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Newspaper Page TextSaiiol 1 M logon Historic Regional Edition MEDFORD 5 s I ?(T V-f 4 14 Pages i r j s l '.j .'"1 i ii nil rnt, & JSM'i&jmg "JWaVi. .-Y.7a.' " V I- J JLjr fi rI 1 V 1 . JIM . jsawasr"' IV.. -1 ill al.Vlll riy ' xfdj 57th Year Price 10 Cents Treaty Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1963 No. 262 WANTS TO COLLECT BET Mrs. Lavina Radabaugh, 47, of Warren, Mich., prepares a pot of coffee on her home made 50-gallon oil drum stove as the weather hovers at a cool 10 degrees below zero. Mrs. Radabaugh has been camp ing out since last Friday on a $150 bet with the Clare, Mich., Chamber of Commerce that she could not last until next Saturday. Mrs. Radabaugh has been living on a fish diet and some canned food she brough with her when she set up camp, (UPI) Chester Leonard, City Businessman, Civic Leader, Dies Chester (Chet) C. Leonard, 65, of 2529 Hillcrest rd., re tired Medford businessman and civic leader, died in a Medford hospital Monday night of a heart attack. Mr. Leonard, one of three honorary life members of the Medford Elks lodge, was wide ly known for his philantho pies through the lodge, in other civic organizations and in his personal contacts with people in need. Born in Pratt, Kans., Aug. 1, 1896, Mr. Leonard moved to Medford in 1927. He enter ed the sevice station business and later owned and operat ed the 99 Motel. He sold his interests a few years ago and devoted his time to his civic activities. ' Past Exalted Ruler He was past exalted ruler of the Medford Elks lodge, a Rotarian, a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Rogue Valley Country club, and the Linebacker's club. The drives for establish ment of the Rogue Valley Me morial hospital and for the city park development were two in which he devoted a major effort. He also was ac tive in acquiring the property on Foothills road for the lo cation of the future Elks temple. He supported organizations for the welfare of young peo ple. He was known to hosts of teenagers as "Grand Dad". An ardent sports fan, Mr. Leonard was available when transportation was needed by students to games, ski runs or lake resorts. He also was one of the original organizers of the Jackson County Sheriff's posse. He is survived by his wife, Mamie Leonard; a son, Don ald Leonard, in California; a daughter, Mrs. Franklin H. Van Pelt, Medford; and two grandchildren, Linda Leon ard, in California, and Frank Van Pelt, Medford, and a brother. John Leonard, in California. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. Value of Property In County Increases Slower Than Taxes Every five years seems an appropriate time to refigure many things. Most situations undergo a sufficiently large change in that period of time to make the findings news. Taxes are no exception. In Jackson county in 1962 the gross value of property came to $103,448,929. This repre sented an increase of $19, 104,422.21 over the 1957 total of $8.4,344,506.79. The 1962 total includes the utilities, without which the total would be $91,933,080, according to Thad Hatten, county assessor. The valuation increase without utilities, or the strict ly local valuation increase, was $19,600,540, an increase of 27 per cent in five years. Valuation Goes Down The surprising thing about tliis is that the increase with the utilities was only 23 per cent, because valuation of util ities went down instead of up. The valuation of utilities was listed as $12,021,966.79 on the Jackson county tax rolls in 1957. In 1962 this same total dropped to $11, 515,849, a decrease of $506, 117.79. This resulted from a differ ence in ratio set by the state tax commission, the Jackson county assessor explained. Now, all property is taxed at 25 per cent of true market value. Five years ago, the utilities were taxed on a 36 per cent ratio and other coun ty property on the 30 per cent of value ratio. The taxation of utilities was reduced 1 1 per cent and other county property only 5 per cent by the change. This, Hatten explained, threw the load on to resi dential and commercial prop erty. While the Increase in valu ation was only 27 or 23 per cent, depending upon which way the figures are consider ed, taxes increased 48 per cent in the five years from 1957 to 1962, Hatten pointed out. The total tax in 1957-58 was $5,757,436.63. For 1962 63. it is $8,526,325.94, an in crease of $2,768,889.31, or more than 48 per cent. In one district, for example, a $10,000 home which was NE17S(Q)BRIEFS rrtMi hom m 7 mod no mi mom NUCLEAR TEST BAN TALKS ENCOURAGING Wathlngton-arB-The Unlttd Stales, Britain and Ruuia plannid to reiume nuclear tail ban talks hart today, ip parently closer to agreement in principle than ever before SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE DEFENSE URGED Manila-lPh-Polltlcal and military leaders, concerned over the build up of Soviet arms in Indonesia, today urged action to bolster the delensei ot the southern Philippine!. assessed at $3,000 in 1957 is j now assessed at $2,500. But in 1957 the levy was much lower, 69.3 mills. II is now 92.3 mills because the in creases in budgets have far outweighed the increases in valuation, according to Hat ten. So, taxes are necessarily higher for each person. In terms of local population and local evaluation the tax per capita (each man, woman and child in the county) is $1,286.- LOcal Assessment Roll ' The local assessment roil, basis for tax payments due in 1962, consisted of real property totaling $79,101, 350, personal property of $12,- 831,730, and public utilities $11,515,849. Kelsay Heads Drive Jo Obtain Snuff for Duncan Salcm-IUPD-The House Tax Committee has shipped off a package of "snoose" to a needy congressman in the na tion's capital. The good deed came after Congressman Rob ert Duncan of Medford notified Stale Hep. W. O. Kelsay of Roscburg that chewing snuff was unavailable in the na tion's capital. Duncan, speaker of Ihe Oregon house in 1959 and 1961, asked Kelsay to send him some. . Kelsay passed the word on to his colic igues on the House Tax Com mittee. The committee mem bers assessed themselves 15 cents each, bought ihe snuff, and mailed it off. Pearson Offers Own Workmen's Compensation Bill Program for Gifted For Public Schools, Superintendent Says State law prohibits students in non-public schools from participating in the able and gifted student program, Coun ty School Superintendent Alf Mekvold has reported. St. Mary's High school has applied for admission of its pupils to the program, which is held Saturday mornings at Southern Oregon college for higher rated students in Jack son county. Mekvold said the Jackson county rural school district may not help finance the pro gram If Southern Oregon col lege were to invite St. Mary's pupils or from other parochial schools to participate. Mekvold explained that the purpose of the program given LUMBER INDUSTRY OFFICIALS MEET Washington-Wlt-About $0 lumber Industry oilicialt met today to begin a drive lor congressional action on such pro grama at limiting Canada's 1260-million year lumber tales in the United States. BRITAIN'S RANKING CATHOLIC PRELATE DIES London-'IPO-William Cardinal Godfrey. 73. ranking Ro man Catholic prelate In Britain, died tonight at hit residence following i heart attack. Two More Forest Fires Are Reported Two more out of season fires were reported today by the state forestry department. A total of four fires has been reported to the department this month, an unusuall. high number for January. Both of the latest, fires were caused when debris burning got out of control, department personnel said. One fire started Sunday near Prospect when burning debris rolled down into the gorge. The other was report ed Monday afternoon In the Ice House area about 10 miles east of Ashland. No damage of consequence resulted from either flic. Only grass and brush burned. ACT FORBIDS GAMES Salem (UPB - Oregon State university and the University of Oregon would be prevented from entering athletic contests with the University of Missis sippi under a bill Introduced in the House. in the authorizing state law is "to provide means to facili tate the common school edu cation of those children in the state who are educationally advanced and who are en rolled in the public schools." From Public Funds Parochial pupils may not participate in the program "regardless of who issues the Invitation or the nature of the entrance procedure, as long as the program costs are paid from public funds," Mek vold said. Mekvold noted that a su preme court decision of Nov. 15, 1961, holds that the Ore gon constitution prohibits a school district from providing free textbooks to pupils of a parochial school. An amend ment prohibits the use of state funds for religious in stitutions, he pointed out. The state department of education helps finance the able and gifted program with the rural board. "This opinion is not intend ed as an argument against any religious denomination or to cast reflections against any person, adult or student, or school." Mekvold said. "It becomes a matter of deep personal concern to me when there are Instances where it is obvious there are inequalities in educational op portunities; but I am also firmly convinced that main taining fully the separation of church and state is the surest way to provide better equality, as well as to assure the continuance of free choices in worship for all Mekvold said. Salem (UPD S e n. Walter Pearson today Introduced his own workmen's compensation bill that would let private in surance firms into the field. .It also would completely revamp Oregon's workmen's compensation procedures. "I believe it Is a model workmen's compensation law," Pearson said, "one that will be of benefit to all workers in Oregon, and fair to both workers and em ployers." The bill, drafted at Pear son's request, was introduced by the Senate Labor and In dustries Committee which Pearson heads. Pearson said ' he also ex pects his committee to intro duce an alternate workmen's compensation proposal being drafted after recommenda tions of a special governor's advisory committee. 'Three-Way' Tag Labor terms the Pearson proposal a "three-way" bill, similar to the one that labor fought a holding action against in 1961. The term "three-way" refers to the three ways of insuring by the state, by self-insurance, and b'y private insurance. Labor's objection centers on the private insurance as pect. A labor spokesman to day said private firms would be able to cream off the good accounts, raising state costs for the most hazardous ac counts. The proposal by the spe c i a I governor's committee, tentatively endorsed by labor, would only let private firms write re-insurance. Pearson termed it "rather limited, a one and seven-eights" bill. A Portland insuranceman, Pearson said his firm "does not write insurance of this type." said his firm "docs not write insurance of this type." Pearson said his new bill SB30, differs in one signifi cant feature from two years ago. He said it provides for a state group to supervise all claims, including those cov ered by private policies. Other Bills Offered Proposals for income tax cuts for everyone and home stead tax exemptions for the elderly were introduced in the Senate today. Sen. John Hare (R-Hills- boro) called for a 10 per cent flat reduction in the personal income tax. The elderly homestead tax exemption bill would exempt $5,000 of the value of a home owned by a person 65 or over with income of $2,500 a year or less. A bill calling for a pilot program for education ot school dropouts was Intro duced in the Senate. Sen. Don Willncr (D-Port-land) said such a program could affect some 7,000 teen agers who drop out of school in Oregon each year. BULLETIN Portland -in- The Stale Board of Higher Education today bootled the coti of living in dormilorlet at ttate camputet by $40 a yeer. (See Story on Page 2A) Farmers in Counties Eligible for Loans Farmers in Josephine and Jackson counties are eligible for emergency loan assistance as a result of the Dec. 2 flood, according to the Farmers' Home Administration office In Grants Pass. The two counties also were declared emergency areas for farming purposes because ot the October windstorm. Su pervisor Eugene Dcnney point ed out. Any established farm oper ator is eligible for an emer gency loan through the FHA if he has suffered substantial damage due to the disaster, providing he is unable to ob tain credit from other sources to continue his normal oper ation, and if he has reason able prospects for success. Loans are made for annual operating expenses, replace ment of machinery or live stock lost or disposed of as a result of the storm, purchase of essential home furnishings damaged or destroyed by the storm, replacement or repair of buildings, fences, lrriga lion systems, and rclcvclling land or clearing debris. Addition To Cascade Hall Is Approved Portland (UPD The state board of higher education Monday approved preliminary plant for addition to Cascade hall dormitory at Southern Oregon college in Ashland. It also approved basic stud ies for kitchen and dining fa cilltict at the dormitory. Castro Abruptly Offers Freedom To Invaders' Kin Miami, Fla. - (UPD - The Red Cross pushed plans today to accept Fidel Castros unex pected offer to free more than 1,000 persons from Commu nist Cuba this week. More than 900 relatives of the recently freed Cuban in vaders will be brought to the United States aboard the freighter Shirley Lykes, pres ently unloading ransom cargo at Havana. Approxim a t e 1 y 205 Cuban-Americans will be flown to the United States Wednesday and Friday. Vice Presidents John Wil son and Raymond Eaton of the American Red Cross flew to Havana this morning to take charge of arrangements being made in Cuba. To Take Supplies A DC6B donated by Pan American World Airways is scheduled to fly to Cuba Wednesday with a doctor and Red Cross nursing team, 1,000 cots, blankets and other sup plies to be put aboard the Shirley Lykes. The freighter, a $10 million vessel donated by the Ameri can shippers, is scheduled to set sail for Port Everglades, Fla., just north of Miami, soon as the ransom supplies are unloaded and the passen gers can be put aboard. The Swiss Embassy, which handles U.S. affairs in Cuba, is believed to have a waiting list of about 4,000 Invader relatives who are trying to get out of Cuba. It was not cer tain how those who are to leave aboard the Shirley Lykes would be chosen. p... .... ,r. GREETS HUSBAND Mary Ann Quinn, holding a birthday cake for him, greets her husband. Lee, on his arrival at Honolulu aboard the yacht Neophyte with his all-girl crew He observed his 36th birthday while at sea. (UPI) Skipper of All-Girl Crew Undecided on Sailing To Tahiti Park Commission Favors Diving Pool At a special breakfast meet ing this morning, the Medford park and recreation commis sion voted to recommend to the city council that bids be called for the construction of a diving pool at Jackson park. According to Park and Rec reation Director Robert Ha worth, the group reviewed the park and recreation im provement fund. On the mo tion of Commissioner Robert DeLormc, the group voted to exclude from the , budget about $14,140 which had been earmarked for projects at Jefferson school park and Union park. The money will be used, upon approval by the city council, to match funds from Crater Lions club to construct a diving tank at Jackson park. The commission will send a letter to the mayor and the council requesting considera tion of the matter at the Feb. council meeting, Haworth said. Welding Shop Fire Spotted by Police A passing police officer spotted a tiro in the welding shop at Crater Lake Machin ery, 2019 North Pacific high way, about 9:20 p.m. last night. Medford firemen cut a hole through a metal wall to get to the fire. I he fire apparently was caused by sparks from weld ing earlier In the day, fire men said, which stayed alive in material around oxygen acetylene tanks. The heat from the Ignited material caused the safety valves on Ihe tanks to burst, 11 was theorized. Firemen cxtinguishcJ the fire and confined damage to some machinery .In the tliop GRANTS SET RECORD CorvallltJUPt-A record $2,- 263,904 was received in grants and gifts by Orsgun State University during the past month for scholarships, re search and facilities. Honolulu - (UPD - Former steeplejack Lec Quinn, 36, who skippered the ketch Neo phyte and his all-girl crew from San Francisco to Hono lulu, said today he has no definite plans to extend the voyage to Tahiti. . "I want to rest up for about a month, the skipper said, "and then I will give serious thought to It." It's quite likely that his wife, Mary Ann, will have a few thoughts on the subject, too. She was on hand with a kiss and a cake Monday when the Neophyte ended Its 25 day, storm-tossed voyage of 2,300 miles. Crew May Not Sail Quinn had hinted at the possibility of continuing on to Tahiti with a four-girl crew, but this time, Mrs. Quinn was expected to sail as first mate. However, tb,ere was no Indi cation whether any of his San Francisco - to Honolulu crew would continue on. The nautical novices select ed by Quinn with his wife's blessing Included Susan Bird, 20, Oakland; Giselle Mayer, 22, Sausalito; Jackie Miller, 24, an airline stewardess from Reunification of Congo Under Way Kolwczi, Katanga, The Con go -TUPD- United Nations offi cials, following up the peace ful UN take-over of this last Katangcse stronghold, laid the groundwork today for bring ing Katanga province back into the Congo. The next r e u n 1 1 1 cation moves were expected to take pace in the provincial capital of Elisabethville where rep resentatives of Premier Cyr tlle Adoula'a central govern ment were awaiting talks with Katanga s President Motse Tshombe. Tshombe, who had vowed to fight to the end, concluded his 31-month-long secession of ficially Monday by surrender ing Kolwczi. UN troops' en tered the important mining center without a shot being fired. The action brought all ma jor military operations in the Congo to an end although UN forces still were mopping up small pockets of resistance in the north. Game Enforcement Bills Introduced Salem - (UPD - Bills to step up game enforcement were introduced in the House to day at the request ' of the Sportsmen s Protective Asso ciation, They would give the state game director a law enforce ment division, and add con servation officers to the of ficials empowered to enforce game laws. BILL 8PONSORED Salem -IUPH- Rep. Don Mc- Kinnis (D-Summcrvlllc) today sponsored a bill to create a district court at La Grande in Union county. ON COP COMMITTEE Portland-flJPMJcorgo Stad- clman, former mayor of The Dalles, has been named to the Republican State Central committee. Sausalito; and Mrs. Carole Hope, 20, a folk singer and model from Berkeley. Quinn said they "were eager to please" despite their lack of experience and skills of the sea. "I had to do almost every thing myself," he said, "but they were very cooperative, Want Salad, 8teak "First we want a big green salad and a steak," Miss Bird said. "Then we would like to sleep each In our own hotel room bed under clean sheets." Miss Bird said the food situation got worse as the voyage progressed. We had no greens, no meat, no eggs and no milk during the last week or so. The butter also was going rancid. We had to eat mostly out of tins." Nations Pledge Cooperation in National Affairs Heads To Meet Every Six Months Paris -(UPD- French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle and West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer today signed a treaty pledging cooperation between the two nations that have fought three major wars In the last 100 years. The historic document pro vides that the heads of the two nations will meet at least every six months, that their ministers of foreign affairs and defense will consult fre quently, and that they will exchange troops and training facilities for joint maneuvers. No Common Parliament The treaty is in line with De Gaulle's conception of a loosely linked "Europe of the Fatherlands" and provides no supra-national authority nor common parliament. De Gaulle and Adenauer igned the document in the French President's Elysee Pal ace. The ceremony took place after Adenauer appealed to De Gaulle to refrain from pro voking a complete breach in the Brussels talks on Britain's entry into the Common Mar ket. German sources said De Gaulle had promised to con sider the suggestion. Offers Compromise Adenauer offered De Gaulle face-saving compromise un- der which the Brussels nego tiations would be suspended temporarily while the Com mon Market's executive com mission draws up an "lnven- ory' of points on which Britain and the six Common Market nations still are dead locked. Adenauer told De Gaulle, according to German sources, that West Germany still be lieves British membership in the Common Market is desir able. German sources said there are "strong hopes" that Ade nauer persuaded the French leader that the Brussels situa tion is critical and that an open breach must be avoided. The German sources said Adenauer and De Gaulle also discussed France's rejection of President Kennedy's offer of Polaris missiles. History of Warfare Adeauner was in a favored position to exert pressure on De Gaulle. The two have agreed to an historic recon ciliation of their nations tra ditional enemies whose quar rels have drenched Europe and the world in bloody wars dating back a thousand years. French Foreign Office spokesman Claude Lebel sought to assure the rest of Europe that the treaty was not aimed at any other nation. 'On the contrary, it must be regarded as the first, in-. dispensable step leading to ward the unity of Europe for which both sides hope," he said. The treaty will be submit ted to both national parlia ments for ratification. It will be accompanied by a Joint statement by the two leaders. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tontiht V.rl. able high eloudlncii Wednes day. Smoky during early morn ing houri. Low tonight near 15. High Wednesday 4S to It. Temp. Hlgheit Veitfrday .... it Lowed Tlili Morning it Our Skies Tonight Sumet today 5:11 p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow .... T:14 a.m. Moonrlie tomorrow.. !: a.m. New Moon Jan. 25 There will be an annular erltpee or the Sun at thli New Moon. It will be vlilble ai a partial ecllpte over parte of South America and Africa and mott of AntarcUca. Veterans' farm, Home Loan Bonds Sold Salem -IDPfl- The Oregon De partment of Veterans Affairs today announced the sale ot $25 million in self-liquidating veterans' farm and home loan bonds to the First National Bank of Oregon and associ ates. The department said the ef fective interest rate of 2.78 per cent was the best bid since March, 1959. He said the sale will take care of the department's needs for the rest of this year. Meredith Takes Final Semester Examination Oxford, Miss. - (UPI - Negro student James H. Meredith takes his final semester ex amination at "Ole Miss" today before leaving the campus, perhaps for good. Meredith has been reported in serious academic difficulty and there was growing specu lation he would not return for the next semester. His examination grades could have a bearing on whether he will be back at the uni versity next semester. Meredith, whose entrance Into the previously all-white university on Sept. 30 touch ed off rioting that resulted in two deaths and scores Injured, failed to show up Monday for his final examination in mathematics. If he has a sat isfactory explanation for his absence he may be permitted to take a "delayed examina tion." If not, he probably will receive a failing grade. A federal grand jury Inves tigation ot the 14 hours of rioting that accompanied Meredith's entrance into Ole Miss resulted In charges ot rebellion, Insurrection, and se ditious conspiracy being filed against former Maj, Gen. Ed win A. Walker and number ot other persons. Monday, U.S. District Judge Claude F. Clayton dismissed the charges against Walker "without prejudice," legal term meaning they could be reinstated If the government should desire such action.