J.. Air iiffems Network Declared Penetrated
Dire Trouble on
Nation's Main
Street Is Seen
By' GEORGE H. BELL
Mail Tribunt Stiff Writer
Main Street, U.S.A., is and has been for the last several
years in serious trouble.
Since the early 1950's, an exodus has been taking place
that threatens, if it continues, to remove literally, the hub
from the community wheel.
Businesses without so much as backward glance, have
been abandoning their traditional downtown locations in
favor of moves to outlying suburban areas.
The sight of vacant stores in a town's central business
district with "Moved to New Location" signs in their win
dows is now commonplace.
Downtown office buildings, which a few short years ago
had waiting lists of professional men eager to move In,
now stand empty, or are threatened with closure by a
steadily declining occupancy rate.
Hollywood brags hollowly that movies are "Better than
Ever," but it's an open secret that attendance at downtown
theaters is not. Unable to withstand the competition of tele
vision and drive-in movies now boarded-up theaters with
trash-littered foyers grimly contribute to the atmopshere of
decay on downtown streets.
Large chain operations, able to thrive on a minimum
margin of profit, have put increasing pressure on the small,
local business, and their victims' empty stores dot main
streets like a pox in communities across the country.
Direct Result of Massive Change
What has happened is the direct result of a massive
change in the shopping habits of the American customer,
.a change the average downtown business man is only now
beginning to recognize and attempt to understand.
When World War II ended in August 1945, a public, its
appetite whetted by years of denial and rationing, and its
bank account fattened by war-time salaries, flocked to buy
goods as fast as a rapidly retooling industry could turn them
out.
It was a sellers' market, and downtown merchants never
had it so good. Salesmanship was not necessary, and it was
during this period that many clerks developed negative atti
tudes toward customers that are as out of date today as wide
lapels on a man's suit.
Store and property owners in the downtown area gave
little thought to remodeling. It wasn't necessary. People
were buying, everyone was making money and a kind of
false economic euphoria pervaded the country.
But gradually, as the supply of material goods met and
then exceeded the consumers' demand, the picture began
to change. Competition, virtually unused since the start of
the war in 1941, revived and grew more and more fierce as
each year passed.
Downtown Scene of Traffic Jams
Suddenly, everyone could afford an automobile (some
times two) and downtown streets became the scene of traffic
jams, and frustrated motorists learned the trick of driving
around and around a block, in the hope that a parking place
would magically appear.
Discount houses had a brief vogue in the 1950's, but
soon faded when people discovered that most of them made
no provisions for service or replacement of broken parts.
- Gradually, the consumer's frustration and resentment
built up. He got tired of never being able to find a place
to park, of getting Ignored by aloof clerks, Of having to shop
in cold, run-down stores with pre-war fixtures and indif
ferent merchandising.
. In short, he was ready for a change, a change the down
town merchant was either slow or loathe to provide.
With a sudden revolutionary development of the shop
ping center in the last decade, the buyer found his needs
and desires abundantly answered.
Next: The rise of the shopping centers.
I Regional Edition
Jack Billings To
Be Top Duncan Aide
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington (Special) Rep.
clect Robert Duncan has hired
as his top assistant an Ore
gonian who once worked for
two of the contenders Duncan
defeated in becoming Oregon's
new Democratic congressman.
Student Enrollment
AtSOC Hits 1,562
Ashland Winter term
registration at Southern Ore
gon college Friday exceeded
the previous all-time high, ac
cording to figures released by
Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, reg
istrar. At the close of the third day
of registration Friday, some
1.562 students had enrolled,
which represents an increase
of 18.9 per cent over the 1,313
students enrolled on a com
parable day last year. The
previous record of 1.503 en
rollecs was set in January
1962.
Of the number enrolled to
date, 868 are men and 694 arc
women. This represents an in
crease of 14.4 per cent in men
and a 25.3 per cent increase
in women.
Winter term enrollment
will end Jan. 16, Mrs. Winston
said.
Jack Billings, former
Eugene radio newsman, will
head Duncan's Washington of
fice staff which is now being
organized. Billings served in
the same capacity for Rep.
Charles O. Porter from 1957
until Porter's defeat in 1960.
Since then he has worked for
Rep. William Fitz Ryan (D
N.Y.). Worked for Fisher
Before coming to Washing
ton with Porter, Billings was
a news commentator for a
Eugene radio station operated
by Carl Fisher. Duncan de
feated Fisher, the GOP can
didate, in the recent general
election, after having trounced
Porter in the May primary.
Duncan spent last week in
Washington getting organized
while his family visited rel
atives in New York. He went
to New York Sunday to bring
his wife and four of their six
children to their newly rented
home in suburban Silver
Spring, Md. preparatory to the
convening of the 88th Cong
ress Wednesday. The two eld
est Duncan children, Nancy,
19, and Angus, 17, are in
school in Oregon.
DEATH IN BATHTUB
Portland - IPO - The body
of Mrs. Thelma Stearns, 61,
was found in a bathtub at her
home Sunday. Water covered
her head and police said
death apparently was accidental.
NEIVSCBRIEFS
I8TH CONGRESS TO CONVENE WEDNESDAY
Washington-lPt-The (Sth Congreis will convene Wednes
day facing Immediate battles ever its rules and long-range
proposals by Praiident Kennedy for income tax cuts and
new spending programs.
THANT ACCUSES TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT
United Nations. N.YtPI'-Secretary Generel Than! today
accused Cangoleie secessionist leader Msiie Tihombe and
bis provincial government of abandoning their responsibilities
to Katanga.
Nrwc.DS.PFR STRIKE INVESTIGATION DELAYED
New Yerk-PN-Striking printers Indicated today they
would deley en Invtitigttiooj of the month-long newspaper
Medford
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
20 PAGES Three Sections
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1963
No. 249
Elected County
icials, Staffs
Sworn in Today
Faber, Leigh Plan To
Study Their Offices
Two new county officers in
dicated this morning they
would spend some time study
ing their new positions be
fore making any definite
plans.
County Commissioner Don
ald Faber and Sheriff De Ar
mond Leigh were sworn in
this morning with re-elected
County Clerk Marvin Mad
den, County Judge Earl Mil
ler and County Assessor Thad
Hatten. County Clerk Mad
den, who also administered
the oath to himself, swore in
personnel in the assessor's and
sheriff's offices. Others would
be sworn in as they come
into the clerk's office later
today. Madden said.
Faber noted the most im
portant thing to consider in
the next few weeks will be
the new county budget and
emphasized a shorter budget
study period is needed. Con
sidering the needs of the coun
ty, Faber indicated the coun
ty roads department is the
most important and requires
the largest expenditure.
Faber said he has no ob
jections to the proposed pub
lic health center building, but
feels it should be in the court
house area instead of at the
proposed location on the fair
grounds.
Vote on Stadium
The proposed multi-purpose
stadium would require a lot
of thought and should come
to a vote of the county's cit
izens, he said. , i , '
Parks and recreation is one
of the major new fields in
the county and will require
more attention. The new coun
ty commissioner strongly rec
ommended the proposed Mt.
Ashland ski resort as plan
ned by the U.S. Forest serv
ice. He noted people are against
strict county planning, prob
ably due to lack of under
standing, and hopes for a
more peaceful relationship be
tween the county's residents
and county planning commission.
Economic Growth
Jackson county's level of
economic growth is well
above the state average, Fa
ber noted. More industry will
come to the Rogue valley and
White City is one of the best
industrial areas in the west,
Faber said. The county court
will not have much of a role
in such industrial develop
ment since its duties are
"pretty well prescribed by
law," he noted.
Leigh said he wanted to
become better orientated and
acquainted with his staff be
fore setting any policy or
organization. He strongly de
nied the rumor that he may
appoint former sheriff Joe
Walsh to his staff.
The new sheriff, said he be
lieves strongly in home rule
for law enforcement. The
people should never lose con
trol of it, he said. There
should be competition with
the other law enforcement
agencies, but all should co
operate, he added. He said
the department will continue
its close coordination with
the small town.
Central Point Home
Burns This Morning
Central Point-The home of
a Central Point family was
gutted by fire this morning.
Cause of the fire was not im
mediately determined.
The fire, at the home of the
Robert J. Blank family at
360 Freeman rd., was report
ed at 9:45 a.m. The Central
Point Volunteer Fire depart
ment responded to the alarm
and was still at the scene at
noon.
Although six of the family's
eight children live at home,
no one was in the house when
the fire broke out, except a
dog. who died of suffocation.
The family lost all Its pos
sessions in the blaze, but is
being cared for by the Ameri
can Red Cross. Donations of
clothing and household Items
for the family may be made
to the Red Cross, it was
stated.
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AREA VISITED A group of persons interested in the de- and during the day some of the ski enthusiasts
velopment of a proposed ski area just below the summit vantage of the ideal conditions to ski. Travel in
of Mt. Ashland, toured the area Saturday. The trip was was by Tucker Sno-Cat. (Whitland Locke photo)
sponsored by the Mt. Ashland Recreational Developers
took ad
the area
Bunche Confers
On Resistance by
Katanga Forces
Leopoldville, The Congo-(IPD-The
central Congolese
government today created a
special mission to take over
administration of secession
ist Katanga Province and
its rich copper and cobalt
resources.
Elisabelhville. Katanga,
The Congo -CUPD- Dr. Ralph
Bundle consulted with United
Nations military commanders
today on wiping out the last
resistance against reunifica
tion of Katanga with the Congo-
"
The UN undersecretary
flew into Elisabethville Sun
day from Leopoldville and
immediately quashed any idea
that he would try to reopen
negotiations with Katangese
President Moise Tshombe.
"I have nothing to say to
Mr. Tshombe," Bunche told
newsmen.
He said he regarded the
secessionist-minded Tshombe
as a spent political force.
Tshombe was believed to be
in Kolwezi, a heavily forti
fied stronghold 150 air miles
northwest of Elisabelhville.
UN forces moved 10 miles to
ward Kolwezi from Jadotville
over the week end.
Try Persuasion
British and French consular
officials were trying to per
suade Tshombe to end his re
sistance and go to Elisabeth
ville to talk to Bunche, but
there was little sign they
would succeed.
Tshombe has been Issuing a
stream of defiant statements
and vowing that his forces
will launch a guerrilla war If
all else fails.
ncports reaching Salisbury,
Southern Rhodesia, said a
trainload of weapons and am
munition, including four tank
cars of gasoline, had been
sent to Tshombe from Portu
guese Angola.
There was no immediate
confirmation of this but such
action would explain why the
United Nations is anxious to
capture Dilolo which is on the
border between Angola and
Kolwezi.
BOARD TO MEET
Salem - IW - The State
Water Resource Board will
meet Jan. 24 in room 36 of
the Slate Office Building In
(Portland. ;
Home Is Damaged
By Sunday Blaze
Considerable heat, "smoke
and fire damage to the entire
house resulted from a fire yes
terday evening and this morn
ing at the residence of Ross
J. Foster, 4019 South Pacific
highway, city firemen report
ed. Firemen were first sum
moned to the residence about
5:35 p.m. yesterday. They
found that an overheated fur
nace had caused damage to
the floor area near the fur
nace. There was heavy smoke
throughout the house.
At 8:15 a.m. firemen were
called to the same address
and learned that the fire had
rekindled. The house was full
of smoke. The fire had burned
the kitchen floor and a 2 by
18-foot section of the living
room floor.
Proposed Site for
Ski Development
Visited by Group
More than 40 ski enthusi
asts, businessmen, govern
ment officials and others
visited the proposed site of a
ski development just below
Ashland Building
Drops During 1962
Ashland The amount of
money spent to construct new
residences in Ashjand during
1962 was almost one-third
more than the total spent for
the same purpose in 1961, the
Ashland Chamber of Com
merce noted today.
City building permit fig
ures show that permits total
ing $829,200 were taken out
to construct residences dur
ing 1962, compared to $639,-
800 in 1961.
Total dollar volume in
1962 building permits was
down slightly from 1961-S1,-325,935
as compared with
$1,412, 125-but this was at
tributed to a sizable drop in
construction of public build
ings. Permits for public build
ings totaled $106,000 in 1962
as opposed to $430,000 in
1961.
Residence remodeling also
was up over 1961: $87,040 as
compared to $74,725.
Permits for new commer
cial buildings were down
$228,500 as compared to
$241,800. But commercial re
modeling permits totaled $59,-
300, up considerably from
$13,250 during 1961.
Miscellaneous permits total
ed $15,895 in 1962, $12,550 in
1961.
Rural Mail Carrier
Name Is Confirmed
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
has confirmed the Jackson
County Democratic - Central
committee's recommendation
that Walter Collins, 204 Jean
ette ave., be appointed rural
mall carrier for route 3, Med
ford. Central Committee Chair
man Jean Mills said he re
ceived a telegram from Morse
Friday confirming the recom
mendation. Morse failed to
mention anything about the
committee's recommendation
of County Clerk Marvin Mad
den for the temporary ap
pointment of Medford post
master, Mills said.
WEATHER
FORECAST; Cold drnu fo nd
tmokt In lower valley through
TuetfUy. Komr ptrtul clearing
TurMlav afternoon. Fair and
mild ahove fog. High hoth dayk
ia-37 In fog arrai and SO-SO
ahovt fog. Low tonight 21-10.
Tamp.
Hltheit Vetterdar It
Lowet Tbla .Morning .. 24
Our Skies Tonight
Sumet today ItSlp.m.
Sunrte tomorrow T:4I a.m.
Moomel tomorrow t:2) a-m
Full Moon Jan.
At thli t nil Moon there will be
a penumbra) eellpe of the
Moon In whlrh oar aatelllte
enters the partial ihadow of the
Farth. There will be no percep.
Ubli darkening of the Moon.
the summit of Mt. Ashland
Saturday.
The trip was soonsored by
the Mt. Ashland Recreational
Developers, an informal or
ganization seeking to promote
creation of a 'ski lodge and
tows in the area. Bill Patton,
chairman of the group and
also president of the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce, or
ganlzed the tour, which was
made in private cars part of
the way, and via Sno-Cat the
rest of the way.
The day was perfect, with
warm sun shining through
clear air on powder snow
ranging in depth up to three
feet in the shadier spots. Both
Mt. Shasta and Mt. McLough
lin were clearly visible.
Those who have been ac
tive in promoting the develop
ment explained the tentative
plans, which include a lodge,
restaurant, and one or more
ski tows. Problems of bid
ding, construction, drainage,
sewage, and others, were also
discussed.
Practice Sport
Most of the skiers on the
trip took advantage of the
ideal conditions to practice
the sport;
Among those attending
were Patton, Charles Collins,
Medford, chairman of the gov.
ernors Outdoor Recreation
Council and executive vice
president of the Cal. Ore.
Recreation association; Rich
ard Konnstamm, manager of
Timberiinc lodge on Mt
Hood; Jack Nichols, bureau of
land management official who
has had experience in ski de.
velopment; Dave Kaiser of
the U.S. Forest service, Coun
ty Commissioners Ed Taylor
and Chester Wendt, and Com.
missioncr - elect Don Faber;
Ashland Businessman Lloyd
Selby, one of the develop
ments promoters, and repre.
sentatives of the p ess and
television.
The Forest service will
open bids April 1 on the de
velopment and it is hoped to
have the development in at
least partial operation next
winter.
Two Skiers Circle
Crater Lake Sunday
Two local skiers circled
Crater lake Sunday, covering
a distance of some 37 miles
through what they described
as the most beautiful winter
scenery in Oregon.
Outdoorsmen John Day and
Odd Bjerkc left Government
camp at 3 a.m. Sunday and
completed the circuit of the
lake in a matter of 12Vi
hours. Using cross country
equipment, the men employed
the Norwegian running tech
nique to cover the most dis
tance in the least possible
time.
The rim road has never
been kept open in winter and
this "wonderland" is visited
by few people after the snow
falls. Crystal clear weather
added to the pleasure of the
trip, Day said.
Average Family's
Postal Bill Up
$1.80 Annually
Washington (UPD Starting
today, the average American
family's annual bill for post
age will go up about $1.80.
The reason: postal rate
hikes approved by Congress
last fall went into effect at
midnight. The cost of mailing
a letter or postcard rose by
a penny,' making the new
rates:
Five cents for first class
letters.
Four cents for regular
postcards. .
Eight cents for air m a 1 1
letters (one ounce).
Six cents for airmail post
cards. 'Still a Bargain'
The hike will raise the nor
mal family's mailing bill to
about $9 a year but Postmas
ter General J. Edward Day
said a stamp "still is one of
the consumer s best bargains.
Mail rates to overseas coun
tries remain unchanged. But
rates to Mexico and Canada
will increase the same as for
U. S. domestic mail.
The cost of living has Jump
ed 118 per cent during the
past au years, LJiy said, but
the cost of mailing a letter
has risen only 66 per cent
from 3 cents to 5 cents.
The new rates which hlso
apply to second, third, and
fourth class mail are de
signed to produce about $260
million in new revenue for
the Post Office department
between Jan. 7 and June 30
when the current fiscal year
ends. The additional revenue
is expected to reach $578
million in fiscal 1964 and
slash the post office deficit
to about $100 million.
Russia, Red China
Exchange Bitter
Denunciations
Editorial Charges
Soviet Cowardice
Moscow - OIPD - The Soviet
Union and Communist China
denounced each other through
newspaper editorials today in
the bitterest terms either has
used since their ideological
battle began.
A two-page editorial in the
Soviet Communist party
newspaper Pravda for the
first time directly identified
Red China as a backer of
'dogmatic, divisive views"
within the Communist bloc.
It virtually accused Peking
of trying to "provoke war"
with a "philosophy of sui
cide." It said critics of Mos
cow's Cuba policy "do not
know what they are talking
about.
Charges Cowardice
In Peking, Red China's
leading theoretical journal
Red Flag devoted more than
17,000 words to articles that,
in effect, accused the Soviet
Union of, cowardice before
Western strength and of be
trayal of the Communist
cause. Red Flag did not men
lion the Soviet Union by
name but the references were
obvious.
Pravda suggested the dis
pute might be solved through
conferences but indicated the
Chinese would have to cease
their attacks on the Kremlin
first.
The opposing editorials
raised the interesting but still
highly speculative possibility
of a spectacular top-level con
frontation at the East Ger
man Communist party con
gress opening Jan. 15.
Plans to Attend
Soviet Premier Nikita S
Khrushchev already has said
he will go but there has been
no word on who Pekinir is
sending. The Chinese Com
munists might try to avoid a
clash in such a Khrushchev
stronghold.
Up to now, Peking and
Moscow have avoided direct
attacks on each other. Peking
has used Yugoslavia as the
whipping post for Moscow -and
continued to do so to
day - while Moscow has used
Albania as the target of its
criticism of Red China.
Mrs. Hamilton Joins
Mail Tribune Staff
Eva Hamilton, long time
Medford newspapcrwo man,
today joined the news staff of
the Medford Mall Tribune.
Mrs. Hamilton, widow of
the lale Moore-Hamilton, Med
ford's postmaster until his
death last year, worked for
the Mail Tribune for about
five years In the early 1930s.
Subsequently, she has been
Medford correspondent for
the Oregon Journal and Sac
ramento Bee.
Mrs. Hamilton is widely
known throughout the state.
She is a member of the Slate
Board of Education. She Is a
former member of the board
of trustees of the Library of
Medford and Jackson County
and the board of education of
School District S49C.
Her duties will Include
straight news reporting, fea
ture writing, and desk work
in the Mail Tribune news
room.
"We believe Mrs. Hamil
ton's addition to the staff will
greatly strengthen the news
gathering and reporting fa
cilities of the Mail Tribune,
and are glad to have her as
part of the paper'i news
team.." Eric W. Allen Jr..
managing editor, said today.
Children's Farm Home
Superintendent Named
Corvallis (UPD Don A.
Miller, lone, Calif., has been
named superintendent of the
Children's Farm Home near
here, according to H. B. John
son of Eugene, chairman of
the board.
Miller succeeds Larry Bell
who resigned last August to
accept a position In the Polk
county juvenile office in Dallas.
British Reports
Declare Bomber
Simulated Attack
Spokesman Calls
Report 'Nonsense'
London -HTli- British news
papers and radio reports said
today that British jet bomb
ers successfully penetrated
the U.S. air defense network
a few weeks ago in a simu
lated H-bomb attack that
caught the American early
warning system napping.
A U.S. spokesman called
the reports "a lot of non
sense." A British spokesman
said such an exercise was
staged more than a year ago
but declined to discuss the
results.
Key Cities 'Bombed'
London newspapers said
600 mile per hour Delta-winged
Vulcan bombers, the
RAF's most modern striking
force, staged a mock H-bomb
attack a few weeks ago that
pierced U.S. defenses and
"bombed New York, Wash
ington and other key cities.
After a lenathy inquiry, the
Air Ministry confirmed the
bombers took part in such an
exercise "around Oct. 14,
1961." But a spokesman said
"it is not policy to state
whether exercises are suc
cessful or not."
In Washington, the U.S. De
fense department was report
ed to have said the last time
the British participated in a
"raid" was 1960. Reports of
a later raid were labeled by
a spokesman for the North
American Air Defense Com-
mand as "just a lot of non
sense." Changed Its Mind
The Air Ministry earlier
had said the exercise took
place "about two months
ago," but changed its mind.
The 1961 exercise was code-
named "Skyshlcld 2" and "we
put out a bulletin about it at
the time," a spokesman said.
The British Broadcasting
Corp. reported that the Vul
can bombers have penetrated
U. S. defenses' "on a number
of occasions on exercises. This
has been achieved by an elec
tronic device on the aircraft
used to confuse radar de
fenses. Considered Superior '
"Senior RAF officers con
sider ' these British devices
superior to those carried by
bombers of the U. S. Strategic
Air Command," the BBC said.
The British aircraft were re
ported to have flown over the
North Pole and Canada to
make their attack. The British
press said the U. S. early
warning system was "caught
napping."
Reports of a mock raid were
printed by the London Daily
Express, Dally Telegraph,
Daily Herald and Dallv
Sketch.
Loyd Center Store
Damaged by Flames
Portland - (UPD - Investiga
tors today were trying to de
termine the cause of a fire
that caused some $20,000 dam
age to the J. J. Newberry
store In the Lloyd Center
here Sunday. ' -
About $15,000 of the dam
age was to merchandize by
smoke.
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ing a lot of the new five-cent and eight-cent postages stamps,
shown above, now that the new postal rates are In effect
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