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pirogue presents New Apportionment Plan c. NATO MINISTERS MEET - In this over head general view, ministers and delegates are shown seated at a huge oval table during the first session of the NATO spring minis Tax Conferees : Request Adoption Of Hatfield Bill Salem -fllTO- House .'tax con ferees called for adoption of Gov. Mark Hatfield's original net .receipts income' tax bill Wednesday night as the sec ond Senate-House tax confer ence committee began search ing for a compromise income program. The House also 'asked for a cigarette tax, and a one-shot speedup of withholding tax , collections. The net receipts proposal was voiced by Rep. Richard Eymann (D - Marcola), only holdover conferee from the committee which disbanded Tuesday night because the Senate would not accept the cigarette tax and net receipts proposals. House Minority Leader F. T. Montgomery (R-Eugcnc) is the other House conferee. Stadler on Committee The Senate team Ihcludcs Donald Husband (R-Eugcnc) and Glen Stadler (D-Eugcnc). Stadler was named after Sen ate President Ben Musa's plan to name an all-Republican panel was dropped when Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-Ontario) said he did not want to serve on the committee. The net receipts bill pro posed by Eymann is the Hat field bill that was tabled by the House Tax committee on May 3. The income measure ap proved by the House and re jected by the Senate was a modified net receipts plan -much less extreme than the governor's proposal. ' A similar1 net receipts bill cleared the House In 1959 and 1961, but each time was killed by the Senate Tax committee before It had a chance to get to the Senate floor. HElVSd)ERIEFS ITIMS rtOM jrr AMUW TWI MOM BANDLEADER EDDIE HOWARD DIES Palm Desert, Calif.-'lrl'-Benaieeder Eddie Howard. 48, whose recording of "To Each Hit Own" told IS million copiet and becene hit theme song, was found desd today in his Eldorado Country Club home. COMMITTEE VOTES HIKE IN DEBT CEILIWG Washington -'IPti-The Senate Finance committee todey quickly approved ttop-gap legislation to boost the national debt ceiling to a record high ol $30( billion. EARTHQUAKE SHAKES IMPERIAL VALLEY El Centro, CtHI.-'lHA series et eerlhoueket ihook lm ptrial Valley and San Diego and this morning. terial conference in Ottawa,. Canada. Secre tary General Dirk Stikker is seated at the head of the table at top center. The talks are to continue through Friday. (UP1) Thru-Street' Plan forlCityJleyised; , . .... - , Changes Are Noted A revised "Thru-Street Pro gram" for the city of Medford, projecting improvements through 1967,! has been pre pared and released by the city, administration. The 'last such report was issued in 1956. The program contemplates street improvements totaling $177,006 during 1963, $138, 440 during 1984, $148,185 dur ing 1965, $140,210 during 1966, and $253,042 during 1967. ' According to the program, work is slated this year at 11th st. and Oakdale ave., at Riverside ave. and Genessee Russia Accused in UN Pay Refusal Washington UPI The State Department today accused the Soviet Union of trying to drive the United Nations into "bankruptcy" by refusing to pay its share of the costs of the world organization. The statement was issued by a spokesman here follow ing a speech by Soviet Am bassador Nikolai T. Fedoren ko at the United Nations Wednesday taking a harder line than Russia has in the past against contributing to UN projects of which the Kremlin disapproves. "This is clearly another Soviet attempt to extend its veto into the General Assem bly and render the United Na tions powerless to act except, with the consent of the U.S.S.R.," State Department press officer Lincoln White said. White also said Russia was "repudiating its obligations under the UN Charter and try ing to drive the United Nations into bankruptcy." county latt Wedneiday nighi . st., at Prune and 10th sts., on Hillcrest dr. from Valley View to Black Oak dr., at 10th and Willamette sts., at Eastwood and Highland drs., at Siskiyou blvd. and Greenwood ave., at Greenwood ave. and' Barnett rd., at Holly st. and Riverside ave., and at Riverside ave. and Intercstate 5 freeway. Number of Changes A foreword to the program indicates that a number of changes in the city since 1956, including the development of the Medford Shopping Center, and the location of the Inter state 5 freeway through the city, have caused some altera tions in the traffic patterns in Medford. The foreword states that the revised program, however, is almost entirely within the same area as the 1956 pro gram, although the area of the city was approximately 2,500 acres then, compared with a present area of about 6,300 acres. Some of the larger items of change include extension of Fourth st. from Riverside ave. to Jackson St.; the Highland dr. extension; the Barnett rd. extension from Riverside ave. to Holly st.; the Siskiyou blvd. extension; and deletion of the Willamette st, extension to Barnett rd. Copies of the revised street program arc available for examination by interested per sons in the city engineer s of fice in city hall. Gunman Terrorizes Iowa State Capitol Dts Moines, Iowa -(DPI) -A beer-swilling gunman intent on killing two policemen ter rorized employees In Iowa's Capitol for an hour today but was finally out-smarted by the state secretary of agri culture. Secretary of Agriculture L. B. Liddy won the gunman's confidence by opening a can of beer for him. Then he and an aide closeted themselves in a private office for 45 min utes with the gunman. They finally persuaded the young gunman to lay his gun on Liddy t desk. A Dcs Moines policeman, posing as an un armed Capitol policeman, strode to the desk, snatched up the gun and captured the man without a struggle. Alter the capture, the gun man gave his age as 22 but refused to give his name or explain why he wanted to kill the policeman. A Crisis Threatened 'KEEP HANDS OFF Moscow - .1 Pl - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told the United States today to keep hands off Cuba or face a worse crisis than the Cuban confrontation of last October. Speaking at a mammoth open air farewell rally for Cuban Premier Fidel Cas lro, Khrushchev said there were "hot heads" in the United States calling for a tougher Cuban policy, in cluding a blockade and even military invasion. Castro, addressing Khru Rusk Warns NATO Ministers To Guard Against Alliance Splits Regional Edition Medford 40 PAGES Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, Orchard Heating Season Said One Of Coldest Here "This has been one of the coldest, wettest and most mis erable orchard heating seasons I have seen, ' Bill Rogers, meteorologist with the U. S. Fruit Frost Warning Service, commented today. Rogers is working on his an nual report summarizing the heating season's activities. This will be completed the end of this month. He plans to leave June 1. Firing of orchard heaters the nights of April 2, f6 and 20 was as heavy as the Rogue valley orchards " ever saw, Rogers saickEyene. healer.was going on April IB ana zu. oaio temperatures were hard to hold April Id and harder to hold April 20, he said. Dense fog forming about 4 a.m. on April 20 complicating the situation. "In spite of the heavy heal ing the smoke was by no means as bad as it was in previous years," the meteor ologist commented. "T h e growers have converted, to the less smoke producing heat ers far in advance of their five-year program. Not too many flat pots are left. How ever, many orchardists are using flat pots for oil storage so crews can merely dump the oil into the approved type heaters during long nights of firing," he noted. Rogers commented the vol untary orchard heater con version program is unique among major fruit producing areas covered by the fruit frost warning service such as Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Arizona. Grow ers in the Yakima area have been fighting the public for years over the heavy smoke during the heating season, Rogers noted. Cooper Heads for Welcome in Texas Newark, N. J. (UPD L. Gordon Cooper, flushed with emotion following a gala tick er tape parade and a night on the town in New York, left by plane today for Houston and a hometown celebration, Texas- style. Gov. Richard J. Hughes and other New Jersey dignitaries were on hand at the airport to cheer the astronaut who ar rived with his family by mo torcade from New York where millions showered him with confetti Wednesday in his ride up Broadway, Hood River Man Heads Pear Bureau Portland OJPli James E. Klahrc, general manager of the Apple Growers association of Hood River, today was re elected president of the Oregon-Washington - California Pear Bureau. David B. Lowry, Medford, was named first vice presi dent. Richard A. Patterson, Portland, was reelected secre tary treasurer and general manager. SUPPORT SOUGHT Portland-'llT-National sup port of a program to help the mentally retarded was called for Wednesday by Dr. Slaf ford L. Warren, special assist ant to President Kennedy. shchev at "dear comrade." replied that the "timely and energetic warning" issued by the Soviet Union had "acted at a wet blanket on the hot heads of the belli cose elementt." He taid the Cuban revo lution could hold out "un der the very noset of Amer ican imperialitm" becaute of the tupport of Commu nist nations. "The Cuban revolution has again borne out the Marxist Leninist teaching that in the modern world the balance of forces is in Oregon Climbers Scale ML Katmandu, Nepal -MPP-Two American climbing teams con quered Mt. Everest over sep arate routes within three hours of each other in an un precedented twin assault on the world's highest mountain, it was disclosed today. Word from the base camp of the American expedition said the four victorious climb ers are in "good health" and on their way back down to gether. Radio reports said one as sault team of Barry C. Bish op, 30, Washington, and Lu ther G. Jerstad, 26, Eugene, No Fe Available To Help Move Boat Docks Federal agencies wore sym pathetic but have no money in their budget for financing a shift of boating facilities at Howard Prairie to avoid fur ther storm damage, county of ficials said this morning. Representatives of the coun ty court, parks and recreation commission, California Ore gon Recreation Development association and local offices of the bureau of land manage ment and bureau of reclama tion conferred with headquar ters officials of national park service, BLM and bureau of reclamation yesterday after noon. "Nothing really concrete came of the discussions, but we did reach a better under standing." County Parks and Recreation Director Neil Led ward commented this morn ing. Atk for Plant The federal agencies B.skcd for plans on the proposed shifl of the docks to a more storm protected location and con struction of a boat ramp with a better grade. Agcnry repre sentatives will make an in spection tour of Howard Prai rie facilities this summer. No entrance fees can be charged on federal projects, but charges may be made for use of fire wood and varicus services performed, fed e r a 1 agency representatives taid. No charge can be made for picnic use. Only donations may be collected at special events such as the fireworks display at Emigrant lake, ac cording to yesterday's conver sations. Agency representatives said Howard Prairie has one of the best kept and most well regu lated recreation areas and showed one of the largest growths of citizen participa tion. Basic recreation facilities had been constructed fur use of 25,000 people a year but arc now used by 10 times that many, it was noted. Corvallis Approves Library Bond Issue Corvallis ItPIi Corvallis voters Tuesday approved $366,000 bond Issue for an addition to the city library. The vote was 1.123 to 354. SUGAR PRICES BOAR Portland -41PH- The price of sugar thot upward here today because of a worldwide shortage. CUBA,' KHRUSHCHEV SAYS iavor of the socialist (Com munist) camp," he said. Khrushchev also referred in his speech to the ideo logical dispute with Com munis China and pledged "all out efforts" to remove the differences when the two nations begin talks here July 5. But the main theme of the Soviet premier's speech was hit support for Cuba and denunciation of Cas tro's foes in the United States. "Maybe these people hope to create another critit like Tribune Everest Ore., reached the 29,029-foot peak at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by way of the south col - the route used by all previous successful assaults. Via Unexplored Ridge Three hours later the team of Dr. William Unsoeld, 36, Corvallis, Ore., and Dr. Thorn- F. Hornbcin, 32, San Di ego, reached the top va tnc previously unexplored west ridge. The two teams reported by walkie-talkie radio that they were descending the mountain together by the south col They were between 23,000- foot camp 3 and 21,350-foot camp 2 when contacted late today. ' First ' newB of the' w e s t ridge team's success was re layed to expedition leader Norman Dyhrenfurth, Santa Monica, Calif., by Maynard Miller, ; East Lansing, Mich., stationed at the 21,350-foot level. ... ; Miller reported he watched the climbers through field glasses and saw them reach the si.n licit. He then had brief walkie-talkie radio contact In which they confirmed their success. Slowed by Storm Unsoeld and Hornbein had been slowed by a storm last week which blew away some of their tents, scattered sup plies and swept two support team members, James B. Cor bet, Jackson, Wyo., and Allen C. Autcn, Denver, 100 feet down a slope before they were rescued. James W. Whittakcr, 32, Redmond, Wash., on May 1 became the first American to scale Everest, accompanied by Ncpalcsc Sherpa guide Na- wang Gombu. A British ex pedition first conquered the peak in 1953 and a Swiss ex pedition did it in 1956. Climber's Feat Pleases Wife Katmandu, Ncpal-WU-Mrs. Jolcne Unsoeld said today she was proud of her hus band's achievement in con quering Mt. Everest but said It would not have been possl ble without the support he had received from others. "I think they all did a mag. nlficcnt Job," she said. "When I say all I mean all who form ed the support team and car rled everything to camp. "An achievement like this is possible not just because of one or two people." Mrs. Unsocld's husband, William, 36, reached the peak Wednesday with Dr. Thomas F. Hornbein, 32. via the pre viously unexplored west ridge. WEATHER rnnr.rAffT: Vlr: warmer itav tim trmp'raliirF. Low innlfht nrar 4. Hth tr6ny near M. Temp. Mlfhoit Vntrrdar 1 Lowest Thli Morning at Our Skies Tonight lamrl today t il p fit. Kunrttr tomorrow .... i-iJ m. Moon le t tonight t:2S p.m. Hrl quarter . .... May 2 PROMINENT UTAH An la ret, low In aouih- ra't .!:) D M. VIHIRI.K PLANUS Mart, in lh wil It: lit p.m. Saturn, In aouthravl 3:S4 a.m. Jupiitr, low tn can 4 03 a m. Vnut. rii 4;M am. the one last year," he Hid. "I mutt tay to them mott seriously that if the Amer ican government will not be sober enough and won't understand the situation, then a situation in the world might arlte that would be more teriout than latt year. "It it clear that if the American government doet not follow the promites it has made to Cuba tha world may find ittelf in a more dangerout situation than last year. In tuch a cate we will have to fulfill our in 58th Year Price 10 Cents 1963 No. 54 REACH TOP - Dr. William Unsoeld, 36, of Corvallis, Ore., top, and Dr. Thomas F. Horn bein, 32, of San Diego, Calif., Wednesday became the first persons to conquer Mt. Ev erest from the unexplored west ridge route. (UPD Pope Appears at Window of Study Vtican City - IUP1I - Pope John XXIII, suffering from recurring gastric trouble com plicated by a "bleeding le sion," appeared briefly at his study window today to bless a cheering, horn-honking As cension Day crowd of about 13,000 persons in St, Peter's Square. The 81-year-old pontiff look ed tired and drawn. He con firmed himself to reciting the Rcgina Cocll" prayer and giving his apostolic blessing before turning back inside, The Pope was at the win dow about three minutes and made no speech or remarks. He did not even wish the crowd a happy holiday, as he usually docs on such occa slons. . . The Pope's illness forced him to cancel a general audi ence for 25,000 pilgrims In St. Peter's Basilica Wednes day. He announced he w a s starting a nine-day "spiritual retreat Friday. MM mm Closed Fire Season Effective in Area Closed fire season In the southwest district of the slate forestry department and in the Rogue River National for est goes Into effect at mid night tonight. A joint reminder from Cur tis Ncshelm, the state's south west district warden, and Douglas Finch, the Rogue for est lire control officer, point ed out that burning permits will be required and thai log gers will have to carry fire fighting equipment required by law. ;) ternational duties and obli gations to Cuba and come to lit aid." Castro't doparture plans were not made public, but it was believed he would leave Moscow soon for a few days' rest on the Black Sea before flying toward home around May 27. He originally had planned to stop over in Algeria to re turn the vitit of Premier Ahmed Ben Bella but re port! from Algiert Wednet day night taid the ttop had been cancelled becaute of Catlro't "fatigue." Indivisibility' Of Western Bloc Said Necessary Ottawa IUPD Secretary of State Dean Rusk today warned the NATO foreign and defense ministers they must guard against any political or military splits within the al liance. In a 46-minute speech to closed session of the NATO council, Rusk hammered hard at the "indivisibility" of the Western bloc. He devoted more than half his speech to a plea for closer political and military collaboration in the face of uncertainty over fu ture Soviet plans. No 'Give' on Berlin Turning then to a survey of world trouble spots, the U. S. secretary reported he had found in recent Washing ton talks absolutely no "give" In the Soviet position on Ber lin. The next mova towurd a diplomalic solution of that perennial problem is up to the Kremlin, Rusk said, He add ed that nobody can be cer tain jus! what turn Russian policy will take after the ob vious reassessment going on in the Red hierarchy. Rusk was the first speaker this morning as the council of the 15 nation alliance plunged into political discus sion after forging a "new look" nuclear striking force for NATO. Ditcuiiei Trouble Spoil - Taking his fellow ministers on a tour of sensitive pressure points in the East-West con flict, Rusk gave them this pic ture: Cuba - The Soviet Union, stuck with a very costly eco nomic and military support operation there, undoubtedly is taking a "hard-headed" sec ond look at the situation. The question of the volume of fu ture Soviet economic aid to Cuba must have occupied a considerable portion of the recent discussion In Moscow between Soviet Premier Niki ta Khrushchev and Fidel Cas tro. Viet Nam - U. S. -supported forces of South Vict Nam ap pear to have "turned the cor ner" in their battle against Red guerrillas aided and sup plied by Communist North Vict Nam. But the operntion there, even with 12,000 U. S. troops and massive military equipment aiding President Ngo Dinh Dicm's forces, is bound to be lengthy. Berlin - Soviet Ambassa dor to Washington Anutoly F. Dobrynin in recent talks with Rusk has repeatedly re fused to abandon the unac ceptable Russian demands that the Big Three allies evacuate the western part nf the city. The United States sees no op portunity for any Western diplomatic initiative on tills Issue. Natural Resources Plan Suffers Setback Salem OJPH Creation of a department of natural re sources got a setback In the House today that probably is final for this session. The House voted 36-24 to send the bill back to the Com mittee on Natural Resources. The measure would have grouped the state's multitude of natural resource agencies into ono department with six divisions: Forestry, agriculture, min eral resources, fish and game, water resources, and small boats and harbors. Proposal Strikes Middle Ground In Discussion Yturri Approves Of Latest Scheme Salem -IUPD- A new legisla tive apportionment plan was presented Wednesday to the committee that is trying to make a new constitution ac ceptable to two-thirds of the Senate. Forme- Gov. Charles Sprague offered the plan to the Senate Committee on Con stitutional Revision. The com mittee got the constitution back Wednesday after tha Senate revived it from Tues day's defeat on the floor. The document could have passed if eight senators had not opposed the apportion ment plan of Sen. Anthony Ylurri (R-Ontario), They said it would favor the least pop ulous counties. Both sidca expressed will ingness to seek a compromise. Moderate' Preference Sprague said his plan would give "very moderate" prefer ence to counties unable to qualify by themselves for a first legislator. But, he said, his plan would strike a middle ground between Yturri and his oppon ents by leaving it up to sub sequent legisltures to group these counties into districts. Yturri said he liked the Sprague plan. Sen. Don Win ner (D-Portland), leader of the opposition, said he would study it. The Sprague plan first would have the legislature make districts out of each county with the population requirement for one legisla tor, and out of more than one contiguous - counties where they did not qualify singly. Site Flexible Then it would use member ship of the legislature at that time to determine the popula tion unit entitling a district to each legislator. It would make sizes of the Senate and House flexible up to 65 and 35. It -would give each district one member for each full unit of population. Then it would. give scats to districts with only a major fraction (more than half the unit). Finally, It would give remaining seats up to 63 and 33 to counties with leftover major fractions. Grading of Shops Area Being Done Grading and leveling of ap proximately five acres of for mer Jackson county shops property behind the county fairgrounds is being complet ed this week, according to County Commissioner Don Faber. Fabcr hfcs suggested a cir cular drive two miles long from Barnett rd. and Stewart ave. through to adjacent city property. This would provide total of 90 acres of prop erty to be added to the exist ing fairgrounds, he explained. Drains have been installed In the fairgrounds and will be finished off with granite. The expanded grounds will be ready for the 4-H and FFA spring lamb show June 21-22. No further building it planned for the fairgrounds other than the public health center, Fabcr emphasized. The county juvenile depart ment's request to expand the detention home grounds earli er was denied by the county court. City and county are working out joint plans for the fairgrounds area develop ment, he said. No Hazards Found in 97 Medford Homes Medford firemen found no hazards in 97 of 123 dwellings checked yesterday during the home Inspection campaign. Thirty-six recommendations were made for correction of fire hazards. Firemen encountered 36 re fusals of their offer to Inspect. They stopped at 307 rest denccs and found no one home at 148, The governor would have appointed the department head, who in turn would have named division heads. The agencies and interests involved lobbied strenuously against the bill. Reps. Stafford Hansell (R Hcrmistonl and John Moieer (R-Bcavcrtoni said the ques tion was whether Oregon's resources should be managed under a coordinated program tor all the people, or whether each vested interest should retain Its "little empire.'' - 2 v.. IT
