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TOWN INUNDATED The worst flood in 18 years leaves about five feet of dirty wa ter over Bethel, Alaska. Residents are shown above using boats to survey the dam age. The flooding in the small town on the Ice Jams Cause Serious Flood at Bethel, Alaska Bethel, Alaska OtPIl Nearly all of this small western Alas ka fishing community lay be neath five feet of dirty water today from the bulging lower Kuskokwim river. A few major buildings were left un touched but even there water lapped at foundations. ' Residents said it was the worst flood in 18 years. The Navy planned to drop more bombs on ice jams on the river about 10 miles down stream in an effort to shake the ice loose. . '. , , . The ice jams are preventing the water from draining from Bethel and three .other , vil lages. Other Towns Inundated Napakiak. Napaskiak, and Oscarville, all a short distance downstream from here, were completely inundated. More than 200 native women and children from the villages were airlifted here in helicop ters and housed in the Nation al Guard armory. Scores of local townspeople were left homeless by the flood. The armory, the school, the hospital, a power generating plant and an Alaska Commu nication system station were still dry, but the water licked to within 50 yards of the school's front door. Russia Refuses To Pay UN Costs United Nations, N.Y. - IUPH -Russia announced today that, in addition to refusing to pay United Nations costs in the Congo and the Middle East, it is cutting off budgetary pay ments for the world organiza tion's emergency bond issue, its activities in Korea and Palestine, and technical as sistance. Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedorenko told the Gen eral Assembly's budg e t a r y committee an International Courot opinion making peace keeping costs part of the regu lar UN budget is not binding and is a "clear attempt to dis tort the UN Charter." He challenged the decision handed down last summer be cause five judges dissented against the majority opinion of nine. The judges came from Poland, France, Peru, Argen tina and Russia. 1WS(BRIEFS itims from Nfc Vy 0UNB oto, uirn urine utiri ran mnr.r. APPROVAL Ollawa-ln-The NATO Council taday moved towerd ap proval of e limited NATO nuclear force after hearing Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson warn againil the perils of divisions within the alliance. NATO Secretary-general Dirk U. Stikker this efternoon presented his mililery report which contained endorsement of the arrangement to coordinate existing nuclear weapons in the European area under NATO commend. McNAMARA RAPPED IN TFX CONTRACT CASE Washinglon-'IPI'-A former Pentagon employee said to day that Defense Secretar7 Robert S. McNamera had "no real supportable" technicel case for awarding the TFX fight er plane contract to Ceneral Dynamics Corp. Albert W. Blackburn, a former Marina major and test pilot who worked on the TFX contract, alto implied thet In the final competitive round. General Dynamics copied most of the superior design features submitted in a sival bid by Boeing Co. western tip of Alaska is caused by massive ice jams 10 miles down the Kuskokwim river. Navy planes are trying to shake the ice loose by dropping bombs on the jams. (UP1) Citizens1 Advisory Group Invitations To Be Mailed Soon Invitations to about 200 taxpayers in School District 549C to serve on a citizens' advisory committee are ex pected to be mailed by the school board in the near fu ture. The board last night re viewed progress toward or ganizing an advisory commit tee to study the secondary school situation in the district. A special meeting of the school board with residents invited to take part in the advisory committee study will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 3, at Medford High school. The citizens'. advisory com mittee is being" appointed by the board, the board noted, in an effort to provide an ob jective study of . building needs. Study Will Be Limit.d : The study will be limited to secondary level needs, since the elementary building program is on schedule, and no problems exist except for planned additions to present buildings, the board noted. The school board will ap point a chairman and an as sistant to the committee. Sub committees, which will be organized to study specific as pects of secondary building needs and related problems, will select chairmen and vice chairmen. Consultants and advisors from the school staff, and out-of-district consultants where funds permit, will be avail able to the committee, the board noted. The board also will provide secretarial assis tance for the committee. Serve Advisory Capacity The citizens' committee will serve in an advisory capacity, and the board hopes the com mittee will complete its study and submit recommendations by February, 1964. Recom- Cave Junction Police Chief Is Sworn In Cave Junction Ernest Wayne Lawson. 39, of Sclma, was sworn in this morning as chief of police for the city of Cave Junction. He will succeed Waller Fill man, who resigned April 28 to enter the armed forces. Lawson and his family have resided in Selma for the past year, prior to which he served with the coast guard for 18 years. mendations of the committee will be used by the board in reaching any of its decisions concerning the secondary building program. The citizens' advisory com mittee will represent a cross- section of the district, geo graphically and economically, with representatives from business, agriculture, labor, and industry. Chamber Officials Plan Trip South -.Ashland Members of .the Ashland Chamber of Com' merce, accompanied by sev- oral Medford chamber mem bers, will leave tomorrow morning on a good will tour to Mt. Shasta,. Weed and Dunsmuir, Calif. The purpose of the trip is to acquaint businessmen of southern Siskiyou county with the improvements that have been made in highways through the Rogue valley and promote the recreational de velopments in the area, par ticularly the Mt. Ashland ski project. The Ashland chamber sent scouting party to the Mt. Shasta area last year, which found that many businessmen in that area were advising tourists to travel on Highway 97 through Klamath Falls in stead of going north on High way 99 and Interstate S. The group making the trip tomorrow will be armed with figures on the number of miles of four-lane versus two lane highway on each route and other data. One group will go to Duns muir for a 10 a.m. coffee hour with the chamber there. A second group will leave later and go to Mt. Shasta, meeting the first group there for lunch with the Mt. Shasta, Weed and Dunsmuir cham bers. The second group will leave Immediately following a grceter's committee koffoe klatch at the Mark Antony hotel, to which members of the Medford grectcrs commit tee have been invited. Fire Near Canby Fatal To Woman Canby, Ore. - H'PIi - Sarah Bell Bcrkcy, 84, died today when fire swept through her from house at Paradise Corner near here. Firemen found her body on the back porch. Two other women in the home. Rosy Bell Pickett, 64, and Mrs. Delta Mirth, escaped injury. 71 Recommendations Mads by City Firemen Medford firemen on annual home inspection yesterday made 71 recommendations for correction of fire hazards. They found no hazards In 78 of 134 homes inspected. The firemen stopped it 324 residences. No one was home at 167. Occupants of 23 dwel lings refused the offer of inspection. Two Republicans Named To Senate Tax Committee Salem - (Wit - Surprise ap pointment of two Republican senators to help draft a com promise tax program was re vealed today after the Senate House tax conference commit tee disbanded Tuesday night in a deadlock over cigarette. and net receipts proposals. Senate President Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) - in a move full of political overtones -said he would name Republi cans Anthony Yturri, Ontario, and Donald Husband, Eugene, as Senate conferees. They succeed Boyd Over hulse (D-Madras) and Robert Elfstrom (R-Salem). Yturri, Senate minority leader, and Husband both voted against the Senate tax program. Eymann Reappointed House Speaker Clarence Barton reappointed Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) and said he would name House Minori ty Leader F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene) to succeed Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Portland), whose resignation from the conference committee Tues day night forced the group to disband. Atiyeh said he could not abandon the cigarette tax and net receipts proposals. Senate conferees said they could not accept a cigarette tax. The new appointments change the committee align ment in favor of a cigarette tax. Barton told newsmen "I can't muster 31 Democratic votes for any tax program. I've got to have some Repub lican support." Compromise Outlined Musa was more direct. "If the Republican minority in the house doesn't want to be more responsible, I can't help it. The Republicans want to play politics and hang an al batross around the neck of Democrats. If the House wants to make this a party issue, let mem lane it. Tuesday s break up came after Overhulse and Elfstrom outlined the kind of com promise they would accept. Atiyeh's resignation came Rogue Board Fund Measure Returned Salem - (IIPII - The Commit tee on Natural Resources bud get which included funds for the Rogue River Coordination Board, was sent back to com mittee today after a rules bat tle in the House. Shortly before the measure came up for consideration, Speaker Clarence Barton turned the chair over to Rep. Joe Rogers (R-Indcpendence). Trie session has been punctu ated with rules clashes be tween Barton and Rogers. When the budget measure was presented, Rep. William Holmstrom (D-Gcarhart) said it violated House rules to in clude the Rogue River budget because the bill had been "in definitely postponed," and therefore was still technically under consideration by the House. There followed a tangle over technicalities that result ed in several of Rogers' rul ings being overturned by votes of the full House. College Teacher Pay Hikes Ordered Salem - (UPI) - The House to day ordered bigger pay raises for college teachers, and probably for state employees The House voted 39-20 to send a trimmed salary bill back to the Ways and Means committee for restoration of some of the money. The bill involves money for salary improvements over and above built-in step increases It would have provided $1.3 million for teachers at state colleges and universities, cut $300,000 from the governor's request, plus $3.6 million for state employees, cut $814,000 Those urging restoration of the money argued that better pay is essential to keep high caliber teachers on the cam puses and experienced person nel in the state's offices. BODY FOUND Klamath Falls - Olpti - The body of a 69-year-old man, Einar M Gestvang. Klamath Falls, was found in an Irriga tion canal eight miles south of here today. moments after Eymann ob jected to several features of the Senate proposal, and Ov erhulse replied, "I'm disap pointed. I don't know where this leaves us. Until a tax plan is approved in both houses, the legislature cannot adjourn. Kennedy's Wheat Program Given Sound Defeat Washington-(UPD - The na tion's wheat farmers over whelmingly rejected Presi dent Kennedy's strict 1964 wheat program today in a major farm policy defeat for the administration. Kennedy said in a state ment that he accepted the "judgment" of the growers and hoped it "will prove to be a wise choice for wheat farmers and for the country." He gave no sign that he would submit new legislation to Congress this year. And he bluntly warned that wheat prices next year would be determined by the market place not by the govern ment. Prices Break Sharply In the wake of the landslide vote against controls, wheat futures prices broke sharply on grain exchanges today. Upening losses ranged to 9Vi cents a bushel at Chicago. Unless there is a new bill, wheat price supports will Reversing the national trend, Jackson county farm ers with wheat land under the allotment program vot ed 7ii per cent in favor of wheat support payments. Thirty-lour farmers repre senting about 1,000 acres of wheat land voted 25 in fav or and 9 against the pro posal. Reaction to results of the referendum is in cluded In a story on page 2A. drop from $2 a bushel to $1.23 and will go only to farmers who comply with planting re strictions. . Republican farm congress men moved to seize the po litical offensive as news of the referendum poured in. Rep. Charles B. Hoevcn, an Iowa Republican and vigor ous opponent of the admin istration program, predicted the administration would of fer another program. He said the Kennedy administration was not so politically inept that it would go before the voters in 1964 with wheat prices on the skids. ibitofWork By Students Set Work by art, art crafts and industrial arts students at Medford High school will be exhibited In the boys' physi cal education gymnasium off Jasper si. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The exhibit will be open between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and be tween 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sat urday. Between 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday refreshments will be served by members of the high school Art League. Individual student projects which have been completed during the year will be dis played. Miss Catherine Fon ken, art instructor at Medford High, Is general chairman of the event. Student representa tives of various class sections will be available to answer questions concerning items in the exhibit. Items exhibited will cover a wide range of work from various forms of art media to individual projects In art crafts, drafting, metal shop, woodshop, machine shop and automotive shop. Mrs. Gish Changes Plea in City Court Mrs. Agncss Lorraine Gish, 33. of 708'j West Fouth st changed her pica In Medford municipal court this morning to guilty on a charge of dis orderly conduct. The plea was entered by her attorney, Robert Boycr. Mrs. Gish was arrested by city police March 8 alter a family disturbance was re ported at the West Fourth st. address. She was fined S10 by Municipal Court Judge Justin Smith Jr. Common Ground On Apportionment Called Difficult Sprague To Offer Possible Solution Salem -WPP- The Senate to day rescued, 16-14. the consti tution it defeated Tuesday and expressed the hope that "men of good will" could resolve differences on legislative ap portionment. The vote came on a motion to reconsider Tuesday's 18-12 defeat of the document. Key senators involved in the deadlock over how to hand out legislative scats said finding a common ground would be difficult, but they considered it possible. They said they would like a chance to try. Back To Committee The document went back to the Senate Committee on Con stitutional Revision. Sen. Walter Pearson CD- Portland), chairman of the committee, said former Gov. Charles Sprague would offer one apportionment plan that might be a solution. Sen. Alfred Corbelt (D- Portland), one of the eight who opposed the document on apportionment grounds, mov ed for its reconsideration. Rescue Vote Hailed Corbett termed the vote to rescue the document a real showing of who wants the constitution to pass and who doesn't. It would take 20 of the 30 senators' votes to pass. But the vote to send the constitution back to commit tee was unusual. Some of its steady supporters said it was too late to do any more with it this session. A few of its foes agreed to return it to committee. In Tuesday's action, only 12 senators voted for final passage, while 18 voted against it. Approved By House A vole swing by the eight who opposed the "Yturri plan" of apportionment would have made the difference. The document 'passed the House earlier. If It passes the Senate, the two chambers will have to resolve their differ ences to send It on to the peo ple next year. Sen. Anthony Yturri (R- Ontario) met with the key foe of his apportionment plan to day and said some differences were resolved. He said it may be hard to resolve the basic difference, but he was willing to try. Senators on the other side stressed willingness to seek a compromise. Showdown Appears Due in Alabama By United Press International Alabama and the federal government today appear headed for a showdown over integration. A federal judge Tuesday re fused to delay the ordered ad mission of twu Negroes to the University of Alabama and Gov. George Wallace imme diately vowed to "bar the en trance of any Negro attempt ing to enroll in the racially segregated institution. Another federal judge holds a hearing today in Birming ham on a petition seeking the reinstatement of 1,081 Negro students who skipped school to participate In racial demon strations. Birmingham has been relatively quiet since the bloody rioting of May 12. Elsewhere, racial unrest continued in North Carolina and Negro leaders promised an "all out attack on discrimi nation" in South Carolina this summer. At Jackson, Miss., a biracial committee expressed concern over Mayor Allen Thompson's "apparent unwill ingness ' to name a committee to hear Negro grievances. LONGEST SESSION Salcm-IUPIi-Thc legislature today remained in session longer than any other in the state's history. This was the 129th calendar day. The pre vious record of 128 days was set in I9S7. WEATHER roRKCAST: Mostly rlolidy and tool with a tew sprinkles In nifht and Thursrfsv rooming, ( tearing anil aitmrr remain der of Thursday. I.nw tonight near SS. Hllh Thursday near - Temp. Highest Yesterday 7? Lowest Thli Morning ... SS Free. U IS a.m. Today. Trace Our Skies Tonight sunset today .... S:3Z p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... S:tl a m. New Moon tonliht l:0S p m. At mldmiht tonight the HIS Hipper I In the northwest with Duhhe and Merak, the t start forming the outer edge of the bowl of the Dipper, polnllnl cast te the North Hu. Reaional Edition Medford 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY ' v ' HERO'S BROADWAY WELCOME Ticker manity lined the famed "Canyon of Heroes" tape streams over Astronaut L. Gordon to pay their respects to Cooper for his feat Cooper (waving Just below the tip of the of being in space longer than any other flag) as his motorcade creeps by Broadway American when he orbited the earth 22.9 in New York City today. A mass of hu- times last week. (UPI) 13 People Become Naturalized U.S. Citizens at Becoming U.S. citizens is I turning point. Dr. Esby Mc- Gill, assistant to the presi dent, Southern Oregon col lege, told 11 adults and two children who became natural ized this morning in Jackson county circuit court. The new citizens came from Canada, Trinidad, British West Indies, Russia, Holland and Switzerland. There are certain demands coupled with citizenship, Dr. McGUl noted. Too often peo ple are reluctant to assume the hardships involved in carrying out the responsibili ties of citizenship. Duties go with the privileges of citzen- ship, he added, Urged to Participate I urge you to participate in and support your local, state and national govern ment, he said. "Conserva tion of natural resources and the free enterprise system are an integral part of our gov ernment. We must also look to and respect the rights of others. Voting Is another respon sibility of citizenship. If the wrong people arc in office, it may be because we voted for them or failed to vote for I he right person," Dr. McGUl said. Paying taxes is another privilege and responsibility, he added. People aren't quite as miserly about paying taxes as their complaints may indi cate, he said. Those receiving their natur alization papers at the final hearing in Circuit Judge Ed ward C. Kclley's court were: June Delorcs Tillman, Trini dad, British West Indies; Ma- Report of Forest Fire Being Checked Today State forestry department men today were checking on report yesterday of a fire in the Agate Flats area, ap parently a holdover from the Monday night lightning storm. Rogue River National for est reported that, because of low cloudy cover, it was not able to look over the forest this morning to check on pos sible fires from yesterday eve ning s thunderstorm activity. The storm was not considered too serious because of rain before and with it. LUTHERANS MEET Portland -WPI- The Pacific Northwest Synod of the Luth eran Church in America opened its first annual con vention here Tuesday, CRASH FATAL Salem -TOi- Elaine Francis Finney, 24, Salem, died today from Injuries received Sun day In a one-car accident on Highway 101 near Otis. Two Sections 58th Year Price 10 Cents & Event sako Dillcy, Mitsuko Kenner, both of Japan; Harold Leroy Mobley, Joan Delorese Mix, two children, Gerald Allen Ernst and Joanne Alice Ernst. children of Gerald Allen and Marion Alice Ernst, Marilyn Joyce Farrenhurst, and Barry Beverly Wright, all of can ada; P r o k o p y Markovitch Burtasoff, stateless,' last of Russia; Rob Schlppcr, Hol land; Gerald Arthur Schil ling, Switzerland: and Made leine Taylor, France, Gives Invocation The Rev. Bruce Rogers. Trinity Baptist church, Med ford, gave the invocation. James Smith of the Immigra tion and naturalization serv ice, presented the candidates, nd County Clerk Marvin Madden administered the oath of allegiance. Curtis Neshcim. Medford Klwanls club, presented cor sages. Mrs. Edward McGlnty, American Legion auxiliary, presented flag codes, and Miss Nanette Gray, Medford pub lic schools' adult education class, presented citizenship class certificates. Mrs. Judd Grccnman, re gent of the Crater Lake chap ter. Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, gave a brief speech, and Mrs. Nettle Cass man, of the Disabled Veterans of America auxiliary, present ed booklets, "So Proudly We Hail." Plane Wreckage Spotted in Linn . Salem- IDPIl - Airplane wreckage spotted Monday by a helicopter pilot west of Suttle lake In Linn county may be that of a small plane which crashed in March of 1962, a State Board of Aero nautics spokesman said today. Records showed Keith While of Sweet Home disap peared while flying from Red mond to Sweet Home. A search was under way In the Mt. Washington area. Communists Deny Release To Pilots Panmunjom, Korca-W!-Communist North Korea today refused to release two American helicopter pilots or even to disclose whether they still were alive after a forced landing on Communist territory Friday. The United States believes the pilots, Capts. Ben W. Stults, 32, Florence, Ala., and Charleton W. Voltz, 26, Frank fort, Mich., are alive. But MaJ. Gen. George H. Cloud, who. met with North Korean negotia'ors at this truce village, said the Communists "don't have the decency to tell us." Cloud said after the meeting that "we will ask for another meeting and we will continue to hold meetings until ti.cy answer." He told the North Koreans Uiat the flight was uninten tional and was regretted. The two pilots were flying a United Nations Command boundary-spotting mission when they apparently strayed into North Korea from the demili tarized tone separating North and South Korea. Tribune 22, 1963 No. 53 Mm New York Gives Rousing Welcome To Astronaut New York-itM-Leroy Gor don Cooper,-36, a soft-spoken man who rode and prayed alone, in space, came through tv packed and screaming mass of humanity today in an acco lade that showed New York had' opened its heart to him. Flashing his grin as ha drove up the legendary "Can yon of Heroes" under an al most blinding shower ot con fetti arid ticker tape that piled into hia open car, whipped around light poles, and gust ed to i the tops . of the sky scrapers, he told in his laconic twang how he felt about it all: "Fine, just fine." Belongs to People Then, on the front of City Hall steps, he told the throng in the plaza before him: " "I'd like to point out ona thing. This program belongs to you, the pcoplc-the program of putting a man into space for scientific purposes ' ,, . "We (the astronauts) are the ones who have received all the glory, but there aro other people involved who are just as dedicated. They arc frequently not noticed at all." Welcomed by Mayor Mayor Robert F. Wagnef welcomed the Oklahoman who orbited the earth for 34 hours and 20 minutes last week and "said a little pray er" during the 17lh orbit. "It's a great thrill to hava him with us for our guest today," said the mayor. And Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who was In the pa rade, echoed him and said: "All the nation has its eyes on New York. We arc very grateful for your tribute to Major Cooper and the other spacemen." The astronaut's wile and two teen-aged daughters and his mother, llattic, also wera Introduced to ovations. i
