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
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tim trmp'raliirF. Low innlfht
nrar 4. Hth tr6ny near M.
Temp.
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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.'' -
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