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Castro Urges Latin Americans To 'Hurl Masses Into Combat' Money Matters Occupy Attention Of Legislature Ways and Means Groups Selected Salem -flJPD-Money matters came promptly to the fore to day as the three-day-old Ore gon Legislature got down to business. The joint House Senate Ways and Means Committee held its opening organization al meeting, while the remain ing 71 of the 102 basic gov nor's budget bills were intro duced in the House. Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port land) and Rep. Ross Morgan (D-Gresham) named the five ways and means subcommit tees that will do the ground work on Gov. Mark Hatfield's $405 million budget program for the 1963-65 biennUim. Thiel Chairman Sen. Daniel Thiel (D- As toria) a co-chairman on Ways and Means in 1961. wag nam ed chairman of the ' e. sub committee on education thai Till deal with the largest chunk of proposed state ex penditures. Thiel's subcommittee will hear the first pitches from education and higher educa tion for more money than the governor has proposed. Meanwhile, Rep. Richard Eymann . (D-Marcola) sched uled the first meeting later today for his House Tax Com mittee, which will lead off the action on key programs for tax reform and raising new revenues. Big Ones Included The 71 budget bills intro duced today included the big ones to appropriate $81 mil lion to higher education and $41 million to the State Pub lic Welfare Commission. A few more private bills were iniroduced. Sen. Walter Pearson (O-Portland) turned in a bill to reduce the state gasoline tax from six cents to five cents, a propoal that got nowhere two years ago. Also introduced in the up per house was a resolution calling for ratification of the 24th amendment to the U.S. constitution, which would outlaw the poll tax. ' ' Rep. J. E. BenncU (D-Port-land) sponsored two bills in the House, one to change the state's primary election date from the third Friday in May to the second Tuesday in Sep tember, and the othur to re quire public hearincs before a convicted murderer is par doned or paroled. Martin Sands Plans Retirement in '63 Martin E. Sands, division manager of Califcrnia-Pacific Utilities company, and an employee of the firm for 33 years, will retire this year, according to E. K. Albert, company president. Victor V. Lyman, former Baker resident, has been ap pointed division manager of the company's southern Ore gon operations with headquar ters in Medford. Lyman, who is purchasing agent in the San Francisco of fice of the utility company, will assume his new duties March 1. Sands, in addition to being southern ' O r e g o n division manager, is also a vice presi dent of the company. Elks Leadership Contest Winners Medford Seniors Win Elks Youth Leadership Contest Miss Janet O'Sullivan and Garner Haupert, seniors at Medford High school, won first place in the local Elks Lodge Youth Leadership can test. Exalted Ruler Leonard Carlson, has announced. Miss O'Sullivan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. O'Sulli van, 518 North Barneburg rd., Medford, and Haupert, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Haupert, 222 Valley View dr., Medford, were two of 10 stu dents from five area high schools who participated in the contest. Winners of the contest arc 1 1 on Carrier Hurt By Cable Whipash San Diego fflPD Eleven crewmen were cut down by 3 the whiplash of a 300-foot cable that snapped Tuesday when a jet fighter plane land ed on the accident -plagued aircraft carrier Constellation Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Eugene Williams, 36, and Yoeman Apprentice Gor- don D. Buckman had their legs severed by the snaking cable. Ens. Leroy Hudson Jr, 31, lost his right leg in the accident. The others injured received fractures. ( 1 JANET O'SULLIVAN Regional Edition GARNER HAUPERT Classes for Gifted To Start Saturday Approximately 250 Jackson county high school students will start able and gifted classes Saturday at Southern Oregon college, according to Assistant County School Su perintendent Dea Cox. The classes, for students rated superior by their toch ers and by academic achieve ment tests, will participate in eight weeks of classes. Cox said. Courses consist of creative writing, world literature, lit erature- ami contemp o r a r y values, expository writing and contemporary values, study of business organization, field biology, and projects in bi ology, chemistry and mathe matics. ' Classes are conducted through the cooperation of the Jackson county school superintendent's office, the public high schools and South ern Oregon college. The Jack son county rural school board and state department of edu cation finance the classes on matching fund basis. Cox explained. Bus transpor t a t io n will start in Rogue River and Eagle Point areas and pick up students en route to the col lege in Ashland, he said. Four Arrested by Police Early Today Three brothers from Rose' burg and a man from Winston were arrested by Medford po lice early this morning when they were observed acting suspiciously on Edwards St. Billy Wallace McClain, 27, was charged with larceny. His two brothers, Vance Grandy McClain, 31. and Bert Junior McClain. 24, together with James Oscar Patterson, 34, were charged with vagrancy Officers said the men were apprehended about 12:24 o'clock this morning as Billy Wallace McClain was alleged. ly attempting to remove wheel from a car parked on Edwards st. . near Boardman ave. The other three men, of ficers said, were sitting in car nearby. Municipal Court Judge Jus tin Smith Jr. this morning sentenced the trio to 10 days in county jail on the vagrancy charge. Billy Wallace McClain was lodged in county jail pending trial. judged on leadership initia tive, organizational ability nd influence on others, citi zenship appreciation, perse verance, resourcefulness and sense of honor, neatness and arrangement of brochure, and compliance with instructions for entering the contest. To Receive Awards Winners will receive awards from the local Elks Lodge during the observance of National Elks Youth Day, early in May. Brochures of both Miss O'Sullivan and Haupert will be entered in the state contest, and the state winners will be submitted for national competition. Leadership contest winners in 1962 were Miss Janice Bateman of Crater High school and Stephen Geren of Eagle Point High school. Miss Bateman placed first in the girls division in the state con test, and third place in the national competition. Judges for the local contest were Raymond S. Wise, Mur ray Dumas, Joe Hosick, and Rcuel Rians. Entries were re ceived from Eagle Point High school. Crater High school, Medford High school, St Mary's High school, and Phoenix High school. ... Prisoner Insurance Approved by Court The Jackson county court this morning directed that an accident liability insurance policy be taken out to cover any injuries to prisoners' on work projects. As a temporary expedient the county will pay $94 for a policy from United Pacific In surance company extending to May 1. A year's policy would be $322.. The policy provides cover age of $100,000 per person for bodily injury or $300,000 for each occurrence, and $10,000 property damage. Hazardous occupations such as blasting would not be covered. County court members dis covered the need for insur ance to pay medical and hos pital bills for prisoners ear lier when they learned prison ers are not included in the county's blanket liability pol icy since they are not hired by the county. Two prisoners were injured at Fish Lake last week while cutting fence posts for the county. NEVWiBRIEFS ReinstafementCards Mailed by County The Jackson county elec tions department yesterday completed mailing 9,245 cards to county residents for rein statement as registered vot ers. They were taken off the registered voter list because they failed to vote in the May primary or November general election. Those receiving the cards have 90 days in which to sign and return the notices. Of the 9,245 people who failed to vote in either of the two elections, 4,501 of them were In Medford and vicinity, MOUND THI OiOH WHOOPING CRANE FLOCK ESTIMATED AT 32 Washinston-4PI-Th Interior Department Tuesday set the til of th last known ilock oi wild whooping cranes at 32, 1 a reduction of aix from the flock which flaw to northern nesting grounds last spring. j JEANNACE FREEMAN MAY RECEIVE STAY Salam - IUH - Child slayer Jtannac Juna Freeman, 21, teamed assured star of her ichaduled Jan. 29 axacutlon today at attorney! prepared to appeal hat cat to lh U.S. Supreme Court. TSHOMBE MOVING TOWARD PEACE Elitabelhville. Katanga. Th Congo-'in-Kalanga PratU dent Moite Tihomb wat reported moving today to bring hit ttceuionitt province back tnto th Congo and bring paac to thia part of Africa. Four Missing in Brazil Air Crash So Paulo, Brazll-WPP-Four passengers still were missin today in the wreckage of Brazilian airliner that crashed Tuesday killing at least 13 and injuring 32. City officials said the iden tities of 10 of the 13 dead had been established. Three others were burned beyond recognition. Four of the identified bodies were those of resident of homes into which the Cru zeiro do Sul twin-engined transport plunged In a driv ing rain after overshooting theairport. Mepe 20 Pages Tw- 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1963 No. 257 Hatfield Aph o Legislature orCoperation Possibilities of Negotiation Noted Salem-IUPD-Gov. Mark. Hat field appealed to the 1963 leg islature Tuesday to minimize differences in the interests of tax and constitutional reform. Hatfield said he will use his 1961 net receipts tax pro-. posal as a "point of departure." I am most willing to work out with the legislative lead- s tax reform bill, he said. Similarly, Hatfield said he willing to set aside his own objections in order to give Oregon a modern, model con stitution. He commended the draft prepared by the Oregon Constitutional Revision Com mission during the past two years, and said he hopes the legislature will pass it and refer it to the people. The Republican governor held out the flag of flexibility and negotiation to a Demo cratic legislature whose own leaders are divided over key points in Hatfield's program. Called 'Grott' Tax Hatfield's proposal for a net recipts tax has been term ed a "disenchanting" gross recipts tax by Senate Presi dent Ben Musa (D-The Dalles). The governor's 1961 pro posal called for a state in come tax on even the smallest incomes, with rates ranging from one to five per cent. It eliminated deductions. The governor spoke at a news conference, and many of his remarks dealt with tax reform. He said he still wants to see a tax reform program referred to the voters before the current legislature ad journs. - i ,' . It could well be that we fate "either "a special" election or a special session," Hatfield said. He said he believed an lection would be less costly, Problem Compounded The tax reform problem Is compounded because the gov ernor hopes to raise $23 mil lion in new revenues from a net receipts tax and $18 mil lion from a cigarette tax to help pay for his proposed $405 million general fund budget. On tother topics, Hatfield said: Legislative Salaries He thinks the people have shown confidence that legislators will be reasonable in setting their own pay. Budget All requests in his inaugural message were pro vided for in his budget. Sex Offenders He would like to see a law requiring local law enforcement officers to submit reports on sex of fenses to a central recording office which already exists, in order to facilitate control of sex deviates. Pressure ijviet Premier Eases West for German Peace fact On ight Arrested in Portland Drug Raid Portland OJPD Eight Port land men were arrested by federal and city authorities Tuesday night and early to day in the biggest narcotics crackdown here in two years. Six were picked up on se cret indictments returned by federal grand jury and two were arrested on state charges. No narcotics were seized although several apartments and homes were searched. John Windham, chief of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics here, said the charges in volved illegal sale of narcot ics. Held on federal charges were F. P. Patterson, 33; Otis Spcllman, 36; Richard K Mayfield, 23: Franklin Broth era, 38; Louis Talps, 39, and Wilbcrt Alvln Johnson, 32 Arrested on state charges were Jim Babe Wilson, 21 and Johnnie Lee Jackson, 19 Musa Waiting For Invitation From Governor Senate President Offers Tax Plan Salem-IUPO-Senate President Ben Musa's own tax program made Its appearance today, and Musa said he is waiting for the governor to invite him to try to work out differences. Musa's tax plan, being spon sored in the House by his wife, would broaden the state income tax base, but still re tain most exemptions and de ductions. The Hatfield plan would eliminate virtually all deductions to pick up low bracket earners. Hatfield said Tuesday he is flexible on the tax matter and realizes a bill will have to be worked out with legis lative leaders. But Musa said today he has not heard from Hatfield on the tax matter. Should Ba Invited I'll cooperate all the way in the world, but I feel that I should be invited," he said. Of course there is room for negotiation. We will have to do it in the end, so wny not do it in the beginning." Gesturing at the telephone on his office desk, Musa ad ded. "If the. governor would cull .me riaht now. I would go over and discuss this mat ter. He saia, nowever, nc is "tender-skinned" since the governor rejected similar dis- cusion two years ago. The Musa plan would re duce state income tax per sonal exemptions from $600 to $500, and would remove the federal income tax as a deduction. Suggested rates range from three to eight per cent, but Musa said these could be adjusted to raise needed revenues. Effect of the Musa plan would be to Increase state in come taxes for some tow bracket earners, while reduc ing taxes at some higner levels. Supported by Barton The Hatfield plan, also sup ported by House Speaker Clarence Barton (D-Coquille) would remove virtually all deductions. Musa said he would be will ing to accept much of the Hatfield plan "if he would call it by its right name." Hatfield calls it a net re ceipts tax, but Musa said it it really a gross receipts tax, especially for the salary earn er. Musa said calling it a net receipts tax would be "fooling the people." A. I, WEATHER FontXAflT: GfnrrillV fatr and Dinky through Thursday, x cpi for patchr morning valley rng. i.ow uniiu mgn Ihuraday 42-41. Ttnp. HUhftt Yiterdiy i 4) Lowest This Mo mini .. It Our Skies Tonight Suntrt today 13 p.m. BunrlM tomorrow 7:11 a.m. Tbt Moon rUei Il:tiim. tomorrow and If XS1.lt mlli from th Earth, Ua greaim dit Unre ihti month, (la Apogee) PRflMISKVT STAR Rrguiua, rUrt . -. 1:12 pJn. MaM. above Rrguiua much nrtgrtitr. Jnptter, low in west. . 1:11 p.m. Venus, rtste - 4:21a.m. : .--if -'r Ma. iii - a i nun' i 1 m RIVER ICE-Jtocent cold weather has caused southern Oregon residents some inconveni ences, like broken water pipes and icy road conditions, but it has also provided some unusual scenic beauty. Ice in some spots along the Rogue river looks like something one would see on a stream in AUskaThe, picture above was taken yesterday at Bybee bridge. With the lens stopped down to iw and the camera moved in close, ine in chunks appear larger than they- actually are, Stream Drainage Study Proposed Jackson County Engineer Robert J. Carstcnsen this morning recommended that the U. S. Geological Survey study stream drainage as a result of the Dec. 2 flood in Jackson county. County Judge Earl M. Mil ler said he would send letters soon to various agencies which participated in a recent meeting on county drainage problems and Invite them back for a follow up meeting Carstensen noted that the Geological Survey would pro vide aerial maps of such Dec. 2 flooded areas as Jackson Daisy, Griffin, Crooked, Han sen. Larson and Mud creeks, plus the towns of Eagle Point and Rogue River and adja cent areas. Sreer Lands on Lap; firm at Vale Sued Vale-UPD-A man has sued the Vale Livestock Auction company here for $5,536 be cause a 700-Dound steer al- lcsedlv leaped wall and landed on his ap. Loyd E. Campbell said in his personal injury suit that the livestock company was negligent because it failed to take precautions to prevent animals from taking such un ruly action. South Talent Area Residents Favor Sanitary District Talent-Efforts to get a sew-, system Installed In the south Talent area came a step closer to fruition yesterday as voters approved formation of the South Talent, Sanitary district. . Creation of the district was given approval by a vote of 90 to 15. A board of directors com posed of Everett M. Schmel- zer, William tl. rerns aim Donald E. Grimes was elected. Schmelzcr got tne mosi votes, 82. Kerns had BB ana Grimes 57. The other two can didates In the race and their vote totals were Charles S. Cory, 52, and Wylder L. Hookc, 48. Lewis Hunt re ceived seven write-in votes. Of the 220 area resiaenis eligible to vote, 108 cast bal lots, almost a 50 per cent turn out, which Is considered un usually high for a special election. Yesterday's election was merelv on the question ot whether to form the sanitary district. The board of direc tors will now have to Investi gate tho feasibility of install ing a sewer system to serve the south Talent area ana come up with a specific pro posal. The new aisirici exicna from the south city limits of Talent southward to the vicin ity of Jackson Hot Springs, between Interstate S and Old Pacific highway. Legislators Asked To Tour lnstitution$ Salom-IUPO-Housc Speaker Clarence Barton (D-Coqullle) said today he wants legisla tors to tour all state Institu tions in the Salem area. Hp said tours of the school for the deaf, the school for the blind, and Falrvlcw Home already have been scheduled I nf oirma tion Sought By Applegate Board On Consolidation The A p P 1 e g a t e school board last night sought in formation on what steps the District 540C board might take to handle education of children in the Applcgate dis trict should the district con sider consolidation with the Medford unit. Richard L. Offenbacher, Applcgate board chairman. pointed out that tne ooara was not attending the Med ford board meeting to discuss consolidation, but to seek Information. The Applcgate board sought the same information from the Josephine County Unit school board Monday night In Grants Pass. Offenbacher said the Ap plcgate school budget will be considered in the near future, and district patrons have ex Dressed interest in transport ing seventh and eighth grad ers to a junior high scnooi. Pays Tuition for Students The district now pays tui tion for 47 students to Grants Pass High school, and the board feels that transporting and the possibility of paying tuition for seventh and eighth Two Seniors Suspended; Action on Third Pending TO ATTEKD PARLEY Portland - Jr - Oregon nemocratic leaders left today for Washington, D.C.. where (hov are to attend I National Democratic Conference be ginning Thursday morning graders may become a finan cial burden on the district's taxpayers, Offenbacher said. The board is interested In getting some kind of an Idea of what the District 549C board would do should the Applegate district consider consolidation with It.. The Applegate district will consider what action should be taken, if any, when budget meetings start. ' Keith Hockersmith, chair man of District S40C board, asked the Applcgate board to compile questions it would like answered, noting that the board last night was not in a position to answer questions without considering them first. The Applegate district is one of three in Jackson coun ty which does not provide high school facilities for its students. Other members of the Ap plegate board attending last night's meeting were Karl Hcrrlott. Lester Hill and Ver non P. Fowler. Bruce C. Matheny, principal,, also at tended. The School District 849C board last night approved sus pension of two seniors for anoearing at Medford High school In what the school staff Judged was an Intoxicated condition recently. One youth was expelled In definitely, or until satisfac tory arrangements nave neon made for his return; the other youth was suspended for the remainder of the lirst term, and will be allowed to return to school at the start of the second semester. . School officials indicated that one youth his moved to California. The Incident, school offici als said, was Investigated by the Oregon Liquor Control Committee. A third youth has been sus pended from school for being In what was judged an In toxicated condition at a bas ketball game at Hedrlck Jun ior High school last week end. The board took no action on the suspension last night because a detailed report has not been completed by school officials, law enforcement agencies and the Oregon Liquor Control commission The board Is expected to act on the suspension at a later date. Elliott Becken, assistant su perintendent, in reviewing the suspension cases, noted that the number is a small portion of the 450 seniors who will graduate mis spring. Such cases In other schools of comparable site range be tween 3 and 5 per cent oi tne senior class, considerably more than the number of stu dent involved in suspension cases in Medford. Warlike Theories Of Red Chinese Rapped in Speech Huge Bomb Would Be Used Only on U.S. Berlin-(UPD-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev eased pres sure on the West today for a German peace treaty and . evacuation of Berlin. At the same time he indi rectly denounced the warlike , theories of Red China. , In a two-hour, 35-minute ' address to the East German Communist party congress in East Berlin, the Soviet leader warned there can be no East West disarmament agreement until the Berlin and German issues are settled. But he refrained from any new ultimatum or deadline to the West. Adds Grim Mote Khruschev added a grime nntft when hA said the United States "now has roughly 40,- 000 hydrogen bombs and war heads." He said the Soviet Union also "has more than enough ot this stuff." ' But he said the Soviet Un ion has the biggest bomb ot all - a 100-megaton nuclear bomb' - and Implied It would be used billy on the United States if necessary. . "Such a. bomb should not be used in' Europe," he said. "Such measures could only he used outside Western Eu rope." ' ' Wants Ptaa an Earth ' He called for - a peaceful solution to East-West prob lems, saying- "We do not want a kingdom in heaven - we want a beautiful empire on earth." 'For that' ' reason we act ...ui. - a - ii.itii.. wiin v wiims ui rcsiwusiDiiiiy We do not want war. But if one is forced on us, we shall hit back." ivnrusncnev reviewed ai length tne. economic progress made by Soviet Russia and said it already is pressing the United States hard In this field. He said when the Bol- -shcvlsts took- power,- Russia -was economically far behind other European countries and the United States. Great Pawer ' 'Today the Soviet Union is a socialist great power that has long overtaken the other European countries in the level of Its industrial produc tion and la already treading on the heels of such a mighty capitalist country as the Unit- ed States," he said. Khrushchev clearly disap pointed his East German audi ence by his treatment of the West Berlin problem and by the fact he obviously has put it on Ice for the time being. He paid lip service to the idea of a German peace treaty but made it clear he would take no steps against the Western position. Praises Barlin Wall He said the position of Com munist East Germany had been greatly strengthened in the meantime, particularly by construction of the. wall be tween West and East Berlin. But he said the interest in a German peace treaty nas not let up. Speaking In quiet, some times almost professorial tones, Khrushchev declared that "as long as a German peace treaty has not been signed It obviously will be difficult to expect serious, progress towards concluding a disarmament agreement." Most of the litter part of his speech was devoted to blasting Red China for its be lief that war with the West is inevitable. However, he did not once mention China by name but directed hi attacks instead against Peking's tiny European satellite Albania -a favorite Soviet bloc ruse. Legfsafive Pay Bill Needing Signatures Silem-AJn-A bill to set legislators' pay at 13.000 a year plus S20 a day expenses while In -session Is sttll being circulated for sponsors' ill natutes. House Speaker Clar ence Barton (D-CoquiUe) said today.
