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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1963
No. 261
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GIRLS TRAPPED Rescue workers gather
around the rear coach of a Reading Rail
road commuter train as they prepare to at
tempt to remove three girls trapped in the
back coach when it was . rammed by a
second commuter train while . standing at
the Philadelphia station. An estimated 245
persons were injured. (UPI)
At Least 245 Persons Hurt
In Commuter Train Collision
Philadelphia-IUPD-A crowd
ed Reading railroad commuter
train rammed the rear of an
other packed electric local in
downtown Philadelphia today,
showering huge sparks over
the elevated tracks.
Hospital reports showed
that at least 245 persons were
Search for Missing
Family Continues
La Grande - (UPIP A search
for the missing Richard
Brown family continued to
day in an area between Walla
Walla, Wash., and here.
State police said nothing
has turned up to indicate
what may have happened to
the five-member family since
they left Walla Walla Jan. 7.
Foot searchers and police
patrols continued to cover the
area.
' Missing are Mr. and Mrs.
Brown and their three young
children.
Brown left Walla Walla for
Enterprise, Ore., where he
had been temporarily as
signed by his canvassing firm.
Duncan Confident of
Boardman Solution
Washington - mni - Rep.
Robert Duncan (D-Ore.) ex
pressed confidence today that
problems met by Oregon in
seeking the Boardman bomb
ing range could be solved.
Duncan was the only mem
ber of the Oregon congress
ional delegation to attend a
meeting aimed at finding a
solution. Sen. Wayne Morse
was in New York to mediate
in the waterfront strike, and
Rep. Al Ullman returned to
Oregon because of the death
of his father. However, all
but Rep. Walter Norblad were
represented by aides.
injured. The railroad said an
estimated 1,000 commuters
were on board the trains.
Three young girls were
trapped in the wreckage of
the six-car local inbound from
Chestnut Hill which was
struck by the four-car Read
ing train. The latter had been
put into operation during the
city's transit strike which has
affected approximately one
million riders on other forms
of transportation.
None of the three girls was
Injured seriously. They were
removed from the wreckage
and taken to a hospital where
Hatfield Denies
Ducking Tax Bill
Salem - (UPI - Gov. Mark
Hatfield denied today he was
trying to duck responsibility
for a proposed tax increase.
"Mr. (Slate Rep. Victor) Ati
ycah is introducing my bill -the
bill that I am supporting,"
the governor said flatly.
The measure is the net re
ceipts state income tax pro
posal to broaden the tax base
and pick up new revenues.
House Speaker Clarence
Barton (D-Coquille) said ear
lier it appeared the governor
was trying to shirk identifica
tion with the tax proposal.
Barton said he understood the
bill would not be introduced
"at the request of the gov
ernor." Hatfield said h i s name
would not appear on any bills,
but he said there is no ques
tion that the tax proposal is
his.
SUSPECT ARRAIGNED
Oregon City -lUPP- Robert
George Dixon, 33. Clackamas,
was arraigned before District
Judge William Frazicr today
on a charge of raping an 8-year-old
girl.
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CONGRESS GETS BIG MILITARY BILL
Waihing!on-rn-Congress wn asked today to approve the
biggest military authoriiation bill in U.S. history, t SIS.
358.691.000 mitiuti to purchase new missiles, aircraft and
warships. ......
ADENAUER, DE GAULLE MEET IN PARIS
Paris-aPr-Pretidenl Charles dt Gaulle and West Ger
man Chancellor Xonred Adenauer met today to cement a
new French-German alliance and probably decide the late
of Britain's request for Common Market membership.
KENNEDY SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE
Washington-'lrT-President Kennedy will hold a news
conference at 1 p.m. (PST) Wednesday, the White House
announced today. It will be Kennedy'! first public meeting
with reporters since Dec. 13.
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they were identified as Arlcne
Houston, 21, and two sisters,
Barbara and Marie Flanagan.
The four-car train, a shuttle
operating between the Center
City Terminal and suburbn
Jcnkinton during the strike,
received little damage.
The crash occurred at the
height of the morning rush
hour.
Earl T. Hunter, superintend
ent of Reading's Philadelphia
division, said the preliminary
estimate of the number of
injured was "close to 245."
Many received only slight
Injuries, received treatment
and were released.
The damaged sections of
both trains stopped on a
bridge carrying the tracks of
the railroad over Spring St.,
about five blocks from the
Center - City Terminus in
downtown Philadelphia. .
Kennedy Prods Dock
Strike Negotiators
By United Press International
President Kennedy served
notice to labor and manage
ment today that there is an
"imperative public interest in
the Immediate settlement" of
the Maine-to-Gulf Coast long
shoremen's strike.
The President brought
White House influence to bear
on the 29-day-old dock tieup
as hopes rose for settlement
of another costly work stop
page - the week-old strike
against the Philadelphia
Transportation Co.
Negotiations in two mara
thon newspaper strikes in
New York and Cleveland re
mained at a near standstill.
The President asked his
three-man mediation board to
give the word of his concern
to opposing sides in the dock
strike. The striking Interna
tional Longshoremen's associ
ation Sunday night accepted
the board's proposal of a 39
ccnt wage increase package.
The Shipping Association's
labor policy committee was
expected to vote on the plan
later today.
Five Boys Escape '
From MacLaren School
Salem -flTt- Five boys es
caped from MacLarcn School
for Boys today. Two got away
at 7 a.m. while taking laundry
lo another unit and the other
three broke away from their
supervisor in the farm area
about 9:15 a.m.
PLANT COMPLETED
Coos Bay - (W - The Geor
gia Pacific Corp. has an
nounced completion of its new
formaldehyde plant here and
start of Its production.
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Hatfield Orders
fate Services M
As Income Ski
ds
Bill To Abolish
Death Penalty,
Others Offered
Salem -W7D- Elimination of
the death penalty and life
sentences without possibility
of parole were included in
measures given their first
reading today in the Senate.
A senate joint resolution
submitted by Sen. Edward N.
Fadeley (D-Eugehe) calls for
revision of the state constitu
tion to delete any reference
to capital punishment. The
resolution calls for the plan
to be submitted to the voters
at the 19641 general election.
Must Serve Seven Years
A bill submitted by Sen.
Thomas R. Mahoney, (D-Port-land)
calls for elimination of
the possibility of parole for
persons sentenced to life im
prisonment for first degree
murder, and provides no per
son sentenced to life for sec
ond degree murder could be
paroled until he has served
seven years in prison.
Mahoney's measure retains
the death penalty in cases
where murder is committed
by a person In prison under a
life sentcnce. or for tll6se con
victed of treason against the
senate.
Bills to revise Oregon's
marriage and divorce laws
were introduced in the House
at the request of the Legisla
tive Interim Committee on
Social Problems. I
One would permit suit for
divorce after six months resi
dence in Oregon Instead of
one year. It also would do
away with the six month wa.t
ing period prior to remat
riage. Another would require Cir
cuit Court consent before a
marriage license could be is
sued to a girl under 17 or a
boy under 19. Another would
increase the waiting period
for issuance of a marriage
license from three to seven
days.
Business Income Tax
The bill to levy a one per
cent net business income tax
was read In the House. The
tax would be used to offset
reductions in the present busi
ness Inventory tax.
Other measures included
one to revise vote recount pro
cedures, a series of highway
Stevenson Wanted
To Quit Guantanamo
New York - (HID - The Sat
urday Evening Post said to
day that Adlai E. Stevenson
proposed that the National
Security Council consider giv
ing up the U. S. Naval Base
at Guantanamo, If necessary,
to avoid military action In the
Cuban crisis last October.
The report was made in an
article written by Post Wash
ington editor Stewart Alsop,
who identified Stevenson's
UN aide, Clayton Fritchey, as
his source. Fritchey, reached
at his office at the U. S. Mis
sion to the United Nations,
said he had "no comment for
the present" on Alsop's ar
ticle. Alsop quoted a Fritchey
approved summary of Steven
son's position as "Stevenson
was only willing to discuss
Guantanamo and the Euro
pean bases with the Commu
nists after a neutralization
of the Cuban missiles."
ON COMMISSION
Salem -WK-'Gov. Mark
Hatfield has named Bert
Keith, vice president of the
First Federal Saving and Loan
association of The Dalles, to a
six-year term on the State
Racing commission.
ACCIDENTS COSTLY
Salem - UP - Traffic acci
dents In Oregon cost S85 mil
lion last year, the Department
of Motor Vehicles said today.
bills, repeal of the 1961 ambu
lance certification law, adjust
ments in the Eastern Oregon
timber lax laws, and immu
nity from ordinary negligence
for doctors and nurses giving
emergency aid.
IRS Cracks Down
OnTax-Deductible
Giving of Gifts
Washington-IUPD - The tax
collector, who took the fun
out of expense accounts,
wants to take the influence
from business gift giving.
The International Revenue
Service warns businessmen
that If they want to give tax-
deductible gifts to a customer,
a present worth $25 is the
limit.
Anything more is not de
ductible from their ""income
tax. .
IRS, better known for Its
skepticism than its naivete
also wants information
what the gift giver expects
to get out of the present;
who's getting it and what is
his occupation, and a descrip
tion of the gift.
The new series of tax de
duction guidlines was publish
ed Sunday in an IRS pamphlet
titled rules for deducting
travel, entertainment and gift
expenses.
Family Not Forgotten
The tax man has not forgot
ten that a way to a custom
er's heart may be through his
family. Under the 1963 rules,
the IRS specifies that a gift
to a client's wife is the same
as a gift to the client. The
rule also applies to his children.
The business partnerships
also come under the IRS reg
ulation. They are considered
a unit, apd only one $25 gift
per partnership to a customer
is allowed.
But, the IRS is not all
Scrooge. Gifts presented an
employee for long and faith
ful service, such as the tradi
tional gold watch, are given
special consideration.
They are exempt if
cost less than $100.
they
Russia Changes
Inspection Stand
Washington -WPIW The Unit
ed States was cautiously hope
ful today that some agree
ment on a nuclear test ban
treaty might be reached with
the Soviet Union.
An unexpected change of
position by Premier Nikita
Khrushchev led lo the hopes
that new nuclear talks might
prove fruitful.
Khrushchev, in a letter
written to President Kennedy
Dec. 28 but not made public
until Sunday night, offered to
accept limited international
inspection on Soviet territory
to check against sneak nu
clear tests.
He also said he would per
mit "Foreign personnel" to
place up to three unmanned,
automatic monitoring devices,
known as "black boxes," on
Soviet (oil. But he said meas
ures must be taken to Insure
that there was no espionage
Involved in the Inspections.
HARDWAREMEN MEET
Portland - UP - The 59th
annual convention and indus
try show of the Pacific North
west Hardware and Imple
ment Association opened at
the Multnomah Hotel here
Sunday. It runt through Tuesday.
Monthly Payment
Of Withholding
Taxes Proposed
Source of Cuts
Not Determined
Salef -(UPD- An additional
$1.7 million cut in state serv
ices was ordered today by
Gov. Mark Hatfield as cor
porate income and excise
taxes skidded further below
anticipated levels.
Hatfield as a press confer
ence said he was recommend
ing employers' withholding
taxes be paid on a monthly
basis instead of quarterly to
give the state s treasury a $4
million shot in the arm for
the next biennium.
He said it was too late to
pick up such new revenues
for the current biennium.
He said because of the fall
ing corporate income and ex
cise tax returns, he had to cut
his 1963-65 biennium budget
estimates by $4,066,000.
Hatfield said "selective re
ductions" would be made in
state services for the period
to June 30, but he had not yet
determined where . the . cuts
would be made.
Truck BUI Posted
He also announced he was
proposing new legislation to
change truck tax levies. The
bill would cut the fees paid
by trucks of less than 6,000
pounds by .4 per cent, and
raise the fees for trucks over
6,000 pounds by .3 per cent.
He said the new tax struc
tures would "remove inequi
ties" in the present law.
The new rates were pro
posed, he said, after review of
Illinois Road Test results
which indicated large trucks
were being charged an exces
sively high license rate.
Although the new proposals
generaly reflect a .3 per cent
hike for trucks over 6,000
pounds, he said In effect It
would require medium size
trucks to pay a larger share
of the tax and give relief to
big trucks.
Hatfield vetoed a bill two
years ago to give tax relief to
big trucks, pending results of
the road study.
He said he had not yet had
a chance to discuss the plan
with the trucking industry.
School Plan Studied
He said he could not yet
comment on a proposal to fi
nance higher education class
room construction from bonds
repaid by student fees. He
said he had not yet had time
to study the proposal made
Friday by Sen. Alfred Cor-
bctt (D-Portland) and Rep.
John Mosser (R-Beaverton).
He did say, however, he felt
students should pay a greater
share of the cost of education,
and pointed to his recom
mendation that tuition fees
should be raised.
When asked it he agreed
an investigation should be
made of the resignation of the
director of the Oregon Pri
mate Research Center near
Bcaverton, Hatfield replied,
"More cooks in the broth at
this time might complicate
things."
Dr. Howard Pickering re
cently resigned as director of
the center because of a dis
pute with Oregon Medical
School Dean W. E. Baird.
A probe had been suggested
by, Rep. Grace Peck (D-PorU
land).
WEATHER
FORECAST: r 1 1 r and mild
through TutktUy. Low tonight
U-ZJ. High Tuetday 415;,
Temp.
Illghtat VMlrdiy 4
L-owftt This Morning .. It
Our Skies Tonight
Bttn-M U4y S:1 p.m.
Sunriif tomorrow .... 7:15 a.m.
Moonrlit tomorrow .... 1:02 a.m.
Nrw Moon Jan. 2ft
Venut, abov and to Iht right
of Moon, outthtnei atl tht lUn
and mvrty othtr plattrL It la
now about 12 million mllci from
the fcarth.
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GRAB IT QUICK Iowans have to meet the milkman at the
door if they don't want to have frozen milk. A reading of 21
degrees below zero today made it the 11th consecutive day
of sub-zero marks at milk delivery time. The forecast calls
for at least five more days of the same.
Kennedy Forecasts
Gains in Business
Washington -(UPD- President
Kennedy today forecast mod
erate business gains this year
and appealed to Congress to
give the economy an added
stimulus by cutting taxes.
tne President said in his
annual Economic Report that
he wants his proposed reduc
tion in individual taxes to
take effect next July 1.
He also asked the lawmak
ers to cut corporate tax rates
from 30 to 22 per cent on
the first $25,000 of income,
retroactive to Jan. 1. A bigger.-,
corporate tax reduction
will be proposed later.
Plan Emphasised
As he did in his State of
the ' Union and Budget mes
sages, Kennedy emphasized
his tax cut plan. Without it,
he suggested, there might be
a recession and the $11.9 bil
lion deficit projected for fis
cal 1964 might go even higher.
Initial congressional reac
tion to the Economic Report
generally was split along par
ty lines, with Republicans ac
cusing Kennedy of fiscal Irre
sponsibility and Democrats
praising his proposals.
up more support from the
man in the street.
The President argued in his
report that the July 1 tax re
duction would pump a needed
blast of vitality into the econ
omy. He said it would increase
by $6 billion the annual rate
of disposable after-tax income
in the last six months of 1962.
The net effect, on a half-year
basis, would be $3 billion.
Kennedy predicted the na
tion's total of goods and serv
ices produced this year the
gross national product (GNP)
would rise to a record $578
billion. This would be about
$16 billion more than in 1962.
Highlights of Presi
dent Kennedy's Eco
nomic Keport to Con
gress appears on page
2A.
House Republican Whip
Leslie C. Arcnds (III.) said
cuts in federal spending could
be made "without damaging
national security." Rep. Ger
ald Ford (R-Mich.) leveled the
charge of irresponsibility and
said domestic spending should
be cut back to the 1962 level.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield (Mont.) hailed
Kennedy's program as neces
sary to continue economic re
covery and avoid another re
cession. Senate Democratic
Whip Hubert H. Humphrey
(Minn.) said the lax cut wnuld
stimulate purchasing power
and thereby employment.
Criticiim Generated ,
The President's tax cutting
proposal as a device for
stimulating economic growth
has generated considerable
congressional criticism.
In his message today, Ken
nedy appeared to be trying
to reassure the skeptical, con
vert the adamant and whip
Consolidation Issue
Election Feb. 11
Election on the consolida-
tion of the Phoenix-Talent
school district with the Med-
ford school district has been
scheduled or Feb. 11 by the
rural school board "provid
ing the remonstrance peti
tions are In legal order.
The election date was set
after the board received the
remonstrance petitions con
taining 50 signatures at its
meeting today at noon.
The signatures will have to
be verified by the county elec
tions department.
The petitions were filed
after the rural school board
last week rejected a proposal
to consolidate the two dist
ricts.
Latest Siege of
Freezing Weather
Claims 60 Lives
Southland Crops
Punished Again
By United Press Internationa!
Misery and loss mounted
today In a relentless winter
onslaught which enveloped
the midlands in polar cold
and swirled road -jamming
snows over the eastern Great
Lakes.
The toll of weather-blamed
deaths in the latest siege of
Icy weather climbed past 60.
Lives were claimed whole
sale in cold weather fires, on
icy highways, and through
freezing and exhaustion.
Crops Punished
Deep in the southland, the
temperature dropped to 22
degrees along the 100-mile
long lower Rio Grande val
ley. Vegetable crops which
had suffered severe damage
in last week's freeze were
punished again, but it appear
ed the semitropical valley had
escaped a killing frost.
Also in the south, damage
was estimated in the thous
ands of dollars in the wake of
tornadoes which whipped
over parts of Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida Sunday.
Several persons were Injured
but there were no fatalities.
Life slowed to a freezing
crawl in the Middle West,
where low temperatures In-
eluded 42 below zero at Black
River Falls, Wis., and 38 be
low at International Falls,
Minn. An 80-year-old Jan. 21
record fell at Chicago when I
the mercury reached 15.2 be
low. The 14 below at Spring
field, HI., and the 8 below at
Indianapolis were also rec
ords. La Porte, Ind., and
Princeton, Mo., both regis
tered 18 below.
Snow Belt Clogged
The snow belt from Indi
ana to New York was clogged
again. South Bend, Ind., had
eight inches of snow along
with 14 below temperatures
and . rural schools shut down
In St. Joseph and La Porte
counties.- Eastward, blowing ,
and drifting snow forced offi
cials to block 110 miles of the
state thruway In western New
York Sunday night.
Dickie Pleads Innocent
To Charge of Murder
Boise - (UPI) - Theodore
Thomas Dickie pleaded Inno
cent today to a charge of
murdering 10-ycar-old Caro
lyn Rae Oldham of Boise
last fall.
Judge Merlin S. Young set
Feb. 4 as the date to set a
trial date for the 22-year-old
Dickie.
Dickie also Is charged In
Elmore county of knifing to
death Mrs. Nancy Joy John
son, 22, and her 2-ycar-old
son, Daniel, last April 10.
A-1C Gerald M. Anderson is
being held by authorities al
Mountain Home AFB on that
charge. . .
Explosion Rocks
East Berlin Area
Bcrlin-IUPD - A mysterious
explosion today rocked an
East Berlin residential area
where visiting Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev and other
high Communist officials were
staying.
The blast occurred early
this morning In the Nelder-
schoenhausen district in
which East German Commu
nist boss Walter Ulbrlcht also
lives. '
Some hours after the ex
plosion Khrushchev attended
the final meeting of the East.
German Communist party
congress which reelected Ul
brlcht as party chief by unani
mous vote.
Red Ball Stage Line
Will Increase Fares
Salem -(UPD- The Red Bali
stage line will Increase its
fares on Feb. 1, the State Pub
lic Utility commission an
nounced today.
The bus line has headquar
ters In Klamath Falls and op
erates between Klamath Falls
and Lakevlew.
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BROTHERS REUNITED Two brothers
who had not seen each other for 48 years
have been reunited because of the alertness
of Nurse Doris Williams at Josephine Gen
eral Hospital at Grants Pass. Struck by the
resemblance of her new patient, Roy Park
er, center, to one she had a few weeks
earlier, she asked if he had a brother and
learned there had been one he had not
seen since 1915 and presumed dead. By
checking hospital records. Nurse Williams
located Harry Parker and effected the re
union. It was discovered that both had lived
in Josephine county for the past 21 years.
Separation came when the family moved
west after Roy joined Canadian troops dur
ing World War I. (UPI)