of Civil Defense
Mgeroy
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Urged
I
GIRLS START HIKE Five of the seven
Congressional secretaries who are on dawn-to-dusk
hike along the old C&O canal, are
shown about 10 miles from their starting
point, Washington, D.C., about mid-morning
today. At that point the girls were going
Girls on Hike;
Salinger Has
Second Thoughts
Washington-fflPD-A group of
congressional secretaries set
out today to prove on a dawn-to-dusk
hike that they are
in belter shape than White
House Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger.
Salinger, whose measure
ments top to bottom are 43-40-43,
conceded defeat in ad
vance Tuesday by admitting
that "my shape is not good."
He called off plans for a
marathon hike of his own Fri
day. The Capitol Hill girls, more
in the 36-27-37 class, gloated
that Salinger had "capitu
lated." They went ahead with
their planned trek along the
tnwpath of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal, the same route
Salinger had chosen.
Long-legged Jacq u e 1 i n e
(Jackie) MacDonald, 23, a
leader of the congressional
hikers, said. "We have felt
all along that we were in
better shape than Mr. Salin
ger. Besides, we can t see
where it would be detrimen
tal to our health."
Salinger, backed by a state
ment from the President's
Council on Youth Fitness
which he denied having insti
gated, used potential danger
to health as an excuse. He
said persons not in good shape
shouldn't overdo it.
Damper on Craze
The council's statement put
a damper on the walking
craze launched by President
Kennedy's suggestion that Ma
rine Corps officers should find
out if they still could take
50-mile hikes as President
Theodore Roosevelt ordered
in 1908.
In advising caution, the
council said the long-distance
marches might be fine for
Marines but they might be too
strenuous for the ride-to-the-drug
store set who arc not
used to such vigorous activity.
Saturday Sessions
Of House Planned
Salem 1TP Saturday ses
sions of the House may bej,in
about April 1, House Speaker
Clarence Barton said today.
He said the Saturday meet
ings would be called as soon
as bills begin to flow out of
committees and it was neces
sary to keep the calendar
clear.
MEWSd)BRIEFS
fTWS MOM py MOONB THI OLOII
U. S. 'REGRETS' CUBA AID PROJECT
w..hininniiriwThe United Stale expreiied "regretf
today that Sl.S million United Nations agricultural aid
.-- r..k. taiud lince 1961. now it aoina ahead.
Th. nmi.ri will nrovide
grasslands management and
MALAYA STEPS UP ARMY EXPANSION
Kuala Lumpur. Melaya-JlPt-Tht Melayen sovtrnment to
dav announced immediate slept to expend its irmed forces
as a reiult of the "hostile altitude" of Indonesia toward the
poposed Federation of Greater Malaysia.
RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOS MAY BE SHOWN
Weihington-IPI-The Defense Department may moke pub
lic additional reconnaissance photographs of Cuba in response
to aer!ioni there wn a "blank space" in U.S. intelligence
-n the Soriet arms buildup. ( '
strong in the clear, cold weather. From left,
they are Shia Green, New York; Caroline
White, Washington; Jackie McDonald, St.
Louis, leader of the group; Mary McCassie,
Washington, and Patricia Hughes, Wash
ington. (UPI)
Fichtner Presented
Plaque for Record
In Public Safety
Medford Police Capt. Clyde
C. Fichtner was awarded the
I r e a n Grigsby memorial
plaque last night for out
standing achievement in the
field of public safety.
The presentation was made
by Mayor James Dunley at
the annual safety awards ban
quet at the Rogue Valley
Country club. About 250 per
sons attended the banquet.
Past Council President Russ
Jamison was master of cere
monies.
Keynote address of the ban
quet was delivered by Sidney
Planners Budge!
To Be Discussed
The budget committee of
the Jackson county planning
commission will present the
proposed budget for the group
for next fiscal year at a meet
ing at 8 o'clock tonight.
The present budget for the
commission is $21,179 and an
increase of $868 has been
asked lor next year, it was re
ported. Also on the commission's
agenda arc reports of three
public hearings which were
held recently. The hearings
were held since persons
sought variances in zoned
areas. The planning commis
sion will take action on two
of the requests for signs-one
in the South Talent area and
the other in the North Central
Point area.
Other business will include
a progress report by George
Brenner on the Bear Creek
urban planning project.
City Parks Group
To Meet Tonight
A representative of the
Jackson County Horsemen's
association and related groups
arc expected to attend the
Medford Parks and Recreation
commission meeting at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
They will discuss the pos
sibility of establishing ridmg
trails along the banks of Bear
creek.
Reports will be given on
the Jackson park development
and the rcdclopment of Haw
thornc park.
technicians in animal huibandry,
plant pathology in Cuba.
B. Lewis, chairman of the
state industrial accident com
mission. Lewis warned this
country's advancing tcchnol
ogy is creating increasing
problems in the area of public
safety.
To counter this, the com'
missioner said, we must "be
alert to new ideas in safely
eaucauon.
Awards Presented
Jaerry Bignam, vice presi
dent of the Medford Safety
Council, presented awards of
merit to about 20 area firms,
utilities and agencies.
New hard hats were given
to three men who prevented
serious injury to themselves
sometime during the year by
the safety headgear they were
wearing. New members of the
"Turtle Club" were Leonard
J. McNcw, Herman Simpson
and Vester Ferguson.
SIAC Commissioner Mrs.
Emily Logan Rave awards of
merit to Sgt. Tom Eaton, Ore
gon state police, and Ed Col
lins of Mt. Pitt Lumber com
pany for accident-free records
during last year.
Save-a-Life Awards
Bignam gave "Savc-a-Lifc"
awards to Bruce Matheney,
John Reid Jr., Lloyd F.
Brown and Morris Kollcns.
Matheny rescued a man from
an overturned boat at Howard
Prairie reservoir. Reid saved
drowning youngster from
Twin Plunges pool in Ash
land, and Brown and Kollens,
employees of Pacific Power
and Light company, restored
a fellow worker who was suf
fering from carbon monoxide
fumes.
Fichtner. newly reelected
president of the Medford Safe
ty Council, gave traffic safety
awaras to two Medford taxi
drivers. Bill Bailey and Rob
crt Blass, or having driven
without accident during 10H2.
Radio station KBOY was
presented with an award of
commendation for cooperation
in bringing safety education
information to the public last
year.
Fichtner also introduced the
1962 officers and board mem
bers of the council, and re
viewed the activities of the
organizaiton during the year.
Tanker Search
Shifts Eastward
Miami, Fla.-H'Pli-The search
for a tanker missing for 10
days with 39 men aboard
shifted eastward today to the
north coast of Cuba.
The Coast Guard used two
planes today in its search for
the Sulphur Queen, the 524-
foot vessel which mysterious
ly dropped irom ngnt on a
routine run between Beau-
I mont, Tex., and Norfolk, Va.
Four search planes Tuesday
found no clues.
In its hold the ship carried
a cargo of molten sulphur,
which, if exposed to the sea
water, could have touched off
an explosion that would have
blown up the ship.
Planes and surface ships
have combed .the sealancs for
six days hunting for anything
that would give a clue to the
hij'i fate.
Regional Edition
Medford
22 Pages Two Sections
Autumn Vote on
Tax Program
Proposed in Bill
Elfstrom's Measure
Sets Oct. 1 8 Date
Salem - 0IPU - If a new tax
program is referred to the
voters, they would vote on it
this fall instead of waiting
until 1964 under a bill in
troduced today in the Oregon
Senate.
The measure, by Sen. Rob
ert Elfstrom (R-Salem) sets
Friday, Oct. 18, 1963, as the
dale for a special election "on
all tax measure referrals, if
any 1963 tax measure is sub
jected to referendum."
A referral could be initi
ated either by the legislature
or the people.
Compromise Proposal
The proposal is, m effect,
compromise between vari
ous tax election ideas floating
around the legislature.
The governor has called for
an election on a tax program
while the legislature still is in
session, though he has not sub
mitted a bill.
Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Inde-
pendencc) today introduced
his bill calling for a double
barreled election on whether
the voters want any major
tax changes, and whether they
would prefer a sales tax or
another kind of tax increase.
Sentiment Against
On the other side, legisla
tive sentiment seems strong
against the legislature send
ing a tax program to the peo
ple. The problem is, under pres
ent laws, if the legislature
fails to set an election date
and the people carry a lax
program to the ballot, any
new program would be sus
pended until the general elec
tion in the fall of 1964.
Elfstrom's proposal would
move the date o decision up a
year.
To Hear Report
The Senate voted formally
today to join the House Fri
day to hear Gov. Mark Hat
field and Son. Wayne Morse
report on the Boardman proj
ect. There were only two
votes against the joint session.
Sen. Edward Fadeley (D-Eu-
gene), referring wryly to
Hatfield's recent out-of-state
speech-making, told the Sen
ate the real question was not
whether to meet, but whether
the governor would be there.
Tax Committee
Discusses Plans
Salem (UPI) Discussion of
cigarette taxes and a "one
shot" revenue plan occupied
the House Taxation Commit
tee Tuesday but no mention
was made of sending Rep. Joe
Rogers' sales tax bill back to
the House.
Rogers charged Monday
that Democratic leadership
was delaying action on tax
measures. House Speaker
Clarence Barton threatened
to call Rogers' bill out of
committee. Tax Committee
Chairman Richard Eymann
indicated the committee
might take such action.
Rogers' bill would establish
a 3 per cent sales tax on all
but agricultural sales.
Tx Commissioner Fred
Hoefke termed the proposed
4-ccnt cigarette tax " a tre
mendous source of revenue,"
and said other states collect
more than $1 billion a year
from cigarette taxes.
Oregon is the only stale
that docs not levy a cigarette
tax of some form.
FUND BENEFITS
Portland - (UPH - Portland's
symphony maintenance fund
benefited to the tune of some
$20,000 from the Manhattan
West week end ball early this
month. Some 1.342 tickets
were sold for $25 each.
UNESCO Booklet Describes Russia
As Brotherhood of Equal
Paris -ttPIi - A United Na
tions body, whose largest fi
nancial support is given by
the U.S. government, has pub
lished a booklet denouncing
"colanialist oppression" by
Western nations and describ
ing the Soviet Union as "a
brotherhood of free and equal
peoples," it was learned to
day. "It was the Communist
party which showed the peo
ples of Russia the true way to
free themselves from social
and national oppression," the
booklet asserted.
MEDFORD, HC03H0 '3N3M3 ,3 ,963 N 28, if 0
PISSS Tabeled
WRECKAGE INVESTIGATED Civil Aeronautics Board
and Federal Aviation Agency officials are shown as they
started an on-the-spot investigation of the wreckage of the
Work on Budget
Of District 549C
Nears Completion
Work is expected to be
completed late this week on
a proposed budget for fiscal
year 1963-64 for School Dis
trict 549C so it can be prepar
ed for publication and public
hearing and election dates
set.
The budget committee last
night indicated that an elec
tion on the amount exceeding
the 6 per cent limitation may
be held early in April. What
this amount is, however, has
not yet been determined.
The committee tentatively
approved most of the remain
ing items in the proposed
budget last night. A tew items
remain to be considered when
the budget is presented in its
final form, among them is
capital outlay funds for con
struction of elementary school
classrooms needed" next Sep
tember. Funds Approved
Funds were approved last
night in administrative, in
struction, pupil transporta
tion, operation and mainte
nance of plant and some capi
tal outlay categories. Many of
them were items on which
consideration was delayed
when reviewed at previous
committee meetings.
Major increases in items
considered last night includ
ed about $17,500 in instruc
tional staff other than teach
ers, and $11,434 in capital
outlay for remodeling and
renovation work.
Funds Are Reduced
Salaries for custodial serv
ices was reduced $3,946, and
the cost of repairing and
maintaining buildings was re
duced $7,337 from the amount
budgeted this year.
The proposed budget prob
ably will tolal more than $4.6
million, compared to a budget
of $4.23 million this year.
Most of the increase Is be
cause of a revised teachers
salary schedule and funds for
additional teachers next year.
Some adjustments will be
made in some categories be
fore the final budget is com
pleted, the committee noted.
Newbry Designates
Three Successors
Stale Sen. L. W. Newbry
(R-Jackson) has designated his
successors to the office under
the emergency Interim Suc
cessors provision, specified by
state law.
They arc Hugh Jennings,
1414 Crown ave., Medford;
Edd Rounlrcc, 552 Beach si.,
Ashland, and Eric W. Allen
Jr., 48 Windsor ave., Med
ford. ELLSWORTH ELECTED
Salem - ll'PIt - Harris Ells
worth, Roscburg, today was
elected chairman of the Stale
Civil Service Commission.
The booklet entitled
"Equality of Rights Between
Races and Nationalities in the
U.SS.R." was published re
cently by the United Nation'
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNES
CO), with headquarters in
Paris.
UNESCO, a UN subsidiary
body, has an annual budget of
$39 million, of which the
United States pays nearly one
third. The Soviet Union pays
about 15 per cent. Britain
pays 7.23 per ccnl.
The booklet, bearing a
UNESCO symbol on Its front
yfA IT 57th Year Price 10 Cesl
J.'..MMJrtkVl'V'. MvMVU44i .WJ; s.vW.: ing the
Airliner May Have
Shattered in Sky,
Evidence Indicates
Miami, Fla. -IUPII-Scattered
wreckage of a Northwest Ori
ent Airlines jetliner indicated
today that the plane may have
shattered in flight before it
plunged into the Florida Ever
glades with the loss of 43
lives.
Newsmen at the scene found
wreckage scattered over an
area of about two square
miles.
A score of government
aviation experts at the crash
site 43 miles west of Miami
declined to speculate on the
cause of the crash as they
House To Be Burned
As Part of Program
A house at 360 Freeman rd.
Central Point, will be burned
Sunday, Feb. 17 as part of the
instruction program being
conducted by the Jackson-
Josephine Firemen Instructors
association.
Secretary Arlo Miller, Ash
land fireman, said that the
burning time will be at noon.
Instructors from the Cen
tral Point, Medford, Ashland,
Eagle Point and Jacksonville
fire departments and Central
Point rural district are to
convene from 2 to 4 p.m. Sat
urday at the burning site.
Miller said that firemen
from all departments of the
area will be welcome at the
instruction session.
Robert Walker, Central
Point, president of the associ
ation reported that the resi
dence was severely damaged
in a fire. The structure was
turned over to the Central
Point city fire department to
burn. Central Point firemen
turned the project over to the
instructors.
Space Age Park Group
Reelects President
Boardman - WPD - William
H. Belt, Hcrmiston, was re
elected president of the Space
Age Park Industrial Develop
ment association at the
group's annual stockholders'
meeting here Tuesday night.
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The planrt. Marcury. briefly
hren JnU before Minrlae for the
next few mnrnllin. U now
about !I2 million mllea from
the Kirch.
Peoples
cover, was wriuen ny iwo
Russians, I. P. Tsamarian,
identified as a "doctor rf
philosophy." and S. L. Ron
in, identified as a "doctor of
law."
Edmund Rehak, Szcch-born
secretary general of the As
sembly of Captive Nations of
Europe, denounced the book
let as "a brochure of the
worst kind of lying Soviet
propaganda."
A UNESCO spokesman re
fused any comment when
asked why the International
body sponsored and issued the
publication.
IBUNE m-y-
Northwest Orient jetliner which crashed in the Florida
Everglades Tuesday, killing 43 persons. (UPI)
began their painstaking ex
amination of the wreckage.
Fifteen miles away, a
morgue was set up in a little
two-room Indian school house
to begin receiving the charred
and broken bodies of the vic
tims.
There was no furrow to In
dicate that the pilot of the
ill-fated Miami-to-Chicago air
liner, which disappeared
seven minutes after takeoff
Tuesday, had attempted any
sort of emergency landing.
Trail of wreckage
Other witnesses at the scene
also reported small broken
pieces of wreckage scattered
In a path lor eight miles lead
ing to the major portion of
the fuselage that lay crum
pled like a cigar ground under
foot.
The detailed Investigation
that began at dawn continued
into mid-morning. None of the
bodies of 33 passengers, most
of them mid-westerners re
turning from a Florida vaca
tion, and eight crew members
had yet been taken to the
school by waiting helicopters.
Most of the passengers were
still in the shattered remains
of the charred fuselage that
lay crushed almost flat to the
ground. The top and sides of
the cabin were gone, appar
ently burned away.
A Coast Guard helicopter
pilot found the wreckage of
the four - engine Northwest
Orient Airlines Boeing 720B
about five hours after the
plane lost radio contact with
Miami International Airport.
Lumber Industry
Petition Rejected
Portland (UPI) A lumber
group today described as a
severe blow ' a rejection by
the Western Railroad Traffic
Association of a petition seek
ing limited free hold time on
casl-bound lumber shipments.
The Western Lumber Mar
keting Association, a group
of mills and wholesalers, had
filed the petition.
Hershal Tanzcr. president
of the lumber group, said the
proposal "would have grant
ed a significant measure of
assistance to hundreds of
smaller mills who must ship
by rail rather than by water."
Tanzcr said the petition
was aimed at allowing the
lumber wholesaler to ship un
sold lumber to eastern mar
kets competitively. After rail
roads removed a 13-duy de
lay without charge the
WLMA applied for five days
of free holding time for box
cars with seven additional
days at $3-a-day charges.
Railroad Clerks Ask
For Saturday Deadline
San Francisco - (UPI) - The
chairman of the Southern Pa
cific unit of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Clerks has called
for a strike against the rail
road at "the earliest possible
moment", but national offi
cers of the union continued
efforts loday to avert the
walkout.
James Weaver, head of the
SP unit, said Tuesday he feels
that further talks in the
lengthy dispute over auto
mation are "a waste of time."
Me said he asked the pros)
dent of the union to order the
withdrawal of clerks from
SP service "at the earliest
possible moment, and under
no event later than 6 p.in
Feb 16, 1003."
tH
Ashland Woman's
Death Is Caused
By Suffocation
Death of an Ashland wonv
an whose body was found
near the Siskiyou summit Feb
3 was caused by suffocation
due to drowning, an inquest
jury decided at 11:30 o'clock
this morning.
The jury also directed that
no one be held in connection
with the death. District At
torney Alan B. Holmes who
conducted this morning's ques
tioning of witnesses said evi
dence on the death would be
I presented the grand
iuryl
I probably on Tuesday.
Dr. Robert Buck, Medford
DatholoEist. said in his onin-
lion Mrs. LaNelda Nan Mar
(lows, 31, of Ashland, could
- 1 have suffocated due to drown
ing. There is no evidence to
indicate violence, ne aaia
Dr. A." Erin Merkel," Jack
son county public health of
ficer and medical investiga
tor, confirmed this. The body,
when found, showed it "had
been submerged In water at
some time," he said.
Dr. Merkel explained that
the lungs do not have to be
filled with water to cause
drowning or suffocation. A
spasm can lighten the muscles
in the throat and cause suf
focation, he added.
The public health officer In
dicated alcohol may have been
the contributing factor. A re
port from the state hospital,
where Mrs. Marlow had been
at one time, stated she had
had epileptic seizures, al
though she had been discharg
ed as safe to drive a car.
William Henry Moore, 31,
of Jasmine rd.. Medford, relat
ed how he met Mrs. Marlow
at an Ashland tavern, and
drove to Colcstine rd. where
later she left the truck, run
ning in the wrong direction
from the highway. He testi
fied he called to her and wait
ed for her rclurn. Moore said
he drove to a cafe at the sum
mit and returned and looked
for her again, before going
home.
Mrs. Marlow's husband,
Ralph J. Marlow, testified
that he saw his wife last about
2 p.m. Saturday when she left
home to walk up town.
Malheur Disaster
Designation Asked
Ontario-WPP-Malhour Coun
ty Judge Ellis White said
Tuesday he has asked that the
county be declared a disaster
area because of recent flood
damage.
Indicator of
Growth Seen
Au authentic indicator of
Medford's growth during the
20th century was reported
this week by J. A. Eidswick,
acting postmaster at the Med
ford post office.
Going through some old
files, he uncovered forms
gathered by several postmas
ters, who apparently started
to record the history of the
Medford post office. The sta
tistics tell the growth story
more vividly than words.
In 1891, business totaled
$349.93 for a two-month pe
riod. The postmaster, Med
ford's first, James S. Howard,
was still In office. He received
$166.67 for two months sal
ary, his monthly pay being
$83.33.
A po: office clerk, accord
ing tr the same form, which
Group Suggests
Addition To
Governor's Staff
Action Climaxes
Stormy Hearings
Salem-OJPI) - Elmination of
Oregon's civil defense agency
was recommended today by a
subcommittee of the Senate-
House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
The subcommittee voted 5-0
to abolish the present 18-man
department, and replace it
with the addition of one man
to the governor's staff to co
ordinate civil defense-related
activities.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's budg
et had requested $195,125 for
civil defense.
The action climaxed a series
stormy hearings during
the department was
a "do nothing" agency
was inoperative dur
Columbus Day storm.
Separate Review
A separate Military Af
fairs committee is conducting
a separate review of the agen
cy. The subcommittee's recom
mendation now goes to the
full Ways and Means com
mittee for action.
Shortly before Sen. Alfred
Corbett (D-Portland) moved
for abolition of the agency
and asked for an alternate
budget, Sen. Walter Pearson
(D-Portland) visited the com
mittee. He urged that civil
defense be abolished "as the
biggest boondoggle and waste
of money the state has ever
seen.
Pearson added, "I've never
yet seen them do anything.
If you want to save money,
this is one way to start. Get
rid of It."
Sen. Lynn Newbry CR-Ash-
land), who seconded Corbett's
motion, had suggested retain
ing nnn tttnto mntrhino
funds for federal aniirODria-
Uons. The committee decided
the slate should get out of
the business . and Newbry .
- 1 dropped' his amendment,
Men and women from three
Oregon cities -told the mill-.
tary atlalra- sroup Tuesday
they don't want a fallout shel
ter program.
They said the money and "
effort spent on civil defense
should be spent instead on
attaining permanent world
peace and disarmament.
Shelters are futile and de
ceptive, they told the commit
tee as it continued its review
of civil defense.
And, said Dr. George
Streisinger of the University
of Oregon, it is ridiculous to
talk about living underground
and then emerging into a post-
nuclear war world where
civilization is gone, animals
and plants are dead, and in- -sects
and disease are ram
pant.
Many of the witnesses
stressed a false sense of secur
ity they said is caused by shel
ter programs. They said this
impedes peace efforts.
They make us "more and
more resigned,' said Mrs.
Harlan Bosworth of Medford.
She said shelters also delude
the enemy into "believing we
will take anything rather than
compromise."
. , No Defenie . . .
"There is no defense against
nuclear attack," said Mrs.
Ben Bradlyn of Portland.
The real solution is to ar
range world disarmament un
der law."
Officials connected with
civil defense disagreed.
"Our job is to save lives."
said Dr. Richard Wilcox of
the State Board of Health,
"and a great number would
be saved with some prepar
ation." "I am fully aware of the
horror of war," said Portland
Civil Defense Director Jack
Lowe, citing World War II ex
periences, "but I believe it
would save lives."
Medford's
in Records
did not list his name, was
paid $33.33 and costs for rent
and heating of the building
totalled $26.67, again for two
months.
One special delivery letter
was delivered during the two
months and a fee of eight
cents was collected by the
postmaster for same.
The sworn statement of bus
iness is notarized by Willard
Crawford on Oct. 3, 1891. The
Medford post office, estab
lished Feb. 6, 1884, was then
seven years old.
In 1962, during a two
months period the Medford
post office did $153,000 worth
of business. During two
months the post office deliver
ed 040 special delivery let
ters. Total rccepits (or the
year were $015,110.98, an in
crease of $50,000 over 1961.
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