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Newspaper Page TextU s. (Galls on Regional Edition Medford 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1963 No. 247 Gasoline Tax Hike Proposed For Road Bonds The Oregon Coast As sociation has proposed legislation for a 1-cent a gallon increase in gasoline taxes to finance bonds for highway con struction. The roads would be built in "have not" highway areas through out the state with the No. one project a 25 mile section . In Tilla mook county. Legisla tors from coastal areas are said to have agreed to submit the bill. ; The story is on page TERRY GREEN Named to Council Green Named To Medford Council; Other Posts Filled , , A list of new appointments to city boards and commis sions was submitted by Mayor James Dunlevy to the Med ford city council last night. . All appointments were unani mously approved without ob jection. - Heading the list of appoin tees was Terry Green, 26, of 1359 Siskiyou blvd., who was named to fill Dunlevy's un expired term as councilman from Ward 4. Green's term will end Dec. 31, 1964. The new councilman at tended the University of Ore gon and Oregon College of Education. Prior to moving to Medford four years ago, he was associated with Fire stone Rubber company in Roseburg. He is a partner in the Insurance Mart, 36 South Bartlett st. He is married and has two children. : Fills Unexpired Term Two years ago, Green was , appointed to fill an unex pired term on the planning commission. Following that, he was named to the - city budget committee, from which he resigned to accept the council appointment: Green has been active in YMCA work, and is a stale vice presi dent of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Other appointments last night included: Herb Part ridge, 1401 Siskiyou blvd., and Wayne Struble, 1005 East Main st. to the planning com mission; Tod , Tibbutt, 2215 East Main St., Don Reverman, 401 Holmes ave., and John Kent, 922 South Oakdale ave., to the park and recreation commission. Named to the Medford state athletic commission were Jack Barr, 235 South Oakdale ave., Art Savard, 1916 Stratford i ave., Herb Pierson, 412 North , Columbus ave., Al Williams, Transient Caught Under Truck Here A 37 - year - old transient walked into a downtown store yesterday afternoon, grabbed an armful of women's black leotards and fled down an alley, dropping a trail of the garments behind him. Three city police officers pursued him - he was easy to : follow - and found him hiding under a truck in the alley be tween Ninth and 10th sts. As officers pulled him from under the truck, Paul Eugene Harless looked up at them and snarled: "O.K., you've got me for boosting, don't make a federal rap out of it." They didn't. He was lodged in Jackson county jail on a charge of shoplifting. 412 Barnes ave., and Robert Shaw, 1605 Crown ave. New Committee Members New budget committee members include Jack Dumas, 1149 Leland St., John Russell, 450 Haven St., John Nuich, 308 Murphy rd., and Robert Balk, 1608 Lenora dr. Ed Barnett, 425 Ardmore dr., was appointed to the water commission, Mrs. Rob ert Dames, 33 North Barne burg rd., and Marvin Traut man, 2249 Siskiyou blvd., to the library board, and Earl York, 107 North Ivy St., to the civil service commission. Appointed municipal judge was Justin Smith Jr., 1005 East Main st. Don Denman, 128 East Main st., and Russell DeForest, Franklin bldg., were named judges pro tern. Named to the board of plumbing examiners were Ed win S. Bowers, 1312 Beatty St., master plumber, John L. Bennett, 23 Rose ave., jour neyman plumber, and Donald Slater, city plumbing inspect or. Al Bradford was appoint ed council president, Richard Travis to the Armory board, Robert Cunningham to head the finance committee, Rob ert Baccus as chairman of the people to people committee, James Dunlevy to the board of health, and R. L. Van Sickle as chairman of the legislative committee. Salem's 'Blue Law7 May Get Court Test Salem -IUPII- Salem's auto sales "blue law" may face a Supreme Court test, attor neys for auto dealer Don J. Donofrio said Thursday. Donofrio, operator of Sky line Ford Co. was cited by Salem police and charged with selling aulos in violation of a 23-year-old city ordinance which outlaws auto sales on Sundays. The attorneys said they would appeal to the high court if Donofrio is convicted of violating the ordinance when he makes a scheduled municipal court appearance next Monday. Harvey Aluminum Assessment Hiked The Dalles-lUPIi-The Oregon State Tax Commission Thurs day ordered Wasco county officials to increase the as sessed valuation of Harvey Aluminum Co., properties here by $13 million. Harvey officials were ex pected to seek an injunction prohibiting Wasco County Sheriff Ernie Mosier and As sessor C. A. Wood from carry ing out the order. NEWS!)BnlEFS itimj no M0UND 0l0M 'RED DEAN'S' RESIGNATION ACCEPTED London-it PI'-Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the "Red Dean" of Canterbury, hat tendered his resignation to Prime Miniiter Harold Macmillan and it was accepted by Queen Elitebeth today. Parties Comment On Profit Claim By U.S. Auditors THAW ENDS COLD GRIP ON EUROPE Lendon-tn-A warming thaw ended the deadly grip to day of a 13-day winter itorm period that paralysed Weitern Europe and killed almost 1,000 persons. LINER ADRIFT IN MEDITERRANEAN London-tPf-The Pacific and Orient Lines said today Its liner Canberra carrying -2,230 patiengeri was tdritt In the Mediterranean without power following t fire in the ergine room. The fire wn put out In an hour and there was no casual ties, the line said. U. S. forest service officials of the Rogue River national forest, an executive of t h e Cal-Ore Recreation association and two private parties today answered charges made Wed nesday by the general account ing office that private inter ests in Jackson county made substantial profits on timber land exchanges in the forest. Carroll E. Brown, forest su pervisor, said he had not seen a copy of the GAO land ex change report on which the news stories from Washing ton, D. C, had been based. Charles Collins, Medford, executive vice president of the Cal-Ore Recreation asso ciation, said he could not understand the attitude of the GAO, and the two private parties involved in the land exchanges said the govern ment got the best of both deals. Resulted in Profits Wednesday government au ditors charged that forest serv ice mistakes had resulted in windfall profits for Edward G. and Raymond H. Taylor of Talent, and the B and W Mining company, Medford. The timber land exchanges were reported to have taken place in 1960. In his statement today. Brown said several points may not have been considered by the GAO for its report. They include: 1) In each exchange case the given and received lands were appraised by the same forest service cruiser. 2) The wrong volume tables were used in the appraisal, but the same tables were used for the given and received lands. 3) The appraisal was pre pared, in 1958 and the ex change was made in 1960. The period from 1958 to 1960 was one of rapidly rising tim ber values. Bring Higher Prices 4) The values cited by GAO are those received by the pri vate parties when they sold the timber. Most sales of tim ber in this area in I960 brought higher than apprais ed prices in some cases the bid price was more than double the appraised price. 5) The forest service ex changed 200 acres of timbered land which were outside the national forest boundary for 2,292 acres of cut-over land inside the boundaries. The 2,292 acres of land received by the forest service effec tively consolidated public ownership on the Rogue Riv er National forest. The dollar value of more effective and economical management of lands is hard to assess, he said. According to GAO exam iners one exchange in Janu ary, 1960, timber lands were acquired at the appraised price of $76,060 and a month later sold for $225,000. In the second exchange, in May, 1960, the timber land was appraised at $25,260 but the following month sold for $83,500. Regarding Land Exchange In another statement re garding the land exchange, Collins remarked that he could not understand the at titude of the GAO. His statement continues, "we have always thought that any business transaction that brought benefit to both parties was a good one. "As near as we can de termine, the forest service very carefully appraised both properties with the same set of standards. That the apprai sal was a little low for both sides, has nothing whatever to do with the trade and is quite understandable. It takes from six to eight years of red tape cutting to consumale one of these trades. By the time an exchange is ready for con sumation, it necessarily fol lows that the appraisals arc five or six years old, but they do represent the same relative values for both parties. "There are more land ex changes that should be made to improve both the manage ment program of the forest service and to aid in the de velopment of this area. Reaion Behind Action "The only reason we can find behind the GAO actions seems to be that they believe it is immoral to make a profit on land exchanges. We sin cerely hope that this action does not further complicate th already difficult uro- cedure of beneficial federal land exchange. Many such ex changes will be vital to fu ture recreational develop ments." Robert Wells, secretary manager of the B and W Min ing company, said "I would rather have my land back. I could do better with it to day." Paul Haviland, lawyer for the Taylors of Talent, said the government got about one half million dollars worth of property for less than half the price. Wells said the only reason his firm made a profit was because there was a break in the price of white fir logs. He said otherwise he could have lost money on the exchange. Russian Peasants Leave (or Homes After Bid Fails Moscow - (UPD - A group of Russian peasants who sought help at the U.S. Embassy against religious persecution have left Moscow to return to their homes in Siberia, the government said today. The 32 Christians boarded a train Thursday night for Chernogorsk, a Foreign Min istry spokesman said. He de clined to disclose further details. The staiemenl was the first word of the peasants since Thursday afternoon when they left the U.S. Embassy under official escort In a bus. The group included six men,. 12 women and 14 children. Caused Commotion The peasants caused quite a commotion when they push ed their way past Russian guards into the U.S. Embassy compound . Thursday. They told embassy officials they were "evangelical Christians," and claimed they were sub jected to religious persecution in Chernogorsk. Evangelical Christians is the customary name for Baptists in Russia. Mary of the peasants wept as they told Embassy officials they would be shot, imprison ed or separated from their children. They said they had spent four days on a train, traveling 2,000 miles from Chernogorsk to seek help in Moscow. U.S. officials eventually turned the peasants over to Soviet authorities since the United States has no treaty with the Soviet Union recog nizing the right of asylum. After herding the protest ers into the bus, Soviet offi cials promised that no harm would come to them. A spokesman for thj "Slate Council for Religious Cult," the body charged with over seeing religious groups other than the Russian Orthodox Church, said the peasants' claims would be investigated. Stamping out religion is an official Soviet policy. Al though the Communist regime loIerBtes some religions such as the Russian Orthodox Church, it has outlawed some other religious organizations on the ground they are en gaged in "political" and "anti social" activities. Registration Set For Winter Program Youngsters intending to par ticipate in the Medford park and recreation department winter recreation program have been urged to register tomorrow, according to Direc tor Robert L. Haworth. Program activities will be held each Saturday from Jan. 5 to March 31 in 13 school gymnasiums in the area. Adult recreation leaders will conduct the activities from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p m, Haworth said. Senior high school boys wishing to participate in the program should report to the high school gym. Junior high school students should regis ter at the elementary school nearest their home. Activities rchcduled include badminton, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, tumbling, ihufflcboard, and a variety of other Indoor sports. United Nations Orders Probe of Three Shootings Criticism Mounts Against Capture Leopoldville, The Congo -lUPD-The- United States called on Katanga President Moise Tshombe to "end promptly" his secession efforts in the Congo. At almost the same time, the United Nations ordered an investigation of the shoot ing of two Belgian women and a man by UN troops wno seized the key mining town of Jadotville. . The two moves came as criticism mounted against the capture of Jadotville, appar ently in defiance of orders from headquarters in New York. Bunche En Route Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, UN undersecretary for political affairs, hurried to the Congo to investigate what happened during a "temporary break down in communications." He passed through London and Rome on his way here. The UN troops who cap tured Jadotville, meanwhile. reinforced their positions there amid speculation they would not advance against the city of Kolwezi, Tshombe's last stronghold in the seces sionist province. In telling Tshombe to quit the United States said he had "a heavy responsibility" to end his threatened "scorched earth" tactics and promised fight to the finish. Peaceful Settlement Urged Washington said such ac tions "would result in disrup tion of economic life and the sowing of seeds of bitterness which would make extremely difficult the peaceful reinte gration of Katanga into the Congo, which he himself has accepted." Pointing out that UN forces now occupy most key popu lated places in Katanga, not ing that the central govern ment at Leopoldville has promised amnesty to Tsh ombe and full civil rights to the Katangese if they give up the struggle, and saying there Is no desire to deny him a place in the future of a re united Congo, Washington said the Katangese leader should act at this vital mo ment in the interests of all the Congolese People." Incident Regretted A spokesman al head quarters in New York said Secretary General Thant and the UN commander in the Congo "deeply regret" the tragic incident in which the two women were shot to death and the man wounded. Thant called for an inquiry immediately after hearing that the women were killed. To E oi di Secession! v 3 4 -r ' RIVER FERRIED Indian UN Commander Gen. Prom watches his mon ferry their equipment over the Lufira river outside Jadotville, Katanga, in the Congo, for the final thrust at Jadotville. UN troops captured the city with little effort and then aimed their drive at Kolwezi, 100 miles away. Katanga President Moise Tshombe prepared a' last-ditch stand at Kolwezi against onrushing UN forces. Shown Inset is Ralph Bunche, UN Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, who was dispatched to the Congo for an investigation of the Katanga UN command's de cision to capture Jadotville in defiance of orders by UN -Secretary General Thant. (UP1) Drainage Problems To Be Discussed A public meeting will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday In the courthouse auditorium to discuss drainage problems in the Bear creek basin which arose during the December flood, County Judge Earl M. Miller said. Miller said he was mailing letters today inviting mayors, city managers and superin tendents of Eagle Point, Tal ent, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Central Point, PHoenix, Med ford and Ashland. Irrigation district managers and repre sentatives of the county wa termaster's, U. S. Geological Survey, state highway depart ment and social conservation district offices also are invit ed, Judge Miller said. The storm pointed up the need for better drainage sys tems, a problem which be comes increasingly difficult as more road and home con struction takes place in the valley, Miller said. The meeting was requested in a letter from Frank Van Dyke, Medford lawyer. GRANT AWARDED Portland - OiPli - Portland State college has been award ed a $389,280 grant for an environmental health research center the largest grant in the seven-year-old school I history. WEATHER H(rO;AsT: Vilify fog tonight md Niturday, rxt-rpt for brief iirnonn near nu, and lair above fog. l.nv tonight 21-11. Ih(h Saturday 40-43. Temp. Highest trrday 49 l.ownl This Morning 10 Free, to ) m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Kiimrl tomorrow , . 4:5? fi m. HtinrUt tnmnrrow ... 1:41 a.m. Moonirt tomorrow ... 2:51 a.m. ti Moon . Jan. The Karlh U In Perlnrtton to day, on the point of lt orbit nearest the Hun. Our dlitanrv from the Ann today It 11. 143, ot mile; the average dtUnce la ti.HSl.4ia milra. South Viet Nam Suffers Defeat In 2-Day Battle Saigon, Viet Nam - IUPP -Communist guerrillas killed 65 government troops and wounded 100 others at nearby Ap Bac, a government spokes man said today. The spokesman said the cas ualties for the furious two day buttle were the highest for a single action since a paratroop battalion suffered about 200 dead in a gurrilla ambush in November, 1961. The government defeat was all the more humiliating .be cause a 200-man Communiest Viet Cong batallion at Ap Boc managed to escape into the jungles after holding the ham let in daylong fighting against a government force 10 times as big and supported Dy Dlancs, artillery and armor. Informed sources said it ap peared the U. S. military mis sion and the South Vietna mese government would have to revise military strategy in the light of lessons learned in the costly battle. Some advisers found only three guerrilla bodies in a vis it to Ap Bac, Just 30 miles from Saigon, shortly after the Viet Cong fled, taking their wounded and most of their dead with them. The humiliating perform ance by the government force was capped by an accidental shelling of its troops. Three Vietnamese soldiers were kill ed and 12 others were injured by the error. Flying Service Gets Permit for 90 Days A 90-day permit to allow Rogue Flying Service to con tinue in operation at the municipal airport was ap proved by the Medford city council last night. City Man ager Robert Duff recommend, ed passage of the measure. Duff told the council thai the firm has paid the city $500 of the more than $8,000 it owed In back rent, and had agreed to pay $500 each month until March. The city would retain title to the firm's real assets to se cure the debt, Duff said. City Attorney William Mansfield assured the council that if Rogue Flying Service should default on the debt, the city could obtain the amount owed to It by sale of the firm's as sets Counsel for the firm, Med ford Attorney John R. Dcllcn back, addressed the council briefly. The arrangements were "satisfactory" to his client, Dcllcnback said. County Court To Gef Appraisal of Property The Jackson county court will ask the county assessor's office to make an appraisal of county property for sale at 1335 South Peach st., It was decided this morning. Clinton R. Phelps, 1337 South Peach st ollered ver bally to buy the property al $800, but County Commission ers Chester Wendt and Edwin Taylor set the value at $1,000. Total value of the entire lot including the adjacent prop erty owned now by Phelps was estimated at $2,000, It was noted. I School Board Gives Views on Proposed Consolidation Plan The school board of District 540C has recommended to voters of the district that they considor a proposal to consolidate the Phoenix-Tal ent district with Medford if it is submitted to voters of botli districts. A public hearing on the proposed consolidation will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. In an Information statement to District 549C patrons, the Medford board said it be lieved the consolidation pro posal is timely, sound and feasible. But it pointed out that the board was not making the Wendt Receives Service Plaque Outgoing County Commis sioner Chester Wendt, 1652 Old Stage rd., received a plaque from the county court for his "faithful service to Jackson county for eight years. Today was the commission er's last official meeting. Commissioner Elect Donald Faber, Central Point, assumes hip official duties Monday. In making the presentation, Counly Judge Earl M. Miller, seconded by County Commis sioner Edwin Taylor, noted the county has expanded greatly since Wendt took of fice In 1955. 'During the past era on the county court there has been more expansion and im provement than In any other period. This applies to roads, bridges, capital improvements, maintenance and improve ment of the courthouse, rec reation and health and wel fare," Miller noted. 1 know Mr. Wendt has spent many days and nights pondering decisions, but once made these decisions have been to the best interest of the people of Jackson coun ly," Miller said. 'I am leaving the office with mixed emotions," Wendt said. "I'm glad not to have the responsibilities now thai go with the office. SOC Registration Increase Noted Ashland - Student registra tion at Southern Oregon col lege for the winter term con tinues to exceed comparable enrollment figures for the record 1962 term. Al the end of the second day of registration Thursday 1,420 students had enrolled, an Increase of 202 over the comparable date in 1062, ac cording to Mrs. Mabel Win ston, registrar. The total registered in cludes 777 men and 643 women. The record enrollment for 10B2's winter term was 1,503. Registration will continue through Jan. 16. REED. GETS GIFT Portland-lUPO-Tobacco heir ess Doris Duke has sent a gift of $30,000 to Reed Col lege. 4 statement in an effort either to solicit or discourage the support of the Phoenix-Talent people for consolidation. The board's interest, the board noted, la twofold. 1. Continuation of the best possible educational facilities for children in the district. 2. Providing patrons and taxpayers of District 549C with all pertinent information so they may be well-informed regarding their schools at all times. The board said it believes the exisiting boundaries of the two districts should be main tained unless the two districts, as a whole, consolidate. Should the districts be con solidated, the- board said, there are three points, which may be assumed. One is that elementary pu pils would remain essentially as they are; the second is that Junior high school students would continue as they now are, unless It is considered advisable to convert Phoenix High school into a . junior high school; and the third is that should the districts be consolidated there probably would be two senior high schools with the Phoenix-Talent students entering the near est of the two high schools. Review Philosophy The board's statement re views the district's philosophy concerning education of chil dren, standards for students and teachers, and why It sup ports the large high school concept. The board also pointed out that it has not formulated plans for accepting the re sponsibility of the education of the children should con solidation be approved. "It is not feasible to formulate In advance the best means by which such a process should be carried out," the board noted. Board members feel that development of a detailed plan for carrying out such a consolidation should be a joint responsibility of the dis tricts involved. The board's statement ap pears on page 11A of today's Mall Tribune. Kennedy Attends Funeral Service For Sen. Kerr Palm Beach, Fla. - DID - President Kennedy put vaca tion pleasures aside today for a sad journey to Oklahoma City to attend the funeral of Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.). The White House an nounced that Kennedy will meet at the winter White. House Saturday with Secre tary of State Dean Rusk and Thomas K. Finletter, U.S. rep resentative on the NATO council. They will discuss strains within the Western alliance over nuclear policy and other matters. : Senate Democratic Leader I Mike Mansfield was included I in a small official party ac- l DMfl.n tn Oklahoma City. Sen. George Smathers (D-Fla.) also made the trip. Smathers is secretary of the Senate Democratic Con ference but has said he wants to abandon that Job and con centrate on activities in the Senate Finance Committee -where Kerr had shown great influence. Sorrow Reflected Kennedy's sorrow over the death of Kerr - who steered the administration's trade bill and numerous other measures through the Senate - was re flected in the statement issued by the President Tuesday, sev eral hours after he learned of the influential lawmaker's passing. The President said then that Kerr "will be greatly missed when the Senate opens next' week and even more so in the months ahead." Kerr had opposed Kennedy on sev eral key Issues, particularly medical care for the aged through Social Security fi nancing, but he. was consid ered a major force for the New Frontier In Congress. Umapine Man Indicted By Umatilla Grand Jury Pendleton, Ore. - rani - A Umatilla county grand Jury Thursday indicted John Pena of Umapine on second-degree murder charges in the knife slaying of Manuel Alvarado, 31, Walla Walla, Wash., Tues day night. A Big Bluff Would-Be Bank Robber Foiled in Parkrose Job Portlnnd-dlPD-Couragcous bank officials, a flustered lady teller and a fire department frustrated the efforts of a would-be robber bluffing with a bottle of shampoo he said was explosive in an attempted bank holdup here Thursday. Thomas Leroy Sowcll, 45, Saltm, was arrested on bank robbery charges. Chief clerk Gary Pomeroy said a man entered the Park- rose branch of the Oregon Bank and showed a bottle with a trigger device attached. He said the bottlo contained nitroglycerin. Pomeroy was ordered to close the bank and open the vaults. In a quick aside, assistant manager Ken hideler told Mrs. Nancy Henry to step on the alarm. She did, but she stepped on the fire alarm. Acting on the robber's order, Shldcler opened the door to let the robber out when customers started pounding on the doors from outside. As the man left Shideler struck him from behind and Fite Chief Ken Hickey, whose engines had answered the alarm, confronted him with a monkey wrench. The bandit had told a captive audience in the bank that he had "cancer, diabetes and tuberculosis" and that a "buddy's got a bomb in the manager s house and would blow up the house if anything went wrong at the bank. Both the bomb and the buddy were nonexistent, police said.