West 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.