Proposal To Make"01'" Nole
Suicide A Crime
Loses In House
Salem flJPD The House
refused Saturday to make su
icide a crime in Oregon in
order to help officers prevent
suicides.
The House objected to a
feature carrying a possible
penalty for attempted or
threatened suicide.
Oregon now has no state
law against suicide.
It would have taken 31
votes to pass the bill. The
vote was 28-29, with three ab
sent. Rep. Berkeley Lent ID
Portland) said the intent of
the bill was to give officers
the authority to go into a
home or hotel where a sui
cide is threatened and atop
it.
He said officers now lack
such authority, since suicide
is not a crime, and some po
licemen who have tried to
prevent suicides have been
threatened with suits.
Rep. Robert Chappell (R
Portlan) said "in addition to
going In and tnrning off the
gas, somebody lias to restrain
a person who wants to com
Welfare Program
Meeting Scheduled
Seven organizations work
ing together for a coordinated
youth and social welfare pro
gram will meet at the Amer
ican Legion hall, 404 Walnut
St., Medford, at 8 p.m., Wed
nesday, April 24.
Included will be representa
tives of the participating or
ganizations. They arc Earl
Bigalow, American Legion;
Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith, Amer
ican Legion auxiliary; Mrs.
V. P. Nicoletti, American Red
Cross; Mrs. William Barnum
Jr., Junior Service League;
Emerson Anderson, Kiwanl
ans; Mrs. E. Kanclier, Jackson
county public health; and Mrs.
A. C. Uridel, Jackson county
welfare.
Each representative will
give a brief report on the
services offered by the organ
izations. A question and an
swer period will follow.
Residents Interested In the
public services offered by the
organizations are invited to
attend.
mil suicide until he gets over
his despondency."
"This bill will allow au
thorities to reach people and
help them," said Rep. James
Redden ID-Medford).
But Rep. Grace Peck ID
Portland) and others objected
to a section of the bill making
it possible to sentence a per
son to a fine or imprison
ment for trying to kill him
self. "This is a horrible bill."
Mrs. Peck said. "I can t see
when anyone become despond,
cnt enough to kill himself
that we should punish him."
Lent said the bill is sim
ilar to Portland's present city
ordinance, and Chappcl said
some penalty is needed to
make suicide a crime, al
though "I don't see why it
has to be so large."
The House spent the 97th
day of the 1963 Legislature
in its first Saturday meeting.
The Senate did not meet.
The House passed and sent
to the Senate a bill com
pletely overhauling the law
governing local budgeting.
A key feature is that more
Information must be made
public. A budget message
would be required, salary in
Fewer Crimes
During March
Medford city police Inves
tigated 86 major criminal of
fenses during March, a de
crease of 28 from the same
month last year, according to
the monthly report released
recently by Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlin.
Of the major offenses, 12
were burglaries, 18 were lar
cenies of over $50, and 48
were larcenies of less than
S 5 0 . Of the total cases re
ported, some 0 were cleared,
for a percentage of 34.0.
Under miscellaneous of
fenses, there were 16 cases of
embezzlement and fraud in
vestigated last month. Of that
number, seven were closed,
for a percentage of 43.8.
Some 235 citations for driv
ing violations were issued dur
ing March and 4,343 parking
tickets were written.
Police investigated 61 mo
tor vehicle accidents last
month, a decrease of 14 from
March 1962. Fourteen per
sons were injured in the ac
cidents, but there were no
fatalities.
Grahams Leave for
Business Trip Easi
! House Passes Anti-Pollution Law
down promptly a flagrant pol-1 Rep. Sidney Bazctl (R-
lutor, without going through j Grants Pass) said the bill sent
the present lengthy hearing ; ,0 ,he governor would let the or won t
SSA take action to halt prcs-
By ANN H. PEARSON
United Press International
Salem - UPb - The Oregon
House passed and sent to the procedures.
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strengthening the anli-pollu- to contract with each other ent dumping of sewage into
tion law and retaining the ' for anti-pollution programs,
railroad full crew law. Rep. Richard Kennedy ID-
They were about the first Eugene) praised the 0111 put
unsanitary farm labor camp
where the county officer can't
major pieces of legislation to i said he was disappointed it
go to the governor for his sig- did not include new controls
nature since the legislative on agricultural burning,
pay raise that passed early 1 He said in "critical" months
in the session. i the Eugene-bpringtieia
The action on a total of 26
bills came at the first Satur
day session of the House.
The pollution bill would
imakc it possible for the state
sanitary authority to shut
is "smogged-in" because fields
are being burned off.
He said he hoped the next
legislature would bring agri
culture under the anti-pollu
tion law as well as industry
the Rogue river.
The railroad full crew law,
a total victory for the unions,
whipped through the House
48-9 without debate.
It not only retains the law
requiring six crewmen on
Tax Exemption
Another would exempt Japanese-Americans
from taxa
tion on the money they re
ceive for damages caused rv
wartime relocation in this
country,
Bazett and Reps. Ross Mor
gan (D-Greshami called them
i fine group of citizens who
WON'T BE USED - At a Pentagon news conference Friday
Lt. Comdr. Donald L. Kcach ruled out any possibility that
his vessel, the deep-diving bathyscape Trieste, colud aid in
the search of the USS Thresher, nuclear powered submarine
which went down in the Atlantic April 10 with 129 aboard.
He said tthe Trieste fa model of which he is displaying in
the above photo) would be sent down only if the hull of
Thresher is located. (UPI)
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J.
formation would have to be Graham, 175 Jcannctte avc.,
given in greater detail, and Medford. nian to leave todav
publicity would have to in- jor a six wecks' trip east with
Eighth Graders To
Finance Fountain
Central I Point - Eighth
grade students at the Centrtil
Point Junior High school will
leave more than a class motto
behind them when they go an
to Crater High next year.
Fo rthe past several weeks
they have sponsored movies
during the lunch hour. Pro
ceeds from the movies arte
being UBed to install a new
water fountain with a crramir
tiled wall behind it in thr
main hall.
Students felt that they
should do something for the
schooL, and this was their
idea, according to George
Johns, principal.
crease
The new local budget law
also would:
Broaden the definition as
a municipal corporation to
increase the number of units
that must budget.
Provide for use of mod
ern accounting procedures.
Tighten various budget
ing requirements.
Make the tax commission
the interpreting authority for
the local budget law.
And let a citizens' group
seek a declaratory judgment
to stop a budget action be
fore it is taken.
May 1 0bservance
Urged by Governor
Celebration of Law Day
USA May 1, is urged In a
statement issued by Gov.
Mark Hatfield, who has asked
Oregonians to "join whole
heartedly with the rest of
their fellow Americans" in
the observance.
On this day, while Russia
pays homage to its machines
of destruction, Americans
pause to honor those institu
tions dedicated to preserving
Individual rights and free
doms, our constitution, our
courts and the system of law
under which wc live, Ike gov
ernor noted. Thus may t h e
rest of the world observe the
contrast between force and
freedom, might and right.
"Good men can always tri
umph when working and
standing together under law,"
Governor Hatfield said, after
recalling the theme of this
year s Law Day, "the law is
the rule of right, not might,
and thus it is the rule of suc
cess and of progress."
Washington, DC, as their
eventual destination.
They will stop in Cincin
nati, Ohio, where Graham,
past state commander of Dis
abled American Veterans, will
transact some official business
in the interests of disabled
veterans.
In Washington, DC. the
Grahams will be guests of
their son, Maj. Daniel O. Gra
ham, now located in the Pen
tagon, and his family. The
Washington Grahams have
seven children. They also will
visit members of the Oregon
delegation in Congress, partic
ularly Congressman Robert B.
Duncan of Medford, and Sen
ators Maurine Neubcrger and
Wayne L. Morse.
Returning west, the Gra
hams plan to visit their other
children. Their eldest son,
Patrick Graham, is a chief in
the Navy at North Island Na
val Air Base at San Diego.
Their son, M. Sgt. James
Graham, is located at Ft.
Hood, Tex., in the United
States Army and his wife and
children are at home in near
by Killcen.
Tiicir daughter, Mrs. J. V.
Martinez, lives in San Bruno,
Calif. The Grahams will be
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tinez and children before con
tinuing to Medford about
June 1.
Industry Expansion
In PP&L Service
Area to Push Growth
Portland - Substanlial ex- owned by 67,000 shareholders
City's Home Safety
Inventory Analyzed
An analysis of Mcdford's , grated into the curriculum."
Home Safety inventory for He noted further that 18
1962 was presented to a group Jou( of ,he 2rj schools report-
01 area citizens rnuay Hue:
Department Takes
Part in I). S. Study
Hush &
Puppies
BREATMIN" BRUSHED PIGSKIN CASUAL SHOtS BY WOLVERINE
many j
AMERICA'S FAVORITE
CASUALS -FOR WE
ENTIRE FAMILY
Children's 7.95 and 8.95
Women's 8.95 and 9.95
Men's Most Styles 10.95
SEE PAGE 6 OF TODAY'S FAMILY WEEKLY?
NORFIELD
SHOE COMPANY
"Southern Oregon's Oldtit Shot Concern"
221 Esit Main St. Phone 772-2123
pansions now under way by
industries in areas served by
Pacific Power and Light com
pany will push ahead the
growth of the western com
munities, the company report
ed at its annual meeting of
stockholders Tuesday.
The principal plant addit
ions are for manufacturing of
pulp and paper and plywood
and other products of the
Northwest's primary industry,
according to Veryl N. Hoover,
PP&L vice president for sales
and industrial development.
The PP&L official said the
new production capacity will
continue the trend toward
greater diversity of products
and the intergration of oper
ations that has contributed to
the stability of the forest in
dustries.
Processing of agriculture
products for growing national
markets also will show gains
in the year, Hoover predicted.
The PP&L stockholders
were told that use of electric
ity increased among all groups
of customers during 1062, and
that new industries now being
served by the system had con
tributed substantially to the
boost in business.
Among major new indust
ries were the U. S. Steel Cor
poration's huge iron ore min
ing and milling development
near Lander, Wy., and St
Regis Paper company's ply
wood mill at Libby, Mont.
Other large operations to be
added this year include a ply
wood mill by Weyerhaeuser
Timber company at North
Bend, Ore., and a second pa
permaking machine at West
ern Kraft company in Albany,
Ore.
Reports on progress of the
company's business were made
of by President D. ft. McClung
and other officers.
Paul B. McKce, chairman
noon in city hall by a repre
sentative fro
Safety Council.
Phil Dykstra, manager of
the home department for NSC.
was introduced to the group
by Clyde C. Fichtner, presi
dent of the Medford Safety
council.
The Home Safety inventory
' for last year was compiled
j from information supplied to
the Chicago office of NSC by
Elected to the board were: I . " . . -... u,m
lljg llIU il H r. . ' m i LUU"1J Moulin
most of whom reside in the
six western states in which
PP&L has service areas.
Ing indicated they had some
the National 1 kind l 3 student saety "ion
ization in existence.
As one method of strength
ening the safety program in
Medford, Dykstra urged that
local civic groups undertake
to sponsor at least one phase
or aspect of the home safety
program during the coming
year as their particular project.
Paul B. McKce, Don R. Mc
Lung, Paul F . Murphy,
George T. Bragg, Allen A.
Smith, A. W. Trimble, all of
Portland, Ore.; Glenn L. Jack
son, A. S. Cummins, jonn c.
Boyle, Alfred S. V. Carpen
ter, Henry H. Pringlc, George
M. Roberts, Eugene Thorn
dike, all of Medford, Ore.: H.
R. Baxter and David S. Soli
day, of Philadelphia, Penn.:
Henry G. Lambert, New York,
N.Y.: W. M. Marshall, Spok
ane, Wash.: Lyman J. Bunt
ing, Yakima, Wash.: Donald
Sherwood, Walla Walla,
Wash.: Gregory A. Harrision,
San Francisco, Calif.: Harry
H. Campell, Kalispell, Mont.:
J. H. Irvine, Lebanon, Ore.
The Medford police depart
ment is among those partici
pating in a nationwide study
of police functions in juvenile
crime in cooperation Willi the
International Association
Chiefs of Police, Inc.
The study, involving many
departments and thousands of of the board, reported 93 per
individual officers in all sec
tions of the nation, is being
financed by the President's
Committee on Juvenile De
linquency and Youth Crime.
Chief of Police Charles P
Champlin said that ten local
cent of the company's out
standing shares of stock were
represented in person or by
proxy at the meeting and was
almost a record percentage of
participation. The shares were
voted unanimously for the el
officers were asked to express I eclion of 211 directors, most of
ineir views anoui pertinent , wrmm arc business leaders in
Gordon Of Medford
Elected To OSU Post
Corvallis - (IIPD - Grant Wat-
kinson, a junior from New
port, was elected student body
president of Oregon State uni
versity Friday.
George Blakely of Port
land and Anne Taylor of
Creswcll were chosen first
and second vice presidents,
respectively.
Francis Kenyon of Klam
ath Falls was elected presi
dent of the Memorial Union.
Also chosen were William
Manning, Klamath Falls, sen
ior class president; Richard
Gordon, Medford, junior class
president, and Donald Reed,
Halfway, sophomore class
president.
department, the Medford
building department. St. Ma-
ry's and public schools in dis
trict 549C. and Rogue Valley
and Sacred Heart hospitals.
In presenting his analysis
of the data, Dykstra said that
"Medford has met a number
of the basic criteria of NSC."
"This report is above aver
age for a community of this
size," he stated.
Dykstra drew attention to
the safety programs in t h e
area schools.
"Your schools rank high,"
he said. "There is evidence of
safely education being inte-
TOUHS STATION
Midshipman Fourth Class
C. N. Stigcr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. Stigcr, 910 King
St., Medford, was among mem
bers of Oregon State univer
sity Naval Reserve Officers
Training corps unit who tour
ed the Naval Air Station at
Corpus Christi, Tex.
The three-day indoctrina
tion tour introduced the mid
shipmen to Naval aviation to
aid them in selecting a career
field when they are commis
sioned as officers upon graduation.
long freight trains in Oregon, ! wcrc tnoroughly abused dur-
but also modernizes it by de- lnS 'he war and whose loyal
Icting its reference to "steam" ty nas solidly been proven,
trains. Rep. Juanita Orr (D-Lakc
The House sent several oth- Grocc) objected that she did
cr bills to the governor. j not see why Japanese-Ameri-
Onc would permit the use cans should receive damage
of highway gas tax money to j payments when the federal
match federal money in re-1 government did not make re
paying the expenses of per-: payment for losses in the Van
sons who are displaced by I port flood.
The House passed and sent
to the Senate a bill to let a
junior high or high school
student finish in the samo
new highways. Most of it
would apply in the Portland
area.
One would let the state
health officer shut down an school despite reorganization.
Page 2A
Medford,
Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, APRIL 21. 1963
Make a Date with us for April 27 or 28
Turn Off Highway 97 Between Weed and Macdoel,
Travel 13 Miles East
to the Ghost Town of
TENNANT
Mjgnificient Ponderosa Pine Strewn Streets
Turn of the Century Peace and Quiet
FISH, HUNT or RELAX
Two or three bedroom ' ear-round resort cottages for
long or short term lease.
ADVISE BY APRIL 25 YOU ARE COMING
AND WE WILL FEED YOU.
Call or Write to Tennant Agency, Inc.
P. O. Box 15, Bray, California
Phone, Tennant Toll Station No. 5
aspects ol the juvenile crime
problem based upon their
first hand, on-the-spot experi
ence. Champlin said the detec
tives in the local department
and two or three officers from
each of t he three shifts par
ticipated. Statistics of the lo
cal department also were in
cluded in the department's re
port. The findings will be ana
lyzed at the Washington, D.C.,
headquarters of the associa
tion. They are expected to as
sist in clarifying the police
role in what has become an
increasingly serious problem
throughout the country.
western cities served by the
company.
The company's stock arc
Donahoo To Head
Service Officers
Portland - OIPO - Elmer Don
ahoo of Medford was elected
president of the Oregon Coun
ty Veterans Service Officers
at the close of the group's
three-day .semi-annual conven
tion here Friday.
He succeeds George Blom
gren of Rocburg.
Austin Lord of Tillamook
was elected vice president and
Ridgelcy Miller of Salem was
reelected secretary-treasurer.
Balloon Purchase
Trips Drug Peddler
New York-iliri1 "I want
balloon, man. I'm going to
the circus."
So saying, narcotics detec
tive Anthony Schiano bought
three balloons from t lie hi-I'vclc-riding
peddler, two yel
low and one ted. The price:
Sli each. The reason for the
price: a liny packet of heroin
inside each balloon.
lt took weeks of surveil
lance on Manhattan's lower
Ea.t Side to discover who was
selling the narcotics in broad
daylight, and more days of
eavesdropping to overhear the
password.
Hut Thursday patience bore
fruit, and William Yeugclvitr,
28. was taken into custory.
Officers, who Marled looking
for a "pusher" weeks ago. had
seen Yeugelvitz many times. .
innocently pedaling his bike'
around Ihe street?
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And, Growing With Medford
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We're proud to announce the developm'ent of another practical and eye-appealing
commercial center for Medford. Designed to accommodate light wholesale
and retail businesses, this new center is well situated and features abundant
parking facilities. An easy flow of traffic is provided. Display and storage rooms to
exactly fit your needs can be built now to your specifications, located in the
heart of one of Medford's fastest growing areas at the intersection of Highway
99 and Crater Lake Highway. Watch us grow, or better yet, grow with usl
Check These Features:
Adjacent to two new Medford
V banks
Adequate parking for both customers
an
and employees
specifications
J Display and itorage rooms buill to your
I Rear entrance loading and unloading
facilities
I Central heating and air conditioning
w in each unit
t Close to U.S. 5 Freeway and projected
w Winnemucca-to-the-sea route
I A few blocks from Medford s city center.
Near Big Y Shopping Center
M Center of fast-growing area, convenient
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