de Gaulle intend ed to take "drastic" action, to remove -both-left wing and right wing extremists from po- stons of power i in civilian, government and military circled. . f ' . Theysaid he plans a nurge of the aririy arid may dissolve trie tamed Jfrench Foreign Legion. . . ,: Stewart Ave. May Open About Hay 15 Stewart ave. between Holly st. ad Oakdale ave should ba open to- traffic about May 15. according to Bob Carstensen, county engineer. .- ; The street has-been closed to through traffic since Jan. 1 while a concrete culvert on the south side of the street was being constructed. The last concrete was poured April 10, Carstensen said, and ex plained that as soon as it has set the hole will be filled and a granite surface spread. He said that the new width will not be paved until the start of the county's, paving season, which , begins with warm weather. Carstensen commented that the project will be completed on schedule because of good weather during the four- month period. urading ts continuing on the Bybee hill- section of Evans Creek rd., the engineer said, and said crews have started applying the prime coat in some areas where oil ing will be done later this year. They are also preparing all base work, he added. City Manager at Klamath Falls Quits Klamath Falls -IUPU- Klam ath Falls was in the market for a new city manager today. G. S. Vergeer Sr., city man ager here since October of 1958, has announced his resig nation, effective within- 30 days, to accept a similar po sition at San Bruno, Calif. would be downgraded If tue yard was established. He add- . ed that persons who use High way 99 also oppose its establishment.-. Letters from Bowmr Smith, owner and operator of Jackson Hot Springs, read a letter from Angus L. Bow-. mer, who cited the natural re sources of the area as a tour ist attraction. He mentioned the number of persons who travel here for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival each, year. VanDyke said that there was a proper place in each county for such a business. He said that a wrecking yard in Phoenix had notified him that their business and license were available. The lawyer also mentioned the valley's in dustrial area In White City. - The county, court will re view all the facts presented St the hearing before It approves or disapproves the license. ' , I 4.