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Department Given
Committee Vote
'Intimidation'
Charges Hurled
Salem - OP - The gover
nor s proposed Natural Re-1
sources Department won com
mittee approval Thursday
amid a flare-up over charges
f'at its opponents were en
gaging in "intimidation" of
the legislature.
The House Natural Re
sources Committee voted 6-2
to recommend passage of the
bill. Chairman Clinton Haight
(D-Baker) said he will give
minority report against it.
It would group natural re
sources agencies, boards and
commissions into a depart
ment with six division: For
estry, fish and game, mineral
resources, agriculture, water,
resources, and boats and har
bors. Parks and recreation
would not be included.
The whole department
would be headed by an ap
pointee of the governor.
Most Agencies Opposed
Most of the agencies in
volved in the reorganization
plan have fought it.
The committee approval
came hours after committee
members William Holmstrom
(D-Gearhart) issued a state
ment accusing state employ
ees of trying to defeat the
bill by intimidation, threats
of political reprisal, and in-1
accurate statements.
Holmstrom particularly ac-.
cused the State Game Com
mission and its staff of an
"arrogant1 attitude and "leg-
islative brow-beating."
Strongest Argument
He said the action of the
state employees "is the strong-1
est argument . . . for reor- i
ganization and reduction of
the number of empire - build-;
ing boards and commissions i
to a manageable size."
Gov. Mark Hatfield gave
statement saying "there is
no excuse for arrogance."
The game commission and
those employees who have
openly fought my program
are not being criticized for
having contrary opinions, but
for their attitudes and actions
which accompany those opin
ions." To Eliminate Abuses
"The time has come," he
said, "to establish a depart
ment of natural resources to
eliminate such abuses."
Sen. Harry Boivin (D
Klamath Falls) who has cham
pioned an interim investiga
tion of the game commission,
joined in accusing the com
mission and its employees of
taking a "high-handed atti
tude." He said, however, the flare
up "further shows the neces
sity" for an interim study of
the game commission, not for
a natural resources depart
ment. Douglas Silent
On Divorce Plans
Wshington-IUPU - Associate
Supreme Court Justice Wil
liam O. Douglas, 64. had no
comment today on his second
wife's announcement that she
planned to seek a divorce.
Mrs. Mercedes Hester Doug-! prevent youngsters from hav
4fi urifa nf the iustico for ! ing to appear in court more
eight years, said through her
lawyer she planned to file
for divorce sometime this
summer when she returns to
Iter ranch at Glenwood, Wash.
She gave no reason.
Douglas' first marriage to
the former Mildred Riddle, a
boyhood sweetheart, ended in
divorce, after two children
and nearly 30 years of marri
age. She charged she was
left "abandoned and alone"
during his work and world
travels.
Douglas, appointed to the
high court in 193 by the late
President Franklin D. Roose
velt, married his present wife
in December, 1954. She had
been divorced from C. Girard
Davidson, former assistant
secretary of the interior dur
ing World War II.
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NEGRO LEADER PLAr'S PRAYER MARCH'
Birmi.ighm, Alexin-Integration leader Dr. Martin Lu
ther King Jr., plenned to lead a "prayer" march on city
hall today despite court order aimed at squelching a series
ot racial demonstrations here.
RUSSIA HINTS AT NEW COSMIC FEATS
Moicow-lft-The Soviet Union celebrated cosmonaut $
day today, marking the second anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's
pioneer minned space flight with hints of new "spectacular"
cosmic fetls to come.
HUSK TO DISCUSS BERLIN ISSUE
Washington-trl-Secretary of Stele Dean Rusk, just back
. m 1 1 i n -, . . . -. i- - - -c Wpf lin
from Allied aeienss
,, 1,1. today with Soviet
TO TAKE OATH Al Bradford, 42, Medford city council
man, will become acting postmaster of Medford at midnight
tonight. He was to receive the oath of office at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon at the Medford post office from Keith Rice,
postal inspector of Eugene. J. A. Eidswick, postal inspector
for this area, who has been acting postmaster for several
months, resumes his position as inspector only, tomorrow
morning. The vacancy in the Medford office occurred with
the death of A. Moore Hamilton last August. The. vacancy
was filled for a month by diet L. Langslet, Klamath Falls
postmaster.
Medford Board Asks
Meeting to Discuss
Insurance Policies
The school board of District
:H9L tins week requestea
meeting in Salem to settle dis
puted coverage of insurance
written by the California Life
Insurance company of Oak
land, Calif.
At a special meeting this
week, the board requested a
meeting between Oregon In
surance Commissioner Walter
G. Koiiann, the California in
surance commissioner, repre-
Sex Offender
Bills Approved
By Oregon House
Salem - DPI - A trl scx
offender bills whipped easily
through the Oregon House to
day and a fourth measure, de
feated Thursday, was revived
Only .a handful of mem
bers voted against each of
the three bills, which go !o
the Senate.
One would clarify the of
fense of a "peeping tim."
The second would permit
enhanced penalties, including
indeterminate sentences for
second and subsequent sex
offenses.
Changes Jurisdiction
The third would put juris
diction over sex offenses in
volving children in the cir
cuit courts. Rep. Shirley Field
(R-Portland) said this would
than once, since the Circuit
courts are courts of record
and keep a transcript, while
lower courts do not.
The revived bill would
transfer juvenile jurisdiction
from county to circuit courts.
It was sent back to the J'laici
ary Committee, where an
amendment may be made to
exclude counties of small pop
ulation. Package of Six
The four bills are part of
a package of six aimed at sex
offenders.
The other two, expected on
the House floor before long,
would provide for commit
ment and treatment of per
sons who are demonstrably
sexually dangerous, and
would set up a central police
filing bureau for sex offend
ers. n ru "
Ambastauoi Analoly F Dobrynin.
sentatives of the insurance
company and representatives
of the school district, along
with other school districts
which obtained insurance
from the company.
The board asked for a meet
ing as soon as possible since
the insurance contract expires
with the end of the school
term.
The board also asked that
the commissioners of insur
ance in Oregon and California
intervene in the case, specif
ically "in connection with stu
dent and faculty accident and
medical insurance written by
California Life Insurance com
pany under their policy of in
surance No. 4963 for which
the district and its patrons
have paid in excess of $20,000
and which California Life In
surance company refuses to
honor in the form delivered
and paid."
Assistant Super intendent
Elliott Becken, in a letter of
transmittal, said a meeting
such as requested appears to
be imperative.
"Billing for medical, hos
pital, and laboratory services
which are long delinquent are
now being presented to par
ents for payment, even though
these many students were cov
ered under the policy with the
California Li,fe Insurance
company," Becken said.
Seven Months in Arrears
In a letter to Korlann, Beck
en said: "You undoubtedly
have many more details re
' garding this case, but to date
we are in the dark as to what
we can inform our parents
and physicians as to the pay
ment of student accident
claims that are seven months
in arrears."
Korlann said earlier this
week an investigation into the
case is continuing. It involves
agents who sold the policies
under the name ot a Portland
agency no longer in existence.
Korlann had received com
plaints that parts of the pol
icies are considered invalid by
the insurance company, which
informed Korlann that dis
crepancies between policies
written by the agents and
those sent into the home of
fice were discovered.
The number of policies in
volved in the Medford dis
trict is not as great as the
number involved in other Ore
gon districts which obtained
the insurance, school officials
indicated.
Kiwanis Easier Egg
Hunt Is Tomorrow
Youngsters by the hundreds
arc expected to he at Haw
thorne park here tomorrow
when the Medford Kiwanis
club stages its annual Easter
egg hunt at 9 am.
Boys and girls will take
part in three age divisions,
one to three, four to six and
seven to 10 years. A total of
10.000 candy eggs, individual
ly wrapped, will be scattered
over the lawn.
The Dalles - OIPli Edward
Richard Risig. 31. died today
at The Dalles General Hospital
of a bullet wound suffered
during an altercation at Rufus
I Tuesday night
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State Sanitary
Hearing Due in
Southern Oregon
Medford Said Like
Dropping Into Cave
Portland-illPlI - The State
Sanitary Authority decided
Thursday to hold its next
meeting in southern Oregon
to investigate air pollution
in the Rogue River Valley.
The meeting will be held
June 21 in cither Medford
or Grants Pass.
Acting chairman B. A Mc
Phillips told the agency he
went through Medford twice
in February.
"It was just like dropping
down into a cave, the air was
so thick," he reported.
Placer mining pollution of
the Rogue river and its trib
utaries also may come up at
the meeting. The authority
received a letter at its meet
ing Thursday complaining of
pollution in the Agness area.
; Request Refused
In other action, the author
i ity refused a request from
the city of Sherwood for a
; six-month extension of its
! deadline for filing plans for
! a city sewer system. The city
, and Portland Canning Co.
have been unable to agree
on a financing contract.
An application by Wood
burn for $75,990 in federal
funds for treatment facilities
was approved. The money,
along with $75,000 from a
bond issue and S93.500 from
Woodburn Senior Estates and
the General Foods Co., is
needed to handle new sewer
connections.
The authority was advised
that Silverton's sewage treat
ment plant is expected to be
back in operation soon. The
city has been dumping raw
sewage into Silver creek.
Howard Prairie
Resort To Open
Fishing season is still one
week away but the Howard
Prairie resort will open to
morrow to "avoid the rush,"
Bob Johnston, of Johnston
Stores, concessionaire, an
nounced today.
Opening of the resort will
permit fishermen and other
rccreationists to take house
trailers and boats to the lake
in preparation for the official
opening of the fishing season
April 20.
The restaurant and store
will be open Saturday and
from then on throughout the
season from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The dock store on the wat
er will be open from dnylight
to dark throughout the
season.
Trailer cabins have been
"booked out" for Friday and
Saturday nights of the fishing
season opening, Johnston
said. There are still some
boats and boat and mc'or
combinations available for re
servation for the o;xnlng
days.
Advance reservations and
information are available at
Johnston's Medford store.
Groceteria Bandit
Suspect Arrested
Medford police are Investi
gating the possibility today
that a man arrested early '
Wednesday near Spokane, j
Wash., may have been the
armed bankit who robbed
the Groceteria of $1,800 last
Friday night.
The suspect, Keith Barlow
Lang, 27. was apprehended
at a roadblock set up by law
enforcement officers follow
ing an early morning robbery I
of a hotel in Moscow. Ida.
Lang, who also goes by the I
name James Milton Rayc, is
known to have been in Med
ford recently. Medford offi
Can said he was emplnvt-d
here at a local bar on New
Year's eve.
City detectives said they
are waiting today for pictures
of Lang to arrive fro.n Mos
cow and Klamath Fa'ls.
where he also has l.ved so
they can be shown to p.i.ploy
ees of the Groceteria for iden
tifi' ation purpose
Lang had been sought by
I the FBI on a charge of unlaw
' lul flight t avoid confine
ment in conne;'i n with an
rmed robbery in Washington.
Efforts To Locate Lost
Sub Thresher Intensified
Bomb Explodes in
Home of Negro;
Solon Is Guest
No One Injured in
Mississippi Incident
Clarksdale. Miss. IUPD - A
homemade firebomb was
hurled through a window and
xploded into flames early to
day in a home where Negro
Rep. Charles C. Diggs of
Michigan was asleep.
The device, a bottle con
taining flammable liquid.
spewed flames over the front
room of the home of Aaron
Henry, Mississippi president
of the National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People. No one was hurt.
Diggs, on a civil rights fact
finding trip to Mississippi,
Henry and his wife and young
daughter were awakened by
the crash of the bottle through
the picture window about 2
a.m. Henry said he sent his
family outside and he and
Diggs put out the flames be
fore they spread to other
rooms of the three-bedroom
house.
Police in this northwest
Mississippi Delta community
of 21,000 said the incident
was under investigation. Of
ficers called in the state fire
marshal's office for assistance
shortly after the fire-bombing
was reported,
Diggs, in a telephone inter
view with a New York radio
station, said he would leave
Clarksdale today and will go
to Washington Monday in
hope of conferring with Pres
ident Kennedy and Atty. Gen.
Robert Kennedy.
He said he would take with
him a preliminary report of
his survey of "the intimida
tion activities" used against
Negroes in many sectors of
Mississippi. He said he also
would testify before the
House Judiciary Committee
when it begins hearings on
civil rights legislation May 8.
The Incident occurred less
than 12 hours after two Negro
residents filed suit in U.S.
District Court seeking racial
integration of the library,
parks, hospital, city hall and
county courthouse.
Landslide Area
To Be Corrected
The Jackson county roads
department will correct land
slides along a 2 2-mile seg
ment of the Lake of the
Woods highway in the near
future, County Engineer Rob
ert Carstensen wrote the coun
ty court this morning.
The work will be about 25
miles southeast of Eagle Point,
! he explained.
Road crews propose to
move the road into the hill
side in places, Carstensen
said. In other places, material
will be removed from the up-
per side of the roadway, and
excavated materials will be
placed at the "toe" of the
slide to form a counterbal
ance. Drains will be installed in
i the counterbalanced material
to intercept the ground water.
he said.
Stockman to Discuss
Elimination of Funds
The Jackson County Slock
men's association will hold a
special directors' meeting in
the extension service auditor-!
ium at 8 o'clock tonight to
discuss the elimination
rounty support of two state Attorney rranx a vn
predatory animal hunters. , Dyke, representing Elk Lum
The county budget commit- company, owners of the
tee removed the allocation of j property, assured the com
t7 7ii in. th,. ,.uj firal vear mission that construction of
starting July 1 and added
$1,000 to the county bounty.
All interested stockmen and
other livestock men have been
invited to the meeting. Plans
for the annual stockmen's as
sociation spring meeting in
the Central Point Grange hall
at 7 p.m.. Thursday. April 13.
also will be discussed.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1963
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SEARCHING FOR THRESHEH This view
was taken from a window in a Navy search
plane and shows the destroyer USS War
rington as it participates in search opera
Planners Approve
Request to Rezone
30 Acres of Land
A request to rezone 30.3
acres near the Biddle rd. free
way interchange, which
would clear the way for de
velopment of a tourist motel
complex, won approval of the
Medford planning commission
last night.
The matter will now go be
fore the city council for final
action. Planning commission
ers voted unanimously to
recommend the zone change.
Attorney Manville Heisel,
representing owners of the
property located on the south
side of Crater Lake highway
between Biddle rd. and Hilton
rd., described the property as
"a hub" location, one ideally
suited for a tourist motel de-
veiopmeni.
Heisel noted the property -ueier acuun until io ,m,r g yt.r ago. remained si-
was 1.4 miles from the air-1 on a request for a change of , lent botn on lhe Wheeling ac
port terminal, and 1.3 miles ! "nc for property between lion, announced Wednesruy,
from the Medford Shopping Old Biddle rd and the re- and on the presidential state
Center. He said a tentative i aligned Biddle rd. menl.
lease has been negotiated with
Texaco Oil company for con
struction of u gasoline station
on two acres of the site.
Approve Zone Change
The group also approved a
zone change request which
will permit construction of a
Southern Oregon Conserva
tion and Tree Farm associa
tion office building on a par
eel of land on the north side
if Highway 09. immediately
east of lhe state highway de
partment and state police
of I property
the building "would not inter
fere with residential uses to
the east of the site on Berry
dale avc."
Van Dyke said a small tri
angle of land Immediately in
front of the site which is
owned by Medford Corpora
tion v.ould not interfere with
the development. He said
tions for the
Thresher in the
England coast.
Medco joins With Elk Lum
ber company In the zone
change request. The measure
passed by a 6 to 1 vote.
In other action, the com
mission voted to:
-Deny a request for a
change of zone for property
located on the south side of
West Main st. between Mistle
toe and Orange sts.
-Approve a zone change re-J
I quest from single and two
I family to multiple family for j
! the si nth half of six lots lo-
cated at the northeast corner j
! of Eighth and Hamilton sts. '
i Request Is Denied
-Deny a request for a vari- i
! anee to allow a 4 by 6 foot
i sign at 2520 Mcrriman rd. :
..... ....
-Defer action until June 13
-ljcicr action until may h
on a request for a change of
zone for property located on i
the south side of Bamett rd. 1
east of Bear creek
-Deny a request for a vari
ance to operate a gun and re
loading shop as a home oceu- ,
pation at 214 Haven St.
-Approve a request for a
variance to allow construction i
of a garden and tool house at
2009 Falrvlew place.
WEATHER
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windy al llmea ovr week end.
Low i.. i. Kin 41. Illlh Katur-
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sunrlar lemerrow S:13 a.m.
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t.ail Quarirr April IS
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Antarrt. below the Moon.
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Venua, low In eaat . I I a-ra.
missing nuclear submarine
Atlantic Ocean off the New
(UPI)
I Period of Waiting
In Steel Price Hike
New York - MPl - Business
men, politicians nnd labor
leaders, studying reaction to
! President Kennedy's warning
j ugainst a general increase in
steel prices, settled down to
I day lo a week end of wait
Ing for news from Pittsburgh,
j Pa.
The President's statement,
issued in Washington Thurs
day, predicted grave econom
ic consequentes should there
be a general price hike in
steel in the wake of Wheel
ing Steel Corporation's boost
in prices on some grades.
But he said that "selected
price adjustments" are to be
expected in a healthy econo
my. U.S. Steel, target of admin
istration wrath because of a
proposed price nine
nronosed price hike little
Higher Student Tuition,
Enrollment
Salem - UPH Hikes in
student tuition fees and lim
its on stale college enroll
ments for a saving of S400,
ium . w,.rn voted Thursday
J by ,h(, Wliys nna Means sub-
committee on education
They were the first major
policy decisions made by tnc
subcommittee, which is study
ing the governor's proposed
$81 million budget for high
er education for 19B3 05.
The decisions, if approved
by the full committee and
the legislature, represent a
recommendation to the Board
of Higher Education, which Is
supposed to live within iiai
ever budget upon which the
legislature decides.
The subcommittee made
these guideline decisions for
budgeting purposes.
Total enrollment on all
No. 19
Search Narrowed
In Area of Last
Reported Position
Preparations Mad
For Use of Camera
Washington - ftw - The
Navy today intensified Its ef
forts to locate the presumably
crushed or shattered hull of
the nuclear-powered subma
rine Thresher, lost with 129
men off Cape Cod. Mass.
Four more ships were or
dered into the search area.
now narrowed to a 30-mile
radius about the submarine'!
last reported position. Prep
arations were made to use un
derwater television when the
search area has been narrow
ed still further.
Negative Results
The Navy announced, how
ever, that the nuclear-power
ed submarine Seawolf has
completed lti part In the
search with "negative re
sults." The Navy command
Thursday night and today vig
orously discounted reports
that the Seawolf might have
heard "tapping" or electronic
sound signals bounded off the
hull of the Thresher.
Rear Adm. John McCain
Jr.. Navy chief ot informs.
tion, said the Sealwolt com
pleted It minion at 4:20 a.m.
(PST) today.
'Adm. George W. Anderson,
chief of naval operations, said
Thursday night there la no
possibility that anyone on the
Thresher could be alive.
Camera To Be Lowered
It is expected that the tele
vision camera will be lowered
by cable almost to the bottom.
a mile and a half below, from
the oceanographic research
vessel Atlantis II, which la
already taking part in the
search.
McCain explained that an
exact location of the Thresh
er Is necessary before the
bathyscaph Trieste, due to
leave San Diego tonight by
rail, can be lowered to ob
serve the hull. The Trieste is
a deep-diving observation de
vice, carrying two men, but it
is also lowered by cable
and cannot move around to
search.
May Determine Cause
"If there Is any conceivable
way we can get a look at the
Thresher's hull, we may be
able to determine why she
was lost," McCain said in
emphasizing the Importance
of the operation.
Reports from the scene of
the search said high seas
were seriously hampering ef
forts to find a trace of the
Thresher. The destroyer Ha
zelwood, carrying electronic
gear, arrived at the location
of the disaster hours late be
cause of the difficult condi
tions. TRAIN TAKES PLUNGE
Jakarta, Indonesia fOPt A
ynnndlng Bandung-Jakarta ex
press train leaped the track
and plunged into a 250-foot
ravine, killing at least 28 per
sons and injuring 35 others it
was: reported today.
Limit Urged
campuses would not be above
31,230 the first year and 33,
750 the second year. That in
cludes 3,808 out-of-state stu
dents the first year and 3,
385 the second.
Tuition tor out-of-state
students would be raited to
$900 a year at the University
of Oregon. Oregon State Uni
versity, and Oregon Techni
cal Institute. The present fee
Is $830. At the same time, 10
per cent of the out-of state
fees would go Into a scholar
ship fund for out-of-state stu
dents now at the schools.
Tuition for students from
Oregon would be raised from
$300 to $330.
The in-atate tuition figure
and the enrollment limit were
approved unanimously by
the committee.
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