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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963
No. 270
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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