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Own Regional Edition Medford, 22Pages MEDFORD, Retired Officers Try Revolt in Argentina Uprising Being Minimized by Government Security Measures Said in Evidence Buenos Aires. Argentina-(UPP-Retired military officers tried today to spark a revolt, with apparent navy support. to block what they termed a threatened Communist take aver. The government tried to minimize the scope of the re volt movement and described it as a war of nerves. How ever, security measures were in evidence in Buenos Aires and elsewhere in Argentina. Rebels Warned President Jose M. Guido warned rebels that a joint army-air force task force would "undertake operations" against rebellious naval ele ments if they did not end their "subversive attitude." Hostilities appeared to be confined to the air waves, at least during the early hours of the revolt. A radio station at La Plata reported rebellious navy air craft had attacked a pro-government tank battalion at Magdalena and a communica tions regiment near La Plata because they refused to sur render. Conflicting Claims Mada The station claimed wide spread support for the- rebel cause. The government iinrttScJate. ly termed the reports "abso lutely false." Guido's reference to the navy was the first official in dication that that branch of the armed forces was impli cated in the call for an up rising, described earlier by rebel leaders over a seized radio station as a "national revolution." The revolt's principal aim seemed to be to block the forthcoming June elections in which the government is per mitting Neo-Peronists to par ticipate. Argentine Commu nists have supported Peronist candidates in past balloting. House Approves Traffic Measure Salem HPP A measure de scribed as a "major step for ward in traffic enforcement" passed the Oregon House 47 13 today and went to the Sen ate. It is the bill for "arrest on probable cause." It means an officer could arrest a person at the scene of an accident without actual ly witnessing the accident. It is aimed at drunken mo t o r i s t s found staggering around at the scenes of acci dents when officers arrive. Officers believe they can not arrest such persons on drunk driving charges under the present law. Thus, they usually only are charged with the far less severe offense of being drunk on the streets. LOGS EXPORTED Washington-fflPK-A total of 251 million board feet of logs was exported from the Pacific Northwest to Japan last year, U.S. Forest Service figures showed today. NEWS&)BRIEFS niMi rtoM AIR FORCE SECRETARY QUESTIONED ! Washington-4W-Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuck- .J0 Cottage Grove, were kill ert has been questioned by the Air Force inspector-general ; ed m a two-car. ricad-on Col in an extraordinary Pentagon investigation to learn whojjsion on State Highway 226 provided a non-itcret document to reporter, it was dii- about 15 miles south of Eu closed today. gene. , . Burns was driving one of SOVIET PLANES FIRE WARNING SHOTS tne cars Mrs Tavor was a Berlin-4PI-Soiet jet fighter planes fired "four or live passenger in the other vehicle, bursts" of warning shots in an unsuccessful attempt to force 1 Mrs. Edna Kerr. 58, Beaver a private plane being flown in the Berlin air corridor by a ton, died when the panel British television star to land spokesman said tonight. NEW TYPE OF Jl BILLS AUTHORIZED Washington-lPI-The House Banking Committee today approved legislation to allow the government to issue a new type of SI bill lo combat a threatened shortage of silver. The new bills, known as federal reserve notes, would gradually replace present SI bills known as silver certificates. STribune OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL $1.6 Million for County Roads Asked The Jackson county budget committee this morning con ducted the last of the major departmental budget inter views, that of the county road department, a $1,671,624 budget. The budget as presented is up 59,804.50 over the cur rent year's allocation. Major items under this budget were S345.000 for road mainte nance, up $55,228; $523,580 for road construction, up $16, 460; $192,500 for bridges, up $31,600; road oiling and pav ing, $234,564. up $21,545; and $96,900 for road equipment, down $25,467. Five Residents Attend Hearing on School Budget Five people, all of them from the Phoenix - Talent school district, were the only ones attending yesterday mornings Jackson county rural school district budget hearing in the county school conference room. Most of the questions con cerned the program for men tally retarded children and how it is financed, and salary raises. The hearing ended after 1 Va hours of discussion. The budget amount outside the 6 per cent limitation re quiring a tax levy is $685, 399.18. County residents will vote on this at the May 6 an nual school meeting when they elect their respective school board members up for election and when some dis tricts will vote on their budg ets. Core of the budget is $156, 308.14 required to balance the new fiscal year budget plus S2,743,827.93 for school ap portionment, which is dis tributed to all districts to aid in their operating expenses as required by law. County School Superintend ent Alf Mekvold noted that the rural school district budg et has increased 1 710 per cent over the previous year. The curriculum materials cen ter budget increased -from $100,424.48 to $102,642.25 and the administration from $80, 486.35 to $81,510.87. Russians Launch Rocket To Moon Moscow - (UPn - The Soviet Union launched a lVs-ton space ship in a fourth probe toward the moon today and predicted that manned flight there is now highly probable. The Russians said the 3,-130-pound Lunik 4 moon ship, big enough to hold a man, blasted off on a 3'2-day jour ney to the moon's vicinity to gather scientific data on the earth's satellite. They said an automatic sta tion aboard the space rocket is expected to "reach the area of the moon," but gave no in dication that they would at tempt to land an automatic observatory on the moon The Soviets indicated great hopes for putting a man on the moon in the future. MOUND 1HI MMI in Last Germany, a British 58th Year Price 10 Cents LT 2, 1963 No. 10 Other main budget items' consisted of requested salary and wage increases; $10,152 for the county engineer, -.up $336; and various salary and wage increments ranging trom S216 to $792. County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen listed requested equipment as: motorgrader, $22,000; truck - tractor for transport trailer, $21,000 light duty industrial tractor $5,400; 200 amp welder for service truck, $1,000; four two-ton truck chassis for flat beds, $14,000; four three- quarter ton pickup trucks, $10,000; a 12-passenger crew carrier, $3,800; six-passenger pickup truck, $3,000; general superintendent's sedan, $2, 500; two-ton truck, tandem axle, $6,000; two sand spread ers, $1,000; suburban carryall for survey crew, $4,000, and a truck hoist, $3,200. In presenting his $46,613 budget, an increase of $8,232, Weed Control Supervisor Ray Hubbell said that critics of chemical sprays have given the farmers and spray appli cators a "hard go." He said he investigated all complaints on his program, Hubbell explained the $734 for extra labor is to clean up weed infestations carried in by flood waters earlier this year. Establishing drainage districts to preserve drainage systems would help eliminate the weed problem carried by overflows, he noted. Most of the weed control budget was for salaries and increases and for $3,800 for a new spray unit and .iew one ton pickup truck. Vote on Budget Due Tomorrow Polling places will be open between 2 and 8 p.m. tomor row in the 14 elementary schools in District 549C for district patrons to vote on a proposed budget exceeding the 6 per cent limitation by $2,766,272.64. Registered voters will vote at the elementary school serv ing the area in which they live. Elementary schools are Griffin Creek, Hoover, How ard, Jackson, Jacksonville. Jefferson, Lincoln, Lone Pine, Oak Grove, Roosevelt, Ruch, Washington, West Side and Wilson. Estimated expenditures next school year total $5,061, 507.07, which includes the general operating fund and the bond interest and redemp tion fund. The general fund totals $4,683,457, and the bond interest and redemption fund is $377,600.07. The budget represents an increase of $427,278.75 more than this year's budget, an increase largely because of additional teachers, a revised teachers salary schedule and the need for a minimum of five additional classrooms on elementary schools. Monday Crashes Snuff Four Lives By United Press International Oregon greeted April with four more highway deaths Monday after a record 54 per sons died as a result of traffic accidents in March. The deaths raised the state's toll for the year to 115, ac cording to the Oregon Traffic Safety Division in Salem. U f -i- Rnrnv 11 CrtK. and Mr5 Donna Tavlor. truck in which she was riding was involved in a collision with a semi-trailer truck on the Tualatin Valley Highway four miles east of Hillsboro. Richard Moser. 23, Port land, was killed in a one-car crash on Sauvies Island north ofPortl-ind. swS&r"1wiT -lllPOlrTlffl JUT W t Psr , g , , ( CjT"" w Valley Corporation Is Only Bidder on Mt. Ashland Lodge Mt. Ashland Ski corpora tion, Ashland, was the lone bidder yesterday afternoon at the Rogue River National for est offices in Medford for de velopment of a lodge and ski facilities on Mt. Ashland. The corporation of local skiing enthusiasts and busi nessmen offered the forest service 1VS per cent of the gross annual receipts. This was the minimum percentage acceptable to the forest serv ice. Bid approval or disapprov al is expected next week, af fording to Ralph Wiese, of the Rogue River National for est. Wiese was in Portland to day to present the bid to the regional office of the forest service. The forest service hopes to Josephine County Superintendent Dies Grants Pass Elmer W. FleminE. superintendent of the Josephine County School district for almost 10 years, died this morning of a heart ailment. He was 56. Fleming was taken to Jose phine General hospital about 3 a.m., and died between 7 and 7:30 a.m. He had been re leased from the hospital yes terday after undergoing a checkup and a rest for sev eral days. Fleming was born March 22, 1907, at Hibbing, Minn. He attended St. Cloud Teach ers college. St. Cloud, Minn., where he received his degree, and taught school in Minne sota before moving to Oregon. He received his master's de gree at the University of Ore gon, after which he became principal of Cottage Grove elementary school in 1945. The following year, Flem ing was superintendent of the Cottage Grove elementary schools. He moved to Grants Pass and accepted the Josephine County school superintend ent's post in July, 1953. Loan Privileges Extension Defeated Salem-IUPD-The Senate vot ed 27-2 today to kill a pro posed change in the constitu tion to extend veterans' "loan privileges to all veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly rloudv through Wednesday, with rln tonight and Wednesday morn ing. Partial clearing and show ers Wednesday afternoon and evening. Gusty sontherly winds thfj evening. Low tonight near 40. High Wednesday 53. Low Wednesday night 35. Temp. : Highest Yeiterday 52 Lowest This Morning 2( Prec. to 19 a.m. Today .01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today (:3I p.m. S:S2 a.m. :! a-m. April Sunrise fimorruw Mooniet tomorrow lull Moon The planet. Mars, teen near the Moon tonlcbu will. In a few day, be the tame dlitanee from the Earth at the sun. nit Mar. will h twit, ii far away at the Sun. U.S. ECONOMIC and MILITARY AID I "LrxL r J AUS71A11A advertise for bids on construc tion of the 7'i;-mlle road to the site from Siskiyou sum mit if the bid is approved. Clearing Parking Area Still in doubt is the possi bility of clearing an area for parking when the road is graded and rocked, possibly in time for the next winter skiing season. Wiese said he expects to have this informs tion when he returns from Portland. The road would be passable then for the next skiing season. He said he would also have the road cost estimate. "There is no foreseeable reason which would keep Mt. Ashland from being a big suc cess, Wiese said. I just don t see how it could miss other wise. It already has a captive population ol 100,000 people." The corporation would have the ski lodge and one ski lift of the poma-lift type complet ed by April 15, 1964, accord. Ing to its bid information. This would include restroom facilities, facilities for food and beverages. During the third operating season, the corporation would have a ski shop established and expanded food and bev erage facilities. It also would have a black top parking area .or di least 500 cars, a mini mum of two T-bar and poma lift systems. The s k i shop would be probably established the first operating year and the area could eventually have four or more pomalift and T-bar systems. Firemen Called Back To Wilson-McCabe Medford firemen returned to Wilson-McCabe Refrigerat ing company. Fourth and Fir sts., just after noon yesterday when fire was reported in the small furnace and boiler room building at the rear of the plant. The fuel hopper of the saw dust fired boiler was being filled when sparks blew throughout the building, fire men said. The situation was quickly controlled, however, and there was no damage. The fire marshal was inves tigating a possible connection between yesterday's fire and the files which broke out In the company's main building Friday night and again early Saturday morning. Legislature Observes Terry Baker Day Salem -Oft- It was "Terry I Baker Day at the legislature today and the star athlete j thanked the Senate, the House and packed galleries for a "wonderful tribute." His mother, Mr. Laura ! Baker, football coach Tommy j Prothro, and basketball coach I "Slats" Gil! shared honors I with the Oregon State senior. Baker appeared in both the Senate and the House. UNUfp ft TAT U ' 1 j Ecmjbic fid WJJtjfy l s, ECMSSjjC lfj 1 MiHtiiT ash; Burroughs Association Medal Presented To National Adolph M u r 1 c, biologist with the National Park scrv ice, who has been spending his winters in Medford while assigned to the San Francisco regional office of the park service, last night received the John Burroughs Associ ation medal for 1963 at cere monies held by the John Bur roughs association at the American Museum of Natural History The award was made in recognition of Dr. Murie's book "A Naturalist in Alas ka." Dr. Murie left Medford in December, according to the Man Reclaims Car He Didn't Know Had Been Stolen It isn't every day that a man reclaims hit stolen car before he knows that It has been stolen. Such was the recent experience of Albert Campbell, salesman for Lea Motors. Campbell drives his own car to work, then often takes off with a company car on a test run. He was making such test run when he suddenly noticed a car in traffic which looked just like his own, even to the red dirt on iia sides. He watched the auto, then drove up beside ii. The car was stopped and the driver lumped out and ran. It was than that Campbell realised it was hit car and that it had been stolen. II was unharmed but half a tank of gat had been burned by the ihert-time driver, he laid. 1 m II W I Ft STATfcH Mr . jmi awn! , mm Iki , , , . ',.. jm Ml W W Park Service National Park service office here, to spend the rest of the winter in Eugene to have ac cess to the University of Ore gon library. The book, known to many Medford persons, was origin ally published in 1961 by the Devin-Adair company in its American Naturaliata series, edited by Farida Wiley. The edition contained illustrations by the author's brother, Olaus J. Murie. A paperback edition of the book waa published in March, 1963, in the Natural History Library series that is publish ed by Doubleday and Com pany in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Murie, who has been spending his summers in Mi Klnley National park In Alas ka, describes the domestic ways of the wildlife of the 49th state and their interrela tionships in one of the few remaining wildernesses of the continent. The grizzly bear, the wolf, the lynx, the wolver ine, the Dall sheep, the carl bou and the Arctic fox figure In the book Presented Annually The John Burroughs Medal Is presented annually for liter ature that combines excel lence of writing with accur acy of statement and is based on originality of observation and conclusion. The medal is considered the highest award granted for a popular book in the field of the natural sciences. It was won by Wil liam Bee be when first award ed in 1926. A native of Morcliead, Minn., Murie received his master of science and Ph D mnm mm. Biologist degrees from the University of Michigan. He has had many assignments with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Na tional Park service since 1947 and has been field research biologist for the National Park service. His motion picture film on the wildlife of Alaska was presented as part of the pro gram In New York, marking the 126th anniversary of John Burroughs' birth. Mrs. Eliza beth Burroughs Kelley, grand daughter of the famous natur alist, also gave an illustrated talk during the program. Air Pollution Bill Set for Discussion A proposed air pollution control ordinance for Med ford was scheduled to be dis cussed this afternoon by city officials and R. E. Hatchard, chief of air pollution control for the state sanitary author ity. City Manager Robert Duff, together with several city de partment heads, were to con sult with the state official at a luncheon meeting today, fol lowed by continued discus sions throughout the after noon. Duff was directed to draft sn air pollution control ordi nance by the city council at Its March 7 meeting. The city manager said this morning it was possible the ordinance would be ready to present to the council at its meeting April 18. President Adopts Suggestions Of Clay's Group Unusual Action Cuts $420 Million Washington flJPB President Kennedy, faced with an economy-minded Congress, took the unusual step today of cut ting $420 million from his foreign aid request,. He also promised stricter standards and more thrift in the aid program. Kennedy, who had asked tor $4.9 billion in new funds in his January budget, cut that figure to $4.5 bUlion in a special foreign aid message to the lawmakers. Officials said that this, cou pled with carryover funds, would result in actual aid spending of $4.85 billion. The figure would have come to $5.1 billion under Kennedy's earlier request. Kennedy adopted many of the recommendations for tightening up aid made to him last month by a citizens' committee headed by retired Gen. Lucius D. Clay. In a new proposal to spur economic development over seas through private channels. tne rresmeni caned lor a tax credit for U. S. taxpayers who invest in developing coun tries. U. S. foreign aid officials could recall no case in recent years in which a President substantially cut his own for eign aid request before Con gress considered it. Kennedy s proposals drew a mlxad reaction from Con gress. Chelrman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) of the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Com mittee, said he thought the message would be "received with considerable approval." nut Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La.) chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee which handles the aid bill, said that "If I had the differ ences between what the Presi dent asks for and what he eventually . will settle tor, t wouta oc one ol the wealth iest men lit the world." Kennedy said his proposed cut would come partly from IZOO million in economic aid funds not spent this year and from "a number of reduc tions" In the earlier budget estimates for military and economic aid to certain coun tries that can be made "with- out serious damage to the na I tional interest." Makes Specific Pledges The President made these specific pledges for tighten ing up the aid program: To apply "stricter stand ards of selectivity and self I help" as n condition for re I aeiving aid, a point stressed ay the Clay Committee. Loans will be "tailored" to provide more businesslike repayment terms for countries that can afford it. In Latin America, the Alliance for Progress will "concentrate" on counties that help themselves. -To work for "reduction and ultimate elimination" of foreign aid by stressing pro grams that enable nations to stand on their own as "rapid ly as possible. ' -To "secure increased par ticipation" of other industrial nations in sharing the aid bur den, partly by direct urging and partly by doing more through international lending tgencies, to which European allies contribute. -To continue to lighten the balance of payments drain of aid programs. Kennedy said that under current commit ments more than 80 per cent of foreign aid funds will be spent in this country. He said countries which can are being asked to pay dollars rather than foreign currency for ag ricultural aid. The President said over-all military aid to countries fac ing an internal or external Communist threat could not be ended in the "foreseeable future." He said some mili tary aid programs could be terminated, but others, includ ing aid to India, must be ex panded. Orchard Heating Continues All Night The longest orchard heat ing night this season occurred last night as orchardists gen erally started heating about 11 p.m. and stopped about 6 o'clock this morning. County Horticultural Agent Clifford B. Cordy said some orchardists lit before 11 p.m. Heating was general, but light. "I doubt if there was any' commercial bud damage," Cordy said. "Temperatures In the coldest places hit 28 de grees or a little below." The minimum reported in the Ashland area was 25 degrees.
