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Two
State Proposals
Would Relieve
Property Taxes
(Last in Seriei)
State R e p r e s e ntative
Richard Eymann, Marcola,
chairman of the House Tax
ation committee, in a recent
letter to the School Dis
trict 549C board, said in
creased taxes will be re
quired "to even maintaine
support at its present level,
let alone raise it."
He was referring to, and
acknowledging, a resolution
forwarded to state legisla
tors by the budget commit
tee of Distict S49C concern
ing additional state finan
cial aid for schools.
Eymann said he was "par
ticularly grateful for that
part of the resolution which
states that the ten budget
committee members will ac
tively support a legislative
program to accomplish" ad
ditional state aid, "since it
will require increased taxes
to even maintain support at
its present level, let alone
raise it."
Tax Relief Measures
"Your committee may be
interested in the local prop
erty tax relief measures
which are current in this
session, including my House
Bill 1245 which would in
crease income taxes about
20 per cent (over and above
the increases which are nec
essary to balancee the next
biennium's budget) and re
turn the money to the local
level as a direct offset of .
county, city and school
property taxes. It would
have the effect of reducing
property taxes 10 per cent,,
on the average." '''
Area educators, however,
have indicated that this
v ' form of raising-additional
money for basic school sup
port is not as desirable per
haps as a sales tax, point
ing out that federal and
state icnome taxes amount
to considerable sums nows.
State Representative Shir
ley A. Field, Portland, said
"you could pursue your fi
nanical problems, I would
think, on a local level to see
that some of the O and C
timber receipts are used for
school purposes to that you
could help relieve your loc
al property taxpayers."
Fair Appraisal
She said: "A fair apprais
al of all of the assets with
in the state that could be
d e v o te d to educational
needs should be taken into
account as we try to in
crease the support for edu
cation from the state level."
Local educators have
pointed out, however, that
if too much O and C money
is used to support the
schools, the county could
find it necessary to levy a
tax, which would be on
property, to help finance its
government. This would
have little effect in lower
ing local property taxes.
A portion of recepits from
the sale of timber on O
' and C lands is returned to
each county in which the
lands are located because
the government docs not
paytaxes, as such, on it.
The O and C funds are, in
effect, taxes on the land
" owned and managed by the
federal government.
Series of Meajurei
The House Taxation com
mittee has under considera
tion a series of measure
which would Increase the
state's share of basic school
HEVSCBRIEFS
OVER 1.100 KILLED IN ERUPTION
Jakareta. lndonesia-itrT-More than 1,100 ptrsoni were
' officially estimated to have been killed in Sunday's erup
tion of Bali's sacred Gunung Agung volcano but the actual
toll is believed much higher, it was reported today.
PRESIDENT SLATES TRIP TO EUROPE
Waihington-'IPI'-Prtiidtnl Kennedy's next venture in
ptrsonal diplomacy, a lata spring trip to Europt, it being
expanded to include Watt Berlin. London, too, taemt to
be a likely addition to itinerary.
AGREEMENT TO BREAK DEADLOCK REACHED
GeneYa-iin-Tht United States and Russia today war
reported in igreamani en how to break the procedural
deadlock it the 17-naiion diiarmamant conference.
JFK SENDS WIRES TO GOVERNORS
Waahinglon-'IPIi-Pretident Kennedy tant telegrams to
23 governors today urging tham te tek ratification by
their slate legislators this year of the anti-poll tax amend
ment to the Constitution.
Sections
support and modify the
method of allocating the
money.
When the measures have
all been considered, they
will go to the Ways and
Means committee, which
will determine which of the
bills will be submitted to
the legislature for approval.
Frank Bash, Medford,
president of the Oregon
School Boards association
and a member of the board
of District S49C, has en
couraged area residents to
write to the Ways and
Means committee express
ing opinions.
One of the bills consider
ed by the House Education
committee is a measure
sponsored by Representa
tive John Mosser, Beaver
ton, which would increase
the present basic school sup
port amount of $120 per
census child by almost $20.
The House Education com
mittee recommended the
bill last Friday, but it has
not been moved to the Ways
and Means committee.
According to Salem re
ports, the Ways and Means
committee is expected to act
on the basic school issue
later in the session after
most other money bills
have been recommended,
and the committee knows
how much money will be
available for basic school
support.
Area educators have ex
pressed concern over the
fact that funds to help sup
port public schools usually
are considered toward the
latter part of the session
after funds have been rec
ommended for the largest
share of state services.
Some educators believe the
state has more of an obli
gation to the education of
its youth than it appears to
have, an obligation which
should have a higher prior
ity than is apparent.
House Speaker Clarence
Barton told United Press
International earlier this
week he did not expect the
Ways and Means committee
to complete work on its
bills until about May 1,
thus indicating it may be
late in April before the
basic school support issue
reaches the floor of the
House.
Legislators and educators
agree there will be no easy
solution to the problem of
finding more money with
which to operate schools
without raising local prop
erty taxes. It is one of the
most pressing problems
facing the legislature this
session.
And as Bash has pointed
out, state legislators will
not know which way to
turn unless they have opin
ions from their constituents'
concerning present prop
erty taxes, and what they
would be willing to support
along the line of a broader
base to support education.
No Orchard Heating
Predicted Tonight
No orchard heating is pre
dicted for tonight and tomor
row morning, according to
William Rogers of the fruit
frost warning service.
If true, this will be the
fifth consecutive no heating
night so far this fruit frost
season.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,
TALKS WITH NEWSMEN Deputy Defense Secretary Ros
well Gilpatric talks with newsmen following his appearance
before the Senate Investigating subcommittee in Washing
ton, D.C., yesterday. He acknowledged that he was one of
the anonymous Pentagon spokesman who had criticized the
subcommittee's TFX inquiry. He told reporters he felt the
group would treat matters in complete fairness. (UPI)
'New Disclosures'
Promised by Group
On Plane Contracts
Washington -IUPP- The Sen
ate committee investigating
the controversial award of the
$6.5 billion TFX fighter plane
contract has promised new
disclosures of "enormous er
rors" in cost estimates of the
plane.
Jerome Alderman, chief
counsel for the Senate inves
tigations subcommittee, told
newsmen that errors uncov
ered by his staff could be
"very, very damaging" to the
Defense Department's deci
sion to award the contract to
General Dynamics.
The panel is investigating
whether political favoritism
Kennedy Receives
Special Report
On Foreign Aid
Washington (UPI) Presi
dent Kennedy today received
a report by a special Whito
House task force which is ex
pected to touch off a major
battle in Congress over the
U. S. foreign aid program.
The report prepared by a
10-man group headed by Gen.
Lucius Clay is said to be
critical of many aspects of
the aid program although not
calling for major reductions
in the total cost. Several lead
ing congressional opponents
of the program have been
holding their fire until they
saw the report. It will be
made public Saturday night.
Rep. Otto Passman (D-La.),
chairman of the key House
Foreign Aid Appropriation
subcommittee, said he hoped
the report would recommend
deep cuts in the dollar outlay
of help to foreign countries.
He said, in effect, it would
be "meaningless" unless it
recommended cuts of more
than $1 billion from the $4.9
billion asked for fiscal 1964
by Kennedy.
Newspapers, Radio
Station Get Awards
Portland (UPD - Two Ore
Ron newspapers and a Port
land radio station were hon
ored by the Oregon Educa
tion association today.
The Medford Mail Tribune,
a daily, and the Hood River
News, a weekly, were cited
for their outstanding interpre
tation of Oregon education at
the state OEA convention.
Radio Station KGW, Port
land, was cited for its'weekly
program "Classroom Chalk
talk." Receiving the plaques were
Eric W. Allen Jr., managing
editor of the Mail Tribune:
Wallace Eakin. editor of the
Hood River News, and Pat
Crafton, manager of KGW
radio.
WEATHER !
FORECAST: Centrally lair
through Saturday txrept for
Mmr morning clnurllnrfti. Low
tonight near 32. High Saturday
H.
Temp.
Highest Yetterdav ft9
Loweil Thli Morning 14
Our Skies Tonight
Pree. to la a.m. Today. None
Sunset today 9:15 p.m.
Sunrlte tomorrow .... (:ll a.m.
Moonrlte tomorrow . 3:30 a.m.
New Moon . . March Zi
PROMINENT STARS
Rlxel. In aotithwett 1:SS p.m.
Betelgeute, high above Rlgel.
Arrlo-ua. rltea 7:31 p.m.
Regiilui, high In
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Tribune
MARCH 22, 1963
was involved in the award. It
contends that evidence so far
indicates the Boeing Co. sub
mitted a superior design at a
lower bid than General Dy
namics. Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara told newsmen aft
er appearing before the com
mittee Thursday that a thor
ough review of the award dur
ing the last three months,
"leads me to an even firmer
view that the program should
properly be assigned to Gen
eral Dynamics."
, Other congressional news:
Education: Democrats and
Republicans accused each oth
er on 'Thursday of blocking
President Kennedy s aid pro
gram for medical schools
House leaders .had scheduled
the $237 million aid bill as the
main business next week. But
the Rules Committee, on a 7
to 7 vote Thursday, refused
to clear it for floor action.
Tests: Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey (D-Minn.) said Rep,
Craig Hosmer (R-Calif.) is
"b o I h totally misinformed
and the victim of his own
bias" in opposing the adminiS'
tralion's test ban proposals,
He accused Hosmer of "inject
ing personalities into the
controversy by attacking top
officials of the disarmament
agency.
Mrs. Day Lives in
Medford District
Mrs. Agnes Day, whose
dog, Chubby, apparently
raved her from the fire which
was started by an electric
blanket in her home early
Thursday morning, docs not
live within the Phoenix fire
district, Dave Haggard, Phoe
nix, fire chief, reported last
night.
Haggard said that although
his department did not get
Mrs. Day's call, he could not
have answered it if he had.
Only people living within the
Phoenix city limits are given
protection by the Phoenix fire
department. The only excep
tion to this ruling is in case
of a mutual aid call.
Mrs. Day, like many other
people living in rural areas,
although she has a Phoenix
telephone number, Is within
the Medford rural fire district
and not the Phoenix. The
Medford department did an
swer her call and put out the
fire.
John Dellenback To
Be Here Saturday
Representative John Dellen
back (R-Jackson) will be in
Medford all day Saturday to
meet with his constituents, ac
cording to word received to
day from Salem.
The Jackson county legis
lator will fly from Salem and
will be in his office, 110 East
Sxith St., from 10 a.m. on.
Persons wishing to talk to
him regarding legislation arc
asked to telephone 772-5268
for appointments or to drop in
at the office Saturday.
Hatfield Breakfasts
With Rockefeller
New York -JlTu- Gov. Mark
Hatfield of Oregon was a
guest at breakfast today of
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of
New York,
The two Republicans after
wards declined to comment
on their morning meeting.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 1
Duncan Supports
Civil Defense;
Hopeful on Dunes
Congressman Visits
State Legislature
Salem - (UPI) - Congressman
Robert Duncan said today Or
egon needs a civil defense
program, even though the leg
islature has a right to de
mand changes in the present
one.
Duncan also said he wants
hearines in Oregon before
Congress passes any legisla
tion to create an Oregon
Dunes National Seashore.
The fourth district Demo
crat made a brief visit to the
legislature during a four-day
trip home from Congress.
He said civil defense is as
important as arms.
Failed to Perform
A legislative committee
wants to virtually abolish
Oregon's CD agency on
grounds it has failed to per
form when needed or to set
up an energetic program.
"It is important for the
legislature to see that the job
is done, to get value from the
money spent," Duncan agreed.
But, he said, civil defense
performs necessary services,
and "if even one life is saved,
it's money well spent."
Duncan said civil defense
is particularly important since
the first strike never will
come from the United States.
Time Later
He said doing without a civ
il defense program is like "air
men who don t want to wear
their parachute harnesses be
cause they think they won i
need them or there will be
time to DUt them on later."
"I'm not saying we need
an office with civil defense
written on it, but we need a
program," he said.
Duncan said he "hopes'
Dunes National Seashore will
be approved this session, but
he wants hearing in Oregon
first. It might not be possi
ble to arrange those before
this summer or fall, he said.
, Duncan said he expects to
introduce his dunes bill Tues
day, Boxcar Shortage
Reported Easing
Albany - (UPI) - A shortage
of wide and double door rail
road boxcars which has threat
ened closure of Northwest
plywood mills was reported
casing today.
Noble Chownlng Sr., presi
dent of Coquille Valley Lum
ber company here, said the
plywood mill would remain
open today after some of the
boxcars arrived. Earlier, it
was planned to close the mill
today.
Chowning added, however,
that the mill would be closed
Saturday and there probably
will be a curtailed program
next week.
In Salem, Oregon Public
Utility Commissioner Joncl
Hill said the shortage should
improve soon. The PUC has
wired the Interstate Com
merce commission asking for
immediate return of such cars
as soon as they are unloaded.
James R, Turnbull, execu
tive vice president of the
Douglas Fir Plywood associa
tion, said In Portland the
shortage was "spotty" but "se
rious." If things don't get bet
ter soon, he said, It will be
come "critical."
KILLED BY SNAG
Milton-Frccwater-fllPIl-State
Police said John McEwen, SB,
Milton-Freewater was killed
Thursday when a Cottonwood
snag fell as he burned slash
on his property southwest of
here on the Walla Walla river.
Sports Bulletins
Eugene l'Pli Under
dog Molalla gave Portland
champion Marshall a tear
today before bowing 44-43
in a consolation round gam
of the Oregon class A 1
high school basketball tour
nament hare.
Marshall's win advanced
it to the consolation finals
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday
against the South Salam
Seuth Eugene winner. Mo
lalla was eliminated.
South Eugene was elimi
nated from the tournament
this morning whan it was
dumped by South Salem,
73 to S4.
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DURING NEWS CONFERENCE President
Kennedy, shown during his news conference
in Washington, D.C., yesterday, said that an
estimated 3,000 Russian troops have been
withdrawn from Cuba in the past ew
Council Approves
Parking Meter
Time; Annexation
In a meeting Thursday eve
ning, which lasted slightly
less than an hour, Medford
city council approved chang
ing part of the parking met
ers tn tne aowniown area
from one to two hours, ap
proved annexing approxi
mately 28 acres north of Cap
ital ave. and east of the city's
reservoir site, and asked the
city manager to have the
state speed control board re
view the 70 mile an hour
speed limit on the freeway
viaduct to see If it should be
reduced. N '
Only five councilmen were
present for the session. Ab
sent were Dick Travis, Rob
ert L. Baccus and William
Singlcr. ... .
The .council approved
changing all of the 395 one-
hour parking meters in the
central business district to
two hours, with the number
to be changed to be left to the
discretion of the city mana
ger. City Manager Robert A.
Duff said that the rate for
parking will remain the same
except that the vehicles may
remain in one parking space
for two hours Instead of the
present one hour limit.. Shop
pers may still park for any
period from 12 minutes to
two hours.
Cost to the city for chang
ing the dials Is 70 cents per
meter, Duff said.
No opposition was voiced
at the hearing on the annexa
tion request. It was explained
that this was the first prop
erty annexed to the city un
der the statute which permits
annexation without a vote
when petitions are submitted
representing two-thirds of the
area, two-thirds of the proper
ty owners and two-thirds of
the assessed valuation. Eight
of the twelve property owners
in the area consented to the
annexation. They represented
94 per cent of the area and
67.19 per cent of the assessed
valuation.
Following a suggestion by
Councilman Joe Hosick, the
council referred the matter of
freeway viaduct speed limits
to the city manager for refer
ral to the state board. Some
of the councilmen thought
that 70 miles per hours was
too fast for travel through a
populated area. It was men
tloned that there was more
for the driver to see, which
might distract him from his
driving, than on a straight
rural section.
Civil Defense
Budget Tentatively
Approved by Group
Jackson County Civil' Dc- travel and $800 for transpor-
fnnen rniipiupri a hllricpt alio-
.... V nno ..-..,j
afternoon for the new. fiscal
year. !
This Is an Increase of Sl,-
980 over the current year al
location tit $13,126.
The allocation was made by
the Jackson county budget
committee in spite of recom
mendations from Mrs. H. P.
Bosworth Jr., Applegate, that
some budget Items should be
eliminated.
Both she and her husband,
Pacific Power and Light
company official, argued for
almost an hour against the
Civil Defense fall-out shelter
program while Maj. Gen. J.
H. Hicks, county civil defense
coordinator, steadfastly de
fended his program and po
sition. .
In her printed statement
Mrs. Bosworth asked, "Can
we reduce the budget by one
half and still get the services
we need?
"By curtailing Civil Defense
expenditures of time, money
and emotion we leave our
minds and funds free to work
for a ban of all nuclear tests,
step by step disarmament, in
spected' and safe - guarded.
and the development of a
world under international
law and order," the board
member of the Oregon United
Nations association urged.
She 'asked the following
items be deleted: $300 for
Civil Air Patrol, $900 for
sheriff's reserves uniforms,
$5,388 for Civil Defense dep
uty, $300 for office supplies.
$50 for printing, $450 for
Railroad Crossing Approved
The public utilities commls
sloner today approved an or
der for the extension of Bar-
nctt rd. to cross the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks.
The order allowed for the
continuing usage of the 11th
st. crossing, which had been
ordered closed In a previous
PUC order If the Barnctt rd.
was opened, and set the speed
limit for trains at the new
crossing at lb miles per hour.
With this order, effective
March 29, the city has finally
removed the final major ob
stacle to the extension of Bar
nctt rd. to South Holly st..
some 1,285 feet. The street
will intersect with Holly at
Melrose ave.
Appeal Ordered
Following the previous or
der regarding the grade cross
ing, signed Aug. 11, I960, the
city appealed it to the Jack
weeks. He indicated that the U.S. would
wait till the end of March to see If Soviet
Premier Khrushchev needs more prodding
to get Russian personnel out of the island.
(UPI)
I tatiOn
The
budget' committee
granted the deputy a $240
salary increase, from $5,388
to $5,628, allowed $450 for
uniforms and allowed other
items Mrs. Bosworth sought
to eliminate. The Civil De
fense director's salary was
cut from $2,880 to $2,000 and
the secretary allowed a half
time at $1,638 instead of full
time as originally requested.
Bosworth explained he is a
registered professional civil
engineer, a members of the
American Nuclear society and
was a World War II colonel
in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. : -
He said he Is against the
shelter program from a prac
tical point of view. He noted
that the explosive force of nu
clear bombs has Increased tre
mendously the last few years.
Shelters would not make
good bomb , protection struc
tures. General Hicks admitted
that some scientists oppose
the Civil Defense program,
but noted that President Ken
nedy and the secretary of de
fense are boosting the shelter
program.
The $200 for building a.
the CD budget is for mainte
nance of emergency hospital
facilities at White City, it
was explained. Little of the
budget pertains to shelters.
Portland - IUPH - The West
Coast Lumbermen's associa
tion elected Nils B. Hult, life
long Lane county lumberman,
as president at its 32nd annu
al meeting Thursday.
son county circuit court. LIU
gatlons have continued since
that time, culminating in a
hearing Jan. 8, 1963, In Salem
at which time new evidence
was presented. At that time
the Southern Pacific railroad
withdrew its opposition to
the new crossing.
The city will pay all costs,
plus utility pole relocation
and the Installation of signal
devices at the crossing.
Estimated cost of the road's
extension, railroad crossing,
and related expenses is $43,
650, according to City Engi
neer Vernon Thorpe. The
crossing will be equipped
with flashing lights and gongs,
it was stated.
Negotiations Under Way
City Manager Robert A.
Duff explained today that all
of the right-of-way for the
street h. hen obtained by
Russian Ships May
Be Preparing to
Remove Others
Departure Revealed
At JFK News Meet
Washington - (DID - Presi
dent Kennedy took a wait-and-see
attitude today on So
viet troop withdrawals from
Cuba even though there were
indications Russia might be
preparing to pull out more
forces.
The President told his news
conference Thursday night
that the Russians were esti
mated to have withdrawn
"approximately 3,000 troops
In these past weeks."
We are waiting to see
whether more will be with
drawn, as we would hope
they would be," he added.
Other sources in Washing
ton cited reports that one or
more Soviet ships might be
getting ready to remove addi
tional Russians from the is
land.
There remained a big ques
tion in U.S. intelligence cir
cles whether the Soviet per
sonnel who have left Cuba
were combat forces or mere
ly military technicians.
It was learned that so far
the Kennedy administration
has not seen equipment leav
ing the island which would in
dicate that the recent depar
tures included combat forces
at least not many.
Aerial photographs of per
sons leaving on ships does not
indicate the nature of the
personnel. This must be learn
ed from intelligence inside
Cuba and from watching the
kinds of equipment moved
out.
The absence of shipments
of combat-unit equipment was
not regarded as conclusive,
however.
The Kremlin promised on
Feb. 19 to remove "several
thousand" of its military
forces from Cuba by mid
March, t .. '
Kennedy gave the Russian!
the benefit of the doubt on
the timing. He declined to
answer specifically when ask
ed whether he though the
Kremlin had "honored" 1U
commitment. -. - ... , ..
"The month of March is not
finished yet," the President
said, "and we should have a
clearer idea as to what the
total numbers should be in
the coming days."
Sewer Bond Bids
To Be Studied
Jacksonville The Jack
sonville city council will
meet at S o'clock this after
noon to decide which of three
bids it will accept on the pur
chase of $290,000 in bonds to
finance construction of a sew
er system here. -
Bids were opened by the
council last night, but a final
decision was not reached.
The bids submitted were
from U. S. National Bank,
3.911 per cent interest; First
National Bank of Oregon,
3.988 per cent interest; and
Dominick and Dominick of
Portland, 3.9808 per cent In
terest. In other action the council
signed an agreement with the
Jackson county court to pro
vide that the county board
prisoners under sentence by
the Jacksonville municipal
court at a rate of $2 per day.
The council pointed out that
the ctiy has no facilities in
which to keep prisoners for
any length of time.
A proposed ordinance to
prohibit bicycle riding on city
sidewalks was read, discussed
and then tabled indefinitely.
The public was reminded
of a hearing set for Tuesday,
March 26, at the city hall at
8 p.m. concerning the pro
posed annexation of the old
Fleming house and surround
ing property to the city.
the city except for a strip ap
proximately 38 feet wide .
along the north side of the .
street from South Grape st.
to the railroad right-of-way. '
This property, owned by Nye
Naumes and Crystal Springs
Packing company, Is current- .
ly being negotiated for by the
city, he said.
Plans and specifications for
the street's extension were
previously approved by the
city council.
Duff said that plans are to
present an ordinance to the
city council soon authorizing
the call for bids for the
street.
It was brought out at the
January hearing that changes
in railroad operations in the
11th ct. area were such that
practical operation of trains
in the area no longer required
closure of that crossing.