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Mi IF .to Xosta; ftica for oiif Regional Edition rr - nfjm,. j m l i 1V1EDF0RDW1 RIBDNE IS Psge Governor Claims Bill Counter io Free Competition ; Unencumbered Tax t "On; Cigarettes Asked Salem - rtJPB .-, Gov. Mark Hatfield said today he op posed the proposed Sunday .closing law and any other legislation-, which... ''frustrates" competition. ' He also called lor an "un encumbered cigarette tax, And blasted the cigarette in dustry's indication .it might not fight the Ux if the legis lation includes restrictions on price Wars. : "It is not right for the in dustry to attempt to black mail itself into a profit," the governor said. Fair Trade 3 "I don!t know what my re action would be," he added. If the.' cigarette tax were passed with the fair trade stipula tion:" Of the Sunday closing law he Said, "I do not support this type of legislation. I am for t tee capitalistic enterprise and. think legislation which frustrates competition is not sound." : . : He said there were certain areas where regulations were necessary, and cited bill boards and consumer protec tion as examples, v He said he felt the public needed ful disclosure of interest-rates on purchases, and that real estate subdivisions should -come under restric tions so buyers could not be misled about weather "or growing conditions; - Hatfield termed 80 per cent support of school costs by the state as the "ideal goal," .and said be would support increas es In basic school support over his budget requests if it could "fit in with other agency re quests" in the overall budget.. ; He said he viewed major goals of the present session as traffic safety laws, welfare, rehabilitation,, and medical care program improvements, and the education program. . He said the agreement on the Boardman space age de velopment had not yet been formalized by the A r m y Corps of Engineers. ; Hatfield said negotiations with the Navy had to be post poned until agreement was reached with the Corps of Engineers. Orchard Heating Is Scattered Today ! Scattered orchard heating occurred early this morning as temperatures dropped to 23 degrees in the coldest areas, according to Clifford B. Cordy, county . extension sien't. .Orchardists started lighting heaters about 2 o'clock this morning and- extinguished them about 4:30 a.m. Pear tree buds are in the early pre-pink stage; but . could stand temperatures as low as 24 degrees. Temper atures should be held at 23 degrees. A few advanced buds would not take It, Cordy added. Forecast for tonight is cloudy and warmer with little likelihood of heating. Bud damage so far is reported of little consequence. QflvH tBVS(M)BREFS BRANDT REJECTS SOVIET PROPOSAL Barlin-flW-Wes! Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt today riUd a Soviet proposal Jo replace Western Allied troops here with United Nations foreeat HOPES HELD FOR CUBAN PRISONERS u.n....ii AFB. Fle-aiWamas B. Donovan, the New York attorney who brought horn Cuba Sunday, said he estimated it other Americans neia in cuoan jam. mr lur wtt.I. me CRYSTAL CLEAR Gtneva-frT-The United Stales said today the Soviet Union will bear "Crystal clear" blame if nuclear test ban talks fcreak down over Russian stubbornness on the inspection issue. - BOMB BLASTS INJURIES TWO San Franeiseo-W-A bomb In a parcel post package xploded today at San Francisco International airport, in Juring two postal employees and starting a fire in the airmail terminal building. ' MEDFORD, OREGON, OSBS DEFIED LEADERSHIP Officials count the ballots Sunday 'after members of the New New York City union voted on a contract proposal which union leadership and news paper publishers had previously accepted.. N ew York Reject Settlement osals New York -(UM- The strik ing printers' unexpected re jection of a contract settle ment sought by their leaders left tmblishers today with lit tle hope of resuming publi cation this week. - Mayor -Robert Wagner, whose . settlement proposal had been- accepted by nego tiators' for the printers and oublishers. started all over again by calling both sides to meetings today, rumisners planned a meeting to consider what steps they will take to end the 101-day-old shutdown. The stormy four-hour un ion meeting Sunday at which the printers voted down the settlement by a 64-vote mar gin was punctuated by boos and catcalls, aimed by the rank and file - membership at its international union presi dent. Elmer Brown, who had urged acceptance of the settle ment. Brown,' who threatened to walk out of the meeting warned the strikers "If you Geld Hill Water To Be Off Wednesday Gold Hill All water users In the city of Gold Hill have been reminded that the entire citv will be without water Wednesday, March 20, start ing at 9 a.m. until city work men get a mainline valve in staled at Fourth ave. and Third st. Because it will be necessary to have the water turned off for several hours, residents are asked to provide enough water for their use during that time. two American prisoners back hopes to gain release ol the 4LA HT ' J : 57th Year MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1963 . Sunday The printers defied the leadership by a 84 vote margin and turned down the proposal eliminating any hope that the city would have all its papers on the street by the end of the week. (UPI) - . - Printers in don't follow your internation al leadership, you'll be going down a blind alley and be out on a limb by yourself. ; Other complications devel oped when the Photoengrav- ers' Union threatened to strike four newspapers today a new. agreement is n o t reached by 4 p.m. (EST). But the stereotypers and the New York - Daily News and New York Times Guild units voted to accept the new contract proposals given their unions. Other guild units will vote today on the $4.13 set tlement offer to extend their contract another five months bevond the present Oct. 31 1964. to coincide with tne other newspaper unions. Selection Group Named by Duncan Washington - 'lUTD - Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D-Orc.) said today seven residents of his fourth district had agreed to help him select nominees for the armed forces acad emies. They are Ed Rountrce, ed itor and publisher of the Ash land Daily Tidings; Jim Joyce Grants. Pas real estate man Robert Dillman. chief execu tive officer of the Retail Clerks union. Coos Bay; Gor don G. , Carlson, Roseburg attorney; Don Coykendall, Curry County treasurer, Gold Beach; Bower Aly, professor of speech. University of Ore gon; and Stephen Yih, vice president and general man ager. Wan Chang Corp., Al bany division. Aly will serve as chairman of the impartial panel to choose nominees for the Naval, Army, Air Force and Merchant Marine academics. Duncan said he planned to have all applicants take the Civil Service Designation ex amination and be examined physicaly by the military. Chamber Recommends June 30 Tax Cut Washington fllPP The U S. Chamber of Commerce today recommended an $8.6 billion tax cut effective June 30 "to avoid the recession the Presi dent has been talking about." Joel Barlow, chairman of the chamber's taxation com mittee, said corporate and in dividual taxes should be re duced this year "if the econ omy Is to gain momentum" rather than over three years as President Kennedy has pro- Letter on Lease Of Jacksonville Home To Be Sent 'Jackson county court let ter requesting one-year lease renewal from the University of Oregon on Jacksonville's C. C. Beekman house will be mailed soon. County Judge Earl M. Miller said today, ', The proposed contract calls for Jackson county to pay the university $400. Miller said this morning he hopes to make further lease arrange ments with the university later. '.':,"'" Original proposal .was for a 10-year lease at $200 a year. However, a letter from J. O. Lindstrom, University of Ore gon business manager, said $400 was the minimum amount the university , could accept "considering the total value of the investment-" Accounting of Receipts ..';', Lindstrom also asked for an accounting of all receipts received on the home admin istered by the Siskiyou Pio neer Sites Foundation. '-. An insurance appraisal of the property and contents of the house operated as a tour ist attraction and historical site sets the total value at $20,293. The county has be gun repairing the , fence, put on three new steps on ' the front porch, repaired the well covering, installed guard rails on porches and inside stair way ana jointly, witn tne foundation put in a new fur nace. Pioneer Sites Foundation officials said they had hoped for a longer lease. Public Hearing on Budget Is Tuesday A public hearing on the 1963-1964 budget for the southwest district of the state forestry department will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday March 19, at the district head quarters on Table Rock rd. The hearing is of particular interest to those who pay for est patrol taxes. The Salem office of the for estry department will be rep resented at the hearing. Corporation Reports Record High Sales Portland - OTH - Georgia Pacific Corp. today reported record high sales and earn ings for 1962. The forest products firm said its sales reached $324, 987.000 an increased of 27.8 per cent from 1981; Net earn ings were $19,517,000, a 27 pet cent increase. Price 10 Cents No. 309 Supreme Court Hits County Unit Voting'System Harlan Dissents From Majority Rule Washington (OPD - The Supreme Court today struck down Georgia s county unit voting system, which city dwellers have said throttles their political, strength in fa vor of rural voters. The 8 to 1 ruling was an nounced by Justice William O. Douglas. Justice John M, Harlan dissented. Douglas said the only con ception of political equality under historical U.S. stand ards is "one person, one vote." The county unit system was not used in Georgia's. 1962 elections, in which racial mod erate Carl Sanders was elect ed governor over segregation ist Marvin Griffin. The case was on appeal at that time. Sanders would also have won if the unit system had been in effect. .The court did not take up today "basic ground rules" for implementing its Tennes see decision of last term. That decision opened the doors of federal . courts to voter, com plaints about unfairness in apportionment to state legis latures. Justice ' Potter Stewart and Tom C. Clark, in a separate statement, said "This case, on the contrary,' involved state wide elections , of United States senator arid of state executive and judicial' offi cers responsible to a state wide constituency,, Hundreds Routed By Rising Floods By United Press International Floods forced hundreds from their homes, from Wis consin to Virginia today. An other winter storm brewed in the Rockies. ,- - , Ice melting 'temperatures and thunderstorms sent flood waters rushing through the low sreas of Erie and Cattar augus counties in western New York. . Fifty persons fled their homes when an ice jam burst on Cattaraugus Creek. A cof ferdam buckled and collapsed on the Hudson river near Troy, N.Y., Saturday, killing one and injuring three. Of ficials blamed the contact of the icy waters against the steel beams. Ice gorges broke ud on the Alleghany river in western Pennsylvania Sunday night and flood waters threatened several towns. , Cave Junction Bond Election Tomorrow Cave Junction - A $71,000 bond isseu to construct a sew er system for Cave Junction will be put before the voters in special election tomor row. Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. at the city hall. Financing of the system would be accomplished through the $71,000 bond is sue, plus a $16,000 federal grant already approved and an additional $55,000 federal grant which is still pending. me oorvallis engineering firm of Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merry field is handling engineering details of the proposed system. SOLDIERS KILLED Tacoma - WH - Two soldiers stationed at Ft. Lewis were killed Sunday when their car left the freeway south of here and struck a sign post. WEATHER FORECAST: Co nildtratlle amounts of eloudtnfsi with a frw tcattf rrd showcri ton if tat and Tueitfty. Law tonight near 1Z. Hl(h Tuciday near M. Temp. Htrht VeiWrdty M Lowe ft Thlt Morning 24 Our Skies Tonight Sunt't lAtfiy :21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow f :11a.m. The Moon Hies 2:2 a m. tomor row and rlot low In the con stellation. Sagittarius, ffew Moon .....March 21 VlblBLE PLANETS Mart, fetch IB southwest !:!, m. Venus an Satnrn. rtt a:lt a m. (Venut U the hrtghur of tha twoi . Plosing PANAMA ) j HuHOURAsTLJ Ada SALVADOR 1 1 "7 IFTl Vi l kL I COSTA RICA NICARAGUA GUATEMALA 1 CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTS ' J. Orlich, Costa Rica; Luis Somoza, Nic- Thcse are the Central American Presidents aragua; Miguel Fucntcs, Gautcmala. Bot- who were scheduled to meet with President torn (L-R) are Roberto Chiart, Panama; Kennedy in Jan Jose, Costa Rica today for. Ramon Morlaes, Honduras; and Julio Adal- three days of talks. Top (L-R) are: Francisco berto- Rivera, El Salvador. (UPI) Senate Kills Bill To Hike Teachers' Minimum Salaries Salem - IUPD - The Senate voted 16-13 today to kill a proposed increase in minimum pay fbr teachers. ' ' .The bill called for increases of front- $3,700 to $4,000 or teachers with bachelor's de grees and from $4,000 to $4, 400 for those with master's degrees. . Both proposed fig ures had been cut $400 by the Senate Education com mittee.'. ' The minimum pay bill. similar to . one the Senate passed in the closing days, of the 1961 session, would have affected only 12 teachers., Sen. Al Flegcl (D-Roseburg) strongly urged passage of the increased scales because "it could result In pressure, to increase all teachers' salaries in Oregon." . , Adequate Pay He' said it would . Indicate to prospective teachers that Oregon was willing to pro vide adequate pay. Also speaking for the bill was Sen. Andrew Naterlin (D-Newport), He said his only regret was that the bill had been shaved in committee.. Sens. Ward Cook (D-Porl-land). and Walter Leth (R-Sa-lem) voiced opposition. Qook said the bill wouldn't accomplish anything and Leth said it would take authority from local school boards. . Handmade Hammer Lost 30 Years Ago Found in Shop Thirty years ago March IS Wilbur L. Stevans of Madtord lost his handmadt hammer. Lait Saturday in t shop in Jacksonville h found it. Some people might lose hammer on soma days and not remember, even when it is a treasured be longing. But Stevens, well known here ss "Sieve, tha logger boot maker." remembered well. For the day ha lost the hammer was the day that Constable George Pras eott was shot and killed by L. A. Banks, newspaper publisher. Stevens had laid the ham mer on the running board of his car while working for the late Velney Dixon. He received the shocking news of Prescott's death. Jumped in the car to go home and tell his wife (those were depression days and the Stevens' did not have a telephone). The ham mer fell off tha car en reuta. It had not been seen again until Saturday when Stevens and his wife were browsing through Jackson ville shops. How did the store owner get the hammer? The pres ent msnsatr does not know. It was in the stock whan repurchased it, he said Strong Pitch for Olympic Games in Portland Is Made New York - 01P1I - A delega tion from Portland, Ore., made a strong- pitch for the 1968 Olympic Games today and one. member of the U.S. Olympic committee said the Oregonians "have them all up in the air now." ,.,, "' The comment was made by Dr. Merritt H. Stiles of Spo kane, the only committee member from the Pacific Northwest; after the Portland presentation. Cify Policewoman Submits Resignation Mrs. Joan Arant, who has been a policewoman with the Medford department since July S, 1061, has submitted her resignation effective April 12. Mrs. Arant previously work ed as a records officer in the department from October, 1958, until . 1059, when she left the - valley temporarily with her family to live in Pendleton, She is one of two police women in the department. Mrs. Arant lias been assign ed to the ' communications desk answering .all Incoming omplalnts; using the radio for dispatching police officers, and operating the teletype. She has worked on both the 4 p.m. to midnight and 8 a.m. to i p.m. shifts. Mrs. Arant will be employ ed by the Medford public school system at Jefferson school. , ', 4p w EAGLE POINT HOME BURNS This two story farm house, believed to have been built about 1913. burned to the ground Sun day evening while the occupants, the Shirley O. Robbinson family, were visiting relatives In Vernonia, Ore. The fire was spotted at fl:30 p.m. by neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jammond, who called firemen gHammond Paul B. McKee, chairman of the board of Pacific Pow er and Light and head of the Portland team, said, "We got into this thing late but think we're going to win." , The Portland presentation was applauded by the 40 mem bers of the committee pres ent at the hearing. Represent atives from four oilier cities - Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco; ' and - Philadelphia - also sought the committee s backing as the United States candidate for the games., ; Olympic committee - mem bers said they expected to stay in session today until decision is reached. They will vote for all five cities in order . of preference on a ballot suggested by. Moe Ton kon, general counsel of Port land Metropolitan Future Un limited and a member of his city's delegation. America at Best Portland's presentation was built on an image of Port land as typical of "America at its best." As McKee put it: 'We're metropolitan but small enough so we can take foreign visitors : into our homes and really show them how we : live., Unlike some big areas, we don't have vast traffic problems nor any cli mate problems."- The Portlanders told the committee money was avail able to build a $64 million Olympic complex al Delta Park.- McKee said construc tion would begin "immediate ly after we receive the nomination.". 150,000 Persons Greet President On His Arrival Rusk, Congressmen Accompany Kennedy San Jose, Costa Rica - HTH President Kennedy landed here through a sprinkle of volcanic ash today, bearing a doctrine of hemispheric co operation he promised would "forge ultimate victory" against poverty and injustice. A thundering roar of "wel come arose irom an estima ted 150,000 Costa Ricans who were jammed 200 deep be hind barriers as the Presi dent's helicopter arrived in La Sadana airport. The President had trans ferred to the helicopter for the flight into town after Ins jet landed al 1 Coco air field, 15 miles away, com pleting a flight Irom Palm Beach, Fla. . Smoking Crater The President's aircraft came in for a landing through . sprinkle of ash coming from the smoking crater of the 1,260-foot volcano, Ml. Ira- zu. The President's helicopter was followed by two more carrying other members of his parly which included Sec retary of Slate Dean Rusk and ranking members of Con gress from both parties who flew here for an historic , meeting with six Central American presidents. Kennedy, hatless and ac companied by the Costa Ri- can foreign minister, made his way to the reviewing stand where the other Cen- r a 1 American presidents were awaiting him. The throng shouted "wel come and waved American flags. Progressiva Democracy The President then launch ed Into a speech in which he hailed Costa Ricans as a steadfast' and courageous people" who have establish ed a "progressive democracy which is a model for the hem isphere." ' "In this historic confer ence," . Kennedy said,. "W8 meet as neighbors to find ways of ' strengthening this union, remembering always that . Ihe hope of economic progress can never be allow ed to weaken our determina tion to extend and perfect the political liberty and hu man rights of our citizens." The President also called for strengthening of defenses against "foreign imperialism" a reference that appeared calculated to meet Central America's fears of communist subversion from Fidel Cas tro's Cuba. Union Creek Woman Found Dead in Room Mrs. Grace Spargo, 45, Union Creek resort, died Sat urday night from a self-inflicted bullet wound, accord ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, chief medical investigator and Jackson county public health officer. Mrs. Spargo's body was found about 10 a.m. Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Don Van Curler when they stopped to take the co-owner of the re sort to town with them. A rifle was found near the body in the resort building, offic ials said. An autopsy will be held soon, It was reported. . .; and two other neighbors saved two TV sets, a gun collection, other furniture and som clothing before the roof of the home col lapsed. Firemen could do little more than watch the house burn, officials said. It was burned out in 25 minutes. By 11 p.m., only ashes remained. The house was located northeast of Eagla Point. j
