$1 1 .5 Million One-Shot Money
Bill Passed by Oregon House
BODIES REMOVED Rescue workers are
shown removing bodies from a bus which
went out of control and rolled down a slope
into the Feather River Canyon about 18
Reno Authorities
Seeking Slayer
01 British Skier
Reno - DPI) - Puzzled Reno
police, trying to find the slay
er of British skier Sonja Mc
Caskie, 24, today awaited re
sults of laboratory and finger
print tests to provide a lead.
"We're pinning our hopes
on reports from the pathology
lab and a fingerprint check
by the FBI in Washington,"
Detective Sgt. Carl Shoemak
er said.
The body of the attractive
blonde divorcee was discov
ered Friday night in her Reno
apartment.
Washoe County Disl. Atty.
William Raggio, heading the
investigation, hinted that a
break might come in the case
this afternoon. He said that
more than 40 persons, includ
ing the skier's ex - husband,
had been questioned.
No Motive Uncovered
Raggio said that as yet no
motive for the killing has
been discovered.
Jeff Schmidt, 31, ex-husband
of the Scottish - born
Miss McCaskie, was given a
lie-detector test along with
four other persons. Police said
results of the test cleared all
five of any complicity in the
slaying.
Miss McCaskie, who work
ed as a secretary for a Reno
meat-packing company, com
peted for Great Britain in the
1960 Winter Olympic Games
at Squaw Valley. Calif. She
came to the United States as
a child.
Draft Goldwater
Movement Started
Washington-(UPP - Forma
tion of a draft-Goldwater-for-prcsident
movement was an
nounced here today.
Peter O'Donnell Jr., Repub
lican state chairman of Tex
as, and Mrs. lone F. Harring
ton, Republican national com
mittecwoman from Indiana,
said they will be cochairman
of the national draft-Gold-water
committee.
O'Donnell and Mrs. Har
rington told a news confer
ence they had not consulted
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz.) about forming the com
mittee. Goldwater previously
had requested those wanting ! Ilea DCIOrc snarling pu
hira to run for the presidency'1 dogs held on leashes by
to give him a year to consider police. Several persons were
whether he wanted to make i bitten.
the race or not. I Others climbed on top of
Pnrlrc Rperpatian
Meeting Postponed -
The regular meeting of the i
Medford park:--?nd recreation dog with a knife. Police fiscal year makes it neces
commission has been post-! chief Jamie Moore twisted I sary to hold all budgets down,
poncd from this Wednesday j the knife from his hand. I lie explained then. The county
to April 17, according to Rob-' Twentv-six Negroes, some budget committee feels the
crt L. Haworth. parks and
recreation director.
The change was made,
Haworth said, so the com
mission could meet with a
representative from Royston
Mayes, Hanamoto and Beck,
a San Francisco planning
firm, who will be in Med -
1 tul ! ? In r.niur.l
oreliminarv plans for the re-
development of Hawthorne
park.
NORTH VIETNAMESE SAID
We.hinalon-'lPIThe Uniled Stales said today there are
"indications" that Communis! North Vietnamese military
personnel are .upoortlna local Communist troops who have
resumed fighting in Laos.
. nns'urwT
DEFENSE PREPARING FOR TFX PAYMENT
Washington-lPI-The Defense Depsrlmenl preparing o
make a $23 million payment to General Dynamics Corp. in
il.i u.- ntantinn nt p.v.rnna award
turther evidence ine. i. --
oi the TFX warplane contract.
ADVANCED VERSION OF
Cape Canaveral. Fla. - IH
, ..rtinn ol
.. . :, . .k.
sue t.uuu m
im TtjnED IN BUS WRECK
u,... w.h in-Eiaht children end two adults were
. . r J , ..u;..
ran off the highway and hit
west ol here.
Eighth Person Dies
As Result of Bus
Crash in California
Oroville, Calif. - lUPD - An
eighth person died Sunday as
a result of injuries received
when a Geryhound bus plum
meted into Feather River
Canyon Saturday.
The latest victim of the ac
cident was Verner Scott, 84,
a retired University of
Nevada professor of agricul
ture. His wife also died in the
accident on rain-washed High
way 40-Altcrnatc.
One person remained in
critical condition at Oroville
Medical Center and 12 others
were hospitalized with in
juries. Going 'Too Fast'
The California Highway
Patrol said the bus, carrying
23 passengers, was traveling
"too fast for conditions" when
it skidded off the highway
and plunged over a 100-foot
cliff.
Capt. Ralph Walker of the
patrol said there were no skid
marks on the highway. He
said his investigation was con
ducted "largely on statements
from witnesses."
The bus was en route from
Reno to San Francisco. It had
bypassed the more direct
route via Highway 40 in fav
or of the scenic trip through
the rugged Feather River
area. A heavy rain was fall
ing at the time of the acci
dent. The site of the tragedy was
Jarbo Gap, about 20 miles
northeast of Oroville, on a
winding section of the down
hill grade leading into Oro
ville. End-Over-End
Survivors told patrol inves
tigators that a sudden gust
of wind sent the bus tumbling
end ovcr-end down the preci
pice. The crumpled bus came to
rest in a muddy cow pasture
Dogs Used To Chase
Praying Negroes
Birmingham, Ala. - (UPD -Patrolmen
and police dogs
broke up a Palm Sunday anti
segregation "prayer pilgrim
age" Sunday and sent 600 Ne
groes scurrying.
Screaming demonstrators
i automobiles to get a way
from the dogs.
the ground after police said '
he had tried to kill a police i
who knelt to pray, were ar
rested when they did not heed
police warnings to move.
NATO PLAN ATTACKED
Moscow UPD - The Soviet
Union, in notes to the United
States and otner western r.a-
tions. attacked the proposed
i W A Tn nuplpar fnrrn toHitV
i and hinted to retaliatory
' measures if the West Ger-,
' mans receive nuclear arms.
IN LAOS
........ -
POLARIS LAUNCHED
- The Navy today successfully
ii lona-rsnae Polaris A3 mil-
i.iantir Or.in.
.k.m rm Palm Sundav services
a leiepnone poie aooui a mne
a
miles north of Oroville. Calif., Saturday.
Eight persons were killed and at least 20
injured. UP1)
at the base of the cliff.
Dtlu llla ajr.usx, ;
MemifedReas0' !
laenimea as. t
Howard A. Humphreys. 49, j
Reno, the driver: Kenneth
Yingltng 23 Oroville. Calif.;
Ethel M. McEwan. 60. San j
rriuLisco, ora Bene Chris-
ty. 68, Reno; Lars Ness, 79,
Portola, Calif., and Mrs.
Betha Alma Morris, 74, Eagle
wood, Colo.
Miller Replies to
Statement Made
By Library Board
County Judge Earl M. j highway construction. Truck
Miller this morning angrily crs have long argued they
Sfrom the board of the Publ
iook issue witn a statement I
Library of Medford and Jack
son county in Sunday's Mail
Tribune.
"I blew my top yesterday
and called Omar (Librarian
Omar Bacon) on the phone. I
told him this statement was
not giving the public a true
picture. If he wants publicity
we'll give him a front page
story!"
Other budget committee
members agreed with Miller
that a second meeting should
be held with representatives
of the library board "to get
this thing straightened out."
Committee members also said
that the county should not
sign a contract with the li
brary if it is going to curtail
services.
The county judge said he
had received many telephone
calls from local residents pro
testing the board's threatened
curtailment of school servi
ces. The statement from the
board said the Jacksonville
library will be reduced from
30 to 20 hours per week un
der the pared program; re
quests of school students at
the branch libraries will not
be forwarded to headquart
ers; special classroom collec
tions of books to schools will
be eliminated, and student
use of the headquarters li
brary will be limited in some I
way.
Position Explained
T.act u-f.pk the rniinlv iiiHw
called the librarian to meet :
with the county court to ex-!
r,i i th ntfi nrf h,,rfooi I
step pay increases for all
county employees the next
greater wage increases pro
posed for the library staff
under the new city of Med
ford pay scale arc unjustified,
Bacon was told.
At last week s meeting
Bacon said he had to hire two
rtjcr
teachers to maintain
j and help students studying
I in Iha lihrarv al nioht Prtiin.
: ty Commissioner Don Faber
said the school libraries j
should be kept open for stu
dent study.
This morning Miller re
marked that the county's ai-
I location to the library budget
j has increased from $31,000 to
S73.000 in two years. Only
j 20 cent of the current over
all budget request (the city
of Medford contributes, also)
is for books.
If books are needed we
... ... .. unt iH
. -Perhaps thc county should
conijder cstabishjng a county
library in the future," Com-
missioner Faber suggested
,hjs jr(, ou, firs,
(q
thinking we are
going to build a new county
IlkMm ' Miller an.uiarnH
EXERCISE PLANNED
Tampa. Fla. - X'PI
- The
U.S. Strike Command an-
nounced today it will conduct
I an exercise involving some
40.000 Army and Air Force
men in tho YaWma. Wash.,
and
area Deiween Apru ju
2"
Hatfield Wins
Truck Tax Vote
In State Senate
Levy Reduced
For Large Trucks
Salem - WPP - The Senate
voted unanimously today to
revise Oregon's truck mile
tax schedule as proposed b
Gov. Mark Hatfield.
The bill raises the weight '
mile tax for smaller trucks,
and reduces the levy for large I
trucks.
The "flat fee" option fea
ture for log truckers was in
creased 15 per cent.
Tlln kill nr.... n Ik.
House
Leader' An-
(hony yturrj (R.0nUrio) said
the measure had the approval
of the governor, the highway
department and the trucking
industry
He said whilp lh revised
fee schedule would indicate a
S500.000 a year loss in rev
enues, increased use of hich-
' ways by trucks would offset
I the loss.
from the weight mile tax in
1E62 was S16.7 million, and
due to increased volume
should be about $17.5 million
this year.
The weight mile tax is de
signed so truckers will pay
about one-third the cost nf
were paying more than one-
third the cost
A bill to change the truck
mile tax was approved by the
1961 legislature, but vetoed
by the governor. Hatfield said
he wanted to see results of
road tests being conducted in
Illinois before the rates were
changed.
Yturri said the measure ap
proved in the Senate today
represented a "compromise"
between the 1961 bill, and
results of the Illinois tests
Two Teen-Agers
Treated After
Sunday Accident
Two Medford youngsters
were treated as out-patients
Sunday afternoon after they
were injured when the motor
bike they were riding hit a
bump and careened out of
control at the entrance to an
alley on 13th St., according
to city police.
Injured were the driver of
the vehicle, Manfred Bruno
Stamm, 16, of 1315 West Main
St., and his passenger, Tela
Mae Bell, 15, of 944 South
Ivy st.
Police said the girl was
u,,rown ,lrom lnc motoroiKe
YVIIl'Il II Illl llll' UUIIIM, UUl
boy struggled to regain con
trol of the vehicle for about
10? feet before crashing into
i a tence. ine acciaent occurred
about 2:42 p.m.
ryucc disu ukviwu
two
other vehicle accidents Sun
day and two Saturday. No
injuries were reported, offi
cers said.
B. M. Knotz, route 3, box
226B, reported to police that
his car was struck and dam
aged by an unidentified ve
hicle about 2:15 a.m. Sunday
while it was parked at 1225
North Riverside ave.
Sheridan Wilson Scott, 129
While Oak dr., notified police
I that his car was damaged by
an uniaeniinea vcnicic aooui
11:55 p.m. Sunday while it
j was. Parked m a lot at iJJU
Crater Lake ave
Vehicles operated by Betty
Lou Grissom. 33, of 871 Swing
lane, and Leonard Talmadge
Harris. 41. Horsecreek, Calif.,
collided about 8:39 p.m. Sat
urday al Central ave and
Fourth si. Harris was cited j feel tall with brown hair and no orthard heating was inter
ior disobeying a traffic sig-1 blue eyes, entered the grocery rUpU.d thjS mrning when
nal. about 9 p.m. when the propri-1 ,,, healers were fired in a
Chester Glenn Bowies, ait)
Chestnut si . reported to po -
lice that his car was damaged
by an unidentified vehicle
Ome time between 3:15 p.m.
and 7:45 p m. Saturday while
it was parked in a lot at
West Main si. and North Oak
dale ave.
Civil Delen$e Power
; Fyfension AoDroved
" '
Salem - UTt
The Senate
todav aDnroved
and sent to
the governor lor signature, a
measure to extend the gover-
nur's civil defense emergency
powers for two years, and
three Port of Portland bills
to authorize the port to ex-
tend ils boundaries, construct
wharves, and develop water
Regional Edition
MEDFORD
20 Pages Two Sections
Rusk Renews
To Resist Red
SEATO Meeting
Hears Secretary
Promise Victory
South Viet Nam
Fight Seen Bitter
Paris -WPP- U. S. Secretary
! of State Dean Rusk warned
sion and aggression still con-
stitute a major threat to peace
in Southeast Asia.
With strong backing from
the British and French, he
pledged the United States
would resist Communist ag
gression threats "wherever
they arise."
Rusk said the United States
has a "vital interest" in main
taining the independence of
embattled South Vict Nam,
where American troops are
helping fight the Communists.
Victory Undoubted
The struggle may be pro
tracted and bitter, he said "but
we have no doubt of ultimate
victory."
Rusk addressed the opening
session of a three-day meeting
of the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization Council of Min
isters. He spoke before meeting
with French President Charles
de Gaulle and Premier Geor
ges Pompidou In what appear
ed to be a determined effort
by both the United States and
France to lift their relations
out of their current deep
freeze.
A preliminary talk w i t li
French Foreign Minister Mau
rice Couve de Murville Sun
day was described by Ameri
can officials as "cordial and
friendly."
Broad Field Discussed
They discussed a broad field
of issues ranging from Berlin
and the European Common
Market crisis to President
Kennedy's plan for an inter
allied nuclear force in NATO.
American sources said
Couve de Murville showed
'some interest" in the nuclear
force project, though he said
France still wants to know
many more details.
De Gaulle was reported by
French government sources to
have decided on a display of
diplomatic "charm" to prove
to his partners, particularly
the United States, that France
remains a loyal member of
the Western Alliance, despite
recent bitter disagreements
over nuclear policy ana tne
torpedoing of the Common
Market talks with Britain last
January.
Roseburg, Medford
Robberies Similar
Medford city police learned
today that an armed bandit.
matcning ine oescripiion oi
a Ill-Ill WHO III Ml Up INI Ml'"
tcria Super Market here Fri
day niglit, robbed a Roseburg
grocery at gun point Sunday
and escaped witli about
$2,500, much of it in checks.
Roseburg police said the
man, described as about six
eior was aione aim new nun
1 up with an automatic pistol
He escaped without a trace, ; o'clock as the temperatures 1 legislature to a farmer s ac
Roseburg officers said. approached 28 degrees In .he livity, "nothing to show until
The gunman was believed j coldest spots. Orchardisls put j harvest time."
to be thc same one who es-, out their heaters about 8 a m
caped from thc Groceteria Orchardists must hold . ,
with about $1,800 around 9 temperatures at 30 degrees President Opens
p.m. Friday after holding a due to the full hloom stage Pnt-I,nI cMuln
number of store employees at
bey lor several minutes with
a chrome-plated, hammcrlessl
pistol. I
Medford police said today
thev had checked out a num
her of area suspects over the
week end. but none of the.
ipads nrnveri fruitful.
1 CONFERENCE OPENS
Yakima. Wash. - UT1 - The
Pacific Northwest I radt A(
- ' sociation opened its 49th gen
iral conference here Sunday,
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 8,
STUDENTS KILLED Three Central Michi
gan University students were killed Sunday
and 12 other persons were injured when a
portion of this brick wall collapsed on them.
WEATHER
FOKFC.XST: Skirt, - prln tii
nijrht. Fatchy early morning tog
In vn1lpys; othrrwloe, fnlr and
mild Tuesday. Low tunlclit nrar
30. High Tuesday 0-65.
Trmp.
IflRtiest Yesterday .17
Low oil 'Ins MnrnltiR . J2
l'reclp. to 10 a.m. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . ..m,
Minnsc tomorrow ilit a.m.
IMoonrlhc today 6:1.1p.m.
t nil .'Moon today 1:47 p.m.
Splca is tlie star seen near Hie
Moon tonight. 110 light years
away, this star Is actually i i
times as hrighl an the Ktin.
Courthouse Budget
a I a Lawrence ol nrauia, a,
ADorovcd bv brouDlmu,ii mii,ion d,ur spectacle
nrr""v" ' w ,WMr filmed abroad, was expected
The county budget commit- to ije5t picture honors,
tee this morning approved , should Miss Davis win for
$56,529 as the corrected al- her role in "What Ever Hap
location for courthouse ex-1 pencd to Baby Jane?" she will
penscs and went on to the
seven other budgets it hopes
to approve this week.
The approved allocation is
S1.716 more than presented
I and 52,848 more than the cur
rant year's allocation.
Main budget items are sal
aries, heating oil. building re
' pairs and supplies-
Ail salaries for janitors, I
the gardener and telephone
operator were increased one
slcp
oil was left at
Heating
$6,000, building repairs at
$4,500 and supplies were in-
creased from $3,100 lo $3.50U
Few Heaters Lighted
As Temperatures Dip
Almost -a week's ncriod of
i ft.w areas.
Heating started about 3:30
when the buds are pretty ten-
der. it was noted.
April 2 was thc last umc i
orchard heating was reported -
prior lo this morning
SHOULD SHARE IDEALS
Boston -itPt - America
snouia snare its locals Willi
' 'he world and show by exam-
pie that poverty can be con-
quered through technology.
- ! eaucainn'i aim mvvniiuu. oc:i
- ! Wayne Morse (D-Orc ) said
today
Tribune
U.S. Pledge
Aggression
Favorites
For Academy Awa rds
Selection
Santa Monica, Calif. - (UPD -
Belle Davis and Katharine I
Hepburn, two of Hollywood's
grand dames, were sentiment
a favorites to win the best
actress Oscar tonight at the
3 5th annual Academy
Awards.
be the first actress in his-
lory to collect three Oscars.
A victory for Miss Hepburn in
"Long Day's Journey into
Night" would span 30 years
Opposition Seen to
State Tax Increases
; Salem
lUfl - There is grasa
I roots opposition to any majo
iriTcasc in slate income taxes,
I Senate President Ben Musa
(D-Thc Dalles) said today.
He said "The Ways and
; Means committee has a pro
found understanding of what
the people back home want,"
and added "the legislators are
closer to the people than any -
one else."
He said thc House Tax com-
mitlce was not treating light -
ly" a propos i
income taxes.
He likened the present
Washington-'UPl - President
Kennedy unlcased a right- -handed
throw that almost
went into thc dirt today to I
inaugurate thc 1963 major
league opening baseball game
between the Baltimore Orioles
and the Washington Senators
Kennedy's ceremonial open
ing pitch waH wide to thc
left and low. Washington
catcher Ken Rclzer snagged
; it with hij bare hand only a
few inches from the ground.
58th Year Price 1 0 Cents
1963
No. 15
They were trapped in the debris of the burn
ing structure, pur! of a five-story complex
next to the campus, as they were watching
firemen fighting the blaze. (UPD
Listed
Tonight
between awards for the voter-
an actress
Gregory Peck (To Kill a
Mockingbird) and Jack Lem-
mon (Days of Wine and Roses)
were expected to wage a spir
ited battle (or the best actor
award.
Both stars will be among
the movie heroes and bejew
cled glamor girls who debark
from limousines for Holly
wood's biggest blowout of the
year.
Nominees, presenters and
past winners were lo gather
at Civic Auditorium overlook
ing the Pacific Ocean for the
nationwide telecast and broad
cast (ABC-TV 7 p.m. PST)
honoring the artistic achieve
ments of the movies for 1962.
Frank Sinatra leads the
star-studded stream of celeb
rities as master of ceremonies
with such other popular fa
vorites as Joan Crawford,
Olivia DcHavilland, Ginger
KOgerl and c,va iviarie aaiiu
on hand to present glittering
statuetls to the winners.
For the first time in acad
emy annals all presentations
will be made by past Oscar
winners, including the four
performers who won lasl
! year. Sophia Loren. Maximill
- an Schcll, Rilo Moreno and
George Chakins.
, . e a
Week End
Lives of Four
By United Press International
Four persons died in traffic j
accidents in Oregon during !
the week end. The deaths
were recorded Sunday
Leslie Walter, 23, Scio, and j
Oregon Traffic Toll
April 1-8, 1963: 8
April I S. 1982: 5
To April 8, 1963: 121
To April 8, 1962: 97
his daughter, Margaret, 3,
were killed In a two-car col
lision on State Highway 226,
about Vi miles south of Sclo.
His wife, Nona. 21, wascrit-
T !.4I T-w
uyaicnc i qa
Debate Opens;
Motion Opposed
Withholding Tax
Payment Speeded
Salem - (UPD - The House
passed an $11.3 million one
shot revenue bill today and
opened debate on a cigarette
tax.
The House rejected an ef
fort to send both bills back
to committee.
The one shot bill would
speed up payment to the state
of withholding taxes. It would
involve employers who with
hold at least $100 a month -about
7,000 of the state's 52,-
000 employers.
The speed-up means an es
timated $11.5 to $13 million
would be collected before the
end of the 1963-65 blennlum
instead of just after the end
of the blennlum.
Basttt Object.
Rep. Sidney Bazett R-
Grants Pass) objected It would
take $72 million out of cir
culation over the blennlum.
putting it instead in the state's
coffers where It would earn
interest at only low rates.
Rep. Richard Eymann (D-
Marcola), who carried the bill,
noted the state must raise
some $60 million in new rev
enues in the next blennlum to
balance a budget that will
fall between $385 and $405
million.
He said the one-shot bill
would mean raising that
much less in "permanent"
new taxes. The one shot bill
passed 33-28 and went to the
Senate.
The speed up means the em
ployers Involved will remit
withholding taxes to the state
monthly Instead ot quarterly.
Move Unsuccessful
Debate on the cigarette tax
bill came after Rep. Joe Bog
era (R-lndependence) moved
unsuccessfully to send it back
to committee,
Rogers, a sales tax advo
cate, said he objected, how
ever, to a "selective sale tax
of cigarette." He said the
proposal did not have any
property tax offset features.
Rogers said the House was
putting "the cart before the
horse" by acting without hav
ing the rest of a tax program
before it.
Reward Announced
For Information
Jacksonville A $50 re
ward is being offered for In
formation leading to the ar
rest and conviction of thc per
son or persons responsible lor
damaging thc Jacksonville
cemetery, Jacksonville Police
Chief Frank Carter an
nounced this morning.
The reward money is being
olfered by a private individ
ual, Carter said. Anyone with
Information about the case
should contact Jacksonville
police at 899-1231.
About $500 worth of dam
age was discovered in the
cemetery last week. Forty
five tombstones were knocked
over. Many of them were
broken, some beyond repair.
At present police have no
leads on Ihc case, Carter said.
Slate police are working with
him on it.
1 60 Smelt Consumed
To Win Bating Contest
Kelso, Wash. - (UPD - Fred
Lautermilch, a maintenance
worker from Vancouver,
Wash., ate 160 smelt in a
little over two hours Sunday
to win the sixth annual smelt
eating title here.
Lautermilch defeated de
lending champion Gene Van
Der Zanden of Troutdale,
Ore., by one smelt.
mm es p
tojc Takes
in Oregon
Ically injured. She was taken
Eugene hospital. Taken
lo hospital at Stayton were
a younger daughter and four
Albany youths In the other
car-
mrs. L,aura Aaonsen,
wmthrop, Wash., died in a
one-car crash on U.S. High
way 30 one mile north of St.
Helena, The car went off the
highway and slammed into a
rock bank.
Her husband, Lelf, 33, was
seriously injured and was
taken to a St. Helens hospital.
Kent Tilllnghast, 56, Eu
gene, was killed in a two-car
collision on a Lane county
road 10 miles west, of Eugene.