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The Legislature
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Council Assures
Formation of City
Parking District
" Formation of a downtown
Medford parking district, and
Suture development of three
(f-street parking lots in the
core area, wag assured by ac
tion of the Medford city coun
cil last night.
- The unanimous vote on the
measure was taken despite
voiced objections from three
members of the audience that
they would be assessed by the
district without receiving any
benefit from the proposed
parking lots.
City Manager Robert Duff
aid today that his office had
received petitions from 64 per
cent of the property owners
In the parking district favor
ing the proposal. He said be
bad written protests from four
property owners opposing for
mation of the district.
: Duff said that on the basis
Of last night's council action,
, the city will now negotiate
leases on the lots with rep
resentatives from Park and
Shop, the proposed future op-
: erators of the lots. City of
ficials will represent the
parking district in the nego-
' tiations.
Duff said the city has ac
cepted the federal govern
ment's offer to purchase the
' old Federal building at Sixth
' st. and Riverside ave. and is
now awaiting approval from
a Congressional committee on
the matter. Word is expected
within 30 days. Duff said.
The city manager said that
if all goes according to sched
ule, the Federal building and
structures at Sixth and Bart
lett sts. will be razed some
time in October. Bids will be
called for, both for demolition
of the buildings and for pav
ing and developing of the
parking lots, he said.
At last night's meeting. At
torney Russell DeForest, rep
resenting H. C. Witham, own-
t er of an automotive parts
and equipment company at
Fifth st. and Riverside ave.,
5 protested that his client al
ii ready had sufficient parking
l space for his own needs, and
' that his customers would not
, use the proposed lots.
George Ryall, who owns the
i property where J. C. Penney's
i and the downtown New
berry's stores are located, also
? protested being included in
8 the district. "We'd be making
I: a donation to buy lots for
i private use," he said.
, The other oral protest came
from a representative of the
" Veterans of Foreign Wars
j Building corporation, who
'? said his organization "couldn't
J see the benefit.
,) "If we needed the parking
f space," he said, "we'd go buy
it."
Countering arguments were
made by Attorney Otto
i Frohnmayer, who said that
, "here is an opportunity to
' 1 do something to keep Med
i ford from going further down
. the road of deterioration
Senate Killed
Chance To Leave
'Great Legacy'
Editor's note: Tha 1963 legislature brought Oregon closer
than many expected to rtplacing its century-old constitu
tion. Tha legislature in tha and duckad tha Job by three
votes, but tha issue is vary much alive. This is tha third in
a series of articles on the recently concluded legislature.
By ZAN STARK and ANN H. PEARSON
Salem-l?l-"It could be this session's greatest legacy."
These words were spoken in mid-session about a new
constitution proposed to replace Oregon's present 106-year-old
one.
But the legislature by-passed the chance to leave such
a legacy at least this time.
The document got long hours of attention from two com
mittees, got through the House with one vote to spare over
the two-thirds needed, was rejected by the Senate, revived,
and died by three votes.
It advanced as far as it did farther than many thought
it would because its supporters were imbued with the
challenge of pausing in history to reconstruct a "framework
for Oregon's next century, a house to grow in."
It was stopped in the end because of two specifics, leg
islative apportionment and a plan for a stronger governor
and because of hesitation over the awesome job of making
history by refashioning so many years of it.
Now, all the work the years of pressures culminating
in legislative creation of a revision commission two years
ago and in legislative action this session is suspended.
But it is not lost. The drafts and studies and care re
main.
Now there is talk that citizens groups for constitutional
revision will take up the job, perhaps calling a constitutional
convention or even trying to put a new constitution on the
ballot themselves.
If not. enough legislators to make the difference Indicated
they will send a constitution on to the people at the next
session, after two more years of study.
(Continuad on page 4B)
Increase in Work
Brings 'New Look'
To Area Employment
Two Youths Escape
From MacLaren School
Salem (UPO A search was
under way today for two
youths who fled the Mac-
Laren school for boys shortly
before noon Thursday.
Em;
Regional , Edition
Medford
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22 Pages Two Sections
MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1963
No. 67
Ctemiiroedly MoemiiBJoini
T Cmifetr Jymie 2-
Mayor Declares
Emergency; Nine
Persons Jailed
500 Whites Battle
Negroes in Street
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3
A steady and rapid increase
in work, resulting from the
change in the weather,
brought a "new look" to the
employment picture in Jack
son county for the month of
May, John J. Patton, manager
of the Medford office of the
mployment service, has re
ported.
The improvement started
about the middle ot me
month with an increase in log
ging, slowed down by March
and April rains, and a "note
worthy" amount of activity
in the construction field.
There were a number of build
ing projects started in me
county and construction got
under way on three new mo
tels and a Safeway market in
Medford, Patton said.
Hellsgafe Bridge
Open To Trucks
fi rants Pass - The rUUsgate
canyon bridge was opened to
logging trucks today on a tem
porary basis, following a 38
hour closure as a result of an
accident Wednesday.
The narrow, one-lane span.
which is used by as many as
inn Woine trucks a day, was
blocked when a large crawler
type tractor weighing between
25 and 50 ions sua puiv
off a semi-trailer on which it
was being hauled.
The vehicle remained on ui
bridge Thursday, while a state
highway department engineer
was flown in to assess damage
to the structure.
Only foot traffic was per
mitipri across the span yester-
day, but this morning me
krHop si vital link in the
route between Merlin and
Galice, was opened to logging
trucks.
Saturday and Sunday, only
foot and auto traffic will be
norm itted. state police s 3 i d,
and traffic may be delayed up
to an hour because of repair
work that will be In progress,
NEIVS(BEHEFS
irtMt noM iv around im eiott
HOT LINE' LINK WORK UNFINISHED
...raiuui dlnriniminl negotiator Ssmyon
T..,.r,kin said iodav negotiation "is not finished" on tha
proposed "hot line" link between
Kremlin.
The amount of employment
on highway and road construc
tion also showed some in
creases and is expected to con
tinue with a pronounced up
ward trend within the next
30 days.
Trend Indicated
This upward trend was in
dicated in the increase in hir
ing activity through the Med
ford employment office. The
number of non agricultural
jobs filled during May was
approximately one-third high
er than during the same
month in 1962, The hiring
was spread over nearly every
kind of business activity and
was not limited to any one
industry.
The local labor force, Pat
ton noted, appears to be ade
quate to supply most local
needs of the immediate fu
ture with the exception of a
few highly skilled occupations.
Well qualified stenograph
ers and bookkeepers and ex
perienced women retail sales
clerks are still in great demand.
There are many new arriv
als in the valley, people look
ing for permanent new loca
tions and job opportunities, a
familiar pattern which has
existed for many years, Pat
ton said.
Little Demand Noted
There is little demand for
agricultural labor at this time
and preliminary crop est!
mates by the pear industry
indicate a material reduction
in the amount of thinning to
be done in the orchards com
pared to other years.
There will be many stu-
dents looking for work, Pat
ton stated. These job seekers
are coming from high schools
and colleges and are interest
ed in summer employment
only in many instances. There
will also be a number of high
school graduates not planning
to go on into higher educa
tion who will be looking for
permanent employment.
The employment service has
interviewed these students,
Patton pointed out, and has
administered aptitude or per
formance tests to many of
them. Information concerning
them and their services may
be obtained at any time by
calling 773-8481.
West Germany
To Be First Stop
On European Trip
Ireland, Italy
Slated on Itinerary
Aboard U.S.S. Kitty Hawk
HOT President Kennedy to
day formally announced his
intention to confer in Great
Britain June 29-30 with
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan. News of the major addition
to Kennedy's forthcoming
European schedule was re
leased by the President's
press secretary, Pierre Sa
linger, as the Chief Execu
tive concluded an overnight
cruise aboard this 80,000-ton
aircraft carrier and flew
ashore by helicopter to wit
ness more Navy firepower
demonstrations at the China
Lake Naval Ordnance Test
ing Station.
First To West Germany
By adding a visit with Mac-
millan to his schedule, Ken
nedy now plans to go first to
West Germany for three days
as the guest of Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer, then to
Ireland for the better part of
three days.
Kennedy will fly to Great
Britain June 29 and meet
Macmillan. Their talks will
extend into the next day,
then Kennedy will fly to Italy
for a visit of two and a half
days with- President Antonio
Segni. The President was due
to return to Washington late
July 2 or early July 3.
Change in Thinking
The decision to meet Mac
millan represented a decided
shift in White House think
ing. Up until a few days ago.
the White House had denied
flatly that any plan existed
for Kennedy to confer with
Macmillan during the Presi
dent's upcoming European
trip.
The death of Pope John
XXIII caused Kennedy to
drop plans for a visit to Rome,
and as a result the Chief Exec
utive was expected td meet
Segni in some other Italian
metropolitan area, probably
Milan.
To Attend Dinner
After the naval weapons
demonstrations in the Mojave
desert, Kennedy planned a
carefully protected venture in
the tangled world of Califor
nia Democratic party politics.
In Beverly Hills, Calif., to
night, Kennedy will attend
closed dinner given in his
honor by the President's club
of Los Angeles, an organiza
tion of those of common bond
who have contributed $1,000
or more to the Democratic
party this year.
The dinner will be closed
to the press. .
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GRADUATION Lynn Sjnlund (dark suit, center) directs
the senior choir members during commencement exercises
last night of the Medford High school. More than 400
seniors received diplomas from Keith Hockersmith, chair
man of the board of education during the school's 70th
annual commencement. Also participating In the exercises
were the varsity and high school bands under the direction
of I. A. Mlrick. Dr. Roy Licuallen, chancellor of the Ore
gon state system ot higher education, was the evenings'
principal speaker. (Knackstedt photo)
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Washington and the
RELIGIOUS RIOTING CRUSHED IN TEHRAN
Tehran. Iran-itPH-Tahran s military gownor j
tha shah's arm- has crush.d religious rioting which flared
for four days and is prepared to follow "shoot to kill orders
to keep the uneasy peace.
HOTEL NEAR SEATTLE DAMAGED BY FIRE
Seattle - T - Fire destroyed the coffee shop, cocktail
lounge, dining room and banquet rooms at the Hyatt House
Hotel south of here near the Seattle-Tacoma International
Hotel manager Charles Andrew estimated damage
about $200,000.
t lurni w WHITE. NEWS CHIEF. LEAVING POiT ,
Washlngton-frf-State Department news chief Lincoln
White, for many years the government's official "voice" on
foreign policy, is leaving his post to become consul general
in Melbourne. Australia, it was announced today.
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Swimming Pools Open
For Public Today
City swimming pools at
Jackson and Hawthorne park
opened for public use at 1
o'clock this afternoon, accord
ing to Medford Parks and
Recreation Director Robert L.
Haworth
Season tickets for the pools
Slide on Carberry
Road Said Stopped
An area of sliding earth and
trees that blocked Carberry
rd. two miles above Copper
Monday now has stabilized,
according to Louis Culy,
county road foreman for the
Applegate district.
The slide came from a
height of a quarter mile up
the mountain side and caused
a blockade across the road and
Carberry stream 800 feet
across. The creek was
dammed to a depth of eight
feet
Soil was moving at the rate
of an inch a minute earlier in
the week.
The road crew reported fre
quent slides have occurred in
the area, and while working
there Monday they had to
move their equipment to
place of safety.
The crew expects to have a
road through in about a week.
Both County Engineer Rob-
19,000 Expected
To Be Idled by
Lumber Strikes
Portland, Ore ifJPD -Some
19,000 workers are ex
pected to be idled because of
strikes or shutdowns in the
lumber industry from North
ern California to Washington
by tonight.
Vice President Lowry Wy
att of Weyerhaeuser Co., said
Thursday all operations of
his firm and those of Inter
national Paper, Crown Zcller
bach and Rayonier at which
members of the International
Woodworkers of America or
the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union ore employed
would be closed after the
last shift today.
In Retaliation
Trie closure is in retaliation
for a strike by the two unions
against St. Regis Paper Co.,
and U.S. Plywood Corp., two
other members of the North
west big six lumber products
firms. The strike was called
after negotiations over a new
contract were broken off.
There were indications thai
talks might be resumed soon.
In a statement announcing
the shutdown Wednesday, the
big six pledged to continue
negotiations whenever the un
ions requested.
Harvey Nelson, regional
president of the IWA, said
his union is willing to return
to the bargaining table "any
time the companies are will
ing to rnakt a msonable of
fer." Far Apart
The two sides remain I
long way apart on wages,
and apparently on some other
l&sues as well.
Both unions turned down
a company offer of a 22-ccnt
nor hour wage increase over
a three-year period. The IWA
had modified its original 40-
cents demand to 35 cents.
The LSW originally asked 60
cents.
Nelson charged the com
panies have refused to make
a fair wage offer and have
uiven no consideration to
travel time pay for loggers
He said many loggers travel
more than four hours a day
In Bdditlon to their regula
eight hour woik schedule
Regular Pay Asked
Council Passes Air
Pollution Ordinance
Governor Cause
01 Concern on
With Some Changes Alabama Campus
The fifth draft of an air
pollution control ordinance,
amended in three places just
before It was voted on, was
passed unanimously by the
Medford city council -last
night.
Aside from the amend
ments proposed by Council
man William Singler, chair
man of the council committee
appointed to draft the ordi
nance, the measure passed
Ithout comment, either from
the audience or the council.
Action on the measure had
been continued from two
previous council meetings.
Relief over passage oi ine
ordinance appeared to be gen
eral among the councllmen.
At least we got it on the
books," one of them said aft
er the meeting.
Would Appoint Officer
A sentence In Section 4
of the measure which would
have authorized the city man
ager to appoint an air pollu
tion control officer was
mended so that the appoint
ment would be made by the
Ity manager only at the spe
cific direction of the city
council.
The change was made neces
sary when the combined coun
cil and citizens' budget com
mittee last month failed to
appropriate funds to hire the
control officer
In Section 7, which has to
do with snecific contaminants,
the allowable volume of sul-
may be purchased at the de
partment office in city hall, or I rt Cartenren ,nd Dirlct
dally tickets may be pur
chased at either of the pools,
Haworth said.
MASONS SCHEDULED
Portland The 113th
annual convention of the
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Oregon is scheduled here
June 12-14.
Ranger Neil Suttcll say they
believe the slide to be from
natural causes, probably from
the weight of saturated earth
which may have struck an Im
Dervious layer.
Persons living above the
5lide area have been able to
get out via Thompson creik
The employers also havi
tried to take away the priv-
ileiie of a Monday through
Friday work schedule which
the union gained before the
War Labor Board in 1942,
Nelson contended.
The companies asked thdt
Lexington, N. C. - (DPt -Seven
Negroes and two)
whites were jailed today in
connection with race riot
in which one man was killed
and another wounded.
Mayor C. V. Sink declared
an emergency condition and
urged people to stay off tha
streets of this tense and
shocked city of 17,000 in tha
industrial Piedmont region of
central North Carolina.
Sink requested that there
be no gatherings, and authori
ties canceled Little Leagua
baseball game tonight and an
appearance by Negro piano
player Fats Domino before
a Negro audience.
Felled by Rifle Shots
A mechanic was killed and
a newspaper photographer
was wounded in the explo
sive rock and bottle - throw
ing battle between more than
S00 whites and 50 Negroes
Thursday night. Police blam
ed it on civil rights demon
strations that began here ear
lier In the week.
The victims, both white,
were felled by .22 caliber ri
fle shots fired into the white
crowd by an unknown per
son while firecrackers were
popping.
"The town is sick," a lo
cal newspaper editor said to
day. "Every respectible citi
zen Is sick. We thought wa
had a good town."
State troopers were rushed
to the scene to aid police in
restoring order. Several po
lice cars were damaged by
the enraged crowd.
Broke Through Line
Police said the incident, ap
parently a carryover from an -argument
between groups of
young- whites and Negroes
Wednesday night, began when,
about 2,000 whites marched
to the intersection dividing a.
white' and Negro section ot
Lexington. About -400 white
broke through a police una
and started throwing rock
and bottles at about SO Ne
groes who threw tha objects
back
During! the melee, three
aknia Hara 4 ifJt att t ntartfsl m
auuva wvi-s uw s sss vv. tj bwi
nolice said. . One shot rlco-
rniiiM nrr tim luvpnwnL An
. f i i- s- i r ik t4
A I mvu mat i uuivi imiwk xsw uiiw,
i a wnite man, in tna neaa. am
V. .. died en rdute to a hospital.
phur compounds which-could I . Tuscaloosa
be' -discharged ' into the at-hnw far will
rrW'n7 TT IZT W-Wc. go to keep hi. "cove- fhe third shot hit Art Bleb
Th. oh.nuh.ri heen souBht nnt " wiin .me peopi o arason, a new. pnm um,.v. ,
by representatives of the pe- physically block any Negroes
troleum fuel Industry. from entering the University
In Section .10, four out of
14 proposed standards to be
used by the council In dctcr
minlne what constituted a
public nuisance were deleted.
Singler said the deletions
were rccommonaeci oy nis
committee after discussions
with State Sanitary Inspector
Ted Gerow.
Girl Rescued from
River by Deputy
A Sams Valley area girl
was rescued last evening from
the Rogue river after she lost
her footing near the Gold Ray
dam and was swept aDout
half mile downstream.
The girl, Kare Emily
Weeks, 12-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weeks
Modoc and Antloch rds., was
rescued by Jackson County
Sheriff's Deputy Lcfl Rice
who was fishing downstream
from the dam.
The girl was with her lath
er and an uncle, Robert Cov
ington, Memphis, Tenn., when
she fell. Both jumped Into the
river In an attempt to rescue
her, but were unable to reach
her, it was reported.
Blind Man Refused
Restaurant Service
A blind man was refused
service at a Shady Cove res
taurant Tuesday because he
wanted to take his seelng-eye
dog into the establishment
with him.
When a second Shady
Cove cafe proprietor also
was reluctant a few mi.jutes
later to allow the animal on
the premises, the blind man
in distress placed a long dis
tance telephone call to the
Medford Chamber of Com
merce office for help.
The men, O. M. Haakell,
who recently moved to Med
ford from Monterey, Calif.
told chamber staff members
of the situation, and asked
them to check to see what
Oregon law was on the
subject.
A hurried call was made
to the Commission for the
Blind at the county fair
grounds. The chamber was
told that according to state
law, a secing-eye dog may be
'allowed" in public places,
provided It is well mannered
and is in harn?ss.
The Information was re
layed to the Shady Cove cafe
operator, who, reassured
then welcomed Haskell and
his wife and Dody, a two-
year-old water spaniel Into
the restaurant and served
them.
That quesiton Is causing
worry on the university cam-
is here and among adminis
tration officials in . Wash
ington,
Ostensibly, Wallace has set
collision course with fed
eral authority over the issue.
He has indicated he Intends
to ignore a federal court in
junction against his interfer
ence with the enrollment of
two Negroes here Tuesday
and at the Huntsvllle extcn-
Ion campus Thursday.
nly Alternative
A high administration
source said in wasnington
Thursday If Wallace sur
rounds himself with state
troopers to bar the Negroes'
entrance, there would be no
alternative but to counter
ith federal troops.
Asked for Wallace's re
action to this development, a
pokesman for the govern
ment said in Montgomery
that Wallace still plans to
keep his covenant" with
the people.
If found guilty of contempt
for defying the injunctions,
Wallace could be sent to pri
son for an indefinite term
nd fined any amount.
V
Regisfrof ion Chairman
Named by Democrats
Portland - (IPD - Rep. Ross
Morgan (D Gresham) has
firm nrtrntintf nn week end been named state registration
schedules be allowed to nay chairman for the Democratic
workers at regular intead of party. Stale Chairman t. u
overtime rates for Week ends. Spencer announced.
WEATHER
ronrx'AST: Ptrtly cloudy
thrnuth Saturday and a llult
mrmrr Saturday. Low ionint
Illch tomorrow IB.
Hlfh-al YriUrday SS
jimu inn Momma m
Prce. to IS s m. Today, Nona
Our Skies Tonight
nnart today S:4S p.m
iinrl tomorrow ...... 1:1a a m
(UoAnrla tonitht ft:M Dm
t.avt Quarter .... June 14
PROMINENT STARS
Arrtturua. tilth In
aouth I l P m,
Mlur and Alkald. tha two aura
formlm tha and of tha handla
f tha Bt( nippar, point toward
Arcturua, nifn in
In the side, but he was not
believed seriously hurt.
A white man identified aa
William Tate, whom police)
said had two shotguns and
rifle In his car. was held
by police for questioning in
connection with the shots.
Cold War News
Censorship Mapped
Washington IUPD The ad
ministration has indicated
that government officials will
judge what Information is to
be released in a com war
crisis.
The indication came from
Edward A. McDermott, tha
man who would be respon
sible for censorship In an
actual war.
McDermott, director of the
Office of Emergency Plan
ning, discussed the problems
Involved In issuing govern
ment information during a
war and during "a period of
worsening tension," a phrase
used by McDermott to de
scribe a condition such ass
existed during last fall's Cu
ban crisis.
The testimony was given in
a closed session of the gov
ernment information subcom
mittee Thursday. A censored
version was released today.
Special Blood Drawings
Planned During Week
Two .oecial blood drawings
for open heart surgeries will
be held during next week's
visit of the Bloodmooue to
Jackson county.
Thirty pints of A positive
blood will be collected in
Medford Tuesday, June li,
and will be flown to the Re
gional Blood Center In Port
land. The following day. a
similar drawing will be con
ducted In Ashland.
Blood drawn for open heart
lurierv must be delivered to
the Rciional uiood w
immediately. John L. Gregory
nf the Civil Air Patrol will
be at the Medford airport,
and as soon as the drawing Is
completed, the blood win oe
taken to the plane oy neo
rn drivers, loaded and
tranannrtert immediately,
A car will be in Portland
in deliver the blood to the
Oregon medical school where
open heart surgeries are per
formed. Patient and physician
will be In readiness there.
Having successive drawings
will necessitate Gregory mak
Ing two round trips to Port
land. This Is not the first time
he has been called upon to
make this run. He has per
formed this flight service for
the Jackson county chapter
of the Red Cross more than
five years, and has made tna
double trip on several occa
sions.
The Bloodmoblle will visit
in Jackson county four days.
It will be at the chapter house
in Medford Monday, June 10.
and Tuesday, June 11, then
at the Elks club in Ashland
Wednesday, Juno 12. On
Thursday, the BlcxlmoDue
will travel to Grants rass,
returning to Jewett school in
Central Point Friday, June 14,
Appointments may be mada
by telephoning the Bed crosa
Office St 773-3B1J.