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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.