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Oiiban lui du Sen alls Said jMotwmeimg P Regional Edition MEDFORD 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 36 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963 No. 276 uropean Pressure on Oe Oaulle To Reverse Mo Said Increasing B3s Jr. '. E i III I -"fsSSfr I ill vr.i it II " fe't I Complaints Filed To Seek Recovery 01 Poker Losses . Use of Marked Cards Charged Three complaints seeking recovery of $6,140 lost in poker games in Medford in which plaintiffs charge mark ed cards were used have been filed in Jackson county cir cuit court. Plaintiffs are David M. Chandler, Trail; Louis C. Burns, McLaughlin rd., Med ford, and Earl Pidcock, 744 West Mc Andrews rd. Defend ants are Virgil Stickley, 509 Beatty St.; L. W. Howell, Eagle Point, and Crater Lake aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 217 West Main st., the location of the alleged poker games. According to the com plaints, Chandler, Burns and Pidcock, at different times, were engaged in and played poker for money with Stick ley and Howell. ITeey charge Stickley and Howell, in collu sion with one another by us ing a marked deck of cards, cheated them of their money. It is further charged that the officers and employees of the lodge were aware of the games being played and were played with their consent, and that the aerie collected from the gambling games a fee as proprietor. Chandler states losses of $2,075 in 21 games from Jan. 26 through Nov. 28, 1962; Burns, losses of $1,025 in nine games from Aug. 3 through Dec. 7, 1962; and Pidcock, losses of $3,040 in 24 games from Dec. 21, 1961 through Nov. 23, 1962. Each seeks re covery of twice the amount lost, as provided under Ore gon state statute, plus costs. ft ti tirittq STRIKE THREAT DISCUSSED - Chairman of the Federal Mediation Board, Frank O'Neill, right, is shown with Ken Schomp, manager of personnel for the Southern Pa cific railroad, as they discussed the long threatened strike of clerks against the rail road in San Francisco. (UPI) Strike by Southern Pacific Clerks Declared imminent Dunes Proposal Near Realization Washington -IUPD- A pro posal to establish an Oregon dunes national seashore ap peared closer to realization today than ever before. Oregon members of Con gress said undivided adminis tration support for plans to set up the second national seashore on the Pacific Coast was virtually assured. A far reaching agreement between the Agriculture and Interior Departments on recreational development was viewed as sharply increasing chances for congressional approval. Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger (D-Ore.) expressed satisfaction that the two departments, long at odds over develop' ment of recreation areas, had gotten together on plans for management of the Oregon Dunes area .Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D Ore.), in whose district the park would be established. termed the inter-departmcnta! San Francisco-(UPI) -A fed eral conciliator struggled to day to head off the first major strike against the Southern Pacific railroad in 16 years, but a railway clerks spokes man said the union may walk out before midnight tonight. Frank O'Neill, chairman of the Federal Mediation Board, held separate meetings with the company and the union this morning in efforts to settle a dispute over jobs eliminated by automation. He met with the company t 9:30 a.m. and the union at 11 a.m. "We may walk out before midnight tonight." a spokes man for the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks said, declar ing that a new company offer was unacceptable. But he said arrangements had been made with other rail way brotherhoods to make sure that San Francisco Bay Area commuters are able to get home in the event that a strike is called before this evening's rush hour. Ibe 11,000 member union, which claims the support of 39.000 other SP employees, could tie up the railroad's op erations in seven western states, extending from Oregon to Texas. O'Neill gained a few hours of time in meetings with both sides Wednesday. The union earlier had threatened to go out anytme after midnight to day, tut there were indica tions that time was all he gained. James Weaver, the union's SP chairman, said the com- loss of jobs through automa tion, but that the offer was "absolutely not what we want." The union has demanded a retraining program with the company for workers dis placed by machines and new procedures. The railroad maintains it "cannot agree Adenauer Claims Promise Made To Renew Discussion France Rebuffs Soviet Premier London - IUPII - Western Eu rope put increasing pressure on France today to force Presi dent Charles de Gaulle to reverse his veto of Britain's bid for membership in the Eu ropean Common Market. In Bonn, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said he told De Gaulle last October that he favored Brit ish entry. And he repeated today that "I am for British membership in the Common Market above all else Discussion Promised Adenauer added that De Gaulle had promised to re new discussion of Britain's Common Market membership as soon as the pending France- German friendship treaty is ratified. In other developments: Delegates attending the six-nation European Parlia mentary Assembly in Stras bourg criticized De Gaulle and by implication supported strong European ties with the United States - despite the French president's bid to form a European "third force" bloc led by France. Legislature Could Tap Vets' Bond Sinking Fund Thornton Submits Transfer Opinion Salem - (UPD - If the legis lature finds a "legal surplus in the veterans' bond sinking fund, it can transfer the sur plus to the general fund to help pay for slate services. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn ton said today. The opinion offered a pos sible way of dealing with the shortage of general fund money that has threatened a severe cutback in state serv ices for the remainder of the current biennium between now and July. The grounds for Thornton's finding were different from those suggested earlier by Gov. Mark Hatfield - but they may make more money avail able. Money Appropriated The legislature started out the veterans' lending agency by appropriating tax money in 1945. It took some of that back in 1953. Hatfield pro posed taking the remaining $5.5 million back as "tax moneys" this winter. Thornton declared "the present reserve . . . does not involve any tax moneys." He noted, however, ac counts of the agency show it has earned a profit of $10 million ". . representing earnings over and above ex penses." This is the same find ing made in a report by Leg islative Fiscal Officer Ken neth Bragg, who suggested the legislature tap the profit for general fund money. . Up To Legislature Thornton said it is up to the legislature to decide In Paris, De Gaulle's gov. 1 whether the $10 million repre- ernment dispelled last week s 1 sents a "legal surplus. ,fT ' PARKED DOG Skipper, above, who is shown above as he waits with patience and aplomb outside a Medford restaurant must think by now that parking meters are Just fancy hitch ing posts. His owner Lewis Parker occasionally takes him for walks uptown, and since dogs are not allowed in stores Skipper Just sits outside and watches the people go by. He has made more friends this way. and seems to enjoy the irienaiy comments nc gets trom. passersby. Parker never keeps him waiting very long, Kennedy Delivers Health Blueprint to the retention or creation of unnecessary positions which would stifle technological ad vances. The lengthy dispute has brought two previous strike threats by the union in the past year, but they ,ere post poned by federal mediation efforts. Welfare Screening Of Nursing Home Patients Urged Salem -iliPD-State Welfare Administrator Andrew F. Jur- as called Wednesday for care ful screening of welfare nurs ing home patients in order to assure fair treatment while staying within the welfare budget. He also urged local adminis trators to work with doctors agreement "a very 5ignificant ' papy offered a .revised pro- step forward." I posal to end the dispute over ITiMS FROM BKItrS AROUND THI OlOtl SENATE ENDS ANTIFILIBUSTER FIGHT Washington-1T1-Tl:e Senate today laid to rest the 1963: anlifilibusler rule fight which has blocked other husir.o-t for, three and half weeks. It made its key decision to end the rule change struggle on a 54-42 vote by which it refused to apply its controversial Qiq rule to halt debate. Then, in a twill leadership move.i the Senate voted to edjourn until Monday. Diefenbaker Seeks To Avoid Revolt Ottawa - (UPI) - Prime Min ister John Diefenbaker has promised to play down anti- Americanism in the coining election campaign to avoid a cabinet revolt against his leadership, authoritative sources said today. out uieienoaKcr, wno ais- solved Canada's 25th Parlia I ment and set April 8 as the I date for the election, indi cated Wednesday night the dispute with the United States over nuclear weapons policy would be a campaign issue. "Our policy is to ensure a strong Canada, economically and politically, whose free dom will be ensured without a loss of sovereignty or domina tion by any other country." tne Conservative party leader said. We want a Canada which. while interdependent, will al ways be independent, ne said. "Our policy will always be made in Canada." to prevent welfare recipients from making "more trips to the doctor's office than may be necessary." Juras spoke at the opening of a two-day meeting with county administrators from throughout the slate. He commended the county departments for prompt proc essing of medical care for the aged cases, good casework, ef ficient handling of foods, and good cooperation with local governments on work relief. Juras stressed rehabilitation in his talk. He emphasized preventive services to get families back to self-support as quickly as poible. Juras said "case classifica tion," which began as a pilot program in Jackson and Mult nomah counties, shows prom ise. It involves a system of determining problems in in dividual family cases in an attempt to lead to quicker re hRbilitation. Juras said the program will be extended to other counties in the near future if the legis lature approves the agency's budget requests. rumors that he was working for a Paris-Moscow axis. France delivered a stinging rebuff to Soviet Premier Nik- ita Khrushchev by banning a filmed interview with him on the state-operated French tele- Vision network. In London, Britain's Prin cess Margaret canceled her scheduled March visit to France in the wake of De Gaulle's veto of Britain's bid for Common Market mem bership. Important Meeting British Foreign Secretary Lord Home journeyed to Brus sels for an important policy meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak. Both Home and Adenauer have tabbed United States armed might as the key to Europe's security against com munism. And the move by the Strasbourg delegates in criticizing France indicated a tightening of lines ngainrt Paris and behind Washington in the current power struggle over the Common Market. He said this would be "over and above the amount neces sary to amortize the bonds sold by the veterans agency to provide money to lend. Thornton noted "although there is $251 million of out standing bonded indebtedness. there are no bonds due or callable at this time." Sen. Ward Cook (D-Porl- Iand), co-chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said the committee will make a recommendation on the mat ter after holding a special hearing, probably next week. NLMA EXPECTS TO LOSE TARIFF CASE . . , , . r ni T-l IT - 1 1 1 T ..Uj Mintilartllfarc X ft. socianon expvci - -7 " ; down ianaaa 1 more men miiun annual - - United States, it wet learned Wednesdey. Gasoline Price Wars Target of House Bill GAITSKELL SUCCESSOR NOT YET PICKED London-tPI'-The opposition Labor party ieiled lonighl io reach agreement on 1 man to replace the lete Hugh Geittkell at party leader and possible future prime minister. ciirirnnwH SEEN NO BOTHER TO CUBA Withington-lTl-The Kennedy adminittralion't new creek- have to be uniform in size, down on thipping to Cuba it expected to neve relatively Dealers still could jell gasc liltle tiled on the Cuben economy. officieU taid today. i line at cut-rate prices. -jLPIi- A bill to cut on gasoline price wars by regulating advertising is scheduled for introduction in the House The bill would prohibit signs larger than 12 by 12 inches, and these would have to be displayed on the pumps. Numerals and letti'rs would Man Held Pending Altercation Probe Louis Albert Wright, 50, of 338 North Front St., was treated for a cut on his check at Rogue Valley hospital Wed nesday afternoon. Wright told city police offi cers he had been cut by Eddie Mack Patton, 62. also of 338 North Front st., during an al tercation between the two men earlier in the afternoon. Officers lodged Patton in city Jail on a drunk in public charge, pending further inves tigation of the incident. Old Water Main Being Replaced A crew from the Medford water department set out Monday to replace a defective valve on a pipe in the library park, and ended up having to replace more than 100 feet of walcr main they di I not know existed. When crewj Him down be low the valve, they discovered it was connected to an old 6-inch steel pipe, which was apparently installed in IHBH as part of the city's initial waler system. There are no records of the old system, but City Water Superintendent Rohert L. Lee said today that according to his information the pioneer system was removed in the arly 1900 s. All of it, that is, except the 100 fee1, which the crews in- ariverlantly found Monday. No one had known it was there. TO CONTINUE MILD Portland -H'PIi- Oregon con tinued to enjoy springlike temperatures today and the weather man said mild day time readings were expected through Friday. WEATHER ponrr tt vnnhi riomji- j nr, and mttfi thrnuch Friday ! nlchl. Sotiihfrly wind, In mmf tn. Chance of a lit t If rain tnnlfht anl fn patrhft, m diy mornlnt Low tnnlht 34 40. HKh Friday fiS-10. Temp. Htchrt ptrr6Y 7 t o rit Trili Morning 34 Free, to lo a.m. Today 03 Our Skies Tonight Kiintrt tArtay ... . 5:31 p.m. ftunrut tomorrow . 7:11 m MoonrWr todav 4:ift p.m. Full Moon tomorrow 4 i2 a m. Th rtlanri. Mar-.. tn nar iht Moon tnnlht. i now moving tntn ht conilrllnton. Cancer, a group of rnmpara 1tv1y dim 'ar loraud be twttn Leo ipd Oemlni. Boost in National Debt Limit Seen Washington - IUPII - Treas ury Secretary Douglas Dillon told Congress today the legal limit on the national debt will have to be boosted to about $320 billion this summer be cause of the deficit spending and tax cuts budgeted by President Kennedy. There now is a temporary ceiling of $308 billion. In using the $320 billion figure, Dillon said the ceiling the President eventually will ask may give nr take $5 billion. Dillon also told the House Ways and Means Committee that it was "a fair assump tion" that the next budget which Kennedy will submit tn Congress next January will call for spending more than $100 billion. tne rresiaenl iusl tnuiilii sent Congress a budget of J98 8 billion for the fiscal year starting next July 1. This budget, which envision ed red-ink spending of about $12 billion, is the largest ever proposed in peacetime or war. Local Man Revived Following Mishap Benjamin Cecil Sattcrficld. 1813 Prune it., Medford, was revcived by personnel of the Central Point city fire depart ment rescue unit this morning after being pinned under wa ler for five minutes at Linin gcr's Sand and Gravel on Hamrlck rd. State police said that they were told that a self-propelled tcraper being operated by Sat tcrficld tipped over in a small pond of water pinning him. About five minutes went by before rescuers could get a bulldozer and get the equip ment off him. A doctor was called and Satterfield was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by ambulance. The miihap occurred about 11:20 a.m. Washington -ttlPlw President Kennedy sent to Congress to day the administration blue print for improving the na tion's health and boosting Us medical facilities and man power. In a special message on Improving American health Kennedy said Social Security health insurance for older people "must be enacted this year." He said such a meas ure was "long overdue" and should be - the "top of the congressional agenda on health." Message on Aging Due But he reserved the details of the controversial medicare program for his special mes sage on aging expected to go to Congress late next week. Administration officials de clined to give the total cost of today's proposals, r ostly familiar items. Officials said the financial recommenda tions were Included In the 1964 budget. ' Among the requests Ken nedy renewed were grants for medical and dental schools, air pollution control, health research, vocational re habilitation, encourage ment of group practice, improving Congressional Critics Fail To Accept Evidence Symington Sees Further Problems Washington (UPD The Ken nedy administration today pursued its all-out attempt to prove that Soviet forces in Cuba pose no military threat to the United States. But con gressional critics temained unconvinced. President Kennedy was ex pected . to elaborate at his afternoon news conference on the case the Defense Depart ment laid out Wednesday in an unprecedented intelligence briefing on live television. But Sen. John Stennis (D- Miss.), chairman of the Senate preparedness sub committee. wound up two days of ques tioning of Central Intelligence Agency Chief John A. Mc Cone by asserting he found no evidence of lessening military threat" from Soviet forces in Cuba. He said thera has been "no evidence of any general withdrawal." Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri, a Democratic mili tary expert, agreed with Stennis. Symington said that if the Soviet forces remain it can only result in further Communist problems in this hemisphere." Admirably Presentod Some members of Congress agreed that the administra tion's case was admirably pre sented In the television "spec tacular." Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R Mass.) said "public reaction will undoubtedly be one of greater confidence" and Sen. Thomas Kuchel (R-Calif.) said he felt Defense Secretary Rob ert S. McNamara was "quite convincing." But the preponderance of available Republican reaction was critical. Senator GOP Leader Everett M. Dlrksen ulH. for pvnmnlp that the re- port actually, demonstrated I "as nothing else could" that (Cuba still is a Soviet base maternal and child care and! s health and community health I services. Askt Tighter Controlt The President also said) there was a "clear and urgent I neea- lor tignter control over A.hln -Th. Ahlanrf 'M . ; th Awards Banquet m ml Ashland Tonight Hearing on Zoning Changes Scheduled Grants Pass-A public hear ing on four proposed zoning map changes will be held at the next meeting of the Grants Pars city council Feb. 20, the council voted last night. The planning commission has approved the changes which include the off-street parking requirements, which wpre deleted when th zoning ordinance was adopted in Au gust. The committee, which was later appointed to make a study of the parking situa tion, brought in its report and the council is now rea.'y to conduct another hearing. The ordinance is essentially the same as proposed, it was noted, with the exception of minor changes in the parking requirements for the down town coro area. The council last night call ed for bids on $400,000 of sewage bonds. The bids will be opened March 6. A prelect, designed lo bring the stop signs in the city up to date by adding and deleting some, was approved by the council. the marketing of food, drugs, therapeutic devices and cos metics. Kennedy urged a five-year extension of the Hill-Burton Act providing federal aid for construction of health facili ties, due to expire June 30, 1084. He asked an additional $35 million to provide finan cial assistance for moderniz ing or replacing hospitals and nursing homes under the law. He said the need for "high quality" nursing homes would be "especially great" and urged an increase in the budget for such facilities from $20 million lo $50 million an nually. Aid for Studenli Kennedy proposed federal aid to expand nurses' training facilities and to assist stu dents unable to afford nurses' courses. He also requested planning grants to assist public, non profit and state agencies to survey and plan needed health facilities in their communities. The President laid particu lar stress on scientific "over whelming evidence linking air pollution to the aggrava tion of heart condition, and to increases In susceptibility to chronic respiratory dis eases, particularly among old er people." 1 Chamber of Commerce's an nual awards banquet will start at 7 o'clock tonight at the Mark Antony hotel. Awards will be presented in the senior citizen, junior citizen and man of the year categories. Certificates and merit awards will be present ed to solicitors for the Ash-land-Talent United Fund. Sponsoring the event along with - the chamber are the local Kiwanis club and junior chamber of commerce. Glenn L. Jackson, Medford, chairman of the state highway commission, will be the prin cipal speaker. Sid Alnsworth will act as master of ceremonies. Enter tainment will be provided by the Populaires, 'Spec' Keene Has Vg&culgr Surgery Houston -IUPII- Roy S. (Spec) Keeno, athletic director at Or egon State University, was doing "very well" after vascu lar surgery today, a spokes man at Methodist Hospital reported. Australia Orders Russian To Leave Canberra, Australia - IUPD -Australia denounced a Soviet diplomat today as head of a vast new spy ring and gave him seven days to get out of the country. The accused spy was identi fied as Ivan F. Skripov, first secretary of the Soviet Em bassy in Canberra and the first Russian diplomat sent to Australia when diplomatic re lations were restored In 1059. External Affairs Minister Sir Garfield Earwick ioid a news conference that the latest espionage ring had been uncovered largely through the clock-and-dugger efforts of a woman counterspy working in an investigation lasting al most two years. Newbry Unimpressed By Civil Defense Effort GRANT APPROVED Washington -OTii- The De partment of Health, Education and Welfare has -iproved a federal grant of .,29,734 to help build a 22-bed nursing home and convalescent wing addition to Western Lane Hospital at Florence, Ore., Sen. Wayne Morse said to day. Total cost is $01,102. Saium -'UPD- Oregon's civil defense procram took another battering today. The criticism came from five ways and mean subcom mittee legislators as Warnc Nunn, aide lo Gov. Mark Hat field, testified. The committee is consider ing a proposed $193,000 budg et for civil defense. I am unimpressed by the accomplishment of civil de fense tip to this point, said Sen. Lynn Newbry tR-Ash-land) "If you have shelter spaces for 50 per cent of the popula tion," he asked, "what are you going to do with the other half, stand there with a sub machine gun and keep them out?" Rep. Sidney Leiken (D-Rose- burg) said the sgency was in effective during the Oct. 12 storm, lie questioned "contin uing an organization that after 12 years hasn't been able to do anything." Newbry said the civil de fense agency could be abol ished and its communications functions shared by other agencies. Nunn defended the agency. He said it was primarily a communications and coordina tion agency which has "done a gnod Job educating the pub lic." He said even It the agency were abolished, a coordinator would be needed to take on some of Its work.
