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BIG LOAD One of the largest, and def
initely the longest, carloads of lumber ever
to be snipped from this area left Medford
today for San Leandro, Calif. The car, a
special "piggy back" flat car, measured 85
feet long compared to 53.5 for regular lum
ber cars, according to William Longmore,
district agent for Southern Pacific Com
pany here. The lumber is pencil stock from
Gulf Red Cedar company, Tolo, and is one
of 210 similar carloads that will be ship
ped over the next 35-week period. Long
more, left, above, and Trainmaster G. M.
Joyce look over the huge load while it
was parked in front of the Southern Pacific
depot this morning.
Consultant Finds
Growth Potential
In Area Favorable
Hubert J. Soher, nationally
recognized economic consult
ant from San Francisco, said
here today that southern Ore
gon should have increased
food freezing and processing
facilities.
Soher discussed thi econ
omy of southern Oregon at
a press conference this morn
ing. He spoke this noon at the
Kiwanis club luncheon.
He said he has received no
satisfactory explanation for
the lack of food freezing and
processing facilities in this
area, and noted that with the
fruit and related agricultural
industries here, such an in
dustry should flourish.
Impressed With Potential
Sober said he was more
impressed with the growth
potential of southern Oregon
than any other area of the
state, except Portland. He re
cently completed a report on
Oregon's economic potential.
Ke discussed southern Ore
gon's capabilities and prob
lems, and said he was im
pressed with the area's live
ability in terms of climate,
natural resources, and scenic
benefits.
The area should grow ma
terially in the fields of tour
ism, agriculture, plywood in
dustry, hardwood industry
and in the favorable retire
ment conditions.
Soher pointed out that Med
ford area pears are recognized
internationally as among the
best, and said that quality
lumber and other products
are becoming more in de
mand. Oregon, he added, is
becoming recognized for the
manufacture of quality materials.
Fair Board Will
Be Expanded To Five
The Jackson county fair
board at its meeting yester
day afternoon approved a
five-man fair board instead of
the present three-man board,
the county court reported.
Meeting with t h e fair
board, the county court
agreed to clean up approxi
mately two acres at the fair
grounds which was used for
storage of county bridge ma
terials and equipment. This
would provide an area tor
4-H horse activities.
The fair board also dis
cussed a county ball park
with the court, but no action
was taken.
The Jackson County Horse
man's association in a letter
to the county court today rec
ommended the appointment
to the fair board of Francis
Cheney, operator of Cheney
Stud Mill, Central Point, and
Walter D. Nunley, Medford
lawyer.
County Judge Earl Miller
said he did not know when
the county court would ap
point the additional two mem
bers to the fair board.
Budget Committee
Approves Funds for
District Teachers
The budget committee of
School District 594C last night
tentatively approved salaries
for principals, teachers, secre
tarial and clerical help and
for supplies and operation of
plant facilities.
Work on the budget is ex
pected to be completed with
in a couple of weeks for final
approval. Budget committee
members indicated they want
ed to complete work as soon
as possible to call for an early
vote on the amount exceeding
the 6 per cent limitation.
Increases in principal and
teachers salaries, as well as
for other salaries, were noted
in the tentatively approved
budget.
Principals salaries were in
creased about S12.000 because
of an extended contract. All
principals will now be on a
12-month contract basis.
Taylor Asks Court
Minutes Include
Profit for Farm
County Commissioner Ed
win Taylor this morning di
rected that Friday's county
court minutes include a state
ment that the county farm
operation had made $1,600
profit for the year.
The secretary noted that
the farm's financial report
was attached to the minutes
The minutes were approved
as corrected.
County Judge Earl Miller
said there was a difference
of opinion on whether the
farm had made a profit. He
admitted the farm had good
production, but the farm-produced
meat and produce had
not resulted in a food bill
saving to the three county in
stitutions. Allocated for Farm
Earlier it was explained
$1,500 had been allocated in
the current budget for the
farm, plus S400 for haying
help. The money has been
used, the county judge said.
Taylor had persuaded admin
istrators of the juvenile de
tention home, the county farm
home and jail to use some of
their funds for the farm oper
ation. Taylor repeated that the
farm is not broke and that
District Attorney Alan
Holmes said farm-producvd
hay could be traded for spring
seed. Taylor also quoted
Holmes as saying niorn-y
could be used from the emer
gency fund when the budsol
ed funds ran out. Judge Mill
er retorted that administra
tion of the county is his re
sponsibility and not Holmes'
job.
He said three pieces of
equipment purchased for the
farm could not be depreciated
out at 10 per cent.
Teachers salaries were in
creased about $248,000 be
cause of revisions in the teach
ers salary schedule and the
addition of 12 teachers to the
system, which will cost an
estimated $72,000.
Revisions in the teachers
salary schedule were made to
provide a more attractive base
for starting teachers, and to
financially recognize teachers
who have extra duties or who
show meritorious teaching.
Other salaries for instruc
tion was increased about $46,
000, chiefly with the addition
of 11 teaching associates, esti
mated to cost $22,000. and the
addition of four teacher aides
and four supervisory aides,
estimated to cost about $15,
750. The teaching associates are
connected with the Oregon
Program for Improvement of
Education. The associates will
be selected Southern Oregon
college students in education
who will be assigned to teach
ers in the secondary and ele
mentary levels where needed.
Other items considered by
the committee last night show
ed slight increases, principal
ly because of the increase in
supplies, services and students
expected nex: year. Some
items tentatively approved are
less than amounts budgeted
this year.
Supplies for operation rf
the plant, except utilities, is
down SI, 799 from this year,
chiefly because of standardiza
tion of equipment. A program
of standardizing equipment
and supplies used by the dis
trict has been under way since
J. Russell Achcson, assistant
superintendent, joined the
staff.
During the 1961-62 fiscal
year, for example, S3, 740
was budgeted for regular cus
todial supplies. This year,
$26,980 is budgeted for these
supplies.
E'SO)BRIEFS
ITIM1 MOM m AROUND THI OLOII
Meredith to Return
To Class for Spring
Jackson, Miss. -iliPli- James
II. Meredith, 29, said today he
has decided to return to the
University of Mississippi for
the spring semester.
The Negro, whose entrance
into the university last fall
was greeted by rioting which
left two dead and hundreds
injured, made his announce
ment at a news conference
here.
"Many things have taken
place in recent months and I
see signs that give me hope
that 1 will be able to go to
school in the future under
adequate, if not ideal, condi
tions," Meredith said.
His decision came a few
days after he had completed
his academic work for his
first semester of study at the
previously all-white univer
sity. Meredith skipped one of his
final examinations and has
been reported in deep scho
lastic difficulty, but said that
he had been notified Tuesday
by the university he was
eligible for rcadmission in
good standing.
EManwa lives Assume
uclear Capability
If
U.S
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
18 Pages Two Sections
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1963
No. 269
Legislative Pay
Measure Sent
To Gov. Hatfield
Senate, House
Approve Bills
Sulpm -HlPli-The legislative
nav bill was sicned by Sen-
ale President Ben Musa and
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton todav and sent to the gov
ernor for signature.
It is the first bill ot me
I9b':i session to be forwarded
to the governor's office.
The measure increases leg
islators' pay to $3,000 a year,
with S20 a day expenses up
to 120 days.
The Senate also approved
SRln relating to taxing and
bonding limitations on govern
mental units, and btsji lo
continue the inter agency
committee on migratory laoor
for four more years.
Timber Tax Approved
Winning House approval
was 1IB1020 relating to the
Eastern Orecon timber sever
ance tax, and HB1025 relating
for a time limit lor defend
ants' appearance in small
claims.
Among bills introduced in
the House was one to re
designate slate-owned ocean
beaches as a "state recreation
area." The beaches arc now
classified as "public high
ways.
The bill also calls for man
agement of beaches to be un
der jurisdiction of the Parks
and Recreation Division of the
Highway Commission, re
quires the State Land Board
to confer with resource and
recreation agencies before
itrantini? nprmils or leases on
beaches, and permits the high
way commission 10 proniDii
motor vehicle traffic on
beaches.
Covers Visual Defects
A bill submitted by Reps.
Philip D. Lang (D-Portland),
William Holmstrom (D-Gear-hart)
and Sidney Lciken (D
Rnsphurel would reauire that
when a physician or optome
trist discovers a visual cten
ciency that could affect a per
son's ability to safely operate
a motor vehicle, he immedi
ately report the defect to the
local health officer.
cnmrT DFBSONNET. SAID IN CUBA
Wtthington-I Pi-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara
told Congress today that about 17,000 Soviet military per
sonnel still remain in Cube and that they probably control
the principal elements of the island's air defense system,
SOUTH VIET NAM VICTORY PREDICTED
Washinjton-tPKAdm, Harry D. Fell, U. S. Pacific com
mander, predicted today that the American.backed govern
ment of South Viet Nam will win its war against Commun
nisi Guerrillas within three yeers.
PROVING OF NUCLEAR WORTH PLANNED
Wuhington-1 Pt-The Atomic Energy Commission said to
day it plans lo prove in the next five years that it is practi
cal, safe, and cheap to gouge cenals, dig harbors, and blast
mineral wealth from the earth with nuclear explosives.
I
FISHING IMPROVES
Olympia. Wash. -IPI- Sal
mon fishing in Washington is
better now than it was 20
years ago. The State Depart
ment of Fisheries said sports
fishermen hooked approxi
mately 12 5 per cent more sal
mon per fisherman in 1958-61
than between l:t8 and 1941,
U. S. Steel Earnings
Lowest in Decade
New York (UPF) The U.S.
Steel Corp. has reported iis
net earnings were the lowest
in a decade in 1962, the year
President Kennedy forced the
big steel firms to hold the
line on prices.
But U.S. Steel also an
nounced Tuesday that fourth
quarter profits were high
enough to cover dividend re
quirements. The directors
voted to continue for the pres
ent the 50-cent quarterly divi
dend on common stock, which
was instituted last spring
after Kennedy's action
brought cancellation of a $6-a-lon
price increase.
The firm, biggest steel com
pany in the country, before
then had been paying 75 con's
a share on common since the
first quarter of 1957.
"Big Steel" produced and
sold more steci, yet cleared
its smallest profit, last year
since 1952.
Airliner
Landing;
Pilot Apparently
Overshot Runway;
Craft Explodes
Five Passengers
Among Fatalities
Kansas City, Mo. - tl'PIi-A
Continental Airlines Viscount
crashed and exploded in
flames Tuesday night while
attempting to land at the
downtown municipal airport.
All five passengers and three
crew members were killed.
The crash was the first fatal
accident involving a commer
cial airliner in the history of
the airport and of Continental.
An earlier Continental crash,
which killed 45 persons, was
blamed on a bomb.
The $1.1 million, four-engine
Viscount crashed into a
dike on the south side of the
airport, near the partially
frozen junction of the Mis
souri and Kaw rivers. Wit
nesses said the plane, which
can carry 59 passengers,
broke in'i pieces and burst
into flames. The wreckage
burned for almost an hour.
Overshot Runway
The bodies of the victims,
all but three found inside the
wreckage, were taken lo an
airport hangar.
R. O. Ziegler, assistant chief
of the air traffic division at
the airport, said the pilot ap
parently overshot the 7.0U.U
foot runway and was pulling
up for a second attempt when
he hit the 30-fool-high dike
wall.
Wreckage of the plane was
found 25 yards behind the
dike, with the main wreck
age 55 yards beyond the dike
and about 150 yards from the
river.
Ziegler said the plane, flight
290 from Midland, Tex., lo
Kansas City with intermedi
ate slops in Texas and Okla
homa, was on schedule ana
was due to land at 10:50 p.m.
(CST). The crash occurred six
minutes earlier.
Crashes During
Lose Lives
Eight
Washington - I PI - The pros
pects of President Kennedy's
hig new school aid program
have been summed up in a
single short sentence: "It
hn't got prayer."
Branchf ield Plans
Amendment To Bill
Salem - Rep. Ed Branch-
field (R-Medford), announced
today he would introduce a
bill to amend the Oregon
statutes so children enrolled
in St. Mary's High school,
Medford, will be able to par
ticipate in the program for
educationally advanced chil
dren now conducted at South
ern Oregon college, Ashland.
The program is sponsored
by the Jackson county rural
school board and students are
required to furnish their own
transportation lo and from
classes.
Branchfield said that no tax
money would be distribuled
to the high school involved.
SALES REPORTED
Portland - 'I n - Georgia-Pacific
Corp. reported today
airs for 1!IH2 reached S:tm,-
312.001), compared wnh $2118
million for 19B1 - an increase
of 29 3 per rent.
PLANE FALLS INTO SEA
Norfolk, Va.-WPH-A Navy
plane with 14 persons aboard
fell into the Atlantic Ocean
today and a Coast Guard res
cue ship reported sighting
bodies in the wreckage.
All 14 aboard were appar
ently killed.
The plane crashed about
125 miles northeast of Cape
Henry, Va.
SAC BOMBER CRASHES
Las Vegas, N.M.-HPH-A B52
Strategic Air Command bomb
er crashed early today in
mountainous country about
35 miles north of Las Vegas.
At least one of its six crew
members parachuted to safety-
Portland Denfsf Has
His license Revoked
Portland-iUPH - The Oregon
Stale Board of Dental Examin
ers has revoked the license of
Dr. Harry Semler, Portland,
it was announced today by
Dr. J. Warner Henderson of
Hood River, president of the
board.
The announcement said
basis of the revocation was
alleged employment of unaa
thnrized and unlicensed per
sonnel "who. in certain in
stances, practiced ricnti.-liry
in his Eugene office. '
Evidence Required for
Tongue Point Property
Astoria-'IPli - The General
Services administration will
require evidence from the
City of Astoria that Tongue
Point Naval Station property
will be managed for the bene
fit of the city before it will
sell it.
C. E Oitamb. GSA official,
met Tuesday with city of
ficials and representatives of
Tongue Point, Inc.. a business
group which wants the siH
for industrial develH",,'
CRASH SCENE A woman's high-heeled shoe lies in the
snow near the wreckage of a Continental Viscount airliner
which crashed at Kansas City Municipal airport Tuesday
night, killing eight persons. The pilot apparently overshot
the runway and plunged into a river dike, (UPI)
Carpenter Center
At Harvard Ready
For Some Classes
Undergraduates of Harvard
university and Hadcliffc col
lege, both of Cambridge,
Mass., will start classes in the
new Carpenter Center for the
Visual Arts on the Harvard
campus Monday, Feb. 4, the
university has anno. need.
The center, which was giv
en through the Program for
Harvard College by A. S. V.
Carpenter and the laic Mrs.
Carpenter, of Medford, will
be dedicated late in May with
a simple ceremony and an
exhibition of the works of the
architect, Le Corbusicr.
The center is the first build
ing in North America design
ed by the French architect,
Lc Corbusier.
It has five floors, includ
ing a basement housing a mul-li-purpose
experimental audi
torium, and with each floor
Meeting Boycotted
By Market Partners
Brussels. Belgium - IUPII -The
five Common Market
partners of Francj split with
President Charles do Gaulle
today over his veto of British
membership in the European
union.
All five boycotted a meet
ing called by France to dis
cuss barriers against Anglo
A m e r i can investments in
Europe.
In Bonn, the West Germany
government announced that it
will continue efforts to make
Britain a full member of the
market. The announcement
followed a four-hour meeting
of Chanceller Konrad Ade
nauer's cabinet lo map strate
gy in the wake of French veto
of British membership hopes
Tuesday.
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having indoor and outdoor
terraces. A pedestrian ramp
extends through the building
at the third floor, connecting
Quincy and Prescott sts. of
Cambridge.
Supported by Columns
The building is supported
by concrete columns. One of
the features includes "brises
soleils," or sun breakers con
sisting of concrete walls on
each floor above the ground
connected by window panels
of red, yellow, green and
white.
The sun breakers shield all
studio and workshop areas
from direct rays of the sun.
The building dominates its
surroundings by configura
tions ranging from rectangles
and squares broken by great
asymmcriical curves.
Course offerings and a
varied program of activities
and exhibitions to be initialed
next fall arc being planned
by a faculty committee on the
practice of visual arts.
Carpenter expressed his
hope for the new Center this
way: "I think of the building
as opening the door of future
and present enjoyment lo
those who pass lightly
through. I sec no need of mak
ing It the exclusive path for
those who are going lo spend
their lives In some ono of the
branches of visual arts."
Additional details about
the new Carpenter Center for
the Visual Arts will appear
in Sunday's edition of the
Mail Tribune.
Dr. Stevenson Is
Selected lor Trip
To Arab Republic
Seven Educators To
Study UAR Education
Ashland - Dr. Elmo N.
Stevenson, Southern Oregon
college president, has been
chosen by the American As
sociation of Colleges for
Teacher Education as one of
seven educators to visit the
United Arab Republic in
April to study and inspect its
system of education.
According to H. Kenneth
Barker, spokesman for the
AACTE, the major emphases
during the month-long tour
will be placed upon the study
in depth of UAR teacher
training programs and the
vital role of teacher educa
tion on the international
scene.
Dr. Stevenson's candidacy
for the trip was based upon
his long-lime interest in at
tracting foreign students to
attend SOC, his activities and
accomplishments In educa
tion, and his endorsement of
the objective of the AACTE
In furthering the advance.
mcnt of teacher education in
member teacher-training in
stitulions.
Funds for the tour of the
UAR will be provided by the
department of stale, consist
ing of reciprocal monies de
posited to the credit of the
U.S. in Egypt.
Others selected for the trip
Include J. Andrew Holley,
dean, College of Education,
Oklahoma State university;
Antone K. Romney, dean, Col
lege of Education, Brigham
Young university; Lindley J.
Stiles, dean, School of Edu
cation, University of Wiscon
sin; D. P. Culp, president,
Livingston Slate college; Rob
ert E. Markarian, director.
School of Teacher Education,
Springfield college; and Quill
E. Cope, president, Middle
Tennessee State college.
FBI Files Complaint
Against Californian
Portland - UTH - .The Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
said it filed a complaint to
day before the U.S. Commis
sioner here naming James
Richard Young, 36, formerly
of San Diego, as a second sus
pect in the robbery of the
Eastport Plaza branch of the
U.S. National Bank. Jan. 24.
Two men took $54,469 from
the bank.
BLACKBALL DENOUNCED
Washington -4'Pli- The State
Department today denounced
France's blackballing ot Brit
ain's entry Into the European
Common Market. But It said
the action could do no more
than delay Atlantic unity.
Freezing Rain Falls
On Packed Snow
Portland - (UPH - Freezing
rain fell on top of packed
snow today as Western Ore
gon reeled under the winter's
worst weather.
A howling cast wind piled
snowdrifts up lo four feet
deep in the Portland area.
Freezing rain was reported
this morning at Salem, Al
bany, Eugene and Astoria and
was forecast for Portland.
State police said Interstate
5 (Highway 99) was hazard
ous all the way to the Cali
fornia border.
Portland school officials
changed their mind early to
day and kept schools closed
as the new storm front piled
from 2 to 4 more inches of
snow on the city.
All Salem public schools
were closed as were those in
many other areas.
Secretary Sees
More Signs of
Communist Split
Committee Hears
Annual Report
Washington - HTD - Defence
Secretary Robert S. MeNa
mara told Congress today
there was increasing evidence
at the Communist unity of
Russia and Red Chin., had
been "fractured - perhaps ir
reparably."
'Although we may draw
some comfort from this fall-
ng out between the Commu
nist giants," he said, "the
world situation remains peril
ous, nevertheless."
Annual Report
McNamara made the assess
ment in his annual report to
the House Armed Services
Committee on the status of;
U.S. military power. He pre
sented the 163-page summary
at a closed session. A censored
ersion was made public by
the committee.
The defense secretary as
sured the lawmakers tha
United States was "fully ca
pable" of destroying key So
viet targets "even after ab
sorbing an initial surprisa
attack."
Bombers and Missiles
He said this country had
about 650 bombers on 15-
minute ground alert and mora
than 200 Atlas, Titan and Min-
uieman missiles on launchers
along with 144 Polaris mis
siles in submarines ready to
retaliate.
"Allowing for losses from
an initial enemy attack and
attrition en route to target,"
ne said, "we calculate that our
forces today could still de
stroy the Soviet Union with
out any help from the deploy
ed tactical air units or carrier
task forces or Thor or Jupiter
intermediate range ballistic
missiles."'
McNamara said President
Kennedy's recommended
$53.7 billion defense budget
would strengthen U.S. pre.
paredness even more whila
Russia and Red China "strug
gle for power in the Com
munist camp."
Ultimate Objective
He declared that "the de
struction of freedom and free
nations is still the ultimate ob
jective" of both Communist
powers, although "each is
seeking to attain the objectiva
in its own way, and to capture
the spoils for itself."
McNamara said the Soviet
Union continued to be tha
major threat, especially in
Europe. But of the two Red
giants, he added, China was
"by far the more belligerent
and the more reckless, and
therefore very dangerous to
the peace of the world." Ho
pointed to the Chinese Com
munist invasion of India as a
prime example.
The cabinet officer said
Russia "has a great deal to
lose in a nuclear war - ma
terial wealth as well as hu
man life." But, lie said, "the
economically Impovcr i s h e d
Chinese Communists, to
whom human life has littlo
value, believe they have much
less tq lose."
interchange Stop
Signs Are Changed
Stop signs on Harriett rd.
at the off ramps for Inter
state 5 interchange have been
changed from Barnctt rd. to
the off ramp, according to
the Oregon state highway de
partment. With the change, Barnett
rd. is now a through street.
Exit speed for the off ramri
is 30 miles an hour and "stop'
ahead" signs have been post
ed, department officials said.
Denial of Certificate
To Dean N. Bay Upheld
Salem - HJPD - The Oregon
Supreme Court ruled today
that the State Board of Educa
tion had a right to deny a
teacher's certificate to one
time convict Dean N. Bay.
The decision reversed a
Union County Circuit Court
ruling by Judge W. F. Brown
ton. The Circuit Court had
ordered the board to grant
Bay a certificate.
The high court, In an
opinion written by Justice
William C. Perry, said "courts
are not permitted to substi
tute their judgment for that
of the Slate Board of Educa
tion where there Is substan
tial evidence In support of the
board's finding."
Bay was convicted of grand
larceny In Washington nt
1953. He served 18 months in
a reformatory. In 1958, Wash
ington restored Bay lo his full
rights.
Bay moved to La Granda
in Eastern Oregon, where ha
enrolled In Eastern Oregon
College of Education.
In 1960, the Oregon super
intendent of public instruc
tion granted Bay a one-year
emergency teaching certifi
cate, and he taught elemen
tary school while completing
college.
Educators In Union county
praised his character and
leaching ability.
When he applied for a per
manent certificate, however,
the board denied it on grounds
of his previous conviction.