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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
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'. 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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