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Benefits of PP&L,
Copco Merger
Noted at Hearing
Long-term power supply
benefits would result In an
integration of the hydroelec
tric generating system of Pa
cific F ower and Light and
California Oregon Power com
panies if the two utilities are
merged, a three-man board of
examiners of the Oregon Pub
lic Utility Commissioner was
told this morning.
The hearing is being held
in the federal courtroom In
the postoffice building.
Benefits for shareholders
and customers of both com.
panies were foreseen by of
ficials of both utilities as the
PUC began what is expected
will be a three-day-long in
quiry into the proposed mer
ger of Copco into PP&L;
Although stockholders of
both utilities already have ap
proved the plan by nearly
unanimous majorities, approv
als of the merger also are re
quired from the regulatory
authorities of several states
and Federal Power Commis
sion.
Yreka Hearing
The hearing here will be
followed Thursday by an ap
pearance before the Cali
fornia Utilities Comimssion in
Yreka.
- Paul B. McKee, chairman
of PPL's board of directors,
the first witness today, testi
fied that the Interconnection
of the two systems would re
sult in economies In power
production and purchases that
could help hold down future
operating costs.
McKee state that following
the merger Pacific would not
ask for a rate increase. It
was pointed out that Copco's
current return is somewhat
less than PP&L's Oregon
property return.
McK.ee said the company
would study the feasibility of
interconnecting of the com
bined PP&L - Copco system
with the neighboring Pacific
Gas and Electric company. He
said this would mean the use
of a larger capacity, transmis
sion line than now exists
south of Klamath Falls to help
bolster the power generating
resources of the systems.
E. Robert de Luccia, PP&L
vice president and chief en
gineer, said the different sea
sonal flows of rivers on which
Copco has power plants in
southern Oregon and those of
PP&L's power sources to the
north would provide an op
portunity for power cost sav
ings. McKee estimated this
could amount to approximate
ly $600,000 in 1961, and be
higher in later years.
Approve! of Merger
A. S. Cummins, Copco pres
ident, explained he approves
of the merger because it
would make it easier to raise
the large amounts of money
needed to finance construc
tion of future facilities needed
to serve customers.
Cummins' statement also
concurred In the earlier testi
mony of McKee as to the ad
vantage to be gained from
the best use of power plants
of the two systems.
He stressed that Copco
shareholders would have an
interest In a much larger cor
poration after the proposed
merger, which would not be
subject to the fluctuating for
tunes of one particular indus
try. Cummins testified that
75 per cent of Copco's indus
trial revenue comes directly
from the lumber industry.
It was noted that each com
pany has a diversity in cus
tomer loads and peak-hour
usage which would balance
and complement the other.
Presiding Examiner
President examiner is Bar
nett Goldstein, former Mult
nomah district judge assigned
to the hearing by Commission
er Jonel Hill. The others are
Louis Greenberg and Malcolm
Jones, Salem. PUC staff coun
sel is Donald Sullivan. The
utility companies is represent
ed by George Rives and Gor
don Davis, both San Fran
cisco. Further testimony is expect
Sweetland's Interest in Girls, 'Crazy
Over Radicalism' Told at Libel Trial
Hillsboro, Ore.-Hira-A de
fense witness testified today
that State Sen. Monroe Sweet
land (D-Milwaukie) once re
marked that he was Interested
in " .. .. .. little freshman
girls who are just crazy over
radicalism."
The witness, Mrs. Wilfred
Henry Brown of North Holly
wood. Calif., testified at the
political libel trial of Mrs.
Audrey Henry, 32, Lake Os
wego. Mrs. Henry is cherged
with circulating antl-Sweet-land
literature last fall.
Mrs. Brown testified that
ed today from J. C. Boyle.
Copco vice president and gen
eral manager: Don C. Frisbee,
vice president and treasurer
for PP&L, and F. C. Bash,
vice president and treasurer
for Copco. Cross examination
is expected after the comple
tion of their testimony.
Two independent consult
ing engineers, J. D. Stevens
and Robert Wilson, both Se
attle, will testify later on be
half of the public. They were
appointed by Hill to represent
the interest of consumers.
All Political
Parlies Banned
By Korea Regime
Seoul, Korea -(UPD-The Re
public of Korea's new military
regime continued its sweeping
decrees today by banning all
political parties and social or
ganizations. It also ruled out an attempt
to unite with Communist
North Korea by force.
The ruling junta ordered
the disolution of political par
ties and social organizations
by Tuesday. Academic and re
lief organizations were ex
empted, but they were order
ed to register with the Mili
tary Supreme council before
May 31.
Tension Increased
The new'' edict increased the
tension which already was
high as a result of mass ar
rests and a series of decrees
that sharply curbed individ
ual liberties. Strikes and po
litical activity were banned
under martial ' law imposed
last week, and the National
Assembly has been dissolved.
More than a dozen political
parties were affected by the
edict, including the Democra
tic party of deposed Premier
John M. Chang, the main op
position New Democratic par
ty formed -by dissidents, from
Chang's faction, and a group
of middle-road and left-wing
splinter parties.
No 'March North'
Foreign Minister Kim Hong
II, in his first news confer
ence since the military junta
seized power last week, . said
the new regime would not
use force in an attempt to
unify Korea. He said "there
will be no march north."
'If we do what we can
here, unification will be
achieved as a matter of
course," he said, v
JFK Looks Forward
To Nikifa Meeting
Washington.-flJPD- President
Kennedy told a group of So
viet journalists today there is
a possibility of "better un
derstanding" resulting from
his Vienna meeting with Rus
sian Premier Nikita Khru
shchev.
'I am hopefully looking
forward to my meeting with
Chairman Khrushchev in
Vienna," the President told
the Russian group, according
to a White House memoran
dum issued after the confer
ence.
'From this meeting there is
the possibility of attaining a
better understanding between
myself and Chairman Khru
shchev and also a better un
derstanding between the two
countries.
Judge Skipworth's
Successor Chosen
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today appointed John'
Warden, 38-year-old Coos
County attorney, as District
Court judge at Coos Bay.
Warden, a Democrat, will
fill the vacancy created when
Judge Marvin Skipworth died
in an auto accident earlier this
month.
Sweetland smiled when he
uttered the remark while she
was Interviewing him for the
student newspaper at the Uni
versity of Oregon in 1934.
She said the tone of tier fea
ture articles indicated he was
joking and that he then turn
ed to talk of a more serious
nature. The trial of Mrs. Hen
ry was in Its second week be
fore Circuit Judge J. S. Bo
hannon. Two other defense witness
es, Mrs. Margie Mclver of
Cornelius, and W. A. Gilbert
of Hillsboro, said they were
Governor Signs
Reapportionment,
Pollution Bills
Tax Exemptions
To Lodges Granted
Salem -(UPD- Bills reappor
tioning the state legislature,
strengthening Oregon's anti-
air pollution laws, and grant
ing tax exemptions to lodges
were among 64 measures sign
ed Into law today by Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
The reapportionment law,
which shuffles a bare mini
mum of seats in the state leg.
islature, is expected to head
quickly for the State Supreme
Court.
Opponents from metropoli
tan areas declared it short
changed growing cities, and
gave too . many legislative
seats to sparsely settled coun
ties in eastern Oregon.
The air pollution measure
gives the State Sanitary Au
thority broad powers in com-
-batting air contamination
from industry and open air
burning.
Non-Profit Groups
The tax exemption for
lodges applies to non-profit
fraternal and charitable
groups.
These have been tradition
ally exempt, but the law was
passed after a state tax com
mission ruling questioned the
exemption. "
Other bills signed today in
cluded elevator safety im
provements, frozen dessert in.
spection, laws aimed at pro
tecting fish during stream-bed
gravel dredging operations,
and $4 million for improve
ments on highway 197 in Was
co county.
Hatf ield s aide, Loren Hicks,
said all Senate bills have ar
rived in the governor's office,
but about 50 more are ex
pected from the House.
The governor has until
June 2 to sign or veto each
measure, or let it become law
without his signature.
Hicks, who as legal counsel
reviews every bill, said all
261 measures arrived in Hat
field's office after May 18 -
eight days after the legisla
ture adjourned.
20 a Day Necessary , ,
This means . they must be
reviewed at a rate of some 20
a day. Hicks said, to comply
with the June 2 deadline. .
Hatfield already has signed
421 bills and vetoed four.
Among the bills requiring
Hatfield's decision is one ap
propriating $200,000 to launch
a system of community men
tal health, clinics.
Disappointment Told
Hatfield has expressed ex
treme disappointment because
the legislature decided to put
the clinics under the Board
of Control which Hatfield
sought to abolish as part of
his luckless government re
organization plan.
The governor Indicated
there was a chance he might
veto the mental health clinic
bill.
Also facing Hatfield is a bill
providing for state-set milk
prices for dairymen.
The Agriculture Depart
ment said it is ready to start
administering this law im
mediately if Hatfield signs it.
Court May Name
Lake Concessionaire
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said this morning
the county court probably
would decide Wednesday
which bidder should receive
the recreation concession at
Emigrant lake.
Wendt interviewed James
Schollmeyer, Bremerton,
Wash, this morning, and said
he was impressed with his
qualifications. The Washing
ton man outlined his plans
for the marina he hoped to es
tablish at the lake, and show
ed the county commissioner
sketches of a proposed dock
ing arrangement.
Schollmeyer had offered
the county 4 per cent of his
gross receipts from the con
cession. He was recommended
by Jackson county parks and
recreation commission.
present at a meeting in the
Cornelius city hall last Oct.
26. Neither saw Mrs. Henry
distribute literature, they said.
Another witness, George
Burgess of Tigard, said he was
at a meeting In the Rockwood
Methodist church near Port
land Oct. 29 where circulars
were being passed around. He
said he heard Sweetland's
wife ask Mrs. Henry whether
she had knowledga of the ma
terial and whether she was
passing it around. He testified
Mrs. Henry said she was not
passing it around.
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Regional Edition
MEDFORD
18 Pages
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1
Onto Ifiolence-idden Alabama
GUARDSMEN ON DUTY Martial law schoolgirls. National Guardsmen posted
reigned today in Montgomery, Ala., former across from the bus station, center of the
capital of the Confederacy, in the wake of racial upheaval, were only human, though,
racial violence. But most citizens went about and couldn't resist ogling the girls as they
their duties as usual just as these two came by.
(UPI Telephoto)
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Law Proclaimed
In Montgomery
Montgomery, Ala.-(UPD - All
1,500 Negroes who spent the
night huddled in a church In
fear of mob violence were
escorted home in the dawn
hours today but armed federal
marshals continued to patrol
the streets of this former cap
ital of the confederacy.
Alabama Gov. John Pat
terson - proclaimed limited
martial law and bayonet-
carrying, steel-helmeted state
National Guard troops moved
in to help disperse the scream
ing crowd gathered in front
of the downtown Negro
church.
AU-Out Attack
New violence exploded
when 18 freedom riders,
whose attempt to integrate
bus facilities touched off the
disorders, turned out to hear
a speech by integration lead
er Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.
King proclaimed an all-out
attack on Alabama segrega
tion. Patterson shot back to
day that he would strongly
suggest that "the marshals
that brought King in . . . take
him back , out." He charged
King with making an inflam
matory speech.
Tear gas and fire hoses were
needed to beat off the angry
mob of about 200 whites who
converged on the church. It
took 100 U.S. marshals and
more than that number of
city police and a National
Guard contingent to hold back
the rock-hurling, club-swinging
mob.
Warranti Issued
The freedom riders were
due to surrender later in the
day to county authorities
on warrants charging viola
tion of a court injunction. The
injunction was obtained while
the students were at Birming
ham to prevent them from
continuing their freedom ride.
It appeared likely that the
students' would have an arm
ed escort during their trip to
the county Jail, where they
were expected to give them
selves up.
Marshals patrolled down
town streets today, ready
to break up any crowds that
might gather. The federal of
ficers set up a "control cen
ter" atop the post office build
ing and all federal efforts
were being co-ordinated from
there.
(See story on page 2)
TO DISCUSS BUDGET
Ashland Stanley Jobe, su
perintendent of Ashland
schools, will explain the 1961
62 school budget at the Tues
day noon luncheon of the Ash
land Chamber of Commerce
In the Mark Antony hotel.
Jobe will also discuss prob
lems confronting the city's
schools.
MEDFORD,
Federal Marshals Orderei
Corvallis Man Is
Reelected Head of
Letter Carriers
William Dixon, Corvallis,
was reelected - president yes
terday at the closing'business
session here- of 58th, annual
convention or tne uregon
State association, of the Na
tional Association of. Letter
Carriers. . i
Also retained were Charles
Wiley, Medford, vice presi
dent, Jim Godfrey, Roseburg,
secretary, and Gerald Wood,
Portland, executive board
member. The association dele
gates named Art Henderson,
Salem, treasurer.
Holdover members of the
executive board are Harry
Sweetman, Coqullle, , and
Arthur Strunk, Grants Pass.
John Grenz, Grants Pass, re
mains as rural director.
Delegates appoved 19 reso
lutions. Most of these sought
the efforts of national associa
tion officers to secure enact
ment of certain laws.
Resolutions Noted ;
Chief among the resolutions
were those seeking 30-year re
tirement on an optional basis,
protection of government auto
drivers from liability in case
of accidents, and passage of a
labor management law.
Delegates maintained that
additional insurance required
by letter carriers driving gov
ernment vehicles is an unfair
expense and should be paid
for by the government as it is
in private industry. They also
pointed out that postal em
ployees do not have the
privilege of labor - manage
ment relations with the Post
Office department nor with
local postmasters.
Among other resolutions
seeking the work of national
officers were those asking for
a five-day work week for
rural carriers, increase in re
tirement annuity percentage
wise in comparison with all
salary enactments, abolishing
of present discriminatory an
nuity reductions affecting
those who retire under 60
years of age and those who
provide survivor benefits, and
addition of any accumulated
sick leave to any employee's
years of service upon retire
ment.
Mrs. Carson Bailey, Port
land, was elected president of
the Ladies' auxiliary, replac
ing Mrs. Larry M. Rose, Med
ford. Others elected were
WEATHER
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ftunitt today 7:33 p.m.
Sunrlie tomorrow H 4:43 a.m.
Mooniet tomorrow 1:21a.m.
Fnll Moon . ..Next Monday night
Mercury. th amalleit planet, li
now reappearing In the evening
Iky. Setting aa twilight darken!
Into night. It will ae ylilbla for
about two wtckt.
OREGON, MONDAY, MAY
Mrs. Harry Sweetman, Co-
quille, , vice president; Mrs
Arnold Barzee, Corvallis, sec
retary; Mrs. Donald Graves,
Salem, treasurer; Mrs. Athur
Strunk, Grants Pass, organ
izer. This was said to be the
largest convention ever held
by the two groups. More than
300 persons attended a luau
Friday night at the Labor
temple, planned by the auxil
iary, and about 250 attended
a banquet Saturday night at
Rogue Valley Country club.
Perkins. Beftiol
Back From Meeting
Detective Lt. Lyle Perkins
of the Medford police depart
ment has been named to a
committee to help plan for
next year's Western States
Crime conference to be held
In Tacoma, Wash.
Perkins and Chief Deputy
Paul Bettiol of the Jackson
county sheriffs office return
ed this week end from the
11th annual crime conference
In Spokane, Wash., May 17
through May 19.
The purpose of the annual
conference was to discuss and
compile the latest data on
known criminals in the Pa
cific Northwest and the rest
of the country.
Attending this year's con
ference, according to Perkins,
were police officers from as
far away as Alaska. More than
300 persons attended the con
ference, including members of
the Royal Canadian Mounted
police.
Lieutenant Perkins said he
feels the Western States Crime
conference is "one of the most
outstanding conferences that a
criminal investigating officer
can ever want to attend."
Pat Caught in Area
Found To Be Rabid
A bat caught by two dogs
on the Little Applegate last
month has been identified as
rabid, Dr. A. Erin Merkel,
Jackson county public health
officer, said today,
Lillian Huklll, Little Apple
gate, said her dogs were fight
ing with a bat In her front
yard April 25. The bat was
taken to the Jackson county
health department and sent
to the public health labora
tories In Portland. Mrs. Hu
klll was Instructed to keep
the two dogs under observa
tion. County Sanitarian Orle
Moore said a mouse, a skunk
and some other animals have
been reported as rabid this
spring, but this Is the first re
port which has been confirmed.
56th
Tribune
22, 1961
Central Point Boy
Struck by Auto;
Dies of Injuries
Daniel Michael Garrison, f
of 146 Orr dr., Central Point,
died last night in a local hos
pital from injuries suffered
earlier when he was struck by
a car.
State police said the boy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Odella
Garrison, was struck at the
intersection of Gregory and
Table Rock rds. He reported
ly ran across the road In front
of a southbound car driven
by William Dean Brown,, 18,
of Butte Falls.
Hospital attendants said
the boy died, apparently of
Internal Injuries, an hour af
ter he was taken to the hos
pital by Medford Ambulance
Service. The body was taken
to Perl Funeral home in Med
ford.
Second Fatality
It was the second pedestrian
fatality in Josephine and
Jackson counties during the
week end.
Delia Mae Sneed, 34, South
Myrtle rd., Myrtle Creek,
died Friday night when hit by
a logging truck one mile north
of Wolf Creek. The logging
truck was driven by George
Lawrence Kendall, 33, Grants
Pass. He was not cited or
held, according to state police.
Another accident victim in
Josephine county, Betty J.
Solus, Brookings, died in a
Medford hospital Friday night
from injuries suffered In a
Thursday auto accident on
Highway 199, nine miles south
of Cave Junction,
The Grants Pass office of
the state police said she was
driving a Jeep pickup truck
when she apparently lost con
trol of the vehicle and was
thrown out on the paved high
way. Mrs. Solus was taken to the
Josephine General hospital
but later transferred to Med
ford. Other Oregonians killed In
week end accidents, accord
ing to United Press Interna
tional, were Susan Lee Byard,
19, Eugene; Herbert G. Haller,
Portland, and Cecilia Bruno,
10, Warm Springs.
BOY, 15, MISSING
Oregon City - (UPI) - A 15-year-old
boy who became
separated from a hiking party
was the object of a search In
forested country by veterai?
mountain climbers and blood
hounds today.
Sam Herr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Herr Sr. and a
sophomore at Wilson High
School, was reported missing
Sunday by members of the
Trails Club.
MISS EUGENE CHOSEN
Eugene - (UPD - Carla Garri
son, 19, a freshman at the Unl
versity of Oregon, was chosen
Miss Eugene here Saturday
night.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 52
Attorney General
Say:
s Number Will
Be 600 by Night
State Assurance
'By Deeds' Needed
Washington - tUPO - Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy an
nounced today he is sending
200 more federal marshals to
Montgomery, Ala., because of
the racial violence there.
He said the additional mar
shals are being sent because
the situation is "obviously not
satisfactory."
The attorney general told a
news conference there are
about 500 marshals In Ala
bama now. He said there will
be 600 there by tonight and
another 100 will be sent Tues
day. Prosecutions Planned
Kennedy also announced
there will be a number of fed
eral prosecutions in Alabama
today. ;
He said there is evidence
of violation of federal law
and "a number of people are
involved."
We will be taking some ac
tion today," he said firmly,
But he declined to give de
tails.
The attorney general said
he had no plans to recom
mend that federal troops be
sent to Alabama at this time,
Situation Felt Adequate
Vt-think. the situation with
the United States marshals is
adequate at the present time,
He said he had been in con
stant ' touch with President
Kennedy who, he said, stayed
up most of the night at his
country home at Middleburg,
Va., getting reports on the
Alabama riots from his broth
er.
He said he sent marshals In
after he failed to get assur
ance from Gov. John Patter
son of Alabama that law and
order would be maintained.
He said the federal mar
shals will remain in Alabama
until the federal government
gets assurances "by deeds."
Gheysen Named to
Sheriff's Office
Robert A. Gheysen, 30,
former sergeant in the Jack
son county sheriff's office, has
returned as civil deputy, Sher
iff Joe Walsh said this morn
ing. Gheysen was hired effective
today. He formerly worked In
the sheriff's office for three
years. He resigned from the
office to take a position with
a boat-building firm
Gheysen takes the position
held by Glenn Wright, re
cently appointed sergeant In
the criminal division to re
place former Sgt. Veryl Va
noose, who resigned. v, .
"Oli, Rioters'
You Said 'Killers 1'
Governor Would
Reconsider if
Proposals Made
Legislature Already
'Made a Mess'
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today rejected the
idea of a special session of
the legislature to clarify time
standards, but said he would
be willing to reconsider if
'concrete proposals" were
made.
Confusion has been ramp
ant since the legislature put
the Portland metropolitan
area on daylight saving time.
Communities in the rest of
the state have tried informal
ly to move clocks ahead or
juggle work schedules to keep
up.
Hatfield was urged to take
the lead In moving work
hours ahead for state em
ployees. .
He replied this appeared
illegal since the law clearly
requires public offices to of
fer services on standard time
outside the Portland area.
Doasn't Plan Session
I do not anticipate a spe
cial session," Hatfield said.
unless there are concrete
proposals," to end the pres
ent confusion in a satisfacto
ry way.
Hatfield said he did not
foresee, any proposals that
would accomplish this.
Frankly, Hatfield said,
there is no guarantee the
legislature would make any
less of a mess than it already
has made." The governor said
another meeting of the legis
lature could make the situ
ation worse.
Hatfield said he was "never
enthusiastic" over the legisla
ture's various fast time pro
posals, but felt the lawmakers
were "determined . to pass
one." , ,
In view of this, he said, the
law giving fast time to the
Portland area appeared best.
Proposal Given
One of-the legislature's pro
posals would have let any po
litical subdivision in the state
elect fast time.
Hatfield said he feared a
law permitting state offices to
move work hours ahead dur
ing the summer would only
add to the confusion." ' He
tedded If "does not seem plaus
ible" to send state workers to
the office on staggered shifts.
Hatfield ..has urged busi
nesses and cities to seek some
"uniformity" in setting time
and work schedules, instead
of the present Informal and
disordered efforts to adjust
time.
He said it appears clear to
him that the balance of the
state outside the Portland area
is legally and officially on
standard time.
Ashland School Vote
Set for Friday
Ashland - Ashland voters
will consider exceeding the 6
per cent limitation on the
1961-62 school budget in an
election' Friday.:
The total 'estimated tax
levy Is $907,044, according to
Stanley Jobe, city school su
perintendent. The amount out
side the six per cent limitation
Is $561,829, Jobe said. The
total general fund is $1,303,
275. '
Two polls will be In the
Lincoln school gymnasium.
Voting hours will be from 2
to 8 p.m.
TO CONSIDER REQUESTS
Salem (UPD The State
Land Board Tuesday will con
sider two requests for offshore
oil survey permits.
At First I TlionR1it
Go Ahead