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Rails Take Anti-Featherbedding Case Before State Legislature Story Page 2A Icy Flood Waters Cause Havoc in Eastern Sections Three-Day Death Toll Rises to 21 By United Press International ley flood . waters sped death and destruction through out the East today. Drinking water was con taminated, power !i es were driven down by high winds and towering ice floes, swept down rain-swollen riv ers to drive thousands of per sons irom ineir Homes. The death toll from three days of flooding rose to 21. At least eight other persons were dead after a late-winter snow storm hit the Midwest and flayed the Northeast with 55-mile-an-hour winds, snow and sleet. Emergency Declared Nearly all Ohio streams, with the exception of the Ohio river, were receding to day, but a state of emergency was declared on the Ohio uni versity campus at Athens. A midnight curfew was im posed on men students for the first time. More than 1,500 persons - including 700 university students-were tak en from the flooded area. The Ohio river, which crest ed at Pittsburgh Wednesday, continued to surge toward a crest 'downstream and offici als at Cincinnati, Marietta, Portsmouth and smaller Ohio communities made emergency preparations. The Ohio was expected to crest at Cincin nati at 60 feet, or eight feet above flood stage, by Sunday. In Pennsylvania, serious flooding continued today from Newport to the mouth of the Juniata river, and Duncannon, Pa., Mayor John Wells de clared a state of emergency. Fescue workers helped resi dents from their homes at Duncannon, Amity Hall and Newport. Ice jams towered 30 feet high on the Juniata river where it meets the Susque hanna. Court Agrees to Accept Home .Lease The Jackson county court will write University of Ore gon officials agreeing to ac cept a one-year lease on the C. C. Beekman house in Jack sonville at $400 a year. Following a meeting with representatives of the Siski you Pioneer Sites Foundation, administering agency for the home, the court wrote the university suggesting a five year lease at $200 a year. However, university officials have indicated they need at least $400 a year to finance the professorship of Pacific Northwest history. The will of the late Carrie Beekman, daughter of the early day banker had deeded the house and property to the University of Oregon for that purpose. During its first year of op eration the Beekman house had more than 5,000 visita tions by tourists and interest ed local people. The annual report from the Sites Founda tion including this informa tion and operating costs and revenue will be mailed by the court. Jehovah's Witness Meted Prison Term Portland OiPH A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses from Prineville received a six-month federal prison sen tence Wednesday for refusing to submit to the military draft. Judge William East gave the sentence to James Warren Hawkins, 23, despite a plea for leniency. tlE'St BRIEFS ITEMS nOM k AHOUNO THl OlOH DE GAULLE RULES OUT MEET WITH JFK Paris-ari'-Pretident Charles de Gaulle wet reported today to have ruled out any idea of meeting with President Kennedy In the near future. Responsible French government sources said De Gaulle leelt such a meeting would be pointiest because American and French thinking on major issues is hope lessly far apart. AMERICAN COMMUNISTS CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE Tokyc-W-Americsn Communists were caught in the cross-fire of the Communist ideological war today when Red China criticised their stand in the Cuban crisis and accused them of "eagerly tifirming their loyalty to the U.S. ruling class." TESTS WITHOUT DETECTION POSSIBLE Washington-TPI-Two government scientists testified today that Russia could conduct further underground weapons tests without fear of detection under proposals pending at the Geneva itslban negotiation. SOVIETS CONDEMN EXTREME DOGMATISTS Motcow-'tPI-The Soviet Union, in en apparent new Ideological slip at Communist China, today condemned extreme "dogmatists" who favor war over peaceful co existence to promote communism. MANNED SPACE STATION - This artist's concept shows a manned space station with "instant earth gravity" that was announced by Douglas Missile and Space Systems in Los Angeles today. Using current fabri cating techniques and "off-the-shelf" hard Program To Help Released Offenders Will Be Tried Here A pioneering Oregon pro gram designed to help offend ers who have been released from prison is going to get one of its first tryouts in the Medford area shortly. Ted J. Holdt, director of rehabilitation and employ ment for ex - offenders, a de partment created one year ago under the state board of control, outlined the plan dur ing a stop in Medford earlier this week. ; 'Ex-offenders are people," Holdt pointed out, voicing the opinion that many of them are well qualified to become good citizens after release from prison. Rehabilitation Process "Employment is the com pletion the fulfillment of the rehabilitation process," he added. "Denial of employ ment to these men results in loss of human resource and a waste of the talent, skill and time expended in an effort to prepare them to become use ful and respected members of the community." If an ex-offender is denied employment, one of two things will happen, Holdt said. He will revert to illegal acts Public Hearing on Council's Agenda A public hearing to con sider a change of zone from single and two family to multiple family at 16 South Peach St., is included in the Medford city council's agenda for its meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Among other items to be considered will be an amend ment to the building code to permit a rear door on prop erty abutting railroad right of way, approve plans for widening Ivy st. between Eighth and Ninth sts. to per mit diagonal parking on the east side and to award a con tract for equipment at the sewage treatment plant. ware, the station could be operational by 1965. The cutaway shows a spinning centri fuge couch that would create an artificial gravity for astronauts to combat the effects of prolonged weightlessness. (UP1) to obtain subsistance and will eventually return to prison, or he and his dependents will have to rely on public assist ance. "It Is just plain good busi ness to employ these men and make of them taxpayers rather than tax-consumers," he concluded. Set Up Organizations What Holdt is. attempting to do is to set up a network of volunteer community or ganizations throughout the state to assist ex-offenders in securing employment and making a successful rehabili tation. He is contacting representa tives of service clubs, cham bers of commerce, PTAs, per sonnel managers organiza tions and other groups in an effort to recruit members for community councils for the rehabilitation and employ ment of ex-offenders. Medford and Eugene are the first two areas in the state in which he is trying to set up the community coun cils. Proposes Council He proposes that represent atives of community organ izations meet together and organize such a council, which would then become a perma nent self-sustaining and au tonomous unit. Participants would hold regular meetings to discuss problems, progress and other matters. The activities of such coun cils would be divided general ly into five categories: 1. Publicity and education disseminating information relative to the importance of acceptance of qualified ex offenders by the labor market and the public. 2. Employment assistance enlisting the cooperation of employers in the hiring of ex offenders. 3. General assistance pro viding food, shelter and medi cal attention for limited pe riods in cases where an ex offender is unable to get a job. 4. Counseling of ex-offend- Abbott Resigns as Member of Board C. W. (Bill) Abbott. Med ford businessman, has resign ed as a member of the Jack son county board of equaliza tion, the county court noted yesterday. County Judge Earl M. Mil ler said he and Arnold Bohn- ert, Central Point area farm er, will have to appoint an other member. The county court accepted Abbott's resig nation with regret. Miller Abbott, who is employed by J. Henry Helser and com - panv. investment managers. said his reason for resigning was due to a promotion in ; charge of his company's of- i ficcs in the Willamette valley, j He will spend most of his time there. Abbott was formerly Cen- tra! Point postmaster. Prior; to joining the Helser firm, he was In the insurance business here. ' ers providing counseling, information, friendship and in some cases advice for ex offenders who may need it. 5. Any other services as community councils might from time to time deem nec essary His department deals only with prisoners who have been discharged, Holdt emphasized, and not with parolees. Rough ly two-thirds of all persons who leave state institutions are discharged after serving their terms rather than pa roled, he explained. Ex -offenders are already being employed by various firms in Medford and other areas of Oregon, Holdt point ed out. The proposed commu nity councils would help ex pand the program and in crease its effectiveness. They would make it possible to ac complish objectives that oth erwise would take a large staff of paid state employees to accomplish, thereby ren dering an obvious savings of tax money to the people of Oregon. Biggest Saving The biggest saving to the taxpayer from the program, however, Holdt feels, would come from reducing the rate of recidivism that is, re ducing the percentage of re peat offenders. If the ex-offender can become a well balanced, self-sustaining mem ber of society again, then the cost of his subsequent detec tion, arrest, trial and reincar ceration can be eliminated, he argues. "The humanitarian aspects of the problem, while not measurable in dollars and cents, must be considered," he added. "It must be remem bered that these ex-offenders are human beings, many of whom want to make good, and that their repeated in carceration frequently has grave and far-reaching effects on family and children." There arc no other organ izations in the United States quite like the proposed Ore gon community councils, Holdt said. "Some stales have attempted It without a great deal of luccess, while others have different types of pro grams to help ex-offenders that have met with success," he commented. John Howard Society The Oregon plan will, how ever, bear quite a bit of simi larity to a group in Canada called the John Howard so iciety. Holdt has a film con cerning the organization and achievements of the John Howard society which he is eager to present before any organization or club in the , ale imeresica in seeing ii. 1, Such organizations may mm oy wrmuK care of room 20 at the capitnl building in Salem or by tele. phoning 364-2171, extension 230. he said. "The success of this pro gram depends upon the amount of public exposure we can give the idea." Holdt ! commented. "We want to reach as many service clubs 'and organizations as we can." i Regional Edition MEDF0RD 36 Pages Four Sections Communist Editor Granted Audience With Pope John Adzhubei 'Moved' And Impressed Vatican City - IUP1I - A pro fessed atheist, Soviet Com munist Editor Alexci Adzhu bei, met Pope John XXIII, head of the Roman Catholic Church, today, and the atheist came away impressed and "very moved." Adzhubei, son-in-law of So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev, first attended a mass audience in the Vatican's Throne Room as "just anoth er newsman." Then, at its end, he was ushered into a private room for an H-minute special audience, an unprecedented meeting between a member of a ruling Soviet leader's fam ily and the Roman pontiff. Adzhubei's wife, Rada, Khrushchev's daughter, ac companied him to the history making audiences. Receives Pope's Blessing When the Pope finished his speech at the general audi ence held to mark his accept ance of the Balzan Founda tion's Peace Prize, Adzhubei bowed his head in a reveren tial gesture as the pontiff be stowed his blessings on the throng. Then, when he was ushered into the Papal Library for the special audience, a high Vati can official said Adzhubei bowed deeply to the Pope. Mrs. Adzhubei covered her head with a gold-lined black scarf, as is protocol for wom en at a papal audience. The Russian couple was alone in the library with the Pope except for a Russian- speaking priest who acted as an interpreter. . The audience was another step in the Kremlin-Vatican rapprochement of recent months, which has led to speculation of a possible further easing of tensions, establishment of some kind of diplomatic relations and even a meeting between the Pope and Khrushchev. Hatfield Reports 'Worthwhile' Talk With MacArfhur Portland - (UN) - Gov. Mark Hatfield said Wednesday night that he and Glenn Jack son had a "very worthwhile visit" with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in New York on Portland's bid for the 1968 Olympic Games. The governor and Jackson, Medford and Portland finan cier and one of the leaders In the Olympics campaign, "in formed the general of Port land's bid and why Portland offers certain unique ad vantages," Hatfield said. "Wo were successful ingot ting him to indicate he could make public comments on what is best for the United States in the foreign diplo matic field, not a selection made on the hard-sell pres sure tactics on the part of cities." ' Hatfield said Portland's "unique" advantages includ ed: A truer picture of Amer ica than other cities offer. A friendly city large enough to retain western hos pitality and friendliness. A city with a history of good racial, cultural and re ligious background. A climate that would be comfortable for the games. Hatfield said "I did not ask him to make a pitch for Portland, we primarily want ed to apprise him of the unique characteristics Portland had to offer." The governor explained representatives of Los Ange les and Detroit also had met with the general. He said the trip was not announced in advance be cause MHcArthur did not want publicity. Resolutions were adopted Wednesday by both the Mult nomah county board of com missioners and the Portland city council pledging support of the games if Portland gets them. CONTRACT AVOIDED Portland -in- McCormack Construction company of Pendleton has been awarded a S229.000 contract to build a new building for The Dalles branch of the First National 'bank of Oregon. Oam Burst Floods Six Perish, Many ft 2v A V TWO-MILE PATH-The Saplding Pond dam at Norwich, Conn., burst late Wednesday, cutting a two-mile path through the down County Employee Wages Discussed By Budget The Jackson county budget committee spent almost all of this morning discussing em ployee wages and hours dur ing its second session. This afternoon the commit tee will interview District At torney Alan B. Holmes and Robert Mucker, administrator for the Jackson county farm home. The committee voted unani mously to write Sen. Lyndcl Newbry (R-Jackson county) voicing opposition to House Bill 1288 which would allow all public employees to form or join labor organizations of their choice. The budget committee mem bers agreed that unions "have no business in government at all." Both County Commission ers Donald Fabcr and Edwin Taylor said unionization of county employees would force the county to contract out some work like road and bridge construction. County Judge Earl M. Mill er said he docs not oppose unions but opposes this bill "on principle." Taylor noted that "we arc going to have to bring county wages up to standard." Coun ty equipment operators are getting only about half the hourly wage ol private con struction men, he said. Taylor felt that county common la bor "is pretty well paid." Faber took the opposite view and arcued that the lower wage brackets should be raised. Revised Schedule The committee approved a revised salary schedule set tine S219 as the first step and adding three more steps. Over time was left to the discre-; aao mncs nonn oi saigon, an tion of department heads to j American military spokesman grant compensating time off. ; said. Overtime pay would be too I The spokesman said, how Indefinite to budget for in a i ever, that no one aboard the lump sum. Sick leave was chopper was Injured. Q-wr--- MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963 3iav -ifvc-wn jka a -w Group mLsud from 45 to 60 days. The Jackson County Employ ees'' association had asked for 00 days accumulative sick leave and overtime after 40 hours a week. Purchasing Coord i n a t o r William Cochran said the committee's approval of a one step salary increase "across the board" would mean an average per employee wage increase of $20 for the 380 county employees, or an over all estimated cost to the coun ty of $S0,000, Including the added social security and workman's compensation. Merit Increases Merit Increases on top of that would mean a $100,000 cost, Budget Committee Chairman Arnold Bohnert said. Only salary adjustments were made lan year plus a few merit pay increases, Bohnert noted. A budget committee mem ber said this morning he ex pects a discussion on, the county agricultural operation when the county farm home budget is presented this after noon. Taylor has strongly support ed the farm operation which nipplics food to county Insti tutions by using county pris oners and some welfare work ers when available. County Judge Miller has questioned the operation on the basis It may be uneconomical. Marine Helicopter Downed Near Saigon Saigon, South Viet Nam il'PI'- Communist Vict Cong ground fire todav shot down a U.S. Marine H34 helicopter - j in Quang Nam Proviee about Tribune MSw town area.' Five persons died In the Turner Stanton Twine mill (bottom right) and 'the sixlh in the debris at lop left. (UP1) Soviet Troops Said Evacuating Cuba Washlnglon-IUPIi-Thc State Department said today that some Soviet troops are mov ing out of Cuba, but refused to say how many or when. "I think some are going out, but the details must come from the Defense Depart ment," press officer Lincoln White told reporters. White said the movement of Soviet forces out of Cuba took place since Feb. 20, when 200 or so Soviet military per sonnel were reported to have left the Island aboard a Rus sian ship. f LIKED TO SAVE THINGS - Henry Cordes, 82. (shown in this 1928 pasport photo), German-born newspaper-vendor, liked to save things: enough shoestring to knot a regiment of shoes; enough paper bags to equip a small supermarket; and enough unmatched buttons to cope with centuries of haberdashery mishaps. In his $7-a-week room In San Fran no form of entertainment could be found. Cordes didn't smoke, form of entertainment could be found. Cordes didn't smoke, drink or use any synthetic solace. The result of his 30 years of austerity is an accumulation of $89,815.14, and a 33-year, old will leaving everything to a onetime friend, Henry ForU mann of Oakland. Fortmann died In 1936. UPI) 57th Year Price 10 Cents No, 300 City; Hurt Hundreds Forced To Flee Homes in Middle of Night Damage Estimated To Run to Millions Norwich, Conn. - IUPD - An earthen dam burst without warning late Wednesday night, flooding four square miles of this city of 40,000 in waters up to 12 feet deep. At least six persons were killed. Many more were in jured. Hundreds were forced to flee when ice filled water from two ponds cascaded down upon them. The 15-acre Spalding pond burst through the dam and the rushing tor rent swept away the waters of the two-acre Mohican Park pond below the dam. Might Burst For a while, officials feared a second dam might burst be cause of the pressure of high water and foot-thick ice be hind It. But the dam held. The surging torrents col lapsed, i buildings, . tumbled utos as if they were toys and left millions of dollars in dam age. 1 nomas Moody was driving with his wife, their three young sons and a friend, An thony Orstni, when the waters rushed down the street and overturned, their car. "We all climbed out and Rot Into a tree," Moody said. "Then I looked around and my wife was gone." Mrs. Moody's body Inter Was found near the wrecked car. Their sons, Thomas, 6; James, 4, and Sean, 10 months, were injured and hospitalized.-Smashed Windows The waters, c a r r y i n e chunks pi ice weighing more than a ton, coursed alone the narrow streets, smashed plate glass windows and roared through homes. The bodies of three of Ihn victims were found in the sodden rubble of a three-story wing of a twine mill which collapsed after chill flood waters caused an explosion in the boiler room. Four other mill workers were rescued, but one c(icd at a hospitul. WEATHER FORKCANT: Fair w(th mild ftp moon trrnprraturfi through Friday. Law tonight 28-33. High Friday 60-65. Tmp. High tut Yratprday M LoweaL Thlt Morning 2b Our Skies Tonight Hunan today 6: OB n.ni. NiinrUr tomorrow .... 6:3T a.m. Mnonart tomorrow 6:M a.m. Full Moon March 9 Th planet, Venua, rlats .'. 3:05 a.m. tomorrow and Ita dlatanro from the Karlh at thai tlm will he about 1)3 million mllra or the aante ai that of tha hun. 4t ";t : A A 7"
