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Kennedy Promises
To Study Mountain
Sheep Controversy
BY A. ROBERT SMITH
Idiil Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washionton-President Ken
nedy has promised a North
west private power company
president to
take a look at
the High
M o u n t a i n
Sheep dam
controversy to
see if there is
any Justifica
tion i n the
federal gov
ernment's four Worthwcst power com
panies should be denied per
mission to build that hydro
electric project just below
Hells Canyon in the Snake
River.
The chief executive made
the promise in answering a
question from Jack Corrette,
president, Montana Power
Co., after speaking at a
luncheon sponsored by the
Committee for Economic De
velopment. Corrette's utility is one of
four companies from Wash
ington, Oregon and Montana
which has applied to the Fed
eral Power Commission for a
license to build High Moun
tain Sheep dam. But Interior
Secretary Steward Udall has
intervened at the FPC to urge
against private development
and in favor of construction
by the U. S. Bureau of Rec
lamation. The final oral argu
ment in that dispute i s
scheduled before the FPC May
20, after which a decision is
expected on the competing
utilities and Washington Pub
lic Power Supply System, a
group of public utility dis
tricts which want to build Nez
Perce dam.
Question Prefactd
Following Kennedy's speech
to the CED luncheon, in
which he urged support for
a tax cut to stimulate econom
ic growth, Corrette shot him
the first question, prefaced by
a short speech in which he
said:
"I know around this coun
try of a number of projects
involving hundreds of mil-
Locals
Patients Listed - Mrs. Yetta
R. Olson, post office box 223,
Eagle Point, was listed today
as a medical patient at Sacred
Heart hospital. A surgery pa
tient there was Jack R. R. Bid
well, post office box 4, Ga
zelle, Calif.
Bed Damaged - A day bed
and bedding were damaged
about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday at
the Clyde S. Taylor home, 120
Newtown St., Medford fire
men reported. They said that
the bed was ignited when an
electric heater plugged into an
extension cord shorted.
.
Grandson - Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Prevot of Shaw, Miss.,
are parents of a son born May
9 in the Medical Center at
Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Prevot
is the former Susan Inskecp
and the baby is the grandson
of Mrs. L. D. Inskeep and the
late Dr. Inskecp of Medford.
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lions of dollars of new canital
expenditure which would be
carried out Immediately if it
was not for the position of the
administration, which I am
quite convinced is adverse to
the electric utility industry
in America. I am wondering
if you believe that a more
favorable attitude towards
that industry might not be a
stimulant to the economy,
which would be highlv desir
able at this time in our nation
al situation?"
Kennedy asked him to
specifiy "what is it in the
attitude of this administration
which has had this adverse
effect?" Corrette replied that
"there are certain very major
projects in this country which
cannot go forward either be
cause of the desire of the
United States to try and build
a federal project with tax
payers' money, or because of
the opposition of the United
States to the building of cer
tain projects in this country."
When Kennedy asked him
"which projects?" the power
executive named the High
Mountain Sheep project. The
president replied:
"Let me Just say that the
standard which I have always
followed was that if a private
company-that the burden of
proof should be on the federal
government; that if a private
company can develop a site
and provide a service more
satisfactorily than the federal
government, then the private
company should go ahead. In
deed, as I said, I would put
the burden of proof upon the
federal government to prove
either that the site will not
be adequately developed, that
the service would not be satis
factory, and that only the fed
eral government can do it be
fore I would support the
project.
Investments Substantial
"Now the fact of the matter
is that the electric industry
did very well last year in the
tax bill which passed the Con
gress. It is not only large, but;
also prosperous. Its invest
ments, as you pointed out, are
substantial. It may be that on
some sites, such as Hells Can
yon, which I recall in the SOs,
or other sites in the 60s, there
will be disagreement about
who should develop a site. But
I will be glad to look at that
again.
"But my judgment, the
standard I will use is the one
I have described. I think even
with that standard there will
be occasions when we will
disagree. But I think if you
look back over the last 30
years, that the public develo
mcnt in power really has not
adversely affected the private
power industry: that the last
30 years have been years of
great' investment, substantial
profits, substantial return, and
that there has been a place for
each, and I assume there will
be in the future. But I will
be glad to look at this particu
lar project with your special
interest in mind."
AFL-CIO Council
Asks Tax Reduction
St. Louis, Mo. -flIPn- The
AFL-CIO Executive Council
has asked Congress to pass an
immediate $10 billion tax re
duction for lower and middle
Income families and at the
same time to increase federal
spending.
The Economic Policy Com
mittee of the council in annu
al session said Wednesday
such a tax cut would result in
hieher incomes by families
I which would immediately be
put back into the economy.
Further, the statement said.
"any tax reduction policy that
fails to concentrate Its bene
fits among low-and-middle in
come taxpayers-that fails to
focus on creating Jobs and re
ducing unemployment-will be
opposed by organized iaoor.
The council, in Its resolu
tion also said any tax reduc
tion should not be accompa
nied by reduced federal spend
ing. Grange News
Roxy Ann Grange
.The Roxy Ann Grange met
recently with Mrs. Frances
Moffatt presiding. Thirty-six
members attended.
A report was given on the
home economics club. Twenty
members and three guests had
attended the club's last meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Wcl
lcta Sims.
Roscoe Roberts reported on
Grange insurance. Marvin
Garrett reported on agricul
ture. Mrs. Marie Pfnister, the
lecturer, expressed apprecia
tion to the Grangers for their
assistance on the program.
and the serving committee for
a visitation. The program was
conducted and refreshments
served by the men In honor
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AWAITS CAPTURE - Blinking big brown
eyes and cringing into the farthest corner
of a fish holding pond into which he had
followed migrating steelhead, a big Cali
fornia river otter awaits capture at the Iron
Gate hydroelectric project on the Klamath
California
Free After
Hornbrook, Calif. - A big
California river otter, a rarity
in the wildlife of the state
according to biologists, has
been freed into the Klamath
river near here after getting
into the fish collecting facili
ties of i Pacific Power and
Light company's Iron - Gate
hydroelectric development.
Pacific Power fisheries bi
ologist Jack Hanel reported
the otter was observed swim
ming in the fish ladder and
is presumed to have followed
Capitol Memo
Sales Tax
Inching Closer To
Ballot in Oregon
BY ZAN STARK
Salem - (UPD Sales tax ad
vocates may be inching closer
to getting their program to a
vote of the people.
While it now
appears u n
likely it will
happen this
session, indi
cations are
that the sales
tax issue
could domin
ate the 1965
session. An in
sure
creasing num
bcr of legislators - including
many strong anti-sales tax
lawmakers - feel the voters
should be given a chance to
make the decision for them
selves. It's been almost a dec
ade since there has been a
statewide vote on a sales tax.
At present, the House still
is strongly anti-sales tax, and
the Senate is pro-sales tax.
In both the 1959 and 1961
sessions the Senate substitu
ted a sales tax for House-approved
tax measures. The
House was able to vote down
the maneuver on both occa
sions. Nationally, 37 states now
impose sales taxes.
Oregon's neighbors to the
north and south, Washington
and California, both levy a 4
per cent sales tax.
Proponents argue that It is
a "painless" tax, and in most
cases produces more revenue
than was anticipated. It is
termed "painless" because
consumers don't seem to be
aware of how many pennies
they pay in sales taxes each
year.
Opponents charge a sales
tax is unfair to low-income
families because the tax takes
a bigger percentage of their
money.
Indiana was the latest state
to impose a sales tax. Four
other states have boosted ex
isting rates this year to meet
the need for more revenue.
Several other states are
considering rate boosts, and
others have closed "loop
holes'" and tightened up col
lection procedures.
Pennsylvania is considering
a 5 per cent hike which
would take it's sales lax to
4.5 per cent, the highest in
the nation.
The states that do not now
levy a sales tax, in addition
to Oregon, are Alaska, Dela
ware, Idaho. Massachutictts,
Minnesota. Montana, Nebras
ka. New Hampshire. New Jcr
sey. New York, Vermont and
Virginia.
MEDFORD
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river. Biologists of Pacific Power and Cali
fornia state who later freed the rare speci
men downstream reported the male weighed
30-40 pounds, and was more than three feet
long.
River Otter Set
Capture
migrating steelhead and trout
into the faculty.
The specimen was a fine
one, Hanel said. A male, it
weighed an estimated 30 to
40 pounds and measured more
than three feet long.
With assistance of Jim Ri
ley, of the resident staff of
the California department of
fish and game, the otter was
herded into one of the empty
salmon holding ponds and
then netted.
The creature was next put
May Be
states collected more than $5
billion.
Thirty states rely upon the
sales tax as their major rev
enue source.
While a sales tax may be
"painless," it is not without
its headaches.
Some states ease the prob
lem by collecting the tax on
everything.
But when there are excep
tions, there are headaches. If
you exempt food, do you also
exempt restaurant meals? If
drugs are exempted, are such
items as aspirin and band-aids
considered drugs?
The sales tax plan that was
killed in the House this ses
sion exempted food and farm
supplies.
A businessman who has to
pay a sales tax when he buys
a delivery truck won't agree
that a farmer should be ex
empt from the lax when he
buys a tractor.
There are collection prob
lems, and costs.
Retailers have forms to
compute and file with the tax
commission. Wholesalers have
to determine when the tax is
chargable, and when it is to
be passed on to the retailer to
collect.
The Tax Commission will
have to employ an army of
auditors to keep an eye on
retailers, and more auditors
to handle the additional paper
work.
The need for more money
to run the state is adding im
pact to the demand for a sales
tax.
Legislators can sidestep
having to make the decision
by voting to let the people
make their own decision.
I Uj In Concert Tuesday, Miy 2 1
Hedrick Jr. High Auditorium, , jji ,
1 8:30 P.M. LaJ LJ '
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
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into a canopy-topped pickup
truck and carted a mile or so
downstream and freed.
"Our friend loped about
half-way to the river bank,
and then turned to stare at us
for a moment as If we were
out of our minds to have re
leased him," Hanel said.
The Pacific Power bioto
gist reports the full name of
the specimen is Lutra cana
densis brevipilosus, but they
dubbed him "Lutra."
Births
BONNEY To Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Dee, Drew rural sta
tion, Tiller, May 15, 1963, a
boy, 8V4 pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital.
FURRY To Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Robert, 4557 South Pa.
cific highway, Phoenix, May
15, 1963, a girl, 7 pounds,
at Rogue Valley hospital.
WALCH To Mr. and Mrs.
Harold K 1100 Spring st.,
May 15, 1963, a boy, 9
pounds, at Rogue Valley hos
pital.
SCHROEDER To Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Christian, 851
West 13th St., Medford, May
16, 1963, a boy, TVt pounds,
at Rogue Valley hospital.
MEDCALF To Mr. and
Mrs. Louis W., 119 Fern Val
ley rd., Medford, May 16,
1963, a girl, 8 pounds, at
Rogue Valley hospital.
Weather
FORECASTS
- Medford and vicinity: Fair and
warm tonicht and Friday. Low
night 40. High Friday 83.
western Oregon: Fair and warm
er through Friday. Low tonight
40-48. High Friday 66-78.
Northern California: Fair to
night, and Friday. Local fog or
low cloudineat In morning near
coast.
LOCAL DAT A
TEMPERATURE: Mean ycater
day 59: above normal 1.
Record high thii date S3 in 19rR.
Record low this date 30 In 1017.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight to 10
am., none.
Total thta month 3.12 Inchei,
1.41 Inches above normal.
Total since Sept. I, 25.35 Inches,
7.94 Inches above normal.
HUMIDITY : Lowest yesterday
37';., highest this a.m. 06.
High 4:00 24-
C1TY Yfit-r- a.m. nr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings B
Crater Lake 52
Grants Pass 73
Howard Prairie .. 32
Klamath Falls .... 63
MEDFORD 70
Portland 6.V
4fi
32
4
44
46
40
Seattle 85
Spokane 67
Yak imr. 7 q
Eureka 30
Red Bluff 83
Sacramento 81
San Francisco .... 68
Los Angeles - 74
Phoenix 99
Denver .. 82
Chiragn 52
Miami Beach : 83
New York 73
Washington, D. C 74
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OREGON
Annexation of Area
Faces Opposition
From Land Owners
Ashland - Annexation of
District 3 in the Bellview area
faces stiff opposition from a
group of property owners
who made an unsuccessful at
tempt to file with the city
recorder letters requesting the
removal of their names from
the annexation petition.
The district extends from
Highway 99 up the center of
Tolman Creek rd. to the south
boundary of the south line of
the Frank Hochner property
thence across to Clay st.
The proposed annexation
area also includes the Siski-
Private Services
For Mrs. Morris
Scheduled Friday
Private funeral services for
Lorraine (Polly) Morris, of
685 South Stage rd., who died
Wednesday, will be held Fri
day at Perl Funeral homo.
The Rev. Bernard Andrews,
pastor of First Baptist church,
will officiate. Interment will
be in Siskiyou Memorial
park.
Mrs. Morris was born Jan.
1885, in Medford, the
daughter of F. West and Eu
genie Lawton. She has lived
all her life in Medford.
She was a member of Cra
ter Lake chapter DAR, Chap
ter BE of PEO, a charter
member of the Girls' Commu
nity club board of directors,
Zuleima Temple Daughters of
the Nile and the Wednesday
Study club. She was treasurer
for the Girls Community club
for almost 30 years.
Her husband. Major M.
Morris, preceded her in death
in 1058.
Survivors Include two
brothers, Robert D. Lawton,
Watsonvillc, Calif., Denison
F. Lawton, Medford; one sister-in-law,
Mrs. Rose Herman-
son, Medford; three nieces,
Mrs. Jerry Mansfield, Med
ford, Mrs. Grace Wright, Med
ford, and Mrs. Jean Carr,
New York.
Friends who wish may con
tribute to the charity of their
choice.
Portland Produce
Portland (UP1) Dairy market:
Eggs To retailers: AA extra
large 39-43c; AA large 38-41c: A
lame 37-40c: A A medium 32-37c:
AA small 26-30c: cartons l-3c
higher.
Butter To retailors: AA and A
prints 66c; cartons 3c higher; 2
prints 63c.
Cheese medium cured) To re.
taf lers : 46-48c; processed Ameri
can 5-10 lb. loaf, 43-45C.
Portland (UPD Dressed chick
ens No. 1 grade ri reused to retail
ers: Fryers, whole drawn au-Joc
Jb.; cut-tip, in.: nens, ngni
tvpc whole drawn 22 -26c lb.: light
iv oc hens, cut-up 24-20c lb.; heavy
whole 36-39c lb.
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author-rcporter-explorer whose feats make modem
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Monday Through Friday 5 P.M.
you Market property at the
intersection ot Highway 99
and an adjoining piece of
property.
The annexation petition
was presented by Chester
Squire and Harry Hawk at
the Monday night meeting of
the city planning commision.
Wednesday morning Milton
Hamilton, chairman of the
Anti Annexation committee,
attempted to file copies of
letters addressed to the city
council, Hamilton indicated
that a sufficient number of
persons have requested re
moval of their names from the
annexation petition to pre
clude the necessary two-thirds
of property owners and land
areas. Hawk and Squire told
the planning commission that
they have more than the re
quired number of signatures.
Also mailed to the district
attorney, the Ashland city
council, the city planning
commission, William Briggs,
Chester Squire and Harry
Hawk were copies of a peti
tion bearing the signatures of
a solid block of landowners
in the proposed annexation of
District 6 below Highway 99
"asking withdrawal from the
proposed annexation area
and consent to referendum
thereto."
It is expected that pro
ponents will be on hand for
the May 21 city council ses
sion.
Investment Funds
Noon quotation! on stlected
stocks:
Fund Bid
Bullock .. 13.53
Chemical Fund 11.23
Colonial Energy .... 12.49
Eaton Howrd Stk .. 14.06
Fidelity ... 16.24
Fundamental 0.90
Group Sec Ava-Elec 7.03
Group Sec Com Stk 13.46
Hamilton C7 3.15
Keystone B-3 16.64
Keystone B-4 10.10
Keystone K-2 3 26
Keystone S-L . 22.00
Ask
14.83
12.22
13.65
13.10
17.56
10.85
7.71
14.74
3.63
16.13
11.03
3.75
34.10
14.18
16.38
4,60
Keystone S-2 .... 12.00
Keystone S-3 15.01
Keystone S-4 4.29
Mass Inv Growth M 8.23
National Growth .... 7.98
Stocks . 18.80
TV-Elec 7.56
United Accum - 14.59
United Canada 18,54
United Continental.. 6.94
8.
8.72
30.32
8.24
15.05
20.15
7.38
13.04
United Income , 12.48
United Science 6.62
Value Lii.c 5.36
Varlnhle . 8.77
7.34
6.86
7.32
13.96
Wellington 14.64
Over-ihe-Coun.er
Western Stocks
Bid Asked
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cypru, Mines .
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Morrison Knudaen ....
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N.W. Natural Gaa
Orriron Metallurgical
PGE SBTi
PP&L 27'4
U.S. National Bank .... 74'',
Weat Coant Tel 34".
Weyerhaeuser 32
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THURSDAY. MAY
OBITUARIES
AMANDA McROBERT
Ashland-Mrs. Amanda E.
McRobert, a former resident
of Ashland anu Klamath
Falls, died in Edmonds, Wash.,
luesday.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, James A.
Edmonds, in 1961.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday in
Mountain View chapel, the
Rev. James Sinclair officiat
ing. Interment will be in the
Mountain View cemetery.
RICHARD WESTWANG
Ashland -Richard West-
wang, 81, of 562 Ray Lane,
died Wednesday after a long
illness. He was born June 3.
1881, in Eidsvold, Norway.
Water Carnival Is
Slated in Ashland
Ashland - Jackson county
girls, single and between the
ages ot 18 and 21 years, have
an opportunity to take part In
the Ashland Water Carnival
at Emigrant lake June 23.
Between now and May 31
entrants may apply for regis
tration blanks at the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce office
on the Plaza to compete in the
Aqua Queen contest.
Plans for the week-lonii cel
ebration are under the direc
tion of the Jaycees who will
sponsor the Queen's Corona
tion dinner dance in the Mark
Antony hotel ballroom June
15. The Aqua Queen and two
princesses will be chosen to
reign during -. the ensuing
week and will be entertained
by various Ashland groups.
They will also take part in a
parade June 22 when water
sports will be featured.
Sunday, June 23, beginning
at 1 p.m. skiers are to put on
an exhibition contest at the
lake under the direction of the
Rogue Aqua Ski club. There
will be no admission charged
tor the water carnival and en
tertainment will be Included.
Local marine dealers will
have displays and demonstra
tions and there will be prizes
for tne winning contenders
Whitland Locke of the
chamber is publicity chairman
(or the June event.
Portland livestock
Porllsnd (UPIl USOA Cattle
49, caives none, no eariy test.
Hogs 23; one lot 1 and a bar
rows ana guts steady at 17.
Sheep 23; no early test.
THEATRE INFORMATION PHONE 773-7323
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Funeral arrangements will ba
announced by Litwiller Fu
neral home.
FRED JOHNSON
Ashland-Fred Moris John,
son, 78. a resident of Ashland
for eight years, died in a
nursing home Wednesday. Fu
neral arrangements will ba
announced by Litwiller Fu
neral home, .
BENNIE R. REIGEL
Funeral services for Bennio
Holland Rcigcl, 62, of 743 B
St., Ashland, who died Tues
day, will be held at 3 p.m. Fri
day in Ashland Mortuary
Chapel.
The Rev. James Sinclair of
the Church of Christ will of.
flciate. Committal will be in
Mountain View cemetery.
Mr. Reigel was born June
8, 1900, in View, Wash. Ha
left Washington in 1910, mov
ing to Oregon and living there
until 1930 when ho moved to
California. In 1941 he moved
back to Washington and then
to California.
He retired from business in
1962, mnving to Ashland in
August of that year. He was in
the laundry business most of
his life, except for a period at
the Bremerton Navy yard dur
ing World War II.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Mrs. Monna Rae Wardell,
Orangevale, Calif.; a brother,
George Reigel, Jacksonville,
Ore.; three sisters, Mrs. Jua
nita Silver, Ashland, Mrs. Bess
Elmgren, Seattle, . and Mrs.
Sadie Hall, Tacoma, Wash.,
and five grandchildren.
Every Thursday
5 p.m.
'til 2 p.m
Ntw Diih each wtk
Include Ltrga Stlad lar
to choeir from
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Entertaining vry
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with smooth danco muttc
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