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Farmers Said To Face important Decisions in 1963 w - r -.- TALKS WITH PRESIDENT - Secretary of Agriculture Or ville Freeman talks with President Kennedy in front of the president's vacation White House at Palm Beach, Fla., today. They later discussed the farm situation and the European Common Market and its affect on American trade. (UPI) Procedures for MID Administration Are Considered by Board Differences within the ad ministration of the Medford Irrigation district were tempo rarily resolved yesterday with the discussion of a possible set of administrative pro cedures. Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of the district, agreed to hold his recently-submitted letter of resignation in abeyance, but did not withdraw it. He was unanimously reelected as district manager. The administrative proce dure recommendation was submitted by a special com mittee composed of Robert Root and H. B. Murphy, Med ford pear shippers and or chardists. They will work with board members and the district's attorney, Philip B. Lowry, in drawing up the final draft of procedures. Continuation of Management Murphy explained thai "what we had in mind (in proposing the administrative procedures) is continuation of the successful and economic management of the district and to clear up some items involving a clash of personali ties (with one of the direc tors). There Is no intention to offend anyone." The final draft of the pro posed administrative proce dures is expected 10 be con sidered at the board's Feb. 5 meeting. . i Hoffbuhr submitted his let ter of resignation about a month ago, but agreed to con tinue working until his fore man returned from the hos pital. His resignation was to become-effective Jan. 1. Points of Procedure Among some of the points of procedure discussed yester day were a prepared agenda for meetings; an invitation of news media and at least two wateruscrs to all meetings, in cluding adjourned, special Enrollment Ahead At Southern Oregon Ashland - Student registra tion for winter term at South ern Oregon college is running ahead of figures for a compar able date last year, according to Mrs. Mabel Winston, regis trar. Yesterday, 1,100 students completed registration, com pared to 1,026 on a compar able date In 1962, Mrs. Win ston said. Record enrollment at South ern Oregon college for a win ter term was in 1962, when a total of 1,503 students regis tered. Mrs. Winston said registra tion will continue through Jan. 16. EDITOR DIES Aberdeen, Wash. -tlTtl- Wer ner A. Rupp, editor and pub lisher of the Aberdeen Daily World, died Wednesday at the age of 82. ana regular meetings; prepa ration and abiding by policies covering management of the district and delivery of wa ter; and that district employ ees be responsible only to the manager. Full publication of minutes of the meeting also was dis cussed, but board members in dicated that this may not be financially feasible. Board members pointed out, how ever, that "it should be rec ognized that water users are entitled to dissemination of full information through all news media." In other business, the board reelected Albert Hueners, Jacksonville, board president; elected J. G. Cameron, 2946 Roberts rd., Medford, vice president; retained Knox Ac counting as auditor; retained Lowry as legal counsel; and elected Mrs. Jack Peterson as assistant secretary. Rogue Valley Edition 12 Theft Cases Solved With Arrest Area law enforcement offi cers report that about 12 cases of thefts from cars during the last three months were clear ed up yesterday with the ar rest of James Frank Noland, 30, Eagle Point. Eagle Point police, state po lice and Medford police coop erated in the investigation which led to the arrest. Noland was lodged in Jack son county jail on a charge of larceny from a motor ve hicle. When officers arrested No land at his home yesterday, they recovered a variety of items which he admitted hav ing taken from a number of autos in the valley recently, according to reports. Among items recovered were bowling balls, guns, spotlights, miscellaneous arti cles of clothing, radios, elec tric razors, a hair dryer, 144 bottles of perfume, wallets and purses. Police said their investiga tion led to Noland when they heard reports he was selling certain articles to acquaint ances at unusually low prices. Tshombe Stronghold Falls in UN Advance Leopoldville, The Congo -(UPlt- United Nations forces captured Katanga President Moise Tshombe's mining cen ter stronghold of Jadotville almost without opposition to day. The UN troops, made up of Indian armor and Ethiopian infantry, consolidated their positions in Jadotville and poised for an expecte plunge toward the last remaining Ka tangese stronghold at Kol wczi, 80 miles further along the main highway to the northwest. Expected bitter Katangesc resistance at Jadotville crumpled. NEWSdpiEFS Medford 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 32 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1963 No. 246 HANFORD REACTOR GETS FINAL APPROVAL Waihington -tPt- The Atomic Energy Commission hat given its final approval to a proposal by Waihington Public Power Supply system 10 construct ana operate a auai-pur pose reactor at the Hanford Atomic Works, Sen. Henry M. Jackson taid Wednesday. Kennedy Message To Ask $8 Billion In Tax Reforms Reductions Will Apply to All Washington - d'PD - Presi dent Kennedy will send Con gress a tax package calling for across-the-board reduc tions of about $8 billion with substantial offsetting tax re forms, it was learned today. In a preview of what can be expected in Kennedy's long-awaited tax program, congressional sources said the first cut in income taxes would be scheduled for July 1. Additional reductions will be spaced over future months. As for reforms, prelimin ary estimates are that Ken nedy will seek about $3.5 bil lion In new revenue through 'tax loophole closing revi sions, including reduction In the 27.5 per cent gas-oil de pletion allowance, sources said. One administration source said the tax cuts sought by Kennedy to stimulate the economy may be as high as S10 billion over-all. Apply To All In giving the broad out lines of the administration's tax program. Informants said the reductions would apply to all individual taxpayers from the low 20 per cent to the high 91 per cent brack ets. Kennedy also will ask that the 52 per cent corporate in come tax be reduced. Details of the program, such as effective dates anl exact rate reductions in each brack el of personal income taxes, must await Kennedy's tax message to Congress later this month. But informed sources said that one plan given serious consideration is to split the lowest bracket, making one rate for taxable income from zero to $1,000 for single per sons, and another rate from $1,000 to $2,000. The lowest tax now is ,20 per cent on income from zero to $2,000 for single persons. In the case of married per sons filing a joint return, it is 20 per cent on the first S4.000. , Represents Bulk It is in the lower brackets where the bulk of the tax payers are located, and even a small cut in the rale causes a huge loss in revenues to the Treasury. For example, a reduction from 20 to 19 per cent would cost the Treasury $1.3 bil lion a year. The actual pocketbook im pact on individual taxpayers, however, is relatively small. Assuming an across - the -board tax cut of 10 per cent in all brackets, the average reduction in the amount of taxes paid by a person earn ing $5,000 or less would be only $27 a year, or a little more than $2 a month in low er federal taxes. For persons earning $5,000 to $10,000 a year, a 10 per cent cut would mean $77.20 less taxes a year. At the other extreme, per sons earning $50,000 or more would benefit from an aver age tax savings of $3,000 a year on an across-the-board 10 per cent reduction in the higher brackets. NATIONAL GUARD PLAN TO BE STUDIED 01ympia-4PI-Th Executive Committee of the National Governors' Conference will meet Friday and Saturday In Washington, DC to study the Pentagon plan for reorgani sation ol the National Guard, Gov. Albert D. Rotiellini an nounced Wednesday. SECOND CRACK PUT IN DOCK STRIKE Ntw York-lPI-Longshoremen in Charleston, S.C., defied union orders and unloaded two ships today, putting their second crack in the Maine-lo-Texas dock strike. Union head quarters here dispatched a vice president to dismiss the local lrom the union. Freeman's Lawyers Meet with Hatfield Salem - (UPI - Attorneys for condemned child slayer Jcan nace June Freeman had no comment after a one-hour meeting with Gov. Mark Hat field today to plead for com mutation of Miss Freeman's death sentence. Attorneys William M. Holmes and Cash R. Pcrrinc, both of Bend, walked brisk ly from Hatfield's office at 10:05. "We don't think it proper to comment at this time," was all that Holmes would say. Travis Cross, Hatfield's press secretary, said "the gov ernor will have no comment on the attorney's presentation for a day or two." Cross said the discussion was confined to the Freeman case. Holmes and Perrine met with Hatfield to discuss for mally their clients' plea for commutation to life impris onment. Miss Freeman is scheduled to die in the gas chamber Jan. 29. Furious Guerrillas Stage Stiff Resistance; 3 Yanks Killed Five Helicopters Downed by Reds Tan Hiep, South Viet Nam- (UPD - One of the most furious battles of the war against Communist guerrillas in South Viet Nam went into its second day today taking a ter rible toll in human lives. At least three American soldiers were dead and four wounded, bringing to 30 the number of Americans killed in action in Viet Nam. South Vietnamese military casualties were expected to run as high as 100 killed and wounded. Communist Viet Cong casualties were unknown but were believed to be even higher. There also was a pos sibility of high casualties among the 600 to 700 persons living in the small Mekiong river delta hamlet where the main fighting raged. Reds Surprise The guerrillas, who usually avoid direct clashes and fade into the jungle when attacked, put up surprisingly stiff resis tance although heavily out numbered by govern ment forces. It was perhaps the first fixed position fight that th Communists had put up in the long, usually shadowy guer rilla war. In addition to the human toll, they shot down five American-manned helicopters and severely damaged at least six others vith a withering fire by automatic weapons. Two of the American dead were helicopter crewmen, both Army sergeants. The third was a captain who was leading an assault by the South Vietnamese army bat talion he had been advising. He was hit in the neck and chest and evacuated to Tan Hiep airfield, about 10 miles away, where he died while undergoing emergency medi cal treatment. Ferry in Troops The helicopters ran into the deadly Communist fire while ferrying in troops to reinforce government forces which had been pinned down while mov ing overland toward the ham let. Ten American H21 helicop ters responded to the call. They were escorted by five rocket-laden HU1B helicop ters. Aa the 10 H21s hovered over an open field to land the troops the Viet Cong open ed fire with automatic weap ons. Two of the H21s went down on the spot. Two others man aged to fly about a mile be fore crashing. One sergeant aboard the first two H21s to crash v. as killed and three other American crewmen were wounded. Wwt Mam Wm Taking mm mmm To United Crusade Reaches Its Goal The United Crusade of Jack son county reached its $167, 683 goal late this morning, Robert Heffernan, campaign chairman, announced. This is the 10th consecutive year that the crusade has reached or has exceeded the goal. The United Crusade execu tive committee met this noon to review the campaign, and compile contribution and pledge totals. Final figures are expected to exceed the estab lished goal, United Crusade officials Indicated, but the amount more than the goal was expected to be slight. BULLETIN Miami. Fla-aPt-The Red Cross announced today thai a flight scheduled lo bring 109 Cuban-Americans from Havana to Miami has been canceled. No reason was given for the cancellation. HOME DEMOLISHED - Flames and smoke pour out from all sides of this seven-room home in San Francisco after a gas explosion ripped through the wood frame structure. The blast demolished the home which had been evacuated. Seven firemen working in and around the house were in jured, two of them "very critically." (UPI) WEATHER FORECAST: Valley fog tonight and Friday wiiti oriei uiuni in afternoon. Fair above fog rrt dav. Low ton Ik tit 27-33. HtKh Friday 38-43 in rug area, ia-au A novo log. TemD, Highest Yesterday 41 l,ow(u this morning J7 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 03 I Our Skies Tonight Sunset to'jay 4:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:41 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .. 1:47 a.m. The Moon goei around the Earth In about 27 dayi and 8 hours. Tonight It Ik In Perl gee or on the point of Hi orbit nearest the Earth. Full Moon Jan. 9 Recipients of Forest Timber Windfalls Listed Portland (DPI) A Medford firm and two Talent business men were named today as the recipients of profitable U.S. Forest Service lands In ex changes made two years ago. Government auditors said at Washington, D.C. Wednesday that Forest Service mistakes had resulted in windfall pro fits to private interests that acquired lands in the Rogue River National Forest. The General Accounting Office report said two ex changes, one in January and one in May, I960, netted an ultimate total profit of $207. 000 to the private interests. The report blamed faulty Forest Service appraisals. Land Exchanged The Forest Service here said the January tramaction was with Edward G. and Ray mond H. Taylor of Talent. According lo the report, they received 140 acres appraised at $65,105 in exchange for 1.172 acres appraised at $76, 060. The 140 acres later were sold for $225,000. The agency said the May transaction was with B and W Mining Co., Medford. The re port said It involved the ex change of 60 acres appraised at $20,837 for 1,120 acres at $25,260. The private owners sold the 80 acres for $83,500, the report said. Wolf Creek Man Is Sentenced to State Penitentiary Term Suspects Questioned In Portland Slaying Portland-HTD-Police contin ued to question suspects today in the sex-slaying of six-year-old Mona Rae Minyard. "We've settled on the hot test suspects to work on, and we're taking them one at I time," said Capt. Howard Kelly of the Multnomah Coun ty Criminal division. "We've probably got a hun dred and they're all likely." Harry Warren Stumbo, 34 of Wolf Creek, the last of a trio of men to be sentenced on charges of setting fire to forests, was sentenced to IB months in the Oregon state penitentiary this morning. Previously the other two men, Leo V. Thompson, 39, Salem, was sentenced to 20 months in' the Oregon slate penitentiary and Claude W. Chase, 41, of Central Point, had imposition of sentence suspended for five years. The three men were Indict ed by the grand jury last August for setting a fire in Jackson county in July. In a statement made by Chase and Stumbo to officials, at least 12 known fires were set in Josephine and Jackson, counties. The statement was read this morning by District Attorney Alan B. Holmes prior to sen tencing by Judge Edward C. Kelly. The statement was made by Chase and Stumbo after Thompson pleaded guilty to the charge. The other two men, who first pleaded inno cent, later changed their pleas to guilty. In the statement, Stumbo admitted to setting the first fire in Josephine county, with the other fires set by Thomp son. It had been stated that Chase knew that the fires were being set, but did noth ing to prevent them from be ing started. Eight incendiary devices were recovered by officers, Holmes stated. The devices were of thread and cigar ettes. Holmes said the thread from a partly burned device recovered from the site of the Starvation Heights fire north of Rogue River was analyzed by the state crime laboratory in Salem. The thread matched that found in an apron at a Rogue River home where the three men spent part of the day. Holmes explained that the maximum penalty for this fel ony was two years in the Oregon state penitentiary. He said Thompson had requested the penitentiary sentence in preference to a county Jail sentence since his family lived in the Salem area. In Stumbo'f case the dis trict altorncy recommended he be sent to the state peni tentiary where work and re habilitation programs are available. Prior to sentencing, Judge Kelly said it was difficult for him to comprehend how Stum bo, who had grown up in the woods and whu, with his fam- II y, had made their living from the forests, could set fires during such dry weather. The judge said if anyone should appreciate the beauty of the forests, and understand the importance of the forests to the economy of the area, it should be Stumbo. He encouraged Stumbo to stop "trying to live on your family reputation, and' start building for yourself." The judge concluded that during the 18 months in the state penitentiary he would have "time to take stock of himself." U. S. Troops Travel In East Germany Berlin IUPD A U.S. Army convoy beginning a week long troop movement through Communist East Germany was cleared by the Russians "in record time" today but was delayed three hours by 14-degree cold. The first convoy of 103 men in 27 vehicles went through Soviet checkpoints on both ends of the 110-mile highway across East Germany without delay. But a scries of stops caused by frozen fuel lines and slow driving over the Icy roads delayed its ar rival here from noon to 3 p.m. The troop movements, de signed to stress Western rights of access to Berlin as well as rotate units of the Berlin garrison, brought the 1st Battle Group, 13th Infan try Regiment to Berlin. Two Near Death, Five Olbers Hurt In J. F. Explosion San Francisco - (UPD - Two firemen were barely clinging to life today and five others were hospitalized following a gas explosion which leveled a two-story house and sent part of the structure crashing atop the firefighters. The presence of escaping gas caused Disaster Corps of ficials to move residents out of a five-block area In tiie southern section of the city Wednesday night. Battalion Chief Frank Lamey had a heart attack while helping to fight the fire and was dead on arrival at a hospital. The two critically in jured firemen, Lt. Clarence McGrath and Anthony Mare; lich, received serious burns. Gas Fumes Ignited The explosion packed enough force to drive a broom handle through a wall. Fire Chief William Murray said the pilot light of the seven room house ignited gas fumes, setting off the blast. Residents of the home had been removed earlier. The firemen had been call ed out to control a gas main leak. They were standing in front of the house when the explosion occurred, blowing the four walls of the home apart and collapsing one end of the structure atop them. Repair crews shut off the ruptured gas main Wednesday night. Agriculture Secretary Meets With Kennedy Wheat Referendum Claimed Important Palm Beach, Fla. - (IW -Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman reported to Presi dent Kennedy today that American farmers face "make or break" decisions in 1963. One of these critical de cisions, according to the secre tary will be the wheat refer endum this year to determine whether acreage controls and production quotas are con tinued. A negative result in the referendum, Freeman told Kennedy, could result in wheat prices plummeting to $1 a bushel in 1964. Kennedy and Freeman met at the President' oceanfront villa to discuss the 1963 legis lative program for agricul ture. During the conference the secretary submitted a memorandum topped by three critical needs to be met this year. In addition to a favor able vote in the wheat refer endum. Freeman listed: -Securing fair competitive arrangements with the Euro pean Common Market on key agricultural products, particu larly for wheat and flour, feed grains, rice and poultry. -New legislation on feed grains, cotton and dairy prod ucts to avoid further increases -in surpluses. Other news developments at Palm Beach White House today: - The Amateur Athletic Union accepted the Presi dent's proposal to have Gen. Douglas MacArthur mediate Us dispute with the National Collegiate Athletic Associa tion over selection of the 1964 U.S. Olympic track and field teams. -A message from French President Charles de Gaulle to the Kennedy offer of American-made Polaris mis siles was received in Wash ington and being transmitted to the chief executive here to day. The De Gaulle message was in response to the Presi dent's offer made during his recent Nassau meeting with. British Prime Minister Harold MacmlUan, From parts, a gov ernment spokesman said France was not turntnif down the offer, but would pwsait-r-"' with development of Her own nuclear effort.; Dunfevy Expected To Make Appointments Mayor James Dunlevy is expected to announce his ap pointments to various city boards and commissions at a meeting of the Medford city council tonight. Included in the appoint ments will be a new city coun cilman from Ward 4 to fill the seat vacated by Dunlevy when he was elected mayor .in last fall's election.. City Manager Robert Duff is scheduled to report to the council on the result of his negotiations with Rogue Fly ing Service for payment of more than $8,000 in back rent ' owed to the city. Also on the agenda is a re port from a special committee headed by Councilman Rich ard Travis on a request by the Cellar club for reinstatement of Its dance license, which Duff revoked last month after city police reported a number of disturbances at the res taurant. . Bird in Engine Forces UAL Jet Plane Beck Portland-TOTO-A United Air Lines DC-8 Jetliner returned to the Portland International airport today after a large bird went into one of its engines. The huge plane, which was carrying 92 passengers, took off from the airport at 8:19 a.m. and returned at 8:49 a.m. after the bird went into its No. 3 engine. Russian Peasants Push Into U.S. Embassy Seeking Refuge Moscow-flJPIl-A group of 32 peasant men, women and chil dren who had traveled 2,000 miles from Siberia, pushed past Soviet guards into the U.S. Embassy today seeking asylum from "religious per secution.'' Many Weeping . The embassy turned them over to Soviet officials who took the peasants away In a bus. Many of them were weep ing and protesting that they would be shot for their reli gious beliefs. Embassy policy In Moscow is to refuse refuge to Soviet citizens, presumably because of the political problems which would arise as well as the lack of facilities for hous- r ing them In the embassy building. Although seeking refuge in the embassy, the group did not ask for political asylum, an embassy spokesman said. Embassy officials explained to the peasants that they could not leave Russia without per mission from Soviet authori ties and that an embassy could not make such arrange ments. This argument finally persuaded them to start board ing the bus. Claim Equality Members of the group re ferred to themselves ci "Evan gelical Christians" who do not recognize any form of organ ized religion but merely are persons who claim equality among themselves arid pray to uod. The, peasants complained they had not been allowed to observe religious holidays and had been barred from con tact with their children in some instances. Soviet Foreign Ministry of ficlals were heard assuring the members of the group thst "nothing will happen to you." No Formal Guarantee But it did not appear that any formal guarantee had been given. Embassy sources said the peasants had been given a meal of eggs, toast and coffee In the embassy lunchroom be fore they were taken away by Soviet authorities.
