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Newspaper Page TextDrastically Pared State Civil Defense Oregon House Budget Passed by TRADITIONAL EGG ROLL The White House gates were thrown open to the public today for the traditional Easter egg roll on the south lawn. Here members of the kinder garten class of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D C, Government Reorganization Salem - (DPI) - Boards and commissions can become "ag gressive and autocratic," Gov. Mark Hatfield re-emphasized at a news conference to day. The governor is urging re organization of state govern ment so departments would be directly under the gover nor's control with assistance "v.u.. - He made the comment '": repiy w rerasus - the Game Commission 1'. t "In any board there is an .la inherent attitude of indepen dence from review by the leg islature or the executive," Hatfield commented. "Such boards are not re sponsive to the people. The power to appoint doesn't nec essarily carry with it the pow er to remove," Hatfield add ed. When questioned he said his comments also included the Board of Higher Educa tion, and said that was why he favored combining the Boards of Education and High er Education into a single department. He termed a uch.amenri j ea OHl 1UI d iioiuiai , "-o-ju, ..m, commission "barely satisfac tory," but "a step in the right a,' '?".'. ... .u u I Hati.eia saio n. u u u amended nroposal. lt is a start, and it can be corrected in future sessions of the leg islature." He warned against strict "buy-Oregon." or "buy-America" policies as inviting re taliation tnai coma ne ., - till to urcgon. C. w ."broad" Hat' WP mUSl OUy auru-U, "'-I Y.Vit i u u.. .,. , I we siiuuiu ,,.,. .... can get the best deal for the Oregon taxpayers Tn HiioniMoiyrni, recently voicea-p.-" iu ww American" whenever possioie. There has in the past been ; riticism of the use of Jap-! anese steel on the Astoria bridge. The governor also argued against statutory limits on salaries for technical people He said such limits hamper ed the state's ability to hire top caliber experts. Park Planner To Arrive Here Tuesday r , ri- - i; .. to. of the San Francisco firm: , , u,.,,,! i '.':.. ' forrf Tnerlav mornine to ore- nt a redevelopment plan for , ti in lho ntv j .mmi pdllV rtllll iniLoumi tv,,, , nil ..... - si0n. tonight at the airport. Gen- Parks and Recreation Direc-! eral orchard heating is expect Inr Robert L. Haworth said ed. according to William Rog ,..;n aHHrnc t h p rr fruit frost warninc fore- r-.,. i ir, ,1 ihoir TiKodav , h' n ihn nhirrt nf Bear creek improvement, HEWS(?BRItfS ITCMS ftOM W ' WOUND TMI O10M MARCHERS BATTLE POLICE IN LONDON . j iii-l. mlimaied narchers. many chanting the hideaway battled police today in a noisy invasion ol Lon- don. The marchers stormed to the walls of Buckingham Pal- ace and surged past Parliament. VOLCANO ERUPTS OFF ECUADOR Quito Ecuador-ln tne '"Z d'sund.; 3T V.m Vew.ng sm lav, nd asn today according to reports reaching he,.. ana . , tni-1 v nil. LOON LAUNCH W"'y0 W .... Alamogordo. N.M.-m-oirong winu. iw...w nw..i. , Vi ,,F.o v,.... ... -...."... tDonement of plans to sard a balloon and two men IS ed Arab Republic merging should get under way lmme ' miles high to study the stars.) epPt Syria and Iraq. irtiately. Renews Drive for Thresher Inquiry Board Hears of Object Being Seen r-orismouin. .n. - mm - A naval officer testified tnHav hnlinved tn he ' J . submarine was seen a lew ; k... .,,,. t n,.w nW ! He said the object disap- D , was a nsnerman. be questioned about the rec pcared and it may have been j He sald .,ne Skylark did not . enl Groceteria Super Market a fishing boat Dur,sue 'ne, obec' Lj i robbery in Medford. Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Hecker, ' Askd ,f hlP r bJect State police apprehended 3fi, skipper of the escort ves- sel' Skylark which was nearby 1 wlicn the Thresher sanK wea- , ncsday in the Atlantic with 129 men aboard, testified at a naval court of inquiry. He said that during the search for the Thresher Wed nesday afternoon the Skylark spotted an object which was believed to be a submarine "sail" or fin. "We were anxious and pos sibly hoping it was I h e Hecker said. No Answer to Challenge Hecker said the Skylark ......... I. ,ncB, -jnH rh..l longed the object. It refused ! - the challenge, he Snow in Area; Heating Expected .. - , , While rain early Easter I morning dampened sunrise ,,, " ,h, lho mainrilv ' services so that the majority in southern Oregon were ticio in southern Oregon were held indoors, snow was not report-1 more (nan 35,000 feet in the I George B. Reed, 21. Port ed on the valley floor until pacific three years ago, was land, was killed Sunday when ing. hes of rain was ,rlnrt -i , Medford sta- - - Weather bu-! on of the :U S We. her bu ,rj ,hp 'oj.hour , j - ocriod Crater Lake National park reported 15 inches of new snow for the past 24 hours with snow still falling this . - . ., a morning. There ! now a to tal of 90 inches of snowpack there. The temperature at 8 o'clock there was 17 degrees. reporUtcdlnoCiiCho'th Green I Springs and Siskiyou moun- asningiun - unr - aen Winds at the airport were i.j oi hioh nf tn sl u, ,hi,h ,, ,t : 2 n m Sunday Forecast for today is for j BhiuMsa nf rain nr nnw with 1 .v.eieH w of 58 HeurPM raster, with temperatures rx- necird to din to 25 decree i in the coldest orchards. 35.000 young Dan-me-Domo location of a secret government unico oiwnu n L. ,.J, .J ,u. roll their Easter eggs. Neither Caroline Kennedy nor her two-year-old brother, John Jr., was participating in the egg roll. They are spending the holidays with their parents, President and Mrs Kennedy, in Palm Beach, Fla. (UPI) said. At one point, the Sky- saio. ai one point, tne any- lark was within fi.OOO yards 01 lne "W" vvnen " aisap- r.-,..,i U cu- "L MIU' . peared, he said was lying 10. he said. "f i Ders,' Hecker said. "No, it . ,rfr , X , 11 was y coior i " "" lu Hecker testified that be cause of the deep depths in which the Thresher apparent ly plunged, his vessel, the Skylark, was in nn position to offer assistance. Log Read at Inquiry Hcckcr read off to the in quiry board the Skylark's log of the Thresher's last minutes in water one and one-half miles deep 220 miles east of CaPe Cod- niS WSIUIIUUJ wc-. nnuui the same as that of Skylark j oincers wno lesuueo. oaiur- day. Meanwhile, nceanographers continued to bounce sound! waves off the floor of the I Atlantic where the Thresher went down jn cffort (0 pinpoint her final resting I place. I Th, Jn.rfi,.inn h3ihvtnh ! Trieste Trieste, which descended Hue to leave San Diego. Calif., tnria ahnard the dork landine zry - ,: ' p lZT.lm ., seek V.su.l Observation " ana wncn Ine .lnrc5n- rr s crusneH tin l is located. the Navy hopes to lower the Trieste to the ocean floor nearby to permit visual ob- . ".' v of the submarine Three Tongue Point USGS U nClCf Study Morse (D-Orc ) said to-: day that three possible uses for the Tongue Point Naval station al Astoria. Ore . are "id" study by the White House: -Transfer nf Coast and Geo dctic Survey staff personnel from the national capital to the Oregon site. -Use of the site for the orientation of foreign ex- chanEe students -Use ol the 872-acre base as a Peace Lorps training ccn- ter the Oregon Democrat told the senate last week that a andal" was in the :ausc of the Ken- serious sea making beca nedy Administration's failure to find a use for the $14 mil- lion base Morse accused the General Services administration, which is resnons b e for the disposition of surplus govern- meni property, of "complete inefficiency and malfeasance" n connection with handling of the Oregon property. He said the GSA should be inves- uEaiea irom lop to oouom. STATEMENT PREPARED Cairo fSK Arab dip lo- mats today prepared an offi rial statement of constitution 1 n.mrmlnc In- the new ITnif. Police Question "an on "oldJup Aiiempi junaay Michael Jamison West, alias Jim West, about 40, Ash land, was being questioned Mlla mnrninr, ,...,.,!,,,, bS mmninj rhw,. nf vnrtnn'. I Market in Phoenix last night. ... . . W est is an ex-convict from Nebraska stale peniten-1 sjwy, ii was rcponeu. ne nas admitted to committing four r.rBinri i ih i.uij area fou, in Talenl anri nnp ' in Phoenix, according to re ports at mid-morning. He may West early this morning r,aVon Norton and Mayne Norton had just locked the store about 9 p.m. and started to their cars when they saw ! a masked man sitting behind the wheel in Mayne s car La Von told officers that they dropped to the ground and he pulled a .38 caliber re volver from his pocket and yelled at the guy to get out of the car. He fired two shots in the air then the man threw the car door open and fired a shot at the Nortons. The man then ran toward Church st. LaVon Norton said that he firnH t h rnr mnrn chnlc at ihr fecinR mani but ne disap. pearcd bpnind a house. T 1 J PaLaf 1011 IC LluSricS 1 riaim rAllf I IUOC UIUIIII IVHI bllVJ By United Press International Four persons died in Ore- ann ivppk nnrt traffic ar-ri- dents a motorcycle overturned. Don- na Schrantz, 20, a passenger on tne motorcycle, was nun critically. Oregon Traffic Toll April 1-15, 1963: 17 April 1-15. 1962: 11 To April 15. 1963: 130 To April 16. 1962: 104 Merle Worley. 58. Swiss home, and his wife, Isabelle, ; 48, died early Sunday when ; their car plunged off State Highway 38 into the Siuslaw river near Mapleton. Worley's body was not re- covered Charles Cook. 20. a Forest Service employee, died in a onc-car crash on U S. High - way 101 near Gold Beach bat - urday. Siuslaw Boat Basin Study Authorized Washington -UPC- The Sen- ate rupnc worKs Lommmre loaay renewea me r.ny r.u- gineers auuiuruauuu 10 siuuy consirucuon oi a smaii uui basin near the mouth of the Siuslaw river, according to Sen Maurtne Neuberger 'D- Ore.) Mrs. Neuberger noted that 'he site of the proposed basin is within the boundaries of 'he Oregon Dunes National scasnorc sne nas aovocaica However, she said the boat basin would be consistent with the recreation objectives of the Dunes park. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall has been asked to co- uiuiimie u ytuuim vl ,aj access to the area between the Bureau of Land Manage ment and the Corps of Engin eers. Mrs. Neuberger said she be- 1, tho nnqina,,,' t,,Ht, Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 Pages Two Sections Big Three' To Boost Steel Prices First of Major Companies Tells Selective Plan Prices Advance On Stock Market Pittsburgh, Pa. - fUPD - Re public Steel Corp. today be came the first of the "big three" producers to raise steel prices. The company, the nation's third ranked producer, thus gave impetus to the price in crease movement inaugurated last Tuesday by Wheeling Steel. Republic, like Wheeling and Lukcns Steel, announced would put in effect Tues day selective price increases averaging S5.34 a ton. Wheel- ing nad cstimaled ltj hikes at aboul s6 a ton average, and Lukcns about the same. Stocks Advance Republic's action came aft er these other developments Steel stocks advanced on the New York Stock Ex change, some reaching new highs. -Sen. Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.) said President Ken nedy's current attitude on price increases was "com mendable" and in contrast to his attitude last year when he forced a rollback of similar nrice increases by what Gold water termed "uncalled - for intervention." -Sen. Paul Douglas, chair man of the House-Senate Eco nomic committee, announced his group would open hear ings next week into tne steei price situation. Still to be heard from were U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, the No. 1 and No. 2 producers. The higher prices already were in effect. Both Wheel ing and Lukcns said the price increases were "selective" and affected about half of their products. In Washington, a spokes man for Kaiser Steel said re ports that the firm has reach ed a decision concerning steel prices "are inaccurate." Studying Subject "No statement has been made by any official of Kaiser Steel." he said, "other than the fact that the company is continuing to study the sub ject." There also was no com ment forthcoming from Inland which with Kaiser were the two firms which balked at similar price increases by oth-1 er producers, including U.S. i a vear acn. President i Kennedy forced a roll-back of ' those increases. Sgt. York Said in Critical Condition Nashville, Tenn. - 0IP1) -Sgt. Alvin York, one of the nation's mightiest fighting 1 mpn remained in critical con ; dition wjth botn heart and 1 ,unR trouble today and a boa pital spokesman reported could go cither way. Hospital officials said that York had told them pain "comes and goes in me rigm chest, shoulder and back. Earlier a hospital spokesman v,ari said the old soldier "had a very good night and rested vcry well. me o-year-oin worio war j ner0 was nrougnt to tne si. Thomas Hospital here Satur- ' day by ambulance from his Pan Mall. Tenn.. home He had been in the same hospital two weeks ago. WEATHER t DtlCAtll I'o mldVriblr rloudlnttft ind cool with ihow t of riln or ,nnw tonight. Parllv rlntlflv TurtAiV hut ulttl rontinufd chinctt of ihowrrt. : I.nw lonljhl Hlh Tunday Temp. Iltcht-st Vttrrdy S3 i i Thl Mornlnc M Preclp. to in m. Today JS Our Skies Tonight SuniFt utdiy :S2pm sunrise lomorro-f . 5:10 i.m The Moon rises I 111 a.m. to morrow and rtdes low. Last Quarter Tuesday nlfht The planet. Mercury, low in the west after sunset. Is now bealn nlnc one of Its elusive appear ances Mercury Is the smallest planet. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 15, hi n H i (urn THOMAS L. BEAN Tripped by Camera . . . VLriAr r I Aniarcari Slayer To Face Charge of Murder Reno aiPH Thomas Lee Bean, 18, a stringy tousle-halr- ed youth who has confessed to the strangulation slaying of British ski star Sonja McCas- kie, 24, was to be arraigned on a murder charge today. He was arrested Saturday after a camera missing from the apartment of the victim was found in a pawn shop, and the pawn ticket was trac ed to Bean. After police questioning, he admitted strangling the blonde divorcee with a piece of twine and methodically dismembering her body. Prowling Neighborhood It was the sight of women's underwear hanging on a clothesline. Bean told police, that determined his victim. 1 He said he was prowling Miss . ii 1 ii c I j, ii uuiiiuuu when he saw the underthings. He entered through an un locked rear door and stran gled the attractive skier when she awoke. Dr Rudolph B Toller, psychiatrist, questioned the youth for three hours Sunday at city jail. Disl Atty. William Raggio said he would seek a murder indictment from the grand jury, eliminating the need for a preliminary hearing. Crime Re-Enacted Bean re-enacted the crime after his confession Saturday ! nl(,h( H(t said he spent five and a naf nours in tn(1 modcst : .., M. ,,:,: -ir Jl.n u. Brjsco sajd the youth, son ; of an itjncrant door-to-door Saicsrnan, had spen t eight montns jn a Nevada reforms ( or attempting to stran lc a woman in Sajt Lak it Lake City. Centra Point Boy Hurt in Accident Central Point Brady J. Murray. 0, of 312 Maple it i suffered minor injuries this morning when he was in volved in a collision with an auto while walking to school. The accident occurred at 3:05 a.m. at the intersection of Fourth and Pine sts. Accord ing to Central Point police, witnesses said the boy darted out in a crosswalk and was hit by a car driven by Walter George Ross, 17. of 212 South 'Seventh st No citations were i.vsa; ri i Tribune Producer Supreme Court To Hear Appeal ol 'Freedom Riders' Land Condemnation Appeal Turned Down Washington -OIPD- The Su preme Court agreed today to hear the appeal of 10 north ern clergymen convicted of unlawful assembly for their 1961 "freedom ride" protest against segregation at the Tal ahassee, Fla., airport. In another action regarding the racial issue, however, the court refused to examine a lower court decision that al lowed the all-white Chicago suburb of Deerfield, 111., to condemn land intended for Integrated housing. The com munity held the sites were needed for parks, according to an Illinois Supreme Court decision. The high federal court turned down an appeal from that ruling without comment. It also took these actions: -Agreed to examine the fed eral case against David Thom as Healy and Leonard Malcom Oeth who in 1962 forced an airplane pilot al gunpoint to fly to Cuba. A U.S. district judge in Miami dismissed charges against the two on grounds that the crime did not fall within the scope of either the federal kidnaping or the . aircraft piracy acts. The Jus '" Department appealed to the Supreme Court. -Let stand a Texas decision U1 n ....... ., m ..if. I .., ...... ,.f .....,,..,.. I ...... even though the federal bov- crnment has taken action for the same violations. In the Tallahassee "f r e e- dom rider" case, the Supreme Court will schedule arguments later on the appeal and hand down a written decision, prob ably in its next term. Tax Committee Offers Proposal Salem WPfl- A progressive rate structure with a top rate of six per cent, designed to raise about $35 million, was proposed today by a subcom mittee of the House rax com mittee. The House committee al ready has adopted an overall program calling for a flat rate on all earned income above $500. Oregon's present top rate is 9.9 per cent The subcommittee also rcc - ommenaeo mai me one per cent net receipts tax apply to the first $18,000 of income, Instead of the first $15,000 as originally proposed by the full committee. Another subcommittee rec ommendation was a $22 tax credit, instead of the $20 rec ommended by the full com mittee This would replace the present $600 personal and de pendency exemption. The subcommittee proposed rates which would range from one per cent on income up to $500, to 8 per cent on all in come over $14,000. Accord Signed in Laos Fighting Vientiane, Laos - fflrt Leaders of the pro-Commu- nist Pathet Lao and neutral ist forces signed an accord today to permit sending o iooa suppin ii neuiidj.au bottled up between the battle- ' scarred Plain of Jars and, Dhan Dong i Signing of the agreement j was disclosed by members of the International Control; Commission and the British and Soviet ambassadors who returned here today after ac-' The bill would ban picket companying Laotian Prime ing except by regular farm Minister Souvanna Phouma to employees. A regular cm the plain Sunday. 1 ployee is defined as one who The group, including diplo- jhas worked at least 15 days mats from five nations, was on the farm. capitalizing on a temporary j cease lire to press mediation efforts among rival Laotian factions in an effort to head off new fighting in this troubled Southeast Asian gangdom. 58th Year Price 10 Cents I 1963 No. 21 BILLIE SOL ESTES Took It Calmly Estes Sentenced To IS Years lor Fraud, Conspiracy El Paso, Tex HIPD - U.S. District Judge R. E. Thoma- son, 83, sentenced bankrupt fertilizer king Blllle Sol Es- tcs to 15 years In prison today for commuting mall fraud and conspiracy "In one of the moat gigantic swindles In the history of our country." Estes, 38, took It calmly. "I have not entered in con spiracy and have not intend ed to defraud anyone," Estes said. i Fatal rnmsin, freenn 1(l(l. I Ann hnnnV .TiiHito Thnmfltnn rejected defense motions for a new trial and a delay in passing sentence. freed on Nine Counts A jury of 10 men and two women convicted him on four counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy March 28 In a trial that lasted almost three weeks. He was acquitted on nine other counts of fraud. siaie court at iyier, icx.. previously sentenced Estes to eight years for swindling a farmer. Today's sentence means that he now faces a total nf 23 years in penitentiaries and 32 state and federal counts against him remained to be tried. Officials Sentenced The judge told Estes that his swindle, involving mort gages worth $24 million in nonexistent anhydrous ammo nia tanks, could not have been perpetrated without help r,f SuiiMVinr TnnU Mnniifalnr. 1 ina COmnanv of Amarilln. Tex ; Xnrec official, of Superior. Coleman D. McSpaddcn, Ruel Alexander and Harold Orr, were indicted with Estes. They pleaded guilty to five counts Ol what was at first a 2D- count indictment and have been sentenced to 8-10 year year terms in the peniten tiary. Police Break Up Birmingham Marchers Birmingham, Ala. - 0IPD -Police broke up an anti-segregation protest march by 1,500 Negroes on a sunny Easter Sunday that saw Negroes at tend services at two white churches. But the Negroes were turn ed away at a number of other white churches. Bill Restricting Right TmML tmmm (Wis III I I V IXC 3 rUa.C. Salcm-Hlt-Thc Senate to-Hand) said the bill put the day passed 18-0 a bill which "entire weight of state gov- woud restrict the right of ! "nmen,1 ln. hecalea against ,orm m,,.. , -i-u.t Th i th0,e lea,t able to Protect tnemseives the migratory "" I House. Sen. Lynn Ncwbry (H-Asn- j land) said the bill in no way 1 restricted the rights of reg - i ular employees to bargain col - I lectively, to strike or to pic- ket. 1 jgen Don Willner (D-Port- Dmnnril T C-J riupujai iu jcnu Measure Back to Committee Loses $50,034 Approved For Three-Man Staff Salem (UPIt The House ap. proved 32-27 today a drastic ally reduced state civil de fense budget after defeating by a narrow 31-28 vote a move to send it back to com mittee. The vote came after almost 90 minutes of debate. The budget is $50,034. It would finance a three-man civil defense staff attached to the governor's office. The governor had aaked $195,000 in general fund monies to finance a 20-man civil defense staff. The measure now goes to the Senate. Hunt's Attempt Fails Rep. Winton Hunt (R-Wood-burn) almost succeded in hav ing the budget sent back to the Ways and Means Commit tee for reconsideration. He proposed that an alternate $150,000 CD budget be enact ed to provide an agency that would concentrate on leader ship, communications and re organization. Several other Republicans joined Hunt's request. It was defeated 31-28 In an almost party line vote. Two Democrats, Jake Ben nett and Ray Donley of Port land, voted with the Republi cans, but two Republicans wno are members of the Ways and Means committee, George Flltcraft Klamath Falls) and Stafford Hansel! (Hermlston). voted with the Democrats. Rep. Carrol B. Howe CR- I Klamath Falls) waa excused. Hand Bays 'Adequate' Rep. Beulah Hand (D-MU- 1 waukte), who urged passage I of the stripped-down budget. said "This budget will pro duce an adequate civil de fense program at reduced cost." The failure of the state CD agencv during the Columbua day storm wai again cited as the measure waa debated. Voting against the cut- down budget were Hep. Ati- yen, Bazett, Bennett, Bone- Steele, Branchfield, Cannon, Chappel, Chuinard, Crothers, Dellenback, Deterlng, Dickin son, Dooley, Elder, Gallagher, Hagan, Hoyt, Hunt, Jones, Lang, Manor, Meek, Montgom ery, Ouderklrk, Packwood, Rogers, and Robert Smith. There had been speculation before today's House action that representatives might not approve the budget, and thus wipe out the state's civ il defense agency. Sharp Reduction in Unemployment Noted Washington - (UPI) - A bet- ter-than-usual spurt in man ufacturing and trade jobs was chiefly responsible for the sharp reduction in the nation's unemployment rate In March, the Labor Department report- i rd today Paeky Celebrates First Birthday At Portland Zoo Portland (CPIt Packy. Portland's much-publicised elephant, celebrated hit first birthday Sunday. Some 1,000 persons visit ed the Portland Zoo during the week end to with the baby pachyderm a happy birthday. Packy was reunited with his mother Belle, for his birthday alter being separ ated irom her in February o that he could be weaned. He wai presented with a gigantic cake made of Hour, peanuts, apples, car rots and bananas. " ' worKers. Willner said the bill would put restrictions on a single group which are not placed on any other groups. Sen. Alfred Corbett ID Portland) said he believed the bill was unconstitutional. Sen. Walter Leth, (R-Salem) said the weight of government iwas against the farmer at 1 present because when a picket la at a farm the employment service is directed not to send i migratory workersjlhere.