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Newspaper Page Textillill contro COUWTBY Land Trade in Eastern Oregon Area Requested Walton League Proposes Swap For 'Better Use' v Land Board Slates Discussion May 23 Salem-IUPD-A request of the Izaak Walton League to have the state trade some of its land in the Steens mountain and Warner Valley areas to the federal government and open it up for "better multiple-use" mangement will be discussed May 23 by the Ore gon Land Board. Warner Valley is in Lake county and the Steens Moun tain area is in Harney county. About 28,000 acres and 19,000 acres, respectively, would be involved. BLM Control Suggested The league, contending the land would fare better for recreation under the federal government, suggests putting it under the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The league - has passed a resolution to this effect. Multnomah District Judge Carl D. Etling of Portland, president of the league's Ore gon division, said perhaps some federally-owned lands at Boardman in Morrow county could be used in the exchange. The Land Board is leasing 96,000 or more acres in the Boardman area to Boeing Co. of Seattle as a space age in dustrial park. Leased for Grating The state now leases much' of the Steens and Warner Val ley areas for grazing. Stock men are expected to protest ' any move to change their leased lands from the state to the BLM. The May 23 conference will include Izaak Walton League officials, the State Game Com mission, spokesmen for the BLM, and some leasees in the Lake and Harney county areas.-, - - - Boaters Make Heavy Use of Emigrant The Jackson county sher iff's boat patrol said today . Howard Prairie lake con tinues to be heavily popu lated on week ends by fisher men, and boating enthusiasts seem to concentrate at Emi grant lake. Cool weather Sunday morn ing kept many boats off Emi grant lake until afternoon, when a large number went onto the lake. One accident was reported last week end, but ho proper ty damage or injuries result ed, the sheriff's office said today. ( A sailboat operated by Wil liam A. Barker, 2430 Hillcrest rd., Medford, tipped over In a sudden gust of wind Saturday at Emigrant lake. Sheriff's D e p u t y -Warren Paul, Ashland, and passing water skiers Dennis Bauman and Jerry Zenlicker, both of Medford, assisted the deputy in rescuing Barker. Bauman dove to the bottom of the lake to recover most of the sail boat gear. No official report was re quired from Barker since no property damage nor Injuries resulted. Milk Price Control Law Agenda Topic Salem-ttlPD-Plans for activa ting a milk price control law will be aired here Friday at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, director J. F. Short said today. Old MacDonald Ff1 "Mil MRS. MAUDE ROUND Looked at Photos (UPI Telephoto) Eugene Woman Identifies Bodies Of Two Children Madras - (UPD - Two slain children whose broken bodies were found in the Crooked River Gorge last Friday were identified today as Larry Jackson, 6, and his sister, Martha, 4, formerly of Eu gene. Jefferson County Cororr Ronald Toms said the identi fication was made by Mrs. Phyllis Maude Round, Eu gene, and four other persons. Mrs. Round, who said the children's mother, Mrs. Ger trude Mae Jackson was a former neighbor, made tenta tive identification e a r 1 i er through police photographs, Sheriff S. E. . Summerfield said. .'. - 1 On Way To Oakland . . . The sheriff said the photos were sent to- Eugene after a Culver man, Clyde Whitcraft, told them it was possible the children belonged to a friend of his stepdaughter, Jean Free man of Eugene. Whitcraft told authorities his stepdaughter and Mrs. Jackson arrived at his home in Culver last Thursday and said they were on their way to Oakland, Calif., and 'that the two children had been left at a foster home in the area. A pathologist's report indi cated the two victims were sexually assaulted, possibly strangled and then thrown in to the rocky chasm. Libel Testimony To Be Continued Hillsboro - WD - A judge Monday refused to have testi mony halted against a Port land womayi charged with po litical criminal libel in con nection with material circu lated last fall against State Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D Milwaukie) while he was run ning for secretary of state. Larry Landgraver, attorney for Mrs. Audrey Henry, Port land, and Dist. Atty. Francis Linklater argued the point in the chambers of Circuit Judge J. S. Bohannon. Landgraver offered five de murrers, seeking to have the testimony against Mrs. Henry halted on grounds the indict ment was faulty and did not identify the person alleged to have assisted her. He also said , the Indictment lifted statements out of context, Judge Bohannon overruled the objections. Has A Farm Library Plans To Reduce Service; Cut Budget Noted Letters Sent To Friends, Officials Letters have ' been sent to more than 100 Friends of the Public Library of. Medford and Jackson County declar ing that the library program in Jackson county "is in seri ous trouble." ' Robert ' D. Heffernan Jr., chairman of the Friends group, said budget allocations now proposed by the county and city of Medford - would mean that branch libraries would have to reduce the num ber of hours they are open and the system would have to lay off one employee. Librarian Omar Bacon, in a letter to mayors and coun cil members in the county, said the board of trustees de cided it would be necessary to reduce by two hours the number of hours branch li braries are open, eliminating telephones in branch libraries and used typewriters in five branches, and lay off one employee. Budget Requested The budget requested for the library is $120,754, but the amount approved by the county and city of Medford totals $107,600.98, which is $7,103.02 less than this year's budget. Heffernan said The seri ousness of the situation is doubly significant since the use of the library is increasing at an average rate of 27 per cent and the branches at 107 per cent." The number of users has increased 1,600, or 40 per cent, in 10 months above the number automatically dropped by the expiration of their cards, ' he added. He continued; "The budget last year was supplemented by a state grant of $27,000 for personnel, books and equipment. Local funds were not increased for books last year because the state provid ed the increase. This coming year there will be no state funds. Increasing Contribution "The county court is In creasing their contribution over a year ago by $12,954 and the city by $2,739. These are commendable, but do not begin to meet the need that exists today, or the increase to be expected." Bacon said the Increase by the county court is commend able, "but does not compen sate for the increased needs for books, periodicals, tele phones, typewriters and per sonnel made necessary by present and anticipated growth." Both Heffernan and Bacon appealed to library patrons to attend a public hearing on the county budget June 27 to ex press their views concerning the library budget. Governors Endorse Economic Data Salt Lake City - (DTD - Gov ernors of 11 Western states today endorsed steps to bring together economic Informa tion about their region to tell Industry about its potential. The chief executives ap proved establishment of a data-gathering facility to be coordinated through colleges and universities. They also decided to print a one-issue-a- year publication outlining best Investment possibilities. A newly established West ern Economic Council got unanimous support as an ad junct to the governors' stand ing committee on economic development, Gov. Robert Smylie of Ida ho asked support for getting more equitable hauling rates for timber. Smyliesaid the primary causes for the lumbering in dustry's "d I s proportionate" degree, of recession are high transportation costs, increas ing imports from countries having lower manufacturing rates and certain practices In managing the national timber reserve. WEATHER FORECAST: filr limlfM. Con siderable cloudiness Wednes day with rhanre of Isolated showers. Low tonight 41. High Wednesday 11. Temp. Hllheil Vesterdsy 74 Lowest This Morning .... ........ 41 Our Skies Tonight Run trf totfar 1:17 m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:41 a m, Moonset foment - i:jt p.m. First quarter May 22 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Leo. in the west 11:11 p.m. The brighter stars of this rynp form the mora nr a sJkle with the blade pointed downward. Howard Morgan Wins Approval Of Committee Senate Must Still Confirm Position Bf A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - The nomina tion of Howard Morgan, stall ed for weeks by opposition criticism, won a substantial vote of approval today in the Senate commerce committee. The action represented a vic tory for the liberal wing of Oregon's Democratic party. Morgan must still be con firmed by a vote of the Senate itself before he can take his seat on the federal power commission, but this is ex pected to be relatively easy. Under Fire , The rancher from Sisters, Ore., and former Democratic state chairman, came under fire from Republican senators for failing to list on govern ment employment forms his record of two arrests for youthful incidents, one of which was dismissed and the other resulting in a $25 fine. A sharply critical summary of these incidents, circulated by Sen. Andrew Schoeppel (R-Kan.) in recent days, ap parently failed to generate enough opposition to block the nomination. The commit tee vote was taken in closed session and not announced pending a pool of absentees. An aide said it was "a sub stantial vote in favor" but that there were some opposi tion votes. Morgan has been in Wash ington for nearly two' months awaiting Senate confirma tion. Boivin Opposed Oregon State Senate Presi dent Harry Boivin is reported to have attempted to under mine Morgan's support for the job. One leading Demo cratic senator on the commit tee told this reporter: "The president of the state Senate telephoned me several times. He said Morgan was not the candidate of Oregon Democrats.' Boivin, a member of the more conservative wing of tne party, and Morgan, a liberal leader, have been in opposite factions before. Mor gan s nomination was recom mended to President Kennedy by Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.)' and Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.), both liberals. Morgan's c o n f i r m a tion would represent a triumph for their forces, as well as those of public power who marshalled support for Mor gan during the past week. Coffege Student Rescued from Cliff Ashland A Southern Oregon college student who "thought it would be fun" to climb a cliff, ended up climbing down an Ashland fire department ladder ear ly yesterday afternoon after becoming stranded 40 feet from the ground. Ashland police notitled firemen at 1 p.m. that Al len Everett Steinhardi, 20, ot box 64, Rogue River, could use some help. Stein hardt had started a bare footed climb up a cliff on Granite St. near Winburn Way. When he reached the 40 foot level he couldn't go up or down. His shouts for help at Iracted the attention of nearby students who noti fied police. Firemen said it took two ladders to reach him. Excellence The top scholars of Med ford and St. Mary's high schools - 29 of them - were honored last night at a dinner which is planned to be an an nual affair. One hundred eighty -seven persons-almost 40 more than expected - attended to honor the scholars and to hear a talk by Dr. John R. Richards, chancellor of the state system of higher education. Richards' talk touched on many of the successes, fail ures, plans and problems of higher education, but his em phasis was on the quest for a high state of excellence in education. In the 60s, there Is a more serious attitude toward educa tion than in the previous dec ade, the chancellor said, with more emphasis on learning for learning's sake and a growing awareness that there is a place for the quiet, stu dious type ot student as well as for the extrovert. And he said there is coming to be more emphasis on reading, writing, the broad study of history, the new sciences and Mathematics, and a renewtd emphasis on the natural ana Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 Pages (ennedy-EChrushchev loot President Gets Personal Message From Soviet Boss Russian Envoy Delivers Note Washing'ton-fllPD - President Kennedy today received a per sonal message from Premier Nikita Khrushchev involving U.S.-Soviet relations which possibly could pave the way for a meeting between the two men. Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov handed Khru shchev's note to Kennedy dur ing a 30-minute meeting at the White House. Massage in Reply Both the Americans and the Russians said Khrushchev's note was in reply to a mes sage Kennedy wrote him last Feb. 22, and whose contents never have been disclosed. The message was delivered to Khrushchev in Siberia by U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson. It was reported at the time of delivery that the Presi dent's message expressed con fidence in Thompson as a dip lomatic negotiator. One Mos cow report said the note urg ed Khrushchev to deal direct ly with Thompson, a reflec tion of the Kennedy adminis tration's interest then in nor mal, diplomatic negotiations rather than summit meetings Hope for Negotiations However, the note also is understood to have contained Kennedy's expressed hope for fruitful negotiations with the Russians. It has lain dormant since then, while U.S.-Soviet rela tions have deteriorated during the Laotian and Cuban crises. The fact that Khrushchev has now chosen to answer it was significant in view of the re ports that Kennedy wants to meet the Soviet leader in a neutral European capital next month. Cambodia Asks for Independent Laos Geneva - (UPD - The long delayed Laos conference open ed today with a plea from Cambodian Prince Norodom Sldanouk for an independent Laos "with a big power guar antee of nonintervention." Four days late and boycot ted by the pro-Western Royal Laotian delegation, the open ing session lasted less than an hour; In delivering the opening address. Prince Norodom said he hoped he expressed the wishes of all present that the conference would result in a "satisfactory accord on Laos." in Education Emphasized by Dr. Richards social sciences, and on the arts and music. He said there also Is a new emphasis on the need for hard work, and on the real satis factions it brings. Then Dr. Richards review ed what Oregon is doing in higher education. One ap proach is to arrange for homogenous groups of stu dents who work, In effect, as a team, eliminating too wide a spread of ability. Honors colleges are an example of this. At the same time inde pendent study is being en couraged among those who will profit by it. He also mentioned the use of new technologies in teach ing, using tapes and tele vision and recordings, which are "useful tools" In advanc ing education. But he emphasized that the teacher-student relationship is a basic one If education is to be served, and a major Job Is searching the country for the best possible Instructors. As to Oregon's success, Dr. Richards reported that test nfirr test has shown high scTool graduates of today are the equal of earlier 'graduates, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1961 Possibility Grows 21 v II r r iff . f 1 FUNERAL HELD Pallbearers are shown, as they carried the flower-covered casket of Gary Cooper to the Church of. the Good. Shepherd in Beverly Hills, Calif., where fun- Demurrer Taken Municipal Court Judge Ron ald Rlcketts Monday took un der advisement a demurrer filed by Carl F. Kellenberger, owner of the Yellow Cab com pany, regarding an alleged city code violation. , - The judge gave the city of Medford until Friday to sub mit any further authority in writing. . Kellenberger appeared on the charge that one of his limousines had charged rates below those filed with the city. The city alleges that on March 5 a limousine owned by Kellenberger transported an airplane crew of three from the airport to a downtown motel for $2, when, according to rate schedule, it should have been $3. In his demurrer, Kellenber ger charges that that section of the city code was intended to cover commercial passen gers. He stated that members of the airplane crew are not passengers as contemplated by the code. He said that "as a licensed limousine service with the Public Utilities Com missioner, Yellow Cab Is al lowed to make contract hauls as set forth in the complaint without making changes In rates filed with them." . despite the fact that there are more of them, and the fact that In past years , schools were more selective about their students. "An Important phenome non is that the young people of today are learning to en compass whole new areas of knowledge not dreamed of a few years ago," Dr. Richards pointed out. Physics, he said, has grown "from the slide rule to the atom," history, from a narrow view of west em civilization to the history of the entire world, language from three or four at most, to Instruction in 40 to 50 lan guages, and mathematics to a state far beyond that possible in earlier days. "We have not reached a plateau In learning, we are constantly challenged to go further," he said. And he add ed that we are proving this can be done in a democracy, with our own techniques, without the harsh disciplines of totalitarian regimes. The biggest real failure of high school and higher edu cation, Dr. Richards declared, Is if fact that not all young people who could profit from Tribune Commission Calls For Bids on Four Projects in Bids will be received by the state highway commission on another Pacific freeway project May 23 In Salem. . The project will Include grading work and construc tion of a concrete structure to carry relocated Southern Pacific railroad tracks over the proposed new Pacific high way at Mistletoe, approxi mately 4V4 miles southeast of Ashland. The project is sched uled for completion during this winter. Bids on three other Jackson county projects will be receiv ed that day. One Is for the paving of 2.81 miles of road between Ruch and the bridge over Little Applegate river. This includes resurfacing and wid ening the road to 22 feet. Central Point Work Another project la for grad ing and paving .IS mile on Pine st. between Ninth st. and Freeman rd. within Central Point. Plans call for grading and a 44-foot pavement be tween curbs. It will provide a wide street section giving a connection with the new Pacific freeway and will re place the existing street. It - up to 50 per cent - are taking advantage of lt. He estimated that 3,000 stu dents In Oregon each year who should go on In their education fail to do so for one reason or another, and that this loss of 30,000 educated men and women each decode is a loss Oregon cannot con tinue to afford. But steps are being taken here, too, the chancellor said, In broadening the role of the "teachers colleges" into lib eral arts institutions, In the creation of community col leges, and In widespread broadening of the scholarship and loan programs. He emphasized the Impor tance of advanced work, be yond the Ph. D. degree, and cited accomplishments In Ore gon, at the medical school, the new primate laboratory, the occanographic research In stitute, the forest products re search laboratories, the insti tute of molecular biology, the new computer center, and in other fields. He gave a brief description of each of these, pointing out how they are aid It Oregon, not only educa tionally, but economically 56th Year Price 10 Cents No. 47 eral services were held today for the mo tion picture actor who died ot cancer May 13. At top left, Cooper's widow, Veronica, watches. . (UPI Telephoto) Area Bids on behalf of Jackson county will be received for the Evans creek bridge con struction, located on the Ev ans Creek county rd. approxi mately 17 miles from Rogue River. It will replace the ex isting detour bridge with a reinforced concrete structure. The old bridge was destroyed in an accident Involving a loaded logging truck. All ot the projects are scheduled for 1961 comple tion. 'Fast Time' To Be Discussed Here ' v A discussion of a voluntary "fast time" schedule, and. the possibility of establishing a freight forwarding system in the Rogue valley, will be con sidered at a meeting Wednes day at 10 a.m. at the Jackson hotel. The meeting, arranged by the Medford Chamber of Com merce, will be with represen tatives of the Merchants asso ciations in Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass. and In other ways The free Interchange of scholars and ' students be tween Oregon and other states Is important to us, he declared, and of ultimate ben efit not only to the state, but to the country and the world. Dr. Richards was given a glowing Introduction by Frank J. Van Dyke, who pointed out that the chancel lor will soon assume a new and challenging post in high er education In California, and has come to be known as "Mr. Higher Education of the Pacific Coast." Van Dyke, former higher education board member and former president of the West ern Interstate Commission for Higher Education, on which Richards also serves, origina ted the Idea for the scholar ship banquet, In which he was Joined by five sponsoring or ganizations and nine contribut ing organizations. Those at tending last night included the scholan, their dates, their parents, teachers, school board members, representa tives of governmental organi zations, and others Interested, the event was held at the Rogue Valley Country club, Leader Pledges Return of Nation To Civilians Cabinet Ministers Placed Under Arrest Seoul, Korea (UPD T h a leader of the army rebels who overthrew the government in a predawn coup today defied United States demands to re store the regime of Premier John M. Chang to office. But he pledged to return the coun try to civilian control as soon as the aims of the revolution are carried out. Lt. Gen. Chang Do Yung, army chief of staff and head oi tne revolutionary commit tee, made his promise in a special broadcast tonight over Radio Seoul. , It came as the armv His. solved parliament and began arresting cabinet ministers in defiance of a plea from the United States. Leaders of the junta also demanded that Premier Chang come out of hiding and negotiate a peace ful transfer of power. Claims Corruption "Corruption has been on the Increase since thn -Anril (1960) revolution," Gen. cnang said. The people are undergoing hardships. Their daily tasks and confusinn am intensified. 'I make It clear that as soon the revolutionarv snul have been accomplished and the circumstances ,have be come agreeable, we will with out delay turn over the gov ernmental powers and return to our normal duties in the military." - Earlier, the rebels had had President Posun Yun main, a special broadcast calling for rremier mang to reappear and come to terms, saying the revolutionary committee would guarantee his safety. Formal Retignatioin Hoped it was Deiieved the revolu tionary committee hoped to lure Premier Chang from niaing ana lorce nim and his caDinet tormally to resign so that the rebels could take i over under a veneer of le gality. The junta leaders were be lieved to feel that it thl. hap pened, It would permit the U.S. Government in nuviirntr the military committee. "This nrauM aot h TTrWtnj States out of a 1am " m source told UPI. "President Yun has Eons slant with th junta because - hs hnnps in save the constitutional form of government." 120 Delegates Are Registered for Synod Convention The convention of the Pa. clfic Synod of the United Lu theran Church in Amerirn ont under way In Medford Mon day evening with a commun ion service at zion Lutheran church. Fourth st. and Oak- dale ave. Approximately 120 Dastori and lav delegates hava rpffla. tered for the three-day event. They represent 66 congrega tions irom Alaska, Washing ton. Idaho. Oreann. and Brit ish Columbia which Include some 34,984 members. Welcoming the delegation this morning was Otto Ewald sen, member of the Zlon Lu- uiern cnurcn council. . Renresentintf thp evpfnitlvA board of the United Lutheran church la Dr. Lawrence D. Folkemer, Gettysburg, Pa., professor of systematic the ology at Lutheran Theological Seminary. Dr. Folkemer spoke -this morning about the vari ous boards, committees, and commissions In the church and stressed the lack of young people wanting to go into the ministry. Principal Business Wednesday, the principal business will be consideration of ratification of the United Lutheran Church in Amer ica's 1960 decision to merge . with Augustana Lutheran church, the American Evan gelical Lutheran church and the Finnish Lutheran church, to . form the new Lutheran Church in America. It Is expected that the vote will be a formality only, since ratification Is considered a foregone conclusion, church, officials noted. The Rev. Earl Anderson, Lake Stevens, Wash., pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran church, will serve as convention chap lain. New Synod officers will be elected Wednesday morning. Host pastor Is the Rev, Harvey C. Coovert. This la the second time that the Pacific Synod has held Its convention in Medford. The firstJime wai In 1839.