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Newspaper Page TextV JVL J3 mm fo) Regional Edition MEDFORD 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1963 No. 70 5m Tra ioy Scout Hinds 1 I 1 Caipimg Top OUEEN OF ROSAHIA Queen Linda' II, Linda Jean Jackson of Grant High school, Monday night was named queen of the Portland Rose Festival. The festival culminates In the grand, floral naradftjiext Saturday. (UPI) j. . - Challenges of Outer Space Compared to Those in the 1800s The Legislature V Defense Dispute Draws Wide Attention Editot's not: The 141-day 1963 legislature cried, laugh ed, joked and prayed together. It was a session that had its sensations, successes and fail ures. This is the fifth in a series of six articles on the legislature. "The rale of technological change is increasing so rapid ly we do not know what may appear in the help wanted columns a few years from now," Dr. Fred Rosentreter of Southern Oregon college told members of the Southern Oregon Historical society and guests at the annual meeting of the association held Mon day night in the Jacksonville Masonic hall. Choosing "Uses and Abuses of the Past" as the topic of his address, Dr. Rosentreter main tained that the challenges of outer space today however, are no greater tor this generation than were the challenges of the 1850s for the pioneers. . The pioneers on the Apple gate trail faced the blackness of a volcanic wall. The astro naut, in his capsule, contem plates the blackness of outer space. The wagon wheels rumblins over unchartered courses made sounds no doubt as frightening to the occupants of those covered wagons as the blasts at Cape Canaveral are to the spacemen today, Dr. Rosentreter contended. Prepared the Way The first astronaut he com pared to the first captain of a wagon train. Each prepared the way, making it easier for those who followed, he point ed out. Speaking while many mem bers of the audience viewcu nwtiH nhmntfraDhs of an cestors. women descendants Arthur S. Taylor, vice presi- of those pioneers. Dr. Rosen- dent: Mrs. Edith Giltorc sec treter deplored the present retary - treasurer. day tendency to present the bandit and the gunman as typical characters of the early west. 'They were the exotics, the exceptions, the s;eakcr de clared. "They were not the men who made the west. The significant individuals were the ones who kept alive the standards of honesty and integrity." To illustrate his contention, Dr. Rosentreter told stories of early Jacksonville, Scotts- burg, the Donner expedition, and the establishment of the first mail routes. "It's the struggle that counts," he declared. In the problems we face we are not alone. Failure is only in the immediate sense. From each venture something in skills and know-how is returned. Many Orcgonians who were drawn to California by the gold fever did not fill their pokes with gold, but they es tablished areas of trade be tween Oregon and California." During the business session nf the Historical society a res olution, honoring the late E. H. Hedrick, who was vice president of the society until his death, was read by the secretary. Mrs. Edith Gifford The nominating committee report was presented by r.inn simrjson and the lol win officers were elected hv unanimous vote: Miss Claire Hanley. president; Dr. By ZAN STARK and ANN H. PEARSON Salem - IUPI) - Oregon cre ated a world-wide ripple when it became the first state In the nation to turn against civ il defense. "Oregon can lead the na tion in having the guts to abandon a program of digging holes in the ground," Sen. Ted Hallock (D - Portland) urged as the Senate voted to strip the 18-man agency to a three - member coordinating staff. Gov. Mark Hatfield prom ised a "bare knuckle" fight to save CD, but could not enlist public support. The months-long battle was fatally unnerving frT6car"CB outposts. Portland abolished its civil defense organization Others served notice they would do so, too.' Said Helpless ' Legislators said the state CD organization was helpless during the great Columbus day storm. They angrily la beled CD a "do nothing" agen cy. The nation, and the world, watched. There were indica tions Oregon may have spark ed a chain reaction that could sweep the nation. House Speaker Clarence Barton accused Hatfield of flouting legislative intent when he learned work had started on a $36,000 CD head quarters in the Capitol base ment. Workmen today are scurry ing to complete the huge of fices before the end of the month - when the present CD appropriation ends. The session was highlighted by a variety of sensations. The Senate and House petu lantly demanded the governor disconnect the speaker in hij office which allowed him to tune in on floor debate. The legislature replaced worn out typewriters with new electric models, and stir red charges of excessive spending. Lobbyists Embarrassed The controversial three-way workmen's compensation bill was so visciously lobbied that legitimate lobbyists were em barrassed. Senators used their "remon strance" period to blister the governor. Hatfield countered on his televised 'report to the people." Barton and Senate Presi dent Ben Musa inaugurated daily press conference so they would have a platform. The mother of nationally famous athletic star Terry Ba ker testified in favor of a Sunday closing law. The meas ure drew the biggest crowds of the session before it was killed in committee. ' Hatfield said legislators were thin skinned over their pay. hikes. There were times when Hatfield was rub bed raw by the ways and means committee which tore his budgets asunder. (Continued on page ISA) Deputy Reviews California System For Investigator One major problem , In establishing a special lnvosti gator in the district attorney's office for non-support cases, would be in keeping a close accounting of support pay. merits in Jackson county, Rob ert Fox, deputy district at torney, indicated this morn ing. Fox returned Monday from the Santa Clara county dis trict attorney's office where he viewed the special inves tigator system there. In that county, which is about 40 miles south of San Francisco, an accounting of support payments to divorced or separated mothers, is kept in the probation department. Such an accounting might be kept in the county clerk's of fice here, he said. Act Immediately The probation officers are able to act immediately on any lapse of payment and notify the special investiga tors in the Santa Clara district attorney's office. Fox explain ed. Santa Clara county of ficials make a voluntary agreement with the offender. If that fails criminal prosecu tion is started. During 1962 the special in vestigators, eight non-support investigators and two for wel fare fraud cases, collected an estimated $1 million in sup port payments, most of it through voluntary agree- mcnts, Santa Clara county of ficials said. They estimated the investigator program cost about 17 per per cent of the amount collected and may be even lower this year. The California county's population is about 730,000. Special investigators there are required to have college degree and police or equlva lent investigative experience NEWSBRIEFS itims raoM AROUND THI OlOM HARRIMAN TO BE MOSCOW NEGOTIATOR ' Washinglon-'lTti - Under-Secretary of State w. Averell Harrimen will be principal U.S. negotiator at Moscow talks in July with me Soiet Union and Britain to try to reach a nuclear test ban treaty. urwrrtirl.A TERRORISTS DAMAGE U.S. PLANT Caracas. Veneiuela-f - Tommygun-armed pro-Castro i.-r.i. .Hacked and burned the U.S.-owned Goodyear Tire Ruhher Co. warehouse today. There were no casualties I but damage was estimated at roughly $500,000. Oregon Job Gain Under Expectation Salem-WPIi-Employment in Oregon jumped 10.200 from April to total 688.300 at mid May, the Department of Em nloyment announced today. During the same period, the number of unemployed drop ped 6.S00 to 32.800. David H. Cameron, depart ment of employment commis sioner, said the April- M?v gains were not as suong as had been expected. He said weather conditions at mid-May were not ideal for outside jobs, but were much better than in April. MEETING SCHEDULED Portland - W - The 196 J EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SAN DIEGO AREA National Association of Soil San Diegc VrT-A strong earthquake, believed centered ; Conservation District conven !a Ha'a California, rocked the San Diego metropolitan area tion will be held here Feb. 7 for seven minutes today. ' - 1 11. it was announced Monday. 4 h Butte Falls School Budget Is Approved Butte Falls - The 1963-64 Butte Falls School district budget won approval of the voters here yesterday in close election which drew to the polls nearly BO per cent of those eligible to cast bal lots. The vote was 88 to 74 in favor of the budget, which calls tor a total tax levy of $70,197.09. This was the second budget election here this spring. On May 6 the voters defeated, 97 to 69. a budget calling for tax levy of $73,827.09. Both figures were considerably be low last year's tax levy of $89,293.76. Disabled Truck Careens Down Steep Mountain Two Professors, Reported Killed Escalante, Utah-IUPli - The harsh, rocky mountainside was covered by brown camp ing equipment and bright yel low rubber boats. And by the bodies of 12 persons as trag edy ended a Boy Scout outing into rugged southeastern Utah. The bodies were of nine Scouts, two university profes sors and a woman reporter who, along with 34 others who were injured, were tossed in all directions when their truck plunged down a precipitous mountainside. 'No Man's Land' The day that had started so joyfully for the Scouts just out of school for their summer vacation - thus ended, mournfully on a lonely, primi tive road in the no man s land" 35 miles southeast of here. When Garfield county dep uties arrived at the scene four hours after the accident they found the dead and In' Jured v pinned beneath - the open-bed truck and buried under their camping equip, ment and rubber boats. - - Young David Hall of Provo, one of the injured, described the accident: "The truck wouldn't shift and started rol ling backwards and everyone started screaming. Everyone got tossed around, but I was lucky." Up Rough Road Garfield County Sheriff George Middlcton said as the truck headed up a rough road carved out of the mountain side, the driver tried to shift gears and the vehicle began rolling backward. Then the brakes failed and the truck spilled over the end of the road, tossing the passengers in Its open-bed down a steep precipice. Rescue operations began aft er two of the Injured boys, Bryan Roundy and Tom HcjI of Provo, walked back along the trail toward Escalante un til they met a rancher who brought them here. The fatalities included sev en Scouts from Provo, Utah, and one each from Ogden, Utah, and Salt Lake City. Most of them were members of the Mormon Church of Je sus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Two Brigham Young uni versity professors, both Seoul leaders, were among the vie tims. Merlin J, Shaw, 51, an assistant professor of religion and bishop of the Manubu LDS Ward, was in charge of the Provo contingent of Scouts. H. Darrell Taylor, 45, chairman of the BYU Ian guage department, was ex plorer adviser. Reporter Alio Dies Dorothy Hansen, 24, a re porter for the Descret News and Salt Lake Telegram, also was killed. Miss Hansen, who started at the News five years ago as a copy girl and had worked into a position as a staff writer, was combining her vacation and a story as signment on the trip. The Boy Scouts from Provo were identified as Gordon Grow, Bill Crccr, Randy Mil ler, Gary Rasmussen, Joe Erlckson, Lynn Merrell and Gary Christenscn. The Sco'it from Ogden was Randy Hall and the boy from Salt Lake City was Robert Cook. Higher Education Group Okays Bid For Federal Funds Aid Sought to Plan 8 Building Projects Corvallis - H'PD - The build ing committee of the State Board of Higher Education Monday approved application for federal planning funds for eight college building projects. The buildings are to be built with money from a $12.5 bond issue if the voters approve it next May. The 1963 legislature authorized the sale of the bonds, depend ent on voter approval. In the meantime, the com mittee voted to ask the U.S. Housing and Home Finance agency for funds so that plan ning can be under way if the bond issue is approved. SOC Addition The projects include a sec ond unit of the Portland State college library, and additions to the physical education building1 at Southern Oregon college, University of Oregon library, University of Oregon science building, Oregon Col lege of Education library, University of Oregon Medical school library, Oregon Slate university pharmacy building and OSU's Cordlcy Hall. The committee also fitted nine building projects origin ally estimated to cost more than $12 million into an $11.5 million allocation from the legislature. Those projects are replace ment of Campbell Hall at Ore- gon College of Education, completion of the Oregon Technical Institute plant, a new heating plant at the Uni versity of Oregon Medical school, a utility tunnel exten sion at Oregon State, a S3. 4 million physical education building at Portland State, classrooms and laboratories at Southern Oregon college tad OCE and a science and math ematics building at Eastern Oregon college.. M WINS FIRST ROUND Gov. George Wallace of Alabama Is shown as he defied an order by President Kennedy and re fused lo admit twp Negro studcnU to the University of Ala bama at Tuscaloosa today. Kennedy has authorized the use of federal troops if necessary to enforce admission of the students to the segregated school. (UP1) JFK Federalizes Alabama National Guard in Crisis Plane Missing in Eastern Oregon ? Ml. Vernon, Ore.-IUPII-Search planes hunted over a wide area of Eastern Oregon today lor a missing plane piloted by a prominent rancher-lumber. man and carrying six other persons, including five chil dren. The twin-engine Bcechcrnfl Quccnaire disappeared late Sunday night on a 200-mile flight from Roscburg to Ml. Vernon. Aboard were John Cawrse of Ml. Vernon, his wife, their four daughters ranging in age from 7 to 17 and a teen-age neighbor girl. The plane last was heard from when Cawrse called John Day radio al 11:51 p.m. to report that he had encoun tered bad weather east of Prineville and that he might have to tuiu back and land there. John Day is 12 miles east of Mt. Vernon. Prineville Is about 80 miles lo the west. Washington - IUP1I -.Presi dent Kennedy today federal ized the Alabama i National Guard and authorized De fense Secretary Robert S. Mc- Namara to use ' any Army troops he may need to enforce admission, of two Negroes to the University of Alabama .The Pr.Cijldjjnt issued hi ax ecutive order shortly after At abnina Gov. George C. Wal i lace blocked entry of the Ne groes in defiance of the proc lamatlnn by Kennedy and federal court injunction. Kennedy said he acted be' cause the commands in his proclamation "have not been obeyed, and the unlawful ob structions of justice and com binations referred to therein continue." "The secretary of defense is authorized and directed to tnkc all appropriate steps to remove obstructions of justice in the slate of Alabama," the order said. 11 further authorized the defense secretary "to use such of the armed forces of the United States as he may deem necessary." Kennedy specifically direct- Admittance of Two Negroes To Campus Blocked Kennedy Authorizes Federal Troop Use Tuscaloosa, Ala. - (ITD -Gov. George C. Wallace, -defying an order from Presi dent Kennedy to "cease and, desist," today refused to ad mit two Negro students to the University of Alabama. The President promptly au thorized the use of federal troops to force their admis sion. Wallace, a fiery 5-foot-7 segregationist, stood adamant ly in a doorway and refused to budge four times when a Justice Department official told him to stand aside and let the Negroes enter. Wallace stood in th blaa. ing hot sunshine outside Fos ter Auditorium, where tha registration normally would take place, and read a Droe. lamation barring the two Ne groes. Kennedy, less than an hour earlier, had issued a nrocla- mation in Washington order ing the governor to "ceasa and desist" from obstructing the federal court decree or dering the Negroes enrolled. Then, minutes after Wal lace declined to step aside, the President issued an ex ecutive order federalizing tha Alabama National Guard and authorizing the use of any Army troops that might ba necessary. In Oxford, Miss., about 150 ! miles to the west, 300 Army troops that had been guard I ing Negroes James Meredith land Cleve McDowell at tha I University ot Mississippi, I abruptly left town. 1 A spokesman said, howev- ed McNamara "to call Into ,1' ' " " "J"v1 X? : my ""I" building up in Tu.caVoo all of the units of the Army , dmissn of Negro National r.i.nrH V II Autherine Lucy six years ago Air National Guard of the "k " rlotlng on toa state of Alabama." Alabama campus. Army units trained In riot 1 "I Near Campus , control have been stationed at Ft, McGlellan, Ala., on stand by basis since Kennedy sent them there for possible use in life Dlrmlngham race riots. But tins was the first authorization for their actual use in an Alabama racial trou. ble spot, Kennedy's order called on McNamara "to enforce the laws of the United Slates within Alabama, Including ine u.s. District court in. Junction forbidding Wallace to interfere with admission of the Negroes to the university Two Postmasters Nominated in Oregon Washington -(tlPU- President Kennedy Monday nominated two persons for postmaster ships in Oregon. They arc Nellie L. Netlcr of Aurora and Robert J. Cooper of Wil-sonville. GRANGE CONVENES Oregon City The 90th annual Oregon Grange con vention got under way here Monday. 'Unusual Vehicle' Reported on Highway Central Point - Central Point Police Chief Ed Zan der received several calls yesterday reporting that an unusual vehicle was travel ing south on Highway 99. Upon investigation. Zander found that the vehicle not only was unusual, but alio was being operated by an unlicensed, underage driver. The chief determined, however, that it was within the driver's ability to ma nipulate his vehicle - a tricycle. No citations were issued, and the driver, Rob ert Kimpton, 4. of 316 North Sixth st was re turned to his home. Meeting Sought In Lumber Dispute Portland - H'Pli - Federal mediators today sought some way of bringing together union and management spokesmen to try to settle a wage dispute that ;,as idled some If). 000 lumber workers. The strike and lockout af fects members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union and the International Wood workers of America at six big firms in Oregon, Wash ington and Callfornln. I he dispute was over a wage hike. Management spokesmen said they offered a 22-ccnt hourly package over three years. The IWA said It scaled down its demands to a 33-ccnt hourly package while the LSW had asked a package of tiO-cenls per hour over three years. rrigaiion District Vote Plans Made Central Point .' A seven- man committee met In the Rogue River Valley Irrlaatlon district office last night to plan for the Friday, June 14, election on the Agate dam and reservoir project, accord ing to District Manager Har old Sexton. Water users will vole on whether the district should contract with the federal gov ernment through the bureau of reclamation for construc tion of the project, The dis trict's obligation would be $093,000, or slightly more than half of the project cost. Sexton said his office has mailed out more than 200 fact sheets on the proposed project to the district's water users and possible future wa ter users. On the committee are Henry Owens, Antelope, rd.; Carl Hover, Seven Oaks rd Scolt Hamilton, Upton rd.; Claudo Hoover, Vilas rd.; Charles Taylor, Old Stage rd.; Lester Oilman, Bcall lane; Leo Trautman, G . jdrnbob Leo Trautman, Gibbon rd and Bruce Blew, Merriman rd., committee assistant. WEATHER Newberg Youth Champion Driver Sherwood, Ore. -OT- Jess D. Wilson, 19, Newberg, is Oregon's champion teen-aae driver. He won the Teen-age Rodeo sponsored by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce Sunday. font CAST; HIT Innlihl. Partly elourlv ind cooler U ednrr1av. Low bmltht nf H. 111(11 tomorrow nut So. Trmp. M:ch't V-lf rlav .... 71 Lowtil Thli Morning 47 Our Skies Tonight iinrt tooty a SunrUf Unnorfow .. S:74 a-m. Moonrt. tomorrow 12:2 a.m- I. at Qtiftrfr June 14 Th- "atar" -,n followlnr tha Moon Innliht U lhr planet. Saturn, whlrh la now about " million mlln from tha rlh Another 2,000 federal troops, sent Into Alabama ear lier by Kennedy when riot ing broke out in Birmingham last month, were on alert at Ft. McClellan, Ala., about 100 milej away from Tuscaloosa. A spokesman or the Ala bama National Guard said about 18,000 men were af fected by Kennedy's federali zation order. Wallace, as he had prom ised for weeks, carried out . his vow to "stand in tha schoolhouse door" to block integration when Vivian Ma- lone and James A. Hood ar rived on the campus here to register for the summer term. The fiery governor read a statement, denying them ad mission, and proclaiming; "I hereby denounce and forbid this illegal and unwarranted action by the central govern ment." The stage was thus set for nother "Ole Miss" show down - state vs. federal pow er - in what could be the last major stand in the school de segregation controversy. Misa Malone and Hood sat quietly in a car about 50 feet from the governor as he read his statement turning them away. Btoodmobile Gets 142 Pints of Blood Only 142 pints of blood were collected by the Red Cross Bioodmoblle in Med ford yesterday. Of the 187 donors, there were 23 reject ed, spokesmen said. The Bioodmoblle was open to donors today from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock. Red Cross officials were hopeful the 350 pint quota for the two day visit of the Bloodmobila could be reached this afternoon. Boy Lost tort 5 Hours Found Sate Mark Koon, 2, son of Mrs Mary Koon, Applegatc, was found safe this morning about 11 o'clock after he had been reported miisslng Monday evening at 7:45 o'clock. Some 19 Jiickson county sheriff's deputies and re serves searched all night for the child who walked away from his home after a baby sitter let him play In the yard. Sherry Johatun, the baby sit ter, told deputies that when she went to look for him a short time afterwards he could not be found. The Koon home is about I'i miles west of the Applcgate store. When found the child was sitting on an embankment about onr-nuarter of a mile froirthe house. Hospital Officials Oppose Cut in Indigent Relief Fund Representatives of Jackson county's three major hospi tals yesterday afternoon asked the county court to re consider a tentative sugges tion of transferrin", $9,000 from the county's indigent re lief fund to meet the required welfare budget. No decision was made pending Monday's public budget hearing. The county budget commit tee allocated $80,000 for In digent relief (other than wel fare) and $70,000 of that originally was allocated to Rogue Valley, Sacred Heart and Ashland Community hos pital to pay indigent patient bills. The hospital represent' tlves stated they already are contributing substantially to the welfare program since the money allocated for welfare patients does not meet tneir cost. Any reduction in the county allocation might make it necessary to raise the hos pital bed rates for patients who can afford to pay, It was explained. The county court said It was sympathetic with the hos pitals' needs and would make every effort to compensate for the $9,000 transfer if it should be approved by the budget committee. The sug gestion on the transfer of funds was originally made by County Judge Earl M. Miller. !