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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
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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
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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"
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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
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: """" ,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
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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
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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.
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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
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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