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Senate Softens Impact of Aid Proviso Aimed at Communist Nations ST:.' Caveman bridge, dedicated New Rogue River State Park May Open on July 1 If southern Oregon has two more weeks of warm, dry weather, the new state park under construction on the Rogue river near the Home stead freeway bridge may be opened for use by July 1. Paving and the installation of a water pump are the only major items remaining to be completed at the park, state highway department officials said this morning. The contract completion date is June 8 but the ground must be thoroughly dry be fore state highway crews can start paving, it was noted. 100 Acres of Land . '. The park, including some 100 acres; includes overnight camping, boat ramp, and pic nic areas, with a parking area for 118 cars. Restroom and utility buildings have been constructed and picnic tables will be placed later this month, it was noted. Construction so far has cost $83,000 which includes the in stallation costs of a warning signal across the Southern . Pacific tracks. . - Present plans have access to the park only from the freeway interchanges at Rogue River and Gold Hill. It is hoped by the state high way department that approval from the bureau of public roads will be granted to con struct access roads to the park from the freeway. Oregon state police here noted that the park is men tioned in the recent edition of the outdoor guide published by the state highway depart ment. They reported that many tourists, mainly from out of state, have inquired about the park and have been disappointed when informed that it is not open for use. WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair and warm through Friday. Low to nlht 45. Ht(h Friday 88. Temp. Htthfst Yesterday 80 Loweat Tb.l Morning .- 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:35 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:53 p.m. First Quarter June S PROMINENT STAR Regulus, follows the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, seta S:42 p.m. Saturn, lowln south east 12:58 a.m. Mars, rises 3:04 a.m. Jupiter, in the south east 3:24 a.m. HEWSBRIEFS ITIMJ FROM X1S TESTED IN SERIES OF SHARP TURNS Edwardt AFB, Calif. - iCPB - Jot Walker pilottd lht X1S today in a series of sharp turns designed to gain highly technical knowledge of the speed of the airflow on the sur face! of the rocket ship. Walker put the X1S into teveral sharp turns at t speed of approximately 3.800 miles an hour and altitude of 100.000 feet. The powered part of the flight lasted only 79 seconds. REPUTED LEADER OF MAFIA DIES Bayihore, N.Y. - HIT - Joseph Profaci, 65, reputed Mafia leader described by Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy at "the most powerful" underworld figure in the United States, died In a hospital here Wednesday night of advanced cancer of the liver, it was announced today. WEST BERLIN OFFICIALS TO CARRY CARBINES Berlin-tPf-The three Western Allies have approved arm ing with carbine of West Berlin customs olticiali potted along the Communist wall dividing East and Weil Berlin, it was announced today. The Beauties of z to the Oregon Cavemen, local booster organization, crosses the Central Business District Plan Is Presented A central Medford business district plan for systematic planning was presented to the Medford city council and plan ning commission at a meeting Wednesday noon at the Rogue Valley Country club. Presenting the plan was Richard Hayward, Eugene, bureau of municipal research planning consultant. The plan, one of two pre sented, was compiled through the coordinated efforts of the Medford planning technician, the bureau, and Medford's planning commission, and was financed in part by an urban planning assistance grant from Council to Discuss Creek Improvement The Medford city council will discuss possible improve ments to the bank of Bear creek under the freeway via duct adjacent to Hawthorne park at 7:30 o'clock tonight in council chambers in city hall.; An agreement between the city and the freeway contrac tor provides that when his work is completed, the con tractor will restore the bank of Bear creek to its original condition. The contractor is now ready to move his equipment to an other location and must know immediately what is to be done to the bank. . A representative of the con tractor has suggested that they be permitted to shape the creek bank under the freeway viaduct with the top of the proposed creek bank along the east row of freeway columns. ' State Posts First Fire Lookout Today Southwest district of the state forestry department posted its first fire lookout of the season this morning. John Groner is manning Tallowbox lookout in the Ap plegate area. Whan other lookouts will be posted depends on the weather, the headquarters here reported. XOUN0 THI OlOtl Scenic Oregon (Oregon State to City the U.S. Housing and Home Finance agency. The study reports that the Medford trade area includes all of Jackson county, parts of Siskiyou county in Cali fornia and for certain goods and services' extends into Josephine and Curry counties. The city has more than doubled in population since 1940 and has extended its boundaries on all sides, Hay ward noted. The study includes both the core business district and the surrounding area which makes up the central business district. This extends from West -Main jt. iwest-T)f -the courthouse to Bear creek and from Jackson to 11th st. in an irregular "T" shape which includes some S3 acres. It is noted that with the .completion of Interstate 5, through traffic will be taken from Riverside and Central aves., which will help for a time. The study adds that un less routing of local traffic is changed the number of ve hicles using these avenues to day will be reached within five years. Sufficient Parking Area The study points out that within the core area, centered at Sixth st. and Central ave.. there are sufficient parking spaces if all were used for short term parking. Hayward noted that of the parking spaces in this area 52 per cent are used mostly for all-day employee parking. A need for more short term parking was noted - Future improvements are recommended on the basis that Medford will reach a population of 36.000 by 1980. Hayward stressed that through traffic should be routed sround the core area and local trnffic minimized. The plan calls for pedestri an streets (parts of Main st. and Central ave.) and grade separations on major cross streets. Other recommenda tions include Sixth st. for westbound traffic, Front, st. for southbound traffic, and Holly and Grape sts. becom ing a one-way couplet extend ing across the railroad tracks in a grade separation on the south, and joining south of Jackson st. in a new street which would cross both the tracks and Front st. in a grade separation. Also suggested are street, railroad track grade separa tions at 10th and Jackson sts. Hayward stressed the im portance of central business district merchants and prop erty owners playing a leading role in future area plans. Laotian Princes Seek Settlement Vientiane, Laos (UPP The three rival princes of Laos gathered on the Plains of Jars in rebel-held territory today for what may be the last chance at settling the troubles of this Southeast Asian king dom by negotiation. Prince Boun Oum, the pro Western premier, and his drputy, Dclense Minister Phoumi Nosovan, flew from Vientiane to meet Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma and Pathet Leo Red Prince Souph-anouvong. Highway Connissipn Photo a 3 S ,w- ' I Rogue river at Grants Pass. 444 Seniors Will Receive Diplomas At Graduation Gerald Frank, chairman of the Oregon state department of planning and development and vice president of Meier and Frank company, will give the address at the 69th annual commencement for Medford High' school at 8 o clock tonight in the high school stadium. A total of 444 seniors is expected to receive diplomas They will be awarded by Otto. Ewaldsen, chairman of the school board. Dr, ' Leonard B. Mayf ield, superintendent of Medford public schools, will introduce Frank. William E.' Ruck chairman of the scholarship committee. Medford High will announce awards and scholarships, and Lester D. Harris, high school principal, will present the senior class. Also participating in the commencement program will be Dr.. D. Kirkland West, who will give the invocation and benediction; members of the senior choir under the direc tion of Lynn Sjolund; and the high school band under the direction of I. A. Mirick. Class Officers Senior class officers are Bruce Neidermeyer, presi dent; David Elmgren, vice resident; Teresa Six, secre tary; Joel Gregory, treasurer; and Carl Washburn, class rep resentative. The academic honors list in cludes 23 seniors who make up the top 5 per cent of the class scholastically based up on seven semesters of high school work. The academic honors group includes John Alansky, Jim Albright, Jill Barnes, Hannah Booth, Susan Elder, Victoria Enders, Dennis Gaster, Nick Gier, Frank Graham, Joel Gregory, Mike Hlggins, Wal ter Huffman, Norman Jcnks, Jon Jensen, JoAnn Johnson, Richard Knights, Julie La tham, Ellen Montgomery, Sandra Shugart, Nola Shurt leff, Carl Washburn, Marsha Watson and Carol Wiegand. Victoria Enders has been elected the outstanding sen ior girl, and Charles McNair. the outstanding senior boy. Play Equipment Being installed in Parks Medford park and recrea tion deoartment crews are in stalling several pieces of pre school play apparatus in jacx mn nark accordina to Robert L. HawnrtY narks and recrea- tinn department director. I The play equipment was ' ourchased with funds donated to the department by the local unit of the Veterans ni for eign Wars. Fire Destroys Waste Bin at McLoughlin A fire in a bin of waste sawdust and shavings outside the arts and crafts building at McLoughlin Junior High school destroyed the bin this morning. Firemen, who were sum moned ghoul 7.05 a.m.. said smoke entered the building through vents, but there was no fire damas to the strur I ture. Amendment To Exclude Surplus Food Shipments Shift in Sentiment Reflected in Vote Washington - fUPD - The Senate voted 56-34 today to soften somewhat the impact of a foreign aid proviso that would have denied all U.S. assistance to Poland, Yugo slavia and other Communist nations. The action came on an ad ministration amendment by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) which would exclude surplus food shipments from the aid ban. The modification was added to the $4.6 billion aid bill. The vote, reflecting at least a partial shift in sentiment from Wednesday when the aid ban was approved, would exempt surplus food ship ments if the President found they were in the public in terest. He also would have to find that the Iron Curtain coun tries receiving such food were not participating in Commu nist conquest policies. High-Level Pleas The Kennedy administra tion, caught flat-footed by the 57-24 Senate approval Wed nesday of the aid ban propos ed by Sen Frank J. Lausche (D-Ohio), turned on the heat overnight with high - level pleas for modification. Strong Republican support by concerned farm state sen ators helped push through the Mansfield proposal. The vote was the first of the day as the Senate rushed toward pos sible final action on the aid measure tonight. Earlier Under-Secretary of State George W. Ball said that denying aid to Communist Yugoslavia would continue a no win" policy in the cold war because it would dash all hope for pro-Western ele ments there. Replying To Thurmond Ball made the statement be fore a Senate subcommittee less than 24 hours after the Senate adopted the amend ment which would ban aid for all Communist-dominated na tions. The State Department offi cial was replying to questions by Sen. Strom Thurmond (D S.C.) who has leveled the "no win" charge at State Depart ment policy. Although he did not spe cifically mention Wednesday s Senate action, Ball said the United States, in an era of nuclear stalemate, must work with the great historic trends which I am convinced are working on our side." This means, he said, work ing towards opening up the closed Communist societies; Vaccine Clinics Open on Week End Seven clinics located in var ious parts of Jackson county will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, for admin istration of Sabin oral polio vaccine. The clinics are located at Ashland High school, Phoenix grade school, McLoughlin and Hcdrick Junior High schools in Medford, Crater High school In Central Point, Shady Cove school and the cafeteria at the Rogue River school. Type 3 vaccine will be giv en at the clinics. Type 1 was given at the clinics three week; ago and type 2 vaccine will be given in September. Coupons entitling the buyer to the remaining two doses of the complete vaccine sched ule may be purchased at the clinics for 75 cents. Also available at the clin ics will be Mercy Flight sub scription envelopes for those desiring to subscribe. The subscription costs $3 for an individual or $5 for a family and provides emergency med ical transportation within a 400-mile radius of Medford. AMERICAN Kansas City 2 8 0 Minnesota 5 8 0 Wickertham. Begul (8) and Sullivan; Joe Bonikow tkl and Eerl Batiey. Detroit 4 7 1 Botton 5 11 0 Lary, Catale (4), Kline (7) and Browm Wilton, Fornielet (8). Earley (7) and Tillman. NATIONAL San Francitco . 3 8 0 Chicago 4 9 1 Pierce, Miller' (81 and Halleri Card well and Teppe. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 38 Pages Five Sections Kennedy Will M For Income Tax .Cut 7zm A COCHAMPIONS Nettie Crawford, left, of Roswell, N.M., and Michael Day, Hardin, III., have been declared cochampions of the ' National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.-. spending money for a sight-seeing week end They battled to a drew when neither could tin New York. Their identification tags refer spell the other down. The contest was called to .cities of their sponsoring organizations, to a halt when neither could spell "esqua-.- (UP1). ; . ; , . . , i Women's Shorts -.; Draped Over Meter Public hostility toward parking meters Is well known, but that still doesn't explain what a city police officer discovered on his rounds Wednesday morn ing. ' As he approached a park ing meter on South Holly si. the officer was flabber gasted lo discover a pair of brown, orange and yellow women's shorts neatly draped over the lop of the meter. Since there were no em barrassed women in tight to whom the shorts might be returned, the officer took them to the station, where the garment wat duly tag ged and placed in the prop erty room. Frohnmoyer Again On Real Estate Board Salem - IDPI) - Gov. Mark Hatfield today reappointed William Frohnmayer, Med ford, to the Oregon Real Estate Board. - ' The new term is for four years. Center for A plan for public buildings in Medford was prcseniea WoHnodriBv nnnn at a meeting of the Medford city council and planning commission at the Rogue Valley country club. Presented by Richard Hay ward, Eugene, bureau of mu nicipal research, the plan in cludes a government center, fire station plan, and makes recommendations for a civic auditorium site. The study points nut that as Medford's population grows and rcauirements for public office space increases, present public buildings will have to be expanded or replaced. Grouped public buildings tend to promote efficiency and economy in the day-to-day ad ministration of public affairs, it notes. Economies in Acquitilion The study adds that econ omies in land acquisition may result from such a govern ment center which is more convenient for the public in transacting business. A well designed government center, It was explained, sometimes called a civic center, can be a source of community pride. The suggested plan would use the West Main Street park as a mall to the north with the government buildings fn MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, "T 1 k yX Mysterious Earth Movement Tears; Up Highway Otis, Ore'. -(UPD-'A mysteri ous subterranean earth move ment today was believed re sponsible for tearing up some 800 feet of the Otis-Neskowin section of Highway 101 under construction. Resident Engineer William J. Allen Jr., of the Bureau of Public Roads, said the mas sive movement,' which first became evident in March, has caused gaps and crevices up to eight feet wide and has thrown parts of the road bed 15 feet out of alig'.ment. Nearly Completed The road was nearly com pleted and would have pro vided a straight stretch from Otis to Ncskowin along the Pacific Highway route. Allen said there may have been an earth tremor. He said a fault was discovered west of the highway with a mass of earth moving below the surface in an easterly direc tion and another subterranean movement going west. He Public Buildings Presented the south and west. Hayward stressed that the presence of a park in the heart of a city makes it practical to use it as a key part of such a center. He explained that In plan ning such a center, people want to do something that Is pretty - something they will use - but, something that will get the city favorable publicity- ' New Library Structure It was noted that in the proposed plan the Public Li brary of Medford and Jack son county, now located In the west end of the park, would be removed with a new structure buiit south of Eighth st. near the proposed site of the post office and federal building which Is tentatively scheduled to be located with in an area bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Ivy, and Holly sts. The proposed plan would include within a six block area a Medford city hall, a public safety building (police, fire and municipal court), school administration build ing, state office building and county office building. The study suggests that the first step should be the con struction of a new city hall. Wila this new structure the police department could then expand Its facilities in the 57th Year mulose". Michael tried "cscuamulose" and Nettie missed with "esquamulous". Each gets a $1,000 prize in cash,- plus- $100 In Section said this has caused the road to buckle and in one spot has caused an upheaval 10 feet high. . ,' .. ' . Contractors were probing a slope and roadside ditches for water in an attempt to deter mine the cause. Allen said ex perts have been called in to help, and added that the road would not be handed over to the state by the federal gov ernment until the cause of the disturbance is ascertained. - Trees Tilted . v Giant fir trees on the east side of the highway have been tilted. One tree rose three feet in two days, Allen said. Paving of the roadway, which had proceeded to the bedrock stage, was to begin this summer. In Salem, the Oregon High way Department said none of its projects have been affect ed by the upheaval. present city hall until a pub lic safety building is con structed. It was noted that the pres ent School District 349 ad ministration building is too small, and a new structure could be located within this government center. The pres ent building near the Medford High school could be used for high school expansion. A proposed state, office building would include those state agencies not now group ed on North Pacific highway. The study recommends that the county health depart ment be located In a building near the courthouse rather than at the fairgrounds, so county agencies would be grouped within the proposed center. Ivy st., which now bisects the park, would be closed be tween 10th and Main sts., and that area integrated into the park or building sites. The study also recommends the closing of Ninth st. between Holly st. and Oakdale ave. Suggested site& for future fire stations would be in the vicinity of Crater Lake ave. and Roberts rii. and another between Tabid Rock rd. and North Pacific highway. Hayward explained that Medford is approaching a size Price 10 Cents Tribune 1962 No. 67 Approval Urged For Proposals To Pep Up Economy News Conference Told of Plans Washington fUPD President Kennedy said today he wilt ask Congress for an across the-board income tax cut next year and he urged approval of pending tax measures to pep up the economy. The chief executive told his news conference that the re cent slump in the stock mar ket had been attributed by most financial experts to realization that "an ' over priced market could not hold up" when inflation had ended. He said that while recovery from the latest recession was good, the growth rate of the economy still was not up to the desired level and he there fore had asked Congress to revise several aspects of busi ness taxation. Best Judgment i The President was asked whether he had any plans to recommend a tax cut that . would take effect this year. He replied that the state ment he rnade about propos ing legislation1 to--achieve a net reduction) m taxes tn 1063 was "Our ;bsV judgment at this time.'' t.i,:i'. i i '. . He saldVrf there were new circumstances,- this decision might be reviewed. But now, he. said, it was the "most re sponsible' and effective line to take." . . .. Kennedy .said that it the measures he outlined were passed by Congress they would provide an effective "lift" to the economy. Kennedy said that two ac tions alone would result jn an over-all tax cut of more than $2.9 billion for American busi ness and industry. He referred to: ... -The request he made last year for a tax credit of 8 per cent on new machinery and equipment, which the Presi dent said would mean a $1.3 billion tax saving and be the equivalent of a 20 per cent reduction in corporate income taxes on the investment in volved. -The administration's plan to revise guide lines on de preciation of plant equipment. He said he hoped this would be done within the next 30 days. It would provide "over $1 billion of added cash re sources for industry. The President said that in 1963 he would offer "a com prehensive tax reform bill" which would provide "an across-the-board reduction in personal , and corporate in come tax' rates.11 large enough to support a civic auditorium and conven tion hall. Hayward explained t h a t Medford now has adequate ac commodations to support a convention center. He said that Oregon only has lte cities which have convention centers large enough to ac commodate conventions. He referred to Eugene as one half, since it can only ac commodate small conventions. , Three different sites were suggested in the study for a convention center. They are 13 acres east of Bear creek and Interstate 9 between Main and 10th sts.; the area bound ed by Main, Sixth, Orange, Fourth sts. and Oakdale ave., and the area bounded by Laurel, 10th, Eighth its. and Oakdale ave. It was stressed that the site should be close to the busi ness district, of medium or low value land, on transporta tion facilities both public and private, ample parking, in clude enough open space to give it an attractive setting, and easily reached from prin cipal hotel and motel areas. Present trends Indicate that Medford can be expected to double in population In the next 19 to 25 years, Hayward noted. 9 So
