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Newspaper Page TextRegional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents fit ',' Medford Tribune Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1962 No. 174 nedylnks aisin 1-7 . v - Vl7 .-v:.rvA -Vt! 'I, t V- 32 Pages II K f i i UJ WOT i I , t& -i ' E"1H KdvsM is-. crjc. -i, J' J Ul O all p?X--' ilfr-vk vflH : k- . Ar v i O 111 CATHOLIC COUNCIL OPENS - This is a general view of the main nave in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City showing Vatican Council II looking towards Altar Major ' Cuban Ransom Report Brings Probe Demands Washington -(UNI- A Repub lican House member today de manded a congressional inves tigation of reports that the U. S. government might pay part of the ransom for Cuban Invasion prisoners. Rep. William C. Cramer (R Fla.) asked for immediate hearings on negotiations be tween New York attorney James B. Donovan and Cuban Premier Fidel Castro for re lease of the prisoners. He made the demand in identical letters to Chairman Clarence Cannon (D-Mo.) of the House appropriations com mittee and Thomas Morgan (D-Pa.) of the House foreign affairs committee. Deeply Disturbed Cramer said he was deeply disturbed by the negotiations, especially by reports of pro posals to pay some of the ran som in dollars from CIA funds. "This is about the greatest abuse of presidential discre tion as I can remember in the history of this country," Cra mer wrote. He said he nevr had voted for any bill "that would permit the President to . . . give in to blackmail threats by an enemy govern ment and, in particular, Fidel Castro." "If Congress does not stop this unwholesome, degradine and humiliating blackmail deal, the prestige of the Unit ed States will be forever ir reparably harmed," he said. Speech in House Cramer later voiced t h e same demands in a brief speech on the House floor, bringing an acid rejoinder from Rep. Barratt O'Hara (D 111,), the only surviving vet eran of the Spanish-American War left in Congress. O'Hara suggested that Cra mer might be a good man "to lead the army" if an Ameri can force ever should have to go into Cuba. "If he shoots as loud as he talks." O'Hara told the House. "Lord help the enemy!" ITIMS FROM HEWStVJHEFS CUBAN PRISONER TALKS BOG DOWN Havana-m-Negotitioni lor the release of 1,113 captured Cuban invadert begged down Wednesday night in discuision of undisclosed "details," and it appeared the talks might con tinue for some time to come. INDIAN. COMMUNIST FORCES CLASH New Delhi-lPI'-A Foreign Ministry spokesman today re ported "seere" fighting between Indian and Communist Chinese forces in the disputed border area between Tibet s.'d India's Northeast Frontier Agency. SOUTH VIET NAM STAGES OFFENSIVE Saigon, South Viet Nam-IN-The South Vietnamese gov ernment threw several thousand troops today into what was described by informed military sources at the biggest offen sive to dale against the Communists. 21st Ecumenical Council Opened In Church Rites Vatican City-OIPD-Pope John XXIII, 80, a portly, fatherly figure in white, today opened the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church that he said may pave the way for the "unity of mankind." Willi the scene and the pon tiff's words broadcast through space by the Telstar satellite, the church in a 4-hour and 3ii minute .ceremony began the task of attuning to the nuclear age. From the great Basilica of St. Peter's the Pope addressed his words to all peoples as well as to the 3.000 Roman Catholic leaders and about 50 Williams Store Is Destroyed by Fire Williams - Fire of undeter mined origin last night des troyed a seven bedroom home, store and service sta tion at the intersection of Williams highway and East and West Fork rds. here. Known locally as Varncr's store, it was reoponed about a month ago by Ken Robcers, who operated a second-hand store and service station. Robcers, who lived alone in the house, was not at home at the time of the fire, ac cording to reports. The fire was reported to have started at the rear of the structure about. 8:30 p.m. yesterday. Recent heavy rains were credited with saving the nearby school, church and office building, area residents said. One piece of fire fighting equipment was at the scene, but efforts to control the blaze were unsuccessful. The .structure was destroyed in about an hour, according to reports. SITE PURCHASED Portland iL'PJi Crown-Zcl-lcrbach Corp. officials said to day the firm had purchased an industrial site at the Co lumbia River town of Wauna. about 30 miles east of Astoria. AROUND THI OlOII where Pope John's throne is situated. Coun cil Fathers are seated on stands on both sides for the 21st Ecumenical Council. (UPI) observers from other Chris tian faiths assembled for the council. Pope John spoke for 37 minutes after an inaugural mass and a magnificient pro cession of richly garbed pre lates which made its way through St. Peter's Square to the sound of pealing church bells and the cheers of more than 150,000 spectators. "Long live the Pope," they cried in a multitude of lan guages. The Pope, who descended from his portable throne to enter and walk down the aisle of the ancient church con verted into a modern council chamber with electronic nov elties, was buoyant in the enthusiasm of opening the first Ecumenical Council in almost a century. Fed Christians to Lions Historically, it will be known as the Second Vatican Council, held on the site where the Roman Emperor Nero once fed Christians to the lions. It is the largest council in history, with pre lates present from 53 coun tries on the six continents, and the first to be attended by Protestant observers. The Pope set the tone of optimism with his opening words: "Mother Church re joices." For those of the non-Catholic observers who did not com prehend the ancient Latin tongue, Vatican interpreters murmured discreetly the translation in modern lan guages. A few minutes after the ceremonies ended, the pontiff appeared at the window of his apartment to Impart his benediction to 8.000 persons in the square below - includ ing many of the council fa- I thers who had just left the 1 basilica. i County Voter List lis Sent To State I j The list of Jackson county's registered voters was sent Wednesday to the secretary of state in preparation for mail ' ing of the voter's pamphlets, ! according to E. E. Madden, ' county clerk. Madden said the pamnhlets are expected to be mailed from Salem with local regis 1 tered voters to start receiving them next week. The county elections depart , ment is starting to mail absen ; lee ballots. Madden stressed . that requests for abtentce bal- lots must be early enough so that the ballots may be re- 1 ceived by the elections depart ment by 8 p m. Nov. 6. : Sample ballots are expected ; to be ready sometime next : week, Madden said. At the present lime the county clerk is nriianmng ihe i schedule for distribution of roll booths. Washington -IITH- President Kennedy today signed a bill which will raise postal rat.-s by one cent on first class let ters, air mail and post cards next Jan. 7. The double-barreled meas ure also carries a $1 billion pay raise for 1.6 million fed eral employees, starting with their next payday. Ktnnedy said he was "de lighted" to sign the legisla tion. On hand for the bill signing ceremony at the While House were House and Senate Post Office committee mem bers and officials of federal postal employee unions and associations. The President said that the postage increases, to produce about $605 million a year in new revenues when fully ef fective in 1065, would repre sent an "important step to ward a self sustaining postal system." The price of a stamp for a regular first class letter will be boosted from 4 cents to a nickel. Air mail stamps will cost 8 cents, regular post cerris 4 cents, and airmail postcards 6 cents. He said the employee pay increases would help reduce turnover of federal employees, improve morale and make the salaries of government work ers more on a par with pay in private enterprise. Rates also will raise fo" publications using second class mail and advertisers using third class. The piece rate for bulk third class mail, the sub ject of much controversy, will increase from 2.5 cents to 27,s cents over a three-year period. The new rates will not bal ance the postal budget even though Congress wrote off $373 million in post office ex penses as "public service" charges. But if the Interstate Com merce commission grants the post office its request for $145 million in parcel post in creases and postal officials can make promised savings through efficiency improve ments, the gap may be nesrly closed despite the additional burden of $275 million in pay Burglaries Are Reported in Area Two buildings in Rogue River and Talent were enter ed during the night, Jackson county sheriff's deputies re ported today. Entered in Rogue River were the high school and ele mentary school buildings. Sonsiderable damage was done in the offices at the high school where less than $50 was taken. The Hogue River High school was entered earlier this week. Deputies said that filing cabinets were torn open and the offices ransacked. Offices in the elementary school also were reported to have been entered. Several filing cabinets were opened, one of them pried open since it was locked, but nothing else in the building was dis turbed. Rear doors had been pried open for entry in both of the Rogue River schools as well as the Talent city hall. In the city hall two filing cabinets in the police office were pried open with nothing reported missing. The office j was not ransacked, deputies i said. j The other Talent entry was the elementary school where burglars got a little more than $33.75 in change from the principal's desk and a pen cil and paper vending ma chine. Nothing else i.i the building was reported dis turbed. Deputies are not cer tain how entry was made, but pry marks were discovered on several outbuildings at the school where entry had not been made. Reward Offered for Mining Calif ornian j Roscburg -1TI The family ! of Herbert W. Warden Jr.. 86. j missing Santa Barbara. Calif., j man has offered a $500 re- j ward tor his discovery. War-1 den's car wa found last week otf the North Lmpqua High- way stuck on a logging road. tal Rates raises for 525,000 postal work ers. The hill also restores re strictions on the delivery of Communist propaganda mail imposed by former President Harrv S. Truman but relaxed last year by Kennedy. Pending a specific request for delivery by the addressee, the post office will hold up all unsealed Communist prop aganda originating abroad. Sealed mail and matter ad dressed to government agen cies schools, libraries and re search institutions would be exempt from the provision. Morse Promised Move To Restore Funds for Oregon By United Press International Sen. Wayne Morse said Wednesday the White House and Democratic congressional leaders have promised to see what can be done about re storing funds cut from certain Oregon water projects. Morse said President Ken nedy assured him the White House would support Inclu sion of the Oregon projects in a supplementary appropria tion bill. Rep. Michael Kirwan ID Ohio) led the battle to knock funds for the Blue river, Yaquina Bay and Columbia river channel projects out of the Public Works bill after Morse and Rep. .Edith Green (D-Orc.) opposed his bill for a national aquarium in Wash ington, D.C. Mrs. Green returned to Ore gon Wednesday and said she was confident funds would be restored. Douglas To Campaign It was announced that Sen. Paul Douglas (D-I1I.) would campaign for Morse Friday and Saturday. He scheduled Friday talks at Portland Stale, Oregon State and Lake Os wego and Saturday talks at Eugene and at Reed college in Portland. Gov. Mark Hatflied told the Oregon Nurses Associa tion in Salem Wednesday the number one aim of his admin istration the past four years has been to provide more job opportunities. "During the past four years we have ex perienced success," he said. Atly. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn ton said in Eugene today if he is elected governor he will seek repeal of the three tim ber tax bills. passed in 1961 and signed into law by Hat field. He said because of these bills property owners in all timbered counties can expect "sharp boosts" in their county tax bills. Praises Peace Corps Rep. Al Ulman (D-Ore.) in Klamath Falls Wednesday night, praised the Peace Corps as "a new concept in International relations that has caught the imagination of the world." He criticized "vio lent partisan opposition" to the program when It was pro posed by President Ken nedy." Blaine Whipple, Democrat ic nominee opposing Rep. Walter Norblad, criticized Norblad for voting "against most water and air polution control legislation." He spoke in Astoria Wednesday. Medical Society ' Endorses Measure A resolution endorsing the fluoridation measure on the November ballot was unani mously passed at the monthly meeting of the Jackson Coun ty Medical Society lost night al the Rogue Valley Country club. According to Dr. Ralph Hibbs, president of the so ciety, a committee was ap pointed to work to inform the public In Jackson county about fluoridation and Its beneficial qualities. "We want to do everything we can to bring the true facts about fluoridation before the public," Dr. Hibbs said, "and to encourage the people of Jackson county to pass the measure in November." AND MORE RAIN - The drip splash patter bleep bloop of the rain drops continued in the Rogue River valley lor the third straight day, but so far the dry earth has ab sorbed much of it and no serious flooding has been report ed. Brisk southerly winds that came up during the night Festival Names Five Directors; Receives Reports Ashland Five area resi dents were elected to the board of directors of the Ore gonian Shakespearean Festi val association al its annunl meeting last night in the Mark Antony hotel here. . Elected for three year terms were Frank Bash, MPd ford, Mrs. John Cotton, Arch ie Fries and Robert Reinholdt, all of Ashland, and Rudolf Vest, Yreka. At a meeting of the board of directors following the reg ular association meeting, Mrs. Cotton was elected president of the board, Bash was elected vice president, Frank Pinnock was reelected secretary, and Vest was reelected treasurt-r of the board. Financial Report A financial report for the previous year's activities was presented to the association. Receipts from al sources to talled $131,376.34, while total disbursements were $130, 216.26. A net cash gain of $1,998.38. Operating expenses for the association totalled $110, 816.75. Ticket sales for the past season totalled $104, 937.20, it was reported. Annual reports of the pro ducing director and the gen eral manager were presented to the association, in which a resume of the past season was made and future needs were outlined. Mrs. Vida Zupan, represent ing Beta Sigma Phi, presented a check for $1,200 to the asso ciation scholarship fund. The Soroptlmists club donated a check of $300 for a scholar ship. Mrs. Flora MacCrackcn, representing Tudor Guild, told the association her group hopes to donate a check for $3,500 for scholarship pur poses. A proposal was made to establish a trust fund for re ceipt of gifts and sale of mem berships to perpetuate scholar ships for actors. Salem -tlfli- James B. Hall, Roseburg, has been named president-elect of the Orocon Nurses Association, meaning he will take over the top po sition in 1963. He is the first man to be tapped for president in the Oregon nurses group. WEATHER FORKCART: Mottv rloiiDv Willi nhoweri tonight. Clntidy Frlday tvlth rln and (littv tnuthrlv wind Krldav iltfirnoon nd nliht and Saturday mnrnlnir. Low to. mini tu-11. inch trlday nrar to. Tmp. lllKhful Vftrdav V! i.owpii i nil nornins To 10 a.m. Today I'm-lp. .50 Our Skies Tonight SuntFt today .. . S:1T p.m. Knnrhp tomorrow . . t:29 a.m. MMinrltp today 5:05 p.m. toll Moon Humeri Moonj Saturday. PHDM1NKNT CONKTKI.I.ATTON Taorui, In lha at 10:10 p.m. VISII1LC I'LAMIS Venm, ipll .. . H:9 p.m. Jupiter, due aouth . 9:13 p.m. Saturn, low In southweit !:; p m. Man, huh In rait 4:39 a.m. Rainfall Total in Area Continues to Mount; More Seen The Medford area rainfall total continued to mount to day as the October aggregate passed the five-inch mark al the U.S. weather station at the airport. The weather bureau report ed a precipitation total of .61 of an inch from midnight up to 1 1 o'clock this morning bringing the overall amount for this month up to 5.2.2 inches. And, forecasts indicated more rainfall. Weather is ex pected to be cloudy with showers tonight. Rain and gusty winds are foreseen from Friday afternoon into Satur day morning. Most of the rain this month, 4.40 inches, has fallen since Monday evening. Yesterday's total was .84. Heaviest day of rain was Tuesday when 1.85 Inches fell - more than the 1.91 average for October. Mora Than Normal The 4.61 Inches which had fallen up to midnight last night were 4.11 more than normal. A total of 5.37 from Sept. 1 up to last midnight was 4.22 more than normal for the season. The weather bureau report ed sustained winds up to 21 miles per hour here this morn ing with gusts up to 31 mph. Small limbs were blown from trees, and part of the service station al the Toy Deer restaurant south of Ash land was blown down. Winds in the Ashland area were re ported stronger, resulting in more damage In that area than in other areas. County roads crews were reported patroling to check Tentative Plans for Amendment to Subdivision Ordinance Are Approved A resolution and tentative plans for an amendment to the county subdivision ordinance were approved by the Jackson county planning commission last evening. It also referred three cases of violation of the subdivision ordinance to the county court for action by the district at torney's office and discussed sanitation regulations for building homes. A legal opinion was sought to determine if the county planning commission can use numbers as names for identi fying subdivisions under the present state law. Rasolution Requaited The resolution requested the county court to slate the planning commission's posi tion in planning county build ings and facilities. Commissioner G. I. Peoples in commenting on the use of numbers instead of names for subdivisions explained the lengthy location descriptions now used on deeds and other legal land descriptions. lie cited duplication of sub division names in the county brought quantities of leaves from the trees and some storm drains, like the one above, on Crater Lake avc., were not functioning as they should. For most people (except for orchardlsts, loggers, farmers, construction workers, and people with holes in their roof) the rain is doing little harm. on possible danger spots, but the office has received only a few calls on flooded drain pipes and ditches, County En gineer Robert Curslensen said this morning. A tree was reported across Thompson Creek rd. about a mile from the end of the pavement, but crews were checking to see If It was in Josephine county. Johnson, Morse To Attend Rally Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson has tentatively agreed to attend a Democratic night rally in Medford, Fri day, Oct. 10, according to Sen. Wayne Morse, Scheduled appearances this Friday for Senator Morse in the Grants Pass-Medford area have had to be postponed due to Congress remaining in ses sion poslbly into next week. Senator Morse hopes to keep his commitment for the Jane - Jefferson dinner in Grants Pass at the Josephine county fairgrounds at 0:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. The events scheduled for Friday which had to be can celled were an appearance be fore the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, a night rally and breakfast In Medford, and the dedication of the Grants Pass Plywood project. The ply wood project dedication has been rescheduled for Friday, ley's first degree murder con Oct, 19. viction. and cities. Peoples explained that he had talked to county officials in various parts of the state as well as Jackson coun ty cities. All appeared en thusiastic about the sugges tion. , In discussing the building of county government offices, commissioners mentioned that the group had not been con sulted regarding on over -all plan. President C. O. Lovejoy cited the civic building de velopment plan that was pre pared for Medford by the bureau of municipal research. It was felt that a study of county building expansion plans, including la new fair grounds, should be made in relation to the city's plans. Commissioners authorized the planning staff to prepare an amendment to the present county subdivision ordinance. It would give the county jur isdiction over subdivisions in cluding lots in excess of five acres and those which include less than four lots. The amendment will be pre sented at the November meet Western Oregon Power Disrupted, Tree Limbs Down By United Press International A Pacific storm lashed at Western Oregon today caus ing power - o u t a g e s and dropping tree limbs along the coast and in Portland. A 70 - mile - an hour wind ripped the roof from a house at Gold Beach and hurled It against a Bonneville Power Administration tower near a . substation al 6:36 a.m. The flying roof tore down a 115 kilovolt line and knock ed oul power to Langlois, Port Orford and Gold Beach. Serv ice was restored at the north ern end of the line. Portland Power Out In Portland, heavy rain and gusly winds caused power outages In the northeast sec tion of the city for about an hour shortly After 6 a.m. In Southeast Oregon, a snowfall, sweeping down from the mountains after 36 hours of rain dumped a blanket of heavy, wot snow across the KJnmnth Basin. It brought a temporary halt to the potato harvest. Most of the snow was gone today except in the higher elevations where 16 inches was reported at Sycan Butte northwest of Klamath Falls. Elsewhere, Lakcview re ported 1.6 inches of rain, giv ing It more than 3 inches in 48 hours. TO ASK REHEARING Newport, Ore. -IUPH- Eugene nichardson, attorney for con demned slayer Larry West Shipley, 21, said today he plans to ask the Oregon Su preme Court for a rehearing of its decision affirming Ship- ing for further discussion. Also referred to the Novem ber session was the discussion of a permit system requiring new houses be checked for santilation requirements prior to occupancy. The use of such a permit set-up will be re ferred to the county court for a legal opinion of the district attorney. The commission approved the referral of three subdi vision violations to the county court for action by the dis trict attorney. Additional information re garding two other subdivisions was asked by the commission. The commission also ap- i proved proposed roads In the White City subdivision area requested by Bud Hoover. One is the continuation of Merry lane east to Lake View dr. and on east of Kershaw rd. and the other, the extension south of Lake View dr. The board of adjustment re ported that an illegal billboard in the south Talent interim zoned area had been removed Monday by the National Ad vertising company.