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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1963
No. 251
Businessmen
Ponder Woes;
Business Drops
By GEORGE H. BELL
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
As his customers flocked to the shiny new shopping
centers to spend their money, the downtown merchant was
left to contemplate his woes.
He seemed beset on every side with troubles, some of
them his own making, some not.
He looked as his store fixtures and his shop facade and
and realized to his consternation and dismay that they were
pre-war and now pretty close to being 20 years old. They
looked their age, too.
In front of his shop, down the length of the block, he
saw a row of uniformly-spaced parking meters. Installed
originally to facilitate the availability of parking in the
downtown area, the meters over a period of years had now
become a symbol of customers frustration.
Indeed, the only ones who had a good word to say about
the meters were city officials who had come to rely on the
revenue from the coin-hungry machines.
Number of Cars Increase
His shop fronted on Main street, once an automatic
guarantee that business would be good. But as the number
of automobiles had increased, Main street, as the city's prin
cipal arterial, carried a heavier and heavier traffic flow, with
all the attendant noise, exhaust fumes and harassment
of pedestrians.
He knew, too, that his employees were unhappy about
not having a place to park their cars convenient to where
they worked. Their choice was among three alternatives,
none of which was satisfactory: They could park at a meter
close to the store and feed it change all day; they could
park at a commercial lot at a cost of upwards of a $1 a day;
or they could, as most of them did, park at an unmetcred
curb about 10 blocks from the downtown area and walk to
work.
The hardware store which had been in business next door
to him for over 20 years had moved to a new building in
the shopping center last month, and as far as he knew
there was no prospective tenant in sight. The blank, soaped
over windows made the whole block look run down nad un
pleasant. In fact, now that he thought about it, he realized there
were a number of empty store fronts in the core area, more
than he could ever recall having seen before. He thought
too with a chill of the rumor he had heard last week that
the town's leading department store was considering moving
its location to the shopping center.
Lease Still Has to Run
He couldn't move himself, however attractive the prospect
might appear to him at times. His lease still had several
' years to run. It had been negotiated during' the lush years
right after the war, and the property owner had sought and
received a pretty substantial monthly rent increase.
When business had been good, he hadn't minded the ex
horbilant rent too much. But now, with the differential be
tween overhead and sales receipts gradually narrowing, it
began to appear increasingly burdensome.
He was in a bad spot and he knew it. The trouble was
that the situation, if anything, would with a certainty get
worse, not better.
In desperation, he and a group of his fellow merchants
had attempted a variety of measures to solve the dilemma.
They had increased their advertising, cooperated on several
sales promotion events and had even taken steps to buy up
a few parcels of downtown property to provide some off
street parking space for their customers.
But whatever supecess they had was only momentary.
It was rather like taking aspirin to relieve the pain of a
brain tumor.
He was at last becoming convinced that something
drastic, something revolutionary and, he feared, expensive
had to be done. Worst of all, it had to be done very soon,
or it would be too late.
Next: Pomona Solves Its Problom
Hatfield Inaugural
Program Announced
Salem - (UPI) - The program
for the second inaugural of
Gov. Hark Hatfield was an
nounced today by Senate
President-designate Ben Musa
(D-The Dalles) and House
Speaker designate Clarence
Barton (D-Coquille).
The ceremony in the House
chambers will open at 2 p.m.
Monday with a processional
into the House by members
of the Senate, former gover
nors, slate elective officials,
justices of the Supreme Court,
and the governor.
Edith Fairham Gunnar will
lead the audience in singing
the national anthem. The Rev.
Arlin Halvorsen will deliver
the invocation.
Barton will canvass the vote
and announce that Hatfield
has been officially elected to
a second term as governor.
Chief Justice William Mc
Allister will administer the
oath of office to Hatfield.
The governor then will de
liver his second inaugural ad
dress, containing his message
to the legislature.
The governor will lead the
recessional, followed by mem
bers of the Supreme Court,
elected officials, former gov
ernors and senators.
Prior to the inaugural,
there will be music in the ro
tunda by the capital symphony.
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SPACE EXHIBIT Part of the space exhibit
at the Seattle World's Fair sponsored by the
National Aeronautics and Space administra
tion, was in Medford today at both junior
high schools. Paul Lampkin, above, travels
with the exhibit which includes models of
launch vehicles, satellites and space probes,
electronc equipment and other special de
vices for demonstrating aspects of space
science and exploration. All articles in the
exhibit are space models of actual space
program equipment. The show was brought
to Medford through the efforts of the Med
ford 9417th Air Reserve Squadron. This
morning the exhibit was at McLoughlin
Junior High school and during the after
noon was at Hedrick.
Tshombe Ends War
With United Nations
Bitter Battles
Seen Ahead for
New Frontier
Forces Ready for
House Rules Fight
Critical Shortages
Of Water Possible
Unless More Rain
Critical shortages of -water locations reported the wettest
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DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE POSTPONED
Waihington-'iri'-The United Slates and Riuiia agreed to
day to postpone the resumption of the Geneve Disarmament
Conference for one month, from next Tuesday to Feb. 12.
could result in southwestern
and southccntral Oregon un
less late winter and early
spring storms deposit heavy
snows, Robert D. Church, me
teorologist in charge at the
Medford weather bureau sta
tion, reported Tuesday from
the waier simply forecast
summary for Medford, Rose
burs and Klamath Falls.
On Jan. 1, Church raid in
dications were that residual
flow, January to September,
'will be slightly below the 15
year average. To date, most
of the area has been "woe
fully short of snow," the me
teorologist said.
Temperatures were mild
during September and No
vember in southwestern and
southcentral Oregon. A cool
spell during the first half of
October resulted in monthly
temperatures being several de
grees below normal. Decem
ber temperatures were near
to slightly above normal.
High Pressure
During December, a large
and persistent plateau high
pressure system much of the
month resulted in cool foggy
weather in western valleys
and mild sunny weather at
higher elevations.
As a result at the end of
the month snow depths in the
Cascades were much below
their seasonal levels. For ex
ample, the snow depth at
Crater Lake at the end of De
cember was only 25 inches as
compared with an average of
more than 60 inches.
For the most part, precipi
tation amounts were above
normal during each of the
fall months, September, Octo
ber and November, Church
noted. September precipita
tion was near 130 per cent of
normal in southwestern Ore
gon and over headwaters of
the Chewaucan drainage.
During October an intense
storm period brought heavy
precipitation to southwestern
and southccntral Oregon.
Monthly totals were Irom two
to four times normal and
Lakevlew and several other
October of record
Above Normal Rain
Late in November storms
again resulted in above nor
mal monthly precipitation
from much of southwestern
Oregon although the lower
and upper Klamath Lakes
area received less than three
fourths of normal.
On Dec. 2 and 3 a vigorous
storm moved inland over
southwestern Oregon bring
ing abnormally heavy rain
with resulting flooding in the
upper Rogue River. At Med
ford this storm produced the
greatest 24-hour rainfall of
record. For the month as a
whole, with the exception of
the Medford area, precipita
tion was somewhat below nor
mal in southwest and south-
central Oregon.
The combination of tern
peralure and precipitation to
date indicates. Church said,
that the water year and resi
dual flow, January to Septem
ber, will be 870,000 feet on
the Rogue below South Fork
or 75 per cent of average. On
the Klamath, the Upper Klam
ath Lake inflow will be 934
000 acre feet, or 84 per cent
of average.
POET ROBERT FROST 'DOING WELL'
Boilon-'irKPulilier Prise winning poet Robert Frost, 88.
today was reported in fair condition end "doing well" alter
undergoing additional minor turger to prevent blood clotting.
FRANCE PREPARING TO EXPLODE BOMB
Peri-4PI-Frnce U starting preparations to explode her
first H-bomb in the remote Gambier Itlends in the Pecific
Ocean about 1.000 miles southeast of Tahiti, possibly within
two years, reliable French sources said today.
KENNEDY PLANS NEWS CONFERENCE
Wahington-lPl-Preident Kennedy will hold t newt
conference at 1 p.m. (PST) Wednesday. Jan. IS, the White
House announced todey. Kennedy will not hold news con
ference this week.
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Drainage Problem
Meeting Tomorrow
Drainage problems in the
Bear creek basin pointed up
during the December flood
will be discussed during a
public meeting at 2 p.m. to
morrow in the courthouse
auditorium, County Judge
Earl M. Miller said.
Letters have been mailed
inviting mayors, city manag
ers and superintendents of
Eagle Point, Talent, Cold Hill,
Jacksonville, Central Point,
Phoenix, Medford and Ash
land. Irrigation district managers
and representatives of the
county watcrmaster's, U. S.
Geological Survey, state high
way department and soil con
servation district officials also
arc invited, Miller said.
'Scorched Earth'
Threatened if
Kolwezi Attacked
' Elisabelhvilld; kulangV,'The
Congo - (lPII - Katanga Presi
dent Moise Tshombe an
nounced an end to his war
with the United Nations today
and said he was ready to talk
peace with the Congolese cen
tral government.
But a few hours later
Tshombe warned that his
forces would carry out his
threatened "scorched earth"
policy if the United Nations
attacked Kolwezi.
The United Nations appar
ently had no intention of do
ing so if Tshombe goes along
peacefully. UN sources in
New York said Tshombe may
gel a key role in the Congo's
political future if he hands
over Kolwezi, which is his last
stronghold.
Tribal War Erupts
Further complicating the
Congo crisis was an announce
ment by the central govern
ment in "Leopoldville that
vicious tribal warfare has
erupted in the diamond-rich
Kasai Province, Just north of
Katanga. At least 370 Lulua
tribesmen and two whites
have been reported killed
there so far.
Kolwezi, however, is the
real key to the future of Ka
tanga and the rest of the Con
go at present. It is 150 miles
northwest of Elisabethvillc.
Ready for Destruction
Tshombe told newsmen
here today that Katangesc
have every major industrial
Installation in Kolwezi mined
and ready for demolition.
"We have decided to work
on the scorched earth policy
and we'll carry it out if they
try to advance on Kolwezi
he told a news conference.
Washington - (UPI) - The
Democratic - controlled 88th
Congress convened today with
pomp and ceremony that tem
porarily masked the bitter
legislative battles ahead over
President Kennedy's New
Frontier legislation.
But barely had the House
and Senate formally opened
business at noon when pro
and anti-administration forces
got ready for a critical fight
over the make-up of the House
Rules Committee.
This issue, whether the
committee should be kept at
its enlarged total of 15 mem
bers to assure more favorable
treatment of Kennedy's pro
posals, dominated opening day
activities.
Prospects Good
. The chief executive was as
sured at a breakfast meeting
with top Democratic leaders
that prospects were good for
an administration victory in
the rules fight.
This would be encouraging
to the administration. But
even so, such key Kennedy
proposals as a tax cut, social
security-financed health care
for the aged, and federal aid
to education still face a hard
pull in the new Congress.
Outside of the rules com
mittee battle, opening day was
largely ceremonial. New mem
bers were sworn in, ranging
from the President's brother,
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
to the son of the late Sen.
Robert A. Taft, Rep, Robert
A. raft Jr. (R.Ohio).
In the Senate, Democrats
met to elect their leaders. To
no one's surprise, Mike Mans
field (D-Mont.) was renamed
to the party's top job in the
Senate; Hubert H. Humphrey
(D-Minn.) was reelected Dartv
whip, and George A. Smathers
(D-r la.) was renamed Demo
cratic conference secretary.
committee Set Up
Senate Democrats also voted
to set up a six-man committee
to-study the possibility of re
vised Senate working sched
ules. This might include a one
or two-month summer recess
to let members spend more
time with families and con
stituents.
Clerk Ralph Roberts gavel-
ed the House to Order precise
ly on time. The opening-day
turnout of members appeared
almost completely, as it is
usually on opening day and
is rarely thereafter.
The galleries were packed
with families, friends and
aides of the congressmen, in
cluding the 67 new members
taking House scats for the
first time.
Tax Bill Introduced
A Republican Congressman
got the jump on Kennedy in
presenting a plan to cut Indi
vidual and corporate income
taxes.
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth
(R-Kan.) introduced a bill to
increase personal exemptions
from $000 to $800 a person
and cut the corporate tax rate
to 47 per cent from the pres
ent 52 per cent rate.
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OPENING PRAYER The Rev. Bernard
Braskamp, House chaplain, delivers the
opening prayer in the Chamber of the
House of Representatives in Washington
as the 88th Congress got under way today.
At left is Lewis Dcschler, parliamentarian
of the House. (UPI)
Flames Battled in
New York Skyscraper
it,
Local Man Found
Innocent by Jury
Milton Clinton Prater, 40,
of 417 Berrydalc ave., Med
ford, was found innocent on
charges of vagrancy following
a district court jury trial yes
terday. The jury returned its ver
dict at 6 p.m. yesterday fol
lowing an hour's delibera
tion. Prater was arrested In
Eagle Point last November by
sheriff's officers.
College Enrollment
Still on Increase
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college enrollment reached
another record high in the
sixth day of registration for
the winter term, Mrs. Mabel
Winston, registrar, reported
Wednesday.
There were 1,700 students
enrolled compared to 1.37J
for the same day in winter
term enrollment in 19B2,
23.8 per cent increase. The
all-time high of 1.503 students
for winter term was surpassed
several days earlier in the
term.
There arc more men than
women enrolled, but the per
cent of increase is higher in
the feminine ranks. A total
of 947 men arc enrolled com
pared to 708 in 1962 or an
18.7 increase. There were 753
women in the sixth day total
compared to 577 in 1962 or an
im-'case of 30.5 per cent.
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Senate Postpones
Filibuster Fight
Until Next Week
Washington - HOT - Amid i would be protected in the
promises of interim peace and interim.
later fury, the Senate today Senate liberals want
Hearings Slated on
Rail Fare Increase
Salem-rtlPII-Public hearings
on Southern Pacific's request
lor a 10 per cent intrastate
passenger fare increase will
be held here Feb. 20, the Pub
lic Utility Commission an
nounced today.
The proposed Increase
would affect both first class
and coach class rail fares as
well as Joint line fares, Com
missioner Joncl C. Hill said
hTe increase, scheduled to
become effective Dec. 15, was
suspended by Hill for six
months to provide time for in
vestigation. The increase is identical
with the 10 per cent federal
excise transportation tax
which was discontinued on
Nov. 18, 1982.
Railroad company officials
aruged the Increase was neces
sary to offset continuing dc
ficits In passenger operations.
LAND ACCEPTED
Salem - il'Pli - The Oregon
Highway Commission said to
day It has accepted 4.3 acres
of land between Ml. Vernon
and John Day on the John
Day highway.
formally postponed the start
of its antifilibuslcr rule fight
until early next week.
By gemleman'j agreement,
the three blocs Involved as
sented tp putting off the ver
bal fireworks until after Pres
ident Kennedy delivers his
Statu of the Union Message
Monday.
To Offer Amendments
Leaders of two groups ad
vocating either moderate or
liberal change in the Senate's
Rule 22 against filibusters
contented themselves with an
nouncing that their amend
ments will be Introduced Mon
day.
Sen. Richard B. Russell
(D-Ga.), leading the southern
bloc opposed to any change,
served notice that there will
be "points of order" made at
thai time to resist the revi
sions.
Would Amend Rule
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield (Mont.), assur
ed all parties that their rights
Five Candidates
File for Positions
Talent There will be five
candidates in the running for
the five posts on the board of
directors of the proposed Tal
ent Rural Fire Protection dis
trict, coming up for election
Friday Jan. 18.
A fifth candidate, Dean R.
Blackburn, filed nominating
petitions with sufficient sig
natures to place his name on
the ballot, the Jackson coun
ty elections department an
nounced yesterday just before
the filing deadline.
Other candidates are How
ard DeYoung, Eddie M. Helm,
Lee Floyd Quinn and Espcr
C. Silvester.
The board will take office
only If the district formation
Is approved at the Jan. 18
election. Voting will be at the
old agronomy station on Col
ver rd.
amend the present rule so
that after at least 15 days of
debate a majority of the Sen
ate - 51 members - could Im
pose cloture by limiting de
bate to one hour for, each
member. They would keep
the present rule under which
two-thirds of the senators vot
ing could end a filibuster
within two days after filing
of a cloture petition.
Middle of the roadcrs like
Mansfield and Sen. Clinton P.
Anderson (D-N.M.), favor
loosening the two-thirds rule
so that three-fifths of the Sen
ate - 60 senators instead of
the 67 now required - could
gag a filibuster. '
Empire State
Building Shall
Damaged by Fire
New York - (DPI) - Firemen
battled a series of fires a
to quarter mile up today in the
CLINICS SCHEDULED
Portland -HOT- The Labor
Department hat scheduled
clinics for Portland, Coos Bay
and Astoria to explain the
Labor-Management Reporting
and Disclosures Act to Oregon
unigp officials.
Parks, Recreation
Group Will Meet
Three new members of the
Medford parks and recreation
commission will attend their
first meeting of the group at
7:30 o'clock tonight In the
Medford city council
chambers.
New members arc Tod Tib
butt, Don Rcvcrman, and
John Kent. They were among
the new appointees to city
commissions made Jan. 3 by
Mayor James Dunlcvy.
Committees to report at to
night's session include the
teen-age, Bear creek Improve
ment, park namo, Jackson
park development and Haw
thorne park rc-devclopmcnl.
Also to be heard will be a
report of flood damage to
parks in the Dec. 2 flood.
No Objections To
Crossing Voiced
The Southern Pacific com
pany raised no objections to
the retention of a grade cross
ing at 11th st. once the Bar
netl rd. crossing is opened
during a hearing Tuesday
afternoon in Salem.
The hearing was the first
held on a new application for
the crossing filed by the city
with the public utilities com
missioner in July, 1962. The
PUC, In an earlier application,
ruled in favor of the Barnett
rd. crossing on the condition
that the 11th st. crossing be
closed.
In testimony before Hear
ing Examiner Cameron Wood,
the railroad company testified
as to the change of conditions
In the 11th st. crossing area
since the original hearings.
They noted that makeup
tracks arc now outside of the
city, that automatic block sig
nals have been removed to out
side of the city, which de
creases traffic congestion; and
that wig-wag signals at the
11th st. crossing now are ac
tivated by all six tracks in
stead of by only two tracks in
1959.
They also testified to a sub
stantial decrease in train
movements in the 11th st
area.
Empire State Building, the
world's tallest.
Six hours after the fire was
discovered it still was burning,
apparently in electric wiring
In a pipe shaft which runs the
entire height of the towering,
1,472-foot structure.
No Injuries were reported
and by 10 a.m. (EST) most of
the 16,000 persons who work
in the building had been per
mitted to go to their jobs. Sev
eral hundred of them had been
evacuated about 8 a.m.
Even as they worked, fire
men continued to hack into
the five-foot wide shaft, strip
ping insulation from wires.
Other fire-fighters roamed the
building, checking all its of
fices. Maintenance workers
mopped up water.
Crowd Watches
The fire in the midtown
Manhattan skyscraper first
was reported at 4:35 a.m. It
was declared under control
about 8 a.m., but the fire-fight
ing operation was expected to
continue all day.
Earlier, about 10,000 per
sons had crowded behind po
lice barriers at the Fifth ave.
and 34th st. site to watch the
operation. A dozen fire com
panies fought the two-alarm
fire.
The fires, affecting about
10 floors of the building,
climbed as high as the 84th
floor, just below the level of
the observation tower. Fire
men traveled skyward in the
elevators, carrying rolled -up
sections of hose.
Planning Commission
To Elect New Officers
Officers will be elected for
the Jackson county planning
commission at a meeting at 8
o'clock tonight in the court
house annex.
C. O. Lovcjoy, retiring pres
ident, has served two terms as
head of the commission. No
new members have been add
ed to the commission. Gerald
Latham and Victor Birdseye,
whose terms expired Dec. 31,
1962, were reappointed to the
group by the county court.
Grenfell Goes on Trial
For Making False Report
Portland -HIPP- William A
Grenfell Jr., 37, went on trial
in Municipal Court today on a
charge of making a false re
port to police last Oct. 9 In
connection with an automo
bile accident.
Grenfell, a Democratic
slate senator who was defeat
ed in the race for Multnomah
County Commissioner, Is
charged with reporting to po
lice that he was Injured when
forcibly abducted from the
downtown area and then
pushed from a moving car.
Grenfell later admitted
through his attorney he was
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driver of a car Involved In a
fatal collision.
Grenfell was hospitalized
until early In December and
is still confined to a wheel
chair.
Mrs. Natalie Crenshaw, 23,
Portland, a passenger In the
car Grenfell drove the night
of the fatal accident, took the
Fifth amendment today when
called to the stand.
The matter of her testi
mony wag delayed pending a
discussion In the Judges cham
bers and the trial moved on
to other witnesses.
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