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Strike CD Job Before Vote To Reduce Salem - (UPD - Construction was started on a $36,000 civil defense communications and headquarters center in the basement of the Capitol Building the day before the ways and Means committee voted to slash the CD agency a three-man department. Warne Nunn, executive as 9 sistant to the governor, said I he had advised Ways and : Means Co-Chairmen Rep. Ross -J Morgan (D-Gresham) and Sen. : Ward Cook (D-Portland) and Rep. Beulah Hand (D Milwau ' kic), chairman of the Ways and Means sub com mil t e e H which reviewed the CD bud ' set. of the construction pro gram last Friday. i Morgan today flatly denied fthp had been advised of the RAvork by Nunn. "I have not . talked to Nunn, and I am cer ftain neither Senator Cook nor ilRep.) Hand talked to Nunn fgabout this," Morgan insisted. I Freeman Holmer. director of the Department of Finance, Swhich let the first contract "jSfor the project, said he had ..tdiscussed the project with Morgan. I Morgan said "Holmer told Jme some Swould be construction work I going on. and not to be disturbed by the noise. I Morgan said the project I'Bwas first brought to his atten 'jftion by secretaries who com Vplained of noise being made by workmen. i Morgan and House Speaker Budget for School District Approved by 1,397 to 1,040 Vote Voters of School District 549C yesterday approved by a 1.397 to 1.040 vote a budget for next year. The margin of 1.3 to 1 in favor of the budget was one of narrowest in recent years, and the 2,437 people who vot ed is one of largest turnouts for a school budget election in recent years. The budget for next year totals $5,061,057.07. Of the amount necessary to balance the budget, $2,766,272.64 is outside the 6 per cent limita tion, the amount in which dis trict patrons voted yesterday. People in two of the 14 polling places voted against the budget: in the other 12 locations, voters approved it. Vol by Polling Place The vote by polling places: Griffin Creek. 77 yes, 49 no; Hoover, 166 yes, 70 no; How ard, 64 yes, 54 no; Jackson, 116 yes, 100 no; Jacksonville, 64 yes, 47 no; Jefferson, 151 yes, 101 no; Lincoln, 29 yes, 36 no; Lone Pine, 53 yes, 41 no; Oak Grove. 76 yes, 59 no; Roosevelt. 186 yes. 158 no; Ruch. 46 yes, 41 no; Wash ington, 153 yes. 187 no; West Side, 56 yes, 25 no; and Wil son, 160 yes, 72 no. Of the total number of people who voted. 57.32 per cent of them voted in favor and 42.68 per cent voted against the budget D. H. Christensen. chair man of the budget commit WEATHER I ORLCAST: Cloudy tontuht ! and Friday. Chance or licht rain tonight and again Friday night. Um tonight JV High I nday 65. Temp Highest Yesterday Lowest This Morning 42 Pree. to 10 a.m. Today M ! Our Skies Tonight : Sun.et today : P-m. ! Sunrise tomorrow . 5:49 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 4:41 a.m. The eastward mnvmeni of the Mnn.i around the Karth hrinc it near the star. Regulus. to night. The eastward movement of Mars around ihe sun will hring tt near Reculus in ahout eicTu weeks. NEWSO&BRIEFS row no Wt7 mouno tmi oiom VENEZUELA TERRORISTS BLOW UP PIPELINE Caracas, Veneiuela-lPI-Terrorists blew up tor the second lime in 25 days today ihe oil pipeline joining Creole Pe troleum company's installations at Maracaibo Lake with its rtfinery in Falcon Stata. CUBAN EXILE RAIDERS RELEASED Nassau. Bahamas - API - Tha Bahamas government today dropped charges against 17 Cuban axil raiders captured on nearby Key Norman, returned thair guns and released thm to raturn to Miami. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL CUT Washington-H'l-The Senate Armtd Services committee today cut more than $900 million irom House-approved $15.8 billion defense authorisation bill but voted lor a speed up in development of tha RS70 warplane. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS SHARPLY Washington-1 Pl-The unemployment rate dropped sharply from 6.1 par cent to $.6 par cent in March, tha Labor Depart ment announced today. Sfnrt-Arl Agency Clarence Barton met with newsmen this morning, armed with contract estimates and plans for the new administra tion center. Morgan said a S7.985 con tract for office partitions and ; a new ceiling had been let the day before the Ways and Means committee voted to slash the civil defense agency. Barton showed plans for a 90-by-50 foot office designed for 15 persons including re ceptionists, information offi cers, and technical help. Disregard of Legislature The House Speaker termed the project "a complete dis regard of the legislature." and said he would order an inves tigation by the Ways and Means committee. "This is utter tomfoolery," Barton exploded. "They'll cut down on the help and services at state hos pitals, b u t they'll spend money on this foolishness," he said. Holmer said the total job "was initially contemplated to run about S36.000." Barton showed figures esti mating t h e communications center cost at S23.160, and the administrative office at $13,095. Barton said the S7.985 con tract was for partitions and a false ceiling in the adminis trative office. He said the j work was estimated to cost j S2.500. tee, and Keith Hockersmith, chairman of the school board, expressed their appreciation to the citizens of the district for their favorable vote on the budget. "We shall continue to strive to provide a good edu cational program for the chil dren of the district at the low est possible cost," they said. Plans will be made shortly for additions to elementary schools, funds for which have ! been provided in the budget. I School officials said enroll ments and anticipated enroll ment figures are being re studied with the possibility that school service area bound aries may be changed to avoid combination classes and other undersirable situations. Emergency Fund Request Considered I A request for an emergen cy appropriation of $1,631.65: j for the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources i association was referred by the county court yesterday afternoon to the county budg et committee. Directors of the association 1 told the county court this is an unexpected and unforeseen expenditure. Bill Jess. Sams Valley, act- i ing chairman, said directors ! had to send a delegation to Washington, D. C, March 10 to press for more planning money for fiscal year 1963 and an increased appropria tion in fiscal year 1964 of $350,000. The Army Corps of Engi neers had told the directors the additional money would i move the project to comple tion date a year ahead. No additional funds are be ing requested of Josephine ; county since it has already done more than its share. Jess I said. Two Statewide Elected Officers Decided by Group Committees Vote To Propose Change Salem -flOT- In their most significant decision so far, the House and Senate com- ' miuecs on constitutional re vision voted Wednesday night to shape Oregon's executive branch around two statewide elective officials. One would be the governor The other would be a sec retary of state, charged only with "watchdog" post audit functions. The governor would be chief of all the administrative functions of the executive branch. The decision main tains, in essence, the "strong and responsible" chief execu tive proposed by the Commis sion on Constitutional Revi sion. Similar To Controller The secretary of state, as ap proved by the legislative com mittees, is very similar to the controller proposed by the commission. Oregon's present constitu tion provides for an elective governor, secretary of state and treasurer. The latter two , positions have very limited duties. There is no ocst audit watchdog position. Oregon also has two elec tive officers provided for by law but not the constitution: Attorney general and labor commissioner. The commitees voted to make the governor and the i watchdog secretary of state ! the only elective executive! offices, abolishing the others Would Go To People A good part of the commit tee discussions centered on whether a new constitution, reducing the number of elec-1 live offices, would "sell" to I the legislature and the people. 11 the legislature approves a new constitution by a two-! thirds vote of each house, it i would go to the people in 1964. The committees earlier voted to organize Oregon's executive depart m e n t into not more than 20 depart ments, with heads appointed by the governor and con firmed by the Senate, to establish clear lines of author ity and responsibility. Ore gon now has more than 100 agencies, boards, commission ers and departments. Billboard Bill j On City Agenda ' A delegation from the bill board sign industry in the area is expected to appear at a : meeting nf the Medford city council ai 7:30 o'clock tonight to protest pas-sage of a pro-1 posed ordinance lo curtail construction of signs along the Interstate 5 freeway over pass through the city. The ordinance is an out growth of a committee ap pointed by Mayor James Dun levy to study the situation and make recommendations to the' council. Chances for passage of the i ordinance appeared uncertain today. At least one city coun cilman said he believed the measure might be referred , back to committee for further study. In general, the proposed ordinance would prohibit con-, struction of any sign within 270 feet of the center line of the freeway through Medford. Further, the ordinance would prohibit any sign with In 600 feet from the center line except for ones which : identify or advertise the busi noes on which the sign is placed. However, such signs may not be higher than 30 feet above ground level and may not contain over 200 1 square feet of advertising space. Budget Committee Discusses Requests The last scheduled meeting of the series of county budget committee is being held today with several of the smaller departments being discussed First department on the agenda this morning was the parks and recreation depart ment. Discussion centered on salaries and requested addi tional personnel. It was still being discussed at noon today. Other departments' budgets scheduled to be reviewed in clude expenses, miscellaneous general county fund, survey or, watermaster, print shop, purchasing, dog control, capi tal improvement fund, dog li cense iund. Jackson county historical fund, and the coun ty school fund Rogue Valley Edition Medford 36 Pages Four Sections House Committee Testimony on Use BARGE AGROUND - This aerial photo shows the listing 300-foot lumber barge Mary Olson after the craft was de liberately beached near Eureka, Calif., Wednesday to save it from sinking. The barge, under tow by the tug San Senator Nelson to Talk at Roosevelt Memorial Dinner Sen. Gaylord Nelson CD Wise. 1 will be the speaker for this year's Roosevelt Memo rial dinner. Jean Mills, chair man o the Jackson County Democratic Central commit tee, announced Wednesday afternoon. Mills received a telephone call from Congressman Rob ert Duncan announcing that he had obtained Senator Nel son as the 1B63 speaker. The dinner will be held May 1 1 to conform with Sen ator Nelson's speaking en gagement itinerary. Nelson is new in the U. S. Senate, having defeated the incumbent, Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wisc), In the last election, but he is not new to politics. He is the only Demo cratic governor to be elected lo two terms in Wisconsin in this century. In his first try for public office in 1946 he ran as a Republican and was defeated. Switches Party After switching to the Dem ocratic party, he was elected to the state Senate in 1948 and was reelected in 1952 and 1956. During most of his years in the Wisconsin legislature, he was Democratic leader in the Senate He was elected governor of Wisconsin in 195B with 53 6 per cent of the vote I and was reelected in 1960. lt' was natural for him to start out as a Republican, a liberal one, for his father was an active supporter of Robert M. LaFollete's Progressive party. His great-grandfather had helped to organize the Republican party. As governor, Nelson at tracted wide attention with his $50,000,000 conservation and wildlife legislation. In his successful campaign against Senator Wiley he crit icized his opponent for h I s opposition to the president's medical care plan and federal aid for teachers' salaries and classrooms. COMMISSION PROPOSED Salem-IUPli-A bill to create s slate boxing and wrestling commission was introduced in Ihe House loday. Kennedy Slugs With Republicans In Apparent Washington President Kennedy today seemed to have found a happy slugging ground with the Republicans the domestic economy of to day as compared with latter years of the Eisenhower ad ministration Barring an economic down turn, the President apparently intends to stay on the same track (or months to come and possibly into the sensitive 1964 election year. The track is simple: for those who would follow GOP urging to cut the lew Frontier budget fo& fis - cal 1964. cast a backward look at the economv of 1958-60. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL AsSeT . BSflcsasB feBBraa 100 Attend Hearing On New Route for Jacksonville Road Jacksonville - About 100 persons crowded Into the Jacksonville city hall last nighl for an informal hearing on the proposed route for re location of the Mediord-Pro- volt highway through Jack sonville. The formal hearing itself was scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, at which time residents and oth er interested persons were en couraged to voice their opin ions concerning the proposed route. A tape recording of the formal hearing will be trans cribed and forwarded lo the late highway commission, it was announced. No formal hearing will be held tonight, however, unless! the afternoon session con-1 linues on into the evening. Those unable to altend this afternoon's session were ad vised lo express iheir views by addressing a letter lo the stale highway commission, Salem, Ore. Oppose Proposed Roula A majority of those al last night's hearing appeared lo oppose the highway depart ment's proposed route, al though several spoke in favor of it. The route would extend somewhat parallel to and south of Jackson creek be tween California and Fifth sts. Between 14 and 16 build ings would have to be remov ed to accommodate the right-of-way. which would be wide Police Cameraman Repulses Negroes Greenwood. Miss. - (UPD About 40 Negroes, headed by comic Dick Gregory, marched j toward the county courthouse today but turned back when a policeman began photo graphing them. The group had moved five blocks from their voter regis tration headquarters in the di rection of the Leflore County Courthouse when a prowl rar pulled alongside and Ihe photographer stepped nut Move To 'Silence' Ike The Chief Executive at his I conference Wednesday shot 1 sparks over an otherwise rou - tine meeting with reporters when asked about budget cuts proposed by former President Dwight D Eisenhower. Kennedy relieved his coun terattack to some extent by picturing the Eisenhower rec ommendations as echoes from a Republican budget director, Maurice Stans. But since Ei senhower stood by the Stans figures. Kennedy said the pro- posed cuts would pitch Amer - 1 ica into a recession and slow ! efforts to overtake Russia in rpace Jacinto, ran into a severe Pacific storm and lost several hundred thousand board feet of lumber after developing a leak in the hull. It was en route to Los Angeles from Coos Bay with 3 million feet of Douglas fir cargo. (UPD 1 enough for a four-lane high- way. L. R. Chandler, Roseburg division engineer for the six counties in southwestern Ore gon, said, however, that prob ably only two lanes would be built at first. Most ol those present telt a bypass 1 for through traffic around the center of Jackson- ville would be desirable, but they disagreed on .what route it should follow. Disputes Contention Sonic felt that fewer houses would have to be removed if the road were run along the north side of Jackson creek, but Al Chapman, locating en gineer on the survey job, dis puted that contention, staling he thought about the same number of buildings would be affected Others suggested that il go around Ihe north end of the Jacksonville cemetery, so as not to separate the cemetery from the rest of the commu nity, but Chapman said he thought that roule would be more expensive than the one surveyed. A bit of "who-dunit" en tered the picture when sev eral persons asked why the proposed highway relocation had been surveyed and brought to a hearing in Just a few weeks. Put Through Rapidly Chandler agreed that Ihej project had been put through rapidly, but said he had no idea why or by whose order. None of the other highway department men present knew how Ihe idea of the re location project started, cither. An attempt was made this morning lo see if two formal hearings could be held today, one in the afternoon as sched- I uled and a second in the eve ning to accommodate tnose unable to get away for the afternoon meeting. t Gary Lee Keys, 708 cerjar St., But Jacksonville Mayor E. told police the vehicle was O. Graham, in a telephone parked at the rear ol his resi conversation with a highway I dence last night, departmen' engineer in Sa-j About 10 p.m., Keys said, lem, was informed that the , he heard the dnor slam. When evening hearing could not ; he investigated, he discovered be held, unless Ihe afternoon a fire In the cab of Ihe truck. hearing continues on into the evening. , Elsenhower recently sup- ported the Stans theory that S13 billion could be cut from ! the new Kennedy budifet j Asked by reporteis for his re action, Kennedy fired back thai while Stans was budget director (and in plain infer - ence. while Eisenhower was president) the country had two recessions, a high uncm- ploymcnt rate, largest peace - time deficit and largest oul flow of gold. "That is not a record we ; plan to duplicate if we can nelp it, tne president said to reporters and a nationwide radio-televis ion A audience. Tribune 4, 1963 Hears Conflicting of Trading 'Court, Sanitary Authority Discuss Pnllufinn fnntrnl . V..M..V.. WV....V. County Judge Earl M. Mil- ler said yesterday afternoon he would have to study the senate hill which would per mil counties to establish pol in uon control ordinances. "The trouble is. It looks as if they are allowing us to establish an ordinance accord I ins! to 'heir rules," Miller said. County Commissioner Don I Faber said he was against such permissive legislation ;mrf want IrrinlHf inn whirh would require air pollution control in all counties. The county court discussed witli representatives of the state sanitary authority a sen ale bill and a possible county coordination with the pro posed Medford air pollution ordinance. Richard E. Hatchard and T. C. Clerow, state sanitary authority, said popula lion growth has made air pollu lion a more critical problem. They referred to a I960 study and air sampling of the Med ford area which showed this area apparently has more particle fallout than Portland or any other Oregon city. Gcrow said an adequate fell pollution ordinance would merely follow up volunteer effort by establishing guide, lines. It should not be for policing, he said. The county court made no commitments but indicated it would study the matter. Arson Investigated In Truck Fire Here Medford police are investi gating the possibility of arson in connection with r fire which caused extensive dam age to a pickup truck last night. The owner of the truck. The possibility that the i blaze might have been caused j by a short in Ihe vehicle's electrics system was dis counted when Keys told ofii cers he had removed the , truck's battery some time ear- llrr Voter Reregittraiion Deadline Today Deadline for rcregiittration for all people who failed to I volc lnc cccuon is 1 o clock tnis afternoon, accord- ' in! ,n ,nc county elections de - i partmcnt j Residents should get their ' cards for reinstatement, prop, crly signed, back to the elec tions deparlmcnl before that deadline, a spokesman said. A note stating that a citizen hopes to be reinstated and the person's signature also would be accepted, it was explained i 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 12 Stamps Business Growth Stimulant Noted By Witnesses Some Say Use Forces Prices Up. Salem - (UPD - Anti-trading stamp witnesses charged Wed nesday stamps deceive the public and force prices up. Those favoring stamps said they arc a stimulant to sound business growth. The conflicting testimony came before the House Plan ning and Development com mittee. The committee is con sidering a bill by Rep. Eugene Hulett (D-Eugene), which would require that stamps be redeemable in cash, and would lax trading sump com panies $5,000 in each county where stamps are distributed. Curbs Fly-by. Night Hulett, a retail grocer who said he did not handle stamps, said his proposed bill would "keep oul fly-by-nighv trad ing stamp companies.'' Jerry Horn, Lebanon, own er of two grocery stores, said U nine.month per,od . to "" k i"ips ana in ?'v.c.Ah "lBmP P e o p 1 e '"'""u" He said he had to borrow - money trom the bank to pay - nla Dills. "My mistake was that I dldl'OM wnatn have Meant i not raise prices," he said, Dr.n Madison. Ralem. t tirrrt .(.ruin. .t.ttn said trading stamps "added ou,d nve '" WW mil- i'i per cent to the cost doing business, Nalhlnn hi SSmSIiIn. He Mid the rmlnniar n.v. I Ih. r don't eel something far mrth. ing." Rep. C. R. Hoyt (R-Corval- lis) said the buying public UffJ. "f,wi ' hi' clum.,, U. added "I think stamp compa nies are a legitimate source of stale revenue.'" Sperry & Hutchinson (SoVH) Company District Sales Man ager John Haworth said there were 2. Sin. 3&H stamp nutlets in Oregon, and that stamps "stimulated business for the merchants." He termed a $5,000 per county tax as restrictive. S&H Attorney R. B Bulll vant said "the purpose of this bill is lo stop the use of stamps in Oregon. ' Charges Denied He said stamp companies should not be "singled out for special taxation," and denied charges that merchants using trading stamps had to in crease their prices. Mrs. C. C. Cranslon. direc tor of the Portland Children's Center, said the center was using a "group saving plan" lo buy a school bus. "This Is a llfcsaver to us, people arc donating their slamps. We need 5l)h-i books books for the bus." About 80 persons witnessed the two -hour hearing. The committee took no action on the proposal. TEST SITE PICKETED Ncvade Test Site - IIPP -A crippling general strike of 16 unions today brought work to a halt at the sprawling atomic proving ground. Bloodmobile Visit Is Scheduled Next Week The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Medford at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Haw- . . ,, thorne ave . Monday. April 8. from 2 to 6 pm. and again Tuesday. April 9. from 10 a.m. untn 2 p m It will be at the VFW hall i in Shady Cove Wednesday. ; npru iu, imm o iu i p.m. j mrs. j. . Duma, oimm 1 program chairman, stressed that the Bloodmobile will not visit Ashland this month and j regular donors from that area should arrange appointments and 21 years of age must have during the Medford visit. ' a .vritten consent from their Quota for the visit In Med-1 parents or guardian, ford is 330 pints and in Shady j Transportation and baby Cove 100 pints. Contributions : sitters will be available for during the winter Bloodmo-1 persons wishing these serv blle visits have fallen short ot ; ices Cw.. CUJ! i uu-i muiiiy Board Appointed To Study Dispute Group To Moot Next Thursday Washington -fllTO- President Kennedy has blocked a threat ened nation - wide railroad strike for at least 60 days by appointing a three-man emer gency board to investigate the dispute over work rules. The President named the special fact - finding board Wednesday night in the final step available under the Na tional Railway Labor Act to prevent a walkout. The ac tion automatically bars a strike for 60 days. The executive order also blocks the railroads from carrying out work rule changes during the 60 day period. Chairman Named Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, special counsel to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, was named chairman of the board which will meet in Washington a week from today to begin dis cussions. The two other members of the panel are veteran labor mediators. They are Prof. Nathan Feinsinger of the Uni versity of Wisconsin L School and Dr. Clark Kerr. president of the University of California. Can Abolish Jobs The controversy over what the railroads call featherbed ding reached the showdown stage when the Supreme Court ruled that the com panies were free to abolish thousands of Jobs which had been protected by long-standing union rules. Five operating unions rep- n-seniing aoout 2uu,uoo rail road workers viewed the dis- tl;c!r -.mhm M mWLm r-STL"' at the oniy jobs they know. Jobs Held Unneeded Tor tha railroads, It question of whether they : would be allowed to eliminate nl;,'!,ry "" at vi - a n sal 1 1 iwyi mated that tha rule ehar of lion a year at ilea are aat stiffen Ins competition ,rom 0U' of t I tttlOTX I under changes the pJMe" Proposed to pot into effect, between 69.000 enrf wouw eum" Changes in Traffic Signs Scheduled Changes in the operation of two traffic signals on Jackson st. will be made Friday morn Ing, City Engineer Vernon Thorpe said today. A three-phase signal at Riv erside ave. and Jackson st., designed to control east bound traffic on Jackson st. attempt ing to turn onto Riverside ave, will be changed to a standard two-phase operation. Thorpe said. It has been determined , by traffic studies at that inter section, Thorpe said, that con tinued use of the left turn arrow is not justified. A sign will be substituted for the turn arrow which will advise motorists attempting to turn onto Riverside ave. that they must yield to oncoming traffic on Jackson st. The hours of operation of a "No Left Turn" sign at Third and Jackson sts. will be changed on a trial basis. Formerly the sign operated from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Begin ning Friday morning, the sign will only be in operation from 4 to 6 p.m., Thorpe said. A Hashing amber sign will also he In operation to urge motor ists to exercise caution at tha intersection. the quota, but Mrs. Burba ex- j pressed confidence that this " wuu,a su.cce8fIU,1:, . Persons may donate blood jn tnp name of : organization they wish during 'the Bloodmobile visit and ap- pointments may be made tn advance by telephoning 773- 3813. Appointments are not j necessary nowever, ana arop- ; in oonors win De welcomed, I according to Mrs. Burba, Persons between IB and 59 I years of age are eligible to donate, but those between 18
