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Newspaper Page TextBE in m 1 Regional Edition MEDFORD 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 18 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1963 No. 255 Cio-aieldl leg ins Second veirmioir Term ;s Stafte Q United Nations Preparing for Drive on Kolwezi Surrender Appeal To Be Delivered Elisabcthville, Katanga, The Congo - IUPB - The United Na tions was reported building up its forces today for a final drive on Kolwezi. '. If Katanga President Moise Tshombe refuses to surrender that town a UN attack would take place within a week. Informed sources said UN officials would deliver a sur render appeal to Tshombe in a few days. Tshombe had threatened to blow up mining and power installations if the United Natitons tries to take ft by force. Officials of the Union Min iere warn that this would cripple about three-fourths of Katanga's hydro-electric pow er and deal a severe blow to the economy of the entire Congo. Resistance Light UN troops have met little resistance so far in a gradual advance toward Kolwezi from Jadotville. Informed sources said the contingent, built around tough Ghurka soldiers from India who regard a battlefield death as a sure pass to glory, could be up to full' strength for an attack within a week. Both Europeans and Afric ans have had enough of the trouble which has gripped Ka tanga since Tshombe's troops started fighting with UN forces Christmas Eve. A group of Elisabcthville citizens who supported Tsh ombe said they were contem plating sending their own mis sion to Tshombe to ask him to give up. , " Vi -1 A Si , W CJ Ik I riff ll Judge Millard III; Appointment Made Grants Pass Judge James W. Crawford, who recently re tired from the Multnomah county circuit court bench, has started a temporary ap pointment as circuit court judge for District 1, compris ing Josephine and Jackson counties. Judge Crawford was ap pointed by the Oregon Stale Supreme court to fill the posi tion left temporarily vacant by the Illness of Circuit Court Judge Orval J. Millard, Grants Pass. He will serve for 84 days or until Judge Millard is ready to return to the bench. ' Judge Millard, who has oc cupied the position since 1047, was re-elected in 1960 to his present six-year term. During Judge Crawford's tenure here he will be avail able also for duty in both counties. ' California Offer To Build Power Lines San Francisco - (UPI) - Cali fornia's four major electric utility companies have offered to construct extra-high-voltage transmission lines be tween their systems and the Pacific Northwest for power interchange. (UPI) SYLVANUS OLYMPIO 'Against People's Will' Togo President Assassinated by Rebel Forces Accra, Ghana -HIPD - Togo rebels who assassinated pro Western President Sylvanus Olympio proclaimed their con trol of the small West African nation today and promised a new" constitution and elec tions. . - A broadcast over Radio Lome in the Togolcse capital said Olympjo was killed Sun day "because he went against the people's will." It said the rebels had everything under control and would deal se verely with any "treasonable activity." The announced said a civil ian committee would be ap pointed to draw up a consti tution under which a new na tional assembly will be elect ed. The present parliament Is controlled entirely by Olym- pio's Committee of Togolese Unity party. Halted at Border The broadcast followed re ports that Antoine Meatchi, the Togo exile who was called to lead the new government, had been halted Sunday night at the sealed border between Togo and Ghana. There was no word today whether Meatchi had been able to cross the border. He had been living in Accra. Olympio was killed in a lightning coup early Sunday by rebels who left his body on the steps of the U. S. Em bassy in Lome. Radio Lome gave the names of the insurrectionary com mittee which led the c o u p. Most appeared to be low-ranking army officers. It was reliably learned in Accra that U. S. Ambassador to Ghana William Mahoney called on Ghanaian President Kwame Nkruham Sunday night to discuss the Togo sit uation, after receiving instruc tions from Washington. Musa and Barton Elected To Head 1963 Legislature SHOCK EXPRESSED Washington - WPli - The White House expressed its "profound shock" Sunday over the assassination of Togo President Sylvanus Olympio whom it described as "one of Africa's most distinguished leaders." By ANN H. PEAI.SON Salem-OIPII-Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles), and Rep. Clar ence Barton (D - Coquille), were elected Senate president and House speaker here today as the 1963 legislature ses sion began. Television lights glared in the Senate and House cham bers as 30 senators and 60 representatives took their oaths of office and prepared to settle down to the hard money problems ahead. The convening of both houses went off smoothly de spite one surprise departure from the script in the House. With House membership split 31-29 in favor of Demo crats, Barton was assured of the speakership. Montgomery Nominated But House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene), was nominated by Rep. Rob ert Smith (R-Burns), and drew the votes of seven Republi cans. Barton told the House he hoped the 52nd assembly would "write a record ... ,. so that when we adjourn . . . our stewardship . . . will be ap proved and appreciated." Musa . was elected unani mously in the Senate. He said "we look forward to the best session the state - has ever known,, after the end of 150 days more or less. Committees were announc ed in both houses. Republicans drew chair manships of six out of 21 Sen ate committees and Republi cans in the house considered their key committee assign ments Improved over 1961. The elections of Barton and Musa followed House and Senate caucuses Sunday night. Barton was chosen in spite of the fact that the absence of two Democrats left mem bers attending the House cau cus evenly divided at 29 Dem ocrats and 29 Republicans. Rules Adopted The House members spent nearly two hours approving a set of rules. They rejected a motion to allow a bill to be pulled from committee by 31 votes instead of 40. A new procedure was adopt ed to speed up action on an estimated one-half of the bills that pass the House without objection or with one dissent ing vote. They will be listed for three days and then voted on In a block on a consent calendar. An objection during the three-day period would re move a measure from the con sent calendar. . The Senate authorized Its presiding officer to name a nine-member special commit tee on constitutional revision. The committee would meet jointly with a similar House committee, and share one staff, but the House and Sen ate groups would vote sep. arately. Senate officers named were Dale Henderson, chief clerk Twila Zinn, assistant chief clerk; Mary Jane Walkins, calendar clerk; Christine Hol land, journal clerk; Walter Daggett, reading clerk; Vern Gregory, sergeant at arms; and G. D. Gleason, chief door keeper. Named House officers were Cecil Edwards, chief clerk; Flaine Steel, assistant chief clerk; Barbara Hanneman, calendar clerk; Frances Rob ertson, journal clerk; Clifford Ferguson, reading clerk; and Harry Wells, sergeant at arms. General Motors Asked To Give Up Diesel Division Washington-(UPD - The Jus tice Department asked a Chi cago federal court today to order General Motors Corp. to divest itself of its diesel locomotive division. The government based its request on claims GM is try ing to monopolize the locomo tive Industry. i Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken- nedy said the civil antitrust suit paralled a criminal in dictment on monopoly charges returned April 12, 1961, at Chicago. The criminal Juit. with a maximum penalty of $50,000 is in pretrial stages. Power Used Illegally The civil suit charged that the nation's largest corpora tion was using its vast eco nomic power illegally to get railroads to buy locomotives produced by Electro-Motive Division at La Grange, 111. Like the earlier indictment, the complaint said the indus trial giant had given prefer ence in freight shipments to railroads which bought GM locomotives. GM is the largest commer cial shipper in the country, witli more than $200 million in freight annually. This gave it leverage on potential en gine customers in violation of Section 2 on the Sherman Act, the department charged. The complaint said as a re sult of Its alleged monopoly GM manufactures more than 80 per cent of all new and rebuilt locomotives made in the United States. HEWSOBRIEFS rriM$ not Dj MOUND TNI MOM FRANCE REJECTS POLARIS OFFER Pirit-ATI-Frtnch President Cherlts da Gaulle today r jtcttd Pretidtnt Kennedy's oiler ol Polaris missiles. He said France plans 10 oTiop us awn weapons. WEST GERMANY BREAKS RELATIONS Bonn. Gtrmeny-'lPi-Weit Germany broke diplomatic re lation today with Cuba, following Cuban recognition ol East Germany. Residents Ask About Mt. McLoughlin Cloud Area residents telephoned the Mail Tribune and valley radio stations this morning asking whether a cloud over Mt. McLoughlin was steam signaling a possible eruption. There was no verification of the nature of the cloud. Opinion was given that the cloud might consist of snow blown up by high winds. The weather bureau reported 45-knot winds blow ing this morning at 9,000 to 10.000 feet. Phoenix Grange Adopts Resolutions The Phoenix Grange has adopted a resolution oppos ing the consolidation of the Phoenix Talent and Mcdford school districts and one seek ing revision of the school dis trict reorganization law. The revision request asks for the state legislature to amend the school district re organization law to establish a period time between a vote disapproving a school district boundary change and the filing of other petitions af fecting the same district's boundaries. The resolution opposing the consolidation states, that "there has been no unbiased cc presented that a31Raa evidence presented that would indicate any education al advantages accruing to the youih of the district as a re sult of the consolidation." Both resolutions arc signed by Lloyd Whitesides, Grange master. Inaugural Will Climax Colorful Joint Ceremonies Cooperation To Be Urged in Address By ZAN STARK Salem - IUPB - Tax increases, a single board of education, government efficiency, and a reduction in dependency were expected to be urged today by Gov. Mark Hatfield as he be gins his second four-year term as Oregon's chief executive. Hatfield's second inaugural address was to climax color ful ceremonies before a joint session of the House and Sen ate. . He also was expected to re mind legislators "Oregon's electorate has again chosen a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature," and urge cooperation rather than partisanship. To Chide 19G1 Session He was to chide the 1961 session for adding seven semi independent boards and com missions rather than reducing the total number. He planned to urge revision of Oregon's constitution with the remarke that "this legis lature's greatest legacy can be the referral of a realistic, modern constitution." - Turning to social legislation Hauield expected to voice concern with "the individual's over-dependence on the state which coincides with the state's dependence upon fed era! programs. "While it has become com monplace to turn our backs on the problems and our palms to the federal government, we can do much in our day to swing the pendulum back to recognize not so much states' rights as states' obligations. "We can make Oregon a proving ground for a new spir it of self-sufficiency if we but have the will," he planned to tell the legislators. "The principal goal of pub licly-financed social services should be the elimination or reduction of dependency. For the third time the gov ernor was to urge the legisla ture to adopt a net receipts amendments to present state income tax laws. "We must broaden the base,, increase the number of tax payers, and reduce the rates," Hatfield will say. He also pointed out that Oregon is the only state in which revenue is not derived from the sale of cigarettes. He termed a cigarette tax "appropriate and timely." Hatfield expected to urge legislators to give "priority" to establishment of a depart ment of natural resources and a department of commerce. To Urge Milk Law He also was to urge adop tion of a milk stabilization law which would regulate prices at the producer level only. He will- voice strong opposi tion to further use of bonding programs for highway con struction, saying such a meth od of financing was ton costly Hatfield will tell legislators if they think the highway construction program should be speeded up, the work should be financed through an increase in gasoline taxes. BuLLuM TM n b V u- 7 I IV if-, ti irT . w n i mi ill If em J"tH1? ,P!???w4.flr !!WWS -wWWWRWPtM STATE OF UNION President Kennedy is gress in Washington today. Behind him is shown as he delivered his State of the Vice President Lyndon Johnson, left, and Union message to a joint session of Con- House Speaker John McCormack. (UPI) Republican Reaction Indicates Broader Support for Kennedy Washington -ftiPH-Initial re-.of spending. But Saltonstall action of several key Republl- said he would not insist on . .. , . , , iu-i sucnaing cuts lu equal uie uui indicated today that " 6 m cans ma.t. . amount 0f any net revenue President rvenncay may uv loss rom lax culs found an approach to tax cuts - gen. Frank Carlson (R- that will win broader congres sional support than had been anticipated earlier. Amid, generally cautious re action, two hlgn-piacea He publicans on the House Ways and Means committee said that Kennedy has moved clos er toward their winning man thpv had -expected in nis lax- cutting formula and his pledge to clamp restraints on nnn-riefense sDending. Kennedy, told Congress in his State ot me union mea that the proposed tax cuts would be spread over Washington - (UPD - House three years and that his new Democrats today assigned two Laundry Coinmeters Broken at Building Medford city police Salur- KHRUSHCHEV IN EAST BERLIN day investigated the break- B.rlin-'lftSoTitt Prtmitr Nikita Khruihchtv irrivtd In I age of two laundry colnme- East Berlin tonight amid stiff security precautions for titers in the basement of an Communist party congress ntraiata oy Moscow ana Ming of "historic importance. la partment building it 38 North Oakdale ave. BULLETIN The Jackson county rural school board today denied a petition for iha consolida tion of Iha Phoanix-Talent and Medlord school dis tricts, Tha vote was 3 to 2. danying tha petition. Tht board sat iha diadltna lor filing ramonitranc p 1 1 iiont al S p.m. Feb. 13 in the county school oflict. Kan.), a member of the Sen ate Finance committee, said "personal and corporate tuxes arc too high, but I believe Congress should not act hast ily on tile President s pro posal for a $13.5 billion tax cut." Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R- Utah), a member of the Fi nance committee, said the President's proposal for a tax cut along with increased spending "added up to a $20 billion deficit which we can not afford Liberal Democrats Get Assignments To Ways and Means BEATS TITLE BAN London fUPIs A film pro ducer, barred from using the word "nude In the title of a nudist film, neatly skated around the restriction by call ing his picture "My Bare Lady." WEATHER PORKCAST: Fair and cnld Ihrouih Ttlrtdar but with a Hi ll rloudlneii at tlnirt. Iia tn nlihl 11-21. HKh Tuesday 4S. IIIKhrtt Vestrrday 41 Lowest This Morning U Our Skies Tonight S:03 p.m. t:sh a.m. 10:01 p.m. Jan. II Tht planet, Saturn, nearer the sun earn evenlnf . will asain oe seen early tn March In ,nr morning shy. Saturn Is now a tittle over one billion miles from the fcarth. mmtet today sunrise tomorrow Moonrlse tonight ... I.ast utiartcr budget will call for an over all reduction in tcaerai spenu ing exclusive of defense, space and interest on the public debt. Talking Sense "I think he's talking sense," said Rep. Thomas B. Curtis (R- Mo.), third-ranking kc- publican on the committee which will have life-and-dealh power over Kennedy s lax program. "1 am very piensea that Kennedy has recognized that tax culs should be put into context with reforms in expenditures." Rep. Howard H. Bauer oi Tennessee, the committee s second-ranking Re p u blican, said that the tax program, as sketched in broad outline by the President today, "seems very definitely to be prefer able to reports about the pro gram published during the last three weeks." Opposes Some Reforms Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirkscn (111.), who Is ex pected to go on the Finance committee, made it clear he might oppose some aspects oi Kennedys tax loopnoie re forms, however. He said he would oppose any cut in the oil-gas deple tion allowance, repeal of the dividend credit and other like ly requests. He echoed tne GOP theme of steeper econo mics with any tax relief. He said tax culs may stimulate the economy but that there is an "awful lag" until the stim ulation takes effect. Dirkscn told newsmen he felt it would take all this ses sion to pass a tax bill. But liberal Democrats, who long have favored tax relief as an economic stimulant, praised the tax program. Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D III.) a member of the tax-writ ing Finance committee, said he felt the revenue loss "will be more than justified by re duction in unemployment and utilization of idle capacity in the capital capacity of the na Hon." Faces Major Problems Sen. George A. SmallUTs (D-Fla.), secretary of the Democratic Conference and a finance member, emphasized the problems ahead for the lax program.- He said It was "Interesting and appealing" but added: "It will have a steep and rocky road to ravel." Chairman Levcrett Salton stall (R-Mass.) said "any tax cut that ti recommended and I hope there can be one should be accompanied by a reduction In expenditures, or at least some tighter control liberal Democrats to the House Ways and Means com mittce, spurning a Georgian backed by Speaker John W. McCormick. The surprise outcome was a major victory for the AFL- CIO. But Democratic leaders feared it would make it more difficult for them to win the southern votes needed to push Vehicle Found in Klamath River Happy Camp - The Siski you County Sheriff's depart ment rescue unit today is at tempting to recover a vehicle from the Klamath river, be lieved to be the pickup truck that carried an Auburn, Calif., attorney and his two sons to their deaths two weeks ago. . . . The bodies of Floyd H. Pel- lit and his 10-year-old son Carl were found on the bank of the Klamath river about three miles west of Happy Camp Jan. 1. But no sign of Pcttit s other son, David, 8. or the pickup, was found at that time. Arlcn Ellis Jones of Happy Camp noticed what appear ed to be a wheel submerged in the water at 12:30 p.m. yesterday and summoned of ficers. Jones noticed the wheel about 400 yards downstream from where Pct tit and hs older son were found. Officers hoped the body of the other son might still be In the truck. contested Kennedy bills through the House. In a three-way fight for two vacant posts on the commit tee, House Democrats by se er e t ballot rejected Mc- Cormack's candidate, Rep. Phil M. Landrum (D-Ga.) by a decisive margin. The winners were Reps Ross Bass (D-Tenn.) with 169 votes and W. Pat Jennings (D Va.) with 161 votes. Landrum got only 121 or 122 votes, members reported. The committee has lifc-and- death power over President Kennedy's medicare and tax cutting programs. Landrum s surprise defeat was engineered by an unusual coalition of northern liberal Democrats and ultra-conserv ative southern Democrats. The liberals feared he was not liberal enough despite pri vate assurances he gave some of them that he would help break the committee road block against Kennedy's medi care program. Retaliation for Support The ultra conservatives lined up against Landrum in retaliation, for the support given to the administration by Landrum and other Geor gia Democrats last Wednes day. That support halted abor tive attempts by conservatives to seize control of the legisla tive machinery of the House. Landrum incurred labor's enmity In 1050 by his coauth orship of the Landrum-Griffin Labor Act. Last year, how ever, he veered from his con servative stand and supported the Kennedy administration in almost all of Its hotly con tested House floor fights. Parks, Recreation Budget To Be Discussed Tonight ft The Jackson county parks and recreation commission will discuss the department')' budget for the new fiscal year when It meets at 7:30 o'clock tonight In the county court office. It Is expected to discuss how much money should be allocated for the further de velopment of Howard Prairie and Emigrant lakes and any new proposed recreation areas. Counly Parks and Recrea tion Director Neil Lcdward reported that Howard Prairie now has a riding stable. The concessionaire has started to clean up the area and will fence the concession area as soon at possible. A new boat ramp was com pleted recently at the south 4 end of Howard Prairie. Forty- six concrete plank were bedded in gravel lo make the 70-fool long ramp which will extend to low water "Howard Prairie should be in good shape for the fish ing season." Lcdward said "We have planned for 50 more tables and fireplaces.' Basic grading for the Eml grant lake swimming area has been finished and the area planned for the boat docks has- been cleaned out. A sec ond boat ramp Is planned. The surveyor has completed the survey of the Applcgate store site which Includes 1.8 acres with 440 feet of Apple gala river frontage. The dis trict attorney will prepare 20-year lease agreement tor commission approval, Lcd ward said. n i 1II...IJ rroposai yyouiq Stimulate Jobs, l !J.I f Kres neni avs . i State of Union Message Delivered Washlnglon-flJPD - President Kennedy asked Congress to day to cut taxes $10 billion over the next three years, starting with a $6 billion re duction this year in personal and corporate levies. The President said his plan would help provide two mil lion more jobs by stimulating private and business pur chasing power, encourage the risk-taking demanded by the free enterprise system and vastly strengthen America's hand in fashioning a "world of order." In a 5,500-word State of the Union Address, delivered in person to a joint session of Congress, the chief executive also took a cautious view of the world situation. He said West Berlin remain ed free, a settlement had been reached in Laos, aggression blunted in Viet Nam and a deadly threat" removed from Cuba. He said the "end of agony" might be in sight in the Congo. But he added that danger still exists from Cuba to the South China Sea. Calling for action on his tax reduction program, Kennedy said: Tax Cut Moii Important ' Now, when no military crisis strains our resources, now is the time to act. We cannot afford to be timid or slow. For this is the most Im portant task confronting the Congress in 1963." It was the first time in the Internal Revenue Service's 100-year history that tax re duction had been proposed solely to stimulate a lagging economy. There have been 13 major tax cuts this century, most of them lo realign rates after a war or because of a budget surplus. The nation s labor unions and much ot business favor the chief executive's ap proach. But his proposals faced sharp scrutiny in Con gress where some influential members question the wisdom of tax cuts without reductions in spending. - Actually, Kennedy asked the lawmakers to cut taxes $13.5 billion between now and the end of 1965. But he pro posed to recapture $3.5 bil lion of this by broadening the tax base and ending what he called "unfair or unnecessary preferences." He did not pin point these. Breaking down his propos al, the President said $11 bil lion would be cut from in-. dividual tax rates and $2.5 billion would result from re ducing corporate rates. He said the tax cuts would in crease purchasing power, with the greatest increase going to low-income consumers. Banafits io Everyone His plan would fix Indi vidual Income tax rates, which now range from 20 to 91 per cent at "a more sensi ble range" of from 14 to 65 per cent. The current 52 per cent rale cn corporate earn ings would be cut back to the prc-Korean War level of 47 per cent. In setting up new Individ ual rales, the President pro posed splitting the tax brack et whic!. now covers the first $2,000 of taxable Income. His plan would provide a 14 per cent tax rate for he fin $1, 000. The second $1,000 would be axed a a slightly higher rale but still below present levels. This fomula would mean tax savings ranging from 30 per cent for persons with very small taxable Incomes to less than 20 per cent for those in other Income brack ets. But it was impossible to spell out dollars and cents savings pending more details on the plan. Kennedy conceded his pro posal wouH Increase the fed eral deficit but Insisted this would be only tempo rary. He said the added Im petus given the economy by bigger consumer and business spending ultimately would result in more federal Income despite tower tax rates. (Continued on Pag 2A) Klamath Falls Murder Trial Gets Under Way Klamath Falls - OIPD - The first degree murder trial of Zclma Ochiho, 41, Klamath Falls began here today with selection of a Jury. The woman Is charged in the gunshot death of ex-fighter Bruce Miller Nov. 14. REFUGEES RETURN Miami - (HID - Eighty-nine refugees, most of them Cuban born U.S. citizens, flew out of Havana Sunday night In the latest freedom airlift from Cuba.