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agate Dam i Passes Etas FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW r s i rx r KEP OREGON CREEN DEDICATION TONIGHT The new west side grandstand at the Medford High school stadium, valued at an esti mated $100,000, will be dedicated before the Medford Marshfield football game. Short dedication ceremonies are set for 8 p.m. Back of the 4,000 seat stand is shown here the north end. Construction of the roof is on the two rows of seats that extend the length of the stand and on the access tunnels to the seats. Restrooms and concessions stands have been built under the stand. Since this picture was taken, a fence with gate has been extended at the end Rusk Assails House Cuts in Foreign Aid Bill Washington -IUPD- Secretary of State Dean Rusk today as sailed House cuts in President Kennedy's foreign aid bill as "false and costly economy" in a program vital to U. S. se curity and welfare. Rusk also said a House amendment cutting off aid to any country which trades with Communist Cuba was a "strait jacket" that would jar rela tions with Free World allies. It is "very important that this amendment come out," Rusk told reporters. AH-Out Plea The secretary of state went behind closed doors with the Senate Appropriations com mittee with an all-out plea for restoration of the $1.1 bil lion cut by the House from the badly mauled foreign aid money bill. He said the full $4.7 billion authorized by Con gress and asked by Kennedy for the aid program was a "crucial part of our defense." Rusk, obviously deeply con cerned about the House cuts, did not mention the Cuban crisis in his 13-page prepared statement. But he told report ers that the House restriction on shipping to Cuba by allies was "the kind of amendment that puts us in a strait jacket and makes it difficult for us to do our job with our allies." The House by a vote of 249 144 approved the pared down bill Thursday night. Redding Hunter Found By Searchers in Idaho Grangeville. Idaho - IUPII -Jack Crawford, 60, a Redding, Calif., hunter reported miss ing in rugged country near here, was found in apparently good condition today by searchers. NEWSBRIEFS ITEMS PROM m TJT 7 AKOUND THI 01011 CONTAINMENT POLICY BEING MADE PLAIN Waihinglon-HPIuThe United Stales wai making it In creasingly plain today it intended to enforce a policy of con. tainment on Cuba, balking any aggressive designs thai So viet. backed Fidel Caitro might hare in Latin America. RESOLUTION ON CUBA DENOUNCED Motcow-iri-The Soviet military newipaper Red Star today denounced a U.S. Senate reiolution on Cuba and warn ed that Soriet lubmarinei are ready to uie rockets "to bring down the enemy." COMMUNIST CHINESE CHARGE DENIED Waihinglon-lPlwThe United States hat flatly rejected a Chineie Communiil charge that the United Slates was re sponsible for the Chineie Nationalist U2 plane shot down over the Red mainland Sept. 9, it was disclosed today. GREATER GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY SOUGHT Wsthington-'in-Stn. Warren G. Mtgnuton laid weitern senators would push for greater allocation of government tubiidited ship building to Weit Coait ihlp yerdi. The Senate Commerce Committee chairman made the ilatement after weitemers uniucceitlully sought to block repeal of a S per cent advantage for Pacifie Coait yards bidding on such ihlp construetioi. Rogue Valley Edition Medford, 22 Pages MEDFORD, Sharp Reaction to Durno Letter Noted At Council A letter from Congressman Edwin R. Durno recommend ing favorable action by the Medford city council on a re quest for transfer of a liquor dispenser's license, brought a sharp reaction from Mayor John W. Snider at last night's council meeting. The dispute resulted from the plan of three Eugene men to purchase the Tabu Dinner House, 305 South Riverside ave., which holds a class A license, and transfer the op eration to the Port O' Call, North Front and West Fourth sts., which the three intend to re-open. The men, C. E. McLean, Foster Anderson and Alex 9 Survive Plane Crash in Congo Elisabethville, Katanga, The Congo - IUPII - Rescue parties reached the wreckage today of a United Nations plane shot down Thursday and reported nine of the 10 Swedish crew members alive. The survivors were flown to the UN air base at Kamina in Katanga Province, after doctors and aid men landed at the crash site aboard two helicopters. Escorting jet planes gave the first report of the survivors. A UN Command spokesman said the plane was "shot down." The Swedish Defense Min istry in Stockholm quoted Capt. Jan Toll, copilot of the ill-fated C47 transport plane, as saying at Katanga it was hit by ground fire over north ern Katagna and crashed. HsJTRIBUNE OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1962 No. 157 of the stand. The grandstand is being financed without expenditure of tax money. More than 800 five-year season tickets have been sold at $100 each. Medford Linebackers have spearheaded the project, working with school of ficials. Gene Orr, chairman of the ticket sales and finance committee, will present the grandstand deed to Garner Haupert, student body president, in exchange for a $1 check. Haupert, in turn, will present the deed to Keith Hockersmith, chairman of the Medford school board. Meeting Murphy, as part of the offi cial transfer procedure, had to supply the city with sev eral letters of reference. Congressman Durno wrote to Mayor Snider and the city council on behalf of the ap plicants and urged city offi cials to grant the request. Papers In Order While all of the applica tion papers were in order, they were not submitted to the city in time to include the request on last night's council agenda. The council voted to waive the council rule in order to discuss the matter, but sev eral of the councilmcu ex pressed dissatisfaction with the expeditious manner in which the appkeation was being presented. "This is too hasty," one of them said. But when it appeared the council might grant the license transfer request any way, Mayor Snider spoke out. "In my 12'2 years on the council," he said, "I've never seen such steamroller tactics. I'm ashamed to be associated with a council that would take such action." Postpone Consideration Following his statement, Councilman William Singlcr moved to postpone considera tion of the request until the next regular meeting of the council Oct. 4. The motion passed by a 4 to 2 vote. Mayor Snider today issued the following statement: "I must necessarily resent any intrusion into city policy mat ters from the congressional level. I believe we should keep local government a friendly, simple and uncom plicated matter between local folks and the local govern ment they 1 ave chosen to represent them." Anderson apologized to the council last night and said he and his associates had "no in tention to steamroller" the application. Statement Issued They issued a statement this morning in an attempt to "dispipate any possible mis understanding about our mo tives and procedure . . . ." "We feel that the Port O' Call can become a very gra cious member of Medford's family of fine restaurants, but because of the type of restau rant, and equipment already installed, it requires a liquor license to make it a going concern. We are not asking for a new license. We are only requesting the council's approval of change of address on an existing license." In reference to the Durno letter, the three said in part: "We were asked to provide the police department and city council with letters of endorsement and recommen dation, and if our source of sponsorship rubbed anybody the wrong way, it was unin tentional, not an attempt to wiejd undue Influence." Price 10 Cents Two Eugene Boys Picked Up After Four-Day Spree Two 13 -year -old Eugene boys were lodged in the coun ty juvenile detention home yesterday, bringing to a halt a wild, four-day spree during which the youths -stole ve hides in five different cities and drove one of them across the Oregon-California state line. The adventure started in Eugene Monday when the pair, in association with a third boy, attempted to steal a car. The third boy was caught in the attempt, but the other two managed to get away. A short time later, they successfully stole another car and drove it to a spot about three miles north of Bend. There, they drove the vehicle off the highway, through a fence, and concealed it in some brush. In Bend the next day, they stole a hacksaw and sawed through a gas pump nozzle at a service station in an at tempt to get some gasoline. They failed at that, but later Tuesday succeeded in break ing open a truck and stealing 120 bags of beef jerky. Stealing another car, the pair drove to Klamath Falls, where they abandoned that vehicle and stole another one. From there they drove to Dor ris, Calif., on Wednesday. In Dorris, they stole a pick up truck and got as far as Phoenix with it. About four miles from Medford, they ran the truck off the road and con cealed it under some brush. They walked into Medford, stole another car, drove it onto the freeway, stopping just south of 12th st., when they thought they had reach ed a dead end. Medford police officers picked the boys up about 8:16 a. m. yesterday on Fir si. The boys were taken to juve nile detention home to await arrival of their parents from Eugene. The pair gave statements to officers admitting all their ac tivities. A number of law en forcement agencies, including the FBI, will review the sit uation to determine what ac tion will be brought against the runaways. Las Vegas, Nev. -flJPH- The Air Defense Command Thurs day included Portland among 99 prime nuclear attack tar get areas in the nation. WEATHER FORECAST: Filr throuch it ttrdtv. Low tonight 4S. High Saturday S5. Temp. Highest yitrJ.y , 1 Lowe it Thli Mornlnf 41 Our Skies Tonight Sttittft today 1:12 p.m. ftunrlit tomorrow .... J:S a.m. The Moon rlift 12: a.m. tomorrow and rldri high In Ormlnt. Nw Moon ... ... Sept. 1 The planet. Man, icen near the Moon tonight. 1i now at bright Altfeharan and U left than 14ft million mllei from tha F.arth. Cuban Resolution Sent to Floor Of House; Amendments Barred Gag Rule Used To Curb Efforts To Toughen Act Debate Limited To Three Hours Washington - IUPD - Overrid ing demands for an even tougher stand, the House Rules Committee today sent the "fight if we must" Cuban resolution to the floor under a rule barring amendments and limiting debate to three hours. The resolution already pass ed by the Senate will be call ed up Wednesday. Approval was certain. The Rules Committee re sorted to the gag rule pro cedure to prevent efforts to toughen the language and pos sibly include a directive or dering a firm stand on Berlin. Administration leaders felt that such amendments might have jeopardized passage of the joint resolution. The Rules Committee ap proved the gag rule by an 6 vote. It overrode protests of members calling for sharp revision of the Cuban resolu tion as drafted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Pressure for Amendments Foreign Affairs Chairman Thomas E. Morgan (D-Pa.) told the rules group he had wanted to call up the resolu tion in the House Thursday or today but that this course was blocked by protests of members demanding the right to offer and consider amend ments. He said language in the resolution, approved Thurs day by an 86-1 vote in the Senate, had been drafted jointly by House and Senate foreign affairs and defense leaders and that he consider ed 11 vitally important that the House pass it intact. Affirms Intentions The resolution affirms U.S. Intentions to block Commu nist aggression from Cuba, by force if necessary. Morgan said it would serve notice on Russia that this country will not allow Cuba to be used as a base for jeopardizing U.S. security. Also pending In the House was a bill empowering the President to call to duty up to 150,000 reservists should the tense Cuban or Berlin situations warrant the move while Congress is out of ses sion. Democratic Leader Carl Al bert said the reserve bill would be debated Monday. Seat Belt Drive Set This Week End Research of traffic fatalities indicates that 30 to 60 per cent of auto deaths could be averted if the occupants of the vehicles involved had seat belts, Medford Jaycecs re minded the public today. The Jaycees are sponsoring a scat bell "clinic" Saturday and Sunday at the Medford Shopping Center. Motorists may purchase seat belts and have them installed at $5 per unit. The risk of serious injury Is five times greater for the per son who Is ejected from a car than it is for the person who remains in his car at the time of an accident, Jaycee leaders said, quoting from the win ning seat belt essay in a con test the organization held last year. The essay, by Nancy Dun can of 1500 Terrace dr., Med ford, pointed out that In spite of the presence of statistics showing the value of scat belts, less than 1 per cent of America's motorists have them installed. Twenty-Four Candidates Accept Invitation to Fair Twenty-four of the 27 can didates invited to speak at the Medford League of Wom en Voters' candidates fair Oct. 9 have accepted, Susan K. Meeker, voters service chair man of the organization, has announced. One hundred per cent par ticipation is expected on the county level. The only three candidates who have previous engagements and cannot at tend are Sen. Wayne Morse, Gov. Mark Hatfield and Pal Blair, Republican candidate for commissioner of labor. All three have someone rep resenting them at the event, which will start at 8 p.m. in the Medford High school au ditorium. The league docs not accept Institute speakers except In ROXY ANN STILL LIFE Bottles, tin cans and an assortment of other "rubbish" found here and there along the road to Roxy Ann, as this picture shows, will be cleaned up Saturday and Sunday by members of Explorer Scout Troop 103, Medford. This is the first in a series of projects the post will Attorneys Ponder Stand on State Constitution Coos Bay -IUPII- Oregon at torneys tried to decide today what stand to take on a pro posed new state constitution that many of them don't like. Up for consideration at the State Bar convention was a report recommending rejec tion of the work of the Oregon Constitutional Revision Com mission. . An alternate report, made public Thursday, called for the Bar to make another ef fort to work with the com mission Instead of rejecting the new constitution outright. Rejection was recommend ed by a special committee of the Bar headed by Thomas H. Tongue. The report said the Bar lacked sufficient op portunity to discuss provisions of a new constitutional draft with the commission. The minority report noted, however, "Revision of the state constitution is a matter of major importance to the functioning of our state gov ernment." The convention Thurs day called for legislation to bring the Stale Department of Mo tor Vehicles and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission clearly under the Administra tive Procedures Act. The act concerns hearing of com plaints and appeals. The convention also called for regulation of debt consoli dation agencies by the bank ing department instead of the real estate department, and for tighter regulatory laws. Unemployment Tax Subject of Meeting Persons interested in dis cussing the Oregon unemploy ment tax compensation laws and presenting possible changes have been invited to attend a meeting Sunday, Sept. 23, at 4 p.m. at the Colleen Hope Dance studio, 45 Hawthorne ave. Candidates for both the Ore gon senate and house have consented to attend the meet ing. Business men and em ployers are encouraged to at tend the meeting and express their views regarding these laws. the case of presidential candi dates, however, Mrs. Meeker pointed out, explaining that league officials feel candidate fair made up entirely of sub stitutes speaking for someone else would result if these rules were relaxed. The candidates who have accepted the invitation to ap pear arc: Sig Unandcr. Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Fourth Congressional dis trict candidates Robert B. Duncan, Democrat, and Carl Fisher, Republican. Robert Y. Thornton, Demo cratic candidate for governor. Norman O. Nilsen, commis sioner of labor. State Senator L. W. New bry, Republican, and his Dem ocratic opponent, Henry F. Parisiham. Congressman Says Money Being Lost On O&C Timber Washington -IUPII- A Texas congressman has charged that the federal government loses money on timber sales from the Oregon and California (O & C) grant lands. Rep. Albert Thomas (D Tcx.), chairman of u subcom mittee on deficiency appropri ations, made the charge in questioning Bureau of Land Management (Bl.M). officials wiib appeared before the com mittee to seek a $525,000 de ficiency appropriation. "In terms of economics, you could afford to give it back to the lmlixns and save the taxpayers' money," Thorn as told BLM officials in testi mony made public today. The appropriation request included $380,000 for expens es Involved in offering a larger allowable cut of timber from the O&C lands. Funds Needed s- Harold R. Hochmuth, BLM associate director, told the committee that the allowable cut had been Increased by 133 million board feet. The extra funds, he said, were needed for forest management work Involved in offering the lim ber for sale. The additional limber would provide $3.6 million In addi tional revenues, Huchmuth said. He said its "end product value" was about $72 million and would involve 1,600 man years of employment. It would provide "an important stimulus to the economy of Western Oregon," he added. Thomas was joined by Rep. Michael J. Kirwan (D-Ohio), in questioning whether the federal government was get ting its fair share of Income from the O&C lands, Kirwan complained that most of the return on the timber went to the counties. "You returned about 75 per cent of it to the counties and we appropriate for the man- agment expenses," Kirwan said. James P. Bclrne, BLM as sistant director, said the coun ties were entitled to receive up to 75 per cent but actually were receiving only 50 per cent. The additional 25 per cent was being Ufcd lor im proving the lands. Slate Rep. John R. Dcllcn back, Republican, and the five other candidates for the three state representative posts, Alva N. Bradford, Charles W. Crary and James A. Redden, Democrats, and Edward Rranchficld and Alexander A. Dumas, Republicans. County Assessor Thad W. Hatten, Democrat, and his Re publican opponent, Herbert Hunter. County Clerk E. M. Mad den, Democrat, and his Re publican opponent, Bcreth Hopkins. County Commissioner can didates Larry Sheehan, Demo crat, and Donald E. Faber, Republican Earl M. Miller, Republican county Judge, and his Demo cratic opponent, Ralph A undertake to help beautify Medford, accord ing to Post Advisor Robert Dames. Later projects will include cleaning up roadsides on Barnett rd., Maple park, North Phoenix rd. and Highway 99 south of Medford. The Roxy Ann clean up will begin at Hillcrcst rd. and cover a distance of some R'i miles. The BLM supplied figures showing that from 1916 through June 30, 1982, total receipts from the O&C lands had been $277 million. Of this, $157 million had been paid to the counties. In the early years, more than $4 million was paid to the O&C railroad and Its successors. The treasury had received $51 million' to ' repay funds appropriated for Improving the lands and $30 million for managing the lands. A total of more than $34 million had been paid into the general fund over all costs to the fed eral government. Residents Warned Of Rattlesnakes Central Point - Residents of the northeast section of Cen tral Point were urged today to be on the lookout for rattle snakes. Edward Zander, Central Point police chief, said three snakes have been killed in that area within the last two weeks. He theorized that near by freeway construction work may have unearthed a rattle snake nest. Mrs. Ken Hughes, 204 Win sor way, reported that two snakes have been killed in her yard, and a motorist reported running over one on Third st., Zander said. The chief asked parents of pre-school children to use ex tra care In seeing that their children avoid snakes. . Demo Registration Maintains Lead Democratic registration Is maintaining a steady lead over the Republicans, accord ing to records In the county elections department. It is now 1,034. As of yesterday, the Demo crats had 18,651 persons reg istered to vote, compared to the Republicans' 17,617. Oth ers total 918. Overall total is 37,186. Deadline for registering is Saturday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse. James. County sheriff candidates Bcrlc E. Stephens. Democrat, and DcArmond Leigh, Repub lican. Robert Wamplcr, Independ ent candidate for governor. County candidates will be allowed two minutes each to speak. State legislature can didates will be allowed three minutes each. Nilsen will be allowed three minutes, Thornton and Wam plcr five minutes each, and Unandcr 10 minutes. Duncan and Fisher will en gage in a debate on "What Should Be the Role of the Federal Government?" Each will be allowed 15 minutes -10 of them to discuss the subject and five minutes for rebuttal. No new subject mat $1.8 Million Job Waiting Signature Now by President 1,180 Acres of Dry Land To Be Watered A bill authorizing construc tion of the $1,802,000 Agats dam and reservoir passed the House yesterday, and is now waiting the President's signa ture, according to William Berg Jr., administrative assist ant to Sen. Wayne Morse. In a telegram to Medford Lawyer Frank Van Dyke, who is attorney for the Rogue Riv er Valley Irrigation district, Senator Morse said he is "deeply pleased over this fa vorable development." The project will provide ir rigation water for 1,810 acres of dry land in the irrigation district, and supplemental wa ter to more than 3,000 acres. Feasibility Studies The economic feasibility studies indicated that benefits over a 100-year period would exceed costs by a ratio of more than 3 to 1, according to testimony brought out in hear ing on a1 similar bill intro duced by Congressman Edwin R. Durno, Medford. Of the total estimated cost. $1,754,900 would be consid ered reimbursable. Water users will be asked to repay $993,000 of the cap ital costs over a 50-year pe riod after a 10-year develop ment period. The remaining $761,900 of the irrigation alio- cation would be repaid from power revenues from the ex i s t i n g Greensprings power plant in the Talent division of the Rogue Basin project. The dam will be located on Dry creek northeast of Med ford and about 2 '-2 miles east of Crater Lake highway along Antelope rd. The project will include a diversion dam on Antelope creek and a feeder canal from the district's present Hopkins canal. '... Oregon Delegation Voting Recorded Washington 0IPD Oregon's Congressional delegation split along party lines Thursday as the House passed an adminis tration - backed compromise farm bill. Democrats Al Ullman and Edith Green voted for the bill and Republicans Walter Nor blad and Edwin Durno op posed it. The measure passed 202-197, with 200 Democrats and two Republicans backing it. Mrs. Green, Ullman and Norblad Wednesday voted with the majority as the House approved a $3.6 billion foreign aid bill. The vote was 249 to 144. Rep. Durno voted against it. Ben Bella Assembly Approval Certain Algiers, Algeria - IUP1) - Strongman Ahmed Ben Bel- la got his hand-picked con stituent assembly" today by offering Algeria's voters no alternative. . . . It appeared an estimated 90 per cent of the country's voters would approve a list of 196 assembly candidates which was generally shorn of Ben Bella's political oppon ents. There was no opposition party against the slate of Al gerian National Front candi dates who will form the coun try's first parliament. Voters war nWiH tn an. prove the list and the parlia ment's powers to legislate and draw up the country's first constitution. A large ma jority did so. Officials said 99 per cent of voters voted "yes" to the list of candidates. ter will be permitted to be f n t rnri 1 1 mH . Hurint Iho rn. buttals. Moderator of the debate will be Mrs. Dunbar Carpen ter, state voters service chair man of the Oregon League of Women Voters. Program chairman for the fair is Mrs. Ogdcn Kellogg, president of the Medford league. She will Introduce the candidates. Admission to the fair is free. Following the speeches and debate, the program will adjourn to the cafeteria, where the public will be ot tered a chance to get better acquainted with the candi dates. Coffee will be served. Persons attending may reg ister their party affiliation, the winning party to receive a prize. 1
