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MPS M A If M IWIST'S Shepard welcome Frenzied Acclaim Greets Astronaut Kennedy Presents Medal to Spaceman Washington-flM) - America's first spaceman, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., 37, reaped a hero's reward today a kiss, a medal, and the frenzied ac claim of an adoring multitude. He collected the kiss from his lovely wife, Louise, who was reunited with him this morning after weeks of en forced separation. , He received the medal from President Kennedy in the rose garden of the White House.' He harvested the cheers of ' v A story on Cmdr. Shep '. aid's press conference ap pears on page 2. his countrymen during a slow ride from the White House down Pennsylvania and Con stitution aves. the tradition al route of America heros from the White House to the Capitol. : - Receives Highest Award Hundreds were at the White House to see Kennedy present him with the Distinguished Service Medal of the National Aeronautics and Space- Ad ministration, NASA's highest award. The Navy commander was being acclaimed for making America's first space flight, a 15-minute rocket trip 115 miles up and 302 miles down the Atlantic missile range from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday. Said Shepard: "I thought last Friday was a thrilling day, but this surpasses it." He and his wife, .with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sitting between them, perched on the back -seat of an open convertible and waved at the cheering crowds. Took Applause Modestly The cheers never waned un til they arrived at the Capitol for jubilant reception by Congress. j Shepard, a lithe figure of a man took the applause mod estly. From the first to bM he insisted that Friday's ftat was the work not of one maj but of the hundreds and thous ands of men and women in the Mercury man-in-space pro gram. (Continued on page 2) Medical Insurance Increase Predicted Portland 0IP1) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) predicted to day an increased amount of medical insurance for work ers in this country through the 1960s. He told the Group Health Institute meeting here: "United States workers will have in the 1960s fully com prehensive voluntary insur ance and a commensurate growth of consumer sponsored medicine, privately financed; or we will have consumer sponsored medicine govern ment financed." Morse said nearly all labor unions now have written into contracts programs providing health benefits for members and their families. Special Movie Award Given Hero's in Washington -. f4Us i r. I,-'? i AlWWis -Pi fail -j.ffi lUPit lie VO WAVES AT CROWD Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr., America's first astronaut, waves to the crowd as his motorcade arrives at the Capitol from the White House this morning. Shepard and members of his family were guests of honor at a luncheon in the Old Supreme Court chamber, given by members of Congress. - , - (UPI Telephoto) Festiva I's Com pa ny To Be Its Ashland - Producing Direc tor Angus L. Bowmer has an nounced the largest company in the history of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. - The new group, will con vene in'Ashland June 8 to pre pare the theater'! 21st season. Five production are slated to Laos Rebels Move Toward Capital Vientiane, Laos - (DPI) - Pro Communist Pathet Lao troops were reported today to have advanced within 14 miles of the royal Laotian capital of Luang Prabang in defiance of a cease fire agreement with the pro-Western government The move threatened to touch off a major battle even as the International Control Commission on Indochina was flying . here to verify .the truce. : Informed sources said two battalions of rebels, number ing about 700 men, occupied the village of Lat Hane Sun day, apparently without a fight, and started moving down the Mekong river to ward Luang Prabang. The government already had accused the rebels of bad faith in' attacking anti-communist Meo tribesmen who control considerable territory behind the rebel front lines. SENATE HEARS BILL Salem-flJPD-Rep, George An nala's plan to increase size of the legislature from 90 seats to 98, defeated in the House, came alive in the Senate today as the upper chamber passed a similar version 19-10. 1 . Largest Open. July 24 for a 42-night run. :. i i : The program - "A Midsum mer Night's Dream," "Ham let," "All's Well That Ends Well," "Henry IV, Parti," and Ben Jonson's 'Alchem ist ' - requires an unusually large acting and production staff. Bowmer said that 480 appli cations were received from 43 states, Canada, England, Ec uador, France, .. and Puerto Rico. The 90 selected are from 15 states, England, and Cana da. The total will pass 100 by June, he added. Returning Several familiar names are returning to the Ashland roster this year. Alter one year's absence, Nagle Jackson will be. back for his fourth Festival season. He was last seen in Ashland in 1959 as Feste in "Twelfth Night" and Caesar in "Antony and Cleo patra." Shirley Patton, Mir anda in last season's "The Tempest," will also mark her fourth season. Mark Hammer, Northumberland in 19 6 0's Richard II," will appear for his third summer and John Sandoe, Young Cato in last year's "Julius Caesar," will notch his fifth year. Featured performers re peating from 1960 include Gerard Larson, Petruchio in "Taming of the Shrew"; Chris topher Newton, Bolingbroke in "Richard"; Graham Wood- ruff, Ariel in "Tempest"; Wil- liam Kinsolving, title role in "Richard"; Milton Fuchs, Biondello in "Shrew"; and Les Carlson, Lucentlo in "Shrew". I Many new names will offer Ashland audiences a widely varied background of theatri cal experience. Zone Change Asked For Church Property Ashland - A request that Presbyterian church property on the corner of North Main and Helman sts. be rezoned from residential to commer cial will be considered by the Ashland Planning commission tonight at 8 o'clock in the city council chamber. The request has been sub-, mitted by Jack Pumphreys and William Sutton, owners of the Mark Antony hotel. The planners are also sched uled to discuss iong range planning for Ashland. TUESDAY SPEAKER Ashland - R. C. Isaacs, man ager of the Ashland branch of the First National Bank of Oregon, will describe plans for a new bank building at the Tuesday noon luncheon of the Ashland Chamber of Com merce in the Mark Antony hotel. The bank purchased the Ashland hotel last December and plans on using the Main st. property as the site of a ntrjfc bank building. Accidents Claim Eight Oregonians During Week End Traffic Accounts For Five Deaths By United Press International Five traffic accidents and three other mishaps killed at least eight Oregon residents during the week end. , Four of the five traffic fa talities occurred in Portland while the fifth traffic victim was killed near Napa, Calif. Dead are Peter J. Fischer, 41; his 31-year-old wife, Irene, Mrs. Christina Dorney, 75, and Robert Lee Mclntyre, 23, all of Portland; John Allan Hintz, 31, Ontario; Peter Nor- bert Kirk, 35, Woodburn; Hen ry Nahss, 38, Central Point, and Loren Thomas Phelps, 15, a Spokane boy, who is attend ing St. Francis seminary at Springdale. Two-Car Accident The Fischers were killed early Sunday morning in a two-car accident in Portland. Mrs. Dorney was killed Sat urday afternoon In a three- car smasnup wnue another two car Portland accident took the life of Mclntyre. Hintz was killed early Sat urday when his car struck a concrete culvert about four miles, west of Napa, Calif. Hintz was assigned to the Pa cific Reserve Fleet at Mare Island Navy Shipyard. Killed in Explosion Kirk was injured fatally in a dynamite explosion at nis farm about seven miles west of Woodburn.- He was blow ing stumps when the accident occurred. Nahss died early Saturday! when a large crane he was operating near a logging pond tipped over near Central Point. r The Phelps boy was pre sumed drowned in the Sandy river after falling over a 70 foot cliff Saturday. He was with a group of boys search ing for a discus lost over the cliff from a playing field last week. Gold Hill Police Check School Enjry Gold Hill - The second school break-in In three days was reported to Gold Hill Po lice Chief Earl Cox today. ' Patrick Elementary school was entered late Sunday night or early this morning, Cox said. Nothing was re ported missing. Burglars en tered through a window in the teacher's room and a clothes closet had been forced open. The burglary was dis covered by Charles Foote, school custodian, when he en tered the school this morning. It followed a similar inci dent at Hanby school Friday night. Burglars forced open a window and attempted to break open a vending ma chine. Cox said Hanby offi cials indicated nothing had been taken. Pay Hike Approved For District Judges Salem (UPD District judges today won a $1,500 a year salary increase from the Sen ate. The measure went to the governor. District judges now get $9,000 a year. The $10,500 figure was a compromise. The House wanted $10,000 and the Senate $11,000. The Senate also approved $653,841 for salary Increases for district attorneys and their deputies. Sen Melvin Ooode (R- Albany) said It will figure out to be about a 10 per cent hike for DA's, with the scale some what less for deputies. COMPACT DISCUSSED Boise. Idaho -WPI1-There Is talk of forming a six-state Co lumbia River compact if Ore gon continues to balk at the proposed agreement, an Idaho member of the compact corn- mission said today. Court Approves Joining Of Area To The Jackson county court! this morning approved tne move to annex four contig uous areas to the Rogue Kiver rural fire district, following a public hearing in the county court room. County Judge Earl Miller said he would ask District Attorney Alan B. Holmes if an election Is necessary. No one appeared in opposition to the proposed annexation. Glenn W. Hutchinson, chair man of the rural fire district hoard of directors, said an election Is necessary the board would prefer it June 12. This would allow sufficient time far the required legal adver Regional Edition Medford 18 Paget Actiooin. by Legislature Program Given Approval So Far Pleases Governor Bills Wanted To Govern Traffic Salem - (DPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield" said today he is pleased with the amount of his program that the legisla ture has enacted so far but he is disappointed with the lack of such legislation as increas ed traffic safety and govern ment reorganization. The 1961 session generally seems to characterize itself We're going to have to have more time on it," what ever the topic is, he said. He said he was glad to see such parts of his message as economic development, basic school support aid, modified medicare and others advance. Hatfield said he hasn't lost hope on his mental health and community mental health clinics proposal which has passed the House but is still in the Senate. "Surprising things happen in closing days of the session sometimes," he said. Traffic Goals Given The governor said he feels strongly about enactment of these three traffic laws: (1) maximum speed limit. (2) probable cause, and (3) im plied consent. All, some in modified form, are in the works. He said he wants the bill for homestead tax relief for the elderly. ' He criticized the bill which A provides some $7 million-in bonds for four bridges, and said there Is a "chance" he may not approve it if it gets to his desk. The bill author izes bridges at Dayton, On tario, Oswego and Albany. Hatfield said these proj ects should be left up to the Highway Commission. Other Points Made . Hatfield also: ' -Said he doesn't like the Idea of not being able to ap point members to the pro posed commission on consti tutional revision. He said the governor should be allowed to appoint some members along with the legislature. -Said an additional 10 cent&H a bottle wouldn't cut down Oregon's liquor sale advan tage over the state of Wash ington. -Said he has never seen so much "discourtesy" between legislative leaders as In the 1961 session. He said there have been bitter statements in past sessions, but they seem to be stronger this ses sion. MEETING SCHEDULED Portland -WD- A two day meeting of the Columbia Basin Interagency Committee was scheduled for May 17-18 here and in Eugene. . WEATHER FORECAST: Rain tonlfht. Par tial clearlnr with Mattered thowen Tuetday. Low tonlfht Ai. Hllh Tueiday (9. Temp. Hllheit Yeiterday IS Loweit thli Mornlns 44 Prtclp. to 10 a.m. Today..-..., 0 Our Skies Tonight Snniet today T:1t p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow .. 4:57 a.m. Moonrlfe tomorrow 2:21 a.m. New Moon - May 14 PROMINENT STAR Deneb, low In northeait 1:1 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Man, In the wait. (:11p.m. Jupiter and Satnrn, In Uia aoutheaat . t:IS a.m. Venue, low In eait 4:24 a.m. Fire District tising. Hutchinson said peti tion signatures totalled well over the required 15 per cent of the registered voters In the area affected. Areas proposed to be annex ed include Savage Rapids dam, Foots creek. Rocky Point, and between the new Pacific freeway construction and the access road to it-. The district now has a 3.4 mill levy, Hutchinson said. Miller said he didn't know whether 15 or 25 per cent of the people in the affected orrai had to Pass the annex ation at a special election. He referred this question to tne dtrict attorney. f , , . MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. MAY 8, 1961 if, x'fc It vmMtA - i mil rawj xim ii iv lis . . , i i i -riv" I .,' ... ' - - - ;-A7- -i t- v ' ' 'ft' 1 1 m Wiiwiiocwaltii'iriii'iiiiiMawai ftwin iWIKii'fiii'ffi"iiiHiiiiiiiii 'iiniii1"r"iiiiifi"i''i iii"rn ir awl SUCCESSFUL FISHERMAN Gov. Mark Hawkins, general chairman, said that at O. Hatfield was one of the successful fisn-' tendance, was, aoout "average," with ram erman last week end at the Crater Lions ' keeping some people awayvon Friday arid Hb)OTtsfalrHome-,andaen'hwK;The.'"Saturdiiy:- The,, "big".. 'day was" Sunday as governor visited the event Saturday after- ' , ...1 Hit acted thousands to the Med noon. He was among the more than 18,000 ".ifdre, mo'rjj ior ,the event. " ' ". ... persons who visited the fair this year.' Dick.' . . ,-;;, fi 'J , V- (Knackstedt photo) Budget Group Sets Final Session; Board To Meet The Jackson county board of equalization was to meet today, and again tomorrow af ternoon after ti:? county budg et committee winds up its business in the morning. Tuesday morning the final budget study session is sched uled. County Commissioner Chester Wendt and Budget Committee Chairman Arnold Bohnert, Central Point, will have to devote their time to the board of equalization, pos sibly for the rest 6f the week. The ratio of assessed valu ation, on which property taxes are based, to the true cash val ue of the property, or what the property would bring on the market, is 25 I.er cent this year. ,i Bohnert said that as far as he knows there are only three complaints on assessed valua tion to come before the board. He said he doesn't expect ap peals on any large valuations. The Ideal cement plant at Gold Hill was tentatively scheduled for a hearing, but the state tax commission re appraised the property. Any appeals not satisfied by the local board may be taken to the state tax commis sion and from there to the Jackson county circuit court and the state supreme court. Bohnert estimated that about 50 per cent of the ap peals made in recent years have resulted In revisions of appraised values. Very few have been appealed to the state tax commission, he said. Mrs. Elva Jennings, chief deputy In the assessor' office and acting assessor since the death of Ray Schumacher, will act as ex-officio member of the board this year. Deputies Investigate Burglary at School Jackson county sheriff's deputies are Investigating the burglary of the West Side school on Old Stage rd. which occurred some time during the week end. Deputies reported a number of padlocks were forced and entry was made through a door. This morning deputies did not know If anything is missing. 56th Tribune Local Va 1 Outlook Is The 1961 water supply out look for southern, Oregon is now termed "fair," according to W. T. Frost, Portland, snow survey supervisor for the U.S. department of agriculture in Oregon. - Most streamflow forecasts dropped 2 to 13 per cent due to poor April runoff. Fish lake and Fourmlle lake wereUsaid to have received extremely poor April inflow. Irrigation districts served by these sources will likely have short supplies, Frost added. The average of all snow measurments taken about May 1 indicates about the same snow cover as last year at this time, although only 87 per cent of the 1943-57 aver age. Most of this snow lies above the 5,000-foot elevation with little if any below this elevation. Frost pointed out that soli moisture is very good as a result of good spring precipi tation. April precipitation was slightly above normal in Med ford. . Talent District Talent Irrigation district now has a total of 61,500 acre feet of stored water In Hyatt Prairie, Emigrant and How ard Prairie reservoirs com pared with 81,500 acre feet at this time last year. Medford and Rogue River Irrigation districts are not so fortunate and have only 4,456 acre feet In Fish lake and, although current data was not available for Fourmlle lake, it had only 4.10 acre feet on April 1. Inflow for the re mainder of the year is expect ed to be low for these reser voirs. The districts will have "short" water supplies unless they can obtain water from the Talent system, according to the agriculture spokesmen. Little Butte Creek Streamflow during April was reportedly below normal. The Rogue river at Raygold had 75 per cent normal flow for the month, according to preliminary data furnished by the U.S. Geological surveys, Portland. Streamflow fore casts dropped 2 to 13 per cent except for an adjustment up ward on the Inflow to Hyatt Prairie, which raised 12 per cent. The forecasts of the Rogue at Raygold Is now 74 per cent of average, with the Year Price' 10 Cents No. 40 - 6 r Supply Fair, minimum flow expected by Sept. 20, unless above average summer rainfall occurs.. North and southern forks of Little Butte creek are fore cast to flow about 62 and 57 per cent of average for the ir rigation season. Inflow to Fourmile and Hyatt lakes is expected to be 5,000 acre feet and 3,700 acre feet, respec tively. The Applegate river is forecast at 85 per cent of aver age (and the Illinois river at 75 per cent of average. Statewide, Oregon's 1961 water supply outlook changed slightly during April. Cabin Fire Being Checked bv Deputies A small cabin located at 2813 Blddle rd. was destroyed by fire late Saturday night, Medford firemen report. Firemen were notified at 11:45 p.m. that the cabin owned by Kenneth Cearley, 3694 Blddle rd., was on lire A lock on the cabin door had been broken, firemen said. The sheriff's department is in vestigating. The cabin was not being occupied at the time of the fire. FIRST CALL The first official call on the new all-number telephone calling system In Ashland was completed by Mayor R. L. Nelll to Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, at his home. The change-over was accomplish ed precisely at 11 p.m. Saturday. (See story on page 8A). , (Whltland Lock photo) f Death, Damage Spread Across Seven Slates ; Heavy Rains Part Of Tornado System - By United Press International Tempest -fed flood waters swept into towns in the Mid dlewest today. One commu nity was emptied of inhabi tants and boats and helicop ters rescued refugees in oth ers. The floods were powered by week end rains measured . up to 8 Winches in southern Illinois and Kentucky. The rains were part of a tornadic storm system which spread death and destruction across seven states- Oklahoma Counts 16 At least 34 deaths were blamed on the storms. Okla homa counted 16 dead in tor nadoes which hit the towns of Howe and Reichert along the Southwest's "tornado alley." There were 10 dead in Ar- ' kansas, 4 in Missouri, 3 in Indiana, and 1 in Illinois. The tornadoes continued. The latest struck the town of Piano, Tex., 15 miles north east of Dallas. Damage was estimated at $50,000, but no deaths or injuries were re ported. , . ; ,. Red Cross Estimates - The American Red Cross in St. Louis estimated at least 1,000 families - roughly 4,000 persons - were affected by the tornadoes and rains which whipped parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois and Kansas. . The Red Cross said 113 per sons had been injured, 68 were hospitalized and 5 were miss ing- Damage was estimated in the millions of dollars. The threat of more tor nadoes, accompanied by se vere thunderstorms and dam aging hall, hung over parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. i . ' . , ' Lowlands Flooded ' i Although ".today's floods struck.hardest In Illinois and Kentucky, 'more floods spread across roads and lowlands in parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Indiana. i i Flood waters surging from Kentucky's North Licking riv er forced all the residents of the little town of Milford to f.iee. Partial exacuations were under way at Falmouth, Cyn- thlana and Taylorville,' Ky. Helicopters and Coast "uard boats helped ferry the lomeless to safety. Industries and schools were closed wholesale hv southern Illinois and more rain was oourlng down. Taken Off Rooftops " - Up to five feet . of water flowed .through the streets of Centralis, one , of Illinois' worst-afflicted cities. Boats ' took marooned house owners from rooftops, but the water" level of the Lake Centralia was so high that warnings were broadcast mat douis were being washed away. , Other flood-stricken towns In Illinois Included Marion, Cahokla, Caseyville, Mount Vernon, Colllnsvllle, Edwards- vllle, Belleville and Mount Carmel- - Kennedy Says Cuba Story Not Ended Washington (UPB Presi dent Kennedy said today that despite recent reverses for the forces of freedom the story of Cuba "is not yet finally end ed." The President made the re mark before an estimated 5, 000 persons at the National Association of Broadcasters. He did not elaborate on his hopeful prognosis of an even tual upset of Communist con trol in Cuba. AM
