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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
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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.