Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 12, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCapital Rti IIiti1il Dnc. Inl 1 By United Press International Secretaries, school teachers and stenographers today flung the gauntlet at Pierre Saling er and said they could outwalk the. pudgy presidentail news secretary. A dozen congressional sec retaries snickered at Saling er's scheduled hike along the towpath of the old Cheasa peake & Ohio Canal Friday to demonstrate the physical fit ness of the White House staff. The secretaries said they would hike from dawn to dusk Wednesday along the 5 WW ur Ym LEE vfJrss jIETI , ; . I 'OT .. . , A PERFECT SPOT The busy intersection of Avalon blvd. and 213th st. in Long Beach, Calif., was a perfect spot for canoeists after heavy rain struck the Los Angeles area. Proposal to Join Two Districts Is Rejected 3 to 1 . A proposal to consolidate the Medford and Phoenix-Talent school districts was re jected by more than 3 to 1 yesterday, according to unof ficial returns. Final vote was 3,257 no votes to 934 yes. Only one Medford school district polling place voted in favor of the consolidation. Hoover elementary school, in the heart of the Barnett rd. area which spearheaded the consolidation movement, had 168 yes and 114 no votes.- Phoenix and Talent voters defeated the proposal de cisively with overall total 1,530 no to 275 yes votes. The Phoenix-Talent area re corded an unusually heavy vote with more than 1,300 voting at the usual "off hour" of 4 p.m. yesterday. Phoenix recorded 939 no votes to 263 yes votes. Talent had 591 no votes to 12 yes voles. Vote by Schools Polling places and the vote: Griffin Creek 32 for, 90 against; Jacksonville 17 for, 65- against; Hoover 168 for, 114 against; Howard 19 for, 77 against; Jackson 28 for, 196 against; Jefferson 58 for, 207 against; Lincoln 14 for, 46 against; Lone Pine 31 for, 75 against; Oak Grove 40 for, 127 against; Roosevelt 103 for, 218 against; Ruch 13 for, 47 against; Washington 57 for, 291 against; West Side 25 for. 54 againrt; Wilson 54 for, 120 against; Talent 12 for, 591 against; Phoenix 263 for, 939 against. West Side and Howard schools were the first ones reporting their vote to the county school office and set the trend. School officials noted a large number of elderly citi zens voted. This may mean they were concerned that con solidation would have raised their taxes, school officials noted and it may also mean some opposition to school budgets this sprng. Bulletin Miami -ITU- Federal Avi ation authorities requested a search today for a Boeing 720 jet airliner with 40 per sons aboard reported miss ing on a non-stop flight from Miami to Chicago. The plane was Northwest Air lines' flight 705, the Federal Aviation Agency said. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE RESUMES Geneva-'ITI'-The United Stales resumed the 17-nalion Dis- armament Conference today with a hopeful White House the trial was delayed when plea for progress on a nuclear test ban treaty. court officials ran out of jur- ors. REBELS IN FIRM CONTROL OF IRAQ Former district attorney Beirut. Lebanon-'lPIProviiional President Col. Abdul Thomas J Recder represented Salam Aref and his pro-Nasser military supports today ap-1 LaGrave. Beared in firm control of Iraq despite stubborn Communist; resistance. 1 NATURAL AREA OKAYED ! Portland - fl.ni - Establish- COAST GUARD TO PRESS TANKER SEARCH : ment of a new natural area on Jacksonville, Fla.-tPI'-Tha Coast Guard today planned the Willamette National For to search as close to Cuba as possible for a tanker which cat has been approved by the mysteriously disappeared nine days ago on a voyage from j chief of the U. S. Forest Serv- Stenos 1 . same route Salinger plans to cover. "The legislative branch has always been trimmer than the executive branch," Mrs. Shia Green, a secretary to Rep. Charles S. Joelson (D-N.J.) said. At least five Southern Cali fornia girls-secretaries, school teachers and stenographers planned to hike 50 miles from Los Angeles City Hall to Camp Pendleton Friday and said they were challenging Salinger to keep pace. "We doi 't expect to match War I Veterans Request Property Tax Exemption Barton Hurls Sharp Reply To Charges Of Failure To Act Salem -IUPII- House Speaker Clarence Barton Monday night issued a stinging reply to a charge by Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Independencc) that the House leadership had fail ed to take "positive action" on tax proposals. "I will call his bill before the House-tomorrow if he wants," Barton snapped, "and I'm not kidding." ' Rogers is author of a sales tax bill that would exempt far msupplies. House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) said his commit tee this afternoon would con sider the possibility of issuing the Rogers' bill out of com mittee with a "do not pass" recommendation to get It be fore full house membership." "I can't say what the com- Arrests in Area Clear 13 Cases A total of 13 Medford po lice cases, some ranging back as far as two years ago, were cleared up with the recent arrest of seven teen - age youths. Five of the boys, aged 14 and 15, have been lodged in Jackson county juvenile de tention home. One 15-year-old was lodged in Central Point jail. After questioning, anoth er 15-year-old was released to the custody of his parents, officers said. The thefts involve two au tomobiles, a variety of arti cles from Medford stores, and pieces of automotive equip ment taken from parked cars. Six of the boys are students at Hedrick Junior High school. The seventh youngster attends a Central Point school. Tillamook Man Dies Of Accident Injuries Tillamook -HlMi- William Moore. 20, Tillamook, died late Monday of injuries suf fered earlier in the day when his cir left Highway 101 and struck a culvert about three miles north of here. ct-in lt may have fallen asleep at the wheel. .BRIEFS AROUND THI OlOII Challenge Salinger As a" the record Marines are setting n their 50-mile hiKcs," said Greta Evenson, 32. a teacher. "But we will make a good showing, better thri the White House walkers." Salinger, who --ill be ac Regional Edition Medford. 14 Pages The storm caused considerable damage in some areas with flooding and mudslides as it broke one of southern Cali fornia s longest droughts. (UPI) mittee will do," Eymann said. "But I can refer to history in 1957 a similar situation arose and the House Tax Committee quickly got a bill out of committee so' it could go before the House." The bill died.- Rogers, in a letter to Bar ton Monday; stated "the leg islature is now in its fifth week of deliberation. The Democratic leadership has shown plainly that they do not intend to refer any tax proposal to the voters for their consideration. "Oregon is now at the crossroads of financial chaos. One road leads to tax reform and economic progress the other to a 'patchwork tax pro gram' and economic oblivion. "It is time to stop listening to tax proposals but time to take positive action." In his reply, Barton said: "It may be as you say that Oregon is 'at the crossroads of financial chaos.' This can not be solved by rushing pell mell into higher taxes without an investigation of the conse quences. Meeting Long Hours "The House Committee on Taxation has been meeting long hours, taking testimony of interested citizens and groups on what should be done. The great variety of taxing proposals, including Governor Hatfield's income tax increase in the lower brackets and your proposal that everybody but farmers pay a 3 per cent sales tax on everything they buy, in cluding food, has not eased the taxation committee's anal ysis chores. Shady Cove Man Is Found Innocent A Jackson county circuit court jury last night found Gerald LaGrave, 20, Shady Cove, innocent of charges of driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor. The jury deliberated for ap proximately 3 'i hours. LaGrave was arrested May 26 following a high speed ! Ja,se ?nd, collision on he Dodge bridge on Sams Valley highway. A charge of driving while license is suspended still is pending Tne end of the two-day trial yesterday followed a se ries of litigation. Earlier a mistrial was declared in dis trict court. The case was brought before the uranH iurv which indicted him. When!' 'rtM '"K"1 "-"""v'y first brought to circuit court, companied by reluctant news men, has predicted he won't get anywhere near 50 miles on his hike. The long distance hiking began when President Ken nedy asked Gen. David M. MEDFORD, OREGON, Witnesses Ask Oregon To Pay Gratitude Debt Salem-IUPll-World War I vet- erans asked the state Monday to pay a debt of gratitude" by granting them a tax ex emption while there still Is time. "The boys of World War I are about 70 now," the Senate Tax Committee was told, and are "dying at a rate of 100 a month. The testimony came as the committee took up separate bills to give property tax re lief to the veterans group and to elderly persons over 65 with limited incomes. The veterans bill would give a property tax exemp tion up to $7,500 of the value of a home. Witnesses told the commit tee similar exemptions al ready arc given to veterans of earlier wars, including the Boxer Rebellion. On the other side, they said, veterans of World War II and the Korean War were given a solid pro gram of educational and loan benefits the World War I vet erans never got. Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D Portland) said World War I veterans only want "the same break." Affect 13,160 Vets Kenneth A. Holmes of the Oregon Veterans Legislative Committee said it would af fect 13.160 veterans and cause an initial tax shift of $2 mil lion. Holmes said he would be satisfied if the break were limited to veterans with In comes under $5,000. But H. J. Erickson, who said he was one of 8 survivors of more than 100 poison gas manufactures during the war, told the committee, "I look upon it as a debt, owing equal ly to pauper and plutocrat." Concern over the proposal was expressed by Ken Tol- lenaar of the Association of Oregon Counties, Don Jones of the League of Oregon Cities, and by the Oregon Farm Bureau. All three said it would further erode the local prop. erty tax base, shifting another burden onto the remaining property taxpayers. They said if the exemption were ap proved, general slate funds should be provided to offset the local loss. Rural School Budget Planning Starts The Jackson county rural school district budget commit- ; proved budgets for special ed- ucalion at $46,650 and curric ulum improvement plan at $3,000. Both were approved as pre sented. The special education or mrntllv retarded cIasscs' budget represents an Increase of $20,209 68 over the current yonr'1 allocation of $26, 840.50. Main item is total sal aries of $33,590 for three reg ular instructors and addition two new ones. Shoup, Marine Corps com mandant, if modern Marines could live up to a 1908 order by Theodore Roojcvolt re quiring officers periodically to hike 50 miles. Chicago area Explorer TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Winter Invades Southern States; North Shivers Virginia Gets 4 Inches of Snow By United Press International Winter invaded the South today with a savage barrage of snow, ice and wind-driven rains. In the winter-weary North, the latest Arctic blast plunged the temperature to 16 below zero at Lone Rock, Wis., 15 below at Alpena, Mich., and Stevens Point, Wis., and 9 below at Chica go's O'Hare Airport. The lower Rio Grande Val ley in Texas also felt winter's bite. Temperatures dropped below freezing in the semi tropical valley, posing a new frosty threat to the area's multimillion dollar winter crops. Winds in Florida Along Dixie's wintry front: -Florida winds were clocked at nearly 50 miles an hour in some areas and Hills borough county got six inches of rain. Near Key Largo a huge wave swamped a 28-foot ketch, but all five persons aboard were rescued. Hail the size of peas fell from a greenish sky at Jack sonville. The bitter weather f o r c ed postponement until Thursday of a communications satellite at'Cape Canaveral. Schools Closed bnows closed s c n o o 1 s wholesale across Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. The snow was four inches deep at Winchester, Va., and in Tennessee scores of oars were backed up on snow-clogged U. S. 70, the only direct route between Knoxville and Nashville. Almost all of the South shared in snow, sleet or freez ing rain. Near Demopolis, Ala., a highway patrol car skidded on an icy bridge and plunged into a creek, killing a civilian passenger and in juring three other persons. Forest Protection Budget Hearing Set Budget hearings will start in Medford March 19 in an annual series covering the cost of forest protection on some 14,000,000 acres of for est land under the jurisdiction of the state forester. The local hearing, for Southwest Oregon State dis trict, will be conducted In the district headquarters starting at 10 a.m. Included in the hearing will be private forest lands in portions of Rogue River-Siskiyou national for ests. Slate Forester Dwight L. Phipps will conduct the hear ings. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on matters dealing with protec tion costs involving their lands. A transcript of the proceed ings will then be presented to the state board of forestry for final action upon the budgets. These will be used as the basis for fixing the forest patrol assepsmenls on the dis tricts and for private lands within the adjacent national forests. Motion for Hearing On Easement Set The city of Medford plans to file a motion In Jackson county circuit court tomor row requesting a hearing on a disputed casement for the south feeder water main, ac cording to City Attorney Wil liam Mansfield. The request Involved a 1,-100-foot long right of way through property on Myers lane owned by David B. and Mary L. Lowery. It is the only easement not yet obtain ed by the city for the south feeder main. The city's motion will ask that a hearing be set 20 days from tomorrow on the iFsue, Mansfield said. The city seeks Immediate possession of the casement by the Medford wa ter commission. The Lowerys were offered $2,180 for the casement Dec. 28, the city attorney said. The c' offer was declined. Walking Fad Sweeps Country a B aW Scouts asked Marines station ed at Great Lake Naval Train ing Center to accompany them on a night hike. The first of 93 Marin coun ty high school students cross ed the finish line Monday tribune 12, 1963 Favor Found To Continue Study Of Constitution Mahoney Moves To Drop Resolution Salem-IUPIl-Surprisc senti ment in favor of continuing to study a proposed constitu tion for Oregon was revealed in by-play today In the Sen ate. Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D Porlland) moved to withdraw his just-introduced resolution calling for a halt in consider tion of the document for the rest of this session. He said he found" opposi tion to his resolution that he had not expected. Hits Steel "When you hit mush, you push, when you hit steel, you pull back ... I hit steel, Mahoney said in explaining his decision to withdraw the measure. The proposed new constitu tion, written during the past two years by the Oregon Com m,ssion 0 Constitutional Re. vjsjon is being considered by botri ii,e House and Senate Committees on Constitutional Revision. If it clears the com mittees and the legislature, the people would vote on It in 1964. Has To Wait Mahoney was unable to withdraw his resolution to day. He was out of the cham- ber on a Senate errand when the proper time In the order of business arrived. When he returned, he asked unanimous consent for a sus pension of the rules. Ironical ly, Sen. Walter Pearson (D Portland) head of the Senate Committee considering the constitution, refused. Pearson said later he did not know what Mahoney planned to do. Mahoney said he will with draw the resolution Wednes day. Education Bond Election Three bills calling for a spe cial higher education bond election April 19 were sent to the legislature by the Ways and Means Committee. The committee agreed to in troduce them at the request of the governor. They will re turn to the committee for con sideration. The bills provide for a con stitutional amendment to let higher education issue $45 million for new buildings. Tickets Available For Lincoln Dinner Tickets for the Lincoln Day dinner Friday, Feb. 15, are available at several locations, the Republican Central com mittee of Jackson county has announced. They may be obtained from Mrs. Ed Hass of the Republi can Women; Gary Boshears of the Jackson County Young Republicans; Donald Stathos, and Hugh Jennings, chairman of the central committee. Sneaker at the annual ban ouet will be John Davis Lodge, former governor of Connecticut and former U.S. Senator. He is an intcrnation ally known statesman and is the younger brother ol Henry Cabot Lodge. The dinner will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Jackson house. South Central avc. WEATHER Report To 0 Differs With roilKCAKT: Intrrmltlrnl ruin tnnlthl. fis patclifi earlv Wrdnetrinv. Partly rloudy n't t fw trtllfrrd thowrr in 111 fUffnoi-n. Low Inflight IS 10 40. Jlllh Wedntkday S3 to SS. Temp. IIUliK! YKttrday l Lowehl Ihli Murnlng 33 Our Skies Tonipht ftiinirt today 5:39 P HunrUr tomorrow .... 7:11 -m. Moonritr tonight .... 1:34 p.m. l.atl quarter Feb. IS I'ROMINKNT STAR Hpira. IoIIowb the Moon. VIKIHI.C 1'LANfTH Jupiter, low In wet 7:13 pm. Mart. In Ihe esat 1:21 p.m. Vtnui, low In aouth- rat . a m- Mercury, belwten Vtnui anrt the nun. - t ' " night at Larkspur, Calif., after completing a 50-mile jaunt in 12 hours and S minutes. The rest of the students straggled in during the night after the all-day hike under circling 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 280 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY upon the statue in front of symbolizes hat today .is .the the Unued States, Abraham a ii. k It? in it" 3? npitn I.?. sv -I Parks Commission Studies Tentative Budget for Year The Jackson county parks and recreation commls s i o n last night studied a partial tentative budget which Com mission Chairman Laurance V Esnev hones will keep up with the expected increases in Orcgons population growtn and tourist trade. Heart of the budget pro posal arc road and parking developments $0,560, signs $1,420, and picnic tables and fireplaces $5,460. The budget committee win meet with the county court to gets its approval before the budget Is presented to me county budget committee. The narks and recreation commis sion Is an advisory group to the county court. "We must be aware of the future," Espey told the com mission last night. "A recent Oregon economic Burvcy shows southern Oregon popu lation will double by the early 1970's." Assistant Needed , To anticipate the county's recreation needs and do the necessary detailed planning County Parks and Recreation Director Nell Ledward needs an assistant costing an annual salary of $6,000 to $6,500, Espey said. Throughout the meeting, as plans for Howard Prairie, Emigrant and Willow creek lakes were discussed, Espey repeatedly pointed out that a planning technician is needed to expedite recreation al developments. Tourist and recreation in Oregon in 1962 brought In $217 million, Espey said. Of this, $18 million was spent In the Rogue valley, based on a three-day slay. An extra day's stay would mean $54 million additional Income to Oregon, he said. Southern Oregon and Oregon must be competitive to fight for Its share of the tourist dollar with Washing ton and California. "In the next three years we must have a pretty good mas ter plan so the county will be ready when this population and tourist growth hits us," Espey urged. "We are In an ideal geographical situation." Ledward said road expendi tures depend on purchase of surplus gravel stockpile at K buzzards. One student carried a sign on his back which read: "50 miles with vigah." Four hundred students started the hike at 5 a.m., but only 95 finished it. Twelve members of the University of the Pacific's Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Stock ton, Calif., set out at midnight, hoping to walk 50 miles in time for the Cocktail hour to day. Fifteen Indiana high school students and their teacher, following the 240-mile George Rogers Clark Trail from Kas- AS on McNamara ,1 .t 7T vf.-J'l : .: I ll 1 X M S - " at. ii uJLt. fr'l Robert Markell Doss, 5, grazing San Franiseo s city hall, well birthday of the 16th president of Lincoln. (UPI) Howard Prairie from M. C. Lininger and Sons, Medford. Parks Commissioner J. F. Eberhart, Ashland, urged de velopment of the Emigrant lake area near Emigrant creek. He received reports that this area is used heavily by fisher men, particularly last Sunday when numerous cars were In the area. A park ing area, picnic tables and fireplaces and rest r o o m a should be provided as soon as possible, he said. The commission agreed that $1,500 should be budgeted for landscape work around the new Howard Prairie recrea tion building. It turned down a proposed park ranger cabin at the Howard Prairie recre ation area entrance for $4,500. The commission tentatively approved $5,064 for develop ment of the Lily Glen riding stables area. This includes camp grounds, roads, signs, land clearing, water system and rest rooms. BUREAU URGED Washington - (UPI) - Laur ance Rockefeller urged Con gress today to pass a bill giv ing congressional recognition of a new government bureau for outdoor recreation. 49 Oregon Set for Reorganization Salem - (UPD - The Oregon Military Department said to day 49 Oregon Army National Guard units would be reor ganized and redesignated un der Army plans for modern ization of combat divisions. Military department offic ials said the reorganization would place the Northwest's 41st Infantry Division In the proposed Army ROAD (Re o r g a n i z a t ion Objectives, Army Division) concept. The 41st, divided between Oregon and Washington, is one of the retained combat divisions scheduled for reor ganization. Authorized strength assign ed thr Oregon part of the kaskia, III,, to Vincennes, Ind., tramped 32 miles Monday and spent the evening dancing the twist with girls at Walnut Hill. 111. They planned to hike 30 more miles today. Marines at Camp Schwab on Okinawa today tried to throw a damper on the 50 mile "strollers" and pointed with pride to Lance Cpl. Dar old R. Dent, Burwell, Neb., who bucked rain, sleet and 25-mile-an-hour head winds Feb. 4 in hiking 100 miles in 16 hours and 42 minutes. Weapons Could Be Used Against atin America No Plan To Make Document Public Washington-flJPI) - A classi fied report now before the Organization of American States was said today to differ with official U.S. estimates of Cuba's subervisive activities Latin America. It reportedly contradicts Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara's recent statement that there is no evidence Cu ba is being used as a base for Castro-Communist subversion in the area. It also asserts that even through Cuba's military weapons do not pose a threat to the United States, they ould be effectively used gainst a number of Latin American countries. The report was presented ' Monday to a special OAS commission dealing with the threat of Castro-Communist subversion In . the Western Hemisphere and possible ways tor curbing It.' , There ts no plan, at present to make the document public. Ma although officials work I n g closely with the special com mittee that drew up the re port have discussed its con tents in general. The lengthy document strongly suggests . that the OAS should take new meas ures such as economic to curb subversive activities in spired by the Castro regime. It also indicates that the OAS might be called on to force the Latin American countries still having diplo matic relations with Cuba to break them. The report Is said to imply that as long as Brazil, Mex ico, Chile, Bolivia and Uru guay maintain relations with Cuba, the Job of curbing sub versive activities in the area is next to impossible. Although the report does not make any direct reference to recent statements by U.S. officials on Cuba's subversive role in the area, It asserts Cuba is a center of Commu nist subversion. The report is the product of a 10-month study by a spe cial security committee. Optimism Noted In Rail Dispute San Francisco - IUPD - A na tional official of the Brother hood of Railway Clerks voiced cautious optimism today dur ing negotiations to avert a seven state strike against Southern Pacific Railroad. William McGovern, repre sentative of union president George Harrison, met this morning with Federal Medi ator Frank O'Neill, who has been trying every day for the past week to head off a threat ened walkout over automa tion. A newsman asked McGov ern if the situation looked hopeful, and he replied "yes." He declined to elaborate. Guard Units division is 4,537 officers and men. Oregon's share of the di vision would consist of two brigade headquarters, four in fantry battalions, one tank battalion, one armored caval ry squadron, one engineer battalion, two 105 mm artil lery howitzer battalions, one missile battalion and various . administrative command and support elements. Not presently affected by the proposed reorganization is Headquarters and Headquar ters Detachment, Salem; 113th Public Information Depart ment, Salem; 234th Army Band, Portland, and the 3670th Ordnance Company, Camp Wlthycombe. i Jexas to Virginia.