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Newspaper Page Text'Doctored' Insurance Policies Investigated r "l af ft -4 H i tI-:- j " JhataaaaBeaaaaafl Regional Edition Medford 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1963 58,h Year Pnce 10 Ceml jy d RIBUNE Finding Coverage Misrepresented No. 17 Hatfield Talks With Leaders Of Legislature Salem - IUP! - An hour-long I and sent back to the House meeting between Gov. Mark lax Committee. l nave never in. me an ai- CONCERNED ABOUT JOBS New York's Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, right, leans across the table to greet Rep. Charles Halleck (R-Ind.) during a breakfast meeting in Wash ington today, attended by more than 150 House GOP members. Speaking at the meet ing. Rockefeller said he was concerned about stimulating economic growth to cre ate jobs. (UPI) $450 Million (or Public Works Voted by House Washington-iUPH-The admin tralion won a House fight, to day tor S450 million to con tinue a public works program designed to provide temporary jobs in the nation's labor sur plus areas. The 202-17'J nonrecord vote marked the first big defeat Majority Indicates Opposition to Doe Killing in Oregon The Jackson county cxten- Although Bowles announc sion service auditorium was j ed at the opening of the in jammed to the doors by south- j formal session that it was to ern Oregon hunters and other j consider big game only, the persons interested in manage- subject matter presented ment of Oregon game last i ranged from turtle doves to elk, and numerous hunting stories drew applause with out the speakers being stifled with the gravel. Strictly po- had night when the state game commission came to Medford to hear the views of "all peo nl" nn l-itfi pamn huntine. The "standing-room only : uucw spoeuirca, for a Republican drive to audience extended into the were squetc, make large cuts in President ! hallways as Rollin Bowles, interrupted the flow of test,. Kennedy's record-high spend-1 who presided, announced that j mony with the declaration is.enm.c j s lu u s p m,r,iinn would hear I "we are not interested in po ng nudgei. ouiic ""-' ,, .. ,h, iitl-,,1 SDeeehos. We arc here denounced w puouc nw U'jac " ,'2F , ;,, , , ni, nn hi" A snow Ol nanus, iuic 111 l" r -r- the program, which continu ed until approximately mid niehi. revealed that the ma jority was opposed to the kill-1 ing ot does. More than 40 persons gave testimony which was tape re corded for inclusion in the big game hearing scheduled Sing "ot T formal the general P""' -"'" . .. the commission s technical works program as a wasieuu "leaf-raking . . . boondoggle." No Chance for Upset Although the vote was sub ject to challenge on a later roll call, both sides agreed there was no chance it could be upset. The initial vote was crucial. Had administration forces been defeated on the initial lest, the parliamentary situation would have barred them from forcing a record vote on the issue. In approving S450 million of the S500 million Kennedy requested for the program, the- House overrode the rec- omincnaauons ui i .-.fi"" . nriations Committee which: Detroit - HOT - A SI mil ?" 1 , ,' vriv in rienv lion slander suit filed by .ill of the funds Some Republicans reprc-1 renting communiues w . y, FLCIO oicers was dismiss chronic unemployment prop- r.j--i i-,,ri Tnnsdav game management The material gained through the opinions presented, the commission explained, will oe helpful in assessing the regu lations to be drawn up for hunting season 1063. At the May 24 hearing in Portland, the commission will again so licit recommendations from Hatfield and the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate and House was held Tuesday to discuss "mutual problems." Senate President Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) said the meet ing was called by Hatfield. Musa said he had suggested to Senate minority leader An thony Yturri (R-Ontario) that a meeting with the governor might be advisable. Others attending were House Speaker Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquillo) and House Minority Leader F. F. Mont gomery (R-Eugene). Barton said the meeting resulted in a "meeting of the minds on mutual problems." Musa termed it "a general discussion of close liaison with the executive," and add ed he thought it had been a "successful meeting." Program Restated The governor said "I re stated mv legislative program i as outlined in my message to the legislature, and in my budget." when asked by newsmen if he felt progress had been made, Hatfield replied "it re mains to be seen how mem bers respond on specific bills." It was the first such meet ing of the five leaders this session. When asked to comment on the apparent lack of party discipline on the cigarette tax vote in the house, Hatfield said "historically we have never had party discipline in the Oregon Legislature. The cigarette tax - a major piece of Hatfield s program this session - was defeated Monday when about half the House Democrats and Repub licans joined to oppose the measure. Tuesday the cigar ette tax measure was recalled Hoffa's Slander Suit Dismissed Teamster President James R Hoffa ajiainst At-L-UlO rresi- i t h dent George Meany and other tempt to whip people into sup port," the governor said. "I have been independent myself. Any legislator who cow-tows to party pressure is not doing his duty. A legisla tor must vote on the issues as he sees them, he added. He said election of party whips was "to aid communi cation, not to deliver votes." Wheeling Steel Reveals $6 a Ton Price Increase New York-ll'l-Prciidcnl Kennedy today delayed the start of his Easier vacation, apparently because one of the nation's smaller steel companies announced plans to boost the price of steel by $6 a ton. staff. The regulations drawn up from this hearing will be published. The second and final hear ing will be held June 7 in Portland when the findings will be adopted and publish ed, as amended, if amended Both Portland hearings will be public, the commission em uhasized. but. since it is diffi cull for many people from throughout the stale to at- -j 1TAnT.l f-mirt TnesriaV . t ,i. nmliilnn i pnn. . . . en in u nit i.i - . u-uu. - lems refused to ncco inc lcuu-, bv judge whQ cal,ed the j ducling the preliminary meet omy pleas of their teaoersmp. a publj(, rcialjons docu. . jngs jn tnc various regions. i ment. Bowles was accompanied 10 I Hoffa had charged in the Medford by Tallent Green j suit that during a speech in ! ough of Coquillc and Wayne New York on Oct. 10, 1961. Phillips of Baker, commission Meany said: i members, and by Phil Schnei- "Therc is every indication i dcr, director 1 that the Teamsters arc now. I A show of hands also was more than ever, under the i asked by Bowles on prefer influence of criminal and cor-1 ences for time of opening the State Senator's Property Attached Portland - HOT - The Inter nal Revenue Service has filed liens on property of State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney of Port land, his wife and his former wife seeking some S33.000 in federal taxes it claims is due, local IRS director Arthur G. Erickson said today. Notices of the liens were filed Tuesday with the record er in the Multnomah county clerk's office, Erickson said. Erickson said one lien was for the years 1949 through 1954 in the amount of S2b Portland Widow Victim of Swindle Portland -HOT- An elderly widow here was bilked out of $1,600 by two men, one of whom posed on the telephone as a bank official police said today. Authorities said similar in cidents had been reported at Seattle. Tacoma and Los An geles. Police described the inci dent this way: The woman said a man called her last Friday and rep resented himself as a "secret service man" from a bank. He said he wanted her to help catch a "thief" who had been making unauthorized with drawals from accounts, in cluding her own. She was asked to withdraw $1,600 and return home, and was told another man would come to pick up the money while the "secret service man APRIL SQUALL A big dark cloud that rolled over the Rogue River valley this morning turned the day into twilight, and deposited a chilly mixture of rain, snow and sleet on downtown Medford. Comments like "what an awful spring we're having this year," and others not quite so nicely put could be heard most anywhere. The picture above shows an unidentified wom an with an umbrella scurrying across Cen tral ave. during the height of the storm. Later in the morning the sun came out, and a dusting of snow was visible in the foothills. New York-tUPlI - Wheeling Steel Corp., one of the na tion's smaller steel firms, sought today to accomplish what its giant competitor, U.S. Steel Corp., failed to do a year ago make an average $6 a ton steel price increase stick. In Washington, the White House said President Kenne dy is watching this latest development in the steel price situation "with great inter- est" and that he may delay his departure for a week end in Florida because of it Stock Market Jumps There was no indication whether any of the other steel companies would go along with the price hike. Investors reaction, however, was im mediate as steel shares on the slock market jumped sharply. Some steel executives ex pressed surprise at the tim ing of Wheeling's price move. The United Steelworkers of America currently are decid ing whether to reopen con tracts with the industry al the end of this month. May Delay Decision It was suggested in steel circles that some companies may be forced to delay a price decision in view of the fact that their key excutives arc believed to be in New York for a board meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute, the industry trade association. William A. Steele, presi dent of the nation's 11th largest producer, said "a steady increase in costs of materials, services and labor StoredWaterto Committee Hopes Save the Day lor To Complete Work Valley Irrigators The water supply outlook for the 1B63 irrigation season in the Rogue-Umpqua area is varied with stored water sup plies "saving the day" for the major irrigation districts, the soil conservation service has reported. Other Irrigators, dependent upon natural flow of streams, can expect little water past the middle of summer, the service cautioned. March storms produced ad ditional snow at the highest elevations, but did not reduce the huge deficit in the snow pack which is at a record low. Water content- of the snow on April 1 was 28 per cent of average. Soils Are Re-primed The soil conservation serv ice reported that all soils in the upper watersheds are adequately re-primed. Stored water for the Talent Irrigation district now totals 97.000 acre feet, compared to 65,100 acre feet last year on April 1. This is adequate for all uses, the conservation service stated. The Medford and Rogue Friendly Test Suit Filed in Portland By United Press International The Multnomah county dls trict attorney's office is in vestigating complaints that a group of agents "doctored"' in surance policies they sold to a number of Oregon school districts. The school districts have been discovering in recent weeks that parts of the poli cies they hold are considered Invalid by the insurance home office. Meanwhile, a friendly civil test suit was being filed in Portland to determine lia bility. State Insurance Commis sioner Walter Korlann aaid in Salem the policies were "gen erally sold throughout the state," but there was no full estimate of the amount of Insurance involved. The home office involved is the California Life Insur ance Co., which Korlann stressed is "very reputable" He said California Life has promised to honor ar.v leo-m. mate claims. Particularly involved art riders on the policies held by the school districts giving coverage for such accident as football injuries. The matter came to light Korlann said, when California Life recently began rejecting Oregon school district acci dent claims written by agents operating under the name of an agency that since has dis appeared. The agents also have "skipped," Korlann said. California Life said th.PA were discrepancies between me policies written tav the agents for the school districts. On Budget Tuesday . ajar m and thniu, ni tnt ,k u The Jackson county budget allocation be raised to 25 per 0mc uu" committee hopes to complete I census child. This would mean I iri., .j n ... it. u...i.i ...ji... rr..., i i . .anion, Korlann said California Llta Further trimming may be money is used mainly tor I ""1?,? "Jf"18 1"d necessary to meet expected school district operating ex- ,3Sy. : , " "-"wi uis receipls, it was indicated this penses. i1' show broader and morning. 1 Before noon yesterday, the 1 'i.,.0T, Ti t lnuranc. County Auditor G ,e o r ge I counts ' c.?m but sent lowe ZrXZSEL. i uiuvtu lire tuuiuy v' i , , , . "7 " " master's budget at $10,611, an , , nomB "lce. increase of $758. Requested rno school districts thought was $20,389. "" were buying the fuller The county surveyor's budg- coverage. California Life said, ct was approved at $10,908, according to- the applications which is down $1,828. " received, they did not. The countv asent's alloca-1 The test suit Is beina filed tlon was approved at $28,390 by California Life and the uavio uougjas school District of Portland. Its Intent Is to determine how much Califor nia Life should pay on the policies. The Ashland Dally Tidings carried a storey In its Tuesday edition sayinr Irregularities in student health and accident insurance coverage were re vealed by the school board Monday night. The newspaper quoted Korlann as saying this Is quite a mess. ' Stacey was to confer with County Purcnastng uoorai nator William Cochran today Only major remaining item' for study is the county school fund. Law requires the coun ty to provide $10 per census child, which amounts to $249,- 580, plus $24,936 to cover un collected taxes The budget committee has received letters from county school districts requesting the Pope John Issues Holy Week Paper Vatican City-llOT-Pope John XXIII called on the world today to save itself from nu clear destruction by disarma ment and by making the United Nations more power ful. In a 22.000-word Holy Week valley irrigation districts encyclical, the Pope express have 13,800 acre feet In their reservoirs, compared to 9,100 acre feet last year. Additional storage water can be obtained from the Talent district. Flow of the Rogue river at rupt elements." ! hunting season, oepi. io or Judge Stephen J. Roth. , Oct. 5. The greatest number . I voted for Oct. S. The majority nowever, Mia. m a...... Mnresscd thc opinion ! called her back. She did so Z,'mlo obU.n, ; at the deer herds are, "de- When she returned ome the thc defendants and I creasing --" " Hunt Uver wiae mma niaii l.hic w Hunters were present from picked up the money. She service on did not exercise ordinary dili-1 gencc in the prosecution of! the action. "It would be hard to find a lawsuit with more fatal de fects and less staying power 357 The other, he said, was than this one. Roth said. 11 for 1955 through 1960 in the j is important that this be termi amount of $6,941. ' nated as a dry run." NEWS(&BRIEFS wide area and their test!- said he scribbled a receipt for mony revealed that they hunt- her. ed over a much wider area of She said she had heard thc state. Many testified re-1 from neither man since. garding the intcr-statc herds, the diminishing of antelope and the rights of archers as well as hunters with guns,j who are interested almost ex- t,PITAffGfV UafflaQC clusivcly in thc perpetuation ; " ' B ( Jnnr'imnii in eastern and Jacksonville Two Pros- western Oregon. pect boys, one 12. the other 11 . 1 MEMORIAL MASS Corvallis and thc coast ; have been apprehended Boys Held For th no increase in steel ! Raygold has been only 81 per prices since 1958 prompted i cent average in March and the the action." 1 forecast for the April-Septem ber period is 52 per cent aver age. Grants Pass Irrigation district can expect canal ro tation by about Aug. 15. The Applegalc and Illinois rivers are forecast at 53 and 55 per cent of average for the April-September period. RECEIVESCOPY London -I1OT- Sir Winston day by the Senate Slate and t Churchill today received a Federal Affairs Committee. : copy of thc proclamation mak Radio, television, airline, I ing him an honorary citizen railroad, and timber spokes-: of the United Stales and his men appeared before the com-1 honorary passport. miuee 10 uige cxsvueiuu vi daylight time to match the quick-time dates observed in both California and Washington. Daylight Saving Extension Favored Salom-Wri-A bill to extend daylight saving time to thc last Sunday in October, in stead of the last Saturday in September, was approved 1o ed the hope that the day may come when the United Na tions will provide a safeguard for the rights of all mankind. Although the encyllcal, the eighth of Pope John's reign, was titled "Paccm in Terrls" (peace on earth), it also touch ed on the rights of man In cluding Thc right to life and wor thy standard of living. The right to worship God according to one's conscience. The right to work and to as requested, slightly down from the $29,042 allocated for the current year. The capital improvement fund has been approved at $230,000. This includes $130, 000 as thc county's share of t h c estimated construction cost of thc new public health building. $70,000 for county ball park construction, $15, 000 for miscellaneous build ing and $6,500 for other improvements. Miscellaneous building in cludes $1,000 for materials for extension of the roof over the county dog pound and $7,500 fnr improvements at Mt. Ashland for water and restroom facilities in thc ten tatively proposed picnic area. Other Improvements at $6, 500 include construction of a small warehouse at the Ju venile detention home for storage of clothing and hous ing of laundry facilities. Cuban Exiles Call For Closing Ranks Miami, Fla. - HOT - Cuban exile leaders broke with Kennedy administration to day over the lattcr's "soft" attitude towards Fidel Castro and called on the estimated 250,000 Cuban refugees In the United States to close ranks. The Cuban Revolutionary Council recognized by Wash ington as a spokesman for exiles in this country rejected a profcrred resignation to Jose County Planning Commission to Meet A discussion of the Rogue Basin project and pending I Mirn Carrinnn its president legislation will be held at the I ,,nri vowed to continue to fiaht have free initiative in the!mum1"'' mceung oi me jbck- Castro whether the U.S. gov- economic field." ! son county planning commis-1 ernment approves or not. , sion at B o'clock tonight. i A council spokesman bitter- MEASURE APPROVED Residents arc reminded that y attacked Washington the meeting is open to the ! "leaks" to some newsmen that public, according to C. O. Mlro had sought a $50 million credit from the United Statei Salem-iliPH The Senate to day ajjproved a measure which would establish a con- Lovejoy, president. Reports tinuous substantive law re-j from thc various committees, vision program. The measure , including subdivision, will be now goes to the House. given. for a new exile army, or, al ternatively, a key role in fu ture anti-Castro plans. New York-'IOT-A memorial Land Irrigation Applications Available Rogue River valley land-1 Dyke said. The issuance of I plus thc publication costs. , ment costs. If there are any. owners who wish to obtain ! application forms started to-! These applications may be There will be borne by the madc by a group, if the land , ' . . . ARMS NEGOTIATORS CUT EASTER RECESS Geneva-U'l-The 17-nation Disarmament Conference to- n f ..... ...lc ,n nna kar.iKP oMack of prog ess on nuclear test b.n and other issues, son County " Chapter of the i son county juvenile detention P 5 Izaak Walton League, the i home, while thc other was CLAY SAYS FURTHER CUTS POSSIBLE Sportsmen s Club ol Jackson I scheduled to be brought in Wsshinaion-lPI-Gen. Lucius D. Clay told the House County, the Archery associa- today wasningion wrw-w. i ,.., ,. ' f.n,r, p,, snnrt- Thc boys were apprehended rore.gn Atlairs t-ramuasw., .... "--"-, "".T"" ZZ hv ,:,te nolice yesterday at- ,n Prr.iden! Kenneav s aireaay-curieueu men f ciuo ana uie Jnvnwi, - County rish and Game i-oun irrigation water under the j day. , lr ...Hen Mn.H.nlM M V ffllllHLlKJIl WIUI III,' ,1,11 11,1 K' I..WW " W.M ....... . . Uu , ft !.! . . .. .1 i . .,-' - J . . . . , r i , n . , e..-.;i Asm iv.ii ii vuiiau utuuii. utuuuru npp.opn.iion involved is cuiiliguous and an- mj ... whonrcamc'romedford ' Jacksonville cemetery, it was I 38. whose deatli from sleeping ! which provides for the inclu- The President has Included j ,ai:L.nt to ,he boundaries of the owners will either be in or frants Pass and Central ; learned from juvenile author- pills took from the social set I sion of 1.180 new acres of the appropriation for thc con- distne-t. or by an individual. out of the district, Van Dyke p01", ' " I ities this morning. jone of its richest and most land in the Rogue Valley Instruction in his budget rc-1 In cithcr cac the filing fee ' stated. This inclusion order fw4nl,llin. rmlrwnuw in unc Ol ine Doys was re- utdmiiui juuni ,iu,i.. - - ".am,.., - u,vU u n : U(; 5;,0 lur eacn appuca-1 must ue iiierea wiinin to ,h ..a, were thc Jack- Ported in custody at the Jack- : me applications Willi tnc dis- km j - ., . . ...r-Anriirn , a,. i . . .. ,. WEMinCK inc., niiuinvy r i ,. u n .u.i tolttiAsT: v.rl.blr rloudl- "yKC. counsel ior me irriga are possible" in billion foreign aid program. nf.unu A N OPTIMIST1S ABOUT PRISONERS Homestead AFB, Fla.lPl-Allorney James B. Donovan said Tuesday talks with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro left him "very optimistic aboul the early return" ol the re maining Americans imprisoned in Cuba. cil. Bill for Public Safety Department Tabled Salem-iOT-A measure create a department ol public salety one of the governor's , xc nn nrntlFST WOULD BE CONSIDERED Wsshingion - in - The State Department said today it reorgainzation proposalwas would "consider" any request Irom the neutral government , tabled today by the House . i ... f, Mtelanea in the form ol arms in its light against State and Federal Alfairs Committee. ternoon. after investigation revealed they had been re ported picking mushrooms in the Jacksonville area about thc time the damage to the cemetery is believed to have to occurred. About $500 worth of dam age was discovered at the cemetery last week. Forty-five tombstones were knocked over. Many of them were broken, some beyond repair n... tomgni ana inunon with patchy rsfly momlni tor.. Chim-r ol rain and tu.ly .uuthcrly wind. Thur.day atl t.rnuun Low umlchl near . M.i thur.day nrar SO. Temp. I lltchr.t Yesterday S2 Lowr.t 1h! stornlnf ii Pree. to IS a.m. Tuday .. .12 Our Skies Tonight in promptly the Irrigation dis-1 tiun pllg (hc inci win oc iiuie n gei mv ( charges publication 1 years after the order of Initial inclusion. Sun.rt loday sunn., tomorrow Moontt.r tonlfhl l.att Quarter Next .car al nil :I7 p.m. 5:1S a.m. , 8:32 p.m. , April It II mr necessary forms tiled in nine ' n, ,.,,, ; maHe Nn Imrlnunur, will hav n tion district, announced today for early appropriation of the avallabl(, tnc owners of new I oav thc Agate dam construc- Congrcss has authorized initial funds lam,5 w, havc t0 pay the tion charges unless they are construction of thc Agate ; The proposal is to take in ta assessment charges of ! finally included in the Irriga dam as part ol the Talent j lands hat are adjacent to , the i he irrigation district but not j tiun district. uUl ... v - . ,;' " anything toward the cost or otto uonnert of central nO-ilSw und,, X.., pM V.n Ik, -, Wjl brlcht "mr will be thlnlnc in the wot between Aldebaran , and the IMetades The "itar' i will be -nu, the planet ntiw j keen tn Ihe et a little before TV ...iti u. Mnnnir tn ul-inrlarrii. nf Ihr hu r Hli V y Jned iiicic win ui: jiwcviijn; in tut ' - . 1 Roirut; Vallcv Irriaation dis- of reclamation, and the dis- Muil Pty own com Harold Sexton la tMnUry inananT of the district. trict offices to issue applies- triUulion standards OI tne ir I tion forms during the next rigation district. ' twn wcrks nach wuok dav ! The property owners will Ifrcim 10 a m to 4 D.m.. Van ' Day an inclusion fee of $25 roti jay The Drorjertv owner must i Anyone wishing additional pay his own costs for connect- Inform a t i o n regarding the Ing to the distribution system project is advised to contact exclusive of lateral enlarge-1 one of them. the Communists.