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3 -Akm Civil Defense
Agency Staff Voted
Move Represents
$350,000 Cut in
Budget Request
Salem Senator
Casts Lone 'Nay'
Salem -(OrD- The full Ways
and Means committee voted
overwhelmingly today to slash
the 20-man state civil defense
agency to a three-man staff
attached to the governor's of
fice. It represents a cut of more
than $350,000 from the gov
ernor's budget request.
Only committee member to
vote against the slash was
Sen. Walter Leth (R-Salem).
Another committee member,
Rep. John Mosser (R-Port-land),
is 111 and was absent.
The budget approved by
Ways and Means calls for a
general fund appropriation of
$50,034, and $2,940 of federal
funds known to be available.
The revised budget also
would limit further federal
aid to $47,094, which would
mean if the federal govern
ment fully matched Oregon's
general fund appropriation,
the civil defense agency could
receive a total of $100,064.
Governor Asked Mora' .
Gov. Mark Hatfield had re
quested $420,000 - $195,000
from the general fund and
$215,000 in federal moneys-
to finance a 20-man staff.
The Ways and Means com
mittee also voted to submit
a companion bill which would
"'make theHtaTe Tire marshal;
directors of the Department
of Finance and Administra
tion, Board of Health, High
way Department, State Police
and military departments,
members of the civil defense
advisory committee. Two lay
members would be appointed
by the governor.
The advisory committee is
now made up of five lay mem'
berg named by the governor.
The committee voted to hold
the appropriation bill in com-
mittee until the companion
measure was drafted, and to
send both measures to the
House together.
A move to have $50,000
set aside for civil defense in
the Emergency Board was
defeated.
Rep. Beulah Hand (D- Mil-
waukie), chairman of the sub
committee which conducted
five hearings on the CD budg
et, appeared at the ways and
means committee meeting
dressed in a red, white and
blue dress.
Communism Study
In Schools Urged
Salem (UPD Youth Gov.
Randall C. Guyer of Baker
called for study of commu
nism in the schools as the six
teenth YMCA youth legisla
ture convened today.
Some 280 students were on
hand for the two-day mock
legislative session.
Guyer delivered his mes
sage at a joint session follow
ing organizational meetings
of the youth Senate and
House.
"A study on communism In
the school of Oregon would
not onlv give an understand
ing of communism but would
make students more aware
and appreciative of a free so
ciety," he said.
M.niMlRl UNDISTURBED
HVS(BBIEFS
ITEMS SROM ,Cy R0UN" l0"
Waihlngton-flMV-Cafinie Secretary Robert 8. McKamara
said in congressional testimony released today that be was
"not disturbed" by th Russian arms remaining in Cuba.
TUCSON EXPLOSION. INJURIES DOZEN
Tucson, Arls-oro-At least dosen persons were report
ed Injured when an explosion and fir tipped through
cleaning plant bare today.
AFL-CIO DROPS BRACERO EFFORTS .
Washlngton-IOT-Th AFL-CIO told Congress leday It was
abandoning its efforts to reform the Mexican migrant labor
(Bracero) program. Instead, it called for outright repeal
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Russian-Built
Planes Fire
On U. S. Ship
Miami, Fla. (UPB Two So
viet built Jet fighters swoop
ed down on an American mo
tor vessel in international wa
ters off Cuba Thursday night,
firing at least 30 machine can
non bursts across its bow, the
ship captain said today.
The Incident was the second
in six weeks in which Ameri
can vessels reported Soviet-
Washington (UPD Cuba
has informed in United
States that two of its
MIGs "probably fired in
error" near the U.S. mer
chant ship Floridian Thurs
day night, the Stat De
partment said today.
A Cuban message tele
phoned to the State Depart
ment late Thursday by .
Swiss., diplomats., declared
"there had been no inten
tion on the part of the Cu
ban government to shoot
t the Floridian."
The Stat Department
said that it nevertheless has
demanded a full explana
tion of the Floridian inci
dent from the Cuban gov
ernment. This note was sent
to Havana today.
built MIGs descended on them
with guns blazing in the water-between
Florida and Cuba.
Capt. Curtis Olsen, Minne
apolis, skipper of the 4,680
ton Floridian which plys be
tween Miami and Puerto Rico
on weekly trips, told report
ers after docking in Miami
this morning that the two jets
circled his shin for 20 min
utes, alternately buzzing and
firing machine cannon bursts.
"They were MIGs: no doubt
about it," Olsen said.
The Cuban-based MIGs fir
ed rockets in the vicinity of
the American shrimp boat Ala
last Feb. 20 while two crew
men frantically waved a dis
tress flag. .
After the Feb. 20 incident,
President Kennedy told a
news conference he had or-
Daggett Placed on
Probation on Charge
Orville Edward Daggett, 43,
of route 1. box 24, Jackson
ville, was placed on prona
tion yesterday in district
court and Imposition of sen
tence was suspended for one
year. He was charged with
operating a still.
He had pleaded guilty. The
still, located in a mine cabin
about 10 miles southwest of
Jacksonville, was confiscated,
and Daggett arrested by state
police and an Oregon liquor
control enforcement officer
Tuesday afternoon.
Attorneys were appointed
for the two men arrested ear
lier this week on charges of
burglary not in a dwelling.
They were arrested in the old
Esquire theater building.
James Wilson was appoint
ed to represent Harold Ho
mer Patterson, 34, of Salem.
Sidney AInsworth was ap
pointed to represent Lewis
Elroy Stephens, 53, recently
released from the Oregon
State penitentiary.
BY CUBAN ARMS
Tribune
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1963
dered the Defense Department
to make sure that action will
be taken" if any new attacks
occurred.
Olsen said his vessel, bound
for Miami with a crew of 24
Americans and a cargo of
pineapples, sugar and rum
was about 30 miles off the
north coast of Cuba and 19
miles north of Cayman
Grande Island when the jets
appeared.
Four Navy and Marine jet
fighters scrambled from Key
West, Fla., after Olsen flashed
an SOS that his ship was
being fired on by "unidenti
fied aircraft." The MIGs had
vanished by the time the
American planes arrived.
There was speculation that
the attack was in retaliation
for two recent Cuban exile
raids on Soviet freighters In
Cuban ports. Officials theor
ized that the attackers could
have hit the Floridian if they
had desired.
Blowdown From
Storm Estimated
Rogue -River-National for
est "best eestimates' indicate
that there is 2V4 million board
feet of fresh blowdown tim
ber in the Dead Indian area as
the result of Wednesday's
windstorm.. i
Forest surveys revealed
only "very scattered" blow
down from the storm except
in the Dead Indian area.
The Dead Indian blowdown
Is all fairly accessible and the
timber can be salvaged, the
forest supervisor's office here
reported.
Wednesday's blowdown con
trasts to the estimated 110 to
120 million board feet of the
Oct. 12, 1962, storm.
While weather in the Med
ford area has been blustery
and rainy it has brought 34
Inches of snow in the past
three days at Crater Lake Na
tional park. The park report
ed to the weather bureau that
10 inches of snow fell in the
24 hours up to 8 o'clock this
morning. In each of tne previ
ous two 24-hour periods iz
inches fell. Snow depth was
70 inches in the park this
morning.
Howard Prairie this morn
ing had 3VS inches of snow
in 24 hours and 2 inches on
the ground this morning. Five
Inches of snow had fallen at
Howard Prairie in three days.
Weather forecasts called for
cloudy, cool and showery
weather here tonight and to
morrow. The five-day forecast
for western Oregon predicted
heavy precipitation.
CP Jaycees Honor
Two Residents
Central Point Everett
Faber and Ernest R. Kennedy
Jr. were honored by the Cen
tral Point Junior Chamber
of Commerce at the organiza
tion's annual banquet last
night.
Gay Hallett, president of
the Jaycees, presented the
senior citizen award to Fa
ber. Kennedy, a Jaycee past
president, received the
group's distinguished service
award, presented to him by
Chet Ayres.
Both men were honored for
their achievements in civic
endeavors, principally for
work on the Crater High
school stadium fund project
last summer and fall.
Terry Green, Medford, Jay
cees state vice president, was
present, serving as toactmas-
ter. In charge of dinner ar
rangements was Dennis Bate-
man.
Dr. Arthur Kriesman, gen
eral studies director at South
ern Oregon college, spoke on
"The Role of the Young Man
in His Community."
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 7
Six-Year-Old EP
Girl Killed When
Crossing Highway
Starts To Follow
Sister To Other Side
Jean B. F. Barton, 6-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Barton, Butte Falls
Star Route, box 34, Eagle
Point, was killed this morning
when she was struck by a car
driven by Mrs. Ivanette Ger-
aldine Silveira, 39, of route
1, box 446, Eagle Point.
She was reported dead on
arrival at Rogue valley hospi
tal at 8:50 a.m. She was
brought to the hospital by
Medford ambulance, which
picked her up about 8:15 near
Eagle Point, where she had
been waiting for a school bus.
The accident occurred about
8 o'clock this morning, state
police said.
The girl's sister, who also
was waiting for the school
bus, crossed from the east to
the west side of Highway 62
to join other school children
at the Eagle Point junction.
Jean started to follow her sis
ter and was hit by the Silveira
car, which had managed to
miss the older girl as she
darted into the highway, po
lice said.
Mrs. Silveira had her four
children, ranging in ages from
9 to 14, with her when -the
accident occurred.
The ambulance was called
Immediately and brought the
girl' to Medford. Death appar
ently resulted from head In
juries, hospital attendants
stated. '
Man Arrested Here
On Indictment
One of eight persons indict
ed by a federal grand jury
in Denver, Colo., March 25 on
charges of making false and
fraudulent statements by
which FHA home improve
ment loans were obtained, was
arrested in Medford this
morning.
Arrested by Medford po
lice and FBI agents was The
odore Roosevelt Venable, 44.
He was arraigned before Cir
cuit Court Judge Edward C.
Kelly with bail set at $1,000,
since the U.S. commissioner Is
out of tawn. Venable is to an
swer to the indictment in
Denver.
According to Information
received here, Venable was
one of eight officials and sales
men of the Statewide Build
ers Supply company, operat
ing as the Home Improve
ment company of Denver.
The indictment climaxed an
extensive investigation con
cerning misrepresentation to
homeowners by individuals as
being Reynolds Aluminum
company representatives in
Denver to select show-homes
in which aluminum siding
could be advertised as a con
sideration for the use of home
as a show-home. Generally
without the homeowner's
knowledge, the deal was fi
nanced through . banks by
FHA Title 1 loans. This obli
gated the homeowner for 16
monthly payments since In
no case did promised bonuses
materialize.
Western Oregon
Streams Rising
By United Press International
Oregon's weather remained
wet and windy today and
streams in the western part
of th? state were rising.
"Substantial rises" in trib
utary streams were forecast
through Saturday by the riv
er forecast center in Portland.
Coast Range headwater
streams and creeks in north
west Oregon were expected to
overflow late today.
Rising stages In the main
stem of the Willamette and
lower Columbia were fore
cast for the next two days.
as the five-day outlook called
for recurring rain, . ;
No immediate serious flood
threat was seen to major
streams.
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NEGROES PLAN PUSH About 400 Negroes turned out
at Greenwood, Miss., Thursday night to hear plans for
another voter registration push expected later today in
the racially-tense town. Among main speakers was James
4 Persons Killed, 24 Injured
As Flames Sweep
Two Department
Budgets Approved
By County Group
The Jackson county budget
committee completed two ma
lor departmental budget stud
ies yesterday afternoon and
hoped to complete their budg
et work by the end of next
Lweek. ..i:. ., .
. Observers, however, say
this is doubtful Since the com
mittee has yet to make inten
sive studies of two of the
budgets, parks arid recreation
and roads department.
Yesterday afternoon the
committee approved a total
revised budget of $22,047, up
$868, for the planning com
mission. . ...
The sheriff's budget was
approved at $125,124, up
$14,420 for criminal division;
$27,692, down $1,400 for tax
division; $22,480, up $1,050
for the civil division; $61,281,
up $4,428 for the jail divi
sion. Lists New Program .
The planning commission
listed its 1963-64 program as
revision of the subdivision
ordinance, zoning ordinance.
sanitation . code and recom
mendations on Bear creek ur
han nlannlna project studies,
plus subdivision, zoning, street
recommendations.
It noted it had processed
14 - subdivisions, held six
meetings of the board of ad
justment, granted seven vari
ances and conditional use per
mits, four roads approved,
made two road name changes,
interim zoning for Wagner
creek area, final zoning for
north Central Point area, fi
nal zoning for southwest
Phoenix area (voted . out),
studies for zoning ordinance,
studies for subdivision ordi
nance and studies for sanita
tion code.
"I don't know of a single
county committee which has
work as diligently or met as
many . obstacles, County
Judge Earl Miller said. "A
new bill in the state legisla
ture delegating more power
to planning commissions will
help, If approved."
High Winds Damage
Motel at Oceanlake
Oceanlake lUPO A gust of
wind estimated at 65 mph by
the Yaquina Bay Coast Guard
station tore part of the roof
from the Sailor Jack Motel
here about 8 a.m. today and
caused extensive room dam
age. WEATHER
PORRCAST: Cloudr, tool ana
Ihowery tonlflit and Saturday.
A few nnnr ptrloda Saturday.
Low tonight Je-lS. Hl(k Sit
orsay -.
Temp.
HKhett VeaterSey . . H
Loweat Tail Mornlns .- 2
Prec, to It a.m. Today Oe
Our SkiejCjonight
Sonael today S:ll m.
Stinrlae tomorrow . a.ni.
Mooniet tonliht .lt:S7 p.m.
Pirn Quarter March II
Aldebaran, Uie brlnht afar teen
neareit the Moon tonight, ta
IS time i larare aa the Sun
and la IS Hlht yeari from the
Earth.
U.S. Seeks
Action To
' Hot Phone' Link
Geneva-OIPD - The -United
States today called for im
mediate action on setting up
a direct "hot telephone" link
between Washington and Mos
cow to reduce the risk of
accidental war. .. ...
U.S. Ambassador Charles
C. Stelle urged the Soviet
Union to quit stalling at the
17-nation Disarmament Con
ference and to agree to tech
nical discussions on the pro
posed direct line.
Soviet delegate Semyon
Tsarapkin ignored the invita
tion and Instead attacked the
United States for "openly
arming counter - revolution
aries who are conducting for
ays against Cuba."
Misunderstanding
Closes Coos Schools
Coquille-rartt-Coos County
school children got an unex
pected holiday today but it
all was the result of a "mis
understanding!" School Supt. Lillian Farley
said she understood the coun
ty's civil defense agency had
asked that schools be closed.
Ron Endicott, county civil
defense director, told state
CD headquarters In Salem he
had gotten on the police radio
this morning to report on
slides, bad road conditions
and rising streams. Officials
said his remarks were inter
preted to mean he had order
ed schools closed,' but Endi
cott said this was not his in
tention. He met later with the su
perintendent to discuss the
situation.
Petitions To Form
District Are Filed
tt-tltlons for oropo sed for-
mniinn of the Sas Valley Irri
gation district were filed with
the Jackson county court uv
morning by representatives of
the proposed district.
The county court will be
rnulred to call an ' election
within the affected area if the
petitions contain the requirea
number of legal signatures,
50 people or 29 per cent of
the legal residents oi ine area.
The district would be form
ed If three-fifths of the affect
prl residents approve its for
mation. Formation of the dis
trict makes It possible for
area landowners to contract
with the bureau of reclama
tion through the district for
water from the proposed
Rogue basin project.
The proposed district would
Include Sams Volley, ueagie,
Shadv Cove and Trail area.
The petitions were held In
abeyance since County Judge
Earl M. Miller is 111 today.
Richard Courtright, attorney
for the proposed district, said
the petitions should be con
sidered by the full court.
Farmer of New York, national director of the Congress of
Racial Equality, who said "If your parents had been willing
to go to jail when were young, we wouldn't have to do
it now." (UPD '
Hotel in
Prompt
Set Up
i. He charged the -.West was
"sharpening the threat of war
daily" by increasing military
preparations in Europe.
"The button which can trig
ger off a nuclear war la the
point'"of attraction to many
eager lingers," tie said.
He called again for a nonag-
sression treaty between the
Communist Warsaw Pact and
NATO.
Tsarapkin made no refer
ence to Stelle's "hot line" pro
posal.
Stelle told the conference
it should, set up working
groups to examine the com
munications proposal and oth
er projects designed to pre
vent a nuclear war erupting
by acicdent or miscalculation.
Steele said "genuine nego
tiation in this area must of
necessity take place primarily
among those states possessing
the most modern weapons."
The establishment of direct
and Instant communciatlon
between the White House or
the Pentagon and the Krem
lin In Moscow is regarded
here as one of the most im
portant measures which could
be taken to lessen the risk of
Democrats Turn To
Medical Aid Bill
Washington -flirt- Following
a meeting with President Ken
nedy, Democratic school aid
supporters today dropped ef
forts to rush a bipartisan f'Z.7
billion college assistance bill
to the House floor. '
Instead. It was reported,
House Democratic leaders will
push next week to free a $237
million medical aid bill from
the Rules Committee.
Sofem Man Found
Stabbed To Death
Salem - (lira - Gilbert John
Heldebrecht. 83, was found
stabbed to death In the living
room of a home here today.
Held on a charge of first
degree murder was James
Joseph Morey, 47, a water de
partment employee. , .
Bill Cutting Fuel Taxes
On Heavy Trucks Voted
Salem-TOTO-A bill to reduce
fuel taxes on heavy trucks
and raise them for truck in
the middle brackets won ap
proval Thursday of the Sen
ate Committee on Highways.
The measure is based on
finding of the Illinois Road
Tests.
It would drop taxes on
trucks over about 58,000
pounds.' Taxes would rise
slightly on trucks from about
14,000 to 56,000 pounds. They
would stay about the same on
trucks below about 14,000
pounds.
The bill also would Increase
the optional flat fee for log
a
Boston
Blaze Whips
Along Corridors
Oi Three Floors
Boston (Oil - Boston's
worst hotel fire since 1913
flashed through ;three upper
floors of the Sherry BIHmore
before dawn today, spreading
death and Injury among aome
180 guests.
Four persons were killed
and 24 injured in the blaze
which whipped along carpet
ed corridors in the flftn, sixtn
and seventh floors of the
eight-story hotel. -,
Three unidentified ,
One of the dead was identi
fied only as Selma Hyman,
who was In room 621. The
other two men and a woman,
were not Immediately, identi
fied, .- i ' .
Some guests, trapped In
their smoke - filled rooms,
were rescued spectacularly
over aerial ladders. Firefight
ers shouted "stay therel",
"stay therel" as panicky guests
seemed ready to Jump from
windows. v'
Show Cast Flees
Among those who fled to
safety was the entire 25-mem-ber
cast of the Broadway
roadshow "Th. Sound of Mu-
lc" which is playing here.
pn woman guest-led ; with
her parakeet, and another es
caped clutching her income
tax returns.
The hotel, at 150 Massachu
setts ave., is located only
eight blocks from the scene
of the Coconut Grove night
club fire in which 492 persons
perished in 1942.
Five of the 24 injured taken
to city hospital were held for
treatment.
College Enrollment
Reaches All-Time High
Ashland Southern Ore
gon college, with nine more
riava for lorina term registra
tion, has already topped the
all-time record high enroll
ment for soring term, the reg
istrar' office reported today,
l-lnirea compiled Thursday
showed a total registration of
1,873. The all-time high at
the end of registration last
year was 1,527. ...
trucks by 15 per cent,
Effect of the bill would be
to bring In about $300,000
less in truck fuel taxes a year
than the state now gets.
' The bill Is a compromise.
Gov. Mark Hatfield two years
ago vetoed a bill to give SI
million In flat relief to the
heaviest trucks.
After the results of the Il
linois tests came out, Hatfield
submitted a proposal this year
to drop taxes on the heaviest
trucks, but raise those In the
middle brackets more than
the committee finally agreed
to do.
Appropriations
Committee Trims
Forestry Budget
Duncan Says Matter
Of Great Concern
. By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington (Special) The
House Appropriations com
mittee Thursday trimmed the
proposed forestry budget of
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment for Oregon's O&C tlm
berlands and suggested Con
gress review the current for- -
mula by which 18 western '
Oregon counties receive 75 i
per cent of timber revenue
from these federal forests. ' '
' This action came as a result i
of criticism by Rep. Mike Kir- , .
wan (D-Ohio), who contended
in recent hearings on the In-
terior budget that Oregon
counties get too much of this
.timber revenue and that the '
formula "should be changed." -'
Enraged at Morse j ,
Kirwan, chairman of the j
Interior appropriations sub-
committee, has taken aim at i '
a number of Oregon projects '
requiring federal funds since
last summer when he became 1 :
enraged at Sen. Wayne Morse, '
who publicly ridiculed his ;
proposal for a n a 1 1 o n a 1 j
aquarium in Washington, D.C. f
Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D- t I j
Ore.) said "This is a matter . ' i
of great concern." ' '
The Appropriations com- i
mittee can't alter the statu
tory formula by which the
counties get 75 and the U.S. , ,
treasury gets 25 per cent of !
the timber revenue. A change
would require enactment of i ; ,
bill which would be ban- ,
died by the Interior commit-
tee, of which Congressman
Duncan Is a member and Kir-
wan Is not.
Reduction- could mean
loss of millions of dollars an
nually to the .lB'O&C coun- , i
ties. They ..divided, over $13
million in. fiseattl962.. ';
Timber .Roads- Financed ; -'
For some .sears the coun
ties have -permitted BLM to j
deduct 25 per cent, or a third . 1 '
of their entitlement, to fl- i j
nance' timber : access wads. ,;" H 11
The appropriations committee !
Thursday broadened this to ;
provide that "timber sales ;, j
and related management j
work" be financed out of ;
this portion. I !
Having done this, It loppea r
off $540,000 from the BLM I j
budget request for forestry e J
management work and direct- I t
ed that It come out of the )
counties' money. The commit- i ;
tee approved $8,820,800 for ;
forestry, a $540,000 cut in the ; '
budget but a-$522,500 in- ;
crease over last year. f I
The .. committee said this !
would Impose no hardship on J '
the counties this year because :
BLM had received an extra
11.615.000 for OstC access
roads with money provided i
by the accelerated public j , j
works act. - i
Duncan Interpreted the el- i .
feet of the committee's finan- j ;
cial action as simply a cut- 1 j
back of about a third of that , ; :
extra road money. But he
said the proposed review of
the basic formula Is the issue
to be concerned about.
ponsered by McNaiy
Basis for the 79-zs tormuia
Is the 1937 O At C act spon
sored by the late Sen. Charles
McNary. Kirwln has noted
the national forest timber
provides its local counties
with only 25 per cent. The
rationale of the special O St
C formula was that the lands
were once granted to a rail
road ' but later reverted to
federal ownership, thus de
priving the counties of antici
pated tax revenue..
The 18 counties are Ben
ton, Clackamas, Columbia,
Curry, Klamath, Coos, Doug
las, Jackson, Lane, Josephine,
Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk,
Multnomah, Tillamook, Wash
ington and Yamhill.
All told the committee re
duced BLM's budget request
by nearly $3 million and
slashed . the forest service
budget request by about $7
million.
Largest Cut .
The largest single cut for
the forest service was $2.7 ! !
million trimmed from its rec
reation program, for which
$23.6 million was approved.
- The committee approved a
$4.6 million Increase for na
tional forest timber resource
management over last year,
making this amount $28,338,
000 which it said would cover
tne 1.3 Diuion Doara zeet in-
create In the allowable cut I
of timber, much of It In Ore !
gon, announced last fall.
FUND USE OK'D
Salem -rtTO- The Stat. Do
partment of Education has au
thority to use $41,836 in fed
eral funds to conduct a course
In retraining persons unem
ployed because of automation.
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