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Eli fill 1 1 Hatfield Will Unveil General State Budget Salem -lOTK-Gov. Mark Hat field will unveil his proposed 1363-65 general fund budget Saturday morning. Two years ago the legisla ture approved a 5366,779,019 budget for the 1961-63 bien nium. Although the gover nor's office has remained mute on the budget to be released Saturday it was thought it would be about S400 million. The general fund budget ac counts for about one-third of the money spent by the state. The balance of the budget is made up of dedicated funds monies set aside for special James Callan fa Serve as Advisor On Australia Job James Callan, project en gineer for the Talent division, Rogue River basin project, has been assigned to Australia where he will be senior ad visor to the Snowy Mountains authority for work on a large hydro-electric project. Callan and his wife will leave Medford Thursday for San Francisco where they de part for Australia. The Cal lans' younger son, Mike, will complete his year in Medford High school, then he, and his sister, who is working in San Francisco, will join their par ents. Callan said this morning he received official clearance yesterday by telephone from the Denver bureau of reclama tion office. He is being loaned to the Australian government for two years. To Return lo Medford After completing the assign ment, the Callans plan to re turn to Medford where the bureau of reclamation engine er will retire. Callan Has been project en gineer here for seven years. This morning at the Oregon Reclamation Congress busi ness session he received a silver bureau of reclamation medal for 30 years of meri torious service from H. T. Nelson, the bureau's regional director, Boise. Ida., and a certificate for 35-years service with the bureau. Art Exchange Set With Alba, Italy An exchange showing of 10 representative pieces of art is being arranged between Medford and its sister city, Alba, Italy, according to Mrs. Betty Allen, Medford, chair man of the committee in charge of the arrangements. Works of art by 10 area artists will be selected and sent to Alba, where they will be exhibited In return, the Italian city will send 10 paint ings to Medford for an ex tended showing, Mrs. Allen said. The exchange was suggest ed by Pino Dutto. a young at torney from Alba who visited in Mediord for several weeks recently. The Rogue Valley objects of art were scheduled to be gathered at a noon luncheon at North's Chuck Wagon to day. Mayor John W. Snider was host at the luncheon. Attending the meeting were Eugene Bennett, Robert Bos worth, Mrs. Gail Caperna, Mrs. LaVesla Gardner, Mrs. Eileen Mole, Mrs. Ann Reid, Mrs. Ruby Twedcll, Jack Tee ters and Mrs. Allen. Ashland artist David Hager baumer will send one of his paintings to Alba with the collection, but was unable to attend the noon meeting. ITtMS FROM ESEWSfWiBRIEFS CUBAN BUILDUP FIGURES REPORTED ! Wathinglon in Spearheaded by a lix-diviiion invation force, a maisive military buildup oi 200,000 toldiert, sailors, i and airmen wai deployed in a ring around Cubl during the crint orer the Runian missiles, the Pentagon reported Thursday. MOVE TOWARD WESTERN POSITION CeneTa-tPI-Neulral members of the 17-nation Disarma ment Conlerence today made a major more toward the West- j em position on a nuclear test ban treaty which calls (or inspection safeguards. KENNEDY TO ATTEND FOOTBALL GAME WashingtontPI-Presidenl Kennedy plans to go lo his Middleburg, Va., estate alter the Army Nay lootball game . a Saturday, the White House Pjd today. ' purposes such as gasoline tax revenues. One major question will be answered. That will be wheth er Hatfield plans to call for a tax increase to finance the proposed services. And if a tax increase is needed, where it is to be applied. The governor might turn to a bond issue to finance con struction of higher education buildings. This proposal was voiced Nov. 24 by F. F. Mont gomery (R-Eugene), House minority leader. Montgomery suggested the $45 to S50 million needed during the next biennium be raised through bonds. Under his plan, the people would vote next year on the bond proposal. As Montgom ery pointed out, this would re quire a change in the Oregon constitution to raise the bond ceiling. More Expensive Bonds require interest pay ments, and thus are more ex pensive than cash payments. But if there is not sufficient ready cash available, payment of interest might be less ex pensive than delaying work as construction costs are stead ily on the increase. The pressure for more money comes from many quar ters. One is higher salaries for state employees. Basic school support jumps from $127 million this bien nium to $163 million the next biennium. The exploding Community College program is expected to cost millions more the next two years. The announcement is being made Saturday because the law requires the budget to be released no later than Dec. 1. Hearing on Sewer District Discussed The Jackson county court this morning discussed the possibility of a public hear ing on the proposed southwest Medford sewer system. A letter from Elmer W. Luschen, 2325 Stewart ave., chairman of the anti-annexation committee, noted that the committee had obtained the required signatures on peti tions requesting a public hear ing. The group does not favor being annexed to Medford to obtain sewage facilities. Luschen urged the county court to hold the hearing so an engineering survey could be made for the proposed dis trict. However, County Judge Earl M. Miller pointed out that a map of the proposed district showed that islands were located in the area. To be feasible, the proposed dis trict should include all land within proposed boundaries, Miller said. The county judge noted he had given a map to Luschen, and asked him to include the "islands" in his petition, but the map has yet to be return ed. Luschen said in his letter 1 that there were many other areas requiring a sewer sys I tern, and that the petitions !had complied with state law. i It is now up to the county : court to act. he said. Chinese Troops Seen Leavnq Border Area New Delhi -itTP- Commu nist Chinese troops appeared lo be pulling out of some areas along the border with India today hours before their scheduled withdrawal But sources close to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's office cautioned lhat it still was loo early to tell if the movement out of the North i r-asi rromiei rtKcm-y itrn,n i was only a token move or (he real thing. ADOUNO THI OLOH Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages Two Sections LtW UKJl'OMifi -UliKIIIHi II III? AT ATTENTION Honduras left and President Kennedy nmrirmn'fwmri mmm pmm mmm n i ) mum i..Jluy.u.ii'.ii.iW!Mf'fc' jv- ' f t r , - , - - , v r - f . "'! . ' I v rVVv v v c) x 1 -Air- y-i h i - " 'I, ' ' ' . - A Reclamation Group Adopts Resolutions At Morning Session A resolution urging legisla tive study of drainage prob lems in Oregon presented by Harold Sexton. Rogue River Valley Irrigation district man ager, was one of 22 resolutions approved by the Oregon Rec lamation Congress this morn ing. ' The Congress requests the 19G3 Oregon legislative assem bly appoint an interim legis lative committee to study and make recommendations rela tive lo adequate procedures to School Officers At Conference More than 00 school super visors attended the annual winter conference of the Ore gon Association of School Su pervisors in Medford yester day and today. The session will end to night with a banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club. Speaking will be Dr. Leon Lessinger, chief of curricular services and director of guid ance from Gossmont Union High school, San Diego. Calif. This afternoon's program included a panel discussion. Members were Mrs. Martin Elle, teacher at Washington j ji,,,',, Medford; Robert Law. rencc. prinncipai. Lincoln school. Ashland, and member of the factully of Southern Oregon college; Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield. superintendent School' District 54flC; Dec Cox. assistant superintendent of Jackson county schools; Dr. Elmo S'cvenson. presid'?n of Southern Oregon colleg and Dr. Florence Bcardlcy, Salem, director of elementary education, state department of education. WEATHER I OBKCASTS: Moillv rlniulv I thronth Saturday with rlnd 1 of tain and wmf prrlnd ! partial rlrarlnc l.ow Innlihl iv.ia llirh Saturday 4S-.M. I I'mp ! HlrhMt trrdav Jt 1 I I Tim Mi. mint 1 : Prec. to le 1 m. Today. Trarf Our Skies Tonight I ! Sitmrt today I II m. ' vinrur tomorrow 7 ?o a m ; MonnM tonifht . . 1:1 p m. i I imi quarter Pre. 4 i PROMIM.NT TR Mrlti. rly ,te p.m. t ISIIII.E PLANK" I I JupMrr, flnr south 01 p m j Saturn, low In Millth- ! 7'IS p m. 1 ; Mara. rla 11 ! P m. j nui, ritrt i ll m. President and Mrs, Ramon and the First Lady stand at be followed by counties and other agencies in dealing with drainage problems. ! The resolution noted that I rapid growth in industrial and residential developments has j . , , , ..... ., interfered with the run-off pattern of small natural drain-1 ages. This has had a serious ! effect on adjacent properties, it was noted. Continues lis Support The Congress also went on record continuing its support nf a rnllimhi; lnl,r1:iln Pom. ! nact. An inlcrstate compact can accomplish results thai cannot be achieved by private initia tive or local agencies, it was stated. Interstate compacts have been and continue to be used advantageously for mul tiple state action on regional or basin-wide problems, the resolution stated. Other resolutions urged expanded program ol water - sued investigation on mresi and range lands, slate employ - mcnt of assistant watermas - ilis diiu ui jessary expenses, appropriation nf Baker propect construction I funds, public money for pollu tion abatement at its source, : construction funds for the I Agate dam and reservoir proj I ect, expedited review of the proposed Tualatin project, and j that no river basin cornmis I sion be created without ap proval of a majority of gov ernors of the affected slates. i Christmas Lighting Contest Plans Noted Plans for the annual Christ mas Lighting contest sponsor ed by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce in co operation with the Pacific ! Power and Light company have been announced. ' According to Bob Burton, chairman, no entry blanks will be used this year with all j lighted displays within the city being Judged, i inal Judg ing will be the evening of Dec. 2.1. Prizes will be awarded in each of Mcdford's four wards, Burton noted, with one sweep stakes prize. Winner will be announced Monday. Dec. 24, after all Judging has been completed. The judging will be from Dec. VI through 24. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1962 Villeda Morales, attention during State Conventio Delegates Start Arriving in City The state convention of the Oregon Association for Health, Physical Education and Rec- rcalinn got under way this mon,in8 in Medford. , By mid-morning 62 persons had registered for the session, which is expccted to nUra(.t about 250 persons before it ends tomorrow evening with j a banquet and awards presen- tatlon at the Rogue Valley Country club. Majority of the delegates are expected lo arrive laler today and Saturday morning. Today's programs were held at the Medford High school, and tonight's banquet at 8 o'clock will feature Dr. Rob ert Livingston, Oregon Col lege of Education, as the speaker. His topic will be "Correcting Our Trajectory." At the banquet Saturday evening at the Rogue Valley Country club, awards will be presented. An honorary life 1 membership in the association 1 1, 8jvl.n annually to a member ; )()r olllstanding scrvicc. Oilier 1 dislinKuish(,d program awards arc !,iv.,n schm,i districts and individual schools for out standing programs. Banquet speaker will be Dr. L. J. Krakauer, Corvallis clin- ic, whose topic will bo "The Heart, Exercise, and Diet -19H2." Officers will be elected at the Saturday afternoon busi ness session. Beach Designation Change Approved I Salem-IPP-The Governor's j Committee on Natural Rc I sources Thursday approved a i bill lo designate Oregon's pub i lie beaches as "stale recrea tion areas." The beaches, under present law, are public I highways. I Gov. Mark Hatfield said i this change would add a '"greater impetus" to develop ment of beaches as recreation areas, at the same lime re taining their status of public ownership. The Oregon Highway Com - mission, under the bill, would still manage all public beach es, through its parks and rec reation division. The dcsigr.jtion of highway is misleading, since there is no highway on any public beach although cars are al lowed to drive on certain beaches. ceremonies on the south lawn of the White Honduran visitors. (UPI) Oregon Reclamation Projects Reviewed By Bureau Official G. G. Stamm, chief of the division of irrigation and land use, bureau of reclamation, Washington, D.C., last night reviewed the past, present and future of Oregon recla mation before 200 people at tending the Oregon Reclama tion Congress banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club. "There are now about 1.4 million acres under irrigation in Oregon," Stamm said." This dates back lo 11151 when the first watcrright filing in Ore gon was granted for diversion from Emigrant creek near Jacksonville." "A considerable share of the total irrigated acreage has been developed through pri vate financing, although fed eral reclamation projects in Oregon In 1001 totaled over $40 million," he said. Income Is Generated "Since passage of the Rec lamation Act in 1902 those returns have aggregated over $862 million. About $2 of income is generated in Ihe local community for each dol lar of farm income," he added. Stamm noted that reclama tion projects make many oth er rclurns of both direct and indirect economic value. He listed flood control, recrea tion, pollution control and river regulation. He briefly summed up pres ent and potential reclamation programs In Oregon. He noted lhat construction has been completed on one phase of the Talent division of the Rogue River basin project serving full water supplies to 5,310 acres and supplemental to another 23.00(1 acres. The 20,000-atrc Crooked river project also has been completed. Two new projects, which have moved into "high gear construction," arc the western division of The Dalles project and the Bully Creek extension nf the Vale project. Authorized by Congress The upper division of the Baker project and the Agate dam and reservoir have been j authorizrd by Congress. Con- ; struclion will start when funds arc made available, Stamm said. The 4.t;0()acre foot Agate reservoir will provide supple- menial waler to 4.H20 acres of presently irrigated lands in the Rogue valley and will irrigate 1,810 acres of new land y wo oilier worthy recla- Tribune House which welcomed the mation developments will likely be proposed for au thorization in the coming Congress," Stamm added. They arc the Crooked river extension project, and ihe Merlin division of the Rogue River basin project. The latter Involves a multiple-purpose dam and reservoir on Jump Off Joe creek. Potential Projects Stamm noted that several potential projects are located in the Willamette Valley. He listed the Tualatin, the Monmouth-Dallas and the Red Prairie projects. Other project studies include the Birch creek unit, south di. islon of the Umatilla project and sev eral new divisions of the Rogue River basin project. The Illinois Valley division would serve about 12,000 acres in Josephine county, and the Evans Valley division would serve about 3,700 acres, plus the Medford division which could serve 30,000 acres bolh in Jackson counly. "Of the six Oregon projects either recently completed or under construction or author ized, only one - the Bully creek extension of the Vale project - will the water users repay tho total irrigation alio, callon," Stamm said. He noted lhat assistance to I r r I g a lion repayment has come through surplus rcv enucs trom federal power projects in many western areas. Revenues from the Grecnsprings powerplanl have financially assisted the Talent division and Agate dam. "We need to look at the economic side of resource de. velopment using the integrat ed system-wide approach," Stamm added. Rehabilitation To Cut Welfare Rolls Planned Salem - lUPfl - Personnel lo help develop rehabilitation programs as a method of re ducing welfare rolls will be asked of the 10H3 legislature, Gov. Mark Hatfield aaid Thursday in an address he lore the opening session of the Oregon Conference on Chil dren and Youth. Algerian Negotiators Seek Help in franco Paris - CTIi - Algerian Pre. ' micr Ahmed Ben Bella sent a high-level negotiating team to France today to seek badly needed financiul help for his nv nation. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 217 Security Council Unanimously Approves Thant General Assembly Expected To Follow United Nations. N.Y.-lliPll-The Security Council today recommended unanimo u s 1 y the appointment of U Thant to a full term as United Na tions secretary general. Ap proval by the General Assem bly was a certainty. The 11-nation council met In secret session this morning to speed through the election of the Burmese diplomat, who has been serving in an acting capacity. The assembly was scheduled to complete the process with an election this afternoon. Five-Year Term The recommendation called for a five-year term, dating from Nov. 3, 1061, when Thant took over as acting secretory general after the death of Dag Hammarskjold. Russia voted for ihe Bur mese, but made clear that It still believes in the "troika" principle. Soviet Deputy For eign minister Valerian A. Zorin was reliably reported to have told the council his government still feels that ad ministration of international bodies should be in the hands of three persons representing Communist, Western and neu tralist viewpoints. No Opposition An agreement between the United States and Russia vir tually assured the matter in advance for the cheroot smoking Buddhist. There was no opposition candidate. Coincident with the council meeting was a recommenda tion from the advisory com mittee on budgetary questions that the secretary general be given a $10,000 a year raise in pay. The recommendation Is subject to assembly action. The committee proposed that the chief executive's base pay be boosted from $20,000 to $27,500 and his official expenses allotment from $20,000 to $22,000. He also receives $10,000 yearly for rent and $5,000 for main tenance. Fire Destroys Home On Butte Falls Road Fire destroyed the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. Mar shall McCormick on the Butte Falls highway near Derby yes terday aflernoon. The fire, apparently caused by an overheated oil stove, broke out about 4 p.m. ar.d spread throughout the house. The building and all belong ings Inside were destroyed, according to reports. The McCormlcks and their three children were away at the time. Several neighbors went to the scene and a fire truck from the Butte Falls fire department responded, but only the well pump could be saved. Residents of the community arc taking uJ donations of clothing and food for the fam ily. Persons Interested in helping may call Mrs. Amon Colhrln at 448-3052 or Mrs. Charlie Hayes, 446-3057. Mrs. McCormick and the children are staying with Mrs. Cothrin. The father was hospitalized at the time of the fire. Items may also be left at the Rlvcrview cafe In Shady Cove, In care of Neva Mc- Kccn, who owned the house. The building was said to have i would be the first woman ex been at least 75 years old. ccuted in Oregon. Freedom Center Director Lists No Contributions Salem - IWD - Walter Huss, director of the Freedom Cen ter In Portland, filed a state ment In the state elections di vision here Thursday listing no contributions or expenses in the recent political cam paign. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. turned it over to Marion County Dist. Atty. llaltic Kremen, whom Ap pling asked earlier to Investi gate Freedom Center material regarding Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore ), who was reelected Nov. 6. The material was critical of Mrs. Green. Appling contends that the Froylom Center material was Ballot Boxes Impounded by District Attorney Appling Informed Of Situation St. Helens 0IPD Charges of vote fraud in Columbia coun ty's Nov. 6 sheriff's race wore hurled Thursday by Republi can candidate Roy S. Wilburn. Columbia County District Attorney David B. Williamson revealed he has impounded three of the 34 ballot boxes used in the county and is con ducting an investigation. Sec retary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. also has been in formed of the situation. The count in the sheriff's race was 4,273 for Wilburn and 4.173 for Democratic in cumbent Spencer You nee. Younce then filed for a re count, which showed him the winner by 40 votes, 4,214 to 4,174. Alteration Charged Wilburn charged in a com plaint Thursday that ballots were altered in four ways be tween the time they were counted the night after the election and when they were tallied again on the recount. He said some ballots were changed to show a vote for Younce instead of a vote for him, that some others had the voting marks obliterated or soiled, and other ballots were destroyed, and that new and illegal ballots were substitut- Columbia County Clerk Robert Wellwood said the scaled ballot boxes were kept in the courthouse basement between the election and the recount Monday. But he add ed: Key 'Available' "A key to the boxes is available to the general pub lic because the ballots are now a matter of public record. We do not keep a record of to whom the key was given." Wellwood, in explaining the 140 vote difference be tween the original count and the recount, said: "A number of small errors were found." Younce said he welcomed the invcsliagtion. He said the recount was not his idea, but members of the Democratic Party came up with the $340 needed to get it started. Has Seven Days Wilburn's complaint asked that he be declared the win ner of the election. Younce has seven days in which to file an answer. A court hear ing is expected within two weeks. Appling sold in Salem he asked the district attorney to conduct an Investigation and asked Ally. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton for an opinion on the validity of the recount. Oregon election law requires that the demand for a recount be made within 10 days after the official canvass of the vote. New Date Set for Freeman Execution Madras -(DPIU Circuit Judge Robert H. Foley today set next Jan. 29 as the date for Jcannacc June Freeman, 21, lo die in the gas chamber for throwing a boy to his death In the Crooked River gorge last year. Miss Freeman, making her second court appearance here in a week, quietly nodded her head and whispered something to her attorney as the judge set the new date. Last Friday Judge Foley granted a motion bv Miss Freeman's attorneys to post pone an earlier execution date of Dec. 6 to allow time for an appeal lo the U. S. Supreme Court. Miss Freeman, convicted In the death of Larry Jackson. 8. political, and therefore a re port of contributions and ex penses by the center Is re quired. Huss contends the center's activities, Including anti - communism, are educa tional. Appling noted that Thurs day's report filed by Huss "states that no contributions were received and no expendi tures were made, nor any campaign literature for or against Edith Green distribut ed. My opinion of Mr. Huss' responsibility under Oregon law remains unchanged and I have, therefore, simply re ferred his letter and report to the Marion county district attorney." m
