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Red Army War Memorial in
bus passes Sandkrug Bridge
City Seeks Federal
Grant For Part of
Park Site Costs
The Medford planning com
mission last night adopted a
resolution in connection with
a federal open space land
grant application that may ul
timately net the city nearly
$15,000.
,In order to qualify for the
grant through the Housing
and Home Finance agency,
the city must meet certain
basic requirements.
Among them are the stipu
lations that the city must have
a land use plan and a park
plan, or be working toward
them.
The Medford planning de
partment is working toward
a land use plan, and last
night's resolution adopted in
principle a park plan which
has been prepared by the
planning staff.
Pertains to Park Sites
The grant application per
tains to the major park site
which was recently acquired
by the city along Bear creek.
If the application is approved,
the city will receive 20 per
cent of the acquisition cost of
the site, a sum amounting to
about $14,780.
Included in the park plan
which the commission adopt
ed in principle last night are
recommendations related to
plans for location, distribu
tion, and size of parks to be
developed in Medford.
The staff's plan is in part
based on a report issued by
the Oregon Bureau of Munici
pal Research titled "Planning
for Parks and Recreation,"
which was submitted to the
planning commission in 1960.
In the bureau's report to
a recommendation that the
city adopt the school-park ap
proach toward park develop
ment in Medford.
'Light' Rain Is
Noted in Medford
Medford vicinity last night
had its first measurable pre
cipitation in 35 days.
Showers were scattered,
however, and only .01 of an
inch of rain was recorded at
the U.S. weather bureau sta
tion at the city airport.
Grants Pass had .03 of an
inch. The state forestry de
partment reported .21 at
Prospect.
Last measurable rain at the
airport was on Aug. 9 when
.05 fell.
A few scattered showers at
times are forecast for tonight
and Saturday.
HEWS(&)BRIEFS
COMMITTEE APPROVES TRADE BILL
Washington-a;PI-The Senate Financt eommittM today ap
Droved President Ktnnedy's
bill, giving him irtully all
cutting powers.
PREMIER OF BRAZIL RESIGNS
Brasilia, Brasil-ilTO-Promier Francisco Brochado di Rocha
resigned early today in protest against congressional delay in
enacting his program, leaving Brasil without a cabinet (or the
second time in three months.
UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINE FLEES SCENE
Tokyo-m-Government investigators said today an uni
dentified submarine, possibly Russian, left the scene of a
collision with a Japanese fishing vessel without trying to
assist the sinking ship or its 16 crewmen.
KENNEDY TO WATCH YACHT RACES
Waihinalon-TPT'-President Kennedy planned to leave to.
day for Newport, R.I., where
watch the America s cup international yacni races.
a change of guard for the
West Berlin, a Soviet Army
and enters West Berlin at a
Rural School Group
Opposes Annexing
Area To District
The Jackson county rural
school board last night voted
unanimously against annex
ing a section of the Phoenix
school district in the Barnett
rd. area with the Medford
school district.
A remonstrance can be
filed against the decision with
in 30 days, County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek-
vold said this morning. Then
the rural board would call an
election in both districts. A
clear majority vote would be
needed in each of the two
districts to annex the area to
the Medford school district.
Such an election would cover
all of Phoenix and all of Med
ford school districts, Mekvold
added.
The rural school board de-
Revised Welfare
Budget Approved
Salem-IUPD - Public welfare
in Oregon during the current
bienmum is going to cost near
ly $4.5 million more than the
legislature expected when it
approved the welfare budget
last year but the state and
counties are going to get
money back.
These developments came
to light today as the state pub
lic welfare commission ap
proved a revised budget for
the remainder of the bien
nium. The extra costs caused by
heavier assistance demands
will be picked up by the fed
eral government.
But smaller than expected
use of the new medical aid to
the aged program in the state
will permit the welfare agen
cy to return $3,065,089 to the
state's general fund and $1,
331,599 to the counties.
The proposed budget which
would keep the current level
of welfare services in the com
ing biennium totals $114,510,
486, which is more than $14.5
million above the $99,921,751,
revised budget for the cur
rent biennium which was ap
proved this morning.
Anadditional $757,326
would be needed to make im
provements in the program
which the staff believes nec
essary. On the present level of serv
ices projected budget the
state's share would rise from
$38.9 million to $45.3 million;
the counties' share from $13.5
to $15.5 million and the fed
eral share from $46.1 million
to $52.2 million.
top priority tradt expansion
that h wanted in new tarilf
he will spnd the week end and
British checkpoint. The Russians bowed to an Allied de
mand and used a bus instead of armored troop carriers to
change the guard. (UPI)
cided no testimony had been
presented to prove conclusive
ly the children of the area
south of Barnett rd. would
benefit from the transfer.
Area Proposed
The proposal was to remove
from the Phoenix district that
area south of Barnett rd. and
within the Medford city limits
and add it to the Medford
school district. The annexa
tion proposal also covers a
few properties west of Barne-
burg hill and outside the city
limits. The Rogue Valley
Manor is not included in the
proposal.
The Barnett rd. area citi
zens petitioning for joining
the Medford school district
feel the Medford schools are
much closer than the Phoenix
district schools and their chil
dren should be allowed to go
to them. The 102 petitioners
state that Hoover elementary
school is within easy walking
distance and Hedrlck ' Junior
High school is about one mile
away. Most of the Barnett rd.
area is six miles from the
Phoenix school district facili
ties. The junior high school
in Talent is nine miles away,
they point out.
Assessed Valuation Loss
The Phoenix - Talent area
people opposing the transfer
claim they can't afford to lose
the assessed valuation nor the
enrollment, since they are try
ing to develop an adequate
school program. If it should
lose the area, the district
would also lose a portion of
basic school support funds.
county school funds and tax
receipts, it was pointed out.
This pupil loss would not re
duce the operating costs,
spokesmen added.
A total of 118 people had
signed a petition opposing the
transfer, the county school
superintendent said. Those
who spoke against the pro
posal were Dale Edwards,
2816 Rosemont ave., Medford;
Mrs. Sam James, Talent; Mrs'.
Kirth Francis, Wagner Creek
rd.; and Geraldine Bish, Tal
ent. Medford Lawyer Frank
Van Dyke spoke for the peti
tioners, also, and Ashland
Lawyer Richard Cottle spoke
for those opposing the trans
fer. Law Requires Public
Hearing Before Vote
The public hearing sched
uled Tuesday, Sept. 18, on the
bouthwest Phoenix zoning or
dinance is required by Oregon
law prior to an election being
held on the matter.
Residents were reminded of
the meeting this week by
County Judge Earl M. Miller
in a letter sent to all resi
dents in the zoning area along
with copies of the ordinance.
The hearing is scheduled
for 8 p.m. in the courthouse
auditorium in Medford.
If voters in the area ap
prove of the ordinance at the
election zoning will become
permanent. Judge Miller
stressed that all residents are
encouraged to read the ordi
nance and then attend the
public hearing. Questions re
garding the meeting should
be directed to Judge Miller;
those about the ordinance to
the county planning office,
both telephone 773-8211.
SALMON BAKE DUE
Depoe Bay The sev
enth annual Dcpoe Bay Indian-style
salmon bake will be
held Saturday. Half a ton of
salmon will be served on a
'iirsi come Dasis.
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Agate Dam Bill
May Go To House
Early Next Week
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington-The House may
take up the Agate dam bill
early next week, according
to Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D-
Colo.), chairman of the House
interior committee.
The bill would authorize
the Bureau of Reclamation
to construct Agate dam and
reservoir and Antelope diver
sion dam to store 4,600 acre
feet of water from Dry creek
and Antelope creek to irri
gate 1,810 acres of dry land
scattered throughout the
Rogue River valley irrigation
district. It would provide sup
plemental water for 4,820.
Cost is $1,802,000 - which
Congress would have to ap
propriate in subsequent ses
sions before the project could
be started.
The? Agate 'dam bill Is one'
of three remaining small irri
gation bills which Chairman
Aspinall said he hopes "to
find time" to bring up in the
closing days of this congres
sional session. He said all
three are non-controversial.
Partisan Resentment
There has been some parti
san resentment expressed in
the House cloakroom about
Rep. Edwin R. Durno's recent
opposition to another irriga
tion project near Baker in
eastern Oregon. Its sponsor
was Rep. Al Ullman, Baker
Democrat, who successfully
piloted it through the House
in August over GOP opposi
tion. There was speculation that
Durno's Agate bill might be
left to die on the House calen
dar of unfinished business.
Congressman Aspinall made
no references to this in dis
cussing his hopes for favor
able action.
Durno Bill Sidetracked '
However, his committee in
fact sidetracked Durno's bill,
H.R. 4578, and substituted the
Senate bill sponsored by Sens.
Wayne Morse and Maurine
Neuberger.
Presumably, any Democrat
ic desire to retaliate against
the retiring Republican con
gressman from Medford has
been cancelled out by a nat
ural inclination to help Ore
gon Democratic senators, espe
cially inasmuch as Morse is
running for reelection this
fall.
One of the other two re
maining irrigation bills is
sponsored by Congressman
Ullman - a $995,000 extension
of the Crooked river project
near Prineville.
Governor Orders
Defiance of Court
Jackson, Miss. (UPIi Gov.
Ross Barnett, stating that Mis
sissippi faces its "greatest
crisis" since the Civil War, di
rected state officials Thursday
night to go to jail rather than
obey federal desegregation or
ders. "We will not drink from the
cup of genocide," he told a
statewide television audience.
"There is no case in history
where the Caucasian race has
survived social integration.'
The 63-year-old son of
Confederate soldier invoked
the controversial doctrine of
interposition, ruled unconsti
tutional by the U.S. Supreme
Court, to prevent the federal
court-ordered desegregation of
the University of Mississippi
next week.
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
U.S. Studies Polio Vaccine
Use After Canadian Action
Meeting Called
To Reevaluate
Nation's Program
Course of Action
To Be Recommended
Washington -IUPD- Surgeon
General Luther L. Terry said
today his polio advisory com
mittee would reevaluate the
use of Sabin oral vaccine in
this country in light of Can
ada's temporary withdrawal
of the vaccine.
Terry called a hurried meet
ing of the advisory committee
for Saturday to study Cana
da's action. He had been sched
uled to meet with the group
Sept. 27, but decided an emer
gency session was necessary
Closed Meeting
Public Healtn Service
spokesman said the meeting
would be closed. He said the
committee would evaluate the
Canadian decision "and rec
ommend what should be the
U. S. course of action."
The spokesman said the de
cision would be announced
after the meeting.'" ' ''""''
Earlier, a spokesman said
the advisory committee decid
ed in August that it was im
possible to blame the vaccine
for 11 cases of paralytic polio
among U. S. children who had
taken it.
The spokesman noted that
the number of persons con
tracting polio after using the
vaccine was relatively small
when compared to the total
of 38 million doses adminis
tered. Four Cases Reported
Canada, however, withdrew
the vaccine to investigate it
further after receiving reports
of four cases of polio among
persons who had taken it
there.
The surgeon general's office
said Dr. Terry had decided to
continue all immunization
programs planned for this fall
after he received the advis
ory committee's August re
port. Two state health depart
ments Michigan and Wash
ington have withdrawn use
of type three Sabin vaccine
on grounds that greater cau
tion should be used in connec
tion with it.
The Public Health Service
approved types one and two
for use last year and type
three In March of this year.
Each type is aimed at a dif
ferent strain of polio.
Durno Resentful
Of News Stories
Congressman Edwin R.
Durno today expressed strong
r e s e n t m ent to speculative
stories concerning his recent
absence from Washington,
D.C.. and that he might miss
voting on the Hanford atomic
reactor bill.
In a telephone call to the
Mail Tribune this morning
from his office in Washington,
he objected to a story by the
Mail Tribune's Washington
correspondent, A. Robert
Smith, which reported that
his congressional colleagues
were attempting to round up
enough votes to pass the bill,
but that apparently Congress
man Durno would be absent.
He said "there was never
any question in my mind"
about being absent for the
critical vote. He had been in
Oregon for his daughter's
wedding, then attended the
opening of the Pendleton
Round-Up, and all along plan
ned to return to Washington.
"I'll put my attendance
record up against any other
member of . the house," he
stated.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,
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RUN-AWAY ENDS Mrs. Carolyn Huntoon,
left, 24-year-old mother of two, and a 16
year old baby sitter, William Tocher, right,
who vanished from southern California near
ly four weeks ago, have been found together
Polio Vaccine
Clinics Slated
During Week End
The last of three county
wide clinics for distribution
of Sabin oral polio vaccine
will be held at six centers
from noon to 6 p.m.' tomor
row and Sunday, Sept. 15 and
16. '
Type II vaccine will be giv
en. Type III was given at
the first clinic series in May
and Type I in June.
The clinics will be held al
Ashland High school, Phoenix
Elementary school, McLough
lin and Hedrick Junior High
school in Medford. . Shady
Cove school, Crater high
school in Central Point, and
Rogue River Elementary
school.
The clinic scheduled in
Grants Pass this week end
will not be the same type vac
cine and Jackson county resi
dents could not get their third
vaccine type there, health of
ficials stressed today.
Vandals Paint
Area Stop Signs
Vandals last night sprayed
red paint over about 15 traf
fic signs in Medford. Two
globe lights at the entrance
to the public library were also
sprayed, according to city po
lice.
Police lace this morning
said reports were still coming
in. Juvenile vandals are su
spected.
Among others, stop signs at
Sixth at. and Oakdale ave., at
Crater Lake ave. and Jackson
st., and at Hillcrest rd. and
Valley View dr. were all com
pletely covered with the red
paint, police said.
Librarian Omar Bacon said
that other than the globe
lights being painted, he could
find no other damage to the
library building.
City . Attorney Williams
Mansfield said today the van
dals could receive a mlximum
sentence of one year in the
county jail, or a $500 fine or
both, for the misdeamcanor.
Yesterday, Paul Anthony
Hcnnick, 721 East Jackson
st., reported to police that
someone had sprayed obscene
words on his car and on his
garage door with blue paint.
Pledge of Allegiance
Ordered for School
Portland flini The Pledge
of Allegiance must be used to
open classes in Lynch School
District No. 28, the board
voted 3-0 here Thursday, but
religious objectors will be excused.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1962
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In Salt Lake City, Utah. The woman pleaded
guilty today to contributing to the delin
quency of a minor and the youth was being
held for California Juvenile authorities.
(UPI)
Mother, 24, Held
For Running
With Baby
Salt Lake City - I0PD - A
young mother of two children
who ran away with a 16-year-old
boy baby sitter pleaded
guilty today to contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
Mrs. Carolyn R. Huntoon,
24, Pasadena, Calif., entered
the plea here before Juvenile
Court Judge Regnal Garff.
The Judge set sentencing for
Sept. 18.
The judge also ordered a
psychological evaluation of
the petite brunette. He sot bail
at $500.
The woman's husband, Fred,
33, sat in the courtroom as his
wife entered the plea. The of
fense, a misdemeanor, is pun
ishable by a two to six month
jail sentence and a $300 fine.
Mrs. Huntoon, and her com
panion,, identified as William
Tocher, were arrested Thurs
day in a South Salt Lake mo
tel. They had been reported
missing from Pasadena since
Aug. 18.
Huntoon and his wife sat
side by side on a bench out
side the courtroom before
Judge Garff opened court ses
sions. They refused to pose
together for photographers.
More Than Baby Sitter
Mrs. Huntoon described
Tocher as more than a baby
sitter.
$138,265 Awarded
In Auto Accident
Salem -0IPII- A circuit court
Jury Thursday awarded a
Lake Oswego woman dam
ages of $138,265 for injuries
received in an auto mishap
near the community of
Brooks two years ago.
Lawyers for the woman,
45-year-old Mrs. Margaret
Gale Johnson, said she suf
fered permanent crippling
physical and mental injuries
in the crash.
ONPA IN SESSION
Tlmberline Lodge -MPH- The
two -day Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association News
men's meeting opened here
today.
WEATHER
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ihiiwcrt at times. Clearing
trend late Saturday and Sun
day, low tonlfhl Sd-55. Hlth
Saturday 70-13. Saturday night
temperature near 40.
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Prec. to io a.m. Today IS
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today S:Z4 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:31 a.m.
The Moon rises 1:12 p.m.
tonight and Is In Parlgre.
t.aat quarter Sept. 20
VIHIIII.R PLANETS
Venus, seta 7:30 p.m.
Jupiter, In the south
east S:I p.m.
Saturn, due south .... 1:07 p.m.
Mars, high In east 3:32 a.m.
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Sitter
She said he was someone
she could confide her family
troubles to; authorities re
ported. Mrs. Huntoon told authori
ties that her ' home life had
not been happy. She said
Tocher was more attentive to
her children, Jeanne, 4, and
Debbie, 3, than "their father."
Officers said the case was
reminiscent of the 1944 elope
ment from Los Angeles of
Ellsworth (Sonny) Wisecarv.
er, then 14, with a 21-year-old
mother of two.
Wisecarver married the
young woman in Yuma, Ariz.,
before police moved in and
charged his bride with child
stealing, "In enticing this boy
away from his grammar school
books.
Council Rejects All
Pump, Piping Bids
Central Point City coun
cilmen here have decided to
call for new bids on construc
tion of a pump building and
yard piping for the city's new
million gallon water reservoir.
' As a special meeting this
week the council decided to
reject all three bids that had
been submitted on the project.
Rejected were the bids of
Medford Construction compa
ny, $37,215; R and M Con
struction company, $45,208,
and James G. Robertson, $49,
434, all of which were receiv
ed on Aug. 7.
The council determined that
it did not have sufficient
funds available to accept the
lowest of the bids. ,
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Dedication of Tunnel Is
Postponed Until Spring
O'Brien-Dedication of the
Randolph Collier tunnel on
Highway 199 south of here
has been postponed until next
spring, it was learned today.
Dick Kelly, a member of
the office staff of State Sena
tor Collier, confirmed this
morning that the dedication,
originally planned for Oct. 13,
has been put off until April
or May, 1963.
Unforeseen delays in con
struction of the tunnel were
cited by Kelly as the reason
for the postponement.
Reports indicate that com
pletion of the tunnel will nor.
take place until sometime
next spring. A major project
s-till in the future is the in
stallation of ventilation and
lighting. Conduit pipes (or the
electric wiring were encased
In the concrete celling when
Intervention by
U.S. Declared Not
Justified Now
Close Watch on ;
Situation Kept
Washington-OIPD ,- President J
Kennedy has promised swift
and overwhelming retribution
if Soviet-supplied Cuba en- ;
dangers American security or :
shows signs of becoming
"significant" offensive base ;
for Russia. ;
He told his news conference
Thursday, however, that U.S. j
"military intervention" could
not be justified now despite
the continued Cuban military )
buildup with Soviet arma- j
menU and technicians. ;
These shipments "do not
constitute a serious threat to j
any other part of the hemis- j
phere so far, he said. !
rvenneay prumiseu increas- ;
ed surveillance in the Carib
bean to keep a close watch on
the situation. Officials said !
one reason for stepping up air
and naval patrols was to get
a better count on vessels of
NATO Allies engaged in trade
with Cuba. . , ;
Cautions Allies
Kennedy said "Our friends
in NATO must realize the ,
implications of their ships en- i
gaging in the Cuban trade. ;
ine president also warned j
Latin American nations to "re-
alize the , consequences" to
themselves if Cuba becomes
a real offensive threat. '
He said Secretary of State
Dean Rusk, at a meeting late
this month with Latin Amer- "i
ican foreign ministers, would
have some proposals to make. .
Officials said they would con- j
cern increased diplomatic and f
economic pressure on Cuba. ;
Kennedy set forth certain f
conditions under, which tha.
United ' States would react 3,
with force. He asked the
American people to "keep
both their nerve and their
head and trust him and the
Joint Chiefs of Staff to decide
when and if Cuba becomes an
aggressive threat requiring di
rect military action.
He cautioned against "loose
talk" by Americans about in
vading Cuba. He added: "We
shall neither initiate nor com
mit aggression."
Warning io Castro
But the President said that
If the United States should be
forced to take military action,
all of Premier Fidel Castro's
Communist-supplied weapons
would not change the result
nor extend the time heeded i
to defeat him.
Conditions Listed .
These were the conditions,
he said, that would prompt
U. S. military action against'
Cuba:
"If at any time the Commu
nist buildup in Cuba were to
endanger or interfere with
our security in any way, in
cluding our base at Guantana-
mo, our passage to the Pana
ma Canal, our missile and
space activities at Cape' Ca
naveral, or the lives of Amer
ican citizens in this country,
or if 'Cuba should ever at
tempt to export its aggressive
purposes by force or the threat
of force against any nation in
this hemisphere, or become
an offensive military base of
significant capacity for the
Soviet Union, then this coun
try will do whatever must be
done to protect its own secur
ity and that of its Allies."
it was poured.
Grafe-Callahan crews are
currently pouring the con
crete for the floor.
Mercer Fraiser company
crews are surfacing the south
ern approach to the tunnel.
Morrison Knudsen men, who
constructed the south ap
proach, are still working on
final phases and laying drains.
Traffic last week started
flowing over another High
way 199 project a few miles
south of the tunnel - the mil
lion dollar Fountain bridge
in Smith River canyon.
Peter Kiewlt company con
tractors, started the bridge
last year. Originally planned
tor construction in 1963, It
was started two years early
to help alleviate Del Norte
county'f economically de
precrjd conditions.
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