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.
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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.
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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