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STUDENTS' WORK This is some of the
work by students of Medford High school
now on display in the boys' gymnasium at
Melrose and Jasper sts., Medford. All but
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DESIGNS FROM NATURE This is an ex
ample of art department students' work in
designs from nature in which various media
Students' Work
Displayed at fiS
Gym During Week
' y '
minK.ng by Memord H.gn
school students are or. public i
display this week in the new ;
gymnasium for boys at the
corner of Melrose and Jasper I
sts., Medford.
The display includes every
thing from abstraction in de
sign by students in the art de
partment, including pieces of
art which were displayed in
New York City, to power
tools made by shop students.
The display, the first of its
kind, includes the work of the
art and shop departments
eluding mechanical and archi
tectural drawings.
Purpose of the display is to
show interested residents
what is being done by stu
dents in the department. War
ren Wolf, of the high school
art department, said it is not
designed to be an art exhibit.
The display is designed to
be an expression of creative
thinking by the students, not I
only in the art forms, but also
in designing and making prac
tical, useful goods. It includes
everything from fashion de
signs to a speed boat.
Among student work dis
played are drawings, designs,
sculptures, book jackets, origi
nal church and house plans,
power drills, tools, a scooter, ul 5 to 855: Jacksonville, TW
a speed boat, various tables, n to 899, and Phoenix-Talent,
bookcases, and jewelry. j KE 5 to 535. There is no
The gymnasium will be change in the last four num.
open until about 4 p.m. daily j erals of the numbers,
through Friday, and between ' Two reminders of the pend
7:30 and 10 p.m. today and ' ing number changes will be
Thursday. ' mailed to PNB's customers
Organizational"
Meeting Planned
An organizational meeting
for the Southern Oregon
Searchers, a ground rescue!
group, is scheduled Wednes-I
day. May 16, at 8 p.m., in the
Eagle Point Community build
ing. !
All men and women who
are interested in joining the
organization are invited to at
tend the meeting.
ITtMS FROM
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FORMER FRENCH OFFICER. ON TRIAL
Paris 'irl Under guard by armored cars and 1,000 se
curity troops, former Gen. Raoul Salan went on trial for his
life today on charges of treason and leading the Secret Army
Organisation's insurrection to keep Algeria French.
CARPENTER LAUNCH PROSPFTS DARKEN
Cape Canaveral. Fla.-tPl-Technical preparatis for
.laarfiiv lodav but the weather picture r theu scheduSd
IITDIIIUI atOll V. O i uvmsi p -
Saturday launch darkened.
the motor and wheels of the scooter were
made in a shop class, and all but the electric
motor of the drills pictured were made by
students. (Knackstedt Photo)
were used to create expressions of the sub
ject matter. (Knackstedt Photo)
Public Library of
County Gels Funds
una
The public Library of Mcd.
ford gnd J;ckson
counlv re-
cejvcd an a11ocatiori ot s73,.
fo,nwi,lc annrnval
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by
county budget committee.
Phone Numbers
To Change Friday
Telephone numbers that
look different but work the
same will be introduced May
13 to Pacific Northwest Bel!
customers in Medford, Central
Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville
and Phoenix-Talent.
"We call the new number
ing system All-Number Call
ing," PNB Manager Jack
Creager said.
Under the ANC numbering
system, numerals replace the
letters in the present tclc-
phone numbers.
For example, the Medford
telephone number prefixes
SP 2 and SP 3 become 772 and
773 under the new system.
The same holds true for
phone number prefixes in the
other communities involved.
These chances will be Central
Point, NO 4 to 664: Gold Hill.
I this week. Telephone number
! cards to be placed on tele
phone dials go out in the mail
today, according to Creager.
Delivery of new telephone
directories starts the same
date. Most of them will co by
mail. The directories will list
the ANC numbers.
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Salem-Wli-The Legislative
Interim Highway committee
will meet here at 10 a.m.
(PST) Mav 28.
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AROUND THI OlOM
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been promised through labor
! This is -$7,791.96 less than
I the S8 1.735 requested and
$10,199.04 more than the cur
rent year's allocation of $63,
744. Ashland library received
$7,497 allocation and Rogue
j River ' library $516.20. This
i is in keeping with the per
! centage increase given the
Medford library. County
; Commissioner Chester Wendt
i said.
1 Together it means an over
' all library allocation increase
iof SI 1,354, Wendt pointed
I out, or a 16 per cent overall
I increase.
I Rogue River last year re-
ceived $445 for its library
i and Ashland $6,463.
j Under tee miscellaneous
: general county budget the
committee allowed the au
j ditor $2,150, a $50 increase,
according to the budget fig.
ures available.
i The committee also ap
1 proved a civil defense alloca
tion of $9,582.
The capital improvements
sinking fund of $150,000 for
construction of a public
health clinic building at the
fairgrounds also was approv
ed. However, a representative
iof ,ne extension service was
planning this morning to pro
test the proposed location of
the building since it would
take an area planned for an
arboretum.
The committee approved
the S120.295 allocation for
school bonded indebtedness
and interest, or an additional
So per census child allocation
for this fund. It had approved
previously $240,590 or $10
per school census child allo
cation as a tax offset as re
, quired by law.
Area Fruit Growers Seek
For Harvest Season Three
Area fruit growers are
going all out to hire domestic ' ers already employ what they
labor for the harvest season! can in the harve.t season, it
' which is three months away, j was explained. .
a representative of the Rogue j Sen. Wayne Morse (Dcm.
valley fruit industry said to- Ore.) has written a letter to
day. i Secretary of Labor Arthur
, The growers have applied
for 325 Navaho Indians to try
to case the urual lifoor short
age in harvesting the multi
million do.r pear crop,
i The growers and shippers
' also plan to send recruiting
trams to Texas to recruit
"some of the better Tcxans"
for local (iBking, it was re
ported thi morning. Some
1 hi t:h schofff labor also "has
I -
Medford
Three Sections
Bids Called for
Freeway Work in
Jackson County
Paving Scheduled
To North of Ashland
Bids for paving 9.45 miles
of Interstate 5 freeway from
12th St., Medford, to Valley
View rd., north of Ashland,
will be opened by the Oregon
state highway commission in
Salem May 23.
The project is one of three
in Jackson county for which
bids will be opened next
week. Bids on 40 projects
throughout the state have
been called.
Other county projects are
for Installation of roadway il
lumination at the Crater Lake
Highway interchange on the
freeway, and for construction
of structures and widening
another structure on Highway
99 south of Gold Hill.
Paving between Medford
and Ashland calls for con
struction of a four-lane divid
ed highway of Portland ce
ment concrete pavement with
paved shoulders of asphaltic
concrete.
Interchanges will be lo
cated at Barnett rd., south of
Medford, Fern Valley rd at
Phoenix, Valley View rd. at
Talent and Valley View rd.
north of Ashland.
A portion of the project is
scheduled for completion this
fall, and the entire project by
the fall of 1963, the commis
sion said. The portion be
tween 12th st., Medford, and
tbe Barnett rd., Interchange
will be completed early to
make the new freeway from
Barnett rd. to Seven Oaks
north of Central Point usable
as early as possible, the com
mission announced.
Mercury vapor luminaires
will illuminate . all decelera
tion and merging traffic lanes
on both the freeway and Cra
ter Lake highway at the Cra
ter Lake Interchange. . .
The project three miles
south of Gold Hill includes
construction of one complete
new structure and widening
one existing structure. It will
provide an overcrossing to
carry traffic northbound over
Southern Pacific railroad
tracks, and a two-lane over
crossing over two frontage
roads to provide four traffic
lanes.
Parochial Schools
May Keep Textbooks
Salem - IUPII - Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton said in a
ruling today that while
parochial schools in Oregon
can't get any more free public
textbooks, they don't have to
turn in the ones they have
now.
In an opinion requested by
the Oregon education depart
ment, Thornton said a "status
quo" situation exists despite
a state supreme court ruling
some months ago that the
state law which for years pro
vided free state textbooks to
parochial schools is unconsti
tutional.
Thornton noted that the
high court issued a stay of
mandate in its decision be.
cause a Catholic group indi
cated it was appealing to the
U. S. Supreme Court.
The status quo situation on
turning back of textbooks
now held existed from the
time the Oregon high court
issued its stay of mandate.
Thornton added, however,
that parochial schools in his
opinion can't get additional
free state textbooks while the
stay of mandate remains.
I office channels, but the grow-
Goldberg but has not receiv
ed a reply, according to a
local fruit shipper. This is a
result of a conference here
last month between the sen
ator and representatives of
the labor industry.
Morse conveyed the pro
tests of members of the Jack
son Fruit Growers League
over the ruling not to let
B
i Mexican harvest laborers
,oorth of the California bor
i
MEDFORD,
Freeman
To Submit
Senator Tells
Of Funds From
BillieSol Esfes
Commitment of
Employee Charged
Washington-IUPD-Sen. Ralph
Yarborough (D-Tex.) said to
day Billie Sol Estes had con
tributed $1,700 toward his
expenses in taping programs
for broadcast over Texas radio
stations.
Yarborough revealed the
contribution as Republicans
were demanding the resigna
tion of Agriculture Secretary
Orville L. Freeman over
charges that his department
had an employee committed
to a mental institution because
she knew too much about the
Estes case.
Yarborough's aides issued a
statement which gave an ac
counting of costs of preparing
the broadcasts in the Senate
recording studios since Jan.
1, 1959. The costs totaled $24,-
400. .
"I have paid $20,384 on
this amount and now owe the
Senate studio $3,982.90," the
statement said. '"Of this
amount paid, Billie Sol Estes,
who had contributed to sev
eral of my campaigns for of
fice in Texas, has contributed
a total of $1,700 to this radio
report, as others also have
contributed, his last contribu
tion being on Dec. 4, 1961."
The Republican charges
against Freeman revolved
around Mary K. Jones, secre
tary to N. Battle Hales, who
kept files on Estes. Sen. John
J. Williams R-Del.) told the
Senate Monday that the de
partment "railroaded" her
into a mental institution for
12 days.
The Agricultural Depart
ment denied the charges. It
said In a statement It "regrets
that the medical problems of
an employee have been made
into a political controversy."
Sen. Gordon Allott (R-Colo.)
said Miss Jones was "dragged
screaming from her office" to
the hospital. He said Freeman
should "step down and out"
because of the burgeoning
case of the Texas farm mag
nate indicted on fraud
charges.
Republican Reps. Bob Dole
(Kan.) and John B. Anderson
(111.) made the same demand
on the letterhead of the GOP
Congressional committee.
Dole charged that the Agri
culture department's integrity
has been impugned, and "we
cannot allow a Cabinet rank
department to remain under
a cloud." i
Allott told the Senate that
the department had been
"caught in clear cases of mis
feasance and malfeasance" in
the Estes case and "if he
(Freeman) does not resign and
the White House maintains its
strange silence, it must be ex
plained." NEWS CONFERENCE
Washington-lllPI) - President
Kennedy will hold a news con
ference Thursday at 11:30
(PSD), the White House said
today.
To Hire Help
Months Away
der. The League members
have also strongly protested
the $1 an hour minimum
wage set by the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor.
The Rogue valley Li about
the only district in the Pacific
Northwest that uses Mexican
nationals for harvesting, it
was reported. This is because
ihe district is far from other
migrant labor pools.
If growers must pay a mini
mum of a dollar an hour, then
some marginal pickers wilfi
have to be eliminated, it was
explained. Growers protest
they have always paid equal
wages or better, compared
with Washington and Cali
fornia. 9
OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1962
School Reorganization
Plan Returned To County
Salcm-(UPD-The State Board of Education got hung up today on a proposed school district
re'organization plan from Jackson county. The board rejected it 2-2 and sent it back to
county officials for rewriting.
The plan would have made school district No. 35 at Rogue River an administrative
school district.
Deatherage Accused
Of Double-Talk at
Home Rule Debate
An exasperated Ben Day , High school. It was the second
last night heatedly accused
William Deatherage of using
.mki....,l. ...ii,"
double-talk and scare-talk
in his attempts to defeat the
proposed Home Rule Charter.
The outburst came during
Day's rebuttal period at last
night's slam-bang debate on
the Charter issue at Medford
DeMarrs Answers
Charge Made at
Charter Debate
.Ray O. DeMarrs, chairman
of the citizen's committee
which opposes passage of the
proposed Home Rule Charter,
today replied to a charge
made by Medford Attorney
Ben Day at last night's debate
at Medford High school that
"DeMarrs is not a registered
voter of Juckson county."
DeMarrs' answer to the
charge was delivered to the
Mail Tribune this morning,
and is printed here:
The proponents for the
home rule charter attacked
my personal position in that
they attempted to discredit
me for reason of not being a
registered voter, yet .acting in
opposition to the opposed
charter. Consequently, a reply
is in order so all persons may
be familiar with the situation.
'Also, it can be pointed out
thnt a very good reason for
rejecting the charter when it
is shown iust what arbitrary
power and authority appoint
ed officers have to use in
denying a person their rights
and privileges.
'In 1957, the question of
my citizenshin was raised by
the immigration department
and an order of deportation
was Issued; I took the matter
before a special inquiry offi
cer, who found from the facts
that I was a derivitive citizen,
thus not subject to deporta
tion; the immigration depart
ment thereafter anpealed that
ruling to the Immigration
Board of Aopcals. which
made the finding that from
the facts. I am a derivitive
citizen of the United Slates
and that the Immigration de
partment had failed to show I
was an alien, therefore upheld
the findings of the special in
quiry officer ruling.
"Two years ago I filed for
a certificate of citizenship,
and in exercising the arbi
trary oower of their appoint
ed office still held that I am
an alien, therefore refused
me a certificate of citizenship.
From this arbitrary act. I am
now forced to seek relief In
the courts for a proper adjuca
tlon and declaration of my
citizenship.
"From all of this I cannot
exercise mv right to vote - to
be active in our government
I can but do as I now do - try
and be informed of matters of
general concern and try to
assist those who may exercise
their rights to vole."
Government Moves
In California Strike
San Francisco - HOT - The
federal government made an
effort today to solve a two-week-old
labor dispute which
has idled Northern Cali
fornia's $3.5 billion construc
tion industry and could
spread to the $4 billion indus
try in Southern Californla.
Tribune
er Pressure
esignation
time the two Medford lawyers
ve debated the measure
Ine.y met at Eagle Point last
Friday night in a similar situ.
ation.
A nearly equally divided,
highly partisan crowd of
about 200 area residents heard
Deatherage give the warning
that the voters of Jackson
county would be "rushing into
something" it they adopted
the Charter. He pointed out
that Marion county has de
ferred until 1964 an attempt
to institute a similar Home
Rule Charter.
Concern Hand Bill 1
One of the several side is
sues brought up last night
concerned a handbill passed
out by a member of the Cit
izens. Group to the audience
as they filed Into the audi
tortum. The handbill was
signed
by Ray O. DeMarrs.
chairman of the group.
Day referred to the hand
bill and said that DeMarrs
was "not even a registered
voter of Jackson county." He
said an earlier handbill which
was unsigned was "llleagl."
Deatherage countered by
saying he didn't know wheth
er DeMarrs was a registered
voter or not, that he "had
never checked into it." But as
for the unsigned handbill,
Deatherage said, "anonymity
in our form of government Is
a virtue." He noted that the
famous "Federalist Papers"
were written anonymously. '
Printed Newspapers
(The Federalist Papers were
a collection of 85 letters print
ed in newspapers following
the Revolutionary War. The
letters, which urged the adop
tion of the Constitution, were
signed "Publlus." They were
written by James Maidson, of
ten referred to as the "father
of our Constitution.")
During his presentation of
the negative points of view,
Deatherage cited Plato and
Aristotle, charging that they,
like the proponents of the
Home Rule Charter, advocat
ed putting control of govern
ment in the hands of an elite
few.
Deatherage also said that
Lenin had stripped the demo
cratic concepts from Karl
Marx's theory of Communism
and had turned it Into a dic
tatorship in actual practice
His oblique allusion was that
while the Charter might look
good on paper, it could con
ceivably deteriorate into one-
man control.
Visibly Aroused
Day, visibly aroused by
Dcathcrage's statements,
threw up his hands. "Plato,
Aristotle and Communism,"
he snorted, "what a combina
tion!" "This is the reason the
charter committee has had so
much trouble explaining the
Charter to the voter," Day
said. "This sort of talk is rub
bish, pure rubbish."
"We have a real need for
the county to be able to regu
late its own affairs of govern
ment." Day told the audience,
"the cities and towns have
the right, but the counties
don't."
"It Is ridiculous to have to
go and bother the .tale legis
lature on county matters," he
addca. He pointed out that it
was necessary to get a special
act of the legislature to utilize
the space at the rear of the
courthouse as a parking lot.
"You are best served," Day
emphasized, "when you serve
i yourselves.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 47
The initial version of the
plan, submitted last year,
would have merged Rogue
River with School District
No. 62, Evans Valley, just to
the north. The board approv
ed this and it went to the
voters but was rejected twice
by Evans Valley voters while
approved at the same time by
Rogue River voters.
Then the Jackson County
School District Reorganiza
tion committee submitted the
new plan, excluding Evans
Valley.
The split on the board to-
day came when two members
felt some provision should be
made for Evans Valley. In
sending the plan back to the
county committee, the board
called for this to be done.
Appeal Made for
Charter Support
An appeal was made today
by Ray Lamberg, 3619 Ross
lane, for Jackson county
Democrats, to rally to the sup
port of the proposed Home
Rule Charter.'
Lamberg, a retired Air
Force officer, said today he
reels the Democratic Central
committee, which a few
weeks ago came out against
the Charter, "represents a
minority of Democrats in the
valley."
Lamberg said he was moved
to take this action soliciting
support of the Charter after
attending last night's debate
on the issue at Medford High
school.
'I am worried that the op
ponents of the Charter are so
vocal they will succeed in de
feating the proposal," Lam
berg said.
He Invited all Jackson
county Democrats who are in
favor of the Charter to con
tact him at his home by call
ing SPring 2-7821 and offer
their support.
Lamberg said he met this
morning with the Democratic
candidates for the state legis
lature from Jackson county -Al
Bradford, James Redden
and Charles Crary - to urge
them to take a public stand
on the Charter Issue. They
declined to do so, Lamberg
said.
"The Democratic Central
commtitee docs not speak for
all the Democrats in the val
ley," Lamberg stated, "and
we need to hear from all those
who favor the Charter to do
what we can to help get the
measure passed for the good
of Jackson county."
Minuet
First Group To
Reach Bangkok
On Wednesday
Kennedy Says Threat
Of 'Grave Concern'
Washington -(UPH- President
Kennedy today ordered 5,000
U. S. fighting men to take up
stations in Thailand to help
protect that Southeast Asian
nation from the threat of
Communist forces in neigh-
ooring Laos.
The first contingent of rein
forcements, a Marine combat
group, will land at Bangkok
Wednesday.
Kennedy said in a special
statement that "a threat to
Thailand is of grave concern
to the United States." He said
the military move was being
taken as a defensive act which
is "wholly consistent with the
United Nations charter."
Rusk Schadulat Visit
A short time later, Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk
scheduled an afternoon meet
ing with Soviet Ambassador
Anatoly F. Dobrynin amid in
dications from high U. S. of
ficials that Russia was willing
to seek a political settlement
of the Laos crisis.
Officials said that the U.S.
ambassador to the S it
Union, Llewellyn E. Thomp
son, received the impression
from Soviet Premier Khru
shchev when they met last
week that the Russians want
ed a political settlement of the
Laotian problem. i
Cease-Flre Violated
These officials said they ex-
Pected Dobryntn would have
raore specmc reaction 10 u.o.
and British protests over the
violation 10 days ago of the
cease fire by Communist-led
Pathet Lao rebels.
In elaborating on the White
House announcement, the De
fense Department said an
eventual force of 5,000 Army,
Marine and Air Force troops
will be established in Thai
land. This Includes 1,000 U. S.
soldiers already there.
Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara announced the
creation of a new "United
States Military : Assistance
Command-, Thailand.". it will
be under Army Gen. Paul D;
Harkins, .who also heads the
U. S. Military Assistance Com
mand in South Viet Nam,
Sawmill Workers
Tell Wage Demands
Portland, Ore. (UPD The)
Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers Union, AFL-CIO, told em
ployers Monday it will seek
substantial wage Increases
this year.
The union made the an
nouncement at a meeting with
members of the Timber Op
erators Council, representing
some 200 employers from
Alaska to California. It came
on the heels of a similar de
mand by the region's second
major timber union, the In
ternational Woodworkers ot
America, AFL-CIO.
WEATHER '
FOHKCA8T: Mostly cloudy to
night and Wednesday tnorntnf.
Sunny and warmer Wedneiday
afternoon. Low tonight 38.
llllli Wednesday 65.
Temp.
Illthrnt Yesterday 59
Lowest This Morning 41
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today T:2t p.m.
Bunrtsft tomorrow .... 4:49 a.m.
Moon net tomorrow .... 3:43 a.m.
Full Moon May 19
The star, Splca, li due south
tonight a . 9:59 P.m.
and the Moon Is to the rliht
and a little above thlr star. To
morrow night the Moon will
be to the left of Splca.