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Soviet Military ase 'Mi HI Cilia ! REFLECTION With the long period of dry weather, Bear creek is not the raging tor rent it was during the recent flood. In the quiet pool above Main st. bridge, the free way viaduct appears as two one above and below as its image is reflected in the water. And its not just an illusion either, because some cars and trucks can actually be seen traveling on the lower one. Mrs. Kanclier Is Named Nursing Supervisor Here , Mrs. Ethelmae (Tommie) Kanclier has been appointed Jackson county public health nursing supervisor to fill the position vacated by the late Miss Frances Clink, according to Dr. A. E. Merkel, county public health officer. Miss Clink died Tuesday following an illness. She had been supervising nurse for six years. Mrs. Kanclier has been a staff public health nurse here since November, 1949. She was an Ensign in the U.S. Navy . Nurse Corps during World War II, and was a nurse at the' Ashland Community hospital. She has been a nurse in the Ashland area for six years. Mrs. Kanclier was graduat ed from Ashland High school in 1937 and received her bachelor of science degree in elementary education at Southern Oregon college in 1948. She received her public health nursing certificate in 1949 from the University of Oregon medical school of nursing. Mrs. Ellen Olcotf will join the staff as a public health nurse Feb. 1 to serve the Ash land area. She recently com pleted her certificate require ments at the University of Oregon. She has had extensive experience in nursing, part of it in mental health clinic, Dr. Merkel said. She received her bachelor of science de gree in nursing from the Uni versity of Portland in 1947. HEARING SET Portland (UPft The State Racing Commission said today it has set a public hearing for Friday, Feb. 1, at 9:30 a.m. on application for a dog racing plant at Wilsonville. Dispute Flares Over Proposal To Reduce Legislators' Pay Salem-OPD-A legislative pay bill pasted the Oregon House, 41 to 18, today dtipita a Rtpublican effort to obstruct It. Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House erupted in debate to day over an effort to reduce pay proposed in the legislative salary bill. The argument began as the bill came up for final passage in the House. ' It calls for $3,000 per year Wafer Main Breaks In Oak Grove Area Service to water customers in the vicinity of Oak Grove school was cut off for about two hours Thursday afternoon when a 6-inch water main broke, according to Robert L. Lee, Medford water superin tendent. Service was interrupted for about 100 customers, includ ing Oak Grove school, be tween 3 and 5 p.m., Lee said. The break in the main was discovered about 2 p.m. Lee said it was the second break in the main this month. He speculated the failure was probably due to freezing wea ther. A five-man crew from the water department worked to repair the break and to ex plain the reason for the inter rupted service to water users in the area. Miss May Darling Said Seriously III Portland (UPD Miss May Darling, longtime member of the Oregon Board of Educa, lion, was reported seriously ill with pneumonia at a hos pital here today. Miss Darling, 82, entered the hospital Sunday. tlEl'SBRIEFS rriMS from m 1 M0UN0 Wl WM INJUNCTION ORDERED IN BOEING STRIKE Waihington-itPI-Pratidtnt Kennedy today ordtrtd tha Justice Department to seek an injunction designed to halt a strike against tha Boeing Co. at Stattlt. Wash., by the Inttrnational Atiociation of Machinists. WRECKAGE OF SAC BOMBER SPOTTED Brownville Junction, Msin-W-Air rticui ttami ipottad , the wrtckage of a Strattgic Air Command B52 jet bomber in the Central Maine wilderness today and dropped para medics to aid survivors. SPAIN TO NEGOTIATE MILITARY BASES Madrid-tlT-Spain officially told the United States it In tends to seek new negotiations over the U.S. military bates in this country, it was reported today. MANNED SPACE FLIGHT SLATED FOR APRIL 2 Cape Canaveral, Fle.-'lrl'-America's next manned orbital flight into space, a day-long mission by astronaut Leroy Cordon Cooper Jr.. 35. it tcheduled lor April 2. It was learn C'. today. The flight could latt hn longer than a day. for legislators, plus $20 per day in. expenses up to 120 days. Rep. Robert Smith (R Burns) asked the House for unanimous consent to reduce the figures to $1,800 and $15 per day. ' ' When the House refused. Smith moved to send the bill back to the Ways and Means committee for amendment. Rep. Sidney Bazett (R Grants Pass) speaking for the bill, said in terms of dollar value it represents less pay than the Oregon legislators received in 1880. Student Pay Said Same He said it also represents the same sum that high school students in his area receive for office work after one year. Smith replied he was fear ful of legislative "profession alism." He said legislative pay should only match the costs of serving in the legislature. He said the leigslature faces tax increases and budget cuts. "We should start with our own extravagances," he said. Rep. .Ken Maher (R-Port-land) replied that the entire state of Oregon would bene fit from the better pay for legislators, authorized by the voters last May. "Trained, capable, conscien tious men and women" now will be able to serve in. the legislature, he said. Other highlights: Salary A bill requested by the state board of education, to let the board set the salary of the state superintendent of public instruction, was enter ed in the House. - The state's top public school officer's salary now is set at $15,000 by law, while the chancellor of higher education receives $25,000 plus a house. Transit Two measures to aid in developing mass transit systems were introduced by Rep. Beulah Hand (D-Milwau-kic). One would let highway cen ter strips or adjacent strips be acquired and used for mass transit such as a monorail. The other asks Congress to provide matching funds for mass transit rights of way in urban areas. Licente The House receiv ed a bill to require color photographs on all drivers licenses issued after this year. The fee would be increased by 50 cents. Ambulance The House highways committee gave a "do pass" recommendation to a bill to repeal the 1981 am bulance law. The committee voted 7-2 to write a new law after holding hearings. Main objection to the old law came from volunteer or part-time community ambu lance services over a fee struc ture written into the law. Regional Edition Medford 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 20 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1963 No. 265 Portland Hank Misery Suspect outh of Oottage drove mbM S Second Biggest Haul in Oregon History Noted Arrest Made by State Policeman . Eugene (UPD A suspect In Thursday evening's $53,469 robbery of the East' port Branch of the U.S. National Bank of Portland was arrest ed south of here early today. The Federal Bureau of In vestigation said approximate ly $23,000 was found in the suspect's car. It was believed to be the second biggest bank haul in Oregon history. John H. Williams, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Portland, said the suspect was identified as James Theodore Hc'lywood, 64, Seattle. He said that Hol lywood used a number of aliases and gave the name Arthur Lyle Andrews when arrested by a state policeman about 5 a.m. Information Filed Williams said an Informa tion charging Hollywood with the robbery was filed in Port land before U.S. Commission er Claire Mundorff with bail set at $50,000. He said the U.S. marshal probably would bring the suspect to Portland later today, ' "The' arrest was made by state policeman Richard Frambes about five miles south of Cottage Grove, who said the suspect offered no resistance and was not armed. Frambes said packages of bills wrapped in newspapers were found l the car. Police said $15,000 fas counted in the first two packages open ed. The Portland bank was rob bed by two armed men short ly after closing time.. The FBI said it believed the amount taken was the largest ever from a Portland bank. In 1947 a gang took $57,500 from a Sweet Home bank. Herded Into Vault The bank is located in the Eastport shopping area on SE 82nd street. The robbers entered the bank shortly after it closed, herded six employees Into the vault and shot open six metal cash containers. Lawrenc Attebury, 64, one of the employees, was struck on the head with a pistol by one of the men but was not seriously injured. J. Allan Gard, the bank's manager, said the men enter ed the bank through a back entrance which was presumed to be locked. Gard said "we don't know but they may have had a key." Condemnation Suits Filed in Medford The Oregon highway com mission has filed condemna tion proceedings against Louise L. Serpa, Evelyn E. Adams, John Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. Leland E. Ammcr man, seeking two parcels of land near Ashland for con struction of the South Ash land Interchange of Inter state 5. According to the complaint filed in Jackson county circuit court, the property will be used for the interchange and for construction and mainte nance of a frontage rd.a The property consists of 2.8 and .75 acres. It was stated that the high way commission has attempt ed to purchase the property, but was unable to reach an agreement with the owners. St. Helens Furniture Store Leveled by fire St. Helens ITO An early morning fire today destroyed the Magone Furniture Co. store here. Lots was estimated at ft 30.000 to $150,000. m v 3t v Si . . v , JOHN TRUDEAU Selected Fettival Director Musical Festival Is Set in Jacksonville During Mid-August A landscaped hillside with in .the historic Peter Britt es tate at Jacksonville will be the setting Aug. 11- through 24 for the northwest's first outdoor summer, music festi val, E. O. Graham, Jackson ville mayor, announced today. Format of the two-week public concert series will be patterned after the open air music programs which attract thousands of visitors each summer to. Tanglewood in Lennox, Mass.; Aspen, Colo., and Carmel, Calif. Producers of Oregon's pre mier event will be the Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts Festival association in cooper ation with the cities of Jack sonville and Medford. Gen eral manager of the non-profit association is Sam D. McKin neyl Portland. Selected to direct the series of 19 afternoon and evening concerts is John Trudeau, well known conductor of the Port land Pops orchestra which he was instrumental in organiz ing three years ago. Trudeau also directs a chamber music ensemble, is a member of the music faculty at Portland State college, and Is first trom bonist with the Portland Sym phony. He was previously as sociated with the Boston Sym phony. The Peter Britt music festi val orchestra will be compos ed of approximately 30 pro fessional musicians from Ore gon, Washington, California and Idaho. Performers with recognized abilities and ex perience with symphony, chamber groups, and small en semble work will be Invited to participate. Programs will offer a full range of classical music, from familiar baroque to the most recent in contemporary works, Trudeau said. The "Twilight Series" of afternoon performances are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., which will permit members of the audience to attend a Shakespearean play in Ash land later the same evening. A "Starlight Series" of eve ning performances will begin at 8:30 p.m. Scene of Festival The scene of the festival has long been a cultural landmark in Oregon history. It was or iginally part of the donation land claim of Peter Britt, pio neer photographer who main tained his studio in Jackson ville for 40 years. The Swiss born Britt arrived in 1852, crossing the plains on foot with the early rush of gold seekers. His was the first pho tographic studio west of the Rocky mountains. A replica of his studio dis playing all his daguerrotype cameras, painted screen back drops, silk shawls worq by the ladies, his original furniture and equipment, is a featured exhibit in the Jacksonville museum. Britt was the first man to photograph Crater lake. He was also the first horticultur ist of note in southern Oregon. His landscaped gardens plant ed with hundreds of exotic trees and flowers, ' painstak ingly brought to Jacksonville by pack mules and wagons, became the showplace of the Rogue valley, A pear tree planted in 1858 Is credited with being the ancestor of the region's orchard industry. Many of his original plant ings may still be identified near the open slop where the music festival will be staged. Producers of the festival ex pressed the hope that this will become an annual event in Jacksonville. It is also pro posed that the setting devel oped in the Peter Britt Gar dens would provide needed facilities for outdoor summer forum groups In the fields of architecture, literature, dance, historical research, photogra phy, graphic arts, sculpture, painting, and allied creative pursuits. Shipload of 1170 Exiles From Cuba Docks in Florida Refugees Reunited With Loved Ones Port Everglades, Fla. -IUPD-A shipload of 1,170 refugees from Communist Cuba ar rived here today, seasick and somber until their new free dom took hold. Then they cried and sighed for joy and were sped to reunions with loved ones. "I'm free at last," sobbed the wife of a ansomed Cu ban invasion prisoner as she embraced him at a mass re union in Miami, where the refugees were taken in buses after debarking from the car go ship Shirley Lykes, Stories of Hardship As they streamed off the black-hulled freighter and prepared to board a line of buses waiting to iake them 20 miles south to Miami, the refugees told more stories of hardships, terror and antl Castroism in Cuba. It was the biggest single group of exiles released by Fidel Castro from his Com' munist island, and brought to more than 3,400 the num ber of refugees who have come here since the ransom ing of 1,113 Cuban Invasion prisoners -before Christmas. Spirits Changed Seventeen of the passen gers were ambulance cases, and these were first oft the vessel. The other exiles were un smiling as they streamed down three gangplanks. But inside the processing center and boarding the buses for Miami their spirits ..langcd and at the stadium in Miami there was a wildly emotional scene as relatives broke from a waiting crowd of some 4,000 to embrace long separated loved ones as they stepped from the buses. ; Morgan Asks Not To Be Reappointed Washington-flJPD-The White House said today that Federal Power Commissioner Howard Morgan has told President Kennedy he docs not want to be reappointed when his term expires June 22. But Press Secretary Pierre Salinger declined to divulge the reasons set forth by Mor gan in a letter to Kennedy. There were reports that Mor gan had complained the ad ministration was failing to protect the interests of con sumers by the other appoint ments to the commission. "Since it's not an official letter of resignation, but is a personal letter to the Presi dent, I have no intention of making it public," Salinger said. WEATHER FORECAST: Rnm rly morn Inf fog; otherwise, fair and imnkv through Kiurdy. I.nw Km i hi ii-zo. Illih fliiurday 40-45. Terrm. Iflrhril Yeitrdy . 4 Loweit This Morning 17 Our Skies Tonight Hunan today n 5:11 p.m. ftiinrlif tomorrow .... T:JJ a.m. Moonirt today Ml p.m. Km Quarirr Pb. I Another tcllnia ' n un ' in tarn aerlta at today's (not vttlblc h?rr) will occur Pbru. irv 4, DM and will alto he tnvltlhlo here, (P.rllptrt of thr Hun or cut In ttrlri of 71 or II rrllptea, rach a little over 1 ypirt apart, over a, pa Mod el aha;ut 1 20 year.) Members of Youth 'Gang' Are Arrested Central Point - Members of what police termed an organ ized teen-age thief gang here have admitted several thefts from Central Point and Mc- ford buisnesses. Nine Central Point juve niles were Questioned by Ccn tral Point police yesterday, Chief Ed Zander reported. All admitted having a part in the thefts. Two have been de tained In the county Juvenile detention home. Three more are being referred to Juvenile authorities today, Zander said, The others were released. The Juveniles admitted tak ing part in recent thefts from a market in Central Point, two stores in Medford and a grocery store on Old Stage rd. Two of them also admitted drinking beer during their lunch periods at Crater High school, Zander said. Nevada Couple Is Arrested by Police Clyde Eugene Laughard and his wife, Anita, of Deeth, Nev., were arrested yestcr. day afternoon by state police on charges of child abandon ment. A warrant had been Issued from Bakcrsficld, Calif., for the couple, officers said. The couple has been lodged In the Jackson county Jail in lieu of bail. Both have signed waiv ers of extradition, police noted. Two small children from a previous marriage, who were with them were placed in a foster home by the Jackson county public welfare depart ment. Authorities will seek the whereabouts of their fath er to see if he is qualified to care for them, Welfare Ad ministartor David Kuhnz said today. The couple is charged with abandoning a 23-months-nld child In Bakerifleld, police 'd' JAMES H. JENSEN Schedules Talk Hera OSU President To Speak at Meeting In City on Monday Dr. James H. Jensen, presi dent of Oregon State univer sity, will make a public ad dress at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave. Medford, under the auspices of the Oregon State Mothers club of this area. The topic of his talk has not been announced, accord ing to Mrs. John Schroeder, president of the Oregon State Mothers -club. . Dr. Jensen has spent more than 30 years in university teaching, research and admin istration. He is an Internation ally known botanist and plant pathologist. Institute Assignments He has had assignments with the Rockefeller Institute for . Medical Research , at Prlncetone, N. .J., and is a member of the policy advisory board of the Argonne Nation al Laboratory, an agency man aged by the University of Chi cago for the Atomic Energy commission. 1 Dr. Jensen has filled three active foreign scientific as signments in his field of plant pathology in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Re public, v . - . . Whatever subject Is chosen for his Medford address, Dr. Jensen will have a wealth of information to offer in the fields of science of particular interest today; and on the areas of the world, being watched by all alert Ameri cans, Mrs. Schroeder empha sized. . , . Views Differ on Significance of Recent Buildup Russians' Presence Claimed Increasing Washington - (UPD - Sena tors reported after a secret intelligence briefing today that Russia has built an enor mously powerful . Hilary and political complex in Fidel Castro's Cuba. But they emerged from a two-hour meeting with Secre tary of State Dean Rusk and Central Intelligence Agency Director John A. McCone with differing views on whe ther the Russian buildup has expanded significantly in re cent days. Sen. George D. Aiken (R Vt.) said on emerging from the session that the Russians have built "an enormously powerful military and politi cal base in Cuba m u c h stronger than it was six months ago." He said It is his impression that the "strengthening" of the Russian politico-military "machine" Is continuing. Sen. Stuart Symington (D Mo.), who spoke separately with newsmen, said "There is a big Soviet military com plex in Cuba today" built up over the last six months. Symington, who said his information was not based solely on the briefing, said he is concerned about increas ing numbers of Russians in Cuba who are "members of what might be called the Rus sian air complex." Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) chairman of the Senate for eign " relations subcommittee on Latin American affairs, de clined comment on the build up. He told newsmen only that his subcommittee held a 'top-secret briefing" and will follow up on the matter In subsequent hearings. Rusk and McCone had been called for questioning on Pres ident Kennedy's news confer ence statement Thursday that dally surveillance of Cuba had disclosed "no Influx" of of fensive Russian weapons. . Kennedy said that one So viet ship might have brought arms to Cuba. But he said there was no evidence it car ried weapons that might pose a threat to the United States. Sex Crime Bills i Proposed in House Salem-AJPD-Six bills aimed at preventing sex crimes were introduced In the rouse to day, with 56 house and senate sponsors signaling public dis turbance over sex offenses. Public furor was most re cently aroused when 6-ycar-old Mona Rae Minyard was kidnaped In Portland, raped and slain. The bills, however, began to take shape earlier when the Legislative Interim Com mittee on Social Problems was created in 1961. - . Planning Groups Air Mutual Problems A' discussion of mutual problems and an interchange of ideas highlighted a meeting last night of the Medford city and Jackson county planning commission members and members of the county court. The first meeting of its kind - but long talked about by members of both commis sions - the two-hour discus sion covered such subjects as Medford and Jackson county government centers, the coun tay fairgrounds area, mutual planning problems in the Medford fringe areas and a report on the Bear Creek Ur ban planning project. Part of the meeting includ ed commissioners asking ques tions of the other group as what they have accomplished in various fields such as zoning, water, sewer, sub divisions, and future plans. Elwood Hedberg Jr., presi dent of the city group, and C. O. Lovejoy, county com mission president, discussed the possibility of setting up a liaison group between the two commissions. Ideas discussed at the "get acquainted" sessions will be reviewed at the next meetings of the city and county com missions. Medford Architect Jack Edson showed slides of the development of the Eugene Civic center. BEAR CUB DIES Portland-lUPli-One of a pair of day-old Kodiak bear cubs died at the Portland zoo Thursday. Private Agencies Worry Over New Tax Proposals Washington -4IPP- C urches, colleges, hospitals and char itable agencies will find it harder to raise money If Pres ident Kennedy's new tax pro posals are enacted by Con gress. That view was expressed today by leaders In the field of private philanthropy. They said public support of religious, educational and charitable enterprises Is bound to be affected adverse ly by the new rules on item ized income tax deductions proposed by the President. Under present law, a tax payer who Itemizes his deduc tions may deduct every dollar he contributes to such causes (urA to 30 per cent of his In come). The new rules proposed by Kennedy would put a 8 per cent "floor" on deductions. It would work like this: If a person had an Income of $10,000, and itemized de ductions of $2,000, he would have to subtract S per cent of the $10,000, or $300, from his total deductions before claim ing them on his tax. The question troubling pri vate philanthropic agencies is whether middle-Income tax payers would become less generous In their contribu tions. And the best guess ot fund raising authorities la that many of them would be disposed to give less than they have In the ryes).
