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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1961
No. 43
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Procedures lor
Housing Authority
In Area Discussed
: Council on Aging
. ; Hears R. B. Spaulding
' Procedures for developing
a housing authority in this
area, to provide low cost
housing, especially for the
elderly, were discussed Wed
nesday afternoon at a meet
ing of the Rogue Valley Coun-
cil on Aging.
' Roger B. Spaulding, San
Francisco, chief of manage
ment for the Federal Housing
administration, Pacific region,
spoke to about 45 persons at
tending the meeting in the
Red Cross building.
Also present was Don By
ers, Portland architect and
advisor to the Portland Hous
ing authority, who represent
ed Gene Rossman, president
of the northwest region of
the National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment
Officials.
" Gene Williams, council
chairman, presided. M e m -bers
of the council have dis
cussed low - cost housing for
several months and invited
Spaulding here to explain.
Plans Announced
Plans were announced re
cently for the council and the
Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce to make a survey
to determine the number of
persons over 65 in this area
who need low-cost housing.
Spaulding' told the group
that the I960 housing census
for Medford showed 3,000
renter - occupied units, in
cluding about 1,000 which
were below standard. '
Population in the United
States has doubled since 1900,
with that of the 45-65 age
group having tripled, and that
over 65 yers or older having
quadrupled. "About one-third
of the country is ill-housed,"
he said.
Housing authorities are al
ready providing low - cost
housing in Oregon communi
ties. of Roseburg, Springfield,
Florence, Milwaukie, Oregon
City, Newport, Toledo and
others.
, Spaulding said the housing
authorities are established
through "local initiation," by
appointment of five commis
sioners appointed by a group
such as the Jackson county
court. Each commissioner nor
mally serves a five year term,
with the first five appointed
for 1 to 5-year terms.
(Continued on Page 2)
Porter Appointed
As Consultant
. Washington - (UPD - Former
Oregon Rep. Charles Porter
of Eugene today was named
as a consultant in the Ken
nedy Administration's Food
for Peace program.
Porter, a Democrat who
was beaten last November by
Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford,
will receive about $17,000 an
nually in his new post.
' Technically,' Porter has
been named as a consultant
to Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman and has been
loaned by Freeman to George
S. McGovern, the administra
tor of the Food for Peace
program.
Porter's current appoint
ment is for six months.
TO BE OFFICIAL
Salem (UPD Oregon State
university becomes the offi
cial name of Oregon State
college Aug. 9.
Outlaw Work Stoppages
On Missile Jobs Rapped
Washington - (UPD - Chair
man John L. McClellan of the
Senate Investigations subcom
mittee today denounced what
he called outlaw strikes and
concerted work stoppages on
government contracts.
Conditions 'Intolerable'
The Arkansas Democrat
made public a closing state
ment for the subcommittee's
two-weeks of hearings on mis
sile base labor troubles. He
said the conditions disclosed
were "intolerable."
' "Wild cat strikes, work
stoppages, slowdowns, feath
erbedding and a deliberate
policy of low productivity on
the part of some unions and
workers may well be respon
sible to a substantial degree
for whatever gap or lagging
behind exists in our space and
MORE HOSPITAL BEDS The 70-bed wing under con
struction at Rogue Valley hospital is about 30 per cent
complete, and will bring to about-160 the total number of
beds in the hospital when it is completed next year. The
concrete and steel structure will cost about $1V4 million,
including equipment, with $550,000 coming from Federal
government funds. An estimated 70 employees will be
Resubmission of
Indictments Is
Sought in Motion
Circuit Judge James M.
Main will consider a motion
Monday to resubmit the eight
pending indictments against
O. H. Bengtson, Medford law
yer, to the grand jury.
The affidavit ana motion
were filed this week by Paul
Haviland, court appointed
prosecuting attorney. The
Monday hearing was sched
uled in circuit court action
yesterday.
The affidavit filed by Havi
land said a heavy civil case
schedule had previously kept
him from checking into the
evidence in the case against
Bengtson. ' ;
Bengtson is charged with
embezzling- funds from the
Medford Escrow company. He
has been found guilty on two
similar charges by juries in
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties and is scheduled to be
tried on a third indictment
Monday in Jackson county cir
cuit court.
Including the indictment on
which the Monday trial is
based, there are eight indict
ments now pending againsi
him. He is currently free on
$24,500 bail.
Haviland stated in his affi
davit that "upon considering
all the matters, it it my opin
ion that the best interests of
Jackson county and Oregon
will be served by resubmitting
the pending Indictments to the
grand jury so that they may
be consolidated and so that
some of the same issues of
law can be eliminated in sub
sequent prosecutions that may
be based upon new indict
ments." It continues that the two
convictions "involved the
same questions of law ... so
the grand jury should recon
sider all of these matters and
determine which - prosecui
tions should be pressed."
ASSASSINATED
Vientiane. Laos-IUPD-A top
aide of Deputy Premier Phou
mi Novasan was assassinated
early today as he drove in
a car through the downtown
area of Vientiane.
BILLS DIE IN HOUSE
Salem - (UPD - Bills to ex
tend controls over drugs and
to let counties license busi
nesses died in the closing
hours of the House Wednes
day. .
missile programs," McClellan
said.
He added, however, that
there Is evidence that some
s u b c o n tractors "tolerated,
acquiesced in and encour
aged" slowdowns and profited
from them. The military serv
ices share the blame too, he
said, because their attitude
"has been far too passive and
Ineffective" in falling to curb
the abuses.
Government 'Bilked'
McClellan said committee
testimony showed the govern
ment has been "bilked" by
excessive overtime and higher
wages than prevail elsewhere
In the vicinity. The "gouge"
on the taxpayers was "espec
ially flagrant" at the Cape
Canaveral Missile Test Cen
ter, he said.
f
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Proposed Building
Code Referred to
Planning Committee
The Jackson county plan
ning commission last night re
ferred back to committee the
proposed county building
code. A Rogue River man
asked that the commission re
consider the requirements cov
ering mobile homes. "
Criticism of the proposed
code ranged from "too many
loopholes" and "covers too
much territory," to the state-
Honor Farm Sites
. County officials were "to
inspect possible sites lor a
county prisoner's farm today,
according to Sheriff Joe
Walsh. . -
Being considered are the
old agronomy station at Tal
ent and the former horticul
tural experiment station on
Highway 99 south of Phoenix.
Representatives of the coun
ty court, District Attorney
Alan B. Holmes and District
Court Judge L. L, Sawyer
were scheduled to make the
tour with the sheriff.
Walsh, Sawyer and Holmes
had proposed the honor farm
to the county court earlier.
The three men pointed out
that food raised by the pris
oners can be used at the coun
ty farm home adjacent to the
old horticultural experiment
station, for the juvenile deten
tion home and for the county
jail inmates. .
Walsh said this experiment
is being tried in other areas
such as Clackamas county.
He estimated the costs per
meal for county jail prison
ers would be 11 lh cents per
individual meal if the county
prisoners can raise their own
food.
Wright Is Acting
Sergeant in County
- Glenn Wright has been
appointed acting sergeant in
the Jackson county sheriff's
office to replace Veryl Va
noose, who announced his
resignation last week.
Wright's appointment will
become confirmed when Va
noose's resignation becomes
effective May 20, Sheriff Joe
Walsh said.
Wright has been with the
sheriff's office for seven
years, Walsh said. Until two
years ago, he served in the
sheriffs criminal division,
then he served two years In
the civil division and later
became chief of that division.
Dale Smith will replace him
temporarily In the civil divi
sion. Durno Returns for
Tugman's Funeral
Congressman Edwin R. Dur
no was home In Medford
briefly today. He returned
from Washington to attend
funeral services tomorrow for
William M. Tugman, Gardiner,
former newspaperman who
has been Dr. Durno'i field
representative.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m.
Friday at the Episcopal church
in Gardiner. Dr. Durno will
return to Washington Satur
day or Sunday.
added to the hospital staff when the new wing is opened.
Administrator Charles Gustafson said some of the beds
which Will be available in the addittion could be used now,
because of the high occupancy already in the existing core.
The new rooms are planned to meet increasing hospital
needs of the next several years.
(Knackstedt photo)
ment that "state laws govern
plumbing and wiring installa
tions so there is no need for a
county building code."
Referred To Committee
The code was referred back
to committee with the recom
mendation that it meet with
groups who have expressed
constructive ideas regarding
it formulation.
A. L. Wright, property own
er near Emigrant lake, sought
reassurance from the planning
commission that the interim
zoning ordinance recently ap
proved by the county court
would; not change with the
whims of the commission,
' As a representative of the
group recently formed by
property owners. in the lake
area he obtained copies of the
ordinance for some of the
owners. It was understood
that the committee, composed
of three members and two al
ternates, plans to) discuss with
the lake area property owners
the orderly development of
inat area, , .
Public Hearings on
Commission's Agenda
Seven public hearings are
on the agenda for the Medford
city planning commission at
7:30 o'clock tonight in the
city hall council chambers.
Four of the hearings con
cern requests for changes of
zone and the other three are
on requests for variances to
the zoning ordinance.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night. Moitly tunny Friday.
Low tonight 35. High Friday .
Temp.
Hlgheit Yesterday .... 55
Loweit thli Morning 40
Pree. to 10 ajn. Today .08
Our Skies Tonight
Sumet today' 7:22 a.m.
Bunrlie tomorrow .... 4:53 a.m.
Moonrlie tomorrow .. 4:07 a.m.
New Moon May 14
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, high In goath
11:05 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Man, In the weit .... 9:34 p.m.
Jupiter and Saturn In the
southeast 2:tt a.m.
Venus, low In east at moon-
rise.
"Well, Back To
County May Set
Hearing Dale on
Budget Today
The Jackson county budget
committee hopes to set a date
for a public hearing, and to
tal the proposed budget this
afternoon, County Judge Earl
Miller said. . ;
After conferring with Coun
ty Auditor George Stacey
yesterday afternoon a prelim
inary figure of $4,146,153.70
was reached.
This Includes $80,000 for a
county emergency fund, esti
mated at 2 per cent of the to
tal budget. It also includes
a required, county allocation
of $10 per census child to
school districts. :
Stacey .set the county's
cash working fund for the
fiscal year at $101,000. This is
outside of the county budget
total. , '
Confronting Problems '
., One problem confronting
the budget committee is how
to include sufficient funds to
complete two major county
bridge projects next fiscal
year.' Tney were to nave
been completed before the
new year starts July 1, but
County Engineer Robert Car-
stenson said the work will not
be finished because of unex
pected delays.
Stacey pointed out that the
county cannot De sure now
much money it will receive
from O and C timber receipts
estimated at 80 per cent of
the current year's receipts.
The county cannot be sure
either, if it will receive the
estimated $14,000 expected
for return from the county's
contributions to the state wel
fare relief fund.
Stacey recommended a
$150,000 capital Improve
ments fund the same as the
current year's allocation. Out
of this fund a new physical
therapy- room will be con-'
structed at the county farm
home, County Commissioner
Chester Wendt said.
REVIEW ASKED
Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field asked the corps of en
gineers to review its decision
turning down a flood control
project for Turner.
The Old Grind"
Flooding Delays
Crop Planting
In Much of Area
Boy's Death Brings
Storm Toll To 37
By United Press International
Swollen midwestern rivers
rushed virtually unchecked
into thousands of homes and
plowed fields despite clearing
weather today and threatened
serious planting delay for
the nation's farm belt.
A U. S. Weather Bureau
midweek forecast for clear
and generally sunny weather
south of the Great Lakes did
little to ease the plight of
routed families and distress
ed farmers in Indiana, Illi
nois, Iowa and Missouri.
In Indiana, clear skies
meant the swollen White and
Wabash rivers would take
longer than originally predict
ed to reach crests on their
southeastward movement and
a Weather Bureau spokesman
said it would be "several
days" before they vanish into
the Ohio river.
Planting Behind Schedule
Hoosier farmers lagged
about two weeks behind in
their planting. State agricul
turist Robert Straszhim said
the wet weather and last
week's tornadoes cut field
work by 50 per cent and sat
urated thousands of acres.
The nation's flood and tor
nado toll since last week end
rose to 37 dead Wednesday
when a 5-year-old Indian
apolis boy drowned in flood
ed Fall creek. The victim was
identified as Jackie Eugene
Harness.
The fair and warmer fore
cast had its exceptions in the
South.. Well scattered rain
fell over a wide strip of south
Atlantic and Gulf states Wed
nesday night and a tornado in
South Carolina's Marlon coun
ty ripped .throughh a vacant
school, uprooted trees and
snatched a porch Into Its fun
net.
Guns, Money Taken
From Kennedy's
Burglars broke into the Bob
Kennedy Furniture store in
north Medford early this
morning and took several
guns and carted off a small
safe containing an undeter
mined amount of money and
jewelry.
Police are looking for two
men who were seen in the
area of the store, located at
1603 North Riverside ave., by
a passerby about the time the
burglary is believed to have
taken place.
A night watchman, Paul S.
Jenny, 2624V4 Merrlman rd.,
told police that everything
was all right when he last
checked the building at 8:30
a.m. A state police officer dis
covered the burglary at 6:15
a.m.
Police said the safe con
tained an undetermined
amount of rings, watches and
diamonds. Included among the
stolen guns were a ,38 caliber
revovler, a .30 caliber pistol,
a 357 colt revolver and a 357
magnum. Ammunition for the
guns was also reported mis
sing. s"
Police said entry to tne
building was gained by "cut-
t na" the lock on a door at
the rear of the building with
bolt-cutter.
Hatfield May Veto
Mental Health Bill
Salem -(UPD- Indications to
day were that Gov. Mark Hat
field might veto the mental
health bill which the Legisla
ture finally sent to him In
drastically amended form.
Instead of creating a divi
sion of mental health under
the governor, it sets one up
tinder the Board of Control.
It also carries the $200,000
appropriation for community
mental clinics.
Sources said Hatfield has
not yet made up his mind but
feels the bill was "damaged
considerably'' by the Legisla
ture. REHEARING SOUGHT
Portland -(UPD- An attorney
for Levi S. McDonald Indl
cated today a petition for re
hearing would be filed within
20 days with the stale su
Dreme Court, which Wednes
day upheld McDonald's Mult
nomah County conviction in
connection with dynamiting of
newspaper trucks.
EDWARD WARMOTH
To Speak at Dinner
Safety Patrols To
Be Honored at
Annual Banquet
Student members of school
safety patrols for the 14 Med
ford elementary schools and
St. Mary's school will be
honored at the annual recog
nition dinner Friday, May 12,
at Hedrick ' Junior High
school.
The Medford Safety council
is arranging the event, which
will be held from 6:30 to 8:19
p.m.
Awards will be made to
individual safety patrol mem
bers, and pen and pencil sets
will be given to each student.
Pins designating the patrol
rank of students are provided
by the Oregon State Motor
association.
Edward Warmoth, manager
of the traffic safety division
of the Oregon Department of
Motor Vehicles, will speak at
the dinner. He was formerly
with the Portland Traffic
Safety commission and has
participated in a number of
Salem civic activities.
He also has served as ex
ecutive secretary for the Ore
gon Traffic Safety commis
sion since December, 1957.-
Expenses for the annual
event are borne by Parent
Teacher associations and by
other local groups, Including
the Kiwanis, Rotary, Medford
and Crater Lions clubs, Zon-
ta, 20-30, Business and Pro
fessional ' Women s clubs,
Knights of , Columbus, Elks
lodge and the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Hatf ield Starts
1
Blame-Casfing
With Attack
Salem-fllPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field declared today the 1961
legislature "bogged down mis
erably" on traffic safety,
spent too much money, and
passed the buck on govern
ment reorganization.
The attack launched the po
litical blame-casting that will
increase from both sides now
that the lawmakers and the
governor no longer have any
thing to gain from each other.
Hatfield said the legislature
"spent millions more than the
administration budget propos
als, provided no net reduction
in the number of commissions,
did little in the way of indi
vidual tax reform to remove
inequities."
Recalls Remark
On the legislature's total
junking of his cabinet system
government plan, Hatfield re
called his remark at the start
of the session:
"Should you choose to do
nothing, then the buck-passing
which now characterizes some
administrative pro c e d u r e 8
must rest at your door."
On the constructive side,
Hatfield added, the legislature
provided a start in medical
care for the aged, benefited
education "considerably," and
enhanced economic develop
ment. 648.000 HAVE JOS.
Salem-UPD-Employment In
Oregon as of mid-April reach
ed 648,000 and there were
49,800 without Jobs, Oregon
Employment Commissioner
David H. Cameron said today.
Proposal To
Spreading Throughout Oregon
By United Press International
The idea of going to Work
an hour earlier to conform
with the Portland metropoli
tan area's daylight saving
time was spreading In the rest
of Oregon today.
McMinnville Switches
The latest area to announce
It would adopt fast time un
officially was McMinvllle.
Business, professional and In
dustrial firms there and in
Sheridan will Jump on the
daylight bandwagon at mid
night Sunday.
Newberg Chamber of Com
merce officials said the change
there would go Into effect at
1 a.m. Monday. Schools will
122 Days Sacond Longest
In History of Oregon
Br DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem - IVPD - The 1961 leg
islature, a "sane and stable"
session in the words of Senate
President Harry Boivin,
reached final adjournment
late Wednesday and went
down as the second longest
in Oregon history - 122 days.
Only the 128 days of 1957
surpassed it.
Adjournment sine die came
at 8:01 p.m. after hours of
haggling over last -minute
compromises.
The solons settled on about
$366 million 1961-63 bud
get, $7 million more than the
An additional story sum
ming up the 1361 state leg
islature appears on page 2.
governor recommended. Sen.
Daniel Thiel, co-chairman of
the Ways and Means commit
tee, said the legislature feels
that the governor "underesti
mated" state revenue over the
next two years. .
A proposed state income
tax reduction - five per cent
suggested by the Senate and
10 per cent by the House -
died in the final crush as con
ferees failed to agree.
Other Bills Dead
Legislation to repeal ' the
property tax on business in
ventories also died. The sen
ate failed to concur and the
Issue faded in a hung-up con
ference committee.
The Senate junked the pro
posed net receipts income
tax. An alternate plan -
switching the tax relief from
income to property - also fail
ed. '
Boivin philosophized that
'things aren't so bad" and ac
cented the fact that at least
taxes didn't go up.
The Klamath Falls Demo
crat summed up the 51st as
sembly as a "good session,
especially from the stand
point of Improving the busi
ness climate." He cited Board-
man Industrial park legisla
tion, Gardiner pulp mill legls-
tion, uarmner pulp mm ease -
memo, uiiDLiu.c uit rousing
authority, ABtorla bridge and
others
House Speaker Robert B
Duncan (D-Medford) said the
session was composed
hard working people who
fought hard for causes to
which they were devoted." He
said it's too soon to appraise
its overall accomplishments
and failures.
Liberals wrote It off as
mostly a housekeeping session
that brought no bold changes.
Conservatives, of which there
was a majority, described it
as a solid chunk- of business,
session which studied the
state's problems carefully and
came up with some solutions,
such as tougher, water .and
air pollution laws.
. Of the 1,587 measures Intro
duced - about 850 passed. '
Last Day Action
The last smoky hours Wed
nesday brought final passage
of these measures, which went
to the governor: 7
-Legislation toughening up
the 99-year-old antl-obscenlty
law, focusing on prosecution
of those who "knowingly" dis
tribute trashy literature to
youngsters.
-$200,000 for community
mental health clinics and a
division of mental health un
der the Board of Control.
-Milk price control legisla
tion with a cutoff date of
1983.1 It lets the State Agri
culture Department set mini
mum prices at the producer
level. The Willamette Valley
milk price war prompted it.
-An amended antl - farm
picketing bill designed to let
farmers save their crops at
harvest peaks. It would pro
hibit farm workers from pick
eting unless they had worked
at the farm for at least three
days. There Is an automatic
cutoff date after two years.
-The nurses' collective bar
gaining bill-with the "Little
Landrum-Griffin" amendment
removed. Final 23-6 approval
in the Senate came with
Move Clocks
observe it, opening an hour
earlier with clocks staying at
the same. '.''
Astoria was one o the first
cities outside the five-county
daylight area to Join the
movement to fast time on an
unofficial basis. But many
Willlamctte Valley and coast
al cities have indicated they
will adopt the change by ad
vancing working schedules an
hour.
Favored In Eugene
In Medford, Manager Don
McNeil of the Chamber of
Commerce said the Retail
Merchants Association would
consider the plan at a meet
ing next week. He said Grants
Pass also was considering It.
Most Eugene businesses fa-
blast from Sen. John Hare
(R-Hillsboro) that the next
time the Senate will "not be
sold down the river by the
House Labor Committee." The
House committee successfully
derailed the original Little
Landrum-Griffin Bill which
the AFL-CIO opposed.
-A $50,000 appropriation
creating two summer forest
work camps for those between
15-19. The pilot program, for
youngsters who vol u n t e e r,
would be operated by the
State Forestry Department
and would involve about 50
boys. . . i
Duncan said he is sure that
"in spite of disappointments
the 1961 session will measure
up well as a session which did
much to make Oregon a better
place in which to live."
Education Gains Listed
Sen. Monroe Sweetland,
considered the leg 1 s 1 a 1 1 v e
'dean of education," said both
public schools and higher edu
cation have "major gains" de
spite alarms at the start that
education would fare badly.
The Milwaukie Democrat
cited the new community col
lege law with nearly $2 mil
lion to back it up, new schol
arships and student loans,
nearly $10 million for new
higher education facilities, a
graduate school of social work
at Portland State, and faculty
pay increases which he de
scribed as "modest." They to
tal 14.4 per cent over the '
next two years.
Nearly everyone got a nay
raise-from the , governor on
down. Circuit and district
judges, state police, and dis
trict attorneys and their depu
ties won more money, too.
Sweetland said the "maior
defeat" for education was an
increase In basic school sup
port of only , $105" per census
child to $1-20 a child by 1963,
or $127 , million versus the
present $107- million. He said
it should have been millions
of dollars more.-, ,
The House, in other last-
1 minute .action,, killed a bill
i aciiinK iu-fnue-Bn-nour maxi--
I mum speed limit and the Sen-
ate killed the. probable cause
DHL. Bom traffic safety meas
ures were wanted by Gov.
ofrl Mark. Hatfield
. The probable ' cause bill '
would have allowed an officer
to- arrest for. such violations
as drunken drivine without
actually witnessing the viola.
Hon.
The House killed Sen. Wal
ter J. Pearson's bill aDDroDrl-
atins $290,000 to Dlan an ad
dition to the Capitol Build
Ing. He originally asked for
$1.8 million and Immediate
construction. The vote to kill
the compromise amount was
34-24, , . , .
t, .:t-! ,
Foreman Fire School
Planned on Saturday
Annual fire school for fore
man of logging and lumber
ing firms will be conducted '
Saturday from 8 a.m. until
noon at the southwest district
headquarters of the state de
partment of forestry on Table
Rock rd.
Sponsors of the school are
the state forestry department
and the Rogue River end Sis
kiyou National forests.
Duncan Chairman
Of Emergency Board
Salem-IUPD-The state emer
gency board, made up of Sen-
ate ard House members, to
day elected House Speaker
Robert B. Duncan (D-Medford)
chairman. '
Sen. E. D. Potts (D-Grants
Pass) was named secretary.
The. board does just what -Its
name Implies rules on
emergency allocations of
funds for state agencies be
tween legislatures.
The board was given $1.3
million, Including $300,000
tor emergency pay Increases
for higher education. '
Ahead
vor changing to fast time June
1, according to Ralph Robin
son, chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce retail merchants
division. He said there was
one holdout, a department
store. A Salem department
store, Meier Sc Frank, also
has said it plans to maintain '
standard time hours.
Technical Violation
The legislature passed a
bill allowing Multnomah,
Hood River, Columbia, Clack
amas and Washington counties
to go on fast time. Technical
ly It's against the law for the
rest of the state to adopt day
light time but no one can stop
people from going to work
and quitting earlier if they
choose.