Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 01, 1961, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm mi ' flN mm U ZJ UUM IzKy : Regional Edition 18 Pages iouth'Viet Mam Increased JFK, Security Council Study Next Asian Move Peace Attempts In Laos Faltering , Washington - IUPB - The United States is increasing its military aid to South Viet 71am, which borders embat tled Laos. This was disclosed today as ' President Kennedy prepared to meet again this afternoon with his National Security Council to study the next moves in the major East-West struggle over southeast Asia. Possible moves included use of allied troops in Laos or South Viet Nam and possible "UN action. But officials were maintain ing silence to avoid tipping this country's hand. Peace Moves Failing ' Kennedy's latest meeting with his top military and civilian advisers - the fourth in nine days - came amid ominous reports that attempts for a peaceful settlement in Laos again were falling apart. There was concern here that this .Would spell further delays for the elusive cease fire in Laos while' the Com munists continued to make slow gains. Kennedy has warned re peatedly that the Communist threat in South Viet Nam is as great as in Laos. South Viet Nam has been the scene of constant Com munist guerrilla terrorist ac tivities. The President cut short a week end visit to his Middle burg, Va., estate to fly back to Washington for conferences late Sunday with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNama ra and other officials. Intervention Discussed Most of the public discus sion here centered on the possibility of military inter vention by the SEATO pow ers. They are pledged to pro tect the integrity of Laos if the little kingdom requests help. However, there also was a possibility of some action in the United Nations, perhaps a request for a joint police action such as in Korea. Al though such a move would be subject to Soviet veto in the Security Council, it could be approved by the General Assembly. Hatfield Signs Bill For Highway 42 Bonds Salem-UPD-A bill clearing the way for a $4 million bond issue for work on Highway 42 was to be signed into law by Gov. Mark Hatfield this afternoon. BILL CALLED BACK Salem - (UPD A bill to modernize Oregon's 97-year-Bid. definition of legal insan- ity was yanked back to the House today after a former sheriff said It would "create a legal jungle." Annual School Elections Slated in County Today Annual school meetings and elections will be held in all school districts of Jackson county from 2 to 8 o'clock today. School district polling places in Jackson county are: Phoenix: Talent and Phoe nix elementary school gym nasiums. Ashland: Lincoln element ary C e nt r a 1 Point: Central Point junior high gymnasium, Hanbv school gymnasium at Gold Hill, and the Sams Val ley school. Rogue River: Rogue River High school. Applegate: Applegate school. Prospect: Prospect High ' School. MEDFORD, Military "Gracious You Mean To Say There's Still Shooting In Laos?" Final Session Of Jackson County Budget Group Today The Jackson county budget committee began its final ses sion today, with consideration of the budgets proposed for weed control, the planning commission and the county roads department. None of the budgets consid- Several Hundred Attend Safe -0-Ram a A smaller than expected crowd attended the Safe-O-Rama Sunday afternoon at McLoughlin Junior High school. Several hundred persons saw demonstrations of the latest ambulance and rescue equipment, a pole top resusci tation, firearms display,, wa ter safety exhibitions, and numerous other safety demon strations and skits. The event, sponsored by the Southern Oregon Regional Safety committee, the Med ford Safety council and the State Industrial Accident com mission, was the first of its kind held here. The good weather was believed to have held attendance down. AIDES APPROVED Salem-IUPD-The Senate ap proved four new aides for Gov. Mark Hatfield today, over protests from Sen. Ben Musa that if the governor would quit politicking so much he wouldn't need them. FLAMES DEVOUR STORE Woodburn -fUPD Fire of un determined origin swept throvgh a sporting goods store and boat manufacturing plant here today. Evans Valley: Evans Valley school. . . Butte Falls: Butte Falls High school. Eagle Point:' Eagle Point High school gymnasium, Sha dy Cove elementary school and Elk Trail elementary school. Pinehurst: Plnehurst school. Medford: Jackson, Jeffer son, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Oak Grove, Washington, West Side, Hoover, Wilson, Griffin Creek, Jacksonville, Ruch, Howard and Lone Pine schools. Residents in the Medford school district will vote lit the elementary school attended by the family's oldest ele mentary school child or. If there are no children in the family, the nearest element al? school. - Jf A T T OREGON, MONDAY, MAY ered this morning received tentative approval. The com mittee expected to consider budgets for the library, mis cellaneous general county, watermaster and the historical society this - afternoon. These and other budgets may be further considered or revised, before tentative approval The proposed weed control budget is $33,005.11, repre senting an increase of $774 over the current year. Main increase is the requested ad' dition of a new man at S3,- 950 annual salary. This would eliminate much of the part- time help, it was explained. Roads Department The county roads depart ment budget is probably the largest of all departmental budgets. The requested total is $1,811,563 The planning commission's requested total is $20,821, an increase of $4,595. Most of the increase is reflected in the item for municipal research at $6,000, or an increase of $4,000 for the new fiscal year, County Engineer Robert Carstensen requested a raise of $1,280 for the year bring. ing his salary to $9,480. This, he said, is about the average salary for Oregon county en gineers. An assistant county en gineer's position is listed In the new budget as a future, but not immediate need, Car stensen explained, Ashland Council To Set Hearing Ashland The Ashland City council will set a date for a public hearing on changing the city residential zoning ordinance at its meeting Tues day at 7:30 p.m. in the coun cil chamber. The traffic committee J scheduled to report on feasi- bility of moving a bus stop in front of the Varsity theater to another location. City At torney Harry Skerry will pre sent an ordinance calling for repealing the present city ordinance regulating locating taxi stands. Bids for sale of the city warehouse on the corner of First and B sts. will be open ed. Jidelands Bill Sent to Governor Salem The Senate has passed 27-2 and sent to Gov. Mark Hatfield a bill allowing Oregon to open up its 600,000 acre tidelands for private oil and gas exploration. Hatfield isxpected to sign It, The House approved earlier. mm Tribune 1, 1961 Reapportionment Bill Goes to Governor's Desk Democrat Vows Supreme Court Test Salem-flJPJ-An informal coa lition of Republicans and East ern Oregon Democrats today concurred in the Senate's ver sion of a legislative reappor tionment bill which makes a minimum of change in t h e present layout and the House sent HB1665 to the governor's desk. The vote was 36-23 with all no votes coming from West ern Oregon Democrats. If Gov. Mark Hatfield ve toes the bill, the job of remap ping the legislature will fall to Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. since the . session may be adjourned by then. If he signs HB1665, at least one Democratic from a heavy population center has vowed to take it to the Supreme court. No Debate Rep. Kessler : Cannon (R- Bend) moved for concurrence and there was no debate. But Rep. Phil Lang (D-Portland) called it a "terrible bill.' He said it was bad enough as the House originally passed but the Senate version is worse. These are the only changes the bill makes: Senate - Washington county gets one-half more seat under a new Washington-Tillamook district. Polk county loses its exclusive senator, sharing it with Lincoln. Hood River Loses House-Clackamas and Wash ington counties get one more representative each, with five eastern Oregon counties ab sorbing the loss. Hood River county loses its seat in being joined to five other counties with the six-county district electing two representatives. The other counties are Sher man, Wheeler, Wasco, Mor row and Gilliam. Those from such populous areas as Multnomah and Lane counties claim they are being short changed because popu lation increases have earned them more seats. No Voles Listed Those voting against con currence were Reps. Barton, Bateson, Benedict, Bradley, Dooley, E y m a n n, Fadelay, Hand, Holmstrom, Howard, K e 1 s a y, Kirkpatrick, Lang, Leiken, McClellan, M o n a ghan, Morgan, Orr, Peck, Tur ner, Van Hoomissen, Whelan and Speaker Duncan. The House committee on state and federal affairs re mained lukewarm this morn ing on gasoline price war bill. HB1755 was introduced as a plan to curb rampant gaso line price wars which dealers say are putting them into the red. Kasavubu Power Play Predicted Leopoldville, The Congo IVFD-Unofficlal reports swept Leopoldville that Katanga President M o 1 s e Tshombe would be brought here under forced detention today in a power play by Central Gov ernment President Kasavubu. Tshombe's arrest in Coquil hatville when he tried to walk out of the Congolese federa tion conference was seen as a bold bid by Kasavubu to eliminate his chief political rival and become the Congo's head man in fact as well as in name. TUESDAY SPEAKER Ashland-Ray Johnson, vice president and general man ager of radio station KMED, will be guest speaker at the Ashland Chamber of Com merce noon luncheon Tuesday in the Mark Antony hotel. Johnson will discuss plans for the new television station LjMED-TV and the effect it will nave on tne iiogue vaiiey. 56th Year Price 10 Cents No. 34 Texas Paper, Japanese Photo Pulitzer Winners Public Service Efforts Lauded New York (UPD The Ami. rlllo, Tex., Globe-Times today was awarded the 1961 Pulit zer Prize in public service for its exposure of "a breakdown in a local law enforcement." President Gayson Kirk of Columbia university, an nouncing the 45th annual Pu litzer Prizes in journalism, letters and music, awarded the gold medal for disinter ested and meritorious service to the Globe-Tim?i with this citation: "For exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with the result of punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its leadership in the finest tradition of journalism." The award for news pho tography printed in a United States newspaper went to Ya sushl Nagao of the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi for his dramatic picture of the assas sination of Japanese Socialist Chairman Inejiro Asanuma on Oct. 12, 1960. The photograph, distribut ed throughout the world ex clusively by United Press In ternational, showed the stab bing of Asanuma by a stu dent, Otaya Yamaguchi. Parking, Traffic Problems jat Lake Jackson county sheriff's deputies encountered serious problems in parking and traf fic control as people crowded county recreation areas in the Talent project Sunday. Emigrant lake, not far from Ashland, was jammed with boats of every size and de scription. Speedboats were cutting in front of speedboats and small sailboats were bob bing around in the center of the general melee, deputies re ported. At Howard Prairie lake, the newly expanded parking area was barely adequate for the hundreds of cars which crowded the developed recre ation area. Deputies estimated 250 to 300 boats on the water. The traffic and boating around the developed area at Howard Prairie seemed order ly Sunday. Concessionaire Robert Johnston reported that persons were catching limits of 10 both days although the fish ran from 11 to 12 inches. One fisherman pulled out two 15-inch trout. Woman Critically Injured in Accident A 38-year-old Medford wom an was said to be in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital this morning follow ing a collision between a car and an unloaded logging truck in downtown Medford about 5:45 a.m. Injured is Mrs. Myrtle Lee Tyson, 324 Marie St. City po lice said a car operated by Mrs. Tyson apparently ran a red light at the intersection of Main st. and Riverside ave.. and collided with a logging truck operated by James Howard Nunes, 27, of 169 Glenwood rd. Police said that when they arrived at the scene of the ac cident Mrs. Tyson was pinned in her car. She was freed with the assistance of city firemen and Medford Ambulance serv ice attendants. Police said the Tyson ve hicle was a total wreck. The logging truck sustained dam ages to the front end. No ci tations have yet been Issued. WEATHER FORECAST: Virlahle eloudfntss and irattrd showers tonight and Tuesday, Ixiw tonight 42, High Tuesday 70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest this Morning it Prtclp. to It a.m. Today. ... ,02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today f:llp.m. Snnriia tomorrow ........ :0S a m. Moon rise tonight 1:21p.m. i,ast uuarier May i Hlghlighu of the phenomena In the skies above In May will be the tttcrtattng prominence of the planets, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus In the morning sky, and tha appearance of Mercury In evening Sky lata In the tiontn. Eisenhower Backs President on Cuba Situation Investigation Said Inadvisable' Gettysburg, Pa.-flJPD-Form-er President Dwight D. Eisen hower today strongly support ed President Kennedy on Cu ba and said a full-scale, public congressional investigation of the recent unsuccessful inva sion of Cuba would be an in advisable "vitch hunt." The former chief executive made the statement in a news conference after meeting with the Republican congressional leadership. Dodges Politics Eisenhower declined to join the GOP House and Senate leaders in labeling the Ken nedy legislative program thus far as "a big egg." Elsenhower wanted to stay away from critical political statements because of the in ternational stituation but he did call on the Republican party to work for a "free, viable economy" and a new measure of unity if the GOP expects to make gains in the 1962 and 1964 elections. Other highlights of the former president's most ex tensive news conference since leaving office Jan. 20: Cancels Japan Trip -At the request of the State Department, he has canceled plans to visit Japan as a pri vate citizen this fall. He said the State Department had rec ommended against the trip be cause of current world ten sions. -Kennedy has not approach ed him about undertaking any special diplomatic mission, but Eisenhower said he did expect to meet again with the President periodically to re view world affairs. . -Eisenhower took full- re sponsibility for beginning the arming r,d training of anti- Castro Cuban refugees during this administration. But. he said he would not, while in office, go beyond a training program because there was no junta or specific Cuban lead er Teady to lead an attempt to overthrow Premier Fidel Castro. ' Law Day Ceremonies Held Today in Court The Jackson County Bar association . turned out en masse for the annual Law Day nation-wide ceremonies this morning in Circuit Judge James M. Main's court. However, Judge Main was busy trying a case in the other courtroom to keep up with his crowded schedule. Philip B. Lowry, bar asso ciation president, opened the ceremonies fallowing his in troduction by Law Day Chair man Ben Day. He pointed out the historical background to Law Day since it was estab lished by presidential declara tion of Dwight D. Elsenhower in 1958: A $25 check was presented to Gordon Randal Clark, Cra ter High school senior, for his editorial on American Law which appeared in the Crater High School paper. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfleld, Medford school superinten dent, was main speaker and related briefly the origins of American law and compared the American system of justice with that used in Russia and other totalitarian countries. Medford Lawyer Sam Har bison gave the benediction. Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly and former Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna presided with District Court Judge L. L. Sawyer. Gun-Toting Man Delays Switch Train Canby-(UPD-A man pulled a pistol and delayed a switch train for nearly 19 minutes at New Era near here Sunday night, state police reported Switchman Eugene J. Cleary said the man told him he was looking for an en gineer whose train had struck and fatally injured a friend in a car two years ago. Cleary, whose switch train operates between Mllwaukle and Canby, said the man took the weapon in and out cf a holster while he was talking to him. He said the man final ly lot the engine through, FAVORS CONFERENCE Portland -(UPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said he favors an Inter-American conference to discus the Cuban crises. CONFERENCE SET Washlngton-AIID - President Ketftiedy will hold a new conference Friday morning. jr.- : : - s v ' v. - .1. ' mszsi . . ' i-ktMt&. -MMMtM, jtlMMate, JM. at saac9.ju. . I Cf I . -J ' -a ' ( i - COUNTDOWN American United States scientists begin the final countdown on a space shoot scheduled for Tuesday, It weather permits. One of these three men will be aboard the capsule as it is fired down the Atlantic missile range. Top to bottom, they are Air Force Capt. Virgil L. Grissom, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., USMC, and Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. i, turi reiepnoto; Portland Nurse Makes Countdown Easier for Cape Canaveral (UPD America's first spaceman wili spend the last hours before his historic voyage aboard a rocket In a "living room away from home" designed by an attractive Oregon nurse with a natural flair for decorating. Lt. Delores "Call me Dee" O'Hara said she is "not an interior decorator." She re lies on that feminine lnstiict for arranging thingi. "Just so." A paid professional de:ocat or probably couldn't have done better. Her work turned a drab cubicle on the second floor of one of Cape Canav eral's many hangars into something tha' seemed straight out of a home-deco-vating magazine. Room 205 at hangar "S" now has wall-to-wall carpet ing, a pair of beige couches, two comfortable arm chairs and a pair of bunk beds - all for the late-hour relaxation of the nation's No. 1 astro naut or the man who will step into the Job In his place In case something changes at the last minute. Lt. O'Hara, dark haired, slender native of Portland, said she designed it with the Idea in mind to keep the two spacemen contented. "Cool and relaxing" was her reason for selecting the soft aqua color of the walln and the champagne tint of draw Klamath Falls Man Kilhd by SP Train , Doris, Calif. - IBM-Frank Leroy Lounsbury, 23, Kla math Falls, died Instantly when a north-bound Southern Pacific freight train struck Hk car here shortly after mid night today. Iff ,t astronauts are standing by Spaceman drapes which shut out the glare of lights from outside. A television set and radio are Installed in front of the window. , ICC Said Ready To Enter Laos Crisis By United Press International Canada, India and Poland announced today they were ready to step in and try to bring about a cease fire in the Laos war. Representatives of the three nations which comprise the International Control commis sion on Indochina have been meeting in New Delhi for the past week to assess the situa tion. They said today they had sent their report to the co chalrmon of tlx ' 154 Geneva conference on I uOchlna-Brlt-ain and Russia. "The commission now stands ready to carry out any instruc tions the co-chairmen may give to them on receipt of the report," the announce ment said. as OSU Students Floating Down Willamette on Bed Oregon Clty(UPD-Four Ore gon State university students, floating down the Willamette river on a bed supported by four SO-gallon ' oil drums, hoped to pass through the locks at Oregon City some time today. The students this morning were reported about 10 miles upstream from the locks as they tried to break a record sefby five University of Mis souri students several days Prediction of Bad Weather Causes Concern Rigid Minimum Conditions Set Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD A prediction of bad weather today raised doubts whether America's first man-in-spaca shot will go as planned Tues day morning. The national space agency has set fairly rigid minimum conditions for the launching. The astronaut and the Red stone rocket apparently wera ready to go. But if the forecasts noia, the weather may not be suit able in all respects until ths last half of the week. Project Mercury officials want the wijid to be no strong er than 21 miles an hour, and . the sky must show large amounts of blue both here and in the recovery area 290 miles down the Atlantic missile range. The forecast is for consider able cloudiness -abnormal for this season on the cape - and for gusty winds of 21-23 miles an hour. , Winds May Continue ' The forecaster at Patrick Air Force Base said the skies may start to clear Tuesday night. But he said the winds may remain quite strong until sometime Thursday. The nation's No. 1 astronaut was less than 24 hours away from his scheduled leap into space when the adverse fore cast came in. The main count -down had started Sunday. Soviet shots undoubtedly have been similarly held up, officials said, but the Russians never announced launchlngs in advance. When the first American as tronaut goes up, he will be making a flight which may carry the United States one scientific step, beyond Russia in testing man's ability to navigate in space. Four Orennniant Accident Victims n tt it. j ti rn,....,i t Four Oregonians were kill ed during the week end as a result of three Oregon and Nevada traffic accidents. The victims were Steven Herbst, 12, Corvallls; Mrs, Delores Hood, 30, Portland, and Dorothy E. Smith, 43, and her daughter, - Lou Ann, 14, of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. -' The Herbst boy was killed Sunday when a car driven by his father, Vern W. Herbst, .. 40, was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train in Cor vallls. Mrs. Hood was killed Sun day in a two-car head-on col lision about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev. The Smith woman and her daughter died late Friday or early Saturday when a car plunged off a Warm Springs Indian Reservation road into ' about 29 feet of water. Some Areas Turn To Daylight Time By United Press International Millions of Americans went to work an hour early today on the promise they can go home to more daylight this summer.. Alarm clocks angled an hour early In 16 states, parts of 10 others and in the Dis trict of Columbia following the annual arrival of daylight saving time Sunday. The early risers will be Joined by residents of Min nesota and the Montana cities of Butte and Anaconda later this month. Stat" keeping "fast time" included' Nevada, California and Washington. Court Refuses To Enter Portland Dispute Washington - (CPU - The Su preme Court refused today to look into a dispute between Local 17 of the Web Press men's Union in Portland, Ore., and two Portland newspapers. ago , on the Missouri river. They left Corvallls at 7 a.m. Saturday. They expected to wind up their trip at either the mouth of the Willamette river or at the Longview bridge on the Columbia. The four are Hugh Rosen burg, 21, Tillamook; Bill Pur. vine, 18, Salem; Gordon Ek uan 22, Hawaii, and Steve Gibson, 21, San Iftrnardtnc, Calif. .