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Newspaper Page TextBRi? mm 0) 9 UUUM L 1 E.; i' r j- r - -5 it FEDERAL CHARGES FACED - Four suspects in the Amity bank robbery were brought to Portland from Newport for arraignment on federal charges. From left, they are Ray- Adenauer Sees Cuba, Red China Strongest Threats Washington IUPD West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said today that the Soviet arms build up in Cuba and the Red Chinese attack on India were the strongest Communist threats ever posed at the Free World. An advance of his final for mal meeting with President Kennedy, the chancellor told a National Press club audience that the two actions belied claims of the Communists that they were the champions of peace. He said that the missile ac tion in Cuba concerned not only the United States but "all of us of the Free World." "That is the reason," he said, "why all the countries of the Free World must estab lish their unity, their strength and their freedom." Action Admired Adenauer said that all Ger mans, whether from the Free West or behind the Iron Cur tain, admire the way the Unit ed States "looked the deadly danger in the eye during the Cuban crisis. However, the German lead er said that the "Cuban crisis isn't over yet. and therefore 1 feel I should reserve our judgment on wht effect it has had or is going to have." At their final meeting. Ken nedy and Adenauer were ex pected to discuss revised and up-dated plans for dealing with any Soviet move against Berlin. The two allied leaders were reported to have agreed Wed nesday that any new Western Proposals about Berlin would be untimely now because of the Cuban situation. FARE BOOST ASKED Salem -'ITI'- The Gray Line Co., Portland, has asked for a 10 per cent increase in fares on sightseeing tours to Hood River, Timberline Lodge, Multnomah Falls and Bonne ville Dam. WSW) BRIEFS ITEMS FROM NUCLEAR SCIENTIST RECEIVES AWARD Berkelty. Calif.-lPITh Atomic Energy Commistion an nounced today that nuclear scientist Dr. Edward Teller has received the commission's Enrico Fermi Award for 19E2. TAX REDUCTION PLANS PROGRESS Washington-in-Treasury Secretary Dillon said today the Kennedy administration is going lorward with plans for "sixable" tax cuts despite the prospect of another budget deficit and inevitable increase in government spending. 1 r , Arrested Juveniles Admit- Burglaries; Articles Recovered The arrest of three Medford juveniles, ages 13 and 14, yes terday may have stopped the beginnings of a teen-age gang of burglars and shoplifters, Jackson county sheriff's depu ties and Medford policemen said today. The three juveniles arrest ed for burglarizing the Pier son's Food Market last week end were questioned exten- Group Reviews Lake Concession The Jackson county parks and recreation commission is still trying to determine what would be the best type of con cession for Emigrant lake. During the recent commis sion meeting the commission members agreed that a small concession stand augmented, perhaps, by coin - operated vending machines, would be the current solution until the recreation area is more devel oped. j Recreation Director Neil I Led ward recommended a small building which would I serve soft drinks and sand wiches on week ends. Vending machines, which could pro vide ice cream bars, coffee and perhaps even sandwiches, would be used during the week. The group also discussed the possibility of a large scale concession with a building similar to the one at Howard Prairie lake, but this would require an operator with sub stantial financial backing, it was pointed out. Ledward said his office hopes to have about 1,000 trees planted around the lake this fall lo replace some of those killed by last year's heavy frost and by cars being driven over them. Barricades will be erected in planted areas and the trees given some sort of shelter to protect them ..gainst the winds and extreme temperatures, he added. AROUND THI OlOII mond Lee Melton, 22; Harold Albert Ewert, 28; Lawrence Wilbert Crawford, and Manuel Andrade Jr., 37. (UPI) sively at the Jackson county juvenile detention home yes terday. Questioning revealed they were involved in five cases of shoplifting in the Medford area, two home burglaries, one garage burglary and had attempted to remove items from airplanes at the Med ford Municipal airport. The three juveniles were reported to be planning a re cruiting drive for gang mem bers when arrested. Head quarters was the old Franklin Mayflower warehouse at Jack son st. and McAndrews rd. Weapons there included chains, bars and a gun, police said, but were not used, the three juveniles told them. Investigations by Medford police and sheriff's deputies revealed a cache of stolen articles in a cave near Ruch and other loot in a brushy area nearby. Tlie juveniles were identi fied through a shoe print and the fact that one juvenile was known to eat a certain candy bar - many bars of this type were stolen. The trio is still being held in the detention home and probably won't appear in ju venile court Friday due to a crowded docket, juvenile de partment officials said. Since the articles taken from Pier son's Market totalled more than S75 in value the juve niles may be accused of grand larceny, it was reported. LaGrave Trial To Be Rescheduled Attorneys yesterday were unable to select a jury for the court trial of Gerald LaGrave, 20, Shady Cove, on a misde meanor charge of driving under the influence of intoxi cating liquor. Another trial dale will be scheduled, It was reported. LaGrave had been indicted by a grand Jury on the charge after a mis-trial was declared earlier In district court. LaGrave was arrested by Eagle Point police May 26 after a high speed chase and accident in which Audrey McNicki, Medford, was criti cally Injured. FIRING AFFIRMED Salem -UTI - The Oregon Civil Service Commission late Wednesday affirmed the fir ing of Donald Mastretti as a capitol policeman. ON COMMISSION Salcm-tlPl-Gov. Mark Hut field has appointed O. S. Finch, Eugene, to the Oregon Fryer Commission. He suc ceeds Robert Marquard'., Springfield, who resigned. p - ,v Norwalk School Official Visiting In Medford Today Dr. Harry A. Becker, su perintendent of Norwalk, Conn., public schools, is in Medford today discussing the Norwalk Plan with local educators. Dr. Becker and the Nor walk school staff were hosts to a group of Oregon educa tors, mostly from southern Oregon, recently during a two-week tour of educational systems in the east and mid west. The Norwalk Plan is con sidered one of the outstand ing educational programs in the country. Dr. Becker is in Oregon to discuss the Norwalk Plan with the Oregon Association of School Administrators. He spoke to school superintend ents in Eugene yesterday. Meets Administrators He met with area school administrators, including principals, at Hoover school this morning, and attended a lunch at the Rogue Valley Country club at noon with school board members. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, Dr. Becker will meet with Med ford school staff members, and representatives of other area schools and Southern Oregon college in the Med ford High school auditorium. The Norwalk Plan is com posed of team teaching pro grams as well as school im provement programs, all of them designed for and direct ed toward the student. This year, the Norwalk School Improvement Program includes 19 projects, ranging from a work study program for educable mentally re tarded students to the intro duction of complete auto matic data processing for rec ord purposes. Slop Sign Sprayed With Red Paint A stop sign at the intersec tion of Black Oak dr. and Hillcrest avc. had to be re placed this week for the sec ond time this month after it was sprayed with red paint, according to Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe. Thorpe said the signs cost $9 each if a new sign is neces sary. If the sign can be re faced in the city shops, ma terials cost S3. 50. Thorpe stressed the danger of painting over such traffic signs since it could be the cause of serious accidents. WINS ELECTION Boston -ilTIt- Democrat En dicott Peabody beat Republi can Gov. John A. Volpc by 3.091 votes for governor, an official count showed today. Regional Edition Medford 44 PAGES Six Sections Many Legislators Ignore Right To Claim Expenses Newbry, Dellenback Included in List Salem - (UPI) - One fourth of the membership of the Oregon Legislature has ignored the 1961 authorization to claim individual expenses, a check revealed today. Twenty-three of the 90 leg islators have claimed not a penny since January, 1961, when the 1961 legislative resolution went into effect. In the main, this is a boy cott of the plan, which some solons opposed at the outset. The resolution allows each lawmaker to put in for a maximum of $150 a month be tween sessions, and up to $75 a month while in session. Covered are such things as telephone calls, telegrams and office costs all in connec tion with legislative duties. Above Salary This is over and above the $600 a year salary for each legislator. There was a controversy over the resolution and a num ber of members, most of them Republicans, fought against it. Some said it was unconsti tutional. Others complained that the voters would take a dim view of the whole thing. Actually, the voters had a change of heart in the pri mary election last May and lifted the $600 a year salary limit in the state constitution. This lets the legislature, for the first time, set its own salary. The 1963 legislature will no doubt give itself a needed pay raise, although there is agitation for repeal of the ex pense resolution. The 67 legislators who have filed expense claims have been paid a total of $101,074 to date. The secretary of state passes on each claim. Of the total, senators claimed $39, 725 and house members $61,349. Only One Maximum Only one legislator has claimed the maximum since the program began S t a t e Sen. Richard Groener (D-Mil-waukie). He has been busy as chairman of the Legislative Interim Committee on small business, but he was voted out of office in the Nov. 6 election. A number of solons have been under the maximum by only a few dollars. Six of the 30 senators have claimed no expenses. They are Democrats Robert W. Straub, Eugene, and E. D. Potts, Grants Pass, and Republicans Melvin Goode, Albany; John Hare, Hillsboro; Lynn New bry, Talent, and Anthony Yturri, Ontario. Seventeen of the 60 house members have done likewise. They include Democrats George Annala, Hood River; Ben Evick, Madras: Sidney Leikcn, Roseburg; George Van Hoomissen, Portland; and Republicans Leon Davis, Hillsboro; John Dellenback, Medford; Edward Elder, F. F. Montgomery and Carl Fisher, all of Eugene; Harry Elliott, Tillamook; George Flitcraft, Klamath Falls; William Gwinn, Albany; Robert F. Smith, Burns; and Gust An derson, Victor Atiyeh, Mrs. E. G. Chuinard and Mel Gordon, all of Portland. Man Pleads Guilty To Burglary Charge Jack Albert Toews, 20, Prospect, pleaded guilty in Jackson county circuit court today to charges of burglary not in a dwelling. A pre-sentence report was ordered. Toews is charged with breaking into Dean and Tay lor Pontiac company when it was located at Fifth and Fir sis. in Medford, Jan. 29. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy thrnnxh Friday ninrntng. Koine ftfarinn Friday affrnoon and evening. Low ton l hi 26. High Frldiy 44-SO. Tmp. Mir hut Yulrrdav 47 Luweu This Morning J9 Our Skies Tonight Prrc. lo Ifl a.m. Today. Trace. Runet tday 4:50 p.m. Siinrl tomorrow ... 1:'3 a.m. The Moon rliet . 11:36 p.m. tonight and rlde hich tn the ronttellatlrm, fiemtnl. Pollux, the bright liar neareU the Moon tontrht It ilu the I hrlchtett tr of Gemini. i Last quarter .. . Sunday MEDFORD, OREGON, Secrecy Suit 1 UDGB1 f U.S. Delegation Said Unaware of Text of Plans Document Said Submitted To Thant United Nations, N. Y. -UPD- Deep secrecy today surround ed joint proposals by Cuba and Russia submitted to Act ing Secretary General Thant for ending the Cuban crisis. Press Officer Lincoln White said in Washington that the State Department knew of no Cuban-Soviet proposals sub mitted for ending the crisis. U. S. delegation spokesmen here were similarly in the dark. The UN spokesman said Thant was "not authorized" to transmit the proposals to the United States "at this time." Highly reliable sources said, however, that the proposals do exist in detailed form. In Written Form They said Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vassily V. Kuznetsov and Cuban Ambas sador Carlos Lechuga brought them in written form to Thant during their first joint confer ence with him Tuesday. While they would disclose no particulars, these sources said the proposals comprised several pages and set out de tails of the Communist plan for ending the crisis. Diplomatic Speculation The mystery was why the Cubans and Russians asked Thant not to relay the pro posals to the United States or why Kuznetsov did not give them to U. S. Ambassador Ad lai E. Stevenson and his aides in a long conference at the U. S. mission Tuesday night. Best diplomatic speculation here was that the proposals had yet to receive final ap proval from Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and Cu ban Premier Fidel Castro. Some diplomats thought the Cuban and Soviet envoys wanted to "try them out" on Thant for his reaction before putting them up formally to the United States. Duncan Campaign Expenses Reported Salem (UPD The Duncan for Congress committee spent $20,846 in helping Robert B. Duncan, Medford Democrat, get elected to the seat in the fourth district, a report filed here today showed. The committee listed con tributions of $20,283 meaning the effort went only $583 in the hole. The Orgepn AFL-CIO was the biggest contributor with $5,000. The Democratic con gressional campaign commit tee gave $1,500 and the United Steelworkers $500. Otis P. Jordan, Portland, was the biggest personal con tributor, with $2,500. H. F. Leon, Portland, gave $1,000. The campaign expense re port for Republican Carl Fisher, Eugene, who was Dun can's opponent, has not been filed yet. Hammarskjold Stamp Sale Due Washington (L'PD The Post Office department said today it would begin selling deliber ate misprints of the inverted Dug Hammarskjold stamps rridny in answer to "heavy popular demand." A spokesman said one mil lion of the duplicates of the "mistakes" would be avail able for sale by late Friday in order to devalue some that were u n i n t e n tionally mis printed. James F. Kcllchcr, special assistant to Postmaster Gen eral J. Edward Day, said "at far as we know as of noon, only 400 of the unintentional inversions were distributed to the nation's post offices." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Tttk ' e. $$Z!teJ! 1 A- .X,JVjTi, rv .rP5Tl " if RESIGNS - Michigan Governor - elect George Romney Is shown as he left the offices of American Motors Corp. in Detroit this morning after resigning as vice chairman of the board. Romney announced he will keep his 104,000 shares of AMC stock in trust. (UPI) Romney Resigns as Vice Chairman of American Motors Detroit - IUPII - Governor- elect George Romney today resigned as vice chairman of the board and a director of American Motors Corp. The resignation came as di rectors prepared to announce the 12-month results of the first profit-sharing plan in auto industry history. The directors also announc ed that Roy Abernethy, presi dent and general manager of AMC, also will become chief executive officer, taking over the post held by Richard E. Cross. Cross will continue as chairman of the board, how ever. No Cash Payment The historic contract, nego tiated last year with the United Auto Workers Union, is expected to mean an aver age of five shares of stock for No Plan To Release Air Force Reserves Washington (UPIi A De partment spokesman said to day there is no plan to release by Christmas the 14,000 Air Foorce reservists who were called up for the Cuban crisis. The spokesman said the reservists arc still based at their home stations. The men, the only reservists called to duty for the Cuban crisis belong to troop trans port plane squadrons. On another matter, the spokesman conceded that some Russian submarines have In effect been forced to surface in the vicinity of Cuba since the U.S. blockade oper ation began Oct. 22. This was first disclosed last week in a speech by Adm. George W. Anderson, chief of naval operations. Chairman To Resign From Civil Service Salem - (LPO - Phillip Joss, Portland, said today he is re signing from the three man Oregon Civil Service com mission. He is the chairman. Joss, an attorney, said it is his philosophy that there should be more of a turnover on the commission. He has served since 1951, and was ap pointed to a new term this year by Gov. Mark Hatfield. The other two commission ers are Harris Ellsworth, Rose burg, and V. B. Kenworthy, The Dalles. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 15, 1962 No. 204 m k each of AMC's 25,000 work ers. There will be no cash pay ment. Instead, most of the profits earned by workers will go toward paying for health and welfare programs. Romney, president and board chairman when the plan was written, resigned those posts in February when he be gan his campaign as Republi can candidate for governor. He accepted the newly cre ated post of vice chairman of the board but on leave of ab sence without pay. He resign ed that job as well as his directorship. Romney will keep his 104, 000 shares of AMC stock worth $1.75 million in trust a precedent established by G. Mennen Williams who held his interest in the Mennen Co. during his six terms as Demo cratic governor of Michigan. The governor - elect thus ended his eight -year career with American Motors - a period in which he became father of the American com pact car, and saw the auto firm through hard times to its present position as one of the four largest firms in the In dustry. Josephine Training Program Approved Washington (UI'll The sec retary nf hlhnr hu nnnrnunrf a proposed restraining pro gram for unemployed persons residing in Josephine County, Ore., the offices of Sens. Mau rine Ncubcrgcr and Wayne morse saia loaay. A course nf frulnlntf tun Dill h,,rlnl rn. (U ,i of electronic assembler. Funds oi .j,uz( jor conducting the training course for 50 persons win uc proviocn oy tne sec retary of health, education and welfare. Tax Cofecfions Gain 8.2 Per Cenf Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Tax Commission said that it took in $34.3 million In the first four months of this fiscal year, a gain of 8.2 per cent over the same period last year. Personal Income tax collec tions were up 9.3 per cent, while corporate tax payments dropped slightly, down .9 of a per cent. ounds OpOSOBS l iff- a Hr 1 r i A. . I H I B 4 Greek Freighter Fighting Violent Atlantic Storm Explosive Cargo Thrown Overboard Hamilton, Bermuda - (UPI) -The captain and 24 crew members of the Greek freight er Captain George refused to abandon their blazing, ex plosives-laden ship today in a dramatic fight against a vio lent Atlantic storm. Radio reports from the ves sel earlier had indicated that the captain, Identified only as Capt. Allen, and crew were abandoning her after a 12 hour fight to extinguish the fire. But later, the captain radio ed the Coast Guard at Hamil ton: "All 25 men on board and well." Heading for Bermuda The Coast Guard said the vessel, located 340 miles northeast of Bermuda, was proceeding at 7 knots toward Bermuda and was expected late Friday. A spokesman said it was not known whether there was still danger of an explosion aboard the vessel. The fire broke out Wednes day night in the aft section of the 7,187-ton former U.S. Liberty ship and the crew hurled most of the explosives stored in the aft holds over board shortly before mid night. But the sulphur blaze spread and by dawn the cap tain reported we are ship ping some water." Tankers Stand By The Coast Guard alerted vessels In the neighborhood of the Captain George and planes from the Kindley Field Air Sea Rescue Squadron here flew to the site. By midmorn ing two Liberian tankers, the Virginia and the Trinity Navi gator, stood by on cither side of the ship to pick up the crew if the captain gave the abandon order. Another ship, the 65-foot schooner Curlew, reported It was in trouble 00 miles north west o Bermuda. The Coast Guard Bald the Curlew, with six persons aboard, was being escorted to Bermuda. Power Firm fo Pay Increased Tax Increased valuations placed on Pacific Power and Light company properties by the state tax commission has re sulted in an increase of $216, 264 in the property taxes the company pays this year to five southern Oregon coun ties. The company's property taxes in the five counties will total $1,700,840.53 for the fis cal year payments due Nov. 15, with the percentage in creases in the separate coun ties ranging from 4 per cent to as much as 24.1 per cent, according to Frank Bash, Medford, Copco division man ager. Bash said some of the tax ncrease is represented by mlllage increases and the new PP&L properties added to the lax rolls in the form of new transmission lines and substa tion expansions needed to supply the growing amounts of power used by customers. The increase for the south ern Oregon counties Is a large portion of the $531,174 slate vide boost in property taxes the company will pay In 31 counties. The total of $4,006,. 864 is a 12 per cent increase over last year. The 1062 payments bv counties are: Douglas, $777, 217.81 up $06,400.00 or 14.2 per cent; Jackson, $454,004.88 up $61,828.07 or 13.8 per cent: Josephine, $151,705.20 up za,40.2l or 24.1 per cent; Klamath, $388,835.24 up $27, 755.62 or 7.7 per cent, and Lake, $19,017.40 up $737.51 or 4 per cent. Closing Hours for Eighth St. Noted Eight st. between South Riverside avc. and Almond st. will be closed today, Friday, Sunday and Monday between 1 and 4 p.m., city engineer department officials an nounce today. The closure Is because of painting the freeway structure over the street. Motorists are encouraged not to use the street to avoid congestion at peak traffic hours, department officials said. The painting will be done, weather permitting, only during the hours stated.