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(EOTiPPin fi 1 11 2 Hatfield Requests Joint Effort To Solve State Financial Problems Mail, Personal Contact Brings Budget Reaction Now No Time for Personal Politics By ZAN STARK Salem-ll'PD-Gov. Mark Hat field today called for "states manship" to help solve the state's critical financial prob lems. , He told United Press Inter national "this is no time for personal politics. I invite all to join in a common effort to find a solution." The governor made the com ments when asked what reac tion he had received to date on the budget he announced Saturday. The $405.3 million general fund budget - largest in the state's history-also included a .call for increases in cigarette and personal income taxes, a $45 million bond issue to fi nance higher education build ings, and an election during the legislative session to get approval both of the bonds and the proposed higher taxes. Two Sources He said the reaction he has received to date has come from two sources: Statements reported in the news media, and from direct contact with legislators and the public through the mail. He said: "It is still a little early to gauge the reaction from the mail. I received about a half a dozen letters this morning. "Most recognize that in creases are needed to meet growth. "The people recognize the increases asked for were due to Increases in students and population. It is not a matter of new or added programs in general government areas, but primarily education growth. "The letters indicate the people see the reality of the situation, and are glad to see we have the courage to stand up and state a solution. Letters 'Constructive' "In general the letters have been constructive. They have given support to the general idea of providing for the needs of our children," he stated. In commenting on state ments made by legislators, which he said he saw in news media, he said "by and large their reaction has given sup port to the fact we have in creased needs. "But they differ as to the best method. "I invite anyone with a bet ter plan to present an alterna tive." Both Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles), president-designate of the Senate, and Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquille), speaker-designate of the House, have in dicated they do not think much of the plan to hold a tax election while the legisla ture is in session. Musa has voiced opposition to the proposal increase in the net receipts tax. But Barton has gone on record as favor ing a tax on cigarettes, and said he approved the general idea of a net receipts tax hike. REAPPOINTED Salem -WPP- The governor's office today announced the reapportionment of Tax Com missioner Fred W. Hoefke to a four year term. tS(!BRffiF$ 1 1 nWS PROM OUNO THI OtOM EUROPEANS STORM BELGIAN CONSULATE j Eliiabethville, The Congo-'l Pi A mob of 200 Europeani 1 stormed the Belgian Consulate Monday night, planted aj Kaiangese flag on ill roof and itoned U.N. Jeeps in a demon- itration of lolidarity with leceiiionitt Katanga. i BRITAIN PROPOSES PERMANENT FINANCING United Nationi, N.Y.-4n-Bri!in called for permanent meant of financing U.N. peace-keeping operationi today, pointing out that proceedi from lait years S200 million emergency bond Uiu had to be uied to keep the Congo operation going. RUSSIA. WEST TRADE ACCUSATIONS Genevi-'lPt'-The Soviet Union and the Weit accused each ether today of trying to labotage an early nuclear test ban agreement. oorcinFMT TO VISIT PALM SPRINGS WeihinalonlPI President end it the desert home of linger Bing Crosby outside Palm Springi. Calif-, the White Home laid today. Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections irfrr 1 --Zrn -massw. ' ' , l, :ik lJ r 1 V ;; . tJJry i 'v,i;-: ' S-Wt -;5VX j 1500TH PATIENT Mrs. Nancy Kinbasket (on stretcher) of Vernon, British Columbia, was the 1500th patient to be flown by Mercy Flights Inc., when the organization's twin-engine Cessna left the Medford Mu nicipal airport this morning at 9 o'clock. With her is George Milligan, one of the two pilots on the flight. The plane landed at Chilliwack airport after the 3'4 hour flight. Mrs. Kinbasket, who is from the Underbee Okanagan Indian reservation at Vernon, Rogue Basin Group Adopts Resolutions During Meeting The board of directors of the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation passed two resolu tions last night: one to pre serve the fishery benefits on the Illinois river and the oth er to speed up the project development. The secretary was directed to write the federal power commission pointing out that the Rogue Basin project is now authorized and that its annual benefits include a cer tain percentage of fish en hancement. The association is concerned that the proposed Buzzard's Roost development on the Illinois river section Regi'sfrafion Centers Set Up by Red Cross Red Cross officials have urged all persons who sus tained damages by the flood nr are in need of heln due to the flood to contact one of the Red Cross registration centers, These centers are at the Rogue River city hall, or the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford. Of ficials said that if requests for help were made at these cen ters it would expedite the Red Cross assisting them. Kennedy will ipend next week MEDFORD, will be transferred to the Coqualeetza In dian hospital, Sardis, British Columbia. The woman was injured in an automobile acci dent on Highway 62 Sept. 17 and had been hospitalized at Sacred Heart hospital. Other pilot on the flight is Allyn Monroe. The 1,000 mile round trip will be completed to day and is one of the longer flights made by the non - profit air ambulance "service. (Knackstedt photo) of the project might impair those fishery benefits, the res olution pointed out. The second resolution adopted a "status in needs" report. Association directors met recently with the Oregon Congressional delegation, rep resentatives of the bureau of reclamation and Corps of En gineers to reconfirm the time schedule for the proj ect. Project authorization is scheduled for 1962, now com pleted, detailed planning funds for 1963, and construc tion funds for 1964. The proj ect is on schedule it was noted. Henry Stewart, Portland, project engineer for the corps, told the directors at last night's Gold Hill meeting that he made a general survey of Sunday's flood damage yes terday. A team of experts in the field of flood damage ap praisal will be here in the "ear future for a more com prehcnsive study, he said. Phoenix, Gold Hill Water Normal Again Residents of Phoenix and Gold Hill need no longer boil their drinking water before using it. And in Gold Hill, a water conservation order issued Sunday by Mayor Mil ton Stcinmetz has been re scinded. Residents of both cities had been urged to boil their wa ter as a precautionary meas- nrp nftnr Sunday's floods. But ,ne siluaijon was back to nor- mnj nday, I Gold Hill, the pumps and chlorination system, which nad been pued out of the Rogue river, source of city water, because of the high water level, are back in nor- mat operation. Mayor Stcinmetz had urged resident to conserve the w- ter supply stored in the city's two reservoirs, but now that the pumps arc back in oper- j ; ation, that directive has been j rescinded. J In Phoenix, an increased i amount of chlorine was ex-; I nected to be maintained In , the water through the end of this week as an additional precaution. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1962 Riding Stables Proposed Site To Be Inspected An inspection will be made this afternoon of the proposed location of riding stables and horse pasture at Howard Prairie lake. Cattlemen who sublease pasture in the proposed rid ing stables 3rea met in the county court office yesterday with horse concessionaires Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wilhelm and County Parks and Rec reation Director Neil Led ward, but no agreement could be reached after a lengthy discussion. The one-year lease for the concession at the en trance to Howard Prairie lake was to be signed yesterday afternoon, it was reported. The Wilhelms, who now op erate a riding concession at Lake of the Woods, said they would need approximately 43 acres of meadow land adjoin ing Grizzly creek. Cattlemen Henry and Dean Owens said this would interfere with their cattle grazing operation. They suggested the horse pas ture be west of the house and barns to be converted to concession use. The Wilhelms said this would not provide sufficient good quality pas ture which they need for the 10 horses they plan to start with next season. Ledward explained that or iginally no definite amount of acreage had been agreed to although it was informal ly agreed that the horse con cessionaires should have "suf- j ficient pasture" for their j horses in or near the build- inns. The stable would be named Lily Glen riding stables aft er the historic post office building still standing near the early day farm, lie pro posed a small museum to ex hibit wagons and sleighs found at the farm. The barns were built in the late 1800 s. he said. j , , ... i roreign cargo jnp Uje Recommended Washington-HW-A Federal Maritime administration hear ing examiner recommended Monday that the Georgia-Pacific Co. be permitted to ship lumber from the Pacific Northwest to Puerto Rico aboard foreign cargo ships. Tribune Governor Hatfield Offers Assistance To Flooded Areas Gov. Mark O. HatfieM call ed Mayor John W. Snider this morning to offer the assist ance of state agencies in help ing area residents recover from damage caused by Sun day's flood. Mayor Snider assured the governor that local agencies have the situation in hand, and that he did not foresee having to ask for state aid. Hatfield extended his per sonal best wishes and sym pathy to those persons in the area who were forced to evacuate their homes during the flood. Pictures taken during Sunday'i flooding in the valley arc on Pag IB. The governor placed the call from his office in Salem about 10:45 o'clock. Pacific Power and Light company officials today said that trees, uprooted by flood ed water near Gold Hill, caused the most trouble dur ing Sunday's flood in tiie county. Frank Benesh, Copco dis trict manager, said that deep water around poles where lines were down slowed repair work. Some customers were without power overnight. Distribution Lin - Major work today is on the repairing of the distribution line which crosses the Rogue river at Savage Rapids dam. A tree, or other floating ob ject, tore out the line Sunday. Customers were supplied from alternate sources, it was ex plained. Patrol of lines since the Oct. 12 storm reduced dam age, Benesh said. This was repealed by Pacific Northwest Bell officials, who reported several poles down and some telephones in downtown busi nesses being short - circuited due to high water. Seventeen Boy Scouts of Troop 9, sponsored by the First Christian church, walk ed out of the Methodist camp at Dead Indian-Soda Springs yesterday afternoon. The boys had spent the week end at the camp and slides across the highway had prevented them leaving the camp Sun day. The boys had to walk 2'i miles to meet a group attempt ing to reach the camp. County Roadi County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen said this morning that storm damaged roads and bridges should be "pretty well cleaned up" by tomorrow. All bridges will be opened by then, Carstensen said. Irrigation district managers said they might have their storm damage surveys com pleted at the end of this week. A detour will be construct ed for the Kanes creek bridge on Old Stage rd., the county engineer said, until all fur ther flooding possibility is over. Then a complete repair job will be done. The bridge settled two feet and consid erable structural damage was caused, he added. Crews are also working on repair of the Cottonwood creek bridge on Colestinc rd. near Hilt, Calif. One panel was undermined, Carstensen said. Several road shoulders and CHrllSTim SEALS fight Tl III titer RESPIRATORY DISUSES SHOPPING DAYS LEfTr4( i 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 220 driveway approaches should be repaired by tomorrow, the county engineer said. The oil matting on Riley rd., east of White City, was lifted like a rug by the flood and flung over a fence, Carstensen said. Three streets in Eagle Point that were affected by the floods were being repair ed today, but thev were re ported passable. Tne streets are B, C and F. Reorganization Of Army Reserve, Guard Announced Washington - ItlPH - Defense Secretary Rober S. McNamara today announced his plans to drastically reorganize the Army Reserves and National Guard. The proposals, which al ready have overcome most congressional opposition, call for elimination of 1,800 units and the creation of - more than 1.000 new outfits in the 700,000 - man reserve and guard forces. Immediate Changei McNamara ordered changes to take place immediately in the organization of the 300,-000-man Army Reserves. But in the case of the 400, 000 National Guardsmen, the defense secretary wrote let ters to the governors of the states asking them to accept the far-reaching changes. The long - awaited plan, which will be completed next summer if all barriers arc overcome, calls for realign ing four reserve and four Na tional Guard divisions into brigades. It also includes changes that would affect the two services as follows: Eliminate! Excel! Uniti -The Army Reserves would eliminate 1,060 excess units and create 630 new units. The Pentagon said "after ad justments for 35 units which were called for but had not been organized, the net loss of Army Reserve units is 393." -The National Guard would eliminate 802 and organize 386 units. The Pentagon said after adjustment for 78 pa per units, the net loss would be 338. Too Much Oxygen Blamed for Death Long Beach, Calif.-IUPII-The death of one of two divers lost in a deep sea experiment oft Santa Catalina island, was due to inhalation of too much oxygen, the operations mana ger of the project said today. Fleuri Niggli, Swiss project manager, said that apparently too much oxygen was inhaled by two men returning to the surface of the Pacific ocean from a l, 000-foot dive In a steel chamber. One of the men, Peter Small, 35, a diving enthusiast and a British journalist, was pronounced dead on arrival at the naval shipyard here Mon day night. Ilanncs Keller, 28, Swiss mathematician who concocted a secret gas which was sup posed to prevent the bends, iHpsed Into unconsciousness for a while but recovered. WEATHER FORKl'AKT: Partly rloudy to night. InrreaOng loiifflnett U dn tda v with rhanre of riln Wednesday rvrnlnc. Low InniCht 13-40. Ill(h Wrdnra day 50. Tfmn Iflfhrtt Y'tttrdav . . 4K l.nw'il ThU .Mornlnf M I'rcc. to 10 a nt. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight ii met today 4:3 p.m. Hiinrl. tomorrow .. T:?S a.m. MuontM tomorrow 12:34 a.m. rull Moon . Dec. II I'KOMINKNT TAK Hrcuhii, rurt 10:S9 p m. Th bright "tar" right ahovi FUtMilut l thr planrl, Mara, tthlrh It now nearly tUtlonary among the itirt In It back ground. CHRISTMAS TREE For the first time In many years Med ford will have a community Christmas tree brought fresh from the forest and trimmed with lights and other decora tions. The 55-foot spruce was set up by volunteer workers this morning. It is located on a traffic island at the High way 99-Craler lake highway junction. Community Tree Is Installed At Road Intersection Because of the inspiration I a tree. She maoe some tele and perseverance of one worn- phone calls to see what she an - and because dozens of people who liked her idea and helped her - Medford will have a community Christmas tree this year. A 55-foot spruce, donated by Medford Corporation, was lifted Into place this morning by a crew from Pacific North west Bell Telephone company. The tree is located in the traf fic island at the Intersection of Highways 09 and 62. The state highway commis a i o n gave permission to use the site. In the next few days, the tree will be decorated with lights and ornaments which have been donated by various persons and firms in Medford. When finished, it will be Medford's first community ennstmas tree in several decades. Inspiration for the project was provided by Mrs. Dutch August Farfan, 723 Newtown St. Last Thursday Mrs. Farfan decided the city should have St. Mary's HS To Reopen Wednesday Schools were back In ses sion in Eagle Point and Rogue Hlver today, and St. Mary's High school of Medford is scheduled to open again to morrow. The public school systems In Eagle Point and Rogue River had been forced to close yesterday because the flood ing waters had washed out many roads normally used by school buses. And St. Mary's High school was closed Lecausc of a flood ed furnace. The Very Rev. Carl Mai, parish priest, an nounced today that repairs to the furnace would be complet ed this afternoon, with school to. resume tomorrow. Absenteeism was higher than normal at Eagle Point High school this morning, and school bus poutes in that dis trict had to be altered in sev eral areas because of impas sable roads. A wnshed out bridge In the Antelope erca also necessitated rerouting. Man Elected To CP Rural Fire District Central Point-Charles Bale- man was reelected to the board of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district for a five-year term in an election within the district Monday, Uateman received 15 votes. Two other men received write-in voles. Elgan Amldon received four and Wesley Claflin one. fiillMiilMlllllill Stevenson Takes Angry Issue With National Magazine Article Adlal Stevenson, United Slates ambassador to the United Nations, takes angry issue with an article In the Saturday Evening Post which says Stevenson preferred "political negotiation" to a blockade to deal with the Soviet missile buildup in Cuba. Mcrriman Smith, United Press International writer and dean of White House correspondents, describes In detail the complex situation and the possible effects on Stevenson's future role in the administration in story appearing on page 1UA. I could do to accomplish it. She was amazed at her own suc cess "Let me tell you, the peo ple of this town are just won. derful," she said, "Everybody I have talked to has been so generous and cooperative." Damages Awarded Orchard by Jury A circuit court jury re turned a verdict awarding urcgon urcnaras inc. near Phoenix $19,738 for hail damage in I860. The jury deliberated for approximately four hours, re turning the verdict about 10:30 p.m. yesterday. The Insurance Company of North America had admitted to damages of $1,110 from hail storms. The orchards had sought approximately $21,000. Kcglnnld Aircy, manager of Rain and Hail Insurance Bu reau, Spokane, Wash., testi fied yesterday with Paul Mor timer and Harold Hamblcton, both Yakima, Wash., insur ance adjusters ai'd orchard ists. Aircy testified as to tech nical aspects of the case. Mor timer testified as to how the fruit was sampled for dam age. Hambleton testified as to the method of computing hail losses. The insurance company contended that the orchards didn't suffer the loss claimed and computed and based the loss on other than the rules and standards for fruit grades as established by the slate department of agricul ture. Vessel Broken Up By Pounding Seas Coos Bay-IUPD-Tho 256-foot lumber vessel Alaska Cedar was broken In two by the pounding Pacific Monday on the north Jetty of Coos Bay. I lie ship, loaded with more than two million board feet of lumber, went aground Sunday. The 24 men aboard rode a breeches buoy some 200 feet to safety. Seven were treated for minor in juries. The vessel was pounded Monday by big waves which washed over the decks and there was no chance for sal vage. The harbor was dotted with floating lumber washed from the ship. The Alaska Cedar had cleared the bar on Its depar ture for Crescent City Sun day when it went dead In the walcr and waves washed it into the north jetty. 13 Men, Weapons Seized in Move by Federal Officers Neutrality Law Violation Charged Key West, Fla. (UPD Fed eral officers seized 13 men in battle dress and a quantity of arms early today in a raid that apparently thwarted a guerrilla attack against Cuba. The 13 composed of one Cuban, one Canadian and 11 Americans were taken before U.S. Commissioner William V. Albury here today and bound over to federal court for trial on charges of violating U.S. neutrality laws by an at tempt to form an expedition to invade a foreign country." In Army Fatiguei The men, all dressed in faded U.S. Army camouflaged battle fatigues, said they had been training for a guerrilla attack on Cuba for the past six months at No Name Key, about 40 miles northeast of Key West. They were arrested by U.S. customs agents and Border Patrol officers about 12:30 a.m. on Sombrero Key, near Marathon in the Florida Keys, south of Miami. Customs officials said they had confiscated "a quantity of rifles and pistols, about 10 Sunday sidearms, plastic ex plosives, two cars" and a boat. Leader Identified Official identified the lead er of the band as Gerald Pat rick Hcnning Jr., 25, Miami. The invaders ' claimed they were an independent unit not affiliated with any Cuban exile organization. Others in the band identl fled themselves and the list I included Lawrence J. Howard or., zi, nco mvera, i.aiit. No Name Key is an Isolated island, reachable only by boat, in tne norma Keys. It has been 'used frequently by anti- Castro groups training for guerrilla warfare in the island's thick undergrowth. Tito Arrives for Kremlin Visit Moscow - (UPD - Yugoslav President Tito arrived today for his first Kremlin visit In six years and received a kiss and a handshake from Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev. Tito's special train pulled Into Moscow's Kiev Station shortly before 2 p.m. Despite freezing temperature the Yu goslav chief alighted bare headed to embrace Khrush chev, bundled In a fur-collared overcoat. The two reviewed an hon or guard in the flag-bedecked station and heard bands play the Soviet and Yugoslav na tional anthems. Khrushchev stood erect and saluted. The welcome was in line with those usually prepared for visiting heads of state. Russia-Red China Split Bursts Open Rome - (UPD - The increas ingly bitter ideological split between Russia and Red Chi na burst angrily Into the open today at the Italian Commu nist party congress here with the Chinese fighting alone against Soviet bloc opposition. "You are making this con gress a forum for attacks on a brotherly party," Chinese delegate Chao Yimlng com plained to the 1,000 delegates in the Mussolini-built World Fairgrounds. But he stubbornly defended the "different opinions" he said Chinese Communists have on "a number of the Important international prob lems." Chao spoke In the third day of the congress which has brought into public some of the strongest Soviet and oth er Communist criticism of Pe king's "hard line" ideology since the rifht first devel oped. PORTLAND BOOKED Portland-flJPli-Sheriffs offi cers booked Robert Richard Ison, 31, Portland, on a mur der charge early today fol lowing the fatal shooting of a friend Monday night. 1 , ?y &
