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
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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
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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,
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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