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Soviet
Cosmonaut
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Oil
Three Traios Collide; 1126. Persons
Homeward-Bound
Celebrants in
Rail Tragedy
223 Others Hurt
In Nighttime Crash
Tokyo -flJPD- Two passenger
trains and a freight train col
lided on the outskirts of
Tokyo tonight, killing scores
of merrymakers heading
home after a holiday evening
in the city.
Officials of the Japan Na
tional Railways Rescue Cen
ter at suburban Mikawashima
Station, site of the accident,
said at least 126 persons were
killed and 223 injured, with
more victims possibly still
trapped in the wreckage.
The collisions started at
suburban Mikiwashima sta
tion when an electric passen
ger train and a freight train,
running on parallel tracks in
the same direction, brushed
together on a bridge.
Coaches Derailed
Three of the passenger
coaches were derailed, and
then a second passenger train
ploughed into the wreckage.
One of the derailed cars tum
bled from the bridge to a road
below.
Screaming and moaning
passengers tried to break out
as an emergency force of
1,000 policemen, firemen and
railway workers tried to help
them.
The injured were taken to
nearby hospitals while rescu
ers searched the wreckage for
more casualties.
Worst Since War
The passenger trains were
packed with suburban resi
dents who had been in Tokyo
to celebrate Constitution day.
The Mikawashima accident
was one of the worst railway
accidents in Japan since
World War II. It occurred
less than five . .miles from
downtown Tokyo.
Farm Home Fund
Discussed Today
The Jackson county budget
committee spent most of this
morning discussing the Jack
son county farm home budget.
The requested budget total
is $152,689, compared to the
present $136,679. No official
total was made before noon
today after the new manager,
Robert Rucker, made some
revisions with committee
members.
The budgets for the public
library of Medford and Jack
son county and the juvenile
department were scheduled
to follow the farm home budg
et discussion todap.
The allocation for a part
time registered nurse was re
vised downward from $2,100
to S1.9C8. A full-time regis
tered nurse on night call was
increased $580 a year and her
rent given free. A total allo
cation of $9,504 was allowed
for .three practical nurses,
representing a $2,772 in
crease. Salaries of two of the
13 nurses' aides were in
creased bringing the total to
$37,088, or an overall in
crease of $68 for the new iis
cal year.
A new maintenance man
has been hired, Rucker said.
The committee allowed him
$3,636 plus use of an apart
men and utilities. Part-time
nositions of housekeeper re
lief and maintenance relief
were eliminated.
RESTRAINNG ORDER
Chicago-JUPP-A U.S. District
ocourt judge today issued a
temporary restraining ordei
againsto1 surprise engineers'
strike which crippled switch
in service in the world's
largest railroad center.
HEWS$bBRIEF$
fTIHS PROM
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION THREATENE
CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION THREATENED
Sm Frsnciicc in-Northern California' S3 billion eon-
itruction industry was threatened today by a creeping strike
which hti spread to freeway, airport and other heavy con-!
ilruetion projects in the past three dayi. j
TERRORISTS CONTINUE BLOOD BATH j
aimeri. Algeria-aPVThe terroriit Secret Army Organise-!
lion launched the second day of Its latest blood bath to keep
Algeria French wilh a dawn attack en a social tervicei center.
oiM AMERICAN. TWA DISCUSS MERGER
Waihington-in-Pan American World Alrwayi end Trans ;
World Airlines tii today lhey have been discuning t po.
libit merger ol the netion't two international flag carriers. I
Freeway Section
Along Rogue River
Dedication June 1
The section of the Pacific I the first freeway in Oregon
Freeway that sweeps through
the Rogue River valley be-
tween Rogue River anel
Grants Pass will be opened
June 1 when Gov. Mark O.
Hatfield dedicates the new
link of Interstate "Tighway 5.
This $10 million section is
Circuit Judge
Deliberates on
Suit Against City
Circuit Judge James M.
Main this morning said he
would take under advisement
two suits against the city of
Medford requesting that a city
ordinance requiring fencing of
artificial bodies of water be
declared null and void.
The city had requested a
swimming pool and log pond
be fenced to comply with the
ordinance.
Medford Lawyer George M.
Roberts testified in his own
behalf this morning in the
first of the two allied non
jury cases.
He said he had owned the
property in which a lily pond
and swimming pool is situ
ated for more than 33 years
and that the property is sur
rounded by a hedge and
fencing.
E. E. (Pink) McGrew, of
McGrew Brothers Sawmill,
Inc., at the south Medford
limits, testified that fencing of
the entire lumber mill prop
erty would be prohibitive in
costs and fencing of the log.
ging pond would soon put the
mill out of business.
The gist of their complaint
is that If they are required to
fence their pool and pond
then Bear creek flowing
through the city of Medford
and park areas should also be
fenced along with various ir
rigation ditches.
The city contends this is an
ordinance which must be en
forced. In his trial memorandum,
Roberts stated it would be
"practically impossible for
any child to get within the
confines of the yard in which
the swimming pool and lily
pond are situated.
Children Beaten
At Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, Ore. -IUPI)-Po-lice
today hunted a slender
youth who savagely beat four
children in a wooded area not
far from their home.
Two of the children were
listed in critical condition in
a Portland hospital.
The youth took one of the
children to a doctor's office
himself.
Police Chief RusSel A.
Thorn said the children ap
parently were beaten with a
club or iron bar. He said there
was no indication of sexual
assault.
Listed in critical condition
at St. Vincent hospital were
Marsha Foley, 12, and her
Urother, Shaun, 3. Their sis
ter, Catherine, was in fair
condition. Marsha suffered a
fractured skull.
Also injured was Kathy
Burke. 13. She was treated
for a wound which required
12 stitches to close, oand re
leased, e
Police said
the attacker,
after beating the children,
grabbed the older Foley girl
and took her to a doctor's of
fice where the receptionist
said the youth told her "I'll
be back with two more."
Meanwhile, the others found
help.
AROUND THI 01011
highway history to have a
continuous strip of, concrete
paving 24 feet wide with no
break" between the two 12-
foot wide parallel lanes going
in the same direc.ion.
This unusually-wide paving
is completed. The contractor,
Peter Kiewit Sons' company,
still has finishing touches.
such as guardrails and sign
ing, to complete prior to the
opening.
Less Driving Time
The new freeway section is
9.82 miles long, or 2.15 miles
shorter than the old Pacific
highway that winds its way
between Grants Pass and
Rogue River. The biggest dif
ference is in time required to
cover the distance. The old
route required 20 minutes of
travel time; the new one
avoids congested develop
ments between the two cities
and requires only 9 minutes
of travel.
The ribbon-cutting dedica
tion ceremonies will take
place near the North Grants
Pass interchange at il a.m.
(PST). Glenn L. Jackson, Med
ford, chairman of the Oregon
State Highway commission,
will preside over the ceremo
nies which will be climaxed
by Governor Hatfield's offi
cial dedication of the new sec
tion. Present will be city and
county officials, representa
tives ef chambers of com
merce and the state highway
department, including For
rest Cooper, state highway
engineer.
Third Longest Freeway
Other sections of the Paci
fic Freeway are already com
pleted on both ends of the
Grants Pass-Evans Creek sec
tion. The new link will con
nect these and provide an un
interrupted freeway . 24.23
miles long, making this the
third longest single stretch of
freeway in the state.
The longest continuous sec
tion of freeway is the 108
miles between Portland and
Eugene, followed by the 33
miles between Portland and
Bonneville on Interstate 80N
(U.S. 30).
The new freeway is along
the Rogue river much of its
route, providing a view not
possible from the old Pacific
highway located much lower
along the bank of the river.
Traffic going south will over
look Grants Pass and w 11
have panoramic view of the
mountain uis terrain.
Southbound motorists will
enter the new freeway at the
foot of Sexton mountain near
Jumpoff Joe creek north of
Grants Pass. Traffic will re
turn to the two-lane highway
at Rock Point near Gold Hill.
The section between Rock
Point and Seven Oaks, north
of Central Point, is now being
widened to four-lane freeway
standards.
Car-Train Crash
Injures Talent Man
A Talent man escaped wilh
only minor injuries this morn
ing when the car he was driv
ing was struck by a Southern
Pacific freight train at the
Main st. crossing in Talent.
According to Talent Police
Chief Bill Young, the accident
occurred about 7 a.m. Driver
nf tha n tvnhi In u,-ia Mnluin
oti, shjltSi 27i o route j box
485, Talent. The car was de
molished. Shi Us was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital by Medford
Ambulance where he was
treated and released.
B"th Shilts and Orcn D.
Mci?fillan, Eugene, engineer,
said the whistle sounded prior
to the locomotive reaching
the crossing, Young noted.
There are no signalling de
vices or stop signs at the inter
section. WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy with
Ihowers tilt! evrnlnr. tonight
and Frtdiy. Cnolrr tonight with
lox IS. Him Friday
O Temp.
Hlcrifsl tfraty ... iz
Lowett This Morning .... Q . 16
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Sunirt today 7:11pm.,
Sunrite tomorrow 1:01 a.m. i
Nw Moon tonirht S:25p.m.
PROMINr.NT STAR
i Antarei, low In iv.'h-
rait U . 10:22 p.m.
VIMRLE PLANETS
I Vrnui. sell . 8-47 p m.
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Man. rlQf5 4 17 a.m. i
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Mara.
Regional Edition
Medford
36 Pages Four Section? MEDFOJD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3,
The City
comes from
.Assessments, Bonds
end Other Bavenua
Current
Services
Airport
is used for
Airport
Streets and
Sewers
DIVIDED DOLLAR This diagram, pre
pared by the Medford city administration,
shows how the city government dollar is
divided. The top figure shows where the
city's revenue comes from, and the bottom
figure explains the city's expenditures. The
Alternate
Presented
Two alternate ' balanced
budgets for Medford's 1962-63
fiscal year - one in the event
of the west side annexation,
and one without It - were dis
tributed by the city adminis
tration yesterday to Mayor
John W. Snider, members of
the Medford city council, and
the citizen's budget commit
tee. The proposed administra
tive budget without annex
ation totals $3,070,1 13, an in
crease over last year's budget
of $155,318. Should annex
ation take place, the budget
would total $3,145,545, an in
crease over last year of $230,
750. Without annexation, this
represents a 7 per cent in
crease over last year's to
tal. With annexation, it rep
resents an increase of 12 per
cent.
Major Increase
' Major source of increased
revenue will be from proper
ty taxes. The present millage
rate is 26.5. Because of the
increased cost of city govern
ment, it is likely the millage
rate may have to be raised,
according to City Manager
Robert Duff.
Due to the 6 per cent liml-
lation in the state
tion, and the 12 millage max
imum increase provision In
the city charter, the maxi
mum possible increase avail
able to the city is to 33 mills.
Items accounting for in
creased expenditures include
provisions for servicing of
Puncan Goes
Campaigns in
Robert B. Duncan, candi
date for the Democratic nom
ination for Congress from the
Fourth District, interrupted
his campaign today for a
tle-day meeting in Wash
ington, DC.
He is a member of the
President's Advisory commit
tee on intergovernmental re
lation. He will resume his
campaign at Myrtle Point,
Cons Bay and Roseburg on
Sunday.
Duncan is the only Oregon
member of the commission.
It was created by act of con
gress to give continuing
study to relationships among
the federal and various state
and local governments.
In talks earlier today - one
in Ashland and the other in
Myrtle Creek - Duncan spoke
on budgeting problems at the
federal level and the commu
nity health clinic program
Government Dollar
I
SsCi.b AT
Subventions and Qrante
'Fines
.Interest and.
Debt Service)
0.1
Health Services
Balanced Budgets
to Medford Officials
the west side area if it is an
nexed, salary adjustments for
city employees in most occu
pational groupings, proposals
for reducing the work week
of firemen from 72 hours to
60 hours and funds to provide
for an expanded community
wide civil defense program.
Added To Costi
If the west side area is an
nexed, $75,432 would be add
ed to the city's costs. Most of
this expenditure would be
consumed by the addition of
one police beat, one fire com
pany and various engineering
technicians and inspectors.
In a budget message to the
mayor and members of the
city council and citizen's
Budget committee, Duff said:
"I must bring your- attention
to the very urgent need of
finding new sources of rev
enue for the city. The annual
tasks of balancing day-to-day
operating expense with avail
able revenue is becoming in
creasingly difficult and is
achieved largely by deferring
expenditure items that are or
dinarily necessary for effici
ent operations.
Deterioration of Service
"A continuation of such re
constitu-ajstrlctions can only result ir
a deterioration of public ser
vice and the general effect
tlveness of city government,"
Duff warned.
A bright spot In the budget
was provided by enabling leg
islation of the last state leg
islature which permits the
to Washington Meeting;
Ashland, Mytfle Creek
which he assisted through the
last session of the state legis
lature.
Duncan emphasized the im
portance of reducing the na
tional debt without imperil
ing the security and economy
of the nation. He explained
that frequently congressmen
must select the least undesir
able of the alternatives, where
it is a question of national de
fense or survival - financial
indebtedness is far prefer
able to military or political
domination by the Commu
nists. In commenting on the com
munity health clinic program,
he explained that only a small
amount of money was appro
priated for this purpose, but
that a start had been made
that would bring savings to
the taxpayer by eliminating
the need for additional men
tal hospitals.
Tribune
Property and
Franchise Taxee
-Castl Reserves
Licensee and Permits
and Penalties
Rent
General Government
Culture and
Recreation
Protection of
Persons and Property
diagram is included in the bound city bud
get which was distributed to the mayor and
members of the city council and citizen's
budget committee yesterday. Copies of the
budget are available to the public and may
be obtained upon request in city hall.
city to compute property tax
es in the fire and park funds
based on assessment ratios in
effect when the levies were
originally voted. . This will
have the effect of bringing the
city about $220,000 in added
revenue.
As a result, general fund
contributions to the fire fund
have been practically elimin
ated, and park fund contribu
tions have been reduced by
75 per cent.
The citizen's budget com
mittee is scheduled to meet
next week to discuss the
budget and to begin to draw
up the recommendations they
will make to the city council
with respect to 11.
Smolcey Bear Available
For Local Appearances
Rogue River National forest
supervisor's office here has
announced that Smokey the
Bear will be available to
make talks in this area during
the 1962 fire season.
The forest service's symbol
nf fire prevention and caution
is expected to make a number
of appearances here. Groups
wishing to have him appear
before their organizations
may makcarrangements with
I .1 w .
, me supervisor b omce.
CIVILIAN AIDE
Portland - IUPH - Portland
hotel owner Flavel W, Temple
has been appointed civilian
aide to the Secretary of the
Army for Oregon, It was an
nounced today.
In answering a question re
garding his position on the
Dunes park, Duncan explain
ed his compromise plan to
make park out of the Dunes
area which exists in the area
between the ocean and the
highway and place it under
the national park service.
Duncan explained that this
would devote to recreation all
of the Dunes area in ques
tion, which is the principal
objective of the recreational
ists, while leaving the tree
farm and most of the private
property in private owner
ship, and saving the expe
sive relocation of the high
way. In addition to his non-partisan
talk to the Myrtle Creek
Lions club, he spoke to the
Myrtle Creek High school
and to the Young Democrats
in Roseburg.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
196,2
No. 37
Nilsen Rejects
Newbry's Request
To Recall Book
Talent Senator
In Strong Rebuttal
Portland -IUPIU Oregon La
bor Commissioner Norman O.
Nilsen toflay formally reject
ed the request of State Sen.
Lynn Newbry (R-Talent for
withdrawal of certain state
labor bureau publications
from circulation.
Newbry demanded with
drawal of books on migrant
workers co-authored by Mark
M. Infante, a controversial
figure in Oregon when he was
migrant labor inspector for
Nilsen in 1957-60. Infante's
work was biased, Newbry
said.
ReDlvinc. Nilsen said New
bry's request for withdrawal
was based "on poor advice."
"Despite general, unsub
stantiated denials from the
agricultural industry," In
fante's reporting has been de
termined as sound, Nilsen
said.
Strong Rebuttal
Nilsen's comments drew
strong rebuttal from Newbry
in Ashland.
Newbry repeated his re
quest that the report be with
drawn, terming it a "conglom
eration of truths and un
truths."
"That Nilsen would rather
rely on a fraud and confi
dence man for the true situa
tion rather than the word of
honored Oregon farmers is
surprising," he said.
He said he would welcome
a complete investigation by
an' unbiased person, but .ad
ded, "I do not want a white
wash Investigation by a per
son so biased ... as Nilsen."
"My. Information that the
labor bureau's report is dis
torted has been documented
many times," Newbry de
clared. Division Heads For
Campaign Named
Frank J. Van Dyke, Med
ford lawyer, and James W.
Warlnner, of the First Nation
al Bank of Oregon, Medford
branch, have been appointed
to head two divisions of the
Salvation Army bulling fund
campaign.
Van Dyke will be chairman
of the advance gifts division,
and Warlnner will assume the
leadership of the special gifts
group.
The announcement was
made by Richard Hensley,
general chairman of the ap
peal. Other appointments an
nounced include the Rev. Mel
vin Dixon, president of the
Medford Ministerial associ
ation and minister of St.
Luke's Methodist church, as
chairman of the church par
ticipation committee, and
Allan Sterton, audits and re
ports committee.
OIAC Announces
Increase in Rates
Salem-fllPD-The Oregon In
dustrial Accident commission
announced today it has in
creased rates paid by employ
ers by 14.5 per cent for the
1062-63 fiscal year which be
gins July 1. Some 40,000 em
ployers are affected.
money Lewis, commission
chairman, said the 14.J p
cent increase contrasts with
the rate employers are paying
In the current fiscal year.
The new increase will
amount to pennies to some
employers and dollars to oth
ers. There is one exception,
Lewis said - Western Vregon
log operators. These employ
ers will get a reduction in
their rates.
Their rates In the upcoming
fiscal year will be $9.36 per
$100 payroll compared to the
current $9.82.
Reasons for the necessity of
the Increase Include a rise in
medical costs of nearly 10
per cent, about a 30 per cent
boost In hospital service and
a rise in stale salaries of 10
per cent granted by the IR!l' I
legislature. Other factors In- j
elude operating costs such a
rent and postage, Lewis said.i
Pie
Bureau Planner
To Meet With
Planning Group
Preliminary Steps
. To Be Considered
A planner from the bureau
of municipal research will
meet with representatives of
tile revamped regional pljin-
ning advisory1 committee in
pproximately 10 days toj:on-
sider preliminary steps in de
velopment of overall county
planning. The announcement
was made at yesterday's meet
ing of the planning group's
steering committee.
The committee was recre-
ated Feb. 21 to enable the
county to come under the new
federal 701 program. This
provides federal matching
funds for comprehensive piaiv
nine development. Such de
velopment covers population
trends and density, a trans
portation study, and general
economic development.
The planning committee
will coordinate the activities
of the various town and city
planning commissions
throughout Jackson county,
County Judge Earl Miller ex
plained. It also includes the
new Rural Area Development
committee's work.
Bill Williams, of Bear
Creek Orchards and a mem
ber of the state RAD commit
tee, explained that this pro
gram is aimed at rural area
economic development and is
administered through the ex
tension service. Both the coun
ty and state RAD committee
pass on various requests for
government loans under the
RAD program and make rec
ommendations to the proper
agencies, he said.
Feasibility Questioned .
S. V. (Duke) McQueen, a
newly appointed member of
the committee and representa
tive of the forest industries,
questioned the need for "an
other planning committee or
commission. It's just another
committee to do another job
and to use federal money,
from what I have heard," Mc
Queen commented. "It seems
to be a planning committee on
top of a planning commission
(the county planning commis
sion.)" . .
The county Judge. explained
that the committee includes
representatives from all po
litical subdivisions and econ
omic activities in the county.
Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford Ir-
rlgation district manager, said
irrigation districts have felt
for sometime that subdivision
developments too often do not
consider, irrigation and water
drainage In their plans.
Highway 97 Closed
Due To Construction
Salem - (DPI) - Trie Oregon
Highway Department an
nounced today that U.S. 97
will be closed to traffic from
Biggs Junction to Wasco Fri
day due to construction.
The closure will be in effect,
perhaps through Saturday,
while a contractor puts a bind
er course on new roadbed ust
south of Biggs Junction.
Traffic will be detoured
over the Fulton Canyon sec
oyiary route from Wasco to
Milepost 100.3 on the Colum
bia River Highway.
"Cap'n, You Keep Chasing After That Great
White Whale, We're All Gonna End Up
In Trouble"
Russian Embassy
Declines Cape
anaveral Visit
Glenn Gives Short
Course in History
Washington fUPD President
Kennedy welcomed joviet
cosmonaut Gherman Titov to
the nation's capital today and
voiced his admiration for thu
Red army major's 17-orbit
flight around the earth.
Titov was taken to the
White House by U.S. astro
naut John Glenn, who previ
ously gave the Russian a
short course in U.S. history
and showed him some of this
country's pioneer space equip
ment. Canaveral Visit Declined
The State Department dis
closed, meanwhile, that it had
suggested that Titov visit
Cape Canaveral and three
other U.S. space age facilities
but that the Russian Embassy
had declined.
U.S. officials said they as
sumed this meant the Soviets
wanted to avoid a precedent
which would oblige them to
open their rocket and missile
launching facilities to visits .
by Glenn or other American
astronauts. The State Depart
ment said, however, that it
did not ask for "reciprocity."
At the White House, Ken
nedy chatted with Titov for
about five minutes and then
escorted him and Glenn to
the porch just outside the ex
ecutive office overlooking the
White House grounds.
Pose for Photographs
While they posed for photo
graphs, the President said, "I
want to say that Mr. Titov is
very' welcome to the United
States.'.' Turning directly to
the cosmonaut, he added "I
admire what you did."
Titov, beaming constantly,
answered through an inter
preter, "Thank you very
much, it has been a great
pleasure." .
Glenn and Titov met today
for the first time just before;
they began a tour of historical
monuments and other tourist
attractions in the nation's cap
ital. -
Titov's interest seemed to
pick up most near the end of
the tour when he and Glenn
arrived at the Smithsonian In
stitution's, display of rockets
and space vehicles. They first
Inspected the original Wright
Brothers plane.
' ;The Russian cosmo n a u t
chuckled when Glenn noted
that "the control stick . is a
little 'different" than the one
handled by Titov during his
orbital flight.
When they came to Charles
A. Lindberg's "Spirit of St.
Louis," Glenn told Titov the
first Trans-Atlantic solo flight
took 33 hours.
Long Ocean Flight
"He was all alone," Glenn
said. "He had no automatic
pilot, nothing like that. It
was a lone flight."
Titov perked up visibly
when the group walked along
a display of U.S. rockets and
the space capsule in which
Alan B. Shepard made this
country's first sub orbital
flight.
When they came to the At
las rockef which boosted
Glenn into orbit, the U.S.
astronaut said: "next, ot
course, is the Atlas which is
the type that I was on."
Other rockets on display in
cluded the Juplter-C which
put the Explorer I satellite
into orbit, the Vanguard
which boosted this country's
earliest satellites into space,
and a Polaris missile.
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