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fa erg os Intensive Medical tests roper Semi-Finalists for Miss Rogue Valley Initial Testing Show's Astronaut In Good Condition Miss 'Diane 'Maddux, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Maddox, route 2, box 2, Jacksonville, stands S feet, 4 inches and weighs 123 pounds. A student at Southern Oregon college, Ashland, she lists her talent portion of the pageant as singing. Among her hobbies are corresponding with per sons in India, Brazil and New Zealand, sewing, cooking, and all types of sports. Miss Mad dox plans to complete her edu cation in the field of elemen tary education, and plans to continue work in the tele vision field. Pageant Tomorrow Miss Rogue Valley will be selected at a pageant in which 10 semi-finalists will compete starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Medford High school auditorium. Contestants will appear in evening gown, swim suit and talent competition. Five final ists will be selected to answer two unrehearsed questions, and the winner. Miss Rogue Bali Volcano Blows Debris High in Sky Jakarta, Indonesia -'IUPD -With a series of blasts heard 200 miles away, Bali's- Gun ung Agung volcano blew up Thursday for the secondMtme in two months. Telephoned reports via Sur abaya in East Java gave no casualty estimates. More than 1,500 persons were killed on Petitions Submitted For Water District The Jackson county court iho rpfpivpri eieht petitions with more than 100 signatures as required by law for lorma tion of the West Side Water The petitions were turned over to the county elections department for verification of signatures. After the signatures are ver ified, a public hearing will be called. Any person affected may ask to be excluded or in cluded, according to Ervin Hogan, Medford lawyer and committee member for the proposed West Side district. The court may then make any boundary changes it deems reasonable, then call for an election for formation of the district and a board of directors. If and when the district is formed, the board will seek federal funds for an engineer ing study. George A. Cookscy, 2930 Oakridge ave., a member of the district committee, said the proposed district would include 400 homes and pos sibly one farm. Eugene Hospital Expansion Planned Eugenc-OIPIi-A long range expansion project at Sacred Heart hospital has been launched with formation of the Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation and kick off of an $834,000 fund-raising campaign. HEVSBRiEFS ItlMS rtOM X FRANCE BANS TWO U. S. AIRLINES Parii-'tfli-The French government today banned flights into France by Pan American World Airways and Turn World Airlines until they bring their fares up to the level decided by the International Air Triniport Association. The ban goes Into effect at 4 p.m. (PDTI today. OAR INVESTIGATOR ENTER HAITI Port au Prince, Haitl-m-Inveitigatori from the Organi sation of American States flew here today despite govern ment warning against "meddling." MISSILE FILED ACROSS ATLANTIC Cape Canaveral, Fla.-'IW-The Nany today fired an ad vanced AS missile to its second straight success today a yp of more than 1,600 miles a; -lit the Atlantic Ocean. '. JSfe if I; i'iS Miss Jacquclyn Ayres, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Ayres, 12 North Groveland ave., Mcdford. A student at Southern Oregon college, she is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 103 pounds, She plans to tap dance as her part of the talent division of the pageant. Miss Ayres lists hobbies as oil painting, danc- ing, water skiing, camping and reading. She plans to teach elementary school upon graduation from college. Valley, will be selected from the final five. Winner of the competition will receive a scholarship from the local Pepsi Cola Bot tling company, which cospon- sors the event with me mea- ford Junior Chamber of Com merce. Miss Rogue Valley also will compete in the Miss Ore gon pageant at Seaside later this year. the scenic tourist island in last March's eruption. The reports said the moun tain shuddered and roared at 4:30 p.m., hurling great swirl ing clouds of debris three or four miles into the sky. Ash, sand and pebbles showered on the surrounding towns of Bangli, Singaradja, Kintamani Karangascm. Even Surabaya and Gempol, 200 miles away, reported ash fall out. Surabaya residents re ported hearing several ex plosions. Antara news agency said glowing avalanches of white hot lava were seen pouring down the volcano's southeast slopes where more than 1,500 persons died in the March eruption. The sky was reported pitch black within a half hour of the eruption. Nearby rivers were swollen with hoi mud. Telephone lines to Bali were reserved for official use only. Antara said most of the islanders who fled from their homes during the March dis aster had not returned to the slopes. Court Postpones Action on Request A majority of the Jackson county court this morning postponed recommendation on a liquor license application from the Brownsboro tavern. Floyd Bubb is applying for a license to sell packaged beer and beer on the premises. Ap proximately a year ago a large number of Brownsboro people protested a tavern li cense for Bubb. Later Bubb got a number of Brownsboro area residents to sign a petition favoring the tavern license. The county court asked him to wait a year to allow him to become better established in the com munity. However, Bubb made application directly to the Oregon Liquor Control com mission and was turned down. AtOUNO TMI OlOM .4 a. Feat Viewed as Stop Toward Moon Ahoarrl Kearsaree - IliPD - Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, 36, back to earth from a "magnificent" space flight, to day underwent intensive med ical tests and questioning to reveal what a 575,000-mile trip through space does to a man. The tests were scheduled to continue through Saturday aboard the Navy carrier Kear. sarge, which picked up Coo per and his Faith 7 capsule Thursday after a bull's-eye landing in the Pacific. Prpliminarv medical exam inations indicated the peppery little Air Force major was in fine shape after experienc ing a dav and a half of weight lessness on America's longest space flight to date. He new a distance equivalent to a round trip to the moon. Reunion Due Saturday Th medical examinations and technical questioning of rnnnnr were exDccted to con centrate primarily on man's ability to withstand the rigors of a flight to tne moon ana back. Cooocr will be flown to Unnnltiln Sntnrriav for a re union with his wife and two rimiphtnrc nnH the start of a round of celebrations honor ing his feat. Among the cele brations will be a reception at tho Whit House Tuesday. The 22.9 orbit, 34 hour and 20 minute flight in his Faith 7 caosule carried Cooper distance of about 575,000 miles. A round trip to the moon would be less than sou, 000 miles. Space officials view Coo per's feat as another step, per haps a giant one, toward put- tine an American on tne moon. The space officials heaped praise on the astronaut for bringing his space capsule back from space in the pio neer tradition of airmen "by the scat of his pants." Hailed as Great Feat They hailed his flight "Magnificent" and a great feat of science. Cooper, who made a bull's- eye landing in the Pacific by manual control after his auto matic control system failed offered his praise to all who took part in the project. In a special message to Call Huss of the National Aero nautics and Space administra tion's flight dynamics office, he said: "Looks like you did a fine job of calculation for retro weight. You must have even figured 'n that one second. "Thanks," signed, "Gor don." Cooper lost seven pounds but apparently suffered no ill effects from the prolonged period of weightlessness while whirling around and around the world at 17,544 miles per hour, according to Dr. Rich ard Pollard, space agency phy sician. "Gordon is in good spirits but tired," Pollard said. "He had a dizzy spell when he first set foot on the deck and this was exactly as we expect ed. His first words to me were 'Dick, I don't feel too good.' "However, he quickly re covered as we began to walk across the hanger deck and I am certain he could have made the walk without assist ance." (See stories on Page 2A) Kerby Man Injured By Falling Limb Ted Milncr, 23, of Kerby is in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital follow. ing a logging accident Wed nesday near Oregon Caves. Milner, working as a falter was hit on the head by a fall ing limb approximately three feet long and 10 to 12 inches in diameter, according to re ports. His hard hat was cred ited with saving his life. He was taken to Josephine General hospital In Grants Pass and transferred to Rogue Valley hospital by ambulance. WEATHER FORECAST: fair ind warm 1a nltht and Saturday. Some clnudlnni ovtr mountain) Sat urday aftrmonn. Low lofltght High Saturday 17. Temp. Htfhnt Yesterday I. owe it Trill Morning 44 Sunjel today H:2i p.m. Sunrtae tomorrow .... i;tt a.m. Our Skies Tonight Moon rue tomorrow .. 1-31 a.m. New Moon . . May 21 Merrury, the amallett planet, la aimott airertiy net ween ine F.arth and tnt Sun today and ahnut halfway between hi and the Sun. Mercury hat no Moon. k-ejj. itc- I'M' -Rv ... : ' w1 W Jl ;'" If - V5&r!i " . Ni P-?"ii 7 .' sy,? , . ! i-V 3 iWRi ; pt i ,j zes? Ctrsla r . - , . (r -. ' ' i It' - -v 1 I A ' j " - ' I CAPSULE LIFTED A crane on the carrier space capsule from the Pacific as a whale Kearsarge lifts Astronaut Gordon Cooper's boat stands by. (UPI) Reaional Edition Medford 22 Pages . Two Sections Action of Pollution Control Ordinance Deferred by Council Action on a proposed air pollution control ordinance was deferred for at least two weeks by the Medford city council last night after some councilmen said there were technical questions" about the measure they wanted an swered. District Santiary Engineer Ted Gcrow had been invited to the meeting by city offici als, but he arrived in the coun cil chambers Just after the group had voted unanimously to continue the hearing. Grants Pass Man Dies of Injuries Grants Pass Fredrick Theodore Drow, 80, of Grants Pass, died at Josephine Gen eral hospital Wednesday night from Injuries suffered in an auto accident Tuesday. Drow was a passenger in a car driven by Wilmer Richard Berry, 66, of Grants Pass. The accident occurred on the Rogue River highway about four miles southeast of Grants Pass when the Berry car, mak ing a left turn, was struck by an auto driven by Weir Hoff Dixon. 65, of Grants Pass, according to reports, Brow was born in Germany in 1882 and had lived in Grants Pass for many years His wife died here in 1952. He is survived by three sis ters and two brothers, all in Michigan. Hull and Hull mop tuary of Grants Pass is hand ling funeral arrangements. Communists Force UN Helicopter Down Panmuniom, K o r e a UP- Communist forces fired on i United Nations Command helicopter carrying two U.S Army officers and forced it to land in Red North Korea ter ritory today. The incident took place near the demilitarized lone between Communist forces and United Nations Command troops. There was no Indication ot the fate of the men. In Washington, the Army Identified the men as Capt. Ben W. Stutts, 30. Florence, Ala., and Capt. Carleton W. Voltz. 26. Frankfort, Mich. JACKIE JENSEN DIVORCED Reno UPi Mrs. Jackie Jen sen divorced the former Bos I', Red Sox outfielder today. Partial opposition to the ordinance was voiced by Carl Lowe, northwest oil and gas association representative, and Duke McQueen, general man ager of Kogap. Expresses Concern Lowe said it was the policy of his association to "support adoption of such ordinances,!' but he expressed concern over a section of the measure hav ing to do with emission of sulphur compounds. The section referred to would prohibit the emission of sulphur compounds into the air in any amount exceeding .1 per cent by volume at the point of discharge. Lowe told the council it would be "Impossible to sup ply Medford with heating fuels which after combustion would have lower than a .1 per cent volume.'' He urged the council to either raise the percentage to .2, as he said Los Angeles county had done, or to delete the restriction entirely. Question Provisions McQueen said the lumber Industries in the area were "not against the ordinance in Its entirely," but they did question some "discriminatory provisions in it. He said certain things In the ordinance seem to be "pointed toward the lumber Industry," while "other indus tries were being specifically excepted." , He urged the council to "use the same measuring sticks against all parties" and not to "single out one group." The only person speaking in favor of the measure was William Docrnbach, 143 Mace ave., who said he was not concerned with what industry "could live with" In terms of air pollution control, but rath er what the people of Med ford could live with. Councilman William Sin- gler, chairman of the commit tee wnich drafted the orni' nance, said the committee felt the ordinance "should be vol untary." He said the city could not afford to hire an air pollution control officer this year, but he wanted to make the ordinance "a matter of record." The motion to defer passed after Councilmen Richard Travis and Robert Cunning hem said they wanted time to seek answers to some tech nical questions that had been rrjpcd. MEDFORD, OREGON,. FRIDAY, Council Denies Request fo Car Rental Company The Medford city council last night voted to deny per mission to Letz Rent-A-Car to park automobiles at the mu nicipal airport to rent them to patrons of West Coast Air lines under a rental plan de vised by the two firms. Opposition to the request was voiced by two car rental operators already located at the airport and by Hank Hart, Medford insurance man, who holds an interest in Rogue Flying Service. The Lctz agency was rep resented by Walter Klein, who his firm had worked out a plan with West Coast air lines to supply cars at a re duced rate to customers of West Coast airlines. , . Business Decreases Bob Kagis, operator of Hertz car rental agency at the airport, said that in the two weeks Lctz has been op- crating in Medford on a tern porary permit, his business has decreased by 42 per cent He said he felt the competi tion was unfair because West Coast was on a federal sub sidy. Hugh Coleman and his son Jim Coleman, president of Southern Oregon Lease com pany, also opposed the re quest. They said their car rental agency at the airport had shown a net loss of $400 since April this year, and they could not See the "pur pose, desirability or need" for another rental agency. The vote against the re quest was unanimous, except for Councilman William Sing Icr, who asbtaincd. Date for Election On Budget Is Set Euttc Ff"lls - Monday, June 10, has been set as the date for a new election of thi Butte Falls school district budget, The district school board and budget committee last night cut $3,630 from the pro Dosed budget, which now will call for a total tax levy of S70.187.09. Last year's tax levy was $89,293.78. A proposed tax levy $73,827.09 was defeated by the voters here May 8 by 97 to 69. In other action, the schoo board set June 17 as the date for an election on a proposal to establish a district ad ministrated kindergarten in Bule Falls. IT'S ALL OVER Spaceman Gordon Coop er smiles from inside his space Capsule after the hatch was opened on the deck MAY 17, 1963 Senate Income Tax Increase Approved By 20 To 10 Vote Salem-IUTO-The Senate to day approved a $52 million state income tax hike which was certain to be rejected by the House, thus throwing the major revenue bill into a con ference committee where a compromise will have to be hammered out. , Senators voted 20-10 to ap prove the controversial meas ure. , The bill Is slated to be whisked across to the House for a vote later today, so the expected conference commit tee can begin striving for agreement over the week end. Gov. Mark Hatfield has charged a conference com mittee is "the worst way to draft a tax program." House Conferees Reps. Richard Eymann (D- Marcola) and Victor Atiych (R-Portland) already have been selected as House con ferees. Deputies Seek Car Occupant in River Hornbrook-Siskiyou county sheriff's deputies are dragging the Klamath river near here today in an effort to find the occupant or occupants of car found in the river yester day. The car was registered to Jastcr Claborn of Burney Calif. It was not known whether anyone was In the car when It went Into the riv er, but the gear was found In "drive position and the ignition was on. inc headlights ot the car also were on, indicating the accident might have happened at night. The car was spotted by Nlchulas P. Werner, 47, of Los Angeles, who had stopped to take pictures of the river near the Bur-Bel resort on U.S. Highway 90. Jobess Rof Said 'Obviously Too High' St. Louis-IM-Labor Secre tary W. Wlllard Wlrtz agreed with the AFL-CIO Council to day that the nation's Jobless rate "obviously is much too high." BANK MOVED Bend-HIPIi-The Bend branch of the U. S. National Bank was to move Into its new fflS.OOO building today. of the Kearsarge. Hands are shown reaching to assist him from the capsule. (UPI) 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 49 Senate President Ben Musa said Sen. Boyd Overhulse CD Madras) and a Republican will be named to the Senate Con ference committee. The four-man panel will at tempt to merge various fea tures of the House and Senate bill into a package both chambers will approve. If the first conference com promise is rejected, another committee will be named - and the process will be re peated until a tax bill is draft ed that can be approved by both the House and Senate. Just before the vote was taken Overhulse said "Let's get this matter to a conference committee, and let's get this session over with." Newbry Opposed Voting against the measure were' Sens. Ahrens, Boivin, Chapman, Vcrn Cook, Hare, Husband, Inskccp, Leth, New bry, and Yturrl. Overhulse, chairman of the Senate Tax committee, denied the Senate plan was regres sive, and pointed out the cig arette tax proposed by the House would cost each smok er $14.80 a year. He said that amount, added to the income tax Increase proposed by the House, would hit harder at lower income groups than the Senate plan. Overhulse said neither the House nor Senate plan "is palatiblc. I don't envy the Job of raising taxes, but we don't always get to do what we want to do. He who dances must pay the Diner, we've spent our money, we vc had our dance, now we must pay. Cooper's Family on Way To Meeting Houston. Tex. - 0IPI - Mrs Trudy Cooper, trim and pert In a summery white dress, jetted toward Honolulu today for a reunion with her astro n u t husband, L. Gordon Cooper. In the Island city where they were wed. Mrs. Cooper, who remained calm during her husband's nearly 23 orbits In space, left 9:15 a.m. (pdt) aboard Nation al Airlines Flight 35 with her daughters Camala, 14, and Janita, 13. They expected to be re united with Cooper Saturday. Th astronaut was en route to ooper bided By Stimulant During Descent Cape Canavarel, FlaiWIU Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper took a stimulant pill to make sure he was alert for the cru cial task of steering his Faith 7 capsule back to earth under emergency manual control at the end of his marathon 22.9- orbit mission. It was revealed today. Cooper downed the pill at the request of Project Mer cury scientists. They wanted him at his mental sharpest for the tricky job of firing the reverse rockets that slowed him down, took him out of or bit and started him on the blazing return to a near-perfect landing In the Pacific ocean near Midway -Island Thursday. Would Have Returned Officials of the $500 million Mercury program also said at a lengthy news conference to day that, if two electrical inverters had failed on the first orbit of Cooper's voyage as they did in the last , two orbits, he would have been brought down immediately. The failures, which depriv ed the bell-shaped capsule ot its automatic control system, forced Cooper to take over the controls and steer the space craft back to the ground. Even after the successful mission, the future of Project Mercury remained clouded. Officials said a capsule sim ilar to the one that kept Coo per in space for more than 34 hours could be modified for a space voyage as long as six days. Helicopter Lands On Top of Mt. Hood Portland-IUPB-Wes Lematta piloted his helicopter to the top of 11,235 foot Mt. Hood Thursday. "I guess I'm the first to climb the mountain In a busi ness suit," he said. As far as is known he Is the first to land on the narrow crest of the mountain. in Honolulu Hawaii aboard the carrier Kearsarge from his point of rendezvous with the pickup ship In the Pacific Ocean. About 100 persons gathered at Houston International Air port to see the family off. Mrs. Cooper appeared fluster ed over all the attention. Mrs. Cooper met and mar ried the astronaut while they were both students at the University of Hawaii. They were wed Aug. 29, 1947, in the chapel at Hickam Field. Mra. Cooper's father was an Air Force officer. f
