Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 03, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text!?3 f 77in Fngraug Heavy Sty- iry a is ' r hjh 1 n 1 WINNERS GREETED President Kennedy., ing at a nursing home in Washington, won greets 90-year-old Maj. Gen. Charles the Congressional Medal of Honor, the dis- Kilbourne (ret.) of Lexington, 7a., one of tinguished Service Cross and the Disting- more than 200 Medal of Honor winners who uished Service Medal for service during were entertained at a White House lawn the Philippine insurrection. (UPI) party Thursday. Gen. Kilbourne, now resid- . Congo Soldiers Quickly Quell Police Mutiny Leopoldville, The Congo IUPH - Congolese soldiers and gendarmes today put down a short-lived mutiny by 2,000 Leopoldville policemen who were demanding more pay. Soldiers in combat dress and armed with automatic weapons surrounded the main police camp, Lufungula, where most of the mutineers had gathered. Jeep loads of officers and men entered through the main gate, disarmed the policemen and loaded the weapons onto army trucks. A Harvard T6 fighter-trainer of the Congo air force, flown by a Cuban exile pilot, swept low over the camp to impress the mutineers of the futility of a fight. : ' Gendarmes- went to City Hall and arrested policemen who had taken over the build ing. Other dissident policemen quickly got out of the police stations they had occupied. The policemen had arrested their commissioners and took some African employees from City Hall as hostages. Some of these were reported to have been beaten when they re sisted. The rebellious policemen did not molest white em ployees at City Hali. They merely asked them politely to go home, along with five or six Beligan police technicians serving with the city polite. The policemen demanded a 25 per cent pay raise. FAVORS DETERRANT London OlPIt Sir Winston Churchill, 88, in a rare public comment on a national issue, said today Britain must keep its nuclear deterrent. nnrciDl r onrrPSSOR HEWS(t)BRIEFS HEMS FROM Cr AROUND THI OlOM Moscow - itl'li - Deputy Communist party leader Erol Koilov. SS, the man Premier Nikila Khrutchev hai dubbed as nil iuccesor, was reported today to have suffered hit second heart attack. IDAHO LOYLTY OATH TEST SOUGHT Moscow, Idaho-HPI'-Sixly-lour University of Idaho faculty memben were circulating petitions today seeking support from their colleagues for a lest of the itate's new loyally oath. RUNOFF TFX COMPETITION SUGGESTED ' Washinglon-ISPh-Sen. John L. McClellan said today a runoff competition to lee which of two competing aircraft firs can produce the best TFX fighter might be In "the public interest." SOLDIERS BELIEVED DROWNED IN LAKE North Bend-arKThree soldiers were believed to have drowned today In Lake Keechelui when the Army truck In which they were riding collided with civilian temilructr rig ut east of Snoqualmit Summit and careened into the &&&& . HkJ "1 ' lli! f -i ll! I Medal of Honor Winners Pleased by Kennedy's Remarks Washington1--.-(UPIL- Prosi' dent Kennedy called them "our most distinguished American citii:ens." Standing in the White House rose gar den, forming a semi-circle of massive, human courage, -the Medal of Honor winners seem ed pleased at the compliment. A total of 293 of them- are still alive, and 234 were pres ent at the annual reception given by the President Thurs day to honor U. S. military forces. . "There are more square yards of courage here than you'll ever again see in your lifetime," someone said. Many of ihem were just or dinary appearing souls line the man next door, who rose to heights of unbelievable valor in moments of incredi ble strain. They had come to, Washington to be honored Dy the President. "So, gentlemen," Kennedy said, "we are delighted to have you here today, and we are very proud of you and, most of all, we are proud of what you represent which is the strong courage of Ameri- Bulletin Birmingham, Ala. (UPI) Police today turned fire hoses on hundreds of cheering Negroes who gathered in a city park prior to staging another segrega tion protest march. Many in the crowd were young children. STRICKEN cans -and their determination to defend their country.' Young and old," some very old, they wandered around the south lawn of the; White House, pausing now and then to gaze up to the second floor balcony where Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. watched the proceedings. They met old friends and recounted old tales.- ; Most of those present were heroes of World War II and the Korean War. Many of these still are in uniform. A few were from the bat tles of old. Retired Brig. Gen. Charles Roberts of ' Chevy Chase, Md., and John Davis of St. Petersburg, Fla., were given their coveted awards because of what they did in the Spanish - American War in Cuba in 1898. "Pappy" Boyington, the leg endary Marine flying ace of the South Pacific Theater in the Second World War, was there too. Kennedy gave him an especially warm hand clasp. ' There also was Earle D. Gregory of Tuscaloosa, Ala., who rose to glory in the Bois de Consenvoye in France on Oct. 8. 1918. His wife, Jettie, rushed to Kennedy and had him autograph a baseball for their 1 1-year-old grandson, Jeff. "This is going to carry Ala bama for you," she said. - "Thank you," said the Pres ident. i Hatfield Vetoes , Optometrist Bill ' Salem - HJPII - Gov. Mark Hatfield returned his first veto of the 1963 legislature Thursday. . He vetoed a bill that would have added an optometrist to the State Commission for the Blind. . The governor returned the bill to the House, where it or iginated. ' i The veto seemed likely to stand. The bill passed the House after some debate 34 23. It would take two-thirds of the House, or 40 votes, to override, plus two-thirds of the Senate, where the bill passed 24-3. ' In his veto message, Hat field said the bill "places un necessary restrictions" on ap pointment to the Commission for the Blind. "It embodies a policy of giving special inures! recog nition to at least one profes sion croup." he said. - Cottage Grove - ib'Pli - Pins for the closure of Oregon for ests this summer have been backed by the Oregon Forest Protection association at its nifina hem. Dominican Head Renews Warning On Aggression Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - IUPII - Sharp in ternal fighting was reported in Haiti today. Dominican President Juan Bosch again warned the neigh boring country he would go to war to halt any new "ag gression" against his country. Reports from Haitian sourc es said at least 45 of Presi dent Francois Duvalier's ton ton macoute (bogeymen) were killed Thursday night in a skillful ambush laid by re sistance leader Clement Bar dot. Heavy firing of automatic Crater Students Honored During Recognition Event Central Point - Nine Cra ter High school seniors con stituting the top S per cent of their class in the academic field, and 78 athletes repre senting the baseball, wres tling, tennis, track, and cross country teams were urged to develop and use their God given talents when Rep, John Dellenback addressed them last night at Crater's first combined awards banquet. Illustrating his speech with the Biblical parable of the talents, Dellenback told the students that each had differ ent abilities, that the measure of success was not how well one did in competition, but how fully he developed h i s own particular talent. "You are blessed," he continued, "many doors are open to you, the future belongs to the edu cated." . Introduces Students In introducing the honor students, ' Miss Martha Bo shears, Torch Honor society advisor, said .there are no subs and only one team, with each member on his own in' the scholastic field. Honored as the upper 5 per cent of the senior class were Selene Ash, Joyce Dye, Mar lena Fowler, Janice Mooster, Joyoe Roberts, Jo Ann Traut- man, Janet Pfaff, Camelle Merz and Les Dewey. , Head track coach Ed Knapp, baseball coach Bill Piche, tennis couch Ogden Kellogg, and wrestling coach Jim Tacchini introduced ath letes honored. An award for the most im proved wrestler was present ed Steve Jorde by Donald A. Faber, Central Point business man. Teammates voted Les Dewey most valuable member of the tennis team. Gold Hill and Central Point Lions sopnsored the banquet. Master of ceremonies was Ellsworth Robison. Highway Relocation Work Will Proceed Jacksonville - Work on re location of the Modford-Pro-volt highway through Jack sonville is expected to pro ceed in the near future, do spite a report to the contrary circulated at a meeting of the Jacksonville city council last night. Dean Parsons and Ralph Roderick of Cornell, How land, Hayes and Merryfield, Corvallis engineering firm, showed councilmen a letter the firm received April 24 from Frank Morgan, state highway department construc tion engineer at Salem, re porting that plans for the highway relocation has been suspended indefinitely. A check with John Qulner, assistant division engineer in Roseburg this morning, how ever, revealed that Tuesday night's action by the Jackson ville city council to approve the proposed highway route gave the highway department a green light to proceed with plans. Quiner Indicated that Mor gan's letter might have been written before the highway commission decided to leave the matter In the hands of the Jacksonville council. The highway commission approv ed the route subject to the approval of the council, he explained. SUIT FILED Portland -fllPfl- A $50,000 suit against the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation was filed In U. S. District Court Thurs day by the widow of a man who drowned at Kah.Nee-Ta lot Springs last year. weapons and at least five gre nade explosions were said to have been heard on Port-au-Prince outskirts. Action Sought Bosch, meanwhile, sought collective inter - American ac tion against the Duvalier re gime. Bosch called Duvalier "a mentally sick man" Thursday night and cited a statement Wednesday by the Haitian prcsiden'. that only God could remove him from power. A fact-finding team of the Organization of Ameri can States flew to Santo Do mingo from the Haitian capi tal of Port-au-Prince Thurs day, leaving behind a country gripped by fear that Duvalier would resume a violent cam paign against his enemies. May Not Wait Bosch told foreign corres- spondents in his presidential residence Thursday night that tne Dominican Republic would not wait for OAS ac tion in the event of renewed Haitian aggression. "The next time Haiti com mits aggression against us, we will tell the OAS what our course of action, has been, not from the Dominican capital but from the capital of a neighboring nation," he said. Haiti and the Dominican Re public share the Caribbean is land of Hispaniola. . Bosch s statement indicated Dominican forces would in vade Haiti and try to crush Duvalier's autocratic regime. Sign Ordinance Amendment OK'd An ordinance regulating the time interval between issu ance of a permit for construc tion of a sign and the date by which the sign must be completed was extended by 60 days by. the Medford city council last night. The action was taken after John Eads of Electrical Prod ucts asked the council for an extension of his sign permit. which was due to expire May a. Eads firm has a contract to construct an electrical sign at lZtn and Spencer sts an area adjacent to the Inter state 5 freeway overpass. The permit for the sign was ob tained prior to the recent pas sage of the billboard ordi nance by the council. The ordinance had provid ed for 120 days between the time the permit was issued and the completion of the sign. The amendment, which was unanimously passed by tne council, extends the inter val to 180 days. City Attorney William Mansfield said that if the council desired, the ordinance could be amended so that time extensions could be granted by the city admin istration. Mansfield advised against such action, however. "I have reason to believe the billboard industry will take legal steps to attack this city's sign ordinance within five years," he said. "It that provision were included it would be a niche In the armor of the ordinance that the sign industry might try to take ad vantage of." Sunhelmets Planned By Sheriff's Office The Jackson county sher iff's criminal department will wear white sunhelmets this summer, according to Sheriff DeArmond Leigh. The new light-weight hats with screen vents on sides are expected to be cooler than the present western style felt hats; Leigh explained. 'We get most of our wear on the western hats in the summer. They cost about $20 compared to $2 each for the sunhelmets which we can get through war surplus," he said. We want something which is dlffcrenent from any other local police department, yet practical and economical, the sheriff said. WEATHER rHK( AHTr Showurl mil rlpir prrlodi tunlsht nd Saturday, t'onllnurd cool. Low Uinlghl 3S. Him Saturday . Temp. Hlfhfit Vaaterday J2 t.nwet This Morntnt 40 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 3) Our Skies Tonight Sunset Uiday 1:11 p.m. bunrlae tomorrow .... C:01 a.m. Moontel tomorrow .... 4:39 a.m. Full Moonn May I PmiMINKNT STARS The Die Dipper, Men In north- eatt at auniet and high In midnight. Vega, low In northesit s:U p.m. Antarea, rlieg ..U:Q4 p.m. Hi Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections flu' f i ' f " i .... A I I t , a CAROLINE DISCIPLINED Caroline Kennedy got a les son in discipline Thursday while watching a White House reception for Medal of Honor winners from the upper balcony of the Executive Mansion. The child climbed up the balcony railing and when her nurse, Maude Shaw, Public Hearing on Air Pollution Bill Slated by Council The Medford city council last night, Without discussion called for a public hearing in two weeks. May 16, on a pro posed air pollution control ordinance. -The ordinance, as it now stands', is the fourth draft pre pared by City Attorney Wil liam Mansfield In consulta tion with a throe-man com mittee of councilmen appoint ed by Mayor James Dunlevy William Singler, Dick Trav is and R, L. Van Sickle. The ordinance which was submitted to the council last night differs substantially from earlier drafts in that clauses authorizing the city to obtain court injunctions to stop air pollution were delet ed. Sample Clause A sample deleted clause read: "... the City Attorney is hereby authorized and di rected to institute in the Cir cuit Court of of the State of Oregon proceedings to enjoin such nuisance . . ." Following the meeting last night, committee members said the punitive powers of the ordinance were removed because they felt it would be better to seek the "voluntary cooperation" of the mill own ers in attacking the problem. One councilman pointed to the voluntary efforts of area fruit growers In reducing smudge from orchard heating. He said some mill owners have already made substantial prog ress in controlling their air pollution problem and he hoped others would be en couraged by the ordinance to follow their example. The three committee mem bers agreed that solution of the problem may take aome lime. They said they were concerned about the possible economic impact on the com munity if a stronger ordi nance were put into Imme diate effect. Public Nuisances In csincc, the ordinance now under consideration em powers the city to declare certain sources of air pollu tion to be public nuisances, but only after a hearing had been held in which the coun cil would weight the utility of the offending use against the "gravity of the harm." The ordinance also implicit ly calls for the appointment of an air pollution control of ficer, who would advise and consult with present and fu ture industrial and commer cial establishments in efforts to eliminate air pollution sources. Copies of the ordinance are available to the public In the city attorney's office In city hall. The public hearing on the measure is scheduled for May 18, the next regular routing of the council. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1963 April Storms Cause Employment Rise In County The series of storms moving tnrougn soutnern Oregon dur- ing April had an obvious dam aging effect upon the upswing in employment which started rn March, John J, Patton, manager of the Medford of - nee or ine state employment service, nus reDonea. Storms softened rnnris In (hp Jackann nountv r nnrf in several Instances logging op- ... . . erations were halted. Mills were shut down due to log shortage. . Building, generally, contin ued at a healthy rate, accord ing to the labor market bul letin. A large motel and an apartment house improved the construction picture and another motel is now under construction. Retail establishments re ported business "slow" during most of April. This too was blamed on the weather. The few pleasant days were marked by an increase in buy ing. Principal Activity Orchard heating was the principal activity on the agri cultural labor market. Various opinions have been expressed as to the extent of crop dam age in the Rogue River valley. Bibeau Arraigned On Jury Indictment Harold James Bibeau, 20, is scheduled to enter a plea to a first degree murder Indict ment at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 9, In Jackson county cir cuit court. The dale was set yesterday afternoon by Circuit Judge James M. Main when Bibeau was arraigned on the grand jury indictment. He Is being held in the county jail without ball. Bibeau is charged with strangling and shooting Varsi ty Theater Manager Russell Waldon Osborn, 49, In Ash land May 4. land April 27. Also arraigned on grand Jury Indictments Thurfdny af ternoon was George Bralnard Sabln, 48, of 115 Neil rd., Ash land, who pleaded guilty to a charge of rape. A psychiatric examination at the state hos pital and a presentenclng re port were ordered. Sabln's son, Stcavc Richard Sabln, 17, who was indicted for contributing to the delin quency of a minor was re manded to Jackson county ju venile court for a hearing. PARK PLANNED Washington - lliPB - Legisla tion ha been prepared to es tablish a 13 million aero Na tional Park In the north Cas cade region of Washington be tween Mt. Baker and the Canadian border. Tribune pulled her down, she slapped at the woman, left photo. The nurse then picked Caroline up and planted her firmly back on the balcony. The pictures were made by UPI staff photographer Roddy Mims with a telephoto lens. (UPI) to Slow i Poor nollinlzation as well as frost- damage 'threaten the 1083 crop and an accurate I esllmle " ,he il!e ot the Jw -'f i M.peclea De- j'01 late May or early June, "'-"" . .o Peeled to be adequate for val- ley needs, except in a few slrlll nnn..nnt:nn X il "--l.h'""", me u nH-'s- High school and college stu dents will be looking for work In late May and June, and Patlon has asked that em ployers give them considera tion wherever possible in sum mer employment. A large number of applicants will be looking for temporary sum mer work, needed to assure their return to school In the fall, Patton pointed out. Others Complete School Tnere will be other stu dents, Patton added, who have completed high school and are not going on to college. The Employment Service has in terviewed and given aptitude tests to many of the students In this group who are seeking permanent employment. Em ployers wishing Information on this group are asked to call 773-8481. The rate of Insured un employment as of April 23 was 8.4 per cent compared to 8.8 per cent four weeks earlier, Patton said. This figure Is above the level for one year ago but is expected to drop when the weather im proves, he said. Baseball Commission Is Appointed for County Claude Miles, Granvil Brit- tsan and Francis Cheney have been appointed by the Jack son county court to the coun ty baseball commission. The appointments were an nounced today by County Commissioner Donald E. Fa ber. Miles will serve a three year term. Cheney was nam ed for two years and Brlttsan for one. Faber said the duties of the three men will include supervision of the fairgrounds ball park and Its use. He re ported that their full duties will be outlined In the near future. The three will be in structed to cooperate with sports groups In the various communities of the county. Their work will mainly look toward furnishing the field for amateur sports for citizens of the county particularly the younger people. Medford Buiineiimen Miles has been a Medford business man. He was active as a player in this urea early In the century. He has ben a Jjjrong supporter of youth 58th Year , Price 10 Cents No. 37 $50 Million ol Deleted Postal Funds Restored Washington x (0 ... 2?aced with a threatened curtailment nt mail deliveries, the Senate (Appropriations committee to day restored $50 million of , tne $89 8 mj,on Houe cut m post office operations funds. In approving a $8 billion Treasury-Post Office money bill, the committee also out back $16,291,050 of the $57.32 million stricken from the Treasury appropriation by the House. The Senate committee bill, with other minor changes, to taled $77,290,250 more than that passed by the House. The group allowed $10 mil lion less than a subcommittee recommended Wednesday be restored for mall delivery and other postal services. $60.5 Million Overall Even so, the parent commit tee restored $80.5 million of the $91,064,000 chopped from the overall Post Office De partment request by the House. The committee put back the entire $10 million cut by the House from the facilities post al fund - money for construe- -tion of new post offices. It also restored $500,000 of a $2.2 million House cut In re search, development and en gineering money. Postmaster General J. Ed ward Day had warned that mull deliveries would have to be curtailed unless the House cuts were restored. baseball and has worked ex tensively to secure the Im provements at the fairgrounds park. Brlttsan, a former Med ford American Legion post commander, has a business at Talent and has been active in civic affairs. Choney is a Partner in Cheney Forest Products which has mills in Central Point, Washington and California. The Cheney firm has long Decn engaged in youth sports programs. Faber Indicated that Miles will represent the middle portion of the county, Brlttsan the south and Cheney the north. - , The county commissioner reported that crews are work ing to have the ball park ready as soon as possible. Plans are to use donated bleachers for this season. At the present time part of a permanent backstop is be ing erected behind home plate and along the third base line. Faber reported this work almost to.npletcd. Other prep. aratlons scheduled Include I "revitalizing" the field light.