Oregon IFire Insurance l&ate Changes Announced
Portland - Premium adjust
whereby purchasers of large ;
policies were paying too much
in proportion to their total
losses, while buyers of small
er policies were paying too
little in proportion to their I
total losses. The new changes I
will reestablish rates on a
more equitable basis," the bu-1
reau said.
The bureau said that the!
adjustments would affect poli-j
wait for the full three or five
tistics available in the office
but contributed 58.5 of the
total premium.
The bureau estimated that
about 60 per cent of the
dwelling insurance buyers
(who buy policies with a face
value belo-v the $10,000 level)
will pay increased premiums,
while about 40 per cent of the
buyers (above the $10,000
protection level) would pay
reduced premiums.
The premium increases and
decreases will vary, the bu
As examples of typical dol-1 premium changes will vary
Baker, Bend, Coos Bay,
Grants Pass, Klamath Falls,
La Grande, Oregon City, Pen
dleton, Roseburg.
Class 6-Ncwport.
Class 7-M any residential
areas in suburbs of Portland.
Class 8-M any residential
areas in suburbs" of Portland.
Fire resistant apartments
will continue at the same
.rate, the bureau said, but
non-fire-resistant apartments
will be increased 20 per cent.
The bureau also announced
increases and decreases on
manufacturing and commer
cial rates. The new rates will
range from an increase of
33 13 per cent on retail lum
ber yards to a decrease of 40
per cent on certain offices."
ments, both increases and de
creases, for lire insurance
coverage in Oregon became
effective today, the Oregon
Insurance Rating Bureau has
announced in behalf of its
member and subscriber com
panies. Trre changes have been ap
proved by the Oregon Insur
ance Department.
The bureau, which repre
sents most of the fire insur
ance companies doing busi
ness in the state, said that
the adjustments are necessary
to help correct underwriting
deficits and to modernize rat
ing procedures to reflect
changes in the economy.
"Over a long period of time,
inequities had developed
year policy term to expire.
It is estimated, the bureau
said, that the adjustments
would also moderately in
crease the total fire insurance
premium income for com
panies to overcome the con
sistent losses of companies of
the past five years. During
that time, the companies not
only have not made a profit
but, on the average, have paid
out at least $103.02 for every
$100 received in premium.
Actually, the bureau said, the
deficit has been even greater
on dwelling insurance than on
commercial fire insurance,
but both have failed to show
a profit.
The bureau pointed out that
an analysis of fire loss sta
of the Oregon Insurance Com
missioner, revealed that pol
icies with a face value of $5,
000 or less were responsible
for 31.5 per cent of the total
losses, . but contributed only
9.9 per cent of the total pre
mium. Policies with a face value
of $10,000 or more, however,
were responsible for only 28.2
per cent of the total losses,
reau explained, according to
the amount of insurance pro
tection purchased and the
amount of fire protection In
the area Each area or com
munity of the state is graded
by the insurance business and
assigned classification num
bers. The lowest numbers
have the best fire protection
and the highest numbers the
least fire protection.
lar increases and decreases, w' the increases and de-
the bureau said that for a csc smtaller m, the area?
. . ... , o better fire protection and
house with normal contents iarger in areas o lcsser pr0.
insured for $5,000 in the city lection.) i
of Portland, (a Class 2 city In areas of the state where
which has the best fire pro-1 there is only token or no
tection in the state) the in-1 fire protection whatever, ac
crease woulcT be $5.24 per counting for about 10 per
year; for the same house in 1 cent of the insurance buyers.
Class 8 city, the increase I the increases and decreases
would be $11.81 per year.
are greater than those in Class
8 areas, the bureau said.
Examples of fire protection
classification numbers assign
ed to various Oregon cities
and fire districts follow:
Class 2-portland.
Class 3-Eugene.
Class 4-Astoria, Corvallis,
Medford, North Bend, Salem,
The Dalles.
Class 5-Albany, Ashl and,
the decrease in premium
for a house with normal con
tents insured for $15,000 in a
Class 2 city would be $5.10
and for the same house in a
Class 8 city the decrease
would be $7.66.
(In all other protection
areas or cities which carry
protection classes 3 through
7, the dollar-amount annual
cies as they come up for re
newal. Buyers who are en
titled to lower premiums get
an additional advantage un
der a . new rule, recently
adopted by the bureau, which
permits them to apply for the
new, lower rates on the an
niversary date of their poli
cies, rather than having to
Regional Edition Two Sections 57th Year Price 10 Cents
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20 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1962
No. 62
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MEDFORD
The Beauties of Scenic Oregon
(Oregon State Highway Commission Photo)
Oregon Caves Chateau offers modern accommodations 10 visitors at Oregon Caves National
Monument, southwest of Grants Pass.
Legislative Reapportionment
Plan Approved by Commission
Salem - OJPD - After a brisk
and lengthy debate., the Ore
gon Constitutional Revision
commission today approved a
plan that would make some
major changes in legislative
reapportionment. Distribution
of lawmaker seats, however,
would still be largely along
the lines of population, like
the present system.
The vote was 8-6.
The recommendation will
go before the 1963 legislature.
Major items in the proposal
include:
-Lifting the ceiling on 60
members of the House and 30
in the Senate, allowing the
membership of each house to
be expanded as necessary.
2 to 1 Disparity
-Requiring that the dispar
ity between the amount of
people each solon represents
be no greater than 2-1.
-The House, as now, could
be no bigger than twice the
size of the Senate.
-Scats, as now, must be re
apportioned after each 10 year
Federal census, but in apply
ing the formula for allocation,
such factors as geography,
transportation and communi
cations between areas must be
considered.
-In setting up legislative
districts, county lines can be
ignored.
The commissioner who
made the motion, former Gov.
Robert D. Holmes of Port
land, said the "real teeth" of
the plan is the 2-1 disparity
idea. This means that the leg
islator who represents the
biggest constituency can't rep
resent more man twice
many people as the legislator
who has the tiniest constitu
ency. The idea is to keep dis
tricts in better balance.
Voting no on the package
were State Sen. Thomas R.
Mahonev (D - Portland), for
mer Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
Salem: Robert Chandler.
Bend publisher: Slaie Rep.
Stafford Hansell (R-Hermis-ton);
William Sweetland.
Klamath Falls publisher, -and
Chairman George Layman
(R-Nevvberg).
The plan the commission
adopted came to it from its
legislative subcommittee, as
amended. It differs from the
initiative petition that' back
ers of a clear population-geography
method in ehoosing
House. seats favor. Thoy are
putting their plan on the No
vember ballot as a constitu
tional amendment, and it
would give more guarantee
of minimum representation to
less populated areas.-1
SOC President to
Try to Clear Up :
isunderstanding
Jacksonville - Dr. Elmo
Stevenson, president of South
ern Oregon college, said today
he will give the Britt property
in Jacksonville his personal
attention in an effort to clear
up misunderstandings about
its present status and future
use.
Dr. Stevenson's statement
came in response to charges
by R. E. Lowe, Jacksonville,
that the college was not co
operating with efforts by
Jacksonville officialsand citi
zens to make part of the Britt
property into a city park and
maintain its gardens. j
Lowe said college officials
surprised that no one had yet
done so.
Dr. Stevenson also said that
college officials had met with
the city council concerning
creation of a city park on part
of the property and had offer-"
ed to lease the necessary land
for $l a year indefinitely.
He acknowledge that "Keep
Off" signs have been posted
around the property, but ex
plained that they applied only
to the public and not to or
ganized groups wishing to care
for the gardens.
. The college is yaiting for
the city council to draw up
agreement that can be
iicm
asin's
Israel Quickly
Executes Former
Nazi Colonel
Jerusalem, Israel-IUPD-Adolf
Eichmann's body was cremat
ed and the ashes scattered on
the Mediterranean early today
within hours of the moment
he was hanged as history's
most monstrous mass murder
er still unrepentant for his
role in the Nazi slaughter of
6 million Jews.
A slight smile played over
the lips of the former SS
colonel as a prison official
World reaction to ' the
hanging of Adolf Eichmann
in Israel Thursday appears
on page 2A.
Pageant
Finalist
lit"? faf
had failed to negotiate a lease i submitted to the state bourd
with the city for use of two
acres of the property as a
park.
He also claimed that local
citizens had been ignored by
college officials on five dif
ferent occasions when they re-
of higher education for signa
tures, Dr. Stevenson said.
Give Personal Attention
Commenting on the ap
parent misunderstanding over
tne properly, he said he would
posted.
Dr. Stevenson said today,
however, that the Jackson
ville Garden club and city
officials were given written
permission some time ago to
go on the land to maintain
the gardens. He said he was
quested permission to go on ! give the matter his- personal
the property and care for the attention and hoped to get it
oarrinns. The Dronertv is ! cleared up within, 30 days.
uuwe sniu mere was some
question as to whether the
deed and title to the property
had ever been transferred to
the college.
According to Frank J. Van
Dyke, lawyer who handled
the estate, however, the prop
erty went into the college's
hands by a decree of final
distribution and did not re
quire a transfer of title or
deed.
Commenting on the disposi
tion of the contents of the
house. Dr. Stevenson said that
everything of value had been
given to the Jacksonville mu-
U.S. TO TEST HIGH ALTITUDE WEAPON seum for an indefinite period
Wajhington-4Tf-The United State, plans to explode a of time.
rocket-borne nuclear device about 30 miles over a remote
Pacific island tonight, the first of a series of high-altitude ; Government Initiates
W'Th.n,Atomlc En.ray Commission .aid the near-pace .hot ' Sf eP Against CommeS
would be held over John.ton I.land about midnight.
announced "ready" and the
trap door was sprung. He was
pronounced dead at two min
utes before midnight Thurs
day (1:50 p.m., PST).
Shallow Victory
For Israel it was a shallow
victory that could not possibly
balance a carriage so bestial
that the Israeli supreme court
said no punishment could be
severe enough.
To the end Eichmann re
mained defiant. He claimed
in his trial he was only a little
cog in the Nazi machine. In
his final appeal for mercy he
blamed the slaughter on other
Nazi "leaders" whom he did
not identify.
Walks To Gallows
As he walked his last steps
to the gallows at Ramie prison
outside Tel Aviv he told Dr.
Robert Hull, a Canadian
Protestant missionary:
"I'm taking it calmly with
peace in my heart which is to
me proof that I was correct."
Just before he died he pro
claimed: "I tried to obey the
laws of war and my flag."
The Rev. Dr. Hull, who had
many talks with Eichmann
the last few weeks of his life,
pleaded with Eichmann on the
last walk to "return to Jesus."
Refused Bible
Eichmann seemed to ignore
him. He refused a Bible. But
among his last words were:
"I live believing in God, and
believing in God I die."
Four and a half hours later
the body of the 56-year-old
Nazi race exterminator was
removed from the fortress
prison and cremated. The ash
es were spread over the sea
from an Israeli police boat.
The state' of Israel wasted
no time in snuffing out Eich
mann's life after the supreme
court turned down his legal
appeal on Tuesday.
President Itzhak Ben-Zvi
speedily rejected the clemency
appeal, closing the last avenue
of hope, and the orders went
out for the first execution in
Israel's 14-year history.
WS(f iBRiEFS
ITIMS FROM JUSr y AROUND THI GLOsI
Washington-!?!' - The gov
ernment has taken the first
steps aimed at indicting lower
level U.S. Communist party
members for failing to reg
ister. The Justice Department
asked the Subversive Activi-
WOULD EXCLUDE CORPORATIONS : tie? Control Board to desig-
Wahington-iri--Tking issue tith hi. chief assistant, nate six persons from New
Senate Democratic Leeder Mike Men.iield .aid today corpora-; York City and four from the
lion, .hou'.d be excluded from eny tax cut. approved by j West Coast as members of
Congre.. to help bol.ter the economy. the party.
WILDERNESS DEATH TRY CHARGED
Wahington-lPI-"Democratic member, of the House In
terior Committee were accu.ed today of trying to kill an
idmini.tration-backed plan to preserve million, of acre, of
public land In .late of natural wildernc...
Medford Downtown
Stores Open Tonight
A majority of the stores in
the downtow.n Medford busi
ness district will remain open
until 9 o'clock tonight, accord
ing to a spokesman for the
Downtown Medford Mer
chants association.
Few stores were open last
Monday, because the shift
from Monday to Friday eve
ning shopping hours started.
Residents will be able to
view the sister-ship of Free
dom 7 space capsule tonight
at the corner of Main st. and
Central ave. The capsule,
which is mounted on a truck,
will be available for viewing
from 5 to 9 o'clock tonight.
The space capsule is on tour
o( the United States in con
nection with the U.S. savings
bond drive. The capsule was
made available by the Mc
Donnell Aircraft corporation.
St. Louis, which constructed
it.
Marty Wyatt
Among the 11 finalists to
compete in the Miss Rogue
Valley Pageant is Marty Lou
ise Wyatt. She is 5 feet 7
inches tall and weighs 116
pounds. Her hobbies are danc
ing, skiing and skindiving. She
is a student at Southern Ore
gon college and plans to con
tinue her education there. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd C. Wyatt, Jacksonville.
Miss Rogue Valley
Will Be Selected
At Saturday Event
Miss Rogue Valley will be
selected from 11 finalists to
morrow night to represent
this area in the Miss Oregon
Pageant at Seaside next
month.
Sponsored bv the Medford
Junior Chamber of Com
merce, the local pageant will
start at 8 p.m. Saturday in the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val theater in Ashland.
Contestants will appear
three times in the program
in evening gown competition,
talent competition and swim-
suit competition. Judges will
select five contest finalists,
and each will be required to
answer two unrehearsed ques
tions before Miss Rogue Val
ley is selected.
Judges for the contest are
Edward Barnett, Medford;
Francis Willett, Medford; Os
car Bjorlie, Ashland; Mrs.
Lenore Zapell, Medford; and
Paul Gandt, Medford.
Also on the program are
musical selections by the Pop
ulates, a Southern Oregon
college group, and John Lusk,
Medford.
Judges who selected the 11
semi-finalists were James
Grigsby Jr., Allen Hooker,
Mrs. Marjorie Roethler and
Mrs. Marjorie Green, all of
Medford.
Winner of the pageant will
receive a $200 scholarship
from the Peosi Cola Scholar
ship Foundation, and will
represent this area at the Miss
Oregon Pageant July 19, 20
and 21 in Seaside.
Larry Haller, executive di
rector of the Miss Oregon
event, said the state pageant
has the largest number of con
testants it has ever had, and
awards have reached an all
time high.
Winner of the Miss Oregon
Pageant will compete in the
Miss America contest in At
lantic City, N.J., in September.
Governor Hatfield
Dedicates Pacific
Freeway Strip
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, in
formally dedicating a new
nine-mile section of freeway
between Grants Pass and
Rogue River today, called for
new traffic legislation to make
Oregon's highways safer.
The governor, flanked on
the speaker's platform by
about 20 state, county and
city officials, said the state's
highway accident- record is
not good.
"We need to give further
emphasis to traffic law en
forcement," Hatfield said,
and he called upon the citizens
of the state to support new
legislation to reduce the ac
cident rate.-
Long Drive Recalled
He was introduced by Glenn
Jackson, chairman of the
state highway commission,
who said he could remember
when it was a "dawn to dark"
drive from Medford to Port
land. Now, by means of Oregon's
new freeway system, Jackson
said, the trip can be made in
about four and a half hours.
This new section of free
way, Jackson pointed out, is
just a part of a total $90 mil
lion highway project in the
region, -which, he predicted,
will be a vitally important
factor in the economic life of
southern Oregon.
Mayor of Grants Pass,
Charles V. Gill, speaking for
mayors of cities in Jackson
and Josephine counties, said
the new freeway "will bring
us all closer together."
Will Enhance Appeal
Murray Gardiner, president
of Medford Chamber of Com
merce, stated the new high
way will enhance the appeal
of the area for tourists.
A contingent of Grants Pass
Cavemen, and an audience of
about 250 watched Governor
Hatfield cut the green ribbon,
officially opening the new
freeway, about 11:30 o'clock
this morning.
The governor's car then led
a motorcade into Rogue Riv
er, where Mayor Larry Shee
han presented Hatfield with
a key to the city.
A no - host luncheon in
Grants Pass, to which the pub
lic was invited, concluded the
dedication program.
1 nttw
Boivin To Appoint
Pay Study Group
Salem fLTI1 Senate Presi
dent Harry Boivin (D-Kla-math
Falls, said today he is
going to appoint an advisory
committee to study legislative
pay and recommend a pay
increase that the 1963 legisla
ture should vote Itself.
He said there appears to be
"differences of opinion among
members of the legislature on
the subject of adequate legis
lative pay."
Thompson Appears
In California Court
Donald Martin Thompson,
39, of Klamath Falls, who was
found innocent of armed rob
bery in a Jackson county cir
cuit court trial in February,
has been arraigned in Marti
nez, Calif, municipal court on
three counts of armed rob
bery. According to United Press
International, Thompson was
held for superior court trial
on charges of armed robbery
of supermarket stores in San
Pablo, El Cerrito and Con
cord, Calif. He was arraigned
May 2'. before Municipal
Judge Wilson Locke with bail
ret at $50,000. It is believed
that he was out on bail. -
Thompson had been tried
in Jackson county in Decem
ber, 1959, for the Labor Day,
1959, armed robbery of the
Medford Shopping Center
Safeway store. He was sen
tenced to life imprisonment,
but successfully appealed his
care to the Oregon supreme
court. He was found innocent
of the charge in the second
trial here, but was arrested
shortly afterward by Califor
nia authorities for armed rob
bery in that rtate in 1959.
Date of Thompson's trial in
California has not been scheduled.
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WINNER This tempera watercolor by Tom art talent contest for high school seniors.'
Semple, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Semple will receive a $600 scholarship from
Semple, 626 South Holly St., Medford, was Hallmark cards, sponsor of the educational
named third prize winner in the 1962 Gen- project since it started in 1053.
eral Federation of Women's clubs' national
Medford Hiqh Senior Awarded
ational Art Contest
I m
An untitled tempera water
color painting of a stand of
pine trees against a blue sky
by Tom Semple, 17, of Med
ford, has been named third
place winner in the 1S62 Gen
eral Federation of Women's
clubs' national art contest for
high school students.
Semple, a senior at Med
ford High school, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Sem
ple, 626 South Hoiiy st. He
will receive a $600 scholar
ship from Hallmark Cards,
which has sponsored the edu
cational project since its in
ception nine years ago.
First place went to Sharon
Whittaker, 17, of Ravenna,
Ohio, and second place to
Sharon Ann Jones, 17, of Ida
ho Falls, Idaho.
Semple blended dark, for-
i est-like color tones in a paint
I ing which captures the majes
j ty and ruggedness of the Ore
! gon woods.
"I feel the painting reflects
something of the spirit of the
northwest," young Semple
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable high
rlmidhirss thiongh Saturday.
Low tunight 42. High Saturday
ts.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 76
Lowest This Morning 39
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow . 4:37 a.m.
New Moon tomorrow 6:27 a.m.
.lime is the month of the long
est days and shortest nigts and
the "summer triangle" of Vega,
lleneb and Altalr will be high
er in Ihe east earh evening.
Vega is the brightest of these
3 stars.
said In commenting on his
painting.
Semple's entry was spon
sored by the Medford Travel
Study Group. He received
most of his artistic training
under the direction of War
ren Wolf, art director at Med
ford High. Semple plans to at
tend the Los Angeles Art Cen
ter school next fall.
His painting was one of
several entries from 49 states,
according to Mrs. Douglas I.
McCrum, Kansas City, nation
al art chairman of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's
clubs. '
TALKS TO RESUME
Portland (UPD Negotiations
between two big lumber un
ions and employers are sched
uled to resume here next
week.
GOLDWATER TO SPEAK
Portland - UPD - Sen. Barry ,
Goldwater (R-Ariz.) will ad-;
dress a $100-a-plate Republi
can fund raising dinner here
j June 29. I
British Envoy Exposed to Mumps
By Governor Hatfield's Daughter
Salem-UPD-A 6aving factor Thursday when the 3-year-old daughter of Gov.
Mark Hatfield exposed British Ambassador David Ormsby-Gore to the mumps
here was that none ef the ambassador's children were with him, a Hatfield
aide pointed out today with a wtak smile.
Sir David and his wife who also had lunch with the Hatfield family at the
governor's home have five children.
Both Ormsby-Gorcs were unwittingly exposed to the mumps by Elizabeth
Hatfield, eldest of the governor's two children.
And the worst part the Hatfield aide admitted was that when the am
bassador and his wife left here late Thursday and returned to Seattle, they
were to officially greet Prince Philip today in the Century 21 city.
This is wnat Happened:
After lunch, the ambassador romped in fatherly fashion with little Elizabeth,
a name of which the ambassador is particularly tond.
The second Hatfield child, 2-year-old Mark Jr., Joined the frolic too. It was
lots of fun.
Sir David and his wife left in the afternoon.
Thursday evening, to the stunned governor and first lady, came word from
the family doctor that Elizabeth has the mumps. He added that both Ormsby
Gores were thoroughly exposed.
Hatfield's press secretary, Travis Cross, was still making frantic phone calls
to Seattle when the sun went down here Thursday and he never was able
to get through to Sir David.
"International incidents," he moaned, "have been built on less."