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Khrushchev Asks
New Constitution
For Coexistence
Stalin Document
Claimed Outdated
Moscow - WPIl - Premier Ni
kila Khrushchev called today
for a new "peaceful coexist
ence" constitution that would
suit the Soviet Union's drive
toward total communism.
Stating that the 1936 "Stal
in constitution" was outdated,
Khrushchev said the Soviet
Union had achieved complete
socialism and now is embark
ed on the all-out building of
communism.
He asked the Supreme So
viet, Russia's parliament, to
draft a new constitution that
would adequately define for
eign relations for "an era of
peaceful coexistence." The
Supreme Soviet approved his
request, and named the pre
mier to head the drafting com
mission. Policy, Cabinet Approved
The discussion of the con
stitution followed the Su
preme Soviet's routine ap
proval of Khrushchev's for
eign policy ,and new cabinet.
The premier, who was re
confirmed Tuesday as head of
I h e government, kept his
Kremlin hierarchy virtually
intact. Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko, Defense Minis
ter Marshal Rodion Malinkov
sky and other top officials re
tained their posts.
Khrushchev said that
changes in the Soviet Union
over the past 26 years signi
fied that "socialism has won
a complete and final victory
and the Soviet Union has en
tered the period of the all-out
building of communism.'.'
Talk of War
As reported by the news
agency Tass, Khrushchev said
the present constitution,
which was drafted under the
direction of former dictator
Josef Stalin, talked only of
declaring war and signing
peace treaties.
He said a new constitution
was needed to clarify the con
duct of foreign relations in
the world of today.
Acceptance of Khrushchev's
policies by the Supreme So
viet came after a number oJ
deputies denounced the Unit
ed States for its decision to
resume nuclear weapons tests.
Hatfield Appoints
Coordinating Group
Salem - (ITU - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today appointed a
coordinating council on mat--!
ters of mutual concern affect
ing the state Board of Educa
tion and the State Board of
Higher Education.
The group will coordinate
such things as community col
leges, educational television,
statistics, certification of
teachers and implementation
of the Ford Foundation-sponsored
Oregon plan for improv
ing education.
Appointed were:
Chancellor Roy E. Lieual
len of higher education; Sup
erintendent of Public Instruc
tion Leon P. Minear; Higher
Education Chairman William
E. Walsh. Coos Bay, and Vice
Chairman Charles R. Hollo-
wav Jr., Portland; Education
Board Chairman Francis I.
Smith. Portland, and Vice
Chairman
S. E. Brogoitti,
Helix.
A seventh member of the
council will be the governor
or a member of his staff.
ITEMS FROM
1WSM1EFS
WAY CLEARED run runrit ncni nn nu
Palm Beach. Fla.-lPI-President Kennedy by executive
order today cleared the way for awarding the Purple Heart
to members of the U.S. armed forces killed or wounded in
Viet Nam.
Hit executive order made no specific reference to Viet
Nam, but set up a new provision applying to U. S. personnel
"serving with friendly foreign forces engsged in an armed
nflict against an opposing
is not a belligerent party."
CRISIS GREETS FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Peris - 'in - The New French government of Premier
Georges Pompidou moved swiftly today to cope with lit
first major domestic crisis a 24-hour strike on the state
operated railrotd system.
ortt bij LAUNCHED FROM
Cape Canaveral, r ia.-in ine revy icaay launtnea
Polaris missile in secrecy from a submerged nuclear sub-
marine off the coast of Florida.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
PRINCESS First of the 1962
Rose Festival Princesses is
Mary Lee Sievers, 17, above,
of Roosevelt High School in
Portland. The pretty miss is 5
feel, 5'2 inches tall, weighs
123 pounds and has blue eyes
and dark brown hair. (UP1)
Pacific Airlines
Seeks Suspension
Of United Service
Pacific Airlines has petition
ed the Civil Aeronautics
board in Washington, D.C. for
suspension of United Airline's,
service to Medford.
The petition was filed with
the CAB on March 16 by Pa
cific Airline's attorneys. It
also seeks the consolidation
and realignment of West
Coast Airline's Seattle-Portland
and Portland-San Francisco-flight
routes.
Specifically, the petition re
quests "that the Board (CAB)
institute an investigation to
determine whether the public
convenience and necessity re
quire the suspension or dele
tion of the authority of Unit
ed to serve Medford."
Seeks Extension
The petition seeks to amend
an earlier application by Pa
cific which called for an ex
tension of its San Francisco-
PortlandMedford route to Se
attle.
The move, together with pe
titions filed recently by other
airlines serving the northwest,
comes as a result of a pro
posed order by the CAB de
leting service to six of the
16 Oregon cities authorized to
receive scheduled air transpor
tation.
Service to one Oregon com
munity, Newport, has already
been deleted under the CAB's
"use it or lose it" policy.
The remaining five cities
represent one-third of the
cities in Oregon now receiv
ing air service. If the CAB
order were put into effect, an
area of 48,000 square miles in
the state would suffer loss of
air service.
United Airlines and West
Coast Airlines have registered
their opposition to Pacific's
proposal.
Discussion on SOC
Building Postponed
Portland-lUPI-A spokesman
for the State Board of High
er Education said today dis-
j cussion of a new physical ed-
ucation building for Southern
Oregon College at Ashland
has been put over until the
June meeting of the board.
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SUBMARINE
AROUN0 "
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,
Morse Honored at
Dinner; Campaign
Pace Increases
By United Press International
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
the man halt a dozen Repub
lican candidates would like to
unseat this year, was honor
ed at a campaign dinner in
Washington, D.C, by his sup
porters Tuesday.
Approximately 400 persons
attended the $50 per plate
dinner. Morse was praised by
labor union members. Interior
Secretary Stewart Udall, of
ficials of the Washington,
D.C, city government and
others.
Morse, in a brief talk, called
them his "biased" friends and
pledged to "follow where the
facts lead."
Durno Busy
Back in Oregon, Rep. Ed-1
win Durno, one of the six
seeking the GOP senatorial
nomination, continued a busy
schedule.
Durno's headquarters Indi
cated he may carry his cam
paign through to the May 18
primary instead of returning
to Washington at the end of
the Easter recess. Durno had
talks in Portland, at Willam
ette university and at Mil-
waukie today.
At Beaverton, GOP Senate
candidate Harold Livingston
called for a Congressional
lumber bloc to resolve lum
ber problems through negotia
tion with Canada.
The Corvallis professor
said Congressmen from all
lumber states should ignore
political lines to form a pow
er bloc where lumber prob
lems are concerned.
Sen. Maurine Neuberger.
speaking in Klamath Falls
Tuesday, praised the role of
the United Nations in serving
this country's national Inter
ests as well as- interests of
humanity. She said the UN's
operation in the Congo has
averted both Communist pen
etration of the Congo and the
armed confrontation of the
major powers.
Youth Alternates Urged
- State Rep. Carl Fisher,
candidate for the fourth dis
trict GOP congressional nom
ination, recommended that
the two major political par
ties select youth alternates as
chairman and vice chairman
of state and county central
committees. He said this
would help develop interest
Searchers Fail To
Locate Man's Body
Happy Camp The level of
the Klamath river in the area
where George McLane, 55, is
presumed to have drowned
went down three to four feet
Monday, but searchers still
were unable to locate either
his body or the truck he was
driving.
Pacific Power and Light
officials cooperated by reduc
ing the flow of water into
the river from Iron Gate and
Copco Number 1 dams to the
minimum allowed
But despite the lower water
level, sheriff s deputies still
were unsuccessful In the
search.
The minimum flow was
maintained for 30 hours, after
which normal flow was re
sumed. The sheriff's department
now is attempting to get a
large' magnet and a mine de
tcctor to use in an effort to
find the truck. McLane pre
sumably was still at the wheel
of the pickup when it went
into the river about 20 miles
west of Happy Camp April 8.
The search is expected to
,
I lohnnnn Man DfS
, leDOnn man U,eS
In Logging Accident
Lyons. Ore. -ITU- George
; Baumgardner. 53. Lebanon,
1 was crushec) by a rolling log
. Tuesday on Thomas Creek
southeast of here.
He was bucking a log when
another log above him plum
meted down a hill.
FACES ARRAIGNMENT
Redding, Calif. - HiPIi - Mar
vin F. Olsen, 32, a former Poc
atcllo, Idaho, police officer
faced arraignment today in
uonnvrviiun wun a ciihtk o
j embezzling S6.000 in Idaho
i state funds.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
1962
No. 30
of youth leaders in political
activity.
State Sen. Robert Straub,
a Democratic congressional
candidate in the fourth dis
trict, said in Albany Tuesday
night the American Medical
Association had a "long, dis
mal record of opposition" to
key social welfare legislation.
He said it "must bear the
blame" for delays in passage
of President Kennedy's med
icare plan.
Porter Says His
Time in Congress
Will Help Project
Charles O. Porter, who is
campaigning in Josephine
county today for the congres
sional post in the Fourth Dis
trict, left Jackson county this
morning after spending two
days here.
During his appearance in
Medford and Ashland he
stressed that his four years
experience as the congress
man for the Fourth District
will greatly increase the
chances of new construction
funds for the Rogue Basin
project next year.
Speaking at a luncheon in
Ashland, the Democratic can
didate said that Wayne Morse
and Maurine Neuberger will
probably push through the
authorization this year.
"Authorization is necessary.
but the real fight comes when
you seek appropriations," Por
ter stressed. "Then is- when
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties will need a Democrat
back there who knows his
way around."
Porter pointed out that the
Rogue Basin project was in
active when he entered Con
gress in 1957 and that he made
the Corps of Engineers stop
diverting allocated funds.
Community Support
"I pressed for complete
studies and for wide commu
nity support," he said. "The
result was a favorable recom
mendation by the Engineers
and the prospect, at long last,
of flood control, vast new
acres of reclaimed land, addi
tional power and tremendous
recreational benefits.
In Medford he stressed the
need for a complete soil sur
vey of Jackson county, stating
that less than 20 per cent of
the county's arable lands have
been properly classified.
"Irrigation and drainage
plans depend on the availabil
ity and accuracy of such in
formation," he explained.
Porter talked to people on
the streets and in stores in
Rogue River, Gold Hill, Jack
sonville and Central Point in
addition to Medford and Ash
land.
He plans to return to Jack
son county for more cam
paigning May 2, according to
Wilbur Gardner, his Jackson
county campaign chairman.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through
Thursday afternoon. Low to
nlght 30. High Thursday TO.
Temp.
HIcrtFit Yesterday 62
Lowest Thli Morning 35
Our Skies Tonight
Sunsrt today 7:04 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:14 a.m.
Moonrhe tomorrow 12:41 A.m.
Last Quarter April 27
EVENING STAB
Venus, brighter than any other
planet (or star) ( now moving
into the constellation. Taurus
and sets tonight at . S:2 p.m.
Scholastic Recognition Dinner Planned
April 30; Speaker To Be Dr. Nickerson
Dr. Francis B. Nickerson
Salem, assistant to the chan
cellor and executive secretary
of the high school-college re
lations committee of the Ore
gon state system of higher ed
ucation, will speak Monday,
April 30, at the second schol
astic recognition dinner.
Some 27 Medford students
will be honored for academic
achievement at the event at
the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Students who will receive
recognition are: Marilyn Guld-
an, Susan Reavis, Katie Fitz
U. S. Rejects New
Pleas To Halt
Nuclear Testing
Indian Envoy
Renews Appeal
Geneva - (IIPR - The United
States rejected new pleas by
India and the Communist bloc
in the Disarmament Confer
ence today to halt nuclear
testing in the Pacific.
Russian Deputy Foreign
Minister Valerian Zorin ac
cused the United Statse and
Britain of "attempting to
wash their hands before the
peoples of the world and
shrug off their responsibility."
Instructed To Appeal
Indian Ambassador Arthur
Lall told the 17-nation con
ference that he had been in
structed by his government to
make another appeal to the
great powers to "withhold
from testing for a short peri
od, perhaps for a few weeks,"
while another attempt was
made to break the deadlock
on a test ban.
But American Ambassador
Arthur H. Dean replied that
the United States, once lulled
by Soviet acceptance of a test
ing moratorium which it then
broke without warning last
fall, intends to renounce test
ing this time only when there
is an effective treaty agree
ment. Then, turning towards Lall,
Dean said:
With the greatest respect,
but with the greatest regret,
I must say that my govern
ment cannot undertake anoth
er unpoliced, uninspected mor
atorium. But the United States
wants and will continue its
efforts to reach an effective
test ban agreement.
Most of today s meeting
was devoted to a lengthy dis
cussion of various parts of the
preliminary wording of an
eventual disarmament treaty.
Two Seriously Hurt
In California Crash
Happy Camp - Two Happy
Camp men were seriously in
jured Tuesday morning In a
one-oar accident about - eight
miles east of here on the
Klamath River rd. near
Thompson creek.
Taken to Siskiyou General
hospital, Yreka, by Happy
Camp ambulance and priv
ate car were Harold Peters
and Raymond Conrad.
Conrad was reported in ser
ious condition this morning
and there was a possibility , he
might be transferred to a
Medford hospital for further
treatment of head injuries.
Peters suffered a shoulder
injury and was reported to be
doing fairly well.
The accident is still under
investigation. California
Highway Patrolman Everett
Collord reported that the
cause of the mishap is un
known, as neither man has
been in condition to tell what
happened.
Salem Plumbers
Reject Offer
Salem - fUPD - The Salem lo
cal of the Plumbers and
Steamfitters Union today re
jected a "final" offer by em
ployers as a strike in Albany,
Corvallis, Lebanon, Salem and
Newport continued in its sec
ond week.
The u n i o n's negotiating
committee turned down a
three-pronged offer from the
Willamette Assoc i a t i o n of
Plumbing and Heating Con
tractors. An employer spokes
man said earlier this week
that this was the final offer.
A regular meeting of the
union's membership is to be
held here at 8 p.m. Friday and
Reed said the employer offer
might or might not come up at
that time.
Key issues tn the dispute In
clude higher wages and status
of an apprenticeship fund In
to which employers pay.
patrick and Douglas Snider
from St. Mary's High school
and Sandra Shugart, Carl
Washburn, Joel Gregory, Jill
Barnes, Richard Knights, Nick
Gier, Julie Latham, Vicki En
ders, Susan Elder, Marsha
Watson, Carol Wiegand, Den
nis Caster, Jim Albright, El
len Montgomery, Jon Jensen,
JoAnn Johnson, Mike Hig
gins, Hannah Booth, Frank
Graham, Wallace Huffman,
John Alansky, Nola Shurtleff,
and Norma Jcnks, from Med-
- iford High school.
Ml AM(mv?!UclK
Western Europe
Defends Decision
On Nuclear Tests
Japan Expresses
'Disappointment'
By United Press International
Western Europe today gen
erally defended the U.S. deci
sion to resume nuclear testing
but Japan expressed "deep
disappointment" and Russians
put on a show of outrage.
A snake-dancing mob of
about 100 leftist Zengakuran
students staged a protest
demonstration in front of the
U.S. Embassy in Japan, scuf
fling with 500 police.
Japan Can't Agree
A Japanese Foreign Office
statement expressed "deep re
grets" and said the govern
ment "cannot agree with the
American plans to resume
tests for whatever reasons."
The Times of London sug
gested that the Russians
might privately be welcom
ing the U.S. decision "as an
excuse for a further round of
their own."
The first outright govern
ment support came from Na
tionalist China where the
Foreign Ministry called it the
only way for America to
maintain its nuclear lead over
the Soviet Union.
Welfare Group
Criticizes Request
The Jackson county public
welfare commission has sharp
ly criticized the requested
budget allocation for a teach
er at the Juvenile detention
home.- , ...
In a letter, reported by
County Judge Earl Miller to-
day, the commission stated, He was referring to m
"We cannot join in the rec-1 creased library service which
ommendation for approval of Is needed to meet increased
$7,000 allocation for educa
tional program at the deten
tion home." It was addressed
to the county court, and
copies sent to the county
budget committee, the juve
nile detention home, and Cir
cuit Court Judges James M.
Main and Edward C. Kelly.
'We believe the problem
of educating children in the
detention home falls more ac
curately with various school
districts of Jackson county,"
the commission wrote.
It suggested a cooperative
plan be worked out with the
school districts.
It was signed by H. D.
Christensen, Mrs. Henry
Padgham, Mrs. Robert Kee-
ney, and Mrs. Edward Bolt.
The county court also has
received letters urging the
county budget committee to
approve the education pro
gram allocation They were
sent by the Ashland Human
Rights Council, the Crater
High School Parents-Teachers-
Students association, Howard
school PTA, Oak Grove PTA
and the Ashland branch,
American Association of Uni
versity Women.
Land Board Meeting
Dates May Be Changed
Salem-lUPII - The Legislative
Interim Committee on Natural
Resources said Tuesday it is
preparing legislation to do
away with that part of the
law which says the Oregon
Land Board has to meet on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of
every month.
The board can meet any
other time it chooses but by
law it must convene on those
two Tuesdays.
The legislation would re
quire the land board to meet
at least once a month, but on
any day the board chooses.
The banquet will start at
j 6:30 p.m. with a reception for
'parents and students. Dinner
will begin at 7 p.m. Dr. Ray
McNair is chairman of the
event.
Sponsors of the banquet
are several Medford service
clubs. The Invocation and ben
ediction will be given by Dr.
George G. Roseberry and
music will be furnished by
John Lusk.
Tickets for the banquet are
on sale at Swem's, Barker's
or at the banquet.
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ANNIVERSARY OF FIRE Today is the 27th anniversary
of the fire which ruined the Oregon state cupitol building in
Salem on April 25, 1935. The photo above, from the Oregon
State Archives, shows the building at the height of the fire.
The story is on page 13 A. (UPI)
Budget Increases
Sought by Library,
Health Department
'You can't get It with box
tops!" Richard Travis, a mem
ber of the board of the Pub
lic Library of Medford and
Jackson . county, told the
Jackson county budget com-
.,, , , ,.
mittce yesterday afternoon.
public library use and popu
lation growth. Librarian
Omar Bacon said the library
svstpm netted 2.100 new us-
system netted 2,100 new us
ers in the last nine months.
The library representatives
are asking for an overall total
increase of $21,184 or a new
fiscal year total of $139,711.
Of this total, Jackson coun
ty is being asked to contri
bute $81,735, for an increase
in its share of $17,091. The
rest of the requested budget
consists of $36,666 from the
Medford transfer, $7,760 from
the Medford tax levy, $6,500
from library fees, $1,850
from the county curriculum
materials center, $1,000 from
the Ashland Public library
and $4,000 from the Josephine
county library.
Salary Requests
Over half of the requested
increase of $21,184, or $13,-
176, consists of salaries. The
remaincr is $2,831 for com
pensation, retirement, social
security, insurance; $4,472
for operation and mainten
ance, and $705 for capital
improvements.
The budget committee took
no action on the library
budget pending further study
and discussion.
The Jackson county budget
committee is expected to
make a decision Friday on re
quested matching funds for a
$91,432 public health clinic
building and increased men
tal health service.
According to the request by
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson
county public health officer,
federal Hill - B u r t o n funds
would provide one-third of the
clinic building costs or ap
proximately $30,144.
He is also requesting $19,-
098 to meet the 50 per cent
state grants-in aid funds for
the county mental health pro
gram. Total budget for the
new fiscal year's Increased
mental health service would
be $38,178, an increase of
$13,018. This would include
a Family and Child Guidance
clinic, which the county has
now, plus expansion in alco
holic education and rehabili
tation, continuation of treat
ment of patients reluming
from state mental hospitals,
and other mental health serv
ices recommended by the
state department of mental
health. ,
A tentative budget for the
county's mental health serv
ice and application form tor
the state matching funds
must be sent to Salem by
May 1, Dr. Merkel told the
budget committee.
Although there is-no dead-
line for application, for HiU -
Burton funds for the request -
ed clinic building, the Family
and Child Guidance clinic is
crowded in its present quar
ters on the second floor of
the courthouse annex. -' It
would be impossible for the
expanded mental health serv
ice, provided by matching
funds, to operate in the pres-
ent quariers, Dr. Merkel
said.
Roseburg Payment
Document Signed
Portland - HIPH - An order
to pay $1,195,000 to claimants
suffering damage in the 1959
Roseburg blast was signed
here Tuesday by Federal
Judge John F. Kilkenny. ;
It approves the reports of
special masters David Sande-
berg and Barnett H. Gold
stein, named by the court to
evaluate the death, injury and
property damage claims.
The money Is to be disburs
ed over five years.
The explosives truck explo
sion resulted in 14 deaths and
leveled the heart of the city.
Form Equipment, Hay,
Burn in Morning Fire
Miscellaneous farm equip
ment and three tons of hay
were ilestroyed about 1:20
a.m. today in a barn fire at
the James Nuncs farm, 169
Glenwood rd.
Firemen said that the barn
was totally Involved in fire
when they arrived. Cause was
not known.
A log truck and tractor
were towed out of the barn
"Would You Want Your Daughter
To Marry A Russian?"
V 4'''
Explosion Marks
Start of Pacific
Testing Series
Device Dropped
From Airplane
Washington - (UPI) - A high
flying airplane dropped a nu
clear bomb in the vicinity of
Christmas Island today to
kick off America's eighth and
perhaps most critical Pacific
test series.
The explosion came almost
18 hours after President Ken
nedy gave the Atomic Energy
Commission and Defense De
partment final authority to
trigger the vital new test pro
gram. In a brief announcement
the A EC said:
"A nuclear test detonation
took place at about 7:45 a.m.
(PST) today in the vicinity of
Christmas Island. The detona
tion was in the intermediate
yield range. The device was
dropped from an airplane.
The test was the first detona
tion in Operation Dominic,
now under way In the Pa
cific." Under Megaton
A commission spokesman
said the device was equal in
power to something under a
megaton (one million tons) of
TNT and something over 20
kilotons (20,000 tons).
In the past, "intermediate"
has usually meant a blast in
the 100 kiloton range.
The spokesman went on to
say that the new test series
would produce considerably
less radioactive fallout than
the 1061 Soviet test series be-
1 cause the total energy release
of the American shots will be
less than the' Russian total.
1 -. Christmas Island, borrowed
1 irom tne British for Opera-
tlon Dominic, is about 140
miles above the equator and
1,300 miles south of Honolulu.
Little Fallout Seen
Other shots, probably mis
sile detonations high in space,
will be held at Johnston Is
land, a U.S. possession 800
miles west and southwest of
Honolulu.
n-i, a kit i , i,
, a iic naa niaae ii clear
all atmospheric tests in the
, Dominic series will be ex
ploded so high that they will
deposit little fallout in the
test areas. ,
It said 9B to 99 per cent of
the radioactive debris will be -
dispersed high above the
earth's equatorial regions. It
said "these diluted bands of
low level radio-activity" will
gradually descend to earth
over a period of years."
Lumber Unions To
Reooen Contracts
Portland -(UPD- Two major
Northwest lumber unions
have notified employers about
reopening of contracts for
wages, an employer spokes
man said today.
Contracts between employ
ers and the International
Woodworkers of America
(IWA) and the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers (LSW) open
June 1 for wages only.
The spokesman said letter.
from the Western States Re
gional Council of the IWA
had been sent to members of
Timber Operators Council
(TOO requesting employer
representatives to be present
at a meeting here next Mon
day. No meeting has been re
quested by the LSW, he said.