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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.