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MISS A PROPOSES ill AG6HESSI0N PACT Life Jacket Debris of Missing Tanker Located Miami, Fla.-OIPD-A life jack et stenciled with two words Sulphur Queen and a mass of debris were found today in the vicinity where the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen vanished Feb. 3 with 39 men aboard. A Navy torpedo retriever vessel found the life jacket and the debris floating in the Florida Straits about 14 miles southeast of Key West, Fla., the Coast Guard announced. The debris was not im mediately identified. The Coast Guard sent a patrol boat and plane to the scene. The 524-foot tanker, which sailed Feb. 2 from Beaumont, Tex., for Norfolk, Va., with cargo of molten sulphur in its tanks, sent its last radio message the following day from a position west of Key West. The Coast Guard said it was resuming its search for pos sible survivors among the crewmen, most of whom came from the Galveston-Beaumont and Houston areas of Texas. A week-long air and sea search of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico was abandoned Feb. 14 after it had failed to turn up any trace of the missing tanker. The Navy reported that a quantity of debris was found floating in the water along with the life jacket. Coast Guard vessels will recover all of it they can to aid investi gations in solving the mystery. Jacksonville To Sell Sewer Bonds Jacksonville - The $25,000 in bonds to finance construc tion of Jacksonville's sewer system will be put up for sale Tuesday, March 19, the city council decided here last night. Councilrhen adopted an or dinance calling for bids on the purchase of the bonds. Bids may be submitted until 8 p.m. March 19. At that hour, bids will be opened by the council. City officials hope to see the sewer installation project expected to take about six months completed this summer. Mayor E. O. Graham expressed hope that work could begin as early as May. Voters approved the $250,- 000 bond issue Nov. 7, 1961, but the council decided to wait until this year to con struct the system, so that the entire project could be com pleted during the dry months of the year. The ordinance adopted last night calls for the first $8,000 of the bonds to mature in 1968 and the final $18,000 to mature in 1987. The city, therefore, will have only to pay the interest until 1968, leaving a cushion of funds available in case costs of the project exceed the amount of the bond issue. Southern Pacific Talks Continue Chicago - IUPD - A federal mediator planned to meet with negotiators for the Southern Pacific railroad to day in their long dispute with railway clerks over automa tion. Francis O'Neill, the media tor, said he had no idea when the two sides might meet to gether. O'Neill met for 2V4 hours with railroad negotiators Tuesday morning, then for two hours with representa tives for the clerks in the afternoon. William McGovern, inter national vice grand chairman of the Brotherhood of Rail way Clerks and its chief ne gotiator, declined to comment on progress of the separate sessions. SECRET BASES IN LATIN NEWSBRIEFS (TIMS FROM MOWO TMI lOU Wihington-aW-A (ormtr president of iht Cuban Senate told congresiional investigators today h understood the Runiani hae established "secret bates" in two Latin Ameri can countries. ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S SUIT SETTLED New York-lP1-Eliiabeih Tsylor's SS million negligence suit in connection with the airplane death of her huiband. film producer Michael Todd, was Hilled today for $40,000 In federal court. NEW YORK STRIKE SAID 'INTOLERABLE' Miami Beeeh-TPt-Lebor Secretary W. Willtrd Wirii said Tuesday the New York newspaper strike, now in its 7Sth lay, was becoming "inereiiinrjr Iniolerible." Teacher's Pay Hike, Drop-Out Program Salem - (UPC - The Senate Education committee Tuesday killed a teachers' pay increase bill and scuttled a proposal to establish a pilot program on school drop-outs. NThe committee also tabled an amendment to the school census act, a plan to provide basic school funds for sum mer school programs, and four teachers' tenure pro posals. In addition to the eight measures tabled by the com mittee, five were held over Elimination of ADC Program in Oregon Proposed Salem - IUPU - Elimination of the aid to dependent chil dren program in Oregon, now helping some 1,000 families, was called for today in a bill by Rep. Robert Jones (R Beaverton). "The program has encour aged indolence rather than productivity," Jones said. The federal help program was set up in 1961 during a period of high unemployment to help the children of job less parents. Two - thirds of the ADC funds are federal, as contrast ed with the general assistance programs where all the mon ey comes from the states and counties. Jones said the origi nal idea was to shift some general assistance cases to the ADC program. "This has failed to happen," Jones said. "In spite of ADC, the general assistance rolls in Oregon have increased." Families Attracttd He said because of lower residence requirements and higher benefits, ADC has at tracted families who would have made a greater effort to find work if the only al ternative Were the stricter general assistance program. Jones said average month ly benefits for an ADC fami ly amount to $183, compared to $60 for a general assist ance family. "Families tend to stay on ADC twice as long," he said. Jones said Oregon is one of 15 states in the nation to participate in ADC, and the only one in the west. He said ADC probably has drawn sea sonal workers to Oregon from other western states. Would Shiit Cases An appropriation of $4.3 million is proposed for the Oregon program during the coming biennium. Jones said the effect of abolishing ADC would be a temporary shift of genuine need cases to the general assistance rolls. "The needy and those who cannot help themselves should have their basic needs taken care of," he said. But I do not think we should establish a steady in come for these people," he said, "because this fosters de pendence on welfare and de stroys the individual's cre ativity." Garcia Indicted by County Grand Jury Robert Joseph Garcia 24, of 113 Tripp St., Medford, was indicted bv a Jackson county grand jury yesterday on misdemeanor charge of as sault and battery. Garcia was arrested Christ mas Eve, Dec. 24, on charges of assault and battery while unarmed by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. Medford police said they found him beating his three-year-old son, Jeffrey Norman, with a leather belt. The child has since recovered from the injuries. District At torney Alan Holmes said yes terday. AMERICA CHARGED Killed for further consideration, and three were approved. The committee also voted to introduce a bill which would reduce the amount of state support for community colleges. Approved by the committee were bills changing the method of computing rural school district tax levies, increasing the allowances for teaching mentally retard ed children, and one teacher's tenure law change. More Study Decided The committee decided to give more study to a bill which would enable parochial school students to participate in the state's gifted children program. The committee wanted to study the constitu tionality of the proposal. A bill to limit creation of new. community colleges is to be reviewed, and amended by the committee. Also to get more study are teachers' certification pro posal, a rural school district boundary proposal, and a community college finance measure. Board Reaffirms Tuition Policy Of District 549C The District 549C school board last night reviewed and reaffirmed its policy of ac cepting tuition students in the district, pointing out that the policy would continue. The policy has been ques tioned by area residents, school officials noted. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent, pointed out that the district s policy is to accept tuition students as long as they do not crowd facilities. He added that the district has never had to add classrooms because of the number of tuition students. The district has accepted tuition students for several years, and this year has about 18 students paying tuition from other school districts. Other Action In other action last night, the board reviewed a pro posed code of conduct for stu dents of Medford High school. The code, which includes sug gestions for student conduct from school administrators, school board members, high school faculty members, and representatives of the student body. Upon completion, the code will be distributed to high school students, probably later this spring. School officials indicated that a similar code will be adopted for junior high school and elementary school stu dents of the district. The board also approved election personnel and voting precincts for the budget elec tion, which is scheduled April 3. No Indictments Are Returned in Case All information regarding the death of Mrs. LaNelda Nan Marlow, 31, of Ashland, whose body was found near the Siskiyou summit Feb. 3, was presented to the Jackson county grand jury Tuesday, according to District Attorney Alan B. Holmes. No indictments were return ed. he reported today. At an inquest into her death held here Feb. 13, it was stated that death could have been caused by suffoca tion due to drowning. There was no evidence of violence, it was pointed out at the in quest. Betancourt Suggests Penetration Cheek Washington - IUPD - Presi dent Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela put before Presi dent Kennedy today his ideas for checking Soviet penetra tion in Latin America. The two presidents were scheduled to hold their sec ond working session late this afternoon, following which a Joint communique will be is sued. REFUGE PLANNED Washington - H'Pli - Interior Secretary Stewart Udall has announced a 5,731-acre wild life refuge will be set up in Benton county, Ore., a few miles south of Corvallis. SMELT ENTER RIVER Kelso, Wash. - I'PU - Smelt entered the Cowlitz river Tuesday with both sports and commercial fishermen report In catches. Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages " .... . ' S"S- VIEW EQUIPMENT Maj. Charles A. Bar clay, Salem, representing the Adjutant Gen eral of Oregon, and Col. Harvey L. Latham, of the public information office of the Oregon Military department, were in Med ford Tuesday to participate in the local observance of Operation Muster 1963. Major Barclay spoke on the role of the National Guard in civil defense and disaster. During their visit the two officials inspected the WEATHER FORKCAST: Mostly cloudy with periods of light rain through Thursday. Possibly a few periods of partial clearing Thursday afternoon. Low to night 40-45. High Thursday 50-55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 53 Lowest Thi Morning 46 Prec. to lo a.m. Today 50 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:01 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 5:33 a.m. New Moon Feb. 23 PROMINENT STAR ReRUlus, in the east 7:09 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, -well above RetUlUS. Jupiter, low In west 6:51 p.m. venus, low in loumeasi moonrlse. Climbers Start Triple Assault Katmandu, Nepal-IUPII - A 20-man American mountain climbing expedition today started a 210-mile walk over rugged mule trails on the first leg of an unprecedented triple assault on Mt. Everest and two sister peaks. Expedition leader Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, 44, Santa Monica, Calif., said the team members were in good health, high spirits and carrying the best modern equipment. The weather was clear and sunny for the jump-off. The Americans were ac companied by 32 Sherpa guides and 980 high-altitude porters as they left the start ing point a Banepa, 20 miles from Katmandu. They plan ned to spend six months climbing the three peaks and gathering scientific data bn the performance of men under extreme stress. New England Hit By Winter Fury By United Press International A gale-driven storm pound ed New England today with foot-deep snows which para lyzed ground and air travel, cut off electricity to thous ands, and closed schools wholesale. In the country's midlands a new and bitter cold wave was moving in. The sunrise tem perature at Interna 1 1 o n a 1 Falls, Minn., was 20 below and the mercury was expect ed to go near 30 below tonight in northern Minnesota and North Dakota. Areas as far south as north ern Illinois were warned to bundle up for 10 below weather. BUSY TRAFFIC COURTS Chicago - IUPD - A total of 17,381,219 moving traffic violations were filed in the nation's courts In 1961 and 8,915,423 of these were dis posed of in the court room, reports the American Bar as sociation s traffic court pro gram. BAPTISTS MEET Bend-il'Pli-The annual meet ing of the Oregon Conserva tive Baptists opened here Tuesday at First Baptist church. TO STAR AT FAIR Salem-t'Pli-Jimmie Rodgers will return as star of the 1963 Oregon State Fair stage show, according to Fair Manager !oward Maple. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1963 displays at the Medford National Guard Armory. This morning Major Barclay and county commissioners toured the Civil De fense communications center at the county courthouse, including the basement of the annex, which was offered to the governor for use in an emergency for his head quarters. About 50 persons, including coun ty officials, attended the inspection Tues day evening. (Knackstedt photo) Work on Proposed Budget for549C Is Completed The budget committee of School District 549C last night completed work on the proposed budget for fiscal year 1963 - 64, authorizing $104,000 for construction of additional classrooms needed next year, and cutting about $97,000 from items originally proposed. School administrators are now making revisions ap proved by the committee last night, and the budget is ex pected to be completed by to morrow. Superintendent Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield pointed out that the budget is an austere one, and reductions made will not, administrators believe, weak en the academic program of fered. Most of the items cut from the budget are items which will be worked into succeeding budgets since many of them involve ma terials, equipment or remodel ing work. Classrooms Needed At least five additional ele mentary school class rooms will be needed when school starts next fall, the commit tee was told. Four of them will be needed at Wilson school, and one will be added at Lone Pine school. The committee added $104, 000 to the budget to handle construction of the class rooms, since there is not now sufficient time between now and September to hold a bond election, sell the bonds and construct the needed facilities. Without the five classrooms, the first grade at Lone Pine school and the first three grades at Wilson school would be required to be double shifted; that is, half the stu dents attending class in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Based on Census The need for five new class rooms is based on the 1962 school census. Also in the budget are funds for construction of temporary classrooms at Medford High school to relieve crowded con ditions there next year. New Postal Supplies Now Available Here All postal supplies author ized in the new price sched ule, which became effective Jan. 1, arc now available at the Medford post office, J. A. Eidswick, acting postmaster, announced today. The six-cent airmail post cards, airmail and regular mail stamped envelopes, and all denominations of stamps arc now on sale after a long delay, Eidswick said. Old sup plies, obsolete under the new price schedule, will be destroyed. CONFERENCE PLANNED SalenWUPIi-Democratic State Chairman E. D. Spencer has announced plans for a state wide Democratic conference tfbe held In Salem April 8-7. by Group I Tito nnmtnitlaa l..n tanl-. tively approved expenditures amounting to $467,161.47 In the bond interest and redemp tion fund, and the school lunch fund, totaling $303,- 623.56. The school lunch fund the committee noted, is sell-balancing fund, and no tax money is used, Officer Frightens Burglar From Scene A Medford city police offi cer apparently frightened off a burglar early this morning at the office of the Mutual of Omaha Insurance company, 1037'i Court st. While making a routine check about 2:30 o'clock this morning, Officer Jack Mc Junkin noticed a makeshift prybar jammed into the door frame at the rear of the building. Further investigation re vealed that wood around the door had been gouged and that the door knob was loose. There was no other damage. Police speculate that the burglar apparently saw Offi cer McJunkin coming and fled before he could complete his illegal entry. Pipefitters Name Auditor in Suit Portland -IUPII- A Pipefitters Union local filed a $41,523 suit against its auditor Tues day, saying he failed to dis cover a clerk was embezzling money from the union. Local 235 of the United As sociation of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada filed the suit against account ant Rudolph P. Chvatal. The clerk, Elcne Bridgett McCudden, 44, pleaded guilty to the embezzlement charge last November and was sen tenced to two years in federal prison, The union contends the $41,523 is the amount of money she took from 1956 to 1962. It charged that Chvatal failed to follow accepted aud iting standards and proced ures. Britain Discloses Record Defense Budget London - WPD - Britain's de fense budget for 1963-64, the biggest in peacetime, disclos ed today a shifting emphasii from airpower to Polaris mis sile submarines destined to be the nation's main nuclear de terrent In coming years. The government's annual defense "while paper" pre sented lo Parliament esti mated its expenditures for the 1963 fiscal year at $5.14 billion, an Increase of $326 million over last year's bud get and the biggest, since Wolld War It, Tribune Mann's To Vacate Alley Gets Approval A request by Mann's De partment store to vacate the west 100 feet of the alley in Block 13, original town, was approved by the Medford planning commission in a special meeting yesterday afternoon. The request, which would clear the way for a proposed extensive remodeling of the department store, will now qo before the city council for final action. John Moffat, president of Mann's, told the planning commission the store had been looking for some years for ways to expand their opera- ion, but had encountered dif ficulty in finding a parcel of land in the downtown area of sufficient size to take care of their needs. Purchase Building Moffat said some time ago the store had purchased the building currently occupied by Western Thrift store, 30 North Central avc., which is ust across the alley from Mann's. If the request to vacate the alley Is approved, Moffat said, a remodeling project would be undertaken which we-uld combine the two buildings, in cluding the west 100 feet of the alley between them. Moffat proposed that the city would be paid the sum of $1,000 per square foot for the alley space used, a total amount of $20,000. City Manager Robert Duff told the commission thai the city had studied the request and had no objection, provid ed adequate area was main tained In the remainder of the alley for trucks to -turn around Will Determine Price Duff said the city would have the alley parcel apprais ed to determine a fair price, and that any vacation of the alley would be subject to re version. Commission Bert Thlerolf asked Moffat whether Mnnn's present location had complete ly outworn its usefulness. Moffat replied that the store was 'holding its own, but that it was not showing sufficient sales increases due to increased competition and Mann's limited floor space. He said that Medford Archi tect Jack Edson had checked the structural condition of the two buildings involved and had determined they were suitable for the remodeling project. Guilty Pleas Are ntered by Men Two young men this morn ing pleaded guilty in Jackson county court to charges of throwing debris on a public highway. They were charged with throwing a glass bottle containing a dynamite cap onto Interstate 5 from the Barnctt rd. overpass Feb. 9. In their statements to Med- ford police, the two men ad. mittcd detonating an explo sive device on the practice field at Medford High school the evening of Feb. 10. Scheduled to be sentenced Monday, Feb. 25, are David Thompson Laurence, 21, of 310 North Main at., Talent, nd David Elton Fisher, 19, of Suncrest rd., Talent. Plans Under Of Teaching The fruits of observation trips to the cast, mid-west and the San Francisco bay area under the Oregon Program for Improvement of Education by Medford school officials are beginning to be harvested in the district. Elliott Bccken, assistant superintendent of the Medford district, told the school board last night that plans are well under way to adopt forms of teaching techniques observ ed by area school officials on the trips. Programs Reivied Several individuals and committees arc working on proposals to adopt forms of team teaching, flexible sched uling and other innovations into the Medford program, he noted. In some cases, present pro grams will be revised, while 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 287 Requset JWelgy E. RONALD RICE Diet at Home E. Ronald Rice, Active Kiwanian, Dies at His Home E. Ronald' Rice, 56, of 215 Saginaw dr., Pacific North west Kiwanis District gover nor, died Tuesday afternoon I at his home. Active In Kiwanis activities since 1934, Mr. Rice was mu- sic teacher at McLoughlin Junior High school. He was elected Northwest district governor at th group's 1962 convention Yakima, Wash., Aug. 14, 1862. He was Installed Jan. 8 tn ceremonies here, After he moved to Med ford in 1945, Mr. Rice serv ed since as the club's secre tary treasurer with the ex ception of 1953 through 1957 when he served on five, dis trict committees. He served as president of the Medford club in 1953 and was licuten- ent governor twice of Divi sion 15 in 1956 and Division 15A In 1959. 16 Years Attendance He had 16 years perfect at tendance in the Medford club, attendance at seven Interna tional conventions and 13 dis trict conventions. Community service in Med ford included serving as a member of the board of di rectors of Southern Oregon Philharmonic society, board of directors of the Salvation Army for 10 years, served on the Medford school board from 1947 through 1952, the last year as chairman. Mr. Rice was born Nov. 20, 1906, in Spokane, Wash., where he attended school. He was graduated from Washing ton State university where he was a member of Beta Thcta PI social fraternity. He held a life certificate in education in Washington, Survivors Include his wife, Lucille Rice; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Jeanne) Martin, Eagle Point, and Mrs. David (Shirley) Shearer, Klamath Falls, five grandchildren, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Olin Rice, Medford. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Fu neral home. r Hi ' J . ' 7 X Way To Adopt New Forms in Medford In others major changes ere planned. Some changes will be made in the high school next year, with the possibility that some may be made in elementary and junior high school programs, he said. Programs planned to be started here were observed in action at several schools In New England, the Chicago area, and the San Francisco area. Notes Optimism The board also received a proposal for continuing par ticipation in the Oregon Pro gram for the second year. A request for a grant of $31,850 is being submitted to the state department of education for Ford Foundation funds to continue the program here, Becken noted. Bccken wag optimistic abut the district receiving Treaty Would Bind Atlantic, Warsaw Pads West Continuing Test Ban Efforts I Geneva - IUPD - Russia for mally proposed at today's ses sion of the disarmament talks here that the West conclude non-aggression pact with Communist Europe. The text of a proposed treaty submitted to the con ference would bind the Atlan tic and Warsaw (Soviet-satel lite) pact to "refrain from at tack, the threat or use of force against one another in any manner inconsistent with, the purposes and principles of the United Nations Char ter." The idea of a non-aggres sion pact has been advanced by Russia before, here and at the United Nations. Th8 West has displayed little en thusiasm for the idea. Continuing Efforts The United States charged today that Russia is avoid ing agreement on a nuclear test ban, but said it will con tinue to press for "give and take bargaining." U.S. chief negotiator Wil liam C. Foster told the 17-na-tion Disarmament conference that the gulf between the So viet and Western positions on a test ban "has deepened." Referring to the Soviet re fusal to resume direct nego tiations on a nuclear treaty with the Western powers, he said "I reluctantly conclude that the Soviet Union rather than the United States and the United KinniHom is intent on avoiding agreement." Russians Claim The Russians have been claiming here that the two Western nuclear powers have been trying to avoid an ac cord that would end testing. We are . willing and in tend to engage .in give and take negotiations on all ma- w issues' which must be I agreed upon . If we are to reach agreement on a nuclear 1 test ban," Foster told the e I conference. in I Foster s speech was a final attempt to crack Russia's hard I nuclear position before fly ing to Washington later In the day for consultations with President Kennedy. Permits Issued for Signs in Downtown The Medford building de partment issued permits yes terday to Ryan Outdoor Ad vertising company to erect five billboard signs in areas adjacent to the Interstate 5 freeway overpass through the city. According to the permits. the company intends to con struct three signs in the 800 block, north of Austin st., near the freeway. One will cost $1,000 and the other two will cost $600 each. Signs also will be erected at 401 East 12th St., and at 400 East 12th st. They will cost $1,000 and $1,500 respec tively, i A sign constructed by Die Walsh company was recently erected on 10th st. adjacent to the freeway overpass. Dog Owners Reminded Of Purchasing Tags County dog owners were reminded today by Jackson County Clerk E. M. Madden that dog licenses must be pur chased on or before March 1 or a $2 penalty will be charged. The licenses are available in the majority of the commu nities throughout the county or at the clerk's office on the second floor of the county courthouse In Medford. Li censes now cost $2 or $3. High School the grant requested, pointing out that progress in Medford in the Oregon Program is in the forefront among the 23 school districts participating in the program. Also partici pating in th program are Ore gon colleges and universities as well as the state depart ment of education. Plans were outlined for the board of another visitation trip the latter part of April to the Denver, Colo,, area and southern California. The trip, as previous ones, will be fi nanced by the Ford Founda tion grant as part of the In service training in connection with the Oregon Program. Observed on the trip will be programs and plant facili ties which have not been ob served eleswhere, or varia tions ot programs reviewed elsewhere. ,J
