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AGIHiedV 1 trainf mi Washington-illPS - President Kennedy placed before Con gress today a "freedom doc trine" calling for vast new federal spending from $7 to $9 billion to seize space lead ership and put a man on the moon by 1970. In his special message on what he called "urgent na tional needs," Kennedy told a joint session of the House and Senate and the nation that the United States faces an "extraordinary challenge" re quiring new measures of hardship and sacrifice. There must be additional effort and self-restraint by all citizens, including steps to hold down , on unjustified wage and price increases, the President said in his nation r pr n. Is , .' ''7'cv I ' ' "r'"- ' i V-"V.' v v i gress and the nation today that the United States faces an "extraordinary challenge" requiring new measures of Culberlson Sai;;:; Increased Due Pear Growers Portland-CBPB-A member of the Jackson County Fruit Growers League said Wednes day that pear growers in Ore gon, Washington and Cali fornia probably will receive increased financial aid from the federal government for re search in pear decline. Pear decline is a disease which has killed thousands of pear trees in recent years. Paul Culbertson spoke at the annual meeting of the Ore gon - Washington - California Poriland-flMI-J. W. "Joe" Naumes, Mcdford. today was reelected president of the Oregon-Washington-Cati-fornia Pear bureau. . , Vice presidents named were J. A. Hodapp, Placer ville, Calif.,- E. R, Pooley, Hood River; George Joseph, Yakima, and R. W. Prince, Wenatchee. Pear Bureau. The meeting concludes Friday. Request Approved . Culbertson said the House Agriculture Committee had approved the $180,000 "crash program" request made by Pacific Coast legislators and had sent it to the Senate com mittee. Culbertson said the disease is continuing to spread from the Yakima district in Wash ington where it originated to Southern Oregon and North ern California. Sids Called for New Fire Hose for Medford The city of Medford has called for new bids on 2,900 feet of fire hose for the city fire department. The city re fused to accept one supply of hose after it failed during testing two weeks ago. City Purchasing Agent Nor man Croy said two pieces of hose "broke" during a test by the fire department. Al though the ill-fated test took place two weeks ago. City Manager Robert A. Duff said the failure of the hose had not been called to the atten tion of the press because the city felt the matter was of a "routine" nature. City Fire Chief Gordon Barker had recommended against the purchase of the hose in the first place, con tending that it was of poor quality. He was visibly upset when, on March 18, the city council by a 4 to 2 vote over ruled him. The defective hose was sup by the American fiub-f! plied ally televised and broadcast address. To carry out his recom mendation, the President sought almost $1,7 billion la new funds. This would in volve added federal expendi tures of $724 million in fiscal 1962 and send the federal budget deficit to $3.5 billion. Ho New Taxes Asked But the President said In his message that he was not requesting additional taxes to finance the requests. The additional $7 to $9 bil lion Kennedy said would be needed to put an American astronaut on the moon and bring him back and would be spent over the next five years. The President called for a labor retraining program to ,;.";lr,ll i imT Liquor Commission Holds Hearing on Alleged Violations The Oregon Liquor Control commission conducted a hear ing this morning in Medford on alleged violations at t h e Sportsmans Tavern and Cafe, 336 Second ave,, Gold Hill, A ruling will be given after study of the testimony,- Mrs. Hester Johnson, owner of the tavern, is charged with six violations by the commis sion. She pleaded innocent to the charges. Also charged were Stuart Thompson Chisholm, an em ployee of Mrs, Johnson, and HoIIis Grayson Thompson, a former employee. Chisholm, who pleaded guilty, was charged with con suming alcoholic liquor dur ing his working hours at the tavern and that he failed to wash and sanitize glassware used for serving alcoholic liq uor. Additional Charge Thompson, who was report ed to have left the state, was charged for similar violations as Chisholm. In addition Thompson is alleged to have given alcoholic liquor as a prize while on duty at the tavern. A plea of innocent was entered by the examiner for Thompson, The charges against Mrs. Johnson include: 1) maintain ing disorderly end insanitary establishment; 2) her employ ees consumed alcoholic liquor during working hours on the licensed premises; 3) permit ting a visibly intoxicated per- ber company which had sub mitted a low bid of $3,810, Chief Barker had contended that the hose did not meet city specifications. Barker recommended that a bid of $4,498 from the Mun nell and Sherrili company be accepted, contending that it hose was of superior quality and met the city specifica tions. City Manager Duff dis agreed with Barker at the council meeting, and said the American Rubber company hose did meet city specifica tions. In accepting the bid of the American Rubber compa ny, the council required that a 10-year performance bond be given the city, f Following the test two weeks ago, the city returned the hose to the American Rub ber company. The city did not pay for the rejected hose and was not out any money. New bids on the hose will opestd June 9 reach new occupational skills to hundreds of thousand of victims of automation and other industrial change at a cost of about $80 million dol lars. He announced a shake-up of civil defense and said this would be expanded under con trol of the secretary of de fense. It was estimated that the administration planned to spend $300 million for this purpose. , Other Spending Figures Other spending figures en visioned by the new program included: , Foreign aid, economic and the President's contingency funds, $75 million. National aeronautics and 3 message to a joint session of ' ' ', son to remain on licensed premises, and permitting the use of profane or abusive lan guage; 4 her employees failed to wash and sanitize glassware used in serving alcoholic liq uor; 5 her employee gave al coholic liquor as a prize; and 6) that she -.allowed the con sumption of alcoholic liquor on the licensed premises be- tween 1 and 7 a.m. Testifying for the commis sion were Inspector Alvin Hartley and Sgt, Marion Hauntz, John George Winters, Gold Hill, testified on behalf of Mrs, Johnson. Hearings ex aminer was Berlin Niies, Port land. Brooks Protests Court's Action Joe Brooks, Mfuford, high bidder for the Emigrant lake marine concession at 18 per cent, this morning sent a reg istered letter to the Jackson county court protesting award ing the contract to James H. Sehollmeyer, Bremerton, Wash. , Brooks said he would ask for a reconsideration of all bids, Brooks stated, "I was deep ly shocked to learn that to day two members of the Jack son county court, 'Miller and Wendt' awarded the Emigrant lake concession to the fifth low bidder for the said con cession, I find it unbelievable as a substantial county tax payer that an out-of-state non taxpayer should be given ap proximately an IVA per cent preference over local quali fied bidders. t "As a result of the ac tion of Miller and Wendt, over the objection of Commissioner Edwin Taylor, responsible, honest, qualified businessmen will no longer have a motive for bidding on county mat ters," Brooks added, "Four persons offered to pay Jackson county more for the concession than did the man that was given prefer ential treatment, Jackson county suffered the loss. The simple fact is that bids ranging doubie to approxi mately four times the bid ac cepted were rejected without any basis, MiHer and Wendt gave away almost 70 per sent of whsi the county could have realized at Emigrant lake as revenue to Jackson county, "I intend to do everything in my power, both legally and vocally to prevent this sort of monkey business," Brooks space administration, $330 million. U.S. Information Agency, $2 million. Commerce department for weather satellite, $19 million. Defense department, for military functions, $100 mil lion; $50 million for military assistance. Small Business administra tion, $88 million to increase its lending authority, Musi Overtake Russia In March, Kennedy sub mitted a $84.2 billion budget. Today's recommendations in crease this to $84,9 billion with a deficit of about $3.5 billion compared to the ear lier $2.8 billion. The President said it was Congress, - WPl Telephoto) Merger Hearing Starts in Yreka, Officials Testify Yreka - Paul B. McKse, Portland, ;' chairman cf the board of Pacific Power and Light company, told a Cali fornia Public Utility commis sioner examiner- here today that he did not anticipate any changes in customer rates be cause of the proposed merger between PP&L and the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany, '. . . ... The California PUC opened a public hearing here today on the proposed merger, A similar hearing" before the Oregon PUC was held in Med ford earlier this week, . McKee said he believed that economies in operation could be achieved by the larg er, combined utility. He was one of six officials of the two companies expected to testify at the hearing. - A. S, Cummins, president of Copco, Medford, testified he believes the larger utility would be better able to fi nance the large amount of construction needed In future years for customer facilities. Technical Testimony Technical witnesses testi fied that integration of the hydroelectric power systems of PP&L In Oregon and Wash ington wiih Copco plants on the Klamath . river would prove advantageous to both companies. It was explained that there is a diversity of power outnut between the two power sys tems and a difference in sys tem peak power loads. These would complement one anoth er, according to testimony. Although stockholders of the two companies have al ready approved the merger, approvals also arc required of several states and the federal power commission. Pacific Power has general offices in Portland, and serves about 328,000 customers in parts of five northwest states, mostly in Oregon. Copco serves 03,000 customers in southern Oregon and northern California with headquarters in Medford. Crystal Windows in Church Are Broken Someone, probably a juve- jnile, broke six crystal win dows at the new Church of Christ buiiding, Hoimes ave. and South Oakdaie sve,, some time during the past two days, according to city police. Police said the windows were apparently broken wilh slingshot. They were the property of the Bsizer Con struction company, Medford, land were valued at approxi dately $80. time to overtake Russia la space, declaring: "Now it is time to take longer strides - time for a great new American enter prise - time for this nation to take a clearly leading role la space achievemeat." Starting off his address, he told Congress; "I am hers to promote the freedom doc trine," Only twice since World War II have presidents goae be fore joint sessions of Congress other than to deliver State of the Union messages. This was in 1S47 when President Tru man announced the "Truman doctrine of foreign aid" and in 195? when President Eisen hower outlined his Middle East doctrine. Attorney lenera calling Alabama Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages 'Freedom Riders Due Swiff Trials In Mississippi Jackson, Mis. Wt A racially mixed group which planned s third Freedom Hide lists Mississippi wu jailed in Alabama today' when Us members triad is integrate the Montgomery, Aia bus station. Jackson, Miss, WIS Au thorities today promised swift trials for 2? "Freedom Elders" who roared into Mississippi from riot-torn Alabama and were arrested for trying to end 90 years of hardcore seg regation nere, ' . Negro leaders -vowed to continue the all-out assault on Deep -South segregation and Indicated a third group of "Freedom Riders" might de part today from Montgomery, Ala., for Jackson, - Two white persons and 25 Negroes arrested at the dowa town bus terminal Wednesday after their frenetic swing Into the state aboard two buses were expected to be tried Fri day on charges of disorderly conduct and disobeying an officer. Charges of Inciting to riot against all 2? were drop ped. Get Armed Escort The " 258 - mite trip from Montgomery, still under mar tial law as a result of last week end's racial violence, was made with an escort of police and National Guards men. Helicopters and other aircraft hovered over the two buses containing the "Free dom Riders," guardsmen and newsmen. Those arrested, including James L, Farmer of New York, national director of the Committee on Racial Equal ity, refused to post $1,000 bond each and were lodged to the refurbished new jail downtown. Agency Officials Tour County Lakes Representatives of the na tional park service, state for estry department and Jackson county court toured Howard Prairie and Emigrant lakes Wednesday. The group evaluated the present maintenance and us age of both areas and possible future plans, according to Judge Earl Miller, Taking the inspection trip were Mark Pike and Edward Arnold, both with the nation al park service in Portland; Curtis Nesheim and Doyle Stockston of the state forestry department; and Edwin Tsy- lor and Miller of the county court. Today Robert Carsteasea, county engineer, and Arnold are at the sites cheeking the alignment for a road to the picnic areas. WEATHER TR3KIK8AT&S csf?sr ..... . , Our Skies Tonlghf $tmtim tnmstmw .as. foii Slssa Men? siili ti fearfcirssBif ihi milt cos. While the lengthy, pre pared message was self-labeled ss an extraordinary State of the Union Message, the President's emphasis was on foreign affairs and the prob lenss posed by international relations to the conduct of the American government. He spoke particularly of his forthcoming meetings in Paris with French President Charles de Gaulle and in Vienna, Austria, with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, He expressed lavish friend ship for the "magnificent leader of France. "Freedom and Peace He said he wanted to talk with Khrushchev to make sure he understands "Amer ica's enduring concern , . . MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1941 Kennedy Exchange Has Mixed Reaction By United Press International - Indifference and anger today greeted President Ken nedy's plan to Americans tor voluntary "tractors for prison ers" donations to free 1,200 Cuban held by the Fidel Castro regime, " .- - A natioawlde Halted Press Interaatlonal survey of edi torial and public reaction showed only a smattering of organised support, aad widespread opposition to what the Miami Herald called "a dictator's blackmail. "What has come over the United StatesT" the Herald said editorially. "After 18 become automatic to sneeze every time a tyrant takes sunf f. Most public reaction was sort of deal with Castro, Mrs, housewife, said she "would Castro starts with a finger, then a foot, and then the whole thing." -..'...!.- -. , . ...... "U . . Hflsburgh attorney iald .as, far as Americans con tributing Individually and voluntarily to help these prisoners. I am not against that. But I have no faith in Castro or In any of his promises and the u.S. government should not engage officially la baratntng with htm, . :.' Immediate support was Isolated, and centered largely m the East, A Hew York City ation Rescue included publisher Henry Luce ana William Uandolph Hearst Jr., actor Ralph Bellamy, department store magnate Bernard S, Qjmbel, and union leader David IJubin sky. . - . ; Kennedy asked Dr. Miltoa JMseahower, Waited Auto Workers chief Walter Reuther and Mrs, Franklin SX Roose velt to coordinate efforts on a aattoagl leyel, ' The New York Daily News called the committee mem bers "well-meaning boys and a firm, deal golag with the bearded grasshopper." The suddeness of the appeal appeared responsible tor part of the drive's sluggishness. In half the persons contacted by had not heard of the proposed Sehollmeyer Gets Lake Concession; Plans Are Started James H, Sehollmeyer yes terday afternoon was award ed a one-year contract for per cent of the gross re ceipts by the Jackson county court for the marine conces sion at Emigrant lake. The Bremerton, wash., man said he planned to have food for sale at the lake this week end, and the Memorial Cay holiday. He said he would contact the Medford Lions club and Stan Smith, Ash land, to see If they would operate food concessions. How soon Sehollmeyer moves in his marine equip ment will depend on how soon City-County Parks and Recreation Director Haworth can move in we twaung docks and other facilities, he said. Sehollmeyer plans to have docks, s repair shop, retail store and dry storage for boats when his operation gets under way. He plans to devote full-time to the Job, he said. st In Fairer The county court had voted 3 to 1 favoring the Jackson county parks and recreation commission's r e c o m nwnda- tion of Schoilmyer, County Judge Earl Miii and Commis sioner Chester Wendt favored the recommendation, and Comimssioner Edwin Taylor repeatedly said 4'4 per cent is much too small, He point ed out that the top bid (by Joe Brooks, Medford) was 18 per cent, and the second high bid was 10 per cent. wendt made the motion to grant the contract to Seholl meyer, He explained he was considering the short Mm al imft'd to get the concession far both freedom and peace" and her desire "to iivs in har mony with the Russian peo ple." Here were the President's chief reeommendattoas; Space: Aa sdditlossal $531 asllltoa to speed the develop ment of lunar spacecraft la the hope of landing a saaa oa the moon and returning hta safely to earth before the end of this decade. He also asked addlttoaal appropriations of $23 million to speed develop ment of the Rover nuclear rocket, a new $50 jsHlton for communications satellite de velopment and an addlttoaal $7S million tor world-wide weather observation satellites. Bomestle economy; A man power retraining programs Plan for Donations years of dolag It, It has now with Kennedy, but against any Walter V, Htckey, a: Chicago like to have our boys back, but citizens committee lor Opej girls who thought they had New York City, more than united Press International exchange, iato operatioa for this seasn. The contract would start June 1, and end May 30, 1982, he said. Answering Taylor's friend ly, but repealed opposition to the contract, Sehollmeyer said his temporary contract must be based on moral Judgment, and the good faith of both him and the county court, Sehollmeyer : pointed out hs thj ii$S,v wm,1 per ceat of all sates In cluding outboard motors and other marine equipment. , Baccalaureate Set At Phoenix High Phoenix Baccalaureate services for Phoenix High school seniors will be held at 8 p.m, Sunday, May 28, In the school gymnasium. The Rev, Earnest Bell will sneak on "Journey into Life." The girls vocal ensemble will sing. Commencement sxe retses are scheduled for 8 p.m. Mon- day, May 28, in the gymna sium with Or, Gregory Bur ton Wood, head of the depart ment of agricultural econom ics at Oregon State university, giving the address. Joyce Stockstill will give the valedictory speech ana Pat Diederich will present the salutatory. E. M. Sklpworth, high school principal, will pre sent class awards, and Dr. M. D. McGeary, chairman ef the school board, will present diplomas, -The high school band and Sis chorus, directed by Gary meal, will provide music. which he will subaslt to Con gress to detail shortly. There was no cost figure far this pro gram, la reviewing the econ-i may, however, the President said that while the recession has been halted aad "recov ery is under way, there was serious seed to attack the "ssajor social evil" of chronic unemployment, - Foreign aid: Heesisjssenda ttons Included appropriation of an additional 5250 asslllon for the presidential eastisgen- cy fund to be asea as speesne areas to tfases of emergeacy, an increase in appropriations for the 13, S. latoratatksn agen cy to a new total of $1J1 ssal Uos, and an Increase of $885 million for military assistance. Defease: The Army divi uas arshals 56th Year Price 10ets!C2j 3lld Sfaffi Tribune No, 55 JOHK U SMOCK Reci" Grnt Hedford Teacher Receives Granl To Teach in Australia John L, Smock, wori5 his tory and American problems Instructor at Medford High school, has been awarded art educational exchange grant: under the Pulbrlght act to teach one year in Australia, ft. The announcement w a s made by the department of state ana -the division of In teraatloaal education of the office of education. This Is the first time that a Medford High school Instructor has been chosen for this program, Smock, who Uvea at m Big ham lane, Central Point, will teach English and social stud ies at University High school in Melbourne, Australia, The exchange teacher who will assume his position en the high school staff here will be Ernest H, Miller of Mel bourne. One of 403 Crsrsj The grant, one of 400 Is sued, is for the academic year 1B81-B2, Smack taught ta Central Point for three years prior to Joining the Medford school: district In IBS?. He is a grad uate of Pacific university, ma joring in psychology and so-; elal studies, and ma graduate work at the uniwrssty of; Washington, Occidental col lege and received his masters degree in I860 from Southern Oregon college, ; - . He also taught la Powers, Ore,, and Hie Vista, Calif, Mrs. Smock and the couple's three daughters, Stacey, 10; Cyn thia, 8, and Mary Jo, S, will accompany Smock to Austral ia, leaving the uaited States the latter part of July. The children will enter sehool In Melbourne, liter to expected to arrive in Medford the latter part of August accompanied by hl wife and children. - : Yreka Man Arrested; Wanted on Charge ; Bedford police Wednesday arrested a ae-yeer-oM Yreka, Calif,, man on a charge of be ing drunk ta public and It turned out later that the man was wanted by Ifreka police on a bad check charge. - Arrested was Lyie Allen Reagln, Medford paltee sale! a routine investigation on Bea gin following the arrest on a druaic charge showed that Yreka police hold a felony warrant charging him with it wlgg had checks. Bail is set atX2.800. LAL sional rtrsrfare -mfn csm jstetaly reorganised sr.i mm erateed to taorove Jw jartj sal nwblUfy, Increase its non nuclear firepower, to provide nsadera nsechaabed s.v;s;oe5 to Saope sad sew 3irtssra telgsdes la both the Paciiis aasl Europe to mtst ssg di rect or Indirect threat "This will Involve an extra snUUoa tor new Army eqs;p. raest, He aha asked as addl itoaat $80 nslllisa to Increase Marine Corps strength to 009 men, Chril defease: A trip's in. crease in federal appropria tions for civil defease is fis cal 19BS, along wMk a highly accelerated program for bel ter coartruettoa, ,-. Order Given Control Washington US - Atty. Gen, Sabert P. Kennedy an SD.:ced xca&y tiat l-.e n&t ordered Tsr.bdr.awa: of all but 13$ of tne T.S. marshals noiv stato-wd m Alabama. ' ; Kennedy ssi tr. the ma Jor portion of &e mar?.s's was fce.g Hitfsdraun because local and state law enforce ment offiMais now appear to have under wmltol Use stto alios arising it of toe Free dom Biders tour. ApprawmMe',y dej- ty tinsrshais will remain ar: Alabama and se ava;i- i ahje in cse .of an emec- gencyj ' he said s sts-.ereM. released ty the Jsslvce de ; psrimesi. - ' - . ". .Kennedy added t.at he ; hoped trt retsa,7i;r.g Hssrshals ;'san be withdrawn at as i early date." . 5 Rtt iir.j Jo CseHsj . K spokesman said; that (Deputy Atly. Jes. Byron W'-ite, who feau Jscm d-ec;g J operw Soras of the marscaij, return to "Washington (o ; day. ,' fr-T,s6 y stiginsKy ordered ' about 3Nl marshals iato toe state Saturday Tvhen rooh violence broke out ag:r,st ;&e Freedom BWers testing gallon in bus facllhies, Ts.s force was s;;bseajes;r aus- merited, brings i t totsi to about In his statement, .lassedy said it is basically "us to the local cststens to' srw iseir responsibilities and obliga toB! to permit end. protect Interstate travel, tte right of people to dissent and asseen Me peacefully," These-rig-.tt, he added, should le 'de-.er-mlned In the courts - not in the streets, ' The separtaeent mesnuMi adopted a hands off altitude toward the arrest at Jackson, Miss, of 3? white sr.d Segro Freedom aiders. Jury Finds Hoffer Gyilfy of Burglary A Jackson county c.uit court Jury yesterday aJier noon convicted Bavid A'isrx Hoffer, of a local hotel of burglary not In a dweHiag. Circuit: Court fttSfie 3asn M, Mala said he woi'd ses tente Hoffer June 1 tor fee burglary of the Camrr Ciwfc ta Central Point Mo pre-sea-tenee Investigation was order td, - . r. The Jury retired at J J s.m. and returned with a JI ir, i guilty verdict at 2:5-6 p.m. District Attorney Alan 3. Holnses tsroved commission sr the crime Independent of the testimony glen by David Melvta Coshow, who has pleaded guilty to the smvs crime, - ; The nroseeuttai IntrsiS,,.- some 30 exhibits, but the matn Me-Jn with the crisis was pair of canvas shoes wMek were matched m'n foot prints found Inside the Corner club, CAIef Vai:y Bawen and Officer Ed Zari der', both of the Central Point police department testified as to the evidence presented, Robert lance, tier's si ife Slg Supermarket, testified that Hoffer bought pair ot . canvas shoes lust issfcre J5n burglary. John Crosfcell, of tne CrosfceH Harawa'e km in Central Point, testified Stat Hoffer had purchased tools used la the aiisE which nsatehed with marks made at the scene. ' fcha JJubois was Hoffer' 'Horsey,