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Ml ASSEB B "PS Ml '0' LINEUP - On the inside looking out, these three puppies at Southern Oregon Humane Society seem to be wondering how come they've been thrown in the clink. From their mischievious look, it could well be on a charge of suspicion. Obviously criminal types, it's a good bet they would have no compunctions about chewing a slipper to ribbons. Loans (or Grazing Land Management Voted by House Salem-OJPIt-Eastcm Oregon ranchers would be able to borrow the money for a $6 million management job on state-owned grazing lands un der a bill that passed the Ore gon House today. The measurement went to the Senate. " Rep. Robert Smith (R Burns) said it would apply to some 700.000 acres of state owned grazing lands in East ern Oregon that are leased out. He said the bill contains a "new land management policy" for Oregon. The measure contains three steps in land management. Would Classify Land First, the Land board would be authorized to classify its lands in Eastern Oregon as to their best use: grazing, farm ing, recreation. It would des ignate which tracts should be sold or traded, and which need rcsccding. The second phase calls for blocking of state lands to pro vide for better management. The heart of the program is contained in the third step: authorization for ranchers who lease the lands to bor row money from the State Land Board for their improve ment. Smith said the Land board has about $11 million invested in bonds and available for properly secured loans. He said loans would bring high er earnings into the common school fund. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Salcm-UIPD-Senate President Ben Musa and his wife. Rep K a t h e r i n e Musa, of The Dalles, observed their 33rd wedding anniversary today. HEWSCBRIEFS ' HUM FROM AHOUND 1M OlOM POPE CONTRADICTS AILING HEALTH REPORTS Vatican ritv-jl;PlL.Pora John a busy schedule of public appaarancas and mealing. whichM aonaared to contradict reports mat ms ntalln mignt oa failing. GRAHAM WILLING TO HELP Paris-'lTI'-ETangeliil Billy Graham said today ha would go to Birmingham, Ala., to help solve racial conflict through tht gospel of lit ii the clergy there Invites him. REMOVAL OF YANKS IN HAITI CONTINUES Port au Prince, Haiti-'IPI'-The United States continued removal by air of governmental dependent! from tense Haiti today under the watchful aye of an American naval task force. KENNEDY GETS FARM POLICY VICTORY Waihington-'IPI'-Tht Senate Agriculture committee hand ed the Kennedy Adminisliation a major farm policy victory today by approving without change House-paued bill to curb surplus lead grain production. COLORED PICTURES RELAYED BY TELSTAR II New York-ilPI-Colored television pictures of ballet per formers electronically danced 9.000 miles into space Wednes day night and were successfully relayed to Europe by way of Telstar II. . II , Alternate Route Survey Slated Near Jacksonville Jacksonville The state highway department will sur vey an alternate route for re location of the Medford-Pro-volt highway through Jack sonville, it was learned here this morning. The decision to make an al ternate survey was reached at a special meeting of the Jacksonville city council last night, at which Glenn Jack son, chairman of the state highway commission, and a group of department engi neers were present. The council voted 3 to 1 in favor of having an alter nate survey - of a route along the north side of Jackson creek - made by engineers. Voting for the alternate sur vcy were Councilmen Don Wendt, Floyd Wyatt and Paul Godward. Voting against it was George Brewer. Preliminary Planning The highway department conducted a preliminary run over the alternate route yes terday afternoon, setting up a line of red flags, to give coun cilmen an idea of where it Public Defender Biff Vofecf by Committee Salem (UPH A revised pub lic defender bill was approv ed Thursday by the House Judiciary committee. It would set up a state pub lic defender office to provide legal service for prisoners ap pealing to the Supreme Court or seeking post-conviction re lief. MARKET HELD UP Portland - (UPD - An Albert son's supermarket was held up here Wednesday night and about $5,600 was taken. XXIII iodav mada olani for IN BIRMINGHAM Actually, the puppies, like other animals at the humane society, are being kept until someone calls to give them a home, and they haven't done a thing wrong except to become orphans. They got their picture taken to point up Be Kind To Animals Week which continues through Sat urday. (Vroman Photo) Highway would run. Work on the sur vey itself will get under way shortly. Surveying of an alternate route will delay actual con struction of the highway re location at least until next year. . The decision to survey route north of Jackson creek came after Jacksonville's cit izens and leaders split over the merits of the route first proposed along the south side of Jackson creek. The Jacksonville city coun cil on April 30 voted 6 to 1 in favor of the first route, reversing an earlier stand, after determining that peti tions showed 222 residents in favor of that route and 208 against it. But the city planning com mission and the board of di rectors of the Southern Ore gon Historical society both voted unanimously during the last week to urge that an al ternate route be surveyed and that more time be made avail able to study the matter. Outside City Limits The alternate route now to be surveyed would leave the existing Medford - Provolt highway just outside the northeast city limits of Jack sonville. It would cross Jack son creek virtually at the city limits and then extend along the north side of the creek through the intersection of Oregon and E sts., past the front entrance to the Jackson ville cemetery, rejoining the present highway at the west end of the curve which was taken out by the highway de partment last year. The additional survey will cost between $12,000 and $18,- 000, Mayor E. O. Graham said he was informed. The highway commission has turned down the possi- bility of surveying a third route, around the north side of the Jacksonville cemetery, Graham added, because it would be too difficult to con struct. It was not immediately known how many houses would be affected by the sec ond route. Graham said he thought 14, the same number involved on the south side of the creek. A Mail Tribune sur vey indicated the number might be between 8 and 10. The mayor, who has gone on record in favor of the south side of the creek route, said he understood a road on the north side would cost at least $20,000 more to construct. The route on the north side would cut through fewer existing streets than the one on the south aide. Between the points where it would leave and then rejoin the present highway, access would probably be provided only at Oregon St., which is the Old Stage rd. running north to ward Gold Hill. After the second survey is completed, the city council will hold a public hearing to consider the two routes. City Planners To Study Resolution For Civic Center A resolution urging the Medford city council to "ac cept, adopt and take action on ' establishing' a civic cen ter, including a site for a new city hall in an area adja cent to the Jackson county courthouse, will be considered by the Medford planning com mission tonight. Also slated are public hear ings on 10 requests for zone changes or variances to city ordinances. Action will be taken on at least eight other requests on the agenda. Among the requests to be considered is the matter of relocation of a billboard sign permit held by Electric Prod ucts. To Change Location The permit presently held by Electric Products is for a location at the corner of 12th st. and the Interstate S freeway overpass. The firm would like to exchange that location for one almost di rectly across the freeway at the corner of 12th and Spen cer sts. The resolution concerning the civic center points out that "the growth of the city indicates a need in the near future for a new city hall to keep pace with the growth," and that "costs of land acqui sition are steadily rising." If adopted, the resolution would urge the council to take immediate steps to ac quire whatever property the city would need for lis facili ties in the area of the pro posed center. The resolution also would urge Jackson county, School District 549C and the state of Oregon to join with the city in development of the civic center. Three Sex Offender Bills Clear Senate Salem -IUPII- Three of the package of major sex offender bills cleared the Senate with out objection today. The House-approved measures all go back to the lower chamber for approval of amendments before being sent to the gov ernor. The bills were the peeping torn, enhanced penalty, and court jurisdiction measures. Peeping toms would face a six month jail sentence, and a $2,000 fine, or both. The en hanced penalty bill allows a person convicted of certain sex crimes, who has prior sex crime convictions, to be given an indeterminate prison sen tence "not exceeding the natural life of such person." The third measure gives ex elusive original trial jurisdic tion to Circuit Courts in cases involving offenses against children 16 years of age and under. TO BE CANDIDATE Salem -Wl- Rep. W I n ton Hunt (R-Woodburn) said to day he will be a candidate for speaker of the House in 1965 Regional Edition Medford 42 PAGES Five Sections Water Outlook for Area Improved by Storms in April Cool, Wet Month Brightens Forecast A cool and abnormally wet April has improved the water outlook for southern Oregon, according to water runoff sur veys by two organizations. Robert Church, meteorolo gist at thi Medford weather bureau station, said the water supply outlook is considera bly brighter than it was at this time last month. T. P. Helseth, state conser vationist of the Soil Conserva tion Service, said April storms brought considerable increases in runoff and high mountain snowpack in the Rogue-Ump-qua area, improving a rather dismal water supply outlook for lands served from direct strcamt'ow. The weather bureau report forecast residual runoff for the May-September period as follows: Upper Klamath lake net inflow, 313,000 acre feet, 72 per cent of normal; Rogue river below South Fork, 442, 000 acre feet, 75 per cent; North Umpqua below Lemolo reservoir, 112,000 acre feet, 72 per cent. Helseth said the water con tent of the mountain snow pack increased from 28 per cent of average on April 1 to 80 per cent of average May 1. Snow normally decreases dur ing that period, he noted. Stored water supplies for the Talent Irrigation district totals 108,S00 acre feet, he noted, compared to 86,700 acre feet last year. This Is an adequate supply, Helseth said The Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation dis tricts have about 15,000 acre feet, compared to 11,300 last year. Additional water can be obtained from the Talent dis trict for some lands. Although flow of the Rogue river at Raygold has been 111 per cent of average during April, Helseth said the fore cast for the May-September period Is 65 per cent of aver age, or 475,000 acre feet. Grants Pass Irrigation district may not find it necessary to rotate canal pumping, he said Water supplies for the Ea gle Point Irrigation district appear to be improved over the outlook of a month ago, he said. However, some late season shortage may still oc cur, he indicated. The Applegate and Illinois rivers are forecast at 61 per cent of average for the full April - September period, which is similar to the 1955 flow on the Applegate and the 1959 flow on the Illinois, both "short" years, he said. Complaint Seeks $100,000 Damages A suit seeking $100,000 general damages and $3,500 special damages has been filed in Jackson county cir cuit court by Jimmie Marie McGrath of 100 Windsor Way, Central Point. The suit is the result of an incident in Portland, In which Mrs. McGrath claims she suf fered injuries of "a perma nent and progressive nature" in a fall from a chair. Defendant is the Dura Cor poration, a Michigan corpora tion, doing business in Ore gon. The suit charges negligence on the part of the company in maintaining a defective chair, and inviting Mrs. Mc Grath to sit In it. The complaint states that Mrs. McGrath and her hus band went to the office of the Dura corporation on Oct. 9, 1961, to consider the purchase of a trailer. It states they were invited to sit down and when they did so the plaintiff was thrown to the floor "in a vio lent manner." WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to nttht. Varlihte cloudlnets fri day and Friday night with a frw showen In area. Low to night U-O. High Friday -Temp. Highest YMtrdy .... S Lowest ThU Morning 34 Prec. to It a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight K unset today M 1:11 p.m. sunrise tomorrow a.m. Moenrlie tonight t it p.m. Last Quarter .ay I Antares. the rtddtih tta.' wen oelow ih Moon tonight. It S2t light yean from the r.arUt. lit nama meant "Rival of Mara". MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, NEW POOL - The application of concrete by the gunite method was begun on the new $23,000 diving pool at Jackson park yester day. The job is expected to be completed by Saturday, according to a spokesman for Medford Construction company, contractors President Sees Continuation of Racial Troubles Washington -IUPIW President Kennedy says that the United States is going to continue to have racial difficulties until equal treatment is given to all American citizens. The President made the statement at his news confer ence Wednesday In praising white and Negro citizens of Birmingham, Ala., for their efforts to end "an ugly situ ation" there. "While much-remains to be settled before the situation can be termed satisfactory," Kennedy said, "we can hope that tensions will ease and that this case history . which has so far only narrowly avoided widespread violence and fatalities will remind every state, every community, and every citizen how urgent it is that all bars to equal op portunity and treatment be removed as promptly as pos sible." The President said that no federal laws were involved in the recent, demonstrations In Birmingham. In the absence of such federal jurisdiction, he said,, his administration was focusing its efforts on getting both sides together to settle in a peaceful fasnlon the very real abuses too long inflicted on the Negro citi zens of that community." The Birmingham situation dominated the questioning at the President s news conier- ence. On other subjects, he took these positions: Nuclear: He is ' not hopeful at all" about prospects for a nuclear test ban treaty. If there is no agreement, there well may be another round of nuclear testing by Russia and the United States. Middle East: The United States would support United Nations measures or adopt other courses of action to pre vent any aggression in the Middle East. He docs think the balance of military power has been changed In the Middle East recently. Dtnlts Dropping Anderson Anderson: He denied that Adm. George W. Anderson was being dropped as chief of naval operations because of his opposition to the adminis tration on the TFX plane and other issues. He said Ander son had agreed to accept a new government post of "high responsibility, but did not reveal the position. Amendment: He thought that efforts to amend the Con stitution to reduce the powers of the Supreme Court "will come to nothing, and I will be glad when they do not." Caribbean: He backed at tempts by the Organization of American States (OAS) to deal with the dispute between Haiti and the Dominican Re public. Committee Approves Child Molester Bill Salem - fUTO - A bill for commitment and treatment of potential child molesters was approved 11-2 Wed n e s d a y night by the Ways r.nd Means committee. Tribune for the project. About 150 tons of concrete will be blown Into the walls and floor of the pool. The 10-inch thick walls are heavily reinforced with steel. The picture above shows a workman applying concrete at the shallow end of the pool. Construction Work Progressing on New Jackson Diving Pool Construction work on the diving pool at Jackson park is progressing on schedule, Park and Recreation Director Robert L. Haworth reported last night to the Medford park and recreation commission. Completion of the $23,634 project, which is being done by Medford Construction com pany, is scheduled for mid June. The Crater Lions re cently donated about $2,000 toward the tank, the amount derived from their television auction, Contractor's crews began spraying gunite over the re inforced steel wire mesh frame Tuesday afternoon. That phase of the project is Missiles Possibly In Cuban Caves Washington -(UPD- A Senate subcommittee expressed "grave concern" today that Russian missiles may be hid den away in the myriads of caves in Cuba. The group also said in a report on an Investigation of Soviet military activities on the island that 17,500 was "perhaps a minimum figure" for the number of Russians still there. President Kennedy has es timated the number at about 13,000. The preparedness subcom mittee included in its censored 34-page report a strong attack on the Central Intelligence Agency for "faulty evalua tion" of information received before and since the October missile crisis. For one thing, the subcom mittee said, the CIA seemed to take took optimistic a view of the situation. The report said intelligence officials ap parently refused to accept re ports that Russian missiles had been sent to Cuba until reconnaissance planes took pictures of them In mid-October. Memorial Dinner Expected to Attract Various Dignitaries to City Saturday The 13th annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Saturday In Hcd rick Junior High school is ex pected to draw the the tradi tional number of visiting dig nitaries to Medford, Ted Ph i lips, co-chairman of the din ner, has announced. Congressman Robert B. Duncan asurcd the committee yesterday that he will be able to make the trip since he has been assigned to inspect the Naval Air Defenses on the coast this week end. Davidson To Atiand The trip west will be made by Jet bomber. Congressman Duncan will arrive at Kings- ley field and come to Med ford Saturday afternoon to in troduce U.S. Sen. Gaylord 58th Year Price 10 Cents 1963 No. 42 far1 I expected to be completed by Saturday. The diving tank will be 34 by 40 feet in dimension. It - J1 will be 12 feet deep at its lowest nart anrt B fppi. rippn at the shallow end. Apron Around Tank A lo-toot concrete apron will surround the tank, which is being constructed in an area adjacent to Jackson swimming pool, A fence will be erected, enclosing both the tank and the pool. Haworth also told the corn- m,sson1,'Y!t comPIen ot the baseball diamond at Jackson park will finish basic devel opment work there. Seeding of the lawn area, installation of an underground sprinkler system and various p 1 a y- ground equipment has been completed, Haworth said. Due to the absence of a number of the commission members, action was deferred on the naming of the recently acquired park site along Bear creek near Barnett rd. A com mittee, appointed to suggest a name for the park recently submitted "City of Medford Memorial park" as Its choice. Enterprise Area Search Continues Enterprise, O r e. OJPli A dozen state police officers continued a systematic check of about 15 cabins in remote woods of northeastern Ore gon today in their search for Billy Evans, 44, Flora, want ed for two slayings at Clark ston, Wash. But officers admitted they had turned up no trace of the husky stump rancher since he waved a gun at them and dis appeared into the hills Tues day. ' Evans is charged in an Asotin County, Wash., war rant with murder for the fa tal shooting late Monday night of Mrs. May Grlner, 40, and William Gerry, 40, La Grande, Ore., at Mrs. Grlner's home just outside Clarkston Nelson to the Jackson county audience. Democratic National Com mitteeman Glrard Davidson, just returned from a month's stay in Japan, and Mrs. David son are expected to make the dinner their first homecoming appearance. Also planning to be present are Ed Spencer, state chairman of the Demo cratic pnrty, and Martha Ann Adclsheim, state vice chair man. State Representative James Redden will be master of cere monies, and Clarence Barton, speaker of the House of Rep- ! resentatives. will be at the dinner unless the rush of ac tivities at the legislature make It Imperative for him to stay in Salem Saturday night. ! it I aiiiilii E-ilU .4-1 !':... SO Persons Said Killed, Several Others Injured . Rioting Threatens Projected UAR Beirut, Lebanon -UPD- New pro-Nasser riots were report ed in Syria today, with a num ber of persons said to have been killed in protests against the government. The crisis between the Arab nationalist Ba'Athist party and followers . of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nas ser threatened to torpedo a prelected new United Aiau Republic before it comes into being. Beirut newspapers' claimed 50 persons were killed in Aleppo and a dozen injured in Damascus in Wednesday's Syrian demonstrations. Polka Swing Clubs New demonstrations bv nrn. Nasser students were report edly broken up by club-swinging police in downtown Da. mascus this morning. Armor- ea cars ana tanks were said to have moved into strategic positions in Damascus and a total curfew was reported in Aleppo and another Syrian town. Horns. Syrian Premier Sallah El Bitar, a vigorous Ba'Athist. touched off the crisis over the week end bv firino mn pro-Nasser armv officers nnrf forcing the resignation of six- pro-wasser cabinet ministers. A Syrian delegation headed by Army Commander Louay Attassi flew to Cairo Wednes day for talks with Egyptian Chief of Staff Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer and Premier Aiy Sabry. They flew back; to Syria after only seven hours. Nasser Absent Amer Is in charge of the Egyptian government in tha iuaeui:e 01 nasser, wno wound up a visit to Algeria Wednes- riv nnri ifi T j ... . ' dential yacht Hourriya for an unknown destination. Nasser was scheduled to go to Yugoslavia, where ha planned to meet President Tito in Belgrade Sunday. Sut usually reliable sources said he was going directly to Cairo to look into the crisis with Syria and would tak a plane to Yugoslavia. Money, Guns Taken From Ashland Firm i Ashland - Police hero are investigating the theft of three rifles and between $250 and $300 in cash which was discovered at Ivar's Hardware and Appliance store, 2D6 East Main st., yesterday. Someone apparently enter ed an adjoining establishment, Siskiyou Electric company, through a back alley door, Tuesday night or early yester day morning, and then forced open an unused, blockcd-off door between the two busi ncssT. The money was taken from a safe, which had been rolled from the hardware store into the rear, underground room at the electric company. Em ployees of Siskiyou Electric found the safe yesterday. It had been pried and peeled open. The missing guns include two rifles and a shotgun. Potfs To Be Candidate For Senate President Salem - lUPli - Sen. E. D. "Debbs" Potts (D-Grants Pass) announced today he was a candidate for Senate president in 1065, Potts, 53, was first elected to the Senate In 1061. He is a former mayor of Grants Pass. The foods committee, head ed by Walter McMahan and Mrs. Elsie Werner, veteran in the planning of public dinners for churches and other organ izations as well as the Demo cratic party, said the menu will include turkey and ham. Public Recaption The dinner will be followed by a public reception at the school to give all guests an opportunity to meet Senator Nelson, prominent member of the Senate Public Works and Senate Interior and Insular Affairs committees, - and to chat with their congressman. The reception is being planned by the Eleanor Roo sevelt League and the Jackson County Democratic Social club, ot which Gerald Scan nell is president.
