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Kennedy Would Dou ble School Aid Spending NT. 38 f h 1 t ' V i If " ft- W s if t .4 "iSSM us k- t ; SPECIAL SESSION SEEN IF TAXES REJECTED Message Carries Most Requests Salem -m- Gov. Mark Hut field said Monday he would have to consider the possibil ity of catling a special session if voters reject lax increases expected to be enacted by the current legislature. Hatfield made the comment at a press conference when asked if he agreed with House Speaker Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquillc), thai cutbacks might have to be made in basic school support. Barton proposed basic school support should be cut if voters rejected tax increas es. Barton termed it the only fair way to have everyone share in cutbacks. Hatfield iiicl as governor he would first have to consider the question of cutbacks in slate services, and might have to call a special session. He said lie would be in a bcltc. position to judge Hie "trend" of current revenues after the end of the month. Hatfield has not yet announc ed where the SI. 7 million in cutback? announced last week will be made. Hatfield said he felt the suggestion of Sen. Alfred Cor. bell (D-Porlland) lo finance classroom construction from tuition fees "only postponed" the question. "We ought to face up to the real question and vole on the bund program 1 recommend ed." He said "we will make a jiilch" for a special in-sessiou tax election during committee hearings on tax bills. Halfield. referring to tax bills already submitted, said the key part of his legislative program had already been in troduced. He said "it depends on the timing" whether he would commute death sentences if the capital punishment issue went to the voters. "I canitct commute on a temporary ba sis, I cannot postpone a deci- , sum. he explained. I The governor said "all in ! volved" are greatly concerned ' in protecting the future of the I task assigned to the Oregon Primate Center, and "the fu ture and career of a very bril liant scientist, Dr. Donald Pickering. He said "we are closer lo resolving" the dispute at the center. Hatfield said a counter pro posal to the Corps of Engi neers was being made con cerning the Boardman project and use of waterfront proper ty. lie si) id "we are hopeful that if the corps accepts, that Boeing will continue to cooperate." WRESTLERS ARRIVE Eight Japanese youlhs. who arc national wrestling cham pions in their country arrived at Mcdford High school this morning. Mcdford High School Wresllina Coach Ralph Monroe is shown greeting them as they got off the bus in the picture above. The visitors will compete with Mcdford High school wres tlers at Hcdrick Junior High school gyam nasium at 8 o'clock tonight. Reported to be extremely clever, the Japanese wres tlers have won all their matches during their tour of Oregon. Portland Schools Closed Following Monday Snowfall Portland - l - Western j OrpL'nn'is hifypM snow of whiit has been a drv winter snarled I Between six and eight inch traffic, closed schools and con- j cs of snow is expected to blan tribulcd tu at least one death. kel the Mcdford area tonight The sun broke out over the I and tomorrow, according lo Portland area today and chilly I the U. S. weather bureau sta casl winds whipped down the ! lion at the Mcdford airport. Columbia Gorge over a snow- i About one inch fell here fall that measured from two last night, resulting in hazard to six inches in the cily. The ous traffic conditions, snow ranged throughout West- j The snowcover also resulted crn Oregon. in a plea from C. C. Hoover, All Portland public schools i Eagle Point, for county resi- closcd because of hazardous Iralfic conditions, as (I'd some Heavier Snowfall Expected in Area Yonight,Tcmorrow suburban sdmoU. Portland Slate rollcsc also shut down. Accidents Reported Iural schools in Polk and lM:irkm counties closed but Knlem and Corvallis schools were open. A rash of traffic accidents y;is reported. Orville William Laphani, 5'), Boring, was dead on ar rival at a hospital alter a two car colh-ion 10 miics east of Oregon City. Sheriff's officers said icy roads and snow con tributed lo tlie accident. Four persons were hurt, none criti cally, when a car struck an icy spot north of Vancouver, Vah., and roiled down a 1!U0 f tol embankment. Slcdder Hurl Bradley Smith. :M, Port land sulfered facial injuries viien liislcd struck a parked ca r. Service station alien dan Is In downtown Portland ran tv. o hours be hind in putting f)ii chains before the evening Irallic rush Mondav. The weather man ;od oc casional lb:hl snow would eon linuc m southern Ore"n to day, Willi I reeinu I em pe ra in res over the stale tonicjil. Another storm front is ap proaching from the south and Js c.Nperied to move inland Jale Wednesday but this one should bripir rain west of the Cascades, the weather man ha id. dents to provide feed for birds. Bad driving conditions from the snow, and the pros pect of heavier amounts of snow resulted in cancellation of adult education classes sponsored by the Med ford school district. Grants Pass reported about a quarter of an inch of snow, and Ashland reported only a trace. Heavier in Mounlains Last night's snow was heav ier in the mountains. Eight j the birds. seven al Prospect. Howard Prairie got one inch. Most of the expected heavy snow during the next 24 hours will fall tonight and tomorrow morning, the weather bureau predicted. The snow, combined with below freezing temperatures, made roads in both Jackson and Josephine counties slick. The first and second grades in the Grants Pass eily school district were closed today. State police advised motor ists to carry chains, but chains were not required this morn ing on any highways in south western Oregon. Bird-Feeding Program Hoover said this morning" he will conduct his annual bird-feeding program with the Boy Scouts and school chil dren, but meanwhile urged people to save table scraps for Bill To limit Open Season on Deer Slated S;U :;i ".Ti H':i Ki Uder fTi-Eu'.-i i.ei sud todjty he will I-iibuM a bill lo limit the ;pcn Feason on ri.-cr iiud elk to a tutal cl i;i d..y lie ;ud he is having the bill dialled at the roqueM of t ie Lane couiny chapter of Tic On 4011 Stale Fish and Game council i inches fell at Craler Lake and i j Summary of Study I Of Decline Ready ! A complete summary of in J vesications pertaining to pear ' decline in Oregon between I ! 058 and intil lias been pub- lished by the Oregon State ' university agricultural experi ment station. The special report was writ ten by Henry llartman, OSU professor emeritus of horti ; culture, wiio headed up Hie investigation into the pear tree disorder, j llartman reports his investi gations pertaining to true dc ; cline and psylla shock, of dis orders associated w-illi decline, root and trunkslock investiga tions and work pertaining to Ihe identification of true de cline. His work was financd I in part by funds from the ! F r 11 i t Growers' League of ! Jackson county. This is the fust publication which draws together in fine report all of the work which ; llartman did during that three-year period and is val uable as a reference, accord ing lo Dr. S. B. Apple. Jr., head of the OSU department of horticulture. Pear growers and others interested in the report may obtain copies by writing to the OSU depart ment ol Horticulture, Corv.il- ! hs. Hoover recommended hang ing suet from trees and using opened egg cartons as feeders. By feeding late and in thick brush and verry vines, resi dents in areas containing large flocks of starlings can avoid feeding those birds, he said. Mcdford street crews began sanding and putting salt on a number of cily streets during the middle of the night, ac cording to Public Works Di rector Vernon Thorpe. Two trucks spread sand on streets without curbs, Thorpe said. Salt was sprinkled at in tersections, on bridges and throughout the central busi- j ncss district. ITEMS FRO 1 v.--ir Airport Study Group Named by Dunlevy Mcdford Mayor James Dun levy yesterday announced ap pointment of a committee to study conditions at the Mcd ford airport. Named to the committee were City Councilman Hobert Cunningham, Dick Alley, a private pilot, and Bob Larson, a base operator al the airport. City Manager Robert Duff. Airport Manager Gilbert J. Gutjahr and Dunlevy will work with the commillc. Dunlevy formed the group as a result of some recent ac cusations made by Brian Douglass, former manager of Rogue (Tying Service, that rales charged the base ope-, ators al Ihe airport by the city were untair. oicce AROUND TX1 OIOBI LAUNCH Or SATELLITE POSTPONED C.ipc Canaveral, Fla.-M'l-U. S. scientists today postponed for about one week their plant lo orbit a new complex communications satellite. The ldun:hii-j cf the 150 pound Syncom "space switch board.'' oricmally set lor Keb. 6. is expected about Feb, 13, informed sources sjid. NUCLEAH TEST Urn Un:tea ban f: N PROSPECTS SAID GOOD Nalions. N.V.-ll'l-Secrelary General Than! of the !icn said todi-y that prospects for a nuclear test ;;-.cr.t a.e ' much hl3her than at any time in L i E 'J 'i ' A H T I r V.-r: petition for a v: fro fro-i. the K' talc:, tried ti. if sigiitit'j.-c. r;n petition cipculated :: n-f r -Liberals tody circulated i round-robin . 7".:d :c c-t majority ci Ihe Senate on record !dv-; o !";h:cmng its anli filibuster rule, "j 1.7 Scr-.t!t r.;ic and U:k ol a helping hand ;-n;-.rcry ddnnnistrriiicn, lh rulcchangej advo l:.e Cfvice ol gniuig an unofficial commilmonl Adult Education : Classes Cancelled Adult evening crlucH'ion ' cIims poriMrrd by the Mrd fird school district hnvc boon cam Tiled for the remainder nf the week. Lind;ty Vinsel, d. rector of adult education, announced this inormnu. The present term of even- ' intf cla!-r; started lat week. j Vin.-el aid this wo-k s clas hes were cancelled bocau.-c of v.eathor Slippery ro,id !a-t nitfht ca ;.- d cop,.-(del uhle concern amon,; t.Ia,--c.. V:;i-c ;nid. ':(r prnp et for pie of da s are not Senate Approves Legislative Pay; Sent To Hatfield Salem-iOT-The Senalc pass ed and sent lo the governor for signature today the con troversial legislative pay bill. Senators voted 17 to 12 to adopt the measure, and also voted to appropriate S1.-25.-000 to finance the legislature through June 30. Both bills first were intro duced in the House. The pay bill passed the House 41-18 after heated debate. Senate action on the meas ure seemed almost routine compared to the hassle which developed in the House. Sen. Al Flcgel (D-Roscburg) moved for passage. Voices Opposition Sen. Glen Stadler (D-Eu-gene) voiced opposition and said pay increases should be adopted in step form - S15 a day expenses and SI, 500 a year salary this session, and then lo S3'000 a year an ' S20 a day expenses next session. Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D Portland) said prolonged de bate would not change any one's mind, and called for an immediate vote. The measure which now goes to Gov. Mark Hatfield for signature, calls for a S3.000 a year salary and S20 a day expenses for not more than 120 days. Other Action In other Senate action to day, Mahoney submitted a bill requested by the Oregon Bar providing a death sen tence shall be stayed if .an appeal is taken. The bill also prescribes the procedure for staying of sentences in other cases in event of an appeal. Sen. Vera Cook (D-Grcsh-am) introduced a bill lo in crease the maximum on vet erans' home loans from SI3, 500 lo $15,000, and farm loans from 530,000 to S40.000. Rep. Howard Willits ID Portland) and 31 other repre sentatives and three senators submitted a bill which would keep the racing commission from granting more than one race meet license for every 400,000 population, or more than one race meet of a class within 100 miles of each other in the same year. Race meets at state or county fairs are exempted. This would affecl a proposed dog racing plant al Wilsonvillc in Clackamas county. Election Pay Bill Rep. Philip D. Lang (D Portland) introduced a bill to raise the minimum pay for election board clerks from SI lo SI. 25 per hour and from SB lo $10 a day. A bill by Rep. Robert Pack wood (R-Portland) would raise the total base year earn ings needed to qualify for un employment compen s a t i o n benefits from $700 to $1,200. BODY FOUND Kenosha. Wis. - qjpli - The lime-coated body of missing juke box distributor Anthony J. (Tony) Bicrnat was found Monday nighl in a vacant house on the abandoned Bong Air Force Base. BRITAIN LOSES FOR COMMON BIO MARK ET Talks Collapse As De Gaulle Ignores Appeals Brussels. Belgium - ll'Pli -Britain's bid lo enter the Eu ropean Common Market today ended in failure, scuttled by President Charles dc Gaulle of France. France ignored a last-ditch appeal from the United Stales in behalf of Britain and brush ed aside Ihe Washington warn ing thai banning Britain from the market could imperil the Atlantic alliance. Talks Collapse Talks among the foreign ministers of the six market nations collapsed in failure after a series of "crisis" meet ings Monday and today. Five members of the Euro pean Economic Community West Germany, Belgium, Hol land, Luxembourg and Italy wanted Britain in; France did not. The five failed to convince France that further discus sions should be held on Brit ain's admission. De Gaulle felt that 15 months of talks were enough. Wanted Special Treatment Britain wanted entry with special provisions to protect its domestic agriculture and commonwealth trade. France said it must come in without special arrangements. When the long talks failed to make progress, the other five members of the market proposed that the executive commission of the EEC re capitulate developments and hold more talks in a lew weeks. Said Not Ready Dc Gaulle has said Britain is not ready lor admission now, and wanted no more talks in the foreseeable future. He remained adamant in the face of pressure from all sources, including the United Stales. The move could change the economic and political face of Europe and the shape of the Atlantic alliance with the United States. A final meeting, attended by the six market members and Britain, wound up with France effectively vetoing London's bid lor entry. The final collapse was fore shadowed when West German Vice Chancellor Ludwig Er hard said earlier "all hopes arc gone." Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents RIBUNE 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1963 Nc. 268 FOUR CHILDREN DIE Puyallup. Wash. -il'Pli-Four children died in an early morning fire which swept through the two-story frame home of Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Spencer here today. Tension Increased In Southeast Asia By Borneo Claims Tokyo-lll'li-Tension mount ed in Southeast. Asia today over rival claims to portions of rugged Borneo, the world's third largest island. The dispute involved Indo nesia, Britain, Malaya and The Philippines in varying roles. Indonesian Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Achmad Jani flew to Pontianak in western Borneo for an inspection trip Support Urged To Change Date ol Primary Election Salem -H'Pli- "This will greatly cut down on the tur moil of the election period," Rep. Jake Bennett said Mon day as he urged support of a bill to move Oregon's pri mary election date from May to September. The Portland Democrat tes tified before the House Elec tions committee. "This is the people's bill," he said. He said the change would eliminate "long drawn - out campaigns," reduce the "al most prohibitive cost," and let public officials spend more time tending to the people's business instead of campaigning. Alternate Method Bennett said the committee would have lo work out an alternate way of electing dele gates lo presidential nominat ing conventions. J. D. McDonald of Ihe Ore gon AFL-CIO endorsed the proposal. Slate Elections Director Jack Thompson, however, said a massive revision of Ore gon s election laws would be required lo implement a change in the primary elec tion date. He said It would take a long lime to draw up the changes -- more than the present ses sion. The committee did not take any action. Forget the Snow: Spring's On Its Way; The Herons Are Back and t!lr wr tl-.r ih xt cu Ion good Int., Ml'., adult fdiu br uii'alM'd li rilicatl"!! (;H't High school. 7' n cm I'm i ruing t ic :ia--(S may i tii' adult al Mcdford 7220. By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correipondenl llornbiook -"Whatever Happened lo the Baby Cranes1'' Why, they've come back home to raise more baby cranes And the Great Blue Herons are back' (There are those who call them "Cranes," but Ihe bird hooks say "No"). Bob Church and hi.s crew of weather merchants al the Mcdford airport can talk all lliey want about ' continued cold " winter weather but. "Mother know bet"- Moth er Nature, that is. Let the cold nip us every night - come daytime and Minshine, and unmistakable first ofl stirrings of spring are on cveiy hand Yellow-hammer scream at each other in the Iranu work nf the wind mill, or do noc-riie from the top down into t'ne furrow of dead have.- blown along Ihe lence-line then let slr-cpui; bui;s ix . ware of that trip-hammer bill: Two white crowned sparrows are Milium on the wood pile, giving each other the eye; object, math nionv M adow-iarhs. and ihe t cr-prcscnt starling'- those black sin p of the bird world -waddle along side by side among the brown uead weeds in Ine fields. I o Now and then a mcadowlark Is over come by the spirit of spring and the pure gold notes of his joyous spring song pour forth from his equally pure gold bosom. Small boys go hop-skipping by on their way to school Willi their hmy new Christ mas baseball bats and mills held proudly over their shoulders - each one sure he'll be Ihe "Mickey Mantle" of the schoolyard this year. But for llnrnhrookers, the real proff that spring is Jusl around the corner Is when the lirst Greal Blue Heron appears in the tall pines in the cemetery, duly chroniciled in the Mail Tribune each year It was on Feb 4 last year, and on Jan 311 the year bffore that Ihe fust one was spotted. Some thing Mirrcd in Ihcir breasts a little earlier this year, as it w-as early on the morning of Jan. 24. that the first scout showed up, followed on Jan. L'H by three more. And as spring steps up if tempo, more nd more v ill join these tally birds until Ihe heronry will have its normal popula tion of these magnificent, dignee1 heralds of spring, o 1 O aimed specially al "that sec lion bordered on the turbu lent northern segment of Bor neo," according to Radio Indo nesia. Indonesia controls the south ern two-thirds of Borneo. Eng land dominates the orthcrn third through two colonics -Sarawak and North Borneo -and the oil-rich protectorate ol Brunei. Reports from Indonesia said lens of thousands of volun teers have offered to Join na tionalist jungle units to "lib erate" Brunei from British rule, Britain alcrlcd 2,000 stra tegic reserve troops in Lon don for possible Southeast Asia duty if the situation gets worse. Airborne British infan trymen were airlifted lo Bru nei over the week end from Singapore. In Malaya. Prime Minister Tcngku Abdul Rahman told a news conference Ihe Brit ish troop movements were connected with Indonesia's vit riolic attacks on Malaya and the proposed Malaysia Fed eration. The federation is scheduled for creation sometime this year. 11 would include Ma laya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo and possibly Brunei. A rebellion broke out in Brunei and areas of Sarawak and North Borneo last month, led by nationalists oprjosinc both British rule and inclusion in Malaysia. The Philippines, which star lied the British government by claiming North Borneo laic last year, Monday formally presented the claim in London. Newbry Introduces Bill on Explosives Salem -IUPD- Penalties for abandoning or carelessly stor ing explosives would be stif fened under a bill introduced today by Sen. L. W. Newbry, R-Ashland. Newbry said every year children in Oregon suffer blindness or loss of limbs from handling explosives such as blasting caps. Newbry said Improperly stored dynamite presents a hazard to hunters and range animals and wildlife. He said 1 1 cattle died in the Applegatc area of Oregon last year from eating abandoned dynamite. PICKET BILL OFFERED Salem-itPli- A bill lo prohi bit labor unions from hiring "professional pickets" was proposed today by Rep. Phil Lang, (D-Porlland), WEATHER MHti:C .VST: Mnow. Iik rrlot In inirntltY lunlsht. iiiihl) h'rniiitn; nullr hrnvv rirh tWrtnrf1av mornlnt. Chnrr of now turning In rain M'tdnrt rtav. low tonlthl Zd-ti. High Wrdnfday 30-31. Trmp. Illthr! YrilrrifMV . 1 I owrsl Km Murnllif ?1 I'rrtip. io lo i.m. I iid ay ,01 Our Skies Tonight Hiimrl fnrtav . 3 "! p m, Hunrur toninrtiiw 7 'Mint, Munnurt ton I hi 10;! pm HrM (Juartrr f-fh. I IMUIMISKVT T n Mrluv in thf Mtuthratt 7:11 pm isibi.i: ri.ANf i liiplttr, low In nrti , 7 0 p.m. Mur, In Ihp raM l:H p.m. Vrmit, low In nu , i:s V:71 'v' JJF w .1 c -1 ' w ' ' i- (Ul'l) nuBui t mosT Four Pultiier Prizes Poet Robert Frost Loses Lengthy Battle (or Life Boston - lUI'll - Robert Frost, America's unofficial poet laureate whose warmth and honesty bridged the gulf be tween nations torn by cold war hostilities, died early to day at the age of 88. Authorities al Peter Bent Brigham hospital said the craggy, white-haired poet - a friend of President Kennedy and a "friendly rival" of So viet Premier Nikita S. Khru shchev - succumbed at 1:50 a.m. (EST). Frost's death, apparently caused by blood clols which cnlered his lungs, ended a seven-week balllc against a scries of critical complica tions which arose from major surgery to remove a blockage of the urinary tract last Dec. 10. Frost's four Pulitzer Prizes stand as a monument to his poetic genius, and in the waning years of his life he be came a symbol of Internation al good will. Death came a little less than two years after Frost's unprecedented appearance at President Kennedy's inaugu ration. Few who watched the ceremonies on that hitler cold January day in 1061 will for get the sight of Frost, defeat cd by the sun's glare from reading a poem specially writ ten for the occasion, recited from memory his famed work, "The Gift Outright." Frost and Interior Secretary Stewart M. Udall spent 10 days in the Soviet Union, last Aug. 28 to Sept. 9. as part of an exchange program be tween this country and Russia. Made Previously Parochial Dispute Left Unsettled Washington -1PH- President Kennedy today offered Con gress an education package that would double Drcscnt federal school aid snendins. It was erected bv a threaten ed revival of a religious dis pute which killed its prede cessor. Kennedy submitted the pro gram with the promise that it would give every American a chance to learn more, earn more and live better. Less than an hour .fter his message wag received in Con gress. Chairman Adam C. Powell. (D-N.Y.) of the House Education and Labor Com mittee said the program was dead unless the dispute over aid to parochial schools was solved first. But Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) told reporters he be lieved Kennedy's over-all pro gram has "belter than a 50-50 chance of being adopted" and that some of its proposals have a "very, very good chance." "I commend the President," he said. "Our educational needs are increasing, not de creasing. Congress will have to come to grips with it sooner or laler." The President asked for a catchall school aid bill that would provide new assistance about equal to the $1.5 billion already being spent on educa tion each year by the federal government. The bill carried - with some notable concessions -nearly every education re quest Kennedy has made since taking office two years ago. It also carried most of the controversy, including the bit ter public parochial school dispute, that killed off the en tire Kennedy education pro gram in the last Congress. The legislation outlined In cKnnedy's education message would help pay for new class rooms, laboratories, libraries and shops; provide higher pay and better training for teach ers; and open new sources ot funds for college students. Unofficially, its total cost over three to four years would be about $5 billion. The program was tailored to meet some of the congres sional objections that have dogged school aid proposals from both Democratic and Re publican presidents. These changes may get some parts ot the program through Con gress. But it carried little promise for an end to the church-state fight for aid to grade and high schools. Kennedy asked for a four-year, $1.5 billion program to help public schools build classrooms and raise teacher pay. The pro gram was smaller and cheap er than in 1961. Unlike past requests, he did not give his reasons this time for seeking no direct aid to private and parochial schools. However, the President made it clear he regarded Congress as duty-bound to face and resolve the religious dispute as well as others fac ing school aid proposals. "We can no longer afford the luxury of endless debate over all the sensitive ques tions raised by each new pro posal," he said. The federal government . . . has clearly not met its respon sibilities in education," the President said. Warning that "Ignorance and illiteracy . . . breed fail ures," the President said his bill would Increase the edu cational opportunities of "po tentially every American." He said this was vital both to national security and domes tic well-being. Harvey Aluminum Is Invited to Committee Salcm-diPll-Tlie Senate Tax committee voted 5-2 Monday to invite Harvey Aluminum ot The Dalles to air its taa grievances before the commit tee. Harvey has protested the lax assessment made by the rlate tax commission. Long Distance Telephone Calls for $1 Proposed Washington-itPli- The Bell telephone companies have proposed new interstate tele phone rates that would permit long distance calls anywhere i n Ihe continental United States lor SI or less between the hours of 9 p.m. and 4:30 a in. The Federal Communica tions Commission, which an nounced Ihe proposal, said the wltt-raMs would be accom KMtidi 4V:vcr, by increases of 5 or 10 cents on pcrson-to-person calls up to 800 miles. Although the Bell proposal still requires FCC approval, this was considered a mere formality Inasmuch as the agency iniliated the Idea. Under the new rale sched ule, a thrcc-mlnute station-to-station Interstate call placed between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. local time could be made any where In the continental Uni ted States for $1 or less. i
