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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
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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.
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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
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far1
I expected to be completed by
Saturday.
The diving tank will be 34
by 40 feet in dimension. It
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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.
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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
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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.