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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. .