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DETERMINED II top communist Plains Algiers, Algeria-IUPB-An Air France Super Constellation crashed in the Sahara today, killing all 69 persons aboard, five Americans were among the dead. m The plane vanished on the Fort Lamy-Marseilles leg of a flight from Brazzaville in West Africa to Paris. The wreckage was spotted by search pilots near an oasis and caravan center in the desert which was the graveyard for scores of World War II planes. . The wreckage was sighted from the air by search planes in we namaaa ue ilnrhert region south of Rhamades, also known as Ghamades. This is a small desert town just across the Algerian border in Libya. The plane was reported carrying the family of Alan W. Lukens, charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy In Brazza ville, capital 01 tne lormer Jfrench Congo, among its 9 crew members and 60 passengers. . ; Lukens' mother, wife and three children were reported aboard, but he apparently was not. . i The plane was last heard from when it passed Edjele, a radio check point in the desert about halfway between Fort amy ana Marseilles. Educational Service Request Referred to Rural School Board A requested additional al location of $5,000 for educa tional services at the Jackson county juvenile detention home was referred to the rural school board yesterday by the county budget commit tee. . County Judge Earl Miller summed up the attitudes of the county budget committee members. "I want to be pretty cer tain that the proper allocation is made, and the people have a chance to express their opinion on this request," he said. Budget Committee Chair man Arnold Bohnert said the. youngsters in the detention home are included in the state's basic school fund al location even though they may be absent from their schools. "So, I think that this is a matter for the schools and not for the budget com mittee," he commented Pilot Program The school program would be started as a pilot program, Jii v en II e" Supervisor Kay Crowell explained. "It was determined that the juvenile Court advisory council should ask for $5,000 for a pilot program for the next fiscal year. The money would be put in trust for this use only, with the county school superintendent to administer the trust." . She pointed out that $35 per census child was distribu ' ted to the districts last year and that $10 per census child is the amount required by law. The advisory council asks that after the $10 per census child is allocated, the next $5,000 be put in trust for this purpose before it is de termined how much more per census child can be given to the districts to relieve school taxes. Jerry Lausmann, member of the advisory council, said classes would be conducted in the juvenile courtroom at the detention home. Four Days of Instruction Mrs. Crowell said four days of instruction and classes throughout the summer would be required. She admitted that educational defects could not be corrected during the 11 days the average youngster spends in detention, but it would remove some emotion al blocks to learning, she ar gued. Budget Committee Member A. C. (Archie) Pierce said re City Water Department Budget Totals $695,433; Taken Under Consideration A city water department budget totaling $695,433 for the 1961-62 fiscal year was taken under consideration last, night by the citizens budget committee. . According to the budget, the water commission plans to leave a balance of $59,359 for the ensuing budget year, making total expenditures for next year approximately $636,073. The estimated cur rent year's water department budget expenditures total $521,066. Included in the budget are initial expenditures for the design and construction of a three million gallon capacity Dark Hollow reservoir to be erected south of the city dur ing the next two fiscal years at a total cost of $279,000. Operates Differently The city water department operates differently from oth er city departments in that the five-member city water commission can collect and disburse funds as it sees fit, needing only to have Its budg et authorized by the citizens a l (tell To ligious services to strengthen the morals of the detention home inmates is needed more than remedial instruction. "I leave that up to the experts who consist of the Medford Ministerial association and the Catholic church,", she answered. - Mrs. Owen Kunkel, PTA representative, said she was surprised to learn that the youngsters receive no special classes while in the detention home. She appeared with Mrs.- Ben Day, juvenile ad visory council member. Memorial Lectures Start Here Today Seventy-five doctors from Oregon and northern Califor nia have registered for the John Tomlln Memorial Cancer lectures being held today and Thursday at Rogue Valley Country club, according to Dr. Orval Eaton, president of the Jackson county unit of the American Cancer society. This is the second consecu tive year that the ACS has brought outstanding men in the field .of cancer diagnosis and treatment to Medford as part of its professional educa tion program. Speakers are Dr. Sydney F. Thomas, Palo Alto, Calif.; Dr. Laurens P White, Boston, Mass.; and Dr. Nicholas L. Petrakis, San Francisco. Dr. Oscar Heyerman it chairman of the local com mittee, with Dr. Russell Barnes, Dr. Robert Buck, Dr. Laurel Case, Dr. Earl Lawson, Dr. Thomas Rutter, Dr. Flor- ian Shasky and' Dr. Robert Turner as committee mem bers. Assisting for the local ACS unit are Mrs. Mahr Reymers, executive secretary; Mrs. Jack Ingrain, president of the med ical auxiliary, and Mrs. Hey erman, Mrs. Warren Bayliss, Mrs. Robert Lockwood, Mrs. Ralph Odell, Mrs. Fred Cole man, Mrs. John Day, Mrs. E. S. Wentjar and Mrs. E. C. Trumbly. 'HIRE NOW . Salem-OJPD-Gov. Mark Hat field and Employment Com missioner David Cameron Tuesday announced a "hire now" campaign urging em ployers to take advantage of the State Employment Serv ice. budget committee and the city council. The budget Is pre pared separately from the reg ular city budget. The budeet anticipates a i per cent increase In the num ber of citv water customers during the next year, and also a corresponding increase in the revenue from water sales. Thp hudeet also assumes that the proposed westside an nexation will be approved pri or to the beginning of the buSget year which would ne cessitate a small rate increase to cover the losses in income and costs of maintenance and immediate capital expendi tures which would be neces sary to serve the area. Fundi Provided Funds are also provided for a detailed engineering study and a distribution system plan for the westside area. It is estimated that expen ditures will exceed income by more than $90,000 during the next fiscal year, and that this amount will come from un expended cash balances from previous yean. m Merchants in City May Approve 'Summer Hours' Would Achieve Same Result As Fast Time Medford ' merchants and other area businessmen are giving strong consideration to a plan to adopt "summer bus iness hours" which is not the same as daylight saving time but which would achieve much the same result. Don McNeil,, manager of the Medford Chamber of Com merce, said the Medford Re tail Merchants association will consider the plan when it meets next week. - Under the plan merchants and industry would voluntar ily open their doors an hour early, and close them an hour early. There would be no ad justment of clocks, which is the case with daylight saving time, buLthose observing sum mer time would have an extra leisure hour of daylight. Similar to Other Plant McNeil said the plan would probably be similar to one adopted yesterday by cham bers of commerce in 10 Wil- liamette valley cities. These cities have decided that sum mer business hours should be in effect from June 1 to Sept. McNeil said Grants Pass is also considering the plan. The chamber manager said the Medford Chamber of Commerce has yet to take any action on the matter, but he noted that at a recent meeting of the board of directors, a "quick opinion poll" showed the directors were "almost unanimous" in favoring day light time or some form of business hours which would serve the same purpose. McNeil pointed out that a number of industries in the valley have been operating on essentially the same thing as summer business hours for several years. He said that a check with local industry has revealed that many of them who have not already adopt ed the plan are willing; to do so. . . : . ' . .'. Medford Listed as Fire Weather Post Washington -fflPD- Sen. War ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) said today he had urged the Senate Appropriations com mittee to add $100,000 to the weather bureau budget for expansion of fire weather fore casting. Magnuson said he had writ ten committee chairman Carl Hayden (D-Ariz.) to urge that funds be provided for setting up fire weather forecasting stations in Spokane and in Medford and Pendleton, Ore., as well as at 13 other loca tions in the west. A spokesman for the U.S. Weather bureau at the Med ford airport said today that the expansion of fire weather forecasting to include Med ford would provide Informat tion for the local forest serv ice, telling when hazards were high. Information would include humidity, temperature, wind and thunderstorm activity, and the bureau would also be able to send a man into an actual fire area to provide in formation to those In charge of fire fighting. Fire weather forecasting stations presently operate in Portland and Redding. The proposed increase would im prove service in this area and probably add at least one staff member to the local bu reau, the spokesman said. The sources from which the water commission will gain Its revenue during the next fiscal year are water revenue, $475,640; service connections and work for customers, $8,-nnn- emilnmpnt rental. SI. 100: connection fees, $2,400; water district operation, $4,zzu; rents, $240; Interest $3,000; and estimated balance from previous years, $202,833. Planned Expenses Next year's revenues will be spent on operating ex penses, $205,671; franchise a r . SA.000: interest on bonds, $49,022; capital expen ditures, $280,130; transier to water bond sinking fund, $30, 250; transfer to water system construction fund. $65,000; and balance for the next year, $59,359. The $65,000 that will be nririort in the water system construction fund during the next fiscal year will Dring me total amount of money In this fund to 1305.874. Out of this fund, such capital improve ments as the Dark Hollow res ervoir are financed. Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages Nurses' Bargaining lill Said Apparently Dead Los Angeles Man Offers To Build Stadium in Area Would Be Leased To Jackson County . A subdivlder from Los An geles, Calif.,, has offered ten tatively to put up the money needed to construct an athlet ic stadium for Jackson coun ty, it was learned at a meet ing of members of the Citi zens' Stadium committee this morning. ' David Seymour, who re cently purchased the Barron Parker ranch near Ashland for subdividing the 11,000 acres, said he, and possibly his friends, would finance the construction if the stadium could be leased to Jackson county for 25 to 50 years. "We could put up $400,000 to $600,000 cash right now if the county would sign a gen eral obligation lease and would be interested in such a venture. The return must be commensurate with good sound practices. The county would repurchase the stadium at the end of the 25 year pe riod," Seymour explained. Spearheads Drive John Weisbrod, Medford realtor spearheading the stad ium development, said County Judge Earl Miller told him the county court would be unable to meet with the stadium group until late in June.. Weisbrod indicated he and his committee planned to work further on the proposal now requested for the jack- son county fairgrounds south of Medford. ' ' ' . Weisbrod said this morning he has a firm offer from the Baltimore Orioles to establish a farm team here If the stad ium is built. The Orioles' team manager would operate the stadium on a sublease from the county, and the county would have a stadium manager to schedule and plan events for the stad ium, according to the weis brod plan, The Orioles would operate .ind maintain the stadium, Weisbrod explained. Bill Cramer, also from Los Angeles and a friend of Sey mour's, suggested that the stadium be built for greatly Increased usage in the future. ture. Check Machine Is Demonstrated ' Sidney McMeans, Ashland, representing the H e d m a n company, demonstrated a check protector-check signer machine at a meeting of the Medford school board last night. The board, In recent months, has discussed the possibility of using a check machine not only as a safety precaution but also to save time. McMeans pointed out that forgery is virtually eliminat ed by use of the machine. Only two board members were present, and no official action was taken for lack of quorum. Chairman Ed Branchfield was ill, and mem b e r s William Barker and Frank Bash were out of town. Commission Awards Grading Contract ' A $2,408,331 Highway com mission contract for 9.45 miles of grading and struc tures from 12th St., Medford, to the North Ashland inter change has been awarded R. A. Heintz Construction company and Rogers Con struction, Inc., Portland. Bids were opened April 11 for the project, which is part of the Highway 99 construc tion south of Medford. There were seven higher bidders, ac cording to the commission- With start of work on the nroiect. construction will be underway on the new free- wav or Interchange Number S from north of Central Point to north of Ashland. t MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY, I -e 1 i 7" .!" ' GREETS NEWSMEN Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko waves to newsmen after his arrival at Geneva today from Moscow for the Laos peace conference. The 14-nation conference Is scheduled to open Friday but the United States and Britain have said they will not participate with out proof of an effective cease fire in the Southeast Asian kingdom. News Washington -0IPD- A U.S. submarine was within watching distance when Cuban rebels launched their ill-fated invaiion of Cuba, it was reported to day. The Navy said it had no comment. New Orleans - (IIPD - A seismographic survey ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico today and her crew of 10 men hastily abandon ed ship lest explosives in the hold blow up. Salem (BPD The Oregon Supreme Court today up held the 10 -year prison term meted Levi S. McDon ald in connection with the Jan. 21, 1960, dynamiting of trucks used to haul paper for the struck Oregon Jour nal and the Oregonian. The incident grew out of the siereotypers' strike against the. two Portland dailies. WEATHER PonECAST: ncrailonal shown and brief clearing period! le nient, flradtial elearlns and widely scattered ihoweri Thtira dav. low tonlfht J. llllh Thuridar si. Temp. lllcheH Vetlerday SO Lowest this Mornlnc 41 Prerlp. Ut 9 p.m. Yesterday .17 To U a.m. Today 11 bur Skies Tonight Sunset today Ml p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:S4 a.m. The Moon rises 1:11 a.m. tomorrow. The very brliht "list" just to the left of the Moon It the planet, Venus, which Is now about It million miles from tha Earth. Ntw Moon May II 1 ' - i I X I (UPI Radiotelephoto) Briefs Leopoldvllle, The Congo - (DPI) - The Leopoldviile government today charged 19 aides of Katanga Presi dent Moise Tshombe with treason. Salem - Oiril - The Senate today gave unanimous ap proval to the milk price control bill and shipped It back to the House for con- Gold Hill Voters Reject Proposal Gold Hill - Gold Hill voters yesterday rejected, a proposal to authorize the city council to issue $120,000 In general obligation bonds for construc tion of a water filtration plant. Votes against the proposal totaled 196; 32 voters support ed it. The city council de clared the results official at a '9 o'clock meeting last night. Public rejection of the pro posal climaxes a two year con troversy. Small Animal Group To Meet With Court The small animal commit tee will meet with the county court at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 11, In the county court room to report Its findings and sub mit recommendations. The committee was ap pointed by the court recently after petitions with more than 1,000 signatures were filed re questing the county to partici pate in controling stray, un wanted or diseased cats. 56th Tribune 10, 1961 Measure Sent To Committee; No Meeting Set Senate Passage Appeared Doubtful Salem -dPIUA labor elec tions bill, the key piece of labor legislation to pats this session, cleared its last leg islative hurdle today and went to the governor. Salem -(IIPD- A nurses' col lective bargaining bill with Little Landrum-Griffin as a rider was referred to a Senate Committee late Tuesday, and Senate President Harry Bol vin admitted the purpose was because passage of the pack age appeared doubtful. Boivin, a strong supporter of SB206 - the "Little Lan drum Griffin bill" being fought by labor - said because of lateness of the session chances of the nurses bill ap peared dim. The combined bill went to the State and Federal Affairs Committee and Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D-Portland) said no meetings are scheduled. Part of Arrangement House sources said apparent death of the Little Landrum- Griffin bill was part of an ar rangement to win final pas sage of a weaker labor elec tions bill which has been stall ed in a conference committee. Even If the nurses' bill Is lost, many , of Its provisions are contained in the labor elections bill. Bill Amended The House had passed the nurses' bill, HBlseo, and Pearson's .committee attached Little Landrum-Griffin to It as an amendment. The idea was that upon passage in the Sen ate the combination would so directly to trie House floor rather than to the .House La bor Committee which is cool to the Little Landrum-Griffin. But the package got into trouble on the Senate floor as Sen. Richard Groener attempt ed to strike the Senate amend ment and get the bill into the Senate Labor Committee. Groener said the nurses' bill should "stand on Its own merits." , - Motion Beaten Groener's motion was beat en, but a motion by Sen. Al Flegel sending the bill back to State and Federal Affairs passed 23-6. The weaker labor elections bill, which would provide state-run machinery for select ing bargaining agents, passed both houses, but the two chambers .refused to agree on a house amendment excluding building trades. Members of the conference committee said building trades will be restored as part of the overall agreement on the labor measures. Legion Convention Plans Progressing The first in a series of meetings to plan the coming state convention of the Ameri can Legion in Medford was held Tuesaay morning by the local coordinating commis sion. The three-day conven tion will begin in Medford June 22. Progress reports concerning nousing, transportation, en tetalnment and other conven tion activities will be made at the weekly planning ses sions. This year's convention, the first in Medford since 1928, Is expected to be the largest In Oregon Legion his tory, according to those In charge- Appointment of New Assessor Is Postponed Appointment of a county assessor will not be made until after the board of equalization concludes its cur rent hearings, County Judge Earl Miller said today. Mrs. Elva Jennings, a chief deputy in the assessor's office, was appointed as acting as sessor earlier. The regular appointment would fill the position vacated by the death of Ray J. Schumacher last month. Year Price 10 Cents No. 42 William Tugman Veteran Oregon Newsman. Dies Heart Attack Fatal To Editor North Bend, Ore. - (UPD -Funeral services were pending today for William M. Tugman, 67, veteran Oregon newspaper editor who died Tuesday night. Tugman, for 28 years editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, was admitted to the hospital early Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home in Gardiner. He had suffered two previous severe heart at tacks. : Tugman took over the week ly Port Umpqua Courier in Reedsport after his service on the Register-Guard. He recent ly sold that newspaper and was serving as a field repre sentative for Rep. Edwin Dur no (R-Ore.) at the time of his death. He also was on an advisory committee to the Oregon State Parks System. Tugman received an award from the University of Ore gon in 1954 - the year he left the Eugene newspaper - for distinguished service to the state. He also received in the same year the Amos Voorhles plaque from the Oregon News paper Publishers association. He did part time work on the University of Oregon Jour nalism faculty while at Eu gene. Tugman was born in Cincin nati and attended Harvard university. He worked on newspapers in Springfield, Mass.; New Bedford, Conn., and on the Cleveland Plain- Dealer before coming to Ore gon. . I Civic Worker During his years In Eugene he was well known for his work In striving lor civic Im provements such as better roads, new airports, better Mnnation ana improved lice and fire protection. t . . . , Survivors include the wid ow and five children, William Jr., Walla Walla: Marie Thompson, Bend; Janet Stone, Salem: Thomas, Phoenix, Ariz., and Peter, s reporter for the 'Oregonian. Application from Haworfh Received The Jackson county court received an application from present City-County Parks and Recreation Director Rob ert L. Haworth for the county parks administrative position this morning but took no ac tion on it. Haworth said he is making the formal application with the knowledge of Medford City Manager Robert Duff. Haworth Is dividing his time between the Medford and county parks and recrea tion programs. Duff had re quested earlier that Haworth devote full time to the city job. Haworth requested a salary of $9,000, $1,000 more than what the county budget com mittee has allocated for the job. Haworth said the addi tional money is needed so he could pay for fringe benefits which he now receives in his city job. "Let's See, Now How'. This Supposed To Work?" Safeguard of Berlin Freedom Again Pledged ' Negotiation With Soviets Offered Oslo, Norway - (DPI - The Atlantic allies today an nounced their determination to block the Communist drive for global expansion and pledged again they would safe guard the freedom of Berlin. An official communique at the end of a three - day con ference of foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty urganizauon said the re sources of the Western powers can meet the Communist chal lenge. NATO Is made up of 15 Eu ropean and North American nations. "The NATO alliance is de termined to defend the rleht of their people to live in free-- dom," the communique said.! in support of this, the United States Tuesday pledged Polaris nuclear missile sub marines to beef up NATO's de fenses. , Offer to Negotiate The NATO powers offered to negotiate "just and equit able solution of outstanding political problems" with the Soviet bloc. At the same time they in structed their political and military experts to strengthen tne deterrent and defensive power of the alliance. The ministers said the 'menace" which drew the al lies together "is now not only military, but also has world wide political, economic, sci entific and psychological aspects." The communique made . these other points: The allies are ready to make their contribution to an equitable and just settlement of outstanding . political is sues. It emphasized that any separate peace treaty between Russia ajid East Germany would ,; not ; affect Western rights In'.Bcxlln. ' Seek CbqlteUed Disarmament -Controlled disarmament is one of the principal objectives of the allies. The United States was given the go ahead to arrange with Russia proce dures for a new international Po - disarmament conference th -nd rrf Julv, i uus b m avs e . - 1 ..... ..! s.it.i- . Z",'."'?"""? . -th. n.n,n.. r.,mi' .houId review NATO', de- feme strategy with the view "to Improving its deterrent and defensive strength." - U.S. forces will remain In Europe and their convention al armaments will be strength ened. Ho Decision Yet On Concessionaire No decision will be made on a concessionaire for Emi grant lake until the county court has interviewed the Bremerton, Wash., man who was recommended by the Jackson county parks and recreation commission, Coun ty Judge Earl Miller said this morning. James Schollmeyer, Brem erton, had submitted a bid of per cent of the gross con cession receipts. However, Joe Brooks, Medford, had submit ted a bid at 16 per cent, and objected to an out of state man being considered for the concession. Brooks said he planned to hire Sidney Sieger, owner of Sid's Marina at Savage Rapids dam to operate the marine facility. by
