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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.