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toil Mount Ec 05i Mia 'Problem to icans "if VIM ,r 1. 1 ATTENDS CLASSES Four Negro students attended classes at Southwest Texas State college today just 18 hours after the school ' was integrated on a U.S. District Court order. An unidentified student talks to three Water Resources Representatives Plan Trip to D.C. Two representatives of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources associa te will go to Washington, D.C, soon to seek supplement al appropriations for the basin project, the association direc tors decided at last night's Gold Hill meeting. Chairman Ben Hilton and Director Ben Day will go to Washington so a supplemental appropriation of $115,000 can be made by March. Total planning money re quired for all three dams will be $5 million, according to the U. S. Army Corps of En gineers report, Hilton said. The two men hope to start action toward acquiring more than the project planning funds predicted for the presi dent's budget for fiscal year 1964, starting July 1. To Meet In Portland Hilton and Day with Direc tor Bill Jess will meet in Port land Feb. 14 and 15 with Wil liam Berg, administrative as sistant for Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Ground work will be laid for the Washington trip. Hilton said a meeting on possible appropriation of fu ture Rogue basin water for domestic use will be held at 8 p.m. Friday in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. Representatives of various government agencies plan to attend. The meeting arises out of the earlier meeting in Med ford's West Side district to discuss the pure water short age in the Westwood subdi vision. The annual basin associa tion meeting will be held in the Josephine county court house in Grams Pass March 4 to elect seven board members. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy nd mild ihis evpninz. rain tniiieM and early tomorrow, partial rtear ins tomorrow afternoon. South erly wind in Ashland at times. 1 nw tonUht 40-45. fitch tomor row 50-55. Low tomorrow nii'nt 38-43. Temn. Hizhet Yr-.lrrt.Av 61 I.u'ACit Tfcii MnrrT .... 3 I Prec. to 10 a m. Today .25 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .. . 3:30 p.m. utt me tomorrow : i I a.m. The Moon, riding tilth tonight In the ronstellatlon. Gemtnt. iets tomorrow at ... (:07 a.m. PROMINLNT STAT Xfrluriti, rlei 10:32 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, low In weit 7:31 p.m. Mars, In the eaat .... 8:02 p.m. Venus, rlei 4:49 a.m. HEWS()BRIEFS ITIMi rOM 'fe nt AJtOUNO THI 91011 CABINET REVOLT EXPECTED IN CANADA Ottawi-in-An open cabinet revolt, ipurred by fear of general diction on tht U.S.-triggered nucltar defense is.ue, temtd corlain today to forct tht rtiignation of Prim Min iittr John Diefenbaker, 67. TWO IDAHO COMMUNITIES EVACUATED Lewiston. Idaho-! Pl-Th little communities of Spalding and Lapwai, about 11 miles eatt of Lewiilon, war evacuated during th night as the Clearwaler river rose to dangeroui heights. AIR FORCE TO BUY NAVY JET PLANES Wathington-tri-The Air Force today disclosed plans to buy 1.000 Nevy F4H Phantom jet fighter planes it i cost efmore then U S billion ever DjJ next fire years. Negro students between classes. The stu dents, from left, Dana Jeane Smith, Georgia Hoodie and Mabcleen Washington, were welcomed cordially at the college. (UPI) Mental Health Care Program Unveiled Before Conqress Washington (UPfl Radical new plans for cutting the na tion's mental hospital popula tion in half and preventing thousands of new mental re tardation cases were submit ted to Congress today by Pres ident Kennedy. The program, built around hundreds of new, comprehen sive community mental health centers, would be costly run ning into hundreds of millions of dollars when fully imple mented by the slates. But the President said in a special message, "We can procrasti nate no more." Over-all costs for beginning operations were included in the Chief Executive's $98.8 billion budget submitted last month for fiscal 1964. With his message today the admin istration proposed four pieces of new legislation which involve $31.3 million in new obligational authority from Congress at this session. Boardman Accord Declared Reached Washington (UPK Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield said Mon day he had reached a "defin ite understanding" with Army Engineers over access to the Columbia riverfront at the state's proposed Boardman space industrial park. "I believe we have a definite-understanding and that now it's jurt a matter of for malizing the details," he told UPI after a meeting with of ficials of the Corps of Engi neers. The Republican governor said his only reason for com ing to the nation's capital had been to discuss problems aris ing out of the stale's plans for the industrial site in Eastern Oregon. Man Killed by SP Trail Identified Springfield - flTD - A man killed by a Southern Pacific train here Saturday night was identified Monday as Gideon Leslie Carter. 62. of Spring field. The Lane county medical examiner's office said a white cane was found near the body, indicating Carter may have been blind or suffered some sight impairment. Kennedy pointed out that mental ailments now cost the taxpayers more than $2.4 bil lion yearly in direct public outlays for services about $1.8 billion for mental ill nesses and $600 million for mental retardation. On top of these public costs are even higher indirect public outlays in welfare costs and wasted human resources, he noted. Asks Prompt Action . The President asked prompt congressional action oiv a broad national mental health program involving new legis lation: -To authorize grants to the states beginning in fiscal 196S for establishment of compre hensive community mental health centers with the fed eral government providing from 45 to 75 per cent of the project costs and short-term grants for initial staffing costs. The federal government would provide up to 75 per cent of costs in early months and phase out such support in about four years. -To set up a five-year pro gram, starting with S5 mil lion in the next fiscal year, for project grants to stimu late slate and local health de partments in planning, initiat ing and developing compre hensive maternity and health care service programs. This was the heart of his plan to prevent menial retardation. To Promote Planning -To establish project grants to states to promote public planning for comprehensive state and community action on retardation, plus provision of federal funds for up to 75 per cent of the construction costs of mental retardation re search centers. -To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to provide additional federal financial assistance for services to the mentally retarded and others whose vocational rehabilita tion potential is difficult to determine. The President wants legislation to permit rehabilitation services to a mentally retarded person for up to 18 montlis. Powder River Ice Jams Remain Threat By United Press International Ice jams in the Powder river below Baker continued a threat to ranches today as Oregon's switch from winici to springlike temperatures continued. Sheriff Dclmar Dixon of Baker county said it was hoped water could be diverted into areas where d mage would not be serious. A long ice jam below Baker thrcat- ' ened to fiood a number of ranches. Two ranch houses were reported surrounded by i water Monday. The town of Heppner in Morrow county I got a flash flood about 6 p.m. Monday but the sheriff's of fice said no serious damage resulted. It was cats"', by thunderstorms in the hills and residents were alerted in advance. One street had about six inches of water. The - I tor receded after about sn ' hoiejr and a half. Regional Edition Medford 14 Pages Automatic Vote Counting Expected Soon for Oregon Salem-WPIi-Automatic vote counting may become a real ity within the next two or three years, Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. told the House Elections and Reap portionment Committee Mon day. Appling termed present methods of recording and tab ulating votes as "archaic, out moded and horse and buggy." "In 139 B.C. the first writ ten ballot was used in Rome," Appling explained, "and bal loting today is essentially the same." Rely on News Media He cited a recent Oregon election which required 467,- 000 man-hours to count bal lots, and said the cost was $467,000. "We now rely on the news gathering media to count the votes and take the pressure off of us. "This is done at a great ex pense to them. "If left to official agencies a month would pass before we got the word, he said. Appling questioned the eco nomic feasibility of standard voting machines which cost from $1,500 to $1,800 per unit. He favors continued use of a paper ballot so it would not be necessary to train voters in new procedures. He explained that elec tronic firms such as Interna tional Business Machines, New Wind Tee Now In Service Here A newly installed wind tee part of a federally assisted improvement project at the Medford municipal airport, was placed in service yester day, according to Gilbert J. Gutjahr, airport manager. The tee, which was manu factured by a New York firm, was installed by Trowbridge and Flynn Electric company. Total cost of the project was $15,365. Gutjahr said the fed eral government paid 56 per cent of the costs, and the city paid 44 per cent. The new tee replaces the tetrahedron at the airport. Gutjahr said the tetrahedron is considered an obsolete navi gational aid now, and attempts will be made to sell it to some smaller airport. Work on the other improve ment project at the airport for which federal funds have been allocated - the extension of the apron and taxi-way - is expected to be completed by early summer, the airport manager said. Minear's Right To Office Questioned Salcin -CJPE- A state senator today questioned the right of Leon Minear to hold office as Oregon superintendent of public instruction. Sen. Edward Fadeley (D Eugene) asked for an attorney general's opinion. He said Minear may be hnldi-ig oflice unconstitution ally. Minear became superintend ent of public instruction three- years ago when the governor named him to fill a vacancy. Under procedure up to that time he would have to run for election in 1962. The 1961 legislature, how ever, passed a law providing for "election" of the superin tendent by the State Board of Education, instead of the peo ple. The constitution says the legislature may "provide by law for the election" of a su perintendent. i "If this statute is uncon j slitutional." Fadeley added, I "is the governor the supcrin- tendent of public instruction. ui is uie pusiuun vacant: Celiometer Damaged By Mofor Vehicle An instrument designed to measure cloud height at the Medford municipal airport was damaged by an unknown vehicle sometime lat week, according to city police. The instrument, a celiomet er. is the property of the U S. Department of Commerce. Damage was estimated at be tween $50 and $75. the report itcd. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1963 Remington Rand, and the Na tional Cash Register Company were now working to develop optical scanning devices. These could scan pencil marked ballots, and transfer information to punch-cards which could be fed through data processing machines now used by government agencies and private business. "I feel confident the final answer will be available in the next two or three years," he said. He said Oregon's interest in such development had sparked interest among elec trical concerns. Oregon Tax Law Revision Urged For Top Priority Salem - fUPIl - Top priority should be given to simplify ing Oregon's tax laws and re moving discrimination against the single taxpayer, former Tax Commissioner Dean Ellis said Monday. Ellis was lead-off witness as the House Tax committee opened a general survey of tax plans before it. Rep, Rich- ard Eymann (D Marcola). chairman of the committee, said it is seeking $65.5 mil lion in new revenues. Ellis said Oregon's present personal income tax laws con tain a "40 per cent penalty" against the single taxpayer because of split income pro visions for married couples. Punchboard Return He said Oregon's income tax laws also need to be "simplified, streamlined" to go with the simplified punch card return that Oregon pio neered in 1959. Ellis said unless the income tax law is simplified, the stale may have to cither return to the long form, or begin the 'scare method" of prosecuting persons who use the short form to abuse complex laws. Praising a proposed "net re ceipts tax," Ellis said it would both simplify the income tax laws and help remove inequi ties. ECM Nations Urged To Oppose Power Strasbourg, France - (UPD -European Common Market President Waller Hallstein, in a slap at France, urged mem ber nations today to oppose "the appearance of a one power" dominance of the European community. Without mentioning France by name, the German head of the six-nation markets high commission blasted President Charles de Gaulle's regime for the way it vetoed Britain's bid to join the market. Hallstein spoke at the open ing of political debate in the Common Market Assembly, composed of members of par liaments from France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxcm bourg. The session was expected to bring attacks on France's blackballing of Britain's entry bid from all member groups I even opposition factions wiili- in tne Frencn parliamentary delegation. McGrew Brothers Takes Over Mill Ashland - McGrew Bros. ; Sawmill, Ine , of Medford has taken over ownership ot the Mistletoe Planing Mill in Ash land, effective Feb. 1. The first plans to vacate its 1125 Barnctt rd. location and move to Ashland later this year. It is still negotiat ing with the city of Ashland adjacent to the Mistletoe mill, where it plans to erect a new mill The Mistletoe mill has been in continuous operation since 1046. when it was built by Arthur Peters, currently an Ashland city councilman and civic leader. Peters started with a plan ing mill, then added dry kilns and a saw mill. Under his ownership, the mill employed between 2 and 50 men, de pending on the season. i . .- aft , V . f "Hki ' TANK TRUCKS COLLIDE Truck driver Ervin Meadows, 41, Fayette, Ala., was crit ically burned when his gasoline tank truck collided with another truck on a bridge near Birmingham, Ala. Officials said the brakes on Meadows truck apparently failed on a long down-grade approaching the bridge. The truck, loaded with 5,500 gallons of gaso Initial Autopsy Indicates Natural Death, DA Says A preliminary autopsy com pleted about noon today on the body of an Ashland wom an found Sunday near the Siskiyou sum mil indicates nothing other than natural death, according to District Attorney Alan Holmes. A more detailed examina tion will be made, he said. Holmes said a man wlio ap parently was with Mrs. La Nclda Nan Marlow, 31, of 108 North Second si., Ashland, Saturday evening at the sum mit has voluntarily turned himself in to the Jackson county sheriffs office, He has not been chai'ijud with a crime so his name was not revealed by the district attorney's office. The district attorney's of fice is reviewing a tape re cording of the man's interro gation this noon. Mrs Mariow's body was found In a ditch near the CnlnclinA rrf Sunday after noon by a Phoenix man and his son. About three hours later Mrs Mariow's husband reported the woman missing to the state police. The loca tion of the body revealed no signs of violence. I 1 "" I GoSOIine Price War Erupts in Eugene Eugene-iUhi-A price war in the Eugcnc-Spnngiicld area dropped prices for regular gasoline to from 24 ft to 25.9 cents per gallon Monday Tiie prevaling price was 33 9 cents before the price slashing started last week. Terrorists Kill Five Persons in Africa Engeohu, South Afric a-l Tr Terrorists hacked to death five white persons today as they lay sleeping In their house trailers on a lonely road near Er.gcobo. The victims In cluded four members of one family, including two young girlij Tribune W II M V II 1 II Mi ivJ i it Ms Campaign to Oppose Consolidation Set At Phoenix Meeting Phoenix Approximately 35 residents of the Phbcnlx Talent school district last night mapped a campaign op posing consolidation with Medford school district 549C. At a special school board meeting, Board Member Mel vin Lattie said the recent re monstrance petitions filed with the county school office bv those favoring consolida tion were the "first petitions (presented by the opposition) during all the years of harass ment which contained the re quired number of legal signa tures." Lattie and other hoard members urged all those op- Shorter Week for n ram on Drnnnran iviiiwii riupwjwu Salrm -OTH- A bill to re. diiee the Work Week of lire fighters from 72 to Sfl hours was introduced In the House today by Rep. Eugene Huletl (DEugenc). The bill also calls fur 48 consecutive hours off duty i time in each seven-day period. The new hours would ap ply to all fire departments em- ploying more than four fire ! men i Rep. John Mosscr's bill to increase basic school support from $120 to $175 per census I child was formally Introduced. The Portland Republican's Bill is one ot several major school measures introduced so far this session. The bill also redefines the census group to Include children 5 to 17 years of age. In the Senate, Dun Willner (D-Lake Oswego) submitted a measure to establish an in terim committee of four sen ators and five representatives to study problems of automa tion. The bill asks $25,000 to "jr ance the study. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 274 line, plowed into the rear of another ve hicle carrying 3,000 gallons of insecticide Both vehicles were destroyed in the result ing fire and explosion. This photo was pro cessed perfunctorily by a photographer who didn't think he had anything unusual on his film. (UPI) posing the proposed consolida tion to write their legislative delegation suggesting the law be amended and setting a time limit so campaigns for school district consolidation cannot several be continued over years. Criticise Statements School board members crit icized recently published statements on the proposed consolidation which they said appeared critical to the Phoenix-Talent district. The audience formed com mittees for telephone cam paigns and to provide trans portation to the voting places at Phoenix and Talent grade schools. Election time is 2 to 8 p.m., Monday. Mimeographed Information sheets piesenling the views of School District 4 officials on the proposed consolidation will be distributed through out the Phoenix-Talent dis trict aecordina to the school board. Mrs. Sam James, Tal ent, is chairman of the anti rnnsolidatlon campaign. The board also reviewed several reasons why it op posed consolidation with dis trict 549C. Branchfield Against Balloon Loaves SalcmJUPl-Bread and milk were in for tighter controls today in three bills being readied for introduction in the Oregon legislature. Rep. Edward Branchfield (n-Mcdford) said he is spon soring a bill to give the State Agriculture department the power to end the sale of bal loon bread in Oregon. The bill was requested by the Oregon Retail Bakers as sociation whiLh is pitted against halts dozen large bakeries that are producing thefluffy loaves. White House Says Situation Still Unchanged Bipartisanship Urged in Affairs Washington fUPD House) Republicans today stepped up their attack on President Kennedy's handling of the) Cuba problem. They demand ed, among other things, that action be taken to rescue Americans still held in Castro jails. Democrats fired back that the GOP complaints smelled of politics. They urged a bi partisan approach to foreign affairs and said Kennedy's Cuba policies have wide popu lar support. The While House maintain ed meantime that the situation in Cuba has not changed since Jan. 24. Kennedy told a news conference then that there) had not been any military buildup on the island "in the sense of the equipment com ing from outside Cuba." Rep. William E. Minshall (R-Ohio) jumped into the half hour fray on the House floor with a demand for a "full scale House-Senate investiga tion" of the ill-fated Bay ot Pigs invasion and of the whole U.S. intelligence pic tures. Pesthole of Communism ' "Are we going to resign ourselves forever to the pres ence of a pesthole of Soviet propaganda, subversion and infiltration just 90 miles from our shore?" Minshall demand ed. Rep. William C. Cramer (R Fla.) said Americans were concerned "At the inability ot the administration to come forward with an over-all olan of action to rid the hemisphere oi v;asiroism." Rep. J. Arthur Younaer (R- Calif.) said he Wrote the State Department Jan. 18 asking; what was to be done about 23 U.S. citizens who he said still languish In Cuban jails, but that as of today he had re ceived no reply. "It does, seem stranse thai millions ot dollars in tax-free money can be raised In a few hours to ransom Cuban pris oners but that nothing can be done to rescue our own Amer ican citizens,'' Younfer as serted. Rep. Hale Bonus OXLa 1 the House Democratic whin. said the country is more pros perous than ever and that its problems abroad reflect the fact that "we don't live in a world that has easy answers." Kep. Herbert C. Bonner (D-N.C.) chided the ReDubli- cans for partisanship, urslnar them to temper their langu age when discussing foreign affairs. Rep. Ross Bass (D-Tenn.l praised, Kennedy for his 'guts" in forcing withdrawal of Russian missiles and bomb ers from Cuba. He said the President had succeded In re storing the United States to recognized position as lead er of the Free World. The developments coincid ed with a report that Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara had angrily denounced statements by congressmen who have questioned Penta gon figures on Soviet forces in Cuba. r Telephone Sales License Proposed Salem-tUPD-A bill requiring a siuu license lor telephone sales solicitation was an nounced today by Rep. Rich ard Eymann (D-Marcola). The bill requires that every individual who solicits the purchase of any item or serv ice from another individual by telephone would have to obtain a license from the coun ty clerk. "Telephone solicitation has become a problem in recent years." fcymann said. "House wives tell me It Is difficult to get their work done because of the constantly ringing tele phone with offers of 'prizes' and other gimmicks to make a sale," he said. Backs Biil Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Inde- , pendente) said two milk con trol bills will be introduced. One, sought by the Ore gon Dairymen's association, will e turned In by Rogers. It would provide for price control through distributor pools, with a referendum pro cedure on market pools. Rogers said the second bill is being drafted by another group of dairymen who are trying to get more support from milk distributors. The distributers have said they oppose milk price control legislation.
