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Regional Edition M United Freu Intanuuonal rull Luied Wire 18 Pages Astroiroaut Cooper Gove.ni Big Wei Three-Minute Ovation Given By Congressmen Kennedy Presents Medal for Flight Washington - (UPD - Astro naut L. Gordon Cooper, 36, beaming with joy and drawl ing out thanks, received a tumultuous hero's welcome in the nation's capital today. President Kennedy said he proved that "man is still the most extraordinary computer of all." In a day of great personal triumph for the Oklahoman, who was the youngest and last of the original' astronauts to fly. Cooper was honored by the chief executive, Congress and the people for his spec tacular 22.9-orbit trip around earth. , "Thank y'all very much," he drawled to Kennedy after being presented with a space medal in the White House rose garden. "You can't imagine what an honor it is to be here," he told senators and repre sentatives who jammed like sardines into the House cham ber to hear him speak and then gave him a three-minute ovation. Cooper's Day of Glory It was a day of glory that he shared with his wife and two daughters, his mother and six of the astronauts who blazed America's path into space. The seventh, John H. Glenn Jr., was in Japan, but Kennedy said he is "with us in spirit." - Cooper, In his address to Congress, also told something of the faith that helped sus tain him during his lonely flight in space. He said he named his space craft Faith 7 because of his belief in God, his loy alty to his organization and his confidence in the entire space team. He went on to say that he was "not much of a preacher" but that he took time over the Indian Ocean during his 7th orbit to tape record a prayer in which he thanked God "for letting me be in this position" and "seeing these stars You have created." He said he also asked God to help Americans work with one another to make his and future space flights a success and "to be with ail our fam ilies." Spectators Lin Routt Starting just before noon and going on into the after noon, the major was honored and feted by the great and the small. Police estimated that 250,000 persons lined Pennsylvania ave. to watch him parade to Capitol Hill. Kennedy, at the White House, paid tribute to Cooper and the original seven astro nauts as "a very distinguished group of Americans." He said that "in this rather settled society, they demon strated that there are great frontiers still to be crossed, and in flying throuRh space have carried with them the wishes, the prayers, the hopes nd the pride of 180 million of their feilow countrymen." BODY FOUND Longview. Wash. - HTH -The body of Rickey Krugle, 3, was found in the Columbia river near here Monday afternoon. (IEWS(j?;BtlEFS tTlMS MOM m D MOUNB THI OlOM ISRAEL ELECTS THIRD PRESIDENT Jtruialem, Iiraal-JtPI-Ruislan-born Zalman Shatar. 73, 1 on a of Iiraal'i pionaarinj uttlari, was altcled iha nation's third prtiidtnt today. ANDERSON NAMED ENVOY TO PORTUGAL Waihington-W-Praiidant Ktnntdy today namtd Adm. Gaerg W. Andarton Jr., raliring chiaf of naval operations. U.S. ambassador to Portugal. IUUH INDltTLD ton junun unrtiunvi ; NathYille. Tannin-Four mora parsons wera indicted j by a ladaral grand jury today lor alUgadly tampering with j Iha jury which triad International lamntr rreiioeni jamas R, Holla's tl million conspiracy caia hara last yar. WHEAT FARMERS VOTE REFERENDUM TODAY Waihington-W-The nation's wheat larmers vol today In referendum thai could signal a turning point in the con pl of lederal aid to ill larm programs. EDFORD fa",1 - , . w -V.'V rr XLJf ( w. W Jv vth - ft 4 RECEIVES MEDAL President Kennedy is shown as he ' pinned the National Aeronautics and Space 'Administra- . stion's Distinguished Service Medal on astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White Pope Cancels All Private Audiences For Nine Days Vatican City - fUPII - Pope John XXIII, fatigued by a heavy round of public appear ances, is cancelling private audiences for a nine-day peri od of "spiritual retirement." a high Vatican source said today. The source said the Pope, 81. planned to go ahead with Wednesday's weekly general audience in St. Peter's as scheduled. Reliable sources inside the Vatican said the Pope has suffered another "weak spell" in the last 48 hours and there is preoccupation about his condition. But the high source said private audiences, including regular meetings with aides, would be cancelled beginning Friday for a solemn novena (nine days of prayers) lead ing up to the Feast of Pente cost June 2. Such a period of retire ment and spiritual exercises is normal in the pre-Christ-mas season, but unusual as a preparation for Pentecost. The source said the Pope made the decision to give special 'solemnity to Pentecost in this year of the Ecumeni cal Council. But the source also ad mitted that the Pope over exerted himself during long public ceremonies this month in which he was awarded the Balzan Peace Prize. Another reliable Vatican source said the Pope has felt "very weak" in recent days. MEDFORD, come f'vv...7, ilk v A??v 't 1 Small Forest Fires Started by Storm; Outages Reported A late afternoon thunder storm in the Rogue Valley area yesterday left up to .60 of an inch of rain in some areas and brought with it some gusty winds which up rooted at least one tree in the Grants Pass area. Lightning accompanying the showers caused seven small forest fires, none of them serious. Several small power outages were reported. A total of .60 of an inch of' precipitation was recorded at Grants Pass. Medford receiv- Legislature Equals Longest Session Salem -HOT- The legisla ture today tied the record for the longest session in Oregon history. Today was the 128th calen dar day of the 52nd Legisla tive Assembly tieing the rec ord set in 1957. Coincidentally the record setting 1957 regular session was entangled in a tax prob lem which resulted in a 19 day special session later that year. This session also is battling with taxes, and faces the pos sibility of having to be called back for a special session if voters refer the tax program. Senate President Ben Musa said today he was not confi dent the session could end this week. "I wouldn't be sur prised if we were here until Memorial Day," he comment ed. Broken Cable Kills Workbt at Astoria Astoria-OTII - The project manaaer for a firm which is building piers for a bridge across the mouth of the Co lumbia river here was killed in an accident early today. The victim was George Bauer. San Pedro, Calif., project manager for the De Long Corp. Officials of the firm said i Um. ...... . L. Ku UmlAn cable and knocked into the riv?r. n,, tjy nas nol bccn re COVercd. ALBANY GETS PLANT Albany, Ore. - IPti - Plans for a new industry to produce freeze-dricd products have been announced by a newly formcf Oregon corporation. SSjBa Hfc,RMHIlS aMMHaB jKt OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY nim Capital House today. Cooper was given a hero's welcome in Wash ington in recognition of his 22 orbits of the earth last week. (UPI) . . ed only .11 of an inch, while there Was .38 at Howard Prairie. A half hour downpour at Grants Pass between 7 and 7:30 p.m. caused some flash flooding on downtown busi ness streets. While some parts of the city got heavy amounts of rain, others got hardly any at all, it was reported. Hail the size of marbles fell in some places. Crewt on Fire The state forestry depart ment reported it had crews out on four small lightning caused fires, two in the lower Table Rock area and two in the Applegale area. Rogue River National for est crews were controlling one fire near Duncan gap on the Little Applegate drainage area and another on Seven Mile ridge in the Ashland dis- late this morning on Dog fork n the Applegate area. Both the state and U.S. for est service had patrol planes out hunting for signs of smoke. All seven fires were con fined to snags or stumps, how ever, it was reported. Mora Thundershoweri The weather forecast for tonight and Wednesday called for more thundershowcrs, with clearing expected Wed nesday night. Frank Bcnesh, district man ager of Pacific Power and Light company, said there were several small power out ages because of the storm. Most of the time involved blown line and transformer fuses, which were replaced within a short time. The. largest outage, in the Ml. Pitt-Winchester ave. area. Involved about 150 customers at one time, Benesh said. Pow er outages started about 5:15 p.m. yesterday, and power was restored by 10:30 p m. Service Station Is p O urglariied in City Break and entry of the Tex aco Service Station at the cor ner of Eigthh and Grape sts. was reported to Medford po lice this morning, another in a rash of robberies in the Med ford and Jacksonville area. The lock had apparently been picked and an undetcr mjned amount of money tak en, police said. 21, 1963 WEATHER FORECAST: varliblr cloudl nrsi and occasional shower or thunder show era tonight. Part ly cloudy with scattered hnw en through Wednesday. Clear ing Wednesday night. Low to night 53. Hleh Wednesday R7. Temp. Highest Yesterday 93 Lowest This Morning 54 Prec. To 10 a.m. Today 11 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ,.. p.m. Sunrise tomiirrw 5:4-1 a.m. The Moon rises . ... 5:4.1 a.m. tomorrow and is In Perigee. For the next lo nights the plan et, Mars, will continue to move nearer the star, Rrgului. They are In the west tonight at 12:nfl a.m. (Mars Is on the right; Regulus on the left) Five Juveniles Apprehended Here Apprehension of five 'juve niles ranging from 14 to 16 years old has cleared up a series of burglaries in Jack son county, sheriff's deputies reported today. Four of the juveniles have been rclased to their parents, and one has been referred to J"vcn.le authorities. Two burglaries at Red Ar row Real Estate office in Jacksonville have been admit ted to. sheriff's deputies said. Juveniles admitted taking a key from the real estate of fice Friday night and a tele phone there Sunday night. Deputies are questioning the juveniles regarding the burglary of Coleman's Hard ware and Liquor store in Jacksonville Sunday night. A number of disconnected telephones were taken from vacant houses in Jacksonville recently, the Juveniles admit ted. Yesterday afternoon dep uties apprehended a 14-year-old Medford boy crawling in a window at 1599 Kings high way. He had no connection with the other burglaries, dep uties said. Roseburg Hottest Place in Oregon By United Pratt International A forecast of thunderstorms today raised the danger of fires in forests made dry by unusually hot May Oregon weather. Scattered thunderahowe r s were predicted for mountain areas late today, with cooler temperatures expected Wednesday. Roseburg was the hot spot Monday with 94. highest re ported In the state so far in 1963. The Dalles and Medford had 93, Salem 92 and Port land m. Tribune United prut International Full Leatad WUa U.S. Shrugs Off Russian Bid for Removal of Subs NATO Conference Opens Wednesday Ottawa - (UPD - Tie United States today shrugged off Russia's proposal for remov ing American Polaris subma rines from the Mediterranean as Secretary of State Dean Rusk pushed for even strong er nuclear defense plans un der NATO. Rusk's aides said he was certain the Soviet note, obvi ously timed for impact on the opening NATO session Wednesday, would have no effect on plans to ratify closer coordination of nuclear pow er under the alliance. Three nuclear - armed U.S. subma rines in the Mediterranean are key elements in this plan. Strategy Discussion Rusk meanwhile met' with Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson for a far ranging strategy discussion which underlined a new era in Canadian - American de fense cooperation. Rusk's meeting with Pear son highlighted a round of consultations undertaken by the secretary in preparation for the NATO Council open ing. 'Clumsy' Maneuver American officials describ ed the Russian maneuver as a "clumsy"' and "blatantly propagandists" effort to try to sabotage the new NATO nuclear coordination arrange ment, which Includes the three U.S. submarines and their nuclear weapons. A Soviet blast of some sort had been expected, U.S. offi cials said, since the Kremlin customarily unlooses some propaganda gimmick on the eve of NATO Council meet ings. Turkish Forces Beat Down Brief Military Revolt Ankara, Turkey-IUPB-Forces loyal to President Cemal Gursel today crushed a mili tary revolt in Turkey's two main cities which left at least seven dead and 28 wounded. Gursel told the nation that the seven-hour revolt "by a few adventurers" was defeat ed early this morning, but it was noon before government troops rounded up the last of the rebels, including their leader, former Army. . Col. Talat Aydemir. The government later de clared martial law in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir for a pe riod of one month. Air Force Used Gursel, staunchly pro-West ern leader whose nation bor ders Russia and is a member of both the NATO and CENTO military alliances, used his armor, Infantry, and air force to defeat Aydemir after the rebels seized control of Ankara's radio station shortly after midnight and used it to broadcast antlgov ernmenl statements. At the same .time, regular troops easily repulsed an at tempt by about 100 retired officers who donned their uni forms and tried to seize Islan bill's radio station. Military cadets who rallied to Aydemlr's side sought refuge in buildings after be ing beaten back. But the government forced them to surrender by drop ping smoke bombs in the area. One bomb set fire to a house. Machine guns also were used In the operation. Milk Amendments Approved by House Salem OFPli The House voted 42-16 today to approve Senate amendments to the milk price control bill, and sent the measure lo the gov ernor for signature. The bill was approved 21-8 in the Senate Monday after several minor amendments had been added. Agreement on Senate amendments was asked by Rep. Kesslcr Cannon (R Bend, sponsor of the bill. Rep. Shirley Field (H Portland) opposed agreement, but was unable to get the bill sent back to committee. She said the bill would add to the milk surplus. The measure controls milk prices at the producer level throu(,Ji a pool quota system. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 52 COL. JOHN POWERS Officials Not Surprised Powers Expected To Quit Postal Mercury Control Houston - IUP1I - Col. John A. (Shorty) Powers, reported to be on the way out of the Project Mercury team, was ex pected to arrive in Houston today instead of going to Washington with space hero L. Gordon Cooper. Powers would not confirm or deny a story in a Houston newspaper Monday that said he intends to resign. He said he might make an announce ment by Friday. Powers said from Cape Canaveral Monday that he does not intend to go to Wash ington or to take part in any of the festivities arranged for Cooper. Instead, he said, he will arrive in Houston some time this evening. Announcement Due The newspaper storv from Cape Canaveral Quoted high officials as saying that Powers intends to announce his resig. nation soon. In Houston, officials of the i Manned Spacecraft Center were not surprised when asked about the report. One spokesman said he had heard the rumors, but nothing of ficial. Powers, an Air Force offi cer, has been on the Project Mercury assignment for about four years. A spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the normal tour of duty is three years. Powers will be eligible lor retirement in 1964. Powers, 41. was heard hv millions of radio and tele vision listeners as the "voice of Mercury control." He is public affairs director for the Manned Spacecraft Center In Houston. Statement Brings To Salem-OIPD-Gov. Mark Hat- field said Monday a statement he made opposing left-wing or right-wing extremists has re sulted in heavy mail, most of It unfriendly. The governor made the re- marks at the recent Western G o v e r n o r's Conference in moonix. Among them, he said, "I have no time for the extremists or fanatics of ci ther wing." Hatfield said todav most nl the criticism has come from around the country, especial ly irom California, from members of the right wing. He said the tone of some of the letters has been "very harsh," Hatfield also commented on national GOP politics at his weekly news conference. He called New York Gov Nelson Rockefeller, Pennsyl vania Gov. William Scranlon, Michigan Gov. George Rom ncy and Sen. Barry Goldwa tcr R-Ariz.) all "serious con lenders" for the presidency. School Expulsions May Jeopardize Uneasy Racial Truce in Birmingham By Uniled Pratt International An uneasy racial truce pre vailed in Birmingham today but Negroes vowed to contin ue demonstrating for "across-the-board desegregation" In North Carolina. A Negro civil rights leader warned at Jackson, Miss., Monday night that racial tur bulence would upset the Mis sissippi capital unless it changes its racial policies. Birmingham school officials Monday expelled 1,098 Negro students who cut classes to participate in antiscgregation demonstrations several weeks ago. It was feared this action might Jeopardize the truce thatyrame with an agreement 'Ytum Plan' UnderAttack By Senators Salem - UPD - A minority block of senators fought a "constitution for Oregon's fu ture" today because they said its legislative apportionment section would take the state backward more than a cen tury. Debate opened on the Sen ate floor on a move headed by Sens. Don Willner (D-Port-land) and Glen Stadler (D-Eu-gene) to delete the "Yturri plan" now in the document and substitute a plan similar to Oregon's present one. Willner said the plan of Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario) would be less fair per voter than the plan the pres ent constitution started out with 106 years ago. The constitution since has been amended. Its present plan was approved a decade ago. Flexibility Sought The Willner plan would keep the present plan except for making sizes of the House and Senate flexible. The debate centered on varying interpretations of the Yturri plan. Willner called It ambiguous, and said It con tained a mandate to give pre ference to the least populous counties. He said its population for mula was such that there would be "more and more disproporilion and malpropor tion as the decades go by," Yturri replied there has been "a great deal of misun derstanding and misrepresent ation" about his plan. He said it "bears no resem blance to the plan defeated by voters last November that would have taken land area into account. Other Move Considered If the Willner-Stadler move to substitute their plan failed, they planned to try to defeat the document in order to get 11 sent back to committee. It would take a two-thirds vote of the Senate 20 of its 30 members lo pass. Then it would have lo go back to the Help Is Sought To Move Docks Tlie Jackson county parks and recreation commission last night agreed to advise the county court that It should ap ply for federal assistance in moving boat docks at Howard Prairie to a storm - protected location. This request will be made when representatives of the parks commission and county court meet with federal agen cy representatives Wednesday In Portland. Recreational op eration of Howard, Hyatt and Emigrant lakes is governed by the bureau of reclamation, national park service and the bureau of land management where BLM land may sur round any of the federal res ervoirs in the county. The commission last night approved a letter prepared by Parks Director Neil Lcdward to the federal agencies point ing out that the present docks location Is costly for mainte nance and hazardous at How ard Prairie. The commission also direct ed Lcdward to make an agree ment wllh Herbert Hcrzog, former Medford restaurant supply operator, on a conces sion at Emigrant lake, Hcrzog proposes to use a la rue con cession truck for selling re freshments. Further details on granting Ashland organizations permis sion to hold a water show at Emigrant lake June 22 and 23 will have to be worked out, the commission said. Permis sion must first be received from the state marine board. between Negro leaders and white businessmen to deseg regate downtown stores. But Negro leader Martin Luther King Jr., who return ed to Birmingham from h I Atlanta home Monda night, said the truce "still stands. We will not call for mass walkout or boycott nor a mass demonstration at this point." He said, however, that attor neys are investigating the pos sibility of a federal court suit seeking reinstatement of the expelled students. He said the students were expelled with out their right to a hearing. The Rev. Fred Shuttles worth, leader of the Alabama Chrislan Movement, warned House and probably to a con ference committee to resolve differences. The old, classic issue of how to divide legislative set ts among Oregon's 36 counties cast the heaviest cloud so far over chances the document would reach the people next year. When Ihe constitution pass ed the House earlier this month it contained Oregon's present legislative apportion ment plan. The Senate committee. however, substituted the Yturri plan. which would make sizes of the House and Senate flexible, up to 65 and 35 members. It would grant a senator or representative for each population requirement in a county, plus one for left over population equalling more than half the require ment. Wo Compromise For Oregon Tax rogram Salem - (UPD - Senate-House tax conferees appeared head ed for a possible deadlock to day with no compromise in sight on cigarette and net receipts tax proposals. The four-man committee met for one hour Monday aft ernoon, then recessed until this afternoon lo give the State Tax commission more time in which to prepare al ternate tax schedules. After meeting Saturday and Sunday, and seemingly near- ing an agreement, the confer ees sounded out colleagues before Monday's meeting to see if tneir tentative agree ments would be approved. Ap parently colleagues were not enthusiastic about planned compromises. Conferees include Senate Tax Committee Chairman Boyd Overhulse (D-Madras), Sen. Robert Elfstrom (R-Sa-lem), House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola), and Rep. Victor Atlyeh (R-Portland). Hangs Tough Atiyeh said Monday he was not yet willing to give up a cigarette tax, and asked the tax commission to submit fig ures for an Income tax meas- ure combined with a 3-ccnt a pack cignrclte tax. Atiyeh also said he was not yet willing to abandon the House-approved net receipts feature which has the en dorsement of Gov. Mark Hat field. A 3-ccnt a pack cigarette tax would raise $12 million. Atiyeh said he saw no reason to share any of tills with cit ies. Overhulse said he would poll the Senate on the 3-cenl proposal, although he was not enthusiastic. Eymann suggested a mini mum tax formula based on a $5 filing fee, or 1 per cent of income. He said It would be a base-broadening feature. Overhulse replied "We will consider that. If we make that concession what will we get In return? Will you drop the cigarette tax?" Big Concession Eymann replied "We've giv en up the net receipts feature, that was a big concession." It was at this point that Atiyeh said he was not yet willing to give up the cignr clte tax or the net receipts feature. Elfstrom said he wanted figures on a 9 per cent stand ard deduction, coupled with a capital gains feature. He also suggested a change In the tax credit to $25 for a per sonal exemption, and S17.50 for each dependent. Eymann commented "You are going to have a tough time selling capital gains in the House." at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday night, however, that the ex pulsions called for an "assess ment of all pi.ssibilitics" by Birmingham Negro leaders. "It is not our Intention to be pushed Into resuming theso demonstrations," he said. "We are hopeful that the truce will go on and we will resist all provocations." Around 800 Negroes march ed into downtown Greensbo ro, N. C Monday night and milled around two cafeterias and movie theaters. Police ar rested tome 400 of the group, boosting to around the 2,000 mark the number of persons arrested In antlse gregatlon demonstrations In North Caro lina since last week. J
