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Gontinues To; Mi j rt'-, V.. J BSeavy Spurn pour c 1 s?X v VA. -V v. DRAGGING BEHIND CAR Gloria La Verne Flood, 9, shows the bandaged gash on her shoulder, one of multiple Injuries she received when she was lassoed and dragged behind a car while returning home from church in Jackson, Miss., Sunday. Police arrested a deaf-mute white youth, Horace Perry, 18, and charged him with assault in connection with the Incident. . (UPI Telephoto) Committee Cuts $1,000 From Child Guidance The Jackson .county budg et committee turned down a request today for an increase of $1,000 in county assistance to the family and child guid ance clinic. This would h?ye raised the county assistance from $4,000 to $5,000. The clinic advisory committee in its written state-, ment said it will ask the Unit ed Medford Crusade directors to increase their financial as-' sistance from $5,000 to $7,000 a. year to maintain the pro gram. Jackson County Health Of ficer Dr. A. Erin Merkel noted that if all requests are grant ed the clinic will operate at a $1,519 deficit the next fiscal year, but there will be a suf ficient carry-over of surplus funds from the current year to compensate. Budget. Committee Member Gordon Hudson remarked that the' budget committee was told during last year's session that no further 'increases would be needed for some time if the clinic allocations were increased $2,000. Proposed Budget The clinic budget proposal included $7,050, compared to current salary of $6,600 for Thomas Goff, psychiatric so cial worker. It requested a new salary of $7,050 for Miss Ethel Shumway, psychiatric social worker to assist in fam ily counseling. Travel and mileage requested is $1,575 compared to $780 the current year. Other requested items in clude $3,600 for clerical, $600 for education and publicity, $600 for office expense (no changes in these items;) $2, 860 compared to $2,464 for part-time psychiatrist's serv ices, $1,000 compared to $1,- 192 for part-time psycnoiogisi (in service- from Oregon state board of health, his allocation to be subtracted from state board of health reimburse ment.) The total of $24,335 pro posed this year compares to Medford Man Lifts 1,000-Pound Tractor to Save Life . GREGG NOKES Mail Tribune Staff Writer He looked up and murmur ed; "My God, man, you saved my life." With 'these words, a man remembered only as Tom Johnson tried to thank Clif ford L. Robinson of Medford for lifting a 1,000-pound trac tor off of him. The human body, often times a weak and frail thing, can be called upon 10 per form super-.human feats under unusual circumstances. This has been proved many times before, and Robinson has proved it ge'n- The Incident occurred two weeks ? on Griff'n Creek rd near Talent. Robinson, 51, who lives at 1654 Ross lane, had been directing his con struction outfit up a hill in back of Talent, and was driv ing homeward in tht late ''V' Budget $15,836 for the current year, or an increase of $10,499. The requested $5,000 coun ty allocation would come un der the miscellaneous county general fund, the last budget category considered by the budget committee in its final session today. Estimated. Receipts -- --- Estimated receipts com pared to the current year are: UMC, $7,000 compared to $5,000, Ashland-Talent United Fund, $550, the same; clinic membership fees, $250 com pared to $400; clinic fees, $1,000 comapred to $600; Jackson county request $5,000 compared to $4,000; $8,856 from the state board of health which covers '20 per cent on child guidance and 45 per cent oh family counseling. Total receipts anticipated for the new fiscal year are $22,656. Since the budget committee turned down the request the revised estimated total would be $21,656. 3 Per Cent Sales Tax Proposed ' Salem -fflPD- Sen Loyd Key (D - Milton - Freewater) Mon day afternoon proposed a three per cent sales tax as an amendment to HB1010, the House-approved bill which would repeal the personal property tax. Key, vice chairman of the Senate Tax Committee, made his proposal in committee. HB1010 would do away with the personal property tax but would substitute a 2.7 per cent tax on net business income. Keys' plan would impose the sales tax in lieu of the 2.7 per cent net business tax. Key said this would raise about $66 million a year- He said $28 million of this could go for a 10 per cent income tax cut,' and $18 million a year for basic school support. afternoonV On his way down Griffin rd. he disinterestedly noticed a man driving a tractor and pulling a trailer containing a woman and four children com ing up the hill toward him. As Robinson neared the tractor and trailer, the tractor suddenly lurched, then tipped , over, pinning its operator be neath it and throwing tne oc cupants of the trailer to the ground. Robinson stopped nis car and ran toward the accident. He found the man's wife and four children to be all right, but the man was caught be tween the full weight of the tractor and the ground. If the man's life was to be saved, something had to be done quick. Robinson ran to his car- and got a bumper jack. He went back to the Broadcasters Told To Improve Program Grade Washington-OITD-The chairman of the Federal Communica tions Commission told broadcasters today they would have to improve the quality of programming if they expect to stay on the air. FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow, 35, said in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters convention that radio and TV have failed to meet the standards of news papers and magazines. He described the majority of TV shows as "a vast wasteland." "I did not come to Wash ington to idly observe the squandering of the public's air waves," he said, describ ing them as a "precious natural resource." Minow's address was his first policy announcement since he became FCC chair man two months ago. In a bluntly worded dis cussion of broadcasting prob lems, Minow said he was un alterably opposed to govern ment censorship of TV and radio programming. But he said he would use all the power in his hands, to make broadcasters live up to their obligations as trustees of the public air waves. TV Should Grow Up He said television should grow up and provide "the kind of leadership that news papers and magazines as sumed years ago, to make our people aware of their world." With the growing responsi bilities of the United States abroad and the prospects that international television will be a reality in the near fu ture, Minow said, "we can-, not permit TV in its present form to be our voice over seas." Revisions Made in General Budget The Jackson county budg et commute wound up its new fiscal year studies this morn ing with a survey of the pro posed $241,054.76 requested total for the county general miscellaneous fund. . The committee made some major revisions in this budg et. It added the previously pasted home rule allocation of $5,500 to this budget sec tion and an estimated $6,000 for printing proposed home rule charter brochures If and when the home' rule commit tee comes up with a recom mendation. It raised the allocation for the county bounty from $2,- 065 to $4,083.90 to allow for hiring a second bounty hunt er to handle the increased coyote problem. Other major items were $5,600 for advertising, $15, 000' for aerial photography, $4,000 for agronomy station operation, $1,300 for Associa tion of Oregon Counties, $2,- 100 for auditing, $200 for Bear Creek improvement, $1, 200 for Jackson county land, $365 for court accident in surance, $5,500 for employee life insurance, $3,000 for miscellaneous expense, $3,500 for O and C land expense, $45,000 for social security, and. $3,800 for welfare labor supervisor and supplies, and $4,000 for printing machine. Building Fund Gets ,000 from Guild Providence guild of Sacred Heart hospital presented a check for $1,000 to the hospi tal last week for the building fund. Mrs. Charles Lasher, guild president, gave the check to Sister Luke of the Saviour at the guild's May meeting. Mrs. Lasher stated guild members had saved the sum from earnings of the hospital ity cart operated at the hos pital, from rummage ana tooa sales and bazaar proceeds. tractor and looked down at the man who was apparently suffering excruciating pain. There was no time "for the Jack, and Robinson knew It. Things Happened Fait Things happened fast then. Robinson said Sie remembers hearing the man's six-year-old daughter cry 'out In terror: "That's my daddy." He thinks he saw for a mo ment a widow struggling through life with four young children. Almost as if he was in a da.e Robinson suddenly ran toward one end of the tractor, leaned over and with both hands he grasped the heavy machine and lifted It as high as his knees. It was far enough; the man's wife reach ed under and pulled him out. Robinson let the tractor drop. The man was conscious and apparently not seriously In Pearson Remains Unyielding on Meeting Boycott Salem-(UPI)-Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D-Portland) said to day he is adamant on his boy cott of tax compromise meet ings when the press attends. He declared anew on the' Sen ate floor that he will avoid such conferences. He said "the press and pub lic have no business in influ encing conferees on any meas ure." Pearson noted that the press is excluded from such confer ences as labor - management contract meetings. "I do not believe that the press should be in attendance at any meet ing when you seek a compro mise," he said. Owes Explanation , Pearson delivered his re marks under the item of Sen ate business known as remon strances. He said he made them because he feels he "owes" the senate and house an explanation of his stand. The controversy - involves the House-Senate conference committee selected to work out a solution on HBlOOl-the net receipts tax, income tax relief measure. Monday , Pearson declared House members would "wreck" the effort by conced ing to have newsmen present. Said in Public His senate colleague, Sen. Ben Musa, however, joined Reps. Victor Atiyeh and Rich ard Eymann in declaring that things 'concerning the public should be said in public. Musa said no further tax compromise meetings were scheduled but one could be called anytime. : Eymann submitted to the group a compromise proposal for a $25 property tax credit instead of the proposals for an income tax cut. It would apply primarily to home-owners living in their own homes. Pearson's departure, how ever, ended the meeting be fore Eymann's proposal was considered. Sutton Elected Head Of Sites Foundation Martin J. Sutton, Grants Pass, was elected new presi dent of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation at the group's fourth annual meeting in the Bruner building in Jacksonville last night. Sutton replaces Dr. Francis D. Haines, Ashland, who re tires after three terms as pres ident. Dr. Haines will contin ue on the board of directors. Other officers reelected were Lee D. Pinkham, Med ford, vice president; Mrs. Dwight Houghton, Medford, secretary; and Frank Pinnock, Ashland, treasurer. One new director, George Brewer, Jacksonville, was elected to a three-year term. Other directors reelected last night were William Dalkins, Ashland; Ron Gandee, Med ford; Arthur A. Wilson, Med ford; and John Crabb, Jack sonville. jured, for he was soon up and wnlkins around. He thanked Robinson for saving his life and then rode off with a pass ing motorist, probawy to a hospital. Not Sure of Home In a conversation with a Mail Tribune reporter, Rob inson was not even too sure of where the man lives. Rob inson said his name Is Tom Johnson and thinks he lives somewhere In the Talent area. However. Robinson can t be sure because he was so thun derstruck at what he had Just done, that he wasn't paying too much attention to names and addresses. Robinson couldn't sleep well ihnt nlsht and for the next 38 hours, his entire left side was numb. But he recovered. Robinson, one of the Rob inson brothers of Robinson Brothers clothing store, Med- Damage Running Into Millions; 34 Known Dead Centralia, III., All But Isolated By United Press International Midwest floods all but iso lated Centralia, 111., today and besieged more towns in Indi ana and Kentucky. The downpours and torna dic storms which started floods pouring through the midlands had stopped in most areas. They left at least 34 persons dead, millions of dol lars damage, and the threat of new floods. Indiana's White river, bloat ed by a three-month supply of rain in four days, surged to ward its greatest height in 24 years. The south fork of the Licking river threatened to hit Falmouth, Ky., with its most powerful crest in years. Search for Refugees Centralia and other - cities in the southern Illinois area known as Egypt took the heav iest blows from the flood wa ters. Water supply and sew age facilities were crippled. National Guards worked on the levees and boats toured the flood waters searching for refugees. All schools and many ma jor industries shut down in Centralia. Elsewhere in southern Illi nois, hundreds of persons were driven from their homes at Carmi, Browns, West Frankfort, Harrisburg, John ston City, Mount Vernon and Clinton. ' Water Breaks Dikes Levees strained and burst under the weight of the floods. North of Vandalia, the Kas- kaskia poured through the dikes in four places and threatened to cover 40,000 acres of cropland. Fifty more families fled their homes before the ad vancing waters of the Drift wood, Flatrock and White riv ers at Columbus, lnd, . The rain pattern continued across the nation's ' eastern half. The Weather Bureau said the rains - would spread through midweek from the Great Lakes south to the gulf and east to the Atlantic Sea board. Generally the moisture clung to a lengthy cold front extending from Texas to New York state. More than an inch of rain fell in brief periods early to day at New Orleans, La., Mus cle Shoals, Ala., and Hopkins ville, Ky. ' FLUORIDATION VOTED Portland-(UPD-Residents of the Wolf Creek Highway wa ter district west of here voted 1,245 to 320 Monday to add fluoride to their water. RoguQ River Sailor Ties Marto Knot In Australia Rites Melbourne, Australia-M -U.S. Sailor Fl.ix Valen suela of Rogue River, Ore., and Australian Enid Wright climax a whirlwind romance Wednesday with marriage. Valeniuela, 30, met the pretty 23 year - old Miss Wright at a parly aboard his ship, the U.S.S. Somers, in Hobart 10 days ago. They were engaged three days later. , After a four-day leave Venesuela will sail aboard the Somers while hit bride returns to her secretarial job in Hobart. She will re join him when ha is assign ed to shore duty. 1 ford, and owner of Robinson'x dairy, is of medium height and build and weighs about ihu pounds. He never thought to bring the tractor Incident to, an one's attention besides' his wife and a few friends, he said, until someone suggested last wecK mat tne Man itid unc might be interested In the story. It was. Wouldn t Even Try Asked If he thought he could perform such a feat again, Robinson said: "Under normal conditions I wouldn't even try to pick up the wheel on It." Robinson recalled, however, that in 1930, he and two other men lifted 3.600-pound trac tor between them In an exhi bition at the Oregon state fair. And, until two weeks ago, he had never lifted a tractor since. Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages -j; -A' XJ --icM p vi yV-s- TALK WITH NEWSMEN Democratic congressional lead- Whip Hubert Humphrey (Minn.); House Speaker Sam Ray- ers are shown outside the White House today as they talked burn (Tex.); Sen. George Smathers (Fla.), and Senate Ma- with newsmen following their regular weekly meeting with Jorlty Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.). -President Kennedy. From left,, they are Senate . Majority . , t . .(UPI Telephoto) Tshombe I ndicicd . or Abuse of Power Charges Filed Lpnnoldville. The Conao- fllPII-Katnnea President Moise Tshombe was indicted today on eight counts of treason against the Congo Republic. Thn nfffnlnl rharppg were signed by Interior Minister Cyrille Adoula a few hours after Security Chief Victor Nendeka and Public Prosecu tor Reml Rom returned from Coquilhativlle where they dls xnssprl the case with ministers attending a conference there. Charges Listed The charges against Tshom be included that he: -Abused power and usurp ed powers of a chief of state. -Without being regularly Invested, oroceeded to declare Katanga Independent. -Arbitrarily forced his sub ordinates to commit crimes gravely threatening the peace of the country. -Dealt with foreign powers without referring to the cen tral authorities. -Created his own currency. The charees against Tshom- h did not directlv list the alleged murder of former Pre mier Patrice Lumumba. Held Prisoner While the indictment was being published, Tshombe still was being held prisoner in a villa just half a mile away from where his adversaries were continuing their political nnrrnoa 'ai which thev hope to form a confederation and end the Congo's 10 mnnfhi nf trnnhln. The news of the Indictment ursa Inknn rnlmlv enouah in Lcopoldvllle, where most of the people are from tne lower Conuo and therefore support ers of President Joseph Kas- avuba. WEATHER . FORECAST: Orrttnnt rln to night and wednrnHay. Windy at tlmra. I. w tonliht 4S. Hllh WrdneHday 10. Temp. Iltthtit Veitfrday 7 l.owtBt (hit Morning 49 I'rec. to S p.m. yeiterday .... To 19 a. m. Today It Our Skies Tonight Sanurt today 1:19 p.m Siyi'lM tomorrow 4:i a.m. Moonrlia tomorrow 3:02 a.m. Ntw Moon May 14 Tha planrt, Saturn, ll now ha glnnlns a alow weatward move mant amonf tha aura that will rnntlnn nnlll lata In Sapiam kar. Rlilns at 13:54 a.mH Saturn will ba In tha.aouth at aunriia. inois MEDFORD, OREGON, Ashland Population 15,000 in Ashland - Ashland's popu lation could reach 15,000 by 1980, according to a popula tion trend study compiled by Marvin Gloege, city planner. Gloege based his estimate on birth and death rates simi lar to those experienced in recent years, expansion of the city boundaries in the direc tion of Bear creek and Tol man creek rd. and a - sub stantial migration into Ash land. Gloege indicated the popu lation migration would be in fluenced by stability of lum ber and wood products indus tries and expansion of local Industrial activity in other directions, major growth of the city as a residential, rec reational and educational cen- Youth Wanted Here Held in Carson City An 18-year-old youth who Is wanted by Medford police on a check charge, is reportedly in the custody of Carson City, Nev., city police. . 'According to a teletype re ceived here today, Harlcn Lee Harmon Is being held in Car son City In connection with an armed robbery and kid napping In that city. The tele type said Harmon has admit-1 ted to cashing a number of bad- checks in the Medford area. Medford police hold a Jack son county district court war rant charging uttering and publishing a false check for Harlan with bail set at $1,500. Report on Rogue Studies Is Slated Two government officials will discuss flood control on the Rogue river nex Wednes day night at a meeting in Grants Pass. ' The Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association Is sponsoring the meeting which will be held at 8 p.m.' May 17 in the old li brary building, B st- entrance, Grants Pass. Speakers w 1 1 1 be Henry Stewart of the Corps of Army Engineers, and Travis Roberts of the fish and wildlife ser vice. Both men have been making surveys of the Rogue, and have been giving reports of progress from time to time. ea 56th Tribune TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1961 19 - Year Period , ter and major economic nmiuth At tha Pan, eraplc- Rogue river valley. ; Included in the high esti mate Is a 1970 population of Hatfield Plugs , For Welfare Bill Salem - fUPD - Gov.! Mark Hatfield today plugged for a bill which would restrict the State Welfare -Commission's back collections under the relative responsibility law to 1955. The measure, HB1447, is in a conference' committee. Hatfield said it would "give relief to many families who are In desperate straits as a result of the hit-and-miss rela tive responsibility law and its administration." He said he hoped the con ference committee - "will be realistic in arriving at a compromise." Under present law the wel fare commission can go back as far as it wants to collect payments that are due. Jim Gentile Hits Two Grand Slams St. Paul, Minn. -IUPD- Jim Gentile, Baltimore first base man, today hit two consecu tive grand slam homers in a game with the Minnesota Twins here today. Gentile homered with the bases louded in the first and second Innings. It was the fourth time in major league history that a player had hit two grand slam homers in a single game. The last time was in 1946 when the feat was accomplish ed by Rudy York of the Bos ton Red Sox. Others who had homered twice in the same game with the bases loaded were Tony Lazerri of the New York Yankees In 1936, and Jim Ta bor of the- Red Sox in 1939. Senate Approves Biff Creating Judgeships Salem-IUfD-The Senate today approved 28-1 and sent to the governor a bill creating dis trict Judgeships for tha first time In Josephine, Wasco and Lincoln counties. Year Price 10 Cents No. 41 Treason May Reach 12,000. Gloege pointed out that "since 1B40 Ashland's population has increased by '92 per cent. If there "were 15,000 people here in 1980, the population would have to increase by 64 per cent over the' 20-year 'period." Current population is 9,119. '. Gloege also estimated - a minimum population growth of 11,000 by 1980. Factors in fluencing the minimum esti mate Include limited expan sion of the city limits and migration away from Ashland to larger communities. - Both estimates could be come realities, Gloege says. However, he points out that a third estimate between the high' and low figures is more conceivable. .''';: Important Factors ' Based upon the rate of growth experienced since 1920i Ashland could achieve a population of around 11,000 in 1970 and 13,000 in 1980," the report relates. Important factors would be continued annexation toward Bear creek and Tolman creek rd. and continued migration into' Ash land at the same rate as in recent years. t Migration factors include stability In local . Industry, continued growth of : resi- dential, educational and rec reational facilities and con tinued economic growth of the Bear creek-Rogue River valley. According to Gloege. the Ashland economy has begun a ' period of reorientation. "The lumber Industry still plays a key role but is not as important as in earlier years," he said. "More recent changes center on the 70 per cent enrollment growth of Southern Oregon college since 1950, an important role as a residential community for Medford, and increasing Importance of the Shake spearean festival." "In the future, Ashland could become more important as a -suburban community, and as an education, recre ational and cultural center," he concluded. U, S. Will Suopfy Nuelea-Subs To NATO Oslo, Norway - (UPD - The United States told its allies today it will commit Polaris missile carrying nuclear sub marines to the defense of NATO. t
