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PRESIDENT SEES DEMONSTRATION - President John ' J. F. Thorlin, commanding officer of the White Sands
F. Kennedy uses field glasses to watch a Sergeant surface- missile range. Leaning forward at lower left is Vice Presi-
to-surface missile fired during a demonstration at White dent Lyndon Johnson. (UPI)
Sands, N.M. Seated on the President's left is Maj. Gen.
Kennedy Urges Educational System
Offering Equal Opportunity for All
Bids Are Opened
For Health Center
At Fairgrounds :
Acceptance of a" bid on the
new Jackson county public
health center and awarding
the contract was stopped
temporarily yesterday due to
lack of budgeted funds.
The low base bid of $187,
816 by Murphy Construction
company, Roseburg, will ex
ceed the $190,000 allocated
by the county budget commit
tee when equipment and oth
er items are added to the base
bid, it was learned.
After considerable figuring
by the county court and Jay
H. Cole, engineer of hospital
planning and construe t i o n,
state board of health, it was
estimated the public health
center cost would be 53,800
over the county allocation. A
representative of the construc
tion company is expected to
confer with the county court
this week.
County Judge Earl M. Mil
ler said he understood from a
state health official that more
matching money would . be
available to help pay any
over-age in cost. Cole said that
category of funds has been de
pleted now.
The new building will be
constructed on the county
fairgrounds south of Medford.
It was hoped to start con
struction the first of the new
fiscal year.
Other bidders were Aus
1 a n d Construction company,
Grants Pass, base bid of $187,
990; H. Barnhart Construc
tion company, Medford, $188,
525: Loren Ritchie, general
contractor, Medford, $187,990;
and Harold W. Salter, general
contractor, Rogue River,
$191,536.
CHAIRMAN NAMED
Salem - fUPB - Tom Lawson
McCall, Portland television-
radio news analyst, has been
named state chairman of the
Oregon United Nations Day,
the governor's office announced.
The Legislature II
$300,000 Set
Aside as Tax
Referral Fund
Ediior'i note: Thi 1963 Ore
gon Legislature appropriated
$404 milion, and had to rant
taxes to balance the budget,
Will the voteri agree to the
increase? This is the -second
in a series of six artciles on
the recently concluded legislature.
By ZAN STARK and
ANN H. PEARSON
Salem - IUPD - Discovery of
an error in the legislature's
$60 million tax package as
it awaited the governor's sig
nature bolstered charges that
it was "a paste pot and scis
sors job."
Lawmakers were so .con
vinced that voters would re
ject the package that they set
Public Hearing on
District Scheduled
A nnhlir hearing on forma
tion of a proposed downtown
parking district will be neia
at tonight's meeting of the
Medford city council.
City officials said a map
showing the proposed boun
daries of the district, together
with estimated assessment
costs, has been mailed to each
property owner.
The proposed parking dis
trict would assume financial
responsibility for acquisition
and development of three par
cels of property in the down
town area for use as off-street
parking lots.
In other business tonight,
the council is expected to take
some action on a proposed air
pollution control ordinance.
Action on the measure was de
ferred from two previous
council meetings.
HEVS2)BRIEFS
IUUS FROM
AROUND THI 010U
AGREEMENT REACHED ON 'HOT LINE
Geneva -m- United Stales and Soviet negotiators have
reached agreement on establishing "hot Hn." teletype link
between the White House and the Kremlin, highly author!-
The link would permit President Kennedy and Soviet
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Premier NiSiJ Knrusncn.v io -
instantly to prevent war breaking out by accident.
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INVESTIGATORS 5LLR tAu-n. m
Anchorage. Alaska-arMnvestigators continued the pains
taking task today of trying to find out what caused a North
west Orient Airline. DC7 military charter plan, to cash in
the Gull oi Alaska killing all 101 persons aboard.
ALABAMA GOVERNOR TO DEFY INJUNCTION
Mn,om.rv All u-IW-Gov. George Willece indicated
Wed"" 'ay nlgrh. i. intend. .0 defy a federal function
prohibiting him from blocking the d;,0aVvi7,,k",9rO"
la the Univerity of Alabama "regardle.. of the ri.k.
J"ThU can b.T our finest hour - he told Alabaman, in a
statewide television address. "
aside $300,000 and an Octo
ber date for a referral election.
Senators feared the pack
age would not raise enough
money to finance the $404
million spending program for
the next biennium.
House members claimed the
bill was so poorly drawn it
would raise more than planned.
One-Shot Speedup
Senators insisted a one-shot
speedup of withholding tax
collections be held in reserve
for emergencies.
House members added a
provision that if there was
more than a $10 million sur
plus, the excess would be
used to offset property taxes.
The package included a 28
per cent hike in the state per
sonal income tax to raise an
additional $48 million, a lib
eralized capital gains law,
and increased corporate ex
cise taxes.
The new law was not what
the governor, house or sen
ate wanted.
Gov. Mark Hatfield recom
mended a net receipts "tax
reform" program, and called
for a 4-cent a pack cigarette
tax.
The House Tax committee,
after 250 hours of hearings,
recommended nearly the gov
ernor's plan, and the one-shot
feature. '
Things Changed
The Senate Tax commit
tee threw out the net re
ceipts and cigarette tax, re
vised the present law and
raised the rates.
The House wouldn't buy it.
A 14-day deadlock on the
revenue program was the re
sult. The third conference com
mittee came up with a 'com
promise" - pretty much the
Senate plan.
The House grudgingly ac
cepted but retaliated by kill
ing a Senate measure to sub
mit a sales tax to the voters
in November of 1964.
The battle finally ended
minutes before the legislature
adjourned when the House
was forced to bow to a Sen
ate coup which trimmed
funds from the interim tax
committee, and made appoint
ment of a senator as com
mittee chairman mandatory.
(Continued on Page B6)
Extension of Ban
On Billboards Sooglif
Washington - CTI - Sen,
Maurine B. Ncuberger (D
Ore.) called Wednesday for
extension of legislation to
keep billboards off the Inter
state highway system.
Mrs, Neuberger Joined Sen
John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.)
in sponsoring a bill to extend
billtfOard control two yean
beyMd June 30.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963
No. 66
San Diego State
College Grads
Hear President
Chief Executive1
On Western Tour
San. Diego, . Calif . - (UPD
President Kennedy today
called or an educational sys
tem which would guarantee
equal opportunity for a Long
Island banker's son and the
offspring of an Alabama Ne
gro sharecropper.
"Our goal mast be an edu
cational system in the spirit
of independence, a system in
which all are created equal,"
the Chief Executive said in
an address lor commence
ment exercises at San Diego
State College where he also
received an honorary degree.
Kennedy flew here this
morning from El Paso, Tex.
After the college ceremony he
planned to embark on the air
craft carrier Kitty Hawk for
an overnight cruise off the
coast of Southern California.
Mindful of a new civil
rights crisis building at the
University of Alabama where
Gov. George Wallace has
vowed to block the court
ordered entrance of Negro
students next Monday, the
President said it was time the
nation "faced up more frank
ly" to such questions as
"whether every American
child has an equal chance for
a good education."
Lack Eq; ll Opportunity
He said the truth was that
American children do not yet
enjoy equal educational op
portunities for two primary
reasons:
"One is economic and the
other is racial."
"If our nation is to meet
the goal of giving every
American a fair educational
break," the President said,
"we must move swiftly ahead
in both areas. We must put
more resources into the under
nourished sectors of our edu
cational system.
"And we must recognize
that segregation in education
-and I mean the dc facto seg
regation of the North as well
as the proclaimed segregation
of the South-brings with it
serious handicaps to a large
percentage of our nation's
population."
Plugs for Program
The President renewed his
call for action on his educa
tional legislative recommen
dations pending in Congress.
. The program includes fed
eral aid for college construc
tion, expanded student loans.
higher- teacher salaries and
federal assistance in construc
tion of additional public
secondary and elementary
school classrooms.
"I am well aware of all the
objections which have been
raised for more than 50 years
to any kind of federal effort
in education," he said, adding
that he was referring to ob
jections involving states
rights, civil rights, race and
rengion."
Double-Shift
Schools To Lose
Full Recognition
Klamath Principal
Loses Certificate
Salem - IUPD - The State
Board of Education decided
Wednesday to withhold its
"fully standard" recognition
from schools which hold double-shift
classes.
Double-shifting is the prac
tice of sending half the stu
dents to class in the morning
and the other half in the afternoon.
Dr. Leon P. Minear, super
intendent of public instruc
tion, said double-shifting be
cause of overcrowded class
rooms has been more of a
problem in elementary schools
than it has in high schools.
"But there are indications
from several communities that
they are planning such a per
manent plan, Dr. Minear
said. "It will cheat unneces
sarily the youngsters in these
districts."
The board also ordered
schools to provide a program
of daily physical education for
students in all 12 years of
public school education. High
school students now are re
quired to take only two years.
Principal Loses Case
Willard C. McKinny, Klam
ath Falls High school princi
pal, lost his battle to have
his teaching certificate restor
ed. The board unanimously
supported Minear in his ear
lier revocation of the certifi
cate and refused McKinny's
application for a certificate
for next year.
The decision has the effect
of removing McKinny from
his job.
Minear revoked the certifl
cate several weeks ago on the
basis that the principal know
ingly made a- false statement
in his original application,
Specifically, he was accused
of failing to show that he
pleaded guilty to a morals
charge while a Minnesota
school' principal in 1959.
About 20 witnesses appear
ed on his behalf Wednesday,
but a spokesman for the board
id another 40 or 50 tele
grams were received, "mostly
negative."
In other action, the board
granted $25,000 for summer
education programs for mi
grants. The classes will be
conducted by the Ontario,
Hood River, Woodburn, St.
Paul and Monmouth-Indepen
dence school districts.
Reed Program Approved
A secondary teacher educa
tion program was approved at
Reed College In Portland. The
approval was for five years
beginning Sept. 1.
Eugene Fisher, Elkton, was
elected chairman of the
board, succeeding Ronald
Jones. Brooks. Vice chairman
S. E. Brogoitti, Helix, was
reelected.
Formal approval was given
to the appointment of four
new incumbers to the Slate
Board of Textbook Commis
sioners and the reappoint
ment of Dr. Leonard May
field, Medford. The new mem
bers are Elton Fisback, Dal
las; Dr. Jack Hall, Corvallis;
R. E. Jewell, Bend, and Dr.
Harold B. McAbee, La Grande.
Education Board Approves
Course About Communism
Salem - (UPD - An alternate course about
communism, to be taught in the 12th grade,
received the official stamp of approval from
the State Board of Education Wednesday.
The action joins Oregon with a handful
of other states which recommend a course
about communism be taught in the public
schools.
The board formally approved publica
tion of a teaching guide "Understanding the
Nature of Communism," and adopted a
resolution concerning the course.
The resolution urges teachers "to In
struct their students in the facts about the
nature of communism and its practices at
all appropriate places In the curriculum."
Public school teachers, "particularly
those engaged in teaching or planning to
teach the social studies, are urged to study
and Inform themselves thoroughly about
communism, and to take special courses
wherever possible relating to understanding
us nisiory ana nature," It said.
The resolution calls upon school boards
and administrators to make provisions for:
The in-service education of their
teachers to insure that the students receive
the most reliable information available on
communism.
A continuing study of communism at
feasible levels of the curriculum, and
A mature study of communism in the
high school before senior students are grad
uated Into the full responsibilities of citi
zenship. The resolution also calls for "factual
presentation of the origins, historical devel
opment, and current practices of commu
nism in the world today."
The board also called upon citizens to
support instruction about communism and
uphold the school personnel In the perform
ance of this duty.
Approval of the course, which was al
most two years in preparation, came before
the board earlier this year.. Action was de
layed for several months to allow time for
a final review.
Smeltzer Sworn
n as Member of
Butte Falls Board
Butte Falls - An antici.
pated showdown in the school
controversy that has split this
community for some time fail
ed to materialize la.st nicht.
as the district school board
conducted its final regular
meeting of the school year.
Routine business was con
ducted - in a tense atmos
phere.
A number of observers had
I l i , i i . - il
a!!L.? e!u"T..11 those two unions again. U. S.
statement of cradn irhnol Plywood Corp. and St. Regis
DrlnciDal C. L. Stratlon. who "Per o.
Plants Closing
In Retaliation
Against Strike
Portland - (UPD Four big Harvey Nelson, regional
Northwest wood products pro- president of the IWA, dis-
ducers today began shutting claim any official knowledge
down their plants and woods of the employer action and
operations which employ said the union - "will take
members of the Lumber and I whatever steps are approprl-
Sawmill Workers Union and ate" If the shutdown comes.
the International Woodwork-1 There were Indications . union
era of America. -. 1 leaders would call the action
The action was ordered In I a lockout. . 1
Shah of Iran Issues
Shoot To Kill Orders
Tehran, Iran - (UPD - The
shah issued shoot-to-kill or
ders today to thousands of
troops manning tanks and ma
chine guns battling to sup
press a planned revolt against
his regime.
The death toll rose to an
officially - admitted 88 per
sons killed and 150 injured
in three days of riots by Mos
lem e x tremists rebelling
against the shah's land and
female suffrage reforms.
has not been reappointed for
next year, would attend the
session.
But hardly anyone showed
up. There were but five per
sons in the audience
Sworn In Office ,
At the close of last night's
meeting, Duane Smeltzer,
who was elected to the board
on May 6, was sworn in. He
takes office July 1, replacing
Francis E. Poole, whom he
defeated by a vote of 9ti to 75.
Smeltzer was elected with
the support of the group seek
ing to reinstate Stratton as
grade school principal. At '.he
same election, two other mem
bers of the board, which had
voted 5 to 0 not to rehire
Stratton, were recalled, An
drew Hamstra and Duane
Burton.
Acting In accordance with
a recently enacted state law,
the remaining three board
members appointed succes
sors to fill the vacancies cre
ated by the recall. Appointed
were Mrs. Hanna Dal'on and
William L. Harris.
Still Be Majority
Therefore, it , is believed
that when Smeltzer takes his
seat on the board, there will
still be a 4 to 1 majority in
favor of the decision nut to
rehire Stratton.
The next major event In
the situation here will come
up Monday when district
voters will go to the polls
to cast ballots for or ngulnst
the proposed 1963-64 school
budget.
The budget was defeated
May 6 by a margin of 97 to
69. It has since been cut by
$3,630 and now calls for a
total tax levy of $70,197.09.
Last year's tax levy was $89,
293.76. Observers acquainted with
the Butte Falls situation
rate Monday's election as u
tossup.
The four firms which or
dered the shutdown Wednes
day on the basis of a "strike
against one is a strike against
all agreement are Weyer
haeuser Co., ' Crown Zeiler-
bach, Rayonier and Interna
tional Paper Co.
All are members of the so-
called "Big Six" which band
ed together to conduct nego
tiations with the two unions.
Union leaders announced their
strike against U. S. Plywood
and St. Regis Tuesday after
talks broke off.
The decision by the four re
maining firms will idle about
13,000 workers at some 30
communities in Oregon, Wash
ington and northern Califor
nia by Friday. Another 6,000
were affected by the earlier
strike.
Statement Issued
'It is obvious that the un
ions intend to pick off the
companies one at a time," the
producers said in a statement
Wednesday. "In the face of
these selective strikes and
whipsawlng tactici, the other
members of the association
have been forced to the deci
sion that they must close their
operations where members of
these unions are employed."
Pulp and paper plants
where workers are represent-
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West Coast. Pacific
Airlines May Merge
Portland OJPIi West Coast
Airlines announced the first
step in a planned merger with
Pacific Airlines Wednesday.
west Coast has taken an
option to purchase 30 per cent
of Pacific's stock, assistant
WCA Vice President Nick
Bcz Jr., said here. He said he
expects the purchase to be
completed in 30 days.
Bcz said Civil Aeronautics
board approval will be asked
if stockholders of the two
airlines approve the merger.
Pacific Airlines formerly
was known as Southwest Air
lines. It serves California
points? and Medford.
ed by other uniom are not
affected.
The -firms said "an orderly
shutdown" would begin Im
mediately.
Auditions Planned
Here for Festival
Auditions for the Peter
Brltt Gardens Music and Arts
Festival at Jacksonville Aug.
11 through 24 will be held in
Medford Friday afternoon,
June 7, in Puruckcr's Music
House, 11 North Central ave.
They will be conducted by
John Trudeau. Applicants are
asked to make appointments
for the auditions by calling
773-7538.
The concert scries, which
will be conducted and direct
ed by Trudeau of the Portland
Pops and Symphony orches
tras, will be divided Into two
areas, one to be known as the
Twilight Series, scheduled for
4 p.m.; and the olher the Star
light Series at 8:30 p.m.
The opening of the series
will be Sunday, Aug. 11, at
8:30 p.m.
mericans Forced
o Give Uniforms
o Attackers
Ruse Catches
Sentries Off Guard
Caracas - IUPD - Castroite
terrorists raided the U.S. mili
tary mission here Wednesday
night, forced six unarmed -Americans
and four Venezue
lan army guards to strip and
stole their uniforms and the
Venezuelans' guns.
The terrorists then set fire
the mission building caus
ing $20,000 damage, burned
U. S. flag and a portrait of
corge Washington and fled.
"Next time we won't be
kidding," one of them snarled
he fled.
Police picked up three sus
pected terrorists near the mis
sion shortly after the raid.
The army summoned rein
forcements to patrol the neigh
borhood, but there were no
further reports of trouble.
The raid was staged to com
memorate the abortive revolt
year ago at Puerto Ccbeilo,
where Communists and right
ists joined forces in an unsuc
cessful attempt to overthrow
President Romulo Betancourt.
The American in the build
ing at the time of the attack
ast night were Col. James K.
Chcnault, Corpus Christl.Tex.,
deputy chief of the mission,
and his 15-year-old son; Majs.
Bernard Gardner and T. C.
Blevins and Sgts. Jose Augus
tinl, Archivaldo Saenz, Ken
neth Smith and Rudolph Fe
lix.
All of them except Chenault
and his son were forced to
give up their uniforms.
The first attackers on the
scene were four men armed
with submachine guns. They
were uniformed as Venezue
lan officers, a ruse that caught
the .four Venezuelan- sentries
Nelson said earlier the two posted Vt 'the door off guard.
aides were: about 13 cents! Atter. the Venezuelan sot-
apart on a wage increase !or I dlerg had been disarmed, four
the next three years, ; more attackers armed with
The employers said their revolvers drove up in two
final offer, turned down by I cars.
both unions, was an increase f Members of the band herd-
of 22 cents an hour. The IWA ed the Americans and th
revealed it had scaled its de- f Venezuelans Into a patio ad-
mands down from 40 to 33 I joining the mission buildinff.
cents. The LSW was demand- Some of them, who sooka
ing so cents.
400 Seniors Will
Receive Diplomas
More than 400 Medford
High school seniors will re
ceive diplomas in the school's
70th annual commencement
exercises at 8 o'clock tonight
at the high school stadium.
Dr. Roy Lleuallcn, chancel
lor of the Oregon state sys
tem of higher education, will
speak on "Are You Ready to
Graduate? Dr. Lieuallen
will be Introduced by Dr.
Leonard B. Mayficld, super
intendent of Medford schools.
Also participating in the
exercises will be the high
school band under the direc
tion of I. A. Mirick, senior
choir members under the di
rection of Lynn Sjulund, and
the high school varsity band.
Lester D. Harris, principal,
will present the graduating
class, and Ketth Hockersmlth,
chairman of the board of ed
ucation, will present diplomas.
William E. Ruck, chairman
of the scholarship committee
of Medford High, will an
nounce awards and scholar
ships. A total of 69 students
will receive 74 scholarships
and grants-in-aid. The num
ber is 16.8 per cent of the
graduating class.
The Rev. Frederick Ross
Evans, pastor of the First
Christian church, will give
the invocation and benedic
tion.
good English, delivered, what
Chenault called a "tirade
against Yankee imperialism"
to the captive audience.
Other terrorists ransacked
the mission offices and set
fire to' its files. They stole a
gun found in the mission safe.
When the raid was com
pleted, they forced their pris
oners to march to the rear of
the mission grounds and then
fled, leaving the mission
building in .flames.
Hearings Held on
Alleged Violations
Two administrative hear
ings on alleged violations
were held this morning by the
Oregon Liquor Control com
mission in the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium
The hearings concerned the
Wooden Shoe Lounge and The
Brave Bull and charges that
they had served liquor to
minors. y
Among those testifying this
morning were employees ot
the two businesses, sheriff's
deputies and the minors who
told nfticcrs that they had
been served drinks at the two
establishments.
Testimony will be reviewed
by OLCC before any ruling
regarding the charges will be
made.
CHANGE APPROVED
Portland - HTD - The City
Council Wednesday approved
a zoning change for a low
cost public housing project in
the Albina area of northeast
Portland.
Meetings To Implement
Milk Price Stabilization
NO TONGUE POINT USE
Salem - IUPD - Secretary of
Commerce Luther Hodges to
day advised Gov, Mark Hat
field that the Tongue Point
Naval Installation near Astor
ia was not planned for use as
a nuclear ship service facility.
Salem -(UPD The State De
partment of Agriculture took
the first steps today to imple
ment stabilization of milk
prices to the producer under
the new milk stabilization act.
The measure, adopted by
the 1063 legislature, was sign
ed this week by Gov. Mark
Hatfield.
The department scheduled
four hearings at which it will
take evidence and testimony
relating to the establishment
of minimum prices for class 1
and class 3 milk, primary
markets, and market areas.
The first hearing will be
held June 24 at 10 a.m. in
room 106 of the Capitol build
ing ty:re.
Other hearings are June 23,
10 a.m. at Harris hall. Lane
county courthouse, Eugene;
June 26 at 2 p.m. in the Curry
county courthouse, Gold
Beach, and June 28 at 10 a.m.
in the Baker community cen
ter. Baker.
A hearing also has been sat
for June 24 to hear testimony
on the department's proposal
to increase to l'4 cents per
hundredweight the poundage
fee necessary to support the
milk stabilization act.
The fee is deducted and
withheld by handlers on all
grade A milk purchased from
producers. The present Vi-cent
fee Is used for enforcement of
the audit Oct.