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1 SALES TAX TABLED ON 31 TO 29 VOTE Regional Edition 28 Pages Two Sections Cuban Council Threatens Publication of White Paper All Welfare Patients Placed in Standard Homes Kuhnz Answers Recent Complaints Unless a nursing home meets adequate standards, state board of health regula tions and the medical and so cial needs of the individual patient, the welfare depart ments will not place patients there, Jackson County Wel fare Administrator David J. Kuhnz has told the county court. He was answering com plaints made by a group of private nursing home opera tors to tile county court re cently. They had objected to the use of unlicensed homes by the welfare commission, operation of the county farm home "in competition with private nursing homes," "low" rates paid for welfare pa t i e n t s in private nursing homes, and felt the welfare commission penalized certain homes by not .placing patients. The Oregon state board of health checked on five of the nine homes on a list presented the county court by the ob jecting private nursing home operators. They claimed the homes were not up to health board standards and were un licensed. One of the homes was found to be in violation. The opera tor was caring for six patients over 65 years old. Standards require a nursing home li cense if there are two patients over 65 years old. But this home was found to be neat and clean and the patients well cared for. "Probably not more than 10" welfare patients locally are placed in "unlicensed" homes. Kuhnz said. The wel fare staff has determined these patients would be hap pier in a smaller home. "The welfare commission cannot order a patient to leave one home and go to another." Kuhnz explained. However, County Judge Earl M. Miller said he knows of one case where it did. "I think the welfare com mission and the county court are in general agreement about use of the farm home for welfare patients." Kuhnz Temperatures in Jackson wrote. "We feel hospital pa- county and throughout Orc ticnts receiving welfare gon are expected to average should be given first priority ! below normal for the period for admission when they are j ready for release. according to the weather bu- State budget limitations re-1 reau Agricultural Service of strict the amount allowed for ! fice. Corvallis. nursing home patients. Kuhnz Precipitation is also expect expalined. The 1963-65 budget cd to be above normal in all approved by the governor docs not provide for higher nursing home rates. Steel Price Line Unanimously Broken New York -'lOT- Big steel unanimously broke the steel price line today as White House experts analyzed nounccd price increases for President Kennedy s approval. Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announced price hikes on selected products ranging from $4 to $7 a ton. bringing to 11 the number of "big twelve" steel firms that have increased prices in the last eight days. NEWSO&BRIEFS DIEFEN BAKER'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED Ottawa. Canede-tPI-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker'i resignation today was accepted by Canada s governor-general, but a suddent shift in political alliances left hii succeessor. Letter B. Pearson, without a majority in government. HORNUNG. K ARRAS DRAW SUSPENSIONS New York-IPI-Paul Hornung of the Green Bsy Packers nH ,:r, Karras of the Detroit Lions were "suspended in definitely" today by Commissioner Pete Roselle of the Ne- tional Football League lor betting on gemes. KEY NEUTRALIST TOWN Vientiane, Laos-tPI-Pro Communist troops have ceptured e third key Neutralist town on the Plein of Jers in e drire , cats was approved Tuesday ; approval Tuesday of the Sen thet has made a shambles of the Leolien cease-fire agree- bv the Senate Military Affairs , ate Committee on State and -iaent, informed sources reported today. ctlnimittce Hcderal Affairs Medford l 1 j j " " ii mm ... j w m TRAFFIC STOPPER Firemen are shown battling a blaze on Detroit's Ford Freeway when a gasoline truck's 9,000-gallon load burst into flames after a tire failure. The fire stopped traffic on the heavily-traveled Temperatures in Area Expected To Be Below Normal from mid-April to mid-May. j areas, except for the north east corner of Oregon. This will mean a "rather" late season for all crops, since the last several weeks have been on the cool side of nor- I mal in most areas, the re port states The Crater Lake snow fall. I which was far short of nor mal on April 1, is improving it was reported. The cumula tive fall on April 1 was 307 inches. It is now 375 inches. This is still far below last vear's cumulative at this time. which was 510. But not far below the 1961 recording of 440'? inches for this date. Crater Lake National park j tures have been lower. j force on mental health, which now has 90 inches of snow on The Rogue River valley j puts emphasis on decentral the ground. Four inches of ; pCar crop was expected to be j ization of treatment in slate I earlier than usual when the i institutions, and on treatment CAPTURED MEDFORD, OREGON, LiBi M I Hk fl - - I'r JL V, nTw J freeway for six hours. The truck driver, Vincent Albane, 33, spotted the flames in his rear-view mirrow and jumped to safety. (UPI) new snow had fallen during the preceding 24 hours and 15 inches during the 24-hour period on April 15. All areas of Oregon, accord ing to the Corvallis office have had well above average precipitation since mid-March. Western Oregon farmers are already delayed as much as two weeks in field prepara tion for spring planting, and soils are still soaked. The above normal rainfall out look means that continuing difficulty can be expected in getting good drying condi- tions for completion of spring : work This is not true of condi tions in Jackson county, ac cording to Earle Jossy. coun ty agricultural agent. Hay and grain crops in Jackson coun ty at this date are close to normal, he said. They have been growing normally with the exception of the last two or three days when tempera- buds started swelling this jn the home community, spring. The bloom was ap- through clinics and other fa proximately one week early, j cilities. but due to the recent cold , Representatives of other weather the crop is now just ; agencies which have a stake about at normal development, jn tne development of the Don W. Berry, county agent, health program in this area saia toaay. Khrushchev, Costro May Exchange Visits Moscow -'UPI- Premier Fi del Castro's planned trip to Moscow may be followed by a visit to Cuba by Premier Ni kita S. Khrushchev. Informed sources said today. STRAY CAT BILL VOTED Salem - M - An amend - , ed bili for control of stray WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, Guidance Clinic Meeting Tonight The 10th anniversary of the Jackson County Family and Child Guidance clinic will be observed tonight, with a re view of its progress, and a report on the state's new pro gram for mental health serv ices and rehabilitation. The dinner meeting will be at 7 p.m. at tho Rogue Valley Country club. Those wishing to attend may make reservations by calling the clinic. 773-6211 Any who wish to hear the program j without attending the dinner j will be welcome at 8 p.m. i Speaker will be Dr. Joseph I H. Treleaven, administrator of ! the new Oregon health pro-j gram, put into effect less than two years ago with $200,000 appropriation from the 1961 legislature. Dr. Treleaven, former chief of clinical services al Oregon State Hospital, will describe the program, and its impact on Jackson county and other area? of the slate. The program is basically in line with the presidential task i also will attend. I Nikita Khrushchev Marks 69th Birthday Moscow - iUPIi - Premier Ni i kita S. Khrushchev quietly marked but 69th birthday to- ! day. with his health apparent i ly good and hi.s grip on the Soviet Union still firm. SEAT BELTS APPROVED Saiem-WIi-A House-passed ' bill to require seat belts in all ! new cars sold in Oregon won Tribune 1963 Document Called Embarrassing To Administration Washington May End Financial Aid New York - HOT - Cuban exile sources said today the Cuban Revolutionary Council will defy Washington pressure and make public a 10,000 word Cuban white paper de scribed as "embarrassing" to the Kennedy administration. The 23-page document, a copy of which was given Washington last April 5, will be made public at an open ! meeting of the council Miami Thursday night the j ' sources said. Exile leaders said the Ken nedy administration threaten ed Council President Jose Miro Cardona with immediate deportation if the document is made public, and also said no council member ever would be received in Washington again. Allegations Denied Washington spokesmen de nied both allegations. But ad ministration officials said the United States might end its financial support of the coun cil, estimated at $2.4 million annually. The council has been recog nized by the U.S. government as representative of the 250,- 000 Cuban exiles here. The crisis in relations be tween the council and Wash ington erupted last week when Miro resigned as coun cil president. His resignation was rejected. At that time, however, the council voted against publication of its white paper. Exile leaders said today the council in a secret meeting last Monday night decided by majority vole to make it pub lic in view of what they termed Washington efforts to discredit Miro. To Again Reiign Miro reiterated today that -"under pressure of the De partment of Stale" -he would again present his resignation at Thursday's public council session. He again charged bluntly that "The Department of State has violated its agreements with the Cuban Revolutionary Council." Miro said the State Depart ment "has moved all the ele ments within its unlimited powers in a violent campaign to discredit against my person unparalleled in the history of this great nation. "It (the State Department) forces me to defend myself," Miro said. "I shall do so." More Time Asked To Consider Highway Jacksonville- - The Jackson ville city council last night decided to seek more time to consider the state highway department's proposed reloca tion of the Medford-Provolt highway. A motion was adopted to request "feasible amount of extra lime from the highway commission" to study the pos- simmies or me proposer. route and alternates and to more thoroughly obtain the opinions of the city's resi-1 dents The highway department has proposed a route running ..... fMlMMfll1 -.1, ,1 , n.h side nf Jackson creek it along the north side of the creak while others think It should go around the north ' side of the Jacksonville ceme tery and by-pass the city en tirely. The council issued a Istatement asking all residents i to write letters or send peti- ; tions to the city council and! state which route they favor ana win ,v.m .vrnnaay. April was set as the deadline SIore than a year ago. the night that it will reconsider i board. The board would re-1 Denver area under the Ore these petitions. bufcd decided on construction previous decision in view U0 its responsibility of mak-1 gon Program. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 23 Investigation Into Shooting Incident Continues in City Army Officers Are Assisting in Probe Roy Charles Smith. 18, of El Monte, Calif., who was ! killed in a gun battle with ! Medford police Monday after 1 noon, was in the U.S. Army ! stationed at Ft. Ord, Calif., military authorities notified police today. In Medford investigating the incident is Army Capt. Donald P. Burrell. En route to Medford to assist in the in vestigation for the Army is a criminal investigations di vision agent from Ft. Lewis, Wash. Police learned that Smith was on a 24-hour leave from Ft. Ord, and at the time of the shooting was away over leave. His leave expired at 4:30 p.m. April 13. Being Held in Jail .., (or ,,, AWr)I is Joseph David Collins. 17 also In the Army at Ft. Ord, who was arrested by state po lice while hitch-hiking be tween Medford and Ashland. He told officers he knew Smith, and later in a state ment admitted the two met In the Army hospital at Ft. Ord and planned a burglary in the Ashland area. Police said Smith had lived in the Ashland area about ten arf .His b,od?' hos bPe" u mVi. . 7i """ identified by relatives, pol.ee Among items round on Smith's body following the shooting were several local telephone numbers. These were traced by police. It was through this work that officers i obtained a bracelet which had been given to a local resident by Smith. The bracelet was in a woman's purse which was snatched Saturday afternoon on a Medford street The detective division of the Medford police depart ment and Oregon state police arc attempting to establish Smith's activities during the short time he was in the valley prior to the Monday afternoon attempted holdup of a Med ford grocery store. Lease Signed For Beekman House The Jackson county court siyned a one-year lease for the home of early day banker C. C. Beekman this morning. The lease copies will be sent to the University of Ore gon which owns the Jackson ville property. The une year lease is for $400 with the Siskiyou Pio neer Sites Foundation as ad rninlsverlng agency under the county court. Earlier the county court had sought a 1 0-yeur ica.se for the home al $200 a year. However, university officials wrote they coutd not accept less than $400 a year. County Judge Earl M. Miliar indi cated the county court would negotiate later for a longer term lease. The lease provides that all net receipts from tours of the house must he given the uni versity, an accounlin;, to be made every three months. The county must pay for all utilities, for insurance and must keep the house and yard j proposals made by the partie clcan and orderly Ipating schools and colleges. Board To ti. .,..,!,,, tI.i,nr,i .,,. .. . . . . : """" ,n Dltlrltl 349C' and what courses of action are ! possible, will be discussed by iilr hool board starting next montn ! Preliminary discussion of I the situatiun principally con - LTTlV.l- iSr!lL7Z 7 i w li , "j.MtOy n K .' unciiy was to clarify the board's po sition and to answer questions by Mrs. L W. Buonocore. 100 South Oakdalc ave.. and Mrs. i H L. Gilbert, 200 Eastwood i dr Medford. Uoth women expressed an ! interest in the present status oi pians tor a new nign scnooi. $30,000 Granted District 549C in Oregon Program The state board of educa- tion yesterday approved $30, 1 000 for School District 549C to proceed with its participa tion in the Oregon Program for improving education next year. Dr. Elliott Becken, assistant superintendent of the Med ford district, told the school board last night that several factors were considered by the state board in allocating the funds. The state had asked the 27 participating school districts and colleges to review their requests for Ford Foundation funds because requests ex ceeded the amount available by about $400,000. Discuss Allocations Dr. Becken and Bill Ruck, director of the Oregon Pro gram for the Medford district, discussed the allocations with Mt. Ashland Ski Area Building Plans Announced nsiuuiiu win) mi,uuu ut uie A .1.1 1 -..!.. A nnit ,.r .1... original m.wi.uimi worm or the Mt. Ashland Ski corpora tion still remains to be sold, Richard Cottle, corporation attorney, reported at a meet ing of about 40 stockholders and ski enthusiasts here last night. Cottle asked that all stock holders pay the full amount they have pledged between now and June 5. In another portion of the meeting, it was announced that Alex Murphy of 506 whitmon ninn. Minra k.. Ucen chosen manager of the been cnosen manager of the & Wr to Ul at the Present at the meeting, Murphy said that manage ment of the lodge would be designed to accommodate the skier first, with everything else as an adjunct. He voiced confidence in the Rogue Val ley's potential as a recreation area, saying, "We're sitting In the midst of something big Drawings Showed Robert Bosworth, architect, showed drawings of the pro posed nrst unit. It will be a 5,200 square foot structure, constructed entirely with na tive Oregon materials, he said. Included will be a warm ing area, dining area, lounge and bar, ski rental shop, stor age area and manager's quar ters. All facilities could be built to provide a maximum amount of view, he added. A snow advisory committee of 17 members was elected during last night's meeting to serve as llason workers with the board of directors. Mrs. Irving Lord was named its temporary chairman. Three representatives from the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, Richard Frcy, William Tope and John Hoo gerheide, attended, reporting that the group is considering sponsoring a ski instruction school. The Ml. Astiland corpora tion will have a booth this week end at the Sportsfair at the Medford Armory, it was announced. Oregon Program Projects Approved Salem - IUPII More than $1 million worth of Oregon Program projects involving many schools and colleges were approved Tuesday by the State Board of Educa tion. The projects were taken from some SI. 5 million in Reopen High School of a new high school, and started plans leading to one. However, further action, had to be delayed because of " """"""" ,"": t. r"u,m"' " luwrysmsw 1 , , " Prt of the budget committee, "" lhc budgl?t ""dy were divided into two , t0ta ""Xl , , J """"" Kr,,uPs. the curricu - Sl)c(. t00i th(. boirdllom now offered would have has vlsted other school dis- i . curtailed, the board districts visited by board tricts throughout the country pointed out. members in the Oregon Pro- under the Oregon Program, j Discuss Advisory Group j gram. and has observed various high Also lo be discussed in IU- i Progress toward a solution school plants and organiza-, lure meetings will be the pos- to the secondary school lit tions. Another visitation trip , sibllity of a citizens advisory uation in the district is ex is scheduled next week to the group to study the secondary i pectcd to be accelerated start- i Denver. Colo., area. Board members noted last state officials in Salem last week, and revised its proposal for next year. The original request froi.i the Medford district was for $31,850. The request was re vised downward to $21,000, but this was revised upward again after Becken's and Ruck's conference with state officials in Salem. Becken said several factors Influenced the state board of education in allocating the j funds for Medford. Among them are: 1. The district has progress ed more rapidly than most of the other districts participat ing In the program to develop ways of improving education. Headed in Right Direction 2. The district appears to be going in the right direction in initiating new teaching techniques and in utilizing teacher associates and interns In cooperation with Southern Oregon college. 3. The distlct has allocated funds in next year's budget to help implement the pro gram in the local district. 4. The school board has shown considerable Interest in the program In the Med ford district. 5. The district has planned an In-service seminar with representatives of the Lexing ton, Mass., school district in Medford. The seminar will be for two weeks during the summer with 15 people from the Medford district and 10 representatives from sur rounding school districts par ticlpating. The Oregon Program is go ing into its second year of al locating the funds to particl patlng school districts and col leges. a a ,i IX I 80 PdA Plan Is Reviewed A schematic plan for the redevelopment of Hawthorne park was given a formal "vote J ' confidence' by the Med- Mora ParK ana recreation com mi.esion last niffht. The plan was presented and explained by Asa Hanamoto. member of the San Francisco nark nlannins firm of Rov- ston. Mayes, Hanamoto and Beck. The firm has been engaged by the city to draw up devel opment plans for Burnett park site, proposals for the bcauti tication of Bear creek through Medford, as well as the rede sign of Hawthorne park. Among the features of the new design to which Hana moto drew attention was a pedestrian circulation system which winds through the en tire park, passing each of the various play areas and use activities. A free form reflection pool Is Included in plans for an area at the north end of the park fronting on Jackson st. The pool would have Its own pumping system and would take water from Bear creek. Friday Is Deadline For Water Sign Up The rate of sign up for new acreage to come under the proposed Agate dam project Is faster than anticipated, ac cording to Harold Sexton, Rogue River Valley Irrigation district manager. To date, a total of l.JOO acres has been signed up of the total allowed acreage of 1.810. Friday is the deadline. The proposed dam would be built on Dry creek north east of Central Point and sup ply water for the first time to 1,810 acres and additional wa ter to 4,800 acres. i of knowledge gained from lnc visits. An overall review "'r'. 'T", ,l ."."; 'u. ... . The original supposition or , Qgcujion for one high school, the board noted, was based on maintaining the curricu-1 I illm ,,llprpd h ,h- ,ludntl school situation in the district and utter suggestions to tne Way Cleared for Friday Action on Big Honey Bill Ballot Follows Along Party Lints Salem -HOT- The House ta bled, and thus virtually killed, a sales tax bill today without a vote to spare, clearing the way for consideration of a major revenue-raising pack age based on income tax Fri day. The 3-cent sales tax was tabled 31-29, after sponsors tried to get it safely back to 'omm,'1tc? and opponent clouded the issue by agreeing to send It back to committee in hopes it would die there. The House Tax Committee brought the bill to the floor in hopes it would be killed. Action Due Friday The committee's big money raising projects an income tax bill and a cigarette tax bill-are scheduled for action Friday. The Oregon Association of School Administrator's legislative committee plana to recommend to the Ore gon Education association that it sponsor an initla. tive measure for a sales tax to be voted on at the election. Such a racommenflettnn is planned ii the stale lag. ur mis to adopt a sales tax or does not sub mit a sales tax proposal to the people. . The legislative committee ot the state school super intendent s organ lietlon -would recommend that such an initiative measure include a stipulation that any sales tax would be ear marked lor school purposes and would help eliaat local property taxes. Rep. Richard Eymann (D Marcola) said the sales tax, which would have exempted food, drugs, lead, seed, and fertilizer, would have raised some $120 to $170 million a btennium. The state needs about $65 million in new rev- enu, But Eymann. an onnonnt. said the taxes still would come out of Income. "You cannot control a sales tax," he said. People on wcl- I '8re and Social Security would nave to pay it. The sen- ,or citizen would be hit the hardest He said rather than giving' property tax relief, it actually would shift a tax burden from business to the homeowner. Committee Accused Reps. Joe Rogers (R-Inde- pendence) and Don McKinnis (D-Summcrville) its chief sup porters, accused the commit tee of making the bill "ob noxious" by removing a re ferral to the people and tak ing out a specific provision for property tax relief. Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Bea-vcrton) replied that sales tax supporters were trying to "wrap it In the sweetened form of property tax relief." The bill went down largely on a party line vote, with Democrats against it. The Tax Committee Tues day sent out Us main package, along with the bank tax bill and the local budget bill. It tabled a bill that would have put a partial property tax on non-profit fraternal and social groups. WEATHER tOHrl AM Shnw-rs throitfb Thuridiy. Low tonight. 35. High Thurtday S3. Temp. Illlheit Yeitot-tfay 45 Loweil I his Morning SI Prcc. to Id a m. Today ...... .91 Our Skies Tonight Kunsrt today t:SS p.m. HunrlNe tomorrow ... .1:27 a.m. Moonrlne tomorrow .. 2:4ft a.m. New Moon . . April :i VIHIULK FLANKTH Mercury, low In weit after ranML Mart, hlih In touth- wet . 8:17 p.m. Katurn. to the left ot the Moon. rims low In eait . 4:40 a.m. Jupiter, low In eait al tunrUe; Discussion ing a final decision if such j an advisory committee were formed. The board authorized the administrative staff to work out the organization of an advisory group and to draw I uu a workahle nlen under winch a group would operate. sm-h .dvinrV n..M h.v worked effectively in many 1 districts throughout the coun- trv. including nmn nf Hi j ing next month, following the i in-service visitation to tne
