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Newspaper Page TextMi IM Bias Charged As Sales Tax Move Beaten Salem - (UPU - Sharp charges of a "biased legislature" were made in the House today as never-say-die sales tax cham pions made another unsuc cessful attempt to revive a talcs tax bill. But Democrats held the line, and with the help of four Republicans, defeated the move to pull a sales tax bill from committee 26-34. It would have taken 40 votes to get the bill to the House floor. F.ep. Joe Rogers (R-Inde-pcndence) move to bring the sales tax bill out. Gaveled by Barton Rogers' remarks were punc tuated by sharp raps of the gavel by Speaker Clarence Barton. Barton called Rogers' motion "useless" since the House twice has killed sales tax moves. When Rogers spoke of a "biased legislature," Barton silenced him for being "in bad taste." Rogers said the House and Senate are "miles apart in a solution to the state's fiscal v proglems." The Senate Tax committee is working over the House- Officials Discuss Lake Cone ArriAn Representatives of the Jack ton county parks and recrea tion commission and the city of Medford met with the Wil low Creek lake concessionaire yesterday noon, but reached no definite agreement. County Parks Commission Chairman Laurance V. Espey said this morning there would be no gate fee at Willow Creek. An overnight camper fee, the same as ab,Ho,Ward Prairie lake developed recre ation area, will be charged. A fee may be charged later for use of such facilities as picnic facilities, Espey added. Espey said the commission hopes to meet with the coun ty court soon to work out a concession contract. This will bo somewhat different than the one covering Howard Prairie, since Morris has con structed hU own building. The percentage of gross receipts to be given the county will be less than returned from Howard Prairie. Howard Prairie operates on a grad uated scale and returned 10 per cent last year, Espey said. Those attending the meet ing at North's Chuck Wagon restaurant were Espey, J. F. Eberhardt, Mrs. Hanley Hef fcrnan, Mrs. Marcel LePiniec and Gerald Wollam, all of the county parks commission, Neil Ledward, county parks director and Medford Water Department Manager Robert Lee. Groceteria Robber indicted by Jury Lucerne Hilton Morris Jr., recently from Topeka, Kans., yesterday was indicted by a Jackson county grand jury on charges of assault and rob bery while , armed with a dangerous weapon. He is charged with pointing a pistol at Andrew Darrell Mitchell and taking $1,800 from Grocteria supermarket cash registers April 5. Morris is now being held In Topeka, Kan., on a charge of bank robbery. He was ar rested April 25. The district attorney's office was making out a warrant on the local charges today. HEVSCBRIEFS DIMS FROM y 0UND W' 0lU DEATH DEMANDED IN RUSSIAN SPY TRIAL ' Moicow-WI-The prosecution today demanded the death penalty (or a Soviet eititen accused of espionage and 10 years imprisonment for British businessman charged with being his accomplice. THREE STORES BOMBED IN St. Louis, Mev-4'FI-ThrM Krogtr stores in tht St. Louis area wore rocked almost simultaneously late Thursday night by bombs. Two policemen were KENNEDY'S MIDDLESBURQ HOME RENTED Hvannis Port, Man'irii-A Washington investment broker A. Dana Hodgdon, has rented outside Middlesburg, V., for aid today. POWER PREFERENCE TESTIMONY SOUGHT Washington-4PI'-Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-Callf.) asked Fri day that both Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall and Fed eral Commission Chairman Joseph C. Swidltr testify on ,-JPtcific Northwest power preference legislation. passed income tax program, but a number of senators have said they would like to see a sales tax bill, at least as an alternative that could be offered to the voters. The Senate, however, can not originate revenue-raising measures. The only way the Senate might get around the House refusal to send over a sales tax would be to amend drastically another House tax bill to incorporate a sales tax. Should Have Chance Rogers said since the House Tax committee refused to work on a sales tax bill, the Senate committee should be given a chance. "It now appears we will be in session long enough to prepare such a bill," he said. "The submission of a sales tax proposal is the only way to bring this session to a suc cessful end." "We will support the Dem ocratic juggling of the income tax law if you will let the voters decide the road we will follow in the future in the field of taxation." Rep. Don McKinnis (D Summerville) was the only Democrat to vote for the sales tax. The four Republi cans voting against it were Reps. Victor Atiyeh of Beaver ton, and Rober Chappcl, Wil liam Gallagher and Ken Ma her, all of Portland. Medford Planners Recommend Moving Sign Near Freeway The Medford planning com mission last night voted unan imously to recommend to the city council 'that Electrical Products be permitted to re locate a sign along the Inter state 5 freeway overpass. The firm had been issued a permit prior to passage of the city's billboard ordinance to erect an advertising sign on 12th st. west of the over pass. Fourth Man Held In Larceny Case A fourth man is expected to be returned to Siskiyou coun ty, California on grand lar ceny charges involving the theft of took from a Whiskey creek logging site April 25, according to Jackson county sheriff 's deputies. Jewell David Kirklin, 63612 Oak St., Central Point was arrested last night by sheriff's deputies, Siskiyou county dep uties and Central Point po lice on a Siskiyou county war rant charging grand theft. Kirklin is being held In the Jackson county jail pending signing a waiver of extradi tion. Last week three other men, also charged in connection with the theft were appre hended in Josephine county. William D. Bryson, Claude Bryson Jr., and James Thom as Cobb have been returned to Siskiyou county. A power saw was recovered in Central Point at the time of the arrest, deputies said. SANITARY BILL VOTED Salem -WPll- The Senate to day approved a House bill to give the State Board of Health authority to establish sanitary regulations for tourist trailer parks. ST. LOUIS sent to hospitals. President Kennedy's new home the summer, the White House ReQional Edition 22 Pages Two Sections REHEARSE FOR FESTIVAL Dr. Justin L. Dyrud, vocal music supervisor for Medford public schools, directs some of the 760 fifth and sixth grade students who will par ticipate in the biennial Elementary Vocal Music Festival starting at 8 o'clock tonight at Hedrick Junior High School J. W. Eads, manager of Electrical Products, told the commission last- night ; he wanted to move the sign 210 feet to the east, to a location on the opposite side of the overpass, where the sign would face northbound traf fic. Two-faced Sign . Eads said his present per mit would allow him to erect a two-faced sign 1,200 square feet in size. If he is permitted to transfer his' sign permit, Eads said he would reduce the size of the sign to 450 square feet and construct a single faced sign. City Attorney William Mansfield told the commission that the sign ordinance does not allow a variance. It will be necessary to amend the code to provide procedures whereby the exchange of lo cations could be allowed, he said. When an exception Is made for individual cases," Mansfield warmed, "one is left open to attack." Mansfield asked Eads if he would be willing to sign a statement attesting that five years would be the legal length of life for the pro posed sign. Eads said he would be willing. Washington Man First on Everest Katmandu, Nepal - (UPI) -James W. Whittaker, 32, Red mond, Wash., was identified Thursday as the American who reached the 29,028-foot summit of Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, May 1. A spokesman for the 19 man American expedition said Whittaker was accompa nied by Nealcse Shcrpa guide Nowangc Gombu. Expedition leader Norman Dyhrenfurth, Santa Monica, Calif., and Shcrpa Ang Dava formed a supporting team at the 28.100-foot level as Whit taker became the first Ameri can to conquer Mt. Everest. Whittaker is manager of a recreational equipment firm in Seattle, and a guide at Mt. Rainier National Park. It was the first time the Identities of the men who reached the top of the Himala yan peak last week had been disclosed. Grocery Giveaways Declared Legal Salem (UPU The current wave of grocery store give away promotions docs not violate the state constitution or anti-lottery provisions of the state law, Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton said today. Thornton said under recent Supreme Court decisions there would be no law violation be cause no purchase is required b. participants. Medford County Calls for Bids on Buildig New Health Center Bids on construction of the $180,000 public health build ing for the county fairgrounds will be opened at 3 p.m., June 5 in the county court offices, County Judge Earl M. Miller said this morning. The bid specifications call for acceptance of the building Feb. 1 by the county. The building, to be located south of the extension service offices, will Include 9.350 square feet, have concrete foundations and floors, ma sonry exterior walls and in terior frame construction. The building will house a general health clinic, adminis trative area with offices for the county nurses, county sani- trians, a mental health clinic, and conference room which may also be used for mass inoculations. The plans have been ap proved by all federal and state agencies. Hill - Burton funds are to pay one-third of the building cost, including some equipment. Haiti Accuses United States Port-au-Prince, Haiti (UPD Haiti accused the United States today of trying to de stroy it as a republic and notified the Organization of American States it would not let seven men in political asy lum accused as assassins leave the country. The Haitian defiance of OAS demands that all of the more than 100 political refu gees in asylum in Port - au Prince be allowed to leave the country was contained in a message sent the hemisphere body by President Francois Duvalier. Duvalier said bluntly the seven men Involved were enemies of the state and not political refugees. He identi fied them as having partici pated in a recent assassina tion attempt against his chil dren. Kay Grenfell Awarded Divorce by Default Portland - IUPII - Mrs. Kay A. Grenfell won a divorce by default Thursday from for mer State Sen. William A. Grenfell Jr. Grenfell did not appear in court and did not answer the divorce complaint. Mrs. Grenfell testified In the private chambers of JudRc Carl A. Dahl. She tiled fur the divorce last January. three months after Grenfell was involved in a fatal car crash while driving with an other woman. SENATOR MUSA ILL Salem 'UPU Senate Presi dent Ben Musa was ill today, but was "resting well," Sen ate President Pro Tern Dwlght Hopkins said. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1963 'I -;? auditorium. The students rehearsed for the Festival earlier this week. Included in the program are pantomimes and colored slides to illustrate selections by the group. No ad mission will be charged for the program. Resolution Urges Medford Council to Establish Center A resolution urging the Medford city council to take immediate steps to establish a civic center, including a new city hall site, was Bids Opened for Road Extension Medford city officials Thursday opened bids on the Barnctt rd. extension paving project, according to Vernon Thorpe, public works director. Two bids were recorded. M. C. Lininger and Sons sub mitted a bid of $30,070.75, which was .9 per cent below the engineer's estimate for the project. Concrete Steel Cor poration offered a bid of $31, 013.60, which was 5.2 per cent above the engineer's esti mate. Plans call for paving 1,250 feet of the Barnett id. exten sion from Riverside ave. west to Holly st. Th project in cludes installation of a rail road crossing on Barnctt rd. west of Riverside ave. The contract calls for com pletion by Sept. 30. The mat ter will appear on the city council agenda at its May 16 meeting. Thorpe said he had receiv ed information that the state highway department is com piling specifications prepara tory to calling for bids for installation of traffic signals at Riverside ave. and Bar nett rd. Hunt for Private Plane Called Off Salem -IUPD- A search for a private plane reported missing on a flight from Oakland, Calif., to Bandon, Ore., was called off today when the air craft was located safely at Oakland. Slate Aeronautics Director Ralph McGinnis said the miss ing Beechcraft Bonanza, pi loted by Flavc J. George, Los Anceles, had left Oakland but had returned there. It was lo cated today and search was called off, he said. Klamath, Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty Klamalh Falls - QJPti -Klamath Counlv Sheriff Mur ray Britlon Thursday plead cd Innocent to a charge of allowing a prisoner to escape from custody. Circuit Judge Donald Piper set July 22 as the opening day on trial on the charge. Brit ton is free on $1,000 ball and continues to perforin his duties. He is accused of releasing a prisoner before the man post crl bail. ( ( 34 , unanimously adopted by the Medford planning commission I last night.- .' v : x-w The resolution proposes that the civic center be located In an area south of Main at north of 10th St., west of Holly St., and east of Mistle toe St. i The proposed new federal post office building is slated for construction within the site. The Jackson county courthouse and the Public Li brary of Medford and Jackson County are located within the proposed silo. -Expresses Concern The resolution expressed concern "about construction of new buildings in the civic center area" by private con cerns. Such construction has the effect of either greatly in creasing ultimate acquisition costs, or dissipating a cohesive grouping of public buildings. me proposed location ot the center, the planning com mission fell, "is the most de sirable because it is centrally located in relation to the popu lation it will serve, and is easily accessible from all parts of the community." Ihc final paragraph of the resolution urges Jackson county, School District 540C and the state of Oregon to join with the city in the de velopment of new public buildings in the proposed civic center area. Kennedy, Pearson Slate Discussions Otis AFB, Mass. -IUPII- Pres ident Kennedy welcomed Ca nadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson here today as "an old friend of the United States" and the visiting lead er said they would set a new course of friendship in two days of talks. Kennedy greeted Pearson at this Air Force base before flying by helicopter with him to the President's home at Hy- annis Port, Mass., about 18 miles away, for informal dis cussions today and Saturday. The President said the United States and Canada "share more than geography." They also have a common his tory and a common commit ment to freedom and "hope for the future." he said. WEATHER KOIIKl'ANT: Considerable rlnll dlnrfts with iraltered Ihowera tonight. I'arllv rioiidv Satur day, low tonight JJ-IO. mm Saturday so-es. Temp. Highest VeMerdav an t.nweat Thla Morning 4n Pree. to 10 a.m. Today .02 Our Skies Tonight unset today S:2t p.m. sunrise tomorrow .... S:3S a.m. Monnrlse tonight ......10:23 p.m. Last tfUarler May IS Saturn, the ringed ptanel, In tlii southeast at 4;H a.m., rises earlier rarh morning, lit Brlllance will slowly Inrreas during lit neat three manlha. Tribune Pope Given Peace Vatican City - (UPU - Pope John XXIII today received the $160,000 Balzan Peace Prize, the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to get such an award. The stirring ceremony in the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica was marked by the presence of the first high So viet government offcial ever to attend such an official Vat ican function. President Antonio Segnl of Italy first gave the prize to the 81-year-old Pope in a priv ate ceremony In the Royal Hall. Then former President Giovanni Gronchi made the public presentation. The money will go to relief organizations for World War II refugees. Accepting the prize, the Pope said: "It Is no longer a time of vendettas, of bloody rivalries. It is no longer the time of a new recourse to force, which mankind refuses, which Chris tian consciences repudiate with horror. Tim for Wisdom' "It is the time of wisdom for all, the time of conscience which raises in the heart of men the noblest aspirations." The 81-year-old Pope was obviously pleased at receiving the award, and showed no outward .sign oi any return ot me aumenis wnicn piaguea him earlier this year. Concern for the leader ot the world's 800 million Ro man Catholics heightened abruptly this week when the Pope canceled an expected trip to the Abbey of Monte- cassino, reportedly on doc tors' orders. There has been no official statement to indi cate that the pontiff is not feeling normal. Sitting in the basilica along with members of the diplo matic corps this morning was Sergei Romanovsky, chairman of the Soviet Council of Min isters committee for Foreign Cultural Relations. Racial Troubles In Numerous Areas By United Press International A precarious truce held while Negro and white lead ers In Birmingham, Ala., sought to end the racial crisis there, but elsewhere in the South Thursday integration troubles erupted on numerous fronts. The threat of renewed mas sive demonstrations remained in the Deep South steel cen ter. Negro leader Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Things are about worked out but there are still some minute problems to be dealt with." At knoxvlllc, Tenn., police arrested more than 75 Ne groes demonstrating In front of a segregated downtown movie theater. The arrests came when the Negroes sat down in front of the theater entrance. They were charged with obstructing trade and commerce. At Raleigh, N.C., Mayor W. G. Enloe said Thursday night Raleigh must act to keep the city from becoming "another Birmingham." At Albany, Ga scene of massive demonstrations and arrests last year, 14 young Negroes were arrested Thurs day for picketing stores owned by white pesons. Astronaut May Send TV Views of Space Cape Canaveral -(UPH-Amerl-ca plans to launch Air Force MaJ. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. next Tuesday on a 22-orblt voyage that may give mil lions ot "armchair astro nauts" a spectacular view of space. Television viewers may have a chance to share the astronaut's breath taking views of space for the first time. Cooper will take along a small television camera to take pictures that will be flashed to America and Europe. SATURDAY SESSION Salcm-aiPP-The House will hold Saturday session. The Senate will not meet. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 43 John Balzan Prize The Soviet official was In Rome for the ceremonies be cause a Russian Is among oth er winners of various prizes to be handed out Saturday. Health Appears Good During the ceremonies the Pope appeared Jovial and in good health despite reports by some newspapers that he had suffered a recurrence of an old Illness - officially de scribed at "gastric trouble" and anemia. The reports of a relapse re vived conjecture that the Pope may have cancer, but there was no official com ment. The Pope's physicians and high Vatican officials per sistently have refused to con firm or deny reports of pos sible cancer. Senate Approves Itnerim Study To Expand Tourism Salem - 0IPII - The Senate voted 20-8 today to create an 11-momber interim committee to study ways to expand tour ism In Orocon. Th measure now gocs to tne House. . , R,, Vm.nnn rnV ,n.rsr.ii. am), sponsor, said "tourism the healthy infant of Oregon's almost static economy," r He said" tourism would be come Oregon's second largest industry this year, behind timber, but ahead of agricul- Thomas Ewlng Parks, Nash-ture- ' ' "" '-- ' ville, Campbell's uncle; Nicko- The $35,000 study would be las J. Tweol, Huntington, w. financed by the highway fund, not the general fund. Cook said the committee would in clude four representatives, three senators, and four lay persons named by the gover nor. Could Review Work He said tourists spent more than $400 million in the state last year. Cook said the committee could review work now being done to stimulate tourist busi ness, become familiar with federal programs, focus pub lic attention on the Impor tance of tourism and suggest ways to Improve utilization of the slate's attractions. "This could be a significant step toward Increasing pay rolls, Improving the economy, and keeping Oregon the way we want it," ho said. Sen. John Hare (R-Hillsbo-ro) opposed the measure and said "the study would be a rehash of work now being done by the highway depart ment." Others who voted no wore Sens. Eddie Ahrcns, Harry Boivin, Al Flcgcl, Donald Husband, Glenn Huston, Wal ter Lcth and Thomas Maho ney. , Number of Jobs In Slight Increase Salem -I1IPU- Poor weather caused the number of people with jobs to Increase by only 3,300 from March to April, employment C o m m issioner David Cameron said today. Industry Expresses Dunes Proposal Fears Washington - (UPD - Spokes men for Industry expressed concern Thursday that estab lishment of an Oregon Dunes National Seashore would hurt industry In the area. The fears were voiced be fore the Senate Interior com mittee by Judson T. Kling berg, an attorney represent ing the International Paper Co., and E. C. Anders, man ager of the pulp and paper di vision of the Mcnasha Corp. The Industry spokesmen and J. II. Lcnahan, of t h e Coos Bay Chamber of Com merce, testified on legislation Introduced by Sen. Maurinc B. Ncubcrger (D-Orc.) to au thorize creation of the park. Kllngbcrg said the Inter national Paper company had Labor Leader Released Under Bond of $10, Jury Tampering Charges Leveled Nashville, Tenn. - (UPD - A federal grand jury Thursday indicted Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and six of his associates on charges oi tampering with the jury during the labor leader's $1 million conspiracy trial last fall. Hoffa surrendered several hours later to a U. S. commis sioner at Philadelphia where he was campaigning against a dissident faction of his huge union. He was released under $10,000 bond after a two-minute proceeding. To Plead Not Guilty "I committed no offense of any nature in Nashville and will plead not guilty in Nash ville court," he said. "Thefonly statement I will make at this time is that I am not guilty of any crime." Federal Judge Frank Gray Jr., at the request of the Jus tice Department, instructed the jury to meet again May 21 or 22 with the exact date to be set later. Further in dictments may be returned at that lime. Probe Not Finished Justice Department attor ney James F. Neal said the investigation into alleged jury tampering was not yet fin ished. He told Gray there were "additional related mat ters" to be considered by the Jury. The indictment returned Thursday accused Hoffa of "aiding, commanding and in ducing" attempts to influence through the offer of money or favors to two jurors and a prospective juror in Hoffa's $1 million conspiracy trial here last year which ended in a mistrial. 1 Othere. Namsrl Also named In the Indict- ment were Ewing nine, nresl- I dent of Teamstera Local 327 Nashville; Allen Dorfman, Chicago insurance broker who handles insurance for the Teamsters Union; Larry Campbell, business agent for Detroit Teamstera Local 299; Va., president of Continental Tobacco Co.; and Lawrence W. Mcdiin, Nashville merchant. All could receive prison sentences of five years and or $5,000 fine on each count upon conviction, Hoffa, charged in all five counts, could receive a total of 25 years in prison and $25,000 fine if convicted. Watch Kept for Suspected Slayer Enterprise, Ore. - (UPD - A watch was being kept on Billy Evans' car and cabin today but search for the 44-year-old slay ing suspect had tapered off. Evans has been sought In the hilly, wooded country of northeast Oregon near Flora since Tuesday. Most of the men searching for Evans left the area Thurs day night after a cousin, Amos Evans of Enterprise, went into the woods in an effort to track the wanted man. Ho returned reporting he could find no trace of Evans. At Asotin, Wash., Sheriff Hugh Curry said he would not return to the area until some lead was found. A few Oregon State police officers remained in the area. Evans is charged in a war rant isued at Asotin with the fatal shooting of Mrs. May Grlncr, 40, and William Ger ry, 40, La Grande, Ore., at Mrs. Griner's home Just out side Clarkston lato Monday night. not and "still does not wish to take a position for or against the creation of a na tional seashore on the Oregon coast." However, he said, because of the company's Investment In a sawmill and plywood plant at Gardiner it was "tin dcrtandably concerned with legislation which could ad versely affect the future ot its expanded Gardiner opera tions." He said the company had been assured by Oregon that the atate would amend ita laws and make other conces sions In order to get it to es tablish Its plants at Gardiner. Ho asked assurance that th proposed park would not en danger the commitments.