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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
(