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Newspaper Page TextCigarette Tax Measure Returned To Committee OSCAR WINNERS Oscar award winners are shown at the 35th annual Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. From left, Gregory Peck was named best actor for his role in "To Kill a Mockingbird"; Patty Duke best actress In a supporting role for Academy Award List Santa Monica, Calif .- (UPI) -1 Best music score, substan-.sic Man, by Ray Heindorf, Oscar winners at the 35th an-1 lially original: Lawrence of I Warner Bros, nual Academy Awards pre- Arabia, Maurice Jarre, Co- Best achievement, short sentation Monday night wure; i lumbia. j subjects, cartoons: The Hole, Best picture: Lawrence of ! Best scoring of music, adap- John and Faith Hubley. Arabia, a Sam Spiegel-David talion or treatment; The Mu- ! (Continued on page A-13) Lean production, Columbia. , Best performance by an ac tress: Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Workers, United Ar tists. Best performance by an ac tor: Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird, Universal Inter national. Best performance by an ac tress in a supporting roic. , Hatty Duke, ine Miracie Worker, United Artists. j Best performance by an ac-! tor in a supporting role: Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth, MGM. Best achievement in sound: Lawrence of Arabia, Colum bia. Best achievement in special effects: The Longest Day. Robert McDonald and Jacques Maumont. 20th Century Fox. tsesi acnicvemem ill uuu editing: Lawrence of Arabia, Anne Coatcs, Columbia Best achievement in docu mentary production features: Black Fox, Image Produc tions, Inc. Best achievement in docu mentary, short subjects: Dy lan Thomas, produced by T. W. W. Limited. Janus Films. Low Wafer Runoff Expected in Area "The lowest since 1947" is the Medford weather bureau's forecast of runoff for the April-September period in wa ter flows at key points in the ! Klamath. Rogue and Umpqua basins, Robert Church, me- j teorologist at the station, re- ported today. Monthly precipitation and' temperature were both slight ly below average in this area. Church stated. Month - end storms, however, provided much needed precipitation which prevented a further re duction in runoff forecasts. Key forecasts of residual runoff for the April-September period we-e listed by the weather bureau as follows: Upper Klamath lake, net in- flow 352,000 acre feet or 5H ro.ro. Rnoup river below South Fork 540.- Nelson referred to financial , the game commission man 000 acre feet or 72 per cent; I cutbacks ordered at the State j agemeni program involving North Umpqua below Lemolo ' hospital as a major reason for ' feed, range capacity, hunting reservoir. 118.000 acre feet or j his departure. j pressure, damage control and . "i taar thai tun am ijiUinn ' ratio of bucks and does. The la." summer flow in all streams of the Great Ba - fin and southwestern Oregon is expected to be lower than has been experienced in many ) cars. Church noted. NiWS&iBMEFS SENATE APPROVES WILDERNESS BILL ii, ,.!,,! in Th, Senate todav overwhelmingly pass ed a bill to preserve millions as part ot a vast national wilderness sysiem. i ne measure now goes to the House, where it fscei an uncertain fate. COMMUNIST COMMITTEE TO MEET Moscow-lPI-The Soviet Communist party's powerful Central Committee will meet here May 28 for a major re view of ideological qutslions. it was announced today. WIFE OF COLUMNIST DIES .w York-iri-Mrs. Charlene Wnghtsm.n Cassim. wit. of society columnist Igor C.isini. died today ol an apparent nl.vrfo.. of harbiturstes. overdose of b.rb.tur.l.s. MIGRANT EXTENSION ADVANCED Washinoton-tPI-The House agriculture subcommittee on manpower today advanced bill extending the Mexican migrant labor program for two more years. if her part in "The Miracle Worker", actress Joan Crawford, who accepted the Oscar for Anne Bancroft as best actress for her role in "The Miracle Worker" and Ed Begley, best supporting actor for his part in "Sweet Bird of Youth." (UPI) Chairman of Board Defends Request for Increased "The library should be like , home likc m t e r. We I shouldn-t have to defend it!" Dr. John T. Brandenburg, j chairman of the board, Public ! Library of Medford and Jack-; son county, told the county budget committee this morn ing. He and six other members of the board were defending a statement in which they pre dicted curtailment of library services if the county failed . i,. ifs olWotlnn liu,.arv ,, Kllb.D!1',. uv I every established standard, by ihose of the American Library association and in comparison with other Oregon counties," Dr. Brandenburg said. "This (the board) is the source of any re-discussion and not the librarian," he added. "We want a high class- budget priority. Every year we have to go through this ! acrimony the get money! Ex cept for the last four years not enough money has been put in." Budget Committeeman Gor don Hudson and County Judge Earl M. Miller asked Dr. Brandenburg, "Who in the county is being hurt'.'" People of outlying districts are not complaining about any lack uf services or books, the coun- ty judge said. i State Hospital Assistant Resigns Salem - 'UPI - The assistant superintendent of the Oregon State hospital said today ne is resigning, partly because of cutbacks in service at the mental hospital. Dr. Herbert L. Nelson, who ...j tl, hnamltnl vluff 12 years ago. said he is leaving earlj in June to make a men- . i u.Hu , T,.fa a step backwards by this econ - 1 omy move." he said. "This is limiting the work that we would like to do. We have i only so mucn sian ana can go only so far with it." of acres of scenic public lands -I'AV: m mm Budget The library board said pop- ulation and cost spiral makes a budget increase necessary. The county minimum wage is si. 35 per hour whereas branch librarians receive S1.27 per hour, the board said. School libraries arc not open ! when hiLM, schnnl and collect1 students need to do research, in listing other points, which also included the fact that more than 20,000 county resi dents have library cards, and if requested increases are granted the library system will have 100,000 books in two or three years, when the budget can be leveled off. The budget committee point ed out that the library is one of many departments and each feels it is most important. The library board is asking ! the county for an $87,752 alio- cation, compared to the $73. 943.04 this year and now set by the budget committee for the new fiscal year. The city of Medford will be asked for S52.232 compared to the cur rent $44,266, as its share of the total proposed budget of $151,933. Commission Event in Medford Tonight Hunters of the southern Oregon area will have oppor tunity to give their views on big game hunting at 7:30 o'clock tonight, when state game commissioners will con duct an informal public meeting in the Jackson coun ty extension service audito rium. Certain to be aired is the controversy over doe hunting seasons. Many hunters maintain i that state deer population is disappearing and blame the ; doc seasons which are part of ! The meeting is sponsored Dy the game commission as ; onc 0( a series prior to the ; big game hearing May 24 in peruana wnen icniauvc reg ulatiuns will be drawn for next fall's hunts- Churchill Made Honorary Citizen Washington-'UPl'-President Kennedy today formally de- dared Sir Winston Churchill, 88. an honorary citizen of the United States, hailing him as 'the most honored and honor- able man to walk the stage of human history" in modern times. In his acceptance statement read by his son. Randolph. Churchill said: "Tlie honor which you now accord me is without parallel I accept it with deep gratitude and af- feetion." Kennedy termed Churchill egn own tinic -By I adding his name to our rolls, we mean to honor him but his acceptance honors us far more." the President said. Regional Edition MEDFORD 20 Pages Canadian Vote Falls Short of Bare Minimum Montreal -WPII-Liberal lead er Lester B. Pearson, 65, had the most seats but no assur ance of forming the new gov ernment today following Can ada's second indecisive nation al election in 1 1 months. Pearson, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who campaigned in favor of acquiring nuclear arms and maintaining the "closest possible" relations with the United States, emerged from Monday's bal loting with 127 seats. Six Seals Short It was 30 more than Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Conservatives were able to hold. But it was still six short of the bare minimum for a majority in the 2ti5-seat House of Commons. Official recounts and the ! separately taken votes of 140,- 000 servicemen - to be reieas-1 ed next week end - could change one or two of the closer races, but it was ex tremely unlikely even the heavily pro - liberal service vote could swing enough seats to make a majority. The failure of either of the major parties to win a clear majority left the balance of power - as it was in the last Parliament - with two splin ter groups, the right-wing So cial Credit and the socialist New Democrats. Minor Parties Slip The Social Credits, w b o failed dismally in their all- out bid to capture most of French-Canadian Quebec's 75 seats, ended up with only 24 seats. This is a drop of six from the last Parliament. The New Democrats were down 20 at 17. While the most obvious move seemed a switch from a Conservative to a Liberal minority government, it was anything but certain that such would be the case. Diefenbaker. who will re- House in Talent Is Gutted by Blaze Talent -A house at the Tal ent junction of Highway 91) and Colver rd. was gutted by fire Monday afternoon. The occupants of the house, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Dave Butts, were not home when the fire was discovered about 2 p.m. yesterday. Both the Talent city and rural fire trucks responded to the alarm. The house was inside the city limits. Firemen were able to save only a refrigerator, and it was damaged by smoke. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined, but smoke was initially seen com ing from around the chimney, according to reports, leading to the belief that it might have started as a flue fire. Unrtlanfl NllfCA T VIIIUIIU MUl JV Murder Victim Portland -WPli- A 22-year old Multnomah County Hos- I . " wa,s dead Monday and a deputy coroner said she apparently had been strangled. Thi vicli.T, umv. Marv Fr; ran- i ces Reid, whose body Killed by Lommitlee found lying face down behind Salem - UPH - Bills to re- the breakfast bar in her neat ; district Oregon's eongression north Portland apartment al districts and to make sage Police said there were no brush the state flower and the signs of a struggle. i jackrabbit the stale animal Deputy Coroner Ted Lucas , were killed Monday in the said a preliminary autopsy in-; House Planning and Develop dicaled tlie young woman had t ment committee. been strangled, possibly with i a rope or something of a sim- : ilar nature. i The bodv was found Mon - day afternoon by the victim's mother and her sister, who en tered the apartment through a window after they got no answer by knocking al the door. The victim had been ill , at home with a virus infection Sex Offender DllfS y . j u Committee '"8 Y Salem -m Four sex offend- er bills were approved today bv lhe House Judiciary Com- j mittec. and major amend- ! bments were proposed for a fifth bill the civil com- mitment measure MEDFORD, (L'l'i) LESTER PEARSON Clear Majority Lacking ,ur . Ottawa Wednesday. had no sooner heard the re suits Monday night when he began to talk of the 11)26 elec tion in which Liberal Prime Minister MacKcnzic King lost to the Conservatives, but re fused to resign and carried on for eight months with third party support. Guidance Center, Historical Fund Budgets Approved The Jackson county budget committee this morning re worked the county family and child guidance center budget and approved it at $38,636. This is up $458 over the current year. Requested was $46,916. Main budget items consist ed of salaries. Allocation for part-time psychiatrist was set at $5,000, the same as this year, and under the requested $7,500. Allocation for part- time psychologist was reduc- ed this morning from $2,300 from a cigarette, forced evac to $2,000. Requested was $3.- nation of the Grand hotel. 750. I 202 North Front si., about Psychiatric social worker 1 was cut from $7,650 request ed to $7,500, $150 less than this year. Psychiatric social worker II was cut Horn $7,650 requested to $7,500, up $150 from the current year. Psy chiatric social worker HI was cut from the requested $7,500 to $7,200 up $300 over this I year The county historic;,, fund, which finances the Jackson ville museum and Beekman bunk operation and mainte nance, was approved as pre sented. Total is S.16,424, up $2,905 over the current year. Major new item requested was $1,855 for a cataloguing library. Yesterday afternoon, t h e committee approved a $32,310 allocation for two computers plus additional control units at S807.20 Two key punch control units will be rented at S70 a month. Miscellaneous court house expense was approved as cor reeled at $56,000. up $6,000 Redistrictina Bill The bill sponsored by Rep. j John Mosser (H-Beavertoni lo equalize the population in the 1 state's four congressional dis- Iricts was tabled 4-3, WEATHER IIIIIKI AM: iloudl n'fct tonlclil. xnd partly Hourly u-.hi. .1. Low lonlsht 32-11. High Hrdnptday 3-6n I - ii,;. Hl(hril Witrrday SI Lowest Thlt Murnlns IS Prr-f . to 10 i.m Today -Is Our Skies Tonight Hunfcrt todat S:IS p.m. --inn , tomorrow 1114 a in The Moon rltra 111 p.m, tonlsht and U In nirr Laat Uuar.tr M'Hl I VISIBLE I'LAM I i : Mar, fllirt In ou:l. west "1 V m. I Saturn, rtsca J Ifl o 1 rl'nui, low tn rtw 1-11 j m. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL Nine American Prisoners Freed From Cuban Jail Donovan Believes Other Releases Due Homestead. Fla. -0IPII- Nine Americans, held eight weeks in Cuba, flew home today with New York attorney James B. Donovan, who spent the week end convincing Fi del Castro they were ship wrecked fishermen and not U. S. spies. Donovan told newsmen he was still "very optimistic for the early release" of other Americans behing held in Cu ban jails. He estimated there were about 21 but that he was los ing track of the imprisoned Americans because "they're coming in faster than 1 can get them out." Missionary Expelled Also aboard the twin-engined DCS which flew from 11a- vana to Homestead Air Force Base, south of Miami, was an American missionary who was kicked out of Cuba on charges of spying for the Cen tral Intelligence Agency. Floyd C. Woodworth, Arca dia, Calif., an Assembly of God church leader and mis sionary, was arrested on the spy charge in Cuba about a month ago. 16 Persons Aboard In all, the Pun American World Airways plane carried 16 persons. They were Dono van, his son, John. 18; his law associate. John E. Nolan, Wuodworth, the nine Ameri can fishermen and three offi- cials of the American Red Cross, the U. S. Immigration land Health services. None of the fishermen were from the Far West. The plane delivered a load of medical and baby food sup plies being sent to Cuba as part of the $53 million worth of ransom for the Bay of Pigs Cuban invasion prisoners who were released last Christ mas Eve. Hotel Evacuated Because of Fire Fire, starting apparently midnight last nigni. ana cans ed minor smoke damage to the building Firemen, s u m m o n e d at 11:45 p.m., said the fire start ed in a third floor room. The occupant apparently set fire to the bed while smoking, then threw burning blankets and a pillow from the win dow to the roof over a sec ond story lightwell. The mattress, still burning in the room, filled the upper floors with smoke, firemen said, while the burning male rial on the roof ignited woud under a metal covered roof hatch, and smoke was drawn in through the hatch by the ventilating system. All occupants were evacu ated from the hotel, and the burning mattress was tossed through a window to the parking lot below where it was extinguished. HOUSE PASSES BILL Salcm-iUPIiThc House pass ed and sent to the Senate Monday a bill to give county commissioners veto power over establishment of federal migratory bird refuges. House Investigators Refuse Offer of Reporter To Give Names of 'Congressmen Who Washington UPli Report er Jack Anderson today of fered to provide House in vestigators with the names of more than a dozen "Con gressmen who cheat" but they declined to receive them. The investigators demand ed instead the name of the congressional source for a magazine article he wrote on the mbject. This Anderson refused to divulge at a 20-minutc hear ing before the House Ad ministration Com mittec. The session broke up in a storm of shouted charges between Andervtiti and com mittee members and to a scattered chorus of "boos" that arose from the audience. Tribune 9, 1963 THAILAND - WAR IN LAOS Communist Pathet Lao troops are reported to have driven paratroop Gen. Kong Lc's neutralist forces from the headquarters village of Xieng Kouang (dot) in an offensive threatening to give the tral Laos. Reports received in Vientiane (starred) said Kong Lc asked the government for up to six battalions of rein forcements to meet the Pathet Lao threat against the Plalne des Jarres complex of airfield and road junctions. Kong Le and the Pathet Lao were allied in the civil war against right-wing forces of Gen. Phoumi Novsavan, Informed sources said if the reinforcements are sent they will be Phoumi's anti-Communist units. (UPI) Plans for Camping Sites in Forest Are Reviewed nie tiogue ruver national forest is planning 147 camp-1 ing sites to meet an expected 2.413,000 visitor use by year lce cxpecla to 8pend $10looo 2000, Ralph Wiese, recreation a year for six years in clean officer for the forest, told the i"g up the Fish lake area. .lakson .-nuntv narks and recreation commission 1 a s t ccr nted that many old camp up with an alternative pro night. I r"und!,', semi-remnants" of gram to balance a "minimum picnVc sites hVs, season Wiese water ."Mwa'ie aX The gVetnr deCUned COm said By 1075 the forest serv- walcKr and aewac ytems ment,on a one-shot bill that tee hones to have 63 more b'cm0re f " Prob" Pd the House Monday. It sites developed to meet needs of 846,000 visitors. "We have spent three years running a sites survey based on project ed population growth," Wiese explained. "We do have some problems due to the multiple use con cept of the national forest it of tlie national rarest h as timber, forage, wild- life and water. Sometimes these uses conflict The proposed Applegate reservoir development as part of the Rogue basin project has caused a revision of forest service plans, Wiese noted. Recreation use plans for the Applegate area now must in clude water-borne sports. The reservoir would have one main advantage over Howard Prairie and Hyatt lakes, he said. The level terrain will make it easier to trail a boat Into It. A Boon to County "This will be a tremendous boon to the county; particu larly since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to allocate $480,000 in non-reimbursable funds for recre ational development of the Applegate reservoir," Wiese commented, Rough draft of the overall recreation development plans Is due In the regional forest service office in Portland by June, he said. Current plans call for seini- devcloped camp sites in the Portland Robbery Suspect Arraigned Los Angeles -UPD Richard James Young, arrested as suspect in a $5:1,000 January Portland, Ore., bank holdup, Monday was arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Theodore Rocke and held in lieu of $50, 000 bail. The meeting ended be fore Anderson could read a prepared statement. "I was preparing lo give them the names of the cheats, the names that tliey Baked for," Anderson told newsmen. "I was going to iiamc several- over a dozen, some of whom violated the law." Il -.iid he had evidence of conflict of interest, pos sible bribery, free acquisi tion of automobiles, a lot tery by a congressman, and ol a ease in which he said a congressman used government-owned foreign curren cy "to set up a villa on the Adriatic for himself and his girl friend " Rep. Wayn Hays, ID Ohioi a committee member. 58th Year Price 1 0 Cents No. 16 Communists control of Cen for Group sky Lakes area, wiese said. j Area plans will Include this , district, the Fish lake and nlllnr umuK Thi, fnmut eomi. me mrcsi recreation otn Camp and picnic ground development at Mt. Ashland awaits the ski resort, which must be constructed first so camping and picnic areas may be fitted around it. Camp ground user fees may be charged in some arcas in ,he next two years. wiese said. Thev are the Un , on creek and Fish lake .rna. Committee Named For New Officers The Jackson county parks and recreation conimission last night appointed 'commit lees to nominate new officers and recommend appointment of new members by the coun ty court. 1 Appointed to the nominat i ing committee by Commission ; Chairman Laurance Espey were Mrs. Hantey Heffernan, Medford; Mrs. Marcel Le Piniec, Applegate, and Edwin Slrother, Shady Cove. On the membership com mittee are Mrs. Heffernan, Mrs. Lc Piniec, and J. F'. Ebcrhart, Ashland. New members must be ap pointed to fill vacancies left by Don Ashpole, White City, and John Leyen, Rogue River. Parks and Recreation Di rector Neil Ledward was ask ed to investigate a long term lease for the Savage Archery club for use of the archery range now being used by the club on a hill near the en trance to Emigrant lake. The club representatives wish to j erect a storage hut for their equipment. Ledward also was asked to check with the National Park Service and bureau of reclamation on proposed erec tion of additional comfort stations at Emigrant lake. was asked later why the committee's chaiiman refus ed to let Anderson testify, "Because the testimony would be privileged (against libel action)," Hays replied. "Let him name the names in his magazine articles and then if the charges are true, there will be indictments, but if they arc false, the congressmen can sue Ander son." Anderson hotly accused the committee of having "hacked down" from Its of fer to take testimony from "any person who has know ledge" to back up charges In a March 24 Parade Mag azine article which alleged that while most members of Congress are honest, some pBd payrolls, sell in Drtm.U., I ,.,J House Move for Reconsideration Hatfield Says Tax Picture Up in Air Salem - OIPII- The House snatched the governor's ciga rette tax bill from the jaws of defeat today and sent it back to safety in the House Tax Committee. The House voted 44-14 to reconsider the vote by which it rejected the 4-cent a pack tax Monday. Then the House returned It to the Tax Com mittee, which is trying to work up an overall revenue raising program. The vote today did not mean chances for passage of the bill were much improved. But it did mean the House Tax Committee can still hang on to the cigarette tax as a hole card and possibly offer it to the House later as part of a total revenue package. Republicans led the recon sideration move. The cigarette tax, worth $15 million next biennium, and a net receipts Income tax worth $31 million made up the governor's plan for rais ing needed new revenue. Governor Comments Commenting on the House defeat of the cigarette tax a i few hours after the House ; vote Monday, Hatfield said, , "This shoots the whole tax picture up into the air." "I want to see where it's 1 going to light now." ! The governor spoke at a j regular news conference. Earlier in the day his nro- posea cigarette tax was beat- en JJ-24 In the House in the first real test of the revenue raising program of the gover nor and of the House Tax committee. Hatfield said It was un to the lawmakers now to come would raise ,11.5 to $13 mll- tiuti in tie naxi utenntum uy speeding the turnover of with holding taxes to the state for employers who withheld at least 100 a month. "ft Is difficult to evaluate partial actions," he said. Li, 'T" J "Z.. . Jl ine cigarette tax went - VT.V? "'"' fP' '"": er) changed his vote to "no" in order to, be able to seek reconsideration. Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R Beaverton) led the fight for the cigarette tax. He laid Ore gon is the only state without one. Object to 'Selective' Tax Opponents included some of the strongest foes and friends of the sales tax. Both objected to a "selective sales tax." Rep. Jake Bennett (D-Port-land) reminded his party its platform opposes a sales tax. He also called the proposal "damnable" for giving an im plicit endorsement to tobacco. Voting against the cigarette tax were Reps. Back, Bateson, Bazett, Bennett, Bonestcele, Cannon, Chappel, Dickinson, Doolcy, Elder, Eymann, Flit craft, G b 1 1 a g h e r, Hagan, Height, Hansell, Howard, Hunt, Kennedy, Kirkpatrlck, Lang, Lelken, Lent, Maher, Meek, Mosscr, Orr, Oudcr kirk, Rogers, Turner, Whelan, Williis, Wilmot. Those not voting, Reps. Crothers, Hand, Musa. (See story on pig 2A) Water Supply Outlook For State Said Poor Portland - fllPD - A report from the Soil Conservation Service said today Oregon has an "extremely poor" 1963 water supply outlook for lands served from direct strcamflow. Cheat' fluence, and misuse public funds. Committee Chairman Omar Burleson ID-Tex.) shot back that it was An derson who was backing down in his refusal to name the "anonymous congress man" to whom the Ander son article in Parade was attributed. Anderson retorted that Burleson and the commit tee In its public plea for supporting evidence had necn guilty of "bluff and bark." Rep. Charles E. Cham berlain (R-Mlch.) delivered a final, sharp reply to An derson as Burleson repeat edly banged his gavel to adjourn the stormy session. "You're a coward!" he .ihoutcd.