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Regional Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Tribune 20 Pages Two Sections INTERCHANGE BEAUTIFICATION-Crcws are busv plant- heather: Katherinc Dyke's, common bluebeard and war ing shrubs and trees at the Crater Lake highway inter- minister broom. Trees include silk, pondcrosa pine, honey cnange 01 interstate 3. Landscaping at the Interchange is locust, scarlet oak, morine honey locust, and Portuguese under contract to the Aichcle Landscaping firm of Port- laurel cherry. Part of the area will also be in lawn, accord land. Among shrubs being planted are Chinese and macran- ing to state highway department officials. The entire tha azaleas, tamarix and anadorra creeping juniper, glossy planted areas have underground sprinkler systems, which abulia; H. E. Beall, King George spring and golden fitzer have already been installed. (Knackstedt photo) Pope Rallies Slightly From Night of Internal Bleeding Cyclone Leaves Estimated I,1 Dead in Pakistan Dacca, East Pakistan -fllPP-A vicious cyclone with winds up to 140 miles an hour smashed across 5,000 square miles of the East Pakistan coast today, killing 'an esti mated 1,000 persons and caus ing tremendous property dam age. First sketchy reports in dicated that wooden houses and huts in the region were destroyed by the thousands. Telephone poles were up rooted by the winds. All com munications between the city of Dacca, capital of East Pak istan near the Bay of Bengal, were cut off. Commercial airline pilots asked to check the disaster area were unable to land be cause of floodwaters that swept over airport runways in the path of the storm. The control tower at Dacca airport failed in all efforts to contact the city of Chitta gong by radio. Chittagong is in the center of the ryclone struck area. A pilot of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 jet en route from Bangkok to Calcutta reported that he also had been unable to contact Chittagong radio while flying overhead. Telegraph wires between Dacca and Chittagong also were reported to be useless. Program Scheduled In Ashland May 30 Ashland - A Memorial Day program will be presented at 11 a.m. in Mountain View cemetery, Ashland, at the scene of the American Legion monument under auspices of the Guy Applewhite Post No. 14. The Rev. James Sinclair will give the invocation and the principal address of the day will be by Dr. Vaughn Bornct of Southern Oregon college. Participating in the cere monies will be the National Guard firing squad and Color Guard. Music will be played by the Ashland High school band. NEWShBRIEFS ITIMS fOM jjtry BRITAIN, RUSSIA ASK LAOS CEASE FIRE London-lPI-Brilain and the Soviet Union today iomtly apptaled for an effective cease firt in Liot, the Foreign Offici disclosed. NAVY DENIES CHARGES BY CUBA Washington-IPI-The Navy today denied Cuben charge thai a U.S. plane fired en an liland where Cuban and Soviet technician! were working. But. it laid there apperently wet gunfire from unidentified lourcei in the vicinity. TITAN-2 ROCKET EXPLODES Cape Caneverel-rn-America i mighty Titan-2 rocket, the powerplant for future orbital voyagei ol U.S. astronaut. - un in a nectacular ball ol smoke and flame today short- t . tt launching. Metropolitan Area Recreation Center Plan Is Discussed A meeting on a proposed metropolitan area recreation center will be held soon with city and county representa tives, County Judge Earl M. Miller told a group of citi zens this morning. Fifteen people, most of them of the Jackson County Horsemen's association, . held a preliminary meeting with the county court this morning. Purpose is to hold a meeting of all groups interested in de veloping a more adequate fair grounds. Possibility of an open class fair was mention ed only briefly. Development of a fair grounds would be secondary, Hugh Jennings, chairman of a committee concerned with the area's development, ex plained to the county court this morning. The group mere ly wants the area's develop ment considered In over-all joint city - county planning which would provide space Soldiers Survive Crash of Plane Manhattan, Kan. - IUPD -"Don't panic," the first ser geant yelled just before the huffp trooD transport plane smashed to the ground. "Now, unfasten your saiety belts and get out." The plane already was in flames as the 84 soldiers escaped safely from the wreckage of a Standard Air ways Constellation which crashed while landing lues day at Municipal Airport, ac cording to some survivors. Only five of the 69 passen gers and crew members were injured, none critically. Capt. David Brown, the pi lot, said the craft lost power while he approached for a routine landing It crumbled to the ground short of the runway and burned for more than three hours. The soldiers, returning from maneuvers in California, said the plane was burning when fhrv iumDed to the ground 1 and fled to safety. AIOUND THI OLOM MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, for all activities, including horse club activities, he said. There are 90 acres of unde veloped city - county land near the south city limits which 'might be used in the present fairgrounds area, Judge Miller pointed out. Unless city property is in cluded, any fairgrounds de velopment should be referred to the fair board first, Coun ty Commissioner Donald Fa bcr emphasized. A group of interested per sons toured the county's re cently acquired government surplus property across from the city garbage dump on Ta ble Rock rd. yesterday. Two buildings there could be used for horse activities, he said. One building, 250 by 78 feet, could be used for an indoor arena and a second building could be connected to it with a canopy and used for stalls. During the inspection trip the county commissioner men tioned that the fairgrounds could be gradually shifted to the county property near White City. A small race track could be established in the center of the county's property, he said. An over all activity center would cost about S2 million, he added. County Commissioner Ed win Taylor said the county is far behind other smaller counties in providing a good county fair. Memorial Day Services Slated Observance of Memor i a 1 Day in Medford tomorrow will open with dedication of the VFW-donaled playground equipment in Jackson school park at 10 a.m. The annual program in the Medford library park will fol- i low at 11 a.m. under sponsor ship of the Jackson County Allied Veterans council. Principal speaker at the li brary park ceremonies will be 1 Richard Coulter, Phoenix High school student, whose address will be an explanation of "What Is Memorial Day?" Main speaker at the cere monies .n Jackson school park will be Bruce Metzger, princi pal of the Jackson school, Observance will start at 9 a.m. at Jacksonville with the Jacksonville American Legion Post No. 100 presenting the program at the pioneer Jack sonville cemetery. The public is invited to the three Memorial Day services, according to E. D. Smith, ad jutant of Crater Lake Pojt of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rogue River Board May Get Some Money Salem -OT- It appears like ly that the Rogue River Co ordinating Board will get some money for 1903-65 after li. Outlook Remains Grave, Informed Sources Declare Vatican City - DPI) - Pope John XXIII rallied weakly to day from exhaustion after a night of internal hemorrhag ing and painful nausea. -'-An early afternoon Vatican bulletin reported a "distinct improvement" in the Pope's condition at 2 a.m. (PDT), but informed sources emphasized that the outlook remained grave. Responsible Vatican sources indicated that the last 24 hours almost proved fatal for the 81-year-old pontiff who is suffering from a stomach tu mor that may be cancerous. At 1:45 a.m. Prof. Pietro Mazzoni, one of the team of doctors in attendance, called for additional help and equip ment. A few minutes later five cars sped through the Vatican gates, the sources said. The doctors worked through the night on the weakening patient, adminis tering transfusions without any apparent result. Only at 10 a.m. this morn ing did the pontiff rally from the depths of exhaustion, the sources said. At 6:30 a.m. (PDT) the Vatican issued a communique which said: "At 2 a.m. (PDT) today, a distinct improvement was noted in the general condition of the august patient . , ." The official announcement said the Pope spent "a night of quiet rest." This presum ably referred to the hours im mediately preceding the 2 a.m. medical observation and not to the activity reported earlier in the night. Decrease in School Tax Rate Is Voted Hombrook - Voters in the elementary school district here yesterday voted to de crease the maximum school tax rate from $1.30 to 80 cents per $100 of assessed valua tion. The tax reduction proposal carried by a vote of 68 to 24. About two years ago the voters approved an increase from 80 cents to $1.30 with the understanding it could be removed when the increase was no longer deemed neces sary. District residents who felt that time had come circulated petitions to call yesterdays special election. Welfare Budget Sent To Governor Salem -m- A $106.7 mil lion public welfare budget cleared the legislature Tues day and went to the governor. it will cost the state about $41.9 million, the federal gov ernment about $49 8 million, and the counties $13 8 million. It provides for 128 additional caseworkers. 1963 esiaws Turn Down Tax Plan Salem (UPI) The Oregon Senate today defeated a proposed cigarette tax by a vote of 24 to 6. Salem-IUPli-The Senate today rejected the compromise income tax package, 27-3, dashing hopes for early adjourn ment of the legislature and throwing the dispute into its third Senate-House conference committee. The key Senate vote came on the modified net receipts income lax bill. The Senate still had to vote on a 4-cent per pack cigarette tax. The only senators voting for the compromise income tax plan were Donald Husband (R-Eugene) and Glen Stadler (D-Eugene) who were members of the second conference committee, and Ward Cook (D-Portland). A new tax conference commit, oe was expected to be named later today. The first deadlock over a program to raise $60 million needed to finance a $405 mil lion general fund budget for the next biennium lasted 10 days. The first conference committee deadlocked after four days, then a second com promise group was named. The second group reached agreement Monday. The way was cleared for Senate action when the House voted Tuesday to approve both the income tax and 4 cent a package cigarette tax measures. The income tax bill squeak ed by 31-29. The cigarette tax sailed through 39-21. When balloting on the in come tax measure ended, the vote stood at 31-29. Then Rep. Don McKinnis (D-Summer-ville) changed his vote to "no" in a move that could have de feated the bill. But Rep. Sid ney Leiken (D - Roseburg) switched his vote to "yes," and thus kept the revenue measure alive. Montgomery Votes No House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene), a member of the committee which drafted the compro mise, voted against its passage on the floor. In urging passage, Rep. Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) said the revised bill was draft ed "in the spirit of com promise" between the House and Senate. He explained the com promise retained many of the House features. "We can't have everything we want, we should uphold the spirit of compromise," he said. Eight Democrats and 21 House Republicans opposed the income tax bill. The Democrats were Reps. Jake Bennett, Ray Dooley, Beulah Hand, Norman How ard, Philip Lang, Don Mc Kinnis, Katherine Musa and Juanita Orr. Republicans who voted no were Reps. Victor Atiyeh. Sid ney Bazctt, Russell Bone steele, Edward Branchfield, Bob Chappcl. Mrs. E. G. Chui nard, John Dellenback, Ger ald Detering, Robert Dickin son. Ed Elder, George Flit craft, William Gallagher, Mer rill Hagan, Winton Hunt, Rob ert Jones. Ken Maher, Fred Meek, Montgomery, W. S. Oudorkirk, Joe Rogers and Robert Smith. Gladden To Remain Past Retirement Age Salem - HOT - Warden Clar ence Gladden of the Oregon state penitentiary will be able to stay on this year past his retirement age under a bill signed Tuesday by the gov ernor. The measure lets the super intendent of a stale institu tion keep the position past re tirement age until a suitable replacement is found. THURSDAY SESSION Salem - 'UPI' - The legisla ture likely will be In session Thursday. Memorial Day, ac cording lo legislative leaders. WEATHER roKKCAST: Chanre of int ItTfil thundrrttormi over high mountain In tvrnlnz- t air through Thunilav aftcrnotin. th touch Thursday afternoon, inch Thurkdiy -s. Low 1hurday evening 40-5fl Temp. Hlihnt Yetlerday 13 Lowett This Morning to Our Skies Tonight Aumrt today V ftunrlte tomorrow .... 1:1 a m. Moont tomorrow 2:11 a.m. Fint Qiiarur tontrht : p.m. PROM1NKNT UTAH Spin, djp lotith ,t:9i p.m. VIMKI.fc PLANKTI Mart. In the w?t 11:43 p.m. ftaturn. tn iouth.nl. 3:11 a.m. Jtipttfr, low In lit. 1:11 a.m. nu, rtita 4:13 a.m. No. 59 Constitution Supporters Eye Ballot Effort Salem-IUPII-The groups that want a new constitution for Oregon may try to bypass a balky legislature. Disappointment - and hope - were expressed by the tame people Tuesday after the Sen ate voted 17-13 for the meas ure, leaving it three votes short of the two-thirds it needed. It had passed the House earlier in a slightly revised fashion. Sen. Walter Pearson ID Portland), who has worked on the ducument since its first formal start, said its support ers now may try to get a new constitution via an initiative on the ballot. Mrs. Jacqueline Benjamin of the League of Women Vot ers bore this out. "If this legislature will do nothing, we will consider ei ther an initiative calling a convention, or, if possible, an initiative putting a consti tution before the people," she said. The strongest friends of a new constitution have been the league, and the recently organized Citizens' Committee for Constitutional Revision, Twice Rejected There was a little talk of seeking Senate reconsidera tion - again. But the docu ment has twice been rejected by the Senate. A compromise on legislative apportionment won some new supporters after the first vote, but ii still went down over provisions for a strong executive. Tuesday's defeat brought some comments that the 1963 legislature, already under no little criticism, had passed by its one big chance to leave a record of positive achieve ment. Those who worked on it during the past two years. first on the revision commis sion, and then in legislative committees, insisted the work was not wasted. Their studies, and drafts of a new docu ment remain as a foundation for future efforts. Rep. John Dellenback (R- Mcdford), chairman of the House Constitutional Revision Committeesaid if the matter is not taken up through the initiative, a future legislative session is likely to proceed with the work and probably send a new constitution to the voters. Jury Trial Is Held In Phoenix Court Phoenix - The first jury trial in the history of Phoe nix was held in the munici pal judge's chambers at Phoe nix city hall last night. A Jury of three men and three women, all of them Phoenix residents, found John William Rhodes. 20, of Ash land, Innocent of violation of basic rule. The case had been pending since Mnrch 8, when Phoenix Police Chief John Atchison cited Rhodes, charging that he was driving BS miles per hour in a 30 mile per hour zone. The case was heard by Judge Wayne Romans of Phoenix municipal court. At torney for Rhodes was Sid ney Ainsworth. Phoenix city attorney E. R. Bashaw repre sented the city. at T" A f lit "A a B4 yvv p.: RACIAL BEATING Memphis Norman, 21, Negroes, besides the Wiggins. Miss., student, is shown as he was kicked and beaten by a were also beaten. Negroes were expected man identified as Benny Oliver, a former to lest park facilities and other areas in policeman, after he was dragged from a question in Jackson's segregation dispute, lunch counter in Jackson, Miss. Two other (UPI) Judge School Kennedy Calls Meeting To Air Racial Matters By United Press International A frdcral judge, who or dered two Negroes enrolled next month in the University of Alabama, today dismissed a government suit seeking in tegration of public schools around the nation's space flight center at Hunlsville, Ala. U.S. District Judge H. H. Grooms ruled that the Justice Department was "without au thority" to seek integration in Hunlsville and surrounding Madison county white schools. Other racial developments: Washington: President Ken nedy called a meeting next Tuesday to discuss racial mat ters with a group of about 100 business executives whose firms have interest in thea ters, hotels, variety and drug stores. Kennedy said in a telegram the difficulties ex perienced by minorities In employment and equal access to facilities "merit serious and Immediate attention . , ," Equal Rights Predicted Paris: Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, New York Negro con gressman, predicted in Paris that American Negroes will win equal rights this year. "We will see this year tre mendous changes take place," Powell said, "besides, next year Is an election year." There were Negro demon strations Tuesday night in Ra leigh and High Point, N.C. A federal judge ordered the en rollment of a second Negro at the University of Missis sippi. And a group of hotels at Knoxvllle, Tenn,, agreed to drop racial barriers. Fighting Erupts Negroes kicked off a plan ned series of demonstrations at Jackson, Miss., Tuesday with a sit-in at a white lunch counter by a biracial group of nine persons. Three of the group were beaten by whites, others were manhandled and all were doused with catsup and mustard. Early today, a firebomb was thrown Into the carport of the house of Mcdgar Evcrs. slate field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, who has been directing the Jackson Integration cam paign. Evcrs' wife and chil dren were in the house but no one was hurt and there v,is little damage. 11 . iml Hr: -T ''ii ii i m m rii d iihm e 1 Ends Suit on Integration Measure To Extend Mexican Migrant Labor Use Debated Washington-IUPIi- The Housi debated today extension of the controversial Mexican mi grant labor bill with backers certain they had the votes to win. Authority for U. S. farmers lo import braceros expires Dec. 31. The bill under con sideration, written by Rep. Morris K. Udnll (D-Ariz.) would extend the authority until Dec. 31, 1963. Teacher Pay Bill Sent To Committee Salem - HIPII - The forces seeking better pay for col lege teachers and slate em ployees won another round Wednesday in what has be come an intense legislative lug-of-war. The House voted 33-27 to send a salary increase bill to Its Education committee for addition of more money. Federal Help for CD Plan Urged Oregon civil defense leaders told the federal government today that if it wants a functioning civil defense program In the state, it will have to step in and help. The warning came after the legislature trimmed Gov. Mark Hatfield's $11)5,000 C D budget request to $54,000 and pared the state staff to three. The story Is on page 2A. Possibility of Lumber Walkout Looms Larqer Portland - Wll - Represent atives of the International Woodworkers of America and six big lumber companies met In contract negotiations Tues day as the possibility of a lumber strike in the Pacific Northwest loomed larger. Members of the 1WA and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers have authorized strikes. Their contracts expire June 1. Negotiations between the IWA and the companies -St. Regis, International Pa per, Weyerhaeuser, Rayonlcr, Crown Zcllerbach and U S. Pl'Vood - were recessed un 'V-' i - i The bill sparked consider- tuiiu uvciay 111 uie nouse Agriculture Committee. It was opposed by organized labor and most social welfare or ganizations. It had the reluct ant backing of the administra tion, provided amendments were adopted tightening the rules governing use of the mi grants. Tile committee reported a simple extention, with no changes from the present law. Backers of the measure contend Importation of bra ceros is necessary for harvest ing crops requiring stoop la bor. They say American farm workers will not take such jobi. Unfair Competition Charged Opponents argue Mexicans compete unfairly with unem ployed domestic farm workers and that their use is chiefly by large corporate-type farms. They also contend that they cause an adverse effect on domestic wages contrary to law. This in turn, they say, gives the corporation farmers an unfair advantage of cheap foreign labor over his small farmer competitor, who does most of his own work. The preceding Congress, in extending the bill, wrote in provisions designed to give the Labor Department more control over wage levels and working conditions. The House Agriculture committee. In its majority report on the extension bill, criticized the department for the way It car ried out this authority. til Friday morning following Tuesday's meeting. The LSW is scheduled to meet with the companies next Monday. A union spokesman said a atrike is likely if no agreement is reached. Representatives of the IWA and the Timber Operators council, another employer group, held contract negotia tions with a federal mediator today. The LSW represents about 35,000 workers and the IWA about 30,000. The LSW seeks a 60-cent hourly pay hike over three years and the IWA a 40-cent hike plus other benefits over the same period.
