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Ms FQen Military liscles ii May Pay m$ Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 Pages Two Sections House Puis Sales Tax Bill Out of Reach for Session Action Said Reply To Senate Pressure Salem -flJPD- In an unexpect ed series of actions, the House today stored its sales tax bill out of reach for the rest of this session. The House voted 34-26 to "postpone indefinitely" action on the measure. This means it cannot be brought up again. Rep. Berkeley Lent (D- Portland) said it was open to debate whether another sales tax bill might reach the floor and be considered, but in view of today's vote, it was unlikely. Must Originals The action was the House's answer to growing pressure from the Senate to send over a sales tax' bill. All revenue raising bills must originate in the House. It was still possible the Senate Tax committee might try to substitute a sales tax for one of the other tax bills sent over by the House.. The bill acted on today had been laid on the table with out a vote to spare April 17. A tabled bill is considered killed, but can be revived On a motion by Rep. Fritzi Chuinard (R-Portland) the House took the measure off the table today by voice vote. The House then defeated motions to send the bill to the Agriculture and Livestock committee, and to the Tax committee, before voting for indefinite postponement Four Republicans joined 30 Democrats on the vote for indefinite postponement. The only Democrat voting to keep the bill alive was Rep. Don McKlnnis (D-Summerville) a sponsor. Chamber Sees Film On Ml. Ashland Area Ashland-An 11-minute color motion picture on the Mt. Ashland ski development project was unveiled at the Ashland Chamber of Com merce luncheon here Tues day. The film, produced under the direction of Whitland Locke, Ashland photographer, displays scenes of the pro posed ski area and describes plans for the project. The film was originally planned for use in the promo tion of sales of stock, most of which has already been sold. But Chamber President Bill Patton voiced the opinion that it could still be used as a general promotional film. Also shown at Tuesday's meeting was a film describing the Big Mountain ski area at Whitefish, Mont. Medal Holders Fly Bast for Luncheon Portland - IUPH - Four Ore gon Congressional Medal of Honor winners flew east to day for a lunch Thursday with President Kennedy at t n e White House. They will join other Medal of Honor winners from other parts of the coun try. Those from Oregon include Ma). Stanley Adams of Eu gene, Edward Allworth of Corvalll. Arnold Bjorklund of Portland and Henry Schaucr of Woodhurn HEVSBRIEFS tTIMS ntOM Hr MOUND TNI 01OM YANKS MAKE FINAL PUSH ON EVEREST Katmandu, NtpiMW-Four Amtrican mountain climb tn .larted the final jrualing push to th summit of Mount Ev.reit. In world's iilltst peak, in fin clear waathtr this morninn. DOCTORS FIGHT DISEASE AT TRAINING CENTER San Dige-W-Two madical xprft wr at th Naval training Cntr hr today to aid ir, combatting an out break ol T-ningitU whir:-, his -lsi t? rletimi tine Min-n t. Thr .'. di1- TITAN MISSILE BXPLOt l' DURING LAO'-CH v.,.d.nbrg AFB. Calil ..TO-A Titan 1 1CBM xplod d whil being launched t'-rflay. Pparr.i'.T al!r bing raiitd from Its undrgrou id Kilo bu! bfor Ik had lft lh ground. REFUGEES TO LEAVE HMT: .,..,. Port au Princ. Haiti-"! rT-Hai has agreed to lh Do minion Republic' dmand th.t 22 political r.lug... in .v!nm in !h n"inlrn rnb-Y ' l'owed to tlea lh .ou itry in iLly. dio.,.lic sourci i-id ndy. tit ?' , 1 JOHN R. REID Candidates tor School Board Board Member Will Be Elected Monday During School Vote Patrons of School District S49C will elect one board member and decide whether the board should be increased to.- seven members Monday, May 6, during the annual school election. Two candidates have filed for the board position which will be vacated by Keith Hockersmith, present choir- Ceremonies (or Law Day Are Held John B. Casterline, Medlord High school sophomore, was presented a certificate of merit for his Law Day edi torial from the Oregon State Bar association by Carl Bro- nhy, Jackson County Bar as sociation' president, during Law Day ceremonies in Jack son county circuit court this morning. Casterline's editorial w a s entitled, "Law - Rule of Rignt not Might." 'Americans today live in a society which enjoys the unique privilege of living un der law and justice," the edi torial read. It continued: "This nation would not be ruled by power of one man, or several but by the law of the people set down through representatives. The results have been staggering. Why was it so successful? The an swers are many - democrocy, liberty, justice - but it all boils down to one fact: The U. S. was governed by the law of the people, unlike any society before it." Paul W. Haviland, Law Day chairman, explained national Law Day was proclaimed for May 1 by President John F. Kennedy in contrast to the Communists' May Day cele brations the same day. Circuit Judges Edward C. Kelly and James M. Main and District Court Judge Loren L. Sawvcr presided in Judge Kelly's court. Medford Law yer Frank J. Van Dyke read a memorial on the late Ken neth DF.unan, and Harry Skyrman read a memorial on the late Joseph Fliegel Sr. ELECTED PRESIDENT Portland-lUPU-Dr. John V Straumfjord of Astoria has been elected president of the Oregon Board of Medical Ex aminers. Dr. David B. Judd, Eugene, is secretary treasurer. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1963 Sm.' V-v if WILLIAM BRAWN man who decided not to seek reelection. The candidates are John R. Reid, 184S Old Stage rd., Medford, and William (Bill) Brawn, 507 Kenwood ave., Medford. Voters Monday will decide whether they want the school board expanded from the present five member group to seven members. If approved. additional board members will not be elected until the annual school election in 1964. The board had indicated during the time several sur rounding school districts were consolidated into 549C it would submit to district pa trons the opportunity of de ciding whether the board should be five or seven mem bers. Part Ownar of Firm Reid is a part owner of Hub bard -Wray company, Med ford, and has lived in this area since 1948. He previously operated a cattle ranch at Lake Creek. Reid served on the school board of the Eagle Point dis trict for four years,' and was president of the Jackson County School Board associa tion for two years while on the Eagle Point board. Educated in California schools, he attended Hum boldt State college and the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of the Jackson County Stock men's association. Reid has a son In Medford High school and two pre school age children. Brawn is an electrical engi neer for the Pacific Power and Light company, and is a registered professional engi neer. He has been a resident of Medford for 13 years. Served In Navy He served as chief nadio technician on a destroyer es cort in the South Pacific dur ing World War II. Brawn at tended Corvallis area schools, the Navy radio technician school, and was graduated from Oregon State university in electrical engineering in 1949. Brawn taught electronics courses in the adult education classes at Medford High school. He attends Mt. Pitt Nazarene church. Next year, Brawn will have four children in Medford schools, two boys at Jackson, a girl at McLoughlin Junior High, and a son at Medford High school. Polling places Monday in the Medford district will be in the 14 elementary schools between 2 and 8 p.m. Seat Belt Measure Goes To Governor Salem-HW-A hill requiring seat bells in all nc' cars sold in Oregon after Nov. 1, 1964, went to the governor today. The House agreed to a Sen ate amendment eliminating a requirement for sea belt anchors in rear seat The House passed, i8-10, a bill to double the T.inltnum . qulrement of personal li ability automobile insurance. It would raise minimums to $10,000 for ilnle person and $20.00-.; 'oi two ri nvre persom. It went lo the Senate. FILE COMPLAINTS Salem -Wli- Favctte and Esther Bristol of Grants Pass have filed a complaint in the fate x t'mirt aciiinst the I iiuic a ua cuiinnisd Tribune Oregon Could Get Four Youth Camps If JFK Bill Passes By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - If Congress authorizes creation of a Youth Conser v a t i o n Corps for unemployed boys to work in the forests and parks, the Kennedy Administration has preliminary plans for using at least four camps in Oregon that would accommo date 300 boys. Medford Man Is Forest Farmer of Year in Jackson William Hust Jr., route 1, box 330, Medford, was hon ored as Jackson county's for est farmer of the year at the Medford Kiwanis club lunch eon today. Hust has logged 24 thousand board feet of lumber from 11 acres he planted to trees un der the soil bank program in 1958. He also has sold fence posts, Christmas trees and fire wood from the farm woodlot. The selection committee said Hust "has and is doing a very good job of small woodland management." The committee consisted of Rich ard D. Olson, Jackson county farm forester, state depart ment of forestry: County Ex tension Agent Earle Jossy: Forester Richard Swan; Soil Conservationist Ben Mouchet; Forester Dale Prentice; Ranch er John Black; and Forester Robert H. Torheim, Rogue River National forest. Hust also works part- time a carpenter. He worked with the Jackson county farm forester, Soil Conservation Service and the U. S. forest service in developing a man agement plan for his property. The contest is part of the Portland Chamber of Com merce "Rust in Trees pro- pram. Ilust's contest forms turn been entered in the state contest. He was judged on the basis of his activities during the last five years. The state program is de signed to encourage and pro mote better management prac tices in farm forestry. A farm forest owner is any owner with not less than five acres nor more than 5,000 acres and who is not a professional for ester, according to terms of the state program. City First for No Traffic Fatalities Medford has been ranked first, above 210 other cities in its population category, for having no traffic fatalities during the first three months of 1963, according to the Na tional Safety council. The ranking appeared in the May issue of Traffic Safe ty, a publication of the Na tional Safety council. Medford, on the basis of figures compiled during the 1960 cenrus, is compared witli other cities in the country having populations between 10.000 and 25.000. Rankings are also based on the 1962 registration death rate, which is the number of deaths per 10.000 registered motor vehicles on an annual basis. According to the report, cities are ranked by registra tion death rales from low to high. When two or more cities have exactly the same rate, ranking is by total ve hicle registrations-from large to small. Last year by this time, Med ford had had one traffic fatal ity, which occurred on Jan. 2. Two traffic deaths were re corded during the year i i the city, according to Medfcfi Po lice Chief Cnarles P. fthunp lin. General Wolkei -Visit in Pohfr-id Tulsa, OkIb. - iliPfi Firr. MaJ. Gen. Edwin K. ..v plans to visit Fo-.vJtwi, ., la' i ' this month. Evangelist Billy James Har gis said he and Walker wood visit Portland and Seattle :n a tour which will start May IS in Salt Lake City and end in New Orleans May 28. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 35 The YCC bill passed the Senate April 10 by a 50-34 vote and ha? been approved by the House Labor commit tee. But it has been stalled in the House Rules committee for several weeks, reportedly because southern Democrats are fearful of the political im pact of approving a program which will doubtless foster racially integrated camp fa cilities for the YCC. Administration officials are working quietly behind the scenes in an effort to get the bill before the House where they think it will be passed with something of the same popularity that has attended creation of the Peace Corps. They hope to activate plans for the YCC by this summer. Agriculture Secretary Or ville Freeman has said the Fprest Service could place b9 camps in operation within 30 days of getting congressional approval. Some months ago the administration pulled to gether a list of 156 existing facilities which could accom modate 11,240 boys. The Sen ate version set 15,000 as the maximum number of boys in the YCC for the first year but set no ceiling on enrollment during the subsequent four years. With this prospect, officials indicate that new camps will have to be built to supple ment the old CCC camps still in existence and the former military camps and other existing facilities which will be used at the outset. The four existing facilities in Oregon which are on tne administration's list are at Sa lem, Baker, Burns and Timber- Lake-tcampV which is 27 miles from Estacada in Mount Hood National Forest. The Salem facility Is under the Bureau of Land Manage ment and would take 100 boys. The Baker camp is ilso under BLM and would take 50 boys. Timber Lake is a Forest Service camp for 100 and the Burns facility, accom modating 50, is under the In terior Department's Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Being Sought Sen. Maurine Neuberger, in an interview, said she thinks the YCC's national headquar ters should be located at Tongue Point naval base near Astoria, since another federal use is being sought for the former military facility. "They could just as well work out of there as some where back here," she said, especially since much of the YCC work would be done in western forests. Administration officials said the headquarters is expected to be located in Washington, D.C., under the wing of the Labor Department. Tongue Point isn't on the list for use even as a YCC camp, although former military bases in other states are slated for YCC camps. The closest camp to As toria would be across the Co lumbia River at Ilwaco. Wash., one of seven camp fa cilities listed for Washington state with a combined capa city of 540 boys. Idaho and Montana are list ed for the most number of camps and corpsmen. accord ing to these preliminary plans. Idaho has 19 available facilities for 1200 boys and Montana has 18 for 1350 boys. California has 12 facilities for 825 boys. The list includes camps in 36 states. Hawaii and Alaska among them, and also in Puerto Rico. There are a few facilities listed for the big eastern states, virtually none in New England, a few in the South, more in the Great Lakes states, but the bulk of them in the West. WEATHER FOKKCAST: Clf.ndv with ratn tunttht and Thursday morning. Partly cloudy with howir Th-jrsdav afurnonn ana niJit, l ow tonight 4V, High ihurdy M. Temp. Highest Ynterday SI 1.owtt Thta Morntne, 3J re, to am. today. Trace Our Skiv;v Toniaht Sunset U rV i . Hunrlte lov.v MooniM tomorrow' Full Mnnn xm. a.m. . May I Thli month 111 rtiiiervi the rapidly dimming plane Man, moving toward the ' r, Reculus. Tonight the V jon appears near Rrgulut; on May 31 Man will be teen hcre the .Moon is tonight. PC It Pi . 1 ' - , ' 1 f i2J f WAVE TO CROWDS Cuban Premier ing 'May Day celebrations In Moscow today. Fidel Castro, left, and Russian Premier Ni- They stand atop Lenin Mausoleum in Red kita Khrushchev wave to huge crowd dur- Square. (UPI) Italian Election Appears To Doom Fanfani's Control Rom e fUPD The result of Italy's fifth post-war general elections today put the coun try under its most serious threat from domestic commu nism in 15 years. The election outcome ap peared to do o.m Premier Amintore Fanfani's pro-Western center-left government and promised a period of po litical instability for Italy, a key member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Common Market. The powerful Italian Com munist party, largest in the West, picked up one million votes for a record 25 per cent of all ballots cast Sunday and Monday. The Communists in creased their strength in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Doubled Score To emphasize the swing away from Fanfani's center left experiment, the right wing Liberal Party more than doubled its 1958 score. The Liberals campaigned almost exclusively against Fanfani's flirtation with the Socialists of Pietro Nenni. Their sharp rfains all but broke the back of the pre mier's famous "opening to the left." Fanfani heads the Christian Democrats. The Christian Democrats remained the largest single party with 38.3 per cent of the vote, but the balloting for the Chamber of Deputies gave the Communists and Social ists combined almost 40 per cent. District 6 Buys New School Site Central Point - School Dis trict 6 officials have an nounced the purchase of 10 acres for eventual use as a building site for a new school in the Sams Valley area. The future school sites is lo cated on Table Rock rd. and Highway 234 and was pur chased from a California man. Announcement of the pur chase climaxed several months of looking over sites and negotiating with the seller. SHIP ARRIVES , Newport, O r e. (UPI) The Shell Oil Co. vessel Eureka arrived here Tuesday to re sume off-shore exploration for oil. Casanova Cautions Area Students Not To Become Intellectual Snobs Twenty-nine students of Medford and St. Mary's High schools, constituting the up per five per cent in the aca demic field, were cautioned last night not to become in tellectual snobs, but to de velop all sides of their na tures, when Len Casanova, head football coach at the University of Oregon, address ed them at the Scholastic Recognition banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club. The banquet was described as an event unique in Ore gon for the recognition it gives the academically u perior udents, who are hon ored wi'h ii.eir parents. sn.-oS ;UT.f that God and nature have endowed this gro'ip -vith special talents. Casanova urged the students to remember that their physi cal bodies and their spiritual natures, too, must be develop ed to their true potientials if they ari to become well my t HWk't:m Jacksonville City Council Reverses Stand on Highway Jacksonville Reversing an earlier stand, the Jacksonville City Council last night voted to approve the state highway department's proposed route for relocation of the Medford Provolt highway. The council made its deci sion after a last minute flurry of petitions swung the bal ance of public opinion in fav or of the proposed route. The "vole" of the people was close, however. Afler tabulat ing signatures on all letters and petitions, discounting du plicate signatures and dis qualifying non-residents of the city, the council came up with this result: 222 residents for the route and 208 against it. Vote In Favor The council; including May or E. O; Graham, who earlier had endorsed the proposed route, voted 6 to 1 to favor the highway department's plan. Councilman Floyd Wyatt cast the lone-opposition vote, stating he did not like the "ultimatum" delivered by the state highway commis sion, when it reportedly in formed city officials recently that if the proposed route Dellenback to Speak At Crater Banquet Central Point - Representa tive John Dellenback will be speaker Thursday at the Cra ter High School Awards ban quet in the school gmynasium at Central Point at 7 p.m. The banquet will honor the top 5 per cent in the 1963 sen ior class, baseball, track, cross-country, wrestling and tennis teams. This is the first year that such an event has been held for Crater students, approxi mately 100 of whom are to be feted. The banquet is being spon sored by the Central Point and Gold Hill Lions clubs, who plan to make it an an nual event. Bulletin Tokyo-aiPli-Tha Japanese maritime agency said today that it had been advised that a Communist Chinese freighter was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea between Korea and China. rounded and successful cit izens. He asked, particularly, that they not assume the attitude that all athletes are muscle men, all brawn, no brain. Athletes do not accept that attitude, he pointed out, any better than the academically advanced like to be called "book worms and egg heads." The freshman in the aca demic field, the university coach stated, faces many of the same problems that con front the freshman on the football field. Both are sud denly projected into much more and tougher competi tion. Both are Icavir; high school greatness behind. Ton fidrn e rr.fl purcheisio . re both grvxi qti.:!ies but cither can b a -tudent'i undoing, Casanovk warned. A student can become loo frightened, he can becorre over confident. He needs to maintain humility, preserve hs health and moral stand 37 V 4 if VIC were not favored, the entire relocation project would be dropped. The choice between the pro posed route or no relocation at all, however, was credited with touching off the last minute flurry of petitions. The people apparently de cided they would rather have the Medford-Provolt highway relocated along the south side of Jackson creek as proposed Dy me highway department than see the relocation project dropped altogether, city of ficials said. Suggest Alternate Routes Some residents had suggest ed a route along the north side of Jackson creek, others around the north side of Jack sonville cemetery. But the highway commission indicat ed that both these routes would be too expensive to construct, The city council's action in favor of-the" highway Reloca tion route makes it virtually certain that the bypass of Jacksonville a business area will be constructed. Mayor Graham said yester day morning he had been in formed by the highway com mission that it would accept whichever decision the city council reached. Letters Returned Petitions and letters that had been sent directly to the commission at Salem were re turned to the council for tab ulation. There, were 78 total signa tures in favor of the proposed route on petitions returned from Salem. Three duplicate signatures and 21 by non-residents were discounted, leav ing 54. Then on petitions brought in yesterday, there were 237 total signatures, a figure reduced to 168 after discounting two duplicates and 69 non-residents. Adding 54 and 168, the council ar rived at a figure of 222 resi dents in favor of the route. In comparison, there were 233 signatures on petitions re turned from Salem that were opposed to the route. Sixteen were duplicates and 20 were by non-residents, wnich left 197. The council then added in 11 letters received two weeks ago in opposition to the route. By adding 197 and 11, the council arrived at the figure of 208 In opposition to the highway department's route. ards and work hard in either endeavor, the speaker stated. He then told a story to il lustrate his contention that the people who have the most luck are the ones who work the hardest. Defining himself as a lib eral arts student, a philosophy major, who turned to football, Casanova said he had found his educational background usctul in his position. A foot ball coach, he explained, needs to "cunjel his team in many profcto'U outride the gridiron. Medfr.rd Mayor James Dun levy jt mater o( cere monie; for thi banquet. Dr. Bill. Blk.;ta '..: represented lh. service rlu'. aponkoring "..e annual dutner, aw! lijttrf them as Medford An erican Legion, Business and Profes sional Women's club, the Crater Lions. Junior Cham bet of Commerce, Knirhts of Speeches Lacking Usual Attack on U.S., Imperialism American Diplomats Boycott Ceremonies By United Proji International The Communist world flex ed its military muscles to mark May Day today, but the speeches lacked the usual ti rades against "Imperialism" and the United States. Focal point of the observ ance was Moscow, where Cu ban Premier Fidel Castro showed up as guest of honor at the traditional Red Square parade. Castro was flanked by Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet dignitaries atop Lenin's Tomb. But the affair was boycotted by American diplomats for the first time since Washington and Moscow established diplomatic rela tions 30 years ago. Still Exists Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky said the danger of nuclear war with the United States still exists, but he made no threats. In East Berlin, the Commu nist East Germans paraded Soviet rockets and goose-slep-ping troops in a display that defied four-power agreements demilitarizing the divided city. The three Western Military commandants promptly de nounced the East German pa rade, saying that it showed clearly to the whole world that "the Soviet zone regime still remains the enemy of freedom." Attended Rally On the other side of the Communists' antirefugee wall. West Berhners attended a rally in which they pledged to continue protecting their freedom. West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said the Russian backdown in Cuba had taken the pressure off the city but a new Communist threat might crop up at any time. A. carnival atmosphere ex isted in Peking, capital of Red China and rival of Moscow for leadership in the ideological struggle between Khrush chev's coexistence policy and Mao Tse-tung's hard line. Integration Tries Fail in Two States By United Press International Attempts to inegrate down town restaurants failed Tues day in the capitals of Georgia and North Carolina. Two biracial groups of col lege students were arrested in Atlanta for trying to dine in two segregated eating places, and a United Nations repre sentative for Liberia accom panied by a reporter and a photographer, was refused service In two Raleigh, N.C., restaurants. At Chattanooga, Tenn.. two biracial groups today were scheduled to begin a civil rights walk to Mississippi com memorating slain Baltimore postman William L. Moore. Tlie mailman was shot to death last week near Gadsden. Ala., while hiking to Jackson, Miss., to deliver a letter to Gov. Ross Barnett urging in tegration. Miss Angie Brooks, Li beria's U.N. ambassador and also assistant secretary of state for the African nation, sought service at the S&W cafeteria and the dining room of the Sir Walter Hotel. She was in Raleigh on a speaking engagement. Columbus, Medford Chamber of Commerce, Medford Elks, Medford Kiwanis club, Med ford Lions, Medford Rotarians and the University club. He announced that plans are under way by this same sponsoring group lo develop a scholarship fend. William Mc.kibbon, head football and track coach at St. Mary's, Introduced the honor students from his school; Jim Johnston, physics instructor In the Medford High schoo;, litt.-oduccd the public school ,'irotip. Marv Ann CV.-ni.uip rt. sponded for St. Mary's, an Oarner Haupcrt for Mt Jiord High school. The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster of St. Mary's Episcopal church gave the invocation and the benediction. Dinner music and special numbers were played by four boys from the Medford High school and. X y
