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Newspaper Page TextGO si IMl rvn r nS fl' Ul Rogue Valley Edition Medford 57th Year Price 10 Cents Reds Say Rockets To Be Returned Tribune If Cuba Attacked 24 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1963 No. 293 ORNAMENTAL BIRDBATH This eight-foot high orna mental birdbath centered in 50-foot patio is one of the improvements made on guest house at Camp Withycombe that state auditors say was built with misappropriated Subdivision Near Ashland Favored By County Group The Green Springs subdivi sion in the Oak Knoll devel opment near Ashland was ap proved late Tuesday in a spe cial meeting of the Jackson county planning commission. The preliminary plat in cluded the first unit of a larger development by the Northwest Development Cor poration: It will include less than 100 lots, The irregular shaped area fronts on Highway 66 1.5P0 feet west of the Highway 66 interchange on Interstate 5. The area extends south and west adjoining the freeway right-of-way and the golf course. It will eventually ex tend' to Crowson rd. on the south, developers stated. Recommended Change The only recommended change to the preliminary plat was for a change in the en trance road from Highway 66. Iv was explained that this road will include a curve on a downhill grade, and the state highway department re quired that the road be wid ' ened at the turn off for some 240 feet. The city of Ashland has contracted with the corpora tion, headed by William Dawkins, to Extend the city's sewer line to the north line i of the properly and to pro vide water for the develop ment. The subdivision, essentially for retirement homes, will in clude a small service center in the next phase of the plan, Dawkins said. Minimum size of each lot is 6,000 square feet. Temporary Sidewalks Being Installed The Medford street depart ment is constructing tempor ary sidewalks cast from Bear creek to the intersection of Fourth and Jackson sts., the city engineering department said today. The sidewalks will be of granite until plans for land scaping of the area are formu lated, then the sidewalks will be hard surfaced. NEWSBRIEFS ITtMS FROM Tfc AlOUND THI OlOM REPORT DUE ON NEWSPAPER STRIKE New York-4PI-Both sides in the deadlocked New York newspaper strike report today to Mayor Robert F. Wagner who ii expected to announce hit next step toward ending the impasse. HOPES FOR TEST AGREEMENT PLUNGE Geneve-'IPI Premier Nikita Khrushchev's firm warning that no further Soviet concessions will be made sent hopes for in early East-West nuclear test ben agreement plunging sharply today. CASTRO HAS FUTURE OF MISERY Houslon-lPI-Secretnry of State Dean Rusk said Tues day night that the only future Cuban Premier Castro has is one of misery. TERRORIST QUESTIONED ABOUT DE GAULLE Paris-in-French security officials questioned secret army terrorist chief Antoine Argaud today en possible , assassination ittempti against president Charles da Gaulle. 1 County Officials Attend Hearing on O & C Monies Jackson County Judge Earl Miller and Robert J. Carsten sen, county engineer, are in Salem today to testify at the public hearing on HB 1294, which is concerned with coun ty school funds. The bill requires all 18 New Courthouse Gets Consideration Serious consideration is be ing given to the eventual con struction - and perhaps relo cation - of a new courthouse, two members of the county court revealed yesterday. Commissioners Don Faber and Edwin Taylor both com plained of "overcrowding" in the present courthouse and annex. The former was com pleted about 1928, and the latter about five years ago. Faber indicated a new courthouse, if and when con structed, might be situated at the fairgrounds, where two of the county's offices have been or will soon be moved, the county agent's office and the health department. No plans are under active consideration for a new court house, but the two commis- sioncrs made it plain that one may become necessary within the foreseeable future. Registration Cards Should Be Returned Jackson county voters who received cards mailed Jan. 14 announcing that their names would be removed from the election rolls unless the cards were returned to the county clerk's office, were reminded today that the cards must be in by April 4. The names were checked off when individuals failed to vote in the last primary and general election. They will be removed from the list in all instances in which the cards are not re turned to show the indivduals' desire to continue as voters in Jackson county, the clerk's office said. federal materials. Another questioned item is elevalor built in house. A House subcommittee made an inspection tour of the site yesterday. (UPI) counties receiving Oregon and California Land-Grant funds to transfer 25 per cent of the funds into county school fund for distribution to schools within the county. There was a meeting this morning of the Association of Oregon Counties, which the two Jackson countv men planned to attend o discuss their position on tne legisla tion before going into the hearing. Should Be Opposed Judge Miller said before leaving Medford that the court feels any adjustment in the present formula gov erning O and C funds should be opposed. Under the present formula the money is distributed to the O and C counties to be used at the discretion of the budget committees. In Jack son county, which receives the second highest amount of O and C money in Oregon (Douglas county receives the highest) the major portion is used in financing roads and bridges, Miller explained, par ticularly in the areas where the timber is being hauled. The county also has been generous in its support of schools with these funds, Mill er said. Last year the county schools were granted $15 per census child or $5 over the required S10 per census child The sum has gone as high as S35 per census child since he has been in office, he called. The court has required that the money be spent in the re demption of bonding and in terest in the districts to re lieve the ad valorem tax in the district to which the mon ey is distributed. Dillon Asks Debt Ceiling Increase Washington UlPD- Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon urged Congress today to ex tend the temporary national debt ceiling of $308 billion through June 30 so the gov ernment can borrow enough money to pay its bills. The House Ways and Means committee has temporarily laid aside President Ken nedy's tax cut program to settle the debt limit problem. The lax hearings will resume Monday after the committee votes on the debt ceiling. The Kennedy administra tion will atk Congress later to boost the ceiling to a new record high, probably in the neighborhood of $320 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1. The actual debt this month has (luctuated between $302.5 and $304.1 billion and is ex pected to hit a $307.2 peak in mid-June before the gov ernment closes its books on the current fiscal year, Dillon said. COSTS RISE Washington -JVPT- A 12 per rent increase In food prices boosted the cost of living by two-tenths of 1 per cent dur ing January, the Labor De partment reported today. New CD Budget Draws Fire From Ways and Means Salem TOPD A $52,974 al ternate civil defense budget was submitted to a Ways and Means subcommittee Tuesday and sparked an immediate outburst from subcommittee members. Sen. Alfred Corbett (D Portland) charged the new budget "indicates they are still thinking in Victorian terms." Sen. L. W. Newbry (R-Ash-laid) commented, "It looks like we asked the wrong peo ple to revise the budget." The alternate proposal was asked by the subcommittee after it rejected the gover nor's $410,675 request for the civil defense agency. Not Recommended Freeman Holmer, director of the Department of Finance and Administration which prepared the alternate plan, admitted "the Department of Finance does not recommend this." The proposal would replace the present 18-man civil de fense agency with a 3-mem-ber staff working out of the governor's office. It calls for a coordinator, secretary, and communica tions expert. Half of the governor's re quested $410,673 budget would have been paid by fed eral matching funds. Holmer admitted he did not know if the federal government would pick up half of the alternate $52,974 amount. "If you don't know, who docs?" asked Rep. Bcuiah Hand (D-Milwaukie) subcom mittee chairman. New Trial Ordered For Two Doctors Salem - IUPD - The Supreme Court ordered a new trial to day for two Roseburg doctors who were assessed $40,000 in damages in a malpractice suit in Douglas county. The case involved a small Infant, Daniel Willard who was the victim of hemophilia. Drs. J. M. Hutson and A. B. Monroe were accused of negli gence in treating the baby and in failing to use proper means to stop the bleeding. The Supreme Court, in a decision by Justice Hall Lusk, said the question of whether a specialist should have been culled in the case was a medi cal question. Tho high court said it was an error to submit such a medical question to the Jury without accompanying medi cal testimony. WEATHER f ORKCAST: Varlabl amounti of Mrh rlcHtfllnett tonight and Thuridav. Low tnnttht 30-3V Kith Thursday 5J-S0. Tmp. IflxhMt Yetffdav , AS l.owrtt Thll Morning ., 2S Our Skies Tonight stintrt todxv V.M p.m. Minn,. tomorrow .... :; a.m. MoontM tonight . p.rr. ftr.t Uuart-r ........ Marrh 2 1'BIIIIIM NT I (IMtlM.I.ATloy Orion. Inwuihwt at moontat. VIMHIK PI.ANI.T Mart, high in touth- ti .. a p m. Vnaa. rtaat S es am. Angry Hunters Herds Vanishing; Probe State Game Group Has No Objection To Investigation About 300 Attend Committee Hearing Salem - (UPD - Oregon's deer herds are vanishing, angry hunters told a legislative com mittee here Tuesday night. An investigation of the State Game commission appeared a certainty. Both the hunters and Com mission Chairman nolhn Bowles said they would wel come an impartial legislative committee to look into the commission's activities. "We have no objection to it whatsoever," Bowles said. "This committee could do a considerable service to the people of Oregon." Bowles even reluctantly agreed that if the state can't pony up $35,000 for the two year interim study, it could come out of the commission's $10.5 million budget. Some 300 sportsmen attend ed the Senate Slate and Fed eral Affairs committee heat ing. Border Herds Eyed The hunters, many from Southeast Oregon, expressed particular concern about dwindling deer herds that used to migrate in large num ber across the Oregon -Cali fornia border. "Through my fields, a few years ago, some five to six thousand deer migrated," said former game commissioner Ralph Rcnncr of Lakcview. "Last year I saw one doe." Renner said he resigned from the commission because it re fused to heed his warnings. C. E. Milhorn of Klamath county said he found 12 sets of deer tracks in a survey of snowy area last year where few years ago there would have been 300 to 4U0. Erin Forrest of Alturas, Calif., said the California game agency shocked the state" earlier this month when it admitted its manage ment policies weren't work ing. Alan Kelly, president of the Izaak Walton League of Oregon, said a study would be acceptable but the money should not come from the commission's budget. Public Meeting Set To Discuss Signs A public meeting to discuss the billboard situation along the freeway in downtown Medford will be held Mon day, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the city council chambers. All persons interested In the problem are invited to attend, according to Council man Al Bradford, council president, who was one of those named to the sign com mittee by Mayor James Dun levy. -Other members of the sign commiltee are Councilmen Terry Green and Robert Vun Sickle, and Walter Higgins and Elwood Hcdbrrg, mem bers of the city planning com mission. The committee was appoint ed at the Feb. 21 city council meeting after the city council approved an ordinance pro hibiting billboards within 270 fret of the ccnterline of Interstate 5. Penalties for Dog Licenses Start March J Friday, March I, will be the last day for dog owners in Jackson county to buy li censes without paying a pen alty, County Clerk Marvin Madden reminded dog own ers today. After March 1, licenses which now cost dog owners J2 and $3 will cost them $4 and $5, Madden said. BLOCKADE ILLEGAL Washington - 1 PT - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Tuesday night a new Cuban blockade at the prc-tent time would be illegal under inter national law and no major prwer would respect it. 'I Strong Plea Long-Range Is Made to A strong plea for long- range planning of the county's recreational needs, particularly as regards spec tator sports, was made to the county court yesterday. County Judge Earl Miller indicated he viewed the sug gestion sympathetically, but declined to commit himself on the proposal. The court also indicated Its determination to proceed with the construction of a mediocre" and "stop-gap" baseball field and bleachers at the fairgrounds, at a cost estimated to be about $80,- 000. Some of this may be done immediately, but the bulk of it will be included in the 1963-64 fiscal year budg et, the court indicated. Railway Union To Fight Restraining Order in Court San Francisco - (UPD - The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks was expected to go to court today to fight a restrain ing order which prevent i scheduled strike by the union against Southern Pacific, the West s largest railroad. The walkout in seven west ern states was set to begin at 6 p.m. PST Tuesday, but SP attorneys obtained a 10-day restraining order from Su perior Court Judge James O'Kccfc in suburban Redwood City. James Weaver, chairman of the union's 11,000-member SP unit, said attorneys for the brotherhood believe the sur prise action was Invalid "in toto" and would be vacated. "It's a good idea for people to stay off the rails if they don't want to gel hurt," Weav er added. "The minute we got out of court we'll be gone." The railroad apparently felt certain the order would stand. It lifted the freight embargo which was ordered Tuesday when the union announced the strike deadline. The union official also rul ed out further negotiations with Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill, who has been confer ring with both sides since Feb. 6 in an attempt to avert the oft-postponed walkout. Anli-HUAC Measure Killed by Group Washington - (UPD - The House Rules committee Tues day killed proposals aimed at abolishing the Committee on Un-American Activities and turning its subversive activity investigations over to the judiciary subcommittee. The Rules committee acted behind closed doors, after an open session at which key members of the un-American activities group said the trans fer would play into hands of the Communists. The shift was proposed In separate resolutions by Reps. James Roosevelt (D - Calif.), John Lindsay (R-N.Y), and Leonard Farbsleln (D-N.Y.). All agreed that continued in- visitation of subversive ac tivities was needed but said the work could be carried on more effectively and with less controversy by the Judiciary committee. Hatfield to Address Manufacturers Group Salcm-TOi-Gov. Mark Hat field will fly to California Monday to address the Pen insula Manufacturers associa tion al Mlllbrac, near San Francisco. The governor's office said Hatfield would leave Oregon after Monday's scheduled proas conference, and return late Monday night. The governor earlier this month made a speaking tour through the Los Angclei area. Say State Deer for Plans Court The plea for long-range planning was voiced by a committee which included Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege; Realtor John Wcisbrod, who has long advocated a large, multi-purpose stadium; Engineer Bob Phelps, and Architect William Seibert. Asks Consideration btcvenson told the court that the needs and wishes of all the rccreationalists of the county should be taken into consideration, and not solely those of baseball fans. He suggested that an outside firm of consultants be retained to survey the county's spectator sport and recreation needs. proper locations, estimated costs, and potential benefits At the same meeting, a pro posal for a multi-purpose sta dium, constructed on the cut- and-fill plan which is gaining popularity throughout the country, was presented to the court. It, too, would cost about $80,000 but would be permanent in nature, and would need little mainte nance, the court was told. It was presented as an al ternative to the baseball dia mond plan, but was not seri ously considered by the court yesterday. As It now stands, the court Is commitcd to construct the baseball field as soon as pos sible, has .rejected further consideration of the multi purpose stadium, and is unde cided about further studies leading to a long-range and orderly plan for development of the recreational facilities of the county. Medford Family Hikes Off Peak Applegaie Vallcy-A Med ford family was rescued this morning after spending 16 hours hiking off Dutchman peak. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lewis and their three children. Includ ing a thrcc-month-old baby. started walking at 2 p.m. yes terday when their car became stuck in the snow near the peak. Lewis, carrying his two-year-old daughter, arrived at the Ralph Thames home on Beaver creek at 6 o'clock this morning. Thames then drove up Water Gulch rd. about six miles and found Mrs. Lewis, the baby, and the couple's three-year-old son. They had crawled in beside a log and had slept under a single blanket. Thames drove the family back to Medford. The Lewis family went for a drive up Dutchman peak yesterday, and their car be came stuck when they at tempted to turn around, Lewis walked an estimated 12 miles to reach the Thames home. Rangers at Star Ranger sta tion planned to help Lewis get his car out today. Bulletin Salem-UPD-Rate cuts re flecting savings of more than SI million a year to Pacific Power It Light Company's Oregon custo mers in the Southern Ore gon area were approved today. Idaho Youths Arrested in Valley Two Idaho juveniles, David Dennis Clark, 17, and Mike Gotham, 17, who escaped from the Washington county Jail at Wciscr, are lodged in Jackson county Jail today, charged with escape from jail in Idaho, theft of six cars and two burglaries in Oregon. The youths were arrested by slate police about 1 o'clock this morning on the highway north ot Ashland. They wera reported a es Likely LYLE PERKINS Invited to Academy Medford Officer Invited To Attend FBI Academy Lt. Lyle C. Perkins, of the Medford police department, has been invited to attend the 71st session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation N lional academy, Washington, D.C., April 1. Perkins was notified ot the invitation today in a letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Chief ot Folice Charles P. Champlin. ' He is the second valley law enforcement officer to be in vited to attend the national academy in two years. Under- sheriff Paul Beltiol of the Jackson county sheriff's of fice attended the session last year. The FBI national academy was established In 1835 to train state, municipal and county law enforcement of ficers and instructors and executives in law enforce ment. The course consists of 12 weeks of intensive instruc tion, much of which is given at the FBI facilities at Quan tlco, Va. Perkins, who lives at 1248 Vawtcr rd., has been with the Medford police department since Dec. 1, 1946, except for one year, starting as a motor cycle officer. Dec. 1, 1951, he was advanced to sergeant of detectives, and was promoted to lieutenant of detectives on March 6, 1957. He Is a member of the board of directors and a past president of the Southern Ore gon Peace Officers associa tion, member of the training committee of the Oregon As sociation of City Police Offi cers, and is coordinator for the Western States Crime con ference. Strong CD Program Asked by Duncan Washington - (UPD - Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) has urged the Oregon Legis lature to strengthen the civil defense program rather than abandon it. The pica was made in a letter to House Speaker Clar ence Barton and released by Duncan's office. Duncan, former House speaker, said "perfect protec tion" was not possible but that efforts should be made to provide as much protection against nuclear war as pos sible. capees from tne weiscr jail Feb. 23. They rode a freight train to Ontario, O-e., according to stale police, stole a car there and drove it to Huntington. In Huntington, they stolo an other auto and drove it to The Dalles, where they took the third vehicle and abandoned it later In Salem. There, po lice said, they picked up a fourth and traveled to Albany. Stealing a fifth car in Albany they continued south to Rose- China Included in Premier's Warning Moscow-OIPD - Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev warned today that Russian rockets and bombers would return to Cuba to wase ther monuclear war if the island were attacked by "imperial ists." In a major speech that last ed 1 hour and 27 minutes, Khrushchev also said the So viets would rush to the aid of any Communist nation that might be attacked, including Communist China. He said the Soviet Union had agreed to pull its rockets and bombers out of Cuba, but he added: "It doesn't mean we left Cuba to be eaten by the sharks of Imperialism. We will come to the aid of the Cuban people. . Policy Statement The Russian premier turn. ed a local election speech for nis nome district into a wide ranging policy statement on international affairs. We warn, that if there is an imperialist attack against Cuba or China which is threatened from Taiwan For mosa by Chiang Kai-shek-or against Viet Nam or the Ger man Democratic Republic or any other socialist state, the boviet Union will come to tho aid of its socialist brothers against any aggression." Khrushchev said. His comment on other ma jor war issues included: Berlin: There will be "no peace in Europe or the world" as long as there is no peace treaty with Germany, West Berlin would go on living after a peace treaty, he said. and no frontiers would have to be changed. -Nuclear test ban: The West can expect no further con cessions from the Soviet Un ion beyond its previous offer of two or three on site nu clear test ban inspections. Defense To Present ffs Side in Suit The case of Roy Picard. Medford jeweler, who is seek ing combined damages of $100,000 and costs in a suit against two Medford officials, was completed in the Jackson county circuit court of Judge James M. Main this morning.' Picard, who testified Tues day afternoon, was on the witness stand until comple tion of his case. The court re cessed upon request of de fense attorneys and attorneys for defense and the plaintiff were understood to be argu ing a motion, which would ba presented to the court, befora opening of the defense. Medford Building Safety Director O. R. McNeel and former City Attorney Joel Reeder are defendants In tha case. Picard testified that he an nounced he would quit carry ing electrical appliances, ba sis of the suit, when told ha would have to buy a license and that he had removed the items from his store when he was served a citation to Bp pear in municipal court last Dec. 1. Witnesses Appear In Grentell Trial Portland-AJPD-The state call ed more witnesses today in the trial of former State Sen. William Grenfell Jr. on a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident last October. ' Fifteen witnesses were call ed Tuesday and Deputy Dist. Atty. Robert Christ said he ex pected to call a total of 44 QUAKcI FELT Portland - lUFfl - Some resi dents In the Portland area felt a light earthquake at 5:22 p.m. Tuesday. No damage was reported. ' burg, stole another car, tha sixth, and were in it, officers said, when they were arrested. They admitted robbing a place of business near Her mlston, and a residence at The Dalles, police said. They have signed papers of extradition and will prob ably be returned to Idaho by officers from Weiser. Clark was Jailed there on a burglary charge and Gotham for car theft when they made their escape.