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Senate Committee
0!(s Constitution
Action Planned
On Senate Floor
Tuesday Morning
Two Significant
Changes Recorded
Salem-TOPD-A new constitu-
tion was approved 7-2 by the
Senate committee on Consti
tutional Revision Wednesday
night, with Senate action
planned Tuesday, morning.
Sen. Walter Pearson (D
Portiand). chairman said he
will ask the Senate to make
the document a special order
of business at 10:15 a.m.
The constitution that clear
ed the Senate committee con
tains two signiiicant changes
from the House-passed ver
sion: -The Senate committee
adopted the legislative appor
tionment plan of Sen. An
thony Yturri (R-Ontario).
-The committee decided to
put the death penalty issue
on the same May, 1964, bal
lot as the proposed constitu
tion, but as a separate ques
tion. ' The Senate committee also
made several other changes.
House Plan Differs
The House had adopted
Oregon's present legislative
apportionment plan. And it
had left the death penally
in the constitution, with the
intent of asking voters at the
November general election
whether it should be removed.
The two Senate committee
votes against the document
came from Sens. Don Willner
(D-Portland) and Glen Stad
ler (D-Eugcne) because of the
Yturri apportionment plan.
They said, however, if subse
quent study convinces them
it is a true population plan,
they will support the docu
ment on the floor.
Houses Mutt Agree
It needs a two-thirds vote
of the Senate to pass. Then
the two Houses must agree
before it can reach the voters.
The Yturri apportionment
plan would make the sizes of
the House and Senate flexible,
with top limits of 35 and 65
members.
Each county would get a
legislator for each 1-30 or 1-60
of the population of the state.
Counties with more than one
half the requirement left over
(a major fraction) would get
an extra legislator. Counties
with less than one-half the re
quirement to start with would
be combined into districts
meeting the major fraction
requirement for a legislator.
Yturri said it is a true pop
ulation plan, although its
Immediate effect would be to
give a slight advantage to
Eastern Oregon.
BOMB SAID HARMFUL
London - HOT - A group of
British scientists charged to
day America's 1962 high alti
tude H-bomb explosion - ap
parently "planned purely for
military reason" - changed
the earth's environment and
interfered with space research.
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ITIMS fltOM ft MOUND THI OlOU
KENNEDY SAYS RECESSION PREVENTED
Wiihington-ilPli-Preiident Kennedy said today an upturn
in the nation's economy had prevented a recurrence of the
recessions of 1958 and I960.
EVEREST EXPEDITION'S CHANCES GOOD
Washington - itPH - The American Ml. Everest expedition
has reported favorable weather condition! and "increasingly
bright" chances for another successful assault on the 29,028
foot summit, the National Geographic Society reported today.
DE GAULLE IN ATHENS FOR STATE VISIT
Aihens-iri'-French President Charles de Gaulle arrived
for s state visit today and was immediately surrounded by
an unprecedented security force to prevent any possible
assassination attempt.
BOEING LABOR CONTRACT APPROVED
Seattle-lPMJninterrupted production of the vital Minute,
man intercontinental ballistic missile was assured today fol
lowing approval of i three-year labor contract with the
Boi'ing Co. 1 '
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 16,
Semi-Finalists for
Miss Rogue Valley
VI M I i J
' ' It t - ;
Miss Gysin
Miss Bobbie Gysin, 20.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Gysin, route 3, box 198,
Medford, is 5 feet, 5 inches
tall and weighs 125 pounds.
She attends Southern Oregon
college and is employed at
Mann's Department store part
time. Miss Gysin plans a
fashion design routine for her
talent division competition.
Hobbies of Miss Gysin include
sewing, fashion designing,
cooking, public speaking and
gardening. She hopes to be
come a television commenta
tor and correspondent.
Committee Gives
Approval to City's
Proposed Budget
The Medford citizens' budg
et committee, after a 3'j-hour
session, gave final approval
last night to the city's pro
posed preliminary budget for
fiscal 1963-64.
City officials were busy to
day reworking the budget in
light of a number of changes
and made by the committee
last nighr. It is expected to
take several days before re
vised totals can be announced.
The budget will be publish
ed June 14 -and 25. A public
hearing has been scheduled
for the budget at the regular
meeting of the city council
July 5.
Add One Fireman
Among major changes made
by the committee last night
were the addition of one fire
man at $5,184, one police
woman at $4,189, a planning
technician at $6,028, an ap
propriation of $1,000 for ex
penses involved with the Sis
ter City program, and a $1,500
raise for the city manager.
An increase of $7,966 was
also voted for the library fund
transfer, though a motion near
the end of the meeting almost
reduced the amount to $4,211
before it failed by a 6 to 4
vote.
The most significant dele
tion from the budget was
$10,450 from the park and
recreation department capital
outlay requests. The commit-
Hi A TT 58th Year Price iu cents ,;.jMa
Miss Cummings
Miss Susan Jane Cummings,
19, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Cummings, 707 Mid
way rd., Central Point. She is
5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs
130 pounds. She is employed
at Lerner's Dress shop, and is
interested in dramatics. Her
hobbies include painting,
walking, sculpturing, bowling,
skating, swimming, skindiv
ing, and other sports. She
plans to attend college and
later become an airline host-
tee action, which was taken
late Tuesday night, recom
mended the sum be appro
priated from the park and
recreation Improvement fund,
which are monies derived
from the sale of the Inter
state 5 right-of-way through
Hawthorne park.
Deleted From Budget
Also deleted from the budg
et by committee vole were
$6,792 for a building plan
checker, $3,600 for two traf
fic signals, and $693 from
the finance department's re
quest for funds to remodel
customer service counter.
A $25,000 off-set Item for
a federal house and home fi
nance agency loan to develop
a master sewer plan also was
deleted by committee action.
The sum of $1,700 was vot
ed for installation of a traffic
signal at Sixth st. and River
side avc. after it was deter
mined on information sup
plied by City Engineer Ver
non Thorpe that the traffic
accident rate at the intersex
tion has been high.
Commencement Set
At Rogue River High
Rogue River - Annual com
mencement program will be
presented at the Rogue River
.High school at 8 p.m. Friday,
May 17.
The valedictory address will
be given by Becky Elizabeth
Irwin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Irwin, who has at
tended Rogue River for her
four years of high school,
maintaining a grade point ov
erage of 3.91.
She has been active in
school affairs and was a can
didate for the Elks' Leader
ship award and the Elks'
scholarship award given by
the Grants Pass Elks club. She
has been accepted by Lewis
and Clark college.
The salutatory address will
be given by Beverly Gail Al
lison, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Allison. Miss Alli
son has maintained a high
grade point average of 3.86
during her high school career,
and has been active in school
affairs. She has been granted
a full-fee state scholarship for
college and plans to attend
Southern Oregon college, ma
joring in elementary education.
1963
Atmosphere
Re-Entry Tricky
For Astronaut
Proper Angle of
Capsule Important
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (DPD -The
great blanket of life-giving
air that encircles earth
paradoxically presented the
major danger to astronaut L.
Gordon Cooper on his planned
return from space today.
The tricky problem of nos
ing a space capsule back into
the atmosphere at a speed of
17,500 miles an hour is one
ot the most difficult an astro
naut faces.
At that speed tremendous
heat is generated from the
friction of air around the cap
sule. The temperature can
build up to as much as 3.000
degrees Fahrenheit, far above
the melting point of iron.
Exact Maneuver
The task facing the astro
naut on re-entry is to maneu
ver his capsule so it comes in
at the proper angle and in the
proper position. An error one
way or another could spell a
flaming death.
Cooper was scheduled to
begin slowing up Faith 7 by
firing three solid fueled
"retro" rockets over Shang
hai; China, about 34 hours
after the start of his spectacu
lar flight from Cape Canav
eral. .
At that point, the capsule
had to be faced with its blunt
end forward.
Protected By Shield
The blunt portion of the
bell-shaped capule was pro
tected by a shield made of
special materials to ' carry
away the increasing heat,
thus protecting the astronaut
Inside. ...
But, should a space cabin
reenter at too steep an angle,
even the heat shield might
not suffice. Thus it was im
portant that Cooper have the
capsule slanted in just the
right direction before trigger
ing the reverse rockets.
From start to finish, the re
entry takes about 20 minutes.
During this time, the astro
naut runs into "g forces" that
run his apparent weignt to
nine times or more above
normal. The hottest point is
around 37 miles up.
Downhill Drag'
After that, it is a "down
hill drag." When the capsule
is sufficiently slowed, a para
chute is employed, generally
at 40,000 feet. A main chute
comes out still later and then
it is a matter of waiting for
the capsule to hit the water -slowed
by now to a fall of a
few feet per second.
Cooper's capsule is de
signed to float, and is equip
ped with radios and beacons
to aid recovery forces in lo
cating and getting to him as
quickly as possible.
Medford Trucker
Fined by PUC
Portland fUPIi A Medford
trucker, who complained of
competition from "gyppo op
erators," was fined $100 in
Federal Court Wednesday aft
er pleading guilty to seven
counts of hauling lumber
without an Interstate Com
merce Commission certificate
in some Oregon and Califor
nia counties.
Federal Judge Gus J. Solo
mon also placed Elmer Floyd
Magcl on probation for three
years.
Magcl told the court he had
complained several times to
the ICC that many "gyppo
operators" were not certified.
Judge Solomon said if the
names were given to the U.S.
attorney's office "they'll be
brought before me."
Magcl replied, "they know
who they arc, and I don't like
to be a stoolic." The judge
told Magcl to go back to the
ICC If more trouble developed
with uncertified haulers.
Castro To Meet
Khrusriehey Again
Moscow-UPli-Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro was due for fur
ther meetings with Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
in Moscow today after wind
ing up a tour of the Soviet
provices.
Castro was scheduled to
spend several days in the
Moscow area after visit to
Volgograd, Soviet Central
Asia and Siberia.
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ASTRONAUT'S TARGET - The USS Kearsarge is shown
poised in the Pacific Ocean near Midway Island where
Astronaut Gordon Cooper is expected to splash down after
22 orbit of the earth in his space capsule, Faith 7, this
USS Kearsarge
For Critical Space Recovery Role
Cooper To Aim
Capsule at Small
Bullseye at Sea
Aboard the Kearsarge -(UPD
The aircraft carr' Kearsarge
cruised slowly in mid-Pacific
today, awaitin ; with mount
ing tension its critical role in
the greatest sharp shooting
act since William Tell,
Its fleet ot helicopters was
ready, crewmen repeating the
drills they. 1-ive gone through
more times than they can
c o u n t, mechanics checking
md recheckfng the equip
ment.
Sm I Target - '
Man will attempt to hit a
small target of blue Pacific
water with a 17,5'0''-mile an
no projectile fired from
twice the distance to the
moon.
The buitseye is the Pacific
within helicopter range of the
carrier Kearsarge, now about
100 miles southeast ot Mid
way Island.
The projectile is the Faith 7
capsule carrying astronaut L.
G 'on Coop--.
If the show goes well, and
the capsule lands on target,
the K-'arsarge's helicopters
will go after it. They will
pick up Cooper and hill cap
sule and bring them both back
to " carrier's five-acre flight
deck.
Selected Audience
An all-male selected audi
ence of 2,156 - the crew of
the Kearsarge - will attend
the premier.
Should astronaut Cooper
score a near miss, his audience
will be even more select, total
ling less than 250 - V e com
plements of th" destroyers
Fletcher and Bole, which
ran - 80 miles on cither side
of target Kearsarge.
And there arc gate crashers
on hand for the performance,
too. A score of Japanese fish
ermen from the trawler She
Sho Maru No. 3 were found
fishing in the middle of the
stage.
Other Crashers Expected
Cher gate crashers who
speak Russian have been ex
pected, but so far none has ap
peared on the scene. If they
take in today's performance,
it probably will be by peri
scope. If the performance Is suc
i jssful. it will be one of the
greatest accomplishments ever
atU' -ed and guarantee em
ployment and prosperity for
the principals involved.
Failure 'ould produce a
worldwide tragedy, with the
bitler-st deepest disappoint
ment to all the cast and death
to the leading man - MaJ.
Lerny Gordon Cooper.
WEATHER
VOnr.CAHT. fair ind Wirm
Inn i (lit and Frtrtiv. l.ow lo
niKiit 40. Illih rndiy ss.
Temp.
HlRhrat VMlerdiy in
I.owfit Thii Morning 4fl
Kurtitt today S:?T p.m.
lunrlie tomorrow .... i:4l a.m.
Our Skies Tonight
Moonrlt tomorrow.. J:ftQ a.m.
Nw Moon .. ... May 22
PROMINENT UTAH
ftprra, due tniith .iS p.m.
MhlHI K Pl-ANKTS
Mart. In ihe well .11:5 p.m.
flaturn. rles 2:19 a m.
Jupiter, low In fait.. .2S a.m.
Venui, rlsei . I AS a.m.
Boosters Club for
Jacksonville Plans
Meeting to Organize
Jacksonville - Formation of
a Jacksonville Boosters club
an outgrowth of the dis
agreements and misunder
standings prevalent during the
recent consideration of a high
way realignment in the his
toric town was announced to
day,
The organization . meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Fri
day at the Community hall
The organization Is not de
signed to perpetuate any opin
ions, attitudes or plans that
were presented, however, dur
ing the recent, controversy,
spokesmen said.
The immediate 60-day goal
of the Boosters club will be
preparation of a thorough and
long range study of Jackson
ville. It will include an assess
ment of the past, an inventory
of the present and projections
for the future of the town.
As Community Forum
The organization is expect
ed to serve as a community
forum for the expression of
all views; the presentation and
study of all facts. It will meet
each week.
The study will be citizen-
sponsored and citizen-directed.
The organizers have voic
ed a desire to pinpoint the
problems and explore the po
tential of Jacksonville in or
der to make the decisions to
day which will promote the
kind of town desired 10 to
20 years from now.
General areas reported for
study are commercial develop
ment of the business commu
nity, economic development
with financial problems; resi-
Russia Executes
Convicted Spy
Moscow -IUPII- Oleg Penkov-
sky, the Russian scientific of
ficial convicted as a spy lor
selling secrets to the West,
was executed today.
T!ie official Soviet Tass
news agency said Pcnkovsky
was shot by a firing squad.
Pcnkovsky was convicted
last week along with British
businessman Grcville Wynne.
Penkovsky was sentenced to
death and Wynne to eight
years loss of liberty.
Tass said Pcnkovsky lost
an appeal to the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet and the
execution then was carried
out.
Wynne and Pcnkovsky
were tried on charges they
belonged to an Anglo-American
spy ring th stole Rus
sian economic and military
i :rcls.
Haiti President Holds
Post Unconstitutionally
Port au Prince, Haitl-tnu-Prcsident
Francois Duvallcr
began a period of unconstitu
tional control of Haiti today,
scoffing at "wishful" reports
he would flee the country.
afternoon. If Cooper should score a near-miss in his descent,
other ships are waiting near the Kearsarge to pluck the
spaceman from the water. (UPI)
Poised in
dential development, parks.
landscaping and lighting,
roads, traffic, parking, the
preservation, and display of
historical and - architectural
development,
Also listed are city services,
water, sewer, cemetery, fire
and police departments; gov'
ernment structure, schools,
tourist development, commU'
nity organizations, including
religious, fraternal and serv'
ice clubs; cultural activities,
county, state and federal re
lations.
There will be no dues charg
ed for membership In the or
ganization and no assessments
collected
Control Ordinance
On Council Slate
An air pollution control or
dinance and details of a pro
posed off-street parking dis
trict for downtown Medford
head agenda items for to
night's meeting of the Med
ford city council.
Fate of the air pollution or
dinance appeared uncertain
today after the citizen's budg
et committee last night failed
to appropriate funds in next
years budget for hiring an
air pollution control officer.
When the health depart
ment's budget came up for
consideration at last night's
meeting of the committee,
Councilman R. L. Van Sickle
asked why no funds has been
budgeted for the control offi
cer.
He was answered by Coun
cilman William Singlcr, chair
man of the council committee
which drafted the ordinance,
that "the ordinance had not
yet been passed by the coun
cil," and that the committee
was "not In accord" on some
details of the measure.
The parking district resolu
tions to be considered tonight
would "signify the intention
of the council to create a park
ing district, "designate the
boundaries of the district,"
establish methods of assess
ment" and call for a public
hearing on,thc matter June 6.
Highway Open
House in Medford
Salcm-OJPK-The Slate High
way Department will nnin
open houses in 13 clues on
May 28 t explain the depart
ment's operations In obscrv-
ncc of National Highway
Week.
Forrest Cooper, state high
way engineer, said the open
houses will be held in Salem,
Portland, Milwauklc, ose
burg. Bend, La Grande, Bak-
Klamath Falls. Medford,
Eugene, The Dalles, Ontario,
and Coquillc. Two open
houses will be held in Salem,
one on May 28 at the main
highway building, and anoth-
on May 20 at the shops
area east of the city.
Joint Planning
Committee Set
By Area Officials
A joint planning committee
of six members, three from
the county and three from the
city of Medtoro, will Be ap
nointcd soon, it was decided
during a joint city county
meeting In the county court
office yesterday afternoon,
Mayor, James Dunlevy and
County Judge Earl M. Miller
will appoint one representa
tive each from city council or
county court, planning and
parks and recreation. commis
sions.' The group will elect Its
own chairman and set its first
meeting date.
The six-member group will
be asked to develop plans for
n civil center for city, county
and state offices, and for the
fairgrounds property. Recre-
tion plans would include the
fairgrounds and possible a
multi-purpose stadium if a sta
dium is deemed advisable.
No Buildings Planned
No further buildings other
than the public health build
ing are planned for the fair
grounds, Miller told the group.
The county Juvenile detention
home officials were told their
area would not be extonoed
until the joint planning study
can be completed.
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Duff pointed out that the
county could buy the compar
atively cheap surrounding
property for parking area.
County court members said
they understood the city
would buy the present Safe
way store location, but were
told no.
What we need la for the
people to tell the planner
what they want rather than
for the planner to stuff the
plan down their throats,"
County Commissioner Don Fa
bcr said.
City Councilman William
A. Singlcr said the people
have elected the city and
county officials to do the job.
School Safety Patrol
Banquet Slated Tonight
The annual School Patrol
banquet, sponsored by the
Medford Safety Council, will
be held starting at 6:30 o'clock
tonight at Hedrick Junior
High school.
Honored will be the ap
proximately 325 elementary
school students who have con
tributed to the safety pro
gram at intersections In the
vicinity of Medford schools.
Included in the program
arc 14 public elementary
school In Medford and St
Mary's school.
Students will be presented
pen and pencil sets with ap
propriate safely emblems and
national pins designating their
patrol ranks. The pins have
been contributed by the
American Automobile associa
tion. Civic groups.' service
clubs, fraternal organizations,
Recovery Area
Weather Good,
Reports Show
America's Greatest
Flight Nearing End
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -(UPD-.
L. Gordon Cooper, 36, whirled
through the final orbits of
America's greatest spaca
flight today toward splash
down In the Pacific this after,
noon,
, The Air Force major long
since has logged more hours
and miles in space than all ot
his American predecessors
combined. i - ' .
Shortly after the 147-pound
astronaut started his 19th or
bit at 8:43 a.m. (pdt) - less
than five laps from his goal -
The recovery of Astro
' naut Gordon Cooper's
space capsule from the Pa
cific Ocean near Midway
Island will be shown by
KMED-TV ch. 10) and
KBES-TV (ch. 5) starting at
4 p.m. today. -
flight controllers reported that
weather conditions in his Pa.
cific recovery area wera
"pretty good."
Cooper ended his 20th orbit
and started on the 21st at
11:42 a.m. (pdt). .
Radioed 'Good Luck'
As he flashed over Florida
on his 20th orbit. Cooper re
ceived a radioed "good luck
and Gopspeed" from Air
Force Secretary Eugene M.
Zuckert and Gen. Curtis E.
Lemay, Air. Force chief of
staff. They, called his flight
"a dramatic advancement to
aerospace exploration."
Shortly ; after that Cooper
1 sam- 1 an? ,gomg tver Miaml
Miami nri "
I Everything Set '
- 1 The space agency said, ev-
erytmng was set for a tri.
umphant conclusion ot the
22.9-orblt flight which Cooper
began with B flawless liftoff
at 6:04 a.m. Wednesday.
Said an agency spokesman:
"Recovery forces, weather,
and all our people in those
areas are good."
Waiting to pluck Cooper
and his Faith 7 spacecraft:
from the sea about 100 miles
southeast of Midway Island
were the aircraft carrier Kear
sarge, with 2,196 men aboard.
and two destroyers.
"We are sure he will get
warm welcome,'1 said Lt.
Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers,
spokesman for the Mercury
man-in-space program.
Cooper in Good Shape
Cooper, refreshed after the
first long sleep ever taken by
an American in space, had
been described as in "very
good shape" as he soared at
more than 17,300 miles an
hour toward the climax of
trail-blazing flight for U.S.
moon Journeys of the future.
NASA officials estimated that
braking rockets on Cooper's
000-pound spacecraft would
fire at 4:02 p.m. (pdt) about
170 miles southeast of Kyu
shu, Japan, toward the end
of his Journey to' pull him
down from orbit.
Return Complicated
That would put his splash
down in the Pacific recovery
area at about 4:20 p.m. after
sharp plunge during which
Cooper's weight would Jump
about 7Vi times under the
forces of deceleration.
Powers warned that tha
braking maneuver, called ret
rofire, is a complicated and
difficult timing operation.
Ships and planes were ready
to get quickly into action if
Cooper should miss the land
lng bullseye.
and Parent Teacher associa.
tions have provided the pen
and pencil sets and are ti
nancing the dinner.
Russ Jamison will act as
master of ceremonies follow
ing the Initial presentation by
Capt. Clyde Fichtner, prcsi
dent ot the Medford Safety
Council.
The principal address will
be given by Sgt. Bill Colbert
Of the Oregon state police.
Medford Police Chief Charles
Champlin will present tha
awards to the patrol captains
of the respective schools.
An Invitation has been ex
tended all Interested persons
and plans are being made tor
a crowd of 300, according to
Elliott Becken, assistant su
perintendent of Medford
schools.