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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.
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Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
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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
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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
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rlniidlnni thrmich Friday,
rhanrc of lite afternoon thun
derthower ovrr mountaina
Low i.muhl (. lllih Krlday
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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.
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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
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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.
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