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Only Reclamation
Project in Oregon
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington-President Ken
nedy asked Congress today
for $300,000 to start another
federal irrigation project in
the Medford area.
The funds, listed in Ken
nedy's new budget, would
permit' the Bureau of Recla
mation to start work on the
Agate dam project, a $1,802,-
000 undertaking which Con
gress authorized last fall un
der legislation sponsored by
Sens. Wayne Morse and Mau
rine Neuberger and Rep. Ed
win R. Durno, who since re
tired. .
Only Oregon Project '
This is one of seven new
reclamation projects in the
country, the only one In Ore
gon, for the coming year.
When completed, the new
project would irrigate 1,810
acres of dry land and provide
supplemental water for 4,820
acres. Agate dam and reser
voir and Antelope diversion
dam would store 4,600 acre
feet of water from" Dry creek
and Antelope creek.
The project is part of the
Talent division of the Rogue
river irrigation project. The
budget also lists 565,000 for
operation, and maintenance of
the Rogue river project.
The National Park service
budget for Crater lake Im
provements is $183,000 for
completion of duplex resi
dences for park staff per
sonnel. '
USDA to Purchase
Pears in Oregon
The department of agricul
ture will purchase 407 cars of
surplus winter pears for the
nationwide school lunch pro
gram, Sens. Maurine L. Neu
berger and Wayne L. Morse
have been advised.
Of the total of 377,262
boxes, cartons and lugs, the
Medford district will be asked
to provide 149,408 boxes, at
prices ranging from $2.29 to
$3.49, the senators told the
Mail Tribune.
The pears will be mainly
D'Anjous, and shipments will
be made between Jan. 28 and
March 2. .
The decision to purchase the
pears was announced by Agri
culture Secretary Orville
Freeman, and was the out
growth of a meeting arranged
by Oregon's senators in De
cember between Pacific coast
pear industry officials and
Deputy Secretary Charles
Murphy, during which the
pear men explained the de
pressed condition of the mar
ket, due to oversupply, and
requested relief as provided
by federal statute.
Oregon packers will be in
vited to supply 246,848 boxes,
with the Hood River district
supplying 78,880 boxes at
prices ranging from $2.68 to
$3.22.
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.Four Sections 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963
No. 258
INSPECTS DAMAGE Hubert Beer, con- in the main occurred sometime during the
struction .foreman for the Medford water. Dec. 2 flood. Water department crews re
department, inspects damage to the 18-inch- placed the damaged section of pipe and
water main that crosses under Bear creek 1 the main was returned to service today,
north of the Jackson st. bridge. The hole 1 L
$100,000 Included
In Budget for Work
un nogue nannmg
Congressman Robert B
Duncan (D-Fourth Ore.) today
reported that $100,000 is con
tained in the President's 1BB4
budget for planning advance
engineering and design work
for the Lost Creek reservoir.
This is the first money to
be asked for major work on
the Rogue Basin project,
which ultimately will cost
some $106 million. The funds
are contained in the Corps of
Army Engineers budget, Dun
can said.
Downtown Property
Owners Meet Today
Concrete steps toward for
mation of the first parking
district in Medford are expect
ed to be taken by a group of
downtown property owners at
a meeting this afternoon at
North's Chuck Wagon.
Medford Chamber of Com
merce President Bill Wil
liams, who called the meet
ing, said that action is con
templated that will look to
ward "the formation of a
downtown mall and a rejuve
nation of the entire downtown
Medford."
City Planning Director Ned
Langford and Medford Archi
tect Jack Edson are scheduled
to present a series of colored
slides to the group dealing
with the development of the
civic center and core area of
Eugene.
HEWSBBIEFS
ITEMS fOM TjR
AROUND TMI MOM
FRANCE FORCES SHOWDOWN IN ECM
Brussels. Belgium 'l?l Franc lorced i showdown
today on Britain's bid for membership in th European
Common Market, bringing th economic union clou to
possible collapse.
Franc called a secret meeting ol the six member na
tions. A French spokesman said th doted session would
consider whether "there is any tuiur in th negotiations
and the possibility of continuing them."
He credited Sen. Wayne
Morse for the money, being
included in the 'budget re
quest, and noted that it Is the
only new planning start for
the entire state in the Engi
neers budget. ' '
Congressman Duncan also
told the Mail Tribune he had
received two committee as
signments. He is one of only
seven freshman representa
tives to receive more than
one. ' - 1
They are on the Interior
and Agriculture committees.
which between them are a
potent influence on Fourth
District matters, handling both
forest service and bureau of
land management affairs.
Duncan was highly pleased
with the committee assign
ments), and indicated they
were a result of the "growing
recognition" of Oregon in the
nation's capital. He specifi
cally mentioned Congressman
Al Ullman (D-Second Ore.),
who is a member of the potent
Ways and Means committee,
and its subcommittee on committees.
Italian politicians, who had
just completed a bus tour of
East Berlin, when Khrush
chev appeared.
When Khrushchev walked
up to the border line, a row
of West Berlin police and
U.S.. British nnri Frennh mill.
D.t PhuhL M! UtW policemen armed with
UCQI VICCIV MfciiTtwitlc
City Department
Crews Replace
Medford water department
crews today returned to serv J'self, Khrushchev was not in
POLAND SUPPORTS RUSSIAN LINE
Berlin Aft Communist Poland oave solid backing io
Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev today In his campaign
gainst th warlike policies of Red China.
CASTRO SIGNS BRITISH ENGINEER
Havana m Th Castro regime today signed up a
British engineer to build a $12 million "fishing port" In
Havana which Western sources fear may become an advene
bat lor enemy submarines.
Paul Hanlin Resigns
As Chief Jailer
Paul Hanlin, chief jailer for
Jackson county for 4i years,
has resigned effective today,
according to Sheriff DeAr
mond Leigh.
Sgt. Glenn Wright has been
placed in charge of the Jail
His duties also include those
of identification and records
officer. Robert Lowe, Jack
sonville, until recently relief
jailer, has been hired as full
time jailer, Leigh said.
Leigh said he regretted Han.
tin's resignation. "We have
lost the services of one of the
finest citizens of Jackson
county," the sheriff said. .
Another deputy in the Jail,
Clinton, Ingle, resigned Fri
day, the sheriff announced.
Leigh said some further
staff changes will be made.
but gradually. He also plans
to have deputies live In the
areas which they patrol. He
has hired John Mason Ander
son, Applegate, to patrol the
Applegate. Anderson is a for
mer captain on an Idaho po
lice department, the therm
said.
ice the 18-inch water i-tnain;
that crosses Under Bear 'creek
north of the Jackson jstreet
bridge, according to Robert
E. Lee, water superintendent.
The main, along with a 12
inch main. under Bear creek
near the Main st. bridge, was
damaged during the Dec. 2
flood. The 12-inch main was
repaired the day after the
floor at an approximate cost
of $3,000, Lee said.
Earlier, Lee had estimated
that the Jackson st. bridge
water main could not be re
paired until spring, but recent
weather conditions have been
so favorable the decision was
made to go ahead with the
repairs now.
Al Lowest Stag
With Bear creek at its low
est stage of the year, water
department crews constructed
a cofferdam last week to hold
creek water away from the
main, : ,
The 18-inch pipe was re
placed last Wednesday, Lee
said,, and the new main -was
then sterilized tor a period ol
five days. Following receipt
of a satisfactory lab report
yesterday on the condition of
the water, , the main was put
Into service today. Total cost
for the project was estimated
at $1,500
"This is a permanent re
pair." Lee stated, "and we
anticipate no further difficul
ty with the main."
At the same time, ne an
nounced that present plans
call for the replacement of
the Main st. water main this
summer. The line will be re
moved from the creek bed
and new pipe will be hung
from the bottom of the bridge,
X15 SOARS MORE THAN 47 MILES HIGH
Edwards AFB. Calif IP!' Th X15 rocket thip today
thot to ill tecond highest altitude on record more than 47
miles in a test aimed at achieving greater liability in re
turning Irom space.
SALE DISCUSSED
Attoria -m- City officials
met with a local group
Wednesday to discuss sale of
the former Tongue Point
Naval Station site to the city
by the General Services Ad-
nsinffttratiniv
3 y
BILL GOES TO HOUSE
Salem - WPB - A move to
bring other financial institu
tions into the same nine per
cent tax category as banks in
order to save as much as $23
million for the state was
taken today In the Oregon
House.
Happy Nikita
Greets American
Officers at Wall
Jovial Premier
Waves To Crowd
Berlin -flJPD- Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev paid
his first visit today to the
Berlin Wall, and in a happy
mood shook hands with U.S.
Air Force officers and waved
to West Berllners across the
border.
He grinned and mugged
happily for onlookers, pump
ed the hands of two American
officers, cracked jokes and
strode up to the border at the
American - manned Check
point Charlie crossing point.
The two American officers
he greeted like a campaigning
politician were Col. Glenn
Stell, Houston, Tex., and Maj.
Edward Komyati, whose ad
dress was not immediately
available.
Stell and Komyati were es
corting a group of visiting
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the least bit awed by this dis
play and waved with botn
arms to a gawking crowd of
50 to 75 West Berllners on
the other side. East German
Communist boss Walter Ul-
bricht stood a few yards back
of him, looking apprehensive.
The Soviet leader showed
up about 1 p.m. at Check
point Charlie where Soviet
and American armor faced
each other at point - blank
range 15 months ago. He
stayed about 30 minutes.
First indications were that
the visit was unannounced.
But the big turnout of Com
munist leaders and East Ger
man border guards who greet
ed him made it clear that
everything had been arranged
well in advance.
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Council to Consider
Awarding Contract
Award of a contract to a
San Francisco firm for a de
velopment plan for the Bear
creek park site will be con
sidered by the Medford city
council at its meeting tonight
in the city hall.
The city park and recrea
tion commission has recom
mended to the council that
the contract be awarded to
the landscape architect firm
of Royston, Hanamoto, Mayes
and Beck.
Master site plans also
would be drawn up by the
firm for development of the
banks of Bear creek through
Medford, and for the redesign
of Hawthorne park.
Costs would be on a per
hour basis with a maximum
total cost of $8,300 for the
three plans. The city's park
and recreation improvement
fund would pay $6,000 of the
cost. The remaining (2,500
would come from the Haw
thorne park development
fund.
Public hearings are sched
uled on proposals to con
struct a sanitary sewer on
Kenyon st., to install an fl
inch water main on Biddlc
rd., and to annex to the city
the Chestnut st. area north of
Stewart ave.
Budget Group
Organizes; Elects
Chrisfensen Head
H. D. Chrlstensen was elect
ed chairman of the School Dis
trict 549C budget committee
last night when the committee
started preliminary work on
the 1063-64 budget. -
Other officers elected are
A.' N. Potter, vice chairman,
and Cliff Friend,' secretary.
Other members of the com
mittee are school board mem
bers and Francis Cheney and
Robert Minear. Dr. Ralph
Thompsen is , an alternate
member of the budget com
mittee. The committee discussed
several items which are ex
pected to be considered dur
ing the budget meetings.
Among them are a teachers'
salary schedule, non- certifi
cated personnel salaries, and
building needs in the district
next year.
10 Classrooms Needed
Superintendent Dr. Leonard
B. Mayfield pointed out that
at least 10 classrooms will be
needed in elementary schools
in the district next fall. Other
classrooms may be needed, he
noted.
Classrooms will be needed
at Hoover, Wilson, Jefferson
nd Oak Grove ' school,-he
said. The cost of these class
rooms, with equipment, 'W es
timated to bo about $102,000,
he noted, and the budget com
mittee will have to decide
how construction of ' them
should be financed. . .
Department heads, princi
pals, and administrators have
been working on a proposed
budget during the past few
weeks, and the preliminary
budget Is expected to be sub
mitted to the budget commit
tee in the near future. .
Duncan Placed on
Two Committees
Washington - HHH - House
Democrats today completed
their legislative committee as
signments and the House
promptly approved them.
They included:
Oregon - Edith Green, on
Merchant Marine, stays on
Education-Labor, off adminis
tration. Freshman Robert B.
Duncan, on Interior and Agriculture.
Jeannace Freeman
Gets Second Stay
Salcm-Wt-A second stay of
execution for condemned
child slayer Jcnnace ' June
Freeman was granted today
- Just 12 days before her
scheduled Jan. 29 execution
date for the murder of
6-year-old boy. . .
The Oregon Supreme Court
granted the stay to allow Mlts
Freeman's attorneys time to
file a petition for certiorari
with the U.S. Supreme Court,
Miss Freeman, 21, was first
scheduled to die in the Ore
gon gas chamber on Dec. 6.
The Oregon Supreme Court
which upheld her death sen
tence, refused to rehear the
cue.
Bill Setting State
Legislators Pqv
At $3,000 Is Filed
Salem 0JPD- A bill setting
legislators' pay at $3,000
year plus $20 a day while the
legislature Is in session was
introduced In the House to
day. ,
The measure was sponsored
by 42 of the 60 representa
tives, and 19 of the 30 sen
ators. Both Democrats and
Republicans were listed
among the sponsors.'
In the Senate, bills calling
for creation of conciliation
courts, providing "hazardous
duty" pay for all state police
men, and broadening the
state's obscenity laws to in
clude movies were Introduced.
Sen. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg)
submitted the bill calling for
$600 year "hazardous duty"
pay for state police.
Conciliation Courts Asked
Eight bills were submitted
by Sen. R. F. Chapman CD
Coos Bay). One calls for cre
ation of conciliation courts to
handle "the full and proper
consideration of domestic re
lations suits."
Another reaulrea approval
of the state board of higher
education in addition to ap
proval by the state board -of
education for creation of edu
cation centers and community
colleges.
The obscenity law would be
expanded to Include any per
son "who presents or directs
an obscene play, dance . . .
or publishes . . . anything
obscene."
Another bill by Chapman
asks creation of an interim
committee to study the ad
visability of establishing a
family court. The committee
would include four senators
and five House members.
Chaoman's other measures
dealt with employees of the
state fair commission, support
payments, divorce, and en
forcement of support proce
dures.
Both the Senate and House
adopted resolutions calling for
One ol Biggest
Deficits Claimed
To Be Temporary
Republicans Term
Plans lllusionary
Washington -flIPK- President
Kennedy today sent Congress
the biggest budget in history
- come war or peace - and
one of the biggest deficits.
He called for federal out
lays in the' 12 months starting
July 1 of either $98.8 billion
or $122.5 billion - depending
on your budget approach. One
way would mean a $10.3 bil
lion deficit. The other way
the deficit would be $11.9
billion.
But Kennedy insisted that
such heavy red-ink spending
would be succeeded before
loo long by budget surpluses
and widely sharpened pros
perity if Congress would ap
prove his new $10 billion tax
cut plan.
Lecturing the lawmakers,
some of whom are skeptical
of reducing taxes without
companion spending cuts, the
Chief Executive declared:
"Our present choice is not
between a tax cut and a bal
anced budget. : The choice,
rather, is between chronic,
deficits arising out of a slow
rate of economic growth, and
temporary deficits stemming -from
a tax program designed
to promote fuller use of our
resources." '
Republicans Object
Not unexpectedly, Republi
cans termed Kennedy's spend
ing plans incredible, cynical
and : lllusionary. Democrats
who spoke out praised spe
cific programs such as de
fense and space but were
cautious in their over-all appraisals.
House Republican Leader
Charles A. Halleck of Indiana
said the taxpayer wou'l be
the loser .-. either through in
I flation fired by bigger federal
spending or by having prom-
Used tax sewings gobbled up
through' Kwnr' tax "r
I forms." . "
Conservative Ban. Harry r..
Byrd (tVa.) also was sharply
critical. Ha said that if Con-:
gress , went along with the;
nlan, th federal deficit Drob-
ably would approach $14 bu
llion. He said Kennedy's claim-.'
led "savings were "Question-;
a Joint House-Senate meeting
at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 to review
the proposed revision of the
uregon constitution. , . . .hie
In the House, a bill to re- . . .v. ot .
ncal th Pnntrnvmliil I0H1 .. ." "" "" " yi.
ambulance regulation law was
introduced by Rep. C. R. Hoyt
(R-Corvallls).
Opinion Referred
To Budget Group
The Jackson county court
has referred to the county
budget committee an opinion
from District Attorney Alan
B. Holmes that a tax levy in
Jackson county to restore a
tax base is mandatory. ;
The opinion, written by
Holmes, states that the con
stitutional amendment, ... ap
proved by the voters in No
vember, changed the consti
tution so that tax bases may
be established without a vote
in counties which have not
had such bases for several
years
According to the opinion,
restoring of a tax base by
the county court is now mandatory.-
Jackson county is the only
Oregon county which does not
have a tax base since during
the past five years O and C
funds have covered county
expenses. Because of "lis, the
county does not receive part
of the state equalization funds
to which It is entitled for the
county's school districts.
By establishing a county
tax base. It has been pointed
out, schools would receive all
of the school equalization
funds.
Stare tegiafure
Approves Measures
Salem - IU1D - Measures ap
proved:
By the Senate
SRIS-Organtzation ana sup
plies.
BCRl-Jolnt session to in
sugurate governor.
SCR2 - Legal service to leg
islature. SCR3 - Joint session Jan.
22 to hear report on proposed
new constitution. , , ,
By the House ,
HRI-2-LcgltlatIve supplies.
SCR1-3
Fire District Vote
Scheduled Friday
Talent - Residents of the
rural area around Talent and
the south tide of Phoenix will
vote Friday on whether to
form a Talent Rural Fire Pro
tection district.
Polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. at the old
agronomy station on Colver
rd. north ol Talent.
In addition to voting on the
formation of the district, vot
ers will cast ballots for a
board of directors. There are
Just five candidates running
for the five directorships,
Dean R. Blackburn, Howard
DeYoung, Kddio M. Helm, Lea
Floyd Qulnn and Etper C.
Cllvester.
the Union address, Kennedy-
held the line or made reduc
tions In such non-security
functions as agriculture and
the postal service. He said
he felt obliged to limit such'
programs in view of the pros--pective
revenue loss under
his tax program. - ;
No Discount on Defeat
But declaring that "there.
is no discount price on de
fense," he asked for $91 bil
lion in military funds, up
$2.7 billion from this year.;
He also sought a record S8.1
billion for space programs,
with most of the $2 billion
increase going for the pro
gram to land men on the
moon by 1970. ;
The President alloted $4.9
billion for foreign rid and
urged the lawmakers not to
repeat last year s deep cuts.
He said Red China's attack on
India and Communist guer
rilla warfare in South Viet
Nam are "current reminders"
of the Importance of the pro
gram. ' . ,
Kennedy took two ap
proaches to the budget: '
A newly emphasized
"cash budget" which takes
into account collections and
payments by the Social Se
curity . and highway trust
funds.
The old-fashioned "ad
ministrative budget" which
excludes these items. The
President seemed to prefer
the "cash budget" approach,
pointing out that many non
government groups and
scholars believe it prrvldet
a "much more compete pic
ture" of federal finances.
The two methods gave this
view of Kennedy's proposals
as compared with the current
fiscal year which ends next
June 30:
Administrative Budgat
(Billions) 1963 1964
Revenues $88.5 $86.9
Spending 94.3 98.8
Deficit .. 8.8 118
Cash Budget
Revenues ...$108.4 $112.2
Spending ........ 116.8 122 J
Deficit 8.4 10.J
Either way, spending would
be the biggest ever, topping
even the peak World War, It
year of fiscal 1945 when out
lays hit $98.3 billion. The defi
cit would be the biggest in
peacetime save for the $12.4
billion recorded in fiscal 1959
by President Dwlght D. Elsen
hower. (Continued on Page 24) '