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Newspaper Page Textitpected in Price D crease Announced teel Companies wift Government Action by Big S I jg (J ', , " , 40 Pages Four Sections CLENCHED FIST Both man and mill appeared fired up upon announcement by major steel producers that they had raised their prices. An unidentified mill hand at J & L Yo-Yo Contest Is Scheduled During Lions Sportsfair A yo-yo contest for boys and girls in two age classifi cations will be held Friday and Saturday with the final contest Sunday, evening. Elimination contests will be held Friday and Saturday with the final contest Sunday evening. The contest is open to boys and girls ages 6 to 10, and from 11 to 15, Sportsfair offi cials said. All contestants must use a slip string yo-yo provided by the Crater Lions club to provide yo-yos of equal quality. Elimination contests are scheduled at 7:20 p.m. Friday, 2:20 p.m. Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday. The final col.test will be held at 7:20 p.m. Sunday. No entrance fee will be charged, other- than general admission to the Sportsfair, officials said. Other hiehliehts. of the Soortsfair will be "fast-draw" routines and juggling . "six gims" by Jim Martolin and Jim, Bob and Dave Shepherd: dancing exhibits by the Mcd ford Twirlers square dance club and the Colleen Hope studio: selection and corona tion of the Pear Blossom Fes tival kins and queen; and a display of Arthur Dubs' polar largest such bear killed in the world. Fashion shows are sched uled throughout the Sports fair. Sportsfair princesses will model clothing from Burol son's. West Coast Maritime Workers Bow To Order San Francisco fOPB The West Coast maritime indus try, idled by strike for 27 days, resumed operations to day under a Taft-Hartley law order requested by President Kennedy-but the trouble was far from over. The Pacific Maritime Asso ciation and striking seamen. firemen and cooks and stew ards agreed to comply with the order, although they op- posed the move and expressed little hope that a settlement in their dispute could be reached during the 80-day cooling-off period. NF.VSi?, BRIEFS ITEMS FROM KENNEDY, SHAH HOLD CONFERENCE Washington-IPI'-Th Shah of Iran and President Kennedy meet today for an unusual "open end" conference expected to deal largely with military aid for the strategic Middle Eastern nation. WOUNDED CUBAN INVADERS TO BE FREED Havana-'lPh-Jubilant members of the Cuban exile dele gation attempting to buy the freedom of the Bay of Pigt inTaiion prisoners made plant today to return to the United Slates with 54 wounded and tick invaders to be released under an agreement with Premier Fidel Cattro. RESERVISTS. GUARDSMEN Washington-IPI-Preiident Kennedy hat announced that construction. It was recom the 145,000 Retarvittt and National Guardsmen called to j mended that this be discussed ! duty lor the Berlin critit latl year will be tble to return during the public hearings j home in August. j scheduled. ! ,,w:v J. MEDFORDMl A i -J Re seel Duncan Sees No More Pul Utility Districts in Planners Schedule Hearings on Land Use Plan in Area A public hearing schedule was set up by the Jackson county planning commission last night when the group re ferred to the county court a preliminary land use plan for the valley and a basic ordi nance for area zoning in Jack son county. The basic ordinance will be submitted to the county court with the recommendation that it be referred to the district attorney to check its legality. The first public hearing on the development plan for Picket Appears at Sea Food Market A picket appeared Wednes day morning in front of Fitt's Fish and Seafood Market, West Main st. A placard carried by the picket states "This is a non union shop - please do not patronize it." It is signed by Local 503, Meatcutters Union, Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butchers Workers of North America. Store officials said this morning that a letter had been sent them by James Cain, bus iness secretary for the union, inviting them to join the un ion. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair with visible hlEti cloudiness tonight ind Fri day. A little cooler Friday. Low tonight 40. Hijh Friday 75. Temp. Illchest Yesterday 78 Lowest This Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:49 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:33 a.m. Moonset tomorrow ... 2:45 a.m. Full Moon ... April 19 PROMINENT STAR Spira. In the southeast 9:25 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 7:57 p.m. Saturn, rises 3:12 a.m. Jupiter, rises 4:13 a.m. Mars, follows Jupiter. AROUND THI OlOII TO BE RELEASED Regional Edition j- . i I it ' i est Steel corp. in Aliquippa, Pa., raised a clenched fist to express his reaction to the price hikes. (UPI) Medford, Central Point and Phoenix planning areas will be held during' the week of May 21 at the county court house auditorium. Publicjgiaring Set . A public hearing on the zoning ordinance for Phoenix will be held in Phoenix June 6 and for the Central Point area June 27. Both the Southwest Phoe nix and North Central Point interim zoned areas will have been in effect for three years later this year. According to Orppnn law inlprim 7nnin for a period not to exceed : three years During the regular meeting of the planning commission May 9 the county group will meet with planning commis sion representatives from Medford, Central Point, Phoe nix, school district represen tatives from various zoned areas and representatives from zoned areas in Central i Point and Phoenix Proposed land use plans for Phoenix, Talent, Medford, and Central Point areas will be discussed. Follow Up Report A follow up report on an alleged zoning violation in the Emigrant lake area was presented. Members of the commission and a county sani tarian visited Edward Gyger, regarding sanitation facilities on his property. It was stated that Gyger was willing to cooperate in making a privy on adjoining property rodent and fly proof which will make it legal ac cording to the state sanitary code. It was explained that there is not a well on the property, but Gyger does have a water right on Neil creek. A letter regarding the situ ation will be submitted to members of the Emigrant Lake Citizens committee. Approves Charges In other action, the com mission approved several changes in the basic ordinance for zoning, approved two sub division plats, approved the name of Cady st. for a road which is the extension of K st. in Jacksonville, and rec ommended renaming a road between Agate and Old Stage rd. as Happy Valley dr. A public hearing will have to be called by the county court on the latter since it is a re naming, the planning commis sion said. I he policing ol zoning was discussed. Recommended was a permit system on a no fee basis where new construction in the county would be re ported to the planning office. This would protect the build er from a violation within a zoned area and would also alert the tax assessor to r.r.v MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, "v4"Sw'-'" -V- .!inil out me missians maae no mention oi iiiieiiiauuiiai von ' ViA "hs ?'" i'rols as demanded by the West, and the proposal was turned :."L. VSlLif -lA.'iH-A down bv American and British delegates who "said a Russian State Motel Owners Told 1961 Senate Bill Responsible House Speaker Robert B. Duncan said Wednesday there will "never again be a peo ple's utility district formed in Oregon" because of the pass age in 1961 of Oregon Senate bill 487. This is the new law that lets the state public utility commissioner grant exclusive service territories to electric utilities. The only way a PUD can be '"""ea now, uuncan sam, is for the people to vote bonds for condemnation of private facilities and this is "neither practicable nor desirable." Duncan, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fourth dis trict, spoke to the Jackson C o u n t y Motel association here. Queried on Rates The association queried him about what was termed high electrical rates, and interest was expressed in forming a PUD in Jackson county. "Where were you," Duncan declared, "when SB487 was being bitterly debated and narrowly passed in the last session of the Oregon legisla ture?" "I needed help during the last session . . . now I fear it is too late," he said. He urged the motel opera tors to "direct your efforts to ward securing reclassification of rates and a reduction." Duncan said there is a place in the economy for both pub lic and private power. "I have fought hard, however, to pre serve what little public power we have in Oregon to pre serve competition." Duncan said public power must grow to "guarantee Ore gon's fair share of the federally-produced low cost power from the Columbia river, the majority of which flows in in creasing amounts to the public power state of Washington." .3 Tiny Whooping Crane May Have Medical Treatment on Crippled Leg New Orleans - t'Pti - The first flight of a tour-day-old baby whooping crane, the 38th of its kind known in the world, may be in an airplane to get special medical treatment for a bad leg. George Douglass, director of Audubon Park Zoo, would not comment on reports the little whooper chick would be flown to St. Louis for treatment. "We don't know what's wrong and don't know what we are going to do," Douglass said of the youngster's condition. "We were not satisfied with the way the bird was walking." Newsmen could see the chick could not move its right leg properly or put weight on it. The chick was born Sunday to Josephine and Crisp, the only mated pair of whooping cranes in captivity. a Tribune Geneva - IUPH - The Soviet Union offered today to refrain from further nuclear testing during the present 17-nation dis armament talks if the United States and Britain would do the same. promise could not be taken at "I say this with regret, but we do not have any confidence in a Soviet pledge," chief American delegate Arthur H. Dean told the conference. British Minister of State Joseph Godber said "the United Kingdom could not take up a Soviet offer which gives us no security at all." Soviet Deputy Foreign Min ister Valerian Zorin pleaded that Dean's answer was in conclusive, so the American tried again. Dean Explains "I thought I made it abun dantly clear," Dean said, "that the United States would find any unilateral moratorium un acceptable." Dean reminded Zorin that the Soviet Union had declared during three years of earlier fruitless talks on a test ban agreement that it would not test nuclear weapons. Yet it broke that promise, making preparations in secret and setting off a nuclear test series last tan. "There is no sound basis for tan aitntpmpnl ha xp nn 1 On pledges," Dean said. "Agree ments must provide for inter national control. Past experi ence has not been happy." Charter Copies Being Circulated One thousand copies of the proposed home rule charter for Jackson county are being distributed by the County Citizens for Home Rule Char ter. Robertson E. Collins, chair man, said "the distribution of these charters, printed at the expense of the group is in keeping, with their efforts to Inform all voters by allowing additional time for study of the charter prior to the pub lishing of the voters' pam phlet." Collins said a request from county schools for copies of the charter to be .used in American government and civic classes has been filled from this supply. The Jackson county court house supply of charters has been replenished by the com mittee, Collins said, and dis tribution has been made to all county libraries. Copies of the proposed charier also have been made available to members of Great Decisions study groups with William Doernback in charge of distribution. Any interested voter, re gardless of political party, may obtain a copy of the pro posal at the courthouse, and the Public Library of Med ford and Jackson county. PLEADS GUILTY Portland -OT- William C. Hays, Redmond, entered a plea of guilty in Federal Court Wednesday to a charge of making false entries in the books of his employers, the Central Oregon Production Credit Association. 57th Year Price 10 Cents 1962 No. 19 Britain oviet Ban Offer face value. Committee To Be Named To Study Regional College The Jackson County School Board's association last night approved a resolution for the executive committee to ap point a county-wide commit tee to study the possibility of having a community college in the area. The resolution was adopted after a talk by William G. Loomis, Salem, director of the community college program with the state department of education. Loomis said the state would finance 75 per cent of building costs for such a program and 86 23 per cent of the operat ing cost not to exceed $4Ji 1 per student. Paid Through Tuition Thp remainder of the costs ntJ 4kM.,rih 4lt!nn mil a district levy, Loomis saw, There are two ways to form a community college district, he explained. One is to use a unified school district that has a sufficient population to support such a college, or to form a separate district en compassing a larger area. The district should have a minimum of 50,000 general population, the speaker said, so the college will have an enrollment of 400 students after four years. He added that the high school student enrollment for the area should be at least 1,500. A vocational-technical de velopment has been discussed here for a community college so it would not compete with Southern Oregon college, the school boards association noted. Prior to appointing the lo cal committee to study the project, members of the exe cutive committee plan to talk with various school district boards and officials. Executive committee mem bers arc Jack Reed, president; Allen Harris, Dr. Daniel G. Engle, and County School Su perintendent Alf Mekvold. Hours Extended for Voter Registrations County Clerk Marvin Mad den said the elections depart ment will remain open until 8 p.m. Monday, April 16, and Tuesday, April 17, for late voter registrations. Deadline for registrations is 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, for voting in the May 18 primary. People who have completed their resident's requirements or who will come of age dur ing the period when registra tions would be closed may register at this time, the coun: ty clerk said. Voter registration in Jack son county as of yesterday was 18.032 Democrats, 17,180 Republicans and 909 miscel laneous. Total voter registra tion is 36,121. .: at r. XJsV' .. - :-Sit:ss i Li r(J WHOLLY UNJUSTIFIABLE An angry President Ken nedy, powerfully emphasizing his point, is shown as he told his news conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday that the steel price increase announced by imjor producers was wholly unjustifiable. He said acted in utter contempt of the Americans." (UPI) Assessor's Considered During Committee Session The Jackson county budget committee was to consider the proposed county assessor's budget of $163,020 this after noon. ' DomtltotnH KuHcTnts fni tVlf juvenile detention home and the county's share oh the budget lor the Public Library of Medford and Jackson Coun ty will be considered during department heaid Interviews starting April 24, ' County Judge Earl M. Miller said this morning. The committee is nearing its final deliberations and should have a revised budget total soon, Miller said. Most of this morning's dis cussion was on a letter from the Jackson County Em ployee's association requesting increases in fringe benefits. The committee also consider ed the county engineer's re quested budget total of $1,- 766,656.50. The committee requested the county court study and re- Morse To Arrive Here Saturday Sen. Wayne L. Morse, who plans to attend the 12th an nual Roosevelt Memorial din ner Saturday, will arrive in Medford by automobile in mid-afternoon Saturday, ac cording to Larry Shee- nan, Rogue River, general chairman. Senator Morse will Intro duce Sen. Eugene J. McCar thy, principal speaker at the dinner at McLoughlin Junior High school. The dinner starts at 8:30 p.m. Morse will be accompanied by his administrative assist ant, Charles Brooks, and will attend a scheduled meeting of local businessmen. Prior to the dinner, Sena tor Morse will appear on sta tion KBES-TV. Following the dinner and a later reception at McLoughlin, Morse and Brooks will leave for Lanj county where Morse will speak at a breakfast meeting at Vida, Ore. Senator McCarthy will ar rive In Medford from New Orleans where he has a ached. uled address Friday. He will remain overnight In Medford, returning to Washington, D. C, by plane Sunday after noon. The Eleanor Roosevelt League will be hostess and as sist in serving at this year's dinner, according to Mrs. Frank Christian, president. The Jackson County Demo cratic Social club headed by Thomas J. Reeder will be host for a reception following the dinner. FIRST MINUTEMAN Hill AFB, Utah -flini-The first Minuteman missle rolled off the assembly line at Air Force Plant 77 today, mark ing a major milestone in the nation's ballistic missile program. that a tiny handful . . . had interests of 185 million other Budget view the employees associa tion letter and refer it back to the budget committee. Repre sentatives of the association may be called before the com- miHna ir ll,a mnnaeia The association requested a change in accumulated sick leave time, revision of present sick leave bcnflts, asked that the county pay the employees portion of the. premium for National Hospital sickness attd accident insurance plan, that the county pay In full premi ums of the Washington Na tional Insurance company, and that the present vacation policy be revised. No General Increase No general county - wide salary or wage rate increases were requested for fiscal year 1962-63, the association letter stated, other than the merit increases requested by depart ment heads. The committee this morning allowed the county engineer a $624 annual pay increase, bringing his salary to $9,768 for 1062-63 fiscal year. It approved a combined salary of $11,556, or combined increase of $276, for two en gineering draftsmen In the engineer's department. A $1,500 part time salary allocation for one per diem assistant was allowed instead of the two requested at a total of $3,000. The part-time help is needed to compile a road department year book as a permanent department rec ord and an employee's hand book, County Engineer Robert J. Carstenscn had explained. Salary for the engineer's principal clerk was set at $4,452 instead of the requested $4,680, same as the current year. Salary for a clerk- stenographer was set at $3,- 456 Instead of the requested $3,636, reflecting a $180 in crease. "How Much Will It Kennedy Meets With Advisers; Moves Explored Seventh Firm Tells Of Price Increase Washington OIPIJ President Kennedy held an unusual meeting with high Cabinet ad visers on the steel price in crease today and a top con gressional leader forecast swift government action in the situation. The White House meeting, summoned by the President to explore a broad range of possible federal moves to com bat effects of the $6 a ton . price hike, lasted 40 minutes. The chief executive sat in on the conference for about 15 minutes. Investigation Seen Later, Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana predicted that the Senate nd House antitrust subcomni'tteea would move in quickly with investigations nd that the Justice Depart ment would take a "more than ordinary interest in this . , . unnecessary rise. "The time for talking is , past," Mansfield said. "Th time for action has come." It was learned that the Justice Department was con sidering an antitrust suit aimed at breaking up U.S. Steel Corp., pace setter in the price . increase, into several smaller- firms. It was em phasized, however, that the idea was only in the discus sion stage. Seventh Firm Joint As the administration was charting its course of action here, a seventh steel company - National Steel - announced in Pittsburgh that it was rais ing prices effective at mid night tonight. National is the nation's fifth-ranked produc er. . "oger m. Hiougn, Boara chairman of U.S. Steel, called " "is a-m,. ence In New York City where , he Is expected to give the In dustry's reply to the Presi dent's denunciation made at a , news conference Wednesday. Opposition Noted ToCharferPlan More than 100 persons at tended a public meeting last night in opposition to the pro posed Jackson county home rule charter. The meeting was held fol lowing a dinner for campaign workers of K. C. (Swede) Wernmark at Kim's restau rant. Wernmark was master of ceremonies. ' William Deatheridge, Med ford lawyer, spoke on the le gal aspects of the charter and reviewed objections to It. He felt that It would not be wise for voters to rush Into such a charter in which they would lose control of the county -. court and four or five other offices In the county; that non partisan government would mean destruction of the American two party system, and that non-partisan govern ment makes the way clear for special Interest groups. Among the candidates speaking in opposition to the charter were E. M. Madden, -Berlc Stephens, Herb Hunter, Wernmark and Larry Shcehan. '.. Dunbar Carpenter spoke in favor of the proposed charter. Take To Release Ui?"