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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON 1 " n -J. A: X .. . . . v FOREST FIRE FIGHTER-Ronald M Co Imi. presiaeni ol Accurate Electronics, shows the "Firebird" guided missile his firm has developed to fight Ibrest fires. Colitti reports the United States Forest Ser vice will conduct a formal test program for the missile this month. The Firebird. with 2,000 pounds of chemicals, can be dropped from an airplane up to five miles from the blaze and radio controlled from the mother ship, observation planes or from the ground. Production costs will be less than $500 each. (UPI) Josephine County Delinquent Taxes Total $191,015 Grants Pass - Delinquent personal property taxes in Josephine taxes at the end of April totaled $191,015.60, ac cording to Sheriff Loyd Lewis. Some of the taxes owed date prior to 1943. In speaking about the de linquency, Lewis said that in Josephine county, such taxes remain on the books in case such a time arrives that they might be collectible. In some counties, he explained, the personal property taxes are written off the book when the sheriff and district attor ney feel that they are uncol lectible. In a conversation with Al len Howell of the state tax commission office in Salem, Howell agreed with Lewis in this policy. Du From Mills He pointed out that some $50,000 is due from five mills and logging firms that have closed. These taxes are secure since they are tied in with real property. The county earns 8 per cent interest on the delinquent taxes, Lewis added. The Josephine county sher iff said that the publication method of collecting personal Three Oregonians Victims of Traffic By United Press International A 6-year-old boy died in a highway collision near Zig zag west of Mt. Hood early to day and a Portland police man died in a motorcycle ac cident Wednesday. In addition, an Oregon youth was killed in a Wednes day accident near Anchorage, Alaska. Gregory Calvin Cox, Rho dodendron, was killed and his mother, Mrs. Wilda J. Cox, 33, and Harlyn S. Horn, Port land, drivers of the two cars, were injured critically. Robert P. Murray, 36, Port land policeman, was killed when his motorcycle struck a pillar of the Burnside bridge. David E. Roach, 20, To ledo, Ore., was killed Wednes day when his sports car struck a sign pole at Anchor age. Kathleen Cartee. Anchor age, also died in the accident. property taxes was not neces sary since the warrant system involves the use of a deputy sheriff. Commissioners e x plained that they received a list of real properties on which taxes are delinquent each year and have been foreclosed. They added that they could not recall any such list of personal property tax delin quencies and if one had been submitted they did not know if the board of county com missioners had any specific responsibility regarding the matter. Portland Jail Escape Try Foiled Portland - HJPD - Police to day investigated an attempt ed jailbreak at the city jail Wednesday night. Police said several prison ers tried to get away about 8:1S p.m. Wednesday by means of a rope fashioned of bed sheets. One prisoner was caught standing on a concrete ledge near the fire escape on the outside of the fifth floor of the main police station and another was working his way out of a window, police said. The attempted breakout was sighted by an unidenti fied bank guard from a res taurant across the street from the jail. He notified police who sur rounded the area on the street and alerted officers in side. The two prisoners who were trying to flee ducked back inside the jail window when they were sighted. Net Farm Income In State Declines Salem -UPD The average net per farm income in Ore gon in 1961 was $2.417-down from the $2,960 of 1960-the Oregon Department of Agri culture said Wednesday. In 1961, Arizona farm in come was the highest in the nation, with an average of $19,598 net per farm. Oregon ranked 34th in the nation in 1961 in net farm in come and 31st nationally in gross farm income receipts. Doolittle, Dean Refuse Special Monthly Pension Washington OIPD Two of America's leading war heroes have refused a special $100-a-month pension voted by Con gress last year for Medal of Honor winners, it was learned today. The rejections were by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II, and Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, who commanded the 24th Division in Korea and spent three years as a prisoner of war. Gen. Douglas MacArlhur, along with approximately 100 other Army winners of the medal, accepted the pension. So did 32 Navy and 10 Marine holders of the nation's high est military award. Six in Air Force The Air Force Times said the Air Force, youngest of the services, had only six eligibles and that Doolittle was the only Air Force veteran to re fuse the pension. , MacArthur, who was awarded the medal for his de fense of Bataan at the start of World War II, draws $20,000 a year as a five-star general technically on active duty, Doolittle and Dean are re tired from military life. Doo little. who lives in Santa Mon ica, Calif., formerly was vice president of Shell Oil Co. In January, he resigned as chair man of the board of Space Technology Labo-atories in Los Angeles, but s!Ul is a di rector. Dean is living in Berkeley, Calif. The new and more gen erous pension, available at age 50, replaces a $10 a month stipend formerly paid to Med al of Honor winners begin ning at age 65. HOLD EVERYTHINGI Manchester, England 'UPD Conductor Sir John Barbirol 11 raised his baton before the Halle Orchestra and 2,000 con cert goers Wednesday night to begin a performance -jf Verdi's Requiem but nobody could find the soloist. Fifteen minutes later breathless so prano Miss Erna Spoorenberg arrived and blu .ingly ex plained she had difficulties with the five-foot zipper on her green velvet gown. Americans Said Paying Congolese Cabinet Salaries Washington - UTO - An Ohio congressman says American! taxpayers are footing the bill ! for $3.000-a-month salaries to! Congolese cabinet members through U.S. foreign aid. In testimony made public Wednesday night. Rep. Wayne Hays (D-Ohio) said: "... These characters . . . are paying themselves a salary ' which is about twice that of an American congressman, and we are paying the bill nd I don't like it." Hays, in a stinging -lecture to U. foreign aid officials at a closed hearing of the! House Foreign Affairs com-j mittee, said: "Two thirds of them can't, read or write, but they know j how t get their hands on American dollars, and you people know how to shovel it out t them." Charges Denied Assistant Secretary of Stale Harlan Cleveland insisted that the United States was not do ing anything of the kind. He said U.S. aid funds were help ing to pay the cost of the UN military operation in the Con go and to provide $35 million worth of surplus food. "Don t give me that old argument that it isn't this money," Hays said. "That is the argument Trujillo used when we gave him $600,000 in one year and he gave his son a $600,000 allowance. He said it wasn't the same money." Religion in America THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1962 Reasons for Persons Joining Churches Worries Clergymen it is by no means unusual for people to join churches for By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent The story is told of a confi-sli more refluUble tecu. de. ce man who moved into , , , . an American citv where he lilr reasons, such as a desire Wi" a Strang- 10 csiamisn social ana dusi- " cr ,n every-: ness contacts, one, including 1 one viewpoint is that they?"10" who are seized by it. ' "V-l Ihp r,..':rn .1 1J..O ...iv,!.- -1 . Th nrnn nt man,, 1 It J lt. " i . pw ' shouldnT do anything about t ff 4 cocaine re- j spec-tabic con- t a&telt FITTS Seafood & Poultry 121 W. Main Sp 3-8497 Fresh Spring Chinook SALMON Eastern Scallops ... lb. 89 SWORDFISM Steaks White Meat lb, 89 SHRIMP MEAT Frtsh From Oregon Coast RAZOR Si CLAMS Ib.o I 39 Fresh HALIBUT Steaks lb. 79c Try This DalicieuP. . . O SCAftOP BISQUE (From the Rfcipf Collection o( Mrs. Ira J. Fitti) 1 Lb. Sllop 4 Ol Mushreds ' 4 Cuo Butler ', j Tsp. 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Exponents of thi view ac- ncctions t o knowledge that there are mil impress h i s ions of men and women on intended vie-, clflirch membership rolls to tuns. he tried day who do not know the join van-. rudiments of Christian doc- oils clubs.; trine and who do not live But he couldnt Ret into any any differently from their of them, because he lacked , "unchurched" neighbors, the necessary character ref- But they say that all erences. these nominal Christians are So he joined the city' lead-' potential converts, and the ing church. . Ibept way to bring them into a This tale may be apocry- j g e n u i n e relationship with phal, but it is not farfetched. 1 Christ is to include them in standards for church -membership argue as follows: The worldOwill not take Christianity seriously until it sees evidence that this faith really does have a transform- in, effect Oon the lives of The presence of many nomi nal members in the church gravely weakens its mission of providing a living witness to the power of Christ to change human lives. According to this school of thought, churches are less likely to convert seekers by rushing them into full mem bership than by asking them to wait until they have reached A Cinrni-tt ricleinn tn iake on the yoke of Christian disciplcship. Father, Daughter Safe Following 10 Days at Sea San Francisco - 0JP1I - The 107-foot converted sub-chaser Pelican, with skipper Jeff Hodges and his daughter aboard, was towed into San Francisco Bay today little the worse for wear despite being adrift for 10 days on stormy seas. The Pelican was towed through the Golden Gate by a commercial tug. and escort ed by the Coast Guard cutter Taney, which reached the powerless vessel Tuesday off Monterey, Calif. When found, the World War II boat had drifted 225 miles down the coast from- a point 60 miles south of Eu reka. Hodges, 36, San Jose, Calif., and his daughter, Sandra. 13, were bringing the Pelican from Grays Harbor, Wash., to Redwood City, south of San Francisco. Engine Conks Out Hodges said one of the ves sel's two engines was out of order when the voyage began April 21. The remaining en gine conked out the next aft ernoon, off Eureka. The Coast Guard said it had picked up Hodges' distress) message, but the signal was so weak a bearing could not be taken. A search plane finally sighted the Pelican wallow ing In steep seas off the Mon terey coast Tuesday. The Taney was immediately dis patched and took the stricken vessel under tow until the tug could reach the scene. Hodges and his daughter were reported in good condi tion, though food had dwin dled seriously. Most of America's churches welcome new members with open arms and few questions. They assume, in practice if not in theory, that anyone who applies for Vhurch mem bership is a committed Chris tian. The assumption is. to put it mildly, unrealistic, lt is prob ably rare for a practicing criminal to use church mem bership as a camouflage, ut the life of the community where he is known and serv ed. Another view, which ap pears to be gaining adherents, is that churches should wel come all comers to th ir wor ship services and other activi ties, but reserve full member ship to those who have genu inely accepted Christ as their Lord and Master. Those who favor stricter WABNS OF LOCUSTS Washington -UPD- The Ag riculture Department warned the mid Atlantic seaboard Wednesday to prepare for swarms of 17-yer locusts, whose appearance invariably causes alarm due to their large size and loud, Incessant singing. The main damage from the locust is done by the females, who puncture holes In the branches o! shrubs and trees to lay eggs A 7 . 1 - ' 4 f IP - 'i!Cr! MEDICAL TRANSPORT The Military Air Transport Serv ice has inaugurated a jet service for transporting military medical patients from the Pacific area to the United States. The C135 turbofan jet used in the flight established a new trans-Pacific record of nine hours, seven minutes. Here tha pilot, Maj. Gen. Glen R. Birchard, left, of Bay City, Mich., and copilot Lt. Col. William L. Brinson, Waynesboro, Ga., compare notes after the record-breaking flight. (UPI) 3 rr DTf -Dm HtM&g Burton Joins Liz Alter Wile Leaves Rome - iWH - Elizabeth Tay lor and Richard Burton were seen together again Wednes day night a few hours after the Welsh actor's wife left Rome insisitng there were "no problems" In her marriage. Photographers took pictures of the two outside Miss Tay lor's villa about midnight. Miss Taylor was scheduled to resume picture making to- day after two weeks ofcam- era. . Burton's wife, Sybil, loft Rome Wednesday as calmly! as she had arrived a week carjjnr. "1 am happy and so there are no problems," she replied when asked how she felt about pHf!d reports link ing her husband romantically with Miss Taylor. a 'i't'airir - J ' I f 1 i 1 TMy : f ill PafM Vi'n A 4 3 i ill , wL'."- - i 4 I Xa jM tf - ! ft - ,wi ; ' il Jf iOfiii t- i -. ihfl i r - vm fx Vi ft aOi . in she bright green bottle! 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