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Legislature Will Settle Down To Hard Work Monday By ANN H. PEARSON Uniitd Prtii International Salem -(DPI- The 1963 Ore gon Legislature, its main sub jects before it, settles down Monday for some hard work after an opening week keyed to ceremonies and organiza tion. The opening last Monday was marked by pageantry and by political organization that went smoothly according script, without any serious surprises. Four Arrested In Connection With Big GP Burglary Grants Pass -IUPI)- The Jos ephine County Sheriff's office said Saturday four persons have been arrested in connec tion with a $19,200 burglary at the home of a Grants Pass woman. The money was taken Nov. 22 from a small fishing tackle box in the home of Mrs. Har old B e c h t e 1 , widow of a Grants Pass druggist, officers said. Charged with burglary were Peter Aaron Dotts, 21, and Denman Franklin Gibson, 17 Gibson's brother, Raymond Melford Gibson, 21, and his mother, Iva Nadlne Blakeley, were charged with receiving - part of the money. All are irom Grants Pass. Sheriff Loyd Lewis said Dolts later purchased two cars, one in Eureka, Calif., and one in Detroit, Mich. When the latter was recovered at San Diego, Calif,, officers found $1,600 in the glove compartment. It was believed to have been one of the largest burg laries in Josephine county. 1 Drum Corps Classes Set on Saturdays Classes for the Junior Drum Corps and majorettes known as Bliss Heine's Juniors are being held every Saturday at the Medford Moose hall at 11 Newtown st. The majorettes meet at 10 a.m. and the drum- mers at 1 p.m., Heine re ported. Parents do not have to be members of the Moose lodge to have their children Join the Moose sponsored group, he said. Groups from this unit may be secured for programs or parades by : contacting any Moose officer or Heine. The number participating in any program depends on the space and the time allowed. There are fancy small group drills plus individual and small group specialty numbers. The group has appeared In parades and on several pro grams including television. New specialty numbers are being worked out continually, he said, and several plans arc now being made. Senate President Ben Musa (D-The Dalies) and House Speaker Clarence Barton (D Coquille) were elected as ex pected to steer their col leagues through what may be one of Oregon's longest and most significant sessions. Monday afternoon, Republi can Gov. Mark Hatfield was inaugurated for his second term in colorful ceremonies in the packed House cham bers, and laid his legislative program before the lawmak ers. In succeeding days, the leg islature's biggest problems flooded into the House in the form of 102 basic budget bills, They reflect the governor's proposed $405 million general fund spending plan for the 1963-65 biennium. The legis lators must decide where to add or subtract from the budget, and how to raise the additional millions needed to finance it. The core of the governor's tax reform and tax increase program a catch-all state income tax bill was being circulated for signatures as the first week ended. Meanwhile, the Senate president's tax alternative -a modification of the gover nor's proposal was intro duced by his wife, Katherlne Musa, In the House. Aside from money matters, what could be the legislature's most meaningful work con stitutional revision was for mally introduced in the House Friday in the form of a reso lution on a brand new const! tution drafted d urine the oast two years. The joint House - Senate committee on constitutional revision held its organization al meeting Thursday. It will begin studying the proposed new document in earnest next week, followine a joint ses sion of the House and Senate Tuesday , to hear from the Oregon Commission on Con stitutional Revision. A bill to set legislators' nay at $3,000 a year plus $20 a day in expenses during the session made its appearance, solidly sponsored by more than half the members of each house. Bills sponsored bv interim legislative committees or pri vate individuals began to fil ter into the two houses. They ranged trom measures on the acatii penalty, lobbyists and forests to liquor permits, so cial problems and banks. Labor laid out lis program at a meeting of labor leaders. The intricacies of the lecis- latlve procedure were discuss ed at an ail-day orientation conference Tuesday. Most committees held or ganizational meetings to (jet reaay 10 start work on the bills that will flow in in in creasing numbers in the next few weeks. Hage 2A Medford, Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1963 Method of Assembling Legislative Bills Will Save $4,000 Per Session Salem -IUPH- A method of saving more than $4,000 session in the cost of assemb ling printed legislative bills will be inaugurated Monday Assembling of the bills by hand has been done by the state printing office. The work Is being shifted to the bill mailing room where workers are paid a lower wage. The idea was suggested by House Speaker Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquillc), as one of scries of legislative economy measures The plan won approval of Senate President Ben Musa (D-The Dalles). Billions Budgeted For Space Probes Washington -(IIPD- President Kennedy Thursday budgeted a record-smashing $6.1 billion for exploration and exploita tion of space in the year start ing July 1. This would be a jump of more than $2 billion over present - space expenditures. Most of the new spending would go to support the U.S. project to land men on the moon before 1970. The rest would be Invested In "military astronautics" to make space craft for peaceful uses, In developing of space stations for world-wide wea thcr forecasting and com munications systems, in big ger and more efficient rock ets, and in prcpnrntlon for fu ture projects aimed at explo ration of Mars and Venus. The $6.1 billion total for fiscal 1964 proposed by Ken nedy in today s budget mes sage to Congress includes space spending proposals for five different agencies. Their estimated spending for llic current fiscal year Is $4 bil lion. ' Missiles in Italy I May Be Withdrawn Washing ton WPli - Th United Stales and Italy arc considering pulling America's l.auu-milc range Jupiter mis siles out of northern llnly and replacing them with Polaris missile submarines In the Mediterranean, it was learned Thursday. The matter presumably was discussed by President Ken- nedy and Italian Premier Fanfani at the conclusion to day of two days of talks in which Fanfani agreed that all Western alliance members should give "most serious consideration" to President's proposal for a multilateral nuclear force. ranfanl wns expected lo discuss the Jupiter matter In detail with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNnmnra at a lute afternoon conference at tlic Pentagon. The Pentagon conference concerned "modernizing" North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation weapons based In Italy and bringing Italy into the proposed multilateral NATO Salem Woman Killed On Redwood Highway Grants Pass -lUPti- Gertrude Helen Dlidden, S6, Sulem, w,is killed in a one-car accident on the Redwood highway about six miles south of Sol ma late Saturday morning. The Josephine county sher iff's office said the woman, who was alone In her car, may have suffered a heart attack at die time of (lie crash. He said the car veered across the road and crashed into a ditch. There were no skid marks. Fishery Research Included in Budget Washington 'l'PI President Kennedy's budget Thursday called for a $5011.000 research program lo tap lli- "vast reservoir" of animal proteins found in the sea. The budget included that amount for further research by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries to develop com merclal techniques for Die production of so-called "fish flour," a protein concentrate made from ground-up fish. The main plant producing fish flour is the New Bedford. Mass., and is a subsidiary of the Vio Bin Corp. -' Monti cello. 111. Although fish flour Is be ing produced, It Is not sold tor human consumption in the United States because Federal Food and "rug au thorities have objected. Higher Education Bond Plan Sought Salem - (UPD - 'A method of providing bonds to finance higher education instruction al buildings without a vote of the people was being ex plored by Rep. John Mosscr, R-Beaverton, and Sen. Alfred H. Corbctt, D-Portland. The plan would require amending of existing statutes to provide a specific alloca tion of money from tuition to pay for instructional Build ings, laboratories and other facilities, and an increase in the bond ceiling now in effect. Mosser and Corbelt ex plained that existing law calls for a special student building fee which goes into a fund for paying off domitory and stu dent union buildings. Their plan would finance instructional buildings in the same way. They cited "avoiding the expense of a statewide elec tion" and 'the. possibility of getting the program under way without having lo wait for an election as advantages to their proposal. They dented the proposal was designed to eliminate the possibility of voters' rejecting the bonds. They said as long as the plan now worked for construction of dormitories, they saw no reason it should not be extended to instruc tional buildings. They estimated "a special allocation of $16 or $17 a term" would pay for the pro gram. The money would come from tuition paid by students, nd would be replaced in the tuition fund through a grant from the state's general fund. Ashland Dinner Scheduled Tuesday Ashland Speaker at the annual dinner meeting of the Ashland YMCA will be Arn old E. Jenney of Ihe Rogue Valley Manor, a former mem ber of the I n t e rnational YMCA committee. The meet ing will be held Tuesday Jan. 22 in the junior high school cafeteria. The Ashland Lions club is sponsor of the event, and Dr. John Reynolds, president, will be in charge of the program. committee reports of Y ac tivities and election of officers will precede Jenney s talk The annual dinner meeting is open to the public but res ervations must be made by Monday evening at the YMCA office, 482-1461. Budget Requests Fishery Vessel Washington -ilil'Ii- President Kennedy Thursday recom mended that a $2,650,000 fish ery research vessel be built for use In the North Pacific and Bering sea. Funds for the vessel were requested in the President's budget for the fiscal year be ginning July 1. The budget for the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries also called for $1,168,000 for con slruction of hatcheries and other fishery facilities in the Columbia River basin. An additional $300,000 was budgeted for an accelerated research program Into the passage of salmon over high dams. Still under study by Bar ton and Musa was the advis ability of printing bills on newsprint. This would save about $11,000 a session. The plan has not been adopted because it has not been determined If newsprint will stand up under heavy usage, and the state printer fears use of the cheaper pa per might require running presses at a slower speed. The paper now being used is of a cheaper grade than was used during the 1961 ses sion, Barton said, and a sav ings of about $3,000 will re sult even if the switch to newsprint is not made. Requests for sets of bills are being screened closely in an effort to cut down on the vol ume being mailed and thus reduce postage costs. It is not yet known how much of a saving will result from this move. Increase Noted in Executives in Area The Newcomers Service re ported this week an increase of excutives and professionals and home buyers in Medford over 1961. In 1962, 29 per cent of the families moving here were excutives and professionals, compared to 27.7 per cent in 1961. Those owning their own businesses increased from 10.8 per cent in 1961 to 12.8 per cent in 1962. A total of 23.7 per cent bought homes last year compared to 19.3 per cent in 1961. The year 1962 showed a large number of newcomers to Medford, but this could not be reported since the service screens out all singles, unem ployed, move-backs and tem poraries. Only family units, employed and permanent resi dents are reported, the service noted. . Newcomers Service was established here in 1953 and is owned by Mrs. Olive Keller Lowry. Mrs. Irene Kennedy and assistants call on the new residents. Other figures show that 13.8 per cent of the families here were two-car families. There were 393 prc-school children and 480 children from 6 to 18 years old in the new families. Oregon Libraries Said Substandard Salem -IUPII- Oregon's li braries reveal a pattern of shabby and dated" book col lections, obsolete buildings, untrained personnel, and in adequate support, State Li brarian Eloise Ebcrt said Thursday. She issued a report based on a survey of some 118 li braries and library systems in the state, the first such study since 1938. Most Oregon communities have substandard public li brary service and one-fourth of the state's citizens have none, she said. 'The local libraries simply arc not providing the quality of service that may be rea sonably expected of a literate state such as Oregon," she said. The report said $3 million was spent on public libraries in Oregon in 1961, about $1.7 million less than needed. It advocated a $7 million "catch up" expenditure, and said by 1975 Oregon libraries should be spending $6.9 million annually. Medford Council Votes to Allow Memorial Park Sign Two Elephants At Portland Zoo May Give Birth Shortly Portland -ll'Pli- Portland zoo attendants were keeping a close watch on two expectant female elephants today. Zoo Director Jack Marks said Friday that Toy Hoa and Pet could give birth at any time, lie said both were con sidered overdue. The Portland zoo Is already famous for its elephant births. Babies were born lo Belle and Rosy last year. VFW Contest Noted In Central Point The 16th annual VFW na tional broadcast scriptwriting contest for high school stu dents Is being sponsored in the Central Point area by Vic David, past commander of Crater Lake Post 1833 Veter ans of Foreign Wars. Don Lacy, Crater High school speech instructor, is supervising the area contest. Winner selection will be made the Inst week in January. Crater Lake post, besides national prizes of $12,000 in trips and other awards, is pre senting a $50 Savings bond lo each high school winner. Judges for the Crater high area contest will be an nounced in a few days. State wide judging will be on the basis of a tape recording, SEX LEGISLATION EYED Portland - UPI - Rep. Wil Ham Gallagher (R Portland). told a packed audience at Beaumont School Friday night, that legislation dealing with sex offenders will be in troduced into the Oregon Legislature Monday. With Councilman Joseph Hosick abstaining, the Med ford city council has voted to grant a variance permit ting the construction of an Identification sign at t h e en trance to Siskiyou Memorial Park, 605 Highland dr. The council had passed a previous request for a sign, against a negative recommen dation by the city planning commission, but former May or John W, Snider had vetoed the measure on July 6, 1962, because he objected to certain "advertising" features of the sign. ' Designs for a new sign were drawn and the request for a variance was resubmit ted last month to the plan ning commission which voted to recommend approval to the council. In other action last Thurs day, the council voted to: Construct a sanitary sew er on Kenyon st. from Gar field st. to Holmes ave. Bids were called for. Install an 8-inch water main on Biddle rd. from Mor row rd. to Crater Lake hwy. Bids were called for. Annex to the city the Chestnut st. area north of Stewart ave. Approve an emergency fund appropriation of $730 to the public works depart ment. The funds were to cov er additional expenses caused by the Dec. 2 flood. Enter into a contract for the development of master site plans for Bear creek park, the banks of Bear creek through the city, and the re design of Hawthorne park with the San Francisco firm of Royston, Hanamoto, Mayes and Beck.. Maximum cost for the plans will be $8,500. Approve plans and speci fications for the installation of a sanitary sewer in Brook hurst Villa !'-. 2. Set a public hearing for Feb. 7 on a request for a change of zone from single family to multiple-family for a piece of property located at 1205 East Main st. . Grant a permit to the Southern Oregon Timing asso ciation for a temporary sign Harris Named To Josephine Group Grants Pass Robert F. Har ris, retired Grants Pass bank er, has been named to the Jos ephine County Public Welfare commission. The appointment was announced here by Coun ty Commissioner Louis Ring uette, chairman of the coun ty welfare commission. Harris will succeed L. M. Mitchell, of Murphy, who re cently retired after 17 years of service on the commission. Harris, who has resided in in Grants Pass since 1908, re tired in 1960 after 43 years of connection with financial in stitutions here. Counties Must Bear Costs Of Regular Election, Says lhornton Salem (UPD Counties, and not cities, must bear the ex penses of a regular election, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn ton said Friday. The cities bear the expenses only when they request sep arate ballots and ballot boxes, Thornton said. Thornton said cities have been required by law to use county election machinery since 1917. The opinion was requested by Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. to advertise its sports car fair at the Medford Armory from Jan. 0 to Feb. Ill ' All eight councilmen were present at the 45 minute meet ing. Mayor James Dunlevy presided. 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