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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1962)
1 fir Ju MEL' mi I. M FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN The Beauties of Scenic Ma.. This large cave in Lava Caves Stale park north of passageways carved centuries ago. Action To Cut Pay Raises for Linn Affi t I T I i umciais laKen Albany, Ore. -d'PD- Action to cut requested raises ui nine Linn county elected officials to 44 per cent of amounts listed in an earlier budget was taken Wednesday afternoon. The move was a pullback from the previous stand taken by the Linn county court. Wednesday's new budget for 1962-1963 listed increases of $v)00 a year for the nine offi cials. II received final approv al Wednesday. In the earlier budget, pay raises ranging from $2,340 per year to SI. 640 were included for the officials. Wednesday's retreat came alter a stormy public hearing last Friday when many objec tions to the raise were heard. The volume of protests, tor-ether with a series of edi torials In the Albany Demo-Ciat-ncrald for the past two weeks which maintained that Linn county was "leading the pack" in the salary increase nice evidently sparked the ac tion. The budget board also had a closed meeting Tuesday aft ernoon in County Judge Ray H. Maddy's chambers. Two reporters lrom tne Democrat- Herald tried without avail to the right of way; and sain admission to the meeting. -Building side yard set Board members said later I back lines 10 feel "from the most of the meeting was tak- j property line, instead of the en up with listening to a tape present 4 feet, recording of testimony taken j At least one person thought at Friday's public hearing on ; a building code should be tlie budget. I adopted, and farmers in the HSfWiBRIEFS IttMS FROM KHRUSHCHEV CALLS FOR ATOM-FREE ZONE Moicow-ITI-Sovie! Premier Nikita Khrushchev called to day for an atom-tree tone in ureas. ordinance violators, giving them time to make their HEARINGS ORDERED ON SCHOOL PRAYER BAN operations comply with rcgu- Waihinglon-ITI-Chairman Jamet O. Eaitland today or-Nations, dered hearings by hit Senate Judiciary Committee on pro-! The court has the best in posed conititutional amendment! to overturn the Supreme tcrpsts of the county in mind. Court's ban en official prayert in public tchoolt 1 Miller said, since the resi- dents in these areas wanted UDALL TELLS MOUNTAIN SHEEP OPINION Portland - IPr - Interior Secretary Stewart Udall recom mended today that the federal government build the proposed High Mountain Sheep Dam on the Snake river. 4 Rogue Valley Edition Medford 36 Pages Four (Oregon State I '' tUrrrS Development Plan Approved for North f at - A central roint Area Central Point - A proposed development pattern for the North Central Point interim zoned area was approved last night by the Jackson county planning commission after a public hearing on it. No opposition to the pro posed plan was voiced by the dozen persons who attended the hearing at the Crater High school gymnasium. Not only did the residents approve the development pat tern for the area, but they also approved changes for the zoning ordinance. Several ex pressed concern that the ordi nance was not strict enough. The hearing was in sharp contrast to a similar session June 20 in the Southwest Phoenix area where residents disapproved the proposed de velopment pattern and many spoke in opposition to zoning. Changes Approved Among the changes ap proved in the North Central Point zoning ordinance wore -A definition to differenti- ate between mobile homes 1 and vacation trailers: -Building setback lines will be at least 50 feet from the centerline of the road, instead of the present 20 feel from AROUND THI OLOtl the Far East and Pacific Ocean' Sections Oregon Highway Commission Photo) Bend lends to volcanic area expressed concern about encroachment of subdivisions on neighboring farmland. In terest was expressed in the tax relief legislation passed last year for zoned agricul tural land in excess of five acres. Includes Two Districts The development pattern includes two districts-residential farm and residential suburban -and basically fol lows existing uses. The hearing was the next required step, according to Oregon law, for interim zoned areas to become permanently zoned. Since the development pattern has been adopted by the commission, that group will revise the present North Central Point zoning ordi nance to include those points recommended at last night's meeting. The ordinance will put into effect the develop ment pattern. The zoning ordinance will be submitted to the countv court for its approval, which must be done prior to Sept. 22. the expiration date of in terim zoning presently in ef fect. Court to Act in Zone Violations , , ' . The Jackson county court today said immediate action will be taken to see that wrecking yards within zoned areas in the county comply with the ordinance. County Jud- Earl Miller explained that the court has received numerous com plaints, particularly about a wrecking yard in the South Talent interim zone area. ! that was not complying with ' the regulations. , Millpr aiH th r-ntirf ! been patient with some of the to protect their property val- pre tji ues by requesting zoning, i upon the millions of isrmers Court members planned to who benefit from these pro contact violators today. grams." MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962 Continues Demand Portland, Ore. -HOT- The Northwest's second big lum ber union declined today to so along with the first in dropping current wage de mands. The Lumber and Sawmill Workers union. AFL-CIO, said talks were continuing - both on present wage de mands and on 1961 contract disputes. The other union, the inter national Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO, announc ed Wednesday i t w a s with drawing its demand for a 30 cent 1362 wage increase. Harvey Nelson, president of the I W A Regional Council representing some 30,000 workers, said, "The probable length of a shutdown neces sary to attain the increase would not be warranted at this time." 2,300 on Strike LSW spokesman E. R. Bus selle said his union had no comment on the IWA decis ion. The LSW said current talks on a demand for a 30-cent an hour hike remain under way. The union said tal' s also con tinue with timber operators who have failed to meet terms of the 10K1 contract. About 2,300 men at nine plants in Oregon, Washington, Montana and California already are on strike in connection with the 1061 contract. : The union indicated, al though it does have strike au thority, that no strike is be ing called yet in connection with the 10B2 talks. The wnndwor';crs, while Freeman Admits To Shortcomings !n Estes Dealing j " Washington -lUPD- Agricul ture Secretary Orville L. Freeman conceded today that there had been "errors and shortcomings" in his depart ment's dealings with Billie Sol Esles but firmly insisted that no tax money had been lost and no favors were shown. Freeman, testifying before the Senate investigations sub committee, urged Congress not to let the "misdeeds of one man" destroy government farm programs. Steps Taken As for the Estes case, Free man declared that "I, as sec retary of agriculture, must as sume responsibility" for mis takes that were made. Steps since have been taken, he said, to tighten up the depart ment's operations. He bluntly said the depart ment "made a mistake" when Undersecretary Charles S. Murphy decided to appoint Es tes to the government's Cotton Advisory committee at a time when the Texan was involved in a dispute over the transfer of cotton allotments. I The secretary said he "can not escape the conclusion" i that the transfers of the cot ;ton allotments should "never I have been approved in the i first instance . . ." They would not have been, he said, except for the "very confused situa- jtion the! prevailed in 1960 rf, . ., Estes was able to expand hi3 cotton operations through a scheme by which small farmers transferred their growing allotments to him in return for money. He fcpenial Bvoefita Freeman insisted that the Agriculture Department had- given Esles "no special bene fits." Saying he was worried about the effects of Estes' af fairs on the U.S. farm prob lem, he said no constructive purpose would be served "by using one episode, such as the Estes case, as a weapon with which to indiscriminately at '.ar:k programs to help the farmers of this nation, or to cast reflections and aspersions Tribune abandoning present wage de mands, put employers on no tice that negotiations will be scheduled immediately with operators who have not obey ed the 1961 contract. "Any company which re fuses to agree with the 1961 settlement will be struck," Nelson said. The IWA also warned em ployers to be p r e p a r e d to grant a substantial increase Portugal Told Of U.S. Desire To Discuss Lease Lisbon, Portugal -IUPD- Sec retary of State Dean Rusk told the Portuguese govern ment today the United States wants to open negotiations soon for renewal of the lease for the United States' $100 million Lajes Air Base in the Azores. Rusk proposed to Portu guese Foreign Minister Dr. Alberto Franco Nogueria that negotiations should take place in Lisbon between Nogucir and U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick. The request came at the tail end of Rusk's 22-hour stopover in Lisbon, shortly be fore he took oft for home at the close of a nine-day swing in which he visited five NATO Allies in Europe. Por tugal reportedly is demanding payment of about $80 million a year for continued U.S. use of the Lajes base. No Time for Discussion Rusk appeared deliberately to have brought up the Azores issue only at the very end of his stay here. He did so after a lunch at the U.S. Embassy and just before leaving for the airport. There was no time for any real discussion of the American request. Earlier, Rusk met with No- gueira in the foreign minis ter's office and then conferred for almost two hours with Premier Antonio de Olivcira Salazar. Prices Reduced To Milk Producers Salem -(UPD- The Oregon Agricultural department late today ordered a 6 cent per hundredweight slash in the price that milk dealers pay to milk farmers, climaxing a struggle within the industry. The department said the cut would go into effect July 1, lowering the price to milk producers from $5.92 per hun dred pounds of milk to $5.86. Dealers have been battling for the decrease in payout for some months. Except for Curry county, all dairymen . in western Ore gon are affected, as well as those in central Oregon, and Klamath, Lake and Harney counties. Youth Arrested tor Medford Burglaries A 19-ycar-old Medford youih was arrested by city police yesterday in connec tion with two burglaries of the Smith Lumber company. Eighth and Fir sts., in the pRst two weeks. The youth gave statements lu - tmiin inn tin- thefts. About S16 was rifled from the firm's cash register Sunday night. A sim.lar amount was tHken in a burg lary about two wrrks ago. WEATHER FOKfrAST: rmiMrritilr hlih rlniidlnni thrmich Friday, rhanrc of lite afternoon thun derthower ovrr mountaina Low i.muhl (. lllih Krlday S0-9J. Trmp. !llxht Veterdav . M l.owel Thil Morning 17 Our Skies Tonight nnet todav . , 7:51 p.m. Minrlar tomorrow 1:37 am. Moonrle tomorrow . 2:51 a.m. N-w Moon Mindav The planet. Venn. t -4l p m and la now about 113 mlllton mllea away. In November Yrntia will he nnlv ?5 million mllea from lh Karth. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 85 next year, w hen the entire agreement will be open, or face a strike. The contract opened this year only for wages. The Timber Operators coun cil, representing 191 North west timber employers, promptly expressed "gratifi cation" over the IWA decis ion. "We wish to commend IWA leaders in their decision to recommend a withdrawal of wage demands at a time like this when the industry is at tempting to r i s e f r o m a de pressed economic condition," said council spokesman Karl F. Glos. Glos said it appeared likely another meeting with the LSW on 1962 demands would be held soon. Churchill Breaks Thigh Bone in Hotel Room Fall Monte Carlo -(UPD- Sir Win ston Churchill, 87, former British prime minister, fell and broke his leg getting out of bed today. Later, he under went a "satisfactory" opera tion to set the broKcn bone. An official communique is sued by his secretary, Michael Montague Browne, said Churchill broke the neck ot the femur (thigh) bone of his left leg when he was getting up this morning in his vaca tion hotel room. The venerable statesman, who rallied Britain to victory with his eloquence and cour age in World War II, was rushed from his eighth floor apartment in the luxurious Hotel de Paris to the Princess Grace Clinic. Break Confirmed There, X - rays confirmed the break in the left femur. one of the longest and strong est bones of the body. Such breaks are common in older persons whose bones are brittle. He underwent surgery a short time later to repair the break. "The operation went off satisfactorily," Prof. Charles Chatelin, his surgeon said. . Churchill, cheerful through it all, was wheeled back into a private room at the clinic, named after American - born Princess Grace, while plans were made to fly him home to England Friday. Planning Ottice in Courthouse Moving The Jackson county plan ning office is moving from the first floor in the courthouse annex to offices in the main building which formerly were used by the county extension office. The move was ncccsnry because cf an increase of busi ness conducted by the office and the arrival of George Brenner, bureau of municipcl research planning consultant. The old planning office in the annex will be remodeled for uyn by the veterans serv ice officer who now has of ficcs on the third floor in the main building. 'Goal Getter' Days Activities Listed a lun-Wav unwml nnnnr. tunlty for the pubMc t0 parti. cipate in the $137,185 build ing fund campaign of the Sal vation Army was announced today by the campaign's gen eral chairman, Richard Hens ley Friday and Saturday are "Goal Getter" days for the building fund, Hensley said. "Four Medford service clubs, many merchants In the com munity, the local Musician's union, and the members of the Salvation Army are par ticipating in a type of 'Christ mas in June' for our .am- i paign," he added According to Hensley. the Rotary, Kiwanis, Crater Lions and the Jaycees will man thp rhrislmaK Kettles Jifour locations throughout 1 Jl ,fj ,v V'v1 MISSING SPY NABBED Convicted Soviet spy Robert Soblen, 62, who jumped $100,000 bail in New York a few days ago before he was to enter prison to start a life sentence, covers his face with his hands after his arrest in Tel Aviv, Israel. The United States is expected to informally ask Israel to return Soblen, even though there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. (UPD Creamery Strike in Central Point Now In Its Third Day Central Point - The Team sters strike against Rogue Val ley Creamery, 311 North Pa cific highway, went into its third day today as local dairy farmers looked for some place to market their milk Workers at Kosit Gold creamery in Grant Pass, who also struck Tuesday morning, resumed work today following a meeting with union of ficials yesterday. .The strikes were called aft er negotiations between man agement and the Teamsters and Chauffeurs Local 062 came to a standstill. Contract negotiations had been going on for more than a month at the Grants Pass creamery. The old contract expired June 1. Union ofticials said Rogue Gold had signed an agreement yesterday which included the following changes: on Oct. 1, 1962, a new Teamsters pen- sion plan will go into effect; on June I, 1963, a 7 cent per hour wage increase in all classifications will go into ef fect; and the contract will be of two-year duration, expiring June 1, 1064. Fred Morlan, representing the Industry Council of South ern Oregon and Vicinity, Med ford, participated in the nego tiations Wednesday. Lyle Douglas, manager of Rogue Gold, said earlier that 10 processors had been in- Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Lot Angeles 19 18 0 Boiton 7 12 2 Grba, Bott and Rodgers; Schwall, Cisco, Fornielei, Kolitnd, Earley and Till man, Minnesota 2 ' 8 1 New York 4 7 0 Kf alick, Stange, Stigman, Moora and Battey; Stafford, Clevenpr, Bridget and Howard. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louit 2 10 4 Chicago 7 9 0 Gibion, B a u t a, Shants and Sawatatki; Koonct and Tappe. Medford during the observ. ance. Medford Musicians' un ion members will provide music, and merchants plan to donate coffee and doughnuts for people visiting the booths. Medford Rotary clubs' 16 men will ring bells and man kettles at Main st. and Cen - tral ave. in downtown Med ford. Across the street, the Ki wanis club will have 16 men at their booth. In the Med ford Shopping Center, be tween Scars and Safeway, the Jaycees will have a stand. The Crater Lions will be lo cated on the west side of the Big Y shopping center. The stands will be open, and re freshments will be served be tween S and 9 p.m. Friday, atianH from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. I Saturday. volvcd in the strike; no drivers were affected. Milk was still being picked up from about 200 farmers in the Grants Pass area; Douglas and an assistant processed it them selves. From one to three pickets were at the plant Tuesday and Wednesday. The Central Point cream cry processes about 35,000 pounds of whole milk a day from 150 farmers in southern Oregon. Thomas Vclla, owner of the creamery, said 10 pro cessing men and four drivers are out on strike. Union officials said Vclla had refused to negotiate with the Teamsters. Creamery spokesmen said today -they would not talk until the picket was removed. They said the union placed the picket line without notice. One Eagle Point dairy far- mcr reported this morning that the milk situation was "not good." The farmer sup plies 20, 10-gallon cans of milk daily to the creamery in Central Point. Like other dairy fnrmers, he is trying to sell the cream and is dump ing the skim milk. Another milk supplier em phasized the need for a mar ket for the milk. He said they had tried to separate the milk, but lack of facilities and ma chinery prohibited it. The Rogue Gold manager said this morning they would accept whole milk from Jack son county farmers on the condition they return to sup plying milk to the Central Point firm when operations resume there. He said that farmers must provide their own transportation for their milk. Duncan En Route for Washington Meeting Portland-IUPD-House Speak er Robert B. Duncan left here late Wednesday for Washing ton. D.C.. for a meeting of the President's Advisory com mission on Intergovernmental Relations. The Medford attorney. Dcm cratic nominee for congress in the fourth district, is member of the commission Friday evening, Mac's Country Boys will play at the Main st. Central ave. booths. Jay Stough and The Dixie Dusters will be featured Sat urday in the same location. Both musical groups are i members nf cians' union. the local Musi A flatbed truck, provided by Crater Lake Mo tors will serve as the band stand for both musical groups. According to Hcnslry, the two-day special event is plan ned to give Individuals an op portunity to help build the new ,rmy Community Cen ter and pay for repairs to the much used Transient Shelter on Crews rd. "We will not conduct a house-to-h o u s e solicitation during this campaign," Urns- Convicted Soviet Espionage Agent Seized in Hotel Life Term Faced In United States Tel Aviv, Israel - (UPP - Con victed Soviet spy Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 62, wanted by U.S. authorities to begin serving a life sentence, was arrested here Wednesday night and charged with illegally enter ing Israel, it was announced today. An official Ministry of In formation communique said Soblen was arrested in his hotel room because he entered the country on a forged Ca nadian passport Tuesday. Lithuanian-born Soblen was scheduled to surrender to a federal court in New York to day to start serving a life sen tence for spying in the United States for Russia during war time. He had been free on $100,000 bail. Soblen was asleep when plainclothes police entered his room to take him into cus tody. Complains of Illness The ex - psychiatrist, who suffers from lymphatic leu kemia - a form of blood can cer - complained "I do not feel well" when he was ar rested. He offered no resistance. While Israel and the United States do not have an extradi tion agreement, Soblen faces expulsion on the charge of Il legal entry. In New York, attorney Rob ert M. Morgenthau of the U.S. Justice Department, said "every effort" will be made to have Soblen returned to the United States. Soblen flew here Tuesday night from New York via Paris. He escaped detection, for nearly 24 hours. Paspbrt''Lot' He arrived alone at Lydda Airport, carrying a suitcase and a briefcase, and took a taxical) to the small Savoy Ho tel overlooking the Mediter ranean. Asked for his passport by the hotel clerk, Soblen said he had lost it. The hotel rented him a room. Soblen was convicted about a year ago of giving national secrets to Russia. He had been free on bail pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. The court refused the review early this week. Local Barbers Vote Against Price Hike Medford barbers yesterday reaffirmed an earlier decision not to raise the price of hair cuts for at least another year, according to James Funston, secretary - treasurer or Local 269 of the barbers and shop owners union. The group had met June 1 to discuss the question of a price hike and had voted against one at that time. That decision was supported In yes terday s meeting. Portland barbers recently voted to Increase the price of a man's haircut from $1.75 to $2. Washington county bar bers Monday also approved a price increase. Bulletin Washington - fliPD - Presi dent Kennedy scored the biggest legislative- victory of hit administration today when the House- passed a bill that would gire him greater tariff-cutting power than any chiel executive ever has held. ley stated, "and this will be an opportunity for people who otherwise might not be seen to give." Campaign receipts, report ed slowly in the last week, are urgently needed, accord ing to building fund leaders. Faced with closing the Trans lent Shelter, unless repairs made to the building to keep it open can be financed, Army officials this week received nnrnval fiom the United Crusade to extend the cam paign for two weeks. The campaign is now scheduled to end July 15. Individuals wishing to make contributions to the campaign may mail gifts to the Salvation Army at post of fice box 487, Medford. e
