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Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents Walkout Expected At 6 P.M. Today As Talks Continue Decision Climaxes Three-Week Parley San Francisco-fflPD-Federal mediators bargained against the clock today in final ef Medford Tribune 16 PAGES MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1963 No. 292 PU-. ' '" ' MIUII.lli.il IM J.I1I.IH -- I p1 til i ilj ;hh dL r Mil p !V4;: ., : i Jf P" Ojira L, -' -- hi rum" JT n '-ik .it i.Tim iiifiiirtiirtmiiafiMitrii?iSiiititf' litWnimfflrWiini -H.m -"H'S-rt'.f! COOLING FEET Pam Lyons, Hedrick Junior High school student in Mcdford, (foreground center) raises a foot as a group of McLoughlin and Hedrick Junior High students stopped to refresh themselves Saturday before the return trip from Jacksonville to Medford. The next walking trip is planned for Ashland and back. Students making the 10- mile roundtrip as a warm up for an eventual 50-mile hike were Lauri Baldwin, 14, Pam Lyon, 14, Judy Wooldridge, IS, Maureen Phillips, 15, Lana Cunningham, 13, Linda North, 15, Mary Anne Raapke, 14, and Martha Downing, 14, all of Hedrick, and Vicki Seeberger, 14, McLoughlin. 11 Billboards To Be Erected Along Freeway in Ciiy Despite an ordinance passed by the Medford city council last week, a total of 11 bill board signs will be erected soon along the Interstate 5 freeway viaduct through Med ford, according to information received from the city build ing department. Two of the permits for the' F ign were obtained by Electric Products company late Thurs day afternoon, a few hours before the council passed the restrictive ordinance. Electric Products holds per mits to construct signs at the southeast corner of 12th st. and Franquctte St., at the southwest corner of 12th st. and Spencer ave., and at 844 end 841 South Riverside ave. Medford Neon has a permit to erect a sign at 427 East Main st. Allied Neon has been issu ed a permit to construct a sign at the corner of East 10th st. and Riverside ave. Ryan Outdoor Advertising holds five sign permits: at 401 East 12th St., the 400 block of East 12th St., and three for the 800 block at U.S. Highway 99 and Austin st. Signs already have been erected by Dick Walsh com pany on locations in back of 333 and 835 South Riverside ave. The new city ordinance pro hibits billboards within 270 feet of the center line of In terstate 5 inside the city limits of Medford. Rural School Board Reviews Sections Of Proposed Budget The Jackson county rural school district budget com mittee Monday night review ed all sections of the proposed 1963-64 budget. No tentative figures were released by the committee, head by Don Patterson, Cen tral Point, chairman, and Sam Harbinson, Medford, secre tary. They said there would be little, if any, increase in the budgets of the administration and the curriculum materials center. In the field of special educa tion, if the two additional classes recommended are established, there will be an increase, but this is not a levy item, they pointed out. The special education of rc- Khrushchev Schedules Major Talk Wednesday Moscow - IUPP - Premier Nikita Khrushchev will make a major speech Wednesday during an election rally in the Kremlin, the Foreign Ministry announced today. It is expected he may give gome indication of Soviet in tentions on issues ranging from nuclear disarmament to Cuba and Berlin. Opposition Voiced To Licensing Law Salem - IHPH - Opposition to a proposed psychologists li censing law was hurled at a Senate health and welfare committee Monday by prac ticing psychiatrists and repre sentatives of the Oregon State Medical society. Five medical witnesses lam basted the proposed legisla tion for two hours. Commit tee Chairman Sen. L. W. New- bry (R-Ashland) said a third hearing on the bill would be called so testimony lrom pro ponents could be heard. Proponents who had plan ncd to testify at Monday's hearing were left sitting as medical men argued against wording in the proposed law. and indicated they felt li censing of psycholo gists would grant them respecta bility they do not now enjoy The opposition seemed based in part on professional jealousy. Psychologists do not have a medical degree. Psychiatrists do have a medical degree. tarded children is financed by the state and the school dis trict served. The committee recommend ed that the rural board set up a salary study committee which will report back to the budget committee next year. Members asked that this com mittee be appointed early in order that a thorough study can be made before budgeting time. The committee instructed the county school office staff to compile figures tentatively approved by the budget com mittee to be presented at an other meeting next Monday. The original expectation of the department was that the present program would be continued without any major changes, Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent, said. If a speech program, which the county has never had, is developed as desired, it will be fully reimbursed. The staff was asked to sub- mil a figure, without material ly increasing the budget, which would give balance to the program which now em phasizes mathematics, science and foreign language. Since the subjects have had the ma jor attention under the Na tional Defense Education Act it is felt that other subject fields have been slighted, Mekvold stated Log Drivers Fight Fee Hike ITEMS FROM (BRIEFS MOUND THI OIOM U.S. COPTER FLIES OVER BERLIN Berlin-4P1-The U.S. Army sent a helicopter over East Berlin today in still another demonstration oi Allied travel rightt. It was the first helicopter flight over East Berlin since Dec. 19. American official said. Ashland Man Dies When Hit by Car Wheatland, Calif. -IUPD- Wil liam C. England, 50, Ashland was struck and killed by an auto Monday when he crossed U. S. 99-E on foot south of here. England apparently was running across the highway and either failed to sec an on coming car or misjudged its distance, the California High way patrol said. The auto that struck him was driven by Kathleen J Miller, 30, Yuba, Calif., the CHP said. ANTI-DE GAULLIST ARRESTED Paris-'IPI'-Former Army Col. Antoint Argoud. a lead ing member of the anti-De Gaulle Secret Army Organita iion. has been arretted here alter apparent betrayal by hii own men, police sources said today. POSSIBLE COMPROMISE AT TEST TALKS STUDIED GeneTa-lPI-Neutral dates at the 17-nation Disarma ment conference met today to study a possible compromise bid to break the East-West nuclear test ban deadlock. Early Planning of Basin Project Is Hope of Directors Hopes for early planning and subsequent construction of the Rogue Basin project were indicated in a report given last night by Gerald Latham, a member of the board of directors of th Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources, at board meeting. Latham and Ben Hilton, chairman, recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C., regarding the Rogue Basin project. The board is seeking funds for project planning in 1063. The first funds budgeted for the Rogue Basin project, which will ultimately cost some $106 million, were in cluded in President Kennedy's iM tiscal budget. This was for $100,000 for advance en gineering and design work for the Lost Creek reservoir. If funds are obtained for 1963, the board expects the 1964 budgetary request to be increased. Explains Request Latham explained that the request of funds this year is unusual since generally such appropriations are not made until after the regular appro priation has been budgeted. The board of directors is at tempting to make Congress aware of the necessity of act ing as quickly as possible on the project, Latham said. William Jess, board mem- ber, submitted a letter to be sent to the Oregon Congres sional delegation emphasizing the need to halt erosion, the decline of anadromous fish runs, flooding, the decline of the area's economy, hardships on those living in the reser- voir areas, and delaying im provement and planning on Highway 62. The letter also explained that the majority of the crops to be raised on the land to be irrigated by the project arc not basic farm crops now in surplus. This answered the objection raised by some that the Rogue Basin and similar projects should be delayed due to current crop surpluses. It was stated that only 15 per cent of the annual bene fits from the Rogue Basin project would be from irriga tion. The letter explained that specialty crops such as legume and garden seeds and truck crops and grasses would be grown on the irrigated land within the Rogue Basin project. The letter was approved by the board. Many Claim Raise Would Force Them Out of Business 400 Truckers Jam Into Group Hearing Salem-OJPIV-Flatd-shirled log truckers jammed into a hear ing room Monday to oppose bill to raise the fees they pay for driving their uucks on Oregon's roads. They said higher fees would force many of them out of business. "I can think of no time when the financial aspect of the logger and the log trucker has looked so grave as now," said trucker Ray Offord of Medford. Darrcll Davis of Medford said it would be "strange in deed" to raise state charges when help for the lumber in dustry is being sought at the federal level. Nearly 400 truckers filled the Senate Highways Commit tee room and spilled into the hallway where a loudspeaker was hastily set up. Before the committee is the governors bill to revise weight-mile highway use fees for trucks, based on the weight of the truck and the distance traveled. At issue for the loggers was a section to repeal the option al flat fee of $95 a month they may pay instead. The loggers said the change in many cases would double their fees. The loggers arguments in cluded two major points'. Much of their hauling is not even done on state sup ported roads, but on second ary roads and forest "trails, Thus log truckers fail to bene fit fully from the fees they pay, while damage to trucks is more costly. Furthermore, they noted, log trucks are banned from major highways Saturday afternoons. Sundays, holidays and much of the tour ist season. The rates log truckers re ceive for hauling logs are set by "open competition," not regulated by a government agency, as are most other transportation charges. Thus log truckers lack protection to accompany higher fees. In addition, log truckers cannot afford to pass along higher fees, since the timber industry already is struggling to keep its nose above water. PREDICT TAX REFORMS Democratic leaders said after a meeting with President Kennedy today that a tax cut, bill containing "certain reforms" would be enacted by Congress this year. House Speaker John W. McCormack (left) shown talking to newsmen outside the White House following the weekly breakfast meeting between Kennedy and the legis lative leaders, said, "Everybody recognizes that the taxes are too high." Right is Vice President Lyndon Johnson. (UPI) Democratic Leaders Predict Some Tax Reforms This Year Washington - IUPII - Demo cratic leaders said after a meeting today with President Kennedy that a lax cut bill containing "certain reforms" would be enacted by Congress this year. "Everybody recognizes that the taxes are too high, House Speaker John W. McCormack said after a weekly breakfast meeting between Kennedy and legislative leaders of his party. 'A reduction is needed and the tax reduction bill will re duce the high rates," McCor mack said. He added that he and other Capitol Hill leaders High School Boys Hike to Grants Pass Two high school boys from Medford hiked from Medford to Grants Pass and returned within 15V4 hours Sunday. The boys exceeded the 50- mile distance since they walk ed part of the way via High way 99. The distance between Medford and Grants Pass by Interstate 5 is 25.3 mile. The boys are Dick Hana- walt, 341 South Oakdalc ave., a freshman at St. Mary's High school, and Ron McGcc, 543 North Riverside ave., a sopho more at Medford High school The pair left Medford at 1:30 a.m. Sunday and reached the Grants Pass city limits at 8:30 a.m. They arrived back at the Medforr" city limits approximately 5 p.m. REDEFINITION OF MONROE DOCTRINE ASKED WeshinoIon-'IPl-Gualemala atked the United States to day to redetine the Monroe Doctrine in stiff new terms to force the Soviet Union and 'Xuropean colonialists" to Abandon Latin America. t Estranged Couple Wounded by Shots Klamath Falls - UPD - An estranged couple were in separate hospitals following family argument that ended in a gun duel at the commu nity of Bly 55 miles east of here early today. Hospitalized in K I a m a t h Falls was J. D. Kncss. about ! in PnlwA cuiri ho was in fair condition with bullet wounds in the abdomen fired from a 94 calihrir automatic Hi, wfe r.loria. about 30. "O NEWS CONFERENCE was in a Lakcvicw hopital Washington-'ITI-Thc White suffering 22 caliber bullet j House said Monday that Presi wouods of tiic leg and ihoul- duit Kennedy would not hold dcr.' I?icw conference this week. County Equipment Is Damaged by Rocks A Jackson county grader parked at the corner of Bellinger lane and Hull rd was object of an apparent rock attack by vandals some time last night or early this morning, the Jackson c unty sncriff s department reported The county engineer's of ficc estimated damage to the equipment at $150. CHAIRMAN ELECTED Salem -'IW- William Shinn, Salem, was elected chairman of the governor's import-export committee at the group's organization meeting Monday in the state department of ag ricultural building. WEATHER rORKCAHT: Clfirlng thli nlni Vallrv fof tomorrow morning, rlrarlnf by mid morning. Othrrwltt fair through ttednttdiv. Low to nlghl It. High tomorrow CO to J. Tmp. Illgh'ft YPtVrdav . l.oweit Tnli Morntng .... j? Pre, to if a.m. Today H Our Skies Toniqht flunM today 5 M p.m. Hunrltr tomorrow ... 1I a.m. MoontM tonight :24 p m. First quarter Saturday CROMINKNT KTAR8 Rlgrl, du fcouth 7;M p.m. RMTirutc hiah In ton i h T:t p m. dti toutll .... 1:10 p.m. rltti ............. I0:U p.m. PHMUt, MSVa. Four Accidents Reported in City Four accidents involving eight vehicles were investi gated by Medford police Mon day and Tuesday morning. Two persons were Injured shortly before 1 o'clock this morning when a vehicle op erated by Stephen Phillip Farris, 20, of 205 Palm St., hit a guard rail on Corona ave. near Highway 82, accord ing to city police. Farris was taken to Rogue Valley hos pital and was discharged later today. . Also injured was a passeng er in the car, Richard Lawr ence Wilson, 493 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland. Police cited Farris for not having an op erator's license in his posses sion. Two vehicles were involved in an accident about 7:30 o'clock this morning on In terstate 5 and Harnett rd. Ac cording to police reports, driv er of the car was Le Roy Paul Ncufeld, 28, of 207 Hillcrcst dr., Ashland, and the school bus driver was Alvin Louis Fenton, 39, of 117 Pacific highway. Phoenix. No cita tions were issued. An accident involving three cars occurred Monday after noon at the Intersection of Table Rock rd. and Highway norm. Drivers of the ve hicles involved were Kenneth Charles Tropplc, 1262 Spring St., Bobby Dean McClearcn 4574 Table Rock rd., and Edgar Lozo Smith, 204 Van couvcr ave., who was cited by police for failing to obtain an Oregon operator's license and for violation of basic rule. in another accident, ve hicles operated by Adon Othane Wheclcss, 33, of 1314 Northeast Foster ave.. Grants Pass, and Merle Bales Clover 82, of 208 Ross lane, collided at the intersection of South Riverside ave. and Eighth St., according to city police. The accident occurred about 1:30 p.m. told the President that "tax reduction with certain re forms will pass." Democratic leaders also said after last week's White House meeting with Kennedy that they had not give up on tying tax reforms to tax cuts However, in spite of today reiteration of this it appeared that the President appears have harpooned his tax re form proposals. Surrendered Leverage Kennedy apparently sur rendered Monday whatever leverage he might have held for enactment of revenue-producing reforms in the same package as tax cuts. He did so by saying that he was willing to abandon every one of his lax reforms, if necessary, to win enactment this year of a net income tax reduction of $10 billion or more spread over three years. This had been implicit all along. But the fact that the President publicly acknowl edged it strenthencd the posi tion of those battling against the tax-tightening reforms. ranee Rebuffed By Partners in Common Market Aid Plan Declined For Africa Nations Brussels, Belgium - tUPD - France received a rebuke from its Common Market part ners today when they declined to give final approval for an economic aid program for former French colonics in Africa. Still angered over France's veto of British membership in the market, the five partners failed to reach agreement on association treaty with African nations, most of them former French colonies. A $739 million aid program was at stake. Authoritative sources said the program probably will be delayed at least six months by the disagreement. The trench want the program badly and had hoped to get unai approval today. The issue came up at the second session in two days of the Common Market's Council of Ministers. The atmosphere was tense because of French rejection Monday of continued contacts with Britain on eco nomic matters. Authoritative sources said Italy and The Netherlands, known to be particularly biU tcr over the French veto of Britain, blocked the associa tion treaty by refusing to ac cept it. County Planners Set Special Meeting A special meeting of the Jackson county planning com mission will be held at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon to dis cuss the Northwest Develop ment Corporation's subdivi sion to be developed near Ashland. President of the corpora tion backing the Green Springs subdivision is William Dawkins. The area involved is in the Oak Knoll golf course area. Earlier this month, the cor poration had submitted the preliminary plat for the de velopment, containing an ex pected 300 residences, '.o the planning commission's sub division committee for ap proval. At the commission's monthly meeting Feb. 13 they agreed to expedite the request as soon as all state and county agencies had approved the plat. School Support Increases Urged Salem - IUPII - The people of the state would be more likely to support tax increases if they were paralleled by sub stantial increases in state school support, the House edu cation committee told here Monday. A stream of witnesses urged increases above the $130 per census child recommended by the governor. The current sum contributed by the state Is based on an appropriation of $120 per census child. The present state contribu tion now amounts to about 34 per cent of school costs. The rest is paid by property taxpayers. Lou Norrls of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation said he would like to see the amount raised to 70 per cent. He said farmers would sup port new taxes to support such an increase, if a corres ponding limit were put on property taxes. Frank Bash of the Medford school board said the state should work toward a goal of paying ou per cent. Bash, presldont of the Ore gon School Board association, said the organization would support tax legislation to broaden the tax base. "The property tax situation ha become so acute that something must be done," Bash said. forts to avert a strike by rail way clerks against Southern Pacific, the West's largest railroad. The walkout is scheduled for 6 p.m. PST. The strike would idle 50.000 SP employees in Oregon, Cali- tornia, Nevada, Utah, Ari zona, New Mexico and west Texas. Three weeks of negotiations camo to a climax Monday when the Brotherhood of Rail way Clerks announced its de cision to stop work tonight. The railroad immediately is sued an embargo on freight. Plan To Meet Chairman Frank O'Neill of the Federal Mediation Serv ice and Assistant Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds said they planned to meet with both sides up to the deadline. The 11,000-member union and the railroad have been at odds for five years over the fate of clerks displaced by automation. Three earlier strike threats were averted by federal mediators. The strike deadline was an nounced by William McGov- ern, vice president of the brotherhood, and James Wea ver, SP unit chairman of the union. Inability To Negotiate Their announcement said, "This action has become nec essary as a result of inability to negotiate with the man agement an acceptable agree ment within the framework of the report and recommen dations of the Presidential Emergency Board to dispose of the long-standing dispute over stabilization of employ ment. The presidential report was issued last fall as a result of a union demand that work era displaced by automation should be retrained for other jobs within the company. SP maintains that the union de mand would create unneces sary jobs and hamper tech nical advances. Disaster Area Noted In Eastern Oregon Washington -WPD- President Kennedy today declared flood-raked areas of eastern Oregon a major disaster area, the White House announced. Gov. Mark Hatfield had re quested the President declare the region a major disaster area. McNee Takes Stand In Picard Case O. R. McNoel. Medford building safety director, was called as a witness by the plaintiff, Roy Picard, Med ford Jeweler, as his suit against two Medford officials continued in Circuit Judge James Main's court Tuesday morning. Picard, seeking $50,000 in general damages, plus S50.- 000 in exemplary and punitive damages plus costs, has named McNeel and former city at torney Joel Reeder as defend ants in the case. Daroll Huson. Medford re corder treasurer, testified Monday in reference to an exhibit of the city's records as to Picard's alleged violation oi me city ordinance. The case arises from the city's handling of charges against Picard for selling electrical equipment and sup plies without registering with Vie director of building safety. Motions Denied in Ex-Senator's Trial Portland - WPD - Three mo tions for a mistrial were de nied today In the -jecond day of the trial of former State Sen. William Grenfell on a charge of falling to remain at the scene of an accident. Circuit Judge Virgil Lang try denied the motions, made late Monday by defense attor ney Burton N. Bennett. The state then began calling witnesses. Cabinet Urges Youth Work Bill GRANT ANNOUNCED Washington - H'pli - Hep. Al Ullman (D-Orc.) announced Monday afternoon a $210,000 federal grant to help areas of Malheur county hit by flood ing inflate January and early February. Washington-WPP-Five cabi net members today urged top priority status In Cr i gross for President Kennedy's youth employment bill. They told a Scnale hearing that the legislation is badly needed to meet the increasing problem of unemployment among teen agcrs. Testifying were Labor Sec retary W. Willard Wirtz. Atly. Gen. Robert F. Kcnndy, Inte rior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, and Welfare Secretary Anthony J. Cclc brczze. Similar to CCC Winston L. Prouly (R-Vt ), a member of a labor subcom mittee hearing the testimony, commented that the adminis tra'. n may be trying to cope with the problem of the '60s with solutions of the '30s. Prouly referred to the pro posal to set up a Youth Con servation Corps similar to the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. Prouly said the appearance of five cabinet members be fore a subcommittee at one time in behalf of administra tion legislation Is "without precedent In the history of the Senate." Wirtz said the Joint ap pearance was an indication that the President had put a "top priority" label on the youth employment bill due to the critical nature of the na tion's unemployment situa tion. Wfctz said the unemploy ment rate among youth now stands at 13 per cent and Is getting worse every day. Ho said the country may not be aware of the seriousness of the situation. About 3.8 million young sters will turn 16 this year, Wirtz said. "That is the emer gency crisis we are facing at a time when there is a serious slacking of job . opportuni ties," he asserted. Administration leaders in Congress are trying to make passage of the youth employ, ment act the first major ac tion of the 88th Congress. The bill would aet up a 19,000 to 60,000 member Youth Conservation Corps to work in parks and forests and a SO.OOO-member home towai youth corps to carry &ut com munity projects. r I
