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Astroiroaut Cooper Gove.ni
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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cable and knocked into the
riv?r.
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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.
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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
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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