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IN LUDGATE CIRCUS Escorted by Canadian Mounties,
Canadian Prime Minister and Mrs. John Diefenbakcr ride
in an open landau through Ludgate Circus this morning
on their way to Guildhall to receive the Freedom of the
City of London. Diefenbaker, 17th living recipient of the
Bomber
$363 Million Is
Added to Build
Two More Planes
Washington - (UPD - The
House Armed Services Com
mittee reopened the RS70
bomber controversy today by
voting to authorize the Air
Force an extra $363 million
to build two more of the
planes.
President Kennedy has said
repeatedly he does not want
the authorization and the 31-5
vote set the stage for another
congressional battle with the
administration. The House
committee also added two
nuclear powered attack sub
marines which the adminis
tration does not want.
Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara maintains any
more money spent on the pro
posed RS70 would be wasted
and Kennedy has backed him
up.
The actions boosted Ken
nedy's arms authorization
bill, already the largest ever
introduced in Congress, to
$15,856,391,000. This was
$497,700,000 more than Ken
nedy requested last month
and would also increase the
over-all $53.7 billion defense
budget by that amount.
Want Manned Planes
Chairman Carl Vinson (D
Ga.) said in a statement after
ward that it was "a deep and
abiding belief of the Armed
Services Committee that
manned systems should con
tinue to be a major part of
our military force."
"There is no doubt," he
said, "that our missiles, and
particularly our interconti
nental ballistic missiles, arc a
major part of our arsenal.
Neither I nor the committee
members would for a moment
think of minimizing their im
portance or cutting back on
the missile program.
"But the committee sees a
growing tendency on the part
of the Department of Defense
to place more and more em
phasis on missiles and less on
manned systems.
PREDICTS BETTER TIMES
Havana-HPI-Fidel Castro,
the announcement of new
ilf,lVSC?,!illEFS
ITEMS FROM fc M0UND tHI 0lOM
dieted better times ahead for the Cuban people.
"What we have now are the fruits of the past." Castro
(aid in an address to a medical congress attended largely by
delegates from Russia, the Soviet satellites and Communist
China. "One day wt shall reap the fruits of the present."
INFORMATION ON PILOTS KILLED
Washington-ilPI-Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen
laid today he has information that four American pilots,
presumably civilian, were killed in the illfated Bay of Pigi
invasion attempt
Dirksen told newsmen the
the GOP staff investigating
he assumes. Is known to government officials.
PROGRESS SAID IMPOSSIBLE He said that the amount
Geneva-tPIThe United States said today that progress was only an estimate,
on a nuclear test ban treaty it impossible unless the Rus-j Brooks explained that at
slant ease their rigid position on verification. approxinuteiy 40 per cent of
Chief U.S. negotiator William C. Foiler. who just return-1 the homes contacted Sunday
ed from consultation with President Kennedy in Washing- afternoon there was no one
ton, appealed to the Soviet Union to remove its "substan-j nome He stressed that per
live and procedural obstacles" to nuclear negotiations, j sons not contacted by the
workers are encouraged to
CONFERENCE SCHEDULED I send their contributions by
New York-'lPIPublisheri of nine New York City dailies : maj, ,0 ,hc Hcart f-umj, in
were scheduled to conler today on deadlocked strike negotia-1 care o tne jocal postmaster,
tions and report their views to Mayor Robert Wagner. , Mcdford
Wagner and a spoKesmen tor ine ruDiiiners Association
of New York declined comment on the purpose of the meet
ing. But Bertram Powers, president of the striking Local 6
of the International Typographical Union, said the publish
ers will get together to decide whether to hold face-to-face
negotiations requested by the printers.
Controversy Reopens
Complaint
Against Ed
For Seizing
Stowe, Vt. - IUP1I - A spokes
man for the Vermont Publish
ing company said today a for
mal complaint will be filed
against Sen. Edward M. Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) for allegedly
seizing the camera of a news
photographer who snapped
his picture at a ski lodge.
Richard E. Gallagher, gen
eral manager of the corpora-,
tion, said the complaint is be
ing prepared by a lawyer. He
would not disclose the nature
of the complaint.
Philip N. Lawson, 21, a
staff photographer for the
Vermont Sunday News in
Burlington, said Kennedy
grabbed his camera Saturday
after he took a picture of Ken
nedy in ski garb outside the
lodge at Smugglers Notch.
Lawson said Kennedy ex
posed the film to light, ruin
ing it, and then returned the
camera with its flash attach
ment bent and a scam on its
leather carrying case torn.
A spokesman for Kennedy
quoted the senator as saying,
"The story is ridiculous. It
has been distorted."
Kennedy Side of Story
The spokesman said Ken
nedy had spent plenty of lime
over the week end posing (or
professional and amateur pho
tographers and that when the
senator asked Lawson not to
use the film the photographer
"was very cooperative and
handed over the film."
But the photographer's em
ployer, William Locb, pub
lisher of the newspaper, said
the incident illustrated the
"naked arrogance of the Ken
nedys." "Being a U.S. senator has
apparently gone to Teddy
Kennedy's 31-year-old head,"
Locb said.
Kennedy was at the resort
with his wife, Joan, Atty.
Gen. and Mrs. Robert F. Ken
nedy and their children, and
Mrs. Robert S. McNamara,
wife of the defense secretary.
A spokesman at the lodge
speaking a few hours after
rationing measures, today pre
information was developed by
the 1961 Cuban invasion and,
700-year-old honors others include Queen Elizabeth, Sir
Winston Churchill, and Dwight D. Eisenhower made a
brief speech at Guildhall for stronger Commonwealth ties.
(UPI)
Planned
Kennedy
Camera
said Kennedy regretted the
incident but had made it clear
earlier that he would be hap
py to pose for pictures on the
ski slopes but did not want
any pictures taken when he
was dressed in after - ski
clothes.
Lawson said he took his
flashbulb picture after a
Montpelier photographer had
snapped the senator without
using a flash. He said Ken
nedy had returned from ski
ing shortly before and was
still dressed in his ski togs
Kennedy apparently was
unaware of the first picture
but observed Lawson s flash
Three Killed in ;
Week End Crashes
By United Press International
Three persons lost their
lives in Oregon traffic acci
dents during the week end.
Robert Albus, 28, Aums-
villc, was killed in a one-car
accident near Albany Sunday.
His car plunged off State
Highway 226 into Thomas
creek.
Margaret McGlynn, 76, New
berg, was struck and killed
by a car on U.S. Highway
99W north of Newburg Satur
day night.
Francis Burnside, 51, Vcn-
cta, was struck and killed by
a car on U.S. Highway 126
near Eugene Friday night.
State police arrested Raymond
Johnson, 59, Blue River, on
a charge of hit-and-run driv
ing. Two Sentenced for
Throwing Debris
Two young men charged
with throwing debris on a
public highway were placed
on probation for six months
this morning in district court.
David Elton Fisher, 19, of
Suncrest rd., Talent, was di
rected also to work for 20
hours in the county court
house. David Thompson Lau
ranee, 21, of 310 North Main
st.. Talent, was directed to do
no social driving and receiv
ed a 10 day suspended county
jail sentence.
They were charged with
throwing a glass bottle con
taining a dynamite cap onto
Interstate 5 from the Barnett
rd. overpass Feb. 9.
Heart Fund Drive
Nets About $2,000
Approximately $2,000 was
donated to the Heart Fund
: during the annual house-to-
house drive held Sunday, ac
cording to William Brooks,
chairman.
TO GREET DELEGATES
Salem - Xft - Gov. Mark
Hatfield will greet delegates
to a health, education and wel
fare meeting Wednesday.
Pay Increases for
County Employees
Being Discussed
The Jackson county court
discussed a possible one-step
county employee pay increase
plus a merit raise, wnen it
met with representatives of
department heads this morn
ing.
The county budget commit
tee, which includes the county
budget members, will meet
with Jackson County Em
ployees' association represen
tatives Tuesday, March 5, at
11 a.m. to discuss the cm
ployees' requested three-step
pay increase, plus fringe ben.
efits of 90 days accumulated
sick leave.
County Assessor Thad Hat
ten and County Clerk Marvin
Madden explained the coun
ty's department . heads had
met with the employees' as
sociation last week to discuss
the wage increase requests
The department heads met
later in the week and agreed
to the one-step merit increas
es. County Engineer Robert
Carstcnsen was present this
morning also, but to discuss
road matters.
Excess Cited
Judge Miller said 90 days
accumulated sick leave was
too much and had been turned
down last year by the budget
committee. Few Employees
use the present 45 days ac
cumulated sick leave, he
pointed out.
County Commissioner Don
ald Fabcr said the county
court has written comparable
counties for more details on
their wage scales.
The one-step, across-the-
board increase would cost the
county about $90,000, County
Purchasing Coordinator Wil
liam Cochran said. The in
crease would be $17 to $20
for approximately 380 em
ployees. Assessor Hattcn said he is
losing some of his help to
private industry. The increase
would help attract qualified
people, he indicated.
Applegafe Rancher
Hurt in Accident
Applegatc rancher Lcroy
Offenbacher, past president of
the Jackson County Stock
men's association, was repor
ted in fair condition this
morning at Rogue Valley hos
pital after an accident with
a crawler tractor laie Satur
day afternoon.
He is being treated for
broken ribs, bruises and possi
ble internal injuries.
The tractor, which Offen
bacher was operating, rolled
over three times when com
ing down a hill during irriga
tion ditch work on the Offen
bacher ranch.
Man Changes Plea
To Conduct Charge
A man who pleaded inno
cent to a disorderly conduct
charge in Mcdford municipal
court last Thursday, changed
his mind in court this morn
ing and pleaded guilty.
After he changed his pica,
Lyle Vernon Doty, 24. of 412
Oak st., was fined a total of
$35 by Judge Justin Smith
Jr.
The charge grew out of .in
incident early Thursday when
officers attempted to cite
Doty for disobeying a stop
sign near Fourth and Fir sts.
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Ex-Superintendent
Of Medford Schools
Dies After Illness
E. H. Hcdrick, 74, retired
superintendent of the Med
ford schools and one of Ore
gon s foremost educators of
the twentieth century, died at
his home on South Oakdale
ave. this morning. He had
been ill for several months.
Hedrick began his teaching
career as a youth, qualifying
through teachers examination
in 1908; and retired as Med
ford superintendent in 19SS
after serving in that position
for 30 years. His entire teach-
E. H.
HEDRICK
Retired Superintendent
Legislators Get
Bill Revising Tax
On Oregon Timber
Salem - CUPU - Timber tax
revisions, repeal of exclusive
electric service areas, nd a
ban on Communist speakers
in public buildings were
called for today in bills intro
duced In-the House.
The-Scnate received bills to
give officers greater powers
in combatting drunk driving
as the legislature began its
seventh week.
Two major timber tax
measures landed in the House.
One would increase Eastern
Oregon severance taxes on
pine from 5 to 7'i per cent.
House Tax Committee Chair
man Richard Eymann (D-Mar-
cola) said the present rate,
set in 1961, has failed to raise
the expected revenue.
The new Western Oregon
timber tax bill, also spon
sored by Eymann, is similar to
the minority report that was
defeated when the present
Western Oregon timber tax
law was passed two years ago.
Eymann said in addition to
increasing revenues on doug
las fir, the new proposal
would move closer to the
principle of paying most taxes
at the time of cutting. It
would establish a severance
lax, while reducing the ad
valorem tax on standing tim
ber. A bill to repeal the 1961
law permitting the public util
ity commissioner to ratify
agreements between utilities
for exclusive service areas
was sponsored by Eymann
and several others. It also
would void any agreements
made under the law.
At the request of the Ore
gon Veterans' Joint Legisla
tive Committee, Rep. Philip
Lang (D-Portland) introduced
a bill to prohibit use of tlx
supported facilities by mom
bers of any organization re
quired to register under the
internal security act or the
subversive activities control
act.
AGAINST AFFILIATION
Portland -flJPli- Employees
of Grants Pass Moulding com
pany have voted 19-2 against
affiliation with Local 3009
of the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union, the national
Labor Relations Board said
today.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Chance of little
rain tonight. Partly cloudy
Tuekday. except patchy mornlnf
fof. Low tonllht 10-tS. Huh
Tuesday H.
Temp.
Mlchrtt Yeterday it
Lowetl Thli Murnlni 31
Our Skies Tonight
Runiet today S:3 p m.
Sunrlr-e tomorrow .. :31a.m.
The Moon, 3M.QQ0 mllei from
the Earth tonllht, tela at t:
p.m.
r Irit Quarter March z
PRCIMINtNT STAR
Arrttirut. In the east l:it p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mara, hljh overhead . It II p m.
Venua, rliea .. 1:04 a.m.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1963
ing and administrative ex
perience was in Oregon.
Hcdrick Junior High school
on Mcdford's east side, con
structed in 1955, was named
and dedicated as a tribute to
his outstanding service in the
field of education.
Contributions Were Many
His contributions to educa
tion were many, particularly
from the 1920s on, but he was
probably most widely known
for the manner in which he
held the line against any
watering down of public
school education.
Theories, advanced by Hcd
rick during those years and
frowned upon by many, were
forerunners of present day
thinking and the projects it
has developed in team teach
ing and ability grouping.
Born Oct. 24, 1888, near
Merlin, Ore., Hedrick was the
son of William and Lurclta
Hedrick, both former school
teachers. His father's father
moved to Oregon in 1852 and
taken up a donation land
claim in the area in which the
city of Drain is now located.
His father taught in Josephine
and Douglas counties for a
few years and when E. II., as
he was known, was five years
old, the family moved to a
ranch near Drain.
Elementary Education
He received his elementary
education in the rural schools,
which were then operated for
three months in the spring
and three months in the fall.
Since his parents had been
school teachers, he was tu
tored at home and when near.
ly 18 entered Central Oregon
State Normal school then lo
cated at Drain, planning to
study law. He was permitted
to carry extra studies at the
Normal school because of his
age and background. He at
tended the full year of 1906-
1907, then took the teachers
examination in Roscburg in
1908, received his certificate
and withdrew from normal
school in April to teach the
Hayhurst Valley school near
Yoncalla. While teaching he
continued his studies through
a special arrangement with
the Normal school, which was
discontinued later that year.
He entered Monmouth Nor
mal school through the same
arrangement, which enabled
him to finance his education.
He graduated in June, 1909,
and was elected to the princi
palship of the Dorcna school
on the Row river near Cot
tage Grove.
(Continued on page 11 A)
Bill Designed to
Expose Pay Problem
Portland-IUPD-State Rep. Ed
Whelan (D-Portland) said Sat
urday that a bill he int i
duccd to ban women from
working where liquor is st d
was designed to expose an un
equal pay problem.
He replied to .-iticism of
the measure.
Whelan said he was not op
posed to women bartenders
but was against women being
hired as waitress working as
bartenders.
He said waitresses were
paid only about half as much.
What has actually hap
pened is that many employers
in the Portland area have
used women as bartenders
but have not paid them bar
tender salaries, the Portland
Democrat said.
"It is my contention there
must be equal pay for equal
work, he said.
Tankers Collide,
Block Belgian Port
Flushing, Holland-IUPII-Two
tankers collided today in the
Scheldt River, turning one
vessel into a vast "ball of
fire" and blocking all ship
ping on one stretch of the
channel that leads to the giant
Belgian port of Antwerp.
The vessels Involved were
the 20,776-lon Panamanian
tanker Miraflores, loaded with
a cargo of crude oil, and the
13.350-ton British tanker Aba-
desa.
Within 20 minutes, the
Miraflores was engulfed In
flames, some shooting 100 feet
into the air. The Abadcsa was
damaged but did not catch
fire.
Tugs plucked 28 of the
Miraflores' crewmen from the
river after they Jumped over
board, but the captain was
reported missing.
JOHN W.
To Join State Board
Snider To
To Higher
Board for
Former M e d fo r d Mayor
John W. Snider will be nam
ed to the Oregon State Board
of Higher Education, the Mail
Tribune learned today.
Announcement of the ap
pointment was to be made at
press conference at 3:30
o'clock this afternoon by
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield In
Salem. .
Snider will succeed Mrs
Cheryl Scholtz MacNaughton
in the board post, f he declin
ed to accept reappointment
The term begins March 2, and
ia for six-years. The appoint
ment requires confirmation
by the state Senate,
The nine-member board is
the governing agency for all
public universities and col
leges in the slate. Member-
Medford Officials
Involved in Trial
Jury selection is expected
to take most of today as the
case of Roy Picard, Medford
Jeweler, against two Medford
officials - opened in circuit
court this morning.
Picard is seeking $50,000
in general damages plus $50,-
000 in exemplary and puni
tive damages plus costs from
former City Attorney Joel
Rcedcr and Medford Building
Safety Director O. R. McNccl.
The complaint arises from
the city's prosecution of Pi
card ' on charges of selling
electrical equipment and sup
plies without registering with
the director of building safe
ty. A municlpa lcourt case
was dismissed in 1961 be
cause McNccl, the principal
witness, was ill.
Picard alleges that two
complaints were filed against
him without probable cause
and with malice toward him.
He also charges that the pros
ecution was malicious and
without legal or factual foun
dation. Hearing the case is Judge
James M. Main.v
Rogue River Board
May Be Eliminated
Salem - lUPli - Elimination
of the Rogue River Coordina
tion Board and transfer of its
river control functions were
called for todHy in a bill in
troduced by Rep. Richard Ey
mann (D-Marcola).
The State Sanitary Author
ity would be given Jurisdic
tion relating to conditions of
tubidity in the river.
Eymann said the bill was
intended to settle feuding be
tween fishing and mining in
terests.
The coordination board In
cludes a mine and a fishing
representative.
In place of the coordination
board, Eymann's bill would
create a Rogue River Advis
ory committee.
REPORTS TO KENNEDY
Washington - (UFH - A sena
torial study group has report
ed to President Kennedy that
after seven years of U.S. aid
to South Viet Nam the coun
try still lacks a stable government.
No. 291
Brtuiterd Pholo
SNIDER
of Higher Education
Be Named
Education
Oregon
ship on the board is generally
considered to be among the
most prestigious public serv
ice appointments in the state,
Resided In Medford
Snider, a graduate of Uni- i
vcrsity of San Francisco, has
resided in Medfori" all' his
life, except for Army service
(lie was a master sergeant)
and his college years. He is
operator of a dairy founded
by his father and mother.
and of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling
C.n of Mrmfnrri
He recently completed
three terms as mayor of Med
ford, and before that was a
member of the cilv council
He has served as president of
the League of Oregon Cities
and on committees of the
Oregon Centennial commis
sion, and until last week
when he resigned, was chair
man of the slate board of aer
onautics.
Mr. and Mrs. Snider live at
2500 Argonne pl and are the
parents of three children,
John, a student at the Univer
sity of Oregon, Douglas at
Notre Dajnc, and Mary Ann,
at home.
Mrs. MacNaughton has Ions
been prominent In Oregon ed
ucation. She was the wife of
the second president of Reed
College, and after his death
served as dean of women and
director of admissions at that
Institution.
She later married the late
E. B. MacNaughton, and was
his wife when he, too, be.
came president of Reed. She
has served on the state board
for a number of years.
Rural Districts May
Join to Educate MR :
Salcm-IUPU-The Senate ' to
day approved a bill which
would enable rural school dis
tricts to Join In providing ed
ucation services for mentally
retarded children.
The bill, introduced at the
request of the State Board of
Education, now goes to the
House.
Hiking Fad Reaches Area
As Groups Walk Saturday
Two Southern Oregon col
lege athletes, Howard Hart
man and Ken Coffman, ran,
Jogged and hiked approxim
ately 50 miles of the Rogue
river trail In 11 hours on Sat
urday. They led a party of seven
who made the Jaunt. Robert
Huff, Medford High school
cross country and tennis
coach, made the trip In 12
hours.
Two other Southern Oregon
college runners, Jerry Arndt
and Doyle Bransotn, complet
ed the trek in 12V4 hours and
two other college men, Kerm
Bennett and Bill White, were
overtaken by darkness along
the rugged oath and spent the
night Just one mile from the
end trail.
Huff, in telling of the Jaunt,
said the athletes were not cer
tain of the exact distance but
"we sure felt like we had
been 50 miles
The group started out at
6.15 a.m. on Saturday from
Mt. Reuben rd., at the begin
Plan Acceptable
Cuts Vital to Avoid
Economic Recession
Washington -OTP President
Ken ncdy emphasized today
that he would accept a tax
cut of $10 billion or larger
from Congress this year with
out tax reform in order to
avoid a recession.
The chief executive deliver
ed an address to a symposium
on economic growth sponsor
ed by the American Bankers
association, and then partici
pated in a question and an
swer session during which he
emphasized his desire for tax
reduction affecting calendar
1963.
Only a week ago, Demo
cratic congressional leaders
said that the administration
planned to continue its efforts
for the over-all tax reduction-
and-reform package. This in
volved a gross tax reduction
of $13.5 billion with about
$3.5 billion being returned to
the government through re
form measures to tighten
loopholes and correct inequi
ties. Wants No Delays
Kennedy told the bankers
today that "quite obviously"
he did not want his reform
recommendations to delay tho
tax reduction so much that it
might not be sufficiently ef
fective this year.
"If we cannot get reform.
obviously we are going to
have to rewrite the package."
the President said. "If Con
gress were to come up with
a $10 billion cut, we would
then have to adjust all the
rates."
The President said that
from his viewpoint a cut ot
less than $10 billion this year
might be preferable. But at
the same time he said he
would prefer to "err on the
side of a large enough tax
reduction" and thus would ac
cept a $10 billion reduction
without the reform provisions
if It became necessary.
In the formal speech, the
President ' said there was
nothing deeply wrong with
our economy, . but that the
"a"on
must release the
brake of excessive taxation
which has been holding back
demand and momentum . . ."
Proposed Reductions
He called for an- end to
"squabbles over who will
benefit' most" from the pro
posed reductions.
He challenged critics of
his program to come forward
with a solution of their own
and not concentrate entirely
on "partisan . . , exasperated
rash talk about swollen
federal payrolls, a higher de
ficit and "a crushing debt bur
den. -
He said he was "not pre
dicting a recession for 1963."
But he said that if no tax cut
is enacted this year, he would
be willing to make this pre
diction. ar-Trailer Wreck
laims Three Lives
Spokane -UPD- Two airmen
and the woman driver of the
car in which they were rid
ing were injured fatally early
today when the car skidded
broadside into a big truck
trailer on icy U.S. Highway
10 one mile west of here.
The dead were Identified
as Beverly M. Griffith, 26,
Spokane, the driver, and Bit
lie R. Darby, 36, and Gerry
L. Eaches, 21, both stationed
at Geiger Air Force base west
of here.
The driver of the truck,
Vernon D. Coulter, 49, Port
land, was not hurt.
ning of the trail. Hartman
and Coffman reached the end
of the trip about three miles
above Agncss about 5:15 p.m.
and Huff around 6:15 p.m.
Bransom and Arndt came
along a half-hour later.
The Medford high faculty
man said the members of the
group ran for about 10 miles
then Jogged off and on and
were walking at the finish.
He said that lie stopped three
times for about five minutes
on each occassion and that
Hartman and Coffman, who
took a big lead at the start.
halted about 15 minutes at
Marial.
Downed timber from the
Oct. 12 storm hampered the
runners and Huff said that it
was much worse at the lower
end ot the trail. Bennett and
White stopped about 10 p.m.
and built a large fire.
Meanwhile, nine Medford
Junior high school girls, hiked
from Medford to Jacksonville
and return. The group plant
to hike to Ashland next.