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HA Ml El 15 Ml W U Ul dancer tomorrow I Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents TXe Beauties of Scenic Oregon Medford Tribune (Oregon State Highway Commission Photo) KEEP OREGON GREEN I 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1962 Two Sections No. 84 IT IT 4iseae4 ."'.. r Vtriiei in iVIiii i -- -a Smith Rocks in central California Woman Killed in Crash In National Park Mrs. Lawrence LeGuennec, 54, San Francisco, Calif., was killed Tuesday in a three-car collision on Highway 62 two miles south of the north en trance to Crater Lake Nation al park. ' Mrs. LeGuennec was thrown from the car which was driven by her husband, and was struck by another vehicle, according to state po lice. The accident occurred when a car driven by Ralph Still re c h t, Carmichael, Calif., went out of control, striking the LeGuennec car. Still rccht's car then rolled over several times and struck a third car, driven by John G. Scrabeck, Oakland, Calif., of ficers said. The injured were taken to Klamath Valley hospital, where Mrs. Evalyn Stillrecht and three daughters, Peggy, 13, Betsy 11, and Mary Jo, 9, and DeAnn Louise Scrabeck, 9, were treated and released. Stillrecht, LeGuennec, and John LeGuennec, 12, were re ported in good condition at the hospital. Another fatality occurred Tuesday in Klamath Falls, when a car driven by Joseph N. Kiser, 66, Klamath Falls, was struck by a truck and trailer. Klamath Falls police said Kiser was traveling the wrong way on an overpast exit when the accident happened. The driver of the truck, John Un derwood, San Leandro, Calif., was not injured, police said. NEWStChBRIEFS ITEMS FROM lT AROUND THI OlOil 23RD DETONATION IN PACIFIC Walhington-'ITITht United Stales set off a nuclear test in the area of Christmas Iiland today, the 23rd announced detonation of the current Pacilic series. ESTES GRANTED TRIAL POSTPONEMENT Pecot, Tex.-in-Diltrict Judge J. H. Starley today grant ed .Billie Sol Estei postponement of hit trial on felony theft charges and indicated that he may move the trial to San Antonio, Tex. NATIONAL DEBT HIKE APPROVED Washington-ATt-The Senate Finance Committee today approved legislation to temporarily hike the national debt ceiling from S300 billion to a record high of S308 billion. TRAVEL TAX BILL GOES TO WHITE HOUSE Washington-! Pl-Congreis completed action and tent to the White Home today a bill cutting travel taxes effective next Nov. 15, but extending for another year about $4 billion in federal excite and corporate taxei. Oregon is one of the state's Convicted Russian Spy Vanishes From Manhattan Home New York Dr. Robert A. Soblcn, 62, who was due to Case Continued To Set Hearing The case against Rodney Franklin Davis, 23, of 23 Mis tletoe St., was continued in district court here this week pending a preliminary hear ing on a charge of obtaining property by false pretenses. Davis was arrested Friday by Central Point police in con nection with passing split $20 and SI bills which were past ed together and passed as twenties. Although a federal com plaint has been issued against him, according to secret serv ice agents in Portland, fed eral action is pending com pletion of court action on the Jackson county charge. The federal charge is for manu facturing split notes. Arrested Tuesday afternoon in Eureka, Calif., was Jerry Bobby Reeves, 26, no address known, who is wanted by fed eral authorities on a similar charge. He is not wanted in Medford, it was noted. Bail on the federal com plaints is $1,500 each. Davis was released from the county jail on payment of $1,000 cash bail on the local charge. Following Davis' appren hension, officers located four additional split bills in the car he had been driving. Officers were alerted Friday after two men attempted to pass a split bill at the Wilderville store, Wilderville, Ore. i mum Tl . 4 lit Ay newest state park areas. surrender Thursday to begin a life sentence as a convicted Soviet spy, has vanished from his Manhattan apartment and a federal judge issued a war rant for his arrest. Judge William B. Herlands issued the bench warrant for Soblen's arrest at the request of U.S. Atty. Robert M. Mor genthau. Bond Forfeit Asked Morgenthau also asked him to forfeit Soblen's $100,000 bond. Soblen was first reported missing by his wife. She said she did not know where he was. Soblen, afflicted with lym phatic leukemia, is a brother of Jack Soblc, who already is serving a prison term on conviction as a Russian spy. Soblen's wife told author ities she had not heard from her husband since Monday night. She is a psychiatrist at Rockland State Hospital about 25 miles northwest of here. She said she had not been able to reach him at their Manhattan apartment. Case Review Rejected Soblcn, a Lithuanian-born psychiatrist, had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case. But the high court turned down the petition Mon day. Contract Awarded For Crater Stadium Central Point R and M Construction company, Cen tral Point, was awarded the contract to build the Crater High school football stadium at a special meeting of the board of directors of School District 6 Monday. The winning bid was for a total of $20,438.50. Another bid, submitted by Pctrehn and Purdy Construction com pany. Central Point, was for $21,806. Funds collected through contributions and ticket rales so far have amounted to $21. 496.07. This will be used to erect a 2.000 seal concrete stadium, and to pay engineers fees. At this time funds are not available to construct the roof of the stadium, or to build the concession stand or public rest rooms. A roof, complete with press box, will cost about $13,000, board members said. A concentrated drive will be made by the committee to complete all aspects of the stadium, the board said. Ex cellent seats in the reserved section are still available, the board added. Construction Strike Ends Bn Northern California Settlement for Laborers Lists 70 Cent Pay Hike AGC Members Ordered To Work San Francisco-JUPD - North ern California construction employers hoped to resume work on $3.5 billion worth of projects today after solving the major dispute of the eight week tieup of their industry. A spokeman for the Associ ated General Contractors said employers reached agreement with the laborers union Tues day night and ordered AGC members to resume work to day. Although contracts had not yet been signed with team sters and cement masons. neither of those unions had put out pickets since their contracts expired May 1. Con tractors hoped they would re turn to work pending working out agreements. Masons To Meet Teamsters representatives met with AGC negotiators during the night, and the masons were scheduled for meetings today. The AGC spokesman said the laborers' agreement in cluded increases of 70 cents an hour over a three-year pe riod. The spokesman said the pact would raise construction costs in Northern California. The construction dispute be gan with sporadic picketing by the laborers on"MaM, the expiration date of their con tract. General Shutdown On May 11, the employers retaliated with a general shut down of construction through out the northern part of the state. Billions of dollars worth of public and private projects have remained at a standstill since then. Injured Clerk Back in Hospital Central Point Clayton R. Brown, market clerk who was injured while aiding in the arrest of a Medford man at the Thrift Market, 12H fcasi Pine st.. Saturday night, was admitted to Crater Osteo pathic hospital this morning for additional observation of a head laceration. Brown was struck witn an ash tray while holding Clar ence Edward sen, jo, ui 1730V4 North Riverside ave., Medford, in custody after Self had been apprehended by Martin Gates, market official, who believed Self responsible for the theft of a lawnmower t-nm tho store. Brown was treated and re leased from the hospital Sat urday night, but a swelling developed in the wound, and hr. w admitted today for Self is being held in jacK son county jail on a charge of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. He is awaiting circuit court action after he was ordered held to answer the charge by district court Monday. He waived the right to a pre liminary hearing and is be ing held on $1,500 bail. In a Mail Tribune story Tuesday it was stated that Self had entered a plea of guilty to the charge in district court. According to Oregon law, felony charges are under the jurisdiction of the circuit court so a plea to such a charge can not be accepted In the lower court. ulletm Washington (UPI) Preident Kennedy said today the United States would help de fend Quemoy and Matsu if an attack on them by Red China were part of an attack on Formosa and the Pescadores. County Budget Is Increased $13,458 Following Hearing The new fiscal year county budget was increased $13,458 last night during a special budget committee meeting fol lowing the public hearing on the budget. The new budget total is $4,306,593.98, com pared to the proposed $4,293,135.98. It becomes effective July 1. Trouble-Plagued College Aid Bill Delayed Again Washington - WD - Presi dent Kennedy's trouble- plagued college aid bill ran atoul of the Supreme Court's ruling against New York's of ficial school prayer today and backers expressed con cern over its fate. Talks Postponed - House - Senate conferees trying to resolve differing versions of the President's bill ordered another post ponement in their frequent ly delayed talks to allow further study of the court ruling and its implications for federal assistance to church - related colleges. The conferees had planned to meet today for what was supposed to be a crucial ses sion on the framework of a possible compromise between House and Senate aid bills. At the last minute, the ses sion was postponed until the week of July 9 at request ot senators who cited the court ruling as one reason for their request. They also said they needed more time to study proposals offered by the House a week ago. , Federal Aid Both versions of the bill carry provisions for federal con struction assistance to church - related as well as other private and public col leges. Heretofore, the church- state issue on which proposed federal aid to grade and high schools foundered had not been seriously raised against this bill. The snag developed as pro tests against the high court's prayer ruling continued to reverberate across the nation. Strike Is Called Against Creamery Central Point A strike against Rogue Valley Cream ery, 311 North Pacific high way, started Tuesday by member of the Teamsters and Chauffeurs Local 962. Thomas Vella, owner of the creamery, said today that 15 men walked out Tuesday morning because "the union made them do it." The group included five truck drivers and 10 processing men. About 150 dairy farmers are indi rectly involved in the work stoppage, he noted. The strike was called be cause of pension provisions in the worker's contracts. Vella said wages were not being contested. He said his men did not vote to strike, but the union made them do it. Union officials were available for comment mcning. nifl, Westrrherff of not this the Oregon Milk Producers office in Medford said this morning that union members were also picketing the Rogue Gold creamery in Grants Pass. He noted that dairy farmers now have no place they can take their milk in Jackson or Jose phine county. BODY RECOVERED Toledo, Ore. - Sher iff's officers said today a bod.'j) was recovered from the upper Silctz river. There was no immediate identification. Of ficers were invcsttating. The committee increased the salaries of four juvenile department counselors. The senior counselor's salary was raised from $4,908 to $5,148, the girls' counselor from $4, 452 to $4,680 and the two boys' counselors from $4,880 to $4,908 each. The director's salary was not increased over the $6,444 in the budget as presented last night. The salary of the principal clerk in the county engineer's office was increased from $4, 452 to $4,680. County Com missioner Chester Wendt said the lower figure was set through a misunderstanding. A special civil defense deputy's salary was restored to its original figure of $5,388. County Judge Earl M. Mil ler explained that $9,840 had to be added to the budget to cover the deficit in the county dog control budget. No Protests Registered No protests were registered during the hearing to reduce any expenditures in the origi nally proposed $4,293,135.98 budget, but a number of pro tests were made to increase one department's budget. Supporters of the Jackson county juvenile department urged salary Increases for Di rector Kay Crowell and four counselors.---- - ..- Chief arguments for salary Increases were that Jackson county is behind salary-wise compared to other Oregon counties; and that two coun selors are considering job of fers from private industry. They have had training equi valent to a master s degree, and have been here from three to six years. A member of the audience asked what philosophy the budget committee followed in allowing a salary of $5,388 for the weed control supervisor and $5,544 for the curator of the Jacksonville museum com pared to the lower salaries allowed in the juvenile de partment. Miller said the curator's salary came under state regu lation, and the county had little to do with It. Misunderstanding Noted Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks. Jack son County Civil Defense di rector, said that through a misunderstanding the county had cut a special deputy's salary in half. He asked that it be restored to $5,388. Both the City of Medford and the county thought the salary re quest was for one man where as it was for two, one deputy for the city and one for the county. .Judge Miller apologized for the misunderstanding and promised to correct the mis take. H. Dewey Wilson, of the Medford Chamber of Com. merce government and legis lative committee, thanked the county court and budget com mittee for their work on the budget and praised them for holding a fair budget hearing. NATIONAL (First game) St. Louis 4 8 0 Chicago 0 0 0 I Jackton and Sawalikii Cardwell, Elilon (9) and Thacker, Tappe (91. WEATHER FORK CART: Fair thrnnxh Thursday ntiht. A Iltt1r warm pr. I.tght up-valley wind d ur ine afirrnonn. Low tonight 40 45. IllRh Thursday JS-a.3. Tmp. Hlrhnt Vulrdav . 7R Lowrit Thli Morning 44 Our Skies Tonight Unn'.M today . . 7:53 p.m. Kunrltr inmnrmw .. 4:3 a.m. Moonrttp tomorrow.. 2:20 a.m. Nrw Moon July 1 Thf planri, Mari, tin nvar th Moon tonight. I now about Ml million mil's awav. nix month, frnm now Id dlilanr from hr Carth will bit about 13 million mtlM. I-" tc f r- T i ami. t 1 "" -8" y SCHEDULED TO ORBIT The Space Agency announced to- "Any company which refuses day that astronaut Walter M. Schirra, above, will tly around to agree with the 1961 settle the earth. as many --as ' si- Umcs..lBter , this .summer, ment will be struck,", he said. Previous manned flights in orbit by the United States were There have been some scat limited to three orbits. A six-orbit trip would put Schirra tered strikes in the industry down in the Pacific Ocean about 300 miles northeast of and the Hii?h sierra Pine Mill Midway Island. (UPI) ...... AMA Recommends Active Opposition To Medicare Plan Chicago - (UPI) - An Ameri can Medical association com mittee today recommended an AMA program of active oppo sition to the administration's medicare program, but reject ed proposals that doctors re fuse to participate in the plan if it becomes law. The 11th annual session of the AMA's policy - making House of Delegates was ex pected to pass the resolution by an overwhelming vote later in the day. Dr. Arthur A. Lambert, Rapid City, S. D., chairman of the AMA's committee on legislation and public rela tions, submitted the commit tee's recommendation oppos ing the administration - favor ed King-Anderson bill. The committee asked the delegates to "reaffirm their position to active opposition to King-Andcrson-type legisla tion." House of Delegates approv- Extension Approved For Building Drive The United Crusade Tues day approved the request of Salvation Army Building fund campaign leaders for a two-week extension of the of ficial campaign for $137,183 Douglas Gordcnicr, UC president, announced the re suit of the board's approval of the continuation of the Army program through July 15. Members of the 11-man campaign steering committee of the Army program, met this morning to discuss plans whereby the additional time can best be ured. Richard Hensley, building fund chair man, said that complete plans for a two-day special event which will offer the general public an opportunity to give in the building fund cam paign will be announced later. Verl G. Walker, steering committee chairman, reported that $25,000 has been pledged to the fund. Persons wishing to contribute may mail their gifts to the Salvation Army, box 467, Medford. 1 of the resolution would make official the AMA's al ready bitter fight against the King - Anderson bill, which seeks to provide for medical care of the aged through the social security system. The committee did not go along with proposals that doc tors should refuse to partici pate in any King - Anderson legislation. Such a doctors' "strike" had been recom mended in a resolution sub mitted by the Louisiana dele gallon. If King-Anderson is passed, Walker said, "we would work to overturn the law." Other AMA committees rec ommended: -No action on possible harmful effects of cigarette smoking pending a report from the AMA's Council on Drugs, expected in 12 to 18 months. -urged automobile manu facturers to make scat belts standard equipment on all new cars. -Recommended that the AMA council on national se curity take over study of pro posals of chemical and bio logical warfare. Central Point Firm Wins Income Tax Refund Case Portland - (UPII - A federal judge ruled Tuesday a tim ber holding company can treat profit from sales of tim ber to loggers and railroad tie millers as capital gains rather than ordinary income. Federal Judge William G. East said Timber Conserva tion Co., a Central Point tim ber holding company, is en titled to a refund of about $130,000 in income taxes and interest due for the years 1952, 1953 and 1955. The Central Point firm buys and sells tracts of tim ber for Investment and in come. The ruling will allow oth er timber holding firms to declare profits as capital gains. The Timber Conservation Co. claim was presented in Companies Told To Be Prepared For Hike in 1963 Lengthy Shutdown Said Not Warranted Portland - (UPII - The Inter national Wood workers of America announced today il would not strike the Pacific Northwest lumber industry in demands for a 30 cent hourly wage increase. Harvey Nelson, president of the IWA's regional Council No. 3 which represents some 30,000 workers, said: ". . . the probable length of a shutdown necessary to attain the in crease would not be warrant ed at this time." But he served notice on the industry to be prepared to grant a substantial increase in 1963 when the entire work ing agreement will be open, or face a strike. Contracts opened this year for wages only. The other big Northwest lumber union, the Lumber and Sawmill Workers, was meeting here today. Nelson said the decision not to exercise the strike vote taken among IWA locals was made last week at a joint meeting of the region 3 execu tive board, the negotiating committee and the advisory group made up of representa tives from participating lo cals. "This decision was reached after lengthy consideration of the issues involved in negoti ations and effect of a strike," Nelson said. He added the committee did not question the financial ability of a "significant part of the industry to easily pro vide a wage increase, but felt that the probable length of a shutdown necessary to attain the increase would not ba warranted at this time." Employers have said they could not afford a wage hike. Nelson '. warned operators who- have not met terms of the 196.1 contract settlement that negotiations will be scheduled i immediately on these issues. at Twain. Calif., was struck Monday. Nelson said a meeting last week with the Weyerhaeuser Co. resulted in agreement to install an "agency shop" pro vision in the current working ' agreement with the company as soon as legality of this pro vision can be determined. Nelson, in serving notice on the industry to prepare for 1963 negotiations, said work ers in other industries have received pay increases aver aging about 15Vi cents an hour in the past two years while timber industry em ployees have received only token raises since June 1. 1960. Workmen Injured By Rocket Debris Washington - (UPD - Two workmen received minor scratches from falling bits of a booster rocket deliberately exploded over Johnston Is land June 19 in an unsuccess ful effort to set off a nuclear device in space, the Defense Department said today. A Pentagon spokesman said the injuries were so minor they were not reported to of ficials of the nuclear test task force and did not require treatment. The fact that the men had received the scratches, he add ed, was not known June 13 when the government issued a statement saying there had been no injuries as a result of the test. a 1960 trial. It opposed the government contention that "sales" of timber it made to loggers and tie mill contract ors were not sales but were service agreements and that the profits would have to be treated as ordinary income. Judge East sustained the firm's claim that the transac tions constituted a "disposal" within meaning of sections of the Internal Revenue Codes of 1939 and 1954. The decision said that to qualify for capital gains treatment the lands had to be held by the firm for six months. The Judge said most of the loggers treated the timber as their own in their business records and had the risk of the market in the sale of their products.
