Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 06, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJFH Predicts Passage' of lu Re PS Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents Vital Elements a. Medford Tribune Of Tax Reforms Also Will Pass 28 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1963 No. 299 auction Kennedy Says No Blockade of Cuba At Present Time U. S. Headed in Right Direction Washington -WPP- President Kennedy today ruled out a blockade against Cuba for the time being at least on grounds that it might lead to war with Russia. Kennedy told his news con ference he is satisfied that the United Stales is heading in the right direction in deal ing with the Fidel Castro's regime question despite some strong criticism of adminis tration policy. The President also said the four U.S. fliers killed in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion were "serving their country" on a completely voluntary basis. He did not say specifi cally whether they were em ployed by the Central Intelli gence Agency or some other government agency. Not Satisfied Kennedy said he had no more information on with drawal of Russian troops from Cuba and was not satisfied they were being removed quickly enough. He said there was no agreement with Rus sia regarding the schedule for the withdrawal. In response to other ques tions, the chief executive said: The problem of Cuban based Communist subversion in Latin America is one "that must be handled in each coun try" involved. He said "The wisest thing ... is isolation of communism in this hemi sphere." He sees no prospect for resumption of friendly rela tions between Cuba and the United States. Hindsight might Indicate that the Soviet missile bases in Cuba could have been de tected a few days! earlier last fall, but only a few days. Control of Club Given Willamette Willamette university, Sa lem, has been given a living trust by Glenn Jackson, Med ford, vice chairman of the board of directors of Pacific Power and Light company, of the ownership control of the Rogue Valley Country club. The club, valued about $2 million plus property, was re cently remodeled with new tennis courts, swimming pool and club house and locker rooms added. The trust will states that Jackson's 52 per cent owner ship of the club and proper ties will go to the university on his death. Also included is 100 per cent ownership of the nine newest holes in the southeast area of the 30-hole golf course. Jackson will retain the vot ing rights of his controlling stock in the club, with the uni versity acquiring it only" on Jackson's death. Jackson is a trustee of the university. Recently Jackson announced a similar trust with $70,000 of controlling interest in the stock of the Ml. Ashland bki Resort corporation. All of the stock and proceeds from it have been given to Southern Oregon college in trust, the school to receive it on Jack son's death. Pans Approved for Public Use Building Portland (ITU Army Engi neers said today they have ap proved plans for a public use building and other facilities for The Dalles Dam. Bids probably will be opened in May with construc tion to start sometime this year. Cost is estimated at S150.000. rasCspitiEFS T (MS ntOM 4 AXOUNO l OLOM RAIL MEDIATOR EXPECTS AGREEMENT San Francisco-lPI-Negotiations between Southern Pa cific Railroad and railway clerks bogged down Tuesday, but Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill said ha axpected an agreement by Iht end of the week. MACMILLAN MOVES AHEAD WITH PLAN London-itPI'-Primt Miniittr Harold Macmillen moved ahead today with hit plan to coordinate nuclear defense with the United States after beating down an opposition attack on hit record peacetime defense budget. FRENCH BANKER SHOT TO DEATH Paris-WI-The president of one of France's biggest busi ness banks was shot to death today, apparently by ter rorists of the Secret Army Organisation. The vielim was Henri Laford. 69. SUPPLIES STORED IN CUBAN CAVES Washinglon-'tPI-The Army's intelligence chief testified today that Cuban caTts apparently art being used to store "much military equipment and supplies" but not stra legie missiles. 1 ill "Lm Bksi OFFICIALLY OPENED The new Pan-Am building (center in this aerial view) will be officially opened tomorrow in New York City in ceremonies at which both the Amer Negotiations To Be Made for Additional Water for District Negotiations will be made by RIedford irrigation district with Rogue River Valley Ir rigation district to obtain at least a part of its unused al location of water from the Mrs. Gibbons, Area Civic Leader, Dies in Hospital Mrs. Jeannette B. (Marrs) Gibbons, 64, of 1790 Old Mili tary rd., civic worker, died lasi night in a local hospital. She was born May 9, 1898, at Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Mrs. Gibbons for the past several years served as co chairman of the annual fall UNICEF drive at Halloween. During World War II she was active in Red Cross work. Recently she received the citation presented to the Jack son county chapter of the Oregon United National asso ciation for the chapter's work In UNICEF. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and Duplicate Bridge club. Education Noted Mrs. Gibons was a daughter of William Charles and Addie Bruce. She was ' graduated from East High school, Cleve land, Ohio, and attended Smith college, Northampton, Mass.; Ohio State university, Columbus, Ohio, and West ern Reserve university, Cleve land. She was married to Marrs Gibbons, who survives, July 19, 1919. They lived in Cleve land Heights and Shaker Heights, both Ohio, and Chi cago and Winnctka, 111., prior to moving to Medford in 1942. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. James A. Muncie, Los Altos. Calif., and Mrs. Joseph Hadley, Edmonds, Wash., and three grandchil dren. Memorial service will be held Friday, March 8, at 10 a.m. at Perl Funeral home with Dr. D. Kirkland West officiating. The family has stated that those who wish may send contributions to the American Cancer society or the Girls Community club of Medford. NOT THIS SESSION Salem - fliPH - The House Highways committee has de cided not write a new ambu lance regulation law this session. ican and British governments will be repre sented. The new skyscraper is financed jointly by British and American money. (UP1) Talent division of the Rogue River basin project. Irrigation district officials said they anticipate a short water season this spring and summer. RRVID has an allocation of 3,000 acre feet of stored water from the Talent Irrigation dis trict and has used approxi mately 300 acre feet of that annually. An agreement with RRVID allocates one-third of MID's streamflow and storage water to RRVID, but it has been receiving more than 33'3 per cent in 1961 and 1962, Jack Hoffbuhr, MID manager not ed. Allocation of RRVID's un used Talent ' project water would help to restore the bal ance, he explained. Less Water Storge Hoffbuhr noted that there are 10 years on record when the district had less water storage than It has now,, but this year the snowpack is less than during any of the 10 years. There is no snow pack this year. No big storms arc anticipated which would build up storage supplies before the irrigation season starts, he said. Yesterday, the board con firmed its intentions to pur chase approximately five acres of orchard land off Stewart avc. now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Chester I. Guch cs and 75 orchard heaters at $3 each. The land price is $14,000. The contract should be settled in a few days, Hoff buhr reported. The orchard and heaters would be leased. The land would be used for a future MID office site when the present Barnett rd. loca tion becomes too valuable as a business property. Director H. C. Cameron said he still thought it would be too costly to move the office. High School ROTC To Be Continued Washington -1TD- The De fense Department today bow ed to congressional pressure and agreed to continue the high school ROTC program for another year. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara had proposed earlier that military support for the program. Involving 60.000 pupils at 22S public and private schools, should be cut off this July. However, top members of the House Armed Services committee, including Chair man Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) an nounced their support for new legislation which would ex pand the program to include 500,000 youngsters at 2,000 high schools. SheriiTsOffice Checking Burglaries The Jackson county sher iff's office is investigating two house burglaries today. Alvin Herman Peter. Grants Pass, reported that sleeping bags and some canned goods were taken from his summer home on Savage Creek rd. recently. A vacant house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Warren, Lebanon, Ore., was broken into at 1028 Maple Park dr.. but nothing was taken, depu ties said. Salem - m - A hearing i on a proposed milk price con ! trol law will be held Thurv ! day at 7 p m.. the House Com i mittee on Food and Dairying ; announced. Plans Under Way To Complete Work At Jackson Park Plans are under way to complete the pre-school chil dren's play area av Jackson si. park in time for dedication ceremonies May 30, Robert Haworth, city parks and rec reation director said today. Mrs. Betty M. Allen, Med ford sculptress, has been se lected to complete a piece of play apparatus in the park known as "S n a v e 1 y the Snake." The piece had originally been commissioned by Charles H. Forrester, Ashland sculp tor, who designed modernistic play apparatus in Hawthorne park. Since thav time For rester has moved to England where he is on the staff of Salford ..Technical college. Mrs. Allen will serve as an advisor for the project. Money Is Donated Money for the equipment in tne pre-school play area was donated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The ma jority of the money went for the purchase of conventional play apparatus for the park. Suavely will be of concrete, 15 feet long and not to ex ceed four feet at the highest point. The VFW also has donated a flag pole and a plaque for the site. All of the equipment is expected to be ready for the dedication cere monies scheduled for Memorial day, May 30. Haworth said that due to weather, planting of the northeast corner of the park has been progressing rapidly. bo far, 216 trees and shrubs have been planted in the dressing room and swimming pool compound with all land scaping completed. He said that some of the trees were large enough so that when they leaf out this summer, they will give some shade in the area. Haworth said all under ground work, sprinklers and drainage, was completed last fall. The remainder of the grass seeding for the lawn will be done as soon as weath er permits. Recreation Development At Emigrant Ashland-A total of nearly $60,000 has already been spent on development of rec reational facilities at Emi grant lake, Neil Lcdward, Jackson county parks super visor, told members of the Ashland Chamber of Com merce Tuesday. The Jackson county court has spent $26,000 on facili ties, he pointed out, while the bureau of reclamation has spent $32,000 for construc tion of a road and boat ramp. Lcdward outlined plans for future development at the Emigrant recreation area in his talk. Area Expanded The existing picnic area will be expanded this year and next, he said, increasing the total number of units to 100. In addition to picnic ta bles, the units include provi sion for fireplaces and water supply. A new boat ramp, together with a deepened boating har bor, also is planned. A swimming area is being created. "We hope to have a sandy beach there within two years," Ledward said. Other development plans call for children's playground Oregon Taxpayers May Lose Federal Tax Deductions Salem - UP1 - Oregon state income taxpayers prob ably will lose their federal income tax deduction, members of the House and Senate tax committees indicated Tuesday night. A proposed cigarette tax, however, appeared headed for some difficulty in the Senate. Nine representatives .ind six senators met to continue their study of major revenue raising measures in an effort to reach a concensus. In comments on features of the three major income tax bills, most of those present indicated they favored elimi nation of the federal deduc tion in determining taxable state income. If that change alone were made in the present income tax laws, taxpayers would pay $50 million more next biennium. The bills before the House committee, however, call for combining that fea ture with other changes, in cluding rate adjustments. House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) said eliminating the federal deduction would keep many dollars in Oregon that now are going to the federal government. The senators and represen tatives gave a cooler recep tion to other proposed changes in the income tax laws, including credits against the final tax bill in place of personal and dependency ex emptions. They also were cool toward a proposal to repeal the split Demo Committee Requests Action Post office mailers and proposed set of changes to the by-laws were discussed In a meeting of the Jackson county Democratic Central committee last night. Mark Norton, executive committee member, suggested that a letter be sent to Con gressman Robert Duncan, re questing immediate recom mendation of a Medford post master. He charged that while he knew there was some dis agreement regarding the rec ommendation by the local committee, he said that wait ing will not make the prob lem go away. In other matters regarding post offices, a letter was read from Congressman Duncan re questing an opinion on the advisability of making the White City post office a classi fied branch of the Medford post office. No decision was reached by the group. Committee members ex pressed concern over the pro posed by-law revisions, feel ing that too much authority has been taken from the par y chairman. Many felt that strong leadership was neces sary in maintaining an effec tive party in the county. Reviewed equipment and horseshoe pits and volleyball courts. A 15-unit campground is scheduled to be ready for use this year. Ledward said he hoped to see a group picnic area devel oped at some point, to be made available for use by or ganiza tions. Another picnic area Is planned on the cast leg of the lake which, he said, is the favorite of fishermen. Trees To Bt Planted More trees will be planted, he added, although he said that tree survival around Emigrant lake is difficult be cause of extreme cold in the winter and extreme heal In the summer. The fluctuating water level of the lake also creates prob lems in recreational develop ment. "But it can be done," he said. Ledward touched briefly on the possibility of park de velopment along Bear creek between Emigrant lake and the Rogue river. "This is something we should get going on," he com mented, noting that federal aid could be obtained to aid In financing a study of park sites. Income provisions for mar ried couples, but conceded it might be time for a "head of the household" amendment to reduce discriminatory rates against widows and widowers with families. Barton Fires New Salvo at Hatfield On Defense Issue Salem -IUPII- House Speaker Clarence Barton fired another explosive verbal salvo at Gov. Mark Hatfield today. He de nied Democrats were "soft on defense" and contributing to a "soft America" as Hatfield charged. Hatfield Tuesday told the Metropolitan R e p u b 1 i can Women's club that the Demo cratic majority in the legisla ture "must bear all the fail ures" of this session of the legislature, and again hit back at Civil Defense cutbacks. When asked to comment on the latest Hatfield statement, Barton snapped, "I'm prompt ed to ask the governor if he rested on the seventh day. He talks like God Almighty." Hocus-Pocus "He can jockey with the budget and play all kinds of hocus-pocus, but this state still has a system of checks and balances. Barton voiced strong sup port for the Ways and Means committee and said, "I'll put them up against the Depart ment of Finance any time. ' They ve got a bunch n college professors that never met a payroll In their Uvea." Barton termed senators and representatives on the Ways and Means committee 'dedi cated people." "The governor has the right to speak out," Barton said. "We have an adversary sys tem. "I gave up long ago accept ing as gospel the views of the Department of Finance. They're nice fellows with no business experience." Rural Board Post Election Slated A Zone 1 position on the Jackson county rural school board will be up for election May 6 at the annual school meeting, the county school superintendent's office said today. Zone 1 includes Evans Val ley, Rogue River and Central Point. Incumbent is W. A. Starzinger, Rogue River. Nominating petitions sign ed by 25 legal school voters must be returned to the coun ty school superintendent's of fice 30 days before the elec tion or by Friday, April 5. A candidate's statement of ac ceptance must be returned by the same deadline, It was ex plained. Both forms may be obtained at the county school office in the courthouse an nex. Tornado Rips Into Birmingham Suburb Bessemer, Ala.-IDPD-A lor nado ripped sections of this Birmingham suburb Tuesday, causing damages estimated in the millions of dollars to at least 100 homes and bust nesses. Repair crews worked through the night with bull dozers and dump trucks in downtown sections clearing out brick walls and rooftops hurled into the streets. Na tional Guardsmen patrolled the street to keep out loot ers and sightseers. At least 12 persons were hospitalized with injuries from the winds. WEATHER rORECAKT: t'onttoVrahl rlou dlnMi with a iw prtnklr to nlfht. Partly rtoudy Thurtday. I.nw tonight Jl-38. Illh Thurs day near &S. Tmi. Hijhut YMt"rty 4ft l,owrt Thlk Morning ... 39 I'ree, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Huntrl today :M p.m. Minrlt-r tomorrow . I'll a.m. MoonH tomorrow 5 31 a.m. Full Moon March t The bright "ilar iffn near ett the Moon Inn! t hi U the nlanrt. Mar, whlrh t now nearly itallonary among the ilin of f anrer. iLLi.a ntwa uunrLnLnL rresmeni aenncay is snown 513,5 billion in tax reduc as he told a news conference in Washington, D.C., today that tions and $3.25 billion reve- nc ucni'vi-s uoiiKrcss win pass "important elements of the laincd in his original proposal. Hatfield in To Urge Portland's Olympic Games Bid Salem-OJPH-Gov. Mark Hat. field was in New York today on an unscheduled trip under stood to be in connection with Portland's bid for the 1968 Olympic Games. His office advised only that 'the governor is In New York working on economic development and is scheduled to return to the state to night." It was learned reliably, however, that Hatfield was School Officials Discuss Support Offered in Bills Frank Bash, Medford school board member and president of the Oregon School Boards' association, led a discussion last night at Hedrlck Junior High school on "When Will Oregon Achieve 50 per cent State Support for its Schools?" The governor s proposal would provide for an increase in stale basic school support funds from $120 to $130 dur ing a two-year period. This would continue the present 35.3 per cent support of school operating costs and contribute nothing to capital outlay such as construction and equipment costs, It was explained. However, House Bill 1088 if enacted, by 1068-67 would provide state basic fund sup port of 48 to 47 per cent 01 the school districts' operating costs. Closer to Contribution This would bring it closer to the 50 per cent contribu tion to operating costs as originally intended, Bash noted. The bill would Increase state basic support from $120 to $135 the first year, and from $135 to $150 the second year. These are only esti mates, it was emphasized. The group, consisting main ly of school hoard members and school administra tors, generally opposed House Bill 686 which would provide for a lax supervision and con servation commission in all counties of 50,000 population or more. This would change the local budget law. Those opposing the bill thought present taxing units dependent on the property lax already have enough controls. Budget committees and boards are directly responsi ble to the people. The com mission would be appointed by the governor. i I iHtfJil jK 3 GRAND OLD OPRY STABS KILLED Three well known country music stars, to gether with a manager for one of them, were killed late Tuesday when their single engine plane crashed In a wooded section near Camden, Tcnn. The Grand Ole Opry a tax reuucuuii uiu including revenue-raising reforms con. (UPI) East accompanied on his flight to the East last night by Glenn Jackson, Oregon financier ana a icaaer in me campaign tor me Olympics. It also was learned the two nao an appointment with ucn. uougias niHcnnnur ana lUHiiueu iu aK 111111 10 mane roruanas pucn tor tne uamcs Dciore me unuea States Olympic committee in ui iunii.il lu-xo. MacArthur has long been imuic-siuu in ainaicur amiev- j v i, . Tu j. hplwppn the Nnllnnal Pnllpffi-I ate Athletic Association and the Amateur Athletic Union. No Briefing Senate Presidcnl Ben Musa, who acts as governor In HrI field s absences from the state, was advised late yester day that Hatfield would be leaving Oregon about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday... Musa aid he got no briefing from Hatfield and knew no other details. Press . Secretary Travis Cross said a statement would be issued later. He refused further comment. Hatfield's trip left Oregon without any of Its top elected officials. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. is in Cali fornia on vacation, and Stale Treasurer Howard Bclton is in New York signing stale bonds. Wagner Resumes Mediation Efforts New York-IUPIl-Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner today resumed his mediation efforts to get a settlement of the city's 89-day-old newspaper strike and indicated he did not expect the walkout to be settled soon. Before going into a Joint meeting with publishers and union officials, Wagner sata, "It probably will be a long day and night. I would as sume there would be a num ber of joint meetings." He said he had not yet de cided whether to propose set tlement terms' to the dispu tants, adding that "we're still negotiating." Quadruplets, Mother In Good Condition ' Lima, Oho-IUPD-The pedia trician caring for Mrs. Bar bara Axe and her quadruplet daughters said in a medical bulletin today the general condition of the infants re mains good. The four girls were born Monday to Mrs. Axe, 26, the wife of advertising man Philip Axe, 28. President Defends Own Tax Proposals Washington -WPP- President Kennedy said today he be lieves Congress will pass a tax reduction bill including "important elements" of the revenue-raising reforms con tained in his original pro posal. The chief executive told his televised news conference that his final position on whether to accept a tax cut bill without reforms would have to depend on what Con gress finally does with his requests. But he insisted that "the best program is the one we sent lln which Drnvides fnr que in tax reforms. Important Elements My judgment Is that they (Congress) will enact a tax reduction bill which will in clude important elements of the reforms we sent up," Ken nedy said. The President made a state ment in response to a ques tion as to whether he would accept a $13.5 billion tax cut bill without any reforms in it. He was asked whether this was a fair assumption in view of the fact that he told an American Bankers association symposium last week that the most important matter was to cot an effective lav -nf ihi ycar and he would do whet- ever was necessary to achieve t Kennedy replied that his ,.omhlni.iinn f ,av ,., ,. reforms was the best, fairest. most rtvtnnnsihla nnA mnct -nnHoUto fnrmi f- m , vilalitv lnt th economy. VrlA lAnlrM B.M I IUUU Willi Ul UUI II , 11 M. IinnnlPfl IW I 11V - I" 1"-- - I 1 Jacksonville A flood con - 1 trol ordinance designed to I prevent or reduce damage I such as that don In last De- ccrrvber's Hood was adopted by the Jacksonville city coun cil last night. The ordinance provides that property owners are resoons- ible for natural waterways so- ing through their property. iney must keep such water ways clean and free from debris, or the city can clean them up and charge the prop erty owner. If the owner fails to pay, a lien can be made against his property, accord ing to the ordinance. The ordinance was drawn up and adopted In an effort to eliminate the possibility of waterways becoming clogged during times of heavy rain. In other action, the council set March 26 at 8 p.m. as the date for a public hearing at the city hall on the proposed annexation of part of the old Fleming property on the east end of Jacksonville on the north side of East California St. The annexation has been proposed in order that city water service may be extend ed to the old Fleming home on the property. Wilton White, present owner, plans to sell the home to John An derson. The sale is contingent upon obtaining city water, the council was informed. The Fleming property was at one time part of the city of Jacksonville, but was with drawn many years ago. Ex-Conductor Pleads Guilty to Charge Salem-WPD-Heimo V. Haitto, former conductor of the Capi tol Symphony Orchestra,' pleaded guilty in Circuit Court . today to obtaining money under false pretenses. A presentence investigation : was ordered. , stars were: Patsy Cllne (center), Cowboy Copas (left) and Hawkshaw Hawkins (right). ' Also killed was Miss Cline's business man ager and pilot of the plane, Randy Hughes. State troopers reached the site early today and said there were no survivors. (UPI)