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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.
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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
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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.