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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1963 iry and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A fT0RY President Hoover loved to tell about his pre- IHop , Sr Coo''dEc, concerned the day the Cool lomi w ned a miss'onary at their Northampton, Mass., home before the visitor delivered a scheduled ad dress at the Congrega tional Church. Grace Coolidge cooked a special dinner, but the mission ary wouldn't eat a bite of it explaining that a meal would spoil his delivery. Mrs. C. was annoyed and stayed home, so Mr. Coolidge escorted the missionary alone to the church. When he came home. Mrs riu.. , . WMUC I asKea, "How did it go?" CALVIN COOUDGE Cal's laconic reply was: "He might as well have et!" . . Old Satch Paige, one of baseball's all-time greats, had a six point formula for staying young: 1. Avoid fried moats which angry up the blood. 2. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. . Go light on vice, such as carrying on with society folks. The social ramble ain't restful. 5. Avoid running at all times. 6. Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. Colonel Duffy is bemoaning the plight of the mattress tester Who got fired for standing up on the job. O 1963, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kin Features Syndicate Anderson Absolved By Air Force for Slayings in Idaho Mountain Home, ldaho.-IUPH -Airman Gerald M. Anderson, 25, was a free man today after 10 months' imprisonment by the Air Force for a double slaying another man had con fessed. Anderson was released at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday from the Mountain Home AFB stock ade shortly after the Air Force announced it was drop ping a double murder charge against him. The Air Force announced in Washington, D.C. today it would discharge Anderson soon because of the "unusual circumstances'" surround i n g CUB SCOUT NEWS Cub Scouts Pack 8 Bobcat pins were presented by Cub Scout Master Glenn Williams at the January meet ing of Cub Scout Pack 8 at the Jackson school. They went to the following new members: Paul McMa han, Douglas Overstrect, Mi chael Knudsen, Ray Spencer, Denis Crews, Lance Goucher and Larry Anderson. One of the honorary events of the evening was presenta tion of Den Chief Cord to Jack Young of Troop 9. Den 9 con ducted the flag ceremony and the Rev. Bruce Rogers gave the invocation. Awards presented by Rich ard Childress, awards chair man, included: wolf badge, John Rogers, Bill Huson, Bruce Shaffer, Ron Havice, Dick Havice, and Steve Neth erland; bear award, Steve Gray; lion award, Dan Van Liew and Mike Nelherland; wolf gold arrow, Bruce Shaf fer, Bill Huson; wolf silver arrow, Bruce Shaffer and Mike Netherland. Rick Childress received two silver arrows. First-year pins went to Ferrin Kilby. Rodney Kuschel. Martin Hooper. Pres ton LaPratt, Jim Ronandcr, John Hinkle, John Boardman, Gary Konopasek. First -year perfect attendance pins were awarded Gary Konopasek, John Hinkle, James Ronandcr, .John Hinkle. James Ronan dcr, Larry Calkins. Preston LaPratt, Martin Hooper, Fer rin Kilby, Gerald Brawn. Second-year pins went to Frankie Arnold and Larry Hinkle. Second-year perfect attendance pin was awarded Larry Hinkle. Denner awards were pre sented Chuck Chcalum, Bill Huson, Larry Hinkle. Assis tand denner awards went to Bruce Shaffer, Gary Konopa sek. Larry Anderson, Doyle Baker and John Baker. Palms went to Ron Havis. Preston LaPratt and Ferrin Kilby. Den 10 won possession of the cup for having the largest number of parents and friends attending the mecling. Den 8 won the tic and slide for having the most dads pres ent. The pack window display for Boy Scout Week will be located at Burks Tent and Awning shop. The Blue and Gold banquet will be hold Feb. 28. his case. Rep. Ralph Harding (D-Idaho) said. Anderson had applied for a hardship discharge. Believed Innocent The Air Force said it be lieved Anderson was innocent of the stabbing deaths here last April of Mrs. Nancy Joy Johnson, 22, and her son, Danny, 2. Triple murder suspect Theodore Thomas Dickie, 22, an ex-convict whose confes sion to the Johnson slayings prompted the state of Idaho to exonerate Anderson two month ago, said in his cell at the Ada county jail in Boise, "I'm glad for him." Dickie, who also has con fessed to the rape-slaying of a 10-year-old Boise girl, has been held by the state since November for the slayings of Mrs. Johnson and her son. General Makes Decision . Lt. Gen. Archie Old Jr., commander of the 15th Air Force at March AFB, near Riverside. Calif., notified Air Force authorities here he had concluded the young airman was innocent. Anderson was not available to the press for comment, the Air Force said. The bodies of Mrs. Johnson and her son were found by the woman's husband, A-1C Alec Johnson. Her body had been knifed nine times and the child's throat slashed. Anderson was a neighbor of Johnson, and it was Ander son who. at Johnson's request, called the police here. Gave Confession The Office of Special In vestigation picked up Ander son a day later and question ed him for more than a week. At the end of the week, the OSI had a confession from Anderson to the murder of Mrs. Johnson. Anderson later said OSI agents "pressured" him into a confession. After Dickie's con fession, the state of Idaho re leased Anderson but the Air Force arrested him on the same day. Later it held two hearings. Tuesday's announce m e n t climaxed the case. Girl Takes Poison After Reprimand Pittsburgh - (UPll - A 14-year-old girl who admitted she swallowed poison because she had been reprimanded for smoking at school died Tuesday. Marlcnc Burke told her grand mother, Mrs. Alberta Burke, that she had taken roach powder. Mrs. Burke telephoned South Side hos pital and learned what anti dote to give the girl. The grandmother said Mar lene showed slight improve ment and then went into a coma. She was taken to the hospit.il but was pronounced dead on arrival. Mrs. Burke said Marlenc told her she took the poison Monday because she had been reprimanded for smoking at Hcrron Hill Junior High school. NEW AMBULANCE SERVICE C M litoii er Inc. New, Eccncmy Non-Emergency AMBULANCE SERVICE for Vcd'crd' CaM B2-28I4 tcr priCCS jnrj aCC":rrrrv-.c4:i nj 1811 Ashland St., Ashland bad Mrs L'twiMer Dn! 482-2816 Apparent Low Bidders for 12 Road Jobs Listed Salcm-Wli-Apparent 1 o w bids on 12 projects were open ed here by the Highway Com mission Tuesday. The projects totaled $5,070. 425. slightly below the depart ment's estimate. C o ntracts will be awarded Thursday. The projects included, by county: Clackamas; Clackamas overcrossing-Park Place sec tion of Casade Highway-Ernest Fcrrante & Co., Portland. S9.252. Gilliam: Arlington viaduct section, Columbia River High way-Pacific Concrete and Otis T. Jordan Jr., Portland, SI, 217, 333. Hood River: Mitchell Point Hood River section of Colum bia River Highway-Rogers Construction Co., Portland. $790,311. Hood River: Whiskey Creek-Hood River section of the Ml. Hood Highway-Henry H. Miller Construction, Inc., and Ed A. Miller, Wilbur, Ore., $575,706. Jackson; Crater Lake in terchange ramps section, Pacific Highway - Madson and Stokes, Roseburg, $20, 765. Josephine: Grants Pass -Evans Creek section. Pacific Highway-Madson and Stokes, Roseburg, $27,445. Josephine: Building addi tion to existing office build ing at Grants Pas s-Jack Mathis, Inc., Roseburg, $14, 110. Lane: Judkins Point-Goshcn section of the Pacific High way near Eugene - Solomon Aichcle, Portland, $26,623. Marion and Linn: N. Jeffer son junction-N. Albany inter change section, north of Albany-Page Paving, Salem, $397,750. Multnomah: N. Shaver st. Morisson Bridge interchange unit, east bank freeway sec tion of Pacific Highway in Portland-Peter Kicwit Sons, Vancouver, Wash., $988,065. Multnomah: Remodeling ex isting office building in Portland- E. Carl Schiewe, Port land, $61,408. Wasco: Dufur-Gap section of The Dalles-California high w a y - Rogers Construction, Portland, $959,659. Deducting Storm Loss Caused To Trees Proving Big Headache Frost's Funeral Will Be Thursday Cambridge, Mass. - IUPI) -Poet Robert Frost, 88, will have a simple New England funeral. i Private funeral services, with only his family in at tendance, will be held Thurs day at Memorial Chapel at Harvard university. The silver-haired poet will be buried Sunday in a small family plot at Old Benning ton. Vt., near his wife and parents. A public memorial service will be held Sunday at Am herst college where the four lime Pulitzer Prize winner received his first appointment as a professor and spent many years writing. The nation's u n crowned poet laureate died Tuesday in Pcler Bent Brigham hospital in Boston. Death was attribu ted to a blood clot in the lung. Civil Defense Said Giving False Sense Salcm-WPIi - Rep. Beulah Hand (D-Milwaukie) said Tuesday the Oregon Civil De fense Agency could be abolish ed, leaving only a token of fice to handle federal surplus property details for county organizations. Mrs. Hand said she thinks civil defense, as practiced in Oregon, has given people a false sense of security. She said, however, she docs think civil defense has a place in the country's national de fense picture on a federal level. Portland-llPH- The "wind fall" Oregonians hoped for in income tax refunds because of trees blown down last Oct. 12 isn't the breeze many ex pected. "It's tougher than most people think." said a federal tax man. The tree situation is causing tax officials-and taxpayers - more headaches than any other item. Don't get them wrong - the loss is icductable. But figur ing the loss - to the satisfac tion of the tax people - takes a bit of doing. An Internal Revenue Serv ice spokesman said there probably was a little "too much optimistic material" put out right after the big blow. Slate and federal officials said many persons were un der one big misapprehension, lt is this: That they could report loss, for example, of a couple of 10-year-old apple trees, get a nurseryman to say how much they were worth, and then deduct that amount as loss. No can do, say the tax men. Entitled To Deduct But the IRS says "if your uninsured trees or shrubs were damaged or destroyed, you are entitled to deduct the amount that damage re duced the fair market value of your residential property as a whole." That's a big mouthful, but the tax people tried to simpli fy it. First, in most cases, de ductions should be itemized on tile tax form. Then the IRS lists two methods which ap ply to non-commercial tree losses. One- The amount you spent to remove destroyed trees or shrubs, prune or otherwise re pair damaged trees or shrubs, and to replant the lost trees or shrubs will serve as a meas ure of this loss of value. Two- A competent real es tate appraisal of the loss of value of the property as a whole because of storm dam age. Any such appraisals should be in writing and should "be the work of a qualified appraiser who has made a personal inspection of the properly." Loss determin ed by this method must also be reduced by insurance, sal vage, or other recovery to determine the deductible loss. If you claim a casualty loss deduction a copy of the de duction computation should be attached to the return. You Civil Defense Plans Completed at SOC Ashland - Civil Defense plans and preparations for Southern Oregon college have been completed, Robert Mc Coy, chairman of the campus Civil Defense committee, has announced. According to McCoy, South-, ern Oregon college has one of the most adequate defense setups in southern Oregon. He noted that these facilities had been earmarked in coopera tion with civil defense author ities in their basic details, but that the advent of the Cuban crisis had necessitated that they be updated and that more information be provided to students and faculty members. Immediately prior to the crisis, President Elmo N. Stev enson appointed McCoy as chairman of a commitce com posed of Carson Vehrs, direc tor of dormitory services, Hugh G. Simpson, director of information, and Lowell Lux, of the Siskiyou newspaper staff, who served as a student representative. Initial steps toward the for mation of a satisfactory civil defense program for the col lege were taken at a special meeting conducted by Fred Heard, Siskiyou editor, who introduced Buford Johnson, deputy director of civil de fense for Jackson county; Warren Lomax, civil defense director for the Ashland area; and Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, director of civil defense for the county. Followins the meeting, the campus committee conducted a scries of conferences result ing in the placement of civil defense posters at strategic lo cations in every campus build ing and the distribution of a civil defense leaflet to mem bers of the student body, fac ulty, and civil service staff at SOC. This distribution was ef fected by enlisting the aid of the members of a student council under the direction of President Bill Bobber. Mean while, a list of general instruc tions for each shelter on cam pus was prepared which in cluded such items as shelter capacities, distribution of food and water available, sanita tion measures, communica tions facilities, use of radio logical monitory equipment, and the readying of the shel ter space. Additional Instructions Additional instructions in volved such items as keeping shelter occupants informed. giving every occupant a job to do, the rationing of food and other supplies, and special di rections involving specific shelter conditions. For in stance a map of the shelter was included with directions as to how it could be made safe from radiological attack. Signs indicating fallout shelters have been placed at designated shelter areas in co operation with local civil de fense authorities, and a series of briefings has been conduct ed for all campus living or ganizations and commuter groups. At the meetings, de fense problems were discussed and each organization was as signed specific duties in rela tion to the use and mainten ance of the shelters to which they were assigned. McCoy pointed out that the entire civil defense program had been conducted in such a way that no clement of fear or panic had been encountered at any time. He also praised the work of the administration, faculty, students and civil de fense authorities for their co operation and the help extend ed throughout the project, Hoffa Calls for March on Capitol La using. M ich -WW- A ma rch on the nation's Capitol has been called for by Teamsters Union boss James R. Hoffa to protest labor legislation in the works by several congress men. lluffa. in a speech here Tuesday, promised to lead "hunderds of thousands" of workers himself to protest the bills which he referred to as "garbage" and which he said would destroy the labor move ment in the United States. Hoffa. in his speech to 175 delegates to the annual legis lative conference of the Mich igan State Building and Con struction Trades Union, called the congressmen sponsoring the bills "bums." The congressmen to whom he was referring were Sen. John L. McClcllan (D-Ark.l, Sen. Barry Goldwalcr (R Ariz.) and Rep. Dave Martin (R-Neb.). don't have to send in docu ments evidencing the repair expenditures or copies of the appraisals with the return. But, the IRS warns, you'd bel ter be prepared to present them upon request. Examples Given Here are a couple of exam ples listed by the IRS for method one: Amount spent removing trees- $63. Amount spent replanting trees - $43. Amount spent repairing roof - $24. Cost or replacing window - S4. Total restoration cost $134. Amount paid by insurance -$0. Amount deductible - $134. Or: Amount spent removing trees $63. Amount spent replanting trees -$43. Amount spent repairing roof - $98. Amount spent repairing window - $7. Total restoration cost $211. Amount paid by insurance - $55. Amount deductible - $156. State Rules Similar A spokesman for the State Tax commission said its rules generally follow those of the IRS though the state holds more to the real estate ap praisal of the property. A lot of people might be discour aged, unless losses were ex tremely heavy, because ihe cost of the appraisal could be more than they would get in rebates. And getting compara tive appraisals before and af ter the loss is another head ache. It isn't so bad on other property. For damage to hous es, fences, garages or other residential buildings, the act-1 ual amount spent to repair the storm damage, minus any reimbursement by insurance, will be accepted as evidence of the deductible loss for that damage, the IRS said. But its the trees that arc causing the confusion. Tax people say there's never been anything quite like it before - because Oregon never had such a windstorm before. Give the gift you would like to VAN DUYN B.r . . . 1CHOCOIATES from AVAN'S In the Medford Shopping Center receive "tra'sz.'iii'.'jr. . J, Give Your Wife The Village Green On Your Anniversary t,,;a:rr,.n.mrm Phone 772-4534 I ... or to rephrase ihc headline, whisk her away to The Village Green for second honeymoon. For the next few weekends we're offer ing special, second honeymoon raie of J22.50, which includes i luxurious room for Saturday night, a gourmet dinner with a choice of chicken, prime rib or lobster, and i continental breakfast served in your room on Sunday morning. As our guests you'll enjoy a wonderful new experience in the art of living . . . here you may golf, lounge in the Captain's Cabin cocktail lounge, sip coffee in the Copper Rooster, wander under covered walkways, bowl, listen to live music, browse in our unique gift shop, or just relax in the elegant luxury of your suite. Why not plan now to visit us this week end for your second honeymoon? Remem ber, the special "package" cost is only $22.50 a couple! Write, wire or phone me as to what time you will arrive Saturday. Harry Ringland, your host. THE VILLAGE GREEN motor hotel only Our Huge LEFT! 71st ANNIVERSARY SALE DAYS Radioactivity Said High in Japan Tokyo -fliPH- An agency of the Japanese government said today Soviet nuclear testing apparently was responsible for the highest radioactivity in years in snow and rain in western Japan. The government's Radioac tive Countcrmeasurcs Head quarters reported the most radioactivity during the month ending Jan. 15 was reg istered at Yonago, on the west coast of the main island of Honshu. Snow there had a reading of 2,523 millicurcs per square kilometer. Japanese authorities gener ally consider any reading over 2.500 millicurcs as grounds for a closer check on public health. Just Arrived! Y Brand New Shipment DAVENOS! Large selection of sleep sofas just delivered . . . and specially priced for this sale. Come in and look them over! Positively Ends SATURDAY Yes! Our only STOREWIDE Sala we will have this year ends Saturday. We urge you to take advantage of the wonderful buys offered throughout all 3 floors of fine furniture. Store-wide Discounts 10 to 50 (With Exception ef Few Fair Tiadl Itami) shop 1 -PRICE 0ur Bargain Window For Tremendous Values! Johnston Stores MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER CLOSED THURSDAY For Inventory Taking Open Again Friday, Feb. 1, 8 A.M. Poly Clean Center Open As Usual 8 am to 9 pm Remember! Ends Sat Our ONLY Storewide Sale This Year! o EASY TERMS No carrying charges or interest. We carry our own contracts. AT WEEKS & ORR you pay only for the merchandise. Shop and save at Southern Oregon's oldest and largest Furniture Store. OPEN Friday Nite Till 9 HuBBB Ph. 772-9351 114 W. Main St.