Mi
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.
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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
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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.
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, 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
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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.
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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.
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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.