Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 27, 1963, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSupreme Court to Take Second Look At Prayer Washinaton - OJPO - The Su prerae Court today takes an nthpr look at rjraver in the public schools, an issue that loosed a torrent 01 criticism on the justices last June. At that time, the court ruled out use of a 22-word non denominational prayer composed by New York state officials for schools that i ared to use it. Today, the issue was the T nrri'n Praver - and Bible- reading as well. Arguments were scheduled on cases iron Baltimore and Philadelphia. The arguments were sched uled for 11:30 a.m. EST. The decisions, not expected for some weeks, may well trigger an even more viol t emotional outburst than did the New York opinion, if the rationale of the court's reason ing is the same. In that case, Justice Hugo L. Black found the use of the prayer ran counter to that part of the Constitution's First Amendment which says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Bearing Son as Athtlil The Baltimore case stems from a 1960 rule of the Board of School Commissioners pro viding for reading the Bible and or recitation of the Lord's Prayer without com ment. In 1960, the board add ed that pupils who objected could be excused. The lawsuit was started by Mrs. Madalyn E. Murray, who is rearing her son, William Murray III, as an atheist. Market Closes Quiet Stocks Drop in Final New York - (UPD - Stocks broke in the final hour today after coasting quietly through most of the session. American Telephone was off more than a point on news of Congressional opposition to Its plan to cut night telephone rates and raise some day rates. Woolworth, which re ported record 1962 profits, lost some of a substantial early gain. Leading steels and motors sank fractions to over a point in some cases. Rogue Valley Edition MEDF0RDliTRIBUNE MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1083 You can start saving as easy as abc: a Just come to our You are always welcome. b. 'Open your account in the amount you wish. We'll give you amount recorded. VAdd to your account regularly. The amounts you put in or take out . , . plus earn ings on your savings . . . will be recorded in your passbook. That's how easy it is. CURRENT DIVIDEND 4 PER ANNUM and LOAN ASSOCIATION 201 West 6th Frta Customer Parking in Our Lot Robert F. Kyle, Mgr. Issue Citing the New York case, Mrs. Murray contends: Use of the Lord's Prayer favors Christians over Jews and other non-Christians. The Bible is also scctari an and various Christian sects accept a different ver sion. It is not accepted at all by others, for example Bud dhists, of whom there- are about 100,000 in Hawaii. A child who asks to be excused will reap disapproval from teachers and classmates. Mrs. Musray made it clear she did not object to discus sion of the Bible as literature or history. The Maryland Court of Ap peals upheld the constitution ality of the school board rule last April. Fire, Smoke Damage House in Medford A fire in the kitchen result ed in extensive heat and smoke damage in the rest of the house early this morning at the I. L. Christenscn resi dence, 30 Rose St., Medford firemen reported. They said the fire appar ently started near a counter. Four children were evacuated through a bedroom window. Firemen were summoned at 2:10 o'clock this morning when the house was reported filled with smoke. After 187 years of settle ment, logging and land clear ing, over 40 per cent of Ken tucky's land area is still cov ered with forest. DOW JONES AVERAGES New York - lllPli - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 670.80, olf 4.48i 20 railroads 151.41, off 0.74i IS utilities 134.18, off 0.67, and 65 slocks 238.53, off 1.41. Sales Wednesday were about 3.68 million shares compared with 3.67 million shares Tuesday. Wednesday's prlcei lelecled stncKi; Allied Chemical 43: Alum Co Am 8" Amerlvnn Air Linea IB American Can 411 '. American Motora . aonB Page 2A office and walk in. a passbook with this Pope Starts Lent, Reminds Hearers All Men Mortal Vatican C i t y 0JP1) Pope John XXIII observed the start of Lent today by rub bing ashes on his forehead and reminding the faithful he is a man who "must remem ber that like all men he will return to dust." The Pope, 81, addressed several thousand faithful at a general audience in the Vatican Hall of Benedictions. Marks Beginning He reminded them that aft er the carnival season comes Lent, the 40-day season of prayer and penitence before Easter. Today, Ash Wednes day, officially marks the be ginning of Lent. "Today the Pope rubbed his forehead with ashes," the Holy Father said, speaking of himself according to custom In 4h thirH npr.inn. "He who is honored as the father of souls and vicar of Christ is also a man and must remem ber that like all men he will return to dust." ' The Pope, who was ill last fall hul in annarentlv fine now, has talked of death quite as frankly and calmly on other occasions in the past. Solemn Season His reference to death to- rtnv was in keening with the tnUnin T.ontpn spagnn rllirlnfi which he said "entertainment and recreation is permitted, but in the right measure and with reserve, without exces ses and without sins." "Severing the Lord means exertion," the Pope said, "but His aid is not lacking. He traced the path for us to fol low; by that path must we trod." as Hour AT ft T 120'lj American Tobacco 28 1 Anaconda Copper 45 ' Armco 33 ' American Standard 3'4 Bftidix Corp 54', j Bethlehem Steel 31 Boeing Air 38; Brunswick ,. 17 Caterpillar Corp 33 i Chr. viler Corp Bl 'i Coca Cola 92l'v c.B.s an, Columbia Gai 2T'k Continental Can 44 Crown Zcllerbach 49 Crucible Steel ltPi CurtlM Wriaiit 21 n Dow Chemical 36 Du Pont 240 KhhImihii Kodtik (xd) 113 HrritWmc 34t Ford 42- I General Electric 74 General Foods 80 General Motora ,.. 61 'i Georgia Pacific ., 46 Greyhound 37 Gulf Oil 40" Homestake 48 ' Idaho Power 33 IBM 405 '4 Int Paper 28 '. Johni Manvllle 45 Kennecott Copper 70'ii Martin ai '. Merck 81 Montana Power 38 '4 Montfinmery Ward 33 Nnllonnl Biscuit 48', New York Central 17 '4 i Northern Natural Gai 46 I Northern Pacific 42 Mac Gai Klec 33 Penney J.C 43 Penn RR 15 Perma Cement 13 Phillips 4734 Procter & Gamble 71 Radio Corporation 61 Richfield Oil 42 Safeway , 4fi Santa Fe 2fi Scars 78 Shell OH 36 Socony Mobil OH Southern Co Southern Pacific (xd) ... Sperry Rand ... fil ... 53 .... 2B .... Ut .... 2 .... 53 .... 59 .... 20 ... 9 .... H nlawlnrtl California Standard Indiana Standard N J Stokely Van Camp Sun Mines Texas Co. Texas Gulf Sulfur (xd) ... Texas Pac Land Trust ... 22 Thiokol 2B Trail America 46 Trans World Air 11 Tri Continental 43 union iarn.ne 103 I'nlon pacific 33 United Aircraft 48 United Air Lines J2 IIS. Plywood 30 V S. Rubber 44 V S. Sleel . 46 t Bunk Corp .. 3i Westing house 32 Bar Waitresses Warned About Fund Salem -WPP- Cocktail wait resses were warned Tuesday not to contribute to a fund reportedly being built up to fight a proposed measure that would prohibit women from having liquor service per mits. Rep. J. L. Smith (DCon don) said "It isn't necessary." Smith said he has talked to lobbyists and lawyers who said they will fight the bill without compensation. Smith said he had heard of cocktail waitresses In some Eastern Oregon communities being solicited S:5 to S30 each for a fund to fight the bill. The bill was Introduced by Rep. Edward Whelan (D Portland) who said It is aimed at securing equal pay for women bartenders. Department Reports On Honey Production Washington -H'PP- The na tion's beekeepers had about cne per cent fewer bees work ing for them last year, the U. S. department of agricul ture reports. Even so, the busy bees-3 5 million of them - provided about six pounds of honey for each U. S. family. j i - VENUS LIFELESS Mariner 2' verdict is that lovely Venus is lifeless. That is the word from NASA scientists on what the 447-pound spacecraft discovered when it flew past the brightest of the planets last Dec. 14. Charts released by NASA based on Mariner 2's studies indicates the surface tempera ture of Venus is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, too hot to be the abode of We as it is known on earth. Top chart reveals that the planet is covered by cold dense clouds in the upper atmosphere. (UPI) Foreign Briefs SOVIETS ASKED TO LEAVE ICELAND Reykjavik, Iceland-ftiPll-Foregin Minister Gudmundur I. Mudmindsson has demanded that two Soviet embassy officials leav the country for alleged espionage activities. Gudmundsson summoned Soviet Ambassador Aleksandr Aleksandrov to the Foreign Ministry yesterday and demand ad that Second Secretary Lev Kisilev and Embassy Translator Lev Dimitrev be sent home for trying to induce an Icelander to spy on the Keflavik International Airport. ESCAPE ATTEMPT THWARTED IN EAST BERLIN Berlin-WIUEasi Berlin police today fired a warning shot and arrested a man who tried to escape over the wall to West Berlin. The man made his escape attempt it Polsdamer Platz, main Berlin square cut in two by the anti-refuge wall. West Berlin police said the refugee got through the 100-yard "no man's land" strip behind the wall only to be caught as he was about to scale the wall. COMMUNIST SABOTAGE ATTEMPT FOILED Caracas, Zenesuela-IUI'D-Troops alerted by loyal farmers frustrated a Communist attempt yesterday to blow up a bridge over the Guanare river, about 300 miles west-southwest of here, it was reported today. Woodworkers Seek Portland - (UPD - The West ern States Council of the In ternational Woodworkers of America adopted a three-point bargaining program Tuesday calling for wage Increases of 40 cents an hour In the open ing session of a four-day con vention. The 35,000-mcmbor lumber union represents workers in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colo rado. Its contracts with lumber producers expire June 1. The union decided to de mand these items: -A general wage increase of 40 cents an hour spread out over a three-year contract, plus additional pay increases in some skilled job classifica tions. -Revisions of pension plans with several employers. -Travel pay for logging crews. The union dclcpatcs took the action after hearing a re port by the lWA's Research and Education department. WE INSTALL WHILE-U-WAIT OPEN SUNDAYS THRIFT AUTO SUPPLY Lit al jt iijjati AUTO Medford, 801 N. Riverside-Grant. Pits, 529 St. 6th The Store With 10 000 Itimi New Wage Increase The report contended that lumber producers are show ing healthy profits and sales, despite recent statements that the western lumber industry faces economic ruin. 05EA Opposed To Bargaining Rights Salem - UiPD - The Oregon State Employees association today said it was opposed to collective bargaining for Ore gon's public employees. Chalmers L. Jones, presi dent of the association, said in a letter to House Speaker Clarence Barton "we do not want collective bargaining." A bill has been submitted in the House which would ex t e n d collective bargaining rights to state employees. The Boeing company's wind tunnel facility is the largest privately owned aero - re search laboratory in the world. MUFFLER Haadquarrart rrmT it I ill LaW 533 State Bar Scored For Position on New Constitution Salem - (UPD - The Oregon State Bar was admonished by members of the House and Senate committess on Consi tutional Revision Tuesday for giving explanations but not any opinions on a proposed new state constitution. The bar is on record as urging delay of legislation ac tion on the document for two years. Two more witnesses from the bar appeared Tuesday to analyze sections of the new document. They noted the bar had not taken any stand on the sections under discussion. "I couldn't care less" about the bar's explanations, said Sen. AI. Flegel (D-Roseburg). Wants To Know The committee already has spent a month in briefings on what the new constitution would do. Sen. Walter Pear son (D-Portland) said. He said now the committee wants to know what people think about it. The bar was told that opin ions of individual members would be appreciated, and would not be construed as representing the entire bar. Sections on legislative re apportionment drew praise from witnesses for the Oregon Civil Liberties Union and, the League of Women Voters. They said Oregon already leads the nation in apportion ing legislative scats on a "one man, one vote" principle, and the proposed constitution would be an improvement over the present one. They noted Oregon voters strongly ratified the principle last November. To have $1 of earnings left for his family, a farmer must sell approximately $5 worth of products from his farm. Texas has around 47.9 per cent of all U. S. oil reserves, totaling 14.8 billion barrels of crude oil. s MUM DOWNTOWN 1 DOWN 5 Position Aluminum Chaise ALUMINUM INNERSPRING MATTRESS CHAIR Aluminum double tubular frame. Adjusts to S posi tions. Vinyl innerspring mattress. 1888 PORTABLE for camping, picnic or table use. 3 99 lkju&swup Fish Fee Increase Measure Introduced Salem-UPD-Measures to in crease fish poundage fees, re quire car safety inspections, and remove the legislative re apportionment field were in troduced today in the Oregon Legislature. Sen. Andrew Naterlin ID- Newport) said the proposed increase in poundage fees on food and shell fish would amount to about 40 per cent. the proposed car safety in spection program would be supervised by the Motor Ve hicle department. Unsafe cars would be banned from the highways. Sens. Donald Husband (R Eugene) and John Hare (R Hillsboro) called for a U.S. constitutional amendment tn prohibit federal interference in state legislative apportion ment. Recent federal court rulings have strenethened the case of those who want ap portionment on a population basis. ReD. Robert Packwnnri m. Portland) turned in -a House Din to let a vacant elective office be filled by an p pointee from a different party. At the request of the real estate commissioner, thp House received a bill calling lor regulation of advertising of subdivisions offered for Rale plspuhpra Other House tills called for an increase in the cities' share of liquor revenues, a gas tax increase to pay for work on "have-not" highways, and au thorization for a county pub lic aeicncfer system. For Fart, . Efficient Service- Ship It LASME to or from Oakland, San Franclico, Lot Angeles and Other California Points Call Jack Fitxgerald 773-7761 WILL a? Eg STURDY ALUMINUM FRAME, WEATHER-RESISTANT WEBBING PATIO CHAIR Weather - resist Firestone poly webbing. Aluminum frame. Green, yellow. 3 88 BARBECUE JiillL The National Safety Couif- cil says using seat belts would save 9,000 lives yearly and re duce injuries by half. A two-week entertainment guide to help you plan your next visit to San Francisco, tlie eventful city. THEATRE "Take Her, She's Mine", a Broadway comedy hit starring Tom Ewell opens March 12 at the Curran. Elizabeth Seal stars in "A Shot in the Dark", a suspense comedy opening March 13 at the Geary. "Volpone", a comedy by Ben Jonson, opens March 6 at the Marines SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS San Francisco Decorators and Hi Fi Show will be at the Cow Palace, March 6-10. Buddy Greco appears at New Fack's through March 3, followed by Dick Stewart on the 5th. Vic Damone headlines the Venetian Room entertainment through March 13, with Rosemary Clooney opening March 14. "Bom bardment from Space", the new program at the Planetar ium, Golden Gate Park, opens March 5. MUSIC A Leonard Bernstein Gala: hit tunes from 5 Broadway shows, the ballet "Fancy Free", and the opera "Trouble in Tahiti", all merged into one evening, March 2, at the Opera House. "Around the Town", a musical tour around San Francisco in barbershop harmony, March 2, at the Nourse Auditorium. Marion Anderson, contralto, sings March 9; Rudolf Serkin, plays March 10, both at the Opera House. SPORTS Pro-basketball San Francisco Warriors conclude their home games schedule by playing Cincinnati March 3, Los Angeles March 12, and St. Louis March 14. All games at the Cow Palace. Ice-Hockey San Francisco Seals vs Los Angeles March 1, vs Seattle March 13, both at the Cow Palace. Horse Racing continues at Bay Meadows. The works of Wassily Kandinsky are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art where the Pacific Coast Invita tional opens March 8. The works of Prize Winning Artists from past San Francisco Art Institute Annual Exhibitions 1870 to 1962 will be shown March 5-22 at the Institute, 800 Chestnut Street. Right now is the best time of SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS BUREAU Open Friday Nights Until 9 HOLD UNTIL JUNE 1 1 88 NEWBERRY BARGAIN! Big and handsome i2Vi long, 24" wide. Won- aenuuy comfortable, well-built. oturdy aluminum frame with tubular arms, famous Firestone webbing. 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