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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.
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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
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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. , ',
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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