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Newspaper Page TextRepresentatives n 2) 0 IT & Shipwrecked Hunters f?Tk V V.'- v r -a ... w mmm tar CONGRATULATIONS Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) second from right, congratulates Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, second from left, as Demo cratic Congressional leaders pose for pictures after their weekly conference with President Kennedy. Johnson was congratulated for 25 years of service with the Federal Government. At left is House Speaker John McCormack and at right is Rep. Hale Boggs, majority whip of the House. (UPI) State Bar Tells Preferences lor Judicial Posts Portland - fUPD - The Oregon State Bar has announced its preferences for contested ju dicial positions in Oregon after a poll of bar members. For the Oregon Supreme Court, Judge Arno H. Denecke of Portland received 1,550 votes, compared to 258 for Judge Lyle R Wolff of Baker. For Stale Tax Judge, Peter Gunnar, now serving as an appointee, received 1.180 votes, compared to 585 for Raymond L. Jones. For the Multnomah County Circuit Court, preferences were Richard J. Burke, 428; Carl D. Etling. 181; James F. Lonergan, 163; Lester W Humphreys. 149; Thomas R. Mahoncy, 56; and Morris Zip per, 19. For Circuit Court for Ben Ion, Linn and Lincoln coun ties, Stewart Weiss led with 22 votes and Eugene Richard son had 20. A. R. McMullen had 13, Dan Poling 5 and Fred Allen 4. For Klamath County Cir cuit Court, the vote was Rob ert Kerr, 29, and Sam A. Mc Kcan 7 For Wasco County Circuit Court it was Dan Mc Loughlin 14, and Vernon L. Burda, 1. Meeting Set on Objections To Rule Opposition to the proposed Jackson county home rule charter will be reviewed at a meeting at 8:15 p.m. Wednes day, April 11, at Kim s restau rant. Medford, K. C (Swede) Wcrnmark, Central Point, has announced. William Deathcragc, Med ford lawyer, will review ob jections to the proposal, Wcrnmark said. Residents interested in the home rule charter have been Invited to the meeting. ITCMS FROM NEWStWiBRIEFS ATLAS MISSILE EXPLODES ON PAD Cape Canaveral, Fla.-in-Thc explosion of an Allai in tercontinental ballistic missile on its launching pad Mon day may result in a serious delay in the military rocket's testing program here. INJUNCTION SEEN CERTAIN IN STRIKE Washington-m-Tht Kennedy administration peared to be determined to seek a federal court against the West Coast maritime strike, despite from union end menagement officials. COURT'S JURISDICTION CHALLENGED Wiesbaden, Germny-I I'l-The civilian lawyer for an Air Force officer accused of leaking defense secrets to East German Communists today challenged the court's jurisdic tion shortly after the trial began before a nine-man court martial. Attorney George Latimer, Salt Lake City, said the court hna no jurisdiction to try Capt. Joseph P. Keuffman, 43, who faces possible life imprisonment If convicted. I k Duncan Says Labor Must Create Ideas For Compensation Roseburg-IUPIl-House Speak er Robert B. Duncan of Med ford said Monday night or ganized labor "must come up with some affirmative ideas for improvement of the Ore gon workmen's compensation law." Duncan, seeking the Demo cratic nomination for congress in the fourth district, told the Medford Man Is Arraigned in Court Keith Edward Schrocder, 30, of route 3, box 195, Med ford, was arraigned in Jack son county district court yes terday on charges of negligent homicide as a result of an automobile accident south of Medford Friday night. Sam Davis, Ashland law yer, was appointed his at torney. Schroeder is being held in the county jail in lieu of S5.000 bail. Schrocder was the driver of a car which struck one driven by Annie Matildia Innes, 68, of 1059 Morrow rd., Medford. on Highway 99 south of Medford. The Medford woman was reported dead on arrival at the Rogue Valley1 hospital. I Originally, state police ar-, rested Schrocder on charges of being drunk on a public highway. Youngster Drowns At Fort Klamath Fort Klamath-IW-A 4-ycar-old boy, Ralph C. Brown, was dead on arrival at a Klamath Falls hospital Monday night after he fell into snow-swollen Cherry creek. State police said the young ster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant F. Brown of Fort Kal math, was playing with some friends when he apparently fell into the creek AROUND THI OLOtl today ap injunction opposition Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 Pages Central Labor Council here that Oregon has "one of the best compensation acts in the United States, but it's a long way from being perfect." The needed changes he said, include increased benefits, a credit-debit system of estab lishing rates, universal cover age and a highly intensified safety program. Duncan put special empha sis on the safety program. Not only are adequate benefits necessary but it is more im portant to minimize the acci dents themselves - saving hu man misery, cutting costs and releasing funds for more ben efits or reduced premiums or both, he said. Duncan said the safely pro gram is the state's responsibil ity but he warned that if ac tion isn't taken, the federal government will step in as it already has in areas such as the merchant marine, steve doring, and mining. Duncan has been named by President Kennedy to an ad visory commission on inter governmental relations, mak ing his remark on federal ac tion significant. The commis sion will meet soon in Wash ington, D. C, he said. Straub Sees Relief For Taxpayer Through Federal Education Aid Eugcnc-"Federal aid to ed ucation is the surest means to bring relief to the over burdened property tax payer of Oregon," State Sen. Robert W. Straub said here Monday night. Straub is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Fourth District and pledged his sup port for federal aid to educa tion if he is elected. "Although Oregon will re ceive only a five per cent net money benefit in Presi dent Kennedy's bill now be fore Congress, the real bene fit will lie in shifting a part of the cost of education from the property tax base to the income tax base. This is good," Straub said. "Oregon places a higher percentage of our educational costs on the property tax pay er than is true nationally. This is one of the chief rea sons why we in Oregon would benefit from a federal aid to education program. Oregon raises fi2 per cent of school costs from the property tax as against 49 per cent in Cali fornia, only 29 per cent in Washington and a national av erage of 50 per cent." Straub pointed out that ed ucational authorities in Ore- , gon predict that the next ten years will bring sharp in creafr in educational cots. "If we arc to maintain our same huh level of education which I we have achieved in Oregon, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1962 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 0 S 1 Pittsburgh 6 7 0 Owens, Short (4), Brown (5), Baldschun (7) and Dal rymple; Friend and Burgess. HR: Clemente, Pittsburgh; Hoak, Pittsburgh, AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4 9 0 Boston 0 5 0 Donovan and Romano; Schwall and Nixon. Comet Visible In Western Sky Portland - IIIPH - Oregonians will be able to view a new comet in the western sky with binoculars for about a week yet, a spokesman for the Ore gon Museum of Science and Industry said today. The comet, known as Seki Lincs, was discovered in Feb ruary by astronomers in Ari zona and Japan. The OMSI spokesman said he viewed it Monday night. He said the best time to watch was between 8 and 9 p.m. in the Western sky, about 30 degrees above the horizon. He said it might be possible to see the comet from a dark area with the naked eye, although it was getting rather faint. The comet has been report ed seen from Central Oregon. we must shift a larger per centage of the cost of educa tion to the income tax base." Straub denied that shrinkage is a serious factor in federal aid to education. He quoted the American Municipal League as saying that out of every $100 collected in fed crai income lax the cost was only 44 cents and that the total cost for administering federal aid grants to states was 1.2 per cent or a total shrinkage of 1.6 per cent. Attorneys General Committee Favors Courses on Democracy vs. Communism By DOUGLAS GRIPP Salcm-Wli-The internal security com mittee of the National Association of At torneys General today came out for a na tional high school course on democracy vs. communism lo combat "comfortable igno- -ranee" about communism's dancers. The committee's report was released here by Oregon Atty. Gen Robert Y. Thornton, chairman. The recommendation is one of four the committee will make at t lie association's conference in Puerto Rico April 22-25. The committee agrees with the Amer ican Bar Association that "well educated public opinion, rather than .some form of counter propaganda, is the most effective way to meet the internal Communist threat," Thornton said. Thornton, an Army intelligence officer in World War II. said that ' to many, com munism is merely a nasty word standing for mmi vague, ruthless system of govern- Tell Treasure Seekers Say Cubans Looked Well Fed Pompano Beach, Fla. 1UPI1 Seven shipwrecked Ameri cans thrown onto the Cuban shore as uninvited "guests of the Cuban government" said today they want to take an other crack at treasure hunt ing in the Caribbean. The seven adventurers told of their experiences on the ill-fated voyage at a news con ference. They refused to make any political comments. "We don't want to hurt thci chances of other Americans who might get caught in the same situation," said George S. Patton, 62, owner and skip per of the sunken vessel. Fred Dickson Jr., 32, Ocean City, N.J., spokesman at the conference, said the band, which flew back to the United States Monday after their re lease by authorities in Ha vana, said the group also re fused to talk politics with the Cubans. "We were shipwrecked treasure hunters, that's all," Dickson said. Frank (Mike) Freeman, 37, Tribune Legion Ball Park Proposed by Miles To Budget Claude (Shorty) Miles, 304 Portland ave., Medford, today proposed a ball park plan to the Jackson county budget committee. Miles referred to his plan as "the American Legion plan' for a ball park. He said the "guaranteed" cost would be less than S60.000 for a park with 1,600 to 1,800 seating capacity. Player activity and popular appeal for American Legion baseball is growing, while at tendance is dropping in minor league ball, such as has been proposed by other stadium promoters, Miles said. Roseburg paid off their Legion ball park facilities at $40,000 in four years. We could do it in six years at least," Miles told the commit tee. Capacity Expanded The capacity could be ex panded by a thousand or more seats in two or three years. Miles said, and stock shows and wrestling also could be held on the field. "Wipe football right out of De Gaulle Ponders Ending Parliament Paris-JUPII-Prcsidcnt Charles de Gaulle today was reported weighing the dissolution of parliament and new general elections as a follow-up to the resounding endorsement of his Algerian policy by the people of France. The 9-1 victory scored by De Gaulle in Sunday's refer endum was bitter for the Se cret Army Organization (OAS) and its sympathizeis and supporters in France and Algeria Another bitter blow was the disclosure or the capture of two top leaders in France of the OAS which police said had plotted to unleash a reign ol terror and sabotage and plunge the nation into chaos. Experiences Kerby Hills, Md., reported that "every Cuban I saw ate well and seemed happy with what he got." "It was not a United States diet," Freeman added, "but I did not see any undernourish ed Cubans." The Americans set sail from nearby Fort Lauderdale April 1. went through turbulent seas to Bimini in the Bahamas and then headed toward the eastern tip of Cuba. The 52-foot Pisces, a con verted shrimp boat, "struck hard," apparently on a reef or submerged rock near the entrance to the Windward Passage, between Haiti and Buca, about 1:15 a.m. last Thursday, Dickson said. The 22-ton vessel sank in about 10 minutes, about a quarter mile offshore. All but one of the crew was asleep at the time but roused quickly at the impact. The band quickly broadcast a Mayday distress message, grabbed an American flag and 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 17 Group your minds," Miles told the budget committee. "The most games Medford High school would play in the stadium proposed by Harry Chipman and others would be four games, five if they're lucky. Even attendance from South ern Oregon college games would hardly fill a stadium with 10,000 capacity as pro posed." Miles quoted national minor league figures, which he said showed attendance dropped from 49.000,000 in 1040 to 10.900.000 in 1061. Televised major league baseball is draw ing attendance from minor league games, he asserted. Class C and D leagues will be replaced in 10 to 20 years. This means eventually, only the larger cities will have pro fessional baseball. In other business, the bud get committee approved a re quest for $5,000 for Rogue basin promotional funds. Di rectors of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Re sources association said they would need the $3,000 In crease in promotional funds for trips to Washington, D C, as Congress considers plan ning funds, then authorization. The committee also ap proved the $13,126 for civil defense. It noted, also, that the county would have a total of $10,197 as its share of boat licenses which it can use for personnel and equipment in the sheriff's office for boat law enforcement. I2ffi St. Section To Be Closed on Wednesday A section of 12th st. will be closed Wednesday to allow contractors to complete paint ing steel beams on the free way overpass, according lo Medford Public Works Direc tor Vernon Thorpe. The project had originally been scheduled for comple tion last Saturday, but in clement weather caused work to be interrupted. merit which carries an implied threat to our American way of life." ''There is not enough sound, factual knowledge bs lo just what 1 his way of life is and just what threatens it and how," he said The report also supports bar association-supported adult seminars on the evils of communism, but urnes state attorneys Keneral to "exercise the prestige of our office in avoiding fanatical and extremist groups and to prevent our bar associations from bring deflected into these extremist groups." HiKh school students should be Kiven a beefed up course in American government and idrals. plus "plain, sober, undistorted facts on communism and its contrast with our own system of government, " the report said. The n port did not mention H, but Ore gon has a democracy vs. communism course for high school neniors in the mill. t headed to shore in two life rafts. On the beach they held a conference and "decided to seek out the Cuban authorities and be aggressive in telling the truth," Dickson said. They walked about two miles before finding an occu pied house where they awak ened the residents. They were led to a nearby village and turned over to authorities who later drove them in an automobile to Baracoa. Then followed two days of extensive and thorough ques tioning as a group and indi vidually, Dickson said. "T h e investigation was thorough but clean," he said. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair Ihrmich Wfrinrsilav. fool again tonight but warmrr tomorrow. I.nw to night 30. ItiKh Wednesday near IS. Temn. Highest Yesterday St Lowest This Mornlnc 28 Our Skies Tonight Ktinset today 6:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow S:3K a.m. The Moon, riding hleh tonight, sets tomorrow at 1:20 a.m. First Quarter tomorrow I1:M a.m. VISllll.K I'l.ANF.TS (In the order of their brllllanre) Venus, sets 7:S2 p.m. Jupiter, rises 4:20 a.m. Saturn, low In south east 4:42 a.m. Mars, rises :09 a.m. Mercury Drops To 25; Heating Lasts Six Hours The first general orchard heating of the season occurred last night when the tempera ture dropped to 25 degrees in the coldest places in the val ley, according to County Hor ticultural Agent Clifford B. Cordy. Pear orchardisls fired heal ers about midnight and heat ing continued until about 6 o'clock this morning, Cordy said. The county agent estimated that it cost area pear growers about $50,000 in total heating costs last night. Some Damage Noted Some damage occurred lo the pear tree buds in the cold unhealed orchards, he said. He also noted that several orchardisls are heating for the first lime, and advised them not lo heat until it be comes necessary. Those who do not have heating charts to follow should obtain one from the county extension office at the county fairgrounds south of Medford, Cordy advised. Cordy estimated that about 1000 people were employed in heating orchards last night, most of them high school youngsters. Firelighters Name Chapter Officers Mitchell Milieh was elected president of the International Association of Firefighters, Medford chapter, at a meeting last night at the Central Fire station in Medford. Ed Evans was elected vice president, and Vern Ritchie general chairman. The no secretary is Floyd Courtright, and Robert Coach is treas urer. The organization is to fur ther knowledge of firefighl ing and better working condi tions for firemen. Eugene Considers Daylight Time Eugene - U PI'- The board of directors of the Eugene Cham ber of Commerce has recom mended to the City Council that daylight time be observed starting April 29 here. A slatement issued by the board said that Eugene could "not remain on a plateau of standard lime" with the thou sands of visitors expected in Ori-Bcin this summer. The mailer is to be dis cussed at a Thursday meeting. Lust summer, the same rec ommendation was made and Ihe City Council urged resi dents lo observe fast time. BUDGET REJECTED MeMinnville - UTIi - Resi dents of Mr-Minnvllle School District 40 Monday rejected I proposed $13 million school budget. 1 . I r j fix Sfv fc. RETIRES Rep. Walter Judd, 63, above, Minnesota Repub lican, has announced his re tirement from politics. Judd, a former medical missionary to China and I960 Republican National Convention keynot er, was first elected to Con gress in 1942. (UPI) PP&L Challenges Claims of Public Power Supporters Cave Junction A Pacific Power and Light company of ficial today challenged claims of public power advocates who want to establish a public utilities district. It was the first time the company had answered argu ments that a PUD might re duce charges for electric serv ice if a PUD took over its properties. Glenn L. Jackson, Medford businessman and vice chair man of the PP&L directors, told the Oregon Hydroelectric commission the large amount of public bond debt required to take over PP&L in Jose phine county would block chances of changing rates if the PUD paid the same taxes. the same payroll and provid cd the same service. He said bond debt would be at least $17 million. First Witness The PP&L official was the first of several company wit nesses at a public hearing. Proponents of the PUD plan also were to testify. Jackson said "Pacific pow er can continue to give more genuine, all around value of service to the users of elec tricity in this area than can any form of public ownership venture." The company pays $144,4(16 a year in local taxes, mostly to schools, and more than a half-million in county payroll, which could be lost of a PUD takes over the company, he indicated. He said the company had spent $7 million in Josephine county the past 10 years for new installation, and would spend another $924,000 here in 1962. Three Timos At Great Jackson said the company supplies seven times the amount of power It sold in the area in 1945, and house hold use is three times as great as in 1945. "Except for emergencies, no customer has been without the power he needed," he added. Earlier, the Jackson County Central Labor Council noti fied Brotherhood of Elocltrlcal Workers, that the Jackson county group has gone on record opposed to establish ing a Public Utilities District in Josephine county. The Josephine County Cen tral Labor Council also has voted against the proposal. "Hold Still 1 Just Delegates Will Offer Deal To Satisfy Castro Premier Demands Stiff Ransom Havana - WPP - Four Cuban exiles representing the fami lies of 1,179 captured Cuban invaders arrived today to bar gain with Fidel Castro on his $62 million ransom demand for the prisoners' freedom. The delegation, which flew here from Miami, has been authorized to offer $20 mil lion in "goods and products" to meet Castro's stiff ransom demand. The Cuban premier is seek ing cash for Ihe release of the men sentenced last Saturday to 30 years at hard labor in an unprecedented four day mass trial at Havana's Prin cipe prison. In Washington, U.S. offic ials estimated Cuba is holding an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 political prisoners in over crowded jails. They made the point that the 1,179 invasion prisoners represent only a small fraction of the total political inmates of Cuba jails. However, the Kennedy ad ministration, while keeping out of the invnders-for-ransom affair is placing no obstacles in the way of the private ne gotiation effort by Cuban exiles, officials said. The three men and a wom an represent the "Cuban Fam ilies Committee for the Liber ation of Prisoners of War." Before leaving Miami they ex pressed confidence their mis sion would be successful and they expected to meet with Castro who authorized their visit here. In sentencing the men to prison the court martial grouped them into four ran som categories - $25,000, $S0,. 000, $100,000 and $500,000. The three leaders of the in vasion force, which landed on the southern coast last April 17, are in the $500,000 cate gory: The four negotiators are Alvaro Sanchez Jr., who is chairman of the committee; Enrique Llaca, vice treasurer; Mrs. Virginia Betencourt; and Enrique Frcyrc. Before leaving Miami "tney outlined their hopes and gen eral conditions for bargaining. Fisher Visiting in Rogue Valley Today Carl Fisher, Eugene, the only Republican candidate for nomination for fourth con gressional district represcnta live, will bo in Medford today and Friday, GOP headquar ters here has announced. He was scheduled to attend a luncheon this noon at the Rogue Valley Country club, and plans to attend a candi dates night at the Phoenix Grange hall tonight. A dinner between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. will precede the candidates nights at the Phoe nix Grange. Candidates for both parties will be allowed three minutes to talk. Fisher will return to the valley Friday to attend a can didates' night at the Upper Applcgato Grange hall. Richard Travis, Medford, ii Fisher's campaign manager in this area. Dirksen's Popularity Tested in Illinois Chicago -IWfi- Illinois voted today in the nation's first pri mary of 1962 with the home state popularity of Republi can Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen at the test. Want To Get That Fly"