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CIGARETTE TAX OK'D BY COMMITTEE TERRY BAKER DAY Terry Baker, left, chats with Clarence Barton, center, speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, and Sen. Ben Musa. right, president of the State Senate, during Ticrry Baker day at the state capitel in Salem Tuesday. Baker's awards, earned as an athlete at Oregon State University, were on display in the rotunda of the capitol. (UPI) U.S. Renews Demand on Soviet Troops in Caribbean Encouragement of Al Bradford! Named i-Castro Raids Medford Postmaster Flatly Denied On Temporary Basis Appointment of Al Brad ford, 42, as temporary post master of Medford has been announced today by Rep.: Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) Duncan said the Medford city councilman has been B note replying to Soviet j nameJ lo.ine P0Sl 31 n UJ Ulg tKjlllt d 1 -'l 1 L 11 1 I 111 Hid " lion by the Jackson County Democratic Central commit tee that the job be given County Clerk Marvin Mad-1 den. "I am sorry that in this one instance I cannot accept the committee's recommendation as my own, Duncan said Bradford's appointment is I Washinpton-OIPI'-Thc United States today flatly denied it has encouraged raids on Cuba by anti Castro exiles and again called on Russia to pull its troop out of the Caribbean. The demand was contained in charges that the United State was responsible for Cuban exile raids on Soviet ships. The note said "every step necessary" was being taken to insure that such attacks are not "launched, manned or equipped from U.S. territory." It then asked in pointed diplomatic language that it hoped the Soviet Union "will because it would be, in cf feet, to deny the people of j Jackson county the right to Vote for county clerk. "1 am proud of Mr. Mad den for the job he has done j as county clerk, and for mak- j nig me race ana winning me not misinterpret such actio as indicating any change in i U.S. opposition to Soviet mill tary involvement in Cuba " To Discuss Issue Earlier, Secretary of State. Dean Rusk said President Kennedy would discuss the j troops issue at his news eon- I ference this afternoon. The President said two weeks ago that he would wait until the end of March before assessing the situation. The new warning to Mos cow not to get the idea that U.S. policy had changed obvi ously referred to a recent statement by Rusk that con tinued withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba is an "ob ject" of U.S. policy. The Soviets had about 17, 000 military personnel in Cuba during last October'.! missile crisis, including an es timated 5.000 combat troops. They promised in late Febru ary to remove "several thous and" of these men by the middle of last month. November election. The con fidence of the voters should make him proud and anxious to serve in the position to which he has been elected." I Bradford, who was notified j by Duncan by telephone Tues I day evening that he had been appointed to the post, said he , would await information from I Ihn nnci nffina Honu ri mnnl ri. garding what action he should take. Abide By Recommendation "If it is post office policy that I resign from the city council, I will certainly re sign," he stated. "I will abide I hv uh:iloup(- rprnmmrndatinn (Maddcn's) ability and inlcg-1 is madc , have nol been ad. "greatest respect for his , v,s(,d concerning the policy Eaien-s Awes, Argentina -! lUPH - The gvepnmem tedatf annou-Heod Vke ceH-apse ef a I revolt Wf ete( arwy ges crals whe, wMh navy SHprt, launched a nationwide up. . rising eacky Taesday. The gever-nment claim came i after the navy announced ite ' withdrawal of sappurt for t-Vie 1 revolt. Air Force Secretary Brig. Eduardo McLoughlin. whose jet fighters and bombers swung the tide in favor of the government, said "it's all over." War Secretary Gen. I Benajamin Rattenbach jubi- lantly proclaimed "The navy I rebels have abandoned their I anti-government attitude." To Negotiate Solution Rear Adm. Eladio Vazquez, ; commander of Argentina's high seas fleet, notified the government the navy had "ceased operations" and he was flying to Buenos Aires to "negotiate a solution." His action was followed in n I effective April 12. He will serve until a permanent ap pointment is made and con firmed by the Senate. Duncan said he had no "personal objections" to Mad den and that he had the quick succession by rebel an nouncements of a "return to complete normalcy" in their Puerto Bclgrano and Bahia Blance strongholds 600 miles south of Buenos Aires. Gov ernment army commanders announced they considered "all operations ended." Radio stations that had been in rebel hands resumed commercial broadcasts. A'UTSS GHBGK-E-B Argentine Ah- Fbfoc troops stop autos en route to Baenos Awes feiom Aepepafque Atir.psrt al Buenos Aiiiesi BarMor, a seltol pnnp holding Hie atr.pt surrendeseA wwhetat a. slftit 1-. an Aunty m-fcrnt-ny segHHient. Retired Argentine military officers, with apparent naval support, tried to spark a revolt to block what they termed a threatened Communist takeover. (UPI) Resignation of Party Chairman Sought by Demos Swipe at O&C Timber Funds Untouched by rily. The comment was made in a letter to Jackson County Democratic Chairman Jean Mills in which Duncan report ed Bradford's appointment. Duncan said Bradford, a friend and snpporler." would serve "with efficiency and skill should he become the permanent postmaster." The permanent appoint ment. Duncan noted, would re quire that "open competitive examinations" for the post be held. He said he had ask ed that examinations be held "immediately." Duncan said lie did nol like the present system for nam ing postmasters but that he would work with it "to se cure the best people possible lor these jobs." "So long as it is a patron age matter, and as long as 1 am in office. I will try to see . that they are filled with com petent Democrats." he said. ' Emphasizes Stand In his letter to the Demo-1 the cratic C e nt r a 1 committee, Mr in this matter, and was not when I was interviewed by a representative of the de partment." J. A. Eidswick, postal in spector for this area, and act ing postmaster, said he un derstood that it was policy for postmasters in the larger offices, at least, nol to hold elective offices. Duncan said civil service Stevenson Leaves On Trip to UAR Ashland Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, Southern Oregon college president, left Satur day on the first part of a month-long inspection of the educational system of the United Arab Republic, under the auspices of the U.S. state department. President Stevenson was one of seven educators select ed by the American Associa tion of Colleges for Teacher Education for the inspection team which has been charged examinations will be held i with the responsibility of subsequently for all who wish studying UAR teacher train Polls Open Until 8 p.m. for Election Polls will be open until 8 o'clock tonight in 14 elemen tary schools in District 549C for registered voters to vote on a proposed budget exceed ing the 6 per cent limitation by S2.7G6. 272.64. Elementary schools in which polls have been estab lished are Griffin Creek. Hoo ver, Howard. Jackson. Jack sonville. Jefferson. Lincoln. Lone Pine, Oak Grove. Roose velt, Ruch. Washington. West Side and Wilson. j ,NCOME p ARTICLES FILED Boise -(OB- Boise Cascade Salem - HIW - The Oregon Corp. today reported its 1962 Graduate Center for Study j net income was $5,055,037, and Research filed articles of compared to $3,031,145 in incorporation Tuesday. 1962. EWSBRIEFS to compete for the perma nent appointment. Post office officials said the salary will start at S8.849 and could go to SI 1.200. Bradford, as act ing postmaster, would receive S8.840. Proud of Bradford Duncan said: "I am proud of Al Bradford. He has serv ed for years without pay and with distinction as a member of the Medford city council. There is no doubt that he was the choice of a substantial number of those present ai meeting that endorsed Madden and thai he the campaign last fall that he did not believe that a person should seek an ap pointive office while accept ing an elective one. Duncan said he rejected the recommendation of Madden Duncan empasized the stand I would have been the choice he had frequently voiced dur-1 of the central committee had Madden not been in the race for postmaster." Bradford is in his seventh I year as city councilman from Ward II. He is partner in Say lor's Barber shop and has fol i lowed this trade in Medford for 16 years. He was secretary ' of the Jackson County local of the Journeymen Barbers and Shop owners union for several years, resigning from the post in 1962. In September, 1961, he was named first successor to Dun can, speaker of the House of Representatives, under the In 1 terim emergency act passed by the 1961 legislature. ing programs and the role of teacher education on the in terntional scene. H. Kenneth Barker. AACTE executive, said Dr. Stevenson's selection was based upon his long interest in education, his member ship and active participation in educational organizations, and the emphasis placed on attracting foreign students to Southern Oregon college. Other members of the in spection team include Dr. J. : Andrew Holley, dean, college I of education, Oklahoma State I university; Dr. Antonc K. I Romncy. dean, college of edu j cation, Brigham Young uni I versity; Dr. Lindley J. Stiles, ! dean, school of education, i University of Wisconsin; ! President D. P. Culp, Living' I ston State college; Dr. Robert E. Markarian, director ichool . of teacher education. Spring ' field college; and President Quill A. Cope. Middle Ten ' nessee State college. The resignation et Jem Mills as chairman of tire daok- son County Bem'o'or.at-ic Cen tral committee wias nequesteti for the second time Tuesday night at a meeting of the com mittee, at which the appoint ment of Al Bradford as tem porary postmaster ot Mfcdford was announced. Mills, taking the Moor in his own defense, replied-again that he would not resign-, and asked that he b'e gv.en an opportunity to airswe'r ohar.ges made against him The same group within the Central committee asked that a letter b'e sent to Songr.ess man Robert Buncan. express ing dissafrisfciutHen wfrh his failure to follow the reoom mendatien of life centiKfl oom mittee on Hre past oMice ap pointment. P-nolesfe to this ac tion were veined Wirt H was decided tw a vote at 2 to 14 to send the loKor te the Ore gon delegation. Show.s Rfeserrinferft The protesting element em phasized that ttaene was no in tention to "ccst aspersion on Al Bradfond" but to show the committee's resentment re garding Duncan's decision to override the recommendation of County Clerk Marvin Mad den. Madden had won committee approval by one vote when the central committee first acted upon the recommenda tions. Bradford was in second place after supporters of a third candidate changed their support to Madden. The rec- ves Sanitary Authority To Work With City Debating Change On Air Pollution By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - The House passed the Infer.ior ap propriations bill Tuesday without discussing or mollify ing tile Appropriations com m'l'tteeJs s.w i p e at Oregon's O'&S tinibenland funds. This action left standing a $3H0!0'00 reduction in the Kennedy budget Request for the Bunuau of feand Manage ment which the committee suggested can be made up from the timber revenues to which the 18 O&C counties of Western Oregon arc entitled. Strategically Unwise Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D Ore.) said it was considered strategically unwise to raise the issue on the House floor where few Congressmen from other states could be expected to comprehend the complex history of the O&C timber lands which provide the coun ties currently with some $15 million annually from tim ber revenues. The Appropriations commit tee last week recommended that the Interior committee review the formula which An Oregon slate sanitary authority official assured Medford city officials yestcr d.a'y that his agency will work closely with the city in seek ing to improve its air pollu tion problem. Richard E. Hatchard, chief of air pollution control for the SSA, spent the afternoon including a three-man sub committee of the city council, that if Medford "maintains a certain level of control within the city, the state sanitary authority would have an ob ligation to maintain the same level of control outside the city limits." Musa Predicts Good Chance for Senate Approval No Difficulty Expeeled in House Salem-WPP-A 4-cent a pack tax on cigarettes was approv ed Tuesday night by the House Tax Committee, and Senate President Ben Musa said' today he 'felt the meas ure had a "reasonable chance" of being approved 'in the Senate. The bill, designed to raise $18 million a biennium, is not expected to encounter any difficulty in the House. The committee also voted approval of a "one shot" rev enue measure designed to bring in an additional $11.5 million during the 1963-65 biennium. The measure would require employers lo submit state in- tame taxes withheld from employees on a monthly ba sis. The taxes now are paid on a quarterly basis. The cigarette tax proposal cleared the House Tax Com mittee by a 6-3 vote. Voting against it were Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola), Cornelius Bate man (D-Salem) and W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg). Yes Votes Listed Voting for the cigarette tax were Reps. Victor Atiyeh (R Beaverton), F. F. Montgom ery (R-Eugene), Clinton Height (D-Baker), Jack Smith (D-Condon), C. R. Hoyt (R Corvallis) and Sidney Bazett (R-Grants Pass). The House committee plans to introduce a special bill which would in effect give about 20 per cent of the tax revenue to cities. The proposed m e a s u r would tax cigarettes only. Musa said he felt all tobacco products should be taxed. He discounted the argument that It would .be too cosily to col lect the tax from other to bacco products. Because the cigarette tax could not go into effect at the first of the next biennium, it is estimated about $15 mil lion would be raised during the 1963-65 period, and $18 million a biennium there- "Wc would want to roll up ommendation, however, was provides this generous alluca sent out as unanimous. (jon t0 the counties. The The central committee also j formula gives the counties 75 voted lo take away the ap-1 pcr ccnt (nc jjovernmenl 25 pomtive powers ot tnc cnair-1 per ccnt of receipts. "That is where we will Lyle Paull Submits Resignation in CP man by removing me rigm of chairmen of standing com mittees to membership in the executive board. Lack of Leadership Lack of leadership and "one-man rule" were the verbal charges madc against Mills. It was understood that a meeting of the executive com mittee would be held lo set up a hearing to give Mills an opportunity to answer the charges draw the battle line," Duncan remarked, in reference to any attempt lo pass legislation changing this formula. He said when the Interior money bill goes through the Senate, there is some chance the O&C forestry management funds will be increased more in line with the Kennedy budget. Reduction Expanded The House, in a moderately trimming mood, expanded on sine the theory behind, and the wording of, a proposed air pollution control ordi nance which the city admin istration has been Instructed to draft by the city council. Hatchard told city officials, in Medford Tuesday discus- our ' aleeves and work with you to improve your sltua Hon here, he said. Asked about the success of the air pollution control pro gram instituted in the Eugene- Springfield area. Hatchard replied that primarily an ed ucational program had been undertaken there to stimu late voluntary action. A city councilman express ed concern that if an air pol lution control ordinance were too stringently worded and enforced it might have a re strictive effect on the area's business climate. "Air pollution control doesn't slow down industrial development," Hatchard re plied, "because responsible businessmen want to work with a community to make it a better place to live in." after. Anti-Castro Exiles Jailed in Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas -IUPII- Au thorities held 16 anti-Castro Cuban exiles in jail today in the first test of a tough new U. S. policy against Cuban raids launched from the Unit ed States. The 16 exiles and an Amer ican, Jerry Buchanan, 24. of Miami, were arrested Sunday at Norman Key about 80 miles from Nassau when they puUcd in to refuel their 30-fout power boat and pick up a passenger. But a second attack boat escaped capture and has been prowling the Caribbean for Chicago -JUPU- Mayor Rich two days, apparently awaiting j .)rd j Doy rcmaincd one of orders to attack the Cuban j (he most powerfui Democrats coast or searching for a Com- jn mc naton today despite munist merchant ship bound smiicr-than-expected win Daley Sweeps To Victory in Chicago for Havana. Anstead Property Guest House Burns to preside as temporary chair man while the Mills case is under consideration. He won over nominees Dr. Thomas Rutler and Dunbar Carpenter EXPLOSION BURNS TWO , Lake Oswego - 'UPD Sam Hallock. 39, and his stepson, James Williams. 11, Lake Os wego, were scverly burned Hughes, Contract for Worfe vote-catching budget embodying income tax cuts, moves iZZ'i ease unemployment, and s.imul.nt, ior industrial expansion 5. Central Point Lyle Paull, city recorder of Central Point lor in. . j - Tuesday in an explosion of a milled his resignation to the " Z' city council here IfiSt BRITAIN OFFERS VOTE-CATCHING BUDGET London-' h-The British government today preseniea end exports. KHRUSHCHEV INSISTS ON MOSCOW TALKS Moscow-IPI-Soviet Premier Nikits Khrushchev regained the initiative in his dispute with Red China today by insisting that any pei'ce talks between the two Communist giants ihould lake place in Moscow. SOVIETS RZJECT WESTERN PROTEST Berlin-tl'l-The Soviets today rejected a Western protest against attempts by Soviet jet fighters to force down with nunfire a private British planejin the air corridor to Berlin. the drainage on portions of downtown Medford streets. Sections ut Ctntr, and Riv erside aves.. Highway 99. and West Main St.. Highway 238, will be improved. Pavement already has been cut in prep aration for the work. Bids on the project were effective Aril 31 The ceuatcil tk Ht afto on the mi&gmtj to egi however. Paull said he plans to rt. and help his wife wit the I Central Point Variety store they own. The city recorder s post in Central Point is :.n elective position, to which Paull was : reelected last November over j three other candidates. He also served for some time as appointive city administrator large porWUe wte'o fHSt rto, ejr hMK received bv the state high- a position from wnicn ne re vy com'inuSon March 12. luigned at th end of last year. Ray Lamberg was elected j t,0 committee's recommenda tion of a $92.8 million reduc tion in the budget for the In terior department's non-power agencies. It knocked out $5.5 million to remodel a building for the Smithsonian Institution and another $1.6 million item for planning a new air museum. But it withstood several at tacks on Rep. Mike Kirwans national aouarium, called a fcsk tank" by Rep. II. R. I (IS-rwMai ni approved t fcUi'l 9608,000 item for tti rtspitfr-d project. Criticism of the aquarium oal year by Sen. Wayne Morse and Rep. Edith Green is regarded a a contributing ! factor in the subsequent at 1 lack on the O&C formula by Kirwan. Oregon congressmen i Tuesday avoided the attempt to kill the aquarium The resulting Intt?iui uion- ey bill that goes to the Senate , provides $928.5 million, or $100 inTilion less than the KOUMdy budget requested. over Republican cnauengw Benjamin S. Adamowskl. Daley won hi: third six year term Tuesday but saw his victory margin drop from 4HH.H72 votes last time to about 150.000. The Republi cans and Independents boost ed their representation on the 110-member city council to iu Some political observers said the strong showing would make Adamowskl. previously best known for his charges of Cook county vole fraud In the 1060 presidential election, a White City-An unoccupied guest house on the L. B. An stead properly on Rushing Waters rd In the Dodge bridge area was destroyed by fire last night, according to Central Point rural firemen, who were summoned aboul 8:35 p.m. The blaze was attributed ! possible candidate for govcr to a possible faulty flue. A lor ncxl year. lire had been built in the house. The roof and attic were ablaze when the An slcads noticed that the house was on fire.. Firemen said only a few personal items were saved. One Central I'otnl rural ac- The amount received 'by the state's general fund would be reduced by the amount given to cities. The tobacco industry had indicated it would refer such tax to the people. Musa said today he doubted the measure would be referred. Case Against City Set for June 26 The trial of the Heintz Con struction company against the city of Medford has been scheduled in Jackson county circuit court June 26. The case, originally tried in November. 1962, ended in a mistrial when it was re vealed that a witness for the plaintiff had been seen talk ing with one of the Juros. The Portland firm is suing the city for $94,462.74 plus interest they claim is due them for a sanitary sewer the company installed in the Kenwood - Grandview and north Laurelhurst area in 1959. Sanitary Authority, County Court Moot Two representatives of the Oregon state sanitary author ity hope to meet with the county court today to learn the court's opinion ot Senate Bill 25B which would allow, but not require, the county to establish an air pollution con trol ordinance. T. M. Gerow Jr., district sanitary engineer, said he and Richard E. Hatchard, chief of air quality control, will at tempt to find out if the coun ty court would establish such an ordinance. Russian Rocket Whizzing Toward Moon Destination rfl) Wo WDWft.t i tfoMdVtffla1 Hifhrtt Ve itmftW 55 l.owrftt Thl KWMlAB 4 Prec. to 10 LUB. Tinfty, tract.' Our Skies Tonight Moscow -'UPli The Soviet Un- ion v mi ri . mm i hi and was reported functioning 'normally after covering more than halt the 230,000-mile to the alarm. ; Kuntrt lijday i - .tin-, tomorrow ; Moontrl tomorrow. ! Full Moon .7: ' PROMINKNT STAB I Rlcrl. leU I - I n I I PLANETS Mr, hlfh overhead 1:05 p.m Saturn, fliei .. :IS a m ' Vrnui. rlaei . 4:50 a.m r ; :3 p.m. 5:51 a.m. . 4:10 a.m. April I Ml p.m. Senate Approves Bill On Student Exemption Salem -HJPli- The Senate to day approved a measure to bring state income tax laws j into line with the federal law , regarding students. The measure allows parents ... Mlntm a tnripnt as an fx- I cinption if he earns more than i But Soviet scientists shed tory" for the Soviet Union in hiiii a vcar . lone as the I no light on speculation that 1 its race with the United parents pay more than half of the l'Vton space vehicle Stales to put the first mar: je student s support. ! mjfht make a moon landing. ' on the moon. journey. The official Soviet lass ! news agency said the Lunik , 4 space probe had traveled 134.215 miles In the first 24 1 hours of its planned 3'i-dny 1 flight to the "vicinity of the moon. The scientists, some of whom made open predictions Tuesday that the moon will be the first space body visited by man, were more cautious In their qjillook today. They i said the moon holds msny mysteries which must be solv ed before interplanetary flights can be attempted by man. Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go into space, hailed the Lunik 4 as "another big vie-
