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
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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
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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