Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 11, 1962, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrarest Era Withho ding ax 77ze Beauties of Scenic W- A4S& '-V7,v vvl H U ' ; """ ' Z-f Oneoma Gorge is ooraered by moss-coven highway. Highway 30 (scenic route). Demo Chairman Rejects GOP Contention on Declaration Salem-IUPII "Oregon Demo cratic Chairman E. D. Spen cer, Salem, today rejected a Republican contention that Democrats failed to follow a 1361 law at their state con vention here last week. Robrt C. Ingalls, Corvallis publisher and chairman of a VJOP committee that drew up the GOP statement of princi les at Bend, charged Satur day that the Democrats drew Orders Signed To Transfer Local Funds The county court signed an order today to make a routine transfer of funds totalling $130,141.82 from O and C funds to other designated county funds as set forth in the 1962-63 county budget. Allocations are: 513,126 for civil defense; $40,444 for building fund; S25.504 for the juvenile department operation and maintenance fund; $33, 519 for the historical society fund; $7,192 for the Ashland library fund; $516.20 for the Rogue River library fund, and $9,840 for the dog license fund. Another order was signed this morning for transfer of funds from the relief fund to the general county fund in the sum of $50,000. IVifhycombe Probe Completion Near Oregon City - IOTK - An in vestigation into a reported shortage of sevpral thousand dollars worth of supplies and equipment at the Oregon Na tional Guard supply depot at Camp Withycombe should be completed some time next week, Clackamas County Dis trict Attorney William Shu maker said today. iums wo DFViCE exploded over Christmas islands 'w.hinglon-m-Tht Unil.d State tod.y txploded mi- cl..r d.rice .qusl to I million Chriitmti Island in Iht racu.t. . .... ..... shot of th currnt itnei TITAN ROCKET LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL C.M CniYtr.l-.m-Tht United Slatei today launched 9iant Titan-2 rocket on a planned ocean-ipanning flight today. ort r . UPTURNS TO Algiiri-'ITI-Vice Premier t. Algeria for the ""' a warm welcome oy k r with Ben Yousief Ben Khedda. HUtV SCHEDULES TALK WITH DOBRYNIN , without proper correeve Sr I iPI-Secrelarr of Stale Dean Ruik hat sched-' lcnrs. Waimng on- ,,n.on wh Soviet Ambaitador Nickolai is scheduled to ap- U,- a meeting ..ltef .,(. l0 narrow Ea.t-We.t pear in Ashland Municipal dV;,..X U - ;. . .ccurt his cck c i-coverea ciuis near up a -regular party platform at their convention four days earlier, rather than a state ment of principles called for under the lf)61 postprimary convention law. "It is obvious," Spencer said, ' "that the Democratic Party has complied with the law. Our document not only states our principles, but goes on to. provide the voter with a definite statement as to what the Democratic Party stands for or against." Spencer suggested that In galls look up the word "plat form" in the dictionary. Spen cer cited a definition in the Webster's New Collegiate dic tionary, "platform a declara- j tion of the principles for! 1 Intersection To Be Changed by State The intersection of Agate and Corey rds. and Crater ; " ""-' " ""V"'""' Lake highway will be chang- j "ar ,PS,ln and dls ed, according to a letter from armament. the Oregon highway commis sion. The commission proposes to reconnect Agate rd. with Cra ter Lake highway and block the present connecting Agate rd. It also proposes to widen the existing highway and to , pave the shoulders. The county court rcqueslcd Counly Engineer Roberl ' Carslcnsen to study the pro- : posal and make a rccommrn- ; dation. The courl will send i a lelter to the commission either approving or disprov- j ing the proposed project. County Judge Earl Miller said. . The commission's letter not ed that this intersection has been the scene of accidents and recent multiple deaths. AlOUND IHI OlOII ion. 01 1 or mort n.ar ALGERIA Mohammed Ben Bella returned ' M'. BRIEFS licensed driver accom- and Oregon (Oregon State Highway Commission Photo) , I 'ill; '4' Oregon s Columbia river which a group of persons stand; ' especially, a declara tion of principles and policies adopted by a political party In Corvallis, Ingalls said "if the Democrats thought they were writing a statement of principles, as required by law, why did they not so label their document? , "They called it a platform because that is exactly what it is and no amount of hind sight or semantics search will change the fact nor their own label," he declared. "Principles are something for which a person or a party stand irrevocably," Ingalls continued. "They are not something one changes like a dirty shirt. Ingalls said it "seems strange they change these principles every five or six months because that is what they did between their Janu ary convention and their july convention," He cited such items as admission of Red Crater Stadium Fund Short $5,000 Central PointThe Crater stadium fund is about $5,000 short of the amount needed to construct both a grandstand and a roof. Charles Meyer, superintendent of School Dis trict fi, reported today. "If people want a roof over tncjr heads, they 11 have to comP up with some more con trilmtions, Meyer said Three-year season tickets that sell for $50 arc still avail able, he added. Construction of the stadium was scheduled to start this morning. R and M Construc tion company of Central Point was awarded the contract last month. The project is scheduled to be completed Sept. 7. in time for Crater's first home foot ball game Sept. 14. Medford man Charged With Three Offenses Asnland Carl C. Nickolai. 90,,3 Nor)h Central ave.. Medford. is being held in Ashland city jail on three charges arising from an inci dent Tuesday night. Ashland police arrested Nickolai about 9:30 p m. and charged him with driving while under the influence of tul xicating liquor, driving with a learner , permit with- Senate Committee! Ballots 10 to 5 i To Reject Plan I l Decision Follows i Closed Meeting i Washington - HOT - The Sen ate Finance committee today voted 10-5 to kill the adminis tration's plan for compulsory withholding of income tax on income from dividends and in terest. Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), who opposed the withholding proposal, an nounced the decision after a two-hour closed committee meeting. The senators arc working on the adminis tration's over-all tax revision bill. The withholding feature was a key part of the adminis tration's measure and also the most controversial. It would have required 20 per cent of all dividends and interest to be withheld for federal in come tax at time of payment. It was defeated by a com bination of five Democrats and five Republicans. Compromise Scuttled Administration backers had hoped to salvage it through a compromise offered by Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.). It would have exempted low income groups from with holding, cut by two-thirds the number of refund claims and provided a system of instant refunds for others. But the committee acted without even considering Kerr's plan. The committee did unani mously adopt a provision to require corporations and sav ings institutions to notify the government of all dividends and interest paid in excess of $10. Sympathy Told Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey ID- Minn.) told newsmen after a While House leadership meet ing Tuesday that the adminis tration was "more sympath etic than ever" to an income tax reduction. He emphasized, how ever, that it would defer a final decision for about another month, and this should In no way delay finance committee action on the pending tax re vision bill. The Kerr compromise, in troduced late Tuesday, repre sented a major administration drive to make progress on its hotly disputed plan to impose a 20 per cent withholding tax on income from dividends and interest. Treasury officials estimate that the tax would bring in from $700 to $800 million a year in revenues now escap ing taxation. Thornton Avoids Ruling on Prison Salem - (UPI) - Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton said today it is not in the province of his office to determine validity of the 1961 law requiring state Emergency Board approval before construction of the state women's prison. In an opinion requested by House Speaker Robert B. Duncan (D-Medford) Thorn ton said that Is up to the courts. Duncan asked Thornton for ! an opinion on constitutional Ity of the 1961 law after the state Board of Control an nounced several weeks ago it planned to ignore the emer gency board, and the law, de scribing it as unconstitutional. The Board of Control or dered a go ahead on the wom en's prison project, and pre liminary work has begun. Warning of Estes Abuse Said Given Washington- TJPf A witness told Senate Investigators to day that an official who died under mysterious circum stances had warned a Texas Agriculture committee that Billie Sol Estes was abusing the cotton allotment transfer program. The testimony concerning the late Henry C. Marshall came from Baldwin P. Daven-1 port, former chairman of the Texas Agriculture Stabiliza- tion and Conservation com - mittee from January March, 1961. 960. to KATANGESE MARCH Elisabethville. Katanga-UTt -More than 3.000 Katangcsc soldiers and police marched , through downtown Elisabclh-1 villt today to celebrate Ka- i tanga's second anniversary of j secession from the Congo. two apFointed ; j Salem - 'I'M' - Dr. Robert F. j ; Anderson, Salem, and Rev. Vincent Stagr berg. Lake Os- j wego. Tuesday were appoint- , ed to the state alcohol educa-1 ' tion committee. , FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN WILLIAM SINGLER Announces Candidacy Singler to Seek Mayor Election William A. Singler, 33, Medford city councilman from Ward 1, today announc ed his candidacy for the of fice of mayor. He is the second person to file for the office. James J Dunlevy, a member of the Medford city council for six years, announced his inten tions to run for the office Fri day. Singler has served two years on the council, and in 1960 lie was a member of the parks and recreation commis sion. He has also been a mcm- ;ber of several civic organiza tions, including Kiwanis club. He was president of Kiwanis in 1958. and has been on the board of directors for four years. He has lived in Medford all his life. During the past 15 years he has owned and oper ated his own business here. He now owns Singler Auto Supply, 220 East Jackson st. He and his wife, Suzanne, have four children, Billy, 9; Tiffany. 6; Shelly, 5; and Ed die, 2. They live at 124 Ver nada pi. Election Slated On Water Project Talcnl-A special election on a proposed water develop ment project for the city of Talent has been scheduled Aug. 30. City voters will be asked to approve bonded indebtedness of up to $185,000 to finance construction of facilities to take city water out of Wagner creek. At present, city water comes entirely from wells. This source of supply has be come inadequate, especially during the summer months, city officials noted. Specifically the measure on the Aug 30 ballot will be a proposed amendment to the e ' 1 charl,'r lo a,'th"rizc o new water facilities. The facilities will include a treatment plant, reservoir and pipe lines. The polls will be open at the city hall from 8 a m. to 8 p.m. Public hearings will he scheduled during the next month and a half to allow resi dents an opportunity to let icouncilmen know whether they would like the project fi nanced throuugh a Doom in water rates, an increase In taxes, or both Underground Explosion Cfiors Nevada Desert Nevada Test Site -flPI'-The riniav-olanued backyard nu- j cpar tt,s,in8 program boomed j back jn0 KPnr toray wilh an underground shot which ! rnarref) a desert crater and j srn debris and a fireball high 1 i.,,0 (ne 8,y. WEATHER POHKCAST: Purllv flniirtv In nlthl nd ThurwUy. HfnHeffd ihnniirfthnwfri oer inrt ftemr I mr.iintalni Ihli rvmltiK and Thundav iii'rnwn nn r- t nine Low Inn 1 1 hi Sl-S Hih ; Ihundsy 12-:. I Tmp. HlchMt YmitHiiv ! I.nwril Thli Miirnlni M i Our Skies Tonight j StinM torttv P m, . ftiinrM mmorrnw 4 S a.m.. Mnniit't If morrow 1:05 .m, Full Mnnn J1y I) At thti Mill Moon th'rr will h pfniimbril rrltpr of thf Moon, wnlin H mvinnir inr Moon onlv ntr th pi-num- ! hn (partial hiilnwl of thf i frth I if i A - -! : 4$ B V . iaK A , ri Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages Two Sections City Prepares io Talk to Officials In Alba, Italy Telstar Program Set for July 24 Medford city officials today are collecting pictures and background information of the city and Mayor John W. Sni der in preparation for the July 24 communications ex periment via the satellite Tel star. Medford's part in the ex peri ment was confirmed Tuesday in a telephone call from the United States Infor mation agency in Washington, DC. Mayor Snider said to day that arrangements have been under way for about a week. He Is expected to talk with the mayor of Alba, Italy, Medford's sister city, via Tel star, for four minutes. The mayor said Medford, the only northwestern city chosen to participate, is one of 20 cities in the United States selected to talk with their sis ter cities in various parts of the world. Head of Program It is believed that Oregon's intensive participation in the sister city program was why Medford was selected. Mayor Snider is head of the state sis ter city program. Because of Mayor Snider's activities as head of the Oregon sister pro gram, he has been invited to address the American Munici pal Congress in Philadelphia in August. So far 300 feet of black and white film and several travel folders have been sent to the USIA in connection with the experiment. Mayor Snider said it was his understanding the folders will be used in dis plays throughout Europe to promote the July 24 program. Other requests have Includ ed aerial pictures of Medford showing the mountains, story of Medford's affiliation with Alba, Italy, pictures of the Medford visitors to Alba, and a biography of Mayor Snider. The agency explained that I he material was needed for the Embassy in Rome stories may be published Italy prior to July 24. McGahuey Being Returned to Salem Lccroy Sanford McGahuey, 43, of Central Point, is being returned to the Oregon stale prison at Salem today by Jackson county sheriff's dep uties. He is scheduled to die in the prison gas chamber Aug. 20 for the first degree murder of a Central Point infant, Rod ney Cameron Holt, Feb. 14, 1961. Circuit Judge James M. Main set the execution date Monday morning as Mc Gahuey appeared in court to hear the execution date as required by law. McGahuey told newsmen following his court appear ance that he wished to be I executed on the dale of the murder since it would bring him closer In the infant, and Mrs. Lnris Mae Holt, who was also killed in the Central Point apartment. However, Judge Main refused lo hear ! McGnhucy's request In cham bers as he had asked. Association Asks Letter of Court The Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association's board has re quested a letter' from the Jackson county courl stating approval of the proposed dams. The association is prepar ing a brochure of the project to be presented congressional committees considering the , basin project. j Purpose of the brochure is to show that the Army Corps I of Engineers', plan Is support ed by all interests in the ba sin. The court's letter will be enclosed in the brochure and j Is needed by July 15, Ben Hil ton, association president I wrote. i FUND SWELLS Salem - UPI' - The Oregon I Judges' retirement fund has 1 increased by S54.523 com f pared to $36,823 a year ago, I Slate Treasurer Howard C. 1 ULloa wud taday. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, J'JLY a i i i,iHiiiiiiinw'''WM .X . , . J I "-'J! FLAG PICTURE RELAYED This amazing- whirled over the United States on its sixth ly clear picture of the American flag was orbit. This is how the reception looked to the first picture to be relayed by the Telstar television viewers throughout the United communications satellite Tuesday. The scene States. Other Telstar satellite pictures are was the first experimental picture to be on page 2A. (UPI) received and relayed by the satellite as it Television Reception From Telstar Heartens Scientists Andovcr, Me. (UPIi Heart-1 encd by unexpected success in j sending the first live tele vision to Europe Tuesday night, American scientists an nounced they will try to bring the first European video to American sets tonight-about o p.m. The three networks, ABC NBC and CBS, announced they will "stand by" to relay coast io coast, a lesi leiucasv from the French space tele vision station at Pleumer-Bou-dou, Brittany. France was first to pick up the intercontinental television signal from the U. S. satellite "Telstar" Tuesday night, Might See Olympics Americans might see the 1964 Olympics from Japan on television sets in their homes, and viewers in Calcutta, In dia, on the other side of the globe from New York, may watch the 1964-65 World's Fair, scientists believed. Technicians said 20 to 25 satellites orbiting the earth as the Telstar is doing today would be sufficient to estab lish a global network. They speculated that this could be expected within three years. The reception Tuesday night of pictures relayed by the Telstar at stations in Goon hilly, England, and Pleumcur- Boudou, France, was regarded as a communications feat ri valing the development of the telephone. Delight To Scientists It came as a surprise and a delight to scientists at "Space Hill" in Andover, Me., who were already ecstatic over the letter - perfect launch from Cape Canaveral and the tiny sphere s performance in re laying telephone conversa tions and a television program back to the United Slates. Possibly millions o Ameri- Bond Issue Vote Set for Friday White City - Voters in the White City Sanitary district will go to the polls Friday to consider a proposed $125,000 bond Issue for rehabilitation and additional construction on the district's sewer sys tem. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cen tral Point Rural Fire depart ment station at Avenue G and Agate rd. Also on the ballot will be the district's proposed 1962 63 budget. Noticrs of the budget and bond issue have been posted at While City Realty, Super Save service station on Highway C2 and at the fire station. Lawmakers Pull Guns In Nicaragua Chamber Managua. Nicaragua - 'um -The National Guard was call iH nut Tuesday night to quell rintinif in the Chamber of Deputies where several were hurt when lawmakers pulled nuns. The chamber, discussing a new radio control bill, was forced to aiispend Its session when gunfire broke out be tween opposition and govern mcul Wkialatori. WBJHJI'lJRaj 3 ' cans listened to "The Star I The first telephone conver Spanglcd Banner" and saw I sation relayed from outer the American f lag - framed against the 18 story communi cations dome at Andover -on their television sets in the first TV transmission relayed from space. The impulses, sent from An dovcr and amplified 10 bil lion times inside the instru- ment-packed ball circling the I eartn appeared clear and vivid when they came back to earth. The 50 stars of flag were clearly seen. the Scientists called the ven ture the most successful thus far In the American space program. Each earlier project has evidenced some "bugs"! which needed correction. Perfect Space Performance Bui the early morning launch from Cane Canaveral. under power of a Thor-Dolta rocket, and the sphere's per - formance in space were per- feet beyond the highest ex pectations of scicniisls. Reception in France and England was an unexpected bonus. The French tracking station reported that the im age was as clear as though it had been sent from 20 to 25 miles away. The sound also was clearly received. The French received portions of the 15 minute program broad cast to millions of American homes. The British station said that the wavering image of a man appeared on its receivers for about a minute. A specific trans-Atlantic test had been scheduled for July 23, with the three Amer ican networks transmitting from this country, and a re turn 15 minute program be ing produced by the 18-na- tion European Broadcasting Union. Test Next Week However, officials said Tuesday night that a test could be expected next week. following detailed checking of the satellite's complex opera tions. . . -. ... -I mm0m' RECEIVES CHECK Mrs. Wyatt Rosborough, 1224 Iowa St., Ashland, received a $10,000 check yesterday in special ceremonies at the Medford hotel. She was the first priie winner In the national Purina Dog Chow "Lucky Paw Sweepstakes," sponsored by Ralston Purina company. The winning entry was "Princess," a purebred Collie dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rosborough. Don Kauffman, member of the Edwards Kauffman company, Portland, brokers for Ral ston products, presented the check. The Ashland woman sub mitted a label from a Purina Dog Chow package and a form on which there was an imprint of Princess' paw. (Knackstedt Photo) 57rh Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 11, 1962 No. 96 5 f iiTffirftlaTTi space was held between Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Frederick R. Kappel, president of American Tele phone and Telegraph, de- developers of the satellite. . The . satellite continued to orbit today at its regular in terval of 158 minutes. Its apogee, or- farthest point from earthy was i,5Ui miles, ana its perigee, or closest point, 593 miles. Sewer District folks Planned I I A conference will be held I in the near future on the pro- I posed sewer district for the 1 area southwest of Medford, County Judge Earl M. Miller said this morning. Ho plans to invite the dis trict sponsor, Elmer W. Lusch en, 2325 Stewart ave., to dis cuss the proposal. District Attorney Alan B. Holmes returned to the coun ty court 26 petitions presented by Luschen recently. The pe titions are improper and can not be acted, upon, he said. The petitions cover the area street by street, but set no perimeter boundaries for the proposed district. Holmes suggested that the documents be returned to the petitioners so a boundary de scription could be prepared. Then the county clerk would determine if 60 per cent or more of the land-owners with in the proposed district have signed petitions. Alternatives to rectify the error in the petitions would be to adopt a resolution di recting a public hearing be held for the sanitary district, or to ask for certification by the state sanitary authority, that an emergency exists re quiring formation of the district.