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0 0 Swire fa Pacific Russia! n b Test Area ariinis TORNADO WRECKS HOUSE Mrs. Margaret Norris of the Fairmont section of Waterbury, Conn., examines her undamaged washing machine after a tornado swept through Health Building Site Protested by Garden Clubs About a dozen garden club women representing 26 clubs in the Siskiyou district this morning protested the county court's tentative decision to locate a public health building in an area designated for an arboretum.' The county court has made no decision pending a more thorough examination of the area under discussion south of the county extension building. County Horticultural Agent Clifford BCordy said the extension service is not pro testing use of the arboretum plot. The gard.cn clubs which are sponsoring the arboretum development being planned by Urban Agent John McLough lin are protesting, he noted. . Mrs. Edith Poe. district gar den club director from Phoe nix, said the county needs the public health center building, but there are other sites such as one next to the detention home which would not inter fere with the planned arbo retum. Add to Beauty Mrs. Edith Eden, who has beep promoting beautification of Medford. said location of the arboretum adjacent to the extension service would bet ter add to the beauty of the area. Members of the county court said they are not oppos ed to the arboretum. They said they gave the extension service permission to develop the plot for an arboretum, but the possibility of constructing a health center building arose, and plans have to be changed. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt suggested a plot ad iacent to Maple park and across from the entrance to the extension building. The location of the health center next to the extension building is necessary to avoid scattering buildings on the fair grounds property, Wendt said. Child Suffocates In Crib at Baker Baker - lUPP - Paul Clay Bain, four months, was found dead in his crib here Friday. A doctor blamed it on suffo cation. His twin brother died five days after birth. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Bain. MEWSBRIEFS ITEMS FROM DUTCH REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE Hollandia. Weil New Guinea-JtM-Dutch military officials reported today the! 156 reinforcements have arrived from Holland and will be ruihed into the bailie agaimt Indonesian invaders. COST OF LIVING SETS ANOTHER RECORD Wathinglon-iri-The cost of living climbed to a record high in April for the third consecutive month, knocking another penny off the buying pewer of i $10 bill. Another increase it xjecled this month. MARSHALL TITO MARKS 70 BIITMDAY Belgrade, YogoeJsvie-in-Maribsl Joeip tre)i Tito, pres ident eUYugotlavii and heed of it Ceeeeauniit party, ob served m 70th birthday todey me (Marti? in pctr thfjn New Dialing System Starts in Area on Sunday Morning "Growth brings changes, i phone system serving the Med- and that's what is happening in our business in the Medford area this spring and summer," Pacific Northwest Bell Man ager J. H. Creager said today. On May 18, a new tele phone number system termed All Number Calling was in troduced with the delivery of new telephone directories. The next change is scheduled Sunday, May 27, at 12:01 a.m. From then on it will be nec essary for PNB customers in Medford, Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, Central Point and Gold Hill to dial all seven digits of the listed phone num ber when making a call. Applies to All Calls "This applies to all calls our customers dial within their own community," Creag er said, "as well as to calls dialed to other communities within the local calling area." Creager pointed out that 12 years ago there were about 10,700 telephones in the com munities involved in the May 27 dialing change. At that time (1950) telephone num bers with five digits had just been introduced, and the tele- Japanese Pilot Sees Coastal Area Brookings, Ore. -IUPI1- No buo Fujita got a view from the ground today of the area he flew over as an enemy pilot in World War II. Fujita, smiling broadiy at the warm reception given him and his wife and son, Yasuyoshi, 25, was driven here from Portland Thursday. The 51-year-old Tokyo busi nessman, who twice dropped bombs on nearby forests in September of 1942, will be guest of honor Saturday and Sunday at Brookings' annual Azalea Festival. Jaycees planned to take the family on a tour of the Brook ings area today, including a visit to the Brookings Ply wood Company. FILES SUBPOENAED Washington -OIPli- A Senate subcommittee has subpoenaed the files of a company con trolled by former Treasury Secretary George M. Hum phrey in preparation for an investigation of its govern ment stockpile contracts. AROUND THI OLOII at off tearing the ford area was smaller and less complex. In the past 12 years, the telephone population in the six communities has increased 120 per cent to a total now of almost 24,000. There have been numerous additions to the Medford area telephone network, and as recently as May 18 of this year, telephone numbers were changed from two letters and five numerals to new ones with seven num erals. Call Completed "In the past five years since two-letter," five-numeral tele phone numbers were intro duced, some telephone users here have found they can dial less than (he seven digits of a number in their own town and the call would be completed," Creager said. "But this will not be pos sible," he added, "after May 27. If the lull seven digits of the listed number are not dialed on calls within or be tween these communities, the call will not go through." Pacific Northwest Bell has another service change sched uled July 15. On that date it will introduce direct dialing by customers of station - te station long distance calls. The DDD service will be avail able in Medford, Ashland, Central Point, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Rogue River, Phoenix and Talent. Baby Found at School Identified Portland -IUPII- A baby girl found Tuesday night in a Uni versity of Oregon Medical School classroom was identi fied Thursday by a Vancou ver. Wash., woman who said she is the baby's grandmother. Mrs. Vivian Judd said the blue-eyed, curly-haired child is Ginger Buttrick, born in March at Gold Beach to Mrs. Judd's daughter, Mrs. Barbara Buttrick, 22. Mrs. Judd said she had not seen her daughter or son-in-law, James Buttrick. since Tuesday, when she advised them to put the baby in a hos pital because it was ill. Mrs. Judd said the couple had been living in Vancouver but had been talking about going to California. Mrs. Judd said she recog nized the baby from a news paper picture. Bids Opened for Bridge Timbers The Jackson county court I this morning opened bids for i timbers for two county ' bridges, but took no action. County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen was instructed to study the bids and submit his recommendation for awarding the contract. The timbers will be used for county bridges over Evans creek and Butte creeV on the Netherlands rd. J. H. Baxter company, Port , land. was the apparent lre.' , bidder with an overall total of $10,545. Niedtrmeyer-Mar- the area Thursday, house. (UPI) tin company. ej1n rf Portland, bid $1 1.328.3 Wily two bids weiQ submirft o O o0 side (foreground) from the Agreement With City, FAA May Be Signed in Month To facilitate certain propos ed improvements at the mu nicipal airport, the city of Medford and the Federal Aeronautics Agency plan to enter into a grand agreement sometime before June 30 this year, according to Gilbert J. Gutjahr, airport manager. The city originally submitt ed an application for federal aid in June 1961. The FAA notified the city Jan. 31, 1962, that it had given tentative approval to the request and had allocated for it in the agency's fiscal 1962 program. Following the signing of the giant agreement, Gut jahr said, work will com mence shortly after July 1 on construction of a wind tee, expansion of the airport apron, and extension of the taxiway. Under the agreement, the government will pay 55.55 per cent of the total cost of the improvements, and the city will pay 44.45 per cent. Complete installation of the wind tee will cost about S15, 000, and the apron and taxi- way projects will cost a total of about $33,021, Gutjahr said. Draw Up Master Plan As part of its application for assistance, the city was required to draw up a master plan for future development of the airport. On the plans, sites were located for pro posed future structures, in cluding a freight terminal, maintenance hangar, admin istration office building, cen tral fuel dump, and "T" hang ars for storage of small air craft. In connection with the mas ter plan, a new analysis of wind speeds and directions was made. The analysis re vealed the main runway's orientation provides for 99.2 per cent coverage. A study of the crossrunway showed it is available for takesoffs and landings 98.7 per cent of the time. "This is a fortunate situa tion," Gutjahr said, "because our projection for future use and development of the air port indicates a large gowth in small aircraft traffic in the next 10 to 15 years, as well as a considerable expan sion in air freight." Decision on Mexican Labor Use To Be Reviewed, Goldberg Says Portland - it'PH - Labor Sec retary Arthur Goldberg said today the Labor Department decision to prohibit Mexican harvest labor north of the California border will be re viewed. The ruling has caused con cern in the Rogue River val ley where Mexicans have been used to harvest a $16 million pear crop. Goldberg said following discussions with Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). the flcpart mcnt will have "a further an nouncement" on the harvest ruling. "We desire to help all seg ments of the country equal ift" he .tded. Regional tion Medford 28 Pages Two Sections Carpenter Extends Apologies For Causing Worry on Flight TouVelle Park Enlargement To 51 Acres Voted Overnight Camping Will Be Permitted Salem - 0IPD - The Oregon Highway Commission today approved the purchase of a 16 acre addition to TouVelle State Park in Jackson county. This will enlarge it to 51 acres, and make it the first state overnight camping area m the immediate vicinity of Medford. The present park of 35 acres is nine miles north of Med ford on Table Rock rd. along the Rogue river. It is a pop ular picnic spot, but until now has been too small for over night camping. In other action, the commis sion: Approved two location surveys, giving the go ahead on right of way acquisition for the Island City-Jackson rd. section of the Wallowa Lake Highway in Union county, and the Oro Dell-La Grande section of the Old Oregon Trail Highway in Union coun ty. Federal Jobs Approved Approved $285,000 for 1963 federal aid secondary jobs in Sherman, Washington, Clackamas, Josephine and Polk counties. This includes an exchange of $100,000 be tween Clackamas and Jose phine, and a $60,000 exchange between Polk and Washing ton, plus new - allocations of $125,000 for Sherman and Washington. Put a 3.2 mile section of Liberty rd. in Sherman county on the federal aid secondary system as Route 134. Approved $40,000 for re modeling and enlarging the highway department's metro politan division office in East Portland. Commended the 14 years of service here of C. C. Polk of Salem, who is retiring next month as district engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. ADC Investigation Ordered in Marion Salem -(UPD- The Oregon Welfare Commission today or dered an investigation into why costs of the aid to de pendent children of unem ployed parents (ADC-UN) pro gram in Marion County are so high. The motion was made by Mrs. Frank Bash, Medford, after the commission was told Marion's caseload and costs are second only to Multnomah county. ADC-UN is the new welfare program that is under fire from a number of county wel fare commissions. A staff re port of the legislative fiscal committee has also been criti cal of the program, which be gan late last year as an ex tension of the regular ADC program. In April, Marion bad 1,027 ADC-UN cases. Multnomah had 1,682, and others included Linn, 316, and Lane, 255. Dur ing the month, Marion Coun ty families under the program received an average of $177.81 I versus $203.48 in Multnomah. Goldberg said because of improved employment the Portland area is expected to be transferred from a class D category of substantial unem ployment to an improved class c category. He said un - cmployment here dropped from 6.3 per cent in March to 4 9 per cent in April. He said there Iws been "sub stantial improvement" in the employment situation In Ore gon. Goldberg said he is hopeful a settlement will be reached in the West Coast maritime dispute, but if not, he maac it clear the government will act. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, Pageant Finalist Diana Hunter Diana Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hunter, 409 Lynnwood dr., Medford, is a mezzo-soprano, and will sing an ana from LeNozze di Fifaro" during the talent segment of the Miss Rogue Valley Pageant June 2. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weights 125 pounds. Miss Hunter has studied voice for 2'. i years, and plans to at tend Southern Oregon college. 'Ride, Shop' Plan Made at Meeting A proposal for a "Ride and Shop" plan was presented by the 'owner of Evergreen Bus Lines at a meeting of the Downtown Medford Mer chants association this morn ins at the Jackson House. L. R. Pilcher told Ihe group of about 50 merchants that while other cities in the country have successfully in stituted such a cooperative program, a yet no other com munity in Oregon has tried it. Pilcher explained that a shopper would pay his nor mal fare for riding a bus into the downtown shopping area. But upon making a irinimum purchase at an association store, the merchant would present him a validated stamp which would entitle him to either a reduced rale or a free ride on his return trip home. 'We have about 300 per sons a day riding our tour buses," Pilcher said, "and during our busiest reason, which is just coming up, we have between 500 and 600 riders a day." A show of hands revealed that the majority of the mer chants were interested in the proposal, although several commented they would prefer to study the plan further be fore they became associated with it. Mrs. Phil Brainard, chair man of the association, con ducted the meeting. AGREEMENT EXTENDED Salem (UPli An extension of a snow removal agreement between Deschutes county and the state involving access to Bachelor Butte was approved today by the Oregon Highway Commission. PLANT PLANNED Portland - tUPIi - Georgia-Pacific Corp. said today it would build a formaldehyde plant at its Coos Bay plant complex adjacent to its resin plant. It is important and Im perative that the parties make settlement . . . and I urge them to do so." he said. Three West Coast ?agoing unions struck earlier this year. They are now working 1 under a Taft-Hartley injunc- tion that expires this summer. "We of course will do everything we have to do and are empowered to do to protect the national safety." Goldberg said. He lai '. the ad ministration ha made this clear. Goldljjvg jas here to open an AFLCIO union industries sh0' before speaking at a Dcmocfttic dinner in Salem tonight. Tribune Three-Orbit Trip 'Really a Snap Astronaut Says Scientists Seek All Information Grand Turk Island, Baha-mas-iUPli-Astronaut Scott Car penter, 37, chipper and smil ing after seven hours of sleep, said today his three-orbit trip around earth "really was a snap" and apologized for wor rying everyone at the end. The Navy lieutenant com mander began two days of intensive physical and psychi atric examinations at this re mote British island during which space scientists seek every scrap of information about his trip and his reac tions to it. Carpenter said he was a bit worried for a while during reentry into the earth's atmos phere but said "The flight went off very well." He said "no one knew where I was and I didn't ei ther." Assumptions Wrong Lt. Col. John Powers, as tronaut spokesman, said there were reasons to believe as sumptions of trouble with the spacecraft's stabilization and controls system were wrong. Carpenter said he definitely thought he was on proper course when he re-entered. Powers, asked whether the 200-mile overshot of the land ing area was more of a mys tery today than Thursday when it was blamed on the stabilization controls system, said "I would hate to see your leads say that, but yes." Carpenter went to bed late Thursday night, apparently less perturbed by his hazard ous experience than many of the thousands who spent an agonizing 40 minutes Thurs day before they learned he had survived his capsule- scorching return to earth. In Good Shape The spaceman appeared in good shape when he arrived here Thursday in a helicopter which plucked him from the Atlantic at a point more than 200 miles beyond his schedul ed landing area. Carpenter's immediate con cern seemed to be what the future held for him. Where do I go from here? was the first question he ask ed as he landed here after his trouble-plagued flight. Of the flight itself, he seem ed impressed by what he had seen. BoyI the beauty of the sun- rises and the sunsets," Car penter exclaimed. "They arc more beautiful than anything I've ever seen on this earth." Carpenter will describe his flight to doctors and scientists and their findings may deter mine whether the United States must undertake another three-orbit flight before at tempting to surpass the endur ance record of 17 orbits re ported by the Russians. Carpenter followed the path in space blazed by Astronaut John Glenn last Feb. 20 but he was beset by troubles that started shortly after the mighty Atlas rocket hurled him into orbit. He had trouble maintaining the temperature of his space suit, the balloon which he re leased to study depth and per ception failed to inflate fully his attitudlnal fuel almost was depleted, and his retro-rockets fired too late. The delayed action by the retro-rockets helped to throw Carpenter off course during re-entry. Esfes Activity in Surplus Housing Eyed Washington -IUPH- Congres sional investigators are look ing into Billie Sol Estes' in tcrests in a surplus housing operation which reached into at least three states. According to information which Is slowly being pieced together, the Texas million aire shared In an enterprise iwhich converted surplus mili tary buildings ayito homing unig The Estes firm0is be lieved to have been active in Tja, Arkansas and Washing ton state. 57th Year Price 10 Cents 1962 No. 56 m .tvr.r 12 id 1 1 JAMES E. KLAHRE Elected President Hood River Man Named President Of Pear Bureau Portland - IUPI1 - James E. Klahre. since 1939 general manager of the Apple Grow ers Association of Hood River, Thursday was elected presi dent of the Oregon-Washing-ton-California Pear Bureau. Klahre succeeds William J Naumcs of Medford. Other officers named at the I bureau's 31st annual conven tion here included: J. A. Ho dapp, Placervillc, Calif., first vice president; Dayld B, Low ry, Medford, second vice presi dent; Ray Forman, Yakima third vice president, and Rob ert W. Prince, Wenatchee, fourth vice president. Richard Patterson, Port land, was renamed secretary- treasurer and general man ager for the 16th year. . Executive Committee fijew executive committee members include Naumes and Howell B. Murphy, Medford; Joe Smullin, Klahre and E. R. Pooley, Hood River; Gerry Crossland and Winlon Brady, Wenatchee; Frank Freshwa ter, John Bloxom and George Joseph, Yakima, and Hodapp and Lee W, Veerkamp, Plac ervillc. The bureau represents some 3,000 winter pear growers on the coast. Patterson said the three- state area produced 3,786,785 standard boxes of winter pears of all varieties com pared with 3,758,862 the pre vious year. Morse, Neuberger Vote for Amendment Washington - (UPI) - S e n s. Wayne Morse and Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) voted Thursday for an amendment to insert President Kennedy s feed grain control program into the omnibus farm bill. The amendment was passed by the Senate 46-37. .1' 1 : "I'm Fine, Of Course, Every Once In A While I Go Like This " Vessels Said To Be Outside of Restricted Zone No Action Planned, Pentagon Declares Washington-iUPP-Three Rus sian ships loaded with elec tronic gear are spying in the U.S. nuclear test area of the Pacific and are gathering valuable military information, the Defense Department said today. But a Pentagon spokesman said the vessels are outside the restricted zone surround ing Christmas Island, and are within their rights. No action is planned except to warn them of possible danger from them of possible danger from the explosions, he said. The ships are only 10 to 15 miles outside the restricted area about 400 miles west of Christmas Island, he said, and have ignored efforts by Amer ican vessels to warn them of danger. Not Concerned Recalling that the Russians complained of fallout danger to one of its vessels in the 1958 Pacific tests, the spokes man said they apparently are not concerned about such dan ger now. The largest of the Russian vessels was identified as the 3,600 - ton hydro - meteorologl cal ship Shokal 'Skiy. It was said to have a great variety of electronic devices, 16 labo ratories and a pad for launch ing rockets capable of reach ing ionisphere. It is accompanied by two smaller ships, which are con verted trawlers equipped to obtain auxiliary electronic data. Can Get Information The Pentagon spokesman said the ships can obtain in formation on weapons design through "radio - chemical" analysis. They can measure the size of the nuclear test explosions as well as deter mining their exact time and position. To reach their present posi tions, the Soviet ships crossed the restricted area around Johnston Island, the spokes man said.. In answer to a question, he said that even within the re stricted area the United States has no power except to warn ships of danger. United States Conducts 13th Test in Pacific Washington -flPli- The Unit ed States exploded another nuclear weapons test in the Pacific today-the 13th an nounced since the series began April 25. The announcement by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department described the test as being in 'the low-yield range. It oc curred In the vicinity of Christmas Island and the de vice was dropped from an air plane, the announcement said. WEATHER FORECAST: Generally cloudy with ihoweri through Satur day. Occasional brief rlearlnc periodi. Continued cool. Low tonight near 45. High Saturday near 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday S Lowest This Morning 48 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:41 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow ..12:54 a.m. Last Quarter Saturday PROMINENT STARS The Big Hipper, In the north west at midnight. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, lets u 9:30 p.m. Jupiter, rises 1:40 a.m. Saturn, low In south east - 1:51 a.m. Mars, rlsea 3:30 a.m. ever in the independent comi O O 0 o 0o
