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Flight Engineers Delay Strike . Against TWA FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW fi y KEEP OREGON GREEN Boating on hortage of ampWithycom Crews Continue Hunt for Missing Portland Child' Government Camp, Ore.-(UPH-Crews worked through the night and were out again today in the woods east of Mt. Hood in a vain search for 7-year-old Clifford Altman of Portland, who has been miss ing since early Sunday after noon. Almost 200 persons and every conceivable type of equipment was thrown into the search Monday, with no results. Mountain rescue units at Hood River, Salem, Port land and The Dalles sent 150 men to join the search. Lter 25 mounted horsemen were added, along with an Air Force helicopter from Port land and the Brushbusters, a jeep unit equiped with loud speakers. Two bloodhounds brought in from Madras picked up the bov's trail and followed it to Clear Lake Junction, about 2Mi miles northwest of the campgrounds where he was last seen, but they lost the scent there. Some searchers expressed the theory that the boy might have emerged on the highway pnd been picked up by a mo torist. HEMS FROM TERRORISTS BREAK TnUUti Algieri, Algeria-lPIThe NEWS(VhBRIEFS fiantly broke the "terror truce" in Orn today and shelled ; thorne and Jackson pools, ac a Moslem quarter with mortar fire in that western Algerian j cording to the Medford parks port city. WEATHER SATELLITE GOES INTO ORBIT Cape Canaveral, Fla. - il'pn - America today rocketed a camera-carrying "weather-eye" satellite into orbit to hunt for itormi almost anywhere on earth, including Runia. over the widest range ever attempted. COMMUNIST GUARDS KILL Berlin-lPI-Trigger-quick shot another refugee trying to from East Berlin. FORD. UAW AT CONFERENCE TABLE Delroil-tPI-Negoifttori for Ford Motor Co. and the Unit ed Auto Workers Union were to reiurn to the bargaining table today in an effort to end a dispute that hai shut down operations at a Ford stamping plant in Walton Hilli, Ohio. Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections The Beauties of Lost Lake, in Oregon's Mt. Hood National forest, is a popular Reter, Morse Will Confer on Harvest Labor Problems Raymond Reter, Medford fruit shipper, said today he expects to confer with Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) in Washington, D.C., next, week on fruit harvest labor prob lems. Reter wrote to Morse this week stating that the local iit industry has received no communication c o n c e rning the labor problem since re ceiving a copy of Oregon Commissioner of Labor Nor- Local Woman Charged With Assault, Battery Stella F. Shepherd, 415 Laurel St., was arrested by Medford police Monday and lodged in Jackson county jail on a charge of assault and battery. Mrs. Shepherd is accused of assaulting Mrs. Margaret Em ma Shepherd, the present wife of the accused's former hus band. The assault allegedly took place in the complain ant's apartment, 916 East Main St., about 6:30 a.m. Fri day. AIOUNB TUI ALOIS IH UHAH Secret Army Organisation ae - REFUGEE Communiit border guardi today flee over the wall to the West MEDFORD, Scenic Oregon (Oregon State fro man Nielsen's letter to Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg June 5. In that letter, Nielsen indi cated he was somewhat mod ifying his stand on the migra tory labor problems of the Medford pear district. Receives Copy of Letter Reter recently received a copy of a letter which the labor secretary had sent Con gressman Edwin Durno (R Ore.). "In this letter Goldberg re iterates a lot of figures he gave you (Morse) and winds up by saying they have not denied us use of Mexican Na tionals," Reter wrote Senator Morse. "He reiterates the theory that before we can have Mexi can Nationals, that we will, of course have to try to use all available domestic labor which is another way of say ing 'no Mexican Nationals un til too little and too late'.' "You should not permit the Labor Department to impose ... on us ... all its attendant risks of economic loss as a prerequisite to obtaining Mex ican Nationals for our pear harvest," Reter wrote Morse. 436 Youngsters Sign for Swimming A total 01 4.fH Meaiora vounesters reelstered for the first session of swimming 1 struction yesterday at Haw and recreation department A total of 231 registered at Jackson pool, and 205 signed up at Hawthorne pool. About 65 youngsters have signed up for the city swim ming team. Recreation Super visor Ken Lyons said. There are vacancies on the team for about 40 more, Lyons said Anvone wishing to register for the swimming tea mi In Oregon Pity, Dist. Atty. should be at Hawthorne pool , William Shoemaker said the at 8 a.m. any day this week. 1 governor's office had inform There also are vacancies in ed him of the property short- the Junior life saving and swimming classes at Jackson j state police were tnvcstigat i pool. Lyons said. I ing. s OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE Highway Commission Photo) pastime. Hissing Items Said Valued at About $6r( Salem-OIPII - About $6,000 worth of property is missing from the National Guard s Camp Withycombe in Clacka mas county, the governor s of fice said today. An investigation is under way. The property is believed to be surplus items left by the Navy when it pulled out of the Tongue Point Naval sta tion near Astoria. A two-paragraph statement by the governor's office said "An unexplained shortage of property exists in the Na. tional Guard inventory which has been investigated in preliminary way by the state auditor at the governor s re quest. "The governor has asked the Clackamas county district attorney and the state police to join in the investigation and take appropriate action." Travis Cross, Gov. Mark Hatfield's press secretary, said the shortage amounted to about S6.000. Believed From Navy The missing items were be lieved to be equipment left behind by the U.S. Navy when the Navy pulled out of Tongue Point Naval Station last year. Various surplus items were left behind, and the Navy made them available to Ore gon state agencies. Adj. Gen. Paul Kliever was in San Francisco. The public information officer for his de partment Maj. Harvey La tham of Salem, said there ! were a number of items of j which the Oregon military De partment took possession at Tongue Point, and the items were moved to Camp Withy combe and put into storage. These included some heavy machinery, ropes, cables, and furnishings for officers' quarl- ! ers furniture, appliances and 1 the like. Latham said. ! It was not immediately known exactly which items were missing at Withycombe. aae this morning and that P8Stat Tribune 1962 Private 19, Curricula OK by State Proposed Salem - IUP1I- A bill is be ing drafted for the 1963 le gislature that would expand the State Education depart ment's role in requiring all non-public schools to have their curricula approved by the state, a conference of pub lic local school officials were told today. Dr. Leon P. Minear, state superintendent of public in struction, said the bill is being drafted by the legslative counsel's office. While the bill is being draft ed at the request of the State Education department, Minear noted that neither he nor the State Board of Education has approved it. ' Approval Required Private schools, Including parochial, now are required to have their curricula ap proved by the state - at least that part which jibes with the minimum state standards for public schools. One of the vehicles for this is through the state's text book law which the Oregon Supreme court ruled invalid last year, and which is now before the U. S. Supreme court. The bill being drafted would set minimum standards for private schools whether or not they received public text books, the same standards that apply to public schools. Minear touched on other matters he said are expected to go before the 1063 legisla ture. None has been approved by the State Education de partment but they Include le gislation that would: - Establish a bureau for im- prov.cment.of . s m a 1 1 high schools. - Hequire an annual cen sus of pupils, instead of every two years. - Exempt teachers from jury duty on the contention they're too busy. Minear said this proposal, sponsored by a local school superintendent, is a bad one, and he opposes it. Problem In Smaller Areas - Allow a school board member in a local district to perform business with the school district. This is a prob lem in smaller districts where the number of businessmen is limited, Minear said. - Certification of coaches Klamath Vol Reject Proposal Klamath Falls-WPD-A build ing proposal for Klamath Un ion. High school has been de feated by the voters for the second time in six months. The second highest number of persons ever voting in a school election here went to the polls Monday to hand a $1.0 million building propo sal more than a 2-1 defeat. The vote was 1,617 against and 754 for. In the previous election, a record number of 2,626 vot ers rejected a $3.1 million bond issue and serial levy. The vote Monday was to build a four-year high school for about 700 students. The earlier vote was for a 9th grade school that would have been expanded into a junior high school. Ashland Doctor's Office Burglarized of $21 Ashland - Approximately $21 was taken from the office of Dr. Christian P. Hald in the Ashland Professional cen ter Monday night. Ashland police said a wit ness paw three Juveniles com ing from the office shortly af ter 9 p.m. Investigation re vealed that a drawer had been opened and the money taken. WEATHER FOIUXAST: Fitr and wirm through Wednesday. Afternoon tip-valley wlndi to IS miles per hour. Low tonight 40 to 45. High tomorrow near 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday 7 Lowest This Morning 40 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:12 p.m. Sunrts tomorrow .... 4:34 a.m. Moonrlt tonight 9:2 p.m. Last quarter . .. Sunday VIMHLF. PLANfcTS Venus, sets 5 41 p.m. Saturn, rites 1:47 p.m. Jupiter, rises IV.ol i.m. Mars, rises 2J9 m. and Is well up In the east at sunrise. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 77 School by the state. The idea was proposed by the Oregon School Activities association. - Have the state license pri vate kindergartens and nurs ery schools. - Re-evaluate the migrant children education program, determine if it should con tinue, and if so, whether it should be beefed up. - Establish a pilot program for school dropouts. 'Fly-by-Nighf Schools Aim of Curricula Plan Salem -IUPII- A proposal to extend the state's authority to set minimum curricula stand ards for private schools aimed at certain "fly by night private schools in Ore gon, a State Education De partment spokesman said to day. James Turnbull, deputy state superintendent of pub lic instruction, said the idea - being put into form for the 1963 legislature - is partially the result of complaints from some public school superin tendents in Southern Oregon. Questionable Schools Some questionable private schools have cropped up, Turnbull said, and public school officials have express ed concern. Under the law, if a private school doesn't get public textbooks, the state has no power to set minimum standards for the curriculum of a private school, no matter how good or bad the school might be. ; ' There also is a law that permits children to be excus ed from a public school to attend a private school - and this is why the state should have some say over what pri vate schools teach, Turnbull said - for protection of the children. The bill has not yet been approved by the state educa tion department. Snag Kills Woman Near Happy Camp HaPDV Camp An 80-year- old woman was killed almost instantly in a freak accident Monday night while she was hiking along the Klamath River highway. Bessie Aubrey, who lives about 18 miles west of Happy Camp, was hiking with her grandson when a snag, about one foot in circumference, fell on her, according to the Siski you county sheriff's office. The snag apparently snap ped off the bank above Mrs. Aubrey and fell without warn ing, officers said. The wom an's body was taken to Gird ner's Funeral home in Yreka. Mrs. Aubrey was walking from her home to her garden about a quarter of a mile away when the accident oc curred. She frequently took hikes for exercise. Bartlett Pear Crop Said Looking Good The Bartlett pear crop looks good, but Bosc and Co mice varieties show a heavy drop, County Horticultural Agent Clifford B, Cordy aaid today. Thinning for both pears and peaches is in full swing, and ncaring an end for peaches, Cordy said. Dr. H. R. Cameron, OSU plant pathologist, and Dr. M. N. Westwood, associate pro fessor of horticulture, are vis iting Medford this week with Robert Stebbins, new Oregon extension horticulturist. Cameron Is here to check experimental plots on soil treatment, pear decline as re lated to root rot. Westwood is temporary supervisor of hor ticultural research at the Southern Oregon Branch Ex perimental station on Hanlcy rd. NO PRESS CONFERENCE Washlngton-HIPIi-The White House said today President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. No rea son was given. LEAVE QUARTERS Liberal leader Lester Pearson is be ing helped with his raincoat by an aide, Richard O'Hagan, following a news conference in the national party head quarters in Ottawa. Pearson had not conceded defeat in Canada's national election by early this morning. (UPI) Diefenbaker Has 86-Seat Loss in Canadian Election Montreal -IUPH- Prime Min ister John Diefenbaker and the conservative party suffer ed a staggering 86-seat loss in the House of Commons, bu clung narrowly to power to day in Canada's 25th national election. "We are still the govern ment of Canada," the 66-year-old prime minister told a na tionwide television audience. He admitted he was "disap. pointed" by what amounted to the most convincing political setback in Canadian history. Three ridings (districts) were in the doubtful category when vote counting stopped early today, but it appeared the conservatives would win only 117 seats In the 265-seat House of Commons. A resurgent Liberal oartv. headed by 1957 Nobel Peace Hearing Set on Phoenix Zone Area A public hearing on a de velopment pattern for the Southwest Phoenix interim zoned area will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, In the Phoenix Community hall. C. O. Lovejoy, president of the Jackson county planning commission, will preside. The hearing is the next step under Oregon law in the process of an area which is interim zon ed becoming permanently zon ed. The area is southwest of Phoenix covering approxi mately six square miles. The development pattern was developed by the Jackson county planning staff and can not be adopted until a public hearing has been held. Love joy said residents of the area are encouraged to attend the meeting so they may obtain copies of the proposed pattern and make suggestions. 500 Enroll in Summer Classes Approximately 500 students have enrolled in the 1962 session of summer school which began Monday at Mc Loughlin Junior High school, Glenn Linn, principal of the summer school, has an nounced. Enrollment Is on all levels, both in elementary and sec ondary classes, and in reme dial and enrichment courses. The classes are held from 8:30 a.m. until noon five days week. The elementary ses sions will end July 20 and the high school sessions will close July 27. Brookings Hurt as Boat Tips Near Agness Agness. Ore. -IUPII- A Brook ings woman was drowned Monday when a 30-foot rub ber boat carrying 11 persons overturned In the Rogue riv er near here. The victim was Mrs. Car men Sanders, 32, Brookings. She and 15-year-old Pamela Marn of Portland were trap ped underneath the craft when It capsized In the swift current. Miss Marson manag ed to escape with a leg injury and was reportrd In good con dition at a Gold Beach hospi Prize winner Lester B. Pear son, 65, captured BB seats to form the main opposition. The Liberals gained 48 seats from the number the party held when the last Parliament was dissolved two months ago How long the next Parlia ment would last was any body's guess. Informed opinion suggested Canada will have another fed-1 eral election within six months. The conservatives, who held 203 House of Commons seats at Its dissolution, could thank the three other parties in the election for allowing them to maintain a slim parliamentary majority. . (. Real Surprise The right-wing Social Credit (SOCRED) movement proved to be the real surprise, pick ing up 29 seats and 'rising from obliteration in 1958 to third place in the new Parlia ment. All but five of the seats were captured in the French- Canadian province of Quebec, traditional Liberal strong hold which went Conservative in 1958. The new Democratic party, a socialist group in its first national campaign, won 19 seats. The party's jubilation was dimmed by the defeat of its national leader, T. C. Doug lasi in Reglna, capital of the S a s k a t chewan province in which he once headed Can ada's only Socialist govern ment. Fire Training Class Set Near Butte Falls Between iS and 50 trainees were expected to arrive at a camp near Butte Falls this af ternoon in preparation for the annual three-day Forest Fire Training program sponsored by the Rogue River National forest. An orientation assembly is scheduled for 7 o'clock tonight at Camp Two, about 12 miles east of Butte Falls. Both class room and field training will be Included in the program Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day nt the camp. Robert H. Torheim, fire con trol officer in charge of the program, said the training would cover small fire sup pression, map reading, detec tion techniques, smoke chas ing, fire behavior and general guard duties. Rogue River National forest has held the training programs annually since 1925, when trainees attended a one - day session in the various districts. Ranger districts represented include Applcgatc, Ashland, Butte Falls, Union Creek and Prospect. Woman Drowns; Girl tal. The other nine persons were uninjured. Searchers with grappling hooks and two skin divers were unable to locate Mrs. Sanders' body Monday, and the search was scheduled to resume with two more skin diver. on hand this morning. The sheriff's office said the boat was piloted by Frank Turnbow of Portland, a veter an river pilot. Authorities speculated it may hav hit on obstruction at the Waters Creek bridge construction Both Sides Will Study Proposals From Goldberg Picket Lines Started To Form Washington - HIPIl - Negoti ators for the Flight Engineers union agreed today to tem porarily postpone a strike against Trans World Airlines. The decision came too late to avert picket lines in several maior cities. The announcement of the postponement came a few min utes after the 10 a.m. (PST) deadline set by the union for the strike to start. On the dot of the hour, flight engineer picket lines started fo form at several major airports. The decision to temporarily suspend the official walkout came because both the union and TWA agreed to consider settlement r e commendations advanced by Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg. Spokesmen for both the air lines and the union said they would give immediate serious consideration to the settle ment proposals. Goldberg said the plan would cover all is sues in dispute. Don Byrne, public informa tion officer for the flight en gineers, said no official union order had gone out from Wash ington to call off the picket lines as a result of the agree ment reached at the Labor de partment. But at San Francisco, where picket lines had formed at the TWA ticket offices and the airport, union officials called the men back to strike head quarters to stand by pending the outcome of the Washing ton negotiations. 28 Acres Burned In Area Fires A- total of 28 acres was burned in four grass fires in the Rogue valley Monday. ' Two of the fires were reported to have been caused by sparks from passing trains. Biggest single fire was 25 acres along the Southern Pa cific . Railroad tracks near Hlghbanks rd. in the Central Point area. The Central Point Rural Fire department was called about 10:20 a.m. to fight the blaze, cause of which was blamed on sparks from a train. , The rural department also reported a two-acre fire on the property of Theo Glass, 1 6131 Table Rock rd., about 1:57 p.m. Monday. Cause was unknown. The state forestry depart ment fought a grass fire about 4 p.m. Monday near Mistletoe Mill In the Ashland area. Half an acre burned near the rail road tracks. Cause was at tributed to a passing train. Medford firemen fought a half-acre gress fire in the 2700 block of Connell ave. about 12:42 p.m. Monday. A trash fire on the property of Nelson Cannon, 2701 Con nell ave., apparently spread to dry grass and weeds. Beck Expected To Surrender Soon ' Tacoma -(UPIW Former Team ster President Dave Beck is expected to surrender himself to federal marshals here this week to begin serving a five year Jail term at nearby Mc Neil Island federal peniten tiary. Charles Burdcll, attorney for the 67-year-old Beck, said Beck would definitely turn himself over this week, but he declined to name the time. The U.S. Supreme Court last week denied the former Teamster president's appeal of a conviction on two counts of filing false income tax re turns. Burdell said the only way Beck could delay entering prison was to petition the Su preme Court on the basis of material that has not been be fore the court before. "Neither Beck nor I will sign such a certificate," Bur dcll said. project, about three miles up stream from Agness. The drowning was the sec ond in two days involving boats in Curry county. Asher Harry, about 52, of Reedsport, drowned when a 19-foot pleasure boat hit a wave and flipped over about a mile outside the harbor at Gold Beach Sunday. The boat's operator, Elmer Hod ney, also of Gold Beach, wai r.r,,id. Harry's body has not been recovered. t o o
