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Newspaper Page TextEE nir Jlu A Ml mi A if MmK? The Legislature IV Educators Show Mixed Reaction To Legislature Editor's note Tht education of mor than one-half million youths from tint grade through college ad graduate itudy A?.,90"' 9I,,,e,t expense. How did education tare at the 1963 legislature? This it the fourth in a series of articles. By ZAN STARK and ANN H. PEARSON Salem-IUPD-The educators responsible for Oregon's stu dents came to the 1S63 legislature with pleas, cajolery, and warnings that the level of education must be kept up. Their experiences with the legislature ranged from cordial to rugged. When it was all over, their feelings ranged from satisfied, to mixed, to outspokenly adverse. . The biggest problem was money. Education will lake more than the $404 million for the next two years. The most bruising fight was over the college and univer sity system, which got the most detailed review of any subject before the legislature. Walsh Urged More for Education " " When the legislature convened in January, William Walsh of the state Board of Higher Education jabbed his glasses at a committee and declared the system would fight for more than the governor had proposed. It ended up with a little less, but in view o'f the money problem, it fared well. Higher education came out with a $77.3 million general fund operating budget plus $2 million for a hospital trans ferred to its medical school from the board of control. It was given a $44 million building program, using both bonds and general funds, although a portion of it is con tingent upon voter approval of a bond issue. And it got $1.7 million for salary improvements over and above built-in raises. The main cuts in the operating budget came from a re duction in new teachers. Under legislative pressure, the system also increased student fees, particularly for out-of-state students. When it ended, Walsh called it '.the hardest blow higher education has suffered in 20 years ... it means a real de terioration." (Continued on page A3) Telephone Company Files Rate Increase Request With PUC Medford area telephone five years ago Medford phones growth, now at an all - time high, will require the city's reclassification on the Pacific Northwest Bell schedule of service charges, according to J. H. Creager, the firm's local manager. . . "Currently, there are more than 19,361 phones in the Medford exchange," Creager said. "Customers here now dial directly without long distance charges to more than 30,792 phones through ex tended service." Ashland and Phoenix -Talent are also being reclassified because of the increase in both the number of local phones and those that can be dialed in neighboring ex changes without long distance charges. The announcement of Med ford's phone growth was made today as PNB filed with the public utility commisson cr's office in Salem to place basic service charges here in their proper classification. The adjustments in rates will start on July 11. New Treasurer for Josephine County Grants Pass Mrs. Noble Foster has been appointed treasurer of Josephine coun ty effective July 1. At present Mrs. Foster is secretary to the board of county commissioners here. Her appointment was made by the county commissioners Friday following a recommen dation by the county's Repub lican central committee. She succeeds Mrs. Alice Smith Davidson, who resigned effective July 1. Mrs. Foster will serve the remainder of Mrs. Davidson's term, which ends Jan. 1. 1965. totaled only 14,509, and that extended service reached a total' of 22.994 in nearby com munities on a toll-free basis. Communities Involved Thirteen other communities in the state, including Grants Pass and Rogue River in southern Oregon, are being reclassified because of growth as well as Medford, Phoenix Talent and Ashland. A new business telephone service will also be offered PNB customers in Medford, Ashland and Phoenix-Talent at the same time as the re classification. This Is called "one message rate" business tele phone service. It provides in dividual lin service with a limit of 80 outgoing messages per month for $7. Additional outgoing messages are five cents each. Previously "message rate business service" was avail able only in Portland, Eugene and Salem. Two-party busi ness service at $8.75 will be discontinued in Medford, Phoenix-Talent and Ashland. New monthly residence rates in Medford, Ashland and Phoenix-Talent, with the amount of increase shown in parentheses, are: one-party, S6 (25 cents): two-party. S4.55 (20 cents) ; four-party, $3.65 (15 cents); suburban. $3.90 (15 cents); farmer line, $1.90 (15 cents). New business rates for the three exchanges, with the amount of increase shown in parentheses, are: one -party, $13.50 ($2.25): one-party mes sage, $7 (new); suburban. $6 (50 cents): farmer line. $2.75 (25 cents); PBX trunks, $20.25 ($3.50). There will be no change in charges for princess phones, extensions, bell chimes or other telephone conveniences, it was noted. Oregon May Gel Matching Funds For Civil Defense Decision Seen By End of Week Salem-JVPIi-Federal civil de fense officials may reverse ineir earlier stand and pro vide matching funds for Ore gon s stripped-down CD agen cy, it was revealed today. State Director Robert W Sandstrom told UP' that he submitted a request for match' ing funds to regional civil de fense headquarters on June 3. On Friday two federal of ficials came to Salem to dis cuss the state's proposed new organization, requested adtit tional information, and in dicated a decision would be made by Friday of this week Meantime. Sandstrom gave nine state civil defense em' ployees ten nnation notice Friday, and said three more would get notice at the end of tl is week if federal match ing funds were refused. IS Remain on Staff At present only 15 persons remain on the staff. Others quit earlier when the legisla ture voted to strip the 18 mcmber staff to a three-person unit. Sandstrom said if federal funds are refused, he planned to keep himself, radio tech nician Joseph Vogt and book keeper Donna Casey on the staff. If federal matching funds are approved, three others will be retained: Radiological defense and sr- liter officer W. F. Coleman, information director Gerald Clausscn, and property records clerk Fay Millie. New Headquarters Sandstrom said the state or ganization would move to new headquarters In the capi tol basement June 21. Workmen are now complet ing the 836,000 project. , Sandstrom said the Lincoln and Multnomah county civil defense organizations are be-' ing dropped, the future of. the' Deschutes county organiza tion was in doubt, and that the Klamath county organiza tion was shifting from a full to part-time county director.' He said-15'j;!gtt"?:cnrings on other county CD organiza tions will be held later this month. Duncan Selected As Top Freshman Washington - Congressman Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) -j-riv i has been selected in a poll of the Washington press corps as one of the ten most promising freshman members of Con gress. Of the ten men selected, six are Senators and four are Representatives. The balloting was conduct ed by Pageant Magazine. The results are used in an article in the July issue of the publi cation. Others selected are Rep. Donald M. Frascr (D-Minn.); Sen. Gaylord A. Nelson (D Wise); Sen. Birch E. Ba'yh (D Ind ); Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass ); Rep. Rob ert Ta ft Jr. (R-Ohio); Sen. Pe ter H. Dominick (R-Colo.); Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D Conn.) ia n d Rep. Charles Longstreet Weltner (D-Ga ). Regional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 10, .1963 18 Pages a - vM A? -Mars- : " No. 69 y -.T L,., It.; Larry Shipley Denied Hearing By High Court GUARDSMEN READY- Alabama National Guardsmen leap off the troop carrier which brought them to the Brandon Armory at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Approximately 500 Nation-; al Guard Stoops ordered out by Gov. George Wallace arrived in the racially tense city as tension increased over pending enroll ment of two Negroes at the University of Alabama Tuesday. (UPI) ' , Washington - flJPD - The U. S. Supreme Court today denied a hearing to Larry West Shipley, 21, MeMinn- villc, Ore., who is under sen tence to die for the slaying of Linda Jean Stevens, 16, Willamina, Ore., on Aug. 8, 1961. The brief order leaves the state of Oregon free to carry out the execution. A death date will be set in Lincoln County Circuit Court. Shipley and Glen Douglas Dixon both were convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of the girl, whose bullet-riddled body was found on a forest path near Otis Junction. Shipley received a death sentence and Dixon was sen tenced to life. The petition for Supreme Court review was filed by Attorney Jonathan U. New man of the American Civil Liberties Union in Portland. Newman contended there was unreasonable delay in taking Shipley before a mag istrate and that confessions obtained during this period were erroneously introduced in evidence. Newman said in Portland he would have no comment on any future plans until he talked to Shipley and other attorneys. "We'll have to re assess the situation," he said. The Oregon Supreme Court by a divided vote last Oct. 10 affirmed Shipley's convic tion. j Shipley is one bf four per sons facing execution in Ore gon. The high court recently denied a hearing to Jcannace June Freeman, 21, who was convicted of throwing a boy to his death in the Crooked River Gorge. Her attorneys have said they will ask the court to reconsider. Step Taken as Effort To Break Ban Deadlock Moscow Talks Scheduled in July Washington - IOTD Presl dent Kennedy today an nounced a moratorium on U. S. nuclear testing in the at mosphere as part of a new "high-level" effort to resolve the five-year-old test ban deadlock with Russia. "The United States does not propose to conduct nuclear tests in the atmosphere so Alabama Governor Completes Strategy To Block Negroes BRIEFS IUMS FROM AKOUND THI 010 M. Hoffa, Associates Plead Not Guilty Nashville, Tenn. - Ml) - Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and 10 other persons pleaded innocent to day to federal charges of jury tampering. Three of the defendants, however, "stood mute" al though picas of innocent were entered for them. Their stand means they would not admit the allegations in the indict ment were technically cor rect. All were indicted by a fed eral grand jury here last month on charges of trying to bribe or "corruptly influ ence'' jurors and prospective jurors at Hoffa's $1 million conspiracy trial last winter. The case ended in a mistrial when the jury could not agree on a verdict. Montgomery, Ala. - IUPH - Gov. George C. Wallace held final strategy sessions with his advisers today before fly ing to the University of Ala bama where he has vowed to block the admission of two Negro students Tuesday. Wallace was scheduled to leave for Tuscaloosa, the site of the university, later today. He will spend the night, in Tuscaloosa. The little chief executive appeared on a statewide tele vision hookup Sunday night and urged Alabamans to keep away from the university dur ing his showdown with the federal government. "You can stand up for Alabama and stand with me by staying away on Tuesday," Wallace said. "We want no unauthorized persons at the University of Alabama." Wallace said any "agitators of violence" would be arrest ed swiftly. "Mob action is not the way to acquire constitutional privileges in this state," he said. "What happens to me is of no consequence but what hap pens to the Constitution is what matters," Wallace told the television audience. "Let's meet this crisis calmly and with restraint." He said he was keeping a "covenant" he made with the people during his campaign for governor to "stand in the schoolhouse door" to block integration in Alabama. His action also was to test the constitutionality, of ,the federal government's author ity to enforce integration, he said. "I have kept tho faith-you keep the peace," he said. "Please stay away." ' Wallace wired President Kennedy during the week end that he was dispatching National Guardsmen to Tus caloosa to "preserve order." He said that would be their sole purpose. He. emphasized the Guardsmen would not be used to thwart the Negroes' entrance to the university. THREAT OF RAILROAD STRIKE CONTINUES Washington - 'IN' - Negotiators souoht today to ntad ott . railroad itrika with only hours remaining bafora rmoal of th last legal obstacle to a walkout. ' A 30 day cooling-cff piod und.r tht Railway Labor Comrmffee ReecfS Act axpirts at midnight Tuesday No Talks Slated In Lumber Strike Portland - OJPIi - No negoti ating 'sessions have been scheduled in the labor dispute that has idled an estimated 19,000 lumber workers in three states, federal mediators said toda. . Federal Mediator George Walker said his office was constantly in touch with both sides. Asked if he thought there would be a negotiating session this week he said it was "hard to tell but it is pos sible." The International Wood workers of America and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers last week struck St. Regis and U.S. Plywood In a dispute over wages. Four other mem Ashland Business, Civic Leader Dies Ashland - John C. Cotton, ton was export manager for 51, of 1120 Prospect ave., Ash- land businessman and civic leader, died suddenly Sunday night in an Ashland hospital, which he had recently entered to undergo medical tests. A resident of Ashland since 1946, when he established the Cotton Lumber business in the southern Oregon city, Cotton had served as president of the Shakespearean Festival asso ciation; was a member of the Ashland Park commission for a number of years, a past pres ident of Rotary International in Ashland and a member of the Ashland Elks lodge. He was born in Minneap olis, Minn., April 10, 1912. and was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1938. He was married to Vir ginia Way in Minneapolis April 10, 1039. Export Manager Prior to World War II, Col- rmnmiLS BEGIN TALKS FOR NEW POPE Washington - 'IPt - The Vatican City - 'in - A majority of tht Sacred Collegt House Ways and Means com ef Cardinals, including Francii Cardinal Sptllman of Ntw I mjUee refused today to ap VnrW tod bian informal talks in earntst on tht choict i prove any part of President - - - -. ' . . urriT I . . , . 1 f. y, T B.,i ocrs oi me Dig aix - ncjtr- Kennedy's Tax Request nacu5(.ri Crown Zcnerbch, of a succtssor lo Popt John XXIII. REAPPORTIONMENT ON COURT AGENDA Washington - 'IPT - Tht Suprtmt Court dtcidtd today to oit furthtr considtralion ntxt t-ra to two kty artai of legal eontrovtrsy tht apporrionmtnt of ttatt ltgislalurts and "jit-in" dtmonstrations. EQUAL PAY BILlIiGNED BY KENNEDY Washington - Pt' - Prtsidtni Ktnntdy today tigntd Into law a bill aimad at assuring womtn of paychteks qual lo thost of mtn doing tht samt work. Kennedy s request to raise taxes on income from stock dividends by S460 million a year The vote was 14-11. The committee also reject ed 12-12 a proposal by Re publicans that all Ir.tcrr.ational Paper and Ray onier shut down operations in Oregon. Washington and Northern California on the theory that "a strike against one is a strike against all." be given the same tax incen j tive to buy health Insurance which is now available for I taxpayers who are 65 or older. BILL INTRODUCED Washington - IT - A bill to give congressional approval taxpayers o joint development of the Goose Lake Basin by Oregon and California was introduced today by Sen. Clair Engle (D-Calif). Youths Admit Shooting From Public Road Edward M. Hays, Stevens rd Eagle Point, told sheriff's deputies this week end he had to fall down flat in his field to avoid being struck by .22 caliber bullets tired from a car. Deputies later questioned five teen-age youths, from IT to 19 years old. Two, who ad mitted to the shooting, weii charged with (hooting from a public road and released to their parents. No charges were brought against the oth er three. Lockheed Aircraft In Bur bank, Calif., from 1937 to 1939, when he formed his own export company with head quarter in Johannesburg, South Africa. When lend lease returned him to the United States, he entered the U. S. Marine Corps In which he served during World War II. He entered as a first lieuten ant in 1942 at Quanlico, Va., and was discharged in Novem ber, 1946, at San Diego after serving on Okinawa and as a member of the Marine Air Warning squadorn. Surviving are his wife, Vir ginia, in Ashland, and four sons, Peter Cotton, San Fran cisco; Michael Cotton, Jeffrey Cotton and Christopher Cot ton, at home; three sinters, Mrs. C. B. Carroll and Miss Grace Cotton, Minneapolis, and Miss Edith Cotton, Rus- ton. La. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Litwillcr funeral home in Ashland Auto Accident ills One Nan A Klamath Falls driver was killed at 12:45 o'clock this morning on Highway 99 three miles east of Ashland and his 1 two passengers Injured, state police said. Robert Lee Williams, 37, of 210 East Main St., Klam ath Falls, was killed when he was thrown from his car and it rolled over on him. His body was taken to Ashland Mortuary. Dclbcrt Ross Jennings, 56, of McDoel, Calif., a passenger, was admitted to Ashland Com munity hospital with a shoul der injury. Simon Buchanan Riddle, 33, of Klamath Falls, was admitted with broken ribs, state police said. Both were reported In good condl- ion. A third passenger, Joscoh Newton Cox, 41, of Klamath Falls, was uninjured. The Williams' car had just rounded a slight right curve, police said, when it went Into a skid. Retired Local Police Officer Dies in Seattle Retired Oregon State Po lice Capt. Paul Morgan, 56, of 726 Broad si., died early bunday morning in Seattle, Wash., while visiting relatives en route to Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia. Morgan was commander of district three in southern Ore gon from' Aug. 15, 1958 until his retirement Jim. 31, this year. He was assigned lo tho local district as assistant com mander May 15, 1947. Ho was one of the charter members of the Oregon state police which was organized Aug. 1, lil.il More than 200 persons In both Oregon and California honored him upon his retire ment. He was a member of the Elks lodge. Southern Ore- gon and Northwest Peace Of ficcr associations, and th Rogue Valley Country club He was born Oct. 12, 10C at Talmo, Kan., and marrit Nina Llndamood,' who sm1 vives, Jung. 18. 1926.1nEu gene. Survivors include In'addl- fion to his widow; one daugh Moscow - am - British Labor party ltadtr Harold Wilson mtt for thrt hours with Prtmltr Nlklta Khruthchtv today and said tht Soviet ltadtr htld out no hopt for a complttt nuc laar test ban agrtmtnt la tht fortsttablt futurt. Wilson also said Khruth chtv boattad that Soviet anti aircraft dtftntts could stop any manntd atom , b o m b t r from striking Sovitt ttrritory, long as other states do not do so," he declared. "We will not be the first to resume." Talks Schtdultd Kennedy said the new test ban talks, expected to start In Moscow In mid-July, will carry with them "the hopes oi an mankind. He warned. however, that "our hopes must be tempered with the caution of history," an allu sion to pasl failures In the area. Tho talks were agreed upon by Kennedy, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Brit ish Prime . Minister Harold Macmlllan as the result of a recent exchange of corres pondence. But they will be conducted at a level some where short oi . the foreign ministers. The chief executive, who announced the step in a com mencement address at Amer ican university here, said the terrible threat : of atomic an nihilation !vllctt In the cur rent arrr . . . ,i called for "a. fre'sti si., .'. .n , nuclear test ban ncgoi,.',.ipns. ,.. He then announced the mor atorium on atmospheric test ing, saying that ."such a dec- h,MCUVe,V B ?- tW2 1 nP " wJlKelp us achieve grandch ldron; one sister andone;" He called the move six brothers. i ,; (demonstration of , "our good i Funeral afrvlwtt will i hnifuiih and jtnlpmn rnnvirllnrt " held Tuesday, June 11, ui 2i The most recent U. S. test WEATHER rORKCAHT: ritr thrnufh Tun day nlKhL Windy In ihc late & ft moon. I JUI warmer Tues day. Low ten)hl 42. Hih m. Irmn. H Unfit Yrtlrrday 74 I.OMMt Thtt Mornlnf . . 4S Prcctp. lo id a.m. Today . None Our Skies Tonight ftuntrl today 141pm. fttsnrur tomorrow 5:14 a.m. Moon flit lonlthl 114pm. .at Quarter ..... June 14 PROMINF.ST UTAH Aluir. low In tatt 16 IS p m visini r plasms Mara, act 12 1 a m, Katurn. rUn 1 a m Jupiter, low In ?ail .... 3:0ft a.m. Venus, rises . 4 3 a m Rehabilitation of Park Nearly Done Rehabilitation of the bull park at the fairgrounds will be virtually completed today, according to County Commis sioner Donald Fabcr. Tli is will be in time for the first American Legion gume between Ashland and Med ford. Overall estimated cost is $60,000. Movable 1 1 e e I bleachers and a fence. Included in this amount, will be installed next year. Estimated cost of the bleachers and fence Is $30,- 000, the county commissioner said. Bleachers are now being borrowed from Medford and Central Point school districts. The backstop has been com pleted and work on the turf is finished. Fabcr said. Claude Miles, 304 Portland ave., chairman of the county baseball commission, has been supervising the work. p.m. at the Long and Sliukle Funeral home In . Roscbur. The Rev. Alfred Tyson of St. George Episcopal church, will officiate. Interment will he In the Roscburg Memorial Gar dens, The family has asked that those who wish make con tributions to the Oregon Heart association in his mem ory. They may be mailed lo the Long and Shuklc Funeral home, box 477, Roscburg. Macmillan Huddles As Scandal Grows London -HIM- Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan return ed from a golfing lioliduy to day and went into a huddle with his chief cabinet mem bers on the spreading scandal that threatens his government. It was learned, meantime, that the lord chancellor for the last 10 days has been In vestigating the security as pects of the scandal involving former War Minister John Profumo along with a former Soviet embassy official and red haired playgirl Christine Kcelcr. In the atmosphere was held In the Pacific 'last Nov. 4. Ken nedy announced then that the explosion marked the end of an atmospheric scries started the previous April but that underground tests would con tinue In Nevatlu. The Russians continued at- m?4phoric tests into Decem ber and there has been spec ulation they may be prepar ing for a new series later this summer to offset what U.S. officials consider this coun try's lead, in nuclear power, Allaal To' All The chief executive coupled his announcement with an ap peal to all Americans for so ber soul searching on the ques tion of racial equality as well as their attitude toward nu clear testing and getting along with Russia generally. "Wherever we are, we must all, In our dally lives live up to the age-old faith that peace Bud freedom walk together," Kennedy said. "In too many of our cities today, the peace Is not secure because freedom is incomplete." Salem - ttlPU - Registration of 2(10 girls began today at Willamette University, site of Oregon Girls State, sponsored annually by the American Le gion Auxiliary. Oregon Highway Crashes Account for Seven Deaths Burglars Jake $1,083 From Restaurant Safe Burglars entered the Brave Bull restaurant, 1208 North Riverside ave., between 5 and 7:30 o'clock this morning an-J took SI, 083.91 ' from a safe, according to Medford city po lice. The building was entered through a rear door and the office was reported ransacked. By Unittd Prtss Inttrnational At least seven persons died In Oregon highway accidents over the week end. Robert Lee Williams. 37, Klamath Falls, was killed Sunday on Highway 88 about three miles east of Ashland when he was thrown from his car as it rolled over. Ross Rogers, 82, Dayton, and his wife, Josephine, 78, were killed Sunday in a two car, head-on collision on the Hopewell-Lafayette secondary road at Hopewell near Mo Minnville. Marshall Peloquin, 51, Portland, died In a hospital Sunday of Injuries suffered Saturday night when his car left a Multnomah county road and hit a utility pole. John Dykstra, 87, Portland, was killed In a one-car acci dent on U.S. Highway 30 near Arlington Saturday. Patrick Young, 20, Bend, lost his life in Upper Shcvlin park near Bend when his car struck a group of trees. Dee Shankles, 69, Portland, died in a three-car collision in Portland Saturday. The body of Ben Schom- berg, 72, of Junction City was found Sunday night in his auto at the Junction of U.S. Highway 99W and State Highway 36 Just south of Junction City. Witnesses said his car went through a stop sign and came to rest in a ditch. Sher iff's deputies said the driver may have suffered a heart at tack. This brings to 11 the num ber of traffic deaths In Ore gon for the first 10 days of June, compared to 7 for a sim ilar period last year. So far this year 208 per sons have died on Oregon highways, compared to 164 for a similar period In 1962.