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Newspaper Page TextMo Reds Get Blame For Labor Strike In Spain Mines By F. H. BARTHOLOMEW Chairman of lh Board United Presi International Madrid - IUPI) - Francisco Franco of Spain today dis cussed with this correspond ent the current labor flareups across the nation and pinned responsibility for the direc- Government Not To Tackle All Labor Disputes Washington (UPP President Kennedy has made it clear that the government will not "go from city to city" trying to solve every labor dispute that arises. He told his news conference Wednesday the government "cannot settle labor matters in disputes across the coun try" that do not involve the health and safety of the na tion. To do so, Kennedy said, would change "the whole pattern of labor-management relations, and you get then into wage and price setting, which we are opposed to." His statements came in re sponse to a question on wheth er the government might get involved in a spreading strike o construction workers in northern California. Unaware of Request The President said he was unaware that building con tractors in California had asked for administ ration "help."1 "What do they want us to do? Do they want us to settle it?" He asked his ques tioner. He said the strike was a matter which the builders and unions involved would have to resolve. "This is a free! society, and these gentlemen finally have to make their agreement," he said. "Now, if a shutdown occurs which involved the health and safety, then of course it involves the national government." Other Highlights Other developments in the news conference: -Kennedy described Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson as "invaluable" and denied rumors that Johnson might be dropped from the Democratic ticket in 1964. -Kennedy called southern efforts to send busloads of Negroes to the North "a rath er cheap exercise" in pub licity. -He said the administration is giving "very careful con sideration" to protests from some scientists that U.S. high altitude nuclear tests might damage the Van Allen belt of radiation which girdles the earth. He said the tests will be conducted "only after care ful scientific deliberation but it does not appear they would cause harm. Physical Education Jamboree Planned More than 400 students from Medford's 17 public schools are expected to par ticipate in a physical educa tion jamboree starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Hedrick Junior Hish school gymna sium. The program will include golf, badminton, volleyball, rope jumping, square danc ing, basketball drills, con temporary dancing, relays wrestling, folk dancing, marching, gymnastics, calis thenics, and physical fitness testing. Lee Ragsdale is supervisor of Dhvsical education in the Medford schools. The jam-1 guarantor of the arrange borce is open to the public. 'ment. (!EWS(X?;BRIEFS ITIMS FROM NO ENTHUSIASM SEEN IN ESTES CASE Waihington-ani-Former Preiidenl Dwight D. Elienhower said today that he and Republican congresiional leaden could find no "enlhuiiatm or ienie of priority" in the Ken nedy administration's various inrettigalionl of the Billie Sol Etlei grain ilorage scandal. SHIPS COLLIDE OFF GOLDEN GATE San Francieo-lPI-The new nuclear iubmarine Permit and the freighter Hawaiian Ciliien collided late Wednesday niahl off the Golden Gate, but " RUSSIA ASKED TO HONOR PLEDGE Washington-'inThe United States has aiked Ruuia three timet in the pt two diyi to honor Premier Nikite Khruih - che'i pledge to maintain the cease fire In Leoi. It itill was waiting for an answer. oncers tion of the miners' strike di rectly on continuous Commu nist broadcasts in the Spanish language by Radio Prague. Spain's chief of state, uni formed as captain general of the army, received me at the Pardo Palace, seven miles from Madrid. The effort to perpetuate the strikes in the coal mines of Asturias consists of specific instructions by the Red radio. he said, adding that the flare ups also are a rallying point for opportunistic factions op posed to the regime. The Red effort, he said, is i attempt to prevent the miners in this curiously con fused and disorganized strike from realizing that the mine owners already had agreed to the pay increases and the government had agreed to a compensatory increase in the price of coal. Reds Urge Force The Communist effort, this correspondent was told, is to convince the workers that pay improvements can only come by direct action, turmoil and strikes. A pattern would thus be set in other industries across the nation to "spread the infection" and to demon strate that raises can only be had by the use of force. The chief of state was ap parently in good health and spirits despite rumors to the contrary. "Communism has Spain as its special target because my country is the only one in the world where militant com munism was met head-on and decisively defeated," Franco said. Reviewing the events lead ing to the current lapor tur bulence, this correspondent was told that when the miners asked for a pay increase through their "sindicatos, which in Spain are in effect production unions, it was ob viously necessary to increase the price of coal as an imme diate result. Poor Producers The coal is low-grade and the mines generally such poor producers that governmental subsidies already are neces sary to keep most of them operating. These mines, this correspondent learned, will probably be the first casual tics if Spain is admitted to the European Common Mar ket, which will make it neces sary to relocate the workers. There was general agree ment that an increase in pay for the miners was indicated by the nation's improved standard of living, but the complexities of setting a high er price for coal had to take into consideration also the ef fect upon related and inter dependent industries includ ing gas and cement, General Franco said. A formula was eventually evolved and the pay increases approved. Before they could go into effect, however, a syn dicate of metalurgical work ers was given a raise as a result of entirely separate ne gotiations. This raise for the steel and other workers was a simpler proposition because the steel mills have been mod ernized and production per man increased, an impossibil tiy in low-grade coal. Reds Enter Picture Prague Radio entered the picture at this point, the chief of state said, by attempting to assume direction of the Asturias coal strike from be hind the Iron Curtain. The Red radio claimed the only way to get the difforen t i a 1 reestablished was by strike. This, he said, was de- spite the fact the pay increase for the miners had been agreed to by the mine owners and the sindicatos with the government a party to and AROUND THI OlOtl both ships reached port tafely;J Regional Edition Medford 40 Pages Four Sections . feted &:.. pi:-;tf$'$ fMP ' '-Fir r :i vtfi iJm4i , A m J V A GOVERNOR'S SHELTER Gov. Mark Hatfield is shown at left checking provisions in the recently constructed fall out shelter in the basement of his home at Salem. The facility also contains double bunk beds and a shower. At right the governor has his emergency radio, located ad Managers Listed For Sabin Clinics Dr. William J. Miller, gen eral chairman of the Sabin oral polio vaccine committee, today announced appoint ments of managers and assist ant managers for the seven clinics where the vaccine will be given from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13. The managers and assistants are Mrs. Mary Lahr and Mrs. Phyllis Smith at Ashland High school; Mrs. Carroll H a u p e r t and Mrs. Mary Greenman at Hedrick Junior High school in Medford. Mrs. Max Weston and Mrs. William G. Ferris at McLoughlin Jun ior High school in Medford, Mrs. Aylene Faber and Mrs. Lorecn Anhorn at Crater High school in Central Point, Mrs. Lois Learning and Mrs. Sylvia Oliver at Shady Cove school, Mrs. Lois Cummings and Mrs. Beverly Dimick at Rogue River school, and Mrs. Jeannette Grove at Phoenix grade school. All represent P a r e n t-Teacher association units in their areas. Dr. Miller said his commit tee has received several re quests for clinics to be estab lished in other areas of the county. These had to be de clined, he said, because of the lack of supervisory personnel. Clinic locations for the other two doses of the vaccine can be changed should experience indicate this is necessary, Dr. Miller said. Medford Jayceetttes. under supervision of Mrs. Dewelta Coon and Mrs. Shawn Smith, are answering inquiries about the vaccine and clinics. They may be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at SPring 3-5407 or SPring 3-5408. Police Open House Slated Sunday Final plans were being made today for the Medford city police department open j house Sunday, May 13, from 1 to 9 p.m According to Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin, guided tours for visitors have been arraniicd. The tours will be gin at 1 p.m. and a new tour will commence every 20 min utes. Visitors will be taken to the council chambers, where they will see displays on traffic, firearms, police department weapons, a miniature shooting range, major crime investiga tion, and records and identifi cation. In the police department in the basement guests may in spect the communications room, the files, the jail and oteier points of interest. Chief Champlin will greet visitors in his office, where refreshments will be served. An Inspection of two police squao cars win cun.Hicic uie tour. I The public has been invited 'to attend the open house and , familiarize themselves with police deponent facilities I and activities. MEDFORD, WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy with scattered showors t o n i e h t Partly sunny with a few show ers over the mountains Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday Trmp. Highest Yesterday 61 Lowest This Morning 4S Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .08 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:54 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .. 1:21 a.m. First Quarter to morrow 4:45 a.m. Tonight the brilliant planet, Venus, Is about halfway be twoen the stars, Aldebarun and bmalh. Below venus. and to the right. Is the planet. Mer cury. Parks Budget Is Discussed Today The Jackson county budget committee spent most of this morning on the proposed parks and recreation budget and set a tentative total for the department at $107,345. Some items were reduced. Reductions included $24,780 from land improvements, which was $30,000; $5,000 from acquisition of land and improvements, which was $54,000; $850 from building maintenance, was SI. 950; $5, 550 from ground maintenance, was $6,600; $1,583 from tech nical equipment, was $2,100. The section of the budget which includes salaries has been approved at $32,912. The committee was concentrating its efforts this morning on the departmental section covering equipment and capital outlay. The committee eliminated the $4,400 requested for de velopment of the Willow Creek reservoir recreation area, $1,250 for expanding picnic facilities, $1,800 for marine service at Emigrant lake recreation area and $2,500 for Bear creek devel opment. AMERICAN Chicago 3 8 0 Washington 17 0 Wynn and Carreon; Dan iels, Hobaugh (G), Ripple meyer (7), Kutyna (9) and Schmidt. rag Eleven Finalists Named For Rogue Valley Pageant Eleven finalists have been selected to compete in the Miss Rogue Valley pageant, the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event, announced today. Finalists selected arc Miss Judith Head, Ashland; Miss Betsy Beck, Medford; Miss Linda Ray, Phoenix; Miss Diana Hunter. Medford; Miss Marty Wyatt. Jacksonville: Miss Myda McLabe, Medtoro; Miss Mary Jo Batzer. South ern Oregnn college; Miss Gay Sfliweibcrt. Ashland; Miss Janice Campbell, Central Point; Miss Beverly Ray. Medford; and Miss ginia Ransch, Central Point. The ijjzeant will be held In the Oregon Shakespearean Festival theater in June 2. Ashland o ten! To Demand OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, jacent to the shelter, checked out by Maj. Fabian Nelson, training officer of the Oregon National Guard. The radio has channels to civil defense, which will relay to state agencies and the national guard, and a state police monitor. tUPI) Talent Alfalfa Seed Representatives to Visit Greek Farms Representatives of the local Talent Alfalfa seed industry i plan to leave Medford for Greece Friday night, accord ing to Albert Straus, Sams Valley seed grower. Wallace Rice, manager of Josephine Growers coopera tive Grants Pass, through which the seed is shipped, and Dr. J. R. Cowan, head of the Oregon State university farm crops department and pro fessor of agronomy, will leave the Medford airport by plane in the first leg of the flight to Greece. In Greece, Rice and Cowan will visit the Greek ministery of agriculture to discuss prob lems involved in increased used of seed in central and northern Greece. "Greece wants 400 metric tons and we can supply right now only 200 metric tons," according to Arnold Bohnert, Jackson county seed grower. Production Areas "Seed production areas are being developed in Arizona, Idaho, eastern Oregon and eastern Washington to supply the demand," he added. The seed growers from Jackson and Josephine coun ties have had a contract with Greece for 10 years. Last year the Rogue valley area had 1,200 acres planted to seed. Growers arc aiming at 1,500 acres. Most of the alfalfa seed is produced on dry land. Only a KILLINGS CONTINUE Algiers, Algeria ifJPli Gun men of the Secret Army Or ganization continued their ter rorist killings at a heavy rate today despite tough new se curity measures clamped on by police and troops. MERGER DISCUSSED Washington -IUPII- The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) opened hearings today on the biggest merger in airline his tory - the proposed "mar riage" of American and East ern Airlines. Each contestant will appear i n talent, formal and swimsuit competition as in all pre liminary Miss America pag eants. Five will be chosen for the final test of answering two unrehearsed questions be fore Miss Rogue Valley is selected. Judges will consist of five valley business and profes sional men whose names will not be released until after the pageant. A ball celebrating the crowning of Miss Rogue Val ley will be held at the Mark Antony hotel, Ashland, after fie pageant, and the dinner will be awarded a $200 schol- arshipy the local Pepsi Cola distributor. Miss Rogue Val - ley will represent this area at ! Seaside In July in the Miss j Oregon contest. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1962 No. 43 little Is grown on Irrigated land. However, with advent of the Rogue basin prolect. growers hope to increase this acreage. ' While in Greece, the two men will visit experiment sta tions to see how the Talent variety compares with other alfalfa seed varieties. The Greeks have indicated they prefer Talent, but they also are using three or four other varieties, Gene Winters, Jack son county agent, said. Planners Discuss County's Part in Urban Area Plan Jackson county's participa tion in a federal program of urban area planning was dis cussed last night at a meeting of the county planning com mission. Known as the 701 project, the program was set up in 1954 under section 701 of the Housing Act which establish ed a federal program of urban planning assistance. Last year, the county sought assistance under the program, and in April was notified of the approval of its application by the Housing and Home Fi nance agency. Bear Creek Project Local work will be known as the Bear Creek Urban Re gion planning project, and will be directed by George Brenner, planning director from the bureau of municipal research. University of Ore gon, Eugene. He is expected to arrive some time this month. The federal program will be completed in less than two years, it was explained, dur ing which time a comprehen sive study plan of the valley floor will be compiled. This will include an arterial roads program, land use study and economic base study. The pro gram, costing $1 of local mon ey for each $2 of federal money, will expedite the com- I prehensive development study, and will coordinate all city and county planning pro. grams. Project 701 was particular ly set uo to assist state and local governments in solving planning problems resulting from increased concentration of population In metropolitan and other urban areas. Andy Hawvcr, commission member, reviewed the federal program as presented yester day afternoon at a meeting of the county court and A. M. Westling, Eugene, planning consultant with the bureau of municipal research, I The project locally will coat i S52.600. Of this, $34,400 will be federal funds, $1 1.000 from I Jackson county, $4,700 from Hazard Called 'Serious at Two K.F. Hospitals Salem-OJPD-Fire officials tes tified here Wednesday that "a serious fire hazard" exists at two Klamath Falls hospitals. The testimony came at a one-day hearing by State Fire Marshal Walter Korlann on a complaint by the Klamath Valley General and the Hill side hospitals. They appealed an order by Korlann for installation of sprinkler systems to reduce fire hazards. State Deputy Fire Marshals Wilburn R. Dodge and Wil liam F. Roble delivered the testimony. Dodge said dead end corridors contributed to the situation. Roble wrote the report on which Korlann based an April Eric W.Allen Jr. To Head State Advisory Group Washington-OW-Eric W. Al len Jr., managing editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, has been appointed chairman of the Oregon State Advisory committee to the U.S. Civil Rights commission. Official announcement of the appointment of Allen and the seven other members of the committee was expected to be made shortly in Oregon. It was learned here, how ever, that the other members picked for the commission are John C. Beatty Jr., Portland attorney; the Rev. Harold Glen Brown, Portland; Prof. Hans A. Llnde, Eugene; Rabbi Emanuel Rnsp PnrtlnnH- Fnr. I mer Gov. Charles A. Sprague, I PUDttsner or the Oregon statesman, oaiem mrs. Mer cedes Deiz, Portland attorney, and Miss Shirley Field, also Portland attorney. Stats advisory committees are named under the 1957 civil rights act to advise the commission on civil rights de velopments in their states. ... The members are volun teers and serve without com pensation, but they are reim bursed for expenses on com mittee business. Medford and $1,500 from Ash land. To Initiate the project, the county regional advisory plan ning board was organized by the county court. The board will be the liaison group rep resenting all phases of indus trial interests, planning groups and other Interested bodies In the county between Brenner and the county plan ning commission. The county planning com mission voted to send a letter to the county court recom mending that the advisory board include at least one member from each of the area's planning commissions and two members from the county commission. Concern was expressed by some commission members re garding what authority the county groups would have over the work of the bureau officials. It was stressed that the county planning commis sion's duties would not change but that the planning office staff would be shared by the commission and Brenner. The county will be reimbursed by the government for the staff's time un Fiuject 701. All members of the county planning commission were present for the meeting. Safety Patrol Banquet Slated The annual school safety patrol banquet will be held at Hedrick Junior High school auditorium starting at 6:30 o'clock tonight, with Dr. Betty Lou Dunlnp, professor of education at Southern Ore gon college, as speaker. About 400 people are ex pected to attend the banquet. Some 285 school patrol mem bers from 1 elementary schools will be honored. Dr.' Dunlop received her doctorate from Colorado State college at Greeley, her mas ters from Columbia univer sity, N.Y., and her bachelor's from the University of Oregon. Pay 23 order for both Hospitals to put in sprinklers. The contro versy stems from an attorney general's ruling that the new Oregon fire code applies to old as well as new institu tions. Could Appeal Korlann said that his deci sion will be drawn up and an nounced in a few days. If he rejects the appeal, the hospi tals could appeal to circuit court. In Klamath Falls today, it was reported that Korlann has ugiera io exiena uie uciooer i aeaanne tor installation ot sprinklers at Klamath Valley to Jan. 1, 1963, but at the same time no extension was given to Hillside. Officials of the two hospitals-operated by one group-have not indicated what their action will be for Hillside. In another development, the governor's office revealed that a member of the gover nor's staff has been assigned to look into the situation. Blinking Beacon Satellite Fails In Orbit Attempt Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Ml - The United States attempted to put a blinking beacon sat- tellite into an earth orbit to day but the scientific project failed when the carrier rock et's second stage failed to fire. It was the fourth failure in three days at the missile test center here. Tuesday a new Atlas Centaur rocket explod ed less than a minute after liftoff and Wednesday the 1 Army's Pershing missile blew! up after launch and the Navy's Polaris tailed to com plete a test flight. . None ol tnc dmlcuiues re fleeted, however, on the Atlas rocket expected to put astro naut Scott Carpenter into a three - orbit trip .. arotlnd the earth next week and the man- shot still is scheduled for week from today. Beacon Photos Hoped The three military services and the civilian space agency had planned to send the 355- pound satellite Anna into a 600-mile-high circular orbit, but about 20 minutes after launch the Air Force said the geodetic satellite "has failed to go into orbit." Scientists from all over the world had hoped to photo graph Anna's flashing beacon against the background of the stars to help pinpoint more precisely any spot on earth. The need for such exact data was established by early Vanguard satellites, which in dicated the earth was more pear-shaped than round. Other experiments disclosed that various islands - among them Bermuda - were several hun dred feet from . where they were thought to be. Auction (terns May Be Seen Friday Morning Items to be sold at the an nual Medford city police de partment auction will be available for inspection at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at the po lice storage building at the municipal airport, according to Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin. Auctioneer Lyle C. Perk ins, lieutenant of detectives, will commence the bidding on the unclaimed and aban doned property at 9 a.m. The public is invited to the auc tion. "For Service Hb1cs Difference Said To Be Question Of Emphasis Resolution Given Committee Approval Atlantic City, N.J. (UPD The United Auto Workers were expected to call for pay increases in excess of produc tivity gains today despite President Kennedy's appeal for a more moderate wage policy. Walter P. Reuther, UAW president, said the difference between the union's attitude and the administration's wage guidelines boiled down to "a question of emphasis and not a conflict of basic policy." powerful, million-m ember UAW would negotiate in line with Kennedy's recommenda tion to seek pay boosts out of productivity improvements and not by forcing up prices. He predicted overwhelming approval for a resolution de claring that wages should rise faster than the increase in output per man-hour to bring consumer demand into line with industry's capacity to produce. Approved By Committee The policy statement, ap. proved by the resolutions committee, was to be sub. mitted for ratification by 2,800 delegates at the closing session of the UAW's conven tion. Its main theme challenged the President's assertion to the convention Tuesday that pay increases should be con fined to productivity gains as a general rule. "No financial sleight of hand ran raise real wages and profits faster than productiv. , ity without defeating their own purpose through infla tion," Kennedy contended. He also praised the UAW for following a policy of non-inflationary bargaining in the past, including last year's auto negotiations. I Reuther told reporters that - lthe unions economists put Imore emphasis on the need - tor stepping up demand man Walter Heller, Kennedy's chief economic adviser. 'Resignations' Accepted by Group The "verbal resignation" ot two charter "honorary mem bers" of the Jackson county planning commission was ac cepted Wednesday evening at meeting of the group. C. C. Hoover and his son. Bud Hoover, both of Eagle Point, have attended the monthly sessions of the group since it was organized in Sep tember, 1956. The Hoovers had explained that it was due to the pressure of business that made it in convenient for them to attend the meetings. ' In commenting on the "res ignation," C. O. Loveioy, com- mission president, expressed his regrets and explained that the Hoovers' comments and suggestions during the years had been of considerable value to the commission. Commission member C. W. Duggan added that if more persons would take such an interest in the planning com mission's work, "it would be easier to do our job." Fossil Crocodile Found in Oregon Eugene -IUPII- The first fos sil crocodile ever found west of the Rocky Mountains has been uncovered in North Cen tral Oregon by two University of Oregon scientists, the school said today. The fossil is estimated to be from 45 to 60 million years old. Rendered"