Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 14, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfo) Oregon May As Result of Have To Dig Up $40 000 Scandal at Withycombe Of JUSTICE Mfo) TO mmw Appling To Give Documents Listing Men Responsible Subcommittee To Hear Secretary Salem - (UPD - A subcommit tee wiii be given the names of other officers in connection with a military scandal that may cost Oregon $40,000, Sec retary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. said today. His remarks came on the heels of a legislative fiscal officer's report that Oregon may have to dig up $40,000 to repay the federal govern ment for money misused by the State Military Depart ment while the late Alfred Hintz was adjutant general. To Provide Documents Appling said he has been asked to appear before the Ways and Means subcommit tee and plans to do so. "At that time I will pro vide the documents which will indicate the names of the re sponsible officers in each questionable transaction," he said. He indicated some of them still are serving in the Oregon National Guard. The $40,000 liability figure was given by analyst Cleigh lon Penwell as the subcom mittee continued its review of the Military Department budget. A secretary of state's audit last month put the state's liability at $26,339. Penwell said continued investigation indicates the total may reach $40,000. :. The case came to light last year not long after Hintz died. It centered on Camp Withycombe ' in Clackamas county. It initially involved what happened to surplus property from the Tongue Point Naval Station. Investigation showed S6.388 was put into a special cash fund authorized by Hintz. Audit Detailed The secretary of state's audit detailed misuse of funds in the department. The items included falsified claims, sale of federal prop erty, use of federal funds for unauthorized projects, misuse of state money, and use of paint and supplies for the gen eral's home. The report included these items - An oven, cooktop and electric hoist, bought for ar mories, ended up in Hintz's home, the hoist as an eleva tor. A check drawn for en campment rations was used for activities at a governor's day review and the balance turned over to Hintz. Sale of Tongue Point logs valued at $13,065, for $6,980, including moving costs. Medford Paint Used Use of paint purchased for armories at Medford, Dal las, St. Helens and Clackamas on the general's house. A grand jury investigated the Withycombe affair last year, but failed to return any indictments. Rep. Beulah Hand, chair man of the subcommittee, said in addition to the $40,000 the situation could jeopardize oth er federal funds. Gov. Hatfield Notes Oregon's Birthday Salem -H!PH-Gov. Mark Hat field said today's 104th birth day of Oregon "is a time that is fitting for reflection on our state s history and its prog ress." SERIOUS FIGHTING ERUPTS Bighdad, Iraq-lPt-The firtt lince Sunday erupted today on NEWS(BRIEFS rftMS FROM m nr AHOUND THI 010H which runs through the heart of this Iraqi capital. em states. O'Neill said talks would re- GOLDFINE AGREES TO TERMS j sume in Chicago next Tuesday Wehingion-4PI-Textilt magnate Bernard Goldfine hat i and that he is confident the greed to the tale of ill hit corporate and personal utett to negotiators "will return to tetlle federal tax claims of teveral million dollars egeinit San Francisco with an agree him, Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy ennounced today. ; ment in their pockets." j The dispute centers about SABOTEURS SAID TRAINED IN CUBA i the clerks' demand that men Wuhinaton-'IPI'-Hundredt trained in Cube in guerrilla thip of insurgent movementt. A Rogue Valley Edition Medford 36 Pages Five Sections L SOIL SAMPLES - Test holes to determine the type of footing necessary for Medford's new post office and federal building started this week at the site south of Library park. Five holes, ranging to 100 feet in depth, are Proposed Tax Cuts M ust Be Approved, Kennedy Insists Washington -UPD- President Kennedy insisted today that his proposed tax cuts must be approved to guard again.st in creased unemployment and a recession. Kennedy . told his news con ference that the American people and lie. personally are concerned about the size of the budget deficit and the na tional debt. ,. "But what I am most con cerned about is preventing another recession," the Presi dent said. He said that unless there is a tax cut he believes there is a substantial threat of in creased unemployment "which increases the chances for a recession" and an even higher deficit. "The tax cut argument rests on the desire to stimulate the economy," he said. . And he stressed that this aim was intertwined with the nation's security, its balance of pay ments position and other vital matters. Kennedy had been asked about a statement by Chair man Walter Heller of the Council of Economic Advisors to the effect that opposition to Kennedy's tax cut plan resulted from "the basic puri tanical ethics of the American people." The questioner noted that there was public concern over Kennedy's forecast of a $11.9 billion deficit in fiscal 1964 -the second highest in peace time history. The President noted that in 1958 former President Dwight D. Eisenhower had predicted a $500 million deficit but there was a recession and the budget went into the red for a total of S12.5 billion - the highest peace time deficit. In 1960, a similar situation de veloped, Kennedy said. The President said he was IN BAGHDAD serious outbreak of fighting both tides of the Tigris River of Latin Americans ere being warfare, lebolage, and leader- U.S. official, reported today. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1963 being drilled by the Pittsburg Testing Laboratory, Portland. The picture above shows workmen operating the drilling rig at the corner of Eighth and Holly sts. this morning. anxious "not to see us slide into another recession." He said the deficit would crease if this happened. Public Hearings on Planners' Agenda Three public hearings, two of them on zone change re quests, are scheduled to be held at a meeting of the Med ford planning commission at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The zone change requests involve property at 16 South Peach st. and for four lots in the Queen Anne addition at the southeast corner of East. Jackson st. and Oregon Ter race. Both requests seek zone changes from single- and two family to multiple family. The third public hearing will be on a request by Stand ard Oil company for a vari ance to the sign provisions in limited commercial zones to permit the construction of a sign on the east side of Bid die rd. opposite the inter change for Interstate 5. 270 Pints of Blood Donated in Valley A total of 270 pints of blood were donated in Medford and Central Point this week dur ing the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile. This is 170 pints below the quota for the visit. Of the total, 225 pints were donated in Medford and 45 pints in Central Point. An ad ditional 32 persons were re jected for medical reasons, Red Cross officials noted. Eighteen pints of blood were donated in the name of Mrs. E. W. Scggessen man, Shady Cove, and 10 pints in the name of J. L. McCollum, Medford. Railroad Strike Talks Shifted San Francisco - UPP - Fed eral Mediator Frank O'Neill today called a recess in nego tiations between Southern Pa cific Railroad and 11,000 rail way clerks who have threat- ened to strike in seven west- displaced by automation be assured of other jobs within the company. U.S. Units Sight Venezuela Ship Hijacked at Sea Caracas, Venezuela fflPI) - U.S. Navy units today sighted a Venezuelan freighter hi jacked by Communists in the Caribbean. Venezuela alerted warships to close in on the freighter. Informed sources here said American flying boats sighted the 3.126 - ton Anzoategui, bound for Houston, Tex., at the lime of its capture. The ship was reported to have been sighted on a line about halfway between the Venezuelan state of Falcon and Puerto Rico. . . . Venezuelan warships were believed steaming out to inter cept it. However, there was the possibility that U.S. war ships might do the job. Pursuing 'Peaceful Ends' The Anzoategui was hi jacked by members of !he antigovernment national lib eration forces who claimed in a radio message to be pursu ing "peaceful political ends." The message bore nine signa tures of men in the raiding party which seized the freight er and said all aboard were safe and unharmed, indicat ing the hijacking was accom plished by surprise and with out violence. The ship apparently was seized early Wednesday morn ing in the Caribbean Sea about 380 miles north of Venezuela. It left La Guaira Harbor near Caracas Tuesday on its way to Houston to pick up industrial machinery. Guilty Pleas Are Entered by Woman Fayc Laure Ellen Cranston, 53, of 3506 New Ray rd., Cen tral Point, pleaded guilty in Jackson county district court this morning to charges of failure to leave name and ad dress at the scene of an acci dent and driving while under the influence of intoxicatin liquor. She was sentenced lo 10 days in the county jail for leaving the scene of the acci dent, and 30 days in the coun ty jail and fined $500 on the other charge. She was arrested by Med ford city police Tuesday after her car was involved in an accident on Highway 99 near the Voorhies crossing. CONTACT LOST Cape Canaveral, Fla -UTI-The United States installed its new Syncorn communica tions satellite in a difficult "hanging" orbit above earth today, but lost contact with it. I Tribune Hatfield Defends Defense Salem -(UPD- A strong de fense of Oregon's Civil De fense agency was made today by Gov. Mark Hatfield, who said "I'm very anxious that the legislature restore the budget." The governor blamed "con stant turmoil at the federal level" for destroying confi dence in civil defense. Referring to a ways and means subcommittee vote Wednesday which threatened lo eliminate the state's Civil Defense agency, Hatfield said "I think the action was un wise." Failure Denied He strongly denied that the state CD organization had failed to perform its duties. "It has performed well," he said. He said criticism of the agency because of shortcom ings noted during the Colum bus day storm were "not a sufficient basis to destroy civ il defense in this state." He said the organization did perform, although he ad- I mitted it "functioned on a limited basis." "Nobody has claimed It was perfect." ' : He then pointed to difficul ties faced by cities, the state police and the National Guard.! : , . "Nobody Is proposing "to abolish the state police be cause their communications network did not function per fectly during the storm." $22,047 Budget Is Favored by Planners A proposed budget of $22,- 047 was approved by the Jackson county planning com mission lust evening. The amount is an increase of $868 more than the present budget. Increases proposed include one step salary boosts for the staff, and for telephone, sta tionery and office supplies, and to purchase books. De creases were noted for travel for staff and commission mem bers, drafting supplies, and printing. Included in the budget is $6,000, the amount budgeted last year for the bureau of municipal research study, which was not spent this year. Also budgeted but not spent this year was $165 for aerial photographs. The Item was included in the proposed budg et. Rusk Presses for Troop Removal Los Angeles -HJPD-Secretary of State Dean Rusk Wednes day night gave a full explana tion of U. S. cold war tactics and continued the call for removal of all Soviet military forces in Cuba. He reiterated President Kennedy's statement of last week that "we are reasonably certain that the offensive" weapons deployed by Soviets in Cuba have been removed. But he admitted that the Unit ed States cannot be certain about this without on-the-spot inspection. The secretary spoke Wed nesday night at a dinner at the end of a daylong State Department foreign policy conference for interested citi zens. About 2.400 persons at tended the dinner and another 1.200 listened to various State Departmert experts explain foreign policy at a series of briefings. About a dozen persons, in cluding four members of a local chapter of the John Birch society, picketed the Palladium. There were no in cidents. Portland - fl'Hr - Manager Ford Montgomery said Wednesday the new Hilton Hotel in downtown Portland would be in operation at least by May 12. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 282 Strongly Civil Agency He also noted that many commercial radio stations were off the air. When asked to comment on reports the state may have to pay $40,000 as a result of the Camp Withycombe situa tion, Hatfield said "I don't intend to engage in political charges on this. This is a legal question." He said anyone guilty of misconduct should be punish ed, and added, "This should not become a political side show for political purposes." He said he had not seen the latest agreement on the proposed Dunes National park, but said "I am hopeful it will be a bill all can sup port. I will do whatever I can." Measure Would Put Tax-Exempt Property on Rolls Salem -IUP1I- A move to re turn $226 million In tax-ex. cmpt property to the tax rolls was started today. Rep. Richard Eymann (D- Marcola) and 18 others Intro duced a bill to put properties such as those belonging to fraternal organizations back on the tax rolls at one-third of true cash value. The properties WOUld be returned in stages, arriving at one-third true cash value after three years. All exempt properties would be n fleeted except private schools and private libraries. Eymann said the idea is to have such properties share In the cost of direct benefits such as streets, police and fire pro tection, but not tax them for indirect benefits such as schools. He estimated a $3 million local tax gain. Homeowner Relief Asked Meanwhile, Sen. Walter Pearson (D-Portland) and oth ers sponsored a bill for prop erty tax relief for the home owner. It would exempt from taxation one-fourth of the true cash value of a home. The Senate received bills to authorize $17 million in bonds for Highway 20, provide equal consideration for Portland in distribution of motor vehicle money, and transfer the state educational television net work from the Board of High er Education to a seven mem ber council of education, high er education and public mem bers, i Annual Sessions A resolution was turned into the House to require an nual sessions of the legislature and limit them to 90 days. Other House bills would re vise land condemnation pro cedures for telephone, tele graph and electric corpora tions, empower the Public Welfare commission to pro vide medical care for elderly nursing home patients, and require one voters' pamphlet per household Instead of one per voter. Reps. Elmer McClure (D Milwaukie) and James Red den (D - Medford) announced plans to sponsor a bill to let Oregon go into the power business. WEATHER tVonKl AST: Pirilv rloutJy o mx.it with cnnnlftf rililr ntrht and morning vilky f. In crrnlni cloud! Friday with (irrational Mint rain by rvr nlnK Low tonight 10-13. High Friday near ii. Temp. fllghrat Yfiterday it I.oweit Thii Morning 30 I'rec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight nuntrt !day 5:42 p.m. Mnnrltr tomorrow .... T:0t a.m. Moonrlte tonight ....11.49 p.m. I.at Quarter .... Feb. ! PRO.MINKNT STAR ftirlui, In Ui (ouih- eai p.m. r.VFNINO PLANKTS Jupiter, low In wett at 11 p.m. i now about at bright at Drink. Mar. In (he east . . T:1S p.m. I -- - f SURRENDER FORCED - A man demanding the impeach ment of President Kennedy and his cabinet drove his car onto the steps of the Justice Department in Washington Wednesday and lay underneath for two hours before police forced his surrender by firing tear gas shells at him. The man, who identified himself as Nathan Wiskowsky, said he had a bomb wired to the car, so police cleared the area near the building. After the capture police said they found the name "Arthur Wise" of Phoenix, Ariz., on the man's driver's license. The "bomb" turned out to be a suitcase filled with newspapers and wired to the bottom of the car. (UPD Billboards Highways By County Billboards to be visible from Interstate 5 were dis - cussed by the Jackson county planning commission last night. 1 board ot adjustment s recom- oi xne Lanaaian arguments. The commission was consid-1 mendation that the four signs "The most important cause ering variance requests by on Highway 99 not be per-. .of theJncreased imports is re Mrs. Leona Robertson, Talent, milled since residents had op- fleeted in the much more pro for signs at tlfo intersection f posed the request, and under nounced 'cost price squeeze' of Highway 99 and Old High- the Interim zoning ordinance I In the United States then be- npim vnnnH nrrn. flnrl hv I wnv mm in inn Hniun I RifnL (,0 standard Oil company to erect a directional sign In me north Central Point zoned area. Last August, Mrs. Robert son whs granted permission by the commission to allow three signs to be ercctcd-two on Highway 99 and one on the old highway - not to ex ceed 150 square feet, and the enlargement of an existing sign on Highway 99 to five by seven feet. Variance Requested Last month, she requested a variance to permit four signs on Highway 99, two double-faced and not to ex ceed 300 square feet, and one sign on the south side of the Bridle Path Request Submitted to Group The Medford park and rec reation commission last night heard a request that bridle trails be installed along the banks of Bear creek through the city. The request came from a representative of the Jackson County Horsemen's associa tion. He was informed that a developmental plan is cur rently being drawn , up for Bear creek by the San Fran cisco firm of Royston, Hana moto, Moyes and Beck, and that bridle paths are expected to be included in the plan. The group adopted a reso lution instructing that in the future the commission presi dent be requested to attend all city council meetings. Kennedy Calls for Domestic Corps Washington -0JPII- President Kennedy asked Congress to day to set up a youth conser vation corps with 15,000 members and create a nation al service corps similar to the Peace Corps operating abroad. In a special youth message keyed to the theme of serving young people better so "Ihey will serve their nation better" Kennedy also proposed an ex pansion in the overseas Peace Corps. The proposed conservation corps would provide work and training for 15,000 youths in national forests and recre ation areas. It would resem ble the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 19:0s. mv 1 " f ' I -"Of" 'f Along Discussed Planners i old highway, which would be 1 single and not to exceed 500 I square feet I The commission upheld the I he DrnvpH for snrh ji vnriannt. I ifjr ni ttrpH. finrnsnin miliar ( The commission continued until iwarcn action on llie re- quest for the sign south ofjslon said in its 104-page re- tne old highway. It was ex- plained thai the small piece of properly Is a hill and com missioners wanted to visit the site before voting. It was ex plained that this sign would be visible from the freeway, 1,700 feet away. Action It Continued Also continued until March by the commission was the variance request by Standard Oil company. The directional sign, which has already been erected, is approximately 11 by 14 feet in size and stands 7 feet above ground. It is located on the cast side of Interstate 5 and Is south of the Peter Klewit Sons' company gravel operation. In other action, the board of adjustment approved a variance request by the Rog ers Manufacturing company, formerly Alpine Logs com pany In Talent, to conduct an industrial business of manu facturing metal products, hand trucks, at that location. Navy Men, Grants Pass Boys Are Apprehended Stolen cars and attempts to pass bad checks kept Ore gon state police busy yester day and early this morning. As a result, three sailors, who are away without leave from the U.S. Naval Training center, San Diego, are in the Jackson county jail, and two Grants Pass boys are in the Jackson county detention home. Arrested Wednesday after noon by state and Medford city police were Dewey Wayne Whitclcy, Madera, Calif; Richard Dean Robert son, 868 Gilman rd., Medford, and James Russell Boylcs, To peka, Kan. The three men admitted to officers they are AWOL and took the vehicle they were driving in San Diego, Calif. They also said they wrote sev eral fictitious checks in Cali fornia and one in Medford. Attempt lo Cath Checks Wednesday morning, Med ford police were notified by two grocery stores in the area that suspicious men attempt ed to cash checks. Store per sonnel gave police the name of one of the men and a de scription of the other as well as a description of the vehicle they were driving, including the license number. Commission Fails To Recommend Tariff Increase Kennedy's Hands Tied on Issue Washington - (DPI - The Tariff Commission today re jected a U.S. lumber industry plea for restrictions on Can ada's more than $260 million a year softwood lumber sales in the United States. In a report to President Kennedy following a seven month study of conditions In the softwood lumber industry, the commission said the rapid ly increasing imports of Ca nadian lumber were not caused in major part by past tariff concessions. Handt Tied The commission's decision against recommending tariff boosts or quotas was unani mous. It tied Kennedy's hands on the lumber issue. Without a recommendation for action, he is unable to .apply any re strictions. The U.S. lumber industry had asked for tariff boosts from the present maximum of $1 to $6 per thousand board feet plus a quota of 6.5 per cent of U.S. consumption, which would have slashed im ports of Canadian lumber by nearly one third. The U.S. industry said em ployment in the lumber in dustry and in industries de pendent upon it had dropped by .117,000 because of soft wood lumber imports in 1961. It had said unemployment would increase as imports in creased. Domestic Conditions The Canadian industry, ar guing against restrictions dur ing a two-week hearing last ucioner, had said that the U.S. industry's problems were not aue to Canadian lumber but rather to domestic rrtm. petitlve conditions and to U.S. laws which hobbled do- mesttc lumber in some mar- Kets,- '"e TarW Commission ap- 1 peared to go along with many I btvctrji (fie rimnu nnrj) nr Mim. rising price ot timber and purcnasea jogs," tne commis- port. It said there was a limited commercial availability of softwood timber in the Unit ed States, resulting in "In tense competition among the buyers of such timber." In contrast, it said, there was an increasing availablity of newly opened virgin tim ber land in Canada, mostly in eastern British Columbia, and a less Intense competition among Canadian lumber mills for logs. Tax. Collections Increase 8.1 Per Cent Salem (UPD Tax commis sion collections for the past seven months are up 8.1 per cent over the same period a year ago. Collections for the seven month period ending Jan, 31 totaled $59.3 million, com pared with $54.8 million year ago.' An Oregon state police of ficer spotted the vehicle later on South Riverside ave. The Navy men are being ques tioned by FBI agents regard ing the federal violation of transporting a stolen car across state lines. Runaway Boys The other incident checked by state police and Gold Hill police concerned two runa way boys from Grants Pass, ages 12 and 14, The boys, ar rested this morning In Gold Hill, told police they took a car in Grants Pass yesterday afternoon and while in the vi cinity of Kirtland rd. north of Central Point, the car was stuck In the mud and aban doned. The boys told officers they then took a car from the Double Dee lumber company, owned by Norman Butts, 2569 Sunnyview dr. The car was later left in Gold Hill. While Gold Hill police searched for the boys during the night one slept in a field and the other in a barn. They were spotted on a street in Gold Hill this morning, offi cers said, and brought to Medford. Charges have al ready been filed against the boys In Josephine county, it was reported. I ber and the evpn mnn raniWli . i"- 'i -, i,-ite r.m ,rt .w .t ..