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Upper Mew York Buried m $h M of Sonew v CAPT. PAUL MORGAN With Police Since 1931 i 'J y I r : LT. EARLE TICHENOR District Commander House Voles To End Controversial Ambulance Law Salem - IUPN - The House voted 57-3 today to repeal the controversial ambulance regulation law. Voting against the repeal were Reps. Richard L. Ken ned (D - Eugene), Berkeley Lent (D-Portland), and Edward Whelan (D-Portland). Rep. Norman Howard CD Portland), chairman of the interim committee which rec ommended the law be chang ed, urged adoption of HB 1056 to repeal the existing law which goes into effect March 1. To Draft New Law Howard explained a new law "that will satisfy both sides" will be drafted at a later date. Rep. Robert F. Smith (R Burns) explained there were 157 ambulance services in the state; 55 commercial, 15 city or county, 52 volunteer, and 35 industrial. He pointed out the regulation law is not yet in effect, and that there should be no opposition to repeal of the measure before the March 1 date. Volunteer ambulance groups have strongly opposed the proposal to regulate am bulances and charge a regis tration fee. Caplain Morgan To Relire Feb. 1; Successor Named Earle Tichenor To Be Promoted to Captain Oregon State Police Capt. Paul Morgan, who has been with the slate police for more than 31 years, the last four as commander of district three with headquarters in Medford, will retire Feb. 1. The announcement was made today by H. G. Maison, Salem, superintendent of the Oregon state police. He will be replaced by Lt. Earle W. Tichenor, assistant commander here since Sept. 1, 1958, who will be promoted to captain effective Feb. 1. Captain Morgan is one of three remaining men who started with the state police when it was organized in 1931. Morgan became captain on Aug. 15, 1958, when he as sumed command of operations here. He entered the service in the traffic division Aug. 1, 1931, and was stationed at Cotlage Grove. He later held Dositions in Eugene and Sa lem and was promoted to ser geant and transferred to Grants Pass on Jan. 1, 1939. After his transfer to Rose burg, he was promoted to lieu tenant and assigned to Med ford as assistant commander on May 15, 1947. He held that position until the retirement in 1958 of Capt. Paul Parson. Lieutenant Tichenor, who started service with the state police on March 18, 1936, served in Medford and Co quille before he was promoted to sergeant and transferred to Klamath Falls Oct. 1, 1941. He was commisioned a lieu tenant and assigned to the ar son division Dec. 1, 1956, and transferred to Milwaukie. He remained there until being assigned here in 1958. District three includes Jack son, Josephine, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath and Lake counties. Rogue Valley Edition I iiii Ji&' I - POLICE ON CAMPUS South Carolina highway patrol men are shown as they prepare to check in at the on campus hotel at Clemson College in Clcmson, S. C, pre sumably to ensure the peaceful enrollment of Negro f-A T T MEDFORDMfe Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1963 No. 267 Thornton To Outline Crime Prevention Plan Salem-HOT-Atly. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton will outline his program for prevention of crime and delinquency at a luncheon address Tuesday before the Oregon Council on Crime and Delinquency. HEADS COMMITTEE Salem - iUPIi - Harry E. Williams of Portland has been elected chairman of the advis ory committee of the Oregon Department of Veterans' Af fairs. He succeeds Edward Branchfield of Medford, who resigned. Missing Airplane Found in Hangar Salem - (UN) - A search for John Cawrse, Mt. Vernon, Ore., rancher reported miss ing on a flight in his Beech- craft plane Sunday night, was called off today when the air craft was located in a Port land hangar. Ralph McGinnis, assistant director of the State Depart ment of Aeronautics, said a search was being organized when a routine check located the plane. Committee Gets Private Briefing Washington - IUPD - Secre tary of Sate Dean Rusk today gave the House Foreign Af fairs committee a two and a half-hour private briefing on problems facing the European Common Market and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation. Rusk said one of the topics discussed was today's meeting in Brussels of the Common Market Council of Ministers, who were to decide whether to break off negotiations on Britain's entry in the Euro pean trade group. Meredith Schedules News Conference Jackson, Miss. -H'Pli- James H. Meredith, 29, said today he will hold a news conference Wednesday to announce whe ther he will return to the University of Mississippi. Meredith, first Negro ad mitted to the University of Mississippi, attended a meet ing of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People here Sunday. Dellenback's Bill Seeks Better Care For Stray Cats Salem - IliPIl - Better control of cats was sought today in a bill that evoked a ripple of laughter as it was read for the first time in the Oregon House. Rep. John Dcllcnback (R-Medford), a sponsor, stressed it was aimed only at cats that are running wild - not do mestic, pet or family cats. "For heaven's sake," he said, "please make it clear to cat owners that this docs not require any licensing or regulation of domestic cats." Dcllcnback said the aim of the bill was to give counties the author ity to set up control pro grams for wild cats that are multiplying at an "astonishing" rate. Harvey Canlt, inset. Gantl was expected to enroll later today at Tillman Hall, the administration building shown in the background. (UPI) Negro Enrolls at Clemson Breaking Last State Barrier Clemson, S.C. - IUPD - Har vey Gantt, 20, was registered without incident today at South Carolina's Clemson col lege, extending school deseg regation to the last of the 50 states. Gantt drove onto the camp us at 1:34 p.m. (EST). In con trast to the howling mobs that marked the entry of No- NEySV)BRIEFS ITEMS FROM AROUND THI OlOII GOVERNMENT 'STUCK' WITH NATURAL RUBBER Wathinglon-ln-Sen. Stuart Symington, (D Mo.) said to day tht government "got ituck" with about SI billion worth of natural rubber in ill ltockpilei at a time when synthetics were replacing crude rubber. Area Records 37th Day of Cold Weather An 11-dcgree temperature reading this morning marked the 37th consecutive day that the Medford vicinity has had minimum temperatures below the 32-degrce freezing point, the Medford station of the U S. weather bureau report ed. Today also was the 19th day with temperature read ings of 20 or under. Yester day's low was 12 degrees. This vicinity also has had 25 days without measurable precipitation. The last was .05 of an inch on Jan. 3. As of last midnight Janu ary precipitation here was .08 of an inch which is 2 66 inches below normal. BRITAIN GETS SLIGHT THAW London-tri-Temperaturei rote abova (reeling in Britain and much of the continent today, bringing a slight thaw, but Eastern Europe and parts of Italy reeled under new storms. NEVADA SITE PICKETED Nevada Test Site, Ner.-'IN-Work at the atomic proving ground here slowed to a near halt today as white collar workers threw up the largest picket line in the memory of the Atomic Energy commission. SP Reduces Rates On Coos Bay Line Salem -UPI- The Southern Pacific company will cancel rate differences which pres ently apply on transcontinen tal shipments to points on their Coos Bay branch south of Recdsport. the Public Util ity Commission said. PLC Transportation Direc tor James F. Singleton said "as a result of this tariff chance businesses in Coos county will pay the same rail road frciuht rates .s busi nesses in Eugene or Die Wil lamette Valley on merchan dise purchased in the ci.st." The change will result in reductions of from 9 cents to 56 cents prr hundred pounds, the PLC said School Support Bill Received by House Salem -IUPII- Basic school support, manpower retraining and bank taxation occupied the Oregon House of Repre sentatives loday. The governor's bill to raise the state's share of school costs from $120 to $130 per child was read in the House. The House also received a bill to encourage retraining of workers under the federal program by authorizing the department of employment to act as federal agent in paying cash allowances. Another House bill would lower the excise tax on banks from 9 to 7 per cent, grouping other financial corporations in the same bracket. Banks have prote?tcd the current 9 per cent rate r dis criminatory, and arc seeking to void it in court. gro James H. Meredith to the ficially marking his enroll- University of Mississippi only a couple of hundred curi ous onlookers were on hand at Clemson today to witness Gnntt's arrive!. There were no catcalls, jeers or demonstrations of any sort. Gantl was accompanied by attorney Matthew Perry of Columbia. They drove direct ly to Tillman Hall for the registration proceedings. Signed Cards He walked up the steps of the building and entered the registrar's office. Robert Scott, a student assistant in the office, handed him two registration cards. Gantt signed the cards, of- Water, Sewer Study May Be Made Federal funds may be ob tained for a valley-wide study of water and sewer system needs, County Judge Earl M. Miller said this morning. Miller said he will discuss this possibility with the county court and planning commission, but did not set a definite date. The county judge recently received a letter from tiie Seattle regional office of the Housing and Home Finance agency witn application lurms for participation in an ad vance public works plan. Mil ler had asked the agency for information. The federal government would finance the study and would be repaid, if anything definite is started as a result of it. Application approval do- BILL UPS AGE LIMIT prnds on a careful analysis of j Washington -HiPli- Son. Wil nrcd. ability of the commun-1 jam Proxmirc (D-Wis ) pro ily to finance system con-' po-.d loday that all states rc structmn the public attitude I ((Uirn students to attend school or likelihood of construction ,, lncir i7ln birthday, within a reasonable time. 'proxmirc said In a statement Snow and Freezing Weather in State Portland -IUPD- Oregon had it better than much of the rest of the nation wcathcrwise to day, but snow and freezing conditions were reported. Light snow began falling in Portland shortly after 5 a.m. and was still coming down five hours later. Continued flurries were forecast during the day. Willamette valley areas also reported snow. The weather man predicted light snow for northwest Ore gon today with snow or rain farther south. H will be part ly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday, the weatherman said. A few snow flurries were forecast for Eastern Oregon. The five-day outlook called for lows down to 10 below east of the Cascades and lows in the 20 s west of them. menl at the previously all white college. After registration was out of the way, Gantl went to the office of College "President Robert C. Edwards. Newsmen were not permitted to sit in on the conference, but Ed wards said in advance that he would tell Gantt he would be treated like any other stu dent at the college. State officials, determined to maintain order without help from federal officers, have been close - mouthed about security regulations. Patrol Entrances But no-nonsense highway patrolmen took up posts at all entrances to the campus early today and gave close scrutiny to all persons enter ing or leaving. They were reinforced by plainclothesmen from South Carolina's crack State Law Enforcement division, who pa trolled the almost deserted campus in unmarked cars. A light airplane was poised at the airport of this town of 1.500, ready to whisk Ganjt away in the event of rioting. State officials, who have presented a united front in urging that South Carolina ac cept the "distasteful transi tion with grace were joined Sunday by one of the state's most outspoken segregation ists. Calls For Grouping Of 20 Agencies Salem -H'PD- Creation of a Department of Natural Re sources to combine 20 sepa rate state agencies was called for today by Gov. Mark Hat field in a special message de livered to the Oregon Legisla ture. Hatfield termed his pro posal "urgently needed and highly desirable." A 72-page proposed draft of legislation to create the new department accompanied the special message. Hatfield did not personally read the message to legislators, but in stead sent a copy of the text to each house. Other Message Expected It was one of two special messages promised by Hat field in his inaugural address. The other deals with labor management relations, and is expected soon. The 20 agencies that would be combined in the proposed department now have 142 board and commission mem bers, and employ 1,894 full time workers. The proposed department would have 36 commissioners and board members. The present agencies that would be combined into the natural resources department are: Forestry Department, De- parlment of Agriculture, Game Commission, Parks and Recreation Division of the Highway Department, Fish Commission, Natural Re sources Committee, Depart ment of Geology and Mineral Industries, Marine Board Rogue River Coordination Board, Dredge Mining Con sulting Committee, Water Re sources Board, State En gineer, State Soil Conscrva- lion Committee, State Fair Commission, Columbia Gorge Commission, the Board of Forest Conservation, the For est Protection and Conserva tion Committee, Brucellosis Advisory Committee, Board of Livestock Auction Markets and the Livestock Advisory Committee. Intensive Consideration Hatfield's message stated "no reorganization question has received more Intensive consideration in Oregon than the form of agency or niza tion that will provide the proper management of the soils, waters, forests, grass lands, wildlife, minerals, rec reation areas, scenic areas and other natural resources of this state. "Clearly, the economic and general welfare are intimate ly linked with the proper utilization and control of Ore gon's great natural wealth." Hatfield warned: "The nat ural resources of the sta'.e are so interrelated and interde pendent that the destruction or excessive depletion of any one of them will tend to des troy or seriously impair or diminish the others." He said his proposed legis lation "contemplates no ab rupt changes," but fixes lines of responsibility "so that we may better meet the needs and opportunities of modern Oregon." Ashland Councilman In Good Condition Ashland-Arthur M. Peters Ashland city councilman and lumberman, is- expected to re turn home in a day or two from Ashland Community hospital, where he has been under going treatment for a heart condition. Peters' condition this morn ing was described as "good " The councilman resides at 750 Ashland st. WOMAN DIES AFTER SHARK ATTACK Sydney. Australia-IPI-A 28 year-old woman swimmer pulled from the jaws of a shark in Sydney Harbor loday died on the way to a hospital. The shark had torn off one leg at the thigh. I TWIN CUBS DIE Portland - TPr - Twin Kudiak bear cubs born at he Portland Zoo last Wednesday have died, zoo officials said JUDGE APPOINTED Salem - 'I.PI1 - August S Ramsey of Madras was named he would introduce a resolu tion expressing that it is the smse of the Senate that state ; school authorities raise com- ! Sunday. Jefferson county Judge, thcjpulsory school attendance to governor s office announced ;ai!c 17. Age limits now vary, today. 'ranging down to 13 or 14. Astoria Dentist Dies In Fire at Residence Astoria - IUPIi - Dr. Albert Harding, 64, Astoria dentist, died Sunday evening during a fire at his home where he lived alone here. Authorities said lie may have suffered a heart attack. Firemen were called by neighbors who saw flames. Dr. Harding was found lying on the floor of a smoke-filled BALLOONIST DIES Minneapolis - IUPIi - World famed balloonist Dr. Jean Fe lix Piccard died in his home today on his 79th birthday. WEATHER M) R H A H T : tun ildrnhlr rt(nifllnr ton It hi Kith rhanrr or lliht 'ruiw riurrlm. I'artlv rloudy Tiimriiv. Low tonight 20-2- High luridiv 12-34. Tmp. H.rlim YntruMv 45 Low fit Thu Morning 11 Our Skies Tonight Aumrt ttidiv 1:1 nm VinrMf tomorrow 7 Ham. In Moon eti 9:IJp.m, tnniht mi ti igiln In lritn. trt Quitter Ml day I'HOM INK N T HI Alt ltr(ultiv rif V.idpm. ttrll ih'ivt It It th. plan ft, Marv now at its greatest brll llanrf for l!(fil, Oregon Disaster Areas Designated Washington - IUPH - Agricul ture Secretary Orvillc Free man has designated Jackson, Josephine and Tillamook counties in Oregon as disaster areas eligible to receive emer gency assistance to repair rain and flood damage, Sens. Wayne Morse and Maurinc Ncuberger said today. The Oregon Democrats said Freeman allocated $155,000 to the three Oregon counties for sharing with farmers the cost of emergency restoration measures. The aid program will be administered through county agricultural stabiliza tion and conservation committees. Installation of Water Main Is Under Way Contractor's crews began installation loday of an fl inch water main on Whittle ave., according to Medford Water Superintendent Rob ert L. Lee. The project, which is esti mated to cost $0,060.B0, was awarded to M. C. Llningcr and sons Cnntruction compa ny by the Medford city coun cil at Its Jan. 17 meeting. The main will be installed on Whittle ave. from Patrick st. to Crater Lake highway. Lee estimated the project will be completed in about ten days. Two Ashland Men Killed in Accident On Interstate 5 Two men were killed Sat urday evening when their car, southbound on Interstate 5 at an apparent high rate of speed, veered off the highway about six miles cast of the Grants Pass interchange and turned over, according to Ore gon state police. Killed were Milton Ernest Lotches, 36, who boxed under the name Billy Sunday, and Vernon Carl Dillstrom, 28, of 807 Hillview dr., Ashland. Lotches, whose permanent ad dress was listed as Modoc Point, Ore., had been living in Ashland for the past four months while on a construc tion job there. Lotches, as a boxer, fought in Medford at the old arm ory several times. Survivors include his widow, Dorothy Lotches of Modoc Point, one son and three daughters. He was a veteran of World War War II, Dillstrom Is survived by his widow, Patricia Dill strom, Ashland; and four sons Vcrnie L. Dillstrom and Ed die Dillstrom, Ashland, and Joe Dillstrom and Bruce Dill strom, Klamath Falls. He was a veteran of the Korean con flict. According to state police, the accident occurred at 9 p.m. In Josephine county near the Jackson county line. The car was demolished. The bodies were taken to L. B Hall Funeral home In Grants Pass. Funeral services will be held In Chiloquin. Four other persons lost their lives in other traffic ac cidents In Oregon during the week end, according to Unit ed Press International. Three members of a Port land family and a high school basketball player died in a two-car collision on State Highway 74 near lone Friday night. The victims were Ter esa Brosnan, 32, Portland; a son, John, 14; a daughter, Teresa, 1 1, and Mancell Town send, 16, a student at lone High school. Annuo Awards Event Scheduled Feb. 7 Ashland - The annual awards banquet of the Ash land Chamber of Commerce has been set for Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. The senior citizen, junior citizen and man of the year awards will be presented on this evening. Glenn Jackson, chairman of the state highway commis sion, will be the featured speaker. Entertainment will be pro vided by the Populaircs. Food Supplies Threatened as Drifts Pile High Major Highways May Be Closed By United Press International A violent storm, which dumped up to six feet of snow on upper New York, whipped drifts as high as 40 feet to day, threatening to close ma jor highways and shut off food supplies. Extreme bitter cold stretch cd from North Dakota to Tex as and east to Pennsylvania, disrupting one city's entire heat supply and establishing record low marks for the 10th straight day. More than 270 deaths were blamed on the cold and snow storms, which have kept their death grip on the eastern two thirds of the nation for nearly two weeks. Staples Running Short Major food outlets in Water town, N.Y., buried under 70 inches of snow, were begin ning to run short of staples, officials said. Jefferson coun ty was declared a disaster area and Red Cross aid has been approved. Cars flew red flags from their radio aerials so they could be seen at intersections above snow banks which wera as much as 12 feet high. "We've never had so much snow without some kind of re lief," county defense director Henry J. Fikes said. "The big problem in the city is where to put the snow." New York City Hit Syracuse, N.Y., declared a snow emergency with 15 inches on the ground and New York City had its heaviest snowfall of the season, 5 inches. Two gas main breaks left the 25,000 residents of Seda lia, Mo., without heat today in 7 below zero temperature. Schools, restaurants, many stores, and most offices were closed and travelers were ad vised to seek lodging in oth er nearby towns. The city's hospital was forced to switch to an auxiliary heating sys tem. Worst Cold Wave Indiana, Illinois and Iowa continued to suffer under the effects of one of the worst cold waves in their history. At Greenburg, Ind., the mer cury skidded to 32 below, three degrees off the all-time record low. There were be low zero readings at every Illinois weather bureau sta tion. Chicago continued to break daily low records when the mercury plunged to 13 below zero. Abandoned Baby Placed in Home Grants Pass - A baby boy, who was abandoned in the lobby of Josephine General hospital Saturday afternoon, is being placed in a temporary foster home today, pending action by juvenile court. The boy, believed to be be tween 18 and 24 months, was diagnosed as spastic and suf fering from pneumonia, doc tors said Saturday. But this morning he was well enough to be released from the hos pital. Welfare authorities took over the case. The blonde haired, blue eyed boy was found In a bas ket In the hospital lobby. A note in the basket identified the boy as "Bobby," said ho was "severely retarded" and urged that the finder take him to an institution for the mentally retarded. Corps of Engineers' Chief Geologist Dies Portland - IUPD - Funeral services will be held hero Tuesday for Lloyd L. Ruff, chief geologist for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ruff, 57, died Friday at his home in Portland. Farm Home Agricultural Operation Without Funds FLEMMING REAPPOINTED Kugcne - IUPIi - Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, president of the University of Oregon, has been reappointed a member of the International Civil Service Advisory Board of U Thant, secretary general of the United Nations. The Jackson county farm home agricultural operation Is now without money, Jack son County Purchasing Co ordinator William Cochran saiu this morning. He confirmed a statement made by County Judge Earl M. Miller Friday. Both Miller and Cochran, backed by an opinion from District Attorney Alan Holmes, said emergency money cannot be used for con tinuing the farm operation the remaining six months of the current fiscal year. Cochran said $1,500 was al lowed in the current budget for the farm operation plus $400 for haying help. Coch ran said $1,459.79 has been spent of the original amount .Ik budgeted and all of the hay ing help allocation. However, County Commis sioner Edwin Taylor, propon ent of the farm, said he pro poses to use money from cur rent sale of 40 tons of hay from the farm for spring planting seed. From $75 to $80 of the anticipated $1,000 hay receipts Is needed for spring seed, Commissioner Taylor said. Only 22 tons of hay raised at the farm Is needed to feed the beef animals for the re maining six months, Cochran has estimated. Taylor agreed with Miller that the farm operation funds should be placed in a separate budget for the new fiscal year. r
