Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1963)
taroetly's Farm iessage Favors C onsume Regional Edition MEDFORD 57th Year Price 10 Cents' Tribune 32 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 No. 270 tm-s v vSjr Jh St"-.. Jlil&8b JLdyi if f MOTHER DEAD-The mother of these five 11, and Donna, 7, in front, and Cace, 3; children is dead, killed by a hit and run Diana, 6, and Matthew, 5. The victim's driver. Margaret Yaezenko, 32, was crushed estranged husband, Donald, has been booked to death in the street in front of her home on suspician of hit and run felony .(UP1) while her children slept. They are Jimmy, Inventory Tax Relief Act Gets Strong Support Salem -(UPIl- The inventory lax relief act proposed by Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Beavcr-lon) drew strong support Wednesday before the House Taxation Committee. Atiyeh's bill, co-sponsored by nine other representatives and three senators, is designed to provide inventory tax re lief by imposing a one per cent net business income tax. Of 11 witnesses who appear ed during Wednesday's two hour hearing, only one op posed the plan. Lou Norris of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation said his group opposed the bill in its present form. He asked thai it be amended to include all personal property, not just inventory. A telegram from R. W. Peterson, Oregon Apartment House Owners Association, also opposed the measure. Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) commented "this bill doesn't go far enough." Supporters Listed Throwing their support be hind Ihe measure (IIB1033) were Robert Ncwbcvy of Tektronix, Inc.. Frank Gcigcr of Meier and Frank; Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Independcnee); Pete Bcal, McMinnvillc Cha nber of Commerce: Robert Carey, Northwest Hardwire and Im plement Dealers Association, and Alan Stevens. Retail Jew elers Assocition. A telegram from the Oregon Machinery Dealers Association also sup ported the measure. $157,563 Check From State Received Today A check for S157.563.22 for the secretary of state was received today by the Jack son county treasurer. The money, from slate highway funds, goes into the county's general road fund. The money is distributed to counties on the basis of car registration. It is received from auto and truck licenses and gasoline tax. Macmillan Calls For Consultations With Washington Congressman Sheds Light on Morgan's Move London -(DPll- Britain re bounded from a French block ade of its path to Europe to day and sought help from the United States and other free world nations to bolster its sagging economy. Prime Minister Harold Mac millan, bitterly denouncing the "folly" of French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle, called Wednesday night for a speed up of trade and tariff consul tations with Washington, the Sheriff's Deputy Resigns His Post William C. Rice Jr., 2690 Howard ave., who was a depu ty in the Jackson county sher iff's office since March 4. 1959, has resigned from the department effective today. During the past several months. Rice has been assign ed to the detective division. During the past year, he has served as one of the instruc tors in the Jackson County Driver Improvement school. Prior to joining the sher iff's office here Rice was with the sheriff's department in Multnomah county. He is a member of the Southern Oregon Peace Offi cers association and the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce. Inch of Rain May Fall in Vicinity Mcdford station of the U.S. weather bureau reported this morning that it anticipated one inch of precipitation in the next 24 hours during rainy periods. The forecast is for rainy pe riods with occasionally moder ate to heavy amounts through Friday. The weather station report ed .24 of an inch of precipi tation from midnight up to 10 a.m. today. A total of .29 of an inch fell yesterday. NEWS(ChBRIEFS ITEMS MOM m TOT MOUND THI OIOII BAY OF PIGS SECRETS MAY BE BARED Wajhington-iri- The State Department and Congress arc considering the possibility of making public secret 1961 testimony by Secretary ol State Dean Rusk and other offi cials on the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion ol Cuba. Commonwealth and Britain's six partners in the European Free Trade area. Macmillan accused France of deliberately torpedoing the Brussels negotiations on Brit ish membership in the six-nation European Common Mar ket. Without directly naming De Gaulle, he said the French government is "looking back wards, not forwards." In a speech to the nation, Macmillan said Britain's ef forts for economic resurgence would be made within the con cept of a united Western alli ance which looked outward toward partnership with the United States not inward, as envisioned by De Gaulle. Accuses De Gaulle The British leader accused the De Gaulle government of placing the entire Western al liance and the U. S.-inspired postwar reconstruction of Eu rope in jeopardy. "What folly it is for anyone to try to put all this at risk," he said. There was no immediate of ficial reaction in Paris. But a sharp surge of critical com ment in France was given new impetus by Jean Mon net. often described as the "father" of the common mar ket. He called the situation very serious "because the mu tual confidence indispensable to all common agreement has been smashed." Said Unmoved De Gaulle, who feels Brit ain is not ready for Common .Market membership, vas said lo be unmoved. Authoritative sources in Paris said the 72-ycar-old French leader plans lo let tempers subside before pushing ahead with his "grand design" for a Europe independent of the United States. Aides quoted Dc Gaulle as saying Wednesday "in a few months, when the present up roar has died down, they will sec I was right again." POWER GRID GETS 'HIGH PRIORITY' TAG Washinglon-IH-Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall put "highest priority" tag today on legislation authorising a power grid connecting the Columbia Basin with electricity, short California. HOFFA INVITED TO BACK UP CHARGES Washinqton-in- A House committee today invited team ster president James R. Hofla to back up his charges thai Ihe Kennedy administration used pressure lo deny his union surety bonds required by federal law, o 1 Redden Names Interim Successors Representative James A. Redden (D-Mcdford) has ap pointed three Jackson coun ty men lo act as his emer gency interim successors as provided by Oregon law. Appointed were Al Brad ford. Thomas J. Reeder and William V. Dcathcragc. Bradford, a candidate for 1 ho legislature in 1962. served in this capacity fur Congress man Rolx-rt B. DuiK-an dur ing Duncan's last term m the Oregon House Recdcr, a Mcdford attor ney, is a former Jackson county district attorney and presently practices law in Mcdford. Drathcrauc, active in local Democratic pol'us, also practices law in Med-ford. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Bureau Washington -(Spccial)-Rcp. John E. Moss (D-Calif.) has shed a good deal of light on the decision of Howard Mor gan lo quit the Federal Power Commission in disgust. The Sacramento congress man revealed that FPC Chair man Joseph Swidlcr had en couraged him lo introduce leg islation lo tighten the regula tion of power companies who build major high voltage transmission. Bui afler Moss introduced such a bill. Swid lcr advised congress not to ap prove it. "It's incredible," declared Congrcsman Moss in an inter view. He explained the sequence of events in this fashion: Last March the FPC major ity approved issuance of secur ities by Pacific Power and Light Co. for a hosl of new construction items, among them a link in an eventual private inlertie between PP&L and Pacific Gas & Elec tric territory in northern Cal ifornia. Morgan wrote a blis tering dissent, bul Moss learned that the FPC withheld its publication. As chairman of the House Freedom of Information sub committee, which rides herd on government secrecy, Con gressman Moss called Swicllei to his office to discuss the is sue. Authority Lacked In that discussion, Moss said Swidlcr explained that the FPC lacked authority to with hold approval of a powcrlinc project. Moss said he would introduce a bill granting the FPC the necessary authority. Moss said Swidlcr gave him the impression he would wel come such legislation. The congressman then directed his assistant to draft such a bill with the cooperation of the staff of the FPC. It was intro duced last June b Moss and by Sen. Clair Englc (D-Calif.). The bill requires all utili ties which arc subject to FPC jurisdiction (public and pri vate) to obtain a certificate from the FPC before they could construct or operate a line with a voltage in excess of 230 kilovolls. This would exclude lines used for rela tively short distances but would cover huge long - dis tance lines such as are con templated in a California Northwest intcrtic. Integration Proposed On Jan. 9 the FPC dispatch ed its report on the bill lo the House and Senate commerce coominitlces. Swidlcr and three other commissioners concurred in saying "we do not favor Ihe present enact ment of the bill." They noted that the FPC has started a national power survey design ed lo encourage the nation's utilities lo integrate their sys tems most efficiently with major connections. They said they thoughl this voluntary effort might later suggest "whether additional legisla tion is necessary." Morgan's dissent called the majority view "naive in the extreme" because "some ele ments of the electric industry customarily employ techno logical advances to protect and maintain monopoly posi tions while isolating, restrict ing or strangling municipal or rural electric systems and publicly - owned transmission lines.'' He added thai it was an "incredible suggestion" that the FPC should wait to see if such legislation was needed when it was "the description of such defidenecs by the ma jority nf this commission (in the PPAiL easel which led di rectly lo the drafting ol the bill " Moss thinks the effect nf the adverse FPC report on his bill could be decisive. Additional Burden "A bill of this type would be a battle at best," he stated. "This places an additional burden on the authors in try ing lo get it enacted. The pri vate' utilities will rr.Mt it will! great vigor and resource fulness But the lull iv mil conceived at all as being anti utilities " Muss said he i.s "not crly enthused with some (if the cuninn'sion ,s decisions. ' He said he agreed with Morgan's views nn the need for strong er regulation of utilities. Rep. Moss disclosed that he had suggested to the Kennedy administration two years ago the adoption of new regula tions governing issuance of casements across public lands to utilities building transmis sion lines. .New regulations were recently announced re quiring utilities to wheel pub lic power over such lines when requested. The PP&L PGE application for a right-of-way to cross national for cslland in California has been delayed by the administra tion's pending adoption of such regulations and congres sional action on ihe intcrtic issue. Morgan said that in a pri vate discussion he had with Swidlcr about the PP&L pow crlinc, the FPC chairman told him he wasn't going to take on the utilities on t. is issue because he wanted to avoid arousing any opposition to his appointment, and confirma tion to another FPC term when his present term expires in 1965. Obviously, this is what Mor gan referred to in his letter lo President Kennedy last week in which he warned of the dangers of timidity and the desire for personal se curity in men who can't take the pressure from industries they are supposed to regulate in the public interest. r" - Absentee Ballot Forms Available For Feb. 11 Vote Registered voters in School Districts 549C and Phoenix- Talent may vote by absentee ballot if they will be out of Ihe county when the Feb. 11 school election is held on a consolidation. County School Superinten dent Alf B. Mekvold, as secre tary of the rural school board, will serve as clerk for obtain ing absentee ballots. Applica tion must be made in writing and signed by the applicant, Mekvold stressed. If applica tion is mailed, reasons for the request must be included in the letter. To qualify lo vote by ab sentee ballol, a registered vol cr must know that he will be absent from Ihe county on election day, reside more than 15 miles from the polling place, and by reason of phy sical disability be unable lo attend the election. McKVold said that absentee ballot forms arc available in his office in the annex of the Jackson county courthouse. Absentee ballots must be received by Mekvold no later than five days before the elec tion, except in cases of phy sical disability occurring with in the five days or on the day of election. In both cases sworn affidavits arc required accompanying the absentee ballol request. If Ihe voter i.s unable to vote on election day because of emergency services in con nection with natural disasters such application must be ac companied by a statement of a person authorized to require such emergency services. Persons who arc registered voters at least 30 days prior to the election and have re sided in the school district six months prior lo the elec tion and in his prrciiirl al least 30 days are eligible lo vole. STORMS LASH JAPAN- At least 58 per- totaled 171. Here residents of Takayama sons arc known dead and seven arc missing Cily, some with umbrellas, walk along paths following blizzards which lashed Japan and cleared through the deep drifts in the down enveloped 16 prefectures. The number of town area. tUPI) homes destroyed or damaged by the snow WEATHER roitKl'AST: lUlny pertoils, oc-t-HMonally innilrrate m heavy it in on in;, lliriiiisti Friday. Sum Iiir anil Mmike In vallryi find nrv a si on a I fresh southerly winrth in imru M vallry. Smtw above K.tHHl frrt. Low luntghl 10-35. Iltrli .'rkilav -IIU4S. Temp. Ulelirs) Yesterday l.ciuest This Morning 3? ITeiin. to 10 a.m. Today '44 Our Skies Tonight SiiNM't tmhiv Sunrise tomorrow ... Moon set tomorrow . Ktrst Quarter tomorrow PKOM1NLKNT STAR lleneh. low III northwest VISIIILK IM.ANKTS Mars, rises Jupiter, low tti west Vontii, rtsrh . . 5:,'l p.m. 1:16 a.m. .12:411 a.m. 5:SS p.m. 7:4. p.m. 4:44 a.m. No Opposition Is Noted at Hearing No opposition was express rtl against formation of an Evans Valley rural fire pro teclion district at a public hearing in the Jackson coun ty court office yesterday after noon. County Judge Karl M. Mil ler said an order would be drawn setting a lime and place for an election. Besides voting on the formation of the dlnct. voters would elect a board of five directors. The area already has a volunteer fire department which is financed on a dona tion basis However, forma tion of the district with power to impose a tax would provide needed additional lirv equip hient. if Act To Remove Balloon Loaves In State Asked Salem -WPII- The Slate Agri culture department asked the legislature today for delimit authority lo remove "balloon'' loaves of bread from the shelves of Oregon's grocery stores. The department said the housewife is being duped. The House Kood and Dairy ing committee, however, de clined to introduce a bill re- nursled by the Oregon Retail Bakers association that would have accomplished what the Agriculture department wants. 'Irrefutable' Evidence Agriculture Director James Short said there is "irrefuta ble'' evidence that the public is being deceived by the bal loon loaves -one pound loaves baked in one and onc-half pound pans to make them fluf fier. A half doen large, whole sale bakeries arc making mon ey on "a one-third dilution of air." he said. Short said Ihe large bak eries are pilled against some 200 small retail bakeries that do not bake ballon loaves, witli the public, and the de partment, caught in the mid dle. The smaller bakeries want the balloon loaves banned. Itctail grocers arc happy wilh Ihe balloon loves. Short said, since Ihry can be ollered for less monev and thus arc more competitive Clearer Decision Sought Chain stores, short said, so far have avoided baking bal loon loaves pending a clearer decision on whether they will be legal. The Agriculture department I :i v t year issued a regulation banning the baking of balloon loaves in Oregon. Multnomah county circuit court threw the retfvlfdioa out on ffrooad),, it Oncmmltutional. " Property Tax Relief Bill Introduced in State Legislature Salem-IUril-A bill to relieve the properly tax by 10 per cent through offsets provided by slate income and excise laxes was introduced today by Rep. Richard Eymann (D Moliawk) chairman of the House Taxation Committee. Co-sponsor of the bill was Sen. Boyd Overhulsc (D- Mad ras) chairman of the Senate Tavation Committee. The bill also carried ihe signatures of 11 oilier representative, and senators. "This proposal will funnel a portion of income tax re ceipts back to the counly, school and city tax districts," Eymann said. "It is so drawn that local lax districts will not be en couraged to increase their lax levies because the six per cent limitation will still be against them. "If enacted, about one dol lar out of every ten spent by Eagle Point Man Gets Eye Treatment Richard Zinunerlcc, 47, Ea gle Point, is hospitalized In Mcdford for treatment of an eye injury, cause of which is being investigated by his at tending physician and bis at torney. Members of his family de scribed his condition Thurs day as "fair." Tuesday. Zimnierlec came lo Mcdford and purchased a brand of eye medicine which he had been using for years, according to reports. Return ing to his home, his wife put a drop of the medicine in his left eye. Severe pain resulted, she said, and Zimnierlec was brought lo Mcdford lo his fam ily doctor. The doelor referred him to an eye specialist and he was hospitalized. No further details of the incident will be related by the family until an analysis of the medicine has been completed. Fire Damages Shop on Crater Lake Highway Don's Plumbing and Coat ing company shop, 1002 Cra ter Lake highway, was dam aged by fire about 7 p.m. yes terday, Medford firemen said. The lire cxlended to walls and ceiling. Windows were damaged by heat, a panel truck was scorched and a quantity of tools was dam aged. The blaze apparently began around a large wood tournieg heating stove, fire M a porsve! the county, the schools and the cities will come from state income taxes instead of local properly taxes. Transfer Costs "It is in line with the move lo transfer more of the costs of local government to an ability-to-pay principle," Ey man said. The bill provides (hat Ihe slate will collect a supplement al income tax amounting to 20 per cent of each taxpay er's lax. This wil be distrib uted lo the counties on the basis of the county's assessed valuation. Each county's share would be split into three shares, he said, one for the county, one for all the cities in the coun ly, and one for all the school districts in the county. Each share would be calculated on each group's portion of the tax levies made. The money will apply as a direct olfscl on each proper ty tax levied, Eymann said, "and the amount of saving made by each taxpayer will be shown on his property tax hill." In the Senate, a bill lo ap propriate $128,000 lo higher education for research pro jects was Introduced at the request of the Agriculture Committee. The bill would provide $08,000 for fluoride air pollution studies, and $:I0, 000 for symphylid investiga tions. A scries of judiciary com mittee bills Included a pro posal lo Increase district court Judge sallies from $10, 500 to $13,500 a year. Program Said Designed for Stable Economy Proposals Seen as Taxpayer Savings Washington -ilPli- President Kennedy sent Congress today a consumer - flavored farm message proposing federal subsidies to spur cotton sales and to encourage voluntary production curbs on feed grains and milk. Kennedy said his program, including direct government payments to the cotton trade, cotton growers, and producers of milk and feed grains, would lead toward a stablo farm economy and lower con sumer prices. Could Trim Outlay An administration official estimated thai the proposals could trim S300 million lo $500 million off the taxpay ers' outlay for farm supports and 10 cents a pound off tho retail price ot butter. In a 4.200 word message, the President also called di rectly on wheat growers to accept a tight new control program for their 1064 crop in a referendum scheduled tor this spring. He said the alternative would be unlimited produc tion and "depression condi tions for the 1HB4 crop." Ito warned that it would not he "feasible" to get a substitute! wheat support plan through. I Congress if the referendum failed. The message received a mixed reaction in Congress. . Chairman Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) of the Senate Agricul ture Committee, and Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vl.) pick ed out the cotton and dairy programs as sore spots. Aiken also noted that Kennedy pro posed no specific wheat legis lation and said Congress might want lo do something about that. Otherwise, the read ion was that Congress could "go along generally" with the programs outlined by the President. Kennedy said that the past Iwo years have produced "substantial improvement in. farm income, a substantial de crease in government holdings of surplus agricultural prod ucts, and a substantial reduc tion in costs lo the taxpayer for carrying farm surpluses without increasing the con sumer's burden." 1 Ho said the rise in farm income had generated added business for rural industries and farm communities, ad ding at least 200,000 jobs to the national economy. Never theless, he added, farmer3 still can produce more than markets will lake and further progress is needed. In General Terms The proposals for new cot ton, feed grain, and dairy leg islation the feed grain plan to lake effect next year-wera laid out in general terms with Congress invited to fill in many of the key details. The request for voluntary control plans for milk and feed grains was a conciliatory retreat from past administra tion proposals for mandatory controls. Congress reiected Ihe mandatory plans afler a bitter partisan fight last year. (Continued on Page 2A) ARSON SQUAD CALLED Corvallis - HlPli - State arson squad experts were called in today to Investigate the burn ing of an Oregon Stale uni versity police guard station early this morning. Freezing Rain Hampers Oregon Portland - lliril - Freezing rain caused power outages, turned highways into sheets of ice and resulted in many scnool closures in the Willa mette Valley today. The weather man said, though, that warmer air was on the way. Pacific Power & Light Co. reported the Junction City area lost poles and power lilies. Corvalils had numerous outages and nearby Philo math had no power for sev eral hours this morning. Seaside and Warrcnton on the coast also had outages. Schools in Corvallis and most of Benton county closed. Salem schools also closed. Soviet Arms buildup in Cuba Declared Serious Washington -UTI'- Sen. Ken neth B. Keating (R N. Y.) said today that "new and exceed ingly serious evidence arrives dally" of a continuing Soviet military buildup in Cuba. "There is continuing, abso lutely confirmed and undeni able evidence thai the Soviets arc maintaining the medium range missile sites they had previously constructed In Cu ba." he told Ihe Senate. Keating, who has warned repeatedly of a Soviet build up, noted that President Ken- told his news conference last week that only one large arms-carrying vessel had ar rived In Cuba. But tho next day, Keating said, "a second large vessel arrived" and "under the high est security conditions, un loaded a cargo of armaments." Keating said he had no thought that the Soviets are planning to attack the United States through Cuba. But he said they are planning to "mount an increasing wave of sabotage, terrorism, politi cal subversion and agitation throughout Latin America." o
