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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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