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Recommended Historic Jacksunvlllt has changed cousiderab.y ilnce the days of the cold ruth In tht 19501. City officials are becora tag concerned about the future of the community. Read about proposed future plans and prob lems which may be encountered iA of today'! Malt Tribune. 56 Pages Section A Patlon Declares Local Employment Trend Improving Unemployed People Still a Problem The employment trend for April showed a definite im provement over March, ac cording to John J. Patton, manager of the Medford of- nce of the Oregon State Em ployment service. The back to work trend ap peared to be well established by the end of April although there were still a large num ber of unemployed people, Patton noted. At least some of this payroll effect was felt by the retail trade where new hiring also began. "A considerable portion of this improvement took place late in the month after a spell of dry weather made it pos sible for outside work to re sume. This pick-up included logging and construction," Patton summarized. Job placements continued at the same pace as in March. There was little call for un skilled help. Most of the de mand was for clerical, skilled or semi-skilled workers, the employment service manager noted. ' "Good stenographers . con tinue to be in short supply," Patton said. VThis year there will be a number of good prospects among the senior Medford High school gradu ates who will be looking for permanent employment. These young applicants are register ing with the state employment service and will be given pro ficiency tests. Inquiries' are invited from employers who expect to have openings in this occupation after school is out in June." A heavy migration of peo ple through this area looking for new permanent locations has started again and won't let up until late fell Pttbn remarked. Most of these peo ple are from large, manufac turing areas where changes in technology or large popula tion growth has caused them to move,- he explained,, . ,4, Relatively few people are are able to locate in this area due to lack of job opportuni ties at this time of year. . The temporary extended compensation program was applied to 259 claims during the first month of operation. The rate is expected to drop rapidly as work continues to open up, he said. Sporlsfair Attracts Large Crowds Here Large crowds attended the Crater Lions club sponsored Sportsfair and Home and Gar den show Friday night and Saturday, club officials re port. . A Palomino horse show will be a special feature this afternoon. The show is sched uled to conclude tonight. The two prize - winning show horses, both palominos, will be exhibited as a special event between 2:30 and 3:30 p. m. Miss Barbara Read will ride Talisman, and Talisman's Fancy Lady will also be shown. Both are owned .by Walt Young, Medford. Gov. Mark Hatfield was a special guest Saturday after noon. In a brief talk, Hat field discussed development of recreation facilities in Ore gon. I , "We Must Eliminate Such As Voting MEDFORDJiife, United Pren International ruU Leased Win E.A. Littrell Dies In Local Hospital E. A. (Al) Littrell, 60, local civic and business leader and former state legislator, died Saturday morning in a local hospital. He was taken to the hospital Friday night for med ical treatment. ! Mr. Littrell, who is sur vived by his wife, Frances, and four children, was a Re publican state representative from 1955 to 1958. He had been active in business in Medford for 39 years and was owner of Littrell Parts com pany. , ' He served one term in the Medford city council 1933-34 and during World War II was chairman of the advisory committee of the office of de fense transportation. Past President Mr. Littrell was past presi dent of the Medford Lions club, a member of Rotary, Elks, Masonic orders and the Presbyterian church. He was also a member of the Motor and Equipment Wholesale Dealers association, Society of Automotive Engineers. He w a s born in Colfax, N. M., Sept. 21, 1900, the son of E. A. and Belle Littrell. He attended Raton, N. M., schools and moved to Oregon in 1920. He became a partner in Lit trell Parts company in 1923 and after the firm incorpor ated in 1927 he served as president until 1935. He then became pwner of the com pany, which has since estab lished branches in southern Oregon and northern Calif ornia. The company, "one of the first to sell automobile parts exclusively, now has a marine division. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funer al home. County Sheriff's Deputy Resigns Sgt. Veryl Vanoose submit ted his resignation as a depu ty with the Jackson county sheriff's office Saturday due to health reasons, It will be come effective May 20, ac cording to Sheriff Joe Walsh. Vanoose w a s discharged from Sacred Heart hospital Friday evening after having been taken there earlier that day by ambulance. Medford city police had been called for assistance and they found Vanoose semi-conscious on a couch. The deputy told the Mail Tribune Saturday that he had been involved in a family argument shortly before 4 a.m. Friday. After the other members of his family left the house, he started to unload his service revolver when it accidentally discharged, he explained. Medford police reports showed that a bullet hole had been found in the floor of the bedroom. Vanoose said that he kept his revolver empty at the house because of his small children. Vanoose, who has been with the sheriffs department since 1954, said it is not known why he suddenly be came ill Friday. THANKS PORTLANDER Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy has thanked Mike McKernan, of Portland, Ore., for sending him 32 pounds of trout caught in Oregon Moun tain lake. . Foreign Influences, By Cubans" E. A. (AL) LITTRELL Ex-Legislator Diet Nixon Lashes Out At Administration Des Moines, Iowa - (UPD - Former Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon last night ac cused the administration of an "abundance of words and scarcity of deeds" in its first 100 days in office. Nixon, who said he is "no longer a candidate and do not intend to be, spoke at a din ner before nearly 4,000 Re publicans in the Kent thea ter here. "Never has any adminis tration set such a record for an abundance of words and scarcity of . deeds," , he said in the extemporaneous speech. All we have had is proposals on what ' the government ' is going to do for us.: Let Mr. Kennedy tell the people what they can do for the country," he said. - : ' -. Pistol Whipping ;) v. . ,' , Nixon, . who earlier Satur day accused the Democrats of "pistol - -whipping ' farmers said his own party has been run as an "exclusive social club" added, "my political fu ture is probably behind me. He said he was appearing as a private citizen. - "As private citizens, we are responsible for indicating the paths we think the govern ment should take," he said. The defeated GOP Presi dential candidate said he hop ed the new administration had learned these lessons in its first 100 days in ofice: . "A President or secre tary of state never talks big ger than he is prepared to act. The way to avoid war is to state only what we are pre pared to do. When the prestige of the United States is commit ted we must be able to com mit the power to go with it. "America must be strong er in will and our system must be greater than the enemy's". Russian Spy Betrays British Countrymen London-OJPD-Brltish diplo mat George Blake betrayed four British espionage agents in the Soviet Union during his nine-year career as a spy for the Kremlin, the Sunday edition of the London Observ er said Saturday. The Observer said Blake, for years a trusted member of England J foreign ministry, sent information on to Mos cow that led to the arrest and Imprisonment of the . four British spies., Blake, who was arrested three weeks ago, was sentenc ed to 42 years in prison Thursday on charges of spy ing for the Russians. He is currently under treatment for shock suffered when he heard his sentence the long est handed down by a British court .in peacetime in modern history. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness today with scattered shower over mountains. Home ninny Fierlodi thla afternoon. Increas ng cloudiness tonight. High to day (14. Low tonight 40. High Monday n. Occasional rain likely Monday. , Temp. Highest Vesterday .. ... J! Preclp. Te a p m. Yesterday Our Skies Tonight Hnnset today . 1:1 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow :SS a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow !:) a.m. w Moon May 14 PROMIrVT STARS Procyon, low In west ISitS p.m. Splra, dne south !: P m. AHalr, low In east 1I:1 p.m. Antaree, Sao south .. 1:11 a.m. 24-Hour Charge . Post Established To Aid Kennedy Agency Will Deal With World Crises Washington - iUPD ' -' The State Department Saturday disclosed that a round-the- clock command po: ' has been set up to help President Ken nedy deal faster with crises like those that erupted in Cuba and Laos. , It said a new "special oper ations" center will be manned on a 24-hour basis to sift minute-by-minute U.S. intelli gence data and make sure that Kennedy's orders are being carried out. Theodore C. Achilles, for- most State Department coun selor, was picked to head the nerve center. Kennedy's brother-in-law - 33 -year -old Stephen E. Smith-was named as special assistant to Achil les. It was the latest in a series of steps by the President to overhaul U.S. intelligence op erations in the wake of the ill-fated Cuban invasion. Kennedy has named Form er Army Chief of Staff Max well Taylor to conduct' a study of paramilitary oper ations which include intelli gence and guerrilla - type activities. Earlier this week Kennedy appointed James R. Killian. former science adviser to President Eisenhower, to head a reactivated intelligence review board. Cuba, Viet Nani The new unit in the State Department, formed about two weeks ago, will focus on the situation in Cuba and Communist-threatened South Viet Nam at first. Officials said the perma nent staff of the special oper ations center will include rep resentatives of Defense and State Departments, and the Central Intelligence Agency. It is possible, they said, that a representative of the U.S. in formation agency may be in cluded.' " ,; . The operation center, ac cording to State Department Press Officer Robert McClos key, "will gather on a 24 hour basis all intelligence and op erational data available to the United States government regarding situations of urgent concern." He said: "It will be respon sible for seeing that recom mendations with respect to these situations are made promptly to the secretary and through him to the President and for seeing that their de cisions are promptly imple mented." Pond Mishap Claims Central Point Man Henry Nahss, 39, of 185 Schultz rd.. Central Point, died early Saturday morning in a logging pond accident on Agate rd., state police report ed Saturday. Nahss had driven a crane onto the pond dike when it gave way and the crane fell into the pond, Jess Delbert Burton, Olson-Lawyer lumber company millwright, told state police. He said he and Nahss had been tearing down an old building when the ac cident occurred. The Jackson county coron er's office said death may have been due to head in juries. The pond is located at Antelope and Agate rds. The body was recovered at 6 a.m. Saturday and taken to the Conger Morris funeral home in Medford. Israelis Concerned Over Eichmann Effect ' Jerusalem, Israel - (UPD -The Israeli government, which already has spent an estimated $2 million organiz ing the trial of' Adolf Eich mann, is deeply concerned over sharply waning interest abroad, government sources disclosed Saturday. The prosecution, which hitherto seemed to be con ducting the case with an eye on history rather than on cur rent world interest, recently has shown signs of stepping up its pace, interspersing the tedious presentation of docu ments with live witnesses able to tell dramatic, human interest tales. Foreign Currency Outlawed in Cuba Miami-HTD - Fidel Castro's government clamped down sharply Saturday on Cubans fleeing to the United States by making it a crime for any one to possess foreign cur rency in Cuba. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, s t,iisasi !.' I saai psassaaasiali ttPf'riii,-ltmwmwmmmmm TAKES LOOK Astronaut Alan Shepard, the nation's first "man-in-space," takes a last look at the Mercury spacecraft in which he rode 302 miles from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Friday. Shepard was flown from the Governor Declared Candidate For Reelection Here Campaign lines were sharp ly drawn Saturday during the Republican banquet at Med ford's Hedrick junior high school when Gov. Mark O. Hatfield was declared a can diate for reelection. Robert G. Davis, newly ap pointed chairman of the Ore gon Republicans, threw Hat field's jiat' in- the ring when he said, !'The 1962 . campaign will lead' us to victory with the reelection of Mark Hat field as Governor of this state." . Applause which ' fol lowed was loud and general from the approximately. 300 people who filled .the gym nasium: ... , ... Possibly the opening gun of the 1962 gubernatorial race was fired during the 11th an nual Roosevelt memorial din ner here April 15 when House Speaker Robert B. Duncan was hailed twice as the "next governor of the state of Ore gon." Return lo Office "Mark Hatfield will return to office whether Duncan is a candidate not!" declared Dav is, general manager of the Southern Oregon Plywood company at Grants Pass. Davis,- and Hatfield in his following speech, in effect, dressed the ranks of the state party organization, Davis real istically surveyed the Repub lican party's standing in Ore gon. "We are now a minority party, out-registered by 75, 000 votes in Oregon and $10, 000 in debt," Davis pointed out. "I have received lots of advice and little cash." . The new state Republican chairman urged the party members to work the 18 months between elections to French Revolt Head Denies Foreign Help Paris -(UPD- Cashiered Gen Maurice Challe said Saturday he received no foreign help of any kind as a leader of the Algiers military revolt last month, a reliable source re ported. ' The source said Challe volunteered the statement in a closed, pre-trial lnterroga tion today, apparently to deny reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had encouraged the ill-fated uprising. Rumors of CIA involve ment in the abortive four-day coup, mentioned editorially in the Paris newspaper "Le Monde," were denied by the U.S. embassy. The French government said it had no evidence of any such activity, OREGONIAN KILLED Napa, Calif. -JPD- P. O. I.C. John Allan Hintz, of Ontario, Ore., was killed early Satur day morning when his car struck a concrete culvert on state highway 37 about four miles west of Napa. Tribune MAY 7, 1961 Lake Champlain to Grand Bahamas Island for an exclusive medical checkup. He is scheduled to go to Washington following the checkup. . (UPI Telephoto) Hatfield overcome the advantage of the Democratic party and the political action committees within the labor unions. Urges Defeat . Davis urged the defeat of U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse (Dem.- Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Al Utt- man (Dem.-Ore.) but did not say who would run against them from the Republican ranks. ., . , - The Republicans need only two seats in the state legisla ture to become the majority power mere, Davis pointed out. "The governor has had an extremely difficult ' time in get ting effective legislation through," he said pointedly, He noted the strife among the Democratic leaders in the state legislature and said this should make it easier for the Republicans. The governor built further on the theme set by Davis. He praised State. Rep. John Del lenback, Medford Republican as "the most promising fresh man legislator," and noted that Sen. Lyndel Newbry, Talent Republican, "fitted in very quickly. Attacks Democrats The governor attacked the Democratic party in rapid fire succession. He criticized them for creating a "head tax" and for fiscal irresponsi bility. He stressed the Republican aims of fiscal and social re sponsibility through promo tion of mental health clinics, a state civil rights program and his attack on the con stantly rising state welfare commission e x p e n diture's." Hatfield repeatedly empha sized the missile plant site at Boardman in eastern Oregon as his administration's at tempt to develop Oregon eco nomically and scientifically, He also stressed the medical research programs at the Uni versity of Oregon. Hatfield said he deeply re grets the "untimely passing of former slate legislator E, A. (Al) Littrell, Medford busi ness and civic leader who died Saturday morning. Medford School District Election for Medford school district pa trons will vote May 25 on the amount of the general fund budget over the 6 per cent limitation. The school board Friday afternoon adopted the budg et as published following public hearing at which no objections were raised. The election wtl be on the amount over the 6 per cent limitation, which next fiscal year will be $2,070,805.95. Polling places wll be open between 2 and 8 p.m. at the 14 elementary schools In the district. The general fund budget for next year' totals $4,047, 728, which is. $154,160.01 more than, this year's eparat- United Press InternationalFull lieased Wire Oklahoma Twister Claims 13 Lives Howe, Okla. - (UPD - Grim- faced - authorities, guarding against disease and looting in this tornado-smashed town, Saturday counted 13 dead' and 56 hospitalized with injuries after twisters struck here and the J,nearby . community of Relchert Friday night. ' A search for possible vic tims at Glendale, Okla., south east pt Howe, continued. , Additionally, tornadoe struck In Arkansas, not-far from- here, killing one person and injuring several others, , Nine persons died at Howe, which was the hardest struck The tornado swept down the small, southeastern Oklahoma town's main . street without warning. 30 Blocks Damaged The Red Cross reported 30 square blocks in Howe were destroyed, including 43 homes demolished and 20 heavily damaged, Three churches, one of them scheduled to be dedi cated today, were smashed. The sudden, vicious storm ripped loose power and tele phone lines. Utility workers tolled through the day to re store them. The Red Cross, Salvation Army and sheriff's officers and highway patrolmen were on the scene, setting up emer gency stations and guarding. Howe was closed to all traffic. Only those with passes could come and go. One man tried to steal an armload of guns and fishing gear from a Howe store, but officers confronted him and he dropped the loot and ran. A small airplane reportedly crashed after trying in vain to outrun the storm. A search party however failed to find it.. Harriman Seeks True Neutrality Washington (UPD - Roving Ambassador W. Averell Harri man called upon Soviet 'Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev Saturday to use his influence with Communist China and North Viet Nam to get them to agree to true neutrality for Laos. May 25; Hearing Is Held ina budget. The Increase of about 4 per cent is commen surate with an expected 4 per cent increase in enroll ment. Mrs. Thomas Ness, repre senting various school Parent Teacher associations, sought clarification of some items, including explanation of term inology used In budget classi fications. Gerald Latham, represent ing the Medford Chamber of Comorce'i legislative commit tee, told the board the commit tee considered the proposed school budget a "well-developed budget," and commended the budget committee for do ins sood lob. Latham noted that one of 56th Year Price 10 Cents 2nd U.S. Space Shot With Man Set Next Month Glenn, Grissom Suggested As Two Most Likely To Make Second Mercury Flight Cape Canaveral - (UPD - The United States will aim for a date in late June to fire its second man into space, It was learned Saturday. Informed sources pinpoint ed June 26-27 as the planned target time.' ' The astronaut pilot likely will be either John H. Glenn Jr. - or Virgil I. Grissom of America's seven-man corps of Mercury "space plebes." His mission will be general ly the same as that of the na tion s first spaceman, Mercury World Hails U.S. Space Feat. West Likes Openness London (UPD. The non- Communlst world hailed America's launching of a man into space Saturday, contrast ing the openness of the U.S. achievement with the secrecy veiling Russia's prior "cos monaut" claim. ' i Even the Communist press conceded that Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard's feat was "notable," but added that it could not compare with the reported orbital flight of Russia's Maj. Yuri Gagarin. . Three London dailies, the leftist Mirror and the con servative Express and Mail, all carried the same headline - "Boyl What a Ridel" - and the Times used the same line as a subhead. London's Communist Dally Workerk which reported the day before the Kremlin an nounced Its Gagarin claim that Russia's first astronaut was in a hospital recovering from the effects of his flight. carried a big picture, of Shep ard under the Deadline "Now There Are Two Spacemen)' The Mail praised the Americans for "letting the world listen In on the whole great adventure, and , the Daily Telegraph congratu lated the United States for showing its astronaut taking off and returning. .' From Cairo, President Gamal Abdel Nasser cabled congratulations to President Kennedy on the "success of the first attempt to shoot ah American into outer space." ; In Paris, the newspaper Figaro commented that Frenchmen were more excit ed by Shepard's flight than Gagarin's, "doubtless because the Americans . . . made it possible for us to follow the whole experience, minute by minute." France's Communist organ Human-ite said Shepard's flight was "remarkable," even though it was just a "flea jump" In comparison to Ga garin's feat. Russia Adds New Firing Squad Crimes Moscow 1UP0 The Soviet government Saturday gave Its courts the right to send em bezzlers, counterfeiters and prison troublemakers to the firing squad. The supreme Soviet's ex tention of the death penalty followed by a few days an other ruling adding "banish ment" of two to five years in addition to jail terms-tor "a specifically dangerous state crime," the Soviet news agen cy Tass said. Calls Budget the qualities of a good budg et is' what might be consid ered a compromise between what school teachers and ad ministrators would like and what the public feels it can spend for education. The committee, he said, feels that Medford school pa trons are "getting the maxi mum benefit from the money spent for education." Latham said the shot into, spaed Fri day morning proves what ed ucation can do. The board also discussed the possibility of receiving more state aid, which would be us ed as a tax offset. Admin istrators feel that state aid will be Increased $10 per child next fiscal year, bringing the total to $115 per child. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mall Tribune In Medford and Aihland, phone BP 3-8141: Montague and Yreka phone CLobe S 3171 before 0:45 p.m. dally and 10 JO jn. Sunday. It regular delivery arrival ahortly alter you call, pleaia notify office, thus eliminating peclal meaienger service. No. 39 teammate Alan B. Shepard Jr. - to ride a 1V& ton cap sule about 11S miles into space and 300 miles over the Atlantic ocean. His chores while soaring through five minutes of weightlessness in space may be a little different, however. " Shepard's success gave scien tists more confidence that . man can perform useful tasks during this period. Basically, though, the pur pose will be the same-to gain a better knowledge of this air less, cold, always potentially lethal environment for the years -of full-scale manned conquest ahead. ' - The $500 million Mercury program will fire two and per haps three more Redstone rockets with capsules similar to the "Freedom 7" craft in which Shepard made the first men - controlled flight into space. Should the late June shot come off on time and with the -same degree of success as Shepard's, a third could fol low within six weeks. Spaceman Pool ' These Mercury - Redstone missions would give the na tion a pool of at least three "experienced" spacemen for the even more critical and crucial .days ahead - flights Into orbit even more elaborate than that of Russia's "Space Columbus," Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin made a single cir cuit of earth in his historic flight of .April 12. America's astronauts 'will go for at least' three orbits off the bat, sclen- . tms saia,:. ... The .united States hopes to put one ot the astronauts Into orbit 120-180 muea above earth by late this year. The, chance Is slim one, depend ent on getting . pilots ard equipment ready. The first is a main purpose of the series of Redstone shots including Fridays' flight by Shepard and the Jan. 31 ' chimpanzee flight. Shepard is already set, and the next ready pilot is supposed to come from the two-man team that was closest to him during the preparations for Friday's flight. , .; RR School Vote Slated Tuesday Rogue River Registered voters in the Rogue River school district will vote Tues day, May 9, between 2 and 8 p.m., on the district school budget. The school vote will be for $148,790, all of which is above the six per cent limitation be cause the district has no tax base. ' The amount Is a 4& per cent Increase over the I960 61 budget, and is said to be almost entirely accounted for by the loss of receipts In county and state off-set funds. Esuniaies Indicate that the net result will be a tax mill age of about 64.5 mills. If the state legislature in creases the amount, oi stato funds available to the school districts, this would serve a a direct reduction on proper ty taxes to the local district, and the local mlllage would be less, according to school of- ; flcials. The operating budget of the district shows the effects of increasing enrollment, in creasing prices, and some ef fect from salary Increases ev en though Rogue River re portedly has the lowest salary schedule in Jackson county. Khrushchev Calls For Disarmament Oslo - WD - Soviet Premier Nlklta Khrushchev's "let's-talk-disarmament" call to the United States set off NATO speculation Saturday that Moscow Is warning the West against stepping up its de fense. The Soviet leader chose the eve of the 15-nation NATO ministerial council conference for a reminder that disarma ment negotiations must begin loon. The wording of his address suggested he may want bllat. era) arms-cut talks with thst United Slates In preference to multi-national negotiations.
