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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.