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r j r j j J uu vy u UKy Regional Edition Two Sections 57th Year Republican Rally Urged in Drive To Defeat Brown 77ie Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon Stale Highway Commission Photo) MedformbIiTribune 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, EM A )xllllllilnl)1AT ft M The Crooked river canyon, canyon east of Prineville. Area Employment "Continues to Show Rise During May May continued to show im provement in local employ ment noticed in the past few months, according to John J. Patton, manager of the Med ford office of the state em ployment service. , Job opportunities continued a seasonal rise in number, and the level of unemployment showed a further decline as people returned to work. . . At the end of May, the per centage of insured unemploy ment in the county was 4.4 per cent, compared to 7.6 per cent unemployed in May, ' 1961. Patton said that for the 11th consecutive month, the local office filled more non-agricult- ral jobs than was the case in me same month a year earlier. "This is a good indication of the relatively higher level of employment activity in this county," Patton said. Many students are now looking for work, he noted. This group offers a source of help for vacation relief or ex tra seasonal help, Patton said. Agriculture is beginning to develop some labor demand with current jobs for berry pickers, onion hoers and peach and pear thinning in the near future, Patton said. Work is expected to con tinue a moderate but steady increase through June and July, he added. COWBOY ACTOH DIES Van Nuys, Calif.-OJPD-Guinn (Big Boy) Williams, a movie cowboy with an authentic Texas background, died to day. He was 63. Pi AMERICAN Detroit 18 0 Boston 2 5 0 Regan and Brownt Mon bouqueiie and Tillman. Cleveland 0 4 0 New York 5 9 1 Grant, Allen (8), Bell (8) and Romani; Terry and Howard. MSf&BRIEFS ITEMS FROM MRMNE STRIKE DECLARED IMMINENT Washington-4Ph-The Flight Engineers International Al leviation announced today that a strike by its members against Trans World Airlines is "imminent." PUBLIC HEARINGS DUE IN ESTES CASE Washington-lPVChairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) announced today thai his Senate investigating subcommittee will open public hearings June 27 on the tangled Billie Estes case. REPUBLICANS LOSE ANTI SPENDING FIGHT Wuhington-t'PtL-House Republicans today lost the first skirmish in an uphill fight to force the Kennedy administra tion to cut $2 billion from its record high $93 billion spend ing budget for next fiscal year. EAST GERMAN POLICEMAN DEFECTS Bailin-m-An East German policeman defected to the West before dawn today just a few hours after his fellow border guards shot and killed a refugee trying to escape across the East-West Berlin frontier. in central Oregon's Crook Collier Nominated For Reelection by Both Major Parties Yreka - State Sen. Ran dolph Collier was virtually reelected yesterday when for the sixth consecutive time he won the nomination of both the Democratic and Republi can parties. Collier's name was listed only on the Democratic ballot, since cross filing was abolish ed in California in 1959. But a write-in campaign launched last week netted hiro enough votes on the Republican bal lot to give him that party's nomination as well. - In one of two contested Sis kiyou county races, Sheriff A. B. Cottar appeared to have Gambling Advocate Idaho Vole Winner Boise -IUPD- Gambling Pro ponent Vernon K. Smith won his first major bet in his cam paign to become governor of Idaho Tuesday when he over came party odds to win the Democratic nomination. Smith not only cornered the necessary 40 per cent plural ity in the six-man race for the nod but had votes to spare. Charles Herndon of Salmon ran a poor second and John G. Walters of Boise was third. Also dumped by the Demo crats was State Mines Inspec tor George D. Fletcher of Mul lan. He was defeated by AFL CIO backed Donald Adams of Coeur D'Alene. Republicans overwhelming ly nominated Gov. Robert E. Smylie for an unprecedented third, four - year term and picked Boise Atty. John T. Hawley to run for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Frank Church. Sharp Earthquake Shakes San Francisco San Francisco-IUPD-A sharp earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area and por tions of northern California at about 10:50 a.m. PDT. Two shocks were felt in downtown San Francisco. Simultaneously a report of a temblor was made in Ukinh, about 100 miles to the north. There was no immediate re port of damage. ARC-UNO THI 0101 county, is shown here winding through palisades in its ; been reelected over his op ponent, Henry E. McNeil. Un official returns from most of the county's 86 precincts gave Cottar a 7,155 to 3,794 lead. Other Contested Elections In the other contested race, Helen Walters, county tax collector, was leading her op ponent, James Rea, 5,796 to 2,3,63 in unofficial returns from 68 precincts. Eight other county officers were running unopposed. Senator Collier was unop posed on the Democratic bal lot, and there were no candi dates at all on the Republican ballot. In order to gain the Republican nomination he needed write-ins-equivalent to 1 per cent of the total votes cast for the office in the last general election. Returns from Siskiyou and Del Norte county about 80 per cent complete gave Col lier 784 write-in votes on the Republican ticket, about 20 per cent of the total vote cast at the last general election. On the Democratic ballot. Collier had received 2,397 votes in Del Norte county in partial returns. Siskiyou coun ty Democratic figures were unavailable this morning. Appear on Ballot Collier's name will appear on the November ballot as the Democratic-Republican nomi nee. It is possible for an inde pendent to run in that elec tion but conditions for filing as an independent in the gen eral election are execeedingly stiff, and receiving the nomi nation of both parties in the primary is considered tanta mount to election. Tabulation of ballots in Sis kiyou county was progressing slowly this morning, and com plete returns were available only from Hornbrook. Collier received 94 Demo cratic votes for state senator in Hornbrook, Cottar defeated McNeil for sheriff 130 to 51, and Mrs. Walter beat Rea for tax collector 113 to 64. In state-wide races, Horn brook voters cast 52 votes for Richard Nixon. 11 for Joseph Shell and 83 for Edmund G. Brown for governor, 39 for Sen. Thomas Kuchel and 68 for Richard Richards, his No vember opponent. Hornbrook voters favored Max Rafferty for state super intendent of public instruc tion by a close margin over eight other candidates. Civilian Dies in Chico Missile Silo Explosion Chico. Calif.-lUPC-A civilian worker was killed today when a fire erupted in a Titan mis- , sile silo, the Air Force said. It marked the second acci- dent in two weeks at the mis sile complex. I oca led six j miles northeast of Chico. An ! explosion in a Titan silo hos pitalized seven and injured 70 on May 24. The victim was identified as Edward Eugene Taylor, 32, Chico, who died of burns. PROJECT AUTHORIZED Washington - IUPI - The House Interior committee to day approved a bill authoriz ing the S6.1 million Baker Valley Irrigation project in Oregon. r Unemployment Insurance Claims Show Decrease Salem - (UPD - In the week which ended May 31 Oregon had 15,645 unemployment in surance claims, a drop-of 5, 000 from April and also down 5,000 from May 31 of last year. David H. Cameron, Oregon employ ment commissioner, said the ihsured unemploy ment picture in the state con tinues . to improve, and the only exceptions last week were at , Tillamook by com parison to April, and at Baker, La Grande and North Bend- igoos Bay compared to 1961. insured unemployment is that covered by the state sys tem into which employers pay a certain amount. Jobless Rate Falls The state's jobless rate fell to 3.9 per cent last week. This contrasts with 5 per cent a month ago, and 5.2 per cent in May, 1961. The lowest jobless rate last week at Corvallis, 1.9 per cent, compared to 3.8 per cent a year ago. The highest rate was at Lakcview, 9.8 per cent. This was down from the May, 1961, rate of 10.8 per cent, however, and from the 12.9 rate at Lakeview a month ago. Other jobless rates, with comparisons to April includ ed: Eugene 3.8 per cent, down 1.1: Klamath Falls 4.1, down 1.8; Medford 5, down 1.5; Pen dleton and Milton-Freewatcr 4.6, down 2.1; Portland 3.2, down .3, and Salem 5.2, down 1.1 per cent. There was $44,467,000 in the Oregon employment in surance trust fund on Monday compared to $37,406,000 a year ago. Cameron said the fund is in very healthy shape this year compared to last. Telephone Service For Vaccine Clinics Persons seeking informa. tion regarding next week end's Sabin oral polio vaccine clinics may telephone 773. 5407 or 773-5408 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, Fri day, Saturday or Sunday, it was stated today by the Jack son County Medical Societ, sponsors of the clinics. The telephone service Is being staffed by members of the Medford Jayccettes. The clinics will be held from noon until 6 p.m. Sat urday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, at seven locations in the county. Medical society members said today that if persons did not take the type 1 vaccine at the clinics three weeks ago, they may take the type 3 vac cine this week end and pick up the type 1 dose at some future date. Coupons which entile the purchaser to the vaccine may be obtained at the clinics (or 75 cents, doctors said. This entitles the coupon holder to the type 3 vaccine this week end and the type 1 vaccine to ia iWpUunbtr. Off-Train Employees To Get in nouny wage time Chicago-IUPD - Negotiators for 11 unions representing 450,000 off-train employees Tuesday night accepted a wage increase of 10.2 cents an hour offered by the na tion's railroads, ending a strike threat. The railroads warned the settlement may lead to rate hikes or layoff of employees Separate work rules talks between the railroads and five operating brotherhoods con tinued with no report of pro gress. Dispute Ended The agreement announced by George E. Leighty, chief union negotiator, and J. E. Wolfe, head of the railroads' bargaining team, ended a nine-month, dispute. -With mediation procedures under the Federal Railway Labor Act exhausted, the non-oper ating employees had been free to strike since last Sun day. - Wolfe- said the railroads made the 10.2-cent offer-rec ommended by a presidential emergency board under prodding from Labor Secre tary Arthur Goldberg. Carriers have been of the opinion . . . that the recom mendations were inflationary and contrary to the public policy as expressed by Presi- $43,560 Awarded For Freeway Land A Jackson county circuit court jury yesterday awarded three Ashland property own ers $43,560 for property con demned for the new Interstate 5 freeway. , Waller H. Jones, his wife, Velma Jones, and Isabel Clay- comb originally asked $60,000 in damages for 31 acres taken in a strip through their prop erty. Circuit court testimony re vealed that the strip taken is 400 feet wide and extends from corner to corner for ap proximately a mile. No access is allowed between the two triangular pieces. The taking partially im pairs irrigation and a portion of the bottom land is under laid with gravel deposits. The state highway commis sion through its attorney had offered $10,725 for the con demned" property and dam ages. Its appraisals ranged from $13,000 to $18,000 ac cording to testimony. Lowest appraisal for the property owners, from an agricultural standpoint, was $40,000. America, Russia Plan Joint Venture Geneva -(UPD- Soviet sources said today America and Rus sia have agreed to launch a joint weather satellite. The project, the sources said, is the first fruit of the exchange of letters on outer space cooperation between President Kennedy and Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev last Marcn. The sources said the two space giants also have agreed to join in a project to measure the earth's magnetic field and are near agreement on a joint launching of a communica tions satellite. The agreement was reach ed, the sources said, in talks here between Hugh Dryden, assistant director of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Prof. An atoli Blagonravov, a senior Soviet scientist. Dryden refused to confirm the Soviet report. He said It would be "an indiscretion" to reveal what he and Blagon ravov have talked about. Firemen Summoned For Smoke at Tank Firemen were summoned yesterday morning when smoke was reported around a butane gas tank at 602 North Riverside eve. They said the alarm result ed from water vaporizing from the ground near the tank and giving the appearance of smoke. The steam was caused by rays of the sun striking the wet ground. I 0 Rail ! dent Kennedy. Nevertheless, the carriers were advised by Secretary Goldberg that a dis ruption of service of one or more key railroads could not be tolerated. The railroads were left without an alterna tive but to accept the board's recommendations," Wolfe said. He estimated the wage boost would cost the railroads $105 million. Market Prices Higher; Street Assesses Tax Cut New York-(UPD-Stock prices climbed through the early trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange today advancing at a better rate than the previous day, and trading volume slacked off. Wall Street, which had been slow to assess the possible impact of Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon's pledge of a top-to-bottom income tax cut program to go before Con gress next year, listened to rumors that such a cut might come earlier. But in Washington, Presi dential Press Secretary Pierre Salinger was asked whether the President might be ready to ask Congress for an im mediate tax reduction, and told reporters they might bet ter raise such a suggestion with the President at his news conference Thursday. Meeting Routine Salinger said that a meet ing late today of President Kennedy and his Council of Economic Advisers was "en tirely routine." Capital sourc es recalled that it became known yesterday that the President had approved Dil lon's Monday night discussion of tax cuts in advance and that the Dillon remarks made plain that the program was not to go to Congress until next year. Stocks. in nearly all cate gories showed gains for the day after four hours of trading-manufacturing, chemical, autos, pharmaceuticals al though the trend of volume did not turn upward. Wet Weather Delays Work at Lake Areas Recent wet weather has de layed much of the develop ment work at Howard Prairie and Emigrant lakes,( Jackson County Parks and Recreation Director Neil Ledward said today. Seven new floats have been installed at Howard Prairie, and the installation is almost complete, he added. Water has been piped Into the Emigrant lake area, but the drinking fountains have not yet been Installed. As soon as the ground be comes drier, more picinc ta bles will be located at Emi grant. Forty-three new tables have been installed. The swimming area is al most cleared of brush and debris and is roped off for swimmers. Buoys and lines will be placed on the lake later to zone it for fishing, boating and swimming, Led ward said. South Vietnamese Ambush Guerrillas Saigon, Vict Nam - (UPD -South Victnrirrcsc troops sup ported by U.S. army helicop ters, ambushed a band of Communist Viet Cong guer rillas south of here yesterday killing 11 and capturing 4, in formed sources said today. Col. Huynh Van Cao, com mander of the Vietnamese 7th division, laid the trap by sending a military convoy down the road as "bait," ac cording to the sources. When guerrillas sprung the expected ambush, six compa nies of helicopter-borne troops swooped in. The guerrillas broke ranks and fled in panic Into the sur rounding marshes and jungles with the government troops in hot pursuit. French Forces toMHideouiof OAS Terromk Former Leader Says Cause Lost Algicrs-ffiPH-Frcnch security forces raided a farm house 18 miles south of Algiers to day and captured 17 mem bers of the terrorist Secret Army Organization (OAS). The raid came as the out lawed OAS extended its one M sided truce with the Moslems against the background message from one of its for-j mer leaders that the causetnri. a French Algeria is lost.. -1-1" Deserters Found The terrorist hideout was pinpointed by three OAS sus pects arrested previously. The security forces found seven French army deserters among the 17 arrested, and picked up a small arsenal of stolen weapons. While the OAS truce con tinued, police found two mur dered Europeans in the Al giers suburb of Guyotville this morning. It was believed they were former OAS men who had been "executed" by the terrorist organization. A pirate OAS broadcast im posed on Radio Algiers Tues day night said the suspension of terrorism, in effect in Al giers for the last five days, would last at least through midnight tonight. Appeal Issued From his cell in Fresncs prison in Paris, the No. 2 OAS leader, Edmond Jouhaud, issued an appeal for an end to the battle to keep Algeria French. He appealed to his OAS commander, former Gen. Raoul Salan, to join him in the plea. Jouhaud is tryirtg to get President Charles de Gaulle 10 commute nis death sen tence. Salan is In another cell In Fresnes. He was sentenced to life.- Bar Committee to Report on discdrds A committee report on y - - uoumy jaw norary uiscaras win De given at a meeting of the Jackson Coun- .y ui a&auciHiiun tomorrow, according to an association spokesman. H. Dewey Wilson, chairman of the law library committee, will report on discarding vol umes. Mrs. Ann Todd, Eagle Point, has objected to burning advance sheets and discarded volumes from the law library in the court house. She con tends this is an arbitrary de cision made by Wilson. In her letter to the bar as sociation, Mrs. Todd wrote: "As far as I know nobody really objected to my using the discarded advance sheets after they were replaced with bound volumes or to using the discarded law books. Then suddenly County Commis sioner Chester Wendt Issued an order to the custodians to destroy all advance sheets, etc." "It seemed to be one of those hush-hush orders, but after some three weeks of book burning, I tracked the matter down to Wendt who said the bar association had recommended destroying the d I s c a rded material,'' Mrs. Todd said. Jaycee Forum Set In Eagle Point Eagle Point - An estimated 100 members of Junior Cham ber of Commerce organiza tions in southern Oregon are expected to attend a district officer forum at the Eagle Point Scout Community build ing Sunday, June 10. Delegates are expected from Sutherlln, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and Eagle Point. Purpose of the forum is to advise and instruct officers on how tn direct the club, and the club's activities during the year. The state Jaycee presi dent and other state offices have been invited to attend. This is the first forum In Oregon In which the Jaycectes have been Invited to partici pate in forum discussions, ac cording to Jaycee officials. Terry Green of Medford Is in charge of the forum, which will start at 2 p.m. following a morning Softball game and lunch. ml V PV. RICHARD NIXON A 2 to 1 Margin Future Generals At West Point - Hear Kennedy West Point, N.Y.-dPH-Presi. dent Kennedy today told America's future generals their careers should be de voted more to the preserva tion of peace in a difficult world than to the convention al military role of preparing for or waging war He told the U.S. Military Academy 1962 graduating class of 601 cadets that its members would have "the greatest opportunity during the next 10 years for the defense of freedom ever known." : ' Fulfillment of this oppor tunity, he said in an address to a packed field house on the Academy grounds, in volved coping with strange undeclared shadow wars of ambush and subversion and not necessarily a matter of "massive retaliation." The chief executive return to Washington by plane im modiatelv after the com- I mencement ceremony. Peaceful Role Seen As for the prospects of nu clear war, the President thought the army's future role lay more in the area of diplo matic, political and economic problems of newly emerging nations. Major war involving nu I clear weapons, he pointed out, may "last in its final form only a day, or two or three days, before the world finally is burned up. The riteBfdent ooenert his remarks at the giaduationj sla'0 wmch in 1963 will be ceremony by instructing Army Secretary Elvis Stahr to remit all existing cadet punish i nii.iiia i net c maa ex mcnts. There was a lusty honr fmm h in i u,hnm ,,- nnt;nrt i ,. for. hn. r,f g.m -,,io infractions. D-Day Observed At Omaha Beach Omaha Beach, France fUPD American and French officials paid tribute here today to the allied troops of World War II who fell 18 years ago on the Normandy beaches as they stormed ashore to launch the invasion of Nazi-held Europe. American Ambassador James M. Gavin, a paratroop general In the U.S. army who landed behind Utah beach to the east with his men that fateful day, headed officials at a visit to the cemetery above the cliffs of Omaha Beach where 10,000 American soldiers are buried. A religious ceremony was held and then Gavin and his wife visited St. Mere Eglise, a scene of bitter fighting dur ing the invasion. . - - WEATHER FOBKCAST: rlr nd wtrmfr through Thursday. Low tonight 1S-42. High Thuriday S0-H5. Temo. Illghput Yntrrdy 73 Lowell Thli Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunurt today 7:45 p.m. KiinrU tomorrow .... 4:55 a.m. Moontet tonight 11:18 p.m. Flrit Quarter June 9 The planet. Mercury, la now almoit directly between the Karth and the Hun. Iti dlitance from us tonight Ii about 51 million miles; Its distance from the Hun, about 43 million miles. 52 Left After Round of Spelling Bee Washington-OTP - Fifty-two determined, word-wise young sters survived the morning competition in the 35th annual spelling bee today. By the time a recess was called for lunch, 18 of the original field of 70 had been eliminated. At that point, six rounds had been completed and a total of 382 words had chal lenged the spelling skill of the contestants. The first to stumble In the event was 13-year-old Janet Siiverblatt of Coral Gables, Fla. Janet, an eight-iuatUr, left Kuchel To Face Richards in Run-Off San Francisco-WD-Repub- licans were called on today to rally behind Richard M. Nixon, winner of the GOP gubernatorial nomination, in his drive to defeat Gov. Ed mund G. Brown next Novem ber. The man who narrowly lost the presidency in 1960 turn ed back the challenge of state assemblyman Joseph Shell, a conservative, by about a 2-1. margin in yesterday's primary election. But Shell refused to endorse Nixon and said he would not accept a post in any Nixon cabinet. In returns from 20,390 of the state's 31,212 precincts, Nixon had 679,256, Shell 360, 952. Brown tallied 935.023. compared to the combined total of 154,722 for his three little-known opponents. Miller Urges Unity Republican National Chair man William E. Miller called on Shell to rally his support ers behind Nixon and insure "a smashing defeat of the Democratic incumbent." In another spirited primary contest, U.S. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R) won easy nomina tion and will face State Sen. Richard Richards (D) in the run-off in November. Kuchel was leading his two conservative opponents by a better than 0-1 margin. Congressmen Win All 30 of California's In cumbent congressmen-including two members of the John Birch Society-won renomina- tion. The Birch members are Rep. John Rousselot (R) and Edgar W. Hiestand (R) of. Los Angeles county. Partisan nominees for eight new congressional districts also were selected. These re sulted from California's boom ing population growth in the 1950-eo decade. Nixon expressed confidence that California Republicans will rally behind him in the fight ahead. ' , Formidable Task The 49-year-old former vice president faces a formidable task in the fall. But the re wards are great control of the nation's most heavily pop ulated, plus leadership of a potent political force in 1964 when the presidency once again will be at stake. California's registration favors Democrats by almost 3-2. The-Shell-Nixon results showed a definite cleavage in GOP ranks between conserva tives and moderates-a split Nixon hopes to heal in the months ahead. Rim Drive at Lake May Open June 15 . The west rim drive at Cra ter Lake National park is ex pected to be open June 15, W. Ward Yeagcr, park super intendent, has announced. - Park crews did consider able spring road opening ahead of usual schedules, he said, but recently have en countered deeper than aver age snowpacks in the northern portion of the park, causing delays in snow removal progress. 1 A total of 656 Inches' of snow fell at the park head quarters during the winter, park officials said. - , The north entrance road connecting with Highway 230 also is expected to be open June 15, Yeager said. Hie east rim drive, from its junction with the north en trance road to rim village, is not expected to be open un til about July 4, he said. A total of 16.733 visited the park in May, Yeager said, an increase of 2 per cent over the number visiting the park in May a year ago. Motor vehicle use of the park last month Increased 9 per cent over use a year ago. Morning out the first "E in "lone liest." In round two, Mark Lloyd, 13, Dayton, Ohio, became the second casualty when he spelled "gravel" with two "A's." The third youngster elimi nated was Karen Corse, 13, Westvale, N.Y., who spelled "granary' as "grainery." Other words missing dur ing the morning included abscess, haggard, persever vance, vaccine, ensconced, to bogganing, cataract, ostensi ble, precedent, dachshund, desecrate, and Intangible.
