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Laotian ' leaders Agree Coalraon Tens The Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon Sttre Highway Commission Photo) Rngue Valley Edition Medford 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 18 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1962 No. 70 L31 TO? The Three Sisters near Bend provide one of the proudest mountain groups In the West, Defense Off ici Order Shake-Up in Satellite Program Washington -lip- The De fense Department today or dered a drastic shake-up in the Army-managed military communications satellite pro gram because of spiraling costs and a two-year lag in rocket booster development. Shuttling down the Army's $170 million Advent Project, jnnQi.imnni directed the Air Force to take over devel opment, production and launch of an entirely new, lighter weight communica tions satellite. This one will work with existing rocket boosters. i Develop System Advent was a project to de velop a revolutionary satellite system designed to give the military better world-wide nnmm,,nifntinnS. Department spokesmen were unable to say how much enn million spent on Ui. iii p ' the Advent satellite commu nications project represemeu) a total loss. An immediate effect is to wipe out an estimated 1,100 jobs at the General Electric Co plant in Philadelphia, where the Advent satellites were to be built under multi million dollar contracts. A company spokesman said oth er jobs would be found for 500 to 600 persons involved. Also washed out was the satellite communications pack age being developed by Ben- dix at Ann ArDor, ivuum. Contract Talks Get Under Way in Strike Portland - HOT - Contract negotiations between repre sentatives of . striking iron workers and contractors got under way again here today. The negotitations, which had been broken off, resumed with Federal mediator George iii.ii, th strike entered its third week in uregon .i Southwest Washington. The strikers are members of Portland Local 29 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Orna mental Iron womers. JFK Urges Peace Between Business And Government nui Wavpn. Conn. -flJPH - President Kennedy, in a Yale University commencement ad dress, today urged peace be tween American business and hjs administration. A short time later he arranged a late afternoon meeting in Wasn ington with U.S. Steel Presi dent Roger Blough and mem bers ora special tasK rorce oi business leaders stuaying me gold outflow and balance of payments situation. Afternoon Meeting Afii- lunch with Yale of ficials and other honorary de gree recipients Kennedy plan ned to fly back to Washing ton. He scheduled an after- noon meeting with the cao inet. He will meet later with Blough in his capacity as chairman of a special business advisory committee task force Compromise Sought On Medicare Bill Washington - 0JPII - The ad ministration, faced with de feat nn its original proposal, told Congress today it is will ing to compromise on presi dent Kennedy's program of medical care for the elderly. Hniunwr Welfare Secretary Abraham J. Ribicoff told the House Ways and Means com itin lhat the compromise must provide lor unancing oi ih. modlr-al care benefits through higher social security He described this as the "sine Qua non" of the admin istration proposal - using a Latin phrase which means "ixithnut which nothing." Committee members inter nniurl this to mean that the administration was willing to fnmnrnmise on all other provisions of the complex bill- , Ribicoff testified behind closed doors as the committee for the first time this year turned its attention to the con troversial medical care issue. on gold and balance of payments. White House officials said flip Prpsiripttt. regarded the mnotinif with Rlnneh.and the five other task force members as a particularly signlticant move and representative of tne new degree oi cooperation between government and busi ness to which the President aspired in his Yale address. The chief executive, in the prepared version of his Yale speech, had included a refer ence to the "temporary dis nffrppmpnt" hetween the gov ernment and steel industry, saying this one incident would not lead to his administra tion's lapsing into a policy of general hostility to business. Under actual delivery, how pwpr thp President eliminat ed this sentence from his ad dress, which was largely a call to critical business lead ers to put aside partisan wrangling with his adminis tration and join on common problems" of the national economy. NEVJS$)BRIEFS COOPERATION HOPED FOR ALGIERS Algieri-TPI'-Algerians ipokt hopefully today of a ntw .ra el cooperation between European! and Moslems despite a week end ot commits. xr ........, - extremists that damaged 40 public buildingi. SPANISH LEADERS IN EXILE ...... Madrid-VPI'-Two opposition leaden were in exile today and three other prominent Spaniard, accepted forced r..i-. fle. in . remote part of Spain following the government s erkdownron .n.mie. of Generalissimo Francisco Franco', regime. CANDIDATES IN NEAR TIE Lima Peru-tn-Thre. candidate, for pr.ud.nl w.r. In a near tie ."ly today In in election that m.y affect Prt.i d.nt Kennedy'. Alli.nc.Jor Progr... Program in P.ru. SCORES KILLED IN ARGENTINE CRASH SCBu" . AirenwA tr.in crashed into a Khool bu. carrying .core, of ehildr.n at . grad. crowing today, c.u. ing h.avy cullie. Investigation of Death Continues Jackson county sheriff's deputies today continued their intrpcliffatinn into the fatal shooting of Richard Schroeder at his Wimer home last night. Deputies said senroeaer s body was found on the back step of his home. Me nao a bullet wound in his head, they nntpH. Thp onn from which the shot apparently was fired was nearby, deputies said, but they iimr. nnl vpt determined whether the wound was self- inflicted. Tho sheriff's office was no Hfiprf nf the shootine bv Hull and Hull ambulance, Grants Pass, which was called by a neighbor, Mrs. Luella DeRo- boam. Schroeder s son, jonn Schroeder, about 19. went to Mrs. DeRoboam's home to telephone for an ambulance. Green Discusses Education Values Portland (UPD - Rep. Edith f.reen told Portland State College graduates Sunday ed ucation should be reckoned in lerms of values instead of costs. She said p :blic spending on pfliii.ation was an inveslment in the nation's fu'.ure Educa tion needs in comi.ig ycj-s. the Oregon Democrat said, will rcouire higher Uses and po.siblv the shittii'S of funds f. on other programs. Mrs. Green expressed spe cial concern for I'igh ability studonts who are unable io e'.i'cr collci?-. because of fi nancial reui'-" Congressman Hits Proposed Federal Power Measure Washington - rtiPil - The Pa cific Northwest is asking Con gress to adopt the principle nf ."ihpm that's ffnt. keen." Rep. Dave Martin (R-Neb.) said today. Martin was scheduled to testify before a House recla- mntinn - siih-eommittee In op position to a bill which; he said, would raise an iron-cur tain around federal power projects in the Pacific North- west. Assure Consumer. Thp legislation would guar antee electric consumers in that area of first call on all nnwpr nroduced at federal plants there, and assure con sumers in other regions ot reciprocal priority. "in other words, them that's got, keep," Martin said in testimony prepared for de livery. "Regions with federal hvrirn-elpctric resources get a first crack at the power, and those outside tnat region gei is what is left over." Entitled to Preference Nphraska is nrinciDallv a m.Vilip nnwpr state and as such is entitled to preference n thp ri str hution of leaerai power, Martin said. He said nnwpr sources available 'to consumers in the northwest ern two-thirds of the state include federal projects in Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota. Classes of customers would be created, he said, and Ne hraska cooneratives and dis tricts would be next to tne bottom of the list because of the state's geographic position Cause Crash Girl Killed as Train Derails at Speed oi 75 MPH 68 Passengers Hospitalized Missoula, Mont. - HOT - In vestigators sought today to determine whether brake failure or human error caused Sunday's wreck of a Northern xnitin nocupnppr train wnich killed one person and injured 243 others. An NP spokesman said one or the other caused the train to lurch off its tracks at more than twice the recommended speed and scatter 15 ot its ID cars along a steep eniDans-ment. Heading Homeward Thp train, eastbound from coattin Wash . to Chicago was packed' with tourists heading homeward trom ine oeauie World's Fair. It derailed at a speed of more than To miles an hour after rounding a ,,-,,o md starting down a canyon grade on Evaro Hill 16 miles norm ot nere. Killed was Theresa Ann Dooms, 2V4, of Ekalaka, u.,i sivtv-pinht other pas- onoore wprp confined lo Mis soula hospitals Sunday nigm. The remaining injured were treated for minor injuries and released.' of Montana Train Checked; 243 Hurt I .' r wj v '- . i II ri P f ":; f' ! REACH AGREEMENT Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma, center, announced today that agreement had been reached by him self, pro-Communist Prince Souphanouvong, left, and right-wing Prince Boun Oum, right, on the formation of a coalition government on information of a coalition government for would officially come into being with the signing ot a formal agreement In Khang Khay, Laos, .tomorrow, Souvanna himself would be premier. (UP1) - . M. Thomas Wray, Local Merchant, Dies in Hospital YOUTHS LOCATED Portland - ITU - Sheriffs j..i,. located six young 1 persons on Government Island I in the Columbia River short- ly after daybreaK tooay aner they had been reported misting. Street Extension Being Prepared Surplus material from city street projects is being used to build up the land aiong Bear creek which will even tually be an extension of Sis kiyou blvd. ritv eneineer Vern Thorpe said tndav the citv honed to have sufficient material along the north bank of the creeK bed this summer so that rip ran nn thp fiirtp to the Creek may be added. He explained that with the building up ot the future roadway on the creek side, the material will have a chance to settle and protect the work in case of floods. The street will eventually be 44 feet wide and extend west from the end of Siskiyou blvd. at Willamette avc.. along the creek bank to Tentn st. connecting at the west end of the Villa Rogue apartments. The Bear creeK cnannei win be straightened in the process. Thorpe said. He added that negot'ations for right of way for par: of the property is still undc way. Turrpnt traffic studies ill the are show that there is immediate need for the street extension, Thorpe noted. He added that parts of the work will be completed during the I next several years. Hospitalized The dead girl's two step sisters, Roberta and Jacque linp vates. were rescued by fellow passengers. They were hospitalized, as was their mother, Mrs. James B. Yates. An official estimate gave the train's speed at "more than 70 miles an nour in. hm area where the recommended speed is 30 m.p.h. Three Oregon persons were among the passengers taken to hospitals following the de railment. They were Mr. and Mrs. Merl Ebbe of Portland and Mrs. Grace Thompson of Sa Rehearsals Start For Ashland Plays Ashland - Rehearsals for the 1962 Oregon Shakespear ean Festival productions here started yesterday, following posting of cast nsis av A total oi i mi i i- mtdnn Saturday eve- ucai in o o"-. - ning at the home of Produc ing Director Angus u. '"casting of the Festival's special dance -music produc- "4 Thipve's Ballad HUH v. . ...:n uir, thp tntal name roles Will UHlife ".- to 102. distributed among a 33 -member acting company, accordiu? :o William raiwu, general manager. The season will open Juiy 21 for a six-week run in me Festival's Elizabethan tneaier. 1 - nllnrnnnn. the COin- pany of 97 members with wives and rhildrcn attended the first of the sea-.on's social events g-.vtn in their honor Ly the Tu.or Guild. . About 200 attended tne .vent. Mro. Elliott McCrack er., president of the Tudor Guild welcomed the new company 3ii behalf ot the or ganization and of Bta Sigma Phi and Soroptimist club, scholarship donors. Dr. Wil liam Sammons. president of the Festival Association, In troduced several mcmoer u. the board of directors. a nnmnlete list of perform ers, and 'heir parts, appears on page IB ot todays man Tribune. M. Thomas Wray, 74, a long-time Medford resident and businessman, died In 38,972 Doses of Polio Vaccine Are Given During Clinic Prince Phouma Says Accord To Be Signed Tuesday Agreement to End Years of Civil War Khanif Khau T ane M... tralist Prince Souvanna Phou ma today announced that agreement has been reached by the rival Laotian princes on formation of a coalition government for Laos. SnilVanna cairt tho nam rrn... ernment would officially come into being with the signing of a lormai agreement Here Tues day by himself, pro-Communist Prince Souphanouvong and right-wing Prince Boun Oum. The three rival nri ncps rn. .sumcd peace talks in this rebel-held stronghold in Laos last week. Following Session "ft Rives me creat nleasnra to announce that a govern ment of national rnatitinn le formed," Souvanna told news. men following a day long ses sion with Souphanouvong and "uuii wuill t "We are writincf an on. cord," he said. ."This record will be examined Tuesday ' morning and will h iiini.ii Tuesday.'' The accord, It is hoped, will end almost turn ,r.gn, nr n;..n wax in which the pro-Corn- u.uuiai ana neutralist Laotian lurces seized almost two thirds of Laos. R.b.l Forces The recent advance nf th Laotian rebel forces toward the border with Thailand brought U.S. Marines and troops Into that Southeast Asian kingdom to help defend ii against, me inreat of com munism. The agreement gives seven government posts to Souvan. uu s ueuiransis, lour 10 DOUP- hanouvong's Pathet Lao, four Jum s right-wing an dtour to neutra- a iinl nf qllnl rln... nflthirri anri final clinic In Herj- fartinn Sabin oral polio vaccine were tember. 1 "8ta wn0 nave supported Boun dispensed tnrougnout jacKson vaney reaiaems nave uecu vum. pnnntv ftunriav. hnostine the reminded that if they missed local hospital late Sunday total for the two-day clinic the Type 1 vaccine, they may evening. Funeral services will to 38,972. - taKe we 3 now ana type i , v.v p.ri Funeral I ur. William iviiimL, biici o. v...-- be announced by rerirunerai .tarksnn weeks must elaose between ime, Medford.,; ... . ' ri,iii MJln.l snolptv clinic. Tvnes 1 and Si wi-.i.. utf ' Wmv "haA been In poor 1 nrnnyarn airi torlav a makp-l Tvrje . 3 .is administered in health for about three years up clinic would be held in the same way as Type 1: three the Jackson county court- drops on a cuDe ot sugar a is Hpnt in fl local nursing home. His home was at 36 South BarneBurg ra. He was a farm implements ani manhinnrv Healer and had been associated with Hub- bard-Wray company since 1935. In recent years ne serv- nit as freneral manager and vice president for the firm. Mr. Wray was Dorn in Dodge City, Minn., Jan. 11, 1888. He attended hign scnooi in Silverton, Ore., and was a student at the University of California. On Sept. 23, 1912 he mar ried Bertha May of Portland. She preceded him in death in 1955. Survivors inciuae iwu sons, M. Thomas Wray Jr. of Reno, Nev., and Kicnaro n. Wray of Medford; two broth ers, Robert Wray, Salinas, Calif.; and Frank Wray, Port land; six granacniioren anu one great-granddaughter. Hpfnre rominff west. Mr. Wray operated a farm In Min nesota. He laier joinua mc sales department of Ford Ma chine company, San Jose, Calif., before coming to Med ford in 1935. He served as director of the Jackson County Red Cross board, was president of tne Chamber of Commerce In iniq nrnclrlpnt Of Rotary rinb in 1949 and 1946. and was a member of the Izaak Walton league, Medford Plan ninn commission, and the Ma sonic lodge. house auditorium between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday. Type 3 vaccine will be given at the clinic. ' Sunday's turnout was the largest one-day total the clin ics have recorded, according to Dr. Miller. The 38,972 total includes a few doses admin istered outside the clinics. A tntal of 43.583 doses were given at the first clinic May 12 and 13, Including maKe-up clinics held during the fol lowing week. Three Known Viruses There are three known vi msps which cause polio and each dose of Sabin oral vac cine provides immunity to a separate virus, Dr. Miller not ed. Type 3 was given last week end, and will be offered at the make-up clinic t n l s week. Type 1 was given at the poriipr rllnic. Tvne '2 vaccine will be distributed at the snlvpH In thA month Yesterday's figures and to tals for the two days are: Ashland. .'1 41)11 anri n.n02: Phoenix 1,935 and 2,397; Hed- ricK, D.otw ana o.ozo; ivic Loughlin, 6,742 and 11,010; Crater, 4,000 and 6,359; Rogue River, 778 and 1,333; and Shady Cove, 1,007 and 2,976. Souvanna will be Dremler. Phmimt Bn;i4 fintinhnnn,,- vong:Wlll be vice premiers. . aoupnanouvong neagea on the exact timetable for the release of American prisoner whose freedom had been promised with the formation--of a coalition government. AMERICAN Cleveland : 10 13 1 Boston 1 1 1 Perry and Romanos Wil son, Fornieles (9) and Till man. HR-Kirkland, Cleve land; Phillips. Cleveland. Convalescent Center Visited by 540 Official ceremonies ' mark ing the opening of the Haw thorne Convalescent and Re habilitation Center were held Sunday afternoon when 540 visitors toured the new $650,- 000 facility at 625 Stevens ave. ' . Miss Mary Wyatt, Jackson ville, recently crowned Miss I Rofiue Valley, cut the ribbon at 2:15 p.m. Among those attending were Jackson county legisla tors, Representative John Del- lenback and State Sen. Lyn del Newbry, and - William Brooks, president of the de veloping firm. Guided tours of the 103- bed Center were conducted by permanent nursing personnel, assisted by students of the Southern Oregon School of Practical Nursing. Commission lours Retreation lakes Members of the Jackson county perks and recreation commission studied recrea tion facilities at Hiatt lake Sunday to help determine whether the county should as sume supervision of the area. Thp commisslnn will His. cuss the question further be fore making a recommenda tion to the county court. . The tour revealed that downed trees and trash would involve considerable expense and labor in cleaning un. The new concessionaire, operating under a contract with Talent Irrigation district, now occu pies the new concession build ing. Approximately 50 camp ers were at Hiatt Sunday The commission also dis cussed establishing park regu lations similar to tne ones lor slate parks. This would re quire a county court order. The commission noted that more parking facilities are needed at Howard Prairie lake. . However, the soil is still too wet underneath the hard crust to do much work yet, County Parks and Recreation Director Neil Ledward said. Lumber Import Quota Idea Makes Gains ....... ... !. miiif the naiit. Sen. Frank Church (D-Ida.) i on Capitol Hill whether Prei WEATHER KOflKCAST: fjir ind little Afternoon wlndi notthweiterly m-20 mlln P" hour. Uiw to nltht 40-iS. Hlh Tucidiy 1- Temp. Hlfheit Vnterdty ' Lowell Thli Mornlni Our Skies Tonight fttint tod IV ntinrlve tomorrow . Moontft tomorrow ... rull Moon PROMINENT STAR AHalr. low In Mt VIMRLP. PLANKTS mit, u Mturn, rlkft . Mim, rliM Juptttr, In th (Ail trniH Picifit aundird) 1:1 p.m. , j:3 m. 1:44 a.m. . June 11 . :15 p.m. 9 ti p.m. 11:19 p.m. . 2:J a.m. 3:1 A a m. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - (Special) - The idea of imposing a quota on lumber imports from Canada is gaining strength in the nation's capital. If and when such an ob stacle will be raised to stop fin.rf nf Rritlsh Colum bia's cheaper lumber Is still a long way from a certainty. But it is the lirst major pro posal which has gained con siderable bipartisan sufijuii. on Capitol Hill. u'k.ihor the Kennedy ad ministration will accept this idea of restricting trade with Canada at a time when the v,iof Ptrorutive is seeking broad authority to trim pro tective tariffs remains the greatest unknown lacior. Sen. warren u. ivihuiiubuu (D Wafh.) discussed the situ ation with Seer tary of State Dean Rurk recently and says he found Rusk amenable to some sort of action if trade figures clearly show "a vio lent change" in the lumber Sen. Frank Church (D-Ida.) supports a lumber quota for much the same reason that President Eisenhower Impos ed an import quota on lead and zinc, whose oomcsuc producers In his state and flifntvhpre miffered from sub stantial foreign competition. "There were statements ai the time that a quota would harm our relations with these foreign producing countries - Mexico, Peru, nnllvta anri others." said Phil rrh "Rut we've all found a way to live with it, and I think we could do tne same with lumber." Advocates of the import restriction havo suggested that Canada be limited to 10 per cent of the American lumber market. Last year Canadian producers supplied about 14 per cent, compared in i; npr cent In 1940. Sen. Church noted that the lead-zinc quota was worked nut differently. The quota was fixed at 80 per cent of thii average moorti over a al Lumber Manufacturers pase period jwi. association originated It. I There remain, some doubt trade pattern over the past 18 months. .'. Rusk also said the State Department would take the matter up direciiy wim me new government of Canada after the forthcon.lng nation al elections In that country June 18, said Magnuson, but that there was no point in talking to the present gov ernment right now In the midst of an election cam paign In Canada. Magnuson, who is a spec iniiH in legislative horse trading on Capitol Hill, has long favored a direct, ap proach to Canada In an ef fnrt tn ncrsuade the Cana dians that they have more to gain by a reasonable restric tion on lumber shipments to the United States than by in creasing their market at the cost of damaged good win in Congress. If this won't work, then a quota can be fixed by the president. The quota Idea nas gaineu vnral nunnort l.i the House from Northwest congressmen of both parties. The Nation on Capitol Hill whether Pres ident Kennedy could set an immediate quota without first receiving a report of findings irom tne larm commission about the impact of Imports on tne domestic lumber econ omy. In the case of lead and zinc, the commission made such a report, after lengthy consideration, oeiore presi dent Elsenhower fixed the quota. Magnuson said he wants to avoid Tariff commission study because "that would take 18 months." He and oth er Northwest lawmakers are also unhappy over the pros necta of further delavs in ad ministration action which are Inherent In Kennedy a direc tive last week that a group of federal agencies study the problem. Now that the Senate Com merce committee's Northwest lltriu ileal mfa nuve ucui i.iiii- pleted Magnuson has sched uled hearings here June 14-1.1 to call up federal officials for recommended answers to tin problems raised In the North west grass roots. i
