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Cici ClJ3Ci forest Fine ANGER TOMORROW Rogue Valley Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents Step Seen Aimed At Destroying 4-Power Control West Will Hold Russia Responsible Berlin - HIPP - The Russians . today abolished their Berlin military headquarters in a move apparently aimed at de stroying the last remnants of four-power control of the city. The move came in the wake The Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon State Highway Cfmn?-n rSr) Tf7X i MF.T)FORDJfe-afeTRIBUNE ! 5k KEP OREGON GREEN 56 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22. 1962 No. 131 Canoes Medford Bride Victim of Rape; Husband Shot Carsnn City,- Ncv.-illPP -Nevada authorities today arrest . ed a youth in a kidiiap-;hoot-ing case involving an Oregon rouple on their honeymoon The youth was identified as Lester Morford, 11. ad dress unknown. He was ar rested today near Silver Springs, 35 miles east of Car son City. The search for Morford got under way when Patricia Foster. 23, Medford, stagger ed into a service station in r' Clio eoirl cho nrl I """" M"' J u i X Unr- hiicKnrt haH nnrn kin- nned from their Reno motel about 4 a.m. Driven to Truckee Mrs. Foster said their ab ductor drove them to Truckee and back to Lake Tahoc. She said the young man shot her husband. Jack, twice in the head and threw him out of the car. She said she had been raped twice. Later, Mrs. Fos ter managed to jump from the ar in Carson City. Officers found Foster ly ing gravely wounded in the Crystal Bay area of Nevada. He was taken In Washoe Med ical Hospital in Reno in crit ical condition. Married Monday Mrs. Foster told police she and Foster came to Reno Sun day and were married Mon day. She said they drove four blocks past the courthouse and turned left to the motel where they stayed last night. She said she and her husband had packed and started to leave the motel at 4 a m. this morn ing when they were accosted bv the gunman, armed with a small white-handled pistol she said looked like a toy. At first, Mrs. Foster said, the gunman was only going to take the car. But he appar ently changed his mind and forced her and her husband into the car with him. Central Point Police Plan Use of Radar Central Point - - Starting i next Monday, radar will be ; used to enforce speed limits j in this city. Edward Zander. I police chief, announced today.; Warninc signs have been posted. Zander said, and pre liminary tests with the equip ment will be completed this week. Numerous motorists have been stopped and warn ed during the last few weeks, he added. ITEMS rHOM STRIKERS IGNORE GOLDBERG'S PLAN HuntsvilU. Ala.-iri-Elctrical worker! ignored a pU by Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg today and continued a lrik which ii hampering work on a leit Hand lor Amnri ica'i moon rocket. DRUG LEGISLATION DELAY OPPOSED u..i.i-.niiPiThe AFL-CIO told Congrew today II would be "cruel and inhuman" leigslation lo strengthen ledcrai controli orer drug. aaV.fci.iiiatanS.l 1 lii&JLi are popular al Big Lake high Commission Says Levy Is Subject To Limitation Law The Oreeon state tax com mission has notified county and city officials that Med ford's levy for the Public Li ibrary of Medford and Jackson County maintenance fund is subject to the constitutional 6 per cent limitation. In a three-page letter ad dressed to County Assessor Thad W. Hattcn, a tax commis sion attorney said it is his opinion that the Medford city charter "docs not authorize the city to levy a tax in excess -r . if "s tax base- The Pinion was an answcr to two questions addressed to the tax commission by Hat ten: - Does section 65 of the Mcd for city charter authorize a proposed tax levy in excess of the tax base of S10.B26? If it docs not authorize this full amount, is some lesser amount authorized? The city had levied an Pears Not Sizing, Grower Reports A fruit grower sairl this morning Bartlett pears are not sizing up as hoped. However, another source said sizes are reasonably good. Cool weather has helped pick ing, which started full scale Monday, it was reported. AM packing houses are in opera tion, and most growers have finished the first picking pe riod and arc now stripping the trees. A fruit shipper srid no deal has been made on canning Bartletts yet and growers could be hurt if it is not made soon. Growers will take a loss if all of the estimated one mil lion boxes or equivalent "nave to be packed, a shipper said. Normally growers get morej(.nange student program money lor the smaller sizrn prars Ihrnugh canneries. Thp' Oregon state employ ment service office here re ported many people availahle for picking with a certain amount of "job jumping." which is typical of the first week of each season, par ticularly by inexperienced pickers. The Pacific Coasl report in dicates a picker shortage in about a week, a spokesman said. AROUND THI OtOtl to delay action any longer on in the central Oregon Cascades. amount of $8,000 in excess of the tax base for the library during the budget years of lflfiO-Sl and lflfil-B2. For the current tax year. 1362-63, the levy for Ihe library mainte nance fund was increased to $10,626. The tax levy for library purposes Is based on a section of the charter which provides in part: ". . . the City Council shall annually levy ... a spe- cial tax in such amount as I will realize a sum equal to 10 per cent of the cost of (the li brary) building . . ." The library building was constructed in 1911 at a cost of S20.000. However, addi tions to the library in 1951 have increased the value of the building to approximately $106,220. On the basis of the latter figure, the city increased it icvy for library purposes to $10,626 in the 1962-63 budget. In view of the commission's ruling, Assistant City Mana ger Gilbert J. Gutjahr said to day the amount now will be assigned to the city's general fund property tax levy. Only 1.6 per cent of the au thorized 6 per cent increase was levied in the current tax year, Gutjahr said. With ad dition of the library funds, the percentage will be raised to 4.2, still well within the 6 per cent limitation. Total property tax levy for the city of Medford will re main unchanged at $1,173,247. Gutjahr said. Foreign Students Arrive for School A tccn-HRo girl from Malaya arrivrri here rercnlly to sprnd a yrar in Medford under Ihe auspices of thp American Field Service foreign ex- Nik Azizah Rinti Hnji Nik Yahya will live with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reichcrs nd family. 2447 Hillcrest rd, She will attend Medford High school this fall as a senior along with Peggy Riechers. fit' i mm iirin jtiaivi . Miss in ik xanya is me sec ond foreign exchange student to arrive this summer. A week ago, Jens Haffcldt from Lyng ny. ucnmarK. arrived 10 spenn ithe year with the James P - I Rwan fami'y. 828 Minnn,a jave., Medford. Ar s siuacms spena a scnooi iyear in the United States liv ing with an American family and attending school. The stu dents are considered a part nf the family sharing in the ben rfils and responsibilities. Miss Nik Yahya home is in the northern part of Malaya in Kota Bharu. in the state nf Kelantan. She attended Zai nab secondary school there. Along with other students from the Far East, the sirl flew from Manila to Los An- reles. Calif Before coming to Mfdford. t Phone Company Board to Meet in Medford Friday Pacific Northwest Roll Telephone company's board of directors and officers will set acquainted with Medford and the surrounding area this week when they hold their August meeting here. The meeting the first in an Oregon city other than Portland-will he held'"-Friday, Aug. 24, al the Rogue Valley Country club in Medford. Be. fore the meeting, board mem bers and officers will host a luncheon for local civic lead ers at the club. Raymond Roter of Med ford, a member of the com pany's board, will be the mas ter of ceremonies. Walter W Stralcy, PNB president, wi talk about the new company's operations. To Attend Play On Thursday evening, of ficers and board members will attend a performance of the Shakespearean Festival at Ashland. The meeting was timed especially so that the company officials could at tend the world-famous festi val. They will also visit, some of the industries in the area. J. H. Creager.' Medford manager for PNB, pointed company officers are interest- j ru in i'ihiir Liiihii 10 iiiu rv pi on the company , serves. PNB is bringing it? top man agement and directors into the area to get acquainted with local business leaders and citizens, Creager said. Last year. Creag?r ex plained, PNB spent $1,0.10, DOn on construction in the Rogue valley. This year the company is spending $1,770, 000 in the area which in cludes both Josephine and Jackson count ie?, One of the major undertakings was the culover to direct distance dialing which look place July 15. Ground Broken for Plant at Gardiner Gardiner TPI' Gov. Mark Hatfield and official of In ternational Paper Co. broke Kfnund today tn launch I-P's first west coast paper and pulp mill The $.'15 --million project, which also includes a new jsawmmi , schcduled for com- ; pclion bv infi4 alongside 1-P's lumber and plywood operation hrrF WEATHER I FORCf'AST: fair tnfilsht anil Thursday. W'armpf 'lhiirriav . I.nw (nniehl U-AO. Hlth Thtir,- j dav nrar ttn. I 1mn. Hllhril Vtrdar . M , l.nwr't Thla Mfirnlnc . . a Our Skies Tonight Tinjt inrtav nnrin lomnrrnw Mnnnrl" t"n. (hi Nfw nlfl PROMINKNT TR 1 ot p m. :ift p m Ami 2t Mrtpharan. nar Ih Moon. VthlHI.K Pl. AM TS Inn I II om 10 11 p m i; .so i.m I ftl a m 'X' i S WHS fyf II U ZJi H fa ZJi W ft u M H m M H U 13 Sf f vv pj n a K ' 9 nJP SLo U"A tt t tftf H H fO H 1 UJ9 BJ? R.H H HtL H VI H E&il Si 5 12 Known Dead; More Than 200 Persons Injured Residents Flee Scene in Panic Naples, Italy (UPP- A series of 14 earthquakes rocked Naples and the surrounding areas of southern Italy Tues day night and today, causing death, destruction and panic. The quakes, which so far have caused 12 deaths and in jured more than 200 persons, caused mass terror through out the area. So far as was known, no Americans were among the victims. Entire villages, including patients in hospitals, fled into the open countryside as walls split and roofs toppled. South ern Italians have long ex perience with earthquakes and fear their grim impact. Very Strong The worst of the current series of temblors came at 7:09 p.m. Tuesday. Seismo- craph machines registered it at between six and seven on a scale of 10 - making it a "very strong" earthquake. The last quake was regis tered al 7:25 a.m. today. Sev eral of the shocks in between were strong enough to cause damage to houses. The stricken area lies south east of Naples. It covers an area about 200 miles long and too miles wide, stretching all across tHe -peninsula to Bnri. But the center of Ihe quakes was located near Avellino and Arian) Irpino. about 40 miles southeast of Naples, where a number of houses were flat tened and many more suffer ed caved-in roofs and cracked walls. The area is in the south of Italy and is not a tourist area. Police reported there were a few non - Italians passing through in automobiles, but ihey generally continued their driving and left the region. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, vacationing with her daughter Caroline at Ravelin, apparent ly did not, feel the quakes. However, it was learned word was immediately sent to the White House in Washington saying the American first lady was all right and she was con tinuing her Italian vacation. Police estimated that more than half a million persons fled their homes at the start of the series of quakes and spent the night sleeping in the -rnc slent on the sides nf roads, on the ornunrt or nn chairs and mattresses they had rtragced from their homes. This morning and afternoon many of them began to stag cer back into the towns, still fearful but with Ihe belief that Ihe series nf temblors was al an end. Nilsen Schedules Visit to Medford Stale Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen, who is seeking his third term of of fice, will he in Medford Thursday to address memhers of the Democratic Social club. The club will sponsor a din ner meeting beginning at 7 p m. tomorrow Hi Ping s Gar den. 2.130 North Pacific high way, according to Thomas J. Reeder. club president. Introducing the speaker will he James A. Redden. Demo cratic candidate for stale rep resentative. Other state and county candidates will also he allowed to speak briefly, Reeder said. Nilsen, who has been labor commissioner for eight years, was formerly a partner In a Portland plumbing firm and 'teacher at Portland Tech. He ! served in the U.S. department ol labor lor two years and as ; stale director nf apprentice ship for five years. De Gaulle Escapes Assassination Attempt Pans nyy President Charles de Gaulle escaped an assassi i nation attempt tonight as h left Pan for his country ; home in ea.-trrn Francp. :.. -As-.: . ., - :o. : - ,: v . . . , n" 1 -TV "-" ' " " N ' - "''": -; v ,,i -u..,.. '....-v, vv7 , h V v v ' I , , f - ' iifci,Ui NEW BLM DIRECTOR Donald J. Schn fielri (right), who assumed duties here this week as Ithe new district manager for the bureau of land management, and Archie D. Craft, staff forester in the Washington, D.C., BLM office, met here Tuesday to discuss problems facing the new district manager and the BLM program as a whole. Craft Kennedy Prods j Congress To Act i On Five Measures Washington dim President Kennedy today prodded Con gress to take favorable action on his farm, drug control, antipoll tax, Irade and United Nations bond measures. The President said the five bills were important to help the Congress write "a very impressive record" this year. He told a news conference the farm hill passed by the Senate shortly before he met with reporters would give the government an opportunity tn "bring sense and reason and control'" into the farm sur plus situation. He said the Senate Judiciary Committee had drafted a tightened drug control bill along lines sought by the ad ministration. He then noted that the House would vote Monday on a proposed consti tutional amendment that would bar states from impos ing poll taxes in elections for federal offices and urged re- moval of "this outmoded par I ,n voting." He called the trade bill "one of the most important" measures in many years and urged its approval by the Sen ate without addition of restric tions that would tie the hands of American tariff negotia tors. As for the UN bond pur chase hill, he said it was "not Democratic or Republican but American." Kennedy also announced lhat the nuclear submarines Skate and Sea Dragon had made an hislnric rendezvous under' Ihe North Pole ice pack. He congratulated Ihe crew members for the excep tional achievement. Deadline for Filing For Office Aug. 31 Deadline for filing for Medford city office for the November election i Aug. .11. according to Darrel Hu ston, city recorder, The Medford city charter provides that a candidate shall file for office not later than 15 days before the elec tion. The city recorder then musl certify the candidates not less than 30 days before 'election However, the .state law pro vides that in cities of more than 2.000 population the city recorder muH certify candidates not lrs than 65 dayn before the General elec tion. Since the city charter does not prohibit filing ear lier than 3JS da vs. the two laws are not in conflict, Hil ton said nfiiW iiriiifc)i1iriifgtf"" spent the dav here with. BLM officials as part of his first official visit to the North west since his appointment to the division of forestry in Washington, D. C. Until re cently he was district manager in Roseburg. Schofierd, who moved here this week, suc ceeds Ross Youngblood, who has been trans ferred to Alaska. (Knackslcdl photo) Oregon Program Workshop By Medford Board The first annual Oregon Program workshop, which was held in Salem recently, and board member visitations to schools in northern Oregon were discussed and revijwed by the Medford school board last night. The workshop on the Ore gon Program, Assistant Super intendent Elliott Beckon said, "was one of the finest confer ences ever attended by local people." During the 10-day workshop, ideas to expand the educational opportunities for children In Oregon were dis cussed. The Oregon Program is a $3.5 million project being fi nanced by the Ford Founda tion Fund for the Advance ment of Education involving most of the state's colleges and universities, 25 school dis tricts, and the state depart ment of education. Beckon noted that the first year of the program the coming school year will oe chiefly preparatory with re latievly minor innovations in educational programs and fa cilities. -Visit Schools Members of the Medford hoard visited schools in Port land, Gresham, Beaverton and $55,000 Spent on Forest Recreation A lotal of $55,000 Is being spent this year on recreation development on the Rogue River National forest, accord ing to Supervisor Carroll E Brown. Major projects include $8,000 for completion of the Jackson campground' on ' the Applegate district. $10,340 for improvement of Union Creek campground, and $6,700 for work at Fish lake. A new 40-unit CKmngi'ound is being constructed at Abbott creek on the Prospect district. More than $12,000 has been allocated this fiscal year with final completion planned in lfl4. Other improvement work Is progressing at Bull Gap. Four bit creek, Snowshoe, Bound ary picnic area, and Rogues Bend. In addition, several site plans for new campgrounds are being surveyed. Mainten ance and clean up nf present sites is receiving increasing emphasis. The construction, improve ment, and planning are part nf a long range plan lo enable the Rogue River National for est meet the Increasing recre ation demands, Rrnwn noted. Reviewed Salem earlier this month. The visitations were part of a series planned by the board lo observe and study new school facilities to receive ideas which could be used in the new high school planned here. Some of the schools visited, members noted, were impres sive, others were not. Mem bers also inquired about build ing costs, and other aspects of the plant in relation to the educational program. Board members visiting Ihe schools had been in Salem attending the Oregon Program workshop. In connection With planning innovations in the educational program In the Medford dis trict, and facilities lo house new programs, the board re viewed a visit by Harold Fulk from Stanford univer sity. Fulk's visit in Medford was in connection with an applica tion to the Educational Fa cilities Laboratories, Inc., for funds for planning education al programs. The Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc., is administered by the school planning laboratory, school of education, Stanford univer sity. Dr. Leonard B. Mayficld, superintendent, stressed to board members that Fulk was only obtaining Information on district plans and facilities, and does not decide as to whether the district would re ceive funds. Informational Meeting Is Schcduled An informational meeting and not a public hearing will be held at o'clock tonight on possible joining of Phoenix and Medford school districts. County School Superintendent Alf B. Mckvold emphasized this morning. The meeting in the confer ence room of the county school office Is for the boards and administrators of the two districts and the attorney for those petitioning for Joining the two districts, Mekvold ex plained. The Jackson county rural school board, which now acts as both school district bounda ry and reorganization boards, will confer with the two groups. Mekvold also explained lhat Ihe petition proposing con solidation nf Ihe two districts has not been sent to the state board of education because. I according to an attorney gen of rioting by West Berlinerj who stoned Russian soldiers, battled with their own police jand denounced the Americans after the Communists shot and killed an 18 -year -old youth trying to flee from East Ber lin last Friday night. The Soviet Defense Min istry acted as the United States forced three Soviet armored personnel carriers to accept a military police escort through the American sector of the city lo protect them from further attacks by West Berliners. Contact Abolished The Soviet move, In effect, abolished contact on a Berlin level between the Russians and the United States, Britain and France. It also appeared to mean the Russians no longer would consider them selves responsible for main taining western access rights to East Berlin. An Allied spokesman said the chiefs of the three West ern liaison missions to the So viet command in East Ger many were informed of the "abolition" of the Soviet Ber lin headquarters. Chiefs Summoned The spokesman said the mis sion chiefs were summoned to the headquarters of Gen. Ivan Jakubovski, com mander of Soviet forces in East Ger many, today to be informed of the move and given the text of the announcement. The announcement was sent on to the U.S., British and French governments i m m e diatply, he said., Less than two hours after .the surprise Soviet announce ment,, the, British government I flatly stated that tt intended I to maintain its riRhts in Ber lin, regardless of -what tht. Russians did. " "Western rights in Berlin including access rights are in no way affected," the British Foreign Office spokesman said in London. "Nor Is the four power status of the city." Washington's Reaction In Washington, U.S. offi cials said that the removal of the Soviet commandant from Berlin would not affect Allied rights there or relieve Russia of her responsibilities in the divided city. A short time after the So viet announcement, a U.S. Army sedan with four uni formed passengers passed through the Friedrichstrasso crossing point into East Ber lin without interference, the first official car to move into the Soviet sector of the city since the Moscow move, Body of McGahuey Claimed by Sister Salem - (UPD - The body of LecRoy Sanford McGahuey, executed Monday for the slay ing of an infant boy in Cen tral Point, was claimed today by a relative, a sister from California. Funeral arrangements were pending. CHARGE DROPPED" Portland - (UPD - The stale Tuesday dropped an armed robbery charge against Chester Raymond Hedrick. Deputy Dist. Atty. Oscar How lelt noted Hedrick already has received three 20-year sen tences on rape or attempted rape charges. Tonight eral's' opinion, it is not a valid petition. Reorganization and not consolidation pro cedures are required, he said. Meanwhile, a public hear ing has been set for Sept. 13 for annexing the area south of Barnctt rd. within the Med ford city limits to the Med ford school district. This is a separate proposal from the proposed two-district consoli dation. Under reorganization pro cedures for Phoenix and Med ford school districts, the rural board would prepare a reor ganization plan and submit it to the state board of educa tion. Following its approval the rural board would call a hearing. Snould a remon strance be f Hard by aithcr side, elections would bt cvllcd in both districts. Reorganisation would be approved by a ma jority vote In each of the two districts. (
