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M mm IKE A U.S. Keeping Being FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW , KEEP OREGON GREEN MORNING ACCIDENT - A semi-trailer truck loaded with pears, a sedan, and a pickup truck were involved in an accident shortly after 8 o'clock this morning on Stewart -ave. south of Barnett rd. The semi-truck and trailer, owned by Nye-Naumes orchards and operated by Aaron Francis Gentry, 33, of 730 Oak st., jackknifed following the ac cident, but did not spill any of its load. The car, operated by Mary Kathryn Walsh, 16, of 937 Whitman ave., was passing the truck and as she pulled back into her lane. Delay Charged in Ga Pineline to Southern Oregon ; Salem - (DPD - Jonel C. Hill, Oregon public utility commis sioner, complained Tues day that the Federal Power Com mission is delaying approval of a gas pipeline south of Eugene. . Hill said further delay would mean a "body blow" to the economic development of Southern Oregon. In a letter to Joseph C. Swindler, FPC chairman, he called for quick approval of the line. . El Paso Natural Gas Co. wants to build an $8 million gas line between Eugene and Grants Pass to serve 19 com munities. An application was submitted to the FPC last May. Would Join Second Lint 1 El Paso had hoped to begin construction this month, Hill laid. The line would join a sec ond one proposed by Cali fornia Pacific Utilities be tween Grants Pass and Ash land. Hill said both lines would represent an invest ment of more than $12 mil lion. Hill said he had reliable Information earlier this week that the FPC staff planned to recommend a denial of El Paso's request, thus requiring n FPC hearing. Hill said there is no need of a hearing. OREGON GETS SHARE Washington - IVPI) - Com merce Secretary Luther Hodges Tuesday apportioned an additional 2.6 billion in federal highway funds. Ore gon's share is $45 million. FLOODS IN SPAIN LEAVE Barctlona, Spain - ITl' - NEWS(QhBRIEFS itims roM H mound thi oiom tent tlvers rampaging out of ihtir banks throughout Bar ctlona Provinct today, leaving hundrtds dtad, mining and injurtd. Radio Barctlona rtporitd that Ihtrt wtrt 242 dead and 395 missing. ST. PETER'S BASILICA CLOSED TEMPORARILY Vatican City - IW - Vatican officials today dtcidtd on a temporary closing of St. Ptttr's Basilica, targtt of thrat ttctnt bombing attempts. U.S. MAY RESUME TESTS IN ATMOSPHERE Washington - W - Tht possibility arost today that tht Vnittd States may niumt atmospheric nucltar tasting in tht Pacific btfort Walttr M. Sehirra J. attempts his six erbit space flight ntxt month. KENNEDY SIGNS HANFORD MEASURE Washington - Tfti - President Kennedy today signed ln)f law a bill authorising coutruction of the world's latest nuclear power plant at Hnford, Wash. Built Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, County Court Gets Petitions Requesting Sanitary District The Jackson county court. neer James K. Hoey said the this morning received peti- proposed area had been en tions signed by 82 property Ji owners requesting the forma tion of a South Talent sanitary district. The petitions will be for warded to the county clerk to verify as to voter registration of property owners signing. Signatures of 15 per cent of the residents of the proposed area are required. Then a public hearing is called. If a majority of those attending the hearing favor the district formation, an election is held within the district. Earlier, Consulting Engi- Morse Speaks for Deported Pair Washington IUPI) -Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) asked Congress Tuesday night to correct what he termed a shocking miscarriage of jus tice" in the 1960 deportation of two residents of Portland, Ore. Morse, in a three-hour Sen ate speech, demanded that the government return William Mackie, a 54-year-old house painter, from Finland. ;. He also demanded that Hamish Scott MacKay, a 57- year old carpenter, be re turned from Canada at gov ernment expense. The men were deported in November 1960 as undesirable aliens after the U.S. immigra tion service declared they had been associated in the 1930s with subversive organizations. 242 DEAD The heaviest raint in months Watch by Soviet Union for '4 officers said, the right rear bumper on the car hooked the left front bumper of the truck. The sedan swung into the path of a southbound pickup truck operated by Arnold William Brown, 41, of 326 Alice st. The sedan continued on, police said, knocking off a Medford fire plug and a pear tree before stopping in the orchared. Miss Walsh was cited by Medford police for passing with insufficient clearance. to Bear creek. The area to the new freeway also may be in cluded, he said. Estlmattd Cost Overall estimated cost for serving three areas with a sewer system would be $161, 485, without the city of Talent. The engineer defined one area, Area A, as southwest of Highway 99 to the railroad tracks; another,- Area p, .the Old Highway 99 to the new Highway 99 plus a corner area; and the third area, Area C, would extend from High way 99 to Bear Creek. The overall area might be served with a lateral on both sides of the railroad tracks, another along the southwest side of Highway 99 to Wagner creek, and a third along Bear creek to a point east of the city of Talent to a sewage disposal plant. The proposed sewage dis posal plant would be a lagoon type, a five-acre pond, to serve 500 people The general- district would be assessed for the main sewer trunk and the residents for laterals serving their homes, it was explained 1,720 Students Now Enrolled at College Ashland - A total of 1,720 students had registered for the fall quarter at Southern Ore gon college at the end of the fourth day of registration, col lege officials have announced. Registration continues to break all previous records. The previous high was 1,527 students last spring. Tuesday evening's rcgistra tion showed 997 men and 723 women had registered. Regis tration will continue through Oct. 8.. The increase is 26.4 per cent over the enrollment last year, college officials said, and the largest percentage in crease among the state in stitutions of higher education. Erie Allen Jr. To Address Conference Eugene - (tin - Speakers at the 36th annual Oregon High School Press Conference here Oct. 12-13 will include Eric W. Allen Jr., managing edi tor of the Medford Mail Trib une, and Lucile Vaughan Payne, short story writer and faculty member of the Uni verjIAx of Oregon Department oi Hglish. on 'Fishing WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER in wrr Jackson County Population Shows Estimated 80,346 Portiand-IUPD-Jackson coun ty's population increased from 73,962 to 80,346 during the past year, according to pop ulation estimates by the State Board of Census. The state's 1962 population estimate shows some tendency to leave the farm and head for the city. The census board, in esti mating Oregon s population of July 1 this year as 1.825,138, said the incorpor ated area count was 1,000,192 and the unincorporated area count 824.946. The rural count in the July 1, 1961 state estimate was 836,095, a drop of 11,149 in a year. This drop was more than the state s overall gain in pop ulation over 1961-8,793. In the 1960 federal census the unincorporated popula tion was estimated at 799,966. Thus population in unincor porated areas went up be tween 1960 and loi dui dropped between 1961 and 1962. The 1962 population esti mate by county, with the fed eral 1960 figure give last: Baker 17,247, 17,295. Benton 43.010, 39,165. Clackamas 118,826, 113,038 Clatsop 23,559, 27,380 Columbia 22,602, 22,379 Coos 53,116, 54,955 Crook 8,686, 9,430 - Curry 13,378, 13,983 Deschutes 24,303, 23.100 Douglas 66,616, 68,458 Gilliam 3.145, 3,069 Grant 7,564, 7,726 Harney 6,635, 6,744 Hood River 13,770, 13,395 Jackson 80,346. 73,962 Jefferson 8,873, 7,130 Josephine 31,613, 29,917 Klamath 49.096, 47,475 . Lake 6,556, 7,158 , Lane 180,629, 162,890 Lincoln 23,275, 24,635 Linn 60,839, 58,867 . Malheur 23,016, 22,764 Marion 131,657, 120,888 Morrow 4,686, 4.871 Multnomah 526,353, 522,818 Polk 28.681. 26,523 Sherman 2,888, 2,446 Tillamook 18,091, 18.955 Umatilla 43.643, 44,352 Union 17,513, 18,180 Wallowa 7,030, 7,102 Wasco 20,596. 20,205 Washington 98,662, 92,237 Wheeler 2,367, 2,722 Yamhill 35,272, 32-478 ONE TELEPHONE BOOK Corvallis - flirt - The tele phone listing of Corvallis and Albany will be combined in one book to te distributed to both communities next Febru ary, Walter Crosby, manager of the Corvallis office of Pa cifyv Northwest Tele phone, said today. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 26, 1962 No. 161 HEW Approves Funds for County Health Center The Department of Health, Education and Welfare today approved a grant of $60,257 for the Jackson county public health center at the fair grounds. Word of the action came in telegrams from Sen. Maurine B. Neubereger and Congress man Edwin Durno. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public health officer. said an estimate of $180,771 had been submitted. The fed eral matching funds comprise one-third of this. This will al low for equipment, furniture, landscaping and black-topping of a parking area, he said. A closer total cost estimate now would be $150,000, Dr. Merkel said. Plans Wait Approval Robert J. Keeney, building architect, said detailed plans are now awaiting approval from the regional office of the U. S. Public Health Service in San Francisco. He expects to hear definitely in about a week. Next step will be to prepare working drawings which would be used by the contractor. Approval of the working drawings and bids to be sub mitted are the final steps be fore construction starts, Keeney said. The architect and Dr. Mer kel said they hope construc tion can start at the fair grounds south of Medford soon after Jan. 1. The new building would provide clinic space, offices for the public health officer, nurses and sanitarians and room for a mental health clinic. Unander Attacks U.S. Foreign Aid Portland -iUPO- Republican Senatorial candidate Sig Unander said today that since World War II, "the United States has spent, loaned or given away $100 billion in foreign aid." He said this means that the average American family over the past 15 years has laid out nearly $2,500 for foreign aid alone. Unander spoke before a luncheon of the Oregon Execu tives Association. Unander noted that the post war Marshall Plan in Western Europe was relatively success ful, but expressed doubts that subsequent programs have ac complished their aims. He criticized the "neutral ists" nations who have re ceived more than $6 billion in foreign aid. "These 'neutralists' see colo nial exploitation in the con tinued existence of our naval base at Guantanamo Bay." Unander said, "but they are silent on the treatment of East Germans trapped behind me Berlin Wall." Missionaries Safe On Mexico Flight Chula Vista, Calif. - (WO Two Oregon missionaries and Mexican clergyman, report ed missing Monday, were safe today. The Rev. W. M. Smith of Chula Vista said he had re ceived a telegram from Nellie Mishler advising that the three reported missing on a 700 mile flight from Ensenada to La Paz had arrived safely. Smith said the wire advised him that Robert Mishler, 29, of Sheridan, Ore., and Dona Mathison, 19, of Woodburn, Ore., together with a Mexican minister named Alfonso, had arrived safely at noon Tues day. He said the telegram said the threesome had made a forced landing at San Luis Gonzaga in the face of a storm along their flight path. TO AID UNANDER Portland - flUD - Thomas H. Hoyt, Corvallis, was today named by Republican sena torial nominee Sig Unander ai chapman ef the Students for Unahder eommitlee. Port' Cuba Affecl of Step On Security To Be Determined Several Means Declared Possible Washington -fl)PD- The Unit ed States said today the "fish ing port" Russia is building for Cuba will be watched closely to see if it affects U.S security. The statement, issued by State Department spokes man, appeared Intended as a warning to the Soviet and Cuban governments not to turn the port into a military or espionage installation, i "Any activity of the Soviet Union in Cuba is a matter of concern to the United States," Press Officer Lincoln White told newsmen. "This latest Soviet attempt to increase its involvement in Cuba will be watched closely by the U.S, government to determine whether and to what extent it may affect our national se curity." New Evidence Earlier, Undersecretary of State George W. Ball said the Russian offer to build the port for Cuba is new evidence of the Kremlin's drive to make Castro's regime serve Soviet interests. Ball said the agreement, re ported by Fidel Castro Tues day, "could have several meanings." It could be a So viet "public gesture in sup port of Cuba, Ball said, or it could be used for Soviet vessels. Not Happy Development "It appears to be one fur ther Instance of the Soviet government moving in to establish itself and to make Cuba serve its own interests," Ball told a White House con ference for business magazine editors and publishers. He called the port "not happy development," but id it may be more of eco nomic significance than mili tary. The State Department s No. 2 official was the first ad ministration spokesman to comment on the fishing port development publicly. Viewed Anxiously Privately, officials viewed the Soviet-Cuban operation anxiously on grounds the port could become a Red naval base. Details of the port project were given today in Moscow and Havana. Havana Radio said the port will be located inside fortified Havana Bay and would include the latest scientific equipment. The offi cial Soviet news agency Tass reported in Moscow the port would be big enough to serve 130 fishing vessels. More Discussions On Policy Possible The Jackson county court and welfare department were unable to reach a written agreement on the admissions policy for the county farm home yesterday afternoon. Following the special meet ing of the welfare commis sion, of which the county court members are a part, Ad ministrator David Kuhns in dicated further discussions may be necessary. Earlier, Kuhn had asked the county court for a written policy statement on admis sions. He claimed that 60 per cent of the farm home patients are private patients who should be in private-nursing homes. County court members say the ratio is two-thirds public welfare patients to one-third private patients. Behind the request for clari fication of the admissions pol icy is a proposed physical ther apy program for welfare pa tients designed to get them back on their feet to elimi nate more costly nursing care. This would result in a more rapid turnover of farm home patients and reduce the bur den on taxpayers, lt was point ed out. Ashland Population Increase Reported Portland - flirt - Ashland had a population increase of 191 during the past year, ac cording to the State Board of Census. The board estimated AshlM-d'i population at 9,477, compJred to 9,286 In 1961. v ). ' ' ( WW TURNED BACK AGAIN - Negro James Meredith, who is trying to break the race barrier at the all-white University of Mississippi, was stopped outside the campus today by Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson. Meredith is shown above in New Orleans just before he flew to Oxford, Miss., in a third at tempt to enroll. (UPI) Use of Federal Troops Considered In Meredith Case Washington - (UPll - Admin-, istration leaders were report ed today to be considering use of federal troops in Mississip pi if this becomes the only way to block defiance of U.S. court orders by Gov. Ross R. Barnett. The Justice Department's only comment was to refer newsmen to a. statement is- sued Saturday , night. The statement noted the courts had ordered the University of Mississippi to accept Negro James H. Meredith, whose ad mission has been blocked by Barnett. Said Tip-Off "It is our responsibility, to gether with the courts, to see that these orders are obeyed no matter what course ulti mately is necessary," the statement added. This, some officials said, was a tip-off to the admin istration's view that as a last resort the government would commit Army troops to en force federal authority. Government officials were aware that this revived the distasteful spectre of Little Rock, Ark., where Army para troopers were sent just five Doctors Urged To Keep Medicine Free Portland - (UPI) - Oregon doctors turned to scientific meetings, today after hearing their leader urge them Tues day night to "maintain free medicine." Dr. Blair J. Hennlngsgaard of Astoria, president of the Oregon State Medical Society, addressed more than 100 members of the society's house of delegates, kicking off the society's 88th annual conven tion. Dr. Hennlngsgaard warned his colleagues that opponents of free medicine are here to stay. He said these are critical times for organized medicine and called on doctors to re main informed and effective in what he called the fight to keep medicine free. Dr. Raymond M. McKcown of Coos Bay, a trustee of the American Medical association, said doctors have shown "a willingness to change but not to the satisfaction of those who would socialize us." National Trust for Historic Representative Plans Jacksonville Visit Mrs. Helen Duprey Bullock director of the department of information. National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C., will tour Jacksonville Thursday, Oct. 11, It was announced at last night's meeting of the Siski you Pioneer Sites Foundation. Mrs. Bullock is considered a national expert on matters relating to restoration and maintenance of historic sites. Foundation President Jack Sutton said. While in Jacksonville, Mrs. Bullock will give a lecture and show colored slides on preservation of historic build Inn and relate what has been doue In other areas, Sutton years ago by former Presl dent Dwight D. Eisenhower to back up court orders for desegregation of Central High school. Kennedy Informed But they were described as determined nevertheless to present a similar show of force in Mississippi if it is decided that the situation has gotten so out of hand there is no other recourse. ; The Justice Department said Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy, who moved Tuesday -to get contempt action against Barnett, had been keeping President Kennedy "informed of each step in the Mississip pi situation." Thornton Again Urges Crime Council Portland IUPI) Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton today again urged Gov. Mark Hat field to create a "crime con trol council'' in Oregon to fo cus on Juvenile delinquency and crime prevention. Addressing a meeting at the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agen cies here, Thornton said, "considering the money being spent for prevention of for est fires, traffic accidents. etc., il is submitted that the prevention of crime is at least of equal consideration and at present it is being neglected by this state." Thornton said lt is a case of crime prevention being "everybody's concern but no one's responsibility." 27.543 SEE FAIR Seattle - WPD - Attendance at the Seattle World's Fair Tuesday was 27,543, boosting the total for 157 days to 8,150,- 323. WEATHER FORECAST: Pilr this evening. Claud v Thursday morning, clnrlnc near noon. Fair Thuri day afternoon. Low tonight 45-50. High Thuriday 15-S5. Temp. Hlfheit Yeiterdav ST Lowest Thla Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today , :03 p.m. . :04 a.m. Hun rise tomorrow . MoonrUe tomorrow . 4:51 a.m. New Moon Sept. 21 Venui. the nrlthteit planet, aeti earlier and further louth each evening, IU distance from the Karth It bow lew than 41 million mllei. said. The foundation appoint' ed a committee of Mrs Dwight Houghton, John Crabb and Art Chlpman to arrange for the lecture. Mrs. Bullock will be speak er at the annual meeting of the Oregon Historical Socie ty in Portland the following evening. George Brewer, Jackson ville, chairman of the U.S. Hotel restoration committee, reported that a tinsmith ii re pairing the hotel roof and downspouts. Volunteer labor activities will be postponed until after hunting season, he said. Twasurcr Wilson Slater re ported 5,508 paid admission! Service Veteran Denied Admission To University State Continues To Defy Orders Oxford, Miss. -0IPI1- Negro James Meredith, 29, today made his third attempt to en roll at the University of Mis sissippi but was stopped out side the campus by Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and turned away. The confrontation started calmly but ended in a push ing-shoving contest. Gov. Ross Barnett, who has twice turned away the Air Force veteran in his persistent attempt to break the color barrier at "Old Miss," also flew to Oxford but sent John son to' stop Meredith tnis time. The Negro was turned aside as the nation in general, and the federal government in particular, watched a delib erately defiant act of protest against federal interference in state affairs. Meredith, who was refused admission by Barnett here last Thursday and at the state college board offices in Jack son Tuesday, flew here today from New Orleans. He arriv ed in a car, accompanied by deputy U.S. marshals. Stopped by Troopers He was stopped by state troopers a few feet outside the campus entrance and Johnson, parked in an auto nearby, stepped out of his car. Johnson said that admitting the Negro at this time would possibly result In violence and said "I refuse because of im minent breach, of peace." John Doar, attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, then stepped forward and re minded Johnson that Mere dith's admission had been or dered by federal courts. Doar then attempted to serve on Johnson a contempt citation directed against Barnett. John son refused it. U.S. Marshal James Mc Shane repeatedly tried to shove through the line of un armed state troopers but made no headway. Meredith appear ed calm and stayed behind McShane as he walked from one point .o another in- the line trying to find a hole. Party Leaves Campus After about five minutes of pushing and shoving, the mar shals and Meredith got in their cars and left the edge of the campus while a. rippling of handclapplng came from the plain-clothesmen and state troopers. . Meredith's car drove away. Barnett stood firm in his open defiance of the executive and judicial branches of the federal government despite an Implied warning by the ad ministration that it would , send troops, if necessary. Medford Firm Low Bidder on Tractor Eatherton Engine and Equip ment company, 335 East Mc Andrewi rd., Medford, was apparent low bidder at $2,474 this morning on a tractor for the Jackson county parks and recreation department. Other bidders were Naumes Equipment and Fuel company, 2840 South Pacific highway, Massey Ferguson tractor, S2.733.92; Hubbard Wray com pany, 009 South Riverside ave., John Deere, $2,613.90; Nash Ford Tractor company, 3005 Crater Lake highway, $2,828; and H-B Equipment and Hardware, Eagle Point, $3,490 for D-15 model and $2,490 for D-12 model of All is Chalmers. Davenport Machinery com pany. Griffin Creek rd, sub mitted its bid late by mail. Bids will be studied by the parks and recreation depart ment and recommendations made to the county court. Preservation had been received through Sept. 23 from people touring the Beekman home. The fence around the Beekman home is being repaired, U was report ed. Estimates are being re ceived on a means of heat ing the Beekman home. Members of the Medford Junior Service League pro posed last night to hold a tea and tour of historic Jackson ville homes. A small admis sion charge would be made and the money used to further historic rehabilitation of Jack sonville. Presenting the plan were Mrs. Mary Trim, Mrs. Pauline Dickey and Mr. Marilyn BlickhurstT
