u
Ml
Together,
Kennedy
hamber
Urges
U.S.
BANQUET SPEAKER Dr.
Francis B. Nickerson, Salem,
assistant to the chancellor
and executive secretary of the
high school-college relations
committee of the Oregon state
system of higher education
will speak tonight at the sec
ond annual high school scho
lastic recognition dinner in
this area. Some 27 Medford
seniors from St. Mary's and
Medford High school will be
honored. The dinner will start
at 7 o'clock at the Rogue Val
ley Country club. Tickets will
be available at the door.
Grants Pass Man
Drowns in Boating
Accident Sunday
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies continued skin-diving
operations this morning,
searching for the body of
Merle Harris Logeais, 39, of
1925 Southwest Greenwood
St., Grants Pass, who is pre
sumed to have drowned after
a three-boat accident on the
Rogue river near Evans creek
late Sunday afternoon.
Another boat operator,
Lewis Melvin Morgan, 23, of
1709 West Main St., Medford,
was taken to Josephine Gen
eral hosiptal for treatment of
bruises and cuts on his legs.
The third craft, according
to Oregon state police, was
operated by Tom Yancey, 48,
of 4270 South Pacific high
way, was struck by Logcais
runaway craft, which was un
attended, but no one was hurt
State police reported that
all three boats were headed
upstream when the accident
occurred They said Logeais
sent his boat into a sweeping
turn and ran into the Morgan
boat. The collision caused
Logeais to be thrown out.
Yancey, in attempting to aid
Morgan, who was trying to
get his damaged boat to shore,
had his craft hit by the
Logeais craft and was swamp
ed. In the Morgan boat were
his wife and four children.
Stale police said that in all
ten persons were in the water.
due to the accident, a number
of them children.
Two Talks Planned
By Judge Brand
James T. Brand, retired
chief justice of the Oregon
Supreme Court, will speak
Tuesday afternoon at Crater
High school, in addition to
being the principal speaker
at Law day activities here to
morrow. The event will be held at
T20 p.m. May 1 in the audi
torium at Crater High school.
Present at the assembly will
be Miss Mary Clare Stuart,
2650 Bcall lane. Central
Point, winner of the high
school student editorial con
test. The editorial was on
Law day, and appears on
Page 4 of today's Mail Trib
une. Judge Brand will speak at
9:30 a.m. in Jackson county
circuit court number 1, in
Law day observance.
Both events are open to
the public, according to A. E.
Piazza and Paul Haviland.
Law day chairmen.
HSBRIEFS
ITEMS FROM
EARLY SUMMIT MEETING DISCOUNTED
Walhington-ln-U.S. officialt today discounted th pot
tibilily of an early lummit meeting, deipite an offer by
President Kennedy and British Prime Minuter Harold Mac-1 an. who had been missing
millsn to consider one if developments warrant. These of- since 2 p.m. Sunday,
ficialt said the nuclear test deadlock and continued Soviet i Mrs. Claire Brown. 70. of
pressure on Berlin appeared to rule out any summit con- j East Fork rd.. was reported
ference in the near luture. missing by her husband at
11:04 p.m. Sunday. Brown
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR FISHING VESSEL said she was at home when,
Seattle-inA Coast Guard search continued today for the he left for church, but gone
107-foot fishing vessel Pelican reported overdue on voyage! when he returned.
from Grays Harbor to San Jose, Calif., with one man and! The Josephine county shcr
his teen-age daughter aboard. jiff's department instituted an I
tall-night search. The blood-'
BALLOON LAUNCHED ON ENDURANCE TRY j hounds arrived thij morning!
Brawley. Calif. I Pt A three-story balloon carrying three and found the woman in i
men lilted into the sky today set on breaking endurance and brush near her home shortly'
distance records on a 3.000-mile flight to the East Coast. (after 11 am. I
Salvation Army To
Start Building
Campaign
A building fund campaign
for the Salvation Army in
Medford will start in the mid
dle of May, O. D. Martin,
chairman of the Salvation
Army's advisory board an
nounced today. A goal of
$137,185 has been set.
"The old Army Headquar
ters at Fourth and North Bart-
lett sts. has been condemned
by the City of Medford as un
safe for occupancy, Martin
said. "If the people of Jack
son county are going to be
continuously served by the
Army a new headquarters
must be built. That's why
we're organizing and conduct
ing this campaign.
Richard Hensley, assistant
general manager of the Med
ford Concrete Construction
division of Concrete-Steel cor-
portation, has been appointed
general chairman of the fund
appeal.
Building Fund Appeal
According to Hensley, this
campaign is the first broad
public appeal for building
funds in the 72-year history of
the Army in Jackson county.
Hensley noted that the United
Crusade has endorsed the
building fund campaign.
"The board of directors of
the UC has given us written
approval for the solicitation,"
Hensley commented. "Since
the crusade provides opera
tional funds for the year
round work of local health,
welfare and character - build
ing agencies it is not able, nor
designed, to help member or
ganizations like the Army
when it comes to providing
capital fund requirements."
Hensley said the entire pro
gram would be completed by
June 30, 1962. He plans to ap
point chairmen for five soli
citing divisions. No residential
or door-to-door solicitation is
planned.
Martin, president of Voll-stedt-Kerr
Lumber company,
said the best current estimates
of costs of building the new
headquarters, including all
fees and campaign costs,
comes to $162,185. He said the
Army plans to sell the old
Methodist church property
which is now its headquar
ters, and any monies received
will be applied to the building
program
Martin commented that the I
X15 Rocket Plane
Reaches Altitude
Of 255,000 Feet
Edwards AFB, Calif. - OJPIl -Test
Pilot Joe Walker soared
the X15 rocket ship to an alti
tude of 48'j miles today to
the edge of space - the high
est point ever reached in a
man-controlled airplane.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
first announced Walker's alti
tude as 245.000 feet, or about
46 miles, but said this figure
was in error because of "a
foul-up in tracking data."
The corrected figure of
255.000 feet was 40.000 feet
higher than the previous X15
altitude mark.
"We feel we accomplished
WEATHER
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
ness and occasional gusty winds
tonic lit. Cloudy with rain Tues
day morning, showers and par
tial clearing Tuesday afternoon.
Low tonight id. High Tuesday
58.
Highest Yesterday fin
Lowest This Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:10 p.m.
sunrise tomorrow 5:07 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow 4:04 a.m.
New Moon Thursday night
PROMINENT STAR
Beteliceuse. low in west 8:55 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets X:40 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 3:08 a.m.
Saturn, low in
southeast 3:27 a.m.
Mars, follows the Moon.
AROUND THI 01011
in May
v
if.
if
RICHARD HENSLEY
Fund Appeal Chairman
Salvation Army was other
wise unable to provide more
money toward the new build
ing campaign.
"The Army uses any monies
it received from the United
Crusade, the Christmas Ket
tles, or sales through its Thrift
shop for the daily operation
of its services to people
throughout the year. When it
comes to constructing new
buildings the only place for
them to turn is to the general
public."
Construction Plant
Plans for the construction
program, developed over two
years, involved intensive
study by local business men
and the offices of the Army in
Medford, Portland and San
Francisco. A new building site
at the corner of Bcatty and
Edwards sts. has been pur
chased. Local architect Wil
liam H. Seibcrt, AIA, has
been retained as the designer
of the proposed headquarters.
Commanding officer of the
Medford Corps of the Salva
tion Army is Sr. Capt. Wil
liam Hicken. His offices are
located at 30 North Holly st.
The campaign headquarters
for the building fund has been
opened in Room 207 of the
U.S. National Bank at Main
and Central Sts.
our mission," said a NASA
spokesman after the recheck
of the figures.
Walker was launched from
a B52 mother ship at 10:23
a.m. (PDT) and was heard to
say. "I m on my way."
The engine shut down came
at 80,000 feet and he soared
to the altitude of 245,000 feet.
The highest the ship had
previously flown was 41 miles
-the altitude mark for man
ned planes until today. Even
tually, it may climb to 100
miles above the earth.
Representatives of the
NASA witnessed the historic
flight to certify it for an of
ficial world record.
Walker's flight also was a
breakthrough in high altitude
control, re-entry and recov
ery studies leading to future
flights of manned space ve
hicles. Walker, 41, a veteran test
pilot, gunned the rocketship
into a steep climb after it
was dropped from under the
wing of the B5'2 at 45.000 feet.
He pushed the 57.000-pound
thrust engine to full throttle
for 81 seconds as he streaked
upward, then shut it off at
about 150.000 feet. The mo
mentum catapulted the X15
to its peak altitude of 255.000
feet while flying 3.645 miles
an hour.
Bloodhounds Locate
Williams Woman
Williams State owned
bloodhound?, flown in from
Portland, this morning found
a 70-year-old Williams worn-
World Scientists
Will Be Notified
Of Nuclear Tests
Brilliant Auroral
Displays Expected
Washington-il'Pli - Scientists
throughout the world will be
notified in advance of three
very high-altitude U. S. nu
clear tests so they can make
measurements of interest to
science, the Atomic Energy
commission said today.
The explosions are expected
to cause brilliant auroral dis
plays over a vast area of the
Pacific and their electronic
effects may be even more
widespread.
A Pentagon spokesman said
the biggest of the three blasts
will be "in the megaton yield I
range" equal to a million or
more tons of TNT and will
be at an altitude of "hun
dreds of kilometers." A kilo
meter is six tenths of a mile.
The other two explosions,
he said, will equal less than
a megaton of "tens of kilomet
altitudc of "tens of kilomet
ers" and the other at a level
"hundreds of kilometers"
above the earth.
All three of the shots are
expected to be rocketed aloft
from tiny Johnston Island,
711 miles southwest of Hon
olulu. Saturday Auction
Is Criticized
Complaints were made this
morning to the Medford Mail
Tribune that persons had pur
chased Blossom Bucks at the
Medford Chamber of Com
merce previous to Saturday's
auction, at the rate of $1 per
1,000.
Mike Alcsko, chairman of
the Retail Merchants associ
ation, said this morning that
the rumor is absolutely un
true. He did explain, how
ever, that this was the price
paid by the merchants for
the bucks which they gave
out with their merchandise
sales. He added that it was
not feasible that ' anyone
would purchase "bucks' to
ward buying merchandise at
the auction, with the chance
of not getting the bid, when
they could apply the money
on the purchase price.
He pointed out that he be
lieved there had been a mis
conception by the public in
that in many cases large num
bers of persons pooled their
"bucks" thus increasing their
buying power.
He said that it was up to
each merchant to give out
the bucks as he saw fit, the
only regulation being that he
not give less than a dollar
"buck" for each one-dollar
sale, but that he could give
as many more as he wished
to do.
During the parade some
stores threw bucks into the
street for the people to pick
up to dispose of leftovers.
Residents Reminded
Of Burning Permits
Central Point Fire Chief
L. C. Lisenbce issued a re
minder today to patrons of
the Central Point rural fire
protection district that burn
ing permits will be required
beginning Tuesday, May 1.
Persons may call in person
or telephone the Central Point
rural station, only, for the
permits. Sites wil be inspect
ed one day before burning is
allowed. Also all burning
barrels and incinerators must
be inspected by the rural de
partment before a permit will
be issued.
Business telephone at the
Central Point rural station is
NOrmandy 4-2244.
Winds Topple School
Roof; Child Missing
Springfield, III. - UiPP -Winds
springing from a tor
nadic storm system collapsed
the roof of an elementary
school today and one child
was reported missing.
The missing child was iden
tified as Gary Keller, 12. He
was among 370 pupils in the
old, three-story McLernand
school when the winds struck.
President's Daughter
Worried by Picketing
Washington-UM-Scicntist Linus C. Pauling, who
had been picketing in favor of the ban-the-bomb
movement, relating a remark Mrs. Jticqucline Ken
nedy made to him at Sunday night's White House
dinner:
"Do you think it's right to picket out there where
Caroline can see you?" the First Lady asked. "She
asked me what has daddy done wrong now."
Regional Edition
Medford
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Den
SPRINGTIME IN OREGON Thomas Jor
dan and his son, Stanley, spent part of Sunday-fishing
in a snowbound pool near Gov
Delinquency Boosts Taxes
For Other
Jackson county taxpayers
have been paying more money
for taxes each recent year be
cause of the uncollected per
sonal property taxes of others.
This was revealed when
the current publication of un
paid personal properly taxes
totalled almost a half million
dollars.
The Aw provides that "im
mediately after taxes become
delinquent each year the tax
collector shall proceed to
collect them." Personal prop
erty taxes become delinquent
after Nov. 15 of each year.
As a number of interested
citizens inquired this week
about the publication of the
$481,016.25 in delinquent
taxes, plus annual interest of
$116,782.29, it was not clear
which official or officials, if
any, were negligent In allow
ing this large amount of back
taxes to accumulate.
However, the publication of
the complete list of personal
property taxes due is the first
such action in more than 38
years, veteran courthouse
workers assured the Mail
Tribune.
List Published
Such a list, as that which
appeared in the Mail Tribune,
is published for four weeks.
After that, warrants and affi
davits are filed with the coun
ty clerk. These are put in the
judgment record.
"I think the publication was
justified," District Attor n c y
Alan Holmes said this morn
ing. "All the sheriffs claim
they asked the county court
for publication of the delin
quent personal property taxes,
but the county court would
not permit it. The court ap
parently felt that personal
service (by deputies) was more
expedient, or they did not
want to spend the money for
publication." '
"Publication costs about
three cents per person Hnd
personal service about $2.50,"
Holmes stated.
County Judge Earl Miller
said, "Joe (Sheriff Joe Walsh)
first brought this matter to
our attention in the 1959-60
fiscal year when he asked for
a deputy to collect taxes. Al
though we received a state
MII1I1IIHIIIW
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 30,
ts Outtotal GOP
..rations in Oregon
ernment Camp after an unscasonal snow
storm covered the area. They had no luck.
(UP1)
County Taxpayers
ment of the amount of taxes
due in the annual audit, we
never, to my Knowledge, re
ceived a certified statement
from the sheriff as to the
amount of personal property
taxes due."
County Auditor George
Stacey said that during the
one year that a deputy was
assigned full time to collect
ing taxes the total due fell
to approximately $70,000.
Later the deputy had to be
transferred to the criminal
department because of the
pressure on that department.
Regarding publication of
delinquent taxes, the auditor
said, "This way an insecure
debt becomes a secure one.
This publication will be made
every year, but later we only
will publish the current de
linquent taxes. The sheriff
tries to avoid publication to
avoid embarrassment to the
taxpayers," Stacey added.
The district attorney ex
plained the resulting lien
from delinquent personal
property taxes has no priority
over mortgages or other liens.
It is not certain how much if
any of the past due taxes are
collectible. Such a lien be
comes a lien on all properly
of the debtor, it was explain
ed. Unless the properly on
Five Persons Hurt
In Sunday Crash
Five people were injured
and two car damaged beyond
repair Sunday night on the
South Pacific highway near
Voorhcis crossing, according
to Oregon state police.
The two cars collided near
ly head-on in the southbound
lane of traffic, state police
said. A car driven by John
Wescly Rceder, 27, of Robin
son hotel, Medford, struck a
car driven by Richard Gale
St. Arnold, 21, of 943 South
Central avc., a glancing blow,
and the force of the collision
knocked the St. Arnold car
into a large concrete post, ac
cording to police reports. The
Rceder car continued some
distance down the highway
! before stopping.
St. Arnold was taken to Sa
cred Heart hospital for treat
ment of cuts and bruises. Ger
ald Dean St. Arnold. 15, a
passenger in his car, was tak
en to Rogue Valley hospital
for cuts and bruises and a pos
sible broken wrist. Another
passenger in the St. Arnold
car, Lawrence Whiteside, 17,
of 1448 Thomas rd., was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital for
head cuts and possible frac
tures. Rceder received unde
termined Injuries and was
taken lo Rogue Valley hos-
Pltal-
which the lien is filed Is worth
more than the tax exemp
lions it may carry, the money
cannot be collected, Holmes
explained.
Stacey brought the matter
to a head earlier this year
when ho told the county
court publication of the de
linquent taxes must be made.
The amount of outstanding
taxes was too large, he said.
To. show how uncollected
taxes affect the local tax pic
ture, one small school dis
trict in the county last year
allowed more than $39,000
for uncollected taxes and re
bates In its budget. The re
bates are given if the lax is
paid by a certain date. Each
school district may allow 10
per cent of its total budget
for uncollected taxes, plus
two per cent for tax rebates.
The taxpayer picks up the
tab for this when he pays
his property taxes.
City of Medford
The city of Medford, for
instance, last year allowed
$105,491 for uncollected taxes
and rebates.
Personal property taxes are
due in November and no
tices of delinquency are mail
ed in the spring, a spokesman
for the county tax office said.
This year no letters were
mailed, but publication was
made instead. The list was
not alphabetized because
there were loo many past due
accounts, she noted. Oldest
date on any of the uncollect
ed taxes published was 1942.
Tl.osc before that were writ
ten off as uncollcctablc, be
cause of people moving away,
going out of business or dy
ing. The rush expected by the
tax office never materialized
after the publication, but the
number of back taxes being
paid up has increased daily.
a deputy noted. Some pay
ments came from as far away
as Brookings.
Statements as lo who Is to
blame for the large total of
uncollected taxes are contra
dictory. Tax office personnel
say they fent an annual list
ing of uncollected personal
property taxes to the county
court every year, but mem
bers of the county court said
they never received them.
Former Sheriff Howard
Gault said he never had
enough deputies to collect the
uncollected taxes.
Sheriff Joe Walsh was un
available for comment since
he is out of town. It was
stated that a deputy spends
three-fourth of his time col
lecting taxes. How persistent
deputies arc in serving war
rants for overdue taxes and
what percentage is uncollcct
ablc is another question.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
1962
No. 34
Spread Widest
In History for
Primary Election
Salem - ll'PH - Democrats
eligible to vote in Oregon's
May primary election out
numbered Republicans by 73,
971, the Slate Elections said
today.
This is nearly 2,000 down
from November, 1900, but
dampened GOP claims that
the Democratic voter regis
tration edge would be cut
deeply this year
For the May 18 election.
Democrats have a statewide
registration total of 457,224
while the Republicans have
383,253. There were 13,625 in
the "others" category, for
grand total of 854,102.
The 854,102 is up from the
May, 1980 total registration
of 797,038, and above the
May, 1958 totul of 829,270.
Widest in History
In May of 1980 the Demo-
crats held a 55,581 edge over
the Republicans so this year's
spread is the widest in Ore
gon history for a primary.
While the Democrats were
gaining nearly 57,000 this
May over their May, 1960 reg
istration, the GOP gained less
than 18.000.
In big Multnomah county,
the Democrats improved on
their May, 1960 edge of 35,-
635, moving this May to 41
374 over the GOP. The Demo
crats still easily dominate reg
istration totals In Oregon's
- 2nd, 3rd and 4lli Congression
ai districts, and allhouoh the
Republicans hold onto their
edge In the 1st district,, it is
barely more than 4,000.
By district the totals arc:
Ist-D 121,260; R 125',428. 2nd
-D 64,838; R 51,575. 3rd- D
155,374; R 114,000. 4th - D
115.224; R 92,250.
May, 1962 rcgislrations by
county:
Baker-D 4,910; It 2,940.
Benton - D 6,963; R 9,829;
Clackamas-D 30,287; R 26,
284. Clatsop-D 7,427; R 6,-
395. Columbla-D 7,075; R 4,-
085. Coos-D 15,613; R 8,463.
Crook - D 2,425; R 1,534.
Curry D 3,377; R 2,371. Des
chutes - D 6,229; R 4,964.
Douglas-D 18,262; R 12,057.
Gilliam-D 773; R 698. Grant
D 1,740; R 1,773.
Harney-D 1,719; R J .201.
Hood Rivcr-D 3,022; R 2,697.
Jackson-D 18.400; R 17.421.
Jefferson -D 1,680; R 1,352.
Josephine-D 7,320; R 7,143;
Klamaih-D 11.771; R 7.956.
Lake - D 1,685; R 1,622.
Lane-D 40,606; R 33,374. Lln-
coln-D 6,712; R 51,076. Linn
D 14,254; R 11.421; Malheur
D 4,412; R 4,674. Marion-D
23,634; R 30,803. Morrow-D
1,074; R 1,110. Multnomah-
D 155,374; R 114,000. Polk
D 5,797; R 6,666. Sherman
D 609; R 803. Tillamook - D
4.731; R 3,787. Umatilla - D
10,006; R 8,953.
Union - D 4,965; R 3,315.
Wallowa-D 2,053; R 1,272.
Wasco - D 5,088; R 4,286.
Washlngton-D 21,403; R 24,
586. Whecler-D 716; R 627.
Yamhill-D 7,178; R 8,117.
President Defends
Administration
Against Charges
Speech Receives
Cool Reception
Washington - HIPI - Presi
dent Kennedy told the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce today
the time has come for busi
ness and government to stop
throwing stones at each other
and pull together for a more
prosperous America.
In a 23-minute adrcss to the
opening session of the cham
ber's 50th anniversary con
vention, Kennedy strongly de
fended h I s administration
against charges of being in-
tibusincss.
He said there was a need
for all segments of the econ
omy labor, business and
government to "avoid in
flation, modernize our indus
try and Improve the Ameri
can position in world mar
kets." In a reference to his success
in forestalling a steel price In
crease earlier this month, tht
chief executive said that with
proper cooperation by all con
cerned, he hoped such events
would not be necessary in the
future.
Time To Gather Stones
He cited a Biblical admoni
tion that there is a "time to
cast away stones and a lime
to gather stones."
"It is time for us all to
gather stones together to build
this country as it must be
built in the coming years,"
Kennedy told his capacity au
dience in Constitution Hall.
Pleading for "assumption of
responsibility by all of us,"
Kennedy said the government
does not want "the added bur
den of determining individual
prices for individual prod
ucts." .
Delegate reaction to the ad
dress was somewhat reserved.
The most common response
heard was that it was up to
lne admlnlstratlon lo pul prcs.
5Ur. nn ,Hhor. hold de
wage demands and up to the '
unions themselves to be re
strained. ,
There was some feeling
Kennedy had done a good job
of explaining the administra
tion's point of view but that
he was not wholly persuasive.
Some doubted a single speech
could overcome what one
delegate described as a his
toric antagonism between
business and Democratic ad
ministrations. -
Lack of Applause
The observations by dele
gates Jibed with ' the lack of
applause during the speech
One delegate recalled how cn
thusiastically the chamber
used to greet former President
Dwlght D. Elsenhower and his
remark that he liked to ad
dress the chamber because it
agreed with him.
Kennedy laid great empha
sis on the theme that there
is a broad area of common
interest between business and
government rather than any
natural conflict. Noting that
businessmen are concerned
about protecting their profit
margins, he added. We in the
national government have a
large stake in your profits."
This reference to taxes
drew a laugh and the only
applause given by the cham
ber delegates during Ken
nedys speech.
ELEPHANTS ATTRACT
Portland -UIPIl- Attendance
at the Portland Zoo, where
Belle the elephant and her
baby Packy are the main at
tractions, was 13,885 Sunday.
The Saturday crowd was 8,
429.