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Newspaper Page TextJ Plta reatet' Aid to Qenfra Regional Edition MEDFORD 54 PAGES Educators Look To State for Local Tax (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three articles reviewing the prob lem of state basic school support and the possibilty of increasing taxes on the state level.) Increasing school budg-' cts, along with expected higher budgets for other taxing units, will push al ready high property taxes in Jackson county to higher levels next year unless the1 state legislature provides relief. But whether some relief comes apparently is a ques tion only taxpayers can an swer. State legislators have re ceived letters from constitu ents expressing a desire to have the line held on in creasing taxes on the state level, but at the same time have received pressure from school administrators and th Oregon School Boards as sociation f Of additional ba sic school support to help relieve the property tax load. Problem Discussed This problem has been, and will be, discussed by school budget committees, school boards, and repre sentatives of other taxing units dependent upon prop erty taxes for operating ex penses. But unless something is done, and done soon, the problem will remain: how can the local property tax be relieved through addi tional basic school support from the slate when state legislators are reluctant to increase the base from which state funds are de rived, or increase taxes from present sources? Several state legislators have indicated to local school officials they would favor increasing basic school support, but do not now actively support high er taxes. There has been no indication from their constituents, ihcy have said, to support higher taxeis. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of School District 54!)C, and Frank Bash, a member of the Med ford school board and presi dent of the Oregon School Boards association, have urged people to write their stale legislators asking them to do what they can in relieving local property taxes, even to the point of supporting a sales tax with the stipulation that any sales tax would be used to offset local property taxes. Talks With Legislators Bash, who has talked with several legislators in recent weeks and has tcsti--tied before the state House Education committee, said many of the legislators pri vately are in favor of a sales tax. But they all are reluctant about publicly supporting a sales tax. even with the property tax offset stipula tion, because of the many letters Ihey have received asking them to hold the line on Increasing taxes. Bash made a strong plea with School District 549C patrons attending a public hearing last week on the proposed budaet for next HEWSC?)BRIEFS ITIMS IROM Tjt MOUNO THl IOM PASSMAN URGES BUDGET SLASH Washington-lPI'-The chairman of the House foreign aid appropriations subcommittee today called for a $2.4 billion slash in President Kennedy's aid budget. Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La.) said such a cut would show the world "we are no longer going to be suckers." He made his' comments in an interview. FRENCH ELECTRICAL WORKERS STAGE STRIKE Paris-'IPU-Electrical workers staged a four-hour nation wide strike today, cutting off power to all of France. The strike was a demonstration of sympathy for 200.000 miners who have been striking for wage increases. PRINTERS MOVE CLOSER TO AGREEMENT New York-lW-Striking printers moved closer today to deadline of "several days" set by their international union leaders to end the stalemate In the city's 103-!ay news paper shutdown. UDALL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DUNES I WashingIon-lPI-InIerior Secretary Stewart L. Udall nid Tuesday that agreement on the proposed Oregon Dunes National Seashore was closer than ever before. Four Sections year. He urged them to write state legislators con cerning the problem. Earlier last week at a regular school board meet ing, six residents attending the meeting concerning an other item expressed Inter est in supporting a sales tax if it would relieve local property taxes. Need to Hold Line At the public hearing, one resident indicated that there is a pressing need "to hold the line on increased budgets," and wondered what district patrons "had to look forward to" since the proposed budget was considered an austere one. All of the school budgets for next year may be con sidered austere, for budget committees in each of the districts are aware of the problem. School budget in creases, which are neces sary to meet increased costs, range from about 3V4 per cent in the Eagle Point dis trict to about 10 per cent in the Medford and Jackson county rural district. Not all of the budgets have been completed, but of those which have, the In creases in the general funds are: Eagle Point, an increase of $30,349, up 3.6 per cent; Applegate, $2,890 increase, 3.7 per cent; Ashland, $77, 219 increase, 5.6, per cent; Phoenix-Talent, $0,274 In crease, 6.9 per cent; District 6C (Central Point, Gold Hill, Sams Valley), $120, 525 increase, 9 per cent; District 549 C, $429,165 in crease, about 10 per cent; Jackson county rural school district, $30,801.85 increase, about 10 per cent. Additional Support Dr. Mayfield told resi dents at District 549C's budget hearing recently that the property taxpayers' only hope is additional state support. School officials and legislators "realize that it's a real problem," he said. "Every dollar we get from the state reduces the property tax that much," Dr. Mayfield said. He point ed out, however, that "we (all school districts) can't get additional money from the state without additional sources, either a sales tax, or revised corporate and income taxes." Bash, at the house educa tion committee hearing rec ently, said property taxes have "reached the limit, and something has to be done." He strongly urged a broader tax base. He pointed out at a, recent school board meeting, how ever, that the only way a sales tax would be approv ed by voters would be a stipulation, and assurance, that local property taxes would be reduced. "That is the only way we'll get any relief," he said. EDUCATORS TO MEET Portland-UPD-An estimated 6,000 educators will gather here Thursday for the 60th an nual convention of the Ore gon Education association, whose theme is "Education with Courage." MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, TOP BILLING Pentagon Information Chief Arthur Sylves ter has won early top billing by name and implication in a Congressional investigation of federal "news management." The hearing yesterday featured a panel discussion by 11 news industry representatives who generally agreed that the Ken nedy administration is over-managing news. Sylvester won attention for his statement after the Cuban crisis that it was the government's "inherent . . . right, if necessary, to lie to save itself when it's going up into a nuclear war." (UP1) 'News Management' Hearings Focus on Information Chief Washington - (UPD - Penta gon information chief Arthur Sylvester has won early top billing, by name 'and by im plication, in a congressional investigation of federal "news management." Sylvester's name and com ments were repeated frequent ly, and seldom favorably, Tuesday in the opening round Basin Group Seeks $6,000 for Year's Expenses The Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources asso ciation yesterday afternoon asked the county budget com mittee for a new fiscal alloca tion of $6,000 for promotion of the Rogue basin project. No action was taken. This is $1,000 more than al located by Jackson county for the current year. Association representatives said they are asking Josephine county for $4,000 for its share of the work. Bill Jess, Eagle Point, an association director, said this is a critical year for the proj ect since the association is seeking $50,000 in supplemen tary planning funds from Congress. Jess said the association is trying to get $50,000 for fis cal year 1963 and $350,000 for fiscal 1964. President Kenne dy included $100,000 in the 1964 budget. Ben Hilton, Grants Pass, as sociation president, is now in Washington, D.C., seeking this money. When he returns the association will be out of funds for the current fiscal year. County Judge Earl M. Mil ler said the county court could not withdraw $450 from another budget to re store to the flood control budget as requested by the association. This money will have to come from the emer gency fund, he said. The $450 had been taken for flood re lief this winter. Education Heads Ask New Buildings Salem IUPD - College and university president launched higher education's pitch for new buildings Tuesday night before the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education. It was the first hearing on higher education's building program for the coming bi ennium. Several members of the full Ways and Means com mittee joined the subcommit tee members. A battery of higher educa tion officials and their archi tects attended the hearing. Eloquent pleas for buildings they want on their campuses were made by University of Oregon President Arthur Flemming, Oregon State uni versity President James Jen sen, Portland State President Branford Millar, and Leonard Rice of Oregon College of Ed ucation. Chancellor Roy E. Liauallen made the presenta tion for Oregon Technical Institute. Tribune MARCH 20, 1963 before the House Government Information s u b c ommittee headed by Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif). The hearing was devoted to a panel discussion by H news industry representatives who generally agreed that the Kennedy administration in deed is managing, and over managing news. But opinions ranged from cries of "shame" and "deceit" to a view that the situation is "not as black" as some peo ple paint It and is better than in the last 20 years. Moss began and snded the first session by calling for "formulation of guidelines for any future crisis so there will be no repetition of mis takes made during the Cuban emergency last fall. . Hearings Resume Monday -The hearings will resume Monday with testimony by Sylvester, who is assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, and Robert Manning, assistant secretary of state for public affairs. References to Sylvester mainly centered about his statement last December that it was the government's "In herent . . . right, if necessary, to lie to save itself when it's going up into a1 nuclear war." The statement referred to some events in the Cuban crisis. The hottest attacks on Syl vester were made by Clark Mollenhoff, Washington cor respondent for the Cowles Publications and a represent ative of the Freedom of In formation Committee of Sig ma Delta Chi SDX, profes sional journalism society. Musa Considering Saturday Sessions Salem - (UPI) - Saturday sessions of the Oregon Senate could begin this week, Senate President Ben Musa said to day. "I am very seriously con sidering Saturday morning sessions," he commented. Whether a session will be held this Saturday depends on how many bills come to the floor for consideration during the rest of the week. The Senate third reading calendar has been growing In length, and any extensive debate on one or two meas ures up for consideration sometimes results in some bills being held over until the following day. Musa said he would start Saturday sessions as soon as it became necessary to keep the calendar from becoming jammed. Sports Bulletin Eugene - W - Pendleton won its first round game in the Class A-l stale high school basket ball tourna ment today, defeating Mo lalla 61-46 on the crest of a 25 - point fourth quarter surge. Favored Astoria survived the loss of three players by fouls today to defeat Til lamook 58-53 in a first .round class A l high school tournament basketball game. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 311 King Saud's Plane Crashes in Alps; 16 Feared Dead Weather Hampers Rescue Workers Santanna Di Valdieri, Ita ly (lira Saudi Arabian King Saud's multimillion dollar jetliner, equipped with an air borne throne, crashed In the Alps near Crazy Mountain early today, apparently kill ing all 16 persons aboard. Saud himself was not In the plane. Driving snow and dense fog prevented rescue work ers from locating the wreck age, although an Italian Na tional Police spokesman said "there are not likely to be any survivors." Chancel Slim A spokesman for the res cue center in this mountain village near thp Frenrh hnr. der said, "Unless the weather improves, me chances of find ing the wreckage tonight are very slim." . The same British - built Comet IV had taken King Saud alnnir ulth fnnr laaal wives, 26 concubines, body guards and staff members from Geneva to Nice on the French Riviera Tuesday for a convalescent vacation. The plane had returned to Geneva to pick up other mem bers of his party and was on its way back to Nice when it lost contact with the Nice control tower and disap peared. Not Disturbed Saud was at th sunnk Hn. tel Negresco in Nice at the time of the crash. He slept through a bomb scare there wnen an anonymous tele phone caller nairi nf R n m that an explosive had been planted in the building. Po lice found no trace of a bomb. Saud was not disturbed. But when he awakened he said through a hotel spokes man that he was "uDset" about the Crash nf h nlnna which was carrvintf nino prnur members, seven memhurs nt his suite and some of the King's baggage. Several do mestic workers, incluriino sn unidentifed German cook, were reported aboard. Street Work Starts In Downtown Area The cutting of the pave ment on West Main st. and Central ave. In preparation for excavation work to im prove drainage along the streets was started this week by Hughes and Dodd com pany. The state highway depart ment project will be on Main between Front st, and Cen tral ave. and Fir and Holly sts.; Riverside ave. between Sixth and Ninth sts.; Central ave. south of 13th st. and at the intersection of Court st. and Central ave, All of the engineering is being done by the state high way department, It was not ed. The city of Medford pays 25 per cent of the cost of the project except for work done on Riverside ave. between Sixth and Ninth sts. which will be paid for entirely by the state. The present pavement will be removed eight feet from the curbs and new curbs, gut ters and pavement will be in stalled. The work is expected to take about two months. Duncan Slates Week End Visit Washington - IUPD - Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) plans to visit his home state this week for the first time since he took office. Duncan said he would leave after the close of busi ness Thursday and arrive in Portland late that afternoon. He will ipeak Thursday evening to the Oregon Edu cation association in Portland. He said he would spend part of Friday morning in Salem visiting the legislature, attend a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Eugene Saturdiy and a dinner in Eugene Sat urday and a dinner at Spring field Junior High school Sat urday night. Duncan will be In Douglas county and Medford Sunday, leafing Sunday evening for Washington. PILLS SWALLOWED Following two in fectious Meningitis fatalities in the past month, the Army has announced that Fort Ord personnel, particularly basic trainees and all in contact with them, shall undergo Immunization by means of two Sulfadiazine pills, taken before each of four meals. Here, Senate Probes into Of Fighter Plane Contract Library Board Presents Requests To Budget "Do you have a book over, there to tell us how to prepare a deficit budget?" County Judge Earl M. Miller asked representatives of the library board yesterday afternoon. Budget requests are ap proximately $100,000 over the anticipated receipts lor the new fiscal year, it was ex plained. Dr. John Brandenburg, li brary board president, said the board is asking for more money, $87,752 from Jackson county, up $13,800. Overall requested budget total is $191,933 compared to the cur. rent budget of $131,332. Berry Processing Plant Locate in GP A committee of Interested growers and horticultural re search people will meet with David Irving, Pacific Power and Light company, to formu late information for attracting fruit and allied processing plants to this area, it was re ported this morning. 'I am sure in the next five years or so, with completion of dams on the Rogue river to provide more irrigation for farms here, berry, vegetable and possibly poultry process ing plants will move into this valley, Irving, head of the firm's Copco industrial devcl m e n t division, commented this morning. Irving's comments follows an announcement in Grants Pass yesterday that the Paul A. Mariani Fruit company, Cupertino, Calif., is studying the possibility of locating $214 million pilot plant in Grants Pass for processing strawberries and caneberrles, such as raspberries. If the operation should prove satis factory, tentative plans call for expanding to a $5 million Investment, it was explained. Survey teams from Mariani, which also has plants in So noma and Santa Clara county, Calif., are expected in the val ley soon to talk to existing commercial growers and pos sible future ones. Plant of ficials will have to decide whether they want to risk a pioneering develop m e n t in this valley or go to the Salem or some other Oregon area first where many more berry growers are, it was explained. Lumber Workers End 8-Day Strike Areata, Calif. - IUPII - More than 1,200 lumber workers employed by the Georgia- Pacific Corp. returned to work today following agree ment to a 60-day moratorium in an eight-day strike. Some 260 members of the AFL-CIO Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union employed at Georgia-Pacific's plywood mill al Samoa had walked ut March 12 in a complaint over distribution of overtime during the change of shifts. Another 1,000 employees in Humboldt county on the far northern California coast stayvd off the job In sympathy. yesterday, El Richard Boddy, 27, Sacra mento, Calif., downs his dose (left), given to him by Sfc. Cleophns Atwator (right), Atlanta, Ga., while Sgt. Peter Schielke (center), Montclair, Calif., checks off names. (UPI) Group Besides the county alloca- tio. Medford's budget com- m,P , asKea tui ipttalli, llUini J ItVB QIC estimated at $6,800, the coun ty curriculum materials cen tcr, $400, the Ashland library $1,000 and the Josephine countv library, $3,500, all three for contractural serv ices. In the informational sheets presented the county budget committee the Income Is esti mated at $427 less than anti cipated at the beginning of the current fiscal year. Assistant Librarian Requested Salary requests totalled $93,914, up $11,045. . Addi tion of a professional assistant librarian is requested at $5,340. The third ' full-time professional librarian is need ed to catalog books, get books out to schools and help run the library, it was noted. Miller noted that the li brary budget has increased more rapidly than uiy other department. The library board chairman said that $25,000 Is being requested for new books. The county library system provides an estimated one book plus per person served while national stand ards prescribe two to three books per person based on population served. The more books a library has the more it is used, Dr. Brandenburg pointed out. Use of the central and branch li brary facilities has increased phenomenally, he said. Lsfon Flies fo Miami for Checkup Miami Beach -IUPD- Heavy weight champion Sonny Lis ton will fly to Miami today for a physical examination as ordered by the Miami Beach Boxing commission, his ad visor said today. Jack Nilon said Liston was due in Miami aboard Eastern Air Lines flight at 1:20 p.m. EST. Highlights Of Central America' San Jose. Costa Rica -WPD- The presidents of the United States. Costa Rica, El Salva dor, Panama, Ouatemala, Hon duras and Nicaragua Tuesday signed an historic eight-page Declaration of Central Amer ica." Here are nignugnis from it: Cuba '. . . It is essential to rein force measures to meet sub versive aggression originating in focal points of Communist agitation which Soviet imper ialism may maintain In Cuba or In any other place in Amer ica." The presidents urged a min isters' meeting In April "to secure stricter travel and pass port controls, Including appro priate limitations on passports and other travel documents on travel to Cuba." Hornet "The presidents also agree that opportunities should be given to the people of Central AnrVrica to build and purchase their homes." Award High Pentagon Official To Be Investigated Washington - IUPH - A Re publican nmcmber said today that a Senate investigating group is making an inquiry into possible "self-interest ' ol civilian Pentagon officials in the controversial award of the TFX fighter plane con tract. Sen. Karl Mundt (R-S.D.) said one of those being check' ed is Deputy Defense Secre- tary Hoswcll Gilpatric Gilpatric told UPI mean while that before taking his job at the Pentagon he sev ered all connections with a New York law firm, Cravath, Swaine and Moore. The defense official rnade the statement when asked about a copyrighted story by Charles Bartlett, a Washing ton correspondent for the Chi cago Sun - Times, saying that the Senate permanent inves tigations sub committee is looking into the relationship between Gilpatric and the law firm and General Dynam ics. - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Inter issued a statement voicing his "full confidence" in Gilpatric. The secretary said the decision on the TFX contract "was mine and I assume full responsibil ity for It." He said Gilpatric's "integrity and devotion to public service are unassail able.". Mundt said the subcommit tee is "checking on personal self interest" of all civilian personnel in the Pentagon in volved In award of the multi billion dollar contract to General Dynamics. Asked if Gilpatric was one of those being checked, Mundt said: "I am sure Gil patric is one of them. Cer tainly we want to got the background of all persons In volved" in the contract. The TFX contract was awarded to General Dynam ics although some top uni formed military officials fa vored giving it to the Boeing Aircraft company. of 'Declaration They suggested a "regional home loan department" with in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration "and the President of the United States agrees to offer techni cal and financial assistance to It." Scholarships Recognizing that "trained manpower at all levels is needed for economic develop ment the presidents agree to a proposal of the President of the United States to establish a multi-million dollar scholar ship fund for vocational train ing in agriculture and in in dustry for young people of outstanding ability. Development The President of the United States "proposes the fund for Central American economic Integration to which the Unit ed States would make an im mediate substantial initial contribution to assist in carry ing out regional development profits in accordance with various sectional plans now No Promise Given On Stiffer Action Against Castro Conference Termed 'Success' by U. S. San Jose, Costa Rica-fflPtt-President Kennedy climaxed his historic visit to Costa Rica today with presidential meet ings on how best to speed Central America's economic progress and strengthen the area against Communist sub version from Cuba. The heads of state of six Central American countries who signed a declaration with Kennedy Tuesday night, were unanimous in their delight at a U.S. pledge of stepped up ' aid under the Alliance for Progress, but some were dis appointed at the failure to . obtain a promise for stiffer action against Fidel Castro's Cuba. i , New Measures Kennedy scheduled a series of meetings with each of the presidents to put in motion the "declaration of Central America" pledging Increased U.S. aid and new measures to halt the flow of men, money and propaganda from Cuba. The President planned to hop by helicopter from the meeting to the University ol Costa Rica for a speech in late afternoon. From the university the chief executive will take a helicopter directly to El Coco Airport for the return to the United States. Three Objectives The official United States attitude was that the three- day conference of Kennedy and the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Pan ama had been a success. U.S. officials said the United States . had three objectives, and all of them had been accomplish- cd: . . . . -To focus attention on the increased importance 61 the Central American nations. -To encourage Increased , economic Integration of the region.. - -To study steps which ' might be taken to Interrupt the flow of money, people , and propaganda from Cuba into Central America. Community Half Has Been Repaired Phoenix - The Phoenix Community hall is being re paired for ' greater, not less. service, the pnoenix city council announced today. It had been rumored that the hull might close since the club's board was disbanded. During the past three months the council has pro vided for repairing the roof and celling, stoves, varnished the floors, broken windows, and cleaned up the grounds. A custodian has also been hired, it was stated. The rent of the hall has been reduced to $5 per day for use of the fireside room and $10 per day for the main hall. The city council has asked that all people of the area take advantage of these new facilities and equipment. Boy and Girl Scouts are not charged for use of the building, the council stated, and no one has been asked to remove equipment from the building. DRIVER KILLED . Albany, Ore. - (UPD - Roy C. Rodman, 42, Albany, was killed Tuesday when his car struck a bridge pillar here. Revealed being developed by regional organizations.' Long Term Aid When an over-all regional development plan has been formulated and favorably evaluated "the United States will enlarge and expand Its participation in the fund and will work with the Central American countries in obtain ing other free world resources so that the agreed plan can be effectively Implemented." WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness ihii evening. Slight chance or a little rain tonight. Cloudy and cooler, possibility ol a law nhowara Thursday. Low tonight 40-45. Illih Thursday S9-S3. Ttm. Illjthest Yesterday Lowest This Morning ) Prec. to io a.m. Today Nona Our Skiet Tonight Sunset today 0:13 p.m. sunrise tomorrow I:IS a.aa. Moon rise tomorrow..., S a.m. New Moon March IS Th Sun li now rising da east and letting due west all over the world. And Winter will end and sprlngdJ.il haglm tomorrow at v.fX:2i a.aa.