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Peruvian 1 Threaten Strike mm' G'V Sri')' K FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN 1 The Beauties of Scenic (Oregon State Oregon's largest fresfi -water lake is Upper Klamath lake, shown here reflecting Mt. McLoughlin. ' ' ' "'-' ' - Settlement Believed Near in Iron Worker Negotiations Wasliinslon-aiPD-Amid pre dictions a settlement may be close, talks between contrac tors and iron workers con tinued until the early morn ing hours today and then re sumed at 10 a.m. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) said she was advised by the Labor Department that a set tlement could come today. Mrs. Green said a member of the department who sat in on the talks told her the talks already have settled "all the issues except one-wages." The sessions were held be hind closed doors. But observ ers saw a hopeful sign in the fact the talks were continuing late into the night and resum ing again in less than eight hours. The sessions arc aimed at ending an iron workers strike that started in the northwest nearly two months ago. The record Oregon construction dispute has stalled many proj ects. Construction also has slowed to a crawl in the Scat tie and Spokane regions. The talks here started Wed nesday and ran until about 5:30 a.m., (EDT) Thursday. They resumed again Thurs day morning, continued until 2:30 a.m. today, and started again at 10 a.m. Special mediator John Dun lop, presiding over the talks, impoied a news blackout. The two sides were scheduled to have started tackling the ma jor stumbling block to an agreement - wage and henefit increases. KEWSf&jBHffS ntMS ntoM ARAB AIRLINER CRASHES IN THAILAND Bangkok, Thailand-'tn-Rescuan hacked through dente teak foraiti today toward the wreckage oi a United Arab Airlines jetliner that crashed with 26 perioni, including three Americana, minutes from a landing at Bangkok airport Thunder night. BERLIN TAKES ON AIR OF TENSION Brlin-lPl-Brlin took on a new air of tension today at Communist and Western foreign miniitert gathered to diicutt It in Geneva. The Russians appeared to have started a new harassment campaign against Allied air traffic and both tides of the border teethed with miliary activity. RUSK READY TO TALK WITH GROMYKO Geneva-IPl-Seeretary of State Dean Rutk flew here to day for key Eatt-Wett talkt with Soviet Foreign Minitter Airi Gromyko. but he carefully tkirted the crucial Berlin ittue in hutvrival ttatearent. ! Rogue Valley Edition 20 PAGES Two Sections jr! f 4. The union is represented by a six-man regional negoti ating committee with mem bers from Portland. Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. Con tractors are represented by negotiating teams from the Robinson Attacks School-Park Plan, New Senior High Medford City Councilman . Fred Robinson last night sharply criticized plans for the development of the proposed new Medford high school and warned members of the school j hoard thrv mav have "a real I fight" on their hands if they attempt to go through with their proposals. The attack was made dur ing a meeting of the city council to which the school board had been invited in con nection with a proposal to authorize the city manager to acquire appraisals and nego tiate for property adjacent to the high school site on Rob erts rd. Olfar to Participate As part of its school-park program, the city had offered to participate in development of the site by purchasing, if possible, about 7'; acres of iand, which would he inte- grated with the school district AHOUNO THI OlOlt MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1962 Oregon Highway Commission Photo) 1 rame areas The union, which maintains thai northwest iron workers are among the most poorly paid in the nation, is seeking a wage-benefit increase of about 50 cents an hour. property to effect a coordinat ed design. The proposal to allow the city manager to obtain ap praisals and negotiate for the property was finally passed unanimously after an attempt by Robinson to amend it fail ed by a 5 to 2 vote Robinson called the coordin ated plan "unrealistic" and said a group was already formed to fight the proposal. School Board Chairman Keith Hockcrsmith said he was puzzled by Robinson's statements and that he had understood the council was solidly in favor of the school park program. "It was a member of your administration, City Planner Ned Langford, who first came to us to suggest the coopera tive venture," he said. Support Program Mayor John W. Snider as - sured Hockersmith he was correct, that the council and aaminisirauon naa supponca the school-park program along. But Robinson continued to disagree with the whole plan. He said the taxpayers would noi support such a proposal. The millage rate keeps go ing up year after year." he said, "and we've got to draw the line some place." Dr. David Boles, member of the school board, denied Robinson s accusation that the board was "unrealistic "We're very realistic," he said. "We have children to educate We know it i, ex - pensive. But we've got to do the job. and we hope the city will cooperate with us." FEWEST PATIENTS Salem-JlrVThe State hospi tal here has 2.572 patients. Superintendent Dean Brooks said Thursday, the smallest number during years. the past 15 57th Year Tribune Foreign Aid Authorization Bill Approved Washington-ilPli-The Senate today approved 56-27 a com promise S4.67 billion foreign aid authorization bill strip ped of three foreign policy restrictions opposed by the Kennedy administration. The measure now goes to the House for final congres sional action. Il was worked out Wednes day night by House-Senate conferees. They dumped two administration - opposed re strictions written into the original legislation and took the more flexible House ap proach toward aid to Co,m- munist nations. The vote came after a brief final flurry of debate, in which Senate Democratic Capacity Crowd Is Expected at First Night Feast, Play Ashland -A standing-room- only crowd is expected at the opening performance of the 22nd season of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival here tomorrow night. Following the annual "Feast of the Tribe of Will," theater patrons will see "Comedy of Errors," directed by Rod Alexander, the first of four plays to be seen in nightly rotation through Sept. 2. Opening day activities will start at 6 p.m. with the "Feast" in Lithia park. The banquet is being prepared and served by the Medford Junior Chamber of Com merce. Highlighting the banquet will be "The Maske of the Wood," featuring music1 and' dances in the Elizabethan style. The first night audience will include Sebastian Cabot, noted stage and screen actor and a star of television's "Checkmate," and Andrew C. Love, National Broadcast ing producer in Ashland to produce the annual NBC na tionwide broadcast from the Festival stage. Oregon Gov. Mark O. Hat field will address the audi ence prior to the play. Also expected to attend are State Treasurer Howard C. Belton, Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton and Speaker of the House Robert B. Duncan. Among educators expected are Dr. Frank Bennett, prcsi- Two Girls Honored At Beauty Pageant Seaside-IUTO-Judy Martin of Corvallis and Alice Berglund of Salem won opening honors as the 16th annual Miss Ore gon pageant got under way here Thursday night. Miss Martin captured a pre- i hmmary talent trophy with Isongs from "Oklahoma" and Miss Berglund won a prelimi nary swimsuit award. Half of the girls competing in the three-day pageant took part in the preliminary talent contest and the other half competed in the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competition. The girls will switch con tests tonight. Winners of the .evemna sown enmnetitinn ar )not announced until the final jscoring. Judges award 50 per 'cent for talent and 25 Der cent i each for swimsuit and evening ; gown performances. Miss Oregon will be select ed from among 10 semi-finalists Saturday night Free Swim Lessons Will Be Available Free swimming instruction will be available in the after noons now at Jackson Hot Springs, south of Talent, ac- PftrHinn tn Mr, WallaB Smith. pool operator. A small charge will be made for use of the pool, she said. Thu nftfrnnnn inst ritft inn uri 1 1 istar, Mondav Mrs. Smith said that an in structor will be available to give help to anyone who wants it, but will not conduct formal classes. Instruction will be available only in the afternoons during week days, she said The pool is open week days from 12 noon to i 10 p m 10 Cents No. 104 Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) assured Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) that the objective of a Senate restric tion on aid to India would be carried out by the administra tion although it was not spell ed out in the compromise bill. There also were last-hour complaints about the provi sion which lets the President continue aid to such coun tries as Yugoslavia and Po land and if he finds it to be in the national interest. Sen. William Proxmire (D Wis.) said the administration is cracking down roughly on a new military dictatorship in Peru but is going ahead with aid to a "Communist dictatorship" in Yugoslavia. .. dent of Eastern Oregon col lege; President Harry Dillin of Linfield college; President Elmo Stevenson of Southern Oregon college; R. E. Lieual len, chancellor of the state system of higher education; University of Oregon Presi dent Dr. Arthur Flcmming; Dr. Frederick Hunter, former chancellor of the state system I of higher education; Branford I P. Millar. Portland State I college president; Dr. Win-j ston Purvine, president of Oregon Technical Institute; and the president of Willam ette university, G. Herbert Smith. Other plays are "Henry IV, Part II," directed by Edward Brubaker, which starts Sun day night; "As You Like It," directed by Jerry Turner which starts Monday night; and "Coriolanus," also direct ed by Turner, which starts Tuesday night. Festival officials said good seating) remains for all per formances, but immediate reservations are recom mended. Thornton, Morse Among Speakers Speakers at the Jackson Josephine counties' Democra tic picnic Sunday afternoon will include Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton, House Speaker Robert Duncan, and Sen. Wayne Morse, according to Picnic Chairman Ralph James, Sams Valley. The Oregon senator is scheduled to speak to local fruit growers in Medford Sat urday night on labor prob lems. Thornton is Demo cratic candidate for Oregon gover nor, Duncan is Democratic candidate for fourth district congressman, and Morse is seeking reelection to the U.S. Senate. The piitluck picnic lunch will be served at 1 p.m. at the new Valley of the Rog'ie State park near Rogue River. Speeches are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Josephine county is sched uled to include its political candidates on the program, James added. 30-Acre Fire Is Reported to State About 30 acres of brush, slash and timber were burned Thursday afternoon near Scl ma in the Grants Pass district of the slate drpan-nrnt of for estry. Department officials said the fire was caused by equip ment involved in logging op eration in the McMuilin creek area. The site is about 25 miles southwest of Grants Pass. The blaze was brought un der control late yesterday. Striking Physicians Await Federal Action Saskatoon. Sask -4W - Sas katchewan's striking physi cians today awaited the gov- ernrnent's answer to their) compromise proposal to end i a 20-day walkout In exchange! for guarantees they can prac-; tire privately outside a social-j izcd medical program. . nmiiiBinimtmHuniumiromnHiHniimmniHmHr.ii ; Fiscal Year Budget Deficit $6.3 Billion Washington ilTl1 The federal government clos ed out iti fiscal year June 30 with a budget deficit of S6.3 billion, a bit smaller than the ad ministration had esti mated. The government an nounced Thursday that spending for fiscal 1962 totaled S87.7 billion. Tax revenues were $81.4 bil lion. The deficit was the 10th in 16 fiscal years since World War II. For mer Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwighl D. Eisenhower each had three of the six surplus years. The 56.3 billion defi cit for last year was about $700 million, or 10 per cent leu than the ad ministration t advance estimate. Council Postpones Action on Revised Fire Code in City Action on a proposal to adopt a revised Medford fire code was postponed until at least the middle of August after a Medford attorney told the city council last night he felt parts of the proposed code moved into "new territory." Edward Branchfield, repre senting a group of downtown businessmen, said the revised code needed more study and clarification before adoption. The attorney's remarks came after Councilman Stan Stark had proposed adoption of the code after deletion of the section on sprinkler sys tems, which he conceded was "controversial." Branchfield reminded the council that the court had en joined the city from enforc ing the sprinkler system sec tions in the present code, which provides the systems be installed in basements ot cer tain sized buildings. Sections Vaguely Stated Further, he said, there are sections in the revised code, particularly the one dealing with explosives, which are vaguely stated or which move into unprecedented areas of fire prevention. Brancficld suggested that if the code were adopted, prop erty owners would need a period of time to familiarize themselves with it and effect compliance. Without such grace period, he said, it would be possible some businesses might be forced to close. At the suggestion of Coun cilman Donald Hansen, Branchfield agreed to meet with the city administration in the near future to discuss problem areas in the revised code. City Manager Robert Duff today, however, expressed confidence in the revised f're code as it now stands. "The city has strengthened certain sections of the code," he said, "and we profited from the court's decision in the suit over enforcement of the sprinkler system provi sions." The old code stipulated that buildings with a basement of 3,500 square feet must have a sprinkler system. The re vised code has reduced the square footage to 2.500 feet. Duff said. USSR Overruled In UN Fee Dispute The Hague -UPIU The Inter national Court of Justice to day said Congo and Gaza United Nations military inter vention costs are "regular dues" to be paid by all UN members. Nine judges voted In favor of this advisory opinion asked for by the General Assembly in its Dec. 20, l!)fil, resolution. The court, giving its advis ory opinion on Article 17, Par agraph two, of the UN Charter which regulates payment of dues by UN members, reject ed Soviet claims that pay ment of thc.-e costs was not prescribed by the UN Charter Five judges of the total of 14 which dealt with this case disTntcd, The court's opinion is not binding, but merely advisory ! WEATHER rnnfct'AST: C onl!nrier1 fair ant warm through fcitnrrUv low t.inuht 10-iJ, hifh (Saturday &-. 1mp. fllrhru YMtMrtav - Lowrtl Thla Morning SI Our Skies Tonight Kunrl today Vl p m ftuitrikF tomorrow a m j Moonrlt tmiighL 10 10 pm .at lfnartr July 23 1 PR OM I NT NT UT AH A Half. hih In vnjih I i 04 a m. vtsmr.K h ash lnn, low In w.i (il p m ftatiirn. rura I H pm Mart. rUr I 41 a m I Armed Forces Leaders Appear In Solid Control Troops Break Up Mobs of Youths Lima, Pcru-H'PH- Peru's la ! bor unions rallied the coun try's workers today for a gen eral strike to protest the mili tary seizure of the govern ment. I Two days after their coup d'etat, the armed forces lead ers appeared in solid control j despite the strike threats, stu- dent demonstrations and hem- j ispheric opposition to their i takeover. Thursday night armed troops and police broke up mobs of screaming youths de fying the ruling military jun ta. The recurity forces shot over the heads of the youths who surged through Lima s downtown streets crying "Freedom, freedom." Sugar Workers Strike The General Labor Confed eration called on the nation's workers to comply with an agreement reached a few weeks ago to strike in the event of a coup. Textile workers and stu dents at the University of San Marcos announced they will join 12.000 sugar workers in the north who went on strike Thursday. A telephone strike has been in progress for sev eral days. The sugar area in the north has a strong following for Vic tor Raul Haya de la Torre, leader of the American Popu lar Revolutionary Alliance, whose feud with the armed forces was an underlying cause of the coup. Observers did not' regard the strikes and demonstra tions so far as any serious threat to the four-man ruling junta which overthrew Presi dent Manuel Prado in a blood less coup Wednesday. Mariano Ignacio Prado, a relative of the ousted Presi dent, was released Thursday night by the junta after two days of detention. He said he was held with Manuel Prado aboard the navy ship Callao. Mariano Prado said the former president was In "per fect health," and would be freed "very soon, probably tomorrow.1'- Harassment Seen in Berlin Corridors B e r I I n IIIPII The Soviet Union today appeared to have opened a new campaign of harassment against Allied air traffic in the Berlin corri dors. Soviet jet fighters have buzzed Western Allied trans ports at least twice this week the first such action since March when the Russians ended a two-month attempt to restrict the airlanes between West Germany and West Berlin. Both buzzings occurred Tuesday. The U.S. mission said it had protested both to the Russian representative at Berlin's four-power air safety center. One Russian jet made a pass at a U.S. Federal Avia tion Agency transport flying to Berlin to lest radar and navigational aids. The pass was said to have been clearly deliberate. Another flew dangerously close to a commercial trans port just after it took off on a flight to West Germany, an American spokesman said. Western officials were not .sure the second buzz was de liberate but they said the Russian plane had no right to be at the same altitude and place at the same time as a Western craft. Approval Urged For Wildlife Bill Washington - (LTD - A House interior subcommittee was urged today to approve a Sen ate-passed bill calling for ducks and farmers to share j the marshlands of the Tule lake. Lower Klamath and Up per Klamath wildlife refuges in California and Oregon. Assistant Interior Secretary Frank P. Briggs told the recla mation sulcomniittec that the bill would go far toward rec- ionciling "differences that I have been plaguing us for ! years." Daniel II, Janzcn, director of the Bureau of Sport Fisher lies and Wildlife, termed the (legislation "extremely Import ant" to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's waterfowl contervation program. Janzen said the legislation also would provide "a reason able and equitable solution to the problem of joint use of the Upper Klamath basin area i for waterfowl and agricultur lal purposes." v-v it a: , m' if , i & f : it : i $r .... . ..... ... , . .tftlln1 mfni it- nmfci. i'iT t JitAmrtajh1 GEN. LAURIS NORSTAD Receives Praise From President Norstad Resigns As Chief of NATO Washinglon-(UPII-Gen. Lau ris Norstad, 55, today resign ed as supreme commander of the NATO Allied forces in Europe, effective Nov. l. President Kennedy accepted his decision "with deep re gret." Norstad wrote the Presi dent that he wanted to retire after 36 years of military service. Tile White House in dicated Norsiad's successor as U.S. commander In Europe may be announced later to day. Kennedy's letter accepting the resignation praised Nor- Committee Okays Tax Revision Bill Washinglon-WPn-The Senate Finance Committee today ten tatively approved a trimmed down version of President Kennedy's lax revision bill that might cost the Treasury $500 million a year in rev enues. The committee action was another In a series of legisla tion reverses for the Presi dent. As II came to the commit, lee from the House March 29, the bill was more than in bal ance. It would have raised about S120 million in new revenues by closing various lax loopholes. The Senate panel. In a series of drastic revisions, changed il from a revenue producing lo a revenue-losing measure. Although no firm dollar estimates were avail able, it was conservatively estimated the measure now would cost the Treasury about $500 million. U.S. Stops Arms, Economic Aid to Peru Washington-IOT-The State Department said today the United States will cut off all arms aid as well as economic help to the new military re gime in Peru. The State Department also said that U.S. military repre sentatives have been ordered to break off all official deal ings with Peruvian military officials. KENNEDY INVITED Washington - lUPli - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Thurs day Invited President Kenne dy to Oregon to sec the re sults of what he called the administration's failure to aid the Pacific Northwest lumber Industry. Three Paving Projects Ordered by City Council Three paving projtcts were ordered by the Medford city council Thursday night de spite protests at the meeting from some property owners on the streets involved. The projects call for paving Newtown st. from Catherine tn Bclmontt sts.; East Main st. from Eastwood dr. to Hill crest rd ; and Valley View dr. from East Main st. to Hillcrcst rd. In each case, a majority of the property owners along the section of the street to be paved had signed petitions favoring the improvement. Mrs. Alice Black, a widow residing at 812 South New. town st., told the council there were several elderly property owners on the street who were existing on Social Security or welfare and who could not afford the assess ment for the Improvement. May Help Catet C o u n c i 1 m a n R. L- Van Sickle answered rs. Black slad as having made himself the "living symbol of Allied strength in Europe." He said the Free World was "particu larly fortunate" the U.S. gen eral was in command of NATO when Russian threats to Berlin "reached crisis pro portion" last fall. In his letter to. the Presi dent, Norstad recalled that he had mentioned in January the possibility of resigning "if no particular crisis devel oped in the meantime." For the moment at least, he add ed, "there is no unusual pres sure on my office." He said that the reasons for his retirement from duty were "apt to be rather involved" but the main factor was that he had spent 12 years with NATO, half of that time as supreme commander. Thus, he paid, he had "stay. ed In one field of activity and in one position somewhat longer than is the normal practice in ,tbe military serv ices.'' : i ' - Savard Resigns As Defense Director .1 The resignation of Medford Civil Defense Director Arthur Savard was accepted by the Medford city council last night. City Manager Robert Duff wag appointed to fill the of fice on a temporary basis. The council intends to study the whole situation and ex plore the possibility of com bining the position with other administrative tasks. Both Mayor John Snider and Duff complimented Sa vard on his performance as civil defense director and thanked him for his service to the city. Contract Awarded For DDT Supply The Jackson county court this morning awarded a con tract to Van Waters and Rog ers company, Portland, for 3,000 gallons of DDT, 25 per cent emulsified chemical, for mosquito control. The Portland company was low bidder on the contract at $1.20 a gallon, or total of $3,270. Seven other compan ies submitted bids. The award was made on recommendation of the Jack son county public health de partment. and one other woman who also opposed the project by assuring them the council and the administration would "explore means' of helping hardship cases." "If you give us a couple of weeks, I'm sure we can find some way to bring relief to you and others in your situ ation," he said. In connection with the East Main st. project, Medford At torney Frank Farrcll, repre senting three property own ers, told the council the im provement would bring no added value or benefit to the abutting properties and would create an undue financial burden on the owners. , He argued that aince only the general public would benefit, the project should be financed from the city's ar terial street fund. Two other residents also spoke In oppo sition to the Improvement. Council vote to approve the paving projects was unani mous in all three cases. ! I .1
