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IMEDFORD?k,TRIBUNE
6 Pages MEDFORD,
lAged Plead for
Property Tax
Relief in State
Salem-UPD-The proud aged
. jVednesday pleaded for prop
IBriy tax relief which could
JKeep them off the welfare
Soil?.
Almost 300 elderly persons
Jammed the House Tax Com
Eiittee hearing room to add
Support to prayers for assist
ance. E The committee held discus
sions on a bill which already
Bias cleared th- Senate, and
Knur measures which were in-
luced in the House.
I It appeared likely the House
would approve the Senate
measure - which grants a
homestead exemption based
Bon income and age - and tack
Son an optional feature allow
ing elderly people to defer
payment of property taxes un
til after Iheir death, when
their property wag sold.
' In four previous sessions
Stlie Senate and House have
'approved different versions of
property tax relief for the
iaged. The measures died for
llack of a compromise.
Rep. Juamta Orr (D-Lake
Grove), author of one of the
J House measures, exclaimed
I "I hope the committee opens
f up its heart and passes one
of these bills."
She related instances where
elderly persons "live on a
diet of tea and bread and save
pennies in a jar so they can
pay their taxes."
The bill approved by the
Senate would exempt 10 per
More Mental Health
Services Should Be
Provided Locally
More mental health services
must be provided on the local
level and financed by persons
using those services, not by
taxation, Dr. Joseph H. Tre
leaven, administrator of the
mental health division of the
Oregon state board of control,
told those attending the 10th
annual meeting of the Family
and Child Guidance Clinic as
sociation. "The growth of community
services and the private prac
tice of psychiatry has been en
couraging, but we have a long
way to go yet," Dr. Treleaven
said. "The state is still carry
ing most of the burden for
mental care."
The state is spending 17
times as much in hospital care
nf mental and emotional dis
orders than provided through
community services, the ad
ministrator pointed out. Only
10 per cent of the people
Air System Trouble
On Thresher Told
Portsmouth, N.H. -flUD- An
officer of the submarine
Thresher, who missed the ill
fated submarine's final voy
age, testified today the vessel
had continuing trouble with
the vital air system used to
surface the ship.
The witness was Lt. Ray
mond J. McCoole, 33, who
missed the final voyage of the
Thresher because his wife had
a home accident and he was
given temporary leave only
hours before the submarine
.-ailed.
McCoole testfied before a
naval court of inquiry investi
gating the sinking of the nu
clear submarine which went
down with 129 men aboard
April 10.
NEWSMEB
LAOS SITUATION DECLARED GRAVE
Vientiane. Laos -IF!- Premier Prince Sou vanna Phouma
said loday that fighting has broken out in the strategic base
of Phone Savan near the Plain oi Jari and the aituation it
"grave."
COOPER LAUNCH DELAY THREATENED
Capt Canaveral. Fla.-I r!-Problemi in a booster rockal
today threatened to delay U.S. plana tor launching ailronaut
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. on a 22-orbit journay around earth
May 1.
BOEING CONTRACT RATIFICATION SEEN
Sattle-IFI-Voling hare Wednesday by members of tht
Machinists Aero Mechanics Lodge 7S1 apparently ha-, insured
ratification of a new Boeing Co. labor contract.
OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL
. cent of the first $10,000 true
cash value at age 65, and in
crease the exemptions by
steps to 100 per cent at age
j 80, if income was less than
i $3,000 a year.
The committee is expected
to tack on an amendment al
lowing a person 65 or over
to defer payment of ad val
orem taxes until death. Upon
death, or sale of the property,
the deferred tax would have
to be paid.
Charles W o o d w o r d. 78,
Multnomah county, said in
1947 he paid S47 in property
taxe9, and in 1962 he paid
$217.80 on the same property.
Plan Called 'Ridiculous'
"My income is less than
$100 a month. My Social Se
curity goes to pay for my
wife's hospital bills," he said.
He called the tax deferral
plan "ridiculous."
James Melene of the Gold
en Age club of Clackamas
county said his property taxes
had doubled in eight years.
"We can't strike for more
money or aid. We need some
help. Give us some relief," he
said.
Other witnesses said in
creased property taxes were
driving the elderly out of
their houses and onto the re
lief rolls.
Barry O'Neil, Milwaukie,
said "14 or 15 states now pro
vide exemptions for the aged.'
He opposed deferment of
taxes.
treated in private practice re
quire institutional care. Dr.
Treleaven said he learned
from personal experience as
a practicing psychiatrist.
Local hospital facilities for
such patients an? just as im
portant as those for maternity
or accidents, he said. But peo
ple tend toward isolation of
patients with mental and emo
tional disorders because men
tal illness is considered an
unpleasant thing.
Since it is difficult to under
stand mental disorders "the
buck has been passed on to
the state," Dr. Treleaven said.
Matty health and hospital ;
insurance programs do not
include treatment for mental
and emotional disorders. I
Broader coverage is needed
if adequate treatment is going
to be provided on the local
level, he indicated.
Seventy per cent of Blue
Cross plans provide for 20 i
days mental disorder treat
ment. Group policies are bet-1
ter with 75 per cent covering
mental disorders. Yet mental
illness would represent only
1 to 3 per cent of the insur
ance program cost, he noted.
Ask Broader Approach
President Kennedy indicat
ed mental health care "has
rounded the corner" when his
recent message to congress
asked for a broader approach
to mental health care. How
ever, Kennedy's speech was
alarming when it seemed to
condemn state mental health
institutions. Dr. Trel e a v e n
said. Oregon's mental health
institutions have progressed
rapidly in the last three years.
"We should be humane
enough to see those who will
not be restored as active com
munity citizens get decent
treatment Wr cannot measure
civilization in rockets," he
said.
18, 1963
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TWISTERS WREAK HAVOC - Occupants of a house In
Kxlinc, 111., remove their possessions after a tornado struck
the area late Wednesday, upper photo. The picture at lower
left, taken from Kankakee, 111., shows a tornado as it
crossed Highway 54 north of Bradley, 111. In the photo at
WEATHER
FORECAST: t int inurd cool
and showery ihTourh Friday.
Snow above 3,Mt feet. Low to
nfent 33. Mich Friday .
Temp.
Hlfheu Yesterday- 4K
Lowest This Morninr 37
Free, to 10 a.m. Today OS
Our Skies Tonight
Suntet today . ... 6:56 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:26 a.m.
Moonrlsc tomorrow . 3:25 a.m.
New Moon ... April 23
I'llOMlNKM STARS
Aldebaran. In the west at sun-
set, sets 19:29 p.m. i
Arcturtis, in the east ft:10 p.m. I
Betelieuse, low in
west 9:42 p.m. j
Capella, Inw in north
Meat 10:42 p.m.
Appointments May
Be Made by Council;
Medford Mayor James Dun
levy said today there is a pos
sibility a new city councilman
will be appointed at the coun-
cil meeting tonight to fill the
vacancy created by the resig
nation of Al Bradford, Med
ford's new postmaster.
Dunlevy said he and the
council were considering a
list of three names of persons
from Ward 2 who were quali
fied for the position.
A new council president 1
will be elected at tonight's
meeting. Mayor Dunlevy said. ;
Bradford had been council j
president prior to his resigna-1
tion.
The mayor said that an ap
pointment may also be made
to fill a vacancy on the citi
zen's budget committee cre
ated by the resignation of
Harry Barker.
Barker, whose resignation
became effective April 12,
Baft his retirement from the
committee was necessitated
by press of business obliga
tions. IWA Authorized To
Take Strike Vote
Portland - (UPt - The nego
tiating committee of the In
ternational Woodworkers of
America was authorized to
day to take a strike vote of
membership The vote was
authorized at a meeting of
the committee's execu t i v e
board and the union's advi
sory board
Regional President Harvey
Nelson said the vote would be
taken in the next few days
and the ballots would be re
turned by May 15.
The IWA is negotiating
with different management
groups of the lumber industry
I for a new contract.
Recall Measure To
Be on Butte Falls
Ballot on May 6
Butte Falls - A move to
recall two members of t h e
Butte Falls school board has
been endorsed by the required
number of petitioners and the
recall will be added to other
issues to be voted on in the
annual school election May 6,
Mrs. Zelda Edmondson, school
clerk, reported today.
The men, named in the re
call proceedings, are Duane
Burton, who has three more
years to serve in his third
term on the Butte Falls board
of directors, and Andrew
Hamstra, who is serving his
first term. He has four more
years to serve.
The reason for the recall,
given on the petitions present
ed to the school board by Mrs.
Eva Lytle, stales that Burton
and Hamstra, in a meeting of
the school board, supported
a decision not to rehire
Charles L. Stratton as grade
school principal. No further
information is given in the
petitions.
If the two men are recalled
in the May 6 election, the va-.
cancies will be filled by ap
pointment, according to Ore-'
gon school law. The appoint
mental will be made by the
three remaining members of
the board.
Francis E Poole, chairman
of the school board, is seeking
reelection at the same time.
He is opposed in his bid for
reelection by Duane Smell
zer. The other two board mem-1
bers. whose terms are not ex-1
piring at this time, are Charles i
Ferguson and Jess Rodgers
Jr. They, and the winner of
the Poole-Smeltzer contest. I
will appoint the successors to
Burton and Hamstra if the .
recall is a success.
The budget for the Butte :
Falls district also will be vot
ed on in the annual election
May 6.
Bulletin
San Jott, Costa Rica- l Pl
Cotia Rica announced offi
cially today it has granted
political asylum to Jost
Miro Cardona, tht Cuban
exile leader who is current
ly embroiled in a contro
versy with the State Department.
lower
right, a small tricycle remains intact on the step
at was once a trailer house after a tornado struck the
i of what
Kankakee area. A kitchen
ground .md the bottom of
Firm Known Com
Of Asian Flu in
Oregon Reported
Portland -I Ml- Oregon's
first known case of Asian
flu since an outbreak struck
tha Atlantic coast last De
cember was reported today.
The State Board of Health
said tests showed a woman
in Hood River had the dis
ease. There are six to eight
other persons in Hood Riv
er and White Salmon. Wash,
with aimilar symptoms, the
board said.
Dr. Grant Skinner, state
epidemiologist, said the
woman had "pretty well"
recovered from the disease.
Dismissal of Suit
Against Day Denied
Portland - (UPI) Federal
Judge Gus Solomon has de
nied a motion to dismiss a suit
brought by one of two An
chorage, A ! f! s k a, widows
against an Oregon mountain
climber in connection with a
1960 accident on Mt. McKin
Icy. He set further hearing
for July 8. John Day of Gold
Hill, Ore., was injured on the
mountain in May of 1960. Wil
liam A. Stevenson, Anchorage
pilot, and Robert Thomas El
liott Jr., a service man, died
in the crash of a light plane
while trying to reach him.
A civil complaint filed in
U.S. District Court here 11
months ago by Mrs. Beltie M.
Stevenson and Mrs Lavern A.
Elliott sought special and gen
eral damage.
The motion to dismiss the
suit was filed by Duane Ver
geer, attorney for Day. It
cited a release signed by Mrs.
Elliott who had taken a S27,
500 settlement from the estate
of the pilot. The motion con
tended that the document re
leasing the Stevenson estate
from further liability also re
leased Day.
Russian Personnel
Said Still in Cuba
Washington-WI-Sen. Ken
neth B. Keating IR N.Y.I, said
today "there has been no sub
stantial reduction of Soviet
military personnel in Cuba"
since Russian missiles and
bombers were removed last
November.
"Several thousand person
nel have left Cuba, several
thousand have arrived." Keat
ing said He concluded that
"therp were and are in the
neighborhood of 1 7.0'K) men
there ''
stove can be seen In the back
a kitchen Sink Is at the right.
(UPI)
Jury Rules Death
As Justifiable in
Medical Inquest
A medical inquest jury this
morning ruled the death of
Roy Charles Smith, 18, of El
Monte. Calif., as justifiable
homicide.
Death was caused by mas
sive hemorrhaging caused by
a bullet fired by a police offi
cer in the line of performing
his duty, the jurors found.
Seven witnesses testified
during the medical Inquest.
Smith was killed in Medford
Monday afternoon by n Med
ford police officer following
an attempted holdup nf a gro
cery store.
The jury of two women
and four men deliberated for
about 20 minutes before re
turning the unanimous ver
dict. The jurors and District
Attorney Alan B. Holmes,
who conducted the inquest,
commended Officer William
Hall for performing his duty,
stating that a person who
would exchange gunfire with
a police officer would not
hesitate to fire on an un
armed citizen.
Testimony was heard from
j Mrs. Edith Lindley, proprietor
of the Spring Street Grocery,
corner of Crater Lake avc.
and Spring st., who Smith
attempted to hold up; Hall,
who shot Smith in an ex
change of gunfire following
the holdup attempt: Freddy
Joe Henderson, Ashland, a
school friend of Smith; Dr.
Robert H. Buck, who perform
er! the autopsy on the body;
Joseph David Collins. Apple
Valley, Calif.. Army friend
of Smith and Medford Police
Lt. Jack McMillan, who was
I one of the first officers to ar
! rive at the scene after the
I shooting started.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 0 3 1
Chicago 3 5 0
Rskow, Willis snd
Bryan; Herbert and Martin.
HR: Nicholson, Chicago.
Los Angelas 0 3 1
Minnesota 17 0
McBride. Grba Is). Nelson
I II) snd Rodgars: Stigmsn
and Battey. HRi Battey.
Minnesota.
College Campus
Severely Hit;
Homes Collapse
Illinois, Indiana
Take Storm Brunt
Kankakee, 111. - (UPn - Killer
tornadoes chewed a devastat
ing path through the Mid
west Wednesday leaving a
young mother dead and 70
persons injured.
A college campus was all
but reduced to rubble.
In Indiana, two children
were reported missing for a
lime in a small town where
homes collapsed and survivors
had to be dug out of the
debris.
The five story stone ad
ministration building of Olivet
Nazarene college In the Kan
kakee suburb of Bourbonnais
was smashed by a twister spin
ning out of a line of thunder
storms west of here.
At least one student was
hospitalized.
Dining Hall Damaged
The college dining hall was
damaged only In minutes be
fore it was to be opened for
the dinner period. School offi
cials said It was "miraculous"
there were no major injuries
to the 1,000 students on
campus.
Several students and faculty
members were injured before
the twister moved on to dam'
age the Bourbonnais Village
hall, tear up a trailer court
and trigger a fire In an ele
mentary school.
Bourbonnais Village Presi
dent Leon Blanchette set
damage at more than $2 mil
lion. Mrs. Sandra Rivard, 24,
was found dead near the
wreckage of her home north
of Bradley, 111. She clutched
her injured baby in her arms.
Roared 'Like Train'
The twister smashed cast
ward into Giffore, Ind., roar
ing "like a freight train." A
state trooper said it left the
town "handfuls of debris." At
least 20 persons were hurt and
15 of .them still were hospital
ized today, two in critical con
dltlon.
Other tornadoea struck In
Missouri end Michigan
An eiaeriy man was hos
pitalized at Goldwatcr, Mich
.vtien a small twister tipped
over a nouse trailer.
TK . it
tlnn burn was riDoed aw. mi
Palmyra In northeast Ml.
sour! but no Injuries were
reported.
Eagle Point Patrons
Turn Down Budget
Eagle Point - For the first
time In modern history of the
district, patrons of Eagle
Point School district 9 turned
down the budget for the new
school year by defeating the
proposal to exceed the 6 per
cent limitation by 3542,799.37
in an election yesterday.
The total vote was 240 yes
and 305 no. The proposal was
defeated in the three polling
places. The Shady Cove area,
however, express e.d the
strongest opposition with a
vote of 04 no to 43 yes. The
Eagle Point vote was 159 to
155 and the Elk-Trail polling
place recorded 52 no votes
and 42 yes.
The district's future plans
were not reported this morn
ing because Glenn D. Hale, su
perintendent of schools, was
out of the county attending
a meeting of school adminis
trators at Oregon State uni
versity. MORSE TO SPEAK
Salem IUPD Sen. Wayne
Morse will be the dinner
speaker Saturday at a meeting
of the Democratic State Con
ference here.
Dr. Treleaven Says State Mental Health
Program Provides Adequate Treatment
The Oregon mental health
program never has enough
funds and won't have for a
long time, but it is providing
adequate patient treatment by
tightening the belt, Dr
seph H. Treleaven, adminis-
I irator of the mental health
! division, Oregon slate board
I of control, said last night fol-
I lowing the annual meeting of
the Family and Child Guid-
I ance Clinic association.
"The situation has improved
In recent years since there
are fewer patients In state
mental hospitals than In the
! early 1950's snd we have
more staff than ever before,"
Dr. Treleaven said
"It is true the state Is in
a financial crisis. The state
legislature failed lo approprl-
ate enough money and the
! state's income is down," he
noted.
"We have had to. hold back
in filling staff vacancies, but
al the same time our mental
I institution population recent-
Hatfield Urges
State Natural
Resources Board
Salem - (DPI) - Gov. Mark
Hatfield issued a special state
ment today urging the 1963
legislature to culminate 28
years of planning by creating
a state department of natural
resources.
The Governor's mes sage
came shortly after House
Minority Leader F. F. Mont
gomery (R-Eugene) said a bill
to create such a department
has been sent to the Ways and
Means committee to kill it.
The bill won 6-2 approval
of the House Natural Re
sources committee last week
after extensive hearings and
much redrafting. It would
group natural resource
agencies in six main divisions,
inside a department headed
by an appointee of the gover
nor. There would be an overall
natural resources board, with
strict qualifications for its
members. There also could be
advisory committees for the
divisions: fish and game, ag
riculture, forestry, water re
sources, mineral resou r c e s,
and small boats and harbors.
House Speaker Clarence
Barton sent the bill on to
Ways and Means for a study
on its fiscal Implications.
Montgomery accused Barton
of planning to let it die there.
Legislators have received
much pressure against the bill
from groups that would be
involved in the reorganiza
tion. Hatfield noted Gov. Charles
Festival, Fun Fair
Activities to Start
In Valley
The Pear Blossom Festival
uu wic r.icr Lium run rair wiome also will nUUW appear
are expected to draw crowds nnces at the Lions l"u fair at
to Meaiord tnts week end
irom au vairey points ana sev
eri more distant places.
Tha O.ttvttl.. man Nan
and continue through Sun- Another special event of tha
day with the Fun Fair first on Fun Fair will be a fashion
the schedule of events. show for which candidates for
Cindy Kay PhillliM. -year- .tn."". Je Val-
old dauchter or Mr and Mrs.
- E. C. Phlllipe of Medford. and
Monte Stewart, f-year-old son
of Mrs. Beryl J. Stewart
Eagle Point, will reign over
the festival and the Pear Blos
som parade, which will move
through the city or Medford
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The parade will form at the
Medford Shopping Center and
continue on Hawthorne st. to
West Main st. and along West
Main to the library park.
Pinto Colvlg, the nationally
known clown, who was bom
in Jacksonville, is returning
to his childhood home again
for the week end. He will ride
in the Crater Lions car In the
Pear Blossom parade and will
play along with members of
his old band from Jackson
ville. The child king and queen
were chosen for the annual
festival at ceremonies in the
American Legion hall Satur
day. Robert A. Boyer, long
associated with promotion of
the festival, acted as master of
ceremonies during the final
interviews with the 23 chil
dren who competed for the
crowns.
Judges were Medford City
Councilman Joseph Hoslck;
Central Point Mayor William
Saxbury; Jacksonville City
Councilman Paul Goddard;
Rogue River Mqyor John
Leycn; Eagle Point Council
man Ted Hoffman and Phoe
nix Mayor P. H. Paxson.
ly has dropped 25 per cent,
so we actually have more of complications. Dr. Treleav
staff per patient than a year en explained,
ago," he explained. it used to be that 20 per
However, the demand for j cent of the admissions to state
adequate care has greatly in-' institutions were due to alco-
creased during the last five
years, ana so "it hurts when
one staff member is lost," he
added.
"This lack of :aff has not
meant premature patient dls -
charge. But quite the con -
trary. We cannot discharge The Medford area is one
soon enough. It's like leaving I of four areas outside Portland
a plaster cast on a broken leg ! in which state staff members
too long. Serious complies- are working closely on elec
tions can result," Dr. Treleav- holism. Experience in Utah
en explained. shows a strong volunteer Brc-
In short, we haven't had
to damage the program yet
due to lack of funds. But if A rehabilitation farm (as
our state budget request is : proposed by some county of- i
cut, we will not be able to ; ficlals) is good if it Is properly
provide the services we pro- set up. Dr. Treleaven said,
vide now. A cut hack could But, it must include trained
be serious." he arid. counselors, a group therapy
Mental Illness Is like any program, provide soma psycht
other illness, it cannot be i atric services and general
traced to any chief cause, but medical service.
Martin was elected In 1034 on
a plank Including depart
ment of natural resources. He
said since then such a depart
ment was recommended by
Oregon's Little Hoover Com
mission in 1S49, by Gove.
Douglas McKay, Robert
Holmes and Charles S Prague,
by a special committee on re
organization In 1961, and by
several interim committees:
Thorough Study .
Hatfield said the House
Committee this session has
studied the bill with thorough
ness that "deserves commen
dation." The new department, If ap
proved, would have some
1,500 employees and a $35
million budget.
Hatfield said the bill retains
numerous safeguards and leg
islative controls, while at the
same time offering a "unified
approach to resources manage
ment" that would provide
clear lines of responsibility,
greater efficiency, and mora
resource management values.
He said lt would eliminate
many controversies now sur
rounding areas of resource
management in Oregon.
The House today received
a bill that would require at
least three votes tc elect a
precinct committeeman. Spon
sor ' Edward Branchfield (R
Medford) said it would elim
inate one-to-one tie votes in
precincts where no on files
and several persona vote for
themselves.
Friday
1 Queen Cindv and Kins
the Armory aad at t
- 1 snow stus
Veteran!
1 Cats'. U
to Hobby
ksaajaSsaariMat Yhts
' nssll ow is
Fm!n9W "
, . '5T mmjmam
ings of spring
HWSessmsot
Court Are Planned
Gold Hill - Tha Jackson
county justice court for tha
Gold Hill district will start
holding night sessions affec
tive May Z, Norman R. Mat
teson, judge, has announced.
Night court wiU be held on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays between 7
and 9 p.m.
The change Is being made,
Matteson said, after extensive
consideration and conferences
with state police and the dis
trict attorney in an effort to
offer a better time for court
appearances to working peo
ple in the valley.
Night court is held in many
cities by municipal courts,
and In Oregon's coast country,
he explained. The experiment
will be tried here end will be
adopted if lt proves to be aa
much more convenient as re
cent Interviews have Indi
cated It will be, Matteson
said.
SATURDAY SESSION SEEN
Salem - WTO- A session of
the House of Representatives
this Saturday seemed a vir
tual certainty, House Spesker
Clarence Barton said today.
I may involve a whole series
I holism. Alcoholism is now 10
per cent of the mental prob-
lem, he said. Moat of these
patients are now being treat-
led in rehabilitation clinics,
1 they go to their doctor or to
1 Alcoholics Anonymous.
i gram is the core of the treat-
menl .
I