Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 12, 1963, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., March 12, 1963, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1963)

Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextWest Germany Offers Bidault Must Promise To Forego Politics Aides Deny Asylum Has Been Sought . Steinebach, Germany-IUPD-Georges Bidault, leader of a movement seeking to topple French President Charles de Gaulle, appeared certain of political asylum in West Ger many today if he wants it. Heinrich Junker, interior minister of the the West Ger man state of Bavaria, said Bidault could have asylum if he makes a written request and pledges to forego political activity. He said Bidault al ready had made an oral re quest for refuge. Bidault, 63, a gray -haired former French premier, heads the National Resistance Coun cil (CNR), an organization dedicated to overthrowing De Gaulle and seizing control of France. The CNR is linked to the Secret Army Organiza tion (OAS) which has conduct ed terrorist activities against De Gaulle and his govern ment. Oral Request Denied Bidault's aides Monday night denied he had made an oral request for asylum after being discovered in this Al pine resort Sunday. There was speculation whether the dap per fugitive from France would agree to Bavaria's con ditions that he cease political activities. In Paris, French officials said they interpreted reports that Bidault had asked' for asylum as meaning he had abandoned his struggle against De Gaulle. Judgment Dismisses Appeal by Mrs. Todd Circuit Judge James W. Crawford, Portland, has is sued a judgment dismissing the appeal of Ann Todd vs. Eagle Point Irrigation district, It was reported today. This means that the case cannot be appealed to a cir cuit court again, although she may appeal to supreme court. Mrs. Todd, Eagle Point, was appealing an order of the Eagle Point Irrigation district board on Nov. 16 for inclusion of land and reestablishing the irrigation district boundaries. Ben Day, attorney for the district, noted that many of the lands had been part of the district in 1923. If Mrs. Todd had been successful in her appeal it would have cut approximately a third of the area out of the district, Day said. Judge Crawford was substi tuting for Judge James Main. Two Youths Caught For Shooting Deer Eagle Point - Two 15-year-old boys, one from Eagle Point, the other from Central Point, were apprehended Monday for shooting deer il legally. They were turned over to juvenile authorities. An Eagle Point police of ficer said he saw the boys shooting deer on a hill behind Eagle Point Scout Community building Sunday. Since the area was outside the city limits, he notified the Jack son county sheriff's depart ment. The carcass of one deer was found. A second was be lieved wounded, officers said. NEW$(BRIEFS ITEMS MOM m IT AROUND TMI MOM POISON GAS CHARGES DENIED Saigon, Viet Nam-'IPI'-A U. S. military spokesman da nitd Communist charges today that polton gai has bttn used in tha fight against Vitt tast Allan nation. DAUGHTER BORN TO IRAN QUEEN Tahran, Iran-4PI-Quatn Farah Dibah of Iran today gave birth to hat second child today, a daughttr. MONA LISA RETURNED TO FRANCE Parit-IM-Tht Mona Lisa was rattorad to tha old fa miliar wall of tha Louvre Musaum't Rivar Callary today aflar triumphant thrta months abssnca In tha Unitad 8tatas, CITIZENSHIP SOUGHT FOR FACTOR . Lot Angtlts-,lrl1-U.S. citisanship was sought today for John (Jaka tha Barbar) Factor by tha sama government agancy that only last Dactmbar recommended his dtporta- Haven T i i GRANTED ASYLUM Form er French Premier Georges Bidault, 63, is shown leaving police headquarters in Herr sching, West Germany, fol lowing a hearing on his plea for political asylum. The West German state of Bavaria an nounced Monday that it would grant asylum to Bidault, whose underground resistance group has sworn to topple the government of French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle. (UPI) WEATHER , ; FORECAST: A little cloudinrs at times, otherwise clear and colder tonight. Fair tomorrow. Low tnntRht 25 to 30. High to morrow 30. Temp. Highest Yesterday M Lowest This Morninc ... 31 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .... . .. :'4 i.m. Sunrise torn irrnv .... 6:2- a m. Moonrlse tonight P m. Last quarter March 18 PROMINENT STARS Procyon, hlch In south P-m Alphard, due south .10:11 p.m. Splca. near the Moon. Regului, high In aouth 10:34 p.m. Ashland Boy Hurt In Bike-Car Mishap Ashland - Grcc Lewis, 13- ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Lewis, 1337 urcgon si., Ashland, suffered minor in juries about 7:45 o'clock this morning when the bicycle he was riding collided wun an automobile driven by Alvin Fellers, 49, of 853 Harmony lane. Lewis was taken to Ash lanH Community hospital by ambulance, where it was re ported he had suffered bruises and contusions. The accident occurred at the intersection of Indiana and Oregon sts. 'Day of Decision' For Railroad Clerks San Francisco (UPP Anoth er "day of decision" has ar rived in the long threatened strike by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks against South ern Pacific Railroad, accord ing to Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill. A strike by the union would idle 50,000 SP workers and tie up 8.000 miles of SP track in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. Cong guarnllas in this south' House Approves Citizenship for Winston Churchill Objections Voiced To Honorary Act Washington-IUPD-The House voted overwhelmingly today to make Sir Winston Church ill an honorary citizen of the United States. But to the dis pleasure of the move's many backers, there were some ob jections. All who spoke agreed that the wartime British prime minister, now 88, woulr1 be recorded as one of the out standing statesmen of history. He also was lauded as author, historian, artist, philosopher and war correspondent. But a few members ex pressed concern that the privi lege of u.b. citizenship might be diluted. They feared that tne action, first of its kind, might set an undersirable precedent. So on the roll call, which the move's sponsors had en visioned as a unanimous af firmation of love and respect for Sir Winston, then were scattered and regretful "noes." The final count was 377 to 21, with 5 members voting present. The issue now goes to the Senate. The action came on a sim ple bill, devoid of all the laudatory whereases that some members had wanted, to authorize and direct the President "to declare by proc lamation that Sir Winston Churchill shall be an honor ary citizen of the United States of America." Churchill, whose mother. Jennie Jerome, was an Ameri can, once described himself as an "Anglo-American alli ance." The former British prime minister has made no public comment on the resolution, but he was understood to have informed Rep. Francis E. Wal ter (D-Pa.), its sponsor, that he would accept the honor. Travis Elected Head of Appeal Richard H. Travis, ' Mod- ford, was elected president of the Oregon United Appeal board of directors at the 20th annual meeting at the Hotel Multnomah in Portland. Addressing the gathering of United Appeal workers from all sections of the state, Travis said: "I firmly believe if the Oregon "Jnited Appeal were to be dissolved today, tomorrow, another Oregon United Appeal would be or ganized to take its place. The very economy and the geo graphical disbursement of our population demands a state approach if the United Giv ing Way is to be sustained and flourish. "This year the Oregon United Appeal raised one of the largest amounts ever ob tained, $738,000," Travis con tinued. "Humbly accepting these past accomplishments, let us re-dedicate ourselves to an even greater service in the years ahead." Travis praised the work of Ben Hazen and his study com mittee and the early volun teers for their vision in launching the United Appeal program two decades ago. Also elected to the bo-rd of directors of the state or ganization for 1963 was Rob ert D. Heffernan, Medford, who was chairman of the 1962 United Crusade In this Missing State Employee Found Salem-HIPD - A 35-year-old State Department of Agricul ture employee, whose disap pearance last fall touched off a widespread search, turned up Monday. State police said the man, Eugene LeRoy Shannon, indi cated he had been suffering from amnesia. A search through heavy timbered country was launch ed Aug. 4 after Shannon's auto was found abandoned along a river bank near ReedsDort. Shannon told state police Monday that he remembered nothing before Aug. 20 when he found himself registered at a Las Vegas, N. M., hotel under the name of Morgan Bear. Officers said Shannon told them he worked as an cm. ployee of a laundry at Santa Fe, N M., until March 4. when he discovered a former friend who told him who he was and wh.V had happened. i . - U'i - - - r Thousands f'w rtk i;,ij Batters Kansas . I TORNADO DAMAGE Tornadoes wnicn hit Mississippi, Alabama and juries as the threat of more twisters hung over the Southland. Above, a Tennessee Monday were blamed for four deaths and more than 20 in- garage is shown collapsed on two cars at Cedar Grove, Tenn. (UPI) Clerk's Budget Is Presented; Hatten To Submit Request Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr., Applegate, will appear before the Jackson county budget committee to present her views on civil defense when that budget request is present ed, County Judge Earl Miller said this morning. The budget committee agreed this morning to allow Mrs. Bosworth a short time to present her case when the hearing on the civil defense budget is held in the near future. County Clerk Marvin Mad den was scheduled to present his budget request of $124, 151, an increase of $3,977.56 more than the current year, before noon today.. Afternoon Seition , County Assessor Thad Hat ten will present his . budget this afternoon. Since purchase of some new Computing ma chines are being considered by the county court,. .Hatten. said his budget total is not yet determined. . This morning, the veterans service officer presented his total budget request of $19, 442, which is up $1,320.75 from the current year's allo cation of $14,121.25. The state reimburses the county 26 to 28 per cent of the total ap proved budget. Veterans Serv ice Officer Elmer Donahoo is asking for salary increases of $504 and $273 for his office help and $480 for himself. Earlier this morning, the budget committee tentatively approved salaries . for the county farm home superinten dent and his wife, supervising nurse, at $3,828 each, com pared to current salaries of $3,400 each. . - ... Youth Camps Asked In House Measure Salem - IUTO - A program of youth conservation camps was called for today by bill introduced in the House by Rep. Katherine Musa (D-The Dalles). The bill is co-authored by Sen. Harry Boivln (D-Klam- ath Falls) and 14 representa tives and two senators. It calls for the governor to establish the camps to provide educational and vocational opportunities for eligible boys on "conservation activities on public lands." Any boy 14 to 19 could apply to the Department of Education for enrollment. Participating boys could be excused from compulsory edu cation provisions, but the gov ernor would be required to have the camps equipped with facilities necessary for the boys' academic education, at well as vocational education. The proposal calls for a $50,000 appropriation. Kennedy's Envoy Meets With British Leaders London-dJPD-Prciident Ken nedy's special envoy Living ston T. Merchant conferred with British leaders for two hours today to try to narrow Anglo-American differences on a proposed multilateral Polaris nuclear force for the Western Alliance. Merchant, assisted by U.S. North Atlantic Treaty Organ- Ization Ambassador Thomas K. Finlcttcr, met with For eign Secretary Lord Home and Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath at the Foreign Office this morning. EARNINGS DECLINE Seattle-qjPH-Boeing Co. has announced its 1962 net earn ings amounted to J27, 154.000. approximately $8.5 million U-ft than 1961 earnings. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 Pages Disagreement Voiced Over Local Language for Court Injunction Inclusion Asked Salem (UPI) Industry and the State Sanitary Authority agreed today on tha need for summary abatement of fla grant pollution,, bu' they dis agreed on. the. anti-pollution powers local govern m e n t a . , ine issues are ac xne core of a bill before the Senate Local.) Government ' Commit tee. - . it i.. One part of the bill would let the SKA apple a court in. I Junction against a pollutor without ' going through the normal, lengthy hearing pro cedures that can drag out for months. .; i -.. : . ' 1 The other part would let cities and counties enact antl pollution ordinances and would let local government units contract with each other for area-wide programs. Representatives of the SSA, Associated Oregon Industries, and Crown Zellerbach said they agree the SSA should be able to seek a court injunc tion in flagrant cases. They were asked to report back March 21 with specific language for such an amend ment, There was disagree ment over whether the amendment should refer to "a dangerous degree of pollu tion" and whether a court hearing should be required prior to an injunction. 'Step Backward' The industry representa tives were unhappy with the section of the bill to give local units more anti-pollution powers. Charles Dubs of AOI said it would be a "step backward." - The problems of -pollution are very complex and techni cal and at these levels It is almost Impossible to secure competent and experienced personnel," he said. Dubs added that the AOI would back the SSA in seeking more general fund money for its work at the state level. Hearing Set on Supplement Budget Central Point - A public hearing has been set for 7:30 p.m. March 20 on a supple mentary budget for the Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protec tion district, it was announced today. The hearing will be held at the district's station in Cen tral Point on Highway 99. Under consideration Is a supplement to the current 1962-63 fiscal year budget. Bubonic Plague Found In San Francisco Rat San Franclsco-TOPD-The first evidence of bubonic plague in San Francisco in 22 years was reported Monday night by the city health department. Public Health Director El lis D. Sox said a dead rat was found In the Marina dis trict on Feb. 23 and labors torv tests confirmed that the roint was infected. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1963 i-Pollution Powers in State Groups Agree That Something Be Done Along Bear Creek A Joint meeting of the Jack son County Parks and .Recre ation commission', and the Izaak Walton League last night v on improvement of1 Bear creek, for recreation came to no definite conclu sions, -oiber -than ,omethuH must pe aone soon. - ' " "The first Bear creek study was made In 1834," Commis sion Chairman Laurance Es- pcy remarked. "Think what we would have now If that haj, been carried through Espey explained the com mission's function as an ad visory group to the county court. He said he was disap pointed in the small atten dance in the Jackson county extension service auditorium. About 30 people attended. George' Brenner, of ' the bureau of municipal research working on the federal 701 project here, said federal help on a parks and recreation study of the Bear creek valley Is available. However, the current phase of the 701 plan ning study is mainly an eco nomic one, and the recreation study would come under another phase and contract, Brenner said. Policeman, Escapee Exchange Gunshots Eugene-flJPD-A state police man exchanged shots with a man at Goshen south of here this morning. Neither was wounded and the man sur rendered after other officers arrived. The man was identified as Thomas Edwin Elliott, 29, a trusty who walked away from the Eugene-Lane county jail Monday, State Policeman Russell Marsh said he was checking a suspicious person near the Goshen fire hall shortly be fore 7 a.m. when the man pulled a pistol and began fir ing. Marsh ducked behind his police car and returned the fire. He said the man sur rendered when three other officers arrived. Heavy Snowfall Covers La Grande La Grande, Ore. -UPD- The heaviest snowfall In years covered La Grande and the Grand Ronde Valley today. from eight to 10 Inches of new snow fell Monday after noon and night and there were still scattered flurries today. Up to two feet of snow fell in the high mountain areas. Buses and trains were run ning on time, however, and schools were open. Motorists were advised to use chains on U. S. Highway 30 between La Grande and Pendleton. Eighteen Inches of roadside snow was reported at Mcach am between here and Pendle ton and more waa falling to- The Bear creek, urban re gion included, in .the study includes the. .area . extending' generally from Emigrant lake north to Rogue river.' Area population la approximately 64,000 ppie;"brotSout 89 per cent or the total county popu lation, The joint planning program will cover mapping, existing land use study, subdivision and zoning ordinance pat terns, economic base study, population estimates and pro jections, Industrial land needs, and a preliminary land use plan. Express Opinions People expressing their opinions last night generally agreed that (1) a flow of 25 cubic feet per second is need ed, (2) a small stream can be a clean stream, (3) gravel re moval operations and dump ing of wastes into Bear creek should be rigidly controlled under existing state law, (4) planning would provide di rection for volunteer work, and (6) much, if not all, of the work can be done by volun teer labor. , Medford Parka and Recre ation Director Robert L. Hiworlh said plans - lor Bear creek beautiflcation within the city limits will be presented by a consultant firm to the city council In about two weeks. Phoenix residents have been actively Interested In Bear creek, but unfortunately have had no plan to follow, Espey said. Clem Ault, of the Soil Con servation Service, said his agency's application for small watershed program to aid Bear creek Is "still alive." Public demand could make It a reality, he said. . Col. Paul H. Weiland, Izaak Walton League, said . land ownership along Bear creek must be established so the owners can be contacted for Improvements of their prop erties. Green Introduces Legislative Reform 'Package'; Urges Ethics Commission Washlngton-dPll-Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) said Monday "major surgery" is heeded not only to keep Congress honest but to make sure ev erybody knows it is honest. Mrs. Green dropped In the House hopper a legislative re form package including a bill to set up a 15-mcmber com mission on legislative ethics. It would study such problems as conflicts of interest and outside Income of House and Senate members. In another develop m e n t Chairman Omar Burleson (D Tex.) of the House Adminis tration committee submitted for printing in the Congres sional Record a report on overseas spending by House members on foreign travel last, year. . VV 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 304 SOC Expansion Plans Reviewed By State Board EUgcne .r'WD The state Board of Higher Education reviewed a . variety of aub-i . i .. i ...... . i creased teacher pension bene-' fits, a 10-year expansion, pro gram for Southern Oregon ioMcge ana new DUiiaings t be constructed with a $10. million bond issue. . The board's insurance com mittee approved a plan for increased retirement benefits for academic employees Among other things, It would include matching retirement payments on all of the first $4,800 of annual salary in stead of half of that amount. Also, employer matching would be. effective, at the start of employment Instead of requiring 10 years service. Implementation is expected the first of next year, Plan Reviewed President Elmo Stevenson of Southern Oregon College reviewed a plan to enlarge the Ashland campus to 133 acres from the present 79 and add buildings to accommodate 4,000 . to 6,000 students by 1972. SOC now has 1.832 students. The board will consider the plan further at its June meet ing. . -. Chancellor Roy Lieuallen recommended bonds cover ing these self-liquidating proj ects: 'l Two Oregon State Univer sity dormitories; dining and Kitcnen facilities and a dorm at Southern Oregon College; an It-story dormitory for 608 students at the University of Oregon; a dormitory for 170 women students at the Portland medical and dental schools, and 202 units of mar ried housing at Oregon. AUTOPSY SCHEDULED Portland tUPIx- An autop.w has been scheduled for Mrs. Dorothy Graham, 48, who died Monday evening several hours after she had ft ''en In a downtown drug store. Among items to be listed are outlays last summer by Chairman Adam Clayton Pow ell (D-N.Y.) of the Education and Labor committee on a much publicized European trip that has become a focal point of much of the current concern about the congres sional Image. Mrs. Green, without men tioning Powell by name, said It was a mistake to try simply to analyr-e or restrict an indi vidual member for some al leged abuse of congressional privilege. ' "I suggest we must go deep er In order to reach the major underlying problems, and per haps perform some major sur gery Instead of applying the band-aid to cover and protect the -abound that has been In Tornadoes Leave Four Persons Dead ' By Unitad Pras International Pounding rains and deadly tornadoes set the stage for some of the worst floods on record in the Southland today. Thousands of persons fled their homes, cities were iso lated and states of emergency and disaster were declared as rivers roared from their banks in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee. It was the East's second major flood- disaster in a week. More than 4,000 fam ilies were driven from their homes and more than 20 per sons were killed In floods which poured through the Ohio River Valley last week.' March violence punished other parts of - the nation. Snows of blizzard intensity piled up 8 to 10 inches deep In northwest Kansas. All roads In the affected, area were impassable, cars and trucks were stalled on high ways and in ditches, and the Weather Bureau called the blast "a prolonged affair and extremely dangerous." Thick fog and ' murky weather spread from the Mid dle West to the Atlantic Sea board. , Four more persons were dead and more than 20 were Injured in tornadoes which raked Mississippi, : Alabama and Tennessee late Monday and early today. The threat of more twisters hung over the Southland. The Birming ham weather bureau flashed an alert of possible twisters in the Cullman area, which .took the worst of Monday1! storms, nna in syiacauga ana - .Tuscaloosa . areas. ' Tornado damage was esti mated at more than $4 million m Alabama alone. At least 24 communities were hit by tne tornado barrage and more than ISO homes and buildings were .destroyed or heavily damaged. . .. . ... mvers on the rampage in- ltifaj4 th riimhMliiwI n A Kentucky in Kentucky, the Guyandotte and Tug In West Virginia, the Sequatchie in ' Tennessee and Toms creek in Virginia. . The flood pictures by states: Kentucky: Lt. Gov. Wilson W. Wyatt, acting governor of Kentucky, asked , President . Kennedy to declare 20 east ern Kentucky counties a ma- or disaster area. Thousands of Kentucklana fled their homes in the face of flood .waters which raced down mountain valleys. Wa ters were six to eight feet deep In both Hazard and Har lan. Harlan, deep in the Al legheny coal country, was Isolated by a torrent which had already topped the level of a devastating 1959 flood. Tennessee: Flood water coursed through the same area hit by Monday's torna does and a five-foot mud and rock slide blocked Highway 68 between Madisonville and Telllco Plains. Several homes were washed away on the Sequatchie near Jasper. West Virginia: The Guyan dotte jumped 24 feet at Lo gan, W. Va., in 12 hours and . topped a 1957 flood peak by five feet. Hundreds of per sons fled, towns were isolat ed, telephone exchanges were closed by high water, and scnoois in at least one coun ty shut down.' Virginia: Mass evacuation began in several counties and roads In six counties were out, along with power and telephone lines In many areas. Rescue squads in boats were called In to help remove scores of families near Big Stone Gap. flicted and Is so pf'.nful at the moment," she said in speech prepared for the House. Mrs. Green warned against the danger that "erosion of public confidence" in Con gress may become a real threat to the democratic proc ess. In addition to her proposed commission on legislative eth ics, Mrs. Green introduced bills to require members to make yearly reports on their outside financial dealings; to put legal ceilings on spending in primary, convention and general election spending; and to open to publication rec ords of oral or written com munications between mem bers of Congress or their staffs and agencies of the ex ecutive branch of ment.