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To m m with Dig Plan To ; Regional Edition 20 PAGES of 'Copter Use in Logging Jackson Credited . ! : With Taking Lead J ., "... "Washington - HOT - S e n. ( Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)- says the time has come to seriously experiment with the use of ,' helicopters in- removing logs from forests, ' ; . Helicopters would eliminate loll damage caused by the con- ' struction of skid roads into .forests, Morse said' in a Sen ate speech Thursday.' : ;. He credited Glenn Jackson, Medford, Ore., for taking the ' lead in outlining a "proposal for the use of helicopter log lifts. He said Jackson and C, E. Brown, forest supervisor of the Rogue River National Forest had drawn up an out line plan for the removal of logs from national forests Bhiith Study r Morse said the proposal de serves not only thorough istudy, but immediate experi mental Investigations" to de termine its feasibilty. He. sug gested the Forest Service and 'the' Department of Defense 'cooperate in the study, It was suggested such f tudies would be of "tremen dous interest" to the depart "ment of defense because of its application to military trans port. . : Present r logSlijgj methods "damage- grdurta' cover and cause erosion,-. -Morse said Tractor skid roads pose a par " 'ticularly severe erosion prob lem on steep slopes. .Morse said a. further ad vantage of helicopter log lifts would be preservation of the beauty of forest lands; "The scars, left by standard logging methods in our moun tains are appalling," Morse aid. Records Show 12 Nights of Heating "-,' William Rogers) meterolo gist for the fruit frost warn ing service, said this morning his official records show 12 nights of orchard heating so far..''. ' The night and morning of April 18 and 19 was the worst period with every heater in the Rogue valley lit since it was hard to hold the temper atures. The next worst peri od was on April 13 and 14 with moderate heating. Other heating was comparatively light, he noted. Rogers noted that SO per cent more acreage is being heated this year than a few years iago, but much less smoke occurred during the nights of heavier heating. ' ' So far, more than 40 per cent of the more smoke-pro-, ducing heaters have been con certed to less smoke produc ing ones, he noted. County Agent Clifford B. Cordy noted that heater conversion is well ahead of the 40 per cent, or 20 per cent required annually. Cordy estimates it costs a total of $15,000 an hour to heat orchards during the worst nights. This is based on figures of 20 to 35 heat ers to an acre for a total of 6,000 acres. ' Gasoline Price Control Legislation Hits Snag Salem-HIPD-A bill to control gasoline prices snagged this morning when a House committee chairman refused to acknowledge a "do pass" motion. ' The action came after the House and Federal Affairs Committee heard 90 minutes of pleas from gasoline dealers to end a "chaotic" price war. Rep. Edward J. Whelan (D-Portland) moved to send out HB1755 but Chairman Norman Howard (D-Portland) ignored the motion. Howard was challenged by Reps. George Van Hooomis sen (D-Portland) and George Layman (R-Newberg) but the group adjourned without taking action. The committee was scheduled to meet later today to discuss action. Some 300 gasoline dealers from all parts of Oregon attended the hearing. ' Spokesman Charles Goforth said a slash of 12 cents per gallon on gas means a loss of $6.5 million per month to the industry. About a fourth of this loss is absorbed by the dealers, he said. . -s Goforth said the average dealer is losing about $300 a month. He said 1,000 persons are out of jobs in the Portland area and up to 2,300 jtatewide. Double Park TVfAJLT MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1961 - 14- .m 1 f4 J f ' 1 FOUND DEAD Pamela Gar- roway, 37, above, wife of TV personality Dave - Garroway, was found dead today in their New York town house. Her body, dressed In nightclothes was found on the bathroom floor a few minutes after she had telephoned her doctor. A wide assortment of pills was found nearby. A medical ex aminer has ordered an autop sy and toxicological examina tion. (UPI Telephoto) Souvanna Said In Agreement on Crisis in Laos ... i. ' By United Pram International T h Communist Pathet Lao rebels ignored the Lao liorvroyal government's ap peal fori a cease-fire at noon today and opened up with artillery on several points. By United Press International Prince Souvanna Phouma former neutralist premier of Laos, flew into rebel terri tory in the jungle kingdom to day direct from conferences in Communist China and North Viet Nam. Peiping Radio proclaimed that before he left Hanoi, Sou. vanna and North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong reached "identical views" on ways to settle the crisis in Laos. It indicated these views co incided with the Communist Chinese demand that all U.S. military advisers and supplies be ' removed from Laos as a condition for a cease-fire. The United States has already re jected such a condition, Nehru Calls for Halt In New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru called on both sides in the Laos war to stop fighting im mediately, but there appear ed little chance he would be heard. . The Communist - supported rebels have stepped up their offensive against' pro-Western troops since Britain and Rus sia called Monday for a cease fire. Western capitals were getting more concerned by the day. The United States again considered the possibility of military intervention. Babylift Operator Suffers Heart Attack Creswell - (UPD - Harry Holt, the Creswell farmer who has headed the airlift of thousands of Korean children to the United States, has suffered a heart attack in Korea, his wife said here Thursday. Size of Announced by Governor 56th Tribune Kennedy Confers With GOP Leaders On World Crises New York-WPD-Intelligence reports from Laos and other world trouble spots today dominated meetings of Presi dent Kennedy with two elders of the Republican party. Kennedy met for 20 min utes with former President Herbert Hoover. Then he vis ited Gen. Douglas MacArthur and talked for 70 minutes with the leader of American World War II forces in the Pacific. '- - Before meeting Hoover and City Patrolman Forced To Resign For Chasing Car Medford City Patrolman Dennis E. Perkins was forced to resign from the police de partment today for chasing a car outside the city which had committed no violation within the city. Police Chief Charles P. Champlin said Perkins exer cised "poor judgment" in giv ing chase to a car early last Monday which ended with a woman being injured,' and two cars, including a police patrol car, being totally demolished. Champlin said, "this kind of judgment cannot be toler ated in the Medford police de partment." Perkins, 24, had been with the police department since November, 1958. His resigna tion was effective today, ac cording to Champlin. According to his own re port, Perkins was parked at the Medford city limits on Highway 99 in his patrol car about 3:25 a.m., Monday when he spotted a car just outside the city limits allegedly speed ing. .... -No Response Perkins gave chase to the car which was headed toward Central Point. He said later he tried to contact the Central Point police by radio, but he received no response. Perkins then radioed for help from his own depart ment, apparently failing to re port that the car was seen outside the city limits when it committed the alleged vio lation. Three other Medford police cars responded to the call and the car was chased,' at speeds estimated jip to 100 miles per hour, from Central Point to Jacksonville and back toward Gold Hill. . . At the Gold Hill inter change the fleeing vehicle went out of control on a curve and crashed. A pursuing police patrol car, operated by Med ford Patrolman Richard Ham ilton, failed to negotiate the same curve and also crashed. A woman passenger in the first vehicle sustained a broken leg. Drops From Chase ' Patrolman Perkins had earlier dropped out of the chase because the brakes on his patrol car started to go out. It was not until the chase was over and the driver of the first car was being taken into police custody, that the other officers learned the flee ing vehicle had apparently committed no violation within the city limits of Medford. City police are legally able to chase vehicles outside of a city that have been seen to commit a violation within the city, but they have no control over vehicles or anyone else who commits an offense out-, side the city limits. Gov. Hatfield Signs Astoria Bridge BUI Salem-flOT-Thirty years of dreams came true Thursday afternoon as Gov. Mark Hat field signed into law the bill authorizing the $24 million Astoria-Megler bridge over the Columbia river. Washington - (UPD - Prices farmers received for crops arfif livestock fell 2 per cent in the month ended April 15, the Agriculture Department reported today. Boardm Year Price 1 0 Cents No. 32 MacArthur,1 Kennedy con ferred at length by telephone with his office In Washington on latest developments in Laos. Cmdr. Tazewell Shep ard, naval aide to the chief executive, arrived here early today with important intelli gence briefing papers for the President. The President later went to the apartment of Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, where the chief executive continued his discussion of world affairs over lunch with Stevenson, U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, and Kenne dy's appointees to the U.S. delegation to the United Na tions. After the lunch Kennedy planned to board a military jet transport for Chicago. He addresses a Democratic fund raising dinner there tonight. The chief executive regards the national peril, from Com munist aggression as unprece dented. His conferences have been designed to win Republi can support and bolster na tional unity. . New Traffic Signals Installed in City New traffic signals have been installed at the inter section of Central ave., Court and Edwards sts., to regulate traffic proceeding south on Central. An alternate flashing red. all red signal has been sub stituted for a plain flashing red signal. City Engineer Vernon Thorpe said traffic can turn left onto Edwards or proceed south on Central with the flashing red signal, but' both movements must be halted during the' all - red signal. A sign will be installed near the signal, Thorpe said, to remind motorists of. the prop er movements. Tshombe Agrees To Talk With Leaders Coauilhatvllle. The1 Conen- (UPD-Katanga President Molse Tshombe- ended a 50-hour "sitdown strike" at the air port here today. - He agreed to talk with nth, er Congo leaders about the possibilities of his returning to tne Congo confederation conference from which he walked out to start his sit- down. He had demanded per mission to fly back to his Elisabeth ville capital. The defiant Tshomhe al an was on a hunger strike during his long airport "strike." He looked tired and haggard when he left the airport lounge.. Jittered with h la baggage. Foreign Legion Regiment Dissolved I Algiers, Algeria -(UPD- The French Foreign Legion's First Paratroop Regiment-the out fit that won glory by Its his toric stand at Dien Blen Phu- was ordered dissolved in dis grace today. The death blow to the proudest regiment of the leg endary Foreign Legion was in swift punishment for its sup port of the four-day Algerian insurrection that was crushed by President Charles de Gaulle and forces that remain ed loyal to him. All the regiment's officers were ordered to place them selves under arrest,' presum ably to face military trial. Lumber Suffers Slight Setback During Week Portland -(UPD-Lumber suf fered a slight setback in one element this past week, Crow's Lumber Price Index reported. Trading activity in Douglas Fir plywood has been slower but an upturn was forecast. tandard Fir plywood was Fither $68 fir index Vt Inch AD grade or $72. Sheathing remained at $104 for Inch CD index grade. an Space Age v jfi, M.y ilwa:sllr.l.walrlll.l CONFERENCE SPEAKER Dr.- Marion A. Milczewski, director of libraries, Univer sity of Washington, will speak at a banquet tonight for the state conference of the Ore gon Library association. He will speak at Rogue Valley Country club on "Librarians Always International," Dr. Milczewski traveled in Great Britain as a Fulbrlght scholar and addressed a special meet ing of Dutch librarians under auspices of the U.S. Informa tion agency. He has also work ed with library programs in Mexico. State Librarians Conference Opens In Medford Today The first session of the state conference of the Oregon Li brary . association was held this morning - at the Jackson hotel with about 200 librari ans from throughout the state attending. Featured on today's pro gram are Angus L. Bowmer, producing director of. the Gee,- gon Shakespearean Festival association, who was sched uled to speak at a luncheon, and Dr. Marion A. Milczew ski, director of libraries. Uni versity of Washington, who will speak at the association's banquet tonight at the Rogue ValWy Country club. Tomorrow morning s ses sion will be devoted to break fast meetings of various sec tions of the association. Col lege and university librarians will meet at Sambo's; school librarians will meet at the Methodist church; public and county librarians will meet at the Tower Broiler, and the trustees section will meet at the Jackson hotel. Breakfast Speaker Miss Mary Helen Mahar, children's specialist of the U.S. office of education, will speak at the school librarians section meeting. School libra rians will have a post-conference session at the Hedrick Junior High school at 2 p.m. Saturday, and all school ad ministrators have been invited to attend, according to Mrs. Earl Rogers, Hedrick libra rians. A general session starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday will be devoted to committee reports. ferry D. Morrison, Incom ing association president, will give his address at a lunch eon tomorrow at the Jack son hotel. The Jacksonville branch li brary will be host at a tea tomorrow afternoon after the conference closes. A Left And Hatfield Proposal Would Allow Navy To Share Location Legislc ative Heads Endorse Suggestion Salem -(UPD- Gov. Mark Hat field late Thursday announced a plan to double the size of Oregon's space age industrial park at Boardman - to nearly 200,000 acres - and allow the Navy to share it with Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle; . , Hatfield said Boeing, which has leased the 96,000 to 100, 000 acre Navy bombing range for 80 years at $60,000 per year, wants to begin construc tion at Boardman "as soon as possible for significant activi ty" in connection with the na tional space exploration pro gram. ' . ' : Proposal Endorsed Legislative leaders promptly endorsed the- proposal. The Eastern Oregon site is in Mor row county and has frontage on the Columbia river. : '. Hatfield said, negotiations are underway" to acquire another 96,000 acres to the west and east of Boardman. Half of this in privately-owned and the other half is in the public domain. Would Reduce Cost Both Boeing and the Navy have approved the "proposal, Hatfield said. He said the new procedure would permit "much earlier development" at Boardman by Boeing, reduce cost of mov ing the Navy's practice range to Southern Oregon, and re duce the requirement for state-owned land to be ex changed. . . Hatfield said provisions of the lease already executed with Boeing ..by the , Oregon Land Board would remain ef fective, and would apply to either plan. Duncan Likes Idea House Speaker Robert B. Duncan (D Medford)'. i ai d "without studying ? the pro posal in detail, It appears to be more satisfactory and less expensive" than moving, the wavy s DomDing range. Senate President - Harry Bolvin, (D-Klamath Falls) said it "sounds good and is much better than moving the Navy to Lake county." , Nine Inquiries ; Received on Tour Medford's sister-city steer ing committee has received nine inquiries to date on a planned tour to Alba, Italy, and other European cities this summer. , . Mayor John W. Snider's secretary. Dorothy Snedden. said this morning that addi tional information and appli cations have been sent to the persons inquiring about the tour. The tour, sponsored by the steering committee, will leave the United States Oct. 1 and will return Oct. 18. It will cost . approximately $1,140, which includes an English speaking guide and most oth er expenses on the trip. The highlight of the tour will be a two-day stopover in Alba, Italy, for its annual Fiesta of the Truffle. Alba Mayor Osvaldo Cagnasso has said regarding the tour: "We wish such tour may link Med ford and Alba once more through personal and direct contact. - A Right ,-h-Jp , f s ? V - V SPORTSFAIR QUEEN Miss Mr. and Mrs., jack Batzer, 933 South Holly st., was chosen queen of the 1961 Crater Lions Sportsfair and Home and Garden show Wednesday night at the Rogue Valley Country club. The event will be held at the Medford Armory May 5, 6, 'and 7. , . . j '!,,- ' . , Traffic Study in Valley Desirable Mayors of five valley towns agreed last night that a valley wide traffic study would be a good thing, and indicated that they would like to further ex plore the idea. . , The informal ' agreement came at a meeting with state highway department officials and personnel from the bu reau of . municipal research and ' the bureau of public roads, in the Medford reserve center. More than 25 city and county officials attended the meeting which had been call- ed by Medford Mayor John W. Snider and County Judge Earl Miller. Judge, Miller said that he would. call another meeting in the near future at which time the . mayors of.. the various cities, with the county court and a representative from the bureau of municipal research, would determine whether they definitely want to under take a traffic study, and if so, what the scope of the study should be. - i Existing Street Use As outlined by . J. Al Head, assistant traffic engineer for the state highway department, the study would first deter mine existing street use, and conditions In- the valley, Second, it would determine deficiencies In the existing valley street system and pro ject future highway travel for as far ahead as 1985 xmrd, it would come up with a transportation plan de signed to meet future traffic needs on a valley-wide basis A fourth step would be to sell this plan to the voters of the various political subdivi sions in the valley, All Pari of Study The study would roughly encompass an area stretching from north of Central Point to south of - Ashland and from foothills to foothills. Talent, Phoenix, Medford and Jack sonville would all be a part of the study, along with the unincorporated area in be tween.' ., ... ., . . . , . .. The mayors of , all these cities, with the exception of Central Point, were present' at last night's meeting, with members of the various plan ning commissions and other city officials, Head said the study would take about three years to com plete. If Bear Creek valley communities decide ' to go anead with it, he said, it could start later this year ind end In 1964. , i Similar Studies Similar studies are in prog ress or are planned in the Portland, Salem and Eugene areas. Each political subdivision would be responsible . for undertaking certain aspects of the study within, their juris dictions, and would bear their cost. Studies which covered a broader area and which would be too much for Individual cities or the county to handle, WEATHER FORECAST: CoinlUf r.hle eloudlneu tonight nd Situr- wy. Lninct or m mile rain Saturday. Low tonliht 40. High Saturday SS, Hlgtieit Ytiterdar .. .. '""ft Lowtit Thli Mornlnc Al Our Skies Tonight ' Runiet today 7;0J p.m. flunrffe tomorrow ...-9:10 a.m. Moomet tomorrow .... 4:54 a.m. Full Moon .s April 10 PROMINENT STAR taya, low In northeait' t:10 p.m. PV1SIBI.F. PLANETS Man, aeta -.12:41 a.m. Saturn, rliei 1:14 a.m. Jupiter, riser. 1:94 a.m. Vanua, low In tait .... 4:11 a.m. Mary Jo Batzer, daughter of s Agree That such as a projection of future travel on a valley-wide basis, would be done by the state and paid for by the state. The study itself would be expensive. Head said a similar study in the Salem metropoli tan area will cost an estimated $224,000. Of this, the state. using planning funds provid ed by the bureau of public roads, will pay about 75 per cent, and Salem and other agencies in the area will bear their proportional share of the remainder. Head pointed out that the main problem in undertaklne such a study Is aettinif all nf tne various political bodies In the area to cooperate. It will De necessary, he said, for them to Jointly hire an individual to administer trie study. A group comprising the mayors or tne various cities, n icjjicaeniauve or tne bureau ana tne county: judge would serve as the officiating agency mrougnoui tne entire study. i.. Way Cleared for Astronaut's Ride Washington-flJPD-A Mercury space craft passed its final test today, clearing the way for an astronaut to ride an identical capsule on a sub orbital' flight next week... National Aeronautics, and Space Administration officials said the test, designed to test the capsule's safety equip ment, was successful although the space, cabin failed to reach its expected altitude. ; :,; The, test was one of the most rugged the caDsuIe could be subjected to and the last in a series before manned flight. It was conducted at the federal space agency's exneri- mental station at Wallops Is- iana, va. . t . Straub Urged To.. Remain as Chairman : Portland (UPOS o m e 250 Democratic precinct men and women met( hererlast night ana unanimously . adopted a resolution during State Sen Robert. Straub (D-Eugene) to continue as state party chair man. .. : ' NIXON PLANS TOUH .., ' ' j Los Angeles .(UPD Former Vice President .Richard M. Nixon will leave Monday on an 11-day speech-making and fund-raising trip..' ., Ex-Store Clerk Files $104,677 Damage Suit Mrs. Eva Sanford. former ciern at Montgomery Ward store here, has filed a com plaint In circuit court seeking $104,677.03 In damages from the company as a result of her arrest on charges of larceny by embezzlement on May 3, 1960. In her complaint, filed by Medford Lawyer Ben Day, Mrs. Sanford charges that J. Llberackl, company field agent, and local store manager Joseph Materle caused her ar rest and criminal prosecution on the basis of false and in complete information given to Det. Lt. Lyle Perkins of the Medford police department. Xh e Medford .woman charges that she was ."ma liciously and wrongfully ac cused" and held in jail until bail was provided by friends. Latest Charge Of Aggression Handed Diplomats Press Reports Cited as Basis . ' Miami.; Fla. (UPDPremier Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime said today it is willing to seek a negotiated settle ment of its differences -with the United States despite what it called U.S. plans for "direct armed aggression" against Cuba. . . . . .. Radio Havana said Presi dent Osvaldo Dorticos handed the latest Castroite charge of "U.S. aggression" to foreign diplomats summoned f r cm their beds to a predawn meet-' ing at his official residence. The broadcast said Dorticos issued " the charge through ' diplomatic channels, because of, the "exceptional and -dramatic circumstances." : Will Fight if Ailacked Dorticos said the Castro re gime is willing to try to nego tiate, a settlement with the United States, "but we will fight ... to the last drop of our blood if they attack us," ' tne radio reported, ;.-.' ;;; .The broadcast quoted a note signed . by Castro and Dorticos . citing . ' "American press reports", as the basis for tne Castroite charge that the "ruling, circles of the United States" are openly preDarlne for war against Cuba, It ' m e n t i o n e d reports of U.S. , "consultations and soundings" with other. Latin American nations "seeking aid for . direct armed action against our country." , . .. The broadcasts charged that. last wek's invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro refugees , was "organized, equipped, di rected ana militarily aided by " the government of tha u.s.a." Buys Old Church ' The Medford corps of the Salvation Army" has purchased the' old Medford' Seventh-day Adventist church at the cor ner, of. Beatty, and Edwards StS. .V .;';. .Senior 'Capt. William Rick- en, . commanding officer, said the sale Included the building and 3V4.1ots. Y -t-,i : .. ..,-- Detailed plans for renovat ing the building, construction plans, and the sale of - tho Corps property at the corner of Fourth and Bartlett sts.. will be announced during tho annual meeting of the Salva- -tlon Army May 22. Captain Ricken said that ar chitect's sketches and Dlans for a 1962 finance drive will be reviewed during National Salvation Army week May 21 tO 27. . . The purchase price for tho property , and building was listed , at , $18,000. Plans In clude the addition of an audi torium and Sunday school wing, and the removal or raz ing of several small buildings on the property. The property is an irregular shaDed Dieca 132 by ' approximately 192 feet. .. . ;,:'! t-. The Salvation Army build- ing was purchased in the mid- 1920s, and was ' originally built in the 1890s by the Meth odist church. Captain Ricken said several inquiries had been made regarding the site for a commercial structure.- Senate Passes Bill On Judges' Salaries . Salem (UPD The Senate Thursday passed a bill raising salaries of .district judges from $9,000 a year to- $11,000. The Ways and Means Com mittee and the House has ap proved a $1,000 . boost to $10,000 anually. But the Sen ate tacked On the extra $1,000 and the bill went back to tha House for concurrence, r oiiowlng her arrest, no preliminary hearing was held, and she had not waived tha hearing, the complaint stated. On Sept. 14, 1960, Roy E. Bashaw, then - district ' court judge, discharged her from ar rest and exonerated her from bail when he learned of this. On Oct. 5, 1960, an indict ment was presented a grand jury charging Mrs, Sanford with larceny by embezzle ment, but the grand jury re turned a not true bill. ' ' ' Mrs. Sanford is seeking $1,000 for payment of attor ney fees, $3,647.03 for loss of wages while unable to find work as a clerk, MO.OOO for mental anxiety fronY "scandal and infamy" caused her, and $50,000 for exemplary and pu nitive damages. T
