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Newspaper Page TextTentative tm lent Income Tax OBI measu Regie ' Edition 20 Pages Two Sections Continued Race Demonstrations Followed by Wholesale Arrests Freedom Walk Group Picked Up In Alabama Birmingham Remains Tense By United Preii International Eleven integration demon strators who tried to take up the freedom walk ol a slam Baltimore postman were ar ret ted near Gadsden, Ala., Sunday and wholesale ar rests of integration-bent dem onstrators continued in North Carolina. Birmingham, where Ne groes told of telephone threats of new bombings, remained tense but quiet under the watchful eye of 1,200 law en forcement officers. Possible intensified racial activity loomed today at Scl ma, Ala., where a Negro lead er called for a mass attempt at voter registration. Integration activity was not confined to the South. Some 2,000 persons gather ed on the state capital lawn at Hartford, Conn., in a dem onstration in support of inte gration leaders in Birming ham. Whiles 'Running Scared' Negro Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.), in a speech at Englewood, N.J.; said the "white man is run ning scared" and that Negro parents should continue to use their children as instruments In the fight for equality. He urged a continued boycott of the Lincoln school in Engle wood. At Cleveland, Negro come dian Dick Gregory predicted the Birmingham integration agreement, worked out at the height of a 40-day siege of tense racial demonstrations that saw more than 2,000 No groes jailed, would prove lasting. Gregory said the agreement setting up a time-table on in tegration of lunch counters and other improve m e n t s would stick because it was ne gotiated with "a force that controls 90 per cent of the city's wealth and 98 per cent of the working force." Dr. Martin Luther King, whose Southern Christian Leadership conference helped mastermind the Birmingham demonstrations, was sched uled to return to the South ern steel city today. King had said earlier that this week end was a "crucial" one to the Birmingham agree ment. Actress Arrested The 11 arrested who tried to take up Baltimore postman William L. Moore's march in cluded six Negroes and five whites. One of the white per sons was a 36-year-old actress, Madeline Sherwood, who had been arrested once before in similar activity. The Alabama Highway Pa trol and county officers ar rested the group after they got only 15 yards from the spot where Moore was am bushed and slain last April 23 while on a walk to make a nersonal pica to Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett to end segregation. FALLS TO DEATH Neah Bay, Wash. - IIW -A-3C Gerald M. Connor. 19. Boston, fell to his death from a 60 foot cliff near here early Sunday. MEWS0)BRIEFS HIM MOM f MOUND THI OlOM RUSSIAN HARASSMENT STUDIED Berlin-4W-U.S. officials today wondered whether Ihe Russians had etarted a new campeign to harass Army traffic to Berlin on the highway through East Germany. SEARCH FOR THRESHER INTENSIFIED Portsmouth, N.H.-aFH-The Nay today intensified the search for the submarine Thresher, spurred on by the pos sibility thai the shattered hull of the sub may have been located. KENNEDY URGES AFFIRMATIVE VOTE Washington-'IPI-Preiident Kennedy today urged the na tion! l.S million wheat farmers to vote "yes" in Tuesday's wheat referendum on the grounds the administration plan it "in their own Interest." I MEDFORD u : 43-- - , "j rvC" tu.-' -it Aj rjrf l aS ill .V PHOTO FROM SPACE This is a copy of ing his historic one of the photographs taken in outer earth, It shows space by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper dur- (UP1) - White House Trip, New York Awaiting Cooper Cape Canaveral - IUPH - As tronaut L. Gordon Cooper un derwent further medical tests and additional debriefing to day before leaving for Wash ington Tuesday where he will receive the Distinguished Service Medal for his his toric 22.9 orbit flight around earth. The slightly built Air Force major was relaxed and smil ing during Sunday's tumultu ous tribute to his 575,000 mile space voyage. Wednesday, Cooper will be honored with a ticker tape pa rade in New York. Plans call ed for him to ride in a con vertible up lower Broadway through the financial district to city hall where he will be given a reception. Sunday. Cooper described his breathtaking flige prob ably the last manned snnee voyage by the United States for 18 months as firm proof man can sleep, cat and live for long periods in space. He told of seeing vivid geo graphic details, sleeping soundly, eating on schedule although he was not too hun gry and performing numerous experiments assigned to him. 'Really No Problem' Cooper described his blaz ing "fireball" re-entry under manual control, an emergen cy step that was necessary after the automatic system failed in the 20th orbit and caused anxious concern around the world. m MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1963 v. - , .i v ...... . . y Parade There was really no prob lem," he said. There had been speculation that still another one - man space flight in the Project Mercury series might be held later this year but a top of ficial of the federal , space agency said it seemed "quite unlikely." The statement by Dr. Rob ert C. Seamans, associate di rector of NASA, apparently meant the next U.S. manned space flight will not come until October, 1964, at the earliest. Cooper was asked what he thought the flight proved about man's role in space. "I thin we proved man is a pretty good backup system to all these automatic sys tems," he replied. To other questions. Cooper said. ' "The horizon was always clear, both day and night" from his capsule. -"Flashing satellites" which he dropped from behind his capsule as a visual aid chpek "would be a good device to help on the nighlsido for rendezvous in space between two orbiting capsules. He last saw the lights at a distance of about 17 or 18 miles from his position. -An "exercise device " in his Faith 7 took "almost as much exercise to get at it as to use it." Has Tremondous View He said he first noticed the tremendous view as Faith 7 flashed over the Arabian Pen insula in the Middle East. "I could see roads and riv ers, and trucks on the roads. I saw a train with smoke coming out of it. "I even saw a boat going down the river, and the wake behind it. But I couldn't sec individual people." He said he could see Dal las. Tex., and the area of the federal space agency head quarters in Houston. "But I couldn't sec my own house,'' he laughed. "They put up too many trees around it." He said Red China "looked just like it looks on the map. I couldn't see anything but 1 just a lot of country. Part of I China was covered by broken I clouds." 4yiL rryaas 'tV t'if? tA 22 orbit trip around the the Himalaya Mountains, Cape Canaveral Hails Return of Gordon Cooper Cape Canaveral, Fla-IUPD-The high school band lined up two hours early under the hot Soon the musicians began perspiring. Miss Kay Spruill shepherd ed the 200 students in the Cocoa Beach Elementary School Glee Club into the grandstand and ran through "Oklahoma" for the last lime. Children, tanned and wav ing American flags, got on the curb while their parents stood watching. "Gordo, welcome back to terra firma," said a hand-lettered sign. "While this is not his home town, he is going to get a hometown welcome," said Mayor Robert Murkshe. It was this spaccsport's wel come home Sunday for Maj. L. Gordon Cooper. Arrives By Plane Cooper began his day high over the United States in a C135 jet transport. With him were his wife, Trudy, and their two teen-age daughters. At 11:04 a.m. (edt) the plane touched down at Patrick Air Force Base. Ten minutes later the main hatch opened and Cooper, flowers around his neck, tan and fit in a business suit, strode down the ramp. Mrs. Cooper was at his side. The Air Force honor guard stood at attention. "You rascal," said astronaut Alan B. Shcpard Jr., Cooper's backup pilot, as they shook hands. "You won a race." said as tronaut Walter M. Shirra Jr. "Attaboy, Gordo," shouted someone in the crowd lining the runway. Cooper strode to the micro phone. "Thank you all for coming out," he said. "I final ly got back home Just as I said I would." The astronaut underwent a i medical briefing, ate lunch at ! the Officers club with his ! family and at 3:30 p.m. (edt) i climbed atop the rear scat of a cream-colored convertible. I Dr. Robert Sramans. assisl ' ant director of the National I Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration, and Mrs. Cooper rode in the car. j The astronaut, who flew 1 575.000 miles around the world 22 9 times in his "Faith 7" spacecraft, rode at 10 miles an hour along the 5.3-mile parade route. Tribune Death Toll in Bali Eruption Climbs to 103 Earthquake Levels Buildings Den Pasar, Bali-IUPH-The of ficial death toll from Mt. Agung's eruption Thursday soared to 103 today as re ports poured in from govern ment rescue teams fanning out though the disaster area. The reports painted a tragic picture of new death and de struction heaped on this fa bled South Sea island still re covering from the sacred vol cano's deadly eruption two months ago which killed more than 1,500 persons. In rapid succession, the vol cano erupted Thursday belch ing lava and rock, then roar ed into life again Saturday night triggering an earth quake that was clearly felt here, 50 miles away. Buildings Leveled The tremor leveled many buildings in Tjulik and Dahar villages, northwest of the crater. One person was kill ed under a collapsing wall. Most of the deaths and in juries were reported in the wake of Thursday's eruption which sent scaring clouds of pulverized rock and gases plunging down the volcano's slopes. Volcanolgists manning seis mograph stations six miles from the crater said these glowing avalanches poured down five streambeds and two valleys "as fast as a bird can fly." Burglaries Being Checked by Police Local law enforcement agencies today are investigat ing a series of week end bur glaries. Medford and state police are investigating the burglary of the National Guard arm ory at the south end of Med ford Sunday night. Thieves broke in by removing glass from a side window. They took a power lawnmower af ter breaking handles off two inside doors. Jacksonville and state police are investigating the burglary of Coleman's Hard ware and Liquor store in Jacksonville Sunday night. Thieves broke a rear window in the building, reached through and apparently took some wine. However, a bottle count hasn't been taken yet, it was reported. The sheriff's office is in vestigating the burglary of the Red Arrow real estate of. fice in Jacksonville operated by Sol Blumenfeld. A tele phone was reported taken. Two juveniles were arrest ed by Red Bluff authorities yesterday in a car believed stolen from Portland. They ad mitted to California author ities breaking Into the Phoenix Rollarena Friday night and taking a 35 milli meter camera and wallet. A juvenile hearing will be held In Red Bluff, a deputy re ported. FPC METHOD UPHELD Washington - OJPU - The Su preme Court today upheld the Federal Power Commision's new method of regulating natural gas producers rates by areas instead of by each company's individual costs. WEATHER roRKCAST: Varlihlf elotidlnm Ihrauth Thur.day. KrtUerrfl thnndr.howf r. m o 1 1 y ovrr ninunlalni Ihl rvrnlnt and iratn Turtdiy iftrrnnnn and rvrnlnr. I.nw tnnlthl ntar St. Hlrh Tuetday II. Temp. 14 it 1:3 p m. 1:14 a.m. Hllhr.t Vfitffdiv l.owrt! Tht. Morning Stin.rt today Sunrlie tomorrow Our Skies Tonight Moonrti tomorrow ... I SI a.m. NfW Moon May 22 PROMINKNT STAR prorvon, low In wrat l:29 p.m. visini.it pi.ANr.Ts Man. In th aril .11:12 p.m. Saturn, rliat 2:21 a.m. Jtipltar, low In rat . 4:12 a.m. nui, nar tha Moon. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 51 Committee Votes Tax Relief for Special Cases Actors, Athletes Would Benefit Washington WPI) The House Ways and Means com mittee, in its first action on President Kennedy's tax pro gram, today approved h i s plan to provide special relief for actors, baseball stars and others whose incomes fluctu ate sharply. The proposal which was tentatively approved would provide an estimated $40 mil lion in annual tax relief for such persons. May Be Averaged The plan would permit tax payers whose incomes fluctu ate sharply from year to year to "average" their income for tax purposes. Thus, it would reduce chances that one good year would subject them to high-tax brackets, if it fol lowed years of low income. The proposal is one of many structural changes in the tax code which Kennedy urged Congress to adopt, along with an across-the-board reduction in Income tax rates. Increase in Revenue On balance, the proposed structural changes would pro vide an increase of $3.5 bil lion in tax revenue. However, the committee is certain to reject the bulk of the revenue producing proposals. The proposal adopted today would allow averaging of in come over a five-year period only in cases where income during a current year exceeds the average of four prior years by more than one-third. Averaging, however, would be permitted only if the cur rent year income also exceeds the four-year average by at least $3,000. Some system of income-av erage has long been advocated by professional actors and athletes and by authors whose income is subject to major change from year to year. Applies To All The proposed new rule would, however, apply to all taxpayers. The treasury has noted that some farmers and many others would benefit from the new relief. The averaging plan which would not take effect until 1964, could mean big tax saving for individuals who suddenly strike it rich after years of modest earnings. It would allow a taxpayer in a big income year to lump together his Income from a five - year period and com pute a tentative tax on one fifth of the income, The tax attributable to the one-fifth would then be multiplied by five to determine the final tax for the current year. Week End Crashes Take Three Lives By United Press International Three persons died in Ore gon during the week end as a result of traffic accidents. Thomas Webb, 57, Turner, was killed when his car slam med into a utility pole in Port land early Sunday. He was a prominent owner and trainer of race horses. Mrs. Allle Oldham. 55. Medford, was Injured fatally in a two-car collision at Cen tral Point Saturday night. J. George Robinson, 87, Medford, died in a Eugene hospital Saturday night from injuries suffered in a two-car head-on crash near Junction City, May 11. Oregon's highway death toll for the week end brought to 30 the number of people killed on the highways of the state this month, compared to 25 for the same period last year. A total of 176 persons have been killed In Oregon traffic this year, compared to 146 for a similar period in 1962 Central Bureau for Sex Cases in Measure Salem - illPli - Reporting of sex offense cases to a central recording bureau would be required under a bill that passed the House today and went to the Senate. Adjournment Seen Near for Legislature Salem - WP1I - Both Senate President Ben Musa and House Speaker Clarence Bar ton said today that they. hoped for adjournment by Friday or Saturday. I I,-' g t ' V r n "SBia 1 FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) delivered an address on U.S. foreign policy at a formal Armed Forces week banquet at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls Sunday evening. The senator was critical of the Kennedy administration's "indecisive" position in inter national affairs and said the world needs to know exactly where this country stands on major issues. Seated at Gold water's left is Mrs. Edwin Witzenburger, wife of the com mander of Kingsley Field. (Air Force photo) Senator Says U.S. Should Be Willing To Take 'Risks' Klamath Falls Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) yes terday called for a U. S. for eign policy that is not afraid to take "risks to prevent any further Communist ag gression in the world. We've used brinksman- sllip' successfully before to live up to our international obligations," he said, "and we should be ready to use it again." The senator was the princi pal speaker at a full dress Armed Forces week banquet ' at Kingsley field here Sunday evening. About 300 Air Force officers and area dignitaries and their wives attended the dinner. Senator Goldwater was introduced by Col. Edwin J. Witzenburger, commander of the 408th Fighter Group at the base. Goldwater said the question on the mind of all our allies is, "Which way are we head ing? He said it was difficult for our friends to understand why we hesitate in some of our decisions.. "They want to know if we will stand by them if they are attacked," he said. Goldwater, a major general In the Air Force Reserve, said this country has been incon sistent in the past, citing Hun gary as a prime example of U. S. failure to keep its promises. He conceded, how ever, that we had "lived up to our obligations" in Formo- Lebanon and Berlin. 'Just what is our nuclear policy?" he asked. "De Gaulle wants to know if we will de fend western Europe if it Is attacked, and if so, how quick ly?", He said he was not disturb ed that the U.S. had pulled Its missiles out of Turkey - he said they were "obsolete" anyway but he was concern ed that we hadn't discussed the move with our allies first. What do we intend to do in Laos?" he asked. He warn ed that if we lose Laos, we 'can kiss southeast Asia good bye." If that happens, he con- RecreationislvUse Lakes on Week End Recrcationists flocked to Howard Prairie and Emigrant lake recreation areas Sunday. Sheriff's deputies patrolling Emigrant lake reported 350 to 375 boats "and twice that many cars." Howard Prairie concession aire said they had the best week end yet this season. All the rental boats came back with fish, nothing under 17 Inches long, It was reported. This Included trolling and an chor fishing. Two water skiing accidents were reported at Lmigrant Sunday. One skier "flip-flop ped'' ashore, sheriff's deputies said, and another injured his arm on tow rope. Mental Deficiency Conference Scheduled Portland -l'PI- The Ameri can Association on Mental De ficiency will open its B7th annual meeting here Tuesday. Gov. Mark Hatfield and Stafford Warren, special as sistant lo President Kennedy, are scheduled to speak Wed nesday. More than 1,000 per sons are expected to attend the five-day meeting. FlGHTEPGRWrV isV4"? tinucd, we will lose some val uable seaports and airbases that could eventually cost the U.S. its global superiority in the air and on the sea. "It all comes down to one question," he said, "will the U.S. take risks?" Goldwater alluded to what he termed a "basic philosoph ical split in thinking" in this country. There are many who feel the road to peace lies in disarmament - even unilater ally, he said. But the senator said he fell just the opposite. that "we must use our great strength to keep the peace." Ho stated his basic ap- proach to foreign policy as a determination to resist by force, if necessary, "any So viet move to take over any other nation In the world. In' a discussion period fol lowing his address, the' sena tor was asked whether he intended lo seek the presiden cy in 1964. He replied he couldn t honestly say he was not "interested," but he said it was "still too early" to make a final decision. Asked how he fell about the United Nations. Goldwater said he blew "hoi and cold." He conceded the UN was a "good idea," but he said he did not feel it was "worth our time and effort" and that the world was "not ready for it yet." Ranking military officer at the banquet was Maj. Gen. Henry R. Spicer. 25th Air Di vision, McChord Field, Ta coma, Wash. Mayor and Mrs. James Dunlcvy officially rep resented Medford at the af fair. Earlier In the day, Gold water participated in ceremo nies dedicating a new $3,000, 000 Presbyterian Intercommu nity hospital here. The sena tor left by jet following the banquet to return to Washing ton. DC. Court Upsets Convictions The Supreme Court has overruled convic tions of Negro demon strators in several south ern states on grounds they wore convicted on unconstitutional local segregation laws. The story is on page 2A. KP1TT OSU Criticized for Use Of Maintenance Crews Salcm-UPH - Oregon Stale University was cri'leirnd at the legislature today for us ing maintenance crews to per form construction that wit nesses said should be let out to contractors. The Ways and Means Edu cation subcommittee was urg ed In approve a bill that would limit maintenance crews to projects costing $1. 500 or less. The present limit Is $10,000. Witnesses for unions and contractors both said OSU has been evading the law by breaking up Jobs into parts costing just under $10,000 in order lo use cheaper mainte nance crews. For example, Rep. Edward Whelan ID-Portland) said, a chicken brooder worth more than $10,000 was buillt by maintenance crewi because House-Senate Still Divided On Some Issues Cigarette Tax Appears Doomed Salem - IUPD - Senate-House) tax conferees Inriav out other lawmakers following tentative agreement on a $4 million income tax measure and a $14-million one shot revenue plan. The four man conference) committee was still mlit over capital gains, corporate excise and cigarette taxes after a week end-long series of meeting. The 4-cent a pack cigarette tax seemed doomed. Under Consideration Still under consideration was a capital gains tax based on the federal formula, but with a 5 per cent maximum fee, and a possible 1 per cent increase in corporate excise taxes. It was not known when f! nal settlement would ba reached. Conference members in. elude House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola), Rep. Victor Atiych (R-Portland), Senate Tax Commute Chairman Boyd Overhulse (D-Madras) and Sen. Robert Elfstrom (R. Salem). They began probing for compromise at 9:30 a.m. Sat urday, and met off-and-on un til 9:30 p.m. Sundaly. Would Meet Budget The income tax and one- , shot plans combined would raise the $60 million needed to finance a $405 million gen cral fund budget. The conference committee's proposed income tax would eliminate federal deductions. allow heads of households to file joint returns, include fractional rates stepped from 2 to 7 li per cent, a student ex. cmption, a 10 per cent stand ard deduction, a $100 deduc tible unlimited medical and $100 deductible unlimited I casualty loss exemption, plus a $20 tax credit for each de- pendent. Undecided on Filing Fas Conferees were undecided whether a $5-$10 flat filing fee should be charged, or whether the filing fee should be based on a percentage of income. Abandonment of the net re ceipts principal was a major House concession, and ap proval of the $20 dependency credit was a major concession by senators. Overhulse and Elfstrom may stand firm for the S5-S 1 (J filing fee, in spite of strong pleas from Eymann and Atlyeh that the minimum bo based on a percentage of in come, Atiych battled valiantly for the cigarette tax, but was ad vised by Overhulse that the Senate would not accept it. Meeting Tonight of County Parks Group The Jackson county parks and recreation commission at 7:30 o'clock tonight in tho county court office will dis cuss policies and procedures under the new fiscal year budget. Other matters up for dis cusion are Wednesday's meet ing in Portland with federal agencies pertaining to admin istrative problems In federal reservoir areas. Possibility of obtaining a concessionaire for Emigrant lake will be discussed also. Lumber Executive Dies at Coos 8a Coos Bay - IUPD - Duncan Donald Dashney, 60, local lumber executive, died at his home Sunday night. the university decided to con sider the heating plant as two separate projects. Witnesses said the Univer sity of Oregon, on tho other hand, has cooperated by let ting bids according to the in tent of the law. Chancellor R. E. Licuallcn and Secretary of Slate Howell Appling Jr. opposed the bill. Licuallcn said it could raise, the cost of small campus projects by 25 to 30 per cent and would remove needed flexibility. He said OSU preii dent James Jensen has prom ised to see that the full in tent of the present law is fol lowed from now on. Appling said the proposed bill would have a "very dis tinct and damaging effect" on state penitentiary Industries that supply some college furniture.